Canal Scheme Defeated in Assembly Battle over 26 Million Canal Bill
Albany April 15 opponents of the 26 million canal improvement bill say it will not pass the Assembly though passage in the Senate is expected. Leaders Gardner Mead and McConnel claim to have swayed New York delegates to oppose the measure, arguing it serves barge canal interests. Senator Davis proposed a bill to use convict labor on canal work if the measure passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Senate
O'Malley
Erie
Assembly
New York Canal Forwarders’ Association
Frank Ss. Gardner
Board of Trade and Transportation
New York
New York City
Gardner
Buffalo
Great Lakes
Canal Forwarders’ Association of
Assemblyman McKeown
Kings
Davis
Morgan’s Steel Trust Eyes British Market Shift
London reports Mr. J Pierpont Morgan’s Steel Trust plans to avoid an aggressive bid for Britain but will meet legitimate demands. The trusts’ foreign orders stretch nine months ahead, and London may become the headquarters for the corporation’s overseas business.
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London
The
Daily Mail
J. Pierpont Morgan
Steel Trust
Mr. Morgan
Trust
Changes in the planet Eros spark new interest
Special to Fire New York Times Boston April 15 Eros the small planet near Earth shows new light variations Harvard observers report intensity changing two to three times per several hours. Some astronomers attribute this to one side dark and one light while others suggest a double planet. The planet is thought to complete a revolution in five hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Harvard
Earth
Europe
Trenton Pottery District Fire Causes 40000 Dollar Loss
In Trenton New Jersey on April 15 a large pottery works in the city district burned at 1130 tonight threatening the entire pottery district. The loss is estimated at forty thousand dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze through the night with no definitive containment reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
the Crafts Spoke Works
Index to Departments Page Guide and Markets
Financial affairs stocks irregular are listed with prices for wheat corn oats and cotton. Foundry iron and Western creamery butter are noted alongside various pages including new corporations railroads real estate and weather. The ad promotes Poland Spring water as the purest natural spring water in the world.
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Zlc
Marine _Intelligence and Foreign Mails
Society
United Service
Weather Report
Mortgage tax measure moves in Albany caucus
The Senate Republican caucus voted 17 to 14 to pass the Stranahan mortgage tax bill. It taxes mortgages held by individuals at one half of 1 percent with one third of revenue to localities and two thirds to the State. Corporations, banks, and trust companies are exempt. Estimated state revenue about 3.4 million with locality receipts near 1.67 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Senate
Republican Caucus
Stranahan
Pennsylvania
Civil Service Reform Debate Echoes In Washington
William Dudley Foulke of Indiana defends civil service reform gains under McKinley and Cleveland. He notes May 1899 orders trimmed classification, cites 3400 to 4000 places affected, discusses transfers, reinstatements, and the impact of reforms in new territories like the Philippine Commission. He argues reforms may mature through the Philippine model returning to states.
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Washington
Carnegie of Civil Service Reform
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
National Civil Service Reform League
Harrison
Foulke
Cleveland
Wilson
Congress
McKinley
Insular
Philippine Islands
Philippine Commission
Great Britain
Bengal
England
Rodenberg Takes Seat on Civil Service Commission
Washington April 15 Ex Representative Rodenberg of Illinois began his duties as a Civil Service Commission member. He was introduced to all employes and the board held a delayed session to transact overdue business. Rodenberg said he believes in civil service reform and will enforce the law to the best of his ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rodenberg
Ilinois
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Fortune for Dr Reyling Traced to Cuban Heiress
Mrs. Catherina Estrino Demuro of Havana, a wealthy Cuban aristocrat, died in Kansas City on her visit to her son, Dr. F. T. Reyling. The estate, valued despite reductions, will pass largely to Dr. Reyling, now a prominent microscopist in Kansas City with strong New York ties.
