Lawmakers Discuss Oil Tax Bills and Senate Actions
In Harrisburg on January 31 the House and Senate moved through routine business with discussions of oil tax bills in committee. Secretary Quay announced appointments. The oil tax proposals include a one cent per gallon tax, ten cents per barrel on crude shipped out, and a tax on pipeline receipts, with an additional $1,000 per new well proposal under consideration. The Bayard Taylor memorial planning continues.
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House
Senate
Quay
J. R. McAfee
Westmoreland
Commonwealth
Thomas McCamant
Blair
Colonel Quay
Frazer
Allegheny
House Committee On
United States Senate
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bayard Taylor
McCachran
Cumberland
Riverhart
Chester County
Prothonotary Bond Sparks Transfer in Bucks County
Special correspondence reports a tied Prothonotary race in Bucks County with 7,610 votes for Democrat Thomas Ochs and 7,610 for Republican Thomas Folwell. After a dismissed recount petition, Gov. Hartranft declared vacancy and issued a commission for Folwell. A $20,000 bond is needed, with a list of bond hearing filers including Milton Althouse Lewis Clemens T W Meredith William Godshalk E F Taylor Cress Fell W C Blackfan I H Worstall and Benjamin Hall.
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Lestown
Thomas T. Ochs
Thomas Folwell
Ochs
Watson
Hart
Doylestown Township
E. F. Taylor
Doylestown
Cress Fell
Buckingham
W. C. Blackfan
Solebury
I. H. Worstall
Benjamin Hall
Schaefer Routs Heiser in Billiard Marathon Victory
In a Chicago vs Boston clash Schaefer dominates the eighteenth billiard game with a 376 run before fouling, finishing 600 to 233 as Garnier trails Sexton by 154 points in the adjacent match. The large audience witnessed Schaefer's precise cue work and control throughout the long session.
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New Yor
Schaefer
Chicago
Heiser
Boston
Garnier
Sexton
Ice Gorges Breaking Floods Hit Ohio Rivers
A Cincinnati dispatch reports rapid river rises and severe flooding across Ohio. The Sandusky gorge near Fremont floods homes and yachts as ice blocks the river, while French Creek backs into Meadville areas. Warren reports Mahoning flooding halting trains and five feet of water on the Ashtabula line. Napoleon notes Maumee ice breakup washing away two piers and four spans worth about 25,000 dollars, with lower town residents evacuated by boat and a family stranded on an island amid rising waters.
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Cincinnati
Sandusky
Fremont
Ohio
Meadville
French Creek
Warren
Mahoning River
Ashtabula
Pittsburg
Napoleon
Maumee
Killed in an Ore-Washer Near Easton
William Stucker, a young worker at Thomas Richards ore mines three miles from Easton in Palmer township, was killed this morning at the ore-washing machine. While drinking water he slipped and vanished, and before the mill could be stopped he was torn and mangled by the washer’s spades. Remains entangled for an hour.
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Easton
William Stucker
Thomas Richards
Palmer Township
Miss May Marshall Ends With 1067 Quarter Miles
Washington report notes Miss May Marshall the Chicago pedestrienne finished 1067 quarter miles by 11 o clock tonight, her last quarter in four minutes. She remains in very good condition and confident of completing her task. New York brief adds Miss Bartell at 11 P M had 405 quarter miles, Belden 358 half miles, and Vau Ness 241.
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Washington
Burning of infected villages urged by Czar adviser
A Vienna dispatch to the Times reports Professor Batkin, physician to the Czar, recommends burning Wetlianka and nearby villages where the epidemic has spread, including all furniture, and relocating inhabitants to healthier areas. The Czar is said to favor adopting this costly measure.
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London
Vienna
London Times
Hunton Alexander Duel in Court Debated by Grand Jury
Washington January 31 Mr Columbus Alexander of this city appeared before the grand jury today for the purpose of having the Hon Eppa Hunton of Virginia indicted for sending him a challenge to fight a duel last summer Alexander was examined at length and further consideration was postponed until Monday next.
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Washington
Columbus Alexander
Eppa Hunton
Virginia
Alexander
Ocean Steamship Arrivals Headline From Atlantic Ports
Ocean steamship arrivals list ships arriving at Queenstown from Baltimore and at New York from London Otranto Hull Havre Republic Liverpool. Passenger and cargo movements noted as ships reach the harbor. Multiple vessels from European ports shown in arrival summary for the period.
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Queenstown
Austria
Baltimore
New York
Canada
London
Otranto
Hull
France
Havre
Republic
Liverpool
Two Thousand Men Strike in Liverpool and Birkenhead
London reports the engineers and dockmen strike began in Liverpool and Birkenhead with over two thousand workers leaving their posts this morning.
