Speak-easy Crusade Closes Illegal Liquor Shops Citywide
Chief J O Brown says lower city quiet after a 24 day crackdown led by Inspector McAleese. In First district 1 445 arrests with 443 speak-easy cases. 203 informations filed. 162 proprietors arrested and most fined 100 dollars and costs. city revenue from cases about 7 001 30 and rising toward 10 000. inspector aims to close all by June 1 with further arrests expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Brown
Department of Public Safety
Central Station
Pittsburg
McAleese
Frst
Brown
Gripp
Kenna
Galesein
Judge Gripp's List of Workhouse Sentences and Fines
Police Magistrate Gripp presided at Central over a long list of defendants charged with keeping disorderly houses. Pleas of guilty led to sentences including workhouse terms, fines, or discharges, with many names and addresses across Second Avenue, Cherry Alley, Banks Alley, and surrounding streets. Some received workhouse days, others fines, and several were discharged.
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Gripp
the Central
Annie Usetalaro
Firont Street
Marshal Mousa
Second Avenue
Costa
Denise Miller
Third Avenue
Coma
Dt Neill
Hill Street
William Kenney
Seventh Avenue
Lillise Kedock
Banks Alley
Katherine Irwin
Cherry Alley
William Milter
Fourth Avenue
James Dagnell
Coxta
O'Neil
HI Atrows
Jacob Harris
John Stiner
Kate Cordall
Bedford Avenue
Suce Steward
Federal Street
Jirtie Lee
Liberty Avenue
Ames Carroll
Wes
Keefe
Palton
Trent
Ellen Moore
Discha Kate Drine
Kerkhardt
Oan
Korend
Aiharen Rices
Ennie Gulee
High Street
Lime Iamuton
Prem
Eee Tireet
Srane
A Stare
Sullivan
Opiar ‘Ean
Sav Carroll
Arente
Jin Kobler
Thirty-third Street
Nirew Dateell
Crawford Street
Howe
Celia Grroll
Avete Dimmill
My Moss
Annie Sexton
Movey
Gr. Wenaeraens i
Roderick
Beaters Avenue
Musie Patterson
Betford Avenue
Pastere
Ibpatrich
Mredee Fomnd
Bod Ortr
Wilasan Inkler
W& Full Street
Sweeney
Poplar
Vlin Myers
Miller Street
Webster Avenue
Bones Carney
Kate Ilua
Patton Street
Fred Fiebelstiel
Fifth Avenue
Thomas Jefferson
Eo Alley
Mr. J. Merran
Fulton Street
Peermands Breteinger
Wpe Avenue
Annie Ma
Wilson «Trest
Coete
Koberring
Coats
Alexander Wallace
Old Avenue
Auntie Haeu Enangle
Nod
Conia Lasse Morini
Finn Avenue
Ntrex Iveter
Disorderly house sentences from Police Station No 3 cases
Police Magistrate McKenna handled disorderly house cases at Police Station No 3. Pleading guilty, residents on Penn Avenue Liberty Street and surrounding lanes faced fines and costs. several were discharged or held for court, with many dates, addresses and amounts listed for Mrs O Brien, Grant Herron, Mrs Sweeney, Albert Battes, Frank Shine, Patrick Connors, M Flaherty, Mrs Connolly, and others.
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Penn Avenue
Liberty Street
McKenna
O' Brien
Grant Herron
O'Brien
Albert Battes
Smallman Street
Frank Shine
Peon Avenue
Patrick Connors
First Street
M. Flaherty
Fort Street
Connolly
West Point Caatic
Mre
Pounal
Water Street
Thomas Fanace
Pens Avenue
Browoskie
Penn Avenuoe
Thomas Berna
Shumann
Helen Hurns
John Manning
Kern's Row
McMannes
Diecharmeed
Frank Crom
Ann O'Brian
Albecker
Os Rossie
Maerron
Carella
Costa
Cole
Thomas Gilmore
Hogan's Court
Mack
Penn Avenee
Breen
H Penn Avenue
Loughilsa Ryan
Yang
Oyee
Ort Street
Kearney
Dempeal
Liberty Porpas Sallkvan
Powers
Aioe
Peter Burns
Jones Avenue
Second Avenue
Mary Ingalls
Aca Simpson
James Simpson
Brian
Thirtieth Street
Mary Carroll
Mia Kilculien
Paul Marta
Kate Derlnnie
Cherry Alley
Ischazard
Long
Kate Chorehill
Pike Street
Thirtenth
Fourteenth
Auule T. Shady
Thirteenth
Mr. Mahaney
Mek Feerst
Frank ‘Savier
Liberty Avenue
Asinos
Garitt & Co
Hunting a Husband Sought by Portland Bride in Pittsburg
A 22 year old woman using the name Mrs E B Williams from Portland seeks her husband whom she married last July after a swift courtship. He allegedly hid his identity claiming a secret inheritance in Pittsburg. She traced his mail to a rock box and a local business, but a man there denied knowledge of Williams. She plans to confront him and awaits parental guidance.
