Senate Committee Proposes Apportionment Change in Congress
Harrisburg May 15 The Senate congressional apportionment committee reports a bill adding a seat to Philadelphia and Allegheny County, with no further change to Philadelphia districts The eastern districts are listed from Seventh to Twentieth with counties named for each. Adjournment timing and conference efforts loom as lawmakers seek a compromise amid opposition and Governor Hastings pushes for action.
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Scranton Tribune
Harrisburg
Aspenate
Congressional Apportionment Committee
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
Tribune
Chester
Delaware
Montgomery and
Bucks
Northampton
Monroe
Pike
Carbon
Wayne
Borka
Lehigh
Lancaster
Ockawanna
Susquehanna
Luserne
Louylkill
Columbia
Dauphin
Perry
Lebanon
Bradford
Wyoming
Sullivan
Senate
House
Mr. Dunlap
Hustings
Representative McDonald
Allegheny
Western Penitentiary
Pennsylvania Steel Reorganized in Public Auction Buyout
Receivers sold the Maryland Steel property to Effingham B. Morris for 2 million dollars, representing bonded debt. A new charter will be sought in Harrisburg as the Pennsylvania Steel company exits receivership within about sixty days. Stockholders receive 1.5 million in cash for preferred stock while creditors are paid 40 percent in cash and the remainder in bonds.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Maryland Steel Company
Philadelphia Exchange
Effingham B. Morris
Morris
State Department
Harrisburg
Pardons Recommended by Harrisburg Board of Pardons
At the regular meeting the board recommended pardons for Philp Hack Allegheny for larceny and conspiracy John Deeney Allegheny for larceny and receiving stolen goods Charles Jones Allegheny for voluntary manslaughter Alexander McKee Allegheny for indecent assault John G Gordon Allegheny for robbery Commutation of John H Cook Washington County murderer to life imprisonment was recommended but John Elsiminger Greene County murderer who will be hanged on June was refused other cases held under advisement.
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Harrisburg
Board of Pardons
Philp Hack
Allegheny
John Deeney
Charles Jones
Alexander McKee
John G. Gordon
John H. Cook
Washington County
John Elsiminger
Greene County
Rebels Repulsed in Dos Caminos Attack
Cuban government troops repelled an insurgent assault on Dos Caminos in Santiago province. Rebels fled after taking casualties and burning two houses, which were destroyed.
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Santiago de Cuba
Dos Caminos
Steam Engineers Meet Elects Leaders in Philadelphia
Delegates of the American Order of Steam Engineers convened in Philadelphia on May 15 to discuss state licensing of engineers and boiler inspections under state supervision. James Lightfoot of Pennsylvania was elected supreme chief engineer and Clifford P. Williams supreme treasurer.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Council of the American Order of Steam Engineers
James Lightfoot
Pennsylvania
Clifford P. Williams
Foresters debate new endowment fund classes
Reading Pa May 15 at the Ancient Order of Foresters session a lively discussion focused on dissolving the current endowment fund and creating a new plan with five classes A B C D and F. Certificates would range from 100 to 500.
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Reading
Order of Foresters
Kohl Reprieved by Governor in Jersey City
Governor Werts reprieves Henry Kohl who was sentenced to death for the murder of Joseph Previce. The delay shifts the scheduled execution from tomorrow to Friday, May 2, with events tied to Jersey City and Newark actions.
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Kohl
Newark
Governor Werts
Jersey City
Henry Kohl
Joseph Previce
Eight New Suburban Trolley Lines Planned for Pittsburg
The report outlines eight new suburban trolley routes for Pittsburg. Lancaster county farmers increasingly switch from tobacco to potato cultivation. York to host a National Tooth Company with large pre orders for sets of teeth. A boiler explosion at Carnegie's Homestead injures Theodore McHenry. A towboat boiler burst on the Rescue injuring engineer McGinnis and fireman Echenader. The Electrical Engineering Co sues Cumberland Valley Electric Railway for breach of contract and Johnson County sues for rail prices.
