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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1897
Page
6
An inquiry into rising city expenditures notes no council member from either branch proposed repealing the salary increase for the Serjeants-at-Arms last Thursday. The piece labels the raise as the least justifiable in a decade and argues many qualified people could fill the post for $1,000 a year. It warns taxpayers will be affected and critiques the council’s reform commitment amid sugar market speculation.
A public appeal urges the Pennsylvania Legislature to extend the session beyond July to complete essential laws. It faults both chambers for months of delay, calls for confession and corrective action, and argues the public interest requires a longer, deliberate session rather than rushed adjournment. It also notes the difficulty of drawing lines in lynching matters.
The Sunderland resolution for municipal expenditure investigation is defeated by both city councils. Finance committee chairs defend current spending as proper, while exposes of payroll waste show rising salaries and bloated subordinates in both branches, halting reform efforts and eroding public confidence.
The article extols modern postal systems as rapid and universal, notes the two cent rate from coast to coast and the international Post Congress in the United States. It highlights the International Postal Congress in Philadelphia and its significance to civilization, unity, and global communication.
In some quarters there is a disposition to treat prosperity's advance agent with the levity hitherto confined to the book agent.
A political commentary notes large Republican majorities in Lanaster and Berks counties, while Democrats push for free coinage and the Chicago platform. It warns that party gains come from public sentiment and urges a return to honest money and the Jeffersonian Democratic tradition to regain state and national power.
The article notes Dr. Parkhurst plans to abandon political battles to devote himself to church causes, suggesting that combating the devil in religious service is less strenuous than opposing Tammany politics.
The United States calls for more and better dry docks to maintain a growing fleet. League Island offers an ideal site for a large dock. Congressman Bingham introduces a bill to appropriate $200,000 to start construction and push completion of the facility.
A draft bill seeks up to 1 250 000 for rapid construction of a spacious watertight dry dock at League Island to service modern war vessels. Philadelphia experts note Delaware builds and skilled labor local to the city would support the project, with General Bingham urged to push passage through naval committees and garner broad support. Reed’s stance shows decisive House leadership.
The bill requiring state deposits to earn interest has passed both legislative houses and awaits the Governor’s signature. It designates six banks in Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Harrisburg to hold active accounts at 1.5 percent interest while all other banks must pay 2 percent. The reform ends the treasury’s political abuses and establishes a sound, businesslike deposit system for the state’s surplus funds.
The passage argues that General Gobin must win in his own Lebanon county to be viable for the state ticket, warning that any other delegate victory could bar Lebanon county from representation in the fall. It harshly criticizes councils for avoiding retrenchment and hints at new appointments to fill gaps.
Roken booms and millions of feet of logs drift along the Connecticut River to Long Island Sound as a cyclone hits Minnesota and heavy rains sweep Colorado. Rivers rise and floods touch many states, yet crops of hay and grain are nourished, vegetation refreshed, and overall food supplies look ample.
Hav erford College held commencement with strong turnout and a series of honors. President Isaac Sharpless announced general honors for Morton P Darlington Vincent Gilpin and others in political economy modern languages and physics. Prizes awarded included Alumni prize in composition and oratory Elliot Field and sophomores Linden Harris White, Joseph W Taylor and others with several prizes not awarded. The graduating class of 1907 lists names and degrees as presented by President Sharpless.
The report rounds on the Eastern Penitentiary inquiry with charges of sensational fabrication and malice. It notes Governor and Senate reappointment of Colonel James C. Biddle and General Isaac J. Wistar, once targeted by Judge Gordon, as evidence of official support and inquiry outcomes. The committee is urged to conclude its duties, while intent on an honest report on treatment of insane convicts.
