Cost of Holding Philippine Islands Demands Massive Data
The War Department faces intense pressure as Democrats press for exact costs from 1898 to date to maintain the Philippines. Officials estimate tracing every clothing item, pay, and supply across theaters in the United States, Cuba, China, and the Philippines will require extensive clerical work and cross-department auditing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Root
Senate
Culberson
Wellington
Carmack
Department
Ludington
United States
Cuba
China
Manila
God’s Earth
Democrats
Auction of 2000 Lost Umbrellas Sells Fast in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on May 2 the umbrellas left on Reading Railway trains by absent minded travelers were auctioned at 1129 Arch Street. Two thousand umbrellas gathered on a long shelf sold in bunches of six for prices from 1 to 1.50 dollars, averaging about 1.15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Reading
Arch Street
Shade-Grown Tobacco Sale Topic in Connecticut discussion
Hartford May 2 Professor Milton Whitney discusses yesterday's shade-grown tobacco crop sale in Connecticut noting market effects and agricultural impact. The remarks cover cultivation, pricing, and regional farming implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Connecticut
Milton Whitney
Market pages and product listings headline roundup
Financial markets drop as wheat corn oats and cotton prices shift across pages 11 12 and 13 of a sixteenth page edition. Railroads real estate and weather reports appear alongside ads noting brook trout catch near Claremont Riverside Drive and hotel arrivals advertise out-of-town buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service
Weather Report
Whitneys Shade Culture Proves Profitable In State
Washington Chief of the Bureau of Soils says government experts introduced shade culture in the state and the sale shows success as a commercial venture. Crop cost 51 to 56 cents per pound with an average price of 1.25 dollars, yielding a profit of 70 to 80 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Soils
Department of Agriculture
Whitney
Mob threat to Americans in Naples altercation over fares
Rome cable reports 200 American pilgrims clashed with Naples cab drivers over disputed fares. Weapons were drawn and police intervened to shield the pilgrims, preventing a mob attack.
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Naples
London
Rome
The
Daily Mail
Fall of the Dominican Government Expected
May 2 dispatches from Cape Haitien and Port au Prince report Vice President Vasquez leading a revolution against President Jimenes in Santo Domingo. Puerto Plata remains quiet with government troops and a Dominican warship defending the northern port, while the capital and all territory except Puerto Plata lie in rebel hands.
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Cape Haitien
Haiti
Vasquez
Santo Domingo
Jimenes
Guerra
Puerto Plata
Deschamps
Port AU Prince
Republic of Santo Domingo
U S Minister Powell Arranges Sala Claim Settlement
The United States Minister William F Powell and the Dominican Government agreed to settle the Sala claim for 65000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
United States
William F. Powell
French loaner Sala and Santo Domingo claim saga
Sala a Frenchman lent money and supplied munitions to late Santo Domingo President Hereaux. Government recognized the claim after Hereaux's death but later showed willingness to ignore it. Sala died, leaving the claim to his American wife in New York. The State Department pursued the case and Minister Powell was asked to use good offices to settle this and other American claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sala
Hereaux
Santo Domingo
New York
State Department
Powell
Russian Troops Mutinous Report From St Petersburg
A St Petersburg dispatch dated April 30 reports growing troop reluctance to fight civilians. Eight hundred Sumy Regiment soldiers were punished for refusing to fire on Moscow rioters and reassigned to distant provinces. A marine detachment faces discipline for actions during March student riots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersburg
Sumy
Moscow
Riots and Labor Strife Taint South Russia as Protests Spread
