Creasy Expected to Succeed Billing as Columbia County Representative
From Harrisburg April 16 staff correspondent report names William T. Creasy of Columbia county to replace J. S. Billing today. Creasy as candidate and future chairmanship follows favorable remarks from Col. Guffey and state party leaders who praise his upright record and capability. Campaign activity includes talks with lawmakers at the Bolton House and Democratic caucus events.
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Harrisburg
William T. Creasy
Columbia County
Farmer Creasy
Creasy
Coisner Guffey
Democratic State Committee
Democratic Party
Colonel Guffey
Billing
Bolton House
House
Wil
John B. Keenan
Westmoreland County
Juror collapses in Common Pleas Court trial over $6,000 check
James Officer of 2207 Richmond street suffered a sudden mental disturbance during the estate case Meyer versus De lague in Common Pleas No 1. He showed signs of an epileptic episode, was aided by Oscar West, and then excused. Meyer, once German Consul, sues over a $6,000 check. action undecided, may proceed with eleven jurors.
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James Officer
Richmond Street
Common Pleas Court
H. Meyer
Frederick Delague
Oscar West
West
Bregg
Tipstaff Hall
Cramps
Meyer
Three-Wour Fight Over Husband Ends In Death Threat
In Elizabeth at the Clark Hotel Mrs Dolly Richards confronts her husband William Richards a leading man with Vera de Noire company at Jacob's Theatre. Mrs Richards strikes him with a water pitcher as the leading lady allegedly insults her. Richards blocked the blow and was knocked down. police arrest Mrs Richards but William declines to press charges. A matinee crowd of 700 at Jacob's Theatre caned refunds when the incident halted the performance.
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Elizabeth
Clark Hotel
Dolly Richards
William Richards
Jacob's Theatre
Richards
Jacob's
Boy's Death in Delaware River Mystery
The body found in the Delaware river near Washington avenue wharf is identified as Herbert Lockwell of 1512 North Twelfth street. Coroner Dugan held an inquest with no clear evidence of the cause. autopsy to follow.
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Delaware River
Washington Avenue
Herbert ©. Lockwell
North Twelfth Street
Louis P. Lockwell
Brandt Street
Camden
N. J
Sellers
Twelfth Street
Dugan
Patrick Held for Murder in Rice Case
In New York on April 16 Justice Jerome held Albert T Patrick for the grand jury on the murder of Texas millionaire William Marsh Rice. The judge said Rice's valet Jones provided sufficient corroboration under code section 3090. Patrick’s counsel said habeas corpus applications for two co-defendants would be pursued soon.
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New York
Jerome
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Jones
Rice
William W. Cantwell
Patrick
Abreu Mansion Left in Flames In Cerro Cuba
Brief cable notes report the Abreu Mansion in Cerro Cuba burned with about 200000 dollars in losses. Cape Town records seven new bubonic plague cases including three Kuans and one European death. Japan’s economy shows strain as authorities try to avert a bank panic. Augustus Prevost is named Bank of England governor replacing Samuel Gladstone. Sir William Hart Dyke urges broader technical education at London Association of Technical Institutions meeting. The Porte seeks extradition treaties as Young Turkey members seek refuge across regions.
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Abreu
Cerro
Cuba
Cape Town
Japan
Augustus Prevost
Bank of England
Bank of Oe Tw
Samuel Stewart Gladstone
London
Association of Technical Institutions
Walliam Hart Dyke
Great Britain
Porte
Sean
Five Smallpox Cases Reported in West Philadelphia
Health authorities report five smallpox cases in West Philadelphia around Forty-fifth Street and Lancaster Avenue. Sufferers were moved to Municipal Hospital, with homes disinfected and strict quarantine in place. Policemen guard affected houses as officials work to prevent spread amid resident fears.
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Philadelphia
Forty-fifth Street
Lancaster Avenue
Bureau of Health
Forty-fifty Street
Brown
Sixteenth Police District
Taylor
Health Bureau
Boers Re-elect Steyn President at Boshof
A Cape Town dispatch reports that forty Boers met at Boshof and solemnly re-elected Mr. Steyn as President of the Orange Free State.
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Steyn
London
Cape Town
Boshof
Orange Free State
Senator Grady Is Taken From Home to Sanitarium
Albany dispatch reports Senator Thomas F. Grady a Tammany leader in the New York Senate was removed from his home to Brigham Hall sanitarium in Canandaigua after a period of excess. His sister and attendants accompanied him. Donnelly will lead the minority in the Senate.
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Timms
Albany
Thomas F. Grady
Tammany
Senate
Canandaigua
Grady
S. B. Ward
Brigham Hall
Raines
Margaret Grady
Empire State Express
Whese
Richard Croker
Donnelly
Capitol
Brrnard Martin
T. D. Sullivan
Canandalgua
Mitchell, Hero of Pekin, Returns Home to Philadelphia
Joseph Mitchell, 24, hailed as the hero of Pekin for his actions with the International gun, recounts leading a makeshift defense with 456 sailors and marines and guarding 700 women and 10,000 Christians during the siege. He describes capturing a black flag and firing the improvised gun Betsy, then plans to return to the navy once his arm heals.
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Mitchell
Pekin
Joseph Mitchell
Wharton Street
China
Taku
Newark
Tien Tsin
Gunner Mitchell
Navy
Great Battle Moves to Force Labor Recognition in Steel Industry
McEweEsport April 16 report says United States Steel Corp must recognize the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers or face total plant closures. Wood plant at American Sheet Steel Co. already shut. strike calls loom as advisory committee from Morgan trust districts plans action in Pittsburg tomorrow.
