Train Captures Tramps After Freight Run Near Alliquippa
A gang of tramps seized freight train No 51 on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie line near Alliquippa delaying the run for hours. Police and detectives boarded a rescue train at Coraopolis and locked up nine men, while others fled into the woods. Names of those jailed include Frank Walters Andrew Wheeler Frank Kellar James Connell and Thomas Swaney Patrick Lynch William Donahue Edson Martin Atkinson John Kell and John Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg and Lake Erie
Chartiers
Alliquippa
Rar
Dietrich
Revaca
Oaken
Coraopolis
Ga i
Cook
Paletunn
Youngstown
Frank Walters
Andrew Wheeler
Frank Kellar
James Connell
Thomas Swaney
Patrick Lynch
William Donahue
Edson Martin Atkinson
John Kell
John Smith
Moor
Matthew Shehan
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Final Arrangements Made for Cathedral Tea Party
The St Pauls Cathedral Tea Party Committee met to finalize plans for Lafayette Hall on April 34. Father Wall announced printed tickets and invitations as Father Moliynenaux and F J Totten were named general supervisors and multiple committees were formed. Many tickets have been sold, signaling a bright outlook for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathedral
Lafayette Hll
St. Paul's Cathedral
Father Wall
Lafayette Hall
Father Moliynenaux
F. J. Totten
E. F. Houston
James Boyle
F.C. Duffy
P. J. McNulty
James Flannery
M. J. Dain
F. J. Weixel
Ats
Jesse Jones
J.B. Larkin
Jams Mitchell
D. Allen
J.J. Murphy
Dan Mc Williams
J.C. Robinson
C. F. McKenna
Jeremiah Dunnevy
Sudden Death of Allegheny Foreman From Blood Poisoning
John Miller of Allegheny, foreman for Huckenstein and Sona, died yesterday morning from blood poisoning after cutting a wart on his right hand a week earlier with a pocketknife. The wound bled, an acid was applied, and he grew seriously ill last Saturday. he leaves five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miller
Allegheny
Huckenstein & Sona
East Street
Fragmented city notes mix politics crime and art
A chaotic column reports in brisk style on diverse local scenes from Marlin's Chicago trip to a missing cashier and a broken buggy. It notes speeches by Evangelist Bailey, a mid summer scene, and upcoming Exposition plans alongside petty thefts and plagiarism debates.
They Want More Saloons
A German workingmen meeting at Knights of Labor Hall urged Judge White to be lenient and grant saloon licenses near mills and workshops. About 50 attendees elected Henry Reuter as chairman and Charles Treschel as secretary. The group argues beer should be allowed in buckets for home use to spare families. Resolutions will be presented to the Court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor Hall
Henry Reuter
Charles Treschel
Udge
Raid On Corner Loafers Ends With Arrests
Roundsmen Johnston and Wilson of Allegheny raided a group of boys loafing at the corner of East Jefferson and Arch streets last evening. Two were captured and will face the Mayor this morning. The boys were identified as David Rosa and W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston and
Wilson
Allegheny
East Jefferson
Arch Streets
David Rosa
Pittsburg Cannonsburg and Wheeling Railroad Aims for West Outlet
A Pittsburgh project talks of building the Pittsburg Cannonsburg and Wheeling Railroad to open an oil rich area of Washington County. The line would run from Pittsburgh to Wheeling, via Cannonsburg, with standard gauge and independent status. John Ewing leads Cannonsburg Iron and Steel Company as head of the venture, financing rights of way and stock. The new railroad would compete with the Baltimore and Ohio and connect to Wheeling, easing western shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Washington
Wheeling
Dispatch
Pittsburg
Eny
Cannonsburg
Little Washington
Washington
Ers
Pittsburg, Cannonsburg
Washington County
John Ewing
Cannonsburg Iron and Steel Company
Iron and Steel Company
Chartiers
Lake Erie
Controversy over telephone links in Allegheny council race
In the heated race for Allegheny Common Council chair, rumors about a telephone connection affecting rival Councilman Hunter surface. W. B. Enos of National Cement Company confirms attempts to obtain a line to Wampum, but Metzgar blocks shared circuits, offering an independent link at cost. Hunter declines further comment.
