Hand of iron needed in the Philippines rises again
London dispatch notes Anglo American views on the Philippines crisis and McKinley policy. Kitchener’s authority in Egypt praised while critics focus on treaty delays and the Peace Commission. English unity on foreign questions contrasts U S partisan debate. Parliament faces church and Irish education issues and India’s gold standard prospects.
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McKinley
Peace Commission
England
Morley
Lord Rosebery
Lord Kimberly
Mr. Asquith
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Manchester Guardian
Truth
Lord Salisbury
Fashoda
Loudon
Lord Kitchener
Curfew Sounded In Vineland Amid Public Reaction
Special Telegram to The Times from Vineland New Jersey dated January 28 reports the curfew ordinance becoming a fact as women promoted the move and a late night procession followed. Marshals Fowler and Nickerson investigated a fire escape finding no children but footprints noted on a wall. No arrests were made as residents dispersed after warnings.
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TIMES
Vineland
N. J
Keeleg
Millville
Bridgeton
Glassboro
Michigan
Myrtle Streets
Dewey, Laurel and Crescent
Corncil
Frozen to death body found at painters' supply house
The body of William Spotts was found frozen to death in a room on the second floor of the painters' supply establishment of William Ruce at Fifty-second street and Lancaster avenue. He was last seen alive shortly after 7 p.m. Friday after leaving his boarding house at Forty-fourth and Parrish streets. He was a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities.
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William Spotts
Painters
William Ruce
Fifty-second Street
Lancaster Avenue
Spotts
Forty-fourth
Parrish Streets
Forty-second Street
Masonic and
Odd
ThreeYearOld Rosie Pietro Killed by Boiling Water
A 3 year old girl Rosie Pietro of 708 South Eighth street was severely scalded yesterday afternoon when a large pot of boiling water fell on her. She died a few hours after being moved to the hospital.
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Rosie Pietro
South Eighth Street
Svamia Steapstahe
ADDICKS PLANS FOR VICTORY IN SENATE STANDSTILL
Dover January 28. The piece outlines Addicks strategy to gain 21 votes and trigger another vacancy by manipulating ballots in the Delaware General Assembly. It details a plan to oppose the Regulars, win over scattered DuPont and Sussex Kent supporters, and set up a future term for Kenny’s successor while sacrificing the state ticket.
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Els
Times
Dover
George Gray
General Assembly
Addicks
Clarmont
Sussex County
Kent County
Chicago
Sussex
Kent
Kenny
Gray
Assembly
United States Senate
Hand
H. R. Burton
Dr. Chandler
Higgins
H. J. DuPont
Spruance
DuPont
Farlow
House
Knox
Ine
Allee
British investors reverse rush to sell American stocks
A year 1899 report notes British holders of American securities began buying back shares after initial panic over the Venezuelan affair. As U S markets rise toward prosperity, both British and American financiers recalibrate, rebuyting discarded stocks and shrugging off earlier warnings of a looming crash.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Wall Street
Burglars Alarm Santiago Province Band Suspected
Recent burglaries in Santiago province point to a coordinated group of American thieves. On January 13 the Manzanillo post office lost 98 dollars and two horses, one owned by the Police Chief. A few days later a Santiago club house housing ten army officers was broken into, with nearly 500 dollars, a gold watch and chain stolen. Authorities fear a US office and officer social club may be targeted.
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Lombard Street
George Hamilton
India
America
Lancashire
Ridgeley Carter
Atlantic
White
Dublin
Countess Cadogan
Spain
Colwell
Paris
Sims
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago
Manzanillo
San
United States
Mock duel ends with brother shot in Dover
In Dover Delaware January 28 cries of Doctor get up we've killed a man interrupted a slumber of Dr Joseph R Smith of Cheewold as he hurried with others to Friendship Church near Kenton after a minstrel show. The duel between Howard and Smith left Howard wounded in the chest and his brother Wilmer unconscious but later revived.
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Dover
Del
Joseph R. Smith
Cheewold
Wescoe
Friendship’ Church
Kenton
Howard
Smith
Wilmer
Topeka Leaves Port in Tow After Boiler Failure
The United States cruiser Topeka departed San Juan Puerto Rico in tow of the supply ship Sterling following reports of disabled boilers. Earlier orders directed a counter cruise, but engineers judged the ship unsafe to proceed under power.
