Harrisburg Legislature Activities and Senate Confirmations
In Harrisburg the Legislature shows activity beyond railway bills, with Senators Quay and Penrose overseeing party pledges and leaders convening on judicial and Congressional apportionment, ballot reform, and various house measures affecting poor relief, boroughs, guardianships, and tax and property laws. The Senate confirmed William T. Solly as Montgomery County Orphans Court judge while many bills progressed or were set for committees.
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Marrisburg
United States
Quay
Penrose
Republican Party
Harrisburg
Senate
Wiliam T. Solly
Orphans’ Court
Montgomery County
Stiles
Lehigh
Muelbronner
Pittsburg
House
Guardian
Flouse
James S. Plummer
Tyrone Artillery Company
Tennsylvania Hilla
B. Lysenger
Jacob Jegins
Pennsylvania
Boroughs
Waships
Union
Northumberland
Lewisburg
Uking Fund
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Montgomery
Fosine
Vaughan
Ckanna
Sproul
Delaware
Martin
Delphia
Lackawanna
New State Laws Signed by Governor in Harrisburg
June 4. The Governor signed bills granting first class cities power to regulate high explosives and related products by ordinance. Measures cover turnpike abandonments, sheriff sale distributions nationwide, township tax penalties, surety actions in any county, borough applications, water works indebtedness, Carbondale poor district pay, coal under public parks sales by third class cities, bid rights for mutual associations, sinking fund repeal, insolvency provisions, tax liens for municipal improvements, building contracts rights, city park trusts, personal registration in cities, land purchase trusts, and notary affidavit validations.
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Harrisburg
Allegheny County
City of
Carbondale
Mutual Savings Fund
Governor appoints Justices of the Peace in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg June 4 The Governor appointed John B. Jones Jr Homestead to Allegheny county and J Peter Goellman Lan caster township to Butler county along with John Cunningham Jackson township Cambria county P K Shultz Sugd rloat township John G Martin Newburg borough E J White New Haven and F S Dilliner Greensboro to other counties to serve until May 1902 The Governor also sent nominations for the State Hospital for Insane Danville trustee Simon P Wolverton and a board to examine expert accountants William A Booth and Robert Alexander both named to the board with terms ending in 1902
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Harrisburg
Allegheny County
John B. Jones, Jr
Homestead
A. J. Kuhn
Butler County
J. Peter Goellman
Lancaster Township
Cambria County
John Cunningham
Jackson Township
Columbu County
P. K. Shultz
Sugdrloat
Cumberland County
John G. Martin
Newburg
Fayette County
E. J. White
New Haven
Greene County
Dilliner
Greensboro
Schuylkill County
Robert M. McCormick
North Union Township
Simon P. Wolverton
Sunbury
State Hospital For Insane
Danville
Charles Chalfant
William A. Booth
Allegheny
Robert Alexander
Philadelphia
Berks Democrats Name Ancona for County Chair and Ticket
The Berks county Democratic convention adopted a full ticket for county offices led by John F. Ancona for County Chairman. Alfred F. Mogel, Jacob Esser, John W. Fisher, George W. Wagner, Nevin M. Davis, John Warren, and Daniel Gross were named for Sheriff Clerk of Quarter Sessions Court Director of the Poor District Attorney Surveyor Prison Inspectors. Ancona was re elected by acclamation. Crawford county primary system rejected.
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Philadelphia TimEs
Reading
George W. Wagner
Nevin M. Davis
John Warren
Cymru
Daniel Gross
Earl
Democratic
John F. Ancona
Crawford County
Lightning-like Guillotine in Scranton Office Shakeup
Special to the Philadelphia Times from Harrisburg reports Recorder Moir of Scranton rapidly reshuffled Public Safety chiefs after induction. F. L. Clemens served a day, then Fred Hitchcock for thirty days, now F. L. Wormser holds the role. Congressman Connell and the Municipal League urge Governor Stone to remove Moir amid protests and defending his actions.
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Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
Moir
Scranton
Recorder
F. L. Clemens
Department of Public Safety
Clemens
Fred Hitchcock
F. L. Wormser
Connell
Municipal League of Scranton
Stone
Fought Duel With Bayonets In Chester
A bloodless duel between two elderly men occurred today in Chester after an alleged insult to a cigar store owner, Dr Lambert and another participant arming with fixed bayonets from muskets. The combat lasted briefly with no injuries reported.
