Veracity Questions Over Rail Fence Bill Dominate Senate Debate
March 16 report from Narsisaenre notes a tense session as the Senate clears its calendar while the House dithers over bills. Sen Brown defends a Crawford county railroad fence bill amid claims of unfair treatment by the Railroads Committee, with farmers continuing to maintain fences along tracks. The day also sees the passage of Fitzharris text book reform and a fish basket bill advance before adjournment.
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Senate
Brown
Crawford
Craword
Railroads Committee
Heving
Gull Comstitee
Pairman Brooks
Lansage
Homer
Erie
Pittsmrg
Pennsylvania Couwns
Fitzharris
Cambria
Mh Cochran
Education Committee
Elwood
Fitzvis
Seanor
Henry Hatt
New Bill Introduced on Fraternal Society Credits
A House bill proposed by Mr. Titer of Philadelphia defines fraternal societies as corporate or incorporated bodies and outlines taxation and supervision by the Insurance Department. It covers life, accident, annuity, and other benefits without requiring certificates, and would be governed by sickness, death, or old age events. The measure follows input from Pennsylvania railroad and lodges groups who fear the department favors old line insurers. The same bill was presented in the Senate by Mr. Murer.
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Piladelphia
Frareei
Ollerwine
We Pennsylvania and
Ossiee
Elle
Lerion
C Tpsutance Department
Sal
Senate
Urler
Maine
New
Herd
Chase City
Yazoo River
Miss
Purnell
William Barnes
Pleasantville
Senate to debate coal tax and check eight bill opposition
A joint session of the Senate Finance and Corporations Committee will hear rivermen coal company representatives oppose a House bill taxing coal at a cent per ton for a relief fund for injured miners and check eightmasa bill. Opponents expect to defeat both measures with the bill’s fate already sealed in the Senate.
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Harelseens
Senate ‘Jnance and Corporations Committee
Joseph Walton
Rivermen
Alex
Dempter
Pitsburg Coal Company
F. Robbins
Willow Grove
Shaneroul
T. M. Jenkins
T. J. Jenkins & Co
J. ©. Petty
Amending Road Bill And Wide Roads Debate
Deputy Sheriff L Richey and William Knederer discuss amending the road bill to require roads no less than twenty feet wide. The Senate revises the special order for Tuesday at 1 p m. Grady introduces a measure banning use of highways by any heavy vehicle with tires under six inches. Light spring wagons under 1,600 pounds and pleasure vehicles are exempt.
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L. Richey
Pitteburg
William Knederer
Ee Dixmvent Hospital
Comderer
Senate
Senntion Makins
Grady
Senator Robes Proposes State Aid For Insane Care Counties
In Hatuissane March 16 Senator Robes of Westmoreland introduces a bill to pay each county with chronic insane inmates 50 per week for every patient cared for. Seventeen counties lack alms or funds to support such wards.
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Ikoma
Hatuissane
Robes
Westmoreland
State Aid Bill Aims for County Support of Insane
The text notes that houses and their insane are kept in State hospitals with the State paying $130 a week toward their support. The bill intends to provide equal State aid to counties that support their own insane.
Senate Passes Second Reading On Wherry Fund Bill
The Wherry sinking fund bill was favorably reported and passed first reading in the Senate. It authorizes transferring 100000 dollars from general to sinking fund this year and 400000 dollars annually thereafter. Other measures discussed include street fireproofing and underground wiring for large cities and a Sunday soda sales bill for druggists.
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Hanre Erstvee
Senate
Ain
Neeb
Pittsburg Street Bills Likely to Be Brought Forward
Harrisburg March 16 The Pittsburg street bills, delayed pending Supreme Court decision, will likely be brought forward. In the Senate they stand on the second reading calendar but are recommitted. the House preserves a similar position. The measures have been reported once and kept on the calendar, awaiting final action after committee reconsideration.
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Pittsburg
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Protest Delegation Planned Excursion to State Capital
A Philadelphia Manufacturers' Club delegation and other Philadelphia industries will ride a special Reading Railroad train to Harrisburg tomorrow to oppose the employers liability bill. Delegations from Pittsburgh and other Western points are also expected to appear before the Senate Judiciary General Committee at 4 o clock.
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Harrisburg
Reading Railroad
Manufacturers’ Club
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Senate Judiciary General Committee
Two House Bills Proposed in Cumberland Legislature
Harrisaupgen March 16 two bills introduced in the House. One by Mr Wherry requires dental colleges and dentists to have a magneto electro machine and protects bona fide land purchasers who believed title valid. The second by Gillan extends the 1885 juror act to criminal cases.