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London
Liverpool
Birkentea
Restoration plan urged for Patent Office by House committee
The House committee on public buildings passed a resolution asking the Supervising Architect of the Capitol to draft restoration plans for the Patent Office. A Whitthorne report on ex-Secretary Robeson will be laid before the full committee Tuesday. The Senate discussed fisheries claim termination notices but did not act. A naval board will meet February 1 in Chester to review the Miantonomoh. Currency held at $363,127,900.06. Agriculture panel to study cattle diseases and prevention measures.
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Senate
Speaker Long
Building Association
Landis
Congress
Graham
Philadelphia
Herr
Schnatterly
Fayette
Lamon
Jones
Davies
Commonwealth
Ermentrout
Cooper
House Committee On
Capitol
Patent Office
Whitthorne
House Naval Committee
Robeson
Joseph Severns
Philadelphia Argus
Washington Constitutional Union
Cay
State Department
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Treaty of Washington
House Committee On Commerce
Board of
Naval Constructors
Naval Constructor
P. Hichborn
United States Navy
Navy Department
Chester
United States
Miantanomah
John Roach
Senate Committee On Agriculture
le Ducin
Department of Agriculture
New York Pedestrians and Susan B Anthony Tour
A Times special from New York on January 30 describes Mrs Susan B Anthony addressing Albany lawmakers about women's suffrage, wearing black silk and iron spectacles. The piece also covers public pedestrian walks in large halls, noting Miss Annie Bartel’s rapid quarter-mile rounds and the contrast with other walkers. It notes Omnibus fare cuts, a Broadway street railway debate, and Manhattan Savings Bank losses from a burglary. It closes with brief bits on local politics and notable figures such as Mr Jarvis.
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The
Times
New York
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Annie Bartel
Chester County
Brooklyn
Madame Anderson
Anderson
Fifth Regiment
Hester Street
Armory
Belden
Milwaukee
van Ness
Miss Bartel
Susan B. Anthony
Albany
Judiciary Committee
Susan
Manhattan Savings Bank
Manhattan
Jehu
Nimshi
Broadway
A. T. Stewart
Mr. Welch
St. Nicholas Hotel
Fulton
Hardee Heller
England
Coup
Gilmore’s
Ss Ike
North Carolina’s new governor elected senator succeeds Vance
Gov. Vance resigns the North Carolina governorship effective February 5 to assume the U.S. Senate seat after Merriman. Thomas J. Jarvis, the current lieutenant governor, will be inaugurated at noon in the Capitol with a grand pageant. A dress ball at Tucker Hall honors the new governor. Leach may become Senate President. Jarvis, age forty three, rises from humble origins to prominence.
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Raleigh
Vance
United States
Merriman
North Carolina
Thomas J. Jarvis
State Senate
Capitol
Tucker Hall
South Carolina
Virginia
James M. Leach
Davidson
Greensboro
Senate
Jarvis
Randolph-Macon College
Richmonds Trial Tests Character of Man Killed by Actor
The Augustus Boyle case for Daniel Archer’s murder resumed in Court of Oyer and Terminer with defense witnesses testifying Archer was rough and violent when intoxicated. Rebuttal witnesses said Richmond claimed not to know Archer, while others cited Archer as well behaved when sober. The testimony focused on Archer’s general character under liquor as trial proceeds.
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Augustus Boyle
Harry Richmond
Daniel Archer
Judge Mitchell
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Benjamin McClurg
C. F. Hooker
John Hart
Charles Carpenter
George Eckstein
George Miles
Robert McKay
E. D. Coterell
John Herrity
John Kloss
Robert Steel
William J. St. Clair
William Kendall
D. Canfield
E. Priser
A. E. Herrity
H. C. Price
D. Dougherty
E. N. Telford
Patrick Kelly
Joseph A
Elizabeth Jackson
Archer
Commonwealth
Stewart McCless
Walling
Wakefield
Richmond
Curry
Prince Henry
Dr. Hooker
Mr. Jackson
Carpenter
Ninth and
Chestnut Streets
J. Megargee
Wm. H. Shuster
Oficer Keating
Captain Curry
John Price
John Wiltbank
T. Henry
Eli Keen
T. Henry Filge
Adamantine's Last Trip Sunk Off Smith's Island
The oyster schooner Adamantine, bound from the Potomac to Baltimore, was found sunk in the bay between Kedges Straits and Smith's Island. Captain Horace Baker of Philadelphia was lashed to the topmast, nine crew members lashed to the deck, bodies not named. Vessel valued at 1500 dollars with oyster cargo about 1000 dollars, suspected collision with the Express wreck.
