Infidelity Scandal Taints De Lesseps Panama Era Paris Rumor Mill
Madame Ferdinand De Lesseps faces harsh scrutiny as accusations of infidelity plague the De Lesseps family and distract the Panama Canal leadership. Reports claim she began serious misconduct years after marriage when he was past sixty, while he allegedly shielded the canal from scandal.
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Ferdinand de Leasseps
Mme. de Les
London
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Castle la Chenaye
de Lesseps
Panama Canal Company
Madame de Lesseps
France
Paris
French Conspiracy Report Signals Planned Government Overthrow
Paris dispatches report the Ministry holds evidence that the current attack on the government is part of an organized plan to overthrow the Republic. The plotters allegedly discuss each step in advance.
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Andrieux
London
M. Ribot
Carty
Panama
Chamber of Deputies
Siecle
Republic
Carnot
Paris
Wreck of Second Street Car in Minneapolis
A crowded Second Streetcar was struck by a Great Northwestern switch engine at the Second Avenue crossing in Minneapolis. Seven injured include Charles H. Armstrong in dangerous condition. a young woman was found unconscious and taken away.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Street Railroad Company
Great Northwestern
Charles H. Armstrong
Second Street
Second Avenue
Armatrong
Race Across the Ocean Aboard City of Paris Versus Etruria
In heavy seas the Cunard liner Etruria beat the Inman City of Paris by three hours after crossing the bar at New York, Brow Head, and Queenstown. The City of Paris sailed Saturday December 17 and landed passengers in Queenstown to reach London for Christmas.
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Paris
New York Harbor
Brow Head
Inman
Queenstown
Cunard
Etruria
City of Paris
Liverpool
Cunard Line
New York
England
London
City of
Kinsale
Cork Garber
Hains
Kinsale Head
City of Paris and Etruria Race Opens Across Atlantic
Maritime observers note a winter race between the City of Paris and the Etruria. The City of Paris leads at times but engine trouble on the Paris slows her and the Etruria gains, with daily runs listed and the final times showing the Paris losing to the Etruria by clear margins as weather and machinery affect speed.
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Etruria
Leeward
Hains
Paris
Aris
Oc. of
Sally Cate
Ieee
Sick Licorice For Years The Standard Of Excellence
fragmentary ad notes TY and druggists promoting sick licorice as a long standing standard of excellence with unclear context and missing details.
Saloon Keeper Fells Burglar in Self Defense
Chicago December 24. Michael Birnbeck a saloon keeper at 2010 Archer avenue woke at 1 80 o'clock to intruders rifling the bar He fired twice wounding Michael Owens who had just been released from Bridewell The second burglar died at once and was later identified as a possible Nick Saminzen Owens was arrested A coroner's jury exonerated Birnbeck from blame.
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Chicago
Michael Birnbeck
Archer Avenue
Birnbeck
Michael Owens
Bridewell
Nick Saminzen
Owens
Dr Mc Glynn Reinstatement Reported by Archbishop Corrigan
Archbishop Corrigan announces Dr Mc Glynn’s return to church communion and says he will express thanks to Delegate Apostolic for his good offices at an appropriate time. A reporter questions whether Dr Leon will be reassigned to St Stephen’s, but the Archbishop declines further comment.
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New York
Corrigan
Leon
St. Stephen's
Mother and Child Found Dead in Bed
In Paterson on December 24 Mrs. Alice Faulkner a 40 year old servant at Mrs. Drews boarding house and her 12 year old daughter Florence were found dead in bed. Authorities believe the mother choked the child then self strangled due to despondency. Mrs. Faulkner had recently been deserted by her husband a soldier in the British army whose release she bought with savings from her mill wages.
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Paterson
Alice Faulkner
Four Die By Gas At Baltimore Aged Home
Four colored residents, two women named Fannie Ward and Marla Jones, were found dead in their rooms at the Colored Home for the Aged in Baltimore. Officials report coal gas asphyxia with signs of a struggle on Ward. Two colored children also perished in the incident.
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Baltimore
Colored Home For the
Fannie Ward
Marla Jones
Boy Held for Murder After Coroner Inquiry
Coroner Ashbridge held an inquiry into the death of Isaac Berkman a clothing dealer of 723 Bainbridge Street who died at Pennsylvania Hospital from head injuries incurred when a rock was thrown at him by a boy named Michael Duffy Duffy was identified by witnesses as the assailant and is held to await grand jury action.
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Ashbridge
Isaac Berkman
Bainbridge Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
Rick
Michael Duffy
Duffy
Actress Marie Wainwright Denies Marriage Rumor
In Scranton on December 24 Marie Wainwright states she knows nothing about reports of former husband Louis James marrying Alphie Hendricks and will not comment on any divorce status, refusing further questions.
