Reformed Bartender Applicants in Eighteenth Ward Hearings
A long morning session covers license requests in the Eighteenth ward. Applicants include Charles E. Rivers a reformed barkeeper and others at Butler and Forty-third streets as Judge Ewing and Attorney Christy weigh past prosecutions and current permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Rivers
Butler Street
Constable Vers
Maara Anna Egerwald
Forty-third Street
Wpetter
Forty-fourth Street
Ewing
Stegerwald
J. Michael
Traub
John Traub
Smith
Patterson
Miichael Shea
Harrison Street
Joseph Walther
Jacob Wagner
Ernest Keck
Keck
Kate Louis
No. S. Butler Street
Judge Ewing
Wagner
Germany
Selecting a Site for Johnstown Valley Hospital
The State Flood Commission voted to spend 40000 for a permanent hospital in Johnstown to serve the Conemaugh Valley. Governor Beaver named James B. Scott Reuben Miller and Francis B Reeves to locate a site and award contracts. Scott Miller and Reeves will travel to Johnstown to inspect sites and decide. The committee expects to push construction once a site is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Flood Commission
James B. Scott
Johnstown
Conemaugh Valley
Beaver
Reuben Miller
Francis B. Reeves
Phildelphia
Scott
Miller
Reeves
Kremer
Johnatown
Fiood Commission
State Board of Health
Commission
Cambria Iron Company
Westinghouse Officers Deny Edison Thomson Trust Talk
A Boston telegram claimed Edison and Thomson-Houston planned a trust with Westinghouse. Local officials said the idea is false and unheard of by the company here. Edison and Westinghouse have been rivals and show no signs of merging.
Pittsburg Inclined Plane Case Sees New Testimony
In the equity suit between the Pittsburg and Mt Oliver Inclined Plane Company and the Pittsburg Inclined Plane Company a new hearing recapped engineer Von Wagner’s survey work and reveals pay links to the von City Bridge Works. Keeling, Jr. testified about prior right of way grants and the planned $200,000 project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Patterson
Pittsburg
Mt. Oliver Inclined Plane Company
von Wagner
Pittsboro
Mt Oliver
von City
Mt. Oliver
Grimes
Keeling
Beach
Plaintiff
West
Canve Beach
Wagner
Schultz
Founagge to Face Felonious Assault Charge
James Founagge will appear before Alderman McKenna to answer a felonious assault charge. He allegedly attacked Joseph Marofskii after a drunken dispute at the latter's home, Marofskii defending with a poker and sustaining a scalp wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Founagge
Joseph Marofskil
Alderman McKenna
Founagge
Marofskii
Fomagro
Fomaggo
Hieber
Fatal accident list in Braddock and surrounding areas
Mrs Bridget Toole of North Braddock was struck by the Pacific express at Braddock yesterday at 12 30 PM and killed instantly. Inquests and injuries follow as workers including John Kapenhoffer and George McGunnegie suffer skull fracture and head injuries. Willie Burns, a newsboy, was cut by a streetcar. George Fell, a Fort Wayne brakeman, died after a fall from a freight train near Wooster Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget Toole
North Braddock
Pacific Express
Braddock
McDowell
John Kapenhoffer
Keystone Bridge Works
Matilda Street
George McGunnegie
Spencer & Willison
George Fell
Fort Wayne
Wooster
Allegheny
Allegheny U P Theological Seminary Board Officers Elected
The Allegheny U P Theological Seminary Board of Managers elected Rev. W A Mackenzie as President Rev D S Littell as Vice President and Rev Dr W J Robinson as Secretary for the coming year. The treasurer’s report shows endowment rising by 43000 to 155000. The board reports the institution flourishing as graduates prepare to preach trial sermons in two sessions today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Pittsburg Free Library Commission
Aecee
Academy of Sciences
Colonel Allen
W. J. Holland
A. Made
John A. Brashear
G. H. Clappurer
C. C. Mellor
William Thaw, Jr
W. L. Beaife
J. D. Shafer
James B. Scott
Two Ears
C.J. Clarke
F. C. Philip
Joseph RB. Goodwell
Charles Davis
