Many Bills Pass in Both Houses in Final Session Rush
Harrisburg June 24 The Legislature opened its final week with a burst of work. Senate approved hospital appropriations and dismissed a proposal to add 450 000 to school funds while killing ballot reform measures. House rejected Senate repeal of local option laws for Philadelphia wards Fifteenth and Twenty-ninth and passed about a dozen bills. Conference report on judicial reapportionment was reconsidered and sent back.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Focht
House
Philadelphia
Conference Committee
Ballot Reform Bill Reported From Senate Committee
The Senate Elections Committee reported out the House ballot reform bill amid changes that abandon uniform primary timing and local election officer control. Supporters say the measure is dead or a joke. Rep Vandyke will resist amendments to restore the original plan if sent back to the House.
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Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
House
Senate Committee On Elections
Representative Vandyke
Allegheny
Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania Ballot Reform League
Good Government
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Senate
Fecht
Vandyke
Friends of
Quay
School funds unchanged in general appropriation bill
In Harrisburg the $11 million Education Department appropriation will not be increased by $450,000 as Rep. Coray of Luzerne requested. The current $450,000 remains set aside for State Normal and township high schools. The Senate later considered the same amendment, but it was defeated 16 to 25 after debate with Sen. Rice of Bucks and Sen. Grady opposing and supporting positions noted.
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Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
Department of Education
Coray
Luzerne
House
Rice
Bucks County
Senate
Grady
Davis vows opposition to Cambria extra judge in urging defeat
Representative Tom Davis of Cambria declares full opposition to the judicial apportionment bill to add a law judge for Cambria. He cites 9 percent of constituents against the measure and warns Cambria would deliver a large Democratic majority if passed, accusing party bosses and quoting a letter from Senator Quay.
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Harrisburg
Tom Davis
Cambria
Cambria County
Davis
Mr. Davis
Senator Quay
Thomas Davis
Quay
Cabinet to Run Gauntlet for Interim Appointments
Governor Stone will send interim cabinet nominations to the Senate for confirmation. Insurer Israel W. Durham Major General Charles Miller Frank Reeder John Hamilton Jesse K. Cope and T Larry Sani ee are named along with Allegheny official. The machine managers aim to secure the 34 votes needed amid expected Senate resistance.
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Reeder
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Stone
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National Guard
Charles Miller
Frank Reeder
John Hamilton
Jesse K. Cope
T. Larry San Ieee
Pittsburg Officials Clash Over Highway Bureau Appointment
Pittsburg reports that Andrew Fulton, head of the City Board of Assessors, was named superintendent of the Bureau of Highways and Sewers by Director BE Bigelow. The change prompts protests from Brown allies as John Battles covers the developing clash.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg
Andrew Fulton
City Board of Assessors
BE. M. Bigelow
Noom
Ex-Mayor Fulton Pressured Over Pay Roll Fight
Strong opposition from Republican Chairman J O Brown aimed to block ex mayor Fulton from a position. Fulton, former Pittsburg mayor, commands a large political following as Brown opposes due to a payroll exceeding 1 000 workers.
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Brown
J. O. Brown
Pittsburg
Defeat of Judge Walter Stuns Stone Appointee in Northumberland
Northumberland Republicans rejected Mount Carmel judge Walter Walter, recently named by Governor Stone, in favor of Hackenberg for the regular term. Kulp redirected efforts to back Hackenberg after Walter trailed on the first ballot, with Oram winning second ballot support as Hackenberg led the slate.
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Mount Carmel
Northumberland County
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Shamokin
Milton
Hackenburg
Oram
Hackenberg
C. B. Witmer
Cleaver
William L. Shindel
Walter To-Day
Harrisburg
Samuel Dietrick
Clarence F. Huth
Anti-Hulp
Charles Hartman
C. O. Lark
J. W. Bettleyon
Lower Augusta
W. H. Schuyler
Quay Support Triumphs at Cambria County Republican Convention
Ebensburg June 24 The Republican county convention at the Court House nominated A. V. Barker for President Judge and 8 W. Davis for Prothonotary. D. H. Kinkead and Charles B. Linton were contenders for Register and Recorder with Linton winning on the third ballot. D. H. Kinkead and Charles EB Cover also named. Thomas L. Jones chosen Poor Director. The platform praised the national administration and Republican leadership.
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Ebensburg
Republican County
Court House
Quayites
A. V. Barker
W. Davis
D. Troxell
Glasgow
Troxell
Davis
Register and Recorder
Charles EB. Cover
D. H. Kinkead
Charles B. Linton
Johnstown
Linton
Robert Murphy
Cambria County
Thomas L. Jones
Reverend Levy Bird resigns after denouncing sin in high places
In Scranton on June 24 Rev Levi Bird of the People's Prohibition Church announced his resignation. He said his mission failed because he told the truth and denounced sin and that wealthy supporters left as a result of hearing the truth about their conduct.
