Primary Bill Defeated in Senate and Election Debate
A staff correspondent reports April 24 as election bills dominate the legislature. The Senate defeated the Flinn bill regulating nomination of public officers. the House passed the Guthrie primary bill but defeated the Bedford general election measure 89 to 58 amid Democratic resistance to weaker reforms. The Guffey bill looms for final passage, with Democrats signaling readiness to conclude the matter tomorrow once Cols. Guffey and Quay confer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harri Risswara
Senate
Flinn
Guthrie
House
Guffey
Colonel Guffey
Senator Quay
Skeler
Columbia County
Foeht
Senate Committee On Elections
Focht
Aiso
Alifezheay
Grady
Orphans’ Court
Montgomery County
Snyder
Wentz
Rice
Boyd
Neely
Stiles
Oleo Fight in Harrisburg Ends as Rules Suspended Vote Fails
In Harrisburg on April 24 the House debated the Oleo bill with Mr. Cooper moving to suspend rules for third reading. The division failed 107 to 65, blocking the suspension and sending the matter back to calendar. Voorhees proposed related bills and the Philadelphia rate law for legal ads passed finally.
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Harrisburg
Cooper
Delaware
Voorhees
Philadelphia
Marshall
House
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
St. Joseph's Hospital
Reading
Betting Bill Defeated In Senate Vote Ties 17 to 17
The Stiles betting bill to legalize wagers at horse races failed in the Senate by a 17 to 17 vote. Senators Stiles and Higgins switched from yes to no after the result, allowing supporters a chance to reconsider. The session also cleared the calendar of first and third readings as 32 bills moved forward.
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Harrisburg
Stiles
Senate
Lehigh
Higgins
Schuylkill
Rushing Torrents Sweep Shenango Valley in Flood
Special Telegram reports Shenango Valley from Greenville to New Castle in a major flood. Water rises rapidly, 18 inches from the 1893 high mark, submerging homes and flooding mills and works including Sharon Steel Hoop, Valley Muckbar, and Shenango Machine. Rail lines washed, mills abandoned, and thousands at risk as Passaic Falls roars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SuHaron
Shenango
Greenville
New Castle
Sharon Steel Hoop Company
Valley Muckbar Mill
Shenango Machine Company
Sharon Steel Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Middlesex
Nashua
Wheatland
Sharon Eagle
PASSAIC ON THE RAMPAGE FIRE THREAT AND FLOODING
Passaic river swells to a 15 year high flooding lower city areas including River street. Water covers streets and cellars fill four to six feet. Fires cannot be kept. residents evacuate as riverbank terraces at Westside Park are undermined and washed away.
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Paterson
Passaic
River Street
Westside Park
Reign of Terror in Cape Colony
London reports describe Merriman and Sauer condemning Cape Colony martial law and censorship. They accuse trials by native testimony, fines for observations, and camp abuses of Boer women and children, urging self government and British recognition.
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Cape Colony
Mr. Merriman
England
Merriman
South Africa
J. W. Sauer
Public Works
Port Elizabeth
Floods swamp Ohio valley driving hundreds from homes
Cincinnati dispatch reports high water on the Ohio River reaching 57.5 feet at six PM with rising not yet halted. Tenants flee across the region as Mill Creek and Little Miami valleys flood. Newport and Bellevue suffer inundation while Taylor bottoms see water up to trees and streetcars shuttling riders. Three lives reported lost, bodies unrecovered.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Mill Creek Valley
Little Miami
Kentucky
Taylor Bottoms
Newport
Yue
Bellevue
Dayton
Licking River
Fleischmann
John Griffin
Grave diggers strike disrupts Philadelphia cemetery
In Philadelphia thirteen grave diggers and two teamsters at Holy Cross Cemetery walked off over pay. They demand ten dollars weekly for ten hour days after one was fired for alleged neglect. The receiving vault fills as two slower workers failed to keep pace and others quit when stepping into strikers' roles. Archbishop's secretary offered no settlement.
