Examination Questions Sale Sparked Civil Service Probe
The House Committee probes charges against the Civil Service Commission after testimony that exam questions were offered for sale. Ex Civil Service Commissioner Oberly testifies that Flynn, a school principal, arranged the copy of questions and gave them to a woman who coached herself. Other witnesses name Campbell and Miss Dabney in varying roles, with disputes over timing and receipt of the papers.
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Civil Service Commission
House Committee
Wasarxctos
Remmei
Civil Service
Oberly
Flynn
Edgerton
E. M. Dabney
Fiynn
T. W. Flynn
Miss Smith
Miss Dabney
bin Mom
Miss Dabner
Alexander C. Campbell
Lyman
House Adjourns After Heated Debate Over Speaker’s Leniency
The record notes extreme leniency toward Shieh as the Speaker treats the other side with courtesy. The tribune onjo paid swarm to Mr Penleton and praised the dignity of his conduct as debate paused and the House adjourned pending further discussion.
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Shieh
Onjo
Penleton
Senate Rules Debate Fails Change Vote on Open Nomination Sessions
Senate Committee on Rules holds a special meeting and votes no on changing rules to require open nominations. Aldrich and Blackburn in support, Ingalls and Harris against, Sherman absent. Dolph Committee questions Washington Post staff about sources as it resumes inquiry into executive session leaks.
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Wasatxotos
Senate Committee On Rules
Mensra
Aldrich
Blackburn
Senate
Dolph Committee
Frank Hathon
Washington Post
Messrs
Hannum
McGill
Exciting Scene at Myers Hearing in Orphans Court
Readers witness a heated Orphans Court session as Mrs. Meyers seeks guardianship of her 11 year old grandson John Wagner while rival claimant Mrs. Glassburner erupts in court. Judge Over temporarily places the boy with the grandmother amid a chaotic scene and a dramatic retreat to the corridor.
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Orphans’ Court
J. C. Haymaker
C. C. Montooth
Mr. Haymaker
Ee Monte
I Coord
Discount Clothing Sale at Sixth Street and Penn Avenue
XEW Advertises a department store discount sale of ready made and made to measure clothing at the corner of Sixth street and Penn avenue. Prices are stated as lower than ever for goods of comparable value with emphasis on fit and style. The sale duration is open ended and subject to closing at any day.
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Sixth Street
Penn Avenue
Hearings on Lard Compound Regulation Continue in House Committee
The House Committee on Agriculture heard witnesses on proposed bills regulating lard compound and adulterations. W. J. Curtis for Armour & Co. argued the issue concerns labeling rather than health harm and urged affidavits from state boards supporting safety. Other speakers presented unchanged positions as the session proceeded.
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House Committee On Agriculture
W. J. Curtis
New York
N. EK. Fairbank & Co
Hoe
Armour & Co
Curtis Sid
Curtis
W. c
New York State Board of Agriculture
New Hampshire State Board of Health
Pendleton Race Case Debated in Lower House
Contested election case Atkinson vs Pendleton from West Virginia’s First district is taken up after journal reading. Debate limited to six hours with prior question to follow. Lawmakers from Illinois Iowa Missouri and Viriginia participate in the proceedings as factions rally.
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Rowell
Illinois
Atkinson
Pendleton
West Virginia
O'Ferrall
Iowa
Wilson
Missouri
Desperate Pickpocket Gang Leader Held at Tombs Court
Joseph Goldbergs, aged around 10 or 11, imprisoned after Annie Brown alleges her pocket was picked in a Bowery dime museum. Emanuel Isaacs, 9, says Joseph took $1, but claims another boy acted alone. Joseph pleads not guilty and fears hanging as case goes to tomorrow.
