SONS OF ERIN CONVENTION OPENS IN KATER GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Special telegram from Manan reports the forty second annual State convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians opening in Wilkes Barre at the Kater Grand Opera House with a public open meeting. Patrick O Neill of Philadelphia presided as officers were chosen and delegates from forty two counties attended.
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Ancient Order of Hibernians
Mahanoy City
Order of Hibernians
Patrick O'Neill
Philadelphia
Kater Grand Opera House
Opera House
McGinnis
Schuylkill
Father Phillips
Hazleton
Burgess Leonard
O'Neill
Kathryn O'Hara
Lackawanna County
Tara’s Hall
Mi Whee Peu
Patrick Foley
Allegheny County
James Ey
J. W. Flynn
Wayne
H. E. Crilly
High
M. M. Laughlin
Centre
John Smith
Fayette
Philadephia
James YP. Sheehan
George Hannon
James O'Sullivan
P. J. McGarvey
M. P. Meroney
Peter J. Hughes
Ladies Auxiliary Convention
Katherine F. Fioyd
Scranton
Polly Grogan
Committee On
Prizer Resigns From Pensions Post
Dr. Granville Priser of Lionville has tendered his resignation to the Pensions office. The West Chester Times reports the move came amid unspecified reasons as officials note no replacement named yet.
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Times
West Chester
Granville Priser
Lionville
Oner
Republican Committee Organizes in West Chester
Special Telegram to The Ties reports a June 12 meeting in West Chester where the new Republican county committee organized and elected officers.
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Republican Committee
West Chester
Republican County
Swarthmore 1900 Commencement Exercises Held
The twenty eighth annual commencement at Swarthmore College was held in the assembly hall with hundreds of alumni and friends in attendance. President William Birdsall presided as students delivered orations on diverse topics including industry, public health, history, and literature.
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Swarthmore
William Birdsall
Joseph Wharton
Board of Managers
Margaret Eves
Millville
Joseph Curtis Haines
Mickleton, N. J
Blanchard A. Black
Simon Sipple
William V. Betts
C. Hunsicker
B. . Hay
Hoover
C. Hochnauer
Board of Trustees
Sehmidt
Franklin and Marshall Class Day Exercises Open Week
Commencement week at Franklin and Marshall College continues with business social and literary meetings. The program includes class day exercises and the annual meeting of the trustees in Lancaster on June 12.
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Lancaster
Franklin and Marshall College
Swarthmore Honors Recipients at Commencement Exercises
Professor Charles De Garmo of Cornell addressed Swarthmore students on Educational Balance. Awards and scholarships were announced including the Joshua Lippincott fellowship to John Edwin Wells and the Lucretia Mott fellowship to Anna Gillingham. Degrees conferred covered Master of Arts and Letters, Bachelor of Science, and Civil Engineer among others.
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United States
Charles de Garmd
Cornell University
Swarthmore
Joshua Lippincott
Howard W. Lippincott
John Edwin Wells
Columbia University
Lucretia Mott
Somerville Literary Society
Anna Gillingham
Atlantic City
N. J
Deborah Fisher Wharton
L. Winifred Rogers
Corry
Samuel J. Underhill
Edson &. Harris
Philadelphia
Anson Lapham
Fannie B. Kilgore
Mary 8
Haviland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clothier-Commins
Elliott Richa
Torresdale
Albert M. Williams
Holicong
Phi Beta Kappa
Lucy Bancroft
Anta Gillingham
Wilmington
Del
Caroline Farren Comly
Roger Brooke Farquhar, Jr
Rockville
State's New Trustees Election Highlights Alumni Dinner
A large crowd gathered at State College for alumni events led by General Beaver. After-dinner remarks came from Dr Atherton Dr Colfelt J B Weller Cyrus Gordon and A A Patterson as delegates and alumni trustees for three years were chosen: Dr Lawrence Colfelt Colonel R H Thomas Cyrus T Fox General James A Beaver and Gabriel Heister.
