Pa News Briefs: Barnett suit and Millvale clash in brief
Short statewide items cover Barnett suing for 50 009 damages after a 10 000 swindle acquittal, a Millvale water house clash with 71 railroad workers, and a Thames Burns Monahan tale of an England to Pittsburgh move. Includes Loscher, O Hara mayhem, Clinton tobacco prospects, and local missing wife report.
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Pittsburg
Robert E. Barnett
William Murdock
Bke
Murdock
Perkins Detective Agency
Gilbert E. Perkins
Barnett
Swp Leves
West Penn Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Millvale
Graff, Bennett & Cos
Iron mi
John H Bailey
Graff, Bennett, & Co
Middleburn
England
Thames Burns
Timothy Monatan
Macahan
Burns
America
Vanra Avenue
Monahan
Congressional News Review of Weeks Work at National Capitol
A fragment summary notes House actions on the general deficiency bill and pension debate, with animated party lines. Senate discussions feature Riddleberger and Morgan opposing the fishery treaty, Cul lom on Canadian railroad impacts, and Edmunds Gorman exchanges. Sherman urges fisheries treaty opposition as House handles Ohio centennial funds and trusts probe. Washington dispatches mention Chinese restriction bill passage and Sheridan memorial adjournment.
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National Capitol
House
Senate
Messrs
Riddleberger
Morgan
Mr. Cu
Gen. Sheridan
Sherman
Executive Departments
Washington
Evarts
Committee On Manufactures
Rattlesnake Bite Claims Tennessee Boy Life
In Mermpais Arkansas two boys, Jackson Moore and John Harvey, aged about 17, hunting for squirrels, encountered a large rattlesnake. Moore grabbed the snake, it coiled, bit his neck, and he died after collapsing. The serpent measured 4 feet 9 inches with eighteen rattles.
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Tennessee
Mermpais
Aug
Jackson Moore
John Harvey
Arkansas
Moore
Immigrants Detained at Castle Garden from Liverpool
At Castle Garden the steamship Wyoming brought 352 steerage passengers from Liverpool. Among them 126 were Mormons led by an elder, with Swedes, Danes, Germans and English making up the rest. Forty three Armenians on the Norman die were not allowed to land and will be inspected by Chairman Ford’s immigration committee before possible return. The England carried 2,517 emigrants and Georgia 175 arrived thereafter.
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New York
Castle Garden
Wyoming
Liverpool
Normandie
Ford
Immigration Investigation Committee
England
State of Georgia
Tenement House Fire Kills Berg Family in New York
Four story building at 1020 Avenue A burns killing Gustave Berg 40 his wife 36 his law and daughter 12 as neighbors named Block Rupin Stern Fitzgerald Lichter lose furniture. building owned by Block. damage $2000. Also two painters Soper killed in Syracuse hotel fall. Nichol injured. Rochester reports a comet sighting by Professor Brooks with right ascension 10h4m declination 44 30.
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New York
Avenue A
Gustave Berg
Syracuse
N. J
Fred R. Soper
George Nichol
Leland Hotel
Soper
Nichol
Painters’ Union
Rochester
Professor Swift
The
Warner Observator
W R. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Geneva
Swift
Wanted Their Money Back From a Colliding Steamer
New York August 9 The steamer Robert Garrett carrying excursionists to welcome Blaine had a paddie wheel smashed off the Battery after a collision. Passengers ashore demanded refunds and a near riot ensued. A compromise: they will be reimbursed today. Henry Turner a Boston tailor has vanished amid unpaid wages to about thirty girls and merchants who supplied cloth pawned while unpaid. In Austin a prison keeper, B B Wilson, died of heart failure after supper. Mrs Mary A Scott widow of Gen Thomas A Scott killed herself in Memphis by chloroform, poverty cited as motive.
