Great Britain and colonies linked by Pacific cable plan
London dispatch notes discussion of a 5,000,000 pound Pacific cable project to connect Britain with its colonies, Australia, and Canada, via a nearly 9000 mile direct wire. Paragraph outlines the imperialGain, landing sites, and the shift from Honolulu due to Hawaii’s annexation, with completion anticipated by 1902. It also covers Kruger letter fallout and German-British diplomacy over Africa and China.
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New York
Tibanw
London
Lbvial
Lberals
Lord Rosebery
Healy
Ireland
Westminster
O'Brien
Irish Wide
Great Britain
Australia
Canada
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Preas
Kruger
Berlin
England
Pretoria
Foreign Office
Germany
South Africa
Shan Tung
Great Race Commission
Nottingham
Sugar Discussed By New York Grocers Association
At a large meeting of the Wholesale Grocers association of New York and vicinity plans were made to lift price restraints on refined sugars. President G Waldo Smith said no action was fixed and the matter was handed to the executive committee for recommendation. Members will buy from refineries offering lowest prices and sell to favor their business interests.
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New York
Wholesale Grocers’ Association of
New York and Vicinity
G. Waldo Smith
Boston Harbor Development Plans Announced
Boston reports that the Boston and Alleghany line plans to spend two million dollars on harbor property. President Bliss confirms tentative improvements including a two million bushel grain elevator a ten story storage warehouse extended sewer wharves and deeper docks to handle foreign steamers.
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Boston
New York Central
Boston and Alleghany Road
Central
Bliss
Boston and Alleghany
Unclear remnants from Peoria voyage report
Fragmentary OCR notes mention the Peoria vessel and a former stash pilot Doat Philedelphin with ties to Charleston yard. Details are garbled about timing, cost, a gunner training ship at Dory Hoxat, and a general extension around thirty Mays with property concerns in the year.
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Peoela
Philedelphin
Charleston May Yard
Navy Yard
Dory
Narrowly Escapes Death In Chicago Cable Car Accident
Prof. Frederick Ay of the University of Chicago narrowly escaped death when a Gale Avenue cable car sped along at full speed. A rear step detach ment dragged a man and the car halted at a street corner. Ay was picked up by passersby and revived after suffering head wounds and facial injuries.
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Prof. Story of
Chicago
Dee 4
Prederick
University of Chicago
Tanne
Gale Avenue
Maslin
English reviews discuss Chinese policy in press
Various London papers comment on President McKinley’s China policy. The Times and Daily News note firmness on punishment for outrages and new proposals for Christian converts. The Standard, Daily Chronicle, and others assess indemnity, trade aims, and the U.S. role in European diplomacy.
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London
McKinney
United States
China
The
Times
McKinley
Daily News
Washington
Daily Chronicle
American Mercantile Marine
Wall Street figure Owen Murphy dies at Brooklyn age
New York December 4 Owen Murphy a long time agent of the Rufus Lord estate and a well known Wall Street figure has died of old age in Brooklyn He was involved with Rufus Lord when his office was robbed of bonds and securities valued at 1 5 million dollars in broad daylight
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New York
Owen Murphy
Rufus Lord
Wall Street
Brooklyn
Murphy
Chicago Bookkeeper Walter Glenn Arrested in Wyoming
Walter Glenn, charged with embezzling nearly $20,000, was arrested at Rawlins Wyoming. An officer with requisition papers heads to bring him back to Chicago to face charges. Glenn served as a bookkeeper for the Mechanics Building and Loan Association in Chicago.
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Chicago
Walter
Glenn
Rawlins
Wryon
Brian Walter
Mechanics’ Building and Loateassertion
Explorer Cherry Returns From Africa With Noted Feats
W Stamp Wherry reports from Tauiton that Cherry. once in Chicago in 1898, has journeyed home after four years among African tribes. His trek covered 20 000 miles of French Congo and Soudan regions, yielding discoveries of three native groups and the unearthing of a spear from inphaw woven material.
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Tauiton
W. Stamp Wherry
Chicago
America
Cherry
Heo
Arete
Mer
Cherey
Traversier
Como
Souchin
Ald Koup
Katte
Tuska
Cold Spell Prompts Coal Prices at Local Stores
A frigid snap arrives and shoppers seek coal and fuel at area shops. T J Murphy at Park Street advertises coal specials with prices around five to seven dollars, while Trail Creek and Bouhe Street listings note blue coal and related goods for sale.
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Otier Roe Domestic
Pire
Trail Creek
Gelis
T. J. Murphy
W. Park
Germans Lose Twenty In Chinese Front Bucolic Clash
Report from Shanghai Dec 4 notes German losses of twenty with many wounded after an attack west of Pao MG Fu. An explosion from loose powder in a Russian arsenal may have been caused by two Chinese smoking. Two Chinese were killed and the blast shook Tiensin four miles away. Also advertised are clothing bargains including heavy underwear and boys pants suits.
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Shanghai
Tein
Tien Tsin
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Freward
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Iife
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Rount
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West Mercury
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Mazie
Meading
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Ata West
Atreat
Fay
Jana
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G. We Aull
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Maine Tailore Tog Uv
Daly
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Ae Fashionable Danhs Making
Dt Witter
Dakota Street
OS. & Epstein
AL Owsley Iifock
WEIN
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Vurystal Springs
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Th Pan
Ree Wiens
Pheket Oilee Enpner Park
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Gudasiah Byer
Ildcaveny
Liver Row
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