Waldeck Rousseau Opens Campaign in St Etienne
In St Etienne on January 12 Premier Waldeck Rousseau opened the electoral campaign with a speech defending government policy and outlining reforms. He praised republican victories, warned against anti republican forces, and promised further measures including economic and naval developments and Africa policy. The event passed without hostile demonstrations as crowds cheered the republic.
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ST. Etienne
France
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
The
Loire
Paris
Statue Unveiling Honors French Premier and Ministers
The unveiling of the statue in the colonial possessions of Annam and Tonkin marked by a grand ovation to the French Premier and ministers. Delegates from labor and commercial organizations held a reception afterward.
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Annam and
Tonkin
Garnier
Hill and Harrison Ticket for 1904 Democratic Nomination
Special to The Philadelphia Times reports Chicago discussions point to a Hill Harrison ticket for 1904 with David B. Hill for president and Carter Harrison for vice president. James K. McGuire and William J. Bryan allegedly support the plan, with McGuire pushing the Chicago mayor as a receptive VP pick.
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Philadelphia Times
Chicago
David B. Hill
New York
Carter Harrison
Illinois
James K. McGuire
Syracuse
N. Y
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Harrison
McGuire
New York State Democratic Committee
David Bennett Hill
Empire State
Hill
Chile to Buy War Material for 2.5 Million Pounds
Valparaiso dispatch reports Chilean Congress authorized Treasury bills totaling £2,500,000 to fund war material purchases. Buenos Aires press claims of Argentine port rights on the Pacific are viewed in Chile as expansionist. Chilean officials note Argentine police presence in disputed territory and suspect ulterior aims.
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Valparaiso
Congress
Treasury
Buenos Ayres Press
Pacific
Chili
Argentina
Chill
Night Marches Aid British Troops on Swaziland Front
General Bruce Hamilton's columns have returned from a ten day expedition on the Swaziland border. Four night marches accounted for 105 Boers as the enemy avoids striking distance. The system provides mobility with minimal discomfort, rationing two days per man and one day per extra horse, while veldt grazing enables three days of operation. Wheeled transport trails the mounted troops and rejoins when possible.
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Ermelo
South Africa
Bruce Hamilton
Swaziland
Hamilton
Paris Paper Begins Reform Movement
Paris reformers push direct action on public health issues. The Matin first exposed Seine water contamination by deadly microbes, then charged M. Duval with producing unsafe wine, and now leads a milk analysis and dealer-prosecution drive to protect consumers.
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London Times
New York Times
Philadelphia Times
Paris
Matin
Seine
M. Duval
Cunard Liner Umbria Reaches Queenstown After Transatlantic Voyage
The Cunard liner Umbria arrived at Queenstown after sailing from New York and proceeding to Liverpool. The vessel communicated by wireless with the Etruria on January 8, a nearly three hour chat at distances of forty to one hundred miles.
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Queenstown
Cunard
Umbria
New York
Liverpol
Etruria
Condor Sloop Leaves Requiemault for Honolulu Amid Ice Anxiety
Victoria report notes the Condor sloop of war departed Requiemault on December 2 bound for Honolulu, with concerns raised over ice conditions affecting safety. The late report confirms the vessel's move as authorities monitor maritime dangers in the region.
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Victoria
B. C
Requimault
Honolulu
Runaway Boys Arrested After 64 Mile Escape
Four negro youths from Camden Patterson and Newark escaped the New Jersey State Reform School at Jamesburg on Friday night and traveled about sixty four miles begging food. They were captured in Camden yesterday morning by Police Sergeant Hyde and Policeman Corhog. Sloan suffered frostbite and all were cold and exhausted. Two made a near escape attempt before capture.
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Willis Dickson
Edward Jacobs
Camden
John Kline
Patterson
Eugene Sloan
Newark
New Jersey State Reform School
Jamesburg
Kalghn Avenue
Hyde
Corhog
Sloan
Mberty
Jacobs
Kline
Nordica Hurt in Southern Railway Collision Near Reeves Station
Rome Ga January 12 Mme Lillian Nordica the singer and accompanist H Romaine Simmons were injured in a wreck on the Southern Railway near Reeves Station twelve miles north of Rome. The engineer of the passenger train was killed and four other railroad workers injured. Nordica was awakened by the crash and hurled from her bed sustaining a bruised shoulder and neck strain. Simmons injured his right hand.
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Rome
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Romaine Simmons
Southern Railway
Reeves Station
Mme. Nordica
Nordica
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Reves
Reeves
Frank Tracey
Garlington
Mr. Simmons
Nashville
St. Louis
Mrs
Sim
Guy Connally
George Florence
Ed Lewis
Lillian Nordica A Star of Opera in America and Europe
Lillian Nordica born 1859 Farmington Maine rose to fame from La Traviata debut in Brescia 1880. She trained at New England Conservatory under John O Neill and San Giovanni Milan. Nordica sang in London Paris St Petersburg Met opera and Covent Garden and married twice.
