Mayor Wyman in spotlight as Koerner case widens
Boorner alleges threats offering compensation or prison unless he backs Wyman. Price denies parts of Koerner's charges while admitting pressure to testify against the mayor. Officials prepare further disclosures on alleged payoffs and boardings house operations linking Wyman and aides to illicit activities.
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Allerheny
Auciorage Committee
Northside
Wyman
HL. C. Price
Te Disraten
Jeonis Koerner
Wrman
H. P.rice
Koerner
Price
Karrier
Cred
Ur .Mir
Koerver
Eostence
Homestead Democrats Organize Club Ahead of Campaign
Leading Democrats in Homestead have formed a club and plan to apply for a charter. They intend to play an active role in the upcoming campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Seventeenth East End Y M C A Meeting Held at East Liberty
The East Liberty branch of the Y M C A held its seventeenth annual meeting at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church. Peter Dick presided, readings and anthems complemented by sermons from Rev C G Wilson and Rev William A Stanton. The report showed 195 members, income of 2641.48, expenditures 269.84, and 313 open days with 60 average daily attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Maosic
East Liberty
Young Men's Christian Association
Pittsburg
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Corner Penn and
Highland Avenues
Peter Dick
Haydn Quartet
John Weideley
CG. V. Wilson
William A. Stanton
Shady Avenue Baptist Church
Robert M. Russell
Sixth United Presbyterian Church
Ile
Canada
United States
International Y. M. CA
Southside Amalgamated Meet Focused on Routine Business
Members of the Amalgamated Association at Jones & Laughlins Southside mill gathered at Weber's Hall for a 7 to 12 o'clock session. President Weihe said the meeting involved routine business and did not discuss the mill strike. Vice President Carney affirmed no strike talk and cited ongoing investigation with expectation of a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association
Jones & Laughlins
Southside
Weber's Hall
Weihe
Jones & Langhilin
Carney
Woman Seeks Arrest After Intruder Assaults
Mrs. Mary Megahans of 35 Lake Street Allegheny told Police Superintendent Muth she wants William Fogle arrested after he entered her home, cursed her, and was struck twice with a poker as he fled down Lake Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Megahans
Lake Street
Allegeny
Muth
William Fogle
Fogle
Moegahaus
Italians Return Home as Immigrant Influx Slows
A group of about 20 Italians and a few Hungarians sailed back to their homeland last night. They cited homesickness and savings as reasons, leaving fewer newcomers than departures. The article notes a shrinking immigrant flow and hints Senator Flinn may face a labor shortage if this trend continues.
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Flinn
Crowd Disturbs Sixth Street as Bijou Theater Lecture Cancelled
A large crowd formed on Sixth Street last night to hear Dr Harrison speak at the Bijou Theater. The lecturer canceled his appearance, but attendees were unaware. Billboards were toppled and several men tried to scale the iron railing while six officers restored order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Street
Harrison
Oil Strike Hinted in Gordon Sand at McDonald Field
A. A. Logan predicts another successful oil strike in Gordon sand within the McDonald field. He notes ample oil in the sand suggesting a sizable pool nearby, though not likely to reach the dimensions of the current largest pool tapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Logan
Gordon
McDonald Field
Little Things of Yesterday in Pittsburg
Reports from Pittsburg list multiple items including a new Edgar Thomson blast furnace contract by Riter and Contry costing 175000 dollars, a three month old child found dead believed smothered, and news of local union activity and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hirsch
Butler Street
Parster
Trustee Duss Seeks Closer Koreshan Economite Ties
Trustee John S. Duss of the Economite Society presents a statement denying Dr. Cyrus Teed’s dishonorable aims and arguing Koreshan and Economite principles are similar. He recounts Teed’s 1880s visit to Economy, notes cooperation with Elders, and defends the harmony between the groups while warning against false reports and personal attacks.
