Foes of Cameron Align With Martin in Senate Plot
Harrisburg Feb 1 foes of Senator Cameron see a chance to block his 1897 return as break between Quay and David Martin spurs overtures to Martin. They pledge Philadelphia support to Martin and Porter bills to curb Philadelphia councilmen. They aim to lift a Philadelphian for the Senate and target Lancaster County with anti Cameron forces.
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Scranton Tribune
Harrisburg
Cameron
Quay
David Martin
United States
Senate
Martin
Philadelphia
Baker
Delaware
Kauffman
Lancaster
Porter
Marth
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia Press
Graham
United States Senate
Lancaster County
Penrose
Department of Education
Quaker City
Senator Penrose
Fetterolf
House of Representatives
John T. Grigson
Bridgport
Mr. Gilsson
Switch Annie Ties Knot On Railroading Front
Annie P Grandther known as Switch Annie, celebrated railroad switch tender, married Jan 25 to Charles F Green, yard foreman for Chicago Milwaukee St Paul. She spent about fifteen years with St Paul Railway handling complex switches with no accidents and followed her father after his death. Now about 82.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Annie P. Grandther
Switch Annie
Charles F. Green
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
West
St. Paul Road
St. Paul Company
Hull of the Chicora Sighting Sparks Rescue Efforts
The hull of the ill fated Chicora was sighted off South Chicago with a raft holding 15 to 20 men. Tugs and relief trains moved to locate survivors as icebound harbors hindered rescue attempts. by Feb 4 no further Chicora contact was reported and crowds awaited updates in Benton Harbor.
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United Press
Chicago
South
Indiana
van Sickle
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Whiting
Ind
Baltimore and Ohio
Witting
Chilcago
Calumet
Ludington
Benton Harbor
Mich
Graham & Morton Company
High Hat Incident at Pope's Theater Ends in Fine
Henry Jost of St Louis tried to wear his hat inside Pope's theater on Friday night after failing to adjust the hats worn by women ahead. He refused to remove it despite two requests, was ejected by a bouncer, and fined five dollars for disturbing the peace.
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Pope's Theater
Jost
Allan Hoagland
Green Point Line
Quinlan
Flushing Avenue
Healy
Tompkins Avenue
Farrell
Reid Avenue
Roebling Street
Broadway
Gun smuggling case in Samoa reported in Melbourne
Dispatches dated April 27 say Samoa is quiet amid reports of a large gun and cartridge haul from the Savall houses of Trings and Spatz. Trings pleaded guilty and paid a 100 fine. Spatz claimed innocence but was fined by the German consul.
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United Press
Melbourne
Mall
Apla
Samoa
Trings
Spatz
New Zealand
Spats
Flask explodes at Reading foundry injuring two men
An explosion in a flask at the Davis Prints Co foundry in Reading last night burned Henry Michaela and Charles Becker severely about the face and body. Six others were slightly hurt.
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United Press
Reading
Davis, Prints &Co
Henry Michaela
Charles Becker
Keystone Notes and Local Public Welfare Items
Keystone notes report crowded ice houses in the Schuylkill valley and a $12 000 allocation for public parks this year. Lebanon district reports 17 scarlet fever cases. Lebanon's assessed value at 8 000 000 and appropriations at 20 700 000.
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Schuylkill Valley
Reading
Lebanon
Jersey Central Railroad
Brooklyn Labor Demonstration Locks City Hall Plazas
Thousands of Brooklyn workers flock to City Hall to contest franchise removals from three railroad companies. Violent clashes erupt as motormen and conductors face desertions, with police mobilized and cars damaged but traffic largely continued.
Hunters Captured by Mistaken Game in Shanghai Dispatch
A small hunting party from the American warship Concord was captured in Shanghai after mistaking Mongolians for wild game. The incident, reported by Chin Kiang and dated February 2, involves the Hunters being taken as prisoners.
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United Press
London
Central News
Shanghai
Chin Kiang
Concord
Maniac and His Axe Ends in Arrest at Millville
Hiram Jones, a Millville resident, attacked Daniel Goff with an axe in Broad Street home. Goff sustained serious head injuries but likely will survive. Mrs Goff restrained the assailant until he fled and later was placed under restraint at Trenton asylum.
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Hiram Jones
Daniel Goff
United Press
Millville
N. J
Ely
Jones
Broad Street
Goff
Mr. Goff
Trenton
Golf
Wreckage From Elbe Found In North Sea
Skipper of the Delta reports sighting a small boat and a human body floating about forty miles southeast of Lowestoft. Other skippers found doors furniture spars and boxes. Six life boats and three life boat tanks picked up along the Suffolk coast. The body and wreckage are identified as from the steamer Elbe.
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United Preas
London
Smack Delta
Lowestoft
North Sea
Mfe
Suffolk
Elbe
Son Kills Father With Club in Delaware Farm
Trusten P. McColley died from injuries after his son Amos struck him with a club during a dispute at a Milford area farm in Sussex county. The attack occurred yesterday afternoon and left the elder man unconscious. a detective headed to Milford to arrest the son.
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Amos McColley
United Press
Wilmington
Del
Trusten P. MecColley
Milford
Sussex County
Amos
McColley
Amo
Strike Threatened Over SP Engineers Demands
San Francisco February 3 United Press reports Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers says engineers on the Southern Pacific may strike if concessions are not granted. Chairman Meyer says the issue will be settled by Monday, either by railroad conceding or by a strike.
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Pinkerton
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Workman
Connelly
Norton
Police Department
Southern Pacific Railroad
United Press
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Meyer
Ariegance Committee
Phoenix Glass works fire cripples Rochester area
The Phoenix Glass works at Monaca burned this afternoon and Rochester, Pa., is left without a fire department or water works. Loss on buildings and stocks is about $150,000, with insurance partial. The works employ 500 people, producing lamps and gas and electric light fixtures.
