THE -PITTSBUKGT" DISPATCH, THURSDAY, ' JANXTAET , 1891. (SOtT 2 j6 -""io. slaighter for The killing or Anthony. City ' Property Committee gets control of me AUe gLPnJ, Library. J4-Contracls aggregating (7.000.000 let for the founding of Charleroi; largest plate glass vinrkslnthe world to be built. Annie Vandcr bnrg trlc to kill berseirbv Jumping rroin a third story window oa smith field street, while temporarily Insane. Flrcbngs once more abroad lu Oakland: attempt zaade to burn a house on Charles street. . 15-Mrs. Annie Gray and Miss Josephine Kennedy, sisters, arrested In Boggs Buhl's store ror .shnpliltlng; their home lull of dryguods. The iconomlio celebrate the cigblj-flrtli annl vcreary or their establishment- The Amerlcus club decides to put v.p a bic club bousf on sixth street attherot or 5100.0O;. Ad Gun bcrt sUnis with tne Bcancaters' " new team. 16 Incendiarism the only plausible cause tor Oak land nri-a. Countv Uetectlvc I-anghurst alter 2C0 tpcak-castcs. Arbucklc gusher down to flv e 17-McKcesport man takes a dose or liniment In mistake. Flans 10 ret books to fill the shelve orthe new Tree lltirarles. Three-quarters or a million dollar the estimate or the amount It n 111 tair to run Allegheny one year. The largest order for j ears given to th nlcan Tans Company. Strikers t bhoenbergcr's mill reruse to go bat k to w ork and dery W ellie. i ue initial run made on tue Central Traction IS Messrs. Hammond & Son purchase 19 acres east orManshcH lor au Iron and steel mill. Presi dent V elhc declares the places ot the Shocn lrr:cr strikers vacant and adv. Ises men to take tlicm. 19-Picsidcnt Harrison irrlvcs In tne city, the in-cst or Andrew Caruegir. bomv of the old hands return to work at suoenberger's. Agnes Taukert. aged 13 a ears, committed to Jail charged with infanticide. Allegheny lit aims Compauv give Its consumers choice Iwrtween meters and contracts, East End painters de 111.1U J an Increase In wages. 20-a he cllv or Allegheny receives Mr. Andrew Nrncifie's splendid gift rrom his own I. amis; 1- vsldent Harrison declares the new Library Hall and Mnslc Hall open. J. H. Miller ap yolnted master In the Graff-Bennett failure. Pittsburg Library Commlltee recommends the urdinance accepting Andrew Carnegie's offer. II striker at Shoenbcrj:er's arrested. Local rail roads organize to racllltate prompt unloading sircar. The United llrotherhood or Carpen ters vote In favor ortlie eight-hour law 22 T he twin titles celebrate George ashlngton's birdav: streets crowded all day. .Official re turn nrulr Mavor W varan's majority 71. SS-Shina McCandlcss receiies the death warrant or W. II. smith, the wire- murderer. Lay men's Missionary League holds a service at 'IrlnltT Enl-copal Chun h. J. II. Snermau has liUIieadsnlit open.wilh a hatchet by John Borers. Wilhe- denies the cbarces of under hand wo-k at shoenbergcr's. James McEvoy shot In the breast hv a svatchmau atbhoen beser's mill. Tic stonemasons against the sight-hour movement. 24-The Baltimore and Ohio takes ont a charter for a road Horn Akron to Chicago. Couuclls take action accepting the tilt of Sl.0u0.rcd from Andrew Oriicglc lor a free library. Tlic Court grants the iulunctlon against shoen bergcr's men. 15 Accident nunilicr one occurs at a xrosslng of the Central and Pittsburg Traction Company's lacs. Over 43 locals in the K. or l lapse and nturti their property. A big kick among steel men against reducing the tarlfl on rails. A 5J0-barrcl oil well biouirht in on the Perrys vlllerciad. Only nine acres or the Ursuline. properly to lie sold. 26 John Agncw. prominent glass manufacturer, badlr beaten. ilotLer Alphouse again says there cannot oc auv con promise: the entire propcrtj must go. The tax rate in 1'lttsburg jor the coining 5 ear Increased to 15 mills. 27 Eleven street raliroart ordinances passed hv Pittsburg Councils. Ex-Sheriff Oraj's bonds men -ned. The Allegheny Crosstaw n line be gins opentlons. 1'ort l'ltt Glass Works to be rcuiovrd to Jeannette. S 1 lie Uuquesnc Traction Company's ordinance slgntd by Mayor llcCallln. Mrs Bchcnlcv withdraws the conditions attached to her gilt 1' lea teres or land to the nropucd Institute for the llllnd. Knights of Lalior diclde to Lovcott the J'ltuburg Traction Company. Oir .No. C9. Central "ITactlon road, smashes iutoa cirrlagc containing Wllll-im II. Haney and lamlly; all are more or less Injured. MARCH. 1 l'rlddv defeats SlcClelland In the great foot rare at Ilecreation Park: time U-.13. three miles. Mrs! trial of anew locomotive on the It. a ne show sit will haul C cars w tithing s",tX)each. The Kxcclslor Glass orks,brapc ville, clot'down. 2 Samuel b. 3lastn attempted suicide bv cutting hlmscirwltba knlie. Jllss .Nellie O'sulllran, vho ioined the Little bisters or the Po r. starts on her long journey to her Held or labor In Arrca. 8 Many accidents and a lot or Inconvenience caused by the slfortage or natural gas. At tempt made to gel the brickmakersoutor the K. or 1M Allegheny Councils control the Car negie LIbrar and iluslc Hall. 4 Grand Jurs nndatrue bill against Kmplov uitnt Agtnt Uilslir. Miss mrllalt. dwarils uelirerther lecture on old Egypt at Old Cltv lloll. blrlke oullicP. and 1- K. virtually broken. Cbierilrown declares w a on all dis orderlt honses. E. M'illlam J. Mlnnlck, or Uraddock. sent to Dlxmont as Insane on the certificate or two physician, released on a wrlt of habeas comes, soulnslde water sunnlr short. Post master McKean Issues au order requiring teller carriers io wear wiiue ins anu keep their buttons polished. First sleighing or the season. t John A. Gilleland named as postmaster or .'viii'KiiciiT. Lrujrcisis warneo xor urcaking the liquor law. 'ihe Ucstlnghoiise Company rcceliesau order for over 7f0(Xi bral.es. ICollers determined to onnose the Increase asked bv the rouchers. Pittsburg and Lake Erie strike or switrninen nuoui semcd. 7 Tlic Telephone Companv and Second Avenue Uatlwa at war, ia. candidates for President of L A. 3. 8 VUlmc'diua ani llru'liton flic petitions ask ing lor the Incornotatlonsot boroughs. wlilUl wi re granted. ljcerulle Board -of tne Cen tral Trades Council Instructed to take up LegNLtllie work. The rollers and heater protest azaiust the demands or the roughers and atcnira. 9 Chief Brown says Pittsburg has 600 speak easies. 10 ie sc A. Kelly resigns as President or the Prison Board, chamber or Commerce hold their annual election. More Judgments entered against the . A. Baedcr lllue Corn pan). Brlca makers' Assembly decide not to jfaethcK. or L. Pittsburg and Lake l.rle w lichinen's strike abeut over, fire captains ask Couuclls lor an increase or salaries. 11 sfiidicate formed to buy up real estate on tbe orthslde. Miners in division 4 make a de mand lor an Increase of wages. A big W. C. T. U. meeting An SOC-pound pressure pas well brought In In the Bcllcvernon field. Miners hold their annual convention at Iv. of 1.. unit. 12 rldillts Title and Trust Company enter suit against the stockholders or the Lawrence Bank. Crand Marshall t'allon announces his nrrirrea-cliuror St. Patrick's Day. Miners' treeungilo-cs. Mr. Carnecle mecu the Pitts narir trustees to discuss the llbrarr nrolect. IneBencdietlne Sisters cheated obi off II. UO iy u E:.iurpcr. IS I ud z 1-w lng again lectures the grand Jurv for their slow work. Mr. Wheeler, counsellor the t'eicndant. asks to withdraw from the celc trclid .tlansetl case. Urlpmen of the Pitts burg Traction Comnanvaive ud hoDe of -win ning ILtir sn lie. , Over LO0O.OW bushels of cij. starieti suuiiiirani, aeiiuocK A 0.1IUO rnd schlmpr &. Blchardg swamped by the Haeder lallure. 1-Trne bill for embezzlement returned against V. V. aonug. President, and John lloerr. Cashier or the defunct Iwrence Bank. .Pitts burg Traction Company takes action against the Duqucsnc Traction Company, alleging priority or charter. Heavy rnns on the Ileal rotate Ljan and Trust Company, Allegheny. 5 ThcsuudeudeatborMrs. Kmllv Bogers, Alle gheny, alarnisher relatives in Hamilton. Ont.. .who make some reckless charges against her Jiusoanuauu atLeinpi io becure Ills arrest on the charge or poisoning her. John C BrosL bouthslde. missing aud is charged with lor gcry. Dr. Manselllound guilty or lying and lssuspcndcd. JakcBeckley repents andaski to he taken into the Brotherhood again. tViklrk defeats sibert in the five mile race. 16 John C BrosL the defaulter, still missing. Battery or to-horse power boilers explode at the Howard street pumning station or the Allegheny Water Works. Captain William lteed. the oldest police officer In the country, celebrates his 7uth birthday. Pittsburg in eighth place in the Clearing House list. 527 The State Pardon Board asked to commute murderer Smith's death sentence. Character istic St. Patrick's Way: rival parades march under green banners. 3. S. Marvin's business on the increase uudcr a boycott. The proposed Iilamond street widening round to be cheap for the city. Judges Ewlngand Mageeopen tbe License Court; 65 applicants heard la a hurry. J8 Inspector McAleese admits that the police sneak-easv list is not accurate: JudvcMairee scores him severely: 65 applicants disposed of in., hours ana io minutes, aueaionollgancia Presbytery rebukes lir. Kwing for marrying his deceased wire's sister, and admonishes Vu Held ror tlclng the knot; Dr. Kwlng's resigna tion accepted. 19 Judge Ewlng decides one person cannot hold both a wholesale and retail license. SO W'. J. Brennan filet his petition in regard to the alleijeil illegal Mayoralty election in Alle gheny. The Pittsburg carpenters vote against the right-hour movement, bcandrett leaves Jorew lork. SI Scheme to lorm a new county Out of parts of .aii.i:kiivuj, ouiier, Westmoreland and Arm strong. Mr. Ullleland files his bond. The Pittsburg Bureau of Fire raise naa in two hours for tbe benefit of the firetnen-a wMow at the Indianapolis catastrophe. The term of uuivc v& as. v. rr, auryeyor oi x ort, ex pires. 32 Ki ermen and those who live along the banks or the rivers Tery anxious about the high waters. Contracting plasterers on the Sonth Eldc agree that nine hours shall constitutes day's work. T. M. Latimer enters suit for 3o0,b03agalnst Edward Uroetzinger. 3 Manager Hanlon leaves tor ew jork to testify In the Ward case. More than a dozen Piltsburger after one cadelslilp at West Point. Danger from the sudden and rapid rise in the rivers now past. The Gnsky orphan Asvlum placed on its feet; work of building to begin at once. JW Unusual Lawrenccvllle candor somewhat sur prises the License Court lndges; nearly hair the applicants were on ine speak-easy tut. eorge T Oliver, 'Census Supervisor for the Ttlnth district, gets down to work. About l.t'J0,W bushels or coal get out on the rise. Pennsylvania tube workers go out to sustain non-union men. Alice Townsend, theBurlrs- ?ncs star actress, dies at the American House rom grieving over the loss or her parlor car. 25 Trinity church) ard tne scene of a lively night encounter. The tube workets still on strike Creation or the Pittsburg Academy or Science and Art accomplished at the Chamber ot Commerce. I C6 Tbe Llcenbe Court finished Us hearing of applicants rrom the city up to the Southsldc; 5J4 applicants so far been examined. Trinity and St. Peter's to consolidate and l'.evMr. alac kay to be rector. General secretary J. V. Hays. K. ot L., visits the cltv and -thinks there will be no eight-hour trouble, Wrought iron pipe uiauulacturcrs meet ana reaffirm old prices. 