Victorious in Defeat for Charles W. Stone
A Lancaster New Era piece laments Charles W. Stone’s Congressional defeat as party treachery and personal spite. It praises his public service, predicts higher honors, and recalls Stone’s influence in Lancaster County and the Keystone delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
C. W. Stone
Congress
Stone
Quay
Pennsylvania
Charles W. Stone
Keystone
House
Mr. Stone
Joe Sibley
Sibley
Elkin
Lancaster County
Praise for the 16th regiment Pennsylvanian volunteers in Porto Rico
Gen. Miles commends the 16th regiment for its excellent conduct in Porto Rico. He notes no defeats and no losses of prisoners or equipment, calling the war unparalleled in restraint and resilience as officers and soldiers maintain American fortitude and honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Penna
Porto Rico
Returns Hint at 27th District Results
Official results are not fully announced yet but preliminary figures show Sibley and Stone leading in the 27th district with VeNANGO and WAITeN close behind. Totals display Sibley 2,414 plurality over rival candidates as McKean and CaMePOn trail.
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Congressional
Sibley
Stone
Venango
Waiten
McKean
Camepon
Sibley Victory Seen As Personal Not Political
A reader-column exchange argues Franklin News claims Sibley’s win stemmed from money and influence, not character. The era notes rapid telephony growth in 1898 with long-distance links expanding across 33 states and Pacific-to-Atlantic connections foreseen. A religious meeting ends tragically as Jennie Walker collapses and dies.
Pittsburg Times Adds High Speed Printing Presses
Pittsburg Times installs two Hoe and Co perfecting presses with total capacity for 72,000 eight page newspapers per hour. The upgrade claims 20 papers per second, 1200 per minute, signaling a leap into a fast news era. Colorado debates replacing life imprisonment with death for murder citing crime surge.
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Pittsburg
Hoe & Co
General Gobin resigns Senate seat to allow successor selection
General Gobin will resign as a State Senate member from Lebanon so a successor can be chosen before the Legislature convenes. He plans to retire from the army in time to be inaugurated as Lieutenant governor with Gov elect Stone.
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Gobin
State Senate
Lebanon
Stone
No power to hinder transfer of the Philippines says Times
The London Times on November 14 repeats confidence that no power will impede the Philippines transfer. It argues Spain cannot suffer much loss, having effectively lost the archipelago before U S intervention.
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London Times
Philippines
Spain
United States
Special election set for 23d district vacancy
Due to the resignation of Col. W. A. Stone the Allegheny County Sheriff calls a special election for November 29 to fill the congressional vacancy in the 23d district.
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Col. W. A. Stone
Congress
Allegheny County
Republicans Sweep State Races Across Nation in Off-Year Returns
The article reports broad Republican gains in New Jersey Iowa New Hampshire New York West Virginia Wyoming California North Dakota South Dakota Texas Washington Indiana Michigan Minnesota Missouri Wisconsin Ohio and Pennsylvania with governors and legislatures shifting Republican. It notes narrow or mixed outcomes in some areas and highlights women voters in Wyoming and the defeat of a woman suffrage amendment.
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New Jersey
Foster M. Voorhees
Congress
Assembly
U. S
James Smith
Iowa
New Hampshire
House
Senate
New York
Roosevelt
State
Murphy
West Virginia
Faulkner
Wyoming
Delaware
Gray
California
White
North Dakota
Roach
South Dakota
Michigan
Pingree
Minnesota
Boston
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ohio
Bushnell
McKinley
Pennsylvania
Erie Crawford vote shifts tighten party balance in state
Democrats gain seven House seats and eleven of twenty five new State Senators. Higgins loses by eighteen votes in Erie Crawford, contest claiming Baker ballot law violations. Senate would be thirty eight Republicans to twelve Democrats. party control of a U S Senate fight remains unsettled.
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George H. Higgins
Erie-Crawford
Higgins
Warren County
Gaston
Baker
Erie City
Corry
Crawford County
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Quay
Senator Quay
Postoffice Report Details National Office Counts and Alaska Line
The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow report lists 73 570 postoffices in the United States at year end with 3 816 presidential and 69 754 fourth class posts and a net yearly gain of 2 548. New York leads presidential posts with 330, Pennsylvania 284, Ohio 208. Pennsylvania has 4 871 fourth class offices. Alaska is highlighted for mail service reforms creating a 2000 mile line of offices from the Canadian border to Behring Sea and numerous improvements.
