Speyer loan to be paid may save company says telegraph
Arrangements to pay off the Speyer loan of 5 050 000 to the Consolidated Lake Superior Company were disclosed in a New York telegram. Claims that the Canadian government will aid the company circulated as workers arrive to restart operations on Oct 8. No destitution yet and preparations for possible wage payments and guards around plants were planned amid a looming labor standstill.
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New York Times
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Speyer
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
F. H. Clergue
New York
Lewis
Clergue
Speyer Syndicate
Bicknell
Toronto
Speyer & Co
Coyne
Consolidated Company
Algoma Central
Minnie M
Michipoocten
Uite
Canadian Sea
Consolidated Lake Superior stockholders seek receivership
Philadelphia reports that Consolidated Lake Superior stockholders will move for a receiver in Connecticut to protect their equity in the 117 million dollar company. An ancillary New York receiver and injunction against Speyer collaterals will follow, with management signaling no opposition.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Consolidated Lake Superior
Speyer & Co
Connecticut
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
New York
Speyer
Washington to Welcome President and Cabinet Next Week
Washington prepared for a return of the President and his family from Oyster Bay with Cabinet members and senior diplomats arriving. Col Simonds will greet them at the station and White House improvements completed. Also due next week are Cortelyou Hitchcock and Knox as well as the British Ambassador and Lady Herbert amid wedding plans for Miss Goelet on November 10.
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New York Times
Washington
Oyster Bay
Col. Simonds
White House
Cortelyou
Hitchcock
Knox
Lady Herbert
Miss Goelet
Duke of Roxburghe
Quick Trip Ad Promises Fast Train Service to California
An advertisement touts rapid dining and sleeping car service on through trains to California with round trip fares from 37 to 16 dollars and a berth at 7 dollars. Offices listed in New York at Broadway and other locations for Southern and Southern Pacific routes with a November 30 limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Broadway
California
So. Pac
Federation of Labor Hedges Miller Case Ahead of Boston Convention
The Executive Council of the Federation of Labor adjourned on the Miller case, leaving a secret sub committee to report in three months. The issue likely comes up at the Boston convention next November, but the council fears partisan rifts if action is taken now. John Mitchell’s presence helped deter political pressure tied to Roosevelt.
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New York Times
Washington
The
Federation of Labor
Miller
Federation
Boston
Roosevelt
Council
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
West
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Mitchell Talks to Miners in Midland Meeting
John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers spoke to about 4 000 miners at Lovers Retreat Grove in Midland Maryland addressing union leaders Lewis Morgan Salmond McCulloh Haggerty Leaper and Noon He said the visit aimed at friendship and union interests not an imminent strike while noting discharges of union members harm relations District President Daniel Young presided and Frank Morrison AFL official attended Mitchell urged peace with honor and warned operators not to discharge union members Local miners showed discontent but Mitchell framed the visit as a step toward closer ties among coal states and better relations between miners and operators.
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New York Times
Cumberland
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Midland
Mitchell
Lewis
Morgan, Salmond, McCulloh
Haggerty
Leaper
Noon
Daniel Young
Frank Morrison
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Maryland
West Virginia
Women Made Into Voters In Greenwich For School Fight
In Greenwich on September 26, thirty-one women from Sound Beach registered to vote to influence the new Havemeyer memorial school. The group included housewives, a dressmaker, a hotel keeper, a teacher, and others, ages ranging from twenty-three to seventy-three. A notable case involved a Scottish-born husband not naturalized, yet his wife was approved to vote after inquiries by registrars and the town counsel.
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Greenwich
Conn
Greenwich Town
Knapp, Wilson
Ritch
James R. Mead
Sound Beach
Havemeyer Memorial School
Brush
A. Lincoln Ford
Scotland
Cameron
Knapp
Wright
Archbishop Forces San Domingo Truce On Good Friday
The French cruiser Trade and US cruiser Atlanta helped quell the San Domingo revolt as battles raged since April. On Good Friday eve Archbishop Fernando Arturo Delmerino confronted Gen Gil with excommunication and halted fighting, allowing rival factions to pause until midnight when hundreds of houses were burned in San Carlos.
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New York Times
Boston
United States
Atlanta
San Domingo
San Carlos
Gil
Gen. Gil
Padre
Fernando Arturo Delmerino
the Indies
Vasquez
George J Gould Reports Prosperity in West and Southwest
Special to The New York Times. George J Gould returns to St. Louis after a tour describing flourishing conditions in the West and Southwest. He notes good corn and promising crops, railroads needing more equipment, and Texas terminals of interest. He dismisses stock market drops as unimportant to his holdings.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
George J. Gould
Gould
Mr. Gould
Dallas
Texas
Texas Railway
United States
Union Station
Three Ways to See New York Educational Sightseeing
An educational sightseeing feature promoting three routes including yachts at West 22nd Street fleet, coaches from Flatiron Building area on Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, and automobile tours. Expert lecturer explains 1000 points of interest with starting points and a contact telephone.
