Carnegie Warns Britain Faces US Intervention in Trade
In London Andrew Carnegie predicts a continental coalition will crush Britain, forcing it to seek US aid. He argues Americans and British share ties but British enterprise cannot compete with America, refuses to back combinations, and notes his Scotland gifts and party political context in Maryland convention news.
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America
London
Andrew Carnegie
Great Britain
United States
Mr. Carnegie
Langham Hotel
Scotland
Chamber of Commerce
New York Chamber of Commerce
Windsor
King Edward
Edward
Carnegie
Reception for New York Chamber delegates at Carlton House Terrace
London reports a June 4 reception by Mr. Choate for New York Chamber of Commerce delegates. Notables including Lord Lansdowne J Pierpont Morgan Andrew Carnegie and Maitre Labori attended. The Windsor Court Circular notes the omission of an explicit royal honor, prompting commentary on American sentiment.
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London
Mr. Choate
New York
Windsor
The
Daily Chronicle
New Home for Mr Carnegie in Westchester County
Andrew Carnegie may settle in Westchester County after quietly purchasing land near Chauncy and building a castellated residence valued at about $100000. The site overlooks a wide area and is near St. Andrews Golf Club, with no public plans announced for his permanent move.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Andrew Carnegie
Westchester County
Chauncy
Carnegie
St. Aarew’s
Maryland Republicans plan state campaign drive
The Republican State Committee met in Baltimore to craft plans for the state campaign. Attendees from city and state Republican organizations urged unity and predicted a strong fight ahead, with optimism despite the German disfranchising election law. The chaotic condition of the Democratic Party was noted as a factor.
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Baltimore
Ocean City
Westminster
Robert P. Graham
Wicomico County
Reifsnider
Phillips Lee
Goldsborough
Wellington
Republican State Committee
Poland Spring House and Poland Water Depot Ad
An advertisement listing Poland Spring House in Poland Spring Maine and the Poland Water Depot at 3 Park Place New York City with a golf theme and notice of service days.
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Poland
Spring
Park Place
N. Y
Oes
Poland Water Depot
City
afhVa
Noworks
Spring House
Orn
Pennsylvania Railroad Terminals Expand Manhattan Access
Desbrosses Cortlandt and West 234th Street host three terminals serving all Manhattan travel. The project aims to streamline commuter movement across major routes, with plans to connect Desbrosses and Cortlandt stations to West 234th Street for broader access.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Desbrosses
Mrs McKinley in Grave Condition Despite Slight Improvement
Washington June 4 Dr Rixey said Mrs McKinleys condition shows no material change since yesterday She is resting comfortably with fluctuations but not losing ground A morning bulletin noted a comfortable night and no immediate danger The White House reports a limited schedule of consultations and lists visitors offering sympathy
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Washington
White House
Mclsinley
Rixey
Sternberg
Secretary of Agriculture
Barber
Smith
Rand
Navy
Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
A. W. Greely
A. B. White
Kansas City
J. Stanley Brown
Wall Street hears of major tobacco combine planned
Rumor says a new company will absorb the American and Continental Tobacco Companies by issuing 4 percent bonds financed by Kuhn Loeb & Co and the Morton Trust. Exchange would swap Continental and American stock for new bonds with 4 and 8 percent yields, while preferred stock stays unchanged. Fifty-year bonds would be secured, with 30 million in new company treasury for improvements. Incorporation papers expected this week.
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Wall Street
Rey Ports
American Tobacco Company
Continental Tobacco Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Morton Trust Company
Continental Company
American
Continental Common
W. C. Whitney
Stamford Company Sued Over Accounting and Dividends
Stamford Manufacturing Company officers face a Superior Court accounting suit brought by Samuel K. Satterlee of New York John H Swartout and Charles W Minor of Stamford against president William W Skiddy alleging the firm pursues officer benefit and withholds dividends while paying large salaries as mills run day and night in licorice and dye manufacturing.
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Stamford, Conn
Stamford Manufacturing Company
Samuel K. Satterlee
New York
John H. Swartout
Charles W. Minor
Stamford
William W. Skiddy
Skiddy
Washington seeks manufacturing tenants for Northeast D C district
The Northeast Suburban Citizens Association plans inducements to lure manufacturing to Washington D C A letter from Thomas F Hanson and a contract show Nicolas Ruth would gift land 65 feet by 230 feet to Oneida New York company if it builds locally and moves its plant The firm employs about 130 workers and officials hope it locates here rather than further south Officials say additional factories would raise property values without altering the district’s character significantly.
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Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Oneida
N. Y
Washington
Golf ad for Poland Water Depot in New York City
An advertisement promotes Poland Water Depot at 3 Park Place New York City with a golf themed cue. The brief copy hints at golf imagery to attract customers.
Myles Standish Ginger Alo ne for a Bluff
A clipped, fragmentary item notes a phrase about a bluff and mentions an odd sequence “Myles Standish Ginger” with a stray number. The readable text is sparse and unclear but hints at a local or miscellaneous historical note.
