Busy Republican and Democratic Campaign Hubs Pinpoints
Report from the county shows party offices bustling with activity and serene mood as straight-out and regular Democrats and Republicans prepare mass meetings. Key figures include Porters, Brush, Mullen, Brennen, Larkie, O'Brien, Walls, Carr and others with scheduled gatherings around Lafayette Hall and Old City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush
Porter
Duon
Mullen
Brennen
Moilen
Democratic Party
John Larkie
C. A. O'Brien
Walls
Carr
English tailor rails against McKinley tariff price rise
Francis J. T. Radford head of an English firm of merchant tailors says the McKinley tariff harms the middle and lower classes by raising costs for English goods. He notes English cloth remains superior and that London-made overcoats cost far less to make than in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. T. Radford
Enelel
Trench
London
Radford
Attorney Wakefield to Campaign for Governor Campbell
Attorney J. A. Wakefield of this city leaves for Ohio on Thursday to stump towns for Governor Campbell. He speaks in Columbiana that night Canton the next and Navarre on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Wakefield
Ohio
Campbell
Columbiana
Canton
Navarre
Twenty Eighth Ward Meeting Endorses Republican Ticket
A large voter turnout in the Twenty eighth ward gathered at 1404 Carson Street last evening and backed the Republican ticket with David McDonald presiding. A. Melfinsey of New York attended the Monongahela last evening, subsequently re-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Street
David McDonald
A. Melfinsey
New York
Monongahela
Brother of Major projects strong bid in Ohio politics
A man turning east over the Baltimore and Ohio, clean shaven and resembling the Major, predicts his brother William will win. He believes New York Republicans hold the advantage in their local fight amid a Democratic split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
Ohio
William
New York
Question of price delays Schenley lease deal with railroad
Tenants on the Hardscrabble section block an upgrade as the Pennsylvania Company bids for the property. The firm insists on the agreed price and plans a freight yard between the tunnel and Second Avenue, with a new Fourth Avenue passenger station to serve suburban riders. Yard space and track limits constrain expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenley
Hardscrabbie
Pennsylvania Company
Tunnel
Second Avenue
Shingiss
Tre
Bridge
Mansfield
Fourth Avenue
M.I. Becker
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Depot
Miners Meeting at Hontzdale Debated Half Holiday
President John B Rae arrived from Clearfield county as miners met in Houtzdale to discuss continuing the Saturday half holiday. A small crowd heard speakers and a vote favored keeping the half day with nine hours weekly and eight on Saturday. Rae denied being at the meeting but said he discussed terms with Kite and Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Rae
United Miner
Clearfield County
W. P. Read
Rae
William 8. Powell
United Miners' Executive Board
James White
David Bailey
J. W. Henderson
Houtzdale
Kite and Bailey
Knights of Labor
Alderman Breen Hearings Abandoned in Comstock Case
Cassius Comstock sues Mrs Comstock and her lover J. M. Mansfield. Husband tracked them to Allegheny last Wednesday. Case settled amicably at the Squire's office. Mrs Comstock agrees to return to Chicago with her husband. Mansfield departs after warning from the Squire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Breen
Cassius Comstock
Mra Comstock
H. Mansfield
Allegheny
Chicago
Squire
Mansfield
E Squire
Liggett Property Leases Denied by Firm at Corner Smithfield
Report claimed a mammoth business secured leases on the Liggett property at Smithfield and Diamond streets. The Liggett brothers deny the story and the current lessees plan to continue at their stands next year. One lessee reportedly holds a three years lease on his property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liggett
Smithfield
Diamond Street
In Inet
Boy Drinks Whisky Pint, Seized by Illness in Twenty Fourth Ward
Richard Ditterly, a year old son of Joseph Ditterly of the Twenty fourth ward, drank a pint bottle of whisky and was found nearly dead. A physician used a stomach pump and the child remained in serious condition last evening, with good prospects of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ditterly
Joseph Ditterly
Sale of Gn Recruiting Station at Pean Avenue site
Auction set for the 2kth instant of the Kr recruiting station at the corner of Pean avenue and Garrison alley. Deputy Quartermaster General E R Dandy of the United States Army conducts sale under Congress disposal act. Property fronts 100 feet on Pennayenne and extends to the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pean Avenue
Garrison Alley
E.R. Dandy
United States Army
Pennayenne
City hall toilet refurnishing contract approved
