Navy Bill Advances Amid Debate in House
The House opened debate on the naval appropriation bill totaling 61.2 million dollars with focus on armor plate ship construction in government yards and coast and geodetic survey. Critics urged limits while supporters argued for a strong navy to defend national interests and commerce. Magistrate Pisenbrown to hear forgery case involving Charles H. Masson estate next Thursday.
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Foss
Routelle
Pisenbrown
Eliza H. Oram
Charles A.fessler
Charles H. Masson
Millie J. Masson
Masson
Ohio Legislature Adjourns After Killing Major Bill
Ohio lawmakers adjourned today after killing a million dollar appropriator and other measures. The session ended with the Toledo Ex A. TV approved for confirmation as Insurance Commissioner.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo Ex A. TV
Washington Notes Treasury Secretary Postmark and Bond Deposits
The secretary notes a postmarked item from a naval office in St. Louis and outlines bond deposits for the year. It mentions General operations and legal figures including John and Lemiy, with reference to the Judge Advocate General and military aspects.
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Treas
John Math
Nomination in the Senate for Puerto Rico Governor
President McKinley nominates Charles H. Allen for civil Governor of Puerto Rico with grand ceremony planned in San Juan. Navy ships and army units to attend, palace decor and street preparations to showcase U S power. Confirmation expected tomorrow with Allen departing for San Juan by May 1 and inauguration set for May 1.
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Island
McKinley
Day
Washington
Charles H. Allen
Puerto Rico
United States
North Atlantic
San Juan Harbor
New York
Kearsarge
Texas
Machias
San Juan
Allen
Davis
Navy
Senate
Lowell
Dolphin
Navy Yard
Mrs. Allen
Massachusetts
Mr. Allen
Only One Bid for Vineland Bonds
Vineland April 16 brokers gathered to bid on municipal bonds of 140000 dollars issued by the Mayor and Borough Council but litigation over a writ of certiorari halted sales. Dick Brothers & Co. of New York and Philadelphia submitted a sole bid to take the entire issue at 12 dollars per hundred, about a near rate.
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The
Times
Vineland
Dick Brothers & Co
New York
Philadelphia
Berry Turned Down by Delaware County Democrats
William H. Berry the Free Silverite faced rejection at a Delaware county meeting, losing the county chairman race to William H. Nelson of Chester. The plan to elect Berry to heal wounds from his national delegate defeat failed as party leaders moved to appoint a county convention slate and speeches referenced Bryan and the Wilson ticket.
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William H. Berry
Free Silverite
Delaware County
William H. Nelson
Chester
Berry
Joan
B Vite
Coleyn
Beccens
Bryan
W Ticket
Shorter Hours for New York Drug Clerks Signed
Governor Roosevelt signed a bill shortening the pharmacy clerk training in New York City and authorizing inspection of drug stores by the local Board of Health. The measure aims to improve oversight and efficiency in pharmaceutical clerical work.
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Albany
N. Y
Rooseveltt
New York
Board of Health
Priest Fires Shots At Two Bold Church Thieves
The Church of the Sacred Heart in Camden reports two thieves burst in around 3 am. Reverend Father Brice fired at them with a revolver and rifle but missed. they fled, leaving only the ostensorium taken and the altar crucifix dismounted. The rector described the suspects as well built in dark clothing.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
Broadway and
Ferry Avenue
Camden
Father Brice
Tramps Allegedly Assault Moran In Office
William Moran 18 was found unconscious at the Neff office on Walnut Street with a hatchet nearby. He claimed two men assaulted him to steal money, but police found no evidence of entry or injuries, and six suspects were briefly questioned.
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William D. Moran
Haverford Avenue
Pennsylvania Hospital
Howard L. Neff
Walnut Street
Neff
Tasker Street
Young Moran
F. W. Aszmand
Mies Moran
A. B. Atkinson
Moran
Third District
Butler
Moore
Widow or Divorced Woman In Polish Jewish Speech In Court
In Common Pleas Court Judge Bregg ruled for Pesach Greenberg in the divorce case against Rosa Greenberg. Testimony showed Rosa used the Almuna term to refer to a divorced woman or widow, and Greenberg argued their marriage was void since Rosa’s first husband lived at the time of their union. The juryVerdict favored the libellant with no defense offered by Rosa's counsel.
