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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1900
Page
5
Officials and committees determine the Philadelphia allotment of four thousand admission tickets to the Republican national convention. The process remains secret with pro rata access for major donors and council members.
Manila July 1. Captain Roberts of the Thirty-fifth Regiment and two missing companions remain prisoners of rebels in Bulacan after a May 29 capture at San Miguel de Mayumo. Rebels say they will treat prisoners according to the laws of war. Roberts’s wife learned of the capture by note. Initially the capture was misreported. six scouts accompanied Roberts when surprised during an arrest. One scout killed, four captured with one later freed. Colonel Abbott of the Forty-second Regiment reported a clash with 250 Ladrones near Paratón. one American killed and Filipino forces eight killed and four wounded.
Major General E. S. Otis remains aboard the transport Meade at Angel Island Quarantine Station in San Francisco. He is not expected to land before Sunday or Monday and is likely to depart for the East on Tuesday, with trains reserved for him.
General orders from the Adjutant General list commissions for several officers in the state forces. First Lieutenant Charles A. Maginess and Augustus D. Whitney receive battalion adjutant roles, with others named to Company F I Company I and Sixth Regiment. The list includes John A. Beach Charles N. Robinson Charles C. Meyers Charles P. Wagner James Hamilton Jr George Hulme Linnington Wilks and 0. J. Shellen.
Former Senator M. Scott Quay shifts focus from Pennsylvania legislative battles to national affairs during a city visit. He forecasts a quick Republican National Convention and says McKinley will pick the vice presidential candidate. Quay doubts Bryan can win and notes plans for anti-convention conferences and delegations preparing to oppose the administration.
A Cape Coast dispatch dated May 31 reports Captain Hall leading a relief column toward Koomassie with 300 soldiers and a total 3 000 marching to aid the besieged Ashanti capital. Governor Hodgson and refugees were en route to Fumeu, as rebels threaten farther resistance to the north.
Newport R I June 1 The Naval War College welcomes officers to the summer course of instruction under Captain C H Stockton president The class includes captains commanders lieutenant commanders and officers from the Marine Corps revenue service and for the first time army officers Also the defense of the northwest coast and Pacific possessions is the problem to be studied The opening address will be given tomorrow by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Frank W Hackett.
The Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the Elder Dempster steamship Montpelier on Big Yankee Rock Newfoundland found Captain James E. Galt at fault. His captain's certificate is suspended for three months.
Wilmington police report 364 arrests and several Western corporations charged in Dover. May Internal Revenue receipts total 17 689.22. A Philadelphia director will referee at Wilmington events. Republican Levy Court candidate Francis Latta Lattoninuse from New Castle Fifth district. Congressman J J Lewis of Ohio to address a Democratic League gathering. John Wanamaker supports Wilmington Carnival parade plans for June. Delaware Federation delegates to Milwaukee include Anna Canby Mrs Holiday Mrs Fulton. Flower Mission Day set for June 9 with church services and scripture readings.
Grand jury returns five indictments against election board members from the Seventh Ward in the February municipal election. Judge James Brown faces four counts for not swearing clerks and failing to deliver voter lists. Herbert Rolles, Frank Harrison, and Charles Johnson face four indictments for allowing voting irregularities and improper ballot handling. Additional charges allege improper voter right verification and challenges ignored.
Plans filed by R C Ballinger for alterations to J Wood Lucas residence. new fire houses planned by Camden City Councils. Reading Industrial Co to build a large three story mill. Various property transactions listed with dates in 1900. hospital entrance hall project by George Watson & Son. Frankford stable building by Stearns & Castor. multiple street parcels and mortgages tracked with names, streets, and values.
The Bar Association of New York appoints a committee led by President John E. Parsons to present the association report and resolutions opposing the confirmation of John R. Hazel of the Western District before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Robert Clayton, a Black man, received a two year prison term from Judge Arnold in the Criminal Court. He was convicted of fraud related to acting as a financial agent of the Home for All Colored Persons, involving a scheme against several individuals.
The Senate passed the Military Academy appropriation bill with an amendment elevating the army’s commanding general to lieutenant general and the adjutant general to major general. The measure, added to the academy bill, faces House action and possible conference. An extra amendment would appoint fifty additional cadets to the academy.
