Local events and notices from Gettysburg and surroundings
Birth announced for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Niederer of Edge Grove born June. A large bull for William Benchoff of Fairfield killed by straw stack. Charles Wagner to add a porch and improvements to his Carlisle street residence. Rev P E Heimer and family to visit Weissport and nearby parishioners. Democratic County Committee to meet June 29 at Globe Hotel Gettysburg to elect officers. Melvin Torbit of Abbottstown arrested for selling liquor to a minor, bail posted. Hoar rabies scare false. doctors confirm Miss Hattie Hoar has other ailments with no mad symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Niederer
Edge Grove
Wiliam Benchoff
Fairfield
Charles Wagner
Carlisle Street
P. E. Heimer
Weissport
Carbon County
Globe Hotel
Gettysburg
Melvin Torbit
Abbottstown
Susanna Eisenhart
Caryin Eisenhart
Justice Hill
Hattie Hoar
Alexander Hoar
Table Rock
H. M. Hartman
W. H. O’neal
Hoar
Miss Hoar
Excursion to Tolchester Beach by W M Railroad Co
The W M Railroad Co will run an excursion to Tolchester Beach and back on Sunday June 30 departing Fairfield with stops at all stations to Hampstead. Schedule and fare to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Railroad Co
Tolchester Beach
Fairfield
Hampstead
Card of Thanks for St Paul Reformed Church Festival
The ladies of St. Paul Reformed church thank all who helped make the Saturday night festival a grand success and especially commend the Citizens Band for the excellent music provided during the evening.
Orphans' Court Session Reports Multiple Trustee Reorganizations
The Orphans' Court confirmed orders returning to sale, filing and approving first and final accounts for trustees and guardians, discharging executors and trustees, and directing distributions. Various accounts including McClean, Knox, Gable, and others were settled, with reports by auditors and appointments of Citizens Trust Co as successor trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Catharine Bender
William Arch McClean
Maria Miller
Citizen’s Trust Company
Citizens Trust Co
Gettysburg
William Hersh
Horace F. Smith
Emanuel Smith
Samuel M. Knox
John Bryan Horner
Emma E. Gable
Ewis E. Gable
Elizabeth Hull
Samuel J. Hull
Franklin Township
Mary J. Wampler
William J. Wampler
Donald P. McPherson
Calvin Good
Mary Unger
Assaleen Banty Et al Ie
R. E. Wible
Horatio M. Cole
Hannah C. Wolf
Nisi
Capitol Scandal Over Sanderson 5 Million Bid Fraud Exposed
Harrisburg June 15. Audit report details John F. Sanderson overcharges of millions for Capitol furnishing under per foot and per pound rules. Quantity book used to bill, large discrepancies cited against contractor and superintendent James Shumaker. Officials connected to treasurer Mathues and clerks questioned as hush money rumors emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
John F. Sanderson
Capitol
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Investigation Commission
Audit Company of New York
James Cameron
Sanderson
Joseph M. Huston
James M. Shumaker
Cameron
Shumaker
John Gibson
George F. Payne & Company
Payne
Huston
Ald
Banderson
Department of the Auditor General
Sterling H. Thomas
Thea American Car & Foundry Company
Wilmington
Del
Former Penn Treasurer Mathues surprised at midnight Capitol visit
Harrisburg reporters reveal William L. Mathues former Pennsylvania state treasurer was found at the Capitol during a midnight visit. The incident sparked wide curiosity as details emerged about the surprise appearance and surrounding reactions from officials and observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penna
Mathues
Capitol
Harrisburg
William L. Mathues
Evidence confirms Orchard's plots in murder trial
In Boise on June 15 the Steunenberg murder trial pressed Orchards testimony with new links to Pettibone and Denver to San Francisco. The state produced records of a registered letter from Pettibones Denver store to San Francisco and Orchards use of aliases at the Golden West hotel as he sought funds for the Bradley plot. Orchard testified about the Vin dicator plot and Lyte Gregorys death while defense questioned witness selection by Pinkerton. He sobbed on the stand recounting motives tied to confession and fear of death, saying reading a Bible shifted his view on forgiveness and justice. Orchard then left the stand after 32 hours and will be recalled for redirect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Steunenberg
Harry Orchard
George Pettibone
Denver
Orchard
San Francisco
Bradley
Haywood
Steve Adams
J. Wolff
Pettibone
Pinkerton
David
Uriah
McParland
Mr. Richardson
Mollie McGuire
Carrie Nation
Washington
England
James Ross
Philadelphia
James Moore
New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference
Camden
Joseph N. Hitner
Telfair Hodgson
Sewanee
Tenn
Huntington