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Bregg
Common Pleas Court
Pesach Greenberg
Rosa Greenberg
Isaac Thorner
Brisk
Poland
Libellant
Greenberg
Rosa
Thorner
Shot Dead on a Train in Kentucky Rampage
Hopkinsville Kentucky April 16 a mob of about a dozen white men shot Morgan Boone a black man to death on an excursion train near Slaughtersville Boone brandished a revolver threatening instant death as panic spread in the second class car a man rose to act but was felled by a coupling pin Boone fled to the smoker where he was mortally wounded at the first volley his body was dragged to the platform and dumped beside the track
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Hopkinsville
Morgan Boone
Slaughterville
Boone
Slaughtersville
Up-To-Date Swindler Poses as Census Man in Germantown
A man posing as a census taker duped families in Germantown by asking census questions then getting them to sign a paper certifying information. The next day a wagon delivered books and the signed paper was used as a contract for literature. Several people paid installments amid fear, and police investigate.
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Germantown
Dickinson Says Voorhees Will Be Beaten
Jersey City April 16 Colonel Samuel Dickinson Republican leader Hudson county and delegate to the State convention issued a statement declaring Governor Voorhees will not go to the national convention as delegate-at-large from New Jersey. He predicts Voorhees will be beaten and names Sewell Kean Franklin Murphy Barker Gummere as likely delegates and the national committeeman. He says Murphy will be elected and Gummere will receive all votes.
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Jersey City
Samuel Dickinson
Hudson County
Voorhees
New Jersey
Oe Sewell
Kean
Franklin Murnd Barker Gummere
Franklin Murphy
Evernne
Antion
Joe Gummere
Caleb Jackson Dead
Special Telegram to Tax Times reports Caleb Jackson died after three months of cancer in Wyoming Delaware on April 16. He was an active Odd Fellow and member of a local lodge, remembered for community service and faith.
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Tax Times
Wyoming
Del
Caleb Jackson
M. E
Clifford Must Hang
The Supreme Court affirmed Judge Gray in denying a habeas corpus petition for Edward Clifford who is under sentence for murder in New Jersey. This is the third time the high court has ruled on the case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Edward Clifford
New Jersey
Gray
Wanted to Lynch Goldberg Brute Narrow Escape From Rope
Special Telegram to The Tres. Paterson April 16 A lynching was narrowly averted today when Mrs. Sarah Hopkin resisted an argument over price at Max Goldberg 60 Market Street. Goldberg kicked her in the face and jumped on her abdomen. A crowd formed to lynch him but police intervened and placed him in custody.
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Paterson
Sarah Hopkin
Max Goldberg
Market Street
Goldberg
Pastor Stricken in Pulpit in Liewellyn
Rev N B Johnson pastor of the Methodist church at Liewellyn collapsed during a sermon and was carried to his home where doctors said paralysis affected one side he remains in critical condition Delegates Leslie Ward and Robert Hawkesworth chosen for the Sixth District Republican convention in Philadelphia both strong McKinley supporters.
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Tus Times
Newark
Leslie D. Ward
Robert W. Hawkesworth
East Orange
Philadelphia
McKinley
Tragedy as Toddler Dies in Boiling Water Accident
Special telegram reports 3 year old Paul Gross of Center Hall died after a fall into a bucket of boiling water while his mother Mrs. Samuel Gross cleaned her lip. The incident occurred in Center Hall as the child sustained severe facial burns and other injuries.
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THW Times
Bellefonte
Paul Gross
Samuel Gross
Center Hall
Reverend William J. Rutledge Dies at 86 in Jacksonville Ill
The Rev William J Rutledge a renowned Methodist minister in the West died yesterday in Jacksonville Illinois aged 86 He is credited with proposing the Grand Army of the Republic idea and was an intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln Governor Yates and other civic leaders His death marks the loss of a prominent church figure and Civil War era link
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Jacksonville
Til
William J. Rutledge
Ill
Ben F. Stevenson
Rutledge
Abraham Lincoln
Yates
Bids Opened for City Work by Public Safety Director
Public Safety Director English opened bids yesterday for several small parks projects in the city. Work includes lake excavation at League Island Park and construction of a new dead house at Mada fre house, Emma Ree Sw, and related site reforms.
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Public Safety
English
League Island Park
Mada Fre
Emma Ree
Sw. Pearson
Er Ee Tet Bose
Explosion at Ohio plant claims three workers
An explosion of molten metal at the National Steel Company Ohio plant in Youngstown today killed or seriously injured workers James Johnston Wallace Alexander and Sthwee et Pate as crews battled the blaze.
