Tearing Storm Destroys City Wires and Buildings
A severe tornado hit Pittsburg last night causing widespread damage. The Penn Incline Hall suffered a heavy lightning strike and brick falls injured no one seriously. Buildings including the German National Bank and Byer's galvanizing works endured roof and structural damage. Telegraph and police wires were knocked out citywide, delaying services as crews raced to repair downed lines and toppled trees blocked streets. A Southside man was lightly injured, and several storefronts reported broken glass and other minor harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn Incline Hall
John Connell
James Lambert
Patrick Lyons
Lyons
German National Bank
South Fourteenth
Carson Streets
Byer
South Sixth
Bingham Streets
Daly
John Kemmler
Carson
South Nineteenth Street
Western Union Company
New York
Central Telephone Company
Soho
East End
Davlient
Nae Ety
Smithfield
Fittheea
Rtr
Homewood Avenue
Trecanna
Suvimer
Mead
Bureau of Electricity
Bobo Eeriouws
Wilson Ranette &Drycoats Etore
Butler
Forty Street
Forty-fourth
Butler M
Thirteenth Street
Edward Freuuenheim
Butler Street
de Whic Woestell
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Pike Street
Engine Company No. 1B
Emil G. Stockey
Seventeenth Street
Penn Avenue
Fire alarms at Schitz Brewing stables ignite in office blaze
A small fire in the Schitz Brewing Company's stables on 7 Pike Street started from two crossing electric wires, lighting woodwork. Horses were freed and frightened spectators as they fled the street. handlers recaptured them with no injuries reported. Damages described as slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schitz Brewing Company
Pike Street
Suy Pirson
Slighs
Sunday Religious Services at Homestead Resolve Strike Tensions
In Homestead the Carnegie mills held religious services led by Rev. M. B. Riddle in the mill restaurant. A 500-strong afternoon crowd gathered on the green as a brass band drew attention, the steamer Tide dispersed by Coal and Iron police. Colored workers held an afternoon meeting, and Sixteenth Regiment troops cleaned quarters and sheltered tents from a storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Wall
Carnegie Mills
Homestead
M. B. Riddle
Western Theological Seminary
Beam Mill
Sixteenth Regiment
William Wall Defends County Judiciary Over Homestead Speech
William Wall denies naming Judge Magee or condemning Allegheny county judges in his Homestead strike address. Acting Chairman Crawford supports him. Wall says a judge called Homestead men no better than criminals, and he asserts he pleaded for peace and did not condemn all local judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wall
Magee
Crawford
Wail
Wall
Allegheny County
Pinkertons Anxious to Be Investigated
William Pinkerton of Chicago is in Europe and will return next month. Superintendent Murray of the Buffalo agency said warrants may be issued for him at Homestead and Mr. Pinkerton will go there to meet them. Robert Pinkerton in New York faces the same prospect and both seek an investigation in the Homestead case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pinkerton
Chicago
Europe
Homestead
Murray
Buffalo
Pinkerton
Robert Pinkerton
New York
Chief Bigelow
Colonel Roberts
Mr. Scott
Allegheny River
Pittsburg
Warren
Bizelaw
Siace
Cholera scare ends as patient ruled nonfatal
William McClelland suffered severe cramps on Smallman street during a rain and was taken home after a patrol wagon was called. Doctors believed the symptoms resembled cholera but concluded there were no cholera signs at midnight. McClelland’s family claim epilepsy explains the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighteenth Street
Pitts
William McClelland
Smallman Street
McClelland
Immigrants Inspected At Local Points After Sea Voyage
Thirty immigrants were inspected yesterday by local officials. Twenty six arrived via the Pennsylvania Railroad and four via the Baltimore and Ohio, at Blairsville and McKeesport respectively. Names include Mary Merringer Essie Merringer an infant and Marie Cruel among others bound for Pittsburgh area addresses. All were in good health and admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Oho
Blairsville
W. M. Kirk
Morley
Normannia
Ohio
Minos
Calornig
Norge
Northwest
Baltimore and Ohio
Normannis
McKeesport
Sands
Glenn
Mary
Essie Merringer
Penn Avenue
Marie Cruel
Main Street
Allegheny
Decrease in Allegheny Deaths Reports Week End
The Allegheny mortuary report for the week ended Saturday September HM notes 41 total deaths a drop of 17 from the prior week. Among the deceased 21 were men and 8 women with 12 under age ten. Causes include 4 infant cholera 5 violent deaths 3 diphtheria 2 consumption 1 scarlet fever 1 cerebrospinal meningitis and 1 choleraic diarrha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Conkling Club Parade Encounters Stone-Throwers in West End
