Venezuela Proposes Secret Settlement to End European Crisis
London reports reveal a Venezuelan secret delegation seeks a unified loan settlement with strengthened security to calm claims by Britain Germany and bondholders. The plan aims for U S approval via Anglo American bankers with the State Department to judge measures before U S bankers respond Paris notes France sees no obstacle to French participation if claims move toward adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Venezuela
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Choate
Washington
Venézuela
Europe
Caracas
State Department
Castro
Germany's Demands Rise as Venezuela Issue Grows
London Times New York Times Special Cablegram reports the Berlin cor respondent says Germany will press its demands for German subjects harmed in Venezuela. A diplomatic understanding with the United States is to be completed before Germany settles its long-standing account. Commodore Schedter, under new orders, expands his squadron to six vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
NEW York Times
London
Germany
Venezuela
Berlin
the Times
United States
Schedter
Alleged Insurance Swindlers Could Face Mexico If US Fails
Habeas corpus proceedings resume in El Paso as Mason and Richardson face multiple indictments. Conspiracy to murder W. J. Gray and an unknown person, conspiracy to swindle New York Life for 100000, and to obtain a life policy valued at 100000 are among charges. Mexico might seek extradition if US courts do not convict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
Mason and Richardson
United States
Mexico
W. J. Gray
D. Sanguinett
New York Life Insurance Company
No title extractable from the fragment
Advert shows a newspaper page list with sections and page numbers including reviews, amusements, arrivals, real estate, trains, and notices. Mentions a Pennsylvania Special transport claim and a Dewar’s Scotch ad.
Trimble Sues Sugar Trust Over Losses and Dividends
Robert J. Trimble of New York, a stockholder in American Sugar Refining Co, seeks to force a halt to selling sugar at a loss and to require distribution of part of 50 090 000 dollars of undivided profits as dividends. He also asks to restrain the company from dealing in coffee amid stockholder losses in the Arbuckles fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Robert J. Trimble
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Trimble
American Sugar Company
Arbuckles
Ex-Speaker Kelly Arrested in Philadelphia in Bribery Case
Charles F. Kelly former Speaker of the St. Louis House of Delegates was arrested in Philadelphia after months as a sought fugitive. He faces bribery charges tied to a 47 500 doodle fund used to pass the City Lighting bill and awaits requisition papers from Missouri. He admitted his identity and asked to return to St. Louis as his son’s death in that city weighed on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charles F. Kelly
St. Louis
House of Delegates
Kelly
New York
Celtic
Liverpool
Western Express
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Central Police
Missouri
Europe
Ireland
Virginia Constitution case heard on election validity
Chief Justice Melville Fuller and counsel John S. Wise arrived for afternoon hearings on challenges to Virginia’s Congressional election and the new Constitution. Wise argued the convention lacked oath and power to proclaim the Constitution while Frank Christian defended with authorities on proclamation and judicial remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Richmond
Melville W. Fuller
Virginia
John S. Wise
New York
Wise
Frank Christian
The
Commonwealth
Christian
Mr. Wise
Panic at Brooklyn Bridge car entrance causes injuries
A rush for cars at Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge last night sent pedestrians tumbling. Christopher Code of Brooklyn and Theodore Yale were knocked from Loop 2 and Loop 3 cars, sustaining scalp wounds and contusions. Police from the Fourth Precinct aided injured and restored order as several others fell or fainted, but no serious injuries beyond minor harms were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Christopher Code
Leonard Street
Brooklyn
Theodore G. Yale
Tenth Street
Butler
Fourth Precinct
Cade
Yale
Largest Shoes on Record Shipped to Arkansas Worker
A Rockland factory shipped what it claims are the largest shoes ever made for actual wear. Size 17, F width, about 15 inches long, built for Harvey Murray a sawmill worker in Tirrell Arkansas. Four shoe boxes held the pair and a special lasts had to be crafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Rockland
Harvey Murray
Tirrell
Ark
Cornell Penn debate set for Ithaca December
The Cornell University and University of Pennsylvania debate will be held in Ithaca on Friday December 12. Pennsylvania will argue against the tariff protection of iron and steel raw materials and products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Cornell University of Pennsylvania
Ithaca
