Defense Opens Case in Wintersteen Trial with Several Witnesses
Bloomsburg June 1 The defense in the Wintersteen case opens with an hour long argument by Shields and calls witnesses to counter the prosecution. Testimony tracks mileage records and alibi details, with Knorr and Harman’s statements challenged as the trial accelerates toward key issues about the September 10 1896 explosion and intents toward Levi Waller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Harman
Exchange Hotel
Wilkesbarre
Wintersteen
Bloomsburg
Shields
Harman
Knorr
Daniel Creveling
J. H. Ertwine
Levi Waller
Erlwine
Harry Mendenhall
Shields for the Defense in Wintersteen Trial Opening
Philadelphia defense attorney Shields delivers a lengthy opening statement in the Knorr Wintersteen case. He questions the prosecution’s motive, defends Wintersteen’s character, and outlines alleged prior crimes by Knorr, including threats, dynamite, and a planned assault. Witness testimony proceeds with cross examinations and rebuttals.
Senate adjourns after three hours in Harrisburg session
Harrisburg June 1 after about three hours the Senate adjourned until Monday evening due to heavy work. Several bills passed second reading including a state funds act and holidays act while others were amended by the House. Final passage on the Hamilton road bill and a tax-related foreign born bill were noted with amendments and printing. Gubernatorial appointments to Notaries Public were confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate
Wille
Philadelphia
Hamilton Road
Messrs. Brown
Westmoreland
Flinn
Grady
Miss Alameda Haines
West Chester
George L. Peck
Scranton
W. J. Smith
R. H. Balby
Slatington
Signatures on Conductor Reports Testify to Train Ride
Theodore F. Conner testified he rode a train with Wintersteen from Herndon to Bloomaburg on October 19, 1896 at 2 35 to 2 40 p m. The Commonwealth reserved the right to introduce conductors not yet arrived and a map of the Armstrong quarry route is in preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore F. Conner
Wintersteen
Herndon
Bloomaburg
Commonwealth
Armstrong Quarry
Royal Blue Line to Washington
Fast time and frequent trains with prompt service and excellent dining cars. Track rock calls ated officials mention engines burn coke with no smoke and no dust on the line to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Blue
Washington
Thompson Family Buys E. O. Thompson Business
The entire business of E. O. Thompson, New York and Philadelphia, has been purchased by Benjamin Thompson and E. O. Thompson, Jr., trading as E. O. Thompson's Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Thompson
New York
Philadelphia
Benjamin Thompson
E. O. Thompson, Jr
E. O. Thompson’s Sons
Suit and Trousers Prices Cut to Clear Goods
Ten dollars reduction in suit prices and four to five dollars off trousers to dispose of piece goods taken from E. O. Thompson. The same making and trimmings as at usual prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Thompson
Senate Pushes Three-Fifths Confirmation for City Appointments
Harrisburg June 1 report says Senate bill requiring a three-fifths Select Council vote to confirm municipal appointments in first class cities passed second reading in the House. Debate was lively but no test of strength as yeas and nays were not ordered. Supporters led by Speaker Boyer and Senator Durham, with opposition from Representatives Stewart Rogers Woodruff and Adame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Select Council
Harrisburg
Senate
House
Yeas
W. S. Stewart
Clinton Roogers Woodruff
Adame
Philadelphia
Messrs
Bolles
Woodruff
Boyer
Durham
Busy day in the Pennsylvania House during June session
The Pennsylvania House refused to adjourn for the International Business Congress in Philadelphia. debate on the Senate adjournment, a printed game law, and a northern penitentiaries inquiry extended. The Fisher eight hour bill drew strong opposition from Baldwin and Creasy, with committee actions on elections and fish bills detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
House
Philadelphia
Commercial Museum
Senate
Martin
Lawrence
Boyer
Nesbitt
Northumberland
Miller
Luzerne
Gould
Erie
Messrs. Stewart
People
Lancaster
Kerr
Columbia
Long
French
Creasy
Farr
Indtrcly
George Base
Prudent Et Attac Eorge Iice
Lyania For
Association
Toa
Woodruff
Philadelphiessrs
Ruff
Chemie
Baldwin
DA Ware
Clarency
Iladelphia
Legislature Debates Bills on Education and City Governance
The House defeated amendments to the Smith school fund bill and sent it to committee. Debate over the Becker three fifths bill drew strong opposition from Philadelphia leaders. Several measures passed second reading while others, including cloaking soda fountain exemptions and shade tree mandates, were defeated. The session adjourned at 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Gordon
Company A
Fifth Regiment
Lewistown
J. A. Pershing
East Marlborough
Chester County
Senate
Marshall
Allegheny
Auditor General
Smith
Stewart
Philadelphia
Hammond
Education Committee
House
Becker
