Cuban Delegates Arrive in Washington for Official Status
A five man Cuban Constitutional Convention delegation arrived in Washington with an interpreter and Havana press representatives. They met Assistant Secretary Hill and Assistant Secretary Sanger, with Gen. Wood also arriving to confer at the War Department. Officials indicated the Cuban commission has official status and will be presented to the President via Secretary Root.
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New York Times
Washington
Havana
Hill
Sanger
Capt. Sawtelle
Lieut
Overton
United States Army
Shoreham
War Department
Gen. Wood
Cuba
Richmond
White House
United States
Wood
Secretary Root
Root
Wcod
Corbin
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Cradford
Navy Department
Congress
Island
Gilman Estate Litigation Involves Bridgeport Trust
Judge Robinson granted an injunction restraining Bridgeport Trust Company as administrator of the Gilman estate from suing the First National Bank to recover $10,000 held as estate property. Mrs. Helen Hall had attached the money, and heirs supported the action to delay litigation pending final court adjudication.
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New York Times
Bridgeport
Conn
Robinson
Superior Court
Bridgeport Trust Company
George F. Gilman
First National Bank
Helen Hall
Fire Gutts Upper Floors Of Barker Williams Building
Fire at 817 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh gutted the building's three upper floors causing total stock loss below due to water. Edward Hagenmeyer of Engine No. 18 was rescued after elevator shaft collapse. body not recovered. Losses include Barker Williams & Co. about 75000 with 58000 insured. Spear & Co. ten thousand. J W Howland owner forty thousand.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Penn Avenue
Barker, Williams & Co
Edward Hagenmeyer
Engine Company No. 18
Spear& Co
J. W. Howland
Chicago
Index to Departments and Page References
The text lists department indexes and page numbers for topics such as stocks commodities weather fire losses real estate and various sections including Insurance Notes Legal Notes and Marine Intelligence with references to pages for each category and related items yesterday's fires and arrivals at hotels and out-of-town buyers excluded from main listings.
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Marine Intelligence
Gene
United Service
Weather Report
The Pennsylvania Limited Sets Benchmark in Equipment and Service
An Advy endorsement hails the Pennsylvania Limited for unmatched train equipment schedule and service quality, praising its superior standards compared with rival lines.
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Pennsylvania Limited
Ady
Riot at Passaic Cigar Factory as Ten Return to Work
In Passaic New Jersey April 24 ten girl strikers returned to work at the American Cigar Factory prompting a riot. Police faced crowds as workers fought and a woman was pushed into the canal. Mill operations were halted and will not reopen until Monday.
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Passaic
N. J
American Cigar Factory
Canal Street
Grolier vellum books fetch record prices at Boston sale
In Boston at Libbie's the first Grolier Club vellum book, A Decree of Star Chamber Printing 1687, sold for 1600 dollars. Charles Scribner's Sons bought multiple vellum volumes including Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam for 1100 and Modern Bookbinding for 900, as part of a broader set of record prices.
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Boston
Libbie’s
Grolier Club
Star Chamber
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Grolier
Omar Khayyam
Matthew
Charles Reade
Peg Woffington
de Vinne
Christopher Plantin
Richard de Bury
Little, Brown & Co. Gautier
Mademoiselle de Maupin
Dodd, Mead & Co
Garrett
George D. Smith
Ireland
Hawthorne
Holmes
J. O. Wright
Herrick
George H. Richmond
Seniority in the Cabinet discussed after presidential departure
Washington April 24. Speculation grows over who handles Cabinet duties when the President and Secretaries travel west. Officials note Root briefly assumed State duties last year with Griggs covering for Hay. It is denied this year that a seniority plan will be followed, though Root’s prior assignment was to prepare for Hay’s absence.
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Washington
West
Root
Griggs
Hay
Gage
Mr. Root
Mr. Hay
April Rainfall Seen as Benefit by City Controller
Controller Coler praised April rains as a positive good easing future water supply worries. Total April rainfall reached 6.15 inches by 10 pm, the highest since 1893, with national records showing 7.2 inches for April in 1874.
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Coler
Weather Bureau
Subway Realty Buys Broadway Block for Rapid Transit Route
Amos F. Eno sells the triangular Broadway Seventh Avenue Forty-second Street plot to the Subway Realty Company, an arm of the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company. The tunnel will pass under the site, influencing station approaches and potential future building foundations. The property fronts Broadway 115 feet, Seventh Avenue 110 feet, and borders the Pabst Hotel, with Astor right of way secured.
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Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Forty-second Street
Pabst Hotel
Amos F. Eno
Douglas Robinson & Co
Subway Realty Company
Albany
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
Eno Triangle
Pabst
Amos R. Eno
Nolan
Charles B. Ludlow
New Brunswick
N.J
Central Railroad of New Jersey resolves disputes with staff
A two week conference ends with an overall agreement satisfactory to all sides. Engineers firemen conductors trainmen and telegraphers sign separate articles of agreement. Telegraphers gain concessions but no general wage advance while others receive higher pay at existing rates. The final signings occur with leaders from each division and General Superintendent Olhausen.
