Invasion of England Urged by Mercier in Senate Fight
Paris December 4 Gen Mercier former war minister urged rapid mobilization of army and navy for an expedition to land troops in England. He argued steam telegraph and railroads make invasion feasible and proposed preparations for embarkation and disembarkation. Protests followed as the motion was ruled out of order.
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Paris
Mercier
Dreyfus
Senate
Great Britain
England
Transvaal
France
Fallieres
Damocres
de Lanessin
Warie
Mercier Speech Provokes Banter Over French Tensions
London papers mock Gen. Mercier's French Senate outburst while warning Britain of weak defenses. The Daily Chronicle jokes about Dreyfus, the Daily Graphic urges sober opinion, and The Standard notes the incident strains or steadies Anglo French ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Morning Post
Mercier
Dreyfus
Elysi¢e
Germany
France
Daily Chronicle
Daily Graphic
Anglophobe Riot at Cologne British Consulate
A Anglophobe demonstration in Cologne dispersed by mounted police ends with the arrest of the lead rioter. Serenades planned for Mr Kruger are barred for public safety. In Berlin, press discusses Kaiser Wilhelm's refusal to receive Kruger and his weary condition amid German cold.
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Cologne
Kruger
Berlin
William
Frankfurter Zeitung
Williams
Ihhriiger
Another Fight with De Wet Near Bethulie
Gen. Kitchener reports mounted troops under Gen. Knox clashed all day Sunday with part of Gen. De Wet’s forces north of Bethulie on the Orange River Colony border near the Cape Colony. The Boers were headed off and retired northeastward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kitchener
Knox
de Wet
Bethulie
Orange
River Colony
Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener
Index to Departments and Commodities Listings
Breeze Ye Financial Affairs Pages 12 and 3. Wheat No 2 red Tinig:corn No 2 mixed 40% coats No 2 mixed 26% cc cotton middling .103-16e iron Northern Yo 1 foundry $18 butter Western creamery 654,G 2c. Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers Page 25. Weather Report Page 10. Yesterday's Fires Page 3.
Every One's Mouth Praises Eivane Ale
A local note extols Eivane Ale as exceptionally praised for noteworthiness and merit, calling it widely admired in social discourse and tasting circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eivane
Poisoning of valuable dogs shocks Harlem residents
In Harlem on West One Hundred Twelfth Street residents report repeated poisoning of prized dogs. Mrs. George Dobson mourns Friar mother of the $2,000 Great Dane Major McKinley as detectives pursue the suspected criminal. Neighbors including Philip Kennedy and George Schlette report multiple losses to strychnine or air rifle attacks, spurring a police inquiry.
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West One Hundred and Twelfth Street
Friar
Major McKinley
George Dobson
Dobson
Philip Kennedy
George Schlette
Perpena
Policeman William Mills Charged With Grand Larceny
Detectives arrested Mercer Street Patrolman William Mills and his brother Frederick Mills after James Lynch accused them of stealing a $250 watch. Lynch chased Mills at Sixth Avenue and Fourteenth Street, but Frederick Mills struck Lynch, aiding the escape. Bail set at $1,000 for Mills and $300 for Frederick. case adjourned to Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Mills
Mercer Street
Lockwood and Sheehan
Millis
Lynch
Frederick Mills
Thirtieth Street
Mills
West Thirteenth Street
Jefferson Market Court
Percy Ashdown
East Fourteenth Street
Officer Mills
Roosevelt to Visit Colorado for Winter Hunt
Special to The New York Times reports Gov Theodore Roosevelt of New York plans a Colorado hunting trip this winter. He has notified a Meeker hotel of his arrival and accommodations for Roosevelt and party have been reserved the week before the New York Legislature convenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Théodore Roosevelt
New York
Colorado
Meeker
Roosevelt
Sky-Scraper for Pittsburg to Rise Twenty Stories
A twenty story office building costing 2,000,000 will be built by H. Frick on Fifth Avenue Diamond Street Grant Street and Scrip Alley block opposite St Paul's Cathedral beside the Carnegie office building. Frick to also build a Beechwood Boulevard mansion for 759,000 with work starting next spring and fifteen months to complete the granite office structure designed by D. H. Burnham & Co of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
H. Frick
Fifth Avenue
Diamond
Grant Streets
Scrip Alley
St. Paul's
Carnegie
D. H. Burnham & Co
Chicago
Boston saloons close early after court ruling
The Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld the 11 PM to 6 AM liquor ban with exceptions for apothecaries and Sunday hotel service limited to guests. Hotels and cafés were shut at 11, theaters sent crowds home, and enforcement spurred calls for legislative change.
