Dunlap agrees to terms with Pittsburg club
News from New York reports President Nimick stating Dunlap has agreed to terms and will play for the Pittsburg League club. The deposition covers a legal dispute between Metropolitan Exhibition Company and John M Ward, with Judge Lawrence hearing arguments and delaying a ruling.
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New York League
John M. Ward
Lawrence
Nimick
Dunlap
Pittsburg
Boston Players’ Club
Nimick Signs Dunlap Terms After New York Meeting
Nimick, president of the local league club, confirmed terms with Fred Dunlap to play in Pittsburgh this season. He noted Dunlap will earn less than 5000 and has not yet signed a contract, with signing expected soon. Nimick also criticized Conway and Heckley for past conduct and pledged to pursue legal action if needed.
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Nimick
New York
Scamlett
Fred Dunlap
Philadelphia
Donlap
Pittsburg
Hoo
Conway
Heckley
John Ward
Mr. Nimick
Brush
Hewitt
Spalding
Robinson
Soden
Cour
Ie.nes
Carpenters Strike Boston Grounds Over Union Labor Edict
Boston carpenters refuse to work on the Flngers' club grounds after union officials accused Brotherhood managers in Boston and other cities of ignoring endorsed labor standards. Walking Delegate Clinkard reports the strike followed repeated demands for contract language mandating union labor and standard pay and hours. A Boston baseball club letter denounces reinstating deserters with harsh language.
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New Grounds
Boston
Mass
Flngers’ Club
Carpenters' Union
Clinkard
Carpenters’ Union
Federation of Labor
Brotherhood Club
Chicago
Philadelphia
Altoona Baseball Captain W Zecher to wed Mauss Hook
William Zecher manager and captain of the Altoona Baseball Club will marry Mauss Hook daughter of Contractor Hook of Lancaster next Thursday morning. The couple will arrive that evening and begin housekeeping, with a reception to be hosted by friends in Lancaster.
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Altoona
William Zecher
Lancaster
Mauss Hook
Contractor Hook
Kilrain in Clover Rich Contracts Pugilists Services
Wealthy Marion county figure Miss Rich secures Jake Kilrain release via prison contract system. In Columbia she meets County Commissioners with a signed check and large offer to free Kilrain from a two month sentence for an assault on John L. Sullivan. Details of amount undisclosed. Kilrain and Rich return to the city to celebratory dining and toasts.
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Rich Erero
Miss
Jake Kilrain
John L. Sullivan
Marion County
Jake
Columbia
Marion
Charles W. Rich
Blue
Rich
Baltimore Ugilist
Orion County
Race Card for Tomorrow at Guttenaore New Jersey Track
Special telegram lists tomorrow’s program with five and seven furlong races, detailing horses and weights including Li Figo Jer ry le Periwinkle Forefinger Virginia colt Navilis and Ocean Park entries. Other races feature Lotion Boccaccio Stepus nie Mate Millerton and Billy Crane Landseer Kineatsees Blackthorn Wanderment and Big Crown Jug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guttenaore
N. J
Li- Figo
Hayti
Tiptop
Joc
Waterloo
Unadaga
Periwinkle
Forefinger
Warsaw
Sierra Nevada
Virginia
Jerry le
Mayfield
Navilis
Lotion
John Day
Boccaccio
Halph Black
Stepusnie
Mate
Millerton
Jer
Dim Gates
Chambly
Parkville
Nattot Paardk Rose
Aix
Steve Sraneare
Gienmound
Uareman
Lady Prit
Frank ‘Wheeler
Lomax
Goldfish Carlow
Peril
Seatick
St. Clair
Billy Crane
Landseer
Kineatsees
Blackthorn
Wanderment
Sawyer
Alvate Friar
Hardahi Saiveda
Clifton Race Track Spring Card Notes Mixed Odds
A telegram from Clifton Race Track New Jersey reports a spring racing card with four races. Winners include Raveler, Silleck, Sparling, and King Hazen, with payoffs and odds listed for each race and times noted, though several times are garbled.
Races At New Oatrans Run Fast For Prizes
Following were the race results today at New Oatrans. First race won by Clara Moore with Voles second and Florine third in 0:01:xx. Second race six furlongs Blackburn led Harvester and Hardee in 1:16. Third race for 1 year olds Monte weak Cat topped Annie Brown with Homing Bill third in 0:274. Fourth race seven furlongs Zekeeee and Lida L. placed first and second with Marchbarm third in 0:??. Fifth race eleven sixteenths Colonel Cox first Macauley second Marucy Le third in 0:1?.
