Infernal machine found in Lancaster saloon Christmas eve
The Lancaster saloon operated by Louis Pfaffle received an infernal machine from Philadelphia. The plugged gas pipe with fuse remains sealed and contents unknown. The sender is unidentified, and no clue points to who mailed it.
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Lancaster
Louis Pfaffle
Express
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
James Salumnon
Eigntesnth Street
South Gade
Salumnon
Bendseserd
New York City Chamberlain Ivins Reveals Income
City Chamberlain William M Ivins disclosed his office receipts and expenditures and his net income from the post. He earns 325 000 per year salary with clerks paid, plus 3067 in court fund fees, yielding a net revenue around 16703. he holds bonds and is personally responsible for city and court funds totaling about 11 000 000. Ivins argues his income is not excessive given responsibility.
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New York City
New York
William M. Ivins
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Mrr
Ivins
United States
Danger of Strike Over Double Headers Promises
In Cleveland Ohio December reports warn the Pennsylvania system west of Pittsburgh faces a looming strike by about 6000 brakemen and likely engineers over the discontinuation of double headers. Delegates will press General Manager McCrea and Pennsylvanian officials in Pittsburgh on Saturday at the Chicago offices.
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Cleveland, O
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Reading Company
Cleveland & Pittsburg
McCrea
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Pennsylvania Company
Roberts
Dagos Bring Diphtheria In Baltimore Quarantine Critique
Baltimore officials condemn New York quarantine practices after a shipload of Italian emigrants docked in New York two weeks earlier, spreading malignant diphtheria to Baltimore families. Health Commissioner Stewart accuses New York officers of carelessness and calls for stricter immigration controls, linking recent smallpox outbreaks to similar failures.
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Baltimore
New York
Evening News
Stewart
Europe
Mine labor unrest at Pittssura unsettles coal region
W T Lewis, head of the Miners' Assembly, arrived to mediate a dispute among railroad coal miners. Operators paying the Columbus scale refuse after Jan 1, while Scott Haven miners demand national assembly support before any strike. Outcome remains uncertain due to complex tensions.
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Pittssura
W. T. Lewis
Miners’ Assembly
Knights of Labor
Lewis
Scott Haven
National Assembly
Bonds Hidden in Egypt Spark Defalcation Tale
The latest word on the McNeally defalcation says he fell ill with Nile fever in Cairo and hid the bonds there. He plans to guide a bank agent to their location but will not return home until the indictment is settled, with penitent remarks noted. In Wilkes-Barre a 65-year-old mine superintendent James Watson was mortally wounded by a weighmaster Samuel McDougall with no warning. Dunn of New York, jailed since August, faces possible criminal indictment if civil suit losses do not stun him. he already confronts a larceny inquiry tied to recovered funds.
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James Welsh
Mary Buckley
Buckley
House of James
James
Pat
McCarty
Hockline
Irildleset
James Caldwell
Pennsylvania
Backbayven
Lloyd McCloskey
McCloskey
Gray's Ferry
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
John Harvey
Freeport
Barnard Noss
Spruce Creek
H. Nichols
London
England
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Downingtown
Walker's Crossing
Downington
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Albert Gallatin
New Bloomfield
Ferry County
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John Gue
Rufus Jackson
Alston
Montgomery County
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Pennsylvan
A & Schuyl- Ei
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Swartz
Egypt
Saco
McNeally
Cairo
MacNeally
United States
Wilkes-Barre
James Watson
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Pittston
Samuel McDougall
Watson
Dunn
New York
John R. Dunn
Ludlow Street
Manhattan Bank
Scott
Guand
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Boulanger Cables
Sra
Boulanger
America
Dickey
India
Greenland
Bank Nationale
Congress
M. Zola
Bill Nye
New York World
Stowaway Escapes After Steamer Roman Detained
A Scotch boy of 18 landed after a stowaway incident on the steamer Roman, with Commissioner Colcord fining the company $1,299 and the vessel detained until the youth is produced or the fine paid. In Wilkes-Barre John Gough, a local politician and saloon keeper, shot himself in his residence, leaving a family.
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Bostox
Roman
Commissioner of Emigration
Colcord
Wiges-Barre
John Gough
Letters from literary lights on authors and copyright
Bill Nye in New York World reports on a wide survey of prominent figures answering questions about favorite prose writers and poets, international copyright, and edgier topics. Swinburne’s curt reply and a sharp critique of American publishing practices are highlighted alongside hopes for stronger cross border protection and fair compensation for authors.
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Casstal
Thad
Atlantic
Imo
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