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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
specially when the water is low in the

especially when the water is low in the
stream.
Now Contaminated With Organic Matters.
81 unhesitatingly assert that the water
from the Monongahela river is so con-
taminated with organic matter that even at
its purest period it will not quench the
thirst. If this is the present condition
when there is large volume in the channel,
no competent physician, who is familiar
with the impurities, would advice his
patients to use it during the summer. The
SouthSide water has been analyzed many
times, and the results have unvari-
ably proved it to be unfit for
household and drinking use. One chemist
who did not reside in this city made an
analysis of the water and he did not hesitate
to publish under his name that in his opin-
ion it was criminal for any one in authority
to urge the use of Monongahela river water
as drinking fluid. There is not a surgeon
in Allegheny county who could be per-
suaded to use Monongahela river water in
the cleansing of even slight wound with
out taking extra precaution to render it
antiseptic.
There is not member of the medical
profession of the Southside, whose opinion
is of any value in the mattery that has not
expressed his disapproval of the presence of
the dangerous contaminations that are per-
mitted to remain in it, notwithstanding it
has gone through the alleged clearing pro-
cess of the eastern and western reservoirs.
That | have been the subject of attack by
prominent manufacturers is undoubtedly for
the stand took some years ago."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
SCRAPING CITY GOLFERS.

The Committee ON Surveys of Allegheny
Hold an Important Meeting - Sewers
That Have Been Broken Down-A Good
Chance to Increase Taxation.
The subcommittee on Surveys of the
Allegheny Department of Public Works
met last night and considered vast amount
of routine business relating to the opening,
locating and grading of streets. The most
important business done was the confirming
of the viewers report on the opening of a
40-foot street from Concord to O'Hara
street, and of street from Chestnut street
to the Allegheny river. In making their
report, the viewers said that the property
would be benefited to the extent of about
81 900, but that the estimated cost of OPEN
ing these streets would be S16O, 900.
The purpose Of the view is in accordance
with an ordinance introduced in Councils
on March II, 1890, for the opening of a
street under which a sewer could be built
The original sewer that drained the district
wif5fe the food-of 1874 occurred has become
clogged up or has fallen in, and it is made
quate to carry off the water as fast as it ac-
cumu1ates
Chief Ehlers said to the committee that
the residents of the district were in greater
danger from floods than they were when the
flood of 1874 occurred. The committee con-
frmed the report and recommended the
building Of the sewer. City Solicitor FL
phinstone said it would cost the city $780,
600, and that there was no money to pay for
it. 1t would then have to be done by is
suing bonds, which required vote of the
people, or an increase of mills on the tax
levy equal to 80 per cent of the city millage
The committee, however, sent the report
with the original ordinance to Councils for
final action.
In the matter of the grading of Federal
street extension, that will cost $780, 600 if
laid out according to the prepared plans, the
committee deferred to the wishes of Colonel
Andrews, who was present, and will meet to
20 over the ground with that gentleman on
Friday afternoon of next week Colonel
Andrews stated that he had ideas of his
own on the opening and grading of Federal
lane, and on the widening of Perrysville
avenue, all of which he could make clear to
the committee on the ground.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
SoUTHSIDE SUFFERERS.
The Storm Left Its Mark on Houses, Trees
and Animals,

The Storm Left Its Mark on Houses, Trees
and Animals.
Some damage was done by the storm on
the Southside. 4 portion of the steps up the
hillside at Twenty-seventh street were
blown down, causing inconvenience to the
residents of the hill in going up and down.
A considerable portion of lumber pile be-
longing to Schuette & Co. was blown and
scattered through their yards and on the
street at the foot of Seventeenth street The
large shade tree in front of Patrick Wards
residence on Fifteenth street was blown
down. Several of the electric lights were
diSarranged, but linemen were Immediately
put TO work repairing the damage, which
was slight. A platform on the roof of the
Twenty-nintk ward school. which ran from
the belfry to the flagstaff, was blown to the
ground.
A horse hitched to a grocery wagon owned
by !. Mcdonald became frightened during
the storm, while standing on Carson street,
near South Twenty-seventh street, and ran
off, Upsetting the wagon, but not damaging
ii 10 any great extent
At Cunningham's Glass Works on South
Twenty-sixth street the wind blew down a
large fire wall between the window house
and flattening room, partially demolishing
the side of the building and destroying the
days work Of several of the men, which had
been stored on that side of the building No
one was hart, but several narrow escapes
were made
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
FIVE DISORDERLY HOUSES.
Police of the First District Make q Number
Of Raids on Disreputable P1aces-The
Victims VIII Have to Answer This Morn

