Marshall Field Dies in New York Expires after illness
Marshall Field of Chicago, the world's richest merchant and leading taxpayer, died at Holland House New York at 4 PM after a week of illness from pneumonia. He endured a coma and a gallant fight with doctors noting the disease spread to the left lung. A special train would bring his body to Chicago as relatives and friends gathered in the hotel.
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United States
Holland House
Mr. Field
New York
Paris
Manchester
England
Grand Central Station
Frank ‘Billings
Dr. Billings
Field
Augustus. N. Eddy
Otto Young
Robert T. Lincoln
Field Apartments
Nooen
Janeway
James
Marshall Field, Jr
Stanley Field
Drs. Billings
Kik
William G. Beale
Beale
Mr. Beale
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Index to Departments and Page Locations
A clipped index lists department sections with page references including Amusements Business Troubles Commercial World Court Calendars Financial News Marine Intelligence New Corporations Real Estate Society Weather Report and Yesterday Fires with scattered page numbers and unclear final notation.
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Commercial World
Przes
Death of Mrs. Anita de B. McMurrow sparks son’s arrest
Philadelphia reports Mrs. Anita de B. McMurrow aka Countess de Battencourt found dead at her home. Her son John is detained after investigators say evidence points to him striking his mother during a dispute over money while she claimed estates in Spain and Cuba. The coroner probes possible foul play amid repeats of her famous 1876 Centennial Exposition notoriety.
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Philadelphia
Anita de B. McMurrow
Countess de Battencourt
Spain
Cuba
John
McMurrow
Gen
Grant
Dom Pedro
Brazil
New York
North Marshall Street
H. M. Hinkle
Penn and B&O Firemen Restive Amid Pay Talks
Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio engineers and firemen show restiveness over pay and may seek raises. A Delaware Lackawanna and Western vote on a strike is doubtful. officials deem strike unlikely. President Truesdale denies forwarding grievances to the general manager. Friction exists between engineering and firemen unions over membership after promotions.
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Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
TST Aes
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
William E. Truesdale
Wilson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Clarke
Mrs Higgins's Mother Dead Prompts Postponement of State Event
Mrs Aldora H Nobie, mother of Mrs Frank W Higgins, died at her Olean home early today. The death prompted postponement of the governors Executive Mansion social reception and other events. The Higgins family left for Olean then Sparta Wis for the funeral. Nobie was born in Allegany County and was 77 years old. Her home had been in Chicago and Sparta before residing with the Higgins in Olean.
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Olean
N. Y
Aldora H. Nobie
Frank W. Higgins
Albany
Chicago
Sparta
Wis
Suspected Burglar Arrested on East Twenty Second Street
East Twenty second Street police reported the arrest of John Daffey a 25 year old laborer of 257 West 114th Street at 2 o clock this morning. He is suspected of attempted burglary and carried a bloody razor three bloody handkerchiefs three spoons marked State Hospital and three bunches of keys.
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East Twenty-second Street
John Daffey
West 114Th Street
Jury awards $4000 to Hoboken woman in suit over alleged attack
A Bergen County jury awarded Annette Coyen of Hoboken $4000 and costs in her $100,000 suit against Cyprian Gousset for an alleged attack while she was his guest at his Allendale home last July.
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Hackensack
N. J
Bergen County
Annete Coyen
Hoboken
Cyprian Gouseet
Allendale
Automobile Races at Ormond
Automobile race item notes the SeabeedWlertan Limited running electric light service as the handsomest quickest daily Florin da train via the shortest line with attractive resorts en route. Office contact at 1,183 Bwy.
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Ormond
SeabeedWlertan Limited
Liberal and Labour Triumphs Keep Momentum in UK Election
A late-night tally shows Liberals and Labour making gains with 195 ministerialists, 127 Liberals, 80 Labourites, and 38 Nationalists, as Conservatives drop to about 1830 seats. Chamberlain faces Birmingham vote while Burns strengthens Battersea, and Liverpool Scotland Liberal picks rise with notable defeats for Balfour allies.
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House of Commons
London
Liverpool
Labor
United Labor
Liberal
John Burns
Battersea
Rand
Birmingham
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Polis
Unionist press hopeful on Balfour campaign
London reports indicate the Unionist press sees signs the worst is past and Tariff Reformers outpace the Balfour policy. The Morning Post calls for Balfour’s dethronement and a party reconstruction with clearer aims and possible leadership changes. Other papers fault his long tenure and lack of decisive guidance.