British Give Up Jamestown In Cape Colony Invasion
London reports Lord Kitchener confirms Jamestown surrender to Kritzinger on June 2 after four hours of fighting. Gen French placed in charge of Cape Colony operations as reinforcements are dispatched. Desperate engagement at Vlakfontein leaves heavy Boer and British losses, with guns recaptured and shells fired amid close combat.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Jamestown
Cape Colony
Kritzinger
French
Cape Town
Winkfontein
Dixon
Kemp
Derbyshires
Yeomanry
Vlakfontein
Johannesburg
Twenty-eighth
Derbyshires and Yeomanry
Kipling Publishes Bridge Guard in the Karroo Poem
The Times prints Rudyard Kipling's new poem Bridge Guard in the Karroo about troops guarding lines of communication. It highlights the dull routine of guarding trains and the scarce rewards of newspaper scraps and speech, ending with a note on loneliness and the guarding of the line.
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London
the Times
Rudyard Kipling
Karroo
Receivers Appointed for Mutual Benefit Building Co in Brooklyn
Ex State Senator H J Coggeshall and W J Youngs announced as temporary receivers for Mutual Benefit Building Loan Co after State Banking Department request. Justice Scripture granted appointment. company lists assets at 270000 and liabilities 220000 amid prior usury dispute and declining business.
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Mutual Benefit Building Loan Company
Brooklyn
H. J. Coggeshall
Waterville
W. J. Youngs
Roosevelt
New York
Concern
Montague Street
Supreme Court
Rome
N. Y
State Banking Department
State Superintendent of Banking
Thomas Seward
Joseph B. McQuillan
Edward Hartung
Hartung
Fifth Avenue
Mareda
Apeals
Banker and broker William H. Cole Jr assigns for creditors
William H. Cole Jr a Philadelphia banker and broker assigns to attorney B F Owens for creditors. No preferred creditors named and liabilities reportedly reach 20000. Owens says Cole asserts assets equal to that amount. Cole 30s, based in Drexel Building then Walnut Street and South Broad Street branches, under bail for conspiracy to defraud Stoeger of Lebanon of 2050. Investments ranged from 8 75 to under 50 in many cases. Cole visiting Atlantic City where his father in law resides.
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Philadelphia
Penn
William H. Cole, Jr
B. F. Owens
Owens
Cole
Drexel
John W. Stoeger
Lebanon
Stoeger
Nicaragua Congress Ratified Clayton-Bulwer Treaty in 1853
Senator Morgan of Alabama cited a May 16 1901 Senate speech noting Nicaragua’s 1853 congressional assent to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty of 1850. He said Costa Rica and Nicaragua never gave formal consent and Nicaragua hoped the U S would accept the agreement while Britain would drop Mosquito Territory claims.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Congress
Palacio Nacional
Morgan
Alabama
United States Senate
Costa Rica
State Department
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Mosquito
Locomotive Falls to Pieces Near Port Jervis
Erie vestibule train No 10 suffered a catastrophic failure on the Delaware Division when a driving rod loosened and the air brakes failed. The engine wrecked midrun and the train halted after three hours blocked. Engineer Gould and Fireman Deegan escaped unharmed. President Underwood rode in the private car at the rear with officials returning to New York City.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Erie
Delaware
Gould
Deegan
Underwood
New York City
Prisoners open fire on escort. jailer killed in Ontario raid
In Toronto three alleged Aurora bank robbers extradited from Chicago fought back during transfer to jail. Constable Boyd was shot in the head and died. Stewart wounded as prisoners fled via a trolley, then recaptured after a brief chase. Jones was wounded in the groin but escaped, later recaptured.
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Toronto
Ont
Frank Rutledge
Fred Rice
Frank Jones
Chicago
Aurora
Boyd
Stewart
Nee
Jones
Hackman
Seth Abbotts Predicament and Probate Court Request
Special from Chicago June 4 Seth Abbott with income of 100000 faces court action to obtain funds to buy newspapers. He is Emma Abbott Witherell’s father and a conservator battles objections by attorney for Fred M Abbott and D L Murdock, delaying access to the estate.
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New York Times
Chicago
Seth Abbott
Emma Abbott Wetherell
Fred M. Abbott
D. L. Murdock
Doane Estate Valued At Over 3 Million Dollars
In Chicago on June 4 officials report John W Doane left an estate likely exceeding 3 million dollars based on friends estimates. Probate filings in Cook County list property at 119000 with the will filed in New York where the firm earlier moved its headquarters from Chicago.
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Chicago
John W. Doane
Cook County
Illinois
Doane
New York
Royal Limited Trains From New York Depart Fort Liberty
Royal Blue Sea Trains begin from Fort Liberty at 11 30 A M and 1 00 P M on the Royal Limited with fast solid departures listed at 3 40 P M 8 00 A M 10 A M 12 15 night and others five minutes earlier from South Ferry. Best dining and café car service promoted.