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Cruiser
San Juan
San Juan del Porto Rico
Topeka
Stering
Keyman Wilson Caught After Pistol Jam During Heist
Richard P. Wilson, known as the key man for house entries, was captured by Officer Haywood in Philadelphia after a failed gunshot. Wilson, linked to multiple robberies and skeleton keys, faced long-ago sentences in Boston records and a recent arrest in 1898. He denied identity at first, then surrendered at the Thirty-ninth and Lancaster station.
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Richard P. Wilson
Haywood
Wilson
West Philadelphia
Thirtyninth
Lancaster Avenue
Forty-first Street
Haverford Avenue
Fortyfirst Street
Fort Second Street
Sansom
Forty-fifth
Locust
Powelton Avenue
Fortieth Street
Thirty-ninth
Voorhees
Green Street
Eastern Penitentiary
Hamm
Police Department
Boston
George Whitaker
Coburn
York
Burns
George Coburn
Jersey City
George Whittaker
Superior Court
James Burns
Whitaker
Superior Court of
Robbery Near Camden Woman Held Up Near Home
Mrs Mary Mulholland of 1080 Segal Street Camden was held up last evening near her home. Two rough men grabbed her pocketbook near Second and Streets after she left a grocery about 7 30 PM. Her screams scattered the robbers as they fled.
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Mary Mulholland
Segal Street
Camden
Emperor William greets US Ambassador on birth day
Berlin reports Emperor William receives personal congratulations from all ambassadors after divine service. He shows special cordiality to the United States Ambassador, noting growing understanding between Germany and the United States and praising Mr White for improving ties.
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Berlin
Emperor William
United States
Germany
William
Mr. White
A Tot's Terrible Story Tells Jury of Fatal Burn
Four year old Bessie Goldstein testified at the Coroner's inquest into the death of Theresa Goldstein 28 of 605 Catharine Street after a lamp toppled from a table igniting flames that burned mother and infant. Theresa died at the Pennsylvania Hospital after hours of treatment. A verdict of accidental burning was rendered.
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Bessie Goldstein
Theresa Goldstein
Catharine Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
Burns
Bessie
Harry
Babe
Mrs Teall Granted Absolute Divorce In Patchogue
Justice Wilmot M. Smith grants an absolute divorce to Mrs Oliver Sumner Teall in Special Term court. She resumes maiden name Florence Sandford Bissell and receives custody of her 9 year old daughter. Teall absent. she is flanked by her father and lawyers Judge Henry Howland and A. W. Seaman amid a probe involving actress Georgie Cayvan.
Biggest ship in the world built by White Star line Oceanic
Lloyds Shipping Agency notes the launch of the Oceanic by White Star and reports a rival line ordered a super ship to surpass it. Design details are completed and contracts imminent. Some experts say the Oceanic tests practical limits of size and NY harbor docking facilities must be expanded for larger vessels.
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London
Lloyd's Shipping Agency
White Star Line
Oceanic
New York Harbor
Pills Sent to Poisoner Case Linked to New York Man
Sabina Ohio January 28 C W Morton a local real estate agent says he mailed a box of pills from Sabina Ohio stamped Nov 14 1898 to H C Barnet of 257 West Forty second Street New York. Morton claims involvement with W W Shannon of Newark in a medicine advertisement. Barnet allegedly ordered a box.
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Sabina
Ohio
C. W. Morton
H. C. Barnet
West Forty-second Street
New York
General Gobin Discharged From Army Duty
Pennsylvania's Lieutenant Governor retires from the volunteer army as Brigadier General Gobin is honorably discharged. In Mount Holly workers at Star Glass Works plan to organize and possibly join a general strike with the Green Glass Blowers' Association.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Gobin
the Times
Mount Holly
Star Glass Works
Medford
Green Glass Blowers’ Association
Montana elects William A Clark senator on seventeenth ballot
Helena January 28. On the seventeenth ballot today the Montana Legislature elected William A Clark of Butte Democrat to succeed Lee Mantle. The vote stood 54 for Clark and 27 for Conrad with 4 scattering. Of Clark supporters 11 were Republicans.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
William A. Clark
Butte
United States
Lee Mantle
Clark
Conrad
Marshall
Petersburg Snowstorm Deepens, Records Ten Inch Cover
Petersburg Virginia reports heavy snow since early morning with snowfall continuing into night. Ground covered to depth of ten inches or more, the heaviest in several years and the city blanketed by the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
the Times
Petersburg
Boiler Explodes at Daretown Flour Mine
In Bridgeton New Jersey on January 28 a boiler in the C B P Fox flour mine at Daretown exploded injuring three workmen with severe scalds. Part of the building was torn away and damages are being tallied as investigators determine the cause.