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Seventh Avenue
Portland
Ore
E. 8. Williams
Pittsburg
Williams
Jones
Ft. Dodge
Judy
Pittsboro
Iowa
East
Ohio
Steubenville
Findlay
Uhrichsville
Allegheny
Mr. Williams
Oregon
Licensed saloons listed for prior sale in First Police district
Inspector McAleese names licensed saloons that sold liquor without a license before May 1 1890 in the First Police district. Wholesale entries include Necker at Forbes and Moultrie. Jacob Samolaky. Retail entries include Fred Schmidt Diamond street. Frank Schaffer 6 Grant street. William Brown 195 Second avenue. June Powers High street. Patrick Deviln 43 Washington street. John Brien le Mann avenue. Joho Sweinhart 477 Penn avenue. Julie Golden 66 Penn avenue. damee Gilliann 07s Liberty street. Joseph Unger eo Dinwiddle street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAleese
Necker
Forbes and
Moultrie Streets
Jacob Samolaky
Fred Schmidt
Diamond Street
Frank Schaffer
Grant Street
William Brown
Second Avenue
June Powers
High Street
Patrick Deviln
Washington Street
John Brien
le Mann
Joho Sweinhart
Penn Avenue
Julie Golden
Damee Gilliann
Liberty Street
Joseph Unger
Eo Dinwiddle
Quiet Sabbath Sees Speak-Easy Crackdown
Yesterday marked the quietest Sabbath in police circles in two years as few drunken men appeared on the streets. Detected speak-easies led to arrests and confessions helping police. Summers and Lynch paid fines for keeping orderly houses. Captain Brophy raided Butler Street. seven were seized while John Cavanaugh dodged capture twice and paid fines. John Jusko of Canton Alley faced charges for keeping a speakeasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Summers
Carson
Marry Lynch
Fifth Avenue
Boston Street
Julia Neary
Captain Brophy
Butler Street
John Cavanaugh
John Jusko
Canton Alley
Fourteenth Ward
Novel Rolled Steel Carriage Wheels Invented in City
George H. Everson announces a patent for cold rolled tubular spoke carriage wheels that replace tires without disassembly. The Rolled Steel Carriage Wheel Company in Allegheny plans 50 sets daily, aiming to scale to meet national demand for 10 million wheels yearly. The firm also markets cold rolled steel tubes for chandeliers, railings, and curtain rods with enhanced strength.
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George H. Everson
Allegheny
Rolled Steel Carriage Wheel Company
Youth Arrested for Burglary After Chicago Trip
Fifteen year old Harry Parker was arrested at his home on Vickrey Street by Officer Grimes for stealing several suits. He had just returned from a trip to Chicago two weeks earlier and will have a hearing this morning.
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Harry Parker
Vickrey Street
Grimes
Parker
Chicago
Boston Specialist Dr Flower Schedules Readability
Dr Flower of Boston, famed specialist, will visit Monongahels House in Pittsburgh on Monday June 2 and Neil House in Columbus on Tuesday June 3 to see patients.
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DR. Flower
Boston
Flower
Pittsburg
Monongahels House
Columbus
Neil House
Catholics Defend Patriotism in Catholicity Lecture
Rev Daniel J McLaughlin, a Clifden priest, argued at Hibernian Hall that Catholicity strengthens patriotism not opposes it. He urged voting by conscience, denounced secret societies, and cited Kosciuszko, Kossuth, and O Connell as examples of Catholic patriotism, noting Irish and American Catholics alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. McLaughlin
Clifden
County Mayo
Ireland
Hibernian Hall
Wylie Avenue
Tate
Poland
la Vendee
Church of the Apostles
Hungary
Kosciuskos
Kossuths
America
Married in Chicago Miss Lizzie Wiggins and E. F. Dalzell
Miss Lizzie Wiggins of this city married E. F. Dalzell of Chicago in a Thursday ceremony performed by Rev. George C. Lorimer at Immanuel Baptist Church. The couple left town to wed amid family opposition, and the bride lamented the publicity as disgraceful while Chicago papers debated ethics.
