Insurgent tactics spark tense session over ballot reform bill
In a chaotic morning, the Pennsylvania house adjourned to avoid a quorum as insurgents attempted to pull the Keator ballot reform bill from the elections committee. Speaker Marshall locked doors while a roll call showed near full attendance, and a mace proposal was adopted to reinforce speaker authority.
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Feali
Keater
Bedford
Philadelpha
Senate
Wayne
Lehigh
Keator
Senator Quay
Quayites
Hills. Quayite
Delaware
Marshall
Maloney
Venango
Tiffany
Champalin
Goddaria
Susquehanna
Lugerne
Bradford
Tioga
Northumberland
Lycoming
Hille
Haworth
Luzerne
Hall
Allegheny
Voorhees
Hosack
House
Pennsylvania Tailroad Company
Washington
Harrisburg
New Semi Monthly Pay Bill for Mine Labor
Harrisburg reports a new semi monthly pay bill by Representative Philbin aims to fix constitutional defects and allow miners to act as a body in prosecutions. It lets local majorities compel district mine inspectors to pursue operators who violate the law, overcoming rights of contract concerns with a contract clause.
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Commonwealth
Harrisburg
March
Philbin
Supreme Court
United States
Duffy
Letters From Lieutenant Murphy in the Philippines
A letter from a relative of Lt. Thomas Murphy describes a year in the Philippines. Murphy recounts hospital care in Manila, language mixups with locals, a Christmas celebration with 100 soldiers, and a forthcoming move to Manila. He notes one officer’s flight and the death of a comrade, and he laments indifference among native troops.
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Thomas Murphy
Uncle Sam
Philippines
Manila
McAndrew
Scranton
MeAndrew
Wilkes Fiere
Alvo
Knights of Columbus
Towas
Emyself
Segoe
Christos
Tolad
Manile
Christina
Seldien
Vee Event Encounters Mysterious Eerie Echoes
A cryptic report describes an unusual series of sounds and sights attributed to a Vee device activity. Local observers report hearing distant echoes and observing light patterns near the riverbank. Officials request calm while investigators verify the phenomena.
Robbery on Columbus Avenue Violent Assault Ties Up Elderly Woman
An early morning robbery on Columbus Avenue left Mrs Catherine Fullerton, 65, battered and knocked unconscious after a man beat and kicked her. He stole her pocketbook before fleeing the busy thoroughfare, in a case labeled exclusive wire from the Associated Press in Boston.
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Boston
Columbus Avenue
Catherine Fullerton
Suspect Detained After Knife Assault Captured by Stranger
A man attacked a woman and fled but was restrained by a witness who held the thief until police arrived. The suspect, John Dawson, 27, claimed insanity from hunger. He is held pending arraignment on charges of robbery and abduction, with a brief note of connections to New York.
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John Dawson
Brick
ELOPING COUPLE ARRESTED IN PHILADELPHIA
John Brick and Mrs Fannie Kohotaski with her son Andrew from St. Clair Bohuylkill county were arrested in Philadelphia after a desperate fight with burglars. The report comes from The Aspirated Trees Philadelphia via exclusive wire.
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John Brick
Fannie Kohostaski
Philadelphia
John Prick
Fannie Kohotaski
Andrew
St. Clair
Bohuylkill County
Philadelphia and Reading
Axelaives
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Hare
Duffy's
America
Abraham Se. Elmer
Utica
N. Y
Smart
John McGrath
S2d
New York City
DAFEY
Agiinet
Out
Duffy Malt Whiskey CO
Rochester
Asociated Press
Wheeling
Via
Conetabhy
Wells
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