Cannon's Do Nothing Plan Shapes House Caucus Choice
The Republican caucus nominates Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois for Speaker with a do nothing policy for extra and regular sessions. Col Hepburn presses to amend Reed rules while Serena Payne defends them. leadership hopefuls outline committee and staff appointments.
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Illinois
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Iowa
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Pennsylvania
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New York
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Baker's War on Passes Stirs Democratic Caucus
Washington Nov 7 The House Democratic caucus faced a split over Rep Art Baker New York who led a push against railroad favors and passes for Congressmen. He introduced a resolution denouncing railroad and trust ties and pledging no passes to lawmakers. The move divided the caucus though Baker failed to sway the group, with Livingston Gooch and Hay forming a committee lineup likely to reject the measure.
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Mississippi
House Democratic Caucus
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New York
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Indiana
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Georgia
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Kentucky
Cuba reciprocity faces test as Congress eyes early action
Washington observers note a briefing at the President's office with Senators Allison Platt Aldrich Spooner Cullom Hale and others. The Cuban reciprocity measure looms as the main issue for an early session. Democrats split in 1902 may unite behind Williams to push amendments to remove the refined sugar differential.
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New York
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Virginia
Senate
Capitol Dry Reform Hits Congress and Hallways
National Capitol Day notes Congress reeling from the Capitol’s dry rule after the last session banned the in-house bar. Caucus chatter turns to drinks, but repeated reminders of the rule send members back out to drink less. A street saloon sign reads First chance on one side and Last chance on the other.
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Congress
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Mrs. Catherine Cox Seeks Divorce From Theodore Cox
Mrs. Catherine Cox applied in Supreme Court for divorce from Theodore Cox a New York clubman formerly of the Stock Exchange who once ran for Congress. They married in 1898 at Haverhill and have a five year old child for which Mrs. Cox seeks custody.
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Kehoe
Supreme Court
Theodore Cox
New York
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Fire destroys National Hotel at Hamburg New Jersey
A blaze at Hamburg New Jersey destroyed the National Hotel and nearby structures including stables barn and a large icehouse. The fire started from a defective flue and caused about $10,000 in damages according to owner Smith Simpson.
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Train Kills Yardmaster at Perth Amboy Junction
James F. Brown night yardmaster at Perth Amboy Junction was struck by a Pennsylvania train in Rahway New Jersey this morning and killed instantly. He had been inspecting air brakes and likely stumbled in front of a passenger locomotive.
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James F. Brown
Perth Amboy Junction
Pennsylvania
Basketball Player May Lose Her Leg Reported
Miss May Phillips of Brooklyn, a pupil at the State School, injured her right knee during a basketball scrimmage about a month ago. Doctors fear amputation may be necessary after the release event developed two or three days later.
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May Phillips
Marcy Avenue
Brooklyn
Shoreham Hotel Known For Service And Cuisine In D C
An assessment praises the Shoreham in Washington as the leading hotel of the capital city, highlighting its best service and cuisine.
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Shoreham
Washington, D. C
Ear grafting ad offers 5000 for right ear under strange plan
An 1880s Times ad offers 5000 cash for a perfect right ear from a healthy donor. Dr A Nelden explains a two person graft requiring their heads to be bound during healing so blood mixes and the upper ear is transplanted then shaped to match, with later removal of the lower portion.
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A. Nelden
East 29Th St
Andrew Linn Nelden
William Todd Helmuth
Homeopathic Medical College
Nelden
Mmearne
Cleo de Mérode
Judge withholds receiver in Susquehanna Iron case
Lancaster Pa Nov 7 Judge Landsman or similar refuses to appoint a receiver or dismiss the petition for the Susquehanna Iron and Steel Company. He grants until January 1 next year to show a stable basis and probable future success. If finances improve and a reasonable likelihood of continued business exists, the bill may be dismissed.
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Penn
Landis
Susquehanna Iron and Steel Company
Steel retrenchment at American Steel and Wire planned
Chicago November 7. A company official said the American Steel and Wire Office will move to Cleveland within a month to save about 800 000 dollars yearly. Up to 2 000 South Chicago workers and nearly 1 000 at Chicago area plants may be permanently out of work. Half of office staff in New York Cleveland and Chicago could be discharged. Vice President Keefe denied the removal and retrenchment claim.
