Legislation urged for Philippine civil government and peace
The President transmitted to the Senate a War Department report from the Taft Philippine Commission. It calls for congressional authority to enable peaceful industrial development and civil government to supplant military rule. Dispatches from Manila and Taft detail insurgent surrenders, pacification progress, and Spooner bill amendments to unlock lands and mining claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Secretary of War
Taft Philippine Commission
Philippine Islands
Root
Philippine Commission
War Department
Congress
Carnegie Drops Plan to Enter Steel Sheet Trade
Special Telegram to The Times Pittsburg January 25. Andrew Carnegie reportedly agrees not to compete with American Steel Sheet Company. Negotiations over a possible deal involve Carnegie abandoning a $2 million plant project on the Monongahela and the sheet combine possibly buying $5,000,000 worth of steel bars for five years, with a $25,000,000 contract anticipated if closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sheet Steel Company
the Times
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
American Steel Sheet Company
Carnegie Company
Duquesne Works
Monongahela River
Sheet Trust
Sheet Combine
Carnegie
Pittsburg Company
Harmony in Girls High chemistry department denied friction
Dr. Ida F Keller head of chemistry and Miss Ella Lyndall assistant report perfect harmony. Dr. T M Mortimer chairman of Board of Education committee notes earlier friction over new teaching methods but current relations are harmonious. Keller served years, Lyndall longer, indicating past disagreement over methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida F. Keller
Girls’ High School
Ella Lyndall
T. M. Mortimer
Board of Education
Dr. Mortimer
Keller
Belting Incident Injures Four Year Old Theresa Francis
Theresa Francis four of Roxborough employed in the John Dobson Mill sprayting department on Recton street was pulled into a sewing machine belting while placing yarn. Her dress sleeve caught in the belt and she was whirled about several times before the machine stopped. She was unconscious and rushed to St Timothy's Hospital where doctors found a fractured arm and multiple ribs. She is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Francis
Jacobs Street
Roxborough
John Dobson
Recton Street
St. Timothy's Hospital
Philadelphia Times Editor Arrives in San Francisco
Special Telegram to The Time reports Colonel A. K. McClure editor of the Philadelphia Times and his party arriving in San Francisco in good health after a long railroad ride. They praised the trip, will tour Los Angeles, and then proceed to Mexico from that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
A. K. McClure
Ihiladelphia Times
Frisco
Los Angeles
Mexico
Faro Taught Him To Count
Special Telegram to The Timms, Winsted, Conn., January 25. The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company discharged many employees including engineers firemen conductors brakemen section foremen and gatemen due to poor vision misreading and defective hearing. James O Donnell who served thirty years on the Berkshire division could not read and could only count to ten, a skill he learned by playing fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timms
Winsted
Conn
New York, New Haven and Dartford Railroad Company
James O' Donnell
Berkshire
Telegraphic Brevities From The Era Of Prohibition
A collection of terse notes: the New York Cotton Exchange closes for Queen Victoria’s funeral, a Albany bride’s wedding in Detroit, burglaries solved by a Chicago milkman, a national Prohibition conference call for Buffalo, and a missing steamer safe in Alaska. Also reports of wills, land purchases, Shrine entertainment plans in San Francisco, receivership petitions, Montreal fire losses, a gasoline steamer wreck, a drowning attempt, naval drill ground proposal, court decrees in Nashville, and missionary dispatches from East Shan Tung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Sends First Message to Parliament
Salisbury and Balfour pay eloquent tributes to Queen Victoria in parliament as both houses receive the King’s condolence and accession message. Lord Halsbury and Mr Gully read the dispatch while US Ambassador Choate attends the Lords as Salisbury praises the late Queen’s sixty four year reign and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Halsbury
Mr. Gully
Edward Rex
House of Commons
Mr. Choate
United States
Mr. White
Mr. Carter
House of Lords
Lord Salisbury
Wanamaker Plans Artificial Southern California Scene
John Wanamaker intends to reproduce an ideal Southern California view in his New York store. The display will cover 20,000 square feet and use 200 to 500 climbing reef bushes 15 to 60 feet long, without roots, leaves, or flowers, all devices being artificial.
