Introduction
WILLIAM JAMES LEE BRADLEY was an American patternmaker, engineer, businessman and Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate.
William J. Bradley was born in Sharptown, Maryland on May 5, 1852, the oldest child of Thomas Dryden Badley and Margaret Matilda Morris. Thomas Badley changed his name to Bradley in the 1870s. After the Civil War, his family moved to Wilmington, Delaware and then to Camden, New Jersey around 1872. Thomas Badley was a carpenter by trade, who had gone into the grocery business at 533 North 6th Street by 1880.
William J. Bradley, upon first coming to Camden worked as a receiver at the Storey Cotton Company. In 1873 he joined the American Dredging Company of Philadelphia as a patternmaker, and rose through the ranks to become Chief Engineer and later General Superintendent of the Camden yards. In 1895 he designed the hydraulic dredge Delaware, and supervised its construction—on time and below budget—in a collaborative effort with the Bucyrus Steam Shovel & Dredge Company. Bradley became president of American Dredging in April 1908 on the death of his predecessor, L. Y. Schermerhorn.
William J. Bradley’s political career began in 1892, when he was elected to the Camden City Council. He was also elected to the General Assembly and was re-elected four times. He was named Speaker of the Assembly for the 1901 and 1902 sessions.
In 1902 he was elected to the State Senate, serving three terms for Camden County. He was chosen as President of the Senate in 1905 and 1906. Bradley was one of the few politicians in state history to hold the leadership posts in both the Assembly and the Senate.
In 1911, Bradley split from his Republican colleagues, supporting a number of legislative reforms favored by Governor Woodrow Wilson. In retaliation, Republican party leadership defeated his renomination to the Senate.
William J. Bradley died on October 13, 1916 following an emergency operation for uremic poisoning at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. His widow received the following condolences from President Wilson:
My dear Mrs Bradley, It is with genuine grief that I have heard of the death of your husband. I learned in my association with him at Trenton to respect his character and judgment very deeply, and I feel that in him we have lost a man of high principle and great public usefulness. I felt that I could not deny myself this expression of admiration and deep regret.
Cordially and sincerely yours, Woodrow Wilson.
William J. Bradley’s younger brother, Isaac V. Bradley, followed him to American Dredging and into local politics in Camden. As a Republican in Camden’s Seventh Ward, he was elected to city council four times and also served as City Clerk from 1907 to 1910.
Bradley Avenue in Parkside was almost certainly named in his honor.
Ancient Order of United Workmen
William J. Bradley was a member of Enterprise Lodge No. 12, Ancient Order of United Workmen. George Reeser Prowell wrote the following about this organization in his History of Camden County, New Jersey (1886):
Ancient Order of United Workmen
The object of this order is to embrace and give equal protection to all classes and kinds of labor, mental and physical; to strive earnestly to improve the moral, intellectual and social condition of its members; to create a fund for the benefit of its members during sickness or other disability, and, in case of death, to pay a stipulated sum for each member, thus guaranteeing his family against want. Its jurisdictions are a Supreme Lodge, Grand and Subordinate Lodges. The Grand Lodge of Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware is thus officered: G. M. W., John J. Gallagher, of Wilmington, Del.; G. F., William H. Vermilye, Jersey City, N. J.; G. O., James A. Vansant, Camden, N. J.; G. G., John W. Diefendorf, Wilmington, Del.; G. R., A. F. Colbert, Baltimore; G. Receiver, Myer Hirsch, Baltimore; G. M. E., G. S. Wilkins, M.D., Baltimore.
Camden Lodge, No. 1. was chartered January 27, 1879, with these officers: Master Workman, Joseph R. Leaming; Foreman, Charles Markley; Overseer, George W. Coles; Recorder, Harry Ladow; Financier, William Thegen; Receiver, Albert P. Brown; Guide, William P. Partenheimer; Inside Watchman, Benjamin M. Denny; Outside Watchman, William Jones; Medical Examiner, H. Genet Taylor, M.D. These were also charter members,—Moore Beideman, Robert L. Barber, John F. Benner, De Witt C. France, Joel H. Evaul, Henry S. Fortiner, George R. Fortiner, Howard L. Gandy, Merritt Horner, William Struthers, Benjamin G. Smith, William H. Stansbury, Marmaduke B. Taylor, Frank S. Wells, John S. Wells. The lodge has one hundred and forty-eight members, with these officers: P. M. W., J. C. Prickett; M. W., Virgil Willetts; F., J. H. Le Chard; O., R. R. Lewellen; R., W. R. Lundrum; Fin. Sec, Charles Markley; Rec. Sec, John Woltjen; G., J. S. Pike; I. W., John W. Clopper, Jr.; O. W., J. H. Evaul; Medical Examiner, E. R. Smiley, M.D.
