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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1890

Page

8

Pension Investicating Committee Hearings Rally Charges

George B. Fleiming testifies before the Pension Investicating Committee on Raum charges. Cooper probes Fitch Tanner and refrigerator stock links while Raum retorts that witnesses live in glass houses. Dismissal follows as the panel plans a report. ads for D Jayne's Vermifuge note tonic use.

Washington George B. Fieming Raum Cooper Butler Fitch Bradley Tanner Pension Office Fitch Mr. Cooper Legation Tanner

Real Estate Savings Bank and Teppl's Store Ad

Real Estate Savings Bank on Smithfield Street advertises deposits and 4 percent interest with surplus figures. Teppl's Store on Fifth Avenue Millinery opens today boasting hundreds of hats and bonnets and stylish headgear at moderate prices. Lies' gallery at 10 and 12 Sixth Street offers portrait photography, cabinet photos $1 per dozen, and complete color assortments of silks and fabrics.

Smithfield Street Cor Fourth Avenue Capital Sixth Street Baeuerlein

Napkin Charge Sparks Controversy In Local Restaurants

A Pittsburg practice of charging five cents for a napkin at ice cream spots has reached this city. A family was billed 90 cents instead of 75 for a visit, prompting complaints about the extra napkin fee. Critics call it un-American and small while noting a few eateries still offer napkins gratis with meals.

Pittsburg Paris

Worcester Steel Company Creditors Consider Reorganization

A Worcester meeting led by company president George M. tice discussed suspending an assignment and forming Worcester Steel Coal and Tron Company Limited with a $1,000,000 capital. Appraised assets total $1.346 million including plant and mines. A $600,000 mortgage bond would allocate 75 percent to creditors and 25 percent to blast furnace and mine setup, with 25 percent in preferred stock and 6 percent interest. A committee will investigate affairs and report.

Boston Mass Worcester Steel Company George M. Tice Potter-Lovell Company Worcester Worcester Steel, Coal and Tron Company, Limited Massachusetts Ir. Rice

Inventions New Patents Issued to Several States

A list of new patents granted to inventors in Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia and elsewhere with names towns and brief item descriptions including door for boiler furnaces slide valve for engines steam engine governor pipe coupling riding saddle wood working machine brick mold car coupler and other mechanical improvements credited to various inventors and assignees across multiple cities and counties.

Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia O. D. Leavis Fitts Avenue Pittsburg Dobn R Alexander Babbitt William Hramwell Toledo Thomas W. Hartholomew Danville C. W. Beard Academy W. Va W. H. Briggs Edgerton G. W.strinham Kerstone H. W. Caldwell Greenfield John Chestnut Martinshuarg Domer Shanerville T. Fenton Newton Fiser Columbiana Dynamo Bk. Grof Mariella Child's Play House K. A. Hartman Fairmount I's William A. Hemphill Pitsburg Parker P. Sue Kiink Heres George Keornic H. Siupakom C. H. Hort Easton A. M. Lance Industry Paeburn J. W. Lehr Fremont John T. Lewis Raddock John K. Luutt Kittanning D. F. Luse Center Hall Ps. Top William Manning Mount Joy Te. W. Mason Sharon John McKee Niles Fone Post Mohn Clyde Cleophas Monjean Middletown J. MH. Monsey Walker's Collec Joseph Piter Bucyrus James Porves Homestead Henry Keophel Akron W. P. Thorne Milton Grove John F. Ziegler

United States Baking Company Meets in Pittsburg Torsday

The United States Baking Company formerly Central Compact held a meeting in Pittsburg Torsday to discuss price uniformity for crackers. President Marvin said no advance prices were decided. The group visited the Exposition and noted crop concerns with wheat prices and farmer pay. An additional meeting was planned but attendance efforts failed. Attendees included Stolzenbaugh Zanesville Taggart Indianapolis Crane Detroit Langdon Cincinnati Heathman Dayton Zeller Richmond Crawford Mansfield Dake Buffalo.

