Delegates Close Session as Bleakley Is Elected President
A foreign delegate urged Spanish instruction in public schools while Bleakley was elected president as delegates wound up their work.
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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1897
Page
3
Great Need of a Steamship Line
Delegates of the Commercial Congress tour Philadelphia and Atlantic City workgroups. Officers elected include Robert Bleakley as president and P. A. Widener W. R. Grace Sima Carter Fernando Ferrarri Perez Carlos Six and others. Delegates hear papers on Venezuelan markets trade impediments and tariff changes. A Stetson factory tour follows with remarks by Theodore Search and Thomas Stetson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Commercial Congress
Esident
Robert Bleakley
New Orleans
P. A. B. Widener
Philadelphia
W. R. Grace
New York
Sima ‘R. Carter
Chicago
Fernando Ferrari-Perez
Mexico
Carlos Six
Pitt
Argentina
Fernando Mendes
Brazil
Marginondo
Uruguay
Antonio B. Delfino
Venezuela
Louis Glescken
Colombia
Alejandro Garland
Peru
Mauro Fernandez
Costa Rica
F. Mejia
San Salvador
L. H. Richter
British Guiana
Carlo Rogers
Chill
Bleakley
A. E. Delfino
Demerara
United States
N. F. Thompson
Johnstown
Board of Trade
Agny
Pan American Steamship Line Advocate Withdraws Resolution
James Arbuckle, St. Louis Spanish Club and Export Association manager, and Western delegate to the Commercial Congress, proposed a resolution urging a U S government steamship line to South American ports. Delegates supported the purpose but found the phrasing unsatisfactory and Arbuckle withdrew the resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Arbuckle
St. Louis
Spanish Club and Export Association
Commercial Congress
United States
South American
Wall Street Activity Advances on Bullish Outlook and Tariff Hopes
Bradstreet's report says Wall Street shows a decided weekly advance with broader activity and rising public interest. Bulls lead as pools resume trading on favorable tariff expectations, crop outlook, and rail earnings. Granger stocks and Rock Island Northwestern reports boost optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet
Financial Review
Wall Street
London
Senate
Rock Island
Northwestern
Gage
Baltimore and Ohio Road
United States Rubber Company
Jersey Central
Albany
Ceri
Children’s Aid Society reports sixty new societies formed
At the annual meeting in Ripeway the Children’s Aid Society of Western Pennsylvania announced sixty new societies formed in the state. Officers elected include President Mrs Frank Reed and Secretary Mrs J L Anderson. Uniontown eyed as next meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripeway
Children's Aid Society of
Western Pennsylvania
L. B. Wilson
Altoona
Central Pennsylvania Humane Society
Children’s Aid Society
Frank Reed
Clearfield
J. L. Anderson
Allegheny
H. le Mason
Pittsburg
A. H. Wallace
Uniontown
S& 9 Ig
Voter Roll Increases While School Children Decline
Assessors report spring totals to the County Commissioners showing 294,926 voters up from 292,965 last year and 690 school children, down from 99,521 last May. Voter gains by wards are not enough for an extra Councilman, though several wards near the threshold.
Political notes signal campaign stumbles and local posts
A roundup of political moves and reforms in the city includes a stopped false pretense campaign for City Treasurer and a collapse of a Division Winners' League plan. Indorsements shift to Horatio B. Hackett for the Registry of Wills, while Patrick Broderick becomes a Water Bureau watchman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Whittingham
Thirtysixth
Workingmen’s Protective Tariff League
Horatio B. Hackett
Register of Wills
Patrick Broderick
Fifth Ward Republican Committee
Water Bureau
First Ward Union Republican Club
Postmaster Carr
David Martin
Eee
Ed Sayboldt
Nathan M. Griffith
Pubtakelic Safety
Oolve Pennsylvas
Talk of the Day in New York City
Coverage of the police parade ending with Inspector McLaughlin’s return and a large crowd’s cheers. Reports on Policeman Bevins trial, a series of cable car accidents, a smallpox scare at Vanderbilt Clinic, and social notes on Augustin Daly’s departure and Damrosch family departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Bevins
Vanderbilt
Augustin Daly
Chicago
New York
Battery
Worth Monument
Strong
Inspector McLaughlin
Twenty-third
Broadway
William W. McLaughlin
Moss
Mayor Strong
McLaughlin
Captain Chapman
Fourteenth Street
Joe Mora
Fred Hoey
Billy Perzel
Delmonico
John D. Bevins
Andrews
McCroskey Butt
Twelfth Regiment
Blight
Atherton Blight
Philadelphia
Richard Greenough
Boston
Muenchiner-King Cottage
Newport
John R. Drexel
Cora Routt
G A R Encampment elects delegates to national meet
