Gold Democrats split on ticket as state committee declines
Philadelphia February 2 The state executive committee of the Jeffersonian or Gold Democrats votes 17 to 10 against nominating a candidate for state treasurer and auditor general. A subsequent conference proposed a ticket, but the committee adopted by voice vote resolutions backing the Allentown platform and opposing Reading convention actions. The Wright resolution reaffirms gold standard support and denounces silver coinage schemes while urging unity.
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Philadelphia
Allentown
Given
Lancaster
John Blanchard
McCully
Ruch
Delaware
Rush
Lehigh
Montgomery
Montour
James P. Marshal
Carpenter
Pittsburg
Reades
Bryan
Ames D. Hancock
Venango
Ous
Wright
National Democratic Party of Pennsylvania
Reading
N Ajain
Gvent
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Ati
Cleve
George R. Bedford
Eleventh
Messrs
Lederer
Wilson
McCormick
Chalfont
Foote
Farquhar
Brooks
Smith
Hancock
Messie
Lowrey
Bullitt
Ryan
Tracey
Cope
Bedford
Graham
Millensburg
McCorick
Powell
Greevey
Jenks
Plulala
Freeharry
Murray Rush
Wreck Kills Woman and Injures Many at Blodgett's Mills
A vestibule train wreck on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western near Blodgett's Mills Del. killed Mrs. McQuillan of Overbrook and injured about a dozen others including grandchildren of the dead woman and Scranton residents. The Pullman car derailed into the station after the sharp curve, demolishing the station building while Superintendent Schwarz escaped with minor wounds.
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Blodgett’s Mills
Price McQuillan
Daniel Mc- Quillan
Mc Quillan
Connell
Scranton
Miss Connell
Deman Nell
Philadelphia
Syracuse
Blodgett's Milla
Schwarz
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Road
McQuillan
Glen Haven
Match at Mt Gretna for Silver Cup contest
Yesterday at Mount Gretna Pennsylvania the National Guard bri gades practiced at the rifle range ahead of the Silver Cup match. Scores across 20, 500, and 600 yard events show First brigade strongest at 1,200 total, with Second and Third brigades close behind at 1,247 and 1,273 respectively.
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Mount Gretna
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Boconil
Philadelphia Lawyer Expected as Willard Successor
Harrisburg September 2 Governor Hastings has chosen a successor to Judge BE N Willard of Scranton to join the Superior court. The appointee, from Philadelphia, is described as one of the state’s leading lawyers. Willard’s resignation was officially accepted yesterday.
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Harrisburg
BE. N. Willard
Scranton
Superior Court
Hastings
Philadelphia
Seven Workmen Dead in Montreux Building Collapse
A building under construction at an asylum site in Montreux near Geneva collapses burying workers. Seven bodies recovered and seven more seriously wounded removed from the ruins.
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Montreux
Geneva
Switzerland
Armor shell bids opened by War Department for large calibers
The War Department opened bids today for 8 inch shells, 10 inch shells, 12 inch armor piercing, and 12 inch mortar shells. Bidders include Midvale Company of Philadelphia, Firth Stirling, Carnerter Steel, and Driges Schroeder. Awards will not be made for some time.
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Washington
War Department
Midvale Company
Philadelphia
Firth-Stirling Company
Carnenter Steel Company
Driges- Schroeder Company
Handle Factory Burned in New Brighton Incident
Fire at the Le Meta Umbrella and Bicycle Handle company works in Weat Brighton, New York burned today. Losses reported include 150000 in property and 76000 in contents as investigators assess the blaze.
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New York
le Meta Umbrella and
Weat Brighton
B. L
Lone
Fire at Manning Paine mill causes $100000 damage
A blaze at Manning Paine's paper mill in Troy Sept 2 damaged the building and machinery, estimated at $100,000 in losses.
