Mysterious New York Deaths End in Gas Tragedy
Dr Christopher Ahlstrom and Maude Gardner were found suffocated by gas in a bed room of the Boulevard Hotel New York. Gardner's husband Harry Gardner blamed the physician claiming premonitions and drugging led to the killings. Authorities found morphine and a syringe among the room's belongings.
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the Times
New York
Christopher T. Ahlstrom
West Sixty-fifth Street
Boulevard Hotel
Broadway
Rheinhold Busse
Rudolph Hoel
Hoel
Doc
John Mullen
New York City
Busse
Valet Charles F. Jones Sought in Transfer Request
Assistant district attorney Osborne asks Recorder Goff to transfer Valet Charles F. Jones from the Tombs to the House of Detention citing illness and strong need as a witness. The recorder deferred a formal order while reviewing the application.
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New York
Diaztrict
Osborne
Goff
Charles F. Jones
Sinking Highflyer Crew Endures Five Days at Pumps
The Norwegian bark Highflyer, bound for Newport from Campelton, faced a hurricane off Newfoundland on October 30. For five days the crew labored at the pumps in near starvation as water flooded the ship. Rescued by the British steamer Georgian Prince on November 5, they were taken to the Norwegian Consul in Philadelphia. The Highflyer burned to prevent further danger.
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Highflyer
Anderson
Campéliton
Prince Edward's Island
Newport
Wales
Flett
South Second Street
London
R. & H. Green
Ericksen & Gjersoe
Christiania
Norway
Desperate Fight for Life as Fire Engulfs Rendering Plant
Thomas Knoetka clung to a burning second story ledge at Libby McNeil Libby’s tank and lard rendering building as flames roared. He leaped to the pavement after being scorched and fatally injured in the fall. A bystander, James Breeland, was killed by a freight train en route to the scene. The blaze, central to the stock yards district, endangered millions in property but was contained to the rendering buildings with losses under 50 000.
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Chicago
Thomas Knoetka
Libby
McNeil & Libby
Cris
James Breeland
Pennsylvania
Hair-raising scaffold fight ends with ear biting
Sharon November 15. James Degnan and Frank Morgan fought for thirty minutes on a frail scaffold over a political argument. Degnan forced Morgan to the edge and toppled him, but Morgan bit Degnan’s ear as they swung, until workers freed him. Morgan paid 75 cents for chewing the ear pulp.
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Sharon
James Degnan
Frank Morgan
Degnan
Morgan
Girl Reclaims Consciousness in Poisoning Case
Miss Ab Whitney of Mecklenberg recovers from unconsciousness after a poisoning incident. In delirium she accused a Lewiston youth of tainting ice cream, naming one man and saying she could identify two others. The tale mirrors the Bosschieter case from Paterson. arrests expected before morning.
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the Times
Ab Whitney
Lewiston
Garcelon
Miss Whitney
Paterson
Guiteaus Wife to Marry Again in Chicago
Mrs. Anna Dunmire formerly married to Charles J. Guiteau the assassin took out a license to wed Enoch Allen. She, 46, claims Guiteau was not insane and calls him a political offender. Allen, her fiancé, is a native of England.
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Gardner
Chicago
Ahlstrom
Anna Dunmire
Charles J. Guiteau
Enoch Allen
England
MRS. M KINLEY S NEPHEW DIES IN HONG KONG
Washington reports the death of Assistant Paymaster J S Barber Mrs McKinley’s nephew at Hong Kong from typhoid fever He served in the Spanish American War with his cousin James McKinley and later received a naval commission Barber died at 430 a m on November 15 local time The news reached the White House via Captain Cowles acting chief of the Navigation Bureau and caused deep sorrow here.
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Washington
Navigation Bureau
McKinley
Barber
Ohio Volunteers
James McKinley
Bavy
Philippines
Don Juan de
Boy Imprisoned in Folding Bed
Walter Reynolds aged 6 was found unconscious but alive in a folding bed at his Wissahickon home after midnight. His father, Walter Reynolds Sr., opened the bed and summoned a physician saving the boy from suffocation in the early hours. The incident occurred on Terrace and Dawson streets.
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Walter Reynolds
Terrace
Dawson Streets
Wissahickon
MIT Cane Rush Tragedy Ends In Student Death
Hugh Chadwick Moore of Rochester New York died after a cane rush between freshmen and sophomores at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology South End grounds. Moore acted as anchor for the cane, was crushed under classmates, and died en route to City Hospital. The event ended with a 17 to 11 score for the upper class.
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Boston
Hugh Chadwick Moore
Rochester
N. Y
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
South End
Moore
Donnybrook
Pritchard
Institute of Technology
Tech
Senator Davis Faces Severe Kidney Complications
Special Telegram from St. Paul reports Senator Davis is gravely ill with kidney trouble. Physicians remain reticent, giving only brief bulletins noting temperature and pulse around 120, with the heart under great strain. The patient shows alternating moods of depression and hopeful rallies, but suffers no pain.
