Reformers Meet Elects Officers and Organizes
The business men's committee of one hundred held its first meeting in the Board of Trade rooms. Nearly all members attended, with a plan for a permanent organization and several standing committees. Officers were elected: Garnett as Chairman, Wincut as First Vice, Reeves as Second Vice, Drexel as Treasurer, Farr as Secretary, with two assistant secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
One Hundred
Board of Trade
Mercantile Library
Mr. Little
Charles UI. Biles
National Bank
R. RK. Corson
A. J. Drexel
Clayton French
French, Richards & Co
Henry
Francis B. Reeves
Reeves, Parvin & Co
James A. Wright
John E. Graeff
Graeff, Rotherme & Co
Joel J. Baily
Joel J. Baily & Co
Henry Winsor
H. Winsor & Co
Pamire C. Garnett
James A. Wincut
Peter Wright & Sons
Shippers
Grorae W. Farr, Jr
Farr & Brothers, Jewelers
Robert R. Corsox
C. B. Adamson
Raeder, Adamson & Co
Garrett
John Wanamaker
John Field
Young, Smyth, Field & Co
Rudolph Blankenburg
John Welsh
William C. Ludwig
William R. Leeds
David H. Lane
Republican City Committee
Union League
E. R. Wood
R. D. Wood & Sons
A. Wilson Norris
J. Alexander Simpson, Jr
Philadelphia Union League of America
Tug ‘Times
H. M. Oliver
HL. W. Pitkin
Pitkin & Thomas
Graham Announces Appointments For City Offices
District Attorney elect Graham revealed his new staff with F. Amedee Bregg as First Assistant and Charles F. Warwick as Second Assistant, John L. Kinsey as Third Assistant, J. Murray Rush Jermon as Clerk, and detectives Charles Miller and John F. Sharkey among others. Salaries range from 500 to 6,000 dollars. Bregg is a Penn Law graduate and former assistant to Colonel Mann. Warwick, a Penn Law graduate and current Guardian of the Poor solicitor. Kinsey trained under A. S. L. Letchworth. Jermon praised as a reputable lawyer. Myers represents the Seventeenth Ward and speaks German. Weyl, attached to Central Station, named general detective with 1,200 dollars. The cabinet notes favors salary reversal for Weyl and murder detective pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Samuel P. Galton
Fee
F. Amedee Bregg
Charles F. Warwick
John L. Kinsey
J. Murray Rush Jermon
Charles F. Myers
Henry Wey
Hagert
John R. Read
William W. Ker
Dallas Sanders
Lewis H. Mascher
Charles Miller
John F. Sharkey
Bregg
University of Pennsylvania
William B. Mann
Warwick
Central High School
E. Spencer Miller
the Guardians of the Poor
Kinsey
L. Letchworth
Sayres
Jermon
Weyl
Board of Education
Jenks
Lewis Elkin
Austin
M. Hall Stanton
Alexander Adaire
John Fitzpatrick
James J. Cooper
W. E. Smith
William Gulager
Messrs
Fitzpatrick
Cooper
Rumored attempt to seize Reading proxies stirs railroad talk
In financial circles rumors spread that the Pennsylvania Railroad sought to control proxies for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad vote. A PRR officer denied any such effort and praised the Erie and Northern Central lines, noting Reading stockholders and bond prices were quoted as trading activity continued.