27 Norcmac and Hart arrive to compete lu the great race. The V. M. C A, secures a new rlustructor foi the gymnasium. Mrs. Nan - '.Leslie, factory Inspector, her to stop emplor t '(mentor children. " st i-ocai league magnates talk or snelnr the Brotherhood. A Yankee girl follows licrfallh- , less lover to Pittsburg and pays their wedulng expenses. Judge Ewrncluaugnrates&waron free lunches; numerous Southside applicants on the speak-easy list stforc they never sold. 29-Manager Hanlon makes .ah important state ment In regard to the Brotherhood. Sew base ball association formed at Homestead. A flag placed over Mucklcrat school house by the Mechanics despite thrcnteued objections. Equity proceedings against the Dnqucsue Street Hallway Company. Manager Hender son, or Chicago, signs papers Tor the lease of tho Jackinan property tor a first-class tliealcr. SO Pittsburg take seventh place In the Clearing House race. Hcrr Most, anarchist, delivers two lectures lu the city. The P. 1L B. de cides to reduce rares beyond East Liberty to meet the cable rates. . Jacob Bupp engaged in making nine ropes ror murderera. 31 One-sixth or an acre lot on Fifth avenue. East End, sold ror &S.0C0. believed to be the highest price ever paid ror East End property. Post master Ullleland takes charge of the Alle gheny office. The old Marine Hospital site sold fort30,5J5. APRIL. 1 Sixty appllcans from Allegheny heard In the License Court: no speak-easy list produced. The old League objects to change of schedule. A Pittsburg kennel wins all the Boston Irish setter prizes, stock quotations shnt off all over tbe city from bucket shops. I Allegheny tanners against the tarlffhill. J Speaker Bced promises to attend the Amerlcus banquet. Committee of tbe State Board or Chanties visits D.xniont, The Dnquesne Traction Company lets a contract lor luOcars to the Pullman Company. 4 The License Court makrs a partial return: 307 licences granted In Pittsburg and 07 in the Jlrst four wards In Allegheny; the Point ridden of a number or Its resorts and'the hill district given additional saloons. The old rate of ex porting coal to the lakes adopted. Gus Otte son, the missing Alleghciilan. returns home. The largest oil a-ushcr ever brought in appears at Forest Grove. Pa. 5 John O'Uara shot and killed and Martin Fahey seriously wounded on Fifth avenue by a drunken colored man. MeKeesjiortstrcngtbens her police rorce and creates additional city offices. The strike at Oliver's Tenth street mill declared off. 6 Pittsburg glassware in demand In the Argen tine ltepubllc. I.uclcn Weeins arrested lor the murder or John O'Hara. Mayor-elect Wyman announces a trio or his appointees. 7 Scramble for offices at the disposal of the . Allegheny Councils. Fire Chler Jones success ful. An anti-Maxwell vestry chosen by mem bers of Trinity church. The Duquesue com ?any commence work on their power house, he bjraciise Stars give the local Rational League club their first dereau 8-six-day pedestrians going at a lively pac;. A cyclouc sweeps over Pennsvlvania Company railroad conductors: It discharged without explanation. The Allegheny Valley Itillroad makes a good shoving ror the year. Gather ing boys strike at Hamilton's glasshouse. S The Dispatch Country Bond Exploring Partv complete their first day's Journey. The King's Daughters glvea dinner at St. Peter's Church. Old soldiers celebrate the surrender or Lee. 10 Judge Ewing becomes exasperated In th Li . cense Court at an attorney: the last or the re tail applicants rroin Allegheny heard. Work on Arbulhnot. btcphenson A Co.'s large bnlld lnr begun. Four hundred bottle house boys uulte In demanding more pay. Managers or the Blind institute accept Mrs. schenleys do nation. 12 Herlv takes first place In the big race. Clar ence Burdctt tries the fllm-Ilam game on J. C Williams. A lialr-ton stone rails rrom the United Evangelical Protestant Church, ijinltimeld street. Thirteenth ward citizens petition the Court for saloon licenses. 13 Magistrate Uyndman discharges a prisoner; Officer Cross wanted held: rather remarkable scene. Gus L. Otterson, after an absence Of four months, gives a complete account of his wanderings: lie went alone from .New Tork to ban Francisco while temporarily deranged. 14-Ulg strike or rallrotd employes brewing; i ardmen want more money and fewer hours, belling to minors begin to play an Important part In the License Court. Building inspec tors decide the tower of the United Evangeli cal Protestant thurch must come down. The Vestlnghouse Company decide to go Into the electric road business. 15 ICailroaa switchmen of Pittsburg waiting the rcplv of President Boberu. President Gump ers makes a strong plea ror less hours per day at Imperial Hall. Chief Brown moves against sidewalk obstructions. 16 Managers or the different rallroadi entering the city receive the ddmnnds of the yardmen, butreluse to entertain them, virtually ignor ing the Federation. The saloon applicants lrom McKeesport find It a rocky road In the License Court. Bishop O'Connor, after a se rious illness, leaves for home. 1. N. Itoss ap Jolnted Deputy Surveyor of the Port aud oepli L. Evans elected Master Workman of the district. Joseph Anderson 'arrested at East Liverpool as one or the men suspected of murdering Mrs. Iludcrt atTarcutum 17 Uallroad officials declare they will treat only with their own employe-, mid that they would meet the men hair w av. Pittsburg capitalists buy the Cream City Passenger Railway, Mil waukee. Petition started in Allegheny to con demn tbe Perrysvllle plahk road and make it a C0-root street to Perrysvlllc. 18 Harry Anderson tells to the detectives a tale oi his wanderings. Officers or tbe second Brig ade. M. G. P., pass through a severe examina tion. 19 The superintendents on nearly all roads lead ing Into Pittsburg made propositions to In crease the wages or yardinin, but the em ploTes claim still further concessions must be made, early 9.000 people see tbe Pittsburgs beaten bv the Chtcagorflf the opening game at Exposition Park. Tbe national League local colts defeat the Cievelaud -, -CO Sec ctary McGuIro predicted that elcht-hour dav has come to stay. Vardmeus' trouble ex- rected to be bridged over. rTremen Of the luasant Valle strike for higher wages and shorter hours. 71 The License Court bearing township appli cant!. Better Inquiry and more sales ln'the real estate murker. Pittsburg (P. L.), S: Chi cago, -2. Plttsbu g (N. L ), 11; Cleveland, 9. Another day of conference in the local rail road muddle. Pl.tsaurg capitalists purchase Loilsvllle street railways. J2 Ketail liquor licenses In the boroughs handed down by the Judges: the nnraber more than double 'over formerycar. The local railroad strike takes another turn by the trainmen pre senting a list or grievances. Keystone strike settled. 23 Jndge Ewlng, in the License Court, tells how inanv beers will cause Intemperance. The Smith estate divided. 21 Another small list ol licenses handed down by the Jnages: 73 wholesale applicants heard. Controllrr bpeer asked by the Court to show muse why the constables should not be paid. Precautions taken by the Board or Health to prevent an epidemic or smallpox. The fire men and baggagemen ask an lncrense. 25 Edward schcnley arrives In the country with authority to decide dispute relative to the hllndasvlnm and thepuullc park. Abig legal tight began against the Dnquesne Traction Company. 26 The Pittsburg Cominlsson Company closes Its doors: caught by a rising market. JohnM. Ludwlg sues the P. and L. K. for damages for cnding out a worn-out engine which blew up. Attorneys prepare briers on brewers acting as bottlers, toald tbejudges. Fire bngs at w ork in Soho: Moorhcad, McCleane Co. lose (31, 00 on machinery. 27 Views of a unmber of employers and w orklug men on the eight hour question. Local rail road troubles pass Into the hands ot the bu preme Council. Police raloa number or speak easle. 28-George A. Schenley, the son of Mrs. Mary A. bchciiley. and the heir to the behenley estate visits the cltv and tells or wonderful improve ments to be made to their property.' Pleasant Valley employes discharged for Jolulug the K ol'K John M. KUy. founder or Ihe Commoner and aiati Worker disposes ol hlpJntercsL 29 John A. Martin assaulted and robbed of his watch and chain. Henry Kay.Superintendent oi tne aietropotuau Lite insurance lampany, jailed for embezzling the company's lunds. James Brown, aged 71 jears, a well-known AllCKtieny merchant, and Miss Ella Clifford, aged 27 Tears, united in mrrrlage. Hampton Miller failed to prove his fa her was out of his mind, and Judge Over dismissed the case. SO T h striking switchmen ordered to accept tbe companies' proposition, which grants them a sugm aayance. MAT. 1 Two hundred and twenty-eight new saloons in Plttshurir were rcoDened. Thft switchmen ac- it the proposition ot the railroad com panies. Three hundred tin men strike for hlghcrwages. TbeKcstone Grain and Com mission Company snspend. owing to rise In railway shares. More building permits were issuca last monin man in any mania since tne office was opened. The County Commission ers place the valuation of 'property in Alle gheny county at f3rL46L459, (3,666,369 less than In 13S9. 2 George A. Schenley denies that any of the bcheulcy estate is for sale. Edward Th6mpsou. while showing a uistoL accidentally shot John Dyer and George Cochran, the latter being dangerously hurt. Ida Tucker, 23 years, ar rested, charged with the murder or Palmer llich. a wealthy farmer oritew Berlin, bhc nango county, H. Y. Committee on KevUion of the Presbyterian Confession or Faith meet. . M. Campbell's bucket shop sold out to the Public block Exchange. John Murphy ap pointed Chler or Police of Allegheny. 2-ttrenuous efforts made to secure tbe Scotch Irish Coneresa for Pittsburg. JohnM. Iloch gives a piece or ground, worth (10.000, as an entrance to Bcbenley Park. Officers or the American Glass Flint Workers' Union send "ut petitions to the local unions Indorsing the McKlnlcy bill. Inspector McAleese clears out M niiTnlu. nf rtlcnrrtfrlv linntra not lorciteri in the dcilued district. Board or Pardons refuses iu aci in luc case ui itiuuuu a. owibu, uic colored wife murderer. 4 Officials of the American Mechanics rebuke members of their order for uslnc- the name ot the order in endorsing a candidate for Con grcss. W. J. Vrennen states that Black is not In the gubernatorial fight, tbe contest Islng between Pattison and Wallace. George Gass canlt. aged 12. run over aBd killed by a Pleas ant Valley electric car on north Diamond street, Allegheny. Central Trades Council refuses to admit delegates from L. A. 15SJ, composed or musicians. Thomas Carey, Iron worker on the new Government building, wai knocked a distance of I0J feet to the ground below and instantly killed. William Movie brings suit against Attorney Frank M, Price for (3,000 damages for writing a libelous letter. Jndgc White grants 13 divorces and refuses 3. loa'inekerseut to Norwich. X. V.. to answer the charge or murder. Ludwlg Hclntz rails from a train in the Ft. Wayne yards and is killed. ChlcrBrown changes tbe location or firemen to keep them from gcttlng-rusty. I Amerlcus Club deent it impolitic to indorse Mon tooth or any other candidate ror Governor. Pleasant Valley condnctors and motonncn Joining the Knights of Labor. Execntlve Board of the Central Trades Council prepare circulars asking Legislative candidates to sup port certain measures In which they are In terested. Tbe body of John lyin found on the railroad track niar McKeesport with the skull fractured. 6 Kev. E. It. Donehoo, Morris H. Danzlger, Prof. C H. W ood, and John A-AVood, Direct ors or the Blind Asylum, dropped at the an nual meeting ol the Incorporators. Stone masons withdraw from the II. and M. 1. U. or America. The tinners' strike is settled. Several Diamond Market-merchants arrested ror selling oleomargarine, appeal their cases. The Committee on Public Barely recommend the passat e or an ordinance! providing for a Fire Director at $toqu. .437 deaths in I'itUbbrg. daring Ajjrll, Ail firms notified that tuey mast . .". i. . .' -sfir --. - - S', .'. vs- 1.5iaR,& furnish the assessors with a statement of the business done by them daring the lastyear. The suit against McAllister Bros., In the United States Court, ror elllng oleomargarine, withdrawn by the Government. 