No Action Found in Lawrence County Congressional Bribery Case
Lawrence county grand jury returns no true bill in the McDowell congressional boodle matter after eighty witnesses, with Dr. David McKinney named to pay prosecution costs. Delegate Tate and others had testified, but the jury said there is no cause of action and no indictment.
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Lawrence County
Tate
Distatch
New Castle
Joan Tate
John E. Tate
Heaver County
Edward Shaffer
Tom Downing
Beaver County
Alexander McDowell
Charles. Townsend
McDowell
Shaffey
Doerr
Downing
Steet
William Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Wallace
Beaver Falls
Shaffer
Grand Jury
Crose
Fred. G. Duerr
John Tate
Edward Shafer
Sharon
Mercer County
Congress
David McKinney
William D. Wallace
McDowell Forces Rally After Grand Jury Action
Dr. McConnell A P Marshall and Lawyer Kennedy of Beaver County depart for home after the grand jury, and an attachment for costs is issued against Dr. David McKinney who lost his cases. The decision’s effect on the district's politics is uncertain. McDowell supporters claim Phillips may not seek Beaver Butler county nomination, while opposition vows stronger efforts, leaving the outcome in obscurity.
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McDowell
Thomas W. Phillips
Beaver
Butler
Grand Jury
Contested Naturalizations Spark City Corridors
In Reed's district both parties rush to rectify invalid naturalization papers as aldermen audit voter lists. By noon nearly 100 names struck, Dems leading in removals. Republicans seek pre 18 voters from Portland. Saco board mirrors effort. Reed district may lose about 50 votes in Saco.
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Bipperorp
Board of Aldermen
Republican City Committee
Hoo
Wilbur F. Lunt
Portland
Democrata
Atirst
Saco
Reed
Dela mater Hustling at Lebanon Fair Campaign Stop
Senator Delamater arrived in Lenanon at 2 22 PM greeted by candidates and officials and a 1000 strong crowd traveling to see a Lebanon Harrisburg game. An open air Lebanon Valley Hotel meeting followed with a brief address on farming, industry, tariffs, and Pennsylvania taxation.
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Delamater
Pennsylvania
Want State Control of Railroads in Kansas Platform
Kansas Republicans at the state convention nominate S. G. Slover on the fifth ballot and push a platform calling for railroad rate regulation by elected Commissioners, state officekeeping of records, service pensions for veterans, protectionist policy, prohibition, and alien land ownership ban.
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Kansas
Toreka
S. G. Slover
Blaine
Harrison
Ingalls
Plumb
Republican Club Endorsements Back McKinley Policies
The State league of Republican Clubs adopts resolutions endorsing the administration the McKinley tariff and the federal election bill commends Speaker Reed rulings and approves Biniie amendments. Reciprocity is favored and E A McAlpin is re elected president. Democratic veterans oppose Pattison efforts fail due to lack of material. In Ohio the Fourth District Democratic Convention completes seven hundred sixteen ballots without a result.
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SanaToga
State League of Republican Clubs
Reed
Biniie
E. A. McAlpin
Pattison
Harrisburg
Nominations for Congress Across States
Nominations listed include Third Ohio Hon George W. Houk Democrat, Third Wisconsin Alien Bushnell noted, First New Jersey C A Bergen Republican seated, Minnesota EHon G Comstock Republican renominated, Fifth Missouri Ex Congressman Nicholas, XIII Missouri William H Wade Republican renominated.
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Ohio
George W. Houk
Wisconsin
Bushnell
New Jersey
C. A. Bergen
Minnesota
Ehon
G. Comstock
Missouri
Nicholas
William H. Wade
Not His First Duel Involving Marquis De Leuville
Mrs. Frank Leslie reports in New York on September 4 that the Marquis de Leuville has fought duels before and is famed as a superb marksman. He previously dueled near Brussels with a German Count, leaving the Count wounded, and he also fought a young duel over a Queen of Naples. The looming France duel with a reporter is framed as another chapter in his storied history.
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Marquis
Mrs. Leslie
Europe
Coney Island
Brussels
Naples
Commercial Crash in New York
The firm Sawyer Wallace and Co exporters of breadstuffs cotton and leaf tobacco at 18 Broadway assigned to Marshall Ayers. Once valued over 1.5 million with nominal liabilities, they faced large losses in cotton and pork dealings, with potential major exposure in London markets.
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New Yor
Samuel A. Sawyer
David L. Wallace
Thomas Miller
Sawyer, Wallace & Co
No. 18
Broadway
Marshall Ayers
Commission
Miller
London
Rae Eyes Strike Vote At Irwin Station
President Rae of the United Mine Workers reports the Executive Board will decide on the Irwin station strike after considering his open letter backing the action. Rae is backed by Patrick McBryde. Watchorn and Kane were en route for a full vote to be held tomorrow, with the union asserting a 60 000 miner welfare stake and possible regional and state impacts if demands are not met.