Police OF the First District Make q Number
Of Raids on Disreputable P1aces-The
Victims Will Have to Answer This Morn
ing.
The docket at Central station last night
contained long list of people charged with
keeping or visiting disorderly houses. The
police OF the First district swooped down
on i've OF these places yesterday and their
raids resulted in quite number of captlves.
Captain Unterbaum and Lieutenant Lewis
last night arrested Daisy Moore, the colored
proprietress of No. 80 Bedford avenue,
charged with keeping disorderly house.
-Four young white girls found in the house
were taken with her to the Central station.
The girls admitted that they had been regu-
larly occupying rooms at the house, which
was resort for very tough element OF
colored people. They disgusted the matron
and officers at the station by kissing and
fondling their mother" as they called the
filthy old colored woman known as Daisy
Moore. The latter has been arrested and
fined repeatedly for the same offense with
which she is now charged. She bears any
thing but an enviable reputation with the
police.
The house of Mrs. Kennedy, No. SO Bluff
street, was also raided. The woman and
her three daughters were taken to Central
station. They have all served terms in the
workhouse for conducting a disorderly
house on the Southside. Changing their
location did not prove q great success to
them.
Dick Enoch was arrested by Detective
Robinson yesterday on warrants charging
him with keeping disorderly house at No:
3D. hoo
on the same charge before.
Florence Thornton, colored, of No. 113
Grant street, and Madge Carson, also col
ored, of No. 156 Water street, were ar
rested yesterday afternoon on charges OF
maintaining disorderly houses. One colored
woman was found in Madge Carson S house
and she was arrested, too. During the
evening Jack Havey, white man, the al
legged lover of Miss Carson, came to see her
at the station, and Inspector McAleese
locked him up also as vagrant.
Inspector McAleese has made informa-
tions against all these parties, and they will
have hearing this morning.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04

Alderman Succop 'There are nearly so, 900
people depending. on the Monongahela river
for drinking and cooking purposes, and to
put this additional filth into the stream will
make it unbearable."
Henry Miller, the furniture man, thought
that some sort of an injunction should be
gotten out against the borough of Braddock
to prevent the carrying out Of the provisions
of the ordinance.
County Commissioner Mercer-It is
very bad thing. We might look up the
manner of the ancients particularly where
the large cities bordered on small streams
and find where they received their supply,
and follow in their footsteps, as it were.
DR. e. A Mundorpf, who has on more
than one occasion analyzed the Monongahela
river water, was indignant at the news
"Why, sir, said he, ''in the past six weeks
a score of patients in the Southside Hospital
have been afflicted with chronic diarrhea,
all brought about by the water furnished
the Southside, which is not fit, in my esti-
nation, for cooking purposes. And this
has been going on for years, and if Brad
dock adds its iota, there is no doubt but
what an epidemic will ensue and the per-
centage of mortality will be increased,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04

Reigler, a contractor of Boquet street, and
his sons, for Mr.. Fitzpatrick, of Tustin
street, was shaken and east over on one side
to the dread of Mrs. Comics, of 566 Forbes
street, who occupies the adjacent house.
The new building will have TO be recon-
structed.
If the storm was dangerous in some places
it provided amusing features in others. As
for instance when garment belonging to
the softer sex was blown from some driving
line on a housetop and waited along Smith
field street until it rested in q particularly
grotesque manner on the umbrella of a
worthy citizen who could not understand
what everyone who looked at him was
smiling at. When another puff of wind
carried it once more on its travels and a
piece of white underwear futtered before
his astonished vision until it stuck ON a tel
egraph pole, the worthy citizen understood
and smiled himself
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
A GIRLS PITIABLE PLIGHT.
Turned Out of Home by Her Father With
No Place to Find Shelter.