The Senate confirmed Harold Vanburen of New Jersey as Consul at Nice France Frank A Leach as Superintendent of the Mint in San Francisco Robert S Person of South Dakota as Deputy Auditor of the Interior Department William M Lynch as Assayer of the Mint in New Orleans Herbert W Lewis as Superintendent of Charities for the District of Columbia Frederick P Vincent of Pennsylvania as Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise district of Philadelphia Michael J Brown of Pennsylvania as Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise district of Philadelphia J K Robison passed assistant engineer in the navy B T Warburton passed assistant engineer to be chief engineer in the navy plus minor navy promotions
Members of the Philadelphia Free Law School at the Burd building Ninth and Sansom streets heard Professor Herbert Wharton Beall discuss absolute rights of individuals and master servant relations with focus on contributory negligence. Next Tuesday Professor Albert L Moise will lecture on marriage and family law and the rights of married women in Pennsylvania.
Not taxing the beverage would indicate that instead of using the beer buck as a scapegoat, it was merely intended for a kid.
A South American physician announced in Montevideo that yellow fever is caused by a rare bacillus named icteroid. He said the germ infects patients’ blood and the bodies after death, and that it could be eliminated by secondary injections. He hopes to develop a preventive serum.
In Lebanon County today the Republican primary selects delegates to the State Convention. General Gobin declares his accredited representatives, arguing the opposition falsely claims to back Gobin for Auditor General. Charges of trickery color the race as the official candidate solidifies his bid.
A collection of satirical quips from multiple papers. Topics include King Cotton versus infant cotton, Tom Watson’s persistence, Gage on prosperity, a new silver party, Weyler in Cuba, and lists of potential mission candidates.
Mrs. Chambers seeks age of a Philadelphia silver service once owned by Rh Silvers Satterthwaite Chambers. A London Spectator clipping recounts Nathan Dunn’s Chinese Museum fire in London, clarifying the collection’s fate and Dunn’s role, with local family memories of its display in Philadelphia.
John Wanamaker spoke to the Bethany Bible Union last night delivering a two hour illustrated talk. He traced a journey from New York harbor to Europe using stereopticon views, covering England, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum with notes on Rome, the Vatican and the Alhambra.
H F Stauffer resignations spark contract dispute as Emporium Schools refuse to release him from a three year agreement while Ridgway School Board had elected him principal on June 8. The Emporium board’s refusal leaves him under binding contract despite his new Ridgway appointment.
The Rev. Eugenie St John sails to Europe to study municipal government. Prof Harrison Randolph elected president of College of Charleston. Galen Clark resigns as Yosemite guardian after 24 years and will live in the valley. Judge Harper B Cunningham becomes Oklahoma Attorney General and organized the Territorial Bar Association. Judge Charles Andrews' NY Supreme Court term ends December 31 with one vacancy at next election. Herbert Spencer continues biology revision with limited daily work. A $50,000 memorial fund for Bishop Brooks at Harvard will fund a university building and site. Miss Winifred Warren chairs Latin at Vassar. her brother is noted as a professor in Boston University circles.
A fragmented column touches poets Thomas Hood and a winter romance with roses, then shifts to Philadelphia industry at Broad and Chestnut, detailing night work under electric light as builders and laborers prepare for a surge in construction. It lists travelers sailing from New York, the Downtown Club charter case, Northern Builders' Club approval, Torresdale Country Club opening, and local social notices.
The Hawaiian Legation in Washington reports three new complaints from Japan against Hawaii. Claims allege discrimination by customs against Japanese wine, an immigration order favoring Chinese over Japanese in labor contracts, and displacement of a Japanese physician on a plantation. No abatement of demands due to Hawaii’s stance on Japanese immigration.
A reader letter to The Times praises the correspondent A Presbyterian for accurately noting that young men seek ethics over religion. The writer credits Worcester with a significant achievement in guiding secular thought within a religiously diverse context and expects liberal clergy to support such work.
The twenty-seventh commencement of the Allentown College For Women awarded medals to thirteen graduates. Piavet, K. Well, Grace Heller and Jennie Derr shared medals. May Rentzheimer was valedictorian. Besgle D. Horbeck held the class honor. Dr. J. D. Thomas, 1122 Walnut. The painless extraction of teeth is a specialty.
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