Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-18

Assessor. Albert Conwell; Assistant Assessors,
Joseph Feeney and George Reilly.
SECOND WARD-In this ward there were
four school directors to elect there being two
short terms to fill. The men chosen were:
School Directors three years, A, 8. Gilmore
and James Wilson; one year, John Armstrong
and William Bunton. Assessor. Joseph NJ.
Wilson; Assistant Assessors, John l. Kerr and
George L. Filson.
THIRD WARD-No opposition. School Di-
rector, Elias Becker and Charles Heminghouse
Assessor, Charles Cappell. Assistant Assessor.
William r Succop and Gotleib Diehl.
FOURTH WARD-No opposition. School Di-
rectors, II. s. A. Stewart aud James NJ. Bailey.
Assessor, James A. Mckee. Assistant As
sessors John McCook and NJ. ]. Corners
FIFTH WARD-There was lively fight for
School Directur in the Fifth ward. There was
short term to fill, and this John j. Giltinan
got without opposition. For the two three
years terms there were five candidates. NJ. F.
Daily got go votes; Thomas Breeze. 162;
Charles ]. Lang, l45; D. A. Mccarthy. l0S and
Con Sexton, So; Messrs: Daily and Breeze wers
SCISSOR and Michael Coakly and James Powers
Assistant Assessors without opposition.
SIXTH WARD-There was fight for School
96l votes. and II. B. Hoburg s47, won over
Thomas Egean, who had Els. and ]. B. Johnston
with 2l6. Thomas Hamilton was elected AS
sesso-.
Chiet J. U. Brown he-EleCte0.
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH wARDs-These two
wards form ono school district. George P.
Letsche was elected Director from the Seventh
ward and j. o. Brown from the Eighth ward.
without opposition. James Glenn was elected
Assessor in the Seventh ward and Thomas
Bicke in the Eighth ward.
NINTH WARD-The Democrats had no oppo-
sltion here. John Kenna was elected School
Director for three years and Peter Schiebert
Tor one year. The Ninth and Tenth wards are
IN one school district, and each elects half the
board. For Assessor A. Horning was chosen.
TENTH WARD-This ward had Common
Councilman to elect to fill the place made va
cant by the resignation of LEGISLATOR kerns.
Ihe Republicans had put up Charles Frank
but the overwhelming Democratic majority of
the ward carried Daniel B. Kelly in. William
Finn was elected School Director and Thomas
McCarty Assessor.
ELEVENTH WARD-There were two tickets
In the field for School Director. w. ]. Fleming
and Alex. Scott, R. w. ]. Fleming had sos
votes and Scott 6l6 Frank Hopper, D., had
$50 votes. James Mckee was elected Assessor
TWELFTH WARD-The Twelfth ward has
two school districts, the o. Hara and the
Springfield, ana there was fight in both. In
the O'Hara j. 81. Nobbs and j. h. Armstrong.
both Republicans. were elected. In the Spring
field James McManus, r, and Frederick Al
becker, d. were chosen. The Assessor is Will
am Nicholas
THIRTEENTH wARD-The interest in the
school directors fight in the Thirteenth ward
centered in the election by the board of a
tion. J. NJ. Mcmillan has held the position for
years The local board tied on The question of
his reelection and the question went into the
night @ at the polls. The Mcmillan men won.
elected. Samuel Buchanan was defeated and
Robert King withdrew. Thomas Barnes was
elected Assessor.
FOURTEENTH wARD-There was no fight
here. William Smith and Joseph Dougherty
were elected School Directors; Jacob Josephs,
Assessor.
A Walkover for the Democrats.
FIFTEENTH WARD-The Democrats had
everything their own way in the Fifteenth
ward. AL Wiuterhalter and Jacob Scholl were
elected School Directors. and Philip Myer As
sessor
SIXTEENTH wARD-The big fight in this
ward was for Alderman. James McPike, an
ex-Alderman, was the Democratic candidate,
ernor Beaver, was the Republican nominee.
At o'clock it was reported that McPike had
won by IL votes. In the First, Second. Fourth
and Fifth precincts Chalfant led with two
votes. but he was whipped tin the Third pre-
cinct.