A Murderer’s End at Wooster Jail
John Callahan was executed in the Wooster jail corridor for the murder of Benjamin Formie, committed October 2, 1879 at the Fair Grounds. The Bad Boys gang, including Anthony McGowan and Michael Mulready, faced varying sentences. Callahan’s death followed a brutal attack with a dirk after a failed pistol call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callahan
Western Union Trims Rates in Telegraph War with Gould Firm
Special Dispatch from New York details Western Union commanding Scranton managers to cut coal region rates to New York Baltimore Erie and Pittsburgh at twenty five cents signaling a full telegraph war with Gould’s American Union. Washington Wall Street chatter says Western Union directors Vanderbilt and others plan the fight while Gould plans an American Union Cable to link New York and Chicago with stock subscriptions already raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Union
American Union
Scranton
Baltimore
Erie
Pittsburg
Chicago
Wall Street
Gould
Vanderbilt
Atlantic
Life-Saving Service Reports Record Year and Calls for More Stations
Washington dispatch summarizes Superintendent Kimball's report: 179 stations, 129 on the Atlantic coast, record- setting year amid severe storms. 300 disasters, 67 vessels lost, property peril at 3.81 million dollars, total losses 1.19 million. 1,989 aboard wrecks, 9 lives lost. 706 rescued ashore by station crews. Praises New Jersey rescues during February 28 storm and urges expansion of stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kimball
Atlantic
Mr. Kimball
New Jersey
Guilty Verdict For Dr Bissell In Mail Obscenity Case
Dr Philip A Bissell of Mahanoy City was found guilty in federal court of mailing a letter to John Norris that contained scurrilous and obscene writing. His defense claimed the material was a joke among friends and not meant for mailing. A new trial was requested for next Monday. The unsealed envelope bore the warning This letter is unsealed and for the public to read. The obscene publication issue will be argued next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip A. Bissell
Mahanoy City
United States District Court
John Norris
Bissell
Bigsell
Readers weigh Garfield cabinet in Inter Ocean poll
Inter Ocean readers respond to a Garfield cabinet poll with letters from most states except Rhode Island California Oregon and Nevada. Grant tops the list for Secretary of State, Sherman favored to remain, demand for a Stalwart cabinet, and Logan Conkling and Blaine urged to stay in the Senate with Mayes receiving five votes for a cabinet post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Inter-Ocean
Garfield
Rhode Island
California
Oregon
Nevada
Grant
Sherman
Logan
Conkling
Blaine
Senate
Mayes
Peninsular Cigar Co Assigns Assets in Detroit
Detroit December 3 The Peninsular Cigar Company on Bernard Street assigned its assets to George W Beable Jr. The total assets are $22 800 with liabilities of $89 400 including $38 500 owed to New York firms $12 600 to Philadelphia $27 500 to local parties and $8 300 to Cold Water National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Peninsular Cigar Company
Bernard Street
George W. Beable, Jr
New York
Philadelphia
Cold Water National Bank
Hayes Review of Four Years in Office Civil Service Reform Emphasized
President Hayes presents a comprehensive review covering his civil service reforms and Southern policy. He highlights gains at the New York Custom House and argues for a one term presidency. The message discusses resumption, bond refunds, Indian affairs, education, immigration treaty notes, fisheries, and anti polygamy measures with calls for funding monuments and river improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tux Trem
Wasutxerox
Sherman
Treasury
Congress
New York Custom House
United States
Indian Service
Schurz
Indian Affairs
Hayes
Ohio
China
Gladstone
Beaconsfield
Art Granville
Lord Granville
Fortune Bay
Washington Monument
Potomac River
Washington City
Utah
Thompson
Maynard
American Mercantile Marine
United States Supreme Court
Severalty
The Coming Apportionment Debate in Congress
Republican opinion argues for a forceful reapportionment bill this session. Cox predicts Texas and the Southwest gain multiple seats while New England loses. Indiana would lose one seat and South Carolina gains two under current census figures. Baker cautions over rushing and requires census verification for South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WasuinGeron
S. Cox
Walker
Southwest
Texas
Northwest
Nebraska
Kansas
New England
Democratic Party
Garfield
John H. Baker
Appropriations Committee
Baker
South Carolina
Indiana
Congress
Reapportionment Debate Splits Democrats and Republicans
Census opinions from representative men of both parties show the issue of reapportionment. Democrats want to dispose of it while in power, Republicans seek to fix it in their own Congress.
