Tariff talk fades as lawmakers drift through dull debate
In a wearied session the tariff reform argument draws little attention. Colonel W A Stone and Brosius of Pennsylvania deliver pointed critiques while Daniel Morgan defends free speech. Officers debate Reynolds contest and a Pension Bureau clerk Ford faces accusations amid Raum's inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Stone
Brosius
Morgan
Pennsylvania
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Raum
Bardsley System Exposed in City Treasury Probe
The Committee of Councils released a report on ex City Treasurer John Bardsley's defalcation saga. It cites heavy bank deposits, vested interests, and loans tied to city funds while exonerating Wanamaker of involvement. The panel urges deposit regulation, higher treasurer bond, and city controller audits of state accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Bardsley
Wanamaker
Bardsley
Keystone Bank
Keystone National
Third National Banks
Drew
Examiner Drew
Osley
Spring Garden
Treasury Department
Spring Garden Bank
Bradford Mills Company
Boyer
McCamant
Livesy
H. H. Yard
Sley
Charles A. Doerr
Terrence B. Smart
Walter Peterson
Mark H. Davis
Peterson
Ouh
Million in Speculation Losses Attributed To Public Official
The report shows over 1 million dollars speculated by a public official. It details 1,116,693 invested in stock, paid to brokers through Keystone Bank checks, with more than 150,000 borrowed from the People’s Bank to purchase stock from Kemble and others. Net losses reach 51,935.25 plus 100,000 in Baltimore Traction bonds, totaling potential losses to city and state around 1,268,509.91 even after adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eoage
Mene
Geladining Co
Peucpelty
Checka
Keystone Kr
People’s Bank
William H. Kemble
Bardsley
Baltimore Traction Company
Keystone Bank
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Trembling Troy Hill Boy Faces Reform School
A violent Troy Hill boy, nicknamed Jamie Doyle, is detained at Allegheny Central Station after a spree of arson threats and near-fatal attacks on his grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Mc Donald. Police report a long record of stealing, vandalism, and intimidation. The boy, age unspecified, has evaded schooling and terrorized neighbors, with his mother often away. The Humane Society may place him in reform school to curb his deadly tendencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Central Station
Elizabeth McDonald
Troy Hill Road
Richard
Wyman
O'Brien
Mary Doyle
Beisinger
Muth
Jesse Pomeroy
Boston
James
Jamie Doyle
Troy Hill
Doyle
Steubenville
Ely
Humane Society
Reform School
Heor Afe
Jonas
Wiping Out Stock Thieves in Red-Hot Big Horn Raid
A coordinated party of Wyoming Montana and Utah stockmen left Evanston on a mission into the Big Horn mountains to wipe out a nest of stock thieves. The group aims to dismantle a 5 year vein of theft that has cost thousands of horses, with plans for a thorough, possibly deadly, confrontation and no mercy for the outlaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braines
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
Evanston
Big Horn Mountains
Red Lodge
Illinois
Garza Denied Leader Role in Revolutionist Claims
In San Antonio, Garza is said to be present and not the head of any revolutionary force. He allegedly admits that reports of his leadership and uprising were faked by sensationalists and that dispatches about him were false. He is connected only to a border smuggling gang and not to a revolutionary army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Garza
Revolutionary Army
Panic on a Steamboat Golden Rule Fire in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati public landing blaze on the Golden Rule ignited suddenly causing panic as passengers fled to the Keystone State and a fuel barge. Nellie Maloney died after a failed jump and clerk F F Bondurant tried to save her. Fire destroyed the wharfboat, damaged the Fleetwood, and many possessions were lost.
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Keystone State
Nellie Malongy
Cincinnati
F. F. Bondurant
Nellie Maloney
Fleetwood
O. P. Shink
Bes
Hughes
Frank Riley
Horrific Russian famine tales trigger revolt fears
A Roxbury newsdealer relays a letter from Aragola on the Russian frontier describing starvation as food sent from America is looted by officials. The letter says desperate crowds die in the streets while authorities seize relief, leaving no hope for relief and urging outside aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Offcinis
Revoluton
Boston
Herman Friedland
Roxbury
Aragola
Victory of a Faith Care Doctor in Richmond
In Richmond on March 31, Judge Witt ruled the attempt to bar Dr Flower, a faith care physician, from practicing was unconstitutional as applied to him. The law requires certification from the Board of Medical Examiners and local recording, which Flower, resident of another state, could not meet. Doctors plan to appeal to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Flower
Virginia
Supreme Court
Murder in Laurel Ridge rocks small Pennsylvania town
A moonshiner and government informer Hochstetler was slain by three armed moonshiners in Laurel Ridge near Trent. Beale, a 19 year old witness, fled as the killers finished Hochstetler with rifles and a clubbed rifle. Search parties tracked blood and mud through snow toward the killers, who fled with the body. authorities seek outside aid to arrest the gang.
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Harvey
Beale
Young Harvey
Laurel Ridge
Rockwoop
Laurel Hill
Somerset County
Jonathan Hochstetler
Trent
James Beale
Westmoreland County
Lew Smith
Young Beale
Hochstetler
Hochstetter
Ven
Pons
Harvey Hochstetler
Prom
Hoohstetler
Maurderers
United States
Scranton
Somerset and
Fayette Counties
Fayette County
Dropped Into A Fortune In Harlem Lease Expiring
In Janesville Wisconsin D C and Will Ford learned they are heirs to a Harlem New York estate valued at 62 million dollars. The Corbet family once owned a large Harlem land tract under a 99 year lease now expiring. The Ford brothers' mother belonged to the Corbet line and the heirs receive a share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
D. C
Will Ford
Harlem
N. Y
Corbets
Messrs
Ford
Corbet
Tonic Page and Political Gossip Summary
A compact reader note covering congressional topics and local items. Includes political talk, editorials, and brief mentions of crime, inventions, and sport in a dated newspaper page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bardsley
Troy Hill
Mills
Bausman
Washington
Pitsburger
Seuss
Brazil braces for revolt as troops kept in barracks
Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco troops confined to barracks. Police ordered to watch for disturbances amid fears of a revolutionary outbreak. The report notes expectations of violent activity and heightened security measures.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Pernambuco
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Terest
Capitol
W.A. Stone
Allegheny
Blount
Mr. Blount
Cleveland
Jerry Simpson
Garden of Eden
Lancaster
Young Bryan
Nebraska
Brossing
Bryan
House
Crisp
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Hill and Gorman
Senate
Hearst
Alana
Wallace
Ed. Bigler
Clearfield
D. A. Orr
Harrisburg
Committee On Elections
Reynolds
Shonk
Luzerne County
Pension Bureau
W. W. Dudley
Baum
Dudley
Amon
Nele
Bureau
Engle
Jedly
Lightner
Bardsley's System
Committee of Investigation
James Doyle
Russia
Umberger
Sears
Wisconsin
Brazil
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