Schwab Testimony Trumpets Steel Industry Shifts
Charles M Schwab, head of Bethlehem Steel, told the Senate Ways and Means Committee that industry changes will abolish Bessemer steel within five years and shift to open hearth and electric production. He warned tariffs affect costs, and noted limited American exports while Cuba ore and Mesaba ore compete, with Cuba ore cheaper inland. He discussed stock watering, rail pricing history, and the 1901 consolidation impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Charles M. Kwab
Bethlehem Steelmpany
Ways and S Committee
Hill Offecticut
Schwab
Mr. Clark
Kwab
Wab
Democratic Party
Clark
Cuba
Pitts-burg
Blehem
Atlantic Seaboard
Frick
Henry C. Frick
Carnegie Steel*‘Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Randell
Bessemer Steel
Cochran
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Underwood
International Steel
South American
Japan
Canada
Austria
France
United States
Bessemer
Dinner honors U.S. Minister Collier at Republican Club
William M. Collier the United States Minister to Spain was guest of honor at a Republican Club dinner hosted by Louis Stern. About twenty leaders attended as ex Senator Spooner called for a statesman to head the Democratic Party and paid tribute to Grover Cleveland. Patrick F. McGowah urged a Washington Irving memorial, with others hoping for Collier’s advancement. George T. Wilson also spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Collier
United States
Spain
Republican Club
Louis Stern
John C. Spooner
Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
Patrick F. McGowah
Board of Aldermen
Washington Irving
Collier
George T. Wilson
Dutch Ship Captures Venezuelan Coast Guard Vessel 23 de Mayo
Dutch battleship Jacob van Heemskerk towed the captured coast guard vessel 23 de Mayo into Willemstad after taking her near Cumana. The 130 ton vessel, once the Alliance, faced no resistance and was put under Dutch prize crew. The Gelderland pursues the Margarita torpedo boat Margarita, while Jacob van Heemskerk resumes patrol off the Venezuelan coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willemstad
Jacob van Heemskerk
Cumana
Alliance
Smith
Gelderland
Margarita
Israel Examines Castro Health in Berlin Visit
In Berlin Dr. Israel conducted a one hour medical exam of Venezuela's President Castro with no verdict on possible operation. A week may pass before decision. Castro's entourage shows little concern about Dutch ship seizures or internal unrest reports. He met with German officials and hosted Herr and Frau Beittner at the end of the day.
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Berlin
Israel
Castro
Venezuela
Foreign Office
Herr
Frau Beittner
Frau Beirtner
von Biilow
von Schgn
Councilor
Goetsch
Caracas
Electric Shirt Patent Shines on Broadway
A man in evening dress offers New York’s only living electric advertising sign by shining letters through his shirt front. He holds the patent, refuses to sell, and earns a monthly income by providing his services rather than a lump sum. The idea came from a St. Louis bartender who saw a German performer flash messages from a shirt.
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Broadway
TIMES
New York
Delmar Park
St. Louis
Gardner’s Maneuver Fails in House Rules Fight
In Washington on December 15 the Republican insurgents tried to force a straight vote on the rules to topple the Speaker’s system but failed after Gardner of Massachusetts faced a ruling from the Chair. The vote on the privileged resolution went 146 to 143. an amendment and an appeal followed, though loyalty to the Speaker kept conservatives in line.
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New York Times
Washington
Augustus P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Gardner
Secretary of State
House of Commons
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
Beret
Saxe Honored by Gop and Tammany at Hotel Majestic Dinner
Republicans and Democrats met in a flag of truce at the Hotel Majestic to honor Senator Martin Saxe who retires after two terms. About five hundred guests from both parties attended, with Col. Abel Gruber as toastmaster and messages read from Gov. Hughes and others.
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Hotel Majestic
Martin Saxe
Col
Abel Gruber
Saxe
Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler
Timothy L. Woodruff
Metz
Thomas F. Grady
Tammany
Job Hedges
Republican Party
Lemuel E. Quigg
Nathaniel A. Elsberg
Alfred R. Page
Alexander Brough
McCooey
Theodore P. Gilman
Lamb
Lion Harmony
Gov. Hughes
Chanler
William S. Bennet
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Hughes
Urges strict laws to save New York forests
James S. Whipple, State Forest Fish and Game Commissioner, urged immediate legislation to protect forests at a New York Historical Society meeting. He warned ten more years of deforestation would ruin the nation’s forests and damage commerce agriculture and health, urging stronger laws to preserve water resources and watershed areas like the Catskills Adirondacks Champlain and George lakes.
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United States
James S. Whipple
State Forest, Fish and Game
New York Historical Society
American Scenic and Preservation Society
New York Association For the Preservation of the Adirondacks
Panama Canal
New York City
Catskills
New York
Adirondack District
Whipple
New York State
Lake Champlain
Lake George
Pennsylvania
Jail Sentence for Speeding Cab Chauffeur
John Dunn of Lenox Avenue and a chauffeur for the New York Taxicab Company received twenty days in jail from Special Sessions Judge Joethe Hoyt after being convicted of driving his taxi on Broadway at twenty miles per hour during the recent strike.
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John Dunn
Lenox Avenue
New York
Joethe Hoyt
Broadway
Boston Promoter on Trial in Larceny Case
Cardenio F. King faces trial in Boston for larceny of about 25 000 from investors in stocks. Witnesses include King’s aides William B. Snow and J Frank Davis who describe daily withdrawals via certificates of deposit to avoid attachments and King’s vanished act last February.
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Boston
Cardenio F. King
M. J. Dwyer
King
Dwyer
William B. Snow
J. Frank Davis
Snow
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Honor Saxe
Tammany Men
Abbey Atwood Blashfield Boughton Bus
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Rhead Sterner Wiles
Ernest
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Heeterboil
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Zamora Selectos
Parma DE Casa Deliciosas
Benefactor Perfectos
Principe DE Gales
Grumblers
Capt Marryat
Epencia Perfectos
Brappock Colonials
la Tunita
Panetelas
Sprucer Arms Perfectos
Epencia
Ricero Imperiales
Duke of Mortano Perfectos
Unicos
Palma DE Cuba
Orlando Bismarcks
Tunita Princessas
la Restina Perfectos
la Preferencia Imperiales
Palma Pe Casa Londres Grande
Invincibles Ricero Panetelas
Havana-American Perfecto Royals
Ricoro Invincibles
Havanna-American Regalias
Orlando Media Perfectos
Fror Pe Mortas Perfectos
Ricoro Cabinets
la Preferencia R. V
Manuel GARCIA _Deliciosas
AVANA
American Universals
la Carolina Perfectos
Manuel Garcia Perfectos
Manuel Garcia_ Panetela Finos
Havana-AmErican Supremos ’ EL Prrincipe DE Gales Soberanos
Manuel Garcia Concha
Henry Cray
Garcia Puritano
Major Gras Brevas
Henry Cray Grande
United Cigar Stores
Pree ‘Cigars
United Cigar Store
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