Ruin and Flames Mark Vermont Rail Disaster Toll
A Vermont rail accident near White River Junction leaves thirty three dead and many injured. Rescue workers search the frozen river as flames trap travelers in burning cars. Conductor Sturtevant and several passengers perish. many bodies are burned beyond recognition.
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Wire River
Jaxerton
Andrew Bean
Boston and Lowell Railroad
Pilgrim
Boston
Barrett
Connecticut River Railroad
St. Albans
Springfield
Passumpsic
Sturtevant
Death toll at White River Junction wreck climbs as bodies recovered
Rescue teams pulled five more bodies from the train wreck site at White River Junction Vermont. Doctors Grinnell and Bingham counted twenty seven recovered earlier. combined with today’s bodies the total reached thirty two. Officials say about eighty two aboard were accounted for or under care, with nine remaining on the train and four unaccounted for. Cold weather and scarce housing heighten suffering as investigators safeguard evidence and identify victims.
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Wahire River Jounchon
Fuller
Bureau of Information
Henry E. Tinker
White River Junction
Vermont
Ats
Wreck Scene Struck by Severe Weather and Ice Melt
In New Pasland, hundreds search for friends as wreck investigators toil at the scene. Work paused at night due to harsh conditions and resumed at dawn. The water is shallow about six feet deep with slight current and ice four to fourteen inches thick. Cars collapsed into the water. heat from the fire melted the ice, leaving few identifying personal effects.
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New Pasland
Engineer Not to Blame in Wreck Rescue Efforts
Reports from the wreck detail engineer Charles H. Mieree, 68, praised for slowing to fifteen to twenty miles an hour before the crash while crossing a bridge. Fireman Thresher aided passengers. Survivors include Andrew Wheeler, 28, with injuries. Joseph Macgue with multiple fractures. McCarthy's account notes a bent rail twenty rods from the bridge. Bodies identified include Pullman Car Conductor Burgess and F. L. Wesson Jr. A letter in Wesson’s pocket suggests Charles Sanford may be among the lost.
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Charles H. Mieree
Hla Place
Thresher
St. Albans
Pierce
Andrew Wheeler
Derby Flonase
Fitchburg
Montreal
Joseph Macgue
McCarthy
Pingree
Pullman
Burgess
Is Clothing and Watch
F. L. Wesson
Springfield
C.W. Sanford
Moxie Nerve Food Company
Washington, D. C
Chas
Charles W. Sanford
L. C. Chase & Co
Farewell My Son in the Burning Wreck
Joseph Maignet, a French Canadian boy from Shnewigan, Canada, escapes a burning rail wreck as his father David Maignet perishes beneath a collapsing car. The boy finds his father, who urges him to flee and promises to meet him in the other world. The flames engulf the scene while the boy escapes to safety.
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Warre River Junction
Joseph Maignet
Shnewigan
Canada
David Maignet
Holyoke
Joseph
Manning Condition Report Deemed No Impairment by Friends
Manton Marble, visiting Secretary Manning in Washington, says reports of Manning’s ill health are unfounded. He notes Manning can sign warrants and papers daily, continues to work at the Treasury, and that his health is improving since last autumn despite a demanding role.
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Washington
Manton Marble
Manning
New York
Treasury Department
Barlow
Pasteur
France
Tilden
Democratic Party
Inurope
Greystone
Busy Freight Handlers at Perth Amboy Shake Striker Ranks
On February 6 Perth Amboy crews worked all night unloading rail cars for Lehigh Valley and South Amboy. A new gang unloaded 2000 tons of bituminous coal today. New hard coal dock workers for Pennsylvania Railroad are expected to start tomorrow. Striker delegates from Knights of Labor plan to visit Governor Green in Trenton.
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Perth Amboy
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Knights of Labor
South Amboy
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Port Richmond Knights Draw Leaders for Possible Strike
Port Richmonds Knights sketch Master Workman John Kelly and his lieutenants who would lead a mass action. The Reading Railroad coal handlers, based along Pier 17 to Pier 19, are portrayed as skilled stewards of labor, while Kelly and his arbitration board set the tone for possible strike action if concessions are not granted.
