FATAL PITTSBURGH FIRE AT MAGINN BUILDING
A large blaze at Maginn's cracker factory in Liberty street, Pittsburgh, produced six fire-alarm responses. Fireman Joseph Elmer Figley died on the scene. Chief Evans and others were seriously injured. The Harris Drug Co and Jenkinson tobacco works suffered heavy damage as walls toppled and debris trapped rescuers. Authorities fear further collapses as crews work to prevent explosions.
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Maginn
Pittsburg
Evans
Spring Alley
Tve
E. Maginn
Liberty Street
Jenkinson
Harris Drug Company
Harris
Jenkinson Warehouse
Harris Wall
Joseph Elmer Figley
No. 13
L. H. Smith
L. H. Smith Wooden Ware Company
L. H. Harris Drug Company
Brown
Willey
Harris Drug Nilding
Smith
Destras
Delamater & Co Bank Fails After Mass Assignment
Meadville reports say Delamater & Co bankers assigned assets for creditors causing widespread alarm. The firm’s members George B George W and T A Delamater and the law firm Haskins & McClintock received assignments, with judgments totaling about 115000 including 40000 re discounts for Merchants National Bank and other sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ National Bank
Merchants’ Nations
Delamater & Co
Delamater Family Faces Large Bankroom Judgments
The text lists multiple judgments against George W. Delamater and his firm totaling large sums including 5000000 against Delamater, 15000 from Thomas S. McFarland, 36000 from Mary Delamater, plus smaller debts. Victor M. Delamater appears as cashier but not a firm member. George W. Delamater, a former governor candidate, serves as bank president and director of Merchants National Bank of Mead. The piece ends with classified ad promotion for business advertising.
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George Wallace Delamater
Thomas S. McFarland
Mary Delamater
Victor M. Delamater
George W. Delamater
Merchants’ National Bank of Mead
Local finances and bank bonds in Meadville region
The passage notes Delamater & Co. as bondsmen for County Treasurer H. M. Miller and James L. Swickard, with county funds amounting to $47,000 and school funds deposited in their bank. It suggests the county may become a general creditor, while the state has about $110,000 on deposit with the firm. The narrative casts light on liberal spending by a gubernatorial candidate and a family deeply invested in the outcome, yet colleagues call the trouble temporary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delamater & Co
H. M. Miller
James L. Swickard
Board of Control of
Delnmasters
Haverssonre
Meadville
State Department
Boyer
Liysey
Bover
General Fund
Delamater
United States
General Assembly
Stone
Congress
Jamison
New York Telegram Reports Firm Not In Debt
A special telegram from New York states that the firm’s correspondent there is not affected by the failure. The dispatch notes the situation as of December 5 with no debt issues reported for the correspondent entity.
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New York
Dispatch
Dee
Delamater family fortunes unravel amid public debt and oil wealth
An outside estimate values deposits at 200000 and total liabilities at 400000, affecting nearly every city family. The Delamater assets include notes due, the Delamater block, real estate, three firm members residences, railroad and ice company interests, stocks, bonds, and Red River wheat lands. Causes range from heavy campaign expenses to monetary stringency. the oil fortune that built the Delamater wealth started in Oil Creek with a well that later yielded substantial profits.
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Delamater
Meadville and Linesville Railroad
Conneaut Lake Ice Company
Red River Valley
North Dakota
Philadelphia
George B. Delamater
Crawford County
Farrell
Oil City
Titusville
George Wallace Delamater
Meadville
State Senate
Firm's Bond Hidden as State Funds Lost in Bank Failure
The Delamater & Co. collapse shakes Meadville finances as $100,000 of the state sinking fund tied to the bank. The State Treasurer’s bond covers losses, but the names of the sureties remain undisclosed per secretary’s ruling.
Boyer on the Move Causes of the Crash as Viewed by Quaker City Financiers
Special telegram reports Senator Delamater in Philadelphia amid cash pressure after his gubernatorial loss. Indorsed notes by Delamater tied to MacFarlane’s failure. Delamater denies deposits, while State Treasurer Boyer explains deposit practices and bond protections. Jamison & Co. link denied by associates.
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Quaker City
McFarlane
Delamater
Jamison
Philadelphia
Senator Delamater
MacFarlane
Bank of America
American Life Insurance Comp
Finance Company of
American Life Insurance
Fourth
Walnut Streets
Finance Company
Oscar Welsh
Mr. Welsh
Delamater & Co
Meadville
Boyer
Delamater Bank
B. K. Jamison & Co
Surprise At The Capital Politicians React To Bank Failure
Pennsylvania politicians express concern and sympathy over the collapse of the Defamators banking firm in Meadville and the recent gubernatorial campaign financing. The news from Washington reflects anxiety about the candidate’s financial standing and potential impact on the state race.