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Boston
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Peculiar Gas Blaze Hits Express Locomotive Scene at Elm Grove
In Elm Grove West Virginia two railroad workers from Glenwood Pennsylvania suffered serious burns when a high pressure gas main ruptured and a cloud of flame swept the railroad near the T bridge as the Baltimore and Ohio Cin ti Express passed. Engineer David Phillips continued with the train after firemen Frank Kobaugh received medical care and remained off duty for the day.
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Wheeling
West Va
David Phillips
Frank Kobaugh
Baltimore and Ohio Cinti Express
Glenwood
Penn
Eilm
Phillips
Kobaugh
Storer
Cinna
J J McCafferty Injured In Car Fall
New York turfman J J McCafferty is in serious condition at Hiram Scoggan's farm near Louisville after a fall from a car while loading horses at Bennings. He has three broken ribs and possible internal injuries. He arrived in Louisville for observations on yearlings and is resting but under medical care.
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Louisville
J. J. McCafferty
New York
Hiram Scoggan
Bennings
Scoggan
McCafferty
Indianapolis Author Maurice Thompson Seriously Ill at Home
Maurice Thompson, the distinguished Indianapolis author, is seriously ill at his Crawfordsville home. He was stricken weeks ago and has grown worse in recent days, alarming his friends. Thompson is known for magazine writings and several books.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Maurice Thompson
Crawfordsville
Fire destroys Ridgewood power house halting Brooklyn trolleys
A fire at the Ridgewood power house on Myrtle Wyckoff and Woodbine streets in Brooklyn halted trolley service city lines and many suburban routes. Deputy Chief James Dale put damage at 50 000 to 75 000 as crews fought the blaze for hours. power and lights were out, passengers waited in sheds in rain and mud, and service only began to resume after 8 PM with limited speed and future full schedules dependent on repairs and a southern station connection.
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Brooklyn
Ridgewood
Brooklyn Rapids Transit Company
Myrtle Avenue
Wyckoff
Woodbine Streets
Kings County
Queens County
Newtown
James Dale
Rigewood
Gates Avenue
Union Avenue
Bushwick Avenue
Putnam Avenue
Power House
Broadway
Lutheran Cemetery
Flushing
Flushing Avenue
Richmond Hill Road
Kent Avenue
Long Island Railroad
Goodwin
Defender's Skipper Named for America's Cup Defender
Capt Urias Rhodes named skipper of the Defender to race Shamrock II in next year's international series. The news, announced by W Butler Duncan Jr, follows controversy over past choices. Rhodes, born on Long Island, brings decades of sailing mastery and previously skippered the Defender in trials against the Columbia.
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Urias Rhodes
Thomas Tipton
W Butler Duncan, Jr
Charles Barr
Columbia
Rhodes
Long Island
John EK. Brooks
Capt. Rhodes
Sandy Hook
Fastnet
W. Butler “Duncan, Jr
Defender
Capt. Barr
C. Oliver Iselin
Newport Yacht Racing Association
Newport
New York Yacht Club
Holland's Island Vanishing Under Chesapeake Tides
Holland's Island in Chesapeake Bay is rapidly diminishing due to tidal inroads. The ridge remains over 100 yards wide while the rest of the island and its 600 residents are abandoning homes and institutions as the sea consumes the area tied to the oyster industry.
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Nanticoke
Holland’s Island
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Holland's Island
Guatemalan Arrest Delays Railroad Contractor May
The Stillwater reached New Orleans from Port Barrios with R. H. May detained at the gangway on charges related to leaving Guatemala without paying debts. Kenner, the British arbitrator in May's favor over $140,000, will seek U.S. State Department help as Fuqua accompanies May to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Stillwater
Port Barrios
Guatemala
R. H. May
Northern Railroad
Republic
Kenner
Mr. May
May
Army
Fuqua
Washington
State Department
Halifax to Join the Church of Rome Reported in Dublin
Dublin dispatch reports Viscount Halifax president of the English Church Union and a leader of ritualism in the Church of England is about to join the Catholic Church, according to The Evening Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Rome
Dublin
Viscount Halifax
English Church Union
Cone
Church of England
Evening Herald
Pingree Pardons Guardsmen After Fraud Convictions
Detroit December 4 Gov Pingree pardoned Gen W L White and Gen A F Marsh both ex officers convicted in Michigan National Guard clothing frauds. Each pays 5000 fine with 1000 due Jan 1 1901 and 1000 on Jan 1 1902 1903 1904 1905. White began ten year term. Marsh awaiting Supreme Court appeal.