7 P. N. Shaner elected Superintendent or Public Schools or McKceiport. Andrew Carnegie meets the Library Commission and agrees to give an equal voice In Its management to Councils and citizens. Edward llrlsbln, of Btoyestown. convicted or making and passing cointerfcttinoucy. Congressman Bay recom mends Edward soles for Postmaster or Mc Keesport. . .... . . Andrew Carnegie at a meeting or the Board oT Trustees or the Pittsburg Free Llbrarr turns over (1.000,000 ror Its use. An eight-hour movement being agitated In all tbe building trades growing ont or the action taken by the Builder's Exchange as to tbe tinners. Journ eymen plasterers demand shorter hours and an advance or wages. Mrs. MaryE. Sullivan sues Mrs. Mary K. behenley ror ?3).ooo dam ages caused by the leakage or an old salt well above her houses on Second avenue. Judge W. H. West, "the blind orator ot Ohio," - breaks down mentally while endeavoring to deliver an address at tne irst rrcsovicrian church. Jeremiah Wilt, one ortlie Somerset county counterfeiters, convicted. Andrew Carnegie makes a critical examina tion or his library building, the gilt to .the city or Allegheny, and also calls at St. Paul's Cathedral residence where he is thanked for his presentation or a fine painting to adorn the Cathedral. Edwin Soles lorwards his bond to Washington as postmaster at McKeesport. Allegheny Councils refuse to pas' the ordi nance appropriating (1C0.01O for remodeling the City Half. I). L. S. .Necly appointed post master at Scwickley. 10 The American Delensc Association, composed or members or the Jr. o. U. A. M., met In Allegheny the primary object being the de feat nrt'nlonel Tom Bavne In theTwenty-tlilrd Congressional district and favoring George, Sllira 111. alie master piumuers ucciue m stand Ann against the demand ot the Journey men. A mortgage or(50.0T0 filed in the He cordcr's offle toward ending the trouble or Mother Alphouse at the Ursula convent. The local National Leagua Basebill Club directors put up (10,000 to keep the club In Pittsburg. Argument heard in the case or the Pittsburg Traction and other companies against the Duquesue Traction Company to restrain the latter rrom laying its rallwayr on certain streets. 11 Ex-Sheriff Fire appointed messenger In the Department or PubficSalety. Jecb andltntan hustling ror the Senatorial nomination. Citi zens or the Eighteenth ward demand that their end or Stanton avenue be repaved. W. M. Stevenson chosen Librarian or the Carnegie Library in Allegheny. The striking tluuers start a co-operative shop InAlleiheny. John P. Eberhardt elected President or the A tndow Ailassworkers' Association. The Mcholson SoslofSce robbery case on trial In the United tales Court. Knights or Labor barred ont or the Trades Council. Frank"W"erner commits suicide In Allegheny by banging. 12 Max Moorhead, Iron manufacturer, not pleased with the attempted purchase or the dams by the Government or the prices offered. Prospects bright ror ending the plumbers' strike. Wages of emplojesof thcUnlted states Expre-8 Company reduced 10 percent. Mrs. Thomas, of Ciarkand Fulton struts, terribly burned by the explosion of a lamp. Sevenly flrth annual meeting ol the Young Men's Ulble society or Allegheny Counly. Bules ror the guidance or the new Fire Director reported to Councils. American Mechtnics expec; to sand 3,100 men to Chicago at the meeting or the National Council. U..select Council agrees to an.end the library or dinance to meet the views of Mr ( arncgle. Eepubllcan bushiest men prepirlng for a me ting In the Interest or Major Montooth for Gov rnor. Tne Bedlstrlctlng Commission add IS to Plttsbnrg's voting places. A large num ber or switchmen Join the local union. Man agers or the Blind Asylum agree to Mrs. scbrnley's selection or a site for the building on the Forbes street plot. Four thousand em- Sloyes of the National Tube Works, at Jlc eesport. struck ror more wages. Board or Awards give out street contracts to the amount of 51,505,000, Booth Fllnn securing 34 contracts. ,v 14 All the brewers in the countyjoln the union. Captain William McClelland apoolnlcd a "World's Fair Commissioner. H. I". Watsou, Chairman or tne Democratic County Commit tee, opposes Pattison. and wants Wallace. John W. Chalfaut elected President of the Duqucsnc Club. Booth & Flinn determined to substitute colored men for Italian laborers. In the United btates District Court Titraan and Casterllne were convicted or the Nicholson fostotnee robbery. John C. Henry sues the Tltshurg and Lake Erie Kallroad and super intendent Holbrook for libel, placing dam ages at (25,000. Mayor Gourlry appoints a committee or citizens to receive the Scotch Irish guests. Excessive heat causes the death or a Hungarian laborer in the Keystone Boil ing mill, at Soho. 15 Local lawyers and dealers -worked np over the original package decision. Physlriaus inqnlro into the sanit) of wife-murderer Smith. Cen sus Supervisor Oliver announces the names of district enumerators. Stouemns ns withdraw from tbe Brlcklayers'aud Stonemasons' Union, and will form a separate organization. Home for bachelors, at a cost or (30.U0U, lo'be built near the old Ohio and Pittsburg milk de pot. Allegheny Councils making preparations for the sejr.i-CenteunlaL Annual session or tbe Allegheny classes or the Reformed Church meet and settle tbe Zlon Church quarrel. 16-Mlss, Margaret Douglass, aged 61 years, mur dered near McKeesport, and her nephew. James E. Myers, arrested for the crime. John Tnss fonnd dead on a pile or logs at McKees port, with his breast crushed lnrmurdersus pected.' Mrs. Eckert. wite or Charles Eckcrt, oM.awrencevlllc, dlesarter having bfe"n wed ded ou her dealh-bed. 1 he ordinance to grade California avenue causes a row in Allegheny Common Council. Trouble between tbe paint ers aud tbe Knights of Labor, on the ground that the cards or the latter arc not recognized by the Federation. Ciller Brown, or the De- Sartment orPubllc Barely. declares war on the urkct-shops as gambling concerns. In the U. b. District Court the Inry in the case ortlie Chambers ft McKce Glass Compauv, James Campbell and William H. bliccer charged with Importing labor under contract, renders a verdict or not guilty. 17 Much excitement In McKeeport over the murder or Miss iiouglasi. The Inquest by the coroner develops the fact that John Cross, who was .found dead at McKeesport had liecn murdered. Convention of the United Mine W orken. decides that there will be no strike. John 7clc. Augusta Wolf and Maggie iteddersne J. J. Porter for 1 10, 000 damazes lor false arrest, they .having been charged with shonllftinir. 1-18 Malor Montootn's friends hold an enthusiastic mcctlur to boom his candidacy ror Governor, Controller Morrow decides that police magis trates have no right to remit fines. James Edward Myers committed to answer the charge ormurderlnghlsannt Miss Douglas. John Smith a discharged workmen on the Pittsburg and Western road causes n sensation in the Al eghenv depot bv an attack on Trainmaster Kcere. John P. Eberhardt officially declared elected President of the Window Ulass Workers' Association. Wilklnsburg vote to Increase Its indebtedness for the public schools. Jndge White refuses an Injunction In the case ol tne Pittsburg Traction Company aealnit the Duquesue Company. John Smith suicides by hanging from a fire escape on Holey's Hotel, Allegheny. The Trades Council decides to keep tab on the wonld-be legislators. 19 Henry Hesler. 3 years old. killed by a Pleasant Valley electric car In Allegheny. Collector Warmcastlcasks the Treasury Department to send a special officer to Pittsburg to look alter spcak-eastes. 20 Strikers at McKeesport moilfy their demands ror an Increase. Grand Lodge 1. O. O. F. lu session at Carnczle Hall. Allcehcim 21 Local meat dealers object to the decision or the Supreme Court which prevents state ln KiMT.tion. C. L. Davis makes another pay ment or (8.000 on his theater site. Board or assessors ceiunx reiurus iroin uuuur ui-aicrB as to the amonut of business they expect to do. The strike at McKeesport losing the men (10.000 a day. Mayor Gonrlcy -rescinds the order requiring bail for persons arrested for minor ofiruscs. Meeting or the first btatc Con vention of the Daughters of Bebekah, 1. O. O.F. 22-P. A. B. Widcncr says the Pittsburg Traction Company is to reduce fares to 3 cents. Henry Swindell, a well-known Allcgbcnian, attempts sntrtnVbvcnUlnr his throat. General Synod of the BeroTmed Presbyterian Church, or North America, convenes tn Allegheny. 23 Mrs. Emma Beck arrested at McKeesport for complicity in ine inuraeroi aiiss xrougiais. First hearing in the btayton-W'vman majority contest In Allegheny. McKeesport employes ortlie National Tube Works return to tbclr ' work, their troubles having been settled by arbitration. Atti contention or manuiactur ers or window glass ll,was determined not to rut tiriees. Phoebe Collins, aged (10. or Mc Keesport. convicted on ten indictments or larceny ana receiving swiieu swus, 24 A hurricane does great damage to property In Allegheny county and throughout the State. The Presldentannonsceshisliitenllonorbelng S resent at the Scotch-Irish Congress, ayne's friends hold a big meeting In Alle gheny. Cole Freeman, who attcm pted to com mit suicide at Alloona, arrested for complicity In the murderpf Miss Douglass at McKeesport. Striking tinners dissatisfied with their organi zation, claiming that their troubles have not been properly handled. 26 District Master Evans protests against the action or the Pleasant Valley Directors In dis charging Knights or Labor. BcV. Samuel Maxwell, or Trinity P. E, Church, deliver his farewell scrmou. 27 Pittsburg, through it Councils, accepts An drew Carnegie's gift of ? 1. 000,000 ror the estab lishment of a public library and music hall. Chiet Elliot, ortlie Department of Charities, suggests the removal or the Poor Farm. Un employed tinners say they did not go ont on strike, but were locked out. 23 Boilermakers meet aud demand Increased wages. E. W lisnn Cunningham ronnd dead in his room at the bt. Charles Hotel. Knights or the Golden Eagle haven parade, followed by the National Convention of the order. 29 Meeting of the International Scotch-Irish. Maud llct.'rea tells Inspector 'McAleese how she wasilccclvcd by u married man named JolinGoebcl. Directors ol the. P.. A. a M. decide to reduce fares to 5 cents. Coal opera tives put out at mines who refuse to work for certain companies. Bogus claim agents swindle colored veterans of the war. The Silverman original package case carried Into the U. b. Court. S3 Uoeruor Beaver non-committal abont the G ubcrnatorial contest. An additional 29-Inch water pipe to be pnt down on the Southside. 31 A Legislative committee looking Into the penal and charl table Institutions ot tho county, btudentror the Werstern University, Wash ington and Jefferson, Geneva College and Westminster College contest for a number of prizes at Exposition Ball Park. Mrs. Mary S. alcClalu. aged 83. killed by a Pennsylvania Ballroad train at, Wilklnsburg. Wago Com. mlttee or the Amalgamated Association discuss prices. JUNE. 1 Congressman Bayne gets a majority ot dele gates to the Congressional Convention, while Neeb aud Kutan run neck and neck. Lizzie Miller. 23 years old, ol4 Carson, lilted by her lover, commits suicide. Mrs. M.N. Nurse. Jealous of.ber husband, kills herself with parls green. President Harrison and Gov ernor Campbell attend the Scotch-Irish Con gress. Judge Acheson declines to Interfere In the Silverman case. Jordan 8. Neel. the rich coal operator, gives bond In (500 to answer the charge of desertion brought by his wlfc.- 2-Cvnsus enumerators begin their task. Ttev. Uf.Jobu Hall addresses 10,000 people lp Me chanical Hail. Stonecutters ask for -au In- swat'. '-:&$ J & '&&&' -iSfcSiSji&aasjtfc' crease or 4, cents nerJiour. John Greiger, while laboring under religions mania, hangs himself. Grand Army men attend memorial services at St, Paul's Cathedral. Bishop Phelan starts for Kohte-" ' 1 Dnquesncjractlon Company's line may take another route It the Supreme Court steps In. The Wage Committee of the -Amalgamated Association completes Ills scale, and antlcl- Jatcs no trouble. Joseph L. Evans wants the eannette glass workers' case reopened. 