Tenants Escape Fire In Night Clothes At Eleventh Street
Interior of a lodging house at 842 North Eleventh Street burned early yesterday. Tenants, five women and three men, fled in their night clothes or with minimal possessions. George Goetz and Patrick Hogan led daring rescues from windows, saving several occupants as flames trapped stairways. One woman broke her leg after descending a rope to safety. Miss Burrill and Mrs. Porter found shelter elsewhere, with losses estimated at about $2,500 for the owner and $2,000 for Burrill personally.
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North Eleventh Street
Lydia Bar
George Goetz
Miss Burrill
Itene Johnson
Samuel Porter
Margaret Wilson
Goets
Miss Johnson
Hogan
Irene Johnson
Mrs. Hogan
Myrtletreet
Goetz
Miss Wilson
Mellkay
Mellikay
Maiden voyage of the American freighter Hawaiian sails to San Francisco
The Hawaiian, new American freighter of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company, began its maiden trip this afternoon from New York destined for San Francisco.
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New York
Hawaiian
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
San Francisco Endalu
Verdi Dies in Milan After Brief Illness
Milan reports the death of Verdi after a two day struggle with relatives present. Cities closed and officials issued elegies as King Victor Emmanuel and Rome pledged state honors. Verdi's will requests a modest funeral with simple rites at daybreak or eventide.
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Milan
Verdi
Victor Emanuel
Helena
Italy
Indians Don War Paint In Creek Boundary Hostilities
Bristow Oklahoma Territory January 27 Major G W Lillie with a posse including Captain Edmund Barry and United States Marshals Dean Hogan and Churchwell visited the Creek stamping ground six miles south of Bristow. Creeks refused admittance and warned of possible rescue attempts for Tom Tiger. Guards reported him held in Muskogee area. Citizens armed as guards and telegrams authorized armament to protect property until troops may arrive.
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Bristow
I. T
Tom Tiger
Light Horsemen
United States
Dean
Posse
Muskogee
Marshal Bannett
Henrietta
John Bartram
Barnes
Tilghman
Lincoln County
ASKs POLICE TO FIND HIS WIFE Special Telegram to The Times
Charles C. Robinson of 402 Pearl Street reported his wife missing from their New York home after returning from Philadelphia where he works. He said his wife may be in want and that he would help her, noting he has savings and a steady job.
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the Times
New York
Charles C. Robinson
Pearl Street
Philadelphia
Robinson
Two Camden Men Charged With Robbery
Harry Rudolph and William Ward of 305 Front Street Camden were arrested yesterday morning at their home by Policeman Bateman on a robbery charge. They allegedly stole 16 dollars from Rudolphs mother with whom they boarded. Rudolphs overcoat was identified as L W Godfreys Atlantic City property stolen days ago. They have a hearing this morning.
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Harry Rudolph
William Ward
Front Street
Camden
Bateman
Rudolph
L. W. Godfrey
Atlantic City
Multiple World Events Tied to Turbulent News Briefs
Telegraphic briefs report Peoria revenue loss from a Friday night incident. Coast of France dispatches describe a heavy gale and several missing small boats. one sailor is feared drowned. At Savannah a deer of a different tale involves a runner for The French minister. naval matters and royal removals ensue with Queen Victoria’s body moving from Osborne to Portsmouth. Stanford alumni urge action over resignations in social science. in Covington a new St Mary Cathedral is dedicated by Archbishop Elder with several bishops in attendance.
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Peoria
France
M. de Lanessan
Dupuy de Lome
Spit Head
Queen Victoria
Osborne
Portsmouth
Extra Session Not Worrying Democrats In Congress
The Times reports Democratic leaders in Congress see little chance of an extra session over the ship subsidy bill. While some push rumors to deter opposition, the bill is steadily advanced with discussion slated for tomorrow. A late adjournment could spur talks of an extraordinary session to handle large appropriations and Philippines policy.
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Washington
Senate
House
Allison
Spooner
Dolliver
Aldrich
Hale
Fairbanks
Philippines
St. Louis
Congress
Ee Wit Reed
Reed
McKinley
Two Policemen Die From Injuries and Illness
Policeman William Keegan of the Thirty third district died at 1207 South Seventh Street yesterday from pneumonia after a Thanksgiving day runaway incident. He had not worked since the accident and had long service since appointment by Mayor Fox. Policeman Hugh Brown of the Seventeenth district died at 1325 Ritner Street last Saturday from appendicitis while on temporary duty in the Seventeen.
