Wrecked in the Mud Digging Out the Horses
A dispatch from Hubgettstows on a perilous road journey through sink holes near Waynesburg to Washington. Farmers and road crews swap tales while limestone use and tax work are critiqued. The expedition notes horse strain, a missing whip, and a four-house settlement along the Burgettstown road.
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Dispatch
Washington
Disratcn
Dirstatcu
Tux Pirosnrne Inseatron
Bucephalus
Washington County
DisParco Wagon Traverses 152 Miles in Southwestern Pennsylvania
The party chronicles a perilous trek with the 4 Soft Xpet wagon sinking in a sinkhole near Pittsburg and Beav er, an hour to recover horses, a day at Hickory, then Burgettstown for rest. They criticize roads across Allegheny County and celebrate two miles of macadamized work while lamenting the Pittsburg and Washington turnpike’s decline.
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Hon
Bucephalus
Hickory
Here
Burgettstown
Rome
Pennsylvania
Upper St. Clair Township
Allerhens County
Pittsburg and Washington
Allegheny
Washington
Fayette
Greene
Washington County Highways and a Perilous Expedition
A travelogue laments the poor condition of Washington County roads with clay soils and ancient paving. An awkward horse incident on a rough route prompts farmers to groan at the state of infrastructure. The narrator notes plans to depart for Beaver and continues writing en route.
No Excuse for Sink Holes in County Roads
A writer laments recurrent road sinkholes caused by poor grading and springs. He cites oil-field traffic, tax work farces by farmers, and limestone quarries as factors, urging macadam paving with limestone to improve roads and reduce costs. He compares local routes to the Apian Way and U.S. turnpikes, notes winter closures, and observes many riders and mud-bound paths.
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Italy
United States
Washington
Jess
Fayette County
Greene County
West Virginia Line
Fayette and
Greene
Letter Leads Farmers Survey Across Four Counties
An exploring party plans ahead of published letters on land values and agricultural mortgages. The wagon will reach towns north of Beaver two to three days before those letters appear, indicating coordinated progress and timing.
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Mary
Beaver
Stofrten
Five Republican candidates in Pennsylvania governor race
Special Telegram from New York reports Thomas W. Phillips of Pennsylvania discussing the gubernatorial contest. He notes five candidates General Hastings Senator Delamater Mr Montooth General Osborne and Mr Stone with the party machine backing Delamater but questions about electability if nominated. He criticizes the state party chairman Andrews for overstepping his role and predicts Delamater could be defeated if the machine fails to rally behind him.
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New York
Thomas W. Phillips
Pennsylvania
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Hastings
Delamater
Montooth
Pittsburg
Osborne
Stone
Warren County
Senator Delamater
State Senate
Everal
General Hastings
Andrews
Carnegie caught for 200000 debts at Detroit Steel and Spring Works
Detroit Steel and Spring Works, the nation’s largest in its field, suspended payments with liabilities near 200000. The plant is valued at 350000, employing 400, with a 17000 monthly payroll and 1,000,000 yearly output. Creditors propose a 60 cent on the dollar compromise via 150000 in bonds and six months notes endorsed by Mrs Helen Newberry.
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Deraxorr
Mica
Detroit Steel and Spring Works
United States
Naylor & Co
New York
Helen Newberry
Naylor &Co
New England Society Pioneers Visit Santa Fe
The New England Society of California Pioneers, 76 pioneers with about 200 guests, arrived in Santa Fe on April 14. A morning reception at the Governor's palace featured Governor Prince and speeches by Captain Thomas and Hon. B. E. Whittemore. The group toured Governor Gorexcota residence as part of the day before resuming their western journey.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New England Society of California Pioneers
Governor's Palace
Prince
Thomas
BE. F. Whittemore
Boston
J Axtell
California
Gorexcota Residge
General Chapin
Crockery Combine Talks Rates At Harrimnune Meeting
Representatives from crockery makers across the United States met in Harrimnune on April 15 to discuss their interests and agree to work in harmony on rates. Attending were Clarence Burleigh Alex M Gene and J D Shafer of Pittsburg.
