Birth of the Great Steel Trust and Its Power Shift
The United States Steel Corporation emerges as a vast, multicompany empire built from Carnegie interests. It consolidates mines, mills, railways, ships, and ore transport, operating as an advisory parent with profit sharing and centralized efficiency drives across its subsidiaries.
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United States Steel Corporation
Henry Loomis Nelson
Williams College
Century
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Pittsburg
New York
New York Central
Hudson River
Mr. Carnegie
Carnegie Company
Carnegie Steel Company
J. Edward Simmons
Fourth National Bank of New York
Charles M. Schwab
Mr. Morgan
Schwab
Morgan
National Tube Company
Nnns Telling Mills
Carnegie Company of
New Jersey
Edgar Thomson
Homestead Steel Works
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Fugitives and Extradition Seekers From U S Abroad
Special correspondence notes how Chile’s extradition treaty with the United States cleared a path for American fugitives in Santiago. It surveys global holes in treaties, naming Haiti Santo Domingo San Marino and others as safe havens for criminals.
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Washington
United States
Republic of Chile
Santiago
Uncle Sam
Chile
Canada
England
Mexico
J. K. Mur
Rell
St. Louis
Boodler
Frank &. O'Neill
O'Neill
State Department
Abyssinia
Addis Ababa
West Indies
Haiti
Santo Domingo
New Orleans
Republic
San Marino
Europe
No Man’s Land
Novel Insurance Plans Emerge In England For Surgical Costs
Blending reform rhetoric with medical economics, Braider's Weekly describes middle class insured options offering hospital access or home nursing plus fixed cash sums to cover surgical costs. The piece notes doctors and specialists rising in importance while everyday bills strain families, hinting at broader American city adoption of similar schemes.
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England
Betcher
Beker
Wealth Seekers Rush to Death Valley
Prospectors flood into Death Valley seeking vast mineral wealth in borax silver lead and copper. Reports note borax booms near Mojave and plans to build a railroad to access the diggings while extreme heat and stark landscape define the harsh exploration frontier.
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Death Valley
Borate
Mojave Desert
Mojave
Smith
Bonanza
Smith Company
White’s Ranch
Ballarat
Chili
Daggett
Santa Fe
White
Inyo County
California
Burden of Soldier’s Gear Noted in Ordnance Report
The chief of ordnance details an infantryman’s heavy kit totaling 76 pounds 1544 ounces, with items from undergarments to a shelter tent and rations. He notes that trenching tool needs adding to the burden, though a sixth of the weight is worn on the body.
Vienna tramway workers report nobles among drivers
About 5000 tram car drivers and conductors in Vienna include 400 knights 50 barons and four counts among other notable men.
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Vienna
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Afghanistan
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Beloochistan
Thibet
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Kafristan
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Khiva
Russia
Africa
Congo Free States
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Waday
Kanem
Comstock
Klondike
California Desert
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California Mining Bureau
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