Delegates on the Ground at Pennsylvania GOP Convention
Harrisburg crowds gather for the 1898 Republican state convention. Major L. G. McCauley is nominated for auditor general with Beacom for state treasurer, while Shindel concedes and Crawford seeks anti-Quay support. The state committee debates contested seats and half-vote rules amid factional tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Levi G. McCauley
West Chester
James §. Beacom
Greensburg
John P. Elkin
Indiana
McCauley
H. H. Gilkeson
Phoenixville
EK. E. Robbina
Westmoreland
Beacom
York
John W. Crawford
Allegheny
Crawford
A. C. Robertson
Allegheny County
John C. Grady
Philadelphia
Senate
J. M. McCarrel
J. D. Hicks
Altoona
Major McGauley
Ming
James 8. Beacom
L. G. McCauley
United Party
York County
Bloodthirsty tale of Evangeline Cisneros questioned
Spain denies sensational rumors about Evangeline Cassio Cisneros, jailed in Havana. Dupuy de Lome states no trial yet, cites Cuban law and rushed papers as sensationalism, and notes Spain cannot interfere before a verdict. He says a speedy, fair trial will be granted with consideration.
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New York
Spain
Jefferson Davis
Elisabeth Cady Stanton
Evangeline Coasio Cisneros
Huavana
Cueta
Africa
Dupuy de Lome
Cuba
Cossio
Chicago Crime Trial Reveals Plot to Disfigure Rich Wife
Dr James O Ducker a Post-Graduate Milicu college professor faced a grand jury in DC for plotting to ruin his wife's beauty with sulphuric acid. Witness Charles W Hill testified he accepted a contract to dash acid on a young woman at 644 Monroe Avenue.
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Chicago
Til
James OO. Ducker
Milicu College
Charles W. Hill
Dr. Ducker
Hill
Charles Peterson
Burritt Smith
Dolan Arrested For Violating Mine Workers Injunction
Patrick Dolan district president of the United Mine Workers of America was arrested in Washington county this afternoon for violating the injunction by leading a march past the Allison mine of Cook and Sons near McGovern Station. He was taken to Washington.
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Pittsburg
Patrick Dolan
United Mine Workers of America
Washington County
Allison
Cook & Sons
McGovern Station
Washington
Daughters of Liberty Reports Growth at Pittsburg Session
The second session of the Daughters of Liberty convention in Pittsburg focused on reading and adopting reports. One hundred five new councila joined and membership increased by over four thousand.
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Daughters of Liberty
Pittsburg
Aug
Convention of the Daughters of Liberty
Generous Contribution to Coal Miners Fund
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Peoria IL donated 41400 to the coal miners fund. This is believed to be the largest single contribution from any organization.
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Peoria
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Coal Miners’ Fund
Address of President Woolworth at the American Bar Association
The twentieth annual ABA session opens in Cleveland with President Woolworth presiding. Judge Hunt welcomes delegates as co-workers in good government while Woolworth outlines federal and state legislation and urges civic education, jury reform, property tax oversight, and revived town meetings to foster public involvement and safeguard liberties.
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Judge Hunt
Cleveland, O
American Bar Association
Association Hall
James H. Woolworth
Omaha
Neb
Samuel F. Hunt
Woolworth
Ohio Bar
Cleveland Bar
India
Harrisburg
Uruguay
Spain
Men Strive For Energy Against Lethargy of Society
A fragmentary sentence asserts men will not yield to a society described as lacking virility lacking vigor and initiative. The line implies a call to boldness, enterprise, and ambition as corrective forces.
Trial of Luetgert Jury Selection Delays Expected
In Chicago Judge Tuthill charged with selecting veniremen for Adolph Luetgert murder trial. Defense attorney Vincent challenged jurors over circumstantial evidence and caused several to be discharged for cause. Luetgert's sons Louie and Elmer attended. the father kissed them amid visible emotion. State's Attorney Deheen says at least ten days to choose a jury.
