Farr Vindicated as House Adopts Adjournment Rule
Speaker Farr secures ratification of last Friday's adjournment move at Harrisburg. The session quiets anti-Quay opposition as routine rule enforcement and a bill on school funding are debated, with Keegan coal wage bill set for second reading next Tuesday and third on Wednesday.
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Harrisburg
Farr
Voorhees
Philadelphia
Hoskins
Erie
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commonwealth
Keegan
Slim Senate Attendance Delays Bribery Inquiry Report
Harrisburg reports a sparse Senate audience as legislators consider the McCarre jury bill. The legislative committee investigating bribery requests extension to March 27, 1499 for a final report. Creasy tax conference bill advances with manufacturing tax, higher premium tax, and capital stock tax. A bill seeks $16,000 for Governor Curtin statue erection.
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Harrisburg
Senate
John H. Fow
Legislative Committee
McCarre
Marshall
Allegheny
Ways and Means Committee
Hasson
Venango
Curtin
Jury Recommends Mercy Suspends Cody Blackmail Sentence
Albany N J March 10 Judge Gregory suspended the sentence of Margaret E Cody after a jury found her guilty of blackmailing the Gould heirs The judge cited the jury mercy recommendation and public sentiment The defendant claimed innocence and departed for Denver Colo where her daughter arranged travel funds
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Albany
N. J
Gregory
Margaret E. Cody
Gould
Mra. Corly
Tam
Helen Gould
Mra
Cody
Denver
Colo
Dawson's Luck Nets Fortune in India for Klondike Seeker
Chicago March 1 Fortune of 209000 awaits Reginald Dawson in India. Dawson, once in the Klondike seeking wealth, is unaware lawyers and detectives in Calcutta London New York and Chicago seek to notify him. His wife Eleanor Archibald Dawson died in San Francisco leaving will to her child or issue. Archibald disinherited but relented before death.
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Chicago
Alaska
Eginald Dawson
India
Dawson
Klondike
Eien Archibald Dawson
Calcutta
London
New York
George Archibald
Ta Ga
Archibald
Pension loan increases listed for Pennsylvania residents
Washington March 1 The report lists Pennsylvan ia pensions loaned in crease to various individuals. Names include David W Webb Abu Tiadford Susquehanna John T Middaugh New Milford Hannah Evarson Montdale and Jeremiah Evansen dead Montdale Levi Wells Springham Bradford with amounts from 10 to 24 dollars and changes noted as restoration and increase.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
David W. Webb
Abu
Tiadford
John T. Middaugh
New Milford
Susquehanna
Alexander Sl. Douglass
Hollenbreck
Priadford
George J. Hurd
Towanda
Hannah Evarson
Montdale
Lackawanna
Jeremiah Evansen
Lackawanka
Levi Wells
Bradford
National Metal Polishers Organisers Mobilize Nationwide
Officials of the National Metal Polishers Plater and Brass Workers unions, based in Cleveland, say fifty organizers have been sent to major cities to strengthen the union for a big wage campaign. They will seek a wage increase ranging from 16 to 6 percent.
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Cleveland
National Metal Polishers’, Plater and
Brass Workers
New Castle Plant Resumes Operations After Idle Period
New Castle Pennsylvania reports the Atlantic Tron and States company resumes full operation today after a prolonged idle period. The firm employs several hundred workers and has signed the amalgamated wage scale.
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New Castle
Atlantic Tron and Stes
Manhattan Railroad Adopts Electric Third Rail System
The Manhattan Railroad company has definitely adopted the electric third rail system for the operating equipment of the elevated road.
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New York
Manhattan Railroad Company
Hase
Pig Price Advances at Pittsburg Market
Pig trading notes show Pittsburg market quotation at T1415 per ton today. The advance compares with a modest increase noted earlier in the week.
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Pittsburg
More Troops for General Otis Arrive at Manila
The Grant arrives with Major General Lawton and the fourth and seventeenth infantry, totaling 42 officers and 1716 men. Filipino incendiaries terrorize Pandacan villagers while some areas remain quiet along the line. The bodies of Colonel W F Smith Major EB McConville Captain Pravid Elliott and Lt Eugene French are shipped home with honors as Otis reports progress.
