Jerome Attacks Reformers Methods At West Side Dinner
Mayor Low urged canal improvement and support for Odell canal plan at the West Side Republican Club fourth annual dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Lieut Gov Woodruff mocked reformers while Controller Grout and District Attorney Jerome defended, debated Sunday liquor opening and reform methods.
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Waldorf- Astoria
West Side
Republican Club
Julius H. Seymour
Mayor Low
Woodcuff
Controller Grout
Morgan J. O'Brien
Jerome
James A. Blanchard
John Proctor Clarke
Jacob A. Cantor
R. Fulton Cutting
President Fornes
Board of Aldermen
Wheat and commodities prices in Financial Affairs
The Financial Affairs section lists yesterday's prices for Wheat No 2 red at 90 3 4c, corn No 2 mixed at 70 3 4c, oats No 2 mixed at 63c, cotton middling at 8 3 4c, iron Northern No 1 foundry at 15 75, and butter Western creamery at 24c, with page references for related topics. The page index covers multiple topics including Real Estate and Weather Report.
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United Service
Weather Report
Jerome's speech on excise stirs Albany debate
District Attorney Jerome's Reform Club address on excise drew interest from the Legislature. Senator John Raines said he had nothing new to add to his prior remarks. Democrats fear a split on Sunday opening as Catholic opposition weighs on support.
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Grout
Wildcat
Jerome
Tammany Hall
New York
Mr. Jerome
City of
Albany
Cantor
Donald Sage Mackay
Fornes
Nevada N. Stranahan
Reform Club
John Raines
Raines
Justice Jerome
New York City
Barnes
Sullivan
Assembly
Milner Speech Praised As South Africa’s Future Outlined
London dispatch reports Lord Milner’s banquet remarks in Johannesburg praised for optimism on a postwar settlement. He urged loyalty to all South Africans, warned against renewed strife, and called for a British Transvaal idea with a model city built for permanency.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
the Times
Johannesburg
Lord Milner
South Africa
Town Council
Chamber of Mines
Chamber of Commerce
St. John Carr
Milner
Majuba
Great Britain
Egypt
Transvaal
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Kitchener
Southrica
Jerome Denies Slap at Officials Over Excise Law
District Attorney Jerome denies his Reform Club speech targeted administration figures. He says change to the excise law is needed to curb Tammany influence and keep saloons out of politics. Mayor Low declines to discuss the remarks and will avoid Saturday dealings at City Hall.
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Mayor Low
New York City
France
State of
New York
Erie Canal
Odell
Woodruff
Low
Jerome
Grout
Cafiter
City of New York
Mr. Grout
Chenango Canal
Brooklyn
Gowanus Canal
Partridge
Tammany
Reform Club
Jérome
Lexington Daughters of the Confederacy seek ban on Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Lexing ton Chapter asks Charles B. Scott, manager of the Lexing ton Opera House, to never stage Uncle Tom's Cabin again. They argue that slave owners were among Lexington's leading families, the play misrepresents Southern slavery, and its bloodhound imagery and chains shock local citizens and costal families.
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Lexington
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Charles B. Scott
Opera House
South
Warships for Venezuelan Waters
Washington reports Rear Admiral Higginson and the battleship Kearsarge leading a North Atlantic Squadron detachment toward La Guayra Venezuela. The ships carry an enlarged marine contingent to guard against rioting if the revolutionists win, with Higginson expected to command any joint actions.
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Washington
Higginson
Kearsarge
Venezuelan
la Guayra
Higshson
Venezuela
Castro
Florida and Metropolitan Pullman Train Inauguration Planned
January Fourteenth the Florida and Metropolitan Ltd will inaugurate a solid Pullman train to St Augustine via Seaboard Air Line By Office 1.183 B way. We
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Florida & Metropolitan Ltd
St. Augustine
Seaboard Air Line
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad
Premium two pound sausage package made from dairy fed tender young porkers seasoned with selected spices. Beware of imitations and duplicate products.
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Deerfoot Farm
Bulldog Attacks Child in Port Chester House Play
Five year old Mary Kelly was mauled by her brother’s bulldog during a domestic romp in Port Chester New York. The dog dragged her, bit her head and shoulder, and held on while John tried to intervene. A neighbor and a passerby tried to save her using a heated poker hot water and an axe. The girl was taken to hospital with severe injuries and possible scarring. Doctors fear possible death from blood loss and shock though rabies treatment may follow if she recovers.
