A New Tax System Farmers in Full Control in Harrisburg
Harrisburg March 18 The House wrestled five weary hours with the revenue bill disposing of parts only amid fierce amendments. Debates centered on taxing income and exemptions for deposits in savings banks, with farmers and cities clashing over who bears the burden. The income tax feature was abandoned as opposition grew.
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Harrisburg
Prentice
Taggart
Capp
Philadelphia
Fow
Tax Bill Debate Shows Solid Support in House
The House plans to pass the measure with amendments including exemptions for building and loan associations and various transportation entities. Philadelphia delegates back the bill, opposing savers’ tax policy and warning that Senate defeat would trigger a statewide funding cut. Railroads face higher taxes under Taggart bill, with projected annual burdens from capital stock and bond valuations. Henry Hay.
Senator Grady Attacks Gobin Bill Over Norristown Claims
From Harrisburg March 18 a heated scene in the House of Lords as Senator Grady assailed a Gobin bill to authorize the Auditor General to settle long standing Norristown Insane Asylum claims. Gobin retorted and Senator Ross defended the bill as a simple settlement. The uproar subsided and the measure passed.
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Harrispurg
House of Lords
Grady
Gobin
Auditor General
Norristown Insane Asylum
Norristown
Senate
Mr. Grady
Ross
Philadelphia
Constitutional Convention Likely To Favor Republican Majority
Tophoma reports that if a constitutional convention is called the bill by Senator Robinson may be amended to elect delegates like current legislators. Delegates would mirror House Senate balance, creating a Republican majority. If elected at large, 30 more delegates would tilt further Republican. Governor Pattison may veto to ensure minority representation and secret ballot risks backlash.
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Hisburg
Robinson
House
Senate
Two Plans Proposed For State Capital Building At Harrisburg
The Public Building Commission in Harrisburg proposes two measures for the state capital. A new library and department building would cost up to 50000 dollars, while 125000 dollars or more would be for altering the current capital to provide proper House of Representatives accommodations and related improvements. The governor, Speaker Thompson, Penrose, Hensel, and Boyer compose the committee that will present the plan to the legislature. The action mirrors a 1557 bill that passed the House but was vetoed by Governor Beaver.
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Thompson
Penrope
Hensel
Boyer
Hover
Beaver
Exemption Sought in New Brooks Bill by Pittsburg Brewers
Theodore Straub Edward Frauenheim and others from Pittsburg appeared before the Ways and Means Committee to seek exemption for brewers and distillers from the discretionary license powers proposed by the Brooks wholesale liquor bill.
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Pittsburg Brewers and Distillers
Harrisburg
Theodore Straub
Edward Frauenheim
Isador Coblenz
Henry Renzichausen
Pittsburg
Ways and Means Committee
House
Brooks Wholesale
Revenue Gap in State Appropriations Puzzle
From Harrisburg March 18 the 4 staff correspondent reports the total appropriations asked to date amount to 27,107,938 dollars. This excludes the general appropriation bill and a 300,000 dollar request for the World's Fair. The grand total will reach about 23,000,000 dollars. How to pay these from 13,000,000 dollars of revenue is the question the Appropriations Committee is wrestling with.
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Harrisburg
Appropriations Committee
Plan Now Proposed Condemned as Utterly Impracticable
AETAFY correspondent from Harrisburg reports that the Treasury Investigation Committee held a session tonight and condemned the plan as utterly impracticable.
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Harrisburg
Treasury InVestigation Committee
Bankers Endorse New State Deposit System Plan
J. C. Bomberger and J. Uwhler Harrisburg bankers testified that the proposed plan to enter judgments on state deposit holders is impracticable. They argued no bank could take deposits under the system and bondsmen could not be obtained. The committee plans a Philadelphia meeting on Saturday.
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J. C. Bomberger
J. Uwhler
Harrisburg
Boyer
Philadelphia
House halts introduction of bills by unanimous consent
A halt on bill introductions was adopted by the House. Several new measures appeared in the brief session, including a mine boss examination funding bill for Allegheny and a rail line amendment for Erie. Senate proposals included judicial salary revisions and tax collection regulation, with separate measures affecting divorce jurisdiction and parolee labor controversy.