Fidelity Lodge, No. 3, was instituted February 12, 1880, with forty-three charter members. At the end of first year it had sixty-five members, and it now has three hundred and thirty-eight. It is the largest lodge in the jurisdiction, which comprises the States of Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia. The first officers were: Master Workman, William T. Brewer; Foreman, Isaac Shivers; Overseer, David C. Brewer; Recorder, August F. Richter; Financier, James F. Davis; Receiver, Thomas I. Gifford; Guide, John E. Stratton; Inside Watchman, William H. Cattman; Outside Watchman, J. Alfred Allen; Trustees, Merritt Horner, George H. Amon, Richard D. Sheldon; Past Master Workman, Merritt Horner. The present officers are Past Master Workman Jacob S. Jones; Master Workman, William C. Husted; Foreman, D. C. Vanote; Overseer, William H. Collins; Recorder, Merritt Horner; Financier, N. C. Stowell; Receiver, B. S. M. Branning; Guide, Joseph Ridgway; Inside Watchman, L. C. Harris; Outside Watchman, Robert D. Swain, Jr.; Trustees, John Harris, C. H. Sayre, Jacob S. Jones.
Provident Lodge, No. 4, was organized March 11, 1880, with these charter members: Officers—P. W. M., B. F. Browning; W. M., Richard F. Smith; F., Frank L. Vinton; O., George B. Sellers; Fin., Charles J. Rainey; R., Irvine C. Beatty; Rec, Goldson Test; G., Alvah Bushnell; I. W., C. S. Ball; O. W., Elwood Davis; M. E., Dr. Alexander Marcy; Trustees, Rufus Hill, J. C. Hires. Those officiating at the organization in Association Hall were Past Masters Marmaduke B. Taylor, Charles Markley, George W. Coles, William Thegen, Harry Ladow, and others of Camden Lodge, No. 1. The Past Officers are: B. F. Browning, R. F. Smith, F. L. Vinton, G. B. Sellers, A. Bushnell, C. J. Ball, Frank W. Tussey, E. Clark Yardley, J. E. Lippincott, Joseph A. Porter, G. Test, C. J. Rainey, I. C. Beatty, E. Davis, Harris Graflen, Charles H. Schitzler. The Present Officers are P. M. W., George C. Spooner; M. W., William J. Searle; Foreman, A. C. Smith; O., John M. Eldridge; Rec, G. Test; F., F. W. Tussey; G., C. A. Nicholson; I. W., K. McClung; O. W., G. W. Jackson; Trustees, Harris Graflen, J. E. Lippincott, C. V. D. Joline. The lodge has three hundred and nine members.
Enterprise Lodge, No. 12, was organized in Odd-Fellows’ lodge-room, Morgan’s Hall, January 4, 1882, by George W. Coles and William Thegen, with these charter members: A. P. Brown, William Thegen, George W. Coles, George W. Doak, John T. Harker, Onan B. Gross, George C. Randall, John D. Kinsler, Frank P. Stoy, E. B. Slifer, Richard H. Brown, Jr., Lewis Simons, Thomas S. Hess, Jacob Schumacher, William T. Wentz, Henry E. Collins, Joseph Franklin, Alfred W. Test, Charles Hartzell, G. N. Buzby, Theo. B. Sage, Charles S. Gilbert, Ambrose R. Fish, James Watts, William A. Hamilton, William H. Swindell, Nathan F. Shinn, John Nulty, Samuel Robbins, Charles Bosch, C. Stanley French, H. B. Fowler, William J. Street, Robert H. Patton. The first officers were: P. M. W., William Thegen; M. W., A. P. Brown; Foreman, George W. Doak; Overseer, George C. Randall; Recorder, Franklin P. Stoy; Financier, G. N. Buzby; Receiver, Samuel Robbins; Medical Examiner, O. B. Gross, M.D. The Past Master Workmen are George W. Coles, William Thegen, A. P. Brown, George W. Doak, William J. Bradley, P. A. Fowler, C. H. Fowler, Charles H. Barnard, G. N. Buzby, Dr. Onan B. Gross, Samuel Robbins, William T. Wentz. The officers for 1886 are P. M. W., William T. Wentz; R., George W. Doak; M. W., George W. Steed; Fin., William Thegen; F., R. H. Brown, Jr.; Receiver, Samuel Robbins; Overseer, H. B. Fowler; Medical Examiner, O. B. Gross, M.D. The lodge has ninety members.
