Fasting Contestant Stratton Dies During Museum Fast
G Henry Stratton died at Bellevue Hospital after a 41 day fast aimed at beating Lucci at Huber's Museum. He drank champagne near the end to cope with hunger and suffered alcoholic coma and fatty heart changes per Deputy Coroner Donlin. Inquest to determine responsibility proceeds Tuesday. Stratton’s sister in Brooklyn will receive $700.
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Difpateh
New York
G. Henry Stratton
Bellevue Hospital
Huber's Museum
Collins
Sanabrah
Kirby
Manning
Klensch
Stratton
Krensch
Krersch
Croton
Bethesda
James Leclerc
Brooklyn
Lucci
Coe
Donlin
Pr. Donlin
Hanly
W. A. Stratton
Buffalo
Huber
J. M. Consart
Pittsburg
Leclerc
Swift Shenandoah Wins Ocean Race For Maine Shipbuilders
The Shenandoah, built by Maine shipbuilders, completed a San Francisco to Havre race and arrived at Havre today carrying 5000 tons of wheat the largest cargo for a single vessel. Other racers Strathearn Carleton and Balkomoh trailed. Shenandoah leads a new era in swift large sailing ships.
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New York
Maine
Shenandoah
San Francisco
Havre
France
Europe
Strathearn
the & TD. Carleton
Rockport
Balkomoh
Harre
Minsters to Assist Knights of Labor Reported in Pittsburgh
Delegates returning from the Knights of Labor General Assembly in Toledo praised the educational plan introduced in New York. Pittsburgh ministers from two cities are invited to address assemblies and educate members on the order’s principles. Dempsey hailed broad support for the idea and noted increasing meeting interest.
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Knights of Labor
Pittsburg
Knights of Labor General Assembly
Toledo
New York
Order
Workman Dempsey
Philadelphia
Powderly
Dempsey
John Costello
Miners’ District Assembly
Workman Wise
Cokeworkers
White
Clearfield
Holt Case Proceeds in U S Circuit Court
The insurance suit against lumber merchant D W Holt continued in the United States Circuit Court. Witnesses for the defense cited the burned lumber came from other sources. Carpenter’s veracity was challenged by Holt and others. The case likely to be submitted to the jury today.
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United States
D. W. Holt
H. C. Williams
John M. Holt
Carpenter
A. B. Heard
A.J. Graham
Mountain House
Snow Shoe
Holt
Fortney
Reeder
Strikers at Moorhead Sharpsburg Mill Face Uncertain Return
Rumors circulated that Moorhead Brothers Sharpsburg mill strikers met President Weihe of the Amalgamated Association to end the walkout, a claim denied by Weihe. Old workers may return as vacancies arise, with many seeking other work meanwhile. Another mill, Oliver & Roberts red mill, closed after a Panhandle freight wreck cut steel billets, with restart expected soon and wage reductions reportedly accepted by workers.
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Moorhead Bro. & Co
Sharpsburg
Weihe
Amalgamated Association
Amalgamated
John Moorhead
Oliver & Roberts
South Ninth Street
Industrial Notes Highlight Pay Rates and Local Union Growth
Printers and pressmen at 175 workers received weekly pay of five dollars for single men and seven dollars for married men. Masten Dewrser notes the General L of L Assembly in Toledo added 19 new members to a local lodge. Cold snap drives natural gas shortages affecting mills. some have not switched to coal and expect reduced work as gas supply strengthens.
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Masten
Conductor Fights Ticket Theft From Cincinnati Trip
Pullman conductor Tweedie seeks return of punch pasteboards after a bundle of tickets worth 82 dollars and a cash loss of 550 dollars disappeared on a Cincinnati trip. He must reimburse Pullman company and asks for assistance in recovering the stolen pasteboards.
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Pullman
Tweedie
Cincinnati
Dr Pierce’s Medicines Sold Cheaply Amid Quack Claims
An OCR fragment notes medicines advertised as Pierce’s Genu ine and Dr. Pierce remedies sold at discounted prices. Claims describe cures for all diseases from impure blood and chronic weaknesses. Bottles priced around $1.00 with warnings about cheap alternatives.
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Piers Gee
Pierce
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America
State Border Raid Commission
Harrisburg
Washington
Congress
Sci Eeenaalions Stainner
Fulton
B. M. Nest
Thad. M. Mahon
Chambersburg
Pattison
Chcace
Board of County Commissioners
Reno County
Kan
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H. A. Christy
Chicago
Hutchinson and Southern Railroad Company
Wise
Christy
United States Circuit Court
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Postoffice
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Fourth Avenue
Postal
Third Avenue
Labor and Religion
Chief Brown
Department of Public Safety
Mike Malone
Market Street
Malone
Gedaan
Hood
Aeace York
Plenasant
Ateeaaaen
Sic
Aitves
B. E. Arons
Heanlée
Fifth Ave
Us First
Brugss & Mannion
Fifth Avenue
Toé
Catarra and
Ovspepsia Institu
Penn Avenue
Oclkut
Bostonian
Metropole
Union Square
Ruben
Smithfield Street
Chessman's
Chessman Oprical Co
Federal ST. Allegheny
Bend
Wanamaker
Brown
Sixth ST
Hotel Anderson Block
Sixth Street
Koehler
Men’s & Boys
Eerie Weekly
Oene Ee Bodinen Given
Pek Die Ra Sk
Noli
the Mercantile Agency
R. G. Dun & Co
Westinghouse
Ace Corner
Penn Ave
Ninth St
Itteburg
North America
North American
Liberty ST
Star Corner
New Building
Smithfield
Douglas & Mackie
Federal ST
Allegheny
Nolé U
Alvin Theater
L. Davis
Enero
Jane
Madison Square Theater
Charles Frohman
Ciara Morris
Williams’ Academy
MIGHT
Arry Davis
Seum Theater
Fitspatrick
Big Mary
nolt-Ti
D. Lewis
Nodelay
de Wolf Hopper
Wang
Band Opera House
Merry Fanny Rice
Arthur “Wallack
Emma Act Opera Company
AM Juch
Santuzza
Il Trova
Miss Juch
Santuizza
Fanny Rice
Melton and Kersey
OI Brice
Ltd
Lord Chumley Opera Cape
London
Kaufman
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