A portion of the Conkling Club of the Southside marching into the West End Saturday night faced hostility as youths in Limerick gathered and hurled stones. Several club members were struck but kept formation and moved on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conkling Club
Southside
West End
Limerick
Man Falls At First Avenue, Breaks Leg
Homer Brady aged 40 fell downstairs in a First avenue house while intoxicated last night breaking his leg. An ambulance took him to West Penn Hospital. He is single and resides in the East End.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Brady
First Avenue
West Penn Hospital
East End
City Life in Paragraphs Show Local Incidents
A string of city notices: German Catholic priests depart for Newark to attend a three day conference. Joux P. Ronents injures from hot wire at Painter's mill on Woodvale avenue. Nunnery Hill Incline engine failure halts car use for days. William Hexwan, 18, injured after being run over by a buggy at Nimick & Co.'s mill on Main street. A complaint filed against East End Electric Co. for brush burning on Broad street, Health Officer to investigate. An Italian crowd near 140 Winslow street. a revolver discharges wounding a man in the left leg. A large glass tea sign at Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company on Federal street falls and shatters onto the pavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer, Nimick & Co
Main Street
Nineteenth Ward
East
Glara Tea
The
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Federal Street
Allegheny
Liberal Salary for Clothing Salesmen Ad
Wanted clothing salesmen with first class experience for permanent positions. Pay ranges from 20 to 25 dollars per week, based on ability. Apply to Bronner Bros. Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronner Bros
Buffalo
New Mountain Water Scheme For Pittsburgh Area
A proposed Western Water Company plan would dam Indian Creek and its tributaries in Fayette County to supply Pittsburgh Allegheny and surrounding towns. The project envisions reservoirs nine by fifteen miles, gravity-fed conduits, and a daily supply up to 159 million gallons for four months, with costs estimated between 6 and 12 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Allegheny
McKeesport
Chamber of Commerce
Eblers
T. P. Roberts
James B. Scott
Bigelow
Cheat River
State Line
West Virginia
Lake Chautauqua
Youghiogheny River
Confluence
The
Western Water Company
Murray Forbes
Clifford Stanley Sims
Philadelphia
Westmoreland Company
Greensburg
Derry, Dennison and
Irwin Water Companies
Indian Creek
Fayette County
Chestnut
Laurel Ridges
Fayette
Westmoreland
Herron Hill Basin
Highland Park Basin
Highland Avenue Reservoir
Troy Hill
Thureday
Wheeling Inspectors Review Ohio River Water Works Plans
F L Hoge city engineer and assistant A L White of Wheeling visited the Morangoiella House to inspect Wheeling's water works project. A new plant costing 20000 dollars was ordered with two Holly pumps each 750000 gallons daily. Influents pipes will be moved upriver to avoid hospital sewerage backflow learned from Allegheny experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Hoge
A. L. White
Wheeling
Morongaiela
Allegheny
Ohio
Seabrooke Opera Company Arrives in Baltimore Special Train
A five car special train carrying the Thomas Q Seabrooke Comic Opera Company arrived at the Baltimore and Ohio depot last evening in fine trim and health. The train from Philadelphia was decorated with banners and drew nationwide attention along the line. Mr Seabrooke expressed happiness over the troupe’s rising fortunes and the success of the popular opera company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Thomas Q. Seabrooke Comic Opera Company
Philadelphia
Seabrooke
DeGray Brothers Hypnotic Exhibition At Eden Musee
The S Brothers DeGray held a private hypnotic exhibition at Harry Davis's Eden Musee yesterday afternoon. A large number of medical gentlemen attended and searched for flaws in the mesmerists' act. The event grew extraordinary as the performers inflicted sensational personal discomfort on their bodies, causing fainting among spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S Brothers
DeGray
Harry Davis
Eden Musee
Musee
DeGrays
Arrests After Raid On Forbes Street Disorderly House
