Select Council Rejects Retrenchment Probe Resolution
Sunderland and Common Councils clash over a city retrenchment inquiry. The Sunderland resolution to form a joint five member committee died in Common Council as it was amended to place the finance committee in charge, with a stenographer and a $3,000 expense cap. Debate includes calls to postpone, defend economy, and various budgetary and municipal reform proposals.
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Sunderland
Common Council
Finance Committee
Select Council
Select Council Debates Sunderland Resolution on City Investigations
The special meeting largely handled routine business as Sunderland opposed amending the joint committee to investigate city departments by placing it under the finance committee. The council declined to concur with the amendment amid calls for river and street improvements, pension funding, and various ordinance introductions ahead of a joint meeting with Common Council to elect a Port Warden member.
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Hawkes
Finance Committee
Morrow
Yeas
Messrs
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Amick
Balbirnie
Barton
Birch
Buckholz
Cornell
Conrad
Cornelius
Carson
Costello
Davidson
Doak
Edmonds
Goodman
Graham
Hazlett
Helms
Hetzell
Irvine
Irwin
Ivins
Knight
Krisher
Leithead
Little
McCullough
McCurdy
Martin
Matthias
Macreedy
Caverow
Chew
Collins
Creadick
de Haven
Dixon
Erdin
Eslen
Falbey
Funston
Garrett
Gilpin
Gordon
Hahn
Hammond
Harvey
Hohl
Hultz
Kinsley
Kittanus
Rucker
Lang
Leonard
Levering
Linton
Lovegrove
McAllister
Means
Mercer
A. F. Miller
H. A. Miller
Mingle
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Moore
Neill
Parker
G. W. Richards
Frank Richards
Roberts
Sayre
Leeds
Seger
Seitzer
Slater
Smedley
G. Smith
Spill
Steger
A. F. Stevens
F. Stevens
Stevenson
Stringer
Swain
G. Thomas
W. S. Thomas
Tongue
van Osten
G. H. Wagner
Thomas Wagner
Warren
Warwick
Select Council
Sunderland
Miles
Department of Charities and Correction
Department of Public Safety
Bureau of Fire
Firemen's Pension Fund
Board of Port Wardens
Samuel 8. Talbot
Ordinances and Resolutions Passed
A set of items includes a resolution urging immediate passage of the tariff bill by Congress. Another requests Fairmount Park to construct a protective cable over Fairmount dam to prevent accidents. A adjournment clause sets September 2 for a June 17 adjournment. An ordinance allows the Philadelphia and Reading Railway to erect a clock on Market Street. A $53,700 annual appropriation to Public Works funds repairs to machinery buildings grounds and reservoirs. An ordinance outlines street grading contracting. An ordinance authorizes two city iceboats for Naval Militia duty and related payment.
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Director of Public Safety
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Dock Street
Delaware Avenue Market Company
Board of Port Wardens
Morrow
Pennsylvania Railway
Hawkes
Committee On City Property
Mr.Morrow
Mr. Hawkes
Congress of the
United States
Fairmount Park
Fairmount Dam
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Market Street
Department of Public Works
Bureau of Water
Director of Public Works
State of
Pennsylvania
Miss Emma Lloyd Buried After Suicide in Atlantic City
The body of Miss Emma Lloyd was buried at Pleasantville after she died by inhaling illuminating gas last Sunday night. During services, a mystery surrounding a letter found on her clothing emerged, with a Philadelphia call from a public pay station linking to an anonymous speaker who warned, Then that is the last you will see of me. Police have kept the origin secret to pursue the possible suspect.
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Hawkes
Buchholz
Buncombe
Gilpin
Sixteenth Ward
Finance Committee
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Atlantic CiTy
Emma Lloyd
Pleasantville
Miss Lloyd
Coryell
John Frankford
Lancaster County
William Rittenhouse
Lancaster
Bacon
Tetlow Brothers
Teachers Plan for Next Year at Pedagogy School
The Associated Alumni of the School of Pedagogy held its final meeting before summer at the Young Men's Hebrew Association rooms. They voted to hold next year’s meetings at the new High School with four sessions open to the public and planned a program featuring papers on Descartes Malebranche and Locke and talks by Frank P. Kline Thomas H. Lee and Henry I. Gideon.
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School of Pedagogy
Young Men's Hebrew Association
North Broad Street
New High School
Manic Escape From Norristown Lunatic Asylum
T Jefferson Brown a famed inmate from Eastern Penitentiary escaped the Norristown State Hospital for the Insane yesterday. He dashed along the road, was chased two miles into a wheat field, and surrendered after a conference with his Norristown attorney. Brown insists he is now sane and requests release.
