Georgia Governor Elected Brown Attends Nonpartisan Chicago Banquet
Joseph M. Brown, Georgia governor elect, attended Chicago’s fourth annual Chicago Association of Commerce banquet alongside Yancey Carter Taft and Bryan contenders. The event barred politics. Earlier Taft spoke at Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway, Bryan spoke the next morning. Roosevelt declined to endorse Taft citing no need.
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Joseph M. Brown
Georgia
Yancey Carter
Independence Party
William H. Taft
William J. Bryan
United States
Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
Judge Taft
Bryan
Roosevelt
Various Officials and Notables In Other States
A roundup lists Harry K. Thaw’s transfer to Matieawan Hospital for the Criminal Insane by order of Justice Mills. Col. Ike T. Pryor is elected chair of the Trans-Mississippi Congress executive committee. Col. William F. Stewart is retired by presidential direction. John H. Buckner pleads guilty to election frauds in St Louis and gets three years. W S Carter elected grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers at Columbus. W L Woolley is arrested in Stigler for alleged 1881 murder involvement. Capt. Allen G Fisher is disbarred for a year in Chadron. La Follette plans a weekly public-interest magazine. Harry Augustus Garfield becomes Williams College president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Thaw
Matieawan Hospital
Justice Mills
New York Supreme Court
Ike T. Pryor
San Antonio
Tex
trans-Mississippi Congress
William F. Stewart
Fort Grant
John H. Buckner
St. Louis
W. S. Carter
Peoria
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Columbus
John J. Hanrahan
W. L. Woolley
Stewart
Okla
Oklahoma
Stigler
Anderson
Allen G. Fisher
Chadron
Neb
Foster George
S. C. Powell
New York
Foster
United States
Elkins
West Virginia
Katherine
Duke of the
George Collier
Occidental
Cal
Harry Cahill
James Cole
Congress
Chicago
Ladysmith
Wis
Monroe
Sirocco
Florida
Boston
Horatius
Supreme Court of the United States
Greensboro
N. C
James Oliver Curwood
Detroit, Mich
Hudson Bay Wilds
Detroit
Lac la Ronge
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Brooklyn
Williamsboro Bridge
Luman Mann
Oak Park
Fanny Thompson
Michigan Avenue
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Milwaukee
Trelon
France
Tefore
San Francisco
Parcels Post
Philippine Islands
Public Health Service
McClintic
Manila
B. Banes
N. Y
Jamaica Bay
Philadelphia
America
Panama Canal
George W. Goethals
Isthmian Commission
Garlington
Ora Lee
Wadsworth
Custard Hook
Guy Raser
Miss Lee
Rasor
F. H. Peters
Rogers, Ark
Harvard
West Indies
Frank Keiser
Illinois
Joliet
Taft
Samar
Philippines
Rose D. Rittman
Memphis
Tenn
Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters
Elizabeth Rodgers
John W. Richardson
Virginia
Balkan War Tension Quieted As Powers Weigh Conference
Belgrade remains quiet after a long secret session with no decision to wage war on Austria-Hungary. London talks between Iswolsky and Gray draw broad attention as King Edward weighs the near eastern crisis. Turkish vessels reach Saloniki amid Crete union events while other foreign conflicts and local disasters unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Balkan
National Assembly
Austria-Hungary
London
M. Iswolsky
Edward Gray
Edward
Prince Ferdinand
Balkans
Great Britain
Near East
Bosnia
Saloniki
Samos
Turkey
Greece
Albert E. Tucker
Warsaw
Ind
Ichinhai
Korea
Chicago
Detroit Tigers
Chicago Cubs
Askabad
Mistchenko
Turkestan
Inkster
N. D
Tombstone
Arrests and deaths in a long list of classic 1900s events
A long column reports a national wave of crime and disasters including Foster George arrested in St. Louis for diamond thefts valued over 35000, Katrina and other deaths, a dockside boat rescue, a balloon escape near Berlin, a Hudson Bay expedition murder, militia clashes in Spartanburg, suicides at Brooklyn, and a Philadelphia pageant.
Labor Leader Denies Taft Payoff Claim Involving Keefe
A Democratic statement accused Daniel J. Keefe of Detroit vice president of the AFL and longshoremen’s leader of accepting a promise of immigration commissioner post in exchange for supporting Taft. Keefe denied the claim, and Roosevelt was not shown to have intervened.
