Railroad Men Move Toward Settlement amid Mine Dispute
Scranton March 20. United Mine Workers officers here seek to bridge differences with coal operators. The Delphi, Lackawanna and Western trainmen meet in secret at the St Charles Hotel signaling a possible two week climax. Some expect a combined railroad strike if miners strike April 1, with Federated Brotherhoods backing.
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Scranton
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Brotherhood of
Delaware, Lackawanna An Western Railway
St. Charles Hotel
Times
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Delaware and Hudson
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
New York Central
Federated Brotherhoods
C. C. Rose
Delaware and Hudson Company
New York
Uml
Prisoner Escapes Schuylkill Jail Amid Farce Fence Exit
An inmate forged a bold escape from the Schuylkill jail as guards fired at him. He cleared the high fence, but only two of ten cartridges fired, leaving pursuers frustrated yet the escapee at large.
Escape From Schuylkill County Jail Recalls Poison Case
Robert W. Taylor, jailed for attempting to poison his wife and sentenced to seven and a half years in solitary, escaped Schuylkill County Jail at 2 am by digging through a 2 foot 4 inch wall. He used a bed ticking rope to scale the outer wall and was recaptured in Reading that night. County Commissioners have offered a $250 reward.
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Pottsville
Robert W. Taylor
Schuylkill County
Taylor
Reading
Times Tour for Teachers and Pupils to Pan-American Exposition
Readers in four states show strong interest as pupils and teachers rally for the Times tour. Schools work hard to secure a place for their favorite teacher and pupil amid counting votes and high hopes for a successful and enjoyable trip.
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Times
Etigtte
Soiled Shirts In Camden Laundryman Vanishes
A Camden laundryman Youn Sing of 507 North Fifth Street disappeared leaving patrons with dirty linen. The sudden absence caused a wave of complaints as customers faced a week without clean shirts and the public mourned the loss of reliable wash services in the city.
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Camden
Youn Sing
North Fifth Street
Mabe Renane
Esterday
Prisoner Escapes From Cell Via Eyelet Rope
The inmate in cell No. 12 on the east side of the corridor made an escape over the wall to the prison yard. A small broken pair of scissors was found on the rope as evidence. Night Watchmen George Owens and Henry Hill observed the escape before it continued on the second page.
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Taylor
George Owens
Henry Hil
Actress Ada Gray Dying After Long Stage Career
Special Telegram reports Ada Gray is dying at the Home for Incurables in Fordham Heights after decades on the American stage. Known for the Lady Isabel in East Lynne, she continued to perform until weeks before illness, beginning on stage in 1868 at age 15 in Rochester, with J Wilkes Booth and later performing with Forrest.
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New York
Ada Gray
Isabel
East Lynne
Fordham Heights
Miss Gray
J. Wilkes Booth
Romeo
Rochester
N. Y
Sie
Forrest
Ventnor Sails on First Braver Line Voyage to Hamburg
The British steamer Ventnor, first Braver Line ship between this port and Hamburg, will sail tomorrow with a large cargo of grain and general merchandise. New vessel making its maiden cargo trip after arriving from England in ballast.
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Ventnor
Braver Line
Hamburg
England
Quay Leaders Break Faith on Ballot Reform
Senators Weller and Edmiston led insurgent Republicans to test the machine on ballot reform. In Harrisburg, the Senate rejected a Weller resolution to require the elections committee to report all election bills next Monday. Focht said Democrats split on the Guffey bill while Cochran urged reporting all bills to form a complete reform.
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Harrisburg
Weller
Edmiston
Cochran
Senate
Quay
Machine
Bedford County
Committee On Elections
Foeht
Union County
Focht
Guffey
Stiles
Lehigh
Edmister
Telegraphic Brevities Summaries Multiple Local Disasters And Appointments
Reports batch includes Tiptonville fire with $75,000 loss, Kenova Wisconsin hotel blaze. Lowell Ohio bank burglary with three arrests at Waterford. NYSE seat sale at $52,000. Also Sixth Cavalry to Philippines, J L Greatsinger new BRT president, Carnegie library offer in Crawfordsville.