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Clara Moore
Voles
Florine
Forion Blackburn
Harvester
Hardee
Monteweak Cat
Annie Brown
Homing Bill
Zekeeee
Lida L
Marchbarm
Colonel Cox
Macauley
Marucy le
Beaver Fats Arrest Attempt Triggers Town Escape
Fish Warden Hague arrives from Pittsburgh to arrest Harry Graham for an 11 pound Beaver River salmon. Graham has fled town. Local sports notes mention Glasscock pay, a possible Gillen Bissell boxing match, and Jamestown and Bradford club date changes for league play.
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Beaver Fats
J. M. Hague
Pittsburg
Harry Graham
Beaver River
Graham
Hague
Nail Hills Resume Hears Officers Deny Forcing Combine
Nail mills nationwide resumed operations after a brief shutdown blamed on market dullness and overproduction. Factory officers deny collusion to force independent firms into a combine and say the move aimed to cut stocks and keep prices stable.
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Brea Eee
Ne Ore Ee
National Association
Findlay
Combine
King seeks living sister in Beaver county update
Mr. Samuel King, who traveled from Oregon to locate his siblings, learned that the only living sister Martha is married and living in Beaver county. He still hopes to find the two older sisters and Uncle James Tucker, who died years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel King
Oregon
Martha
Beaver County
T7o
James Tucker
Poisoned glass linked to Jealousy in Goodwin marriage
Mrs. N C Goodwin Jr amid reports of carbolic acid intake by her in Saint Louis while her husband, renowned comedian, travels rapidly for tours. Friends say accidental poisoning. theatrical circles claim jealousy toward Miss Isabel Coe, wife of Frank McKee, star of A Gold Mine.
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N. C. Goodwin, Jr
Str. Louis
Powers
Southern
N.C. Goodwin
Eliza Weathersby
Lalia Farrell
Goodwin
Buffalo
Pope
Isabel Coe
Frank McKee
Mr. McKee
St. Louis
Mankind
Hopt
Kansas City
Nat
Standard Shut Down Hits Cooper Shop Amid Quiet Oil Output
A second shutdown in the Standard Cooper Shop has been ordered for about two months, idling over 100 workers. The plant previously produced 500 to 600 barrels daily, while refinery No.1 and related copper operations continue limited output. About 100,000 barrels of crude and refined oil remain in storage at the refinery and Globe Oil Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Cooper Shop
Refinery No.1
Glope
Catholic Hungarians Plan New Churches in Diocese
Catholic Hungarians at Braddock formed a committee and asked Bishop Phelan for permission to establish a new congregation and build a church and school. The Bishop approved and construction will begin soon. Homestead and Duquesne communities also seek churches, while German Catholics in Homestead were denied a church for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock
Phelan
Purchas
Sven
Homestead
Duquesne
Gas Line Construction Expands for Spang Chalfant Mills
A large workforce has started laying a high pressure gas line for Spang, Chalfant & Co. About 50 feet of line are laid daily and completion to Ema is expected within four weeks. The line will supply millions of cubic feet per day to nearby mills. Weather has slowed the pipe mill foundation work but progress resumes. Ten and twelve inch pipe will be made in the new branch with various inventions and new machinery. 50 to 75 new men will be employed as work finishes in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spang, Chalfant & Co
Ema
Mischief Plotter Arrested After Allegheny City Hall Meeting
A man calling himself Herman and Lawson was arrested on federal street at his wife and another woman’s request. The women alleged he sought the Baltimore actress scheme and proposed marriage. He claimed it was a joke. authorities planned to file no information after a city hall confrontation.
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Mlany Wir
Herman
Lawson
Federal Street
Baltimore
Allegheny City Hall
Pear- Son
McKeesport Trade Board Plans Washington Visit
The McKeesport Board of Trade and a representative from each key Yough river town will travel to Washington to meet the River and Harbor Commission and seek an appropriation. Major Trimbley G F Ludwich and Robert Rattie join seven candidates for the McKeesport post office, with Burgess Thomas Tilbrook as compromise choice. Friends of Dr R B Mansell head to Middletown to raise an $80 purse for his M E Conference fund, already over $300 raised.
