Fire damages Westinghouse plant with $70,000 loss
A fire at the Westinghouse Electric Light Company on Garrison alley caused about $70,000 in damage to the old building and 75 dynamos, with $500,000 in insurance. The cause remains unknown, but theories include electric wires or tinshop fires. Repairs will begin immediately. 1,185 employees retained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse Electric Light Company
Garrison Alley
Westinghouse Electric Company
McCandless
Messrs
Reno
Johns
McAleese and McKelvy
Ats Point
Fayette Street
Pease
Citizens’ Traction Railway Company
Peon Avenue
Gripman
Union Station
Reno & Johnsey
W. G. McCandless
Reno & Johns
Royal
Liverpool
Girard
Philadelphia
Citizens and Liberty
New York
Lynn Falls
Massachusetts
Board of
Pittsburg
Westinghouse
Fire devastates Westinghouse plant on Penn avenue
A major blaze last night at the Westinghouse plant on Penn avenue caused extensive damage across the top three floors and a nearby wall. The estimated loss exceeds 70000, with insurance around 500900. Fire brigades from four districts battled 11 engines and two ladder companies, but the fire spread rapidly through pine and oak flooring and a tin shop on the fourth floor. No injuries were reported and cause remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Switch and Signal Company
Tabics
All Men Not Equal at Cleveland Brotherhood Meeting
At the St. Andrew convention in Cleveland, Guy A. Hogg of Chicago denounced theaters dances and card parties to loud cheers. Rev Huntington and Dr Holland clashed over wage worker language and the claim that some men are inherently greater, causing a sensation as clergy watchers noted fear of votes governing public policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Guy A. Hogg
Chicago
Association
J. D. 8. Huntington
New York
Dr. Holland
St. Louis
Getting Ready for Kickers Post Offices Change
The Dispatch reports Postmaster General Wanamaker plans an elaborate statement for the President on unresolved presidential post office cases. It will brief the President with incumbents, applicant counts, and other officials for quick briefing before congressional questioning.
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Wanamaker
Struggle to Sail Minister Douglass to Hayti Over Color Bar
The voyage of Frederick Douglass to assume his post in Hayti is stalled as regular steamship lines refuse colored passengers and U S Navy officers avoid sitting with him. Commander Kellogg resigns from Ossipee duty and Evans cites boiler trouble, delaying the Dispatch from Washington to Norfolk. Navy Secretary Tracy cancels initial orders amid reports officers oppose dining with the minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Douglass
Hayti
Kellogg
United States
Ossipes
Norfolk
Tracy
Evans
Ossipee
Brooklyn
Navy Department
Douglas
Washington
Douglass
Virginia
Mr. Douglass
Othella
Eister
Anacosta
Navy Yard
Lewes
Del
Hersage
New York
Factional clash over church property erupts in Green Castle and Clay Hill
A violent dispute between Liberal and Radicals of the United Brethren over churches at Green Castle and Clay Hill led to dozens of assaults and battery suits. Liberals seized the Green Castle church, eight fought in, and radicals overpowered them. At Clay Hill, liberals gained the upper hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambersburg
United Brethren
Green Castle
Clay Gill
Cport
York
J. Keister
W. K. Schleichter
Clay Hill
Counterfeiter Captured in Solomon City Kan
Chief Bell of the secret service reports Agent Shaw of the St. Louis district arrested A. M. Miskimi in Solomon City Kansas for manufacturing counterfeit coin. Over $2,000 in counterfeit gold and silver coin and the paraphernalia for making it were seized. The case ties to a recent spurious coin in the area.
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Wasurxerox
Bell
Secret Service
Shaw
St. Louis
Solomon City
Kan
A. M. Miskimi
Devastating Central Railroad Wreck Near Palatine Bridge
A two section express on the Central railroad collided near Palatine Bridge two miles east of the station. Three sleeping cars telescoped and many passengers were killed with around 300 aboard. Relief trains with surgeons departed Albany for Utica as details remained incomplete.