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Harrisaupgen
Wherry
Cumberland
Gillan
Franklin
Bill fixes pay of election staff at three dollars a day
In Haverspace on March 16 a Senate bill introduced by Mr. Robinson of Delaware sets pay for judges inspectors and clerks of elections at three dollars per day outside cities of the first class.
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Haverspace
Senate
Mr. Robinson
Delaware
World’s Fair Appropriation Stalled in Harrisburg
Harrisburg March 16 The bill to appropriate 300000 for the World’s Fair was not reported from the Appropriations Committee. It originated with the Centennial Committee and was never before Chairman Frunt’s committee for review.
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Harrisburg
Appropriations Committee
Frunt
Matrimonial Tangle Duels Over Fraudulent Divorce
Dover New Hampshire March 16 Walter Walker a compositor on a local paper has four marriages and three divorces. He is accused of fraudulently securing a divorce from his third wife after allegedly seizing and destroying official papers she had received from the Sheriff. The case centers on his remarriage to the first wife while still bound to the third.
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Dover
N. 8
Walter Walker
Last Congress condemned as worst in history says Holman
Representative Holman called the last Congress the worst in U S history and warned it set a higher standard for future extravagance. He noted animosity toward Speaker Reed and predicted a tariff bill to the Senate next February with modest duties cuts and a larger free list. He also forecast a future free coinage act by the next Congress.
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Wasuixnctox
Holman
the Treasury
Reed
Keifer
Ore
Congress
House
Senate
Baby M'Kee's Birthday Party and First Pants
Young Benjamin Harrison McKee celebrated his 4th birthday with a party for 14 companions. The event featured his first pair of pants, illuminated parlors, palms and tropical plants, a Toy Symphony by the Marine Band, and a dance in the corridor with tissue paper caps.
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Washington
Benjamin Harrison NcKee
Breckenridge
Conservatory
Seuis
Supreme Court Advances Brush Electrocution Case for April
The Supreme Court advanced the Brush electrocution case and set arguments for the first Monday in April. A new citation was issued directing the prisoner's counsel to appear the same day Woods case is heard and arguments to proceed.
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WasnIrGtos
Supreme Court
Brush
Jaghoe
Frightened City Hinted Italian Response After Incident
The Vice-Consul, speaking for the Italian Government, could not state any forthcoming action and could not recall past remedies for similar cases. A large Italian indignation meeting is expected Wednesday at Tammany Hall, with all festivities to be abandoned.
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Tammany Hall
Alleged Jury Fixer Arrested Over 19th Century Iron Theft
Cleveland reports detail Dominick O M alley a private detective linked to political influence in New Orleans. The article recounts his 1873 iron theft arrest and workhouse sentence, record checks by ex congressman Martin A Foran, and past local arrests for fighting in 1878.
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Congressman Foran
Cleveland
New Orleans
O'Malley
Davis
River Street
Dominick
Patterson
Foran
Man Named Parkerson Recalls Mob Lynching of Italians
New Orleans reports William S. Parkerson, an early mob leader, describes how the movement began and unfolded to storm the jail and free inmates. He claims no personal killings and expresses no remorse for his actions.
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New Orrleans
William 8. Parkerson
Parkerson
Methodist Ministers Debate Lynch Law Resolutions
At a CxHicaco meeting on March 16 Methodist ministers adopted resolutions decrying delays in justice and lynch law while warning against lawless mob action. A heated split followed with Rev. Bristol urging bold stance and Rev. Bland arguing for popular action when the law fails, then the matter was sent to a committee for a report.
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New Orleans
Frank Bristol
Euch
Bland
Italians to Denounce Lynchings in New Orleans Meeting
A Philadelphia gathering of 15 Italian societies debated the lynching of fellow countrymen in New Orleans. The informal meeting formed a committee to report tomorrow and likely back a mass meeting with resolutions denouncing the mob action.
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Philadelfaia
New Orleans
Legislation Claim on Stockholder Votes Debunked
Indianapolis March 16 a telegraphed report claimed a bill limited stockholder votes to one per person. The Legislature did not pass any such measure and the story has no foundation drawing nationwide inquiries.
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Indianapolis
West and South coalition pressure New England in tariff debate
John J. Ingalls argues in Boston that Western and Southern states unite against Eastern manufacturers. He cites free coinage of silver, tariff revision, and economic measures as goals, warning a looming East West split unless New England concedes. He criticizes Harvard for misreading Western voters and urges compromise to avoid fracture.