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Port Chester
N. Y
Mary Kelly
John
Mary
Richard Elmore
Goulds press bid for Maryland road tied to Western Maryland
Special to The New York Times from Baltimore reports the Gould interests have secured control of the West Virginia Central and made an offer to the city for the Western Maryland Railroad. Officials say bids will be open and the road sold publicly to repay indebtedness of about 12 million dollars, with Reading Railroad ties implied.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Gould
West Virginia Central
Baltimore City
Western Maryland Railroad
Elkins
Wabash
Tidewater
Maryland
John P. Poe
Gorman
New York
Pennsylvania
Western Maryland
Hayes
Poe
Reading Railroad Company
Ralph Robinson
Robinson
Reading
Von Buelow Rebukes German Anglophobia in Reichstag
The Times reports British anger over German attacks on the British Army in Parliament. Berlin observers note Sonnenberg’s harsh tirade against Chamberlain and the army, while Count von Buelow urges restraint and friendly ties with Britain. Paris reviews warn of shifting Triple Alliance dynamics.
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London Times
NEW Yorkk Times
London
the Times
Reichstag
Chamberlain
Count von Biilow
England
Journal Des Débats
Paris
The
Times
Germany
Prince of Wales
Berlin
Count von Bislow
Great Britain
Windmill Belt Might Power Chicago Cities Future
Franklin H. Head proposed at the University of Chicago a windmill belt around the city to run dynamos charging storage batteries. The system could supply electricity and heat, leveraging Thomas Edison’s new storage battery. Head said it would revolutionize power use and reduce manufacturing costs.
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Chicago
College of Commeme
University of Chicago
Franklin H. Head
Harvard Rules Extend Time for Degree Leave of Absence
Harvard announces a new regulation allowing students who finish three years with cum laude grades to petition for the Bachelor of Arts degree at the end of the third year. Those not meeting the criteria must wait until the end of the fourth year, with leave of absence possible until degree conferment.
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Boston
Harvard
Burke Wins Out in Chicago Democrats Committee Shakeup
Robert E. Burke retains his majority as Chicago Democratic County Central Committee chairs announce new legislative and contests committees after a meeting in Mayor Harrison's office. The plan includes ward representation, excluding Hopkins and Sullivan lines, with Sullivan aides Heaton Owsley and John C. Schubert dropped.
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Chicago
Robert E. Burke
Democratic County Central Committee
Thomas Carri
Harrison
Loeffler
Carri
Burke
Thomas Gahan
John P. Hopkins
Roger C. Sullivan
Harrison Breastworks
Eer C. Sullivan
Heaton Owsley
John C. Schubert
Dreibund broken may be in doubt in Vienna report
The Vienna Times correspondent asks if Chancellor von Bülow’s Reichstag speech signaled the end of the Triple Alliance. He notes Austria would be weakened by a break with Germany and that renewed entente could be possible, while German and Austro Hungarian leaders hint at strains over tariff policy.
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London
Vienna
the Times
Reichstag
Count von Biilow
Austria
Dreibund
Count von Bislow
von Koerber
Koloman de Szell
Italy
Miss Ellen Stone's Release Expected in Hours
A London telegram from Constantinople reports Miss Ellen M Stone likely freed by captors within hours after months in captivity since September 3. The message indicates imminent release and confirms ongoing negotiations or approaches to secure liberty.
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London
Ellen M.stone
Constantinople
Miss. Stone
Bagdad Railway Talks Postponed Until After Bairam
London dispatch reports Baghdad Railway negotiations adjourned to after Bairam. Lesser Bairam starts at month end Ramadhan on January 10 and lasts three days.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Constantinople
The
Times
Bagdad
Bairam
Speyer Brothers donate $125000 to King Edward’s Fund
The Times reports Edgar Speyer of Speyer Brothers gave 125000 dollars to King Edward's Hospital Fund for London. The donation is announced from London with the date January 11.