Mrs. Jennie Smith of 610 Forbes Street was arrested on a charge of keeping a disorderly place during a raid led by Officer Rohan. Inmates Mary Sweeny and Bridget Harris were also taken into custody. Inspector McKelvey and officers raided the house of Mary Murphy on Forbes Street in Soho, arresting Mary Murphy and named individuals William Larson, Mike Crow, Ed Nugen, and Jerry Macintyre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Smith
Forbes Street
Rohan
Mary Sweeny
Bridget Harris
Inspector McKelvey
Mary Murphy
Soho
William Larson
Mike Crow
Ed Nugen
Jerry Macintyre
Nervous Debility Claims Boost for Horsford’s Acid Phosphate
Dr. A M Bilby of Mitchell Dak reports using Horsford's Acid Phosphate in several cases of nervous debility with very good results. Also mentions De Wirt's Little Risers as a cure for biliousness and sick malaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horsford
A. M. Bilby
Mitchell, Dak
Buvre
de Wirt
Women to Organize in Pittsburg for Suffrage Push
Miss Matilda Hindman leader of the Pittsburg Female Suffrage Association announces plans to reorganize this fall. Public meetings in October and November will mobilize support, form advisory and executive boards, and push for repeal of laws affecting women wage workers. Hindman to visit Harrisburg to urge legislative repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg Women's Suffrage Association
Matilda Hindman
Pittsburg Association
National Federal Suffrage Association
Sandusky Street
Allegheny
Ublic
Friends of the Movement For Action Work
Octr
Harrisburg
Daring Robbery Strikes Home of Michael Lannon
Three masked men broke into the residence of Michael Lannon at No 7 Vickrey Street after he answered a late night knock. They beat him with a revolver, searched the house for valuables, and escaped with about $800 in cash and two gold watches worth $175. Police have no leads as investigators remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Lannon
No. 7
Vickrey Street
Mr. Lannon
Lannon
Glorious Old Tom Marshall and Judge Kirkpatrick Recalled
Campaign talk recalls the famed stump speakers Glorious Old Tom Marshall and Judge Kirkpatrick. An anecdote from the Civil War era places Marshall addressing a Tarentum crowd and defending Republican victory while Irish heckler prompts Marshall to joke about keeping rogues out of the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Marshall
Judge Kirkpatrick
Caine
Marshall
Tarentum
Tom
Allegheny County
Mr. Marshall
Memorial Service Honors Local Church Members
A memorial service was held at Butler Street M E Church for members who died in the last conference year. The obituaries include J H Nobbe S Wilkinson Robinson Faustnaught Over Carrie Hughes William Noble Alexander Foster Isaac Reiley Staley James Fellows George Hoyer of Standard Oil L E Stofiel former editor of Tas PirristuG Disratom and several children Jean Hamilton Danker Baker Lidia Probert Sam Barton Ada Netiries Ralph Martin Dr William Oldham pastor will be absent next Sabbath with evening service by evangelist Aire Albright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Street
M. E
J. H. Nobbe
S. Wilkinson
Robinson
Faustnaught
Over
Carrie Hughes
William Noble
Alexander Foster
Isaac Reiley
Staley
James Fellows
George Hoyer
Standard Oil Company
L. E. Stofiel
Tas Pirristug Disratom
Jean Hamilton
Danker Baker
Lidia Probert
Sam Barton
Ada Netiries
Ralph Martin
William Oldham
Aire Albright
Footpad Detained After Woman’s Screams at Martland Street
A woman screamed as a colored footpad knocked her down near Martland and Lanse avenues. William Smith is held at the Nineteenth Ward station on disorderly conduct charges with possible more serious allegations. A morning identification by the victim is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
Martland
Lanse
Police haul multiple suspects after drunken brawl and liquor case
Josefa Gilson beat his wife after returning home drunk and was arrested by Officer Conway along with Horace Williams and William Green from Jones Laughnes Browns town mills. Martin Dotrurs jailed for illegal liquor selling per County Detective Beltyhoover. James Jongxaon, colored, arrested for disturbing the public with boys at Ft Wayne Railroad yard. Six bill posters, arrested for obscuring red danger lamps on Market street, lectured and released. employers to answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josefa Gilson
Conway
Gilson
Horace Williams
William Green
Jones & Laughnes
Brownstown Mills
Martin Dotrurs
Tris
Beltyhoover
Fitzhavennue
Dinwiddle Street
William Jongxaon
McDonough
Ft. Wayne
Allegheny
Central Station
Market Street
All the World’s a Stage in Dispatch Help Wanted
The Dispatch advertises a rapid search for suitable positions with dramatic phrasing. A short note invites readers to explore opportunities and roles offered by the publication.
