POWELL TO PAY STATE FUNDS Will Disburse Usual Expenses of Departments DECISION OF CONFERENCE | 1 ! i i i General and Governor He's Safe— Embargo Was Disarranging Pub- lic Business—Distress Felt. (Bpecial Harrisburg Correspondence.) Harrisburg Governor and Tener a § was decided by Auditor General Pow ell to lift the embargo of payments of appropriations, the validity which in the general bill as ordinary expenses he had ques. tioned. This decision was arrived at during &n extended conference, at which were present Governor Tener, Auditor General Powell and Deputy Rogers, State Treasurer Young and Crichton and Deputy Attorneys eral Cunningham, Hargest Trinkle. The Deputy Attorneys General re newed their assurance, previously given in writing, that the Auditor Gen- eral would be perfectly within the Constitution in paving the items. It was represented to Powell his action in holding up payments, af ter being sured that he was pro- tected the Constitution, was seri onsly disarranging the affairs of the Btate government and that the departments were in distress, hay ing no money with which to tide over the day 8 work Powell c¢ of Gen- “iG as by some of GLO BIGE then said he the m would begin t ial expenses” of the held-up but he and would reserve the right t voucher from some depar did it a for payment, and thus get to Court through stated red atter and > payment de. the State 0 hold up a ment if proper one the m amicable question invol highest ¢ if That isfac After nference the following stat Auditor General's Statement. “Mutual and r course R= later be questioned conference, The Stat stated our the Attorney that tect the payments Payment of the departments will be tofore, t- ‘ they not consider atter in an the ihe and, have ved adjusted by sat geemed to be tory Powell made ement $ accord as to the taken might , and which will be to any specific items which characterized the e Treasurer an urpose had been to secu » protection of an and department rendered wo opinion LENEeTHRI B the opinjon rid us temporarily in the payment of in question t of here under. the usual expenses made as and at standing t not paid =» sented. In this be taken into finally settled Just from gelect the test Powell present, but time. His anno will begin Departments State Police. Agriculture a few ments that have felt were languishing for The Public and Buildings completed the pavments for the contract for paintings for the Cap itol by Edwin A. Abbey. The final payment was 0.531.50, representing the canvas placed in the House and balances for all work It appears from an official descrip tion of the painting that the figure of the reading the Declaration is that of John Nixon Nixon was a resi dent of county held a local office, being for the reading because of his fine voice and presence. He was not a signer of the Declaration. This Up A ques tion which has been much and the guides will now tell people just who is the igure. State Librarian Thomas Lyn Montgomery, has studied times Declaration, says once, with the hat some will pre will other items hers question be hen are ways matier what department he will voucher to start the legal said not know at one would appear in due that he to Highways, shal, Insurance, minor depart the hold-up funds incements means payment of f Health, 5 Fire Mars: ’ money the and 3 ana f 0 Joard Groun $1 frat just man Chester and selected clears ch who of that the —— UP VENEZUELA Enters the Country at Head of Armed Force. GOMEZ IS MADE DICTATOR. Cruiser Moines Ordered To Laguayra To Be Ready To Look After American Des Interests, Washington.—News he ance in Cipriano Castro, appear Venezuela ex-President after five something of a State Department. past five year: been keeping Castro prevent him fr Venezu his Years created sen For the ment has surveilance to turning © been enjoying wonted prosperity the depart under om re to la, a aas and his AR retirement. Department officials = the exile ivi Canary uncing country till Liik quietly ! el nl from dif Islan ntil a cablegram can ann inio t entrance OL iis I, &t the med force, behalf points in sald to be at From legation at Car: State Department was informed of up | isings In at | ; and Telegraphic com | oro munication the ar in his various uprising were reported Venezuela He wi i ‘ i Coro. i : i the as i r the State of Ti: { Masuro Hi between capital and bed rrupted \ rez points was in 5 t i £ an : he distur ut the ie "oreign the by Pre claimed been defeated point The granted dict men military The Unit represented tnat revoiu slate atorial ji ary servi a leg nister ed his ROW oniy by and Caffery is to the Git ed Latin-, was announced th be rushed to ( followed by be minister a 800n0 appointed The Stats Navy look ard of y the to after House, for the ients and observations, especially the transit of Venus in 1769. This ob servatory was not located as shown In the