Lincoln Committee Backs Pattison in Pennsylvania Governor Race
A Philadelphia based Lincoln Independent Republican Committee urges voters to support Robert E Pattison for governor and defeat incumbent Delamater. The address attacks Senator Quay as corrupt and calls for a party rebuke to safeguard state and national governance. Signatories include prominent Republicans such as J C Stinan, Wm Hrockie, Francis H CopS, and J T Bailey.
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Lincoln Committee
Pattison
Senator Quay
Delamater
Philadelphia
Lincoln Independent Republican Committee
1501
Arch Street
Pennsylvania
Wharton Barker
Mapes
Commonwealth
Robert E Pattison
Free Republican
Repubican Party
Matthew 5 Quey
Troy
Delamsater
Neo
Propia
Ijosy
Aitent
Hiv
Quay
Mr. Delamater
Dilamater
Quer
Republican Party
Sumner
Lincoln
Qasy
Bedford Republicans Favor Pattison Over South Penn Wreck
A Special Dispatch Telegram from September 6 reports several county leaders, including Ed H. Anderson and John Williamson, endorsing ex Governor Pattison. They blame Beaver and his attorney general for delaying suits against the Pennsylvania Company and view Pattison as farmer friendly and anti monopoly.
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Bedford
Pattison
Reprorp
South Penn
Ed H. Anderson
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Company
Beaver
Cassidy
Ager
Chairman Denny Wins in Democratic Primaries
Unusual interest marked the Democratic primaries in Husrinopos. Chairman Alexander Denny, representing the element, faced R. B. Petriken in the county committee race and swept all four wards. Denny is poised to secure three-fourths of the country districts, signaling Watson for Associate Judge and Simpson for Treasurer on Tuesday.
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Husrinopos
Alexander Denny
R. B. Petriken
Denny
W. H. Watson
Johan G. Simpson
Reading Railroad Letter to Republican Alleges Political Control
Titusville September 7 An extract from a Reading Railroad officer letter to a prominent Republican alleges the Philadelphia and Reading Railway has mobilized about 41 000 employees across Pennsylvania to shape politics and secure favors for its enterprises in the state, asserting firm control over the political situation for future leverage.
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Titusville
Reading Railroad
Philadelphia and Readings
Pennsylvania
McCrory Nominated for City Legislature Seat
Haureissure September 6 McCrory James F a compositor and ex member of Council was tonight nominated as the candidate for member of the House from this city by the party or group in control.
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Haureissure
James F. McCrory
Delamater Praises GOP Platform at Lehigh County Meeting
At Sagersville near Allentown the Lehigh county Republicans held their annual meeting despite rain. Delamater and state ticket speakers urged unity and adherence to the Harrisburg platform, praising Republican legacies and urging support for the McKinley tariff and national election reform.
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Allentown
Sagersville
Lehigh County Republicans
Delamater
Byington
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Indu
Ulrich
Samuel J. Kistler
Tam O
Harrisburg
Republican Party
Watres
Stewart
Biery
Lehigh
Harrison
Department of State
Beaver
Pennsylvania
Bedford County Campaign Heats Up with County Ticket Rally
In Bedford County the race heats as a full county ticket for Congress and Senate forms. Scull is expected to chair the congressional conference at Ebeneburg while Bedford’s Cessna drives the nomination. Somerset looms as a rival. The senatorial fight is Bedford versus Somerset with Fulton’s Alexander likely out. Party chairmen push mobilization from Harrisburg and local meetings. Farmers Alliance met and drafted resolutions to present to candidates.
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Reprorp
Bedford County
Ebeneburg
Scull
Bedford
Blair
Somerset
John Cessna
Somerset County
Bedfords
Fulton
Alexander
Fletcher
Democrats
Longenecker
Stone
Harrisburg
Farmers’ Alliance
Northampton County Democrats Rally for Victory in November
In Bethlehem on September 6 the Northampton county meeting gathered at the Lehigh Theater. Congressmen Mittehler Wilson and McAdoo arrived with State Chairman Kerr as the county workers convened. Kerr spoke of united effort, predicted a Democratic win, and urged district organization while the resolutions denounced the McKinley and Lodge bills and endorsed Mutchler in Congress.
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Northampton
Bethlehem
Northampton County
Lehigh
Mittehler
Wilson
McAdoo
Kerr
Washington
Delamater
Mutchler
Congress
Political turmoil grows after county scandal charges
September dispatch reports a deepening crisis in Beaver county politics. Perjury accusations proliferate as editors claim state laws were mocked and grand jurors allied with defendants. Tate defends his confession amid pressure, while Philips’ supporters resist a nomination from Beaver and Butler counties.
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Tate
Philips
Beaver
Butler
Three Jailbirds Caught After Eddyville Escape
Louisville dispatch reports McCoy Quinn and Callihaw, three convicts who escaped Eddyville Penitentiary, were captured by farmers near Louisville last night.