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John Wanamaker
California
THE
TIMES
Los Angeles
Dobbun Wanamaker
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Queen Wilhelmina Marriage Deed Filed in The Hague
An official of the Ministry of Justice delivered at the Town Hall a formal deed signed by Queen Wilhelmina and Duke Henry announcing their intention to marry. Flags were raised at the Town Hall and churches as the royal banns are to be read for the first time on Sunday January 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Hague
Ministry of Justice
Jersey Central Revenue Scale Negotiations Conclude
Special Telegram to The Times from Jersey City reports the Board of Federation representing locomotive engineers telegraphers conductors firemen and brakemen has secured a new wage scale for conductors on the Central Railroad of New Jersey after negotiations since May It is expected the scale will be adjusted for other brotherhood members by February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Central
the Times
Jersey City
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Board of Federation
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Nominations sent to Senate for Army Cavalry and Treasury officials
The President sent nominations to the Senate: Army second lieutenants promoted to first lieutenants in the Second Cavalry William Kelly and G. T. Summerlin of the Eighth Cavalry. Treasury Henry T. Powell of Maryland to be a second assistant engineer in the revenue cutter service.
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Washington
Senate
Army—Cavalry
William Kelly
G. T. Summerlin
Eighth Cavalry
Treasury
Henry T. Powell
Maryland
Revenue Cutter Service
Immigrant Arrivals at Port Drop From 1899 to 1900
Collector C Wesley Thomas reports 1899 arrivals totaled 12 176, while 1900 totaled 10 595. Hungary Russia England and Ireland sent the largest numbers, marking a smaller flow into the port during 1900 compared with the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Wesley Thomas
Hungary
Russia
England
Ireland
Engineer injured in elevator shaft accident at Gladstone building
Arthur Peach of 1716 Seybert Street, an engineer with Gladstone, was working at the bottom of an elevator shaft yesterday afternoon when he grabbed the rope causing the car to descend and strike his head. He sustained a bad wound and was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Arthur Peach
Seybert, Street
Gladstone
Pennsylvania Hospital
Standard Controls Ohio Oil Fields
Findlay Ohio January 25 The Standard Oil Company by the purchase of the Manhattan Oil Company has absolute control of the entire production of both the North and South Lima fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Ohio
Findlay
Standard Oil Company
Manhattan Oil Company
Lima
Allan Line steamer Hibernian grounds in Clyde
The Allan Line steamer Hibernian, from Boston on January 11, bound for Glasgow, grounded in the Clyde this morning. Initial reports do not indicate she has been seriously harmed or endangered, with no further details available at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan
Hibernian
Glasgow
Allan Line
Boston
Clyde
Voting for Their Favorites in The Times Contest
The Times runs a popularity contest for best teachers and pupils across Pennsylvania New Jersey and Maryland. Twenty prize winners will receive a free summer trip to the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo and Niagara Falls including hotel travel and a weeklong tour. Vote daily by clipping the coupon in The Times.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Southern Industrial Association may hold session in Philadelphia
Businessmen of the South, especially in this region, favor Tur Times suggestion to host a Southern Industrial Association session in Philadelphia. The plan aims to attract Northern capital by presenting the South’s commercial value and would likely draw large attendance if adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Association
Tikely
Times
Chattanooga
Southern Industrial Association
Philadelphia
Freedom for Filipinos resolution in Senate
Senator Towne of Minnesota offers a joint resolution demanding immediate hostilities cease in the Philippine Islands on terms recognizing Philippine independence while protecting U S interests. He asks the measure lie on the table and says he will speak on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Toewne
Minnesota
Philippine Islands
United States
Towne
Millions for Defense
Washington reports the fortification appropriation bill to the House. Total estimates stand at 12,461,193 with 7,227,461 recommended for fortifications and defenses, down 156,167 from prior levels. Since 1888 Endicott Board plans underpin spending totaling 82,500,016, with projected aggregate costs around 112,107,267 and current allocations split between engineer and ordnance departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
House Committee On
Engineer
Ordnace Department
Navy sends Lancaster to replace Scorpion at La Guira
Washington reports the Navy Department dispatched the cruiser Lancaster from St Vincent to La Guira to cover American interests while the Scorpion refuels at Curacao. The move ensures continued American naval presence in Venezuelan waters during the temporary replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Lancaster
