Morgan Defends Holding Firm in Northern Securities Case
In the Circuit Court hearing Peter Power v Northern Securities Company Morgan testifies about his knowledge of Northern Pacific and Great Northern dealings. He declines to reveal exact holdings then discusses reorganizations and stock transactions, noting his firm controlled the Northern Pacific and that par value differed from market value.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Circuit Court
Post Office
Peter Power
Northern Securities Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Mr. Morgan
Francis H. Kellogg
Francis Lynde Stetson
Col
W. P. Alough
George Alfred Lamb
Northern Securities
Philadelphia
New York
Northern Pacific Railroad
J. P. Morgan& Co
Mr. Lamb
Index to Departments and Page References
The notice lists sections such as Stocks irregular financial markets with page numbers 12 and 14, prices for wheat corn oats cotton iron butter and other items, plus references to Commercial World Amusements Arrivals at Hotels Business Troubles Court Calendars Insurance Legal Notes Fire Tosses Marine Intelligence Real Estate Society United States Weather Yesterday's Fires and Rain page locations.
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S.c
Insurance
Marine Intelligence Sarat Foreign Mails
Solid as Rock Can Make It
Four tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad are laid in stone ballast and protected by the latest pattern electric automatic switch and signal apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Paris Papers Criticised for Absurd Boer Rumors
The Times Paris correspondent blasts French press for idle speculation on the Boer mission. He says French readers tire of sensationalism while Berlin notes German papers still avoid authentic rebuttals of anti British coverage in South Africa.
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London
Paris
The
Times
France
Transvaal
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
South Africa
Fear a Macedonian Revolt Spurs European Powers
Vienna and St. Petersburg grow anxious over Macedonia as Austria-Hungary and Russia press Sofia. The Vienna correspondent notes Berlin’s imperial shield encourages the Sultan, who fears uprisings and envisions strong Turkish crackdowns. An accord among great powers is urged to avert lasting instability.
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London
Vienna
Times
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Sofia
St. Petersburg
Macedonia
Constantinople
Berlin
Europe
Cuban Relief Faces Stickler Vote in House Fight
Washington March 26 The Ways and Means Committee prepares a favorable report on the Payne bill granting Cuba a 20 percent tariff cut for a year ten months. Payne lacks one vote, won over rival Babcock of Wisconsin after pressure from beet sugar interests and White House talks. House leaders plan to send the bill to the Senate with minimal changes, while Senate expectedly shifts tariff cuts to about 25 percent in conference.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Babcock
Wisconsin
Payne
Dalzell
White House
Dalzell An Anderson
Mr. Long
Kansas
House
Representative McClellan
McClellan
Henderson
Senate
American Sugar Refining Company
Amerean Sugar Refining Company
Paris Deputy Quips as Waldeck-Rousseau Returns
The Times correspondent reports Premier Waldeck-Rousseau reappearing at the Palais Bourbon after over three weeks, provoking a deputy to quip Ave Caesar Morituri te salutant.
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London
Paris
the Times
Waldeck-Rousseau
Palais Bourbon
No More Injunction Suits Yet In Railroad Case
Chicago March 26 The government plans no new injunction suits against railroads until Judges Philips and Grosseup rule on restraining orders. A joint hearing is likely June 23. Attorney W A Day near Washington will seek DOJ guidance. If favorable, new suits are to be filed in St Louis St Paul New York and Chicago.
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Chicago
Philips and
St. Louis
St. Paul
New York
Electrical deal pending between Susquehanna and United Railways
Baltimore March 26 A pending merger would see the Susquehanna Electric Power Company buy the United Electric Light and Power Company for 1 250 000 cash in exchange for 2 000 000 shares. Plans call for 120 000 hp expansions on the Susquehanna River to feed Baltimore. Continental Trust handles financing.
