Charter Powers and Atlanta Street Rail Consolidation
Georgia road charters power debated as Secretary of State Phil Cook explains that when general law requirements are met the secretary must grant railroad and street railway charters. Courts limit government by allowing action if law is followed, with protests allowed only if the law is not complied with. The article outlines the general charter process and required petition details for railroad corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Georgia Roadway and Electric Company
Street Railways of
Atlanta
Phil Cook
Secretary Cook
John S. Candler
Cook
Senator Sewell Dies After Prolonged Illness in North Carolina
Senator William G. Sewell died at his home at 6:39 a.m. after a two year battle with stomach and heart trouble. He sought health reforms in Europe and North Carolina, returning to Asheville briefly before his decline. Family members were at his bedside as death occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camilen
Wiliam G. Sewell
Sewell
Europe
Senator Sewell
Asheville
N.C
Legal petition for street railroad charter process description
A long description of the process to obtain a street railroad charter, including notices, affidavits, and secretary of state filing obligations. It outlines that four weeks notice must be published, affidavits from three of ten subscribers are required, and the secretary of state issues the charter when conditions are met. It notes city name and street termini details are required as a condition, and mentions section 2,180 of the code and electric light provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaagviedge
Secretary of State
Reet
Partridge Names His Men to Control New York Police
Colonel Partridge announced appointments to the New York Police Commission under Mayor Low. Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Blunt Thurston of the national guard will be first deputy for Manhattan and the Bronx, succeeding William S. Devery. Major Frederick H. Ebstein, retired U S Army, will be second deputy for Brooklyn and Queens, succeeding Bernard York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Partridge
Low
Nathaniel Blunt Thurston
National Guard
William S. Devery
Manhattan
Bronx
Frederick H. Ebstein
United States’ Army
Bernard York
Brooklyn
Queens
Erie Company Reorganization Plan Sought by American
Boston dispatch notes a plan to reorganize the Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company with 332 million capital, transferring control to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The Erie directors back forming a new firm issuing 16 million in preferred stock at 6 percent cumulative after two years and 100 dollar common stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
American
Boston
Erie, Telegraph and Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Erie Company
Erving II and Bankrupt Filing in New York Court
A bankruptcy petition was filed in the U S district court by Thomas C Erving of New York City. Liabilities amount to 23550, incurred mainly in Chattanooga Tennessee in 1899 and 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erving II & Bankrupt
New York
United States District Court
Thomas C. Erving
Chattanooga
Tenn
General Alger Shows Favorable Recovery Expectation
Detroit December 27 General Alger's condition tonight is favorable to a complete recovery No change is noticeable except that he continues to improve slowly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Alger
Detroit
Mich
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Promise Quick Cure claims
This old advertisement touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a universal remedy for catarrh and related ear noises. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Jane Barlow and Army Surgeon C.S. Beverly, claiming dramatic, near immediate relief and a return to prior work. Tablets priced at 50 cents per box, available at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Jane Barlow
Pty
Soo
Stugart
C. 5S
Beverly
Caterrh
Ats
Trewbie
F. A.bruart Co
Marshall, Mich
Saint
Bold Captain Leary Dead First Governor of Guam
Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson reports Captain Richard P. Leary of the US Navy has died at Chelsea Naval Hospital. Leary, Maryland born, was Guam’s first naval governor and earned respect for his firm stance during Samoa crises. He commanded the Adams and later the San Francisco in the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Mortimer L. Johnson
Boston Navy Yard
Richard P. Leary
United States Navy
Machine Hospital
Chelsea
Leary
Guam
United States
Apia
Samoa
Little Adams
Kimberley
Adams
Maryland
Naval’service
San Francisco
Postoffice inspectors head to Havana for Neely trial
Chief Post Office Inspector W E Cochran leads a large group to Havana for the January 2 trial of F B W Neely former chief of the bureau of finance Cuba. The party includes Colonel W T Sullivan inspector in charge Denver division John D King Spokane division Captain W S Williams and others. They transport Neely from Rochester to New York after his arrest and had prior Cuba experience related to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Washington
W. E. Cochran
Co. FB. W. Neely
Bureau of Finance
Department of Posts of
Cuba
W. T. Sullivan
Denver
John D. King
Spokane
William &. Smith
A. R. Holmes
W. EY. Fletcher
W. R. Keyes
M. Hamilton
J. C. Coates
GC. M. Waters
Messrs
Cochran
King
Coates
Neely
Hamilton
Waters
Keyes
Smith
Holmes
Ohio
Indiana
Wilson to Stay in Cabinet Denied by White House
Cabinet met with no business, reports say D Coburn of Kangas will take over the state agriculture post, while Governor Shaw's Treasury appointment was announced and Wilson reportedly to remain in the cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wee
D. Coburn
State Board “of Agriculture
Kangas
Wilson
Shaw
Treasury
White House
Prominent railway director dies in New York
