Monks Brew Beer as Westmoreland Votes Near Close
Westmoreland County debates a constitutional liquor amendment with monks of St. Vincent’s Monastery near Latrobe facing a potential end to their brewery. Reports show a tight race with strong temperance and labor opposition, plus local clergy and politicians weighing in on religious, economic, and personal liberty impacts.
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Westmoreland County
Latrobe
Tre Disrattch
Guerissunc
St. Vincent's Monastery
Pennsylvania Railroad
Boniface Wimmer
Bavaria
St. Vincent's
Wimmer
Hexsid
Himsek
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Isbor
Fayette County
Westmoreland
Armstrong
Indiana
Moore & Smiths
Dillinger & Son
St. John
Fisk
Constitutional Amendment Association
John D. Gill
Prohibitionists
Scottdale
Greensburg
W.C.T. U
H. H. Null
Westmoreland House
Mt. Pleasant
James 8. Beacon
Republican County Committee
Blank invoice scheme shocks customs links to appraisers
A telegram from New Years reports a major inquiry finding that New York importers of fur, cutlery and cigars used blank invoices for entry. Canadian authorities claim Dominion importers had similar privileges, with 3 000 to 4 000 such invoices now in government hands. Names of American consuls are allegedly signed to some blank invoices.
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Washington
New York
Dominion
Secre Fairchild
France
Semeny
Blaine Stance in Cabinet Question Raises New Doubts
Reports from Indianapolis dated February 3 describe tensions over Blaine joining the Harrison Cabinet amid alleged East Coast assurances. The story links Blaine with possible New York appointments and mentions Col. New and Gov. Harrison's plans, with debate over Attorney General and Justice positions.
Seven years after leaving, errant husband returns to threaten family
ENOCH ARDEN, NEW EDITION. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Harry Ingram, who vanished seven years ago with his wife and three children, reappears. The tramp printer, now ragged, tries to enter his former home and faces expulsion as his wife and stepson fear a custody dispute and possible prosecution.
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Harrishcurg
Harry Ingram
East
Mr. Hurst
Ingram
Swift Brothers Threaten Lima Meat Market Boycott
Swift Brothers of Chicago opened an agency in Lima to supply local butchers with meat. Farmers in Shawnee township plan a boycott against Lima and divert trade to Cridersville, hoping to avoid imported Chicago meat. Merchants worry over possible Swift retail shop and price tactics to force sales.
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Dispatch
Liwa
Swift Brothers
Chicago Meat Men
Swift
Shawnee Township
Lima
Cridersville
Swifts
Widow Marries for Spite in Parkerford
In Parkerford, Samuel Weand, a wealthy retired widower nearing 70, secretly marries widow Mrs. Samuel Bickel, whose late husband Daniel Bickel left a will that displeased her. Neighbors and grown children oppose the union amid the village stir.
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Portstowys
Parkerford
Samuel Weand
Samuel Bickel
Daniel Bickel
Eastward turn in Cabinet puzzle New York names surface
Telegrams from February 3 report Eastward speculation for the Treasury and Attorney General posts with Miller Platt Evarts and Warner Miller among New York picks. Thurston Interior hopes fade due to rail ties while Mahone faces scrutiny amid strong money backing.
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Mathons
Miller
Platt
Manning
Fairchild
Whitney
Evarts
Treasury
Warner Miller
Palmer
Stanford
Thurston
Interior
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Estee
California
Mahone
Digging for buried gold in Virginia under a vision
A group of 10 to 15 men led by Daniel Berry dig a hole four weeks into the ground near a pine tree beside a public road in Churchville Virginia seeking an iron box of gold said to be revealed by the Lord. They enforce two rules: no conversation within 20 feet and no Christian men helping. The pit is eight feet deep and 12 feet long, waterlogged, with two men wading in mud as others haul water and buckets to the surface.
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Churchville
Daniel Berry
Dan Berry
Daniel
Doapee
The Inevitable Woman in It in Samoan Affair
Special telegram describes a royal Samoan tale in which Miss Laupepe, daughter of Malietoa Laupe, attracts German officers and a contrast with the American ship Adams. The incident coincides with the king’s ouster and deportation, triggering German taunts.
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Malietoa Laupe
Miss Laupepe
Adams
Evangelist Harrison Sparks Large Beekman Hill Revival
Beekman Hill M E Church in New York hosted five evangelist led services by Thomas Harrison with a crowd filling the church. An evening event titled Let All the People Come and Shout drew strong participation as the day’s morning count reported fifteen souls saved with dramatic testimonies and calls for the Holy Ghost.
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Dispatch
New York
Thomas Harrison
Beekman Hill M. E
Sotfis
Trouble in the Ohio oil field
Salt water threatens Northwestern Ohio oil and gas resources as it invades most wells. Property abandonment is reported and the Karg gas well frequently unusable for days. The problem resists remedies and endangers future production in the region.
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Frypuay
Ohio
Damages Sought Over Exposed Corpse in Collision
In Minneapolis on February 3 Judge Lochren heard Louis Vallier sue for five thousand dollars after his son's coffin was blown from a carriage by a Reidell and Nelson collision. The broken coffin exposed the body during the funeral procession, claimed as a novel legal case.
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Minneapolis
Lochren
Louis Vallier
Reidell & Nelson
Valker
Misers Secret Coffeepot Of Hidden Cash Vanishes
Robert Gibson a frugal farmer in Meadville County hid five dollars in a coffeepot buried in a barrel of onions. A thief broke into the cellar last night and carried off the barrel with money, driving Gibson to the edge of madness.