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Bristow
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Alaska
Canadian
Behring Sea
Tinplate Trust Likely Consolidation in U S Factories
The Buffalo Express says the consolidation of the U S tinplate factories is now practically assured. It notes that even with production led by the trust the price may not recover to pre expansion levels.
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United States
Buffalo Express
Nebraska Victory Lets Bryan Enter Enemy Country
Republicans carried Nebraska and Col. Bryan can enter the enemy's country without leaving home, signaling a political shift and Bryan's altered position in the national scene.
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Nebraska
Col. Bryan
Governor election by counties shows Stone leading
Stone, R., received 473,068 votes while Jenks D. had 353,742 and Swallow 132,006 in county returns. Stone carries 35 counties and leads by 119,326 votes with no clear majority over the field. total votes for the three top candidates amount to 958,816, a record high aside from late 19th century presidential races.
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Stone
Jenks D
Swallow
Beacom
Brown
Lackawanna
Jenks
Republicans win broad victory across states in 1898 election
In the off year vote the Republicans carried 26 states and lead in Western battlegrounds while Democrats Fusionists won 19 states. Kansas shifts to sound money, free silver falters, and Western states move away from cheap money. Senator Quay announces re election bid and offers $10000 reward for information on bribery of legislators as he reflects on campaign tactics.
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Kansas
Nevada
Wyoming
Washington
Nebraska
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Pacific Slope
Congress
Missouri
Philo. Times
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Alexander Hamilton
General Assembly
Senate
House
United States
van Valkenburg
George A. Huhn & Sons
Bankers and Brokers
Philadelphia
M. S. Quay
Companion’s First Subscriber Endures as Youth’s Companion Reader
The Youths Companion notes its first subscriber Mrs Hannah M Parsons of Brooklyn now 85 remains a reader since 1827. The 1899 volume promises best work from living writers as New subscribers receive 1898 issues free plus the 1899 Companion Calendar and a full year to January 1900.
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Companion
Youth’s Companion
Hannah M. Parsons
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nathaniel Willis
N. P. Willis
Republicans Embrace Gold Standard But Lose Illinois Seats
The New York Post notes Republicans rallied around the gold standard reducing crossfire elsewhere, yet in Illinois they faltered losing two U S representatives, a past performance pattern highlighted in the analysis.
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Illinois
Congress
N. Y. Post
Forest County vote totals show leading candidates
In Forest county Judge Lindsey led with 1073 votes while Grow had 1062 and Congressman Arnold 1063. Governor-elect Stone received 956 votes with a plurality of 269.
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Forest County
Lindsey
Arnold
Stone
ConcreEss Majority Slimmed to Thirteen Votes
ConcreEss will be safely Republican though the clean majority overall has been cut down to thirteen. The sentence notes a reduced margin amid party dynamics and ongoing parliamentary positioning.
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ConcreEss
Wanamaker Attacks Quay After Election Results
Ex Postmaster General Wanamaker issues a statement on November 12 arguing that Senator Quay views the election as personal triumph while it represents a rebuke to him and his allies. He notes about 155 of 254 next Legislature pledging to oppose Quay and offers $20,000 for information leading to convictions related to bribery for Senate votes.
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John Wanamaker
Senator Quay
Quay
General Assembly
United States
Warren County Official Returns November 8 1998
Readable text shows Warren County official returns dated November 8 1998 with likely ballot or election outcome data K units not fully legible. The fragment mentions official returns and a date but lacks concrete results or named candidates.
Property in Warren Seized for Borough of Warren
Real estate in Warren Borough Warren County Pennsylvania bounded by Water Street on the north lands of Mrs Chester Park to the east a Conewango Creek branch to the south and Bartsch Bros lands to the west fronts Water Street at ninety nine feet two inches with a two story frame dwelling and a blacksmith shop. Seized and taken in execution and to be sold as the property of John Keller at the suit of The Borough of Warren.
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Eldred Township
First and
Center Streets
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F. A. Wheelock
E. W. Thompson
Grand Valley
William H. Maultby
Incorporated Hall Association
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C. Baker Et al
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Lara
Said
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Ordar
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J.D
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Morrison
Warren Borough
Charles Owens
Fred Anderson
Recorder’s Office
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Ma Beres
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Freehold
Thomas
Henner
Lawson Davis
Naomi Davis
J. G. Lingman
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C. Wynn
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Brokenstraw Creek
C. Messinger
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Stuart
Wrightsville Hotel
P. L. Wright
Lovina Baker
Florence E. Rhodes
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Admi
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