Pennsylvania Veto and Suffrage Debate Highlight 1887
Governor Beaver issued his first veto by returning the Bullit bill amendment without signature and the House sustained the veto unanimously. A Senate resolution to submit a women’s suffrage amendment was adopted by 27 to 16. R S Menamin of Philadelphia, longtime editor and PA editorial association official, died. Bills for assessors pay, mercantile appraisers, and convict labor branding passed in the House.
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Beaver
House
Pennsylvania
Senate
R. S. Menamin
Philadelphia
Printer’s Circular
Pennsylvania Editorial Association
House of Representatives
Reform School
Cleveland renomination and party wagers amid talks on 1888 politics
The interview shows Cleve land saying his renomination is a small concern as he focuses on duties to ease successor's work. Burlington Gazette notes Scott wagers 50 000 that Cleveland will be renominated and reelected, and that Republicans face possible disintegration after 1892. The piece also discusses the interstate commerce law’s complexity and confidence in the commission to untangle the issues.
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Cleveland
Scott
Erie
Burlington
N. J
Furhhermore
Charles Wolfe
Arbor Day urged for Pennsylvania wide tree planting
The Philadelphia Times advocates universal Arbor Day observance in Pennsylvania urging every person to plant a young tree, shrub, slip, or seed. It argues forests must renew for rainfall, floods, public health, agriculture, lumber supply, and the beauty of nature as education and refinement. It notes trees like walnut can be valuable investments for farmers and landowners.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Times
Mutilated Notes Ring Alarm at Treasury
The treasury received a package of new one thousand dollar notes mutilated with a punched hole and cord, sent from a Texas bank by express. Officials note this theft-like protection is used by southern express firms, but this is the first case with new uninsured notes. Acting Treasurer Whelpley refused acceptance and ordered return at the bank’s expense, calling the act a legal violation.
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Washington
United States Treasury
United States
Express
National
Texas
Southern Express Companies
Treasury
New York
Whelpley
Pope rules in favor of Knights of Labor in Rome dispatch
Cable from Rome reports the Pope has decided questions involving the Knights of Labor in their favor. The decision affirms current aims and absolution in Canada for Knights who pledge obedience to future Holy See rulings. The ruling could be revoked if Knights align with agitator theories.
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New York
Catholic News
Rome
Knights of Labor
Cardinal Gibbons
Canada
Holy See
State House Sets May 19 Adjournment Date
Harrisburg April 18 The House agrees to wind up its session with final adjournment on May 19 by amending the Senate concurrent resolution. The Senate tonight devoted to the first reading of various bills.
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Harrisburg
Senate
House
Committee of Ways and Means
Jonas Offered Secretaryship of Interstate Commerce Commission
Omana Neb April 15 S B Jonas assistant general passenger agent of the Union Pacific railroad has been offered the secretaryship of the interstate commerce commission and will probably accept.
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Omana
Neb
S. B. Jonas
Union Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington Letter on Cabinet Habits and First Ladies
Washington April 18 1887 report notes Attorney General Garland as the only total abstainer at Cleveland's cabinet table Secretary Whitney is faulted for large liquor bills and Mrs Cleveland is cited for temperance inclinations at the Dip lomatic State dinner and in White House life. Also mentions eleven living former first ladies and a Davidson Coke Works mine fire in Connellsville with three miners believed dead.
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Washington
Cleveland
Garland
Whitney
White House
Oak View
Executive Mansion
Tyler
Semple
Louise
Polk
Johnson
Buchanan
Pattison
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
McElroy
Arthur
Rose Cleveland
Connellsville
Davidson Coke Works
Paul Nagle
William Roder
Shannon
Indiana Chemical Co claims rapid cure for rheumatism
An Indiana firm advertises a new compound said to cure acute inflammatory rheumatism and neuralgia within two days and provide immediate relief in chronic cases. The offer requests 30 cents or two cent stamps and notes home delivery via a physician network.
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Indiana Chemical Co
Fires at New Yorker Zeitung building under suspicion of anarchist arson
AP dispatch notes three fires broke out in and around the New Yorker Zeitung building causing about 16000 dollars in damage. Suspicion centers on incendiaries linked to anarchist hostility. Included are brief notes on unrelated local and medical advertisements and a Corsican disaster report.
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Associated Press
New York
New Yorker Zeitung
Amputation Follows Hunting Accident Aboard Ship Michigan
A hunting party from the New York yacht Michigan in Erk Pennsylvania yesterday led to a fatality when a gun discharged during a horse handling incident. Joseph Frick known as Jack of the Dust aboard the ship, was wounded in the arm and shoulder as the horse kicked. The injury required amputation at the joint and Frick did not survive.
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Erk
Michigan
Joseph Frick
Frick
Youth Shooter Arrested After Head Wound Incident
Special to the Altoona Tribune reports in Philipsburg Pennsylvania that a boy about eight was approached by a ten year old peer who pulled a revolver and fired a shot to the head saying I will shoot you. The wound is not fatal but if it proves serious Kline could be sentenced. The assailant carried two revolvers a 22 and a 32 caliber taken from a trunk at home belonging to an older brother.
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Altoona Tribune
Philipsburg
Ray
Kline
WuFretine
W. Va
St. Clairsville
Ohio
St. Charsville
Martin’s Ferry
Waeenine
McDonald’s
Johnston, Holloway & CO
Philadelphia
J. Eisenhuth
Millheim, Pa
North
Phila
F. A. North & CO
Chestnut ST
Premature blast kills six at Midland grade camp
A blast at Kyner Hibee Bernard camp near Buena Vista Colorado killed six laborers and injured seven as 26 kegs of powder exploded during rock face blasting. Foreman had loaded ten kegs when the charge exploded, sending rock into the cut where thirteen men worked.
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Buena Vista
Col
Kyner, Hibee & Bernard
Midland
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