Northern Pacific War Ends with Union Pacific Board Seat Reform
Agreement settles Hill Morgan and Harriman fights over Northern Pacific control. Union Pacific gains representation on the board, chosen to align with J P Morgan interests. Settlement seen as win for Harriman Kuhn Loeb and may stabilize Burlington purchase, ending the corner that触 set Wall Street fluctuations.
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Hill-Morgan
Harriman
Northern Pacific Railway
Union Pacific
J. Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street
Harriman-Kuhn-Loeb
Burlington Purchase
Hills Morgan
Northern Pacific
Jack
Ames J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Burlington
Great Northern
J. P. Fontane &O
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
J. P.,morgan & Co
J Kuhn, Joeb, & Co
Free Textbooks Proposed for Chicago Public Schools
Chicago trustees push a survey on free textbooks for the four lower grades. Blank ballots will be given to 6,000 teachers to distribute to 200,000 students for parent signatures. Trustee Rowland predicts strong support and aims to sway board opposition.
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Chicago
Rowland Blank
Rowland
Miller Files Bankruptcy Amid Large Debts and No Assets
Dr. Orlando Edgar Miller of 1710 Indiana Avenue filed for bankruptcy in Chicago on May 31. He lists 586943 in debts with no assets, most incurred before 1899. He was a large stocker in the Commercial National Bank of Chicago’s predecessor and in the D. J. Miller Hernia Treatment Company.
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Chicago
Orlando Edgar Miller
Indiana Avenue
Commercial National Bank of
D. J. Miller Hernia Treatment Company
Harvard Commencement Speakers Announced
Cambridge Massachusetts May 31 The speakers for Harvard's commencement are listed tonight including Latin R and Hayward Marlborough New Jersey graduate speakers F H Freund New York City Fey Bristol I Shape speaker H P Kahn Indian
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Hayward
Marlborough
N. J
F. H
Freundork City
Fey Bristol
H. P . Kahn
Mixed department notes and product listings in brief
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered items across departments. Mentions pages Bost gs No. 2 mixed and 33c cotton Northern. References to nervous system drink Moxis. No clear event or narrative.
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Ce Affairs
Bost
Cotton, Northern
Robbery on a New York and Queens Car in Middle Village
A late night hold up on a New York and Queens County Electric Railroad car from Lutheran Cemetery to Long Island City left a passenger pistol threatened and pocketed. Detective Kelly detained one suspect, John Thompson of Fall River, while two accomplices escaped. The victim, John Gebhardt, said seven dollars were taken. Thompson was held for examination in $1,000 bail.
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Kelly
Seventy-sixth
Ohn Gebhardt
John Thompson
Fall River
Neece Smith
Vessel Rebuild Buoys Bangor Named Pendleton's Satisfaction
Bangor Maine May 31 Special to The New York Times the three masted schooner Myra B Weaver rebuilt at Belfast is to sail from Bangor for New York under the name Pendleton's Satisfaction a tribute to Capt Pendleton Islesborough after a legal fight with other owners over the vessel's fate The strange new name was approved by the U S Treasury and a fine set of colors with the name was prepared for the ship
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Bangor
McDonald’s Yard
Bath
Myra B. Weaver
Belfast
Fernandina
Boston
Vineyard Sound
Vannaman
Jacksonville
Fla
Ella du Bois
Mobile
Ala
Fields Pendleton
Islesborough
Capt. Pendleton
Ether
United States
Portland
Lond
New York
United States Treasury Department
Washington
Pendleton
Appeas
Monument to Pike Cornerstone Planned in Republic County
The State Historical Society will lay the cornerstone of Zebulon Pike memorial in Republic County on July 4. An injunction blocked a grove lessee from interfering with a planned picnic, described as the first court protected event in the United States. The Pike story notes him raising the American flag over the Pawnee village, the first flag over the Louisiana Purchase. Unveiling ceremonies are scheduled for September.
