Mystery and money vanish as Bardsley assignment unfolds
Banks and officials fray over Keystone Bank failure and $930,000 in state funds. Bardsley assigns real and personal property to new partner, while detectives shadow him. Governor Pattison seeks audit and possible legal action to protect the Commonwealth amid calls for investigation and possible suit.
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P. White
Stenton Avenue
Germantown
Bardsley
Keysone Bank
Drew
John Bardsley
Keystone Bank
Civil Service Fraud Faces District Attorney Action
The Raums case prompts new scrutiny as Green B Baum Jr and others face referral to the United States Attorney for possible charges. Officials praise civil service reforms and call for extending exams to division chiefs to curb improprieties. Congressman Owen previews immigration commentary for THE DISPATCH.
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Wasniverox
Department
Civil Service Commission
Smith
Green B. Baum, Jr
Yoon Raum
Treasury Department
Tre Disparcu
Raum Byee
Miller
Pension
United States Attorney
District of Columbia
Civil Service
Roosevelt
Phantom Estates in New York Heirs in Texas and Onward
In San Augustine Texas on May 22 A D Polk travels to Louisville and other eastern points to attend a meeting of the Edwards heirs. He represents his mother Mrs W Polk and a number of heirs in the colossal Robert Edwards estate in New York. He also carries Penelope Sanford’s wedding dress, once worn by Penelope Sanford who married Hayden Edwards, brother of Robert Edwards, roughly 150 to 175 years ago.
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James H. Jones
Market Street
Marsh
United States Marshal's Office
Pines
New Jersey
New York
San Augustine
Tex
A. D. Polk
Louisville
W. Polk
Robert Edwards
Edwards
Penelope Sanford
Marrie Hayden Edwards
Demand for Details Delays World's Fair Exhibitor Plans
London May 22. American visitors and Chicago preparations for the World’s Fair spur talk of an exhibitor agent. Dunlap notes lack of a qualified agent in London to answer space and display questions. Manufacturers urge a dedicated contact to avoid losing attractive shipments next year.
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Dunlap
London
Chicago
Pemcee
Parnell Still a Factor Despite Opposition
May 22 Loxpox Ireland The McCarthy faction and press attack fail to unseat Parnell who shows renewed vitality and cheerfulness. Opponents unintentionally spur him as Nationalist groups send him addresses and he urges continued Irish independence.
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Parnell
McCarthy
O'Shea
House of Commons
Ireland
Prince of Wales Shield Shapes Baccarat Trial
London May 22 The baccarat scandal looms as a potential shield for the Prince of Wales when he testifies. Freemasonry influence rises, with Augustus Harris linked as Senior Grand Warden and Phil Robinson editor of the Sunday Times cited in relation to the prince’s debts.
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London
Freemasonry
Prince of Wales
Augustus Harris
Phil. Robinson
Sunday Times
Harris
Grand Lodge of England
Yar
Sir Alred Seale Lan Honored For Meat Refrigeration Invention
London May 22 Sir Alred Seale Lan, knighted by the Queen at the Derby Infirmary foundation stone event, earned fame as the originator of the dry air refrigerator scheme. This innovation made storing fresh meat aboard ships practical for long distances, aiding England’s frozen meat trade and improving public welfare through his maritime industry impact.
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London
Alred Seale Haslan
Derby
England
Antipodes
Hassan
Four Coaches Derail On Cascade Division Train
Four coaches derailed on the Cascade division near Teanaway Washington as the Tacoma to St Paul passenger train left Tacoma. Six persons were injured slightly, a surgeon on board treated the injured, and the train proceeded after a few hours delay.
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ST. Paul
Teanaway
Wash
Cascade Division
Northern Pacific
Tacoma
Locust outbreak prompts farmer circular in Sardinia
In an early season with few locusts, the Syndic of Home orders farmers with locust presence to spread straw and burn it to destroy the insects. At Cagliri in Sardinia locusts appear in large numbers and galley slaves are employed to destroy them.
