Carter and Reed The Chairman at Work at the Capital
Carter arrives in Washington as Republican National Executive Committee chairman and meets with ex Speaker Reed to discuss peace and the campaign. He also holds talks with Senators Aldrich Allison McMillan Sawyer Washburn Hiscock Quay and Manderson on campaign strategy and plans to resign as Commissioner of the General Land Office. He hints at advisory and subcommittees for national and regional campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasa
Etos
Carter
Republican National Executive Committee
Washington
Capitol
New York
Reed
Portland
Harrison
Minneapolis
Mr. Reed
Platt
White House
Mr. Carter
New England
Himelf
Chairman Carter
Senate
Messrs
Aldrich
Allison
McMillan
Sawyer
Washburn
Hiscock
Quay
Nnd
Manderson
Executive Committee
Gene Land Office
Cuess
Pacific Coast
Great Northwest
Middle Western States
Kansas
Nebraska
Quay Dodges Homestead Strike Impact Question
Before departing Philadelphia for Washington Senator Quay said the Homestead strike would not injure the Republican party. He dismissed Hugh O'Donnell as a Democrat and refused to say if Pennsylvania's Republican majority could match 1688.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Washington
Quay
Hugh O'Donnell
Pennsylvania
Harrity Leaves Harrisburg for New York
Secretary Harrity travels to New York for notification ceremonies at Madison Square Garden and the National Democratic Committee meeting. He states he will accept the National Chairmanship if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Harrity
New York
Madison Square Garden
National Democratic Committee
Elkins Letter Sparks West Virginia Governor Nomination Talk
A War Secretary Elkins letter published in WiHre tive West Virginia proposes he would not run for governor for business reasons and suggests Internal Revenue Commissioner Mason as a nominee. The missive shocks the state as Elkins' own nomination had been widely anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tive
W. Va
Elkins
Mason
Long Battle for Nomination at Missouri Democratic Convention
Jefferson City Mo July 19 The Democratic State Convention is in session with six ballots for Governor. Final tally shows Stone 211, Dalton Gibson 78, Yeaman 21, Claycomb 14. The balloting continues as factions press for the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Stone
Dalton
Gibson
Yeaman
Claycomb
Chatiorm
Two Counties Defy New York Reapportionment Law
In New York two counties Monroe and Orange refuse to accept the reapportionment act. They argue the enumeration year 1992 is unconstitutional and that the process violates constitutional counts of persons of color. Republicans cite inequities in Assembly and Senate districts under the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Orange
W. A. Sutherland
Republican National Committee
People's Party Campaign Opens at Fair Grounds
The national campaign of the People's party opens Wednesday at the fair grounds with F S Robinson addressing. General Weaver and General Fields will deliver opening speeches. A reception at La Platte House is planned Wednesday night with speakers for Indiana and Illinois alliances and party candidates for governor and other offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Party
Fair Grounds
F.S. Robinson
Indiana
Harrison
Senate
Turpie
General Weaver
General Fields
la Platte House
Ilinois
Indiana and
Illinois Alliance
Demokrat Party Seeks Chicago Branch HQ for Midwest States
A committee led by Washington Hesing of Staats Zeitung departed for New York to urge the National Democratic Committee to open a Chicago branch. Hesing argues a local HQ would help carry Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Nebraska and much of Michigan for the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington Hesing
Staats Zeitung
New York
National Democratic Committee
Hesing
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Michigan
Upper Sandusky Nominates L. W. Hull for Congress
In a Thirteenth District convention held at Upper Sandusky the Republicans nominated L. W. Hull for Congress. The nomination was proclaimed by Tirrt C. July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Sandusky
Tirrt
Thirteenth
L. W. Hull
Congress
Mrs Drayton Sails for England Under False Name
Mrs J Coleman Drayton departed New York for England on the Aller with an elderly woman and a maid. The party sailed as Miss E M Moore and party, with no other saloon passengers aware of her presence. Her brother John Jacob Astor accompanied her to the pier after a late breakfast at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Speetal
J. Coleman Drayton
England
Aller
E. M. Moore
E M. Moore
Cyclone Destroys Polesella in Ravigo Province Italy
A severe cyclone struck Ravigo's northern province today devastating Polesella on the Po river. The village, home to about 4000, was nearly wiped out with several buildings destroyed. Troops rushed to aid survivors. at least two killed and six injured, with more dead feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romer
Ravigo
Italy
Polesella
Cheap New York Eats Recalled From Fifties Chatham Square
The piece recalls a 1950s famous cheap restaurant on Chatham Square where a meal cost 61 cents for beef with potatoes and turnips, plus 6 cents for plum pudding with sauce, totaling 124 cents, the old York shilling, a wholesome meal in modest company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Fisk
New York
Chatham Square
Old York
Notable Visitors Check in at Local Hotels