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Topeka
Kan
State Historical Society
Zebulon Pike
Republic County
Awyers
United States
Pike
Pawnee
Louisiana Purchase
Johnson's Chicago traction push hinted in mayoral circle
Chicago reports say Tom L. Johnson mayor of Cleveland is backing the Citizens' Electric Railway Company seeking a North Side franchise. Ex attorney general Frank Monnett and Cleveland financier McKinney are named backers. The proposed ordinance hints at Johnson influence, proposing a three cent fare, municipal ownership, and street lighting.
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Chicago
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Citizens’ Electric Railway Company
Frank Monnett
Ohio
Fred Eldred
Traction Men
McKinney
Craig, McKinney & Co
Johnson
Italians confess to murder in Greenwich tunnel case
Prosecuting Attorney James F. Walsh and Sheriff Fitzroy reported that George Columbo and Pasquale Calabese confessed under pressure to killing Jacob Lauersen last Tuesday night while he worked at an engine beside a sewer tunnel in Greenwich Connecticut. They said they hoped their confession would free five fellow-countrymen held on suspicion and that Columbo used a knife while Calabese struck with a club. The men faced a preliminary hearing and were taken to Bridgeport for Superior Court proceedings.
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Greenwich
Conn
James F. Walsh
Fitzroys
George Columbo
Pasquale Calabese
Jacob Lauersen
Columbo
Lauersen
Calabese
Ver‘sen
Bridgeport
Secret of Strength Through Perfect Digestion
Ad praises JOHANN HOFE'S products as perfect assimilators of food that boost digestion, mental strength, brain activity, and muscle firmness. It claims the tonic improves digestion and overall power. The endorsement emphasizes brain and bodily vigor from the product.
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Johann Hoff
Johann Hofe
Perry Tiffany Arrested on 1900 Larceny Warrant in NYC
Perry Tiffany was arrested on a warrant issued Feb 1 1900 for petit larceny after a 1899 incident at Rector's restaurant where he allegedly passed a $25 check for a $17.50 bill that bounced. The case involves Essner Rector Knickerbocker Trust and Tiffany’s claimed overdrawn funds.
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Perry Tiffany
Tiffany
Rector’s
Broadway
Essner & Rector
Essner
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Reidy
Armstrong
Twenty-fourth Street
Jefferson Market
Rector
Pool
Badison Avenue
Beth
New York
I. Essner
Eissner
Amstrong
New York Times
Olmstead
Henry Thompson
Thompson
Abraham Levy
Commodore Perry
George Tiffany
Baltimore
Marie
Theodore Havemeyer
Country
Knickerbocker
Meadow Brook -Hunt
Sterling Supply and Manufacturing Company
Heuidation
Rebuke to a Dog Poisoner in New Brunswick
The Rev Dr A A Murphy of Second Presbyterian mourns his terrier Ronnie poisoned by an unknown offender. He pens a public letter condemning the cruelty, urging repentance and noting the dog's loyal nature and his own grief at the loss. Ronnie died May 28, 1901, at 163 College Avenue.
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New Brunswick
Ronnie
A. A. Murphy
Second Presbyterian Church
Murphy
West Shore Ticket Office Relocated on Broadway
The West Shore ticket office at No 415 Broadway Corner Canal has moved from No 2 Broadway to a larger, more handsome facility designed for traveler convenience. Call to visit the new office.
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West Shore
Broadway
Broadway ‘Orner Canal
Swill
Odell Seen as Possible McKinley Successor in 1904
Henry J. Coggeshall of New York tells The Star at the Arlington Hotel that Gov. Benjamin B. Odell will be renominated and likely win the Republican nomination in 1904. He says Odell wears no man's collar and has a strong Empire State backing with 39 electoral votes.
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Washington
Benjamin B. Odell
William McKinley
White House
Henry J. Coggeshall
New York
Arlington Hotel
The
Star
Platt
Odell
Empire State
Ben Odell
Tornadoes and storms hit the South across several states
May 31 reports across Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Texas describe a tornado in Dawson and Cuthbert causing structure damage including the Dawson Oil Company facilities and churches. Widespread wind and hail storms damage crops and buildings with at least one fatality in Vicksburg and projected losses up to 150000 in Palestine area.
