Five firms form plan for rapid transit system in Philadelphia
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor Stone signs Focht Emery elevated and underground railroad bills. New York financiers and Pittsburg, Philadelphia connections plan stock flotation with Seligman Brothers or Mercantile Trust and Kuhn Loeb. routes would link Front and Market via northwest and southwest corridors with extensive West Philadelphia lines to connect suburbs and Delaware County. Attorneys discuss elastic charters and damages limits as the project proceeds toward council consideration.
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Focht
Emery
Pennsylvania Rapid Transit Company
Connells
New Enterprise
New York
John Mack
Messrs
William Flinn
George Oliver
William Montgomery
Pittsburg
New York City
City Hall
Seligman Brothers
Mercantile Trust Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Company
Messrs. Widener
Etkins
National Asphalt Company
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Essler
Front and
Market Streets
County Line
West Chester
Ninth and
Ninth
Ridge Avenue
Falls of
Schuylkill
Roxborough
Manayunk
Conshohocken
Pennsylvania Railroad
Overbrook
West Philadelphia
Woodland Avenue
Twenty Seventh
Fortieth Wards
Baltimore Avenue
Chester
Wilmington
Media
Delaware County
Wae Aan
Market Street
Broad Street
Reading
Filbert Street
Federal pardon power dispute blocks Pennsylvania act
Attorney General Knox states the May 11 1901 Pennsylvania act cannot release federal prisoners and warns prison officials to act at their peril. The decision pursues presidential authority over pardons and will disappoint supporters of Ingham and Newitt. Continued on third page.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Knox
United States District Attorneys of
Pennsylvania
United States
Messrs
Ingham and
Newitt
Philadelphia
Death on Wedding Tour Casts Shadow Over Heiress Heir
Hugh Tevis, 40, heir to Lloyd Tevis fortune, died in Yokohama after a world honeymoon begun April 10 following Harvard days when strenuous racing may have damaged his heart. His wife, educated in Paris, survives with a nine year old daughter. his first wife had died years earlier.
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Denver
Col
Hugh Tevis
Yokohama
Japan
Tevis
Paris
Mrs. McKinley Not Improved Says Dr. Rixey
Dr. Rixey reports Mrs. McKinley rest comfortable with no change in condition. He notes blood tests show no poison and that blood was drawn last Tuesday as part of multiple examinations to determine her illness.
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Washington
Rixey
White House
Court Orders Punishment for Vendor of Bar Exam Questions
In Columbus on June 7 the Ohio Supreme Court sentenced Clay M Runyan to ten days in jail and a $250 fine after he pleaded guilty to offering for sale questions prepared for State bar candidates. Hearing for B J Steele on the same charge was deferred.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Clay M. Runyan
B. J. Steele
Smith College Student Accused of $3000 Theft
Miss Mabel Lawrence Burt, a Smith College student, faces jail as grand jury prepares to hear the case. Authorities say she stole items valued over $3,000 from fellow students and pawned goods in Springfield Hartford Philadelphia and New York. Her father J Ogden Burt of Bridgeton NJ seeks leniency but admits punishment is likely.
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Philadelphia Times
Northampton
Mass
Mabel Lawrence Burt
Smith College
J. Ogden Burt
Bridgeton
N. J
Burt
Timothy G. Spalding
Bai
Miss Burt
Springfield
Hartford
Philadelphia
New York
Kitchener and Botha Confer Hints of Peace
Cable dispatch from Durban reports General Kitchener and General Botha meeting at Standerton. The Boer commander, said to favor peace after recent losses, arranged the conference. Kitchener denies the claim that two British officers were shot for refusing to reveal how captured guns were operated.
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Philadelphia Times
Durban
Natal
Kitchener
Botha
Standerton
King Edward Meets Morgan Over Gainsborough Portrait
The Duchess of Gainsborough portrait, recovered in America after a long concealment, was shown at Marlborough House for King Edward. J. Pierpont Morgan attended and was welcomed by the King. The painting then moved to Morgan's residence.
