Roberts Reaches Modder River During Kimberley Action
Lord Roberts appears before troops at Modder River camp and his visit honors General MacDonald. Boers move big guns from Mafeking to shell Kimberley while naval guns bomb Magersfontein and Boer artillery falls silent as forces shift toward Kimberley.
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Modder River
Lord Roberts
Highland Brigade
MacDonald
Koodoosberg
Mafeking
Kimberley
Magersfontein
Morton Siding
General Buller Will Again Attack the Boers
Report from Frere Camp on February 10 describes the combat of Vaal Krantz during the Tugela crossings. British batteries faced direct Boers fire yet suffered only fourteen casualties as engineers and Durhams crossed the bridge under fire. The attack culminated with Vaal Krantz being carried by bayonet amid heavy shrapnel.
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Pressblishing Company
New York World
Philadelphia Times
Frere Camp
Vaal Krantz
Brakfontein
Tugela
Munger
Bridge mishap blocks Reading road traffic in Philadelphia era
An unintended accident halted traffic on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway for over twenty hours near Ogontz north of Elkins station. The Keystone Iron and Construction Company girders slipped as they were moved into place, sinking into soft ground and deranging trains and streetcar service along Old York road and nearby lines.
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Philadelphia and Reading
Ogontz
Elkins Station
North Penn Railroad
Keystone Iron and Construction Company
Royersford
J. A. Reiner
Old York Road
Philadelphia and
Reading
Reiner
Schuylkill River
Dee
New York and
Bethie
Norristown
Elkins
Tin whistle found in boy's stomach at Pennsylvani a
A photograph captures Harry Keedhier a 12 year old of 400 South Fifth Street with a tin whistle in his stomach. The image depicts the boy in the early morning at the Pennsylva n yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Keedhier
South Fifth Street
Pennsylvan
Striker Assault Allegations Emerge Around Cramps Foreman
Persifor Fraser Jr of 1415 Spruce Street told The Times a Cramp striker assaulted Foreman Albert F. Day near Norris and Gaul streets on Saturday night. Fraser said the attacker fled and denied a separate claim that Day was struck with a blackjack.
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Persifor Fraser, Jr
Spruce Street
Times
Albert F. Day
Norris and
Gaul Streets
Fraser
Persifor Fraser
Kensington
Foreman Day
Aged Priest Dead Who Built Churches and Schools
New York reports the death of Rev. Louis D. Senez at 87 in Jersey City. As rector of St. Mary’s he helped establish churches and schools in Cincinnati Newark Paterson Dover Lodi and Jersey City. He also founded St. John’s Paterson St. Vincent de Sales Lodi and St. Mary’s Dover and guided future Archbishop Corrigan as an altar boy.
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New York
Louis D. Senez
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Jersey City
Cincinnati
Newark
Paterson
Dover
Lodi
St. Mary's
St. John's
St. Vincent de Sales
St. Mary’s
St. Patrick's
Catholic Institute
Catholic Club
Corrigan
Senes
Colonel Bryan Hid Funds in Easy Chair at Club
Special telegram from Paterson New Jersey reports Colonel Bryan on February 11 at Turn Hall calling New Jersey a robbers roost for trusts. He allegedly concealed a large roll of money in an easy chair at the Hamilton Club, then slept. Gourley escorted him to the Erie Depot. the secretary recovered the roll before Bryan’s departure.
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the Times
Paterson
N. J
Colonel Bryan
William B. Gourley
Democratic State Committee
Hamilton Club
Gourley
Mr. Gourley
Erie
New York
Masked Men Loot Mrs Saxton's Home Near Canton
Four masked men invaded the residence of Mrs. Maria Saxton near Canton Ohio early today. Daniel Slanker, her brother, was awakened but prevented from raising an alarm when a revolver was pressed to his face. The robbers escaped with a small booty.
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Canton
Ohio
Maria
Saxton
President McKinley
Here
Daniel Slanker
Almora Steamer Reaches Halifax After 600 Mile Strain
The British freighter Almora of the Donaldson Line, homeward bound from Glasgow, arrived at Halifax under its own steam with a four foot long broken shaft four inches thick. The shaft failed February 3 after strong head winds and heavy seas. repairs used clamps and chains while the ship slowly covered nearly six hundred miles to port.
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Halifax
Gulf Stream
Glasgow
Donaldson Line
Newport News
Almora
Stolen kiss costs tea agent ten dollars
In Little Falls New York Recorder Wolcott set the value of a stolen kiss at ten dollars after Charles Persons admitted kissing Mrs Maud Hurst. The mayor filed the complaint, and on conviction Persons was fined ten dollars amid taunts from bystanders.
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Times
Little Falls
N. Y
Recorder Wolcott
Charles Persons
Maud Hurst
Inlaw Hurst
Ida Bell Lowndes Safe Towed In For Repairs
The gasoline launch Ida Bell Lowndes with Thomas J. Madge and crew aboard was towed into Georgetown by a tug after leaving Beaufort on January 27. Caught in gales she was blown across the Gulf Stream four times with masts and engine damaged. She will stay in port several days for repairs.
