Tariff bill fate in doubt as German debate grows tense
In Berlin the Reichstag session featured sharp attacks on Chamberlain and the British army. Sonnenberg condemned Chamberlain as wicked while the chancellor urged cooler ties with Britain. Opponents seek an investigative commission on agriculture and a tariff bill may be dropped or amended. Sonnenberg said he sought public publicity to voice the people’s temper.
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Berlin
Chamberlain
Edinburgh
Herr Sonnenberg
Mr. Chamberlain
Reichstag
House
Count von Buelow
England
Prince von Wolff-Metternich
Great Britain
Hamburg
Herr Bassermann
National Liberal Party
National Liberals
Bureau
Miss Stone to be Released by London Brigrands in Hours
An official telegram from Constantinople reports Miss Ellen M. Stone held by brigands since September 3 is to be released within hours. The message, received in London, states the release is imminent.
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London
Ellen M. Stone
Constantinople
Miss Stone
Bjornson Faces New Charges Over Sverdrup Death
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, once accused of influence in the 1885 cabinet death by suicide of Herr Richter, now faces legal action from Sverdrup’s children who claim Bjornson, not Sverdrup, triggered Richter’s death. Bjornson denies the charges and sues Sverdrup’s heirs.
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Christiania
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Norway
Herr Richter
Bjornson
Sverdrup
Richter
Rousseau to Outline Policy at St Etienne Speech
Premier Waldeck Rousseau will speak at St Etienne next Sunday to define government policy. The event opens the ministerial campaign with cabinet members and about one hundred senators and deputies expected. Nationalists and Non-Ministerial Socialists urge restraint to avoid demonstrations and possible outcry.
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Paris
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
St. Etienne
Philadelphia Sunday Times features and ads tease bold pages
The Philadelphia Sunday Times promotes its 36 page issue with a striking pictorial format and diverse coverage. A featured question asks if Admiral Schley is descended from Hessians with potential ancestry boosts. Numerous other attractive features are promised to readers from pews dealers.
France Demands China Fulfillment Before Credential Presentation
In Pekin January 10 the French Minister M. Beau refuses to present his credentials until China meets French demands. The anticipated joint audience of foreign and Chinese ministers is postponed. The Dowager Empress sends verbal thanks for palace care and foreign reception. Reports of General Tung Fah Siang's decapitation are incorrect and feared to trigger Mohammedan rebellion.
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Pekin
Tung- Fah-Siang
Tung-Fuh- Siang
Krupp Top German Earner With 20 Million Mark Income
Berlin January 10 report lists Herr Krupp as Germany’s richest person with an income around twenty to twenty one million marks annually. The second wealthiest is likely coal magnate Herr Von Thiele Winckler with five to six million. Sixty five others exceed one million, with 2,774 earning over 100,000 marks. If Krupp earns 20.5 million marks the equivalent is about 4.715 million USD.
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Berlin
Germany
Herr Krupp
Herr von Thiele-Winckler
Boers Expect Compromise in Peace Overtures
An Amsterdam dispatch reports Boer delegates in Holland expect peace overtures soon and may drop the demand for unconditional surrender. They reportedly would consider fair terms and avoid exile, with Wednesday eyed as a possible surrender day, though War Office says no surrender proposals have been received.
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London
Amsterdam
Holland
The
Globe
War Office
Nicaragua Sugar Duty Free in Reciprocity Pact
The protocol for a Nicaragua United States reciprocity treaty lists bale hay and iron for boat building among duty free items, with sugar to be admitted free in the United States. President Zelaya gave US Minister Merry a rosewood cane engraved with his initials and the phrase Good friend of Nicaragua.
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Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Sanchez
Kasson
Washington
Zelaya
Merry
Mr. Merry
Redmond Re-elected Leader as Dublin Meeting Condemns Wyndham
John Redmond was re-elected chairman of the Irish Parliamentary party at a private Dublin meeting. Officers were re-elected and resolutions condemned coercion by Chief Secretary George Wyndham. The group drafted a strong parliamentary program and prepared to replace any imprisoned Irish MP.
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Dublin
Irish Parliamentary Party
John BE. Redmond
Ireland
George Wyndham
House of Commons
Sugar bounty policy blamed for large French deficit
Paris reports show a three month revenue shortfall of 8,271,844 francs and a 111,000,000 franc annual deficit versus estimates for 1901. Shortfalls attributed to wine import gaps and sugar bounty policy, with 42,000,000 francs of the deficit tied to the bounty alongside excise duty changes and exceptional crops.