Pittsburg
Woodruff
Adams
States Finances Show General Fund Balance Across Banks
Special Telegram reports the general fund balance in sixty six banks statewide at 4 400 071 48 with 371 656 46 due to state officers and employees. Philadelphia institutions hold 3 480 641 89 of the fund with Allegheny and Dauphin banks contributing the rest including Farmers and Mechanics National and Chase Bank among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
Dauphin
Silk weavers strike at Egg Harbor Woven Label plant
About fifty silk weavers at Egg Harbor Woven Label Company walked off the job demanding higher wages. The factory was closed by the operators and future plans remain uncertain if the strike ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egg Harbor
the Times
Ecc
Railroad War in Morrisville Ends in Standoff
Two hundred Italian workers for the Penn Traction Company fought with about a hundred Italians employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Morrisville as they clashed over a new trolley road. The struggle included shovels, stones, and guards. police were sworn in, and a potential injunction loomed as contractors vowed to press the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traction Company
Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Trenton
Penn Traction Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Morrisville
Doylestown
Delaware River
Bridge Street
Ford
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Morrinville
Traction
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Wheeler & Boody
A. S. Cadwallader
Arms and Men Seized From Dauntless Expedition
In Miami on June 1 a steamer Bicayne and six crewmen were arrested on charges of transferring arms ammunition and 160 men to the tug Dauntless. Special Agent Hambleton was seized beaten and later ashore. The Marblehead cruiser appeared as the transfer neared completion with uncertain reports of the Dauntless capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Bicayne
Dauntless
Jacksonville
Key West
Hambleton
Treasury Department
Marblehead
Geary Sues Conshohocken for 5000 Damages Over Embankment
Recorder of Deeds William M. Geary of Philadelphia sues the borough of Conshohocken to recover 5000 for injuries from a January fall over an unguarded embankment. He alleges negligence for poor lighting and missing railing along the embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Geary
Borough of
Conshohocken
Norristown
Recorder of Deeds
Philadelphia
Geary
Various American Rail, Bank, and Government News Briefs
The Missouri River and Los Angeles Railway and Grocery have been organized with 42000000 capital. The Merchants Bank of Lincoln Nebraska closed its doors at noon yesterday with capital of 50000. Baldwin Colorado coal mines resumed operations employing many miners. Troopers planning bicycle travel from Fort Missoula to St Louis postponed to June 5. The Dupont torpedo boat near completion at Herreshoff works in Bristol Rhode Island. Illinois Senate extender passed House bill to appropriate 1 for Governor Altgeld portrait painting. Nearly every delegate to the Head Camp Modern Woodmen gathers in Dubuque Iowa for the biennial opening. A K Buck Georgia minister to Japan travels through Tacoma toward San Francisco then Taklo une. Memorial services in Kansas City featured the interment of ex Confederate General Joe Shelby. Jar Grosscup of the Federal Court upheld Chicago city liability for railroad damages from the 1894 strike. The Congregational Home Missionary Society began its 71st annual meeting at Saratoga. Albany railroad antitrust hearing postponed to June 8. Great Falls Manufacturing Somersworth New Hampshire started cotton mills on a forty hour week. National Travelers Protective Association met in Nashville Hall of Representatives. attendance the largest in history. A fresh killing frost hit Wisconsin and northern Michigan, harming small fruits and vegetables. Snow covered the north state and northern Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Bank of Lincoln
Neb
Baldwin
Col
Fort Missoula
St. Louis
Dupont
Herreshoff
Bristol
R. I
Illinois
Altgeld
Dubuque
Iowa
A. KE. Buck
Georgia
Japan
Tacoma
Wash
San Francisco
Taklo
Kansas City
Joe Shelby
Jar Grosscup
Federal
Chicago
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Saratoga
Albany
New York
Great Falls Manufacturing Company
Somersworth
N. H
National Travelers’ Protective Association
House of Representatives
Nashvillle
Tenn
Inflammation of the womb urged as remedy by Lydia E Pinkham
A columnist warns women suffering in pain from uterine inflammation to seek cure through Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Mrs Pinkham's Liver Pills. The letter from Mrs Charles Dunmore testifies to relief after eight months of severe symptoms and morphine use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Extreme measures at San Quentin
