Convict Survives Two Weeks Without Food at Eastern Penitentiary
Virgilio Ditriro, 30, imprisoned for murder, has lived two weeks without eating while at Cherry Hill and the county jail. Doctors report his vitality remains but he shows deep melancholy. prison authorities debate forced feeding as they seek to persuade him to eat.
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Philadelphia
Eastern Penitentiary
Virgilio Ditriro
Dominico Venesial
Falla
Schuylkill
Ditriro
Venezial
Duriro
Dutriro
Cherry Hill
Harmon Leach
Leach
Italians Sentence by Venice Authorities
Commander Dayton reported from Venice that Dodridge Wynne Ledbetter Kress and one marine were sentenced to prison for resisting officers. It is alleged the Americans did not understand Italian. Italian authorities may hand the men to Capt Dayton for court martial.
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Washington
Dayton
Chicago
Venice
Dodridge
Wynne
Ledbetter
Kress
Aguinaldo and Filipino Leaders Not Called as Witnesses
A senate committee on the Philippines by party vote after Gen. MacArthur's testimony decided not to call Aguinaldo Mabini Sixto Lopez and other Filipino leaders as witnesses. The panel also refused to hear Maj. Cornelius Gardiner whose Tayabas civil governor report was alleged by Democrats to have been suppressed for criticizing the military administration.
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Washington
Gen. Macarthur
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Aguinaldo
Mabini
Sixto Lopez
Maj
Cornelius Gardiner
Tayabas
Hotel and Saloon to Be Built by Indianapolis Brewing
The Indianapolis Brewing Company plans a 1700 building at Northwestern Cave and Twenty-first Street opposite the workhouse for a hotel and saloon. Ambassador Myer reports a long talk with Italy's foreign minister Signor Prinetti about freeing Chicago officers jailed amid sanctions before the Chicago sails on Friday. The outcome of the talks remains undecided.
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INDIANAPOLIS _BREWING COMPANY
Indianapolis Brewing Company Wiil
Northwestern Cave
Twenty-first St
Workhouse
Myer
Prinard
Rome
U.S
Signor Prinetti
Beggar Dies After Mistaking Turpentine For Medicine
Peter Nugent, a lodger at 583 First Avenue New York, swallowed turpentine used for rheumatism in error for cough medicine and died an hour later. He carried $5 in pennies and had deeds to $10,000 in property in the Bronx. His sister Mary Cunningham, who shared meals with him, said he served in the 133d Brooklyn regiment during the Civil War.
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Lington Lodging House
First-ave
Nugent
Mary Cunningham
Thirty-seventh-st
133D
Brooklyn
Mra. Cunningham
Bronx
Burglars Foiled By Bell and Alarm Loudly
A pair of burglars frightened away after rang bell and lit a lamp in the dining room. They knocked on Mrs. Osborn's door demanding money but fled when she rang a dinner bell and neighbors arrived. The account notes lingering itching sores and an advertising fragment for Dean’s Ointment.
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Dean
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