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Lizzie Wiggins
Dalzell
Chicago
Windy City
George C. Lorimer
Immanuel Baptist Church
Struck by a Cable Car Injures Local Woman
Miss Marths O Brien of Pride street narrowly escaped serious injury when an eastbound Fifth avenue cable car struck her on Gist street. She suffered facial and body bruises, was carried to a nearby house unconscious, then taken home by carriage. Nearby, Frank Coyle with a broken right ankle was taken to Mercy Hospital. Harley Fink, a Mercy No. 9 fireman, also suffered a crushed leg likely needing amputation after a horse-related incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marths O’brien
Pride Street
Fifth Avenue
Gist Street
Frank Coyle
Mercy Hospital
Yester
Harley Fink
Enmercy No. 9
Allegheny
Barbershop Raid Fines Hit Poker Players on Carson Street
Early yesterday the Henry Haupt barber shop on Carson street near Twenty first street was raided during a poker game. Haupt was fined 25 dollars while William Dixon Thomas Harris and John Brown each paid 5 dollars. Cards and chips were confiscated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Haupt
Carson Street
Twenty-first Street
Haupt
William Dixon
Thomas Harris
John Brown
Disputed dismissal fuels Knights of Labor row at Pleasant Valley line
Master Workman Evans denounces the Pleasant Valley electric line directors for ignoring a Knights of Labor communication from discharged conductors and motormen. He cites alleged board absences and seeks recognition of the union, while new assembly members question safety records and claim firings followed by accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workman Evans
Knights of Labor
Pleasant Valley Electric Lines
Evans
Electricians Vie for Council Admission Faces Likely Rejection
The Electricians' Union held a meeting at 101 Fifth Avenue and received a committee from the Building Trades Council about denying the union's delegates admission to the Council. The electricians argue they should be represented because they wire houses. The committee will report at the next Council meeting, but admission is unlikely.
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The
Electricians’ Union
Fifth Avenue
Building Trades Council
Elevator accident insurance company formed in Detroit
A new insurance line insures elevators against accidents. The firm steps between injured workers and elevator owners and pays compensation based on injury type. Based in Detroit, Mich., the service already covers many insured elevators in warehouses and other buildings.
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Detroit
Mich
Chautauqua Lake Tee Company to Hold Stock Vote
Stockholders are called to a special meeting on Thursday July 17 at the company office to vote on increasing capital stock. The move is prompted by the need to finance an artificial ice plant at Chautauqua Lake.
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Chautauqua Lake Tee Company
Public Safety Denounces Street Nuisances In Wry Circular
Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety vows strict enforcement of a humorous yet stern circular titled Extracts from laws and ordinances. It bars hoopskirts broken crockery banana peels and tobogganing down the Hump. It also restricts bonfires kite flying and dumping on sidewalks. Penalties include five dollars for hack overcharges and fines for improper horse and wagon practices.
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Department of Public Safety
Chief Brown
Pittsburg
Lesters
Ple
A Home of Its Own For Randall Club
The Randall Club has agreed to buy the McCauley mansion at Fifth Street and Duquesne Way for 25000 dollars with 10000 more planned for improvements. Planned features include a conservatory rear of the premises, an elevated concert platform, a front fountain, extensive interior work, and a rear building for dramatic performances with about 400 seats. The club also plans lectures by prominent Democratic orators.
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Randall Club
McCauley
Fifth Street
Duquesne Way
Midnight Hack Crash In Pittsburg Leaves Questions
Two unknown men with several young women hired a hack at A M Hocksweender's Fifth avenue livery stable on a Saturday night. Their broken-down conveyance was found at Federal street and Montgomery avenue at 4:60 am with no trace of the occupants. Officer Steele secured the horses and contacted the owner as the cause and desertion remain a mystery.
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A. M. Hocksweender
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Federal Street
Montgomery Avenue
Answere
Steele
East Diamond Street
Taking Up Peter's Pence Across Catholic Dioceses
Catholic churches across the diocese collected offerings for Pope Leo XIII following a bishop initiated circular. Pentecost or Whitsuntide was celebrated, marking the coming of the Holy Ghost with tongues as of fire. The feast, on the fiftieth day after Easter, is also known as Whitsunday, with Catechumens clothed in white and baptized on the eve. Saturday is declared a day of fast and obligation.
