Controller Ridgely Proposes Elastic Currency Plan
Controller William B Ridgely outlines currency reform at the New York State Bankers Association banquet. He argues for elastic bank notes, partial bond security, and a guaranteed fund funded by a tax or premium to insure notes while retiring legal tenders. The speech stresses reducing reliance on government notes and expanding note issuance based on gold reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State Bankers’ Association
Group VII
William B. Ridgely
Ridgely
Committee On Finance and Currency
New York Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Wall Street
Silver and gold standards debate on bank notes reform
Leaders urge a safer elastic currency with government oversight and higher bank note reserves. Proposals include expanding note issuance up to one and a half times bonds deposited, converting silver to gold, and tying redemption to gold equality. Speakers warn against novelty and stress stability.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Loyal Dutch Units Form Silent Alliance Against Bond
London and New York cables report a spontaneous movement among loyal Dutch across Cape Colony Orange River Colony and the Transvaal to unite for mutual support against the Afrikander Bond. The South African Party split with Bond, moderates seeking broader reach while signaling unchanged aims. Bond agents deny change in principles despite a name shift meant to broaden influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Colony
Orange River Colony
Transvaal
Afrikander Bond
South African Party
Cape Town
Great Britain
Joonannespureg
Parliament Dismissed as King’s Speech Outlines Policy
London dispatch reports Parliament prorogued to February 17 with Black Rod summoning MPs to hear a lengthy King's Speech. It notes British actions on Venezuela, South African war aftermath, coronation delays, colonial ties, Anglo-Chinese treaty, and limits on foreign-relations references while highlighting prospects for prosperity and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal
House of Commons
Black Rod
House of Lords
Venezuela
Transvaal
Orange River
Chamberlain
Mullah
Italy
Chile
Argentina
Great Britain
Japan
India
German Tariff Bill Approved by Bundesrath
Berlin December 18 The Bundesrath approved the tariff bill in the form it passed its third reading in the Reichstag, finalizing the measure in the legislative process.
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Berlin
Bundesrath
Gen Nord Takes Possession as Haiti President
Gen Nord, proclaimed Haiti's president by the army, took possession of the national palace in Port au Prince this morning. The army's choice solidifies control after the proclamation on December 18.
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Nord
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Arrested Cousin of King Is Freed in Madrid Club Case
Madrid December 18 Gen Bourbon y de Castellvi a cousin of King Alfonso was arrested yesterday evening in a gambling club. He was arraigned before the Captain General and subsequently released. The General has challenged the Prefect responsible for suppressing club gambling.
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Madrid
Bourbon Y de Castellvi
Alfonso
Santa Maria Volcano Devastates Guatemala City Area
Ruin spreads after the Santa Maria eruption. German capital losses reach at least 6.25 million dollars for destroyed houses and machinery and the coffee crop. Widespread suffering follows with coffee and crops ruined, high import prices, and paralysis of trade as the eruption threatens anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Santa Maria
Japanese Bank in China to Finance Enterprises
A Tokyo dispatch to The Times reports the Japanese government has introduced a bill to establish the China and Japan Bank to finance Japanese enterprises in China. The bank will have 20 million yen capital, with 6 million yen government funding, a fifty year charter, and branches abroad offering deposits at compound interest and premium bearing bonds.
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London
Tokio
The
Times
China and Japan Bank
China
Drunkenness in Madagascar Prompts Strict Regulations
London report says Governor Gallieni imposes stringent restrictions on alcohol sales in Madagascar due to rising drunkenness among the native population. The Paris correspondent to The Times notes the new measures target dealers and access to intoxicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Madagascar
Paris
The
Times
Gov. Gallieni
Paris death inquiry ends in accidental death ruling
French authorities drop the case against M. de Rydzewski after determining Ellen Gore's death was accidental. The Russian involved will not be tried for homicide or suicide, linked to a pistol shot on November 19 in Paris at Jean de Rydzewski's apartment.
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Paris
Ellen Gore
M. de Rydzewski
Cide
Earthquake Destroys Andijan Kills Officials and Natives
An earthquake in Andijan, Russian Central Asia, Tuesday, killed three officials, two soldiers, and 150 natives, mostly children. It injured 300 natives and 17 soldiers, and destroyed 9,000 native houses and 13 Russian residences.
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Tashkend
Russia
Andijan
Russian Central Asia
Italian fencers Vega and Pessina wounded in duel
The duels in Nice between Italian champions Vega and Pessina and French rivals Merignac and Kirchoff were fought this morning. Both Italians were wounded but not seriously hurt.
