Pittsburg praised as bustling hub for street railway men
Pittsburg hosts visitors ahead of the American Street Railway Association convention. Supply men tour the city praising its energy, manufacturing prowess, and rapid transit. Notable figures from Thomson Houston Edison General Electric and Street Katleau Joorgel comment on Pittsburg’s development and hospitality. The Monongahela House gears up for a large meeting of about 300 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela
American Street Railway Association
Mayflower
M. Gosky
Smithfield Street
Pittsburg
Clarence Ek Stump
Stret Katleau Joorgel
Hsize
San Alpine
Nts
Mona
Six Boys Arrested for Drinking Disorderly Conduct
Six boys aged about 15 John Dillon James Fresh John Carroll Bunty Kronn Robert Parker and John Dagan were arrested by Officers O Neills and Dutton for drinking beer and causing disturbance on Twenty sixth street. Dillon had been sought in connection with seven robberies. They were taken to the Twelfth ward station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dillon
James Fresh
John Carroll
Bunty
Kronn
Robert Parker
John Dagan
O'Neills
Dutton
Art Bors
Twenty-sixth Street
Dillon
Twelfth Ward
Saturday's Scourings at Central Station Hearings
Police magistrates held routine sessions with nine prisoners on Saturday night at Central station. Sentences included seven to the workhouse, with cases ranging from vagrancy and drunkenness to assault and disorderly conduct. Notable incidents involved Alvin Theater boycott notices and multiple 30 day to 60 day terms for various offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
Claude Toval
Duval
Saveno Ferraro
Conners
Alvin Theater
Wilie Avenue
Washington Street
Manacer Davis
Alvin
Charles Nichards
Tenth Street Bridge
Moan
John Roberts
Roberts
Richards
Billy
Jerry Williams
Smithfield Street
Maxwell
Williams
Charles Sheehan
Adolph Hains
Sheehan
Robert Chipman
Webster Avenue
Thomas Gagne
Carpenters Alley
Gagne
McKelvey
Allegheny
Wyman
Thomas Shaughnessy
John Hardy
Federal Street
Otto Miner
M.arry Gregg
Sherry
Frank Mesner
J. L. Mackeral
J. Seiler
Highway Robbers Strike Near East End
Mrs. Johanna Montgomery, 50, was robbed near her home at 1060 West Alder Street East End as a robber blocked her and ripped away a satchel after a brief struggle breaking a wrist bone. The bag held about $50 two checks a bank checkbook and small items. The assailant fled before help arrived and the victim could not identify his color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Alder Street
East End
Johanna Montgomery
Second National Bank
Operators Threaten Foreigners If Miners Strike
Dispatches from Monongahela report operators will hire foreigners if miners refuse to return to work. Residents fear a shift in workers could spark unrest as the region faces fuel shortages and mounting concern among manufacturers over dwindling coal supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela
Tricks in Politics and the Red Rooster of Prohibition
Senator Washburn predicts Blaine as the next president as L A Bamberger recounts Western campaign tricks. He cites Iowa contests, Governor Boies versus Wheeler, and a Democratic red rooster emblem revealing a hidden buffet. Prohibition is labeled a failure as alcohol remains easily available in drugstores. Also notes St Louis and Minneapolis expositions, the Mexican Band, and Sioux City corn palace as future attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Bamberger
Philadelphia
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Wheeler
Boies
Des Moines
Rotes
Democratic Party
Bamberger
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Pittsburg Exposition
Pittsburg
Sioux City
United States
Night Real Estate Sale Sparks Humorous Lodging Tale
A tired suburban minister, unable to afford luxury board, rents a furnished room in a crowded hotel area. He waits for a bedmate that never appears until 2 a.m. when a real estate agent arrives and the two share the night in an awkward, comic mix up ending with the landlady remarking on the agent’s moonlit trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. SC
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Delegation Buoyant After Waterways Convention
Captain James A. Henderson returned from Evansville Indiana reporting that the Pennsylvania delegation received a warm reception and secured every request. Delegations from various districts accompanied congressmen and will push resolutions in Congress. A committee will choose the site for the next convention. River appliance exhibits impressed attendees including a portable dam to divert shallow river sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Henderson
Evansville
Ind
Pennsylvania
Congress
G A R Seeks Higher Pensions For Destitute Veterans
A contingent led by Mansfield Pennsylvania post leaders Major Morris M Bell and E S Morgan returned from Washington reporting efforts to raise pensions for destitute Western Pennsylvania veterans. They noted many recipients receive sixty dollars monthly and that examiners and Acting Commissioner Davidson promised action. The group currently supports about six hundred local veterans.