C. G. Milner
Hell
Orth
T. L. Hazzard
Mr. Brashear
Fotlansbee
Macbeth
Mellor
Brashear
Shafer
Davis
Allegheny U. P. Theological Seminary
W. A. Mackenzie
D.S. Littell
W. J. Robinson
Forty third anniversary of Bishop O'Connor observed at Mercy Hospital
The occasion passed without ceremony as Bishop O'Connor lay near death in Mercy Hospital. Flowers were sent to his room, and the sweet scent appeared to help him rest better and show slight improvement by last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Reardon
Forty-sixth Street
William Reardon
Christy
Heardon
Samuel W. Reynolds
Butler Street
Mr. Christy
Mr. Reynolds
Forty-third Street
Butter Plank Road
Shaler Township
Bishop O'Connor
Mercy Hospital
Capes
Newmarkets
16-Year-Old Girl Rescued After Abduction Case
Agent Dean took Emma Siedle from a house on Second Avenue and placed her in Central station. She was sent to her aunt in Allegheny after wandering streets till midnight. The 16-year-old, from Beaver Falls, arrived Monday and was not met by her aunt. She was housed at a Second Avenue lodging house. Dean was notified and removed her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Emma Siedle
Second Avenue
Central Station
Allegheny
Beaver Falls
Engines of Death and American Shipbuilding Claims
Captain Joseph Steele asserts Americans can build first class ships and roads in West Virginia. He lauds dynamite boats tested on the Delaware, predicts national naval strength, and complains of high labor costs and slow federal funding while praising US skill and material advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele
Joseph Steele
Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
City
Anderson Hotel
Delaware River
Newark
C. P. Huntington
Camp & Sons
New Orleans
England
Whiney
Sam
Railroad Growth Signals Western Freight Boom
General Manager J. T. Gardner of the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Mackinac reports Northwestern railroads plan extensive improvements this summer as freight demand surges. He notes rapid town growth, coal and iron field development, and optimism for prosperity. Western lines may boost facilities for freight and passenger traffic if the World’s Fair ceiling to Chicago is lifted, with plans for cheap excursion travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Gardner
Cincinnati, Sandusky and Mackinac Road
Gardner
Chicago
West Virginia Prospects in a Few Years
Captain R. B. Carr of Kanawha visited Duquesne noting bids from Pittsburgh contractors for the Charleston and Southside bridge. The passenger and streetcar span would be 400 feet long and 76 feet high. Kanawha water rose to 31 feet and coal shipments in the first quarter exceed last year by 5,000,000 bushels. He predicts a rail line touching most counties within five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. 8. Carr
Kanawha
Duquesne
Charleston and Southside
Pittsburg
West Virginia
Princeton President Attends Local Alumni Banquet
Dr Francis L Patton president of Princeton College arrived yesterday to attend a Duquesne Club alumni banquet. He registered at the Duquesne Hotel and declined to discuss creed revision. He praised the new study course and noted 100 more students this term than last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis L. Patton
Princeton College
Duquesne Club
Duquesne
Case Against Daniel Sailor In Forgery Case Proceeds
Daniel Sailor is charged with forging the name of Peter Carr on an order to Emma English. The hearing before Alderman McMasters was adjourned after delays and new evidence emerged that Sailor wrote letters under assumed names to keep funds flowing, asking for 3 to 4 dollars in return for influence and avoiding personal contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Sailor
D. M. Saylor
Peter Carr
Emma English
Third Avenue
Alderman McMasters
Carr
Sailor
Alderman Cassidy
Engglish
Barr
Saylor
Builders' Exchange Meeting Covers Eight Hour Move
