Republicans Move Toward June Special Election on Prohibition
Harrisburg caucus endorses letting voters decide the prohibition amendment by a June 18 special election. Senator Cooper frames in good faith pledges, while Senator Newmyer opposes hasty action. Delamater strengthens plan for a two senate three house committee to draft the bill.
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Dellameter
Jane— Newmyer
Cooper
Junso
Apos
Haznisecec
Newmyer
Republican State Committee
House
Henry Hall
Mercer
Packer
Tioga
Meade
Representative Hall
Senate
Jane
Delamater
Beaver
Allegheny
McFarlane
Philadelphia
Dearden
Philadel Jetta
Del
Natural gas bill targets Allegheny Supreme Court case
Harrisburg dispatch reports Fred Magee and a group with bills have appeared in the legislature. Senator Steel introduces a bill to curb natural gas firms, restricting acquisitions, fixing gas charges, limiting company selection, and allowing local taxation as part of a committee’s gas industry restriction plan.
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Harnissung
Fred Magee
Harrisburg
Steel
Supreme Court
Allegheny
Councilmank Committee
Beef and Beer Lobbies at Harrisburg Target Home Goods
Two influential lobbies are expected in Harrisburg soon one advocating dressed beef and the other liquor Mr Guckenheimer leads the liquor effort The Pennsylvania Railroad is said to back the granger beef bill to cut livestock transport costs Many House and Senate members reportedly pledged to the bill with rural members needing support to maintain state influence.
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SDEST
Harrisburg
Guckenheimer
Pennsylvania Railroad
House
Senate
Bill to punish food adulteration via chemist testing
Representative Stewart has received a bill from a Philadelphia constituent to punish food adulteration. It requires cities and boroughs with health officers to employ a qualified chemist to sample foods from stores and test for adulterations with fines and penalties for violations.
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Harrisburg
Stewart
Philadelphia
No More Liquor Legislation Until Prohibition Fate Decided
Harrisburg report: Senator Cooper introduces the prohibitory constitutional amendment. Senator Steel seeks funding for it. House Republicans caucus as Democrats plan to, while many liquor bills are offered but unlikely to pass before the people decide the constitutional question. Legislators aim to keep liquor law unchanged to avoid amendments until the public vote.
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Harrisburg
Cooper
Steel
Allegheny
White
Smiley
Clarion
Lemon
Columbia County
Allegheny Democrats Split Over State Chairman Eisner
A split Allegheny delegation opposed the Eisner ticket and all resolutions while 44 of 47 committee members backed Eisner and Nead secretary William L. Scott. The Executive Committee will set the next State Convention date, Harrisburg the likely site if expenses are covered. The resolutions praised low taxes, county reform, and a pure ballot, while the Cleveland administration was hailed in history.
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Haargispung
Allegheny
Brennen
Eisner
John Huckenstein
Alleheny
Foley
Giles
Nis
Grover Cleveland
Marland Pushes Law and Order Bill with Exemption
Representative Marland appeared before the Judiciary General Committee to advocate a Law and Order bill. He offered a proviso exempting detectives employed by District Attorneys and argued in favor of the morgue bill later that afternoon.
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Hankspenia
Marland
Judiciary General Committee
Inter Municipal Bill Discussed by Harrisburg Committees
In Harrisburg January 16 the Municipal Corporations Committees of both Houses heard arguments for the inter municipal bill. Reading secretary Mr Richards outlined that cities under 100000 would form as third class and that the bill followed existing municipal legislation.
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Harrisburg
Municipal Corporations Committees
Richards
Reading
Favorable Report on Sale of University Building and Grade Crossing Abolition
A favorable report approved on Representative Graham's bill authorizing public sale of Pittsborg court buildings. Another favorable report authorized on a bill to require railroads to cross roads and streets at grade. At the State Agricultural Society annual meeting in Harrisburg, John McDowell of Washington elected President. other officers include D. W. Seiler, John J. Nissley, Al Kennedy, William H. Dre, and H. C. Demming.
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Harreisburg
Graham
Pittsborg
State Agricultural Society
Harrisburg
John McDowell
Washington
D. W. Seiler
John J. Nissley
al. Kennedy
William H. Rle
H. C. Demming
Appropriations Planned for Hospitals After Cyclone
Harrisburg January 16 on the suggestion of Dr Walk of Philadelphia the Appropriations Committee will probably report tomorrow the appropriation for the Homeopathic Hospital of Pittsburg and for the Reading Hospital in recognition of their services to the injured in the recent cyclone.