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Philadelphia Times
London
Duchess of Gainesborough
America
J. Pierpont Morgan
Marlborough House
Mr. Morgan
College Girl Led Double Life Through Theft and Deception
A former college student, Miss Burt, is described as pursuing a lifestyle beyond means and repeatedly stealing from friends and family. Investigations with Pinkerton and local officers traced her moves from Prospect Street to the Tucker and King residences. Rings and other items were recovered after a trunk search, and she confessed leading to arrest.
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Miss Burt
N. B. Lucius
Prospect Street
George Tucker
Henrietta Tifft
Chicago
Pinkerton
Miss Tifft
Tucker
Franklin King
Foerderer Outlines Rapid Transit Plan
Congressman Robert H. Foerderer presents a rapid transit plan and organization outline as the promoters of the new deal announce details after noon yesterday. Continued on seventh page.
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Congressman Foerderer
Robert H. Foerderer
West Point Cadets Await Exam Results And Furlough
West Point cadets face suspense as next Monday reveals exam results and class standings. The Board of Visitors endorses building upgrades and commends Colonel Mills. Third class to receive two months furlough begins soon as forty six candidates and one hundred ten qualified cadets report for admission.
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Philadelphia Times
West Point
N. Y
Board of Visltors
Mills
Academy
Diplomas Awarded to Naval Cadets in Chapel Ceremony
Rain condensed the naval cadet graduation at Annapolis Md as diplomas were presented in the chapel. Assistant Secretary Hackett of the Navy distributed the diplomas after receiving good wishes from the President and the Secretary.
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Annapolis
Naval Cadets
Hackett
Navy
Discovering Antiseptic Water Tool Hyperoxides
Ann Arbor June 7. Drs Frederick G Novy and Paul C Freer report a new antiseptic from organic acid hyperoxides. In a water solution five one-thousandths of one percent of active oxygen from hyperoxides kills all bacteria after more than a year in their labs.
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Ann Arbor
Frederick G. Novy
Paul C. Freer
Bishop Nicholson Dies at 80 Leader of Reformed Episcopal in Pennsylvania
Bishop W Rufus Nicholson of the Reformed Episcopal Church died yesterday afternoon at his home 2106 Chestnut Street age eighty Born in Mississippi he studied at La Grange College and earned a Doctor of Divinity from Kenyon College Joined the Reformed Church in 1874 later wrote Why I Joined the Reformed Church He became a bishop in 1876 and served until three years ago as pastor of St Pauls Reformed Episcopal Church Chestnut Street He had long suffered from heart trouble and old age.
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W. Rufus Nicholson
Reformed Episcopal Church
Chestnut Street
Bishop Nicholson
Mississippi
la Grange College
Kenyon College
Ohio
Episcopal Church
Reformed Church
Dillon to face charges in license bribery case in Chicopee
Former Alderman Thomas J. Dillon will appear in Chicopee police court to answer a charge of trying to obtain 3000 from liquor license applicant Thomas W. McCarthy to bribe Patrick P. Murphy, member of the Board of License Commissioners. Complainant is former Mayor George G. Eldridge in a case tied to brewery rivalry.
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Springfield
Mass
Thomas J. Dillon
Chicopee
Thomas W. McCarthy
Patrick P. Murphy
Board of License Commissioners
McCarthy
George G. Eldridge
Daughter shoots at mother in Newburg home accident
In Newburg West Virginia on June 7 a 15 year old girl cleaning a bureau drawer fired a revolver. The shot hit her sister in law Mary Lynch in the head. The baby in Mary's lap was uninjured.
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Newburg
W. Va
Theodore Lynch
Mary Lynch
Miss Geraldine Reddington Swallows False Teeth After Cough
In Scranton on June 7 Miss Gertrude Reddington a servant girl coughed and swallowed a large plate of false teeth. Dr Newberry took an X ray and located the plate in her stomach. An operation is planned to remove it as she remains in severe agony and between life and death.
