Governor Signs Flood Relief Bill Amid Cautionary Note
Harrisburg April 28 Governor Patton signed the bill settling state debts for Johnstown flood relief expenditures. He justified the action as a lawful exercise of police power and inherent executive authority, warning it must not set a precedent for future unappropriated payments. Henry Hall notes constitutional limits.
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Ifrom
Harrisburg
Pat Lison
Johnstown
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
National Guard
General Assembly
Henry Hall
Soldiers' Orphan Funds Under Expanded House Inquiry
The House approved expanding the joint committee's powers to investigate soldiers' orphan schools. The panel would audit expenditures, identify improper spending and the recipients, and state amounts due between the Commonwealth and misappropriators, though opposition warned of scope and cost with uncertain results.
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Duker
Cie Com See
Commonwealth
Johnson
Cameron
House
State probes fraud in orphan institutions and funding
The debate centers on expanding legislative powers to investigate alleged fraud in state funded orphan schools. Supporters push to reveal the scope of appropriations and potential profiteering, with a plan to report findings to the Governor and Attorney General for court action. The resolution passes 126 to 27.
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Gian
Johnson
Commonwealth
Tewkesbury
Road bill battles narrow passage in heated house vote
Hareisevee April 28 The road bill faced a tight House vote with a heated debate. Four members switched votes after contention over procedures, giving the bill the required majority to pass. Support came mainly from city members and Allegheny County. opposition cited it as a flawed compromise. An attempt to reconsider is expected but unlikely to succeed.
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Messrs
Eusts
Potter
Skinner
Wherry
Baker
Shibeto
York
McCullough
Allegheny
Fowler
Mr. Skinnes
Phil
Skiper
Walt
Dingee
Reed
Rose
Philadelphia
Gill
Rynd
Philadelpia
Yeas
Flickinger
Erie
Quay
Sterling
Beaver
Hays
Venango
Phillips
Lawrence
Beatty
Fayette
Stocking
Washington
McKee
Armstrong
Bigger
Ellwood
Lafferty
Westmoreland
Weber
Farrell
Clearfield
Whitley
Brown
Malines
Crawford
Frost
Marshaw
Hines
Mercer
James
Cochrane
Williams and Thompson
Butler
Kane
Fayete
Morrow
Seanor
Indiana
Stayer
Blair
Patterson
Cribbs
Hess
Clarion
Banking Department Bill Faces Recall and Amendments
A Harrisburg April 23 report notes the Senate passed a Banking Department bill but plans to recall it from the House for radical amendments. Critics oppose unspecified examiner numbers and fees, arguing a single superintendent could oversee all banks without clerks. They urge recalling or defeating the measure amid concerns for state banks versus private bankers.
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Harreisburg
Senate
Awuch
Senator Flinn Bill Amended Over Municipal Lien Notice
In Harrisburg on April 3, senators debated the Flinn bill on municipal liens. Senator Ross objected that a scire facias revived lien requires two newspaper notices, prompting a conference amendment. The bill was laid over and an agreement was inserted. other bills were not called up.
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Harrisbuig
Flion
Senate
Ross
Bucks
Flinn
Bim
Bill to create board of tax revision passes House
From a staff correspondent Nesbit introduces a bill to form a Board of Tax Revision. The measure wins approval in the House by a large majority as Captain Nesbit is called up to present the proposal and the record notes progress on the bill.
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Harusatre
Nesbit
Jones
House Moves Final Vote On State Bill After Debate
The House prepared to vote before departure as a brother’s death was noted. Kearns cited an opinion by Lyon McKee and Sanderson of Pittsburgh opposing constitutionality, while Nesbit differed with Major TeFan. The bill passed finally by a close vote.
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Kearns
Lyon, McKee and Sanderson
Pittsburg
Nes
Te Fan
Railroads Speak Against Tax Bill At Harrisburg Hearing
Harrisburg April 28. J D Hancock general solicitor of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad argues the Taggart tax bill will impair competition with rival lines and jeopardize planned extensions. He cites coal and lumber movements from Pennsylvania to eastern markets and claims the bill hurts Venango Mercer and Lawrence counties. He notes railroads’ dividend record and criticizes erroneous cost figures in support of the measure.
