Three Street Bills Pilot Curative Statewide Legislation
Senator William Flinn reports three bills to override the Supreme Court ruling on street improvements. One act would authorize assessments and reassessments for local projects statewide, with three viewers and notice requirements. A second bill creates damages assessment and appeal rights for property taken or injured by local improvements. A third measure targets Pittsburg and Allegheny with emergency provisions if the general plan faces opposition. The bills aim to stabilize funding and damages for urban improvements.
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J Huankistone
William Flinn
Pittsburg
D. T. Watson
W. B. Rodgers
Supreme Court
Flinn
Senate
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Court of Quarter Sessions
Emergency bill seeks damages for city construction takings
A proposed Emergency Bill would allow property owners or cities in second class municipalities to sue for damages when private property is taken, injured, or destroyed during local improvement projects. It authorizes three viewers to assess damages, with appeals to the Court of Common Pleas and potential jury review, costs charged to benefited property or the city. STorre.
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Supreme Court
Municipal Corporation
Court of Common Pleas
Pattison Prepared Inaugural Ceremonies Set For Tomorrow
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor Pattison prepared to lead off in inaugural day events after his arrival with Governor Beaver. crowds gather, hotels fill, flags adorn Capitol area, and parades with Eighth Regiment set for 1:30 pm after ceremonies under Central Democratic Club auspices.
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Harrisburg
Beaver
Pattison
West
State Street
Capitol Park
Capitol
John Lockhart
Executive Mansion
Central Democratic Club
Commonwealth Band
Bes
Young Men‘s Pattison Club
Danville
Scranton
Democratic Battalion
Philadelphia
John Huggard
Randall Club
Pittsburg
Great Western Band
Chestnut Street Hall
Magee
Market Usre
Marshal Awl
Resolutions Seek Commission to Probe State Treasury Losses
In Harrisburg on January 19 two Senate resolutions by George Handy Smith and Jack Robinson called for commissions to investigate Treasury losses from bank failures and to inquire into private bank failures. The measures, passed amid opposition, hint at relieving the State Treasurer's security, with legislature naming future state fund banks.
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Harrisburg
George Handy Smith
Senate
Jack Robinson
Thompson
Dauphin
Treasury
Telephone charges bill introduced in state Senate
Harrisburg reports a bill to regulate telephone service charges. It caps one line at 3 per month and limits each additional line in an establishment to 250, with no payment during periods of defect.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Pennsylvania Senate Bill Aims World’s Fair Participation
A special telegram from Harrisburg reports the Senate introduced a bill to appoint a commission and appropriate funds to ensure Pennsylvania’s participation in the Columbian World’s Fair. The measure calls for an appropriation of 000 to educate the state and represent it at the event.
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Pennsylvania
Haebisburg
Senate
Governor Beaver's Last Message Approved Flood Relief Aid
A telegram from Governor Beaver read in Harrisburg announces his approval of a concurrent resolution thanking W. H. Kemble of Philadelphia for his relief efforts aiding flood sufferers in Jobnas in 1559. The message notes Kemble's and other action in the relief work.
Conductor Perman’s Mother Buried in Columbus
Special telegraph dispatch reports Panhoodle conductor Scott Perman suffered a family tragedy as his aged mother was buried in Columbus this morning after a serious illness. Details are limited.
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Perman
Columbus
Scott Perman
Pittsburg
Fire injures Mrs. Perman as belongings ignite from grate
Mary Perman 88, living with him, suffered extensive burns when her clothes caught fire from a grate. The blaze burned her right side and face. Mr. Perman sustained burns on both hands. Three men aided in control, but Mrs. Perman may not survive the shock. Her children live in New Castle and Pittsburg.
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Mary Perman
Cowles Alleges Pittsburg Firm Copied Aluminum Patents
Eugene H. Cowles president of the Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminum Works accuses the Pittsburg Reduction Company of infringing his electrical aluminum patents. He claims former Cowles workers built the Pittsburgh firm using his ideas and asserts Cowles patents cover producing aluminum with electrical energy and carbons. He says his company will push to prove theft in court and seeks aluminum priced to compete with copper.