United States Baking Company Central Compact Pittsburg Torsday Marvin Messrs. Stolzenbaugh Zanesville Taggart Indianapolis Crane Detroit Langdon Cincinnati Heathman Dayton Zeller Richmond Crawford Mansfield Dake Buffalo

McHKouight Proposal for City Home in Schenley Park

Dick Brokaw urges placing the City Home in Schenley Park as a central, pleasant site for paupers. He envisions trimming power beds and handling most work, blending industry with enjoyment in the park setting.

Dick” Brokaw Schenley Park

Late News In Brief From Across The Nation

Rapid spending in Spain. Cork bakers strike arrests. Steel cast in Chattanooga. A priest shot in Roumkapow cathedral. Lexington, Massachusetts survivors meet. Taylors wife killed in Michigan runaway. floods render millions homeless in China. Alhambra Palace fire aimed at art works. Wife of Dr Larson vanishes with 15000 dollars. Will Lemnton released after slaying his wifes murderer. Chicago fire alarm workers jailed for copper thefts. Chiefs and Young Mule killed near Miles City. Fremont family in San Pete destitute. Traction engine explosion injures Hartferd City men. Anarchist circular calls uprising in Chicago. Barbecued poison claim at Jerne revival. Miss Georgia Smith fatally injured in Dubuque runaway incident. John Clinton dragged by horse in Walla Walla. Kennedy brothers implicated in continuing outrage.

Chattanooga Roumkapow Lexington Will Lemnton Clinton Chicago Fire Alarm Service Hugh Boyle Miles City Mont Hartferd City Ind Chicago Jerne Ala Georgia Smith Dubuque Walla Wash John Clinton Ton By Can Kennedy Brothers Will Bo

True Bill Found Against Murderer of Edward Kramer

Yesterday in Judge White's court a true bill was returned against Eli Duon and six others for conspiracy linked to the National Capital Savings and Building and Loan Society. Details include alleged misrepresentation, delayed loans, and unpaid promised sums. several witnesses testified to payments and promised $1,000 loans. The case continues this morning.

Edward Kramer Eli Duon Thomas J. Sefton M. J. Phillips William Harrison Michael Gannon Franklin Butler J. W. Rowan White Rowan National Capital Savings and Building and Loan Society Illinois Johnston Thomas M. Marshall, Jr L. K. Porter RK. P. Wallace A. C. Robertson Frank Newman de Haven Sefton Harrison Phillips Dunn J. of. Branton DeHaven William Abi Julians F. Adams No. 3 Pike Street Allegheny Adams Rebecca Lapstey

Acquitted of Uxoricide in Accidental Shooting Case

Arthur Conley was found not guilty of murdering his wife in the June 7 shooting on Boston Street. The weapon, a neighbor’s Flobert rifle, discharged when the wife, playfully grabbing the gun, pressed the cocked hammer, the district attorney noting evidence indicated accident. The jury deliberated ten minutes before acquitting Conley and discharging him.

Arther Conley Arthur Conley Conley Boston Street Fourteenth Ward Istrict Johnston Thomas M. Marshall, Jr Magee Couley

Legal notices and suits filed in county courts

Tax suit of Thomas Carrick against Thomas Fawcett and Sons is before Judge Ewing. Black and Baird sue J B Fricke for commission. anew suit entered against the plaintiff. Charines K Lompann sues T FP Deming for slander over claims plaintiff not a G A R man but rebel. Allegheny City sues Allegheny Stock Yarde Company. verdict for 5746 for plaintiff. Rosa Labella Cancale petitions for writ of habeas corpus to win possession of 2 year old daughter. James Shamokin sues Park Bros and Co for 1000 damages from work accident. A non-suit entered in L T McGrath versus People’s Mutual Live Stock Insurance. A court opinion holds newspapers may publish character of public drinking places. J A Keenan to be heard before U S Commissioner McCandless on charge of using mails for fraud. Keenan ran Globe Mutual Edowment Association, alleged to defraud W J Isett of 30. Keenan transported from Altoona by Marshal Harrah. jailed for hearing.

