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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1901
Page
1
Harrisburg reports the governor approved Forest-Emery street railway acts and scores of charter applications pour in. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh lead with numerous filings while other cities await action. Officials say charters granted for several cities and hearings set for councils this week amid Johnson syndicate pressure.
In Harrisburg on June 8 the Fecht-Emery railway bills prompted a rush for charters across Pennsylvania. Ex-Senator Henry D. Saylor and scores of attorneys filed applications as the State Department prepared new forms to handle amendments. Corporations filled envelopes as officials anticipated Governor approval and charter issuance across cities from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
Twenty tents rise on Fritz's Island in the Schuylkill for Camp Flynn where Reading Iroh Company workers on strike encamp with nearly three hundred men. Bad weather left many campers wet and hungry but donations from business people include bread loaves hams and canned goods. Sunday plans include a religious service and a ball game between married and single men.
President McKinley shows signs of strain as his wife’s illness deepens illness traced to a blood infection from a finger bone felon. Doctors urge daily walks and restrict visitors. Cabinet discusses policy in line with Supreme Court rulings while flowers arrive for Mrs. McKinley on her birthday and Belgium’s envoy sends sympathy.
Boston June 8 The Dolphin in dry dock at the navy yard is to sail for Washington next Monday. Rumor says Mrs McKinley with the President and physicians will board for a short cruise in the still water near the head of Chesapeake Bay.
Sixty nine women property owners voted in Wilmington Delaware for the Board of Education race. Unopposed candidates included 8. J. Horn J. D. Carter H. G. Buckmaster Dr. John Palmer William G. Baugh Frank McGovern. Bernard Donahue defeated J H Green. Lewis B. Morrow beat Dr J H Morgan. Robert C. Fraim defeated Mordecai Barnes. John White defeated John T. Schaffer. Robert Adair defeated Townsend W. Muller. J W Schaffer beat G L Norris.
London report: Ireland's official census lists 4,456,540 residents, down 248,204 from prior years. For the first time Scotland's population surpasses Ireland's, though by a small margin.
Indianapolis June 8 George Smith a former slave dies at 101 years old. He fathered fifty two children and was known as a prolific patriarch in the community.
A Philadelphia civic push proposes free transfers and a three cent fare to curb the Union Traction Company's privileges under new railroad laws. Business leaders, trades groups, and labor unions urge councils to secure public benefits, with supporters citing reduced costs and municipal leverage.
The jury found Joseph H. Ching of St. Marys county guilty on the fourth count for conspiracy with Guther who pleaded guilty. Graves Bowles and Abell were found not guilty. Marbury sought a new trial while government counsel offered Abell and Bowles a guilty plea on subsequent indictments for padding census returns.
Mrs Louis Botha wife of the Boer general traveled aboard the Dunvegan Castle arriving in Southampton from South Africa. A Fischer aide said she would go to London then Holland and Belgium but no departure date was set. The rumor of a peace mission was not confirmed.
Special cablegram from London reports the week’s war news is not encouraging with defeat and victory offsetting each other. Boer supply lines are said cut, but the enemy remains alert and deadly. The article questions the Boer rank and file and notes about 16,000 deaths so far, excluding last week’s casualties.
In Cape Town on Thursday night British forces surprised Boer lines at two points capturing forty two prisoners. They took 15 000 rounds of ammunition and supplies. A railroad wreck near Pretoria on June 7 killed nine British soldiers and left many injured.
London dispatch reports War Office inquiry finds no record of any request by General Botha for a conference with Lord Kitchener at Standerton. Officials say if such a request existed, Lord Kitchener would have informed the government.
Nation David of Carrier Nation announces he has separated from his wife and begun living in Iberia. The report cites his departure as a personal decision and notes a new residence has been established.
Wealthy residents of Chestnut Hill and nearby Montgomery county report a surge of burglaries from Deepdene to the Biddle home. At Gowen’s Deepdene the entry used a sawed shutter and glass pull, with £1000 in silver taken while occupants slept. three men tried at Biddle’s but fled after Miss Marion Biddle rang alarm. Police say no reports were filed and note easy cross-county thefts with little surveillance.