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New York
Robert Garrett
Blaine
Boston
Henry Turner
Austin
Wilson
Auburn Prison
Sensible house plan offers economical rooms and smart corridors
Special correspondence describes a one chimney house with three first floor grates and two on the second, a compact stairway, hidden doors, and a vestibule. Plans show flexible reception hall, pantry cutouts, den and possible conservatory, four second floor bedrooms, and a heated attic. Cost ranges from 1500 to 3000 with variations for finishes and apparatus. Grounded by architect L. H Gipson.
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Plana Pouis
Superstitions of stage folk and rise of fortunes in England
From Loxton dated July 20 a note on Sara Bernhardt and other stars fearing bad luck or the evil eye with plays and conductors. It catalogs English fortunes left by factory and trade leaders, listing names, sums, and industries, plus a brief remark on longevity among the aristocracy and a tip about removing tea stains from fabrics.
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Loxton
Sara Bernhardt
M. Yolng
Sardou
Sara
Adelina Patti
Offenbach
Paris Opera House
Mme. Berthelieu
Jane Hading
England
Lencashire
Yorkshire
Joseph Whitworth
Samuel Fox
Steddall
Liverpool
G. F. Barbour
Manchester
Calico
Schilizzi
Alderman Jose
Jesse Haworth
James Barlow
Joseph Fielden
Mr. Perrin
Lea & F Perrin
Birmingham
Middlemore
George Benton
Charles Waring
John Swift
John H. Smith
Charles Cain
Octavius J. Coope
Berridge
Meux & Co
Thomas Watson
IL EL Cross
Fr. Gladstone
A. Matheson
Scotland
Lord Wolverton
Glynn
Lassell Sturgis
W. Hugh McCalmont
Stern
Gwomern
Anne Penelope Hoare
Chariotte Pigot
Donald You
Kilivan
Argyleshire
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Keystone State
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Reading Company
Big Mountain
Mr Stamets
Altoona
William O'Hara
Chestnut Springs
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O'Hara
O Hara
O'Hara Saver
Kacraidscn
Edenspury
Lock Haven
Clinton County
Harrisburg
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Klinesmith
Eleventh Street
Kimesmith
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Milheim
George Royer
Reading
Ira Boas
New Castle
William Clark
Conn
John Boylan
Housatonic River
Here
Congressional News
Thomas Scott
Meupuis
Tenn
Mary A. Scott
Thomas A. Scott
Gost
L. H Gipson
Stabe Ani
Atlantic
Athiphoros
Concord
N.H
Havine
Massachusetts
CH. Wison
Dubaque
Iowa
Lovist Cherry
the Athlophoros CO
Wall St. N.Y
LGEO
A. Macbeth & CO
Pittsbure
DR. Schenck
J. K. Ronne
Liberty Street
Warren, Pa
Warren Savings Bank
L. F. Watson
T. B. Nesmith
T. A. J. Hazeltine
QO. H. Hunter
M. B. Dunham
Jas. Clark, Jr
B. Nesmith
A. J. Hazeldine
L. R. Freeman
Guaers National Bank
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
Capital
Grould
H. A. Jamieson
V. Davis
Johnson
A. Hertzel
W. Db. Brown
G.n.parmlee
A. T. Scofield
United
Best National Bank
Warren
Penn
L. D. Wetmore
M. Beecher
Cash
Warren County
Chartered Ag
Eachonge
Retland
Europe
RS. J.N
J.B. Hobensack Medical and Surgical Office
North Second ST
Philada
S.a.m
Gtovr.u
W. S. & Gorset
Justin
Remoyin Troma
Sevier
TEE
Franklin Street
Tory, Korliester
X.Y
J. AL Underteen & Ton
Allegheny Springs Hotel
Irvine
PESNA
Frye
Chandler
Haley
Ingalls
John D
Mass
McKinley
Ohio
Paritt
Henry Cabot Lodge
Winter & CO
Springfield
Masa
Larriage Works
Island
Laleo Brand
G. Kokbley
Secidenk
Gyulatle Asdeal Association
Iamton
Urship
Oaknold
Washington Street
Binghangton
F. E. Harder
Lock Haven, Pa
Dughome
Harter Medicine Co
Polton
North Fourth
Plviatelphia
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