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Kansas City
Catherina Estrino Demuro
Havana
Cuba
F. T. Reyling
Dr. Reyling
New York
Reyling
Judge rules Christian Scientists not liable under state medical law
In Milwaukee on April 15 Judge Elliott of the Circuit Court held that Christian Scientists may not be prosecuted for practicing medicine. The court said their healing by prayer is not unlawful, analogous to a minister praying for a sick person and receiving a fee.
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Milwaukee
Elliott
Circuit Court
Poland Poland Poland Acv Antediluvian Rye Ady Note
An antique ad fragment praises old aristocratic rye with fervent theatrical wording. The reader is urged to value traditional, refined products as exemplified by the vendor Ady.
Philippine Frauds Trial Exposes Evans & Co and Lavish BET
Manila report details commissary fraud probes with Evans & Co as contractor. Key figures include Meston Reed Davies Lawton Tremaine and Col Woodruff. Evans and Pitt allegedly hosted lavish parties at Pitt's house with champagne and cockpits subsidized, private carriages used, and unauthorized champagne purchases noted.
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Manila
John Meston
Meston
James C. Reed
Evans & Co
George B. Davies
Frank H. Lawton
B. Tremaine
Col. Woodruff
Harold M. Pitt
Pitt
Lara
Commissary
War Dept cautious on Reed arrest in Manila fraud case
Reports that Captain James C. Reed of the Commissary Department has been arrested in Manila for commissary frauds cannot be verified. General MacArthur has not sent progress details. The War Department confirms action against Reed by its own men, though his arrest remains unconfirmed. Reed, a Pennsylvania native from Pittsburgh, served in transport between New York and Havana and was sent to Manila last Fall.
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Washington
James C. Reed
Commissary Department
Manila
War Department
MacArthur
Reed
Department
Saie
Pittsburg
West Point
Volunteer Army
New York
Havana
Old Canal May Be Sold Across Maryland Rail Interests
Baltimore officials moved to oppose extending Trusteeship of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and push for sale. The B and O Railroad controls the property with President Cowen leading trustees. Bidder interest comes from West Virginia Central and syndicate seeking a route from Georges Creek to tidewater. court action set for next Saturday. Maryland’s investment exceeds 30 million dollars including bonds and stock. 1844 lien waiver and court orders shape current control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Board of Public Works
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Cowen
Baltimore and Ohio
West Virginia Central
Western Maryland Railroad
Georges Creek
Cumberland
Tidewater
Washington
Marksmen on the Wisconsin Battleship at Magdalena Bay
The Wisconsin arrived from Magdalena Bay with Captain Reiter reporting superb sea handling and exceptional crew marksmanship. Sea and shore practice showed 137 first class and 156 second class marksmen among 444 crew, with 11 1/2 knot return runs and notable recoil from thirteen inch guns using brown and smokeless powders.
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San Francisco
Wisconsin
Magdalena Bay
Reiter
Magdalena
Senator Grady Hl Illness Delays Senate Session in Albany
Albany April 15 Senator Grady was absent from the Senate and is reported seriously ill. Friends visited his residence and hopeful remarks followed. His sister planned to arrive tomorrow and a decision on his attendance this session or transfer to a resort for care was anticipated. The World of China and Jaar notice appears as a misplaced ad fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Grady
Senate
Surface lines blocked by bay horse on Sixth Avenue
A bay horse became entangled in a car fender at Sixth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street causing three major surface lines to halt for about 45 minutes. A crowd gathered as police and railroad workers debated how to remove the animal without harming it, while the motorman and driver faced threats from awaiting passengers. The horse survived uninjured, and the line eventually cleared after the fender was severed and the car moved on.
