Armor Contracts Let Midvale Co Withdraw
Washington November 15 Admiral ONeill announces agreement with Carnegie and Bethlehem for Krupp armor at 420 a ton plus royalties, max 455 52 a ton, covering 24 950 tons for seventeen ships. Midvale withdrew bid but aided securing large reduction. total armor approx 35 000 tons now available with new specs and delivery terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Young Today
Carnegie
Bethlehem
Navy Department
Krupp
United States
Midvale
Maine
Admiral O'Neil
Bureau of Ordnance
Long
War on armor contracts reshapes steel monopoly power
Special Despatch reports Secretary Long's settlement of the armor-plate dispute. The $17,000,000 contract will be split between Carnegie and Bethlehem steel, drawing attention to their dominance and prompting speculation on Midvale Steel's exit. A Carnegie insider cites a $35,000,000 annual profit expectation and broad control ambitions. The piece notes hints the government may abandon a factory plan and forecasts ongoing price battles amid monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York
Navy
Long
Carnegie
Bethlehem Steel
Midvale Steel Company
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Czar Nicholas Illness Raises Concern In Europe
London reports suggest Emperor Nicholas II faces a possibly more serious illness than official bulletins indicate. Observers note his weak constitution, overwork tied to the Chinese crisis, and potential Livadia water issues. Dowager Empress may depart from Fredensborg by November 26, but no danger is declared.
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London
Nicholas
Copenhagen
Livadia
Czarina
Fredensborg
Angry heiress denounces Colonel Chinn after fox hunt
Miss May Irene Baxter a Nashville heiress publicly denounces Colonel Jack Chinn for un gallantry during a Kentucky fox hunt. She claims he offered no help when she declined a steep descent, leading to a heated exchange witnessed by riders and onlookers. Baxter is described as wealthy, with a private car and railroad magnate father in Tennessee.
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Kentucky
Commercial Tribune
Irvine
Jack Chinn
May Irene Baxter
Nashville (Tenn
Chinn
Miss Baxter
Colonel Chinn
Tennessee
International group to advance Central Asia exploration
An international association for advancing exploration of Central Asia is being formed with its principal seat in St. Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Asia
ST. Petersburg
International Association For the Furtherance
Miss Louise Morgan Weds Herbert Satterlee in Grand St George’s Ceremony
Miss Louise Pierpont Morgan, daughter of J Pierpont Morgan, married Herbert Livingston Satterlee at St George's Church in New York. The 2500 invited filled the church for a fully choral service with a lavish floral setting in the Morgan residence for a reception.
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New York
Louise Pierpont Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
St. George's Church
Stuyvesant Square
Herbert Livingston Satterlee
Rainsford
St. George's
Morgan
The Bridal Couple and Miss Louise Morgan
The piece portraits Miss Louise Pierpont Morgan as a dynamic figure beyond her wealth, highlighting her athletic grace, musical skill, languages, and charity work at St George parish house. It notes her refusal of marriage despite suitors, her father J Pierpont Morgan’s pride, and a prized $100,000 pearl necklace.