4 The Southside Turner Hall, three dwellings, three stables and a large warehouse burned. Colonel Bayne declines a renomlnatlon, and W. A. Stone is named In his place for Con gress. Congressman Dalzell renominated. Neeb nominated ror Senator, and ltutan's fol lowers bolt, Pittsburg delegates instructed for Montooth. Annual meeting of he Amalga mated Association oi iron ana sieei uoraers Association oi iron ana sieei workers. 1 persons prostrated by heat and mill cl'use to go,to work. The Duquesne jn Co. wins Its case before the Supreme 6 several men re: 'IVfu-tlnn f!nnr atuvnr n'min. of Alleehctiv. charzed by Isaac H. Walkup with perlury In swearing that he had not contributed money other than allowed bv law for campaign purposes, re leased in (LOW. ,. , 6 Democrats In Allegheny county talk of naming a full tlcl et. Hastings tn town to keen an eye on tho Washington counly primaries. The new scale of wages fcr Iron workers to be based on (6 per ton lor puddling or a 2-ccnt card. Miss Mary Vance, of Little Washing ton, sues John Pfel for 10,000 damajes for breach of prpmlscl , . 7 Pittsburg businessmen, except bankers, favor the passage by Congress or a free- coinage measure. The Allegheny Finance Committee report an ordinance ror the Issuing ot bonds to the amount or $100,(M' tor water purposes. BazaarglvenlnCaroeJIeHall for the benefit of the fresh air fund of Allegheny. 8-Blg meeting In Carnegie Hall to protest agalust the manner In which Colonel Stone was nominated. Allegheny citizens unani mous against crossings at grade. Nearly 20, 000 people attend the picnic of the Amalga mated Association at Bock Point. The tin ners strike 'settled by a compromise. Wal kup's charges against Mayor Wyman fall through. Arthur. Connelly under arrest, charged with shooting and killing Ms wire at Moorhead, though he claims It was an acci dent. 9-Great crowds attend the Corpus Christ! cere monies at Father Molllnger's church. Troy Hill, Allegheny. John McConville, II year; old. ming on Mnrpby street. Soho. drowned in the Mouongahela while swimming. 10-City Attorney Morelnnd defines the city's powers In the opening of Diamond street. Semi-annual convention or Catholic priests'or the -rvestern Pittsburg diocese at the Epis copal residence. The Chamber of Commerce enters a protestagalnst allerr's Island bar. II The lortictn annnai session of the Medical So ciety of Pennsylvania meets in Bijou Theater-. T he only plant In America to make sheet tin started at McKeesport. A maniac under treatment at Mercy Hospital .lumps over a 100 foot cliff and was not badly hurt. Mrs. Laura Myers arrested for shooting Charles Itamsay. at Douglass station, though Bhe denies tbe charge. 12 The Amalgamated Association complete the bar mill scale. Mrs. Kippand her daughter i izzle, 17 years old. die In Allegheny from burns received by an .cxploulon of gas. David McKay and Mlianda Palmei- arrested, the for mer for shoplifting and the latter for perjury. The Canal Commission decides to run the route to Pittsburg. Clergy at the annual meet ing ortlie 1. E. Church of the diocese or Pitts burg object to a forced asscssmenentfor mis sionary purposes. .... 13-ltev. J; O. Price, D. D., President or Llvlng- stone College, N. C lectures on the future or the negro, claiming that he must get rich and become better educated. Fire at Frankstown destroys property worth (13,000. Allegheny's police, lorcc augmented by the addition of 30 men. 14 Barbers form a combination to put up the price of hair cutting. C. C. Lane, broker In lurnace supplies, with office in the Lewis block, arrested ror drawing a check on the Tradesmen's National Bank, when he had no funds there. Thousands or sufferers gather at the shrine or St. Anthony, on Troy Hill, to be cured or their Ills. John Driscolt fined 91C0 by Judze Collier for making himself officious around the grand Jury room. 15 Bcpubllcan County Committee orders new primaries to be held in Ihe Twenty-third dis trict. A special committee to take testimony in the Ncrb-Kutan rontest. Eight- ear-old James Montgomery killed bv a Fifth avenue rable car. Factory Inspector W. 11. Martin finds manv children employed at mannal labor contrary to law., Unitary entcrtalnnieut.it Exposition Park for the benefit or the West Pcuii Hospital a great success. 16 Sensation caused among Pittsburg Iron men because or.thc offer or a iielelan finn to un dersell home manufacturers 25 per cent on' a contract: Charles McCabc attempts to kill Hatttc Alderdicewlth a sandbag oecause she refused to marry him. Arise In the Allegheny floods Mlllvalc borough. Pan I Baulmav, or Allegheny, driven to suicide by drink, 'ihomas Aiorrls. 11 years old, drowned by bathing In the Mnnougahela. 17 Fearthat Pittsburg's census will not show the rlty'sslze. Pittsburg's tailors to fight a sec tlonorthcMcKlnleybill that gives smugglers a chance. Samuel Powell, aged 15. taken to Morgana? for several burglaries at Bradford. The ronghers and catchers in steel mills get an advanctifrom the Amalgamated Association. 18 Albert JTEdwards, or the Fourteenth ward, appointed assistant postmaster or 1'lttsburg. Depositors or the defunct Faricers and Me chanics' iiauk. southside, insist that Assignee Sorg shall make a report. The case against Dr. A.M. Barrlor wearing a Union Veteran Legion button, when not a member, is wlth- t - drawn. , t - -- 19 Chler Blgelow decides to give two concerts a week at Schenley Park. Charles Kndeman, 17 years, dies lrom injuries received six months pre lous by some workmen at tho Edgar Thomson Steel Works, who were skylarking, blx hundred cars blocked at Port Perry be cause ortlie strike un the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston road. 20 New union or glassworkcrs being organized In Pittsburg. Two thousand people attend the Twenty-llilrd annnai Testival for the benefit or the Episcopal church Home. One hundred and' twcnty.fbur students graduate from Curry University. -. 21 Frank G. schlottcr, discharged rrom the Pitts burg postofficc, wants an fr.restlgation. Places reported to ihe Health Officer where 30 and 40 people sleep In 'one room. Emma bchmotzer dies at the Sonthslde Hospital rrom parls green, taken because she lost her lover. Theamalgamated scale piesentcd to the mantlractnrers. 22 Pattison secures 14 or tbe 21 delegates to- Ihe State convention rrom the county. Chler Brown choseu Chairman or the Bepubllcan county delegates to the convention, Thomas Prxle dies suddenly at Sharpsburg and his family fear foul play. Maj or Gourley awards the McCandles prizes at the cookluir school. Miss LonlstSImendlngersues Mrs. Margaret McNeil for (30, 000 ror slander. Great prepara tions being made ror a general observance of the Fourth or July. 23 E. V. McCandless to be appointed as Special Agent for the Collection ot Industrial Statis tics In Pittsburg. National Convention of tho Order or the Mystic shrine. Joseph Vincent, round under the Ft. YVayue bridge, claims that he has been robbed by his brother, but believed to be insane. Heavy storm visits tbe county and does considerable damage. Yee boon Wah, a Chinaman, buried from tbe bec ond Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg. 24 Delegates from alt over the country arriving to attend the sixth animal International Sun day School Convention. Louis Waguer on trial ror the murder or John Bond. Eddlo Mvcrs lndlctcd,ror the murder or his tunt. Miss Douglass. Wrought Iron pipe manufact urers form a new organization to control oil country trade. 25 One thousand delegates altcnd the Inter national t-undav school Convention in Me chanical Hall. Boyle and Wilson nominated, ro County Commissioners bv the Democrats. Prohibitionists nominate a fnll Congressional and couuty ticket. Census Supervisor Oliver estimates. Pittsburg's population at 210.000. The thermometer registered 81. the hottest day or the year. Nallmen blame the Amalga mated Association scale for tbe ract that Pitts burg cannot compete with Wheeling. Four men meet their deaths in mllls and on rail roads. 26 Secretary William Martin, of the Amalga mated Association,, refuses a re-elcctlommid Stephen Madden chosen in his place. Charles I Snezel or the Southside. who led'a double life, kllli hlmseir when the Tact Is discovered. The Pittsburg club deleatcd by the Gennantown cricketers. Lonis Wagner convicted or mur der in the second degree. 27 Dr. George W. Langfltt, the well-known ptiyslcUn of Bellevue. while Insane, leaps lrom a window ofhlsrcsldcnccand Is Instantly killed. Mrs. F. Berkohcn, ot 2901 Carson street, tried to light a fire with kerosene aud was hrlblv burned Several cases of glar ders reported In Allegheny. Tho Seventeenth ward school children spend the day at the Allegheny arsenal. Graduating exercises of the Plttshnrgand Allegheny high schools. 28 Twenty-five thousand school children visit the Allegheny Parks. John Phillips expelled rroin the Knights or Labor lor the part ho took in the Central Trades Council Investigation of the jLannetle labor Importation case. 29 Mrs. behenley talks to a correspondent in London ot her plans concerning Pittsburg. TheJ.eglsHturetobo asked to pass a law for tcucinent house "supervision. Many manu facturers express dissatisfaction with the Amalgamation. McClelland defeats Nlklrk in the one mile loot race at nomewood Driving Park. SO Citizens or Allegheny discussing preparations to enter as a secoud class city. Colored hotel waiters ronn a union. Judge Stowe decides that the Duquesne Company can push forward its work. JULY. 1 Fifth annual convention of the Pennsylvania Society ror the. Ad vanccincnt ortlie Dear meets in the Flm Presbyterian Church. Many busi ness men or Allegheny favor annexation. Postmaster McKean aska for 0 additional let tercarriers. Allegation that the Pittsburg Glass Company has Imported four men from Eng lnnd. Iron manufacturers slzn the scute. Sev eral hundred boiler-makers quit work lor I shorter hours. The Tarcntuin Uank suspends 1 payment. Jirs. rjicp una juissjuary uciuiii,, or Tarentmu, drowned while boating on the Allegheny. - 2 The new Bethcsda Home formally opened. 1 toad bed and tracks or the Squirrel Hill Elcc trjc Hallway torn np to clear tne Boquet street entrance to the park. Miss Hcsbon dlesln Al legheny rrom heat prostration. Allegheny ex pects to have 30,000 people in tbe seinl-Ccnten-nlal civic parade. George II. Sherlffdles lrom a wound Inflicted by John Klrkpatrlck. both being U-year-old boys. The fiscal year shows a large Increase In tbebusiacss of the Pitts burg postofficc. 1 Prof. Eaton, for 30 years principal or the Fo.tes school, declines a re-election. John Belli, or lleltzhoovcr borough, notifies the ! police that his wile, after turning over to him 10,000 worth or properly, elopes -with a con-rctor- . .. . ... 4 United States revenne returns show that there was an lucrease of (122,000 made in the Twenty third district during the past fiscal year moro than In the previous yiar. Allen Bales and bam Michaels arrested on the Southside tor passing counterfeit money. James McDonald arrested for"neglectlng his 17.year-old daughter, who was dying rrom consumption. Effort being made by clerks to have the batur4ay hair-holl-day adopted. A Jury decides that the shooting or Gcorgo-Corkeuuy Edgar Thompson waa accldehtal. - i . . .5 Four metaoers-or a boating party or' eight drowned at'McKcejport before the eyes or hundreds. - ' , iiSih v 91 A number of houses on Lillian aVnue damaged by the sinking of earth oyer abandonee) mines. Supervisor Oliver starts a movement to In crease tbe pay of the census enumerators. Councils Committee ou Corporation vote to recommend ordinances granting the Du quesne Electric Light and Power Company the right to lay cable and string wlrcsjind granting the Diamond Light Company the tight to lay cables In tho First ward. 7 The striking boiler makers are firm lu their de termination to stand oUt. . 