Judge Dismisses Gibboney Contempt Case in City Court
Judge Maxwell Stevenson ruled to discharge the contempt rule against D Clarence Gibboney officer of the court after Gibboney refused to testify about knowledge of alleged official misconduct. The proceeding aimed to prompt evidence for the grand jury and district attorney. A rumor tied to a future grand jury and a judge’s bench presence circulated among lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Stevenson
Clareyce Gibboney
The
Law and Order Society
Stevenson
Clarence Gibbeney
Grand Jury
James Gay Gordon
Gibboney
Eisenbrown
Patriarch Defies Pope in Armenian Church Rift
A Constantinople dispatch reports the Armenian Catholic patriarch clashing with the Pope. The Sultan praised the patriarch and urged him to push toward a schism, elevating bishops and punishing dissenters while Leo XIII hesitates to excommunicate to avoid open division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
London
Constantinople
Leo XIII
Youthful highway robbers reported in city court
Cline Wher, 10, testified in Wilmington city court that Crant Weldin, 13, and Frank Collingham, 5, robbed him of 31 cents on the road to Newport. Weldin forced the boy to surrender the money while the younger robber handled the horse. The court adjourned the case until Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Wilmington
Cline Wher
Crant Weldin
Frank Collingham
Newport
Weldin
Ghe
Rap
Tontey Ao
Society of
Plunged Into Flames Woman Dies in Westchester House
Special to The Philadelphia Times. Mrs Amos C Baldwin of London Grove burned to death in her home at 4 AM. She was over 80. Fire likely started by a coal oil lamp topple. caretakers Murphy sisters survived after smoke suffocation. Neighbors rescued others. body fell through burning floor into first story wall. She leaves a son and daughter living out of state.
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Philadelphia Times
Westchester
Amos C. Baldwin
London Grove
Murphy
Baldwin
Mrs. Baldwin
Prom
Yachting Tragedy: Venitzia Sinks After Warning Ignored
Mrs. Sprankle survived a fierce storm that sank the Venitzia off Delaware City. Captain Flint refused sail-reducing orders as waves battered the yacht. Ida, Annette, and a steward perished. Survivors were rescued by the tug Gertrude, bodies to be shipped for burial at St George's Cemetery.
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Tus
Philadelphia Times
Delaware City
Walter J. Sprankle
Arthur Wolburn
Venitzia
Papa
Annette
Ida
Father
Strawbridge
Tmes
St. George's
Mrs. Sprankle Returns After Yacht Wreck Shock
Mrs Walter J Sprankle youngest daughter of Arthur Colburn survivor of the Venitzia wreck in Long Island Sound joined her invalid mother in Delaware City after leaving the city with her husband. She arrived home at 519 North Fifty first street exhausted and denied interviews saying reports were imaginary and she will rest for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Sprankle
Arthur Colburn
Venitzia
Long Island Sound
Delaware City
Sprankle
Pretended to be Hanna’s Son Arrest on impersonation charge
Louis McDowell alias William J. Lent was arrested in Washington for posing as Marcus A. Hanna Jr. to obtain credit at a jewelry store. He is wanted in St. Louis for obtaining money by false pretenses and escaped custody en route to jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Washington
M. A. Hanna
Ohio
Dan Rhodes Hanna
Louis McDowell
William J. Lent
Marcus A. Hanna, Jr
Pennsylvania Avenue
McDowell
St. Louis
New York
Ready 10 Shipyard to Erect Dwellings in Chester
Plans for a new Chester shipyard include a $38 million capital with $3 million paid in, land secured along Market Street riverfront, and a project expected to employ 4 000 workers and add 10 000 to 12 000 residents. Senator William C. Sproul leads initial efforts though no partnerships or start dates are fixed. The yard will be independent of Bath Iron Works Roach Co. and connected by multiple rail lines to regional industry.
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New Shipbuilding Company
Chester
Market Street
Eddystone
Delaware River
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Eddystone Print Works
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
William C. Sproul
Bath Iron Works
Roach Company
Anarchist Berkman Attempts Suicide in Penitentiary
Pittsburgh July 20 Alexander Berkman the New York anarchist who shot Frick in 1892 during the Homestead strike tried to kill himself in the Western Penitentiary Thursday night according to burglar John Johnson released to lay. Officials deny the act stating Berkman was in the prison hospital in a straight jacket under discipline after months in solitary confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg
Alexander Berkman
New York
Homestead
H. C. Frick
Western Penitentiary
John Johnson
Sterling Street
Berkman
Johnson
Regent defrauding scheme with corpse leads to prison sentence
Chicago July 20 Judge Gibbons denied new trial motions for Dr Michael N Regent convicted of conspiracy to defraud the Knights and Ladies of Security by substituting a corpse for the insured man. Regent faces an indeterminate prison term. Nora O'Brien and James O'Brien failed to appear and their bonds were forfeited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gibbons
Michael N. Regent
Knights and Ladies of Security
Nora O'Brien
James O'Brien
Regent
Healer Schlatter Sentenced In Washington Police Court
Francis Schlatter known as the divine healer was tried as a vagrant in a Washington police court and fined $10 or thirty days in the workhouse. He asked that workhouse officials refrain from shearing his locks. Schlatter claimed he came to obtain his wife’s approval to sell English property after she deserted him and that he had begun to drink. An policeman testified Schlatter had been drunk since July 3 and was found amid a boisterous crowd.