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Youngstown
Ohio
National Steel Company
James Johnston
Wallace Alexander
Rocket Sthwee
Eet Pate
Delegates to Meet in Gloucester City for Loudenslager Event
Gloucester City on April 16 reports Republican delegates gathering to nominate or support candidate Loudenslager at a local convention. Details remain sparse but indicate party organization activities and a focus on Loudenslager.
Movements of Steamers Arrivals
La Gascogne arrives New York from Havre and Laha New York bound for Bremen with arrivals noted in shipping column.
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la Gascogne
New York
Havre
Laha
Bremen
Death of John D. Ruoff Fire Company President
John D. Ruoff, president of the Northern Liberty Volunteer Fire Company, died Sunday at 1601 Mt. Vernon Street after illness from grip and pneumonia. Born in the city in 1830, he joined the area fire service in his youth and rose to leadership before his death.
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John D. Ruoff
Northern Liberty Volunteer Fire Company
Mt. Vernon Street
Ruoff
Ara
Sentence for Helschofcky at Third and De Lancey station
Magistrate Keenan jailed Edward Helschofcky at the Third and De Lancey streets police station yesterday morning. The man, connected with a belt and fire on Drne South street incident, received a sentence for a gf 4 assault.
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Egge
Jalil
Keenan
de Lancey Streets
Edward Helschofcky
Ee Ee
Atten
Drne South Street
Senate confirms Silas Terry and B. Barnes nominations
Washington April 14 The Senate today confirmed the nominations of Silas Terry to be a rear admiral and B Barnes of Temee to be a mount judge.
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Terry
Washington
Senate Today
Eee
Aoe
Silas
B. Barnes
Teme
First Alert Weather Forecast for Mid Atlantic Tuesday
Forecast for Tuesday covers Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland with showers Tuesday and probably Wednesday. Winds become rising and southeasterly to high levels. Yesterday’s high and low temperatures are not specified.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
130 Years Old Woman Marks Easter Birthday at Girard Home
Mary McDonald celebrated what she calls her 130th birthday at the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons on Girard and Belmont Avenues. She credits a Valley Forge bark dye incident from Easter 1776 and says she has lived in three centuries, with her clay pipe as her only companion.
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Mary McDonald
Girard
Belmont Avenues
Filipinos Surprised Fifty Three Insurgents Killed
Manila reports Captain Dodd with a Third Cavalry squadron surrounding a village in Benknet province and routing about two hundred insurgents. Fifty three enemy fighters were killed, 44 captured, and the village burned. One American was wounded.
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Manila
Dodd
Third Cavalry
Benknet
Foreman Henry Hunnecker Killed At Muncy Sawmill
Henry Hunnecker fifty five of Salladsburg, foreman at a Muncy sawmill, was killed when a log rolled down a bank striking him after a workman dropped a hook. He died within minutes, while directing men handling logs.
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Williamsport
Henry Hunnecker
Muncy
Hunnecker
Salladsburg
Spring Overcoats Reduced For Immediate Sale
This business shows rapid growth with more Spring Overcoats sold to date than in prior years. Many lots have sizing gaps. save five dollars on Spring Overcoats now as customers begin needing them. Overcoats include Raglans and Chesterfield styles, silk lining, and vivid greens with generous tailorable options.
Perry & Co. Menswear Ad Promises Best Spring Garments
The notice promotes Perry and Co. at 16820 Chestnut Street as the right place for spring overcoats and suits. It touts wide fabric and garment variety, N. B. U. patterns, and unbeatable prices with phrases like cheap spring suits from eight to thirty dollars. It emphasizes easy access and strong sales appeal for men’s clothing.
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Nicaragua Canal
Japan
Russia
England
France
Germany
Ma'am
Cummings
Foes
Ridgeley
Sixth Street
Wood
Edward
City National Bank
Chicago
Eliza H. Masson
Charles Cram
Johnson
Charles*h. Masson
Orphans’ Court
Charles A. Fessler
the Times
North Lambert Street
Cram
Bill
Toledo Exposition
Lemiy
Times Bureau
Vineland Bonds
Nelson
Roosevelt
Wan Tee
Eric
Sacred Heart
Priest
Buy
Tramps
Hatchet
Almuna
Dickinson
Kent County
Clifford
N. B. Johnson
Liewellyn
W. J. Rutledge
Loudenslager
Gloucester City
City
Pat Scobeation
Fort c
John Ruoff
Chesterfield
Wm. H. Wanamaker
Perry's
Perry 4 Co
Chestnut Street
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