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Armory
General Beaver
Atherton
Colfelt
J. 8. Weller
Bedford
Cyrus Gordon
Clearfield
A. A. Patterson
Pittsburg
Lawrence M. Colfelt
Philadelphia
Coleonel R
H. Thomas
Mechanicsburg
Cyrus T. Fox
Reading
James A. Beaver
Bellefonte
Gabriel Heister
Harrisburg
Phi Kappa Phi
Red Men Open Annual State Convention in Reading
About 600 delegates gathered at the Opera House for four days of sessions led by Great Prophet Jerome Hite. The hall mourns Sachem Joseph Allison who died recently as Philadelphia sends a large delegation and officers list is read.
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Philadelphia
Jerome Hite
Steelton
James R. Kenny
William B. Bechtel
Red Men's Tribes
Reading
Charles C. Conley
A. A. Ayres
Peckville
Sagamore
Joseph Allison
Sachem
Great Counecll
Ourdelphia
A. Ayres
State News in Brief with Local Political and Tragic Incidents
A jumble of short items reports Democratic primary dates in Pennsylvania, a Shenandoah miner Thomas Fox Jr. death, York county Republicans setting primaries for July 1 and county convention on the 17th, a marriage arrangement at a bride’s home, a drowning in the Susquehanna at Pittston Ward Scott, a fatal rail station fire at Joanna Height, orchard pest threats and possible crop loss, postmaster appointments in Pennsylvania, Reading’s Federated Trades Council opposing the Ice Trust, a pen Express worker's fatal pipe accident, and James Nutter of Locust near Abland badly burned by a cigar incident. several items are unclear due to OCR errors.
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J R
Shenandoa Lied
York County
Reach
Daisy M. Deena Non
Mes Riage
Susquehanna
Pittston
Joanna Height
Ow Itminton
Fane Reading
Pennsylvania
R. E. Roeder
West
Dublin
B. Lyon
Reading
Federated Trades Council
Ice Trust
Reaville
James Nutter
Locust
Robbery Targeted Prudential Official in Dubois
J L Dunn a Prudential Insurance superintendent was held up by three masked men near Falle Creek last night. He was tied to a buggy rail with bound hands but used a line in each hand, freed himself and forced the robbers to flee without recovering their booty. He reportedly had most money secreted and untouched.
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Times
Dubois
J.L. Dunn
Prudential Insurance Company
Falle Creeck
East
Dunn
Boree
West Chester High School Graduating Class Listed
A Telegram from West Chester to The West Chester notes the 24 graduates of West Chester High School for June. The list includes 17 women and 7 men such as Fred Hayden Barnes Anna Elisabeth Barnett Howard Haines Brinton Alice Elizabeth Bullock Charlies Hewson Canning Joseph Woodburn Clark Laura Mary Cox Edith May Darlington Alice Conway Dowlla Lovella Alfosine Eisenpeis Francis Miller Faddis J B Everhart Gheen and Lena Ye nn i fear mane Hayes.
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West Chester
West Chester High School
Fred Hayden Barnes
Anna Elisabeth Barnett
Howard Haines Brinton
Alice Elizabeth Bullock
Charlies Hewson Canning
Joseph Woodburn Clark
Laura Mary Cox
Edaith May Darlington
Alice Conway Dowlla
Lovella Alfosine Eisenpeis
Francis Millér Faddis
J. B. Everhart Gheen
Lena Yee
I Fear Mane Hayes
Chief Clerk Hartman Weds Local School Teacher
Special telegrams from Williamsport report June 12 wedding of Frank Bertman chief clerk in Reading and Philadelphia claim department to Hattie Straub school teacher of this city. The ceremony took place this afternoon as Hartman and his bride begin married life.
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Tyme
Williamsport
Frank Bertman
Reading Inah
Philadelphia
Mies
Hattie Straub
Incomplete Street Scene Reports and Tragic Rail Incident
Fragmentary notes recount a rail accident near Tamaqua with a killed man and dismembered limb, while Mahoning area chatter mentions Shoupane Y and Wirte figures. A graduation address by Rev. Dr. Hodge appears amid scattered names and diplomas for local students.
