Harrisburg Battle Over Quay Vote Creates Political Suspicion
Harrisburg reports describe a tense senatorial fight centered on Quay with Lt Governor Gobin backing his success and Gordon and other opponents plotting. Col Guffey worries an anti-Quay faction may gain influence if Quay loses, while anti-Quay Republicans meet to assess the situation ahead of crucial ballots.
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J. M. Guffey
Gordon
Quay
Guffey
Commonwealth Hotel
Djuay
Dalgell
Washington
George Huff
New York
Capitol Hall
Jn Dp
Result of the vote in United States senator election
A report on the latest ballot for a United States senator shows Quay four votes short of victory. The seventh ballot produced no absent members with pairs and saw Quay Republicans align with Democrats against anti-Quay factions. Representative Keator was among those voting on the ballots.
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Iarviebure
Jan
Quay
Gull
United Sites
Pulra
Quay Republicans
Representative Keator
Anti-Quay bloc shifts votes in tight party contest
Two anti-Quay Republicans, Holeworth and Reel, cast ballots for Frank M. Riter of Philadelphia for director of public safety. Edmiston of Bradford deserted Hale, aiding Dalzell’s bid in a key shift. C. W. Stone lost support as Stall moved to Huff and Straching switched to Widener, reshaping the Pittsburgh race dynamics.
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Holeworth and Reel
Frank M. Riter
Philadelphia
Department of Public Safety
Irwin
Huff
Edmiston
Bradford
Benjamin T. Hale
Towanda
Dalzell
Pittsburg
C. W. Stone
Warren
Representative Stall
Blair
George F. Huff
Greensburg
Straching
Downing
Widener
Garman Defends Jenks Support Amid Harrisburg Debate
Harrisburg January 25 Chairman John M Garman of the Democratic state committee issues a letter to the editor of a New York newspaper defending Francis Cole Charles H Dutteras Harry H Constein Patrick B Tholin George W Skinner Charles Ji Spata Joseph W Smith Michael J Tighe Martin Brophy and Senator Harry S Stiles. He says the Philadelphia dispatch injures the Pennsylvania Democrats by insinuating corruption and asserts no Democrat will vote for anyone but George A Jenks the Democratic nominee for United States senator. He adds money cannot sway Pennsylvania Democrats and pledges caucus loyalty until the contest ends.
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Beranton Tribune
Harrisburg
John M. Garman
Democratic State Committee
New York
Pennsylvania
Francis Cole
Charles H. Dutteras
Hary H. Constein
Patrick B. Tholin
George W. Skinner
Charlee Ji
A. P
Scott Elected United States Senator in West Virginia
In Charleston on January 2 N B Scott was chosen by a joint assembly as U S senator with 48 votes. McGraw 46 Goff 1. The vote includes contested ballots and a protest statement by J F McGraw alleging improper votes and demanding a Senate protest. The decision narrows the Republican majority on the joint ballot to three.
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Charleston
W. Va
N. B. Scott
United States
Joint Assembly
Scott
McGmw
Goff
Senate
House
Hunt
Blizaard
Hoth Senate
Howe
Baker
Portien
J. F. McGraw
Aspchater Presse
Judge Goff
Mr. Scott
Myrself
Senate of the United States
McGraw
Strike in Silk Mill At Sunbury Pa Ends Soon
Sunbury Pa January 26 The Susquehanna silk factory workers walked out demanding higher pay. Leader sought 48 cents per yard on large looms and 4 to 7 cents on small looms. Four hundred workers quit as superintendent Klerx awaits instructions from New York office and the strikers vow to persist.
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Sunbury
Susquehanna Silk Factory
Klerx
New York
Banking Committee Advances Bill on Bank Circulation Tax
The house committee on banking and currency, by a 7 to 4 vote, reported Rep Brodus of Pennsylvania’s bill authorizing bank circulation tax up to the par value of bonds deposited for the creation of small capital banks in towns of 9,000 and up. It would change taxation to one eighth of one percent on capital, aligned with the president’s message recommendations.
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House Committee On Banking and Currency
Brodius
Pennsylvania
Honda
Five Persons Cremated in Coal Explosion Tragedy
The article reports a coal explosion that burned Bown Olive UL Jan percent Peter Novak and A Groat his wife and three children. A six year old boy and another child died from the blast while a third child and the mother suffered fatal burns.
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Bown
Peter Novak
A. Groat
Bane
Premier Benor August Convenes Cortes in February
Madrid sources report Premier Benor August stating the government will convoke the Cortes in the second half of February regardless of whether the United States Senate ratifies the peace treaty.
