Roosevelt backs boxing bill amid Albany graft clash
Legislature reports boxing and banking reforms as Roosevelt endorses the prizefight bill while legislators push to repeal Horton law. Savings bank reps denounce the Mortgage Tax bill. Allds aims to lure corporations back from New Jersey. Wagner bill favors loan corporations under state banking supervision. Congress discusses the financial bill as Allison and Jones debate its scope. Foreign fronts show British actions near Stenburg and Kimberley with Rhodes ransom talk and troop movements.
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Senate and
Assembly
Albany
Roosevelt
Assemblyman Allds
New Jersey
State Banking Department
Senate
Congress
Allison
Rep
Iowa
Jones
Silver
Nevada
House
Pickering
Thé Concert at Sherry's Draws Curious Society Crowd
A well attended Thé Concert organized by Mrs Langtry at Sherry's attracted a mix of society figures, actresses and others. News notes cover psychical research at Columbia Havemeyer Hall, anti trust rail and telegraph platform, missing men found, Long Island Terminal franchise delay, transit and tunnel plans, suffrage hearings, a mans death in Copenhagen hotel and Bath Soldiers Home probe, plus varied pages and notices.
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Sherry’s
Anti-Trust
Martin Loeffler
Charles Heime
Midgecombe Avenue
Cornelius Ahearn
Long Jesiind Terminal Railroad Company
Rapid Transit Commissioners
August Belmont & Co
Board of Trade Asks J P Morgan to End Freight Discrimination
The Chicago Board of Trade sends an open letter to J P Morgan, urging action against railroad freight rate discrimination. The letter accuses railroads of favoring a few and breaking interstate commerce laws, urging Morgan to address the abuses in transportation practices.
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New York Times
Chicago
Sa Board of Trade
J. P. Morgan
Exchange Men Meet to Seek Uniform Trading Plans
United action among fourteen boards of trade was agreed upon in Chicago at the Grand Pacific Hotel. Delegates discussed uniform commissions and methods to curb bucket shops, with New York representatives detailing plans to standardize broker accreditation and blacklist noncompliant firms.
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New York Times
Chicagh
United Action
United States
Boards of Trade
Grand Hbacific
One Delegata
D. M. van Vliet
Frank E. Maguire
W. H. Hamilton
John Valiumt
John J. D. Trenor
Samuel P. Enes
H. B. Day
New Produce Exchange
Missing Fall River passenger linked to Priscilla finds
Boston reports a supposed passenger, Mr Randolph, of a Priscilla voyage from New York to Fall River. His wife and daughter at Hotel Oxford, Boston, hold his effects found in a stateroom with a letter asking to send them to his family. Family doubts suicide as theory. Disappearance noticed after the Priscilla reached Fall River.
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Boston
Fall River
Randolph
Priscilla
New York
Frick Files Equity Suit Asking Help Against Carnegie
Henry Clay Frick sues in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas against Andrew Carnegie and the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, seeking nullification of transfers, an injunction, book corrections, dissolution if needed, and accounting of losses. He alleges Carnegie coerced his resignation, undervalued Frick's stake, and plans to seize control amid ongoing profits and asset valuation disputes.
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Pittsburg
Henry Clay Frick
Court of Common Pleas No. 1
Allegheny County
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company, Limited
Carnegie
Willis McCook
Frick
Carnegie Brothers & Co., Limited
Edgar Thomson
Braddock Township
Carnegie, Phipps & Co., Limited
Homestead
Keystone Bridge Works
Armor Plate
Hartman Steel Works
Beaver County
Frick, Phipps
Prick
Put
Carnegie Brothers& Co., Limited
Henry Phipps
Schwab
Articles of Association of the
Carnegie Brothers &Co., Limited
McCook
Henry Phipps, Jr
Henry M. Curry
F. T. F. Lovejoy
Girl Seizes Flaming Lamp Saves Covington Family
Nellie Stevenson, 19, acted bravely at the Dennison Hotel home in Covington Kentucky by unhooking a flaming hanging oil chandelier and carrying it outside after it ignited. Her quick actions prevented a wider disaster though she suffered burns to hand and wrist.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Nellie Stevenson
A. C. H. Johnson
Dennison
East Third Street
Covington
Mr. Johnson
Superb Dining Car Service For NY Central Trains
Travelers praise New York Central dining cars with superior meals across the East and West. Pintsch light illumination enhances the car interiors in this ad style blurb.
