Floods wash through Manayunk as Schuylkill overruns banks
The Schuylkill River swollen by rains and thawing ice flooded seven Manayunk mills displacing thousands of workers. A mile long ice jam broke near Girard Avenue, sweeping a tug from Cherry Street and inundating Boathouse Row, pumping stations, coal yards, abattoir and rail tracks as crews struggled to rescue perishables and secure power.
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Schuylkill River
Flat Rock Dam
Girard Point
Delaware River
Manayunk Mills
Girard Avenue Bridge
Fairmount Dam
Cherry Street
Delaware
Fairmount
West Philadelphia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Flat Rock
Rose Glen Park
Manayunk
Vessels overdue and ships rescued amid fog and gales
Weather at the Delaware Bay and Breakwater yesterday caused wide delays with many ships overdue. The Red Star steamer Rhymand arrived after 23 cabins and 132 steerage passengers, while the Italian bark Maria Castellano and the French bark Alice et Isabelle faced distress. The Life Saving Corps rescued nine crewmen from Alice et Isabelle as wrecks and grounded vessels surged amid broken telegraph wires and persistent fog.
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Delaware Bay
Delaware
Cape May
Maritime Exchange
Capes
Iron Pier
Planet Neptune
Manchester
Horseshoe
Gen
Red Star
Rhymand
Lopaze
Cape Race
Life Saving Corps
Assateague
Maria Castellano
Cape Henlopen
Alice Et Isabelle
Arthur C. Wade
Ohio tracks flooded as crests rise near Twenty-fourth Street
Floodwaters threaten lowlands along both river shores with submersion of tracks and platforms. River men forecast worsening conditions driven by tributary floods breaking today. Late yesterday the Flat Rock Dam crest exceeded eight feet with water sixteen feet above normal, a record since 1894.
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Ohio
Twenty-fourth Street
Jce
Flat Rock
Ice breaks on Schuylkill flood swells mills and saves family
The Schuylkill river ice breaks up washing cakes over Swede street dam and prompting Jones Stokes and Dean Morton Brown mills to shut down with little damage. In Marlborough township William Bodke's residence is destroyed in the storm. his wife and three children narrowly escape freezing after a long trek and are rescued.
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Philadelphia Times
Norristown
Schuylkill River
Swede Street
Jones & Stokes, Dean & J. Morton Brown
Marlborough Township
William Bodke
Mr. Bodke
Ice gorge destroys Glasgow Iron Company dam
A massive ice gorge broke away the Glasgow Iron Company dam at Glasgow on February 26. The flood swept downstream washing away the approach to the King Street bridge and halted operations at Warwick Furnace and the Ellis and Lessig iron plant.
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Philadelphia Times
Pottstown
Glasgow Iron Company
Glasgow
King Street Bridge
Warwick Furnace
Ellis and Lessig
Flooding rises near Schuylkill River as mills and yards threatened
The Schuylkill River at Roversford has risen fifteen feet above normal, flooding the lowlands and sending canal waters over its banks near Spring City. Mills and coal and lumber yards are feared to be flooded by morning.
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Philadelphia Times
Roversford
Schuykill
Spring City
Brandywine River Torrents Flood Wilmington
The Brandywine surged for the fourth time this season with ice breaking loose near midnight and later. Water stood nine feet above the third dam where the city water race begins, spilling over the race walls and flooding park drive near Market Street bridge.
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Philadelphia Times
Wilmington
Brandywine
Market Street Bridge
Park Drive
Tracks Flooded At Trenton Clinton Street Depot
Flooding on the Assantink Creek covers Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at Clinton Street Depot to about a foot. Stone-filled approaches guard the bridge to prevent washout. Despite high water, railroad travel continues.
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Trenton Trenton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Clinton Street
Mayor Ashbridge gearing up to fight Durham power play
Ashbridge mobilizes allies with Insurance Commissioner Durham and ward leaders. He believes party bosses plan to drop him and cites apathy on the Joan bill as proof. He interview requests, talks of police and street railway changes, and aims to protect friends who stood by him.
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Ashbridge
Durham
Joan Bill
Kinsey
John M. Mack
Discontent in Russia Spreads to Cities and Villages
Report from St Petersburg on student protests in Kiev spreading through Russia. Demonstrations began at a theatre with leaflets, then moved to streets with 50 students and labourers armed with clubs, thousands joining, chanting Down with the aristocracy and waving red flags as police and Cossacks intervene. Sympathy from Austria noted.
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ST. Petersburg
Kieff
Russia
Austria
German tariff bill amended in Reichstag vote
The tariff committee adopted a compromise amendment to the tariff bill with 14 ayes and 10 nays. It raises wheat duties to six and seven and a half marks per 1000 kilograms and oats and barley to five and a half and seven marks per 1000 kilograms.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Devlin elected to represent North Kilkenny in Commons
Joseph Devlin, Belfast Nationalist leader, now in the United States with Redmond to support the United Irish League, has been elected to North Kilkenny in the House of Commons. He succeeds Patrick McDermott who resigned after his appointment as steward and bailiff of the manor of Northstead.