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Sixth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
John B. Radigan
East Thirty-fifth Street
Thirtyfourth Street
Radigan
West Thirtieth Street
Bergh Society
Williams
Thirty-fifth Street
French Designs in Morocco Threaten Giant Reward
Tangier dispatch to The Daily Mail says the Sherefian Court will move to Fez by late May and French operations will pause due to heat. The best-informed opinion says the Sultan is too lethargic to resist French designs. It is believed France is about to undertake a giant task and will gain a giant reward. There is no sign the Moroccan court grasps the gravity of the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
France
London
Daily Mail
Fez
Mrs Haines Held for Murder Mount
Mrs Mabel Haines of Delanco New Jersey was arraigned for the murder of her stepson Gwendolin two weeks earlier. Testimony showed repeated beatings over months and seven and a half ounces of arsenic in the child’s body according to physicians. Justice Zeyler bound Mrs Haines over to the Grand Jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolin
Haines
Justice Zeyler
Mrs. Haines
T. L. Johnson Not a Candidate for Major Posts
Springfield Ohio April 15. Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland replies to A. W. Thurman of Columbus stating he will devote two years to Cleveland and will not seek either Governor or United States Senator this year. Johnson confirms he will not run for those offices.
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Springfield
Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
A. W. Thurman
Columbus
Eqvern
United States
Lvear
Telegraphlineman swims creeks to save fast mail
Cumberland Md April 15 John Cooper chief lineman of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph between Cumberland and Rockwood saved a fast mail train from crashing into a freight train near Ellerslie by swimming Wills Creek a torrent from rain and melting snow and repairing the broken wires He risked his life by swimming the wild mountain stream to prevent an accident at Cumberland.
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Cumberland
John Cooper
Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph
Rockwood
Ellerslie
Wills Creek
Cumberand
Pennsylvania Leader The Pennsylvania Limited Service
A Pennsylvania limited trains line from New York daily to Chicago and St Louis. The service operates with daily departures offering connections to Illinois Missouri and other points. Passengers can expect regular schedules and standard through cars.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Limited
New York
Chicago
Louis
Adyv
Wealthy man killed in runaway on St Nicholas Avenue
Ernest Russell Bartlett a wealthy young financier and former treasurer of the Maintenance Company died after his covert cart wheel struck a stone on St Nicholas Avenue. He was thrown against the wheel and dragged a block before dying at Seventh Avenue and 118th Street. Police identified him from clothing and valuables, with Col Franklin Bartlett mentioning Judge Bartlett as the only local relative.
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Ernest Russell Bartlett
St. Nicholas Avenue
Benedick
Washington Square East
Mr. Bartlett
Frederick Kelly
East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
George Kluck
West One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Policeman Newschaser
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Seventh Avenue
One Hundred and Eighteenth Street
Adams
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Bartlett
Frederick C. Mills
West Seventy-seventh Street
the Benedick
Col
Franklin Bartlett
Judge Bartlett
Runaway on Broadway injures bystander as carriage crashes into fence
Henry Dugan of the Imperial Hotel Stables lost a carriage pole on Broadway at Thirtieth Street last night causing the horses to run wild toward Thirty-fourth Street. The carriage struck the iron fence around Broadway Tabernacle, a stampede ensued, a woman fainted and was revived, a newsboy was kicked, and Dugan escaped injury.
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Henry Dugan
West Fiftieth Street
Thirtieth Street
Broadway
Dugan
Imperial Hotel
Twenty-third Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Broadway Tabernacle
Censorship in Russia Tightens Press Control
Washington reports Consul General Holloway describes strict Russian language censorship affecting all printed matter and ads. Petitions to admit Russian language publications require Chief of Foreign Censorship approval, two copies, and revenue stamps, with translations if needed. Incendiary works are censored as they were a century ago, per official remarks. Desks advertised by Chas Matthews at 275 Canal St. boundary notice.
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Washington
W. R. Holloway
St. Petersburg
State Department
Central Committee of Foreign Censorship
Russia
Alden
Alexander Ouravieff
United States
Kasson Declines Pay Over Reciprocity Treaty Row
Washington April 15 John A Kasson Special Commissioner to arrange reciprocity treaties declines to receive compensation as Senate disapproves the treaties with France Great Britain Argentina Nicaragua Ecuador and other nations He will wait for Senate action while remaining committed to reciprocity and hoping for better terms upon reconsideration.