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Manilla
Pandacan
United States
Grant
New York
Lawston
Fourth Infantry
Seventeenth Infantry
W. F. Smith
EB. McConville
Pravid
Elliott
Eugene & French
Scandia
Second
Oregon Volunteers
Lawton
Newport
Nagasaki
Manila
Pauncefote Seen as Likely British Delegate to Disarmament Congress
Washington reports Sir Julian Pauncefote the British ambassador is under consideration as a delegate to the disarmament congress urged by the czar. The foreign office has not yet finalized selections but Pauncefote’s candidacy is tied to his role in the Olney Pauncefote treaty negotiations and his high standing in diplomatic circles.
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Washington
Julian Pauncefote
Ezar
Foremgn
Julian
Hich
Sir Julian
Railroading to Prison in Philadelphia Surprise Sentence
John H Fevans was arrested in an uptown burglary and sentenced to six years within 44 hours. At the magistrate hearing bail was set at 12000 dollars, Judge Arnold sent the case to the grand jury which found 26 true bills against the house breaker. He is suspected of nearly 100 robberies in the northern city area with thefts totaling thousands.
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Philadelphia
John HH. Fevans
Todley Mvans
Ee Arnold
Ivanaja
Inter-Swehoustic Championship Tie Between City Teams
The Cutler School of New York and Haverford School of the city faced off at the Ice Palace for the inter-swehoustic US championship. The hockey match featured fast play and ended in a tie.
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Philadelphia
Cutler School
New York
Haverford Whool
United States
Ice Palace
Mad Man Leaps From Malaga Cathedral Tower
A dramatic incident in Malaga yesterday as a man leaped from the cathedral tower and fell about two feet to the ground. A large crowd watched the event as emergency crews arrived.
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Daily Mail
Malaga
Boula, Sayn
Cathedral of
Judge Henry C Stinson Dies in Norristown at 31
Judge Henry C Stinson died at his Norristown home from heart trouble. He was 31. Elected state senator in 167 he served as pres ident of that body. Earlier Governor Hoyt appointed him president judge of the Thirty-eighth Judicial district.
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Norristown
Henry C. Stinson
Hoyt
Mr. Stinson
Man Loses 5000 in Cash in Omaha Incident
Omaha March 1. Thomas Officer of Officer and Pusey banking firm in Cornell Bluffs reports a roll of money worth $60 slipped through a hollow table pocket at a city location. No trace of the money has been found.
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Omaha
Thomas Officer
Officer & Pusey
Cornell Bluffs
Pope's Condition Improves Amid Alarming Weakness
Rome correspondent notes the pope continues to improve but shows marked weakness. physicians warn the strain could threaten the pontiff as he recovers under medical care in the Vatican.
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London
Maron
Rome
The
Daily Chronicle
Fire destroys Universalist church in Montrose
Fire at Montrose last night destroyed the Universalist church built in the 1830s. Smoke appeared at 11:45 pm as firemen fought the blaze with three streams from two hose companies. Officials feared the adjacent public school could catch fire, but flames were confined to the church. the cause was believed to be an overheated stove.
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Scranton Tribune
Montrose
Universalist
Court House
Double Hanging at St Scholastique in Quebec
Mrs Cordelia Poirier and Samuel Parslow were hanged at St Scholastique Que at 8 30 this morning for the murder of Isidore Poirier. Crowds jeered inside and outside the jail as Poirier displayed remarkable nerve and faced the executioner with prayers. The crime occurred on November 6 1897 and Poirier was 21.
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Bt. Scholastique
Que
Cordelia Poirier
Samuel Parslow
Poirer
Fiartewell
Shoe
Forstow
Te Fall Yard
Father Moelochel
Mia
Isidore Poirier
Poirier
St. Canute
Mys
St. Jerome
Parslow Gang
Parslow
Parsiow
Wandera
Parsflow
George Parslow
Church of St. Jerome
Abe
Bouvrette
Mrs. Poirier
Trne Confederation
Sternaman
Phoebe Campbell
London
Elisabeth Workman
Sarnia
Troubling Reports From Santiago de Cuba in March Crisis
In Santiago de Cuba on March 10 reports say public works suspensions in Havana press unemployment. Bandits captured in Concepcion claim poverty forces robbery. Rumors circulate that Captain Villalan's body is found seated in an armchair near El Morro, while naval actions unfold around the Pluton Furor and Gloucester with prisoners and dispatch boats involved.