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FNOM
Harrisburg
J. D. Hancock
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Pennsylvania
Lake Shore
Lage Ene and Western
Buffalo, Rochester
Pittsburg
Oil City
Stoneboro
Venango
Mercer
Lawrence
Hoe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Olmstead
Friends of the Bill
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Erie Railway
Pittab
Wayne
Chicago
Auditor General's Office
Ohio
Sherman
Harrisburg Dispatch Reports Pattison Appointments
Governor Pattison sent to the Senate a batch of appointments including Western Penitentiary inspectors Tima aps Pressly Pieming and Frederick J. Manley. Aldermen M J Bixth ward Pittsburgh Frank J Sohellin Allegheny Joseph A Bryan Washington county. Eastern State Lunatic Hospital inspectors Samuel Sinai York George P Baer Reading. vice Wickersham.
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Senate
Dibparor
Hareisburg
Pattison
Western Penitentiary
Tima Aps Pressly
Frederick J. Manley
M. J
Bixth Ward
Pittsburg
Frank J. Sohellin
Allegheny
Joseph A. Bryan
First Side
Washington County
Sburg State Lunatic Hospital
Aoanna Northampton
Samuel Sinai
York
George P. Baer Reading
James P. Wickersham
Eastern Evecare
Ww. Price
Stuart Patterson
van Sneyder
J. William S. Waite
Western Peniitentiary
Hay Walker, Jr
Nelson P. Reed
House Passes Three Bills Aimed at Smoking
Harrisburg April 23 House members appear united that cigarette smoking should be prohibited. The body passed three bills addressing cigarette sales and use, with actions following prior Senate moves. One bill targets sale and manufacture controls, another fights cigarette adulteration, and a third bans smoking and related activities.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Distillers Incorporation Bill Clears Second Reading
From Harrisburg April 28 Senster Need's measure to authorize distilling company incorporation and allow bonds from the county or the township where liquor is sold passed second reading. The Franklin bill, with a license fee clause stripped, faces potential issues in third class cities as it moves forward.
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Harrisburg
Government Tax Share Dispute Receives Prompt Telegram Action
Secretary Foster telegraphs that the governor's certified copy of the resolution on the state's share of the direct tax will be treated as a claim and disposed of as rapidly as possible. The message follows Pattison's communication regarding the tax matter.
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Harristone
Pattison
Foster
Court of Appeals rules in Bank of New York case
Will iam D Shipman and others win a 223 043 judgment including interest against the Bank of the State of New York in a dispute arising from forgeries by James B Bedell a Sing Sing inmate. Bedell lent money on forged loans and indorsed checks to cash them through other banks. He kept some funds but lost much gambling.
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New Yorks
Shipman Laroque & Choate
Court of Appeals
William D. Shipman
Bank of the State of New York
James B. Bedell
Sing Sing
o _ rm
Martgnes
Bedell
Catholic Educator Drowned Crossing River With Students
In Terhone Quebec on April 2 Rev Father Lacasse, director of the local college, set out with two students in a boat to cross the river. The vessel capsized at a dam and Lacasse and one student, Courtemanthe, were drowned, with the other student Bas survived.
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Terehone
Quebec
Father Lacasse
Courtemanthe
Bas
Weele Oe En Boas
Iaseeneees
Carnegie Boycott Fight in Iron Trade Sparks Campaign Plan
A war in the iron trade emerges as competitors move to boycott Andrew Carnegie and his associates. The plan, discussed with J B and J W Cornell and allied firms, seeks direct contracts with iron proprietors to control girders and cast iron supply, while Carnegie reps claim no risk to their position.
