Girl A Queer Impostor Pretended to be Niece of Hoboken Grocer
In July Elias Krams of West Hoboken received a letter from a supposed niece Minnie Krams from Vienna. A woman named Etta Gelles impersonated Minnie, lived with the Krams family from August, and later confessed under oath to Justice Eichmann that she had posed as Minnie to deceive them. Krams forgave her and declined to pursue the matter.
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Elias Krams
Vane and
Spring Streets
West Hoboken
Minnie Krams
Vienna
Miss Krams
United States
Potsdam
Hoboken
Krams
Germany
New York
Minnie
Etta Gelles
United
Pes
Justice Eichmann
Etta Gellés
Austria
Flo
Rockefeller consolidates fleet into Lake Superior Iron Mines
The Bessemer Steamship Company transfers ten whalebacks and nineteen barges to the new Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines, controlled by J. D. Rockefeller as sole owner via four trustees. The move leaves stockholders wary as the Consolidated shows no dividends and operates without meetings or votes. Large lake freighters remain with Bessemer, while rates stay low and profits slim for the season ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Bessemer Steamship Company
Lake Superior Consolidated
J. D. Rockefeller
Consolidated
Rockefeller
Consolidated Corporation
Bessemer Company
Saving a nickel killed her
Mrs Annie Stein ninger of 2014 South Twelfth Street walked to the Church of the Practical Christians yesterday. The exertion caused her collapse and death before doctors arrived. Her husband urged streetcar travel but she chose to walk for a nickel.
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ST. Louis
Annie Steinninger
South Twelfth Street
Church of the Practical Christians
Today’s Paper Index Shows Wide Range Of News
The issue lists sections including Stocks, Commerce World, Amusements, Arrivals at Hotels, Business Troubles, Court Calendars, Insurance Notes, Legal Notes, Losses by Fire, Marine Intelligence, New Corporations, Railroads, Real Estate, Religious Notices, Society, Weather, and Fires. It outlines page numbers for each topic and notes yesterday’s fire report on page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce World
Marine Intelligence
Swindlers Target Elder Capitalist in Mount Vernon
An attempted bunko on Ferdinand Holm of 10 Bond Street West Mount Vernon failed after he was duped into a fake lottery and prize draw by two men posing as book agents. Holm tried to obtain $1,000 to cover the supposed prize, but bank officials intervened and warned against cashing any check. Police give chase as suspects flee.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Banko
James S. van Court
Ferdinand Holm
Bond Street
West Mount Vernon
Holm
Mount Vernon Avenue
Bunko
Mana
Mr. Holm
First National Bank
Ciar
McClelland
Mr. McClelland
McCland
Porter
Minister Harris to resign as Austria-Hungary envoy
Addison C. Harris, minister to Austria Hungary, will resign and return to Indianapolis to resume law practice. He announced the plan before departing with Mrs. Harris for New York to sail to Europe, saying the Vienna post lacks activity for his nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison C. Harris
Indianapolis
Austria-Hungary
State Department
Harris
New York
Europe
Vienna
GE to be debt free as bonds redeemed by stock exchange
General Electric of Schenectady states that within days the firm will be entirely free from debt. Debentures outstanding fell from 10 million to 5 million after redemptions and the remaining half is being wiped out by exchanging stock for bonds at four hundred dollars of stock for five hundred dollars in bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
General Electric Company
Cumberland Telephone Company Wins Monopoly Victory
The Cumberland Telephone Company defeated suits by the Board of Trade and local citizens before the State Railroad Commission. The commission refused to order rate reductions, allowing the Cumberland Company to set or alter charges at will. Businessmen denounce the decision as yielding city control to a monopoly with two citywide franchises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Cumberland Telephone Company
Board of Trade
State Railroad Commission
Cumberland
Cumberland Company
Illinois Central abandons Southport terminals near New Orleans
The Illinois Central Railroad abandons its Southport terminals above New Orleans after river encroachment, causing a near total loss. Orthwein and Son, lessees of Southport, cancel their grain contract and may bid on Port Chalmette property at an upcoming sale with upset prices noted. The Chalmette sale previously failed to meet its bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Illiinois Central Railroad
Southport
Orthwein & Son
Galveston
Orthweins
New Orleans and Western Railroad
Port Chalmette
Illinois Central
Chalmette
Armed Guard Against Rats Plan at New Orleans Coffee Ships
The Board of Health in New Orleans updates quarantine rules for plague ports. Uninfected coffee vessels face five day cargo detention, midstream disinfection, shore berths 100 feet at night and 45 feet by day, metal funnels to keep rats aboard, armed squads to shoot any rodents, rubber gloves for handling dead rats, cremation, and guarded staging planks for cargo transfer. The changes aim to speed coffee handling and attract more ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Board of Health
New Vicar General Appointed for Chicago Archdiocese
Father M J Fitzsimmons named successor to the late Very Rev D M J Dowling as Vicar General of the Chicago archdiocese. Born in Morris Illinois he studied at Kanakee and Baltimore and was ordained eighteen years ago before serving at St Marys and the Cathedral. A Rector's supper and a bottle of Saratoga Arondack Water are offered as a lighthearted ad.
