Strike and Riots Grip Philadelphia Transit
A Philadelphia transit strike paralyzed city streets as Amalgamated Association leaders declare work stoppages against the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Riots erupted in Kensington and other districts, with cars attacked and set ablaze while police and fire crews restored order. Union officials claim over 6000 workers walked out. company says about 900 of its 1900 cars were withdrawn.
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Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Workers
Goming
Philadelphys Rapid Pransit Company
Loduck
Atret
Moe
Kensington
Philadelphia
Great Mill
Amalgamated Association of Street
Tigctre Railway
Ang Tn
Murphy
Central Labor Mon
Central Labornion
Bremen
Courten O Krueger
Amalgamated Association
United Carmens Association
United Carmens Union
Market Street
West Philadelphia
German Professor Debates Word Trickery in Translation Seminar
A German professor at a university discusses how a student misreads the term treat in a translation seminar. The exchange highlights language nuance and student misunderstandings during a lesson on lexical meaning.
Buried the Wrong Man at Corry Funeral
A garbled tale recalls the Keck funeral mix up in Corry two years ago when the wrong body was interred. Rumors say loyal GAR posts questioned the burial after Keck, thought dead, returned from Sherman and reshaped the confusion. Now veterans wonder who lies in the grave.
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Hebeck
Sherman
GAR
Keck
Corry
30 Years For Wolf and Fellow Chiefs in Bogus Bills Case
Lupo and Morello head a Black Hand ring convicted of producing counterfeit currency at a farm plant. Seven co defendants receive fines of 91000 each. Sentences range from 15 to 25 years for the rest, with heavier terms for the ringleaders.
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Lupo
Morello
Drugged Hold Up Atlon Street Attack In Bemton
Dora Smith, a 40 year old widow of 220 Quincy Street Northeast, said she was attacked within a hundred feet of a gas lamp in Bemton Place between Third and Fourth Streets Northeast. Two men bound and robbed her of $60, then fled as bystanders alerted police. She was taken to Freedmen's Hospital and described the attackers as two men who used a vial containing chloroform. Detectives Mullen Warren Pratt and Hackett questioned her but received only a vague description. Police continued to search for the assailants as witnesses recounted the случ.
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Bemton Place
Third
Fourth Streets
Dora Smith
Quincy Street
Moa Smith
EC Johnson
Ro Street
Northenat
William Hussey
Mixsell
M24
Besid
Wa Houxe
Wixsell
J Tennett
Miaolt
Wixwett
Protest Against Lee Statue Sparks Police Action
A chaotic protest against a Robert E Lee statue escalated into police activity near a city block. Reported discovery of a body pit with a pocketbook and chloroform vial tied to the scene raised safety concerns as demonstrators crowded around the Capitol area and nearby yards.
Counterfeit Gang Convicted in US Case Seizure and Sentences
Ignacio Lupo, Giuseppe Morello, Giuseppe Calichio, Giuseppe Palermo and others faced verdicts in a Sicilian counterfeit ring case. Sentences ranged from 11 to 30 years with fines up to $1,000, plus mentions of two conspirators awaiting trial. A judge stressed stamping out Italian crime while detailing flight and leadership roles in the operation near Highlands.
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Ignacio Lupo
Giuseppe Morello
Giuseppe Calichio
Giuseppe Palermo
Nicola Sylvester
Antonia Cecata
Vincence Gigilo
Salvator Cina
Tgnazto
Lupo
Giuseppe
Morello
Hallas
Pell
Morde
Lupis
Vorello
Nhis
Highlands
Hartson ‘ Comito
Ife Widt
Father Kills Three Children Then Ends Own Life
In Farmingham Alu, 33 year old railroad engineer George Stephens shot and killed his three young children Mary Elizabeth seven, Blanche four, and Charles Jamie nineteen months, wounded a nurse, and then killed himself. A note left by Stephens blamed himself for the tragedy.
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Farmingham Alu
Red
George Stephens
Stephens
Charles Jamie
Che
Gorou
Mary Lilzabeth
Blanche
Alvear
Stepherm
Taft's Chicago visit eyed for St Patrick day events
Elbridge Hancey, head of the Irish Thanksgiving Club committee, said Taft would arrive in Chicago for a March visit and that a flag bearing Taft's insignia would be kept in the city until the day before his arrival. The flag will be hoisted atop the Tugalle Hotel, where the President will stay during his Chicago stay.
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St. Patrick’s Day
Washington Post
Chicago
Elbridge Hancey
Irtehetloweluy Club
Taft
Tugalle Hotel
Dayla Stein Death Scene At Home Shooting
In New York a man shot himself in the temple as his wife and 2 year old son watched. The act occurred in the dining room of the Stein residence with the wife recalling he had been out of work for two months and not despondent. Instant death followed, leaving the family in shock.
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New York
Dayla Stein
Thia
Stein
Embezzler Johnson Found Dead After Bank Debts Collapse
Loganport Ind February 19 The body of John F Johnson former president of the State National Bank was found in the Wabash River Suspected suicide after confessing to embezzling about 600000 from the bank He had turned grain broker recently and fled to settle debts tied to wheat trading He left a wife and daughter and his watch and jewelry were found on him The banker claimed only a margin loss and no intent to rob depositors
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Smiths
Tne
Loyal Legion of Indiana
Indianapolia
Indiana
Washity
Harself
Ameer
Aney
Geri
Washington ' Ad Kile
New York
Petm
Asathin
Gay
James Pendleton
Risch m
Harlem
Logansport
Ind
John F Johnson
State National Bank
Wabash River
Jay Johnson
Johnson
Johnson Johnson
State Bank
20 Hurt In Train Crash At Sharon Street Crossing
A mis-signal at the Pute Street crossing on the Erie road caused a trolley car from Sharon to collide with a backing freight train this afternoon. Twenty people were injured, taken to the Bunt Hoy peru cit and browsed. Some were badly hurt but all are expected to recover.
