Democrats Simmer Over Pennsylvania Convention Reforms
The Pennsylvania State Committee of the Democratic Party debated rule changes to elect county chairmen on the same day and create nine assistant chairmen to form the State Executive Committee. Bigler is poised for State Treasurer on the first ballot, with Pattison speculation dismissed. The Philadelphia subcommittee will report January chairmen and district leadership to the full committee, ahead of a Philadelphia convention set for October 15.
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Morrow
Abcord
Robert E. Pattison
Executive Committee of
Democratic Societies
Philadelphia
Democratic State Committee
Harrisburg
Bigler
State Committee
Krombhast
John Fow
Marshall Wright
Democratic societies of Pennsylvania hold Philadelphia convention
The Pennsylvania societies agreed to meet in Philadelphia on October 15 with each society receiving one delegate plus an extra for every 25 members Chauncey F Black presided The convention will feature Democratic meetings across Philadelphia with invited speakers Governor Hill of New York and Greene of New Jersey among them aiming to make the gathering memorable.
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Cratic Societies
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Chauncey F. Black
Governor Hill
New York
Greene
New Jersey
Keck Takes Greenville Post Office as Appointment Sparks Dispute
Greenville September 2 Louisa Keck took possession of the Greenville post office succeeding H K Reiss. Keck was appointed six weeks ago amid protests from friends of other candidates and G A I members. Republicans, unhappy with the choice, threaten to pressure Quay and many vow not to vote for the Republican State Treasurer candidate.
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Ther Dispatch
Greenville
Louisa Keck
H. K. Reiss
Keck
G. A. I. Post
Washington
Agie
McKinney Opens Virginia Gubernatorial Campaign in Charlottesville
Democratic candidate Phil W. McKinney spoke in Charlottesville to begin his campaign for governor. Lieutenant Colonel Massey also addressed the crowd. Other speakers included W. D. Dabney and W. H. Poaz, nominated by the theocratic convention for the House of Delegates, and Dr. F. M. Dunn, candidate for the Senate.
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Charlottesville
Young Crewman Drowns After Tar and Feathering On Steamer Baltic
On the Northwest Transportation Company's Baltic voyage from Owen Sound a young crewman named Charley, not yet named, was tarred and feathered after a crime accusation. Passengers reacted with horror as liquor‑fueled assailants stripped him, and despite protests officers allowed him to dress. He walked on deck then leapt overboard and drowned with little rescue effort.
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Tonosco
Northwest Transportation Company
Baltic
Owen Sound
Charley
Collingwood
Iin
Died of Hydrophobia by a Dog in Newark
Special telegram reports William H. Hoagland of Newark died from hydrophobia after a dog bit him on the forehead during a store incident. Hoagland misread the injury as a scratch and treated it with caustic. Progressive throat soreness and difficulty swallowing followed, leading to death by the weekend.
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TRE Disratcn
New York
William H. Hoagland
Newark
Hoagland
Train Collision Kills Worker Near Martinsville
A Danville and New River Railroad collision east of Martinsville involving a passenger train and a supply train left Adam Price dead and three train hands badly injured. No passengers were seriously hurt.
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Danville
Danville and
New River
Martinsville
Adam Price
Prohibition Call Aims World Duty on Alcohol
The Anti Alcohol Congress passed a resolution urging world governments to impose prohibitive duties on alcohol and to exempt tea and coffee from customs. Statistics show France doubled its alcohol consumption between 1875 and the present period.
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Paris
Anti-Alcohol Congress
France
Postponed Lynch Trial After Highway Robber Arrest
Holtshay the notorious highway robber was lodged in Bessemen jail early today. Owing to public excitement the examination has been postponed for several days. The prisoner remains under strong guard awaiting the proceedings.
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BesseMen, Mich
Holshay
Shah narrowly escapes derailment near Bar
The Shah of Persia was aboard a train that left the track near Bar in Kosa, St. Peterssond, on September 2. The incident halted the train quickly and caused no injuries. The Shah then continued to Flisabelgrad.
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Shah
Kosa
St. Peterssond
Shah of Persia
Bar
Flisabelgrad
Stranded Barkentine Nicanor Off Egg Harbor Inlet
The barkentine Nicanor, Captain J H Wolf, from Montevideo to New York, stranded on the Egg Harbor Inlet south bar at 1 30 this morning in thick smoky weather and a strong inshore current. Four passengers were aboard and taken to Ocean City for the trip to New York. The ship, valued at 125000, carries hides wool and hair worth 180000 and is under the care of the Atlantic and Gulf Wrecking Company with two steamers at work to refloat her. Revenue Inspector Captain Tilton placed an officer in charge of the cargo pending developments.