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Philadelphia
Holy Cross Cemetery
Thomas Mingley
Father Turner
Mingley
Shad Fisherman Narrowly Escapes Drowning
George W. Irons, shad fisherman from New Castle, nearly drowned when a sudden gust flipped his boat on the Delaware River opposite New Castle. The boat’s boom struck him as it swung, throwing him into the water. he was saved from a dangerous situation after the accident near the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
New Castle
Del
George W. Irons
Davy Jones
Locker
Delaware River
New Theory in Stover Murder Shocks Neighborhood
Two hours before services for George L. Stover the police advanced a fresh theory that he was shot while returning from a nearby saloon after leaving his daughter Anna upstairs in the house. Detectives continue to follow leads as curiosity-seekers crowd the home in the rain.
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Stover
George L. Stover
Dauphin Street
Anna
M. Gaul
Twenty-ninth
York Streets Methodist Episcopal Church
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Ontario's Cargo Ablaze Aboard Wilson Liner Ontario
The British steamship Ontario Captain Brenton from Hull bound for Boston turned back to Queenstown after discovering cargo on fire April 21, 330 miles west of Fastnet. Chief officer and four crew narrowly escaped arsenic fumes during attempts to reach the seat of the fire. The four-masted vessel of 2634 tons, formerly the Lydian Monarch, was built in 1881 at Dumbarton for Wilson Line.
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Queenstown
Ontario
Brenton
Hull
Boston
Fastnet
Wilson Line
Dumbarton
Scotland
Washington Notes and White House Talks Circulate
Reports from General Greely on Philippines operations draw positive notes. E H Plumacher United States Consul at Maracaibo on leave visited the White House. The Treasury Secretary bought bonds and shorts while Baron Fava Italian Ambassador discusses a successor. Curtiss suggests a Pension Commissioner for Kansas if H Clay Evans retires. A Boston wanted man, Robert B Robinson, was arrested. A forthcoming American Red Cross commission heads to Washington for organizational planning.
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General Greely
Signal Corps
Philippines
E. H. Plumacher
United States
Maracaibo
Venezuela
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Yetefter
Baron Fava
Italy
Curtig
Kansas
H. Clay Evans
Robert B. Robinson
Boston
Kelly
Washington
Cas
Miss Biddle to Name Boat After Ancestor
The torpedo boat Biddle under construction at Bath Iron Works will launch May 18 with Miss Emily Butler Biddle christening the vessel. A Philadelphia social figure, she is a descendant of Captain Nicholas Biddle, a naval officer born 1750, famed for Continental Navy service and dramatic engagements until his death in 1778.
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Biddle
Bath
Emily Butler Biddle
Nicholas Biddle
Captain Biddle
United State Navy
Commodore Biddle
Cee
Pleas Court
Philadel
Locust Street
Andalusia
Delaware
Philadelphia
Phipps
Admiral Nelson
America
Andrea Doria
Central Railroad of New Jersey telegraphers reach wage accord
New York April 24 officials and representatives of the Central Railroad of New Jersey employees end a conference with a general agreement. Telegraphers receive overtime pay with no overall salary raise, schedule to start May 1, and appeal process for low pay. Eight to twelve hour divisions and pay ranges from $40 to $65 monthly plus overtime. minimum $40. Extra staff will be dropped first if reductions occur.
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New York
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
John V. Waite
Timothy Shea
L. B. Titus
J.W. Harris
John Nelligan
Girl defies forced marriage in McKeesport case
Miss Mary Faix, under 20, fled a planned arranged match with George Foreman after her father, Frank Faix, used a gun to compel the union. She has taken refuge with relatives at Star Junction in Westmoreland County, while police warn the father not to molest or press her into marrying against her will.
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the Times
McKeesport
Mary Faix
Star Junction
Westmoreland County
Frank Faix
Sand Alley
George Foreman
National Tube Works
Samuel Loomis
North Parkway
Foreman
Loomis
Rice estate personal effects sale begins in New York
The sale of the personal effects of William Marsh Rice, the Texas millionaire who died in New York on September 23, started today by order of John P. O'Brien, temporary administrator of the estate.