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Cyrus R. Teed
Koreshan
Chicago
Economite Society
John S. Duss
Dr. Teed
Teed
C. KR. Teed
Father Henrici
Board of Elders
R. O. Spear
Mrs. Spear
Kapp
Baker
Henrici
Lenz
Spear
City weighs Central Police Station future as vacancy looms
City faces April 1 eviction from the Central Police station site with no firm plan for new quarters. Chief Brown seeks a new building, but construction timelines push beyond the deadline. Police Superintendent Weir says no immediate substitute plans exist and suggests possible temporary measures between Eleventh and Twelfth ward houses if needed.
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Central Police Station
Brown
Central Station
Weir
Eclipse Observations Clouded by Weather At Observatory
The moon eclipse drew few observers as hazy skies limited view. Prof Keeler logged nine of 30 stars, Prof Very noted light and heat measures, and results will be sent to Dorpat with about 30 other observatories. Speer assisted from Pittsburg High School. Eclipse ran 4 57 to 9 05. Government building glass costs $741000. Post Office floor near occupancy. lights and arches to be improved.
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Prof
Keeler
Very
Dorpat
Russia
Speer
Pittsburg High School
McKean
Washington
Smithfield Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Chief Bigelow
Winter schedule boosts service to Wilkinsburg and Braddock
The Pennsylvania road extended local Wilkinsburg trains to Braddock, preserving current times. Riders face no fare announcements yet while agents await traction road agreements. Officials may sell litmps to Wilkinsburg for $1 and issue 1,000 mile books to local points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Wilkinsburg
Braddock
Pittsburg
Dutch-Austrian vagrant held in Twenty-eigth ward station
Steve Cloasfoort also known as John Smith, described as demented, was lodged yesterday morning by Officer D. H. Smith. A 30 year old with prior vagrancy arrests, he was refused workhouse admission and now faces placement at the City Poor Farm by Southside police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Cloasfoort
Banksville Man Held After Drunken Row at Station
Anthony Burns of Banksville was placed in the Thirty sixth ward police station for drunkenness after visiting to file information about a man running a speak easy at Corks Run. Told Corks Run lay outside city limits he refused to leave and was put in a cell to sober up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Burns
Banksville
Thirty-sixth Ward
Corks Run
Investment Trends Boost Western Mortgages and Industrial Bonds
Investors expect large cash flows from Western country mortgages and property securities. New England states alone may gain about 200 million dollars as funds are reinvested promptly. Favorable industrial enterprise income attracts funds away from railroad bonds and Western farm mortgages toward issuers with strong capitalization like H. H. Warner & Co. Limited, which reports steady debenture payments, high dividends, and growing profits this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
H. H. Warner & Co., Limited
New Hotels Coming on Wood Street in Pittsburgh
Rumors circulate that a large hotel project may arise on the St. Charles and Central Hotel blocks with options on adjoining ground. Investors including E M Ferguson William Roseburg and others discuss plans for two hotels on the block while negotiations for the Central Hotel property proceed and local architects weigh a monumental building. The effort aims to create a hotel equal to Pittsburgh’s size and commercial importance with key figures signaling broad interest and potential redevelopment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
St. Charles
Central Hotel
Charles S. Gill
Stillburg
Second
Third Avenues
Wood and
Smithfield Streets
William Roseburg
E. M. Ferguson
Central
Reserve Township
Jacob Kaufmann
Kaufmann Bros
Kaufmann
Wood Street
Second Avenue
St. Charlies
Eighth Anniversary Y M C A Railroad Branch Meeting
The Pennsylvania Railroad Department of the Y M C A held its eighth anniversary meeting in the Twenty eighth Street reading rooms. Rev C P Harrah led scripture and Rev Samuel H Moore offered prayer. Jacob Weedman presented the annual report showing flourishing conditions and good work. G A Warburton and S L Seymour spoke on railroad Y M C A progress and accomplishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Department