Report from St. Petersburg links peasant riots in Voronezh and Kharkoff to student organizers. Secret presses issued bogus proclamations. peasants urged land partition while officials warned against interference. No varossiysk mines and steel mills closed, workers return home swelling famine fronts. fifty seven officers reportedly arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Voronezh
Kharkoff
Russia
Novorossiysk
Black Sea
Central Park Runaway Frightens Parkgoers
A horse hitched to a dogcart ran wild on West Drive near Ninety first Street in Central Park yesterday afternoon injuring Mrs Radford and spraining her husband’s wrist. The horse caused chaos through traffic before being stopped near Sixty-sixth Street by James Conway with Frank Alford and Franklin Clarkin aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninety-first Street
Central Park
Durland Riding Academy
Frank Alford
Franklin Clarkin
Evening Post
Ninety-fifth Street
W. L. Radford
West Ninety-fifth Street
Radford
Eighty-eighth Street
Sixty-sixth Street
James Conway
Alford
Clarkin
Rockefeller Promises Half of Cornell Gift Goal
At a mass meeting in Ithaca New York May 2 Lord Kelvin and President Schurman announced Cornell will receive 250000 dollars for the new Hall of Physics from John D Rockefeller on the condition the university raise an equal amount. The university will thus reach the full 500000 dollars on commencement day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Lord Kelvin
Schurman
John D. Rockefeller
University
Texas Oil and Transit Company charter filed in Austin
The Texas Oil and Transit Company with capital stock of 1.5 million dollars has filed its charter in the Secretary of State's office in Austin. It will operate in the Beaumont field. Ex-Gov Hogg leads the syndicate and is among the principal stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas Oil and Transit Company
Secretary of State
Beaumont
Hogg
Rail timetable warns travelers before heading west
Public advisory urges consulting Lackawanna timetable for Buffalo Chicago and St Louis routes prior to westward travel.
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Lackawanna Railroad
Buffalo
Chicago
St. Louis
Amos J. Cummings Dies in Baltimore At 70
Congress member Amos J. Cummings of New York died at the Church Home and Infirmary in Baltimore at 10:15 PM from pneumonia after an operation. The longtime editor and Civil War veteran had arrived for kidney treatment on April 11 and underwent surgery four days later. Born May 15, 1841 in Conkling, he rose from printer to editor at The Tribune and The Sun, served in Congress from 1887 to 1891 and again from 1893 until his death, championing low tariffs. He leaves a wife and no children, with his home listed as Charlton Street.
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Baltimore
Amos J. Cummings
New York
Charles H. Cummings
Congressman Cummings
Hugh H. Young
Cummings
Union
Conkling
N. Y
Walker
Nicaragua
New Jersey Volunteers
Fredericksburg
Mr. Cummings
Tribune
Yonkers
Law Transcript
Typographical Union No. 6
Horace Greeley
The
Sun
Ziska
New York Express
the Sun
Evening Sun
Congress
Sunset
Cox
New Haven
Charlton Street
Farm Becomes Inheritance With Caring Conditions
A buyer promises to let the farmer keep living on the property, cover improvements, and bill the seller for expenses. The agreement includes sending horses and enhancing the house to ensure comfort. Mr. Ross exits the sale in a show of disgust.
Fire in Greenpoint injures Brooklyn firefighter
A massive blaze in Greenpoint destroyed a large frame building at 223 233 Norman Avenue occupied by Biershank Co Gray Co and Dorr Walker and damaged about 50000. Fireman Frank Maginnis of Engine 113 suffered a brain concussion as a beam fell on him while inside the burning structure. He was taken to St Catharines Hospital and may recover. The fire alarm sparked multiple calls but posed no risk to nearby houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Maginnis
Brooklyn
Greenpoint
Norman Avenue
Maginnis
St. Catharine's Hospital
Biershank & Co
R. Gray & Co
Dorr & Walker
Butler Steals Jewelry Worth Fifty Thousand Dollars
A dozen gems valued at 50 000 dollars were stolen from Mr and Mrs Henry Steers of 10 East Thirty eighth Street on April 17 and recovered last night. Their trusted butler Patrick Branagan confessed after detectives shadowed him and truckman Joseph Walker aided in hauling the loot concealed in an ashcart. The haul includes 25 diamonds in bracelets, a large pearl pendant and scarfpins, several diamond and emerald pieces, and multiple diamond pins.
