Republican Harmony The Ticket Nominated
Harrisburg august 26 Republican state convention with 263 delegates nominated James Beacom of Westmoreland for state treasurer and Major Levi G McCauley of Chester for auditor general, amid a calm scene and strong backing for McKinley prosperity and civil service reform. Beacom won 216 votes to 40 with Crawford denied broad support.
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James 8. Bencom
Westmoreland
Levi G. McCantey
Chester
Harrisburg
James 8. Beacom
Tressurer
Leo G. McCauley
Allegheny County
C. L. Magee
John W. Crawford
Beacom
Crawford
St. Louis
Dingley
Cleveland
MocKinley
Hastings
Mylin
Haywood
Pennsylvania
Congress
The Candidates Beacom and McCauley Named for State Offices
James Beacom of Greensburg and Levi G. McCauley of West Chester garner party nominations for state treasurer and auditor general respectively. Beacom, born December 1855 in Westmoreland, is a lawyer and former editor of Blairsville Enterprise. McCauley, born September 2 185, in Chester county, a Civil War veteran and engineer, rose from private to captain and has long served as a Republican worker and official in Chester county.
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James §. Beacom
Greensburg
Nomines
Westmoreland County
H. C. Beacom
Beacom
Washington and Jefferson Colleges
Blairsvile Academy
Blairsville Enterpriss
House of Representatives
Samuel A. Davenport
Erie
St. Louis
Levi G. McCauley
West Chester
Chester County
Abington Center
Wyoming Seminary
McCauley
Cseator
Susquehanna County
Curtin
Levi
Wilkes-Barre
F E. B. Harvey
Beyventh Regiment
Reserve Volunteer Corps
Camp Wayne
Charles City
Cross
Libby
David's Island Hospital
New York Harbor
Harrisburg
Veteran Reserve Corps
Major McCauley
Register of Wills
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Schools’ Commission
Grand Army of the Republic
Post 31
Farmers’ National Bank of
Valley Forge Commission
Harmony in Nebraska Republicans Make a Record for Industry
Lincoln Nebraska Republicans held a state convention in the afternoon completing work after a session that began shortly before the hour. Hon A M Post of Platte county was nominated as associate justice for the Supreme court. Senator John M Thurston announced he would not be a candidate for the senate.
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Harrisburg Opera House
Harrisburg
United States
Penrose
Quaker City
Allegheny
Magee and
Flinn
Ford
Pittsburg
William H. Andrews
Crawford
Elkin
Lincoln
Neb
Aug
Nebraska
A. M. Post
Platte County
Supreme Court
John M. Thurston
Senate
Wellington Denied Endorsement by Ocean City Delegates
In Ocean City Maryland delegates to the Republican state convention voted against endorsing Senator George L Wellington and his leadership stance within the party.
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Ocean City
Otto
George L. Wellington
Maryland
Young Negro Lynched Near Belleville Texas
A young Black man named Bonner was seized from Belleville jail by a mob of about two hundred at 2 am and lynched in the woods near Wilhelm after confessing to a criminal assault on Mrs Leaches, an elderly white woman.
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Belleville
Tex
Bonner
Mra. Leaches
Wilhelm
Afridis Capture Fort Lundi-Kotal and Khyber Pass
Aug 26 reports state Fort Lundi-Kotal in the Khyber Pass fell to Afridi insurgents after a 24 hour defence and brutal hand to hand fighting. British forces in the region fortify Tochi Valley while demolitions and warnings escalate with quetta notes on British authority and tribal loyalties across Beluchistan and Afghanistan.
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Khyber Pass
Maziris
Lundi-Kotal
Peshawar
Khyber
Fort Shabbadi
Swat
Tochi
Lind-Kotal
Lundi- Kotal
Man Hunt in Fayette County Sparks Rural Alarm
Farmers in southern Fayette County towns near Masontown and German Township mobilize after Joseph David, a ten year notoriety figure, is blamed for a house robbery and several arson fires within a month. A bounty is posted and a planned two-man hunt with a surrounding circle aims to trap him amid ravines, caves, and abandoned mines as warnings are issued to settlers.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Joseph David
German Township
Daylil
George Taylor
Masontown
James Helmick
David
Sons of America Parade Displays Regional Delegations
In Reading Pennsylvania on August 91 ten men led parades from Lebanon Harrisburg coal regions Allentown and the Lehigh Valley and lower Bohuylkill valley. At the state camp session President Colburn announced appointments State chaplain F P McGee Wilkes-Barre reappointed secretary W H Luppold Camp 8 reappointed Henry T Koehler and Joseph F Baummester Camp Mi Scranton reappointed local law committee York chosen for next meeting.
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Reading
Sons of America
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Allentown
Lehigh Valley
Bohuylkill Valley
Colburn
FP. McGee
Wilkes-Barr
W. H. Luppold
Camp 8
City
Henry T. Koehler
Joseph FP. Baumester
Camp
Mi. Scranton
York
New Castle Fair Offers Wedding Gifts for Couples
The New Castle fair plans to award a bedroom and parlor set plus a fine cooking range to the first couple married during the fair starting next Wednesday. Gifts valued around 1500 dollars. At least eight couples have applied. names of the bridal party will be kept secret until the ceremony at 6 o clock Thursday of next week.
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New Castle
New Castle Fair
German grocer shoots self in Greeneburg tragedy
Jacob Mantel, a German grocer aged about years, shot himself in the head this afternoon near oelock. He was alive but not expected to live as the bullet passed from near the right ear and emerged above the left.
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Greeneburg
Jacob Mantel
Oelock
Noted Man Said Only a Bullet Could End His Life
The article recalls a man who had told friends he recovered from illness and was hale and happy, insisting that only a bullet could end his life, a remark reflecting his final state before his death.