Ind
Emery Mosher
Nappanee
A. P. Whitney
Allentown
Willam Kelly
Neans
N. Y
Ephraim Forney
Bell Grove
Lebanon
Counnty
Charlestown
Mass
Bunker Hill
Middies' Bodies Found After Chesapeake Bay Disaster
Three midshipmen from Virginia class 1906 P H Field W H Stevenson and F P Holcomb from Delaware class 1907 were found in Chesapeake Bay. Their bodies were identified aboard the Minnesota and taken to Portsmouth naval hospital. Four seamen remain missing as search continues by launches and tugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Bay
Newport News
P. H. Field
Virginia
W. H. Stevenson
North Carolina
F. P. Holcomb
Delaware
Potomac
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Minnesota
G. W. Westfall
Bay
Holcomb
Capes
Atlantic Ocean
Rope breaks twice as Roanoke killer is hanged
John Hardy, a Black man, shot Police Officer Robert M. Beard during a who search at the Allegheny Institute. The rope failed on the first drop and again broke on the second, but he died five minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
John Hardy
Robert M. Beard
Hardy
Beard
Allegheny Institute
Shot Wife and Calmed Police, Man Surrenders in Buffalo
Frank E Jackson shot his wife three times in their Buffalo home and locked the room to keep the children away. He then telephoned police from a neighbor’s house and surrendered as officers arrived. Authorities say the two had been quarreling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Frank E. Jackson
Jackson
Two Boys Die in Sand Pit Tragedy
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Evan Jermyn eight and his brother nine were suffocated when loose sand collapsed in a sandbox. William Cummings was rescued as the other two remained trapped for about thirty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Evan Jermyn
David Jermyn
Plymouth
Willam Cummings
Cummings
Fife
Body fragments found along Pennsylvania railroad near Gap
Parts of a man's body littered a 100 foot stretch of track near Gap as the Philadelphia accommodation neared Christiana. Investigators found clothing and body pieces wedged in the brake rigging. the victim identified by papers as B. J. Quinn of Richmond, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Gap
Philadelphia
Christiana
B. J. Quinn
Richmond
Mine accident in Wilkes-Barre leaves one dead
In No. 5 shaft of Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co a rock fall killed Stephen Stephens a 60 year old timberman. Fire boss William L. Morgan fractured skull and arm, timberman Griffith Williams injured, helper Owen Griffith injured. rescue crews removed tons of coal and rock as bodies were identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Lehigh
Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
Stephen Stephens
William L. Morgan
Grifith Williams
Owen Griffith
Stephens
Week's News Condenses From June Events Across Cities
A digest of incidents and notable deaths from mid June includes the launch of the steamship City of Savanna in Chester Pennsylvania, the Japanese envoy Baron Kuroki sailing from Seattle, several homicides suicides and accidents in Ohio Illinois and New Jersey, political and civic events in Michigan Indiana and Massachusetts, and notable figures such as Grover Cleveland and Grace G Davis among those mentioned. Reports cover drownings hangings embezzlement and a wide array of local misfortunes and civic notes across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Ocean Steamship Company
Chester
Baron Kuroki
Jamestown Exyisition
Seattle
Wash
Japan
David Taggart
Taggart
Orrville
Edward Baumgartner
Cincinnati
James W. Wilson
Gibbs Landing
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Caaavacknaad
THE
American Commercial Exchange
Savings Bank
Broadway
New York
H. W. Hoffnagle
New Oxford
York and
Adams Counties
Boadenhamer’s
Fountain Square
Hanover, Penn
Howard
Hamilton
Sean Waltham
South Bend
Borough of
McSherrystown
Conewago Alley
Church Street
Sisters of St. Joseph and
H.J. Roth
Joseph P. Kreeps
H. J. Roth
John Eltz
John Keefer
John A. Kline
Adam Leonard
Frank Krichten
Joseph Fink
John L. Dougherty
Joseph Keefer
F. X. Little
Annie Leonard
Sebastian Weaver
Isabella Noel
Isabella Noel, ©. J. Deione
Lewis Krichten
Jennie
Mary Golden
Ignatius Lawrence
Pius Neiderer
Joanna Overbaugh
J. Delone
Anna V. Stone
Columbia High School
James Joba
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tolchester
Binder
Weaver M'f'g. Co
Vuls Palweree
Hanover Street
New Oxford, Pa
Capitol Joe
New Capitol
Treasury Department
Patrick McGranh
Berry
Treasury
McGrann
John B. Stott
Auditor General’s Department
George F. Young
Young
Willis
Department
Mr. Young
Champaign
Grace Dib
Lion
Bertha
UCP
Calve
Grover Cleveland
Sandwich
Somerville, Mass
Comer
Arabi
John H. Banker
Sitnes
Jigan
Henry the
Darwin
Kingsle
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