Snow Bound Trains Across Delaware and Pennsylvania
Snow blockade persists on multiple rail lines with severe drifts and stalled trains. Passengers are sheltered in farmhouses as relief crews work to clear routes. provisions grow scarce and cattle transport is resumed. Fire and equipment damage reported. some lines expect reopening by Monday after widespread disruption.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
United Press
Pennsylvania
Reading
Fiest
New York
Bethlehem
Wyoming
Tdover
Gordon
Griffin
Delaware Railroad
Camden
Harrisburg
Lyona
East Penn
Lebanon Valley
Pottsville
Columbia Road
Lancaster Junction
Schuylkill
Lehigh Valley
Slatington
Wilmington and Northern Railroad
oMfcinis
George Leeds
Lebanon Valley Road
Pennsylvania Railroad
Norristown
Pottaville
Tralia
Theodore Ribhie
Lebanon Road
Comepanies
Cumberland Valley
Merchaniceburg
City
Middletown
Del
Baltimore
Mt. Pleasant
Carlisle
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Gettysburg
Perished in the rigging a deadly shipwreck tale
Patchogue New York Feb 10. In the rigging of a three masted schooner believed to be the Von Tilson nine men remained aloft as night fell with two barely alive. Rescue attempts by three life saving crews failed against high waves and darkness leaving two survivors in the rigging at dawn.
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United Press
Patchogue
L. L
von Tilson
Jeebound
John T. Manning
Rorke
Sim Baker
Fire Island
N. Y
Point of Woods
Lewis V. Place
New York
Squirns
Baltimore
Baker
Lone Hill
Frogen
Last Days of Congress face short session odds
Washington February 10 with the Fifty Third Congress less than eighteen days to finish work The debate centers on post office and agricultural bills with spending controls and proposals for government ownership of railroads amid Republican opposition The Navy bill and district measures are on the schedule as officials foresee a financial debate and possible investigations shaping the final agenda of the session
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Post Office
Cockrell
Vilas
Congress
Allen
Alabama
Cal
Finance Committee
Committee On
Secretary of the Treasury
Cleveland
District of Columbia
Fire at Harrisburg destroys state printing offices
Fire at the State Printing Office in Harrisburg destroyed the annex and offices on Herr Street. The blaze, discovered at midnight, raged until morning, consuming the building and contents. The superintendent of public printing’s papers in an adjoining building were saved.
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Waulted Press
Harrishire
Alite
Herr Street
Fire destroys state printing plant and reports
A fire damages a state printing facility with $100,000 loss to building and contents, nearly insured. The calendar for the legislature and several annual and audit reports are destroyed, including a large portion of the auditor general's manuscript. State Printer Busch will arrange with a local printing house to resume work until a new plant is established.
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Senate
House
Auditor General
Busch
Jones' Novel Wager Aims to Ring Globe for 5000
A Boston born drifter Paulel Jones began a year long trek with no money or clothing to circumnavigate the world and return to Boston within twelve months with five thousand dollars at stake. He arrived in Chicago from St Paul and headed next to Rochester New York. He expects to win the wager.
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Globe
United Press
Chicago
Paulel Jones
Boston
St. Paul
Rochester
N.Y
Antagonists Admit Support for Naval Affairs Bill in House
Leaders of opposing groups indicated the bill reported by the committee on naval affairs would pass the House with a majority. Saturday afternoon is reserved for eulogies to the late Senator Vance of North Carolina.
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Committee On Naval Affairs
House
Vance
North Carolina
Georgia Senator on Trial for White Cap Conspiracy
Atlanta report from February 10 states three indicted men, including Georgia State Senator G Treadwell and Dr. Samuel Brown, face conspiracy and white cap charges for the April 14 incident against Bob Hooker who reported illicit stills. Grand jury cites a larger oath-bound league with over forty members jailed.
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Atlanta
Peb
G. Treadwell
Tilton
Whitefield County
State Senate of
Georgia
Samuel Brown
Frank Gilgore
Bob Hooker
Overdue steamers arrive as survivors ride Umbria
Three survivors of the Elbe disaster, John Vevera Charles Hofmann and Eugene Schlegel, are aboard the Umbria. The Rhineland arrived heavily iced and listing, while the Manitoba faced similar conditions but with less damage. La Gascogne remains overdue with La Normandie nearby. Umbria and others updated at quarantine.
