Philadelphia Gains Two More Congressmen in Quay Machine Plan
A secret Harrisburg meeting of the Congressional Apportionment Committee proposes adding two Philadelphia seats, boosting the Quay machine's ward control. The plan redraws districts across five divisions, separating Senator Martin from his ally Hackett and moving influence to Quayites in wards 7, 13, 14, 17, 19, 36, 39 and beyond, with district populations ranging from about 177,677 to 197,205.
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David H. Lane
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David 8. Scott
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Vare Brothers
Hugh Black
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Clemin
Meyers Brothers
McNichol
Port
C. Wesley Thomas
Crow
George Sterr, Jr
Peter E. Smith
Berkelbach
James’ Rankin Young
Natives Aid Americans Amid Mindoro Uprisings
Reports from Batangas indicate Mindoro natives rose against insurgents killing the insurgent Governor. The Mindoro event follows ongoing surrenders and skirmishes in Southern Luzon with no American casualties. The Bataan Federal party warned insurgents to cease within a week or locals will help capture them as provincial government bills advance.
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Batangas
Mindoro
Federal Party
Bataan
Oran
Luzon
MacArthur
Kline's Varied Untruths Unraveled in Bail Case
John Kline, held on 800 bail for impersonating a newspaper reporter and obtaining money under false pretenses, proved not employed at Neaffie Levy shipyard as claimed. He asserted being an engineer at Kensington shipbuilding, but Kensington's records show no John Kiline. City Hall officials continue background checks on Kline.
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John Kline
Harrison
Neaffie & Levy
Kline
Kensington
John Kiline
Methodist Ministers Endorse Expelling Friars in Philippines
Wesley Hall ministers approve a committee report urging the banishment of friars from the Philippines. They draft a petition to President McKinley and Secretary Root and vote to support expulsion to ensure a nonsectarian school and separation of church and state.
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Philippines
McKinley
War Root
King
Adamson
T. B. Neely
United States
Thomas
Kynett
Boat Builders Brave Storm On Gov Survey Craft
A small government boat built at John M. Rogers Boat Works in Gloucester was launched for a trial run with machinists William Pfeitz Eugene McCarthy and James Somerset and two government workers on board. A rising gale and tide left them stranded in icy seas for five hours until a police boat from Philadelphia, after being alerted by telegram, rescued them and brought them safely to a wharf.
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Gloucester
John M. Rogers
Monmouth Street
William Pfeitz
Eugene McCarthy
James Somerset
Philadelphia
Receivers Appointed for Rogers Locomotive Co
Two receivers were appointed by Vice Chancellor Emery in Jersey City to wind up the Rogers Locomotive Company. William Barbour and John C. Pennington were named receivers, with orders to proceed to dispose of the plant without delay.
Telegraphic Brevities From The Era
Snow totals and scattered notices fill brief dispatches. Detroit reports ten inches of snow with sparse detail on local impacts. A Kansas railroad declares a semi annual dividend at four percent on preferred and common shares. A Wisconsin quarantine case is released from isolation hospital. Japanese oil interests organize to develop wells amid industry pressure. A San Francisco bound ship from Baltimore reports damage after a gale with upper masts carried away.
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Aes Ae Anid
Ess Wis
Areeetes Aata
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Che Tan Ard Oi
Batk
San Francisco
Baltimore
Lea Captured After a Fight and Long Chase
Camden citizen John B. Fine pursued and captured Robert Lea, a suspected murderer, after a fierce chase from the Market Street ferry to Front Street. Constable Vare, aided by Fine and Constable Hartman, secured Lea and escorted him to the patrol house before he was jailed. Four suspects remain under arrest as the coroner’s inquest is postponed.
