Yacht Syndicate Named Prominent N Y Y C Members
After weeks of secret planning the New York Yacht Club announced a five member syndicate will own the new America's Cup defender. Vice Commodore August Belmont will lead the group with W Butler Duncan Jr as manager. Other subscribers include James Stillman Oliver H Payne Frederick G Bourne and Henry Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
August Belmont
W. Butler Duncan, Jr
Belmont
James Stillman
Oliver H. Payne
Frederick G. Bourne
Henry Walters
Madison Avenue
Sir Thomas
Uikely
W. Butler Duncan
Duncan
Herman B. Duryea
Harry Payne Whitney
Columbia
Messrs. Whitney
Duryea
C. Oliver Iselin
America
Lord Dunraven
Huron
Iincan
United States Naval Academy
United States
Vandalia
Larchmont Yacht Club
The
National City Bank
Wanderer
Aphrodite
Colonia
Commodore Postley
Watchmont Yacht Club
Baltimore
Narada
NEW York Times
May Buy Ensley Steel Plant
The Schulers of the Alabama Steel and Wire Company at Ensley are in talks in the East with Carnegie representatives for the sale of the plant. The facility has been highly successful, dominating Southwest trade and operating around the clock to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Carnegie
Schulers
Alabama Steel and Wire Company
Ensley
Schuléers
Southwest
Poland! Poland! Poland! Poland!
An item notes music and a dining advertisement for Haan's Restaurant at 75th Street and Col. Avenue with a call to visit for dinner and supper. The page references numerous sections and pages including current events like arrivals, insurance notes, and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haan
75Th St. & Col. Av
Accident to Lord Roberts in Johannesburg Ride
Lord Roberts was thrown from his horse on Sunday, bodyguard moved him to Government House in Johannesburg. He was shaken and bruised but not seriously hurt and expected to resume field duties within a few days. Telegraph reports he telegraphed to War Secretary Brodrick that he felt no ill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Roberts
War Office
Standard
Government House
Johannesburg
Daily Telegraph
William St. John Brodrick
Czar Nicholas Shows Satisfactory Condition. Grand Duke Michael Arrives
European Russia report states the Czar had a satisfactory day with good condition, temperature 102.6 at 9 pm and 100.6 in the morning, pulse 76 then 70, with little sleep due to no disturbing cause. Grand Duke Michael, brother of the Czar, arrived at Gatzena near St Petersburg from Copenhagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livadia
European
Russia
ST. Petersburg
Zarowitch
Grand Duke
Michael
Czar
Gatzena
Here
Copenhagen
British Gunboat Pheasant Seeks Colombia Settlement
Washington reports keen interest and anxiety over the Colombian revolution and a British pledge to seize the Taboga to transport troops. The US contemplates no immediate naval action, with Bancroft, Philadelphia, and Iowa available if needed. In Columba, decree authorizes seizure of the steamer Takoga for war needs and reopening Buenaventura and Tumaco ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colombia
Pheasant
Victoria
B. C
Isthmus
Bancroft
Philadelphia
Iowa
Columbia
Taboga
Colon
Bueneventura
Buenaventura
Tumaco
Mark Twain Grievance Over NYC Cab Foe
Mark Twain complained to City Hall about a New York cab overcharging him after a dinner at the Nineteenth Century Club. He described abuse from the driver and noted the license number was wrong. A hearing was set for this morning with Mayor Van Wyck absent and the public refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Clemens
New York
Downes
Twain
Nineteenth Century Club
West Tenth Street
Mr. Clemens
Fifth Avenue
Clemers
van Wyck
Marshall David Roche
Times
Wabash Cuts Chicago to New York Train Time
The Continental Limited ride from Chicago to New York drops from 26 hours 13 minutes to about 24 hours with a new schedule within a week. The Wabash line will depart Chicago at noon and arrive in New York by 1 PM next day, under an agreed excess fare of $1 per hour under 28 hours, totaling $4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Wabash
Twenty four Hours From Chicago To New York
Announcement of the Pennsylvania Limited train schedule change taking effect Sunday November 25th, promising a twenty four hour trip time between Chicago and New York under the new timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Poland Poland Poland Pure Spring Water Endorsed
A bold claim touts Poland Poland Poland as the purest natural spring water in the world, emphasizing its pristine source and unmatched mineral clarity for health and refreshment appeal.