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EdaL T. _ ASPATCIL
New York
Joseph Goldberg
Tombs
Annie Brown
Bowery
Emanuel Isaacs
Joseph
River flood outlook near Crxcrlyall Ohio 53 feet
Report from Crxcrlyall dated February 26 notes the river at 51 feet 8 inches and rising about 2 inches per hour. Current slows at high stage as tributaries flood the Ohio. expect 52 to 53 feet with minimal damage and no immediate panic. A rail fall could worsen floods.
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Great Miami
Kentucky
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Liversidge Wins Suit Over Deeded Property
Amos Liversidge, nearly 70, wins $14,000 from his children in a dispute over a deed they claimed was attached to a will. He had married Eliza Maybon in England, and the judge found the children had imposed on their aging father.
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Curcaco
Amos Liversidge
Eliza Maybon
Liversidge
Joseps H. Liversidge
Louisa Oliphant
Emma West
Moybon
England
Austin Corbin's Scalp Petition Circulated in Philadelphia
A petition circulated in Philadelphia to dissolve the voting trusteeship of the Reading Railroad and remove Austin Corbin from the presidency. signers include large railroad interests. The petition asks the court to declare Corbin's voting trustee seat vacant if relief is not granted, citing his holdings in a living railroad company through the New Jersey company.
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Philadelphia
Court of Common Pleas
Reading Railroad Company
Austin Corbin
New Jeraey
Silk manufacturer Claude Chaffanjon ends life at home
Claude Chaffanjon a noted silk maker aged 65 died by his own hand this morning at his Jubilee Heights residence. Financial troubles were cited as the cause. The report notes relief from cough with Jayne’s medicine prior to the tragedy.
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Claude Chaffanjon
J Qlly Heights
Chaffanjon
Real Estate Savings Bank Offer on Smithfield Street
Real Estate Savings Bank Limited lists 401 Smithield Street and cer Fourth Avenue with capital 100000 and surplus 50000. Deposits from 1 and up receive interest at 4 percent.
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Divorce Case Reveals Letters In Riley V Riley
Testimony filed in the Lucila Riley versus Charles M. Riley divorce case includes letters from Charles to his mother. The couple married December 17, 1878 in East Brady Clarion county and separated August 1886 amid allegations of inadequate support for Lucila and their two children.
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Charles M. Riley
East Brady
Clarion County
W. L. Riley
Charles M
Mre Riley
Trudy Shaul
Riley
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Alleged False Election Contest in McKeesport Borough
A petition filed in the Quarter Sessions Court seeks a contest of the First ward council election. It claims the Election Board’s returns were false with Patterson winning 168 to Black 385 and Griffin 106, while recounts later showed Patterson leading 227 to 217.
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McKeesport
J. Black
J. E. Patterson
Thomas Griffin
Tedsalso
Patterson
Howe Ee Patterson
Black
Griffin
Election Board
Contested Haslett Will Proceeding Goes to Common Pleas
The Orphans Court awarded an issue to Common Pleas Court for a jury trial in the contested Will of Mrs. Mary McD Haslett of West Deer township. Haslett, declared lunatic, died leaving a 900000 estate. A prior lucid-interval will was probated for relatives of the late husband. Attorney McKenna objected, seeking escheat as Haslett left no issue or heirs. The matter moved through courts with continued will contest.
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Common Pleas Court
Mary McD. Haslett
Hazlett
West Deer Township
Supreme Court
Assignee Seeks Court to Recover Store Goods in Moyle Case
A. 8. Miller as assignee of William Moyle filed a bill in equity alleging Moyle failed to deliver all possessions. He asserts Moyle bought a store at 66 Federal Street Allegheny and, with Moyle's daughter EE Bovis, had her name painted as agent. Goods valued about 2.00 were refused on demand, and Miller asks restraint on sale and appointment of a receiver.