San Quentin Prison faced a riot with the State Board authorizing force to restore order. Governor Budd directed the warden to deny clemency to uncooperative convicts, while guards used water hoses and improvised security, including rifles from San Rafael, to quell the strike and threaten transfer of ringleaders to Folsom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Quentin
State Board of Prison Directors
Budd
Hale
Company D
San Rafael
Kidee
Birlem
Folsom
Many Men Out of Work at Reading Iron Company
Between 500 and 600 employees quit work at the Reading Iron Company as wage cuts took effect. The sheet mill puddle mill rolling mill and Oley street mill halted operations while Scott Works remained busy. Workers describe it as not a strike, seeking higher wages instead. Reductions varied from 10 to 20 percent, with some losses equaling about 20 cents daily for finishers and helpers. Temple Iron Company also cut wages by 10 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Wickel
Jacob Phillipps
Reading
Graham
Scarlett
Knorr
Sallie Gast
Phillippi
Cherry Street
Reading Iron Company
Oley Street
Scott Works
Temple Iron Company
Dr Charles O Leary Dead Prominent New England Surgeon
Dr Charles O Leary a leading New England surgeon died at his Providence home this morning at age 65 from Brights disease. He served as former president of the Rhode Island Medical Society and taught at St Marys College Emmitsburg Md. He authored a Greek grammar long used in Roman Catholic colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Charles O'Leary
New England
Bright
O'Leary
Rhode Island Medical Society
St. Mary's College
Emmittsburg
Garibaldi Refuses Greek King’s Order of the Redeemer
Ricciotto Garibaldi, son of the Italian liberator, reportedly declined the Order of the Redeemer offered by the King of Greece in recognition of his volunteer service in the Greek cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ricciotto Garibaldi
Liberator
Order of the Redeemer
Greece
Calhoun Expected to Return to Washington After Cuba Visit
Special counsel William C. Calhoun, sent to Cuba on the Ruiz case, is expected to leave Havana for Washington late this week and reach New York by steamer, then arrive in Washington by Sunday. Officials note no official Cuba report is due, only updates on the Ruiz case, with two reports anticipated and future steps not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Calhoun
Cuba
Ruiz
Havana
New York
Tampa
State Department
Calhoun to Return Amid Havana Spy Controversy
Washington reports Judge Calhoun will return from Havana due to incomplete information amid Spain’s spy system. Critics push for an official report to the President for possible action by Congress. Senate and House foreign affairs committees stay reticent while Senator Morgan denounces Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Calhoun
Havana
Capitol
Legation
Alhorn
Congress
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Morgan
Alabama
Spain
Alhoun
Rosebugs Threaten Sussex Fruit Orchards
A plague of rose bugs swarms Sussex county fruit orchards in Laurel Delaware. Myriads invade apple and peach trees and destroy growing fruit across the region. Growers report no previous sighting comparable in the area. June 1 report from The Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
TIMES
Laurel
Del
Sussex County
Political notes on city races and council hints
Councils debate a $2 tax rate and ties to a new ward Combine. Nobre defends the $8,000,000 loan as illegal. Real estate figure Warner floated for Postmaster. Roosevelt politics clash with navy yard nonpartisanship. Ward leaders eye Allen B. Rorke for mayor and Smiths for treasurer and register. Ant combine denounces harmony. Adams protest against trolley privileges and constituent seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League Island
Joseph L. Nobre
Roosevelt
Navy Yards
John S. Warner
Senator Brown
Allen B. Rorke
Smith and Smithers
Register of Wills
Combine
Common Council
John Lukens
Woodason
Adams
Fairmount Park
Cornells
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lloyd
Leyi B. Waller
L. Hughes
W. M. Wright
H. Schroeder
A. J. Rhoades
W. H. Hearte
BR. W. Gordon
M. W. Brunner
William H. Zeigler
W. J. Lewis
Catawissa
Shamokin and Sunbury
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
West Milton
Port Clinton
Ashland
Mahanoy Junction
East Mahanoy Junction
Clifton Knorr
William H. Snyder
Keystone Foundry and Machine Company
Snyder
Waller
Conner
Hall
W. W. Wyant
Weiss & Gilbert
Lyman D. Gilbert
Mildred Knorr Smith
Gilbert & Weiss
Charles R. Buckalew
Levi P. Waller
Jamison City
Bloomsburg Iron Company
Bloomsburg Water Company
Equity
H. C. Schroeder
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Hitchens
Agnes Dewees
Mrs. Wintersteen
C. B. Mellick
P. G. Miller
ED Thompson
Walnut Street
Tillbrook
Farmers and Mechanics’ Nation
Ghantaut Street
Eeee
Ada Rehan
Maeriani & CO
London
Oxfor
West 15Th Street
Pennsylvania and
Penn Traction
Biscayne
Maimi
Florida
Missouri River
Los Angeles
Wisconsin
Michigan
Tres
Charles O’leary
Garibaldi
King George
Marion Harland
Christian Twrhune Herrick
N. K. Fairbank Company
Montreal
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