Despairing couple tries gas suicide after theft and loss
In New York on February 18 Richard Schutter 54 and his wife Maria after 30 years of grieving over their dead child and a string of misfortunes attempted to end their lives by gas. They were found alive and taken to Bellevue hospital to recover. Thieves had stolen $12 saved for rent and discarded mementoes of the couple’s late child, deepening their distress.
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New York
Richard Schutter
Maria
Bellevue Hospital
Schutter
Germany
Dawson warned as Ottawa grants vast Klondike claims
Advices from Daw son via Skagway report an Ottawa order giving the Treadgold mining syndicate title to all lapsed or vacant placer claims on Hunker Bear and Bonanza creeks with Eldorado creek. Canadians join Americans in indignation and threaten to abandon Dawson within six weeks, as a mass meeting unfolds. Only Dominion Gold Run and Sulphur and Indian river creeks may stay open.
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Chicago
Dawson
Skagway
Seattle
The
Chronicle
Ottawa
Treadgold Mining Syndicate
Klondike
A. N. Treadgold
Sir Thomas Tancred
Hunker
Bear
Bonanza
Eldorado Creek
Dominion
Indian River
Spain eyes allies over war support claims in Senate
In Madrid on February 18, Senator Labre pressed the government for clarity on reports that powers aided Spain at the start of the war with the United States. Foreign Minister Duke of Almódovar said the reports surprised him and promised to inform the Senate if any related information should be disclosed.
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Madrid
Senate Today
Senor Labre
Spain
United States
Duke of Almodovar
Senate
Stone on the track blamed for local electric wreck
Haverhill Feb 18 Lynde of the street railway yesterday stated a stone on the track may have caused the electric car wreck near Whittier's hill Sunday evening. He cited an investigation and said local police will probe the incident.
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Haverhill
Lynde
H., M. & A. Street Railway
Whittier’s Hill
Belford Wins Ship Race From London To Victoria
The Belford arrived in Victoria British Columbia after 130 days at sea from London carrying a general cargo. It finished ahead of the McDiarmid in a race sparked by coinciding sailings from Liverpool on the Belford departure day.
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McDiarmid
London
Victoria
B. C
Belford
England
Liverpool
Northwestern university accepts Prof Pearson resignation
Chicago February 18 at a meeting of the exclusive committee of the board of trustees Northwestern university accepted the resignation of Professor Charles W Pearson whose criticisms of biblical miracles have provoked much discussion
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Chicago
Board of Trustees
Northwestern University
Charles W. Pearson
Death toll rises from Shamaka earthquake disaster
In Shamaka Trans-Caucasia the bodies of 800 earthquake victims have been recovered to date. The treasury has contributed 1,000,000 roubles for relief of the destitute. In nearby villages 27 persons were killed as aftershocks and devastation continue.
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St. Petersburg
Shamaka
Trans-Caucasia
Counterfeiter of Bogus Bills Identified by Negatives
Secret Service agent McAdams reports positive proof that W. R. Shyle printed counterfeit $20 bills from negatives found at his Talladega shop. Twelve plates allowed six bills per print, using a photographer's frame and tinting mixture. Twenty four thousand dollars in counterfeit notes were seized with his arrest in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Secret Service
McAdams
W. R. Shyle
Shyle
Talladega
Romance Ends As Fiance Mourns Miss Starr
Miss Ella Starr died on Valentine’s Day at Riverview sanitarium Fishkill after illness begun June last. Her fiancé Richard R Hicks, a young artist, lived nearby to comfort her as she fought a fatal decline. Starr edited Harper’s Young People and worked as a Paris London correspondent. They became engaged four years ago but never married due to her health.
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Fishkill
N. Y
Ella Starr
Cypress Hill
Miss Starr
Harper’s Young People
Starrer
Paris
London
New York
Mr. Hicks
Who killed him Wardman Glennon witness dies
James McAuliffe key witness in Wardman Glennon trial has died from a base skull fracture and a broken nose. He was found unconscious on Sixth Avenue and died without regaining consciousness at a hospital. He lived at 146 West 33rd Street and had recently complained about a disorderly house next door.