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Port Richmond
Reading Railroad
Delaware
Marster Workman Kelly
John Kelly
Jack Kelly
Apollo
Kelly
Salmon
Huntingdon Street
Road
Fifth and
Chestnut Streets
Ishinee de Shoe
Bootblack
Mike Sweeney
Pier 19
Neff Street
Edward Toner
Toner
Ing
Edmund M. Butler
Assembly
Reading Company
Pier
Mullen Street
John Grady
Reading
Grady i
Erin
East Thompson Street
Bernard Sharkey
Arbitration Board
Billy McFadden
Huntingdon
Richmond
William Street
Bev
Shdao
Abram Street
Ward Tower
Mr. Kelly
Bhall
Workman Kelly
Tie
Pottagille
New York
Ember Shannon
Pottsville
Keighta
Sheenee Railond
Tle
Knights of Labor
Fort Hiedmond
Sunday Port Richmond Set for Possible Reading Strike
News of a potential coal handlers strike at Port Richmond circulated amid Sunday quiet. District Assembly 6,285 leaders sought Master Workman Kelly's return, with reports of his meetings in Pottsville and New York. Keily was seen two hours before noon with boots covered.
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Port Richmond
District Assembly
Kelly
Pottsville
Reading Road
New York
North River
Workman
Powderly
South
Keily
Garment Cutters Meet Over Arbitration After Lockout
Local labor notes report a 9 A M meeting of garment cutters to discuss the lockout and potential arbitration. A committee member doubts manufacturers’ proposals will be accepted but hopes for an amicable solution. Executive Board will review all lockout details tomorrow. Also covered are United Labor Party mass meetings in Philadelphia, ticket initiatives, and the Brickmakers' wage scale for the coming year, listing numerous job titles and daily rates.
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District Assembly
United Labor Party
Horticultural Hall
Henry George
Frankford Opera House
Yallowbill Street
Market Street
Philadelphia
Wheeling Cay
Allin
Earthquakes Rattle Indiana and Illinois Towns
A Terre Haute report details two severe morning shocks about 4:56 local time with eastern to western force, rattling windows and swaying chandeliers. At Rose Polytechnic Institute the seismoscope logs the event as the second earthquake recorded there, with ten seconds of shaking and an intensity around two to three. Springfield and other Illinois towns report similar rumbling sounds and vibrations, with five or three shocks spanning about 15 to 20 seconds and no damage reported.
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Curcaco
Terre Haute
Ind
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Mendenhall
Washington
Charleston
Evansville
Springfield
Centralia
Hillsboro
Illinois
Ill
Advice to business men. Christ as a partner in business
Waldo Messaros urged businessmen last night to make Christ a partner in all ventures. He cited Romans twelve and said foresight, exactitude, caution, industry and integrity matter, but fervent spirit is essential to avoid failure. A Christian business must mix faith with practical honesty.
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Waldo Messaros
Christ
Eighteenth Ward Club Endorses Phillips and Kelly for City Office
A large meeting of the Eighteenth Ward Club of the United Labor party in Mutual Hall Richmond and Neff Streets endorsed Thomas Phillips for Mayor and John Kelly for Common Council. Kelly had recently been a Republican nominee, then an Independent Republican after a split, and now runs as the citizens' candidate.
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Phillips
Kelly
United Labor Party
Mutual Hall
Richmond
Neff
Thomas Phillips
John Kelly
Citizens
Plenty of Work for Congress This Week in Senate
A draft of the week ahead shows the Senate set to take up bills on a Bads ship railway charter and the Nicaragua Canal, with measures for coast defenses, army and navy ordnance funding, and back pay for pensions. Debates over railroad investigations and federal spending loom amid scheduled eulogies for Senator Logan and House suspensions.
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Wasitmoron
Senate
Hawley
Navy
Bonater Cameron
Dolph
Committee On
Watervilet Arsenal
Weat Troy
N. Y
Navy Yard
Washington
Army
Ingalla
Hoar
Judiciary Committee
House
Nator Plum
Logan
Bayne
Pennsylvania
Committee On Foreign Affaira. Ie
Weaver
Lowa
Secretary of the Treasury
Hig
Graham Beats OBrien In Bloody Sunday Prize Fight
In New York on February 6 Terry O'Brien and Billy Graham fought a 25 minute 44 second heavy weight bout. Graham 26 160 pounds 5 7 with Johnny Farrell in his corner dominated early and finished strong to win on points after O'Brien showed courage and carried blood from a mouth injury.