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Adamantine
Potomac River
Baltimore
Thomas Moore
Kedges’ Straits
Smith's Island
Horace Baker
Philadelphia
Smith’s Island
Express
Stealing From the County Treasury in Urbana
Urbana residents expose fraud in the County Treasurer's office. Treasurer James Blass delegated duties to two clerks, one his brother, who overcharged on tax receipts and altered books. A creditor and others uncovered widespread overcharges, with restitution underway. The total fraud amount remains undetermined.
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Cincinnati
Urbana
James Blass
Murder in Cincinnati Farmhouse Ruled Brutal Homicide
Jos W Brown a wealthy Indiana farmer was killed at his home near Indianapolis when two men entered about midnight and chloroformed the inmates. Brown was struck with a club or hatchet, skull crushed, wife Mrs Brown severely injured and in critical condition. Tracks found two miles, motive and assailants unknown.
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CincInnati
Jos. W. Brown
Indianapolis
Ind
Mr. Brown
Death on the Railroad in Chester
Special Dispatch reports Howard Maris aged about 22 son of J M Maris druggist of Market Street Philadelphia was killed on the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad in Chester this morning. He was of unsound mind and had been living with an uncle near Upland. He wandered onto the tracks with arms folded eyes to the ground and, despite warnings, was struck by an engine.
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Chester
Howard Maris
J. M. Maris
Market Street
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Young Maris
Upland
Oil Producers Denounce Tax Bill in Bradford Meeting
A large, enthusiastic gathering of oil producers in Bradford denounced the proposed petroleum tax in strong terms. The dispatch notes McKeown's new well at Rixford flowing at over two hundred barrels per day.
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The
Times
Bradford
McKeown
Rixford
Ingalls Re-Elected to the Senate in Kansas caucus
A Topeka dispatch reports the anti Ingalls faction in the Kansas Legislature caucused overnight and on the first ballot Ingalls won with 86 votes to Hortons 79 Goodwin 2 and Mitchell 1. Ingalls declared elected United States Senator amid strong enthusiasm.
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St. Louis
Topeka
Kansas
Jonas elected States Senator from Louisiana
B F Jonas was elected senator from Louisiana yesterday amid a swirl of interviews and indictments. Wells of New Orleans noted the pressured race as the Dayton interview referenced a prior indictment and the Glasgow Bank trial delivered a conviction for uttering false sheets. The telegram from Deputy Hutsell Amarino reported a brother’s death, and authorities arrested a man tied to a Blount County murder.
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B. F. Jonas
Louisiana
William Hanson
Baltimore
Wells
New Orleans
Glasgow Bank
Robert Sumner Stronade
Raum
Knoxville
Hutsell Amarino
Maryville
Potter
Snowden Accepts Mints Superintendency After Postmaster Fight
Colonel Snowden and General Bingham returned to Washington with Snowden set to accept the Mints superintendency. Pending decision on Philadelphia Postmaster successor, several names circulate including Leeds Asch Elliott Smith and Cox, Wander, Forney. Greenbackers Nationals plan a February meeting to align to influence House leadership. A New York nominations session extended, with rejection favored. Lang reports a $100 swindle by a confidence man at the depot.
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Washorton
Colonel Snowden
General Bingham
Washington
Senate
Philadelphia
Leeds
Cameron
Meyer Asch
Judge Key
Maine
M'Michael
McMichael
Hoe
Hayes
Justice Miller
United States Supreme Court
Justice Strong
New York
Merritt
Potter committee opens with secret session in Washington
The Potter committee began with a secret session and dismissed Judge Southwood from attendance for today. A sub committee was appointed to go to New York to take testimony. Members McMahon Stenger Springer Cox and Hiscock named. Subcommittee plans to leave Sunday night and hear witnesses in New Orleans and New York next week.
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Washington
Potter
Southwood
New York
Messrs. McMahon
Stenger
Springer
Cox
Hiscock
St. Martin
Weber
Anderson
Duped by a shallow trick man swindled out of $100
Thomas F. Lang of Price's Station in Queen Annes county Maryland traveled to Baltimore Depot on Thursday night missing the 8 o'clock train and waiting three hours for the next. A depot officer warned him to beware of pickpockets after Lang marveled at the railway time tables and failed readers.