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Harrisburg
Walk
Philadelphia
Appropriations Committee
Homeopathic Hospital
Pittsburg
Reading Hospital
Appropriations Committee Hones Budget for Huntingdon Reformatory
In Harrisburg a sub committee of Neff Billingsley and Loomis was appointed to review the Huntingdon Reformatory appropriation and determine fund needs for its support.
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Harrisburg
Appropriations Committee
Neff, Billingsley
Loomis
Huntingdon Reformatory
State forms bill for board of examiners on licenses
From a staff correspondent in HagnissveG on January 16 Dr Walk of Philadelphia introduced a bill creating a State Board of examiners to license caminers and nominate candidates for examination.
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Hagnissveg
Walk
Philadelphia
Board of Caminers
Monarchy for the Penitentiary
Harrisburg report notes the Appropriations Committee named Fruit for continued discussion on prison funding. The brief hints at ongoing debate within state budget considerations and references continuing coverage on the sixth page.
Wealthy New Yorker Entrapped in Spiritual Fraud Trial
New York is rocked by a spiritualist case involving George C. Carroll of Dempsey and Carroll. Mrs. Stryker lured him with talk of his dead son and a spirit marriage, then a christening at Niagara Falls. Carroll’s wife, accused of complicity, was committed to an asylum. property questions loom as he defends his conduct.
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New York
George C. Carroll
Dempsey & Carroll
Stryker
Carroll
Broadway
Mr. Carroll
Brighteyes
Mr. Il
Mrs. Stryker
Metropolitan Temple
Middletown
George D. Carroll
Baer
Clifford Manfred
Bright E
East Twenty-eighth Street
Charles Russell
Phoenix Park
Phenix Park
Times
Shannon
Brennan
Byrne
Carey
Lord Spencer
Mableys Millionaire Widow and a Divorce Suit
Mrs C R Mabley widow of a Detroit financier married Rev W J Spiers in 1886 in New York. Spiers, then 30, left his church amid doctrinal disputes and later traveled widely. Mrs Spiers seeks a divorce on grounds of desertion after a period of devoted marriage and a large cash dowry.
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Dispatch
Dereroit
C. R. Mabley
Detroit
W. J. Spiers
Medbury Chapel
Mabley
Spiers
New York
Queen Victoria to be escorted by French warships
The French Government has ordered four men of war to escort Queen Victoria on her state trip. She will visit Biarritz and San Sebastian, accompanied by Empress Frederick.
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Queen Victoria
Lowpox
Biarritz
San Sebastian
Empress Frederick
Gunning for Blaine Bent to Harrison
Washington January 16 Politicians and Cabinetmakers expect Vice President elect Morton and Mrs Morton to stay with Blaine and family in Washington. Blaine to join Harrison cabinet is widely rumored with Plummer visit boosting Miller faction hopes. Some anti Blaine lawmakers reopen Peru vian claims to argue Blaine’s involvement as Secretary of State. Officials have prepared papers to argue against Blaine’s appointment to Secretary of State.
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Wasuinctor
Star
Morton
Blaine
Mr. Blaine
General Harrison
Miller
Congress
Plummer
House Committee
Walker Blaine
Senator Blaine
Perry Belmont
State Department
Aoe
White Cap Poster Damages Hit Fifty Dollars in Madison County
A Madison County jury awarded $50 damages for a White Cap notice left on postmaster Charles McKee's door in Myers. The note threatened exile and alleged debt evasion with a rude “fotograft” image of a man hanged, tied to a tree. The trial lasted a week with overnight deliberations.
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Indianapolis
Madison County
Myers
Charles McKee
McKe E
McKee
Abe
Death by ether ends C M Everett life in New Castle
Special Telegram to the DI reports C M Everett a timer aged about 45, in New Castle, asked roommate William Vance to let him sleep late. Vance found him dead with ether used in a basin under clothing. Everett, once from Sharon, had lived in New Castle four years and was regarded as sober and industrious.
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C. M. Everett
New Castle
William Vance
Mr. Vance
Everett
Sharon
No Green Goods Suspect Held in Philadelphia Case
A green goods man named Edward White from Ninth Avenue New York was committed by a United States Commissioner in default of $2000 bail for a further hearing on illegal mail charges. W H Agey hotel owner in Ty lersburg Pa received a counterfeit money offer from William Duncan Jersey City. Duncan was arrested in Philadelphia after meeting Agey at the Colonnade Hotel following detective correspondence.
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Philadelphia
Edward White
Ninth Avenue
New York
United States
W. H. Agey
Tylersburg
William Duncan
Montgomery Street
Jersey City
Agey
Woods
Duncan
Colonnade Hotel
Bride of Death in Silk Mill Tragedy Sealed by Blood Ties
Daniel Nester, a wealthy Schuylkill County farmer, refused his daughter Miss Nester permission to wed her second cousin. She left home to work in Reading’s silk mill, where a cyclone struck a day after she secured employment, crushing her and many others to death.
