Haywood Gives His Evidence at Open Session
Haywood testifies but draws little public interest as the opening session proceeds with only a small band of those directly involved in the case present.
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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1897
Page
1
Treasury official explains state funds deposits and safeguards
State Treasurer Haywood describes the daily deposit process in Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Harrisburg active depositories. He asserts no interest was demanded or received on state money and that funds are kept only in the state bank. The state has not lost money due to depository failures, with treasurer or bondsmen sustaining losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywood
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
State Banke
Supreme Court
Augustin Roberts
Snyder
Representative Keyser
Lytle
State Treasury
Jackson
Treasury
Auditor General
Brown
Kerr
Snyder committee probes State Treasury in Harrisburg
Special Telegram reports the Snyder committee began hearings in Harrisburg with State Treasurer Haywood as first witness. He denies ever receiving or demanding interest on deposits, says revenues in 1896 were insufficient, and promises full figures next Tuesday. The panel, led by Senator Snyder, prepared questions and adjourned amid mild testimony and sparse public attendance.
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Harrisburg
Snyder Committee
State Treasury
Haywood
Committee For Knowledge
Beat His Wife Brutally
A drunken Joseph Brennan attacked his wife Catharine at 2650 St. Ann's Street early yesterday. Police Brennan was subdued and jailed after a struggle. Catharine suffered multiple injuries including two broken ribs and a crushed nose but remained conscious enough to describe the assault. She was hospitalized at St Mary’s. The couple’s three children were cared for by neighbors while Brennan awaits outcome of the case.
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Haering
Andrews
Twenty
Joseph Brennan
St. Ann's Street
Brennan
Catharine
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochersperger
Dong
Sudden Death of Gil bert W. Greger
Gil bert W. Greger dies at his home 1547 North Thirteenth street from heart trouble. A long time public official, he served as State Appraiser in the Register of Willis office and had recently hosted friends before his death. Born in the city in 1827, he held multiple political and clerical posts, including Custodian of Records and Common Council member from the Twentieth ward.
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North Thirteenth Street
Gilbert W. Greger
Register of
Willis
Greger
William B. Kinsey
Villa
Major McKinley Improves After Illness in Canton
Major McKinley shows continued improvement in Canton after illness. He took a drive with Mia Kinley and rests at home with only household members and secretaries allowed visitors this week. A statement from Dr T H Phillips confirms near recovery but stresses absolute rest and quiet. Private Secretary-elect J Addison Porter expected in Canton tonight.
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Canton
Ohio
Mc Kinley
Mia. Kinley
Washington
T. H. Phillips
McKinley
Cleveland
J. Addison Porter
Found Dying In His Cell
A man found drunk at Second and Union streets was taken to the station house and placed in a cell. Around 9:15 he was found unconscious on the cell floor and died en route to Pennsylvania Hospital. Doctors ruled death due to alcoholism. He was about 40, with dark complexion and sandy moustache, dressed in dark clothing. identity unknown.
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Hillary
Third District
Second
Union
Pennsylvania Hospital
Mysicians
Taking Depositions on Abduction Case in Lexington
Special Telegram to Tax Times reports in Lexington Kentucky lawyer Charles L Lundy Mrs Lela Hyndman and a unnamed Cincinnati man took depositions in C H Grimms law office to show the moral character of Harry Hyndman who weeks earlier abducted his daughter from Philadelphia. Chief McElroy to furnish the crew of the Negress Hattie whom Mrs Yodman took to Health Gatherer John J Sullivan testified to the good character of Mrs Lela Hyndman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Times
Lexington
Charles L. Lundy
Lela Hyndman
Cincinnati
C. H. Grimm
Harry Hyndman
Philadelphia
McElroy
John J. Sullivan
No Hope For Willis Cleared by Governor Clemency Refusal
Governor Tunnell denied executive clemency for Thomas Willis colored who is to be hanged in the New Castle jail yard for the murder of his infant near Newark last September. Willis confessed to detectives Witell and Mercy but urged the mother deserted the child and that starvation led to the crime. He described his actions near Milford woods in a statement.