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Harrimnune
United States
Clarence Burleigh
Alex. M. Gene
J. D. Shafer
Pittsburg
Paxson Meets Senators in Capital as Gubernatorial Bid Grows
Chief Justice Paxson, in Washington, conferred with Senator Cameron and Representatives Harmer and Osborne. He is a dark horse candidate for governor, signaling increased activity in his race.
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Paxson
Washington
Capital
Cameron
Harmer
Osborne
Dark Horne
Unions Tie Up Chicago Building Trades Amid Labor Strife
Special telegram from Curcago reports Chicago building trades at a standstill as carpenters strike for union recognition. Bosses cannot find workers. 50 needed, 1 located. Strikers press for wage gains, with similar unrest in Indianapolis and Racine. A 15-man influx joined the union.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
George A. Fuller
The
Builde Exchange
Eight Hundred Carpenters Strike in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on April 14 about 700 to 800 of 90 journeymen carpenters quit work to press wage and eight hour demands. Most union men in the city stopped work. some non union men also refused. Contracts varied with some agreeing to new rates while others held firm. a committee planned to screen incoming workers from country towns.
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Nts
Racine
Wis
New
Thirty-seventh and
Wabash Avenue
Thirty-fifth Street
Brotherhood
F’. Siegel & Bros
Indianapol
Mansur Hall
Henry Spielhoff
Indianapolis
Japor
Italian Women Riot Over Street Cleaner Wages in Philadelphia
A strike by Italian street cleaners over pay sparked two riots in Philadelphia. Women beat nonstrikers and seized brooms while police fired rifles in the air to contain the crowd. Twelve women were jailed on inciting a riot charges after bail set at 300 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Seventeenth District
Asty
General Strike Expected By New York Railroad Workers
April 14 in Trica Minnesota reports railroad employes on the Central and Hudson and West Shore divisions plan a summer wage increase demand. Discharges and retention decisions sparked conferences among trainmen engineers and firemen who fear action may follow.
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New York
Trica
Central and Hudson
West Shore
Paupers Demand Higher Wages Halt Street Project
Wilkes Barre April 15 The city council voted 1000 for street expansion and to hire destitute miners. Eighty five men recommended by the Charity Committee refused work after learning they would be paid one dollar a day, demanding higher wages.
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Wilkkesbarre
Wilersbarre
Eresh
Sodio
Rievance
One Strike Fails in Boston Across Builders and Unions
The April strike by Amalgamated Build Trades' Union delegates fizzled with minimal participation. Leaders investigate blame as May eight hour battle looms. builders cheer the lapse, predicting no wide lockout as unions fracture.
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Hans
Iabor
Cly
Hastings Visits Shenandoah For Delegates Meeting
General Hastings spends hours in Shenandoah at plan of eight member committee. A Cameron Club meeting votes Hastings supporters to instruct delegates for the State convention. Split faction adjourns, Kehler chosen chairman, while Delamater group backs Quay and Republican principles.
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Bhenandoah
Hastings
Cameron Club
Ae C. W. Dengler
C. W. Dengler
Delamater
M. H. Kehler
M. BH. Kehler
Shenadoah
M. 8
Quay
New York Chamber Debates Silver Legislation Views
A New York Chamber of Commerce meeting reviewed congressional silver legislation. Committees deprecated accumulating silver in treasury to disturb financial relations, urging laws that respect global commerce. Secretary Windom lauded for valuing silver to a gold standard. discussion postponed pending Republican caucus decision.
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New York
Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Finance
Chamber
Windom
Ington
Verbal contract claims eyed by emigration official
In New York on April 14 a subcommittee of a joint Congressional panel resumed sessions at the barge office. Emigration Commissioner Stephenson questioned the contract labor law as inconsistent and lacking an enactment clause. He said most imported contract laborers arrived under verbal agreements with agents for railroads and mines. He noted many such workers evade public charges.
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New Yor
Joint Congressional Committee
Stephenson
Pennsylvania
Handy Boy Accident Leads to Murder Charge in Saginaw
Captain H J Calson of the steamer Handy Boy is arraigned for the willful killing of Mamie Haight Myrtle Owens and Mrs Henrietta Montgomery. Examination adjourned until Saturday afternoon. Bonds set at $2000. no bodies recovered as search continues.
