Interference in Government is criticised across nations
A London dispatch reviews mixed war news from South Africa, debates on British recruit quality, and the impact of government meddling in business. It notes German tariff concerns, Roosevelt policy praise, and the Napoleonic shadow in France with unrest over Waldeck Rousseau and the Comedie Francaise. Archaeology in Crete and Egypt, Parthenon restoration, and Austrian sculpture work are highlighted.
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New York Times
French Télégraph-Cable Company
London
South Africa
Botha
Saturday Review
War Office
St James's
Whitehall
Dick Dudgeon
Bernard Shaw
Burgoyne
Ritchie
Liberal Party
Rosebery
England
Roosevelt
Gage
Count von Billow
Crete
Schliemann
Vienna
Athens
Dining Cars and Quickest Route to Florida Exposition
Exposition season offers 11 day excursion tickets to Charles tinl along the Atlantic Coast Line route via Charleston. Only line operating through cars to Florida via Charleston, with 1,101 Broadway at 27th St. address for advance bookings.
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Charleston
Florida
South
Charlestinl
Atlantic Coast Line
Broadway
27Th St
Prince of Wales gains stature after Guildhall speech
A London dispatch notes the Prince of Wales elevates his public standing with a Guildhall address urging Britain to sharpen its colonial trade effort. Commentary across papers applauds his delivery and suggests other leaders’ efforts pale beside his rhetoric.
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NEW York Times
London
Prince of Wales
Guildhall
Great Britain
Rich farmer's wife vanishes after long headaches
Mrs Anna Zabriskie of Ridgewood New Jersey, wife of John P Zabriskie a wealthy poultry farmer, disappeared after saying she would buy Christmas gifts in Jersey City and New York. She left a postcard to her daughter Hat tie and a long letter to her husband denying return. Police searched Paterson and nearby towns as relatives fear she may have harmed herself or begun a long journey.
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Paterson
N. J
Anna Zabriskie
John P. Zabriskie
Ridgewood
Nadler
Hattie
Rutherford
Jim
Womatrs
Tre
Zabriskie
Bergen’ County
Asa Zabriskie
Mrs. Zabriskie
New York
David D. Zabriskie
Albert
Goulds Travel Incognito in Bermuda
Frank J. Gould and his wife arrived in Hamilton Bermuda from New York aboard the Pretoria. They are traveling incognito and have booked a suite at the Hamilton Hotel.
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Hamilton
Bermudez
Frank J. Gould
New York
Pretoria
Hamilton Hotel
Huge Lumber Deal Shakes Northwest Market
MARINETTE Wis Dec 7 One of the season’s largest lumber transactions saw Hamilton Merriman Company sell the entire next year’s cut to Francis Beidler & Co Chicago. The 46 million feet, valued at over half a million dollars, will be shipped by water to Chicago and is expected to stimulate early market activity and lively stock trading next year.
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Marinette
Wis
Hamilton & Merriman Company
Francis Beidler & Co
Chicago
Northwest
Seaboard Air Line Announces Winter Through Services
Seaboard Air Line details through sleeping car services from New York to Florida points including Jacksonville Tampa and Miami with connections to Cuba and Pinehurst. A new Seaboard Fast Mail from New York to Jacksonville and Atlanta speeds winter travel. Stopovers available at Pinehurst Southern Pines Camden Columbia and Savannah. Orange crop noted as best since 1895.
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Seaboard Atr Line
GES
le Rae Florida & Metropolitan Limited
Wilk
New York
T2.co
Jacksonside
Florida
New Smyrna
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Tampa
Cuba
Miami
Port Tampa
Pinehurst
Tiiectric Road
Southern Pines
Florida & Metropolitan
Seaboard
Florida East Coast
Cubs
Tallahassee
Allanta
Edward J Mathews Killed In Valley Forge Horsefall
Edward J Mathews president of the American District Telegraph Company and a noted Philadelphia banker was thrown from a horse and killed near his Valley Forge home after attending a Radnor Hunt breakfast. He helped build street railway interests including Metropolitan Street Railway and The New York and Queens County Railway and served as director of Postal Telegraph Company. He planned a New York winter with his family and was a member of the Enfon League Art Club and Philadelphia Country Club.