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Washington Hunter
Riverside
John B. Fine
Front
Market Streets
Camden
Justice Goorlly
Palmyra
Vare
Justice Schmitz
Market Street
Lea
Lee
North Front Street
Front Street
Market
Fine
Po- Meeman Hartman
Fifth
Arch
Hartman
Joshua Franklin
South Fifth Street
John Keough
Frank McClay
Mount Holly
Robert Jenkins
Pennsylvania
British Troops Busy as Four Ambulances Are Captured
Lord Kitchener reports from South Africa that at Moddersfontein two officers were killed and two wounded in a night attack by about 1400 Boers with two guns. Campbell's force repelled 500 Boers with casualties, while four ambulances were captured but doctors released. French drives Boers east near Bethel. DeWet’s force reported south of DeWetsdorp.
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Lord Kitchener
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War Office
Pretoria
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Bethel
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DeWetsdorp
Kitchener
Mystery surrounds Rohrsburg murder of Thomas McHenry
Bloomsburg Pennsylvania February 4. The murder of Thomas McHenry of Rohrsburg remains unsolved and a mystery. Authorities say McHenry was lured from his home and killed by a foe in a private feud. Townspeople refuse to discuss the case, while rumors of a $1000 reward circulate but remain unconfirmed.
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Bloomsburg
Thomas McHenry
Rohrsburg
McHenry
MacHenry
Tom
Nation's Hatchet Brigade Fails To Smash East Sixth Street Joint
Mrs. Nation and six women armed with hatchets confronted the Unique Restaurant in Topeka on February 4. A crowd gathered as a free-for-all erupted. Nation was arrested for disturbing the peace while the planned raid was thwarted.
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Nation
At & O’clock
East Sixth Street
United Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Nation
Mrs Nation Leads Crowd Through Street Turmoil
Mrs Nation remained calm amid chaos as women and boys were knocked down and trampled. She urged restraint and warned, Ladies you are armed, but the crowd failed to heed. She was escorted by two police officers, laughing off the jeers as she walked away.
Hotel Set Ablaze In Wyoming Outbuilding
Fire at Dougher's Hotel in Wyoming was discovered at 2 am. Snow tracks led to an outbuilding where four trunks of household goods were found. Lessees Albert Andrew and William Cisco were arrested and jailed in default of bail on arson charges.
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Wilkesbarre
Dougher’s Hotel
Wyoming
Albert Andrew
William Cisco
Moffatt Dies From Stables Fire Injuries
Alexander Moffatt, a Stewart's stables stableman, died at University Hospital from internal injuries and extensive burns suffered in the Sunday fire at Thirtieth and Chestnut streets. He reportedly woke and attempted to escape but was entangled with panicked horses and overcome. A severely burned horse found on the premises died shortly after at the Veterinary Hospital.
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Alexander Moffatt
Stewart's
Thirtieth
Chestnut Streets
University Hospital
Moffatt
Hosital
Alleged Burglar Pair Arrested After Georgetown Breakin
Detective Hutchins and officers arrested Philip Bradley and George Willis in Seaford after a Georgetown Station break in. Location of the crime and pursuit followed a broken plate glass and a hurried capture. Trials set with White and Lynchey acting as counsel. Willis wounded in a clash over funds, and $310 found on Bradley.
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Hutchins
Delaware Railroad
Philip Bradley
George Willis
Warrington
Seaford
Delaware
Willan Powell
Prince Henry of Prussia Joined British Navy Suite
Brief notes report Prince Henry of Prussia assigned to the British navy alongside the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar recovering from measles. Other items include Tolstoi’s grandson’s death, a Kiel banker fleeing with 300,000, and Russian movements from China.
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Prussia
Saxe Weimar
Leo Tolstoi
Berwardkins
Temle
Kiel
League Seeks Poll Watchers For Upcoming Election
The Municipal League issues an appeal for volunteers to serve as poll watchers on election day. Hector McIntosh notes watchers reduced machine candidate votes at last election. City council members will control appropriations and the SOS. Interested volunteers may report to the League on watchers at 1539 Chestnut Street tomorrow or soon after.
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League On Watchers
Hector McIntosh
Committee On Watchers
League
Chestnut Street
Senatorial Deadlock Persists In Delaware Assembly
Dover February 4, the Joint Assembly enters the fourth week of balloting for two U S Senate seats with two absentees Ralph and West. No election was made today as members debate and vote in hopes of breaking the deadlock.