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HanEissure
House
Stewart
Allegheny
Fiekinger
Erie
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Company
Corry
Western Pennsylvania Commetoriie Association
Senate
McDonald
Lackawanna
Representative Few
Philadelphia
Steveny
Eighth District
Rising Dauphin
Lebanon
Perrkley
Markley
Montgomery
Ross
Bucks
Williamson
Hnontingdon
Industrial Reformatory
Pennsylvania House Passes Multiple Bills in March Session
In Harrisburg on March 18 the House passed bills fixing road viewers pay at 20 dollars a day and approving 5000 dollars for Philadelphia school superintendents and assistants with 12 cents per resident in other cities. Other measures include funding for monuments at Chickamauga, licensing pigeon shooting from traps, and funding for legal and administrative needs of the Supreme Court and Auditor General.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Chickamauga
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Warran
Auditor General's Department
Speedy action urged to form bituminous mining panel
Harrisburg dispatch says the Bituminous Mining Law Commission must appoint eight operators, one from each district, soon. Judges in each district will choose a member, with selections due quickly to meet a tight timetable. The panel must report to the Legislature within days of appointment, ahead of final adjournment between May 10 and 15.
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Harrisburg
Jedges
Soncee Gunnison
Noyes
Henderson
Taylor
Medard
Wilson
The Road Bill Passes Senate After Wrangle
In Harrisburg on March 1 the Senate spent most of its session wrangling over the road bill. Democrats with minor exceptions pushed amendments while Republicans largely opposed changes. The final vote was 3 to 1S with party lines blurring on the last roll call.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Lloyd
Brown
Green
Sloan
Robbins
Critchfield
Packer
Dunlap
Hall
Herring
Hines
McDonald
Meek
Monaghan
Granger Tax Bill Faces House Amendments
In the session the grangers tax measure was amended to exempt mortgages by building and loan associations and tax water, bridge, and turnpike companies. A provision taxing incomes from trades and investments over $100 capital was voted out.
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Harkeisevune
Commission
Franklin Amendments to Brooks Law Reported Favorable
Harrisburg March 18 The Franklin bill to amend the Brooks law would allow bondsmen to be taken from the county rather than the ward or township where liquor is sold and cut the third class city fee to 500. The Senate Finance Committee will report it favorably but passage in the Senate is doubtful as several Republican senators consider it unwise.
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Cor Dent
Harrisburg
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Harrisburg House panel approves bill on executions in district penitentiaries
In Harrisburg on March 18 the House Judiciary General Committee unanimously votes to affirmatively report Senator Seab's bill allowing executions to take place in district penitentiaries rather than county jails. Senator Neeb attended and signed Turner of Pittsburgh at Flickinger Iowa.
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Harrisburg
House Judiciary General Committee
Seab
Neeb
Aedeel
Turners of
Pittaba
Flickinger
Eisaea Bath
Delegation of Eastern insurers opposes Robinson bill
A delegation of Eastern insurance men appeared before the Senate Insurance Committee to oppose Senator Robinsons measure. The bill, also introduced in the House by Mr Lytle, drew opposition from those present. Insurance Commissioner Foster was cited as saying the situation could not be worse.
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Baker
Philadelphia
Walton
Finley
Washington
Harrisburg
Senate Insurance Committee
Robinson
Lytle
Ian
Foster
Orphans a Bonanza Exposed in Pennsylvania Schools
Philadelphia dispatch reports Mercer Soldiers Orphans School profits over 1.09 million tied to a Wright led syndicate. Names include George W. Wright John L Gordon R. B. Wright S. F. Thompson Major Moore and others. Recovery potential through Auditor General settlement and court action is described.
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Philadelphia
Mercer
State of
Pennsylvania
George W. Wright
George Wright
John L Gordon
F. Thomson
EB. Wright
James L. Paw
Major Moore
White Hall
Professor Sweet
Harford
A. F. Waters
Uniontown
Commonwealth
Harrisburg
F. Thompson
Mercer School
Mercer Soldiers’ Orphan School Company
Thompson
J. G. White
Mercer Soldiers’ Orphan School
R. RB. Wright
White
Area School
H. C. White
George W. Writher
J. G. Ey
R. R. Wright
Mercer Soldiers Orphans’ School Company
J.G. White
Mercer Pa
Mercer Soldiers Orphans’ School
Charles W. White
Mercer Soldiers Orphans’ Schools
Rh. RK. Wiicart
Wright
George W. Weight
KR. KR. Wright
R. BR. Wright
F. Aeson
Thomp- Bod
George W. Wricht
Body of Dead Infant Found by Dog in Pasteboard Bar
A dog in Chambersburg on West Market street unearthed the body of a dead infant from a pasteboard barrel. Physicians examined the scene and surrounding conditions as investigators begin with the case.
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Chambersbug
West Market Street
Fragmentary note on a buried infant remains
A garbled statement notes a body wrapped in red flannel skirt and placed in a pasteboard box then buried about a month ago. Decomposition slowed by cold, with the body described as frozen stiff.
