Charred bones found in ashes of hotel fire
Four men died in a November fire that destroyed the McGonigal House hotel in Oswayo Pennsylvania, a three story frame building and the Opera House. The blaze began in the McGonigal House from natural gas pressure. two injured.
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Oswaro
McGonigal
Arthur Fletcher
Penn Stave Company
Boston
Michael Russell
Tennsylvania Tanning Company
Oswayo
William Mullhaney
Rexford
Otto Kanley
Coudersport
Jerry Dailey
Embezzler Clocks 201000 at German National Bank
In Newport Kentucky United States Bank Examiner Tucker closed the German National Bank after an extended shortfall of about 201000 attributed to Frank M Brown the longtime bookkeeper and assistant cashier. Brown vanished after the discovery and the bank faced depositor unrest and possible violent reaction.
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Cincinnati
United States Bank
Tucker
German National Bank
Newport
Frank M. Brown
Brown
Ultonia brings survivors of Gloucester schooner sinking
The British steamship Ultonia arrived from Liverpool with Captain Joseph Mosquito and fifteen crew members of the Gloucester fishing schooner Mary P. Mosquita, crewed before by collision with Cunard's Saxonia in Massachusetts Bay on a London voyage.
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Boston
Ultonia
Potter
Liverpool
Joseph Mosquito
Mary P. Mosquita
Cunard
Saxonia
Massachusetts Bay
Paterson Man to Go to Chicago for Near Million Fortune
John Mitchell of Paterson known as Sawdust John plans a trip to Chicago to claim a fortune reported to total nearly a million dollars. He has grown sons and daughters and a wife who has long done laundry work. the telegram notes the money is said to be left him by his brother.
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Brown
Odin
Newport
Paris C. Brown
Cincinnati
Yellowstone Park
German National Bank
Henry Weidener
James M. Southgate
BEC
Teimme
Wittsburg
New Orleans
Paterson
N. J
John Mitchell
John
Mitchell
Chicago
Mysterious drowning of Michael Shields in Delaware River
Robert Shields, 29, of 716 Moore Street, disappeared after falling from a steam launch near Fort Mifflin on the Delaware River yesterday afternoon. Detectives investigated after an unknown caller reported the event. Harbor Police searched the river but had not recovered the body by night. Shields wore $500 in jewelry and was described as afraid of water, with attempts to locate him ongoing.
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Michael Shields
Moore Street
Delaware River
Fort Miffin
Detective Bureau
Shields
Otto Bushmier
Harry Rassmusser
Thomas Foster
Patrick Trainor
Fort Mifflin
Harry Butler
Runaway trolley injures four in Frankford crash
A Holmesburg line trolley jumped the track at Bridge street Frankford and struck a standing Frankford division car at 1 am. Motorman William Schuchter and conductor Charles McCarty suffered serious injuries while Frankford crew Henry Beane and Peter Seery escaped with minor injuries. Officials blame slippery rails from heavy dew.
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Holmesburg and
Torresdale
Bristol Pike
Bridge Street
Frankford
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Frankford Division
Frankford Avenue
William Schuchter
Race Row
Holmesburg
Episcopal Hospital
Charles McCarty
Howard Street
Henry Beane
Peter Seery
Death of Baron Cranmore Browne Irish Representative Peer
London reports Baron Cranmore Browne, an Irish representative peer since 1860, has died. He was born June 8, 1819.
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London
Gas Overcomes Entire Family At Market Street Home
John H. Marshall his wife and four children and Frank Lesher and wife at 3933 Market Street were overcome by gas while preparing supper. A heater had just been lit. a large hole in a gas pipe caused the leak. Mrs. Marshall remained in danger. others recovered with medical aid.
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John H. Marshall
Frank Lesher
Market Street
Stubbs
Lesher
Thatcher
Coolly Watched Murder of Wife Verdict and Sentencing
Frank Caddell, a Blockton merchant, was convicted of first degree murder in Birmingham after a week long trial. He and Mrs Lillian Gardener were charged in the death of Caddell's wife whom Gardener allegedly killed. Caddell received a death sentence to hang on December 28.