Pennsylvania
Belmont Denies Control of Port Chester Road by Rapid Transit
August Belmont, president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, said he would likely become president of the Manhattan Railway after the Interborough lease. He denied any interest in Port Chester Railroad and noted plans for a two-system merger remain unsettled with many details to work out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Belmont
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Manhattan Railway
George J. Gould
Interborough Company
Mr. Belmont
Subway
Fifty-ninth Street
East River
John D. Rockefeller
Manhattan
Mt. Belmont
Port Chester Railroad
Rapid Transit Company
Union Railway Rival Seeks Bronx Street Railway Franchise
The Board of Estimate considered a franchise request by the New York City Interborough Railway Company to operate street railways in the Bronx as a rival to the Union Railway Company. Interborough seeks 15 percent gross receipts, vs the Union's 1 percent, and proposes 36 miles of trolley lines including a Macomb's Dam Bridge crossing with $450,000 first-year gross. Union counsel Page urged application to the State Railroad Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Estimate
New York City
Interborough Railway Company
Bronx
Union Railway Company
Metropolitan
Everett P. Wheeler
Interborough Company
Macomb’s Dam
William H. Page, Jr
State Railroad Commission
Pedagogues and Water Pails Special
Middlesex County School Board in New Jersey adopts resolutions at its annual meeting. A minimum salary of 40 dollars per month for teachers is urged, along with limiting teacher duties to teaching and administrative tasks unless contracts specify otherwise. The board also calls for the discontinuation of water pails in school rooms due to safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Brunswick
Middlesex County School Board
Confederates Honor Grant in Monument Fund Start
Confederate veterans from the Thirteenth Virginia Cavalry plan a Richmond monument to General Grant. A fund begins with 16 dollars, one per surviving member of Company Co, assembled at Captain F Wise's Norfolk home where 77 men formed the original company and 16 survived the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
New York Times
Norfolk
Western Branch
Norfolk County
Richmond
Gen. U. S. Grant
Thirteenth Regiment
Virginia Cavalry
F. Wise
New Salmon Canneries Begin Along Behring Sea Coast
Tacoma reports plans to build salmon canneries along Behring Sea coast to augment supply. Investigations show July and August rivers yield high quality fish. First cannery to be built by James T. Scott and C. T. Luce of Chicago. Bristol Bay cannery by Tacoma men success. Northwest Siberian Company plans packing from Siberian coast opposite Behring Sea next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Behring Sea
Puget Sound
Alaska
James T. Scott
C. T. Luce
Columbia River Packers
Chicago
Bristol Bay
Northwest Siberian Company
Siberian
Baker union member fined for urging boycott in libel case
William O Hagan a Bakers Union member in Paterson New Jersey was fined 75 dollars by Judge Scott after being convicted of criminal libel for posting boycott notices against baker Andrew Van Niemewegen who refused to recognize the union. Representative elect William Hughes advised him of the right to paste up the materials, avoiding prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
William O'Hagan
Bakers’ Union
Andrew van Niemewegen
Scott
O’hagan
William Hughes
Penitent thief returns stolen watch after message
A Chicago man who stole a watch sends back the timepiece after seeing a photo inside. Lieut. Andy Rohan receives the box with a note from the thief saying he was moved by the woman and child pictured and hopes the pawnbroker proceeds can be avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Lieut
Rohan
City Hall
Andy Rohan
Andy
Landsau Under Bail in $200,000 Banking Fraud Case
William Landau of Buffalo faced arraignment in the Tombs Police Court held under $1,000 bail for examination on Dec. 8 after police alleged he swindled Ladenburg Thalmann & Co out of $200,000 or more. Detectives said the crime involved discounted cotton bills of lading. Landau asserted he could not have earned $200,000 and left town previously to avoid creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Landau
Buffalo
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co
Devel
Tombs
McNaught
Sea Insurance Company
Wiliam Street
Insurance Company
Landau
Gray
Philip V. Fennelly
John W. Rogers
Ernst Thalmann
Capt
Titus
Texas
London
Thalmann
Europe
Russia
New York
Raid at The Allen's Club Ends With Release
Police from Mercer Street precinct and Grant’s staff stormed The West Side Club at 80 Sixth Avenue with an axe breaking the door. They detained eight people, including John Crowley and others, but discharged all after failing to prove poolroom activity. The club, linked to extensive police attention, denied the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Sixth Avenue