Independent refiners seek suit to annul Standard Oil charter
Petition filed with the New York Attorney General by Roger A. Pryor Jr on behalf of independent refiners asks the state to sue to forfeit the Standard Oil charter. If granted, the case would proceed in Supreme Court Special Term for permission to sue in the people’s name. Decision expected within days.
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New York
J. D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Trust
8. C. Dodd
Trust
Roger A. Pryor, Jr
Standard Oil Company
Dodd
Rockefeller
North River Sugar Refining Company
Roger A.pryor
Tabor
Supreme Court
Pinkertons Must Go In Ohio Law Passed
Ohio Senate favors a bill to bar deportation of armed police during riots and labor troubles and the House passed it unanimously. The measure targets Pinkerton and similar agencies and aims to curb their operations amid recent detective activity.
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Columnus
Ohio Senate
House
Pinkerton
President Gross Pressured to Resign at South Dakota
Telegram from Vermillion reports USD students revolt against President H B Grow and Dr Gross after Olson's death linked to a request for his resignation. Senior and junior classes vote to remove him. citizens urge trustees to act.
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Pau
Gross
Unknown man falls to death at Niagara Falls
March 18 Niagara Falls. An unidentified man from Prospect Point leaped from the wall into the American Falls area around 4:30 PM. J A Jarrett of Buffalo witnessed the scene as the man stepped from a carriage earlier and left the driver. a bystander’s alarm followed as the body was carried downstream into the whirlpool.
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Ea'pom
Niagara Fall
Prospect Point
American Falls
J. A. Jarrett
Buffalo
A Widow's Plight as Two Suitors Fight Over Lodgings
In Boston on March 18 a pretty widow Alicia M. Johnson, who rents to sailors, faced twoSwedish suitors Charles Johnson and Peter Nelson after a heated confrontation. Johnson drew a dirk during a struggle, was jailed at the Tombs, while Nelson lay injured in a hospital. The widow escaped by jumping from a window onto a mattress she hurled outside.
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BosTon
Alicia M. Johnson
Charles Johnson
Peter Nelson
Johnson
Nelson
Tragedy Aboard Tug as Sailor Is Dragged Overboard
New York March 8 A tug named Stannart escorted the Ward line steamship Saratoga bound for Cuba. Sailor Sam Tull’s heel caught in a hawser loop and he was pulled into the river. His body drifted downstream for about 100 feet before救? discovered. the incident attracted swift attention but proved fatal.
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New York
Daizell
Stannart
Ward Line
Saratoca
Cuba
Sam Tull
Coor
Tull
Saratoga
Tuli
Tax refund arrives as special deposit in Albany
General John G Earnsworth returns from Washington with a Treasury check for 2 213 090 dollars to Governor David B Hill for the direct tax bill owed to New York State. The governor endorses the check and forwards it to the state treasurer, noting it will remain as a special deposit.
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Treasury
Albany
John G. Earnsworth
Washington
New York State
Hillacheck
New York
Hill
Elliott Danf
David B. Hill
Close to a Billions in Federal Appropriations The Fifty-First Congress
Washington March 18. A detailed comparison of appropriations shows the Fiftieth Congress spent $817,963,859 while the Fifty-first rose to $985,410,129. The net increase over the prior session is $170,446,269 with rises in district policing, harbor defenses, pensions, and civil items, and a shift toward centralized handling of money bills.
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Washington
Fifty-first Congress
Allison
Mr. Cannon
Senate
House
Cannon
District of Columbia
Commets
Sinews of War: Ten Thousand From Columbus to Coke Strikers
A Columbus relief fund dispatch reports about 10 000 sent in two weeks to Connellsville coke region miners on strike. Union leaders James McBride and John McNulty seek broader distribution beyond members in good standing. A 5 000 check was issued and 4 500 sent last week, totaling 9 000 in two weeks.
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Columbus
Coke
Diefaton
Columnus
Mare
Connellsville
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Messrs
James McBride
Joan McNulty
Cumberland
Rae
Labor Leaders Arrested in Rochester Clothing Lockout
The State Board of Mediation and Arbitration closed its lockout inquiry today in Rochester. Three attendees were arrested: Frederick A. Archer, Master Workman of Local Assembly 727 Knights of Labor, and John G. Thein, an officer of the same local.
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Ryeccial
Dinpatcel
Rochester
State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Frederick A. Archer
Knights of Labor
John G. Thein
Arrests in clothing union extortion case across cities
National executives and union leaders face arrest in a widespread extortion probe. Louis Westerman among those held, $20 bail posted by each. Clothiers Exchange reports $125000 fund for mutual protection. Walter Westerbrook James Hughes and James McGuire also detained. others to be brought to trial.