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Henry Steers
East Thirty-eighth Street
Mr. Steers
Eleventh Ward Bank
Steers
Patrick Branagan
Capt
Delaney
East Thirtyfifth
Branagan
Joseph Walker
East Thirtyninth Street
East Thirty-fifth Street
Mrs. Steers
Capt. Delaney
Quinlan and
Meehan
Jimmy
Thirtyninth Street
First Avenue
Quinlan
Walker
Mrs
Roosevelt may decide Chicago Packers charges
Chicago authorities weigh sending the case to Attorney General Knox as District Attorney Bethea escalates the matter. Western commission men halt livestock shipments to major centers, risking a stock shortage next week. Critics accuse packers of price fixing and retaliation for exposures of their practices.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Chicago Packers
Bethea
Knox
White House
Day
Washington
West
Kansas City
Omaha
Western Commission
Scannell Buys Farm At Dutchess Foreclosure Sale
Ex Fire Commissioner John J. Scannell of New York buys Gen. Brinckerhoff's 200 acre Dutchess County estate at foreclosure auction for 8 600. George M. Ross, holding a 7 000 mortgage, bid against him as Referee Schloss er struck the deal. Brinckerhoff, mourning departure from the farm, was seen with tears as Scannell claimed the property and a half mile track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishkill Landing
Duboist Brinckerhoff
John J. Scannell
New York
Dutchess County
Scannell
Saratoga
Holland Hotel
William Gorden
Springdale
Gorden
Schlosser
Gen. Brinckerhoff
George M. Ross
Newburg
Ross
Brinckerhoff
Beef Trust Methods Stir Public Outcry In City
Alfred E. M. Bullowa, chairman of the Republican Club committee, reports the Beef Trust resists access to its books and plans to aid state and federal officers. He cites Swift Armour and Cudahy brokers colluding on cattle bids as proof of coordinated price manipulation. Gen. Henry L. Burnett denies starting proceedings, referring questions to the Attorney General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. M. Bullowa
Republican Club
Beef Trust
Washington
Swift Company
Idaho
Trust
Swift
Armour
Cudahy
Henry L. Burnett
United States
Inquirer
Big packing houses threaten western egg and poultry shippers
Kansas City May 2 The Produce Dealers Association of Kansas and Oklahoma met to discuss how four large firms have stored 144 million eggs or 400 000 cases, with last year totaling 1 0 00 000 000 eggs in cold storage. Prices higher may limit storage this year. Poultry dealers face higher shipping rates than packers for dressed poultry to the seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
West
Produce Dealers’ Association of
Kansas
Oklahoma
John Stewart
Concordia
Kan
Seaboard
Yonkers Automobile War Hints at Prolonged Courtfight
In Yonkers the city press for speed limits faces bankers Maurice and Isidor Wormser in city court. Isidor Wormser pleads guilty after a reopened hearing. the judge adjourns for witnesses as the case drags on. Wormser pays a $25 fine for speeding through Yonkers on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
N. Y
Edward Lauterbach
Maurice
Isidor Wormser
Kellogg
Isigor Wormser
Lauterbach
Kelloge
Jefferson Seligman
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Praise
A quoted commendation extols the railroad for track excellence train speed safety and comfort, praising scenery and urban reach and claiming unmatched service on both sides of the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Plan to corner butter and eggs in Berien County
Chicago agents travelled through Berien County offering farmers 22 cents per dozen for eggs and 25 cents per pound for butter in yearlong contracts. Fred Jasper’s brother reports many Royalton Township farmers have signed while Jasper refused. Goods would be sent to Chicago as local merchants reportedly join the combine. New York Central advertises excursion itineraries to western and western U.S. destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Mich
Berien County
Chicago
Fred Jasper
Royalton Township
Combine
Jasper
Royalton
South Water Street
Carnegie offers 30000 for Dover library project
Andrew Carnegie proposes a 30000 gift to Dover New Hampshire to build a public library with the city supplying a site and 3000 yearly to run it. City Council accepts the offer and names a committee to choose a site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Dover, N. H
New York Times
Dover
N. H
Andrew Carnegie
A Fine Library in Mahogan or oak for immediate delivery
A large stock of Chas. E. Matthews at 275 Canal St offers immediate furnishing of a fine library in Mahogan or oak.
