One Day's Journey on a Prairie Schooner Expedition
The Dispatch reports a nine hour 20 mile overland ride across Pennsylvania as the Distatch expedition, led by Bucephalus and Beaver, endures mud and rain. The wagon, modeled like a prairie schooner, carries reporters and gear while Governor Beaver is praised for road rebuilding. The team faces wrecked pikes, hedge fences, and deep ruts but presses toward Washington and Uniontown with updates to come.
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Washington
Bucephalus
Dispatch Publishing Company
Bucephkalus
Alexander the Great
Washington Pike
Beaver
Pennsylvania
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
Dispatch
la Altoona
Cumberland
Temperanceville
Canonsburg
Uniontown
Brownsville
L. E. Stofiel
Itinerary Guides Expedition by Magnetic Compass on Rural Allegheny Roads
A wagon expedition notes daily routes pinned in front of the wagon with county and township maps tucked to the canvas. A compass box under the wagon floor guides road choice by magnetic needle as foggy backwoods mud and stone hinder halts. Terribly Horam Horse Tamers. The rural roads of Allegheny county will
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Paul Hacke
Washington
William Fleming
Fleming & Oglevee, Hatters
Pittsburg
Greentree
Canonsburg
Sherman House
Woodville
Robert Lee
Washington County
Upper St. Clair Township
Allegheny County
Cecil Township
Vas Peak
Pennsylvania
West End
Kemmlers Execution Details for First Electric Chair Death
Report from AuBanxys April 9 describes plans around the Kemmler execution the first use of electric punishment. Prison officials Warden Carston Superintendent Lathrop and Dr Carloss McDonald discuss publicity limits while press members may attend under risk. Commission members Commodore Gerry Dr Southwick and gear expert Harold Brown will be present with assistants.
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AuBanxy
Lathrop
Carston
Auburn
Carloss McDonald
Kemmler
Associated Press
United Press
Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry
New York
Dr. Southwick
Buffalo
Harold P. Brown
Carpenters Strike Relief Effort Holds Firm in Outposts
Crroaca April 9 report shows no change in the carpenters strike as pickets deter nonunion workers near city depots. Strikers say weekly costs run 3500 to 4000 dollars. they boast large treasury reserves and threaten a summer siege, ready to appeal to the National Council if funds run dry. Meanwhile 50 nonunion Columbia factory workers joined for higher wages and union alignment. A meeting of 14 master carpenters with 600 men drifted toward an alliance with strikers, while non-association masters push arbitration as the Builders' Association resists.
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Crroaca
Carpenters
National Council
Columbia
Frank Kemp
John Debow
Carpenters’ and Builders’ Association
Builders’ Association
More glue failure case in Philadelphia court
In Philadelphia on April 9 a judgment for 18927.57 was entered in Court of Common Pleas No 3 against William A Raeder following the failure of William A Baeder Glue Co of Pittsburg. A foreign attachment with bail set at 13172.76 named Kern Haughey and Raeder, with Philadelphia Trust Safe Deposit and Insurance Co named as guarantee.
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Digpaton
Philadelphia
William A. Baeder
Fulton National Bank of New York
Wm. A. Baeder
Howard R. Kern
Louis C. Haughey
English Brewers Boycotted in Detroit Markets
Detroit brewers, reorganized into an English stock company last spring, failed to thrive under new ownership. Management blames patriotic retailers who refused to buy from a foreign company. The English chairman arrived recently and ended negotiations restoring former owners to control at a bargain price.
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Detroit
Fire devastates Alabama works factory in Decatur
A fire at United States Rolling Stock Works in Decatur Alabama destroyed the forging and machine department this evening. The loss is estimated at £200000 or $200000 with four hundred workers to be laid off.
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Decatur, Ann
United States
License granted in county first under Brooks law
Somerset April 9 The license business of this county closed today with Judge Baer issuing a license to Mrs Jane FE Winters of the Commercial Hotel This is the first license issued in the borough since the Brooks law took effect.
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Somerset
Baer
Jane FE. Winters
Tornado's devastations sweep through Medina and Stark counties
A Medina county tornado from Sharon to Springfield destroyed dozens of homes and barns, killed one man and injured many, with forests leveled and money strewn across fields. The storm crossed into Stark county, causing extensive damage and injuries in Norwalk and Collins.
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Sharon
Medina County
James Hartman
Uriah Woerstler
Isaac Brown
Frank Leeroit
Richard Brown
C. ©. Crane
Columbus Visited by Fierce Cyclone in April Storm
Cottumpus Georgia April 9 Columbus was struck by a fierce cyclone from the Alabama side. The storm toppled the electric light shaft over the building, crushed the roof of A. J. Norman’s house, and left Norman with a narrow escape. Electric lights are out tonight. Several houses lost their roofs and signs were torn down as heavy rain and hail followed the wind. The storm was extremely severe in East Alabama.
