Art director Sir Purdon Clarke to head Metropolitan Museum
Sir C Purdon Clarke, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, arrives aboard the Campagnia from Liverpool and will attend the Metropolitan Board meeting to accept his post. He discusses American progress, art purchases, dealers, and plans for collaboration with South Kensington, noting red tape and market pressures.
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C. Purdon Clarke
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
Luigi P. di Cesnola
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cunard Line
Campagnia
Liverpool
Metropolitan Museum
Sir Purdon
England
Albany
America
South Kensington Museum
Africa
J. P. Morgan Group
Mr. Morgan
Kensington Museum
Louvre
South Kensington
Bastini
Florence
New York
Peru
Florida's Famous Trains In Evening and Morning Service
Florida and West Indian Ltd offers the Florida Special at 2 10 P M and a morning 9 25 A M service via the Atlantic Coast Line and related lines, highlighting 1161 miles of route with connections.
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Florida
Fla. & West Indian Ltd
Atlantic Coast Line
Woman Survives Icy Bay Crossing At Great South Bay
Mrs. Charles F. Pitney and guide Capt. Jarvis Reybert nearly perished when ice gave way a mile from shore on Great South Bay. They fought through breaking ice for half a mile, sawed free a float, and trudged a half mile back in ten degree weather with coat and wrists injured but no serious harm.
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Charles F. Pitney
East Forty-sixth Street
Great South Bay
Reybert
Capt. Reybert
Mrs. Pitney
Capt. Raybert
Mob Halts Tunnel Work in Hoboken Fence Demolished
A mob of about 100 men assisted by Common Council members tore down a ten foot high fence at Ferry Street Hoboken erected by the New York and Jersey Tunnel Company led by President W G McAdoo. The action follows a council vote revoking permission for tests and blocking trolley tracks. The tunnel plans include two New Jersey exits at Fifteenth Street Jersey City and Ferry Street Hoboken with a cross river connection to Manhattan.
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Hoboken
Common Council
Ferry Street
New York and Jersey Tunnel Company
W. G. McAdoo
Earnhardt Bayer
Lackawanna Railroad Company
New Jersey
Fifteenth Street
Jersey City
Morton Street
Manhattan
Killed by Fall on Ship in Erie Basin
Charles E. Rogers of Brooklyn head of Charles E. Rogers & Broth er, hardwood importers, died after a 25 foot fall into a hatch on the steamship Cuzco in Erie Basin. He tripped while inspecting mahogany cargo and succumbed before a doctor arrived. Rogers, a prominent trader in mahogany, longtime Roosevelt friend, resided near Sagamore Hill and led Martinicock Lodge of Masons.
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Charles E. Rogers
Brooklyn
Rogers
Mr. Rogers
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Martinicock Lodge of Masons
Mardi Gras Travel Deals From New York To New Orleans
Tickets to New Orleans and return via Southern are on sale March 1 to 6. Fare listed as 37 dollars 75 cents, with advance purchase options. Contact 371 Broadway for details and booking.
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Mardi Gras
New Orleans
New York
Southern Ts
Noted swindler Silverberg arrested on Broadway
International con man Harry Silverberg, alias J C Young and other names, was arrested on Broadway at Seventieth Street by detective Serges McCauley and McGafferty per Acting Inspector O Brien. Investigators say the arrest halts a plan to collect $50,000 from a victim next Monday.
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Harry Silverberg
J. Coleman Drayton
Seventieth Street
Broadway
McCauley
McGafferty
Central Office
O’brien
Silverberg
New York City
Kiely
St. Louis
McCaffery
Young
J. Conningham
Detective Bureau
York
Munich
Mexico
St. Petersburg
China
Korea
Coal Transportation Contracts For Cavite Naval Station
The Navy Department awards contracts to Lind & Co and McCall & Co of New York to move 60 000 tons of coal to Cavite in the Philippines. Foreign bottoms will carry the coal until Cavite holds at least 70 000 tons. Storage at Cavite will take time due to continual draught. after that, further coal transports will be awarded to American ships.