Telegraphic briefs report pestendar in the Iowa District Court upholding the anti cigarette law as constitutional. Next Tuesday’s civil eleve ocean news and memorial events are noted with addresses. A Knoxville Friday night clash between Tennessee Creteey students and five city seemen produced one shot. The Molineux murder case return to Rivans Court of Ap ri is described as one of the largest led with the court. The Sade Associations of Vassar De
In Chicago on June 8 the Defenbach conspiracy case was halted as counsel J J McDannold fainted in court. A physician warned he could not live ten minutes if he addressed the jury, prompting Judge Tuley to adjourn until Monday to resume arguments and possibly reach a verdict.
A dynamite car exploded at Vestal across the river from Union at 9 30 P M killing four men and wrecking nearby homes The Casino resort at Union and the Binghamton Country Club house suffered heavy damage additional harm to surrounding structures reported by street carmen arriving from Union and ten miles west of the city
J Pierpont Morgan plans to leave London at end of June and return to New York with Clinton E Dawkins. They will tour major business centers in the United States reaching as far west as Chicago. Dawkins recent career includes India finance service and War Office reform work praised as practical and well done.
George Crane of Columbia Trust Co. has purchased a 108 acre farm in West township along the Lancaster and Columbia turnpike opposite Quay’s existing property. The 21 room farmhouse features an old colonial winding stairway and the price was $32,400 or $300 per acre, the highest in the county in years.
Passenger train from Wichita leaving at 10 o clock wrecked between Severy and Fredonia. Pullman and dining cars burned. Several persons reported dead. A special medical train has departed from Wichita.
June 8 report from London says Denny Brothers built Shamrock II for Bagara father and son. The craft rose steady but lacked power with a pedal drive, wings span forty feet, total weight about 600 pounds with two crew.
The weather summary covers Eastern New York Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Western Pennsylvania Western New York with Sunday and Monday forecasts. Expect clouds possible showers, warmer for some areas, and fresh or variable winds from the west and east.
United States Weather Bureau bulletin from Philadelphia reports mean temperature 62 degrees with a normal 53 degrees sunshine today. Accumulated rainfall since June 1 about 0.78 inch. temperature deficiency and related figures noted with values and extensions.
Ocean liner arrivals listed include Lacania from New York to Liverpool Campatis from Liverpool to New York Columbia from Bamberg to New York La Lorraine arriving from Havre to an eastern port.
Paris reports a daughter kept in a locked room by her mother for a quarter century is rescued. The mother dies in custody and the son, a former sub prefect, defends the actions as piety. The case ties to a vanished fiancé and a deceased lawyer, with the daughter now hospitalized and improving.
James Connelly aged 17 of 518 Fairmount avenue was killed instantly yesterday afternoon on Forty first street between Market and Filbert streets. He leaned from a northbound Haddington car as a southbound car passed and was struck, his head badly crushed. Both cars stopped. he died before a patrol arrived. Connelly worked in the Philadelphia Record business office and was returning home. The tracks are very close together.
Lieutenant Colonel David J. Craigie, who has led the Filbert and Juniper recruiting office for nearly four years, receives orders from Washington to command the Eighth United States Infantry in the Philippines. Craigie has served nearly forty years, beginning as a first lieutenant in the Civil War, fought at Shiloh where he was wounded, and later reenlisted as a second lieutenant before rising to lieutenant colonel.
The coroner ruled Clarence Mandell 29 and John McMahon 17 died by own actions while temporarily insane. Mandell cut his throat after a Wednesday night dispute and McMahon jumped into the Delaware river on Memorial Day. The inquest also covered Wynne 5 and James Connelly 17 in separate accident cases.
Yesterday a fire at the Hamilton Paint and Glass Coat in Dallas, Texas caused damage and injured about seven people. The blaze began around 2 in the morning, damaging the building and several guests who were later reported to recover.
The Union Home for 614 Ladies marks its silver anniversary on June 12 at Forty eighth street and Lancaster Avenue. Read of a malfunctioning pneumatic tube between Feet Office and Broad Street Read ing Terminal Stations is resolved after brief outage. J Goldberg of 2045 South Street reports an incident but details remain unclear.
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