Defiant Cuban Patriots Swarm in Pinar del Rio Province
Cuban insurgents in Pinar del Rio mount heavy activity as reports claim the province is pacified. Leaders Varona Rivero Lazo Nunez and others command about 5 000 fighters, with additional forces unseen near Havana raising Spanish tensions.
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Havana
Associated Press
Key West
General Weyler
Pinar del Rio
Catalina and
Las Cuevas
Varona Rivero
Luis Perez
Gobernadora
Sierra del Rosario
Ruis Rivero
Jose Manuel Barrio
Perico Delgado
Saroa
Antonio Nunez
Nunez
Loma Heights
Torre
Bermudaz
Bayate
Punta Breva
Gerraga
Lucas Martinez
Will of Railroad President Roberts Probated in Norristown
The will of George B. Roberts late president of the Pennsylvania Railroad was admitted to probate. Public bequests include 10000 to St Asaphs Church Bala 5000 to Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church 5000 to the Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children from Cruelty and 5000 to Children’s Hospital. The widow Miriam Roberts and their son Brinton are executors. No inventory of personal property will be filed.
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the Times
Norristown
George B. Roberts
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Register Whitehead
St. Asaph's Protestant Episcopal Church
Bala
Protestant Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania Society
Children's Hospital
Miriam Roberts
Brinton
Greek Warships Deployed for Crete Crisis
The Official Gazette issues a decree to mobilize all Greek warships and dispatch more vessels to Crete. The cruiser Hinoulis sails to Retimo amid Turkish occupation and pillaging. Turkish forces mass at Salonica awaiting passage funds. A decree to ready the Greek fleet at sea is expected. In Canea area fighting between Turkish troops and Christians leaves fifteen soldiers dead.
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Athens
Greece
Crete
Hinoulis
Retimo
Mussulmans
Salonica
Steam Navigation Company
Canea
Crete Turmoil Raises Europe Wide Peace Alarm
London reports from English officials assert Greek agitators trigger Crete unrest with Christians as aggressors. The Greek government aims to annex Crete as Ottoman decline nears, risking a clash with Turkey and threatening the European entente. Turkish ships head to Constanti none to quell troubles despite ministerial and ambassadorial advice.
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London
Crete
Europe
Turkey
Greece
Constantinone
Young Turks Restless in Constantinople Amidst Unrest
Anxiety grips Constantinople as prices fall on the Galata Bourse. Embassies report a manifesto from the Young Turk party and denunciations of the government flood the streets of Stamboul. The Russian Embassy warns the Porte of potential upheaval threatening Turkey’s integrity amid Odessa naval preparations.
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Constantinople
Young Turks
Galata
Young Turk Party
Stamboul
Porte
Turkey
Odessa
Scovel Arrest Reported by Havana Consul General
Consul General Lee in Havana cables the State Department with details of Sylvester Scovel's arrest on a train between Tunas and Sancti Spiritus. Scovel is confined at Sancti Spiritus and likely to face trial there, though a transfer to Havana is being sought for closer oversight.
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Weyler
Las Croces
Villa Clara
Santa Clara
Placetas
Remedios
Maximo Gomez
Santi Spiritus
la Siguanea
Diario de la Marina
Tangibie
Genof Calleja
Cuba
Lee
State Department
Washington
Havana
Sylvester Scovel
Scovel
Tunas
Sancta Spiritus
Ahumada
City Notes: arrests and deaths from December incidents
William Berge 42 of 1026 Cresse street died in Hahnemann Hospital from skull fracture after a December 30 fall at Binder's brewery on St John Street. Detectives Tate and Gallagher arrested Nettle Diamond for stealing diamonds from William J. Peck of New York. Various suspects were held on bail by magistrates in cases of robbery, racing pool rooms, force with brass pipe, and other felonies. Police reported thieves raiding a grocery on Pearlman Ave. Details unclear.