Coroner Jury: Green Murder Verdict Attributed
The coroner’s jury in West Chester finds Alfred Green found on railroad tracks near Avondale West Grove was killed by an unknown person. The body’s position on a bridge and a prior quarrel among suspects led to murder speculation, though authorities doubt the theory.
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West Chester
Alfred Green
Chatham
P. W. and B
Avondale
West Grove
Green
Est Grove
Aviniam Brothers
Dorsey and
Brown
Liberty
Yetring
Iown
Harry Williams
Fight for Escheat Case of Seventh Day Baptists Snow Hill
Chambersburg, June 12. A petition to escheat the Snow Hill Seventh Day Baptist Monastical Society property was filed by A. Suesserot escheator, with a bill in equity by the Snow Hill congregation against five trustees. The suit argues the trustees hold land for the church and that the trust remains for religious and charitable use despite extinction of its last member.
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Times
Chambersburg
Court of Common Pleas
Franklin County
A. Suesserot
State
Commonwealth
Seventh Day Baptist Monastical Society
Snow Hill
Congregation
The
Seventh Day Baptists of
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Church At
Salda
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Jurors Forced to Sign Lutz Verdict, Claim Coercion
Wilkesbarre June 12 Special Telegram to The Times Jurors Koons and Barrett from the Lutz murder jury testified they were coerced into signing the verdict against their will and still believed the prisoner insane Barrett said he was persecuted by fellow jurors while Koons claimed he was nearly dead when he signed. Their testimony aims to secure a new trial.
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Koons
Barrett
Lutz
Howe
Fleming Wagner Nuptials at Shippensburg Home
Frank Blerly Fleming of Shippensburg wed Miss Mary Talbott Wagner second daughter of the late J Wagner editor of the Shippensburg News. The ceremony took place at the bride’s North Railroad street home at noon in a quiet wedding attended by relatives and close friends following the death of the bride’s father.
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Fleming-Wagner
Times
Shippensburg
Frank Blerly Fleming
Mary Talbott Wagner
J. ©. Wagner
Fortune Grant Changes Fortunes for Crowley Farm Time
Dennis Crowley facing mortgage on twenty year farm in Vienna township found fortune when a death in England brought an estate worth $100,000. The delayed payment and sudden windfall alter his plans as he faced mortgage settlement today.
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Tus Times
Sharon
Dennis Crowley
Vienna Township
England
York Capitalists' New Enterprise
A York City company of ceenaem men with capital leased the mining right of 6 200 acres in Meacace county to work the sypeum deposit. They will erect a mill at Buffalo and operate a new plant by November next.
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York Capitalists
New Enterprise
York
Ceenaem
Hee
Togowanse Logist
Meacace
Buffalo
Cabine
Death Comes to Vineland Founder Charles K. Landis
Charles K. Landis, founder of Vineland and promoter of New Italy Sea Isle City and Landisville, died at about four o'clock after paralysis. Born in Philadelphia 1833, he shaped Vineland with temperance ideals and broad social projects. He leaves three children and helped found the New Jersey Central Railroad in South Jersey.
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Charles K. Landis
America
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Judge Brewster
Philadelphia
Clara F. Meade
Commodore Richard W. Meade
George G. Meade
New Jersey Central Railroad
South Jersey
Vineland Lodge
A. M
Eureka
Charles K. Landis, Jr
Sea Isle City
R. W. Meade Landis
Chicago
J. M. Landis
City Hall
Fairmount Park
Grubb Wins Suit Over Water Damage at Delaware Home
A jury in Mt. Holly ruled for Gen. B Burd Grubb against Beverly Water Company for 2250 dollars after water pipes burst when the company did not shut off the supply as requested. The case followed claims of damaged property from a winter water escape.