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Tarmerica
K of L
James A
Iphia
Louis Westerman
Anoth
Board of Mediation
Clothiers’ Exchange
Walter & Westerbrook
Cutters’ Union
New York
James Hughes
Union
Philadelphia
James
Foster Not a Candidate for Sherman's Senate Seat
Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster stated that if Ohio elects a Republican Legislature, Sherman would likely be re elected if he runs. Foster said he has no intention to seek the seat himself, noting it would be best for the party if he does not run. He referenced Hill as a Democrat and returned to Washington soon.
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TotEpo
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles Foster
Northwestern Ohio Insane Asylum
Foster
Ohio
Sherman
Repub-ican
Hill
New York
Senate
Fostoria
Washington
Bribery Probe Turbulence Amid California Senate Fight
Sacramento March 18 A ballot tally torn up by Assemblyman Dibble sparks bribery investigation into state lawmakers. A joint resolution seeks a three member committee with the Attorney General to examine the torn State Library document, while a House panel acts. The tally shows Estee Eston leading briefly before adjournment pressure.
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Sacramento
Dibble
Assembly
Senate
Corries Sineaneane
Klywan Dibble
Estee
Eston
Sas
Feltoy Jol
I Blanchard
Eee Che Belies Foctone Tr Friends
Eee
Mary E Dewey Applies for Pension For Civil War Service
Mary E Dewey alias Charles Dewey of Gosuen Inn Illinois has filed for a pension claiming Civil War service with the Twenty sixth Ohio Volunteers and a gunshot wound incurred while in uniform. The wording notes she served through the war as a man and was wounded.
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Gosuen, Inn
Mary E. Dewey
Charles Dewey
Ohio Volunteers
The Breach in the Levee Dimly Spreads at Parish
Reports from the 8. M. Ames White House plantation crevasse say it is 30 feet wide and 15 feet deep at noon with water flowing through in overwhelming force. Jefferson parish faces inundation and substantial losses as the flood worsens.
Wreck of the Imperator Claims Twelve Crew
The Norwegian bark Imperator, sailing from Cardiff to Santa Rosalia, foundered east of Hoavista near Cape Verde. Merchants' Exchange reports twelve sailors drowned.
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San Francisco
Merchants’ Exchange
Cardiff
Santa Rosalia
Hoavista
Cape de Verde Islands
Eomains Exhumed and Fully Identified as Wright
The body of Fred Evans, linked to the mysterious Astor House murder, has been dug up and identified as Wright, the alleged killer of a man found near the scene in New York on March 15.
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Wright
New York
Fred Evans
Astor House
Fire at Elizabethport Cordage Works Displaces 600 Workers
A blaze at the Elizabethport Steam Cordage Works this afternoon caused extensive damage and likely losses of about 1000. The fire left six hundred workers jobless as operations were suspended and the plant evacuated in Elizabethport New Jersey.
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Elizabethport
N. J
Pittsburg License Court hears views on hotels and saloons
Judges questioned applicants renewing liquor licenses in Pittsburg revealing a city crowded with first class hotels and restaurants. Wylie and Fifth avenues would overrun with saloons if all were granted, with about four fifths of applicants likely to be disappointed. Court ran late and moved to the Ninth ward next.
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Wylie and
Fifth Avenues
Pittburg
Ucensea
Seara
Wylie
White
Hotel Boyer case opens with testimony about saloon access
In the forenoon, the Hotel Boyer case opened as witnesses testified about registration refusals and drink service. Judge White questioned propriety of saloon licenses for several residents along Wylie and Grant streets, amid appeals and petitions from local citizens and hotel keepers.
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Corres
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TFEOM
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Pension Office
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Post Office
Missouri
Rochester Clothing Cutters
Callifornia
Amazon
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Mra
Lda Murphy
Fourth Arene
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Mra Murphy
Pater McGee
Webster Avenue
Wylie Avenues
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Judge Magee
McDermott
Frank McLaughlin
Tunnel Street
Mr. Moa
MecLaughlin
Daniel C. Neary
Smithfield Street
Fifth Avenue
John O'Neil
Grant Street
George Pfordt
Wylia Avenue
Christy
Sep
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John Newa
Motany
Wyle Avenue
John Russell
Wyllie Avenue
Morris Rosenthal
Rosenthal
James F. Scott
James A Bas
Pauilip
Daly
Joseph B. Walker
Fetterman
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