Multiple Ranging News Fromrosc of 1894 Briefs
The Pennsylvania legislature adjourned sine die. Events include May 15 fishing and shooting events at Weedslawn and Olean Sportsmen’s Association tourney. Missing boy Edward Frank, 12, from Allegheny, reported May 6. Mt Washington death by cave-in near Pittsburgh. Meadville grocer Jwsus Delaunay assigns assets 80,000. Duke and Duchess of Marlborough host visiti n Blenheim Sept. Starr on trial in Pittsburgh for manslaughter. Patterson named superintendent of repairs in Philadelphia. England bottle trust forms. UK bottle makers 80 percent in trust. Grace Stalbwood case commuted to ten years. Paris expo 12,000 Americans visiting. Blaine health faltering. Roosevelt accepts civil service post. Supreme Court upholds Chinese exclusion act. Mining, rail, and industry notes across Pennsylvania and nearby states.
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Philip Wentzell
Grace Moore
Youngtown
Nicholas
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House of Lords
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Prince of Wales
Frederick Kwenger
Manheim
Grace Stalbwood
District of Columbia
Theodore Wildalan
New York
Photographical Union
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JO Short
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Caton, O
Denver Cable Railway Company
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John C. New
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Mind Reader Bishop
New York City
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McKeesport
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Treasury Department
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Erie
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Youngstown
Anna Conrad
United States Supreme Court
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George Sutton
Robert Knox
Taylorstown
Thomas Aiken
Unity
Westmoreland County
Elier
Jus Brotina-In-Kiw
AW Udinoat Ban
Canlon
Calndy
Severe hailstorms devastate Virginia and surrounding regions
A Norfolk Va dispatch reports a five mile wide hail swath cutting Suffolk and Nansemond counties. Crops including strawberries peas cabbage and vineyards suffered vast losses. truckers fear ruin for the season. Loss estimated near one million dollars. Other counties Hampton Southampton and Great Bridge hit. hail drifts up to twenty four inches. two horses killed and three men injured by lightning. In Danville a cyclone damaged roofs fences and warehouses, injuring a worker. Six inches of hail reported near Shallotte Crowe area with houses unroofed and crops obliterated.
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Portsmouth
Southampton County
Newsom
Francis
Great Bridge
Norfolk County
Danville
Colored Baptist Church
Lee
N. AL Bitage
Still Searching For Him
In enicaco on May 15 friends of Dr. Cronin plan dredging Lake Michigan for his remains. Divers accompany six miles of shore and a mile and a half into the lake. Patrick McGarry of Chicago is sent to Toronto to probe Toronto reports of Cronin sightings and finds no foundation for them.
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Cronin
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Sven
Miners End Strike as Coal Output Resumes in Pittsville
May 15 report from Pittsville says 6,000 railroad coal mines will reopen today after a compromise. Operators concede to a price of 73 cents per ton for the year, a slight concession from the demand. A conference was sought, a committee initially blocked, and Knights of Taber Hall hosted a renewed meeting with hopes to formalize a settlement. In Pittsburgh, the New Era Life case, decided by the county court, allows a policyholder to pay an assessment on policy dues, with other claimants unsettled.
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Lewis Hildebrand
Wheeling
Canton
John Carson
Wetzel County
W. Va
Intormey
Berks County
Esther Shilling
Cumra Township
Harrisburg
Dayton, O
Workhouse Board
Sur
Ansious
Knights of Taber Hall
Paitisburg Coal Gasovialio
Fifth Avenue
Vito
Tholders
Tevarisburg
New Era Life Association
Eam Pol Bo
Goree
Dek Assosapietts
Revolting Crime A Priest Arrested For Raping Church Organist
May 13. Father Boyle the priest in charge of the Itoman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart was arrested on a capital charge of rape against Geneva Whittaker 13 the organist and daughter of ex mayor Wesley Whittaker. The girl was reportedly assaulted in his room after he enticed her claiming her organ music. Boyle 29 from Pennsylvania has a controversial history including an asylum stay and heavy drinking. He faced arraignment and jail as crowds gathered.
