Secretary Caffrey Attacks Knights of Labor Report
Aug 16 HaunissvEec notes Secretary Treasurer P F Caffrey of the Knights of Labor Legislative Committee rejects the committee report as inaccurate biased and promises to issue a thorough counter report. He cites voting records and omissions in the report praising some lawmakers while denouncing others and pledges to publish a full daily-notes based rebuttal.
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HaunissvEec
Knights of Labor Legislative Committee
P. F. Caffrey
Butler
Knights of Labor
Caffrey
Knights of Labor Legislative Investigating Committee
Messrs. Wricht
Robinson
Robin
Penrose
Lennon
Grovernor Wathous
Kinson
Inbor
Girl in Love Dies After Triple Suicide Attempts
Canres Aug 144 reports a 14 year old girl, daughter of a fireman, who after two failed attempts, poisons herself with prussic acid. She earlier tried to poison herself at home, then again when she saw Roberts with another girl. He found her near death, and she later died after taking a large dose of acid in early morning agony.
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Canres
Eno
Reno
Roberts
Miss Reno
Hoberts
Schuyler Street
Chartiers Street
Allegheny
Moxway
Corcoran
R.m
C. A. Corcoran
Devine
Saprm Mansion
da Devine
Thirteenth Street
A Sick Woman's Bravery Fights Off Burglar
In AuManxce Aug t a burglar entered the home of Frank Brenan, a prominent hardware merchant, while his wife lay sick in bed. She fired from her pillow striking or wounding the intruder, who cried out and fled. Neighbors were roused as she identified the suspect to aid investigators.
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AuManxce
Auguste
Frank Brenan
Eliot
Two Dayton Failures Lead to Receiver for Mead, Phillipe & Granville
Courts move for a receiver over Mead, Phillipe & Granville amid two years of type writing machine experiments and heavy debts. The firms, claimed as part of a national trust, faced collapse as creditors press for settlement and liquidation. Meanwhile, unrelated local notices mention a jail assault charge against Professor John line and a minister's daughter case awaiting hearings.
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Dartos
Aug. W
Mead, Phillipe & Granville
Nae Raeee
H. Go
Minufacturers
Anoices
Ano An Ih. Acre] & Co
National Per Trust
Murder suspect Hnapmeck in Lieveland case rejoined
Aug K Paul Clossick admitted murder in Lieveland and replied to telegram inquiry. George Sabul, implicated in the case, was mentioned in connection with ongoing inquiries as a Cleveland area figure.
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Hnapmeck
Aug. K
Paul Clossick
Lieveland
Rei Won Seay
Braddock Strike Reaches Eight Months With Relief Rise
Braddock August 16. The Brad dock wire mill strike has lasted eight months. About 1,000 men remain idle and draw weekly strike benefits from the Amalgamated Association. Donations from other mills help supplement the weekly payments as workers endure the stoppage.
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Brappock
Ang
Braddock
Amalgamated Association
Harvest Prospects Lift U S Farm Profits Toward record
New York Aug 11 The American Agriculturist forecasts a 1.75 billion dollar gain in U S farm profits this year with corn averaging about 1 per bushel oats 40 cents and cattle and tobacco rising. Crop totals for 1891 project 2 0 billion bushels of corn 500 million wheat and 622 million oats, up substantially from last year and the 11 year average.
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New York
United States
Americ Agricuturist
E¢ American Agriculturist
Baby Smoker Case Sparks Illinois Humane Society Action
In Chicago on August 16 the Illinois Humane Society announced it will prosecute Leonard Turner a two year old boy known as the tobacco smoking baby. His father a dissipated man taught him to smoke since two months old. The child shows acute nicotine poisoning tobacco heart and diminished intelligence doctors fear for his recovery. Warrants were issued for the parents and penalties include fines up to 500 dollars or one year in prison or both.
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Chicago
Illinois Humane Society
Leonard Turner
Stao Dar Nursery
Humane Society St
The
Humane Society
Gotham Smugglers Trip Up at New York Customs
New York customs officers seized smuggled goods from the steamship Umbria arriving from Livstpoel. Joseph Zeller of Syracuse was found with 50 yards of black silk hidden on his body and more silk in his trunk, plus watches, shawls, pipes, and bsee. Abram Comat and Jacob Rosenberg, both of New York, were caught with jewelry as they passed a friend at the pier and later arrested at a nearby saloon. Jewelry confiscated. the men jailed.
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New York
Custom House
Umbria
Livstpoel
Joseph Zeller
Syracuse
N. Y
Bennington Fourth of July Celebration and Monument Dedication
Bennington Vermont celebrates the anniversary of the Bermingtom battle with a statewide event. The Vermont militia is in camp and Governor Page staff have arrived to join the Vermont National Guard. A monument to Bermingtom is to be dedicated this week at an estimated cost around $100,000.