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Scranton
Marie Wainwright
Louis James
Alphie Hendricks
Fees Belong to the County in Camden Case
Supreme Court Justice Garrison ruled on Camden County clerks fees, ending a five to six year dispute. Ex clerk Hollingshead must surrender about 1470 dollars. Burroughs and present Clerk Barber face much larger repayments to the county as fees were retained beyond salary.
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Camden County
Supreme Court
Garrison
Joseph Hollingshead
Hollingshead
Edward Burroughs
Burroughs
Justice Garrison
Robert L. Barber
Barber
Berlin store fire in Brooklyn leaves three hundred workers shaken
A major blaze at the Berlin dry goods and nation house on Myrtle Avenue and Broadway broke out before 9 am. The five story brick building housed about three hundred employees across floors and burned rapidly, with the fire brigade guarding adjacent properties. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars, insured in full.
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New York
Brooklyn
Nation House
Myrtle Avenue
Broadway
Berlin
Fire robs eldest rogers matriarch in Quincy Street blaze
A three story brick dwelling at No. 3 Quincy Street in New York burned at 7 am. Chester M. Rogers and family escaped after smoke and flames blocked routes but Mrs Elizabeth Rogers 87 was trapped in a second floor room and died she was roasted to death.
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New York
Quincy Street
Chester M. Rogers
Elizabeth Rogers
Salamanca Arrives After 128 Day Voyage
The Salamanca arrives from San Francisco to cheers in shipping circles. Captain Martin reports excellent weather round the Horn, with a northwest storm off Hatteras and extreme cold but no damage. Captain Smith’s British eee reaches port after 12 days from Swansea amid Atlantic storms. A hurricane off Sable Island tests the ship, yet it performs nobly. The saloon is decorated for Christmas by Chief Ena Thomson. everyone is welcome aboard.
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Salamanca
San Francisco
Martin
Hatteras
Smith
Swansea
Sable Island
Ena Thomson
Jack Ramsey Sentenced in Cooley Gang Case
Special Telegram to The Times reports Jack Ramsey received a nineteen year penitentiary sentence after denying involvement in the Prinkey and Dils robberies. The Cooley gang members David and Martin were given five and a half and three year terms respectively amid a large crowd in UnitoxTown.
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Unitoxtown
Jack Ramsey
Cooley
Fairdance
McCormick
Ramsey
Colonel Searight
Ewing
Prinkey
Dils
Some
Woman Fatally Struck by Express Train in City
Sarah Kennedy aged 62 of 1310 North Front street was killed yesterday afternoon when an express train on the North Penn Railroad struck her at Fifth and Butler streets. She had visited Cathedral Cemetery to place a wreath on a relative’s grave and was returning home when she was struck. Her son William identified the body at the morgue after inquiries about her prolonged absence.
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Sarah Kennedy
North Front Street
North Penn Railroad
Fifth and
Butler Streets
Desperate editor assaults subscriber over debt
Ignatz Schaminsky editor of the Polish Patriot, on 961 South Front street, demanded payment with a pet at the head. Catherine Federowitcz defended herself as Schaminsky struck and kicked her before police arrested him. Magistrate Ladner set bail at $500.
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Ignatz Schaminsky
South Front Street
Catherine Féderowitcz
Mr. Cleveland Presented With a Cane
President elect Cleveland received a gold headed cane from Father Kessel State Senator Roesch and Henry W Wolf at his home in New York as a token from a church fair for the most popular presidential candidate.
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New York
Father Kessel
Church of the Holy Redeemer
George F. Roesch
Henry W. Wolf
Cleveland
Two Coal Train Engines Crash Near Potts Town
Reading December 24 A Pennsylvan ia Railroad collision at Bramcote near Potts town damaged two locomotives wrecked cars delayed passenger traffic. Passengers bound south moved to the Beating fite in Reading. Brakeman Charles McDermott slightly injured as wrecking crews worked to clear tracks.
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Reading
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bramcote
Pottstown
Fite
Charles McDermott
Movements of Ocean Steamers and Atlantic Schedules
Ship movements list multiple sailings and arrivals assigning routes between Baltimore Philadelphia New York Bre men Swansea Hamburg Rotterdam Bremen Leith Swin emunde and Antwerp including ships such as P Caland James Turpie Memnon Gluckauf Nomadic and Penn land with cargo notes and Christmas cigar boxes from dealers.
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Philadelphia
James Turpie
Algiers
Baltimore
Ohio
Rotterdam
Stuttgart
Bremen
Tancarville
Shields
Memnon
Swansea
Pata
Barrowmore
Liverpool
New York
Trave
Lin Hipaheoot Antone
Gluckauf
Swinemunde
Ndoo
Hull
Nomadic
Principia
Leith
Suevia
Hamburg
Spaarndam
Copenhagen
Pennland
Antwerp
Montezuma
London
la Gasocogne
Od Master City
Corean
Glasgo
Coya
Ee Eens
Ice and Winds Impede Ferry Traffic
Ice formed in ferry slips and the river ran extremely low due to strong winds over several days, significantly hindering ferry traffic yesterday.
