Morgan to Back Metropolitan Street Railway Merger
J P Morgan is expected to finance a new securities company to reorganize the Metropolitan Street Railway in New York and back the Philadelphia merger plans. Drexel & Co and Morgan will handle funds for both deals, with detailed stock and bond structures outlined for New York and Philadelphia entities.
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Philadelphia
A. Bo Widener
J. P. Morgaer
New Securities Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York
IO Vncie
Drexel & Co
J.P. Morgan & Co
Morgen
Mercer
Union Traction Company
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
New Philadelphia
New York Securities Company
TL Be Witt Cuyler
Spruce Street
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
G. }. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading
Yurr Tumneneier
R. Morgner
Mr .Griscanys
German Trade in 1901 Report From Berlin Guild
Berlin Merchants Guild reports 1901 trade growth offset by weak home demand. Exports rose by 76 million marks, while many Berlin machine shop and electric workers were laid off. Tariff doubts and Rhine Elbe canal delays are noted.
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Loxpox Times
New York Times
London
Berlin Merchants’ Guild
Times
Rhine-Elbe
Berlin
Coaling Warships at Sea Nearing Solution
Times special cable from London reports admiralty experiments on sea coaling using Spencer Miller and English inventor Temperley apparatus. The system aims to streamline fueling of warships underway and is nearing a practical solution.
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Loxpon
NEW York Times
London
the Times
Admiralty
Spencer Miller
New York
Temperley
Index to Departments and Markets Summary
Stock strength noted with price quotes for corn oats cotton iron butter and other commodities. The page lists sections including Commercial World Amusements Arrivals at Hotels Business Troubles Court Calendars Insurance Notes Legal Notes and more with page references for each item.
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Marine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
German Mining Rights in Shan Tung Nears Final Pact
Peking dispatch reports Germany close to securing exclusive mining rights in a large Shan Tung area. Negotiations continue in Shan Tung capital between Governor and German Consul, and in Peking between German Legation and Chinese Foreign Office. China seeks about 25 percent royalty, Germany proposes 99 years and a time limit of twenty five years discussed.
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Loxpox Times
New York Times
London
Peking
the Times
Germany
Shan- Tung
Tien-Tsin
Shan-Tung
China
Turkish Spies’ Discovery Target Sultan’s Heir in Constantinople
Mail advices from Constantinople reveal the Ottoman Sultan keeping his brother and heir isolated. Prince Mohammed Reshad bought trinkets from Greek jewelers who were exposed as Young Turk agents. The jewelers were arrested and sentenced to exile and imprisonment at Sinope. their families lost livelihood as shops were sealed and goods confiscated.
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London
NEW York Times
Times
Constantinople
Mohammed Reshad
Young Turk Party
Sinope
Asia Minor
Mahmud Pasha Condemned to Death in Constantinople
In Constantinople on February 6 Damad Mahmud Pasha the Sultan’s brother in law and a longtime Young Turk figure was sentenced to death by default after refusing expulsion requests from Italy and France. He fled to Paris where he remains in safety. The Criminal Court ordered his arrest and trial.
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Constantinople
Damad Mahmud Pasha
Miehmad
Young Turk
Greece
Mahmud
Rome
Italy
Paris
Flight of Damad Shahmud Pasha Sparks Ottoman Turmoil
Dispatch from Constantinople dated December 18 reports Damad Shahmud Pasha fleeing with his wife’s jewels and funds. Mahmud sailed to Marseilles en route to Paris where officials seek his arrest over alleged plots against the Sultan, while many view the charges as a political intrigue.
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Constantinople
Damad Shahmud Pasha
Tle
Mahmud
Marseilles
Paris
Séniha Sultana
Holland angry with Boers in peace talks
Brussels dispatch reports the Dutch government plans to abandon the Boer cause amid Allied pressure. In Commons, Balfour says peace correspondence has been sent to Lord Milner for relay to Kitchener and Boer leaders. Chamberlain notes any Boer negotiation proposals will go to the government for consideration.