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Allegheny Common Council
Hunter
Common Council
National Cement Company
W. B. Enos
Wampum
West Penn Road
Wiliam Kirkland
Appy
Metzgar
Telephone Company
James Hunter
New Castle
W. C. Hopper
Kirkland
Retzgar
Eman
Mr. Hunter
Bananas First Crop Grown In Allegheny Parks Greenhouses
The first bananas raised in this section ripened yesterday at the Phipps conservatories in Allegheny parks. Two dozen plants exist where two once were, with several bunches forming as visitors tour the Sunday conservatory display. Hamilton notes plants reach 28 feet in the greenhouse, surpassing outdoor growth, while experts from Cornell and visitors from Cuba and India praise the yield.
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Phipps
Allegheny Parks
Parka
Hamilton
Thurston
Cornell University
Cuba
India
Humboldt
Raid on Speak-Easies Nets Multiple Arrests in City
City raids on Speak-Easies target licensing evaders. At Penn avenue and Fort street Connelly and Conners charged with selling liquor without license and keeping disorderly houses. Eleven men seized at Connelly’s, including Pat King and John Richter. at Conner’s six men and her, a widow with six children, were arrested and bailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAleese
John Connelly
Penn Avenue
Fort Street
Johanna Conners
Old Avenue
Roger O'Mara
McTighe
Fitzgerald
Connelly
Central Station
Pat King
Martin Derrick
William Oglesby
Deacon Crowley
P. Connelly
Edward Bolton
John Richter
Thomas McGarley
Mike Mullen
Joseph Foley
Conners
Gripp
Juvenile Burglars Surprised in Hardware Store
Two youths were caught inside A Eddis Co hardware, 502 Liberty, by a clerk who summoned Officer James O Hara. The pair admitted stealing 20 roller skates this week from the store and were taken to Central station. Names given as Martin Fisherty and Martin Geary. Geary from Wood's Run. Officer Bovard later arrested three accomplices: Joseph Haney 12, William Smith 15, Mike Joyce 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Eddis & Co
Liberty Street
James O'Hara
Central Station
Martin Fisherty
Martin Geary
Wood
Bovard
Joseph Haney
William Smith
Mike Joyce
John Scott Dies After Long Railroad Career
John Scott, president and receiver of the Allegheny Valley Railroad, died at his East End home from pneumonia and heart trouble. A self-made financier born in 1831, he rose from clerk to railroad executive, serving as director in major banks and firms such as Pittsburg Plate Glass Works, Carnegie Phipps, and the Edgar Thomson Steel Works. He left a wide network of relatives, experienced a Christmas buggy accident, and his funeral was slated for Tuesday at Calvary Episcopal Church.
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John Scott
Allegheny Valley Railroad
East End
Scott
United States
Allegheny Valley Road
People’s Savings Bank
Mansfield Coal and Coke Company
Pittsburg
Church, McVeigh & Gordon
Water Street
Liberty Street
Valley” Road
Pennsylvania Road
Mr. Scott
Gavarer
John F
Pittsburg Piste Glass Works
Masonic Bank
Robert
David Stewart
Charles E. Scott
Wheeling
W.va
Lucy
Edwin T. Painter
Sponetin
Mary
Mra. Burns
Memphis
Forbes Street
Gonrge
Calvery Inrecoper
Calvary Episco Church
Allegheny Cemetery
Open air sleeper by Pullman on new roofed car idea
George M Pullman, famed car builder, on the way to Chicago, contemplates a sleeping car with a movable roof for summer use. The report hints at plans to address immovable aspects of some statuary conductors, while evaluating the proposed design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Pullman
George M. Pullman
Cemetey
Pond Caasaghe Cone Casak Company
City N Ti
Chicago
Mourning Their President Minute by Domestic Training School
At a special board meeting on March 23 1889 the managers adopted a minute mourning the President the guiding spirit of the school. They praise her charity work leadership and Christian tenderness and resolve to send copies to friends and daily papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erica
PriTsnUra
Mission for Men Draws 600 Women at St Mary of Mercy
The St Mary of Mercy Church at the Point hosted a men’s mission last evening with the church packed by male members while women were denied entry. The discourse by Tremple urged younger men to lead virtuous lives amid warnings of prevailing evils. Morning services continue daily this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary of Mercy Church
Er Tremple
Americus Club Banquet Set for April 27 at Seventh Avenue
Proprietor J C Willson of the Seventh Avenue Hotel has contracted with the Americus Club for its annual banquet to be held at the hotel Saturday evening April 27. The club will occupy the entire second floor that day with a reception in the hotel parlors in the afternoon. Dinner will be served in the large dining hall with over 300 plates planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Willson
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Americus Club
Allegheny Man James Heron Missing for Three Weeks
An Allegheny resident, James Heron of 46 Robinson street, a teamster who owns several horses, has been missing for three weeks with no cause or financial trouble reported, his family unable to account for his disappearance. The note mentions unrelated incidents of a man named Parker taking a drug dose and a separate assault on Polish immigrants by Frank O Kane, plus short jail terms for McGrady and Brush in other matters.