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William Berge
Cresse Street
Hahnemann Hospital
Binder's Brewery
St. John Street
Green
Tate and
Gallagher
Nettle Diamond
William J. Peck
New York
Peragistrate South
Edward M. Leech
Serge Se
Mulligan
Haverford Avenue
Proce
Coogan and
Harbridge
Felice Larra
Eighth
Christian Streets
F. H. Smith
Philip Dolan
Stiles Street
John J. Hemerie
Otis Street
Uhio and McNulty
Twenty-eighth District
Mig
Charles Hake
North Ninth Street
Eighth District
Louis Blase
North Sixth Street
Hake
Mirate Wilbere
William Wiliams
Ohio
Pealamin Alt
Brooklyn Cruiser Brooklyn In Dry Dock After Collision
The cruiser Brooklyn lies in League Island Navy Yard dry dock after a collision in shallow water. Inspectors report extensive bottom damage with oak timbers and copper sheathing found amid the wreckage. The Board of Inquiry will study whether sunken rocks or a submerged bulk caused the disaster as repairs proceed under Captain Sargent with round‑the‑clock work planned.
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Brooklyn
League Island Navy Yard
Marcus Hook
McCrea
Board of Inquiry
Sargent
Flora Ellsworth Charged With Infant Murder in Coroner's Case
Coroner's jury in Coruina New York finds Flora Ellsworth guilty of wilful murder in the drowning of her infant daughter at Coudersport in Pennsylvania and holds the father for trial in March. The testimony suggests a planned act and a false tale that the child was killed by others. Ellsworth faces trial as details emerge from the case.
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Coruina
N. Y
Coudersport
Martin Eliseworth
Flora Ellsworth
Iewe
Ellsworth
Kenyon
Magee and Flinn Win Libel Verdict in Gazette Suit
State Senators Chris L. Magee and William Flinn won a libel suit against Pittsburg Commercial Gazette defendants Alfred Reed and Walter J. Christy found guilty of criminal libel while city editor B. W. Bartlett was cleared. Reed testified that Richard R. Quay supplied the material, prompting a plan to sue Quay for false information to the press.
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the Times
Prevasurs
Chris L. Magee
William Flinn
Commercial Gazette
Alfred Reed
B. W. Bartlett
Walter J. Christy
Reed
Christy
Bartlett
Patreet
Risty
Flinn
Richard R. Quay
Quay
Richard Quay
Reprimanded Camden Physician For Article Critique
Dr Alexander McAlister a Camden physician received a public reprimand at the February Camden District Medical Society meeting. President J K Hurff warned him to avoid reporters and curb future public remarks to retain membership in state and national medical bodies.
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Alexander McAlister
Camden
Camden District Medical Society
J. K. Hurff
Hurff
McAlister
State Medical Society
American Medical Association
Americans Honored in Paris as Legion of Honor Officers
President Faure signed the appointments of William T. Dannat and Rodman Wanamaker as foreign officers of the Legion of Honor. Dannat, a New York native, studied at the Bavarian Royal Academy in Munich and is a member of the French National Society of Art. Wanamaker, son of John Wanamaker, recently returned to Paris after years abroad.
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William T. Dannat
Rodman Wanamaker
Legion of Honor
Paris
Faure
William T.dannat
New York City
Royal Academy of Munich
National Society of Arta
Rodman Waoramak
John Sted
No death by own action story misreported says Chester editor
A Chester reader corrects a January 11 1897 item about George Wilkinson of Darby claiming the original report of death by self harm was false. The author states the revolver possessed was borrowed to shoot a dog and promises the tale was based on incorrect information from Officer Frank McCormick.
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the Times
George Wilkinson
Darby
Frank McCormick
Nowe
Chester
Wilkinson
Thomas B. Taylor
Starving In a Baltimore Hotel Finds Man Hidden
Frank Ackerman also known as L W Aikens from Hackensack New Jersey was found half starved under a bed at the Eutaw Hotel in Baltimore. He was locked up on a charge of defrauding the hotel out of ten dollars for board. A bellboy reported a locked vacant room and a policeman with a hotel clerk found Ackerman fully clothed beneath the bed.
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Baltimore
Frank Ackerman
L. W. Aikens
Hackensack
N. J
Eutaw
Ackerman
Navy portfolio status uncertain amid recent political shifts
Canton dispatch reports no formal acceptance of the Navy portfolio by Long or Ex-Governor as of last night. No new official announcement has been received, though the ex-governor is expected to take the portfolio if formally tendered.
