Fight About a Farm at Court in Major Supreme Court Session
The Supreme Court heard a complex case from Ross township involving Jacob Cable appealing against Henry C. Cable and Sarah J. McGraw over a farm lineage. The dispute centers on a 1843 deed or will for William Cable’s share and a 1858 deed, with arguments on occupancy rights, revocability, and heirs. Multiple other appeals and arguments were presented during the session, including cases against the city of Pittsburgh and various property and injury actions. W. A. Golden was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court yesterday.
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Supreme Court Yresterdly
Jacob Cable
Ross Township
Henry C. Cable
Sarah J. McGraw
George D. Riddle
Appellant
George H. Quail
Bruce & Shields
Appellees
Henry Cable
Jacob
Commonwealth
William Cable
William
Yonatena
Ap Ees UN
Laffins Rand Powder Company
Yourhiogheny Coal Company
Sppece
Common Pleas No. 1
Txabella C. Sargeant
Lemon Pleas No. 1
Pittsberg
Nayio
Negley Avenue
Thomas Carson
Federal Street and Miensott Valley Railway Company
Common Treas No 2
Thecas
Charles Klopfer
Common Press No
Klopfer
J. KR. Henry
Fidelity Tithe and Trust Company
Joseph Patterson
People’s Natural Gas Company
Common Pleas No
Patterson Block
McDonald
T. Ligett
Common
Criminal Court sessions hear arson and theft cases
A resident unable to speak English faced two judges as court heard Mary McCune for arson seeking defrauding Iron City Insurance. James McGraw faced replevin with goods moved from Southside to Chartiers. Others included larceny, assault, cruelty to animals, and a 14 year old in reform school with multiple defendants.
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Ewing
McClang
Criminal Court
Mary McCune
Lewis Street
Fifty-fourth Street
Iron City Insurance
P. McDonough
McDonough
Chartiers
Theaw
Charles Marks
Leish Bowman
Scott Township
O'Neil
S Watch
Jacob Kudaski
Frank Janskowski
Tery
Andrew Bro
Fruilty
John M. S
Daniel
Reform School
James Daleell
Humane T O'Brien
Illiam Madison
Alberte
William P. Marks
Charles c
Equity suit over furnace grate patent royalties
James Old sues Groff Hugus Co alleging ownership of patents granted in 1875 and 1876 for grate improvements and grate basket fronts. He says the firm secured sole manufacture rights in Allegheny county and agreed to royalties of 1 dollar per unit of one improvement and 50 cents per unit of the other. No payment or accounting has been provided.
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James Old
Groff, Hugus& Co
Old
Allegheny County
Court petition seeks compelled statements and master appointment
The filing asks the court to compel them to make statements of the business and requests the appointment of a master to take an accruiting and ascertain what is done.
Granted His Share A Settlement In Estate of Miss Douglass
Judge Hawking of the Orphans Court ruled in the claim of W. L. Douglass against the estate of murdered Margaret Douglass of McKeesport. Douglass argued an agreement to pay expenses of a contest in exchange for a share of net proceeds. the court set his share at 2368.53 after expenses deduction.
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Miss Douglass
J. E Myers
Douglass
Miss Douglas
Doug
Hawkins
Douglas
Judge Reed hears motion for new trial in Erie case
An argument was made before Judge Reed of the United States District Court yesterday morning on a motion for a new trial in Smith v Crosbie Lumber Company of Erie county. The Court took the papers and reserved a decision. The same Judge issued an opinion dismissing attempting to set aside an order directing the United States Marshal to put the assigns of Carrier & Baum bankrupts in possession of certain real estate in Armstrong county now occupied by Andrew F Baum A Jd Long and J L Long.
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Reed
United States District Court
Smith Va Crosbie Lumber Company
Erie County
Erie
Iton
United States Marshal
Carrier & Baum
Armstrong
Andrew F. Baum
A. Jd. Long
J. L. Long
November term of U S Circuit Court opens with 61 trials
Judge Acheson presiding the November term begins in the city next Monday. Sixty-one cases are set for trial though none are of great local interest. Jurors called include E J Braun George Kernan Jesse Seawright Walter Brown Harry F Davis John B Larkin T O’Leary Jr John P Penney Charles Rea W L Simpson and Eugene J Smythe.
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United States Circuit Court
Acheson
E. J. Braun
George Kernan
Jesse Seawright
Walter 8. Brown
Harry F. Davis
John B. Larkin
T. O'Leary, Jr
John P. Penney
Charles Rea
W. L. Simpson
Eugene J. Smythe
Commutation of Killain Death Sentence Shifts to Life Imprisonment
Sheriff McCleary reported receipt of Harrisburg notice that Alex Killain, condemned for murder of Mr. Rudert in Tarentum, has the death sentence commuted to life in prison. Killain is confined and will be moved to the penitentiary today or tomorrow.
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McCleary
Harrisburg
Alex. Killain
Mr. Rudert
Tarentum
Killain
Trial List and Court Proceedings on Common Pleas and Trials
The list covers Common Pleas cases including Chain Jr versus Furst man Owens versus Mustin Wheeler versus Order of Salon and others. Criminal Court actions name Charlies Hausbeck Jenny Haggerty Lindsay Black and others. Tax suits include Wall vs Guffey and Metzmaier vs Daub. A jury is set for Emanuel versus Peckman. County awarded steel files and roller shelves contract to Fenton Metallic Co of Jamestown NY.