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Cuthbert
Central Railroad
Alliance Warehouse Company
Second Baptist Church
Liberty Baptist Church
Coleman
Houston
Texas
Longview
Palestine
Anderson
Nacodoches
Rusk
Shelby
Smith, Hill, Gregg
Cherokee
Fisher
Boston Athenaeum votes to sell Tremont Place property
At a special meeting the Boston Athenaeum proprietors approved selling Tremont Place property to the Tremont Building Trust and authorized Trustees to acquire Arlington Street and Newbury Street estates for a new building, with power to borrow funds. The plan excludes the Beacon Street Athenaeum Building and contemplates possible relocation to a fireproof site such as Arlington Street or the Art Museum Building in Copley Square.
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Boston
Mass
Boston Athenaeum
Tremont Place
Tremont Building Trust
Arlington Street
Newbury Street
Athenaeum
Beacon Street
Barrett Wendell
Harvard
Art Museum
Copley Square
Boylston
Wendell
Public Library
Edward Atkinson
John C. Gray
First payment made for Turkish cruiser contract
A cable message to William Cramp & Sons reports the Imperial Ottoman Bank has paid the first installment for a cruiser ordered by the Turkish Government. The payment removes doubt about the project and allows construction to proceed. Burnett's Vanilla Extract is advertised in the same paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
Imperial Ottoman Bank
Mrs McKinley Remains Very Weak in Washington
Washington May 31 Mrs McKinley shows no improvement and remains extremely weak with illness from San Francisco ongoing though less severe. Doctors say recovery will be slow but hopeful with careful observation and a new bulletin to be issued after tomorrow morning's consultation.
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Washington
Doctors Dispute Mrs McKinley Recovery Outlook
In Del Monte California Dr Hirsch felder denies any statements beyond the official bulletin about Mrs McKinley. In San Francisco Dr Clinton Cushing counters reports of critical illness saying physicians favored her return home as a cautious but not perilous travel plan.
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San Francisco
Clinton Cushing
President Cancels Massachusettts Visits Likely Harvard Trip
President McKinley told Senator Lodge he cannot keep engagements in Massachusetts this summer unless for Harvard Commencement on June 26 when a degree will be conferred. The move is due to Mrs. McKinley’s health requiring rest and quiet.
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Washington
McKinley
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Halrvard
Filipinos Ask Passports At U S Embassy
Two men claiming to be Filipinos visited the United States Embassy in London and sought American passports from Ambassador Choate. The ambassador refused without proof they were American citizens. The applicants left after stating they would take the matter to Washington. they had no legal counsel.
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Choate
London
United States
Washington
Machinists Strike Shuts Down Chicago Firms
Chicago May 31 1000 machinists walk out within two hours after ultimatum as major firms halt operations. unions and non union workers rally, with threats of a nationwide effect and possible sympathetic strikes from allied trades. National Metal Trades Association refuses compromise, signaling a potential collapse of the International Machinists Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arev
United Metal Workers
Machinists Vote to Strike at Newport News Plant
Newport News Virginia May 31 machinists at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company voted overwhelmingly to strike at 8 o clock Monday morning about 350 men are directly affected final demands for 2 days of nine hours were made on Superintendent Post and refused with the reminder machinists must be responsible for any event that results outside pressure helped shape the decision the strike was to be staged despite efforts to avert it
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Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
McKelway Declines New York Exposition Commission
St Clair McKelway of Brooklyn declines appointment as Commissioner to represent New York at the Charleston Exposition. Governor substitutes James B Townsend of New York City in his place.
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McKelway
Albany
St. Clair McKelway
Brooklyn
New York
Charleston
D. C
James B. Townsend
New York City
Whiby By The Aristoc Whiskey Be Seven
A garbled OCR fragment mentions whiskey and a numeric seven and a name likely Aristoc. The readable text is insufficient for a clear event, person, or organization.
