Prohibition Question Spurs Extra Session Debate in Harrisburg
Harrisburg dispatch reports Republican leaders debating whether a special session would be needed to enforce a prohibitory amendment if it passes. Governor Beaver and Senator Cooper weigh in on the issue while party officials, including Andrews and Brooks, comment on potential costs and timing.
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Harrisburg
Beaver
Delaware
Thomas Y. Cooper
Ohie
Bilge Court of the State
Andrews
Titusville
Brooks
Keystone State
Graham
Allegheny
Dearden
Appropriations Committee
Pittsburg
Newmyer
Tom Cooper
Alfred Marland
Tittsburg
Prohibition Debate Cited by Governor and Officials
Governor Teaver Adjutant General Hastings and Secretary Stone praised caucus action to keep liquor legislation separate from politics. The speaker noted no concerted move and hesitated to endorse a prohibition plan, awaiting a people’s vote on the issue.
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Teaver
Hastings
The
Commonwealth Stone
Smerson
Veterans Bill Passes Second Reading in House
A Pennsylvania House session featured Stewart's bill granting veterans hiring preference in public service and limited discharge for cause after hearings. Opponents argued against a measure aiding Union veterans amid broader pensioner concerns, but supporters secured passage to third reading by a large majority.
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J Harrisevrs
Stewart
Philadelphia
New York
Skinner
Fulton
Mattex
Fow
Grand Army
Dr. Walk
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senator Proposes Manual Training Schools for Districts
Senator Mylin of Lancaster introduced a bill to establish manual training schools in districts employing at least 50 teachers. Required petitions come from 100 district residents, 50 of whom are guardians or parents. Night classes allowed. Department of Public Instruction to set curricula and approve facilities. State funds cover instructor salaries up to 5 percent of prior year ordinary teacher salaries.
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Tuom
Harrisbyveg
Senator Mylin
Lancaster
Department of Public Instruction
Restrictions on rail crossings and streetcar powers debated
A staff correspondent reports in Harrissville on January 17 as legislators consider multiple rail bills. Proposals include limiting grade crossing exposures, allowing streetcar extensions and track sales to other firms, and requiring automatic couplers on new cars. The measures seek to balance corporate rights with public use and safety.
STILL MAKING LAWS State Legislators Yesterday
A Harrisburg dispatch reports Senate bills on Labor Day as a legal holiday and support for agricultural stations. House measures include anti graft proposals, war memorial transport, 30 000 dollars appropriations, milk regulation, building fireproofing standards, and stricter insurance inspections.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Congress
House
Po Ae
Gettysburg
Railroad companies face extensive $5 million settlements
Settlements of revolving claims totaling about $5,000,000 were sent from the Auditor General's Department to the officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad and other rail companies including the Philadelphia and Reading, Delaware and Hudson Canal, Lehigh Valley, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, Erie and Western Transportation, Philadelphia and Erie. The actions stem from Rufus E. Shapley’s investigation conducted during Col. Wilson Norris’s tenure as Auditor General.
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L Eoram
Hatertsavre
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Erie and Western Transportation Company
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Auditor General's Department
Rufus E. Shapley
Philadelphia
Wilson Norris
Parnell Commission Witnesses Spark Uniformed Scandals
The Parnell Commission hearers note Delaney cross examination with Davitt and Harris letters. Police witnesses wearing uniforms reveal a wave of sprees by constables, described as a public scandal. Davitt says Rossa is a coward and caution is urged to keep the peace as the commission proceeds.
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Parnell Commission
Davitt
Rossa
Bismarck
Loaxpbox
Delaney
Michael Davitt
London
Matt Harris
Irish Parliamentary Party
Harris
New York
John O'Leary
Paris
Land League
O'Leary
League
America
Stanley and Baert deny rumors about Jameson’s death
Stanley and Baert dispute an Assyrian interpreter’s rumors about Jameson’s death. They state they wrote to no one except Tippoo and sent no letters home, and Stanley says he has heard nothing of Jameson’s death.
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Stanley
Baert
Tippoo
Jameson
Singer Mme Di Murska Dies in Poverty
Munica January 17. Mme Di Murska, renowned singer, dies today in extreme poverty. Her heartbroken daughter then committed suicide by taking poison.
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Munica
Mme.Di Murska
Floral Spectacle Planned for Inaugural Ball at Pension Building
New York reports five thousand dollars worth of flowers and five thousand in chanting will decorate Washingtons Pension Building for the March 4 inaugural ceremonies. Two 15 foot floral balls release flowers and canaries as General Harrison and party pass through. A 30 foot ship of state hangs from the ceiling, with garlands, a two story Japanese pagoda for musicians, and gas jet accents recalling the administration.
