Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-23

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This compilation was authorized by
the last general assembly as the first
steps toward Kidding the statute books
of many laws which have been re-
pealed in part or which have become
superseded or useless, one of the ideas
being to have the general assembly
act on lists of laws to be repealed.
The task. which involved the search
of law books from colonial times. has
been in the hands of the officers and
attaches of the Legislative Reference
Bureau, where the search has been
going on since the middle of last July,
having been taken up soon after the
adjournment CT the Legislature. Thou
sands of acts have had to be read and
compared and the results which are
to be printed will be of much value
to the Legislature in acting on future
| laws.
Decorations Ready. Ninety one
decorations of veterans of Pennsylva-
mia regiments who participated in
wars of the United States have been
received at the adtutant generals de-
partment from the War department
lOl issue anu Will NC "pII pll III Cos
occasions by the Guardsmen. if still in
State service. In the number are one
each for the Civil and Indian wars,
two for the war in China, thirty-siX
for the Spanish war and fifty-one for
the Philippine war.
Sampling Milk.-Hundreds of sam
Piles of the milk and cream furnished
to the cities and boroughs of the State
have haan % in ha or nj oh
by agents of the State Dairy and Food
Commissioner and analyses are now in
progress to determine whether they
conform to the State standards of but
ter fats. Every Spring there is a
sampling of the milk by State agents
and the number of violations has been
growing less annually. Last year
hardly case of use Of preservative
was. found.
Tracing Typhoid.-Five children
suffering from typhoid fever have been
I admitted to the Chester County Hos
pital within the last two days. All are
scholars in the Embreeville school in
| Newlin township. Chester county. In
| tracing the source of this outbreak an
official of the State Department of
Health discovered that the school
water supply is obtained from farm
lone-eighth of a mile from the school
house. The boys whose duty it was to
| fill the water bucket. to avoid carry
| ing ii this distance, have falling into
the habit of filing their bucket from
| the Brandywine creek. The sewage
| from the borough of Coatesville, where
several cases of typhoid fever have
recently existed, is emptied into this
stream without treatment and the
Health Department officials say that
this might readily account for the epi-
| demiC. In addition to the cases al
ready reported there are a number of
! other suspected cases under observa-
! ton.
Cameron Ffrst-Cameron county was
the first county in the state to file the
official return of the primary election
| on Tuesday. The return was received
| just before the department of the Sec
| retary of the Commonwealth closed
| for the week and will be tabulated
on Monday.
Appointments.-Alfre p. Newell. Jr..
was to-day appointed alderman of the
| Third ward of Lancaster. The follow
| ing Justices were named: Bertis =.
| Franklin, Scott township, Lackawanna
county; John Kelly, Pringle township,
| LuZerne county, and Fred l.. Graves,
| Tioga borough, Tioga.
Roderick Better.-James l.. Rod
| erlck, chief of mines. is improving at
his home in Hazleton. He will not be
here for some time. however.
Begin June 1.-The Economy and
Efficiency Commission will start it's
| investigation of matters on Capitol
| Hill on June l. The data from de-
partments will be in hand by that
time.
Governor Sits Up.-Governor Tener
sat up to-day for the first time since
| he strained the muscles of his back.
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| his physicians, but except for the in
| jury to his back is in fine shape. lie
| hopes to get to the Capitol soon.
Warden Here.-Warden John Fran
| cies. of the Western Penitentiary was
at the Capitol this week on business.
Powelfs Complaint.-Auditor Cen
eral Powell is awaiting action by the
court on the motion for Judgment. A
statement issued at the department
says that Highway Commissioner Bige-
/ low did not furnish complete infor-
nation with the requistion on the con-
| tract in the case.
After Coatesville. The Attorney
| General has been requested to begin
suit against the borough of Coates
vile for its failure to obey the decree
| of the Commissioner of Health. Sam
| uel G. Dixon, and file plans of the eX-
isting system of sewerage and plans
| for sewage disposal. recently re-
ported epidemic of typhoid fever at
Embreeville has been traced to sewage
from Coatesville. which at the present
/ time is turned without treatment into
the Brandywine creek.
Allowance Hearings. - The Public
| Service Commission adjourned last
night after hearing the Cambria Steel
Company. South Shore and Pittsburgh.
| Allegheny and McKees Rocks Rail-
| roads. who contended that they should
be given allowances if other roads re-
ceived them. Other hearings will be
| held here June 2.
May Give Up Camp.-There is a
| possibility that the proposed camp of
instruction for militia officers at Mount
Gretna next month may be given up.
| The arrangements are worked out, but
] it all depends upon whether there is
danger of a call into the federal
service.
Another EXcursion.-To-m morrow will
be another excursion Sunday at the
State Capitol. This time it is coming
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