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Louise Pierpont Morgan
Rothschilds
Miss Morgan
St. George Parish House
Morgan
St. George’s
J. Pierpont Morgan
Jack
London
J. S. Morgan & Co
Louise
Indianapolis Boy Thieves Loot $30000 in Real Estate Office
Detectives capture four boys Frank Lowry 17 leader Arthur Peck 16 Roy Lane 14 and Chas Morgan 16 after a six month spree in Indianapolis. They looted a real estate office papers valued at 20000 then stole more, totaling over 30000. Peck confessed after a stop at the police station. Lowry involved with actress Gracia Patton, with a note from St Louis and a request to send jewelry and meet in Louisville.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Frank Lowry
Arthur Peck
Roy Lane
Chas. Morgan
Peck
J. Christian
Christian
Gracia Patton
Rice
Barton
Miss Patton
St. Louis
Lowry
FIGHTING FOR HIS FORMER WEALTH IN LATEST SUIT
Despatch from New York reports H Victor Newcomb once among America's multimillionaires and former Louisville & Nashville president is waging a secret legal fight to regain possession of his fortune now held by a court-appointed commission. He asserts lunacy and seeks an order to take testimony on his sanity. Opposing him are Mrs Newcomb and her son Herman Newcomb, a Louisville attorney.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
H. Victor Newcomb
America
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Peter B. Olney
Bank of Commerce
Victor Newcomb
Grenoble
Bremen
Fallkirk
Central Valley
Orange County
James Anderson Hawes
Justice Fitzgerald
Newcomb
Record of Invisible Star
Prof. F. P. Leavenworth photographed asteroid Eros at the State University observatory in Minneapolis. He computed its exact location 34,000,000 miles away, noting it could not be seen with the naked eye or through the telescope, but a sensitive plate captured its likeness beyond human ken.
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Minneapolis
Minn
F. P. Leavenworth
State University Observatory
McKinley reviews DC police and fire parade
President McKinley reviews the annual parade of the District of Columbia police and fire departments in Washington. About 80 men in line including fifteen fire companies, fire trucks, fuel and patrol wagons. Fire companies staged a speed exhibition past the White House reviewing stand led by Major Sylvester and Acting Chief Belt with the Fifth Cavalry Mounted Band.
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Washington
McKinley
District of Columbia
White House
Sylvester
Marine Band
Belt
Fifth Cavalry Mounted Band
Waldersee Salary Set At 150000 Marks A Year
Berlin November 15 The Reichstag bill providing for a third supplementary credit for the China expedition fixes Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee salary at 150,000 marks annually with large extras. Division commanders will receive 50,000 ks and extras while lower officers are paid proportionately. The above salaries are five times the rates paid at home.
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Waldersee
Berlin
Reichstag
China
Count von “Waldersee
Chinese Minister Wu Ting-Fang to Speak at Cincinnati Dinner
Wu Ting-Fang, Chinese Minister to the United States, will address the Commercial Club dinner at the Queen City Club in Cincinnati next Thursday. He will discuss Trade With China, noting growing U S China commerce and prospects after Philippine events. Also speaking are Henry W. Peabody on The Re-creation of Our Merchant Marine and D A Tompkins on the Ohio Valley to the South.
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Wu Ting-Fang
United States
Cincinnati
Commercial Club
Queen City Club
Celestial Empire
China
Ssesenmiehan
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Commercial’ Club
Henry W. Peabody
Boston
D. A. Tompkins
Charlotte
N. C
Ohio Valley
Saengerfest Hall Sold At Public Auction For 5200
The Saengerfest Building, erected in 1899 with 14 000 seats and a cost near 100000, sold for 5200 to Buckeye Wrecking and Salvage Company led by C F Sievers after a one hour bidding by Pat Farrell and W H Whetsone. The sale aims to reduce a 54000 debt. Three months’ possession allowed with plans to rent land or salvage the structure. Chamber of Commerce had long sought to save the hall but failed.
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W. V. Ebersole
Saenger
James Dolman
Dolman
Ebersole
Pat Farrell
Buckeye Wrecking and Salvage Company
C. F. Sievers
W. E. Hutton & Co
Sievers
Farrell
Messrs. W. N. Hobart
George F. Dieterle
George Guckenberger
George Puchta
Julius Pfleger
Saergerfest Hall Company
Zoo
Saengerfest Hall Company
Cr. F. Sievers
Financial Sea
New York Madison Square Garden
Chicago Coliseum
Saengerfest
Chamber of Commerce
James T. McHugh
Robert West
J. P. Ellison
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Admiral O'Neill
Midvale Company
Saengerfest Hall
Czar
St. George’s Church
Dr. Rainsford
Bridal
Papa
Living Stone
Satterlee
Tress
Commercial
Philadelphia
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