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Philadelphia TimEs
Scranton
Levi Bird
People's Prohibition Church
Mr. Bird
Decomposed Man Found in Plymouth Quarry
In Norristown on June 24 a decomposed male body was found by boys in an abandoned Plymouth township quarry while searching for bean poles. The body likely lay five to six weeks, was well dressed, and with no identification. The coroner ordered burial at the scene.
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Philadelphia Times
Norristown
Plymouth Township
Here
Made Bald-Headed by Electricity
James Daltry of Media survived contact with a live power line but now the scalp on his crown will remain permanently bald after healing progresses.
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Philadelphia Times
James Daltry
Woman Shoots Self in Manheim Township
Mrs Minnie J Vogel of Manheim township Lancaster was found dead at her home after shooting herself through the heart. Friends say she suffered melancholia and had previously attempted suicide by poison, twice this summer using laudanum and paris green.
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Lancaster
Minnie J. Vogel
Manheim Township
Thief Accuses Prominent Citizen
Henry Dietrich confessed to stealing 6000 pounds of brass from the Reading Company in Tamaqua and was captured in Defiance Ohio and returned to Pottsville. Samuel Reeser was arrested on the strength of the alleged confession and furnished bail.
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Tamaqua
Henry Dietrich
Reading Company
Defiance
Ohio
Pottsville
Samuel Reeser
Quarteted With Lover, Killed Herself in Pennsylvania
Edith M. Kinsky aged 19 daughter of a Charters township farmer Washington County Pennsylvania died at home last night by taking strychnine after a quarrel with her lover Henry Doshre. The event is reported as a suicide following a dispute.
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Philadelphia
Washington, Pa
Edith M. Kinsky
Charters Township
Father accused of kidnapping his own child in New Jersey
OSLUTON June dire. honeultzen of Carpenterville reports to police that her 8 year old daughter Rosa has been kidnapped by her ex husband Matthew Schultsen. The couple have lived apart for years.
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Reading Railway Plans Emergency Hospital at Tamaqua
The Reading Railway Company has perfected arrangements to establish an emergency hospital at Tamaqua. Details indicate coordinated support from local entities and the railway for rapid medical response in the region.
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Woman Known as Dog Woman Faces Sheriff Sale
Mrs. Julia K. Birdsall of Wearville New Jersey, famed as the “dog woman,” lost her home contents to a sheriff's sale in Gloucester County. Auctioneered by Isaac Kneisel, the sale drew hundreds as furniture, dog cages and elaborate canine wardrobes fetched low prices. Detectives seek Birdsall while Bernstein & Kaufman anticipate selling her house. The embezzled amount is reported over 12,000 dollars.
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Gloucester County
Weatville
Ozella Weems
Duff
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Angela
Beatrice
Lionel
Reading to Son Highlights Poverty and Plan
A London reader shares a tale of a boy who dies his father’s loss and works to support his mother while a Chicago Tribune bit contrasts labor with rewards. A new Atlantic City to Philadelphia Reading express train starts 7 30 P M reaching Chestnut Street Ferry at 8 00 P M.
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What the Man Knows vs What He Weighs in War
A London Spectator piece argues weight and height matter little for soldiers. It cites Roman, Sikh, Japanese, and Rifle Brigade examples to show training, nerve, endurance, and mobility trump size. It notes urban-born troops often excel and early Roman armies recruited from Roman poor areas.
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Rome
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Palestine
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New Orleans Rain Measured Against London Size
Analysis of a four hour downpour in New Orleans on April 17 showing 5.48 inches of rain and an estimated 78 023 728 tons of water. Comparisons note New Orleans vast size versus London and hypothetical lake depths if the rainfall had fallen on London proper.
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New York Times
New York
New Orleans
Old London
London
Dover High School graduates dine at Century Club
Thirteen Dover High School graduates attended a reception and banquet in the Century Club rooms in Dover. Several local figures attended as part of the event without incident.
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Dover High School
Ae Century Club
Dover
Graduation Exercises at Jacob Tome Institute Today
Maryland news notes the Jacob Tome Institute will hold graduation exercises today. Arrangements are underway for a new railway station at Cherry Run. Next Sunday Cumberland bikers plan memorial services in Rose Hill. A company has incorporated West Virginia Lane to operate near Oakland. Dr Reid presides on Solent phases.
