Three Banks Plan to Merge to Mercantile National
Gould and Thomas interests push a three bank consolidation in New York. National Broadway Seventh National and Mercantile National Banks would form Mercantile National with about 10 million dollars in capital and surplus. Directors include Morse O'Brien Gould and Schenck with a lengthy timeline for formal consolidation and stock arrangements.
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National Broadway
Seventh National
Mercantile National
Charles W. Morse
New Amsterdam National
National Bank of North America
Garfield National
Mr. Morse
Snational
Miles M. O'Brien
Edwin Goild
Edward R. Thomas
William Nelson Cromwell
Frederick B. Schenck
Charles T. Barney
Edwin Gould
R. W. Jones, Jr
Alexander McDonald
Samuel Thomas
William H. Taylor
William F. Carlton
Hugh Kelly
Charles B. Levy
Crawford Fairbanks
Erskine Hewitt
John E. Borne
William C. Browning
Yale
T. Albeus Adams
Miles M. O’brien
William B. Putney
Eugene Britton
Richard B. Kelly
Anderson Fowler
William Ballin
Abraham Stern
Miles M.o'brien
Seventh National Bank
Broadway
Maiden Lane
John Street
Gould
Tts
National Broadway Bank
Park Place
Index to Departments and Page References
Index lists sections such as Commercial World Amusements Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers Business Troubles Court Calendars Insurance Notes Legal Notes Losses by Fire Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Railroads Real Estate Society Timed Service Weather Report Yesterday's Fires with page numbers and a note about Daily Stock Reports on the Pennsylvania Special train to Chicago and staff.
Earthquakes Hit Samoa Island Churches Destroyed
The steamer Sonoma reports a violent eruption at Savaii in Samoa with thirteen earthquakes. Stone churches at Sasine and Sasina suffered damage, Paia church was destroyed, landslides occurred, and scorified lava burned trees. other buildings remained unharmed.
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San Francisco
Sonoma
Sydney
Pago Pago
Isle of Savaii
Samoa
Sasine
Sasina
Paia
Steel Works Short Holiday Ends. Major Plants Resume
In Pittsburg on December 29, midwinter industry pause ends as Edgar Thomson works resume at 5 PM. Rankin and Ninth Street wire mills at Braddock restart. Westinghouse plants in Wilmerding and East Pittsburg set operations to begin. Demmler tin-plate plant returns today with 500 workers. Monongahela furnace and Boston mill to resume on New Year’s Eve, bringing McKeesport mills to full operation by January 1.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Rankin Wire Mill
Ninth Street
American Steel and Wire Company
Braddock
Westinghouse Airbrake
Wilmerding
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Hast
Triumphs of 1902 and Champagne Prestige
A year of universal events features the US welcoming Prince Henry at the White House, Edward VII’s coronation as king and emperor, the German Emperor launching an American built yacht christening, France unveiling the Rochambeau Statue, all with Moet & Chandon Champagne as the exclusive celebratory drink.
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America
England
Germany
France
United States
Prince Henry
Prussia
White House
Edward the VII
India
Meteor
Rochambeau
It Saves a Day. The 20th Century Limited Train Schedule
The 20th Century Limited via New York Central and Lake Shore departs New York at 2 45 P M and arrives Chicago at 9 45 the next morning.
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20Th Century Limited
New York Central
Lake Shore
New York
Chicago
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad Claims Purity and Cleanliness
An advertisement for Deerfoot Farm Sausages touts purity and cleanliness as key qualities. It links safe feeding with consumer vigilance and careful selection of foods to avoid health hazards.
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Deerfoot Farm
Adv
Standard Oil Pension Plan Announces New Year's Benefit
Standard Oil invites employees to a global pension program effective January 1 offering half-pay for one year after twenty five years service for those aged sixty four, then standard pension at one quarter of salary. All officers receive benefits, regardless of salary, with hundreds potentially eligible to retire soon. Company lacks full statistics but tens of thousands of workers exist worldwide. first major trust to offer employee pensions without required employee contributions.
