Anti-Trust Bill Moves Forward in Judiciary Panel
The Judiciary Committee formed an anti-trust sub committee led by Littlefield of Maine to draft a unified measure. The Littlefield publicity bill outlines annual corporation disclosures to the Interstate Commerce Commission, taxation on capital stock, and enforcement by the Attorney General. The panel aims to consolidate bills into one administration-backed measure with a swift timetable.
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Judiciary Committee
Washington
Committee On Judiciary
Littlefield
Maine
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Pri
United States
Puny District Court of the
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
J. Littlefield
Overstreet
Indiana
Powers
Massachusetts
DeArmond
Missouri
Clayton
Alabama
Congress
Jenkins
Today’s Classified Sections and Notices Highlight
A brief ad announces Dr D Jaynees Vermifuge as a remedy to combat despair and restore physical strength and speed. The page listing outlines the newspaper’s sections including Amusements Real Estate Railroads and Weather.
French Sugar Duty Bill Cuts Refining Tax in Paris Vote
The Paris correspondent of The Times reports that the French sugar bill lowers the refined sugar tax to 25 francs per 220 pounds as compensation for ending bounties. The Chamber of Deputies approves by 537 to 14. a State monopoly proposal is rejected. Brussels Sugar Convention is ratified.
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Londox Times
NEW York Times
London
Paris
the Times
M. Rouvier
Finance
Ieceate Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
Expropriation Clause Tightens Municipal Public Services Bill
Rome reports that the Municipalization of Public Services bill as amended limits expropriation to after one third of the concession period, not less than ten years, and adds a complex valuation system with appeals from the Arbitration Board to a higher court panel.
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London Times
New York Times
London
Rome
the Times
Signor Giolitti
Board of Arbitration
Court of Appeal
Senator Platts Views on tunnel franchise and politics
Senator Thomas C. Platt returned from Washington and voiced support for the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel franchise. He urged state action if the city boards fail, and discussed Governor Odell, re election prospects, liquor tax, and tariff and ship subsidy legislation. He anticipated no major tariff action this session.
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Thomas C. Platt
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate
Odell
Robert C. Morris
Republican County Committee
Albany
Horace White
Syracuse
White
Onondaga
Morris
Riots in Rostoff Troops Fire Kill Twenty Workers
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports Rostoff unrest where troops opened fire on workers, resulting in twenty deaths. The casualty figure underscores the violent suppression during the disturbances.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Express
Rostoff
King Edward to Visit Ireland Next Year
The Lord Mayor of Belfast said Earl of Dudley informed him King Edward would likely visit Ireland next year. The intimation via the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is viewed as an official indication of the king's decision.
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King Edward
Ireland
London
Belfast
Earl of Dudley
Edward
Fire damages Franklin McVeagh home in Chicago
A blaze in Franklin McVeagh's Chicago residence caused about 10000 dollars in damage early today. Two maid servants leaped from a second story window suffering serious injuries while several others nearly suffocated were rescued by firemen. The family escaped unharmed as an overheated furnace started the fire.
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Chicago
Franklin McVeagh
Russell Sage Wins Minnesota Land Suit
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled for Russell Sage in the case by George C. Glover seeking a quarter section in Swift County from the New York financier. Sage had possession as assignee of the Hastings and Dakota Railroad land grant for over fifteen years.
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Russell Sage
Minnesota
ST. Paul, Minn
Supreme Court
George C. Glover
Swift County
New York
Mr. Sage
Hastings and Dakota Railroad Company
German cruisers Gazelle Panther and Stosch reach Willemstad
German warships Gazelle and Panther plus training ship Stosch have arrived at Willemstad Curacao amid ongoing wartime movements.
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Willemstad
Caracas
Gazelle
Panther
Stosch
Curacao
Wall Street Journal Sunday Tuxedo Service Ad
Advertisement notes a weekly Sunday telegraph style service by Dow Jones Co. Readers are told to depart 23d Street at 8:55 A M and Champer Street at 9 A M returning from Tuxedo at 6:32 P M with accuracy and completeness emphasized.
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Wall Street Journal
Dow, Jones & Co
Adv
Eric R. R
Champers
Tuxedo
Burglar Seeks Mrs Morosini’s Jewels at Mount Vernon Home
A burglar entered the Morosini residence at 86 Rich Avenue in Mount Vernon while Mrs. Morosini and her mother slept. He aimed for the jewels in Mrs Morosini's room, struck Attilio Morosini when fleeing, but fled empty handed. Police search for the intruder, suspecting daytime concealment in the house.