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William Moyle
E. E. Moyle
Moyle
Hogar
Pressness
Beige
Shafer
Sree Medival Institute
Scott Chambers
R. Chambers
Allegheny
Pittsburg
St. Clair Street
Poly‘enon Medical Institute
Penn Age
Pittsurg
Prafel
Common Press Docket Roster of Civil Cases Mentioned
A dense list of civil cases and defendants appears. Names include Willey versus Eveseyivania Railway and Lavine versus Btowart as well as McCaully Hout versus inns Jones and Nevin et al. The document cites multiple plaintiffs and defendants across various suits and companies.
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Smith
Goky
Willey Va
Eveseyivania Railway
Willey
Commonwealth Poonayivania
Fear Hillman
Hau Kress
McCaully
Hout
Ihn Inns
Jones
Fuckestein
Mekases Hill
Lavine
Cassity
Watson
Craig
Gumbert
Gumbert & Jeerty. W Inmate 5; Duquesne Lumber
Hay & Co
Cruikshank
Nevin
Wendel Ye Wolf
People's Natural Gas Company
Simpson
Pennsylvania Railroad Sues Daniel Dempsy Over Stone Wall
A bill in equity filed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company seeks a preliminary injunction to enjoin Daniel Dempsy from altering or removing a stone wall along the line near the road. The court is asked to prevent further action that would impair railroad right of way and realign boundaries.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Daniel Dempsy
de Penace Ecaes & Stone Wall
Fecaine A
Dresa Trimmings and Rosenbaum Food Delights
Readable lines describe festive trimmings at Dresa and fresh foods at Rosenbaum. The passage highlights appealing items and a sense of pleasant, visual shopping in a small local context.
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Dresa
Rosenbaum & the
Dunn suit against Philadelphia Company ends in $200 verdict
Charles Dunn sues the Philadelphia Company for property damage from a natural gas explosion. A verdict was returned yesterday awarding $200 to the plaintiff. Court notices list Black & Peed as counsel for the plaintiff and Janne EB. O'Common filed the suit.
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Charles Dunn
Philadelphia Company
Janne EB
Astor Will Leaves Major Gifts To Hospitals Museums And Library
John Jacob Astor of New York bequeaths 50 000 to Alexander Hamilton and substantial sums to St Luke's Hospital the Metropolitan Museum of Art the New York Cancer Hospital and his cousin James Simmons Armstrong He directs 400 000 to the Trustees of the Astor Library for a permanent fund with income used to buy books He leaves the rest to his son William Waldorf Astor and names executors William Waldorf Astor and Charles F Sears
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John Jacob Astor
City of
Alexander Hamilton
Irvington
St. Luke's Hospital
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Cancer Hospital
James Simmons Armstrong
Astor Library
Astor
Cacd Corporation
William Waldorf Astor
Charles F. Sears
City of New York
J. J. Astor
Patents Granted to Western Inventors Across Multiple States
The week ending February 24 1800 lists patents issued to inventors in western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and western Virginia. Items include machine tools gears curtain fixtures hair tweezers stove collars for flannel shirts and a range of drafting and carpentry devices with owners and locations noted such as John Carnes Lins O streetcar gearing David Chase Middleport and Jerome HK Gireaves Corry Fa along with William James Columbes C and others.
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O. D. Levis
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
Thomas J. Baker
New Combrland
John Carnes
Lins
David Chase
Middleport
Jerome HK
Gireaves
Corry
James M. Hall
Hitchle Court House
W. Va
William M. Barets
Reese
Mansfeld
Edward Hober
Marion
Willam James
Columbes
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Keller
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Bit Bane
James Morney
Clarion
Bureau
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Poxce
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Fostorli
Nak Pertenere
James W. Trouse
Woutoria
Urgency deficiency bill completed with major allocations
Washington reports the urgency deficiency bill totals 25 050 218 dollars with 711 602 for volunteers and other programs. It funds public buildings light house operations soldiers homes patent office land office Indian supplies and survivors of the Mexican and War of 1812. A separate notice urges case seekers to contact broker box 446 city.
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Internal Revenue
Patent Office
United States
Head of
Naval Establishment
Ato Pago
Samoa
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