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Philadelphia Times
Chester
FIGHTING TO BE VETERANS LEADER AT GETTYSBURG
Special to The PhiladelphiaTIMRA. Gettysburg June 4 Rumors swirl of a dark horse candidate for Grand Army of the Republic Department Commander with the fourth candidate to be announced tomorrow. Auditor General McCauley leads after early endorsements from George A McCall Post West Chester and many veterans statewide. Other figures include Col H C Demming Harrisburg endorsed by central district posts and Congressman Thaddeus M Mahon supported by Franklin county veterans. The 35th annual encampment opens with Women’s Relief Corps and Ladies of the G A R meeting. Survivors and Cavalry regiments hold reunions with remarks by General Kerwin Bell and L McMackren. Campfire welcomes by General Collis and Lt Gov Gobin. An orphan school drill and musical interlude precede a business session tomorrow where Allegheny delegates urge President McKinley to remove Pension Commissioner H Clay Evans.
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Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Grand Army of the Republic
McCauley
George A. McCall Post
West Chester
Miller
H. C. Demming
Harrisburg
Central District
Pennsylvania
Franklin County
Thaddeus M. Mahon
Mahon
One
Twenty-sixth
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry
Thirty-Ffth
Women's Relief Corps
Anna Kitzmiller
Women’s Relief Corps
Mary Hoffman
Brua Chapel
Pennsylvania Cavalry
G. A. R. Hall
Michael Kerwin
New York
James Bell
Santiago
L. McMackren
Gettysburg College
Xavier Hall
Charles H. T. Collis
New York City
Charles Miller
Gobin
Stewart
Orphan School
Allegheny County
McKinley
H. Clay Evans
Clubbed Disturber to Death During Miner Mob Attempt
Pittston June 4 Poles threaten to lynch Old Forge miner John Dugoss after arrest and mobs confront officers on the way to jail. A rival miner John Rushenereck is found dead in a field hours later the night disturbance believed sparked by noise and a deadly clubbing incident.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittston
John Dugoss
John Rushenereck
Rushenereck
Dugoss
Duyoss
Mules Signal Hammond Colliery Shutdown In Summer
In Mahanoy City on June 4 the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company ordered Hammond colliery workers to remove tools as the mine closes for summer. Mules have been hoisted, some reassigned, most left in pasture at Pottsville. A similar 16 percent wage dispute at West Shenandoah colliery risks a strike.
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Mahanoy City
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Hammond Colliery
Girardville
Pottsville
West Shenandoah
Mayor Outwits the Mob in McKeesport
June 4 report notes a mob planned to attack the city jail where Benjamin Fetty, accused of assaulting a four year old, was held. Mayor Black secretly moved Fetty to Pittsburg to ensure his safety during a tense moment. Fetty remains in a serious nervous condition.
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Philadelphia Times
Mckeesport
Benjamin Fetty
Thomas Sullivan
Mayor Black
Pittsburg
Fetty
Schuylkill County Sunday School Names Officers
Ashland June 4 The Schuylkill County Sunday School Association of the Evangelical Church opened a two days convention. Officers elected include President J D Schwarts Schuylkill Haven Vice Laura Ludwig Mineraville Descoteee Sites Jennie Shepperd Pottsville Treasurer F Heinge Ashland.
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Philadelphia Times
Ashland
Perkasie Becomes Effectively Dry Town After Licenses Revoked
In Doylestown on June 4 Judge Yerkes revoked hotel licenses held by Philip Cressman and David Meyers in Perkasie, leaving Isaiah Barnett’s license revoked last week. Perkasie borough is now virtually a dry town as a result of the actions in the Quarter Sessions Court.
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Perkasie
Philadelphia
Doylestown
Yerkes
Quarter Sessions
Philip Cressman
David Meyers
Isaiah
Barnett
Century Old Negro Injured in Trolley Collision
Special to the Philadelphia Inquirer Chester June 4 Edward Green of Marcus Hook over 100 years old was struck by a trolley car and dragged by the gearing before being taken to the hospital in serious condition.