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Meadville
Robert Gibson
Gibson
Revival on Welsh Mountains Converts Outlaw Gang
A Welsh Mountains revival led by Rev. Shuler converts Abe Buzzard gang members. Farmers and Methodists funded a crude chapel where outlaws, including armed men, attend services as joins the reform effort. About 25 adults join the congregation amid mixed races and tense frontier atmosphere.
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Shuler
Abe Buzzard
Mr. Shuler
Sassapeas
Pennsylvania
Price
Methodist
Caernarvon
In Memory of Tilden Fifty-Eighth Anniversary Banquet
The Tilden Club of Jersey City will mark 75 years since Tilden's birth with a banquet at Taylor's Hotel on Saturday. Speeches planned by McPherson Green Abbott, Cochran, Grant, Winfield, McAdoo, Cleveland, Noonan and others. William C. McDowell of Newark will deliver the principal address and recount unwritten history of the 1876 fraud.
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Tilden Club
J. Tilden
Taylor's
United States
McPherson
Green
Leon Abbott
Daniel Dougherty
W. Bourke Cochran
Grant
Winfield
McAdoo
Allan L. McDermott
Cleveland
J. M. Noonan
William C. McDowell
Newark
Mr. Tilden
Sailor Nicholson Confesses in Jury Bribery Case
In Detroit on February 3 John Nicholson a sailor was arrested for trying to bribe jurors in the Hughes vs Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad case. He confessed and led to the arrest of W. W. Langdon a well known lobbyist as authorities pursue further evidence against larger targets.
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Detroit
John Nicholson
Wayne Circuit Court
James Hughes
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad Company
Nicholson
W. W. Langdon
Deathbed confession links Rock Island train raid to Bowman money trail
Ella Schwartz claims her husband the Joliet prisoner gave her 13500 from the stolen funds used to cover the Rock Island express robbery. She says the money was hidden in cartridge shells and later handed to lawyer Wendell P. Bowman. Pinkerton notes question Bowman’s role. Bowman denies charges as his wife’s death nears.
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Ella Schwartz
Joliet
Great Rock Island
Kellogg Nichols
Schwartz
Schwarts
W. P. Bowman
Philadelphia
W. A. Pinkerton
Newton Watt
Bowman
Pinkerton
Af Joliet
East Schwartz
Shah
Nkerton
Hungarian Girl Fleeing In Bare Footed Mystery
In Trexton New Jersey on February 3 a Hungarian 20 year old woman Maria Baron fled through the Sixth ward streets barely dressed and barefoot after reportedly visiting the parsonage of Rev. Gerlach and marrying John Sabol. Rumors say she may have drowned herself with uncertainty around her motive and fate. Sabol is praised by many friends and Mrs Baron is reportedly drifting toward instability.
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Trexton
N. J
Sixth Ward
Maria Baron
Warts
Gerlach
John Sabol
English dairyman found murdered in unused barn well
John Ginever was found dead in an unused barn well near Coltmsts Ohio. Farm workers Philip Souder and Gus Bentz were arrested for the murder. Souder had $60 on him and claimed Bentz and Ginever's daughter were present the night of the killing. Several related local murders remain unsolved, stirring public alarm.
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Coltmsts
John Ginever
Philip Souder
Gus Bentz
Ginever
Souder
Bentz
Man from Cincinnati Records Death by Hanging in Columbus
C M Jones, registered at United States Hotel from Cincinnati, hanged himself to a bed rope in Columbus. He was about 49, had been drinking, owed back board, and claimed a brother in Zanesville. He had a prior arrest for shooting a barkeeper. A card on him names others linked to the Columbus and Charleroi Coal and Iron Company, a firm not known locally.
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Steve
Colonel New
Place
New
Blaine
Grant Times
Grant
Indiana
General Harrison
Harrison
Columnus
C. M. Jones
United States
Cincinnati
Zanesville
Jones
Columbus and Charleroi Coal and Iron Company
Erie Gas Well Abandoned After 4500-Foot Depth
The Presque Isle Gas Well Company halted work on a 4500 foot well at Mill Creek. It was the deepest on record besides a Pittsburg site. Stockholders lost about 15000 dollars. A new organization will be formed and another well drilled.
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Erie Gas
Erie
Presque Isle
Mill Creek
Pittsburg
Eric
General Suspension Threat Looms Across Coal Region
Wilkesbarre February 3 The Record reports a potential general suspension in the anthracite coal trade. About 1,000,000 tons remain at tidewater as consumers refuse new contracts and a compact seeks price demoralization. Major companies threaten to halt operations from Carbondale to Shamokin.
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Wilkesbaree
Tidewater
Carbondale
Shamokin
Carriage Manufacturers Reported Forming Price Trust
Cincinnati February 3 A report says local carriage manufacturers are forming a trust to raise prices limit production and push labor strain through non union workers leading to strikes and lockouts amid tensions in the industry.
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Cincinnati
Cml
Penitentiary investigation spurs secrecy dispute
The Dispatch reports ongoing inquiry into alleged corruption at the Western Penitentiary. Board President George A. Kelly defends confidential proceedings while Dr. Maharneke pledges to testify under oath. warden Wright and officials debate public access and fair trial standards amid explosive bribery and dynamite charges.
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Western Penitentiary
James McPhillsmy
Riverside
Slao Usder
Cleveland
Star-Chamber
Collier
George A. Kelly
Board of Inspectors
Dr. Mahanicke
Washington
Warden Wright
Dispatch
Dr. Maharneke
Kelly
Mr. Kelly
General Grant
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