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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1897
Page
4
The weekly financial review notes that overall business activity is larger than in 1892 and expanding on safer margins. Money in circulation has risen by 138 million to 1.66 billion, signaling rising employment and industry despite no speculative boom and tariff politics affecting pace. The piece also lightly critiques reservoir leaks and Senate tariff dynamics.
A heated editorial urges immediate, nonpartisan review of city spending. It cites a $11,000,000 salary bill, compares it to past costs, and accuses favoritism and profligacy, calling on Mayor Warwick to publicly disclose the figures before Thursday council meeting.
The piece urges a public investigation into Philadelphia city spending after a Supreme Court ruling on unconstitutional loans. It argues for a willing co operation by any appointed committee to uncover the truth and inform taxpayers, warning against political trickery and stressing accountability for future leaders. It notes public sentiment and calls out costly windows for a queen's jubilee and odd seasonal remarks.
An Urbana mob seized Charles Mitch ell alias Click Mitch ell from sheriff custody and hanged him after a brutal assault on Mrs. Elizabeth Gau mer. Despite a night court appearance and a 20 year penitentiary sentence, violence erupted with militia firing, two killed and eleven wounded. The article condemns lawlessness while noting public outrage over the crime against a respected woman.
The group dismisses anti civil service resolutions and insists on tangible concessions. They press for immediate rewards, using the metaphor of pudding and pie to emphasize desired outcomes over protests.
Despite a schedule indicating wooded areas for potential action, officials expect no reckless tree removal. The discussion centers on preserving woodlands while considering authorized developments.
This week tracks will be laid over the new Strawberry Mansion bridge and cars will run to the Dauphin street entrance of East Park. Residents from all city sections gain easy access to the Park trolley line. later a roadway will allow free use of the Schuylkill bridge linking East and West Parks.
With the new bridge completed the entire Fairmount Park system except Wissahickon ravine becomes easily accessible. Finishing touches include fence work, slope grading, seeding, and one or two extra landing platforms. The line will be ready for public use when the first car crosses to the Dauphin street entrance, vastly expanding park access for Philadelphia residents.
The text suggests that should the tariff pass by the Fourth, fireworks may explode in celebration while awaiting more favorable reports.
A college quote argues that diplomas given to graduates often do not reflect the practical knowledge earned outside academic degrees. It challenges the value placed on credentials versus hands on experience and street smarts.
The letter condemns Select Council for approving a salary rise for Sergeants-at-Arms and urges repeal amid calls for economic reforms. It notes Mayor Warwick signed the ordinance and argues many qualified replacements await and that retrenchment could unlock funds for needed permanent improvements. It ends by questioning whether baby carriages should be treated as pleasure vehicles needing lights.
A remark questions why age norms push an Indian to leave the earth yet allow him to stay on his reservation. The statement highlights tensions between removal rhetoric and sovereignty.
The article traces Britain’s early history from Roman times to the Christian conversion of Kent. It notes Ethelbert of Kent, baptized at Canterbury on Whitsun Eve, 597, and Bertha bringing a Frankish bishop, reestablishing the Roman church there. It mentions Gregory the Great’s mission and Kent’s pivotal role in founding the Anglo-Saxon church.
The text traces the unification of Celtic and English church traditions under Augustine and Canterbury, noting St Aidan and Augustine as fathers of the English Church. It highlights the spread of Anglican episcopacy worldwide, the Anglican bishops conference, and the long history shaping the modern English-speaking world. It ends with stray remarks on census figures and unsettled peace talks involving the Turk.
Governor Hastings signs what is known as the TI Weiler bill aimed at protecting workers in unions by penalizing interference. Critics warn it harms organized labor, divides workers, and may convectionally violate constitutional rights and court precedents. The piece condemns the act as unwise and unconstitutional.
Rumor says leaders in both houses may oppose a stamp act proposed tax on beer, signaling potential legislative friction over the measure.
Laus Spieckels directs a wide sugar enterprises including a new refinery and experiments in beet and cane sugar. He recently filed a libel suit against William R. Hearst owner of the San Francisco Examiner.
The article discusses William Spreckels claiming one million dollars in damages for libel against Hearst and the possible impact on the newspaper business. It notes uncertainties over the jury's valuation of Spreckels reputation and mentions the Senate Sugar Schedule and tariff progress in the Senate.
Delaware adopts a new fundamental law to take effect Thursday the 10th. The convention failed to submit it to a popular vote and plans a new judiciary including minority representation, prompting Governor Tunnell to retire a Democratic judge. Separate note: Philadelphia water rights cases test city control of Fairmount basin water and potential purchases from the Navigation Company.
A sober note from Prohibitionists reflects on past reverses and suggests their last act would be to bow out rather than concede. The tone emphasizes resolve and readiness for future efforts despite previous defeats.