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Morris M. Bell
E. S. Morgan
Mansfield
Pennsylvania
Washington
Morgan
Davidson
Washburn Predicts Blaine Nomination and Election
Senator Washburn of Minnesota, returning from the East, predicts James G. Blaine will be the Republican nominee and win the presidency. He says Blaine can unite the Alliance in New York and calls Cleveland unlikely to be the Democrats’ nominee. He cites tariff, reciprocity, and money as key campaign issues and names McKinley’s Ohio win as likely.
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Washburn
Cleveland
Maine
Minnesota
Pittsburg
New York
Washington
East
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Bilaine
Ohio
Alliance
Hill
Gorman
Pattison
Tarif
Campbell
McKinley
Towa
Mr. Washburn
Ohsp
Georgia
Mills
Texas
Senator Monaghan Marries on Wedding Tour
Senator B J Monaghan of Schuylkill county wed Misa McEvoy of Shenandoah last Wednesday. He will return to the Senate next Monday and backs Wright and Tilden. He favors an independent investigation into the Auditor General and Keystone Bank matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Monaghan
Schuylkill County
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Misa McEvoy
Shenandoah
Monaghan
Senate
Wright and Tilden
Republcans
Joint
Keystone Bank
Auditor General's Office
Toether
Pattison
Man forgets wife name in life insurance exam
City Physician Hazzard of Allegheny recounts testing an oil producer applying for a $10,000 policy. The man, eager to leave town, could not recall his wife's name and muttered that he usually calls her Belle. He had to return home to have his wife write her full name, Anieccabel, on a card after 18 years of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazzard
Allegheny
Lfe
North Avenue
Belle
Anieccabel
Pullman Engineer Sees Dull Rail Business But Winter Boost Expected
Chief Engineer Troyman of the Pullman Car Company in Chicago passed through Pittsburg en route to New York. He said current railroad activity is dull but anticipates a sharp winter upswing. He confirmed a capital stock increase aimed at funding cars for use at the World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
HH. J. Cagill
Thomson-Houston Company
Duquesne
Chicago
New York
Troyman
Pullman Car Company
Cspital
Pullman Company
Relic shows slow news travel from Waterloo era in office display
In the Jurmyance World editor J B Berg stresser preserves a two by one and a half foot pink bulletin dated June 22 1815 with Waterloo details seven days after the battle. A separate Lim erick brawl ends with Muldoon Jones and a local arrest at the Thirty sixth ward lockup in a liquor fueled melee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Bergstresser
Jurmyance World
Berestresser
London Times
Wellington
England
Waterloo
Limerick
Michael Muldoon
Shook
Mr. Jones
Muldoon
McQuaide
Jones
Gas Fire Destroys Phillips & Co. Glass Works
A blaze at Phillips & Co. glass works in South Twentieth and Mary streets started by gas explosion around 7 last night. Seven engines fought flames that engulfed the gas plant and a two story office building on Josephine street, destroying more than £5,000 property. Mrs. Mary Hutchinson and children escaped after near suffocation. ten feet of porch collapse caused two women to faint. Water supply was reported excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips & Co
Stewart
Josephine Street
Oldart
Mary Hutchinson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Deserted by Their Uncle Leads to Pittsburgh Lockup
Two boys, James Bennett of McKeesport and Herbert Evans of Beaver Falls, report they were taken to Allegheny by their uncle John Langhart and abandoned. They were found near the William Thaw ferry after being shuffled from wagon rides and left to fend for themselves. Bennett says his father is blind from a Civil War battle. Evans says his father works in a Beaver Falls glass plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
James Bennett
