Americans dispute a French concession over electric railway
Shanghai correspondent for The Times reports U S Minister at Peking Mr Conger protested Canton Viceroy granting a concession to a French company for an electric railway. The move conflicts with American contract via an American syndicate. French pressure seeks ratification, while Belgian stock transfer and German Lethe deal complicate matters. The U S government reportedly awaits Washington instructions.
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London Times
New York Times
Vablegran
London
Shanghai
the Times
Conger
United States
Peking
Canton
Wu-Ting-Fang
Han-how
Times
Correpe
Shong
Lethe
Washington
Disappointment Over Chinese Tariff Plan in Hongkong
A dispatch from Hongkong says there is disappointment in Hongkong and Canton over the Chinese customs authorities refusing to adopt the bankers proposed specific tariff scheme as a temporary measure pending the protocol driven tariffs. The committee’s proposals are approved by good authorities.
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London Times
New York
London
Hongkong
The
Times
Canton
Bankers’ Committee
China Denies Death Rumor of Viceroy Tao Mu
Hongkong November 22 A rumor of Tao Mu Viceroy of Kwantung and Kwangsi death is denied The Viceroy reportedly resigned after Empress Dowager refused a concession for Honam Island to foreigners including American German French and Japanese consuls The court telegraphs that he must defend the boundaries and follow orders
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Tao-Mu
Honam
Hongkong
Kwang-Tung
Kwang-Si
Honam Island
Canton
Turkish Bureaus Under Review by New Grand Vizier
The Times correspondent reports Turkish Ministers will stay in office until finances warrant changes. Said Pasha, the new Grand Vizier, is probing each bureau while the Treasury negotiates a £600,000 advance. Sir Nicholas O'Conor meets the Sultan. his return to London via Vienna is planned.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Constantinople
The
Times
Pasha
Treasury
Nicholas O'Conor
Nicholas
Vienna
Comedie Francaise Dispute Prompt Manager Resignation
Paris theatre actors convened at Mounet-Sully’s house to urge Clarette’s resignation over the suppression of the examining committee. The Comedie Francaise members are irritated and seek formal action through the manager's departure.
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London Times
New York Times
London
Paris
the Times
Comédie Francaise
M. Mounet- Sully
M. Clarette
Comédie
Russian student grievances in Moscow agitation ends
The Times Moscow correspondent reports Minister of Education Vannovsky met with a student deputation and refused to discuss broader admission of Jews or greater freedom of meetings, framing both as political issues. He believes most students think he aims to remove their grievances, ending the agitation.
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London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Gen. Vannovsky
Moscow
Vannovsky
Index to Departments and Page References
List of department topics with page numbers including Stocks Commercial World Arrivals at Hotels Business Troubles Court Calendars Insurance Notes Legal Notes Losses by Fire Marine Intelligence New Corporations Railroads Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report Yesterday's Wires and other items.
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Marine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
Countries plan congress to curb white slave traffic
St. Petersburg correspondent reports France invites all powers to send reps for a Congress to prevent white slave traffic. Governments have accepted and prepared reports. Congress likely in Paris during winter with strong Russian support, the Czar backing suppression efforts.
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Loxpon Times
New York Times
London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
France
Paris
Georges Ohnet Protest at English Censorship Action
Paris correspondent of The Times reports Georges Ohnet angrily protests the seizure of several of his books by English customs for examination by censorship. He argues that after a quarter century of literary life and widespread English translations, he should be esteemed rather than suspected of immorality.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Georges Ohnet
Paris
The
Times
M. Ohner
England
London Paupers Increase Report Shows Rise
London figures reveal 115 more paupers in eight years with last year’s rise near 4900. The count reflects those relieved in workhouses or by other means as the city faces industrial strain.
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London
French Prize for Virtue Awarded to Cécile Morand
The French Academy awards the Prize for Virtue of 1000 francs to Cecile Morand a seamstress who is a dwarf and lame. She has supported a paralytic father a sick mother and ten siblings since age thirteen.