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Louisville
McCoy, Quinn and
Callihaw
Eddyville
Women at Trades Congress Push for Eight Hour Union Tie
The Trades Union Congress at Liverpool showcased prominent women leaders urging unified female labor action in England and America. They pressed for factory-act coverage, union membership, and a boycott of non union lovers to boost organizing power while warning that eight hour movement reshapes Liberal politics and labor leadership.
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Trades Union Congress
Liverpool
England
America
Dunlap
Loxpox
Disraelis
Palmerstones
Ireland
Burns
Mr. Barns
House of Lords
Congress
Lady Wilke
Elenore White
Indy
Society of Women Bookbinders
Miss White
London
Fes
Eight hour labor reform discussed by Bristol workers
Mrs Hutchinson urges Americans to join women in pushing for shorter hours. Miss Paul and Miss Smith of Bristol, among the leading campaigners, argue that eight hours is enough for any person and suggest forming a specialized union to spread work and opportunities to the skilled brain workers.
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America
Mrs. Hutchinson
Misses Smith
Paul
Bristol
Miss Smith
The Popes Dilemma and Relic Feud at the Vatican
Report from Rome notes a theft scandal as servants divert small Vatican relics and daily items like a pajama suit a worn slipper and a silk handkerchief once used by the Pope. Doors are locked after dressing and keys kept to prevent further pilfering during audiences.
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Vatican
Dunlap
Rome
St. Peter
Pius the Ninth
City faces looming deficit says City Controller
Harrispure September 6 reports that for several years city appropriations exceeded receipts and by year end a shortfall near 80000 dollars is possible, with 1890 deficits projected at over 50000 dollars. President Denehey counters three year figures show revenues topped appropriations by 32802.23 dollars, while calls for an audit meet Controller resistance amid treasury strains and possible court mandamus to force examination.
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Harrispure
Verbeke
Denehey
Common Council
Triumphal March of the Army in San Salvador
7000 El Salvadoran troops led by General Antonio Ezeta arrive in the capital from Sonsonate and Santa Tecla amid church bells artillery and band music. President Ezeta and his wife observe from the Municipal palace while crowds cheer.
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Ezeta
Zapeda
Ruiz Paster
ANOTHER RAILROAD HORROR NEAR FLORENTINE COLORADO
A Denver and Rio Grande wreck near Adobe in Canyon City injures 35 to 40 laborers and kills one man outright. Five bodies recovered, 12 missing. Wounded taken to Florence Coal Creek Canyon City depots and Rio Grande Hospital Salida. All workers were Italian laborers just shipped from New York.
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Canyon City
Con
Denver and Rio Grande
Adobe
Florence
Coal Creek
New York
Rio Grande Hospital
Salida
Mississippi National Guard funding urged by convention
Jackson September 6 The Constitutional Convention opened and discussed militia ordinances. A key adopted section requests the Legislature to make annual appropriations for the Mississippi National Guard to ensure efficient support and maintenance, with a force of not fewer than 100 men per Senator and Representative, and funds not to be paid unless in active service.
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Mississippi Guoardi- Jackson
Constitutional Convention
Mississippi Navnal Guarda
Congress of the
United States
Toronto man Dixon walks Niagara Falls wire to thrill crowd
Dixon a 38 year old Toronto rope walker crossed a seven eighths inch cable stretched between the Niagara Gorge bridges before about 8000 spectators. He completed the perilous traverse in daylight, then praised the crowd’s cheers and announced plans for another performance next June after dark.
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Dixon
Niagara Falls
Niagara
Terra Firma
Suspension Bridge
Philadelphia
Hanlan’s Point
Toronto
New York City
Clarksburg
Ont
Georgian Bay
Stephen Parr
Parr
Prof
de Leon
Fixing Up the Break Reorganization Planned
The Railway Switching Association will be reorganized on Monday after a dissolution due to a switchmen strike. Delays return as trains wait for preceding work, displeasing railroads and packing houses. General superintendents will meet and nearly all former employees are expected to return without further strikes.
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Carcano
Railway Switching Association
Kailwa
Frightful streetcar crash wounds twelve in Cleveland
A Willson avenue crossing collision on the New York Chicago and St. Louis line left twelve passengers terribly wounded when a locomotive struck an electric street car with gates up. In Corry a 15 year old boy Leonard Thompson died after a hunting accident when his loaded gun discharged.
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Cleveland
Willson Avenue
New York, Chicago and St
Corry
Leonard
L. H. Thompson
Meadville Beauty Miss Best Champion in Symmetry
Special telegram reports Margaret Blanche Best, the Meadville born educator and fitness figure, as the Harvard prize winner for the most symmetrically developed woman. The interview notes her training under Dr. Sargent, education at LaSalle Seminary, Allegheny College, and Meadville Conservatory. Best describes her life and surprise at winning, then returns to Meadville to resume duties.