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Paris
British MP Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett In Serious Condition
London January 10 Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett MP for the Ecclesall division of Sheffield born in Brooklyn New York in 1849 is ill with internal inflammation his condition is serious.
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London
Ellis Ashmead- Bartlett
Ecclesall
Sheffield
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jamaica merchants seek English commercial agent to boost trade
Jamaica merchants, working with the government, plan to appoint a commercial agent in England to revive dwindling island trade. The Franco-American gas project for Paris and suburbs, set to begin in 1906, faced late consideration and may be revisited if competing plans fail. Russian artist A Borissoff reports on three years’ northern expedition including Nova Zembia.
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Jamaica
England
Paris
Althoug
A. Borissoff
Nova Zembia
Far North
State Insurance Company Faces Impairment and Suspension
The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania reports 21 percent capital impairment, above the legal 20 percent limit, prompting a halt on new policies. President George Crowell defends the firm while a special committee probes, with policyholders protected via the Insurance Company of North America guarantee.
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Insurance Company
Pennsylvania
George G. Crowell
South Fourth Street
Israel W. Durham
Insurance
Durham
Insurance Company of North America
Philadelphia
Nerviest Republican Senator singled out in letter
Special to The Philadelphia Times from Washington dated January 10 reports Senator Penrose received an anonymous Baltimore postmarked letter addressed to the Nerviest Republican United States Senator. The writeup praises his nerve while criticizing the party over alleged voter disenfranchisement and Democratic tactics in Congress.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Penrose
United States
Baltimore
Gorman
Congress
Good Party
South
Creasy Reports Flinn Fight Intensifies in Pennsylvania
Democratic State Chairman William T. Creasy says Senator Flinn and his machine face the hardest fight yet in Philadelphia as the battle for controller and council seats looms. Creasy and Rep. A J Palm of Crawford county met Colonel J M Guffey for a lengthy undisclosed discussion in Pittsburg.
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Creasy
Guffey
Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg
William T. Creasy
Flinn
Philadelphia
A. J. Palm
Crawford County
J. M. Guffey
McMichael Named New Postmaster as Hicks Hands Office
Postmaster Thomas L. Hicks transfers city post office duties to Colonel Clayton Mc Michael. George W. Knowles is introduced to Charles W. Zieber, takes chair, while Knowles has long led the Eighteenth Bainbridge station. John A. Lane becomes cashier, George W. Woodruff auditor, and Alfred Scott Sheller heads station No. 5. Hicks remains active in Union party nomination for Magistrate.
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Thomas L. Hicks
City Post Office
Clayton Mc Michael
George W. Knowles
Charles W. Zieber
Hicks
Knowles
Eighteenth and
Bainbridge Streets
John A. Lane
George W. Woodruff
Alfred Scott Sheller
Chicago cases link suspect to multiple murders
Louis Thoms, charged with Carrie Larson’s murder, is suspected of three or four prior wives with two dead. Investigations tie an 11 year old girl abduction in 3 years past to him. Wives include Jennie Helder of Albany and Millie Ristan of Chicago, with a German wife Anna Burnett recently. The case draws comparisons to Dr. Holmes and questions about his alibi.
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Chicago
Louis Thoms
Carrie Larson
Thoms
Jennie Helder
Albany
N. Y
Millie Ristan
Hopkins
Anna Burnett
Germany
Anna Burnitt
Empire Employment Agency
Captain Wheeler
H. H
District Attorney Delays Opposition to Bail for Train No 118 Engineer
New York January 10 District Attorney Jerome said he will not oppose bail of ten thousand dollars for John Wiskar engineer of train 118 in the New York Central disaster. He indicated manslaughter as the offense but gave no view on shared culpability. Coroner’s inquest set to begin next Thursday after tunnel inspection showed no smoke at Ninety-sixth street but dense smoke at the open viaduct. Torpedo signal tests at Fiftieth street were failures with the mechanism deemed out of order.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
Jerome
New York Central
John Wiskar
Wiskar
Scholer
Ninety-sixth Street
Fiftieth Street
Dager
Woman’s Wit Saves Babies From Death In Fire
Mrs. David Pickering living at 03 North Seventh Street used quick thinking after a match sparked a blaze on her third floor. With help from Mrs. Katherine Fox they evacuated her two children from a back room as smoke filled the space. A chemical engine arrived and extinguished the fire in minutes, with $75 in room damage.