Sergi
Edward
Walling
Ennis
Mercer Street
Dondero
Duran
Allen
John Crowley
Henry Baker
Richard Dailey
Frank Thompson
John Martin
Thomas O'Brien
William H. Staples
Jefferson Market
National Dairy and Food Bill Talks In Columbus
O H Jones Dairy and Food Commissioner of Illinois and Prof John Hamilton Secretary of Agriculture for Pennsylvania arrived in Columbus to confer with J E Blackburn Dairy and Food Commissioner of Ohio. They form a committee named at the July convention to prepare a national Dairy and Food bill for Congress in December by Senator Cullom. The plan follows Portland Convention recommendations and is to be completed tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
O. H. Jones
Illinois
John Hamilton
Pennsylvania
J. E. Blackburn
Congress
Cullom
Association of Dairy and Food Departments
Portland
Royal Blue Line Washington Tour Ad
Baltimore and Ohio advertises a three day rail and hotel tour to Washington. All expenses covered for travelers departing Thursday December 4 from New York, price twelve dollars. Inquiries advised at B and O ticket offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Blue Line
Washington
New York
Baltimore & Ohio Ticket
Dewey's Wines Are Pure Buy of the makers
An old advertisement from Dewey & Sons Co at 138 Fulton Street New York asserts the quality of their wines and proclaims the makers as the source of the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey’s
BH. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St, N. Y
City Island Flood Submerges Main and Bridge Streets
NE winds pushed Sound waters 6 to 8 feet above normal flooding City Island’s eastern shore. Residents on Main and Bridge Streets moved by rowboat as hotels and businesses suffered major damage including Jordan's, the Macedonian, the Angus Inn, and Bay View Hotel. Western Union lines down, substation notes 2 to 3 feet of water on streets. recovery slow as waters recede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Island
Main
Bridge Streets
Jordan's
Pelham Bay Parkway
Jacob Schmidt
Western Union
John Lane
Angus Inn
Main Street
Bridge
Big Fire Destroys Lumber Plant in Rat Portage
Fire at Rat Portage Lumber Company's Norman yards across Lake of the Woods burns 25,000,000 feet of dressed lumber and twelve houses. Six steamboats, Lemay's shipyards, and barges burn as the blaze widens. Estimated loss near 1,000,000 with 8 per thousand insurance. docks and remaining town may burn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Rat Portage
Ontario
Rat Portage Lumber Company
Norman
Lake of the Woods
Lemay
Presbyterian Indian Mission
Dominion Fish Company
Lake of the Woods Transportation Company
Not Wilberforce Ogden Identity Mixup Delights Greenwich Crowd
William Tobias, a light skinned African American singer, was mistaken for the missing Dover heir Wilberforce Ogden in Greenwich. Tobias explained embarrassment from the mistaken identity after reporters and crowds misidentified him, despite published Ogden photos. He sent to his mother in New York for business cards to prove his own name. An officer had pursued him believing him Ogden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Wilberforce Ogden
Dover
William Tobias
C. P. Cole
Ogden
New York
Tobias
Plan for Christian Temple in Chicago
The Rev. Dr. George F. Hall of Bush Temple Christian Church reveals a plan for a vast Chicago Christian temple inspired by G Campbell Morgan. Hall aims to surpass Salt Lake Mormon tabernacle and Parker's Temple in London, pledging granite for the entire structure and engaging granite quarry owners to back an unconditional, oversized project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
G. Campbell Morgan
George F. Hall
Bush Temple
Hall
City
Evangelist Morgan
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake
London
Long Locomotive Engineer Dies in Utica
Anthony Myers, 48 year veteran locomotive engineer for Central Hudson Railroad, died in Utica N Y He began as a fireman on the New York Central in 1852 at age 14 after emigrating from Germany He later commanded engines Apollo Ajax and oversaw through trains connecting the Middle West with New York Central lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Utica
N. Y
Central Hudson Railroad
Anthony Myers
Myers
Germany
New York Central Road
Middle West
New York Central
Superior
Adv
General Lew Wallace Ill In Crawfordsville
The Wallace family in Crawfordsville Ind reports Gen Lew Wallace is bedbound with an illness traced to a diseased tooth that worsened to a weakened condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Lew Wallace
Boston Elevated Railway reports 1967 year figures and losses
The Boston Elevated Railway Company filed its annual report with the Railroad Commissioners for the year ended September 30. Gross earnings fell from 10 141 200 to 9 671 440 while total assets rose by 1 940 545. Revenue passengers dropped to 122 484 in the year with 7 166 employees and 2 187 stockholders. Twenty one persons were killed and 2 or more injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Irge Eisraath
