Schedule of His Estate Reveals Vanderbilt Riches
New York dispatch details Cornelius Vanderbilt's estate as filed with the surrogate. It lists stock shares bonds and securities and notes annual income of 1 739 290 from his personality alone. The schedule shows 5 000 000 in New York Central Lake Shore bonds and 5 000 000 in New York Central Michigan Central bonds. It also covers holdings in Union Pacific Lake Erie and Western Chesapeake and Ohio and other properties. The report notes the safety deposit boxes will be opened to finalize the inheritance tax and verify assets not listed.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Anderbilt
Wall Street
Finance
House of Vanderbilt
New York Central
Ornellus Vanderbilt
Lake Shore
New York Central-Michigan Central
Financial District
Messrs
Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Michigan Central
Union Pacific
Vanderbilts
Vanerbilt
Vander- It
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. Vanderbilt
Mmon
Morgan Ing House
Lake Erie & Western
Canada Southern
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pennsylvania System
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Metropolitan Opera House
Newport Room Association
Sporting Country Club
Minister Wu Lecture Sparks Philadelphia Clergy Debate
Philadelphia ministers and Dr. Bh. L. Agnew condemn Wu Ting Fang's New York lecture. Agnew calls him a capable Chinese orator but not a Christian, lacking Christian tenets and judgement on faith. He stresses Confucian understanding and warns against violence in the name of religion.
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Onfucius
Dr. Agnew
Philadelphia
Wu Ting-fang
New York
Bh. L. Agnew
National Presbyterian Board of Relief
Captain Shields Recovers From Filipino War Wounds
Captain Dever Shields of the Twenty-ninth Infantry returned on the Hancock invalided home after two wounds. He led 52 men from Santa Cruz to reconnoiter Marinduque, fought 250 insurgents with bolos backing 2000, endured ambush and four mile retreat, then spent twelve days in native hovels before surrendering.
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San Francisco
Devereaux Shields
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Hancock
Santa Cruz
Marinduque
Defile
Shields
Pennsylvania Peace Society Celebrates 34th Anniversary
The Pennsylvania Peace Society observed its 34th anniversary in Philadelphia with Judge Wm. N. Ashman presiding. Jerome Manning of Lowell spoke as Secretary Daniel Batchellor read the annual report noting a difficult year, condemning the South African war, reflecting on the Philippines, and warning of ominous China prospects amid labor unrest. The group urged Britain to end the South African conflict and pressed Washington to halt the Philippines war.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Peace Society
Wm. N. Ashman
Jerome Manning
Lowell
Mass
Daniel Batchellor
Philippines
China
South Africa
Big Babies and the Power of Dr. Pierces Prescription
A woman writer argues strong mothers produce strong children and questions if weakness is unalterable. Mrs. Alex Kier of Gordonville credits nine bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for a ten and a half pound healthy five month old boy. Other testimonials cite recovery from nervous weakness and postnatal illness, praising Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery, with doctors and addresses given for further inquiries.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Six Day Bicycle Race in Madison Square Garden
New York December 11 nine teams held a hurricane pace at midnight six day race in Madison Square Garden with Elkes and McFarland leading by three laps over Pierce and McEachern Simar and Gongolta and Turville and Gimm. Waller and Stinson crashed at 5am injuring several riders while no serious injuries reported. Scores at noon show leaders Elkes and McFarland ahead by three laps with others close behind and Muller and Accoutrier far back.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Elkes
McFarland
Pierce
McEachern
Simar
Gougoltz
Turville
Gimm
Waller
Stinson
Babcock
Aronson
Fisher
Frederick
Kaiser
Ryser
Muller
Accoutrier
Eikes
Gongolta
Defeated in Four Rounds by Patsy McKenna
The report notes his first appearance ending in a four round defeat at the hands of Patsy McKenna of the North End, marking an early setback in his boxing debut.
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Patsy McKenna
North End
Insane 19-year-old in Fall River sent to Taunton asylum
John A. Brown aged nineteen was declared violently insane due to excessive cigarette smoking. His parents testified he had a cigarette mania and smoked incessantly. He suddenly became unmanageable and attempted to assault a physician. the district court ordered his commitment to Taunton asylum as a dangerous lunatic.
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Fall River
John A. Brown
Taunton
Costello to seek court arbitration to abolish strikes
New York December 11 Assemblyman Thomas M Costello will introduce a bill at Albany modeled on New Zealand law to do away with strikes. A Court of Arbitration would include a labor representative, an employer representative, and a supreme court justice as president. Decisions would be final.
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New York
Thomas M. Costello
Albany
New Zealand
Court of Arbitration
Supreme Court
Kansas Seeks Death Penalty Enforcement in Kansas
Chicago dispatch reports Kansas has forty inmates at Leavenworth under death sentence but not hanged, as governors have refused to sign warrants. Governor Stanley commissions a study of capital punishment and mob law and may back a law forcing sheriffs to carry out executions without governor warrants if abolition fuels lynchings.
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Chicago
Kansas State Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Stanley
Kansas
Gardiner Defeats Briggs in Loose Isoteric Club Bout
Lilly Gardiner of Lowell overwhelmed Jimmy Briggs of Chelsea in a boxing match at the Isoteric club, rounds 1 through 12. Briggs faded, Gardiner landed cleaner punches, and Friese’s seconds stopped the bout in the late rounds. A four round draw preceded the main event as Young Kelly and Marty Woods fought to a stalemate.
