Fighting the Coyle Bill Sparks Harrisburg Conference Split
Prominent coal men gathered in Harrisburg as a conference on the Coyle bill to create a department of mines faced a threat to withdraw. Anthracite operators opposed the measure, claiming miners would dominate and urging amendments to satisfy objections. The meeting included representatives from Morris Run Coal, Allegheny, Scranton and many other regions as lawmakers debated proposed changes and possible compromises.
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Coyle
Department of Mini
Alex Dempster
W. P. Dearmitt
Pittsburg
Dearmitt
W. 5. Neaving
Morris Run Coal Company
Allegheny
Colonel BE
H. Ripple
Scranton
T. D. D. Jones
Hagleton
John Blick
Idlewild
Charles Conner
Uniontown
G. M. Williams
Wilkes-Barre
Hugh McDonald
Pittston
Emanuel Jenkins
Sehuylkil
Hugh McGarvey
Beaver Meadows
P. B. Gallagher
Shamokin
Senator Coyle
J. T. Ferge
Punxsutawney
T. Bradley
Gallitzen
Cairns
J. N. Patterson
John M. Lewis
Hazleton
Edward Roderick
Senate Routine Record Notes Penrose Bill on Philadelphia
The daily record shows the Senate met at eleven. The Penrose bill to abolish the public buildings commission of Philadelphia was reported from committee without amendment. Bills introduced include liquor license restriction protests and a rule declaring fifty four hours a week for women and children in factories and mercantile establishments.
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Scranton Tribune
Harrisburg
Net
Bubling Anil Banesi
Clarency
Cilkeson
Pennsylvania League of Building and Foin
O'Malley
Senate
Fow
House
Penrose
Public Buildings Commission of
Philadelphia
My. Penrose
North Pole by Balloon Plan from Spitzbergen
At Stockholm a Swedish engineer Andre outlined a bold North Pole ascent by balloon from Spitzbergen. He claims to reach the pole in ten hours with an airtight craft carrying three passengers and a 30 day endurance, aided by sails and drag ropes to regulate speed.
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New York
Academy of Sciences
Stockholm
Sweden
Andre
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Andres
Death of Judge Strong A Wayne County Notable
Hon Franklin E. Strong longtime Wayne county judge died today at his home after a period of invalidism. Born August 4 1845 in Ashland Green County he lived most of his life in Wayne and served as associate judge. Survived by wife and three children Daniel B. Strong Henry P. Strong Louise Strong. Funeral by Rev George A. Cure at his home Saturday at 1 p m.
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Wayne County
Scranton Tribune
Starracen
FE. P. Strong
Strong
Wayne
Ashland
Green County
Gird
Daniel B. Strong
Henry P. Strong
Mise Louise Strong
lHtey
George A. Cure
Britain to present case in Venezuela boundary dispute
Washington reports Britain is about to state its case on the Venezuela British Guiana boundary quarrel. The move tests U S Britain relations as Ambassador Bayard reviews the claim and its basins now claimed as surefactory.
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Washington
Great Britain
Venezuela
British Guinea
Bayard
United States
Runaway Engine Destroys Two Locomotives Near Gorton Heights
A Beech Creek railroad engine became uncontrollable on a down grade near Gorton Heights in Williamsport on March 1. The engineer and fireman jumped for safety as a second train crew spotted the runaway. The engines collided catastrophically, wrecking both locomotives and a dozen cars, delaying traffic about five hours.
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Hown
Williamsport
Beech Creek
Gorton Heighta
Thetun
Trafic
Fraternal Legion Meet and Local Disturbances Report
The Fraternal Legion's supreme commandery met in Pittsburg while Smallpox from Hot Springs Ark was reported. Amanda Keenor of East Berlin York county is believed to have drowned herself. Actor A B Lipman of the War of Wealth company was injured in Pittsburgh and will be paid for two months. Lawyer John Smith to testify in Pottsville on Almshouse case. Chester county ruling delays Inquesia death class decision. Mrs Rotanna O'Brien's funeral postponed in West Chester after rescission.
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Fraternal Legion
Pittsburg
James Delaney
Hot Springs
Ark
Amanda Keenor
Enst Berlin
York County
A.B. Lipman
War of Wealth” Company
Hin Lox Ao
Pittebure
John Smith
Potteville
Almshouse
Wellington Hartman
Schulykil County
Chester
Inquesia
Rotanna O'Brien
West Chester
International tensions rise as US faces multiple crises
The United States confronts three international complications. Spain demands explanations over the Alliance incident after a Spanish warship halted the American steamer. Italian fatalities in Colorado raise further diplomatic strains with Italy. A third issue involves German and British tensions tied to the Port of New Orleans and British trade. Intervening events demand presidential attention upon his return.