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Baltimore
Susquehanna Electric Power Company
United Railways Company
United Electric Light and Power Company
Susquehanna Company
United Railways
United Company
Webb
Electric Light and Power Company
Susquehanna River
Port Deposit
Continental Trust Company
New York Central and Hudson River Rail praised in Buffalo Express
The Buffalo Express lauds the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad for excellence in track speed safety comfort and scenery. It notes the system’s many cities and consistently correct service as unmatched on both sides of the Atlantic.
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New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Buffalo Express
Adv
Palma delays oath as Cuban influx rises
The article notes General Palma postpones his inauguration and plans to sail to Cuba around April 25 due to a large flow of Cubans into the city seeking posts under the new government.
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Ilavana
Gen. Palma
Cuba
First Cuban Minister to United States Likely
Washington reports Gonzalez De Quesada, former Cuban Commissioner, as the probable first Cuban minister to the United States. The U.S. will appoint a full minister to Cuba and seek congressional authority for the post and for several consuls. President Roosevelt plans to submit the needed authority and outlines expected diplomatic considerations and stations at Guantanamo and Havana Harbor.
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Washington
Gonzalez de Quesada
Cuba
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Bradford
West Indian
Cuban
Guantanamo
McCalla
Havana
Married on Capitol Dome in a Wedding Above Washington
Senor Andres Diaz y Pairo of Cuba and Miss Catharine McConachie wed on the Capitol dome at 12:50 PM with Justice Bundy presiding. The couple, engaged in New York, planned a wedding tour to Spain and a return to Havana, sharing views of Washington and posing for photos.
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Washington
Capitol
Justice Bundy
Lieut. Hamilton
Justice Burndy
Senor
Andres Diaz Y Pairo
Cuba
Catharine McConachie
New York
Peace Monument
Bundy
Capitol Steps
Spain
Alfonso
Jill
Havana
Warren heirs sell Warren Hill property for city park
The Warren Hill estate near the Hudson River in Troy has been sold to the city for 110000. Henry Warren of New York represented the Warren heirs at the negotiations. The 70 acre site with two houses will be turned into a park and a speedway from Warren Hill to the water works is funded at 50000.
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Troy
Te Park
New York Times
N. Y
Warren Hill
Henry Warren
New York
Warren
Hudson River
Vote to Order Big Strike in Lowell Mills
Twenty Thousand textile workers in Lowell face a March 31 strike after Textile Council votes to order action over a 10 percent wage increase. The council, representing spinners and other mill trades, says mill agents refused the raise aligned with Fall. About 20,000 operatives would be affected.
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Lowell
Mass
Textile Council
Fall River
Spinners
Palma Back From Washington Says Inauguration Date Change Pleases
President elect Gen Tomas Estrada Palma returned from Washington and backs moving inauguration from May 1 to May 20 He welcomes US decision not to build a Havana naval station and favors tariff relief for Cuban sugar seeking a 33 percent cut Palma praises Roosevelt for favorable stance and relief efforts He hints at cabinet considerations in progress
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Tomas Estrada Palma
Washington
United States
Havana
Ways and Means
Gen. Palma
Congress
Cuba
Senate
Roosevelt
Movement for Wage Increase Among New England Boot and Shoe Workers
Special to The New York Times Haverhill Massachusetts March 26 reports a movement among boot and shoe workers across New England to demand higher wages. A May 1 request is likely, but manufacturers oppose it citing market conditions, risking a major strike in the boot and shoe industry if concessions are not made.
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Haverhill
Mass
New England
Haiti Shaken by Minor Earthquake in Port au Prince
A slight earthquake震 was felt in Port au Prince at about 1 o clock. No damage was reported and no injuries.
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Haiti
Port AU Prince
Behn
Low Rates to Arizona Colonist Tickets Offered
During March and April the New York Central and the West Shore railroads sell colonist tickets to Phoenix and Prescott at very low rates. Inquire at ticket offices.
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Arizona
New York Central
West Shore
Phoenix
Prescott
New York
Low Rates to Arizona Colonists Tickets to Phoenix or Prescott
Advertisement offers colonists tickets from New York to Phoenix or Prescott at 52 dollars. Inquiries directed to New York Central ticket offices. Also promotes Johann Hoff’s Extract claiming it keeps the system healthy and nerves steady.