The regular monthly Builders' Exchange meeting yielded routine business with no major actions. Discussion touched on the eight hour movement and Wheeling strike, praising contractors and planing mill proprietors for their stance. A national board message sent to carpenters was returned as not needed at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Builders’ Exchange
Wheeling
Southern pipe firms face costly competition in Pittsburgh contract
A Louisville firm wins a Pittsburgh cast iron pipe contract at low rates prompting skepticism from Southern manufacturers. Bid differences narrow to 40 cents, with bidders arguing Southern pig iron can cut costs and shipping distances favor Southern mills. Observers note quality and labor factors, while transport costs reportedly modest despite long-distance rail or river routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Pitteburg
Louisville
Louisviire
Actress Mrs Samuel T Jack Dies in McKeesport
The Lilly Clay company gathered around the bier in room 41 of the American House as Mrs Alice Townsend Jack died, with husband and fellow actors in deep mourning. Funeral arrangements in Oil City noted, telegrams of condolence flooded in from theatrical figures nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel T. Jack
Alice Townsend
Lilly Clay Company
James Flannery
Oil City
Jack
McKeesport
Elope and Assault Case Involving Moskovitz Couple
J Moskovitz accuses his wife Nela Moskovitz of aggravated assault and battery before Alderman Warner. The couple, from Poland, recently arrived and have been living on the hillside above Twenty fifth street. A hearing is set for next date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Moskovitz
Nela Moskovitz
Warner
Twenty-fifth Street
Poland
A Happy Little Maiden Wins Everett Piano Club Prize
Little Sadie Rowbottom of 226 Washing ton Avenue Allegheny held No 44 in the Everett Piano Club this week and won a magnificent upright piano. Her father joined the club for a week $1 payments to save on prices while the club buys 350 pianos cutting costs by $75 per member. The Everett advertises Weber Chickering Hazelton Haines Bros and more with Manager Alex Ross at 137 Federal street Allegheny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Sadie Rowbottom
Washington Avenue
Allegheny
Everett Piano Club
Sadie
Everett Club
Everett
Weber
Chickering
Hazelton
Haines Bros
Removal Sale of Pianos and Organs at Heorick's Temple
Removal sale at Heorick's Temple of Music continues one week. Large stock of Chickering Sona Hall, Hallet & Davis, Paul G. Meblin & Sons, Wheelock & Stuyvesant pianos and Farrand & Water organs reduced, with remaining instruments offered at sacrifice prices. Second-hand pianos and organs from multiple makes priced from $25 to $200, plus fashionable clothing and millinery promotions across local stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickering & Sona
Hallet & Davis
Paul G. Meblin & Sons
Wheelock & Stuyvesant Pianos
Farrand & Water Organs
Chickering
Steinway, Marshall & Wendell
Stuyvesant
Newton & Co
Brown & Hallet
Myers, Knabe, Weber, Gable, Narveson
Kimball
New England
Estey
Mason & Hamlin
J. HK. Henricks
Temple of Music
Wood Street
Fifth Avenue
Diamond Street
Fight Among Tombs Nets Three Men and Two Officers
About 11 PM at Sixth and Wood three men Jerry Sweeney Joseph Kane and Thomas Williams fought police after smashing Lenz and Kleinschmidt windows. They fled to Trinity Church yard where Detective Coulson and Lt Dennison captured them after a brief melee. Coulson injured a finger while one suspect chipped a tooth. all three arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth and
Wood
Jerry Sweeney
Joseph Kane
Thomas Williams
Lenz & Kleinschmidt
L. A
Coulson
Robert Dennison
Trinity Church
Dennison
Brown
Malls Annual Meeting Reports Growth of McAll Mission
The McAll Mission held its second annual meeting in the Y M C A chapel with Mrs H C Jeffers presiding. Reports show 350 subscribers to the mission fund, 13 new life members, two honorary members, and total receipts of 87232. New officers include Mrs W H Jeffars as president and Mrs Joe A Laughlin as corresponding secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAll Mission
