False scales at sugar docks alleged in Sugar Trust fraud
Special Agent Richard Parr testified in a federal hearing that the American Sugar Refining Company used steel spring devices on scales at the Havemeyer & Elder docks in Williamsburg to underweigh raw sugar. Reweighing showed an average gain of fourteen pounds per lot, with larger gains on some scales, costing the government millions in duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Treasury Department
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Sugar Trust
Shields
Federal
Brooklyn
Richard Parr
United States District
United States Circuit Court
Parr
Havemeyer & Elder
Williamsburg
Strathyre
Dennison
Henry F. Cochrane
Customs Service
Daniel Deegan
Rochester
Mr. Cochrane
State Blocks Sale of Watteau Portrait at Auction
Paris reports the French government interfered to halt the sale of The Portrait of An Old Man attributed to Watteau. Estate of Charles Landelle sought auction proceeds to aid aged artists, but a will clause gave the Louvre prior claim, prompting state court action after executors began the sale.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Watteau
Charles Landelle
Landelle
Louvre
George’s Petit Galleries
May Keep Troops in Cuba Revised Plan
The War Department acknowledged that some U S troops may remain in Cuba after the February 1 withdrawal date. No Liberal Party prompting for change was cited as a reason and Gov Magoon reported Cuba quiet with improving revenues. Foreign interests fear loss of nominal U S control.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Cuba
War Department
Liberal Party
Magoon
Wright
Bond certificates stolen from Old Colony Trust in Boston
Pinkerton circular seeks police search for three bonds of Consolidated Steamship Company totaling 301000 par value 71000 75000 155000. Cashier Faye of Old Colony Trust says certificates may be negotiable and were kept in a leather handbag lost last September. owner unknown.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Pinkerton
Old Colony Trust and Savings Company
Consolidated Steamship Company
Faye
Old Colony Trust Company
Tenor in Flying Taxi Fined in Night Court
Chauffeur Thomas Meade of Sherry Taxicab Co was fined $3 after a traffic stop near Fifty third Street and Broadway over speeding. He claimed Giovanni Zenatello was inside and needed to reach the Metropolitan Opera for Carmen, but Zenatello later entered the rival house. Meade earned $1.30 fare and paid the fine, losing $1.70.
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Thomas Meade
Sherry Taxicab
Giovanni Zenatello
Woman Hit By Auto Dies In Topeka After Accident
Mrs. Martha A. Dudley widow of Gif ford Dudley lumber merchant of Topeka Kan was struck by an automobile on Wednesday night while crossing Forty-fifth Street near Roosevelt Hospital and died from a skull fracture after being attended at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha A. Dudley
Gifford Dudley
Topeka
Kan
Crossr Way
Forty-fifth Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Yerkes Will Query Could Cost New York Art Gallery
Chicago probate records reveal Mrs Mary Yerkes Renounced provisions of Charles Yerkes will. New York deeds from 1898 show transfer of the Fifth Avenue estate to Carlos Cook then back to Yerkes. If the renunciation stands New York may lose the gallery and art collection tied to the city. Executors explain the steps and possible impact on bequests and dower rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Charles T. Yerkes
New York
Yerkes
Mary Adelaide Yerkes
Mary A. Yerkes-Mizner
Guernsey
Probate Court
Cutting
Jes. E. Yerkes
Mr. Yerkes
Clarence A. Knight
Lo Owsley
Bessie L. Rondinella
Fifth Avenue
Yerkes Deeds Recorded In New York Property Transfers
Deeds were recorded in the Register's Office showing Mrs Mary A Yerkes transferring the Yerkes mansion at Fifth Avenue and Sixty-eighth Street to Carlos E Cook of Chicago who then reconveyed it to Charles T Yerkes. A parallel set covers property on East Fifty Avenue and on the north side of Sixty-ninth Street with details of dimensions and boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Register
Mary A. Yerkes
Yerkes
Fifth Avenue
Sixty-eighth Street
Carlos E. Cook
Chicago
Charles T. Yerkes
Firsb Avenue
70Th Street
Sixty-ninth Street
Lexington Avenue
Stolen kiss costs man $125 in Jersey City court
A Second District Court verdict in Jersey City orders Frank Reiner to pay $125 for kissing another man’s wife and $100 for striking her husband. The case involves Mary Swarts of West Hoboken and her spouse, with testimony reflecting the altercation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reiner
Jersey City
Frank Reiner
Mary Swarts
Co Swartz
West Street
West Hoboken
Herusband
Maison
Redmond
New York Times Publishes Holiday Book Number Part I
The New York Times issue features Part I of the Holiday Book Number, twenty four pages of literary content for the Christmas season. Part II with a list of One Hundred Best Books will be released tomorrow along with the regular daily edition.
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New York Times
Sweeping Change for House of Lords Reform Plan
The Se lect Committee proposes a reformed Lords with about 350 members. Hereditary peers would elect 200 to sit for one Parliament, ten spiritual Lords chosen by bishops, and 130 qualified peers seated by merit. Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa would have official representatives. Twenty years service would gain a seat. naval and military officers with high rank are eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Select Committee
House of Lords
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
House of the
Peers of the Blood Royal
House O Commons
Poison Letter Tied to Boas Death in San Francisco
In San Francisco a poison letter mailed yesterday is believed to have killed Henry Boas, an electric company salesman. A physician styled note accompanied two powders urged as an indigestion remedy, but police evidence points to a female author for the deadly mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Henry Boas
Boas
War rumors denied as Vienna reports peace hope
Vienna dispatch notes public belief of imminent hostilities after jubilee events. The Imperial military conference with Archdukes Francis Ferdinand and Eugene, and War Minister Shi naidi, yielded no aggressive move. Emperor's word at the meeting signaled peace remains likely, despite widespread rumors. Constantinople reports suggest calmer conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Near East
Hofburs
Francis Ferdinand
Eugene
Shinaidi
Constantinople
Mrs Rice Testimony Ties Davis to Surgeon Killing
In Omaha on December 3 Mrs Abbie B Rice described her association with the late Dr Ru features under scrutiny as defense counsel urged to exclude that portion linking Charles E Davis to the surgeon’s death. The testimony began a dramatic morning session as the trial unfolded with repeated attempts to limit the scope of the narrative.
