Extradition battle ends in Quebec for Gaynor and Greene
In Quebec on August 13 Colonel John F. Gaynor and Captain Benjamin D. Greene won a decisive victory in their bid to avoid U S extradition over alleged harbor work frauds at Savannah Georgia. Judge Caron discharged them from custody, ruling the warrants defective and outside treaty terms, ordering their immediate release.
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Quebec
John F. Gaynor
Benjamin D. Greene
United States
Savannah
Caron
Langelier
Valee
Montreal
Colonel Gaynor
Captain Greene
Chateau Frontenac
Gaynor
Greene
Washington
Beck Acts as Acting Attorney General Amid Extradition Fight
In Knox's absence, Assistant Attorney General James M. Beck leads the Department of Justice. He has not read the full Quebec decision denying extradition of Gaynor and Greene and says the government has not exhausted options to bring the fugitives to Savannah for trial. Special counsel Marion Erwin is expected to be summoned for next steps.
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Tribune
Washington
Knox
James M. Beck
Department of Justice
Gaynor and Greene
Canada
United States
Savannah
Oberlin M. @arter
Beck
Quebec
Marion Erwin
Gaynor
Greene
Georgia
Duxbury delays on warrant defects in arrest case
Judge Caron of Quebec freed Gaynor and Greene and the Solicitor General Richards discussed possible technical fixes to the arrest warrant at his summer home. Richards reserved judgment on specifics, noting defects could be corrected by the U S government before renewed efforts to return the men to the United States.
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Caron
Lafontaine
United States
Great Britain
Montreal
Erwin
Duxbury
Mass
Quebec
Gaynor
Greene
Richards
Thal
May Yohe Reunites With Strong in Lisbon Ahead of Planned Marriage
Strong and May Yohe, amid earlier reported differences over pawned jewels, are living together at the Avenida Hotel in Lisbon. Strong says he was ill, wired Yohe in Paris, she left for Lisbon, and they plan to marry on September 25 once her decree is made absolute. They vow no return to America and Yohe will not return to the stage, denying any collusion.
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New-York Tribune
London
Yohe
Colonel Strong
The
Express
Lisbon
Avenida
Strong
Paris
Sud Express
Miss Yohe
America
Governor Gage Arrested in Libel Case
Governor Henry T. Gage was arrested in Los Angeles on a criminal libel warrant sworn by a San Francisco publisher. He was released on a writ of habeas corpus with bail set at 350, and the case returns tomorrow as he argues immunity for official acts.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Henry T. Gage
San Francisco
Gage
United States
Boston Tax Rate Declines In 1902 Assessments
Boston officials announced the 1902 tax rate at 14.0 per 1000, down 10 cents from last year. Total property value stands at 1.1913 billion dollars with 957.5 million real and 233.8 million personal. Real and personal valuations rise by 32.46 and 6.34 million respectively, while overlays and state demands shift under the new assessment. The measure includes a 3.298 school rate and notes a 1 percent overlay increase to 3.34 percent, aiding the lower city and state levies. The Boston Water Department raises 20.09 by tax levy for water system expenses.
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THE
Tribune
Boston
Comins
Board of Assessors
Metropolitan Water System
Boston Water
Boston Water Department
Rochester Men Swindled By Spiritual Stock Tip Con Artist
A Rochester couple posing as a duo led by a “Dr Koch” or “Dr Charlie Curtis” and “Dr Ralph Chester” duped wealthy residents with studio seances. The pair claimed to communicate with Wall Street figures to foretell market moves and profit, selling so called tips on copper and steel. Police declined names citing the victims’ prominence. the swindlers fled before arrests could be made.
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Rochester
Hayden
Detective Bureau
Police
Wall Street
Eastave
Dr. Koch
Charlies Curtis
Ralph Chester
Stock Exchange
Jay Gould
Miss Annie Kelly Falls From Bridge Near Goshen
Miss Annie Kelly of New York, a Cheechunk farm boarder, attempted to cross a railroad bridge at Goshen last night. Halfway over she lost confidence and fell as a train neared, being rolled aside by a bystander to safety. She sustained severe hip and thigh injuries and a temple wound, feared to affect sight, then was carried to a house and is improving. Kelly heads the perfumery department for Adams Company in New York.