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Troy
Manning Paine
Disputing the Yukon Boundary claims sparks U.S. debate
John A. Smith reports that U S officials plan to claim Yukon gold fields, including Dawson City, arguing the boundary line is undefined. Secretary Sherman denies any ownership dispute with Canada and affirms Klondike gold mostly belongs to Canada with small American-touched areas.
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Port Townsend
Wash
John A. Smith
United States
Dyea
Skaguay
Yukon
Mr. Smith
Alaska
Dawson Cty
Dawson City
Washington
Sherman
Klondike
Canada
Alpine Tourists Swept Into Crevasse in Swiss Avalanche
Reports from La Salle near Mont Pleureur Switzerland say a party of four Alpine tourists were swept into a crevasse by an avalanche during ascent from Bion. The group led by Pastor Gonin reached the summit before disaster struck. One party remains missing including Pastor Gonin and two Lausanne schoolboys and an Englishman named Bernard.
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Mont Pieureur
Berne
Switzerland
la Salle
Mont Piewureur
Eleht Pergong
Bion
Valais
Mont Pleureur
Mauvoisin
Gletrox
Pastor Gonin
Sion
Lausanne
Bernard
Ogden Goelet Burial Under Way Aboard Mayflower
The body of Ogden Goelet who died in August on the steam yacht Mayflower at Cowes Roads is embalmed and sealed by U S consulate officials. The coffin lies in the late owner’s stateroom as the Mayflower sails to Southampton and then Newport R I. The family will decide burial in Newport or New York upon arrival. widow and children accompany.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
Ogden Goelet
Cowes Roads
United States
Southampton
Newport
R. I
New York
Heir to Two Millions: Young Western Miller Inherits Vast Fortune
Fred Horton, a 19 year old miller from Los Angeles, inherits a fortune reported at two million dollars after the death of his father Philip Horton. The elder Horton had lived in a Mexican town near Guaymas where he built a flour milling business. Separate since youth, the heir's mother moved away with him after divorce. The news was relayed to Oakland relatives via the U S consul at Guayamas.
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Oakland
Cal
Fred Horton
Los Angeles
Philip Horton
United States
Guayamas
California
King of Apples in Size Sets Record in Illinois Orchard
Mascoutah, Sept. reports a judge named Pad field near Summerfield has grown the big apple. The Belle-Dora fruit weighs twenty one ounces and measures five and a half inches in diameter, topping local records for size.
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Illinois
Mascoutoh
Til
Judge Padfield
Summerfield
Here
Belle-Dora
Sailor Falls From Brooklyn Bridge in New York
A man fell or was dumped from the Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon. He was pulled from the river by a boat and taken to the United States Marine Hospital in precarious condition. The man gave the name William Orton and is believed to be a sailor.
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Brooklyn Bridge
New York
United States Marine Hospital
William Orton
Gold Democrats Vote Defeats Ballot Field in Jeffernunian Meeting
In Philadelphia on September 4 the state executive committee rejected a slate 17 to 10, keeping the Jeffernunian ticket out of the field and affecting statewide ballot plans.
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Philadelphia
Assistant Secretary Davis Speaks in Ebensburg
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Davis travels to Ebensburg Pennsylvania his native hometown to deliver a speech at exercises there tomorrow.
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Washington
Davis
Interior Department
Ebensburg
Brown Held for Trial in Mall Fraud Case
Altoona Pa September 2 State Commissioner Mathur held George Brown for trial on charges of using the malls to defraud wholesale merchants.
Gas Works Lease Proposal Shocks Philadelphia
The United Gas Improvement company offers a 30 year lease of the city gas works with a ten year exit option upon payment of extensions. The plan requires 1 million for supplies and a like indemnity bond, plus 7 million total payments over thirty years and city transfer of the improved plant at term end. Private company would supply free street and building rents with gas prices kept near one dollar, adjusted by courts but never below set caps through 197.
