Local Option fight dominates Warren House debate in 1873
Tiarrispura Feb 28 1873 The House pauses on Local Option after a long battle over licensing and timing for votes. Senate actions push repeal talk on railroad laws while Gov Hartranft vetoes the Little Lehigh project. Evans case heads to Court. Warren County acts raise pay for commissioners and allow wood buildings in Warren Borough. Northern Pennsylvania Railroad meeting in Baltimore approves leasing to Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Friends of Temperance
Senator McClure
Col. Smith
Dunkirk
Pittsburgh
Hartranft
Little Lehigh Railroad Company
Evans
Court of Common Pleas
Geo. O. Evans
Jeremiah S. Black
Louis W. Hall
Rr. A
Senate
Warren
Borough of
Water Street
Liberty Street
Cutler
Eldred
House
Northern Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
J. D. Cameron
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
J.D. Cameron
William Calder
A. F J. Kapp
E. C. Biddie
J. M. Kennedy
Benj. F. Newcomer
Henry Welsh
J. P. Jones
Wistar Morris
Strickland Kneass
George Small
Samuel M. Shoemaker
Cameron
Thomas A. Scott
Holme
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Expulsion votes in House over Ames and Brooks discussed
After two days debate the Poland Committee report was disposed of with the panel recommending expulsion of Ames and Brooks and acquitting others. Resolutions censuring Ames and Brooks were adopted by large margins while Kelley faced a tabled censure. The Senate Morrill Committee censured Harlan and urged Patterson’s expulsion. Fernando Wood’s impeachment bid failed by five votes. A Judiciary Committee inquiry found no grounds for impeaching any officer.
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House of Representatives
Poland
Ames
Brooks
Farnsworth
Yeas
Sargent
Voorhees
Eldridge
House
Oakes Ames
Massachusetts
Congress
James Brooks
New York
Union Pacific Railroad
Credit Mobilier of America
Fernando Wood
Randall
Fernandy
Speer
Kelley
Maynard
Tennessee
Mr. Sargent
California
Senate
Morrill
Harlan
Patterson
Colfax
Judiciary Committee
Local Option votes reveal counties split on license question
In the state fourteen counties have voted on the Local Option license question to date. Ten counties oppose licenses while four support them. On the November 21 vote date Schuylkill Lycoming Susquehanna Wayne Center and Northumberland cast results. Lycoming Center Wayne Susquehanna and Northumberland voted against or for license as listed with totals. McKean County tallied 122 votes against license.
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Schuylkill
Lycoming
Susquehanna
Wayne
Center
Northumberland
McKean County
Missouri bribery inquiry into Senator-elect Bogy
Report by the Democratic majority on a Missouri legislative committee examining bribery charges against Senator-elect Bogy is disputed. A Republican minority faulted the majority for suppressing the full inquiry and withholding the truth, with even Democrats disapproving of the majority’s report.
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Missouri
Bogy
Legislative Committee
Caldwell case resolves election in Kansas Senate
The investigating Committee reports that Alexander Caldwell was not duly elected to the U S Senate by the Kansas Legislature. It notes Caldwell acted to procure his election but was a novice manipulated by men who believed money could decide senator elections in Kansas.
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Caldwell
Alexander Caldwell
Senate
United States
Kansas
Western farmers find corn for fuel cheaper than coal
Western farmers report corn used for fuel costs less than coal at current prices, signaling favorable economics for biofuel use.
Stephens elected to Congress from Georgia district
Alexander H. Stephens has been elected to Congress from the Eighth District in Georgia, marking a political milestone for the region and the state. The result confirms Stephens as representative, with implications for local interests and national policy presence.
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Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Witness Appears in Stokes Case Prompting Possible New Trial
An additional witness has turned up in the Stokes case, and it is now probable that a new trial will be granted.
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Stokes
Poland and Butler clash as Poland speaks on Credit Mobilier
A large crowd fills the House to hear Judge Poland testify on the Credit Mobilier matter. Butler motions to adjourn for a salary bill, but Poland holds the floor as Ames, Farnsworth, and Merrick present, with the expected ouster of Ames and Brooks not materializing.
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Capitol
Poland Committee
Philadelphia
Fess
Andrew Johnson
House
Congressional
Poland
Vermont
Credit Mobilier
Danial Webster
House of Representatives
General Butler
Butler
Congress
Garfield
Judge Poland
Essex Statesman
Oakes Ames
Edward McPherson
Farnsworth
Merrick
Ames
Brooks
Alexander H Stephens Returns to Congress in Changed Nation
The article recalls Alexander H. Stephens’s resurgence in Congress, noting his past power in Washington, the Civil War era, and the South’s slavery rule. It contrasts then and now with slaves free and Northern ideas dominant, depicting Stephens as a weakened relic of the old Jackson Democratic line amid party upheaval.
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Alexander HI. Stevens
Congress
Washington
Democratic Party
Alexander H. Stephens
Jackson Democratic
Louisiana State Government Dispute Reported in Senate
The Senate committee on Louisiana affairs last week reported with a split view. The majority recommended that no state government exists in Louisiana and that John Ray and W L McMillan are not entitled to Senate seats. The report is signed by Carpenter, Logan, Anthony and Alcorm.