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Lancaster County
National
York
Carnegie
Homestead
Theodore McHenry
Pittsburg
McGinnis
Claude Echenader
Electrical Engineering Company
Cumberland Valley Electric Railway Company
Johnson Coute
Temperance Men Meet Thirteenth Annual Convention in Carbondale
Delegates gather at St Rose hall Carbondale for the Scranton Diocesan Total Abstinence Union thirteenth annual convention. Rev E J Melley Rev A P Doyle Rev T F Coffey and President John H Devine address attendees. Clergymen welcome delegates and committee appointments are announced as delegates present list grows.
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Carbondale
Meteorological Bureau
Scranton
Total Abstinence Union
St. Rose's Hall
Church Street
Union
Charles Lavin
Wilkes- Barre
John H. Devine
Frank McCafferty
Jermyn
John M. Mack
Luzerne
P. F. McDonnell
Thhey
E. J. Melley
St. John's Church
South Side
Board of Government
Father Melley
United States
Theobald Mathew
Father Coffey
FE. J. Melley
A. P. Doyle
New York
Opera House
Devine
Father Melloy
T. F. Coffey
St. Rose's Church
Scranton Union
Father Doyle
New York City
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Satolli
Washington
Holy Father
Leo XIII
John McKeon
Avoca
Peter F. Cusick
Minooka
Thomas Herbert
Miner's Mills
Preacher Otto Taswell Takes Own Life in Indiana
Rev. Otto Taswell aged 34, a widower from Velpin near Dubois, Indiana, killed himself following a broken engagement with a young Dubois county woman. He had planned to marry next month. the woman refused to accompany him to church and asked to be released from the engagement. Taswell's remains were taken home for burial after the tragedy. He had moved through Methodist Baptist and Presbyterian affiliations.
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Otto Taswell
Tasawell
Ind
Velpin
Dubois County
Ito
Taswell
Presbyterian Church
Town fenced in with wire to bar Sunday visitors
Cincinnati May 15 Brombley Ky opposite the west end of this city is fenced with barbed wire by the South Covington and Cincinnati Street Railway Co to stop people from using tresspassing cars and deter Sunday visitors three hundred residents protest the action railway officials defend it saying they act to curb free gardens and troublesome resorts for Sundays an out break is threatened
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Cincinnati
Brombley
South Covington and Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Covington
Newport
Grand Odd Fellows Parade to Highlight Philadelphia Temple Dedication
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania plans the largest secret society demonstration to date in Philadelphia May 14 to mark the dedication of the Odd Fellows Temple. Up to 90,000 members may visit with 50,000 in the parade. Lodges from New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Trenton, Wilmington, Baltimore, and Washington will attend with bands and guest delegations.
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Philadelphia
Order of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania
Grand Lodge
Daughters of Rebekah
Patriarchs
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Pennsylvania
Quaker City
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Trenton
Wilminjorton
Baltmore
Washington
Samuel McKeever
New Temple Lodge
Harry 8. Wright
Robert Morris Lodge
Maarshalla
Searcey Sentenced After Aquia Creek Train Robbery Guilty Plea
Charles J. Searcey was arraigned in Stafford Virginia for the Aquia Creek train robbery, pleaded guilty, and agreed to testify for a five year term. The jury fixed eight years in the penitentiary and he was sentenced to begin Friday.
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Stafford Court House
Charles J. Searcey
Aquia Creek
Commonwealth
White
Searcey
Man Dragged by Freight Train In West Conshohocken
Harry Dougherty slipped on an iron step while boarding a Reading freight train in West Conshohocken. His foot became caught and he was dragged about 150 yards head downward before workers could release him. His head and hands suffered cut injuries from stone and ties.
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Conshohocken
Reading
West Conshohocken
Harry Dougherty
Texas Cattlemen Plan 200000 Head Move to Western Ranges
Texas cattlemen announce a transfer of 200000 cattle to grazing grounds in Wyoming and Montana. The report notes other events including the Catholic Knights of America's tenth biennial session in Omaha, Neb and the Ancient Order of Hibernians convention opening in New York with a large Pennsylvania delegation.
