Road Tax Reform Plans Talked At State Road Commission Meeting
A Pennsylvania State Road Commission session outlined a shift to township road commissioners and paid road masters to run a centralized road program. The plan aims to abolish loose working out of taxes and ensure state aid funds build permanent roads with local control and accountability.
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Pennsylvania
State Road Commission
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Citizens” Road Association
Lewis Haunt
University of Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Todauy
Tne Dasr
Euch
Commission
Asmany
Road Commission
L. E. Stoftel
Plans of the Grange at Harrisburg Convention
The Grange held its largest state convention in Harrisburg with 500 to 600 delegates. Worthy Master Rhone praised nonpartisan Grange influence on agriculture, tariff and currency issues, revenue reforms, and the push for a cooperative system. He urged favorable action on a new revenue bill and a dressed beef bill, while reaffirming conservative tariff views and protection for farmers.
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Dipatch
Harrisncune
Grangers
Rhone
Grange
Agricultural Department
Washington
State Revenue Commission
Mr. Rhone
Iares
Ins Word
Fanatical Chinese Society Attacks Their Converted Countryman
Advices from Chung King China report that a fanatical Chinese society attacked a Chinese convert in a violent clash. The incident underscores growing sectarian tensions within the expatriate community in the region.
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San Francisco
Chung King
Ching
Massacre of Chinese Christians by Loo Soi Society
In Ta Chu Hsien the Loo Soi Society conducted raids during a patron deity celebration. After days of plunder the brotherhood massacred over 20 Christians, with 19 bodies found in the streets and others reportedly cut up and cast into a river. Mission buildings burned as corpses were destroyed by fire. The next day they attacked another market town. one Christian was killed as the others fled.
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Ta Chu Hsien
Brotherhood
Kentucky Belle's Romance Ends in Desertion by Spaniard
Special telegram from New York reports Cecil Watkins a 21 year old Kentucky beauty married to a Spaniard Lavero after a quick courtship in Louisville. He took control of her $70,000 fortune and Kennedy estate then disappeared after selling property and taking $69,000. Cecil left with only $1,000 for current expenses, while Lulu Martin learns of the lovers escape.
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Dispatch
New York
Cecil Watkins
Senora Lavero
Jernando Uberto Layero
Paris
Kennedy
First National Bank of
Louisville
Lulu Martin
Crab Orchard
St. Catherine’s Academy
Springfield
Cecil
Lulu
Lavero
Barcelona
Spain
Greil
Lymph from Berlin Arrives for New York Doctors
Dr. Abraham Jacobi received a vial of Koch lymph shipped from Berlin via the Saab steamship. The container, about two inches long, held a reddish brown liquid likely for scientific use. Officials inspected the sample. Mt. Sinai Hospital reported no immediate application.
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New York
Abraham Jacobi
Koch
Berlin
Saab
Dr. Jacobi
John S. Billings
Washington
Pratt
Cooper
K. Scherer
Jacobi
Liebman
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Escapee Napoleon McDaniel Reported Crossing Into Old Mexico
Fort Worth reports Cotton Belt train robber Napoleon McDaniel who escaped Texarkana jail on December 2 is in old Mexico with a companion. A sighting in Fort Worth led to a police manhunt but he and his ally fled by farmer’s wagon onto the Texas Pacific westbound line and crossed into Mexico near El Paso.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Napoleon McDaniel
Texarkana
Old Mexico
McDaniel
Here
el Paso
Indian Feud in Colorado Ends in Death at Armago Saloon
Durango reports a clash in Armago New Mexico where Thomas Franklyn a carpenter struck two Apache men with a billiard cue, killing one and injuring the other. Sheriff Stallsteiner and a posse pursued the suspect, who hid in sawdust. great town tension follows as locals fear mob action and carry weapons amid calls for justice.
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Duranco
Con
Thomas Franklyn
Armago
N. M
Stallsteiner
Ranklyn
Elections bill meets GOP headwinds in Senate clash
WASHINGTON December 9 The elections bill faces Republican opposition led by Senators Quay and Cameron while Quay weighs a substitute and warning of possible defeat. Debate and behind the scenes pressure show cross party and factional strains over advancing the measure. The piece notes sentiment against the bill’s political and business impact and references Senate maneuvers and speeches by Berry Daniels and Hoar.
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Quay
Senate
DisPatch
Edmunds
Hoar
Edmunds Hoar
Evarts
Cameron
Aes Rae
Berry
Daniels
Lightner
Free Coinage Plan Aims to Instruct Delegates at Conference
Representative McCreary of Kentucky drafts a bill to instruct U S delegates at the forthcoming International Monetary Conference to back common gold and silver coin circulation and free coinage among American nations. He seeks support from Democratic allies and hopes California and Louisiana Republicans on the Foreign Affairs Committee back the measure. The bill, filed soon, would avoid the Coinage Committee due to its free coinage stance.