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Mary Washington Bond
Morosini
Attilio P. Morosini
Giovanni P. Morosini
Morosinis
Rich Avenue
Mount Vernon
New York
Mr. Morosini
Mother
Women as Rural Free Delivery Carriers in Question
Postmaster General Payne has requested a report from Superintendent Machen on about twenty five women serving as rural free delivery carriers. An investigation will determine if they perform duties satisfactorily. Appointment records apparently did not reveal the applicants’ sex, and Payne is said to oppose women’s appointment to such service.
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Washington
Payne
Machen
Tramp Visits Calverts and Is Recognized
A tramp named Richard Johnson crawled into Col. Calvert’s Needmore home near Nashville Indiana on December 5. He learned the Calverts once knew his sister and a daughter who married Col. Calvert. Johnson spent the night. upon Col. Calvert’s return he was recognized and will stay the winter at the Calvert farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Nashville
Ind
Col. Calvert
Needmore
Cleveland
Mrs. Calvert
Calverts
Calvert
Johnson
Calvert Farm
Coburn & Co Fails Delaying Boston Contracts
Boston firm F G Coburn & Co collapses with estimated liabilities of 150000 in a setback to municipal and government projects. Assets are about 62000. The firm had two city hospital builds, a Cambridge school, and two Charlestown Navy Yard shops at risk. creditors seek takeover to finish ongoing work after Central National Bank closure tied up affairs.
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Boston
F. G. Coburn & Co
Central National Bank
Vicinity
City of
Cambridge
Charlestown Navy Yard
United States
Coburn
Chicago Contractor Mahnke Confesses Insolvency In Court
Louis H. Mahnke a Chicago contractor formerly with Neill and Mahnke confessed insolvency in U S District Court today. He sought relief from liabilities totaling 322,515 dollars owed to about a hundred creditors. Portions of the debt were secured by trust deeds.
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Mahnke
Chicago
Louis H. Mahnke
Neill & Mahnke
United States District Court
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Promoted for Purity and Cleanliness
A vintage advertisement extols Deerfoot Sausages promising purity and cleanliness. It argues consumer health dangers from poorly prepared food drive stricter selection and trust in Deerfoot as a mark of quality.
Pennsylvania Railroad Fast Service to Chicago
The Pennsylvania Special departs West 98th Street at 1 55 P M daily offering quick rail travel to Chicago.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Pennsylvania
West 98Rd St
Reed Holds Own as Improvement Persists
Washington December 5 ex Speaker Thomas B Reed shows continued improvement though remains critical. A 10 30 P M bulletin says he rests comfortably with normal temperature and stable vitals while appendical symptoms abate. Doctors note slow recovery and standby saline and oxygen but have not used them.
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Washington
Thomas B. Reed
Physicians
Mrn Reed
A. Gardner
L. Maccdonald
Reed
Gardner
Arlington Hotel
Bishop
Dr Morgan Dix III Stricken By Cold After Coal Theft
The Rev Dr Morgan Dix rector of Trinity is confined to bed after a driver stole a ton of coal he ordered for his home. Dix reported the theft to the police and noted his family’s need for fuel. He found another dealer to supply coal and began to recover by night.
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Morgan Dix
Trinity
David Flynn
West Twenty-fifth Street
Dr. Dix
Poison death mystery in Williamsburg store owner
George F. Leyh truss maker died after drinking poisoned beer at his Williamsburg store at 73 Broadway. Police question daughter Isabelle and several witnesses while investigators test beer residue and poisons found in Leyh’s shop. Authorities consider suicide or foul play as unlikely explanations.
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George F. Leyh
Broadway
Williamsburg
Isabelle
Bassett
James A. Baltzer
Leyh
Baltzer
Drahan
Isabelle Leyh
Bedford Avenue
Capt
Short
Leah
Westphal
Capt. Short
Labor officer arrested in Buffalo strike incident
Martin F. Murphy president of the State Federation of Labor was arrested on a first degree assault charge after visiting Snow Steam Pump Works to order a strike. He was arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and released on $1,000 bail. Murphy says he was beaten and bears a scalp wound while denying firing any shots.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Martin F. Murphy
State Federation of Labor
Murphy
Snow
Seip
Injunction Reshapes Cleveland Waiters Strike
Judge Ford of the Common Pleas Court granted a perpetual injunction against the Waiters Union and United Trades Council. It bars picketing and handing out handbills at John Mulholland’s Superior Street restaurant. The ruling claims to affect every union man in Cleveland as Mulholland refused to hire union waiters, triggering a boycott.
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Cleveland
Ford
Common Pleas Court
Waiters’ Union
United Trades Council
John Mulholland
Superior Street
Mulholland
Condition of Julian Ralph Improves at St Louis
The actor Julian Ralph continues to improve after a hemorrhage Tuesday night at the Southern Hotel. Dr. Behrens hopes to have him up by Monday and ready to return to New York on Wednesday. Many telegrams of inquiry have come from across the country since news of his illness.