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Chicago
M. J. Fitzsimmons
D. M. J. Dowling
Archdiocese of
Fitzsimmons
Morris
Ill
Church College
Kanakee
Baltimore
St. Mary’s Church
City
Rector’s
Adyv
Lynching of Preston Porter Jr. at a Colorado stake
In Simon Colorado on November 16 Preston Porter Jr. was burned at a stake after being dragged from a train. About 300 vigilantes prepared the fire as a mob executed revenge for the murder of 11 year old Louise Frost. The father of the slain girl led the act and asked for mercy, later insisting on burning rather than hanging.
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Simon
Preston Porter, Jr
John Porter
Louise Frost
Lincoln County
Preston Porter
Richard W. Frost
Freeman
Limon
R. W. Frost
Hugo
Lake Station
Frost
Thomas
Denver
Porter
Lincoln
Negro Escapes Lynchers in Albemarle Night
A black man accused of poisoning Dr. Love fled a mob in Albemarle North Carolina after the jail doors were battered in. He escaped through a hole in the wall and disappeared into the night amid gunfire. Police offered no immediate capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albemarle
N. C
Love
Sharp Slump in Flaxseed Prices at Chicago Board
Flaxseed for May delivery fell to 1.67 per bushel, down 7 cents from yesterday, with cash flax at 1.75. The move followed a price cut in linseed oil from 72 to 62 cents per gallon by the American Linseed Oil Co. Traders call the season’s crop short and see flaxseed prices as inflated amid Northwest market weakness.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Today
American Linseed Oil Company
Anti Child Labor Bill Debate Sparks Southern News
In Atlanta on November 16 Jack J. Spalding a leading Atlanta lawyer representing anti child labor bill opponents argued that New England mill men push the bill to demoralize Southern cotton milling. He asserted the aims to move mills South to destroy competition keep cotton prices down and control future prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Jack” J. Spalding
New England
Fire saves two girls as patrolman rescues them
Patrolman Wilson of the Bergen Street station pulled eight year old Julia Balbano and five year old Anna Balbano from a smoke filled kitchen at 505 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn after a stove explosion sparked a two story blaze. He carried them to safety as flames caused 2500 dollars in damage.
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Wilson
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue
Julia
Anna Balbano
Peter Balbano
Lake Shore Train Wreck Near Franklin
A Lake Shore passenger train collides with a Pennsylvania freight west of Franklin between Polk and Raymilton. The freight engineer is dead. the passenger train’s engineer fireman and brakeman Paden are badly injured. Baggage master Tom Sutton and three passengers are missing. a relief train has left Stoneborough for the scene.
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Franklin
Penn
Lake Shore
Pennsylvania
Polk
Raymilton
Paden
Tom Sutton
Oil City
Stoneborough
Czar's State Satisfactory Amid Illness Reports
London reports show Emperor Nicholas’s condition improving after a mild attack with fever around 102.4 and a guarded prognosis for full recovery by month’s end. Grand Duke Michael poised as regent if a posthumous son is born. Czarina’s health clarified with lumbago but not serious.
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London
Nicholas
Victoria
Copenhagen
Grand Dukes
Russia
France
Czarina
Lumbago
Fredensborg
Czarowitch
Grand Duke
Michael
St. Petersburg
William
Czar
Washington
China
Otis Says No New Troops Needed for Philippines
Major General Otis in Chicago states no increase in forces is required in the Philippines. He views the situation as quiet with no organized resistance, notes Luzon as the main hotspot, and says native troops could police the islands if needed though their warfare is uncivilized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Otis
Philippines
Schurman
Cornell University
First
Philippine Commission
Luzon
Woman insured for 250000 in ground breaking policies
Mrs Florence Pullman Lowden and her husband Col Frank O Lowden report heavy life and property policies. She holds the heaviest life coverage by a woman at 250000 and is a Pullman heir with a 1500000 will beneficiaries stake. Special Yale Princeton game trains are listed for New York travel via Pennsylvania Railroad with set departure times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Pullman Lowden
Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Yale-Princeton
New York
Cortlandt and Desbrosses Sts
Pennnsylvania Railroad
Bishop Potter Urges Mayor to Strike Vice in New York
Bishop Henry C Potter mails a stark appeal to Mayor Robert Van Wyck urging action against vice and police complicity in New York City's east side. He claims officials shield criminals, calls for protection for the young, and warns the city risks a national condemnation.
Mayor Van Wyck Fires Letter On Police Conduct To Bishop Potter
New York Mayor Van Wyck replies to Bishop Potter regarding police behavior near the Pro Cathedral on Stanton Street. He forwards the bishop’s concerns to the Police Commissioners and District Attorney, pledging full use of legal power to end violations and secure cooperation. He urges immediate inquiry and discipline for any officer insulting citizens and calls for vigorous action to ensure decency and order.
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Lafayette Place
New York
Robert A. van Wyck
City of
Stanton Street
van Wyck
Pro-Cathedral
Board of Police Commissioners
New York County
Police Department
York
Potter
Episcopal Church
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Chance
AJ. D. Rockefeller
Lake
The
New York Times
Review OF Books
ART
New Orleans Board of Trade
Illinois Central Terminals
Colorado
Negro Mur
Derer
Little Louise Frost
North Carolina
Oswego
Edward Shortsleeve
Oswego Town
H. H. Stebbens
D. D
Rochester
Shortsleeve
Burnett
Adv
Police
Bishop Potter
Diocese of
Gardiner
St. Paul’s
Gen. Washington
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Croker
America
Henry C. Potter
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