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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1897
Page
5
London newspapers debate jubilee celebrations with warnings of disasters and reform proposals while reporting on royal visits and social plans at Sandringham. The arts section covers theater premieres, opera clashes, tours, and productions from the West End to provincial stages, with notes on performers, managers, and upcoming seasons.
Tom Clark a notorious black ex convict shot and killed Elizabeth Hatch aged woman and mortally wounded her daughter Elizabeth Williamson and Mary Robinson in the ankle at Brooklyn avenue near Ninth street. Elizabeth Hatch dies at hospital. Clark fled after the assault.
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies voted to censure and expel Socialist Deputy M. Gerault Richard over calling colleagues police spies. He refused to leave as eight soldiers entered and urged him to go. He cried Viva la Revolution Sociale as guards escorted him out. Jaures protested muzzle attempts. session ended in tumult.
Three men named Betcher Blackstone and Melingue perished crossing the Sunrise City Cook Inlet portage to Prince William Sound. They left Sunrise in March with two guides. Taking the glacier left fork they reached unsafe ice where the ground broke and they were swept 500 feet to the beach.
Bids for about 200000 pounds of gunpowder for seacoast field and siege artillery were opened at the War Department. Bernard Peyton of California offered 9 cents per pound at Benicia Arsenal. Laflin & Rand 99-10 cents at Benicia Rock Island and Dover New Jersey. Dupont Nemours & Co 10.5-100 cents at Benicia Rock Island and Dover.
The gunboat Petre safely crossed the Pacific and arrived at Nagasaki as reported by cable. The Alert left Victoria for Port Angeles to conduct target practice then proceed to Sitka. The Lancaster arrived at Montevideo. The Dolphin sailed from Annapolis with Secretary Long aboard for Washington.
A mud scow towed by the Andrew H. Green exploded after passing Rush street draw. August Americus drowned after being blown into the river. Gas ignition, likely from a spark, is blamed for the blast damaging the Goodrich dock and nearby buildings. Frank Morgan was bruised by falling timber. Rush street Bridge foundations shaken.
A San Francisco meeting of the Wine Growers Association objected to the Dingley tariff cut on California wines. After hearing President Jacobs, the group dispatched a protest to Senator White and formed a committee to draft actions and a telegram to California representatives in Washington.
London June 5. At the military tournament Sergeant Williams and Privates Wasson Stewart and McLean of Canada faced four New South Wales mounted rifles in bayonet versus bayonet bouts. Stewart tossed an opponent for applause, then Williams and McLean withdrew, leaving Stewart and Wasson to contest for first place and a $5 prize. Next week the Canadians enter bayonet versus sword. They are all in good health.
Washington June 5 Following fourth class postmasters were appointed today Delaware J H Deakyne at Clayton vice J Casperson removed Pennsylvania W Berman at Fredona vice J M McLain removed J F Beck at Jacobus vice Henry Musser removed C S Smith at Riverside vice J H Kase removed E B Eberly at Stevens vice J S Heiser resigned Charles Mauser at Strawberry Ridge vice G D Vognitz removed
Henry Ingraham of Ingraham Brothers wholesale grocers Columbus Ga., aged 53, killed himself in a room at the Pulaski House in Savannah last night. He was a prominent figure in state business circles.
Fire broke out at Lansing State Penitentiary in Leavenworth Kansas last night. About one thousand inmates were panicked as flames threatened the tailoring shop and chapel. Fifty trusted convicts were released to aid officers. no jailbreak occurred and the fire was quenched with about $8,000 in damage.
Marlboro Mass June 5 The 8 H Howe Shoe Company and the Boot and Shoe Workers International Union have agreed on nearly all price list items with a near five percent reduction. Eleven disputed articles go to the State Board of Arbitration. Factories to restart immediately and a prosperous season is anticipated.
United States Consul Reid reports from Tien Tsin that the Imperial Railway has opened another forty miles beyond Shan Hai Kwan along the Liao Tung Gulf toward Kin Chou. The total line from Tien Tsin to Chung Hom So is just under 214 miles, with the Tien Tsin to Peking segment nearly complete and an eighty mile addition planned, plus a surveyed Peking to Paoting Fu extension of eighty miles.
Sunday trips up the Delaware aboard the Columbia and John A. Warner depart Chestnut street wharf at 8 A M 2 00 3 80 and 6 P M Otis street 10 minutes later 6 P M. Bristol return times 8 10 A M 4 5 30 P M with B N L trolley connections to Hulmeville Langhorne. Steamer Trenton sails Philadelphia to Trenton 3 P M daily.
Washington June 5 Jacob F Raub of Pennsylvania appointed medical referee in the Pension Office at 8000 dollars per year from 1800 as medical examiner. Roger C Spooner of Illinois and James B E Jenkins of Iowa named special Indian Agents at 2000 each and Isaac R Conwell of Indiana reinstated as chief of the division in the General Land Office at 2000.
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip left Washington for a brief visit to his Chicago home and is expected to return next Wednesday.
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