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New Yor
Andrew Carnegie
J. B
J. W. Cornell
New York
Carnegie
A. BR. Whitney
Combine
Cancer
A. R. Whitney
Messrs. Carnegie and Phipps
Whitney
8. W. Baldwin
Pennsylvania Steel Company
No. 2
Wall Street
Ira
Land patent battle over indemnity lands test case
Colonel Knight applies for patents under the 1874 act on Omaha indemnity lands restored to public domain. Register recognises him as bona fide settler amid a dissent by the Receiver. The case, touching land within city limits valued high, will go to the Interior Department as a hard fought dispute with Senator Vilas and Justice Harlan previously weighing in.
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Omaha
Knight
Register Carrington
Interior Department
Vilas
Supreme Court
Harlan
Ceelare
Simple Scheme Robbed Ninth National Bank for Years
John T. Hill of New Brunswick, president since 1877, died March 1. An investigation reveals Hill siphoned about $400,000 from the Ninth National Bank by diverting collateral envelopes and pocketing checks, with auditors and directors slow to detect the scheme.
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John T. Hill
Ninth National Bank
New York
Keet
New Brunswick
Hill
Mr. Hill
J. A. Orvis
Thomas G. Vyse
President Garden
New Bronvawick
Wall Street
National Bank Examiner
A. B. Hepborn
Clearing House
Hepburn
Dro
Blaine Seems Likely To Withdraw From Presidential Race
Washington dispatch reports from New York that Secretary Blaine will formally announce he will not consent to using his name as a presidential candidate. The Elkins interview and corroborating sources suggest Blaine is sincere, leading many to believe he must be counted out. The piece notes a Republican convention likely to go beyond mere ratification of the party line.
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Washington
New York
B. Elkins
Blaine
Namie
Ins Dispatch
Dispatch
Eskinas
Smith M. Wood
W. J. Arkel
Blain
Elkins
Lynching Report on New Orleans Prison Italians
Attorney General Miller received the Grant report on the killing of Italians in the parish prison at New Orleans last month. He sent the report to Secretary Blaine for his use. Blaine refused to release or discuss its contents.
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New Orleans
Wamtusetax
Miller
Grant
Blaine
Stanley Fund Subscriptions May Be Returned
A meeting of the Stanley Fund Commission will decide steps on the £5,000 subscribed to place a steamer on Victoria Nyanza. With the German East African Company achieving the object, subscriptions may be returned and the scheme abandoned. The Dalziel interview on arrival at Liverpool is noted.
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BT Dunlaf
Cable Company
London
Stanley Fund Commission
Sir Edward Lee
Victoria Nyanza
Mr. J
Dalziel
Liverpool
Newfoundland Delegates Complain of Slowness in Talks
Newfoundland delegates report general satisfaction with yesterday's House of Lords speeches though no official reply has been given since ministers refused negotiations. They warn further delay risks the talks. Lord Salisbury met the delegates at their hotel this evening.
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Loxpon
Newfoundland
House of Lords
Echo
Lord Salisbury
Laborers blamed for new granite producers group
In Chicago on April 3 a large coalition of major granite firms from the West South and North formed the United States Granite Producers Association. Officials cited labor difficulties as the underlying cause while denying other motives. The meeting drew representatives from over event firms and companies across the industry.
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Chicago
Outh
United States Granite Producers’ Association
Interior Dept to Decide Test Land Case in Wisconsin
Ashland Wis April 28 Intense interest surrounds today’s decision by the land office Register and Receiver on a test case of land alleged to have been...
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Interior Department
Wisconsin
Ashland
Wis
Register
Receiver of the Land Office
Blighted Life of Liberal Candidate Fyffe
The well known historian of Modern Europe C A Fyffe, Liberal candidate for a Wiltshire Commons seat, cut his throat amid grave accusations of misconduct. The hearing was adjourned due to his critical condition as church figures and officials weighed the blameless character of the accused. The Election Committee reportedly expresses confidence in Fyffe despite the charge.
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C. A. Fyffe
Europe
Fyffe
House of Commons
Wiltshire
Indians and Plenty Horses Case War Jurisdiction Denied
Judges Shires and Edgerton ruled the United Court had no belligerent nation status for the Indians in the Plenty Horses case. They allowed evidence on a possible war condition as a factor in Casey’s killing but maintained Indians are subject to Congress laws. Testimony included Dog an Ogaiala chief Living Bear and Bear That Lays Down in the war theory. Presty Horses withdrew after interpreter refusal.