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Tiptonville
Tenn
John J. Daly
Limerick
Liverpool
New York
Majestic
Kenova
Wis
First National Bank
Lowell
Waterford
New York Stock Exchange
Sixth Cavalry
Aries
San Francisco
Philippines
Frenchmen May Provoke an Anglo Russian Conflict
Pekin reports British reinforcements of ninety marines arrived at Tien Tsin from the Taku forts to guard against incidents in the Russo British land dispute. French troops’ conduct worries, but locals expect no bloodshed as detachments remain non aggressive. General Lorne Campbell ordered flags at half mast on Ex-President Harrison's death.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
Taku
Russia
Lorne Campbell
Harrison
McKinley Plan for Chinese Indemnities Fails Approval
Washington dispatch reports foreign representatives in Pekin have not approved McKinley’s plan to fix a lump sum indemnity for China and then allocate pro rata. Powers insist on filing separate claims, and total indemnities remain undetermined due to disagreement on settlement bases.
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Washington
Rockhill
United States
Pekin
Brave Youth Rescues Girl From Delaware River Attempt
Elsie Grimson, 16, of 618 North Hancock Street, attempted suicide by jumping into the Delaware River at the Willow Street wharf. Charles Wrightly, 133 Nectarine Street, jumped in, saved her, and they were taken to St Mary’s Hospital where she recovered consciousness. Wrightly was cheered by coworkers. the girl cried and begged her mother be kept unaware of the act.
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Elsie Grimson
North
Hancock Street
Delaware River
Willow Street
Charles Wrightly
Seventh District
St. Mary's Hospital
Elsie
Wrightly
Nectarine Street
Grimson
North Fourth Street
Women Who Work and the Housing Problem
The Countess of Warwick discusses challenges faced by working women in securing housing in a forthcoming Times feature. The piece outlines social and policy factors influencing access to safe, affordable homes for female workers.
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Countess of Warwick
Times
British commander for China Station faces US proposed compensation
The chosen officer to succeed Sir E. Seymour on the China Station weighs a US backed scheme for compensation to missionaries and property losses. Under economical admin and restored order, China's revenues could cover the claim, but other powers may reject the US basis. Disputes center on the scale of demands and treatment of native Christians.
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Sir E. Seymour
China Station
United States
China
Russians Not Alarmed On Russo-Japanese Alliance Hint
A semi official St. Petersburg organ states the Russian press remains unfazed by talk of a Russo Japanese alliance after the Tien Tsin incident. It notes no immediate panic or mobilization in Russian circles.
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St. Petersburg
Cape Colony Rebels Shot After Treason Trial
Cape Colony rebels were executed by court martial for treason and murder, connected to a train wreck near Taasbosch that killed five men. J P Minaber, 85, and J A Neuwoudt were among the condemned. General Kitchener confirmed the verdict.
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Cape Town
J. P. Minaber
Minaber
J. A. Neuwoudt
DeAur
Taasbosch
Kitchener
Washington Notes on Army Pay Corps and Naval Affairs
Summary of internal reports and appointments including paymaster reassignments under army reorganization, naval ship movements and repairs, postmaster appointments in several states, bids for street letter boxes, and notes on international affairs involving Berlin tuberculosis congress, Manila complaints, and the Senate reminder of President Harrison era policies.
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Livingstone
Georgia
State Department
Berlin
8. Aknoph
New York
Norfolk Navy Yard
Long
Newark
Bowman H. McCalla
New Jersey
Downer
J. G. Edwards
Pennsylvania
Hilliards
Winnifred FE. Turk
Kile
H. H. Hoovier
Williamstown Inn
Wilmer Eagle
Bedford
D. W. Prosser
Darby
Albert Magnin
Jersey Shore
John W. Grier
Milford
C. J. Lattimore
Maueb Chunk
Edwin FP. Luckenbach
Post Office Department
Ees
Cotterman
Philippines
Manila
Mats
F. L. Guenther
Artillery Corps
Fort Monroe
Guenther
Frankfort
Germany
Frank Chamber of Commerce
Salonika
Dak
China
Anglo Russian dispute and Russo Japanese alliance
London and Paris commentary on Anglo Russian tensions and a proposed Russo Japanese alliance. French diplomat says war unlikely, Russia could coerce Britain. Novosti urges alliance to protect Russian gains and counter Anglo German competition. Alliance seen as pivotal in the East similar to Franco Russian ties in the West.