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United Press
Red Star Line
Rhineland
Mills
Manitoba
Griffiths
Jean Baptiste
Mavne
Halifax
Cork
Dutton
John Vevera
Charles Hofmann
Eugene Schlegel
Elbe
Umbria
New York
Sandy Hook
Marine Observer
la Gascogne
la Normandie
Sandy Wook Bar
Vanished Off the Earth A Woman and Child
Mrs. Hattie Carey and her year-old son vanished while traveling by Pennsylvania railroad last Saturday. Police in New York have been alerted as Carey, recently moved from Philadelphia, searches for his wife and child who disappeared after boarding the train and have not been seen since.
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United Presse
New York
Hattie Carey
Carey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Heaven and Earth
PUT OFF THE TRAIN Taken for a Negro Loses Mis Ticket
L. Sissela of Colombo Ceylon a tea importer and former World fair commissioner boarded an eastbound Louisville and Nashville train at Union Station. A conductor, mistaking him for a Negro, ordered him from the sleeper to the smoker and confiscated a thousand mile ticket. During the dispute a roll of $100 and a trunk check for $500 worth of tea were lost at Belleville.
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United Press
Louly
L. Sissela
Colombo
Ceylon
New York
Union Station
Belleville
Til
Sissela
Telleville
Unprecedented Snow Storm Blocks Irish Traffic
Dublin February 10 A severe snow storm halts traffic across the south of Ireland. Rail and road networks face widespread disruption as services struggle to operate amid heavy snowfall.
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United Press
Dublin
South of
Ireland
Exiled Hawaiians Sail For Redress After Rebel Trials
Three exiled rebels from Hawaii aboard the Warrimo reach Victoria on Feb 2 with J Cranston A Muller and J B Johnston alleging unwarranted arrest and deportation. Cranston claims American citizenship and vows to seek U S redress while detailing harsh prison conditions and lack of hearings. Johnston British subject recalls martial law and calls for Royalist leaders to be shot without trial.
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United Press
Victoria
B. C
Warrimo
Honolulu
J. Cranston
A. Muller
J. B. Johnson
Cranston
Muller
Johnston
Joan
Washington Palace
Quilly
Hawaii
United State
James B. Johnston
Martin Law
Iiéed
Court-Martiad
Diamond Head
Iat
Philadelphia
Johnson
Vancouver
Sovereigns Predication Foresees Upheaval in Twelve Months
General Master Workman of the Knights of Labor Sovereign warned at Labor Lyceum hall that a serious upheaval in the country will occur within twelve months. He spoke to cloth cutters and shop tailors about capital versus labor, advocating the abolition of the wage system and predicting a peaceful revolution led by organized labor.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Workman
Knights of Labor
Labor Lyceum Hall
Winchesters
Gatling
Landa
Teutonic Captain Relays Comfort to Anxious Friends
Paris February 14 The Teutonic captain's account provides reassurance to those awaiting news from the La Gascoigne The Teutonic's speed cited at twenty knots suggests La Gascoigne could be at most sixteen knots The Bourgogne's captain, sailing from Havre, was ordered to search for traces and steer toward Newfoundland for any sign of the missing vessel.
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Teutonic
United Presse
Paris
la Gascomme
la Gascogne
la Bourgogne
Mavre
Newfoundland
Old Fashioned English Winter Brings Trials and Wedding Chaos
A London omnibus driver dies frozen at the wheel as a severe snow storm disrupts travel. A Cumberland wedding party battles 16 foot drifts, the groom stranded, finally reaching the church after laborers clear a path and the ceremony proceeds. The piece notes widespread misery while a few find humor in winter hardships.
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London
Europe
China
America
Wel-Hal-Wel
Russia
England
Cumberland
John Howes
Mabel Snelus
Heither
Howes
Love
Happiness
Cupid
Steamer Maverick Abandons Barge with Ten on Board
United Press reports the steamer Maverick abandoned barge No. 5S near Baycrone after heavy gales. The barge crew included Captain Farman and nine others. their fate remains uncertain amid severe weather and freezing conditions.
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Maverick
United Press
New York
Rubetl
Standard Ol Company
Baycrone
Boston
Philadelphia
Rubells
CG. Farman
Roton
Conn
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