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Dublin
Joseph Devlin
Belfast
United States
Redmond
United Irish League
North Kilkenny
House of Commons
Oeeanes
Patrick McDermott
Northstead
Liner Calls at Fiji Islands Route Change
Montreal February 26 report that with the Miowera sailing from Vancouver the Canadian Pacific Australian line steamships between Vancouver and Sydney will call at the Fiji Islands.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Office
Vancouver
Sydney
Fiji Islands
Fifteen Volunteer Firemen Buried in Bavarian Fire
In Dinkelsbach Bavaria a house fire caused a well collapse burying fifteen volunteer firefighters. Rescue teams declare no chance of survival for the trapped men.
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Munich
Bavaria
Dinkelsbach
Treaty Approval Amid Congress Adjournment Mentioned
Fragmentary note records that a treaty was approved on February and referenced during Congress as adjourned. No clear names or places are readable.
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Eeea
Eers
Miss Stone Sealed By Brigands In Secrecy Mission
Miss Stone arrives in Salonica en route to Constantinople. Brigands forced both captives to vow secrecy about their identities and locations, while the prisoners admit many uncertainties about their wanderings. An agreed release near Seres failed. captives were kept close to Strumnitza and left at 3.30 am after a night march.
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Salonica
Miss Stone
Constantinople
Seres
Macedonia
Dragoman
Gargiulo
Mr. House
Strumnitza
State Dept weighs next step in Miss Stone case
The State Department cannot yet decide the next move in the Miss Stone kidnapping case. It notes pledges may complicate actions and suggests Turkey and Bulgaria be pressed to pursue the brigands. It commends Leishman Spencer Eddy and Consul Dickinson and thanks Secretary Hay for Eddy’s conduct. If Eddy resigns, alternative arrangements will be made.
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Washington
State Department
Miss Stone
Turkey
Bulgar
Leishman
Spencer Eddy
Legation
Dickinson
Hay
Eddy
Constantinople
Boers Capture Convoy Near Klerksdorp In Boer Action
Lord Kitchener's dispatch reports a convoy of empty wagons attacked southwest of Klerksdorp on February 24. Imm orial Boomcars, three companies of the Northumberland Fusiliers and two guns formed the escort. Severe fighting occurred with limited details. In a second report, about 600 Boers drove cattle to rush an outpost near Botha's Berg on February 22. fifteen Boers died and six were wounded.
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London
Princess Radziwill Arrested for Forgeries at Cape Town
Princess Radziwill was arrested in Cape Town on a charge of forging Cecil Rhodes’s name to promissory notes. She posted bail of £1000 after affidavit support from Cecil Rhodes and Dr. Schultz. The event follows Rhodes’s repudiation of a £2000 note, and a prior £1150 judgment payment by Radziwill in October.
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Cecil Rhodes
Cape Town
Radziwill
Schultz
Louw
Thomas
American sailor barely escapes lynching in England
Charles Brown, an American seaman, killed a fellow sailor on the Liverpool steamer Beacon Light moored at the Tyne. A mob fought to reach him as he escaped ashore and he was captured after a heavy struggle. A revolver discharged in custody wounded another sailor.
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London
Charles Brown
South Shields
Beacon Light
Tyne
Brown
O'Donnell
Royalty Greets Americans Aboard Celtic in Athens
The White Star Line steamer Celtic arrived in Piraeus at 8 30 morning with American tourists who were all well. King and Queen of Greece visited the ship and greeted passengers, noting their pleasure at meeting about 60 Americans. The voyage continues to Constantinople Smyrna Calcutta Jaffa and Naples with scheduled calls through March.
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Athens
White Star Line
Celtic
Piraecug
Constantinople
Smyrna
Califfa
Jaffa
Alexandria
Naples
Greece
Rumor of Servian King's Murder Denied
An unverified rumor circulated on the Boerse claiming the King of Servia had been assassinated. A later message stated there was no truth to the rumor and denied the report.
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Eprlin
Servia
Tolstoy Survives Immediate Danger
In Yalta Crimea February 26 officials report that the immediate danger to Count Tolstoi's life has passed after a tense period of illness.
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Tolstoi
Yalta
Crimea
Count Tolstoi
Weather outlook for Maryland Delaware area
Fair with increasing cloudiness and light winds. South portion may see rain. Maryland Delaware forecast calls for fair Thursday with rising temperatures and Friday with more clouds. Weather note incomplete text follows.
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Maryland
Delaware
Pfair
Frouiy Tein
Sishdy Mabe
Local Weather Report Summary
Weather report for the United States notes light to moderate sunshine in parts with a 10 percent deficiency in temperature since February 1. Record shows rainfall of 1.12 inches and a noted January 1 reading.