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Rochester
Palatine Bridge
Albany
Utica
Hudson
Knights of Labor figures linked to 1886 Wyandotte wreck
Depositions in a Missouri Pacific malicious prosecution suit reveal Knights of Labor members claiming the order protected Wyandotte train wreckers and spent about 30 000 on their defense. Fire destroys runs at St Charles and Vandalia yards, with dynamos planned to blow a river bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. Waggoner
Atchison, Kan
Missouri Pacific
Knights of Labor
Wyandotte
Missouri Car Works
St. Charles
Vandalia
East St. Louis
Workman
Powderly
Lee Hays
Thomas Furlong
United States Secret Service
Peculiar Insurance Case Involving Status of Nilson Schmischelewitz
In Circaco on September 27 a notable suit awaits trial in the Circuit Court over a life policy for Nilson A. Schmischelewitz who reportedly died after his ice accident on the Neva. Alma Life Insurance refuses payment alleging the insured may be alive, triggering a costly defense requiring jury proof of river ice, priestly hole cutting, immersion of the image, Nilson entering the water, and disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circaco
Circuit Court
Nilson A. Schmischelewitz
Russia
Alma Life Insurance Company
Neva
Nilson
Noted diamond thief caught in Springfield hotel raid
B T Stewart arrested September 4 at the Warwick Hotel shows identity as jack cannon alias davis bartlett or hannon. His career includes a March 1886 New Orleans arrest with accomplices for an $8000 Chicago diamond theft and multiple earlier robberies across New Orleans Jacksonville Brownsville Houston Galveston and Baton Rouge where he was sentenced for two years.
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Dispatch
Springfield
Mass
B. T. Stewart
Warwick Hotel
America
Jack Cannon
Davis
Stewart
Bartlett
New Orleans
Tom White
Montreal
Tom
George Wilson
Peoria
Effie Hawkins
Chicago
Hannon
Amony Hannon
Jacksonville
Fis
Brownsville
Tex
Houston
Galveston
Hoté, Royal
Cregg House
New Orlean
Baton Rouge
Another Hamilton Case atziastic City NJ September 27
Mrs Hamilton's lawyer visited her at Mays Landing jail and said she instructed him to begin proceedings against Mrs Rupp proprietress of Nell Cottage who went to Philadelphia with several trunks. The report notes Mrs Rupp's actions and the legal move in the case.
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Atziastic City
N.J
Wife testifies on life of Worcester man accused of counterfeiting
Kate Giblin tells how she and Charles Giblin moved from Worcester to New York seeking work. She recalls saving copper pieces found in their belongings and a Grant tintype, which police used to link him to counterfeit activity. She defends his character and notes no prior arrests.
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Charles Giblin
New York
Kate Giblin
Douras
Governor Hill
Giblin
Boston
Washburn & Moon Works
Worcester
Mass
Royal Arcanum Lodge
General Grant
Eclipse Expedition Plans for Africa Observing Trip
Government preparations for a party of 20 to 25 observers to Africa to observe a total solar eclipse. Prof Todd leads, with Prof Bigelow as chief astronomical assistant and Dr Holland named naturalist. Others include Harvey Brown, C A Orr, E D Preston, and Cleveland Abbe to oversee gravity, magnetics, and meteorology.
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Africa
Distatch
Wassixeton
Todd
New York
Secretary of the Navy
Pensacola
Brooklyn Navy Yard
F. H. Bigelow
Harvard
Racine College
Naval Observatory
W. J. Holland
W. Harvey Brown
National Museum
Holland
C. A. Orr
Clark University
United States Coast Survey
E. D. Preston
Cleveland Abbe
Signal Office
Department of Meteorology
Hamilton Embraces Wife After Troubled Separation
Special telegram from May's Layorse New Jersey reports Robert Ray Hamilton arriving with a friend at 8:30 pm and meeting his wife at the sheriff's house. They shared a long tender embrace in the presence of a third person amid earnest talk about his visit and its possible outcome. Eva, described as frail, remains a central figure in the troubling situation and its emotional stakes.
