Ocean telephony breakthrough claims by Pupin system
Professor Michael Pupin, adjunct at Columbia, says Bell Co paid him nearly 500000 for an ocean telephony system with annual royalties of 15000. He explains eight inducting coils per mile overcome cable resistance, enabling faster long distance messages and easy New York to San Francisco communication.
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New York
The
Herald
Michael Dvorsky Pupin
Columbia University
American Bell Telephone and
Telegraph' Co
Pupin
Columbia W
Bell_ people
San Francisso
London
Europe
San Francisco
Carnegie Says Steel Is King or Pauper Jumping Jack of Business
The Jan 15 report quotes Andrew Carnegie denying rumors of Morgan buys Carnegie Steel and a broader consolidation. He says Carnegie Steel is not on the market, will cooperate, and competition may be necessary. steel is presently prosperous but volatile, viewing the industry as a jumping jack of business.
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New York
the Post
Andrew Carnegie
J. P. Morgan
Carnegie Steel
Carnegie
Morgan
Mr. Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Co
Colorado miners strike in sympathy with northern action
Florence Colorado Jan 15 more than 1500 workers at Colorado Fuel and Iron Co sites Coal Creek Rockvale Gear Gulch and Brookside walked off in solidarity with strikers in northern Colorado and at Gallup New Mexico.
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Florence, Col
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co
Coal Creek
Rockvale
Gear Gulch
Brookside
Colorado
Gallup
Cuban convention urged to finish constitution by February
Havana reports that several Cuban constitutional delegates received a secret letter from a Washington authority promising favorable action if the convention completes and submits the constitution before mid February. The sender remains unidentified, but the letter is said to spur an extra effort to wrap up work.
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Havana
Washington
Congress
Deserved Their Fate as Outlaw Bands Convicted
Washington reports reveal general orders from the Philippines showing many native Filipinos convicted of murder and other crimes and sentenced to be hanged or imprisoned. Detailed cases describe Prado’s outlaws executing prisoners and burning towns, with several natives or Americans captured or killed. Manila notes General Grant reporting insurgent bands driven from hills south of Buloc Mountain with American casualties.
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Philippines
Washington
Guardia ‘de Honor
MacArthur
Nhmed
Vincente Prado
Rosario
Union
Prado
San Jacinto
Pedro Lachica
Manila
Grant
Bis
Buloc
False cry of fire causes deadly theater panic in Chicago
In Chicago on Saturday a false fire alarm at Turner Hall during a Yiddish play "The Green Horn" triggered a panic. Seven people died and many were injured as about 800 spectators, largely women and children, rushed to the doors. Four missing were later found.
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Chicago
St Twelfth Street
Turner Hall
Hugo Oldstein
Supreme Court rules Neely extradition to Cuba proper
The Supreme Court unanimously holds Neely subject to extradition for embezzlement of Cuban public funds while posing as a Department of Posts agent. The ruling upholds U S occupancy of Cuba under war power and directs steps to move Neely to Havana for trial.
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United’ States Supreme Court
Neely
Washington
United States Supreme Court
We-Neely
Cuba
Department of Posts of
Harlan
Spain
Congress
United States
War Department
Supreme Court
Havana
Ludlow Street
New York
William Hinkel
Hinkel
Rathbone
James M. Peck
Battle with Bank Burglars at German Savings Bank
Cumberland Md January 14 Officer Charles Goss surprised a gang of robbers trying to raid the German savings bank. He fought three men inside the bank and fired as they fled, hitting two as they exited. The robbers shot at him from behind a telegraph pole leaving bullet marks. They escaped along the West Virginia Central tracks with nothing stolen.
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Cumberland
Charles Goss
Goss
West Virginia Central
Commodore Henderson Dies in Yonkers
Commodore Alex Henderson retired US Navy chief engineer died at his Yonkers home. He joined the navy in 1851 as a third assistant engineer and served in Perry’s fleet in the Orient, helped in the Paraguay expedition, and saw service in the Mediterranean during 1859 and 1860. He volunteered again during the Spanish War before returning to active duty.