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Philadelphia
United Gas Improvement Company
Courftis
United Gas Company
Nicaragua Merchants Push Gold Basis for Economy
Nicaragua business men meeting largely approved resolutions denouncing the depreciated silver dollar. They urged the government to adopt a gold standard with gold certificates and to export and sell silver coinage, valuing the current paper and silver dollar at cents in gold.
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Maniquia
Nicaragua
Galveston
Tex
Nicaragetta
Constable Arrests Suspected Murderer From Fairfield Conn
Clearfield Pennsylvania constable Woomer Morrisdale arrested a man believed to be David Weeks, a killer of George Nichols of Trumbull Connecticut, after using circulated descriptions and a pocket photograph for identification. He expects another man to come to the city for final identification tonight or tomorrow morning.
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Clearfield
Woomer
Morrisdale
David Weeks
George Marcus Nichols
Trumbell
Fairfield County
Conn
Weeks
Hhs
Prayer Cure After Three Years In Rollofountaine Ohio
Mrs Rebecca Hartman, confined to bed for three years with a mysterious illness, was reportedly cured after a visiting party of women prayed and laid on hands. She stood and spoke aloud for the first time in years, previously communicating only by writing on a plate.
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Rollofountaine
Rebecca Hartman
Scale of Wages Adopted in Dubois Mine Convention
Dubois Pennsylvania September 2 The miners convention ends after two days with a wage scale adoption. The gap 32 cents for machine mining and 40 for pick mining sparked a potential dispute as General Manager Robinson has offered 40 cents for pick mining and 24 for machine mining. The five cent differential signals a stubborn fight between operators and miners.
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Dubois
Robinson
Old bullet comes to light near Gettysburg wound
Shippensturg Pennsylvania report Isaac Kolbe was shot July 3 1863 at Gettysburg. The ball lodged in his body and was not found by surgeons. A carbuncle later formed on his back and when lanced the bullet dropped out, ending his long ordeal.
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Shippensturg
Isaac Kolbe
Gettysburg
Spiritualist claims Chicora wreck location near St Joseph
Mrs Sarah Bromwell a Chicago spiritualist says she has found the site of the steamer Chicora sunk in January 1 18M one mile south of the harbor five miles out in the lake and in ten fathoms of water A diver from Chicago is reportedly en route for confirmation.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Sarah Bromwell
Chicago
Swift Justice in the South
Raleigh Sept 2 reports the hanging of Brodie a black man convicted of assaulting a white girl at Kittrell the previous month. The trial occurred at a governor called special term in Henderson with a jury one third of colored miltants.
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Raleigh
N. C
Brodie
Kittrell
Henderson
Silver Miners Accept Wage Reduction at Mahala Mine
Leadville reports the Mahala mine, a major silver producer employing about fifty men, cutting wages from 8 to 2.50. The workers accepted the reduction amid the heavy fall in silver prices.
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Leadville
Col
Government cuts rations inflame Apache reservation
The government has cut off all rations to Apaches except flour, warning of possible uprising. About three hundred Indians remain on the Apache reservation as settlers near the area grow excited.
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Lo’s
Las Cruges
N. M
Treasury Accepts Bid for New United States Mint Foundation
The treasury department accepted Allen Tr. Rorke of Philadelphia bid for the foundation of the new United States mint building. Rorke offered a bid of $1300 to include a foundation of hurricane island granite, after submitting several bids from $128,000 to $194,000.
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Washington
Treasury
Allen Tr. Rorke
Philadelphia
United States Mint
Rorke
Hurricane Island
British forces clash as Orakzai tribes resist in India frontier
Col Abbott leads 1 600 enemy clash on the road from Hangu to Thull with two guns and a Bengal lancer squadron. Hangu hosts fresh troop arrivals as 10 000 Orakzai surround the area. Haddad Mullah threatens Shabad, while Milla at Shabadr commands Punjab troops and artillery.