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London
Morning Post
Mir Balfour
Balfour
The Fastest Long-Distance Train
The Twentieth Century Limited is billed as the fastest long distance train in the world. It runs an 18 hour journey between New York and Chicago on the New York Central Lines.
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Twentieth Century Limited
New York
Chicago
New York Central Lines
Senator Bacon Charges Roosevelt Bypassed Senate on Cuba Treaty
Senator Bacon accused President Roosevelt of negotiating a Cuba extradition treaty for criminals that would be the law of the land without Senate ratification. He said the agreement was filed as a treaty but never submitted to or approved by the Senate. He contrasted the President's impulsive actions with constitutional duties.
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New York Times
Washingsson
Bacon
Roosevelt
Morocco
United States
Wwlas
Senate
Republic of Cuba
Cuba
State Department
Langley men arrested after Broadway dispute with police
William H. Langley and his son William C. Langley, dry goods merchant and driver, were stopped by police in Times Square after a party accident in their car. Officer Arthur C. Weaver charged William C. Langley with traffic violations and both men claimed assault and vowed to pursue the matter. The elder Langley posted bond on property at East Ninety-Fifth Street. The Langleys reside at the Hotel Breslin.
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William H. Langley
Worth Street
William C. Langley
Times Square
Mr. Langley
Forty-third Street
Arthur C. Weaver
East Ninety-fifth Street
Langley
Langleys
Breslin
Washington National Bank Run Over Missing Cashier
Pittsburg bank led by John C. Reilly faced a run after cashier Armstrong vanished January 2. A $200 reward was offered for information as circulars with his photo circulated nationwide. The bank claimed it could meet contingencies from its own revenue and denied outside aid.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Washington National Bank
John C. Reilly
John Larkin
Armstrong
Reilly
MacQuaide
New York
Hanover National Bank
Washington National Bank of
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Washington Bank
Pelham Bay Drowning Tragedy During Body Search
Three men died while dredging Pelham Bay for the body of Mrs Lena Arnheim after she is believed to have drowned herself near City Island. Engfer Geier and Weiman, all named as relatives or associates, perished near Locust Point as rescuers searched an upturned skiff for the body and the missing woman. The incident followed Mrs Arnheim’s last seen movements from City Island to a bridge and station, with authorities still seeking the corpses early Friday.
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Edgar J. Hearle
John Barrett
Morris Yacht Club
Westchester
Harry Carey
Yacht Club
City Island Bridge
Barto Station
New Haven Road
Engier
Bankers' Committee Sets Denison Firm Liabilities at 3 Million
An official statement from the bankers' committee on the Denison Prior & Co. failures puts total liabilities at about 3,000,000. Assets either in the firm or as collateral are around 1,500,000. Deputy Sheriff Murray yesterday attached 33,157 against Charles E. Denison in favor of Frederick H. Gates, with Gates and other Gates shares tied to the case.
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Cleveland
Bankers’ Committee
Denison, Prior & Co
L. W. Prior
Murray
Charles E. Denison
Ohio
Frederick H. Gates
William N. Gates
Charles A. Gates
Denison
Brookline
Mass
Wall Street
Pure Vanilla Eyeglasses Ad At Spencer’s
An advertisement promotes 2 ne't vanilla as pure and claims genuine pebble eyeglasses never misting, located at Spencer's on Maiden Lane.
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Spencer’s
Maiden Lane
Middy Meriwether Resigns Amid Naval Court Martial
Midshipman Minor Meriwether Jr of Lafayette resigns from service amid a court martial over hazing alleged before a fatal Nov 5 fistfight with Midshipman James Branch Jr. Testimony notes enmity toward plebes but no brutality shown. resignation unlikely while charges pend.
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New York Times
Annapolis
Meriwether, Jr
Lafayette
James R. Branch, Jr
Academy
Meriwether
Patrick Confident in Rice Murder Case Visit
OSSINING N Y Jan 16 Mrs Albert Patrick and his sister Mrs Annie Milliken of St Louis spent two hours with the alleged murderer of William Marsh Rice in the condemned criminal's cell in Sing Sing Prison. Patrick had been informed of the rehab prieve granted by Gov Higgins and wrote letters to his secretary and to friends asserting confidence of a favorable ruling and a trial on newly discovered evidence.
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New York Times
Ossining
N. Y
Albert Patrick
Annie Milliken
St. Louis
William Marsh Rice
Sine Sing
Patrick
Higgins
C Eisel
Santa
R Fulton Cutting to seek another term as Citizens' Union president
R Fulton Cutting agreed to accept another term as president of the Citizens' Union and will be re-elected at next Monday night’s meeting. The organization will hold its final meeting at Union Square headquarters before moving Feb 1 to social club headquarters at Fourth Avenue and Twentieth Street.
