Spanish Exhibition at Guildhall and Kruger US Visit Rumor
London dispatch reports denials of a Japanese ultimatum to Russia and notes Cossack gains in Manchuria. It previews A N Homer's Count Tezma, discusses Gainsborough theft rumors, and describes the Spanish picture loan to the Guildhall. Ottawa fires devastate Russell House block including the Belle of New York troupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Russell House
Russell Theatre
Canada
Belle of
New York
Million Dollar Home Planned on Fifth Avenue Skyline
A mansion project at the south corner of Fifth Avenue and Eighty Ninth Street is slated to cost about 1 million dollars with interior fittings to follow. Purchaser identity remains undisclosed though rumored to involve steel magnates, possibly Dr. M Schwab, with others named including E H Gary, John W Gates, and H C Frick. Nearby Carnegie holdings and Highlands of Fifth Avenue context are noted, along with multiple high value parcels and recent steel industry buyers like Henry Phipps and W G Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth-ave
Eightyninth St
S. Osgood Pell & Co
Dr. M. Schwab
New
United States Steel Corporation
Schwab
Waldorf-Astoria
E. H. Gary
John W. Gates
H. C. Frick
Andrew Carnegie
Ninetieth
Ninety-first Sts
Fifth and
Madison Aves
Ninetieth-st
Carnegie
Eightyninth-st
Mr. Carnegie
Francis K. Pendleton
Henry Phipps
Pittsburg
W. G. Park
Pittsburg Steel Company
East Eighty-second St
Robert H. McCormick, Jr
Fifthave
Smelting Fight Settled and Guggenheim Plants Acquired
The absorption of M Guggenheim's Sons by American Smelting and Refining Company is completed securing a capital stock increase to 100 million dollars. The settlement ends litigation with Standard Oil and United Metals Selling Company named selling agent. Investors noted stock gains as certificates and deeds were processed.
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M. Guggenheim
Samuel Untermyer
Delmonico
American Smelting and Refining Company
Standard Oil Company
H. H. Rogers
Leonard Lewisohn
M. Guegenheim
Standard Ol Company
United Metals Selling Company
Consolidated Company
Guggenheim
Court of Errors of
New Jersey
Trenton
Guesenheims
Steel Trust Plans
Three vice presidents of United States Steel Corporation named to oversee mines and wharves operations, plant management, and sales. Central headquarters to dictate policy with a single official in New York supervising all branches and freight-conscious sales territory. Boats and ore markets to be centralized, reducing local autonomy and favoring a strictly business approach.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Ohio
United States Steel Corporation
New York
James Gayley
Carnegie Company
W. R. Walker
American Steel and Wire Company
W. P. Palmer
Ore
Tung Fu Hsiang Rebels Threaten Peking Amid Turmoil
Reports confirm a Tung Fu Hsiang led rebellion across Mongolia and Shense with about eleven thousand troops near the court. Li Hung Chang and others weigh risks, fearing foreign intervention and possible implications for peace talks and dynasty fate.
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Peking
Tung Fu Hsiang
Mongolia
Shense
Li Hung Chang
France Ching
Si-Ngan-Fu
Prince Tuan
Ning-Hsu
China
Prince Ching
Plot to Kill Loubet Threatens Nice Visit
Paris dispatch reports French detectives learned of a planned assassination attempt on President Loubet during his Nice trip. Security sharply tightened with doubled police protection and outsiders barred from stations. Ten thousand soldiers kept order as authorities suppress any hostile demonstrations.
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London
Evening News
Paris
President Loubet
Nice
Loubet
Welcome for President Loubet Opens Riviera Tour
French President Loubet arrives in Nice amid flower decorated streets and cheering crowds. He reviews troops, distributes decorations, and pledges support for the episcopate while planning visits to Cannes Antibes and Toulon with a schedule of banquets and flower shows.
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Nice
Loubet
la République
Mediterranean
M. Loubet
Riviera
M. Delcass
M. André
Cannes
Antibes
Marseillaise
Republic
Toulon
Villefranche
Italy
Franco Italian Entente Reported in North Africa
The Daily Chronicle cites a Tangier dispatch on a Franco Italian accord in North Africa. Italy would drop opposition to French plans in Morocco in return for Tripoli, with Britain possibly backing a friendly Tunis Egypt state after Delcassé and Lamsdorff talks in St Petersburg.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Tangier
North Africa
Italy
Morocco
Tripoli
Great Britain
Tunis
Egypt
M. Delcassé
Count Lamsdorff
St. Petersburg
Russian Fleet to Return Salute to M Loubet
A dispatch from Nice reports that the Russian squadron will sail back to Villefranche tomorrow to salute President Loubet. The move aims to show that its prior departure had no impact on friendly French Russian relations.
