Body found in Schuylkill with bullet wound near heart
William Asphley 58, boarded at 1415 North Seventeenth Street, was found dead with a bullet wound over the heart after leaving home to collect a large sum of money. Miss Town and Miss Smith, boarding-house residents, suspect foul play. Police and coroner investigate while daughter Nellie Asphrey suffers shock and possible nervous prostration.
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North Seventeenth Street
Fairmount Park
Girard Avenue
Cecelia B. Town
Annie Smith
Nellie
Lock Haven
United States Rubber Company
Boston
Miss Asphrey
Miss Smith
Asphley
Miss Asphley
Miners Feared Dead In Dorothy Plant Fire
A Dor othy coal and coke plant in Latrobe Pennsylvania burned tonight with the tipple engine house and boiler house in ruins. Reports say four to six miners may have died and two men were injured Superintendent Rodgers and William Gi suffocated while trying to rescue entombed workers. Five miners were inside when the blaze began and a 250 foot vertical shaft was involved.
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Latrobe
Dorothy Coal and Coke
American Steel and Wire Company
Rodgers
William Gi
Mmine
Fey Ann Come
Dealers and Friends Clash Over McCarten Family Rescue Effort
The article describes dealers wary of prosecuting the McCartens while supporters seek to rescue Mrs. McCarten and her children. Brick Commercial Agency detectives pursue the family to place the children with their mother, amid swindles and evasive disguises across cities.
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Harry C. Brick
Frauds Unearthed in North Broad Street Family Scam
The narrative describes a family living under the alias McBride on North Broad Street who swindled others for eight years. Woodson faced them while collecting a bill. a boy named Frank resisted and offered a diamond ring. A woman broke down crying. authorities decided to remove the children and expose the family to end their fraud.
Sealing Steamer Kite Returns With 10000 Skins
St Johns Newfoundland April 28 The sealing steamer Kite arrived at port with ten thousand seal skins after losing fourteen hundred while trapped by floes. Early season hunts were hindered by broken ice as the crew relied on sails after coal ran out. The ice belt around Virginia Lake remains twenty feet thick.
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St. Johns
N. F
Kite
Virginia Lake
Governor Candler Clarifies Negro Question Remarks
Georgia Governor Allen D. Dr. Candler tells the Associated Press that Savannah clippings exaggerate his statements on the Negro question. He says his Savannah-published remarks are substantially correct, and denies the quote about the South not needing assistance from the Yankees.
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Atlanta
Allen Dr. Candler
Associated Press
Savannah
South
Cuban Delegation Arrives in New York After Washington Meetings
The Cuban National Convention delegation ends talks in Washington with President McKinley and Secretary Root and arrives in New York City this morning. They proceed to a hotel for a planned Roe dinner after the trip.
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New York
Washington
McKinley
War Root
Suicide in Cleveland Rail Yard Man Veteran of Civil War
Joseph Glenning of Chicago died by suicide in the Lake Shore yards at Collinwood Cleveland. He was about 70 years old and a Civil War veteran.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph Glenning
Chicago
Lake Shore
Collinwood
Glenning
McKinley Train Ready 10 Start for the Pacific
The President and party prepare for a seven week rail tour across the United States aboard a specially prepared seven car train. The Olympia remains the President’s home car to San Francisco, then the Lavania will be used on return. The journey begins at 10:80 tomorrow with Frank Larmond heading the throttle and W. W. Albright as conductor.
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Tomorow
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W. W. Albright
The
Southern Railway
Southern Railway Company
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Railroad
Atlantic
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Omena
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Pellon
Charmion
Lavania
Lucania
McKinley
Carrie Nation In Jail In Wichita With Mental Turmoil
Carrie Nation, known for anti saloon activism, remains in solitary confinement in Wichita Kansas after a dramatic breakdown. Reports say her condition deteriorates as she denounces liquor leaders and urges women to whip those connected to saloons.
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Wichita
Kansas
Carrie Nation
Stricken During Prayer at Union Church
John Hoffecker a 65 year old resident of 1216 Market street was stricken with paralysis while offering the closing prayer at Union M E Church. He collapsed unconscious and was carried to the parsonage then home where he remains unconscious.
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Wilmington
John Hoffecker
Market Street
Union M. E. Church
Henry Burrichter Dead Prominent Twenty sixth Ward Democrat
Henry Burrichter longtime Democratic figure in the Twenty sixth ward was found dead yesterday morning in his home at 1409 South Park Avenue from dropsy of the heart. Born in 1851 he was elected to the Seventh ward School Board at 25 and later served as a Custom House gauger. He chaired the Twenty sixth ward Democratic committee and recently worked for Unit Gas Improvement Company. His wife, a soprano at Sacred Heart Church, also sings bass at the church. He will be buried from the Church of the Annunciation on Wednesday.
