Supreme Court splits on income tax constitutionality ruling
The United States Supreme Court divided four to four on key provisions of the income tax. It holds rent taxes unconstitutional as direct taxes and finds tax on state and municipal bonds unconstitutional, while other points remain evenly split. The decision reverses lower rulings in related cases and directs actions on rents and bonds.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
United States Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Harlan
Shiras
Brown
Justice White
Fuller
Field
Grey and Brewer
Justice Fuller
Hydera
Continental Trust Company
Highth
Justice Feld
White
Cage of Hyde
New York City
John G. Moore
Joseph 8
Governor Marvil Dies in Delaware Heart Disease
Governor Joshua Hopkins Marvil of Delaware dies at 16 o'clock after months of illness from heart disease. Born September 3, 18xx in Sussex county, his term would end January 1, 1899. Senate Speaker William P. Watson becomes acting governor, leaving a 4-4 party balance in the senate.
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Laurel
Del
Joshua Hopkins Marvil
Marvil
Sussex County
William P. Watson
Senate
Watson
Grady Cashier Defalcations Grow in Marietta Bank
Lancaster April 8 It is believed the defalcation of T H Grady cashier of the First National Bank of Marietta will reach or exceed 98000. He allegedly deposited 3300 for Mrs Christian Hower but did not place the funds in the bank. The misappropriations began at least two years ago and further cases are expected as the investigation continues.
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Lancaster
T. H. Grady
First National Bank of Marietta
Sims
Christian Hower
Ita
Champion Dipper Breaks Baptizing Record in Harrodsburg
Rev. Charles Davis, pastor of the colored Baptist church in Harrodsburg Kentucky, baptized seventy six converts in twenty nine minutes. The water was very cold.
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Harrodsburg
Charles Davis
Colored Baptist Church
Telegraphic Ticks and Tumbles Across the Nation
A jumble of brief items reports Trichinne in pork likely killing Peter Marks and his family in To porte Indiana, Ex-Adjutant General J G Farnaworth in a Washington hotel, Rock Island road funding talks in Kansas, a child fatally poisoned by wild parsnips near Genoa Nebraska, a death by suicide on Rufus Powell farm near Somerset New Mexico, and the disappearance and presumed robbery linked murder of John W Wilcox near Auburn Rhode Island. Also noted are the Mormon conference at Salt Lake City with 1 000 attendees, Longshoreman J M Gregory found wounded after attempting suicide in New York, Tom Nifong of Molista Texas shooting at a postmaster and threatening his wife, and General George W Jones to celebrate his 91st birthday at Dubuque Iowa.
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Peter Marks
Toporte
Ind
J. G. Farnaworth
New York
Washington
Rock Island Road
C. B Jewell
Kansaa
F. Stucke
Genoa
Rufus Powell
Somerset
NM. Y
Auleide Plave
John W. Wilcox
Auburn
R. T
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
J. M. Gregory
Tom Nifong
Moilosta
George W. Jones
United States Senate
Du‘buque
Penrose on Prize Fights and Water Plant Bill Debate
Harrisburg April session notes discuss Senator Penrose's bill to ban prize fights and require 0.25 ounce gloves, plus measures on alien-held tithes, midwife duties, and municipal affairs. The Woods water-purchase bill spurs lengthy debate with a compromise allowing local vote. second reading passed 69 to 6.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Penrose
Brown
Grady
Andrews
Philadelphia
House
United States Court
Veterinary Medical Examiners
Merrick
Scaife
Tragic Bowlder Accident Ends in Self Inflicted Butchery
Near Oelwein Iowa a man named Baker died after a bowlder fell during excavation crushing his legs and mangling his arm. In despair he slit his throat with a dull jackknife, leaving a widow and two dependent children after being found faintly breathing hours later.