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Standard Oil Company
Dodd
Krupp Steel Company
Germany
Window Smashing Robber Leaves Diamond Trail Across Manhattan
A young thief fled from a Broadway window smash at 143 West Forty-second Street with $106,000 in gems, pursued by a mob of 300. He was beaten and captured near Fortieth Street and Eighth Avenue after a clash that left him with severe injuries and three diamonds recovered. police identified him as Angus M. W. McPherson, later revealing other names. The loot weighed 1.5 to 5 carats per stone, with most diamonds dropped along the route.
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Forty-second Street
Broadway
Fortieth Street
Eighth Avenue
R. Simpson
West Forty-second Street
Alfred Plumpton
Roosevelt Hospital
William Morrison
Angus M. W. McPherson
McPherson
Scotland
Hollywood
Long Branch
Seventy-first Regiment
Spain
Boston
Mills Hotel No. 1
Bleecker Street
Luxurious Overland Limited Train Ad to California
An advertisement touts the Luxurious Overland Limited train to California via Chicago and North-Western Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways. It promotes upscale en route amenities and lists offices at Broadway locations.
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California
Overland Limited
Chicago and North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways
Broadway
Chicago coal famine worsens amid rail carrier standoff
SITUATION ACUTE IN CHICAGO. Special to The New York Times. Chicago wholesale coal dealers warn of worsening fuel shortages as railroads refuse coal freight until yards clear of general freight. Dealers urge united railroad action to give coal priority for a week or ten days, arguing tariffs keep high priced freight while coal is scarce. Towns within twenty miles of Chicago report fuel outages.
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New York Times
Chicago
Northwestern
United
Coal Shortage Deepens As Strikes Persist Across Nation
Coal representatives warn of an acute three day shortage nationwide as strikes continue. A Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroads official notes miners were backed by public sentiment and donations while striking, now the public may scramble for coal or do without. A major coal company sales agent cites preferential supply to union-supporting locals, leaving well-off buyers short. Mild weather through Christmas helped operators catch up, but a 10,000 ton shortfall in New York tidewater anthracite persists. Depots remain stocked, despite the shortage.
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Coal Department of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
East Side
New York
British Coal for America Contracts Reported
In London on December 29 a reputable source said contracts were placed for 200000 tons of coal to be shipped from English, Scottish, and Welsh ports to U S East Coast ports. The deal includes coal purchases and ship charters, with around forty steamers already chartered and ongoing for weeks.
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London
Liverpool
United States
Woman Stabs Coal Dealer Over Delayed Delivery
In Plainfield New Jersey Mrs James Scott a colored woman attacked George O Stevens president of the Consumers Coal Company this afternoon stabbing him in the face and head with a hatpin over a disputed coal delivery She grabbed him by the throat and fled when colored boys intervened A warrant was sworn out and she faces a hearing tomorrow morning.
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New York Times
Plainfield
N. J
George O. Stevens
Consumers’ Coal Company
James Scott
Stevens
Passaic Coal Carriers Lag to Ease New York Prices
Passaic residents including tenement and flat house owners buy coal locally to avoid New York charges. The Citizens' Coal Company dispatched many wagons each carrying two tons to New York City this morning, delivering coal at Passaic prices with a small surcharge for transport.
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New York Times
Passaic
N. J
New York
New York City
Citizens’ Coal Company
Wisconsin to attack trusts in new legislative push
Milwaukee December 29 The Wisconsin Legislature set to convene will consider strict anti trust laws aimed at monopolies affecting residents. Plans target wholesale druggists and patent medicines, coal dealers layering prices, and the International Salt Trust with a broad investigative power for state action before federal authorities. Passage remains uncertain.
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New York Times
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
International Salt Trust
Treasury Department
United States
Investors Read The Wall Street Journal Ad Appeal
Investors read The Wall Street Journal as accuracy and completeness guide publishers. Dow Jones and Co promote calm with no anxiety. Letters and telegrams can be sent via the 20 hour Pennsylvania Special from New York to Chicago. Black and White the Real Scotch promises reliable satisfaction.