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Syndic of
Home
Cagliri
Sardinia
Gladstone Leaves London for Hawarden in Ill Health
Mr Gladstone travels to Hawarden Castle for health reasons after influenza limits his House of Commons participation. He and Mrs Gladstone are greeted by admirers as police keep crowds back. The article notes illness among MPs and recent deaths, including Alderman Sir Robert N Fowler of London.
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London
England
Donlap
Cable Company
Gladstone
House of Commons
Iife
Biadstone
Hawarden Castle
Mr. Gladstone
Hawarden
North Bucks
Verney
Wolverton
Pope Publishes Encyclical Full Text On Socialism
Rome May 22 The full text of the Pope's encyclical has appeared in exordinum the Holy Father outlines the church stance toward social questions stressing the need to apply eternal principles to social ills. He notes the complexity of the subject and cites Deuteronomy as a guiding authority for relations among individuals and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
French Chamber Debates Tariff Power and Treaties
In Paris on May 22 the Chamber of Deputies debated government authority to negotiate treaties and modify the minimum tariff with chamber approval. A motion to strike the first tariff article as unnecessary was rejected 342 to 162 as ministers Ribot and De Freycinet defended the government’s treaty power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Ribot
de Freycinet
Object to Tariff Tinkering in Marseilles
Marseilles flour merchants protest a proposed tariff cut from 5 to 3 francs per hectolitre on foreign wheat for one year. They warn the move will ruin their trade and note that ten merchants have already closed their doors. The item appears amid other Dispatch content on longevity and news.
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Marseilles
M. Viger
Customs Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Illinois wheat condition promises large spring yield
The May circular from the State Board of Agriculture reports wheat in excellent shape, with condition six points above normal statewide. Wheat area sown reaches 1,534,000 acres. northern division 103, central and southern 108. Oat seeding delayed by rains. fruit crop expected to be the largest ever. Shirley Dare notes health in soil and gardening tips to follow in The Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
State Board of Agriculture
A New Method of Murder in Reverert
A 16 year old colored girl Jane A Ware was forced onto a railroad track at gunpoint by John and William Anderson colored men. The attackers fled as a posse closes in on them, with authorities pursuing the suspects.
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Shreverert
Jane A. Ware
John and
William Anderson
French Arms for Russia Reported Before Czar Visit
The Cologne Gazette claims a French squadron will sail to Cronstadt with 20,000 rifles for the Russian army and French officers will accompany the Czar to Moscow. The note ties these arms to the czar’s Moscow exhibition visit.
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Berlin
Cologne
Moscow
Cronstadt
Locust Plague Reaches Roman Campagna
Locust swarms have appeared around Rome amid rising concerns. Reports from May 22 describe the invasion threatening crops in the Roman Campagna as officials monitor the spread into surrounding areas.
Lynchers Capture a Train in Beardsley Mob Action
A mob of 20 masked men stopped a Louisiana and Northwestern train at Beardsley and forcibly removed Sheriff Tennis Hampton, a Black officer handling a murder case. Believed to have lynched Hampton, the incident occurred May 22 in Homer Louisiana.
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Homer
Louisiana and Northwestern
Beardsley’s
Tennis Hampton
KE. H. Webber
Hampton
Presbyteries Set to Act as Briggs Case Divides Assembly
Detroit May 22 The Presbyterian General Assembly opens with order and heavy interest in the Dr Briggs case. Many leaders urge action to veto Briggs election while a minority camps for no action. Committees form amid debate on Theological Seminars and church union, with Patton urging harmony and decisive steps.
