Debates On Drunkenness Inquiry And Pure Food Bills
Harrisburg lawmakers push a resolution authorizing the state board of public charities to investigate drunkenness treatment as a disease and report on feasibility. Pure food and drug bills face opposition from grocers and pharmacists while road and education measures advance amid petitions.
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Scranton Tribune
Harrisburg
House
State Board of Public
Millard
Susquehanna
Catholic Temperance League
Lucerne County
Senate
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General Assembly
Clarency
Department
Prisoner in Lloyd murder case acted in self defense
Pottsville Pa March 8 the commonwealth rested in the Anthony De Santo murder trial for killing Richard Lloyd at Minersville on the night of January 16. The defense contends self defense.
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Pottsville
Anthony de Santo
Richard Lloyd
Minersville
Commonwealth
General Benjamin Harrison Lying Seriously Ill at Home
The Tribune reports General Benjamin Harrison is seriously ill at his Indianapolis home. Mrs. McKee learned of the telegram and left New York by train last evening to reach him, with her husband in Boston notified to travel to Indianapolis upon receipt of the dispatch.
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Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
McKee
New York
Coal War Threat Looms as Railroads Discuss New Rates
Bethlehem meeting of Lehigh Valley and Jersey Central officials with Reading Company to set a unified coal freight tariff. Reading embargo on LV and Jersey Central coal lifted as congestion eases. Meading’s new rate to LV and Jersey Central takes effect Monday.
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Lehigh Valley
Jersey Central
Bethlehem
Reading Company
John Taylor
H. H. Kingston
George Taylor
J. Lowey Bell
R. H. Wyeckoff
Wilbur
East Penn
Bethlehem Junction
Lehigh Navigation Company
Reading
Meading
Cyclone in Georgia narrowly menaces railroad train
A March cyclone swept north Georgia with winds near seventy miles per hour in Atlanta and rage around Cedartown. A southern railroad train near Rome reportedly avoided wreck by passing into a long deep cut, with limited damage details available.
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Atlanta
March
North Georgia
Cedartown
Rome
Police Board Defeats Byrnes Power Expansion Plan
At a New York board of police commissioners meeting the Andrews proposed measure to grant broader powers to Superintendent Byrnes was defeated by a 3 to 1 vote with Murray Kerwin and Mussra voting no.
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Byrnes
New York
March
Board of Police Commissioners
Andrews
Mussra
Gpa
Tiet Murray
Kerwin
Smallpox Epidemic Prompts Heroic Measures In St Louis
The outbreak reaches St Louis with 12 cases in quarantine and four new cases found today as city and state officials act decisively to combat the disease.
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St. Louis
March
Bt. Loula
Reading Awnings Down amid Council Budget Talks
Reading council committees seek 409 dollars plus 15 for town operations this year as Lebanon county reports a valuation of 1,008,778 with 16,000 taxable units. Nearby veterans are warned their pen access is cut off while eight murder suspects face execution in Lebanon as Charles Garrett faces hanging. Steward Hartman requests a new county for his trial on alleged criminal intimacy with Ligele O'Brien.
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Reading Council
Lebanon County
Lebanon
Charles Garrett
Steward Hartman
Schuylkill Elmshouse
Ligele O'Brien
Ohio steamer Longfellow sinks after collision on Ohio River
The Longfellow struck the Chesapeake bridge span and sank in thirty feet of water near Smith street in Cincinnati. Two killed, several missing, and numerous injured as fog-bound voyage ends in disaster with 100 passengers aboard and wreckage drifting downstream.
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Cincinnati
New Orleans
Pucket Longfellow
Ohio River
Mermel Coal
Smith Street
New Youk
Motlowlog
James Miller
Porter
John L. Carter
Newport
Kry
Longfellow
David Aldridge
Rome
N. Y
Kentucky
Wu, P. Schenck
Elnee
John K. Kirker
Pleves
Tus
Aull
Walter A. Wood Company
Inventor Frederick Sickles Dies Suddenly in Kansas City
Frederick Sickles, claimant to inventions including the Corliss engine and steam ship steering apparatus, died in his office after lunch. Born near Camden, New Jersey, he was 76 and had served as engineer for the local water works for years.
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Kansas City
Trederick
Sickles
Sicklet
Jocal Water Works Company
Camden
N. J
Cyrus Corwin's Crime Ties Land Dispute Killings
Cyrus Cowan, a land contest claimant, killed brothers Burt and Wille Coleman aged 22 and 16 near Newkirk Colorado. He surrendered as lynching threats spread. Newkirk authorities guard the jail amid tense local reactions.
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Kaw
Burt
Wille Coleman
Newkirk
Cyrus Cowan
Cowan
Obituary: Death of South Carolina Figure Ayer in Anderson
Jeff Davis Charleston and General Lewis H. Ayer, a prominent figure in the Kaneas war and South Carolina secession circles, died at his Anderson home today aged 74. Ayer was a member of the Confederate congress and a personal friend of Jefferson Davila.