The Mayor’s Appointments
Camden Daily Telegram —
THE MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS
He Announced Several This Week.
COMMISSIONERS OF INSTRUCTION.
The Old Members Re-Instated With the Exception of the Member From the Seventh Ward—Police Appointments and Resignations.
Mayor Wood made the following appointments as Commissioners of Instruction:
The following appointments were made: First Ward—George D. Borton, of the First Ward; Charles H. Ellis, Jr., of the Sixth ward, and John L. Westcott, of the Third ward.
The following appointments were made on the police force:
First Ward—James Elberson, Charles Wilbur, Samuel H. Sheer.
Second Ward—No appointments.
Third Ward—John Sinclair, E. D. Stein.
Fourth Ward—No appointments.
Fifth Ward—Albert Shaw, Charles Fitzsimmons.
Sixth Ward—Abraham Jackson.
Seventh Ward—Alfred Sayres, Edward Hyde.
Eighth Ward—Thomas Buchanan, Jacob A. Hicks (colored).
Ninth Ward—No appointments.
Mayor Westcott has requested the resignation of all the members of the police force who served under the Police Commission, to take effect May 1. They are Policemen Peall, Horner, Painter, Mullane, Miller and Reed.
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Who will be the postmaster?
Who will be the next prosecutor?
Many of the ward workers are suffering from election colds.
The name of Harry Moffitt was left out of the columns of honorable mention with the other hustlers of election day.
Senator Rogers and Messrs. Stafford and Watson, of the House are fully coming up to the expectations of their constituents.
If the Mayor could arrange it to hold his hearings a trifle earlier it would be a great source of satisfaction to the Camden afternoon papers.
There is still great anxiety on the part of the public as to the outcome of the present session of the legislature. Thus far their public acts have been highly commendable.
The abolishment of the Police Justice act restores to office the City Recorder, Benjamin M. Braker, who would be qualified to act in place of the Mayor should the Chief Executive be taken sick.
Jos. Potter, the new member of Council from the First ward is a man of wide business experience and will prove much advantage to the many large financial interests that will come under his care.
Owing to the satisfactory working of the present school commission in the two second-class counties up the State, the legislature made no change in the mode of placing the members as was anticipated.
Jos. B. Fox, of the Fourth ward, is what might be termed an old reliable, having had a long and varied experience in public affairs. He is always conservative in the expenditure of city money. He is always safe to trust.
Charles Sayrs, of the Seventh ward, who had a short experience in the present Council, but enough to make him feel at home among public affairs, is neck and ears in work between his real estate business and Councilmanic duties.
The colored people of the lower section of the city are anxious to see Squire Drake, the ex-Republican and ex-member of the School Board, come out of the Court House, where he holds a position under the Thompson Freeholders.
“Father” Figner is a proud sire. He was a member and president of Council in his days, and now sees his son treading in his footsteps. Mr. Figner, Jr., having been sent to Council from the Sixth ward on Tuesday by a large majority.
A special election will not be necessary for the new Board of Freeholders, as the City Council and Township Committees will appoint Freeholders who will serve until the Spring of 1895. The appointments will be made about the middle of May.
Arthur Bedell is spoken of as a candidate for the presidency of the new City Council. He is a stalwart and is never afraid to define his position on all public questions. He is one of those men who makes strong, warm friends and also creates an opposition of like force.
William D. Brown, the Secretary of the Board of Education, and Fred A. Rex, Treasurer, are quite pleased over the report of the committee on accounts and Expert O’Shaughnessy, they having examined the books of Messrs. Rex and Brown and found them correctly kept.
The library of the Camden public schools is one to be highly appreciated and much is due to the care with Miss Blowe the librarian has attended to her duties. She will hold over another year and should be allowed to retain the office as long as she merits it, and she surely does now.
J. R. Carson, the retiring member of Council from the First ward, is highly spoken of by his associates on committees and by Clerk Varney for the mature judgment displayed in the management of city affairs. It is with a general expression of regret that the city is to lose his service.
