House Passes Ware Court Bill to create Philadelphia Common Pleas
The Pennsylvania House approved Senator Ware's court proposal creating a new Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia and changing district attorney juror practices known as the Hoy bill. Debate featured warnings about judiciary independence, with votes 119 for and 63 against, showing Quayite-Democratic crossovers. The measure advances to the Senate for concurrence.
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House of Representatives
Court of Common Pleas
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Ware
Skeler
Columbia County
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Taylor
Bradford
Savage
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Abrams
Messrs. Burke
Luzerne
Cotter
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Drase
Hoch
Reiff
Berks
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Schutt
York
Fisher
Northumberland
Galvin
Guenther and Haag
Schuylkill
Clarion
Maloney
Venango
Manning
Cumberland
Rothrock
Mifflin
Squier
Wyoming
Young
Clinton
Prins Essin Victoria Luise Arrives at St Thomas on West Indian Cruise
The Hamburg American cruiser Prins Essin Victoria Luise docked at St Thomas in the Danish West Indies yesterday on a West Indian cruise. All aboard reported well. Separately a French assembly bill was adopted after brief debate. Royal and naval news include Prince Henry of Prussia being named honorary vice admiral and Queen Victoria's rooms remaining unoccupied. A northern France storm and Cherbourg wrecks are noted, along with bubonic plague in Reunion.
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Danish West Indies
France
Cherbourg
Reunion
Prince Henry of
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Baden
Portsmouth
Queen Victoria
Osborne House
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Youtsey Sentenced to Life in Goebel Case
Henry E. Youtsey once Governor Taylor’s stenographer and convicted principal in the Goebel shooting was arraigned before Judge Cantrill and given a life term. He proclaimed innocence as the sentence was read and announced no appeal. He will be sent to the State’s Prison shortly.
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Henry E. Youtsey
Taylor
William Goebel
Cantrill
Youtsey
Red hat for Martinelli in coming cardinalate
Rome press reports Archbishop Martinelli the apostolic delegate in the United States will be created a cardinal. The Temps correspondent notes that eight to ten new cardinals will be named at the forthcoming consistory and further letters are to be issued.
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United States
Fatal Hotel Fire Leaps and Losses in Binghamton
Fire destroys the Exposition Hotel in Binghamton New York injuring and killing several occupants. Two men died and three were seriously hurt as residents jumped from second and third story windows. Monetray loss is estimated at ten thousand dollars.
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Exposition Hotel
Train Service Adds Pullman Comfort to Florida Route
Seaboard Air Line Railway advertises Florida and Metropolitan Limited leaving Broad Street Station at 38.20 P. M. daily. The solid train offers service to Southern Pines Pinehurst Camden Savannah Jacksonville and St. Augustine with Pullman equipment.
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Savannah
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
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Nation Crusade Hits Topeka Saloon Senate
Carrie Nation and three followers smashed the Senate saloon in Topeka causing about 1500 damage. Police arrested the proprietor Michael Wagner and guards, while Nation was briefly jailed and released. Deputies later seized stock as crowds gathered and souvenirs were sold from broken glass. Nation appealed to students to smash saloon windows.
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Cooke
Shipping Bill In Steam Ahead As Supporters Claim Pass
Republican supporters of the shipping bill in Washington say the measure will pass after tonight's sessions and speeches end. Opponents insist they can defeat it, noting they oppose the bill's riders but will debate the shipping bill at length.
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Friends of Shipping Bill
Washington
Standard Oil declares 20 percent dividend payable March 15
Special Telegram from New York reports the Standard Oil Company declares a 20 percent dividend at 68 percent since March 1, 1900, with $68,000,000 to be distributed to stockholders in 1 year 15 days. John D. Rockefeller would receive about $21,080,000, over $855,000 daily.
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New York
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Standard Olthus
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Rockefeller
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Bickefeller
Prisoner Hangs Self After Escape Attempt
James McTome, a three months' jail inmate, attempted suicide by head impact against a cell door yesterday. He succeeded today by hanging himself from a bed post in his cell at York. authorities report the inmate died in custody.
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York
James McTome
Boy Dies In Kitchen Fire After Lamp Tip
In Shamokin on February 5 3 year old Irvin Russel tugged a tablecloth tipping a kerosene lamp. Flames ignited his clothing and he died from the burns suffered in the incident reported during his mother's absence in the home.
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Shamokin
Irvin Russel
Queen Victoria's Will Points to King Edward Net Beneficiary
London February 5 The latest rumor on Queen Victoria's will suggests 140000 pounds to the Duke of Connaught Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein Princess Beatrice and others with liberal legacies to the Duchess of Albany and several grandchildren. The bulk goes to King Edward Balmoral and Osborne House are left to the King while two Osborne houses go to Princess Beatrice.
