Prominent Sitters Attend Cassatt Burial Rites
Alexander J Cassatt former Pennsylvania Railroad president lay in state at his Philadelphia home and was buried at Church of the Redeemer Bryn Mawr. A strong line of railroad leaders and financiers attended the services and a few family offerings were laid on the casket. The day saw a steady stream of mourners at the home and at the Bryn Mawr grove, with heavy rain throughout.
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Philadelphia
Alexander J Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Church of the Redeemer A
Bryn Mawr
West
Rittenhouse Square
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cassatt
Ben Larriman
Union Pacific Railway
Occar @ Murray
Baltimore
Oaio
George F. Baer
Reading
E B. Thomas
Lehigh Valley
J M. Shepard
Coutael
Long Island Railroad
Parry Waters
Atlantic Chast Line
Henry Fink
Norfolk and Western Railroad
L . Weir
Adams Express Company
Richard Dean
Pullman Company
C. W
J. V. McNeal
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Rail
Fitsburg
W C Richardson
St James' Church
Church of the Redeemer
Succession Rumors At Pennsylvania Railroad Board
Philadelphia Dec 31 directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad met to discuss a successor to the late President Cassatt. A source says James McCrea of Pittsburgh is likely chosen, with a Wednesday board meeting a probable settlement. Some expect Samuel Rea to be selected instead.
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Philadelphia
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cassatt
Pregzent
James McCrea
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Lines
Samuel Rea
Removal of Leo XI Remains From St Peter’s Planned
Rome dispatch reports official notice that Leo XI’s remains will be moved from St Peter’s to a new tomb at St John Lateran, likely mid January. No date fixed yet, ceremony not arranged. a plain hearse may lead the funeral cortege through streets. Vatican denies appeals for French clerical aid. gifts totaling about 14000 dollars have arrived via Bivolta Catholics.
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Speors
Washington
Rome
Osservators
Romano
Leo XI
St Peter’s
St. John! S
Latoran
Cardinal Gatel
Lateran Basilica
Vatican
Peter
Tevite the Pome
Receivers Ousted as Chancery Court Reasserts Control
Mobile Alabama December report states F E Dewey and J L Dantzler, named receivers of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad, were ousted from the railroad by a Chancery Court order. The action replaces a December 26 move after an appeal to the Supreme Court was filed. Bond tied to the case was set at 1000 dollars. The former management, ousted midweek, resumed control of the property.
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Mobile
Ala
Dec
F. E Dewey
J. L Dantzler
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
Chancery Court
Supreme Court
Locomotive boiler explosion near Sewell, New Jersey
A boiler blast on a West Jersey and Seashore Railroad freight train near Sewell, Camden County, hurled the locomotive 400 feet and injured three trainmen. The explosion occurred on the branch line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with wreckage scattered in a nearby field.
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Camden
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sewell
Firebug in Manayunk over women’s clothes
George Steffan, dubbed the Manayunk firebug, is jailed without bail after burning multiple Manayunk houses. Police recovered a trunkful of women’s garments from his room at 4123 Main Street and found he sought feminine apparel as his sole pleasure, admitting a longing for such items.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Manis
George Steffan
Breffan
Manayunk
Moyamensing
Zinn
Smith
Manayvunk
Mana
Yunk
Steffan
Main Street
Four Millions Starving Chinese Refugees Near Nanking
Massive famine plagues northern Anhui Honan and Klang Su as rains ruin crops. About four million people starve and tens of thousands wander destitute. Some 60,000 refugees reach Nanking in pitiable condition. Efforts by E A Harriman and the Red Cross seek grain donations from American farmers to ship via San Francisco, with state governors urged to mobilize grain for relief.
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Peking
Anhui
Honan
Klang-Su
Nanking
E A. Harriman
Roosevelt
San Francisco
China
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Cummins
Army Transport Service
Mother seeks return of her son from New York asylum
Lillian Mason, claiming she is the divorced wife of the late George P Pullman, asked Justice Olmsted in the Children's Court to return her five-year-old son Edmund from the New York Juvenile Asylum. She was removed by a policeman during a hysterical plea. she said she learned only after the boy’s commitment that she had not been served a subpoena. The judge advised pursuing legal steps. the case rests with the proper authorities. Mason, living at 415 West Thirty-first Street, vowed to consult a lawyer and cover the boy’s support.
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Washington Fus
New York
Lillian Mason
George P Pullman
Palace
Children’s Court
Justice Olmsted
Edmund
Society
Ner
Pullman
Charles E. le Barbier
LeBarbier
Mazon
West Thirty-first Street
Eagle Attacks Hunter in Berkshire County Fight
James E Bolger while rabbit hunting in Hinsdale Berkshire County was attacked by a large golden eagle. He shot the rabbit hung on a tree and returned to find the bird pulling at the carcass. After a five minute struggle Bolger wounded the bird, which then fell. The eagle, a six foot wingspan specimen, clamped beak and talons on Bolger’s hands and legs during the fight.
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Winsted
Hinsdale
Berkshire County
James E Bolger
Bolger
Neill's Widow Extradited in Greenwich Murder Case
Catherine Neill, accused of killing husband Joseph Neill, was arraigned again in Tombs Court and handed to Connecticut authorities. The delay stemmed from ex-Gov Higgins' Albany absence. Neill was a New Rochelle blacksmith and part time boxer. The couple wed shortly before his death.
