Splendid Prophecy Carnegie Targets Prosperity and Wages
Andrew Carnegie, at Cresson after Bar Harbor with James G. Blaine, foresees a steel boom for Pittsburg and higher wages for Braddock and Homestead workers. He advocates Pan-American focus on South American markets and rail links, denies buying the Valley road, and reiterates plans for a half-million library in Pittsburg.
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Priteborg
Alec
Braddock and Homestead
Waces
South America
Blaine
Andrew Carnegie
Cresson
Bar Harbor
James G. Blaine
Pan-American Congress
Great Britain
South
Pittsburg
Braddock
Homestead
Valley Road
Ohio
Gladstone
Carnegie
Europe
Washington
Dirspatce
Lnst
United States
Lake Superior
Besser
Homestead and
Old City
Wilson King
Allegheny
Allegheny City
Reunion Draws 3000 Cumberland Soldiers in City
The Society of the Army of the Cumberland reports hundreds arriving for a reunion with about 3,000 veterans in CuatTarocca. Reunion exercises start tomorrow and officials like Cole General Alger and General Cist attend a reception hosted by veterans of both armies.
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CuatTarocca
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Cole
Alger
Cist
Pleas for Pardons Amuse Board of Pardons
A Harrisburg telegram reports the Board of Pardons heard cases including a man who bought a horse and paid with a worthless promissory note, leading to a larceny conviction. Pardons were recommended for Bennitsch, Hall, Healey, Luk, and others while several cases were continued or refused.
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Harrisburg
Board of Pardons
Schuylkill County
F. W. Bennitsch
Bennitsch
Messrs
Robb and
McGary
Rose Hall
Pittsburg
Patrick McGolarick
Thomas Healey
Lackawanna
Schuylkill
Thomas Luk
Bucks
Allegheny
Jacobs
Michael Donshue
Philadels
J. Jesse M. Lindsey
Blair
John B. Mattheny
Somerset
Max Bear
Crawford
Thomas Junlap
Clinton
Sovereign Grand Lodge Advances Membership Age Debate
The Sovereign Grand Lodge resumed sessions in September. Delegates debated representation basis and costs with Rep Carlin’s proposal postponed. A key issue was lowering eligibility age from 21 to 18, proposed by James McGuire, but defeated 102 to 60. three-fourths required for adoption.
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Coltinsus
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Carlin
Illinois
Juhames McGuire
California
Saunders
White
Sent to the Reformatory for Forgery Charged Checks
Judge Pennyparker committed T. Lincoln Plucker to the Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon after he pleaded guilty to forgery and uttering forged checks. The 21 year old admitted signing his father's and mother's names to several checks, including a forged $5 note used to buy a hat. He will remain until age 25.
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Philadelphia
Pennyparker
T. Lincoln Plucker
Camden
Industrial Reformatory
Huntingdon
Wanamsker’s
Pincker
Fatal Hotel Quarrel Stabbing at Leland Hotel
At the Leland Hotel on Michigan Avenue James M. Renshaw an elderly former clerk engaged in a quarrel with Edward Mallory a roomer. Renshaw retrieved a large dirk knife stabbed Mallory three times in the left chest and once in the left arm. Mallory fell bleeding severely and is not expected to recover. Renshaw was arrested on the hotel roof.
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Crrcaco
Leland Hotel
Michigan Avenue
James M. Renshaw
Edward Mallory
Renshaw
Mallory
Serge
Otel
Resignation Tied to Clan na Geal Fund Dispute
Dr P H Curran senior guardian of a Clan na Geal camp in Curcaco resigned after the camp refused his plan to denounce General Secretary Ronayne for not turning over percentaged camp funds to General Treasurer Tierney amid a board deadlock. Curran suggests Ronayne may be using about $5,000 in the Cronin gas defense.
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Cronin
Mrs Logan Nominated for Commissioner of Pensions
The Logan Invincibles stand ing committee of Maryland composed mainly of old soldiers tonight adopted resolutions urging Mrs General John A to be appointed Commissioner of Pensions. They argue her appointment would align with precedent and earn government respect while securing broad support among soldiers.
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Tanner
Battimogs
Logan Invincibles
Maryland
John A
Logan
Embalming of Bob Younger Completed in Stillwater
The body of the deceased Bob Younger was embalmed this afternoon and will be sent tomorrow evening to his old home in Lee's Summit Missouri to lie beside his mother who has been dead for several years.
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Stillwater
Maxx
Bob Younger
Lee
Escape of Pittsburg Man From New Jersey Asylum Sparks Reward
William J. Armstrong a Pittsburg coal dealer confined in a New Jersey private insane asylum escaped. A reward of 500 dollars is offered for his safe return. His escape is described as cunning and he is now nowhere to be found.