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Chicago
American Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland
Aukegan
American Steel and Wire
Illinois Steel Companies
New York
Keefe
American Wire and Steel Company
Steel firm fixes low pig iron price at valley furnaces
Pittsburg reports the United States Steel Corporation has set a bottom price of 15 dollars per ton for pig iron at valley furnaces. The move responds to concerns over high pricing by the Bessemer Association, with recent sales at the same level.
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Pittsburg
Penn
United States Steel Corporation
Bessemer Association
Valley
Aae To oe Vis. Saale with stopovers.
A fragmentary OCR note lists a journey labeled aae to oe Vis. Saale, mentioning stopovers and unclear place names. The text provides no clear dates, persons, or organizations.
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Mrs Blair to quit as head of World’s Fair Lady Managers
In St Louis on November 7 reports say Mrs James L Blair will resign as chair of the Board of Lady Managers for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mrs Ellen W Sartoris is mentioned as a potential new president and may assume the post after Blair steps down. Senator Carter and President Francis requested a postponement of the board meeting from November 11 to December 15 awaiting the outcome.
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ST. Louis
James L. Blair
Ellen W. Grant Sartoris
St Louis
Haseen
Thomas H. Carter
Blair
Freight Robbers Confess in Jersey City Court
Charles Johnson and Edward Wild admitted in Gregory Street Police Court to being part of a gang that robbed freight cars on New Haven Hartford floats between Jersey City and Oak Point Harlem. They were committed to county jail after being caught loading hawser and shoes into a rowboat at Communipaw Dock. The railroad reported $100,000 in copper ingots and brass stolen over four years.
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Southern Boulevard
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Edward Wild
East One Hundred and Twenty-first Street
Gregory Street
Jersey City
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Oak Point
Harlem
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Greene
Fire Destroys Rare Plants at Shaw's Garden
A boiler room fire at Shaw's Garden in St. Louis damaged the orchid house and hot houses. Glass roofs shattered as flames raged through rare orchids palms Persian cacti and other specimens. Salvage crews saved thousands but many plants were lost. some valued at $500 each. Total damage about $10,000 to structures, with botanical losses incalculable.
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ST. Louis
Shaw's
Ten Eyck Bust Unveiled At Albany Masonic Temple
In Albany on November 7 James Ten Eyck, former Past Grand Master of the New York State Masonic Grand Lodge, will be honored with a bronze bust unveiled by artist Charles M. Lang. The sculpture sits in a niche at Maiden Lane temple entrance above a granite base. Local lodges attend the ceremony, followed by a Ten Eyck room address by Past Grand Master Charles W. Mead.
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Albany
James Ten Eyck
Masonic Grand Lodge
New York State
Free Masons
James Ten Eyck Lodge
En Wyck
Charles M. Lang
Albany lawyers eye judge seat after Justice Burr Mottice death
Speculation runs among Sixth District lawyers on who will be named to fill the Otsego County Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Burr Mottice. Otsego Cortland Tompkins Schuyler and Chenango counties without a sitting justice seek consideration. Potential appointees include W F Gladding of Norwich Nathan N Miller of Cortland Cortland Caan Henry Coman I.J Johnson and John E Smith.
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N. Y
Sixth Judicial District
Supreme Court
Burr Mottice
Otsego County
Otsego
Cortland
Tompkins
Schuyler
Chenango
W. F. Gladding
Norwich
Chenango County
Nathan N. Miller
Cortland Caan
Henry Coman
Madison County
Fire truck wreck injures Plainfield firemen
Assistant Chief Andrew Jennings, Driver Oliver Freeman, and Firemen Fred Breen and Charles La Matty were injured while en route to a fire when their truck veered from control and crashed into a stone wall by the railroad. Freeman was thrown onto the tracks with serious head injuries. Jennings was knocked unconscious. Breen and La Matty were trapped under debris.
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Oliver Freeman
Fred Breen
Charles la Matty
Freeman
Jennings
Executors of Gordon McKay Will Meet in Boston
A Boston meeting of the executors of the Gordon McKay will occurred at James J. Myers' office. Myers said the conference was harmonious, no contest was expected, and the will will be filed for probate in a few days early next week. He indicated a rumored large Harvard bequest is true.
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Boston
Gordon McKay
James J. Myers
Myers
Harvard
Overland Limited to California Train Service Expanded
The Overland Limited will operate three daily trains from Chicago to California via Milwaukee and St. Albans Union Pacific Line through Bel Ducabney New York.