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Julian Ralph
ST. Louis
Julian
Ralph
Southern
Black and White Scotch Ad Promises Peerless Rail Comfort
Advertisement touts travel from New York to Chicago in 20 hours on the Pennsylvania Special with unmatched accommodations. It urges readers to request the Black and White Scotch and to learn what a real Scotch high ball is, promising a premium experiential offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Adv
Democrats Back Negro Washington Postmaster in Lily White Fight
The battle over the Lily White issue centers on Samuel H. Vick, the Negro Postmaster of Wilson North Carolina, and a plan to replace him with a white Republican. Roosevelt will decide whether to uphold Pritchard and the North Carolina GOP or keep Vick in office.
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New York Times
Washington
Lily White
Samuel H. Vick
Wilson, N
Pritchard
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Vick
Mr. Vick
Republican For Office, and Have Not Been Asked To Do So. But Mr. Vick
Mr. White
Sloop Captain Drowns While Weighed Down by Coins
Capt Edward Porter twenty eight of Canarsie dies in Jamaica Bay after being knocked overboard on a heavy sea voyage aboard the sloop Christian. He carried three hundred dollars in silver coins at the time, weighed by the money in his pockets, and drowned before crew could reach him. Porter was to marry on Christmas Day.
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Jamaica Bay
Canarsie
Brooklyn
Edward Porter
Stillwell's Lane
Porter
Christian
Communipaw
N. J
Schnarrs
Worcester music festival faces insolvency crisis
Worcester Massachusetts December 5 The annual Worcester music festival a national institution may fail due to a persistent deficit. Expenses average over eighteen thousand dollars yearly while income averages twelve thousand dollars, eroding reserves to one thousand one hundred sixty two dollars as managers seek public subscriptions to guarantee this year’s event.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mass
Policeman Shoots Woman Dressed as Man in Kingston
Eva Henderson, nineteen, was shot in the leg by a Kingston policeman while fleeing arrest. He had been watching for a mysterious woman in black or a man who frightened women and children at night, prowling houses and trying door knobs. Henderson said she had been “having fun” frightening neighbors before breaking away twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Eva Henderson
Miss Henderson
Student's Death Reveals Hardship Tale
Charles Henry Presho of Ulysses Pennsylvania died at the Cornell Infirmary of peritonitis following a necessary operation. His death highlights the hardships endured to fund his Cornell education. He earned money in Potter County lumber camps while studying at night to support his mother.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Charles Henry Presho
Ulysses
Penn
Cornell University
Cornel Infirmary
Cornell
Potter County
Miss Van tine by stray shot at church fair
Edna Vantine aged twelve was accidentally shot at the St Andrew s Church fair in Fishkill after a shooting gallery gun discharged through a door and lodged in her arm.
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New York Times
Newburg
N.Y
Edna Vantine
Fishkill
Miss Vantine
Dewey's Wines Are Pure Buy of the Makers
An old advertisement asserts that Dewey’s Wines are pure and claims the makers, T. Dewey & Sons Co., located at 138 Fulton Street, present themselves as the producers.
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Dewey
Fire Island Light Vessel Drifts After Gale
A marine observer reports the Fire Island light vessel, about ten miles south of Fire Island, could not be seen last night. It is presumed the light ship broke her moorings and drifted away in yesterday afternoon’s gale.
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Fire Island
Train Wreck Blocks NJ Main Line Near Plainfield
A head on collision between two CNJ freight trains at Raceland eight miles from Plainfield halted traffic last night. The wreck caught fire and was burning fiercely at 12:15 AM with Westfield firefighters battling the flames. Casualties were not yet known.
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New York Times
Plainfield
XN. J
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Raceland
Westfield Fire Department
Riot After Union Meeting Leaves Dozens Bruised
A riot after a Ironworkers and Bridgemen's Union meeting at Maennerchor Hall on Fifty sixth Street near Third Avenue wounded one man seriously and left about twenty others badly bruised. Albert Connolly of 512 Tenth Avenue was shot in the side during the melee. James Hayes of Si Driggs Avenue Brooklyn was badly cut. police found four cartridges on him though no revolver. Prisoners named include Barney Peterson, August Sendstrom, Henry Westfield, and Patrick Corrigan. A coroner was summoned to Flower Hospital for Connolly's ante mortem statement.