Ireland's land crisis spurs new rental and buyout plans
London reports Colonel Gordon urging government to buy out landlords west of the Shannon for 90 million pounds with tenant repayment, while a land commission and emigration body would manage the lands. Dublin notes postponement bids for traversers, prosecutions of papers, and security measures as threats rise. Leitrim declares disturbance and police reinforcement. Parnell to attend Waterford land meeting. Boycott's farm ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gordon
Ireland
West Indies
Shannon
Ile
Land Commission
Emigration Commission
Lord Cranbrook
Beach Hampstead
Justice James
the Times
Dublin
Messrs
Parnell
Biggar
J. D. Sullivan
Sexton
Dillion
Traversers
Sligo Champion
Daily Telegraph
Plymouth
Valorous
South of Ireland
The
Times
Donstay
Leitrim
Waterford
Boycott
President Gowen's Departure Delayed by Business as Keim Named Temporary Receiver
The Reading Company president Gowen remains due to stay in the U S next week due to heavy company demands. Receivers Lewis Caldwell and Gowen met to discuss releasing a financial statement and the status of the deferred bonds guarantee fund. The court appointed George DeB Keim as temporary receiver during Gowen's European absence to quell rumors of Gowen's ouster. Ashhurst filed the request and Judge McKennan granted it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gowen
Europe
New York
Reading Company
Edwin M. Lewis
A. Caldwell
Fourth Street
Third Street
Caldwell
Pittsburg
Times
Mr. Gowen
Franklin B. Gowen
Reading Railroad
United States Circuit Court
McKennan
George Deb. Keim
Mr. Keim
Keim
R. L. Ashhurst
Philadelphia
Reading Road
Ashhuret
McLaughlin Dominates Early Billiards. Final Round Tonight
In the Assembly Buildings tournament McLaughlin swept yesterday with a 300 point win over Estephe who had 98. He closed with a 122 as the best run yet, though his average slipped to 84. Dodds defeated Bullock 300 to 208 in the day’s second match. Bullock then beat Hunter 300 to 239, while Nelms beat Estephe 300 to 225. McLaughlin and Dodds meet tonight to conclude the series, followed by Sexton in an exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaughlin
Estephe
Nelms
Dodds
Bullock
Hunter
Sexton
Fire Devours Nevada Iowa Stores Houses Amid Losses
Telegrams report fifteen buildings burned in Nevada Iowa with damage around 40000. Other items mention a cabinet note on a Chief Signal Officer, famine in Macedonia, and various global incidents. A New York gas explosion kills two men and a Prairie du Chien hotel burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Iowa
Salonica
Macedonia
America
Constantinople
Geneva
Montalbert
Savoy
THOS. J. SMITH'S LOSS AND POKER WAGER CONTROVERSY
Ex Receiver of Taxes Thomas J. Smith, facing a dispute over bets on the Pattison mayoral race, hires James H. Heverin after attempting a settlement with lender Robert BE Pattison backers. Club members debated paying losses as moral action while a legal struggle awaits, with Smith resisting large payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Heveria
Temple of Justice
Thomas J. Smith
James H. Heverin
Liberal Club
Broad Street
Chestnut
E. H. Green
BE. Hi. Green & Co
Third Street
Green
Robert BE. Pattison
Mr. Smith
Pax Office
Smith
Pattison
Mr. Green
Mr. Pattison
George Huhn
Hublin
The Medicine Man's Assistant to Escape Fine
John Wyman aged sixty eight died Thursday after using Liverpool the colored and alleged Indian physician on Walnut street. Coroner Powers held an inquest and concluded acute pneumonia caused death, not heart disease, despite Kirk certifying otherwise. Liverpool escaped liability by shifting blame to Kirk, who was warned against future legal violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wyman
Bainbridge Street
Olive D. Aldridge
Wyman
J. H. Liverpool
Walnut Street
Health Board
Liverpool
Kirk
New York College
Vermont
Reese
Powers
Black as hell drama at Conway ward fraud hearing
The Conway contest yesterday examined twenty one witnesses. William T. Giltinan of 820 Aberdeen street New York implied the Fourth division overseer that Democrats counted votes and manipulated ballots. He cried Black as hell in court provoking laughter as the defense signaled more sessions ahead with more testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carpenter
Common Council
William T. Giltinan
New York
Aberdeen Street
Mr. Jones
Giltinan
Grady
John Nealis
Conway
Simpson
Fraud Charged Over Stock Transaction In Philadelphia Mining Exchange
Samuel V. Powell, who had a recent civil suit seeking an injunction against mining exchange managers over his seat, filed a prosecution against Willis L Abbott R M Miner and G W Bratton for conspiring to defraud him in selling Grand Union Gold and Silver Mining Co stocks for future delivery. Powell says the stock was not marketable and the defendants held it, aiming to fake value at the Mining Exchange. Each defendant posted $1,000 bail for a hearing before Magistrate Smith on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel V. Powell
Philadelphia Mining Exchange
Willis L. ©. Abbott
R. M. Miner
G. W. Bratton
Grand Union Gold and Silver Mining Company
Colorado
Powell
Smith
Revenue rise as internal tax intake hits new high
The annual report of General Raum shows internal revenue receipts for 1870 at 115,449,621 and 1880 at 123,981,916, with a four month present year total of 43,789,518. Raum notes expected yearly collections near 15 million and cites tax reductions, costs of collection at 4.5 million, and stamps issued totaling 911,002,614 with face value 134,042,860.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Internal Revenue
Woman Preaches Heaven Sent Religion On City Corner
Baltimore a sensational tale unfolds as Mrs G C Long wife of a former merchant declares she is a special agent guided by a holy telegram from heaven to proclaim the gospel of a reason based faith. She describes writings written during a September trance and lists odd rituals and a two-parent divine pair while denying a traditional savior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