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Pittsburg
William J. Armstrong
Escape From Private Asylum Sparks Manhunt in Merchantville
A mentally disturbed man, William Armstrong, escaped from Dr. S. Preston Jones's private asylum near Merchantville New Jersey after prying loose window screws with a spoon. He was widely described in Philadelphia Camden and New York papers with a $500 reward offered for his safe return. Armstrong, about 5 feet 11 inches and 155 pounds with Irish features, had prior fortune and business in Pittsburgh. His brother Frank recently visited him and urged bringing him home. Two Jones aides went to Bryn Mawr to locate him but did not return by nightfall.
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Philadelphia
Merchantville
N. J
Pretty Annie LeConey
Preston Jones
Merchantvisle
William d. Armstrong
Armstrong
Frank
Pittsburg
Dr. Jones
Camden
New York
Bryn Mawr
Jones
Fran
Dam Burst Floods Brandywine Near Coatesville
The Kennebec Ice Company dam at Hibernia above Coatesville burst this morning, sending a flood down the Brandywine. The Brandywine bridge was swept away and several frame buildings carried downstream. Many Coatesville streets and nearby areas were four feet deep in water, though no lives are reported lost.
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West Chester
Kennebec Ice Company
Wilmington
Del
Hibernia
Costesville
Brandywine
Coatesville
New Financial Scheme of the Northern Pacific
The Northern Pacific Railroad announces a blanket mortgage of 160000000 with branch line bonds 26000000 tributary roads 13000000 and terminal betterments 34000000. The plan includes a cash dividend of 1 percent on preferred stock starting January 1 1890 and quarterly thereafter.
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Northern Pacific Road
New York
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Merrill 18 The Man: Major Warner Declines Seeks No Post
Washington September 17 There were no new developments in choosing a successor to Commissioner Tanner Major Warner has declined the offer and is no longer a candidate Colonel George Merrill of Boston is regarded as the leading potential appointee with his reappointment reportedly in the works
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Washington
Tanner
Warner
George&. Merrill
Boston
Cigarmakers Union Debates Preamble and Growth
Delegates of the Cigarmakers International Union opened a session in New York on September 17 with the president's report and a proposed constitution preamble arguing for worker autonomy and wage selling. The preamble drew mixed reactions and was defeated 112 to 34. Strasser noted slower output growth. 38 new unions formed, 21 dissolved, 4 suspended, net +13. As of September 1, 1889, membership exceeded 19,000 with 1,064 traveling members. There have been 160 strikes: 80 for wage gains or reductions, with 80 successful, 17 compromised, 41 lost, 15 unreported, 7 ongoing.
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Unsion
New York
Cigarmakers' International Union
Union No. 100
Philadelphia
Kirchner
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Union 144
James Skallerup
Union 14
Chicago
Strasser
Webb Arrested for Embezzlement as Montana Secretary
William B. Webb, former Secretary of the Territory in Montana from 1885 to last April, was arrested on a warrant from U S District Attorney Weed. He is accused of embezzling state funds, with investigations alleging a shortage between $5,000 and $6,000 and records possibly stretching back two to three years. Special Agent Moore led the Treasury inquiry.
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HeLera
Mont
William B. Webb
United States
Weed
Territory
Webb
Montana
Harrison
Moore
Treasury Department
Miller
Deaths From Yellow Fever Cast Doubt On Shipboard Health
New York dispatch reports Joseph Fen nell died at Swinburne Island hospital after traveling on the steamship Hindoo from Honduras. An autopsy will be performed as the ship Hindoo had a clean bill of health from Greytown and the ship Cá rngorm also carried a clean bill from its port, despite fatal cases of yellow fever. Health Officer William M Smith notes such clean bills can precede undetected outbreaks and sent the details to Surgeon General in Washington.
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Pittsburg
New York
Joseph Fennell
Hindoo
Honduras
Swinburne Island
Greytown
Cacrngorm
John Wood
Swinborne Island
William M. Smith
Washington
Grubb Nominated for Governor by New Jersey Republicans
At the New Jersey State Republican Convention in Trenton on September 17, Grubb won on the second ballot after four candidates were nominated Grubb Kean McGowan and Halsey The platform reaffirms the 1888 Republican National platform and endorses the Australian ballot system and local option policy while defending Harrison administration.
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Trenton
N. J
Grubb
Kean
McGowan
Halsey
Harrison
Soo Road stockholders elect new officers in Minneapolis
A stockholders meeting in Minneapolis elected Thomas Lowry president to replace Senator Washburn. R B Langdon was chosen vice president and M P Hawkins treasurer. The board shrank from 13 to 7 members, now comprising Lowry Langdon Pillsbury Washburn Martin Fletcher Pettit.