Carer Brexton yesterday let the contract for refurnishing the city hall toilet rooms at a cost of 3714 dollars and 17 cents. The mayor’s office reports eight months receipts will be about 10100 dollars short of the 77000 dollar appropriation estimate. Coroner’s inquest planned for Joseph Pitato the Italian newsboy, death ruled meningitis after initial blow theory failed. Allegheny week death tally shows 19 male and 17 female deaths, with membranous croup leading to three deaths and diphtheria causing two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brexton
Fiatcure
Joseph Fletcher
Many McLvex
Ireland
Finance Committee
Joseph Pitato
Tin plate association may not open city branch yet
Report notes no local branch formed for the Tin Plate Consumers Association founded in New York City. Pittsburg importers and users express satisfaction with current supplies. Fleming and Hamilton claim terneco quality exceeds imported roofing sheets, while James B. Scott & Co. handlesTemelates from Demmler and Apollo. Dunlap & Co. report American tin ce works as well as elds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tin Plate Consumers’ Association
New York City
Pittsburg
Fleming and Hamilton
James B. Scott & Co
Demmler
Apollo
Dunlap & Co
Charter grants and labor roundups from the State Department
The State Department issued charters for Ohio River Improvement Co in Pittsburg with 36000 capital and directors Morrison Wettengell Russell Laughlin Kaufman. Pittsburg Gas Coal and Coke Co gains Allegheny branch. Iron City Land Co gets 35000 capital. Twelve printers and pressmen arrived, with several sent back. The printers’ strike group reports 56 of 65 firms recognizing their demand and 170 workers who left on the 1st have shown six faithful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Ohio River Improvement Company
Pittsburg
Alexander Morrison
Beaver Falls
C. Wettengell
Chartiers Township
James C. Russell
James F. M. Laughlin
James S. Kaufman
Pittsburg Gas Coal and Coke Company
West Virginia
Allegheny
Iron City Land Company
Time service clocks for Wilmerding shops ordered
General Agent A. L. Henderson of Western Union Telegraph Company contracts with Westinchouse Airbrake Company to equip Wilmerding shops with time service clocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Henderson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Westinchouse Airbrake Company
Wilmerding
Indignant Residents Voice Anger at Jones and Laughlin Site
Citizens living in Wrights alley between South Twenty fifth and South Twenty sixth streets express growing indignation over issues connected to the Jones and Laughlin works. Local residents claim disturbance and seek redress from authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrights Alley
South Twenty-fifth
South Twenty-sixth Streets
Alley Fence Sparks Formal Inquiry by Local Property Owners
Toward Jones & Laughlins this firm fenced part of the alley between two cross streets. H Conceret and Joseph Webb, property holders, called on Alderman August Flac to seek action. They were advised to consult an attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones & Laughlins
H. Conceret
Joseph Webb
August Flac
Lumber trade pressured by building trades strike in Clarion
Colonel W. W. Greenland of Clarion and Quartermaster General of the N. G. P. visited Seventh Avenue last evening. He blamed the lumber downturn on the building trades strike, noted good stocks on hand, and said lumbermen hoped for brisk times next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Greenland
Clarion
Seventh Avenue
A New Type of Gun Tested at Reading
Thomas F. Barr of the United States Army reports the government is producing a new gun at Reading wrapped in steel wire. He says it has three times the tensile strength of the ordinary gun and is, so far, satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Barr
United States Army
Duquesne
Gas Company Reports Strong Allegheny Supply
General Manager George H Browne of the Philadelphia Gas Company said the Allegheny supply is as good as in some time and noted a new Moon township well brought in yesterday. Pipe pressure ranged from 7 to 16 pounds per square inch, with Pittsburg also reporting good supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Browne
Philadelphia Gas Company
Allegheny
Moon Township
Pittsburg
Pipe Mill at Frankstown Closes Over Wage Demand
The Oil Well Supply Company's Frankstown pipe mill shut at 10 o clock yesterday due to trouble with small pipe cutters. Workers demanded a 10 cent per hundred increase per week and went on strike when the firm refused to agree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankstown
One Fatal Accident Among Many In Two Cities
Yesterday's accident list in two cities shows multiple injuries with one confirmed fatality. Seven year old Burver Richard Butler of Allegheny died after being crushed beneath a freight train near Verner Station while en route to work. Coroner to hold inquest today.
