Teachers Triumph in Nobbs Case At Central High
Central Board of Education investigates suspension of Miss Nellie Nobbs. Faculty reports support for reinstatement if she agrees to school rules. Nobbs and her father engage in hearings detailing cuts to a society program and alleged provocations by Prof Sleeth. Board to confirm findings next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Board of Education
Nellie Nobbs
Nobbs
Messrs
D. R. Torrens
Phelps
Adams
Blaze
Henderson
Rogers
McKain
McCandless
William Holmes
McKelvey
Miss Nobbs
Prof. Wood
Wood
Prof
Patterson
Sleeth
Prof. Sleeth
Mr. Phelps
E Sect
Mr. Sleeth
Mr. Nobbs
Society
Ford
Miss Ford
Holmes
Narrow Escape as Mustangs Plunge in Plank Road Ride
Mrs. Lawrence Ward of Etna narrowly avoids death when a hired gentle horse goes wild after a locomotive's whistle. Her eldest son is thrown from the buggy and gravely injured as the horse charges, while Mrs. Ward escapes with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Ward
Etna
Ward
Bugsy
Saaliy
Cba
Fortunainly
Isa
Ortun
Decrease in Net Earnings for Major Rail Line
In April and the last four months the Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis road including the Little Miami shows lower performance. Secretary Liggett reports gross earnings down $117 152 96 while expenses fell $112 219 61 and net earnings dropped $4 935 35. Compared with four months in 1890 net earnings are down $36 405 16 and expenses reduced $364 505 89. The dull cat business and stalled trade reflect in dividends as coke strikes and idle furnaces deepen the slowdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Little Miami
Liggett
Ann Arbor Alumni Form Western Pennsylvania Association
Michigan graduates in Western Pennsylvania met at Hotel Duquesne and organized a permanent alumni group. They plan semi annual meetings and an annual banquet in this city with officers led by President Dr W H Daly and secretaries L K Joseph and others. A June Hotel Duquesne banquet is planned with notable speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Michigan
Western Pennsylvania
Hotel Duquesne
Western
Vania
W. H. Daly
F.eeene
B. Cax
L. K. Joseph
Joseph How
Hotel Dunesne
Manhunt and clash as detectives pursue train curb taker
Detectives Fitzgerald and Robinson chase Philip Kennedy through Pittsburg and Charleston yards after Kennedy allegedly steals a valuable watch from Lawrence O'Brien of Soho. A mob clashes with officers on a gondola train, then Kennedy is captured at Central Station amid a crowd and brought in for a hearing. Other arrests and charges follow in the same afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Robinson
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
Lawrence O'Brien
Soho
O'Brien
Philip Kennedy
Kennedy
Department of Public Safety
Yan
Thirtythird Street
No. 7
Patro
Central Station
Dangers of the Law: Boxing Fight Between Two Italians
Leonardi Miragio and Angelo Palerdino, tenants at 37 Washington street, fought with bare fists after a boxing glove dispute. Palerdino reported a bruised head to Alderman Donovan but was later released to Warden Ilin. Palerdino and Miragio face hearings Tuesday as their relatives file charges and the affair goes to legal investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonardi Miragio
Angelo Palerdino
Washington Street
Palerdino
Donovan
Ilin
Berlin
Italian Gentlemen Brawl Over Beer Payment Charges
Angelo Pantillo assaulted Lenox Marcol after being asked to split beer costs. Pantillo, held on $500 bail, appeared before Alderman Stichards with a severe head wound on Marcol. Marcol resides at 37 Wash in street and the incident led to Pantillo's arrest and jail stay awaiting a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelo Pantillo
Lenox Marcol
Washin Street
SU Jon
Muareol
Callong
Stichards
Angelo
Stolen Satchel Found. Samuel Painter Arrested
Early this week George Smith of Leechburg was robbed at the West Penn depot of a satchel with valuable papers. The satchel was recovered in a Lacock street cellar on Wednesday. Detectives Steele and Hasty detained Samuel Painter, arrested on a charge of taking the satchel, after linking him to the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Painter
Allegheny
George Smith
Leechburg
West Penn Depot
Lacock Street
Steele
Hasty
Ee Painter
Southside arrests report profane language and theftish charge
On the South side O Neil was arrested for using profane language. Jons Brown, 9, was arrested on the Southside last fight on a charge of tapping millinery store. Set Xen on statute costs and held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Many O'Neil
Southside
Jons Brown
Xen
Juror Critiques Law After Two Weeks in Quarter Sessions
