Senate House feud stalls adjournment in Harrisburg
Harrisburg news reports a standoff as the Senate and House refused mutual adjournment beyond three days. The dispute stems from the July 1 resolution and shifting Senate House relations. Leaders eye revenue and appropriations while oleomargarine tax foes organize as the Pure Butter League. A brewery bill failed in the Senate, forestry repeal moves advance, and a state deposit interest bill awaits executive signature.
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Harrisburg
Senate
House
Boyer
Lyon
W. T. Marshall
Appropriations Committee
Washington
Senator Quay
Pure Butter League
Young
Tioga
Treasury
Moyer
Hastings
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Senate session approves one percent state loan bill
The Pennsylvania Senate passed a one and one percent interest bill with no opposition. A Clarencey bill to define local savings funds and building and loan associations failed 25 to 13, triggering heated debate over a misrecorded vote by Moyer and alleged clerk lobbying. Some passed measures included prohibiting nonmembers from wearing labor or fraternal badges and regulating cemetery and pest house locations.
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Brisburg
Senate
Grady
Moyer
Merrick
Bucks
Osbourn
Smiley
Lyon
House and Senate at War Over Adjournment and Bills
Harrisburg report details a partisan clash as the House refuses Senate adjournment until Monday. Adam Shiffer replaces William Leh increasing Republican strength. Debated Hamilton road bill and mining coal act with penalties, plus conference committees on several measures. Bills on garbage, the Normal School loan, and pauper return provisions move or stall amid loud proceedings.
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Harrisburg
Adam Shiffer
Easton
House
Simonton
Shiffer
William H. Leh
South Easton
Senate
Hamilton Road
Prolett
Bradford
Stewart
Philadelphia
Mansfield
Beaver
Boyer
McWhinney
Allegheny
Messrs
Piollet
Philips
Chester
Milfer
Somerset
Hermann
Shyder
Baldwin
Delaware
Gilmore
Mr. Gilmore
Ware
Fredericks
Clinton
Lock Haven
Senate Adjourns Until Tomorrow Morning After Evening Session
A resolution provided for adjourning the upper chamber until Monday evening and the Senate then adjourned until tomorrow morning. The move appears to extend the legislative pause amid ongoing discussions and pending business.
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Senate
Tariff Debate Fails to Advance Senate Session
Washington June 9. Senate tariff speeches yield little progress as Rawlins Utah defends duties on cotton while Mills Texas denounces the measure as class legislation. Cannon and Butler argue for export bounty and farmer benefits before adjournment after an executive session.
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Rawlins
Utah
Mills
Washington
Senate
Texas
Chicago
Cannon
Butler
North Carolina
Allen
Mr. Butler
Mr. Cannon
Senate Debates Tariff and Exposition Measures
In Washington on June 9 the Senate debated tariff provisions as the finance committee chair Morrill returned post illness. A concurrent resolution supported nationalizing the Trans Mississippian Exposition in Omaha and inviting foreign participation, while a joint resolution suspended immigration and Chinese exclusion to allow foreign labor for expo exhibits. Discussions covered rice, tapioca, wheat duties, and an export bounty proposal, with various senators presenting positions and qustions about Democratic platform references and Nebraska’s stance.
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Washington
Morrill
Vermont
Senate
Allen
Nebraska
Omaha
Allison
Mills
Texas
Bacon
Clay
McEnery
McLaurin
Tillman
Butler
Heitfeld
Stewart
House
Rye
Rawlins
Utah
West
Committee On
Chicago
Lindsay
Kentucky
Mr. Rawline
Platform
Mr. Mills
Yeas
Cannon
Mr. Cannon
Mr. Thurston
Frye urges caucus action to protect Pacific interests
Senator Frye of Maine urges a Republican caucus to press measures protecting Hawaii and countering Japanese influence. He warns Hawaii could fall to Britain or Japan without U S intervention and notes several treaty options under committee review.