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Washington
John A. Kasson
United States
Senate
France
Great Britain
Argentina
Nicaragua
Ecuador
West Indies
Kasson
Deal with J. J. Hill is off
Roswell Miller, chair of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad, says negotiations for Hill buyout are off and Hill has gained Burlington control. He dismisses Harriman role, notes Morgan Hill deal, and argues St Paul would not fear Northern line alliances. He denies Hill owns St Paul stock.
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Roswell Miller
St. Paul Road
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company
James J. Hill
Hill
Burlington
St. Paul
Miller
St.Paul Road
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Hill
E. H. Harriman
Morgan-Hill
Harriman-Hill
Erie
Northern Lines
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Northwest Territory
National Oil and Pipe Line plans Gulf pipelines and storage
Beaumont reports the National Oil and Pipe Line Company plans immediate right of way contracts for pipelines to the Gulf with storage tanks and pumping stations at a multi million dollar outlay. The firm aims to open Beaumont oil markets ahead of Standard Oil, with steamers to New Orleans and Galveston and many oil companies forming in town.
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Beaumont
Texas
National Oil and Pipe Line Company
Gulf
Standard Oil Company
National
New Orleans
Galveston
Oil Exchange
Actress Sues for 30000 in Rail Injury Case
Poughkeepsie April 15 Actress Etta Kellogg Williams sues New York Central Railroad for 30000 damages claiming a sudden train start threw her against a car platform railing injuring her back and hips. Witness Ethel Brandon described a terriffic jar and the long cross examination followed with restatement of fears under oath. Case to be continued tomorrow.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Etta Kellogg Williams
Rice’s
New York Central Railroad Company
Marean
Supreme Court
Miss Williams
Troy
Gloversville
Fonda
Ethel Brandon
Miss Brandon
Secretary Gage Buys Bonds For Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury bought 1,600,000 dollars of short term 4 percent bonds at 113.55. The sale offer arrived late in the day and the purchase followed quickly after. More offers are anticipated and a large block has been tendered at a modest premium above the price paid.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
The Sleepless Agent at Evevermvents Railroad
Electric automatic switches and signals protect Evevermvents Railroad trains against accidents. Vv.
Buried Treasure Saga Aboard the Kwasind Unfolds
The Kwasind arrives with a tale of pirate slavers and a vast treasure. Capt. Henderson, W. C. Spenny, Campbell and others formed a syndicate after a former sailor’s confession and a missing chart. They describe years of searching from Bermuda to Africa, claiming to have uncovered bullion and church plate then returning to seek more islands near the Nightingale group.
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Erie Basin
Manning's Basin
Frederick T. Horton
Brooklyn
Kwasind
Elbridge T. Gerry
L. F. Beekenestein
Baltimore
P. Spenny
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Debenture Company
Wyandotte Savings and Trust Company
W. C. Spenny
F. H. Campbell
E. P. Hering
Cincinnati
B. W. Henderson
Pennsylvania
Africa
Somers
Philadelphia
Henderson
New Orleans
Custom House
Bermuda
Cape Verde
St. Vincent's Island
South Atlantic
Capt
F “Apt. Somers
Treasure Island
Campbell
Spenny
Corn Reef
Port Eads
Capt. Henderson
Nightingale Group
We Purest Natural Spring Water in the World in
The fragment presents a claim about a water product described as the purest natural spring water in the world. No verifiable entities, dates, or context are provided to identify a specific company, location, or event.
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New York Times
the Steel Trust Abroad
Morgan
Eros
Financial Affairs
Poland
Civil Service Reform
W. D. Foulke
MR. Rodenberg
Polannd
Acv
Chesapeake and Ohio
Senator Grady Hl
China
Jaar
OAS
Morocco
T. L. Johnson
E.R. Bartlett
Broken
Maintenance Company
Peo
Chas. E. Matthews
Canal St
J. A. Kasson
J. J. Hill
Texas Oil
Beaumont Gusher
Gage
Syndicate
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