Court hearing reveals disputes over Dauphin County courthouse contract
Muddled testimony centers on a proposed Dauphin county courthouse project. Architect Stan Lewis and contractor Shumacher face questions about a quantities book given to Sanderson and why deductions were made. Witnesses discuss measurements and responsibility for metal fixtures and signatures at the capitol site.
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Shumaker
Snyder
Sanderson
Harribourg
Joseph M. Finstog
Aubior Gerrral Saviter
Mia ames
P. e
Mathe
Spicer
Gilbert
stort
Sosa
Lewis
siers
Fle
Huston
Cilbert
Marton
Capitol Furnishings Probe Reveals Snyder Influence on Bills
Testimony in a corruption case links Snyder and Shumaker to controlling capitol furniture purchases and the quantities book. Juror funeral delays session as Huston and Snyder faced indictments for conspiracy involving 92704.30 dollars amid testimony about footings and certificates issued July 1995.
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Los res
favider yu
bustin
Snyder
Loews Lewis
Hudten
Huston
Sanderson
capitol
Haston
Shumaker
commonwealth
Letris
aio
panei
Samereon
sonia
Tramp Death On Railroad Spurs Coroner Probe
Five itinerant men traveled from Washington borough to Young's siding near Lancaster Pennsylvania where one tramp was killed after being run over by a train. Four survivors were arrested and identified as Maxwell of Philadelphia Leonard Geonard of Detroit Stark of Philadelphia and Doty of Baltimore. The deceased used an alias Murphy. The group reported drunken quarrels and said they knew little of the fatal incident beyond a trackman’s remark that Murphy was killed.
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Lancaster
Washinxton
Young’s siding
beingy ashe
Siardolphin
Frank Maxwell
Philadelphia
Andrew Geonard
Detroit
afieb
John Stark
James Doty
Baltimore
Murphy
Maxwell
Hanover
Fuesiay
Columbia
Tires
rempenion
anne
Morse Disappears in Promissory Note Case
A Supreme Court action against tanker Charles W Morse by Charles Hinna involves promissory notes from Morse to the National Bank of North America. Reports mention a judgment entered for Festa and notes of Morse departing for Europe.
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New York
supreme court
Charles W Morse
Charles Hinna
United States
certian
br J Morse
Nationa Bank
No Arsereca
Robert Arp
Pacenyel nk
North Amer
Charles W
Europe
adobe
Moran
Walo Stops at Mates After Theft Claims
Walo ends a tense confrontation at the group stop after noting claims of theft. The incident centers on four participants and a disputed transfer of goods, with no injuries reported and authorities asked to review the evidence.
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stop mates Walo
noTng
Prison Break Leads to Arrest in Boston Case
Lsed Scoon and two others escaped from the Hanes fair with the aid of a key held by Livy Epathé. Scoon was a mill clerk and is accused of embezzlement. police arrested him in Boston with the two accomplices.
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Pac Tan
WooVa
Feb
mie
ismers
Boston
Russia Turkey Tension Flares Over Caucasus Border
Novoe Vremya warns war possible by April as Turkish troop movements near the frontier and Turkish ships chartered for munitions raise alarms. Russian officers in the Caucasus consider conflict likely, while authorities deny active hostilities but urge readiness among reserves.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Turkey
Persia
Novoe Vremya
Tiflis
Caucasus
Lloyd
Anatolia
offic
Work of train wreckers prompts deadly derailment inquiry
In Frackville Pennsylvania investigators conclude the engineer A. Sigfried died when a bolt tied to a rail and stones beneath it caused a deliberate derailment. The accident involved a passenger train. no coaches left the tracks. Two New York women, caretakers, were found frozen to death in a West Seventy-first street home.
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Pottaville
Grant Sigfried
Pennsylvania railroad
Frackville
Sigfried
eng? Heer
New York
West Seventy-first street
Margaret Meek
Bertie
Margaret Kelly
Steel Men Recalled to Work in Steelton
One thousand men formerly employed at the Pennsylvania Steel company in Steelton are being recalled after over a month of idleness. Orders from New York for structural material for municipal buildings and for rails from the New York City Rail War company enable the company to increase its force to about 2500 men, roughly 40 percent of the normal staff.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Steel company
Steelton
New York
New York City Rail War company
Snoring Policeman Loses Job in New York
Policeman Terence Gallagher, long assigned to guard prisoners at J Hood Wright Hospital, is moved to street duty after his snoring alarmed patients. Colleague Micha Sheehan, whose snoring bothered no one, retains his position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluecoat
New York
Terence Gallagher
J. Hood Wright
Micha Sheehan
Senator Stone Pushes Relinquishment of Philippine Islands
The article notes a 1913 push by Senator Stone and others in Congress to urge the president to cede control of the Philippine islands after obtaining pledges from other nations to keep the islands neutral.
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Stone auced
Philippine islands
Mother Persuades Son to Kill Father in Florida Court
A planter named Strickland was shot near a window and likely fatally wounded. His twelve year old son confessed to the crime and said his mother urged him to shoot his father.
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Boniface
J. a Strickland
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