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Philadelphia
Chester
Edward Green
Marcus Hook
Trunk explodes on Monmouth train in Atlantic Highlands
At Atlantic Highlands a trunk exploded while being loaded for Sea Bright on the Monmouth of the Sandy Hook Line. Baggage master Andrew Keener was hit by a bullet in the leg, others singed, and the trunk belonged to a family member of C. F. Naething. The youth owner, 16, will face an interview tomorrow.
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Philadelphia Times
Long Branch
Monmouth
Sandy Hook
Atlantic Highlands
Seabright
Andrew Keener
C. F. Naething
West Seventy-second Street
Jersey's Supreme Court Meets Trenton
June term opens with Mary Williams versus Beach Pirates Chemical Engine Co of Atlantic City over ground on South Carolina avenue and occupancy rights. Also Albert J. Gifford of Camden sues Anderson Preserving Co over injuries from a wagon. Frank Brewer sues Virginia Ireland over destruction of claimed trees on lands taxed to the city of Camden.
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Philadelphia Times
Trenton
New Jersey Supreme Court
Mary Williams
Beach Pirates Chemical Engine Company
Atlantic City
South Carolina Avenue
John Young
Youn
Engine Company
Albert J. Gifford
Camden
Anderson Preserving Company
Frank Brewer
Virginia E. Ireland
Ice prices fall in Camden as dealers expect 20c per hundred pounds
Camden ice dealers report prices drop to 20 cents per hundred pounds for large orders of 600 pounds or more, with 30 to 40 cents for smaller lots. Ice costs about half of last year, sparking price rivalry. A driver for the American Ice Company said he has orders to undersell rivals in Camden.
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Camden
American Ice Company
Ice Trust
Philadelphia Times
Fire destroys Camden fertilizer plant in Cooper's Creek area
A Camden plant of Clarkwell Fertilizer Manufacturing Co. on Cooper's Creek at Pine street was totally destroyed yesterday afternoon by a fire of unknown origin. Loss is estimated at 30000 and reportedly fully insured. The firm, based in New York at Vandewater street 14,16, had recently installed new machinery to expand capacity. Delayed alarm readings gave firemen about 30 minutes to respond.
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Clarkwell Fertilizer Manufacturing Company
Cooper’s Creek
Pine Street
Camden
New York City
Vandewater Street
Steel Trust Escapes Tax From New Jersey
United States Steel Corporation will not pay any tax to New Jersey until next year. The State Board of Assessors filed 1901 corporate tax rates, excluding railroads, noting the steel trust escapes payment as it was incorporated after November 1. The schedule lists 3,004 companies with total assessments of $1,616,129.7, including three life insurance firms paying $223,611.93.
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Trenton
United States Steel Corporation
New Jersey
State Board of Assessors
Steel Trust
Letters of Administration Granted in Camden
Letters of administration were granted by Surrogate West in Camden yesterday to W. W. Frazier of the Harrison Sugar Refinery Philadelphia on the estates of Joseph T. Brian and Rebecca A. Brian his wife. Rebecca A. Brian died January 18 and Joseph T. Brian died May 35 000. The two estates are valued at about.
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West
Camden
W. W. Frazier
Harrison Sugar Refinery
Philadelphia
Joseph T. Brian
Rebecca A. Brian
Camden public baths plan set for special council meeting
Heated debate over a public baths project for Camden returns as a committee appointed last summer plans a special meeting in the Mayor's office tomorrow evening. Proposals include erecting a $5,000 casement in the river front near Coopers pew.
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Camden
River Front
Coopers Saat
Sheriff Seizes Camden Property on Court Order
On an execution issued by the Court of Chancery Sheriff Sell of Camden yesterday seized the property of Robert L Casper son 215 North Third Street Camden at the suite Laneheim et al on a decree for 3015 dollars
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Camden
Court of Chancery
Sell
Robert L. Casperson
North Third Street
Laneheim, Et al
Supreme Court sustains school law and Ex cise Board act
In Trenton on June 4 the Supreme Court upheld the Stokes school law and the act creating a bi partisan Ex cise Board for Jersey City and Newark. The decisions will be reviewed at the Court of Errors and Appeals next term.