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Lewis H.ayer
South Carolina
Confederate Congress
Jefferson Davila
Anderson
Hayward Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Harry T. Hayward is found guilty of murder in the first degree for directing the December 3 killing of Catherine Ging at the instigation of Buxt. The verdict comes after a lengthy trial at the Grand Opera House with a calm, composed Hayward. Additional witnesses face perjury charges as authorities pursue two key defense witnesses and a third man in the case.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Harry T. Hayward
Catherine Ging
Claus A. Buxt
Hayward
Grand Opera House
Erwin
Nye
A. H. Hall
Hluyward
Dunn's Review of Trade Signals Hopeful General Outlook
Dunnani Co. reports a brighter mood as Congressional adjournment and stable gold flows ease fears of financial disorder. While wages fall in coal and textile sectors and some strikes reduce purchasing power, anticipated higher demand supports manufacturing and buying. Prices stay very low with printer cloths at record lows. money markets firm and commercial paper grows, with fewer failures than last year in the U S and Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dunnani Co
Pittsburg
United States
Camida
Florida Train Wreck In Georgia Injures Actor Roland Reed
A southbound Florida Vestibule wreck near Scotland Georgia at dawn damaged the train and derailed all cars. Actor Roland Reed sustained leg and back injuries. Miss Isadore Rush and others were hurt while Mrs Subers and her child were killed. Several more passengers and crew members reported injuries with varying severity. The Roland Reed company arrived in Atlanta and Reed was not badly hurt. Rush and Myers face extended recovery.
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Hubbard
Moore
Scottland Ga
Roland Heed
C. D. Subers
Pickens
James Douglass
Brooklyn
Isadore Rush
New York
Julian Reed
Philadelphia
W. W. Herman
Roland Reed Company
Hoffer
Elyria
P. H. Morton
Cincinnati
Subers
Savannah
Scotland
E. B. Jack
Jeannette I. Lowrey
H.D. Hoffman
Hoffman
KR. H. Martin
Alton F. Johnson
Chicago
Sam Rowland
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Roland Reed
Reed
Miss Rush
Myers
No Trace of Rev. Bache Widens Search
New York officials seek missing Union Central Life Insurance agent Rev. John Owen Bache after he vanished following a boat trip to Fall River and train to Boston. President Pattison says no trace found and foul play is suspected due to rumored money with him.
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John Owen Bache
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Cincinnatic
Pattison
Bache
Fall River
Boston
Income Tax Cases Continue In Supreme Court Hearing
Arguments in the income tax cases resumed at the U S Supreme Court with a crowded courtroom and visitors filling the gallery. W D Guthrie closed his opening against the law, followed by Clarence A Bernard, then Assistant Attorney General Whitney spoke before the session adjourned until Monday.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
W.D. Guthrie
Clarence A. Benard
New York
Whitney
Senator Becomes Target in Lunatic Asylum Attack
Marquis Filippo Herardi, an 1882 senator and longtime lunacy board president, was inspecting a Rome asylum when a lunatic attacked him. He was beaten into unconsciousness before help arrived. Doctors said his wounds were mortal and he was not expected to survive the night.
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Békteh
Rome
Filippo Herardi
Board of Lunacy Commissioners
Two Shrewsbury Women Die From Coal Gas In Sleep
In York County Pennsylvania two elderly residents of Shrewsbury Mareh and Mary Sheffer were found dead in their bed from coal gas exposure. Neighbors entered after several days without contact to discover the tragedy. The text also mentions a boxing result between Griffo and Dempsey as a draw in Boston at the end of the eighth round.
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York
Mareh &Mary
Eliya Sheffer
Shrewsbury
Boston
March
Brewster Arrested for Passing Worthless Checks in St Louis
Dr A W Brewster was arrested in St Louis on charges of passing worthless checks. In Mexico a cold spell led to five woolchoppers freezing to death at Linwwantee. Authorities near Seattle discovered the bodies of two Infante and a China man in the main water reservoir. Mrs Matilda Stewart won a breach of promise case against Charles Telgs prompting Telgs a Chicago building mover to take poison. Thieves raided the barn of John Conroy East Fremont Township treasurer and stole 1220 from his house while he fought a blaze.
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A. W. Brewster
St. Louis
Mexico
Linwwantee
Seattle
Infante
Matilda Stewart
Charles Telgs
Chicago
John Conroy
East Fremont
Mich
International and Domestic Briefs From Aguila Archives
The fiscal year deficit of the English postal telegraph service is projected at 2 700 pounds. Germany informs France it will attend the Paris show in 1100. Efforts to extradite Jabez Balfour from Argentina fail, with a 85000 pound impact noted by Sir Elis Ashmead Bartlett. The London Telegraph is accused of spreading Armenian news to inflame anti Turkey sentiment. President Faure to chair the supreme military council meeting on March 2.
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France
Paris
Jabez
Balfour
Liberator
Argentina
Cowl
Eliis Ashmead Bartlett
London
Turkey
Faure
Supreme Military Council
Discharged printers leave public works short of staff
President Lincoln backed a 1863 bill six days after Congress expired and its legality remains unchallenged. Manuel Almagro, private secretary to the Argentine minister, was arrested for embezzling legation funds he gambled away. A new battleship under the naval appropriation will be named the Keursauge in memory of the historic wrecked vessel on Roncador reef.
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Manuel Almagro
Legation
Pambling
Roncador Reef
Weather Update for Eastern Pennsylvania Morning Snow
Early morning precipitation in eastern Pennsylvania brings rain or snow, followed by much colder air. Strong northwest winds will intensify as the day progresses, shaping a brisk, wintry outlook.
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Pennsylvania
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