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Central Railroad of New Jersey
J. H. Olhausen
Communipaw
John V. Waite
Timothy Shea
L. P. Titus
J. W. Harrison
John Nelligan
Intercollegiate Camera Contest Between Harvard and Penn
Fifty photographs were sent from Cambridge to New York for the first intercollegiate camera contest between Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. A New York panel will announce the winner on Saturday with four awards for general excellence.
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Cambridge
Mass
New York
Harvard
University of Pennsylvania
Alfred Stieglitz
New York Camera Club
Gertrude Kasebier
George G. Rockwood
Yale
Princeton
Quaker College
Pennsylvania
Crimson
Boston
Chicago Steamer Northwestern Loads for Atlantic Crossing
The Northwestern sails from the Chicago River bound for Europe with agricultural implements, packing-house goods, and other products. The line, backed by Chicago and New York capital, aims to run four large vessels to cross the Atlantic, with Buffalo wheat unloading to lighten for canal passage. Eliot Norton of New York serves as president.
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Chicago
Europe
Northwestern
Atlantic
Buffalo
Welland
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Northwestern Steamship Company
New York
Eliot Norton
Welland Canal
Ocean
Standard Oil rumored to absorb American Linseed Co
Chicago reports a rumor that Standard Oil interests hold enough American Linseed Company shares to control it. Supposed plan would replace president Guy G. Major with Henry H. Rogers of Standard Oil. Blair interests and Major officials deny the absorption.
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Chicago
la Salle Street
Standard Oil
American Linseed Company
Guy G. Major
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Blair
Major
Heart of New York Near Penn Station Foot of West 23d
Ad reads central district near the commodious Pennsylvania Railroad Stations at the foot of West 23d Street.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
West 23d Street
Forces of Boxers Routed in Peking Action
An 800 man international detachment led by Col. Radford defeated the Boxers near Shan-Hai-Kwan, killing about fifty enemies and six British, two Japanese, and one Frenchman. Major Browning’s body was recovered. the Germans are ordered back from the Pao-ting-Foo expedition amid Chinese and foreign outrage over their conduct.
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Peking
Col. Radford
Shan-Hai-Kwan
Major Browning
Hui- Lu
Legation
Hillier
Russia seizes Korean harbors to counter Japanese plans
Vancouver report claims Russia has practically taken possession of Ching-Hai Bay and Masampho in Korea. The two harbors would form a base for extensive operations and could hinder Japan's commercial ambitions on the Korean coast.
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Ching-Hai Bay
Korea
Vancouver
B. C
Russia
Ching-Hai
Korean
Japan
Japan Claims £4750000 Indemnity From China
Yokohama reports that Japan plans to demand indemnities from China totaling four million seven hundred fifty thousand pounds.
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Yokohama
Japan
China
Trouble in Newark over Prof Herron controversy grows
Newark New Jersey April 24 controversy surrounds Dr George D Herron late Professor of Applied Christianity Iowa State University as he is billed to lecture May 6 at Peddie Memorial Church on The Economics of the Kingdom of Heaven. church trustees may withdraw consent if charges prove true.
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Newark
N.J
Brooklyn
George D. Herron
Iowa State University
Herron
Peddie Memorial Church
Dr. Herron
Byron C. Mathews
C. G. Titsworth
G. H. Strobell
Committee of Management
Charles H. Dodd
Stephen H. Plum
Strobell
Peddie Church
Justice Gaynor Declines Hosting Get Together Club Meeting
Supreme Court Justice William J. Gaynor refused to preside at the Get-Together Club gathering set for Monday evening at the Pouch Gallery in Brooklyn. The committee already saw declines from Rev. Newell ra Hiltis and Rev. S. D. McConnell over Prof. George D. Herron’s Socialist lecture. Edwin Markham and Ernest H. Crosby confirmed they would attend, leaving two of seven speakers.
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Supreme Court
William J. Gaynor
Pouch Gallery
Brooklyn
Newell Ra Hiltis
S. D. McConnell
George D. Herron
Gaynor
Edwin Markham
Ernest H. Crosby
St Louis Fair Commission Elects Leaders
Ex Senator Thomas H Carter of Montana was elected President of the Louisiana Purchase World's Fair National Commission. Joseph Flory, last election Republican candidate for Missouri Governor, was chosen Secretary.
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St. Louis
Ballantine's India Pale Ale Ad Lifted Spirits After Golf
After a hard round of golf there's nothing so restful as a bottle of Ballantine's India Pale Ale. The ad promotes relaxation and refreshment following a round of golf, emphasizing the beer as a satisfying reward.
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Ballantine
Crowds At Brooklyn Bridge Prompt Call For New Bridges
Grand Jurors led by District Attorney Philbin inspect crowd crush at Manhattan Bridge terminals in drizzle. Officials say more land and additional bridges needed. inspectors discuss crowding and rail terminal relief measures.
