Ominous Notes Crown Balkan Outlook Across Europe
The Times reports Albanian rejection of the sultan’s conciliations as Ankara grows anxious and more troops move. Monastir worsens, Greek Easter season raises fears, and Bulgarian authorities anticipate revolutionary bands entering Macedonia next week. Refugees hide intent to farm while committees deter return, fearing reform acceptance. Goluchowski maintains calm, signaling no Austro Hungarian move toward Novi bazar and trusting Russian policy.
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London
NEW York Times
Constantinople
The
Times
Yildiz
Monastir
Samakov
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Vienna
Balkan
Count Goluchowski
Goluchowski
Novibazar
Mem ber of Sultan’s mission trapped in Ipek Albania
The special mission sent by the Sultan to calm Albanians is practically imprisoned at Ipek. Several hundred Albanians surround them, chiefs reject reforms, demand an Albanian Governor, and threaten continued revolt. Austrian and Russian Ambassadors urge action while the Sultan foresees reliance on Albanian support if further trouble arises.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Ipek
Albania
Powers Warn Bulgaria and Albania Over Macedonia Reforms
Vienna and Rome reports say Russia and Austria will present notes to Constantinople and Sofia urging strict suppression of Albanian disturbances and a tougher stance on Macedonian reform. Bulgaria is warned to stop aiding reform movements while concern grows over potential Easter unrest.
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Vienna
Russia
Austria
Constantinople
Sofia
Macedonia
Turkey
Bulgaria
Russian excuse for keeping Niu-Chwang port
The Times correspondent reports Russia blames British and American gunboats at Niu-Chwang for delaying the restoration of the treaty port to China. Moscow aims to repeat a Port Arthur bluff, while gunboats remain under treaty rights. Tranquility along the Shanhai Kwan Niu-Chwang line is claimed, and brigandage near the Liao River has faded. Missionaries hold picnics near Kwang-Ning amid regional disturbances.
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NEW York Times
London
Peking
the Times
Niu-Chwang
China
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Port Arthur
Shanhai-Kwan
Liao River
Kwang-Ning
Times Editorial Hopes Shamrock III Disaster Won’t Impair Challenge
The London Times editorial expresses sincere hope the Shamrock III disaster won’t set back preparations for the upcoming contest. It stresses unity with the American challenger and wishes good prospects for both sides ahead of the match.
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London Times
NEW York Times Special Cablegram
London
the Times
Atlantic
Shamrock
Cramp Shipyard Secures $5 Million Syndicated Loan
Drexel & Co. announces a New York Philadelphia syndicate will provide $5,000,000 5 percent notes over twenty years, secured by $5,000,000 mortgage bonds from William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Funds to reimburse capital expenditures and boost working capital.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Drexel & Co
New York
William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
Cramp
Harvard Crews Swamped in Fierce Charles River Race
Harvard inter-class rowing on the Charles River featured heavy chop and a perilous situation as two of five boats capsized. The sophomore and junior crews sank and were rescued from the water. the Weld seniors won by a scant length ahead of the Law School.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Charles River
Harvard Bridge
Beacon Street Wall
Law School
Booker Washington Speaks on Industrial Education
Booker T. Washington addressed a large Horace Mann School audience on Industrial Education urging aid for the eye and the race. He recalled being helped in Boston by Edward Everett Hale and said public support will lift the burden on the negro and benefit all.
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Booker T. Washington
Horace Mann School
Boston
Edward Everett Hale
Foreman Attacked Twice During Harlem River Construction
Louis Johnson of Brown Hoisting Company testifies that a Cleveland crew building at One Hundred Forty-first Street faced attacks from rival workers. Frank Marks of 2148 Lexington Avenue is held on $300 bail in Harlem Court for felonious assault after allegedly wielding a heavy bolt. A later attack as the foreman returned home involved two assailants, one with a poker, though no serious injuries were reported.
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Louis Johnson
Brown Hoisting Company
Cleveland
Low Rates to the Pacific Coast Offer From New York Central
The New York Central announces sale of Pacific Coast tickets through April 29. Fares range from 30 to 53 dollars with colonist sleeping cars from Albany. Ticket agents advertise the special advance offer.