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R. Fulton Cutting
Citizens’ Union
Union Square
Fourth Avenue
Twentieth Street
Overnight to Chicago Pennsylvania Special
The eighteen hour train leaves New York at 3 45 P M arrives Chicago 8 55 A M. Leaves Chicago 2 40 P M arrives New York 9 45 A M. Route via Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Pennsylvania Raiload
No Room for Cleveland Stuns New York Visit
Ex President Grover Cleveland of Princeton N J faced a sold out Buckingham Hotel in New York City on Monday. He dined with ex Judge Alton B Parker at the Lawyers Club and later stayed with Paul Morton at 743 Park Avenue where Mrs Cleveland joined him. The day clerk told him there were no rooms as the hotel was crowded and cots filled corridors.
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Lawyers’ Club
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Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance ‘Society
Cleveland
Buck
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Buckingham
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Parl Avenue
Monte Cristi Capitulates to Government Forces
The port of Monte Cristi on the north coast surrendered to the Government today after rebels held it. The gunboat Independencia, which supported Gen Morales, also surrendered after its commander fled to an American warship. The revolution is ended and all is quiet.
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Monte Cristi
Independencia
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Rockefeller Gives Books to Cleveland Neighbors
On September 26 1925 four hundred twenty five old friends and neighbors visited John D Rockefeller at Forest Hill. Each guest received a bound autograph book with a photo and Rockefeller address along with Holden and Squire remarks and facsimile signatures. The edition is limited to 425 copies and each book is numbered.
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New York Times
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
L. Ki. Holden
Andrew Squire
Harriman Drives 1000 Foot Well for Forest Lake Mansion
E. H. Harriman continues pursuit of ample water for his 3503 mansion atop Forest Lake in Orange County. A 1,000 foot well through solid rock found a steady supply of clear cold water after months of drilling and several partial water strikes.
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New York Times
Middletown
Forest Lake
Arden
Orange County
Harriman
Fagan Republicans Win Nothing in Jersey City Bargain
A Jersey City aldermanic deadlock ends as Democrats and Dick inson Republicans form a coalition. George M. McCarthy defeats John H. Weastell 14 to 7 for City Clerk with one blank and two absent. Edward A. Vreeland receives 16 votes for City Marshal, John Graham 7. Minor offices split 15 to 8 between Democrats and Dickinson Republicans.
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Jersey City
Faunce Denies Move to Lead Chicago University
President William H. P. Faunce of Brown University told Brown students that rumors of his succeeding President Harper at Chicago University are untrue. He addressed the audience while eulogizing President Harper's life and work, dismissing the speculation.
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Providence
William H. P. Faunce
Brown University
Harper
Chicago University
Miss Roosevelt’s gown woven in secrecy by William Strange Co
In Paterson New Jersey January 16 the William Strange Company wove Alice Roosevelt’s wedding gown from a white brocade with a unique pattern. The loom was watched in strict secrecy and the weaver received his pay plus a $50 bill and a note to take a week off. The loom boards were burned after weaving and the pattern kept confidential.
Chloroformed in Sleep Fatality at Brooklyn Home
Miss Clarine Hamblin aged 25 died at 274A Monroe Street Brooklyn after using chloroform for earache. She slept with the vial in her hand and fumes saturated the pillow causing death. Daughter of Wolcott C Hamblin a stationery manufacturer in Manhattan.
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Clarine Hamblin
Monroe Street
Brooktyn
Miss Hamblin
Wolcott C. Hamblin
Gt.Vesey Street
Manhattan
Florida's Famous Trains Compete For Schedules
The Florida Special faces off against the Pennship and Atlantic Coast Line routes in a morning clash at 9 25 A M. while the Florida West Indian Ltd line runs at 9 25 A M amid timetable competition and route names.
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Florida
Fla
Fila
West Indian Ltd
Vie Penn
Atlantic Coast Line
Philippines Tariff Bill Passes House in Bitter Vote
Special dispatch reports the House approved the Philippine tariff bill 245 to 120 after a long, partisan debate over amendments. The measure allows free entry for Philippine sugar and tobacco while imposing 25 percent duties, with notable opposition from insurrectionist factions and Democratic leaders challenging sovereignty and tariff support.
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Pujo
Wonsiana
Philippines
United States
Spain
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Marshal Ney
Mr. McCall
Massachusetts
Congress
Eis
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