Hay Canal Treaty May Be Killed In Senate Debate
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty faces possible defeat over an amendment to permit fortifying the canal. Senate executives set a Thursday vote on the Foreign Relations Committee's policing clause while Senator Teller opposes fortification and Senator Morgan urges quick ratification to aid the Nicaragua Canal studies.
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Senate
United States
Friends
Department of State
SECS
Great Britain
Morgan
Nicaragua Canal
Hay-Payne
Trevix
Cowd
Greytown
Brito
Suez Canal
Lodge
Oeni
Svere
Egypt
Nicaragua
Committee On Foreign Relations
Teller
Morten Hi
Cnite
Feves
Hay
Blaine Hiro Wat
Lottiter
Grittin
Wright
Weather and business listings brighten daily paper
The page highlights dividers such as Wheat and No 2, mixed offerings, and various assortments. It notes sections like Commercial World and Amusements, with references to arrivals at hotels, out of town buyers, and a flood of pages covering topics from Court News to Real Estate. The advert touts Ballantine's India Pale Ale with vigor.
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Northern
Foundry
Sabutter
Western Creamery
Egal Notes
Marine Intelligence
Society
United Service
Weather Report
Yeaterday’s
Leading clubs use Baltimore Club Rye Whiskey
Baltimore clubs rely on McKvaine and Baldwin at 16 Dey Street Ady for their rye whiskey needs. The brief note highlights brand preference and supplier details in a trade context.
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Baltimore Club
McKvaine & Baldwin
Dissent on Acceptance by the People Cited
A quoted remark argues that a certain dissenting position would never be accepted by the people, asserting the public’s firm stance against it. The remark frames the issue as incompatible with national sentiment and urges alignment with popular will.
How Rathbone Spent Money in Cuba Administration
A War Department audit details E. G. Rathbone's expenditures as Director General for Cuba over sixteen months. Track shows disallowances totaling 72 631 dollars, including carriages, harness, coachman gear, rent, uniforms, boots, and household furnishings charged to public funds. Several payments to New York and Washington firms cover clothing, house fittings, and domestic items, with misused public funds highlighted.
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Dev
Plitt
Connecticut
Senate
Cuba
War Department
E. G
Rathbone
Department of Posts
Diathbones
Tsao
New York
Democrats Oppose Bynum To Fill General Appraisers Post
Washington December 7 Democrats in the Senate block William K Bynum from a seat on the Board of General Appraisers arguing the law requires minority party representation. Bynum had been nominated last session, was seen as a Democrat, and his confirmation is contested as Republicans press for a party balance. Democrats insist no party must hold the post.
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Eix
William K. Bynum
Congress
General Appraisers
Senate
Bynum
Kaus
L'amiy
Iherson
Texas
Dermucret
Dentin
Oither
Pepens
Uns
Yerkes Syndicate Plans London Underground Line
H C Davis, broker for A A Hourmian & Co, reports on the Yerkes syndicate project to build a new underground railway in London. Construction may begin soon for a line about ten miles long with adapters to connect with surface and underground systems. The Central London Railway’s success is noted with high daily passenger numbers.
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Davis
A. A. Hourmian & Co
London
Yerkes _ syndicate
Jengis
Pence Road
Imperial
South Africa
Charing Cross
Euston
iWarmpstead
Typhoid Fever Ravages Washington District
In a Senate committee report on city water, Mr Gitlinger warned that typhoid fever deaths in Washington were seven to eight times higher than similar European cities. Wells had been closed but fever deaths rose rather than fell.
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Washington
Senate
Gitlinger
Columbia
To Washington in Five Hours From New York
Five hour trains depart from Liberty Street at 11:30 A M 1:00 P M and the Royal Limited at 3:40 P M with no excess fare Other fast solid trains at 8:00 10:00 A M 1 30 5 00 To P M and 12:15 midnight leave South Ferry five minutes earlier Best dining car and cafe car service in the world.Adv
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New Yor Toval
Sear
Hberty St
South Ferry
Adv
Platt outlines Republican police bill for New York City
Senator Thomas C. Platt announced a Republican plan creating a single headed police commission for New York City with the Governor empowered to remove the commissioner without charges. The measure, to be enacted quickly, would be sent to Mayor Van Wyck for approval with a 15 day window to act. The bill aims to speed a police overhaul before February 1.