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Iapectal
Telegnam
Atlantic City
Barkentine
Nicanor
J. H. Wolf
Montevideo
New York
Great Egg Harbor Inlet
F. A. Prines
Portland
Oaksmith
Brooklyn
Longport
Ocean City
Resu
Atlantic and Gulf Wrecking Company
State Street
Messrs
Black Bros
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Wolf
James Tilton
Mrs Sullivan's Burial Crowded Funeral with Three Carriage Loads
One hundred carriages carried floral tributes for Mrs Catherine Sullivan's funeral at Stick's Church Highlands. John L Sullivan attended with family as pallbearers and a solemn requiem mass was held by Rev Father Gallagher. Burial followed at Calvary Cemetery with many sporting figures among the mourners.
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Bostox
Catherine Sullivan
John L. Sullivan
Stick's Church
Highlands
Joseph Gallagher
Jack Barnit
Cantsin William Daily, Jr
M. T. Clark
Ned Gaegan
Dan Murphy
Billy Mahoney
Calvary Cemetery
Mat Clune
Charley Johnson
Jim Wakely
Phil Lynch
John Sullivan
Syracuse
N. Latey Muldoon
Mike Gleason
John N
Fourth Ohio River Bridge Opens for Public Travel
The fourth bridge across the Ohio River from Cincinnati to Kentucky opens for public use. It connects Third and Smith streets in Cincinnati to Covington and is part of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad project. The 4,200 foot structure offers high approaches on both riverfronts improving accessibility for teams.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Covington
Newport
Southern Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Third
Smith Streets
Tts
KILLED BY THE ELIXIR
Samuel C Showalter aged 69 died after choosing an elixir of life injection three weeks ago in Darrow. He suffered swelling and blood poisoning immediately after the injection leading to gangrene and a mummified, decaying body before death.
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Darrow
Samuel C. Showalter
O'Brien Shipped to Galway to Serve Prison Sentence
William O'Brien MP for Cork, sentenced last week to two months for holding a proclaimed Nationalist meeting, was removed from Cork jail today and taken to Galway to serve the term. Crowds cheered as supporters accompanied the journey to the railway station amid demonstrations of affection.
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William O’brien
Cork
Wm. O’brien
Galway
O’brien
Cathedral Burns to Ground in Harbor Grace Fire
A Catholic cathedral in Harbor Grace St Johns Newfoundland was discovered burning early today and burned to the ground with no insurance covering an estimated 150000 dollars. Bishop McDonald received widespread sympathy from the community.
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St. Johns
N. F
Harbor Grace
McDonald
Embezzlement Charge Prepares Young New Bedford Bookkeeper
Edwin L. Tillinghast a recent bookkeeper at the New Bedford Iron Foundry was arrested in New Repford on September 2 charged with embezzlement estimated at 200 to be used for starting his own business.
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New Repford
Mas&ss
Edwin L. Tillinghast
New Bedford Iron Foundry
Village Hit by Earthquake in Seroum
A severe earthquake shock was felt in Seroum as residents report the tremor shook homes. Local authorities in Loxton note it followed by a volcanic eruption nearby, with extensive fear and reports of damage and limited casualties.
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Loxton
Seroum
Mrs. Parnell Dying in Bordentown Home
Mrs Delia Stewart Parnell mother of Charles Stewart Parnell lies near death at her Bordentown New Jersey home. Doctors report fading health amid a costly lawsuit that strains her eyesight and endurance as her son awaits a possible late summer arrival.
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Delia Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Bordentown
N. J
Parnell
America
Shot by her father in Bradenville murder fate looms
In Bradenville Mrs. William Dyes, wife of a miner, was fatally shot by her father James Jones aged about sixty five. The incident occurred at Mrs. Dyes house during a quarrel sparked by Jones displaying a revolver. Dyes died soon after or early morning, with Jones under arrest awaiting transport.
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Green Assunre
William Dyes
Bradenville
James Jones
Jones
Mrs. Dyes
Dying of Fever Hits Acorn Sailors in San Francisco
Two sailors aboard the British ship Acorn have died since its weeklong arrival in San Francisco. A third crew member is in dangerous condition at the Marine Hospital, with five more sick aboard. The vessel, previously on the West African station, showed intermittent fever in Acapulco harbor on its journey here. The illness has escalated to severe sickness and deaths among the crew in this port.
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San Francisco
Marine Hospital
Acapulco
Davitt Decries Home Rule Session as Parliamentary Opportunism
Mr. Michael Davitt writes to the Pall Mall Gazette denouncing the abandonment of a single plank of the Home Rule platform for a mess of Catholic universities. He says this, along with the Irish members’ vote on royal grants, shows a very sorry exhibition of parliamentary opportunism.
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Loxpox
Michael Davitt
Pall Mall Gazette
Universi
Leeee
Largest rock blast in U S history at South Bethlehem quarry
At the Peter Callanan limestone quarry in South Bethlehem, a blast used one ton of dynamite in holes 30 feet deep and displaced 22 000 tons of rock, the largest recorded for the country.