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New York
James McAuliffe
Glennon
Sing Sing
McAuliffe
Sixth Avenue
West 33Rd Street
Grennan
West Sixteenth Street
Snow Storm Passes With Minor Disruptions in Portland
Portland Maine authorities report a heavy snow storm began yesterday at noon and caused only light disruption. Trains on Boston and Maine and Maine Central ran nearly on time as conditions improve. Snowfall locally exceeded eight inches with winds easing and no further trouble anticipated.
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Portland
Boston
Maine
Maine Central
Storm Lays Eight Inches Snow Across Malone Area
Malone New York February 18 the storm that hit northern New York Monday night continued into the morning with about eight inches of snow. The Rutland railroad is seriously hampered as its largest snow plow was ditched leaving disruption to service.
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Malone
N. Y
New York
Rutland
Snow halts briefly then clears in New York streets
New York on February 18 reports a snow fall that began overnight and ended before morning. Streets are fairly clear, traffic resumes with surface cars and elevated trains on schedule and railroads reporting only minor delays.
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New York
Premier defends police actions in Trieste riots
Vienna February 18 Reichsrath session sees premier Dr Koerber argue police and military restraint during riots. He faults anarchists as instigators and states investigation proves a terrorist creed of absolute lawlessness, to be challenged by full state force.
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Vienna
Reichsrath
von Koerber
Trieste
Fire destroys Kellog sanitarium in Battle Creek
The Kellog sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan was totally destroyed by fire early today. Four hundred patients were evacuated safely but two women jumped from third story windows and suffered broken legs. The fire caused about 300000 dollars in losses and the water pressure hindered firefighting efforts.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Kellog
H. C. McDaniels
Eldorads, Ark
Fire in Mansur block ruins rooms and birds die
A box 131 fire on East Merrimack street damaged Mrs Caisie McAdams and Miss Emma Holstein apartments when a parlor stove draft ignited wall paper. Miss Nora Stark lost birds worth 35 dollars. water damage affected Miss Carrie Brown’s second floor. Four story Nesmith heirs brick building insured for 14000 with Lowell Mutual and George B Coburn Co. Church.
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Mansur
Merrimack Street
Caisie McAdams
Emma Holstein
Nora Stark
Nesmith Heirs
Lowell Mutual
George B. Coburn and
F. CO. Church
Duel Follows Insulting Letter Between French Politicians
Paris February 18 M Cavaignac a former war minister and M Renault ex secretary of Senator Floquet former head of the council of ministers fought a duel after Renault sent an insulting letter. Two shots were fired with no effect.
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Paris
M. Cavaignac
Radical-Republican
M. Renault
Floquet
Council of Ministers
Andrews Still Held in Detroit Bank Case
Detroit February 18 Another effort was made to release F C Andrews vice president of City Savings bank now in receivers hands on another bond of fifteen thousand dollars. The sureties were ready to sign but upon announcement by the presenting attorney that Andrews would be arrested on another charge the matter was dropped for the present.
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Detroit
Mich
F. C. Andrews
City Savings Bank
Whelan
Hunt
Andrews
Germany to Maintain Regiment at Shanghai
Berlin officials asked the Reichstag budget committee for provision to sustain the German regiment in Shanghai stating its presence supports German interests in China. The committee majority agreed to the demand.
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Germany
Shanghai
Berlin
Reichstag
China
De Windt Arrives in Yakutsk From Irkutsk
The De Windt expedition bound for an overland Paris to New York journey has reached Yakutsk in East Siberia after departing Irkutsk on January 15. The party began the expedition from Paris December 19 of the previous year and is noted as arriving in Yakutsk on a Monday in February.
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Yakutsk
East Siberia
de Windt
Paris
New York
Irkutsk
Siberia
Ayer’s Hair Vigor Restores Color for Fifty Years
Black hair vigor from Ayer Co claims fifty years of restoring gray hair and preventing hair loss. Advertises through druggists in Lowell Massachusetts with a trusted, ongoing remedy.
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Ayer
Daughters Debate Four New Delegates Each State
The Daughters of the American Revolution opened their convention with discussion of constitutional amendments. The first proposal adds four representatives per state to the existing representation of one regent, to be elected at a conference called by the State Regent and composed of the chapter regent, vice regent and one delegate from each chapter in the state.
