Western Union Granted Temporary Injunction in New Jersey
In Newark Judge Kirkpatrick issued a rule to show cause why a temporary injunction should not restrain the Pennsylvania Railroad from removing Western Union telegraph poles and equipment. The action seeks perpetual title to use the railroad right of way for telegraphic purposes and arbitration to fix compensation. The order delays expulsion threatened for Dec 1 and names United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company as co defendant.
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Newark
N. J
Kirkpatrick
United States Circuit Court
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Western Union
Rush Taggart
New York
Richard W. Lindaburg
Pennsylvania
United O. Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
United New Jersey Comany
New Jersey
Gould Road progress promises river route to New Orleans
Special to The New York Times reports rapid work on the Gould line from Memphis to Concordia and Tripp Junction Arkansas City. The route will connect with the Texas and Pacific northern extension at Concordia and with the Iron Mountain Line at Tripp Junction, creating a through water level link to New Orleans. Through service from the Red River to Concordia is already running, with ongoing northern-end construction delaying Memphis entry by about eighteen months.
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New York Times
Memphis, Tenn
Mississippi River
Memphis
New Orleans
Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad
Tripp Junction
Arkansas City
Ark
Concordia
Texas and Pacific
Iron Mountain
Little Rock
Red River
Freight Rate Hikes Push Food Prices Higher
Philadelphia reports indicate freight rate increases by the Pennsylvania Railroad will lift living costs. Local dealers announce price hikes on grain products, especially flour, due to scarce wheat in elevators and Northwest stocks. Dressed beef and provisions are set to rise 5 cents per hundred pounds after January 1 to return to recent peak levels.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Record Freight Movement in Pittsburg District
On Sunday officials plan a vast freight move to ease congestion. Between midnight and 5 am Monday, about 40,000 cars of freight will be moved by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio, Pittsburg and Lake Erie, and related lines. Road officials expect mills to resume without shutdowns after tomorrow.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Lake Erie
Plans for Market Street subway elevated system
Philadelphia, Nov 22. Plans for the Rapid Transit Company's Market Street subway elevated system have been completed and will be submitted for final action. The project aims to relieve congestion on Market Street with a combined underground and elevated route linking key business districts.
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Fifteenth
Fifth Street
Market Street
Schuylkill
Sixty-third Street
Lancaster and
Woodland Avenues
Front Streets
Broad Street
Woodland
Lancaster Avenue
New York Times
Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company
Western rail freight rates stay steady with eastern alliances
Chicago Nov 22 Western roads cannot match wholesale freight hikes seen in the East. The article notes only a grain rate rise of 2 cents per hundred pounds from Missouri River points, while provisions and dressed beef stay at eighteen and a half cents due to a seven year Packers contract. Livestock rates stay low. many lines file tariffs below agreed schedules with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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New York Times
Chicago
Missouri River
Chicago Great Western
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Grand Trunk Rail Road Looks to Acquire Wisconsin Central
The Grand Trunk Rail road has offered to buy the Wisconsin Central and Canadian Northern as part of a plan to create a transcontinental link. The move would connect Chicago with the Canadian Northern north of St. Paul, requiring acquisition or construction of about 120 miles to reach Superior and linking with the head of the lakes. A cut through the iron country could shorten the route by 200 miles or more.
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New York Times
ST. Paul
Minn
Grand Trunk Railroad
Wisconsin Central
Canadian Northern
Chicago
Grand Trunk
Superior
Wis
Grand Trunk Line
Head of the Lakes
Oout
Central
One Hundred Treasures Dollars for a Hospital
General news items note a grant of one hundred treasures dollars for a hospital and mention related financial dealings. The item appears among broader reports from Berlin Paris and the Western Union fight with Pennsylvania Yale football results and various editorials.
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Eeisie Atesie
Bishop Potter
Croker
Ceeses
Paris
Western
Union
Pennsylvania
Yale
Harvard
Eseesersee
Rock Island
WCOK
Ecce
Ethical Culture Society
Rosevelt
Philadelpha Hall
Caine
Sam
Winger
Congress
Helen Gould
The Man in the Street and Other Stories
A miscellany of short pieces and sketches including stories about players, a living chessmen game, Thanksgiving at Lonesome Hollow, fashions at a horse show, and a tale of smoking cessation. Also notes on estate matters and a Ping-Pong anecdote mark this varied column.