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Louisiana
Senate
Trumbull
M’enry
Marion
Supreme Court of Louisiana
John Ray
W. L. M’millen
Mesrs
Carpenter
Logan
Anthony
Alcorm
John B. Gough
Horace Greeley
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad Dominates Nation's Rail Network
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company stands as the most powerful in the country, said to control sixty three railroads totaling 16,600 miles and valued at 670 million dollars, along with 250 miles of canal and a fleet of steamships.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Sponge Beds Found Along California Coast
Extensive sponge beds have been discovered along the California coast according to researchers. The find highlights rich marine life and potential new habitats off the shoreline.
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California Coast
Harsh View of Cumberland Plateau Promoted in Letter
Conservator H Cornurn denounces land agent schemes and overhyped reports about Crossville Tennessee. He says climate is healthful but soil poor, crops meager, and sandstone rock yields little. rail and river links are distant, and coastal promotion floods the region with misleading literature. He cautions poor and sick potential settlers to avoid the area.
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Crossville
B. Tenn
Warren Mann
N. Y. Tribune
Sun
Times
Rurel
Cumberland
Africa
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Sparta
Rockwood
H. Cornurn
Stay of proceedings in Stokes case announced
Sheriff Brennan received official notice of the stay of proceedings in the Stokes case. If the notice had not arrived within the time, Stokes would have been executed on Friday. Deputy sheriffs prepared blanks to admit favored prisoners to the Tombs yard awaiting the execution. Foster the car-hook murderer awaits his March 7 hanging and protests his innocence as he preps for doom.
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New York
Brennan
Stokes
Tombs
Egypt
Foster
Early Home Treatment for Contagious Disease Steps
A nineteenth century guide outlines apartment isolation near the top floor with minimal furnishings, nearby lime solution for spit, rag replacements for handkerchiefs, nurse protection, wet doorway screens, disinfectant vessels for waste, and removal of shedding skin as part of infection control.
Watermelons in Florida and a world of trivia
A collage of 19th century notes and figures includes Florida watermelons, a Treasury sum of 63 639 534, Iowa colleges, lime burning with corn fuel, slave shipments to Europe, and a wide range of social, economic, and political tidbits from across the United States and Europe.
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Florida
Iowa
Michigan
Europe
Gen
Thomas
Germany
McComb
Credit Mobilier
Bonaparte
New Orleans
New Hampshire
Kansas
Hall
Arctic
England
Texas
Oscar IL
Sweden
Norway
Berlin
Baltimore
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Warren Mail
Pennsylvania Central
Scott
Baltimore & Potomac Road
The
Dis-Credit Mobilier
Wiesday
Lousiana
Case of
Geary
Sumner
Chicago
Iowa State School Fund
Northern Central Railroad
Tract and Mission Societies
Bret Harte
London
Brick Pomeroy
Domestic” Sewing Machine Co
Henry Bergh
China
Saint Laxerry
Beaver Falls
Knickerbocker
George Francis Train
Pennsylvania
Boston
New England
Nova Scotia
Turbutvile
Northumberland County
Sugar Grove
Hardin Whitney
A. C
Katurah Hazeltine
GSO
Fred
Morck
Stoech
Trugs
J. F. Wells & CO
Ealers
Trushel & Henry
Wan
CASI
J.J. Taylor
Warren, Pa
T.S. Messner
Pine Lumber
Pine Lumber and Timber
Corry Manufacturing and Lumber Co
Corry, PA
CTICE
Court of Quarter Sessions
Towit
Warren Fuller
Spring Creek
Daniel McCarthy
Vidioute
J. EK. Ange
Tidioute
W. Waters
Prothonotary’s Office
Culverwell
Carver
East Warren
Clark & Noyes
Wells’ Drug Store
Ife
Conrad Lesser
Thas
P. J. Trushel
C. P. Henry
Drparts
E. A. Baldwin
Tidioute, PA
BOUK
Physic
J. BR. Burr & Hyde
Hartford, Conn
Orn
Ill
Front Street
Episcopal Church
Nesmith , Keller
WM. A. Greaves
Ortrait
Y. M.C
J Warren
Wheeler & Wil
Aldridge & van Fleet
Keystone Block
Warren Pa
Selden
Benedict
South West
Warren County
Willis B. Benedict
Adm
South West, Pa
Wim. Clark
Glade
Mary A. Clark
U. S. Marshal's Office
W. D
Pennu
Prrrsburgh
NHIS
Mead & MaGee of
Triumph
Penna
E. Woodruff, Esq
M. John Hall
U.S
A. A. Davis & Co
Ebergosene
News Depot
East First National Bank
U. 8S. Marshals Office
Praia
J.8. Roupe
McGraw Centre
State of Pennsylvania
I. Woodruff
USC
John Hall
U. S. Marshals Office
Pen‘na
Priors Bourneh
Tevnhis
Francis D. Marion
Erie
E. Woodruff
Hsg
U.S. Marshall
U.S. Marshal's Office
W.D
Prrtsburgh
G. M. Tibball
E. B. Williams
Garland
Warren Penna
I. Woodruff, Esq
Lisit U.S
Banking House OF
James T. Brady & Co
4Th Avenue
Wood &J
Pittsburgh, PA
Burdett
Taylor & Farley
Christian Smith
Carver House
Phillip Bysecker
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