Disaster at Bay of Fundy as Monticello sinks. 31 lost
Halifax reports the iron sidewheel steamer Monticello bound from St John to Yarmouth foundered four miles from the Bay of Fundy entrance amid a heavy gale and mountainous seas. Thirty-one aboard were lost. survivors include a small lifeboat party led by Wilson Cook and Captain A N Smith.
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Halifax
N. S
Bay of Fundy
Atlantic
St. John
Yarmouth
A. N. Smith
Pharsalia
Elsie Macdonald
City of Monticello
St.John
Harding
City of Norfolk
Wilmington
Del
Capt. Smith
Rupert Olive
Prince Edward
A. S. Eldridge
J. C. Fripp
Woodstock
N. B
O. Ww. Coleman
New Glasgow
N.S
John Richmond
Sussex
Thomas Harding
Monticello
Leaves & Wife
Bon Portage
Harvey Newell
Newellton
Cape Sable Island
Shelburne
Murphy
Steward Hopkins
Barrington Passage
E. T. Hilton
Greig
Scotjand
Lockport
Smith
Pembroke
Pelilo Passage
Chegogyinx Point
J. M. Flemming
Wilson Cook
Nehemiah Murphy
Eisie McDonald
Murdy
T. M. Harding
H. DD. Newell
Sable Island
Ships Report Heavy Gales From Transatlantic Run
Logs of arrivals show Friday’s gale disrupted routes with speeds as high as eighty five miles per hour. Cunard Line ship Lucania battled rough seas and strong winds before docking on schedule under Captain McKay. The storm intensified Friday morning with a fierce hurricane and persisted until nearing Sandy Hook.
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Lucania
Cunard Line
Sandy Hook
Oneida
Provi
Wreck of the Myra B Weaver claims six lives off Vineyard Sound
The three masted schooner Myra B Weaver wrecked in Vineyard Sound early today. Six people died including Capt R S Vannaman and Miss Mary Emerson. Four survivors rescued by the steamer City of Macon after drifting in rough seas from Fernandina to Handkerchief Shoal.
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Boston
Myra B. Weaver
Vineyard Sound
R. S. Vannaman
Philadelphia
William Petersen
New Orleans
Charles Magnussen
Bergen
Norway
John Herman
Aland
Finland
Mary Emerson
Mobile
Ella de Boe
Emerson
City of Macon
Savage
New York
John Kearney
Calais
Rasmus Olsen
George Johnson
Axel Oggla
Fernandy
Fla
Capt
Vannaman
Miss Emerson
Mate Kearney
Ella de Eoe
Ella
Magnussen
Herman
Kearney
Macon
Olsen
Johnson
Oggla
Judge Emerson
Havana
Maine
Vanderbilt Yacht Rainbow Floated After Ashore in Bristol Harbor
The seventy foot Rainbow owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt was floated at 10 AM after grounding in Bristol Harbor overnight. Workers using a hawser and capstan pulled the vessel into deep water despite a gale and heavy seas. No damage was observed to the yacht after the storm and high tide assisted the maneuver.
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Cience
Fire Island
Staples
Oneida
Squaw
N. J
St. Louis
Montserrat
Middletown
Hartford Line
Claybrook
Conn
Shinnecock
Barkentine
Virginia
Tuckerton
Little Beach
Providence
R. IL
Rainbow
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Bristol Harbor
Snakes Found in Ireland Sparks Debate on Import
London reports snakes discovered in Bray Ireland despite St Patrick’s legend. Two ring snakes were killed and their skins kept as curiosities. Irish press claims the reptiles were imported from England.
