The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-04
MENTION OF
men OF HOUR
FRANK L. PHILLIPS POSITION
IN BANKING WORLD.
Will Soon Become an officer of the
Title Guaranty and Trust Com
pany-Joseph d. Evans, One Of
the New Common Councilmen
from the Second Ward-George II.
Gothier, and the Part He Played
in Bringing the Federation Con-
vention to This City.

Frank l.. Phillips, who has been
chosen treasurer and third vice presi-
dent of the Title Guaranty and Trust
company, will take up the duties of his
important positions well equipped for
the work. For years he mas been an
active figure in the local banking
world and under his guidance the
Traders National bank has grown and
prospered marvelously. Mr.. Phillips
was not content to be merely banker.
lie is also a lawyer. Devoting his
spare time to mastery of the intri-
caCies of the law, he passed the exam
ining board in brilliant style and was
admitted to the bar some time ago.
His knowledge of the law will prove
of great advantage TO him in the work
that will evolve upon him after Octo-
ber |, when he will assume his new
duties with the trust company. Mr..
Phillips was born in West Scranton
and has been in the banking business
ever since he left school. lie is still a
very young man for one who has made
such place in the banking world of
Scranton, and even greater things may
be expected from him in the future.
"A Democrat did you say? Come off,
now You can't make me believe that
there's a Democrat named Evans in
this city. 1t is said on good authority,
YOU know, that there are only two
Welsh Democrats In che county and
they're both of the same name and
both holding office the superintendent
of schools and the controller" These
remarks were made at last Thursday
nights first meeting of the enlarged
common council and the person under
discussion was Joseph -. Evans, the
new councilman from the Second ward
But | tell you that he's Demo-
Crat, but he isn't Welsh He's Irish, 4"
replied the friend of the interested
spectator, whereat look of even
greater incredulity overspread the
countenance of the latter.
The friend was right however. The
new councilman's name is Evans and
| strange as it may seem, he's OF Irish
| descent. He is recognized as one Of
| North Scranton's leading business men,
having been engaged in the plumbing
| business for number of years. and
| is everywhere known as a wide-awake
| and hustling young man. He has quite
| it is expected that he will become one
| Of the orators of councils.
1t is but fitting that the man dele
| gated by the Central Labor union dele
| gates to have charge of the ARRANGE
| mentS for the convention Of the Ameri-
| can Federation of Labor. which is to
meet here in December, and for the en-
| tertainment of the guests, is George II.
| Gother of the cigarmakers, secretary
| of the Central Labor union. 1t was
| due to Gothier that the city secured
| this great convention, and he is now
| working as industriously to make the
| affair a success as he did to bring the
| delegates To the opinion that Scranton
| was the most desirable place for a
| convention of all the cities prOpOs ID.
| Mr.. Gothier was the delegate to the
| last convention of the American Feder-
| alton of Labor and when he left here
| was instructed to work tooth and nail
| to secure Scranton the next session.
| There was brisk competition for the
| honor and the local representative en-
| cOuntercd a good deal of opposition
| from an unexpected source, namely,
|
| had attended the convention of their
craft held but short while previously
| in this city and who said this was a
| hamlet unsuited by nature and every
| thing else for the purposes of a big
| convention. GOthier argued and plead
| so persuasively however, that when
| the last rival orator had fired his final
shot and the question had been ballot
| ed upon, Scranton was found 10 be the
| place of 19O1's convention.
| Bishop Shanahan, of the Harrisburg
diocese. who occasionally visits Bishop
Hoban here, and who has many friends
in Scranton. is the second of his fam
lily to be elevated to the bishopric. His
| older brother the late Bishop Timothy
| Shanahan, was the first bishop of the
| Harrisburg diocese, When the Dio-
ceses of Harrisburg and Scranton were
carved out of the Archdiocese of Phila-
| delphia, Bishop Shanahan and Bishop
| O'Hara were appointed the heads OF
the respective sees. Bishop O'Hara out
| lived Bishop Shanahan and came within
few years of OUTLYING his successor
| Bishop McGovern.
The Bishops Shanahan We're natives
| Of Susquehanna, but were both at
tached to the Archdiocese of Philadel-
| phia. The present Bishop Shanahar
| was a priest in Philadelphia when clc-
| waited to the Harrisburg cpiSCOpatc, lie
is a man of great breadth of intellect
| and remarkable executive ability, and
bids fair to win for himself an envi-
able place in churchdom as did his