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Georgetown
8. C
Ida Bell
White man lynched in Port Arthur after murder
James Sweeney a white cotton screwman foreman was lynched at 1 am in Port Arthur Texas after killing fellow laborer Charles Crumbach by jamming a bayonet through his neck.
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Port Arthur
Texas
James Sweeney
Sweeney
Charles Crumbach
Havana Charter Commission Named to Draft New City Charter
A Havana commission led by Mayor Lacoste and Senor Estrada y Mira received gazette status. Members include Cancio O Farring Fonts Portaga Nadarse and Casanova with Ernest Lee Conant and Osgood Smith. They are empowered to study Havana’s administration and finances and draft a charter addressing defects. General Laddlow notes Havana’s prominence and the need for reform.
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Havana
Lacoste
Senor Estrada Y Mira
Senores Cancio
O'Farrill
Fonts
Portaga
Nadarse
Casanova
Ernest Lee Conant
Osgood Smith
Ladlow
French Socialists March at Lavrosi Funeral in Paris
Paris February 11. A large Socialist demonstration accompanied the funeral of Russian Nihilist Peter Lavrosi. Delegates from Europe marched from Rue St. Jacques to Mont Parnasse Cemetery with cries of Vive la Commune and Vive l Anarchie. Rene Viviani led the procession as police clashed over red flags before speakers at the graveside. The gathering dispersed without further incident.
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Paris
Peter Lavrosi
Lay
Europe
Rue St. Jacques
Mont Parnasse
Forgery Charge Tied to Telegram In New York Case
Harry Pforzheimer, 22, arrested at 2207 Susquehanna Avenue on a telegram from New York police. Special Officer George Seal made the arrest. Charged with embezzlement and forgery, he was held without bail awaiting New York witnesses. Magistrate Cunningham presided at City Hall.
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Harry Pforzheimer
Susquehanna Avenue
New York
George Seal
Twenty-eighth District
Cunningham
City Hall
George Lighton
Pforzheimer
Roosevelt Opposed to the Canal Treaty
New York. Governor Roosevelt issued a statement urging that the pending Isthmian canal treaty not be ratified unless amended to place full U S control over the canal in peace and war. He argues the issue is vital for sea power and the Monroe doctrine.
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New York
Roosevelt
United States
Kaiser Bags Pheasants and Delays Ball in Berlin
Emperor William shot 260 pheasants at Wild Park yesterday and countermanded the February 27 subscription court ball. The Tageblatt notes the armored cruiser Fuerst Bismarck will halt at Havre en route to Asiatic waters for the Paris Exposition. Courts refuse bail to Sternberg, the 18 million-strong financier, who remains in jail on irregularities charges.
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Berlin
William
Wild Park
Tageblatt
Fuerst Bismarck
Havre
Asiatic
Herr Sternberg
Jal
Turkish Minister Here With Wife and Sister-in-Law
Ali Feerouh Bey, Turkish Minister to the United States, arrived aboard La Gascogné today and departed for Washington at once. He was accompanied by his wife and sister-in-law, both in Turkish costumes.
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Feerouh Bey
New York
Ali Feerouh Bey
United States
la Gascogné
Washington
Feerouh
Aged Editor Frozen Found Dead in Fond du Lac
Elijah Cone aged 72 longtime Fond Du Lac Daily News editor and Yale College graduate was found dead frozen in the river after going missing for two days in Fond Du Lac Wisconsin February 11. The prominent newspaper man was among the oldest in the state.
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Wisconsin
Fon du Lac
Fond du Lac
Wis
Elijah Cone
Tragic Gas Leak Kills Chicago Family at Forty third Street
In Chicago on February 11 engineer Martin Jordan his wife Mary and their 5 month old son were asphyxiated by gas in their home at Forty third street and Stewart avenue. A leak in a nearby supply line is being investigated.
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Chicago
Martin Jordan
Mary
Forty-third Street
Stewart Avenue
Policemen Chase Suspect Through City Streets
Policemen Rebb and McLaughlin from Second and Christian streets stations pursued a man described as once with a plater after a reckless incident near Ninth Avenue and Washington Street. The chase ended with the suspect fleeing the area.
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Rebb and
McLaughlin
Second
Christian Streets
Ninth
Ashington Avenue
Local Resident Found Dead in Bed on North Twenty Ninth Street
John Hamilton, aged 2022, of North Twenty Ninth Street, was found dead in bed early this morning. Police investigating the death as a possible accidental or natural cause in the absence of immediate evidence.
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John Hamilton
North Twentyninth Street
Gate City Aground Off East Moriches In Heavy Seas
The Gate City lies fast aground off East Moriches Long Island after Thursday night’s collision. Sixteen crewmen were brought ashore to ease rescue operations, while Captain Googins and twenty others stay aboard to assist wreckers. Pounding seas raise danger as high tide approaches.