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London
French Academy
Paris
Times
Cécile Morand
Lord Curzon Visits Burmah Frontier
Lord Curzon the Viceroy of India crossed the Burmah frontier yesterday and will reach Mandalay next Tuesday according to a Rangoon dispatch to The Times.
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London Times
New York
Times Special Cablegram
London
Lord Curzon
India
Burmah
Rangoon
Times
Mandalay
Fatal riot in Athens over Greek Gospel translations
Rioting after a proposal to translate the Gospels into modern Greek continued in Athens on November 21. Seven people were killed, thirty severely injured, and many more slightly hurt as 800 marines and military detachments reinforced security around the palace and Premier Theotokis.
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Athens
Jupiter Olympus
Holy Synod
M. Theotokis
Police
Attica
Relief at Hand for the Tunnel Nuisance
Everett P. Wheeler said the New York Central tunnel from Forty-second Street to the Harlem River will switch from steam to electric power. He outlined a plan to connect local trains to the subway, using electric propulsion in side tunnels and keeping steam for express trains, with work to start within thirty days or a mandamus may compel the city to act.
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Everett P. Wheeler
Park Avenue
New York Central Railroad
Forty-second Street
Harlem River
Municipal Assembly
Wheeler
NEW York Times
New York Central
Subway
Stamford
White Plains
Yonkers
Grand Central
New York City
City of
New York
Board of Health
Common Council of
Twenty-sixth Street
Twenty-sixth
Supreme Court
Chicago Board of Trade Wins Ruling on Quotations
Appellate Court upholds the Board of Trade refusal to provide market quotations citing bucket-shop allegations. It reverses a lower court order restraining telegraph disconnections and restores limits on barring Trade members from dealing with the Central Stock and Grain Exchange.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Central Stock and Grain Exchange
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pittsburg Steel Company Buys Monessen Site for Plant
The Pittsburg Steel Company purchased fifteen acres at Monessen from Jarvis Adams for 248000 dollars. The site has river frontage essential for the plant which will employ at least 2000 workers. Construction to begin at once.
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Greensburg
Penn
Pittsburg Steel Company
Jarvis Adams
Monessen
Special Magazine Number of The New York Times Saturday Review of Books
The issue will be issued next Saturday November 23. It will include articles outlining editors plans for the coming year. Readers value having literary news collected in one place on one day. Order in advance from your news dealer.
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NEW York Ties
Saturday Review OF Books
Adv
Three Saloons Burned in Pleasantville Fire Series
Special to The New York Times reports three saloons burned in Pleasantville within a year. Neighbors suspect deliberate arson by liquor opponents, noting nocturnal starts, fires in lower parts of buildings, and slow fire department response. Saloons owners face losses. some uninsured. A reward is offered for information leading to incendiaries.
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Pleasantville
N. Y
George Douglass
Marble Avenue
Douglasses
Wiliam Arnold
Frederick Muller
Massive 600-Ton Wall Shift Underway at Heisler Building
At 6 East Eighteenth Street a eight story steel structure undergoes a slow lateral shift to correct a wall lean caused by caisson foundations. Terry Tench Co will lift 600 tons of brick and terra cotta after removing affected sections, preserving alignment with numbered sections as work proceeds over ten days.
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East Eighteenth Street
George A. Heisler
Fifth Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Mr. Heisler
Heisler
Terry & Tench Company
Seventeenth Street
Ptomaine Poisoning Fatalities Hit Attica Party
Miss Clara Schmat hosted an informal gathering in Rochester on November 1. Thirty guests fell violently ill after consuming canned oysters that had stood opened for two days. Miss Lechmat died early this morning and Frank Harrison died two hours later. Others remain at risk as doctors fight the outbreak.