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the Dispatch
Minneapolis
The
Soo Road
Thomas Lowry
Senator Washburn
R. B. Langdon
M. P. Hawkins
Pillsbury
W. D. Washburn
John Martin
H. E. Fletcher
H. Petti
Boulangists. Interior Minister Denounces as Jugglers
Paris dispatch reports M Constans, Interior Minister, labeling Boulangists as mere jugglers relying on election confusion. M Ferry warns that revising the Constitution risks civil war. General Boulanger releases a fiery manifesto with 1800 candidates for 500 arrondissements, promising further ballotings as placards spread.
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Paris
M. Constans
Interior
M. Ferry
Boulanger
Four Chinamen Die in Lake Chabol Dynamite Explosion
San Francisco dispatch reports four Chinese men killed by a dynamite cartridge explosion last night at Lake Chabol near Oakland. No further particulars available.
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San Francisco
Lake Chabol
Oakland
Showers of Stones Puzzling Culpepper People
Mysterious stone throwing terrorizes Richard Morton’s cottage near Culpeper Virginia as townsfolk speculate on spiritualism fraud or natural phenomena. A party including Rev W T Roberts of Tappahannock witnessed attempts to shoot at the source of missiles but no projector was found leaving the mystery unsolved.
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Culpepper
Richard Morton
J. A. Brooks
Brooks
Republican Committee
Culpepper County
Norfolk
William Mahone
Morton
Marton
W. T. Roberts
Tappahannock
Essex County
Ormerly
St.Stephen’s Chure
Culpe Od
Rey
Roberta
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Roberts
Jadece Grimsby
Peculiar Throwing Phenomena Mentioned by Witnesses
A witness notes stones thrown from a distance do not strike objects with precision and appear on weather boarded surfaces. The activity increases after dark, becomes thick for a period, then lulls, with a renewed shower of stones. Colonel C H Wager blames Brooks and Roberts as reliable witnesses.
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C. H. Wager
Brooks
Roberts
Witness Woodruff under fire in Ives trial testimony ends blank
New York September 17 Witness Woodruff testified under harsh cross examination in the Ives trial. Heat and pressure of the proceedings caused sweat to flood his shirt as he repeatedly answered I don't know while denying earlier statements and facing a lengthy paper-backed barrage from counsel.
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New York
Ives
Woodruff
Stayner
la Brooke
Os Netter
Stu Bust
Witnews
Brooke
Meyer Ponteent
Pension Bureau Cuts Pensioners Below Four Dollars a Month
Washington reports Interior Secretary signals a tighter pension policy. Acting Commissioner Smith reverses Tanner orders on local examining boards for those under four dollars monthly. About 34 000 pensioners receive less than four dollars a month. Foraker is urged by Governor Bocker to resign rather than face dismissal.
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Pension Bureau
Tasser
Foraker
Diaratch
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Smith
Tanner
Borsa
Boraker
Les
Boaker
Le Caron Spy Tale Sparks Chicago Rumor
A mail carrier in Chicago recounts an incident he says linked Le Caron the British spy to the city. O'Brien claimed a man at the window resembled Le Caron and rushed to greet him, but the man vanished. The tale ties to Cronin case rumors of Le Caron appearing on the stand, yet no confirmation exists.
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Lo Caron
le Caron
O’brien
Lestioneay
Cronin
O'Brien
Bes
Vertumous Runs Ashore Off Point Lookout With Cargo
The British steamer Vertumous, Captain Thompson, ran ashore in fog near Point Lookout Long Beach. It carried bananas and oranges plus four passengers Mr J H Sheldon and his family. Most of the cargo was lost or salvaged. lifeboats saved everyone. Crew stayed aboard overnight then were rescued by morning. Hundreds searched the beach for fruit washed ashore.
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Batpwiss
L. L
Vertumous
Thompson
New York and Jamaica Steamship Line
Point Lookout
Long Beach
J. H. Sheldon
Civil Service Exam Inquiry About Clerk Selection
The Post questions Civil Service Commissioner Lyman on why strict rules govern department clerks but not those employed by the commission. It asks if he promoted his brother in law Campbell from 1000 to 1200 dollars without an examination.
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Wexolal
Washington
Lyman
Campbell
First Alaskan Appointed as Interior Department Copyist
Miss Sallie L. Boull of Alaska was appointed a copyist in the Interior Department today on Civil Service Commission certification. She is the first person from Alaska to join the department service.
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Washington
Butler for Tanner a Plea at Cavalry Reunion Speech
In Boston last evening General Benjamin F Butler spoke in favor of Pension Commissioner Tanner at a cavalry reunion. He denounced the mugwump press and urged support for veterans families while condemning officers he says were unjustly treated.
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Boston
Benjamin F. Butler
Changed His Programme Major Armes Sanity Inquiry Halted
General Schofield ends plan to subject Major Armes to a board of army surgeons for a sanity examination. Armes, amid ongoing claims of insanity, receives orders suspending inquiry and questions the motive behind the so called persecution. The telegram notes Armes’s defiant remarks as authorities delay further proceedings.
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Eral Schofield
Armes
Major Armes
Dee Ee
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