G. C. Long
Baltimore Street
Eutaw Streets
Work of the Mints The Increase in Coin Circulation
Washington reports on mint output and coin circulation from 1873 to 1880. It details gold and silver coin growth, bullion held, and total coinage in circulation plus bullion as of November 1880. Figures show gold and silver totals, Treasury reserves, and annual production estimates for gold and silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Mint
Treasury
Grant men seize Brooklyn party machine in primaries
Special dispatch reports in Brooklyn the Grant faction won control of the local party organization at the primaries. Albert Daggett, backed by Sherman supporters, led anti Grant forces but was narrowly defeated by Conkling-Grant aligned delegates. United States Marshal Paine reportedly pressured delegates to defeat Daggett to keep Sherman from Garfield's Cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamaras
New York
Grant
Brooklyn
New York City
Albert Daggett
Grain trouble ends as B and O withdraws order
Baltimore on December 3 reports merchants and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reached an understanding. Third Vice President Garrett informs William E. Young that the committee’s efforts relieved Locust Point elevators and a grain blockade at the port. The order issued November 26 will be withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Garrett
William 8. Young
the Corn and Flour Exchange
Locust Point
New Building Under Construction at Girard College
A new eighty by two hundred foot building rises on Girard College grounds aimed to be finished next fall and provide space for 160 additional scholars. During summer the infirmary was enlarged to a 100 bed capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard College
Fifteen collieries suspend mining at Read ing Company
PoTTsyVILLE December 3 Fifteen of the forty five Read ing Company collieries suspend operations for December about 3000 workers thrown out of employment due to a weak market for certain coal sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsyville
Philadelphia and Reading Company
Editors of Truth Indicted in New York Perjury Case
The grand jury in General Sessions today indicted Samuel Sullivan Morey for perjury and Joseph Hart Louis A Post Kenward Philp and Charles A Byrne for publishing in Truth a criminal libel upon General Garfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Sullivan Morey
Joseph Hart
Louis A. Post
Kenward Philp
Charles A. Byrne
Garfield
Transit routes listed from major ports and cities
A terse list details voyage legs with origins and destinations including Cardiff Rheinwidda London Australia Liverpool Montreal New York Spain New York Queenstown Canada New York Bothnia New York Gravesend Canada New York.
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Cardiff
Rheinwidda
New York
London
Australia
Liverpool
Toronto
Montreal
Spain
Queenstown
Canada
Bothnia
Gravesend
The Split Against the Schomacker Company
The suit of Jacob Shaffer against the Schomacker Piano Company over damages from a wall collapse was continued to a later term due to a technical defect in the plaintiff's declaration, leaving only the plaintiff's side presented yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Shaffer
Schomacher Piano Company
Bucket Shop Brawl Between Proprietor and Customer
A Friedman bucket shop melee at Third and Walnut streets ends with both combatants injured and crowds placing bets on the fight. Lynch, a young regular bettor, clashes with proprietor Friedman as a delayed closing triggers a punch exchange and a burst of spectator wagering. The scene temporarily stops. a later offer of a fair fight after three o clock circulates, but no arrest follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third
Walnut Streets
Lynch
Ife
Merrick Price
Friedman & Co
Ron
Florry
Friedman
New York
Terry
Northwest
Water Overwhelms Third Street Clothing Plant Fire
A fire at Liveright Greenwald Co. on North Third street caused about 2,500 in property damage to the building and fixtures, while water damage to stock reached roughly 20,000. The blaze started in the cutting room late last night, likely from a waste wax near machinery, and was extinguished within 30 minutes after first responders flooded the room. Insurance Patrol helped save stock on the front first floor and aided Kohnaur & Co. next door as water breached walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liveright, Greenwald & Co
North Third Street
Insurance Patrol
Kohnaur & Co
No. 47
Gas committee meeting and light expansion plan
The gas committee met at the Gas Trust office. A staffer produced decanters and asked for cigars as the chair urged passage of an appropriation for five hundred new gasoline lamps and three hundred gas lamps to illuminate more sections of the city before the council adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas Committee of Councils
The
Gas Trust
Collins
Murder Charge After Killer Knife Attack Near McNamee House
Special Dispatch from PrrrsBuRG December 3 recounts Patrick McNamee assaulting Thomas Haney with a butcher knife during a visit to McNamee’s home. Haney died from his wounds the following morning. Haney and his mother were guests. McNamee, who had returned home and retired, attacked in a fit of rage. McNamee was arrested and jailed on murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrrsburg
Patrick McNamee
Thomas Haney
Haney
McNamee
Patrick
Five Shot Affray Ends in Death at Cranberry Railroad Works
In Knoxville on December 3 Pooten Sooy killed a man named Stilling during an affray at the Cranberry railroad works. Five shots were fired all taking effect. A woman was at the bottom of the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Cranberry
Pooten Sooy
Stilling
Weather Forecast Indications for To Day
Lower barometer and higher temperature with westerly winds shifting to southerly. Expected clear or partly cloudy skies.