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Lockport
N. Y
Eugene H. Cowles
Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminum Works
Pittsburg Dispatch
Pittsburg Reduction Company
Cowles
Pittsburg
Charles Hall
R. OC
Messrs. Hall
Cole
Hobbs
Buckley
Cowles Works
Hall
Cowles Company
Nod
Honoring Robert E. Lee Observed in Petersburg
Virginia observes January 19 as General Robert E. Lee birth day with a holiday closing banks state and city offices and schools. A sunrise 13 gun salute followed by 43 gun noon and 15 gun sunset salutes preceded a grand 1260 parade led by A P Hill Camp Confederate Veterans and local officials. An Academy of Music audience heard prayers and Mayor Collier address.
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A. P. Hill Camp
William E. Cameron
Academy of Music
Daniel
Virginia
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Washington
J. Gibson
Charles F. Collier
A Natural Gas Trust Charge in Columbus Case
A Columbus gas company faces accusations of crooked practices and contract refusals. It asks the City Council for a special committee to inspect the plant after last week’s gas shutoff. The company seeks a charter change to charge 25 cents per thousand feet if gas is secured. The council and Board of Public Works order an investigation, with Rep. Schuler drafting a bill to bar city councils from approving price increases.
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Columbus
CoLlumbus
Council
Board of Public Works
Schuler
Train robbery near Brownsville robs Rio Grande line
In Brownsville Texas on January 19 a Rio Grande Railroad train between here and Point Isabel derailed after obstructions were placed on the track. Fifteen masked men robbed passengers and carried off about 20000 in cash bound for Brazos via steamer to New Orleans. The ship's mail and valuables were seized and a brakeman was badly injured. A sheriff’s posse hunts for the robbers, believed to have fled to Mexico.
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Ferectal Telegras
Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Here
Point Isabel
Brazos
Morgan
New Orleans
Mexico
King Kalakua Critically Ill in San Francisco
King Kalakua remains critically ill in bed at the Palace Hotel after a five day decline. Attendants say he cannot move without help and doctors report Bright's disease in an advanced stage from a cold caught in Santa Barbara.
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San Francisco
King Kalakua
Honolulu
Palace Hotel
Santa Barbara
Bright
Crisis in Senate Force Bill Battle Prompts Republican Clash
The Dispatch reports sharp party infighting as radicals led by Hoar seek a cloture rule to end debate on the force bill. With Morton hinting at a gag, Hoar aims to secure a vote though several Republicans oppose the measure and threaten to block quorum. A 51 member Senate requires steady support to move ahead.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Morton
Hoar
Mr. Hoar
Teller
Wolcott
Stewart
Stanford
Washburne
Jones
Nevada
Democrats Admit Obstruction Tactics Over Elections Bill
In Washington on January 19 Democrats acknowledged plans to obstruct until Senate action on the elections bill. Bland demanded the full Saturday journal, Mills moved to reconsider, Cannon questioned, and the previous question was defeated 72 to 75 before Republicans supported it 130 to 103. McKinley declared six weeks of filibuster aimed to block passage, Flower endorsed the issue, and the journal was later approved 187 to 101 with debate continuing.
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Washlingtos
House
Senate
Bland
Missouri
Mills
Cannon
Springer
McKinley
Flower
New York
Plower
House of Representatives
Yeas
Raum investigation resumes as Bussey denies conflicts
The Raum investigation resumes in Washington with Assistant Secretary Bussey testifying that he had no interest in the Refrigerator Company. Bradley Tanner testifies he is secretary and treasurer of the District of Columbia Refrigerator Company, parent to Universal Refrigerator, with no stock issued. Green B Raum Jr. refuses to name the Pension Office horse caretaker, saying it is none of Cooper’s business.