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Wiliam Keegan
Thirtythird
South Seventh Street
Keegan
Fox
Thirteenth
Carpenter Streets
Hugh Brown
Ritner Street
Brown
Seventeenth
Captain Krause to be buried at Arlington
The funeral for Captain William S. Krause, A S A retired, who died at his home in West Philadelphia, will be held at 8 P M tomorrow. Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery after services in Philadelphia. Krause, 56, a West Point graduate class of 1865, served twenty years with the Third Infantry and helped quell Indian outbreaks in the West. He later studied medicine at Hahnemann College and practiced in West Philadelphia, with interests in literature and military tactics. He was a member of the Art Club Loyal Legion and the G A R.
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William S. Krause
Beaumont Avenue
West Philadelphia
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Krause
West Point
Art Club
The
Loyal Legion
Transit schedule snippet for southern route
Sunday the 27th instant the mails depart Street Station at 3.50 A M for Jacksonville and Atlanta connections. The note confirms early departure times and linking routes via Southwest and Sooke.
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Nies
Atcanta
Arving
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Mane
Southwest
Lord Kitchener Reports on South Africa Actions
London January 27 The War Office cites dispatches from Pretoria dated January 26 detailing several engagements with Delarey’s forces Cunningham fought at Middlefontein and Kopperfontein with two officers wounded four men killed and thirty seven wounded Babingtop threatened the Boers flank causing a retreat from West at Ventersdorp Smith Dorrien had a five hour engagement from Wonderfontein to Carolina with one officer killed and two officers and thirteen men wounded Yeoma captured at Lichtenburg January 17 later released except for a rank and three men Our loss at Carolina included one officer killed and two officers and thirteen men wounded A British train carrying troops and stores was captured at Skijpkitjp near Fourteen Streams but Boers retreated when armored trains pursued
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London
War Office
South Africa
Pretoria
Cunningham
Middlefontein
Kopperfontein
Delarey
Babingtop
Ventersdorp
Lichtenburg
Lord Kitchener
Skijpkitjp
Sensational elopement shocks Great Bend society
Ethel Whetmore eighteen, daughter of a wealthy Great Bend, Pennsylvania family, elopes with Swagey Gorton a married map maker. The couple fled after taking her trunk, some butter and sixty dollars, then rode to the depot and vanished toward Philadelphia. Her parents chase the pair as details of the romance unfold.
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Times
Binghamton
N. Y
Ethel Whetmore
Great Bend
Swagey Gorton
Miss Whetmore
Gorton
Philadel
Indignation Over Kidnapping Threat In Lansdowne
A letter threatening kidnapping of Mathias Homer provokes strong local anger in Lansdowne. A $100 reward may rise as residents back the case. Constable William Rementer and Philadelphia detectives pursue leads with two suspects under surveillance. Maurice and Henry Homer remain protected under watch. Further developments expected today.
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Mathias Homer
Lansdowne
William Rementer
Philadelphia
Maurice
Henry Homer
Crane's Heart Enlarged in Boxing Death at Harvard
Cambridge January 27 Autopsy on Curtis L Crane who died while boxing with close friend George R Ainsworth at Harvard University shows death from heart disease. Dr Swan Middlesex county medical examiner says one heart side enlarged the other small and any exertion could trigger death. Police take no further action.
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Cambridge
Mass
Curtis L. Crane
George R. Ainsworth
Harvard University
Crane
Swan
Middlesex County
Cramp Denies Engagement to John Holliday
Mr Cramp denies engagement reports between his daughter Florence Cramp of Philadelphia and John Holliday of St Louis He calls the rumors utterly false Holliday a Harvard Law School student was not confirming or denying the reports Special Telegram to The Times Boston January 27
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John Holliday
St. Louis
Florence Cramp
Edwin S. Cramp
Cramp
Mr. Cramp
Mr. Holliday
Arvard Law School
Timmes
Boston
Lay
Philadelphia
Deaths of the Day Across States and Cities
Samuel B. Kirby, 60, a Marietta banker, widely known in Ohio and the East, dies. Isaac May Sr., 82, pioneer and retired coal operator, dies at Shamokin. John Burd, ex-County Commissioner, dies at home in Toona aged 56 after long service. Mme Pauline Cassin Caro, noted writer, dies in Paris. Huldale Lanning, dies at daughter's home 1201 Thompson St. Teel, near century mark, dies. Rev John Fobl dies at 84 in Chambersburg after long ministry. Joseph M. Emanuel, Long Branch Fire Marshal, dies at his Bath Ave home aged 67 after nine months illness.