Hasass
Picasa
Danas Ee
Old Sea Captain Retired From North German Lloyds
Baltimore agents announce Capt Claus Steenken of the Brandenburg is retired for age. He completed his 105th round voyage across the Atlantic and his 210th single voyage. Steenken, born near Vegesack, joined the fleet in 1572 and commanded ships including the Frankfurt, Munchen, Dresden, Weimar, Oldenburg, and Brandenburg, earning many rescues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baltimore
Lloyds
Claus Steenken
Bremen
Brandenburg
Lloyd
Steenken
Atlantic
Vegesack
River
Weser
Berlin
Frankfurt
Munchen
Dresden
Weimar
H. H. Meier
Oldenburg
Tragic Elevator Train Death On Third Avenue Line
An unidentified man about twenty was cut in two by a train near the Fifty third Street uptown station on the Third Avenue elevated last night. Jacob Graffman, fifteen, witnessing from Madison Street, saw a man fall and shouted to stop the Harlem local. Motorman William Hoff, of East One Hundred Thirteenth Street, could not avert the crash. A card reading Joe Jogue, 65 Third Avenue, was found in the dead man’s pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
Uptown
Fifty-third Street
Jacob Graffman
Madison Street
Harlem
National Reciprocity League to Convene in Detroit
The National Non Partisan Reciprocity League will host its first annual convention in Detroit on December 10 and 11 with invitations going to over a thousand leaders. Governors from northern and mid Western states and the Canadian Cabinet are invited, with plans for broader international reciprocity including Cuba and Canada. Gov Cummins of Iowa is among the promised speakers advocating his state’s reciprocity plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cuba
Canada
Detroit
Boards of Trade
Middle West
Gov. Cummins
Iowa
Citizens' Union Forms in Schenectady After Boycott
In Schenectady New York on November 28 the Citizens Organization, born during the boycott of the Schenectady Railway Company, solidified into a group of leading business and professional men. Its constitution proclaims freedom in political social and industrial spheres and pledges aid to victims of lawlessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
Citizens' Organization
Would-Be Duelists Reconciled In Court
Thomas Braniff Jr and Manuel Ricon Gallardo, young society men, were released after shaking hands in court and promising to abandon their duel plans. Braniff paid a $180 fine and Gallardo a $160 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mexico City
Thomas Braniff, Jr
Manuel Ricon Gallardo
Braniff
Gallardo
Heber R. Bishop in Critical Condition
Heber R. Bishop remained in very critical condition last night with outlook grim and experts unsure if he would survive to morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Bishop
Heber R. Bishop
Barnett's Vanilla Extract Endorsed by Leading Hotels
Advert says Barnett's Vanilla Extract is widely used and highly endorsed by prominent hotels. Market notes mention stock news and advertising blurbs about the product amid general market close chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnett
Adv
Chief Croker Dismissed From New York Fire Department
Edward F Croker is dismissed as Chief of the New York Fire Department by Commissioner Thomas Sturgis effective December 1. Deputy Chief Charles D Purroy is appointed Acting Chief as Mayor Low surveys department affairs for possible further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Croker
Fire Department
Thomas Sturgis
Low- Sturgis-Croker
New York Times
Croker
TIMES
Low
Sturgis
Charles D. Purroy
Park Avenue
State of
New York
Oelock A. M
William Leary
Park Avenue Hotel
Seventy-first Regiment
Polo Grounds
Newtown Creek
Williamson
Trial digest judge’s memo on Park Avenue Hotel fire verdict
The trial judge’s memorandum finds Chief Sturgis failed to enforce safeguards for the Park Avenue Hotel, citing missing standpipes and inspections. It notes the 124 foot building was not fireproof and logs the alleged orders and omissions surrounding the 1899 inspection suspension. The Seventy first Regiment Armory fire worsened the blaze, with no department crews deployed to protect the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgis
Park Avenue Hotel
Department
Park Avenue
Scannell
Wicke
Updegrove
Seventy-first Regiment
Also Mentioned on This Page
Britain
And
America
Paris
Review OF Books and Art
Marine Ae
Age New
Srpere Sone
Raiilroads
Ees
Cipated Service
Waltiner
Wall Street
Sugar Trust
Arkansas
Cornell-Pennsylvania
Southboro
Mass
Briarcliff Mall
George Gould
Port Chester
Sit Company
Union Railway
New Jersey School Board
Grant
Paterson Baker
Niagara Falls
Dairy and Food Bill
Committee of State Commissioners
Lars
Long
Gen
Lloyd Fleet
Fiftythird Street
National Non-Partisan League
Schenectady Citizens’ Union
Department’s Affairs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!