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James Heron
Robinson Street
Allegheny
Hieber
Penn Avenue
Parker
Fifteenth
Penn Streets
Frank O'Kane
Ficer
Brush
Jealousy Blamed in Killing of Stephen B. Lee
Charles Allen was arrested for the murder of Buddy Lee after a late Friday confrontation on Wylie avenue. Eyewitness George Owens, known as Longcamp, said Allen drank all day and fired after Lee as he left May Gardner's door, declaring he would “show these coons something.” Dr. J Guy McCandless performed the post mortem noting a single bullet entering the left arm and lodging near the heart with instantaneous death. Coroner’s inquest set for this morning. Lee’s mother plans to attend from Washington, D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Owens’ Siary
Stephen B. Lee
Charles Allen
Buddy” Lee
Inspector McAleese
Wylie Avenue
J. Guy McCandless
Lee
Washington, D. C
Allen
Station House
McAleese
George Owens
Longcamp
Coulson
Owens
May Gardner
Second Avenue
Mary Gardner
Owen
Memorial Services Held For Departed Comrades
The Colonel J. C. Hull Post No. 157 G A R held a second public memorial service at Asbury M E Church. Commander A H Askin presided as Mollie Owens Revie Owens H Brown and E D Fuller provided music. Adjutant O S McIlwaine read the dead of the year and Rev J T Riley led the Lord's Prayer. Chaplain J D Brooks read the Nineteenth Psalm. Rev W BR Cowl gave the memorial address and the service closed with America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hull
Asbury M. E
A. H. Askin
Miss Mollie
Revie Owens
G. H. Brown
E. D. Fuller
O. S. McIlwaine
J. T. Riley
J. D. Brooks
W. BR. Cowl
America
Rowdy Arrests On Try Street Over Beer Heist
Officers Myers Wagner Cross and Kramer arrested Patrick Hennigan Pat Tunney John Magnoli James Donahue and Patrick Neelan on Try Street for stealing two half barrels of beer from Wheeling Brewing Company. A crowd of about 100 men pelted the officers as they made the arrests. Edward Boyle Thomas Godey and Gustavea were held for disorderly conduct. All suspects were taken to the Central station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Wagner
Cross
Kramer
Patrick Hennigan
Pat Tunney
John Magnoli
James Donahue
Patrick Neelan
Try Street
Wheeling Brewing Company
Edward Boyle
Thomas Godey
Gustavea
Central Station
Policeman Saves Drunk Man From Train Tracks
Jacob Weyman of Allegheny, intoxicated and asleep on Pittsburg and Western Railroad tracks near Madison Avenue, is pulled to safety by Officer Jacob Snyder and taken to the lockup. Five minutes later a locomotive passes where Weyman lay, averting a potential disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Weyman
Allegheny
Pittsburg and Western
Madison Avenue
Jacob Snyder
Weyman
Politician Bell to resign as Post Office chief under Cleveland
Nicholas M. Bell of St Louis, superintendent of foreign mails, a veteran Democrat, says he will not serve under a Republican administration. He has submitted his resignation to Postmaster General Wanamaker, effective when a successor is named. Bell criticizes party shifts and predicts Wanamaker could become a strong Postmaster General. He is traveling with Mr Pollitt of St Louis to Washington.