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Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Judge Bonds Sentences From Middlesex Superior Court
The February term at East Cambridge opened with Judge Pond presiding. Sentences include Mulverhill three years for breaking and entering and larceny in Cambrires, Noyes four years for indecent assault in Billerica, O’Hearn six months for breaking and entering in Lowell, Gordon three years for polygamy in Lowell, Fuller, Lynch, Flint, and Maguire for adultery with sentences ranging from one to two years in the house of correction, Hall five months for tramp in Newton, Norton one year for breaking and entering and larceny in Somerville, Murphy two years for assault in Maiden, Higgins in reformatory, English four years for larceny in Lowell, Butler one year for breaking and entering in Lowell, and Lee and Lacey in reformatory, Leonard three months for idle and disorderly in Cambridge.
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Middlesex Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
Henry Gordon
Lowell
House of Correction
Wiliam Fulleron
David Lynch
Malden
John
Flint
Mary Maguire
Joseph S. Hall
Newton
Joseph Norton
Somerville
John J. Murphy
Maiden
Frank Higgins
Reformatory
Harry English
Thomas Butler
John J. Lee
Michael Lacey
Patrick E. Leonard
Cambridge
Wreck Identified as Crofton Hall Off Sable Island
The Marine and Fisheries departments confirm the sighting near Sable Island by the Concordia is the Crofton Hall, a four-masted ship from Liverpool that stranded four years ago. Captain Webb reported a double topgallant-masted bark ashore on the eastern ledges, with two masts down.
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St. John
N .B
Marine and Fisheries Departments
Sable Island
Donaldson Line
Concordia
Glasgow
Webb
Crofton Hall
Liverpool
Fire destroys old Lovell House in Weymouth
A Revolutionary landmark, the old General Lovell house, over 200 years old, burned down at midnight in Weymouth. Owned by Levi Curtis and housing three French families who fled in night clothes. Loss estimated at 4000 dollars, partially insured.
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Weymouth
General Lovell
Levi Curtis
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant Visits Washington Embassy
The French ambassador M. Cambon hosts Baron D'Estournelles de Constant at the French embassy in Washington. The baron serves on the permanent Hague tribunal of arbitration and is a member of the French chamber of deputies, arriving on an important mission.
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Washington
M. Cambon
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant
Hague Tribunal of Arbitration
Chamber of Deputies
Carnegie Gives Pomona A Peach Of A Library
Pomona California on February 18 reports Andrew Carnegie offering fifteen thousand dollars for a free library in Pomona conditioned on the city providing the site and ongoing support. The announcement signals a major philanthropic investment with local civic obligations attached.
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Carnegie
Pomona
Cal
Andrew Carnegie
Explorer's perilous trek to devil infested zone in Africa
Aden, Arabia, Feb. 18. William Fittuch Whitehouse of Newport R. I. and Lord Hindlip, who left England Feb. 1 for the upper Nile, started from Aden for Berbes in Nubia on the Nile. They are en route to the devil infested zone and proceed with caution.
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Aden
Arabia
Wm. Fittuch Whitehouse
Newport
R. L
Lord Hindlip
England
Upper Nile
Berbes
Nubia
Nile
Baltimore syndicate to close option on Market Street rail deal
A San Francisco report says the Baltimore syndicate negotiating for Market Street Sutro and Sutter Street railroads will close its option on February 27. The Market Street line could be worth about 14,200,000 dollars and the Sutro and Sutter lines about 2,000,000.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fx- A
Baltimore
Market Street
Lowell Spinners Union Officer Charged With Assault
An officer of the Lowell Spinners union appeared before Judge Hadley on assault and battery charges against Joh. J. Flannery. The case was continued for a week. Other docket items included Annie Beausoleil fined and bail set, James Laughlin fined for assault, Antonia Beaunevitch found guilty, Michael Meaney sent to the State farm, Walter Brown cited for drunkenness, and several others fined or released.