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London
the Times
Edgar Speyer
Speyer Brothers
King Edward’s Hospital Fund
Cosmos Club Raided by Tenderloin Police
Half a dozen plain clothes detectives raided the Cosmos Club at 110 West Thirty-eighth Street just before midnight arresting only the door tender James Param. Officers found a luxuriously furnished four story house with roulette and fare tables two card rooms a café and six sleeping suites. About fifty men in evening dress fled the scene but were driven off by officers.
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Sheehan
West Thirtieth Street
Cosmos Club
West Thirty-eighth Street
Timothy Kinney
Buckridge
McAvoy
Thirty-seventh Street
James Param
West Twenty-seventh Street
Station House
Forged Presidential Signatures Bottleneck Livingston Pardon
A Montana report notes a plot to secure L. C. Livingston’s pardon from a 1900 prison term for forgery failed after forged signatures from prominent New York figures surfaced. Theodore Roosevelt and August Belmont were among those falsely listed. Roosevelt warned the governor, who then checked signatures with August Belmont and others.
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Helena
Mon
L. C. Livingston
Silver Bow County
New York
Livingston
Cuba
Theodore Roosevelt
August Belmont
Hugh J. Grant
Thomas A. Edison
Jerome W. Astor
E. D. Morgan
Toole
Roosevelt
Dr. Parkhurst
Alice
Valuable Horses Burned in Maryland Stable Fire
A fire destroyed Louis P. Knox’s wintering stables in Starkville Baltimore County early today killing over fifty coaching and driving horses. Among the casualties was errae a racehorse owned by Mr. Carroll. Members of the Overland Hunt Club and many observers across the state lost horses in the blaze which also destroyed granaries. the structures were valued at 15000 dollars with total horse losses likely reaching beyond.
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Baltimore
Louis P. Knox
Starkville
Baltimore County
Errae
Mr. Carroll
Overland Hunt Club
E. BE. McCreary
Norfolk
Will of Lincoln man funds anti secret society trust
The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the will of William C. Bissell who left most of a 25 000 fortune to a Chicago based National Christian Association aimed at disrupting secret societies. The widow and relatives contested claiming monomania but the court ruled his aversion not evidence of insanity.
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Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
William C. Bissell
National Christian Association of Chicago
Bissell
Burnett's Extract of Vanilla Featured by Leading Hotels
Exclusive display notes Burnett's Extract of Vanilla as the preferred vanilla essence for hotels and clubs, promoted by top houses in society and hospitality circles.
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Burnett
Third Rail System Planned for Park Avenue Tunnel
New York Central's plan to switch Park Avenue tunnel trains to a third rail system progresses after delays from recent disaster. W J Wilgus declined comment while President Newman awaits investigation results before a formal announcement. Vanderbilt approved the plan, which covers Mott Haven to Grand Central, with yards still using steam power and protective insulating devices to prevent worker shocks.
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New York Central Railroad
Parks Avenue
W. J. Wilgus
Newman
Haseen
W. K. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Mott Haven
Grand Central Station
Grand Central Yard
New Haven Road
Long Island Railroad
Atlantic Avenue
New York Central
Wiskar Granted Bail in Central Tunnel Case
District Attorney Jerome said he would not oppose a $10,000 bail for John Wiskar, engineer of Train No. 118, in the Central tunnel collision manslaughter in the second degree case. Inquest to begin Thursday with a specially selected jury. Wiskar housed in the same cell as before amid ongoing investigations and tests of tunnel signals and torpedo devices.
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Jerome
New York Central Tunnel
John Wiskar
Wiskar
Scholer
Francis P. Garvan
William Rand, Jr
Garvan
White Plains
Grand Central Station
F. M. Baker
J. D. Shultz
J. H. Franklin
Harlem
C. C. Paulding
the Central
Miles Bronson
Hudson
Ninety-sixth Street
Mr. Bronson
F. C. Barnum
Danbury
Central
Consolidated Systems
Prince
Engineer Wiskar
Flynn
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Garding
Bulldog
Child
Little Mary Kelly
Goulds
Maryland Road
von Buelow
Associated Press
Mr. Chamberlain
Edinburgh
Herr Sonnenberg
Herr Bassermann
Mats
Hamburg
Prince von Wolff-Metternich
Tha
Russia
F. H. Head
Count von Buelow
Miss Stone
Montana
Nebraska
Park AY
Park Avenue Tunnel
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