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Washington Post
New York
Catherine Neill
Joseph Neill
Greenwich
Denn
Tombs
Connecticut
Guv Higgins
Albany
Neill
New Rochelle
Visited Congo Pigmy Land by Prof Starr
Prof Frederick Starr the Chicago anthropologist traveled about twenty two thousand miles to Congo Free State in search of pygmy tribes and other African races. He found Congolese natives bright and capable with a range of cat’s cradle games and noted an average dwarf height of three feet ten inches. He will report more on his return to Chicago.
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Starr
Chicago
Congo
Washington Post
New
Stanley Falls
Pika River
Prof Wolf
Prof Starr
B B Cobb
Elizabeth
N. J
Leopold
Free State
Van Alstyne Surrenders as Kidnapping Accusation Looms
Mrs Isabell Van Alstyne of New York City secured warrants for her husband Guy Van Alstyne and two men named John Doe and Richard Roe, alleged private detectives, for assault and kidnapping their four year old son D Arcy at the Gilsey House. Guy Van Alstyne surrendered to court, examination set for Wednesday, and was paroled to his lawyer.
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Wacbenstonrom
New York
Isabell W. van Alstyne
West Nainety-second Street
Jefferson Market Polie Court
Dan O'Reilly
Minn
Guy Clerk van Alstyne
Sydney I. Rosenbaum
John Doe
Richard Roe
Mra. van Alstyne
Gilsey House
D'Arcy
van Alstyne
Casey
Itia
Dunne and Judge Cleland Clash Over Pardons
Chicago 31 rec says Municipal Judge Cleland condemned Mayor Dunne for pardoning Joseph Wolf and his son in law, fined for operating a gambling house. Pardons came at Alderman Bowler’s urging before sentence, prompting Cleland to consider contempt of court charges and warning that the city executive cannot override judicial action at will.
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Chicago
Cleland
Dunne
Joseph Wolf
James Bowler
Fudge Cleland
Ship broker Gustav A Maier reported missing in New York
Mrs Maier of Galveston Texas told police her husband Gustav A Maier a ship broker is missing and that she cannot return home. She said he lost his last funds in stock speculation last week and that a note was received Friday saying he planned to jump from a ferryboat.
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New York
Gustav A. Maier
Galveston
Tex
Maier
Artist hangs himself in Brooklyn dwelling
New York reports Herman Guldnast, a renowned fresco painter noted for works in Washington Capital Building and New York public and private buildings, was found in his Brooklyn room hanging from a sheet rope. He died after being cut down by a policeman. Separately, Eureka Springs Arkansas records former State Senator F O Butt receiving a farewell before surrendering to begin a two year bribery sentence in Little Rock.
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New York
Herman Guldnast
Capital
Washington
H'A
Brooklyn
Guldnest
Hureka Springs
Ark
F O. Butt
Eureka Springs
Little Rock
Song betrays husband in a Brooklyn alimony case
Grace BE Rover hunts for missing husband Frederick G. Rover a Brooklyn tenor and Vassar graduate once ordered by court to pay alimony. He disappeared after the ruling and was later found employed by a phonograph firm. Mrs Rover identified his voice at a vaudeville show and he faces contempt charges at an upcoming arraignment.
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New York
Grace BE. Rover
Brooklyn
Vassar
Frederick G. Rover
Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn Congregational Church
Rover
Fort Greene Place
South Ferry
J Hunter Lack
Court Street
Move to revive boycott sparks Canton meeting
Report from Canton says over 1000 people attended a meeting calling for a boycott of American goods and for banning ads of American products. Resolutions urge placard propaganda, press restraint, and laborers deterred from Panama trip while seeking treaty changes with America. State Department has no official advice on the Canton event.
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Panama
America
State Department
Canton
Rocknill
Legation
China
Root
Chentung Liang Cheng
Chineas
United States
Japanese Anarchists In Berkeley Face Deportation Threat
Washington orders trigger Secret Service probe into the Japanese social ist group publishing the Revolution Berkeley. Immigration Commissioner North and Consul Ma Ma Oya ma defend it as potential deportation risk under immigration law amid protests from Japanese community. Mrs Cleveland Says Grover Nearly Recovered From Indigestion Report.
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California Socialistic
San Francisco
Washington
Secret Service
Moffatt
Japanese Socialiste Organization
Revolution
Berkeley
Commissioner of Immigration North
Trip
Japan
Oyama
Yale Laundry Promises Modern Sanitary Service for 1807
In New Year resolutions, readers are urged to patronize Yale Laundry the most modern sanitary plant in the United States. The ad claims equal prices with other laundries but better service, inviting customers to send a postal or call for pickup. A wagon will call for your bundle.
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YALE
United States
Erratic Beresford heir to vast ranches and lone life
Delaval J Beresford rich recluse on Mexican ranches lived simply with a colored companion who once saved his life. He died in a Soo road wreck in Dakota while returning to Canada for Christmas leaving 75,000 for a smaller ranch and large estates in El Paso and Mexico. His will names two brothers Lord Admiral Charles Beresford and the Marquis of Beresford as heirs and executor. His body to be buried in Ireland and the will opened by Judge Leigh Clark after cabled orders from the lord admiral.
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Mexico
Delaval J. Beresford
Great Britain
Europe
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Beresford
Sooiroad
Dakota
el Pago
Canada
Caneda
Medicine Hat
America
Chihushus
First‘ National Bank
el Paso
New Mexico
Flora Wolff
Hying
Charles Beresford
Marquis of Beresford
Delaval
Ireland
Leigh Clark
Minneapolis
Judge Clark
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Robert T. Lincoln
Leo
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Pep Bamhavf
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Hunter
DERS
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Capitol Building
Song
Hongkong
Cleveland
Princeton
Grover Cleveland
Yale Laundry
New York Ave
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Pia
Diamond and
Munich Beer
Munich
National Capital Brewing Co
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