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TIMES
Birmingham
Ala
Centreville
Frank Caddell
Blockton
Caddell
Lillian Gardener
Bag of human bones found at dumping ground
Norristown report states Frank Reback and Joseph Taylor brought a bag of human bones to the police, forming a female skeleton. A hand was found buried beneath oyster shells nearby. Authorities suspect a horrible crime and the coroner will investigate.
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the Times
Norristown
McGlathery
Frank Reback
Joseph Taylor
Count Cornulier's Terrible Crime Echoes Through Paris
Paris, November 18. Saturday's tragedy the killing of Countess de Cornulier by her husband dominated social clubs and circles. The Countess lived in luxury while the Count, once humble, supported himself modestly in a Latin Quarter apartment after their separation. The advocate M Leroux who handled the Countess affairs at her father's suggestion is supported by Count Pineau de Viennay, who denies any impropriety in the relationship.
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Paris
Countess de Cornulier
Count de Cornulier
M. Leroux
Count Pineau de Viennay
Miss Bertrand Wins Wager Over McKinley Vote Bet
Louisville society belle Anita Bertrand controls Charles Rathbone a noted businessman. Rathbone bet a two pound box of candy that McKinley would win re election. Bertrand's mother opposes the wager and Rathbone now must honor his loss after the election outcome.
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the Times
Louisville
Anita Bertrand
Charles Rathbone
Bryan
Rathbone
McKinley
Miss Bertrand
Quay Plans Philadelphia Conference Amid Re-election Talk
In Washington on November 18 M S Quay prepares a Philadelphia meeting with local and state Republican leaders. Dur ham Elkin and John B Steele visited as they discussed the legislative landscape while Representative Sibley arrived frail and stayed at his hotel. Quay declined to forecast re election remarks indicating opponents would speak for now. He said he would not open headquarters in Harrisburg this week but friends would handle his interests. He planned to return to Washington tomorrow night.
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Washington
M. S. Quay
Philadelphia
Waiton
Boy Locked in Monkey Cage on Train Ride
Eddie Marshall aged year old son of Wil Han Marshall a Reading waiter was taken in a pony show to the Academy of Music stage then locked in a monkey cage by a trainer. He cried for help as the train moved stopping at Pottsville where a policeman freed him. He escaped with no serious injuries and became a hero among peers.
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Reading
Eddie Marshall
Eddie
Wil- Han
Marshall
Sipe
Eadie
Academy of Music
Pottsville
Unidentified Man Dies After Theatre Hall Collapse Ill
In Baltimore at the Olympia Theatre a well dressed contractor from Washington identified as T A ODonnell died at City Hospital after nitroglycerine and other cures failed. Physicians suspect morphine or another drug. Post mortem to follow. Over $100 in cash found on him. He was last seen with men he met at the theatre.
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Baltimore
T. A. O'Donnell
Washington
Olympia Theatre
City Hospital
Barney Lewis
Were All in Plot
Richard Alexander, a 41 year old farmer, was murdered on Saturday. His son Walter, 15, his wife, and his daughter and her husband are jailed. The boy accuses his mother sister and brother in law of plotting and hiring him to kill his father. He fired buckshot into his father's breast. Public feeling runs high against the accused.
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the Times
Poplar Bluff
Richard Alexander
Walter
James Hogan
Alexander
Death by Opium Poisoning in Kate Peters Case
Jury readers verdict finds Mrs. Kate Peters of 1502 Stillman Street died from opium poisoning. The 40 year old wife of John Peters, a Republican city committee member, questions remain whether the dose was for sleep or death. The inquest concluded yesterday in Coroper’s court.
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Coroper
Kate Peters
Stillman Street
Peters
John Peters
Republican City Committee
Twenty-ninth Ward
Department of Public
Steel Works Resume After Three Week Shutdown
News in brief reports the billet mill and converters at Joliet Illinois recommencing operations following a three weeks shutdown. The update notes restoration of production at ULnels Steel Works.
