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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1897
Page
6
Harrisburg dispatch details the push to reconsider July 1 as final adjournment date with talks on revenue, pending appropriation bills, and proposed beer tax measures. The Senate and House clash over forestry repeal efforts and budget constraints while proceedings discuss county and city contract bills and licensing reforms.
The Senate approved an amendment to the tariff bill placing raw cotton on the dutiable list at 20 percent ad valorem. The 42 to 19 vote included six Democrats joining Republicans. Debate highlighted regional interests, with Bacon of Georgia pushing the measure on personal responsibility.
Speaker Boyer urged strict business until adjournment, noting July 1 as fixed and possible extension to mid July with Senate consent. Northampton county election contest ends with Adam Shiffer seat. Leh unseated 119 to 32 as Republicans split and Shiffer set to be sworn in. House then tackles calendar and bills, including education provisions for veterans' children.
In Harrisburg the Senate debated fiscal measures and governance. An act creating a gas water board was killed on third reading while a payroll bill for interest on State funds advanced after amendments. Debate centered on interest rates and which banks hold public deposits, with amendments pushing rate to 1.5 percent and shifting legal dates.
Ripeway June 8. The Shawmut Mining Company raises coal rates in Mead Run Valley. Forty cents per ton for coal veins three and a half feet thick or thicker and 45 cents for thinner veins. Previous scale was 40 cents for veins four feet or more and 45 cents for thinner veins.
In the Senate opening prayer Rev. Hugh Johnson prayed for quick contentment and prosperity as tariff bill talks resumed. The sugar schedule drew key exchanges with Mr. Allison proposing modifications and temporary postponement. Debate over schedule G on agricultural duties followed with amendments on live animals barley corn and cotton.
Republican Senators met in the marble room for two hours to approve a sugar duty plan. The final proposal fixes duty at 1.95 cents per pound with a refining differential of one fifth cent, adds a royalty-linked duty, and leaves Hawaiian sugar and the reciprocity treaty unresolved for now. Senator Frye urged keeping Pearl Harbor and the treaty intact, while Allison and Aldrich defended the committee plan as fair.
Nearly all twenty branches of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Philadelphia County attend the thirteenth annual convention at the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Germantown. Dr. Harriet S. French presides as president. officers elected include Dr. French as president, H. Forrest as vice president, Mary Stringer as secretary, and Susan McFarland as treasurer.
The Grand Army of the Republic, Department of New Jersey, opens in Atlantic City with a huge parade planned for tomorrow at 3 pm along Atlantic Avenue. State Commander Ernest C. Stahl arrives with staff, and headquarters are set at Schauffer's Hotel. A reception for General Clarkson follows at Haddon Hall. The encampment runs through Friday with elections for state commander and tax policy debates on inmates at the Soldiers Home.
William Stokley, held for sixty days on illicit fishing, escaped Camden County Jail yesterday but was quickly recaptured. He fled via Court House steps to Market Street, pursued by Jailer Spence and Detective Rice, who subdued him with a blackjack. He now faces a jail breaking charge and longer confinement.
Political notes discuss possible appointment of a Postmaster on June 15 or July 1 and tensions in the Five O'Clock Club over City Treasurer candidates. Ward leaders may back Hackett for Register of Wills or disband, with club endorsements from M. B. Quay and Twenty Ward Republicans. Auditor Warnock returns after illness to City Controller’s office.
An eminent physician claims women are not truthful to doctors and lie about symptoms, especially unmarried women. He notes many seek Mrs. Pinkham for guidance, believing a female confidant provides better candor and relief through Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A testimonial from Grace B Stansbury of Pratt Kansas describes severe uterine pain and recovery after following her regimen.
A rainy dismal June day kept umbrellas and mackintoshes in demand as a chilly northeast wind and showers continued. People hurried to work and transit, coats pulled tight, with a forecast of more rain and cooler air expected tonight.
Daily city scene as circus crowds spark a police alert in Camden. Gravenor captures a pocketbook thief near Sixth and Market. Harrisburg suspects, Elen Clark keys arrest. A second thief snatches a small bag on Haddon Avenue but is halted by a circus attache. Casualties include a missing watch and utensils from a home on Trenton Avenue. A colored man frightened away from Rev Nichols cellar.
Declamation contests held after class day at Cheltenham Military Academy last evening named winners across forms. Allan Reed won first prize in third form while Chauncey Ward took second. Robert Earley first in fourth form with Morley Wilmot Jennings second. Ralph Kilby led fifth form first prize with Edmund B. Piper second. The Mandelin Club members Charles Andrews and Miss Abbie M. Clarke also participated.
The township committee granted George Pfeiffer & Co. permission to erect and maintain water works in WesTVILLE New Jersey. The plan provides fire protection for a term of years and places the plant in the village center.
In St. Petersburg on June, the Czar welcomed John W. Foster, the American Seal Commissioner, during a Peterhof audience yesterday.
The President and family depart Washington noon tomorrow on a Chesapeake and Ohio special train. The train includes a private car, Cabinet and invited guests, correspondents, and dining baggage cars. They stop Hot Springs va 7 pm tomorrow, stay until 11 am Thursday, then head to Nashville arriving 7:30 am Friday.
Camden election disputes were argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court in Trenton but no decisions were made. The Third Ward council race between John P. Roberts and William Shafer was tested for the constitutionality of an order for a new election. Miller’s oust case and quo warranto hearings were postponed with Miller continuing as de facto Councilman-at-Large until a ruling.
The Southern Railway issued a handsomely illustrated summer travel book describing mountain resorts springs and baths in the South. Copies available by writing to John M. Beall district passenger agent 828 Chestnut street Philadelphia.
Washington notes United States Minister Quinby at The Hague reports the Dutch government by royal order exempts live oil from import duty. The tenth annual convention of the National Association of Local Freight Agents meets with 1380 delegates from eastern cities. Brigadier General Mizner’s retirement is granted. Colonel Merriam expected as his successor. A peghatene act to prevent inland water collisions is approved. Connecticut and Massachusetts delegations submit tobacco schedule views to finance committee. no action yet.
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