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Christian Wall
Mathew Bromley
Bromley
Frank Bromley
Hughes Frank
Fred Harwicks
Daniel Brown
George Wise
Robert Callahan
John Robinson
Elias Kuntz
Eli Frank
Slong
Stark County
Norwalk
Dorn M. Palmer
Carrie Pettit
Louise Brutsche
Maggie Elme
Rose Lyke
Arthur N. Sprague
Salem
Damascus
Townsend
Collins
Huron County
Hoff
Arthur Bly
Mead
L. D. Vining
Adam Kile
Cottumpus
Columbus
Alabama
Electric Light Company
A. J. Norman
Norman
Ship Cuba rescues nine Swedish sailors near Jamaica
The steam ship Cuba, Captain Middleton, arrived in Philadelphia with nine shipwrecked seamen rescued from Morant Key near Jamaica. They were from the Swedish bark Hirnosand which struck Morant Key March 2 and was completely wrecked.
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Philadelphia
Cuba
Middleton
Morant Key
Jamaica
Hirnosand
Hungarian Women Dacked by Angry Shamokin Miners
A dramatic Shamokin telegraph reports 50 to 60 Hungarian women submerged in Shamokin Creek by rowdy miners at Hickory Ridge. The event followed a local Easter water-throwing custom tied to luck and religious ritual. Dozens fainted, but no fatalities were reported. authorities and residents mourn the violence and threats of retaliation.
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Shamokin
Hickory Ridge
Eastar
Holden Chester, Jr
William Rhinehart
Democratic State Executive Committee weighs convention timing
No decision reached at the April 9 meeting in which ex-Senator Coxe and others debated early versus delayed convention strategy. Proposals split between aggressive anti incumbent campaigning and delaying platform release, with another meeting planned to fix the convention date. Senator Wallace visited but offered no guidance.
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Jerne Hakersaure
Democratic State Executive Committee
Coxe
Luzerne
B. F. Meyers
Marshall Wright
Allentown
Charles P. Donnelly
Mr. Aiken
Lawrence
Messrs
Eisner
Meyers
Wallace
Carpenters Union Debates Eight Hour Day Plan
New York carpenters debated an eight hour workday on May 1 at Webster Hall. Of 3500 city members, 899 attended. 724 favored the initiative, 175 opposed, plan later set for unanimous vote. Amalgamated and other unions weighed in against the move as risky.
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New York
Carpenters’ Union
Webster Hall
Carpenters
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Amalgamated Union
United Brotherhood
American Federation of Labor
Democrats Elect Pro Tem Town Clerk After Late Night Vote
A West Greenwich report says after polls closed and counts finished there was no election, Democrats held another meeting and voted again. Fish a was named Senator and Rathbone a Democrat won Representative, though the Town Clerk may refuse to certify. Legislature stands 52 Republicans, 49 Democrats with 9 seats remaining.
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Providence
West Greenwich
Fish A
Rathbone
Fish
Fadager
Opposed to Special Primaries in County Delegates Fight
A county dispute pits Senator Delamater against ex Lieutenant Governor Stone over selecting delegates to the State Convention. Delamater’s supporters push for early special primaries while Stone’s group backs the same approach. The Republican County Committee plans to meet tomorrow to decide the issue.
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Friends of Stone
Delamater
Dispatce
Stone
Republican County Committee
Erie Presbytery Meets to Discuss Bevinton Revision
Erie April 9 The Erie Presbytery with over 50 churches, more than 100 ministers and elders, is in session. Rev Dr Jonathan Edwards of Leadville was chosen Moderator and Rev Amai Wilson Stated Clerk. Rev Wilson and Rev Kneeland were elected delegates to the General Assembly. Revision is billed for tomorrow with a 7 to 2 committee vote in favor.
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Bevinton
Erie
Erie Presbytery
Jonathan Edwards
Leadville
Amai Wilson
Kneeland
General Assembly
Presbytery
Randall Near Death as Debates Rage in Congress
Washington dispatch reports Samuel J. Randall, Pennsylvanian leader, in critical condition with death seen as likely. Visitors, including Speaker Reed, are barred from the bedside. Democrats mourn the possible loss while tributes to his honesty and leadership spread through Capitol Hill.
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Randall
Capitol Hill
Rendall
Speaker Reed
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Washington
Susie
Samuel J., Jr
Mr. Randall
Scotch Irish Congress Expected to Draw Governors
Pittsburg attorney John M. Echols reports strong local support for the Scotch Irish Congress to be held in Pittsburg. About 3,000 specially invited citizens plan to attend, with up to 15 governors of Scotch Irish extraction possibly present. Sill No Action in the Senate.
