Arsenic Charge Ties Mrs O Malley to South Bend Case
In South Bend Indiana authorities weigh extradition of Mrs Aline O Malley from Philadelphia on a robbery charge to face a possible murder attempt case against her husband Professor Austin O Malley. Evidence includes arsenic purchase and husband illness.
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Philadelphia Times
South Bend
Ind
Aline O'Malley
Philadelphia
Austin O'Malley
George F. Clarke
J. B. Berteling
O Malleys Father May Aid In Moyamensing Case
The father of Mrs Aline Ellis O Malley may come to her aid amid her Moyamensing Prison detention. He questioned bail prospects citing a possible separate charge of poisoning a husband as unbailable, and advised by attorneys to travel to Philadelphia for action.
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Aline Ellis O'Malley
Moyamensing
World’s Fair appropriations outline for St Louis 1904 plan
The sundry civil appropriation bill approved by President Roosevelt includes 1904 World’s Fair funding. It funds grounds and buildings dedication by 1908, with $800,000 for government exhibits and $40,000 for an Indian exhibit. It also authorizes $250,000 in gold pieces to be struck for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company.
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ST. Louis
Roosevelt
Congress
Mint
United States
Philippine Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Forto Rico
Treasuries
Fourth of July Triplets Born in New York
Dr Ruben B Burton reported at Fifty-first street station that Mrs John Brady of 340 East Forty-sixth street had triplets weighing five pounds each. Brady, a 19 year old clerk, says two will be christened Patrick and John while the third may be Teddy Roosevelt if the President consents.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
George
Patrick
John
Teddy Roosevelt
Fatal Horseback Death Linked to Collie Attack
Lydia Watts twelve year old of Fairview died after a collie leapt at her horse, pulling her from the saddle and causing fatal brain concussion. The dog, from Milmont nearby, appeared distressed at the Watts home and was later struck by lightning during the thunderstorm following the accident.
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Philadelphia Times
Chester
Lydia Watts
Fairview
Milmont
Mutiny at State Industrial School Ends With Wounding
In Rochester New York on July 5 inmates attempted escape during fireworks viewing. A 19 year old prisoner Joseph Clever was wounded by shotgun fire as officers repelled climbers who tried to reach the roof and breach the stone wall surrounding the facility.
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Rochester
N. Y
State Industrial School
Joseph Clever
Philadelphians May Be In Trolley Den
The Met ropolitan Street Railway Company of New York backs a Liverpool to Manchester trolley line covering 127 miles. Major stockholders include P. A. B. Widener William L. Elkins and Thomas Dotay of Philadelphia.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York
Liverpool
Manchester
P. A. B. Widener
William L. Elkins
Thomas Dotay
Lynes
Roosevelt Receives Queen Alexandra Cable Message
Queen Alexandra wires that King Edward VII is grateful for American sympathy. The king is going on very favorably, the message says, and the president notes the improving condition. The cable is dated London July 4 and sent from Alexandra.
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Washington
Andover Charges Princeton In Exam Cheating Dispute
Andover faculty angrily denounces Princeton University over alleged cribbing in entrance exams. Acting Principal A. E. Stearns demands Princeton faculty explanations after Andover receives no report. Andover claims Princeton’s lax standards act as a back door to Harvard Yale and others.
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Philadelphia Times
Andover
Princeton University
A. E. Stearns
Princeton
University
Harvard
Yale
Stearns
Woman Died After Illness Itinerant Cab Delivery
Mary McGarvey a washerwoman of 1232 Patton street died after illness while being transported by cab from her employer Walter Steppicher at 2028 Wallace street. Dennis Muldoon ferried the body to Medico Chirurgical Hospital then Morgue after police verification.
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Robinson
Dennis Muldoop
Mary McGarvey
Patton Street
Walter Steppicher
Wallace ‘Street
Annie Newman
Steppacher
Muldoon
Eighteenth
Cherry Streets
Man Electrocuted at Keystone Plant After Trespass
William McFadden a Keystone Electric Light Company worker was electrocuted in a forbidden third floor room at the Clinton street and Susquehanna avenue plant. He was 35 and resided at 2040 Latimer street. Inspector Coffman led the inquiry after colleagues reported his disappearance.
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William McFadden
Keystone Electric Light Company
Clinton Street
Susquehanna Avenue
McFadden
Inspector Coffman
Electric Light Company
Latimer Street
Piqued Wife Tries Poison Over France Vacation Plan
Martha Roy 32 of Fifty-seventh Street and Lancaster Avenue attempted suicide with carbolic acid after learning her husband planned to visit France alone for the summer. Readily recoverable at Presbyterian Hospital, police faced language barriers as a brother-in-law aided. Roy took only a tablespoonful of poison.
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France
Martha Roy
Fifty-seventh Street
Lancaster Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Roys
Sixty-first
Thompson Streets
Pattison Campaign Forms 100 Member Auxiliary to Fight Fraud
Democratic leaders plan a 100 member auxiliary committee to assist the Pattison campaign in Philadelphia. The group will seek to purge Assessors lists, coordinate ward meetings, and monitor election day operations. Overseers may be appointed to safeguard polls as the party pushes to thwart fraudulent voting across divisions and counties.
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Democratic City Committee
Robert E. Pattison
Donnelly
AsabSsors
Pattison
Guthrie
Erie
Wiltbank
Democrats
Democratic Party
Ae Court Common Pleas County
Court of Common Pleas
No. 3
Common Pleas
Committee of 100
Creasy
Pittsburg
City Democrats Set to Indorse Erie Ticket
The Democratic city committee will endorse the State ticket at Erie on Monday. Afterward the city headquarters will close for two weeks and clerks and secretaries take vacation. DONNELLY plans a vacation this month returning by August 1 to prepare campaign preliminaries. Durham travels from Atlantic City to the shore and then to Virginia Hot Springs until August 1 with Joseph H. Klemmer.
