Exorbitant salaries paid in New York City politics
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports that New York City's civil list exceeds federal figures in per capita fatness. Mayor-elect Strong faces a sweeping salary overhaul as officials including judges, comptroller, and hundreds of city workers draw high pay. Tammany influence is accused of multiplying revenue from salaries, streetcar tariffs, and political contributions, with wide checks supporting party operations.
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New York
United States
Scranton Tribie
Gothim
Strong
Tussi
Tan
Mudlé
Seo
Superior and Common Pleas
Countialio
Supreme Enort
Hiechix
Recorders Office
Gelice
Aloe
Elly Salares
Monon
Supreme Court
New York City
Tammany
Jng
Hrooklyn Ring
Willoughby
Anmany
Ase Turkieh Pasha
Goff
Tummunya
Fourteenth Street Gang
Republican
Campalen
Aise
Tamanny
Canarety Democracy
Tamamny
Ens
Hlackmail
Colonel Colt Subpoena Sparks Washington Court House Turmoil
A U.S. dispatch reports Colonel Colt facing a subpoena to testify at Washington Court House amid tense protests over a planned lynching. Local militia members weigh armed attendance as Governor McKinley hints at mobilizing troops if Colt’s safety is at risk.
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United Press
Melina
Colt
Washington Court House
Coft Wis
bin Nok
Hiim
Joma
Hi Ts
Mckinley
Colt ii
Washington Court Hotee
Ender
Coit
Willie
Funeral of M. B. Wright Noted Pennsylvania Congressman
The funeral for Representative Myron A. Wright of Pennsylvania, who died at Trenten Ontario, is set at his Susquehanna home with a joint congressional committee named to oversee services. Senate leaders appoint a separate delegation headed by Vice President Stevenson to attend. The two houses plan to depart Washington Thursday at nine, arriving Susquehanna Friday morning.
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Congress
Warignetin
Myron A. Weight
Peneyivania
Trenten
Ontario
Susquehanna
Priddy
Yorohick
Alord
Pepi
Relig
Bopkine
Howie Minatehler
J. Hicks
Pennsylvania
Amos J. Cummings
WW. Wadsworth
New York
Vicw
Stevenson
Senate
Benatora Cameron
Quay
Peninsylvania
Segigtor Butler
South Carrelina
Peiffer
Bilingue
Mindi Aon
Nebraska
Waslington
Nin
Colored resident shot in Ridge. Paul Anderson fatally wounded
Holt, a colored man from Forest City, shot Paul Anderson, a Black resident of Green Ridge, in Scranton on Wyoming avenue last evening. Anderson, struck in the breast by a Smith & Wesson revolver, lay alive early tonight while Holt fled town on the Delaware and Hudson line toward Sevith.
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Himp Anderson
Green Rides
Wil- Min Holt
Ll Oelpek
Woili
Holt
Scranton
Forest City
Anderson
Wyoming Avenue
Smith & Weason
Delaware and Hudson
Golig Sevith
Who Is The Strangler
Denver coroner announces a prominent business man is under strong suspicion for the strangling deaths of three women in the city over recent weeks. The unidentified suspect is withheld, Japanese nationals held on suspicion in a separate murder case have been released.
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Denver
United Press
Martin
Thin City
Mendy Hight
Keystone Vignettes and Crime Report From Willow Grove
Fragmented text describes a Keystone vignette involving a trash plant incident and a series of crimes. Names such as A Lebanon footpal, George Thane, Robert Chirk, Miuny Montgomery county, Thomat Donohue, and Thom Donohue appear amid references to Albany and Burke county. The muddled lines hint at robberies, an attempted assault on a tax collector, and investigations or arrests.
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Wilbuy
A. Lebanon
Footpal
Toh Lowy
George Thane
Robert Chirk
Miuny
Montgomery County
Eliimene Hue
Thomat Donohue
Willow Grove
Manet
Aird
Albany
Burke County
George Moyer
Hires Tone
Paris Crusade Against Mada Guerle Fails to Halt Rebel Actions
After five weeks of searching for Tobelio, companion of Mather Begin, reports claim Merola’s expedition failed to curb Mada guerle activity. Tobelio was last seen in London then spotted at Toulon with money in his possession.