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Reesei
Lonesome Hollow
Billy Randolph
Hipson
Sesio
Vaughan Despard
Tnesersaeresnanee
Lawyer Under Arrest In Papers and Stock Larceny Case
Henry Franklin a claimed lawyer, 32, was arrested on a search warrant and released on 1009 bail after allegedly stealing papers and stock from the Eugene C Bell Company tied to a December 1901 Water Street fire. Complainant Eugene Bell described valuable stock certificates worth 35000 and life insurance papers 17000 among the seized documents.
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Henry Franklin
West One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Street
Oak Street
Brann
Kesselmark
Essex Market
Eugene C. Bell
Gellport
EBC. Bell Manufacturing) Company
Franklin
Pulitzer
Duse Matinee Canceled By Baltimore Illness
Mme Duses Baltimore engagement ends abruptly as leading man Carlo Rosaspina falls ill. The canceled matinee follows prices seen as too high and audience disappointment in Duses acting. Despite limited tour plans and throat surgery rumors, managers report satisfactory returns and confirm a Washington appearance.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Mme. Duse
Carlo Rosospina
Rhan
D'Annunzio
Washington
Ore Dock Fire Destroys Wis. Central Structure
Ashland Wisconsin November 22 The Wisconsin Central ore dock at Ashland burned collapsing into twenty feet of water. Estimated loss about 525000 with several firemen and dockmen missing or killed. Some rescuers saved while others perished as the wreckage sank.
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Ashland
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Football player killed in Bloomfield YMCA game
Robert McKinney twenty two of 233 Henshaw Avenue East Orange was killed at Lyons Farms Farms when a Lyons Farms Athletic Club opponent tackled him. He fell unconscious after a hard block and was carried to Dr. Joseph Ward’s home where he died hours later of concussion of the brain.
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Newark
N. J
Robert McKinney
Henshaw Avenue
East Orange
Lyons Farms
McKinney
Bloomfield Y. M. C.A
Lyons Farms Athletic Club
Lyons Farm
Joseph Ward
Tis Better to be Brief Than Tedious
A light hearted authorial aside praises conciseness over verbosity and warns that long talk tires the listener, urging plain speech and quick wit in social exchanges. The tone mimics a late 19th or early 20th century gossip or advice column.
AFL Re-elects Officers In New Orleans Amid Injunction Debate
The American Federation of Labor re elected its officers led by President Samuel Gompers in New Orleans on November 22. A report opposing government by injunction sparked debate as delegates argued over the impact on workers rights before the panel withdrew an objectionable sentence and adopted the report.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
James Duncan
John Mitchell
James O'Connell
Max Morris
Thomas J. Kidd
Dennis A. Hayes
John B. Lennon
Frank Morrison
Boston
Committee On the Executive Council
Fuuth
Lewis
Teachers to join labor body in Chicago federation
Chicago teachers meeting at the Masonic Temple elected thirty four delegates to the Chicago Federation of Labor with seventeen on the Board of Directors. They plan a larger women’s presence on Labor Day and debate funding for schools. The Goggin tax suit seeks 268000 for teacher salaries and arbitration under Tuley law was approved.
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New York 7 Times
Chicago
Teachers’ Federation
Central Labor Body
Masonic Temple
Chicago Federation of Labor
Board of Education
Civic Federation
Miss Goggin
Teachers Federation
William M. Lawrence
Tata plans large iron and steel complex in India
James N Tata, the Bombay industrialist, will fund a major iron and steel development in the Chanda district of Central Provinces. Julian Kennedy will advise, and M Heim will travel to India to begin preliminary work. Three 100 ton daily blast furnaces, steel works, rail and rod mills, and finishing mills are planned with output of 15 000 tons daily. The project aims to make India self sufficient in iron and steel.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
James N. Tata
Bombay
Chanda
India
Julian Kennedy
M. Heim
Carnegie Steel Company
Mr. Tata
Caanda
America
Lorenz Patient Happy After Chicago Neck Clinic
Prof Adolf Lorenz returns to Chicago to find Meyer Kreeger seven with wry neck. The boy was operated on as Chicago's first clearly demonstrated case. Plaster cast and bandages removed by Dr John Ridlon. Northwestern University will award Lorenz LL D with a reception. Lorenz plans thirty more patients from New Orleans Hartford and Manitoba.
