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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1887
Page
2
Observances across the nation honor fallen heroes and their comrades while Governor Beaver prepares to name the committee for the United States constitutional centennial in Philadelphia next September. An extra congressional session is widely anticipated, with cabinet members expecting a fall return and many senators and representatives in the city this week.
The piece credits Representative John A. Woodward for securing over 100000 dollars for Pennsylvania State College and notes President Atherton’s aim to repair the campus. It also laments the revenue bill’s failure, cites the Paris theatre fire, and argues about partisan officeholding and upcoming political maneuvers.
Ruovg Isnano celebrated Tuesday as John M. Davis was inaugurated as governor. The Democrats gained control of the state government for the first time in years, boosting excitement. Newport featured lavish decorations, parades, noise, and fanfare.
A Philadelphia Times correspondent reports Washington discussing a Democratic tariff bill crafted with cabinet backing. The plan aims to present an administration policy and rally Democrats in Congress and the electorate around a coordinated reduction, with Fairchild pressing for free list inclusion and selective duty cuts to curb surplus revenue.
Washington notes a lively week centered on the National Drill with daily events and grand-scale Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington Soldiers Home cemetery Congressional cemetery and General Logan's tomb. Heat and rain test troops while hospital and Red Cross services prove vital and tents suffer cyclone-level damage.
General Greely praised weather improvements at the encampment while the Virginia Brigade staff noted benefits for officers and troops. The Drill grounds prepared for a $5,000 prize awards ceremony at three o'clock with General Sheridan announcing and presenting the prizes to the winning companies.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision holds states cannot tax steamship companies’ gross receipts from interstate and foreign carriage of passengers and cargo. The ruling reverses the Pennsylvania court. interstate commerce regulation is the key factor.
In Natrona Pennsylvania on May 29, a strike at the Salt works escalated as non union workers fired into a Knights of Labor crowd causing two Knights to be wounded. Green was initially thought fatally injured but later found to have non fatal wounds. The fighting began after quarrels between unionists and Knights from Creighton amid heavy drinking and volatile tempers. Hostilities paused for now.
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