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T. Jefferson Brown
Gordon
Committee of Investigation
Eastern Penitentiary
Norristown State Hospital
Brown
Norristown
Three Men Held on Illegal Voting Charge in Fourth Ward
Special Telegram to The Times Wilmington June 10 Harry Koberle James Patton and Thomas Lally were brought before Magistrate Prittt tonight charged with illegal voting in the Fourth ward at the city election last Saturday. James Kane the Democratic candidate defeated Clarence Holt the Republican by seven votes but Holt will contest the election. The accused men asked for a continuance until next Monday night which was granted.
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Harry Koberle
James Patton
Thomas Lally
Pritchett
James Kane
Clarence Holt
Holt
Political Notes on Ward Coterie and City Races
The Tom Reed Republican Club backs Magistrate Hackett for Registers of Wills while Mint Superintendent Kretz may retire soon. Ward leaders push for Quay’s state delegates and a stable coalition. Allen B. Rorke is linked to a memorial at the Covenant church. James Atkinson joins Park Guard. Penrose pushes for a Sapa lican postmaster by July. Hawkes opposes City Treasurer or Register bids, supports 20 percent salary cuts. Moore boosters shift tactics for City Treasury. ex-Treasurer McCreary weakens. A ward-meeting article notes payroll reform talk and Moore support amid faction tensions. Lambirth vs Huey election contest to challenge Huey’s Select Council seat begins next week with fraud allegations filed.
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Kretz
Mint
Union Republican Club
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Quay
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Eighteenth
Spruce Streets
James Atkinson
Sam Houseman
Park Guard
Penrose
Hawkes
Register of Wills
J. Hampton Moore
City Treasury
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Martin
Thirtieth
Diamond Streets
Henry W. Lambirth
William G. Huey
Connell
City Hall
Colesberry
Finletter
John H. Fow
E. A. Anderson
Lambirth
Judge Gordon Demands Private Witnesses In Penitentiary Inquiry
The Philadelphia legislative committee hearing reexamines Eastern Penitentiary management as Judge James Gay Gordon challenges subpoena limits and seeks to examine witnesses himself. He relays a case alleging post mortem mutilation in convict Frankford’s death during an operation, urging independent inquiry and prison reform.
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Allison
Matteawan Institution
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Biddle
Margaret Rittenhouse
William Alexander Lipsky
Charles Howell
H. H. Hensel
John H. Ridenhauer
Henry Diffendoerfer
Edward H. Kauffmann
Daniel Applebach
Morris Willey
McGarr Release Reported by Baltimore Baseball News
Baltimore dispatch reports that on June 10 Captain Pat Tebeau of the Cleveland Base Ball Club released third baseman Chippy McGarr. The move shocks fans as McGarr departs the team, with no immediate successor named.
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Pat Tebeau
Cleveland
McGarr
Salem and Camden Notes From Local Happenings
Across the Delaware The 400 wheelmen of Salem organize a bicycle club. Salem citizens will meet to discuss a shoe factory. Quinton public school closes after a successful year. The Sixth Regiment NJG opens Camden Armory on July 4. Camden street committee surveys needed improvements. C H Probst of Coates Thread Co dies at 47 in South Orange. Woodbury commencement held. diplomas by Assemblyman Watkins. John Keogh, 9, injured by a fall in Camden. Bacon Academy graduates list. Salem County Christian Endeavor Union meets. Rev Dr Wayland Hoyt speaks. Asbury Park Synod approves $100,000 for missionary work. Gebhardtebauer and Eva Davis wed in Woodbury. New officers elected for intenseh chapter. Gertrene Bauer named president.
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Reformed Synod
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Vogeding
Mra
Oscar Emma Sheppard
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Moyer
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Retary
Anus Weatherby
Strawbridge and Clothier Sale of Boys and Men Garments
The department store offers boys sailor suits in sizes 3 to 16 years across ten styles and colors at reduced prices, plus men and youths trousers in 15 patterns from $2.50 to $3.50 and sack suits from $7.50 to $15.00. Silk waists and jardinières are discounted, with new shipments of silks and mohair pants, and feature items include high shoes marked down to $2.00.
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Big Gear
Reformed Episcopalian Council Endorses Bishop Fallows Action
New York June 10 The General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church endorsed Bishop Samuel Fallows Chicago for ordaining Ballington Booth in Chicago. The vote had one dissenter. The council also withdrew proposed vestment amendments, adopted a liquor ban resolution, re elected Treasurer John Heins, and tasked a memorial to the Postmaster General for Sunday closures. A long dress vestment discussion dominated the afternoon. Damages for Willard Street grade change totaled 3,?52 across eight properties with no benefits awarded.