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New York Times
Chicago
Adolf Lorenz
Vienna
Lolita Armour
Meyer Kreeger
Ll. Kreeger
State Street
Lorenz
John Ridlon
Dr. Lorenz
Northwestern University
University
Law School
New Orleans
Hartford
Conn
Manitoba
Otsego County Board Awards Baldwin Damage Award
The Otsego County Board of Supervisors awarded M. E. Baldwin of Schenevus $400 on a $500 claim for damages after he says he sprained his ankle by stepping into an unprotected areaway in front of Clerk's building.
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New York Times
Cooperstown
N. Y
Board of Supervisors
Otsego County
M. E. Baldwin
Schenevus
Disenman Brothers Cleared After Germantown Arrest
Victor and David Disenman of Brooklyn were arrested in Germantown as suspected burglars after being seen leaving a vacant house with valises. Their claim of inspecting the property for rental was not believed, but authorities later apologized and released them.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Victor
David Disenman
Brooklyn
Germantown
Poland Water Book Published by Poland Spring Owners
Hiram Ricker and Sons publish a compact work detailing Poland Water Maine facts its properties and uses. It notes remarkable cures including Brights disease diabetes albuminuria uric acid nephritic ailments and stomachic disorders attributed to the water.
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Poland
Hiram Ricker & Sons
Maine
Bright
Poland Water City
Frauds Charged in Public Lands Cases in Nebraska
A national land scandal unfolds as cattle kings and land syndicates allegedly recruit widows of Union soldiers to file homestead claims and sell to cattle interests. Authorities in Omaha prepare grand jury test cases as inspections target fencing schemes and widespread perjury claims.
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New York Times
Omaha
Nebraska
Middle West
Alliance
Neb
Kansas
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rushville
John H. Mosby
Hitchcock
W. S. Summers
United States
United States Grand Jury
W. B. Lesser
Law Office
Department of the Interior
Land Syndicates
Washington
Cuban Children Detained Await Sargent Return
Commissioner General Sargent of the Bureau of Immigration telegraphed the Treasury to hold any disposition of eleven Cuban children detained in New York. The children were headed for the Raja Yoga School in Point Loma California and are kept because officials fear they may become public charges. Sargent has investigated in California and found new evidence.
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Washington
General Sargent
Bureau of Immigration
Treasury Department
New York
Point Loma
Cal
Sargent
California
Gen Miles’s Craft Aground Near Le Gaspi Harbor
The US transport Ingalls with Gen Miles aboard struck a reef entering Le Gaspi harbor in Albay Southeast Luzon. The vessel is aground but not in danger and should float at the next high tide. Communication with shore is maintained and relief may be dispatched if needed.
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Manila
United States
Ingalls
Gen. Miles
le Gaspi
Albay
Luzon
Violets Bloom Across Kansas in Mild Fall
Kansas City dispatch reports violets blooming on prairie fields as trains arrive. A three week stretch of unusually mild weather has broken all previous fall records, with violets and other flowers blooming statewide and passengers noting the springlike scene.
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New York Times
Kansas City
Kansas
Thanksgiving Turkey Supply Signals Slight Price Rise
Chicago plans for Thanksgiving demand push half a million turkeys into shipments arriving daily. While poultry and game stocks may be below last year’s averages, no scarcity is seen. Live birds fetch 11 to 12 cents and dressed birds 11 to 14 cents, with prices likely 15 cents higher than two years ago. Western drought and wet weather affected the turkey crop this year.
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New York Times
Chicago
Belgium Government Effort to Unite Action Against Anarchists Fails
A Brussels dispatch reports the Belgium Government’s bid to secure international action against anarchists failed. The note details limited support and diplomatic friction indicating no broad alliance formed at this time.