William F. Cochran, director of the Florida Central and Peninsular railway and other carriers, died at his New York home. Also reported: A. J. Wolverton, a Democrat leader from Ardmore, Indian Territory, passed away last night. Mrs. P. D. Bowles of Evergreen, Alabama, widow of Colonel Bowles, died in Montgomery after a brief illness. Oscar Strozier, 24, son of Professor R. J. Strozier, died in McRae, Georgia. Mrs. A. E. Tilyou of Huntsville, Alabama, 40, died after a three day illness with pneumonia, leaving a husband and three children. (Dec. 27.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Cochran
New York
Willam F. Cochran
Florida Central and Peninsular Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Georgia and Alabama Railway
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ardmore
Ind. T
A. J. ‘Wolverton
Marcum‘Wolverton
Democratic
Oscar Strozier
McRae
Oecar
R. J. Strozier
A. E. Tilyou
Huntsville
Ala
A.E. ‘Tilyou
Warren Will Provides Large Gift for Education
By the will of Mrs. Susan Cornelia Warren of Boston nearly £150,000 is offered for probate for educational and charitable purposes. Public bequests include £2,500 to Atlanta University and £500 to the Pleas Fun Community in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta University
Boston
Susan Cornelia Warren
Atlanta
Horton Normal
Tennessee
Record Year for American Trade and Industry in 1901
Bradstreet's review declares 1901 a record breaker amid strikes, stock panic, and price fixing attempts. It notes vastly higher bank clearings, expanded production in iron, coal, woolen goods, and leather, with rail earnings up and imports rising for domestic use. Exports lagged slightly while cotton profits faltered in the South amid farm advances and shifting prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Finarige
Bradstreat’s
United
McKintey
South
New
Old England
Middle States
Porto Rico
Hawai
Free booklet on essential facts for men 18 plus
A fragmented ad promises a free booklet edited by Hathaway M D from Atlanta detailing valuable facts and information men should know. It hints at clear, full coverage of topics but the illegible OCR limits exact content. The notice mentions a publication address in Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hathaway
Eczema and Salt Rheum Cure Claimed by Blood Purity
A testimonial from Mary E Wanp of Cove Point Maryland credits Hood s Sarsaparilla for curing severe skin eruptions described as eczema or salt rheum. The ad asserts outward applications fail and blood purification ends the itching, scaling, and burning, claiming rapid relief and lasting cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Cove Point
Pan American Railway push committee named in Washington
The Pan American conference approved a commerce and reciprocity resolution form and created a Washington based committee to promote the railway project. Senators, ambassadors, and ministers from Mexico and Peru joined by Andrew Carnegie and others were named. Delegates and families will tour valley works and attend a Basilica Guadalupe function with U S delegates invited in a personal capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico City
America
Chicago
Pablo Macedo
Mexcio
Bureau of American Republics
Balgosa
H. c. Davis
Manuel de Aspirez
Andrew Carnegie
Manuel Alvarez Calderon
Antonio Lazo Arriaga
Guatemala
Mexico
United States
Christmas Holiday Rates Via Seaboard Air Line Railway
Seaboard Air Line Railway offers round trip tickets at one and one third fare between Ames stations and the Carolinas Virginia and Washington DC with sales on December 21 22 28 24 25 30 31 1901 and January 1 1902 returning by January 3 1902 for students tickets on sale December 16 to 22 returning by January 1902 further information from City Ticket Dice No 12 Kimbatt House or Union Depot WM B Clements Traveling Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Carolinas
Virginia
Washington
D. C
Students of Schools and Colleges
Kimbatt House
Union Depot
WM. B. Clements
French Bark Henrietta Ashore After Last Night's Storm
Astoria December 27 The French bark Henrietta loaded with red wood bound for the United Kingdom ran aground on a reef near the Astoria and Columbia railroad depot. It settled on both anchors. likely hull damage. No lives were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
Gre
Henrietta
United Kingdom
Astoria and
Columbia Railroad
Train Runs Away in Sleet Causing Fatal Wreck Near Scranton
A coal train on the Ontario and Western Railroad derailed east of Pointelle in Wayne County. Engine 201 and forty loaded gondolas plunged 100 feet down a hill after erasing a switch frog. Four men were killed Engineer Whiting Fireman Mallard and two unnamed trainmen. Conductor Smith injured. Sleety snow and failed air brakes blamed for the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Ontario and Western Railroad
Pointelle
Wayne County
Preston Park
Whiting
Mansfield Yard
Charles Mallard
Carbondale
Condagter Smith
Explosion at Moosic Powder mill injures five in Scranton area
In Scranton on December 27 an explosion at the Moosic Powder Company Jermyn works shattered the mill and nearby buildings. Five people were injured including Jacob Hiller who was burned in an engine room. Glass injuries affected a woman and child at a nearby home. A Delaware and Western passenger train was jolted by the blast. Cause of the explosion remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Moosic’ Powder Company
Jermyn Works
Jacob Hiller
John Gibbs
George Gebhardt
George Hoel
Albert Carey
Jermyn
Delaware and Western
Three Men Die In Furnace Plant Explosion at Sharpsburg
An explosion at the Old Sharpsburg furnace plant in Sharpsburg Ta. wrecked the facility about 7 am killing Martin Clary Howard Dickson and James Blurett. James Donnelly was injured by jumping as rescue crews recovered the bodies at 9 am. Cause of blast unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petsylvania
Sharpsburg
Martin Clary
Howard Dickson
James Blregett
James Donnelly
Clary
Dickson
Bartlett
Donnelly
No Cure Guarantee for Ring Worm Druggist Refunds PAZO
ECZEMA NO CURE NO PAY Your druggist will refund your money if PAZO GINTMENT fails to cure Ring worm Fetter Old Ulcers and Sores Pimples and Blackheads on the face and all skin diseases. Pasteurized text notes Pazo Gintment claim and refund policy in old advertising style.
