Development of an Ugly Scandal At Philadelphia City Hall
Promising to unfold into a major political scandal, court proceedings reveal bribe offers connected to a Schuylkill Valley Water company bill. Walter Stevenson Peter E. Smith and several council members face charges and bail while testimony links Green and Seger to payments and influence peddling. Additional arrests target false certificates in Democratic committee wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter E. Smith
Connellman Walker
Philadelphia
Schuylkill Valley Water Company
Nelson G. Green
New York
Common Council
Walter G. Stevenson
Republican City Committee
Graham
Smith
Gordon and Bregg
Common Pleas Court
Louis J. Walker
Charles Seger
J. Emory Byram
Walker
John Kelley
Matthew Tobin
John J. Green
J. J. Mathews
Max Lalb
William B. Turner
Democratic City Committee
Wild chase for runaways ends with car ride escape
Mrs Lockwood and her daughter Leonette were trapped in a coupe behind runaway horses in Vineland New Jersey. Dr Theodore Foote had sent for them. The frightened women rode through town as bystanders watched the dramatic pursuit led by expressman Stanley Searles.
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Vineland
N. J
Arthur Lockwood
Leonette
Theodore Foote
Conuchman
Stanley Searles
Standstill Halt Ends Flight of Runaway Couple
A driver blocked two runaways by steering in front of them near a steep incline toward the Jersey railroad tracks. Mrs. Lockwood and her daughter were rescued from the vehicle, nearly prostrated with fright, as bystanders aided.
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Lockwood
She Is Minus A Husband
Mrs. L. C. Dillman, arriving in Spokane from Terre Haute, learned her husband had divorced her and remarried over a year earlier. The Spokane county court had granted the divorce two years prior on a complaint claiming her former husband, believed dead, reappeared. She denies any knowledge of his return and that she consented to the divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
L. C. Dillman
Spokane
Terre Haute
Ind
Farmers' Loan and Trust defends against New England Water Works suit
In Omaha on March 23 the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company filed an answer to the New England Water Works Company suit seeking a deficiency judgment of 242791 dollars. The firm claims the Cook County circuit court judgment was secured by fraud, alleging two notes of 101520.25 each and other smaller notes were fictitious and transferred to New England Water Works by Venner & Co.
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Omaha, Neb
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
New England Water Works Company
Cook County
C. H.venner &Co
Venner
Signs of Spring Out at Pittsburg
Floods from heavy rains push Allegheny and Monongahela rivers toward Pittsburg. Widespread inundation reported in Allegheny and surrounding districts with damage feared near 1884 levels. A Pittsburg and Western freight wrecks a weakened bridge at Carbon. Engineer Lake is killed and Fireman Bradley fatally injured.
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Pittsburg
Alleghany
Monongahela
Allegheny
Robin Street
South Avenue
River Avenue
Robinson Street
Pittsburg and Western
Woodarun
Baw Mill Run
McKee'n Rock
Esplenborough
Davie Island Dam
Beaver, Sharpeburg
Milvale
Upper Allegheny
Allegheny River
Kelly Station
Chestnut Street
Railroad Bridge
Con Monte
Pennesylvania Limited
Canton
Ohio
Niagara Express
Carbon
Tengineer Lake
Bradley
Floods Swamp Dayton Ohio Channel Dams City Struggles
Heavy rain and rising rivers flood Dayton and Cincinnati. The Miami River gauge shows 18.2 feet with water in cellars and major streets. Three trolley lines blocked, railroads disrupted, and levees strained while several factories and mills report losses. Many residents forced from homes as waters threaten suburbs.
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Dayton
Miami
Payton
Miami City
Riverdale
Richmond
Whitewater River
City Electric Light
Starr Piano
Nixon Paper
Cincinnati
Two Prisoners Escape Dedham Jail After Robbery
In Dedham Massachusetts on March 23 two inmates at the Dedham house of correction overpowered a guard binding him seized his keys opened the safe and escaped with about 2 dollars in money and three revolvers. The escapees were Patrick E. Gill of Hyde Park serving a two year sentence for larceny and Charles Cook of Walpole awaiting grand jury hearing for breaking and entering.
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Dedham
Mass
Correcthin
Patrick E. Gill
Hyde Park
Charles Cook
Walpole
Grand Jury
Attempted murder by Bethlehem boy ends with reform school note
Bethlehem Pa March 23 Robert Decker 11 year old son of the late Dr J G Becker fired several shots at his mother at her parents home and lunged with a knife A bystander restrained him and a policeman released him to his pleas The boy will be sent to a reformatory as an incorrigible
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Bethlehem
Robert Decker
J. G. Becker
Mississippi Rising Flood Threat Near St Louis
Rain has drenched the Mississippi Valley for five days. The Mississippi River rose steadily at about one inch per hour, reaching twenty two feet by midnight. Forecasters expect twenty five feet by morning, with the river nearly over the banks near Little Oklahoma downstream from St Louis.
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St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Oklahoma
Court reduces award in Lyon alienation case
In Bellefonte on March 23 the court reduced Rose Sternberg Lyon’s alimony claim against Gustave Lyon from 5 575 to 4 000 after a jury found him liable for alienating her husband. If the plaintiff declines the sum, a new trial will be allowed.
