Sheehan Defends Senate Candidacy and Murphy Ties
William F. Sheehan releases a letter defending his bid for the United States Senate and denying that he would serve special interests. He argues Murphy’s backing helped elect Gaynor and Dix and a Democratic majority, citing upstate support and caucus votes. He and Murphy travel to Albany after meeting at Grand Central Station.
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William F. Sheehan
Buffalo
United States Senate
Edward M. Shepard
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Murphy
Gaynor
Gov. Dix
New York
Shepard
Sheehan
Grand Central Station
Albany
Mr. Sheehan
Matthew D. Mann
Allen Street
President McKinley
Dr. Mann
United States
Senate
Assembly
New York State
City of
City of York
City of New York
Ard
Greater
New Yorkey
Plague Ravages Harbin and Transbaikalia
In Harbin Manchuria on February 5 nearly 6000 bodies have been burned or buried as plague deaths mount among Chinese and Russian quarters. Doctors and hospital staff suffer high mortality while authorities prepare a locally produced serum. Reports note panic and social strain as plague spreads toward Transbaikalia in the Amur region.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Europe
Plague Deaths Reported in Kwanchengtze
Petersburg dispatch reports about one hundred deaths daily from the plague in Kwanchengtze a large town west of Kirin Province near the Manchurian Railway.
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Petersburg
Kwanchengtze
Kirin Province
Aes
Trains Crash Near Paris Leaves Five Dead
John Whitelaw an express messenger shot himself amid flames after being trapped under wreckage of Grand Trunk train No. 96 near Paris Ontario. Four other crew members perished: Peter McFarlane W B Tye Richard Turner J D Smith. Passengers and others escaped unharmed.
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Paris
Ont
John Whitelaw
Express
Grand Trunk
Here
Whitelaw
Nuiore
Buffalo-Goderich
Buffalo
Gederich
Peter McFarlane
Goderich
W. PB. Tye
Richard Turner
Stratford
J. D. Smith
May Give Up Highway Plan
Albany reporters say Governor Dix may abandon his proposal to abolish the State Highway Commission and shift good roads work to the State Engineer and the Superintendent of Public Works. Assemblyman Friedman quotes the governor amid pressure from upstate Democrats and auto interests. A joint hearing is set for Feb. 16, with no rush to push the bill if the plan is dropped.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Gov. Dix
State Highway Commission
Pubiic
Harold J. Friedman
Friedman
Tammany
Haitian Rebel Leader Guillaume Executed Near Cape Haitien
Gen Mon treuil Guillaume, once a top Alexis ally tied to the 1908 Port au Prince executions, is captured near Cape Haitien and executed at dawn. Government troops surge against Troy and Ouanaminth as Gen Florestal Magloire takes command to quell the uprising. Reports say War Minister Marius left Port au Prince for Gonaives and rebels have crossed into Monte Christi.
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Cape Haitien
Montreuil Guillaume
Nord Alexis
Port Au Prince
Guillaume
Simon
Troy
Ouanaminth
Cincinatus Leconte
Florestal Magloire
Port-a-Paix
Marius
Gonaives
Monte Christi
Banto
Two Die and Many Saved in West Sixty-eighth Street Fire
A five story brownstone at 105 West Sixty-eighth Street burned at dusk as a ten year old girl and a young man died in flames. Rescuers pulled several occupants to safety including a baby passed from the father to rescuers. Firefighters faced a dangerous crawl through smoke to reach Mrs Grunech and her mother.
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Flower Hospital
Herman L. Grunech
Mr. Grunech
Bertha
Dumbwalker
Harry Fantry
Twentythird Street
West New York
N. J
Lioyd Gass
Fox Street
Bronx
William J. Flynn
West Sixty-seventh Street
Fantry
Grunech
Gass
Flynn
Mrs. Grunech
Horney
Farrell
Marguerite
Violet
Josephine
John
Charles, Jr
Florence
Schimmel
O'Conner
Streat
West Sixty-ninth Street
O'Connor
O’connor
Bee | Smother
Baer
Sixty-ninth Street
Columbus Avenue
Archer
Police Department
Panama Canal slogan urged by business leader
John Barrett calls for the phrase Get Ready for the Panama Canal as the business community prepares for the canal era, advising readers to watch Next Sunday's Times for full coverage.