S Willis Morse, clerk at the Schlosser Motel, returns from the White Mountains while Austin L Bailey comes back from a four weeks business trip to Philadelphia and New York. George B Carr arrives from Titusville and registers at the St James. Ex Senator J W Lee of Franklin registers at the Doqmuesne. Thomas McConville of Steubenville stops at the Seventh Avenue. A J A D and A F Thead of Dubois guests at the Schlosser. L McQuiston Butler attorney at the Seventh Avenue. Levy De Wolf leaves for the East on business. George H Terry of Oil City is a Duquesne guest. SW Cruse of Akron is an Anderson guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Willis Morse
Schlosser Motel
White Mountains
Austin L. Bailey
Philadelphia
New York
George B. Carr
Titusville
St. James
J. W. Lee
Franklin
Thomas McConville
Steubenville
Seventh Avenue
Pittsburgers at New York Hotels July 1
The following Pitts burgers were registered at New York hotels today Miss Garrison Fifth Avenue E Aiken Sweenee W Aiken Ew s Mrs D Aiken Jr St Denis J Alexander Holland J H Coleman Metropolitan G L Davis Marlborough Holmes St Denis W Holmes St Denis E Holmes J Denis Mrs Kalin erates Central J M Mc Bride Imperial J J St Denis J Saint Broadway Central W J Saint Broadway Central L
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Denis
Glass workers convention approves limited measures amid losses
At the window glass workers convention President Eberhardt led a session where most resolutions failed. A $100,000 fund proposal for loans and plant start ups was rejected while other measures such as uniform wages and stricter attendance rules were adopted or defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eberhardt
Transportation Committee
Finance Committee
Chartiers Natural Gas Company
Executive Council
Money Pouring In Fast for Homestead Aid Fund
Subscriptions to the aid fund for non union workmen at Homestead Union Mills and Beaver Falls pour in rapidly as community response and worker support grow. The Amalgamated Association Wage Committee aims for a speedy settlement with Pittsburg manufacturers and meets again in Ferguson building. Signatures to the new scale appear daily with additions from American Wire Nail Company and Central Iron and Steel Company. The latter operates in Brazil Indiana and employs about 600 men, producing bar iron and rail components with 20 000 net tons yearly.
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Homestead
Union Mills
Beaver Falls
Amalgamated Association
Pittsburg
Roenquesne
Ferguson Building
American Wire Nail Company
Central Iron and Steel Company
Anderson
Madison County
Ind
Opera
Brazil
Clay County
Secretary Lovejoy predicts break in Amalgamated Association
Lovejoy asserts no importation of English workers and says Carnegie Steel will replace strikers with domestic labor. He warns tomorrow as final deadline for old workers to return, otherwise they cannot work for the company. Officials push tougher positions while awaiting a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Lovejoy
Amalgamated Association
Homestead
Evert
Yively
General Closures Hit New York Labor Dispute
Telegraph reports that all city building material yards closed except W H Schmehl’s, who yielded to union demands. The lockout and strike stem from the House Souths Union clash with the Tron Thee, leaving 500 masons idle as the supply of build materials dwindles and the water works at Butte suffer from pipe shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. H. Schmehl
House Souths’ Union
Leek
Sansocial
Pipe shipments to Butte for water works project
The National Tube Company has shipped pipe up to 20 inches in diameter to Butte Montana for a water works project. An additional shipment of 25 carloads is planned for the same destination before week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tube Company
Butte
Mont
President Barnes Defends Master Bricklayers In Strike
President Barnes of the Builders' Exchange denies master bricklayers paid the price demanded by journeymen during the strike. He says men have worked under master rules since May 1, 1891 and union membership is not the issue, only skill. He rejects claims the union forced a retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
Builders’ Exchange
Iden
Speed
Alice Mitchell Trial Shows Nervy Calm as Testimony Probes Insanity
Witnesses from Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana testify on hereditary insanity in Alice Mitchell's family as the defense seeks to prove mental illness. Police Chief Davis recalls her cold self possession after the murder while a cook recounts emotional distress and threats of suicide following family bans on speaking to Freda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mitchell
Deponent
Alice
W. W. Colemary
Oxford
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Thomas Griswold Comstock
St. Louis
Davis
Fred
Papa
Lucy Franklin
Freda
Freddie
Love Electric Traction Deal Shakes Chicago Rail Stocks
Philadelphia Boston and Baltimore operators plan to take control of the Love Electric Traction Company, with a $10,000,000 capitalization, after testing the system which reportedly cuts operating costs by half. Eastern capitalists hold six hundred thousand dollars of stock as West and North Chicago Street Railroad shares rise, and purchases tie into a broader push on west and north sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crrcaco
Love Electric Traction Company
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Love System
Elkins
Widener
Chicago
West Chicago
North Chicago
Justice of the Peace Fines Man for Cruelty to Dog
In a small town near Erie a case before a Justice of the Peace ended quickly. Mr Jones beat Mr Brown s dog with a club for chasing his chickens. The judge, an ill tempered elder, fined Jones ten dollars for cruelty to dumb animals, restoring order with blunt words.