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Ul- Nels Steel Works
Joliet
Ocean Liner Waesland and Schooner Elm City Crash
The steamship Waesland of the Red Star Line and the three masted Elm City of New Haven collided in Delaware Bay near Ship John and Ben Davis Lights while in opposite directions. Both vessels suffered serious damage with the Waesland returning to port and the Elm City to Point Breeze under tow. A crewman Richard Gha gan of Boston was knocked unconscious and plane rumors mediate about the cause, with officers declining to comment.
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Red Star
Waesland
Elm City
Delaware Bay
Red Star Line
New Haven
Conn
John
Ben Davis
Washington Avenue
Fim City
Wilmington
Bristol
Atlantic Refining Company
Point Breeze
Norman
St. Paul
New York
Cramps’ Dry Dock
Doxrud
C. O. Falkinburg
Falkinburg
Czar's Condition A Trifle Better
The Czar shows a slight improvement after a restless day. His temperature fell from 101.6 to 99.6 and his pulse remained steady as he slept and woke comfortable, though officials fear typhoid from tainted nourishment. Quail and milk are blamed as possible infection sources.
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Livadia
European
Russia
Inquest Finds Porter's Bones Linked to Lynching
Coroner Brown and a jury investigated fragments found on the prairie near the John Porter lynching site. They concluded the remains belonged to John Porter and that death was at the hands of unknown parties. The bones were buried in a box near the scene.
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Porter
S Amon
Col
John Porter
Brown
Griscom Visits Sultan in Constantinople
The Sultan received United States Charge d Affaires Lloyd Griscom in audience last Friday. The meeting was believed linked to a planned U S cruiser purchase for the Turkish navy. Abdul Hamid inquired after President McKinley’s health.
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Constantinople
Lloyd Griscom
United States
Abdul Hamid
McKinley
Negro Had Cold Chicken Case Unfolds In Patrol
Policeman Norman of Haddington station stopped a colored youth named William Thomas, 18, who carried a bag of dead chickens. Thomas implicated Benjamin Gray of 3704 Ludlow Street, saying the birds were stolen from Dr Bridges yard at Fifty third and Vine streets.
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Norman
Haddington
William Thomas
Irving Street
Thomas
Benjamin Gray
Ludlow Street
Madrid braces for lively parliament session
Madrid November 18 reports an incoming Parliament session will be lively as opposition members arrive to attack government political and economic programs. They vow to oppose any rise in public spending and criticize the government for lacking economy and failing to implement reforms needed to reduce Spain’s indebtedness.
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Madrid
Spain
Root Arrives in Santiago with War Secretary and Party
Elihu Root United States Secretary of War and General Wood arrived in Santiago de Cuba aboard the revenue cutter Kanawha from Manzanillo. Root's party will be joined by the Viking tomorrow. Colonel Whiteside to entertain at his country house. The Kanawha voyage was rough with seasickness among the crew except for General Wood.
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Santiago de Cuba
Elihu Root
United States
Geneif Wood
Mr. Root
Manzanillo
Colonel Whiteside
Kanawha
General Wood
Fatal Train Wreck At Zanesville Trains Collide
A Wheeling and Lake Erie passenger train ran into an open switch in Zanesville Ohio. Engineer John Somers was killed after leaping and being run over. Four crew members injured and Mrs Sarah Schaing of Louisville Kentucky bruised.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
John Somers
Sarah Schaing
Louisville
Unconscious man found after bicycle crash near Indian Rock
Charles Chaney aged 23 of 2219 South Bouvier street was found lying unconscious beside a broken bicycle on Wissahickon Creek drive near Indian Rock. He was taken to St. Timothy's Hospital Roxborough with non fatal injuries. cause of the accident unclear and Cheney unable to speak.
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Charles Chaney
South Bouvier Street
Wissahickon Creek
Indian Rock
St. Timothy's Hospital
Roxborough
Cheney
Weyler denies claim on ousting Americans from Cuba
General Weyler denies a Paris published statement that he told an interviewer he would have ousted the American army from Cuba if he had remained in the island. The denial is reported from Madrid with no supporting sources.
