Quay Admits Urging Democratic Victory in Arizona Statehood
In a dramatic disclosure, Senator Quay acknowledged writing a letter urging Arizona Statehood leaders to secure a Democratic victory in the recent elections to facilitate passage of the Statehood bill. He defended the letter as candid political advice, against Republican calls to withdraw it, while opponents seek caucus action on admitting three territories as a single state.
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Washington
Quay
Arizona
Senate
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Penrose
W. H. Andrews
Senator Quay
Arizona Statehood Committee
Statehood Committee
Rough Riders
Beveridge
Indian Territory
Suspicious St Louis Deaths Raise Inquest Doubts
In St Louis on December 4 Deputy Coroner Bougher reported the inquest into Mrs Karl Smith’s death, the sixth in eleven months involving nearly related persons. All six victims except a baby were insured and most died suddenly, prompting questions tied to the similar symptoms observed.
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ST. Louis
Bougher
Karl Smith
Regents Name Doane as Chancellor and Reid as Vice Chancellor
Albany December 4 Right Rev William Croswell Doane Bishop of Albany was elected Chancellor succeeding the late Anson Judd Upson Regent Whitelaw Reid was elevated to Vice Chancellor succeeding Doane in the State Board of Regents meeting.
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Albany
State Board of Regents
William Croswell Doane
Anson Judd Upson
Whitelaw Reid
Bishop Doane
Death Takes Ex Sailor at Last in Mount Holly
Frank Kinsler, a former Navy man discharged for consumption, died of the disease in Mount Holly New Jersey. After discharge he received a thirty dollar monthly pension. On November 22 he tried to end his life with chloroform and later wounded himself with a razor. Doctors saved him. he then bought a revolver and shot himself in the head, with warders kept at his bedside since.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Frank Kinsler
United States Navy
Kinsler
Ikxinsler
Railway Mail Clerk Found Dying in New Berlin
Orson Lottridge of Edmeston, a mail clerk on the Ontario and Western Railway, was found unconscious from apoplexy at his desk in the mail car as the train reached New Berlin. He died shortly after.
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New York Times
Cooperstown
N. Y
Orson Lottridge
Edmeston
Thisounty
Ontario and Western Railroad
New Berlin
New Trolley Line from Yonkers Delivers Regular Service
Yonkers, N Y December 4 The McLean Avenue trolley cars after years of delay are now running The service began today with trips every twenty minutes The line adds transit options in Yonkers and connects local neighborhoods with broader routes
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Yonkers
N. Y
McLean Avenue
INDEX TO DEPARTMENTS AND PAGE LINKS
The notice lists sections and their page numbers across the issue including Commercial World Amusements Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers Business Troubles Court Calendars Insurance Notes Legal Notes Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Railroads Real Estate Society It Is Itnited Servce Weather Report Yesterday's Fires with corresponding pages.
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Servce
Bronx Car Line Run From Main Street To Fordham
Cars start from the foot of Main Street and run through South Broadway and Mc Lean Avenue to Fordham in the Bronx where connections are made with other lines and the elevated road. The running time is fifty minutes.
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Main Street
South Broadway
McLean Avenue
Fordham
Bronx
Angry mob confronts automobilist after Clifton crash
A large red automobile owner near Passaic fled after striking a wagon in Main Avenue Clifton. Levi Jacobs of Paterson was knocked unconscious and taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Bystanders demanded aid and a physician but the driver rode away, pursued by an angry crowd. The motorist was said to be a machine manufacturer.
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New York Times
Passaic
N. J
Main Avenue
Clifton
Levi Jacobs
Paterson
Automobilist
Jacobs
Automobilists
Stock Increase Proposed by Chicago Great Western
President Stickney urges stockholders to proxy for the February meeting to vote on increasing common stock from 30 to 50 million dollars. The plan includes extending lines to Omaha and Sioux City and buying branch lines, creating a 503 mile system connected at Oelwein Iowa and Hayfield Minnesota. Some railroad officials criticize the overcapitalization versus other Western systems.
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New York Times
Chicago
Stickney
Chicago Great Western
London
Mason City
Cattlemen Hear Grand Jury Over Fence Issue
Cattlemen from across Nebraska arrive in Omaha to tell the Grand Jury about legal fences on government land. Soldiers' widows discuss land entries and the effect of fence removals on small and large cattlemen. Charles Frenzer argues big outfits could withstand fence dismantling, but small operators would suffer. He notes widows’ rights to lease land could be blocked if entry conditions force residence.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Mosby
Land Office
Grand Jury
Charles Frenzer
Frenzer
Board of Trade Quotation Rights Upheld by Court
United States Circuit Court at Springfield bars forty bucket shops in Southern Illinois from obtaining receiving selling or distributing Chicago Board of Trade market quotations. The injunction, granted on Western Union and Cleveland Telegraph bills, orders defendants to plead by January 1 1903. Several defendants are linked to a blind pool in December corn and to the Central Stock Exchange with ties to Hammond Indiana.
