Caught His Man and Delayed Bail Hearing
In Scottdale a chase ended with Walter Harrington's capture by Detective Phil Demmel after a days long pursuit across Ohio. The case against Frank Hill, Florence Donaldson, Laura Bailey, Walter Harrington, Jacob Babbs and Minnie Fleming was postponed to next Wednesday for more witnesses. Bail was set for Laura Bailey and Florence Donaldson at $1,000 each, Minnie Jennings at $1,000, Jacob Babbs at $5,000, while Hill and Harrington were remanded for lack of bail. Mary Sullivan faced an affecting family scene as her mother expressed fear the tragedy was due to someone she trusted. Matron Brennen noted May Sullivan’s smoking habit, hinting at a troubling future for the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottdale
Walter Herrington
Phil Demmel
Youngstown
New Castle
Herrington
Ohio
Demmel
Harrington
Phil
Pennsylvania
Avor
Pittsburg
McKenna
Frank Hill
Florence Donaldson
Laura Bailey
Walter Harrington
Jacob A. Babbs
Minnie Fleming
May Sullivan
Mechkeesport
Minnie Jenning
George Shupe
Babbs
W. N. Porter
Hill
Porter
Sullivan
Central Station
Brennen
Morganza
Opening the Campaign Finances Meeting of Allegheny County Republicans
Notices call attention to a Finance Committee meeting of the Allegheny County Republican Executive Committee scheduled for 1:00 PM today. It is the first formal gathering since the committee’s designation, with curiosity over member identities and party factions. The circular promises that business of the utmost importance will be considered and a full turnout is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny County
Republican Executive Committee
Toder
THAT REFINERY CASE IN SIXTH WARD REMANDED TO COURT
A. D. Miller and R. B. Miller were tried before Mayor Pearson for maintaining a nuisance in Alleghers Sixth ward. Defense offered no testimony. case remanded to court. Informing officer was W. B. Copeland. City Solicitor Elphinstone and S. B. Schoyer represented the parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Miller
A. D. Miller, Jr
R. BR. Miller
Allegoers
Pearson
W. B. Copeland
Elphinstone
8. B. Schoyer
Miller
August Public Works income report listing revenue sources
The Department of Public Works reports August income totaling 4 365 24 with sources including Diamond market 1 681 73 Fifth Avenue and Adams markets 90 Southside markets 662 10 Monongahela wharf 507 78 Allegheny wharf 578 64 Southside wharf 4 city scales 46 79 bureau of water assessments 481 70 and switch and scale licenses 512 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Works
Fifth Avenue
Adams
Southside
Monongahela
Allegheny
Bureau of Water Assessments
Wylie Avenue Grip Cars Roaming Thor Works Begin
By November the first, workmen will begin brickwork on the new Write Avenue car house. The building will be 400 feet long and will house the eastern loop of the enable. The engineer in charge of construction outlines the project and its milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enable
Con
Dr English on Cable Cars and Lighting for Health
Dr W T English addresses the State Sanitary Convention on hygienic benefits of modern city buildings. He cites Belgian block paving and asphalt for cleanliness, reduced air contamination, and dust. He notes electric railways in Pittsburgh and Allegheny cut street congestion and oxygen waste, with extensive indoor and outdoor air improvements from electric lighting. He advocates heated rooms for consumptives, aseptic air, and cites historical death rates to argue cities improve with cleanliness and electrification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. English
Rudolph Hering
English
Pittsburg
Alleheny
Allegheny
Bacilli
Farr
Whipping Allegation Sparks Inquiry at Panhandle School
Eight year old George Pottleson was taken to the Anti Cruelty Society after his parents accused a Noblestown Panhandle road school teacher of beating him with a rattan. The boy bore welts on his back and face following a three day old incident over a dog throwing dispute. Dr Taylor on the School Board is said to have begun an investigation and Superintendent Dean will handle the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Pottleson
Anti-Cruelty Society