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Wilmington
Tunnell
Thomas Willis
New Castle
Newark
Witell
Mercy
Milford
Ocean Steamers Arrived From New York and Rotterdam Ports
Shipping notices report steamers from New York and Philadelphia reaching Bremen Werkendam and Rotterdam while others from New York return via Southwark. The fragmentary lines indicate bale and letter deliveries and commercial movements linked to brokers.
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New York
Aller
Bremen
Werkendam
Rotterdam
Ena
Philadel
Trom la
Southwark
Ata Ae
Baling
New, York
Sertgart
Brosaes
Gomez Flees From Weyler In Cuban Campaign Crisis
Reports from Havana indicate General Gomez with 4000 insurgents receded toward Puerto Principe as Weyler advances from Sancti Spiritus. Spanish columns push toward Moron and Jucaro while Santiago de Cuba crews prepare to trap Gomez and Calixto.
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Associated Press
Havana
Key West
Gomez
Maxmo Gomez
Weyler
Ciego de Avila
Puerto Principe
Jacara
Moron
Calixto
General Weyler
Sancti Spiritus
Santa Clara
Gomex
Jucaro
Santiago de Cuba
President approves acts to furnish Congressional Record for press
The President approved acts authorizing expenditure of the appropriation for East Chester Creek New York and related measures. The notes indicate securing Congressional Record access for press members and the fruition of cited projects.
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Washington
East Chester Creek
N. Y
Kyle Wins the Fight in South Dakota Senate Deadlock
In Pierre on February 18 Senator Kyle was re elected as Republicans shifted votes from Pickler and Populists. Final tally Kyle 65 Goodykoontz 11 Plowman 41 Palmer 1 Greeley 4 Hinckley 1 with six Democrats also backing Kyle. Assembly party clashes followed and Rep Keith signaled a free silver caucus to repudiate the election.
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Pierre
Kyle
Pickler
House
Senate
Man
Joint Assembly
Olson
Lawrence
Godykoontz
Plowman
Goodykoontz
Palmer
Greeley
Hinckley
Keith
Lake County
Free Silverites
Pettigrew
Pettigrew predicts Kyle reelection will be independent bloc
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota says Kyle’s election to succeed himself shows a strong independent trend. He notes Kyle’s six years of service and ability, and claims the Legislature’s GOP vote signals cross party alliance. Kyle will align with silver advocates as in the past.
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Washington
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Kyle
Are
Hermit Ralph Cross Found Dead After Mine Collapse
In Coudersport Pennsylvania on February 18, Ralph Cross a hermit and prospecting miner was found dead when earth caved in on his cabin work site near Kilbourne. Ten tons of soil were moved to reveal his body likely remaining beneath since Saturday. Cross famed as a geologist who first found coal at Arnot Tioga County and once worth about 100000 dollars, lived alone after his wife took his wealth and left him.
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Coudersport
Ralph Cross
Kilbourne
Cross
Arnot
Tioga County
Devel
Brossburg
Johnston
Duncannon
James M. Beck
United States
Philadelphia
George
Henry
Gounsanlla
Dolllars
Gomez's Whereabouts Reported Near Havana Front
Private information from Key West says General Gomez slipped past General Weyler and is between Weyler and Havana. He led 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry to attack the Moron Trocha and night assault on a fort, which was captured along with its arms and ammunition.
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Key West
Gomez
Weyler
Havana
Gomes
George W Adams Died From Self Inflicted Wound
George W Adams died today from a self inflicted gunshot wound after writing I die hungry on a billhead. He once engineered a famous oats market maneuver on the Chicago Board of Trade and later worked as a book keeper after losing his fortune. He had been jobless for three months.