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Dispatch
Holyote
Margaret Blanche Best
D. A. Burgent
Harvard University
BE. B. Johnson
Northampton Street
Jenta
Sargent
Boston
Waltham
Iss
Eation
Allegheny College
Meanlle
Meadville Conservatory
Sic
Cambridge
Not
Holyoke
Meadville
Rotten in Denmark at African Conference in Kentucky
The Kentucky annual conference of the African Methodist Church met at Curiaco on September 6. Amid tensions the Star of Zion was rejected as the conference banner. Rev. Burrell Mitchell reported no general fund with a salary of 54 dollars. The Bishop urged ministers to raise funds and warned some to leave. A remark quoted as There seems to be something rotten in Denmark sparked reactions as the conference adjourned for recess.
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Curiaco
Kentucky
African Methodist Church
Star of Zion
Burrell Mitchell
Er Ei Ky
Denmark
Mitchell
Special Two Hundred Workmen Arrive to Fill Striker Gaps
The Westmoreland Company plans a large mine start at Biddle on September 8. Yesterday 200 east arrivals filled striker vacancies and began work today. They expect 800 more next week. The Pennsylvania Gas Company will hire additional miners. Workers are housed in company buildings amid continued labor unrest.
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Inwix
Westmoreland Company
Biddle
Irwin
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Unequaled in Mexico President to reveal treasury gains
City of Mexico September 6 From reliable authority it is learned that President Diaz will tell Congress on opening day September 15 that the cash receipts of the Federal Treasury for the year ending last June reached 37 000 000 Mexican dollars, surpassing prior totals. The government plans army cuts and a revised recruiting system. The Mexican Central Railroad signs with the government to receive 1444 Mexican dollars from the new loan to settle subventions due by June 13.
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City OF
Mexico
Diaz
Congress
Federal Treasury
Mexican Central Railroad
The Dispatch Directory Summary of Classifieds and Contents
The Dispatch issue presents sections including news, tricks of ventriloquism, short stories, for sale and want columns, local trade news, and sports. It lists page allocations, column titles, and contributor names such as JAMES C. PURDY, ALICE MacGowan, CLAIRE A. ORR, WILLIAM CHURCHILL, and OLIVE among others.
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Pearson
James C. Purdy
Northbrook
Telegraph
S.ccccswerreeses
Oeeek
Ringle
Alice Macgowan
Allegheny Courts
Beaver's Mail
Manle Cronise Jones
Charles A. Bucknet
Fred Douglass
Africa
Claire A. Orr
Jannie B. Ward
Sport
Australis
William Churchill
Craig Royston
William Black Page
Charles E. Suith
Henry George
Bessie Bhamble
D. Sannate Te
Patsie
Pasale
K ‘Chapuocux
Ellice Sexena
Shirley Dare
Nellie
Eeanaiee
Grundy
Gotham
Eatepeertern
Clara Seanting
Fara
OLIVE
Stone chosen to succeed Bayne in 23rd district race
The Twenty third district Republicans selected Colonel W A Stone to succeed Colonel Bayne with a reported majority over George Shiras III. The win sparked a heated contest in Allegheny with Stone claiming a final majority near 4 000 votes. Stone led throughout the night and carried the city and surrounding areas as the district solidified his nomination.
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W. A. Stone
Bayne
George Shiras III
Congress
Colonel Stone
Stone
Allegheny
Register Graham
William Copeland
Thomas M. Bayne
Samuel Grier
James Bradley
Wyman
Murphy
Post Office
Pleasant Valley Company
Shiras
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Francis H. Cops
Joux T. Bailey
James A. Wright
Richard
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Paxcoast
Tos
C. Potter
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Josara L. Baily
Joan Stewardson
Dr. Jas. E ReopEs
Rich C.mcmueteie
Jon. J. Bary
A. B. Kowry
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Francis B. Reeves
Exsoon Lew
R. P. Wanger
N. DouBois Mitterr
Longsteete
H. Harrishornee
Charles Plattt
Stuart Wood
Owes J. WisrTer
Watter Corg
G. Wharton Perreer
Joan B. Garrett
WN. McVickax
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William Moss
M. D. Ecuss
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E. M. Wistar
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Epwarp Lewis
Grovce
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William Burnham
Grorce
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Charles Woop
D. D. Herbert Welsh
Denny Wins
Hustingdon
Distaton
Lehigh County
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Tarkoial
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Patof
Work OF the Trades Congress
Gladstone
Morley
Bradlaugh
Kate Hutchinson
Laundresses’ Union
Hutchinson
Kendal Green
United Labor
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Eveta
Shriees OF Horror
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Meadville Beauty
Miss Best
DR. Sargent
Rotten
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Treasury
the Dispatch
Beauty's Realm
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Port Iit
Colonel Bayne
George Shiras
Pittsburg
Hayes
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Peasant Valley Street Railway
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Diamond Square
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