Herbert Evans
Bennett
McKeesport
Evans
Beaver Fuller
Officer Cochran
William Thaw
Stabbing on Spruce Alley In Twelfth Ward Duo Wounded
Peter Trent and William Dyer, both Black Diamond Steel Works employees, fought over whisky on Spruce alley near Thirty-Third Street. Dyer drew a revolver but it misfired. Trent stabbed Dyer and was cut in the arm. Trent fled. Dyer received medical care and may recover. police seek Trent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Trent
William Iver
Spruce Alley
Twelfth Ward
Black Diamond Steel Works
Thirty-Gist Street
Dyer
Trent
Jones Avenue
Twenty Sixth Street
Murphy disrupts Cathedral as self-styled owner of world
In a morning service at the Cathedral G Michael Murphy proclaimed his divinity and claimed ownership of the world. He disrupted worship, refused admission to the pew owner, was escorted to Central station, and may be committed to an institution today. The report notes prior incidents and the unbalanced behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
G. Michael Murphy
Murphy
Nikirk
Central Station
Man Reports Robbery of Clothes and Hat on Thirty Third Street
A man on Thirty third street reported a robbery of his clothing items just after the incident. He described remaining items as an old suit and stated he would not mind if his tall hat had been left, showing visible emotion during the report to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-third Street
Raid on Forbes Street speak-easy ends with escape
Police raided a Forbes street speak-easy run by a man named Cohn. The proprietor escaped through a window with cash as four visitors were taken to the Fourteenth ward police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohn
Forbes Street
Soho
Fourteenth Ward
Bicycle accident at Soho hill harms Mrs Anderson
Last evening Kirker struck Mrs Anderson at the foot of Soho hill, injuring her ankle and scratching her head. The 50 year old woman suffered a sprain, and neighbors report prior incidents, prompting plans to complain to the police about coasting in that area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirker
Hungarian men arrested for disorderly conduct
Yesterday morning about 11 o'clock Andy Dot and Frank Varney Hungarians were arrested at a house in Onion Row on Forbes street for disorderly conduct. They fought a woman one had a butcher knife and the other an ax. They were taken to the Fourteenth ward station to give an account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Dot
Frank Varney
Onion Row
Forbes Street
Fourteenth Ward
Local incidents report from a city ward and mill blaze
A resident accused Mary Webster of taking 30 after a 10 change deal and was jailed. A Good Templars meeting in Allegheny heard remarks from several speakers. A missing girl was found by South Side police. Fire alarms traced to Shoenberger's mill and East Jefferson street house, with a roof blaze quickly put out and a Duquesne car fire damaging its motor at 350 dollars loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Enty
Eleventh Ward
Mary Webster
Arthur Street
MoneLaxo Lovex
Good Templars
Little Jim
Rebecca Street
Allegheny
A.M. Brown
Tommy" Jones
B. F. Edmundson
J. W. Moreland
Southside
Twenty-eighth Ward
Hammer Department
Shoenberger
Engine Company No
D. J. Davia
Colwell Street
Duquesne
How Cook County Is Robbed
Chicago reports store keeper John A. Cella of the County Insane Asylum arrested for malfeasance in office. He is linked to a scheme with Alderman Daniel O’Brien and J. T. Nash to falsify coal weights and overpay for meats and provisions. An investigation into the Poor House business follows this graft discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicaco
John A. Cella
County Insane Asylum
Cook County
J. T. Nash & Co
Daniel O'Brien
J.T. Nash
Cella
Mayor seeks troops as Clifton Forge fears unrest