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Oelwein
Baker
Loclock
Skeleton Found Buried in Jeffersonville Yard
A crude shaped box containing a woman's skeleton was found in a Jeffersonville yard by local workers laying out a garden strip. The skull was crushed and bones seem several years old. Residents fear a possible murder as workers report the discovery this morning in the city center.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Forty Days Without Food In Hebron Woman’s Death
Valparaiso Indiana April 8 Mrs Henry Burgess of Hebron dies after eight weeks bedridden and forty days with no nourishment. The woman, once weighing 180 pounds, had fallen to sixty five pounds at death. She was six years old.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Henry Burgess
Hebron
Boy Thieves Caught Leader Is 10 in Indiana
Five boys aged 10 to 14 were arrested in Anderson Indiana at 2 o clock this morning after a year of banded petty thefts. Under leader Willie Blue the gang robbed three large businesses including Harriman and May's hardware store and were jailed. Other members named Clyde Chapman Ora Welch
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Anderson
Ind
Willie Blue
Harriman & May
Blue
Clyde Chapman
Ora Welch
Stinnett and Turner Sent to Reform School
Charles Stinnett and Charles Turner are described as having good homes and plenty of money. They will be sent to the reform school as part of the unspecified disciplinary action.
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Charles Stinnett
Charles Turner
Reform School
Capitalists in France Form Vast Coffee Control Pool
New information from New York reports an extensive pool formed in France to control the coffee market. The leading figure is Guaman Blanco, former president of Venezuela, now residing in Paris, with Pianco credited for purchasing 200,000 bags of Brazilian coffee and managing extensive futures.
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France
New York
Guaman Blanco
Venezuela
Paris
Pianco
Cyclone Relic Unearthed In Arenla Cellar Dig
Workers digging for a cellar unearth an oak timber twenty feet long and eight inches thick driven through a building by the May 1858 cyclone. The sill found today will be kept as a memento of the hurricane.
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Arenla
Rev Lansing withdraws claim accusing president of intoxication
Rev E J Lansing releases a statement retracting his Salem temperance address assertion that the president was intoxicated. He cites conflicting testimony from independent witnesses and says he regrets any unkind or uncharitable remarks toward the president or the public.
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Boston
E. J. Lansing
New England
Salem
United States
Clever piano and organ swindler captured at Niagara Falls
Charles H. Badlin, a swindler who targeted piano and organ makers by forging references and shipping instruments to reship and resell, was arrested in Niagara Falls on April 8. Firms implicated include Tapper & Co of Chicago New man Organ Co of Chicago and Packard Organ Co of Fort Wayne. A forgery charge and indictment under the name Day at Ogdensburg are noted. Chicago authorities also seek him.
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C.H. Badlin
Niagara
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Charles H. Badin
Badlin
Tapper & Co
Chicago
Newman Organ Company
Packard Organ Company
Fort Wayne
Mich
Day
Ogdensburg
Topeka Minister Called to London by Father's Death
Rev. Charles Rowland HI of Topeka Kansas, sole heir of the late Viscount Hill, is an Episcopal clergyman connected with Grace Cathedral. He declined to reveal his plans after receiving many caltegrams but may travel to London soon. He previously served in Leavenworth.
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Topeka
London
Kan
Charles Rowland HI
Viscount Hill
Grace Cathedral
Guy
Leavenworth
Walters Crime Sets Off Frenzy in Galena Community
The March killings of the Cox brothers by Newton Walters and his suicide stirred a fever of excitement in Boston Mills Galena Kan. The farm where Walters worked left farmer Lev Hinker insane from the shock while Walters mother Mrs Walters also became a raving maniac after the crime was revealed.
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Walters
Galena
Kan
Boston Mills
Cox Brothers
Newton Walters
Lev Hinker
Walter
Regional price rise and local development noted
Reefateak rises to 3 cents per pound at Eastor while Bangor operators stay busy. Pinegrove Schuylkill county plans a 100‑staff shirt factory. Hazleton supporters push Din measure in Quy county. Pottstown landowners test charity by loaning land to the poor. An Interstate fair for Black communities of WV MD and PA set for Conocogheagne in September. Harrisburg graduates face diploma denial over juror prejudice in union case. 11 year old Frank Morris seeks new trial.
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Reefateak
Eastor
Bangor
Fpinegrove
Schuylkill County
Witl
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Conocogheagne
Harrisburg
Frank Morris
Uniontown
Windish Murder Case Testimony Reveals Brutality
Witnesses in the Windish murder case testified before Coroner Perkins and Detective McKert. Frank and George Windish, siblings, described their father George Windish’s threats and violence, while neighbors reported finding clues and the body. Police have not located Windish, the missing husband.