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Madaguerle
Victorion
Merola
Tobelio
Mather Begin
London
Toulon
Ingersoll on Democracy in Johnstown Dispatch
The interview with William J. Tagersoll in Johnstown Pa recounts his critique of Cleveland era policy and Democratic blunders. He cites Congress inaction and tariff disputes, argues for Republican strength, and comments on candidates Reed and McKinley.
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Johnstown
Solon
Robert Cr. Tngersell
Democratic Party
Meveland
Congress
Wilson
Arawil
Cleveland
Wilton
Cure Liste
Eneril Athick
Mr Tagersoll
Democratic
Republican Party
Tagersall
Tom Reed
McKinley
Tagerend
Dolman
Springer
London
Ives Wins Billiard Match In New York Showdown
In New York on November 1 the billiard match between Ived and Bohwefer ended with Ives ahead at 20 to OL. The result favors Ives in a tight contest.
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Tvos-Sehue
New York
Ived
Bohwefer
Ives
Eight League Club System Faces Reform Amid Rumors
The Eight League Club system may be adapted as rumors spread about its evils. Key cities including New York Philadelphia and Pittsburgh consider resigning from major associations to form new leagues. A meeting of minor league executives is planned with officials Johnson Powers Murmnan and Diddlebook attending.
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New York
Nav. U
Heston
Trookiyi
Hilndelphia
Pitteburss
Mali
Pitt Aves
Indian Territory Violence Alerts Military Intervention Urged
A telegram from Agent Wisdom warns that bandits roaming Mackstone switch five miles north of Tidlin threaten life and property across Indian Territory. Courts are powerless, rape murder and robbery cited. troops are urged for immediate intervention. Interior and Secretary Lamont flagged for action.
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Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Wisdam
Mushowee
Tidlin Territory
Cuine
Gaudi Bad
Teen Sun
Hell
Mtat
Secretary of the Interior
Wang
Interior Department
Smith
Lamont
Debates and Damages Mark a Turbulent News Roundup
A scrambled scrapbook of incidents and names: Harvard Yale Princeton deny intercollegiate league amid chatter of Southern Confed debates. Thorne Wickson faces domestic violence charges in New York. Barrett Som imprisoned five years for embezzlement in Nebraska. Waterloo cattle purge wipes out a herd. John Y. McKane freed to seek exile in Cravenend. A Baltimore fashion mishap injures Harre M Buckingham. Helena declares capital with fireworks and a monster parade. Burglars loot Pool Trash store in Lunar, Missouri, with $2,700 in cash and jewelry stolen. Daniel Hubba linked to a Chicago incident inspires a book. John Crawford linked to an old New York theft faces extradition issues. Public sentiment swells against government pay for expulsion of negras prompting letters to Secretary Hoke Smith.
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Thorne Wickson
New York
Wik
Molt County
Neb
Barrett Som
Waterloo
John Y. McKane
Bling Sing
Indy
Harre M
Buckingham
Iewter
Baltimore
Montana
Helena
Lunar
Daniel Tt. Hubba
Chicago
Grewler
Rb Vonuw
John Crawford
Adie Ixureia
Wea
Tmany
South
Besretary Hoke Bini
Powder explosion injures workers and damages buildings
A severe powder explosion in Ohio destroys a store, injuring Sylvester Lyon and several workers, shattering windows and bricks. The blast prompts a hospital refusal and a fire that racks the building, leaving families destitute and authorities to manage emergency measures.
Lafayette Downs Lehigh in opener on new Maston field
United Press reports Lafayette defeated Lehigh 28 to 0 before about 4 000 spectators in the first game on the new athlete field at Maston. Hyreby’s running and kicking highlighted the victory while Lehich was overmatched from the start.
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United Press
Mnston
Pay
New
Lafayette
Lehliel
Une
Maston
Lehiel
Hyreby
Lehlich
University Victorious Over West Philadelphia Club
The University of Pennsylvania football team defeated the West Philadelphia Alliance club 4 to 0 at Riverton, New Jersey, in two halves of twenty and fifteen minutes. The win followed a strong performance against Princeton, drawing interest for a big matchup next Saturday with an expected crowd of about 10,000.
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Pennsylvania
Vasily le
Philadelphia
United Pres
University of Pennsylvania
Teim
West Philadelahia Alliance Clu
Riverton
Nid
Anu
Aollegians
Princeton
Typhoid Fever Epidemic Strikes Small Pottsville Hamlet
Twenty five people in Mi Carlo near Pottsville, Pennsylvania, fall ill with typhoid fever, doctors declare an epidemic. the tiny hamlet along the Sebuinkill river has fewer than ten residents yet faces a serious outbreak.