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Washington
Francis Schlatter
Schlatter
Apoiceman
Belt Line Trolley Proposes Three Cent Fares
In Altoona on July 20, the Belt Line Trolley Company seeks three cent fares for workingmen during peak hours 6 to 8 AM and 12 to 1 PM and 6 to 7 PM. The company has secured a charter under the franchise act and amended its ordinance to implement the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam Philadelphia Times
Altoona
New
Belt Line Trolley Company
Belt Line Company
Gift From Mrs Grant Sends Token to President's Wife
The widow of General Ulysses S. Grant, Mrs. Grant, received a gift intended for Mrs. McKinley. A box labeled Mrs. McKinley Canton Ohio was found on a Pine Charlottenight car in Rochester New York. The item was delivered to Mrs. Grant who is at present in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Philadelphia Times Illustrated Sunday Magazine Summary
The Philadelphia Times Illustrated Sunday Magazine announces fourteen pages of content with a thirty two page supplement. It highlights a full weekly feature and glossy inserts for readers seeking expanded illustrated material.
Daring Rescue Off Atlantic City Pier
Life Guards Berke and Park rescued Augustus Thomas of Philadelphia at the foot of Ocean avenue. Struck by heavy breakers, Thomas was carried under a pier and forced to cling to a buoy as guards threw a line. They reached shore with Thomas safe aboard the buoy and lifeline.
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Philadelphia Times
Atlantic City
Berke and Park
Ocean Avenue
Augustus Thomas
Philadelphia
Young
Berke
Park
Thomas
Dewey as naval envoy to English coronation favored
Special to the Philadelphia Times reports wide support in naval and diplomatic circles for sending Admiral Dewey to England as the United States naval representative at the coronation. Officials say his rank would suit British expectations and display U.S. status among world powers, while avoiding controversy from a junior officer amid the Sampson-Schley dispute.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Dewey
England
United States
Admiral Dewey
Naval Service
Jealous of City Chap Arrests in Lancaster
Henry Schnelpp Morrison Sellers William Fox and Harry Fox all of Gap were arrested for assault and battery on Fred Townsend a Philadelphian spending the summer in LancasterCounty Townsend had been paying attention to a young woman loved by William Fox Fox with three companions ambushed Townsend as he left the woman's home pelting him with eggs in a jealous attack.
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Philadelphia Times
Lancaster
Henry Schnelpp
Morrison Sellers
William Fox
Harry Fox
Gap
Fred Townsend
Fox
Townsend
Mosquito Attack Ends in Slashed Throat
Newark report recounts Rosano Dorso shaving at his Har rison home when a bold mosquito landed on his nose and began biting. In a reflex slash with the razor under his chin he cut his throat, blood flowing freely until a doctor arrived. the insect fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Rosano Dorso
Harrison
Dorso
Telegraphic Briefs From Across The Nation
In Sidney Nebraska a drunken row left six Greeks wounded and one Austrian injured. Sixteen shipwrecked whalers arrive in Seattle aboard the Valencia from the Balaena wreck off St. Lawrence Island. An international metal trades convention forms in St. Louis to create the National Metal Trades Council. A Phoenix court blocks canal water use by owners above the Indian reservation to protect Pima Maricopa water supply. Philich, 80, is to be tried for the murder of Panioe.
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Seattle
Valencia
St. Lawrence Island
Metal Trades
United States
Canada
St. Louis
National Metal Trades Council
United States District Court
Phoenix
Arizona
Philich
Panioe Oe
Regatta Deepens Oarsmen Fame with Vesper Setback
Twenty five years of Schuylkill shore crowds watched the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen regatta as the Vesper shell faltered after a submerged log wrecked the senior eight. The Winnipeg and Argonaut crews triumphed in major heats while Edward Ten Eyck dominated the championship single sculls.