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Windish
Scranton Tribune
Pittston
April
Justice Gibbons
John E. Perkins
Mckert
Wilkes-Barre
Frank Windish
Pennsylvania Coal Company
George
Sophia
Frank
Wood heirs settle mining suit over $10 million claim
Denver April 8 The Wood heirs have settled the famous Wood litigation. Plaintiffs come into mining property valued at $10,000,000 in Asper. It was claimed W J Wood, a poor Canadian, located the Himma mine and was defrauded of his interest. All heirs except Captain James O Wood of Chicago have shown the agreement and he is expected to do so.
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Denver
Robbed by Mexicans English Tourist Attacked in Chiapas
Henry Westfall, a young English tourist from a prominent family, reports being attacked by renegade Indians in Chiapas while traveling overland to Tehuantepec. He says he was robbed of money and valuables, and his American companion Goodwin was wounded.
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Chiapas
Cordova
Mex
Henry Westfall
Tatmus
Tehuartepec
Jawa
Goodwin
Coal Sales Agents Recommend New Anthracite Basis
New York April 8 coal sales agents at their conference recommended a new basis for anthracite pricing and distribution. The proposal aims to standardize terms and improve market clarity across buyers and sellers.
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New York
Tidewater Price Changes Hit New York Markets This Week
New York tidewater points set fresh prices effective immediately for grate chestnut and egg at 3.36 and land stove at 3.40. Western rates listed 4.60 for grate egg and chestnut and 4.76 for stove. Some prices show 60 cents per ton higher than prior. Compared with April 1 1894 prices fall 15 to 40 cents as the latest circular underlines.
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New York Tidewater
England Will Not Interfere in the Dusky Prisoner Case
In the British House of Commons Sir Edward Grey said the government would not intervene in the case of the ex Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. He also noted no reply yet from Venezuela to England’s demand for an explanation of the insult to the British flag in British South American territory.
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England
London
House of Commons
Edward Grey
Liliuokalan
Hawaii
George Baden-Powell
Edward
Venezuela
South American
Admiral Meades squadron sails for Port au Prince
Admiral Meade cables from Kingston that his squadron will leave at once for Port au Prince with the Cincinnati diverted to Port Antonio. The move seeks to protect American interests after fuel concerns and a disputed itinerary.
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Port Au Prince
Washington
Meade
Navy Department
Kingston
Cincinnati
Port Antonio
Colon
Smythe
Port Awgrince
Han Domingy
Haytien Port
San Domingo
Jamaica
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba
Department
Tragic Child Dies After Lamp Fire Downstairs
Special to the Scranton Tribune Forest City April 6 a 13 year old daughter of David Thomas of the Warren tract near Wiedmondale fell while descending with a lit lamp. The lamp broke and burning oil set her clothes ablaze. Neighbors aided with a quilt but she burned from head to foot and died Saturday morning. The girl had been visiting another family at the time of the incident.
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Scranton Tribune
Forest City
David Thomas
Warren Tract
Here
Wiedmondale
T. O'Neil
Burglary at Mayfield Targets A M Place Store
Thieves broke into A M Place store on Poplar Street by removing a glass pane and took shoes and small items. Residents note recent burglaries in Mayfield and urge borough officials to assign a night officer.
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A.M. Place
Scranton Tribune
Mayfield
A. M. Place
Poplar Street
Diplomatic Moves and European Arrivals Spur World Ties
Ruesia dispatches its first diplomatic representative to Chile while the Duke of Aosta arrives in London for his upcoming wedding to Princess Helena of Orleans. The Trieate chamber seeks Austrian subsidies for a direct steamship to America amid broader Europe intrigue. The great English shoe strike looks likely to settle this week as thaw reveals frozen tramp bodies from March. In Eastern Germany an ongoing purge of Mor missionaries continues as several German women depart for Utah with Taaffe’s private political history.
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Chile
Duke of Aosta
Helena of Orleans
London
Trieate Chamber of Commerce
Austria
America
England
Germany
Mor
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