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the Times
McEweEsport
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Sheet Steel Company
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
Morgan Trust
Amalgamated Threat to Close Mills Over Steel Strike
In a Pittsburg letter the Amalgamated Association announces plans to close the United States Steel Corporation sheet mills first, then potentially strike all plants if no settlement is reached. Theodore J. Shaffer, national president, and district vice presidents will meet in Pittsburg to decide next steps.
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the Times
Pitttssurg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
John Williams
M. F. Tighe
American Sheet Steel Company
David Rees
Pittsburg
Walter Larkin
Martins’ Ferry
Ohio
Charles H. Davis
Newport
John F. Ward
Youngstown
John Chappell
New Castle
United States Steel Corporation
Theodore J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of the
United States
Bogus piano tuner caught in Long Island arrest
Police arrest Paul N. Goldsmith on Long Island Babylon detectives say he posed as a piano tuner to rob several houses in the city. The latest victim was W. Bateman at 67 North Seventh street, where 44 dollars and jewelry were taken. Goldsmiths will be brought back once requisition papers are ready.
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Paul N. Goldsmith
Babylon
Long Island
Frank Gallagher
Wood
W. Bateman
North Seventh Street
Killed in Election Riot Near St. Louis
In Winstanley Park East St. Louis Ill two men were killed Charles Smith and William Johnson and two others J Fisher and W R Hamilton were seriously wounded during an election riot over a village President contest between Henry Drummond and Raymond Dojo Fred Ayer was arrested for the shootings The victims were Drummond partisans.
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St. Louis
Charles Smith
William Johnson
J. Fisher
W. R. Hamilton
Winstanley Park
East St. Louis
Ill
Fred Ayer
Henry Drummond
Raymond R. Dojo
Drummond
Craig Named Clerk of U S District Court
Judge McPherson appointed William W. Craig as clerk of the United States District Court to succeed the late Charles Lincoln who died last week. Craig, who served as deputy clerk since 1877 and as United States Commissioner since 1889, will be sworn in after bond is filed.
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McPherson
William W. Craig
United States District Court
Charles 8. Lincoln
Craig
Lincon
United States
Morgan Buys Gainsborough Picture for Return to America
London reports J. P. Morgan has purchased the recently recovered Gainsborough picture in Chicago. Final price not yet determined. The work will be brought back to the United States.
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London
J. P. Morgan
Associated Press
Chicago
Washington Notes A scattered briefing from the capital
Washington notes report naval movements from San Juan to Key West and Culebra to Kingston, along with war department chatter. General Wood may move to Washington if the Cuban delegation arrives. Argentine diplomatic shifts, Kentucky congressman Boreing meeting with the President, and MacArthur’s transport Indiana reaching Manila are noted. Also listed are dental surgeons to Manila, rice industry study plans, Pan-American Exposition display, and various government appointments and ceremonies.
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Culebra Island
Kingston
Jamaica
Tompkinsville
War Department
General Wood
Washington
Boreing
Kentucky
White House
Weather forecast for Eastern States and Districts today
The forecast covers Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey District of Columbia Delaware Maryland and Western Pennsylvania. It anticipates fair conditions warmer tomorrow with Thursday partly cloudy then likely rain in the afternoon and varying winds. Rain and colder conditions arrive in the west.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Delaware
Maryland
Bridgeton May Go Wet as Saloons Seek Licenses
Bridgeton, April 16. The dry city may soon become licensed with applications from three hotels a saloon and a wholesale house. The City Council currently stands eight to seven against licenses though one member is bedridden leaving a tie. A new vote is expected next Tuesday. Hohenstall's Hotel, idle since licenses were revoked, is ready for a license.
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TIMES
Bridgeton
Joshua Ackley
Hohenstall's Hotel
City Notes: multiple arrests and incidents reported
Edward Higgins 4070 Merion avenue held in $400 bail for a further hearing on forcible entry and malicious mischief. Mullins shade cloth factory entry, fire at 328 South Camuac street, and other arrests for fraud and dog bite cases. A restaurant fire at 1911 Callowhill street. a swindler tricking a paper collector. Youths charged with stealing lead pipe near Fairmount Water Works. A musical tea to benefit held yesterday.
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Edward Higgins
Merion Avenue
Thornton
Mullins
Fifty-first Street
Lancaster Avenue
Higgins
George Williams
South Camuac Street
Morris Seider
South Street
Thomas
Tonghill
Thirty-third District
John ©. Bergner
North Fourth Street
Joseph Knouff
Race Street
Keenan
Woony
T. Vineyard
Callowhill Street
National Conservatory of Music
Ollege of
Oratory
North Broad Street
Florence Crittenden
Lombard Street
United States Circuit Court
Isaac Kahanowitz
International Navigation Company
Wilder Streets
Elizabeth Martin
John C. Bergner
Bridget Ferry
Earp Street
Fine Fotos Selling Off Suits at Ten Dollars a Piece
Sale advertises 34 suit styles at 15 to 20 dollars now cut to ten dollars. Limited time offer claims most suits priced below cost with a big sale push. Nearby shop at 1520 t Street promotes its own line with prices seven fifty and up.
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Upwarts! & Co
T Street
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Morgan
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America
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Key West
MacArthur
Indiana
Manila
Tenth Infantry
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Davis Boak
Martinsburg
W. Va
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Naples
N. Y
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Smith
Buffalo
Treasury Department
Cobleskill
John Porter Hatch
National Cemetery
Arlington
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Yester
Convention of
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American Science Association
Department of Jurisprudence of the Associat
Secretary of War
Peorpenkin
Percome
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L. Joannini
Spanish Claims Commissio
W. T. Rosecrans Camp
Sons of Veterans
California
Division of California
Los Angeles
National Academy of Science
Bingam
District Supreme Court
John H. Walter
Aaron Bradshaw
Grenville Shaw
United States Weather Bureau
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Forbes
Andrew Forbes
Fowler & Hanna
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