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Lang
Thomas F. Lang
Price’s Station
Queen Anne's County
Maryland
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Broadstreet
Washington Avenue
Gambetta elected President of French Chamber of Deputies
Versaill es January 31 M Gambetta elected President of the Chamber of Deputies by 314 votes of 405 It remains uncertain whether M Dufaure will retain office A cabinet council at Grevy residence names Teisserone de Bort Chanzy and d Analan for ambassador posts Gratitude across France as flags fly in Paris London and Berlin comment on the election and French crisis support
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Versaillles
M. Gambetta
Chamber of Deputies
M. Dufaure
Grevy
Paris
President Grevy
Teisserone de Bort
England
Chanzy
Russia
d’Analan
Austria
France
London
the Times
General de Chanzy
Berlin
Pall Mall Gazette
M. Grevy
French Republic
Feeble-Minded Smasher Appears Before Magistrate
Gustavus Wiedman, a young man described as not very bright, faced Magistrate Pole on charges of malicious mischief. His barber father recounted the incident in which the son smashed a marble basin and bottles after a dispute over wages. The magistrate questioned feeble-mindedness. the father admitted spells of drunkenness. The youth promised to reform and left with his father.
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Gustavus Wiedman
Pole
Gustavus
South Second Street
Wiedman
Throwing a Train from the Track
A North Penn train wreck near Iron Hill station injures no passengers though the engine and cars were thrown into a deep cut after a switch was sabotaged with a stone. Baggage master Charles Foy suffers slight rib injury. authorities seek those responsible.
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Tas Times
Louis Bern Lene
North Penn
Linderman
Iron Hill
Charles Foy
Thirteen Buckshots in the Back Murders at Bradford
At Lewis Run six miles south of Bradford a double murder occurred this afternoon. Dr Jacob Bartholomew shot thirteen buckshot into Chas J Ives aged 18 after he allegedly broke a window. The boy’s father, who rushed to help, was shot in the abdomen and died instantly. The killer was brought to Bradford by officers to avoid lynching.
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Braprorn
Lewis Run
Bradford
Jacob Bartholomew
Chas
J. Ives
Thornton in Critical Condition After Assault by Deputy Clerk
Capt William Thornton Thirtieth ward Republican city committee member remains in critical condition following a brutal assault by Deputy Clerk of Quarter Sessions McBride. Doctors report multiple wounds and a fractured rib, with lung hemorrhages and severe shock risking recovery and possible inability to testify next Monday.
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William Thornton
Republican City Committee
McBride
Captain Thornton
Fire destroys Louisville Almshouse destroys by fire
Louisville Almshouse near Louisville destroyed by morning blaze. Origin unknown. About 340 inmates escaped. Casualties include Henry Kep ler and James Ridley an imbecile fatally burned. Fred Meyer broke his neck, Thomas Dixon killed, Nathan Caldwell seriously hurt, Mrs Johnson seriously burned and likely to die. Scene described as horrible in extreme.
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Louisville
Henry Kepler
James Ridley
Fred Meyer
Thomas Dixon
Nathan Caldwell
Keen v Bardsley case ends in non-suit over brick sale
Howard R. Keen failed to prove bricks were sold to John Bardsley and a Supreme Court ruling required clear written evidence for an undertaking to pay another’s debt. Judge Briggs ruled the plaintiff’s case non suited yesterday due to lack of sufficient proof and writing.
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Howard R. Keen
John Bardsley
Briggs
Bardsley
Supreme Court
Suburban Haps and Mishaps in County News
A roundup from Chester County reports grand jury actions with nine ignored bills, new local associations forming in Pottstown and Frankford, and political maneuvering across Bucks and Norristown. Distinct items include a sixtieth wedding anniversary in Conshohocken, a Mooreland death, Norris town lease of Hubbard works, a pension-related arrest, a 15-year-old wounded in Tacony, fire loss assessments for Spring City, a toddler’s burns in Limerick, cannon proposals for Valley Forge, relief canvases in Frankford, barn fire losses near Rosedale, election schedules in Norristown, Bradley’s Hotel caucuses, and Birnie robber sentences.
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Chester County Grand Jury
Schuylkill Valley
Pottstown
Byberry and Moreland
Bucks
John
Martha Jones
Lewis R. Willard
Montgomery County
Mooreland Township
Hubbard Agricultural Works
Norristown
George Johnson
West Chester
Frederick Holt
Tacony
Spring City
Penn Mutual
Chester County
Frank Krause
Amandus Krause
Limerick Township
Valley Forge Centennial Association
Warwick Furnace
Washington
Valley Forge
Frankford
Twenty-third Ward Relief Association
Edward Stewart
Rosedale Station
Chester County Mutual
Bradley's
Butler
Chester County Court
David White
Jacob Moore
Last Rites for Dr Linderman Mint Director Laid to Rest
The funeral of Henry R Linderman M D director of the Mint drew a large cortege and many mourners to Bethlehem Nisky Hill Cemetery after a service at the Linderman residence. Bishop Edmund de Schweinitz Rev Cortlandt Whitehead and clergy led rites amid abundant floral tributes from the Mint, officials and friends. Notables from the Mint and government attended, with pallbearers including John Jay Knox W Johnston and others.