The Clifton Forge mayor telegraphed the governor asking for troops after reports of large crowds of African Americans threatening revenge or lynching four men last night. The governor may deploy forces from Staunton Lexington and Covington. A Benedictine monastery blessing takes place in Peru Illinois with Arch Abbot Andreas and Father Leander leading, stopping first in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricamorp
Val
Clifton Forge
Staunton
Lexington
Covington
St. Beda
Foreclosure on Hynes Cary Carriage Company Mortgage
In Quincy on October 14 a mortgage of 18000 pounds on the Hynes Cary Carriage Company property was foreclosed by Ricker National Bank. Other mortgages remain outstanding with liabilities and assets about 50000 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy, Inn
Hynes-Cary Carriage Company
Ricker National Bank
Valley ad page listing safe deposit vaults and sales
An advertisement page promotes safe deposit vaults at Farmers Deposit National Bank 66 Fourth Avenue with secure storage options for women. It also markets carpet rolls at discounted prices, a moving clearance for drum samples, job listings for Free Trails Every Day, and blanket sales by Jos Hans & Co at 609 621 Penn Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers P Osit National Bank
Fourth Avenue
Monongahela Valley
Blaine Lawp Improvement Co
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Jos
Hans & Co
Penn Avenue
Supreme Court Rejects Unions Trademark Claim in Cigar Label Case
The Supreme Court rules unions cannot own trademarks and may not use a label to denigrate non union competitors. Judge Williams notes the Cigarmakers International Union No 126 sought to stigmatize non members and harm legitimate competition, reversing the lower court’s injunction against John H Brendle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Williams
Equity
John H. Brendle
International Union
Lancaster County Court
Brendle
Cigarmakers’ Union
Congress
New Chapter of St Andrew Organized at Emanuel Church
A new chapter of the Brotherhood of St Andrew was organized last night at Emanuel Episcopal Church Allegheny. T Harry David of Philadelphia spoke as president. The rocal church group began in Chicago and has 650 chapters in the United States and 50 in Canada with expansion planned to British Honduras. The national convention meets in St Louis on October 22 and a large St Andrew's Church gathering is set for October 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Emanuel Episcopal Church
Allegheny
North Avenues
T. Harry David
Philadelphia
Chicago
James Houghtiling
America
Canada
British Honduras
St. Louis
St. Andrew's Church
DRESS GOODS AT Hucus and Hacke New Arrivals
The store promotes new dress fabrics including Scotch Cheviots Camels Hair Suitings and New French Robes. Large stock keeps up with demand with prices from $1 to $2 a yard and storm serge on sale this week at $1 per yard, a discount from $1.50.
Silk stock boasts largest variety and value in town
Our silk stock has long been among the largest and finest in the country. We present a wide range of pure silks at $12 and $1.25 per yard, featuring CRYSTAL BENGALINES and NOVELTIES in Crepes, Brocades, and Velvet Embossed shades. Numerous designs in Swivel Sarahs Pompadour Louis XV and Paris London trends. These prices won’t last many days.
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Pittsburg Praised
Bret
Sullivan
Edison General Electric Company
Pittsboreg
Edis
Edison
Fimner P. Morris
Fmet
Pittsbore
G. PL Greenwell
Thomseon-Houston
Mr Morris
Morris
Greenwood
Davis
Succop
James McGir
Thomas McConly
Carson Street
Louis Laurel
Lake Eried
O'Donnell
James Dalzell
West End
John Smart
Frank Burns
Burns
Twenty-fifth Street
Smart
Cole
THE
ONE
Eavy
Lousparte
Bargate
Black Watch
Fenar
Vogel
Sampson
Hogs and Hoss
Heed & Collier
Reiioceer
Ralph Strathers
Lawrenceville
Fald
Kolfe
City Matters
Raon
EowWand Grorrtzixcer
Fifth Ave
Market St
N. B
Ocl
E. P. Roberts & Son
C. Weisser
Jos. Horne
Faille Francaisse
Swivel Sarahs
MOIRE
Moire Antique
Paris
London
Lyons
India
JOS. Horne & CO
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