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Washington
United States
Len Tken
Alliancn
Sener Muruagua
Uhl
Tve Oevurunde
Creemian
Alliance
Gresham
Chi
State Department
Costa
Ale. Ul
Crossman
New York
Ub Wis
United Press
Taylor
Madrid
WiHame
Havank
Hhe
Al-lanee
Colorado
Walsenberg
Colo
Rome
Verquia Imperial
Fret
Walgenders
Coluoride
Mr. Chi
Germun Woundi
Britta Porter Basin
New Orleans
Senor Muruaqua Casts Doubt On Alliance Incident
Spanish minister Senor Muruvagua cabled Cuba’s governor general for details after the gunboat Alianza fired on the American steamer Allianc a. He doubts hostile intent and says a full report will be telegraphed when received.
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Washington
Senor Murunicua
Cuba
Senor Murtagua
Onde
Legation
Senor Murvuagua
Allianca
West Virginia Girl Fatally Slashes Father and Own Victim
Report from Charleston details Matthe Meadows of Lewiatown fatally slashing Agnes Young after a domestic clash. The 76 year old father, who sought marriage to Young, was beaten. Meadows took a brother's razor, inflicting severe injuries on both his daughter and Young.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Matthe Meadows
Lewiatown
Agnes Young
Meadows
Abe
Mob rule erupts in Colorado coal camps with Italian killings
Denver dispatch reports seven people killed in Huerfano county mob violence including four Italians in jail and the wagon driver shot by mistake. A bloodhound trail led to arrests of Danino Antonio and others amid a wave of vigilante justice after the Abner Hyan case.
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Denver
Huerfano County
Walsenberg
Abner Jd. Hyan
Joseph Welsby
Lorenzo Idinino
Hyan
Weath
Pete Jacobini
Rouse
T. J. Brewer
Lorengo Danine
Jobatto Antonio
Pete Pogetta
Frank Auben
Danino
Stallang
Butterine tests confirm samples were pure butter
Reports on a Meadville affidavit chain state that butterine samples awarded premiums at the dairymen’s convention are genuine butter. O’Hern of the Armour factory and A J Palm testified the same samples were those entered and praised at the event.
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Meadville
Mareh i
Pennsylvania State College
O'Hern
Armour Butterine Factory
A. J. Palm
Three Men Die in Mackeysville Hotel Fire
A fatal hotel fire at Mackeysville six miles north of Parsons West Virginia claimed three lives and left four others severely burned. Victims identified as Squire Corley Eugene Rigson and Homer Collett perished while J B Williams James Junking Jacob Confer and Willam Wilson suffered severe injuries. Fifteen guests escaped by leaping from windows. the blaze started in the lobby from a defective flue with no insurance and an estimated loss of 3000 dollars.
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Parsons
W. Va
Mackeysville
Here
Lowlock
Squire Corley
Eugene Rigson
Homer Collett
James Junking
Jacob Confer
Willam Wilson
Junking
Telegraphic Ticks and Tragedies Across Regions
An explosion near Bay Side reveals a secret at the board of trade in Bloomington Illinois as speculation runs high. Reverend Hoover of Dayton Ohio dies mid sermon titled One by one they are passing over. A farmer’s daughter from Shiawassee County Michigan elopes with a man of humble status. Woman suffrage misses one vote in the Witness Senate amid accusations of Senator Porter's absence.
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Harry Bschiell
Bay Side
L. 1
W. J. Connors & Co
Board of Trade
Bloomington
W. 8
Hoover
Dayton
Idn Allen
Shiawassee County
Mich
Senate
C. Porter
Skeleton Found In Tarred Box On River Bank
Jeffersonville Indiana March 13 The finding this morning of a skeleton in a thickly tarred box causing excitement. Several boys on their way to the government dike discovered a box three feet long, about three feet wide and two and a half deep.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Governor Foster Maintains Order Amid New Orleans Labor Unrest
In New Orleans Governor Foster vows to preserve peace as a planned streetcar strike threatens disruption. Police deploy on the riverfront after rioting, with white workers replacing black laborers on ships. Military readiness is reported and arrests of white screwmen for inciting riots noted.
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Foster
Welock
Quiet at New Orleans as Governor Foster Tours City
New Orleans reports calm on the levee front with no new outbreak since yesterday. Governor Foster remains in the city and militia stand ready in armories for duty at a moment's notice as white and colored laborers continue loading steamers bound for domestic hubs.