Valuable Scientific Collection At Carnegie Library
Librarian W M Stevenson reports progress at the Allegheny Carnegie Library with new books and a rare Poggen Dorff set of Annalen Der Physik und Chemie valued over 100 dollars. He outlines plans to gather city and county records while noting rising card usage from 5680 to nearly 8000 since February 27, 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phipps
Poggen Dorff
Annalen der Physik Und Chemie
Allegheny City
Controller Morrow
Pittsburg
Booth
Morrow
W. W. Thompson
Departments of Public Safety and Works
Allegheny
Amon
Jobn Gough
Gough
Carnegie Library
Notable Visitors and South Politics Rumors From Pittsburgh
People arriving and leaving include J. Blaine cousin of James G. Blaine and his sister after a three month Michigan visit. Several dignitaries and entertainers stay at downtown hotels as lists of Pittsburgers travel to New York hotels and discuss political plans while others attend the Exposition's Black Patti show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. & Blaine
James G. Blaine
Michigan
Mr. Blaine
Anderson
H. B. Brown
Pine Bluff
Ark
Schlosser
C. L. Magee
Solid South
F. A. Broost
Hollenden House
Cleveland
Hammond
Brock#es county
Wellsburg
W. Va
Leslie Shoes and Exposition Week at Black Patti
A fragment describes Leslie shop offerings and a promotional event with Black Patti performing beside Adelina in a September schedule. It references coats and labor and a five dollar price point, plus a brief note on a week of performances in the afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Patti
Adelina
Bisck Patti
Weekend Dispatch reveals varied global and local events
Saturday and Sunday items report local strikes in Lawrenceville, bail refusals, missing persons, and a deadly Iowa wreck. International notes include Berlin cholera danger, Paris and London political and social items, plus London’s influenza era anecdotes.
Dump dispute prompts health board review and city talks
Chief Brown received a letter from State Board of Health Secretary Lee acknowledging a request to compel garbage boats to dump below Davis Island dam. Lee favors the pro position but will wait for the board’s meeting next week. Local and Allegheny officials discussed the practice of dumping above the penitentiary and its health risks, with Chief Bigelow vowing to stop it and redirect dumps below Allegheny city limits pending board action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Lee
State Board of Health
Davis Island Dam
State Board
Gourley
Bigelow
Kennedy
Ehlers
Allegheny
George Free
Penitentiary
Chief Bigelow
Allegheny City
Lanoline Soap Promotes Skin Friendly Cleanser Claim
Lanoline Soap contains Lanoline and is marketed as natural to the skin. It claims to be the only soap to avoid skin irritation and is advertised for toilet and nursery use. Readers are urged to ask their druggist for Lanoline Soap.