Noblestown
Panhandle
Lizzie Clark
Taylor
Dean
Two Fatal Accidents in Etna and on Penn Avenue
Joseph Zacharias a 40 year old millwright at Spang s mill Etna was struck by a passenger train yesterday and killed while attempting to cross the track. He leaves a widow and several children. Mary Sobilski a Polish child playing on Penn avenue in front of Moses Brown s store was crushed when Brown s counter toppled onto the curb. She died within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Zacharias
Spang’s Mill
Etna
Mary Sobilski
Penn Avenue
Moses Brown
Brown
Mary
Bishop Fowler's Pacific Mission Tour and Press Highlights
Bishop Fowler of the M E Church, Western head, toured China and Japan missions, noting flourishing converts and new churches. He warned of eventual tensions with China over American treatment, predicting conflict yet distant. Also mentioned are Masonic official communications, Senator Manderson’s travel, and local visits by Rev D Nichols and Mr Clark with regional notes on political figures and railroad business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler
M. E. Church
San Francisco
Pacific
China
Japan
Sportsman’s Spoil. Disraton ALC Williams hourouthotes
Disraton ALC Williams claims furred trophies as hourouthotes dominate field arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cus
Williams
Merited Memorial For Late Masonic Brother Shidle
Western Pennsylvania lodges unite to honor Geter O. Shidle with a memorial effort led by the Peter A. Shidle Memorial Commission. Members, with a $1 per lodge member subscription, seek a suitable Masonic tribute at Freemason's Hall Pittsburgh, possibly a sculptured wall tablet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freemasons’ Hall
Peter C. Shidle
Stephen C. McCandress
John E. Haines
Peter A. Shidle
Pennsylvania
New
McCandless
Joseph Eichbaum
Charles W. Batchelor
Thomas J. Hudson
William B. Lupton
Rene Bank
Fourth Avenue
Pittsburg
Lee, Smith
Demolition of 140-foot brick stack begins at Brownstown mill
Jones and Laoughin started tearing down the boiler stack at Brownstown's puddle mill. The 140 foot high brick stack lacked a lightning rod and was repaired by a kite-and-rope method with a rod placed atop after scaffolding. The stack won’t be rebuilt as the boiler battery has been discontinued.
A Child's Peculiar Death in Medical Circles
Louisa Rosina Gamper eight month old daughter of Michael Gamper of 659 Fifth Avenue was buried in Allegheny Cemetery after a Thursday morning death attributed to a rare affliction. Despite multiple physicians diagnosis summer complaint, the infant grew pale skin blotches appeared joints stiffened and osified while the girl remained largely comatose with a vacant stare and minimal nourishment mainly wine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Rosina Gamper
Michael Gamper
Fifth Avenue
Allegheny Cemetery
Scott
Final Rites for James Rees Arranged Next Sunday
Funeral arrangements for James Rees are set for Sunday at 2 30 pm under H Samson. The procession leaves his Amberson Street home to Allegheny Cemetery with services at the family residence by Rev W J Holland. Interment will be private. Pallbearers listed include Joe Smith B F Wilson Jas Collord Jas McBride Daniel Hansby Samuel Lewis Geo McBrisbin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rees
H. Samson
Amberson Street
Fifth Avenue
Allegheny Cem
W. J. Holland
Bellefield Church
Joe Smith
B. F. Wilson
Jas, Collord
Jas. McBride
Daniel Hansby
Samuel Lewis
Geo. McBrisbin
Federal union organized in city by Federation of Labor
A federal union of the Federation of Labor has been organized in the city. It mirrors a fixed assembly like the K of L and becomes the first of its kind locally. Twenty three members not belonging to any trades union joined. Charles Bonsell is President and John Ebman Recording Secretary. The group aims to act as a tribunal to settle disputes in trades unions, similar to the Central Trades Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Labor
K. of L
Charles Bonsell
John Ebman
Central Trades’ Council
Shovel as a Weapon Leads to Foreman’s Arrest