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Wall Street Journal
Dow, Jones & Co
Adv
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Three Men Caught in Bank Forgery Case
Pinkerton and Central Office detectives arrest John Brush age 62, Alexander Stone 21, and George Ross 33 in a multifront bank forgery probe. Investigators link Brush to 1887 Garfield National Bank fraud totaling about $12,000. seized were acid erasers and a perforating machine. Stone and Ross connected as passers and accessories.
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Liberty National Bank
George 5. Dougherty
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Sergis. Wines and Wooldridge
Central Office
John Brush
Rogues’ Gallery
Garfield National Bank
Brush
Alexander Stone
West Thirty-ninth Street
George Ross
Milburn
Rogues
Stone
New Amsterdam National Bank
Ross
Pinkerton
Dougherty
American Bankers’ Association
Louis Berg
Ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Fourth National Bank
Lincoln National Bank
Merchants’ National Bank
Pacific National
Eot
Caroly Hazelton
H. N. Miller
Thirty-fourth Street
Thirty-sixth Street
Ninth Avenue
Miss. Hazelton
Nat. B. Bloom
Deutsch Brothers
Capt
Titus
Charles Fisher
England
James Farrell
Sing Sing
Richard O.davis
First
New York Volunteer Regiment
West Virginia Senator seeks Liberia post amid Cuban treaty debate
Senator Scott of West Virginia pressed the President for a Federal post for C H Payne of Huntington as Minister to Liberia, but the President indicated the next minister would not be from West Virginia. Scott discussed Cuban reciprocity and warned of Germany seeking similar concessions, fearing protectionist backlash and impact on American industry.
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New York Times
Washington
Scott
West Virginia
White House
C. H. Payne
Huntington
West Va
Liberia
Crossland
Maryland
Payne
Senate
Cuba
France
Germany
United States
West Virginia Senators and Federal Patronage Balance
The text notes the long standing practice of balancing Federal patronage against Presidentially desired legislation. It singles out West Virginia Senators as suspected practitioners of this balancing act. The statement reflects ongoing concerns about legislative leverage and political maneuvering in federal relations with state representatives.
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Germany
West Virginia
Princess Jewels Held in Brussels Amid Confiscation Fear
The Times reports the Crown Princess of Saxony jewels mailed for safe keeping by former tutor Giron were received in Brussels and refused by his brother due to customs duties. The parcel, insured at 800,000 francs, may indicate German government awareness and possible confiscation in the Crown Prince’s interests.
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Brussels
Giron
Germany
London
Saxony
Times
Geneva
Scouts Claim of Leopold in Archduke John Inheritance
The Times's Vienna correspondent notes a possible claim by Archduke Leopold of Tuscany or Leopold Woelfling to the estate of Archduke John, who disappeared years ago as John Orth. The claim is premature since Archduke John's will remains unopened and unlikely to be opened for years.
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London
the Times
Vienna
Leopold of
Tuscany
Saxony
Leopold Woelfling
John
John Orth
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand Renounces Rank Names Adopted
The Wiener Abend Post reports Emperor Francis Joseph accepted Leopold Ferdinand's renunciation of his rank, approved the civil name Woelfling, and ordered his name removed from the Knights of the Golden Fleece and the army lists after his Geneva flight with sister Louise Crown Princess of Saxony. In Berlin, Lutheran clergy in Saxony ordered the Crown Princess Louises name struck from public prayers.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Wiener Abend
Francis Joseph
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand
Woelfiing
Geneva
Louise
Saxony
Knights of Golden Fleece
Berlin
Crisis at Vienna Court Ends in Failure
Vienna reports the past week of meetings between Austrian and Hungarian ministers failed to narrow the Ausgleich dispute over governmental expenditures. If the emperor cannot compel Austrian Premier Dr. von Koerber and Hungarian Premier Coloman de Szell to agree by tomorrow, both premiers are expected to resign.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Prince Henry to Visit U S to Open Veterans Monument
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Henry of Prussia plans a U S tour in 194 to attend the St. Louis Exposition and unveil a veterans monument in Philadelphia bringing a high profile visit to American soil during the era of public displays and diplomacy.