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Common Pleas
Chain, Jr
Furstman
Owens
Mustin
Wheeler
Order of Salon
McKelvey
Same
Mifflin Township
Carnegie Natural
Criminal Court—Commonwealth Va
Charlies Hausbeck
Jenny Haggerty
Lindsay Black
William Alias Liquor Hughes
Judson Turner
John Garvey
William Weaver
Kane
John Kirsch
Louis Jones
Jacob Fry
Mine Caveney
Alton A. Twitmeyer
Charles
William Wall
John Guffey
Biagie
Chario
Metzmaier
Wendel Daub
Stowe
Jacob Emanuel, Sr
Henry Peckman
Recorder’s Office
Fenton Metallic Manuoat Company
Jamestown, X. Y
Flood Beats Mackay in Continent Run to New York
James L Flood completes a cross country trip from San Francisco to Grand Central in 4 days 12 hours 30 minutes, in the Grassmere car, beating John W Mackay's record by about 13 to 20 minutes. He leaves San Francisco Saturday evening and arrives in New York at 10:30 this morning.
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New York
San Francisco
John W. Mackay
Miss Fair
Grassmere
James L. Flood
Mackay
Grand Central Depot
Bishop Phelan Celebrates Mass at St Marys Centenary
In Baltimore on Oct 29 the St Marys Seminary centenary observance included a solemn pontifical requiem Mass in an improvised hall. Celebrant Rt Rev Dr Phelan of Pittsburgh, with Rt Rev Dr Foley of Detroit preaching, lauded deceased seminarians and Sulpice priests as reunions followed.
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St. Mary’s Seminary
BaLtimore
Seminary of St. Mary
Phelan
Pittsburg
John Foley
Detroit
St Sulpice
Missionary Society Considers Chicago Convention At World Fair
The Methodist Woman's Missionary Society Executive Committee met in Kansas City on October 29. They adopted Mrs. Cowen's report proposing a mission convention in Chicago during the World's Fair. Secretary Grad reported year receipts of 33,600, up 43,500 from the previous year, with foreign fields next year needing about 880,000.
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Kansas City
Cowen
Cincinnati
Methodist Woman's Missionary Society
Chicago
Ready for Work on the Hennepin Canal
Milchrist returned from Peoria after finishing condemnation suits to secure the canal right of way. Government engineers are ready to begin work with excavations planned once War Department approves proceedings. The 200 foot wide canal will connect the Illinois River to the Mississippi under contract supervision.
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Curiaco
A . Milchrist
Peoria
Illinois River
Mississippi
Beauties of Today Asia Has the Loveliest Women to Be Pound in the Old World
A traveler argues beauty standards have risen, surveying European and Near Eastern women from Russia and Greece to Montenegro Albania and the Balkans. He praises Albanian, Montenegrin, Greek, Romanian, Circassian, Armenian, Coptic, Sikh and other groups, noting striking features, varied dress, and cultural contrasts across regions.
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Asia
Jame Gants
Pall Mall Gazette
Montenegro
Antivari
Mosqu
Europe
Jon
Greece
Balkan Peninsula
Evzone
Caps Matapan
Olympus
Servia
M. Alessandri
Veracity dispute over Harshaw case unsettled
Wisconsin report details a clash among figures in the Harshaw case. Ex Congressmen La Follette and Sawyer dispute a meeting at Plankinton House September 17 and Sawyer’s alleged offers to pay for La Follette’s influence regarding Judge Siebecker. La Follette calls Sawyer’s account fake and inaccurate. He says the judge would be fair despite Harshaw’s opposition to his appointment.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Siebecker
Harshaw
la Follette
Sawyer
Wrer
Lallette
Independence or Annexation Debate In Quebec Seethes
Morrrerat reports growing support for independence in Quebec with two thirds favoring it. The piece notes英 English and French press shifting, Ontario annexation sentiments, and a National government article attacking Canadian Pacific ties and reciprocity talks as motives behind perceived English dominance.
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Ontario
Colonel White
M. P
National
Charles Et
Canada
Australia
Jisii
Canadian Pacific
Fire claims life and injures man in wagon shop
In Albert Miller's wagon shop a fire last night killed John L. Richardson, a local lunch vendor, and fatally burned another man found dead in the rear room. Doctors predicted Richardson would die, and authorities searched the ruins for identification amid smoke and heat. Horsford's Acid Phosphate warning appears in the text.
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Ogreaco
Albert Miller
John L. Richardson
Richardson
Blaine Improvement Co Promotes Free Trains Daily
Free trains every day to help residents get work housing and future investment in the Monongahela Valley town. Information on tickets maps and prices available at 129 Fourth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela Valley
Fourth Avenue
Blaine Laxp Improvement Co
Worsted decision sparks mill owners' alarm and appeal
Philadelphia dispatch reports a Board of General Appraisers ruling on worsted imports under the McKinley tariff. The decision raises duties and commissions, risking factory shutdowns in New England and vast losses to domestic worsted manufacturers. The article cites firms and calls for an immediate government appeal to the New York circuit court.
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Philadelphia
United States
New England
Board of General Appraisers
New York
Cooper
England
Thomas Dolan Co
Penn Woolen Company
Edward T. Steel & Co
James Doak, Jr. & Co
Women Greer & Co
Camden Woolen Mills
Cdia
Sre
Fresh Meats Cheap at Pittaburg Packing House
Dusieuxy & Bro offer fresh pork cuts at low prices including pyloins loinch shoulders shoulder steaks sausage lard spare ribs head cheese pig's feet and trimmings at their packing house in Pittaburg.
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Eestree Pittaburg
Dusievy & Bro
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Millionaire Flood
Bonausa Mackay
Phelas
the Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
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Custom House
McKinley
New Englan
United States Circuit Court of New York
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Cioner Phillips
Fifth Ave
Wood ST
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Rudyard Kipling
Wolcottee
Tae Carrurnn
America
Tada
Watien
Hero
Dhaene
Laird
Laird's Shoe Stores
Market St
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