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Washington
Raum
Bussey
Interior Department
Alexandria
Bradley Tanner
District of Columbia Refrigerator Company
Universal Refrigerator Company
Green B. Raum, Jr
Cooper
O’donnell
Unconstitutional Law Upheld in Dressed Beef Case
The U S Supreme Court affirms the Virginia inspection statute limiting sale of fresh meats slaughtered over 100 miles away. Will iam Bebman, convicted in Norfolk for selling uninspected meat, had challenged inter state commerce implications. The court sustains the lower court and orders habeas corpus granted.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court of the United States
District of
Virginia
William Bebman
Norfolk
Justice Harlan
Hebman
Silver brick case argued before D C Supreme Court
The District of Columbia Supreme Court heard arguments today on the so called silver brick case brought by Hirotos. The proceedings occurred January 19 in the district capital.
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Supreme Court
Hirotos
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Petition for mandamus against Secretary Windom to coin silver
Messra Garland and May as counsel petition the court to issue a summons commanding Secretary Windom to appear and answer the petition of the silver men and after full hearing to grant a peremptory mandamus ordering the Secretary to instruct his officers to receive and coin the silver bullion offered by them.
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Messra
Garland
May
George G. Merrick
Barley B. Morse
George F. Batchelder
Robert J. Coleman
Windom
Justice Brown rules on Mormon inheritance case
Justice Brown delivers first Supreme Court opinions, reversing Utah court in Cope case. He holds a son born to a polygamous marriage has no right to his father’s estate, citing Edmunds and Edmunds Tucker acts which deemed such children illegitimate within 12 months of the acts becoming law. The decision aims to pressure polygamy by restricting inheritance rights.
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Washington
Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
George H. Cope Ys
Janet Cope
Thomas H. Cope
Supreme Court of Utah
Territorial Court
Kincaid murder trial set for March 16
In Criminal Court today Charles B. Kincaid, indicted for the February killing of ex-Representative Taulbee of Kentucky at the Capitol, was scheduled for trial on March 16.
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Washington
Charles BE. Kincaid
Taulbee
Kentucky
Capitol
President nominates Hezekiah L. Simms for East Liverpool postmaster
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Hezekiah L. Simms to be postmaster at East Liverpool. The nomination was announced from Washington on January 19.
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Washington
Senate
Hezekiah L. Simms
East Liverpool
Regulating Railroad Earnings Bill Moves in Ohio Legislature
Columbus report notes opening day of resumed session with several measures offered. Senator Shaw backs Australian system elections. Representative Schuler proposes railroad reporting to counties for gross receipts to appear on tax duplicates. Penitentiary management inquiry may lead to abolishing or replacing the Board of Managers by gubernatorial action.
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Dispatch
Columbus
Shaw
Brown
Schuler
Ohio
Board of Managers
Westinghouse Support Grows As Creditors Accept Stock
Paul D. Cravath, counsel for Westinghouse Electric, said George Westinghouse would likely be out of trouble in a few days. Westinghouse was in New York with friends stepping forward to aid him. Creditors signified they would accept preferred stock, and about 20,000 shares have been placed through Westinghouse supporters in the city.
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George Westinghouse
New York
Hin
Paul D. Cravath
Westinghouse Electric Company
Westinghouse
Cravath
Westinhouse
Unanimous Hill Nomination Moves Toward Grover
A Special Telegram from Albany reports the Democratic caucus selecting Governor David Bennett Hill as the party’s candidate to succeed William Evarts as New York’s U.S. senator. The assembly and senate caucuses proceeded with ceremonies, while Republicans held a solemn session noting Evarts’ impending departure.
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Albasy
David Bennett Hill
William Maxwell Evarts
Empire State
Assembly
Linson
Clarke
New York
Duffy
Mullaney
Stein
Albany
Nolan
Hitt
Demarest
Rockland
Taylor
Orange
Sheehan
Hill
Senate
Coggeshall
Husted
Fassett
Evarts
Alliance Faces State Printer Election in Kansas
TorPEa, Jan 19. Both Kansas houses met at 3 pm and passed a concurrent resolution to hold a joint convention tomorrow to elect a State printer. The contest has been spirited with the Alliance unable to nominate a candidate yet. A secret caucus will decide the outcome, signaling farmers’ prospects for electing a Senator to succeed Mr. Is.