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McKeesport
R. B. Mansell
Middletown
M. E
Sto
Man Cleared After Allegheny Family Row false murder claim
Police upset by reports that Henry Parcha of Willow Street Observatory Hill had killed his wife and daughter. He was arrested at the Allegheny Market House but investigators found Mrs Parcha and children safe and well, and the family dispute was ruled a mere quarrel with no homicide.
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Allegheny
Henry Parcha
Willow Street
Observatory Hill
Parcha
Alleheny
Clergy Debate Doctrinal Revision and Marital Alliances
A Pittsburg Presbytery meeting is planned for next Tuesday at Hast Liberty Church to elect General Assembly delegates. Dr E R Donehoo urged revising the infant damnation article, arguing for milder biblical measures and limiting hellfire doctrine. He advocates allowing marriages with sisters in law and notes potential support from Dr Ewing, if invited.
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Pittsburg
Hast Liberty Church
General Assembly
E. R. Donehoo
Ewing
Farewell to Pittsburg as Verner moves to Buffalo
Mr. Murray Verner, associate of H Sellers McKee in a street railway investment syndicate, plans to move to Buffalo on April 7 with his family. He has sold his Penn Avenue home and will close out his Pittsburgh business affairs. The group contemplates investing about 20 million dollars in street railways within a year, with E H Clarke of Drexel Morgan amp Co backing part of the funds. Utica Albany systems may be purchased soon, Milwaukee rights are under option, and the Thomson Houston motor patent is seen as key to rapid economical transit.
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Murray Verner
H. Sellers McKee
Raiway Syndicate
Buffalo
Penn Avenue
Verner
Milwaukee
Beimzin
Thomson-Houuston
West and Grierson Resident Fights Street Paving Assessment
Grumbling at the Board of Viewers West of the firm West and Grierson owns property on South Twenty eighth street facing Sarah Street and Carey alley. He objects to higher paving assessments for less frontage arguing the 109 feet frontage lot taxed £413 and a diagonally opposite 123 feet lot taxed £602. Councilman Andrew Hinder calls asphalt paving on Brad dock avenue waste citing nearby quarry and cheaper stone paving with heavy freight use.
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West
Andrew Hinder
Thirty-first Ward
Colonel Allen
Board of Viewers
Braddock Avenue
Selling Brost's Stock After Store Confronted Theft
Deputy Sheriff Hubert Newell began the sale of jewelry stock at John C. Brost's store yesterday. The opening of the safe confirmed a large loss with few goods left. Many owners fear they won’t recover property but officials assure rightful claimants will obtain their items if proved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Newell
John C. Brost
Brost
Hroai
Imany
Brosi
Burt
Coulson's Colored Catch Held for Court Trial
Brown a colored man arrested in Manafield by Detective Coulson for stabbing Cal Gray appeared before Judge Gripp and was held for trial on felonious assault and battery. The case sparked much discussion among officials and supporters seeking clemency, rivaling prior extradition uproar.
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Brown
Manafield
Sol Coulson
Cal Gray
Gripp
Yaldell
Curious death in Baldwin township woman found in cistern
Mrs Catherine Grant aged seventy was found dead yesterday morning lying in a cistern near her Baldwin township home seven miles from the city. Neighbors say she had been acting queerly for some time and the coroner planned an inquest. She leaves a husband and one daughter. A transfer of property in Charleroi to the Pittsburg News Boys Home was recorded yesterday by Manneer Alexander as a potential valuable gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Grant
Baldwin Township
Health Board Logs Forty Deaths For Week End March 22
The Allegheny Board of Health reported thirty eight deaths for the week ending March 22. Half of the fatalities were children under ten years old.
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Allegheny Board of Health
Gas Main Leak Blasts Cobble Stones Near Ward Station
A high pressure natural gas main on Second avenue leaked last night near the Fourteenth ward station house causing cobbles and earth to fly into the air. W A Lions of Briggss street Southside faces desertion charges to be heard today by Magistrate Brokaw after spending last night in the Twenty-eighth ward station house. The Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania will meet Thursday at 7 o clock in Pittalon Library parlor with OC C Mellor J A Shafer among participants. Sapre Davers a young woman from Homestead age 18 committed to jail yesterday by Alderman astman for feebility per mother Mrs Kate Daykin. The Turners of Pittsburg plan memorial A 17 in memory of death of haf Presigene eae culm. MICHAEL Dorofski who sued Frank Stra for affections withdrew suit yesterday and paid costs.