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Nice
Vega
Pessina
Merignac
Kirchoffer
French Senate Elections Include Rouvier Reinach and Andrieux
Paris The Times correspondent reports that triennial senate elections on January 4 will feature Finance Minister Rouvier Joseph Reinach and M Andrieux. Former Foreign Minister Hanotaux is invited but unlikely to run. Only thirteen life Senators remain from seventy-five, including the Duc d Audiffret Pasquier Gen Billot and M Berenger Desch nel Wallon Berthelot Magnin.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Paris
the Times
Rouvier
Joseph Reinach
M. Andrieux
M. Hanotaux
Duc d’Audiffret-Pasquier
Gen
Billot
Mm.bérenger
Deschanel
Wallon
Berthelot
Magnin
Russia frightens Turkey in Macedonia note
The Constantinople correspondent reports that a communiqué about Macedonia published in the Petersburg Official Messenger has caused great perturbation and fear in Turkish circles.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Constantinople
the Times
Macedonia
St. Petersburg
Burghers seek £90 million compensation in surrender terms
London dispatch reports The Times correspondent in Johannesburg says burgher claims under Article X of surrender provisions total about £90,000,000. He also proposes an additional £1,000,000 relief for loyal burghers who surrendered and remained faithful to British rule.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Johannesburg
The
Times
Lord Roberts
Great Britain
Rebellion in Morocco Shrinks Support for Pretender
Telegraph reports from Fez that tribes are deserting the pretender to the throne and that his following has dwindled. The Sultan’s sudden Fez return surprised tribesmen. Hostilities will begin when roads are passable, with provisions and reinforcements ongoing.
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London Times
New York Times
London
Times
Don Carlos May Renounce Throne Claim
Madrid dispatch notes Don Carlos intends to renounce his claim to the throne in favor of his son Don Jaime as reported by Heraldo.
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Madrid
The
Heraldo Today
Carlos
Don Jaime
Gen Wager Swayne Dies After Prolonged Illness
Gen Wager Swayne a longtime New York lawyer and Civil War veteran died at 3 15 pm at his home 10 West Forty third Street He had been in poor health two years and seriously ill a fortnight His career included service under Sherman Freedmen's Bureau leadership in Alabama and influence in New York politics and reform He is survived by his wife Ellen Harris and three sons and two daughters
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Wager Swayne
West Forty-third Street
Gen. Swayne
Union League Club
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York County
Ohio
Toledo
Noah H. Swayne
United States Supreme Court
Yale College
Yale
Delta Kappa Epsilon Club
New York
Cincinnati Law School
Columbus
Ohio Volunteers
Sherman
Atlanta
Saskahatchie
S. C
Forty-fifth Infantry
Swayne
Freedman’s Bureau
Alabama
The
Goulds
North American Trust Company
Ohio Society
Association of the Bar of the City of
Lawyers’ Club
City Club
Loyal Legion
Yale Club
Meadow Club
Southampton
American Church Missionary Society
House
Brooklyn
William Brookfield
Committee of Fiftythree
Lemuel E. Quigg
Ellen Harris
Louisville
Death of Hosea Knowlton Former Massachusetts Attorney General
Hosea M. Knowlton ex Attor ney General of Massachusetts died at his Marion summer home after ten days of illness. A Dur ham Mo native, he studied at Tufts and Harvard Law, served as registrar in bankruptcy, New Bedford city solicitor, state legislator, senator, district attorney, and was elected attorney general in 1898. His notable case involved Lizzie Borden.
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New York Times
New Bedford
Mass
Hosea M. Knowlton
Massachusetts
Marion
Durham
Tufts College
Harvard Law School
Boston
Senate
Lizzie Borden
Fall River
David Perry House Dies in Cooperstown at Seventy
David Perry House, a prominent Otsego County political figure and ally of Roscoe Conkling, died of pneumonia yesterday in Cooperstown at age seventy. He fathered Frederick B. House of this city and had longtime ties to the Customs Service and President Arthur. Frederick B. House learned of his father’s death after his Coyne murder trial argument before Judge Warren W. Foster in the Court of General Sessions.
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David Perry House
Otsego County
Frederick B. House
Cooperstown
N. Y
Roscoe Conkling
Otsego
Arthur
Coyne
Warren W. Foster
Court of General Sessions
Loan Plan Approved for Alabama Coal and Iron Company
Baltimore December meeting of the International Trust Company executive committee unanimously approved a financial plan for the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company. The plan exchanges preferred stock for mortgage bonds, issues 3.5 million dollars of 5 percent bonds, increases common stock to 3.5 million dollars, and uses 2.5 million of bonds to swap for 2.5 million of 7 percent preferred. Holders of the preferred stock receive a 25 percent bonus in common stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baltimore
International Trust Company of Baltimore
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company
Prominent Boston Wool Buyer and Athlete James Morse Dies
James E. Morse, a leading Boston wool buyer and noted amateur athlete, died of typhoid fever in a hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on a business trip. He was thirty five and had represented the Boston and Newton Athletic Associations in amateur contests, holding local records and in 1890 setting a world record by vaulting 5 feet 10 inches defeating Harvard jumper Fearing.