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New York Times
Chicago
Board of Trade
United States Circuit Court
Springfield
Illinois
City of
Western Union
Cleveland Telegraph Companies
R. Vv. Cleage
Thomas Cleage
St. Louis
Kansas City
Central Stock Exchange
Hammond
Ind
Employes as Stockholders Plan for Republic Iron and Steel
James Nutt of the Bureau of Labor and Noah Kent of Republic Iron and Steel Company sought to reorganize the firm so that all workers become or may become shareholders. About 25,000 employees are at Republic. Officials visited the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers to discuss the plan, aiming to implement it next year.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
James Nutt
Bureau of Labor
Noah Kent
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Republic Company
Explosion kills Germantown Crematory chief in cemetery
Philadelphia December 4 Horace E Keilig forty five year old superintendent of the Germantown Crematory Company was killed when dynamite blasts in the cemetery adjoining the crematory. He dropped a bundle of twelve sticks while carrying them into a toolhouse and was blown to pieces in the blast.
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Philadelphia
Horace E. Keilig
Germantown Crematory Company
Keilig
Bourne Fined for Speeding Auto in Babylon Village
Arthur K. Bourne of New York was arrested Sunday for speeding in Babylon Village streets. He was tried before Justice J. B. Cooper and fined $40.
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A. H. Bourne
Babylon
L. I
Arthur K. Bourne
New York
J. B. Cooper
The New York Central Line Connects East and West
The Connecting Line between the East and West is the New York Central with eight daily trains to Chicago, five to St. Louis and Cincinnati, fourteen to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and nine to Toronto.
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New York Central
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Piso's Cure for Consumption Promises Lasting Cough Relief
An old advertisement claims Piso's Cure for Consumption has cured coughs for forty years and remains on the market. The note presents a bold health claim typical of period advertising and reflects reliance on tonics for respiratory relief.
Republican Faction Reconciliation in New York County Chairmanship
Governor Odell and Senator Platt patch differences to back Robert C. Morris for re election as county committee chairman while planning joint oversight to assure party success. Odell and Platt meet with leaders and consider plans amid factional protests and talks of reshaping the city organization before December 18 reorganizational meeting.
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Republican County Organization
Thomas C. Platt
Gov
Odell
Robert C. Morris
Senator Platt
Gov. Odell
Fifth Avenue
Morris
New York County Organization
Woodruff
Kings County
Edward Lauterbach
Elsberg
Fred S. Gibbs
William Brookfield
Col. Gruber
Gherardi Davis
Senator Marshall
James March
Twenty-ninth
Odel
Senator. Platt
Platt
Republican County
Legislative Committee
John Hill Morgan
Morgan
Assembly
Jean Burnett
Ontario
Cantor Replies to Odell In New York City Meet
The Greater New York Democracy Executive Committee met at Twenty-fifth Assembly District HQs to review campaign work. Borough President Cantor delivered an address replying to Gov Odell and criticising State leadership under David Bennett Hill, defending city enforcement actions and party dynamics.
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Greater New York Democracy
Twenty-fifth Assembly District
Twenty-sixth Street
Broadway
William Hepburn Russell
Cantor
Odell
Republican Club
David Bennett Hill
Democratic Party
California in Four Days from New York
Travel ad notes rapid transit from New York to California in four days aboard the Overland Limited. Highlights best of everything en route with connections via Chicago and North Western, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific. Bus offices listed on Broadway locations 461, 287, and 349.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New York
Overland Limited
Chicago and North- Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Bus
Broadway
Twenty-20-Hours rapid service to Chicago offers by PA Special
The Pennsylvania Special provides fast daily departures from New York to Chicago. The service runs every day with rapid transit options.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago
New York
Shamrock III Narrowly Escapes Fire At Dumbarton Yard
London reports Shamrock III, Lipton's America's Cup challenger, narrowly saved from total loss as fire raged through Denny's shipyard at Dumbarton. The fitters' shop burned, 700 workers face uncertain jobs, and total damage estimated at 100000 dollars while construction delays loom. Lipton expressed concern but hailed preservation of key parts and planned to visit the yard.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Denny
Dumbarton
Shamrock
Shamrock Sti
Solent
MISS LIVINGSTON INJURED IN HUNT CLUB RIDE
Miss Maud Livingston, sister of Mrs. Maxwell Stevenson of Hempstead, was thrown over a fence near Westbury while riding with the Meadow Brook Hunt Club. Her right shoulder dislocated. she was bruised and probably internally injured. Dr. Mann attended her at her sister’s Hempstead home.
