Platform Erected Yet No Nominee Endorsed by League
Harrisburg convention of the Union Prohibitory League adopts a pro prohibition platform and declines to endorse any candidate for State Treasurer. Delegates debate printing candidate records on liquor, but vote to keep the platform intact and pursue investigations. About 110 delegates attend with funds pledged for league activities and literature distribution.
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Union Prohibitory League
Harrisburg
Eppoal
Harkspree
Horace Geiger
Philadelphia
W. H. Brosius
F County
League
Brosius
Johnnston
A.C. Rankin
B.C. Christy
Allegheny
Prohibition
Supreme Court of Peecevenue
Seiek
Sim
Ey Pene Party
Samuel Collins
Pittsburg
W. W. Wallace
C. L. Houston
Chester
Yames E. Loucks
W. W. A.J. Kynett
Rey
J. M. Fulton
Elisha Kent Kane
McKean
Mr. Welsh
Chester County
John
A. J. Kypett
Agile Ricketts
Lugerne
Allerden
Wellington E. Lonchuladelph
WW. Ke
Wallace
Army to Probe Jefferson Barracks Mismanagement
Washington reports a court of inquiry is to be formed under Colonel Henry A. Walton with Captain Fred H. Ebstein appointed to assist General Kelton. The probe will examine allegations of mismanagement at Jefferson Barracks Missouri and begin operations October 15.
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Washington
War Department
Jefferson Barracks
Schofield
Mate
Henry A. Walton
Army
Fred H. Ebstein
Wade
Kelton
Miner Buried by Cave In Larimer Station Coal Mine
Michael Batter, a miner at Westmoreland Coal and Coke Company's Larimer Station, suffered severe injuries when a rock and coal fall buried him and fractured his thigh. Henry Eckert narrowly escaped serious harm when plaster from a ceiling collapse at Steifel's drug store on Carson Street fell, injuring him.
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Michael Batter
Westmoreland Coal and Coke Company
Larimer Station
Henry Eckert
Steifel
Carson Street
Alleged Coffman Confession Questioned by Evidence
Special telegram from Greensburg reports doubts about Coffman confession. Six men previously jailed for robbing Adam Keck at his Scottdale home were involved in the case. Keck says he identified the assailants at trial and was beaten during the break in.
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GareEensau RG
Coffman
Keck
Scottdale
Adam Keck
Cheraleno
Sim T
Spon
Obituary notices for Asbury Gibbon Hale and others
Several death notices dated September 1880s list MARIA ASBURY relict of Geo Asbury at 49th Hatfield Streets with funeral at 2 PM Friday. DOUGHERTY Winn Doverrrry age one year funeral Sunday 10 AM. GIBBON David Thomas son of Joe and Margaret Gibbon aged 4 years 6 months funeral from Brownsville Avenue. HALE family notice for a September funeral at 9 AM at St Mary's Forty-sixth Street with family invited.
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Main Street
Allegheny
Dougherty
Finance Street
Winn Doverrrry
Carpenters and Joiners’ Union No
East End
Gibbon
David Thomas
Joe
Margaret Gibbon
P. U
Brownsville Avenue
Southside
Pittsburg
Forty-fourth Street
St Mary's Church
Forty-sixth Street
Miner and helper found dead in colliery following accident
A miner William Irvin and his Polish helper were found suffocated in abandoned workings at Lawrence and Browns colliery, Mahanoy Plane. Irvin, 5, left a wife and family. the Polander may have wandered into the fatal area. Irvin had gone to search for the missing man.
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PortsvilLx
William Irvin
Lawrence and
Brown
Mahanoy
Irvin
Young Burglars Bound Over in Wooster Case
The preliminary hearing for William G. Eakins Fred Foote and Frank Mauk on multiple Wooster burglaries resulted in each being bound over to theCriminal Court in 1000 bonds. Mrs Dr Moses Shaffer was bound over in 1000 on charges of concealing stolen property. She was a prominent church and social figure and her arrest stirred a sensation. Her intended leadership role in the gang remains at large.