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New York
Alex Henderson
United States Navy
Yonkers
Commodore Henderson
Navy
Commodore Perry
Orient
Japan
Paraguay
Mediterranean
Three In A Bunch Trial Opens In Bosschieter Murder Case
Walter L McAlister Andrew Campbell and William A Death stand trial for the murder of Jennie Bosschieter a Paterson mill girl. Judge Dixon empanels 132 jurors and opening statements begin as witnesses describe the alleged crime including Nina Bosschieter Susie Saale Cas Schulthorpe and the cab ride to the crime scene.
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New York
Walter L. McAlister
Andrew Campbell
William A. Death
Jennie Bosschieter
Paterson
N. J
Dixon
George J. Kerr
Nina Rosschieter
General MacArthur Reports Surrenders in Panay Province
Gen MacArthur cables from Delgada that Panay commander in chief surrendered January 11 to Brig Gen Hughes with four officers and 21 men. He says the force is scattered and additional surrenders are expected in the next days.
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Washington
MacArthur
War Department
Delgada
Panay Province
Hughes
Morgan Urges Nicaraguan Canal Profit Claim
Senator Morgan released a report on the Nicaraguan canal with a statement by Prof. Emory R. Johnson of the Isthmian commission. The claim asserts the canal will be a highly remunerative investment at a cost up to 200,501,000, boosting U S traffic and industry.
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Morgan
Washington
Emory R. Johnson
Isthmian Commission
United States
Nicaraagua
Isthmian Canal Commission
National Building Trades Council Opens in Cincinnati
The fourth annual convention of the National Building Trades Council began in Cincinnati with 300 delegates from over 100000 members. Key topics include federation of unions, sympathetic and cooperative action, a uniform wage scale, working hours, and a system of arbitration.
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Building Trades Council
Cincinnati
National Building Trades Council
Forgeries Tied to Wesley Kieffer Notes in $1500 Case
Ravenna reports that Wesley Kieffer’s name was forged on notes totaling 1500 dollars, all overdue and negotiated. The forgeries surfaced when Wesley was asked to settle. Kieffer was shot weeks ago at his Brimfield township home. his brother John H. Kieffer faces trial on the alleged role in the attack.
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Ravenna
Wesley Kieffer
Anme
Wesley
Brimfield Township
John H. Kieffer
Laylin Becomes Secretary of State in Ohio
Secretary of State Charles Kinney retired after four years and was succeeded by Hon. L. C. Laylin of Norwalk. The state canvassing board met and canvassed the November vote, and Laylin was sworn in by Chief Justice Shauck as Kinney’s clerk majority retired.
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Columbus
Charles Kinney
L. C. Laylin
Norwalk
State
Laylin
Shauck
Kinney
Fugitives Escape Sheriff Street Lodging House by Sheet Rope
Two inmates fled a Sheriff street lodging house by tying bed sheets into a rope and sliding down from a three story window. Detectives Walker and Watt had long suspected thieves in the house. two men trying to escape were captured while others remained at large.
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Cleveland
Walker and
Watt
Sheriff Street
Liberty
Stove Makers Strike In Mansfield Union Dispute
The Eclipse Stove Co. in Mansfield sees a strike by Stove Mounters and Steel Range Workers union members after four layoffs. The company allegedly favored nonunion workers, nine union men walked out, and several nonunion workers joined in sympathy.
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Mansfield
Eclipse Stove Co
Stove Mounters and Steel Range Workers
Blaze at W. Ross Co plant in Lagonda destroys main building
A Monday fire at the W. Ross Co plant in Lagonda Springfield caused 75 000 to 100 000 damage with 65 000 insured. Assistant foreman John Ludwig is missing and feared burned to death as the four story main structure and parts of the foundry and warehouse were destroyed.
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Springfield
W. Ross Co
Lagonda
John Ludwig
Kieffer Pleads Not Guilty in Brimfield Shooting Case
Ravenna Jan 15 John H. Kieffer pleaded not guilty to indictments charging him with killing his brother Wes ley Kieffer at Brimfield and forging Wesley's name to notes for 31500. The prosecutor contends the forgeries were the motive for the shooting as note holders pressed for payment.