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Criminal Courts
Centre Street
Staats-Zeitung
Philbin
J. J. Higgins
William Colgate
Grand Jury
Manhattan Railway
Bridge
Third Avenue
Brooklyn
Higgins
Graham Avenue
Flushing Avenue
Smith Street
William Street
Mr. Colgate
City Hall
Skitt
Martin
Manhattan Elevated Railroad
Shea
Grand
Brooklyn Bridge
Foreman Church
Ex-Congressman Marvin Very Hl in Critical Condition
Saratoga N Y April 24 Ex Congressmen James M Marvin aged ninety two is critically ill and feared to die tonight after a period of serious illness. The patient has enjoyed good health until recently and his condition worsened since Sunday.
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Saratoga
N. Y
James M. Marvin
Marvin
New North River Bridge Ends Jersey Terminal Hurdle
Residents and property owners in the Palisades celebrate a legislative bill granting the New York and New Jersey Bridge Company a terminal in New York City. Grantwood near 125th Street is set to rise in value, with no price increases yet. Call Columbia Investment and Real Estate Co. at 1185 Broadway for details.
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New North River Bridge
Palisades
New York and New Jersey Bridge Company
New York City
Grantwood
125Th Street
Jersey Terminal
Columbia Investment and Real Estate Company
Broadway
Boers Inoculating Horses Reported From New Orleans
The British agent in New Orleans allegedly uncovered Boer cattlemen infecting horses for South Africa with glanders and other diseases. Hundreds reportedly died en route to the Cape and many arriving animals were destroyed. Government wires Texas and other regions to tighten precautions. Daily Chronicle calls the report incredible.
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New Orleans
South Africa
Cape
Texas
United States
Daily Chronicle
More Horses from New Orleans Steamer Montreal Cleared
The Montreal sailing from New Orleans carried 1,000 horses under charter to the British Government. Elder Dempster & Co.'s steamer departed for Cape Town today with the cargo.
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New Orleans
Elder, Dempster & Co
Montreal
Cape Town
Tariff Reform urged by Bridgeport industrial leaders
Frank A. Wilmot, president of the Manufactures Association of Bridgeport and Wilmot & Hobbs Manufacturing, writes to Congressman J. W. Babcock urging tariff reform to place iron ore, pig iron, steel billets and ingots, coal and coke on the free list. He argues current protection benefits a small region near Pittsburg, harms seaboard districts, and delays economic growth, with labor and stock values at stake.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Frank A. Wilmot
Manufacturers’ Association of Bridgeport
Wilmot & Hobbs Manufacturing Company
J. W. Babcock
Wisconsin
Wilmot
New England
Atlantic
Canadian
Congress
Seaboard
Pittsburg
Government ownership urged for all communications
Congressman Dick, head of the Republican State Committee, urged government control of telephone telegraph and mail in an Ohio address. He argued all means of communication should be under government supervision, proposing a postal savings system and a government monopoly to lower costs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Postmasters’ Association of Ohio Today
Republican State Committee
United States
Gen
Change in the Chicago Clearing House by laws adopted
Members of the Chicago Clearing House Association vote to dissolve the corporate form and operate as a voluntary association effective July 1. The Board of Directors will be eliminated and management rests with officials and a Clearing House committee. Banks in the association gain consecutive admission numbers.
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Chicago
Chicago Clearing House Association
Deal in Alabama Coal Lands
In Birmingham on April 24 R G Wood of Pittsburg and Howard Wood of Philadelphia for Mononga hela Coal Company are in town to close negotiations for buying leading Walker County coal mines. No announcement until after April 30 when the Virginia and Alabama Coal Company meets. other properties tied to Corona Coal and Coke Company and Gulf Coal Company are said to be part of the deal.
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Birmingham
Ala
R. G. Wood
Pittsburg
Howard Wood
Philadelphia
Monongahela Coal Company
Walker County
Virginia and Alabama Coal Company
Corona Coal and Coke Company
Gulf Coal Company
Luxurious Everyday Train to California Ad
An advertisement promotes the Overland Limited departing Chicago at 6 30 P M via Chicago Northwestern Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways claiming a four day trip from New York to San Francisco. Northwestern Line Office 461 Broadway.
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California
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways
New York
San Francisco
Northwestern Line
Broadway
Kaiser to Young Germans Urges Learning Germania History
Bonn April 24 Crown Prince Frederick William matriculated at Bonn University as Emperor William urged German youths to learn from Germania history. He warned that old empire failed due to envy and lack of national basis, calling on students to work for Germania and uphold national thought from Boniface to Goethe.
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Bonn
Bonn University
Frederick William
Emperor William
Ife
German Empire
Rhine
Father Rhine
Rhineland
Aix-la-Chapelle
Mayence
Charlemagne
Germany
Barbarossa
Tacitus
Germania
Arminius
William 1
Boniface
Walter von der Vogelweide
Goethe
Schiller
Deutschland
ueber_ Ailes
University of Bonn
PiThe Kommers
Prince Schaumburg-Lippe
Studt
Bonn Uni Crowns Crown Prince in Historic Matriculation
Emperor William and the Crown Prince attended Bonn University as they were welcomed by officials and students. The Crown Prince joined the Borussia student corps, and a large ceremony featured toasts by officials and a cheering crowd.
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Herr Trenderburg
Bonn
Studentenschaft
Borussia
Prussia
Beethoven
William
Schaumburg Palace
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