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Victoria
Duke of Connaught
Christian
Schleswig- Holstein
Louisé
Beatrice
Duchess of Albany
Edward
Balmoral
Osborne House
Osborne
Storm Delays Rail Service Across Northern New York
A fierce wind and snow storm roars through Worherm New York and the Adirondacks. Rail traffic is hours late on all routes with the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain division reporting no through trains since last night. Snow drifts and extreme cold persist after seventy four days of continuous sleighing this season.
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Worherm New York
Adirondacks
Ogdensburg
Lake Champlain
Rutland Road
Telegraphic Brevities from Across the Nation
A jumbled telegraphic brief notes fires destroying offices and mail, crimes and trials in several cities, officials and dignitaries traveling, lawsuits and wills contested, and criminal cases including a farmer Colvin jailed in Rathbone, N Y, on a charge of criminal assault.
Carbolic acid tragedy shocks Fox Chase family
Squire Gatz finds Bertha Fox 26 and her two children near death from carbolic acid. The husband John Fox, drunk, is jailed as authorities probe whether the mother attempted murder or a fatal self harm act. Childs body is found in crib, one baby dies. Inquest planned for today.
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Fox Chase
Bertha Fox
John
Jewish Hospital
Montgomery County
Norristown
Lake Avenue
Stabbed to Death in Fight Between Hungarians and Italians
In a late afternoon clash between Hungarians and Italians, Andrew Clemand was fatally stabbed while Andrew Rubin was severely wounded by a gunshot to the head. Rubin was taken to Allentown Hospital. No arrests have been reported. Clemand leaves a wife and three children. Rubin has a wife abroad.
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Andrew Rubin
Allentown Hospital
Old Country
Kaiser Honors Roberts With Highest German Decoration
London reports Emperor William has conferred Earl Roberts the Order of the Black Eagle, the highest German decoration, in praise of his leadership.
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Mystery Seeker Traces Childhood Shadow in Chicago
Eugene Gowell has spent fifteen years pursuing a childhood mystery. He is in Chicago and plans to travel to Philadelphia to study the Charney Ross kidnapping case, hoping to prove whether he is the missing Ross and to lift the long standing cloud around his identity.
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Eugene Gowell
Philadelphia
Charney Ross
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Votes for the Favorites at Pan-American Exposition Drive Entries
Hundreds of votes pour into The Times office from Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware and New Jersey as locals nominate teachers and pupils to represent at the Pan-American Exposition and Niagara Falls. The five-day prize features twenty winners touring the fair at no cost under Tom Timms' representatives. The contest runs through July 15 inviting more support.
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Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Niagara Falls
Times
Niagara
Tom Timms
Philadelphia
Duke of Cornwall Improves as He Recovers in London
February 5 report states the Duke of Cornwall and York shows satisfactory progress toward recovery in London. vervoer
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London
York
Oulina Beneficial Ball Invitation and City Notes
Town notes report the annual ball of the Oulina Beneficial Club with officers listed. A pensioners' meeting includes a paper on The Beat Ferns for Commercial Use. A Mary L. Sutton, 86, sustained severe facial injuries after slipping on ice and is hospitalized. Dispensaries at Polyclinic treated 7,229 cases in January. 348 in receiving ward and 79 admitted to wards. A man was injured by a hit and run and police promotions and court actions are noted. Orphans Court delays will delay will dispute ruling. Public lectures at University feature Elizabethan Theatre. Several local figures and committees are mentioned in social and charitable contexts.
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Philadelphia
Northumberland County
Bedford
Francis Shunk Brown
Caldwell
Marshall
Speaker
Representative Orr
Seventh Ward
Frank Brown
Magraw
Deaths of the Day Highlight Widowed Pastor and Hartford Editor
Mrs. Samuel Wolcott 79, widow of Rev. Dr. Samuel Wolcott who served in Providence Chicago and Cleveland. mother of Senator BE. 0. Wolcott of Colorado, died in Long Meadow Massachusetts yesterday. Frank L. Burr 73, longtime Hartford Times editor for nearly five decades, died yesterday in Hartford Connecticut after pneumonia. Captain Russell Blakely of St. Paul pioneer in Upper Mississippi boating and Hudson Bay Trading Company N navigation schemes, died yesterday at Sa years old.
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Overcoat Store Promises Biggest Winter Season Ever
The Ulster shop touts a record winter season with durable all wool Ulsters priced from 8.50 to 20 dollars. Shoppers urged to keep a cool head while deciding where to buy their warm coat this month, as sales peak.
Price Cut Overcoats and Suits in Special Sale
A local sale offers limited overcoats and suits with many styles marked down. Irish Frieze and Dark Oxford coats reduced from 22 to 15 and 18 to 12 respectively, Black Cheviot to 7.50, Light Oxford to 10, Oxford London to 20, Custom Overcoats from 25 to 25, plus boys and young men options and suits down to 6.50.
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Oxford London
Ten Days Overcoat Blowout at Perry & Co
Sensa ten days sale offers 1200 overcoats across 14 to 41 lots at half to full reductions. Styles include box coats great coats raglans paddocks and plain overcoats in American and foreign makes. Prices drop from five to twenty dollars with alterations charged.
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