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Cuba
Canton
Exre Cane
Navy
Long denies report on Navy portfolio acceptance
Ex-Governor John D. Long dismissed a Canton dispatch claiming he had accepted the Navy portfolio. He said the letter in question was written days earlier to Mr McKinley and that no further word has passed since then.
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Boston
John D. Long
Canton
Long
Viceroy approves Madras as a cure for plague spread
The Viceroy Witcia, the Earl of Elgin, has sanctioned Madras as a cure for the plague. Citizens along the route are urged to take precautions.
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Bomear
Witcia
Earl of Elgin
Madras
Ras
Praapet
Boston class battleship Ma chusetts sails to Hampton Roads
US battleship Ma chusetts left New York yesterday bound for Hampton Roads. Text appears garbled but mentions Admiral Stewart Woodford in New York and Albany discussions with legislators.
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United States
Machusetts
New York
Hampton Roads
Stewart L. Woodford
Brookton
Albany
Tne Caines
Prost
Depositors Move to Force Receiver for Chester Trust Co
Depositors convene led by Elias Bair secure an injunction and court action to appoint a receiver for the Chester County Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company. The order bars sale or transfer of assets while the matter is reviewed, with a hearing set for Friday.
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Elias Bair
West Chester
Chester County Guarantee, Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Robert L. Hayes
Farnbrook
Smedley Darlington
Bair
Philadelphia
Joseph H. Baldwin
William 8. Windle
William Butler, Jr
Beaten and Robbed by Masked Thieves in Cumberland Md
Special Telegram to TIMEs reports two masked men broke into the home of Conrad Schillinger in Cumberland Maryland near dawn. After binding and gagging him they beat him and stole $1000, including $300 in gold, later returning to strike him again before fleeing. Schilling, severely injured, crawled to his sister’s house for help.
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Cumberland
Conrad Schillinger
Schilling
Treasury Inquiry Moves Forward In Harrisburg Senate
Governor signs concurrent resolution ordering an investigation of the State Treasury and the Auditor General's office. A committee is expected to be appointed by President McCarrell and Speaker Boyer, with a joint session planned for February 22 to honor Washington's Birthday.
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Harrisburg
Senate
State Treasury
Auditor General's Office
McCarrell
Boyer
Washington
Farmer fatally wounded by trap gun in Mercer county
George Hope of Hendersonville Mercer county was killed when a trap gun he built to deter chicken thieves discharged as he opened his coop door. The device fired buckshot into his back causing fatal injuries.
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Sharon
George Hope
Hendersonville
Mercer County
Derailment at puzzle switch halts Union Pacific flyer
In Omaha Nebraska at 4 45 this evening a Union Pacific cast bound flyer derailed at a puzzling switch. Engineer W H Van Noy was found unconscious and hospitalized with hopes for recovery. Fireman Thomas Krause died after being trapped under the overturned engine. No other injuries reported.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
W.H. van Noy
Thomas Krause
William J Adams Dies In Harrisburg At 57
William J Adams prominent Harrisburg businessman and former President of Select Council died after a long illness at age 57. He was a member of Post 58 G A R and served as stockholder and director in several local industrial concerns and corporations.
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Harrisburg
William J. Adams
Select Council
Post 58
J Q A Herring Dies At 72 In New York
John Quincy Adams Herring of Baltimore, longtime managing director of the Adams Express Company, died suddenly of heart failure at the Holland House in New York at age 72.
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Adams Express Company
New York
John Quincy Adams Herring
Baltimore
Holland House
Wednesday Forecast for Eastern PA and New Jersey
The forecast predicts fair conditions for Wednesday in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey with daytime sun and north winds bringing slightly cooler temperatures. Yesterday’s low was 35 degrees.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
WO Pariboors
Woman fatally burned after lamp ignites dress
Mrs. George Boyer was upstairs on Second street pike when a lamp exploded in flames. She stumbled and her dress caught fire as oil scattered. Her husband wrapped her in a blanket to quell the blaze before neighbors rushed her to the hospital.
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George Boyer
Second Street Pike
Perther MB
Ater
Bhar Hospital
Passenger blown from train near Jersey City incident
Special Telegram to Tax Timers reports Ernest Woblacke aged 40 of 129 Beacon Street Jersey City was a passenger when he was blown from a train on February 9. The brief item notes the accident but provides few details.