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Lillian Nordica
Norton
Brescia
Italy
Violetta
Farmington Me
New England Conservatory
John O'Neill
San Giovanni
Milan
London
Paris
St. Petersburg
Wagner
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
Grau
Philadelphia
Lucia
Isolde
Bruennhilde
Siegfried
Grau Forces
Covent Garden
Madame Nordica
Gower
Jan Doeme
Pastor Dies After Officiating at Dying Man’s Ceremony
The Rev. Dr. George Thomas Wall, 79, hospital chaplain at Presbyterian Hospital, died soon after officiating at a marriage for dying patient William Bell Baldwin, 35, inventor and typewriter maker. Baldwin wed Bertha Wilson Sanborn as he was brought in on a reclining chair. Wall collapsed later during rounds. Born in 1823 in Pictou Nova Scotia, Wall studied at Princeton and served ten years as hospital chaplain and prior a superintendent.
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New York
The
Presbyterian Hospital
George Thomas Wall
William Bell Baldwin
Broadway
Bertha Wilson Sanborn
Wall
Baldwin
Dr. Wall
Pictou
Nova Scotia
Princeton
Presbyterian
Young Girl Burned Curling Hair Near Gas Stove
Lillian Titus of 820 Buttonwood street was fatally burned when long back hair fell into a flame from a heated curling tong at a gas stove. Her wrapper caught fire and she rolled on a bed to extinguish the blaze before being taken to Medico-Chirurgical Hospital. Doctors reported she had a good chance of recovery.
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Lillian Titus
Buttonwood Street
Miss Titus
Workingmen of Homestead Give 10000 to McKinley Fund
Ten thousand dollars was contributed yesterday by Homestead laborers to the McKinley memorial fund. The gift came as workers, including the lowest paid laborers, donated a half day’s pay to support the national fund.
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McKinley
Philamelphia Times
Pittsburg
National Fund
Homestead
Quay predicts bolters lose Pennsylvania offices
In Washington on January 12 Senator M A Quay stated that federal office holders in Pennsylvania who bolted the Republican ticket will not be reappointed. He named William McCoach as Internal Revenue Collector in place of A McClain, noting McClain’s removal due to bolting. Roosevelt reportedly ignores Gage on the McClain matter as Quay and Penrose push their choice.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Quay
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Penrose
William McCoach
30Th Ward
Philadelphia
Penrosé A. McClain
Internal Revenue
McClain
Hicks
McCoach
Friends of Civil Service Reform
Gage
Treasury Department
McKinley
Bingham
White House
Elkin
Florida
Bikin
James W. Latta
Glenn
Senator Quay
McCoach Likely Appointed Internal Revenue Collector
William McCoach, councilman from the 80th ward, said he expects to be named Internal Revenue Collector next week to succeed Sans McClain. He defended amounts in pay, noting the collector’s post is prestigious and would not affect his Mercantile Agency work. Penrose A. McClain denied knowledge of any removal, praising reforms and stating he would accept any outcome without changing his political stance.
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William McCoach
Sena
Senator Quay
Liberty Bell
Charleston
Ashington
Internal Revenue Collector
Agoraleese
General Bingham
Weather Forecast for Eastern States and Mid-Atlantic
Fair conditions dominate with brisk northwest winds in the region. Eastern Pennsylvania expected fair and clearing in the north by Monday. Tuesday remains fair and cold with winds diminishing by night. Wednesday stays fair. Delaware Maryland and New Jersey show similar cold, fair trends with winds easing by Monday night and continuing into Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Local Weather Summary from Philadelphia Station
Weather report from United States Weather Bureau Philadelphia notes clear skies and calm winds with high and low temperatures around twenty degrees. It records accumulated January temperature of twenty six degrees and rainfall deficiency since January 1.
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United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Transatlantic Steamers Reported in Departure List
A list shows ships traveling from New York to various ports including Furst Bismarck and La Champagne Havre Etruria and La Gascogne Palatia with origins Hamburg Havre Liverpool indicating regular Atlantic traffic.
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Furst Bismarck
Gqbraltar
New York
la Champagne
Havre
Auguste Victoria
Hamburg
Etruria
Liverpool
la Gascogne
Palatia
Two Men Stranded on Icebound Delaware River Rescue
Thomas Oleanchak and John Clouel, Polish natives living with wood dealer John Glanwick on Petty's Island, spent a night and day in a yawl and flat boat frozen in ice in the Delaware River. Polar-like conditions persisted until Camden police tug Visitor reached them, freed them, and brought them ashore to Petty's Island.
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Thomas Oleanchak
John Clouel
Delaware River
Oleanchak
Clouel
John Glanwick
Petty’s Island
Pavonia
New Jersey
Poland
Cramer Hill
Jersey
Camden
Camden Police Department
Philadelphia
Washington Avenue
Airship Prize Plan Set for 1908 Exposition Debut
David R. Francis announced a $200000 airship contest at the 1908 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis. A $100000 premium for a full display flight, $50000 prizes for speed flights, and $50000 to cover contest expenses are offered. Langley Chanute and Skiff organize regulations as international contenders are invited.