The reform in the Board of Freeholders can’t come too soon. If the public is to judge of the care of property given by the Democrats in the county, by the “hog combine” in this city, an inventory of the public property when turned over will make interesting reading. Ex-officials guarantee to save enough in the Board, if returned to their offices, to pay the expense of a special election, if one was necessary.
W. J. Bradley has been asked if he was a candidate for president of the new City Council. His reply was that he had not sought it in the first place, and would not seek it now, but whether he became president or remained merely a member on the floor, he would endeavor to discharge his duties in the interests of the city. He is commended by all who came in contact with him during the past year as one who had a new Camden at heart.
In the Vale of Shadows
Camden Daily Courier —
IN THE VALE OF SHADOWS.
Local People, More or Less Well-Known, Who Have Passed Away.
Thomas D. Bradley died yesterday, in his seventy-sixth year, at the residence of his son-in-law, 215 Elm street.
Roxanna, wife of Jesse R. Turner, died at her husband’s residence, 770 Division street, yesterday.
Thomas D. Bradley, father of ex-Councilman W. J. Bradley, died yesterday at 215 Elm street, the residence of his son-in-law, in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
Camden Politics Dull
Philadelphia Inquirer —
CAMDEN POLITICS DULL
Not Much Interest Manifested in the Spring Campaign
Very little interest has been taken so far in the coming municipal election in Camden, although it is only five weeks off. The Republican City Executive Committee will meet next Tuesday evening to fix dates for the primaries. The Democrats will decide on Wednesday evening upon the dates for their primaries.
A contest for ward supremacy is being waged between the Sayrs and Hanson factions of the Republican party in the Seventh ward. Assistant Postmaster Charles P. Sayrs is supporting City Committeeman John H. Carmany for the Councilmanic nomination, while the Councilman, James Hanson, Jr., is backing Isaac V. Bradley, brother of Assemblyman Bradley.
Attorney Samuel P. Jones has entered the contest for the Republican nomination for Council in the First ward to succeed Councilman Jesse Bond. Former Councilman Robert Smith is also an aspirant for the position.
William B. Carter wants to succeed Councilman Arnold, of the Eleventh ward.
Royal Welcome for Ex-Sheriff Baird
Philadelphia Inquirer —
From a Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—Not since the time the lamented Sewell some years ago returned from the Emerald Isle, where he looked upon the graves of his ancestors, was perhaps such an enthusiastic welcome accorded a Jerseyman as that which greeted State Assessor David Baird, of Camden, on his return from Europe to-day. Every county in the State, from Sussex to Cape May, was represented among the two hundred and some odd friends of the returning voyager. Camden, of course, where was originated the idea of giving Mr. Baird a surprise welcome, sent the greater number of shouting admirers. They boarded a special train at Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, which left at 7 o’clock. Arriving in Jersey City shortly before 10 o’clock, they took the steamer Sea Gull, which had hardly swung away from the pier before the Fuerst Bismarck, on which Mr. Baird was returning, loomed up in the fog. The Camden City Band immediately struck up “Home Again,” while the two hundred men on the Sea Gull waved flags and hats in the direction of the big steamer. Soon Mr. Baird appeared on the upper deck, and a cheer went up from the smaller boat that drowned the band’s “Home, Sweet Home.” While the Bismarck warped her way into the dock the passengers on the Sea Gull, which kept close to the ocean liner, anchored up against an appetizing luncheon.
A committee headed by ex-Sheriff John Wesley Sell escorted the State Assessor from his steamer to the reception boat, where he shook the hand of each passenger. There was a trip up the Hudson, and about 4 o’clock the reception party, with Mr. Baird, left for South Jersey. “The Sheriff,” for everybody knows him as such, reached Camden about 7 o’clock, where another enthusiastic reception awaited him. Seldom has such a representative party of prominent Jerseymen gotten together on a like occasion.
First Ward Club Had a Jolly Time
Camden Daily Courier —
FIRST WARD CLUB HAD A JOLLY TIME
Annual Election and Feast of Fun Held Last Night.