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Sioux Falls
8. D
Shires and Edgerton
United Court
Casey
Phill Olla
Death from Electric Wire Fatality in New York
John Devine, 24, of the Metropolitan Telephone Company, died after touching a live wire while separating a tangled line on Fourth Avenue. He fell 40 feet, struck his head, and the skull was crushed. Companion Omans McHealy suffered a shocked arm and brief unconsciousness.
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New York
John Devine
Metropolitan Telephone Company
Fourth Avenue
Omas McHealy
Devine
A Coal Famine Strikes Germany as Miners Strike
Beers April 2. The coal miners' strike has triggered a looming coal famine in the Fatherland. Iron foundries in the Sieg Valley have to cease operations due to scarce steel, affecting works along them and halting production in several plants.
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Beers
Sieg
Chinch Bug Cholera Threat to Kansas Wheat Crop
Kansas experts spread chinch bug cholera by infecting pests to combat chinch bugs. Prof. Snow of the State University leads experiments with diseased bugs, sending thousands to farmers as a counterattack. Early reports say damage may be short lived, with fields and counties including Brown Ottawa Dickinson Cloud Marion Pratt Hic e Ellsworth Hartin Reno and Sedgwick affected.
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Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
Snow
State University
F. H. Snow
Soow
Stricker
Pan
Russell
Brown
Ottawa
Dickinson
Cloud
Marion
Pratt
Hice
Ellsworth
Hartin
Reno
Sedewick
President Harrison Sees Monterey Coast Defense Vessel Launch
President Harrison inaugurates a voyage from San Francisco bay amid fog lifting to clear harbor. The party boards the Pueblo with officials and vessels decorated, then tours to Union Iron Works where the new armored coast defense ship Monterey is launched in view of the president and witnesses. Mrs Harrison presses the electric button to trigger the launch.
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Sams Francisco
Harrison
Cityjal Pueblo
Haytien Republic
Pueblo
Broadway
Charleston
Rush Ca Marcho
Soran House
Golden Gate
Union Iron Works
Robbed by a Woman On Train With Government Claim Funds
An elderly man, Colonel B. H. Gillesbie of Columbus, was found unconscious on a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train in Mendota with letters from Major McKinley and papers indicating he had just received about 15000 from war claims. A young woman traveling with him left Aurora last Wednesday saying they would get off, and has since vanished. Doctors believe he was drugged and railroad authorities are handling the case.
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Dixox
Chicago
Burington
Quincy
Mendota
McKinley
Sovernmaest Settlement of
Emory Smith Coming Home From St Petersburg Visit
Charles Emory Smith the American Minister to St Petersburg and his wife have been hosted by Minister Phelps with a welcome sequence. A special train trip to Potsdam and lakeside picnic followed by a legation supper entertained the Smiths and notable guests including the Count and Countess vo Papenheim and the Russian Ambassador. Smith and his wife leave for New York on leave.
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St. Petersburg
Dunlap's
CUE Company
Brears
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia
Phelps
Legation
Potsdam
Vo. Pappenheim
Smith
Albert Politzer
Smith Sen
New York
Cork in Reverend Bothwell Threat to Be Drawn by Corkscrew
The Rev Dr George W Bothwell lies at Brooklyn Hospital after inhaling a cork. Doctors consider removing the cork via a corkscrew through his bronchial tube within a day or two if he survives the risky procedure. His breathing apparatus has been strained for nine days and his health remains in doubt.
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Bothwell
New York
George W. Bothwell
Brooklyn Hospital
Bothwall
Bow
Hothwel
Jong Aro
Rasnmore
Mrs Martin Acquitted by Jubilant Town Crowd
Mrs Julia Martin is acquitted of murdering her brother in law. The court cheers erupt as verdict reads not guilty. Crowd cheers and waves umbrellas data and books tossed in air. she thanks her attorney and exits with supporters amid fevered celebration. Jury deliberated just 14 minutes.
