General MacArthur Presses for Reinforcements in Philippines
General MacArthur reports insurrectionists stronger than ever and demands heavy reinforcements. He cites constant fighting, illness, and losses to show campaign needs, warns that without more troops the U S cannot prevail. Cabinet to discuss Washington’s plan amid demoralized regiments and ongoing operations around Cavite and Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
McKinley
Corbin
United States
MacArthur
Bates
Hare
Marinduque
Grant
Manila
Great Throng Attends Gotham Horse Show Opening Night
New York reports a grand opening of the Metropolitan Association horse show with lavish boxes, social lights, and a galaxy of prize horses. Notables include Red Oak Black Witch Sun Dance King Crow Richmond and Joseph Widener's horses with Kitty Gabriel and Richmond winning prizes.
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New York
Metropolitan Association
East
Meadowbrook
Goshen
Genesee Valley
Red Oak
Black Witch
Sun Dance
King Crow
Richmond
John Conaway
Oval
Richard Carman
Agreement Sets New Hours for City Machinists
The machinists in city firms linked to the National Metal Trades Association began a new schedule under a May agreement with the International Association of Machinists. They will work nine and a half hours daily until May 18, then nine hours after that. Philadelphia firms affected include William Sellers Company, Manning Maxwell Moore, Morse Williams Elevator, A Falkenav, Riehle Brothers, George B Cresson, and James Riley Repair Company, with 126 other firms nationwide involved. Local officials await an official circular from President James O Connell and a district assembly executive board meeting will be called on receipt. The National Metal Trades Association, formed about a year ago to settle labor issues in these trades, aims to organize most manufacturing employers soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Metal Trades Association
Riehle Brothers
George B. Cresson
James Riley Repair Company
Massachusetts
Colorado
D. J. Keegan
James O'Connell
Washington
Has Seized the Market for November Corn
George H. Phillips, a young speculator, has cornered the November corn market in Chicago. Prices rose about seven cents, to 434 a bushel, as he bought between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 bushels for this month's delivery. Public elevators hold only about 1,100,000 bushels, with little high quality stock for delivery.
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Times
Chicago
George H. Phillips
Phillips
James Patton
Boys Held For Robbery In Abraham Gale And Morris Schwartz
Two boys from 116 Lombard street and 424 Monroe street were arrested at Front and Chestnut streets by Reserve Policeman Farmer. They were arraigned before Magistrate Rochersperger and held for a further hearing after police found a list of target stores and dwellings in their possession. Police believe a gang of at least ten youths is responsible for robberies of warehouses along Frone street on Sundays. Both boys denied involvement.
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Abraham Gale
Lombard Street
Morris Schwartz
Monroe Street
Farmer
Front
Chestnut Streets
Frone Street
Rochersperger
Ball
Central Station
Rumor Probe in Trenton On Henson Bonded Murder Charge
Police investigate rumors about Robert Henson in the Mary Van Lien murder and infant death at Trenton Junction. Det Crossley denies a husband William Van Lien as an accomplice or life insurance links. Henson is said to have led the killings with new evidence tying him more firmly to the case. Henson, captured late last night, shares a jail cell with a recent executioner in the county.
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Trenton
N. J
Robert Henson
Mary van Lien
Trenton Junction
William van Lien
Crossley
van Lieu
Henson
Williams
Planning a Bull Fight Special Telegram to THE LIMe
Milwaukee November 19. A carnival attraction eyed is a bull fight proposed for the Benevolent and Patriotic Order of Elks gathering. Joseph G. Donnelly, ex consular official, suggested the event as lively for the Elks. Mayor Rose chairs the committee and supports the plan.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Benevolent and Patriotic Order of Elks
Elks
Joseph G. Donnelly
Cleveland
Rose
Secret for making substitute rubber dies with Carter
Savannah Georgia November 19. John G Carter formerly of Boston inventor of a process to make substitute rubber from cotton seed oil died in hospital after brief illness. A landscape and portrait painter by trade he developed the process years ago and traveled to Boston to seek capital. A plant near Greenwich Park had $30000 invested. a fire, storm and rebuilds followed before his death. The secret likely dies with him unless written instructions exist.
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Savannah
John G. Carter
Boston
Carter
Greenwich Park
Young Shallcross Missing. Stowaway Rumors Fly in Jersey
A 13 year old Amos Shallcross from Wissinoming vanished nearly two weeks ago. Rumors place him with tramps traveling through New Jersey or possibly aboard the Lucania bound for Europe. William Rockton, 14, Jersey City, claims meeting a youth matching the description near Scranton wharves and heading toward Hoboken to stow aboard the Lucania. Police and parents weigh these leads amid ongoing search.