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Wooster
William G. Eakins
Fred Foote
Frank Mauk
Moses Shaffer
Explosion at Lailin Rand powder mill kills three workers
A powder mill blast at Lailin Rand mill in Cressona three miles from Pottsville killed William ooe Samuel Storsf and Henry Reed and injured several others. The explosion shattered Creaston a glass and sent a heavy concussion to Pottsville.
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Pottsville
Lailin & Rand
Cressona
William Ooe
Samuel Storsf
Henry Reed
Creastona
Pleasant Wedding at Erie Involving Major Tyson’s Daughter Ella
A wedding occurred at Major Tyson’s residence in Erie as his daughter Ella married Joseph Smith a leading Pittsburgh manufacturer. The couple departed for a trip East after the ceremony.
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Erie
Erte
Tyson
Ella
Joseph Smith
Pittsburg
Ajax Jones Fails To Meet Gilkeson In One Sided Sewickley Debate
In Sewickley Choral Hall a planned duel over pen versus sword collapsed when Ajax Jones did not appear. Prof. Charles Gilkeson attacked the idea with sharp gestures and rhetoric while a musical interlude and awards followed. The audience remained entertained as the manager offered refunds with no requests.
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Prof
Gilkesen
Sewickley
Charles Gilkeson
Ajax Jones
Pittsburg
Erskine
Gilkeson
Ajax
Allegheny Station
Messrs
Ward
Harrison
Henderson
The
Athletic Association
Sons of Mars
Mt. Sinai
E. D. E. N. Southworth
J. E. Fleming
J. T. Nevin
W. W. Scott
H. W. Whitesel
Jamaica
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Tanner
Bellevi LE
Fifer
Corporal Tanner
E Grand Army
Boone
Enasre & Shuster
Fifth Ave
Fleishman’s
Ekyanse & Shuster
Ficishman’s
Klein
Fleish
Eirlein
Onan
William Dougherty, Oe Ordes Sr
Dalliott
Adele Twigler
John A. M
Pittaburg
Vernailles Une
Westmoreland Dounty
Lincoln Township
Elizabeth Township
Pittsby Town
N. Y
Pitta
Allegheny Allegheny
Anthony Meyer
Meyer, Arnold & Co
Lim
James M. Fullerton
Veith Street
A. M
J. B. Murdoch
John R. &A. Murdoch
Smithfield Street
Insurance Co
North America
William Jones
Bocetn Sennen
Knox
New York
Criminal Court
Punxsutawley
Jefferson County
Brookville
Francis C. Weaver
W. C. Smith
Andrews
Yer
Fifth Avenue
Henrietta
T. M. Latimer
Federal St
Allegheny, Pa
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Jersey
Booth
Prise
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Remedy Comp'ny
Liberty Street
K. Stevenson
Sixth Avenue
Mid-Couch
Hite Siar Line
Queenstown
Liverpool
Royal and
Vo States
Britannic
White Star Dock
West Teat
White Star
Britain
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Smighfield St
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SRC
Ismay
General Saens
Roadway
Atlantic
City OF York
GOW
Glasgow
Londonderay
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Glag
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Smithfield
A. D. Bouree
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Edward
Ree Willard
Edward Everett Hale
Bellamy
Pittsburg, PA
Sixth Street and
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Shaxke
Bradley
Boggs & Buhl
Federal St. Allegheny
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Wanamaker
Penn Avenue
C. D. Lewis
Paten
Smithdeld
Vette
Jenness Miller
L. & Campbell & Sons
Tickey & Im
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R. G. Dun & Co
R. P
Wallace & GG
Wood St
ST. Charles
Kehehch
Ninth Street
Hood
L Hood & Co
Marsaparillaj
Lowell, Masa
Wm.Semple’s
Cloak Department
Directoire Newmarkets
St Mary’s
New Fall
SoReal
North Teivek
ALT Express
Bothnia Enais
Servis
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Wood Street
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