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Detroit Free Press
Erie
Justice of the Peace
Jones
Brown
Mr. Brown
Empress Josephine's Fashion Helped Foot Shortening
The text notes Empress Josephine used very high sloped heels to shorten the length of her feet. It mentions a remark about her foot and a cane, referencing advice or technique of her era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine
Raked Up an Old Law Sparks Zephan Hoffman Clash
Reserve township neighbors Fred Zephan and George Hoffman clash over profane language. Zephan cites an old 1794 law, gets Hoffman arrested, and charges him with profane speech while Hoffman’s wife testifies. A light audience hears a sensational but largely uneventful trial ending with a small fine for the profane man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Zephan
Reserve Township
George Hoffman
Fred
George
Zephan-Hoffman
Alderman Wagner
Wagner
Brinker
Zephan
Brooklyn Dog Catchers Clash With Hound on Broadway
A group of dog catchers appointed by the mayor confront a large hound on a Broadway truck. The owner whips the catchers as they struggle to corral seven miserable dogs in a coop, prompting the animals to bolt and flee as a crowd watches in fear and pity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Engle
Broadway
Nils
Iit
Rabbits and Squirrels Reported Plentiful in Cumberland Valley
A county observer notes large numbers of young rabbits in the Cumberland Valley, with the North and South mountains also reported to harbor unusual populations of squirrels and gray squirrels. The fall hunting season is expected to be profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley
Smuggling Patients and State Charity Abuse Probed
Attorney General Hensel replies to Dr. Morton regarding judges in the Norristown hospital district committing indigent patients to the hospital and directing payments from friends of the patient to county directors. He seeks lists of patients, amounts charged, and recipient entities to demand repayment and recover funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensel
Thomas G. Morton
State Board of Public Charities
Norristown
Committee On Lunacy
Board of Public Charities
Norristown Hospital
Commonwealth
Trusted Cleek's Fall Clerk Arrested for $2000 Theft
Peter Nelson, long time trusted clerk for John P. Firth in Titusville, was arrested on a charge of stealing $2000 from his employer. The theft, occurring over two years through cash sales, ended with a preliminary hearing and Nelson awaiting jail in Meadville. He confessed during questioning and was noted as a Swedish Church member with a family and a fine home purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
Trtusville
Peter Nelson
John P. Firth
Nelson
Buffalo
Firth
Meadville
Foreigners' Idea of Justice and Counterfeit Money Charge
In an Arab Hebrean provise case at Unriostown Justice Dawson hears Joseph Friedman a Hebrew peddler accuse Abdalla Younst an Arab of highway robbery. Friedman says Younst attacked and robbed him. Younst counters that the $10 bill Friedman gave him was fake and he stole the pack to get even. In Zanesville Judge Phillips appoints J Hope Suttor receiver for the Zanesville and Ohio River Railway amid a mortgage foreclosure by Mercantile Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unriostown
Dawson
Joseph Friedman
Abdalla Younst
Friedman
Fea
Younst
Zanesville
Phillips
J. Hope Suttor
Wicker
Mass Meeting Planned on Homestead Issue in Youngstown
Delegates from all Mahoning Valley Amalgamated Association lodges vote to hold a mass meeting at the fair grounds next Saturday. Homestead speakers and city representatives will address the gathering, with invitations sent to all Invor unions in Youngstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Youngstown
Younestrows
Amalgamated Association
Mahoning Valley
Fair Grounds
Rejected Pension as Blood Money
William A Strickland of Athlia sends his pension check to Waiburn & Craw attorneys in Snowtox requesting its return to the Government. He says divine inspiration tells him the pension money is a curse and should be rejected as blood money.
