Sewickley Herald

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Vol. I.
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1903.
No. 7.
A REVIEW
OF THE FIELD,
Elections To Be Held In Eleven
States on Tuesday-^Battle
Royal In New York.
THE SITUATION IN THE GOUNTY.
Elections w 11 be held in eleven
States next Tuesday. Full state
tickets will be voted for in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland,,,
Ohio, Kentucky and Mississippi whle
in New York Nebraska and Colorado minor state officers are to be
elected. In this state an auditor general, treasurer and two judges of the
Supreme Court will be elected. Mu-
n'cipal officers* are to be chosen in
Greater New York, San Francisco and
Salt Lake City. The most interesting
contests in the east are the state
elections in Maryland and Rhode Island and| the municipal and county
contests in New York City.
The liveliest contest in the west
is in Ohio, where Myron T. Herrick
and Tom L. Johnson, both of Cleveland, are running for Governor, and
where Senator M. A, H.anna is having one of his old-time struggles for
control of the legislature.
It is somewhat difficult to forecast
the results with any degree of'accuracy. The recent reaction in stocks
and the present industrial conditions
w 11 have a bearing on the general results, but we believe that, with possibly one or two exceptions, the Republican state ticket will carry n all
the states in the Republican column,
in 1900, with reduced majorities. The.
contest in Greater New York is a
warm one, the indications favoring the
fus on ticket headed by Mayer Low, on
account of the split in the Tammany
organization.
In this state the Republican ticket
w 11 be elected with a reduced ma-
jor'ty. The contest for county offices
Hi Allegheny county is exciting. The
fight is being made chiefly in the
cities.   The C tizens ticket will win.
A new independent movement has
, been inaugurated in Pittsburg by the
"Orphans,"  composed  of  City    Controller John B. Larkin and fourteen
members .of the Common Council, who
have withdrawn from active participation in the present contest and intend placing a ticket of their own in
the field next February. They have
severed, their allegiance with the Citizens party and have rormulated the r
reasons for doing so.
Several hundred workers for the
Citizens party in the Coraopolis district met Tuesday evening at Bankers' hall, Coraopolis, and listened to
addresses, made by Theodore Shaffer
and J. F. Bluestone, who pointed, out
to the hundreds present, that they
had better vote for the C tizens' party
than for the ring. The meeting was
preceded by a parade and about 1,000
cUlzens marched to the hall. Henry
Taylor acted as chairman. The meeting was well attended and the leaders of the Citizens party in Coraopolis are satis fled, that they will win out
on the county t cket.
Firemen Kept Busy.
The Sewickley fire department was
kept quite busy on Thursday evening.
Two alarms, hardly an hour apart, called
for some quick work on the part of the
hosemen. Fortunately neither fire amounted to much. The first alarm called the
department to the residence of J. E.
Brown, on Beaver street, where a slight
bla'ze was discovered in- a barn on the
premises.   The damage was slight.
The second alarm was sent in from
the Park Place Hotel, and the members
of the hose company responded promptly
and discovered a slight blaze in one of
the bath rooms on the third floor. Their
prompt action averted what would otherwise have been an awful conflagration.
The loss was about $100.
H. K
One of Sewickley's Leading Giti-
zens Passes Away. ,
A Marked Distinction.
Mr. Geo. H. Anderson, of Grant street,
Secretary of the Pittsburg Chamber of
Commerce, who is in attendance upon
the Mississippi Levee Convention in session at New Orleans, La., has received a
marked distinction by being appointed on
the Gommittees on Permanent Organization and Resolutions. Mr. Anderson is
a staunch advocate of river improvement, and is said to be exerting a strong
influence upon the convention, which has
for its object the protection of the leoees
along the Mississippi, river, A large
number of prominent business men are in
attendance at the cenventicn.
Resigns His Charge.
At a business meeting in the Baptist
Church last Wednesday evening, the resignation of Rev. G, A. MacFall as pastor of
the church was received and accepted.