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WE Ren Ieases
New York
Royal Blue Sea
Fort Liberty St
Royal Limited
South Ferry
Adv
Man from Jacksonville Ends Life Jumping Brooklyn Bridge
Robert Gibbons Bidwell of 1 425 East Adams Street Jacksonville Florida, author and lecturer candidate, leapt from the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday. His body was recovered at 6 15 PM from the East River near Oliver Street, with letters and items linking him to Washington DC and Jacksonville. He was about 32, wore a dark gray suit, carried letters from his mother and a woman named Alys, and had lectures announced in The Jacksonville Times Union. Police initially sought a missing man report and later identified Bidwell as the deceased. His mother and sister in Washington and a Jacksonville connection are mentioned in the recovered materials.
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Robert Gibbons Bidwell
East Adams Street
Jacksonville
Fla
Brooklyn Bridge
East River
Oliver Street
Gouverneur Hospital
Manhattan
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Clyde Line
Pier 34
Otto Raphael
Jeremiah Sullivan
Ak Street
Colonial Hotel
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Eighth Avenue
Robert G. Bidwell
William Turner
West One Hundred and ‘Twelfth Street
New York City
A. G. Bidwell
Oregon Avenue
Washington, D. C
New York
New York Harbor
Alys
Vstar
Coumbus Avenue
William Michelena
Bedford Park
N. W
Adams Street
Acksonville
Times-Union
Europe
Asia
Congress
Constitution
William J. Bryan
223 West
One Hundred and Twelfth Street
Bidwell
Idwell
Turners
Spiris
Journal
Mr. Hearst
Mr. Bidwell
Aew
Florida
Washington
Pan-American Exposition Opens and Rail Service to Buffalo
The Pan American Exposition is now open and trains on the New York Central and West Shore will average one per hour to Buffalo. Special reduced rates are offered for visitors and those interested.
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New York Central
West Shore
Buffalo
Golf Open at Poland Water Depot in New York City
Golf event noted at the Poland Water Depot located at 3 Park North, New York City. The snippet references water-delivery logistics and wAGVs in connection with the golf context.
Bridge Jumper's Fancies Ends in Tragic Death
R G Bidwell son of the late A I Bidwell a noted nurseryman from Arlington near Jacksonville faced mental distress after moving to Orlando. He planned dangerous feats including handling 700 volts of electricity and sought work in New York. His wife said he appeared intelligent but unstable, with an Orlando orange grove disaster linked to his illness.
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Jacksonville
Fla
R. G. Bidwell
Brooklyn Bridge
A. I. Bidwell
Arlington
St. John’s River
Orlando
Dewar
Bidwell
Bidwell's Mind Affected by Fatal Act
Mrs. Bidwell of Washington reports her son Robert Bidwell was temporarily unbalanced when he committed the fatal act. He had written from Jacksonville to his sister's husband about receiving multiple job offers and planning to accept one.
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Washington
Judge Urges Punishment for Careless Street Car Employes
Judge Horatio D. Wood tells the June Grand Jury to focus on reckless street railway operation in St. Louis. From Nov 22, 1900 to May 2, 1901, thirty seven deaths and many injuries occurred, blamed on negligent driving and speeding under timetables. Indictments may include manslaughter in the fourth degree for those deemed culpably negligent.
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New York
ST. Louis
Horatio D. Wood
Carr Wins Suit Against Bank Over Misrepresented Bonds
Mrs. Lillian Traver Carr, widow of Rev. Charles M. Carr, wins $13,000 against National Bank and Loan Company of Watertown after the Court of Appeals upholds a lower court ruling. The bank is found responsible for bonds misrepresented as first mortgage securities though they were second mortgage, tied to investments by former bank president George H. Sherman. State Senator Elon R. Brown represents Mrs. Carr.
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Watertown
WN. Y
Court of Appeals
Buffalo
Lillian Traver Carr
Poughkeepsie
National Bank and Loan Company
St. Paul's Church
Constitution Wreck on Trial Spin At Brenton's Reef
Newport Rhode Island June 4. Off Brenton's Reef Lightship a serious accident struck the cup defender Constitution as the mast failed under stress causing the main mast to collapse while sails held. No injuries occurred and the yacht was towed to harbor for immediate refit with races against Columbia postponed.
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Newport
R. I
Brenton’s Reef
Constitution
Nelson
Duncan
Rhodes
Mount Morris
Erreshoff
Columbia
Bristol
Herreshoff
Dining Car Service by Pennsylvania Railroad
Dining car service offers choice dishes of the season served satisfactorily at reasonable rates in the business man's dining room promoting convenience and value for travelers seeking quality meals on the move.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Poland See House opens new water depot
A short notice notes Poland See House opening a water depot at 3 Park Flash, New City. The event marks a local expansion with emphasis on availability and access to water services for residents.
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Myles Standish
Cape
Vliakfontein
Barberton
Kaap
Aliwal
Capt Colony
Vandoesberg
Gorringer
Bailey
Kipling
Receivers For Mutual Benefit Building CO
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Robert Gibbens Bidwell
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Grand Jury
Mrs. Carr
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