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Timms
St. Paul Mink
Davis
Thirteen Die in Southern Express Wreck in France
The Southern express derailed between St George's and Saubusse near Dax northeast of Bayonne at noon. Thirteen killed, twenty injured, five missing. Among the dead are Peruvian Minister J. F. Canevaro and a Peruvian Legation attache. the restaurant car plunged over an embankment.
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Bayonne
France
St. George's
Saubusse
Dax
Senhor J. F. Canevaro
Madrid
MISS LOONIE REVOKES CLAIM AGAINST MAYOR FLOOD
Catherine Loonie, convicted of forging deeds, retracts yesterday statement alleging Mayor Flood initiated the forgeries. She now says Flood's attorney coerced the signing by implying Flood might harm himself. She offers to testify before the grand jury. Loonie is jailed at Auburn Prison for four years and nine months.
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Rlmira
N. Y
Catherine Loonie
Flood
Miss Loonie
Auburn
Bryan fee offered by Tammany Hall to address alleged election violations
The Martin Engel Association and Tammany Hall in the Eighth Assembly district voted to pay William J. Bryan a handsome fee to travel to New York and address district patrons regarding alleged violations of the election law.
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New York
Martin Engel Association
Tammany Hall
Eighth Assembly District
William J. Bryan
Blizzard Paralyses Great Lakes Cities With Deep Snow
A massive blizzard hits Watertown New York with thirty inches of snow by 10 am and three feet on the level by 1 30 pm. Streetcar service shuts down and trains run one to two hours late as plows work to clear tracks. Drifts reach six to ten feet as farmers and traders stay home. Snow resumes at 2 pm and continues.
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Watertown
N. Y
Rome, Watertown and
Ogdensburg
New York Central Railroad
Snowstorm Hits Buffalo Area With Heavy Snow
Snow covered South Buffalo to ten inches by morning and kept falling while North East and West Buffalo saw little snow. Heavy accumulation reported between Buffalo and Dunkirk. East Aurora continues on Fifth Page.
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Buffalo
South Buffalo
North
East
West Buffalo
Dunkirk
East Aurora
Not Yet Public Most Interesting Buffington Report Parts
The Buffington report to the Secretary of War is released but key appendices remain secret. It notes disputed points between the Ordnance Bureau and the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications and delays in field gun contracts while a government agent claims to possess the French field gun secret to be tested by the United States.
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Washington
Buffington
Bureau of Ordnance
Secretary of War
Ordnance Bureau
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Field Ordnance
General W L White Surrenders in Michigan Fraud Case
Lansing thus reports General W L White former ex quartermaster general of the Michigan National Guard appeared in Ingham County Circuit Court after returning from an almost yearlong absence. He stood mute and pleaded not guilty. bail was set at 10000 dollars provided by five Grand Rapids businessmen. Case adjourned to November 26.
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Lansing
Mich
W.L. White
Michigan National Guard
Wiest
Ingham County
Grand Rapids
General White
Diminutive Planet Eros Seen By Professor Leavenworth
Professor I P Leavenworth at the State University Observatory photographed the asteroid Eros last evening in Minneapolis. The diminutive planet, about 34 million miles away, could not be seen with the naked eye or through the telescope, yet a calculated position yielded its likeness on the sensitive plate.
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Minneapolis
I. P. Leavenworth
State University Observatory
Pope Prays for the United States Seeks Prosperity
In Rome on November 15 the Pope granted a special audience to Right Rev. Maurice F. Burke Bishop of St. Joseph Missouri. The Pontiff expressed renewed hope that God will grant prayers for the prosperity of the United States.
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Pressblishing Company
New York World
Philadelphia Times
Rome
Maurice F. Burke
St. Joseph
United States
Speak-Easy Men Sentenced in Liquor Raids
Judge Finletter fast tracked six liquor law violators in Criminal Court after raids on speak-easies. Stephen McBride Charles Wesley Frederick Hawkins Lizzie Watson Catharine Granahan and Maggie Boyle were arraigned and sent to prison with fines of 500 dollars and varying jail terms. Four more cases were postponed as bondsmen were found.
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Finletter
Stephen McBride
Charles Wesley
Frederick Hawkins
Lizzie Watson
Catharine Granahan
Maggie Boyle
Robust Man Collapses From Over Exercise
Philip Garrity, a Yosemite fireboat stoker, became violently insane due to months of gym work. He trained with dumbbells Indian clubs rowing machines and bicycle riding. After a Sunday breakdown he was hospitalized and later detained for insanity as doctors linked his condition to over exercise.