Johnstown Pennsylvania reports the G A R third annual encampment closing with elections for the National Encampment and Council of Administration. Delegates named include Bohannon Buch Losch Hamilton Holmes and many others from Pittsburgh Philadelphia Reading and Harrisburg. New officers installed and apin presented to past president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Darte
Williamsport
Naan Ee A
Pennsylvania
Council of Administration
Henry T. Yohn
William J. Wray
Harvey Miller
Philadelphia
William J. Patterson
Pittsburg
George H. Lant
Buffalo
Daniel Bohannon
Lemon Buch
Reading
L. ©. Carte
Wilkesbarre
W. J. Hamilton
John B. Holmes
Springdale
A. Losch
Schuylkill Haven
William G. Palmer
Edwin Walton
A. J. Ackerly
Waverly
John Foster
Shamokin
Charles J. Harrison
Somerset
G. G. Lindsay
Marietta
H. D. Potts
Harrisburg
George 5. Shattuck
Meadville
A. N. Schaffer
Erie
William H. Winter
B. B. Atherton
Scranton
J. H. Druckenmiller
Lehighton
J. C. Rowe
Bradford
A.0. Reinobl
Lancaster
Joseph Swartz
J. A. Weible
Tidioute
Jacob J. Eberhardt
M. A.gherst
Lebanon
Thomas Irwin
Allegheny
A. ©. Koser
Mechanicsburg
James H
Lean
Minersville
George W. Skinner
McConnellsburg
Theo
Schweriner
Fred. Buchler
J. D. Hicks
Altoona
George W. Jefferies
W. N. Reynolds
Tunkhannock
E. L. Scroper
York
F. B. Sprahan
Coatesville
Jas. Thompson
Cummings
Committee On
Carte
James 5. Morrison
Thomas G. Sample
Soldiers’ Orphans’ School Commission
Jones
Stauffer
Charlies L.leiper
Charles A. Suydam
Women's Relief Corps
Alice Sterr Houck
Echanicsburg
Sara M. Bowman
Homestead
L. A. Moore
Wesleyville
Mary H. Lyons
Susquehanna
Hannah T. James
Nan Y. Leslie
Martha General
Susie F. Loomis
Eliza ©. Booth
Ladies of the
Y. M
A. Hall
Allen street railway bill passes Illinois Senate and House
In Springfield the Senate approved the amended Allen street railway bill by 831 to 18. The House then concurred after debate, with Opposition lead by Tisdell tabling his non-concurrence 81 to 71. Governor Tanner now must sign or veto the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Tanner
Senate
Yeas
House
Tisdell
McCloud
Warder
Pittsburg Doctor Held on Assault Charge
Dr. Morgan Howell of Pittsburg Pa was held in 2500 bail by Magistrate South at Central station on charges of criminally assaulting 6 year old Dolly Cunard of Spruce street The girl testified with some corroboration from her sister and Dr Andrews with no other witnesses present Howell a patent medicine dealer denied the charge and said to have a wife and child in Pittsburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Routt
Seeley
Captain Chapman
Sherry
West Thirttieth Street
Miss Routt
Chapman
West Thirtieth Street
West Twenty-seventh Street
C. Lewis Gompers
Centre Street
Jefferson Market
Charles la Grange
la Grange
West Thirtyfourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Misa
Jeanette Sweeney
West Thirty-fourth Street
Morgan Howell
Pittsburg
Central Police Station
Dolly Cunard
Spruce Street
Ninth
Andrews
Howell
Explosion Burns Boy and Man at Ninth and Cross
A gasoline lamp exploded at the southeast corner of Ninth and Cross streets destroying a morning. Frank McSorley aged 14 of 830 Wilder street was burned on his legs and body while John Woll aged 35 of 914 Tree street, who came to assist, had his face burned. They were taken to St. Agnes Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth and Cross Streets
Frank McSorley
Wilder Street
John Woll
Tree Street
St. Agnes’ Hospital
New Tax Law Found Unconstitutional by Orphans Court
President Judge Hanna adjudicated the estate of George Blight, ruling the May 12 1897 collateral inheritance tax on personal property exceeding 5000 void as unconstitutional. The decision held the law violated Article 9, Sections 1 and 2 of the state Constitution by taxing only part of personal property and exempting others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Hanna
George Blight
Act of Assembly
Cotton Mills to Reopen Near Media Delaware County
The old Lewis Cotton Mills on the Baltimore pike have been refitted with new machinery boilers and engines for plush goods. The Victoria Plush Company as new owners will start the mill in a few days and employ sixty workers. The mills will bring a new population to Lewis Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Cotton Mills
Baltimore Pike
Victoria Plush Company
Lewis’ Bank
Six year old girl shot while playing in Camden
Lisa Durane from 800 South Fourth street Camden lost sight of an eye after a revolver bullet struck her cheek and lodged in the eye ball. She was taken to Cooper Hospital where doctors removed the eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisa Durane
South Fourth Street
Camden
Lisa
Cooper Hospital
Jackson Democrat and longtime official dies at 88