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New York
Washington
Harrison and
Morton
Harrison
Ates
Inn
Stobnter
Haviee Eat Morton
Bitter cabinet fight over Agriculture Bureau plan
Washington reports split over creating an eighth cabinet post for Agriculture. Inter State Commerce Commissioner Bragg seeks another term as debate stalls in Congress. Hatch and Colman clash over bureau status while the Signal Service remains under War Department control.
BISMARCK BLUNDERS IN GEFFCKEN AFFAIR
English and German papers attack Prince Bismarck over Prof. Geffcken indictment. The Fall Mall Gazette notes long standing animus and a 10 year old dinner remark. Vossische Zeitung complains of public verdict before imperial court. The Roggenbach-Geffcken correspondence to the Bundesrath spans 180 folios.
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Reptile Bureau
Berlin
Bismarck
Haman
Mordecai
Geffecken
Vossische Zeitung
Colleee
New Mining Law Grants Certificates Without Exam
A report from Harrisburg notes a current mining law allows miners with five years experience and one year as pit boss prior to June 30 1885 to receive a mine boss certificate without examination but only for employment with their former employers. Representative Jones introduces a bill to place those displaced mine bosses at par with examiners holders.
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Hareisbueg
Jones
Supreme Court Likely to Reconsider 1887 Municipal Act
Harrisburg January 17. The joint municipal committees plan to place the 1887 act governing third class cities in the House first. The Senate committee will report a city classification bill, to apply to the House measure if passed, or to the 1874 act if not. Senator Medard proposes a bill validating actions under 1887 law for cities. Allegheny’s population exceeds 100 000, prompting possible reclassification.
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Harrissvee
House
Graham
Senate
Newmyer
Rutan
Allegheny
Pittsburg Junction Railway
Pittsburg
Upperman
Ratan
Shiras
Supreme Court
Dravo
Harrisstrg
Medard
Mercer
Penitentiary Expenses Move to Pay Salaries and Asylum
Harrisburg January 17 The Appropriations Committee passes favorably on salary needs for Eastern and Western Penitentiaries totaling 35 000 and 71 000 dollars. Huntingdon Reformatory requests 12 000 but will receive 8 000. The Harrisburg Insane Asylum seeks 500 000 for a new building and is referred to a subcommittee chaired by Presentati oherry Dickinson and Morrow.
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Harrisburg
Appropriations Committee
House
Huntingdon
Presentatioherry
Dickinson
Morrow
Representative Skinner Proposes Bill On Suit Against Commonwealth
A staff correspondent from Harrisburg reports Representative Skinner of Fulton has introduced a bill to provide means for lawsuits against the Commonwealth. If enacted the measure could revive border raid claims for Franklin Fulton Adams York and Cumberland counties at a potential cost to the state of several millions. Mr Rose of Philadelphia introduced a similar bill.
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Harrisburg
Skinner
Fulton
Commonwealth
Franklin, Fulton
Adams
York
Cumberland
Rose
Philadelphia
Those Ugly Charges Against Chicago Police Officials
Mayor Roche asks that all evidence be submitted to trusted citizens before any dismissal of Inspector Bonfield and Captain Schaack. The Times pushes for immediate suspension pending court action, while vowing to reveal more testimony in libel suits and future disclosures about the Haymarket riot and anarchist hanging.
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Chicago
the Times
Roche
Bonfield
C. Schaack
Haymarket
Times
The
Two Men Killed by Runaway Railroad Car Near Mount Carbon
Special telegram from Charleston W V reports a derailed locomotive car on the Mount Carbon Railway ran back toward the river after its brake failed. Two Fayette County men, Charles Craig and C F Vandergrift, riding a railroad bicycle, were struck and fatally killed as the car overtook them. The bicycle sounds may have prevented their warning.
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Cuharleston
W. Va
Aecar
Mount Carbon
Charles Craig
C. F. Eeniens
Fayette County
Craig
Vandergrift
Navy to the Rescue At Mare Island Yard
Mare Island navy yard buzzes with activity as Washington orders vessels ready for sea. Vandalia slated to sail to Samoa, Mohican set for Panama with new crew, Monongahela to be outfitted for Samoa with fleet supplies.
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San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
Washington
Samoa
Panama
Monongahela
Hope for Panama Canal Company adopts new scheme
Paris reports Banque Parisienne bears full cost of the issue and constitution of the Panama Canal Company with a pledge to take one percent of net profits after opening. A meeting set for January 26 is expected to approve. If 300,000 proxies fail, the company faces liquidation. The bankruptcy bill also passes the Senate, enabling conversion of the old organization into the new concern.