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New York
Gate City
East Moriches
L. I
Bud How
Googins
Laughing Man Becomes Solemn As Jaw Break Ends Grin
Joseph Rementer, 25, of 1916 Surfside Street Philadelphia, once famed as the Laughing Man from a lifelong facial grin after an 8 year old jaw fracture, was hospitalized after a new break yesterday at Hahnemann Hospital. Doctors said union of the broken jaw may end the grin.
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Victor Hugo
Philadelphia
Joseph Rementer
Surtain Street
Rementer
Hahremann Hospital
Hahnemann Hospital
Will whistle for British at Langtry bazaar
New York on February 11 Miss Helene Belfort Berger the young whistler from California will assist Miss Langtry at Sherry's bazaar to raise funds for British soldiers. She will perform Babille de Fau vette and Chaminades Summer in two numbers and is praised by Mrs Langtry as a hit.
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New York
Helene Belfort Berger
Whistler
California
Miss Langtry
Sherry's
Largest ship Mayfiint may be lost at sea
Fears for the Mayfiint capt Banfield as the American four masted vessel, the largest sailing ship in the world, left Hong Kong for Tacoma eighty eight days ago and may be lost at sea. The report comes as the ship's fate remains uncertain. The news also notes Count Leonteff's arrival in Marseilles aboard the Ernest Simons and reports on French probes into Abyssinia's Lake Rudolph region.
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the Times
New York
Mayfiint
Banfield
Hong Kong
Tacoma
Abyssinia
Marseilles
Count Leonteff
Equatorial
Ernest Simons
Lake Rudolph
Onto
Zelaya Honors Gamboa in Managua Banquet
President Zelaya hosted a banquet in honor of Mexican Minister to the Central American Republics Senor Gamboa in Managua. James Thomas of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York, is reported to be ill at Leon, Nicaragua, and is not expected to recover.
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Managua
Zelaya
Senor Gamboa
James Thomas
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Oell
Leon
Nicaragua
Accident Injures Man From Shot Wound at Hospital
George Koff, 28, of 324 Kater Street, was admitted to Pennsylvania Hospital last night with a platol-shot wound to the left side. The weapon went off accidentally.
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George Koff
Kater Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
Cree Auena
Molineux Maintains Cheerful Demeanor on Conviction Day
On his first day as a convicted murderer Molineux remained calm and hopeful. He breakfasted cheerfully, exercised in the yard, spoke with his guard and father, and told Rev. Dr. Munroe he had supreme faith in God and believed in an eventual acquittal.
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Molineux
Dr. Munroe
God
Times
Prince Henry of Prussia Arrives in Vienna
Prince Henry of Prussia arrived in Vienna with Emperor Franz Joseph meeting him at the station. The visit drew an ovation from the gathered public as he was escorted to the Hofburg.
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Vienna
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Emperor Francis Joseph
Hofburg
Society Forms to Promote Emigration to Southern Brazil
Heavy snow across Germany disrupts rail and telegraph services while a local society in Berlin forms to encourage emigration to Southern Brazil as an escape from winter hardships.
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Berlin
Germany
Brazil
Death attempt by self ends in hospital discharge
A 25 year old woman, Sarah Manes, of Quirk Avenue, attempted self harm by swallowing an unknown substance and was discharged from Nayivalia Hospital yesterday. No further details were provided by the hospital.
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Sarah Manes
Quirk Avenue
Yale Gatmodantm
Nayivalia Hospital
San Salvador Fire Causes Million Dollar Loss
A major fire in San Salvador, Central America, caused about 1 million dollars in damage. The blaze started near the Cathedral on the Plaza des Armas, close to the government building.
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San Francisco
San Salvador
Central America
Plaza Des Armas
Government
Trousers Sale: New Season Prices on Vintage Trousers
A catalog note announces a clearance of hundreds of worsted and cassimere pants with new prices. Styles include cheviots and cassimeres, folded into a seasonal suit concept with no item labeled cheap. Trousers priced from four dollars down to four dollars and fifty cents per pair.
Fancy Vests at Unmatched Philadelphia Prices
Advertising notice states vests offered at less than wholesale in Philadelphia. Nine tenths sold with several hundred remaining in an almost continuous assortment reduced to a low price, urging fast purchase.
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Philadelphia
Spring Clothing Preview Delights Shoppers
Not yet here but arriving soon our workers are finishing the finest Spring clothing display. New light weight overcoats are on the tables and ready for viewing. Visitors are welcome to browse now with purchases not required yet.
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Cape Colony
Buller
Ladysmith
Reading Road
Ogontz Station
Foreman
Bryan
New Jersey
Mrs. Saxton
Recorder of
IDA Bell Lowndes
Commission
Kaiser
General Molineux
Will
Miss Berger
Ald
Mrs. Langtry
Gamboa
Young Molineux
Warden Hagan
Prince Henry
la Gascogne
Campania
Queenstown
Pennsyvania
Delaware
Maryland
Teoterdat
Wm. H. Wanamaker
Cas Center
Meo
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