H. C. Jeffers
Sewickley
Daniel Jones
H. A. Laughlin
Public test of Crandall Protector by electricians today
A public exhibition of the Crandall Protector, a fire protection device for electric currents, will be held today at the Thomson Houston Electric Company office in the Lewis block. Yesterday it was tested in the presence of city officials and fire department representatives. a local company will be formed to operate the instrument with rental charges per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Lewis Block
Oe City
Morris Mead
Bureau of Fire
Allegheny Fire Department
A. P. Hofner
United States Electric Safety Company
New York
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Labor Hall
Knights of Labor
Joshua Rhodes
Ross
Graham
Mai Nuttall
Julius Seibel
Contesting the Secretaryship at Punxy Union Meet
Secretary Watchora reports worsening suffering at Punxy as the United Mine Workers district convention adjourns amid a deadlocked race for Secretary. Hugh McLaughlin elected President. candidates Herron and Wallis narrowed to two tied ballots. Watehorn and Peter Wine attended. strike matters to be discussed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Hugh McLaughlin
Messra Herron
Wallis
Watehorn
Peter Wine
Puntsutawney
Jos Horne & Co Pirspine Sale Notice
An 1880 sale notice for Jos Horne & Co announces a March 25 auction date. The brief item lists a local commerce event conducted by the firm, noting goods or property on offer and bidding logistics.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gus Stitzer
Penn Avenue
Lawrenceville
Sttzer
Stitzer
Suitzer
J. K. Gilmer
Alderman Leslie
Constable Rivers
Leslie
Shields
Lestie
Kate Sobs
Forty-eighth Street
Seventeenth Ward
Charles E. Smith
Arsenal Hotel
Mandler Street
Neve
Eighteenth Ward
John Aldrich
Aldrich
Spencer & Liddell
Peter Ashman
P. Brennan
Bayler Street
Brennan
Ae Christy
Frank Bracken
William Smith
Thomas Welsh
Phili McCabe
Matt Hanlon
Lucy
Bridge
Edward Mannon
Judce
Basnon
M. C. Dwyer
Sharpshoro Bridge
Tippling House
Michael F. Cosgrove
Standard Is Company
Wilson Connor
Dwver
Dwyer
Campbell
Havre
H. A. Burbank
Burbank
Watson
William Franciles
Conrad Gloak
Butter Street
Haus Heirs
Bittner
John Hollihan
Stanton Avenue
Dennis Haggerty
Haggerty
Judee Ewing
A. Ingland
Lucy Furnace
Christian Jebert
Inglund
Patrick W. Judge
Judge
Citizens’ Traction Company
Thomas McTighe
Thomas
Columbus
McTighe
John McIntyre
Philip Stenler
Sum Butler Street
Fighteenth Ward
Stealer
Pitsburg
Elias
Martin Shuster
Brooks
Joseph Sipper
Brookslaw
Isss
Michael Stack
D. Reardon
John Utsig
Europe
Hodgers
Carnegie
Academy of Science and Art
Pittsburg Academy of Science and Art
Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Negley
Charles W. Scovel
W. L. Losife
Society of Engineers
E. J. Allen
Very
T. P. Roberts
Academy
Matthew
Riddle
Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Riddle
Joan A. Brashear
Edison
Menlo Park
Southside
Colonial University of New South Wales
Brooklyn Institute
Bishop Whitehead
Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead
P. Langley
John W. Beatty
George A. Macbeth
Pittssurg Dispatch
Johnstown Hospital Commission
Westinghouse
Electric Trust
Boston
Thomson-Houston Electric
Westinghouse Company
George Westinghouse, Jr
Pease
Twombley
Edson
Anne
Estinghouse Company
U. P. Seminary
O’connor
Sturtevant House
Twenty-ninth St
Broadway
Baltimore
Princeton
Constable Carr
Builders’ Exchange Meeting
McHeesport
Heorick’s
Jos. Home & Co
Peon Avenue
Nellie Bly
Marvin & Co
Campbell & Dick
Jos, Horne & Co
Rosenbaum & Co.’s
People’s Store
Grand Millinery
Rosenbaum & Co
Jos. Horne & Co
Merit
de Haan
Big 6
Wylie Ave
Rosenbaum & Ca
Trinity Churchyard
THE
MALLS
Mission Fund
Crandall
Beechan
Jos. Horse & Co
Campnet. & Dick
Jos. Homme & Co
DR. C. McLane
Atall
Soden Mineral Springs Co
Lim
Cedar ST
New
Dred. John OP Renshaw
Liberty
Watchora
Penn Ave
Pirspine
Fichus
Connemara
Newmarket
Anderson
Horne & CO
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