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Ravenna
John HI. Kieffer
Wesley
Brimfield
Porsing Wesles
John
Ohio Republican league to convene in Cleveland February 12
Cincinnati report says the sixteenth annual Ohio Republican league convention will be held in Cleveland on February 12. The following Lincoln banquet will feature Ohio senators and congressmen Gov Nash and other distinguished Republicans from across states.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Republican League
Cleveland
Lincoln
Ohio
Nash
Lieut James Saxton Barber Funeral Held in Canton
Lieut James Saxton Barber paymaster in the United States service, nephew of the president, died of typhoid fever in Hong Kong. His funeral was held in Canton on Friday. Barber’s widow, recently married, came with the remains from the Orient.
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Barber
Canton
James Saxton Barber
United States Service
Hong Kong
Orient
State's Electoral Vote Is Cast In Ohio Delegation
Columbus January 15. The Ohio electoral delegation convened in the state house as President Myron T Herrick presided at noon. After preliminaries voting began with 24 votes for William McKinley and 23 for Theodore Roosevelt for vice president.
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Columbus
Ohio
State House
Myron T Herrick
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Indict Pacifists and Trolley Line Incorporated Reported
In Cincinnati a grand jury instruction seeks indictments of anyone involved in an antiwar fight or aiding it. In Columbus a new Conneaut and Eastern Railway Co is incorporated with $10,000 capital to build an electric line near the New York Chicago and St Louis railroad at Conneaut.
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Cincinnati
Mi Hamilton
Columbus
The
Conneaut & Eastern Railway Co. of
Conneaut
Capital
York, Chicago & St. Lous
Youngstown Railway Co. Files $1 Million Mortgage
Youngstown and Sharon Railway and Light Co. filed a $1,000,000 mortgage with New York Security and Trust Co. to fund construction of the Youngstown Sharon Sharonsville and New Castle street railway and electric light plants.
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Youngstown
Murderous Attack at Bloomfield Station Reports Greene Man
Warren police report a Greene resident Dodds was assaulted at Bloomfield station yesterday. He was struck on the head with an iron bar by a man described as his hostile acquaintance. No further details on motive or the suspect were provided.
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Warren
Dodds
Greene
Bloomfield Station
Wist
Grain-O Food Drink Promoted As Coffee Substitute
Advertises Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains with rich seal brown color like Mocha or Java. Claims safe for children and adults and says all who try it like it. Priced at 15c, 20c, and 25c per package and sold by grocers.
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Java
Puzzling Quote Sparks Old Boston Transcript Exchange
A fragment from a Boston Transcript exchange contrasts Dickerman and Rawley about what pleases a man and why the new woman is often not very young, captured in a puzzling dialogue snippet.
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Dickerman
Rawley
Boston Transcript
Palmer's Lotion Praised By Leesville Reader
A Leesville Indiana resident praises Palmer's Lotion for curing pimples and asks for more for friends. The letter touts the product’s fifty year public presence and urges purchase at druggists or direct samples from Solon Palmer in Newark.
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J. W. Byrer
Leesville
Ind
Solon Palmer
Pearl Street
Newark
Palmer
A Chita's Query and Wit On Historic Irish Duke
A brief Town Topics piece recalls the funeral of the third duke of Wellington and a child’s remark about the duke’s boots. An Atchison Globe note mentions an Ohio man aged 112 facing nervousprostration attributed to 97 years of tobacco use.
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Wellington
Lord Ashburton
Atchison , Globe
Ohio
Coughing Leads to Consumption and Patent Cure Claims
An 19th century catalog of remedies promotes Kemp's Balsam as an immediate cough reducer with free sample bottles available from druggists. The ad markets large bottles at 25 and 50 cents and urges swift action, while a separate humorous exchange references a lost wealthy aunt and a pun on a voice. A note mentions Piso's Cure for Consumption as a superior cough and cold remedy from an Indiana source in February.
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Kemp
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