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Pacific Coast
New York Central
Albany
Guire
Governor Odell Faces Party Split Over New York Politics
Albany April 17 The Senate unanimously confirms George W Morgan as State Superintendent of Elections sparking fresh Republican tensions between Odell Platt and Insurgents Elsberg Brackett and Brown as roiling New York politics cast doubt on Baker’s fate and Roosevelt odds in 1904.
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George W. Morgan
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Senate
Platt
Frank M. Baker
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Ambler
Louis F. Payn
Newburg Daily News
Odell
John McCullah
Committee On Judiciary
Raines
McCullagh
Morgan
New York City
Dunn
Elsberg
Brackett
Brown
Railroad Commission
Mr. Morgan
Timothy D. Sullivan
Tammany Hall
Republicans
George W. Dunn
Baker
Senator Platt
James S. Sherman
Utica
New York Central 20th Century Limited vs Wireless Telegraph
Advertisement notes that the New York Central's 20th Century Limited offers faster service and immediate two way messaging, claiming it outperforms wireless telegraph for delivering messages and receiving replies.
Odell Avoids Politics After Buffalo Luncheon
Governor Odell refuses to discuss politics at a Buffalo Club luncheon hosted by George Urban Jr. He and his staff later toured the Sixty-fifth Regiment armory and dined at the Saturn Club. The Commercial notes Odell would not comment on the Senate rejection of Frank M. Baker as Railroad Commissioner.
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Buffalo
Gov. Odell
Buffalo Club
George Urban, Jr
Samuel M. Welch
Gov Odell
Sixty-fifth Regiment
Saturn Club
W. C. Warren
Odell
Senate
Frank M. Baker
Globe map display at Rock Island ticket office
A globe map is shown on the windows of the Rock Island System ticket office at the corner of 35th Street and St. Avenue. The feature draws attention from passersby and travelers.
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Rock Island
35Th St
St. Av
Elevated Road Troubles Near Settlement After Long Conference
After almost six hours of talks with W D Mahon and George E Pepper, Interborough Rapid Transit Manager W E Bryan said differences with Manhattan Elevated Railway workers were as good as settled. The meeting, with John B McDonald and August Belmont present, followed by a plan for another discussion Monday. Meanwhile Interborough opened a new recruiting HQ at 8 Dey Street drawing hundreds of applicants amid fear of a strike by the newly formed union.
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W. D. Mahon
International Association of Street Railway
George E. Pepper
Manhattan Elevated Railway
W. E. Bryan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Mahon
Bryan
Western Union
Pepper
John B. McDonald
McDonald
August Belmont
National Organization
Manhattan
Mr. Bryan
Frank Headley
Interborough Company
Ashland House
Herman Robinson
Central Federated Union
Caw
Dey Street
Ironworkers' Conference Aims at Settlement of Strike
Yesterday in Ashland House delegates from the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers and locals in several cities met to settle the strike against the American Bridge Company. President Buchanan attended with Laughlin and McCord present. A proposed accord would reinstate workers under pre strike terms until May first, then a new two year agreement would take effect. President Buchanan ordered workers back to the Twenty eighth Street and Broadway project pending talks. One hundred delegates hold full power to decide without local ratification. Talks resume today.
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Hisberg
Platt
Assembly
Baker
Senate
Elsberg
Pendin
Brackett
Raines
Ashland House
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
American Ridge Company
Buchanan
International Association
Laughlin
Bridge Company
John McCord
Twenty-eighth Street
Broadway
Lake Carriers and Firemen End Strike Settlement
After two conferences in Buffalo the Lake Carriers Executive Committee and the Marine Firemen Association settled their strike. Firemen will resume work tomorrow with wages set at 47.50 dollars per month for midsummer and 65 dollars after October 1, 1900. Overtime rate of 25 cents per hour when off watch was waived by the firemen.
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Buffalo
Lake Carriers’ Executive Committee
Marine Firemen, Oilers and Water Tenders’ Association
Marine Firemen
Lake Carriers
Saint Alban's Rector Resigns for Brooklyn Post
Springfield Ohio April 17 The Rev Harry St Clair Hathaway resigns as rector of St Alban's Episcopal Cleveland to become associate rector of St Thomas Brooklyn He plans to depart by early May and begin May 1 but may delay until May 15 Hathaway is Kenyon College graduate Seee so Emily
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New York Times
Springfield
Ohio
Harry St. Clair Hathaway
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
Cleveland
St. Thomas's
Brooklyn
Hathaway
Kenyon
Indicted for Murder in Tuckerton Slaying
The Ocean County Grand Jury indicted Charles Bennett for the murder of Mrs. Mary A. Darby in Tuckerton. Darby was found dead in her home on Christmas afternoon.