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Frye
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Maine
Hawaii
Great Britain
United States
Tokio
Japan
Senate
Aldrich
Morgan
Alabama
Spain
Hawaiian Islands
Philadelphian Weds Camden Bride in Immaculate Conception Church
Miss Elizabeth Cecilia Devine daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Devine of 407 Broadway Camden married James Tully Conway of 1729 Girard Avenue Philadelphia at 5 pm yesterday in Camden. Dean Mulgan officiated. Bridesmaids included Lucy Devine Lucy Knowles Emma Fell Mamie Conway Elizabeth Davis with ushers Tunis Conway Thomas Conway James Tully and James Devine.
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Camden
Elizabeth Cecilia Devine
Bernard Devine
Broadway
James Tully Conway
Girard Avenue
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Dean Mulgan
Lucy Devine
Lucy Knowles
Emma Fell
Mamie Conway
Elizabeth Davis
Philadelphia Druggist Weds at Tamaqua Church
Lieutenant Russell L. Coxe a Baltimore avenue druggist in Philadelphia married Miss Emma R. Bochman this afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church in Tamaqua. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. T. J. Elma of Newtown Pennsylvania.
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the Times
Tamaqua
Russell L. Coxe
Baltimore Avenue
Philadelphia
First Presbyterian Church
Emma R. Bochman
T. J. Elma
Presbyterian Church
Newtown
Postum Cereal Gains Ground With Workers Across Classes
The article promotes Postum Cereal as a cost effective substitute for coffee, noting 25c buys as much as 75c of coffee and claiming health benefits after switching from berry coffee. It praises Postum’s flavor and color, warns against imitations, and lists Cushman Bros. & Co. of New York as the seller.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Cushman Bros. & Co
Hudson Street
New York
Love Leads to Murder on Fourteenth Street
Special Telegram to The Times reports a murder suicide at an early morning scene on Fourteenth Street near the Treasury. Jacopo Ferrari shot Madame Chiara Giuliano in the fruit store and then killed himself after her husband Cherubino Giuliano defended the marriage. Ferrari had pursued Chiara for years, learning she remained loyal to her husband before the fatal confrontation.
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the Times
Washington
Fourteenth Street
Treasury Building
Cherubino Giuliano
Jacopo Ferrari
Chiara Giuliano
Ferrari
Madame Giuliano
Chiara Giancli
Tuscany
Giuliano
America
Classis Ousts Rev. C. E. W. Beyer In 1890s Philadelphia Case
The Philadelphia Classis of the German Reformed Church ended its twenty-fifth annual session with Rev. G A Scheer as president and Rev. Philip Vollmer as recording secretary. Rev C E W Beyer was indefinitely suspended for disobedience, while Beyer accused the classis of persecution. Beyer cites a 1894 committee action to establish a mission and subsequent opposition, leading to a failed salary payment and a suit later dismissed. The classis rejected a new constitution.
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Philadelphia
Committee On Missions
Japan
China
G. A. Scheer
Philip Vollmer
R. Dumstrey
Jacob Maybeck
C. BE. W. Beyer
Twentysixth Street
Lehigh Avenue
C. E. W. Beyer
Tioga
Twenty-sixth Street
Beyer
Classis
Yan
General Synod
Baltimore
Heyer
Gira Synod
Soldier Sent Back to Army Jail After Murder Acquittal
June 9 report states James T. Marshall, acquitted by a Delaware county grand jury of murder, was returned to New York for completion of a Governor's Island Military Prison sentence for desertion and other offenses. The confession details in Fort Ribas are cited as a possible link to the crime.