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Villalan
el Morro
Santiago de Cuba
Havana
Concepcion
Holguin
Pluton
Cervera
Port Scott
Wanda
Gloucester
Cloucester
Agoncillo Rebounds From Labrador Wreck. Reports Filipino Actions
London reports Signor Agoncillo, Aguinaldo’s agent, has recovered after exposure from the Labrador wreck. He says rebels entered Pandecan last night to terrorize non sympathizers, noting it could signal Filipino advances inside American lines. He cautions against assuming attacks or arson, calling Pandecan the Filipino Free Masons center.
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London
Signor
Agoncillo
Aguinaldo
Labrador
St. Jolen
N. B
Liverpool
Manila
Pandecan
Pressed Steel Works Strike Forces Staffing Arrangements
Miltsboro reports March 14 officials of Schoen Pressed Steel Works said they would fill striking workers' positions with others, but kept old men' places open until Monday. Plant running with an increase and conditions described as quiet.
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Miltsboro
Hn Schoen Pressed Steel Works
Gasoline Tank Explosion Colors Mount Jackson Home
A gasoline tank exploded at the Mount Jackson residence of Rev. William Taylor causing a fire that destroyed the house. Mrs. Willem Taylor and Mrs. Mi nerva Alack were seriously burned along with John Minger and James Patterson. Mr. Mack’s injuries are reported as possibly fatal.
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Bhayron
William Taylor
Mount Jackson
Willem Taylor
Minerva Alack
John Minger
James Patterson
Mack
Counterfeiters Nabbed as Ring Linked to Treasury Notes
New York reports the arrest of Luigi Mardin gette, a member of a Sicilian counterfeit gang. Police seized 100 counterfeit treasury notes from his possession as the ring, much of it recently released, is tied to the fraudulent operation.
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New York
Cing
Treasury
Luigi Mardingette
Street Railway Contracts Awarded for Norfolk to Sewell's Point
The Tennis Construction Company of Philadelphia received contracts for building an electric street railway from Norfolk to Sewell's Point and another line from Tipmetal to Aurora and Hamsing Run in Indiana.
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Philadelphia
Tennis Construction Company
Thin City
Norfolk
Sewell’s Point
Cipelmatl, C
Aurora
Ind
Steamship Arrivals and Clears at New York Docks
The port listed arrivals and clearances for March including ships Edam Rotterdam and Ems New York. vessels La Champigene Havre Luconia and Nomadic New York departed. also Tiritanic arrived New York while Koirer Wilhelm II and others appeared in port.
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New York
Edam
Rotterdam
la Champigene
Havre
Luconia
Liverpool
Tiritanic
Nomadic
Ems
Koirer Wilhelm II
Messenger Boy's Trip to New York
London reports a messenger boy starts from Southampton on the American liner J Louis to deliver a letter to parties in New York and await a reply, then return at once.
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London
Southampton
Louis
New York
Thirteenth Will Start for Scranton Today
Local note reports the thirteenth will commencing in Scranton today with details of the proceeding and expected implications for local affairs.
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Scranton
Blizzard Strikes Wyoming Stock Regions Delays Rail Travel
Cheyenne March 10 reports one of the worst storms in years. Snow drifts hinder trains with the Cheyenne and Northern fifteen days overdue near Iron Mountain station. Range losses may reach ten to sixteen percent, but with hay and shelter stock growers expect limited damage. Passengers on the delayed train faced near starvation as efforts to send relief failed due to deeper snow.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Northern
Iron Mountain Station
Mary
Rumor of Kautz Going to Samoa Denied
Washington reports deny Rear Admiral Kautz has gone to Samoa aboard the Philadelphia to restore the pre crisis status or to depose Mataafa. The aim is to meet Berlin treaty obligations to send a warship occasionally and prevent bloodshed while reporting conditions and events to Washington.
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Washington
State Department
Kautz
Samoa
Philadelphia
Mataafa
Ma Heton ‘Tanus
United States
Offelala
Kipling Grief Deepens After Josephine's Death
New York reports Kipling shows gradual improvement after a period of illness. Dr. Dunham delivered the news of Josephine's death to the poet. Doubleday noted Kipling's sorrow, asking about the child's passing and referencing his late little girl in mournful terms.