St. Vincent
West Indies
la Guira
Curacon
Various World Ailments and Political Shifts
Brief items report the death of Herr Zelle former Berlin mayor and illnesses affecting M Waldeck Rousseau and Halil Rifat Pasha. Storms batter coastlines as ships endure heavy seas. German and British naval movements unfold around Queen Victoria's funeral and imperial proclamations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herr Zelle
Berlin
Edwin Arnold's Son Convicted Misappropriates Trust Funds
London January 25. At the Old Bailey Juan T. B. Arnold, son of Sir Edwin Arnold, extradited from San Francisco in October, was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for misappropriating trust funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Old Bailey
Juan T. BK. Arnold
Edwin Arnold
San Francisco
Verdi Near Death as Relatives Gather at Bedside
Friends of the noted composer Verdi gather at his Milan bedside as authorities report another relapse and a fatal outcome seems imminent. The public is warned to follow late breaking updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedside
Milan
Verdi
Philadelphia Orchestra Leader Simon Hassler Dies at 68
Simon Hassler longtime Philadelphia violinist orchestra director and composer died shortly after noon at his brother Mark Hassler’s home 602 South Forty-eighth street in his 69th year. Born in Bavaria in 1882 he came to the United States in 1848 and became a noted conductor and composer arranging a funeral service for Lincoln and leading theatres in Philadelphia. Funeral Tuesday at 10:30 from the Hassler residence Mt Sinai Cemetery private interment with honorary pallbearers chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Hassler
Philadelphia
Mark Hassler
South Forty-eighth Street
Mr. Hassler
Rosalie Hassler Kaufmann
Bavaria
Germany
America
Nahan Waldteufel
Ewil Waldteufel
Paris
Theodore Thomas
Carl Wolfsohn
Simon Haesler
Hassler
Independent Hall
John Sleeper Clarke
Walnut Street Theatre
Zimmerman & Nixon
Chestnut Street Opera House
Herbert Hassler
Mt. Sinai Cemetery
Baron Wilhelm Rothschild Dead After Fifty Years at Frankfort House
Baron Wilhelm von Rothschild died at noon aged 73 in Frankfort. He headed the Frankfort Rothschild house for fifty years and was a key figure among the three London brothers handling major German government loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Wilhelm von Rothschild
Rothschilds
London House
Robbery at Atkinson Street Home Reported
Police seek burglars who entered the home of F. B. Holbicht at 5207 Atkinson Street between January 1 and 24 while the family was away. The residents returned to find the house robbed.
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Woodland Avenue
F. 8. Holbicht
Atkinson Street
Familly
Death of Cardinal Sebastiano Galeati in Ravenna
Rome reports the death of Cardinal Sebastiano Galeati, Archbishop of Ravenna. Born 1822, he was elevated to the cardinalate in 1800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Sebastiano Galeati
Ravenna
Washington Notes on Senate Actions and World Affairs
The Quartermaster General says the tran t Sumer has reached Nagasaki en route to Manila. Senate approves 10000 dollars for a Maine lobster hatchery. Efforts push Speaker Henderson to set an early Brostus pure food date. Chatruan Dayne is active at home. Arizona statehood bill advances no action. Pettigrew probes Mabini deportation. Smith of Michigan introduces national freight commission bill. War Department report on the Philippines discussed. Coin tests to be conducted at mints for 1900. Miers pension court bill favorably reported. Consular and appropriation bill moved through House committee. Swarm reports poor wheat crop in River Plate. New fourth class postmasters appointed in several towns. Turkish government indemnity talks advance. Jeakins bill to regulate Chinese entry favorable. Boor huaing case to continue. Choate presents damages claims to Britain. Naval board weighs purchasing drydock in Rome. Court to coronation plans discussed. invites extended to leaders and officials.
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Washington
Harpool
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Billoft
Jeakins
Wisconsin
Congressional
Boor Huaing
Weather forecast for multiple regions with varying conditions
Eastern Pennsylvania and New York see fair but colder conditions with brisk northwest winds and possible sun then rain or snow Sunday. New Jersey Delaware stay fair and colder with diminishing winds, Sunday likely fair. Maryland fair Saturday with eastern cold and northwest winds, Sunday fair. Western Pennsylvania expect Saturday snow or rain then warmer, lake winds turning southerly, Sunday rain or snow. Western New York similar with snow or rain Saturday and Sunday. Temperature and barometric readings appended.
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Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Poartion
Philadelphia Board of Trade to Hold Annual Meeting
The Philadelphia Board of Trade schedules its annual meeting at its rooms in the Bourse building for Monday afternoon. Other local items include burglarized homes, license transfers, a boy’s skull fracture from a game of tag, bail for alleged false pretenses, a milk theft charge, injuries to a motorman, and a missing mute man sought by police.
