Andrews Committee to Resume Investigation on June 25
The Andrews Senatorial investigating committee plans to resume testimony on June 25 at 2 PM in City Hall. The Citizens' Municipal Association backs the inquiry, saying it has spent only 7 000 to 8 000 of the 20 000 guaranteed and anticipates full funding as the inquiry continues three sessions weekly during July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Municipal Association
Andrews
Walton
Quay
State Senate
William H. Andrews
B. B. Hardenbergh
Wayne
Arthur Kennedy
Allegheny
J. M. McCarrell
Dauphin
Silas W. Pettit
Angelo T. Freedley
Addis
Pettit and Freedley
Kennedy
City Hall
Hardenbergh
M Pettit
Freediey
Citizens’ Association
Senators hear plan for deeper city probe in St Louis
The committee has accomplished much and aims to do more. Senator Andrews leaves today for St Louis to oversee a thorough investigation. The Citizens' Municipal Association and others may provide information as the panel plans three sessions weekly in July and August, with possible expansions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
St. Louis
Citizens’ Municipal Association
Leave for St Louis Hanna Party Heads to Convention City
Mark Hanna and party depart for St Louis from Cleveland by special car at 1.40 PM over the Big Four route. Delegates include Col Myron T. Herrick, Sylvester T. Everett, Col William M. Osborn e, Col William C. Haskell, with possible addition of Senator Redfield Proctor. Major W. F. Dick to run Hanna office until Friday. Joe Manley will pass Cleveland en route without stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
St. Louis
Chicago
W. F. Dick
Hanna
James R. Garfield
Lake County
Joe Manley
Martin Goes to St Louis for Republican National Committee Meeting
David Martin leaves Broad Street Station for St Louis to attend the Republican national committee gathering. He carries papers backing James B. Anderson and Joseph H. Klemmer for seats in the national convention as representatives of the Third Congressional district. Local Combiners farewells from Roney Hackett Klemmer Anderson Cronse Porter Voorhees Magee marked the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Martin
Republican Combine
Broad Street
St. Louis
Republican National Committee
Pennsylvania
James B. Anderson
Joseph H.klemmer
Roney
Hackett
Klemmer
Anderson
Cronse
Porter
Charles E. Voorhees
Chris Magee
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Boies to the Iowa Delegates
Des Moines Iowa June 8 the Iowa delegation to the Democratic National Convention met for organization Ex Governor Horace Boies spoke urging free silver coinage and finance as the key plank Walsh Ottumwa led the silver forces while Evans was named chairman and Walsh secretary Boies was praised as leading the field for the Democratic nomination with McKinley seen as rival on the Republican side
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
S. B. Evans
Ottumwa
A. Walsh
Horace Boles
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Walsh
Boies
McKinley
Gavel Arrival For Republican Convention Chairman
The gavel for the permanent chairman of the Republican National Convention arrived at the local committee’s headquarters. Senator Berry of Illinois will present it. Carver W H Bartels of Carthage Ill crafted it from a Lincoln New Salem log with gold and silver inscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Berry
Illinois
W. H. Bartels
Carthage
Ill
Bartels
Lincoln
New Salem
Rev William Adams Dead Prominent Presbyterian Pastor
Rev William Adams D D longtime pastor of the West Green Street Presbyterian Church died after several weeks of illness. Born May 24 1836 in County Cork Ireland he was one of five brothers who all became ministers. He served in Bristol England before moving to Louisville then Boston before settling in this city in 1893. Adams was a biblical scholar noted pulpit orator and author of poetry and prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Adams