Carlisle Almshouse Inmates Fed for Christmas Dinner
Seventy eight inmates at Carlisle Almshouse were served a Christmas turkey dinner. John Hertsler, 72, a retired farmer, died at his Carlisle home after a brief illness lasting several weeks.
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Carlisle Almshouse
John Hertsler
Parmer
Carlisle
Millers of Berks County Resist Brua Patent Claims
James M. High chaired a Berks millers meeting with about fifty representatives at the Berks County House. They resolved to contest Brua patent claims on the roller mill concept now alleged to be used illegally by many mills. suits have already been filed against ten millers, and the claim will be contested.
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Tax Times
Reading
James M. High
Berks County
Berke County House
We County
President seeks data on freights from Canadian Pacific Railroad
Washington December 24 The President has asked executive departments for information in their possession about freights entering the United States via the Canadian Pacific Railroad. This inquiry follows prior signals from the Treasury Department and aims to clarify discriminatory practices affecting states.
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Washington
Executive Departments
United States
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Treasury Department
Terrible Coal Train Collision in Schuylkill Valley
Special telegram from Bradford reports a Erie coal train split on a steep grade near Hutchins. Flagman J A Houseknecht and brakeman J O Connor were discussing the first crash when a second collision trapped them. both men burned to death, Connor 20 and Houseknecht 28, leaving a widow and child.
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Bradford
Erie
Hutchins
J. A. Houseknecht
Houseknecht
J. O'Connor
O'Connor
O’connor
Coal Cars In Collision On Schuylkill Valley Line
A west bound empty coal train and an east bound loaded coal train collided on the Schuylkill Valley branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad near the borough. Crews jumped to escape. brake man Charles McDermott of Mt. Carbon was seriously injured after being pinned between cars. Several coal cars burned. both locomotives and nine cars were badly demolished. Wreck blamed on misreading orders.
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Portrtstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Schuylkill Valley
Charles McDermott
Mt. Carbon
Smash-Up on the Rails at Burlington
A Mount Holly passenger train bound for Burlington collided with a freight train at a junction. The freight engine reportedly ran a red signal and struck the Mount Holly train, tipping the smoking car onto its side and injuring several passengers including members of the Country Cousins troupe who had performed in Mount Holly last night. None were seriously injured.
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Burlington
Mount Holly
Country Cousins Theatrical Company
York
Cincinnati Embezzlement Suspect Surrenders on Bail
John C. McCourt, former Louisville and Nashville freight office agent in Cincinnati, faced arrest warrants for embezzlement. He surrendered voluntarily in Cincinnati, posted $10,000 bail with Maxwell Mulvihill and Albert Bechtel as sureties, and protested that no proofs exist against him linking to any forged due bills.
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Cincinnati
John C. Mel Court
Louisville and Nashville
Kentucky
Thomas J. Mulvihill
Albert Bechtel
McCourt
Destitute Newark Family Found In Cold Shack
Four small children in rags were discovered with their drunk mother in a makeshift wooden house in Newark. The eight year old is the oldest, they had no food and only a small wood fire for warmth as cold wind entered through open gaps. The case drew police attention this morning.
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Newark
Brandes
Pole worker dies after railroad accident near Phenixville Iron Works
Lewis Schwetwisky a young Polish resident of Phoenixville was severely injured when struck by an engine near Phenixville Iron Works. He died at Powelton Avenue station while being moved to Presbyterian Hospital after receiving his pay and preparing to cross the tracks.
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Lewis Schwetwisky
Phoenixville
Phenixville Iron Works
Presbyterian Hospital
Powelton Avenue
Schwetwisky
Embezzlement Charge Kept For Dec 30 Hearing
Magistrate Ladner held Samuel Spahn of 530 Wood Street in $500 bail for a further hearing on December 30 on embezzlement charges. Spahn, a driver for Cones Zorn tobacconist at 524 Marketta, allegedly collected 75 dollars and did not return it.
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Ladner
Samuel Spahn
Wood Street
Spahn
Cones. Zorn
Marketta
Christmas Program at McMichael School Impresses Directors
A Christmas entertainment was presented last evening at the Morton McMichael School by over 200 pupils. Miss Abernethy the principal oversaw the exercises, and a strong attendance of school directors was reported.
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Morton McMichael School
FAIR Forecast and port news in brief
The Saturday weather for Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey calls for fair conditions with light west winds. Port activity reports 169 vessels loading at the port currently. A certified copy of the will of Heory Keen of London was filed with the Register of Wills. The Post Office closes after 10 a m Monday with three collections and one delivery planned that day. James Kelly of Tasker Street suffered a fall and was taken to a hospital. Fine Candies and Chocolates for wholesale, George Miller & Son, 235-267 Bourh Third Se.
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Heory Keen
London
Register of Wills
Den
James Kelly
Tasker Street
George Miller & Son
Bourh Third Se
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