M Gessner, juror in Quarter Sessions Court, argues system overcharges taxpayers and fails to punish appropriately. He cites a chicken theft trial costing $210 plus $75 etc, with 60 jurors paid $250 daily, and calls for cheaper administration and better selecting magistrates to deliver fairer, nearer justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Gessner
Gessner
Een Rica
Successful Trial Trip of Short Electric Railway
Superintendent C L Abbott and assistant J T Watson conducted a test on the Birmingham traction line last night. The car ran from the shed to Twenty first street with delays at Twenty seventh and Thirty second streets, totaling 35 minutes including delays, and finished without further trouble. Both officials praised the test and expressed satisfaction with the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Abbott
J. T. Watson
Short
Birmingham
Twenty Seventh Street
Twenty-first Street
Sprague Company
Finpuerta
Abbots
Oben Ter Dent
Abbott
Ant
J.T. Watson
Knights Templar announces Pennsylvania officers
The United Grand Commandery of Knights Templar in Pennsylvania releases a list of appointed officers including J. B. Campbell as Grand Senior Warden John Mattthews as Grand Junior Warden John R. Tyler as Grand Warden James W. Bell as Grand Sword Bearer John Hicks as Grand Organist Daniel T. Masters as Grand Heraine Ww. vester Nepernurm Gran Georke Peter Robinson Frank Nelson J. B. Mason and H. H. Gilberts as Grand Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United
Grand Commandery of
Knights Templar
Pennsylvania
J. B. Campbell
John Dunbar
William H. Smith
John Mattthews
John R. Tyler
James W. Bell
John Hicks
Daniel T. Masters
Grand
Heraine
Ww. Vester Nepernurm
Gran Georke
Peter Robinson
Frank Nelson
J. B. Mason
Grand Sentinel
H. H. Gilberts
James B. Coulter Former Telegraph Operator Dies in Chicago
James B. Coulter a leading telegraph operator in the region died in Chicago yesterday morning of consumption at age 37 He served at major offices across the country and leaves a wife and five children Interment is planned at Latrobe tomorrow afternoon Also notes WAKEMAN'S third letter on the English Lake District in THE DISPATCH promised for tomorrow a treat for lovers of English travel writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Coulter
Chicago
Mr. Coulter
Latrobe
Wakeman
Lake District
Local Briefs Include Lectures Funeral And Fire
London lecturer S Groves will speak at the Sons of Temperance on Sunday night at 25 Federal Street Allegheny. The funeral of Robert Rosshouse occurred yesterday from Pele Avenue Leghen. A coroner's inquest found accidental death for an unknown man found dead near Etna. A bishop confirmation service is planned at the Epiphany Church Bellevue tonight. A minor fire damaged the roof of W C Williams on Dallas Avenue. Edward Pexticost injured on a Second Avenue car is not expected to live. Frank Zoos was sent to the Souths Hoagpital yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Groves
F.S.8. C
London
England
Temperance League
Sons of Temperance Meeting
Federal Street
Allegheny
Robert Rosshouse
Siesta
Pele Avenue
Atlantic City
B. A. McCabe
Etna
George P. Hamilloh
Athoskeag
Pittsburg
Church of the Epiphany
Bellevue
W. C. Williams
Dallas Avenue
William Enright
A. Epward Pexticost
Fauxk Zoos
Michael Keefe
Wylie Avenue
Fortyfourth Street
New Brighton
M. J. Gaven
Citsar
Caramel Alley
August Fisher
Joseph Muhl
Joseph Lehmann
Aes
No Conference Held in McKeesport Carpenters Strike
Masters Builders refuse concessions on hours and wages after a brief meeting with the Carpenters Committee led by Robert Addy. Union officials plan to mobilize further with 400 planing mill workers reporting Monday and benefits paid today to struck members as trade slows and pressure grows for a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters
Master Builders’ Association
Robert Addy
Builders’ Exchange
Exchange
Fulmer
Powell
Hamilton
Carpenters’ Committee
Mary McGuire
Barnes
Eisler
Planing Mill Association
Planing
Treasuries
Rome
Swartz
Master Builders
McKeesport
Daniel Stratton
Joseph Morgan
John A. Wood
F. A. Richards
Pittsburg
Merchandize Shipments Good as Strike Paralyzes Mills
The Wheeling Freight Committee met at the Baltimore and Ohio office, noting routine business since last November. W H Booth of Wheeling and Lake Erie and W H Stewart of Cleveland represented lines, while Division see Agent Gallagher said shipments are good though other traffic is light. He doubts furnaces will restart without steady coke, as the coke strike continues and most Wheeling mills remain shut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio
W. H. Booth
Wheeling and Lake Erie
W. H. Stewart
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Gallagher
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Tapping Gaslands Seven Mile PRR Line Near Murrayville