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Schuylkill
National Association of
Philadelphia
United States
C. 8
Titus
Union Boat Club
New York
Passaic Boat Club
Newark
Detroit Hoat Club
Atalanta Boat Club
Lou Scholes
Don Rowing Club
Toronto
Can
A. ©. McCloskey
Pennsylvania Barge Club
Argonauts
Abell
Seine
Paris
Lockwood
Marsh
Hedley
Tatem
Deery
Juvenal
Carr
Exley
St. Louis
de Baecke
Edward Hanlon Ten Eyck
Frank B. Greer
Jeffries
Ten Eyck
Worcester
Hemisphere
Henley
Detroit Boat Club
Mower
Ten Eyck and
Lewis
Lov Scholes
Ontario
John Moran
Columbia Boat Club
Allegheny
James Miller
A. C. Mel Closkey
N. J
Theo. Fooring
Herbert Schwerin
Carl Schwinn
J. L. Mason
Harlem Rowing Club
New York City
Harry K. Vought
H. Borchert
Hugo Nonebacher
George Nonebacher
Clifton Boat Club
Staten Island
N. Y
Association
C. W. Johnstone
Winnipeg Rowing Club
Winnipeg
Canada
Len Marsh
James B. Juvenal
James Bond, Jr
Detroit Boar Club
Walter Mower
D. LB
Driffield
New York Athletic Club
B. L. Zimm
J. Kh. Anderson
John Shulta
Charles Schofield
John J. Mulcahy
Fk. P. Kafka
West Philadelphia Boat Club
F. Coll
John F. B. Atkin
J. P. Wallbow
A. L. Woodward
Harry Borchert
Wachusetts Boat Club
Mass
Jeffries Point Rowing Association
Boston
A. C. McCloskey
Argonaut Rowing Club
J. Wright
N. Bastedo
S. EF. Richards
J. S. Ewart
D. B. Sprague
P. H. Jory
Hayes
W. Hamber
F. H. Bole
Riley
A. H. Logan
Vesper Boat Club
R. C. Lockwood
Ed Marsh
Ed Hedley
L. Totem
W. J. Deery
J. B. Juvenal
William Carr
John
Peck's Term Ends Today as Paris Exposition Enters Final Phase
Acting Comptroller Mr. Mitchell confirms Peck's term as Commissioner General to the Paris Exposition ends July 21 1901. Secretary and Assistant Commissioner General terms end August 17 and September 3 1901 respectively unless earlier completion or presidential action shortens them. Peck's term thus expires tomorrow.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Mr. Mitchell
the Treasury
Ferdinand W. Peck
Peck
United States
Mitchell
Mr. Peck
Italy May Have No Case in Erwin Lynching Inquiry
Italy’s Charge of the Embassy, Mr. Carignan, met Acting Secretary Hill to learn on the investigation into the Erwin Miss lynching. The Italians lack evidence to prove the victims’ nationality and whether they were naturalized, sparking likely no further State Department action without new proof.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Carignan
State Hill
Erwin
Miss
United States
State Department
Sloop Great Republic Arrives After Eight Day Atlantic Crossing
The twenty-five foot sloop Great Republic from Gloucester Massachusetts captained by Howard Blackburn completed its eight day voyage across the Atlantic to Lisbon.
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Lisbon
Great Republic
Howard Blackburn
Gloucester
Mass
Fisheries Society elects Milwaukee officers at session
At today s session of the American Fisheries Society officers were elected General E E Bryant of Madison Wis was chosen president Eugene G Blackford of New York became vice president John L Gundhel of New York was named corresponding secretary and C W Willard of Westerly was elected treasurer
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Milwaukee
American Fisheries Society
E. E. Bryant
Madison
Wis
Eugene G. Blackford
New York
John L. Gundhel
Tony
C. W. Willard
Westerly
Lankenau Steadily Improving
CAPE MAY New Jersey July 20 The condition of John D Lankenau has steadily improved.
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Lankenau
Philadelphia Times
Cape May
N. J
John D. Lankenau
Tolstoy Down to Convalescence After Illness
Count Leo Tolstoy has been critically ill but is now out of danger and convalescent in Tula after his medical condition improved following his July illness.
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Count Tolstoi
Tula
European
Sera
Count Leo Tolstol
Weather Forecast for Sunday and Monday
The United States Weather Bureau in Philadelphia issues for Eastern New York Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware fair and warmer conditions with southerly winds. Western regions remain fair and warm with light southerly winds on the lakes. Sunshine today is 96 percent. temperature excess since July 1 is three degrees.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Arrivals of Ocean Liners Listed in Brief
A listings note shows ships arriving this week including la Normandie from Newark and Le Havre via Havre and Antwerp from New York and Ieeland. The column records passenger traffic and voyage routes with minor schedule details.
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la Normandie
Havre
Newark
Ieeland
Antwerp
New York
Elder Fosburgh's Mother Key Figure in Family Murder Trial
Pittsfield Massachusetts July 20 The Fosburgh murder trial resumes after a court adjournment and focuses on the elder Mrs Fosburgh the mother of the defendant. Witnesses describe her calm steadiness and possibly crucial testimony about the burglary that led to the killing and injuries within the Fosburgh home.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittsfield
Mass
Fosburgh
Stevens
Mrs. Posburgh
Weil
Beatrice
Robert Stewart Fosburgh
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Sultan
Mrs. Sprankle
Hanna
Frick
Altoona Street Railway Company
Illustrated Sunday
Coronaton
Europe
Sidney
Neb
Vesper
Schuylkill Navy
Italy
Blackburn
New England
Fisheries Society
Local Weather Report
Foxsburgh
Robert Fosburgh
Commonwealth
Etand
Les
Herbert Oh Doyner
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