Twenty-eighth Street
C. P. Harrah
Samuel H. Moore
Jacob Weedman
G. A. Warburton
New York
8. L. Seymour
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robert Pitewirn
Oldest Allegheny County Native Dies Noted Hatters Trade
Delinquent Tax Collector Ford learned his father in law Robert Bartley, aged 88, was dying in Baltimore. Bartley, born in Allegheny County, first saw daylight at a house at the mouth of Butcher's Run. He learned the hatter's trade and long operated a business at Blairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Robert Bartley
Baltimore
Mr. Bartley
Allegheny County
Butcher's Run
Blairsville
Deaths of Mrs Flack and John Sauters in Southside
Yesterday morning Mrs Catherine Flack wife of Alderman Flack of Carson Street Southside died. Her husband is severely ill with small hope of recovery. On Saturday night John Sauters brother of Mrs Flack died at his home on Eighteenth Street Southside of dropsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Flack
Alderman Flack
Carson Street
Southside
John Sauters
Flack
Eighteenth Street
Prisoner Roundup and Suspected Disappearances Reported
Daxied McKenna was arrested for keeping a disorderly house and jailed in the Seventeenth ward. Henry Joss faces a court hearing for stealing a horse and buggy and is held on 900 bail. Henry OxtHovs is missing from Carey alley and feared foul play. Josefh Suetton and James Harris are to be heard for assault with a cobblestone. Mayc Campbell, inmate at Penn avenue, jailed for ink spillage and faces magistrate. Miss Amelta Maxwell arrested for intimacy with her son in law Charles Washington. Reports of drunken brawls near the city line with injuries at Lower Clair Township. Atrnep Corny to be returned to Philadelphia. father to retrieve him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anditin C
Ween
Murgy
Wyman
Peter Gillen
Eucith
Gillen
Father Henrici
Board of Elders
Aple
Eminurtz
Chicago
Daxied McKenna
Fifty-fourth Street
Captain Brophy
Seventeenth Ward
Henry Joss
McVay
Mr. Hoffstott
Alder- Hyndman
Henry OxtHovs
Carey Alley
Josefh Suetton
James Harris
Alderman Hyndman
Max Goldstein
Mayc Campbell
No. 20
Penn Avenue
Twelfth Ward
McKenna
Amelta Maxwell
Eleventh Ward
Martha Simpson
Charles Washington
Simpson
Miss Maxwell
Oakland
Lower $1.Clair Township
Atrnep Corny
Oficer Yeager
Monongahela House
Philadelphia
Muddle Over An Organ Suit Yields Unusual Court Ruling
In Drake versus Irvine, Common Pleas Court No 1 relies on an unusual ruling by Judge Stowe. The decision orders judgment for $880.30 on the admitted balance and leaves the rest for trial, amid questions on proper practice and potential future appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Church
Stowe
Drake Versits Irvine
Common Pleas Court No
Pittsburg Legal Journal
Charles W. Scovel
Braddock
Eame
Seavel
Fania
Leane Stowe
Supreme Court
Stedman
Ksipee Goed
Triel
Police Hearings at Central and Several Ward Stations
Magistrate Gripp at Central station handled 32 prisoners including Moses Day punished with 90 days at the workhouse for beating his wife and William Schrader for pocketing eggs from a store. Clara Cumming received 30 days for improper conduct. Other ward hearings produced mainly small fines, with multiple 30 to 50 dollar penalties. At Allegheny hearing Mary Smith fined 50 dollars, others paid costs. Seventeenth ward cases yielded only small fines.
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Gripp
Central Station
Moses Day
Tannehill Street
William Schrader
Yeager
Grant Street
Clara Cumming
Twenty-eighth Ward
Thompson
Daniel Berry
M. Donavan
M. Carson
Carson Street
Wyman
Allegheny
Milligan and
Busche
Mary Smith
Gerstalley
Miss Smith
McKenna
Twelfth Ward
James McKenna
George Gallagher
Andrew Partens
Third Avenue
John Chrew
No. 25
Second Avenue
Thomas Sullivan
John Hartman
William Hartman
Robert Roberts
Drhew
Leslie
Seventeenth Ward
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association Denounces Butterworth
The Advisory Council of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association in Allegheny County met at Floyds Hall Liberty Avenue and passed resolutions denouncing Benjamin Butterworth for remarks in a position at the World's Fair Directory. They demand his apology and resignation from the World’s Fair Commission Board with copies sent to the commission. Signed by M. J. Maxwell and J. W. Sullivan.