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Democratic
Erie
Cly
Donnelly
Durham
Atlantic City
Virginia Hot Springs
Mercantile
Joseph H. Klemmer
Quay and Penrose Rally Allegheny Republicans in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh July 5 United States Senator Mathew Stanley Quay and Boies Penrose spent the day at the Duquesne Hotel meeting local Republican politicians. Nearly all Allegheny county Republican candidates visited them while Penrose toured the headquarters and met hundreds of ward workers.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg
United States
Mathew Stanley Quay
Boies Perroge
Duquesne Hotel
Allegheny County
John Daizell
Penrose
Recorder Brown
Quay
Magee
Republican
Assembly
Massive Stockyards Fire Destroys Swift & Co Building
A large blaze at Chicago stockyards tonight destroyed the main Swift & Co meat packing house. Estimated loss reaches $1,000,000 as the general office, wholesale export and loading markets, and the company bank and restaurant were housed in the same structure.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Railroad Sold for 15180 at Dover Sheriff Sale
A railroad once controlled by the Goulds was sold for 15180 at a sheriff's sale in Dover Delaware. The Baltimore and Bay Railroad Company had previously acquired the property for 100000 and the line runs from Chestertown to Massey and Townsend bypassing the Clayton terminus.
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Philadelphia Times
Dover
Del
Goulds
Sumirna and
Delaware Bay Railroad
Baltimore and ‘Bay Railroad Company
John Jet
Norristown
Bowbay Hook
New
Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad
Chestertown
Massey
Townsend
Clayton
William Potts Ludlam Dies in West Cape May
William Potts Ludlam died in West Cape May July 5 from consumption after an operation on a wound from service in the Philippines. He was a sergeant in the Twenty-eighth United States Infantry and served two years in the service before being wounded and invalided home.
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Philadelphia
Cape May
William Potts Ludlam
West Cape May
Lippine Islands
K. Twenty-eighth
United States
Februare
Eeie
Storm of protest raised against Petty's Island
Municipal league calls to arms as residents oppose development on Petty's Island amid growing protest. Local officials face pressure over plans, with environmental and community groups joining the debate and demanding safeguards.
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Petty
Two Camden Boys Blinded by Sudden Gunpowder Accidents
In separate incidents near Camden, 16 year old Arthur Taylor and 11 year old Stephen Jakway were blinded after lighting improvised gunpowder devices. Each boy, kneeling to relight a smouldering fuse, was struck by fire from the blast and received severe eye injuries. doctors warned both eyes may be affected. The boys did not know of each other’s mishap.
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Camden
Arthur Taylor
Cherry Street
Stephen Jakway
Arthur
Stephen
Cooper Hospital
Shooters Tale in Atlantic City Figures in Hospital Tragedy
Frederick Crowell, shot by William English of Germantown, describes events at his boathouse and the chase to Absecon. He says English attempted to hide, later urged him to retrieve stolen goods, and four more shots were fired as Crowell fled. Crowell expected discharge Monday and English’s hearing to follow.
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Philadelphia Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Frederick Crowell
William English
Germantown
English
Tit
Graham
Philadelphia
Absecon
Drawbridge
Bill
Crowell
Shot at Hospital Injures Nurse in Apparent Attempt
A bullet shattered a window at St. Joseph's Hospital striking nurse Miss Hunter in the head area as she inspected the room. A second bullet followed, with no identified shooter or source. Police consider an attempted murder, but no clues have been found.
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Miss Hunter
Hunter
Girard Avenue
Lavina Riley Dies of Burns After July Fourth Fire
Lavina Riley aged three died at Episcopal Hospital after sustaining burns during a Fourth of July celebration.
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Lavina Riley
Episcopal Hospital
Cramps and Reading Rail Road Battle Measure Support
Camden citizens prepare to oppose a measure as railroad rivals clash over local rail policy. Reading Rail Road faces community scrutiny while residents weigh impacts on schedules fares and development.
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Reading Railroad
Camden
Philadelphia groups mobilize against Petty's Island plan
Citizens' groups and the Municipal League organize mass meetings to oppose a $480,000 tax shift and the 150 acre Petty's Island marsh transfer to New Jersey. Camden officials resist Philadelphia's municipal buildings on foreign soil while Kinsey remains quiet. A $2,000 fund plus pledges in the 23rd and 25th wards backs legal action including a writ of injunction to block Mayor Ashbridge from signing the bill.
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Petty’s Island
Philadelphia
Citizens’ Municipal Association
Municipal League
New Jersey
Camden
Kinsey
Petty's Island
Select Council
Ashbridge
Businessmen oppose Pettys Island site in city debate
In Richmond and Port Richmond districts indignation rises against City Councils for selecting the Petty's Island site. In the 2nd ward citizens seek an injunction to restrain Mayor Ashbridge from signing the bill, while the Mayor is said to be at Lake George. Ward 25 Council members Webster Thomas Eltonhead Hillier Campbell faced denunciations for backing the bill. Magistrate Wagner and leaders Short and Kauffman are accused of pressuring votes, with the Northeast Citizens Association set to meet this week.
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Port Richmond
Petty's
Ashbridge
Lake George
N. Y
25Th Ward
G. L. Thomas
Frankford Avenue
Albert Webster
Joseph W. Ellonhead
Memphis Street
Henry E. Hillier
Amber Street
Louis 8. Campbell
Bridge Street
Webster
Chief Webster
Bureau of Surveys
Thomas
Hillier
Eltonhead
Fred Wagner
Whibur F. Short
Charles Kauffman
Wagner
Kauffman
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Eaid
Tae Pat Lapeyruia
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