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Lowell Spinners’ Union
Hadley
Joh. J. Flannery
Union
Middle Sive
Mannery
Flannery
Spinners’ Union
Annie Beausoleil
Fenwick Street
D. J. Donahue
James Laughlin
Michael McCullough
Laughlin
Antonia Beaunevitch
Anastasia Tolkovitch
Michael Meaney
State Farm
J. J. Crowley
Walter Brown
Brown
Thomas H. Benson
Zephyr
Acting Mayor Rules City During Mayor Dimon’s Absence
Alderman William F. Badger will serve as acting mayor for four weeks, with powers limited to urgent actions and payroll signings. The acting mayor cannot make permanent appointments. Water department staff shifts at Cook wells and boulevard wells were adjusted due to heavy snow and travel difficulties. No wires outages were reported by the inspector during the storm.
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Dimon
William F. Badger
Board of Aldermen
Board of Health
Cook Wells
Boulevard Wells
Boulevard Station
Back At Work After Snowstorm Relief Push
The storm faded after midnight and wind kept snow in the air all night. About 19 men relieved overnight workers as service resumed on Nashua and Lawrence lines around nine. Most suburban routes reopened early though Tyngsboro and Tewksbury remained affected. North Chelmsford saw a high snow bank.
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Nashua
Lawrence
Tyngsboro
Tewksbury
North Chelmsford
Defield
Snow Plows Open Major Route After Night Attack
Large force deployed overnight to attack the snow, with noon reports saying the track had been opened and traffic would resume shortly. Tewksbury to Woburn line faced heavy work but a clear path was achieved by noon. Other city lines were in fairly good order.
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Tewksbury
Woburn
Bank of Liverpool frauds witness tells tale
London February hearing resumes with Thomas P. Goudie the bank’s bookkeeper on the stand. He describes how James Mances posed as an American with jockey connections to spot winners and place bets. Bets by Marks & Co. totaled thirty thousand pounds in the first week as exposure fears left Goudie vulnerable to Mances’s schemes.
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London
Bank of Liverpool
Thomas P. Goudie
James Mances
Goudie
Marks & Co
Mances
Patrick trial resumes as handwriting expert testifies
New York February 18 The Albert T Patrick trial continues with John F Tyrrell the handwriting expert on the stand. Crowded courtroom follows yesterday's notice that Charles F Jones valet secretary to William M Rice will testify today. Tyrrell states no man can make four signatures identical without tracing from a model in the 1900 will.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
John F. Tyrrell
Chas. F. Jones
Wm. M. Rice
Tyrrell
Disasters of Deep: Mersey collision and fires reported
London Feb 18 The British steamer Dalton Hall capt Gordon from Liverpool to Halifax has been floated after a Mersey collision and will be docked at Birkenhead. The St Fillions capt Owen reports passing a large two masted steamer on fire abandoned Feb 5 at lat 87 north long 41 west near Bremen.
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London
Dalton Hall
Gordon
Liverpool
Halifax
Mersey
Seaforth
Birkenhead
St. Fillons
Owen
Bremen
Savannah
Fenian in Hospital Seeks Aid at Bellevue
Bob Kelly a former Fenian aged 65 and nine year prisoner for shooting James Talbot an English official in Dublin has been admitted to Bellevue Hospital New York February 18 claiming no funds or friends and applying for aid.
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New York
Bob” Kelly
James Talbot
Dublin
Bellevue
Kelly
Jeffries Better After Severe Cold In New York Hotel
James J. Jeffries, suffering from a severe cold at a New York hotel, showed improvement this morning, according to reports from the city.
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New York
James J. Jeffries
Oriental Rugs Firm Opens New Swan Street Branch
The H. FP. Otash Co. wholesale Orientalists of New York City has opened a branch at 28 Central Street Swan Building room 32. A magnificent line of Oriental rugs and carpets is shown. The firm’s reputation should earn the patronage of Lowell citizens interested in this line.
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H. FP. Otash Co
Orientalists
New York City
Central Street
Swan Building
Lowell
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Richmond Pearson Hobson
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Affaire d’ Honneur Sans Fatalite
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Bank Man
Si. AM
OLD Lovell
Hague
Ambassador Cambon
Africa
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Spinners Union
Alderman Badger
Patrick
Fenian
Jeffries
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