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New York Times
Boston
James E. Morse
Alburquerque
New Mexico
Morse
Newton
Fearing
Harvard
Notable Obituaries From Cities Across The Nation
Obituaries report the deaths of Alfred BouvVIER once linked to Al Hayman at Baldwin Theatre in San Francisco. Charles P. Griffin ex-Speaker of the Ohio Legislature in Toledo. Albert E. Swirt Buffalo business figure behind the Johnstown Flood myth. Henry Godwin Post Orange New Jersey judge and grandson of Gen. Abram Godwin. Louise Brisbin Dunn Barnard College botany tutor. Dr Alexander Denby Brooklyn surgeon who died after appendicitis surgery. Davin Perry HowsE Cooperstown merchant and U S customs official.
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Alfred Bouvvier
al Hayman
Baldwin Theatre
San Francisco
Charles P. Griffin
Ohio
Toledo
Albert E. Swirt
Buffalo
N. Y
Johnstown
Henry Godwin Post
Abram Godwin
Washington
Park Street
Orange
N. J
Paterson
Election Board of
Louise Brisbin Dunn
Barnard College
Columbia University
Alexander Denby
St. John’s Hospital
Brooklyn
May Lautman
St. Petersburg
Long Island College Hospital
Davin Perry Howse
Cooperstown
Jefferson County
United States Customs Service
Frederick Bingham House
New York
Business Notices ICARIA E and W A New Collar
Readable fragments show business notices for ICARIA and E W A New Collar with scarce details. The items imply trade notices or product mentions but lack explicit actions, dates, or outcomes for a complete summary.
Marriages Listed From Various Cities and Dates
A compilation of marriage notices includes Anabelle Latimer and Col. William J. Cotton in Waldorf Astoria rooms on December 13. Alice M Holly and Charles Sumner Kaiser wed December 17 at Christ Church Greenwich. Lucie Vera Mitchell and Thomas A McIntyre married December 17 in Baltimore. Lily Gilpin and F Dexter Swaney wed December 17 in Brooklyn. Julia Tod and George Heron Wilson married December 16 at Elmpark Edinburgh.
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Cotton—Latimer
Anabelle Latimer
Wilmington
William James Cotton
Arizona
William Brown Lusk
Saranac
N. Y
Waldorf-Astoria
Kaiser—Holly
Christ Church
Greenwich, Conn
M. George Thompson
Alice M
Francis Manton Holly
Charles Sumner Kaiser
Swaney—Gilpin
Henry C. Swentzel
Lily Gilpin
F. Dexter Swaney
Brooklyn
Wilson—Tod
Elmpark
Edinburgh
Thomas Kennedy
Julia
Andrew Tod
John Stewart Kennedy
George Heron Wilson
Hawick
Scotland
Death notices and funeral notices from New York area
A list of obituary notices with names such as Harriet S Biddle Louise Brisben Dunn Thomas Ridgar Henry D King Cora Kudlich Daniel Pearson Pease Alfred Haynes Porter Emeline Seaman William Alexander Wager Swayne Augusta A Raguet Clarence D Towns end John W H Weibel George de Lisle and others. Details include addresses, dates, and funeral times across 1902 December in New York New Jersey and Connecticut areas.
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Clarence Douw Townsend
East 54Th St
Weibel
Riverhead
L. I
John W. H. Weibel
Grace Church Riverhead
Douglas
Annie
Dunston
Maggie
Dowling
John E
Friedman
Jacob
Francolino
Theresa
Mulberry
Finn
Dennis
Feely
Michael J
Bbons
Dorothy M
Amster Gat
Ava
Coen Airenevieens
Gunberg
Moritz
7Th St
Garner
Harris
Gregario
Rosinio
Geiger
Katharine
Hartig
Bertha
Avenue B
Hyman
Israel H
St Heins
Henrietta
Amst
Haydock
Lexington
Healy
Kate
Park
Hafner
John
Hoddle
Amsterdam
Hale
James
Jones
Cordelia L.D
Mulberry St
Apedaile
Ann
Hudson
Allen
Frederick A
W. 10Th
Burke
Perry
Brown
William
Avenue A
OL Cantor
Solomon
Suffolk St
Cahill
Frances T
Newman
Jacob H
Odell
Chauncey M
Garonna
Angela
Cusack
Margaret
Dreossi
Bleecker St.ory St
Jersey City
Francis
Wm. H
Robbins
Myer
Eva
Broome St
Moore
Harry W
Murray
Madigan, John
Bowery
Ae Meyers
Mary C
Marchio
Antonio
Worth St
McCabe
Nardalillo
Pietro
Mott St
Ostrycky
Jan, Jr
Avenue C
O'Connor
Catharine
Palammeni
Merceta
Platz
Martha
Stromm
Joseph
Calvar
Bridget
Neumark
Sophy
Osborne
Patrick
O'Donnell
Reynolds
Slegerist
Suchanek
Téd
Townsend
Clarenes D
Torchia
Maria
Cherry St
Taskinin
Croton
Thomas
Edson
Thomaston
Conn
Trapolli
Vollani
Catherine
Walker
Mary J
W. 59Th St
Whalen
Nellie
Zauger
Cannon St
Poe
Deaths Reported December 18 in City Listings
An extensive obituary list records dozens of deaths on December 18 across New York streets and addresses. The entries include ages, residences such as 2nd Avenue addresses, West 53rd Street, Mulberry Street, and Harlem areas, with many names followed by professional or residential details.