CLOSE OF AN HONORABLE CAREER.
Edward Rahm Kramer, cashier of
the First National Bank of Allegheny,
and one of the best known, business
men, died at his home, River avenue
and. Chadwick street, last Friday -evening at 10 minutes past 6, o'clock.
Mr. Kramer had been in his usual
state of health- unt 1 Friday morning,
when the great nervous strain which
be had gone through incidental to
the closing of the bank with which
he had been associated in various capacities for 35 years, began to tell on
him. The closing of the bank almost
caused, his mental collapse; and short-
ly before noon he showed symptoms
of partial paralysis. Dr. I. B. Chant-
ler was summoned and worked with
the sufferer for about an hour. Dr.
R. J. Murray was then called into
consultation, and the two physicians
remained at his: bedside until 2 o'clock,
when he lost consg ousness. Shortly
after 5:30 o'clock apoplexy developed
and Mr. Kramer's life began swiftly
to ebb. He remained unconscious until the time of his, death.
Mr. Kramer had been at the
bank for several hours on Thursday,
The complicated affairs of the insti-
tuton, which resulted in the closing
of its doors and the many ordeals
■which comronted him in his capacity
as cashier, subjected him to a severe
mental stra*in. He worked assiduously at the books on Wednesday night,
with the entire clerical force of the
bank, and, when he left at 10 o'clock
he was very much fatigued. On
Thursday he anwed at his desk shortly after the noon hour. He remained
a short time and then left for home
■mite ill. He gradually grew worse,
until 5:30 o'clock Friday afternoon,
'vhen he sank into- unconsciousness
and passed away.
According to the statements of the
phys cians in attendance upon Mr.
Kramer, 'nis death Was  due to  apo
plexy, superinduced by excessive wor.
ry in regard to the affairs of the bank.
Mr. Kramer was well known among
b nkers and business men. in Pitts*-
burg and Allegheny and had a wide
a; quaintanee in the Sewickley valley,
where he had resided for many years..
He was born in Allegheny 56 years
ago and was a son of Colonel John
P. Kramer and Eliza Kramer. The
former was for a number of years
cashier of the First National Bank of
Allegheny, and was succeeded by his
son, Edward Rahm. The latter was
raised in Sewickley and( attended J.
S. Travelli's academy at that place- •
After he had finished his education
he became identified with the United
States internal revenue office in Allegheny.
About 35 years ago he entered the
First National Bank of Allegheny as*
its individual bookkeeper. His father
was then its .cashier. Edward gradually workedi his way up until he be-
came assistant cashier and when 'his
father retired from the bank, took
his. place, which he held until the time
of his death.
In 1873 Mr. Kramer married Miss
Jane B. Miller, a daughter of D*avid
R. Miller, who, together with one
son, Tracy M. Kramer, survives. Two
sisters, Mrs. Sarah V. Kennedy, of
Bridgeport, O., and Mrs. Mary D.
Muntz, besides his brother, J. D.
Kramer, also survive. Mr. Kramer
was for several years interested in
local politics at Sewickley, and for
a term served as treasurer Of the
borough. He was a member of the
Metho<?jist Episcopal church for many
years and also its treasurer.
The funeral services were, held at
his late resdence on Sabbath after-^"
noon at 3 o'clock, and were attended by a large gathering of friends and
acquaintances. Rev. J. J. Hill, pastor of the M. E. Church officiatec1,. The
pallbearers, were C. G. Woods, R. E.
Lipp, John McElwain, John N. White,
George O. Cunningham, Chas. T. Har-
baugh. Jas. H. Willock and Hiram
Lake. The interment was in the Se-
w ckley   cemetery.
Ten Dollars and Costs.
A colored man, named Gooden, was
arrested at 11.30 o'clock Monday evening by Chief of Police W. H. Hart at'
the corner of Centennial avenue and
| Grimes street on a charge of disorderly
conduct. He was given a hearing before
YSquire Johnson and Was fined $10 and
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