Signing of Hay Pauncefote Treaty Ends Nicaragua Canal Deadlock
Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote signed the treaty after a brief, businesslike ceremony at the State Department. The text remains secret until Senate action. Witnesses included Messengers Gwin and Savoy, noted ex slaves, who helped seal the document with the red wax and seals.
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Washington
Nicaragua Canal
Hay
Lord Pauncefote
State Department
State, War and Navy
Percy Windham
Eddie Savoy
Mr. Hay
Sidney Smith
William Gwin
Mr. Windham
Gwin
Savoy
Hamilton Fish
Paris
Savey
Mr. Sm.a
Windham
Mr. Smith
United States
Senate
Great Britain
United
Cushman K. Davis
New York Times
Index to Departments and Page References
The notice lists department indices and page numbers for topics in a newspaper. It includes sections on stocks, wheat, corn, oats, cotton, butter, and various pages for Commercial World Amusements arrivals insurance notes legal notes and more with specific page citations.
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Sciron
Northern
United Service
Weather Report
Treaty Drafted in Washington Gains British Approval
The treaty was prepared in Washington and accepted by Great Britain with little change, sealing agreement without substantial variation.
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Washington
Great Britain
Times Editorial Views On Hay Pauncefote Treaty
The Times argues US Senate will face tough canal issues despite Hay Pauncefote authority. It notes rival schemes and strong railway lobbying may influence decisions. The piece suggests Britain would share in low tolls if the canal is US built with public funds, benefiting global trade.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Hay- Pauncefote
the Times
United States Senate
Lord Pauncefote
Senate
Suez Canal
United States
Britain weighs new Isthmian Canal Convention impact
London commentary on the Isthmian Canal Convention notes Britain gains from canal construction and possible open water benefits. Presses including Morning Post Daily Mail and Daily Chronicle critique concessions and predict mixed diplomatic outcomes. Westminster Gazette and Pall Mall Gazette balance open access with retaining dignity and commercial rights. St James's Gazette lauds US goodwill and strong ties over treaty rigidity.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Lansdowne
Great Britain
Post
The
Daily Mail
Canada
Daily Chronicle
Lord Rosebery
Senate
Westminter Gazette
United States
America
Venezuela
Pall Mall Gazette
St. James's
Adams parallels South African struggle with Confederacy
The Times comments on Charles Francis Adams's Worcester address drawing a parallel between the Boer war and the Civil War. It notes Adams’s warning that Boer leaders, like Lee, failed to unite personal bravery with a higher courage facing unpopular duty, and imagines future Boer Briton amity.
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London
the Times
Charles Francis Adams
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester
Adams
Lee
Courag
Beef on the Hoof Breaks Sale Records in Pittsburg
The third annual fat stock show in Pittsburg closes with a banquet for shippers and dealers. Charles Escher’s first prize herd load sells for 21 1 2 cents per pound, a new record, while a 2,190 pound steer from Lost Creek West Virginia brings $4,280 at auction.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Simon O'Donnell
Hast Liberty
Charles Escher
A. D. Bassel
Lost Creek
West Va
Burnett’s Vanilla Extract Tops Grocers’ Choice
Ad copy notes Burnett’s Vanilla Extract as the best product grocers know. It urges shoppers to insist on having it.
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Burnett
Adv
The Boer Problem A Complicated One
London dispatch notes the South Africa issue is complex with both sides accused of lying. The British must confront a belief that Afrikaner leaders teach that they are chosen to rule, aiming to drive Britons into the sea and leave blacks as subordinates. Natal shows loyal or rebel camps, Cape Colony divides. the writer urges harsh action to secure future peace.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Natal
Times
South Africa
Cape Colony
The Austrian Race War Intensifies in Moravia Crisis
Vienna reports intensified Czech opposition to a proposed Olmutz university and rising national tensions. The pope urges bishops to stay neutral as Tyrol Catholics boycott a talk by Vienna mayor Dr. Lueger. Rumors say Emperor Franz Joseph may dissolve the Reichsrat amid parliamentary deadlock and Czech German enmity grows.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Vienna
the Times
Olmutz
Moravia
Tyrol
Lueger
Reichsrath
The
Associated Press
Francis Joseph
Jesuits in France Again and Influence of Law
Paris dispatch notes Lille congress exposes limited impact of Waldeck Rousseau law on religious orders. Jesuits returning or already back in France. Assumptionists’ setback doubtful. Law strengthens groups receiving authorization. Socialists and Radicals label Waldeck Rousseau reactionary and accuse him of granting liberty to religious orders.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Paris
The
Times
Lille
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
France
Milan Paper Recommends Extended Treaties Not Tariffs
The Perseveranza of Milan, via The Times Rome dispatch, quotes ex-Minister Luzzatti favoring a one year prolongation and revision of Continental commercial treaties rather than denunciation. It urges awaiting reciprocity from the United States before triggering a tariff war across half of Europe.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Perseveranza
Milan
Times
Rome
Luzzatti
United States
Europe
Smallpox Cases Rise in Vienna Amid Cold Air
A Vienna dispatch reports a sharp rise in smallpox as cold weather returns. Thirty five fresh cases were recorded yesterday, the largest daily total yet, with spread concentrated in the city’s poorer districts.