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Torpeera
Connecticut Crisis Looms as Legislature Opens
Hartroun reports both Connecticut houses meet to resolve the power struggle over state officers after the Senate last week proclaimed Alsop as Lieutenant Governor. Governor Bulkley warns those seated before the election. A tense scene may unfold if ousters occur while the joint committee probes the vote. Noon votes decide the U S Senator as the Senate and House maintain Democratic and Republican majorities respectively.
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Hartroun
Connecticut General Assembly
Senate
Bulkley
General Assembly
Alsop
Mrsop
Eee
House
United States
O. Hi
Platt
Moody Nominated for U S Senator by South Dakota Republicans
Pierre S D January 19 The Republican caucus tonight nominated Moody as the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from South Dakota. Fifteen members were present with the result reported amid discussion of possible dark horse contender Melvette. Moody faced crowd applause as the choice of the party delegates for the statewide race.
Dark horse favored as Independents skip caucus
Independent caucus yields no nominations as several Independents are absent. Mellette leads discussions of a possible dark horse while balloting for senators starts in the Legislature tomorrow.
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Mellette
Cameron on hk visits Harrisburg as caucus forms
In Harrisburg Cameron arrived from Washington with his field marshal. Taggart campaigns in the State House urging farmers to back him as 11 Republicans meet in secret caucus to decide the U S Senate race. A joint session is possible if no majority emerges in either chamber.
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Ffeom
Harrisburg
Cameron
Washington
Tom Cooper
Philadelphia
United States
Austin L. Taggart
Taggart
State House
A. Taggart
Montgomery
Boyd
Lancaster
Leanor
Indiana
Uires
Tioga
Coray
Luzerne
Maghin
Delaware
Brown
Crawford
Lewis
Sumner
Bradford
Williams
Thompson
Butler
Bird
Susquehanna
House
Mr. Cameron
Senate
Nomination of Charles F. Black Unanimous by Democratic Caucus
In Harrisburg on January 19 a Democratic caucus voted by secret ballot to nominate Charles F. Black, over George Ross, for the seat against Senator Cameron and Farmer Taggart. Black received 51 votes to Ross 30, with the motion to unite the party adopted and a joint resolution urging Congress to support economic measures aiding business interests.
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Habeiburg
Cameron
Farmer Taggart
John Donohue
Philadelphia
George Ross
Brown
York
Charnesy F. Black
Bucks
Grangers
Taggar Zart
Granger Black
Granger
Black
Ross
John
North Dakota Senate Race Heats Up In Legislature
North Dakota legislators prepare to vote for United States Senator with 24 Democrats 6 independents and 63 Republicans. Democrats back ex Secretary McCormack while Pierce faces a strong Republican challenge aided by various candidates. Contested caucuses and shifting loyalties mark the race ahead of balloting.
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Dismancu
N. D
United States
M. L. McCormack
Gilbert A. Pierce
Pierce
Hansbrough
Miller
Smith Summer
Walter Muir
Farmers’ Alliance
Loansberry
McCormark
Lymph Treatment Case Aboard and in Berlin for Painter
Pittsburg physician Dr. E T Painter seeks Koch lymph cure after spinal tuberculosis diagnosis. Letters from San Francisco and Berlin recount boatside seasickness, hospital trials, and hopes of recovery through Bergmann’s clinic and Koch’s lymph injections.
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London
Pittsburg
Harry P. Dilworth
3. P. Dilworth & Co
Edwin T. Painter
Wilkins Ty
Eih
Penn Avenue
Dilworth
Bergmann
Painter
Hremwen
Friexp
San Francisco
Berlin
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Ergmson
Central Hotel
de Reuter
Koch
Bowe
Americkanischen Consulat
Germany
Chages H. Rossstha
McAllister Street
Cal
Beas
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