Measure Defeat Over Roderick Indiscreet Miner Remarks
Harrisburg dispatch reports the House rejected calls to censure Chief Roderick of the bureau of mines for remarks about miners. The vote defeated amendments seeking harsher action and approved a milder admonition. Reynolds defended delaying the inquiry citing Roderick’s illness.
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Roderick
Mr. Garner
Mr. Ferrebee
Harrisburg
House Today
Garner
Schuylkill
Bureau of Mines
Reynolds
Kendall
House
Howarth
Marshall
Ferrebee
Carey
Duffy Declines to Attend Meeting Then Explains Absence
In a statement T. J. Duffy says he defied threats and stayed away from the meeting. He explains his absence was voluntary and he later attended to present his reasons while promising additional remarks if the issue returns before the house.
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T. J. Duffy
Hang Bill Aims to Strengthen Labor Union Rights
Harrisburg March 7 Representative Hang of Schuylkill introduces a curative bill to protect employees rights to join labor organizations, addressing defects in the Weiler act. The measure covers individuals firms partnerships and corporations with penalties of 1000 to 2000 dollar fine and up to one year imprisonment.
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Hang
Harrisburg
Schuylkill
Weiler
Gunster
Scranton
Clark
Uncle Jerry Roth Scores A Point In House melee
In Harrisburg on March, Representative Harry Hall moved to censure house employees tied to last night melee. After over an hour of debate Roth moved to indefinitely postpone the resolution, winning an overwhelming vote. Beacom Harrison Scheuer Cooper defended roles and blamed Hosack for the disruption.
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Harrisburg
Harry Hall
House
Jerry" Roth
Mr. Roth
Beacom
Hosack
Mr. Beacom
Harrison
Philadelphia
Mr. Hosack
Scheuer
Marshall
Arma
Roth
Cooper
Heated Exchange Over Misconduct and Bills In Legislature
The session featured sharp exchanges as Hosack denied fault while Beacom pressed the claim of error. Committee reports favored Stroh and Jones employers liability bills and the county controller bill, while the Haworth county bill was rejected sixteen to one. New measures included mine safety, obstetric practice licensing, and excise license proposals. Optics and Capitol reform discussions continued amid political maneuvering surrounding Senator Quay and General Millar’s confirmation. T. J. Duffy reports.
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Stroh and Jones
Haworth
Reynolds
Sechetter
Charles B. Olver
Beranton
Senator Quay
Quay
Capitol
Leadere Ju
Reeder
Millar
Chirmings
Millar Ft
Reeder le
Ttia
T. J. Duffy
Mrs McKinley to Travel South for Rest
Anxiety surrounds Mrs McKinley's health after the inauguration events. Dr Rixey prescribes a trip south and complete quiet, with possible departure within the week. The president cannot accompany her. she will be joined by one of his sisters, Mrs Duncan or Miss Helen McKinley.
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Washington, D. C
McKinley
Rixey
Vaillant's Amendment Rejected by Chamber of Deputies
Paris March 7 The chamber adopted section 12 of the law on associations after rejecting by 472 to 9 a proposal by socialist M Vaillant to add religion to associations. The aim was to curb labor revivals and movements spreading through unions.
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Paria
Chamber of Deputies
M. Vaillant
Scranton Ripper Law Question Raises City Class Dispute
Harrisburg march 7 special dispatch reports Senator Weller of Bedford contends Scranton cannot use the Ripper act to move from third to second class. He argues the 1895 classification remains valid and the Ripper cannot repeal it, forcing Scranton to elect officers under 1805 rules and voiding the act for all second class cities.
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Scranton
Harrisburg
Weller
Bedford
Senator Weller
Friends of the Ripper
Pittsburg
Supreme Court
Possible Judicial Reassignments Stir Local Politics
The text discusses potential moves involving Senator Hardenbergh and Judge Craig, with Purdy as a candidate for Pike Monroe and Wayne seeking a new judge. It frames a contest between Representative Sirah and Hardenbergh over which district will elect a new judge, with Purdy and Craig preferring the other to take the Pike Monroe district.
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Hardenbergh
Craig
Carbon
Purdy
Pike-Monroe
Wayne
Sirah
T. J. Duffy
Ashes to be scattered by Becker heirs over Atlantic
Louis Becker's will directs his twin brother Alexander Sigmund Becker and close friend Sigmund Behrengen to scatter his ashes on the Atlantic Ocean within weeks. A prominent New York chemical magnate and explorer, Becker built a fortune from his 1837 business and helped advance cremation, co founding a German crematorium in Gotha.
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New York
Louis Becker
Atlantic Ocean
Alexander Sigmund Becker
Sigmund Behrengen
Becker
Brotainers
Hocker
Sandwich Islands
Germany
Gotha
Chinese court plans to stay interior after Pekin
Exclusive dispatch from Pekin reports Chinese officials in contact with Sianfu say the court will remain inside the interior unless Pekin’s principal public buildings are returned outside the legation district and while only restrained foreign guards stay in Pekin. They claim no compulsion to return to Pekin under ministerial terms.
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Pekin
Sian-fu
China
Legation
Count von Waldersee
Chaffee
Gaselee
Criticism by Russian papers on German policy gains
The Austrian wire reports that Russian newspapers comment on Chancellor von Buelow's Reichstag speech. They say his policy risks undermining the existing solidarity in Anglo German relations and harming the Russia Germany alliance.
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Prre
St. Petersburg
von Buelow
Reichstag
Russiaa
Russia
Germany
Judicial Apportionment Moves Judges Between Districts
Harrisburg March 7 report shows house committee plan that keeps Judge Purdy in Wayne district while Judge Craig moves from Carbon to a Pike Monroe district formed by combining Pike from Wayne and Monroe from Carbon. Senate action pending.
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Harrisburg
House Committee
Purdy
Wayne
Craig
Carbon
Pike
Monroe
Pike-Monroe
Senate
Debates Spark Audience as Nationalists Face Suspension
In the House of Commons on March 7 a lively session drew a large attendance including peers and ladies as tension rose over the Nationalists suspension and Mr. Balfour's punishment proposals. Police stood in readiness though no extra officers appeared.
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London
Balfour
House of Commons
Irish MPs Pleased by Redmond Over Sealed Dispatch
Irish members of parliament express great satisfaction with the cabled dispatches received by John Redmond, their chairman, from Trish highlighting political developments.
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John Redmond
Trish
Executions in Havana Under American Rule Loom
An Exclusive Wire report says three American sailors who killed a captain and a ship may be garroted in Havana within a month, the first executions under American rule. The execution site is near Neely's Vel within twenty yards.
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Havana
Marcel T
Mentina
Anm
Neely
Cure for Catarrh Promoted as Blood Remedy
An old advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and cannot be cured by local applications. It touts a two-part internal treatment that cleanses the blood and nourishes mucous surfaces. The product, named as a cure, is sold by Cheney & Co of Toledo, with pharmacies carrying the remedy and its accompanying pills.
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Mall
Cheney
Drimgiety
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Associated Press
the Tribune
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Tribune
Scranton Tribune
Scranton, Pa
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