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New York
Ernest Woblacke
Beacon Street
Jersey City
Arkansas Boy Is Accused in Stepfather Shooting
In Texarkana Arkansas and Ho man Arkansas a 15 year old Sem Leigh shot and killed his stepfather Adan Sperone during a confrontation defending his mother. Court Wright Jealousett faced assault charges as the investigation continued.
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Texarkana
Ark
Homan
Sem Leigh
Adan Sperone
Courtwright
Jealousett
Various society events and meetings across Philadelphia region
Today features a Bradley Martin fancy dress ball in New York City a meeting of the Fire Underwriters Association lectures at Haverford College an Amateur boxing tournament in Philadelphia hockey between Penn and Baltimore in Baltimore commissioners Belden and Black begin Camden county inquiry a benefit for Edward McLaughlin at Arena Broad and Cherry streets and more including a Pennsylvanian State Association of School Directors meeting at Harrisburg a Baron de Hirsch Fund distribution committee a Ladies Society bake sale and a Loyal Legion event plus coin mint discussions and Dineen club notices with local civic topics.
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Bradley-Martin
New York City
Fire Underwriters’ Association
William R. Harper
Haverford College
Athletic Club of
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Belden and Black
Camden County
Edward McLaughlin
Arena
Broad and
Cherry Streets
Pennsylvania State Association of School Directors
Harrisburg
Graham Wallas
Brooklyn
N. Y
Baron de Hirsch Fund
Toeth
Carpenter Streets
Ladies’ Society
Leitson
Husband Shot by Wife During Meal After Years of Quarrel
Deliberation marks the act as the wife shot her husband while they ate. After the deed she called a son and surrendered to authorities. Quarrels spanned three or four years with two divorce actions filed. He taunted her. she retrieved a revolver, killed him, and turned herself in to a captain and lieutenant near the police station.
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Davies
Florence
Cleveland Murder at Breakfast Ends Strained Marriage
Mrs. George Davies of 11 Grace street shot and killed her husband at the breakfast table in Cleveland. Longstanding quarrels included two recent divorce petitions and a lunacy complaint. She surrendered after telephoning her son and meeting officers. their 49th birthday couple had endured a turbulent marriage.
Saved His Master New Rocue Eve Heroic Newfoundland
Chub the Newfoundland dog saved 16 year old George Forster from drowning after the ice broke on Reho Bay Hudson Park. Forster was pulled from the water by his loyal pet as companions nearby helped him to shore safely.
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New Rocue Eve
N. Y
Chub
George Forster
Reho Bay
Hudson Park
Forster
Twelve Die In Viaduct Scaffolding Collapse
London reports twelve men killed in Cornwall when a viaduct scaffolding collapsed sending workers 150 feet to the ground. Authorities investigate the disaster and identify the accident as a fatal industrial collapse.
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London
Cornwall
Bram Denied New Trial Motion in Captain Fuller Murder Case
Boston February 9 The court denied the motion for a new trial by counsel for Thomas Bram, the man convicted of murder in the Captain Fuller case. The ruling ends Bram’s latest appeal attempt.
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Boston
Thomas Bram
the Bardenstne
Meron i‘ Fuller
Ofe
New Was
Om ‘Olt
United
Wea Bages
Webi
American dentist Dr Betancourt freed after Havana arrest
Dr Cradder Gas pard Betancourt, an American dentist, who was arrested December 7 as a political suspect in Havana, was released last evening according to reports from Havana.
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Havana
Cradder Gaspard Betancourt
General Joe Shelby Sinking
Kansas City report states a disaster claim prompts concern as a vessel named General Joe Shelby sinks near port. Local officials confirm damage and emphasize safety risks to nearby areas.
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Joe Shelby
Kansas City
Oe Saya
Perry's Clothes Offer Best Quality at Bargain Prices
Local advert proclaims Perry's Clothes at 1380 Chestnut Street as the best made and cheapest, claiming their garments cost less in value and offer the most desirable suites and outfits at bargain prices despite rivals.
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Perry
Fperey
Chestnut Street
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