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Catholic Mutual Benefit Association
Benjamin Butterworth
The
Pennsylvania
Floyd's Hall
Liberty Avenue
Allegheny
Waeneas
Tholc
Beata Ianese
Allegheny County
World's Fair Commission
World's Fair Commission of Pennsylvania
M. J. Maxwell
J. W. Sullivan
Inclined Planes Clash Over Borough Transit Charter
The Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction Company seeks a charter for an inclined plane from South Tenth and Bradford to Louis Fritz’s Brownsville avenue home next Monday. The piece outlines disputes over right of way, existing lines, and potential routes via Knoxville and Mt. Oliver, plus a competing Suburban Rapid Transit option with rapid top-of-hill landings.
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Pittsburg and
Birmingham Traction Company
South Tenth and
Bradford Streets
Louis Fritz
Brownsville Avenue
Pittsburg
Knoxville
Mt. Oliver
Hays
City
Tenth Street Bridge
Second Avenue
Traction Company
Knoxville and
St. Clair
The
Meagan
Allentown
Eighteenth Street
Turnpike Company
Electric Company
Traction Car Collision Near Fourth Avenue and Smithfield
At about 10 AM a Birmingham Traction car collided with a Wylie avenue car on Fourth avenue and Smithfield street. The Wylie avenue car was derailed but stopped after the gripman threw off the grip. A dozen passengers were aboard. two sisters from Mt. Washington, the Wrights, were sent home. The conductor sustained a finger injury. no others were hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Fourth Avenue
Smithfield Street
Wylie Avenue
Wright
Mt. Washington
Electric Trade Expands With Electric Lighting Growth
Mr. Silverman of the Edison Company reports rapid growth in electric business and a surge in applications. He notes U S electric trade rose over 300 percent last year and electric lights spread from cities to small towns. He adds coal prices influence comparison with coal lit illumination.
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Silverman
Edison Company
New York
United States
We Will Do The Business Fur Jackets and Capes Sale
We purchased jackets at a sacrifice and will dispose of them at a small profit. Prices listed include $9, $12, $15, and $760 jackets with fur trim, plus fur capes and matching muffs at $450. See how our furs compare for better deals than elsewhere.
Suits in Choicest Stripes and Plaid Designs
A description of authentic English suiting fabrics and styles highlighting stripe and plaid patterns in refined garments.
Dress Goods Sale Offers Wide Fabrics at Cut Prices
Regular $1 quality fabrics now 75 cents a yard with a large stock of broadcloths Bedford cords Camel’s Hair plains and jacquard crepons. Includes novelty patterns and Paris imports with prices ranging from 75 cents to 75 dollars for robes. Lupin’s French Cashmeres 46 inches wide also featured.
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United States
Paris
Lupin
Towels at Special Sale Prices In Store Center
A special sale offers towels at 8c 12c 15c 18c and 25c each, with a fourth off regular prices. Towels advertised as higher quality than typical trashy German goods, available in fifty shades, priced at 75c compared to a dollar.
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Boerner
Tor Wyman
Nsirman Heinrichs
H. ©. Price
Wrymen
Henricks
Reform Association
Price ix
Amore Aliczheny
Piltebure
Homewood
Werman
Eas
Secona
Anmnes
Charces
Young Christian Workers
Italy
McDonald
Tuer
Court of Common Pleas
Eureka Hall
Arthur Street
Laraveri Hani
Father Slattery
Lind
Iset
Anne
ONG
Cyrus Teed
Francesca Emmurtz
Koreshan Unity of
L' Ameraux
Harmony Society
Globe
Count Leon
Aoe Wis
Leon
Dues
Ita
FE. M. Ferguson
Bunday
Birmingham Company
Knoxvilleo
Market ST
Nolé-Uwr
Dispatch
Rdeanch
Alleghent
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Fifth Ave
McDowell
Scott Haven
Boston
Pittsburg, McKeesport
Youghingheny
Pittspurt
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Avenue Stores
Bedford
Hucus & Hacxe
Paris Robes
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