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Save Mesa Verde cliff ruins as public park protection
Congress moves to preserve Mesa Verde in Colorado as a public park and halt commercial plundering of cliff dwellings. The initiative covers cliff villages, caves, cliff towers, and valley settlements across the Mancos canyon basin, stressing high quality masonry and archeological significance.
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Congress
Mesa Verde
Colorado
Mancos Canyon
New Mexico
Arizona
Mancos
Mésa Verde
CH Canyon
Habits of the Night Hawk in Indiana
The night hawk, not a true night bird, appears in late afternoon or on cloudy days. It winters south of the United States, arrives in Indiana with crop harvests, nests on the ground with two eggs, feeds on insects, and is noted for swift flights and twilight colors.
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Indianapolis News
United States
Indiana
Hudson Bay
Brazil
Just As Advertised From London Answers
A Woking farmer returns to a horse dealer claiming the horse shies and cannot cross a bridge. The dealer retorts that the sale was prompted by an advertisement in a paper. Both exchange barbed remarks about motives and advertising.
Summer Services by the Sena at Ochan Grove
The Camp Meeting Association opens its summer season with a concert Saturday night and an opening sermon Sunday. Evening services continue daily, with a concert Saturday and the National Sabbath sermon by Rev Charles W Miller on Sunday. July Fourth features a morning oration by Rev T DeWitt Talmage and an evening patriotic concert.
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Ochan Grove
Camp Meeting Association
Charles W. Miller
New York
Baxter and Bride at the Shore
Atlantic City reports Harrie A. Baxter and Mrs. Benajah P. Willa, both from Mount Holly, as guests at the Hotel Elberon. They have been prominent figures in Burlington County affairs during the past week while Judge Wills remains at home.
Writ halts tree cutting along East Landis Avenue
Vine land citizens obtain a writ of certiorari from the Supreme Court to stop the Landis township committee from felling shade trees on East Landis avenue from the borough to the State institution for feeble minded girls and boys about a mile away.
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Cape May to light with incandescent arc lamps for five years
Cape May Mayor Millet approved a five year contract with Cape May Electric Company to furnish incandescent arc lights at thirty five cents per light per night. In Gloucester City a six year old boy was rescued from drowning by Harry Walker, an engineer for the Delaware Granite Mining Company, and remains in serious condition.
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Cape. May
Millet
Cape May
Harry Walker
Gloucester City
John Sharp
Monmouth Street
Market Street
Delaware Granite Mining Company
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Albion Hotel Sold to Rothbolz Brothers at Atlantic City
The Union Real Estate Company sold the Albion Hotel at Atlantic and Massachusetts avenues to Samuel Rothbolz of this city and his brother Julius Rothbolz of Baltimore. The 165 by 222 foot lot sold for 55000 dollars. In Gloudlest City the Board of Health did not meet due to lack of men. A contagious disease has been reported here in the past two weeks.
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Perspieratte Times
Atlantic
Union Real Estate Company
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Julius Rothbolz
Baltimore
Board of Health
Philadelphia Times
Bowering
J. Haley Reed
Choked to Death on Meat in Mount Holly
Aaron died after choking on a piece of meat while eating at his home in Mount Holly on a June day. The incident occurred as hospital staff attended to him, with authorities investigating the accidental death.
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Holly
Aaron
Pete
Reverend Clarence Young Sentenced Amid Turmoil in Hewart NJ
The Rev Clarence Young of Hewart New Jersey a preacher convicted of bigamy received a five year sentence at hard labor. He had shown signs of mental distress for over a week and the Reynolds Fire Company continues its activities amid the local unrest.
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Hewart, N J
Reynolds
Ieesenes Fire Company
Aged watchman held for murder in Parkertown slaying
Jacob Stiles the aged oyster watchman was found to have willfully and feloniously killed Caleb Fithian. A West Creek inquest returned the verdict of murder and Stiles will stand trial. Fithian was buried at the West Creek church. the slayer, brother of the pastor, remains in county jail and expresses calm resolve.
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Toms River
Jacob Stiles
Caleb Fithian
Parkertown
M. l. Johnson
West Creek
Stilea
Fithian
West Creek M. EB
Jesse Stiles
Shooting at Church Door Prompts Arrest in New Jersey
Atwood Taylor of Bound Brook hired a stage with beer and weapons and fired through the Baptist Church door in Stetton, disabling the organ. He was captured in Perth Amboy and jailed. In Atlantic City, plans for a four story Morris Guards armory costing $10,000 were drawn by Harold P. Adams, intended for South New York avenue with fort like turrets and battlements.
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New Brunswick
Atwood Taylor
Bound Brook
Taylor
Stetton
Baptist Church
Perth Amboy
Atlantic City
Morris Guards
Harold P. Adams
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