Arbitration Settles Pious Fund Claim With Mexico
The State Department announced a new arbitration to settle the pious fund dispute with Mexico dating from the Mexican War era. The Jesuit lands trust paid no interest to the archbishop of California, with a 1877 Mexican claims commission judgment for about 1 million dollars. The department says interest has accrued since the award and now totals about 2,300,000. Personal appeals by the archbishop and Catholic leaders helped drive the settlement effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Washington
Pious Fund
United States
Mexico
California
Mexican Claims Commission
Catholic Church
Tragic Lombard Street Fire Kills Three Children
Three children aged 10, 7, and 3 died in an early morning blaze that destroyed a two story frame building on Lombard Street in Buffalo. Their mother and a two day old infant were rescued from the blaze on a mattress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Madama Grigella
Lombard Street
Wardman Glennon Sentenced for Neglect of Duty
Edward G. Glennon former Wardman of West Thirteenth Street police station was sentenced to six months imprisonment in the penitentiary by Recorder Golf for wilful neglect of duty in failing to suppress a disorderly house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glennon
New York
Edward G. Glennon
West Thirteenth Street
Penitentiary
Recorder Golf
Kruger Plans Letter to Roosevelt Aimed at United States
Amsterdam reports on December 27 that after talks among a clergyman identified as Riv and Mr Brockhuyzer the Boers senior figure advised sending C. Mr. Weesels to the United States in January with a letter from Mr. Kruger to President Roosevelt amid ongoing discussions.
Archbishop Chappelle Defends Mission in the Philippines
Archbishop Chappelle of New Orleans returns from Rome and the Philippines denying Rome press claims he was forced to resign. He states he resigned willingly to aid a permanent Philippine delegation and says the pope approved his work publicly and privately. He denies betraying Cardinal Gibbons and notes his role as papal delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico remains. He predicts a forthcoming Vatican constitution affirming his work and papal approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Chappelle
Philippines
Rome
Uterly
Archi
Leo
Cuba
Porto Rico
Cardinal Gibbons
Pope
Embhatis
McKinley
Kinley
Manila
Vatican
Hig
Norfork and Southern Incorporation Aims for Steamship Trade
Sparks from the wires report the Norfolk and Southern Company, capital 1.5 million dollars, being incorporated in Trenton New Jersey to run a general steamship business. Incorporators include Thornwell Mullaly Ernest B Hoes and K K McLarin and officers of locomotive unions discuss wage increases in St Paul with northern railroad managers. In Mercer County New Jersey a colored man Robert Henson was hanged for murder after setting fire to a house, killing Mary Van Lien and her child. Captain W W Reissinger has been ordered to command the Philadelphia cruising along the west coast of Central America, joining the ship at Panama after sailing from New York on the 7th proxime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Norfolk and Southern Company
Capital
Thornwell Mullaly
New York
Ernest B. Hoes
Yonkers
K. K. McLarin
Jersey
Pensacola
Philadelphia
Central America
W. O' Mead
Reisinger
Panama
Christmas Holiday Train Fare Details Between Railroads
The Western and Atlantic and the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railways offer discounted round trip tickets for students with school superintendent certificate from December 16, 1901 to January 3, 1902, inclusive. Additional cheap rates apply December 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 1901 and January 1 1902 with final limit January 3. Tickets available to the public on the last dates. contact ticket agents for rates and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Ee C
Harman
Wene
H. #. SMITH
Tramec
Snow Storms Hit Norway Trains Wires Down National Alarm
A fragmented clipping reports unprecedented Norwegian snow storms crippling railway traffic in the southeast and telegraph lines down. It notes disruption around Christiania and nearby areas. It mentions W Curtis Wakefield of New York leasing Ditton Park near Windsor for the coronation year and Marlborough House events with officials and royalty. It also references Baron Coubertin receiving a personal letter from President Roosevelt about becoming Olympian president for the 1904 games in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Christiane
Ita
W. Curtis Wakefield
New York
Ditton Park
Windsor
Marlborough House
Baron Coubertin
Paris
Sonal
Roosevelt
Chics
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W. G. Sewell
Ars
Samoan Islands
Coburn
Mhan At
Jars Records
THE
Union Pacific
York
Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Pacific
Board of Directors
Tne
Southern Pacific Company
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Pan-American Railway
St. Louis
South Carolina
Tammany
Tammany Hall
Henmiiae
Essigros
Bell Phone
Whitehall
Physiciana
Woolley
Lan
Pryot
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