PATTERSON ELECTED PRESIDENT
Hospitality was rampant at the First Ward Young Republican Club last night. The occasion was the annual meeting. Following the election of officers there was a delightful entertainment and a splendid feast, the honors being done by Captain William E. Alberts, simply resplendent facially in his new bunch of whiskers; Recorder O. Glen Stackhouse, who salivated more buttered ham sandwiches than George Kappel did fried oysters; Eph Hires, the school janitor, who saw to it especially that no one was unattended to; Exciseman Joseph Kolb, who insisted on everybody taking something every other minute; John Beard, who was happy over being elected a ward committeeman, and a number of others who looked after the comfort of the many guests in fine style.
The officers elected were: President, County Clerk Frank F. Patterson, Jr.; Vice President, Freeholder George P. Pechin; Treasurer, Thomas Walton; Board of Directors, Court House Superintendent Joseph Burt, Captain William E. Alberts, Walter Banks, E. T. Hires, William Lyons, Charles Cook, William Weaver and Robert Finley. Joseph Baumeister was re-elected secretary and none better could have been selected as he had everything down pat.
An Italian orchestra with an Irishman playing the flute furnished the music, and there was great fun when Walter Banks got under a rubber plant and roared out “Under the Bamboo Tree.” The cosy club rooms were prettily and patriotically decorated and pretty nearly everybody in the town was there, from Cooper’s Point to Centreville. Among them were Senator William J. Bradley, ex-Mayor J. Leighton Westcott, Fire Chief Samuel S. Elfreth, who warmed up on ginger ale; President of City Council Samuel P. Jones, Councilman Joseph Potter, County Clerk Frank F. Patterson, Jr., whose re-election as president of the club was hearty and unanimous; Dr. John F. Leavitt, whose heroism and devotion to duty where disease stalks, has made Camden the healthiest city in the world; ex-County Physician William Iszard, Freeholder George Pechin, Fireman Joseph Logue, the owner of the great and only “Dewey;” Tony Mecca, president of the popular Italian Republican Club, and many others of equal note. The cigars were elegant, the menu grand, the orchestra in full harmony with the happy occasion, outside of playing “In the Good Old Summer Time,” and the guests will ever remember the event as one of the pleasantest of incidents.
Republicans Looking About for a Sheriff
Philadelphia Inquirer —
REPUBLICANS LOOKING ABOUT FOR A SHERIFF
WILLIAM D. BROWN, Deputy Sheriff of Camden county, who is likely to succeed Sheriff Herbert W. Johnson, who resigned last Monday in consequence of ill-health.
Republican leaders of Camden city and county will hold a conference in Camden to-morrow night, at which some definite action will be taken toward the appointment of a successor to Sheriff Herbert W. Johnson, who resigned last Monday. Just who the man will be no one at this time appears to know. Half a dozen prominent Republicans are mentioned, including Under Sheriff William D. Brown, ex-County Collector M. F. Ivins, Postmaster Maurice B. Rudderow, of Merchantville; William C. Coffin, Harry C. Sharp and Senator William J. Bradley. As far as the latter is concerned, he said, yesterday, he was not a candidate and does not desire the office.
Governor Murphy will not make the appointment until the local leaders have decided on someone.
Census Enumerators Are Appointed
Philadelphia Inquirer —
CENSUS ENUMERATORS ARE APPOINTED
On recommendation of Senator William J. Bradley, of Camden, the following were yesterday appointed supervisors and enumerators for the taking of the state census in Camden county under the recent act of the Legislature:
Camden—Supervisor, A. A. Holt; enumerators, First ward, Samuel Bennett, W. W. Garrigues; Second ward, Edmund Robinson, John H. Watson; Third ward, Samuel D. Gleason, Howard S. Roberts; Fourth ward, Clarence Loomis, Charles Thompson; Fifth ward, W. W. Harvey, Jr., George Steinford; Sixth ward, Frank Fenner, George Chew; Seventh ward, Harry Peters, Cronislaus Cinkoski; Eighth ward, Joseph Ware, Isaiah Holden; Ninth ward, Harry A. Goodman, William Harris; Tenth ward, Charles Shoemaker, Daniel R. Smith; Eleventh ward, G. W. Marple, William Meyers; Twelfth ward, Frank H. Brown, Horatio Sewell. Gloucester City—Supervisor,
William Bradway; enumerators, Harry Lincoln, J. W. Thompson, George Stoll, Frank Crowley. Clementon—F. E. McCann. Centre—C. Leonard Ogden, John Jackson. Delaware—S. T. Coles, Charles C. Stafford. Gloucester Township—E. M. Murphy, Charles C. Stevenson. Haddon—Henry Wright, A. M. Mathews. Pennsauken—Edward Young. Voorhees—Gottlieb Eckstein, William Engle. Winslow—J. E. Ware, John Johnson. Waterford—Harry Minch, Dr. E. B. Sharp. Audubon—Walter Selbert, Joseph Burchell. Collingswood—W. R. Shivers. Chesilhurst—Lucas Glassman. Haddon Heights—D. M. Fowler, W. H. Harrison. Haddon Heights—Lemuel Joyce, Edmund N. C. Davis. Merchantville—John W. Mickle, F. W. Renwick. Oaklyn—F. Bingham Lewellen, J. F. Johnson. Woodlynne—H. B. Wiley, L. S. Porter.