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Toona
Paterday
John Fobl
Chambersburg
Ae Faeinek Ap Bent
United Brethren
Charc
Aa Fear
Joseph M. Emanuel
Long Branch
Bath Avenue
Baeteos
Kitchen boiler explosion hospitalizes Fernwood Mansion cook
Sadie Davis, 35, of 1208 Bainbridge street, suffered severe burns and multiple fractures when a boiler burst in the Fernwood Mansion kitchen after a gas range was ignited without sufficient water. Another kitchen worker was lightly scalded as guests crowded the scene.
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Fernwood
Baltimore Pike
Sadie Davis
Bainbridge Street
Signed Husband's Death Warrant
Mrs. John Wesley Beatty wife of the Terra Alta West Virginia murderer David Nine signed a petition to spare her husband from hanging while Nine's supporters urged execution on February 15. Beatty is held in Moundsville prison awaiting the sentence.
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the Times
Cumberland
John Wesley Beatty
David Nine
Terra Alta
W. Va
Beatty
Moundsville
Nine
Preparing for Polar Trip by Melting Ice Bath Regimen
William J. Peters explorer and topographical expert for the United States Government leads an Arctic circle expedition. With F. A. Schrader geographer and four camp hands, they departed yesterday after Peters endured extreme cold and minimal clothing in an open window heated room to ready for the perilous journey.
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Washington
William J. Peters
United States
Arctic
Cirele
Mr. Peters
Hero
Politician Discovers Infant in Clubhouse Hallway
A well known Tenth ward politician Martin Comber finds a six week old male negro baby in the hallway of the Democratic Legion club at 1422 Vine Street. The clothed child showed no identifying marks and was taken to Fifteenth Street precinct by Sergeant Siteaighpeteer for care and inquiry.
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Democratic Legion
Vine Street
Martin Comber
Winter Street
Tenth Ward
Sergeant Siteaighpeteer
Carrie Nation rallies Topeka crowds for joint smashing
Mrs. Carrie Nation addressed a large audience in Topeka at local churches urging men to vote to end liquor traffic. She declared women cannot vote yet but will assist with hatchets as she plans joint smashing to shut down "whisky shops" starting tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
United Brethren
First Christian
Kansas
Whisky Trust
Tragic Snowbound Death Near Dunkirk
In Dunkirk January 27 the wife of Henry Centner, a local businessman, fled during a blizzard and was struck near the Lake Shore tracks. The husband found her body hours later in a snow covered ditch beside the rail line. The death is treated as possibly suicide, details unclear.
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Dunkirk
Henry Centner
Stermh
Lake Shore Railroad
Centner
New York and Chicago Express
Smallpox Quarantine Escaped by Doctor in Appleton
Dr Rodermund who claimed small pox is not contagious escaped quarantine in Appleton Wisconsin. His accomplice John Rathbun returned with a nearly dead horse and faces prosecution after being placed in the pest house.
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the Times
Appleton
Wis
Rodermund
John Rathbun
Rathbun
Consolidation Inevitable Says Illinois Central Chief
Chicago January 27 Stuyvesant Fish president of the Illinois Central Railroad declared consolidation is coming and has been coming for years. He argued natural conditions and competition drive railway lines to amalgamate into regional groups controlled by a single financial interest.
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Chicago
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
Maryland News From The Times Correspondents
Elkton area notes reflect anniversary celebrations and local business changes. Mr and Mrs John Morris mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Cecil County. Isaac D Carter estate sells Cecil Mills near Elkton for 66 655 25 to Charles L Carter. Local taxpayers seek a Charlestown to Northeast road project. Julius Evans and Co of Richmond woo Northeast Cecil County for a proposed national bank. Levi F Boulden, longtime Elkton furniture dealer and rail director, dies. interment at Cherry Hill Cemetery.