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THE
Times
Mt. Holly
Gen. B. Burd Grubb
Beverly Water Company
Went Abroad Company
Delaware
Glaring Fraud Charged in Lackawanna County Primaries
Special Telegram to Tug Times reports shocking irregularities in Lackawanna County Republican primaries. As vote totals rise past twenty thousand, six Sheriff candidates clash amid fraud charges and vigilance-committee threats. Incumbent Copnell expected to win over Frank Spencer. Scranton to be County Treasurer. Emil Bonn leads Recorder. Beck narrowly over John for Register of Wills. Lewis wins DA nomination. Watson tops for Judgeship. incumbents Copeland and Daniels renominated.
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Tug Times
Scranton
Lackawanna County
Crawford County
Lackawanna
Couneels
B. Sturges
Copnell
Frank Spencer
James Xodby
Emil Bonn
Recorder
William K. Beck
Louis John
Register of Wills
William D. Lewis
A. J. Colborn
George M. Watson
Reuben A. Zimmerman
Copeland
Daniels
Dal
Ted Teeme
Arthur Lofg
Chauncey Derby
Lend
Man in Newark Lives with Two Wives and Two Sets of Children
A Newark census enumerator reports a man living with two wives and four children. The case has been referred to Washington authorities. the prosecutor’s office would not disclose proposed action. The man, born in Germany, says he married in Germany, then to a German girl in Newark after traveling via New York and Pennsylvania.
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Germany
New York
Pennsylvania
Washington
Republican State Convention Date Set for September 6
The New Jersey Republican State committee fixed September 6 in Trenton as the date to nominate presidential electors. State Chairman Franklin Murphy was not formally re elected, with Senator E D Stokes chosen vice chairman. New representation from Camden Newark and Trenton added to the committee as headquarters move to Newark.
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Republican State Committee
Franklin Murphy
E. D. Stokes
Major Anderson
Murphy
Charles N. Robinson
Camden
R. Henri Herbert
Alfred B. Covey
Newark
Hurt at a grade crossing in Mount Holly
A grade crossing accident at Lambertos in Mount Holly injures Barzillai L. Thompson, the Burlington County Court crier, who is hospitalized. Thompson had left Medford for court when an extra engine and pay car veered around a curve, wrecking his carriage and tossing him from the vehicle. The horse was only lightly hurt.
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Mount Holly
Lambertos
Barzillai L. Thompson
Burlington
Thompson
Medford
Weval
Fortune for a Milkman in Atlantic City
Thomas Armstrong, a milkman living at 2806 Arctic Avenue, learned yesterday from Denver that a near relative died leaving several million dollars to heirs. He expects a portion of the fortune, possibly 80 dollars or 100000 dollars, and plans to go West to secure it.
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Atlantic City
Thomas Armstrong
Arctic Avenue
Man is Detained After Violent Outburst in Egg Harbor City
Rudolph Siegel 40, son of General Frank Siegel, driven to frenzy by illness last night he attempted to kill his wife and two children. Neighbor James Rose alerted Marshal Senft leading to four men restraining him. Siegel confined to county jail and likely to be committed to an asylum for the insane.
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Tus Times
Egg Harbor City
Rudolph Siegel
Frank Siegel
James Rose
Marshal Senft
Excursion Incident At Sea Breese Town
A summarized report describes an excursion party at Sea Breese Town with a Seine cast ashore and a yaw boat becoming large. One Remater named L. Sots reportedly failed to meet officials. he sank after rising to the occasion, while tide and efforts were noted without success.
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Peeesville
F. L
Bridgeton Census Complete and Local Deaths Reported
The Bridgeton census enumerators have finished their work. Micheel Quinn of Mount Holly died yesterday. A sewer project in Gloucester is set to commence this week. Bil Bari of Cedarville was seriously injured in a runaway accident yesterday. William W. Worrell of Mount Bees assumed duties as Auditor of Mygten County. Percival, a well known resident of the west, is described as paralyzed. Cumberland Street Public works exposed by weather disruptions as repairs continue.
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Micheel Quinn
Mount Holly
Gloucester
Bil Bari
Cedarville
Wiliam W. Worrell
Mount Bees
Apn
Bur- Mygten
Percival
Cumberland Street
Deqjest Trom
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