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London
Ireland
Bray
England
Evans Ale and Stoquut Ad Ad Prospect
Short ad claims Evans Ale or Stoquart drink will bring health and strength. No dates or places. No clear event or person beyond product names. reads as a period advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Cashier Wencke Missing After Whitall Tatum Embezzlement Rumors
Oscar Wencke, cashier for Whitall, Tatum & Co. at 46 Barclay Street, is believed to have embezzled thousands and vanished from his West Hoboken home. Drummond detectives shadow his residence, firms' leaders refuse comment, and a Hudson County deputy sheriff has attached Wencke’s property as investigators pursue the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wincke
Whitall, Tatum & Co
Barclay Street
Drummond Detective Agency
Wencke
High Street
West Hoboken
Palisade Avenue
Drummond Agency
Secret Service Bureau
Hoboken
First National Bank
Cornelius L.alvord, Jr
Alvord
Albert H. Tatum
West Eighteenth Street
Charles A. Tatum
West Sixty-ninth Street
Whitall
Hudson County
Red Bank
N. J
Jersey City
Methodist Church
Zencke
Drummond
Baltimore Exchange Hits Record Saturday Volume
Trading on the Baltimore Stock Exchange broke a Saturday record with 1 665 shares traded and 406 500 dollars in bonds. Buying surged as investors covered short contracts and invested in United Railways income stocks and trust companies led by Maryland Atlantic Transport in a pending deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore Stock Exchange
United Railways
Maryland
United States Fidelity
Pinehurst Augusta and Aiken Resort Route Ad
Advertisement listing the popular resort route via P R R and Southern Railway to Pinehurst Augusta and Aiken with New York offices at 271 Broadway and 1,185 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
Augusta
Aiken
P. R. R. and
Southern Railway
N. Y
Broadway
Big Trolley Extensions Across Westchester and Connecticut
Peekskill Lighting and Railroad Co. filed a 750000 mortgage with New York Security and Trust Co. to fund expansions from Peekskill through Cortland to Brewster and toward Danbury with a Conn Trolley Co through line to Greenwich. A second spur to Sing Sing and Ossining is planned pending franchises as maps show a 200 mile cross-state trolley network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Westchester County
Connecticut
Peekskill Lighting and Railroad Company
Register
White Plains
New York Security and Trust Company
Benjamin B. Nostrand
Alfred Ely
Trolley Company
Peekskill
Cortland
Brewster
Danbury
Bridgeport
Verplank
Westchester
Secretary Root Heads to Cuba for Two Week Visit
Secretary of War Elihu Root sails on the Ward Line Morro Castle to Havana for a two week tour to meet locals and study the island’s situation. He comments on elections backing pro business policy and Philippine affairs, with no withdrawal plans. Fellow passengers include Cuban officials Col Tasker Bliss and G Bulle, plus E H Pearson of the Cuban Central Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu Root
New Ward Line
Morro Castle
Havana
Root
Philippines
Cuba
Col
Tasker H. Bliss
G. Bulle
E. H. Pearson
Cuban Central Railway
Rioting in Anderson Texas as forces clash after election
Special to The New York Times reports deadly rioting in Anderson during local elections. Sheriff Garett Scott was wounded and Emmett Scott and William McDonald killed in street duels. Adjunct General Scurry arrives with Rangers to disarm and restore order as armed citizens fill the town and the jail is seized.
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Austin
Texas
Navy
Anderson
Adjt
Thomas Scurry
William McDonald
State Rangers
Sheriff
Court House
Rangers
Scott
Houston
Garett Scott
White Men’s Union
Emmett Scott
John Bradley, Jr
German Count Disappears After Greenwich Stay
A mysterious German gentleman, possibly Count Kurtzan Arentsschildt, stays at Lenox House Greenwich on June 11. He travels to Stamford and later moves to Arthur Albcorn’s home, leaving his trunk and clothes behind before vanishing. Detectives hired by his family suspect foul play and note a fortune awaiting him in Germany.
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Greenwich
Conn
Lenox House
Kurtzan Arentsschildt
Stamford
Arthur Albcorn
Germany
Topeka Liberal Backlash Sparks Church Boycott Plan
In Topeka Kansas liberal business leaders move to boycott churches and form a broad nonpolitical union church. Democrats including Eugene Hagan claim ministers used liquor politics to sway elections and urge a new church free of partisan influence.
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Topeka
Kan
Eugene Hagan
The
Gold Democrats
giant steamship combine eyed as Pacific and Atlantic lines merge
Baltimore nov 10 reports say negotiations are under way to merge the Atlantic Transport Company with other lines into a new world spanning entity. Pacific Mail and Red Star Line may join, Atlantic stock jumps 15 points to 170 as holders prepare for exchange at about 300 a share in New company securities.
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Baltimore
Ocean Steamship Companies
Pacific
Atlantic Ocean Lines
Atlantic Transport Company
Alexander Brown & Son
Brown
Atlantic Transport
Red Star Line
New York
Antwerp
Philadelphia
New Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
San Francisco
Yokohama
Japan
International Navigation Company
Rio de Janeiro
Peking
China
Maryland Steel Company
United States
Belfast
Ireland
Baker
Lake Fleet Transferred to Steel and Wire Company
The American Steel and Wire Company has purchased the fleet of the American Steamship Company of Duluth for 5,250,000. The twelve ships include the lakes’ four largest vessels, six others of 5,000 to 7,000 tons, and two St. Lawrence canal ships of 3,000 tons each. Two years ago the vessels cost the American Steamship Company about 3,350,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth, Minn
American Steel and Wire Company
American Steamship Company of
Duluth
St. Lawrence Canal
American Steamship Company
Great Northern to ink broad traffic deal with Union Pacific
Great Northern Railway moves toward a wide traffic pact with Union Pacific, covering passenger and freight exchange. Preliminary contract sent for approval after talks between VP Miller and UP’s Munro. Omaha line gains first call on interchangeable business, with Great Northern as a close second for increased regional throughput.
