Big fight looming in Panamanian shipping rate war
New York dispatch reports signs of a lively clash between the Panama railroad backed by the Southern Pacific and the Pacific Mail Steamship company after their five year agreement ends December 16. Panama seeks higher revenue shares and exclusive traffic rights while planning its own routes to San Francisco and other ports, potentially shifting US Central America and European traffic away from Pacific Mail. If no deal, Pacific Mail may reroute via Guaymas and the Sonora railroad to Galveston, then to New York via Morgan lines, indicating a broad rate fight with high stakes for all parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mailana Express
Panama Way
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Panama Railroad
Panama
San Francisco
United States
Central America
Europe
Pacific Mail
Colon
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Pacific Mail Company
Tey
Guaymas
Gulf of California
Sonora
Southern Pacific
Galveston
Huntington
Pacific Mall Company
Southern
California Merchants Seek Panama Line Agreement
Pacific advances prompter deliveries as California merchants push for a Panama railroad deal with other steamship lines to secure lower rates. They are ready to supply capital to build a new system if needed. Mr. Tweed says any understanding hinges on optimal use of their vessels serving Central American and Mexican ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
California
Panama Railroad
Tweed
Panama railroad charters ocean steamship and plans dock support
The Panama railroad through local agent E F Connor chartered a large ocean steamship from Alaska Commercial Co and obtained options on more. At a harbor meeting Connor sought dock facilities and was told Panama vessels will have berths when ready. The line will handle its own Panama to Pacific ports traffic, ending Pacific Mail’s exclusive privilege on January 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Panama Railroad
E. F. Connor
Alaska Commercial Company
Connor
Panama Company
Panama Rairoad
Pacific Mail
Panama
Pacific
Mexico
Central America
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for a cold. Money back guarantee if it fails with Grover's signature on each box and price of 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. W. Grover
Dinamited Vault Heist at Emden Bank by Four Masked Men
Four masked robbers dynamited the Farmers Bank of Emden Illinois taking between 3000 and 4000 dollars. In the chaos a night patrolman Sanford was mortally wounded and the band fled toward Delavan on a Chicago and Alton train after a failed arrest attempt. The bank building was wrecked and the vault ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emden
John Alberts
Alberts
Delavan
Sanford
Chicago & Alton
Milier
Sailors Attempt Coercion On Tacoma Ship
In Tacoma a clash over crew composition repeated as a Sailors union mob tried to remove nonunion sailors from the ship Sintram. Deputy U S Marshal Davison confronted about 100 armed men on the wharf, threatening to fire if boarding occurred, prompting the crowd to withdraw as sheriff deputies stood guard. A tug towed the ship to sea early this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
Florence
Sintram
Meyer
San Francisco
Sait
United States
Davison
Sheriff's Office
Aca
FLOCKING TO WASHINGTON FOR CONGRESS MEETING
Washington dispatch notes many prominent statesmen traveling to the capital as Congress nears. The ways and means committee plans a Saturday session to consider war revenue measures, affecting attendance at a funeral. Senator Hanna will replace Senator Davis, and a tie on party lines may occur if Tawney is absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Navy
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Mr. Tawney
Minnesota
St. Paul
General Grosvenor
Davis
Hanna
Colorado Governor confronts Interior over alleged Indian depredations
Washington reports heated exchanges between Governor C. S. Thomas of Colorado and Indian Agent Mylon of Utah over supposed deer slaughter by Indians in Rio Blanco county. Communications cite wardens fraternizing with natives and call for arrests if illicit hunting resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
C. S. Thomas
Colorado
Mylon
Uintah and Ouray
Utah
Thomas
Department
Myron
Rio Blanco County
Tales Grams
Jones
Hitchcock
Peculiar Salt. San Francisco Navy
Henry Baach sues Lewis Anderson in superior court for 25000 damages over his son’s drowning near Point Barrow on Oct 5. Baach’s son, forced into a whaling boat against his protest, fell overboard when the boat capsized during the pursuit of a whale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Navy
Henry Baach
Lewis Anderson
Point Barrow
Baach
Train Derails in Summit Tunnel Near Ashland
The south bound California express derailed at Summit near Ashland after leaving at 1 o'clock. Rails spread and two locomotives a mail car and a baggage car jumped the track injuring no passengers. A wrecking crew repaired the line after eight hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Ore
California Express
Long Tunnel
Summit
United States Mail
Rumor of Giant Gold Mine Trust Circulates
The Daily Express in London reports a rumor that a vast gold mine trust has been formed including John D. Rockefeller Cecil Rhodes Alfred Belt and Joseph Benjamin Robinson. The claim, unverified, links major figures to a new mining conglomerate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Daily Express
John D. Rockefeller
Cecil Rhodes
Alfred Belt
Joseph Benjamin Robinson
London Underground Contract Signed for Charing Cross Line
The World reports contracts signed in London and ratified in Wall Street for the Charing Cross Euston and Hampstead underground line. American investors provide about 2 million dollars for excavation and electrical equipment from Charing Cross to Hampstead seven miles, with offshoots. The contractors include Charles T. Yerkes H. C. Davis A. A. Houseman J. J. Mitchell and Prince Reeves. The project aims to speed transit in London, possibly before New York’s system opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Wall Street
Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead
Charles T. Yerkes
H. C. Davis
A. A. Houseman
J. J. Mitchell
Chicago
Prince & Reeves
Westminster
England
Electric and General Contractors
Charing Crows
Hampstead
Boers Active in Orange River Colony Front
British forces report Boers moving between the railroad and Basutoland south of Ladysmith Thabanchu and Bloemfontein with General DeWet and ex President Steyn near Dewetsdorp. Moored reinforcements guard fords of the Orange River from Allval to Orange River station while mounted Boers cross river at will. Destruction of DeWet remains unlikely.