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Columpus
Rae
United Mine Workers
Irwin Station
Patrick McBryde
Robert Watchorn
United Miners
John Kane
Indianapolis
Ene
Pittsburg
Irwin
Strikes Loom as 460 Pinkerton Men Guard Mohawk Line
Albany reports the blockade lifted and Mohawk and Hudson divisions resuming service with fast freight trains expected tonight. Robert Pinkerton confirms 460 guards at routes between here and Schenectady, pending strike status, while ex-workers are told to vacate company houses within 30 days. reinstatement requests are routinely denied.
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Albany
Ewings
New York Central Road
City
Hudson River
Robert Pinkerton
Here
Schenectady
West Albany
Karners
Harrington
Terrible Plot Foiled in Albany Train Wreck Scare
Superintendent Bisse reported an attempt to wreck freight train cars at Van Woert street crossing. A rear coupler was torn, causing two cars to separate and roll toward a yard open track. A yard brakeman stopped them before they endangered a Troy boat and its passengers. No crew has been found connected to the act.
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Albany
Bisse
van Woert Street
Bissel Sys
Armenian Revolutionary Party Manifesto Urges Struggle
A widely distributed manifesto from the Armenian revolutionary party calls for armed action against Turkish rule. It cites massacres, martial law, and calls Armenians to unite under the banner of their fatherland to resist oppression and reclaim Armenia.
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Armenian Revolutionary Party
Dunlaf
Constantinople
Armenia
Turkey
Erzeroum
Mensh
Ottoman Empire
Haik
Hades
Plan of Campaign Approved by Limerick Guardians
The Limerick Board of Guardians voted to support boycotting and adopt the plan of campaign as outlined by John Dillon. Guardian Gaston Mansell protested in a letter condemning the action as an insult to the Bishop and calling boycott and the plan sins and willful disobedience.
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Lmerick
Board of Guardians
John Dillon
Gaston Mansell
Bt. Pever
Experiments Underway To Test Dover Strait Bridge Site
At Folkestone on September 4, experiments in the channel off the town assess the seabed for a proposed Dover Straits bridge to France. Early results show the sea bed is solid and capable of bearing heavy loads with minimal depth variation except where sand banks exist.
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Folkestone
Straits of Dover
France
Pope Prepares Encyclical on Labor For Bishops
The Pope in Rome on September 4 is drafting an encyclical to all bishops addressing labor issues. He will commend Kaiser Wilhelm’s efforts to aid workers and may propose a conference of senior Catholic officials to discuss workers’ welfare across all classes.
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Rome
Coal Trade Lockout Prompted by Wage Demands
A strike continues as coal workers press for a six shilling weekly raise for all labor grades. Merchants refuse the full increase but offer a smaller raise, which the workers have rejected.
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Dunlaf
Dass
Trade Union Urges Eight Hour Day Policy
A trade conference voted 33 to 155 to recognize eight hours as a standard working day for all trades. The meeting favored achieving this through a parliamentary enactment. News was sent to Australia with pledges of support as the Seamen and Firemen's Union contributed £1000 to aid Australian strikers.
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Trade Usilon Congress
Cable Company
Australia
Seamen and Firemen’s Union
Try Conclusions
City of New York and Teutonic depart Queenstown for the Atlantic race amid feverish bets and high public interest. Both liners sail within minutes of each other as the memory of the prior race fuels excitement among passengers and observers.
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the City of
New York
Teutonic
Dunlap's Cable Company
Queenstown
Atlantic
City of
Inman
White Star Lines
Savary Bit Executioner Before Guillotine in Paris
Paris September 4. The murderer Savary was guillotined at Montreuil. As the knife was about to descend he bit the executioner’s hand, a gesture likened to Tropman’s bite years ago.
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Paris
Savary
Montreiul
Tropman
British and Continent News Roundup
Reports from across Europe describe health quarantines at Gibraltar and a railway derailment near Calais with casualties. Princes, a German travel delegate, and a Munich banquet are noted alongside floods in Carinthia and river overflows in the Danube and Moldau valleys. The Vienna Agricultural Congress backs a Central European Customs League and currency standard. Adelaide's premier outlines a continental railroad plan funded by surplus revenue and death duties and income tax.
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Melbourne
Sydney
Calais
M. Mermeix
General Boulanger
Figaro
Drave
Carinthia
Danube
Moldau
Vienna International Agricultural Congress
Central European Customs League
Adelaide
Sherman Again Opposes Electrical Execution Law
New York September 4 Roger M Sherman appears as counsel for Shibuya Jugiro the condemned Japanese murderer. Sherman denies Westinghouse employment while noting Japanese residents and the Japanese Consul are interested. He hints at possible new points to challenge death by electricity though cites the Kemmler ruling as still standing. Ingird is noted as an alien with federal court access.
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Roger M. Sherman
Apatch
New York
Shibuya Jugiro
Jugigo
Kemmler
Sherman
Westinghouse
Jugiro
Court of Appeals
Ingird
President Harrison Expected In Cresson Tonight
Special telegram from Cresson Springs reports President Harrison, Mrs. Harrison, and Private Secretary Halford arriving tomorrow evening on the limited. Mrs. Harrison expressed fondness for Cresson and may stay through October with her cook from the White House. An excursion of 100 Philadelphia residents arrived tonight.
