Ice floe hull sighted near South Chicago with raft survivors
At daybreak a hull resembling the Chicora was found between ice floes off South Chicago. A raft beside the hull showed fifteen to twenty men aboard. Life saving crews and tugs chased the wreck as darkness limited reaching it. Rescue efforts continued toward Whit ing Ind. with ships battling ice.
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Chicago
Chicora
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Indiana
van Sickle
Baltimore & Ohio
Whiting
Ind
Cock fighting ring busted near Franklin Street yard
An undercover raid at a barn behind 179 Franklin Street disrupted a planned cock fighting event involving birds from Boston Lynn Stoneham Melrose and Salem. Officers seized birds spur gear and a weighing scale as cocks were captured and spectators dispersed amid shattered windows and destroyed doors.
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Lynn Pital
Boston
Benjamin Boynton
James Llewellyn
Franklin Street
Po&jece
Lynn
Stoneham
Melrose
Salem
Y Lynn
Orious
Bold Burglars Rob Chelsea Home in Early Morning
Three masked men broke into the Bisesti residence on a Chelsea middle tenement around 1:45 Sunday. Mrs. Bisesti woke to a revolver at her head, the robbers ransacked for twenty minutes and escaped with a brown silk dress a black worsted suit and $19.00. Police contacted hours later. thieves used false keys and left no trace.
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Chelsea
Dominico Bisesti
Second Street
Spruce Street
Bisesti
Mrs. Bisesti
Mr. Bisesti
Ire at SPASM desk during robbery described
Two suspects fled the SPASM desk area with one tall slim figure in a dark overcoat and two shorter men in light overcoats. A small chamber lamp burned dimly in the room at the time of the robbery.
Funeral of Canrobert in Paris draws wide audience
Paris crowds attend the funeral of Francois Captain Canrobert, last marshal of France, with formal military honors. Generals Billot Negrier Jamont Boisdeffre and Admirals Duperre Rieunier assist as the body, in uniform, rests in the hearse. Cardinal Richard and Father Chaillot lead service. General Zurlinden delivers the oration praising Canrobert's loyalty and bravery.
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Paris
Francois Captain Canrobert
France
Marshal MacMahon
Hotel Des Invalides
Marshal
Rue de Marignan
Father Chaillot
Canrobert
Richard
Zurlinden
Engineer strike looms if SP refuses concession
San Francisco February 3. The Southern Pacific faces a possible strike if engineers do not secure a concession. Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has been in talks, and Chairman Meyer of the grievance committee says a definite adjustment is expected Monday. If no concession, a strike will follow.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Meyer
City Hall crowd expected as labor petition seeks rail franchises out
Brooklyn observers report that over 20 000 people will gather on the City Hall plaza tomorrow to learn the fate of a petition and resolutions by District Assembly No 7 to strip franchises from the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company and the Queens County Suburban Railroad Company Master Workman Connelly expresses desire for a large peaceful turnout while Debs visits to assess the situation Desertions from rail companies prompt police consultations and ongoing efforts to maintain order Police and city officials note arrests and routine service with no major incidents President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights Company asserts satisfaction with staffing after a carman is attacked near Franklin and Hurofi streets
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Brooklyn
fFes
Board of Aldermen
Executive Committee
District Assembly
Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company
Queen’s County & Suburban Railroad Company
Connelly
City Hall
Mr. Debs
Mr. Connelly
Welles
Campbell
Schieren
Norton
Atlantic Railroad Company
Mr. Norton
President Lewis
Brooklyn Heights Company
Allan Hodagland
Greenpoint Line
Franklin and
Hurofi
Hon J A Linscott Dead Farmington Man of Many Roles
Hon J A Linscott died at his Farmington home aged about 83. He rose from modest means to serve as town clerk postmaster probate official and legislator. He held roles with the Sandy River Bank Androscoggin railroad and Maine Central railroad before retiring in 1892. Funeral set for Tuesday at 11 o clock.
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Farmington
Joseph A. Linscott
Linscott
Phillips
Sandy River Bank
Androscoggin
Maine Central Railroad
Portland
Judge Hoars Funeral Arrangements Announced
Concord February 3 The funeral plans for Judge Hoar are announced with prayers at the house at 2 15 p m tomorrow and services at the First Parish Meeting House at 8 The Fitchburg railroad schedules a train from Boston Union Station at 1 45 p m and Concord at 4 15 or 6 Dr Francis G Peabody will conduct the services with Lewis Thompson of Emanuel Church assisting
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Concord
Boston organist to sing at funeral arrangements by Social Circle
A Boston organist will sing at a funeral with pallbearers from the Social Circle including Lorenzo Eaton James B Wood and others. The burial is private. Attending organizations include the Bar Association Massachusetts Historical Society American Unitarian Association Harvard overseers and fellows and judges from several courts.
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Gbostort
Boston
Lorenzo Eaton
James B. Wood
H. J. Hosmer
Henry F. Smith
H. J. Walcott
N. B. Stow
William H. Hunt
R. F. Barrett
Woodward Hudson
William Barrett
William Wheeler
J. L. Gilmore
Stedman Butterick
Robert R. Howison Dies at 79 in Milford N H
Robert I Howison a native of Kingse y P Q aged 79 and longtime Milford resident died this morning He owned stage lines from Peterboro to Wilton from 1843 to 1868 and ran express business in Boston and Wilton for two decades He held large mail contracts in southern New Hampshire and was president of the Souhegan National Bank 1876 1883 Since 187% he operated a lumber and real estate business He is survived by a daughter and three sons.
