Senate probes Boyer Camant case in heated session
Senate opens inquiry into alleged malfeasance in office by State Treasurer Boyer and Auditor General Camant. Debates over jurisdiction ignite partisan clash as Hall proposes immediate ruling, while Republicans resist. Cartload of evidence shown. focus on Bardsley books and checks with letters from State Treasurer's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrismine
Henry K. Boyer
Thomas M.camant Wee
Orvis
Senate
Democratia
Pittshdre
Harry Hall
Elk ‘Ounte
Jack Robinson
Gobin
Hall
Williamson
State Treasury
Boyer
Ates
Ross
John Bardsley
Hoss
Bardsley
Rolinton
Mr. Stranahan
Hensel
Francis Reeves
Reeves
David C. Kine
George D. Phelan
Self
William Lalate
L. & McC
Livsey and
McCamant
Medard
Tax settlement swindle alleged in 1888 case
The Patriot reports a Dublin sized tax dispute involving Auditor General Morris settling a claim against the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad for 816 000 on May 1 1888. It cites suits for 400 600 more claimed from other corporations and names Fus Shapley Boyer and Auditor General McCamant as parties in the proceedings before the Senate.
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Statenable
Phiphia and Erie Railroad
Steha Sega
Shapley
Commonwealth
John W. Simonton
M. A. Olmstead
Auditor General's Department
Union Line Transportation Company
United States
Stone
McCamant
Hensel
Pattison
Auditor General’s Office
Tam
Auditor General
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad
Genersl
Attorney General
Ital
Kirkpatrick
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Erie
The
Me Camant
Harrispurg
the Patriot
Morris
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company
Rufus E Shapley
Ure
Boyer
Senate
Right of asylum and Baltimore sailor incident in Valparaiso
The American and Spanish ministers plan to issue a safe conduct for asylum seekers in their legations. The Baltimore sailor killed in a street brawl in Valparaiso was buried there, with funeral attended by Americans. Chilean mob attacked Americans. one wounded sailor likely to die. officials blame Chilean violence and seek to avoid international condemnation.
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Baltimore
San Triaco
Egan
United States
Valparaiso
Schley
Savessieeia
Ameri
Ottawa minister denies funding sealers over Bering Sea closure
The Minister of Marine and Fisheries in Ottawa rejects claims he wrote to the British Columbia Sealers Association stating indemnity by Canada for losses from the Bering Sea closure. He clarifies he only indicated Britain would consider any claims, distancing the Dominion Government from responsibility for compensation.
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Ottawa
Raum resignation unfolds amid Pension Bureau probe and election delay
The article reports General Green B. Baum's pending resignation as Commissioner of Pensions, withheld by President Harrison until after the election. It details a looming overhaul, affidavits alleging bureau wrongdoing, and testimony suggesting power brokers in the Pension Office and influential pension attorneys profit from veterans' claims.
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Raum
Pensions Office
Pension Office
Taylor
Howard
Europe
Hull
England
Pension Bureau
Noble
West
Democratic House of Representatives
Cleveland
Black
General Logan Statue Placed in Iowa Circle
The commission to locate General Logan statue decides on Iowa circle, the only vacant site in the fashionable district. The statue, nearing completion, will be at Thirteenth and Posts and Vermont and Rhode Island avenues, amid notable residences including the Corean legation, Woodmont flats, and a former General Grant house.
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Washington
General Logan
Iowa Circle
Thirteenth and Posts
Vermont
Rhode Island
Corean Legation
Woodmont Flats
Harrison
Senate
General Grant
Working for Craig in Washington Huff and White In City
In Washington on Oct 19 special report notes Judge Harry White State Senator Hood of Indiana County and ex Congressman S. S. A Craig of Jefferson County in town to push for Craig to be named to a judgeship on the court of another state. They met Congressman-elect George L. Huff of Greensburg and later the President. Huff has rented a fashionable residence near the Blaine mansion at five thousand dollars yearly and arrived with family carriages and servants.
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Waashington
Harry White
Hood
Indiana County
A. Craig
Jefferson County
Et ‘Aig
George L. Haffi
Greensurg
Huff
Blaine
Gossiping Circles Influence in Coming Season Society
The text notes a popular circle gaining favor after a summer outing and predicts they will command attention in the gay society next season, implying social prominence and fashionable influence.
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Congress
Thalready
Studebaker Praises Harrison and GOP Renomination Hopes
Indiana industrialist Olem Studebaker of South Bend gives a favorable interview on the tariff and President Harrison. He says Indiana supports Harrison, praises the cabinet and administration, notes the tariff aiding farming regions, and predicts renominating the president as national sentiment grows.
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Indiana
Washington
The
Evening Star
Olem Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Harrison
Studebaker
Rison
General Harrison
Blaine
Supreme Court postpones San Francisco land title case
Washington reports Judge Charles M. Fox and C. C. Tripp move to delay the hearing on the San Francisco land case below the high water mark. The suit involves wharfage property claimed by both the United States and California, with a decision affecting extensive waterfront titles. Justice Field indicated a decision would be announced tomorrow.
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Washington
Charles M. Fox
C. C Tripp
California
United States Supreme Court
San Francisco
United States
Justice Field
Tripp
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroad
St Thomas Wellman
Government Secures Shipyard in Cruiser No 11 Case
Washington reports Harrison Loring & Co failed on contracts for armed cruiser No 11 at 674000 and three steel tugboats at 32500 each. Cruiser about half finished and tugs four-fifths completed. Government protected by contractor bonds. decision pending whether work will be completed by the Government or by the contractors’ assignees.