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New York
Flushing
Terry O'Brien
Billy Graham
Graham
Johnny Farrell
O’brien
Tommy Danforth
O'Brien
Ike
O’brien Ree
Danforth
Chareeton
Brutal attempt on wife in Jefferson Street home
Joseph Joyce cut his wife Agnes Joyce’s throat in a rear room at 216 Jefferson Street. Their two children and an imbecile daughter witnessed little. Neighbors found the injured woman who was taken to St Mary’s Hospital where the wound was deemed not fatal. Joyce was drunk and taken to the Tenth district station.
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Joseph Joyce
Agnes
Jefferson Street
Kienasy Toone Old
St. Mary's Hospital
Alster
Joyce
Tenth District
No Talk of Strike at Pottsville
Pottsville February 6 The Railroaders' Assembly Knights of Labor held its regular monthly meeting with full attendance. Rumors of a general strike by Reading railroad employees were denied by reliable sources as unfounded and local to Pottsville. Master Workman Kelley was absent and no dole piles were present along the line.
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Pottsville
Teading
Imuinie
Shutting Out Canada and Manning’s Embassy Reply
Secretary Manning sends a formal reply to Perry Belmont detailing U S fishing and commercial rights in Canadian ports under historic treaties and proposes a firm response to Canada and Britain. He critiques the 1856 Canadian act and outlines the potential to suspend comity, while urging clarity in the Senate bill and presenting a draft bill to shut Dominion trade if rights are denied.
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Washinton
Manning
Perry Belmont
Hones
House
Senate
United States
Canadian
Great Britain
England
Mr. Manning
London
Congress
North America
Dominion of
Canada
North American
North Atlantic
Dominion of Canada
Island of
Newfoundland
Strike Idles Over 1200 at Shenango Valley Furnaces
Over 1,200 men idle in Shenango Valley as furnace strike for higher wages at Sharon and West Middlesex halts operations. Pha mix Glass Works Phillipsburg suspends 400 to 500 jobs indefinitely. No disorder but New York strike blocks shipments. Beading Railroad to use soft coal on freight locomotives due to anthracite shortage. five tons of soft coal per locomotive with heavy trains from Pottsville to Philadelphia.
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Shenango Valley
Sharon
West Middlesex
Pha@mix Glass
Phillipsbur
New York
Beating Railroad Company
Wootten Patrole
Pottsville
Philadel- Pp
Democrats to Try Unseating Republican Hawkine in Second Cumberland
New Jersey politics heat up as Democrats plan to unseat Republican Hawkine from the Second Cumberland district this week to commandeer 41 votes in the joint meeting. Reported frauds, including non-resident voting, could shift control, with Madden poised to claim the seat if the evidence holds. Congress committee actions and looming contested elections across Mercer and Camden counties set a tense stage for the senatorial battle.
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Trenton
Trogele
Hawkine
Cumberland
Baird
Tlankina
Heaven and Earth
Merceree
Walter
Haines-Turley
Camden County
Connsel
McDermott
Turley
Locksmith
Chambley
Camden
Centre Township
Chambly
Blalf
Erastus KK
Potter
Morris County
Prohibition Sermon on The Temperance Question 1887
Rev. Dr. David Wills of North Tenth Street Presbyterian Church preached on the high license issue and temperance in 1887. He praised the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union but warned against denouncing people, noting that even opponents may use wine for stomach issues and urging unity to overcome the foe of prohibition. He questioned Maine’s long term success and the evasion of laws.
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Wills
North Tenth Street Presbyterian Church
Tenth Street
Girard Avenue
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Friends of Temperance
America
Maine
Verdi's Otello Receives Widespread Acclaim in Milan
The popular verdict on Verdi's Otello at Teatro della Scala is highly favorable. The first, second, and fourth acts drew storms of applause, while the entire work left a powerful impression. Verdi was cheered and feted, Maurel Tamagno and Pantaleoni shared honors, and a brilliant audience packed the house and streets.
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Milan
Otello
Theatre Della Scala
Verdi
Signor Maurel
Jago
Tamagno
Signora Pantaleoni
Desdemona
Inmate at Blockley Falls to Death by Own Action
Joseph Richardson a 35 year old demented man from Virginia leaped from a third-story fire escape at Blockley Hospital yesterday. He had earlier tried to drown himself in the Delaware river at Christian Street wharf but was rescued. He showed temporary insanity and violence when unfixed in mind. He died from a compound skull fracture. a coroner’s inquest is slated for today.
