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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1897
Page
1
Urbana Ohio begins to recover after a deadly lynching and militia firing in the prior night. Citizens blame Sheriff McLain and Captain Leonard for violence while Governor Bushnell faces questions about troop actions. Family members of victims threaten lawsuits as authorities threaten court martial and investigations.
Ohio Governor Bushnell describes rapid action after Urbana lynching threats. He details receiving word at 11 15 PM, coordinating with Captain Leonard and Captain Bradbury, and dispatching Third Ohio Infantry to Urbana. Public sentiment and sheriff’s actions cited. mayor blames late response.
Urbana Sheriff McLain arrived in Dayton at eight, secreted to his brother in law A. J. Weaver’s home on Linden Avenue. He is exhausted after forty eight hours without sleep and declined to discuss the matter beyond stating friends urged the trip and that he had no personal fear. He left Urbana with Captain Leonard and split at Springfield.
Mrs John Suydam moved two children upstairs to fetch straw for a tick ignition and returned to a blazing room. The infant boy died from burns while the girl, whose hair was singed, fought the flames and escaped with others unharmed. Cause of the fire remains unknown.
City Notes reports S S Nederland sent six casks of Rhine wine to Carl F Lauber Co from Antwerp. It covers local mixups injuries including John Capaldi struck by a car at Delaware avenue and Market street, and Maggie Halloway injured after a fall at 1714 Locust street.
Rev. C. C. Bitting and his wife suffered potentially fatal injuries after a double team collided with their carriage in Fairmount Park. Their daughter and granddaughter escaped with nervous shock and minor injuries. The minister, once Bible and missionary secretary for the American Baptist Publication Society, was taken to St. Timothy's Hospital with his wife.
John J. Lewis a 17 year old passenger in a pleasure party alleges injuries from a wreck at Merrick Road crossing. Guardian ad litem Jeanette Lewis appointed by Justice Van Wick. Suit filed today seeks 50000 dollars against the Long Island Railroad Company and Henry Hamilton owner of the tally ho.
A transcontinental railroad from tide water to tide water began with a $30,000 incorporation showing a $30 million capital. The plan links the Baltimore and Ohio Wisconsin Central Chicago and Northern and Northern Pacific systems to form a vast network with Chicago as headquarters. Promoter William Allen Butler of Yonkers New York leads, with Edward Adams of the Northern Pacific and F T Gates of Montclair New Jersey backing the project, Gates representing the Rockefeller Standard Oil interests.
Florence Brain a 24 year old Camden school teacher was riding a bicycle on White Horse pike when she failed to see the Nellie Bly express. The locomotive struck the rear wheel, throwing her into a ditch. She was unconscious but treated at Cooper Hospital with no serious injuries found.
Dover June 5 William N Boggs a former paying teller at the First National Bank of Dover is the subject of a $500 reward authorized by President Richardson and the board of directors for his arrest and conviction Shortage discoveries may raise the total loss to $75000 The bank assures depositors of full security and prompt service while the American Surety Company covers losses prior to September last
Madrid reports a Liberal return to power as the Cabinet crisis ends. The Correspondencia notes Marshal Martinez Campos urged the Queen Regent not to keep Weyler as captain general of Cuba. City papers express unity on the Liberal shift.
The body of John Floyd, 50, of Seaford Delaware, was found yesterday in the Nanticoke River after he had been missing from his home since Thursday. Rumors say he encountered unknown individuals near town while berry picking. The coroner will conduct an investigation.
William H. Loughlin longtime Board of Revision of Taxes official died after a long illness at 750 South Fifteenth Street. Born July 7 1850 in Moyamensing he rose to assistant chief clerk in the department and was famed as a precise real estate appraiser. He leaves a widow Kate Doyle and three children. Funeral plans pending with service expected at St Teresa's.
Church and Solemn Mass will be celebrated there. Several societies to which he belonged and his co workers in the Department of Revision of Taxes will in all probability attend the funeral in a body.