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Nicholas M. Bell
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Bell
Missouri
Wanamaker
Union
United States
Pollitt
Defenders and Offenders published with biographical sketches
A newly published illustrated work by D. Buchner & Co. features colored pictures and biographical sketches of police chiefs and notorious criminals. The volume is leather bound and sold for 200 of any of the publisher's pictures packed in tobacco. Also notes on jewelry arrivals and lamp store offerings with prices and locations in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. D. Buchner & Co
Marvin's Bread and Cakes Ad Promises Finest Country Bakes
An advertising page promotes Marvin's bread and cakes as the finest in the country with a new milk bread claim. It mentions Spring bonnet promotions by Marva & Co and a planned opening on March 26 and 29. Also notes a sale on black cashmere fabric and local shop addresses. A coughing syrup product is briefly cited.
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Marvin & Co
Marvin
Mesa
Marva & Co
A Long Run for Nothing by Penn Avenue Quartet Chased
Early yesterday morning Officers Brennan and Miller of the Penn Avenue district observed four men acting suspiciously at Twenty third street. On approach the men and al Taouah bey attempted to flee. Brennan fell into a pit and was badly bruised during the chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Avenue
Brennan
Miller
Twenty-third Street
al- Taouah Bey
Colonel Bob Fight Philadelphia Report Gathers Hints
Milton Weston allegedly engaged his former Peoria acquaintance Colonel Robert G Ingersoll to press his lawsuit against the clone Natural as Compan. At Weston the town refused to act on the statement or take action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Weston
Peoria
Robert G. Ingersoll
Weston
Nanan
Ian Town
Dog causes uproar as Newfoundland attacks crowd in Pleasant Valley
A large Newfoundland ran amok in Pleasant Valley yesterday afternoon, biting several people including John Williams in the leg and George McAleer in the hand. Women suffered torn clothing as the dog behaved aggressively and was subdued by an officer at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Alegheny
John Williams
George McAleer
Ee Sniee
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J. N. SchoolMarlin
D. W. F. Jonu
Sox
Hubbard Arle
Bailey
Parks
Washington Avenue
Andrew Carnegie
Eowamp Lewis
Lawrenceville
Samuel Harris
Andrew Shields
Butler Street
Joux Davison
Wm. Brown
Emma A
Southside
En Gersh
Williams
Hama
Alon
James Blondey
Wallace
Acme Council 219 Jr
U. A
Odd Fellows
Louis T
West Virginia
Indy
Grain and Flour Exchange
Levy
New York
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Messure
Rockafeller
Department of Agriculture
Rusk
Charlie
Mame
Center Avenue
Poe
Mirror
Hyde
Clara Smithee
Seventh Avenue
Ketter
GramrGee
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Lersecutare
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Vory Tong
Beaver Valley Lodge
Rset
Universal American
Erie
Fifth Avenue
Washington Street
Exan
Judge White
Pittsburg, Cannonsburg and
The
Wes le
William McGrady
Ternine
Michael Kane
Post Memorial Services
A. Northrop & Co
Ae Ea Ce Thaeiey
Uae
Eae Lin Ong
A. Danziger
Shoenberg
Penn Age
Mwfsu
Hueys & Haccee
Danzierer & Shoenberg
Sixth St
Penn
Danzker & Shoenberg
Hucus & Hacks
New Spring
Thuretey
Daxziczer & Shoenberg
Bixth St
Hewer Tesverves
Smithfield Street
Europe
Suo
Craighead
Smithfield St
Daszier & Shorun Bere
Penn Ave
Hucous & Hacke
Daszierr & Shoenberg
MWFS
Hucus & Hacke
Daxzier & Shoenberg
Kidd
Ehidi
Fleming Bros
Sas
Thompson Brothers
Horne
Alice
Ingham
Ppeare
Rai
Fedors
Chantilly
Faille
Horne & CO
Bob
Philadelphia
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