Some Changes When Ellis Takes Office
Philadelphia Inquirer —
SOME CHANGES WHEN ELLIS TAKES OFFICE
Democratic Policemen Now Said to Be Flirting With Republicans in Order to Hold on
Political circles in Camden are agog over the offices to be filled when Mayor-elect Charles H. Ellis is inducted into office on January 2. Two or three days before it is quite likely that his successor as Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue will be named. The position is worth $1800 a year, with $600 extra for traveling expenses. There are several candidates, but it is the consensus of opinion that Harry Jones, of the Second ward, will be promoted by Collector Moffett and that the other officials will be moved up a peg.
Mayor Ellis will have the naming of two Republican and one Democratic City Assessor. While there are Republican candidates in plenty, it is conceded that the choice is between John H. Carmany, of the Seventh ward; Caleb Williams, of the Fourth ward, and A. L. Matlack, of the Eighth ward, with the chances in favor of Williams and Matlack. Should the latter not be successful he will, in all probability, be made clerk of the board, to succeed Frank Williams, Democrat.
Democratic candidates are numerous, but the fight has narrowed down to William H. Sparks, one of the retiring members, and Captain C. S. Magrath. Sparks was one of the Nowrey spellbinders during the last campaign, and made bitter speeches against Ellis, yet his friends are working hard to have Mayor Ellis reappoint him.
Just what will become of the twenty Democratic policemen now on the force is problematical. There was a rumor on the street yesterday that the Democrats will resign on December 30, and that Mayor Nowrey will immediately appoint Republicans. Some of the Democratic leaders are in favor of this move and others are opposed.
The Republican managers laugh at the idea and say that already a number of the Democratic policemen have made peace overtures and signalized their willingness to come over to the Republicans.
Senator William J. Bradley will have the distribution of some patronage when the Legislature begins. Among it will be a successor to Jonathan D. Watson, assistant sergeant-at-arms, a doorkeeper and a clerk to a committee.
News of a Day in the City of Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Fremont Shaw, aged 22 years, said to be the son of wealthy South Jersey parents, is locked up at the city prison in Camden until his people are heard from. The young man appears to be suffering from hallucinations as the result of taking morphine. He was found wandering about the streets yesterday by Policeman Murray.
Albert Birney, a Florida negro, was tried and convicted before Judge Joline in the criminal court in Camden yesterday on a charge of attacking Alexander Shorts with a razor. He was sentenced to two years in State prison.
The body of Charles Larsen, aged 22 years, who was killed Monday as the result of a fall from an eight-story Philadelphia building, arrived at his home, 710 Florence street, Camden, to-day.
Ethel Elzener, aged 18 years, of 322 Division street, Camden, had a portion of her hand crushed off in a factory at Ninth and Market streets yesterday, when it was caught in machinery. She was taken to the Cooper Hospital.
Charles Illupie, aged 3 years, of 560 South Second street, Camden, yesterday swallowed the contents of a bottle containing ammonia and turpentine while he was temporarily left alone. The child’s mouth was badly burned.
A man who has been collecting clothes presumably for the Salvation Army, was arrested in Camden yesterday. Instead of turning the clothing over to the Army the fellow sold it for whisky. He said his name was Walter Hunt. He was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail by Recorder Stackhouse.
Former Mayor J. Leighton Westcott, who died Friday, was buried yesterday from his home, 221 North Third street, Camden, many officials and business men being in attendance. The services were in charge of Rev. John Lyell. The pall bearers were Mayor Charles H. Ellis, former Mayors C. B. Hatch and Joseph E. Newrey, Senator William J. Bradley, S. S. Iszard and William Shillingsburg. Interment was made in Evergreen Cemetery.