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New York
West
N. R
Flatiron
18Th St
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Views Newport And Society
St Louis report quotes Mrs Stuyvesant Fish speaking at the Southern Hotel before a trip west. She mocks Newport’s social scene and rivalries with Mrs Astor, praises American gowns, and criticizes European aristocracy and democracy. She notes a race prejudice remark by President Roosevelt and questions American social mobility.
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ST. Louis
Mrs. Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Rumor of Plot to Kill Sultan in London Air
London reports a rumored plan by foreign Anarchists to assassinate the Sultan of Turkey, possibly culminating tomorrow though unconfirmed and viewed as visionary. A Genoa dispatch adds that police arrested Anarchist Barteloni over a plot to kill King Alfonso.
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London
Turkey
Genoa
Barteloni
Alfonso
GRAFT IN THE STOCKYARDS CHICAGO MEAT INSPECTOR ACCUSED
Charges filed with Commissioner Reynolds accuse Chief Meat Inspector John J. Cashin of trafficking in beef after it was found unfit for food. He reportedly admitted to trading in quarantined carcasses that were condemned and post mortem examined to assess condition and disease.
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New York Times
Chicago
Reynolds
John J. Cashin
Cashin
Chicago to Pacific Coast Through Trains Ad
Advertisement for daily rail service to the Pacific Coast from Chicago via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Through trains run daily until November 30. Folders and tickets available at 381 Broadway New York.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Broadway
New York
Scare at Oyster Bay alleges assassination plot against Roosevelt
Oyster Bay residents flocked to the Town Hall after Deputy Palmer claimed two Italians arrested at Farmingdale for shooting robins were involved in a plot to kill President Roosevelt. Palmer drove them to the station with a shotgun, saying birds and a show of resistance justified handcuffs.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Palmer
Farmingdale
Robins
McQuaid
Justice Franklin
Threatening Letters By Van Wyck Couple At Fishing County
Miller Van Wyck and his wife, relatives of the former New York mayor, left Fishkill Landing after Mrs. Van Wyck faced charges in police court for attempted harm to Town Collector George M. Knapp. The pair had mailed anonymous letters cut from newspapers to Knapp's daughter and to Mrs. Nelson Gesner, hinting at poison. Knapp confronted Van Wyck, Mrs. Van Wyck threatened to shoot, and a warrant was sworn. After a court postponement, Knapp offered to drop the complaint if the couple left town. They departed for New York without a return address, believing a plot against them.
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New York Times
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Miller van Wyck
New York
van Wyck
George M. Knapp
van Wycks
Knapp
Fire Devastates Church and Adjacent Apartments on St Nicholas
A fire destroyed the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Archangel on St Nicholas Avenue and burned three floors of the adjacent Carvel Court apartments and three floors of 121 West 114th Street. Five suspects were arrested as suspicious robbers. Firefighters contained the blaze within about an hour. Damage estimated at $150,000, with the church under renovation after Easter services.
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St. Nicholas Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Carvel Court
West One Hundred and Fourteenth Street
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Goodrich
Fifty-ninth Street
East Easter
George Starkweather Pratt
Seventh Avenue
Warwick
William
Scott
Ames
Strube
John Minott
Edward Geis
Brooklyn Knitting Company
Ella
Rose
Edward
C. C. Giles
Art Gallery for SXile Brings Chicago Miniatures to Phoenix
Chicago artists ship seventy small paintings to exiled Frank Holme in Arizona. The gallery of miniature works by his pupils friends and teachers includes landscapes etchings heads and posters. The largest piece is three inches square and the smallest half an inch.
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New York Times
Chicago
Frank Hielme
Arizona
Phoenix
Holme
Palette and Chisel Club
Guso
Anghnessy
Launch Climbs Rapids on St Lawrence by Wainwright
Jonathan Wainwright of Overbrook New Jersey successfully navigated the Long Sault Rapids in a thirty eight foot excess launch. J Leighton of Syracuse powered the craft and aided with a six mile approach. The engine failed near the rapids but Wainwright reached shore safely.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
St. Lawrence River
Jonathan Wainwright
Jury split in Crocker will contest trial
In Boston on September 26 a jury failed to reach a verdict in the Crocker will contest. The case hinged on whether the will was procured by fraud or undue influence by Annie J. Crocker who would enjoy the entire $100 property for life, excluding sons George A Crocker, Joseph Crocker, and Edest Crocker from the estate.
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New York Times
Boston
Uriel H. Crocker
Annie J. Crocker
George A. Crockay Josephrocker
Edest Crocker
Frost Hits Hoosick Falls Area Hard
A sharp frost by September 26 in Hoosick Falls New York dropped to 30 degrees. Corn suffered the greatest damage and all garden crops were affected, impacting local farmers and markets.