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Washington
Navy Department
Harrison Loring & Co
Boston
Supreme Court to Hear New York and Chicago Executions
The court advanced cases of Nicola Trezzia and James McElvaine, doomed for New York electric chair murderings, to be argued first Monday in December. It also scheduled Fielden and Schwab, the Haymarket anarchists, for hearing after the New York electrocution appeals.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
New York
Nicola Trezzia
James McElvaine
Savo
Brooklyn
Lucca
Haymarket
Chi
Cagenent
Admiral Brown Neutral in Chilean War Reports
Navy Department rejects a Bostonian report that Admiral Brown and the U S squadron favored the Congressional side in Chile's civil conflict. An unnamed high ranking officer says Brown aligned with the Congressionalists, though official stance denies bias. In San Francisco the Rush heads to Ounalaska to deter seal rookeries as crews consider leaving Bering Sea by mid December.
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Washington
Bondon
United States
Navy Department
Brown
San Francisco
United States Revenue
Rush
Ounalaska
Seal
Ana Ho
Bering Sea
Seal Islands
Authorities on Health to Meet Tomorrow
Kansas City reports the American Public Health Association begins its annual convention in the city tomorrow with about six hundred delegates expected. Several groups have already arrived and anticipate sessions on public health policy and research developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
American Public Health Association
Sympathy for Cuban Independence Consul General
A brief New York dispatch notes sympathy for Cuban independence expressed by the Consul General on October 1. The report highlights support from local communities and diplomatic circles in the capital.
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New York
Uruguayan Paraguayan Envoy Resigns Citing Cuban Influence
Marti, who has represented Uruguay and Paraguay in this city, said he resigned his post due to her efforts for influence in Cuba, arguing the countries he represented were friendly to Spain.
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Marti
Uruguay
Paraguay
Cuba
Spain
Thrown From a Carriage Causes F. C. Hutchinson Death Risk
Details reach Pittsburg of a carriage accident at Garden of the Gods. Cashier F C Hutchinson of the Allegh Bank and his wife and two children were thrown by a frightened horse onto rocks after a horse was wounded by a rolling stone. Hutchinson suffered a fractured skull and facial injuries and his recovery is unlikely.
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F. C. Hutchinson
Allegh “Stional Bank
Colorado Sprite
Frank C
Ato Ua
Garden of the Gods
Mr. Hutchinson
Huitchinson
Mista Ene Ae
E. L. Hutchinson
Beaver Falls
Synod Resolution Targets Catholic Indian School Aid
The Presbyterian Synod of Pennsylvania and West Virginia adjourned in Scranton after a heated session. It adopted a protest against public funds used for schools among Indians, specifically opposing Catholic schools and alleging Catholic leaders manipulated Congress for funding. Dr. Patterson defended opposition to Catholic Church recognition.
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Presbyterian Synod
Scranton
Synod of the
Presbyterian Church of Pennsylvania and
West Virginia
Washington
Patterson
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Congress
Catholic Bureau of Indian Missions
E Eta Catholic Church
United States
First Fall of Show Snow Grips Town Early Morning
The first snow of the season fell at 1 30 this morning with a rapid temperature drop sending people home shivering. A light shower began near midnight but changed to snow, lasting about an hour and melting on contact with the ground. Snow this early is unusual for the date.
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A scanned newspaper page listing sections and feature items including Senate topics, resignations, political campaigns, travel and theater notes, labor, hospitals, storms in Europe, Ohio campaign, local phenomena, insurance frauds, sports, weather, church councils, missionary matters, Canadian arrests, voting reform, agricultural work, markets, court actions, and assessor changes.
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Senate
Raum
Hastings
Tilden
Eassees
Europe
Ohio
Allegheny Valley
Methodist Kcumenical Council
The
Missionary Convention
Big Lake
Hastings on Trial in Allegheny Market Embezzlement Case
Ex market clerk Hastings of Allegheny stands trial on embezzlement charges with a $2,514 deficit claimed for city stalls rent. Controller Brown and city attorneys clash over Hastings handwriting and book-keeping as experts testify about receipt stubs, blotter records, and unreconciled figures. The hearing continues Thursday as witnesses examine Hastings books and related reports.
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Hastings
Allegheny
Gripp
Controller Brown
George Elphinstone
The
Commonwealth
Thomas M. Marshall, Sr
RB. B. Seandrett
Elphinstone
Brown
Hove
Bigger
Marshall
McKirdy
G. W. Bigger
Scaestaingt
R. McKirdy
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State Senate
Hall of Elk
Royer
Danielerss
Marmenta
Bower
Stuart
Mercier
Graham
Smith
Thompson
Mostmant 'S
Fate
Haggard
Stele
Flinn
Mr. Boyer
McCamnut
Bover
Gonin
Grady
Robinson
Herring
Senator Hall
Elk County
Srensed
Ted
Secused
Chile
Bering Sean
Congress Certain
Wasnuxoton
Green B. Baum
Steele
General Hovey
Tom Disratch
Pension
Con
W. W. Dudley
Corporal Tanner
George F. Lemon
Ron
General Logan's
Craig
Congressman Huff
Chicago
Admiral Brown
Cashterf
C. Hutchinson
Pittsburg
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