Parkhurst and Peckham to Debate City Vice at Cooper Union
The City Vigilance League plans a December 11 Cooper Union meeting featuring Wheeler H. Peckham and Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst on vice in New York City. Speakers will present data on vice prevalence to energize a broader anti-Tammany campaign ahead of the fall mayoral race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler H. Peckham
Charles H. Parkhurst
Cooper Union
Parkhurst
William L. Strong
City Vigilance League
League
Charles Stewart Smith
Adolph M. Radin
Vice
Citizens Union Plans Signatures for Nonpartisan Mayoralty Move
The Citizens' Union announces a broad list of signatories from Manhattan Bronx and Brooklyn approving its nonpartisan mayoralty manifesto. Names include Clarence D. Ashley Julius Blumberg Frederic R. Coudert Bayard Tuckerman and Henry R. Towne among others. Letters of approval have been received at union headquarters 42 East Twenty third Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Union For
Manhattan
Clarence D. Ashley
Julius Blumberg
Edwin Baldwin
Edward M. Burghard
Frederic R. Coudert
Ubert Cillijames
G. Crosswell
Frank Damrosch
William L. Detmold
John Ford
Julius J. Frank
J. Montgomery Hare
Charles 5. Hughes
Isaac S. Isaacs
A. D. Juilliard
J. Augustus Johnson
William E. McCord
Adolph Openham
Oswald Ottendorfer
Samuel H. Ordway
Theodore RB. "Starr
Carl Schurz
Stevenson Taylor
Bayard ‘Tuckerman
Henry R. Towne
John de Witt Warner
Brooklyn
Fritz Achelis
A. Abraham
Truman J. Backus
James L. Bennett
Frank L. Babbit
Theodore M. Banta
George M. Coit
Charles Curie
Edward F. Cragin
Sturges Coffin
J. Hampden Dougherty
G. D. Fahnestock
George H. Fisher
Henry A. Goulden
John Gibb
A. Augustus Healy
Otto Kempner
John B. Ladd
James Matthews
Joseph McGuinness
James McMahon
William A. Perrine
Edwin Packard
Brancis H. Page
F. B. Pratt
jGeorge D. Richards
S. Perry Sturges
George H. Southard
Francis H. Stuart
Benjamin F. Seaver
Andrew _L. Taylor
George R. Turnbull
W. H. Ziegler
Union
East Twenty-third Street
Greenwich Farmer Blinds Sister In Accidental Gun Fire
Samuel Green of Stanwich accidentally discharged a gun held in his hand injuring his sister Annie Green in the kitchen. Powder and wadding struck her right eye while powder grains burned the left. He rode three miles for a doctor, fearing he had killed her. she lost her right eye and the left eye was damaged by powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
Samuel Green
Stanwich
Annie
Green
Mellen Denies Hill Control Of Northern Pacific
Charles S. Mellen president of the Northern Pacific Railway dismissed reports that J. J. Hill had gained control, calling the claims an asinine yarn that harmed business. He said customers were delaying shipments awaiting clearer information and that days of denials would be needed to restore public belief. The piece also mentions a theatre supper scene and an advertisement for Sara toga Arondack Water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Charles S. Mellen
Northern Pacific Railway
J. J. Hill
New York
Northern Pacific
President Hill
Great Northern
Northern
Perry Belmont resigns from Democratic Club board
Perry Belmont quits the Board of Governors of the Democratic Club in New York citing lack of authority over his name being placed on a flower basket ribbon sent to Richard Croker. Friends say he will join anti Croker efforts amid factional splits with his brother O H P Belmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Belmont
Democratic Club
Keller
Richard Croker
Europe
New York
John W. Keller
The
Democratic Chub
City
O. H. P. Belmont
Bigelow Ridicules German Colonial Claims at Reform Club
Special to The Times. Poultney Bigelow mocked Germany’s colonial efforts and Kaiser politics during a Reform Club speech on Modern Colonial Systems. He lampooned the Kunming style governance, Admiral Diederich, Krupp, and Kiao-Chow, and criticized U.S. consuls as shyster lawyers while praising Admiral Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Poultney Bigelow
Reform Club
William
Bigelow
Germany
China
Diederich
Shan- Tung
Kiao-Chow
Krupp
Mr. Bigelow
Kruger
Oceanic Almost Collides With Outbound Liner During Squally Crossing
The Oceanic from Liverpool faced Northwest gales and rough seas on its voyage, arriving hours late after eight days eight hours forty two minutes at sea. Passengers claim an outbound liner nearly collided at a right angle, about 100 feet apart, as Capt. Cameron maneuvered to avert danger. The Trave was the outbound ship, Bremen bound, passing astern after a near-miss. George G. Ward of Commercial Cable Company, aboard on cable business, remarked on Germany’s cable aims and friendship with the US. Dean W H Freemantle of Ripon plans lectures at Harvard on Christian ordinances and social progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceanic
Liverpool
Cameron
Trave
Bremen
George G. Ward
Commercial Cable Company
Germany
England
France
United States
America
Berlin
von Podelisky
Ward
Prussia
W. H. Freemantle
Ripon
Harvard
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Liner Overdue From Rough Seas