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Johann Hoff
Manhatt an Mercantile Bank forgery case unfolds in Philadelphia
Moses Schwartz of 125 Madison Avenue, former general manager of the Manhattan Mercantile Company, was arrested in Philadelphia on forgery charges tied to notes discounted at the old Seventh National Bank. The scheme involved $50,000 to $60,000 in forged or repudiated notes, with Schwartz allegedly using worthless paper to sustain his operations before the company failed in 1901.
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Moses Schwartz
Madison Avenue
Manhattan Mercantile Company
South William Street
Philadelphia
Seventh National Bank
American Bankers’ Association
New Seventh National
Sullivan & Cromwell
Pinkerton
National Agency
Schwartz
Seventh National
Wall Street
Heath-Kimball
H. R. Elias
Elias
David Bergstein
Park Row
Copartnership Corporation
West Virginia
Clarence E. Lehman
A. I. Dillon
James A. Zobel
Capital
C. E. Lehman
J. A. Zobel
A. S. Adler
Albert Moss
Stone Street
Antonio Cardone
Elizabeth Street
C. A. Perkins
Grand Jury
Perkins
Bergstein
Louisville
Louisville Deposit Bank
New York
B Ank
R. W. Jones
Seventh National Bank of New York
Day
South Sixteenth Street
Jones
Large telescope ordered for University of Cincinnati
The Alvan Clark & Sons firm of Cambridgeport has won a contract to build a sixteen inch refracting telescope for the University of Cincinnati. The objective will be figured by A. R. Lundin, a key contributor to Clark’s success over thirty years.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Alvan Clark & Sons Corporation
Cambridgeport
University of Cincinnati
DC. A. R. Lundin
Clark
Alvan G. Clark
Mr. Lundin
Clarks
Easter Trains to Atlantic City From Liberty Street
Easter travel to Atlantic City with special three hour express departing Liberty Street at 1 30 PM on March 29 reaching Atlantic City 5 50 PM Sunday. Weekday service via New Jersey Central at 9 40 AM and 3 40 PM. South Ferry trains leave five minutes earlier.
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Atlantic City
Liberty
New Jersey Central
South Ferry
Telescope sizes listed for observatories and institutions
A catalog of telescope apertures mentions Harvard College with thirteen and ten inch lenses at Ariquipa and Lawrence Kansas United States Naval Observatory with twelve and nine inch instruments Mexican Government with thirteen inch Grubb refocus and the Lowell Observatory with a twenty four inch telescope.
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Harvard College
Ariquipa
Lawrence
Kan
United States Naval Observatory
Grubb
Lowell Observatory
Vanderbilt Jr Arrested in France for Fast Driving
Paris reporting from Nice says W. K. Vanderbilt Jr and D. W. Bishop were arrested at Le Luc for speeding and not showing lights while driving to Nice. They were held in the station house overnight and released this morning.
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Paris
Nice
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
D. W. Bishop
le Luc
Mr. Vanderbilt
Mr. Bishop
Woman and baby drown in East River suicide attempt
Mrs Ida Isison forty eight of 43 Clinton Street leapt from Gouverneur Slip pier into the East River at midnight with her seven weeks old daughter Guldie in her arms. A longshoreman Michael McCarthy 226 Cherry Street tried to rescue them and both were drowned. McCarthy also perished. Isison had threatened self harm previously and poison was taken months ago but treated.
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Ida Isison
Clinton Street
Gouverneur
East River
Guldie
Michael McCarthy
Cherry Street
McCarthy
Trans Continental Line Aims At New York to Pacific Route
Denver March 26 The Denver Salt Lake Short Line would link New York to the Pacific Coast via Burlington connections and the Clark line. Trains would run from New York and Chicago to Salt Lake with Sylvester T. Smith as likely General Manager. financiers include J Pierpont Morgan James J Hill and Senator Clark tied to D H Moffat interests.