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Hale
Burglar Bound Servant as Pug Dog Spoiled Gag
In New York a thief forced entry at 116 East Thirty-seventh Street, knocked down servant Lisle Murphy, tied her hands and feet with rope, gagged her with a towel, and stole a small amount of money and jewelry before fleeing. The pug dog Beauty freed the girl by pulling off the gag, likely saving her life.
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New York
Frank Walk
East Thirty-seventh Street
Lisle Murphy
Beauty
Cincinnati wins national encampment and Gobin elected commander
At Buffalo the Grand Army of the Republic chose Cincinnati as host city for the 1898 encampment and elected General Gobin as commander in chief after a three-ballot vote. The procession included speeches by Archbishop Ireland and General Lew Wallace.
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J. P
Gobin
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Woodruff
Ireland
Lew Wallace
Isaac F. Mack
Sandusky
J. P. S. Goblin
Lebanon
Stewart
John G. Linehan
New Hampshire
Mack
Linehan
Goblin
Missouri
Post No
Philadelphia
Hotel Iroquois
J. P. G. Gobin
Grand Army of the Republic
Steel Mills to Start Up After Amalgamated Scale
Illinois Steel Company signs the Amalgamated scale and will restart big mills in Chicago Milwaukee and Joliet after two months idle. The scale calls for a 15 percent wage cut for steel workers and 10 percent for iron workers.
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Ilinois Steel Company
Chicago
Milwaukee
Joliet
Amalgamated
Youngstown
Hazleton Striker Returns to Work as Wage Fight Continues
In Hazleton Pennsylvania an employee at Van Wickle's Beaver Meadow and Coleraine colliery who struck for higher wages yesterday returns to work today. The men are not fully organized and agitation continues with a strike likely to resume soon.
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Hazleton
van Wickle
Beaver Meadow
Coleraine
Fire at Pittsburg causes heavy property loss
A blaze on Pittsburg Avenue 26 this evening caused about 105,008 dollars in property damage. Two firefighters were injured as the fire created a panic at the Seventh Avenue hotel.
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Pittsburg, Ave
Seventh Avenue
Weather This Morning and Local Notices
Generally fair and warmer forecast. Local items note Bob Fitzsimmons praised as a drawing card now guiding high school teachers. A widow seeks share of the Jonian estate. Also mentions Laval and paper hangers planning an eight hour day. Wheat prices continue to rise in financial and commercial section.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Beope
Laval—Painere
Jonian
Lackawanna County
Nowa
Unconstitutional Alien Tax Strike Finds Court Support
Judge Acheson in the United States circuit court holds the alien tax law unconstitutional. He notes the act allows the employer to deduct the tax from wages, thus imposing the tax on the employee rather than the employer. The ruling cites the Fourteenth Amendment and equal protection of the laws.
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United States
Pittsburg
Aus
Acheson
United States Circuit
Women Ridicule Miners At De Armitts Oak Hill Mines
In Pitsburg on August 27 the wives and daughters of striking workers marched to the Oak Hill mines near Turtle Creek, yelling and jeering at miners going to the pit. They vow daily demonstrations as authorities begin evictions of striker families from company houses.
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de Armitt
Pitsburg
Oak Hill
Turtle Creek
Oak Hill Mina
C. DeArmitt
Runaway Ends in Fatal Crash near Easton
Ex-Constable John W. Ricker of Easton and his wife were driving to serve court papers when their horse ran away on a hill. Ricker died instantly from a head injury. his wife suffered severe head injuries and internal trauma, transported home in precarious condition by 9 PM.
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Easton
John W. Ricker
Ricker
Kansas Wheat Crop Brings Prosperity to Farmers
Great Bend Kansas on August 23 reports the county recorder has released mortgages since August 1 and half the wheat crop remains unthreshed. Officials predict a stronger county economy by year end with the largest wheat acreage in history.
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Kansas
Great Bend
Kan
The
County Recorder
Women for the Klondike overseers sail to Alaska
Chicago reports that women from a local club are sending six overseers to work in the Klondike district. Miss Bernice Hale of New York arrived to arrange transport for the group, who plan to travel to Alaska in the spring to supervise mining activity.
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Chicago
Klondike
Women's Club
Bernice Hale
New York
Alaska
Brethren Church Conference Opens in Johnstown
Delegates from across the United States arrive for the tenth annual Brethren church conference. Meetings begin tomorrow and continue through Tuesday at a large tent in Weement Park, perched 80 feet above Johnstown.
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Brethren Church Conference
Johnstown
United States
No Conclusion Yet on State Capitol Plan
No decision reached on the new state capitol plan as the commission held two meetings this afternoon. Speaker Boyer was absent and it was decided to postpone action until next Monday. Experts’ plan is presumed likely to be rejected.
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Harrisburg
Avg
Boyer
Wolls
Strike Declared Off After Wage Increase Granted
New York August The strike of progressive tailors begun Sunday last was declared off today as employers conceded a 25 percent wage increase.
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New York
Weather forecast for the middle states and New England
The Herald reports today in the middle states and New England, fair weather with slightly warmer temperatures and fresh southerly and southwesterly winds, possibly local rain or thunder. Saturday should bring fair conditions in those areas.
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the Herald
New York
Middle States States
New England
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Schuylkill
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William Shortridge
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David H. Lane
Newton Black
Butler County
Committee On Permanent Organization
J. M. McCarrell
BE. EB. Robbins
John R. Byrne
Fayette
A. C. Robertson
Clinton County
Lycoming
Potter
Heacom
H. H. Gilkyson
Josiah Dr. Hicks
J. C. Harvey
Luzerne
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Susquehanna
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Israel W. Durham
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Magee
Thomas J. Powers
John P. Elkin
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