The North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse is overdue in port after a voyage across the Atlantic hindered by severe weather. Captain Cameron of the Oceanic reports no sighting of the vessel, while company manager Gustav Schwab sent word to confirm absence. Many prominent passengers are aboard, including Mrs. Hugh Birch and the German Ambassador Count von Ho leben among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceanic
Kensington
Amsterdam
Gustav Schwab
White Star Line
Cameron
Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Hugh Birch
Helen Birch
Harold Bauer
Clarence Gray Dinsmere
Baror von E Holleben
Washington
Thomas H. Hubbard
Gorham Hubbard
David P. Kimball
T. R. Hostetter
Marquis
Marquise de Larinaga
Thomas Hastings
Arthur Orr
Count de Chambain
H. de Montebello
Chicago Stock Exchange and Western Union Strike Five Year Quotation Contract
Governing Committee of the Chicago Stock Exchange approved a five year contract with Western Union Telegraph Company to pay for the exchange quotations. President Alfred L. Baker estimates annual receipts of 3780 dollars. Previously quotations were provided gratis by Western Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Chicago Stock Exchange
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Alfred L. Baker
Stock Exchange
Handicap for Ocean Liners in Times Editorial
The Times editorializes on the Admiralty Court ruling that Cunard must pay damages for sinking the British bark Embleton after a collision with the Cam pania. It notes Sir John Barnes's precedents and argues that ships often run at speeds the court would condemn if a collision occurred, raising questions of contributory negligence by the Embleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Times
Admiralty Court
Cunard Line
John Barnes
The
Times
Greenwich Residents Oppose Saloon License Request
Henry Havemeyer and about fifty North Mianus residents petition County Commissioners to deny Charles Warren a liquor license for a saloon near their homes citing existing three saloons and potential harm to property and business. Warren, a former Salvation Army captain, is a prominent neighbor in Greenwich Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
Henry Oo. Havemeyer
Grenwich
Charles Warren
Warren
Salvation Army
Havemeyer
North Mianus
Mianus
Dimitris Virons
North
Mail steamer Fife lost in Belle Isle Straits
The new mail steamer Fife from Mr. Reid's eight-boat fleet disappeared in a dense snowstorm in the Straits of Belle Isle on Sunday. Valued at $100,000 and likely uninsured, the vessel sank with no loss of life. Thirty crewmen escaped to lifeboats and endured a harrowing trek to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John's
N. F
Fife
President to Attend Baltimore Wedding of Miss Gary and Mr Taylor
President McKinley and Mrs McKinley will travel to Baltimore on Saturday to witness the marriage of Miss Lillian Gary and Robert C Taylor. They will be joined by nearly all Cabinet officers and their wives, leaving Washington around 11 in special cars and arriving an hour later. The men will stay for breakfast and the group will then proceed to Philadelphia for the Union League Club annual banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKinley
Baltimore
Lillian Gary
Gary
Robert C. Taylor
Philadelphia
Union League Club
Alleged swindlers captured Chicago to be extradited
Detectives reported Charles M. Fegenbush and Harry Dubois, alleged swindlers long sought by Chicago police, were arrested in New York. They face extradition after being indicted and warrant issues. They allegedly sold 10000 dollars in worthless Denver mining stock to Robert E. Browner and operated across Detroit Grand Rapids and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles M. Fegenbush
Harry Dubois
New York
Ward Consolidated Gold Mining Company
Denver
Robert E. Browner
Browner
Michigan
Detroit
Grand Rapids
General Change of Time on the Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad will implement its winter time changes on Sunday Nov 25 with adjustments to several local trains. Adv notes promote Ballantine's India Pale Ale and a claim of the purest natural spring water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ballantine
Walsh Donates Entire Exposition Salary to Charity
Thomas F. Walsh of the Camp Bird Mine in Denver has given his $3,000 salary for serving as Paris Exposition commissioner to charity. He split the total into three equal shares for the Associated Charities of Washington, the Associated Charities of Denver, and the Sisters of Mercy Hospital at Ouray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Thomas F. Walsh
Camp Bird Mine
United States
Associated Charities of
Washington, D. C
Sisters of Mercy Hospital
Ouray
Platts discuss Rochester police bill and appointments
Senator Platt clarifies the proposed police bill is a state measure, not a constabulary bill, with Ex Judge Cohen drafting it. He expects Lyman to be reappointed as Commissioner of Excise and Aldridge to succeed Dunn as Railroad Commissioner after a hotel conference with Roosevelt Odell and Dunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Platt
O. H. Platt
Connecticut