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Paris
Nice
Villefranche
M. Loubet
Italian Squadron Arrives at Toulon Led by Lepanto
The Italian squadron arrived at Toulon on April 8 headed by the battleship Lepanto with the Duke of Genoa aboard. Salutes were exchanged and Vice-Admiral De Beaumont welcomed the fleet, praising the friendly mission. The Duke expressed happiness over the assignment.
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Toulon
Lepanto
Duke of Genoa
Hne
de Beaumont
Couple Married in Appellate Division Courthouse
Last evening it was learned that Carol Norton and Elizabeth Griffin, both noted Christian Scientists, were the couple married on Saturday in the Appellate Division courthouse. Mrs. Hatch confirmed the civil ceremony took place with Justice Hatch. No explanation was given for withholding the names from publication.
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Appellate Division
Carol Norton
Elizabeth Griffin
Justice Hatch
East Fifty-eighth-st
Powers Wins Maine Fourth District Seat Amid Bitter Race
Llewellyn Powers of Houston defeated Democrat Thomas White for the IVth Maine District seat as severe weather and party apathy trimmed the GOP majority. Boutelle, re-elected last fall, resigned due to ill health. a special election was ordered.
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Bangor
Llewellyn Powers
Houston
Maine
Thomas White
Charles A. Boutelle
Powers
Washington
Piscataquis
Boutelle
Aroostook
Court Revises View on Stock Issues for Property Purchases
New Jersey court opinion held that stock issuances for property must be near the real value and subject to stockholder review if value differs from face value. It states directors’ valuations are not final until after stock has been issued, and requires 100 percent value in cash or property for stock. The case centers on the Guggenheim deal and questions of appraisal, fraud, and stock calls.
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Holland
Tezma
A. N. Homer
Forbes Robertson
Paris
Madrid
Italy
Velasquez
Murillo
Fortuny
Guggenheim Properties
Perth Amboy
N. J
Pueblo
Col
Aguas Calientes
Monterey
Mexico
South America
Hi. H. Rogers
Leonard Lewisohn
United Metals Selling Company
Messrs. Rogers and
Lewisohn
Trenton
Court of Errors and Appeals
Sait
Guggenheim
Lst
Dixon
American Smelting and Refining Company
M. Guggenheim
Stevens
Board of Directors
Court of Errors
Justice Dixon
Dixon Sary
China could meet damages demands says expert opinion
An expert asserts China could pay 20 to 30 million pounds without crippling finances while current demands total 80 to 100 million pounds, according to a Peking April dispatch.
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Peking
April
China
Appointment Shifts in Chinese Provinces Signal Boxer Move
Shanghai April 8 Yu Yin Lin named Governor of Quang-Se succeeding Huang Huai Sen who resigns. Observers say Reactionists of Sian-Fu plan to push Boxer movement into southern provinces.
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Shanghai
Bodies of American soldiers sent home from Peking
The remaining fifty four American soldiers were shipped from Peking this morning aboard the transport Egbert which will carry twenty seven military prisoners, sick men, discharged soldiers, teamsters and civilian employees.
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Peking
Egbert
French Economist Foresees U S Empire Over China
In Vienna April 9 report, Paul Leroy Beaulieu argues in Neues Wiener Tageblatt that the United States will dominate and economically colonize China after the Nicaragua Canal is cut. He says Americans foresee this and have shown tactful foresight in recent events.
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Vienna
M. Paul Leroy Beaulieu
Neues Wiener Tageblatt
China
United States
Nicaragua
Food as a Factor in Disease Causation
Dr Elmer Lee presented a paper at the County Medical Association meeting arguing that disease stems from poison entering the system and that proper nutrition prevents illnesses like influenza cholera and typhoid. He stressed that bad eating is the universal cause of sickness.
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County Medical Association
Academy of Medicine
Elmer Lee
Lee
Rhodes in Kimberley Regains Health After Illness
London dispatch reports Cecil Rhodes, now at Kimberley with The Daily Mail correspondence, in good health after a recent minor indisposition. The item notes his recovery and returns to public life as of April 9.