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Bellefonte
Gustave Lyon
Philadelphia
Rose Sternberg Lyon
Lyon
Mover Lyon
Love
Plainoff
Ohio anti trust bill passes senate without dissent
Columbus March 23 The Valentine anti trust bill passed the senate without a dissenting vote. With a nearly identical measure already approved by the house a strict anti trust law will be placed on the Ohio statute books before adjournment. Attorney General Monnett drew the bill and leads the trust crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Alaskan Gold Buyer Plans to Buy a Wife in Philadelphia
Jacob Nanchez, returning from ten years in Alaska with 1,500,000 in gold, arrived in Sioux Falls and stated he intends to go to Philadelphia to buy himself a wife. He questioned what he would do with the vast fortune prompting his bold claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Jacob Nanchez
Alaska
Philadelphia
Cullem Declines To Talk On Coalition Against Him
Washington March 23 Senator Cul lom declines to discuss a reported coalition by Governor Tanner and allies against him. He says he does not take any stock in the story. It is clear that if Tanner seeks the 1900 nomination Shelby will be ready to accommodate him.
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Stevenson
Smith
A. Raymond Raff
Green
Walker
Edwin Smith
A. R. H. Morrow
Henry Clay
Nelson G. Green
R. R. Bringhurst
Joint Committee On Water
Select Council
Washington
Cullom
Tanner
Shelby
Conductor Suffering Week of Hiccoughs in Danville
H C Eaton, a Louisville and Nashville railroad conductor, is confined at home in Danville Kentucky with a week old hiccoughs attack. Doctors have failed to find relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
H. C. Eaton
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Youth in Sack Suit Attacks Woman Near Limita
A 17 year old boy rushed from behind a tree attempting to seize Mrs. White near the Limita. She screamed for help and Patrolman Jules Bond arrived, finding her nearly hysterical while the assailant fled. The youth wore a dark sack suit negilgee shirt and slouch hat.
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Med
Jules Bond
War Threatens Chile and Argentina Amid Cabinet Crisis
War talk rises in Valparaiso as Chile and Argentina loom toward conflict while a cabinet shakeup unfolds. Senor Eulojo Altamirano handles forming a new cabinet as Peru calls its National Guard to re enlist before April 10 and the Leander sails for Coquimbo.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Galveston
Tex
Argentina
Peru
Leander
Coquimbo
POSSE HUNTS FUGITIVE AFTER GENEVA SHOOTING
James McStockard shot his wife's sister Mrs. Gaines Trunkey in Geneva about 6 o clock this evening. After two shots he fled but was pursued by two large hounds and then escaped. Officers and citizens scour the countryside to capture him. McStockard had been drinking heavily and his wife had fled to her sister’s home with their child.
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Geneva
James McStockard
Gaines Trunkey
McStockard
Trunkey
Mrs. John Sheehan Dies in Bloomington at 102
Mrs. John Sheehan, a Bloomington resident, died this morning at age 102. A native of County Kerry, Ireland, she had lived in the United States for forty-one years and remained active until recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
John Sheehan
County Kerry
Ireland
Representative Van Camp Bypasses Pass to Lansing Fare Paid
Representative S. L. Van Camp of Michigan paid his own railroad fare to Lansing while traveling to Usen Pawn St. Joseph on March 2. He supports Governor Pingree's railway policy and refused to travel on the legislative pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative van Camp
St. Joseph
Mich
Ore Mines Sold in Foreclosure Auction
Allentown report states the Coplay Iron Company properties in Lehigh and Northampton counties including three blast furnaces were sold this afternoon under mortgage foreclosure to bondholders for five dollars.
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Allentown
Coplay Iron Company
Lehigh
Northampton Counties
Steel Projectiles Shipped From Reading Plant
The Carpenter Steel works in Reading Pennsylvania today shipped 20 four inch and 28 five inch projectiles in response to a Washington order directing that all shells ready for delivery be sent at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Carpenter Steel Works
Washington
Silk theft alarm echoes through crowded shop
In a busy Detroit scene a thief pockets silks as crowds react with shock. The silexman accuses the thief while a hoarde of bystanders whispers and fear grows over lavish bargains attracting the very rich to shoplift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silexman
Detroit Journal
Camden's Pincher Reappears Attacks Woman in Camden
The Jack the pincher, who troubled Camden women months ago, resurfaced last night and assaulted Mrs. Elmer White of 619 Henry Street in Philadelphia near her home on Henry Street around 8 o’clock.
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Philadelphia
Jack
Camden
Elmer White
Henry Street
Horatio Hall Launches In Roach Yard At Chester
The steamship Horatio Hall of the Maing Steamship line was launched at Roach's yard in Chester Pa. The vessel will operate between New York and Portland and was named for Captain Mall of Portland among the notable attendees.
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Chester
Horatio Hall
Maing Steamship Company
New York
Portland
Roach
Captain Mail
Capitol Building Commission to Meet in Harrisburg
The capitol building commission will meet Monday night to receive Architect Cobb's report on bids submitted February 1. Avnator McCurrell says the commission will proceed with the building of a new capital.
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Harrisburg
Capitol Building Commission
Cobb
Avnator McCurrell
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Mississippi
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Illinois
POSSE
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Dave & Caeran
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Franklin Ave
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Scranton, PA
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Skuahdale Worl
Laflin & Rand Powder CO
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Ex Ites
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Chicago Board of Health
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York
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India
Vs. White
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Lackawanna and
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Rver
Newark
Llours
Third National Bank OF Scranton
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William H. Peck
Iolmes
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William Taylor
Westminster Hotel
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I. D. Crawford
Adams
Mercereau & Connell
Wyoming
Hunt & Connell CO
Lackawanna Ava
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