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Madrid
Benor August
United States Senate
Johnson Declares Philippine Policy a Flight from Liberty
In Congress Mr Johnson Rep Ind denounces the Presidents stance on the Philippines as evasion and urges public outrage against commerce over liberty. He argues annexation risks war and urges a clear federal pledge to free, self governed Filipinos while warning against further imperial moves. The exchange follows debate on army reorganization and spurs party clashes.
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Philippines
Mr. Dolliver
Washington, Jan
House
Afr
Johnson
Ind
Congress
United States
Thei Hinds
Spain
Cuba
England
Senate
Judge Henry Williams Dies a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judge
Judge Henry Warren Williams longtime Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice died at the Continental Hotel in Philadelphia from heart disease. Born 1824 in Hartford Susquehanna County he served as law judge in Tioga Potter Elk McKean Cameron districts before election to the supreme court. Governor Stone called his death a severe shock praising his honesty and service as a public figure. The Stone family and state officials planned his funeral with attendance from Governor Stone Attorney General Elitin and others.
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Philadelphia
Henry Warren Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Continental Hotel
Stone
Harrissburg
Harrisburg
Supreme Court
Judge Williams
Hartford
Susquehanna County
Welleboro
Tioga County
Curtin
Tioga
Potter
Elk
McKean
Cameron
Republican Party
Williame
Masonic
Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania
Y. Vi
Presbyterian Church of the United States
McKeon
Peope
Mra. Stone
Elitin
Fleltz
John Sherman Interview Opposes Philippine Expansion
The Evening World prints John Sherman’s interview criticizing the Philippines invasion and warning against ratifying the Paris treaty as is. He advocates withdrawal from the islands and questions sending 4,000 soldiers to Manila to confront a struggling republic.
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New York
John Sherman
Philippines
Senate
Paris
Manila
Spain
Cuban General Denies Insurgent Burnings in Guantanamo
Guantanamo Cuba January 25 Cuban General Pedro Peres mayor of Ciguantanano rejects charges by Lieut Colonel Ray against insurgents. He shows his commission as proof of loyalty and says no band plans arson or brigandage, and no insurgent camps exist under his supervision. Planters split, with three near Guantanamo denying trouble and three corroborating burnings.
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Pedro Perez
Ray
Guantanamo
Cuba
Pedro Peres
Ciguantanano
Insurgenta
Peres
Associated Press
T Mgs
Guantainamo
Spanish Troops Concentrated in Visayas Mindanao
Manila dispatch reports that Spanish troops and Mag. Plies are now concentrated in the Visayan inland regions and Mindanao as part of a government mobilization.
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Visayas
Madrid
Jan
Manila
Vienan
Mindanao
Senate Debates Peace Treaty Vote Set for Feb Sixth
The Senate met twice in executive sessions to discuss the peace treaty with Spain. An unanimous rule set a vote for February sixth at 2 PM, with ongoing executive sessions daily until then as President hopes for an early, favorable result. Senator Davis outlined the reasons for accepting the treaty in its final form.
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Washington
Senate
Davis
Spain
Davie
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Duvle
Cuy
Quay Votes Sought and Typhoid Epidemic Reported
Weather today notes pair winds and general conditions while reports cite General-Senator Quay needing fourteen votes and Representative Johnson on expansion. Aguinaldo’s representation questioned. Whellington Senate to vote on peace treaty February 6 amid typhoid epidemic in the Klondike.
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Quay
Johnson
Aguinaldo'sa
Whellington
Senate
Scranton Player Builds Lead in Pool Match
In Maurice Daly's academy Keogh of Scranton defeats Alfred De Ora after 17 frames, extending a lead to 145 to 104 by night’s end. Keogh leads 459 to De Oro for the three nights, with a strong late surge and steady execution over De Ora.
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Furniva Keogh
Keogh
de Oro
ST. Keogh
Associated Press
New York
Jerome Keogh
Scranton
Alfred de Ora
Maurice Daly
Academy
TL Keogh
We @ro
Trane
Adams Poisoning Case in New York Police Probe
Police published a facsimile of the handwriting on a bromide seltzer package that killed Mrs. Kate Adamson, hoping for identification. A man using the alias Ay Cornish rented a mailbox at 1420 Broadway and disappeared after two undelivered parcels. Coroner Hart awaits Dr. Witthouse's autopsy report on Mrs Adams before scheduling an inquest.
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New York
Harry Cornish
Brome Seltzer
Kate Adamson
Ay. Cornish
Broadway
Broadway Place
Hart
Witthouse
Coal Market Prices Fall in Millsburg Conventio
Slower mining at Millsburg convention slows coal supply and drives down wholesale prices in Cleveland Massillon coal drops from 2.00 to 2.10 per ton. Railroads and dealers had stockpiled weeks in anticipation of a strike and now hold large inventories.