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London
Novoe Vremya
Russia
Great Britain
Novosti
Japan
Russian Fleet Sails for Corea as Japanese Watch
Shanghai dispatch reports all Russian warships in Japanese waters have sailed for Corea. The Japanese squadron is mobilizing for immediate departure to the Corean coast, following the Czar's fleet.
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Shanghai
China Gazette
Tokyo
Corea
Corean
Bride Dies On Wedding Day In Paris Tragedy
Ursula Rose Boudinot Gadassin Lafite married Henri Gadassin Lafite in Brussels on Tuesday and died in Paris later that day. Her husband sent a second cable announcing the death. Relatives in Philadelphia await details while noting she had been tired and weak.
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Ursula Rose Boudinoet
Boudinot
Henri Gadassin-Lafite
Brussels
J. W. Brock
Paris
Arthur Brock
Madame Gadassin-Lafite
Miss Boudinot
Elias Louis
Elizabeth Coleman
Bondinot
Philadelphia
Europe
Henri Gadassin- Lafite
Horace Brock
Robert C. H. Brock
Marcus J. Brock
Despondent man attempts suicide at home
Walter Abbott aged 47 of 148 North Thirteenth Street attempted death by own action yesterday afternoon by taking laudanum. He was taken to Hahnemann Hospital where doctors treated him three hours before reporting him out of danger. Abbott, described by his wife as out of work for nearly a year, had been brooding over his misfortune.
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Scranton
Eliic
Board of Trade
Atherton
E. 8. Phillips
Hazleton
Scranton Board of Trade
Wilkesbarre
New York
Bishop Potter
Archbishop Corrigan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lansing
Walter Abbott
North Thirteenth Street
Abbott
Hahnemann Hospital
Burglar Joseph Spiegel Held After Tuesday Capture
Joseph Spiegel, accused burglar, was seized Tuesday night by Detective Alexander after a hand to hand fight. He appeared yesterday before Magistrate Rochersperger at Central Station and is held with a ball to await requisition from New York.
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Joseph Spiegel
Alexander
Rochersperger
Central Station
New
Weather forecast for eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and surrounding regions
The forecast covers eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware with rain Thursday and fair Friday. Eastern New York experiences rain Thursday with brisk easterly winds, western Pennsylvania and western New York expect occasional snows and colder conditions with strong winds, then Friday clears.
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Pennsylvania
New Jers¢y
Delaware
New York
Infirmary Opening Marks City Health Facility
The new infirmary building linked to the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons at Forty fourth street and Girard avenue will open today. Multiple arrests and incidents fill the day’s notes from Philadelphia, including bail for theft and charges of neglecting to support children.
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Michael Angelo
F. H. Griggs
Witherspoon
Jill
Forty-fourth Street
Girard Avenue
Detective Geyer arraigned before Police Board on conduct charge
Detective Frank Geyer was arraigned before the Police Board of Inquiry on Tuesday charged with conduct unbecoming an officer. The charge was preferred by Superintendent Quirk. The court's finding now rests with Director of Public Safety English.
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Frank Geyer
Police Board of Inquiry
Quirk
Director of Public Safety English
Dr Shoop Rheumatic Cure offer from Wisconsin box 134
A vintage offer invites readers to write Dr Shoop Ra cine Wis Box 134 for six bottles of Dr Shoop's Rheumatic Cure. It promises prepaid return and a $5.50 payment if cured, or the remedy free if not.
Perry's Spring Overcoats Praised By Judge Of Merits
A promotional note touts Perry's Spring Overcoats with praise from a judge of garment merits. It claims exceptional knowledge of competitor offerings and highlights a range of lengths from short to long. The ad promises that every man who tries on Perry's coats falls in love with them.
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F. W. Gann
St Joseph's College Hall
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Quince
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Ti'anama Street
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Laura H. Redington
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Ellsworth Street
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Police Board
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