Thomas Carrick Thomas Fawcett & Sons Ewing Black & Baird J. BR. Fricke Charines K. Lompann T, Fp, Deming G. A. BR Allegheny City Allegheny Stock Yarde Company Rosa Labella Cansale James Shamokin Park Bros. & Co L. T. McGrath People’s Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company J. A. Keenan United State McCandless Keenan Globe Mutual Edowment Association

Miss Jane Phillips Paves Road with Cornfodder Solution

A homeowner Miss Jane Phillips near Robb station improves her road by paving with cornfodder to dampen vehicle noise, while local supervisors’ road work is criticized as inferior and costly. Squire Herman Handel endorses the cheap, effective remedy and recalls older brush methods. The ad-like content ends with a pediatric product notice for teething.

Robinson Township Jane Phillips Robb Station Herman Handel Pennsylvania

Enn ie June Bright Writer and Society Leader Giv es Kitchen Tip

Enn ie June a popular writer and former Sorasis Society president offers a domestic hint on choosing ingredients for dinner or tea. She endorses The pure Baking Powder and states it yields delicious biscuits and cakes that melt in the mouth, valuable advice for wives and housekeepers.

Ennie June Sorasis Society

True Bill in Murder Case and Other Indictments

Grand jury returns a true bill against John Eubanks for the murder of Edward Kramer, who died after a confrontation near seventy-eighth street. Sadie Alexander indicted for murdering her child. Additional true bills include O. M. Head and J. W. Smart for embezzlement, J. Baird for larceny from the person, Charles Cook for misdemeanor, Morris Stein for selling liquor to intoxicated persons. Several defendants, including Martin Conners Annie Conley and others, had bills ignored.

John Eubanks Edward Kramer Kramer Eighth Street Eubanks Sadie Alexander O. M. Head J. W. Smart J. Baird Charles Cook Morris Stein Martin Conners Annie Conley Ery Engie August Holbein John Huber Mary Keefe A. Meshhough John Meyers M. D. Peterman Morria Stein Herbert Wolf William Williams Catharine Welsh B. Ford

Common Preas and Related Case List Summary

A dense OCR listing names and party pairs appears, naming common pleas type cases such as Kerr versus McGinley and Wiley, Spieler versus Walter, McGowan versus Bailey, Dixon versus Browarsky, and Gumbert versus Wood. The document also references a Commonwealth count with numerous individuals including John Hixon, John Ashbaugh, Patrick Davin, Jeff Haney, Joan Cornelius, and many others in long docket lines.

Kerr McGinley

To-Day's Audit Lint Includes Estate of Multiple Executors

An audit list itemizes numerous individuals and estates including Louis Eleessor, Laou Hastings, Peter Donald, George Mars, Caroline Clements, Be Clements, Alex Lambie, Nancy Lambie, Alice Heck, Charles Beck, Rev William Pollard, ey E A Bush, Charles Pfeil, J Carney, James Stanton, Teece, John Beech, Elizabeth Beech, Ann Sutton, and Theodosia Bloor, implying a formal review of their holdings or claims.

Louis Eleessor Laou G. S. Hastings Peter KR Donald George Mars Caroline Clements Be Clements Alex Lambie Nancy Lambie Alice Heck Charles Beck William Pollard Ey E. A. Bush Charles T. Pfeil J. Car

Wanamaker Ogden firm attaches debtor in Pittsburgh area

John Wanamaker and R C Ogden of Hood Bonbright & Co attach all the money of S P Poorbaugh in the hands of William Brinker Wilkinsburg and the Second National Bank of Pittsburgh. They claim sale of dry goods worth 1 54 but nonpayment and possible departure. The American Wire Company also issued a writ of foreign attachment to seize assets.

John Thomas Wanamaker R.C. Ogden Hood, Bonbright & Co S. P. Poorba William Brinker Wilkinsburg Second National Bank of Pittsburg Poorbaugh Drycoona

A Good Reputation for Reliable Store Clothing

A merchant emphasizes trust and quality in house made clothing. They claim solid workmanship and well tested fabrics, boasting long wear and style, with a price advantage and a vast selection. A measure to tailor with nearly 2000 styles offered.

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