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Second Avenue
Fourteenth Ward
W. A. Lions
Briggss Street
Southside
Brokaw
Twenty-eighth Ward
Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Pittalon Library
Messrs
OC. C. Mellor
J. A. Shafer
Sapre Davers
Homestead
Yeste
Astman Co Waar
Kate Daykin
Turners of
Pittsburg
Eee
Michael DoroFski
Frank Stra
Arta
H E
Ohio River Flood Strikes Cincinnati and Surrounding Towns
Cincinnati residents battle the rising Ohio as floods force thousands from homes to schoolhouses and skiffs. The city, Covington, and Newport report water covering depots and streets, with rail lines washed out and merchants moving goods to upper floors. Rail traffic disrupted as Newport and Portsmouth face closures and up-river towns brace for impact.
City council rejects Allegheny Heating natural gas contract
At a special Allegheny Common Council session the resolution to award Allegheny Heating Company a $26,000 yearly gas supply contract for Howard street and Troy Hill pumping stations was defeated 244 to 10 after Mr. Knox argued the price was excessive. The meeting approved many small contracts and completed routine business.
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Allegheny
Allegheny Heating Company
Howard Street
Troy Hill
Knox
Alleheny Heating Company
Telegraphic News From The Day Across The Nation
A scatter of brief items reports strikes in Liverpool docks and rail corridors, fires in Kansas, creditors paid in full, rising Mississippi flood levels, a long snow blockade in the West, engineers’ demands granted, medical congress attendance, rail fare cuts, botanic lab destruction, and political maneuvers. Widespread but fragmentary notices touch diplomacy, industry, and local incidents.
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Liverpool
Rooks County
Kan
Hello & Co
San Francisco
Mississippi River
Tallulah
Southern Pacific
England
International Medical Congress
Berlin
Kansas City
Denver
Pueblo
Lansin
Glonce W. Peck
Milwaukee
Nervine Advertises Digestive Relief
Nervine claims immediate after meal use for dyspepsia flatulency and stomach or nerve irritations. Sold by druggists in a bottle. Rogers Royal Ientes Co. Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers’ Royal E& Ies CO
Boston
Jet-To
Wrecks Reported On Pennsylvan
A late night report details two railroad wrecks on the Pennsylvania line near Johnstown and Bennington. Train No 1 was delayed about three hours while the Ft Wayne train waited that long. no lives or injuries were reported. The dispatcher estimated No 1 would arrive around 2 30 a m after the incidents.
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Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Bennington
Ft. Wayne
Union Station
Mary Hanna Caldwell Dies in Pittsburgh Lands Family Ties
Mrs. Mary Hanna Caldwell of Penn Avenue died recently in Pittsburgh area. Her brothers are James P. Hanna of Pittsburgh and Henry Hanna of Cincinnati. SheConnecting with the Gray family of Union Avenue and the Sawyers of North Avenue Allegheny, she leaves daughters Mrs. John S. Dickson, Mrs. S S Bollions, Mrs. Remsen V. Messler, and Mary Caldwell who resided with her.
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Mary Hanna Caldwell
Penn Avenue
James P. Hanna
Pittsburg
Henry Hanna
Cincinnati
Grays
Union Avenue
Sawyers
North Avenue
Allegheny
John 8. Dickson
Errett Improves After Ill Health in Mansfield Valley
Hon Russell Errett Chief Clerk of the Pennsylvania Senate has shown much improvement after a lengthy illness in Mansfield Valley. He remains cautious in speech but his thoughts are clearer and steadily returning. William Jimmison of Six Mile Run fell 25 feet from a Baltimore and Ohio trestle in front of the Second Avenue Gas Works and was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital where he is not expected to live. Jimmison is married with several children.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Grand Central Depot
Cork Street
Twenty-fifth Ward
Front
Second Streets
Central Avenue
Vic Street
Cracow
America
London
Eng
San Francisco
Mansfield Valley
Russell Errett
Pennsylvania Senate
William Jimmison
Baltimore and Ohio
Second Avenue Gas Works
Homeopathic
Jimmdson
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Arthur A. Irwin
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Tutt
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Fulton, Ark
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Market Street
Pittsburg, PA
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