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Cresson Springs
President Harrison
Limited
Harrison
Halford
George Shiras
Mountain House
McKee
Russell Harrison
Dimmick
Cresson
White House
Philadelphia
Washington
Crerson, Ps
Wanamaker Sells Out Wholesale Carpet Firm
Philadelphia September 4 The reported sale of the wholesale carpet establishment on Market Street near Twelfth to Boyd Harley Co was confirmed today The transfer will occur about October 1 Wanamaker's gross annual business from this house was estimated at 1 500 000 The sale price was described as very large with few details provided
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Market Street
Twelfth
Boyd, Harley & Co
Wanamaker
Natural gas outlook in Pittsburg area remains hopeful
A Dispatch staff correspondent reports the Pittsburg gas picture shows productive wells new and old, with some pressure declines but no shortage. The Murraysville field yields mixed results as salt water and corroded casing influence production, while northern wells show promise and extended territory may remain viable for years.
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Murraysville
Stewart Station
People’s Gas Company
Pittsburg
Widener and Elkins Open Rival Rail Fare War in Chicago
Special telegram from Chicago describes P A B Widener and allies inspecting the Westside Cable line while denying fare cuts. the group frames the price fight as a Darwinian railroad struggle and vows not to bow to blackmail. They note a temporary Pittsburgh fare cut aimed at freezing a rival line and emphasize benefiting the public if losses occur.
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Duquesne Company
Thaotof Voorderdilt
Lake Shore
Curcaco
P. A. B. Widener
Philadelphia
Mr. Widener
W. J. Elkins
George D. Widener
George A. Huhn
W. H. Kemble
John D. Crimmins
Henry Thompson
George W. Elkins
J. W. Kemble
Chicago
Pittsburg
Fifth Avenue
Westside
Widener
C. L. Magee
West Shore
Vanderbilt
W. H
Mr. Elkins
W. H. Vanderbilt
Darwin
Elkins
Pittspurg
Wells Under Way Near Railroad in Southwestern Gas Field
North and south ends of a gas field see two new wells with one owned by Kers & McKee targeting Jeannette and another by Cambria and Westmore Land Gas Company drilling in sand. The Southwest Pennsylvania Gas Company reports successful eastward tests beyond the anticlinal axis. A major gas strike in the Belle Vernon field produced by the Philadelphia Company taps the Gantz sand, with a 35 inch main and a vast 43,000 foot 36 inch pipe line project to the city.
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McKeesport
Braddock
National Tube Works
Carnegie & Co
Murraysville
Venango
Butler County
Washington County
Butler
Clarion Counties
Westmoreland
Clarion
Ae & Nowles
East Foxbury
Retas Air Field
Sing Tetis
Kers & McKee
Jeannette
Cambria and Westmoreland Gas Company
Southwest
Dueakegad
Philadelphia
Salem
People’s Company
I. ©. White
West Virginia State University
Morgantown
Southwest Company
Grapeville
Southwest Pennsylvania Gas Company
Bellevennon
Philadelphia Company
Morris Farm
Morris
A. B. Cucm
Wreck on Adirondack Express Kills Four Men and a Woman
Albany dispatch reports Train No. 13, the Adirondack Montreal and Niagara Falls Express, derailed three miles north of Castleton. Four men and a woman are reported killed. Early details indicate rails or ties may have been fastened on the track. Passenger cars were mostly sleepers.
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Albany
N. Y
Castleton
East Albany
New Railroad Scheme Aims Butler Chicago Line
Rumors say Canadian Pacific leads a plan to build a major line from Butler to Chicago and to eventually own the Detroit division of the Wabash railway system.
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ChicaGco
Canadian Pacific
Butler
Chicago
Detroit
Murdered Crouch family money found in coal pit after boy’s confession
A 7 year old son of a woman tied to William West provided a confession leading to the discovery of part of the Crouch family loot in a local coal pit near Bentleyville Washington County. West and his alleged wife Annie West alias Brandrage were arrested in Beaver Falls with $63, suspects say the money came from the Crouch mansion robbery and murder on May 13.
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Crouch
Bentleyville
William West
Monongahela City
Homer Hardy
Washington County
Hardy
West
Crouch Mansion
John Crouch
Andrew
Hillsboro
Hhe House
Crouches
Huston
McCleary
Pittsburg
Wilgus
Allegheny City
Ranaway
Sutman
Riverview
Moo
Chiefurphy
Allegheny
Sewickley Oe
See Falls
Nana Peder
Collision on B&O Road Wrecks Sixteen Cars at Farmington
Wheeling dispatch reports a serious crash on the Baltimore and Ohio line at Farmington last night. Sixteen cars were wrecked. two men reported killed and another seriously wounded. Officials decline comment.
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Dispatch
Wheeling
Farmington
Ee Cordell
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