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Philadelphia TimEs
Trenton
Stokes School
Jersey City
Newark
Supreme Court
Court of Errors and Appeals
Gloucester Board to Suspend School Session for Season
The Gloucester Board of Education met and voted to discontinue the school season for the remainder of the term. Teachers will be notified to file applications and certificates before the next meeting when appointments for the year will be made.
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Philadelphia Times
Gloucester
N. J
Board of Education
Bridgeton Homing Club 300 Mile Race Today
A 300 mile race of the Bridgeton Homing Club is held today from Nyille Virginia. The Gloucester City Hall June festival is postponed to a later date. First Presbyterian Bridgeton Sunday school members celebrate an eighty fifth anniversary. A Camden Gloucester Weedtney Trot prottey Re Read was sation creek Petey. Travill electricity. A house of Lewis Vanistendal Gulaberiarland was robbed Monday night of fifty chickens and 200 Ore ies 4 Sen.
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Bridgeton
Nyille
Gloucester City Hall
Camden
Gloucester
Sation Creek Petey
Ul and i
Lewis Vanistendal
Gulaberiarland
York
Aarione
Graduation Celebrations at Ogontz and Miss Hill Schools
Sweet girl graduates marked the day with flowers and applause at Ogontz School for Young Ladies as 31 seniors received diplomas. The event featured music, essays, and an address by Rev. Dr. J. Sparhawk Jones, with graduates listed by hometowns and states. A second graduation at Miss Hill's School for Girls filled Church of the Covenant with friends and a talk on Loyalty by Rev. Dr. Floyd W. Towkins, naming the graduates in a long roster of names.
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Ogontz
Frances Tillotson Drake
Eleanor Green
Grace A. Gilchrist
Edith A. Gardner
Mary Waugh Campbell
Elizabeth Norton Camp
J. Sparhawk Jones
Frances Smyth Blunt
Norwich
Conn
Long Island
Helen Anne Clark
Chicago
Carrie Margaret Cordes
Denver
Leila Moore Cruikshank
Plainfield
N. J
Elsie Mildred Dixon
Corning
N. Y
Margaret Townsend Drake
Belle Dunham
Hazel Eckhar
Cincinnati
Margaret Blair Jenkinson
Newark
Margaret Winslow Lord
Abby McClure
Wyncote
Marlette Rust
Saginaw
Mich
Urlaville
Miss Hill
School For Girls
Church of the Covenant
Highteenth
Spruce Streets
Floyd W._Towkins
Marshall Seminary Grads at Oak Lane Five Girls Honored
Five girl graduates were celebrated at Marshall Seminary Oak Lane Melrose Hall last night. Judge William N. Ashman delivered the address. Pauline E. Reid was valedictorian. Graduates included Mabel Rowe of Buffalo, Anne Sloane of St Paul, Lalu Crabb of Chicago, Marie Bargner of Philadelphia.
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Marshall Seminary
Oak Lane
Melrose Hall
William N. Ashman
Pauline E. Reid
Mabel 8. Rowe
Buffalo
Pauline BE. Reid
Uniontown
Anne M. N. Sloane
St. Paul
Lalu M. Crabb
Chicago
Marie G. Bargner
Philadelphia
Dickinson Gala Day Sparks Busy Commencement Schedule
Dickinson College hosts a series of events on June 4 including trustees inspection of a new preparatory building, the general societies annual meetings for Union Philosophical and Belles Lettres, alumni elections, and law school commencement in Bosler Hall. Noted elder alumnus Henry B. Harnsberger, class of 1841, attended at age 85.
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Philadelphia Times
Carlisle
Dickinson College
Knoxville
Super
Biddle
W. R. Fickes
The
Union Philosophical Society
James H. Morgan
Carliele
W. B. Glanding
York
Harry S. Huber
Chambersburg
William V. Mallalieu
Baltimore
Reed
Professor Morgan
Horatio C. King
New York
H. F. Isett
Philadelphia
Mias Elizabeth Binder
Wilbur F. Hern
Himes
A. F. Mullin
F. H. Hoffer
Henry B. Harnsberger
Port Republic
Phi
Col
Close at Hill SchoolAnnual exercises schedule at Hill School
The Philadelphia Times notes Hill School will hold its annual exercises with a Saturday evening program and a Sunday sermon at 11 o'clock by Rev Henry Everteen Cobb of New York. The full programme for the remaining exercises is listed following.