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ST. Faul, Minn
Great Northern
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Miller
Munro
Whitney
Lomax
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Sioux City
Twin Cities
Nebraska
Colorado
Missouri, &c
Willmar
Sioux Falls
High Change System to Start at New Orleans Cotton Exchange
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange will inaugurate the high change system on Monday morning. Secretary Hester said it will be the first local attempt, with about 450 members and 50 to 60 visitors, to fix a single hour for business in cotton and other exports. Fixed periods will run 11 to 12:30 and 2 to 2:30.
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New Orleans
Hester
Carondelet Street
Cotton Exchange
Exchange
Rumor Links Wynne to Bryan Presbyterian Minister Claim
Fort Worth dispatch reports Col. R. M. Wynne queried about a Chicago paper saying he was source for the claim that William Jennings Bryan would become a Presbyterian minister. He neither confirms nor denies the report. Laurel-in-the-Pines at Lakewood announces improved facilities and an opening date of November 15 with a new booklet available on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Fort Worth
Texas
Col
R. M. Wynne
Chicago
Laurel-in-the-Pines
Lakewood
N. J
War Department weighs French field gun plans for test model
A War Department agent offers to build a sample French field gun at government cost to prove service viability and to share all construction details. He cites Paris-sourced data and urges quick testing within 120 days, while global artillery spending and a board vote on coast defense shields unfold amid a rift between ordnance engineers and board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Paris
Department
Sweden
Turkey
Krupp
Spain
Board of Ordnance
Secretary of War
Ordnance
Engineers
Ordnance Officers
Croker Plans Europe Trip After December Committee Set
Richard Croker and P. H. Mc Carren with Tammany Hall leaders met at the Democratic Club. Croker expects to sail for Europe next Saturday and may issue a statement on the mayoralty campaign before sailing. He avoided discussing Odell's alleged telegram about the Ice Trust charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Croker
P. H. McCarren
Tammany Hall
Democratic Club
Dr C W Huntington Seriously Injured in Lab Explosion
Dr Oliver W Huntington formerly of Cambridge Mass., principal of Clayre House boarding school in Newport, was badly burned when a chemical mixture he was stirring ignited. One eye was blown out. doctors feared the other sight but hoped to save it with treatment in Boston. Several teachers were lightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Oliver W. Huntington
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Huntington
Clayre House
Lipton challenger to sail for America in June
American Lipton representative David Barrie in Montreal says the new challenger will sail for America around June 1, accompanied by the former challenger, with time for trial work. He mentions possible course changes, Newport and Bristol docks, Sandy Hook as a likely course, and a strong American enthusiasm and anxiety about a close race with the Shamrock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
David Barrie
Thomas Lipton
Windsor
Barrie
America
Sir Thomas Lipton
Newport
Bristol
Herrescoffs
Mr. Barrie
Sir Thomas
Sandy Hook
Senator Davis in Critical Condition at Saint Paul Hospital
Special to The New York Times from Saint Paul reports Senator Davis remains gravely ill with a high fever and weak heart. Surgeons warn recovery is challenged as his sisters and brother in law stay at his bedside. Further amputation may occur if the poison spreads.
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ST. Paul
Davis
Divorce Mill Scandal Tied to Zeimer and Maison at 239 Broadway
District Attorney reports broad reach of a divorce mill run by Henry Zeimer with aides including a lawyer using the name W Waldo Maison and W W Royal. Office search reveals filed papers, receipts, photographs, and blank and filled divorce applications, with Zeimer acting as plaintiff and Maison as the hidden head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Zeimer
Zeimer
Broadway
W. Waldo Maison
W. W. Royal
Recorder Golf
Unger
Gordon
Maison
Royal
Byrde G. Herrick
Mai
Herrick
Waldo Maison
Royal W. Maison
Rose B. Tumblety
Bernard Tumblety
James H.norton
Della
Norton
New York
Marine
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Les Are
Vanderbilt
New York Times
Oscar Wencke
Baltimore Exchange
Gridiron
Secretary Root
Will
Red Star Lines
LAKE
Steel and Wire Company
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
New York Time
Ordnance Board
Croker
C. W. Huntington
Senator Davis
Maison Royal
Royal and Matson
Edith Jameson
Annie Briggs
College Street
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