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Evtry
Amos Shallcross
Wissinoming
New Jersey
Lucania
Europe
Philadelphian shoots self in Chase City hotel room
Herbert B. Tyson, a Philadelphia resident and retired naval officer, was found Saturday night at the Mineral Hotel in Chase City with a bullet wound to the right temple and an empty revolver. He died the next morning. Tyson had come for his health on October 2 after a period of heavy drinking. his wife and daughters live in Philadelphia, and a son studied in Oxford, England.
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the Times
Richmond
Herbert B. Tyson
Mineral Hotel
Chase City
Tyson
Annapolis
Farmgut
Philadelphia
Oxford
England
House of Correction
Presbyterianinisters’ Association
Witherspoon Hall
Ughes Gibbons
Helleville
Lehigh Presbytery
Arrests Over Sunday Concert Sings Stir City
New York November 19. In the anti-vice crusade ministers target Sunday or sacred concerts. Rose Sartella and Edward March of vaudeville were arrested at the Grand Opera House. Manager John H Springer held on $500 bail for examination next Friday. Sartella testified she sang several songs including The Hottest Coon in Dixie but denied dancing. The orchestra leader said he followed management instructions not to play dance music. These are the first arrests in the crusade.
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New York
Rose Sartella
Edward March
Vaudeville
Grand Opera House
John H Springer
Dixie
Gates of Paradise
Beau Brummel
Calvary organ recital and city notes headline
Free organ recital at Calvary Presbyterian Church led by Ellwood Beaver, organist. University Extension Society lectures by Thomas Whitney Surette on Bach and Cecil F. Lowell on England’s expansion at Association Hall. Multiple local incidents include a 10 year old concussion from a fall, two hospitalizations, a stable accident, a hunting arrest, and a missing summary of a ministers meeting with discussion on a catechism change.
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Calvary Presbyterian Church
Ellwood Beaver
University Extension Society
Association Hall
Thomas Whitney Surette
Bach
England
Cecil F. Lowell
James Lyon
Vine Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
English Duchess-Marrying Miss Zimmerman Secret Marriage Revealed
Miss Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati becomes an English duchess after a secret wedding in Marylebone Parish Church. The Dowager Duchess initially denied the report, but church records confirmed the ceremony last Wednesday. Canon Barker notes the license came from the Archbishop of Canterbury and that the couple wed with the duke’s unnamed supporter arranging the match. The couple are now in Ireland.
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Helena Zimmerman
Cincinnati
London
Marylebone
Duke of Manchester
Ireland
Duchess of Manchester
Associated Press
Miss Zimmerman
Canon Barker
Mr. Lambatt
Sand
America
Lambart
Canterbury
Colombia Seizes a British Steamer
Passengers aboard the British steamer Atrato say rumors at Colon claimed the steamer Taboga had been seized by the Colombian Government at Panama and sent under armed escort to Buena Ventura on the Bay of Choco. The British Consul in Panama reportedly asked for a war vessel, but no confirmation existed and cipher dispatches from Panama were disputed.
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Kingston
Atrato
Colon
Taboga
Panama
Buena Ventura
Department of Cauca
Bay of Choco
The Young Duke of Manchester and His Duchess
Angus Droge Montague the ninth Duke of Manchester is a 23 year old Londoner of mixed English and American descent. His ancestry includes Lord Kimbolton later Earl of Manchester a key Parliamentary general in the civil war. Friends say he has a reputation for racy tales surrounding Manchester’s exploits as a young man.
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Angus Droge Montague
Duke of Manchester
Lord Kimbolton
Earl of Manchester
Consuelo
Signor Antono Yznaga de Valle
Ravenswood
Louisiana
Manchester
England
Griggs to Open New York Law Office After Cabinet
Personal friends of Attorney General Griggs say upon retirement from McKinley’s cabinet he will open a New York law office and likely also maintain a Washington office. He plans to specialize in practice before the United States Supreme and Circuit Courts.
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New York
Griggs
McKinley
New York City
Washington
Circuit
Woman Still Missing Anna Rogers Cannot Return From Three Squares
Anna Rogers, 27, of 1515 South Twenty-first Street, left for church Sunday morning and has not returned. Relatives and police searched the city yesterday without result. Locals note she can become lost if she goes three blocks from home, despite being born and raised in the city. She has habitually attended St. Thomas church with her niece but went alone last Sunday.
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Anna Rogers
South Twenty-first Street
St. Thomas’ Church
Eighteenth
Morris Streets
New York
Threatened death by own action at police station
Ernest Henry Deering, a young American, appeared at a Queenstown police office with a loaded revolver and warned he would kill himself unless disarmed. He claimed to have left New York last August after embezzling $4,000 from his employer Horace Caleb and squandered the funds. police are probing the truth.
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Queenstown
Ernest Henry Deering
New York
Horace Caleb
Notre Dame campus fire causes major loss in November
In South Bend Indiana Notre Dame suffered another serious fire yesterday destroying the sacristy. It marks the second blaze in ten days and the fourth since January. The downpour limited damage to the most important buildings and the estimated loss probably will not exceed 15000 dollars.