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Pottsville
Pottaville
Potteville
Sebuinkill
Mi Carlo
Louisiana Locate the Positions of Their Troops
The American commission in Gettysburg lists positions of Union and Confederate troops as read by Colonel Muehelder and Major Hero. The report details the Seventh Louisiana infantry and Green Louisiana battery positions observed by the government commission members.
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Louisianiany
Loy the Winkie Pees
Gettysburg
Lousi- Agreetiveliivs Commission
Te Choe Taber
Mat State
United States
Aite
Eugene A. Levy
Davis Zable
Jotamy Murray
Andrew Hero
Albert M. Levy
Emil Schmidte and Family Face Uncertain Time
Fragmentary notes describe Emil Schmidte at Virasput avenue with his wife and family. The text hints at a troubling morning two weeks later and mentions a looming crisis or mounting pressure on the household.
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Emil
Celebrated Birth Anniversary of William Hill in Washington
Still one of the boys William Hill, a Dest Known farmer, marked a distant anniversary at his birth on November 22, 1784. A houseful of descendants and neighbors joined the festivity as Hill, in comparatively good health, displayed notable wealth.
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Pittabuim
William
Washington Entity
Hill
Bradley Pardon Eases Philadelphia Embezzler
William H. Bradley of Philadelphia, serving a sentence for embezzlement from the Philadelphia Press, was pardoned by the governor. The governor granted a respite to George Dukevic, the Allegheny murderer, with sentence to be revisited by March 1.
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Wilkes-:Barreau
Unitted
Harrisburg
William H. Bradley
Philadelphia
Wis
Giorge Dukevic
Vale Defeats Chicago Athletic Club In Yale Grid Tilt
Vale defeated the Chicago Athletic Club 48 to 0 at Yale Field in New Haven. Hutterworth starred for Vale in the season finale this fall, as reported by The Star.
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Vale
Chicago
AR Tot
United Proes
New Haven
Con
Yale Fed
Pelnia
Hutterworth
Christopher Executed in Carolina County after Seventeen Years
Moses Christopher, described as the nextro who killed Mawlle Carter, was hanged today at Howling Green. The execution marks the first in Carolina County in seventeen years and is witnessed by local residents.
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Carolina County
Fredericksburg
Moses Christopher
Mawlle Carter
Howling Green
Carolina
Torseveriteon Wau
Bogus Lottery Tickets Charged in Local Case
John M Blonse claimed to represent a Mexican lottery and sold forged tickets. An inquiry showed payments totaling about 340 to 510 were made, with the tickets proven fraudulent. The accused sought a stay of proceedings as the case moved forward.
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John M. Blonse
John HL Blotse
Hlotiao
Finley’s HMRC Umbrellas Offered at Bargain Prices
A historical ad lists various umbrellas from six children’s school sizes to hundred ladies’ and dozens of gentlemen’s models. Prices range from 43 cents to several dollars with numerous sizes, handle types, and fabrics, highlighting imported woods and ornate fittings.
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Thinmuny
Colonel Coit
M. B. Wright
Hamp Anderson
Fireen Ridge
the Strangler
Keystone
Ingersoll
Osor
Larry
Indian Territory
Bindits
Harvard
Yule
Chuthesaton
John Washburn
Pires State
United
Ires
Witernoon
Adrahio
Dalina Waehtiniy J
Bos
Janes
Washburn Deel
Sylvester Lyon
Leonand Plufen
Hebrge Alleson
Wis Perel
Croton Agedinet
Unie
Thomas Laottus
Wiishiar
Rejoloe
Mottaville
Lapayette Downs
Lehigh
Lestigotte
Cenevereeaees
Fouston Rowland
WGN Wi
Ross Joplin
Switt Reinhart
Wight Tuechlé
Tut Jones
Enon Vincont
Nitter Biek
Walbthigg
Thurston
Barchay
Wadrih Biss
Yale Uta Wire
Tabhor Penn
Princetoni
Liewmin
Wayne Mobiumioont
Tantivette
Scom
Lehieh
University Victorious
William Hil
Byte Tel Byres
Hoc” Bradley
Brutterworths the Star
Christopher
Finley
HMRC
Lackawanna Ave
H. A. Kingsbury
Spruce Street
Tment
N. Byss
W. J. Weichel
Near Dime Bank
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