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George Parker
White River Junction
Charles M. Hosmer
Lowell
Mrs. Dryden
Montreal
Pierce
Smith Sturtevant
Frank L. Wesson
Springfield
Mass
Emily B. Lovell
Blockley Hospital
Joseph Richardson
Virginia
Richardson
Delaware River
Christian Street Wharf
Third District Station House
Blockley
California Democrats Honor W. D. English With Diamonds
In San Francisco on February 6 the California Democracy hosted a grand banquet at the Lick House. W. D. English, chairman of the State Democratic central committee, received a stunning diamond set as thanks for his service and the party's recent campaign successes.
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California
Democrats
San Francisco
Democracy of
Lick House
W. D. English
State
Democratic Central Committee
The Vessel Sunk but the Crew Saved
The Jennie Hall sailing from Philadelphia to Cuba collided with the Edith Lynworth off Body's Island on February 3. The Lynworth sank immediately but her crew was saved. The Jennie Hall reached Wilmington for extensive repairs.
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Washington
Signal Corps
Smithville
N. C
Jennie Hall
Philadelphia
Cuba
Body's Island
Edith Lynworth
Foster
Port Aurebella
New York
Lynworth
Wilmington
Firing on a Belfast Mob in Shankhill District
Belfast February 6 large crowds gathered in Shankhill but no disorder occurred as police kept order. At noon two rioters were arrested on Servia street. a mob attempted a rescue and police fired wounding a youth in the neck. District later quiet.
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Belfast
Shankhill
Servia Street
Keim and Benton Campaign Tour Opens Democratic Push
Reports say Republican defection grows as the Democratic ticket led by Keim Benton and Arondel gains momentum. Keim travels to meet voters while German and Italian groups rally, Turngesellschaft events, and ward tours boost turnout plans for the 15th instant.
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Keim
Benton
Arondel
Cardinals at Havre Honor Cardinals on Steamer Voyage
The Sun reports Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore and Cardinal Taschereau of Quebec arrived at Havre aboard the steamer La Bourgogne. A snow storm affected the voyage with one sailor lost at sea. Two others injured received absolution and extreme unction and are recovering, as priests tended the ill. The passengers were entertained and addressed in English and French. The Cardinals attended Mass at Notre Dame and departed for Paris, well. Distinct visitors included Admiral Baldwin and Lt. Impey of the U S Navy and others.
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Baltimore
Paris
la Bourgogne
Cardinals Gibbons
Taschereau
Quebec
Havre
Jacques le Moine
le Moine
la Bourogne
Admiral Baldwin
Impey
United States Navy
Mr. Warren
New York
A. P. Stokes
Indications for To Day Rain or Snow and Winds
Local United States Signal Office report from Philadelphia notes rain or snow with northeasterly winds and a slight temperature drop. It records mean barometer 80.417, highs near 89, lows around 26, wind velocity up to 20, light evening rain, sunrise at 7:08 a.m. and evening sunset at 5:26 p.m. High water levels shown at 7.4 and 1.06 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Signal Office
Philadelphia
City News In Brief From Old Philadelphia Page
Mary E F McMahon aged one year died yesterday at 127 West Dauphin Street after a brief illness. Exports of petroleum from Sie Dore last week totaled 0 282 gallons. The iron bark Lamachehe bound for Padang ran ashore on the Java coast and aid has been sent. James Smith aged 73 of 2335 Odla Street was found dead in bed yesterday, death attributed to general debility due to old age.
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Mary EF. McMahon
Dauphin Street
Dieterday
Sie Dore
Padang
Java
James Smith
Yenerars
Odla Street
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Oun Hoppen
New England
White River
Enice
Fatiter
Mr, Manning
Knights
Stin
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Minolw
Secretary Manning
Secretary of State
British North America
Live State News
New Jersey
Rev
David Wills
Verdis
Triumpti
Hoyas
Kelm Sponda
Night With the
Turners
Towa
Conventi
Disston
Isaac D. Hetzel
Select Council
McManies
Henry R. Shoch
Smith
James Kenton
Leeds
Harrisburg
Fitler
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