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University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Case Against English Set for Hearing on Lighting Contracts
William McIntyre William C. Bird and George E. English sue to prevent Director Abraham L. English from advertising for bids or awarding street lighting contracts for next year. The suit argues Public Works is the proper official to handle bids under the Bullett bill and that the Director of Public Safety has no role.
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Hampton M. Todd
Court of Common Pleaa
No. 2
Pennypacker
Equity
William McIntyre
William C. Bird
George E
Rtment of Public Safety
Abraham L. English
English
Director of Public Works
Director of Public Safety
Tornado Ravages Waelder Texas Home Destroyed
Waelder Texas November 19 a tornado caused heavy damage late last night injuring several family members at the home of T B Rabb with three serious injuries and fears of extensive rural damage.
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Waelder
Texas
T. B. Rabb
Fourth Class Postmaster Appointments List
Washington reports the appointment today of fourth class postmasters for Delaware. Carricroft is named B. J. Scott, Hollyville, and Nora Senet lie BS is recorded as the appointed officer.
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Washington
Delaware
Carricroft
B. J. Scott
Hollyville
Nora Senet Lie
Friesland Disabled in Tow Passes Selly Isles in London
The Red Star Line steamer Friesland skippered by Captain Nickels, en route from New York on November 7 to Southampton and Antwerp, was reported passing Selly Oak in tow of a tug with disabled conditions. The vessel’s status and destination remain noted, with details of the tow and passage through the Selly area.
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Red Star Liner
Sellly Isles
London
Red Star Line
Friesland
Nickels
New York
Southampton
Antwerp
Selly Boron
Sen
Weather forecast for eastern regions with mixed rain and warmth
The forecast covers Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey District of Columbia Delaware Maryland Western Pennsylvania Eastern New York Western New York and New England. It calls for rain or snow fits and warm spells with fresh southerly or northeasterly winds. The record includes daily temperature and rainfall statistics from the United States Weather Bureau Philadelphia PA with measurements and normals.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Delaware
Maryland
New York
New England
United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Eee
Norma
Duties of Democrats Special Telegram to The Times
William Jennings Bryan telegraphed a Chicago newspaper his view on national legislation and the duties of Democrats in Congress. He says Democrats in both chambers should support Democratic principles and oppose Republican policies. He notes that minority status does not excuse Democrats from opposing legislation deemed harmful from a Democratic perspective.
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THE
TIMES
Lincoln, Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Chicago
Congress
Senate
House
Lecture on Colonial Philadelphia Opened 1900 01 Season
Miss Anne M. Earle spoke to Philadelphia's Colonial Dames at the Acorn Club about life in 1750. Her talk traced important buildings, their uses, and social regard, visiting the Penn household and social circle, in honor of Mrs Townsend, president of the National Society.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
The
Colonial Dames
Acorn Club
Anne M. Earle
Penn
Miss Earle
Townsend
National Society of the Colonial Dames
Senator Davis Condition Worsens Amid Delirium
St Paul Minn November 19. The improvement in United States Senator Davis condition is unclear and may be superficial. Delirium intervals persist and recovery looks unlikely. He remains very weak and hundreds of sympathetic letters and telegrams are arriving.
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St. Paul
Minn
United States
Davis
Tailoring Prices Draw Men to Philadelphia Store
The catalog praises the store as the largest and most varied supplier of fine woolens and worsteds for men in Philadelphia. It claims superior value with notably lower prices, noting $25 double-breasted frock-coat suits and $35 evening dress suits silk-lined as examples of the offerings.
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Philadelphia
Boys Visit Four Stores for Coats in Exchange Trade
Two young men entered and announced their plan to visit four shops to compare overcoats. They viewed our coat, left, then returned claiming they had surveyed four best stores and were ready to buy. They intended to purchase two overcoats.
All Things To Him Who Waits In Weathered Ads
Fragmentary ad copy touts patient customers and superior fit and quality coats. It claims throngs will come despite rival promotions, praising value, prices, and faithful service for clothing buyers.
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Wwe
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Cavite
Brooklyn
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Department of the Philippines
Subig Bay
Laguna de Bay
Taal
Arthur MacArthur
Gothams
Madison Square Garden
Scenes of
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Gang of Front Street
Trates
Wisconsin
Young Shallcross
Farragut Ehdo
City News
William McCarron
Christian Street
Broad
South Streets
Charles Thurman
Venango
Episcopal Hospital
William Cramback
Darby
Stratten
Crumback
Paschal Station
Iss, Nee Zimmerman
Duke
Hester
PRE
Colombia
Young American
Queenstown Police
Local Weather Report
Society OF Colonial Dames
Annie M. Earle
Wm. H. Wanamaker
Perry & Co
Chestnut Street
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