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Ironworkers and Bridgemen’s Union
Maennerchor Hall
Fifty-sixth Street
Third Avenue
Albert Connolly
Tenth Avenue
James Hayes
Driggs Avenue
Brooklyn
Hayes
Barney Peterson
East Ninety-ninth Street
August Sendstrom
West Forty-first Street
Gorman Viewed as Prefect 1904 Democratic Leader
Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland is touted as the logical 1904 Democratic presidential candidate by Col. L Victor Baughman and State Treasurer Murray Vandiver at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Vandiver says Gorman unites capital and labor and avoids demagogic tricks, with broad party backing and influence in national circles. Several influential Maryland Democrats met Gorman yesterday and he plans to return to Baltimore today.
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Arthur P- Gorman
Maryland
Fifth Avenue
L. Victor Baughman
Murray Vandiver
Democratic State Committee
Col. Baughman
Vandiver
Gorman
Democratic Party
Arthur P. Gorman
Senator Gorman
Baltimore
Japan seeks subsidy for glass plant in Osaka
The Japanese government offers a subsidy of 500000 yen for four years to attract a modern glass works in Osaka with a 1000000 yen capital. Baron Shibusawa spearheads the project after tours of America and Europe and says dividends are not expected for four years. He notes U S industry overcapitalized, England conservative, and Germany a healthy balance.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Government of
Japan
America
Diet
Baron Shiobusawa
Europe
Osaka
Baron Shibusawa
United States
England
Germany
Big Iron Shipments Signal Lake Navigation Closing
Ashtabula Ohio December 5 The shipment of iron ore to Pittsburg district furnaces from stock piles at Lake Erie ports has begun. Conneaut Harbor has three large steam shovels at work on stock piles showing ore unloaded during the busy season rather than sent directly into cars. The stock piles at Conneaut hold more ore at winter start than last year, yet rail shipments remain high, indicating a surge in ore movement in 1902 rather than a drop in rail transport.
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New York Times
Ashtabula
Ohio
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Conneaut Harbor
Lake
Ganneaut
St Louis Brewer Denny Sentenced for Perjury
Charles Denny wealthy St Louis brewer and Suburban Street Railway director was found guilty after a two day trial of perjury linked to the Suburban bill boodie deal. He faces two years in the penitentiary.
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St. Louis
Charles Denny
Suburban Street Railway Company
House of Delegates
Wrecks and death on storm lashed Hudson River
A Hudson River storm floods shores from Hastings to Debbs Ferry leaving two men drowned and two missing. Three Terrell brothers Edward William and Watt lose boats with Edward drowned and William and Watt rescued. Tug Hastings under Capt. James Ebbley rescues the brothers. More barges reach shore and one blocks New York Central tracks.
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Yonkers
N.Y
Hudson
Hastings
Debbs Ferry
Dobbs Ferry
New York
Hudson Valley
Tarrytown-Nyack
Ardsley
Central
Albany
Irvington
William
Edward
Watt Terrell
Watt
Edwards
James Ebsley
Ebsley
National Conduit Company
Terrell Brothers
Harriman’s
Greystone
Samuel Untermyer
Flo
New York Central
Multiple Maritime Disasters Reported Along East Coast
Weather Bureau reports four masted schooner Wesley M Oler ashore at Hatteras Inlet as life saving crews fail to save crew. Ida Lawrence loses rudder and drifts with crew rescued by Creede Hill crew. Gloucester sees Mader total loss after breaking dog bar breakwater, $7,000 value. Virginia Rulon blown onto rocks near Delaware Breakwater with crew rescued. L Herbert Taft ashore at Bodkin Point. other vessels blown ashore or saved along Norfolk and Cape Henry areas.
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Matteras
N. C4
Weather Bureau
Wesley M. Qler
Hatteras Inlet
Ida Lawrence
Galtimoré
Savannah
Ocracoke
Creede Hill
Mloucester
Mass
Flo
Madder
Dog Bar
David Madder
Dolliver Neck
Linemburg
N. S
Boston
Gloucester
Philadelphia
Delaware
Lewes
Del
Norfolk
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Weather Report
D. Jaynee
Safeguards Capital
Italy
Senator Platt
McVeagh
Tramp
MR. Reed
DR. Morgan DIX III
State Federation
Indorse
Wilson, N. C
Irl
Burnett
Adyv
Fire Island Light
Jersey Central Train Wreck
Iron Workers ‘and Bridgemen’s Union
MR. Gorman
Rudolf
Atlantic City
Dewar
Hatteras
N. Co. Inlet
Atlantic
L. Herbert Taft
Rey
Port Tampa
Patapieco River
Bodkin Point
Cape Henry
Langreuter
Koln
Bremen
Norfolk, Va
William D. Hilton
Melville Phillips
Underwinter
Wesley M. Oler
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