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Philadelphia Times
Scranton
Gertrude Reddington
Weekend Forecast For Northeastern States
Eastern New York sees fair Saturday with fresh westerly winds and Sunday showers in the south. Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware expect partly cloudy Saturday with likely showers Sunday and brisk westerly winds. Western New York and Western Pennsylvania forecast fair and warmer Saturday with Sunday variable winds shifting to easterly.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Weather Bureau Daily Summary Philadelphia June 7 1991
Daily rainfall and deficiency figures for Philadelphia from the United States Weather Bureau. Cumulative deficiency since January 1 stands at 1.26 inches. Accumulated excess rainfall since January 1 is 0.14 inch. Notes indicate ongoing rainfall measurements through June 7 1991.
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United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Arrivals of Ocean Liners
Shipping news notes incoming ocean liners. mentions Bre Havre from Bee York and ships from New York and Chicago arriving amid port activity.
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Bre Havre
Bee York
New York
Chicago
Administration Refuses Recede From Platt Amendment Stand
Washington dispatch says the Cabinet spent two hours debating Cubans’ reply to the Platt amendment terms. The President and advisers deem the Cuban reply unfavorable and refuse to modify Congress’s act. Root heads War Dept reporting Cuban situation and possible adjournment of the constituent assembly until December if the assembly rejects the Platt programme. The only concession discussed is narrowing the seventh clause to allow sale or lease of lands for coaling or naval stations with points to be agreed with the President.
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Washington
Root
Wood
Congress
War Root
Constituent Assembly
United States
Cuba
Cubans Accused of Betraying Confidence in Washington
Officials in Washington accuse Cuban Constitutional Convention delegates of breach of faith over explanations by the Secretary of War. Senor Capote, president of the convention, is singled out for the alleged betrayal after a confidential letter from Senator Platt was copied and published by a Cuban paper.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington, D. C
Senor Capote
Root
Senator Platt
Conneccut
Senator Pratt
Commission
Antis May Dissolve Cuban Constitutional Convention
Havana rumors say the Constitutional Convention will meet Monday to review Secretary Root letter. Platt amendment supporters warn they will dissolve the body if anti Platt delegates do not vote unanimously, blocking the amendment and shaping the convention’s stance.
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Philadelphia Times
Havana
War Root
anti-Platt
Poisoned cake nearly kills Blouch family in Palmyra
Mr and Mrs David Blouch and six of eight children in Palmyra fall ill after eating cake laced with arsenic. Neighbors note a forced window and possible burglary attempt. Family treated with emetics and recover. youngest two spared the cake.
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Philadelphia Times
Lebanon
David Blouch
Palmyra
Pastor Spurns Rockefeller Money in Cleveland Greeting
In Cleveland on June 7 the Rev. Dr. Eaton welcomed Rockefeller as a church member but rejected a cash gift saying his aim is to build friendships not accept purchases.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
Dr. Eaton
First Baptist Church
Millire John D. Rockefeller
Cadet Porter Allen Named Best Soldier at College
In New Brunswick on June 7 Cadet William Porter Allen of Philie is announced as the top soldier at the college. His name will be engraved on the bronze tablet in Ballantine Gymnasium.
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Philadelphis
Philadelphia Times
New Brunswick
N. J
William Porter Allen
Philie
Ballantine Gymnasium
All Volunteers Depart Philippines for United States
A War Department cable from General MacArthur in Manila reports that all volunteers have left the Philippines and are en route to the United States. The dispatch confirms the removal of volunteer forces as of June 7.
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Philippines
Washington
War Department
General MacArthur
Manila
United
Old Maids Picnic Observed at Ritchie's Grove
Belleville notes the seventeenth anniversary of the Old Maids Association held at Ritchie's Grove. Only women were admitted as members and friends attended the gathering in celebration.
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Belleville
Ritchie's Grove
Centreville Farmer Mistakes Carbolic Acid for Whisky
Jacob Nave a Centreville farmer drank carbolic acid in error thinking it whisky and was found by neighbors in a distressed condition. The incident occurred near Cumberland Maryland on June 17 and is reported as a mishap in local notes.
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Philadelphia Trues
Cumberland
Jacob Nave
Centreville
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Emery Elevated and Underground Railroad
United States Supreme Court
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West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company
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Fecht
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Street Railway Committee
West Philadelphia Passenger Railway
Union Traction Company
West Philadelphia Company
Edward
Morgan
Indiana
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Igirar of
Christian SY
League Island Navy Yard
Michigan
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