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Jobn Morris
Out Oo County
Charles L. Carter
Isaac D. Carter
Cecil Pee Mills
Elkton
Fifth District
Cecil County
Cecil Coun
Charlestown
Northeace
Evans & Girton
Richmond
Indiana
Mary Cleaves
Henry Cleaves
Cherry Hill Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Mundell Solers-3 Dollary Shoes Advertises Winter Comfort
Solar Tips promotes 3 Solers-3 Dollary Mundell boots from John Mundell Co at 13th and Cherry Streets. Claiming cold prevention and dry feet, the ad markets economical footwear for men and youths with no need for rubbers.
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Mundell
John Mundell
Weather forecast for eastern and western regions continues unsettled
The forecast covers Eastern Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Delaware with rain or snow probable and brisk to high winds with gales, clearing Tuesday. Western regions show Monday rain or snow with brisk winds and Tuesday fair. The United States Weather Bureau Philadelphia reports details on temperatures wind and precipitation with sunshine around 80 percent and a rainfall deficit since January 1.
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New York
New Jersey
Delaware
New England
City Notes on Injuries and Accidents
Mrs. Julia Meerbach aged 53 of 1921 Hi street fell on ice last night fracturing her right knee. Four year old George Pavalow of 702 South street was admitted to Pennsylvania Hospital in serious condition after drinking kerosene. he is expected to recover. A two year old girl, Zizzle Nene, sustained serious burns to the arm face and breast from spices while at dinner and was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Julia Meerbach
Hi Street
George Pavalow
South Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
Incef
New Jobs To Be Given Out In Army Reorganization
Special Telegram to The Tres. President McKinley can grant about 1100 lifetime positions from the army reorganization bill. Applications may reach 30000 as Secretary Root would ignore politicians, but party workers who aided the administration last fall will not be overlooked.
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Tres
Washington
McKinley
Root
State Senator David Martin In Unchanged Condition
State Senator David Martin remains at home in Torresdale with grip and a slight pneumonia attack noted last night. Dr. Morrison and Dr. Goodno of the University of Pennsylvania are attending him. Officials expect a rapid recovery unless new complications arise, though at least three to four days remain before danger eases.
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David Martin
Torresdale
Martin
William ©. Morrison
da Goodno
University of Pennsylvania
Plot to extort $5,000 with dynamite threat uncovered
An Indiana woman, Mrs. Wallace Dodge of Mishawaka, reported a dynamite threat to extort $5,000. Chicago detectives tried to trap the criminals with a decoy package but failed. The widow of the Dodge Manufacturing Company founder is highlighted as Mishawaka’s leading benefactor.
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the Times
Mishawaka
Ind
Wallace Dodge
Dodge Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Addicks Denies Withdraw From Delaware Senate Race
Wilmington reports J Edward Addicks issued a statement denying claims he would withdraw from the Delaware Senatorial race. He said he would remain a candidate until elected.
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the Times
Wilmington
J. Edward Addicks
Delaware
Addicks
Sunset Limited Service To New Orleans Via Philadelphia
Sunset Limited trains depart Philadelphia on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 55 P M with drawing room and state room sleeping cars to New Orleans. Connections continue to the Pacific coast. Dining car service available. Philadelphia office L Hopkins D P A 828 Chestnut St.
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Sunset Limited
Philadelphia
Southern
W. of A
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
L. Hopkins
Chestnut St
First death from indoor baseball injuries in Hartford
Hartford records the first death from injuries in an indoor baseball game. Captain James Henderson of Company K broke his leg Friday night, had the leg amputated yesterday, and died from the shock.
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the Times
Hartford
Conn
James Henderson
Company K
Another Death From Plague Hits Friary Crew in Hull
A second crew member of the British steamer Friary has died of plague in Hull England. The Friary departed Alexandria December 22 and passed Algiers December 31 en route to Hull where the death occurred.
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Hull
England
Alexandria
Algiers
Sale of a Thousand Suits at Five Seven and Ten Dollars
A Philadelphia retailer advertises a week long sale closing out 160 suits at five dollars each, 340 suits at seven dollars each, and 476 suits at ten dollars each. Alterations charged. Perry & Co. 1520 Chestnut Street.
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Pive
Perry & CO
Chestnut Street
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