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Rochester
United Press
Phoenix Glass Works
Monaca
Two Boys Killed in Sled Coasting Collision
Reading on February 1 reports Robert Whitman aged 11 and Ernest Fisher aged 7 fatally injured when their sled struck an electric car on South Tenth street. Both boys were thrown clear except Whitman and Fisher whose skulls were crushed. others escaped.
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United Press
Reading
South Tenth Street
Robert Whtman
Ernest Fisher
Witman
Fisher
Multiple Legal and Violent Incidents Spark National Reactions
Wire summaries report John J. Malone shot by Thorns Considine in New York with Malone dying, James McGrain a Louisville lawyer committing suicide, August Noark and three Jeffersonville children likely fatally ill from pork, and a Washington meeting forming a National Winter Chautauqua in Augusta. Also noted are a Syracuse Crouse will case verdict actions, a fatal seven story fall in Binghamton, a New Orleans child’s kidnapping linked to a divorce, Alabama debt bill punishment over gold payments, St Louis Merchants Exchange critic of Senator Veatch, and a planned electric plant for Atlanta on the Chattahoochee river.
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John J. Malone
Thorns Considine
New York
James McGrain
Loulaville
August Noark
Jeffersonville
Ind
Chattahochde
Atlanta
Crouse
Syracuse
Henry Jacobs
Binghamton
N. Y
Pr. G. A. Rawson
New Orleans
Alabama
St. Louis
Merchants Exchange
Veat
St. Louise
Missouri
Congress Poised for Final Weeks Clash Over Hawaii and Finance
Washington Feb 2 The Fifty third Congress enters the last four weeks of its session with likely clashes over Hawaii policy and finance. Senate action centers on the District of Columbia appropriation and a major debate on the Sherman treasury relief measure and the Hawaii question. House plans focus on the omnibus claim bill and the latest currency and banking bill from the Springer committee.
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Solety
Senate
Coyle
Schuylkill
Hastings
Pittsburg
Martin
United Press
Washington
Fifty-third Congress
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District of Columbia
McPherson
New Jersey
Finance Committee
Sherman
Treasury
Peffer
Man Ue and Clark
Montana
Honolulu
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Hawaii
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Germany
Great Britain
Gresham
Aldrich
Hawley
Lolge
Hoar
Chandler
Allison
Teller
Platt
Allen
Alabama
Colonel Teese
Morgan
United Republican
Committee On
Tragic Death of Lovers Found Frozen In Snow Drift
In Muskegon Michigan on February 3 a farmer found a teacher from Marshallville school and an unknown young woman frozen to death in each other’s arms inside a snow drift. A horse was hitched near a cutter outside the scene. The bodies were later identified as the teacher and his visiting sweetheart.
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United Press
Muskegon
Mich
A. G. Ward
Benon
Marshallville
Rocheforts Return as Paris Crowds Pay Final Honors
Paris on February 3 witnessed a state style funeral for Marshal Canrobert with official participation by military leaders. In contrast, the welcome for exile Henry Rochefort drew massive crowds estimated near 200,000, with socialist deputies and groups forming a solid display at the station. The ceremony featured lengthy speeches, cheers, and no disorder or arrests.
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Paris
United Press
Marshal Canrobert
Marshal McMahon
France
Henry Rochefort
England
Socialist
Socialist Revolutionary Societies
Rail making industry shows busy week at Harrisburg steel works
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania during the week ending January, iron and steel mills report a busier period with February expected demand rise. Plants ordered pig iron from Virginia for 1895 at low prices while most operate slowly. The Chesapeake Nail works had limited operation, three furnaces remained active, and No. 3 furnace produced first cast Friday aiming 250 tons daily. Over 50,000 dollars paid to workers, up from 23,000 year ago.
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Pennsylvania Steel Works
United Press
Harrisburg
Mareh
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake Nail Works
Terrors Are Wanted
Harrisburg officials join Baltimore detectives in pursuit of William Hall and Charles Johnson accused of terrorizing Cumberland and Harrisburg, robbing Mr Watts in Pikeville Maryland, and breaking out of Westminster jail. Authorities expect to bring them to Baltimore for trial.
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Harrisburg
Anderson
Freeberger
Hussey and Ward
Baltimore
Wiliam Hall
Charles Johnson
Cumberland
Watts
Pikeville
Hall
Westminster
Carroll Counties
Maryland
Trouble for the czar declares absolute monarch in Russia
Berlin reports that Czar Nicolas II’s speech proclaiming absolutism sparked strong adverse reaction in liberal circles. Eleven arrests occurred, handbills recalled March 1 marking Alexander II’s murder, and St Petersburg University students were urged not to petition the czar.
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Emperor
United Press
London
Berlin
Daily News
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg University
Alexander IT
Vienna
Three Firemen Injured In $10,000 Renovo Blaze
A fire at John Murphy’s residence, president of the First National Bank of Renovo, gutted the home for about $10,000 with $3,000 insured. Chimney collapse injured three firefighters Adam Lehman Thomas Kevin and George Griffue who suffered head cuts and burns.
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Renovo
John Murphy
First National Bank
Adam Lehman
Thomas Kevin
George Griffue
Earthquakes Felt Across Italian Cities Today
Earthquakes were reported in Rome and several Italian cities including Geroa Placensi and Pavia this morning, causing brief disruption.
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Rome
The
United Press
Geroa
Placensi
Pavia
Eastern Pennsylvania Sees Snow Flurries Warmer Winds
In eastern Pennsylvania light snow flurries ease, with slightly warmer conditions on the way. Expect northeast to east winds, shifting toward milder air as the day progresses.
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Pennsylvania
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