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Sharon Pa
Pute Street
Erie Road
Sharon and
West Middle New
Peru
Seyler Brothers Break Down Under Third Degree Interrogation
In Atlantic City, WW Seyler and William Seyler faced a five hour police examination on February 4 while suspects in Jane Adams death. Officials used shorthand statements to be opened at next week’s inquest and trial. Mrs Seyler denied reports of marriage status and urged counsel as authorities weigh whether Adams' death was murder, accident, or suicide.
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Atlantic City
Seyler
Jane Adams
Ocean Piers
Woodruff
Whalen
Bolt
Miller
William Serler
Morean
William
Seyler Brothers
Alice Adama
Seylers
Willam Seyier
Tonght
Seyier
Virmata
Goldensere
Sontheimer
Guldenberg
English antivivisection speaker attacks serums as waste
Stephen Coleridge of London urged abolition or strict control of vivisection at a New Willard Assembly Room lecture in New York. He argued anesthesia, humane government inspection, and criticized serums as offering no real benefits while harming animals, noting higher diphtheria deaths after antitoxin use.
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New Willard
United States
Stephen Coleridge
London
New
Willard
Coleridge
National
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
National Society For the Humane Regulation
Charten J. Fulies
Willard H Brownson
US WN
Arbuthnot
Fulles
Brownson
Smgland
England
Vaccination Fallacy Debate At London Lecture
A London lecture attacked smallpox vaccination claiming more deaths from vaccination than the disease. The speaker mocked serums and anti serum cures, with Drummond Kennedy and Levi Cook among questioners. Coleridge and Arbuthnot supported the opposing view as Washington and Albany prep next week.
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England
Berlin
Drummond Kennedy
Levi Cook
Audienc
Coleridge
Arbuthnot
Washington
Albany
Tagland
Bank raid thwarted as robbers escape after shootout
A posse pursued robbers after a bank raid. In the exchange of gunfire Petry was wounded. While officers distracted the gang, the trio seized a chance to flee, leaving behind a chaotic scene and a tense pursuit.
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Petry
Promoter held in bogus notes swindle case at Berlin
Leslie Clark representing a London mining firm brought promissory notes for $0000 in Berlin claiming they came from Prince Francis Joseph of Bragante to a man mistaken for Frederik Vanderbilt. The notes were seized by police and Clark is placed under arrest charged with complicity in the swindle.
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Berlin
Leslie Clark
London
Prince Francis Joseph of
Bragante
Frederik Vanderbilt
Prince Francis
Tillman Signs Paper Gives Doctors Much Hope
Senator Tillman regained some movement and responded to questions with his left hand in a dramatic bedside display. Doctors Babcock Pickford reported he remained conscious, smiling at jokes and writing his name, suggesting a hopeful trajectory though paralysis on his right side persisted. Family and officials gathered as messages of support poured in while in Washington doctors stayed on to monitor his gradual recovery.
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Hathcork
Senator Tillman
Ranverd
Babcock
Tolumbie SC
E F Pickford
Washington
Abcock
South Carolina State Hospital
Tillman
Ashington
Pickford
Titman
South Carolina
Congress
Washington Memorial auditorium plan highlighted by Taft and lawmakers
Three thousand girls from public and private schools gathered at Continental Hall to hear Senator Lodge, Senator Burton, and President Taft outline the Washington Memorial Association’s push to erect a national memorial building. The event showcased strong patriotism and fundraising appeals aimed at schoolchildren as thousands filled all seats and ushers from the High School Cadets managed the crowd.
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Harlan Ami
Lodge
Burton
Marie Bani
Normal
Sehoois
Yesterdas
Washington Memorial Association
Hill
Mny
Taft
Benatur
Henry Cabot Ledge
Massachusetts
Henry I Dimock
New York
Washington Memorial
Theodore E Burton
Ohio
Washington
Jvathe John M Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Dimock
Senator Lodge
Mitchell Corral
Cox
Barton Ferman
W Oy Tunsell
Arthur “Kemgat
Barber Walker
Jiems Cabot Lodar
Thomag
Ho Carter Vira Ellen Spencer Massey
Matthew T Scott
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Smail
A T Sturt
Mucfarland
Charles D Welcott
Adelia Gates Hensley
William HL Hooke
Willam Ho
Delacy
Thomas W Sidwell Lovin
Hooper
Percy M Hughes
Roscoe C Bruci
Carter
Thomas H Carter
Trinity College
Holy Cross Academy
Immaculate Conception Academy
Academy of the Visitation
Georgetown
Mies Madeira
National Cathedral
Fairmont Seminary
Washington Seminary
Washington College
Wnations Park Seminary
Mount Vernon
Chevy Chase
Bristol School
Marthe Washington Seminary
Hamilton Seminary
Washington Christian College
Gunton Seminary
Colonial Seminary
Eastern High
Western High
Cen- Wat
McKinley High School
Normang School
Juste Harlan ix
Hur
Sirs Dimock
Dimecock
Nine Jump Into Life Wet Fire Escape Newark Tenement
Nine people, eight women and a child, were saved from a Newark tenement fire by jumping from burning upper floors as smoke and flames trapped residents. Firefighters deployed nets, rescuing each person one by one. one young girl was unconscious but saved despite heavy smoke. Intermittent reports mention a standard railway and trains in the vicinity.
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Newark
Wien
Ladd
Giepeg
Tile
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