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London
Brussels
Daily Telegraph
House of Commons
Balfour
Netherlands
Great Britain
South Africa
Lord Milner
Lord Kitchener
Mr. Chamberlain
British reply to Dutch proposals on South African war noted
Brussels and Hague correspondents report no ill feeling from Britain's refusal though Belgian opinion is cautious. St Petersburg wire notes Novoe Vremya says Britain aims for friendly relations yet misreads the strength of the British stance.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Brussels
The
Times
Hague
Great Britain
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
California in Four Days from New York
Travel advertisement outlining the Overland Limited route from New York to California via Chicago, North Western, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific lines. It lists bus offices at 461, 287, and 349 Broadway and promotes best of everything en route in four days.
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California
New York
Best of Everything
Overland Limited
Chicago & North- Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Bus
Broadway
Adv
Carnegie dedicates new Stevens Institute engineering lab in Hoboken
Andrew Carnegie attends the dedication of the new Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. The $65,000 building, funded by Carnegie, includes a library and engineering physics laboratory. Carnegie extols manual labor and practical knowledge, cites Stevens’ genius, and hints at a further donation for maintenance. The event features speeches, toasts, a dinner, and lavish table decorations themed around iron and steel industry.
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Andrew Carnegie
Hoboken
Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
Carnegie
Robert L. Stevens
President Morton
Institute
Col
Edwin A. Stevens
Richard Stevens
Lewis
Alexander
Col. Stevens
Garnet
Alexander C. Humphries
Laboratory
William C. Ackerman
Ross & Ackerman
Gall
Stevens
United States
Germany
Pennsylvania Railroad
Technical School
England
Morton
S. Bayard Dodd
Board of Trustees
Mr. Carnegie
The
Sir John Guest
Wales
Camden and Amboy
Widener Memorial Training School for Crippled Children
Special to The New York Times Philadelphia Feb 6 plans for the Widener Memorial Training School for Crippled Children to be built on 36 acres at Old York Road and Thorp's Lane. Peter A B Widener funds about 2 million dollars for medical, surgical care and education to help children support themselves in a colonial 3 story red brick central building with limestone trim and dome, plus wings and cottages.
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Philadelphia
Widener Memorial Training School For
Old York Road
Thorp’s Lane
Peter A. B. Widener
Let Us Alone Says South in House Speech
Representative Talbert of South Carolina opposed Crumpucker’s plan to cut Southern representation where Black citizens were denied the vote. He urged the South to settle the race issue without Northern intervention, insisting whites must rule and calling for unity and wise statesmanship.
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Washington
Tibert
Chicago Barbers Back Ban On Face Sponges
Chicago barbers welcomed the New York City Health Department move to forbid face sponges in barbershops. Charles Ferrero of the Palmer House shop said sponges are unsanitary, not used for twenty years except for a few patrons with personal shaving outfits. He praised the reform as a needed change for New York barber shops.
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Chicago
New York City
New York
Charles Ferrerro
Palmer House
Barbers
Ruse to honor St Patrick in Boston parade plan
The Boston mayor declined city funds for a St Patrick's Day parade. Citizens consider using Evacuation Day on March 17 to dedicate the Dorchester Heights monument and have the mayor sponsor the parade.
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ST. Patrick
Boston
Patrick A. Collins
St. Patrick's Day
Dorchester Heights
W J Youngs rejects congressional nomination
Albany Feb 6 Deputy Superintendent of Banking William J Youngs of Oyster Bay says he would not accept a nomination for Congress and cannot see any circumstances that would lead him to run.
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Albany
William J. Youngs
Oyster Bay
Congress
Madison Garden Night at the Grand Parade
Readable fragments describe a Mary eee event at Madison Garden during a nighttime parade. The text suggests a grand masquerade or ball scene with local venue references and Adv advertising style.
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Madison Garden
New England Senators Back Cuban Tariff Concessions
New England lawmakers in Congress unite behind tariff concessions for Cuba as a matter of right and policy. Senators Pratt Gallinger Proctor Hale Burnham Dillingham Aldrich Frye and the New England House delegation endorse President Roosevelt's Cuban relief plan, arguing protection remains intact.
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Washington
New England
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Cuba
Pratt
Connecticut
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Proctor
Vermont
United States
Messrs
Platt
Hale
Maine
Burnham
Rep
Roosevelt
Dillingham
Sendior Proctor
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Frye
Massachusetts
Payne
N._Y
House
Senate approves New York City Post Office bill
The Senate approved a 2.5 million dollar appropriation for a new fireproof Post Office Building in New York City. A five member Treasury and postal commission will select and certify a site near Grand Central Station with ample ground space. Completion is estimated in about 18 months pending House passage and President Roosevelt's signature. Burnett's Coconine advertises hair growth.
