Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
MARCH.

l-Elaborate spread by the Welsh in honor Q
St David. Policy houses raided l. & O
sue Aldermen Shaffer and Cassidy for a
| legged money due.
Washington. Mass meeting of corporation
oppose the Smill tax. j. II. Johnston, o
ST Louis, appointed General Manager o
leased to Eastern hotel men.
| S-The Standard Company said to be refining
excellent Lima oil. The two Murphy
speak TO immense houses on prohibition.
4-R. G. Gross. on his death bed, confesses {,
the murder of John Carter, at Clark
mill. Four million bushels of coal sen
down the river. Death Of James De Beck
5-Pittsburg society torn up over Virgins
Knox's Montercole revelations; she applies
for a divorce. The faith cure catches OF
here. Annual reception of the Societs
Italiana Captain and Mark Wishart ar
rested for disorderly conduct. Emma
Bingler, singer. and William Wolf mar
ried.
6-George Shorts and Mollie Sarver elope
Allegheny death rate runs alarmingly high
Eight million bushels OF coal go down with
l3 feet of water. Rotten building and loan
associations exposed.
7-Westlnghouse's rival, Edison, loses his
Can adian patent Liquor men fully organ
lied to fight prohibition. Pitcher Ed Morris
arrested for gambling. w. D. Moore joins
the prohibition ranks.
S-Wishart fined for giving Martin black
eye. Chairman Weiss says liquor men have
organized only for protection. Police In
spector Stevens discharged.
9-New electric road will go up Squirrel Hill.
Convention of the Catholic Total Absti-
nence Union. Bodies being removed from
Troy Hill Cemetery to make room for
houses Joseph DimmeY granted a new
IO-AIderman Cassidy charged by Penny, of
Murdoch bunko fame, with false arrest
Big Union Temperance meeting at the
Opera House. The Edgar Thomson
breaks the worlds record. Costello sides
with POwderly against Barry.
1l-Mills robbed Of tons of brass by boys
Eleven counterfeiters sentenced by Judge
Acheson. Five dealers arrested for selling
adulterated milk.
I2-Banquet of Pittsburg Undertakers' Asso-
citation. Producers and dealers form milk
: trust. Wells Fargo purchase the T. q W.
express business.
I3-Incendiaries burn the Red Lion Hotel
stables. First electric piano played here.
Unknown body of man found in CHARTERS
Ex-senator Colquitt speaks at prohibition
meeting. Count MOntercole visits Pitts
burg SaloonIsts raising big campaign fund.
Miss Annie Dickens and j. NJ. Shields mar
ried. Jewish Feast of Purim celebrated.
Numerous liquor remonstrances filed.
15-Carnegle will not join the Chicago mill
syndicate. Count Montercole leaves quietly.
Sixty-eight circumstances against liquor
l6-Welsh Presbyterian Church dedicated.
Numerous small suburban robberies alarm
the people.
I7-Wiliiam Ragan dies of injuries received at
a gas explosion. Father Sheedy asks the
license court to cut down licenses.
R-License Court opens with Judge White on
the bench alone, 100 cases heard White
very severe Meeting of the State Session
of the Royal Arcanum. River navigation
opened. Wages voluntarily advanced in
the Edgar Thomson.
I9-Charges in Harrisburg of misappropriation
of Western Penitentiary funds. Chief
Brown asks License Court to prohibit sa-
looms in the Owl district. Frank Aldrich,
alleged bunko man, brought from Canada.
Edward Downing, of Allegheny, tried to
add his name to list of suicides.
banquet of the Royal Arcanum.
AlIeghenians start for Oklahoma.
N-Viewers find masonry defective at Lock
No. z. John Rowell of the Amalgamated
Association, in for burglary. released from
the pen.
22-The License Court becomes even more
severe; Judge White declares be will cut
wife dined by Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine.
rejoice over the passage of a law
giving them special preference.
held up by tramps on the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie railroad. German working
men ask Judge White to be lsnient. First
speak-easy raid James Heron, of Ale
gheny mysIeriously disappears. Street
railroads to be run by electricity.
25-Flint glass workers say prohibition will
hurt their business. Coal mines closing
down. Charles Vockrodt a painter, dies
after week of suffering from burns. Re-
publican Executive Committee endorses
Ford fol the postoffice.
26-Ft Pitt Foundry burned, loss Sl00 900. Hen
~ Warner, Superintendent of the work
house, says he has a contempt for the K. of
L. The city rapidly lighted with arc lamps.
Wife of John Thuring said to have plotted
his life for his insurance. New B. & o.
depot about finished.
T-License Court finishes with Pittsburg and
tackles Allegheny. Rev. Scully's church
disrupted. Cashier Voight indicted.
2S-Close of Allegheny Select and Common
Councils Brewers Association will boy
colt prohibitionists. Randall Club mu-
sicale.
29-Effort to bribe Allegheny Councilmen fails.
Standard Oil Company buys Grafton oil
field. Felix R. Brunot stricken with par
alysis.
SQ-Carnegie Library formally presented to
Braddock. The Chambers mansion de-
stroyed by fire in East End.
Sl-Carnegie still fighting the Pennsylvania
Railroad Spiritualists celebrate the dis
covery of the modern faith. Youthful
burglars working Fourth avenue. Minis
ters preach against liquor.