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Curiaco
George W. Adams
Adams
Chicago Board of Trade
President seeks Senate confirmation of several nominations
The President transmits nominations to the Senate including Thomas Willing Peters for Consul at Plauen Germany in the district of Columbia. Other appointments include naval officers and cavalry personnel with several second lieutenants and lieutenants listed for the Fourth Cavalry and related units.
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Washin noTon
Senate
Thomas Willing Peters
District of Columbia
United States
Plauen
Germany
Navy
Lloyd W. Cartie
Daniel Frederick
Edgar Hubert
James R
J. W. Clinton
Troaty Geet
KE. Eames
Fourth Cavalry
City Notes House of James M. Boyd Transferred as Street Sergeant
The City notes James M. Boyd of the Nineteenth has been transferred to the Ninth Lae as street sergeant. He was appointed in 1884. A fragment mentions Myrtlewood and a German oat Peree in Kentucky and references coal and other value.
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James M. Boyd
Coal & Tees
Twenty Years for Johnston Sentenced in Pa. Case
Dr Thomas L Johnston received twenty years solitary confinement for murder in the second degree in New Bloomfield Pennsylvania. The judge imposed the maximum allowed, amid community unrest and threats of lynching during transfer to the east Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bloomfield
Thomas L. Johnston
George
Henry
Hastern Penitentiary
Lyons
Duncannon
Newport
Johnston
Prize fight ends in death in Cincinnati
Ben Coleman died after a ten round prize fight at the Manhattan Athletic Club in Cincinnati. The 23-year-old, who lived there, was struck in the first round and collapsed, later pronounced dead. Referee Simcoe arrested William Rogers, the winning fighter, as Coleman’s body was taken to the Morgue.
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Cincinnati
Ben Coleman
Manhattan Athletic Club
Coleman
William Rogers
Rogers
Simcoe
L. Roberts
Jim Johnson
Roberts
William Coleman
Frank Maciewski
Ohio
Unknown man killed by train near Altoona
The body of an unidentified man was found on the railroad three miles east of Altoona. He was run over by a train. A pocket notebook in German listed Joseph A. Walker and John Pappas of Allegheny. He had black hair, a moustache, and weighed about 140 pounds. Along with three others killed Tuesday night, four unidentified bodies await identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Joseph A. Walker
Allegheny
John Pappas
Beasley in Dying State in Trenton
Chief Justice Beasley remained gravely ill in Trenton New Jersey with physicians reporting limited chances of recovery. He showed some vitality earlier but deteriorated by midnight and doctors feared he might not survive the night.
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Trenton
N. J
Beasley
Senator-elect Wellington Comments on Gary for Postmaster General
Washington February 18 Senator-elect Wellington of Maryland said he believes James A Gary of Maryland will be the next Postmaster General and that the report of his selection is true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wellington
Maryland
James A. Gary
Trailed by bloodhounds in Royal Mines case
A Knoxville report states Ahaz Johnson was arrested at Coal Creek for the assassination of J. D. Heck, manager of the Royal mines. Bloodhounds traced him to his home as he prepared to flee the state.
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Lovuisville
the Times
Knoxville
Tenn
Ahaz Johnson
Coal Creek
J. D. Heck
Royal Mines
Johnson
Weather Forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Forecast for Friday calls for generally fair weather in the day with threats near the coast in early morning. Northerly winds and slightly colder temperatures. Yesterday's high 45 and low 43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delta Upsilon Dance at Houston Hall Tonight
A busy Philadelphia day with events across venues. Dances at Houston Hall by Delta Upsilon and BE Spencer Miller Law Club, lectures at Girard College and Academy of Natural Sciences, and various banquets and concerts throughout the evening. Speeches by Rudolph Blankenburg and others noted.