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Col. Abbott
Hangnu
Haddad Mullah
Simla
Abbott
Fighteenth Bengal Lancers
Doaba
Hangu
Thull
Bombay
Shabkadr
Yeatman-Biggs
Royal Irish Regiment
Bengal Lancers
Shipwarl
Milla
Shabbadr
Punjab Infantry
Ghpurkas
Somersetshire Light Infantry
Somersetshire Regiment
Twenty-sixth
Constantinople
Daily Telegraph
India
President McKinley Enjoys Fremont Visit and Farewell
President McKinley spent a pleasure-filled day in Fremont receiving local guests at the Hayes home. He renewed friendships with Twenty third Ohio veterans and appeared in good health before embarking at 7 o'clock the next morning on a special train to Columbus via Bellevue and Sandusky to attend the state fair.
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Fremont
McKinley
Hayes Homestead
Twenty-third
Ohio
Hayes Mansion
Columbus
Bellevue
Sandusky
Hanna
Alger
M.T. Herrick
Cleveland
Foster
Astoria
Hayes
Selecting the design for the state house in Harrisburg
The capitol commission in Harrisburg meets to choose a design for the proposed state estate house. Robert Snodgrass accuses J M Carraree of New York of revealing expert report contents before submission, and says Handing and Gooch plans were discarded for not meeting the competition programme. Professor W P Laird will present Carrareé’s affidavit denying the allegations at the next meeting.
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Harrisburg
Capitol Commission
Robert Snodgravs
Pittsburg
Niel
J. M. Carraree
New York
Handing & Gooch
Snoder
Banker Enrico Mathon Falls Amid Silver Depreciation
Private advices from San Francisco report Enrico Mathon, renowned banker and promoter of Central American ventures, has failed for over 1,000,000. The collapse is blamed on sharp silver price declines and the recent bust of the Barrios era real estate boom.
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San Francisco
Enrico Mathon
Central America
Barrios
Garman Comments on Reading Convention Fallout
State Chairman Garman arrived home from Reading and praised the national Democratic Committee for not altering the Reading convention course. He said Harrity should step down, asserting the state committee action ratified by the state convention is final and binding.
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Garman
Wilkes-Barre
Reading
Harrity
Atate
National Democratic Committee
Centenary events feature firemen contest and trades display
Waynesboro Pennsylvania hosts a centennial celebration with a morning firemen contest and an afternoon trades display. Weather was unsettled, drawing more than 100 visitors, followed by an elaborate fireworks display in the evening.
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Waynesboro
DeArmitt Signs Uniformity Plan Advances Coal Pact
Pittsburg report notes W P DeArmitt’s signature on the uniformity plan has spurred others to sign. It is claimed that more than the required percent of coal operators have signed to give the agreement momentum.
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DeArmitt
Pittsburg
Cooper Asserts Innocence In Swindle Case At San Francisco
Henry W. Cooper uses aliases Sir Harry Westwood Cooper M D and Milward to pose as English nobility claiming a regular income. He is jailed in San Francisco on forgery charges while Chicago police say he is a swindler and possible bigamist who lived lavishly and cultivated high society.
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San Fratcsco
Harry Westwood Cooper
Lesa
HW. C. McDonald
Jollen
Wau
Pinkertons
Chicago
Cooper
Banker’ Protective Association
Mary F. Murphy
Dearborn Street
Sir Cooper
Dr. Westwood
H. 8. Cooper
San Francisco
Australia
London
Henry W. Cooper
Sir Harry Westwood Cooper
M. D
Milward
Etroit
Troubles at the Soft Coal Mines
Miners in Dubois and nearby towns press demands at a convention. Figures seek 25 cents per ton for loading, 7 cents for machine mining, 22 cents for machine mining, plus 1 for clay and 20 cents per hour for mule driving. Operators claim offers made. settlement remains unlikely. Pittsburg operators anticipate new coal contracts as talks continue. Colonel Read warns of reopening mines if proposals fail.