Turned Out of Home by Her Father With
No Place to Find Shelter.
Officer Ben Clark, of Allegheny, picked
up pretty little girl on East Diamond
street about II o'clock last night, who said
she had no home and did not know where to
go. She told the officer that her father was
''Spanish Bob," otherwise Robert Gray,
and that he had many times told her to
leave the house. This she did some
months ago, and secured work as
domestic. The lady with whom
she lived closed her house yesterday and
moved to the country for the summer, and
she was thus thrown out on the street. She
did not believe her father had home, and
anyway was afraid to live with him if he
had. Her mother died two years ago, and
the only one of her relatives she knows any
thing of is step-brother, whom she thinks
works at Homestead.
The child said she was IA years old Her
father is well known by the Allegheny po-
lice He is believed to have left the city,
however, as he has not been seen for several
months.
The little girl was clean and neatly
dressed, ,and was given comfortable bed
in the hospital department at the station by
Captain Agnew.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
THE HILL HIT HARD.
An Additional List of Damage to Property
on the Eminence.

An Additional List of Damage to Property
on the Eminence.
About ten feet OF the tower of the new
Franklin school house, Seventh and Eighth
wards, was blown down. \ number of the
masons who were at work had narrow es-
capes Kunkel & Jordan, the contractors
for the stone work. stated that about 20
feet of the tower would have to be torn
down and rebuilt, and they placed their
loss at about 81, 500. Part of the roof of R.
P. Maxwell's house, at No. Crescent street,
was blown off. The damage was about S25
a two-storv brick house at the corner of
Fulton ard Cliff streets. occupied by Peter
johnson. had the roof taken off The house
is owned bv William Metcalfe. The damage
was about S1C0.
On Bedford auenue and Shaffer street the
roof of the engine room of John Lowry &
Co.'S brick ward was taken off, A kiln was
also damaged. The loss was about 500. A
stable on Bedford street near Shaffer street,
belonging TO !. f. Mccormick, a grocer,
was blown down. The damage amounted to
$500. FLYING missels frightened the work
men at Booth & Films terra Gotta works
on Bedford avenue. Several were slightly
injured by falling sticks and stones
In Soho the stack of the Eliza Furnace was
blown down. 1t carried some telephone
wires with it. In Hazelwood the trees in
Captain Nixon's orchard were leveled A
large number of trees in the neighborhood
were destroyed.
Damage in the East End was confined to
the trees and gardens, many of the latter
suffering severely. At some corner; the
wind was violent as to overturn wagons
and several children were blown some
distance, but without sustaining injury.
Windows were blown in in some houses,
and those of Sussman's shop were burst in.
The building inspector was around last
night, looking TO the safety of damaged
hnnsns
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
FORBES TEACHERS ELECTED,
The Sixth Ward School Board Organizes for
the Coming Year.


The School Board of the Forbes sub-dis-
trict, Sixth ward, met last night, and reor-
ganized by electing DR.. w. F. Barclay,
President; Hugh Adams, Treasurer; and
William Martin, Secretary. All of them
have been serving in these positions. The
corps of teachers for the ensuing year
were also elected. Miss Jennie c. Simpson,
who has just completed her first year as
principal, was reelected.
Miss Amanda Mckinley was retained as
assistant principal, with the following
teachers: Emma 1. Wallace, NJ. A Mac
Fadden, Ida NJ. Connolly, Jennie A. Hope,
Martha H. McMaster, Josie A Scott, Emma
Upton, Kate p. Nicholson, Mamie A.
Cowan, NJ. Agnes Dickson, Annie Dolan,
Emma D. Hunter, Louisa Loomis, Laura c.
Ragan, Belle Dougherty, Annie E. McCaf-
frey, Maggie Thomas, Birdie McCutcheon,
Sadie Carbon, Lizzie Van Der Hoven, Anna
McMaster, Jean R. Myers; floating teacher,
Maria S. Moffat; drawing teacher, Sue G.
Case; floating teacher, Anna S. Negley;
Second avenue, Margaret Geiger. Henry j.
Fries was elected janitor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
MET WITH INSTANT DEATH.
Clarence Kinder Killed by a Passenger
Train on the Panhandle.