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Tribune
Goshen
N. Y
Annie Kelly
New York
Cheechunk Farm
John J. Stage
Kelly
Adams Company
Venezuela Civil War Coals Officials Meet and Attacks
Reports from San Juan and Port of Spain describe Venezuelan civil war developments with General Matos leading revolutionaries against President Castro, including a planned battle near Caracas and a Cumana assault with 350 government troops facing 1100 rebels. also noted are redistributions of Mauser rifles and German ammunition and plots against Castro. In Pottsville, coal company superintendents held a social meeting amid strike talks, with Minister Luther saying the strike rests with the miners and no decisive action announced.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Red D
Caracas
Matos
Castro
Germany
Keen Interest Shown in Germany About Venezuela Situation
Berlin reports strong foreign interest in Venezuela upheaval with attention to possible U S or German marines landings. The Lokal Anzeiger cautions foreigners favor intervention to preserve order while the Tageblatt urges U S action against chaos. The Foreign Office denies knowledge of any German marine landing.
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Lokal Anzeiger
Tageblatt
Venezuela
United States
Foreign Office
Navy moves to protect Americans in Venezuela amid Barcelona crisis
The Cincinnati sailed from Puerto Cabello toward Barcelona to safeguard U S interests as tensions rise along the venezuelan coast. The Topeka remains at Puerto Cabello, and Marietta blocks the Orinoco mouth while officials assess naval strength and futures risks.
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Washington
Navy Department
Cincinnati
Puerto Cabello
Barcelona
McLean
Topeka
Bowen
State Department
Caracas
State
Port of Spain
United States
Marietta
Orinoco
Prest
Astro
Castro
Amer
la Guayra
France
Colombian Revolt Leader Uribe Uribe Seeks Amnesty
Panama Aug 15 reports that General Uribe Uribe, head of Colombian revolutionists, told Consul Becerra he would lay down arms if the government would negotiate directly for amnesty and promised reforms. He rejected conditions on governors in four districts or paying foreign debts. He said Vargas Santos must accept his terms for any future peace. He sails for Magdalena and no news from Agua Dulce. Carnegie Company's Buffalo Contract.
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Panama
Uribe-Uribe
Caragua
Becerra
Vargas-Santos
Urbie-Urbie
Department of Magdalena
Agua Dulce
Lackawanna to Furnish Structural Steel for Lacka Plant
The Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company assigns a 700000 dollar contract for structural steel to the Carnegie Company. Homestead mills prepare shapes and a rail shipment to Buffalo for the new plant. The Lackawanna rail mill reportedly shuts down, costing 1.243 percent of national rail output. Carnegie won the Buffalo contract for rapid execution.
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Trinvne
Pittsburg
Aus
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Carnegie Company
Homestead Mills
Buffalo
Lackawanna
Carnegie
Power of the Ballot and Coal Strike Tensions
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania reports a meeting date with Senators Quay and Penrose and Attorney General Elkin to discuss arbitration of the coal strike. The plan remains undevised but influence from state officials is expected to push settlement, with anti and pro labor forces rallying across cities as violence fears rise and miners' alliances solidify.
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Repub- Mcan
Quay
Penrose
Socialist Party
Sheriff Jacobs
Warnke
Duryea
Proard
Toamis
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Fromed
Eniireries Company
Mitchell
Senate leaders say ready to meet miners’ delegation
Philadelphia Aug 13 United States Senator Pen rose and Senator Quay said they are ready to receive any miners delegation and to do all in their power to end the anthracite strike. The question has long been before them and they will act to settle the difficulties.
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Philadelphia
United States
Penrose
Quay
Strikers denounce Father O Reilly sermon in Dickson City
At a large meeting of Dickson City, Scranton district leaders Nicholls and Dilcher condemned Father O Reilly for defiling God's Temple. Nicholls called curses on him, Pilcher said the sermon was unwarranted and false. Dilcher cited a Spring Valley letter defending Mine Workers' leader Mitchell. Coleorater water touted for kidneys. Cincinnati and St Louis Limited trains advertised from New York.