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Cuba's Little Earthquake
A sharp earthquake shock was felt in Santiago Cuba this morning the fourth within a month with no damage reported. The notice also runs an advertisement for Pall Mall London cigarettes.
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Santiago
Cuba
Pall Mall London Cigarettes
Adv
Fire halts Brooklyn transit at First Ave and Fifty-second St
A power house fire at the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company in South Brooklyn disrupted surface and elevated lines. An underground switchboard short circuit caused a blaze that damaged fifteen feed wires and hundreds of basement cables, with losses estimated at 175000 and crews boxing the flames for hours.
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Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Bath Beach
Bay Ridge
Coney Island
Third Avenue
Fort Hamilton
Sheepshead Bay
Thirty-ninth Street
Fortieth Street
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
First Avenue
Fifty-second Street
South Brooklyn
Small
Depty
Sally
Travel fare listing for California via Southern Pacific
Advertisement notes a 0.00 fare to California via Southern Railway and Southern Pacific with stopovers. Berths priced at 7.00 dollars with no change from Washington. Mentions numbers 1 and 271 and a quoted price of 49 or 1,185 B. Adv.
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California
Sou Ry
So. Pac
Washington
Sleeping Cars From Washington to Columbus Advertised
Advertisement notes sleeping cars running from Washington to Columbus Georgia via Southern and New York offices at 271 and 1183 Broadway, listing routes and booking details for passengers seeking this service.
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Washington
Columbus
Southern
Ae N
Engine Severs Path in Brooklyn Collision at Bridge and High
A runaway engine from Brooklyn Fire Department Engine No 107 veered onto a crowded sidewalk near Bridge and High streets injuring about six people and shattering the window of Michael Carney’s saloon. Fire Chief Fitzpatrick was also jolted but unharmed. Kate Shea George Rooney and Michael Kelly were among the injured.
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Fitzpatrick
Bridge and High Streets
Brooklyn
William Hamilton
Michael Carney
High Street
Bridge Street
Hamilton
Kate Shea
Ene Street
George Rooney
Michael Kelly
Mrs Davis Remains in Unchanged Serious Condition
Buffalo report from Castle Inn says Mrs Jeffer son Davis in her seventy fourth year remains conscious but very weak with organ failure. Doctors Stockton Roswell Park Jones Cary and others held a consultation and will continue treatment with no operation deemed safe. Mrs Hayes of Colorado Springs daughter arrived tonight with L L Hayes granddaughter attending.
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Buffalo
Castle Inn
Stockton
Roswell G. Park
President McKinley
First prisoner sent by express travels to Lynn
Floyd T Ferris, wanted for a $250 Lynn theft, was shipped from Columbus Neb to Lynn by American Express as "One man" on a way bill to police custody, with the journey treated like a pet animal ride. He was not handcuffed, fed regularly, and expressed hope to start anew.
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Boston
Express
Floyd T. Ferris
American Express
Columbus
Neb
Lynn
Ferris
Tramp With Diamonds Arrested In Omaha
John Lyman claiming New York as his home was arrested as a vagrant in Omaha. He released from jail drew $5,000 in diamond jewelry from hidden pockets. Eight stones valued at $5,500 accompanied his plan to travel to New York by freight. He says his father is a Wall Street operator.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
John Lyman
New York City
Wall Street
Lyman
New York
Chicago
Murphy's Threat on Grout Fornes Indorsement Sparks Brooklyn Clash
A Tammany move to back Controller Grout and Alderman Fornes as McClellan running mates unsettles Fusion allies. Reports say Murphy aims to leverage a civic union bloc, with Cutting supporting indorsement, while Low and McLaughlin factions warn of loyalty splits and strategic risks.
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Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Edward M. Grout
Charles V. Fornes
Board of Aldermen
Col
George B. McClellan
R. Fulton Cutting
Citizens’ Union
Tuxedo
Grout
Fornes
Messrs. Grout
Low
Mr. Murphy
Mr. Cutting
Mr. Grout
Mr. Fornes
Loy
Greater New York Democracy
John C. Sheehan
Murphy
Kings County
Hugh McLaughlin
Willoughby Street
Tammany Organization
McLaughlin
James Shevlin
Brooklyn
Boroughs
MceLaughlin
Tammany
McClelan-Grout-Fornes
Fusion
Richard Croker
Abrams
Hewitt
County Democracy
Croker
Manhattan
Democrats
New York
The
Hai
Indorsing Grout
Patroller
Tammany District
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Federation Council
Town Hall
New School
Civil Service
C. D. Calumet Packing Company
San Domingan
George Gould
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
Harry Lehr
Roxburghe
Europe
America
Duke of
Roxturghe
Newport
Fishkill
Church of the Archangel
Harlem
ART Gallery
SXILE
Crocker
Power House Blaze
River Points
Albany
New England
Hudson Valley
Berkshires
McClellan
Sheehan
Controller Grout
Luke D. Stapleton
Henry A. Yonge
Corporation Counsel
Cutting
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