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Dover
Joint Assembly
Delaware
United States Senate
Gao
Ralph
West
Serious Coasting Accident Details Unclear
Readable portions mention Allan Woods son of Dr. Hiren pets in Baltimore and a very serious coasting incident. The text is garbled with incomplete names and phrases, unclear dates, and missing outcomes.
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Allan Woods
Hiren
Baltimore
Afraid of a Boer Raid Ammunition Stored in Lighters
In Lorenzo Marques on February 4 the volume of surrendered ammunition from Komat Poort has been loaded onto lighters and moored in the bay as precaution against a potential Boer raid.
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Lorenzo Marques
Komatpoort
Alleged Murderer O'Dea Breaks Down in Court
In Wilkes-Barre January or February the accused John O'Dea cried in court as he faced murder charges. His wife and six children wept in the courtroom. He admits shooting Archibald Campbell at the Lehigh Valley Depot last September over a money dispute. defense asserts possible insanity.
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Wikesbarre
John O'Dea
O'Dea
Archibald Campbell
Lehigh Valley
Philadelphia party seeks riverfront boat house site
A group from Philadelphia surveyed the river front around New Castle on February 4 to pick a site for a boat house. They identified several parcels near the bight, within a quarter mile of the trolley line, seeking two acres for a nine room house costing about 2500 dollars.
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Tims
New Castle
Admiral R on fagent and the Brook reaches Hong Kong
A garbled Washington notes summary reports on Admiral R and the Brook arriving at Hong Kong one Sunday. Mentions a contest over moving Port Royal Naval Station to Charleston and various fleet movements in the Atlantic squadron, plus a long string of military and government items from the era.
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Port Royal
Charleston
D. C
Weather forecast for eastern states and western regions
The forecast covers Eastern Pennsylvania Eastern New York New Jersey and Delaware with fair weather Tuesday and Wednesday and a colder Tuesday with diminishing winds. Maryland sees fair and colder Tuesday and Wednesday with diminishing northwesterly winds. Western Pennsylvania and Western New York expect fair and colder Tuesday then Wednesday with brisk winds.
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New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
City News Notes and Court Actions Across Philadelphia
Thieves took sixteen fancy fowls from Richard Campbell of 4248 Orchard Street. Ane Willson and Beitler to hold a License Court session at 2 PM Thursday for transfer applications. Pierson Crawford of Ellsworth Street was jailed on a watch theft charge. An adjudication in the estate of Margaret Riley, who died in December 1897, awarded more than 111,000 dollars to beneficiaries. A barber shop at 2047 North Twelfth Street was robbed of cigars and cash. Ten men arrested Sunday night at the Salvation Army barracks were fined. Multiple injuries and hearings include Kathryn Schofield’s fall on ice, a larceny case against William Wheaton, and a horse kick injuring Michael Healy. Convicts declared insane were moved to Norristown State Hospital. An adjudication in the Roset trust estate fixed principal at 145,398.62 dollars with children receiving shares. Frederick M. Chambers, a boiler maker at Cramps, was badly injured in a machine shop accident at the shipyard.
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Ane Willson
Beitler
Pierson Crawford
Ellsworth S
Es Twenty-first Street
Cunningham
Koch Lung Cure But Failure to Cure Is Claimed
The speaker says two doctors told him he could not be cured and that all breaths caused pain. He describes coughing fits, weakness, and exhaustion worsened by daily activity. He recalls lying awake at night and fearing death before deciding to try a remedy labeled Lung Cure last August.
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Philadelphia
Koch Treatment Claims Cure and Health Certificate
A patient praises Koch treatment saying it cured a terrible disease and provided a health certificate as proof. The testimonial asserts inhalation carries healing oils into the lungs and credits Dr Koch with saving the life, expressing gratitude and strong endorsement.
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Dr. Koch
Perry Clothing Ad Promises Style and Fit at Fair Prices
Readers urged to buy Perry's Clothes at 1520 Chestnut Street for superior style and proper fit. The ad argues cheaper options are a mistake and claims Perry's offers value without compromising quality.
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Perry
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