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Burver
Richard Butler
Preble Avenue
Allegheny
Verner Station
Fernis
Ferris
Carbon Iron Company
Davir—John Doyle
Marshall’s Mill
William Vetter
Dixon & Wood
Southside Mille
Southside Hospital
Youso
A A. K. Young
Allegheny General Hospital
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sedgwick Street
Marion Street
MacConway
Ellsworth
South Highland Avenues
Thomas McConway
Pittsburg
Ellsworth Avenue
Lerock
Charles Lerock
Armor & Co
Carson
Twenty-first Streets
Creens
Tang & Sons
Brick Yand
F. C.elbing
St. Francis Hospital
Happy couple detained after Beaver Falls escape and arrest
Albert Price and his wife Sadie were arrested by Officer David H. Smith in the Twenty-eighth ward for quarreling on Carson street and for alleged complicity in the Teese murder at Ebensburg. They claimed Johnstown as home, lived on the Southside, and had fled Beaver Falls amid threats of tar and feathering. Mrs Price nearly died after drinking whisky at the lock-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Falls
Jank
Albert Price
Sadie
Twenty-eighth Ward
David H. Smith
Carson Street
Price
Teese
Ebensburg
Johnstown
Smith
Self Defense Stabbing Sparks East End Manhunt
Police pursue Francesco Amorosa after a late Sunday fight with Francesco Antonelli ends in Antonelli’s death at the gate. Inquiries say Antonelli largely provoked the confrontation. An Italian man named Nicholas Picao is held, though police doubt he is Amorosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francesco Amorosa
Francesco Antonelli
East End
Weir
Amorosa
Antonelli
Fitzgerald
Neville Street
Fourteenth Ward
Snider
Nicholas Picao
A Fight Over a Purse in Yellow Row
Nelson Robinson was slashed on the arm with a razor by Charles Nighton during a quarrel over a wife’s pocketbook containing about 15. Nighton fled but was captured on the Tenth street bridge. Robinson was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital. The couple and six visitors were detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Row
Nelson Robinson
Charles Nighton
Robinson
Nighton
Mra Nighton
Tilaaine Robinson
Roach
Tenth Street
Manchester
W. Va
Canal indorsement sought at Evansville convention
Pittsburg delegates head to Evansville Indiana with 400 to 500 river men and business leaders to press for Mississippi Ohio Valley improvements. The Erie canal project is expected to be endorsed and nationwide levee and river works discussed to boost lower river navigation and reduce coal shipping costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Pittsburg
Ohio Valley
Coal Exchange
Chamber of Commerce of
John F. Dravo
C. W. Batchelor
Monongahela Navigation Company
T. P. Roberts
J. A. Henderson
Monongahela
John F. Drago
Erie Canal
Cincinnati
Ohio and
Mississippi Valley
Mono
Beaver
Roberts
Lam
Louisville
Cairo
Memphis
New Orleans
Interstate Mississippi River Improvement and Levee Association
Congress
Gulf
Mississippi River Commission
Dowie Explains Divine Healing Methods At Meetings
Dr. Dowie, famed for healing claims, spoke to large crowds about his approach. He said twenty-one people offered to be taught and healed, four doubting their salvation, and emphasized teaching first before healing and that he has limited hands-on healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dowie
Father Mollinger
Christ
Sunday blue laws movement sparks church official denials
An afternoon paper claimed a new push to enforce Sunday laws would halt nonessential work. Clergy and reformers contacted by Dispatch reporters denied knowledge of any such plan and insisted their approach relies on moral suasion. A Baltimore telegram noted blue laws affecting sales of ice cream and meat, with only milk and ice allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
J. N. Hays
Sabbath Reform Association
Dr. Robinson
U. P
Allegheny
Reforms Association
Av. W. F. Crafts
New York
Wishart
Baltimore
Death of 15-year-old at Matt Cavanaugh's hotel
William McDonough died at Homeopathic Hospital from shock and contusions after a fall from a fourth story window at Matt Cavanaugh's hotel at the Point last Thursday afternoon. He was 15 and resided at the Point. The Coroner's inquest will be held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McDonough
Homeopathic
Matt Cavanaugh
Diagonal Cheviot Jackets Featured In Week's Cloak Rooms
This week offers Diagonal Cheviot Jackets with large horn buttons at 5.00. Cheviot Jackets with loop ornaments priced 3.00. Fur trimmed garments sold at 7.50 9.00 10.00 11.00 and up. Black Diagonal Cheviot garments with Astrakhan fur trim priced 9.00 and 10.00.
Equitable Policy Highlighted by Pittsburg Manager
Eowanp A. Woops, manager at US 516 Market Street in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, announces Equitable offers the shortest, simplest and most profitable policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable
Eowanp A. Woods
Trs
Market Street
Pittsburg
Comny
Lowarp A. Woops
Eowanp A. Woops
US 516
Penn Avenue Storiz Mens Underwear Ad Blitz
A dense laundry list advertises a large stock of underwear at low prices. It touts brands and fibers including Merino Wool Cashmere Derby Ribbed Shetland Camel hair and German Sanitary Wool with prices ranging from 50c to 3 per garment and notes complete lines from celebrated makes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shetland
Textile Line Sparked By Variety in Undergarments
The listing showcases White, Crab and Brown Merino three weights, Gray Lambs Wool Silk and Cashmere and Pure Silk Underwear, Twelve and Sixteen thread White Merino and multiple color Wool Underwear options including White Natural Scarlet and Fancy Wool.
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Flinn
Herrisburg
Dalzell
Old City Hall
Miller
Lafayette Hall
Central War Veteran Club
Fifth Avenue
Gregg and
Morricon Chal
Forbes Street
F.C. Dorrington
Alleg
Messere
Southside
MR. Rae
Hontzdale
McQuaide
Rue
John Costello
M. McQuaide
Columbus
Comstock
Board of Health Office
Te Consumers’ Association
Philadelphia
Waterways Meeting
Lake Erie Canal
THE
People’s Store
Fittih Avenue
Campbell & Dicer
Express
Comexnil
Jos, Honne & Co
Penn Avenue
Iron City
Iron City Brewing Co
Jos. Howse & Co
Biber & Easton
Berlin
Paris
Eds
U.and
Ulrich & Spencer
Pittsmore
Storiz
Allen Solly & CO
Cartwright & Warner's
Men’s Union
JOS. Horne & CO
Edward
Groetzinger
Tissu
Wroughtsteel
Cinderella
Bartlett
Woolstreet
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