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New Orleans
Cromwyell
Peeble
Moster Ia
Work of Pardon Board in Harrisburg Pardon Releases Recommended
An adjourned session of the pardon board in Harrisburg recommended clemency for Frank Garvin of Allegheny for voluntary nun slaughter and Elias Steinour of Adams for seduction. It refused Willam Evans of Schuylkill for arson and Lucy Fitzeim of Allegheny for second degree murder. A rehearing was ordered in the case of John Deeney of Allegheny for larceny.
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Harrisburg
Board of Pardone
Wce
Frank Garvin
Allegheny
Elias Steinour
Adams
Willam Evans
Schuylkill
Lucy HK. Fitseimmons
John Deeney
Somnambulist's Walk to Celery Patch in Kalamazoo
Mrs Korsetange roamed in snow to wake her sleeping husband who wandered from bed to reach his celery patch. In the night Korsetange 118% John Street was found missing and later unconscious on the back porch with clothing and boots laid out.
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Mr. Korsetange
Ile
Campaign Strain Sinks Wisconsin Republican Leader
Chairman I C Thom of the Wisconsin Republican state central committee is near death after a second stroke in two weeks. The illness follows intense campaign pressure and office duties. Delirious, he speaks of place seekers besieging him. he is under 40 and had been a vigorous figure before the campaign.
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Thom
Madigan
Wis
I. C. Thom
Republican State Central Committee
Bible taught cruelty claimed in Philadelphia child case
A Philadelphia magistrate heard a brutal case against Joseph and Elizabeth Copestake charged with torturing two sons aged 11 and 8. The parents claimed Christian discipline as motive after testimonies described exposure, freezing, and burning punishments. the magistrate fined them $50 each and committed them, with the children placed in the care of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
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Philadelphia
Milligan
Society For the Prevention of
Joseph
Elizabeth Copestoke
John
Copestakes
Copestake
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Moody and Sankey To Lead Mission Conferences in Mexico
A Baltimorean in Mexico reports that Moody and Sankey will hold a Holy Spirit conference at Tuluca on April 4 and 7 to 14 in Mexico City with missionaries, all services in English. A cold wave is forecast for Philadelphia with a sharp temperature drop by Thursday night.
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Moody and Sankey
Baltimore
Mexico
Tuluca
Mexico City
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Weather Bureau
Washington
Ill paced political bids and appointments noted
Hopkins of Illinois denies considering entering the contest for speaker of the next house. William T. Bruerton Brooklyn city engineer declines a chief clerkship bid. Dolwin of Westmeath at 23 is slated for a diplomatic attaché post in Washington. Cornelius Cadle Don Carlos Buell and Robert T. Looney named by Secretary Lamont to form a national military park in Shiloh Tennessee. Oklahoma agents enforce an agricultural fee tying drought relief to seed aid affidavits.
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Lamont Haw
Cornelius Cadle
Don Carlos Buell
Robert T. Looney
Huttlefield
Shiloh
Tenn
Oklahomal
Agricultural Department
European and Asian appointments stir political circles
Lord Rovéberg travels to Epsom to recuperate while Baron von Wissmann is named governor of East Africa. Vienna hears Prince Cantacuzene may become Austrian ambassador. In Paris circles M Waldeck Rousseau is tipped as premier. Armenians in the Caucasus send thanks to Mr Glind stone for defending them.
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Lord Rovéberg
Epsom
Baron von Wissmann
East Africa
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Vienna
Prince Cantacugene
Washington
Austria
Caucasus
Glindstone
Weather Outlook for Eastern Pennsylvania
Forecaster notes rain in eastern Pennsylvania with a likely change to snow. After precipitation ends, expect clearing skies and a cold snap with a northerly wind shift.
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Pennsylvania
Finley's Hosiery Department Extraordinary Value
Finley's Hosiery Department offers fast black hosiery at extraordinary values while supplies last. The promotion highlights a selection of durable, affordable stockings available for a limited time. Local shoppers are urged to hurry as stock is limited and offers may end soon.
Three Numbers in High Grade Hose Sale
Three numbers highlight a hosiery sale with Ladies' Fine Two Thread Hose at 17c per pair or 3 for 50c, Ladies' extra fine 46 gauge at 21c per pair, and Boys' Armor Plate Hose at 20c per pair. Describes Mace Yarn quality, Hermsdorf Dye, and claims best hosiery values offered.
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Hermsdorf
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Huntingdon Reformatory
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Kidd
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Baum
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Snyder
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Judge Strong
Uncle Sam
Spain
Tinly
England
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Razor
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Charles 1 Wise
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Ballloon Corps
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Del
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Traction Company
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St. Charles Avenue
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Hell
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Copes
Evangelists
Washington Chat
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Nugent
Westmeath
Siritis H
Finley
Lackawanna Ave
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Chas. A. Schieren & Go.'s
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