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Saginaw, Mich
H. J. Calson
Handy Boy
Barry
Mamie Haight
Myrtle Owens
Henrietta Montgomery
Canadian House panel to urge Ottawa retaliation against Washington
The alien labor committee completed its work and prepared a report for Parliament. It urges Canada to pursue harsher measures, arguing current provisions fail to protect Canadians and urging near-term legislation to be passed next year.
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Ottawa
Ont
Alien Labor Committee
House of Commons
House
Washington
Canada
The Abscounding Attorney and a Counterfeit Note
Doylestown reports excitement after a telegram from Howard Fries of Tacoma stating fugitive lawyer J Monroe Shellenberger was in that city and arrest was desired. In New York a Secret Service agent reported a well executed counterfeit ten dollar bill from the German National Bank New Orleans with fiber flaws.
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Doylestown
Shellenberger
Doviestowns
Howard Fries
Tacoma
J. Monroe Shellenberger
New York
Brooks
Secret Service Bureau
Washington
New Orleans
German National Bank
Strikers Win Across the Ocean in Vienna Hopes
Vienna government to grant holidays on May 1 if workers demand it. Strike movement largely ends in favor of the workingmen.
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Boston
London
Vienna
News Anys
Wilkinson Bros. & Co Attach Postal Card Works at Ansonia
April 15 report says Wilkinson Bros. & Co attached postal card works at Ansonia on a claim of 00 under orders from Washington officials who recently faulted cards made by contractor Al Daggett.
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New Hayes
Cons
Wilkinson Bros. & Co
Ansonia
al Daggett
Over 1200 Coke Ovens Idle Here in Sc ot t dale
In Scottdale on April 15 the Frick Schoopmaker and McClure Coke Company shut down more than 1200 coke ovens indefinitely. The action leaves over 1200 workers unemployed.
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Scottdale
Frick, Schoopmaker & McClure Coke Company
Ex President Cleveland Seeks Fat-Reduction Treatment
Alarming reports confirm ex President Cleveland has agreed to consult a specialist for rapid weight gain of about 25 pounds per month. He has entered Schweninger fat-reduction therapy with treadmill exercises, doctors say his organs remain healthy if the fat burden is removed.
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Cleveland
Wasurvetos
New York
Washington
Mr. Cleveland
New York State
Schweninger
Sherman recollects Randall and Patterson Shenandoah campaign tale
Senator John Sherman recalls his friendship with Samuel J. Randall and shares a personal reminiscence from the Patterson campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. He notes Randall served as a private soldier while others rose to officers and recounts serving briefly on General Patterson’s staff without pay as a U S senator.
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Dispatch
Washington
John Sherman
Samuel Jackson Randall
Sherman
Randall
Mr. Randall
Patterson
Shenandoah Valley
Ohio
Harrisburg
Virginia
Williams
Mel
Consen
United States
Handall
Philadelphia
Congressional Directory
Samuel J. Randall
H. Thomas
Three Kicking Senators Contests In Senate Seat Fight
In Washington on April 11 the Senate debates seating Sanders and Powers, Republican contestants from Montana. The party whip is cracked but some Republicans plan to desert, with Camero Olcott and Plumb named as likely to withhold votes pending the seating vote.
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Hoar
Sanders
Powers
Montana
Spain
Camero Olcott
Plumb
Thompson Seeks Reconsideration for McKeesport Postmaster
Captain Thompson pursues a fresh bid for the McKeesport postmaster post as Senate records show his nomination still pending. He plans a Capitol visit to press reconsideration of Postmaster General Wanamaker objections with support from Representative Ray and other influential backers.
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WashingTon
Thompson
McKeesport
Senate
Capitol
Wanamaker
Ray
Cameron Pension Bill Advances From State Group
Senator Cameron introduced a service pension bill approved by the Pennsylvania Service Pension Association. It provides a monthly service pension of four dollars for all who served in the late war plus a team pension of one cent for each day of service, totaling twelve dollars a month for those entitled.
