Innocent Man Slain as Militia Tees Up Brooklyn Street Battle
A roofer Thomas Carney was shot on Hicks Street during a clash between militiamen of the Thirteenth Regiment and workers repairing trolley lines. The fighting sparked by a broader strike spread through several streets as police and troops enforced order.
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Iowa election fight heats up with pay-for-vote claims
Blair-White contest proceedings in Blairsville reveal witnesses describing offers of pay, whisky, or other incentives to vote for White. Walter Myers testifies Judge White promised money via the Deposit Bank cashier, with Myers receiving four silver dollars.
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Prison Riot Flares at Ohio Penitentiary
United Press reports 2000 inmates at the Ohio penitentiary faced fights as guards struggled to halt three clashes. In one cell Davis and Blair fought. Blair stabbed Davis from ear to ear. Wounds were treated. additional brawls occurred as boredom fueled unrest among roughly 900 additional prisoners housed in idle wings.
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Ohio Penitentiary
West Hall
Wiliam H. Davis
Harry Blair
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Blair
Doyle
John Conroy
Zanesville
Joseph Haug
Stark County
Saddle House No. 3
Ward Jt
Death of Dr Alfred Loomis in New York
Dr Alfred Loomis a professor of medicine at the University of the City of New York and physician at Bellevue Hospital died at his residence this morning from acute lobar pneumonia. Loomis was a well known physician. In Lancaster Paton 22 8 K Smith the Columbia banker on trial for embezzlement. Smith is 74 years old and frail.
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New York
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University of the City of New York
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Smith
Oiler Killed at Mahanoy Plane In Coal Region Accidents
Reported deaths include an oiler named Hummel at Mahanoy plane mangled by coal cups. Busan Woodson a colored woman at Wilkes-Barre attempted suicide after tragedy. Judge Livingston orders a fresh Lancaster county institutions inquiry. Two men Clment Hichter and John Hillman die in a wreck caused by a rock near Connellsville. Scranton coal operator says anthracite prices may only return if collieries run at half capacity for a month.
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Busan Woodson
Polaon
Wilkes-Barre
Livingston
Lancaster County
Clment Hichter
John Hillman
Connellaville
Scranton
Financial bills in Senate push silver bond plans
Two finance measures move in the Senate with aims to back silver through a nonpartisan monetary commission and bonds payable in gold. One bill seeks to abolish small greenbacks and issue silver certificates, while another proposes government bonds tied to silver value. The debate touches silver advocates and tradeoffs with existing currency.
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Wueshington
Dan
Senate
Finance Committee
Smith
Dem
Monetary Commission
United States
Tmatton
Michigan
Hawaiian Islands
Edge’s Nineteenth Term as Secretary of Agriculture
The Pennsylvania state board of agriculture opened in Harrisburg with officers elected for next year. New vice presidents named are N B Critchfeld, Th B Searle, and W H W McCullough. James J Edge was elected secretary for the nineteenth time and a reception followed hosted by Governor and Mrs Hastings.
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United Press
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Supreme Court Room
Internal Affairs
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Somerset
Searle
Susquehanna
W. H W. McCullough
Allegheny
Louis Plouet
Bradford
J. A. Herr
Clinton
G. Heister
Dauphin
A. Farne
Lycoming
Jason Sexton
Montgomery
John Hoffa
Northumberland
Thomasa J. Edge
Storm in London Kills Three in Lightning Tempest
A fierce storm raged over London with thunder and lightning striking during the night. Snow, rain, and a rising Thames flooded thousands of acres at Windsor and Eton, with numerous areas submerged as the tempest moved through.
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Thames
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Eton
People Savings Bank Assigns To Its Cashier
The People's Savings Institution in Erle Pennsylvania assigned today to its cashier Fred O. Davis. Following a recent bank failure at Ridgway in which an officer was a stockholder, liabilities including deposits total $31 800 while assets are listed at $429 000. President Samson Short announced plans to open a private bank Monday with sufficient security, easing fears.