Valentine Brobst of Rebrereburg dies aged 88. He cast his first vote for General Jackson and remained a Jackson Democrat. Brobst served as Postmaster for twelve years and Justice of the Peace for twenty-five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Valentine Brobst
Rebrereburg
General Jackson
Hekla Safe After Collision Near Hebrides
A London cable reports the Danish steamer Hekla, after colliding with the Mississippi in dense fog May 27 on Newfoundland banks, passed the Butt of Lewis en route to Christiansland. Captain S J Laub of Thingvalla lines previously survived an iceberg encounter with 550 aboard. all hands safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Hekla
Atlantic Transport Line
Mississippi
Lewis
Hebrides Islands
Hebrides
Christiansland
Newfoundland
Atlantic Line
Thingvalia Line
8. J. Laub
Thingvalla
Laub
Gore
Gold shipment to Europe amid late New York notices
Heidelbach Ickelheimer Co of New York plans to ship 500000 dollars in gold to Europe by today's steamer. Local and national items noted include trials, appointments, and legal actions across multiple cities and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co
New York
Europe
National Business League
Chicago
United States Senate
United States
Shields
Genenee Ee
Highland Onemieas Savage
Largest Incorporation Fee Ever Paid
Articles filed by the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company authorize building lines from Chicago to the Mississippi River, East St. Louis, the Ohio River, and to the Indiana and Illinois nonwiety line through Kankakee. Capital stock is $30,000,000. The filing fee was $30,000, the largest ever for U.S. incorporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company
Chicago
Mississippi River
East St. Louis
Ohio River
Kankakee
United States
Man Died From Fall At Night Club In Passyunk
Joseph McManus aged 25 of 2025 South Ninth Street died at home from a brain hemorrhage due to a fractured skull. The coroner's jury ruled accidental death after witnesses said an accidental fall at the Golden Crown New Year Club on Passyunk Avenue and Federal Streets caused the fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McManus
South Ninth Street
McManus
Golden Crown New Year Club
Passyunk Avenue
Federal Streets
Coroner’s Jury Rules Boley Suicide Temporarily Insane
The coroner's jury returned a verdict that Rev. Adam Boley died by his own action while temporarily insane. Boley, of 2155 East Dauphin Street, killed himself at a hotel on North Third Street while registered as H. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boley
Adam Boley
East Dauphin Street
North Third Street
H. Miller
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Manufacturers’ Club
Atlantic City
Tvas
Stetson Hat
Theodore A. Search
Search
Stetson
South America
Pan-American Steamship Line
Aid Society of Western Pennsylvania
Cora Rcutt
Harry
Duffy's Hill
Lexington Avenue
Puck
Harlem
Duffys
John Hector
Thirty-fifth
Fourteenth
Mamie Friese
Third Avenue Line
Third Avenue
Crow
East Twenty-second Street
Sion
Vanderbilt Clinic
Amsterdam Avenue
Jane Sheridan
West One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
North Brother Island
Benedict
Bureau of Contagious Diseases
Frank Damroasch
Walter Damrosch
Hoboken
People’s Choral Union
Damrosch Musical Society
America
Mr. Damrosch
Flaneur
Timms
Allen
Illinois
Hood
William B. Hanna
Cotton Mills
Delaware County
Media
Jackson
Merion
Butt of Lewis
Christiansand
Dubuque
Iowa
San Quentin
Gadsden
Ale
P. Huntington
Southern Pacific
Globe City
Arizona
Louisville
Far East
Henderson
Madison County
Madison Car Company
Eddie Pitzer
Jacksonville
Fla
Louise Gatto
Prince Louis of Savoy
Duke of
Abruzzi
San Francisco
Charles Moran
H. M. Summerfield
Denver
Col
Henry Somerset
British Women's Temperance Association
Patterson and Thomas Block
James Kellogg
James Kellogg & Co
E. 8. Dean Company
Party of
Washington
Phelan
Board of Supervisors
Joseph Menley
Manly
J. K. Stessel & Co
Tahlequah, I. T
McKinley
Terry
New York Silicate Slate Company
Foeigner
William W. Brawley
Lynn
Mass
State Board of Arbitration For Settlement
The
Independent Order Free Sons of Israel
Auditorium Hotel
Sunny
Andrew Carnegie
Sprinesal
Art Museum
Mercury
Herculaneum
Greater New York
von Turkheim
D. McDavid
Hutton
Hancock
Hudson Iron Company
Hudson, N. Y
Supreme Court
International League of Pressure
Upper Bay
Hudson River
J. H. R. Molson
Molson
Peek
Montreal
J. ‘H. R. Molson Bros
Charles R. Zehan
Willow Grove Park
Damrosch
NEW York Symphony
Willow Grove
New Jersey
Times
Mount Hotty
Joseph Wharton
New Jersey Pines
Wharton
Jerome B. Grigg
Mount Holly
Edward Ford
Joseph Lemonyon
Porter Dave Arp
Cuma- Wal Contonerion
Sole Fetur
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