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Philadelphia
Edward J. Mathews
American District Telegraph Company
Mathews
Valley Forge
Chesterbrook Farm
New York
Excelsior, Brick and Stone ‘Company
Wilbur
Cheque Bank
a_foreign corporation
Enfon League
The
Art Club
Philadelphia Country Club
Royal Blue Line train advertised for travel to Washington
The Royal Limited via the Royal Blue Line offers Pullman equipment with Buffet Smoker Parlor and Observation cars. Leaves New York daily from South Ferry 3:25 P. M and Liberty Street 3:40 P. M arrives Washington 8:40 P. M.
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Royal Limited
Co. R. R
N. J
R. Ry
Baltimore & Ohio R. R
Royal Blue Line
Pullman
New York
South Ferry
Liberty Street
Washington
Baron de Courti the Swiss Baron Arrested for Check Fraud
A 22 year old Swiss man calling himself Baron Martin de Courti was jailed at West Thirtieth Street on charges of defrauding the Waldorf Astoria of 3052 and passing a bogus J P Morgan & Co check for 4500 used to buy jewels from Tiffany & Co. He arrived on the Hamburg American Line ship Palatia and rented lavish hotel services while planning to present jewels to a fiancée. Detectives arrested him after a late payment attempt. passport and letters reveal travel from Luzerne to Berlin and Hamburg, plus references to Alfred in Bern and statements from J P Morgan & Co. The baron denies wrongdoing as he is processed.
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Baron Martin de Courti
Luzerne
Switzerland
West Thirtieth Street
Waldorf-Astoria
J. P. Morgan & Co
Tiffany & Co
Baron de Courts
Palatia
Walde Astoria
Sherry’s
Tiffany & Co. U
Boldt
J. P. Morgan & Or
Sergt
Colton
Baron de Courti
Faris
al -Sambler
Tie Beron
Sig
Martin Curti
Kuizerne
Berlin
U.s
Alfred
Berne
Kaiserhof
Hamburg
J. P. Morgan &Co
Monte Carlo
Tragedy on Fifth Avenue Elevated Ends in Suicide
A well dressed man about fifty, six feet tall, committed suicide yesterday by kneeling before a southbound Sixth Avenue Elevated train at Fiftieth Street. He bought a ticket, acted agitated, and moved to the platform before the fatal action. The engine halted after the wheels passed the body, and the man was later identified as Peter G. Nordstrom, a Bronx carriage maker. He left a fortune and several relatives, including four sons and a daughter married the previous week.
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Sixth Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Down Town
C. H. Thorn
Patrick Mariell
Fifty-third Street
Raifield
George W. Strong, Jr
Armstrong
West Forty-seventh Street
Anthony P. George
Seventy-third Street
Bathgate -Avenue
John C Nordstrom
West One Hundred and Forty-first Street
John C. Nordstrom
George G. Nordstrom
Peter G. Nordstrom
St. George's Crescent
Bedford Park
Bronx
Brewster Carriage Company
Forthseventh Street
Broadway
Nordstrom
Brewster's
Four O'C
Hawk & Flannery
John Nordstromae
Grand Concourse
Grain futures soar on Chicago Board of Trade trading
Pandemonium in Chicago trading pits as grain prices surge to season highs. Wheat leads gains with May delivery at a premium, oats and corn also climbing amid heavy activity and large lot sales by major traders.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Soiely
McReynolds and
Barrell
Kidston
Irewe
Theo
Milwaukee telephone clerk defected for wheat call fraud
Walter Brown, a 22 year old Milwaukee telephone clerk for Bartlett Frazier Co of Chicago, disappeared after selling 100 bushels wheat calls at 78 cents and pocketing profits. The firm faces about 4000 in losses if settling at the lower price. Kassuba Co. refuses liability for calls issued, complicating recovery. Brown allegedly pocketed cash for buying calls from Kassuba Co. and from Wisconsin Suba Co. which were not carded.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Walter Bk. Brown
Bartlett, Frazier & Co
Chicago
G. H. Ball
Brown
Wkxassuba & Co
Kassuba& Co
Kassuba
Drop in Amalgamated Copper Sparks Market Slide
A daily collapse grips Amalgamated Copper with a sharp late drop to 4 1/2, then a partial recovery as short sellers drive prices lower. The stock ends with a net loss of over three points on 147000 shares amid hints of smaller dividends and widespread dealer caution.
