Rapid Transit Charter Ready to Be Filed in City
Promoters of the Pennsylvania Rapid Transit plan embrace financiers politicians and manufacturers to charter a system from Broad Street to Bucks County. A double tracked surface line on Broad Street and an elevated route from Front to Market with branches to Ridge Lancaster and Darby Road aim to reach northeast sections including Frankford and Holmesburg.
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Rapid Transit
Broad Street
League Island
Bucks County
Lancaster Avenue
Woodland Avenue
Darby Road
Front Street
Frankford and
Holmesburg
Pennsylvania Rapid Transit Company Planned for Broad Street
Harrisburg June 4 The Philadelphia Times reports a new company will operate overhead and underground roads on Broad Street and a surface line, likely named Pennsylvania Rapid Transit Company. Two charters will form to run surface and elevated networks with a later consolidation to acquire rights from other roads. Plans include a Broad Street surface line and an elevated system extending toward Roxborough, Norristown, and suburbs, with branches to Frankford, Wissinoming, and beyond, contingent on Governor Stone signing the street railway bills. Council ordinances and charters are to be filed, with a possible special meeting if actions stall.
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Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Rapid Transit Company
Stone
Corp
Washington
Metropolitan Traction Company of
New York
Market Streets
Market
Ninth
Philadelphia
Emery
Union Traction Company
Pennsylvania Traction Company
John Patterson
Lancaster
Ths
Patterson
Commonwealth
Select Council
Philadelpha
Focht and Emery Bills and Union Traction in City Plots
The text outlines plans by Focht and Emery promoters to secure city measures and file articles of incorporation. It also notes the Union Traction Company preparing to lay tracks on streets at least forty feet wide not already occupied, with Focht and Emery aiming to advance first.
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Emery
Woman beaten at Chestnut Street home shocks city
Mrs. Sarah Higgenbotham lies in University Hospital after a servant, Mary Rider, 21, is arrested on suspicion of assault with a ginger ale bottle in her Chestnut Street home. The case centers on conflicting stories, a brick thrown earlier, and police seeking a clear motive as Dr. Daniels notes multiple contradictions in Rider’s account.
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Sarah Higgenbotham
University Hospital
Mary Rider
Higgenbotham
Lieutenant Ward
Twenty-first District
Thirty-seventh
Thistory
Samuel Moore
Moore
Mrs. Higgenbotham
Leutenant
City Hall
Edward Gallagher
Jacob Welker
Welker
William
New York
May
Bradley Beach
Washington
Ludlow Street
Higginbotham
Geyer
Stanford
Sells
Fought Hard For Life at 45 Foot Well Rescue
In Shamokin Pennsylvania a 11 year old girl Mary Sunberry nearly drowned after slipping into a 45 foot well filled with water. Henry Marquette heard her cries, secured a rope, lowered it to her and pulled her to safety. The girl clung to rough stones, bled from hand lacerations, and trembled from cold as she finally was rescued.
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Philadelphia Times
Shamokin
Janes
Mary Sunberry
Henry Marquette
Marquette
Mrs McKinley Not Losing Washington
Dr Rixey visited the White House and stated Mrs McKinley's condition has not worsened since this morning's bulletin. He said she rests comfortably with fluctuations but is not losing ground and may be slowly gaining. no immediate danger now exists.
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Washington
Gave His Life For A Hat At Clifton Station
Westchester June 4. L B Harvey of Clifton was killed while trying to retrieve a hat blown under a moving train. He left the coach on the platform as the train stopped, a gust of wind blew his hat under the wheels, and his fall under the moving wheels occurred as he attempted to recover it.
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Philadelphia Times
Westchester
L. B. Harvey
Clifton
Harvey
Man Jumps From Brooklyn Bridge in New York
A public lecturer named Robert Gibbons Bidwell jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York today and was killed. He waved flags as he fell, and a life preserver was found on his body after the impact with the water.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
Janes
Robert Gibbons Bidwell
Brooklyn Bridge
Bidwell
No Extra Session Decided For Philippines Policy
The President will not call an extra congressional session this summer to revisit Philippine policy. Attorney General Knox advised the Cabinet that U S authority allows continuing the present tariff regulations, with civil government to begin July 1 and military control to persist until Congress acts.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Philippine Islands
Knox
Supreme Court
The
Philippines
United States
War Department
Iands
Porto Rico
Henderson
House
Europe
General Otis
Taft Philippine Commission
Through Canal to Europe First Chicago Hamburg Ocean Link
The Northman, a 1496 ton net steamer, arrived in Hamburg today from Chicago, completing a 35 day voyage after 19 days through the Great Lakes and canals before Quebec. It is the first boat in the new Chicago Hamburg service crossing the ocean. voyage round trip estimated at sixty days.