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North Seventh Street
David Pickering
Katherine Fox
Woman Dies Refusing Doctor's Aid at Home
Mrs. Sarah Wilson, 76, of 4234 Fairmount Avenue, died yesterday at home after a severe cold. She refused medical help despite illness, and Dr. A P. Good from North Forty-eighth Street arrived too late to treat the advanced pneumonia.
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Sarah Wilson
Fairmount Avenue
Weather Outlook for Eastern PA and New Jersey
Partly cloudy today for Eastern Pennsylvania with Saturday snow possible in the north. Sunday looks fair and colder with increasing westerly winds Saturday night. New Jersey shows partly cloudy Saturday, then fair Sunday with colder temps and fresh winds rising Saturday night.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Local Weather Report Philadelphia January 10
United States Weather Bureau Philadelphia reports cloudy conditions with rain and a forecast of 55 percent sunshine today. Temperatures show an excess of 8 degrees and a 24 degree deficit since January 1, with 0.77 inch of rainfall accumulation for the year to date.
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United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Arrivals of Ocean Liners
The liner Krouprin Wilhelm Bremen arrives from New York amid schedule movements. Passengers and crew disembark at the port as the vessel docks.
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Krouprins Wilhelm
Bremen
New York
Trains proposed to run 200 mph on Philadelphia routes
The American Elevated Railroad Co plans an interurban line with 200 mph trains and a Market Street elevated road to be built within three years. President Congerton confirms plans to own substantial stock, conceal backers, and challenge surface lines while linking Philadelphia with Atlantic City.
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Osborne Congelton
American Elevated Railroad Company of
New York
Philadelphia Timms
Market Street
Philadelphia
American Elevated Railroad Company
Atlantic City
J. Pierpont Morgan
Union Traction Company
Mack-Foerderer Syndicate
Mack-Foerderer
Union Traction
American Elevated Company
Manhattan
Congeston
Philadelphia Times
Congerton
George H. Thompson
Thompson
Crowd in Kensington Nabs Thief After Pursuit
Policeman from the Twenty second district joined a woman and crowd chasing a thief along East Huntingdon street in Kensington. The suspect was arrested at the Twenty six district station after resisting a name reveal. A gold watch valued at eighty dollars and a diamond ring valued at thirty five were found on him. He faces a magistrate hearing before Gillespie this morning.
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Lynch
Twenty-second District
Kensington
East Huntingdon Street
Twenty-sixth District
Ta. Mary Cupples
Sai’ Eeteaien Street
Gillespie
House approves life free mailing for Mrs McKinley
The House passed unanimously a bill granting Mrs McKinley the free mailing privilege for the rest of her life. Introduced by Mr Bramwell of Ohio, the measure received unanimous consent to be considered.
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Washington
House
McKinley
Bramwell
Ohio
Dr Cleveland's Laundry Alarms South 21st Street
Neighbors fear infected laundry on Dr Samuel M Cleveland's yard as clothes lines and linens hung out following a smallpox scare. Health officials questioned disinfection plans while Dr Cleveland called the alarm unfounded and claimed investigation failed.
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DR. Cleveland
21St ST
Samuel M. Cleveland
The
Health Bureau
South Twenty-first Street
Cleveland “Wash
Cleveland
J. Howard Taylor
Bureau
Bankers seek extensions as Everett-Moore affairs wobble
In Cleveland on January 10 creditors representing 1.4 million of 1.6 million in the Everett-Moore syndicate agreed to extensions. The Sandusky division of the Detroit and Toledo Shore Line deposited 40,000 with Euclid Avenue Trust. The Euclid Avenue Trust and Savings Company assigned to Attorney Frank H. Ginn, bond fixed at 250,000. Assignee Ginn says no depositor or customer will lose a dollar.
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Cleveland
Everett-Moore
Bankers’ Committee
Cincinnati
Newcomb
Sandusky
Detroit and Toledo Shore Line
Ginn
Bulldog Attacks Child in Port Chester Tragedy
Mary Kelly a five year old girl is mauled by a bulldog owned by her brother in Port Chester New York. The dog bit the child shoulder and shook her. Richard Elsmore tried to free her by beating and burning the animal with a poker and hot water. He finally used an axe to wound the dog and end the attack.