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Rochester
N. Y
Clara Schmat
Fred Schmat
Attica
Lechmat
Frank Harrison
Eloped Bride Rescued by Best Man Then Weds
Astocia Lumber of Plymouth elopes with best man John Solan after a farewell dinner for her marriage to Adam Zeski of Wilkes Barre. Zeski had the pair arrested for perjury but the bride posted bail and married Solan hours later.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Adam
Zeski
Astocia Lumber
Plymouth
John Solan
Solan
Beer Makers Lose in Texas
In Austin on November 21 Attorney General Bell announced seven Texas brewing firms and three foreign companies admitted guilt under the state anti trust act. They agreed to confess judgment totaling 97000 dollars in penalties with domestic firms each paying 7500 dollars and charter forfeitures. Anheuser-Busch brewing, W J Lemps of St Louis and Pabst of Milwaukee will pay 15000 dollars each and lose permits to operate in Texas.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Brewing Companies
Bell
Anheuser-Based_ Brewing Company
W. J. Lemps Brewing Company
St. Louis
Pabst Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Camden's Lockjaw Epidemic Tests Vaccines on Rats
In Camden New Jersey Nov 21 tests at Cooper Hospital on white rats show vaccines used locally contained no tetanus germs. Doctors Ross and Fretz say deaths from tetanus stemmed from post vaccination wounds lacking antiseptic care or inadequate treatment, or from cold exposure at the operative site.
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Camden
N. J
Cooper Hospital
Ross and
Fretz
Bishop Whitaker III Stricken With Vertigo Illness
Bishop Ozi W. Whitaker of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania is ill at his Philadelphia home after a vertigo attack during a Woman's Auxiliary to Board of Missions meeting. He is reported not in imminent danger as doctors monitor his condition.
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Philadelphia
Ozi W. Whitaker
Episcopal Diocese of
Pennsylvania
Whitaker
Board of Missions
Changes in Time on Pennsylvania West Railroad
Effective November 24 trains on the Pennsylvania West Railroad shift schedules. The West 23d Street Morning train to Pittsburg and Cleveland departs at 8:35 A.M. The West 28d Street 4:10 P.M. weekday train to Point Pleasant remains but with changes. A new theatre train will depart at 11:25 P.M. weekly. Local timetables should be consulted for details.
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Pennsylvania West Railroad
West 23d St
Pittsburg
Cleveland
West 28d St
Point Pleasant
Adv
Treasury ruling delays New York Custom House project
The 1899 act capped New York Custom House costs at 3 million, but bids exceed the limit. The Controller says contracts may proceed only to complete the building as designed, without exhausting the full appropriation, and an extra appropriation would be needed for completion.
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Washington
Controller of the Treasury
Gage
New York
Congress
Treasury Department
New York Custom House
Act of Congress
Governors urged to act on railroad merger threat
Letters from the governor's office were sent to the chief executives of North Dakota Montana Nebraska Washington Idaho and Oregon proposing cooperation against the Great Northern Northern Pacific merger. A conference by correspondence seems likely with a formal meeting still uncertain. The governor's secretary said reviews of legal aspects are ongoing and a possible extra session remains undecided.
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ST. Paul
Minn
North Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Jamison
Great Northern
Northern Securities Company
Gov Savage Rules Out UP Burlington Merger in Nebraska
Lincoln Nov 21 Gov Savage after talks with Burlington managers and other railroad officials says there is no present basis for a Union Pacific Burlington consolidation in Nebraska. Properties will be managed separately and continue to compete for business. He suspects Burlington director list including UP interests but will act only on solid evidence.
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Lincoln
Neb
Holdrege
Burlington Lines
Nebraska
Savage
Union Pacific- Burlington Lines
Burlington
Union Pacific
Students seize campus on Founders Day revolt at Wabasha College
In Crawfordsville Indiana on Founders Day students overran recitation rooms after chapel. They dragged sober students from classes tied them to trees and locked President Kane in his room labeling the door Jojo the caged monkey. Kane escaped after an hour and later Senior Dickinson was tied to a porch pillar before Kane freed himself.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Wabasha College
Kane
Jojo
Dr. Kane
Dickinson
Yale Harvard Football Train Special Leaves Grand Central
Special train with parlor cars will depart Grand Central Station at a specified time Friday and return from Boston Saturday evening. This service offers convenient transport for Yale and Harvard football attendees.
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Harvard
Grand Central Station
Boston
Congressmen Muller Resigns Triggers Borough Special Election
Congressman Nicholas Muller of Richmond resigns from the House for ill health. A special election will decide his successor in the Seventh District, which includes Richmond County and parts of New York’s First to Third Assembly Districts. Term ends March 4, 1903.