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New York Central
Floods Clobber New England Mills and Bridges
Severe gales and rain lash New England causing record floods across rivers including the Merrimac and Connecticut. Mills flood in North Adams with lower floors ruined, bridges washed away, and 1,000 residents stranded on upper stories. Ice jams threaten Kennebec harvest prospects as Clinton dam holds with great effort.
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Boston
New England
Merrimac
Connecticut
Manchester
N. H
Almer H. Jackson
Boston and Maine
Nashua
Vermont
Maine
Bellows Falls
Champlain Valley
North Adams
Mass
Hoosie
Clinton
Eagle
Jefferson
Harris Mills
West Boylston
Water Board
Green Street
Webster
Oxford
South
Worcester
Child Drowns in Flood Near Fitchburg
In Fitchburg Massachusetts a flood from the Nashua River swelled neighborhoods, drowning 12 year old Liona Martin and threatening further damage. Her father Athanese E. Martin worked at Fitchburg car shops as police aided in the search and rescued his wife and five other children.
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New York Times
Fitchburg
Mass
Nashua
Liona Martin
Athanese E. Martin
Martin
Kendall
Buller
Tarpey
Martin House
Langtry's Sherry's Concert Draws Elite Society Crowd
The Thé Concert at Sherry's drew New York and London society leaders to fund-raising for the hospital ship Maine. Mrs Langtry hosted with Miss Edna May and others performing, while barroom vigilance and charity tips shaped the afternoon.
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United Kingdom
United States
Sherry’s
New York
Harley
Police
Mr. Sherry
Sherry
London
Héléne Belfort Berger
Siffleuse
Clementine de Vere
Mile
Flavie van den Hende
Cello
Melville Ellis
Manoforte
Mme
Marie
Hospital Ship Fund
Weber Parker
Mamaroneck
John R. Drexel
Edward Reeves Merritt
Baroness de Wardener
Townsend Burden
Egerton
Oliver Harriman, Jr
Herman le Roy Emmet
Whitney Warren
Oelrichs
Merritt
Astor
Ogden Mills
Jessie Millward
May Robson
Edna May
Mary Mannering
Anna Held
Pres
Landslide Blocks Hudson Line Near Poughkeepsie
A landslide on the Hudson River Railroad near Old Troy between New Hamburg and Low Point blocked all tracks from 3 AM for almost eight hours. A milk train southbound encountered debris but slowed in time. restoration crews from Poughkeepsie and Peekskill worked through the night, with traffic halted all morning.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Hudson River
Old Troy
New Hamburg
Low Point
Dépris
Peekskill
W C T U Conference Denounces Langtry Tea Barmaid Plans
The New York Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathered at Broadway Tabernacle to condemn the Langtry tea where barmaid imagery appeared. President Ella A Boote praised efforts against the scene and noted President McKinley reviewing the Anti Canteen bill. Discussions also covered cigarette sales to minors, suffrage, Sunday baseball, and prizefighting suppression.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Applauds Mrs Langtry over temperance union clash
A letter to the editor denounces the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for opposing a Sheridan Sher rys concert by Mrs Langtry, arguing the union should focus on its own charity. The writer quotes a neighborly exchange about Sunday golf and urges support for Langtry's cause. New York Feb 13 1900.
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New York Times
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Sherry’s
Christian Temperance Union
Dewey Jr. Takes Chicago Resident Role Amid Fame
George Dewey Jr., son of the Manila hero, becomes a permanent Chicago resident at the Lakota Hotel. At 23 he serves as Western representative for a New York dry goods firm and avoids publicity, planning to work on his own terms while attending a card party at Roland P. Marks’s home.