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London
New York Times
The
Times
Vienna
All Deerfoot Farm Sausages Made at the Farm
Deerfoot Farm sausages are produced in Southboro Massachusetts. The firm credits success to choice materials and careful clean preparation by staff.
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Southboro
Mass
Sultan's New Vizier Abdur Rahman Pasha Declined
The Times correspondent notes Abdur Rahman Pasha declined the Grand Vizierate unless two ministers were removed. Sultan then appointed Said Pasha, whose long career included five terms as Grand Vizier and a historic escape to the British Embassy for sanctuary. Said is described as incorruptible and not an intriguer, though a skilled diplomat.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Constantinople
the Times
Abdur Rahman Pasha
Said Pasha
Young Turkey Party
Persia
Said
Subhi Pasha
Council of State
Turkey
Paris Exhibition Showcases Altered Alcohol Uses
The Times correspondent notes a movement urged by the Minister of Agriculture to distil unsalable wine into alcohol not taxed when unfit for drinking and used in the arts. An exhibition in Paris displays forms of altered alcohol. French wine exports have declined as other regions produce wines of similar quality.
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LonDon Times
NEW York Times
London
Paris
the Times
Baxter resigns Tennessee Coal and Iron presidency for Cumberland venture
Nathaniel Baxter Jr resigns as president of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railway Company effective December 1 to lead the Cumberland Coal and Coke Company. The new venture, backed by St. Louis financiers, aims to rapidly develop Cumberland plateau lands totaling about five hundred thousand to seven hundred thousand acres with coal iron and timber. Baxter intends to oversee development including opening undeveloped fields building coke ovens and planning blast furnaces.
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Nathaniel Baxter, Jr
St. Louis Capital
Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company
Cumberland, Coal and Coke Company
St. Louis
Eee of
Tennessee
Baxter
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Southern
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Coal and Coke Company
Crawford
Tennessee Central Railroad
Tennessee Central
The
Col
Jere Baxter
St. Louis Syndicate
Nathaniel Baxter
Mr. Baxter
Indian Princess in Chicago Enrolls at Northwestern College
Princess Sophie Bamba Dhuleep Singh daughter of the Maharajah of Lahore arrives in Chicago with her maid and enrolls at Northwestern University Woman's Medical College on Lincoln Street. She attends her first lecture and lives modestly in a boarding house at 464 West Adams Street while pursuing medical studies.
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Chicago
Sophie Bamba Dhuleep Singh
Lahore
India
Northwestern University Woman's Medical College
Lincoln Street
West Adans Street
Mystery in shooting case rocks Stamford court scene
Theodore E. Diffy faced a preliminary trial in Stamford for alleged attempted murder of Martin Gilbraith after a dice dispute. Gilbraith, just recovering from injuries, contradicted his initial police statements and faced perjury charges as the case moved to Superior Court under bonds set at 3,000 and 1,200 respectively.
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Stamford
Conn
Theodore E. Diffy
Martin Gilbraith
Plainfield
N. J
Gilbraith
Diffy
Darien
Carter
Superior Court
Donor Pledged $30,000 for Anti-Saloon Drive in New York
Rochester reports reveal a major benefactor will fund the State Anti Saloon League with 10,000 dollars a year for three years if the state league raises 40,000 dollars over three years. The donor’s identity, then Rockefeller, was not confirmed by officials. State meetings will push fundraising across New York.
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Rochester
N. Y
Noo
State Anti-Saloon League
League
State League
John D. Rockefeller
George Peck
The Every-Day Train to California Overland Limited
The Overland Limited departs Chicago at 8:00 PM using Chicago and North-Western Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Bus lines. Best of everything. Offices 461 287 and 349 Broadway.
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California
Overland Limited
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Broadway
Blockade and crush on Fifth Avenue Elevated bridge incident
An 5:40 p.m. derailment of motor car 741 on the Fifth Avenue Elevated near Brooklyn end caused a major travel blockade from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Cars jammed at the loop, crowds surged for seats, police assisted, one man John Wagner of 22 Van Voorhis Street Brooklyn injured with a dislocated shoulder, many fainted, and the road was blocked for hours until repairs.
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Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Manhattan
New York
Loop
Long Island and
Jamaica
Bay Ridge
Bath Beach
Myrtle Avenue
Ridgewood
East New York
Kings County
Brooklyn Bridge
John Wagner
van Voorhis Street
Johnson
Hudson Street Hospital
Tillary
Concord Streets
Borden Slashes Print Cloth Prices In Mass Mills
In Fall River on November 18 H C D Borden owner of Iron Works Mills cut prices of all prints by a half cent per yard and shifted by a quarter cent. Trade reacts with concern though the local print cloth market stays firm at 3 cents. Wage scale at the mill dropped 5 percent as management withdraws a prior wage increase after other mills failed to match it.