No. 94 Fifth Avenue Shoe Price Description
No 94 Fifth Avenue describes a Leslie shoe with price equal to the ore of material and labor and one fair, noting cost elements in the description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Dead Burglar Identity Trial Sparks Morgue Confusion
A man found on the Wall station tracks is identified by several Powers relatives as William Powers the missing puddler. Coroner and Slemmons test a burglar’s jimmy to prove identity while more witnesses must confirm before the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Powers
Wall Station
Powers
Turtle Creek
Wall
Rtle Creek
Burresa Slemmons
Oroner
West End
Andrew McGraw
McDowell
Grant Miller
Miller
Burgese Slemmons
Hugas and Hagke New Ladies Garments
Croax Department introduces new lines of Ladies Jackets Capes Wraps and Traveling Garments with reliable goods at moderate prices. Jackets range 32 to 40 inches in length and feature the latest styles while Capes include long Watteau Plaited and Short Triple options in varied trims and colors. Medium-weight Cloth Capes in gray and black go on sale this week. Mackintoshes offered in complete sizes with or without sleeves and lining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croax Department
Dress Fabrics Promoted For Autumn Wear
The season has begun and warm weather will soon shift. We present in these columns our claim to the best patronage for the best goods.
Importers Claim Fast Access to World Fabrics
We announce immediate contact with foreign producers and designers giving us early contracts and access to entire lines. Pittsburg, Paris, London, and Berlin are named as key fashion centers this season with fine fabrics showcased in latest colors and effects. The newest ideas have just emerged after ruling concepts have waned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Paris
London
Berlin
Scotch Plaid Weave Offers Varied Wool Goods
A catalog description highlights a large variety of clans in medium grades and choice rough effects. It notes the Hima layan goat fleece yields an exquisitely soft finish, with shaggy textures softer than silk.
Striped and Plaid Artistic Functional Garments Displayed
The article describes two tone striped and plaid fabric options offered as artistic clothing items. It notes diagonal body placement and changeable effects with options to wear cross or longwise, highlighting their stylistic versatility.
Silk and wool fabrics with beaded novelty weave
Epangalines advertise the silk and wool stripes and changeables as the prettiest fabrics. A BEADED novelty uses very small beads interwoven into the weave for a rich yet modest effect that will not pull out. The same weave appears in all wool two toned and changeables.
The Cross-over Fabric Line Highlights New Season
The article touts still choicer plain goods as desirable for the season. It notes French cross over style and cord across the weave, available in late shades and wide widths. Five yards makes a pattern, and qualities are emphasized for immediate selection.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Penn Incline
Central Traction Company
Allerheny
James A. Dichols
Federal
North Diamond Streets
George Price
Federal Hittel
Sixth Street
Brown Joon
Pine
Sycamore
Troy Aili
Frank
Good Will
California Avenue
Vienant Valley
Pinkertons
the Conkling Club
W. M. Stevenson
Allegheny Library
Stevenson
Public Works Committee of
J. G. Kramer
Canton
A. B Baldwin
Akron
Monongahela House
John B. Smithman
Oil City
Robert M. Wallace
Sistersville
Duquesne
James R. Doran
Uniontown
James Brown
Youngstown
Central
Hutvel
H. A. Shoemaker
Ebensburg
Franklin
St. James
Thomas Q. Seabrooke
James F. Burke
Harrison and
Reid
Pittsburgers
Westminster
W. J. Diehl
E. A Smith
St.Denia
W. Ernst
Chater, International
Wase M. Maas
Coleman House
J. E. Schwartz
Oa Shea
W. P. Ae
Haxbowne
Leslie
Sunday Dispatch
Tae Scypat Distaron
Lawrenceville
Dalzell
Disratog
Hugh O'Donnell
St. Petersburg
Manchester Street
Lower Fifth
Maine
Harrison Bath
Blaine
Danville
Peck
Gilmore
Toronto
Peary
Greenland
Albert Cooley
Bishopine
Harrison
Iowa
Arkansas
Indiana
New Jersey
Lotto
Columbus
Lamplighter
Gravesend
David
Hill
Wooster
Duke of Sutherland
Liverpool
Lord Nelson
Simen’s
Globe
Opera
Picidilla
G. D. Simen
Ohio ST
Allegheny, PA
Eott
Mary Bright
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Fifth Ave
Market ST
Hugus
Hagke
Goa
Delp & Bell
Ivand
Federal St., Allegheny
N. B
JOS, Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Velour
Crere
Prats Goons
Travneurs
JOS. Horne & CO
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