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Detroit
Mich
Gen. White
Jackson
Wiest
Gen. Marsh
Supreme Court
W. L. White
Kalamazoo
White
Kalamazoo Company
Wen
Pingree
Henderson-Ames Company
Bickerstaff
Henderson- Ames Company
Ingham County
Marsh & White
William L. White
Arthur F. Marsh
Suit Seeks 5000 Dollars Over Five Pennies
Frank G. Moon files a civil suit in St Louis against the Transit Company seeking 5000 dollars alleging the street car conductor refused his fare and tossed five pennies in his face in view of twenty five passengers causing humiliation.
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St. Louis
New York Times
Frank G. Moon
St.Louis
Alvord's Carriages Sold In Mount Vernon Auction
Deputy sheriffs Jarvis and Stafford sold Cornelius L. Alvord Jr.’s personal property under a Supreme Court order to satisfy an attachment for the First National Bank of New York. Vehicles including harnesses, carriages, an opera bus, a brougham, a trap, and sleighs brought totals from $40 to $3,000.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Jarvis
Stafford
Westchester County
Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr
First National Bank of New York
Chester Hill
Rockaway
Childen
Saratoga
Supreme Court
First National Bank
All Deerfoot Farm Sausages Made at Southborn Farm
All Deerfoot Farm Sausages are produced at the Farm in Southborn Massachusetts. The ad highlights the use of choice materials and the neatness and cleanliness of the preparation as keys to their success.
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Southborn
Mass
Schooner Schofield wrecked off Lavalette Coast as crew saved
The Oliver Schofield a three masted schooner ran ashore in a sixty mile gale near Lavalette City New Jersey. Life Saving Station crews using the breeches buoy rescued six crew and the captain as the vessel broke apart. The ship was en route from Norfolk to New York.
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Chadwuck
N. J
Oliver Schofield
Lavalette City
Tue Schofield
Schofield
A. Sprague
Norfolk
New York
Advance in coal freights eyed by major railroads
Report states Pennsylvania Railroad with Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and Western Railroads plan a 10 percent rise in tidewater bituminous coal freight rates starting April 1 1901. Protests from shippers cite already high rates and weak trade conditions.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio
Tucs
Clearfield
Port Liberty
South Amboy
Port Reading
Elizabeth
Baltimore
Cumberland
West Virginia
Newport News
Norfolk
Commissioner's Paris Exposition Bills Stir Congressional Debate
Washington reports expose Ferdinand Peck faces scrutiny as Democratic critics review his 100 year end expenses for the Paris Exposition. The Brackett compiled total reaches 6200 405 02 with items including travel 52 530 38 and experts salaries 63 145 41.
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Washington
Ferdinand W. Peck
White House
Congress
Telegraph and Cable
St.ult.su
Ashes of Ex Justice Hoffman Scattered in Hoboken Home
In a ceremony at Fresh Pond L I the ashes of ex Justice Albert Hoffman were scattered to the winds in the presence of life long friends. Hoffman wished his ashes not be kept at home or moved about. The obituary note ends with a casual adline about a brew by Evans.
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Albert Hoffman
Hoboken
Fresh Pond
L. I
Hoffman
Surplus Forecast Prompts Spending Plans and Pensions
Secretary Gage reports the nationwide surplus may reach about 80 million dollars for the year ending next June, with potential uses including ship subsidies and expanding the merchant marine. The Nicaragua Canal bill and rising pension costs threaten to consume much of the surplus over ten years.
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Washington
Gage
Nicaragua
Secretary of the Treasury
Commissioner of Pensions
Electric roads for London electrify investors
The Daily Express prints an interview with Frank Hawley in London promoting an American syndicate plan to spend at least 24,000,000 on electric surface railways in London and suburbs within thirty miles. He says no British capital will be sought and predicts financial success.