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Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Bryan
Daniel J. Keefe
Detroit
International Association of Longshoremen
Federation of Labor
Democratic Committee
Keefe
Washington
Immigration
Sargent
Executive Council
Federation
William H. Taft
Organizations of
Taft
New York
Mich
Longshoremen’s Union
Democratic
W. H. Taft
Parliament Besieged by Suffragette Demonstration in London
A vast suffragette crowd surrounded the Westminster area in London delaying traffic for hours. Mrs Travers Symons forcibly reached the speaker’s chair and urged MPs to discuss women’s rights, triggering arrests and a ban on women in the building.
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London
Eng
Westminster
Travers Symons
James Keir Hardie
House of Commons
Thames
Double Murder Reported in Oswego Cabin
In Oswego New York two German laborers John and Peter Bohli living near Ingalls Crossing were found murdered in their cabin Tuesday. Their hands and feet were tied, heads battered with an ax, and an empty wallet lay on the table.
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Oswego
N. Y
John
Peter Bohli
Ingalls Crossing
Putnam County Votes Wet in Largest Ballot Cast
Ottawa Ohio Putnam county voters on Tuesday chose to retain saloons by a margin of 145 the largest turnout ever recorded in the county indicating strong standings for the saloon option and reflecting local sentiment on temperance policy.
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Putnam County
Ottawa
Taft Addresses Ohio Audiences From Cincinnati to Akron
William H Taft campaigned across Ohio from Cincinnati to Akron drawing large crowds in Zanesville Cambridge and Akron. He rebutted Bryan and Gompers sobre injunctions and labor unions praising legal labor lines. Senator Dick presided at the Music Hall speech and Columbus day celebrations followed with Italian crowds cheering Taft.
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Akron
Ohio
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Foraker
West
Zanesville
Cambridge
Taft
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Gompers
Bryan
Mr. Taft
Belmont
Canal Dover
American Federation of Labor
International Typographical Union
Daniel J. Keefe
International Longshoremen’s Organization
Keefe
Music Hall
George B. Cox
Cox
United States
Charles Dick
Judge Taft
Senator Foraker
Adamsburg Gas Coal Mine Workers Return From Strike
IRWIN The men at the Adamsburg Gas Coal Company mine have returned to work after being on strike.
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Irwin
Adamsburg
Fatal wreck in New York Central yards at Black Rock
Three trains collided in the Buffalo yards near Black Rock resulting in the likely death of switch engine engineer John W. Kinney. Passengers escaped unharmed as the Michigan Central No. 3 plowed into wreckage after a yard collision. Fire from debris followed the crash but did not threaten passenger cars.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central
Black Rock
City
Michigan Central
John W. Kinney
Niagara Falls
Falls
Middies Asked to Resign at Naval Academy
Annapolis Md naval academy authorities have summoned 23 midshipmen to resign. Fifteen from the fourth class and eight from the second class failed the regular September mental examinations.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Thaw Recommitted to Mattewan Asylum for Criminally Insane
White Plains New York Justice Mills in the supreme court ordered Harry K Thaw recommitted to Mattewan asylum for the criminally insane on Monday.
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White Plains
N. Y
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Miner George Reho Killed in Hazel Kirke No 1 Mine
George Reho aged 20 a miner at the Hazel Kirke No 1 mine was instantly killed by a fall of slate. The accident highlights hazardous conditions in the Monongahela coal fields and prompts inquiries by company officials.
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Monongahela
George Reho
Hazel Kirke No
Westminster students parade in night shirts and caps
About 60 male Westminster college students staged a nighttime parade wearing night shirts and caps, a spontaneous campus event reported from New Wilmington.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Dunbar borough sues Kerwin bondsmen for alleged shortages
Connelsville reports the Dunbar Borough school files proceedings against Dennis Kerwin tax collector to recover 2238 dollars 93 cents from his bondsmen over alleged shortages in his accounts.
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Connellsville
Dunbar Borough
Dennis Kerwin
Five aboard car bound for Gordon crashes, two dead
An Ashland automobile carrying five people to Gordon plunged 30 feet into a cut. Two were killed instantly and three were badly injured, with officials fearing additional deaths.
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Ashland
Gordon
Miss Elizabeth Ogden Dies After Buggy Accident
Clearfield report states Miss Elizabeth Ogden aged 85 osteopathic practitioner was thrown from her buggy on Nichols Street and died en route to the hospital from injuries sustained in the crash.
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Clearfield
Elizabeth Ogden
Nichols Street
Daring Robbery Suspects Hunted in Washington
Police in Washington pursue two masked suspects linked to a wholesale raid on Eighth ward residents and a highway robbery in the same section, as investigators chase leads to identify and arrest the attackers.