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New York
William Marsh Rice
John P. O'Brien
Four Stock Exchange seats sold for sixty five thousand each
New York city reports four Stock Exchange seats sold for 65 000 dollars apiece. George T Bonner is named as the seller’s son in the announced transaction.
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New York
George T. Bonner
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Guernsey Island
Earthquake shocks were felt this afternoon in Guernsey in the English Channel. No injuries or further details announced. Residents reported tremors across the island as authorities monitored aftershocks and potential structural impacts.
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Guernsey
London
English Channel
Weather Summary Deficiency and Rainfall Accumulations
Weather notes report accumulated temperature deficiency since January 1 at 0.6 degrees and rainfall excess since April 1 at 2.05 inches. Rainfall deficiency since January 1 stands at 1.06 inches.
Philadelphia Notes Local charity events and crimes in brief
The Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists hosted a school dinner at Washington Park for the Free Hospital for Poor Consumptives. A policy shop raid at 4819 South Street led to six arrests. A man died of heart disease after his nephew’s funeral. A 12 year old boy duo were held on attempted larceny. Professor H D Patton tours Lancaster for Prohibition lecturing. A man aged 75 fell from cellar steps at 735 South Street and is hospitalized still.
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Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists
Washington Park
Common Pleas Court
Republican Club
Thirty-eighth Ward
North Broad Street
Free Hospital
Harry Sagee
Powelton Athletic Club
St. James Hall
Market
South Street
Welker
Bond
Fifteenth District
Patrick Crosby
South Front Street
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Thomas Kerns
Morton Street
Germantown
Joseph Chando
South Twelfth Street
Antonio Deancoa
Carpenter Street
Ball
Cunningham
H. D. Patton
Lancaster
Central League
South B
Roetiile
Mili
University Hospital
Gold for export engaged by City Bank of New York
The City Bank of New York engaged an additional 550000 in gold for export. It will be sent out today.
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City Bank of
New York
Antonio Triolla
Mamie Cirolla
Illinois House
Illinois
St. Louis
Walter W. Price
Isabel Haskins
Ludlowville
Chicago
Supreme Council
United States
P. McMaster
Nineveh
N. Y
Binghamton
Ash
Conan Dy
Superior Court
New Haven
Conn
Ady Mariann
Brief Cablegrams from the Era of Global Tension
A scattered wire service note reports an earthquake felt in Rome and southern Italy. It cites potential Japanese claims for indemnity from China at 750,000 and notes suppressed export duties in Venezuela. A Paris nuncio flap, honors for Russian officials, and a Porto Rico death are listed. Also mentions clashes near Fort Darwin in Mashonaland and a Welsh miners rally against taxes.
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Rome
Italy
Japan
China
Mgr
Lorenzelli
Paris
Venezuela
M. Delcasse
M. Siplaguine
Donald McLean
Orlando
Florida
Porto Rico
San Juan
Pees
Romi
Paterson
N. J
Peror William
Berlin
London
Fort Darwin
Mashonaland
Charterland Ice
Chintal
Mapondara
Carait
Bes
Perry & Co Promotes Spring Suits at Chestnut Street
The ad invites ladies to view a handsome display of spring suits and overcoats as husbands and companions are urged to dress well. Perry & Co at 1620 Chestnut Street promises hospitality and confident quality to female customers.
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Perry & CO
Chestnut Street
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Coonel
Union
Peter J. Hughes
Oleo
Mr. Stiles
Passaic Falls
Water Company
J. X. Merriman
Afrikander Bund
League of Liberals
Holy Cross
Louisa
Wilson
Miss Biddle
Bahamas
New Providence
Long Island
Glasgow
New London
Newfoundland
Randolph
Charleston
Yarmouth
Miss Emily Butler Biddle
Jersey Central
Pennsylvania
United States Weather Bureau
A & Mal Len P
City News
Black Jack
Clayton
N.M
Colorado and Southern Railway
Folsom
N. M
Watertown
James M. Starbuck
J. Starbuck
Dwiggin, Starbuck Lee
Lincoln, Neb
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