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Albany
N. Y
Peter Callanan
Bethlehem
Died Without a Sigh in East Twenty Fourth Street Factory
Darwin A. Henry 38, superintendent of construction for East River Electric Light, died instantly from an electric shock in the dynamo room. He fell from a stepladder while adjusting a switchboard and suffered severe burns to both hands. Hospital staff failed to revive him. the shock was reported as about 1000 volts AC. Henry was a son of Charles W. Henry of Pittsburgh, Pa.
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New York
Darwin A. Henry
East River Electric Light Company
East Twenty-fourth Street
Henry
Evue Hospital
Henderson
Feely
Moore
Tring
Charles W. Henry
Standard Underground Cable Company
Pittepurg
Judge Refuses Liquor License Reconsideration
Judge Stewart denies Cyrus H. Gordon’s motion to reconsider a January ruling denying a wholesale liquor license. He explains the March 22 1887 act places licenses on equal footing and requires public accommodation unless local law says otherwise. The court upholds the original decision, asserting the place may not be necessary for public use.
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Chambersburg
Stewart
Cyrus H. Gordon
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Pollard
Prospect Brewing Company
Gordon
Race War Averted As Whites Return Home In Mississippi
Governor Lowry arrived by special train from Greenwood at 3 AM and secured armed whites to retreat instead of heading to Greenwood’s scene of a threatened race war. Three Greenwood military boats are missing, but no conflict is expected unless troops arrive. A Greenwood dispatch says troops remain up the river and Cromwell the Negro leader did not meet with the governor.
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Jackson
Miss
Lowry
Greenwood
Cromwell
Evans urged to watch Evans on civil service reform
In Washington on September 2 Henry Clay Evans Republican congressman from Tennessee is added to the list of Republicans to watch. He dismissed the civil service law as a humbug and said it should be modified or repealed. He argued hiring should show ability by work, not theory. Patriots will observe his votes.
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Dispatch
Washington
Henry Clay Evans
Tennessee
Mr. Evans
Londox
London
Burns
Magifesto
West India Docks
Tower Hill
Suit halts Wilson's Minstrels at Macauley Temple
In Louisville on September 2 the court dissolved a temporary injunction against Wilson's Minstrels, allowing five days for Macauley to appeal. The ruling blocks the troupe from playing at the Masonic Temple and imposes a $3,000 bond to secure possible reversal.
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Louisville
Ekq
Macauley
Wilson
Minstrels
Masonic Temple
Court of Appeals
Desperado Jim Dyer Shot by Denison Man
Jim Dyer a notorious desperado in West Indian Territory was mortally wounded at the mouth of Allen bayou in Denison Texas by John McHenry. Dyer and his brothers were expelled from Texas after a prior officer shooting. they faced ties to Lamar county sheriff murder. A mob hanged one brother.
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Texas
Denison
Tex
Jim” Dyer
West Indian Territory
Allen Bayou
John McHenry
Dyer
McHenry
Fannin County
Lamar County
Labouchere challenges minister over Italy in alliance claim
Loxpon September 8. Mr Labouchere writes that Italy joined the triple alliance after a promise from Lord Salisbury to aid Italy and defend the Littoral in a European war. He challenges Sir James to inquire into the dispatches related to the affair.
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Loxpon
Labouchere
Italy
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Labouchere
Sir James
Aisk
Death of 15 Year Old Frank Palmer in Hunting Accident
Utica finds Frank Palmer aged 15, son of Charles Palmer, killed when hunting companion Barber Gregory tried to remove a cap from his gun. The blast tore off the top of Palmer’s head during the mishap at Little Falls Academy.
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Utica
N. Y
Frank Palmer
Little Falls Academy
Charles Palmer
Barber Gregory
Palmer
Burns withdraws order as London calm returns
John Burns recalls the call for a general strike in London docks. Police precautions remain tight while shipowners seek a compromise to allow their own crews to unload ships. The strike’s reach and relief efforts continue as unions face internal divisions and renewed push from executives.
Government uses convicts to unload ships during strike
Amid the strike, authorities deploy convicts to unload vessels at the Menear docks. The move follows protests by workers seeking service changes and higher wages.
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Menear
Ottawa church rector comments on dock laborers
In an Ottawa report a church rector cites dock laborers in a discussion about local labor conditions. The remarks appear in a brief feature noting community concerns and the rector’s position on employment issues.
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Ottawa
St Alba’s
Ghoeh Iit
Venezuela Arbitration Saga Ends in Boston Marriage Tale
A long and tangled history of Venezuelan claims against the United States concludes with a tale of Senor Gora preferring a bride to political advancement. The unsettled dispute involved bribery scandals, arbitration attempts since 1871, and a potential new arbitrator. A dramatic episode describes emissaries, a royal exit from Caracas, and a Boston life as an agent for Brazilian coffee houses.