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Texas
Wyoming
Montana
Catholic Knights of America
Omaha
Neb
Ancient Order of Hibernians
New York
Pennsylvania
Ivorites Convention Opens in Wilkes-Barre With Oratory
The Twenty-Seventh Annual session of the Grand Lodge of Ivorites convenes in Wilkes-Barre. Delegates from multiple cities are credentialed and committees named, with a large evening program featuring Welsh speakers and a reception honoring officers and delegates.
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Grand Lodge
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton Tribune
Grand Lodge of the American Ivorites
D. H. Jones
Providence
James J. Lewis
Plymouth
Griffith W. Owen
Taylor
Thomas H. Hichards
Wilkes- Barre
Daniel Bevan
Miner's Mills
John Powell
Pittsburg
Robert J. Davis
Fairhaven
Griffith Griffiths
Utica
Moses J. Jones
Middle Granville
John O. Thomas
Youngstown
John H. Reese
Shenandoah
David W. Thomas
Nanticoke
David Parry
Olyphant
John Richards
Hyde Park
John L. Roberts
Chicago
Lewis B. Roberts
Denver
Col
Gabriel Lloyd
New York
Richard Evans
John H. Phillips
Eli Rosser
Edwardsville
Denver Lodge
B. F. Lewis
N. Y
Stone Throws Risky Injury at Local Store Game
In Claysville on May 15, a group of boys stealing oranges from Redillion Bros. rear were chased away. A store clerk threw a stone to frighten them, striking Mumpher on the head and causing a dangerous, possibly fatal, cut. The injury is serious and the boy’s outlook remains precarious.
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Sters
Claysville
Redillion Bros
Mumpher
Wheels In The Air At Whitehill Train Wreck Near Carlisle
The Cumberland Valley Dillshure accommodation train at Whitehill near Carlisle ran thirty miles per hour when the forward axle of locomotive No. 17 broke. Wheels crashed through fences tearing up tracks. only one hurt, a Baltimore passenger named Johnson who jumped off before the train stopped. Engineer Reitzel and crew reported no other injuries.
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Carlisle
Cumberlan Valley
Whitehill
Reitzel
Johnson
Baltimore
Insane Williams sets fire and kills self in Philadelphia home
Eli Williams, 45, set a cellar fire at 124 North Juniper Street and struck his wife Mary with an axe, fracturing her skull. The couple had no children and had a troubled history. He died by blowing out his brains with a musket as the fire began. Mary was hospitalized with a compound skull fracture. physicians say prognosis is poor.
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Philadelphia
Eli Williams
North Juniper Street
Mary
Willams
Williams
Ife
Hahnemann Hospital
Fred Bailey of Factoryville Attempts Suicide by Paris Green
Fred Bailey, a factory worker in Factoryville, Pa, drank Paris green this morning. He was discovered by Mrs. Wells in his room after groaning in agony and given medical aid by Doctors Heller and Fitch. Bailey remained alive at 7 p.m. despite the serious self harm. The episode follows alleged financial troubles of a nursery company canvasser named Gatley.
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Fred Bailey
Factoryville
Scranton Tribune
Judson Wells
Paris Green
Bailey
Mr. Wells
Wells
Heller
Fitch
Young Gatley
Cornell Varsity Rowing Announces England Team
The Ithaca announcement lists thirteen rowers headed to England for Cornell with five substitutes. First crew includes Matthews, Spillman, Hager, Freeborn, Fennell, Hail, Louis, Hamilton, Colson, and coxswain Colson. substitutes are Dyer, Sharp, Roe, Bentley, and Bentley.
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Ithaca
N. Y
England
Cornell
F. M. Matthews
Buffalo
M. B. Spillman
Tonawanda
FE. C. Hager
F. W. Freeborn
T. W. Fennell
Elmira
Hail
Washington
George P. Dyer
Washington, D. C
R. L. Sharp
Milwaukee
M. W. Roe
Chester
W. Bentley
Fluvanna
Assemblyman Indicted Over Bribe From Tyermen Syndicate
Albany May 15 A grand jury indicted Assemblyman Eugene F. Vacheron Republican from Queens County for accepting a $2000 bribe via a check from a syndicate of teomen to influence a bill in the assembly restricting the cutting of tee A bench warrant is out but the member cannot be found.