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Chicago
Adolph Luetgert
Louie
Elmer
Luetgert
Lewis
Deheen
Lewer
Fearful scenes in Arkansas strike nation with mob lynchings
Reports from Arkansas describe a wave of racially charged violence. A six man lynching alleged in Cleburne County follows a negro man burned in Drew County and a negro found hanged near Pine Bluff. Rioting at a Kendall negro picnic left one white man dead and six other blacks arrested, with rumors of further lynchings spreading from Pine Bluff to nearby towns.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Cleburne County
Drew County
Pine Bluff
Rison
Kendall
T. Johnson
Ticket scalper halted in Atlantic City case
George W. White of Washington D C was arrested on a ticket scaling charge in Atlantic City. Detectives Benjamin Franklin Joseph D. Note and D N Rigor signed five counts alleging sale of railroad tickets with possible penalties up to one year in jail or a fine of 50 on each count, and he was held on 249 dollars bail.
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Atlantic City
N. J
George W. White
Washington, D
Franklin
White
Joseph D. Note
D. N. Rigor
Bryan Abandons Trips To Texas and Mexico
William J. Bryan of Lincoln Neb writes to the Texas state fair invitation committee that he cannot visit Dallas next October due to prior engagements. He will not travel to Mexico this fall or winter to study conditions as some had claimed. He had planned to do fifty trips but abandoned the plan.
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Besr
Justices of the Peace
Dallas
Tex
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Dalas
Bryan
Mexico
Sporting man Al Hankins killed by folding bed collapse
Al Hankins, a well known sporting figure, died when a folding bed collapsed at SOS Cottage Grove Avenue apartment. He had just sat on the edge of the bed when it closed, breaking his neck. By the time help arrived, death was instantaneous.
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al Hankins
Chicago
SOS
Cottage Grove Avenue
Hawkins
True Americans adjourn in Reading plan orphanage effort
Reading Pa August state camp of the True Americans adjourned today and decided to seek aid from the Sons of America to build an orphanage for children of deceased members.
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Reading
Sons of America
Capitol Commission Chooses Capitol Design Plan
The Capitol Commission met in Marcleburg with authority to select a design for the new capitol. In Speaker Boyer’s absence the group adjourned until next Monday, when a decision is expected to be announced.
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Capitol Commission
Marcleburg
Capitol
Boyer
Pennsylvania Pension Notice Highlights Scranton Widow
Pennsylvania pensions issued today include Elizabeth J. Jones of Scranton as an original widow. The notice lists her name among beneficiaries and identifies the issuing office in Washington.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Elizabeth J. Jones
Scranton
Grand Parade of G. A. R. Veterans in Buffalo
Forty five thousand marched in a five hour parade with 500000 spectators. President McKinley led the event with Secretary Alger General Lew Wallace and General John Palmer in the line. Ohio Pennsylvania and New York posts received warm welcomes as flags and colors marked the route amid salutes and cheers.
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Buffalo
Union
McKinley
Clarkson
Governor Black
President McKinley
Alger
Lew Wallace
John Palmer
Pennsylvania
Bradford
Erle
Ohio
Canton
New York
New York State
Black
Music Hall
Catherine Hirst
Ladies of the G. A. R
Troquois Hotel
F.C. Woodley
Army Nurses
Women's Union
Riot in Unity camp prompts armed eviction plan
Riot conditions at Unity near Plum Creek lead to a railroad halt plan. Managers will recruit a guarded force to clear women and gamblers from the camp, impose a deadline, and ban their return as authorities fear further violence. Local farmers live in terror under the unrest.
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Titteburg
Unity
Plum Creek
Munzies
Winchester
Cloakmakers Strike Called. 12,000 to Be Out
The Brotherhood of Cloak Makers in New York and vicinity orders a general strike. Henry Fisher of the walking delegates announces 12,000 cloak makers will be called out tomorrow, with more than 6,000 already walking out this afternoon.
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New York
Aug
Henry Fisher
Board of Walking
The
Brotherhood of Cloak Makers
Brotherhood
New Trustee Appointed in Harrisburg Hospital
Donald C. Hatteman of Harrisburg, grandson of the late General Cameron, was appointed trustee of the state lunatic hospital this afternoon to replace the late Colonel Laula W. Hall of the city.