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Washington
Eighth Ward
Butler Woman Attacked Near Institute Hill Home
Miss Amanda Walker was bound and gagged by an unknown assailant as she neared her Institute Hill home. She was found on the sidewalk by John Manner who saw a man run away.
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Butler
Institute Hill
Amanda Walker
John Manner
Manner
Immigrant Held for Police Chief Killing in Buffalo
Vasil Wasilinski, charged with killing Buffalo chief of police two years ago, arrested by Constable Mike McCartney at New Alexandria. He was jailed here and Buffalo authorities notified.
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Greensburg
Buffalo
N. Y
Vasil Wasilinski
Mike McCartney
New Alexandria
Betsy Freeman Celebrates 114th Birthday in Redband
Betsy Freeman of Redband near Kittanning marked her 114th birthday with about 40 relatives and friends in attendance. Despite advanced age she remains mobile and active around the home.
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Kittanning
Betsy Freeman
Redband
Fire robs Hilliard of two stores a residence and a life
At Hilliard in this county, two store buildings and a residence owned by John Day were destroyed by fire. Samuel Caplin aged 35 was burned to death. The blaze was started by robbers who looted the store and living quarters of Morris Sevicoss.
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Butler
Hilliard
John Day
Samuel Caplin
Morris Sevicoss
Mrs Russell Leaves Uniontown in Quest for Heir Title
Mrs. James Russell and her husband departed Uniontown en route to Europe to pursue a title and vast wealth they claim as rightful heirs of the Whaley family, a prominent Fayette county linkage.
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Uniontown
James Russell
William the Conqueror
Europe
Whaley
Fayette County
Man's Arm Found on Freight Train in Brownsville Yards
A southbound freight train on the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston line pulled into Brownsville yards and an arm was found on the pilot. A search along the tracks recovered the body of an unknown man, about 85, in front of Lucyville station.
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Monongahela
Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston
Brownsville
Lucyville
Butler Hospital Receives $5000 From Steel Co for Injured
One year after the Standard Steel Car Co wheel department explosion that injured 60 and killed 20, the firm sent a $5000 check to the Butler general hospital. The hospital, where the injured were treated, is now undergoing enlargement.
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Butler
Standard Steel Car Co
Butler General Hospital
Irwin Deeds Recorded for Hempfield Coal Land Title
Two deeds recorded in Hempfield township secure title to coal land worth thousands. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania transfers land to Jacob Haver for 2 pounds 2 shillings 1 pence on March 7, 1789, and to Jacob France for 11 pounds 19 shillings 3 8 pence on October 1.
Fire destroys Wilson Station home during funeral
Monongahela reports George H. Bugle loses Wil son station residence to a blaze amid funeral services for William S. Sharrow. Loss estimated at 6,500 dollars. Detectives W H Riggles and T S Province from Charleroi conducted wholesale arrests in the Ellsworth and Cokeburgh district for illegal liquor selling. Eleven offenders detained and 60 witnesses testified in Ellsworth speak-easy cases.
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Monongahela
George H. Bugle
William S. Sharrow
Wilson Station
W. H. Riggles
T. S
Charleroi
Ellsworth and
Cokeburgh
Ellsworth
Fire destroys Meadville store and adjacent buildings
E M Rice's general merchandise store the largest business house in Riceville was burned to the ground along with a dwelling house a barn and an unoccupied building the blaze started at the rear of the store and quickly spread.
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Meadville
E. M. Rice
Riceville
Pennsylvania Railroads See 92 Deaths in August 1913
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania railroads caused 92 deaths and 1,191 injuries in August, totaling 1,193 accidents that month. Deaths averaged nearly three daily and injuries about 35 per day.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Oil Strike Ignites West Middletown Rush on Knox Farm
Washington report notes West Middletown seethes with excitement over a major oil discovery on the Knox farm occupied by T. M. Crawford. Locals flock to the site as crews intensify drilling and officials monitor the unexpected boom.
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Washington
West
Middletown
Knox
T. M. Crawford
Forest fires devastate timber near Black Lick valley
Saltsburg reports forest fires around Black Lick valley destroying acres of timber and fencing as firefighters battle the flames.
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Saltsburg
Black Lick Valley
New Cumberland Man Falls From Apple Tree
Frank Mears of the Oyster farm near the York county line fell from an apple tree and was badly injured.