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Senor Shara
Shara
Patog
Indiana Pension Fraud Case Shrouded in Widow Allegations
Les F. Wilson and Jane Fox were arrested in Shelby County on charges tied to fraudulently securing a pension. Prosecutors say a misrepresented marriage and false affidavit led to Mrs. Fox receiving $1,200. both defendants waived hearings and are bound over to court in $1,000 bonds.
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Indiana
Aguis
Indianapolis
Les F. Wilson
Shelby County
Jane Fox
Cynthia
United
Teenie Pas
Oliver
Orn von Shout
Fox
Teoak
Cable Road Failure Threatens St Louis Line
The St Louis Cable and Western Railway faces severe financial distress with reports of lawsuits totaling $300 000 to be filed next week. Major creditors include Lee Higginson & Co Boston Continental Bank and Roebling Sons Co with ties to prior stock sales and a failing five year old line that struggles to extend its cable to Taylor Avenue.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Cable and Western Railway
Tredway
Lee, Higginson & Co
Boston
Continental Bank
Roebling, Sons & Co
New York
Walker’ Manufacturing Company
Cleveland
New England Life Insurance Company
St Louis
Indianapolis
Vanderventer Avenue
Morgan Street
Lee, Higinson & Co
Taylor Avenue
Sunday law unconstitutional in Kansas City ruling
Judge Boland of the Police Court ruled the Sunday sale penalty clause unconstitutional and dismissed 15 saloon cases. The ruling, if upheld on appeal, would render the city Sunday law practically inoperative.
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Kansas Cit
Boland
Justice of the Peace
Man Dies of Hydrophobia After Rabid Dog Bite
William H. Hoagland, 27, of 72 State Street Newark, died of hydrophobia this morning after being bitten by a mongrel dog three weeks earlier at the grocery where he worked. He showed rabies symptoms yesterday morning. doctors pronounced the case hydro phobia as convulsions intensified and he died within 24 hours.
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Newark
N. J
William H. Hoagland
State Street
Hoagland
Wrightson
May Come Out Even in Collins Forgery Case
Minneapolis details show J Frank Collom, a young attorney arrested weeks ago for a string of forgeries totaling about 297000, making an assignment to Minnesota Title and Trust. Assets chiefly consist of city real estate and other holdings with liabilities possibly offset by gains, though a forced sale could widen the gap between values and debts.
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Minneapolis
J. Frank Colom
Minnesota Title and Trust Company
Collom
Strike Paralyzes Rochester Rail, Dock Action Widens
Excitement spreads in Rochester as coal rises by 2 shillings and strikers picket railroads and river docks to bar new labor. Two large firms offer concessions but workers insist all firms meet demands before returning to work.
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Rochester
Medway
Trades Union Congress
London
United Kingdom
John Burns
Exgland
Union Label Protection Declared Unenforceable in Court
In a U S Circuit Court decision Judge Thayer ruled that counterfeiting the Union label on cigars cannot be prevented or punished. The ruling impacts the Cigarmakers organization and related claims, as reported from St. Louis dated September 2.
Compromise Proposed by Lafone on London Strike Aid
Henry Lafone suggests strikers accept work for wharfingers at 6d per hour in ordinary time and 1d per hour overtime. He believes the agreement would compel dock companies to concede more favorable terms, potentially resolving the London strike impasse.
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Henry Lafone
London
Australia
Lonpon
Little Mascot Dylyg Dies in Hospital After Skull Fracture
Philadelphia report details 12 year old George Dechert once Boston mascot who, after a fall following a street prank, suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital in critical condition. He had been held at Central station as a runaway and later released to his mother’s care.
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Philadelphia
George Dechert
Pennsylvania Hospital
George
Chestnut Street
Jones
Central Station
Iad
Bostons
Aie
Becca
Vinea
Cech
Pennsylvania
Labor Day Strike Hits Lake Shore Freighthouse
Teledo September 2 Freight handlers checkers and tallymen at the Lake Shore freighthouse struck for double pay on Sunday work while over-time pay was granted. General Freight Agent Stowe asked for time on the Sunday pay demand as workers returned to duty after the demonstration. The company seeks new hires amid unresolved dispute.
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Lake Shore
Teledo
Toneno
Stowe
Kerr Declares He Is Not a Candidate for State Treasurer
In Bedford with reports tying E F Kerr to the State Treasurership, Kerr states he will not enter the race and plans to attend the convention as a delegate. He questions Bedford voters and asks who will be directed by the party at the convention.
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Bigler
Dsfator
Reprorp
E. F. Kerr
Bedford
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