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Washington
Navy Department
Lind & Co
McCall & Co
New York
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Quickest Line to Cleveland from New York Central Ad
Leave New York 5 32 P M arrive Cleveland 7 15 next day then to Cincinnati 1 30 P M Pt Louis 9 45 P M by excess Indianapolis M New York Central Fine service No fare Adv
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Cleveland
New York
Cincinnati
Pt. Louis
Indianapolis M
New York Central
Yale Men Seek Fireman Jobs In Strike Breaker Plan
About 200 Yale students applied to the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad for fireman jobs and many were accepted as potential substitutes if a strike occurs. Some Yale athletes like Carl Flanders joined the pool, with examinations underway in New London. Union leaders and railroad officials discussed the dispute while test sites and hiring offices reported shifting activity and preparations for possible trouble at Mott Haven and Grand Central.
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New York Times
New Haven
Yale
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Carl Flanders
New London
Teamsters
Union Station
Shea
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
New York
Timothy Shea
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mott Haven
Conrad Schulze
Cedar Street
John Street
Mr. Schulze
Harvard's New Sixty Inch Telescope
Harvard's observatory is mounting a sixty inch telescope on Observatory Hill in Cambridge. Purchased from Dr A A Common of England the instrument is larger than Lord Rosse's but more modern and suited for photography. The fully electric telescope will be housed in a two story building designed by Willard P Gerrish and enable work in cold weather.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Astronomical Observatory
Observatory Hill
Garden Street
A. A. Common
England
Lord Rosse
Parsontown
Du Pont May Be Senator in Delaware Plan
Dover Delaware February 18 T Coleman Du Pont expected to lead a new Republican Party slate aiming to secure eighteen Legislature votes for United States Senator. Plan counties nine Regulars nine deserters to back him with others defecting from Addicks faction. Du Pont resists candidacy but party reorganization seeks his Senate approval this year.
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New York Times
Dover
Del
T. Coleman du Pont
Republican
Delaware
United States
Henry A. du Pont
Addicks
Union Republican Caucus
Pennewill
Benson
Missing $258000 in securities puzzles Boston area
Securities worth 258000 vanish from a Boston client's box after Jan 1 removal from a safety deposit vault. The loss includes bonds, mortgages and notes from Norcross Properties and other firms. a Whitcomb note for 5000 is involved. G Henry Whitcomb of Worcester is suspected but denies ownership. authorities seek clues.
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Boston
MacPherson, Damon & Hyde of
Securities
Hyde
Massachusetts
G. Henry Whitcomb
American Loan and Trust Company
Whitcomb
Shaw Stocking Company
Wachusett Shirt Company
Wachusett National Bank
Fitchburg
Keene Electric Railway Company
John Hancock Building
International #Trust Company
Norcross Properties, Incorporated
Worcester
Orcester
Mass
G. Hen Whitcomb
Seattle
Washington
Henry Whitcomb
American Writing Paper Company
Stray $1200 Found in Tree Stump Near Fultz Home
Bellefonte Penns Valley officers arrest Mr and Mrs Edson Fultz George Fultz and Harry Kessinger on theft charges after a detective found 1200 dollars hidden in a jar in a tree stump near the Fultz residence. Prosecutors Michael and Moses Evy, farm neighbors, say robbers have stolen over 10000 dollars in recent years. The Fultzes deny the allegations. The case links to a prior incident involving a killer who died after a constable was slain and a former wife of William Etlinger.
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New York Times
Bellefonte
Penn
Edson Fultz
George Fultz
Harry Kessinger
Penns Valley
Fultz
Michael
Moses Evy
Fultzes
Kessinger
Illiam Etlinger
Barnes
Woodward
Reyes's Note to Roosevelt on Panama Plebiscite
Colombian President Gen Reyes sent a personal note to President Roosevelt through Triana the Colombian Chargé d Affaires. Roosevelt said he would confer with Secretary Hay and send a reply. The note is likely urging a plebiscite in Panama.
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Washington
Triana
Hay
Gen. Reyes
Colombia
Panama
NEW York Times
Boy Coaster Killed On Newark Hill
George Foeher aged thirteen of 132 Newton Street died on Court Street Hill after colliding with an ascending sled. His throat was cut by a sharp steel prong on the other sled, and he died before reaching the hospital. Police had recently forbidden two sleds on the hill but allowed single sleighs.