8 Select Couuclls asked to prohibit funeral pro cessions from delaying cable cars, but by a vole or 14 to 9 refuses to adopt such a resolu tion. Chler Brown wants a patrol boil and a cltyliospttal. The deaths lu Pittsburg during June numbered 631, au exceptionally large number. Pennsylvania Uallroad Company propose extensive Improvements at Edgewood. 8 Mills at McKeesport compelled to shut down owing to the heat. Pittsburg businessmen asked to close during the celebration or Alie aheny'a semi-centennial. Knights of 'Labor lose the Pleasant Valley Hallway fight. Ar thur Groutdrowncd while bathing In the Mo nongahela. Census returns give Allegheny county 513,000 Inhabitants, fhe Wcstlnghonse ElcctrlcandMsnulactnringCoinpinr Increases its stock to sio,ooo,oog The Italians from blioafetown jiccuscd or the murder or Antonio Ituffsa, at Stoops' Ferry, placed on trial, 10 Angnst Weiss 15 ears old. drowned while at t tending a nfcnlc t Blair's Grove. Chief Brown Issues orders to the police to kill nil unmuzzled dogs rbundon the street. Edward Kramer, white, shot and badly wounded bv an unknown colored man near the Municipal Hospital. Peter Carinonla and Joseph Na talie convicted of murder in the second degree for killing Antonio Buffso, the others being acquitted. , 11 Jv F. Bental. of Beaver county, arrested Just, alter. being married to Mrs. Mary Dillon.' No. 150 Bedford memie. charged wifli forgery. Pittsburg manufacturers bay they are too bnsv to enter Into competitive tests for supplying cruiser armor. Employes or the National Tube Works refuse to go to work until tbo Amalgamated scale Is signed. 12 The question or running all night cars to the suburbs .being agitated. Master Workman Evans expresses a 'determination to make the Pleasant Valley officials recognize the Knights or Labor. Captain Harney For man. o the steamer Clifton, arrested for haul ing passengers without a Government license. Common Couucll passes the ordinance for the sale ofthe Poor Farm and the purchase of an other site, George Bard as overcome- by es capl'g gas, roasted t death at tbe Isabella Glass iurn ce, Etna. F. O. Morrison ac- ' -qulted or killing Samuel Sawyers during a plcnioat Castle Shannon. 18 iPlsu Warden .lames McTague seizes several thousand dollars worth or tackle along the Allegheny and compels several men to pay fines or (100 each ror violating tbe name laws. John Barnhart, a boy. while stealing a ride on m. a fruit vender's wagon, was pushed oft by the driver, and falling under a cable car was killed; tho driver escaped. 'Boiler manu facturers propose to organize a new company ' for inspecttpu aud insurance. Bcsldents of Apollo up Inarms against a proposed speak easy house. 14 Trouble feared if aaattempt Ismade toenforce the ordinance making it obligatory on prop-city-owners to make cwer connection be tween tbclr houses and the main channel. 15 Funeral Director Anthony Meyer arrested and fined (5 and costs lor obstrnctlng the tracks of the Citizens' Traction Company. The work of the census completed and tbe returns sent to Washington. Boiler manufacturers accede to tbe demand of their men. owing to an-in-cr ased trade. Ulysses Welms and five ofhls comrades on trial ror the murder or Johnnie O'Hara. 16 Local pipe manufacturers, owing ta a crush of business, compelled to retusea blgorderrora Chicago fuel gas line. 17 Electric cable cars proposed for the Southsldc. Florence Porter, of tbarilcrs, arrested at the Instance of her parents to prevent her from Joining a piofessloual baseball club, Satnbel tiompers.ln address to the Machinists' anion, SHldttiathe had no desire to roast Powderly. Managers of the Pittsburg Blind Asvlum de cide to start with rented qnarters. Hill pco f tie complain or tbe carcasses or dead dogs left n the streets by policemen. Seven hundred orphans taken on the Gnskv excursion to Blair's Grore. Welms convicted of murder in the second degree. ' 18 Allegheny celebrates Its semi-centennial with imposing ceremonies. A square of lumber yards and frame buildings ou the river front, Allegheny, burned, causing a loss of (40,000. Trouble In the mills of Jones A Langhlln and Moorhead ft McCleane over the Amalgamated scale. Manufacturers say that Southern nig iron Is hardly a factor In local work. Alle gheny county soldiers start lor the camp at Mt. Gretna. 19 An attempt to seenre the sale or soda water on Sunday to be made at the session or the Legis lature. FTorian Urajek. In Jail ror deserting his wire, committed suicide by hanging him self with a strap, Beports In circulation that the W cstlnghnuse plant is to be removed to Chicago. At the Pittsburg tennis tonrnamrnt S. W. B. Moorhcail won the singles, and III connection with IS. It. Beed, the doubles. He also rakes the challenge cup. 20 Arthur Wllklns 11 years old, killed byal'enn avenue carat Eighth street. Jennie McDonald driven to a suicide's death In the river bv the prophecv ofa woman who said she would die in a few weeks. The Bepubllcan County Committee indorses Delamater and prepares for the campaign. Committees from the pud dlers' and steel workers' lodge of Jones ft Laughlius' mills meet with the finishers, and If a settlement Is not readied a strike to be or dered In all the departments. 21 Joseph Stroup badly beaten by James and Thomas Brlttaln near Second avenne and Try StreetT A. J. KlrschtteiT the l'lttsbnnrattor ney. suicides by shooting, ut his home, on Troy Hill, while despondent over tbe Illness of his brother. 22 Tho troubles of the American Iron Works with their employes settled. E. M. Blgelow, Ciller or the Department or Pnbllc Works, convicted or maintaining a nuisance on tho Allegheny wharr from Third to Seventh streets. 23 T he Grand Circuit trotting meetlug opened at Home wood, 3,000 people being present. Dur ing a Brc In the woolen mills of Bradlcv. Bar ker & Co., Allcghcny,flve firemen were slightly injured. Ihe Humane Society enters a protest against Indiscriminate dog killing by tbe po lice. 24-Plttsburg architects favor Issuing licenses to the profession to insure safety In buildings. An agent of English capitalists In Pittsburg with (15,000,000 to invest in almost anytning but coal. 23 The Methodists open their summer meeting .it Valley Cainp. Chler Brown stops thr dog war anil will co-operate wltn the Humane Society In framing a new law. A scheme on foot under the auspices of the National Window Glass Manufacturers to teach boys the trade. 25 Local window glass manufacturers assert that they are not afraid ot importations, and that foreign ware Is on the decrease. The Pitts burg, Allegheny and Manchester and the Union Line pass Into near bauds and will be equipped for electricity. 27-The highest bid tor tbe City Farm 132.5i7, which Mayor Gourley thinks too Ion. The Fourteenth and Eighteenth Bcglments arrive 22T home rrom ramp Ulvsses Welm3 sentenced to 12 years ror shooting John O'Hara. 28 Dr. Z. T. Miller, of thc-outhslde. denounces the Board of Health and asserts that vacclna . tlon Is hnmbag. A row in the B'Nal Israel congregation on Grant street Over who should read the prayers calls for police Interference. One Hungarian murders another at West "Economy. Harry Scott struck and killed by a club In the hinds or Frank Miner, Charlcrol. 29 Mayor Gourtey figures, that the Poor Farm property will sell ror more than enough to pay lor a new 1 stitutlon. The umane Society wautadog pouud ror stray canines. A mob takes possession of a pic jlc train at shanno pin. overpower the crew and terrorize the ?asseugcrs. The first annnai convention or e United Association or Journeymen Plum bers meet In Pittsburg. 30 Ell Dunn aud William Harrison arrested on the charge of fraud made by the police In con nection with the Capitol Bulldln. Associa tion. MIsaVerdella B. Crapp run over and killed by an engine at Wilklnsburg. 31 Ex-Governor Pattison given an ovation by the KandalLClub at Silver Lake. Anthony Scbcrer suicides In Allegheny because he had been defrauded. AUGUST. 1 National Boiling Mill employes at McKeesport return to work, the company signing the scale. Forty-one dwellings destroyed bvnre at Braddock and -100 people made homeless. Agent sefton. representing the National Cap ital savings. Building and Loan Society, or Chicago, arrested and, held on nine charges of conspiracy to defraud and false pretenses. During a picnic a't Boss' Grove John Anderson stabbed Peter Allinycr. of Sharpsburg. and he may dip. Mary llergenska and Stephen Fedukle die rrom the effects of oil can explo sions. 2 Despite an extended heated term Pittsburg merchants unite In- saying that the trade has been great. Tne Plumbers' Convention pro pose to settle disputes by appointing State offi cers who could call conventions from local unions. I. rjackson Bro. decide to divide their net profits with tbelr salesmen. 3 Bcsldents or tbe Southside to combine ror a better water supply. W llllam Martin, roruicf secretary of the Amalgamated Association, presented by the Advisor)" Board with a gold watch aud chain. Federation pointers to wort no longer with the Knights of Labor. John Gorman stablwd by James Dolan, who was courting the former's daughter. 4 One thousand tons a day will be the Increased output of pig Iron In this district including, the new furnaces. John Vasouth. of South Twcn t -eighth street, stabs his father because ha - gave hlra a beatlnc. The therinonjeter at Pittsburg registers from 98 to 116. "The defendants la the National apital Build ing Association held In (l.iOObalt each. Frank Atkinson, or Allegheny, who ran away from the sc'ioolshlp Saratdga, at Philadelphia, sirs the food was not fit to eat. The Poor Farm sold to Black ft Balrd ror (432, idu. Braddock's Council gives right of way for traction road to local men. 6 The window glass workers scale fixed at the same rales as last year. Wire nails made on the ordinary plate nail machine at the Amer ican Ironworks. The East End garbage rur nic to be located In.Nculey run hollow. 7-Cltlzcns or Dnquesne Heights considering plans r.r a bettersiipply or water. Allegheny's Gas Committee Inspects the new Illuminating system. Charter granted to tbe Braddock und McKeeiportElectrlcitallway Compinv: Cal vin Whitehall, oucna wealthy man. dying at the Poor Farm. Convention or the Catholic . Total Abstinence U ulon or America. 8 P. A.B. Wldcner makes an open declaration of war against the Duquesne Traction Com pany. Conutv Commissioners considering the advisability of reducing taxation . The Belgian glass blowers who were detained at New York arrive In Pittsburg. William bauds, nephew or Key. Dr. bands, drowned at Black l.lck. At the T. A. 11. Convention Father McTIghe charges Father Shcedy with casting a slur on the Catholic clergy and laymen. 9 Farmers express the opinion before the State Bold Commission that I hero are better times ahead. Southside people protest against the' deficient "water supply. Detectives raid an opium den run by diaries Sing at UJ'Urant street. Mrs. Michael Pctrlz, ortlie Southside-. sHcrrlbly burned by the explosion or a coal oil can. " 10 Mrs. Bessie Schmidt, of 1119 Pcnn arenue.and slXJielghbors poisoned by drlnklug coffee. and Mr?. Julia- Let 1 locked up ami charged with putting poison in the liquid. Superintendent Wtlr wants additional patrolmen. Westing-- house Manufacturing Company'! employes-go nut Hn tnnhort .or tt-"machinlft3. 