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Hunt of the
Meadow Brook Club
Death by self-inflicted wound shocks New Haven leader
Francis G. Beach a prominent New Haven resident and former postmaster was shot in the groin this afternoon during a period of severe pain and temporary aberration. He was taken to New Haven Hospital in serious condition. Beach had recovered from a recent bout with grip and had served as a captain in the Spanish American War and as a Yale figure in the community.
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New Haven
Conn
Francis G. Beach
New Haven Hospital
Beach
Cleveland
Connecticut
Spain
Yale
Royal Flush Mining Concern Formed in Trenton
The consolidated Royal Flush and Virginia Mining Company with capital of 1,250,000 was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey to acquire the Royal Flush Virginia and Virginia No 1 Mines in the Elk City mining region. Incorporators include D W Mahoney W H Carroll John J Bowers J W Morisse J A Parker Passaic City A F McBride H H Schoonmaker R D Buckley G H Van Houten A B Jeffrey of Paterson.
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Royal Flush Mining
Trenton
N. J
Consolidated
Royal Flush and
Virginia Mining Company
Capital
Royal Flush
Virginia
Virginia No
Elk City
D. W. Mahoney
W. H. Carroll
John J. Bowers
J. W.morisse
J. A. Parker
Passaic City
A. F. McBride
H. H. Schoonmaker
R. D. Buckley
G. H. van Houten
A. B. Jeffrey
Paterson
Prince in His Palace on the Golden State Limited
A traveler bound for California aboard the Golden State Limited via the Rock Island Route enters a scene of luxury as the journey unfolds on the 401 Broadway route description.
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California
Golden State Limited
Rock Island
Broadway
Dayston Brothers N T Adv Antediluvian Ry Aristocratic
Fragmentary OCR reads as a local notice line about Dayston Brothers and an old aristocratic railway term. No clear event date, place, or identifiable organizations beyond generic names. The readable bits suggest a historical business or estate reference but lack coherent facts.
Ex Speaker Reed in Grave Condition with Uremia
Washington dispatch reports ex Speaker Reed in critical condition with severe kidney inflammation and uremia, appendicitis no longer a factor. Philadelphia specialist Prof Goodnow arrived. doctors note improving but still extremely critical as he remains under close monitoring.
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New York Times
Washington
Reed
William C. Goodnow
Philadelphia
MacDonald
Goodnow
Gardner
Reed Apartments
Mark Twain
New York City
United States Supreme Court
Capitol
Modern Town Springs Up In A Night In Oklahoma
Eagle City Oklahoma grows from cornfields to a 2000 inhabitant town in a night. A complete municipal system forms with a bank, a daily paper, hotel, several restaurants and saloons, and many merchants. Lot drawing yields 25 foot business plots or 50 foot homes, bids reach 500 to 1000 dollars as merchants secure sites. Residents expect 4000 by week end. aims to be a San Francisco line division point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Eagle City
Oklahoma
San Francisco
Sculptures Named for St Louis World's Fair Heroes
On December 4 J. Q. A. Ward and Paniel C. French agreed to design two major heroic statues for the World's Fair. Ward will sculpt Jefferson Accepting the Instrument of Transfer of the Louisiana Territory and French will sculpt Napoleon in the Act of Signing the Transfer of His American Empire. They will stand near the cascade gardens, Napoleon at the Electric Building entrance and Jefferson at the Education Building. Augustus Saint-Gaudens is planned for a large group titled The Triumph of Missouri at the Grand Court’s northern end.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
J. Q. A. Ward
Paniel
C. French
Ward
Jefferson
Louisiana Territory
French
Napoleon
American
Grand Court
Cascade Gardens
Augustus St. Gaudens
Missouri
Sargent to bring Boston Library decorations for display
Boston observers report that John S. Sargent R A will arrive in the United States this month and is expected to bring his decorations for the Boston Public Library to supervise their installation.
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New York Times
Boston
John S. Sargent
R. A
United States
Boston Public Library
Payne Whitney buys country tract near Paget in Mineola
Payne Whitney son of William C. Whitney and son in law of John Hay has bought a forty acre tract adjoining A. H. Paget near Mineola. He plans to build a country home within easy drive of Wheatly Hill and the estates of Clarence Mackay and W. K Vanderbilt.