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New York City
Thomas C. Platt
New York
Platt
Jacob Hess
Jess
van Wyck
Harvard Debaters Win in Sanders Theatre Debate
Harvard won a unanimous decision in the annual debate on the permanent retention of the Philippine Islands at Sanders Theatre Cambridge Mass Yale's best speaker Meriam New Haven gave a strong appeal but Seasongood turned the tide for Harvard Harvard quoted Yale professors and newspapers to cast doubt on both sides judges were William B Hornblower Addison Brown and Oscar S Straus The victory capped Harvard's intellectual supremacy and featured standout performances by Bruce Seasongood and Chander
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Cambridge
Mass
Yale
Harvard
Sanders
Philippine Islands
New Haven
R. C. Bruce
Indianapolis
Murray Seasongood
Law
Cincinnati
Seasongood
Meriam
J . I. H. Silverbeaux
Moravia
Musson Trowbridge
Chicago
Seasongwood
Bruce
H. P. Chander
Isoo
Indian Orchard
Bots
Starvard
United States
William B. Hornblower
Addison Brown
District Court
Oscar S. Straus
Turkey
Anti Jewish play provokes violent protest in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg a performance of The Contrabandists led to a violent demonstration by students who hurled missiles and shouted, prompting police to arrest about fifty. The play, allegedly about Jewish criminals, had its run halted amid clashes as theatre management yielded and audiences sided with protesters. The work, once called The Children of Israel, was written by Ofron.
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ST. Petersburg
Dec. T
Children of Israel
Ofron
Jem
Odessa
Havana Bishop suspends priests linked to opposition meetings
Monsignor Sbarretti, Bishop of Havana, issues an official letter announcing suspensions for priests who attend or participate in meetings opposing him and for those who aid or abet such opposition directly or indirectly.
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Havana
Sbarretti
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Offer Winter Breakfast Treat
Advertises Deerfoot Farm Sausages with a two pound package for winter breakfasts. Also touts Ballantine's India Pale Ale with claims of purity strength and excellence.
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Ballantine
Nurse Kills Her Charge in Brooklyn Apartment
Alice O Donnell a nurse employed by Mr and Mrs James Jones killed their eighteen month old son in the kitchen by cutting his throat with a razor The murder occurred while Mrs Jones sang in the parlor The nurse fled leaving the razor by the boy and was later traced to Jersey City where she claimed a child born eight months earlier is in an institution.
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Alice O'Donnell
James Jones
Palmetto Street
Brooklyn
Jones
Joneses
Mrs. Jones
James Arthur
Jersey City
Jim
Warships Ordered South Amid Sudden Rush
San Diego authorities report Admiral Kautz received orders to sail to South America with both the Iowa and Philadelphia to depart tomorrow. Preparations are hurried, the reason for the rush is not disclosed, and 1,000 tons of coal was ordered for the flagship but later cut to half.
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South America
Iowa
Philadelphia
San Diego
Cal
Iown
Eet EU
Rich Strike Reported At Anaconda workings Cripple Creek
Cripple Creek Colorado December 7 one of the biggest strikes of the year in the Anaconda Company mine was found at 850 feet depth in a drift at 400 feet below tunnel level five feet of ore showing sylvanite with assays around 1204 per ton. A barren zone extends about 500 feet. The find is considered highly significant for the company and camp, challenging prior belief there was no second zone.
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Cripple Creek
Anaconda Company
Judgment Against Fisher in Greenwich School Funds Case
In Bridgeport Connecticut a Civil Court of Common Pleas judged George P. Fisher, a New York Custom House employee, liable for misappropriating several hundred dollars from East Portchester School District of Greenwich. Fisher cried as the ruling was announced and was jailed to await funds or to work off debt. He may face criminal embezzlement charges and possible prison time after criminal proceedings.
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Conn
Civil Court of Common Pleas
George P. Fisher
New York Custom House
East Portchester
Greenwich
Fisher
W. R. Monroe
Cos Cob
Fitzroy
Faster than Ever to California Overland Limited Express
The Overland Limited departs Chicago at 6 10 P M daily and arrives in San Francisco at 5 15 P M third day. Drawing room sleeping cars plus buffet library car and barber with meals a la carte. Tickets and information available at Chicago and Northwestern Office 401 Broadway.
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Overland Limited
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Union Pacific
Northwestern Line
San Francisco
Jay
Northwestern
Broadway
Tug Crew's Desperate Struggle for Life
Four shipwrecked seamen from the tug John W. Deering of Beaufort South Carolina were brought to port aboard the brig C. C. Sweeney after two days battling a hurricane off Cape Hatteras. Engineer D W Douglass was lost just as rescue arrived. the tug’s captain Charles Stephens and remaining crew had fought to keep the vessel afloat.