Clarence Kinder Killed by Passenger
Train on the Panhandle.
Clarence Kinder, aged % years, a painter
by trade and stranger in this city, was
struck by train on the Panhandle Rail-
road at Try street crossing about 1890
o'clock last night and instantly killed
Kinder came to the city few days ago, and
has been looking for work, boarding at the
corner of Grant street and First avenue.
Last night he and William Hill were
standing between the tracks near Try street.
Both men were slightly intoxicated. A
freight train, west-bound, passed them just
as an east-bound passenger train came along
Kinder evidently did not observe the pas
senger train, for he stepped right on the
track in front of it.
He was struck and thrown fully 80 feet.
Life was extinct when he was picked up.
The body was removed to the morgue, and
an inquest will be held this morning Kin
der is supposed to have relatives living at
Franklin, Pa.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
THE LOST JUROR FOUND.

Patrick O'Donnen Locked Up in Central
Station for Drunkenness.
Patrick O'Donnell, the juror who went
out of the Criminal Court at noon yester-
day and did not show up afterward, causing
the case of John Bolden, on trial for lar
ceny, to go over, was discovered last>even-
ing in the Central station. O'DonnelPs
non.appearance in court was evidently due
to his penchant for the flowing bowl.
During the afternoon he was picked up
by the police and locked up in Central sta
tion on the charge of drunkenness When
it was discovered that he was the juror who
was wanted in court he was turned over to
Tipstaff Negley. The latter locked him up
in the jail until this morning on the at
tachment issued BY Judge Slagle
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
BUMPED THE WRONG MAN.
A Drunken Pretender Brought to His
Senses by Right Handler.

A gay young man who pretended to be
drunk came to grief on Smithfeld street
last evening in most summary manner,
and to the satisfaction of everybody who
saw it. He was one of these reckless fellows
who invite punishment, and he got it
straight from the shoulder and on his big
jaw.
His game was to suddenly fall against
pedestrians as he passed them and then
stagger away as if he couldn't help it.
More than one unsuspecting man picked
himself up in the gutter, and wondered
what struck him. While two of his victims
who had been used up in succession were
discussing the impudence of the alleged in
ebriate, they saw him buck up against the
wrong man. He met his Waterloo as he
tried the dodge on one who had evidently
been watching him. A big hand shot out
suddenly, followed by boot, and the chap
Law sprawling in the mire of the street. A
few vigorous kicks brought him to his senses
and the victims fell on each others neck
and gave several wild whoops of delirious
iOy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
IT STRUCK ALLEGHENY.
Houses Blown Down and Trees in the
Parks TSadly Damaged.

Houses Blown Down and Trees in the
Parks Badly Damaged.
In Allegheny the storm was quite severe
for time. A frame house in course of con-
Struction on East street, near the car sheds,
was completely demolished 1t was two
stories high, boarded up only to the second
floor and had net vet been rooted over. 1t
was being built by a contractor named AL
bert Armistead for Edward Brown The
contractors loss will be $500. A similar
accident occurred at Sharpsburc, where
4 new three-story frame was blown down.
From every quarter of the city reports came
in Of the falling of trees, particularly on the
line Of the PerrySville road and on Cali
foTnia avenue.
The parks suffered in this way also where
about dozen trees were either blown down
or had limbs broke from them. The stores
along Federal and Ohio streets lost their
awnings in many cases, but no material
damage was done by their falling. Several
stores also reported that transoms and
swivel windows were blown out, and num-
erous shoppers made some narrow escapes
bv fViuC glass
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
WANTED FOR GRAND LARCENY.

The Michigan Kid and His Comrade Ar
rested on Word From Cincinnati.
A telegram to Inspector McAleese last
evening from Chief of Police Dietsch, of
CincinnatB O., requested the arrest of
Charles Boyer and Charles Meyer alias the
Michigan Kid, wanted at Cincinnati for
grand larceny. The men came in on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at 8 O'Clock,
and were captured at the depot
They had trunk in which some stolen
goods were supposed to be secreted, but
nothing that looked suspicious was found in
it. Chief Dietsch was so informed by tele-
graph last night. The men are still under
arrest.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
Italians Like This CITY.