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New Cumberland
Frank Mears
York County
Tragic double tragedy at Jessup ends in self destruction
Andrew Zydusa, a retired hotelkeeper from Jessup, shot his wife to death then killed himself with the same revolver in a domestic murder suicide.
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Scranton
Andrew Zydusa
Jessup
Here
Himeslf
Harrisburg Sells Bonds At Premium To New York Firm
Harrisburg sold 254800 dollars of 4 percent bonds at a premium of 2199 dollars. The successful bidder was H F Bachman & Co of New York.
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Harrisburg
H. F. Bachman & Co
New York
B&O Suspends Traffic on Allegheny Bridge at Foxburg
Baltimore and Ohio railway officials halt traffic on the main bridge over the Allegheny River near Foxburg due to unsafe structure condition.
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Butler
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Allegheny River
Foxburg
Tragic Train Accident Ends Life of 19 Year Old
In Greensburg Frank Hudeck aged 19 lay down on a railroad track and fell asleep. A moving locomotive crushed him, leaving a horribly mangled body and a fatality for the night.
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Greensburg
Frank Hudeck
Pittsburg cases continue business pending supreme court ruling
Pittsburg's cases are closed and their licenses revoked by Judge Frazer but they may continue business until the supreme court passes upon the case.
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PitTsBuRg
Frazer
Supreme Court
Lohr Arrested Over Four Mining Law Violations
Greensburg reports S I Lohr superintendent of the Love mine near Mutual has been arrested on four charges of violating state mining laws. The Connellsville Mutual Coke Co operates the mine in question.
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Greensburg
S. I. Lohr
Connellsville-Mutual Coke Co
Mutual
This County
Two Die in Pennsylvania Freight Yard WreckNear Lancaster
A Pennsylvan ia freight line wreck at Washington borough near Lancaster left two men dead, two fatally injured, five others seriously hurt and a dozen more bruised or battered. Local investigators probe cause.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington Borough
Here
Butler man held after violent clash with officers
Hatless and coatless Daniel Behm was charged with assault resisting an officer and threatening to kill after a desperate encounter near Harmony. He was sent to jail for a hearing before Justice F. H. Davy, bleeding from injuries.
State funding rates set for townships and borough high schools
Harrisburg reports the distribution rate of state appropriations this year at 56 percent for boroughs and 90 percent for townships. Warrants will be issued once classification is finished.
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Harrisburg
Sharon Woman's Christian Temperance union closes convention
The state WCTU convention adjourned with Mrs. Emma Cover of Sharon elected national delegate to the Denver meeting. The group voted to introduce an anti cigarette bill in the next state legislature.
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Sharon
The
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Emma Cover
Denver
Berks County Resident Donates Conscience Fund in Tax Letters
State Treasurer Sheatz received $5.50 in currency from a Berks county resident who wished to pay back money owed due to delayed personal property tax payment. The donor asked to remain anonymous and the contribution was added to the conscience fund.
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Harrisburg
Sheatz
Principal Starr dismissed over salary check
Beaver Falls reports a high school principal G G Starr was handed a salary check with a dismissal note. Starr refused the check and, per close friends, may sue for a full year’s pay.
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Beaver Falls
G. G. Starr
Starr
Captain Hrb Shot in Delaware County Home Tragedy
Capt J C Hrb of the Pennsylvania National Guard and former state insurance official was shot and killed at his home Red Gables Village Green Delaware county by his sister in law Catherine Beisel. The shooting followed a period of domestic troubles.
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Philadelphia
J. C
Third Regiment
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Israel W. Durham
Red Gables
Village Green
Delaware County
Catherine Beisel
Women struck by freight train at Colliers station
Washington report states Mrs Alfred Stansbury and Mrs William Davis were hit while crossing Pan Handle tracks at Colliers station. Stansbury was dragged along the rails after being caught on the locomotive pilot. carriage and rig were wrecked, horses unharmed and Davis escaped uninjured.
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Washington
Colliers Station
Alfred Stansbury
William Davis
Stansbury
Washington Borough Faces Vote on Consolidation Plan
Under a court ruling the Washington borough council must submit to voters at the coming election the question of merging Washington and East Washington boroughs into a city of the third class.
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Washington
Washington Borough
Milk Dealers Observe Pure Food Laws in September
Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust reports 788 milk samples tested in September all certified pure, indicating compliance with state food laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Dairy and Food
Foust
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Dan J. Keefe
New York City
John J. Gordon
Thaw
Asylum
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