Pittsburg June 5 Judge Kennedy refused a new trial for W H House ex Assistant City Attorney. Sentence suspended until Monday at the request of D F Patterson and W L Ashley. House was found guilty of aiding and abetting Ex City Attorney W Moreland in embezzlement of city funds.
At the Tophane Palace three ambassadors British French and Italian declared against returning Thessaly to Turkey. The move is treated as highly important amid closer Russia Germany ties and possible revival of the three Emperors league.
Special Telegram to The Trams from Flemington June 5 reports Charles Stuphin and family narrowly escaped death when their wagon overturned at the Packer Island Crossing on the Lehigh Valley line as a fast train thundered by. The horse frightened, occupants thrown onto tracks, but no one seriously injured.
Democratic primaries held in Butler County selected delegates to the State convention: M. L. Lockwood, Colonel William T. Mechling, James A. McKee, J. A. Vaughan, and M. A. McKinley, aligned with the Chicago platform and State Chairman Garman. Walker Martin is leading for Jury Commissioner.
The Hamburg American Line steamer Furst Bismarck from New York arrived after colliding with an English fishing boat in dense fog in the North Sea. Five occupants of the boat were drowned.
New York report says Charles Saulsbury age 65 captain of the canal boat James Moncreff was found dead in the cabin last night likely from heart disease. The vessel tied at Elizabeth New Jersey to discharge lumber when the crew discovered his body.
Archbishop Martinelli arrived in Ashley and was greeted at a reception by Catholic societies. He will dedicate St. Leo's Church tomorrow, with Bishop Hoban serving as rector.
W J Bryan has made no reply to an invitation from Knights of Labor leaders to address a labor meeting in New York on July 4. Labor leaders still hope he will accept the speaking engagement.
Reports from across the country note shop strikes and plant actions. The F M Hoyt Company shoe factory in Manchester New Hampshire shut after a strike. The Queen City steamer launched at Cincinnati aims to sail to Pittsburgh. A receiver request targets Southern Railway in Georgia. A bicycle troop prepares to depart Missoula for St Louis. Dr W H Strange prominent Canadian physician and militia deputy died in Toronto. City of Taunton chief engineer Robert Marquis died in Fall River aged 64. Swedish singers sail for Stockholm Exhibition from New York aboard City of Rome. Simeon Strause of Lynchburg and James Hancock tobacconist there file liabilities and assignments. Phoenix Rattan Co of Concord petitioned into insolvency amid no business details.
In Lima on June 5, Guayaquil merchants passed a resolution urging the government to adopt a gold currency standard due to improved exchange rates.
A man named Zieber attempted suicide and was found bleeding on the floor. He struggled as doctors dressed his wound and fought to save his life.
Wayne resident and Bailey, Banks & Biddle foreman Eugene Zieber 88, an esteemed heraldry expert, attempted self harm after a fall caused brain concussion. He slashed his throat with a razor in his Philadelphia office, then died at Jefferson Hospital after efforts to save him. He had been away over a month in Presbyterian Hospital and returned to work prior to the incident. He is survived by a spouse and one child.
T P O Connor, MP for Scotland division of Liverpool and league president, urged focus on living issues at the Irish National League of Great Britain annual meeting in Manchester. A resolution calling for abstention from Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee festivities was carried. An amendment assigning Ireland’s condition to legislators was rejected.
A Dieppe dispatch reports the French trawler Liberte, engaged in Iceland fisheries, has sunk with twenty three crew members lost. In Lancaster, a court committed four men for trial on an assault charge against Miss Mary Gephart after a staged hearing. In Williamsport, Dr. McHenry of Exchange Montour county was fatally injured when his carriage overturned and he was thrown to the road.
Harry Kriss, a boy from near Johnstown, fell into a bucket of hot water his mother used for washing and died this evening from the burns sustained.
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