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Paris
Banque Paris Jenne
Panama Canal Company
Senate
Panama Cans! Company
Printing costs eyed for Philadelphia election cases
From Harrisburg staff correspondent January 17 the House discussed printing for Philadelphia contest cases. The Appropriations Committee chairman indicated the bill for these two cases would likely range from ten thousand to thirty thousand dollars.
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Harrisburg
House
Philadelphia
Appropriations Committee
Pennsylvania Railroad to Carry Live Stock and Beef
Harrisburg January 17 It is authoritatively denied that the Pennsylvania Railroad will take sides against Armour on the granger bill The road states We will carry live stock or dressed beef for all and fight none This description appears in a despatch from the capital streets indicating a neutral stance amid farm legislation debates
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Rrailroad
Washburn Wins Close Minnesota Republican Senate Caucus
In St Paul on January 17 the Minnesota Legislature caucus nominated General W D Washburn and D M Sabin for United States Senator. Final tally on the decisive ballot gave Washburn 62 Sabin 54 Donnelly 4 Start 2. Washburn, a Minneapolis businessman, thanked the assembly as Sabin offered congratulations.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
United States
D. M. Sabin
Sabin
W. D. Washburn
Ignatius Donnelly
Washburn
Donnelly
Start
General Washburn
Minneapolis
Northwest
Mills Committee Faces Cowles Bill Fallout
A telegram from Washington reports growing anger in the Ways and Means Committee over the Cowles revenue bill's abolishing of the tobacco tax and its reference to the Appropriations Committee. Mills and McMillin express unease, while supporters anticipate the bill being reported after the tariff bill clears, shifting control away from the Mills committee.
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Washington
Committee On Ways and Means
Cowles
Committee On Appropriations
Mills
McMillin
Dispatch
Randall
Senate
Inauguration Parade Preparations Reach Washington Visit
Adjutant General Hastings traveled from Bellefonte to HanerspurG and then to Washington for the inauguration parade logistics. He arrived January 17 and departed that night to handle ceremony arrangements.
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Hanerspurg
Hastings
Bellefonte
Tlax
Washington
Auditor General Seeks Tax on Adams Express Company
Harrisburg January 17 The Auditor General attempts to tax the Adams Express Company a8 4 corporation. Officers protest claiming they are a joint stock partnership and not a corporation.
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Harrisburg
Auditor General
Adams Express Company
Scotch Mineral Oil Association Reaffirms Pact With US
In Glasgow on Wednesday the Scotch Mineral Oil Association unanimously voted to extend the agreement with American firms for another year. A committee was formed to confer with the American agent and today the matter was settled. The decision marked a large advance in mineral oil ventures.
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Loxpon
Scotch Mineral Oil Association
Glasgow
Governor Receives Threat on Behalf of Hangman Knot
From a staff correspondent Governor Beaver today received a crude note claiming to offer two substitutes for four hangman’s knots. The writer promises to perform a booness in Jess ding three ininates, a vague threat of violence framed as a demand.
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Haxtersmen
Beaver
Jess Ding
Stanley's Uneasy Return and Tippoo Delay Reported
Sir Francis de Winton believes Stanley reached Emin in November and would take six to ten months to reach the East coast from there. Major Palminster reports Lieutenant Baert, Tippoo Tib’s Secretary, aboard the Stanley en route to Leopoldville, suffering dysentery. Stanley left Emin’s camp in late August. Tippoo did not meet him, and Stanley moved toward Wadelai with Bionie’s detachment.
Self-Defense Likely in Backus Murder Trial
Nicholas Glessner testified that Green threatened Backus with a shovel and that Backus retreated with a knife in hand. Defense counsel plan to plead self defense, with strong doubt of a first degree murder conviction.
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Greensburg
Nicholas Glessner
Backus
Green
Southern Senator’s tariff stance signals shifting alignments
Special telegram from Washington reports that Senator Brown of Georgia may back the Senate substitute on the tariff bill after siding with Republicans on tin plate amendments. Brown has been largely absent in debate and his past votes show personal objections to much of the bill. If he opposes the measure, it would be to maintain party discipline.
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Washington
Senator Brown
Georgia
Allison
Senate
Brown
Pittsburg
Vlad Ocwen
England
Eng
Grasa
Lie Potter
Warner Miller
Green Glass Bottle Makers Report Poor Trade Outlook
The Green Glass Bottle Manufacturers Association met at Willard's Hotel with largely the same personnel as the window glass group. Old officers were re elected, and reports on trade conditions were unpromising with little rise in domestic output or foreign imports.
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Washington
Association of
Green Glass
Willard’s Hotel
Window Glass Association
Nomination of Walter L Bragg Favored in Senate Session
In Washington on January 17 the nomination of Walter L Bragg to succeed himself as Interstate Commerce Commissioner was favorably reported in the Senate in executive session by the Committee on Interstate Commerce.