'Actress i Alice Entires his Mauager J ules Eusel arrested. EgfiastettJ, -. i ." T ftr"31 for non-payment; of salary. The Junior O. U. A.M. protest to Mayor Gourley against tbe (mrnlavmpnt of aliens. -The water Jfcf the Allegheny gwen and filled with dead fish. Jnspector McKelvey rnaltes war on Sonthslde Sunday rowdyism. Daniel Sullivan shot and killed by Blchard Herndon, i a colored watchman atthe Carbon lion Works. Sovereigns- or Industry considering the co opfcrallvc system. Corner stone of the new St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Foist End, laid by Vicar "General Wall. .Captain Anson be lieves that Ewlug and the whole New Tork Players' team will be with the League next veir. I 12 About 1,200 Uestlnihousc employes go out. Peter S. Brown and James F. Keller having nn old grudge, hate a duel with knives and Brown inavdlr. A Council committee listens to tbe residents' of the Southsldc who want more water, lteglster Conner refuses to ad mit to probate the will ot Mrs. Martha Stewart, because she was Insane -when Bhcmtdo It. Commissioners adjudge Murderer Smith in sane. 13-Deptrtment of Public Charities moving .against those who arc able, but refuse to pay. lor the support or their Indigent or Insane relations. Prospective combine of Allegheny street car lines. Matthias Westlle falls Into a vatat Groetzlnger's tannery, Allegheny, and breaks his neck.. The cost of the first city con solidation finally paid off. State Convention of tile Patriotic Order Sons of America In sest ion. 11 Colonel Jt berts declares the ship canal to be as feasible as the Wclland canal In Canadi. John Paradlnchcld to answer for the murder of Dr. James Campbell. Controller Morrow says the Italian laborers must give way to Americans. 15 Grand lew avenue property holders relieved ofa portion ortlie expenseent tiled bygradlng and paving the street. Sheriff McCandless in it quandary as to what to do with Murderer Smith. Over (7,000,000 worth or new build ings constructed I Pittsburg durinz the year. Duquesne Traction and Pleasant Val ley companies lock horns In Allegheny Coun cils. - 16 Pittsburg schools will rcojien with about 30,000 pupils. Postmaster .McKfsm puzzled about the mailing or Tolstoi's book. The Allegheny Central Hotel to be torn down and another erected In Its place. The Duquesne Theater to be bnllt despite rumors to the contrary. Mrs. Levy and her son held for court for poi soning some people on Penn avenue. Willie Davis. 4 years opt; run over and killed by a wagon on Thirty-third street- Kcunlon of tbe One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Vol unteers at McKeesport. 17-Cliarlcs A. Martin, in Jail on a trifling charge, dies rrom the effects or drink. German glass manufacturers said to be finishing tbelr ware In America. Three men badly hurt by a smashup on tbe Panhandle, at llldway. 18 Pittsburg firemen agitato for au annual holi day or seven davs. with full pay.' John Gil bert, trigger, fell 60 feet rrom the connecting bridge and war Instantly killed. Congress man Dalzell says that the elections bill must not be abandoned. Leading physicians or the Southside say that wells will furnish a plenti ful supply orpnre water. Corner stone laid or St. Peter's It. C. Church, atTarcutum. 19 Fishermen to ask the Legislature to amend laws prohibiting the use or outlines. The Board or Viewers report favorably upon open ing Forbes avenue. Archibald and Kobert McDowell arrested on the Southsldc for at tempting topasscounterfeltmoney. Prospects that the air brake employes wilk Join hands with the other Westlnghouse meu. Beading matter Carnegie Library, delayed by unsatis factory bids, 20 The main channel span of the Ohio river con necting railroad bridge successfully erected. Fruits and canned goods become scarce and prices go way up. F'our men at work on the smllhtield street bridge forced to fall Into the river bv the smokestack of a passing steamer. Au ice famine in Pittsburg and Allegheny. 21 P. A. B. Wldener sais that the Duquesne Traction Company would become bankrupt ir It attempted to operate. Beglstrallon or births, marriages and deaths to be insisted upon by the Bureau or Health. The daily out put or finished iron and steel in Allegheny county 7.000 tons. Westlnghouse t'ompany ad vertises for men to take the places of the strikers. Sixth street bridge leased to the Duquesne people for (I6.C00 a year. 22 Voters not to have, new polling places until after the November election. Colored voters of Pittsburg demand the passage or the elections bill. Kcunlon or the McKee family hear Woodlawn. Bcv. Father MoIIIngcr re turns rrom the seashore prepared to die. Tele graph aud telephone wlre9 damaged by a heavy wind and rain storm. !-The City Board or Assessors begins work on the assessments for the year 1891. Many citi zens Indorse the plan to kill cigarette smoking by putting the boys behlud bars. In contem plation to bnlld a plant to reduce metal by direct process because of Its known economy. Logan, Gregg & Co. suffer from systematic stealings by employes, one of whom is ar rested. 14 Allegheny Conncils petitioned to pnt the city into ihe second-class. The night express west bound on the Panhandle wrecxed near Bulger statiou. by someone tampering with the rails; nobody hurt. The Trades Council announces its opposition to non-union hod-carriers. Mur derer Smith reprieved until November. 25 Five coat operators broke the record ana sent HZ.0uO.OUO bushels to market last season. W llllsin Heck. o the East End. thrown rrom abuggr andhad his neck broken. Bobbers cuter tbe house orMUton Pctrle. 37 Fremont strcetv Allegheny, stole SIM and shot Pctrle. who may die. Convention or the Provincial Chapteror the Passlonlsts meets In Plttsbnrg. 26 Alexander Jonas, a New York Socialist, try lug to organize branches in the coke regions. Another division or the Order or Kaliroad - Conductors formed in Pittsburg. 75.000 pic- niLKcrs wentto jiock roint aunng tne sum mer. The Amerlcus Ctub resolves that it Js not bound to Ouay. but stands on its own bot tom as regards the elections bill. Meeting of ine jwicguenv s ouniv aeacners' institute at the High School building. Negotiations on foot for a bt hotel on Fifth aveuue. 27-4'rank lladak barely escapes lynching at Dn qnesne for almost severing John Thompson's hand rrom his arm with a knife. Plttsbnrg manufacturers not anxious to return to coal so long as they have plenty of gas. superinten dent Patlon. or the 'Baltimorcand Ohio, be comes general manager of the Pittsburg and 'Western. Louis Longncck shoots and kills his bahy brother. Captain S. S. Brown, of I'lusourg to remove nis orccuing staoie to Fayette county. 28 One thousand people attend the reunion of the survivors of the One Hundredth Beginient, Pennsylvania "Volunteers. The largest flour ing mill cast orMmueapolls projected in Alle gheny. People or Allegheny bothered over the noise made by the Pleasant Valley cars. A committee or the Wostlnghouse strikers meet their employers, but tne position remains the same. Employes or .the Citizens' Traction Company agitating for nln hours. 29 Bankers talk or bringing back from Europe Baron ligerfclt. who Kcoopcd tho Pittsburg banks by an Issue of (20,uou worth of bogus stock of (he Jefferson Iron Company. The Poor Law Commission to meet and take measures lor the relief orpanpers. Retail Grocers' As sociation take strong action to lnforcc pay ment or accounts. Artificial gas being suc cessfully prodmed at Carnegie's Beaver Falls wire rod plant. 30 F'rankSlsson arrested for robbing anil shoot ing Milton Pctrle. A general sales agency jnav have control ofthe window glass output. The question of transfer tickets for a nickel being agitated. 31 AlTeasantTaliey car runs away on Sandusky street, overturns a buggy, and breaas through the safety sates, but no one Is hurt. Fanners on tho Castle Shannon road swindled by boeus Insurance schemes. Thel'ecknian Car Wheel Works, of rNcw York, to remove to Pittsburg. SEPTEMBER. 1 Twenty-four new carriers put on letterrontes. Joseph Brittalu dies nt the Hotel Buyer from overdose of morphine. Allegheny's police tclepliono rendered useless by electric wires. Priests In the Catholic churches announce that all Catholic children must go to the parochial schools. 2 Messrs. Blgelow, Scott and Carnahan return , from their interview -wltn Mrs. Schenley and announce that they bavu secured an option on , tbe land necessary for the p rk. entrance, and there the library will be located. The cele bration or Labor Day In Pittsburg, Allegheny and Jeannette a great success. Nearly O.ou0 pupils enrolled In the Pittsburg public schools on the first dar or opening, 3 Opening or Ihe Tarontjim Agricultural and Driving Park Association. An Injunction to Krcvcnt the sale or Ilia City Poor Farm. Open lg of the bowlcfcley Tennis Tournament 4-GrandopenInir of the second annual hxposi- tion in Pittsburg, the audience numbering 23,CD. P. I,. Kuuz. a bookseller, arrested nn a charge ot larceny by bailee by one or his foriuermDloyes. borne or employes or the W cstingliouse Electric Company decide that they won't fight anv longer, but Die machin ists remain Arm. Tho electrical mining ma chine pronounced a success at McKeesport. 5 The uatnral gas companies supplying Pitts burg claim that they will be able to keep their contracts. Sherman's proposition to take tbe duty off Candlan coal not favorably regarded lu Pittsburg. Coroner McDowell will again offer a bill providing for a morgue. Moorhead and Heed winners at tlyo Sewlckley tennis club tournament. s An electric ear set on lire at Oakland durinz a fierce storm. The action for damages entercdj by the II. C. Frlck Luke Company agairTIT " their striking employes is a matter for the Court ouly, bnt miners are excited I est. they should lose their wages. Three-year-old Marr Engleman, or Shale r township, falls Into a barrel or water and Is drowned, Patrick Kelley dlesln the Jail rrom too innch alciliol. 7 Many Pittsburg merchants, manufacturers and others favor Blaine's reciprocity proposition. Stockholders ortlie State Line itallrnail con sidering a proposition to consolidate with tbe F'alrmountand Morgantown line. The Blind institution managers decide to temporarily reut a housv In at Liberty. A prominent operator says the removal or tbe duty on Lltnmlnous coal won't Injure trado in thit product. Both the Building and'lradcs Coun cils decide to boycott the Exposition. 8 J. S. Kutan comes out In opposition to the nomination or Colonel Stone. Southsldc capi talists talk about building au electric railroad. 9 Men brought from New York to take tbe place of striken) at lrwln under misapprehension or the condition of affairs arc given employment In Pittsburg and vicinity. The body oi Mrs. oilIeGrlroes. ofjohmtown found InoWylle avenue flat, where she had taken poison. Mrs. Schenley offers m acres ofgroucd to tho city; for (75, 000 to beuseil as an entrance to the park. Slliras says he Is still lu the light for Congress. Tho Amalgamated Association and Knights of Labor trying to unionize tne Edgar Thomson Steelworks. Judge Ewlug grows Impatient over the delay in the Penn Bank matter. 10 -Shippers my that they get their goods to the South quicker by sending by water. Hiram B. Jarobs. superintendent of the blind school of Indiana, to accept the position orprlnclpal ofthe Pittsburg institution.' Annual session of the Allegheny County Women's C. T. U. Colonel Stone nominated ror Congress 1U the Twenty-third Congressional district: tbe bhlras delegates" also hold a meeting, but he will not run. United Mine Workers unite in n. protest against the miners receiving payment for their work in the operators' store goods. 11 Scarcity aif milk causes a great amount of-Inconvenience, owing to the shut-In movement oil goes down In price. Euarlncer Goodwin explains maps or the canal route tothtfconi--mlsslon. Factory Inspector Martin In town looking-alter prosecution of violators of the law. Anights or Labor assessed 25 eents a 'week. to support the- New.Y orK Central striken- .A citizens-water comn-invfs to ue formed ontheSoutliildeforsuppiylng.KnoxVllle, Al- 1 . '-. - iav .., MSESgrf - rnjpmevv' &mmmrrmoimimmm tmtmmmBmmQemmggg!ggigfi lentown. Beltzhoorer borough and ML Oliver. 