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Leo XIII
Phelan
National Tube Works Forms Two-Man Committee
The men of the National Tube Works Company appointed a two man committee yesterday and will report to General Manager Converse today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tube Works Company
Dispatched Fisheries Report Receives Notice and Local Arrests
The Dispatch notes receipt of the State Commissioners of Fisheries report for 1878 88 through Secretary James Verner Long. It highlights a compilation of state fishing laws by F G Geiser Enq and praise for contributors. Arrests include Joan Donovan and Dennis McBride for insulting ladies on Bedford avenue. six men jailed in Allegheny for disturbing a chapel service. Robert Serouex reported sleeping on a stoop and losing a watch and chain. James Leslie arrested for refusing to pay at McBride's Allegheny restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Verner Long
State Commissioners of Fisheries
Isaak Walton
F. G. Geiser
Joan Donovan
Dennis McBride
Terry
Bedford Avenue
Devilliers Street
Eleventh Ward
McAleese
Taventum Lodge No. 3
Knights A.O. U. W
Order
Lewis
John Maxwell
William Riley
George Geones
Thomas Bennett
John Sweeney
Orville Jackson
Allegheny
Boyle Street
Rovert Serouex
Arch Street
Twelfth Ward
James Leslie
Mcbride
Mechanics’ Trip to Chicago Planned for National Council
About 1000 members will attend the Chicago meeting next month. The transportation committee sets eight dollars for round trips. June 17 marks the Bunker Hill Day opening with welcome by Mayor DeWitt C. Cregier. A noon flag unfurling and a parade of 500 to 800 Pittsburg Mechanics follow, concluded by an Auditorium gathering on Wabash Avenue. A name change proposal draws notable interest.
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American Mechanica’ Committee
National Council
Chicago
Transportation Committee
Bunker Hill
DeWitt C. Cregier
Chino
H. I. Goarley
Fisherman Finds Mysterious Iron Barrel by River
John Jeffrey, while drifting for driftwood in the Allegheny River at Forty ninth street, pulled a small sheet iron barrel from the water. Captain Brophy examined the keg marked Home Powder Company Sedgewick Pa and seeks an expert to determine its contents. Also, William Transler and Edward Sloan quarreled on Thirty sixth street with Transler stabbed thrice. Sloan fled and was sought by police though he planned to surrender at Seventeenth ward stationhouse on Sunday.
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John Jeffrey
Allegheny River
Fortyninth Street
Brophy
Home Powder Company
Sedgewick
W. Pa
William Transler
Edward Sloan
Transler
Sloan
Seventeenth Ward
What People Are Doing and Talking in Pittsburg News
The piece notes the varied actions of Pittsburg residents and observers, highlighting artist Frank Holme and his public engagement. It mentions travel, conversation, and local cultural activity shaping the community pace and tone.
Sunday In the Cemetery Patrols Continue Amid Showers
Six Allegheny Cemetery patrolmen resumed duty for the regular Sunday detail. Despite heavy rain showers, many visitors wandered the pleasant avenues and alleys of the cemetery yesterday.
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Allegheny Cemetery
Cabinet sale offer on Decoration Day at Hendricks & Co
An advertisement promises a Silv B pusstporage given away with every dozen cabinets purchased for children on Decoration Day. The dealer, Hendricks & Co., 68 Federal Street, Allegheny, shows a gallery open all day and cabinets priced at 1 dollar.
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Hendricks & Co
Federal Street
Allegheny
Delegates in Pennsylvania GOP Convention Battle Shapes Up
Forty four of sixty seven counties have held conventions and elected delegates for Harrisburg gathering four weeks hence. Delamater leads with 42 possible votes, Hastings 15 clear pledges, Montooth and others contending as county factions vie for influence. Philadelphia and Allegheny will supply 55 delegates with Hastings and Montooth favored in those counties. The race remains open and closely watched by party followers.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Candia
Berks
Delamater
Ee Major Montooth
Berka County
Senator Delamater
Armstrong
Fulton
Lackawanna
Lawrence
Mercer
Schuylker
Venango
Wayne
Total
Delaware
Luzerne
Northampton
Potter
Hastings
Blair
Center
Clearfield
Clinton
Juniata
Miffln
Snyder
Union
York
Schuylkill
Lancaster County
E. K. Martin
Martin
Watres
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Stone
Bedford
Cameron
McKean
Montour
Northumberland
Warren
Adams
Butler County
Major Montooth
High County
Greene
Bradford
Davies
Osborne
Lycoming
McCormick
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Montooth
Moorhead W C T U Meeting and Upcoming Sacred Concerts
The Moorhead W C T U met under Mrs. Hammett with remarks by Mrs. Jones and fine choir music. Next Sunday the National Silver Lake Quartet will perform two sacred concerts at the union hall. The Sons of Tempe held a meeting at 68 UObio Street Allegheny with notable attendance and addresses by J. W. Moreland, E. S. Johnstone, Mr. Swoger, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorhead
Hammett
Jones
National Silver Lake Quartet
Second Avenue
Grant Street
Sons of Tempe
Uobio Street
Allegheny
J. W. Moreland
E. 8. Johnstone
Mr. Swoger
Death of Hazel weed resident John Simons at 73 Flowers Street
John Simons 65, an elderly Hazel weed resident, collapsed after a hearty dinner at his home No 73 Flowers Street Twenty third ward yesterday. He died about an hour later and the coroner will investigate the death.
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John Simons
Flowers Street
Tony
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