Congress Adjourns After Long Tariff Debates
Congress adjourned sine die on Saturday Oct 20 at 1 o'clock after a brief session with tariff talks and no major legislation. In the Senate few members were present. reporters sang the doxology as the longest, most interesting session closed.
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Senate
Congress
House
Messrs. McMillan
Tennessee
E. B. Taylor
Ohio
Bayne
Pennsylva
Turner
Georgia
Baltimore and Ohio Wreck At Washington Pa Causes Confusion
Reports from Washington Pa and arriving passengers give conflicting accounts of the Baltimore and Ohio Cannon Ball wreck on the Y trestle. The train left the main line and plunged twelve feet, with many killed or injured. The dead include engineer James Noonan. the severely injured include fireman William McAuliffe, baggagemaster James Henry, and many others from New York, Baltimore, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
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Firrssone
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Washington
James Noonan
Glenwood
William McAuliffe
James Henry
Pittsburg
Hannah McKinney
New Concord
A. Nanifman
New York
W. A. Greer
Dodge City
Brian
Henry McMurray
Burgettstown
Michael Stanton
Portsmouth
S. W. Caldwell
A. E. Mosier
May
G. W. Matthews
Baltimore
HL Brown
John
Dawley
Stephen Collins
W. J. McConkey
Grove City
Jacob Siegel
Allegheny
Joseph Mayes
Columlus
B. Clark
Rochester
Jose Curtis G. Culin
New Yogebery
Horrible Sights at Latenza Disaster in Rome
Reports describe a landslide near Lotenza causing massive casualties. About 160 dead and many wounded identified, with numerous others still buried. Rescue teams face extreme cold and snow as they recover bodies, including a full theatrical troupe perished and grisly river finds. A distraught mother clings to her children’s bodies, and a priest recovered unharmed though hair turned white.
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Rome
Lotenza
Freight Wreck Near Tyrone Claims Two Boys
A freight wreck west of Tyrone, Pennsylvania, involved an eastbound train derailing and a westbound collision. Thirty five cars smashed. two local boys, John Ebler and Edward Fawcett, were crushed between cars while attempting to jump off. Other trains were delayed.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tyrone
John Ebler
Edward Fawcett
Missing Yale student Montgonery Dubon in week 3 disappearance
On October 24 in Whissing Nebraska Montgomery Dubon a Yale student son of Bear Gibson son of Louisiana vanished after reportedly receiving a large sum of money from his father. Detectives are conducting a search for him and pursuing leads.
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NE ‘Orn
Montgomery
Voter Rights on Election Day Voting Times Opinion
Albany reports Attorney General Tabor explains that voters may use multiple boxes to vote at different times but only if done honestly. Inspectors may order removal to maintain order, and sheriffs may detain disrupted voters until canvass completes, without barring them from voting.
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Tabor
Albany
Timothy Perry
Brooklyn Board of Elections
Asl
Board of Inspectors
Qustely
Mud Run wreck verdict finds gross negligence by engineers and crew
At Mactt Chunk Pa on Oct 28 the coroner jury found engineers of locomotives 452 and 468 guilty of gross negligence for failing to observe the red signal and for not approaching the station under control. Lookout men on those engines were also found negligent for not reporting the red light. The rear brakeman and conductors of both sections were faulted for not ensuring protection of the rear and for not guiding the trains to approach the station safely.
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Chunk
Nopoly
the & King
Collision sinks Atlas steamer in North River after misread signals
In fog on the North River opposite Tarclay Street the Atlas line steamer Atlas from Hayti collided with the New Jersey Central ferryboat Ison, and sank. No lives lost though several passengers were shaken. the Ison managed to reach the scene as tug boats arrived. Captain Tobin and Pilot George Simpson were aboard the Atlas during the collision.
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New York
Atlas Line
Atlas
Hayti
North River
Tarclay Street
New Jersey Central Ratioal
Ison
Ne Passen
Tobin
George Simpson
Nelson
Turbulent Mexicans Arrested For Conspiracy In Texas
A Rio Grande City report says twenty one Mexicans linked to a threatened insurrection have been arrested on conspiracy charges with intent to murder and are under bonds for the next district court session. Editor Garcia, shot in the earlier trouble by a customs inspector, is said to be near death.
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St. Louis
Rio Grande City
Texas
Nditor Garcia
Seebre
Treasurer SEC y Faces Large Foreign Shipment Question
A state treasurer is described as owing about a half million dollars and shipping funds to Canada. Attachments have been issued on all his property. The financial action targets assets to satisfy the debt and recover funds.
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Canada
Pennsylvania News Briefs Chronicle Mountain Tragedy and Aftermath
A vigil in Wilkes-Barre follows the murder of J B McClure paymaster to Lehigh Valley railway project. Bodyguard Alexander McQueen killed. three masked assailants, likely tree Italians, pursued. Reports conflict on the guard’s identity amid a large-scale mountain search.
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J.B. McClure
McFadden
Lehigh Valley Railway
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Melure
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McClure
Wilkeure
McClre
McQuueen
Flanigan
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Bun
Lebanon
William Showers
Cal Seltzer
Governor Beaver
Board of Pardons
Altoona
Vara
Hoffman
John Hooper
Seventh Avenue
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Nichols Lyman
Reading
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Hat
Braver
Charles Watson
The
Knights of Labor
Peapine
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Philadelphia
Leesport
William Stern
John Trythal
Trythal
Hespupeties Stern
Stern
West Chester
Hoxpsuare
Henry W Scambler
Oregon Townahbin
L House
Promidhcat
Nomnistown
Thomas
William B. Rambo
Clarion
Campbell Farm
W. H. H. Piper
Wittanning
Armstrong County
Barker Farm
Clove By
J A Cadwallader
Titusville
Annual Report of the Boston and Albany Load-Dating Loss of Revenue
The Boston and Albany railroad annual report shows total gross receipts of 5,520,004 with expenses at 6,471,936, a net of 2,410,103 and a surplus of 11,830. Passenger and freight tonnage figures rise, but rates fall amid demoralization and competition. Higher winter costs and taxes expand operating costs. the report hopes for improved cases with harvest demand but warns of price volatility and necessary renewals.
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Boston and Albany
Boston
Boston and Albany Railroad
Subscriptions solicited for fund to defray election expenses
A Washington dispatch reports a novel fund-raising scheme in which a campaign broker visits clerks with a letter from Chairman Brice authorizing subscriptions to a Democratic fund. A messenger and canvasser press for money to “get voters back to Florida” driven from home by yellow fever, offering The Graphic for three months as the lure.
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Washngton
Brice
Rational Democratic Committees
Allics
Ranvasser
New York
Florida
Politically Charged Letter Sparks Black Community Tension
In Cuannotte North Carolina Dave Leveralt a hardware store messenger declares support for Cleveland and urges African Americans to switch from Republicans. A threatening letterReading Liberty or death. warns of consequences if Leveralt fails to renounce Democrats. The incident echoes wider party tensions amid 1890s political strife.
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N. C
Dave Leveralt
Chronicle
Cleveland
Leecraft
Ular
Ku Knux
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