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Bernveiem
Henry Richard Linderman
Philadelphia Mint
McCormick
M. L. Mathewson
George B. Newton
New York
William Blair Lord
John Jay Knox
United States Treasury
Henry R. Linderman
de Schweinitz
Bethlehem
Nisky Hill
Whitehead
R. E. Preston
Saunders
W. Johnston
Washington
Acton
Robert Patterson
Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Philadelphia
Malter and Refiner Booth
Eckfeldt
Coiner Steel
Charles B. Hare
Thomas J. Craven
John L. McGinnes
James B. Able
A. J. Stief
F. C. Herring
A. W. Downing
George Brown
J. Robley Donglison
George H. Davis
H. R. Linderman
Fire damages Hes tonville depot floor and sparks stock rumor
Fire from an open grate in the receiver's office at the Hes tonville Passenger Railway Depot on Forty-third street and Lancaster avenue caused about $1,000 damage after spreading before being noticed at around three o'clock yesterday. Some Third street brokers spread a rumor that the Chestnut and Walnut street depot on Belmont avenue was on fire, aiming to move stock, but private wires disproved the claim and thwarted the tactic.
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Hestonville
Forty-third Street
Lancaster Avenue
Third Street
Chestnut and
Walnut Street
Belmont Avenue
Jury deliberates in Samuel White lottery case
The jury in Samuel White's illegal lottery trial returned after two days and nights. Foreman said no verdict yet. Judge Yerkes expressed that the testimony was clear and suggested those who stood out for conviction earned public commendation.
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Samuel White
Yerkes’ Court
Wild Hog in Fort Robinson Confined Chief Injures Self
At Fort Robinson Nebraska on January 31 a sentinel found Cheyenne Chief Wild Hog heavily ironed and bleeding after stabbing himself four times near the heart. The post surgeon called the wounds very dangerous or fatal. Thirty-three squaws and twenty-two children left for Pine Ridge Agency this morning to be turned over to the Sioux as their natural protectors.
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Fort Robinson
Neb
Pape Ovner
Pine Ridge Agency
Ameer of Afghanistan Reaches Russian Frontier
Shere Ali arrives on the Russian frontier and his followers are disarmed while the Ameer is allowed to keep arms. Russian officials urge him not to proceed to St. Petersburg but he may reach the capital by late February. He appears astonished by the treatment.
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St. Peterssure
Ameer
Afghanistan
St. Petersburg
Four Men Die in Boiler Explosion at Secor Mill
A boiler explosion at L. Gossner's grist mill in Secor Illinois yesterday leveled the mill. Engineer William Collins foreman Henry Brauns, William Wheeler and Young Maplestock were killed. James Horn was fatally injured. Coroner's jury returned a verdict of negligence.
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Chicanco
Secor
Illinois
L. Gossner
William Collins
Henry 3Rauns
William Wheeler
Toledo
Maplestock
James Horn
Alleged Malpractitioner Granted Bail in Fisher Case
Emily Linker charged with causing Mrs. Fisher’s death by malpractice was admitted to bail yesterday in the amount of $3,000.
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Emily Linker
Fisher
Weather to-Day Indications and Northerly Winds
Indications for To Day show increasing northerly to westerly winds with partly cloudy skies and slightly colder weather.
Massey v McIntyre verdict and estate notes from city records
A jury verdict favored the defendant in the Massey versus McIntyre case before Judge Briggs. The late James C. Watson’s will directs most property to relatives, with the Bethel Church and other heirs receiving the remainder. Other items note a probate action, a Sunrise Island window piece by Cowell, a Philadelphia club ball for the Harvest, sermons on Life Death and the Resurrection, a ferry dock rescue, and charges against John O Brien for aggravated assault. George P Little, longtime secretary of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, died at 77, with service in local Masonic lodge lingering in memory.
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Massey
Mt. Desert
Maine
Cowell
Hamrick
Tuk Totes
Philadelphia Ae Club
Horticultural
Dall
R. William Newton
Reformed Episcopal Church of the Covenant
Melon Street
Twelfth
Market Street
George Baker
John O. Brien
Carlton Street
George McGee
Fifteenth and
Wood Streets
Pancorst
George P. Little
Phil
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