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RabLriau
Nlc
John
Oyle
Itoman Catholic
Raleid
Father Borle
Boyle
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Governor Beaver Signs Series Of State Bills
Governor Beaver signed multiple measures on Tuesday morning. The actions include a supplement to an act governing the state library and monuments along with provisions for preservation, stock and bond issuance rules for railroads merged or consolidated, funding for the Pennsylvania archives, a ban on taking and killing song birds, and the incorporation and governance of steel railway companies.
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Hlamrisptrg
Beaver
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Long ride to San Francisco starts on horseback
Professor E H Platt of West End Riding academy and John Allen proprietor of Hotel Hamilton embarked on a cross country horseback trip to San Francisco at 6 am from One Hundred Twenty fifth Street and Seventh Avenue. Relays of fresh horses planned with stops at Pittsburg Wheeling Leavenworth Kansas City and Great Salt Lake. Arrival expected around October. Weather ahead shows rain and cooler temperatures across Minnesota Dakota Missouri and nearby states. Elections held in Dakot Jaurstons Dak for constitutional delegates in North and South Dakota. North Dakota to form a 75 member convention at Bismarck in July to draft a constitution. two Republicans and one Democrat elected in this district amid mixed support for Springer minority plan.
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E. H. Platt
West End
Great Salt Lake
San Francisco
Dakot Jaurstons
Dak
North
South Dakota
North Dakota
Bismark
Tramps Attack Dines Burns. Robbery and Mix-Up With Police
A group of tramps attacked Burns in a munition division cut near Twenty-fourth on Tuesday morning, robbing him of 80 and stripping his clothes. A clash with city police followed. four suspects were captured, the posse hunts for a fifth. A Michigan Car works accident left several workers buried as braces failed during unloading. one man died and others were severely injured.
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Pas
Dines Burns
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Denus
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Detrour
Michigata
Amerin
Grontert
Tren
Joe Benscoth
Deal
Gernie
Hue Winilies
Names for New War Vessels and Other Washington Notes
In Washington on May 15, officials discussed proposed names for new naval vessels but reached no conclusion. A distinguished party traveled to a country estate at Gen. Felix Agnus invitation with top officials including Blaine and Rusk. A pension claim involving George W. Allen was reopened for evidence. A discrepancy of 35 dollars was made good at the New York sub treasury. Oklahoma’s civil service commission saw leadership changes and a surge in exam inquiries.
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Hope
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DeWitt Dibworth
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Secretary of the Treasury
Toronto
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William Kemimler
Buffalo
Auburn State Prison
Jaume
Senate Committee On
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Baltimore American
Halford
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Huat
Oklahoma
Washmeton
Civil Service Commission
Lyman
Civil-Service Commission
Edgerton
Commission
Railway
Duty on Mahogany Hearings In Washington
Assistant Secretary Tichenor heard lumbermen representatives over mahogany duties. Representatives Constantine and Crow urged reversing the January 1887 decision placing an 82 per 1000 feet duty to classify planks as mahogany wood manufacturers under a 35 percent ad valorem schedule. Platt argued to keep the existing department ruling as is.
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Tichenor
The
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Messrs
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T. T. Constantine
R. B. Constantine
W. T. Uptesroure
Crow
W. W. Dudler
Treasury Department
Frank H. Platt
I. T. Williams
Mir. Tichenor
A Dig Strike Inevitable in Braz Cal May Day
The two day conference between coal operators state executive board and miners delegates ended with operators refusing to arbitrate. Operators demand wage cuts from 80 to 60 cents on block and 75 to 60 cents on bituminous, the largest cut in western coal trade history. Seven thousand miners in the state are affected as negotiations end with no alternative but acceptance or illegality.
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Cal
Coal Opeators
State Executive Board
Ohio
Pennaylvania
Tinois
Knocked Silly in Taw Kowods at the Brook Ivtdast Casino
A boxing match ends with Koueked Rands Smith of Brookismott defeating Smith in two minutes. Officials halt the bout as one fighter lies on the ropes. Separate legal notices indicate cases of Casey and Pollard heading to the supreme court with May 4 deadlines while attorneys Colon and Percuson file motions.
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Smith
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Supreme Court
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Percuson
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Casey
Pollard
Chea
Mia Cuben
Saaiue
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