12-C'omplalnt made that the publicscliools In both cities are overcrowded. Mrs. Dletz and her son badly Injured on the Southside by being run over by a team or horses driven by Henry Abel, who was arrested. Purchasers of the old Poor Farm file their answer In court. 13 Johu N. N eeb Is declared to be the regular Be publlcan nominee for Senator in the F'orty slxtb district, defeating James s. Kutan. The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers swollen to three times thelrjiormal size by heavy rains. Green glass men opposed to the management of the Knlghtsund propose to leave tbu order. Coal gas being successfully used In manufact uring operations. 14 The itepnbllcau campaign opened In Pittsburg by a mass meeting at the Grand Opera House, when speeches vrre made bv Senator lngalls. Senator Delamater. General Hastings. senator W'atres and Colonel T homas J. Stewart. John Flnley, aged 1L killed on the Firth, avenue rable line. Matthew4Jllclirist. aged 30, while despondent, blows out his- brains. Jndge lllce makes his report to court upon the Penn Bank failure, placlnz the responsibility upon President Jilddlu and Cashier itelber. Bir mingham. Ala., rodliig mills sending to Pitts burg for skilled workmen. 15 Southslders want Conncils Committee to have made a microscopical examination ot that sec tion's drinking water. Services held under the auspices ot the- German Protestant Churches at Silver Lake, attended Dy3,OtOpeO ple. 16 Appraisers or the Lawrence Bank assets filed a report showing that there is nearly haira mil lion of douhtfnl or no valtie. Delamater visits among the mill m n at Homestead aud Brad dock. The tlaugbter or Baron Hubert Von ctler calls at the Department or Charities for assistance. Secretary Al Scandrett. or the local National League Baseball Club, flies his answer In court to the suit or A.G.Pratt ft Co. for a deb t of $740. 17 The Exposition putting thousands or dollars into the pockets or Pittsburg's merchants. Conferees in the F'orty-sixth district ballot three times for a senator, hut make uochoice W. A. Hi-rron appointed Mrs. bchenley's agent In Plttsburi:. Two Lake tole Hallway employes suing that corporation for (0O.CO0 damages for Injuries received by being blown . up by the explosion ofa boiler. Independent oil men say ther me-tn business in opposing the Standard. The Court asked to declare the assignment or the Hosteller bitters recipe void. IS Ten thousand veterans and their mends cele brate Grand Army Day nt Kock Point. Blalrs vllle Presbytery deposes Kev. Dr. K. J. Beaio as pastor or the Johnstown Church. Dr. Mllvln Dewey, or Sit Penn avenue, arrested for practicing without a diploma and getting 'money by Iraiid. I. Aaron cole. Superintend ent of tne Southsldc Hospital, resigns. The National Building and- Loan Associations' aztnts put on trial. 19 J udge tavors the old Poor Farm sale, but may raise objections to Ihe new site. Mark Benson, a Baltimore and Ohio switchman, crushed to death at Laughlln station. Talk or asking Councils for an extra impropriation with which to begin the work or putting wires underground The Pittsburg and Allegheny Orphan Asylum to erect a large addition to Its present building. 20 V. H. Bell, a plumber, killed by an explosion or natural gas that had collected in a Bellcvue cistern. Game Warden Hague wins In the quail case. Judge Ewlug ruling that It Is un lawful to sell game out of season. A Southside family brought to the point of death by cop peras In cooking utensil. Sirs. John Cronnin drugged aud robbed In the cut near ShlngUs street. Airs. Kate McKelvey. or Allegheny., learns or the death or her five children by the burning ora Kansas orphan asylum. 21 The Lawrence Bank statement shows a balance or(I99.24933 in the hands or the assL-nees, Cnfer Blgelow has trouble In finding enough American citizens to do the cliy's work. The County Committee confirms the report or tho investigating committee In the Forty-second Senatorial district. J. A Krcnan. ofthe Al toona F.ndowmcnt Association, held to answer J 'barge of defrauding the public. Two Poles killed by a Panhandle train near Point Bridge station. -The agents r the National Loan As sociation convicted. 22-The Single Tax League discusses women wage earners. Survivors ot the Arsenal explosion to again oetltlon Congress lor pensions. TheGtr niau Catholic Congress opens Its sessions, and has a big parade. Deposed blind asylum dl rectors will stand at the next election. 23-Jude While takes the name or Harry Breck cnrldgcahoy charged with horse steal lng. rrom the Jurisdiction grand Jury because ot Irregu larity. Councils decide to closely regulate pawnbrokers. Building trades to support the PJ'nters against the Knights. 1'eter Beatty killed by a cable car at soho. 24 Scarcity of coke awakens the fears or the fur nacrmcu. -a A SllortacC Of ras cansps Inrnnvrnils... a manufacturing firms. Pittsburg's Iron Indus- ... lajstui; increasing, ow ana order peo ple oppose the appointment or an Excise Board. Kev. 1), s. Mulheron. pistor or the Tntrty-seventh Street Baptist Church, resigns because ho says he was tossed too much. Newark. N. J., officials look at the electric lines. Washington county dairymen arrested for selling adulterated milk. 26 The number or registered vofer3 in Allegheny county, according to the returns to the County Commissioners, toots un lMinR? tss i.i.... burg, Shcnango and Lake Erie building their line to Pittsburg. Secritary Tracyrequests local steel men to eonrerwith Mm as to what ch inges could be made in specifications and juuuuiaciuru ui me material lor tne yards. Allegheny to aire S60O annually tnw.rrf ,.,,.i,. ,the Carnegie organist. Plttsbnrg retail gro- "' wcuvuuto sue sponger compound lard measure. 27 Answers to THE DlSFATCn'S offer or prizes fprthe-three best essays on how to promote the greatness and prosperity or Pittsbur". Chler Blgelow savs brick sidewalks must go. independent Bennblieans or Allhsnr ,,,., organize to defeat Delamater Shortage or 4Sl """"'' cnppies glassworks. William W llklnsoik sentenced to pay a fine of JC0O. or in default to go toJaU for200daysfor seliingquall ontofseasou. " 28 Seven pawnbrokers arrested on the charge of ,buiii),tuu;ii kuvus. aucra long investiga tion. One man killed and five Injured In Alle . ghenv. by railing walls, becretary WMiam Mnrtiu, or tho Amalgamated Association, given a dinner by Plttsbnrg labor reporters. Mas? meeting In the interest or the Jr. O. U. A. M. nt Lafayette Hall. ataynrwiiin n, pletctbe Poor Farm deed unlit afler tbe Su- vicuiu - vmk cis. a. u. seiion sent to the ptnltentlary for a year for fraudulent land dealings, while those who acted svltu him go to the workhouse. 23-ParkBros.ftCn.. ori'ittsourg, decide to place their finer crades or steel on il.n v.n.. markcL Plttsbnrg river coal men combine to freeze ont Kanawha rivals from the lower markets. Largo number 'of speak-easles raided in both cities. Mrs. Mary Magnlre. the victim of a mock marriage, found In the streets. William Stewart shot and killed by Samuel Walker during a colored festival at Swissvalc. The new Bellefleld Presbyterian 1 Church dedicated. 30 Hundreds of cases crowd the court calendars, with no Immediate prospect or relief. The ordinance to purchase for (75. 000 an entrance to the park rrom Mrs. Schenley fni!flnirir postponed In Common Council. Inspector- .,,) ii,ii juuhiuK auvr me iiuportvu Belgians at Jeannette. The arrested pawnbrokers in- u.tivu u vuo strauii jury. OCTOBEIt, 1 Opening or the rail trotting meeting at Home' woodl'ark. Many tons or oleomargarine sold weekly in Pittsburg and Allegheny despite tho law. Pittsburg pawnbrokers threaten to shut np shop unless the new ordinance for their government Is modified. City Solicitor More land savs the city will lose (8,000 by the delay In signing the deed for the Poor Farm sale. Dr. Erin Mnnfc arrested at McKeesport for 2 ItilllardlstsSchaererand Ives -l .', -ri,ii.i Hon of fancy playing lu- PJltshurg. Constables ,.. nnviKuj vuuuij nave started a movement to secure more fees. Pissage of the McKlul-y bill results In an immediate boom for tbe tin plate Industry. Blchard Herndon pnt on trial lor the murder of Daniel Suiiiy.t, 3 bonthsUe Cniincllnien talk of combining to prertnt filrther'park purchases until tuevzet iree bridges. Painters Assembly 1197 with- ' iium tiic nuiKnis oi i.aoor and Joins the Federation of Labor as a local union or the Brotherhood or Painters and Decorators. Lumber Merchant J. K. Gardner, or the firm oriiall, Gardnerft Co.. robbed on tbe Cleve land and Pittsburg trains at Washington ave nne or(W,iTju it, cash, checks and notes. 4 Law and Order people after the poometlers. Academy or Science ho ds Its first meeting In the parlors of the old Thaw mansion. Much lnt-rest centers In the well being driven on the Imposition grounds. Pattison has" a tre mendous Saturday uLtht reception at Old City , Hall, wlille the Bcpuollcaus held forth at the Opera House. "Work begun on the Eighteenth Keglment ar mory. Uvcr 1,500 persons take out tbelr natur alization papers within nine mouth. Fleming Brothers, druggists, make an assignment. Dedication of the Sonthslde Polish Cathoirc Church of st- Adeihert. Michael Gropsky shot and killed or. a loboatat McKee's Bocks' and 12 men arrested charged Willi being im pL'calcd In the crime. W llllam BIssel and George Gllleu hive a desperate prize figfit on a boat In which llic former wins, 7 Common Co line It agrees to buv the ground for a park entrance rrom Mrs. behenley at Tier firlcc. The Supreme Court convenes in Pitts mrg. adwalader Buldle, becrctary or the State Board or Charities, suggests that male aud female prisoners In Jails should be sepa rated, 8 -The local Independent Brpnhllcan headqnar ters a center of growing Interest The state Board of Pharmacy decides to prosecute In competent druggl-ts. Many new tinplate plants are talked of. QAIombersorthe three engineers' societies, the British Iron and Steel Institute, the Verrln Deutsche Elsrnhuettenlrule and tbe American Institute or Mining Engineers, guests or the cltv or Pittsburg. The Canal Commission ravor the Beaver river route. A great crowd greets Delamater at the-Exposition. Charles Clarke, traiitfhg silesman. rails down the steps at the Central Hotel ami is killed. Laura Myers on trial rorthjotiugnud killing Charles Kansome. The flr.t iircount or the executors orthe WilliaiuTiiaw estate show property to the value nt nearly t9,000.(M0. 10 Visiting engineers royally entertained. John Bothwell stabbed to death in an Allegheny speak-easy by Hilly Fljnn. who is arrested. Metallurgist differ as to tin! practicability of the system or rtdnclng Irmt iVoni tbe ore. Kevl-lonlsti of the Presbyterian Cimfrsston or Faith in session. Allegheny County lnde- fiendint Republicans 1-siieau address In he inirof pure gorernmcit. First Joint session i.r the British. German and American Engi neer societies at Carnegie Hall. 11 Kutan asserts that helms letters rrom Hel-t-niaterthnt provp all hUcharges. Every rail road -entering Plttsbnrir taied to Its utmost to carry Its passengirs. Twenty-uvr girls make o narrow escano. durinz a hrvat 967 Liberty street. Conimlttecorrlvcrmeu tngoto Wash ington Jind protest against low bridges. 