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Panama Canal
New Theatre plan not abandoned despite reports
The New Theatre will not close March 26 nor end its season at the current building. Founders consider a smaller venue for intimate plays next year while continuing productions this season. Possible use of a Metropolitan Opera House stage for special productions is discussed.
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Winthrop Ames
Lee Shubert
Playhouse
Central Park West
New Theatre
Maeterlinck
the Piper
Lyric Opera
Metropolitan Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera House
George Paston
Jowett Accepts Fifth Avenue Pastorate Amid Salary Debate
Dr. 5. H. Jowett D D Birmingham England writes to Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York explaining why he twice rejected offers including a then reported largest salary of 12000 a year with free housing. He says he will seek the church officers judgment on the stipend equivalence and expresses confidence in united service for the Kingdom of God.
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H. Jowett
D. D
Carr’s Lane Congregational Church
Birmingham
England
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Jowett
Silas B. Brownell
Clydesdale
Oxford Road
Pene Hem
Oe Avenue Presbyterian Church
Newark
Atlantic
Carr’s Lane
Carr's Lane
Kingdom of God
Fifth Avenue
Stian Fellowship
J. H. Jowett
Jewett
J. Ross Stevenson
Silas B. Halleck
Edwin J. Gillies
Moorehead
Frederick A. Wallis
C. Wheeler Barnes
James H. Schmeizel
Charles F. Darlington
America
Plymouth
Free Church Council
Yorkshire
Edinburgh University
Mansfield College
Oxford
St. James’s
Newcastle on-Tyne
Body of Ashhurst Not Found After Pier Search
Atlantic City detectives and boatmen under Chief Woodruff scoured the Million Dollar Pier area at daybreak to locate Postmaster Richard L. Ashhurst of Philadelphia, who vanished last Monday night. They searched bottom and beach areas, continuing grappling efforts tomorrow, noting Ashhurst’s cane near the rail where Jane Adams disappeared a year earlier.
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Atlantic City
Woodruff
Richard L. Ashhurst
Philadelphia
Jane Adams
McCurdy Flies To Morro Lighthouse In Havana Flight
J A D McCurdy completed a round trip from Camp Columbia to Morro lighthouse in Havana in sixteen minutes twelve seconds covering about eleven miles. The fifty horsepower biplane faced a stiff easterly wind as crowds watched from Principe Hill and San Lazaro Hospital. The $3,000 prize offered by the city remains open until February 28 with the Havana Post noting his West to East flight.
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Havana
J. A. D. McCurdy
Strait of Florida
Camp Columbia
Morro Lighthouse
McCurdy
Principe Hill
San Lazaro Hospital
Morro
Albisu Theatre
Alfredo Zayas Pi
Ey West
East Coast Trains Run Daily To New Pennsylvanla Line
The message notes EAST COAST POINTS REACHED BY N Y AND FLORIDA SPECIAL. Atlantic Coast Line announces 1 26 PM schedules with New Penna 3 other Ltd Trains Daily from 1318 Broadway indicating service details for the route.
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N. Y
Florida
New Penna
Other Ltd
B’ Way
Ashhurst Family Secluded as Search Continues
Special to The New York Times reports Philadelphia on February 5 that the Ashhurst family remains confined at 321 South Eleventh Street. Mrs. Ashhurst endures the strain, while Dr. Astley P. C. Ashhurst, the Postmaster’s agent and family spokesman, says he knows only that Richard L. Ashhurst is missing.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Richard L. Ashhurst
South Eleventh Street
Hofbrauthaus Celebrates German Restaurant Scene
The Hofbrauthaus on the 80th Street celebrates its German dining amid popular ladies and men's luncheon and dinner offerings.
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Hofbrauthaus
Way
Royal Namesakess Gift Connected to UK Georges Coronation
An influential committee leads efforts to unite all Georges of the United Kingdom to present a coronation gift to the King, while Marys coordinate a gift to the Queen. The campaign has achieved notable success according to reports from London dated February 5.