Postmaster Berber yesterday appointed John Holland a regular letter carrier to succeed the late John Amer.
The first of a series of organ recitals was given last night at St. Paul’s P. E. Church under the direction of S. Wesley Sears, of St. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia.
The Dilmore New Year’s Association has reorganized by electing these officers: President, William Yann; vice president, William Hunsinger; recording secretary, Charles Mathis; treasurer, William Dilmore; scribe, George B. Thompson.
With a million dollar capital the National Window Glass Company was incorporated yesterday with John A. MacPeak, D. M. Callahan and J. C. Clow as incorporators.
Clerk Patterson on Second Term
Philadelphia Inquirer —
County Clerk Frank F. Patterson, of Camden, at noon yesterday took the oath of office for a second term of five years. The oath was administered by Judge Joline in the presence of Mr. Patterson’s office force.
After taking the oath of office Mr. Patterson’s first official act was to reappoint Howard Truax as deputy county clerk and Frank Voigt as his assistant.
During Mr. Patterson’s previous term of office he made a host of friends through his courtesy and attention to those who called upon him for information.
Last night County Clerk Patterson gave an elaborate dinner at the Hotel Bellevue-Stratford to his bondsmen and several political friends.
Mr. Patterson under a recent law furnished a bond for $25,000 with the following bondsmen: Frank F. Patterson, Sr., David Baird, John W. Sell and William J. Bradley. These, including the following well-known Jerseymen, were Mr. Patterson’s guests at the banquet: Judge Charles G. Garrison, Judge A. B. Endicott, Judge C. V. D. Joline, Congressman H. C. Loudenslager, State Comptroller J. Willard Morgan, Assemblymen H. S. Scovel, Theodore B. Gibbs and Samuel P. Jones, Senators John G. Horner, J. Boyd Avis, Wood McKee and W. H. Jackson, State Assessor David Baird, Sheriff Frank C. Somers, Register Edward S. Delacroix, Prosecutor Frank T. Lloyd, Assistant Prosecutor F. Morse Archer, Surrogate Harry Reeves, Deputy Sheriff William D. Brown, Howard Truax, Robert Leyburne, Theodore N. Patterson, Wolcott J. Patterson, Irving Buckle, Joseph Burt, William S. Jones, John J. Leyburne, E. A. Y. Schellenger, Henry J. Cloud, Charles Middleton and Edward W. Humphreys.
Camden News Notes
Philadelphia Inquirer —
CAMDEN NEWS NOTES
This morning 168 enumerators will begin taking the census for Uncle Sam in the First Congressional district of New Jersey, Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties. Supervisor William D. Brown in Camden yesterday gave final instructions to the corps of workers and he appointed Sidney P. McCord and Morris Odell to oversee the work in Camden City proper.
With the view of gathering information for future use, Mayor Charles H. Ellis, City Solicitor Bleakley, Senator William J. Bradley and members of City Council accompanied by the State Riparian Commission went along Camden’s river front yesterday. Camden intends developing its river front as rapidly as possible.
In a new market basket, with several changes of clothing and a bottle filled with milk by his side, a baby boy, apparently about six weeks old, was found early yesterday morning on a step on South Sixth street. Pinned to the youngster was this unsigned note: “To whoever finds this little dear: Will you kindly see that this baby is taken to the Homeopathic Hospital, where I know it will be properly cared for.”
Mayor Ellis yesterday received a letter from Louis Kennedy, of New Orleans, inquiring about Mrs. Ida S. Kennedy, whose whereabouts he desires to know.
A struck panel of forty-eight jurors was drawn yesterday by Sheriff Hatch to be used in the trial of former City Treasurer Ira S. Champion, of Ocean City, who is under indictment for forging a $7000 promissory note. The trial will take place next Wednesday.
Bank Directory
Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Camden, N. J.
ALEXANDER C. WOOD, President.
EPHRAIM TOMLINSON, 2d Vice President
JOSEPH LIPPINCOTT, Treasurer and Secretary
EPHRAIM TOMLINSON, Trust Officer
GEORGE J. BERGEN, Solicitor
Directors: Alexander C. Wood – Joseph W. Cooper – George Reynolds – Ephraim Tomlinson – Joseph H. Gaskill – George W. Jessup – Edward L. Farr – William Joyce Sewell Jr. – Edmund E. Reed, Jr. – J. Dayton Voorhees – William J. Bradley – Albert C. Middleton – George J. Bergen