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New York
Government orders three more cruisers for China waters
London dispatch reports the government has ordered three more cruisers to prepare for deployment to Chinese waters in response to Malaya’s demand for a concert at Mun in Chehing province.
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London
Rome
Dully Mall
Maly
Mun
Chehing
Harney McKeever and Eddie Connnelly Box in Philadelphia Bout
Philadelphia March 1. Harley McKeever and Eddie Connnelly boxed in a lively bout. They traded blows around the ring with the punch exchange fairly even. No decision was announced.
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Philadelphia
Harley McKeever
Eddie Connnelly
Joe Bernstein and Polly Lyons Meet in Greenman Club Bout
In New York the featherweight contest between Joe Bernstein and Polly Lyons ended after twenty rounds at the Greenman Athletic Club. Bernstein secured the decision following a closely fought bout.
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New York
Joe Bernstein
Polly Lyons
Wolelte
Greenman Athletic Club
Tern
Eteln
Quenneland Hurricane Death Toll Reported in Sydney Dispatch
A Sydney dispatch to the Times states at least 20 people were baptized in a hurricane event sweeping the earth coast of Quenneland. The report notes widespread devastation and religious rites amid the disaster.
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Temndon
Dkented
Times
Sydney
XN. S. W
Quenneland
Defeat for Fan Frowleea as Mysterious Filly amait wins feud
In a fourteenth rownd race Fan Frowleea and Marth Kid Loitone were defeated tonight by Mysterious Filly amit. The lout head was scheduled for twenty rowiila.
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Fan Frowleea
Marth Kid Loitone
Amit Tonight
Russia and Britain settle Far East ties talks
Reports from London and Washington indicate Russia will withdraw protests over the Hong Kong contract after talks with Britain. The Daily Graphic says the Niú-Chwang loan and open door policy are under revision, with Britain and Russia seeking a permanent arrangement. Washington notes possible British aims to align with Japan, risking U S ties to China trade and Pacific commerce.
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Pekin
St. Petersburg
Russia
Great Britain
Hong Kong
London
Daily Graphic
London Times
China
Hijesia
Nitt- Chwang
Heal
Gulf of
Tiao Tong
Mukeden
Manchuria
Washington
State Department
Department
Salisbury
United Blites
Japan
Lord Beresford
United States
Ghent
Britain
Phillippines
Baer
Army Beef Inquiry Continues As Court Hears Testimony
The army court of inquiry on beef continued at the stock yards in Chicago. Investigators probe packing-house methods with testimony likely to take Saturday and Monday. The court may travel to Omaha or Kansas City Tuesday or Wednesday unless a longer Chicago stay becomes necessary.
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Chicago
Army Court of Inquiry
Ti Fa
Omaha
Kansas City
Warden Lewie Corsrel Dies From Kitchen Wound
Shamokin Pennsylvania reports the warden of the polhouse died today from a knife wound inflicted during a fight at the scope lines. John Kenned and others faced trial as the incident unfolded before Justice Haws, Kennels attempted to flee, and the victim’s aide was injured.
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Shamokin
Lewie Cors Rel
The
Olishouse
John Kenneds
Renney Wan Eine
Coryel
Kennels
Explosion Blows Off Man's Left Arm in Turkey Ring Incident
A man in Shpandaph near Miureh on March 10 suffered the loss of his left arm when a spark from a lamp ignited a mixture of oil and chemicals in a diesel burner. The blast occurred as he attempted to carry the device, and emergency crews arrived to assist.
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Shepandaph
Miureh
Peter Muthanks
Milicer
UN Wtilok
Driandte
Turkey
Toler
Will Ride Against Johnson Race Accepted in Toronto
Toronto officials announce a race challenged by Ci against Johnson with Nile Keates and West Two In Three listed as participants. A telepath paced event posted a $M purse following the announcement in March.
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Toronto
Angune
Nile Keates
West
Weather forecast for Saturday in Pennsylvania and Washington
Weather notice reports fair conditions in Pennsylvania with fresh to brisk south winds and cool temperatures. Washington area forecast shows similar patterns with light to moderate southerly breezes and dry skies.
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Warhington
Pennsylvania
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