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Amalgamated
Boston Exchange
Trinity
Boston
D. Houston & Co
Senator Depew Bids Friends Farewell at Dinner
A New York farewell dinner for Senator Depew drew guests including the President, Secretary of War, Speaker of the House, and Governor Odell. The event featured speeches, a festive mood, and plans for Depew’s upcoming voyage to Europe, with remarks hinting at a forthcoming marriage.
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Wastlengeton
Depew
Gf Street
United States
Cloure of Representatives
New York
Senate
House
Tron
New York State
Wials
Piemeuti
Jude
Odell
Nev
Weedruff
Woodruff
Ryvbads
Burdie
Covierge
Europe
Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Depew
Uni
Root
Ilso
Bee Pee
Lawson Losing Money In Chunks Says
Boston December 7 The stock market featured Trinity sliding to 1 cent a 10 point drop from Friday while Amulga tated assets fell further. Trinity traded around 40 1/2. Lawson, owner of Trinity and large Amabhsum holdings, faced widespread speculation as rumors swirled about his finances. Lawson released a statement denying any loss or debts and rejecting circulating rumors.
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Boston
Dee
Trinity
Mr. Lawson
Mer
Lawson
TaruWway
lLinsen
Chicanzo
Industrivist
Luink
New York
Wsehouse
Street Duel in Blanchard Ends in Death and Wounding
In Blanchard, near Shreveport, a street duel between Justice of the Peace Weel Wasson and Deputy Sheriff HHOW Stephens left Stephens dead and Wasson wounded with gunshot wounds to the arm and thigh. The fatal clash followed political tensions and a morning quarrel. Sheriff Stephens traveled to Blanchard amid fears of further violence. Wasson, once a clerk of the State Legislature, was a well known state politician.
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Blanchard
Shreveport
We EL Wassen
Justice of the Peace
HH. OW. Stephens
Ter
Rhinchwund
Wien
Stephens
Wasson
Stevens
Russia mobilizes 200000 troops in Manchuria
Special to The New York Times reports up to 200000 Russian infantry and cavalry mobilized in Manchuria and adjacent Chinese provinces with masses deployed along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Capt Jacques notes covert preparation for possible war with Japan and asserts greater troop movements than publicly acknowledged. He disputes claims of passive Russian conduct and cites higher incident rates of depredation by Russians near Pekin.
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Tacoma
Washington
Manchuria
Siberia
Ip i. Jacques
Shinano Mart
Apt. Dacaues
China
Fourteenth Sikhs
London
Russia
Trans- Siberian Railway
Jacques
Japan
Korea
Orient
Jdcanes
Beverage
Ife
Pekin
Factional fight over South Carolina office spills into Senate
Washington December 7 a factional struggle over the South Carolina office endures as George Koester, a Democrat and ally of Senator McLaurin, faces scrutiny over his appointment as collector. The dispute centers on Koester’s role in a prior lynching case and the political maneuvering of Republican leaders and editors as the matter awaits Senate review and presidential explanations.
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Washington
Benate
Geerge Touseey
Srleder McLaurin
Duvertal - Reverenee
South
Wyotin
Collveter Noster
Lynehine Bee
South Carolina
Koester
Arty
Wb Hewes
Republiciemereutit Ition
Semk
Carolina
Deus
Tegre
Iirman
Fermi Ekirke
Koester Snd
Hese Pstastatinst
Vollector
Wast
iKeester
Wien
Lvnebing
Jons
Izpeorest
Roosevelt
Hanna Declares War Over Faction Rivalry in Ohio Politics
Washington December 7. War is declared between Senator Hanna and Charles L. Kurtz as Hanna announces plans to organize the Legislature. The speech hints a broader clash involving Foraker whose term ends in January amid past Republican alignments and factional lines.
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Washington
Hamne
Charles L. Kurts
Ianna
Diane
Koraker
Tiaras
Pam
Charles L. Kurtz
Foraker
Hanna
Kurtz
New Fast Train Links St Louis and Hot Springs
Reaches Hot Springs, Arkansas in twelve hours from St Louis via the Iron Mountain Route. The new equipment promises rapid travel and morning arrival for breakfast. Pamphlets available from W Hoyt G E P Agt 391 Broadway New York.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
Iron Mountain
St. Louis
SA. M
Hoyt, G. E. P. Agt
Broadway
New York
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