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John J. Ingalls
Dorchester
Baltimore
West Roxbury
New England
Allegheny Mountains
West
South
Mississippi
Missouri
Gulf
Atlantic States
Senate
House of Representatives
Electoral College
Farmers’ Alliance
Ohio
Eliot
Harvard College
Kansas
Harrison
Peffer
Jerry Simpson
Fighting the Charter They Press for Old Board Return
A brisk week looms in Columbus with House and Senate in session as Cincinnati spins for restoring the old Public Works Board and killing the new charter. The Roemelin controversy heats, with a legislative probe expected to censure Heemelin. The Rawlings tax equalization bill stalls in conference over the manufacturing finished goods exemption.
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House
Cincinnati
Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
Ola
Campbell
Roemelin
Reemelin
Tofe
Heemelin
Cleveland
Rawlings
California Legislature Ballot for U S Senator
In Sacramento a joint session ballot for Senator shows Estes 57, DeYoung 24, Felton 14, Blanchard 12, Perkins 1, Wetmore 1, improving Estes position. Lawmakers expect adjournment by Wednesday night with possible decisive action tomorrow.
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Sacramento
United States
Estes
De.Young
Felton
Blanchard
Perkins
Wetmore
Estee
Dg. Young
Fefton
Tower of Liberty Unveiled at Washington HQ Grounds
The Tower of Liberty at Washington's headquarters near Newburg New York was completed and opened to the public on March 16. Funded mainly by the US and New York State governments, the project cost about $67,700. It commemorates the 1883 centennial of Washington’s army disbandment and the peace with England after the Revolutionary War.
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Washington
Newburg
Newburne
N. Y
United States
New York
England
False rumors set at Beat
The Department of State reports that rumors of Brazil backing away from the reciprocity pact with the United States are denied by Rio de Janeiro officials who issued instructions on admitting merchandise from the United States.
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Washington
Department of State
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Coroner Rules Mrs Purnell Death Natural Not Murder
The Coroner's jury verdict finds Mrs Clara Purnell died of heart failure, debunking murder theories. Witnesses largely support natural causes while ex Assemblyman Beckwith urged murder claims. A cousin Mrs H W Thurman recounts Purnell's romance and wealth while details of her adoptions and plantations are noted.
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Artastic Crry
N. J
Clara Purnell
James
Beckwith
Plea of Accidental Shooting by Weatherby Stevens
Will A. Stevens of Weatherby Stevens Co. goes to the police with his attorney Judge M F Wilson to admit he fired the fatal shot that killed James Woods. He claims the act was accidental and refuses to discuss further, amid rumors of a cover up involving a Mrs Armstrong, Woods’s niece.
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Crscrzsatti
Will A. Stevens
Weatherby, Stevens & Co
M. F. Wilson
James Woods
Stevens
Armstrong
Wood
Woods
Truck Farming Takes Census Spotlight In Nation’s First Study
The Census Office released a bulletin detailing truck farming as a distinct category from market gardening. It notes over 100 million dollars invested, 76.5 million in annual farm value after freight and commissions, on 534,440 acres. The sector employs 216,765 men, 9,254 women, 14,874 children, with 75,866 horses and mules and 8,971,206 dollars in implements.
Extradited horse thief to be released from Carmel jail
Danbury Conn March 16 John Colbert a horse thief whose extradition Governor Hill refused will be released from Carmel N Y jail tomorrow morning Governor Bulkeley has asked officers not to attempt to bring Colbert into Connecticut or return him to custody
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Danxsury
Conn
John Colbert
Carmel
N. Y
Bulkeley
Colbert
Elmira Ties Highlight Colbert Move After Plan Collapse
Connecticut by force and they have abandoned their original plans. Colbert says he will go to his home in Elmira, where his relatives are well connected.
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Connecticut
Colbert
Elmira
Buttinger Mystery: Wright Linked to Death by Own Action
New York officials report photo negatives found among Carl Buttinger’s effects show him with brother-in-law Wright. They compare to a prior case in which a man named Fred Evans died by self destruction at the Astor House. Evans was a diamond cutter. Wright shares some physical traits and a sister named Evans.
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New York
Fitzgerald
Tottenville
S. L
Carl Buttinger
Buttinger
Wright
Bedell
Astor House
Fred Evans
Morziue Ws
Evans
England
Probing the Sugar Trust in Senate Hearing
The Senate committee resumed its session on the Sugar Trust investigation. Trustee William Dick testified that the American Sugar Refining Company formed in New Jersey after local courts deemed such firms illegal. He valued his plant at $1,000,000 but received $2,762,000 for it, citing goodwill. The committee plans to decide how to handle the American Sugar Refining Company’s failure to produce books.