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ST. Louis
David R. Francis
The
World's Fair Company
United States
S. P. Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
Octave Chanute
Western Society of Engineers
Chicago
F. J. W. Skiff
Francis
London
Hiram Maxim
Maxim
Paris
Palmer L. Bowen
M. Santos-Dumont
Berlin
Joseph Brucker
von Geppelin
Baron Rothschild
Germany
Steel Trust Buys a Joliet Mill
Unofficial reports say United States Steel Corporation purchased the Fox Pressed Steel Company's works in Joliet and will resume operations this week under new management. The Fox plant has been idle since last summer due to labor troubles and employs several hundred workers making steel cars and trucks.
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United States Steel Corporation
Fox Pressed Steel Company
Fox
Nash Inaugurated for Second Term in Columbus
Governor Nash will be inaugurated tomorrow in Columbus for his second term amid planned civic festivities and parades. An earlier schedule indicates the ceremony and related events will mark the transition of New York ties and state leadership.
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Nash
Columbus
Irooneany Hee
Family of seven perishes in Buffalo fire tragedy
Henry Pearlstein, his wife, and five children aged from one and a half to twelve years died in a blaze that destroyed a two story frame building in Buffalo. Joseph Supowski and Karl Brackl were arrested as the investigation began. Supowski held $9,000 insurance on the structure and contents. The mother died with the infant in her arms as the floor collapsed trapping the family. the bodies were recovered hours after firefighters stopped the flames.
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Buffalo
WN. Y
Henry Pearlstein
Joseph Supowski
Karl Brackl
Supowski
Pearlsteins
Broadway
Mother
Babe
Cavalry Captain Horne Slashes Throat in San Francisco Store
Captain W J D Horne of the Ninth Cavalry attempted suicide in a fruit shop on O Farrell street in San Francisco. Owner A Dalporto and bystanders restrained him after he slashed his throat during a struggle. Dalporto was lightly cut. Horne was hospitalized and expected to recover. He had arrived from Manila in December and faced a retiring board. He was appointed to West Point from Oregon in 1883 and graduated in 1887.
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San Francisco
W. J. D. Horne
Ninth Cavalry
O'Farrell Street
A. Dalporto
Dalporto
Horne
Manila
West Point
Oregon
Sisters of Charity Halt Planned Human Sacrifice
In Baker City Oregon on January 12 Sisters of Charity intervened to rescue Hy Wong a paralyzed Chinese man held in Chinatown. With his queue cut, Chinese authorities planned a ritual sacrifice at a Joss house but Wong sent a plea to hospital sisters who arrived in time to prevent the execution.
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Baker City
Ore
Sisters of Charity
Hy Wong
Chinatown
Joss
Joss House
Movement to honor Pope Leo XIII with a diamond tiara
A worldwide drive for the Pontifical silver jubilee of Pope Leo XIII is under way with England already preparing and the United States to follow. Arch bishop Corrigan received appeals for contributions to buy a tiara valued at $50,000 and funded by an Italian lady.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
Leo XIII
England
Corrigan
Ada Dennis Reports Amnesia After Assault
Mrs Ada Gilbert Dennis the dressmaker injured in a January assault at Providence Hospital says she remembers nothing after going to bed and has no idea who attacked her. Doctors report she has regained senses and they expect her to recover.
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Philadelphia TimEs
Washington
Ada Gilbert Dennis
Providence Hospital
Dennis
Family Has 57 Sets of Twins in St Louis
Mrs Susan Pennock 21, a City Hospital patient, has just given birth to her third set of twins. Her mother had six sets and 24 children. A sister had five pairs, another four pairs. Thirteen of her mother's children had three sets each, totaling 39, yielding 57 twin sets or 114 children. Mrs Pennock was born in Sweden.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Susannah Pennock
City Hospital
Urge Roosevelt to Stop Shipment of Mules
Chicago January 12 The Chicago branch of the American Transvaal League held a meeting and adopted a petition urging President Roosevelt to enforce the neutrality law. Prominent signers including judges and lawyers demand stopping Britain's supplies from New Orleans. The petition says horses and mules intended for military use fall under military supplies in the Washington treaty.
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Chicago
American Transvaal League
Roosevelt
Great Britain
New Orleans
Payne named to succeed Postmaster General Emory Smith
Washington January 12 Henry Payne of Milwaukee is to succeed Postmaster General Emory Smith. The appointment revives whispers of a cabinet reshuffle and signals a shift in the postal leadership as the administration confirms the succession plans.
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Washington
Henry ©. Payne
Milwaukee
Emory Smith
Creasy decision on representation stirs Philadelphia Democrats
Philadelphia Democrats protested State Chairman W T Creasy’s ruling that Philadelphia should have 29 delegates at the next Democratic State convention. Leaders vowed to elect 60 delegates from city and counties Tuesday to seat Philadelphia 60 while the matter goes to the State Convention, arguing the decision is unjust and politically motivated by rural interests.
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W. T. Creasy
Philadelphia
Creasy
Pattison
Hassan
Gordon
Donnelly
Yerkes
Coray
Harrisburg
Sir Rule
Union Party
Allegheny
Luzerne
Bennett
Thomas J. Ryan
J. Burnwood Daly
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