PENNSYLVANIA. 



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with the established usage of his department. 



Tin State Treasurer made a Minilnr answer. 



A resolution declaring it to In- tin- M-II-M- of 

 tin- Senate that all questions of malfeasance and 

 lioiifeasaiiec in regard to 1 he oflicial acts nf the 



aaid officers were tin- proper subjects of inquiry 

 in tin- Investigation was tallied, thus postj>oning 

 tin- question of jurisdiction. The testimony 

 taken before the joint committee of the I,c-i 

 lat lire was read. After examination of tin- ae- 

 cnsed Treasurer, the argument of his counsel 

 claiming that the Senate had no jurisdiction was 

 he.ird. the magistrates and constables affected 

 put in a similar plea, and the Semite finally, 

 after a month's deliberation, adopted a resolu- 

 tion declaring that it had no jurisdiction under 

 the Const it ut ion to inquire into, hear, and deter- 

 mine the charges of otlieial misconduct, and to 

 address the Governor asking for their removal. 

 The resolution was adopted by a party vote of 28 

 Republicans to 1! Democrats. 



Flection. At the State election in Novem- 

 ber the candidates of the Republican party 

 were David McM. Gregg for Auditor-Gem ml 

 and John VV. Morrison for Treasurer. The 

 Democratic candidates' were Robert E. Wright 

 for Auditor-General and A. L. Tilden for Treas- 

 urer The Prohibitionists nominated Messrs. 

 Hague and Draytou for the two officers. The 

 result of the vote was as follows: For Auditor- 

 Qeneral, Gregg, 414^88 {Wright, 858,481; Hague, 

 18,511 ; Gregsr's purality, 58,152. For Treasurer, 

 Morrison. 412,994; Tilden, 858.017; Drayton, 

 18.429; Morrison's plurality, 54,377. 



The question of calling a convention to revise 

 the Constitution was submitted to the people at 

 this election, and was lost by a vote of 173,813 

 for to 420.598 against the convention. It was 

 desired, atnon-r other changes, to introduce the 

 Australian ballot system. 



Appointments.' Judge Silas M. (lark, one 

 of the associate justices of the Supreme Court, 

 died on Nov. 20, and on Nov. 28 the Governor 

 appointed Charles E. Heydrick, of Frnnklin. to 

 succeed him. Charles II. Krumbhaar. of Phila- 

 delphia, was appointed Superintendent of the 

 Hanking Department, an office created at, the 

 last session of the Legislature. W. II. Davis 

 was appointed member of the Geological Survey 

 in place of Jacob Turnev, deceased, and B. P. 

 Opdyke, director of the Nautical School. 



Riot in the Coke Region. On April 2 a 

 riot broke out in the coke region. A mob of 

 several hundred strikers attacked the Standard 

 Works, destroyed some of the property, and cut 

 the wires so that no warning could lie sent to 

 Morewood. A party of several hundred set out 

 for (hat place, but meantime the wires were 

 repaired and warning given, and the deputy 

 sheriffs were in readiness to meet the attack. 

 As the rjoters passed the company's store they 

 made an attacked on it, and raided it as far as 

 they could in a brief time. They then marched 

 to the barn inclosure and attempted to break- 

 down the gates. They succeeded in doing this, 

 and as they entered, ('apt. Lauer called out to 

 them to halt or he would fire upon them. Their 

 answer was a volley in the direction of the 

 deputies, none of whom was seriously injured. 

 The captain then gave the order, and two volleys 

 were fired before the mob broke and ran. Seven 



men fell dead in the P ad, and about 40 were 

 wounded. Tin- rioter* then bn.kc np into small 

 groups and make their I-M-HJM- in vnriou* direc- 

 tions. The men killed wen- all foreign.-r*, moct 

 of them Slavs. Two of the wounded died Inter. 

 Warrants w ,.,-,. j^n.-d charging the d'-puiii-* 

 with murder. The rioting was cont inu. d by 

 mobs at Lei-. iiriii','. Monarch, mid other j 

 The coke companies swore out injunctions 

 against :t:{ of the leaders and instituted criminal 

 charges against, them. \\ln-ii e\i.tioi,s were 

 attempted the women fought furiously, and 

 took the lead to a great extent, the men" either 

 remaining inactive in obediem-e to their lenders, 

 or thinking the sherilfand tioi.ps w,,idd U- more 

 careful where women were leading. Workmen 

 were brought in by the car load from outside, 

 and the works .started up again. 



Supreme Court Decision.- -An unj>ortant 

 decision was rendered by the Supreme Court in 

 the case of the Pullman Palace Car Company 

 against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

 'I he Legislature passed an act that the car com- 

 pany should pay tax on its property within the 

 State, the amount on which it was to be assessed 

 to be found by ascertaining the proportion 

 which the number of miles of road within the 

 State over which the company's cars ran bore to 

 the total number of miles in the United States 

 over which the"y ran, and then dividing the 

 capital stock of the company by the proportion. 

 It was contended by the company that this law 

 was unconstitutional for the reason that it was a 

 regulation of interstate commerce, and that its 

 cars could be taxed only in the State of Illinois. 

 The court, in an opinion by Justice Gray, up- 

 holds the constitutionality of the law. " T*he old 

 rule by which personal property was supposed to 

 follow the person of the owner, it says, " has been 

 modified very much in modern times. In matters 

 of taxation the question is one of legislative 

 powers, and it is for such State legislatures to 

 say whether a company's property shall be taxed 

 at the place of its incorporation or at the place 

 where it goes. There is nothing in the Constitu- 

 tion or laws of the United States preventing a 

 State from taxing property employed therein, 

 like other personal property." 



Constitutional Revision. The vote on the 

 nuotion of calling a convention to revise the 

 State Constitution was as follows : For a conven- 

 tion, 173,813 votes; against. 420,598; majority 

 against n convention, 240,785. 



Political. Elections for Auditor - General 

 and State Treasurer were held in November, 

 and resulted in the election of D. McM. Gregg 

 for Auditor-General, and John W. Morrison for 

 Treasurer. The vote stood : For Treasurer Til- 

 den. Democrat. 858,617: Morrison. Republican, 

 -ll-J.H'.M; Drayton. Prohibitionist. ls.4'J!. For 

 Auditor-General Wright. Democrat. ;t."i;.43i ; 

 Greirg. Republican, 414,583; Hague, Prohibi- 

 tionist. ls..-> 11. 



PERSIA, an empire in central Asia. The 

 Shah-in-shah is absolute ruler of the country. 

 Nasreddin Shah, born July 18, 1881. is the 

 founh of the Shiite Kadjar dynasty, which was 

 established on the throne after a long civil and 

 religious war in 179-1. He succeeded his father. 

 Mohammed, on Sept. 10. 1S48. The Shah claims 

 obedience as vicegerent of the prophet, though 