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Poston
Lilly Gardiner
Lowell
Jimmy Briggs
Chelsea
Gardiner
Briggs
Brigge
Altiveiah
Friese
Young Kelly
Reson
Marty Woods
Worcester Pall
Jimmy Garndiner
Billy
Burglars Blow Bank Vault. Town Marshal Seized
Town Marshal Weaver was seized by six masked burglars who blew open High's bank vault in Seville Ohio near midnight. The robbers escaped toward the Cleveland Lorain Wheeling depot on a hand car after firing revolvers, leaving behind about $1900 in a money package.
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Seville
Weaver
High
Cleveland
Loraine & Wheeling
Boston Conservatory Musicians Shine in Romanza and Tarantella
The orchestral class of the Boston Conservatory featured Miss Mary Harrington in Hellesberger's Romanza and Tarantella for four violins. Gertrude Bennyson impresses as Martha with Castle Square Opera in St Louis during Thanksgiving Week. Worcester festival praise for George W. Chadwick and chorus follows, noting rigorous conduct and growth. Jean De Reszke sails to New York aboard a German liner.
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Boston Conservatory
Mary Harrington
Hellesberger
Gertrude Bennyson
Castle Square Opera Company
St. Louis
Dramatic Mirror
Martha
Castle
Worcester
Association
George W. Chadwick
Jean de Reszke
New York
Death by own action in Portland guest room
In Portland on December 11 a man registered as Sydney Samuel from Boston was found dead in a West End hotel room. A bullet hole in his temple and a 32 caliber revolver near his hand, $28 in cash, a 600-pound letter of credit on Brown Shipley & Co London, and a jar with shredded letters suggest a suicide. A valise held expensive underwear. the man’s identity could not be determined.
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Portland
West End
Sydney Samuel
Boston
Brown, Shipley & Co
London
Niece Fire Seeks Money in Biddeford Stove Loss
Cornelius Quinn, an elderly Biddeford laborer, mourns $600 in savings hidden in a stove. Two nieces visiting stove fire to burn rubbish, Quinn returns to find ashes mixed with money and papers, nearly collapsing from the shock.
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Biddeford
Cornelius Quinn
Quinn
Pennsylvania Railroad Tours 1900 1901 season offerings
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces personally conducted tours for 1900 1901. California trips depart Boston February 13 via the Golden Gate Special. Florida Jacksonville tours depart February 4 18 and March 4. Washington tours leave Boston January 14 28 February 11 25 March 11 25 April 8 22. Old Point Comfort Richmond and Washington tours depart New York February 9 March 2 23 April 6 27. Rates vary by itinerary with detailed plans to be issued soon by D N Bell tourist agent 205 Washington Street Boston.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
California
Boston
Rate
Florida
Jacksonville
Washington
Old Point Comfort
Richmond
New York
D. N. Bell
Washington Street
Czara bulletin notes His Majesty’s recovery steady
From Livadia on December 11 the Czara physicians report the emperor’s recovery is normal with good appetite strength increasing and temperature and pulse normal. The bulletin warns consumption is wasting disease and notes nutrition is key while praising Graves Maryland Improvement Whiskey as a tonic. Also listed are rental and sale notices and two cottages for sale in Pawtucketville with prices and contact details.
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Livadia
Graves’ Maryland
A. W. Dows & Co
Lowell
Governor Crane to attend Columbia Centenary events
Governor Murray Crane leaves Boston for the District of Columbia on the eve of the centennial celebration of the establishment of the seat of government. Adjutant General Dalton accompanies him. brief mention of President and ambassador appointments follows. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a digestive tonic.
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Boston
W. Murray Crane
Dalton
Eee
of Govern
District of Columbia
George von L. Meyer
Jean Lieut.ev
Executive Council
MOOO'R PILLS Core Liver Iie Indististioy
Product listing appears to describe a medicine named MOOO'R PILLS for liver issues and headaches. The fragmentary text mentions symptoms and indications but lacks coherent details, dates, or sources. The readable items point to a medical remedy or patent medicine of unclear origin.
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Tahoe
Orawe
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Penna. Peace Society
State of Kansas
van Hoorden Company
Scoseceser
Sidney Samuel
Pennsylvania Railroad Tours
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Mila
Pawtucketville
T. H. Huslott
Central Street
Opera House
Corse Payton Comedy CO
Momber
Troire
Kentucky
AH Ling Foo
Savoy Theatre
Ladies’ Favorite Theatre
1492” Co
Richard Harlowe
Veil Littlefield
Eobert
Maccee
Crimmins
W. H. Emery
Humpty
Dumpty
Highland Methodist
Odd Fellows Hall
Middlesex St
Erect Iit
Seppe
Baquet Hall
Hergain
Appleton National Bank
Fred H. Ela
Cashier
Prescott National Bank of
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First National Bank
Lowell, Deoember
Railroad National Bank
Harroad National Bank
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Asp & «Pease
Lowell, Dee
Governor Crane
Columbia
Centennie! Asniversary
Hood
Lowell National Bank
Chas
M. Williams
Masa
Dee
Boston & Lowa'l Railroad Corporation
Boston & Leowell
Bereton
O& Wederetsr
A. M
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Onde
Henoy & Carrot
Conway
Omee
Snyder Bros
William E. Fay
State St
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Mays
Highlands
Belmont Street
North Common
Sal-T-O
Centralville
Belvidere
CBCE
Central St
Li&t
H. Elliott
Wilege Acre
Call Early
H. A. King
Billerica
B. H. Wiggin
Franklin Street
Prescott St
H. B. Shattuck
Martin Robbins
Prescott Street
Petty
Father Jon
J. Carleton & Hovey
Jack Street
Cherry
Carleton & Hovey
Carreaaee Street
Pravey
Dracat Centre
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A. W. Dows Cor
Merrimack
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Gerieten
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Lowall
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