Two Girls Drowned in Craigsville Pond Accident
Five youths rowed on a Craigsville pond when the boat lurched. Annie Torr and Fannie drowned while others made shore. Local rescue efforts followed as the tragedy drew attention from Kittanning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kretarstxe
Craigsville
County
Annie Torr
Fannie
Dynamite Kills Four Cows Belonging to Mill Creek Farmer
Four cows owned by D. F. Horestom of Mill Creek died after eating dynamite left in a field by stump blasters. The incident highlights dangerous leftovers on rural land and prompts warnings to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younestows
D. F. Horestom
Mill Creek
Lamplighter Killed by Cars in Baltimore Yards
Patrick Collins, a lamplighter for the Baltimore and Ohio yards, was run over by advancing cars and killed instantly. His head was severed from his body in the incident on July 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umiowrronx
Patrick Collins
Baltimore and Ohio
Tri State Brevities from Various Cities
Summary of short local notices across towns including Lind family poisoning in McKrrsrort two children at risk, Williams drowned in Dantés, Archer killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train, a bridge collision on the B and O, a fatal shooting in Steubenville, a...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKrrsrort
W. C. Lindbind
Dantés
Fred Williams
Captain Williams
Baltimore
Luther Archer
Baltimore and Ohio
James Archer
Bellame
Steubenville
Wesley Noble
Salt Run
Daniel Noble
Wesley
Daniel
Nicholas
Peter Jacoby
William Dice
Youk
Elizabeth G. Landis
Harry Landis
Memphis
McKersront
David Kroll
Plans Approved for New Engine House in Thirty-Fifth Ward
Plans and specifications for a new engine house at Grandview avenue and Sweetbriar street in the Thirty-Fifth ward were completed yesterday by Architect Beckel and approved by Chief Brown and Mayor Rey. The plain, commodious building will cost about $10,000 and construction will begin at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview Avenue
Sweetbriar Street
Thirty-fifth Ward
Yesterda
Beckel
Brown
Rey
George Shiras Faces Summer Jury and Confirmation
The text notes George Shiras, a future justice, stating a life on the Supreme Court is not easy. The Court is adjourned for the summer, and Shiras, once confirmed, will begin in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Shiras
Pittsburg Pleased Over Shiras Appointment to Supreme Bench
United States Senator and the bar, alongside citizens, praised Mr. Shiras for the Supreme Court vacancy appointment. Born in Pittsburg in 1832, he built a long legal career in Ohio University, Yale Law School, and Pittsburg practice, with roles for Baltimore and Ohio and Reading interests. He served briefly in a senatorial deadlock compromise in 1881 and has a reputation as a strong debater and precise writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Shiras
Supreme Bench
Harrison
Supreme Court
Allegheny County
Shirav
Baltimore and Ohio
Junction
Mr. Shiras
England
New Jersey
George Shiras, Jr
George Shiras
Pittsburg
George and
Elizabeth Blaine Shiras
Blaine
Ohio University
Yale Law School
Yale College
Pennsylvania
John L Mitchell
Lightning Strikes Kahoka Cultivator In Field
A young Mr. Wickham of Kahoka Missouri was struck by lightning while plowing a field near the city. He recovered after the shock and found his horses dazed but soon steadied. The cultivator was repaired and returned to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wickham
Kahoka
Wickham
Summer Dress and Suit Clearance Offer
Ladies are urged to view reductions on summer dresses and suits, with old stock of colored suits and mourning fabrics marked down. Prices show deep cuts from $12 to $38, including $5 for $12 suits and $18 for $30 suits, plus substantial markdowns on tea gowns and negligees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Bass
Bargain Waist Garments Cut to Clear Prices
A Norfolk style gingham waist and another with pleated collar and cuffs are reduced to 9 cents each. Percale shirt waists in 1 and 2 dollar qualities drop to 1 dollar each. Pleated white lawn waists with trims and embroidery are marked down to 2 dollars 50 cents and 1 dollar 75 cents. Entire stock sale continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
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Drayton
Glass Workers’ Meeting
Alice Mitchell
Ohio
Love Electric Traction Company of
Fayette
Newsy
Cleek
Zioesville
Kittanning
Cara
Blazer
Eton
Jos. Horne &Co
Penn Ave
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