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United States
Ocean Liners Arrive As Transatlantic Fleet Lands
Arrival of ocean liners from New York and Liverpool includes Patricia-Plymouth from New York, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse from New York, and Rhynland from Liverpool with arrivals noted in shipping desk.
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Patricia
Plymouth
New York
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Bremen
Rhynland
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Tillman and McLaurin row prompts Senate action delay
Washington February 26. The Senate remains gridlocked over how to discipline Messrs Tillman and McLaurin after a floor brawl. Georgia citizens urge President Roosevelt to withdraw his invitation to present Major Micah Jenkins’s sword during his Charleston visit. The Senate committee meets in secret with no agreement and adjourns to reconvene Friday as Democrats resist suspending either senator.
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Washington
Senate
Messrs
Tillman
McLaurin
South Carolina
Congress
Georgia
Roosevelt
White House
Prince Henry
Prussia
James H. Tillman
Augusta
Senator Tillman
Fund For the Sword
Charleston
Micah Jenkins
First
U. S. Volunteer Cavalry
Jjames H. Tillman
First South, Carolina Volunteer Infantry
Burrows
Foraker
Senator McLaurin
Dubois
Tilman
Bailey
Eeroe
Fire
Supreme Court
Reed
House
Court of
House of Representatives
Telegraph Wires Restored To All Points As Systems Reopen
Telegraphic communication resumed between Philadelphia and surrounding cities with Western Union wires now in operation to New York Baltimore and the South along with Atlantic City Cape May New Castle Lewes and Delaware Breakwater. Commercial messages begin this morning with further wire restoration expected to cut delays. Postal and telephone services remain largely out of service with limited local lines restored and most long distance routes still down.
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Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Atlantic City
Cape May
New Castle
Lewes
Delaware
Harrisburg
Pittsburg
Chicago
Western Union
Wilmington
Chester
New York Senate Passes Tunnel Bill
The Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel bill would let New York City grant a perpetual franchise to tunnel the East and North rivers with terminals on Manhattan and Long Island. The Senate passed it 29 to 11 amid complaints of financial risk and calls to insert city compensation.
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Albany
N. Y
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senate
City of
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Manhattan
Long Islands
Grady
Aenpecey
Peret
Wee Savee Railroad Company
Nahan
Pennsylvania
RF R
New York City
Divorced Wife Named Executrix In Dalmedo Will
Francis Dalmedo who died October 18, at 1024 Girard avenue, leaves Mary B. Smith his former wife sole executrix. The estate valued at 6000 dollars goes to Johanna Dalmedo for her widow’s dower under Pennsylvania law. The will, dated October 11, 1901, names the divorced wife to receive the remainder.
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Frantis Dalmedo
Girard Avenue
Mary B. Smith
Johanna Dalmedo
Pennsylvenia
Kaiser and International Amity Toasted to President
A public gathering saw President honored as Kaiser and the International Amity group toasted him loudly. Attendees praised policy aims and pledged continued cooperation.
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National Amity
Prince Henry of Prussia Dining with New Yorker Journalists
Prince Henry of Prussia dined with about 1000 American journalists at the Waldorf Astoria New York with Herman Ridder hosting. The banquet filled two rooms and honored the German prince with flags, electric lighting, and congratulatory toasts led by Ridder and Whitelaw Reid.
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New York
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Herman Ridder
New Yorker Staats Zeitung
United States
Prince Henry
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Astor Gallery
Die Wacht Am Rhein
America
Ridder
Kaiser
Whitelaw Reid
Mr.Ridder
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A. D. Baker & Co
McDowell
William Brown & Co
Schofield
Davis & Son
Richard Hey & Sons
Liberty
Rockland
Strawberry Mansion
Turtle Rock
Lemon Hill
Eagle Perengite Corinthian Avenue
Sue
Aio
Fred Kramer
Kramer
Chestnut Street
Walnut Street
East Bank
Francis
Ion
Abattoir
Shattoir
of Brothers
McKee & Com
Pottstown Mills
Word
London Times
New York Times
Devlin
North
Kilkenny
Yeomanry
Fusiliers
Princess
Privileges Committee
THE
Senate Committee
Mr. Tillman
Burrows, Hoar
Tillman- McLaurin
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Francis Dalmedo
Kaiser and Inter
Waldorf-Astoria Banquet Hall
Prince
Thirty-third
Mr. Ridder
Edward P. Call
Edward Ubi
Woodruff
Corr
Capsul
Buenz
von Tirpitz
Melville E. Stone
Lange
Admiral Evans
L von Eisenbecker
von Muller
Charles Emory Smith
Major Low
Hawley
von Seckendorff
Depew
Leey Hill
Oest Baudissin
Frank B. Noyes
Plessen
Grumme
Geeral Bill Potter
Wacht AM Rhein
New York Tribune
France
Tovst
Republic
Worhad
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