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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1883
Page
2
The Republican County Convention may decide on candidates. Wm P Nutting of Clarendon, Frank A Cogswell of Warren, and C H McAubry of Deerfield are announced as candidates for Treasurer or decision of the Republican County Convention.
The Senate Finance Committee in Harrisburg on the 29th rejected the Jenkins revenue bill. It would have diverted liquor license revenue from the State to the county treasury. Auditor General Lemon protested, citing a $7,000,000 state revenue estimate for the next two years with $1,530,500 to the sinking fund and $5,469,500 to the General fund, and a potential $950,000 annual drop causing a $560,000 deficit if current appropriations hold.
The Harrisburg update reports no Congressional apportionment this session as the House passes a bill to please Democrats while the Senate amends for Republicans. Senator Stewart's proposed fair amendment—claimed to pass the House—failed 24 to 26. The House will not concur in the Senate bill and a conference committee is unlikely to reach agreement, leaving the old bill in effect.
Harrisburg editor hails a strong oil region fight that stopped the oil tax bill. Lawmakers Hulings Sterrett Hasson led opposition. Shortt of Warren engineered the roll call. Other oil men protected producers while national papers denounced injustice in Chicago. Decoration Day observed nationwide as Legislature nears adjournment.
In the Senate and House during the week, appropriations rose to 1.2 million for public schools, a free pipe bill passed the House but not the Senate, and several measures on railways bridges and insurance faced votes. A commission to improve state accounting was named, and the Vanderbilt bill passed unanimously. A memorial note recalls Decoration Day and Civil War losses with detailed Army of the Potomac tallies.
Pittsburg manufacturers and laborers reach a satisfactory price scale preventing a long lock-out. The city expects continued activity in mills, shops, and all businesses. The dispatch notes past settlements, while public sympathy favors workers for wage reductions. Life is short and better pay benefits all, observers say.
The St Louis Republic notes high license trials in Missouri with four saloons in Fulton paying 1500 dollars each plus state and county taxes. The 3000 resident town gains over 6000 dollars covering much of local government cost while saloons are orderly and thrifty. Frances Willard sails to the Sandwich Islands. Neal Dow comments on Maine grog shops as dens with hidden measures.
A Denver letter reports severe job scarcity with over 5,000 people out of work. It attributes the slump to young men following optimistic advice and flooding western cities with high salary fantasies, leading to wage and jobcompetition across clerical and labor sectors.
A Sun extra details a May 30 disaster on the Brooklyn Bridge where a crowd pressed forward at the approach steps causing a fatal crush. Without police on the bridge, fallen victims lay beneath the pile as wagons served as ambulances and twelve bodies were taken to Chambers Street hospital by six o'clock.
Johnson and Siegfried advertise Yes Tooth Power for sale. McNett and Co. report a large bulk shipment of first class feathers and pillows in every size, priced cheaply.
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