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Madrid
Weyler
Paris
United States
Cuba
City News Notes Andera: assaults and accidents reported
Louis Fox of 1409 Fitzwater was assaulted at Fourth Cater streets and taken to Pennsylvania Hospital. Ellis of 1838 Lombard St was shot in the hand by an accidental discharge and treated at Polyclinic Hospital. Patrick Hallahan of 1230 Catharine was thrown from a carriage on the road near Fairview Avenue while driving.
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Louis Fox
Fitzwater
Fourth Cater Streets
Pennsylvania Hospital
Ellis
Lombard St
Downey
Polyclinic Hospital
Patrick Hallahan
Catharine
Fairview Avenue
Frankfurt Exhibition Plan Reported by U S Official
A report by F. Hanauer discussed at Frankfort on the Main involves a United States vice and depot Samet, recommending a permanent exhibit of tin and related materials. The summary notes ongoing discussion of a permanent exhibition program and its potential impact.
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Berlin
F. Hanauer
United States
Samet
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Weather Outlook for Eastern U S and Nearby Regions
Weather report from United States Weather Bureau Philadelphia for Sunday November 18 1900 shows rain in southern Eastern New York snow or rain in northern areas with colder conditions persisting into Tuesday. Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey expect possible rain northern areas Monday then fair and cold with northerly winds.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Woman in Camden Slashes Sweetheart Through Face
Mary Collins, a Black Camden resident, attacked Charles Little with a razor in Joint alley. Little, address unknown, was struck from behind and repeatedly slashed, leaving him blinded and hospitalised. Collins claims Little deserted her three weeks earlier and vanished afterwards.
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Mary Collins
Joint Alley
Camden
Charles Little
Little
Salvation Army
Mary Colline
Driven Off Course Near Sandy Hook
The schooner Annie E Rickerson under Captain Smith from Norfolk to New York with lumber arrived at City Island reporting a nine day detour off Sandy Hook due to a northwest gale. The vessel was blown fifty miles off shore and lost jibs before steering through Long Island Sound to reach New York Harbor.
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City Island
N. Y
Annie E. Rickerson
Smith
Norfolk
New York
Sandy Hook
New York Harbor
Long Island Sound
Escaped convicts surrounded near Brighton Kansas
Cravens and Estelle are cornered in hillside terrain a mile from Brighton after fleeing a barn set ablaze by a posse. Authorities expect a standoff as the fugitives, armed and supported by rough cover, may be starved out rather than forced to surrender. One man is believed wounded from the initial fusillade.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Cravens
Estelle
Brighton
City Permit Refused for Colored Party Parade
Santiago de Cuba reports Mayor Grinon refused an application from colored party leaders to demonstrate tomorrow against the Cas Tillio party now in control. An unauthorized parade is expected to be organized without municipal permission.
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Santiago de Cuba
Grinon
Colored Party
Castillo Party
Overcoats: shoppers compare and declare the best
On a busy day three customers test coats in a tale of salesmanship. A man seeks satisfaction after an earlier purchase and declares our coats superior to a rival. A second shopper insists on a comparison, then concedes our coats are in a class of their own. A third finds the right coat in ten minutes, praising the store as the best. Saturdays bring sharp words and quick fits.
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X’s
Gur Coats
Cash’s
Blank’s
Diamonds and Overcoats Ad From Local Store
A vintage ad promotes J Warner Hutchins located at 22S Eighth St offering diamonds and ready made garments with a custom department. It touts customer freedom to shop elsewhere but claims superior selection and service.
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J.warner Hutchins
Eighth St. Diamonds
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Potter County
New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Brown
Alabama
Count Cornulier
QUAY
Times Bureau
Galveston
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Richard Ghagan
Ghagan
Czar
Griscom
Sultan
Audi
Turkey
Santiago
Wissahickon Drive
City News
Germany
Local Weather Report
Egress, Co
Rickerson
Wm. H. Wanamaker
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