The article notes that the tariff measure faces a slow Senate process with minority critiquing items while the majority votes for committee directives. Democratic Senators maintain dignity, calling for votes on flagrant items, with West distinguished by silencing tariff supporters. Wild wool men interrupt but broader debate awaits action on wool hides and sugar duties.
A government official who mislaid funds in betting on races reflects on gambling habits. The remark suggests ending the pastime of betting on horses, likening it to a boyhood pastime that should stop.
Harrisburg plans to buy three new engines and hire competent engineers with salaries. The piece argues for a full paid fire department as a state capital issue, noting Capitol fire failures and upcoming building projects demand a complete, satisfactory municipal service.
The vacant Judgeship after Judge William Waddell's death triggers political maneuvering for the seat. Congressman Butler's allies urge a run with a decade of service at $4 per annum, amid strenuous post office demands on him. Possible successors include Judge Clayton for Congress, Senator Snyder, Colonel Gilkyson, Plinmer B. Jeffries, T. L. Eyre, D. Smith Talbot, and perhaps Phillips or, if Snyder stays, other options. The scene is chaotic with shifting prospects for six months or more.
A letter claims Special Commissioner Calhoun will report to the President that Cuban insurgents can sustain resistance for an indefinite period and that Weyler and De Lome misstate pacification. Calhoun will condemn the mishandling of Cuban prisoners in malarial camps and plan to provide a verbal report, with a written version if Congress requests.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt visited the Charleston Navy Yard in Boston for a quick inspection. He met with commandant Henry L. Howison and toured facilities including the rope walk and the site of a planned new dry dock.
A heavy thunder storm over Cape May Point caused major damage to the summer home of Rev. C. D. Parker pastor of the First Baptist Church. Parker was briefly knocked down and others in the house suffered shocks from the electric currents though no fire occurred.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today unanimously adopted a resolution urging Congress not to abrogate the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty.
In MenpHAM New Jersey a man named William Corbett was killed when a horse threw him from a sprinkling cart. He stood on the tongue to adjust the bridle and the horse reared, crushing his skull as it passed over him.
An earthquake lasting two to three seconds struck Butte at about 5 30 this morning. The tremor rocked houses and rattled dishes, moving roughly east to west, but observers were not alarmed before it ended.
Personal Dr Antonio Crocicchia of Baltimore offered Cath olic University biology chair in Washington. Empress of Germany reportedly avoids politics. Carroll D Wright nominated for president of the American Unitarian Association. Senator Harris of Tennessee, octogenarian in public service, improves in health at Atlantic City. Abner McKinley markets silk wool fibre invention with vast potential. Dr John Watson praises late Professor Drummond as a devout Christian. Georg Ebers receives volume of essays from former pupils on sixtieth birthday. John T Morris’s Baltimore school board presidency marked by a half holiday and loving cup gift.
Five American bishops of the Episcopal Church led by Underwood Dudley sail from New York on the Lucania with wives and some families to attend the Queen's Jubilee and Lambeth Congress. They plan to discuss marginal notes on the King James Bible foreign missions and church brotherhoods and to preach in English churches during their visit.
The Pan Anglican Conference at Lambeth opens June 23 with the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding. Dignitaries including the Archbishop of Armagh and Primus of Scotland will address. July events include services at Westminster Abbey and visits to Thanet Canterbury and St Augustine sites, with final service at St Paul’s Cathedral August 12.
Paris June 5 The Figaro says a credit vote will be asked on the session’s last day to fund President Faure’s planned trip to St Petersburg. It notes Kaiser Wilhelm may send Prince Henry of Prussia with a German fleet to salute Faure. Poitiers deputy Bazille, back from St Petersburg, says the visit is viewed as important with naval and military reviews planned.
Ogden Mills, brother in law of Whitelaw Reid, has secured 14 and 15 Carlton House Terrace for Mr. Deid during his stay in England. The house, noted for art treasures rivaling London’s finest, borders neighbors including Lord and Lady William Beresford and the German Ambassador among others.
The Bacchante by Frederick McMennies, once offered for Boston Library by McKim and rejected there, was accepted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was shown at the Paris Salon in 1895 and the French Government considered buying it for Luxembourg. McKim then owned it and proposed it for Boston, which balked at its nudity, deeming it unfit for the library. The sculpture will occupy the center of the bronze room in the east gallery.
In Brinceton on June 5 Wade Biggs a prominent glassworker collapsed from heat at the Cohansey Glass Works and died at his home shortly after.
The Bellwood Water Company's plant at Bellwood was sold at sheriff's sale today to R. D. Wood and Company of Philadelphia for $25,070. It is understood the purchasers will operate the plant.
Various papers weigh in on President Bryan's chances for another nomination and praise or doubt his prospects. The Times notes Bryan's steeplechase like run toward 1900, while the Inter Ocean and Commercial applaud his handling of national sentiment. Other references mock political maneuvering and a volatile parliamentary crisis linked to U S politics as Morgan and Duke of Tetuan are mentioned in passing.
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