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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1902
Page
2
The piece notes Philadelphia turns against the Attorney General Quay after Elkin’s fall in the contest. Country districts rebel against Quay while Republicans debate nominee prospects. Democrats grow hopeful, expecting defections either way and sensing a fight to the polls against Quay.
Edward Godfrey and Frank Van Houten pleaded guilty to stealing fur collars shawls and coats worth 2625 tied to Strawbridge & Clothier. Police found 900 of the goods in a Newark storage, others unrecovered. They were sent to the Huntingdon Reformatory.
The piece notes how people ignore disaster risk by rebuilding on dangerous slopes such as Mont Pelee and Galveston after floods. It contrasts hazardous occupations and unsanitary urban housing with the lure of high wages, quoting on breathing danger from dust and fumes and the persistence of risk in crowded cities.
Fire records report Catharine Collins at 1220 Point Venue caused by coal lamp explosion. Property loss listed at $50. Investigation status not specified.
The Pittsburgh Times will present to the public the full reports of the Republican Convention to be held at Harris tomorrow. The event will describe the key debates and outcomes, with coverage from multiple city correspondents.
Harrisburg dispatch notes no direct evidence favoring any candidate as Republican delegates remain split. Elkin Pennypacker and Watres show strong claims with county shifts, votes, and potential compromises over uninstructed delegates ahead of the convention.
In Schuylkill county the Fourth district faces a contest over Attorney General delegates tied to Pennypacker and Elkin factions. Two wards in Pottsville allegedly violated a pact with alternates. accusations center on delegates voting at adjourned and electing conventions. Elkin backers claim potential votes exceed two hundred. caucus plans and headquarters scenes reveal tense, active maneuvering ahead of the convention and possible Garfield-like cross-faction compromise.
The London Mall reports natives in Uganda dying from sleeping sickness a feared brain linked disease. Two Congolese patients arrived in Britain in 1898 and died at Charing Cross Hospital. Native and limited European cases cited with various proposed causes including a brain parasite.
A Washington Post report describes a Treasury officer in Vladivostok who recalls hearing the American song Dixie played on an accordion. He notes the tune’s popularity among locals connected to the Olympia man-o-war and sees it as charming music far from Dixieland.
Dr. Walter Browning seeks 350000 for professional services from the Magee estate as bills totaling 190000 are filed in Orphans Court. Witnesses describe offers to invest 150000 for Browning, night service rate hikes to 80 an hour, and trips with Senator Magee to Hot Springs and Atlantic City.
Weather Bureau predicts a severe heat wave from the West that will hit Philadelphia soon, promising the hottest spell since last summer. Temperatures in the plains reached 92 in cities like Denver, with Huron and Bismarck also registering high readings as the blast moves east.
In Harrisburg at Lochiel Hotel Elkin backers faced a bold money wager by former Dauphin Sheriff H Wells Buser who offered 5 000 to 50 000 that P Elkin would not be the Republican nominee this week. Senator Mitchell proposed a three Elkin delegates to three Pennypacker delegates bet in Jefferson county.
Elkin supporters in Harrisburg were unsettled by a report that John F. Gearnhardt of Hazleton is missing. A Luzerne county man was asked to search Quay headquarters while Senator Penrose denied knowledge and joked about checking under Quay’s bed. It later appeared Gearnhardt left for Philadelphia to work at the Mint for four dollars a day, with no link to the convention role.
Lieutenant Bandice launched a balloon from Toulon this morning and it drifted eastward to sea. Two torpedo boats trailed the craft, signaling that the balloon fell into the water and Lieutenant Bandice disappeared.
The Liberty Bell arrives at the Pennsyvania Railroad freight yard at 9:00 AM and is escorted to Independence Hall by the Second City Troop and the First and Second Regiments. Wilson H. Brown delivers the address to Mayor Ashbridge as the Bell is returned to city custody. The parade forms at 9:30 AM with police, Municipal Band, dignitaries, and council members aboard and in vehicles. It proceeds via Road Street, Washington Avenue, and Chestnut Street to Independence Hall.
Incorporators named for several Camden area companies include Chaca Coffee Company with $200,000 capital and objectives in coffee trade, American Bedding and Machinery Company with $100,000 capital and bedding machinery, New Steel and Iron Company with $100,000 capital for iron manufacture, Curtis and others listed for various ventures, and German American Steel Ball Company with $1,000,000 capital among others, all noting principal offices at 419 Market Street or nearby Camden streets.
The city pursued the water tunnel remainder as a municipal venture without a contract, an experiment in public ownership that failed. Costs ballooned versus a contractor approach, a strike ensued, and officials faced mounting criticism over the stalled project.
At the General Synod session in Asbury Park over 400 ministers and lay delegates heard Dr. G. J. Matthews of London describe Standist progress in Poland and Russia along with growth of Reformed and Presbyterian churches in England. He noted Catholics joining the new church and secret fellowship meetings for New Testament study as reformers resist the czar. He urged American support with British aid through missionaries.
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