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Fall River
Mass
H. C. D. Borden
Iron Works
Borden
Mulvihill Denies Blocking Bridgeport City Hall
Bridgeport mayoral denial asserts he has not publicly discussed halting the new City Hall project. Ex mayor Stirling, head of the building committee, says work proceeds as the state authorized funding and bonds were ratified by the council.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Dennis Mulvihill
New City Hall
Stirling
City Hall
Cornell Student Arrested for Contempt of Court
Toxoway B. Everman Cornell University senior and artistic editor of The Cornell Widow was arrested on a contempt charge after refusing to appear for a judgment on board dues. He registered at the infirmary claiming illness, yet nurses authenticated he attended lectures, prompting the judge to adjourn the case until tomorrow.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
Toxoway B. Everman
Cornell University
Cornell Widow
Almy
Everman
Twie
Cornell Infirmary
Sayre
Evman
Antediluvian Rye advertisement from Layties Brothers
A weathered classified ad notes Antediluvian Rye described as old and fine from Layties Brothers of New York, indicating a vintage liquor promotion with limited readable details.
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Layties Brothers
N. Y
Theatre Panic After Fire at Proctor’s Palace
Panic swept Proctor’s Pleasure Palace on Third Avenue when a moving picture machine reportedly exploded sending blue flame and smoke into the booth. Fire crews were called but the blaze was quickly contained by the theatre owner, while crowd control by police and calm audience members helped avert disasters. Electrician Smith suffered a minor burn. word spread of a far more serious incident. The pianist continued to play to steady the cheering crowd.
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Proctor’s Pleasure Palace
Fifty-eighth Street Theatre
Third Avenue
Smith
Hook and Ladder No. 20
Fifty-ninth Street
James Quinn
East Fifty-first Street
Terrace Garden
H. D. Goethius
East Fiftyfirst Street
Croker
Goethius
Pope LEOs Condition and Vatican Secrecy
A Rome dispatch says rumors of the Pope's imminent death persist yet his end is not deemed near. Inside Vatican walls speculation leaks out from crevices as core attendants guard his comfort. Meals are served in his private apartment at a small table with no other person, not even a crowned head, allowed.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Rome
Vatican
Centro
Whitney Leases Rancocas Farm Near Jobstown N J
The Rancocas Stud Farm founded by Pierre Lorillard and left to Mrs. Lily Barnes Allen may stay intact as it is leased to William C. Whitney. Whitney denies a purchase deal but indicates imminent possession and plans to breed thoroughbreds on the New Jersey property, potentially reducing need for Kentucky land.
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Rancocas
Jobstown
N. J
Pierre Lorillard
Lily Barnes Allien
William C. Whitney
Whitney
Roncecas
Allien
Long
New York
Rancoc
la Belle Stud
Kentucky
H. P. Headley
New Jersey
Want to Boom Matrimony in Alton Style
A deputy marriage license clerk in Alton Illinois announces a humorous “beauty contest” prize for couples obtaining licenses between November 18 1901 and November 18 1902 A stove is offered to the foremost couple with photos requested and a turkey prize is promised by another official for the period November 19 to November 27 1901.
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Alton, IL
ST. Louis
Frank Bierbaum
Alton
Ill
Bierbaum
George Coughlan
East St. Louis
Special Magazine Number Preview for Saturday Review
The New York Times Saturday Review announces a special magazine number on Saturday November 25. It will feature a series of editor plans for the coming year and a compilation of the day’s literary news. Readers are urged to order in advance through their newsdealer.
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New York Times Saturday Review
Trday Review
Adv
Brilliant Opening of the Horse Show at Madison Square Garden
The opening day of the National Horse Show Association event at Madison Square Garden drew record attendance and a high class of exhibits. Society figures filled the boxes as the arena showcased premier breeds under electric lights, with critics praising the class and merit of the entries.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
National Horse Show Association of America
Society Out In Force At New York Horse Show
The society horse show drew a large, fashionable crowd with many boxes filled in both afternoon and evening sessions. Mrs. William Astor attended opening with her daughter and guests, while many prominent families and boxes were noted for their presence, attire, and hosting roles. The event showcased a youthful, socially active attendance and a trend toward frequent box-to-box visits.
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William Astor
Mrs. Astor
Stanley Mortimer
New York
Hermann Oelrichs
Oelrichs
Gerry
Elbridge T. Gerry
Townsend Burden
Henry Clews
Gwendolyn Burden
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Reginald Vanderbilt
Louise Ward McAllister
William Co. Whitney
Whitney
George Keppel
Louise Morris Gebhard
Atherton Bright
Charles Dodge
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Joseph Widener
Frederick Gebhard
Misses Wetmore
George Peabody Wetmore
Hamilton Cary
Kate Cary
Miss Cary
Frederick Edey
Clarkson
Edey
Frank Sturgis
Sturgis
Kathryn Brady Harris
J. Norman de R. Whitehouse
Edward Moore Robinson
Whitehouse
Robinson
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MR. Mulvihill
Cornell
T. B. Everman
Proctor
Pleasure Palace
Pope Leo
Mr.whitney
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