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Diafatch
bin Mincham
Julia Martin
Data
Martin
Hac
Disastrous Collision On Baltimore and Ohio Line
Four men killed and several injured in a Cincinnati express wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Metropolitan branch near Garthersburg at 4 10 pm. Engineer Curtis Elliott and Freight crew Henry Groff Murphy killed. Post Clerk S C Burdett died. Express clerks Peacock and Miller seriously hurt. Wreck caught fire after collision at a sharp curve on the main line.
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Washington
Metropolitan
Garthersburg
Cincinnati Express
Warrings
Curtis Elliott
Express
Henry Groff
Murphy
C. Burdett
Peacock
M. G. Miller
Elliott
Prems Tien Tit
Apres
Tedien
Ors Marche Werems
Residouee
Baltimore
Police hunt imitator of Jack the Ripper in New York
April 2 report states no progress in capturing the East River Motel killer. Frenchy No. 2, cousin to a suspect, remains at large as Inspector Byrnes aides weigh rumors and possible confessions. Names and tips swirl while the murdered woman’s body awaits burial and London cables mention a distant link to a Wimbledon suicide.
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Trlegean
Dinfatch
New York
Jack the Ripper
East River
Frenchy
Byrnes
Ciizen
Freseby
Blasco
Dublin
London
Wimbledon
Beneficial Earnest Workers Arrests Shake Philadelphia
The Beneficial Order of Earnest Workers arrests two supreme officers in Philadelphia as a group of certificate holders take action. Edward W. Harris is held as president and Henry C. Gor as supreme treasurer. Local representative A. H. Le Leaf said the arrest aims to address alleged officers’ conduct.
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Philadelphia
Beneficial Order of Earnest
Edward W. Harris
Henry C. Gor
Rte
Drea
A. H. le Leaf
Wee Sain
Locked Out Workmen Attack At Iron Works
In Philadelphia on April 7 James Taggart a Pencoyd Iron Works employee was returning home when locked out pedalers jeered him. Frank O'Neil a ringleader knocked Taggart down and drew a revolver firing at him. Taggart reportedly fell and was wounded as the crowd pressed the scene.
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Philadelphia
James Taggart
Pencoyd Iron Works
Frank O'Neil
Aggart
McKinley Speech At Brooklyn Union League Club
Hon. William McKinley of Ohio spoke for over an hour before the Brooklyn Union League Club. He argued Democrats were unsure of their path and cautioned against interpreting the 1800 election as support for free trade. Speaker Reed praised in high terms. Also: report that the Anaconda Mine was sold to the Rothschilds.
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New York
Brooklyn Union League Club
William McXinley
Ohio
McKinley
Hill
Reed
Blair Rejected as Minister to China Delivers News in Pittsburg
Washington dispatch confirms the United States will not receive Hon. Henry W. Blair as minister to China after Chinese officials rejected him. Blair, en route to Pekin, remained outwardly calm, saying he supported Chinese exclusion in his past votes and would adapt to events.
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Statr
United States
Department of State
Henry W. Blair
Chin
Washington
Blaine
Blair
Pittsburg
Pitteburg
China
Bisir
Union Station
Wie
Pekin
Limited
Hampsire
Tex Distarce
San Francisco
America
Senate
Pacific
Pacific Ee His Biting Sarcasm and Power of Deption
Layton
Dmraton
Seeestiar Te Estee
Sur Og
French Tariff Proposals Face Strong Chamber Attack
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies heard M. Lockroy denounce the new tariff proposals. He warned they would expose France to economic and political isolation as Breach forces and export trade risks grow, challenging the government’s stability amid ongoing concessions.
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Chamber of Deputies
Paris
M. Lockroy
France
Aes M.lacuadhoen
Explosion in Italy Kills Notary and Others
An Italian explosion caused multiple deaths including notary Congia and several women. Details are sparse due to fragmentary text but report notes casualties and ongoing investigations.
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Roms
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