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Reading
Dispatutt
New Breccoup
Daniel Nester
Schuylkill County
Sone
Nester
Anarchists at Milan Peace Congress Plot Europe Revolt
Report notes that attendees of the Milan Peace Congress on January 16 decided to foment a revolution in Europe if war breaks out. The gathering involved representatives opposing armed conflict and endorsing radical action as a response.
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Milan
Europe
Traitor O Briens Defiant Parnell Trial Eloquence
Loupow January 16 report on William OBrien defending editors at the Parnell Commission. Delaney's testimony portrays Irish leaders in a phony plot with Fenians and Invincibles linked to the Phoenix Park murders. Russell cross examines, yielding a cautious court stance as Davitt prepares further inquiries.
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Loupow
William O'Brien
Parnell Commission
Hannon
O'Brien
Patrick Delaney
Land League
Michael Delaney
Phenix Park
Delaney
Davitt
League
Russell
Times
German Indictment Delivers View on Empire Diary Case
The Reichsanzeiger prints the Geffcken indictment revealing he excerpted from a 700 page diary given by the late Emperor Frederick in 1873. It alleges he published parts without authority and notes preparatory drafts of Frederick’s accession proclamation. Letters from Baron von Boggenbach and Geffcken show hostile critiques of Bismarck. Morier and other figures appear in the correspondence.
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Brrr
William
Reichsanzeiger
Geffeken
Germany
Frederick
Geffcken
Emperor William
Emr
Baron von Boggenbach
Bavaria
Saxony
Wuertemburg
Baden
Rodenburg
Harmen
Eke
Roggenbach
Sosa
Bismarc
Bismarck’s Report on Public Diary Indictment Delayed
The Reichsanseiger presents Prince Bismarck’s note urging publication to counter misrepresentations by journals. The indictment outlines Geffcken’s diary extracts, alleged motives, secrecy violations, and links to the Emperor, with witnesses and six topics including relations with Vatican Russia England Luxemburg Belgium and France.
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Bismarck
Reichsanseiger
Prince Bismarck
William
Imperial Tribunal
The Golden Chartreuse Offer Sparks Monastic Debate
Paris reports a London firm offered 5 million pounds to the La Grand Chartreuse monks for a monopoly on Chartreuse liquor. A Papal legate urges the monks to refuse, citing Carthusian vows against trade. The order’s General contemplates rejection.
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Paris
The
Temps
London
New York Politicians Return From Indianapolis Visit
Ex Senator Arkell and associates arrived in Canaajohaarie after meeting General Harrison in Indianapolis. They say Harrison discussed New York politics at length and indicated he would decide on portfolios soon, with New York recognition deemed likely.
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Canajoharie
N. Y
Arkell
W. J. Arkell
Bernard Gillam
Judge
John E. Sleicher
Albany Journal
Indianapolis
Harrison
New York
Umson
Oil Boom Sudden in Somerset Area
William James, a farmer near Somerset Kentucky, struck a large stream of pure water while boring a well. Word spreads of an oil gas discovery with land values rising as companies plan to take over the well and begin development.
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Someeaset
William James
Somerset
James
Dudley Case Sparks Democratic Rift Over Judge Woods Summary
In Indianapolis on January 16, Judge Woods’ grand jury instructions drew sharp critique from Democrats. Sentinel editorials express disappointment while Judge Claypool openly disagrees with Woods’ interpretation, though he declines to comment publicly.
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Indianapolis
Woods
Federal Grand Jury
The
Sentinel
Clay
Great Quinn Freyvogle McClure gambling case ends in defense win
Master Henry A. Davis finds no conspiracy among Freyvogle and McClure and holds they did not profit beyond nominal sums from Quinn in the long running defalcation gambling dispute. Dixon sought about 15 000 in deposits tied to Quinn's gambling at the fare bank, with Audits and deposits at Duquesne National Bank contested.
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Quinn
Freyvogle
McClure
C. G. Dixon
Quinn-Freyvogle-McClure
Duquesne National Bank
Freyvogle and McClure
Henry A. Davis
Equity
Common Pleas
Allegheny
William McClure
Frank Freyvogle
Peter Quinn
Duquesne National Bank of
Pittsburg
Dixon
Enterprise Savings Bank
Faro
Freyvogle and
Fourth Avenue
Davis
Duquesne National Bank of Pittsburg
Freynogle
Mr. Davis
County of
C.G. Dixon & Co
City of
Peter FP. Quinn
Plaintiff
Dixon m
Savings Bank
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