N. W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Fifth Avenue
Armstrong
Monroe
Rochester
Platt
Cohen
Lyman
Public Works
Senator Platt
Aldridge
Dunn
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Times
Constabulary
Senator Armstrong
Roosevelt
Odell
Excise
Chairman Dunn
Bell Telephone Combine Reported in South
Atlanta reports the Southern Bell and Cumberland Telephone Companies plan consolidation under one management. A broader merger would include the Chesapeake and Potomac and Chicago New York Boston systems with American Bell in New York. Cumberland executives Caldwell and Hume traveled to Atlanta to review routes, Standard Company denied absorption due to charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cumberland Telephone Company
Bell Systems
Cumberland and
Southern Bell
Chesapeake and Potomac
Chicago
New York
Boston
American Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
James E. Caldwell
Leland Hume
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Organization
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Standard Company
Consolidated Lines
Standard
Philadelphia
Corn at Forty Five Cents Stuns Board of Trade
November corn rose to 45 cents as George Phillips known as the King of the Corn Pit, kept calm amid a noisy pit full of traders. Shorts rushed to cover, prices spiked then eased, with Phillips selling to show market control and praise from friends on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Phillips
Board of Trade
Phillips
Theron Logan
Frick May Charter Yacht Shemara For Mediterranean Cruise
The steam yacht Shemara, owned by A. L. Bar ber of New York, returns to Jacksonville after a West Indies cruise with H. C. Frick and party visiting Venezuela and Trinidad. Negotiations are under way to charter the 218 foot vessel for an extended Mediterranean voyage from this port. The yacht carries 500 tons, 26 officers and men aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Shemara
A. L. Barber
New York
H. C. Frick
West Indies
Venezuela
Trinidad
Mr. Frick
Judgment against singer Lillian Blauvelt in $3000 case
Ex Judge Fayette Smith wins $3000 judgment against singer Lillian Blauvelt. The money financed Blauvelt’s musical education while she was married to Royal Smith, his son. They have since divorced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fayette Smith
Lillian Blauvelt
George Deyo Named Warden of Clinton Prison
Albany November 21 George Deyo the present Ulster County treasurer was appointed Warden of Clinton Prison by Superintendent Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
George Deyo
Ulster County
Clinton Prison
Collins
Royal Limited to Run from New York to Philadelphia and Washington
The Royal Limited train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad routes to Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington begins service November 25 leaving New York South Ferry at 3 35 PM and Liberty Street at 2 40 PM It features elegant day coaches with no extra fare alongside the Pullman Parlor Observation and Dining cars in a premium long distance service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Limited
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
New York
South Ferry
Liberty St
Adv
Purest Natural Spring Water Claim Emerges
A claim asserts YY Purest Natural Spring Water as the world’s purest source. No details on testing, certification, or independent verification accompany the statement.
Destructive Tennessee Tornado Strikes Nashville Area
Nov 21 Nashville reports the most destructive storm in years with over fifty dead and extensive property loss. Fatalities clustered near Columbia Maury Nolensville Lavergne West Harpeth Lagrange and Franklin. dozens injured. Telegraph service cut. vast timber losses along Wolf River and widespread flood rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Columbia
Maury County
Nolensville
West Harpeth
Williameson County
Lavergne
Rutherford County
Lagrange
Fayette County
Capt. Aydelott
Lee Farrell
Farrel
Lee Farrel
Audelott
Nannie Hampton
Nancy. Bramlett
Wolf River
Memphis
Mississippi River
Cumberland
Williamson County
Franklin
Sumner County
Poland Polana Purest Natural Spring Water Claim
Ambiguous fragment touts Poland Polana as a purest natural spring water related product. No clear event, date, or organization is identifiable in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Cam
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Defender
Henry Waiters
F. G. Bourne
Ensley Steel Plant
Schulers of
Alabama
Marine Intelligence
Apt
Society
United Service
Sobers
Osins
Emperor Nicholas
Czarowitch
Great Britain and
Continental Limited
Wabash Road
City -Vigilance League
Citizens’ Union Plans
Bronx
Perry P. Williams, Henry D. Purroy
Mellen
Poultney Bigelow Sarcastic
London Times
Cunard
MR. Havemeyer
Greenwich Publican
St. John’s
Walsh
Burnett
AAV
MR. Platt
BIG Telephone Combine
Chicago Board of Trade
Tory
Mississippi
Plaice
Martin’s Mill
Indian Creek
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis
Lavergne High School
George Robertson
Episcopal
Walter I. Moody
Panky & Gaither Plow
Moscow
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