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Wasnrscatos
McCreary
Kentucky
House
Congress
United States
International Monetary Conference
Pan-American Congress
Representative McCreary
Foreign Affairs Committee of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Messrs. Morrow
California
Coleman
Louisiana
Treasury debate on Delamater bank failure in Meadville
State Treasurer Henry K. Boyer arrived in Meadville and met with Judge Pearson Church to discuss the Delamater bank collapse. Depositors demand answers and potential criminal actions loom. Ex-Senator Homer J. Humes attacks Governor Beaver, condemning the selling of United States bonds and urging Pattison to push legal reforms.
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Meadville
Henry K. Boyer
Pearson Church
Delamater Bank
Dispatch
Boyer
Mr. Boyer
Church
Homer J. Humes
Benaver
United States
Delamater & Co
Humes
Pattison
At Board
Crum
Bank disputes and suspected assignment rumors arise
The speaker doubts the individual knew about an imminent assignment amid ongoing bank affairs. The remark implies possible concealment or miscommunication affecting financial actions and stakeholder interests.
Apportionment Bill Seeks 306 House Members After 1893
Washington December 9. Mr Donnell chairman of the House census committee introduces an apportionment bill. It provides that after March 3 1893 the House shall have 306 members with increased representation for Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Georgia Illinois Kansas Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Jersey Oregon Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Washington and Wisconsin. Other states keep their present seats.
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Washindton
Donnell
House
Congress
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missour
Nebraska
New Jersey
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
Wisconsin
Tariff Amendment Aims to Correct Twine Duty Error
Senator Quay offered a resolution to amend the tariff bill over a typographical error that oddly placed fibers in a parenthesis. Customs officers say the mistake made all twines except binding duty 1 1/4 cents per pound, though the intent was to apply the higher rate only to specific fibres. A similar House bill was introduced today.
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Hixeton
Quay
Tax on Compound Lard Reported by Senate Committee
Senate Commerce Committee reports two compound lard tax bills without recommendation to avoid long hearings. One mirrors the House measure from last session. the other is Dawes proposed bill from January, never before reported. Both seek tax and regulation of compound lard manufacture and leave objections to later Senate consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Paddock
Committee On Agriculture
House
Dawes
House Postmaster Race Narrowly Chooses Hathaway
Republican House members caucused after adjournment and backed Hathaway of Montana as postmaster to replace Wheat of Wisconsin. Hathaway, an Ohio native and Civil War veteran, has served in Montana and held several federal and county offices, currently secretary of the Montana Republican State Committee.
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WasHingTon
House
Wheat
Wisconsin
Carters
Montana
Hathaway
Hosmer
Massachusetts
Reed
Minnesota
Barnes and
Ralph
Ilinois
Ohio
One Hundred and Fifth
Perryville
Republican State Committee
Public Building Bills Passed by House With Cost Limits
The House, before adjournment, passed several public building measures with cost limits. Cities listed include Kato Minnesota at 60,000. Sioux City Iowa at 250,000. Lima at 40,000. Portland at 400,000. Kansas City Missouri at 100,000. and Rockford with unspecified details.
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Wasuixeton
Kato
Minn
Sioux City
Lima
Portland
Kansas City
Metro
Aktag O
Rockford
Another Lynchng in Roebuck Miss Sequel to Aron Murder
In Roebuck Mississippi a mob hanged Moses Lemon a colored man after the Dennis Martin killing of Gus Aron. Lemon allegedly urged negroes to form a mob and attack the Aron murder scene and clerks threatening a building fire. The neighborhood's white and black residents formed a group to carry out the lynching.
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Ivatta Bena
Miss
Roebuck
Aron
Moses Lemon
Dennis Martin
Gus Aron
Lemon
Mexican Lottery Circulars Burden US Mail
Post Office Department reports Mexican lottery circulars mailed to the United States arrive in sealed envelopes with clipped corners and prepaid Mexican postage. US law would treat such sealed enclosures as requiring postage at United States rates, creating a cross border postal issue and potential postage disputes.
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Post Office of
Mexico
Mexican Post Office
United
Washington
Des
Post Office Department
United States
Kentucky Man Ends Life By Self-Inflicted Wound
A Lincoln county resident, long famed in the area, killed himself by cutting his stomach with a razor after years of stomach trouble that led to insanity. He reportedly told bystanders that his stomach would not hurt him anymore. Authorities found him in his room shortly after the act.
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Kentucky
Dmpattes
Lexington
Lincoln County
Boyer Delamater Sit With Bank Failure Fallout
State Treasurer Boyer met Senator Delamater in Meadville to learn the bank failure status. Delamater, planning a statement, said he had sought funds to square accounts in New York after failed Philadelphia efforts. He explained a check transaction involving David J. Martin and described sending funds to New York, denying retaining money and noting a deposit misstatement.