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Samuel Fallows
Chicago
Ballington Booth
Fallows
Latane
Campbell
John Heins
Philadelphia
Ince
View
Willard Street
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Thirty-third Ward
Common Pleas Court
Adolph Schwab
William Lambrecht
Horace E. Moore
George W. Smith
Christopher Hig
Ellen O. Smith
Hancock Building and Loan Association
Temporary Loan Bill Reported After Finance Committee Debate
The finance committee considered a temporary loan bill for 1 340 000 yesterday afternoon and reported it to Councils with a recommendation despite a strong challenge from Mr Rose. The discussion was brief and no vote was taken against the ordinance.
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Rose
State Notes on various local cases and incidents
Harry Fastnach jailed seven years for assault on 16 year old Lizzie Frymyer. P. S. S. Greenewalt’s large Lebanon hardware store shut by Sheriff Stine with $8,000 execution issued. W. J. Dillon killed at Galet while unloading a car. brother of former Renovo News editor M. J. Dillon. Rend Coal mine strike near Pittsburgh called off after satisfactory compromise. Mart Mauer, former Erie merchant, died by suicide at his home after business reverses.
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Lizzie Frymyer
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W. J. Dillon
Galet
M. J. Dillon
Renovo News
Rend
Pittsburg
Mart Mauer
Erie
Germantown Academy Class Day Notes And Local Accidents
Germantown Academy class of 1897 held its class day exercises at Association Hall in Germantown. Miss Eva Lentz was knocked down by a team driven by John McCann and suffered severe facial cuts. Archbishop Ryan conferred subdeaconships on Bradley Vincent Corcoran and Francis Jk at Overbrook Seminary. William Fleming and Frank Foley fell from a building at Christian Street wharves, suffering serious injuries. Louis Goodfellow and William Lowery were seriously injured by a toy cannon explosion at Siegle Street. An annual sale of unclaimed articles seized by customs was held at the Appraiser's store on Dock Street near Third, mainly old clothing and discarded items.
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Germantown
Eva Lentz
Darien Street
John McCann
Overbrook Seminary
Ryan
Bradley
Vincent Corcoran
Francis Jk
William Fleming
Frank Foley
Christian Street Wharf
Louis Goodfellow
Siegle Street
William Lowery
Dock Street
Third
Seasonable Chinese and Japanese Furnishings Sale
First import seasonable goods include camphor-wood chests in five sizes reinforced with brass and lasting camphor aroma. Chinese rattan chairs priced 5 to 6 dollars, stools 75 cents, child chairs 50 cents to 1.50, bamboo camp stools 61 cents. Japanese porch curtains up to 2 dollars, window awnings made to order, and a large cut in matting prices nationwide.
Attacked by highwaymen contractor escapes with money
Lambertville June 10 Frank McDonnell a well known contractor of Yardley Pa a few miles below this city was waylaid by four burly colored highwaymen on the main street of that town at a late hour last night After a desperate struggle with the ruffians McDonnell succeeded in freeing himself McDonnell had been to Trenton collecting money and it is supposed the men were aware of the fact and expected to make a rich haul.
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Frank McDonnell
Yardley
McDonnell
Trenton
Judgments Entered in Common Pleas Court
Judgments were entered yesterday in the Common Pleas Court on two notes. C Urban vs John Ebersold for 1089.69 dated June 5 1896 at one day. Walter G Wilson & Co vs P H Fratz trading as P H Fratz & Co for 4608.85 dated May 31 1897 at one day, credit reducing to 2454.67. Rose Fratz against the same for 1650 dated May 1897 at one day. Executions issued on both judgments.
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C. Urban
John Ebersold
Walter G. Wilson & Co
P. H. Fratz
P. H. Fratz & Co
Rose Fratz
Fire in a Ship's Hold on the California
The French steamer California extinguished a fire in her hold that burned since Sunday. Steam failed to subdue it and the hold was flooded. The cargo is being removed and cotton and other consignments are expected to show substantial damage. The ship itself escaped injury.
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New Orleans
California
Eton Marks St Barnabas Eve With Melanesian Fund Talk
London June 10 The eve of St Barnabas celebrated at Eton with Bishop Potter of New York preaching for the Melanesian fund. The provost hosted lunch for visitors and presided at the annual meeting. Several American bishops spoke.
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Eton
Potter
New York
Melanesian Fund
Strikers End Silk Mill Dispute With Compromise at Paterson
In Paterson on June 10 the two week strike by about two hundred broad silk weavers at the William Strange mill ended in a compromise. Workers had demanded wage increases and relief for fatigue. Hood's Sarsaparilla is mentioned as aiding many during the strike.
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William Strange
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