Russell Sage Wins Big Land Suit in Minnesota
The Minnesota Supreme Court rules Russell Sage holds about 30 000 acres in Stearns County as assignee in trust for Hastings and Dakota Railroad stockholders. Settlers, who've lived there 20 to 25 years, face eviction or purchase of land deemed earned by the road. Sage plans dispossession. settlers consider appealing to the U S Supreme Court.
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Stearns County
Minn
The
New York Times
Congress
Hastings and Dakota Road
Supreme Court
Hastings and
Dakota Road
Justice Lewis
Russell Sage
Sage
Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota Supreme Court
Lynching Over Fork Theft Shocks California Town
Five men were lynched at Lookout Modoc County early this morning after suspected petty thefts including barbed wire harness hay forks. Victims included Calvin Hall and his three half breed sons Frank James and Martin along with B D Yantis. Guards were coerced and the mob then executed the prisoners near Pitt River bridge. Officials from Alturas prepared for an inquest.
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Bieber
Cal
Lookout
Modoc County
Calvin Hall
Frank
James
Martin
B. D. Yantis
Hall
Yantis
Etty
Lookout Hotel
Arpenter
R. Nichols
J. W
Goyette
Pitt River
Frank Hall
Alturas
New Orleans Cotton Report Preview by Times-Democrat
The Times-Democrat will publish its January 1901 cotton crop report based on 150 correspondents. It notes a 10 percent acreage rise but uncertainty due to replanting from unseasonable weather. Overall condition is among the lowest, with a wet June and labor scarcity raising concerns for a potential very poor outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Chicago Telephone to issue 1 million dollars in stock
Directors vote to issue on October 1 additional stock at par to stockholders of record September 26. One new share for eight old shares, expanding outstanding capital to 9 million dollars. Chairman Clark said an additional 2 million dollars more stock may be issued this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Telephone Company
Clark
Lehigh Valley Rail Announces Fast Daily Trains
The Lehigh Valley Railroad will run a new daily fast train to Buffalo and Chicago starting June 2. The New York departure is 10:00 A M with arrival in Buffalo at 9:20 and 11:50 A M in Chicago. a car building project on Broadway is noted.
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Buffalo
Chicago
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Broadway
Cubans Reject Changes to Platt Amendment Aims
Washington May 31 The Cuban convention’s amendments and interpretations to the Platt amendment are deemed unsatisfactory and beyond U S power to accept The Cabinet says the Cubans must accept the amendment as written and deliver a rejection message The dispute centers on coaling stations sanitation and intervention The Cuban convention’s interviews with Secretary Root are criticized as improper and as making U S law part of Cuban practice
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New York Times
Washington
NEW York Time
War Department
Ge Wood
Unit States
United States
Otis
Root
American Congress
Grosvenor
Ohio
Disappointment in Cuba Over Havana Constitution Acceptance
May 31 Havana report says the U S Government met to accept the Cuban Constitution as agreed by Havana Convention caused surprise and disappointment among supporters of the adopted constitution. Conservatives voiced doubt that the convention will reconsider, noting the vote margin and recent criticism as traitors and perjurers. Gen Wood and Sec Root explanations were debated as to their inclusion with the Platt amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
United States
Washington
Coness
Sefors Capote
Tamayo
Gen. Wood
Secretary Root
Volunteer Volney Green Found. Drowned Man Identified
Plainfield reports the body of Volney F. Green recovered last night from the Des Moines River near Des Moines Iowa. Green who served in the Spanish American War with the Jersey Naval Reserves on board the Badger was drowned in March while hunting with a fellow student from the 8 P. Stil School of Geopathy.
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Plainfield
Ord
Volney F. Green
Des Moines
Iowa
Huntin
8. P. Stil School of Geopathy
Jersey
Badger
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J. W. Adams
Tom Fields
Sarah Jackson
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Dawson Compress
Ruby Newman
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Miss
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Elijah Copeland
Copeland
Meridian
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Burnett
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M. D
George M. Sternberg
W. W. Johnston
Dr. Sternberg
Dr. Rixey
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Delmonte
Dr. Hirschfelder
Telephone Company
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Genood
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