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Philadelphia Times
Port Chester
N. Y
Mary Kelly
Richard Elsmore
Tobacco Jumped Thirty Points On Stock Exchange
Special to The Philadelphia Times reports American Tobacco opened at 155 and surged to 175 on 1600 shares, closing 30 points higher as buyers seek to acquire remaining non-assenting stock from holders not part of the Consolidated Tobacco Company formation.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
Stock Exchange
Consolidated Tobacco Company
Train with axle break averts wreck near Mattoon
The Big Four fast west bound express with eight sleeping cars missed a wreck two miles west of Mattoon Illinois when an engine axle broke and the drive wheel was hurled into a ditch at about fifty miles per hour. The engineer halted the train and kept the engine on the track, an act railroad men call unbelievable.
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Mattoon
Ill
Bryan to Address Harvard Students in Sander’s Theatre
William J. Bryan left Boston for Holyoke and will return for a Boston luncheon hosted by Mayor Collins. He then visits Cambridge Mayor McNamee, followed by an address at Harvard College on "The Conquering Nation" to Harvard students at Sanders Theatre.
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Harvard
Bryan Boston
William J. Bryan
Boston
Holyoke
New York Meeting of Asphalt Company Receivers
Receivers for the National Asphalt Company and the Asphalt Company of America met in New York yesterday to discuss cutting operating expenses by reducing office rent and salaries, but no decision was reached. T De Witt Cuyler and William F Harrity represented the two investigating committees.
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New York
National Asphalt Company
The
Asphalt Company of America
T. de Witt Cuyler
William F. Harrity
Runaway Boys Found in Newark
Police in Newark notify the parents of Hugh Sweeney age 18 and John McCauley age 12 that the boys have been found in the city after leaving home Wednesday. They had a small amount of change and said they found twenty dollars.
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Newark
Hugh Sweeney
John McCauley
Alter Street
Cleveland Plans Hunting Trip This January
New York report states ex president Grover Cleveland has recovered enough to arrange a hunting trip. He will depart Princeton January 22 with friends for an island off Georgetown 8. where he will stay several days.
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Cleveland
New York
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Georgetown
Negro Murderer Hanged in Waco Court Yard
Dallas Texas January district reports a Black man named Norris hanged in McClellan county jail at Waco for the murder of a white farmer's wife last year.
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Dallas
Tex
Norris
McClellan County
Waco
McCarthy Identified in Bruce Murder Case in Baltimore
John McCarthy, arrested in Baltimore two weeks ago, was positively identified by three witnesses as the man seen near the murder scene at Jackson street. He was taken from City Hall to Moyamensing station and then to the shanty where James A Bruce died. Bartender Daniel Thompson identified him from a $10 bill and statements of wealth. Police also linked him to Beyer's and Walker's saloons, with more witnesses confirming the sightings. Coroner to set inquest date. McCarthy to be arraigned before Magistrate Kochersperger.
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John McCarthy
Baleimore
James A Bruce
Jackson Street
Geyer and Crawford
Smith
O'Connor
McCarthy
Walker
Third
Wolf Streets
Daniel Thompson
Paul Weixler
South Third Street
William Nubert
Trea Street
Thompson
Weixler
Beyer
Tree Streets
Nubert
Twenty-fifth District
Bruce
Fifth and
McKean
Dugan
Miller
Kochersperger
Forged Check Yields $15,000 Government Bonds
Boston report says $15,000 in government bonds were stolen and obtained from N W Harris & Co on a forged certified National Shawmut Bank check. A man named Bruce called by phone, had the check certified, and the bonds were laid aside and delivered before the forgery was detected.
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Boston
N. W. Harris & Co
National Shawmut Bank
Harris & Co
Bruce
Baltimore and Ohio
Ban Lifted From Father Crowley
Omaha reports that excommunication against Father J. J. Crowley of Chicago has been lifted. Chancellor Father A. M. Colerein said the ban was removed on Christmas Eve and Crowley celebrated Mass on Christmas morning at the Convent of the Poor Clares chapel in Omaha.
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Omaha
A. M. Colerein
Zannel
J. J. Crowley
Chicago
Father Crowley
Pictorial Supplement Promises News and Fashion Features
The item highlights a handsome pictorial newspaper supplement in the United States. It promotes “All the Newsing and Fashion News” with a feature about an admiral descended from Hessians. Readers are urged to order it from their newsdealer.
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Philadelphia Sunday Times
United States
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