J M Kenny foreman at Carbon Iron Works is held on $300 bail for aggravated assault after laborer John Miller a Pole seized a shovel and struck him. Miller lacked full understanding of instructions from Kenny and was injured in the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Kenny
Carbon Iron Works
Alderman Doughty
John Miller
Miller
Kenny
Exonerated: Richard Fitzgerald Cleared in Wife’s Death
Richard Fitzgerald, arrested at his wife’s funeral on suspicion of foul play, was exonerated yesterday by the Coroner’s jury and discharged from jail. The inquiry found no blame attached to him in the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Fitzgerald
A Serious Charge Seized After Late Night Pursuit
Constable Murphy of Alderman Gripp's office chased a muscular six foot colored man named Joseph Brown shortly before midnight. He is charged with treating a white girl named Sullivan very rudely. The incident occurred late last night in the city, details remain sparse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constable Murphy
Alderman Gripp
Joseph Brown
Sullivan
Two Cities Incidents In One Day Report
Local brief recounts a string of city incidents including William Whiple's arrest on the New Brighton road where $2,478 was found on him, a Gospel Temperance Union meeting at Curry Institute Hall led by W T Powell and John W Moreland, and Miss Maggie Lester burned by a lamp explosion at Pumpalley Allegheny. Other notes cover a Gettysburg battlefield lecture, a long blooming Century plant at Guyasuta, a liquor license complaint against James Acer, a steel workers eye injury, Marei’s raid bail, a Center Avenue car fire, a missing companion, a freight wreck on Allegheny Valley Railroad, a runaway horse, a Union Line picnic, Frank J Hughes’s arrest, a broken light on Linden Steel Works, and a rush of orders at a machine company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Whiple
New Brighton Road
Allegheny
New Jersey
the Gospel Temperance Union
Curry Institute Hall
Sixth Street
W. T. Powell
John W. Moreland
Rostice
Gettysburg
Maggie £ Lester
Pumpalley
William Darlington
Guyasuta
Mary Reaper
Porter
James Acer
George Causchmidt
Black Diamond Steel Works
Frank Marei
Carson Street
Brokaw
Center Avenue
Dora Steplein
Twenty-seventh Ward
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Thirty-third Street
C. Kellner
First Alley
Second Street
Custer Lopes
A. A
McKee
Frank J. Hughes
Diamond Alley
O'Mara
Thomas Straton
Linden Steel Works
HE Aagines Machine Company
An Unnatural Family Seeks Aid to Visit Cincinnati
Theodore Kansingman aged 85 applied for assistance to reach Cincinnati. Five years earlier he lived on Spring Garden Avenue Allegheny with wife, son, daughter and son in law who deserted him. He found charity at the Little Sisters of the Poor, then hired out to a farmer for one dollar a week. After saving a little money he learned his family lived in Cincinnati and sought funds to bid them farewell before death. He was granted the aid requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Kansingman
Cincinnati
Department of Charities
Spring Garden Avenue
Formal Opening of New Fountain at Thirty-ninth and Butler
The corner fountain at Thirty-ninth and Butler streets will be formally opened tomorrow evening with John H. Kerr as the orator. A brass band will perform, and Dr. B. M. Hares, ear nose throat specialist, will attend. Office is on Penn Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-ninth and
Butler Streets
John H. Kerr
B. M. Hares
Penn Street
Pittsburg
Ambulance Sprint: Boy Loses Leg After Locomotive Crush
Doctors and reporters describe a rapid ambulance transfer from Twenty-eighth Street yard to West Penn Hospital. In seven minutes ten seconds from call to hospital, surgeons amputated the boy's leg and used bi chloride rinse to prevent infection, while extraordinary precautions against insects were emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
West Penn Hospital
Twenty-eighth Street
Cowan
Walter Stoughtrey
Butler Street
Hamilton
Sewickley Wins King Tennis Doubles Title in Pittsburg
Pittsburg lawn tennis club event concludes with Sewickley players Christy and Woods defeating Reed and Moorhead 1-6 6-3 7-5 10-8 to claim the championship as clear favorites falter. Singles results include Whelan and Coster advancing in preliminary rounds with several notable upsets, and final rounds scheduled for this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Christy and