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London
Brussels
Belgium
Colombian Rebellion Ends With Peace Treaty Signed
Admiral Casey reports from Panama that Salazar and Herrera signed terms of peace approved by Perdomo on the Wisconsin ending the Colombian conflict. In Panama a celebratory demonstration continued overnight and a premature explosion at the fort killed three soldiers and wounded two.
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United States
Wisconsin
Salazar
Herrera
Perdomo
Colombia
Panama
Peace treaty signed ending Colombia revolt in Panama
News from Quayaquil reports Peru minister Perdomo and Gen Herrera signed a peace accord. Herrera agrees to surrender the entire revolutionary fleet of four gun boats and all war elements from Cauca and Panama provinces along with captured arms from Agua Dulce.
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Quayaquil
Ecuador
Perdomo
Colombia
Gen. Herrera
Panama
Herrera
Padilla
Darien
Gaetan
Boyaca
Cauca
Agua Dulce
Ex Mayor Grace Injured In Electric Hansom Collision
Ex Mayor William R. Grace sustained a gash on his chin and facial injuries when his electric hansom collided with a pillar near Go Sixth Avenue. The accident occurred while speeding to his office at 1 Hanover Square. the driver was uninjured. Grace was treated by Dr. Richardson and later rested at his home, with officials citing slippery pavement as a contributing factor.
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Hanover Square
William R. Grace
Go Sixth Avenue
Mr. Grace
Leo Dreyfus
Johns. Richardson
Washington Place
Grace
East Seventy-ninth Street
Rice
East Nineteenth Street
Mrs. Parsons Hurt in Ossining Runaway Crash
Mrs. Charles Parsons of Park Avenue New York sustained a dislocated shoulder when frightened by an automobile causing her ferry carriage to bolt near Briarcliff Manor. Coachman had two broken ribs and the auto fled the scene. two associated men unknown.
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Ossining
N. Y
Charles Parsons
Park Avenue
New York
New Brenswick
N. J
Robert J. Dougherty
Jennie Wines
Cranbury
Henry Ensign
Pelle tier to Lead North Pole Quest From Point Barrow
Leroy Pelletier of New York plans a summer expedition to reach the north pole with two companions under a newspaper syndicate. They seek permission from the Treasury Department to depart from St Michael Alaska and travel to Point Barrow en route to Franz Josef Land and Greenland. The party will carry equipment for several months on the polar ice pack and has the department's preliminary approval to start from St Michael's to Point Barrow.
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Treasury Department
Pelletier
St. Michael's
Point Barrow
Vigilance Committee Formed in Metuchen to Fight Burglaries
Metuchen, N J November 22 Frequent robberies in Metuchen near Perth Amboy lead to a vigilance committee formation led by A C Litterest. The group may hire detectives and a $150 reward is offered by Clerk John Robinson for information leading to arrests. Up to six burglaries occurred in one night.
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New York Times
Perth Aimbooy
N. J
Metuchen
A. C. Litterest
John Robinson
Mansfield buys ex‑Pres Ingalls car for $20000
Cincinnati report says actor Richard Mansfield closed a deal to purchase the private car once used by Big Four president M. E. Ingalls. The car, originally costing $20,000, will be used by Mansfield starting immediately with a Sunday morning trip to Cleveland.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Richard Mansfield
M. E. Ingalls
Mansfield
Cleveland
New York Central Teases Cincinnati St. Louis Schedule
Five trains daily run from New York to Cincinnati and St. Louis on the New York Central. The Limited departs New York at 6 30 P M with service to the Midwest.
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Cincinnati
Yale Triumph Over Harvard 25 to 0 Before Record Crowd
Yale football overwhelmed Harvard at Yale Field in New Haven in a season finale 25 to 0. A record 50,000 spectators filled the stands as Yale showcased dominant team play and exposed Harvard’s reliance on weight and attack rather than defense.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Harvard
N Haven
New York
Philadelphia
Reston
Connecticut
Boston
Union Terminal Station
Princeton
Putnam
Crimson
Shanwick
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Manhattan
Mexico
Bronx Lions
Trinity
Adirondacks
Magazine Supplement
Mme
Duse
Francesca da Rimini
Federation OF Labor
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Turkey
England
Navy Department
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Sixth Avenue
Charles Parsons Hurt
North Pole
Leroy Pelletier
Vigilance Committee
Harvary
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