D F Keenan the Philadelphia contractor visited town and announced a seven mile Pennsylvania Railroad project from Stewart s to Murraysville after a five year halt. The line will attract manufacturers to locate along it and there are wells in the field for local consumption but no distant supply pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Stewart's
Murraysville
D. F. Keenan
Philadelphia
St. Charles
Keenan
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Stewart's Station
Pennsylvania Company
Asphalt Plant Planned Near McKeesport by New Company
A new manufacturing firm with capital of 150000 to 200000, mainly Pittsburg and Eastern investors, seeks a site near McKeesport for an asphalt block plant. The project aims to employ 200 workers and meet rising demand for asphalt material along the region while noting only one other manufacturer of the product exists nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
McKeesport
United States Glass Company Agents in City Appraise Stock
Two US Glass Company agents are in the city to appraise stock in local concerns. The firm count totals 13 with a capital of about 2 million dollars. Anchor Coke Works, bought by John F. Atchison from the Pennsylvania Company, will start Monday. Atchison reports smooth agreement with his men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Glass Company
Cnpital
Anchor Coke Works
John F. Atchison
Pennsylvania Company
Lawenceville Barbers to Close for Decoration Day
Fragmented notice describes Lawrenceville barbers closing on Decoration Day at 6 PM. Other items mention union actions, wage scales for D. Laws & Sox drivers, coke workers’ relief appeals, and a reunion committee meeting in Beaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceville
Amalgamated Association
Beaver
James Olpeam
Harrisburg
Are
Bender Denies Affidavit Linking Doughty to Innocence
Ex-Constable Bender, jailed with the Bender gang for conspiracy, denies signing an affidavit declaring Doughty innocent. He says A Loheide pressured him during a visit at ex-Alderman Doughty’s Bloomfield home and liquor was offered to obtain a signed document, which Bender refused. The statement may counter pardon efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bender
Doughty
Inspector Whitehouse
A. Loheide
Bloomfield
Weneety
Lawmen Halt Pittsburg Ingersoll Lecture Plan
The Department of Public Safety stopped a scheme by Lawrenceville free thinkers to form an association and raise funds to invite Robert Ingersoll to lecture in Pittsburg on Sunday. Chief Brown warned the plan violated the law and warned that the lecture would be atone. Inspector McAleese echoed the stance against circumvention of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Safety
Ingersoll
Lawrenceville
Chief Brown
Robert Ingersoll
Pittsburg
Inspector McAleese
Cutting Down the Trees Harasses Rail Lines in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Company launches a campaign to trim trees liable to fall on tracks, often from nonowned properties along lines like the Pittsburg Youngstown and Ashtabula. It plans to cut and compensate owners, with some trees repurposed into wood sold back to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburg
Youngstown
Ashtabula
Tennis Styled Menswear Says New Season Stock Arrived
A catalog note highlights Madras and Oxford fabrics, Scotch Flannels, silk and silk blends, and English goods priced low. It advertises Tennis Suits, caps, belts, sashes, bicycle stockings, shirts, underwear, hosiery, gloves, umbrellas, and full dress furnishings as part of the season’s fresh stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
Oxford
Handso m est Styles in Spring Stock Parade
Complete spring stock with the largest and choicest assortment yet. Styles are prettier than ever in plain white and colored stripe check and plaid pique linen duck and flannel. Single and double breasted. Prices $2.50 to $5.50.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilkelie
Young Ward
Ann Arbor
Michigan University
B. M. Hayne
Cedaarie
Penn Street
Passy
Mala Bowens
Sennae Freight
U Aand
Thirtieth Street
Tective Fitzgerald
Alderwan
Ansault
Buttseye
Erie
Perroniso
Rosina Kinney
Peregrino
New Manufacturing Company
New Castle
Industrial Notes
Carpenter
C. C
Prrrspure Compration Clothing Company
Grant and
Diamond Streets
Neichs Music Company
Fifth Avenue
P. C.C
Wood Street
Retina & WriLps
Penn Avenue
Rosenbaum
Welty’s
Ederal Street
Parkway
Mannion
Artieyes
Orhs
Brown & Co's
Water Streets
Jos. Horne & Co
O’keefe
Pharmacy
Smithfield Street
TraLian
Brows & Co
Black GooDs
Biber
Easton
Market ST
Ingrain
Brussels
Edward
Gruetzinger
Penn Ave
mySrissu
Lee
Beat Wide Borders
J. Kerwin Miller & CO
Smithfield ST
New York
John Sherwood
Horne
Windsor
F. C
Myié
U. and
Ulrich & Spencer
Wood St
Pittaburg
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!