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Beaufort
S. C
C. C. Sweeney
Miller
Cape Hatteras
D. W. Douglass
Charleston
Sweeney
Elizabeth
N. C
Charles Stephens
Douglas
Wis
William van Hurten
Reuben Drane
Emanuel Faby
South Carolina
Deering
Douglass
Assie
New York
Li Praises American Troops in PeChiLi
Li Hung Chang informs Gen Chaffee that Pechi Li province and its people, under American supervision, are extremely pleased and grateful for the conduct of the American troops. Praise and commendation flow from all sections of the city.
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Peking
Li-Hung-Chang
Gen. Chaffee
Pe-chi-Li
Transcontinental Line Aimed From Liberal To White Oaks
A Texas to New Mexico rail link advances as the Chicago Rock Island and Mexico Railroad seeks Texas approval. The plan extends the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific from Liberal Kansas to White Oaks New Mexico and connects to the El Paso and Northeastern to El Paso Texas. The purchase of El Paso and Northeastern by the CRI and P is to be ratified in New York. stockholders remain unchanged.
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el Paso
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Austin
Chicago, Rock Island and Mexico Railroad Company
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Liberal
Kan
White Oaks
New Mexico
el Paso and
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Arizona
Southern Pacific
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacifc
Swift recalls Cape Cod roots in Chicago success tale
Gustavus H. Swift, prominent Chicago packer, returns to Cape Cod where he learned in a log schoolhouse and began as an itinerant meat vendor. He offers swift advancement to capable youths, with about 200 Barnstable County youths, many from Sagamore, joining his Chicago firm.
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Chicago
Gustavus H. Swift
Barnstable County
Sagamore
Swift
Egg Shortage Hits Chicago Market Prices Rise
Chicago reports ongoing egg scarcity with fresh eggs up one cent a dozen to 27 cents and prices likely to climb if a cold wave arrives. Dealers note small cold storage stocks are being heavily used and profits rise as last spring purchases of 11 to 12 cents now fetch 20 to 70 cents per dozen.
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Chicago
Blacklist Allegations Shape Ohio Case in Federal Court
In Toledo on December 7 Judge Ricks overruled a motion in a landmark case where Au gust A. Hickerson seeks damages from Cowan and Murray former B and O receivers. Hickerson claims a General Managers Association blacklist, including an Illinois Central list, barred 500 railway strikers from reemployment.
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Toledo
Ricks
United States Court
August A. Hickerson
American Railway Union
Messrs
General Managers’Association
Employment Bureau
Illinois Central Railway
Transportation Department
Chicago Real Estate Board to Advertise in Europe
Europe will hear of Chicago as manufacturing sites are offered. Ads in leading European papers will invite inquiries sent to all board members so correspondence can flow directly between landholders and buyers. The plan arose after Seybold & Dicksted sought a U.S. site for a 3 million dollar crucible iron plant and a committee was formed to execute the scheme.
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Chicago
Europe
Chicago Real Estate Board
Nelson Thomasson
Seybold & Dicksted
United States
R. E. Ismond
E. A. Cummings
B. 4. Fessenden
R. P. Walker
Legality Decided Over Walhalla Seizure at Havre
The Civil Tribunal at Havre rules on the seizure of the Walhalla, yacht of the Comtesse Boni de Castellane, by Paris banker Davillier who holds a 750 000 franc bill. Davillier seeks swift sale of the vessel moored at the Commercial Dock. The Walhalla cost 5 000 francs and 60 000 francs have been spent on fittings.
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Paris
Havre
Comtesse Boni de Castellane
M. Davillier
Davillier
Simon Blum Dies Sudden.y at 73 in New York City
Simon Blum a 73 year old retired merchant of 76 West 100th Street died suddenly yesterday morning from apoplexy. He long worked with a clothing firm on Franklin Street and two weeks earlier suffered a scalp wound after a fall during a visit to his daughter Mel Siegel in Manhattan. Mrs Blum learned yesterday that her brother had also died in Germany where he resided.
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Simon Blum
West One Hundred and Third Street
I Clothing
Franklin Street
Mel
Flenry Seigel
West Ninety-fourth Street
Jury Unable to Reach Verdict In McGuire Conspiracy Case
Syracuse December 7 The case of Mayor James K McGuire and fourteen Aldermen for conspiracy in transferring funds was presented to a jury in Justice Wilmot M Smiths court. The jury failed to agree and was discharged in the extraordinary term.