Woods
Sewickley
Reed
Whelan
Altoona
T. Ewing
M. K. Coster
R. F. Reinemann
Kiskiminitas
C. Buch
W. D. Osborn
Marshall
W. H. Coster
Marshall Christy
R. R. Reed
I. E. Porter
Childs
KR. P. Kelly
E. V. Pane
Oakmont
George Whelan
C. Bueh
M. Christy
W. A. Way
L. E. Porter
P. Kelly
C. Marshall
Fred Gales Arraigned for Incorrigible Conduct Sent to Morganza
Fred Gales aged 15 from Dresden alley between Fifty-first and fifty second streets was arraigned before Judge Brush at the Seventeenth ward police station by his father for incorrigible conduct. The Mayor ordered six years at Morganza. Memorial Day committee meets at 3 30 P M in Council Chamber to receive sub committee reports and finalize route and arrangements. National Association of Pipe Manufacturers meeting planned in the city next Wednesday with a Master Steam Fitters Association rep seeking further pipe discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gales
Dresden Alley
Fifty-first
Fifty Second Streets
Brush
Seventeenth Ward
Fred
Morganza
Council Chamber
National Association of Pipe Manufacturers
Master Steam Fitters Association
I C O Fy Excursions to Columbus via Panhandle Route
Excursion tickets from Pittsburg to Columbus at 6.00 for regular trains on September 15 to 17 with return valid until September 25. Tickets available at Union station City Ticket Office 110 Fifth Avenue and Birmingham station. Also notes on neckwear at James H. Aiken & Co 100 Fifth Ave and rye whisky at Gro H Bennell 135 First Ave. Angostura Bitters advertised as a stimulant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Columbus
Union Station
City Ticket Office
Fifth Avenue
Birmingham Station
James H. Aiken & Co
Fifth Ave
Gro. H. Bexnell
First Avenue
Young Southside boy shoots self in cheek
John Alder a German boy of 19 living on Picnic street attempted suicide by shooting his cheek overnight. Taken to Southside Hospital by Inspector McKelvey his condition described as not necessarily fatal though the ball lodged near the right eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alder
Southside
Southside Hospital
Inspector McKelvey
Alder
Picnic Street
New Teachers Sought as Allegheny Board Plans Staffing
The Allegheny Board of School Controllers discussed High School matters and agreed to hire three additional teachers due to increased attendance, plus one head for each commercial department. Candidates must pass an examination before the Superintendent and High School principal. Dedicatory services for the new building set for October 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Board of School
Dodds
Robbed at the Races in McKeesport
Conrad Ruth of the Thirty sixth ward was robbed of a pocket book containing 15 dollars a certificate of deposit on Anchor bank for 3135 and valuable papers. A crowd hindered pursuit of the robber and accomplices. The incident is reported to the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Ruth
Bible Reading on Missions by Miss Campbell at Bethany Home
Miss Campbell will speak on the subject of missions at Bethany Home 113 Center Avenue this Sunday at 2 30 PM and 7 30 PM. Mrs Sarah Grier Beck opens with a Bible reading. Miss Campbell, formerly of the Mildway Mission and linked to Dr Hudson Taylor's China Mission, will address Young people are especially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Grier Beck
Bethany Home
Center Avenue
Miss Campbell
Mildway
Hudson Taylor
China
Aes
Cross Suits Arise Over Peace and Disorderly Conduct
Funk files complaint against John Kase for alleged threats to kill him after a Sunday night dispute on the Southside. Kase countersues Funk for disorderly conduct. Alderman Succop heard both cases and reserved judgment for this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funk
John Kase
Alderman Succop
Kase
Run Over by a Buggy Injures Mrs Bender at Fifth Avenue
Mrs Bender, an elderly resident of 40 Gist Street, was struck by a horse and buggy driven by an unknown youth yesterday near 8 Fifth Avenue. She sustained bruises but was not seriously injured.