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May
N. J
Robert Ray Hamilton
Frederic Sanburn Retakes Post as Secretaries Aid
Frederic Sanburn, distressed by a dispute, resigns a Sind Secretora for Treta Balfour, triggering a division within the local administration and a search for new leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Sanburn
Treta “ Balfour
Foraker Campaign Tour Lengthens Ohio Run
Governor Foraker presses the campaign with daily speeches including a Washington Court House rally before a large audience. Republican headquarters report enthusiasm and expectations of a bigger majority. They suggest no impact from Tanner resignation on the race and note Foraker seeks no favors from President Harrison.
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Carona
Mimacif
Disfatch
Colunists
Foraker
Washington Court House
Piggan
Tanner
Theeamgu
Xenia
Gorcan Foraker
Harrison
Reed
Ng Noble
Wale
Ohio
Democratic State Committee Tours County Chairs Headed by Eisner
Elliott P. Eisner and Democratic candidate Bigler arrived in Philadelphia after visiting northeastern and central county chairmen. The party plans a nine district structure with eight chairmen named and sub headquarters planned in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Elliott P. Eisner
Democratic State Committee
Edmund A. Bigler
Bigler
Caona
Upiahei
Eisner
Democratic
Huntingdon
Will L. Scott
Erie County
Charles F. Krumbhaar
Eckley B. Coxa
Luzerne
Kerr
Clearfield
Marshallg E. Wright
Lehigh
Benjamin F. Meyers
Dauphin
Mortimer F. Elliott
Tioga
William J. Brennan
Allegheny County
Benjamin M. Nenad
Missing England heiress sought by Jersey City ad
A Jersey City paper reprints a telegram seeking Nina Jeanetta Hartwell, missing daughter of Sir Broderick Hartwell. She left England in 1871 with her uncle Sidney Hartwell, age about 30, and was 19 at departure. A letter in September 1871 claimed the uncle was dead and the Hartwell fortune remains in trust until she is found or proven dead.
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Dispatch
New York
Jersey
Nina Jeanetta Hartwell
Broderick Hartwell
England
Sydney Holton Hartwell
Ranporps
Conpit
Black
Montgomery Street
Condit
Messrs
Messrs. Lee & Pemberton, Solicitors, Lincoln’s Inn Field
London
Engand
Sidney Holton Hartwell
Five Die As Boat Capsizes on Watuppa Pond
A row boat capsized on Watuppa Pond in Fart River Mass this afternoon leading to five drownings. Victims include Louis Dubois 53 Nathalie Dubois 38 Mrs George Michaud Leah 7 and Rosanna Leviere 8. Marie Louise Michaud was rescued unconscious but revived. An empty whisky bottle was found in the boat and Dubois reportedly drank prior to the tragedy.
Blaine Family Arrives in New York City
Special telegram reports Mr. and Mrs. James G. Blaine with Walker Blaine and James G. Blaine Jr arriving in New York. They head to the Fifth Avenue Hotel with Blaine expected to board the limited express tomorrow.
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Blaines
New York City
New Years
James G. Blaine
Walker Blaine
James G. Blaine, Jr
Fifth Avenue
Blaine
Campbell May Get There Today in Pension Office Shakeup
A Washington pension dispute unfolds as Campbell of Kansas is seen as a likely commissioner nominee with Governor Foraker backing Charles Edward Brown of Cincinnati for Ohio. The pension system and its 450000 current pensioners plus many more potential claimants are scrutinized for corruption risks and processing speed.
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Campbell
Kansas
Tae Disratou
Hosgron
Ohio
Charles Edward Brown
Cincinnati
Governor Foraker
Bearstary
Noble
Plumb
Blair
New Hampshire
Gallinger
Tanner
Dalsell
Corporal Tanner
Harrison
Pension Bureau
Pension Service
Dalzell
National Tribune
Cate
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Duquesne Way
Penn Avenue
Haytl
Him
Muscular Christians
Ears
Grant
Waters
MR. Bigler
Wea
Ghreters
Masy
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