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New York
Hamburg
Chicago
Great Lakes
Quebec
Montreal
Sydney
C. B
Buffalo
Woodruff Will Go Free In Kidnapping Case
Portland dispatch reports Dr Wylie G Woodruff a Pennsylvanila football star will not be prosecuted on the kidnapping charge in the Myrtle Moyer case A conference among counsel for Mrs Moyer and Woodruff and the district attorney followed a joint decision to drop the case leaving the wife of Myrtle Moyer and Woodruff in possession of differing statements regarding the event
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Portland
Ore
Wylie G. Woodruff
University of Pensylvania
Myrtle Moyer
Ray Moyer
Edith Moyer
Woodruff
Avalon Visited by Fire Bakes Hotel Saved by Effort
A major fire swept Avalon around 7 pm destroying two cottages one owned by J H Olmstead Springfield National Bank president and another cottage owned by Dr Siifer Philadelphia. Sea Isle City dispatched a special train for aid but the Avalon Hotel trunks and baggage were moved to safety while insurance covers the estimated $1000 loss.
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Tom Philadelphia Timms
Sea Isle City
Avalon
J. H. Olmstead
Springfield National Bank
Up Goes Poor Man's Beef in Chicago
Chicago reports a rise in beef prices hitting cheaper grades such as loins ribs and chucks by two and a half cents per pound over the past month while higher cuts for the well to do remain unchanged. Beef on the hoof has climbed as much as a dollar per hundred pounds in recent weeks due to warm weather reducing grass fed cattle from the West.
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Chicago
New York
Armour & Co
Fight on Carnegie's Gift Sparks Norristown Council Clash
Norristown council votes 20 to 6 to block the School Board from removing the William McCann Library from the High School to the proposed Carnegie Public Library or using 5,000 of the McCann funds for the new library. If the Board persists, council will issue notice that under the will all McCann funds, totaling 20,000, revert to council for a proposed public park.
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Norristown Council
Philadelphia
Norristown
William McCann
Carnegie Public Library
McCann Library
McCann
Marshal Oakes Shot. Covington Killed in Metropolis
In Metropolis Newfoundland June 4 marshal W B Oakes was shot in the back by hotel keeper A M Covington after demanding a woman Covington harbored be sent away. Oakes died of his wounds and Covington was killed by Oakes who fired back, ending a violent incident. Also King Oscar receives McKinley portrait from U S Minister in Stockholm.
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Metropolis
W. B. Oakes
A. M. Covington
Covington
King Oscar
McKinley
Stockholm
United States
President McKinley
Local Weather Report Forecast For Midweek Regions
The United States Weather Bureau Philadelphia issues a local forecast for Wednesday and Thursday. Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware expect fair warm days with variable to fresh southerly winds. Eastern New York fair with winds shifting from west to south. Western New York fair and warmer with showers and cooler Thursday. Western Pennsylvania fair with warmer north and showers in the north.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
Race of 100 Miles Won by 45 Seconds in Inland Steam Cup
The City of Erie defeated the Tashmoo in a 100 mile steamer race on the Cleveland Erie course. City of Erie finished in 4 hours 19 minutes 9 seconds, edging the Tashmoo by 45 seconds amid a large crowd and strong rivalries. Official finish times placed Erie at 1.53.10 and Tashmoo at 1.54.20.
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Philadelphia Times
Erie
City of
White Star Line
Detroit
Cleveland-Erie
Cleveland
City of Erie
Tashmoo
Fairport
Gonneaut
Onto
Jury frees Yonkers suit to $750 after night deliberation
Jurors in a $10,000 damage case against the Pennsylvania Railroad reached a $750 verdict after an all-night deliberation. A motion for a new trial was filed due to a juror's railroad employment, revealing an 11 to 1 initial split in favor of Yonkers. The judge granted a new trial.
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Lancaster
H. H. Yonkers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Elizabethtown
Samuel Irwin
Christiana
Bwina
Yonkers
Lare’s Chance For Life Media Report
Jerry Lare, the Springfield shooting victim, shows improvement after 125 grains of shot remain in his back. Sixty grains removed today by the physician, with hope of recovery unless blood poisoning develops. William H. Lownes continues to refuse to discuss the incident under counsel.
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Philadelphia Times
Jerry Lare
William H. Lownes
Springfield
Lownes
Engine on Reading Express Jumps Track Near Reading
A vestibuled Reading Railroad express engine derailed ten miles below Reading while traveling about fifty five miles per hour. The axle broke causing the accident. no injuries were reported.
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The
Philadelphia Times
Reading
Reading Railroad
Cave In Splits Tenement House At Bull's Head Mine
A major cave in at the Bull's Head Coal Company mine Providence Scranton splits the town block including the old Red Barn, prompting demolition. Several buildings were affected as responders assessed the damage and safety concerns.
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Philadelphia
Scranton
Janes
Bull's Head Coal Company
Providence
Mrs Maybrick Still in Prison in London
Mrs Maybrick remains confined in a London prison with reports of early release proven false after inquiry. A United States notice had claimed she was freed, but investigations show no release occurred.
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Maybrick
London
United States
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