painting, but one hundred vears from now no one is likely to know the difference. One thing the great master painter left out was the group of members of the Congress who sur rounded the reader. The reader stands severely alone with the congressmen standing at the doorways and at the windows watching the effect upon the crowd. Blight Fighters’ Property. Pennsylvania's Chestnut Blight Commission, put out of business by the Governor's veto of its appropria. tion for $100,000, which the officers considered too small to allow it to do adequate work, has left a cholee lot of vehicles, equipment and office fur niture on the hands of Father Penn. To the surprige of the attaches of the Capitol, about a carload of property arrived at the basement and Captain A. M. Porter, the general storekeeper, fs wondering what to do with it, his department being aiready crowded, Pes M MARVIN WEATHER CHIEF. Head Of instrument Division To Suc. | ceed Moore. United States Atte trict of Arkansas Williar Professor Marvin Willis LIL. Moore, Professor instrument « ed from wil surceed HIV ed the recentiy re Marvin now chief of He ev iy Service in Vie w'3 r 1 Was appoint to the 1884 Ohio. NEWSPAPER WINS SUIT. Decides Publishers Have Right To Decline Advertising. a That decline St. Minn right to they Paul, newspapers advertising objectionable, under effect of in th came have a when it deem it ibmitted contract, handed here. The even in to the down t v tiiem i yearly de cision Court | a 0 District up case when a to due | under store newspaper recover money & Yearly contract which the management had declared void because certain portions of its adver had been rejected by the paper. MONTHS. Set Fire To British Residence, Caus | ing Damage Put At $100,000, Liverpool.—Mrs Edith Rigby, al i 2 nine months’ hard labor for set. H. Lever, at Rivington, | i estimated at $100,000. The | prisoner is the wife of a prominent | phystcian. She admitted her guilt and | also confessed to a bomb outrage in! the Liverpool Cotton Exchange on | July &. : A is i AIRSHIP BOMBS MISS SHIP, i Mexican Gunboat Not Hurt By French | Aeronaut. Guaymas, Mex.—It develops that | Didier Masson, who attempted to de. | stroy the Mexican gunboat Tampica | in this harbor Sunday by Mropping | bombs from his big biplane, did not! succeed, as was reported. Four! bombs were dropped, one striking! within a few feet of the gunboat. | This probably gave rise to the report! that the boat had been struck, FOR COMMISSION Physical Valuation of Railroads Big Cost. PLANS GIVEN TO CONGRESS. Officers Of Interstate Commerce Com. mission Estimate It Will Take Five To Szven Years. From intenance ington Year though the Mr. McGints confident be rganized thro by care of the pur commission nwitly 1 plicai wa the commission would able to ioree o gh mission the Year's work it was for thi ie mentioned cases where » 10 pascer the re road vhereas was ed to ascertain value, the de preciated work and, in addition, iry of the ascertain the amount of money invest The total cont to the government wiil prob ably exceed $60 a mile or a total cost of from $10,000,000 to $15.000,000. but, of this io vaine out the hist roads and ed in their original construction course, is only a guess WHITE HOUSE ELMS GO. Storm Will Not Be Reset. ] Vashington ~The historic old ofn trees in the White House grounds! which were blown over in the recent | storm, will not be reset instead, Younger trees will be planted in their | places. This was decided after a care | ful inspection of the damage by F. F. | Gellan, superintendent of public build. | ings and grounds, and nuarserymen.! It was found the fallen trees were! too old for replanting. ws A A BA AOA But There Will Be No More imme: diate Parcel Post Changes. Washington Upon asstirance by Postmadster-General Burleson that he would not further change parcel post regulations until present rates can be more thoroughly tesied. the Senate Postoffice Committee indefinitely post. poned action on Benstor Bryan's reso lution to annuel the Postmaster-Gen- eral’s power to change rates and sizes of maljable parcel post packages, § bLADLY WELCOMED Women Present Mammoth Peti- tions For Right to Vote. HEARSPEECH AGAINST CAUSE Assemble In Maryland Town For Spectacular March On Wash ng- Of Con Qenatn parties could afford to more not han 3 , yw ignoring the petitions were presented to the Senate understand bow of God can woman suffrage.” | kndw, and students of ig the other right, WW 000 womer vote 1 “1 do not any deny ti nan in the presence far well ie reasons “Sou tory $1 has 11 tiie Dai ie sald of raft, 1 $4 8 as students « of right and, ini ‘8 4 anal of sated protec Te avery knowing this will op for how you deny women equal # air Yin} portunities equal 10 2arn yr WALES equal labo Other Senators who gpoke in favor of wom suffrage were: Clapp. of Minnesota: Works, California: Ashurst, Arizona; Smoot, tah: Oregon; Poindexter and Jones, ington, and Thomas, an Lane, | $ Wash! of Colorado WOMEN CAST DECIDING VOTES, | nois Towns, «Chicago. Women cast the deciding | ballots in two elections in Ilinois. At! Champagne 120 women voted for the first time and carried a proposition to issue bonds for the purchase of motor fire apparatus. At Dixon, women cast | one-fourth of the ballots and as most | of them were in favor of extending the water works franchise 20 years, they are considered responsible for the adoption of that proposition by a! small majority. SS AAAI ONE KILLED IN WRECK, Sb ———— Injured When Pennsylvania Passenger Trains Collide. Altoona, Pa.