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McGuire
Syracuse
James K. McGuire
Wilmot M. Smith
Supreme Court
Priest and Mayor Duel in Target Practice Contest
Chicago December 7 Mayor Harrison and Father George D Heldmann of St Pauls Church faced off at Sharpshooters Park in a rifle duel. The priest hit the bullseye first inspiring the mayor to concede and then treat both to dinner. The pair had earlier clashed in practice at the same venue with the mayor emerging victor.
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Chicago
Harrison
Fath
George D. Heldmann
St. Paul's Church
Father Heidmann
Death of Horace J. Hayden Shocks Senator Depew
Horace J. Hayden, longtime railroad traffic executive and esteemed figure, has died. Senator Depew expressed shock, noting Hayden’s prominence and genial nature. Hayden leaves a wife, sons, and two daughters. details on his successor await the Board of Directors’ decision.
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United States
Ble
Coal famine in Norway raises prices by forty percent
The Christiania reports a coal shortage with prices up forty percent, despite a twenty five percent rise in imports. It notes that Norwegian papers say the United States would readily buy coal from Norway.
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Norway
Christiania
United States
Best quality food and drink test urged
A dated note from Ady urges insistence on high quality food and drink, warning against cheap substitutes and endorsing standards in taste and selection.
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Ady
Fast and Famous Trains to St. Louis Leave New York
Trains from New York West 240th Street station to St. Louis depart daily via Pennsylvania Railroad at 9:55 A M 1:60 and 5:55 P M. These schedules advertise rapid transit with multiple daily departures.
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St. Louis
New York
West 240
Pennsylvania Railroad
Peck's Had Boy Grown Up
The Creati page in New Comic Weekly of Tomorrow's Sunday World announces more pages more pun more colors starting tomorrow. Geo W Peck editor offers Fire Cents by mail or from newsdealer.
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Peck
Geo. W. Deck
New Comic Weekly
Tomorrow’s Sunday World
Geo. W. Peck
Consinous of Safety on the Pennsylvania Railroad
A fragment notes the railroad’s protection by electro-automatic signals as part of a safety system. The line discusses the Pennsylvania Railroad and its commitment to preventing accidents through advanced signaling technology.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Horace J. Hayden Dies in Accidental Fall at Home
Horace J. Hayden second vice president of the New York Central Railroad was found dead after apparently falling from a third story window at his West Seventy sixth Street residence. Initial statements cited heart disease and faintness as possible causes, with investigators treating it as an accident. Hayden, born in Boston in 1849, had a long railroad career and held multiple directorships and leadership roles, including with the Vanderbilt interests.
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Horace J. Hayden
New York Central Railroad
West Seventy-sixth Street
Bessie Lynch
Lizzie McCauley
Mr. Hayden
Walter Jones
West Seventy-fourth Street
Armstrong and Deering
H. J. Hayden
Arthur L. Fisws
Cyrus Clark
Hayden
Mr. Clark
Robert A. Abbe
Arthur L. Fisk
Harvard
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Missouri Hiver
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Gulf Road
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Moe
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Albany
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Vanderbilt
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Hudson River Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Joint Traffic Association
Buffalo Erie Basin Railroad Company
Carthage and Adirondack
Central Dock and Terminal Railway Company
Dunkirk
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Pittsburg
Gouverneur and Oswesatchie Railroad Company
Merchants’ Dispatch Transportation Company
Mohawk and Malone Railroad’ Company
New Jersey Junction Railroad Company
New Jersey Shore Line Railroad Company
New York and Putnam Railroad Company
New York Central Niagara River Railroad Company
Niagara ‘Falls Branch
Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad Company
Tonawanda Island Bridgee Company
Columbia University
Spain
Hudson River Railroad Company
Clayden
Richardson
Public
Trinity Church
Tyne, University
Century Assessation
Transportation
Pharvard
Monston
Boyersige Drive
Kite
Haydens
Lancer
Horace C. du Val
Ue Hoard of Directors of the
New York
Ents
Mr. du Val
Comepany
Ohio firm opens $200000 chemical plant near Birmingham
Special to Tie New York reports the Riveryl Chemicen Company of Davenhind Ohio has completed its two hundred thousand dollar plant near Birmingham and begun operations. John Hart, the manager, oversees regular shipments. The factory at Powtery will produce sulphuric acid and other heavy chemicals from Cuban and Alabama materials.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rverselie Chemicen! Company
Ohio
John Hart
Powteriy
Cuba
Alabama
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R.C. Bruce
New Fort
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Alice O’donnell
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