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Chas. E. Matthews
Canal St
Safe hoist disaster kills man in New York building
In New York City a three ton safe fell from the eighth to the fifteenth floor of the Queen Building after ropes broke. Weisenberger died at the scene while Frank Drumm survived with head injuries. Police charged Leonard Fisher with homicide as investigators planned the building’s inspection.
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Queen Building
Cedar
William Streets
Hall
Frank Drumm
Paul Weisenberger
Weisenberger
Drumm
William Street
Hudson Street Hospital
Louis Sonnenberg
John Drumm
Frank
Spring Street
First Avenue
Sergt
Saul
Leonard Fisher
Avenue A
Old Slip
Eagle Trucking Company
John J. Rainier
Stephen Merritt
Mr. Sonnenberg
Mr. Rainier
Sergt. Saul
Mutual Life
Admirals' Sons Rejected at Naval Academy Exam
At Annapolis the Naval Academy entrance exam rejected sixty of about ninety applicants. Among the rejected are the sons of Rear Admiral William L. Sampson and Rear Admiral John W. Philip. Sampson’s appointment promised by McKinley was to be fulfilled by Roosevelt. Roosevelt may not grant another chance to Sampson. About 600 applications for academy appointments are on file, with Roosevelt’s picks to come from naval officers’ sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Academy
Annapolis
William L. Sampson
John W. Philip
Texas
Young Sampson
McKinley
Roosevelt
Academy
Navy Department
Sons of Naval Officers
Miss Holman to Wed Soon in London Chapel
Miss Josephine Holman of Indianapolis to marry Eugen Boross of Budapest Hungary at St Margaret s Chapel London The engagement follows a prior connection with Signor Marconi The couple recently travelled Paris Budapest and plan to spend part of each year in Budapest after marriage Mrs Holman to return to New York at month end
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Indianapolis
Josephine Holman
Signor Marconi
Eugen Boross
Budapest
Hungary
St. Margaret's Chapel
London
Boross
Holman Membher
Paris
Mr. Boross
The Vultures Begins in Merriman’s New Story
The Commercial Advertiser starts Merriman’s dramatic tale The Vultures set in Russia. A story of love and diplomacy unfolds as the romance begins amid political intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriman
Russia
Itdy
Webb Syndicate Stocks Fall Sharply In Market Turmoil
The Webb Meyer syndicate led declines across listed and curb stocks as heavy calls and liquidity strains hit Offenbach & Moore and related firms. Dozens of securities including St Lawrence Adirondack Rutland and International Power tumbled while banks and brokers faced unsettled margins and halted payments amid rumored firm troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb-Meyer Syndicate
Stock Exchange
Dominion Securities
W. Seward Webb
Henry L. Sprague
A. L. Meyer
S.R. Callaway
International Power
Offenbach & Moore
Arthur L. Meyer
Drebb
Tillaage
Hanover National Bank
Benjamin P. Moore
Thei
Ilanover National
Moore
Broad Street
Hanover National
T Syndicate
Webb
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Claremont
Riverside Drive
Cornell University
Butler
Ashcart
Bullowa
Swifts
New York Central
St. Paul
Colorado
Utah
California
Oregon
Yellowstone Park
M. C. Roach
Broadway
Etna
Sampson
Philip
Miss Holman
Burnett
Seward Webb
Gtterbeek & Mare
Non Yarter
Rudolph Keppler
Membe
Exchange
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