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Robinson
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Ble
Read
Columbus
South
Watchdogs Withdrawn in South Carolina Constabulary Reduction
Governor Fil terslee announced the state police force was withdrawn from every village town and city in the state. Only a few constables remain in rural districts without local officials to enforce the dispensary law. The move ends friction in enforcement of state law and will save the treasury about 50000 annually.
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Columbia
Filterslee
Reunion of Ohio Vets in Fremont Honors McKinley
Survivors of the Twenty third regiment of Ohio Volunteers infantry held a reunion in Fremont with President McKinley in attendance. The city was decorated, a sunrise salute and the president's salute opened the day, followed by a grand parade at noon and afternoon exercises at a grove near the Hayes mansion.
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Fremont
Twenty-third Regiment of
Ohio Volunteers Infantry
McKinley
Hayes
Senator Mullin of Watertown Dies in Albany
New York on September 2 state Senator Joseph Mullin of Watertown died today. In the senate at Albany he was noted for high rank and major ability. He was connected with several banking and manufacturing concerns in his section of the state.
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New York
Joseph Mullin
Watertown
Albany
Mullin
King of Slim Visits Prince Bismarck for Long Talks
Friedrichsruhe reports the king of Slim paid a visit to Prince Bismarck today. His majesty lunched with the ex chancellor and they remained in conversation for a long time.
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Friedrichsruhe
Slim
Bismarck
Incomplete Morning News Briefs Tamp Beranton Region
A blended morning briefing notes fair weather, political shifts, a deadly rail accident, India war updates, boxing hour events, and local government actions. It references a park commission vote, water resources, telephone rules, and regional topics with multiple named places and groups.
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Gold Democrats
Biiikers
Hagleton
DL & Wlr
India
Beranton
Kase
Fitzsimmons Wine
Miele
Striking miners march in Hazleton terror sweep
The Hazleton strike escalates as thousands of Hungarian Polish and Italian workers march 1500 strong from Audenried to Coleraine Yorktown Beaver Brook mines, threatening closures, with fires drawn, homes wrecked, and militia possible. Arbitration urged as operators prepare wage talks.
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Jones
Hazleton
Sim
Audenried
Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal Company
Coleraine
van Wickle Company
Yorktown
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Hayes
Beaver Brook
EB. W. Dodson
Gomer Jones
Silver Brook
Jeanesville
Hobart Resigns from New York Susquehanna and Western
Hobart resigns as director of the New York Susquehanna and Western railroad after declining re election. He cites unable to devote time due to duties as vice president and defends himself against press attacks claiming coal price influence. The meeting in Jersey City re elected the board with one vacancy.
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New York, Susquehanna and Western
New York
Quehanna and Western Railroad
Jorsey City
Hobart
As & Director
Coal Trust
Fusion at Lincoln nominates same slate for three parties
At Lincoln Nebraska three state conventions the Democrats Populists and silver Republicans met separately and all nominated the same candidates. For supreme judge the choice is Judge John J Sullivan a Democrat. For regents of the state university E Von Forel a Populist and Gorge T Kenower a silver Republican. Two regents to be elected this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
John J. Sullivan
Supreme Judge
E. von Forel
Gorge T. Kenower
Regents
The
State University
Races Postponed in Hartford by Bad Weather
Races at Charter Oak postponed due to inclement weather this week in Hartford. The Raven event rescheduled as weather clears.
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Hartford
Raven
Charter Oak
Weather Outlook for Middle States and New England
In the middle states and New England today clear weather will continue with slowly rising temperatures and light northerly to northeasterly winds. Saturday will bring fair weather with light easterly to southeasterly winds in these sections.
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New York
Middle States
New England
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Mt, Gretna
Willard
Red
da Boia
Bromwell
Swift Justice
Mr. McKinley
South Carolina
Reunion OF
Ohio Vets
Senator Mullin
McAdoo
Crifton
Jeddo
Lattimer
Lincoln
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