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Washington
Senate
New York City
Secretary of the Treasury
Chamber of Commerce
State of
New York
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
van Cott
Senator Platt
House
Roosevelt
Internal Revenue and Pension Departments
Grand Central Station
Police revert to old two platoon patrol system
The city returns to the two platoon patrol setup after August changes, claiming cost savings and staffing efficiency. Commissioner Partridge notes the three platoon plan increased posts, reduced reserve strength, and raised salaries by about two and a half million annually.
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Partridge
Murphy
Soolock
Col. Partridge
Seroons
Janitor Edward Herman Burned Alive in Apartment Fire
Edward Herman, 39, janitor of an apartment building at First Avenue, saturated by a bursting torch, was fatally burned before a crowd. He died four hours later at Bellevue Hospital. Fire started while he tried to thaw gas pipes. Otto Strow and others attempted rescue. Herman worked at the building only since Monday. he leaves a wife and three children.
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Edward Herman
First Avenue
Bellevue Hospital
Otto Strow
Herman
Bellevue
Louis Horowitz
Edward J. Farley
Joseph Carl
Strow
Post Graduate Hospital
Industrial Commission Submits Final Report to Congress
The Industrial Commission has submitted its final report to Congress detailing a broad program. It urges revival and strengthening of federal railroad supervision and a larger Interstate Commerce Commission role, plus a permanent auditor corps and penalties for report violations. It also covers agricultural protections, nursery stock inspection, and food labeling measures.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
Congress
Senate
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Massachusetts
Seaboard
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Coloamibie
Pension sought for widow of Lazear founder of yellow fever study
Congress considers pension for Mabel H Lazear widow of Jesse W Lazear who died after self experiments on yellow fever. Lazear served as Acting Assistant Surgeon in Cuba and per Surgeon General died from causes in the line of duty while studying infectious diseases. The Pensions Committee favors the claim noting death occurred during military service or in the line of duty.
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Washington
Congress
Pritchard
Rep
N. C
Committee On Pensions
Mabel H. Lazear
Jesse W. Lazear
Columbia Barracks
Cuba
Surgeon General of the Army
Fensions
Lazear
Dry Monopole Champagne Officially Adopted by the Emperor
A brief notice reports that Dry Monopole Champagne has been officially adopted by the German Emperor. The announcement marks a ceremonial endorsement of the beverage within imperial circles and national celebrations.
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Germany
Bennet proposes amending Raines law Sunday liquor provision
Albany reports Assemblyman Bennet of New York introduces a compromise excise bill amending the Raines law to strike out hotels and clubs Sunday liquor dispensing. He cites German American Municipal League backing and aims to broaden equality, while keeping local option alive with a Tuesday hearing.
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Albany
Bennet
New Yeark
Bennets
Vennet
Germmericen Municipal League
Onl
Anti-Saloon League
Bulgarian Minister Kamicheff Assassinated in Sofia Study
The Bulgarian Minister of Public Instruction M Kamicheff was killed in his Sofia study by a Macedonian student who then shot himself. The killer, once a Sofia University pupil, had sought a capital posting and had warned of murder. The Times notes vendetta risks and unanswered motives.
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M. Kamicheff
Softa
University of Sofia
M. Kamtcheff
London Timess
NEW Yor Times
London
Sofia
The
Times
Karandjuloff
Macedonia
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Tames
Thoms Pe Bivan
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Ryan
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Metropolitan Company
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Whitney Syndicate
Mahmud Pasha
Holland
Mr. Stevens
Robert Stevens
Stevens Institute
Edge
Manual Labor
Iere
Hannibal
Columbus
Shakespeare
Burns
Bessemer
Nolding
Crippled Children’s Home
P. A. B. Widener
SOUTH
Mr. Talbert
South Carolina
Chicago Barbers
W.j.youngs
Mr. Hale
Sroke
Burnett
National Board
Assemblyman Bennet
American Municipal League
Tion
York Paes
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