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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1897
Page
4
Adjournment in sight as UAY visit yields a bulk appropriation package totaling 16 million dollars for two years. The House faces eight days of work plus possible July 1 adjournment while the Senate plans daily sessions to fast track revenue and spending measures.
A mass meeting at the Bourse discusses whether Baltimore should support a Savannah steamship line. The company argues current demand is unprofitable, urging a broader southward route to boost profits and city business.
A今日 discussion swirls around the Ocean Line withdrawal and tariff prospects. The Senate backs a bill doubling legal advertising costs and forcing newspaper selection, harming debtors and creditors while swelling estate charges. Critics warn the Governor could veto to expose legislative profligacy. Also noted is Jubilee coverage and Barnato relations hinting at worldly money matters.
The passage argues the London parade signals more than national pride, showing imperial power and global influence from the island realm. It claims Spain cannot reclaim Cuba despite historical footholds, and notes Fourth of July pride is reflected in festive displays as evidence of cultural reach.
A man died after a crash on Gypsy Lane near Wissahickon Drive. The piece urges better maintenance of nearby roads Roxborough Germantown and warning signs on declivities to prevent future accidents, noting that signs cannot curb reckless riders.
The piece argues Seth Low emerges as the strongest Republican mayoral candidate as rivals decline or refuse. It notes Mayoral campaigns under Tammany pressure, with figures like Bliss Depew Claflin and Cornea Ellison? Clarify. The draft ends noting West Point cadets' complaints about vacancies in the Republican machine.
Ex Governor Burleigh leads in the Maine special election to fill Milliken's seat with a 7 000 to 8 000 majority. Plaisted trails with about two-fifths of Bryan vote share. Voters hope the Republican Congress will deliver a sound currency before abandoning the free coinage ticket. Populist revival did not occur.
Postponement by Reed sharpens the divide as Hanna and Bushnell clash over the Republican State committee chair. Each side fears a bid by the other to control the party and the slate. The factions are expected to seek a compromise field marshal to maintain leverage this fall. Music’s role in life and pleasure is noted as a final aside.
The Philadelphia Demokrat issues a souvenir number for the Saengerfest celebration with numerous articles about the festival, portraits of participants, and images of buildings linked to German benevolence and enterprise, highlighting its fine newspaper achievement.
The thirty page work showcases two hundred portraits an illuminated cover and freshly cast type detailing German typographic skill and business enterprise. It notes the German character appears socially artistically and calls the Demokrat congratulated for taste liberality and advanced American German journalism methods.
Senators Quay and Penrose clash with Philadelphia carpet interests over third class wool duties. Debate focuses on 10 versus 12 cent value thresholds and potential threefold tax on washed wool, risking a stalled tariff bill and summer-long fight. Petitions from Philadelphia and Lehighton citizens urge tighter immigration restrictions and postal-law amendments. John M. Glazier, former Port Collector, meets with both senators.
High in the Blue Ridge the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association meets at Kittatinny Hotel Water Gap with about two hundred attendees plus families. President Joseph P. Remington reports on twenty years of progress and calls for broader membership as the group debate legislation, drug substitution and adulteration, and a 1887 act amendment.
The Treasury Department reports a surge in requests for small denomination notes within the last week, seen by officials as evidence of improving business conditions. Traditionally, such calls appear in the West and South for crop movement, but this year the spike is broader and suggests renewed general economic activity.
The La Salle College commencement drew Bishop Prendergast and a notable laity and clergy audience to the Grand Opera House. Edward J. Hogan won Archbishop Ryan’s medal in the elocution contest. Rev. John D. Maguire delivered the address on success, urging harmony of mind and heart for lasting achievement. diplomas were conferred by Bishop Prendergast as graduates knelt to receive them.
Vineland announces the election of Professor J. Junger of East Stroudsburg Pa as superintendent of Landis Township Public Schools at a salary of 1000 dollars per year. Fifty applicants competed for the post.
Colonel Calhoun M. Deringer of Philadelphia returns to his alma mater at Easton for the commencement exercises, accompanied by his daughter Blanche and granddaughter Blanche, wearing Lafayette maroon and white.
The item lists diverse figures: William Peagues of Chesterfield father to 43 children. Arthur Balfour champion of women’s rights influenced by sister Agnes. Mrs Elizabeth A Reed of Chicago elected to the Royal Asiatic Society with Hindoo books as authorities. Mrs Catharine E Benson first woman to earn a college diploma from Wesleyan College Macon 1840. Archbishop Benson buried at Canterbury with widow declining crypt move. Miss Maude Goune to promote Irish cause in America with family tensions. ads for Hindercorns corn remover Parker’s Hair Balsam Tarrant’s Seltzer.
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