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Denver
Col
Denver-Salt Lake
New York
Pacific Coast
Burlington
Chicago
D. H. Moffat
J. Pierpont Morgan
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Senator Clark
Union Pacific
Colorado
Morgan
Hill
Harriman- Gould
Storm May Halt Wyoming Hanging Over Blizzard Impact
In Laramie Wyoming Charles F Woodward condemned to be hanged Friday may face delays after a state supreme court rehearing order. A blizzard cut telegraph lines delaying word to Sheriff Tubbs at Casper and a messenger was sent east to Grand Island to catch a train. Citizens had warned they would lynch if delays occurred, heightening tension in Natrona County.
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Laramie
Wyoming
Charles F. Woodward
State Supreme Court
Tubbs
Casper
Grand Island
Elkhorn
Woodward
Natrona County
European Iron Combine Negotiations Reported in London
The Daily Mail says talks are under way to form a large European iron combine to restrain prices. Initiated by British ironmasters, the plan faces hurdles due to American demand for pig iron and steel. Belgian and German firms resist, citing price declines that let them compete in the United States.
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London
Daily Mail
Brussels
Chicago Bank Stock Booms on Dividend Hike Hope
The National Bank of the Republic stock rose in the curb market to 170 amid reports Directors may raise the dividend from 5 to 6 percent. The bank posted deposits of 13,242,663 with a book value of 12 and has grown deposits under President John A. Lynch and VP William T. Fenton, increasing about 1,000,000 annually for a decade.
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Chicago
National Bank of the Republic
John A. Lynch
William T. Fenton
Senator Mason outlines wireless link plan for postal centers
Washington March 21 Senator Mason proposed an amendment to the Post Office Appropriation bill seeking 150 000 to connect Post Offices in Washington Baltimore Wilmington Philadelphia New York Albany Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Toledo and Chicago by a line of wireless telegraphy or wireless telephony to speed intercity communications.
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Washington
Mason
Hetire
Post Office
Baltimore
Wilmington
Philadelphia
New York
Albany
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Toledo
Chicago
Representative Hill Proposes Rule for Early Coinage Consideration
Connecticut Representative Hill introduced a special rule for the early consideration of the subsidiary coinage. No date is specified in the rule.
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Washington
Hill
Connecticut
Railroad Dining Cars Offer High Quality Meals
Advertises meals on Pennsylvania Railroad dining cars as equal to finest hotel service with excellent quality and seasonal menus.
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Theennsylvania Railroad
Assured Value Office Furniture at Matthews on Canal Street
Complete assortment and immediate delivery make Chas. B. Matthews 275 Canal St a popular source for office furniture. The store offers a wide range of desks desks chairs filing systems and supplies aimed at quick, reliable fulfillment.
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Chas. BE. Matthews
Canal St
Jury Finds Patrick Guilty of Murder in Rice Case
After nine weeks of trial, Albert T. Patrick was found guilty of the murder of millionaire William Marsh Rice on September 25, 1900. The verdict came after less than two hours of jury deliberation, with the court noting three key propositions: chloroform poisoning, intent to kill, and Patrick's alleged involvement in the crime. The decision was delivered at 6:08 pm as spectators, including Patrick’s sister and the defendant’s father, waited in the courtroom.
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Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Mmma Patrick
Addie M. Francis
Francis
Miss Patrick
Keeourder Gott
Jones
Ivon
W. M. Ice
Rice
Patrick
Henry .Patrick
Hebbard
Messrs. Moore
House
Meyers
Thomas E. Kearney
Capt. Lang
Capt
Mr. Hebbard
Lang
Moore
Brophy
Verdict Returned in Murder Trial Read by Court
In a grim courtroom scene Patrick listens as the jury finds him guilty of murder in the first degree. Foreman Machell declares the verdict, Patrick’s father and supporters show quiet resolve, and motions for a new trial are set for a later date before sentencing.
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Foreman Matchell
Patrick
Clerk Brophy
Foreman Machell
House
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Baltimore United Railways Company
Capitol Dome
Palma
ITH National Bank
European Iron Combine
London Daily Mail
Chicago Bank
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