--Westbound passenger train No. 13, on the Pennsylvania Rail road, crashed into the rear of west. bound train No. 15 at Tyrone station and Engineer Funk, of train No. 13. was Killed and twoscore of passengers injured, many of them seriously. The injured were removed to hospitals and private residences as fast as possible! 3 after the frash. i Many [HREE KILLED MANY INJURED Cyclone Strikes Washington Do- ing Much Damage. Paralyses Every Activity—Tem- perature Drops Nearly 40 De. grees—Landmarks Destroyed. neglan vs ith Washi fiall a cyclone and hail the rain whipped nation and ruin BCOTES death dead thousands of erty ruined KILLED EAVING TWO SISTERS. Four-Year-Oid At Boy Mcrgantown, Struck By Train feet FOURTH TRIAL ORDERED. Dr. Hyde Is Accused Of Murdering Colonel Swope. ihe Jackson he 38.00 ¥ pros wim] ’ trial of anthropist be on September had not been paid it would } impossible for the State here brought to trial for ti time 8 next if the Ave 10 bring its expertise and w for per itnesses Lhe SIX-YEAROLD MURDERER. Young Lad Confesses To Shooting Five-YearOld Playmate, Genaro Raffaello old, taken into by the police and confessed that shot and mortally wounded James Paulillo. five years old, in the rear yard of 702 Morgan street. The said the victim because the latter him on the head with a stone week ago. The police were skep until the Raffaello boy demon with alr rifle how had Chicago six years was custody By ie th ih boy : he shot a he an strated NEGROES LOSE IN OKLAHOMA, Grandfather Clause, Disfranchising Them, Upheld By Court. Oklahoma City. Okla The Su preme Court affirmed the grandfather clause amendment to the State Con stitution, which disfranchises the negro under certain Notice of an appeal to the United - a STATE VERSUS Cou Senator Thornton Raises Old Issue In Sugar Debate. Washington. Declaring that in the crisis faced by the people of Louisiana because their sugar fs to be placed upon the free list, national fealty must give way to State fealty, as in the days of the Civil War, Senator Thornton, of Louisiana, told his Demo eratie colleagues in a speech in the Senate that he could not vote for the bill, NTRY. DROVE OFF WITH ~~ STOLEN MULE { ‘Man Who Took Him Learned Woefully of His Mistake THE BEAST MADE TROUBLE Owner of the Quadruped Lodged Com- plaint with the Police—Trespasser n Required to Spend Time pital Hes and Jail, Table Yields Bristol his § Bolt Kills Him on Grave. ifto1 Lightning killed years old a metlery Heights an {ros { ETave after a a bolt and struck i. Per £ not far away saw man drop and ran up. T? found was torn off, but on body when waen shove the LOF him dead One shoe there were the 1 DO MATES Guarding Others Is Killed. “Told arch at the peo Pp le alf million Robert J. Black, my a falling stand ke ep = to and new Allentown bottom of an from danger Lehigh Valley bridge A rigger, was struck scantling and died ten minutes after ward. It is believed he son of f rich brass founder in New York eity, there being considerable mystery about him at the iz the Car's Leap Cracks Skull, Jumping the track, =a on the Reading Transit Company's Cotton street line crashed into an excavation for 8 water malin where employes of the Water De partment were at work, and fatally {fractured the skulls of Matthew J. Tulley, workman, and Leir Kems, foreman. Kems died at the hospital and Tully ls gradually sinking. Reading trolley car To Build Modern Theatre. Tamaqua Chris. Peterson, repre | senting Fred G. Nixon, Nirdlinger, of | Philadelphia, for $50,000, purchased the United States Hotel property, on West Broad street, upon which a modern theatre will be erected. Whole Town To Be Soild. Sunbury —Pixinos, a town of 200 in. habitants owned by J. Warner Mifflin, a brick manufacturer, is to be sold under the hammer in two weeks by E. M. Leader, of Shamokin, appointed assignee by the Northumberland coun ty court. Only two properties in the town are not owned by Mifflin. Bank. ruptey, the result of unsuccessful con- tracts, Is the cause of the sale. The entire town was staked out by en. gineers and an efort will be made to sell the town as a whole. Otherwise individual sales will be made,
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