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Edinburgh
Orange River Colony
Basutoland
Ladysmith
Thaba n'Chu
Bloemfontein
DeWet
Steyn
Dewetsdorp
Cape Colony
Guards
Grenadiers
First Coldstreams
Orange River
Allval
Favorite Prescription touted as cure for women’s ailments
A letter from Mrs. Loma Halstead of Claremore Oklahoma praises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and other remedies for back and head pain and hemorrhage. The note claims the patient recovered within months and regained full health for work. It asserts the medicine is alcohol free and narcotic free and invites sick women to write for confidential guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loma Halstead
Claremore
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Hercules of the Party Barriers to Hanna Presidency
A M. A. Hanna Republican club delegation urged Senator Hanna to accept a 1904 presidential bid. Hanna thanked them, said he seeks no office, will retire after his term, and rejected the request as inappropriate and not to be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
M. A. Hanna Republican Club
Hanna
Gallagher
Republcan
McKinley
Denies Rumor Of Southern Pacific Share Sale
New York reports a rumor that a major banking interest might buy Huntington shares of Southern Pacific. Charles H. Tweed, SP chairman, says no sale planned and Huntington holdings will stay intact. He also notes no new alliance with Union Pacific, only harmonious relations. Charles M. Hays, SP president, met Tweed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Southern Pacific Railway
Southern Pacific
Huntington
Charles H. Tweed
Corlis Huntington
Union Pacific
Tweed
Charles M. Hays
The
Hays
Montreal Return Precedes Continental Tour to San Francisco
The subject will return to his Montreal home tonight and begin a relaxed cross continental tour to San Francisco in early December, traveling with Southern Pacific officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Manila Prepares Laws on Banks and Saloons
The Philippine commission passed a bill requiring banks to accept deposits in Mexican or local currency and honor checks in the deposit currency. A Manila liquor license law to curb Escolta saloons will bar licenses after expiry. License fee set at 300 gold dollars for six months. Secretary Root to receive a three month progress report. troops to be relieved on Thanksgiving with guards remaining on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippine Commission
Escolta
Root
Fiendish Cruelties Endangering Family in Schofield Utah
In Schofield Utah on November 28 Richard Smith beat his wife, fractured a three month old baby’s skull, and attempted to burn sleeping children with kerosene saturated bed clothes. Neighbors intervened, saving the children. Another neighbor, Jacob Kangas, was stopped from killing his wife and three children during the same incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schofield
Utah
Richard. Smith
Smith
Jacob Kangas
Kentucky Battleship Ky Test Shows Fine Seaworthiness
The Kentucky, after a Gibraltar departure, faced a mid Atlantic storm on the 4th and 5th. Captain Chester reports the ship handled the gale well with the starboard lifeboat destroyed and no other damage. The Navy directs a five day stop at Smyrna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Kentucky
Smyrna
Department
Chester
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Commander Drake Discharged to Command Culegoa
Commander Drake is discharged from Mare Island Navy Yard San Francisco and ordered to take command of the Culegoa on the Asiatic station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Drake
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Asiatic
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Panama and
Pacific Mail Companies
Riva
Dr. Jaeger’s Sanitary
Tate
Per
Tion
Eniher
Butie
Elena
Gans & Klein
Illinois
Jenators
Gold Mine Trust
Ren. E. Harris Co
Butte
A Sur
Variety
North Main Street
Chas. R. Leonard
Hercules
Julius Caesar
Didate
Huntington & VP
Sen
Laws For
Asia
Children’s Department
Siegel Clothing Co
Anaconda Copper Mining CO
Lumber Department
Hamilton, Mont
Arizona
Birch
Front
Anaconda
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