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New York Times
Chicago
George Dewey, Jr
Manila
Dewey
Roland P. Marks
Father
Dewey, Jr
National Biscuit profits meet promises with earnings rise
National Biscuit Company in Chicago reports twelve months earnings of 5.6 percent on outstanding common stock, with gross earnings of 35,651,898 dollars and profits of 3,302,155 dollars. Directors declare quarterly dividends of 1 percent on preferred stock payable Feb 28 and 1 percent on common stock payable Apr 16. Directors re-elect all officers.
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New York Times
Chicago
National Biscuit Company
Ting Fang to Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans
We Ting-fang diplomat and wife will visit during Mardi Gras with a retinue of thirty servants. They will stay at the St. Charles Hotel while in New Orleans. Ting-fang, a leading foreign minister, is known for fluency in English and entertaining conversation. He has long advised Li Hung Chang, the notable Chinese statesman.
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New York Times
New Orleans
Ting-fang
Washington
St. Charles
China
Tingfang
Li Hung Chang
Blizzard in England Hits London as Storm Intensifies
A February blizzard paralyzes London and much of the United Kingdom with extreme cold. Telegraphic communication was seriously interrupted as reports of severe weather pour in from across the realm.
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London
United Kingdom
Royal Limited Leaves New York for Washington Daily
The Royal Limited departs South Ferry and Liberty Street at 3 P M and arrives in Washington at 8 P M with unexcelled dining and café car service. Adv.
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Royal Limited
New York
South Ferry
Liberty St
Washington
Adv
British Rensburg Camp In Distress As Retreat Prompts Losses
A Daily Mail dispatch from Rensburg reports heavy fighting near Colesberg as British posts withdraw to Rensburg. Boers shell Bastard's Nek and other outposts as forces at Colesberg and Magersfontein shift to reinforce, risking loss of communication lines.
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Colesberg
Achtertang
Potfontein
Jasfontein
Rensburg
Hobkirk’s
Bastard’s Nek
Hobkirk’s Windmill
Maeder
Cole’s Kop
Col. Page
Slingersfontein
Spencer Wilkinson
Morning Post
Modder River
Magersfontein
Cape Town
Kimberley
Stormberg
Natal
Joubert
Ladysmith
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Leyds
Cecil Rhodes
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Prince Henry
Berlin
Martinique
Ambassador Tower
St. Petersburg
Coloumbia
Ienethy
Miss Anthony
Roland B. Molineux
A. McLane Hamilton
Molineux
Soldiers and Sailors
Bath
Philbin
Davies
Charles A. Chickering
Copenhagen
N. Y
Grand Union Hotel
Tnsurance
Railroons
VPac +t
Jieal Estate
Society
T. F Weather Report
Chicago Board of Trade
Tinue
Kentucky
Kennebec
Child
Harvey
Capt
Lantry
Central Office
Devery
Union
Iinks
Earl
Yarmouth
Bartem
Harry Woodruff
Stuyvesant Fish
Sydney Smith
Gen. Burnett
Frederic Pierson
Daisy Pierson
John C. Westervelt
Anna Sands
Padelford
Stuyvesant le Roy
James Bishop
Josephine Johnson
Buchanan
Joseph Pulitzer
Alexander Hollander
Alexander Shaw
Frances Johnson
Louis J. Pooler
Clarence Postley
Henri Gould
Noel
Georgiana Wilmerding
Winthrop
J. F. D. Lanier
Jefferson Seligman
C. Albert Stevens
Howe
Blakeman
Tiffany
Weil
Perry
Rutherford
Bernheimer
Miss Turner
Creighton Webb
Robert Sands
Craig Wadsworth
Barton Willing
Leonidas Westervelt
Chesley Richardson
Stacy Clarke
J. N. Winslow
John Gallatin
Schroeder
Joseph Larocque
Gov. Hogg
Texas
National Biscuit Profits
Ting Fang
England
Rensburg Camp
Ises
Daily Mail
Wilkinson
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