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Twenty-sixth Ward
South Park Avenue
Seventh Ward
Cleveland
Custom House
Democratic Committee
Unit Gas Improvement Company
Sacred Heart Church
Ird
Race Streets
Burrichter
Church of the Annunciation
Colonel Cozens Will Do Local Salvation Army Furlough
Illness forces Lieutenant Colonel Cozens of the Salvation Army to take an extended furlough after a serious breakdown from his energetic service. A farewell council and united meeting will be held next Tuesday at the Central Y M C A lecture room with officers from city corps in attendance. The new provincial officer will arrive within one or two weeks to continue Warehouse work at 113-115 Queen Street.
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Salvation Army
Cong Booth-Tucker
Fifteenth
Chestnut Streets
Highth Vine Streets
Altho Ft
Queen Street
Delegates Gather for Sons of the American Revolution Congress
Pittsburgh April 28 delegates to the twelfth annual congress of the Sons of the American Revolution assembled tonight at the Third Green Chapel to hear a sermon by Royert Garfield chaplain and to hear speeches from the Sons president Lafayette College will host the event with more delegates arrivingTuesday
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Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution
Green
Royert Garfield
Chapioe
Mg Uafayette College
Widener Injury News Cites No Skull Fracture
Joseph E. Widener remained conscious and improved after a coach overturn near Fifteenth and Spring Garden streets. Doctors found no skull fracture, and family members stayed at Hahnemann Hospital as telegrams and flowers poured in from friends nationwide.
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Harrison K. Caner
Fifteenth
Spring Garden
van Lennep
George Widener
Bellevue
Joseph E. Widener
P. A. B. Widener
Hahnemann Hospital
Ashbourne
Death bed repentance as spiritual swindle sermon thesis
Reverend Harcourt of People's Church Reading denounces death bed repentance as immoral, arguing true repentance should happen now rather than in agony. He warns against turning honest living aside to reward gamblers on last throws, urging immediate readiness and rejection of late conversions. Continued on Third Page.
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the Times
Dr. Harcourt
People’s Church
Reading
Harcourt
Sankey
Weather Forecast for Eastern States and New Jersey
The report covers Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and New York with fair conditions and warmer temperatures on Monday. Winds are described as fresh easterly in several areas and generally light easterly to moderate on Tuesday.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
Fire and Fates Mark City Night Amid Curtain and Gas
A lace curtain blown into a gas jet last night caused a fire in Joseph Lyons’s home at 1407 Wharton street with about 100 dollars damage. A 76 year old woman Catherine Krimmel of 235 Pieres street fell and was taken to St Agnes Hospital. Police reported missing Joseph Hoffman 16 of 2512 Adams street and ace Elkry 12 of 2535 North Second Street. Charles Barton 27 of 1159 Rodman street faced larceny charges before Magistrate Cunningham and was held on 500 dollars bail. A fire at G W Martin’s stable 5212 Baltimore avenue destroyed wagon and harness and shot the horse. loss about 150 dollars. The fire origin remains unknown.
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Joseph Lyons
Wharton Street
Catherine Krimmel
Pieres Street
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Joseph Hoffman
Adams Street
Ace Elkry
North Second Street
Charles Barton
Rodman Street
Cunningham
William McCandless
Reading Terminal
G. W. Martin
Baltimore Avenue
Five Die in Houston Fire Destroys Stable and Homes
A blaze in Houston destroyed a livery stable and three residences at dawn. Joh Copping and his wife and three children died. Jeff Hopper and his wife survived with serious injuries after leaping from the burning building. An infant born during the fire also perished with its mother.
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Houston
Texas
Joh Copping
Jeff Hopper
Professor Crook Engaged to Bring Home a Bride
Chicago reports Northwestern University professor Allah R. Crook, famed for claiming to avoid kissing, hugging, smoking, and chewing, is said by colleagues and students to be engaged to marry and return with a bride from Ohio. No confirmation from Crook, and the supposed bride has not appeared in Evanston.
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the Times
Chicago
Evanston
Made-to-Measure Suits at 25 Dollars
Customers praise these garments noting the complete up-to-date stock with new foreign and domestic styles. The shop touts skilled cutters and makers and promises satisfaction before payment.
Perry's Clothes Store Ad Promises Quality and Low Prices
An old advertisement touts Perry's as the sole destination for men’s clothing with the claim of the best goods. It emphasizes fair pricing, secret quality, and quick order fulfillment within a week. The copy urges customers to compare, noting abundant stock and attractive pieces.
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Perry
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