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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1897
Page
1
Philadelphia welcomes the Northeastern Saengerbund for the 18th National Saenger festival. Thousands arrive by rail, register at Young Maennerchor Hall, wear banners and ribbons, and share a joyful opening with Mayor’s praise. The event promises musical treats as choirs gather for the main festival.
In a crowded hall the audience hears sound travel over a thousand feet per second and reaches the far end, prompting exclamations of Kolossal! and repeated cheers. The remark underscores the hall’s acoustics and surprising speed of sound.
Mr Leonhardt delivers a cordial opening for the eighteenth National Saengerfest in Philadelphia. The hall overflows with a 6 000 voice chorus while officials and committee chairs observe as Wagner guidance and German song heritage are celebrated. calls for unity, patriotism and joyful songs.
Mrs. C. F. Smith of Vineland living alone on Wood Street faced two armed burglars about 4 am. A revolver lamp and a swift raid followed as the intruders demanded money. They escaped with silverware about $4 in change a $60 gold watch and other items. One thief was clean shaven and under 25.
Three young men from Cape May were rescued after their catboat capsized near Sewell's Point in the Thoroughfare. John A. Gill J M Kelly and H I Kelly sons of Thomas F Kelly of Cape May were saved by Lawrence Busby Jr and Charles Carroll Jr who were rowing nearby. A gust capsized the boat and strong flood tide threatened to carry them out to sea before rescue arrived.
Judge Hoagland resentenced William A. Carle to one year in state prison for illegally selling liquor. Sheriff Cheesman to transport him tomorrow. George Cole, a colored ex Constable, got six months in the county jail for stealing a watch. William Alkire fined ten dollars plus costs for over driving a horse.
Moses Bullock, a traveling salesman, vanished after a quarrel in 1880 and was reported dead. In Wilmington, he was spotted by his wife on Market Street last week and returned to his Hast Twenty-second Street home to a joyful reunion with his wife, daughter, and two sons.
SHAMOKIN June 21 A Mount Carmel man John Kashmire feared a scolding for staying out late and began to leave the house with a shotgun. His wife followed and reached him as the gun fired tearing the rim of his hat. She then took him home and broke the weapon against a tree.
In New Brunswick on June 21 a sailboat overturned on the Rarit an river while lowering sail. Frank Ziegler and Van Cleef Voorhees were trapped beneath the boat until helpers Halsey Conger Harry Duclos Edward McGann and Samuel McGann reached the scene and pulled them ashore exhausted but alive.
In Trenton on June 21 a group of about six farmers near Lawrence Station, five miles from the city, saved a four year old boy son of Charles H Perrine from a gang of tramps who had abducted him seeking a ransom. The child wandered away from his sister at Broad Street Park and was later found in the woods after a police alert. The abductors fled when challenged.
In Galion Ohio on June 21 Albert Sickmiller Louis Sickmiller Charles Faille and George Steinhelder were run over by an Erie fast express near Mansfield. Louis Sickmiller was instantly killed while the others were fatally injured. The men, well known, had fallen asleep awaiting a freight train and rolled onto the rails in their sleep.
District Attorney J. G. Harman filed a bill of costs totaling 3000 dollars in the Knorr Wintersteen case. Attorneys Waller and Wintersteen will each claim about 10000 dollars in fees. The case is likely to be on the docket again the fourth Monday of September.
Senator M A Hanna rejects reports that John Sherman will retire and be replaced by Judge Day. Hanna says Sherman will remain Secretary of State and notes he will depart for the state convention tomorrow.
The Kur River overflowed near Nanthig railroad depot in the Tiflis district sweeping into the water nineteen men from the Niminovgorod Dragoons. Nine teen men drowned in the disaster.
In Watertown New York sixty to eighty people were inside the Mullholland building when it collapsed at 7 pm. Eleven rescued by 10 pm, one killed Phillip Patterson the bartender, four or five rescued are believed fatally injured. The two story structure housed Berg and Olson saloon on the first floor and families on the second. Debris from second floor stoves and refrigerators caused further danger. Rescue efforts continue with unknown number still trapped.
Owen O Rourke's home in Portsmouth burned today. An 8 year old son died in the flames while his wife and two other children escaped unharmed. The cause of the blaze was not determined.
A heavy frost night before last caused significant damage to fruit and vegetables around Dansville New York and across Sullivan County. Five witnesses testified in the New York Tobacco Trust trial with testimonies deemed unimportant. Agitation grows in Kansas City for a strong anti buttering bill in the next state legislature. News from Ensenada Lower California says outlaw Andrado Selpulvada is jailed there. The Batavia murder trial of banker Howard Curtis Benham opened yesterday. An association named The Organization of Democratic Editors in Missouri formed at the Laclede Hotel in St Louis.
The trial of Lieutenant Thomas Hampson of the Twelfth district for drunkenness was continued in the Police Court of Inquiry in the City Hall. About 150 Twentieth ward citizens attended and praised the lieutenant, calling the act an outrage and pledging to restore him if possible. A large petition supporting the officer circulated among voters.
For Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware the forecast calls for generally fair and warmer weather with variable winds turning southwest. Yesterday's temperature reached a high of 68 and a low of 58 with a reading of 82 at some locations.
Malone I Wilson of Waltham shot Maggie Hines a 33 year old domestic at Mrs Moulton's boarding house and then fatally wounded himself. Miss Hines underwent an operation to remove a bullet from her back and remains in critical condition as police investigate motive and Wilson's alleged morphine use.
Examinations for high school admission began with 2,612 applicants, up 17 percent from last year. If 2,200 pass, incoming pupils would be three times the recently graduated class. Girls school has 1,472 applicants up 21 percent. Central High 635 up 14 percent. Manual Training 525 up 14 percent. About half of girls choose general studies, 114 seek classical. Commercial course leads rise to 590, three-year program vs four-year for others.
The Newport cottage colony mourns as Stuyvesant Leroy dies at his Red Cross Avenue cottage. He was longtime Newport resident, son of the late Daniel Leroy of New York, husband of Miss Bridge, and father of Mrs. Amos T. French and Stuyvesant Leroy Jr. He is survived by his widow and sister Mrs. Edward King and was a member of the Union Club of New York, the Newport Reading Room, and the Beaver Tail Fishing Club.
Harry Inglis, at home near Harthegig in Mercer county, was wounded when his brother tried cleaning a rifle. He believed the cartridge was removed and snapped the hammer. the bullet hit him in the side. Doctors fear for his recovery.
For the best assortment in America at lowest prices go to MILLER'S, 255 and 257 So. Third St.
Visitors are invited to Philadelphia the City of Brotherly Love to enjoy Perry’s Famous Clothing House. The ad promotes Elegant Spring and Summer Suits priced at seven fifty and upwards, with relocation details for M. B. O. D. Perry & Co. at 1520 Chestnut Street.
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