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NEW York Times
London
United Kingdom
Marys
Village Adrift At Sea Off Bjorko Sound
An entire fishing village of 253 men was driven to sea by a gale off Bjorko Sound. The disaster was discovered only in the morning as the village had vanished from sight. Rescue boats have been sent but not yet returned.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Bjorko Sound
Born After the Opera Brings Clarke Family a Daughter
Friends of Lewis L. Clarke of the American Exchange National Bank celebrated with news of a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Clarke after Geraldine Farrar sang Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera. The child arrived shortly after midnight and both mother and newborn are reported well.
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Lewis L. Clarke
American Exchange National Bank
Three Skaters Die After Ice Breaks On Alyea’s Pond
Paterson New Jersey report states three youths broke through thin ice at Alyea's Pond this afternoon. Herbert Cleveland 19 of Fairlawn and John Gesquier 22 of 25 East Twelfth Street Paterson were drowned, while Charles Van Hook of Fairlawn was saved by rescuers who risked their lives. the weight of the trio caused the ice to fail.
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van Hook
Harmon campaign launches in Cincinnati with HQ
Permanent campaign headquarters for Gov. Judon Harmon's presidential bid open in the Provident Bank Building Cincinnati. State Democratic Chairman Hugh L. Nichols heads the effort with a large staff and plans to publish literature here while seeking united Democratic support from across the party.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Campaign For
Judon Harmon
Provident Bank
Hugh L. Nichols
Clermont County
Nichols
Gov. Harmon
Robber Holds Up Rector's Restaurant in Chicago
A well dressed man in Rector's restaurant on Clark and Monroe Streets shot two revolvers and stole the cash drawer and safe. He took about $3,300 including $1,500 in checks and $600 in currency while two clerks and a scrubwoman watched. The thief fled up the street and vanished.
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New York Times
Chicago
Reynolds
Rector’s
Clark and
Monroe Streets
Fresh Egg Weds Bride in Brooklyn Mystery Lob
Edward Taylor a Alexandria grocer’s clerk and Miss Margaret Graynor of Brooklyn were wed after she found his name on a fresh egg shell in a shipment to the East. The note led to photographs and a marriage two weeks later in Brooklyn.
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New York Times
Mitchell
Edward Taylor
Alexandria
Margaret Graynor
Brooklyn
N. Y
Graynor
Taylor
Girls Fight For Mother In Baltimore Shooting
In Baltimore on February 5 Mrs. Joseph Utz was shot twice by Alonzo Hubbard a painter. Her daughters Annie 17 and Josephine 11 wrestled the smoking revolver away from him. Mrs. Utz is in critical condition at St Josephs Hospital. Hubbard a longtime family friend had faced hostility from the couple and has been arrested.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Joseph Utz
Alonzo Hubbard
Annie
Josephine
Hubbard
Special Train Service to Virginia Hot 8 Leaves NY February
Special train service to Virginia Hot 8 departs New York at 5.08 p.m. on February 10 via Penn R R. The train will run to Hot Springs, departing Hot Springs Monday morning, with limited readable details remaining about times and connections.
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Virginia
Lincoln
New York
Pennes
Penn
R. R
Eshaae ‘Hot Springs
Tirning
Hot Springs
Monmorning
Rebel Victory Near Juarez Quiet as Day Follows Clash
Reports detail fierce fighting near Juarez with a train ditched ten miles south. Federal forces broke toward Juarez with 300 men while rebels held positions and Na varro reinforcements approached from the south. Coyame losses tallied 107 killed in mining region clashes. Gustavo A. Madero in New York predicts renewed revolts as Gen. Madero possibly crosses into Nuevo Leon.
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Gustavo A. Madero
New York
Francisco I. Madero
Neuvo Leon
Reyes
Mr. Madero
Juarez
Diaz
Relief Force At Juarez Helps Hold Off Orozco Attack
In Juarez El Paso, Col Rabago brought about 300 regular troops into the city to bolster defenders as Gen Navarro with 600 men moves up from Chihuahua. The train ambush near Buacho left the insurgents wary, with clashes and reported casualties on both sides but no confirmed big victory. NR
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New York Times
el. Paso
Texas
Juarez
Orozco
Col. Rabago
Casas Grandes
Morozco
Navarro
Guerrero
Chihuahua
Col
Rabago
Babago
Navarre
Mexico Northwestern
el Paso
Webster
Buacho
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John Barrett
Times
the Institution
Presbyterian Congregation
Ashhurst
Georges and Marys
British Isles
Lewis L.clarke
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Coyame
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