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Toms River
N. J
Ocean County
Charles Bennett
Mary A. Darby
Tuckerton
Darb
Purity Claims for Burnett’s Vanilla and Glenlivet Ad Copy
Classified ad copy promotes Burnett’s Extract of Vanilla as perfectly pure and highly concentrated. It also touts an Usher High-Ball with real Scotch flavor featuring Glenlivet as the featured whisky.
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Burnett
Usher
Glenlivet
Adyv
Missouri Officials Face Bribery Scandal Widening
Missouri officials contend with an alum boodle scandal as Lieut. Gov. Lee remains at large after fleeing St. Louis to avoid Grand Jury questions. Four State Senators reportedly face indictments for bribery while others linked to the Boodling ring may turn state’s evidence.
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Chicago
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Senate
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Grand
United States
Stone
Baking Powder Trust
Public Health Society
Trust
Cole County Grand Jury
Crow
Crown
Adams Guilty in Policy Paraphernalia Case at Court
Albert J. Adams known as the Policy King was found guilty at 11 p m on the policy paraphernalia charge after a trial before Justice Scott in the Criminal Branch. The verdict followed an argument over proof that the sheets found in his trunk were actually used in policy. The judge noted the raid on Adams's West Thirty fourth Street office and heard a disputed jury decision and a pending sentence set for Tuesday.
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Tuesaday
Justice Scott
Supreme Court
Adams
West Thirty-fourth Street
James W. Ridgway
William E. Nolan
Scott
Henry Duckness
Tombs
Schurman
New York
Ridgway
Lloyds Insurance Suits Test Lloyds Right to Do Business
Albany April 17 Attorney General Cunneen announced proceedings against ten associations of individual underwriters known as Lloyds to test their right to operate exempt from state insurance law. The groups named include United Underwriters of New York Inter-Insurers of America Fire Association of New York Standard Fire Lloyds of New York City International Fire Office Imperial Fire Lloyds Jefferson Fire Lloyds GermanAmerican Fire and Marine Lloyds Assurance Lloyds of America and Insurers Alliance of New York.
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Cunneen
Lloyds
United Underwriters of
City of New York
Inter-Insurers of America
Fire Association of New York
Standard Fire Lloyds of
New York City
International Fire Office
Imperial Fire Lloyds
Jefferson Fire Lloyds
German-American Fire and Marine Lloyds
Assurance Lloyds of America
Spectator permitted to hiss at theatre in Boston ruling
Boston April 17 Chief Justice Brown in Municipal Court ruled a spectator may hiss during a theatre show as a form of expression not a crime. Jacob Weiner a South End church sexton was cited for loud hissing but the judge noted no harm in hissings, oohs or sarcastic remarks.
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New York Times
Boston
Brown
Jacob Weiner
South End
West End
Weiner
Twenty-Four Hours to Chicago via the Pennsylvania Limited
Daily from New York at 9 55 A M the Pennsylvania Limited reaches Chicago at 8 55 A M the next day offering a fast through-service travel notice from the era.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Limited
New York
Crimmins Letter Frames Amory Probe and Banke dAccount Discrepancies
Old feud over Metropolitan finances escalates as John D Crimmins warns Philbin to avoid direct client ties with Amory. Investigation by Philbin and Teichmann uncovers alleged discrepancies in Metropolitan Railroad accounts and balance sheets, with testimonies outlining motive and the pursuit of truth under financial stakes.
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Charleston
D. C
Philbins
Amory
Phantom Hunt
Ryan
Whitney
Binke
Root
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Joline
Brown
John D. Crimmens
Crimmins
Philbin
Max Teichmann
Baltimore
Teichmann
Taylor & Co
New York
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Mr. Amory
Gene A. Philbin
John D. Crimmins
Mr. Philbin
Henry J. Braker
John F. Doyle
Mr. Osborne
Mr. Crimmins
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