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Wasuiscarton
Meadville
Tolsto Colony in Kentucky Alleged Abbey Details
A Tolsto colony in Kentucky supposedly exists with an abbey funded by millions. No woman has entered the site and residents reportedly follow a vegetarian diet and practice self-flagellation with knotted ropes nightly before sleep.
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Kentucky
Drexel Estate Buys Rockhill College for Colored Female School
Rockhill College at Woodstock Maryland, run by the Christian Brothers, is sold to the Drexel estate for 40000 dollars. The aim is to establish a female colored industrial school for Southern children, backed by Miss Drexel and the Catholic church. The site may move to Ammen dale in Prince George County once space allows.
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Baltimore
Rockhill College
Christian Brothers
Woodstock
Drexel
South
Catholic Church
Cardinal Gibbons
Ammendale
Prince George County
Order of the Sacred Heart
New York
Institute
Mount DeSales
Sisterhood
Third Party Question Deepens Western Southern Divide
Powderly Wright and Hays arrive to press independent political action at the National Farmers Alliance meeting in Ocala. They back third party action. Southern leaders resist, urging delay. Platform seeks unification of Alliance, Industrial Union, and Farmers Mutual Benefit with anti big bank, free coinage, rail control, and public funding reforms.
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OcaLta
Fua
Powderly
Wright
Hays
Knights of Labor
Denver
Washington
Cincinnati
Alliance
Macant
K.of L
Denver Assembly
Livingstone
Georgia
Republican Party
Southern Alliance
Democratic Party
Allianen
Jefferson
Webster
Calhoun
Licaln
Seward
National Farmers’ Alliance
T. F. Livingston
Committee On Organization
Industrial Union
Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Livingston
Congress
Favor the Force Bill Resolution by Ocala Colored Delegates
The colored delegates at Ocala Fla pass a resolution urging Congress to pass and apply the election bill to all sections of the United States. The document appears in 192 columns of news and reading in The Dispatch tomorrow.
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Congress
United States
Alliance
Macone
National Executive Committee
South
L. L. Polk
B. F. Covert
Kansas
J. H. Turner
Georgia
J. S.S. Willets
Ocala
Fla
Dispatch
Rope on His Neck Found in New Jersey Cemetery
A nude colored man was found dead with a rope around his neck in Johnson's colored cemetery near Merchantville New Jersey. A wooden box was recovered from 13 inches of soil after spade digging, and the body lay face down in a black corkscrew suit. Authorities suspect homicide by hanging and county detectives were ordered to search for missing colored men.
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New Jersey
Sfrcial
Dispatch
Philadelphia
Johnson's Colored Cemetery
Merchantville
N. J
Insurance Companies and Amounts Held on Liberty Avenue Fire
List of insurers and their claims following a blaze on Liberty Avenue. Noted losses include L. H. Harris Drag Co at about 110000 with various local and foreign insurers honoring about 1,50000 in total. Mrs W. G. Stewart owner of a building suffered an 80000 loss with multiple policies, while other named firms include Home, Hartford, Germania, Northern, Citizens, Merchants and Union among others.
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Liberty Avenue
L. H. Harris
Phenix
Inguraeen Philadel Ne Western
Toronto
Union
Partners
Associa Po
LH. Smith
Home
Westchester
Eheneie
Hartford
Marchhant
New Jersey
Girard, Joheny
Pinnaetpoin
Westarm
M.om
Bnan Pees Seen Northern
L. & L. Western
Council
KB. A&m
Farmers
Unidos
Va ‘Obildtag Ae Oy
M1 Liberty
Suserenes
bin Haan Saataae
W. (. Stewart
Balldie Mis
Sear
National
Wemern
Pitts Feone
Feople's
New York
Sestienters
Citizens
Pittsburg
Alexander King
Surance
Germania
Motherton
Rank
Island
E. Maginn
Hamburg
Bremen
Fire Titans
Ohio
New Hassia
Enna Enkinsen
Ein Meaniees
Plan to Transform Mississippi River System Proposed
A detailed plan outlines constructing a chain of small reservoirs and movable iron caisson jetties at headwaters and tributaries. The system aims to control floods, keep rivers navigable for ocean ships and river craft, deepen channels, and improve drainage. It claims climate benefits and broader regional development.
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New England
Appalachian Chain
Mississippi Valley
James B. Eads
Eads
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Red River
Platte
Mississippi River
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Steel
Boseman
Chief Evans
August Roth
John J. Sheppard
John
Allen
John Lempes
No. 11
Disability Board
Ficley
McDowell
Treas
Ury
Ifts
Harrisburg
Water and
Chestnut Streets
Water
Chestnut Street
W. M. Delamater
T. A. Delamater
Drs. Delamater
Ita
First National Bank
First National
Delamater Mansion
Pennsylvania
THE
Drexels
Maryland
K. Ofl
MR. Powderly
St. Louis
Siath
the Father of
Waters
Coleamos
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