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Cleveland, O
Millsburg
Massillon
Noted Playwright Dead In Paris At 70
The obituary notes the death of a renowned playwright in Paris at age seventy. He authored The Two Orphans and A Celebrated Use, and co authored Michael Strogoff. The piece highlights his prolific career and influence in 19th century theater.
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Paris
Jon
S-Adolph BE
Philippe d'Eavery
Glaynery
Michael Strogoff
State Board of Agriculture Opens Twenty-Second Convention
Harrisburg January 23. The Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture convened in Harrisburg with broad county representation. Officers elected include Governor W A Stone as president and S G Herges as vice president, plus an executive committee and secretary W H Stout.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture
Jason Sexton
Montgomery
Sesson
W. A. Stone
Herges
York
FL Barber
Dauphin
J. A
Bath
H. T. Fernald
W. Brodhead
Montrose
H. G. McGowan
Gergers Mills
John Hamilton
Secretary of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
J.T. Rothrock
Forestry Commissioner
W. 5B. Powell
Oldest Paper Sold in Philadelphia Transfer of North American
The North American will transfer ownership to FR E A Dorr publisher of the New York Mall and Express and dissolve Clayton McMichael & Sons. Dorr pledges to advance the paper toward larger work while retaining old friends, promising cash payments never defaulted and no litigation with employees. The paper traces to 1771 as America’s oldest daily, descendant of the Pennsylvania Pocket and General Advertiser.
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Philadelphia
North American
FR. E. A. Dorr
New York Mall
New York
Clayton McMichael
Dorr
The
America
Pennsylvania Pocket and General Advertiser
Swallow Invited by Reform Club Dinner in Reston
Dr. 5. C. Swallow, former Prohibition candidate for governor, has been invited by the Massachusetts Reform Club of Reston to speak on February 7 about The Quay System of Government and the Progress of the Independent Movement Again at It in Pennsylvania. He will accept.
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Harrisburg
5. C. Swallow
Massachusettts Reform Club
Reston
Independent Movement
Pennsylvania
Albany Bill Seeks Abandonment of Delaware and Hudson Canal
A bill introduced in Albany proposes abandoning the Delaware and Hudson Canal. The Delaware and Hudson company operates the railroad system and argues cheaper coal transport from northern Pennsylvania by road than by the canal.
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Albany
Thortee
Delaware and Huiton Cong
Pennsylviata
Cong
Editor Burkinbine Dead in Milton Pa
Milton Pa. editor and printer A Burkinbine dies of pneumonia at his daughter’s home. One of central Pennsylvania’s oldest publishers, he is mourned by the local press community.
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Milton
Jom O
A. Burkinbine
Pennsylvania
Mra
A. Modchartes
Aguinaldo Envoy’s Plea Refused by U S Officials
Washington reports say Aguinaldo’s envoy Agoncillo failed to sway the state department. Officials view the document as a calculated bid to mislead world opinion and hint at a shift toward open hostilities with possible departure of Agoncillo from Manila.
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Washington
State Department
Agoneille
Aguinaldo
Department
United States
Philippines
Agoncillo
Hie Star
Otis
War Department
Manila
Man- Ha
Oris
Likgun
Wilcox
Italian counterfeit ring believed en route to United States
Secret service reports a band of Italian counterfeiters on their way to the United States. Recent arrestees boasted the faked bills were produced abroad. Government detectives expect arrests when steamers Kaiser Wilhelm III Lord Warwick and Malahat dock in New York within days.
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New York
Secret Service
United States
Kaiser Wilhelm III
Lord Warwick
Malahat
Wealth Arrives Too Late In Stranger's Death
A 45 year old destitute man identified as Lawrence Schraeder died after two weeks in a New York outdoor poorhouse. A letter to Schraeder with a $5,000 check from his deceased father’s estate arrived too late to save him, arriving after his death to avert burial in Potter's field.
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New York
Department For Outdoor Poor
Lawrence Schraeder
Schraesder
England
Schraeder
Potter's Field
Unclear OCR Ports List Sparks Limited Transit Notes
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered city names and arrivals with inconsistent punctuation. The readable items include New York Paris Antwerp Liverpool Southampton and related fragments suggesting travel or shipment notes without clear dates or contexts.
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New York
Paris
Boothemptoen
Mriesland
Antwerp
Toutonic
Liverpool
Southampton
Lovets
Rkottening
Reattordium
Weather forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania Thursday
Washington January 2 forecast for Thursday calls for increasing cloudiness with a fall in temperatures and fresh southerly winds across eastern Pennsylvania.
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Weehington
Poomat
Penn Eylvania
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