West Green Street Presbyterian Church
Adams
County Cork
Ireland
Bristol
England
Louisville
Boston
City Notes on Local Court Actions and Incidents
Harry Brown of 911 Pine Street and Charles Hahn of Tenth and Locust Streets, both colored, were held by Magistrate Smith on highway robbery charges. Eight men arrested Sunday evening for loitering near Strawberry Mansion and insulting visitors were held by Magistrate Thomas to keep the peace. Frederick Wagner, charged with assaulting his wife at 1 Berks Street last Saturday, was held to the station house by Magistrate OBrien. John Eberly, 126 Van Horn Street, who caused a disturbance at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Front and Canal Streets, by threatening women, was held yesterday by Magistrate Gillespie. An investigation will be made into the prisoner's sanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Brown
Pine Street
Charles Hahn
Tenth and Locust Streets
Magistrere Smith
Strawberry Mansion
Thomas
Frederick Wagner
Berks Street
Agistrage O’brien
John Eberly
van Horn Street
Church of the Immaculate Concepion
Front
Oanal
Gillespie
Balloon Plea Reverses July Committee Stance
Squire McMullen wins back support at a second council meeting by moving to reconsider last week’s vote to drop balloon ascensions. A sub committee is formed to arrange a balloon display as the Fourth of July plans grow toward a grand river fete funded from a $15,000 appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire McMullen
Manayunk
Squire
Hart
Hartman
Common Council
Squire McMullin
Mr. Clay
Chew
Shattuck
Ellis
Amateur Athletic Union
Subcommittee On
Dr. Andrews
Emergency Corps of Physicians
Jewill
West End
Fairmount Park Art Association
Leeds
McMullen
Denny
Anderson
Brooks
Hults
Black
Reeds
Edwards
Clay
Harvey
Regatta
Houseman
City Committee Assignments and Regular Meetings Noted
The list names members for Parks and Squares, Music, Printing and Advertising, Police Regulation, New Features, and other committees with chairmen and members. The committee will meet regularly in room 549 City Hall at 8 oclock Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swope
McMullen
Edwards
Walker
Corson
C. L. Brown
Hamilton
Hults
Rose
Dougherty
Brooks
Ziegler
Harr
Leeds
Edne Ziegler
Black
Anderson
Jay
City Hall
Runaway Delivery Wagon Crash Injures Teen at Atlantic City
A runaway wagon at the West Jersey Railroad freight station on South Carolina Avenue Raced down the street as a drill engine frightened the team. Harry Kline, 15, jumped aboard to halt the horses but was thrown under the wagon wheels and suffered severe facial cuts and bruising. one horse was killed, and the wagon wrecked near the railway crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
South Carolina Avenue
West Jersey Railroad
Harry Kline
Arctic Avenue
Kentucky
Kline
Fire Engulfs Odenheimer Home. Repeated Blazes Rise
Fire discovered at the residence of Frank G. Odenheimer on Pine Street alarmed by a servant who mistook burglars for flames. The house suffered about 700 dollars in damage, blamed on rats nibbling matches. This marks the third fire in eleven months affecting his properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Odenheimer
Pine Street
Odenheimer
Maryland
Tragic Drowning At West Run Fishing Camp
A Sunday boat trip at McCord Fishing Camp West Run on the Monongahela River ended when a small rowboat was struck by the packet James G. Blaine. Seven aboard, two drowned Albert J. Trinkle and Mrs Elizabeth Smithson, five others rescued, night dark, bodies recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCord
West Run
Monongahela
Albert J. Trinkle
Elizabeth Smithson
James G. Blaine
A Visit's Sad Ending in Shamokin
Special telegram reports Hartline family visiting Mount Carmel to find Mrs Hartline's father. Within a week three children Myrtle 4 Helen 6 and Webster 2 died from scarlet fever after arriving ten days earlier from Gordon.