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London
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Cecil Rhodes
Kimberley
New Board for Federal Steel Co Elected
The Federal Steel Company directors cut board membership to five at a Saturday meeting. At the annual meeting yesterday stockholders elected C. M. Schwab E. H. Gary James Sim Charles McVeagh and Robert Bacon to the new board.
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NEW Board
Federal Steel CO
Federal Steel Company
C. M. Schwab
E. H. Gary
James Sim
Charles McVeagh
Robert Bacon
Big Dry Goods Firms Prepare City Wide Consolidation
Rumors converge on a major consolidation of leading dry goods houses in the city with J P Morgan Co as financial agents. John Claflin of H B Claflin Co has been a central figure and confirmation came from trusted sources. Possible members include James McCreery & Co and others in the dry goods district, though details remain secret.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
John Claflin
H. B. Claflin Company
Philadelphia
Girl Saves Thirteen Lives in White River Flood
Miss Jizzie Cottman of Harrison Nebraska braved rising flood waters to rescue thirteen schoolchildren and the nearby Schoolhouse No. 19 during a White River flood. She tied a rope to a horse to pull the stranded building to shore and save the children from drowning. County officials may award her the building’s value.
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Harrison, Neb
White River
Jizzie Cottman
Sioux County
Miss Cottman
Stock Market Crash and Rising Rates Shake Wall Street
A severe stock market setback hit last week with a threatened Central Railroad of New Jersey strike, higher call money to 6 percent, and a bleak bank statement. Burlington and Rock Island led declines but rallied late as shorts covered while banks tightened lending. Analysts say market momentum exhausted, signaling a pause after a rapid climb.
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Wall Street
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Burlington
Rock Island
Shorts
Illinois Central
Loomis Homeward Bound
The Navy Department received a cable from Commander Sargent of the Scorpion announcing its departure from La Guayra Venezuela for San Juan. It is understood Minister Loomis is aboard the Scorpion and will transfer at San Juan to a merchant steamer for conveyance to the United States. He should reach New York around April 15 if a prompt connection is made.
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Washington
Navy Department
Sargent
la Guayra
Venezuela
San Juan
Loomis
United States
New York
Asphalt News Stirs Venezuelan Relations In Syracuse
P R Quinlan arrives from Venezuela to report on Lake Felicidad asphalt deposits. He criticizes Minister Loomis as unpopular with Venezuelans who oppose monopolies and say Loomis favors the asphalt trust. Quinlan says Caracas papers oppose Loomis for straining government ties.
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Syracuse
N. Y
P. R. Quinlan
Warner-Quinlan Asphalt Company
Venezuela
Lake Felicidad
Castro
Loomis
Interes
Asphalt Trust
Caracas
Delay in Havana Halts Cuban Constitutional Convention
Havana April news reports the Cuban constitutional convention postponed due to the absence of President Senior Capote. The paper La Lucha notes the body refuses to discuss the majority Relations Committee report and rejects lines similar to the Platt amendment while fearing public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Capote
la Lucha
Committee On Relations
Deport ed Manila Bulletin editor declines anti imperialist bid
St Paul April Special The Anti Imperialist League of Boston headed by Edward Atkinson invited George T Rice of Red Wing Minnesota the deported editor of The Manila Bulletin to address a large anti imperialist meeting at Fancut Hall Rice replied I am not against administration I can only tell the truth He suggested they would be better off not inviting him
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St. Paul
Minn
League of
Boston
Edward Atkinson
George T. Rice
Red Wing
Manila Bulletin
Rice
Winslow
League
Fancut Hall
Uncle Sam
Philippines
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Matum
Russia
WR. Krueger
New-York Tribune
the Tribune
Manchuria
England
Germany
Lockett Agnew
Gainsborough
Pat Sheedy
Russell
Carnegie’'S
Standard Oil
Steel Trust Plans
NEW Corporation
Central Asia
Aksu
Kashgaria
Kiang-Tsu
Tien-Tsin
Interna
Poland
THE
Chris
Tian Scientists
NEW Jersey Court OF Errors
San Francisco
Chicago
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways
Worth-Western Line
Broadway
Niagara Falls
Lfe
New York Central
Girl
Nebraska
Aadvr
P R. Quinlan
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