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Bexsrrpton
Bennington
Vermont
Page
Vermont National Guard
Bermingtom
South Vermont
Sale of dress goods at Jos Honne & Co Penn Ave
Advertisement notes black and white dress goods for sale at Jos Honne & Co 607 621 Penn avenue. Also Public notice of last special seashore excursion via Pennsylvania Railroad on Thursday August 20 with $1000 round trip tickets valid ten days. Depart Tinton station 850 am with day coaches and parlor car seats booked at 110 Fifth Avenue office.
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Jos. Honne & Co
Penn Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cape May
Atlantic City
Sea Tale City
Ocean City
Tinton Station
Fifth Avenue
Head Oor Advertisement Half Price in Penn Avenue
Advertisement notice for medium weight items at a shop on 607 821 Penn avenue offering half price sales. Details read as a sale point with pricing and product descriptions likely from a local market page.
Fresh Expedi ent for Insolvency Predicts Gold Pondering
Matthew M a r sha l s review of Europe’s need for gold and U S currency amid stock market swings and Union Pacific distress. He argues the market is overstocked, syndicates will not save debt, and gold import prospects depend on harvests and tariffs, while predicting broader economic gains from a realignment of credit and crops.
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Congress
Union Pacific Railway Company
Colon
Jay Gould Outing Denies Illness Reports
San Francisco reports deny Jay Gould is seriously ill at Soda Springs Idaho. Gould and his party travel by special train with three cars. They fish hunt and camp with constant telegraph updates. Union Pacific Manager Clark accompanies him. The party aims for Salt Lake City early next week.
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San Francisco
Jay Gould
Soda Springs
Idaho
Wall Street
Gould
Clark
Union Pacific
Salt Lake
Bandit Carrasci Slays Deputy Sheriff in Texas Border Feud
Antonio Carrasci, famed bandit chief, added Torribio Pastrango of the Texas Rangers to his murder list after Pastrango attempted to arrest him at a fandango on the Texas side of the river. Carrasci shot the deputy and fled as Mexican rangers pursue him. Peninsula residents urge Governor Hogg to station state troops.
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San Antonio
Antonio Carrasci
Torribio Pastranga
Carrasci
Charles Fussellman
Texas Rangers
Texas
Pastrango
Peninsula
Hogg
Big Game For The Police In Prairie Chicken Case
In Danville Illinois officials of the Big Four railway were fined or charged after being found with a large number of prairie chickens near Georgetown. E A Peck, A G Weeks, J W Simmons, and George B were arrested but paid 50 to appear in court the next day and were released.
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Danville
Str
Big Four
Vermillion County Association
Georgetown
E. A. Peck
A. G. Weeks
Peoria
J. W. Simmons
Paris
George B
Indianapolis
Baron Hirschs Purchase Near Cape May for Hebrew Colony
Real estate circles report Wilson Banks and others sold about 900 acres in Woodbine near the West Jersey Railroad to an agent for Baron Hirsch. The land will host another Hebrew colony, joining one established about two miles above the new tract.
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Carp May
N. J
Wilson Banks
Baron Hirsch
Woodbine
West Jersey
Cape May County
Warships Fill San Francisco With Warships? Sealing Vessel Arrives
The sealing schooner C. H. White, Capt. Widdins, arrived from Unalaska after eluding the Thetis in the Bering Sea. He says no notice to leave the sea was received and he avoided capture. The White will help transport U S Coast and Geodetic Survey party J E McGrath to land in San Francisco. Owner T H Whitelaw of Laninfa seeks release on bond after seizure.
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San Francisco
C. H. White
Widdins
Unalaske
Thetis
Bering Sea
Reiter
Navy Department
Washington & Charter
Alaska Commercial Company
Unalaska
St. Michaels
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
J. E. McGrath
T. H. Whitelaw
Washington
Steamer Major Powell delays Utah exploring party
The Utah Exploring Party faces a two day setback as the steamer Major Powell, damaged in a final test, cannot start the Green River journey yet. Explorers will proceed by boat to mark the course while the steamer follows when repairs complete.
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Major Powell
Green River
Oran
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J. J. Linpsay
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William Samree, Sr
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Steffen
Christian Sterren, Jr
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Meyer, Arnold & Co
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Franklintown
York Sung Pa
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Sixth Avenue
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Wood Street
Arthur, Schondelmyer & Co
Ohio ST
Allegheny, Pa
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Paiges
Prince Albert
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Penn Ave
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