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Mrs. Hartline
Mount Carmel
THE
TIMES
Shamokin
William Hartline
Hartline
Gordon
Myrtle
Helen
Webster
Burns in Line Again In Burglary Case
John Hull alias Cockey Burns was held on $1 500 bail for court by Magistrate South at Central Police Station to answer burglary charges. He was arrested early Sunday morning while breaking into Kennedy Curtis store at 708 Market Street and captured by Private Watchman Louis before escaping. Burns had been released from Eastern Penitentiary a month earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hull
Cockey" Burns
South
Central
Burns
Kennedy & Curtis
Market Street
Louis
Eastern Penitentiary
Ex Governor Russell Not Placed For Presidency
A Boston dispatch notes that Democratic supporters say ex Governor Russell will not be presented at the Chicago Convention. It claims the silverites are strong and his gold standard stance makes nomination unlikely, and an authorized statement on his position will be issued after his Maine trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Democratic-Russell
Russell
Chicago
Maine
Massachuset
Berks primaries tally shows Ermentrout leading delegates
Latest returns from Saturdays primaries list Ermentrout with 83 delegates Green 22 Herbst 17 Bieber 18 and Baer 4. Opposition to Ermentrout totals sixty one votes with four electors seated as likely Baer supporters. Baer’s nomination appears probable, while Taft seems unlikely.
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TIMES
Jone
Ermentrout
Green
Herbst
Bieber
Baer
No Quarters for Negro Delegates at Republican Convention
St Louis June 8 Colored delegates to the National Republican Convention face refusal of lodging eating and even boat passage as hotels boarding houses and stewards decline service. The Business Men's League proposes a fund to rent a hall provide cots and cooks, while national committee members vow a resolution condemning discrimination and seeking equal accommodations for convention week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
National Committee
Business Men's League
National
J. G. Long
Florida
Republican Party
Mr. Long
Business Men’s League
Washington
National Republican Committee
C. Tee
League
Rainwater
Perry Heath
Thompson
Ohio
McKinley
Marcus A. Hanna
Republican National Committee
General Committee
Arizona
Bicycle collision injures broker J W Kelley in Stroupsburg
Special Telegram to Tax TIMES reports June 8 that broker J W Kelley son of the late Eugene Kelley of New York was riding from Port Jervis to Stroupsburg when his bicycle collided with a companion's wheel and he was pitched into a ditch, breaking his ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Times
Stroupsburg
J. W. Kelley
Eugene Kelley
New York
Port Jervis
Twelve year old Florence King testifies in Fleming trial
In New York on June 8 a 12 year old girl, Florence King, testified for the prosecution in the Fleming trial. She described the chowder incident with Gracie Fleming and Mrs. Fleming, and her testimony was admitted over objections. The courtroom scenes showed tension as lawyers sparred and a waiter and cashier corroborated the chowder preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fleming
Florence King
Gracie Fleming
Shah Muzaffer-Ed-Din Enthroned in Persia
Teheran reports Muzaffer-Ed-Din formally enthroned as Shah of Persia. He received the Diplomatic Corps in audience at 4 pm, marking the start of his reign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Muzaffer-Ed-Din
Shah
Persia
Primaries in Pittsburg show Quayite wins in several districts
The Pittsburg primaries leave results uncertain until after the conventions. Quayites claim victories in the First Second Seventh and Eighth Legislative districts and nominee claims in the Sixth. Mageeites report wins in other districts with both factions claiming Magee wins except for Controller and Judge races.
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Pitrssura
Quayites
Mageeites
Judge
Tragic breakup ends in double suicide and murder
In San Francisco on June 8, John W. Hay assistant editor of the Journal of Commerce was shot and killed by Nina MacDougall believed wife of a Chicago barbed wire drummer. She then killed herself by a self-inflicted heart wound after Hay announced he would leave her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John W. Hay
Journal of Commerce
Nina MacDougall
Chicago
Hay
Minister Taylor Returns to Madrid From Leave
United States Minister to Spain Hannis Taylor, previously in London on leave to see his family off for Newark, abruptly returned to Madrid on Saturday after orders from Washington curtailed his absence.