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Hill School
Philadelphia Times
Pottstown
Henry Everteen Cobb
New York
Annual school events schedule in gymnasium field and arena
Tuesday schedule includes swimming pool contest at 8.15 P M gymnastic exhibition at 10 A M prize speaking at 10 A M and athletic contests at 3 P M with concert by the orchestra at 8.15 P M in the gymnasium. Wednesday features exhibition and drills at 10 A M and 11.30 A M closing exercises and final gymnasium announcements.
Lincoln Seniors Graduated at Lincoln University Commencement
Special to Tom. Lincoln University in Oxford held its collegiate graduation today with orators Humphrey Rendall Martin Bethel Prince Goldthwaite Philip Coxe Joseph James and Edward Fitzgerald the valedictorian winning honors in classics math English history political science science philosophy. At Mercersburg Academy Mrs Harriet Lane Johnson niece of President Buchanan attended and presented a painting by William Chase of Buchanan unveiled in Keil Memorial Hall followed by a public reception on campus with President A J Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad in attendance.
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Philadelphia Times
Oxford
Lincoln University
Humphrey J. Rendall
Martin L. Bethel
Prince E. Goldthwaite
Philip J. A. Coxe
Joseph G. James
Edward Y. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Rendall
Davis
Richardson
Spearman
Bethel
Coxe
Oohnson
Academy
A. J. Cassatt
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilson College Girls Hold Class Day at Campus
THE PHILADELPHIA Times reports Wilson College held close day exercises on the campus in Chambersburg. Participants included Miss Margaret Coulter Lawson BrookvilleMiss Anna Frances Fallon MercersburgMiss Oda Mabelle Nicklas Martinsburg W VaMiss Bertha Elizabeth Hacker Jonesboro TennMiss Jane N Allison Washington PaMiss Elizabeth Bell Marionville Va and Miss Hannah Jane Patterson West Newton Pa. An Alumnae banquet followed in the dining hall at 8 o'clock.
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Wilson College
Philadelphia Times
Chambersburg
Margaret Coulter Lawson
Brookville
Anna Francces Fallon
Mercersburg
Oda Mabelle Nicklas
Martinsburg
W. Va
Bertha Elizabeth Hacker
Jonesboro
Tenn
Jane N. Allison
Washington, Pa
Elizabeth Bell
Marionville
Hannah Jane Patterson
West Newton
Margaret Carlisle
Bishopthorpe School Commencement Exercises Graduates
At Bishopthorpe School commencement in South Bethlehem on June 4 diplomas were awarded to Anna Balch Laramie Wyoming Margaret Shoup Boise City Idaho Sarah McKown Salem Wisconsin Elise Myers Bethlehem and Gertrude Warner New Orleans. The diplomas were presented by Right Rev Ethelbert Talbot Bishop of Eastern Pennsylvania who gave the address.
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Bishopthorpe School
Philadelphia Times
South Bethlehem
Bishopthorpe
Anna Balch
Laramie
Wyoming
Margaret Shoup
Boise City
Idaho
Sarah McKown
Salem
Wisconsin
Elise Myers
Bethlehem
Gertrude Warner
New Orleans
Ethelbert Talbot
Eastern
Pennsylvania
Train Cuts Man in Twain
Charles R. Smith aged 40 of Palo Alto died in the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad yard at Pottsville at 2 o’clock this morning. He was run down by a moving train pushed by the shifter and his body was dragged under three cars.
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Pottsville
Charles R. Smith
Palo Alto
Philadelphia and
Reading
Emerald Association Convention Opens in Reading
The biennial national convention of the Emerald Association, a Catholic organization, opened in Reading and runs through Thursday evening. The group includes 146 unions across Pennsylvania and New Jersey with 23,000 members in Pennsylvania, and about 100 delegates attend.
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Emerald Association
Philadelphia Times
Reading
The
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Public Edition of Summer Excursion Route Book Promised
On June 1 the Passenger Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad will publish the 1901 Summer Ex cursion Route Book. It catalogs Eastern resorts with routes and fares, showing seashore and mountain destinations and more than seventeen hundred route combinations.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
America
Iean Panesses
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Ea County
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