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Washington
Cameron
Pennsylvania Service Pension Association
Condolence Telegram to Mrs Randall Noted
A telegram of condolence arrived for Mrs Randall from ex President rk seme nes alncere thy in your affliction. The message honors your distinguished husband and pledges that the American people will remember his devotion to public service.
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Wasshr Inetos
Mra
Randall
Jude
Republican Protest Aims Tariff Sugar and Wool Duties
A protest signed by 16 Republican Representatives urged reductions in sugar duties and a rise in wool duties on carpet wools. They claim the proposed tariffs could raise rug prices, close mills, and idle thousands of workers. The Ways and Means Committee devoted hours to sugar and wool schedules as Republicans signal they may oppose the bill in committee.
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Committee On Ways and Means
Incrain Carpet
House
Ways and Means
Miners and Operators Conclude Joint Convention Proceedings
At the April joint convention about 151 miners delegates from 40 000 to 50 000 organized miners attended with 71 operators mostly from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Committees on credentials and scale of wages were formed, Indiana and Illinois miners seeking representation on the wage panel. The meeting adjourned to 10 A M tomorrow with Patrick McHryde and Hubert Watchorn resigning as miners secretaries and J Morton Hall and Frank Brooks as operators secretaries.
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W. E. Eppert
Indiana
Coal Operators’ Association
N. Yeoman
Illinois
Dempster
Mece Morton Hall
Pennsylvania
R. Doty
Ohio
E. Jones
Wiliam Smith
William Scaife
Ilinois
Jeremiah Meade
West Virginia
Oscar Townsend
J. Morton
George Schlendenberg
John M. Risher
Thos
Ratchford
Edward Thomas
William Barker
Abram Winders
Mr. Loken
Streator, DL
Net
Committee On
Linois
É& Dem Re
Patrick McHryde
Hubert Watchorn
J. Morton ‘Hall
Frank 8. Brooks
Olinots
No action on Nicelys commutation hearing in Harrisburg
The Board of Pardons held three sessions to consider commuting the death penalty for Joseph and David Nicely, convicted for the murder of Herman Umberger. Dr. G E Brown testified about a hat and pocketbook theory raised by Constable Rauch, with new identification evidence on the hat. The parents and sister of the Nicely brothers attended the hearing, which extended late.
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Haakgisburg
Board of Pardons
Joseph
David Nicely
Herman Umberger
G. E. Brown
Nicely Brothers
Rauch
Commonwealth
Archer Absent From Maryland Trial In Annapolis
Stevenson Archer Maryland treasurer did not attend his trial on malfeasance and embezzlement charges. He sent a letter to the governor explaining illness. The trial continued with Governor acting as prosecutor and Edwin H. Brown named as new state treasurer.
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Annapolis
Stevenson Archer
Maryland
Securitien
Whyte
Warant
Jackson
Edwin H. Brown
Queen Anne County
John H. Brown
Funeral coffin slips into grave. body falls out during burial
At LaPorte Inn Mrs Mary Jensen is mourned as her funeral ends in disaster when an undertaker drops the coffin into the open grave. The lid is brushed and the corpse tumbles into the grave. mourners faint as the body is returned and the grave filled. Public anger follows the incident.
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LaPorte
Inn
Mary Jensen
The Ex-Chancellor's Thanks on Birthday Message
Prince Bismarck, resigning as Imperial Chancellor, expresses gratitude for the many sympathetic messages received on his birthday. He asks senders to accept his sincerest thanks through the North German Gazette, noting he cannot answer each message individually.
City limits extension injunction dismissed by judge
Judge Robinson dismissed the petition from residents living outside the city who sought to restrain the extension of the city limits. The extension had been ordered by the county several weeks earlier, and details of the ruling were provided this afternoon.
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Youngstows
Robinson
County
Clan Bene Ns
Seni Oe
Grievance Bill Details in Rail Employes Demands
Union committees delivered a demand bill to railroad managers yesterday seeking ten hour days and specific yard pay scales. Officials absent in many offices paused action while the Federated Order of Railway Employes awaited President’s guidance and potential strike decisions.
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Federated Order of Railway
Citie
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