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Mineola
Payne Whitney
William C. Whitney
John Hay
A. H. Paget
Wheatly Hill
Clarence Mackay
W. K Vanderbilt
Injunction Granted to Militiaman Potter in Union Case
In Albany special term Justice Wesley C. Howard granted a preliminary injunction restraining Painters' Union No. 20 of Schenectady from treating William Potter as nonmember. Potter, expelled for militia service, seeks restoration and damages. He claims lack of trial and copy of charges, cites 1901 constitutional revision, and seeks $2 daily wages plus $500. Letters to master painters show refusals to employ nonunion workers, despite sympathy from some.
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Schenectady
Supreme Court
Albany
Wesley C. Howard
Painters’ Union
William Potter
Yates & Grape
Potter
Hudson Valley
Union
National Guard
Indiana Legislator Bear Tracks to Represent South Dakota House
Bear Tracks wins a South Dakota House seat for Fall River County by 58 votes over fusion opponent Capt. William P. Phillips. Ellis T. Pierce, his white name, is a Hot Springs barber and famed frontier figure who claims a life as prospector, miner, poker player with Wild Bill, and organizer of the posse that captured outlaw Lame Johnny.
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New York Times
Hot Springs
S. D
Bear Tracks
Fall River County
South Dakota
House of Representatives
William P. Phillips
Ellis T. Pierce
Pierre
Deadwood
Wild Bill
Jane
Jennie
Custer County
Lame Johnny
Black Hills
Twin farmers Joel and Jonas Hungerford near 87
Special to the New York Times from Winsted Connecticut reports Joel and Jonas Hungerford of Watertown are eighty six and a half years old, among New England's oldest twins. They look alike and confound neighbors. A NY trip revealed a mirror mishap when Joel mistook his brother for a passing stranger.
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Joel and
Jonas Hungerford
New York Times
Winsted
Conn
Joel
Watertown
New England
United States
Jonas
H. Hungerford Drake
New York
Metropolis
New Haven
Boston Landmark To Go In City Modernization
Boston plans erase Park Street Church known as Brimstone Corner after selling for 1,250,000 dollars to Meredith and Grew syndicate. The church will fund a new Back Bay church on a lot overlooking Boston Common and the Old Granary Burial Ground, while a skyscraper office building rises on the site.
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New York Times
Boston
Park Street
Hisston Common
Torie Bost
Dawson Coke output tied to Snyder & Co contract
Pittsburg reports P Snyder & Co of Shenango Iron Co will take all of Dawson Coke Co output next year. Minimum delivery set at 250000 tons. Coke priced at 30 dollars per ton free on board cars at ovens. Shippers worry about a roughly ten percent rise in coke freight rates from Connellsville region starting January 1.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
P. Snyder & Co
Shenango Iron Company
Dawson Coke Company
Ovens
Connellsville
Naval Academy player ill with typhoid in Annapolis
Midshipman Reginald T. Carpenter left guard of the Naval Academy football team is dangerously ill with typhoid fever in Annapolis. His sister Mrs Shipley of Washington has been summoned as his nearest living relative, and doctors say the outcome cannot be predicted for several days.
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New York Times
Annapolis
Reginald T. Carpenter
Portsmouth
N. E
Naval Academy
Shipley
Washington
The Pennsylvania Special Twenty Hour Train to Chicago
A brief item notes the Pennsylvania Special as a twenty hour train to Chicago with mentions of stock reports a stenographer and a ladies maid as special attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Accuracy and completeness the watchwords of Dow Jones
The Wall Street Journal emphasizes accuracy and thoroughness in its publishing, highlighting Dow Jones & Co Ady as the guiding standard for reliable financial reporting and full, precise market coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wall Street Journal
Dow, Jones & Co
Ady
New York Central Plans Major Terminal Improvements
The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad presented plans to the Board of Estimate for lowering the terminal, exposing Park Avenue, and adding ten tracks. Proposals include a larger main waiting room, wider concourses, elevated driveways, a plaza, overhead baggage conveyers, and a rapid transit subway connection. Costs run into the millions with sections built so as not to disrupt traffic, aiming to eliminate remaining grade crossings in the Bronx and expand electric operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
Board of Estimate
Ira A. Place
New York Times
W. J. Wilgus
Fifty-seventh Street
Forty-fifth
Fifty-fifth Street
Park Avenue
Forty-ninth
Vanderbilt Avenue
Depew Place
Tts
Forty-fifth Street
Forty-second Street
Rapid Transit
Fork Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Central Station
Phat
Wilgus
Marble Hill
King's Bridge
Bronx
King’s Bridge
Tligh Bridge
Morris Heights
Fordham Heights
New York City
Lexington Avenue
Madison Avenue
W. H. Newman
Central Hudson
Forty-ninth Street
Fifty-sixth Street
Railroad Company
Murray Hill
Fordham He’ and Bridge
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ST. Louis Fair
D. C. French
J. S. Sargent
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