12 Mouongaheia Water Company completes its improvements in the mains. More, tariff on tin must tie added before foreign capitalists will engage to any extent lints manufacture In'lTItshurg. The need of another flrst-ulass hotel badly felt. First football match ofthe season at reposition Park. avn by the Alle gheny Ath'.tllc club over the" University. IS The Iron and steel men leavo Pittsburg ami continue their tour. Tbe Christian Arbitra tion and Peace Society meet in the First Presbyterian Church. Uenruin-LUheran con gregatlou on South Elgnteentti- street. South side, celebrate their tveuty-fillh anniversary, 14 William J. Howard flics a hill asking tfic courts, on btbaifof himself 'akd other taxpay- ert, to appoint a trustee to protect tbe sinking funds ofthe city- Laundryinen or tbe United States, lu session at tho Monongahela, claim that Chinamen injure the trade. Local base ball magnates talking about peace. Controller Morrow says that not a dollar or the sinking fund lias been dlverieiL 15 Plttsbnrg. Falrport and NoTthwestarn Dock Company secures ail the SJ.aner ras coat prop erty, an adjacent block, and a large slice or the first pool. Howard Morton and Chief Blgelow have hot words over the Dennlston avenue contract. Annual meeting Ivestern Pennsylvania Missionary Society at Hazel wood Christian Church. Price of window glass to go up as an esecror tue new comoina- lion. rue rresnyterian jtevision waiamu: adlourn. Cltr officials ravor an lmDartlaplu vrstlratton of the cltv sluklnzfund ones lonl PHtsburg Presbytery or the Keformed PresbyJi tcrlan Church-at Wilklnsnurr- 16 Cltv Conncils ran urjon Andrew Carnegie audi thank him for his magnificent girt- The ware- housemen and salesmen ask for shorter honrs 1 aud more wares. Befonned Presbyterian'' discuss whether tbey should vote bnt the matj ter remains unsettled. The Silverman originals mckairecazp before. the SunremerConrt. t ' 17 Public reception to the Brotherhood or Locnr motive Engineers at tbe Open House at i-. Depew and Arthur speak. Nina workmen horribly burned at Moorhead. McCleane ft Co.'s Soho blast rnrnace, while cleaning out the iurnacc Louis E. Haughey toanswerln Pittsburg the charges or embezzling over rer m'(l !ng (j ris 5,1 i7iuioitneaeiunct w. z caeaer uiue com pany's fund. 18 Ex-Master Workman John Coffey at a meeting ofthe County Democracy savs that the tariff is T not In the rontest. Michael F'ocarty, 7 years ,4 old. run over and killed byn West End car- J1 HpSfm iw fin ,-rav fiirirt Imni Hnlf hnt,? muck bar commands as high prices as ererv The Academy or Art and science makes an Informal openlngat the Tnaw mansion. 19 Lafayette Hall crowded to hear Senator Emery, while McKlnley fills Carnegie Hall. Flght-year-old Moses Harris stabs Il-year-old Sadie Lewis in the back, the wound being probably fatal. Apumper at the Graham farm well arrested and nnea for pumping on Sun day, though it was necessary to keep the salt water oat. squirrel Hill electric road sold to New York parties for (23,000. Tbe Exposition closes In a blaze ol glory. 20 Alexauder Ktlllan. charged with. Mrs; Ka dcrt's death, convicted of murder in the flrst degree. Corner stone laid or the new- EnglDa1 Lutheran Church at Knoxvllle. The Single , Tax League advocate the Australian ballot 1 system. ' 21 Chler Brown and other officials sar that Pltts bnrg will have a fine Central police station. Meeting ortlie Missionary Council or the Pro testant Episcopal chnrch at Trinity church. Moorhead Bros, ft Co. experimenting with slack and steam ror fuel. Engineer John FTatieyand Fireman Thomas McGough killed by the explosion of a locomotive on the Mo nongahela Connecting Railroad. 22 Senators Quit and Cameron In Pittsburg, the former looking after the county chairmen and the latter after the Legislators. Five deaths result rrom the explosion at Moorhead's fur nace. Tbe net prulits of the Exposition are placed at over (nu.C0u. 23 Pension Agent Barclay waiting to be relieved, but no action is expected until after the elec tion. Magee denies tint he and Cameron are to down Quay Morrison Foster accents the Democratic nomination In the Twenty-third Congressional district. Warden Hagnelnhla annual report tells how many thousands ot dollars worth of Illegal fishing appliances ue v has destroyed. 24 Pension Agent Barclay refuses to obey an order for his return to his office, lielamater's ill health takes him off the stump. - The Betali Grocers' Association declare that wholesalers mut not supply consumers. Window glass to be sold as usual until the next meeting. John Paradlne convicted or Involuntary man slaughter In the killing or J. .11. Campbell. 25 The Philadelphia Company serves notice that alter three davs It will rurulsh no more-ruel tor puddling iron In six or seven large mills. Blaine sorry that lie cannot address Pltts bnrgcrs. At the Inler-Scmlnary Alliance meeting a member suggested a mission trust. as the best solution or salvation ror cities. Green bottle blowers decline to take stock In National District. Master Workman Arrlng ton's scheme or co-operation. 26 Natural gas companies say there Is plenty of ruel. but too much Is wasted at themlllsand meters will be pnt In. Senator Sherman, at Old City HalL says, that while Hastings was his choice, all ICepubllcans should vote for Delamater. The Allegheny athletic team de feats Plttsbnrg's picked team at lootbalL William J. Brennen starts his campaign for Congress with a brass oand. 27 Bishop Pbclan arrives at New York from his trip to Home. Conference to be held between labor leaders and grocers to arrange a defen sive alliance. 23 Colonel Danks comes ont for the Legislat-ire in the Second district. Mr. Scott laughs at a charge airainst the FTood Belief Commission and shows where the money went. Five-year-old Brady Cunningham dies, from drinking a 6-nalI quantity orwbtsky. Several mills close down owing to thc.unpreccilcnted demand for gas. Council objects to paying for Chiet Bige Ion's European trip. 29 Blaine says he cannot speak in Pittsburg for want of time. Independent Kepubllcans bold a great meeting at Lafayette .Hall- Slavonians give their peculiar dance at Turner Hall. Al legheny. No lacs or proposals for a site for the new pnbllc building In Allegheny. The Locomotive Eugineers decide against federa tion. Lonlse Schon Jumps into the Allegheny at the foot of Eleventh street and Is drowned. 30 Anton Gnstelll burned to death in a flreat Dvcr's stables on Grant street, and his daugh ter badly injured. C L- Magee and Chler El Hot say they will sec that no city employes are ' dlsenarged for voting for whom, they pleats. 7 Blsbop Theian arrives la Pittsburg aud is given a big reception. 31 The Philadelphia Company advances the price or gas 50 per cent. Engineers finish their busi ness and adjourn. City revenues exceed the estimates or the Finance Committee, i onsum matlon or the much talked ortln-plale projects dependent upon the elections. NOVE3I11EB. 1 A Mexican lottery company making use of tho malls in dedanccr of law. Salesmen In several large furnishing stores go on a strike for shorter hours. Coal men think retail prices may go np during the winter. Be n wed efforts to have'UoniewoodT Park utilized lor building purposes. Jndge Magee decides that a liquor license cannot be revoked except upon second conviction. 2 Exposure ora confidential circular sent out by Stephen Colllnslo Influence votes for Dela mater. Southside Sunday school teachers severely scored for holding a pnbllc dance, llestau rants raise their prices, alleging fail ure or crops. Bcngongh endorsed for pension agent by the Central Trades council. Prince ton defeats the Allegheny rootball team. S American Mechanics protest against using their order for political purposes. Cigar men scared over the receipt of letters from a detective agency threatening suits for violat ing the lottery law. Charles FTscher strangles blinseirat 533 Smllhtield street. 4 Constable M-iteer shot down by burglars at Tarentnm. Mills making arrangements to use coat Instead orgas. Storekeepers bringing In outsiders to take the place or striking sales 'men. Gas supply at Allegheny cut off by a landslide at Crafton 6 Efforts being made to bring the French bill lardlsts. Plot and Fournle. to Pittsburg. A mortgage Tor (73,000 filed In Allegheny County Becorder's ofure. given by tbe P.. C. ft St. L. to the Farmers' Loan andTrust Company. 6 C L. Magee blames Quay for Bepubllcan de- . real. F'ourth annual convention or the Penn sylvania Young People's Society or Christian Endeavor. 7 The Philadelphia Company turns gas Into the new 3c-lnch main. Allegheny's street Com mittee wants fully ?U 000,000 to make good street pavements. The clothing-house salesmen se cure their demand and return to work. Miss Irene smeltz. of Haziewood, badly beaten by a negro burglar. 8j-Frcsldent Gompcrs asks for facts for the use of the Federation convention. Tbe American Window Glass Company to establish new rates with the newyear. A man attempts to abduct a girl in St. Clair township, but Is frightened off bv her screams. J9 Pittsburg Democrats celebrate Paulson's vic tory by a big parade. Tbe last brick on ths Duqnesne Tnetter laid. John Dwyerhasp. M. Stewart arrested for fraud In connection with the latter's book ageney. The Duquesne mill passes into the hands ofthe Carnegles. Charges filed gainst Fire Chler Jones, of Al legheny. F'rank Geradeto hang for the mur der or his step-daughter. The Detroit and home football teams tie their game. 10 The house of Franz Croft set on Are and tbe family narrowly escape death. Methodist women of Wilklnsburg vote against represen tation in the bonrerenee. Twenty-fourth an nual Joint ses-lon or the Y. M. C A. In Pttts- burg and Allegheny. 11 Gas again becoming plenty. Pittsburg's debt being gradually extinguished, and It is expected that It will bo .wiped out In afew more years. George J. Snelus pronounces tbe Adams steel process a success. Mayor Gour ley vetoes the ordinance to vacate Marbury street. The sentence or J. L. Orrafflrmeaaud hegocstojall. 12-Secretary l.ee. or the Slate Board of Health, cries out against polluted water. Arrange ments being made for the reception of the ltlsh envoys. Members of the Grlevanet Committee or englueera, conductors, trato men and switchmen In Pittsburg to consider an advance orwages. 12 War breaks out between the' managements of thpBMouand Opera House over snowboards. Ship Canal Commissioners meet, but transact little business. The Loyal Legion meets la Pittsburg for the first time. If Jo-rph N. Pew. President orthePeople'sNat nral Gas Company, Invents apump for aslstlng t'iu vlrld or gas at the wells. Colonel Dawson held for court in tbe theatrical war. The Builders' Exchange take a decided (land aaatnst eight hours. First payment made to the city Treasnrer fdr the Poor Farm. Th Committee or Fifteen ot tie County Boad Con vention considers a report. 13-ltra ft Son begirt to slaughter hogs by ma rhlnery. J. D. bowers, ofBakerstown. crazed over tbe loss of money, arrested in Allegheny furillsorderlylconduct. County Teachers In stlluteln session. Pittsburg aud vicinity will ask the State ror (L Ooo.OOO for charities and penal Institutions. Southside citizens organize to supply that section with altered water. - 16-Com plet ion of the Allegheny Bessemer Steel Works deal. Officers of the Granite State, Provident Association In Jail for conspiracy tot defraud. Aman killed at tbe Second avenoa crossing of, the- Panhandle. Uy crawling nnifec the gate.- Desperate efforts being mado'.ta prevent Frank Gerade's executlou. The I or footlnll team- beaten by the Cleveland; Prlddy outruns McUelland In a fire-mile raewJ Itrllglon th public schools discussed atltM Teache's' lnstltnctnectlnz. jj 17 t'Hlsburg phvolcLins believe that a cure tat consumption has been found by Kocn. Kotwrf D-itzell Killed dnrluir a barroom row arSm vale. Anniversary ofthe East Liberty bno' or the Y. M. C. A. A rootball team" to., formed In till- section of the Stale. 13 Humors that Superintendent Malone- oflth new Government building Is toberernovci Mayor Gourley to semt-a message to Council nrging rrec bridges. The biilp Canal Commii slim ready to report to tire Governor,Foi men held lu answer for tho-dealh of Kobe Dalzell. James Myers -nut oa trial' for ll murder or his aunt, Miss Douglass, attM Kee-rpoTt. 19 Superintendent Maloue says work on theUi ernrucnl building Is slow because the lettini contracts has been aetavtir. Movement nn i tu span the river, at goath Twentr-ryu street. Board of Health afler people who lall 4 to report contagious uiseass-ABaa(Sseet- , .ijijtwiiuviiuiem aaupasavnioyai st tv mA unma 1 1
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