Members of the common council consider a proposal to develop a splendid driveway along Twenty First Street. The committee reviews the plan to enhance traffic flow and aesthetics of the boulevard so it serves as a prominent city thoroughfare.
A list of upcoming meetings for Fairmount Park commissioners and several council committees. Highlights include the thirty fourth annual meeting at 12 30 P M with officer elections and annual report, plus discussions on street railroads highway openings plans police storage of explosives and a protest against R Courtland Harrs retention.
Citizens press President McCurdy to convene an all day Common Council session next Thursday as many ordinances remain unacted while the lower house fears overload. The upper chamber, smaller, nearly completes its calendar and can keep pace with its work.
A sub committee of the committee on surveys inspected Pine street from Thirty-fourth to Thirty-sixth in West Philadelphia yesterday. It proposes taking the street from the city plan with one half assigned to University Hospital and the other half to the Philadelphia Almshouse.
City Controller Walton and City Treasurer McMichael dispute retention of tax commissions. Walton referred the matter to Councils, signaling a potential final settlement. City Solicitor Kinsey declined to opine officially, awaiting Councils’ action and any questions submitted.
Governor Thomas approves a Union Pacific plan to bring defeated Boers to Colorado’s Platte Valley. The project would grant one million acres under the Carey land act on the Julesburg and Wyoming divisions, with free land and transport to Colorado repaid later after settlement. B C Wantland travels east to meet Boer envoys and present details.
Street railroad committee to discuss converting South Twenty first street from Market to city line into a boulevard. Union Traction to remove tracks from Twenty first from Christian to Point Breeze to Twenty third. Ordinance forbids future tracks or omnibus privileges on Twenty first. South city section supports the plan as a step toward a boulevard linking League Island Park with Fairmount Park.
New York notices report stage star Della Fox was formally committed to Wave Crest Sanitarium Astoria Long Island for treatment of delusions tied to long term alcohol abuse. once a Broadway sensation Fox faced fading prospects and costly dissipation of wealth amid a troubled life on and off the stage.
A police and prisons sub-committee will consider two ordinances regulating the sale and storage of explosives. Prominent insurance figures Charles Roberts Charles Wilmerding William McDevitt Charles Hexamer and George L Wagner are invited to attend and offer suggestions. City street improvements are advancing with 25 of 200 contracts completed under Chief Brooks of the Highway Bureau. He notes underground work aids progress and expects 2 million dollars of the 11.2 million loan and 600 thousand from annual funds to be spent by fall paving with asphalt and vitrified brick and repairing many miles of streets.
The month of May recorded 86 box alarms, a record for the Electrical Bureau, with 31 days and higher totals than May 1890 and May 1898. The period also saw many injuries among firemen with no fatalities, including five overcome by fire at the tunnel fire on May 12. The busiest days were May 10 and 15 with seven calls, May 7 and 24 with six, and May 14 and 10 with five.
Special telegram from Pottsville reports the Schuylkill Coal Exchange committee set May wages for miners at a rate of one cent per unit. The decision covers the first half of May and the first of June, reflecting changes in compensation during the period.
Jamen McCoresin sues Charles Harter in the Court of Common Pleas seeking 1000 dollars for stab wounds to the left shoulder. He alleges the defendant struck him with a weapon, narrowly avoiding a fatal injury. The report notes the case and arrest context.
A will of Mary M. McMullen is probated yesterday and the estate disposed of. Inventories filed assign substantial values to personal estates: Count Gaffredo Galli $148,971.37, Joseph H. Tyson $54,310.45, and John Slegier $9,500.45.
The weekly report of City Treasurer Mc Michael shows department receipts of 723534.00 and permeate 372160.70, with the sinking fund ban from prior work excluded, leaving a balance at the close of Wednesday last of 12104102.08 in various city banks. The sleking fund qgmousts.
The city acquired ownership of three school sites developed for Warner, Franklin and Webster Schools in wards Thirteen, Nineteen and Twenty. The $9,399.98 purchase price included extinguishment deeds and warrants drawn to the Bacon estate executors, with $561 annual ground rents.
Receiver of Taxes Money announced that Thursday’s receipts set a new daily record, drawing $412,000 into the office. Water taxes totaled $404,076.11, the largest one day amount ever received, keeping staff working into the early morning hours.
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