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New Yor
Senate
Sugar Trust
William Dick
Sugar Refining Company
American Sugar Refining Company
New Jersey
Vedder
Old Sugar Trust
Franklin heirs contest $100,000 Franklin trust
In Philadelphia the Orphans Court hears the demurrer to the heirs' petition seeking a citation against the City Trust to return $100,000 believed to be held in trust for Franklin's heirs. The will codicil left £1000 to Philadelphia and Boston for loans to young married artisans. A Bache descendant and Elizabeth Gillispie press the claim as administration changes hands. Judge Pemrose keeps the case under advisement.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Orphans’ Court
City Trust
Franklin
Boston
Albert Dabadie Bache
Elizabeth Duane Gillispie
Trial of Kincaid in Taulbee murder case postponed
In Hineton on March 16 a large crowd witnessed the opening of Judge Charles E. Kincaid’s trial for ex-Congressman Taulbee’s murder. The defense moved for a postponement due to distant witnesses. affidavits to justify the delay were promised, making a possible postponement to next week likely.
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Hineton
Charles E. Kincaid
Louisville Times
Taulbee
Kincaid
Reciproc ity Support from Boston Boot and Shoe Groups
A Boston Boot and Shoe Club and New England Shoe and Leather Association committee presented Secretary Blaine with resolutions endorsing the administrations reciprocity policy and urging extension to their industry. Blaine pledged to protect their interests in treaty formation as the President expressed intent to secure rapid recognition for the industry in reciprocity negotiations.
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Washington
Boston Boot and Shoe Club
New England Shoe and Leather Association
Blaine
White House
Mock marriage scam ends in distress for miner and wife
Mary Martin was allegedly subjected to a sham marriage by Nash Long thirteen months ago. After a failed certificate request, the couple moved to Streater where Long, who worked in the mines, abused and claimed she was not his wife. She eventually escaped with help from her brother who brought her back West.
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Nash Long
Mary Martin
Streater
Long
Warrant Issued for Direct Tax Money to New York Governor
Acting Secretary Nettleton issued a warrant for 2,213,320.86 dollars in favor of the Governor of New York as payment in full for all claims under the direct tax act. New York is the sole state to have made a requisition for reimbursements under the act. this is the first payment.
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Washinotoy
Nettleton
New York
Deadly Night Fire In Eden Alley Tenement
A lamp explosion in a Nosser's row two story tenement near Forty‑first street caused a midnight fire. Wolf Kupperman and family suffered severe burns. five family members likely fatally burned. Two boarders Solomon Goldberg and Frank Smith jumped from a second story window and were injured. Firefighters rescued a baby and a child. three children and a 17 year old were carried out in pain. The interior was nearly destroyed. damage about 6000 covered by insurance.
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Nom Ser’s Row
Eden Alley
Forty-first Street
Wolf Kupperman
Simon E Kupperman
David Kupperman
Trice Kupperman
Kupperman
Solomon Goldberg
Frank Smith
Goldberg
Smith
Nosser
No. 6 Engine Company
Frank Corner
Coates
Brophy
Chief Costes
Mr. Nosser
Dra
Sands
Cameron
West Peon Hospital
Sant
C. P. Nosser
Oldest Williamsroort Bank Closes Doors
R Weed & Co bank in Williamsport failed to open on March 16 leaving a single placard. The bank, over 20 years in business, lost about 100000 tied to the late Frederick T. Weed. A bank officer said depositors will be secured and that winding up the business will follow, due to Mills B. Weed age and ill health.
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Sion
Mills B. Weed
F. R. Weed
Gloucester banker ledge theft tied to racing habit
Philadelphia dispatch reports G Wharton Riche, receiving teller at Commonwealth National Bank, stole more than 8300 from the cash box since February 3 3 and has been a fugitive since. A warrant by the Guarantee Company of North America on a 5000 bond seeks his arrest, with no clue to his whereabouts. The public image contrasted with a discreet race gambling habit.
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Philadelphia
G. Wharton Riche
Commonwealth National Bank
Guarantee Company of North America
Gloucester
At Home With His Wife Munsey's Weekly Verse
dialogue fragment shows Mrs Culles asking about staying home and going to the theater. Mr Culles answers uncertainly implying plans for the evening. cryptic excerpt reflects domestic mood in a serialized piece.
Brokers Are Used to Water Distress
A Portamouth Times report notes a state street broker seen heading toward the water in a distant area, umbrella raised but closed, described as a cleat case of absent mindedness.
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State Street
Hilltop Council to Meet for Funeral of R. Johnson
Members of Hilltop Council No and Jr. O. CU. A. M. are requested to meet at Shute Wall in honor of their late brother R. Johnson on Wednesday March 18 at 1 PM. Funeral notice shows old style spelling and location details.
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Hilltop Council No, & Jr. O. CU. A. M
Shute
R. Johnnson
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