Weather and local notices from Philadelphia daily page
Yesterday's temperature at the Signal Office peaked at 39 and dipped to 33 with a mean of 36. Annie Hauser aged 55 died suddenly at 620 East Cumberland Street last evening. Post Office improvements proceed with imminent electrical lighting. Furniture Association of Philadelphia plans its first annual banquet at Plumer's American Hotel next Thursday. The Working Home for Blind Men treasurer reports 377 dollars in contributions plus two carloads of coal. Lizzie Homey, 30, of 309 Branch Street, died at Pennsylvania Hospital after a coal oil lamp explosion. Mayor Stokley will decide on revoking Miller's Varieties license by Monday. A lamp exploded at John Lare's Grocery, causing a fire destroying about 1000 dollars of stock and fixtures. Lawrence B. Kraft, recently convicted of sending obscene material, fined 100 dollars or 15 days imprisonment. Walter B. Keighton was acquitted in a U.S. District Court matter about advertising notes. John Sheppard, the tramp beaten by the Coyle brothers, escaped from Philadelphia Hospital. face still plastered. T. P. Merrill obtained an eight-dollar office clock by misrepresentation and pawned it. authorities held. Numismatic and Antiquarian Society elected officers for the forthcoming year: President Eli K. Price. vice presidents W. S. Vaux, William P. Chandler, J. Ginton, Edwin W. Lehman. treasurer Henry Phillips Jr.. recording secretary J. Carson. corresponding secretary Henry Phillips. librarian Ho Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Hauser
East Cumberland Street
Furniture Association of Philadelphia
Plumer
American Hotel
Working Home For
Lizzie Homey
Branch Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
Stokley
John Lare
Nineteenth
Vineyard Streets
Lawrence B. Kraft
Walter B. Keighton
United States District Court
United States Treasury
John Sheppard
Coyle Brothers
Philadelphia
T. P. Merrill
Hill Street
Henry Phillips, Jr
J. Carson
Henry Philli
Chas
Fy Een
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Theodore
Eckstein
Twenty-third District
Carpenter E
Mekstein
Rascala
Carpenter
Taylor
Gille
William Elliott
Mitchell
Janney
P. A. B. Widener
Mann
Ashbridge
Bardsley
Joint Committee of Councils
Select Council
Wih
Peace Commission
Young Men’s Democratic Association
Merrick Street
Political News
Pennsylvania and
Reading
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company
Northern Central Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Northern Central Railroad
Dr. Bissell
MR. Hayes
Colonel Gordon
Trego
Wallace
Ness
Ilges
Buenos Ayres
Rio Negro
Roca
Paris
Franco-Atlantic Steamship Company
Atlantic Lines
Forty-first Street
Tenth and
Seventh Avenues
John Ford
Charles Burns
Mandell
Prairie du Chien
Wis
North America
Fire Association
Pennsylvania
Brazil
Augustus D. Leighton
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Mary Dean
New York Pations
Anthony Comstock
Commonwealth Distribution Company of
Kentucky
George Norton
Pisce
George H. Nathan
George W. Nathan
Charles Smith
George Bf Ie
Biddeford
Maine
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Avenue
Thos. J. Smith
Heyerin
Mr. Heverin
Fifth Ward
Raum
iMoly
Time Tores
Truth
Schomacker Company
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