Lowest Price and Easy Payments for Everett Club Pianos
An Allegheny Pennsylvania advertisement promotes a cooperative piano scheme offering contracts for 350 pianos with weekly payments of 1 dollar or more. Benefits include immediate cash discounts of 75 dollars or delivery on low weekly terms, with one piano delivered per week starting Saturday September 21. Applications limited to 350 members at 137 Federal Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex
Federal St
Allegheny, Pa
Vienna cheviot overcoats offered at discount price
A dealer advertises a grand lot of Vienna cheviot full-weight overcoats with heavy ribbed silk lining and satin sleeves, claiming values of 25 to 30 elsewhere. Today’s price is 88, 5 figure, offered by J. P. C. C. C. at cor. Grant and Diamond streets opposite the new Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Cor. Grant and
Diamond Sts
New Court House
The Oyster Season Opens With Oyster Crackers Demand
The oyster season begins in September driving demand for Marvin's superior oyster crackers. The note highlights widespread desire and grocery availability. Also mentions Harry Alden now at W. H. Holmes Son's Chicago House and various business lines including glassware, wedding presents, and beer brands, with contact details and a public notice tease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin
Harry Alden
W. H. Holmes Son
Chicago House
Clark Street
Water Street
Clark St
First Avenue
Ussa
Chicago
Pittsburg
Death by violence in boarding house mystery
Coroner McDowell investigated the death of Joseph Kriezrsck in McKeesport. He was found unconscious in his boarding house room, died Monday, with post mortem showing a broken neck. Landlord John Bykeciezsicki and roommates Anton Gespowski and Joseph Merlenaky were arrested. witnesses were examined but no light was shed on the cause. Verdict: death from violence at an unknown time and place. The keeper and some roommates were censured for cruel inhuman treatment for leaving Kriezrsck on the floor from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon without care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plo
McDowell
McKeesport
Joseph Kriezrsck
Kriezrsck
John Bykeciezsicki
Anton Gespowski
Joseph Merlenaky
Keri
Coromen
Kriozreck
Hhis
Krioarek
Kriosreck
John Rykeosexsicki
Anton
Joseph Merlensky
Khorriek
Fire injures rear Kirk's Powder Warehouse area
A small fire broke out yesterday near Kirk's powder warehouse in the rear area on Duquesne Way by a pile of shop shavings. Firefighters arrived promptly but only slight damage occurred as the blaze was controlled near Eleventh and Penn streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk
Smalarai
Eleventh and
Penn
Sahop
Duquesne Way
Setons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Herrington
Mary Sullivan
Mr. Miller
Spange’s
Torrance C. Hipple
Lock Haven
James 5. McKean
Pennsy
Washington, D.C
James S&s McKean
Philadelphia
D. Nichols
Senator Manderson
Minnesota
Igh
W. M. Clark
Missouri Pacific Railroad
New York
James E. Pugh
Somerset
Geter O. Shidle
Masonic Fraternity
Western
Mr. Shidle
Level and Square
Shidle
the Memorial Commission
Pittshuerg
Polo
Sharon
Thomas Bees
Mercer County
Young Bees
William Spohn
Joseph Bees
Exele. Com
Atv
Mr. Ruth
Platotif Ao
Everett Club
Hardy & Hayes
Smithfield St
Baeuerlein Brewing Co
Trissy
Ladies’ Son
Pauheels & Jones
John S. Roberts
Jamee
Frauenheim & Vilsack
Constantinople
Eic
Horne
New Fall
Paris
Lwear
Cloak and Suit Department
Hibit
Horne & CE
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