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People's Sav Inga
Fred O. Davis
Ridgway
People Institution
Samson Short
Gold Coin Shrinking As Treasury Faces Depletion
New York reports a rapidly dwindling gold supply with about 3 million dollars withdrawn from the sub treasury for export on Saturday and weekly shipments around 6 million. Officials urge a premium for bars but exporters resist, warning depletion within weeks as banks note gold drawn from the treasury and bonds may be issued to cover losses.
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United Press
New York
Sub-Treasury
Gub-Treasury
Bank of England
Dochanlce
Banka
Duss Unable to Halt Shameful Conduct in Harmony Society
In Pittsburg the equity case against Trustee Duss and the Harmony Society reached a request for a master. Julius Stickle, a former member, testified that under Duss as junior trustee conditions worsened with the group hosting drunken dinnell attendees and admitting immoral women and unfit girls, while Duss claimed he could not help it.
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Harmony Society
United Press
Pittsburg
Juan
Equity
Duss
Julius Stickle
Society
Dinnell
Fellows
Alese
Girl Without Brains Sells Jewelry to Help Worthless Lover
In Wilkes Barre pa Miss Florence Hoffman, sweetheart of Bowman convicted of murder, sells her personal property to fund his defense. Also from St Louis a suicide reports 14 year old George BR Jackson found hanging. his father had died similarly.
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P. Bowman
Florence Hoffman
Bowman
Macy
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Newoswars
United Press
St. Louis
George BR. Jackson
St. Louis Elevator Company
New York Law and Crime Headlines Paint 19th Century Scene
The report notes a NY bill to bar foreign flags on public buildings, a deputy governor’s take on drought aid proposals, and a series of crimes and sentences including a mass shooting attempt by Haward Hivers, a duel wounded financier H.T. Wood, and executions slated for March in New York.
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Brownsville
Nebraska
Arkansas
H.T. Wood
Juan Cantu
San Felipe
Mex
Thomas Kerrigan
Richard Leach
Senate wrangle over Lackawanna hospital probe and public works
In Harrisburg the Senate reported favorably on egg taxation and compulsory education bills while debating a Norristown hospital inquiry. Governor Hastings appoints Delaney as superintendent of public buildings and grounds amid broader reforms, with actions on hospital oversight, fiscal measures, and public-school provisions.
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Venango
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Schuyikill
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Vail Hearing Delayed Over City Official's Absence
The hearing of Mrs. Vail charged with criminal operation leading to death was postponed by Alderman Fitzsimmons to next Monday at 4 PM due to Police Chief Shapppnon's absence. Mrs. Vail's $2000 bail was renewed as bondsmen Chitka and VA Scott Township stood again.
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Sarah King- Vadlo
Thomas Watkins
Providence
Aldermin Fitzsimmons
Wolock
Oalef
Simpson
Kinkaid's Motormen Factories Face Strikes Adverse
A steady flow of applicants for Fourth Avenue recruiting agency jobs in Pittsburgh today. Agent Kinkaid says about sixty more men will be sent over tonight. Only experienced motormen hired and several prominent local traction workers are suspected of aiding strikers.
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United Press
Pittsburg
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn Street Railway
Kinkaid
Convent Blessed by Bishop O'Mara in Wilkes-Barre
The Mallinckrodt Convent in Wilkes-Barre Pa was blessed this morning by Rt Rev Bishop O'Mara of Scranton. Solemn mass opened the ceremonies followed by Te Deum. Clergymen Rev P L Crist of Scranton and Rev J Roeper of Williamport attended. The convent is now the largest best equipped of its kind in the state.
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Bishop O'Hara
Mallinckrodt Convent
United Press
Wilkes-Barre
Mallinckrodt
O'Mara
Scranton
J. Roeper
Williamaport
Confessed Crime Leads to York Murder Arrest
Robert Schall of York, Pennsylvania, was arrested for murder after confessing to shooting Richard Gordon in his home in November. The case remained mysterious until Schall's late confession prompted the police to detain him.
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Robert Schall
Richard Gordon
United Press
York
Edty
Schall
IMM
Eris
Sohall
Royalist revolt in Honolulu plotted dynamite attack
Reports from Honolulu indicate a Royalist uprising included a plan to blow up government headquarters with dynamite. The incident relates to tensions in the city as authorities seek to contain the revolt.
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