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Department of Agriculture
Bragg
Senate
Washington
Walter L. Bragg
Committee On
Chartreuse Offer Refused by Carthusian Grand Prior
The Grand Prior of the Carthusian Monks refused the London offer of three million pounds for a more psy of yer Chartreuse liqueur manufacture and sale, announced from Loxpon dated January 18.
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Loxpon
London
Bank cashier Voight faces embezzlement charges after bank failure
Henry F. Voight, former cashier of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of the Southside, is charged with embezzlement and falsifying bank records. The case, brought by J. H. Sorg Hugh Lafferty and John Nusser before Alderman Schaffer, follows the bank’s collapse with a reported deficit near 257000 dollars. Bail set at 10000 per charge, total 49000. Voight will be given a hearing next Tuesday.
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Henry F. Voight
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Southside
J. H. Sorg
Hugh Lafferty
John Nusser
Alderman Schaffer
Sorg
Lafferty
Voight
Nusser
Squire Schaffer
Musser
Mr. Voight
Independent Glass Company
Patentey
Stocker
Boston Common Council Seeks to Unseat Democratic President
In Boston on January 17 the Common Council voted 36 Democrats to unseat two Democratic members who refused to back President, sparking a purge of Reed and Hayes while Dillon and Mulholland were seated. President Alien announced committees to avoid further disruption.
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Boston
Common Council
Reed
Ward
Hayes
Wael
Dillon
Mulholland
Alien
Trust Forms to Control All Prison Brush Trade
A trust to control sale of all common or prison made brushes forms after C C Corner of Columbus offers to buy labor output of the workhouse and house of correction for 21000 annually. The Corner trust already makes 750000 dollars of brushes yearly and operates Albany Penitentiary Philadelphia House of Refuge Eastern Pennsylvania Penitentiary Cherry Hill Morganza Boys Industrial School Lancaster Elmira and New York City works.
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THE
Dispatch
Cleveland
Board of Workhouse
C. C. Corner
Columbus
America
Corner
House of Correction
Board of Works Directors
Corner Trust
Albany
Philadelphia House
Trust
Elmira
New York City
Dead Woman's Pension Check Suspect Fraud Scheme
In Baltimore on January 17 August Weaver and Catherine Miller were arrested on fraud charges over a pension check sent to Laura Weaver who had died about a year earlier. They claim Laura was Weaver’s mother and that the pension agent knew she was deceased. A checking officer and commissioner Rogers heard their arraignment with waived hearings.
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Baltimoge
August Weaver
Catherine Miller
Laura Weaver
Joseph Friedberger
Weaver
Laura
United States
Rogers
Yorktown Makes Informal River Spin For Builders
The Yorktown, a United States cruiser built by William Cramp & Sons, was taken for an unofficial test voyage down the river. The purpose was to try a new coal grade for the furnaces, with Cramp family aboard and the voyage completed near the shipyard after several passes. The official trial is planned in about two days.
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Dispatut
Philadelphia
William Cramp & Sons
United States
Yorktown
Oy Pers
William H. Cramp
Andrew ID. Cramp
John Light
American Tariff League Dinner Highlights Protection Debate
The American Protective Tariff League held its first annual dinner at Delmonico's in New York with 350 guests including leading manufacturers. Speakers praised protection, noted McKinley and Reed sending messages, and John Jarrett defended tariff benefits for wages and industrial growth.
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American Protective Tariff League
Harrison
New York
Delmonico’s
United States
BE. H. Ammidown
League
Warner Miller
Henry M. Hoyt
Legrand
Cannon
John Jarrett
W. W. Morrow
Rufus
Frost
J. F. Ransom
Cheney
New Hampshire
P. €. Loundsbury
John
Burroughs
Cornelius N. Bliss
A. Hatshorn
A. BR. Whitney
John P. Porter
T. M. Ives
Mahlon Chance
Richard Campion
M. M. Budlong
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Cooper
Ways and Means
Nesbit
Wherry
Terporal Tel
Panama Canal
Geffcken
DI Murska
Colonel Hatch
MR. Colman
Bureau of Agriculture
Signal Service Bureau
Hatch
House Committee On Agriculture
Geological Survey Bureau
Bureau of Labor
Colman
Bureau
OUR Navy
Islanda
Bank of Paris
Scotch and American Oil Companies
Cashier Voight JA
M | Thé Farmers and Mechanica’ Co
Blegcham
Dispatcch
Cramp & Sons
American Protective League
Ammidown
William McKinley
Ohio
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Chauncey M. Depew
McKinley
Mr. Reed
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