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Chester
James T. Marshall
United States
C A. Danne
Delaware County
New York
Governor's Island
Lee Raver
Fortibus
Cook County
Ill
Black
Guiseppe Constantino
Utica
Howard Scott
John C. Welty
Canton
Ohio
St. Louis
American Association of Nurserymen
National Credit Men's Association
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
James Younle
National Provident Union
General Synod of the Lutheran Church
Mansfield
St. Louis Milling Company
Carlinville
Samuel Cupples
Buffalo
Ebert
United States Brewers’ Association
American Tobacco Company
Court of General Sessions
Rhode Island
Democratic State Central Committee
Franklin P. Owen
Scituate
John E. Conley
Warren
Postal Congress
Rochester
Rabun County
Lauraine
Blue Fides and Atlantic Railroad
Judge Neuman
United States Court
Atlanta
Arthur Gilroy
al Williams
James F
Kate Rogers
Secret Service
Harris
San Francisco
Stark
Union Iron Works
Wisconsin
Francisco
Imperial Council
Detroit Centerear
Dallas
Tex
Collectors’ Club
At x
Bent San Company
Galv Hine
Antonio
Houston
San Ate
Renowned lens maker Alvan G Clark dies in Cambridge
Professor Alvan G. Clark, noted telescope lens maker born July 10, 1832, in Fall River, died at his Cambridge home from apoplexy. His latest work, the Yerkes telescope lenses, shipped to Chicago. He helped produce many famous lenses including the Chicago refractor and the 30 inch Washington and 36 inch Lick Observatory lenses. He accompanied major eclipse expeditions and earned the Lelande gold medal in 1862.
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Cambridge
Mass
Alvan G. Clark
Chicago
Fall River
Alvano Clark
Alvan Clark & Sons
Clark
Naval Observatory
Washington
Imperial Observatory
St. Petersburg
Russia
Lick Observatory
Yerkes
J. Clark
Spain
Wyoming
Lelande
French Academy of Sciences
Freight Associations Form During Niagara Falls Electric Session
A set of brief items notes the Freight Commissioners' Association of the United States organizing at Cincinnati, Vassar College graduation of 104 women, and the National Electric Light Association meeting at Niagara Falls focusing on papers.
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Hoyt H. Freeman
Syracuse
N. Y
Freight Commissioners’ Association of the United
Josef Congosto
Philadelhia
Rafael Casares
Spain
New York
Avana
Durrant case note cites San Francisco murder night
A. S. Austin former San Luis Obispo attorney writes from Newport Oregon to County Clerk Whicher claiming moral certainty of Durrant's innocence and naming a possible guilty party based on his sighting the night of the Blanche Lamont murder in San Francisco. He has been consulting newspapers and Portland officials on the matter.
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San Luis Osispo
Cal
A. S. Austin
Whicher
Newport
Ore
San Francisco
Blanche Lamont
Durrant
Austin
Portland
Harned and Jarvis Quietly Wed in Bristol
Rudolf Fremont Harned and Mise Annie Baker Jarvis were married today at the bride’s parents’ home on a cliff street Bristol. The ceremony was performed by Reverend Vandyke of Perth Amboy in a quiet family setting.
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the Times
Bristol
Rudolf Fremont Harned
Mise Annie Baker Jarvis
Acliff Street
Vandyke
Perth Amboy
Court Notes on Guilty Pleas and Sentences
Tenie Brown and Joseph Brautlecht pleaded guilty to keeping a disreputable house and larceny, each sentenced to eighteen months. Mary J Cummins and The Securities Company assigned assets for creditors. deeds dated May 27 and May 24, 1897, convey no real estate. Several youths and others admitted thefts from the Pennsylvania Railroad and John Stubbs property, with varying sentences and committals. a Theresa Martin verdict ended not guilty on a related seized property charge.
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Tenie Brown
Mary J. Cummins
E. Huhen, Jr
Securities Company
Edward W. Crittenden
Joseph Brautlecht
Joseph Bradley
Barbara Brautlecht
Eastern
Michael Revinsky
Alexander Solinsky
Robert Scanlin
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Sengee
United States
Marshal Reilly
France
Susanne Perrier
Philaelphia
Robert Johnson
Robert Smith
Mary J. Norton
South Thirteenth Street
Beitler
Johnson
House of Correction
John Franklin
John Bullion
James Martin
James Marlin
John Stubbs
Marlin
Franklin
Martin
Huntingdon Reformatory
Theresa Martin
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Jacop Ferrari
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German Reformed Church
C. A. Danne
Wyncote
Ladies of Calvary Presbyterian Church
Wilson Waddingham
Bent and
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Germania Orchestra
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
Trumbull
Nathan Shure
Halstead Street
Sasepe
Charles Rosenberg
F. C. Stevens
St. Paul
Minnesota Savings Bank
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Augustine Park
Lippincott
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