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Milford
N. H
Robert I. Howison
Kingsey
P. Q
Peterboro
Wilton
Boston
Colonel Morrill
Nashua
New Hampshire
Souhegan National Bank
Two of a Kind Caught in Norwalk Confidence Scam
In Norwalk Connecticut on February 3 George E Hawkins of Setauket Long Island and William Smith of Greenwich were arrested after separate confidence and counterfeit operations. Hawkins swindled a shoe dealer and dry goods firms of nearly $100 in cash and goods and will be arraigned Monday. Smith passed a counterfeit $2 bill, burned other notes, and will also be arraigned Monday. Hawkins and Smith appear linked as members of the same gang.
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Norwalk
Conn
George E. Hawkins
Setautket
L. I
Thedore Olsen
J. P. Frances
Chpahjer
A. Dickerman
Hawkins
Smith
Concord Board Reveals Sanford Deficit on Tax Books
Concord officials including the selectmen and town auditor, with a bondsman’s representative and Prescott Keyes, announced Sanford's tax deficit of 14,972.42 dollars after a February 3 meeting.
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Concord
Sanford
Prescott Keyes
Japanese envoy credentials void delay surrender
In Hiroshima Premier Ito and Foreign Minister Mutsu met China's peace envoys to exchange credentials. The envoys’ papers were found defective, leaving them powerless to negotiate. They were asked to depart at once. sail tomorrow to Nagasaki aboard Owarimaru, guarded by police inspectors to avert demonstrations. The war expenditures resolution notes goals not yet achieved.
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London
Hiroshima
Count Ito
Viscount Mutsu
China
Nagasaki
Statue of Bishop Brooks to grace New York church
The Church of the Incarnation at Madison Avenue and Thirty Fifth Street, New York, will display a bronze bas relief of the late Bishop Phillips Brooks. Sculptor William Clark Noble of New York created the striking statue, to stand in the church where Rev. Arthur Brooks, the bishop’s brother, serves as rector.
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Church of the Incarnation
Madison Avenue
Thirty
Atrass
York City
Phillips Brooks
William Clark Noble
Arthur Brooks
Bishop Brooks
Japan Presses Toward Pekin After Envoy Setback
Washington dispatch reports Japan will push to Pekin with the peace issue as Chinese envoys return under escort for lacking plenipotentiary powers. Officials foresee possible collapse of the Qing dynasty and European intervention risks as Wei-Hai-Wei battles unfold. Navy updates and Secretary Gresham await news on fleet progress.
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Washington, D. C
Hiroshima
Kurino
Japan
United States
Dun
Tokio
Denby
Pekin
China
Chang Hin Huan
Shao
Formosa
J. W. Foster
Mr. Foster
Count Ito
Count Inonye
Yamagata
Corea
Navy Department
Wei-Hai-Wei
Wei Hai Wei
Gresham
Herbert
Ito
Japanese Turn Captured Forts Upon Their Owners
London dispatch reports from Wei Hai Wei dated February 1 via Talien Wan that Chinese warships suffered damage in the prior day's engagement. After the Pakhyasa forts capitulated, Japanese forces turned the captured guns against Chinese ships in the action.
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London
Central News
Wei Hai Wei
Talien Wan
Pakhyasa
Exile Ends as Rochefort Returns to Paris
Enormous Paris crowd gathers at the railway station to welcome Henri Rochefort, editor of the Intransigeant, home from years in England. Socialist deputies and revolutionary societies fill the square and streets, with 208000 people between station and office. No disorder or arrests reported.
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Paris
Henri Rochefort
England
Gerault-Richard
Casimir-Perier
Socialist Revolutionary Societies
Delta skipper sights body in North Sea near Lowestoft
The Delta skipper reports a small boat and a body in dark clothes afloat about forty miles southeast of Lowestoft. Other skippers found doors, furniture, spars and boxes. Six life belts and three life boats' tanks were recovered on the Suffolk coast.
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London
Smack Delta
Lowestoft
North Sea
Suffolk
Clamoring for Office Delays Whiteway Cabinet Formation
In St John’s Newfoundland February 3, the Whiteway cabinet remains unformed as premier Whiteway struggles to allocate posts to appease aspirants facing imminent re-election. The confederation issue compounds the stalemate with St John’s vehemently opposing any union and vowing to defeat Confederate nominees. Reports warn that Whiteway supporters are enthusiastic but divisions persist.
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ST. John’s
N F
Whiteway
Italian Parade Disrupted by Police Arrests in North End
A Sunday North Street parade of men masquerading in women’s dress by Italian residents of the North End drew a large crowd before police interrupted the procession. Eleven men were arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace and jailed. they face Municipal Court arraignment today.
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North End
Division 1
North Street
Angelo Delafano
Joseph Mananfia
Carmin Dicardi
Angelo Dicardi
Emile Dechatofaro
Marcili Manfra
Charles Picardi
Luigi Frazza
Patricio Russo
Costago Farcilo
Marcilli Ricci
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