SEVENTEENTH wARD-There was no oppo-
sition to the Republican ticket The candidates
elected were James Cameron and William
Matthews School Directors; n. Burns, As
SCISSOR. This is the first time in the his ory of
the ward that there has been no opposition.
EIGHTEENTH WARD-The Democrats car
ried the Eighteenth ward as usual. although
there was q trifiing fight Ed Lockner and Tim
Haggerty were elected School Directors and
John Rogers was elected Assessor.
NINETEENTH WARD-The regular School
Director candidates in the Nineteenth ward
were David A. Stevenson and B. F. Leach. DIR.
J. r. Sterrett came as sanfndependent, and with
Mr.. Stevenson was elected with ease. David
Walker was elected Assessor.
TWENTIETH WARDS. T. Paisley and
George Wilson were elected School Directors,
and Frank Williams, Assessor, without opposi-
tion.
TwENTY-FIRsT wARD-The hardest fight in
the city for School Directors was in this ward
There are Two school districts here the Lin
coin and Homewood. In the Lincoln the fight
was over the order of the directors to have the
children go to the bennington sch ool house and
an effort was made to whip the old directors.
X. w. Thompson and ]. H. Cook were the old |
and Robert Gumbert and T. F. Reed |
were against them. Thompson and CoUk won,
with 30 votes to spare. The Homewood dis |
trict had five candidates, personal reasons
making the fight George Bradley and Cyrus
Brownella were elected. 1. o. McMinn was |
elected Ward Assessor.
TwENTY-sECoND WARD-General W. Will |
rectors without opposition; Randall Morton,
Assessor.
TwENTY-THIRD WARD-There was bitter
tight for School Director in this ward. The |
vote stood X. z. Douglass, 2S3; j. N. Kolbauch. |
z6S; Henry Weimer, 22S, and William Barker, |
222 Douglass and Kolbaugh were elected. |
John Sergeant was elected Assessor.
A Southside Alderman Elected.
TwENTY-FoURTH WARD-The Aldermanic
fight in the Twenty fourth ward that has been |
talked of for so long was very one-sided. John
Caldwell woD with sos votes to l06 for H. S. |
Ayers The struggle for Schoo, Directors,
however. was very close. David ]. COnley with |
3i2 votes, and jacob Hammell, with S22 both
defeated W. n. Braleck, who had |
3lS. and Edw. Evans, who had 306. The AS |
SCISSOR is Peter Burns and the Assistant As |
SCISSORS Martin Myers and Alberr Gessner.
TwENTY-FIFTH WARD-There was a SUI |
prise in the Twenty-tfth ward, where John N. |
Mckain, R., one of the oldest School Directors |
in the city. was defeated by Mark Smith. D. |
Smith had 3y7 votes, and McKain 372- Will ). |
Jones. R., was elected with 4U3 votes.
TwENTY-sIXTH WARD - The Twenty-sixsh |
Henry Franz were elected School Directors,
Charles Miller, Assessor: David Baldwin and |
John Jarrett, Assistant Assessors.
TwENTY-sEvENTHWAR Robe and |
and NJ. Schertzlnger Assessor. There was NO |
opposition.
TwENTY-EIGHTH WARD-The school direc- |
torshIp was fought for vigorously in this ward. |
The result was: William McGeary, 545: A. K, !
Duff. $50; d. Seibert 329; d. Laughlin, 243 Nc |
Geary and Duff won. |
1wENTY-NINTH WARD-There was a contest |
in III ward, but Theo. Weber. with $50 votes. |
and George c. Smith, with 30S won handily |
over Frank McCurry, with los. and ]. II. Skel- |
THIRTIETH WARD-In this ward there was a |
quiet walkover. p. j. Devlin and Martin |
heubell were elected School Directors; George |
w. Silk, Assessor; P. Maloy and John Zainos. |
Assistant Assessors.
Will Increase the School Debt
THIRTY-FIRsT WARD-An additional vote |
was taken in this ward on the question of add |
Ing $40 600 to the school debt for new building.
The increase won the day by vote of 2Ss to 2s5 |