A batch of 80 German and italian immi-
grants arrived here yesterday. Of the num-
Der SO Italians remained here; the others
went West. Inspector Layton concluded
one of the Italians was pauper, and he
held him until his friends would guarantee
to support him. Mr.. Lay ton says that last
month 1,s0s immigrants, mostly Italians,
stopped in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04

patriotic addresses and songs. Controller
Morrow has a copy of the programme for
the evening, which was as follows:
Continuation of the centennial Fourth of
July exercises in the Pittsburg Opera
House.
Owing to the inclemency of the weather at
Linden Grove, which interfered with the
regular order, the Centennial Committee
has accepted the kind invitation of ].
Newton Gotthold, Esq, who has rendered
the use of the opera house on Wednesday.
July 8 1876 at o'clock P. NJ, free of charge
when the remainder of the exercises will be
continued.
ORDER OF TIE EXERCISES.
Music. c................Gr Great Western Rand
Prot. B. Weis, Leader.
Prayer. :;.....-.... Rev. s. r. Frazier
Centennial Grafton. n........-.......
....... Hon. John NJ Kirkpatrick
Sonp-"Star Spangled Banner
....The United Singing Societies
Reading of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. u. Newton Gotthold. ESQ.,
National Hymn-"America"
.......The United Singing Societies
Poem. ........... j: Newton Gotthold, ESQ.
Song-"The Singers Hymn" German,
The United Singing Societies
Music. Great Western Band
Benediction.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
MANY SWEET VOICES
To Add the Charm of Melody to the
Fourth of July Celebration.
LOCATIONS TO BE DECIDED TODAY.
How the Glorious Fourth Was Honored in
Centennial Year.
UNIQUE PROGRAMME OF THE AFFAIR

As the Fourth Of July comes nearer the
preparations for the great celebration at
Schenley Park are assuming definite shape.
Nothing but sudden stop of the subscrip
tions can spoil the prospect. Mayor Gour-
lev and Chief Bigelow held conference
with Mr.. Carl Retter in the Mayors
Office Yesterday afternoon, which resulted
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
OBJECT TO GARBAGE.
Southside People Kicking on Taking
All the Refuse of Braddock.
THE WATER SUPPLY BAD ENOUGH.
Furnaces Should Be Used by the Towns
Along the River Above.
CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL ACT

Braddock Council has passed an ordinance
to place garbage boat in the Monongahela
river there from which to dump the city's
refuse into the stream. This has caused
much indignation on the Southside, be-
cause the people in that section of the city
must use water drawn from the Mononga-
hela, and to have it thus polluted only few
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
CAR WINDOWS WERE BROKEN.
kS Wa yIe Trains Severely Handled by the
Storm King.

The storm didn't interfere much with the
Pennsylvania lines. All the through trains,
both East and West, came in on time
last evening. 4 Ft. Wayne conductor
said that while he was in Orrville train on
the Wheeling and Lake Erie pulled into
the depot that had been badly used up. The
windows in all the cars were smashed by
hail stones, and the paint was SCARED on the
sides where the stones had struck The
crew reported that they had encountered a
very severe hail storm.
On the Ft. WAYNE road the wires of the
company and the Western Union were torn
down. All the roads suffered for tclegraphic
facilities but none so much as the Ft.
Wayne. Gangs of men were put to work at
once repairing the lines, and by last even
ing they were in fair shape. Along the
Panhandle the conductors said it rained
hard for half hour, but little damage to
the road was done
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
Large Supply of Educators.

Applications for positions in the High
School faculty are now coming at the rate
of about eight day. The total number of
applicants is 60. Yesterday two more per-
sons filed their application for the principal
ship, which makes the total number three
for that position. The present members of
the faculty have not YET put in applications.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
He Sued the Butcher.

Joseph Luderbacker, a butcher of Sharps-
burg, will have hearing to-day before AL
derman McKenna to answer a charge of
assault and battery made by Thomas Sedg-
wick, conductor on the Citizens Traction
line. 1t is claimed the butcher knocked
the conductor down in dispute about the
fare
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
Probably Fatally Burned.

Michael Rogan was thrown into vat of
molten metal at the Lucy furnace Tuesday
evening and was probably fatally burned.
He was scuff1ing with John Mccoy over the
possession of some tools, and James Nc
Quirk tried to part them, when Rogan was
pushed into the vat.