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the Times
Bridgeton
N. J
Fox
Daretown
Sunday Weather for Eastern PA New Jersey and Delaware
Forecast for Sunday calls for light snow and wintry conditions across Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware. Then skies clear and much colder Sunday night with light variable winds shifting to northwest increasing.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
City Notes Sant Hearing In Darien Case
A Sant hearing before Magistrate Ladner involved Bartholomew O Herron and his wife of Darien and Callowhill streets. The pair faced charges linked to John T. Duddy on North Teeth street. Easter morning the wagon near Chetan Wagner on Nine Street was damaged, and $1,400 in losses were cited.
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Bartholomew O' Herron
Darien
Callowhill
Ladner
John T. Duddy
North Teeth Street
Chetan Wagner
Nine Street
Day Set for Quay Conspiracy Trial in Philadelphia
The Quay conspiracy cases are set for trial on February 20 in Philadelphia. District Attorney Rothermel refuses to discuss plans, stating he will conduct the case as a public official. Trial may be in City Hall Courtroom 646 with Judge Beitler or in Room 676 with Judge Arnold, per rotation.
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Quay
District Attorney's Office
Philadelphia
Rufus E. Shapley
A. S. L. Shields
Commonwealth
Matthew
Benjamin J. Haywood
Matthew S. Quay
Richard R. Quay
Court of Quarter Sessions
City Hall
P. F. Borhermen, Jr
Rothermel
Graham
Rothermell
Finletter
Roth‘ermel
Beitler
Common Pleas Court No. 1
Arnold
Troops Recalled and Ships Update in Manila News
Major General Otis recalls the Fifty first Iowa Volunteers from Iloilo to permit repairs on the transport Pennsylvania. The Eighteenth Infantry and Sixth Artillery stay at Iloilo indefinitely. Storeship Brutus departed. British battleship Centurion, flagship of Vice Admiral Seymour, reaches the China station.
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Manila
Otis
Iollo
Pennsylvania
Honolulu
Choilo
Brutus
Centurion
Sir Edward Seymour
China Station
Determined death by own action at Hazleton
Loulia Lindemann of Conyngham committed death by own action in Hazleton on January 28. He placed dynamite and a knife on the bed, drank two ounces of laudanum, and died three hours later, having planned to ensure failure of any rescue. He had been ill for some time.
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Hazleton
Loulia Lindemann
Conyngham
Lindemann
Arrest Made In Murder Probe In New Jersey Incident
New York January 28 Harvey Norman is in custody awaiting investigation into the death of Albert Cassamire found aboard a vessel near Sandweer Sperte New Jersey. Cassamire was last seen alive with Norman.
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New York
Harvey Norman
Albert Cassamire
Sandweer Sperte
N. J
Cassamire
Kitties Veep Dewn
Norman
1808 Custom House Statistics Show 1898 Imports
1898 import figures record 86 855 cases with G H Mumim s Extra leading the totals. The fragmentary text notes a large margin over others but lacks clear context or complete names and places.
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Custom House
G. H. Mumim
Stock Exchange Seat Sells For 34000 In New York
The sale of a seat on the Stock Exchange in Wall Street today brought $34,000, setting a record price for the market. The transaction reflects strong demand for membership amid ongoing trading activity.
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Stock Exchange
New York
Wall Street
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Oxford
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William Harcourt
Gold Standard
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Osborne
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Princess Louise
Eulalie
Brighton
Duke
Duchess of Orleans
Turin
Mme
Patti
Rome
Iglesias
Vi Lland
Fowler
Nickerson
Mother Earth
Marshal Fowler
Weat
Philadelphia Painters’ Supply Shop
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Kaiser America
Ambassador White
Justice Smith
Patchogue
A. Bick
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Iloilo
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