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Philadelphia Board of Trade
Herman Greenstein
North Second Street
Senator Martin Shows Improvement After Illness
State Senator Martin has improved after several days of grip illness with reports noting a better condition yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Martin
Martin
Winter Bargains In Men's Overcoats And Suits
Hundreds of men face winter in old coats after snow yesterday as the weather forecast warns of genuine winter ahead. Stores advertise great bargains in men's suits young men and boys clothing to equip shoppers for the season.
Closeout Sale Slashes Trousers to Three-Fifty a Pair
Seven dollar trousers now priced at three-fifty as remaining stock of about 700 pairs of Fine Worsted Trousers is cleared. Sales include S T and other dress pants previously at six to seven dollars, plus two thirty-nine or four fifty to five dollar items, all offered tonight with extended hours.
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Philippines
McKinley
Taft Commission
Far East
Taft
Ilocos Norte
Panay
Manila
Spooner
Ihon
Commission
Luzon
Delgado
Samar
Leyte
Manta
Cirl
Golden Gate
Faro
Him
Charles Ohman
Chicago
Oliver W. Stewart
National Committee
Canadian Pacific
Chatham
Ont
Owen A. Collins
St. Louis
Alvah FP. Collings
St. Albans
Juneau
Alaska
Faolin
Taku Harbor
Hustler
New York Supreme Court
William Ivison
David Ivison
J. M. Carpenter
John A. Stone
Monroe County
Tennessee
Islam Temple
Mystic Shrine
Honolulu
John W. Carpenter
Asylvania
Anglo American Savings and Loan Association
Lacombe
D. A. McPherson
W. A. Johnson
Nicholas Pitt
William Street
Montreal
Barbara Hernster
Point Arena
Frank Christensen
C. Taylor
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Father Chidwick
Maine
van Wyck
Secretary of the Navy
Blackwell's Island
United States Circuit Court
Nashville
Tenn
Russell A. Alper
T. R. Anderson
Franklin County
Zoiachenn
Arthur J. Brown
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
W. ©. Riterich
East Shan Tung Mission
Edward
Parliament
Salisbury
Balfour
Wilhelmina
Hague
Tur Times
Venezuela
Scorpion
Mr. Kruger
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Council of Ministers
Halil Rifat Pasha
Prince Henry
Prussia
Unera
Bienaime
Queen Victoria
de Lajaffle
Lotter
Uitenhage
Mr. Lotter
William
Eenstown
Edward VII
British Empire
Newfoundland
Henry McCallum
Grand Palace
Ee - Agency
Shanet Sare
China
Baron Wilhelm Rothschild
Cardinal Galeati
Quartermaster General
Nagasaki
Henderson
Chatruan Dayne
Senate Committee On Territories
Arizona
Bett
Pettigrew
A. Mabini
Gillam
H. Smith
Michigan
National Freight Commission
Philippine
Roother Twins
Porto Rico
Miers
Court of Appeals
Forairs
Hitt
Montevideo
State Department
River Plata
Argentia
Uruguay
Aberleen
J. A. Yeager
Centre Mills
R. Gettig
Cove
W. Hi, Wilson, Jr
Craig
Stevens
Rhone
C. L. Kingsley
Choate
South
Naval Board
Atromene
Nape
United States Army
Navy
Chawte
Deboe
Boering
Charles Weaver
Louleville
T. Aker
BK. T. Franks
Owensboro
Eveets
Knights Tembine Conclege
United States Weather Bureau
Hum Wind Culty
Weathermain
Sam
Spm
NLW
Jane Max
City News
Amanda Gardner
Cresson
Millard F. Trullinger
Mantua Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Anita Truman
Wash G
Soares Club
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Broad and
Cherry Streets
Albert Walker
Germantown Avenue
Lee
D. N. Joyce
North Broad Street
Benton
Severn
Orphans’ Court
Rocheraperger
John Hughes
Bucknell Street
F. White
Franklin Street
White
A. J. Flowers
Girard Avenue
A. C. Herring
North American Street
Ladner
John Toner
Edmund Street
Holmesburg and Tacony Traction Company
Episcopal Hll
William Stone
Ritner Street
Stone
Wm. Fi
Wanamaker
S&t
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