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Philadelphia
Times Telegraph
Meadville
Boyer
Senator Delamater
Delamater
Possie
Judge Church
Harrisburg
New York
Finance Cou Y
David J. Martin
Bank of Erie
Dave
First National Bank of
Senator Denies Debt Link With Delamater
Washington Dec 9 Senator Guy denies reports that he is personally in debt to State Senator Delamater or that their relations have changed. He told THE Dispatchy correspondent that he loves Delamater nothing and is not on any paper of his making or involved in his failure. Nothing has passed between them to alter their relations.
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Gompers
Saniel
Morgan
Fiendish Charlie Miller Killer and Robber on Box Car
The trial of Charles Miller for the box car killings of Ross Fishbaugh and Waldo Emerson drew full courts in Cheyenne. He confessed fully, recounting his life and motive tied to poverty, with details of the double murder and subsequent thefts. He described purchasing items in Grover Colorado and Sydney Nebraska as clues to his steps.
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Cheyenne
Charles Miller
Ross Fishbaugh
Waldo Emerson
Sydney
Neb
Miller
Emerson
Fishbaugh
Grover
Col
Kansas
Assets in Erie Prompt New Judgment on Delamater Property
Este Dec 9 The Delamaters owe 200000 to State Treasurer Boyer and have a judgment against Noble Rawle and co‑owners for docks valued at 75000. The Delamater firm member is Hon B Delamater who holds other Erie interests.
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Boyer
Este
Delamaters
Erie
Delamater
Noble Rawle
Hon. B. Delamater
Kansas railroad men to ship charity for western farmers
In Topeka on December 9 a meeting of Kansas railroad men agreed to transport free of charge all contributions destined for destitute farmers in Western and Northwestern Kansas. This action follows widespread destitution in those regions and aims to aid relief efforts without additional solicitation.
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Topeka
Kansas Railroad
Kansas
Sid
Warrant Issued for Victor Delamater in Bank Funds Case
A Erie area correspondent reports a warrant for Victor M. Delamater, former bank cashier, charging him with accepting depositor funds after hours and arranging an expected assignment within 24 hours. The case drew remarks from a lawyer involved in the matter.
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Meadville
Victor M. Delamater
Victor
Died From Heart Failure After Koch Lymph Inoculation
Eugene Horn died of heart failure after Koch’s lymph inoculation. His case was precarious upon admission and resembled Hermann Feudler’s fatal outcome at Gerhardt’s clinical hospital. Early this morning a fire in a corridor of the new charity hospital threatened consumptive patients but was quickly extinguished after kerosene oil ignition.
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Berxis
Koch
Eugene Horn
Hermann Feudler
Gerhardt
Charity Hospital
Socialists Barred as Miners Cast Votes in Reform Fight
The New York Central Labor Union clash with the Gompers led federation dominated by Chicago factions. Gompers defended renewal of an old Central Union charter, while Morgan pressed Saniel's credentials. A heavy vote backed returning Saniel’s credentials, with 90 delegates representing 750,000 workers attending and resolutions on boycotts and reform discussed.
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Detetorr
Central Labor Union
New York
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Saniel
Morgan
Chicago
Old Central Union
Socialistic
Miners’ Organization
Pittsburg
Keights of
New York City
Pennsylvania
Carpenters’ Union
Rochester
N. Y
Knights of Labor
Bair
Brosi to Come Back for Extradition Trial
The case of John C. Brosi, jailed in Windsor for forging his uncle ex Mayor Miller of Pittsburgh, to obtain 1700 dollars, moved through Toronto courts. After remaining in Canada, motions failed but the entire bench today voted to extradite Brosi to the United States for trial.
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Toronto
John C. Brosi
Windsor
Miller
Pittspurg
Iirosi
Canada
Brosi
Birosi
United States
Strike Causes City Yard Standstill By Union Pacific
About ten days ago Union Pacific discharged three night switchmen in the city yard. The strike spread as the night force walked out and no wheels moved in the yards. Grand Master Sweeney of the switchmen’s union did not back the action.
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Capes, Uran
Dee
Union Pacific
Ressegnie
Sweeney
Switchmen’s Union
Indian Territory man and stepdaughter slain by one bullet
In Dougherty area a man named Josph Brown and his stepdaughter were killed last night when unknown assailants shot Brown at the door with a Winchester. Both victims died instantly. the pair were inside a small cabin four miles from Dougherty. The attacker fled, leaving few clues.
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Dove Henry
Josph Brown
Brown
Dougherty
Winchester
Strackies Degeeahier
Parnell's Friends in Chicago Plan Early Mass Meeting
In Chicago a conference of prominent Irish-Americans from across the city agreed to hold a mass meeting to support Charles Stewart Parnell, with Parnell himself present if possible. The organizers aim to confirm plans at an early date.
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Chicago
Parnell
Galeat
Smam
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