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London
The
Daily Express
Frank Hawley
Hawley
Burglar Trapped Awake by Minister in Massapequa Bed
In Massapequa a burglar sleeping in Mrs. C. G. Williams’s vacant home was awakened by a revolver pressed to his nose. The Rev. William Wiley and a caretaker aided Deputy Sheriff Baldwin in arresting him for housebreaking. The suspect was arraigned in Lynbrook and held. Mrs. Williams, widow, is staying at the Buckingham Hotel in Manhattan.
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C. G. Williams
Grace Episcopal Church
Massapequa
Baldwin
Dreamland
Lynbrook
Justice Hawkins
Williams
Buckingham Hotel
Manhattan
Fioyvd-Jones
Convict Labor Deals Near in Louisiana Plantations
The Louisiana State Penitentiary Board of Control closed a deal for two large plantations in West Feliciana and Iberia Parishes. Beginning next year over 30 convicts will work there, with crops going to the State under a new system that ends the convict lease. Cotton is planned for West Feliciana and sugar in Iberia, and about 1,000 convicts roam the state.
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New York Times
New Orleans
Board of Control
Louisiana State Penitentiary
West Feliciana
Iberia
Louisiana
Johns Hopkins seeks successor with strong leadership
President Gilman and trustees discuss selecting a new leader for Johns Hopkins University. Names under consideration include Rev Dr E N Potter of Union University and Hobart College credentials, and financier Francis M Jencks with ties to New York and Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
New York
E. N. Potter
Potter E
Potter
Union University
Hobart College
Cosmopolitan University
Francis M. Jencks
Mr. Jencks
Train to Pittsburg Fare and Schedule
Advertises a railway service from New York to Pittsburg via Baltimore and Ohio. First class $9.00, second class $8.50 with Pullman drawing room sleeping cars. Leaves New York South Ferry 6 55 PM and Liberty Street 7 00 PM, arrives Pittsburg 8 55 AM. Limited service offered by the Pittsburg Limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
New York
Baltimore and
Ohio
Hk. R. Ond
Ship Subsidy Bill Faces Senate Delays and Deadlocks
The Senate opens debate on the Ship Subsidy bill amid Democratic opposition and planned amendments. Senators Frye Hanna Pettigrew and Spooner push ahead, with Republicans predicting a tough path as they consider Bureau of Navigation critiques and competition with British and German shipbuilders.
Frye Opens Debate On Ship Subsidy Bill In Senate
In Washington on December 4 the Senate took up the Ship Subsidy bill after Mr Frye moved to proceed to its consideration. He argued the United States must restore its merchant marine, noting American bottoms share only a small fraction of trade and foreign nations seek advantages in the East amid a global commercial war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Spooner
Frye
United States
Hanna
Ohio
sSeamater Pettigrew
South Dakota
Theauna
Bureau of Navigation
Commissioner of Navigation
America
Britain
Prt
Free
Gallinger
N. Tig
Jones
Dem
Ark
Bacon
J Morgan
Ala
Berri
Erugres
Sid
S. D. Butler
Frettus
Clay
Sullivan
Gockrels
Taliaferro
Culberson
Tex
Harris
Tillman
Den
Hedtfeld
Fiahe
West
Wellington
Kenney
Del
Lindsay
Great Britain
Germany
Spain
Mir Frye
Russia
France
Great Briain
Italy
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Gen. Mercier
Gen. Knox
Harlem
Gov. Roosevelt
J.j.m’cafferty
Very III
Texas
California
Mexico
Penn. R. R
Norfolk and Western _Ry
Adv
Lord Halifax
Alvord
Lavalette City, N. J
Peck
Evans
Ady
Electric Roads For
Johns Hopkins
New York Ties
MR. Frye
YEAS
Aldrich
Allison
Taker
Nan
Bard
Cal
Beveridge
Carter
Mont Clark
Cullom
Cren
Dolliver
Elkins
West Val Furaker
Foster
Wasi
J. Hale
Rep
A Hanna
Hlansbrough
N. Dd
Conn
Hoar
Bereday Tei
Metomes
McCwmmer
DD McMillan
Fere
Michie Mason
Bib Nelson
Minny Penrose
Trerkins
Cald Piatt
Piatt
Wis
Scott
West Wasewell
tHem
N. 2
Shoup
Uter
Idaho
Stewart, Titep
Nev
Thurston
Ciep
Neb
A Wetmore
Wolcott
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