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Delta Upsilon
Houston Hall
National Congress of Mothers
Washington
Germania Orchestra
Musical Food Hall
BE. Spencer Miller Law Club
H. W. Raymond
Girard College
Philharmonic Orchestra
The
Academy of the Fine Arts
Warner School
Eighth Street
Poplar
Henry A. Pilsbury
Academy of Natural Sciences
Lafayette Hotel
Colonnade Hotel
Naval Court of Inquiry
Brooklyn
League Island
Phi Alpha Sigma Medical Fraternity
Wharton Street Presbyterian Church
Woman's Suffrage Association
B. Sharp
Henry Ladlam
National School of Elocution and
Hugo Bfigram
Fellowship For Ethical Research
A. P. Brubaker
Jefferson Maternity Hospital
South Seventh Street
Daniel G. Brinton
Media
NS Se
Turkish minister presses Olney over arrest of Tasigi in Newark
The Turkish Minister Mustapha Bey met with Secretary Olney at the State Department and renewed representations concerning the arrest and alleged detention of Tasigi, a Turkish envoy, in Newark and his transfer toward New York.
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Washington
Mustapha Bey
State Department
Olney Eens
Agen la Newark
Jo- Tasigi
Boston
Yec Ae
New York
Man Held to Answer for Murder in Delaware County
A man faces murder charges following a strange death in Delaware County. Officials report that ten people have confessed their guilt or implicated themselves in the case, with the investigation now solved.
Man Confesses in 1894 Marsh Murder Case
A man giving the name James Brookham confessed to participating in a murder and robbery near Cobb's Creek marsh in Delaware County in 1894. He was brought to Chester by Chief of Police Berry and after a hearing was committed to prison. He stated that he and a man named Wilson killed and robbed the victim.
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James Brookham
Chester
Berry
Wilson
Cobb's Creek
Delaware County
Hotel Vendig
Frank Geyer
Thirteenth Regiment
United States Infantry
Fort Adams
R. L
Newport News
Fort Columbus
Gilman
Brookham
Philadelphia
David Wilson
Thomas H. Berry
Chief Berry
Secretary of War
Ruger
Department of the East
Robert H. Smith
Marshall
Alderman Smith
James Brookham Confesses to 1884 Philadelphia Murder
James Hester alias James Brookham confessed to a Philadelphia outskirts murder from 1884. He was arrested after serving in the Thirteenth Regiment and deserting, with detectives tracing his links to a robbery and fatal shooting near the Chester pike. He was committed to jail for murder without bail.
Tariff panel Restores McKinley Coal Rates
Washington February 18 The House Ways and Means Committee moved to reinstate the McKinley tariff on coal and coke as part of the new tariff bill. The decision marks a key step in shaping trade policy and energy pricing.
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Ways and Means Committee
Washingtonh
Woman Stabbed in Quarrel at Gonsha Place
In Gonsha Place yesterday afternoon a quarrel led to a woman drawing a knife and stabbing Mamie Lee a 21 year old resident of 3 Gonsha Place in the head. Mary Johnson age 27 was arrested. Mamie is said to be in a state of great danger.
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Gonsha Place
Mamie Lee
Mary Johnson
Mamie Te Sant Tate Eut
Atlantic Garden Footnote From an EERE Brief
A fragmented clipping notes an Atlantic item about garden feet and a reference to EERE and Gree. The readable portion mentions orth and fren phrases with unclear context and no identifiable events or names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Atlantic Orth
Bargate Bargain Steinway Upright Seeks Buyer
A classified line promotes a Steinway upright piano offered at 160 dollars with a suggested buyer compromise of five dollars for delivery or handling as part of a local sale. The listing uses brief financial terms and compact wording.
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Way
Steinway
the_ Angelus
Nana Boe
Cuba
Two Notable Bargains In Overcoats For Sale Today
Two overcoat lots offered at sale prices with limited availability. Lot one includes 44 blue and black kersey overcoats at five dollars each, all wool with full color options. Lot two presents 45 overcoats from Guest Overcoat line in various colors, priced at thirty five dollars, for today and tomorrow only.
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Kersey
Sedan Montegnacs
Oxford
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