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Detroit
Presbyterian General Assembly
Briggs
New York
Dr. Field
Dr. Morris
Cincinnati
Morris
Lane Seminary
Church of Union
Riggs
Board of Trustees
Dre. Smith
Evans
Assembly
Union Seminary Theological Trustees
Presbyterian Church
Dr. Briggs
Big E
Pressent Patton
Princeton
Union Seminary
William H. Roberta
Patton
McKibbin
Pittsburg
Humphrey
Bourbon Kentucky
Breckenridge
Brownaon
Totten
President Harrison and entourage ride free on rail trip
The Dispatch reports that President Harrison did not pay any railroad fare on his circular tour, and that neither Pullman nor anyone else covering the journey settled the bills.
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Harrison
Pullman
Dispatch
Alabama Mine Explosion Kills Eleven Including Ten Convicts
At Pratt mines in Birmingham today an gas explosion in a shaft housing convict workers and a free miner named Tom Moore killed ten colored convicts and Moore. The gas likely surged after a door plank was removed from a chamber marked gas and ignited by a lamp. Rescue attempts suffocated several officers before effort ceased.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pratt Mines
Tom Moore
Miea
Geneva College Recommended by General Synod
At the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America meeting in Philadelphia on May 22, Rev. Alexander Savage of Pittsburg urged Geneva College as the designated institution for students receiving aid from the General Assembly. The resolution was adopted by a 15 to 9 vote, directing aid beneficiaries to Geneva College until a preferred option is established.
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O'Clork
Lecumler al Deeds
Apiar Bardsley
Tedwand W. Metadl
Hew Bartner
Moher Alexander
Gorddey
Mar J K
John Bandshey
Girard Avenue
Forty-ninth
Piffieth
UN Oorth
Cathedral Avenue
Jol & James Dobeon Smiest
Bradfons Mill Company
Harry Lewnard
ML J. Jivis
Teemurer
United
Rich
Roe
M Iy
Craven
Philadelphia
Judge d
Iar
Judge Hand
Lelphia
Lso
Simmons and
Crovet
Board of Publicaties
Henry C. McCook
Trustees of
The
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
General Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
Alexander Savage
Pittsburg
Geneva College
3 Cents a Trip Fares Stir Philadelphia to East Liberty
A Philadelphia stockholders meeting vows to fight the new company as Pittsburgh Cars trim fares to 3 cents after June 1 on the Fifth avenue route to East Liberty. Duquesne line draws riders, while all night service remains undecided and carriers weigh cost and speed against the rival system.
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East Liberty
Pittsburg Traction Company
Fifth Avenue
Philadelphia
LG. Traggardh
Elkins
Tap
Drs
Duquesne
Ee Ees
Mr. Traghb
Duncane
Philadelphi
Ehona
Merers
Rice
Mr. Rice
Mr. Magee
Soho
Saeen
Ifth Avenue
Gormley
Citizens’ Tracetion Eee
Pittsburg
Hastire
Coberalite
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Adbs Hapahis Ciimed
Tethomeen
Articons
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Gil W. Marsh
United States
Montreal
Tam
William H. Wanamaker
Bell
Mr. Wanamaker
Mr. Marsh
John 5. McKinlay
James L. Marshall
Thomas McCamant
Sim
Executive Department
John B. Bartsley
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Law Department
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Parrizon
McCamant
Harrisburg
MacCamant
Pattican
Ccccesceeenssee Gsm
Sceessersceaneesnasesssten
Joana
W. A. Hensel
Thomas McCanning
Pennsylvania
Owen
the Dispatch
Europe
America
Phantom Estates
Texas
Dcslap
Dunlaf
Sir Alfred Haslan
Dunlap’s Cable Company
Hawaerden Castle
Fernk G
Carpenter
Dr. Scott
Neal Dow
Cassius M.clay
Happy Farmers OF
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Shirley Dare
Russia
DY Dunlap
James M. Graham
Spet
Briggses
Patton Ae
Horace E. Simmons
Torrance
George P. Hays
Protestant Episcopal Church
George Junkin
Episcopal Church
Drs. Rice
San Francisco
Smith and Proudfoot
Baltimore
Bartlett
Washington
Alabama
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Magee
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