Almanac of Brooklyn residents and market outlook 1902
Special articles forecast the year’s outlook for key industries and US trade. Includes consular reports on foreign conditions affecting American commerce, stock and bond tables for 1902, lists of major companies and capitalization, and import export statistics with price charts for wheat, corn, cotton, and iron.
Hudson Bay Sable Muffs and Capes Displayed for Sale
Shayne, a West 42nd Street manufacturer, advertises Hudson Bay sable fur items with prices for muffs neck pieces victorines mantles capes and other pieces at 75 100 150 200 and 250 dollars. The note claims only genuine natural color furs are sold and the showroom is at Carriage entrance 41st Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue.
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C. CC. Shayne
Sts
Co. GC
Shayne
West 42d St
41St St
Bet
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Association At the Waldorf
Astoria
Graves Supérieur
Huitres
Potage
la Bolivar
Amontillade Pasado
Célori
Amandeés Salées
Niersteiner
St. Emilion
G. H. Mumm
Mr. Simmons
United States
Controller Ridgely
Wilson
MacArthur
Gen. Chaffee
Wise
Adolf Lorenz
Chicago
Board of Health
South Africa
Condi
Tions
Loxpon
Turkey
Morocco
Don Carlos
Sterling
Whiting M’f’gco
Broadway
18Th St
David Perry
Alabama Company
Icaria
W. A New. Collar
Edgar
Thomas Ridgar
Maria King
Pease
Daniel Pearson Pease
West 24Th St
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Parkhurst
Porter
Brooks
Alfred Haynes Porter
E Sreventy
Clinton Avenue
Seaman
Emeline
Land
Willet Seaman
West 58Th St
Woodlawn
Smith
Saranac Lake
William Alexander
William Alexander Smith
Madison Av
Philadelphia
Manhattan
Bronx
Cluff
Jeremiah
St. Joseph’s
Hannon
George A
Quick
Leah
Russel
Mary
Fordham Hospital
Samray
Karl
Seton Hospital
Shaw
Herbert
Smbeibidl
Courtlandt
Tucker
St. Joseph's
Pizzarelli
Weber
Weber Piano Co
Fifth Avenue, Cor
16Th St
Fulton ST
Messrs. Tiffany & Co
Union Square, New York
Adler
Sarah
Flushing
Anglim
Arizzo
Cecilia
Imlay
Eae Ee Attinc
Euphlio
Union
Bauer, Mamie
Morgan
Benson, Chas. W
St. Peter's
Bertram, Mathias
Gates
Best
Catharinne
Braheny
Michael
Bruedorn
C. F
Hawthorne
Edward F
Clifton Place
Burrowes
Jane E
B’klyn
Cassiday
Jane
Grand
Calligan
Emma
St. John's
Conklin
Sterling Place
Coyle
Samuel
Graham St
Varet St
Esse
John H
Mauser
Ella
Kingston Avenue Hospital
Hertling
Christ
Stanhope St
Hoban
Baby
Hicks St
St Holmes
Charlies R
St. Mary's Hospital
Hughes, Michael
Kelly, Vincent
Eckford St
Keogh, William F
Macon St
McLaughlin, John
Gold St
McLeer, Michael
Parker, William
Park Place
Pearson
Jean T
Hudson Av
Pertin
Louis
Eagle St
Peterson
Charles W
Bear Eliza J
Polk
Clermont
Alfred H
Clinton
Reilly, Mary
5Th
Rex
Harry
Bushwick Hospital
Financial Supplement
and Agriculture
New York Stock Exchange
Clearing House
Halsey St
Alzheimer
Edward
Park Av
Willmonth
St. Peter's Hos
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