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John M. Echols
Pittsburg
New York
J. Echols
Turpin Defends Montana Election in Senate Debate
The Senate resumed the Montana contested election case with Pugh arguing for Democrat claimants Clark and Maginnis. Turpie assailed the Helena canvassing board, calling it void and likening it to a “triple coil of adders,” while Morgan noted Democrats would vote without further debate if allowed. Call postponed to address the topic tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Montana
Pugh
Clark
Maginnis
Turpie
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Helena
Silver Bow
Congress
Territorial Board of Canvassers
Verulam
Sodom
Gomorrah
Call
Unpopular Choice for Meadville Postmaster Named
Postmaster General Wanamaker endorsed Loren Hallister for Meadville postmaster, per Culbertson. Other candidates include Col J W H Reisinger, Hays Culbertson, N B Hofford, and Capt Isaac Myers. Hallister’s ties to the Court House ring and status as a veteran one-armed soldier sparked opposition.
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Wasuisdon
Wanamaker
Loren Hallister
Meadville
Representative Culbertson
J. W. H. Reisinger
Hays Culbertson
N. B. Hofford
Isaac Myers
Hallister
Court House
Final adjournment in sight for Pan-American Congress
Washington April 9 the final adjournment of the Pan American Conference is in sight likely next Wednesday. At today’s meeting reports from General Welfare Banking and Port Dues were presented and will be printed for consideration. The General Welfare committee urged negotiating a general treaty among North South and Central American republics and Haiti to refer disputes to arbitration for settlement.
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Washington
General Welfare
North
South
Central America
Haiti
Cheap School Books Special Tele gram to the Diffpatih
In Columbus on April 9 the Legislature failed to muster enough Democrats for a full session but passed the School-book bill in the Senate by wide margin. It creates a state commission to adopt textbooks printed at state expense and supplied to boards at cost with 5 percent added. Publishers opposed the measure, notably Van Antwerp Bragg & Co., but supporters expect House passage. The House also passed Bramin’s amendment to the compulsory education law, mandating four weeks at start of the school year for children to attend and guaranteeing free instruction for indigent pupils with no-cost books to be provided by boards of education.
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Difpatih
CoLtumbus
Senate
Board of Education
van Antwerp, Bragg & Co
Monott
Stark County
General Assembly
House
Bramin
Boards of Education
No Monopoly Aimed By Chicago Carpenters Group
In Chicago on Friday a meeting of about 1700 small boss carpenters will form an organization. They seek to coordinate with striker allies but oppose the 120 monopoly bosses. The group plans to arbitrate with the larger bosses once formed.
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Chicago
Chrcaco
Youthful Lyons Convicted of First Degree Murder
In Chcaco April 9 the jury found Henry Lyons guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Ben Peterson. The 16 year old offender received a life imprisonment penalty. Peterson, a harmless Swede, was said to be unprovoked in the crime. Lyons heard the sentence calmly and remarked I am in luck.
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Chcaco
Henry Lyons
Ben Peterson
Lyons
Peterson
Large West Virginia timber land sale reported
A telegram from CuazLestroy West Virginia dated April 9 notes Jed Hotkiss of Taunton Virginia transfers about 100000 acres of Lincoln and Wyoming County timber and mineral land to Low Aspinwall Co for 450000 dollars in one of the state’s largest deals to date.
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CuazLestroy
W. Va
West Virginia
Jed Hotkiss
Taunton
Low, Aspinwall &Co
Lincoln
Wyoming
Flight of Bucks County lawyer shocks Doylestown
J Monroe Shollenberger, a Bucks County lawyer and former director at Union Trust in Doylestown, vanishes after an embezzlement spree. Reports place losses near 75,000 to 100,000 across Doylestown and Philadelphia areas as towns dread the missing funds. Fear and speculation sweep the county as authorities label him a fugitive from justice.
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J. Monroe Shellenberger
Bucks County
Doylestown
Philadelphia
J. Monroe Shollenberger
Shellenberger
Norristown
Doyles Town
Union Trust Company of
Indicted for Forgery in Atlantic County Case
In Marys Laxvina New Jersey April 9 the Atlantic County Court term lists the Second National Bank of Atlantic City versus Mary A Haines as a civil case. Defense witnesses Mary A Haines W Stokes and Edwin L Liand deny using their names on the note as makers or indorsers. The judge dismisses that suit and the grand jury immediately returns an indictment for forgery against Mrs Julia Lippincott.
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Mary’s Laxvina
N.J
Atlantic County Court
Second National Bank of
Atlantic City
Mary A. Haines
Julia C. Lippincott
Mary A. Hai W. Stokes
Edwin L. Liand
Julia Lippincott
Town Under Water as Mississippi Flood Rages
Ankansas City April 9 reports the center of the worst Mississippi flood between Memphis and . The town is entirely submerged and about half the population has fled. Houses sit four to six feet under water while merchants trade from scaffolds on the levee. The flood height, two feet higher than any prior record, is fed by the Arkansas river volume. Levee breaks on both sides fail to relieve the main flood.
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Ankansas City
Mississippi
Memphis
Arkansas
Cavern Swallows Homes in Mayville Near Carbondale
A cavern opened in Mayville, two miles from Carbondale, swallowing two houses and causing fears of extensive damage to the village. The space measures about 100 by 73 feet and is described as disturbed ground near the area.
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Carbondale
Mayville
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