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Teomen
Albany
Eugene F. Vacheron
Queen's County
Assembly
Tee
Pencoyd Iron Works Salaries Raised 10 Percent
Three thousand employees at the Pencoyd Iron Works in West Manayunk are informed of a 10 percent wage increase effective May 26. The notice states salaries will be subject to a special admission and applies to all wares produced at the works.
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Pencoyd Iron Works
Norristown
West Manayunk
Weather Report for Far East Pennsylvania
Far eastern Pennsylvania experiences party cloudy skies with northerly winds turning variable as the day progresses. Temperatures remain mild with no precipitation expected.
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Pennsylvania
Special Gowns and Children's Wear Bargains
Attention to economical specials in girls and childrens wear. Gown styles include a tucked yoke muslin ruffle at 69 cents and embroidered yoke cam gowns at 98 cents. Former prices reach $1.29. Also featured are childrens gowns drawers and underwear, gingham dresser sets, and boys galatea pique hølt.
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Cheney Bros
GLOBE
Senate Congressional Committee
Lackawanna and Susquehanna
Mouse
Fing Bil
Hastings
Patriotic Societies
Orme
Auditor General
Rules Committee
Revenue
Union of
Supreme Court
William Hayes Grier
Eastern Penitentiary
Isaac J. Wistar
Committee On States and International Exposition Commission
Hamilton Disston
H. B. Hubbert
H. F. Bernard
William M. Singerly
C. A. Painter
Fletcher Coleman
Williamsport
N. S. Lovell
Erie
William Connell
J. L. Spangler
Bellefonte
S. Meyers
Bethlehem
Alex Dempster
R. B. Powell
Shadeland
Morganeen
Isidore Coblens
George von Bornhurst
David McKinney
New Brighton
W. B. Lupton
W. Houston
J. 8. Buchanan
Beaver
A. G. Harper
Thomas McKennon
Pennsylvania Steel Organization
Work OF Pardon Board
Foresters’ Endowment
Temperance
The
C. Canavan
J. Connora
M. J. O'Toole
James F. Noone
W. Malloy
P. F. Carroll
John B. Hanlon
T. W. Early
W. Murphy
J. C. Gallagher
C. G. Boland
J. J. Noonan
T. Collins
John Kelley
J. J. McManimin
James M. Gallagher
James Cullen
Archbald
John Masterton
Mack
Ashley
St. Aloysius
Edward Connolly
Thomas Gilroy
John Buckley
BE. F. Riley
James Jennings
John McKane
Knights
Father Mathew
James McAndrew
William Murphy
John Kelly
Eli Birs
Knights of
A. Pidgeon
Thomas Collins
M. R. Campbell
J. P. Campbell
St. Rose
William Mulley
John Killeen
St. Patrick's
N. Murtagh
M. J. McDonald
Mary C. Barrett
Kathryn Welsh
Bridget Gilmartin
Eckley
St. Mary's
John O'Donnell
Frenchtown
Bernard O'Donnell
Freeland
St. Ann's
John P. Hanlon
Frank McLaughlin
Young Men’s
J. J. McManaman
Alex. Mulherrin
Preacher
ODD Fellows
Aquila Creek
Grand Trunk
Battle Creek
Mich
W. H. Smith
R. H. Harris
J. R. Everett
Bellfield
International Géll Telephone Company
William R. Lewis
Thomas H. Richards
D. W. Merideth
Cty
Nantooke Lodge
Ninth Regiment
Finardaville
Lewis
Ivoriam
America
EH Williams
Himself
Will
Finley
VJUR
Empire
Lackawanna Avenue
H. A. Kingsbury
Charles A. Schieren & Co
Spruce St
Wyoming Arenus
Dorflinger
I’s, Weichers W
Spruce Street
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