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Nicholas Muller
Richmond
House of Representatives
Muller
George Cromwell
NEW York Times
Secretary of State
New York
Michael C. Murphy
Democratic Club
Perry Belmont
Richard Croker
John F. Carroll
Tammany Organization
Carroll
Belmont
P. Belmont
Governor Stone Removes Pittsburg Recorder A. M. Brown
Harrisburg announces Gov. Stone removed Pittsburg Recorder A. M. Brown and named ex-Director of Public Safety J. O. Brown to the post. The action follows the Pittsburg Ripper bill altering city government and centers on party faction dynamics led by State Senator William Flinn.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Stone
A. M. Brown
Pittsburg
Public Safety
J. O. Brown
Brown
Senator Quay
United States
Executive Department
Recorder Brown
J. O O. Brown
William Flinn
anti-Quay Republican
Pennsylvania
Republican City Committee
Director of Public Safety
Senator Flinn
Thomas S. Bigelow
Elkin
Gov. Stone
Allegheny County
Brown to Arrive as Pittsburg Recorder. Bigelow Quits
J O Brown’s commission as Pittsburg Recorder is due today. E M Bigelow resigns as Director of Public Works immediately saying he would not serve under Brown. Bigelow and brother T S Bigelow helped push the “Ripper” bill through the Legislature.
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Pittsburg
Penn
J. O. Brown
E. M. Bigelow
Public Works
Bigelow
T. S. Bigelow
Bay State Democrats Sued for Back Rent at Headquarters
Special to The New York Times reports the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee faces a $518.75 suit from the owners of 15 School Street over unpaid rent for six months ending June 1. Officers cite lack of funds, while former gubernatorial candidate R. T. Payne Jr. claims money exists in the treasury.
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Boston
Mass
Democratic State Committee
School Street
Sig
R. T. Payne, Jr
New Yorker's Liberal Gift To Philadelphia Hospital
Board of Directors of the Jewish Hospital Association reports Meyer Guggenheim of New York plans to donate 860,000 to the association. He aims to fund a hospital building for private patients, via a letter to Judge Mayer Sulzberger.
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Philadelphia
Jewish Hospital Association
William G5. Hackenburg
Meyer Guggenheim
New York
Mayer Sulzberger
Harvard Plans New Building on Foxcroft House Site
A Boston donor and a Harvard alumnus have funded a new Harvard building on the Foxcroft House site. The gift was originally 70,000 dollars and has nearly doubled, expanding the university’s campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Harvard
Foxcroft House
Hound sells California trips via multiple routes
Advertisement notes tickets to California on sale at all offices. It promotes diverse routings through Chicago & North Western, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific Bus lines with office addresses listed at 461 287 and 349 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hound
California
Chicago & North- Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Bus
New Haven Strike Drags On as Yardmen Stand Firm
Over a hundred replacement workers arrived to cover for strikers of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. A meeting at Weber's Hall failed to yield a settlement as committees pressed Superintendent Platt for Wardrop, Smith, and O'Brien’s ouster, which he refused without specific charges.
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New York, New Haven and Brartforda Railroad Company
C. E L. Pratt
Consolidated
Willie Avenue
Wardrop
Feneral
Smith
O'Brien
Weber's Hall
Willis Avenue
Harlem River
van Nest
Oak
Port
Westchester
New Haven
Cedar Hill
Bridgeport
Stamford
Fishkill-on-the-Hudson
Platt
Oak Point Yard
Syracuse
Val Fitzpatrick
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
Fitzpatrick
Grand Union Hotel
Wener's Hall
Leonard Ames
Switchmen's Union
Weber's
Metropolis Theatre
Empire City Lodge
Morrissey
Metropolis
Ames
John Painter
Daniel Mullins
John Hampton
Charles Buller
William Rolf
Mr. Platt
O’brien
Merrill
Chamberlain
New York
Yard
United States
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Gov
A. M
BAY State Democrats
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Commissariat Service
John, Lundigan
Bernard Stark
Grant
Sheehan
Forty-second Street Station
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