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Harrisburg
Donald C. Hatteman
Cameron
State Lunatic Hospital
Laula W. Hall
Twenty Women Die in Water Rain Apparatus Accident
Twenty women were killed today in Madrid due to an accident involving a water-raining apparatus on the Moncada river.
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Madrid
Moncada
Reading P O S of A selects state officers at camp meeting
At Reading Pennsylvania August meeting of the P O S of A state camp the vote for officers was announced with multiple slates for vice president master of forms treasurer secretary conductor supe stor guard and other posts. The note states elected officers and recommends changes including bonds for secretaries and treasurers and broader county cooperation while endorsing continued immigration restriction efforts led by Senator Lodge.
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Reading
P. O
A. V W. Loeshér
D. BE. Kiens
Frank A. Smith
Josiah T. Lerryman
J. L. Lurwick
Cameron Schults
Irwin Smith
Marah
Brasefield
William Weand
D. K. Hoch
Herman A. Miller
C. Brecher
J. Harry Hughes
H. P. Vanreed
Clare M. Taylor
G. 8. Maurer
R. H. Koch
Atate
Colborn
Staate Executive Committee
Uve
Berwick
Senator Lodge
Coal Operators Change Front in Pittsburg District
Coal operators in the Pittsburg district shifted their position amid internal dissent and fear. Lake shippers say they will restart mines and await a week to ten days for a decision, aiming to protect lake trade while avoiding blame on local operators. The Monongahela house session adjourned sine die with a committee empowered to act.
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Pittsburg
United Mine Workers of America
Monongahela House
Cleveland
Glass prices rise for public and jobbers in Chicago
Window glass prices increase seven percent to the public while jobbers face a five percent rise from the manufacturers' combine. The two increases apply to all glass grades with new discount rates of sixty and twenty percent.
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Chicago
Manufacturers’ Combine
Steamship Arrivals and Departures in New York
Steamship activity lists several arrivals and sailings. Vessels Sailed include St Paul Southampton Brittanic Liverpool Southwark Antwerp and Normania Hamburg Friederich Der Grosse Bremen Queenstown Aurania New York Southampton Saale from Bremen New York Obdam arrived at New York Maasdam sailed from New York.
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New York
St. Paul
Southampton
Brittanic
Liverpool
Southwark
Antwerp
Normania
Hamburg
Friederich der Grosse
Bremen
Queenstown
Aurania
Saale
Rotterdam
Obdam
Maasdam
Crowded Republicans meet as Harrisburg hosts delegates
A bustling Republican gathering fills Harrisburg with delegates and officials. The event spotlights party unity and campaign strategy as leaders address the crowd and outline priorities for the coming year.
Murder of Senor Borda at Uruguayan church assassination
Uruguayan President Idarte Borda was shot dead as he left a Montevideo cathedral during Independence Day festivities. The attacker, a youth named Arredondo, was arrested. Senor Gustas, president of the senate, assumed interim presidency. The murder follows prior threats and a failed prior attempt. News from Washington notes unrest as Uruguay faces a revolutionary crisis amid reports of government turmoil and rebel activity.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Thiarie Borda
Ate Deum
Arredondo
Borda
Senor Cuestas
Senate
Senor Borda
Senor Horda
Washington
Idarte Borda
Revecen
United States
McKinley
Montevideo Times
State House
The Herald Weather Forecast for New York and Nearby Regions
The Herald reports fair, slightly cooler conditions in the Aliddie Staten and New England today with light to fresh westerly and northwesterly winds. Friday promises fair, warmer weather in both areas with variable winds turning southerly and southwest, followed by local rain or thunderstorms in the lake regions.
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The
Herald
New York
Aliddie Staten
New England
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Somerset
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Schuylkill
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Delaware
Martin
Penrose
Cossio Cisneros
Section of Legal Education
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Marx
George
Texas
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Palmer
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