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the Times
Chicago
Philip Garrity
Yosemite
Dumbells
Garrity
Graveyard Desecration Reported in Newaygo County
Kalamazoo reports a wholesale grave robbery at Spring Brook Cemetery nine bodies exhumed including a supposed Mrs. Henry Knowles found in a hedge fence. coffins shattered with axes, a shovel hatchet and pickaxe found nearby. Sexton Isaac Dunton discovered the scene during grave digging. Officials suspect medical students acted last week or more.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Spring Brook
Newaygo County
Henry Knowles
Isaac Dunton
Sexton
Explosion Thaws Dynamite Kills Worker in Driftwood
A dynamite blast at the Driftwood Water Company site killed Herman Smith of Reading, a foreman thawing frozen charges. The explosion tore the man apart and injured several coworkers, leaving a wife and three children.
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the Times
Driftwood
Herman Smith
Reading
Driftwood Water Company
Final hearing in conspiracy case set for New York
Final hearing in the Inpe Gaynor conspiracy case is scheduled in New York today. Probate action accepted for the will of the late Sherman in Mansfield Ohio. Fort Wayne man Frank Alderman died by his own hand. American stock dividend on preferred stock declared. Fire destroyed a ship yesterday. A schooner near Romer Shoals was damaged and towed. Missionary work featured by the Unites in Providence. Graeme Turnbull, Paes banker, is noted with Helen Healy mentioned.
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Gaynor
New York
Sherman
Mansfield
Ohio
Kruger Leaves Port Said Aboard Gelderland For Unknown Destination
Dutch cruiser Gelderland departs Port Said with Ex-President Kruger aboard. Destination undisclosed as Kruger declines interview. Also notes readers of The Times Tour of the World will visit London’s House of Parliament with Dr. Brooks detailing the Lords.
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Kruger
Port Said
Gelderland
Transvaal
Movements of Steamers Arrivals and Sailings
Ships arriving include Teutonic from New York to Liverpool and Labo from New York to Bremen. Deutschland arrives Cherbourg from New York, with sailings Bergenland to Queenstown for Philadelphia. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to Cherbourg for New York and Oceanica to Queenstown for New York.
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Teutonic
Liverpool
New York
Labo
Bremen
Deutschland
Cherbourg
Bergenland
Queenstown
Philadelphia
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Cherboourg
Oceanica
Weather Report From Philadelphia November 15 1900
United States Weather Bureau bulletin shows Philadelphia readings for Thursday with temperature max 39. journeys. The report notes mean temperature 40 and sunshine 71 percent. It records rainfall deficiency since November 1 and an excess since January 1.
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United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Yerkes Named Collector of Internal Revenue
John W. Yerkes, recently the Republican candidate for Kentucky governor, has been appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the Eighth district and will take office November 20. He resigned his reappointment to run and abandoned any plan to contest Beckham’s election.
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Kentucky
Washington
John W. Yerkes
Yerkes
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Beckham
Prisoner Shot by Guard in Cell at House of Correction
John Johnson a negro inmate serving thirty months for perjury was shot dead this morning by prison official Henry W. Doan after a scuffle when Johnson threw a bucket at him. Doan fired in self defense hitting Johnson in the breast. Johnson died within minutes.
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Boston
John Johnson
House of Correction
Henry
W. Doan
Doan
Johnson
Boys Clothing Offers Largest Stock for Philadelphia Boys
Philadelphia shop promotes the largest boy clothing stock with suits from 2.75 to 10.00 for ages 3 to 18. Sailor and tuxedo styles from 2.75, double breasted and overcoats up to 12.00, raglans, paddocks, reefers, and Russian overcoats for younger boys in a wide color range.
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Philadelphia
Raglans
Chinchilla
Oxford
Young Men’s Clothing Offers Wide Range of Suits and Overcoats
A local shop advertises Oxford suits in single and double breasted styles with vests from $7.50 to $20, worsteds from $12 to $15, and overcoats including Oxford frieze with velvet collar at $8.50 and all-wool black frieze overcoats from $6.50 to $22.50. Raglan and double-breasted long overcoats are featured as fashionable options.
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Oxford
One Raglan Shop Promises Best Selection
Advertisers claim top variety and quality with the best Raglan garments priced from fifteen to twenty five dollars. The copy contrasts rivals with exaggerated claims and touts the store as the best option for Raglan apparel.
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Dr. Ahlstron
Maude Gardner
Brooks
West One Hundred and Fourth Street
Harry Gardner
Mr. Gardner
Columbus Avenue
One Hundred and Fourth Street
Mrs. Brooks
Maude
Alistrom
Dr. Abistrom
Marcellus
Valet Jones
Knoetka
Maine
Guiteau
China
Boston “Tech
Senator Davis
Physicians of Minnesota Statesman
Stoker
Mr. Bryan
Great Lakes
National Guard
White
Eros Found
F. P. Leavenworth
Pope
Burke
Workman
Frank Alderman
Fort Wayne
Capital
St Ny
Schooyer
Romers’ Shoals
Wee Sa
Providence
R. Pestuntar
Graeme Turnbull
Paes
Helen Healy
Pat Lagyer
House of Parliament
Famous House of Lords
Tennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Vel- Jy
Ocity
Goa
Yerkes Gives
Warden
Wm. H. Wanamaker
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