11 Jan 1901
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
1
Advertisement urges fall lovers to shop a superior stock of Christmas goods including Toilet Sets Cut-Glass Shaving Sets Portfolios Leather Goods Manicure Sets and Fine Vases. It claims the line excels all others and suggests gifting a handsome pipe for him or a Toilet Set for her to win the case.
WasuHing Toy Jan 9 A Manila paper recounts Colonel J Milton Trump leading 1090 volunteers in November to capture Geronimo at Pinaman Fort near Montellablan. The assault breached the fortress as Filipinos fled and a few wounded and slain were left behind. No insurgent remained alive atop the fort by day’s end.
Mastra Jan 9 The military government weighs closing southern island ports to sever insurgent communications. Ubay port on Boh Island already ordered closed or garrison withdrawn. Manila metropolitan police organization act paused by the Philippines commission. force to consist of three companies drawn from volunteer soldiery.
New York January 9 A quiet French night at a ball club turned riotous in the early hours when Inspector Thompson pursued a waiter amid a box party including an actor. The clash escalated as Thompson fought the waiter, who struck him repeatedly, drawing a crowd and divided loyalties between waiters, box party members, and police. Police, including Captain Thomas, struggled to control the melee as bystanders sided with the waiter’s opponent.
A devastating blaze at the Rochester Orphan Asylum early today killed between 30 and 40 people and injured many more. The three story building housed 105 to 195 inmates, with 75 girls in the west wing. Nurses and volunteers assisted in rescue as a boiler-room fire spread rapidly and a wing explosion cut off escape for those in the east wing.
Knoxville reports the Tennessee Central special train carrying Colonel Jere Baxter and Knoxville representatives returning to Nashville. The group traveled on the Tennessee Central line, arriving in Nashville tonight, with Baxter praising local courtesies and vowing to bring the line back for another run. Six killed in West Virginia collision between a locomotive and a freight train near Morcostons on the Monongahela division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. two injured.
A congressional committee resumed testimony on hazing at West Point involving Oscar Booz of Bristol and John Breth of Altoona. Burnam described Booz being ordered to fight, taunting by upperclassmen, and being forced to drink tabasco sauce, collapsing after a stomach blow.
Joel J. Meyers has restored the $1,900 misappropriated while in the Charlotte office of the company. The expression and the company are not sure of the details, but the settlement confirms recovery of funds and closure of the matter.
A man named Watkins of Texas died last night near here after an incident involving Todd who was drinking. Watkins reportedly made a dying statement claiming victory or advantage, while Todd fled the scene. The report is incomplete but indicates a fatal altercation and an ongoing investigation.
Wittem s Tap Curacao Jan 7 The US minister in Caracas Mr Loomis has not secured justice for the New York and Bermudes Asphalt company in its clash with local authorities. The situation is critical with three American warships the Buffalo Hartford and Scorpion either in port or en route as Americans complain of government delay in protecting their interests.
The United States transport Ingalls, sailing from San Juan and Havana, endured a severe storm with high winds from the north then northeast. Steering gear failed, saloon and dining saloon flooded, furniture ruined, and pumps quit in the after hold. A bucket brigade bailed water as oil barrels broke loose, choking the bilge and threatening loss of the ship.
Philip Danforth Armour a noted philanthropist financier and head of the Armour commercial empire died Sunday afternoon at his Prairie avenue home after a long illness. A muscular heart condition, diagnosed as my infarction, was the immediate cause. He had been slowly recovering from pneumonia and his heart failure occurred late in the day. The passing comes as the business world mourns a major industrial figure.
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