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New York Times
Newark
N. J
George Foeher
Newton Street
Court Street Hill
Foeher
Court Street
Rail Route Advertises Arkansas to Mexico City Train
An advertisement highlights a passenger route via St. Louis and the Iron Mountain line from 335 Broadway offering Pullman and dining cars. It promises four days to Mexico City and under two days to Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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Ark
St. Louis
Iron Mountain
Mexico City
Hot Springs
Pullman
Royal engagement in peril as crown prince leaves Florence
Berlin reports Crown Prince Frederick William has left Florence after repeated parental requests. Serious differences with his fiancée Duchess Cecilia are cited, and the engagement is believed to be broken off.
Poison Plot Aimed at Mrs Stanford In California
A San Francisco newspaper reports an attempt to murder Mrs Jane L Stanford widow of Leland Stanford at her California Street home within the past month by poison in mineral water. She drank portions but the poison was apparently too strong and the plan failed. Detectives investigate as Mrs Stanford travels to Japan and several servants are watched.
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San Francisco
Jane L. Stanford
Leland Stanford
California Street
Bomb outrage in Paris injures Spaniard at legation
In the Champs Elysées quarter a man named Garcia, alleging Spanish birth in 1862, exploded a bomb in front of the Mexican Legation. He was wounded, denied anarchist ties, and claimed revenge for perceived ruin by the Mexican Government. Police found a revolver and two dynamite bombs at his lodgings.
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Paris
Champs Elysées
Garcia
Santande
Legation
Police as Art Critics in Richmond Display Crackdown
Richmond mayor orders removal of artificial logs from store windows and directs police to inspect public and semi public art displays featuring female figures. Tobacco shop displays with painted tops on cigar boxes may be barred under new rules.
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New York Times
Richmond
McCarthy
Chloroformed Robbery Strikes Bay Street Merchant
William McKenzie a 58 year old wholesale merchant of Stapleton was chloroformed and robbed of a gold watch chain and cash late last night in New Brighton. Two detectives pursued the case but found no clue as he described a masked assailant emerging from behind a tree on Madison Avenue. The value taken totaled about 150 dollars.
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West Brighton
William McKenzie
Bay Street
Stapleton
S. I
Madison Avenues
New Brighton
McKenzie
Arietta Street
Richmond Turnpike
Turnpike
First Avenue
Madison Avenue
Exhumation Ordered in Butler County Double Death
Coroner J A Atwell ordered Drs Patterson and Lowry to exhume the bodies of Mrs Margaret Jones Brown and her daughter Mrs Anna Walker in Middlesex Township for exam after the deaths. John Walker, husband of Mrs Walker, is jailed on larceny charges and is held until the autopsies conclude.
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New York Times
Butler
Penn
J. A Atwell
Butler County
William S. Patterson
Robert Lowry
Margaret Jones-Brown
Anna Walker
Middlesex Township
John Walker
Walker
Palm Limited summer trains to Florida and Augusta routes
Florida Augusta Aiken and A TA summer schedule advertises The Southern's Palm Limited tourist trains from New York Daily departures at 12 55 PM via P R R and Southern Ry with two other fast trains daily. New York offices listed at 2 1 4 1 8 5 Broadway.
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Florida
Augusta
Aiken & A, TA
Southern
S Palm Limited
Murder of Sergius May End the War
A telegraph report from Berlin and Saint Petersburg notes that Emperor William’s letter to the Czar spurs thoughts of peace with Japan. An extraordinary Council of the Empire meets after the Grand Duke Sergius’s assassination to assess war prospects and possible peace terms.
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Sergius
Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Frederick Leopold
Prussia
Berlin
Manchuria
William
Foreign Office
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
Gripenberg
War Office
Harbin
IMPERIAL FAMILY IN PERIL AFTER RUSSIA MURDER
In St Petersburg the capital reels after yesterday's murder. Citizens fear further violence as Emperor Alexander lamented the blow to his family and pleads for prayers for the slain. The city awaits what may come next amid tolling bells and widespread sympathy.
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ST. Petersburg
Sui Ikea
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Crown Prince
Frederick Will
Iam
Cecilia
Mrs. Stanford
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Prince Frederick Leopold of
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Japan
Nicholas
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Tokio
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Zemsky Sobor
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