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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1887
Page
2
Strikes已idle 30000 coal handlers longshoremen and dock hands in New York. Steamship business dampened and commercial interests feel the effect. Senator Cameron is floated as a possible 1888 candidate but the idea seems premature and unlikely to endure as the national campaign is distant.
The article critiques Queen Victoria’s parliamentary speech claiming all is well while warning Britain may face rising tensions. It notes U S Senate actions over fisheries unsettled relations and urges investigation into soldiers' orphan schools abuses, arguing accountability remains essential despite calls to close the schools.
The Philadelphia Times notes disarray among Harrisburg reformers as they seek changes to the three mill tax on personal property. Reformers push for real estate relief while factions quarrel over competing schemes, delaying organized action at the legislature.
The text argues that borrowers pay the tax through higher interest while lenders from New York and other states can underbid, making the lender effectively bear the tax. Repealers must present a stronger case to repeal the law from the statute books.
The new Interstate Commerce Law passes both houses and awaits the President's signature. It aims to curb railroad abuses by prohibiting price discrimination and special privileges, banning pooling, and mandating rate publication within 90 days. A five member commuter commission is created with six year terms and a $7500 salary.
The weekly Washington Letter reports on key Capitol Hill questions including Canada fisheries, women suffrage, pension bills, Agricultural Experiment Stations, and anti–corporate attorney measures. It notes the Senate's first vote on a suffrage amendment with only sixteen in favor and signals possible cabinet changes at the Treasury. It critiques a dragnet pension bill as costly and programmatic. It previews a busy week with tariff, fishery, naval, and pleuro-pneumonia bills, and a push for four new cruisers.
The president expects to sign the interstate commerce bill once Attorney General Garland posts his constitutional opinion. Garland has not yet issued a ruling, and the president has until next Saturday to decide on the measure.
Harrisburg January 28. A bill proposing honorary annuities to judges of the Supreme and lower courts for long service awaits action. It would grant retired judges age 65 or older annual compensation equal to three quarters of their last active salary, paid as before.
Mercer opera house destroyed by a fire last Thursday evening, causing an estimated loss of 40000 dollars. The incident is noted among miscellaneous news items from Philadelphia Allentown and other regions.
Gov. Larrabee approves extradition papers for John Stehr suspected of mortgaging five white steers to a Washington Kansas lender, a loan which allegedly covered five men rather than livestock. The tale blends a misread mortgage with a curious claim of familial stables. The notice ends with a testimonial about a patent remedy for deafness Catarrh and a reward offer from Hall's Catarrh Cure.
The Knights of Labor announce a nationwide campaign to curb Pinkerton detective agencies. Within thirty days state legislatures in Wisconsin Indiana Pennsylvania and Illinois plan to introduce bills banning Pinkerton importation and making it illegal for agency staff to act as law officers. Col. W A Pinkerton declines comment while the movement traces to local organizers in Cincin nati.
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