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Davis
Dr. Austin
Omaha
Neb
Abbie B. Rice
Charles E. Davis
Davi
Soul particles weigh and roam after death theory from London
Fournier d Alberé proposes that the soul is a collection of psychomeres in body cells. These particles are invisible to ultraviolet light but may be weighed and measured later. After death the soul bodies float in earth’s atmosphere for 30 000 years before evolving toward interplanetary existence.
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NEW York Times
London
Fournier d’Albé
Dublin Society For Psychical Research
D'albé
Oliver Lodge
William Crookes
d’Albé
Man Seeks Chicago Commissioner Help For Wife
Joseph Smith of Chicago asks Police Commissioner Bingham to locate a wife in New York City. He specifies she should be about 18, or a widow with $2000 to start a business, and offers to be guided by the commissioner. He notes Chicago is not large enough and hints at a Christmas delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Joseph Smith
Chicago
Joe
New York
Hungarian Mother Starves in Street After Shopper Scene
A hungry Hungarian mother carrying a three month old baby collapsed among Christmas shoppers on Fourteenth Street and Fifth Avenue. Police and bystanders assisted, an ambulance transported them to St Vincent's Hospital. The mother spoke of her late husband and limited English. The child faced bronchitis.
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Fourteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Cobb
Mercer Street
McCarthy
St. Vincent's Hospital
Et Marraste
Mary Scheinn
Aeetlevas
British seize island prompts French protest
The report states Oeno Island was taken by Britain and notified to the French authorities. Mille-Lacroix told Gay that France regards the island as a strategic point and will make representations. The location is described near Theidan, with the British consular agent involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Mille-Lacroix
Gay
Oeno Island
Theidan
Pa“eet
Union Pacific Guilty Verdict in Conspiracy Trial
In Salt Lake City a federal jury found Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Coal Company Oregon Short Line Railway Everett Buckingham and J M Moore guilty of conspiring to restrain interstate commerce in violation of federal law based on the trial held in United States District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
United States District Court
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Coal Company
Oregon Short Line Railway
Everett Buckingham
J. M. Moore
United States
Equitable Life to Begin 62-Story Broadway Building
Equitable Life Assurance Society plans to start construction of a 62 story building on its 120 Broadway site. Chicago architects reportedly drew plans and 60 000 people could be accommodated. An Equitable official said plans may be fully approved but the situation remains as when the proposal was announced months ago.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Broadway
Chicago
Equitable
Gates organizes a independent circus venture in Texas
John W. Gates announces a new circus to tour next summer in Galveston with a 1.5 million investment. The show will include the Bostock animal acts and Rhoda Royal equestrian acts, plus other previously acquired attractions. Gates cites his New York Hippodrome connection and predicts strong profits despite risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Galveston
Texas
John W. Gates
Bostteck
Gates
New York
Hppodrome
America
Seventeen Die In Newfoundland Storm
Seventeen fishermen perished as a eight day gale lashed the Newfoundland coast. Ten fishing vessels ashore many breaking on rocks. Crews from three vessels among those lost were Newfoundland residents. The storm began Tuesday evening and intensified into a blizzard with northerly gales.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Newfoundland
Supreme Court ruling limits shipments to dry states
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upholds the State Corporation Commission decision in Portner Brewing Co v Southern Express Co. Common carriers must accept deliveries to dry areas, but wholesalers brewers distillers and manufacturers cannot use that right to evade alcohol laws by routing large liquor consignments through carriers.
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Richmond
Supreme Court of Appeals
State Corporation Commission
Portner Brewing Company
Southern Express Company
Strike Ends as Manila Seamen Accept Arbitration
Collector G R Colton intervened to halt a coastwise seamen strike that demanded a 100 percent pay rise and shorter hours. Sailors agreed to return to work and submit their dispute to arbitration after ship owners refused Sundays overtime. Several large steamers could not depart yesterday, threatening wider port disruption.
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Manila
G. R. Colton
Train liquor sales clarified in Ohio through wet and dry stations
Attorneys for Pennsylvania Lines West Baltimore and Ohio and Western Allegheny Bash announce that on trains running at full speed through Ohio liquor sales are allowed regardless of county status. In wet counties a brief handout is allowed at stops. in dry stations sales cease as soon as wheels stop.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Pennsylvania Lines
Baltimore & Ohio
Wabash
Ohio
Morgan's Great Library Described as Bookman's Paradise
London Times previews a forthcoming description of J P Morgan's New York library calling it the most wonderful collection of its kind. The piece praises Morgan as a genius and likens him to Lorenzo the Magnificent for his vast, eclectic taste spanning books, prints, tapestries, and rarities in a marble 36th Street mansion.
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London
J. P. Morgan
New York
London Times
Morgan
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Times
America
Europe
Frick
Widener
Cate
Tom New York Times
Andrew Lang
Austin Dobson
Soria-Mefia
Lhasa
Jo-Kang
Forbidden City
J. Pierpont Morgan
Renzo de Medici
Timate
Don
London House
Morgan Brary
Marble Palace
Thirty-sixth Street
Charles F. McK Morgan
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Union Pacific
Bostock
Rhoda Royal
Colton
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