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Berlin
Prince Henry of Prussia
United States
St. Louis Exposition
Philadelphia
Chinese Rebel Leader Threatens Kan-Su Ambitions
Peking reports from Han Kow via the British Consul that Tung-Fuh-Siang commands about 10,000 warriors in Kan-Su Province. His forces could easily overwhelm Shen-Si as Imperial troops are described as weak, signaling potential serious trouble.
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Han-Kow
Tung-Fuh-Siang
Peking
Tung- Fuh-Siang
Kan-Su
Shen-Si
Packing Firm Incorporates in New Jersey
Articles filed in Trenton on December 29 create Morris & Co with 3 million dollars capital to buy and sell cattle hogs poultry and run stock yards and packing houses. Jersey City incorporators include Albert Opdyke Newell Lyon Thomas Curran Phillip Bromberg and John V. Smith. Board may appoint an Executive Committee and set stockholder book inspection terms. Principal interests believed to be Nelson Morris & Co meat packers of Chicago.
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Trenton
N. J
Morris & Co
Albert Opdyke
Newell Lyon
Thomas J. Curran
Phillip Bromberg
John V. Smith
Jersey City
Board of Directors
Nelson Morris & Co
Meat Packers of
Chicago
Thieves Stripped Elberon Cottage in New Jersey
A winter burglary at J. T. Glasgow summer cottage in Elberon near Asbury Park left the home stripped of silverware rugs draperies fine china and paintings with an estimated loss of 1000. Mrs Joan A Eaton witnessed a wagon near the grounds about a week earlier and police note entry through a rear first floor door with broken glass and moved bolts.
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New York Times
Elberon
N. J
J. T. Glasgow
Asbury Park
Glasgow
Joan A. Eaton
Burnett's Vanilla Leads World Wide Advert
Advertisement copy promotes Burnett's Extract of Vanilla as the leader globally. Also touts Adv. Dewar's Scotch and The Smart Set Nectar Purest imported as additional advertised products.
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Burnett
Dewar'’s
Powers May Clash Over Morocco's Fate
Madrid dispatches report Fez invested by rebels as Tangier cables claim European forces plan to support Ceuta and Melilla. Spanish measures include mobilizing troops to Malaga Cadiz and Algeciras while ambassadorial talks with France and Britain seek foreign views. Premier Silvela notes limited combat and expects other powers may send warships to Morocco.
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Madrid
Fez
Tangier
Morocco
Alfonso
Weyler
Duke of
Infanta Tsabel
Malagh
Algeciras
Ceuta
Melilla
Malaga
Cadiz
British warships sail from Valetta for Gibraltar
His Majesty ship Bacchante with Canopus Victorious and Diana leave Valetta for Gibraltar amid Moroccan tensions. Implacable to follow. In London a Tangier rumor claims French support for rebels is absurd but anti Christian movement endangers France, notably in Algeria.
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London
Tangier
Algeria
Christians Safe in Moroccan Capital Under Guard
London dispatch reports Tangier that a courier from Fez says Christians in Rabat Moroc ca capital are safe. Women missionaries shelter at British Consulate with guards. Tangier says Sultan retreated to Fez with arms and barricaded, amid rebel threat. London notes English women missionaries left Fez and Tetuan for the coast. Americans and English male missionaries not mentioned.
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Londonn Times
New York Times
Cablegram
London
the Times
Tangier
Fez
Tetuan
Mequinez
French Intervention Feared in Morocco Crisis
The article traces long-standing concerns over French plans to control northern Morocco and coastal territories opposite Gibraltar. It details 1900 rumors of a diplomatic bargain among Britain France Spain and Italy, the Morocco rebellions, French expeditions and occupation of Insalah Twat Ingher and Igli, and protests by the Moorish government. It notes French railway disputes and calls by French leaders for open annexation talks amid fears of war.
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Morocco
Africa
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Rome
France
Spain
Italy
Tripoli
Tangier
Insalah
Twat
Sahara
Ingher
Igli
Ain-Sefra
Pom
United States
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