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Vialwaukee
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New York
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Ady
William L Elkins Dead Pioneer in Oil and Transit
William L Elkins prominent Philadelphia financier and oil refiner died at 71 at his Ashbourne summer home after a long career from grocer's clerk to founder of Monument Oil Works and Park and Belmont refineries. He helped form the Standard Oil link, partnered with Widener as the Transportation Twins, and promoted the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company among many stakes. He served in City Council and as a Vienna and Paris Exposition delegate. He married Maria Louise Broomall. two sons and two daughters survived.
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William L. Elkins
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William Lukens Elkins
Virginia
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Peter Saybolt
Saybolt & Elkins
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Peter A. B. Widener
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William Baldwin
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Continental Tobacco Company
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Electric Company of America
Virginia and Charleston Railway Company
American Air Power Company
Electric Storage Battery Company
National Surety Company of New York
New England Gas and Coke Company
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Asphalt Company of America
American Tobacco Company
International Mercantile
Art patron George Elkins and connections noted
George W. Elkins married Stella McIntire and was parented by William L. Elkins Jr. He joined the Art Commission for the Paris Exposition decoration and funded a 5000 dollar prize at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in March 1895 to spur American art. He belonged to several regional and city societies and clubs including the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Union League and New York Yacht Clubs.
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Train Express Narrowly Escapes Wreck Near Hanging Rock
Train No 2 the Eries fast express between Buffalo and New York narrowly avoided a wreck yesterday afternoon near Callicoon as a derrick boom swung over the east bound track. Engineer Joseph Gould slowed the engine which derailed wheels and cab but prevented a serious collision with a hanging rock.
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Mother Kidnaps Her Boy in Cleveland After Month-Long Search
Deputy Sheriff arrests Mrs. Julia Barnett in Cleveland on kidnapping charges. Five years prior, she deserted Charles in Geneseo Livingston County New York. The boy was adopted by Matthew Dygert of Portage and named heir. Barnett and the boy were located after she traced court records to the adoption and intercepted the boy outside a school. The pursuit extended to Buffalo before reaching Cleveland.
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Wants His Child Back in New Jersey Custody Dispute
Vice Chancellor Emery ordered Louise Vedder Livingston to show cause in Newark why she should not surrender custody of Elsie Louise Livingston to her ex husband William A. Livingston. He alleges she secretly took the child from Dr. Gardener's private school in New York and moved the girl to an unknown location, claiming she is an unfit custodian.
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William A. Livingston
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New York City
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New York
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Double Golden Wedding in New Milford
Special to The New York Times reports a double golden wedding at Judge John F. Addis home in New Milford Conn. Stanley L. Warner and Ebe nezar B. Marsh tied the knot with their spouses half a century ago. The brides are daughters of the late Sherman Warner and the ceremony was performed by a Justice of the Peace as the couples, raised in Quaker faith, were joined again.
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Winsted
Conn
John F. Addis
New Milford
Stanley L. Warner
Ebenezer B. Marsh
Warner
Addis
Woman Accused of Forgery Arrested in Cleveland
Louis F. and Madeline Jerome were arrested in Cleveland and to be returned to New York to face forgery and grand larceny charges. They allegedly tried to sell bogus stock certificates at a hotel, while conspirators Edward A. and Mary A. Robertson awaited trial. Jerome claimed he was a firm member when the forgeries occurred.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Louis F
Madeline Jerome
New York
Edward A
Mary A. Robertson
Louis F. Jerome
Jacobson & Cohen
Kohler
Howard Gould in Collision In Trenton
Howard Gould driving the big car collided with Howard Cassidy a boy on a bicycle. Cassidy was thrown several feet with slight cuts and bruises. the bicycle was demolished. Gould offered $10 but Cassidy asked for $12. Gould gave his card to a policeman and promised to send a check.
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Death by Beefsteak: Brooklyn Man Succumbs at Home
James Hyland aged fifty choked while eating a steak at 59 Summit Street Brooklyn last evening. An ambulance surgeon from the Long Island College Hospital arrived too late to save him.
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Long Island College - Stal
State Department Holds Panama Canal Move Requires No Congress
The State Department signals no immediate need for congressional action as Panama establishes its new government. Philippe Bureau Varilla arrives with full powers to begin canal negotiations, and U S officials expect quick diplomatic ties and gradual transfer of authority.
Panama Accepts Canal Plan From Colombia
Panama announces it will assume the Colombian government's canal plan on authority cited by The Associated Press correspondent. The move signals acceptance of the canal project and sets the stage for further negotiations with Colombia.
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