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Madrid
Hannis Taylor
United States
Spain
London
Newark
Washington
Miner John Horvak Attacked in Hazleton. June 8
At dawn in Hazleton miner John Horvak was assaulted by several unknown men while en route to his Silver Brook home. He suffered five stab wounds to the neck and body and was taken to the hospital in precarious condition. his assailants remain unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Hazleton
Silver Brook
John Horvak
Severe storm forecast for Eastern PA and New Jersey
Forecast issued for Tuesday warns of threatening weather in Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey with potential severe local thunderstorms and southerly winds shifting to westerly. Yesterday’s temperature ranged high 71, low 71.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Today’s events in Allentown and Philadelphia area
Today hosts spring races in Allentown Pa and commencement exercises at Ogontz School. Board of Education meets at 3 PM, Board of Charities and Corrections at 8 PM. A Pennsylvanian reunion at Germantown’s Mennonite Meeting House starts at 10 AM. The Broad Street Conservatory marks its tenth annual commencement at Musical Fund Hall. Evening services and veteran association reunions occur at listed venues with varied start times.
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Allentown
Ogontz
Board of Education
Board of Charities and Corrections
Mennonite Meeting House
Germantown
Broad Street Conservatory of Music
Musical Fund Hall
St. Luke's M. E
Sand Jacky San Streets
Meylvan
Veteran Association
Dogner's Hall
Barcelona Under Martial Law After Deadly Bombing
Martial law declared in Barcelona after a bombing killed eight and left twenty-one dying and eighteen injured. Police arrest twenty two suspected anarchists and seize documents linking a Paris centered plot to theatre further violence across European capitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Paris
Mrs Kirkwood in Critical Condition After Arsine Poisoning
Mrs Annie Kirkwood and her two children Walter and Harry aged four and five were found in serious condition from supposed arsenical poisoning at 1749 North Second Street. They were reported in a critical state at St Marys Hospital last night. The case remains unsolved. The husband has been out of work and the family faced poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Kirkwood
Walter
Harry
North Second Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Kirkwood
Teachers Exonerated in Wilmington School Cruelty Charge
In Wilmington on June 8 the Board of Education special committee reported to clear Mrs. Sarah A. Miller supervising principal and teachers Miss Speakman and Miss Steele of charges of cruelty to Judge J. Frank Ball's daughter Ethel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timms
Wilmington
Board of Education
J. Frank Ball
Sarah A. Miller
Speakman and
Steele
Ball
Ethel
Six year old girl killed by trolley in Shamokin near Indian Park
Alice Dreher aged six was frightened by an approaching streetcar on the Shamokin line near Indian Park this morning and ran in front of it. She was struck, left arm broken, head injured and internal injuries reported. She died half an hour later despite medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
Alice Dreher
Shamokin Street
Indian Park
Ex-Catholic Lecturer Hurt in Suspected Hireling Assault
In Lancaster on June 8 J V McNamara an ex priest was riding a trolley from Marietta to Columbia when Terrence Gould threw a large cinder striking him behind the left ear causing a deep gash. Gould was arrested held on $1000 bail and testimony showed he was hired to assault the lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
J. V. McNamara
Marietta
Columbia
Terrence Gould
Ould
Gould
Cooler Weather Follows Heat Wave Across Region
After a weekend heat wave that drove residents to the seashore and mountains, cooler air is arriving. Occasional local showers and light thunderstorms are expected, bringing a lower atmosphere. By yesterday evening temperatures fell from the 100s to around 82 as a cool breeze set in.
Serges and suits advertised at Perry & Co store
An old advertisement promotes serges for men and suits in various prices. It highlights Washington Mille wool serges, genuine clay skeleton suits, and tailored garments with trims. Perry & Co at 1520 Chestnut Street offers intermediate prices from ten to eighteen dollars.
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Mark Hanna
Convention City
the Times
Martin
Boses
Charley
Hall
L. Brown
Parks and Squares
Carson
Briggs
W. A. Wilson
Mr. Odenheimer
Cockey
Berks
Business Men’s League of the
Mound City
Broker Kelly
the Shah OF
Muzaffer-Ed-Din Assumes
Taylor
Picion
Desbujois
Mrs. Kirkwood
TimpEs
Serges
Washington Mille
Perry & CO
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