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Father O'Reilly
Shenandoah
My Reilly
Wilkesbarre
Scranton
Penn
Dickson City
Nicholls
Dilcher
Pilcher
Spring Valley
Ill
Father O’reilly
Mine Workers
Royal romance stories dismissed by private Berlin dispatch
A New York private dispatch from Berlin denies Paris newspaper claims that the Crown Prince of Germany is secretly in love with Miss Gladys Deacon and intends to marry her. It states the tales are wholly unfounded with no basis in fact or gossip among the involved parties, and that Emperor William never sent messengers regarding a ring.
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New York
Berlin
Paris
Crown Prince
Germany
Gladys Deacon
Edward Parker Deacon
Miss Deacon
Frederick
William
Haffen-Sheehan alliance tested in Bronx politics
Borough President Haffen, a Tammany trifecta member, forms an alliance with Sheehan supporters in the XXXVth Assembly District. Russell and Sheehan acknowledge the pact, while Haffen denies full Tammany defection but hints at shifting leadership after primaries. Sheehan remains out of office with Long Branch injury delaying active comment.
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Bronx
Tammany
Sheehan
John ©. Sheehan
Long Branch
William Hepburn Russell
Greater New-York Democracy
Register Bonner
Russell
Tribune
Manhattan Borough
New-York
Tammany Halls
Messrs. McMahon
Murphy
Tammany Hall
John
Lee
Louis F. Haffen
Greater New - York
Endemann Homestead
Franklin-ave
Ninth-St
Friends
Joseph P Hennessy
Albany
New Alliance
Mr. Sheehan
the Tribune
Haffen Yesterdny
Spanish Anarchists Taken After Madrid Plot
Paris reports from San Sebastian that Madrid anarchists are arrested on charges of plotting to assassinate French Foreign Minister Delcassé during his Foix visit. Details remain sparse as authorities pursue the case across the Pyrenees frontier.
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Paris
San Sebastian
Spain
Madrid
M. Delcassé
Foix
Pyrenees
Coal Famine Hits New York as Hard Coal Dries Up
New York dealers report hard coal nearly exhausted for weeks with only a few thousand tons daily arriving, mostly washed coal. Every city within a hundred miles is drained, threatening a switch to soft coal if strikes persist and inventories vanish. Manhattan Railway uses broken coal for elevated lines amid scarce supplies.
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Tix
New York
Manhattan Railway Company
Tribune
Coal Supply Crisis Halts Jersey City Trade
Retail coal price stands at eight dollars a ton delivered or at the yards. Orders are accepted only conditionally as dealers scramble for supply. Agents search widely while cars bring none. Some reserve coal for contract customers. thousands of tons await fulfillment. A agent calls the situation critically strained, noting daily business drops from two thousand tons to near zero and predicting months to clear backlogs even if the strike ends tomorrow.
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Jersey City
Erie Hillside coal stays sole Buffalo hard coal source
Buffalo August 13 The Erie Railroad's Hillside coal is the only anthracite currently sold in Buffalo at 565 a ton though not top quality. Other lines including Philadelphia and Reading Lehigh Delaware and Hudson Lackawanna and Western have halted sales and closed local agencies, keeping coal supplies secret. Dealers say reserves are very limited and officials refuse to disclose stocks. If Hillside coal runs out Buffalo residents cannot obtain hard coal in the city.
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Buffalo
Erie Railroad
Philadelphia
Reading
Lehigh
Delaware and Hudson
Delaware
Lackawanna and Western
Erie Ofdale
Hillside
Albany Coal Supplies Run Low Across City Markets
Albany retailers report stock not exceeding two thousand tons of anthracite selling from six to six twenty five a ton. Delaware and Hudson holds about one thousand tons at Delanson, plus three hundred tons with W G Morton at seventy four to eighty eight a gross ton. D and H also has large reserves on sidings along its Susquehanna division, up to fifty thousand tons.
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THE
Tribune
Albany
Delaware and Hudson Company
Delanson
W. G. Morton
Delaware and Hudson
Susquehanna
Coal Strike Keeps Reston Calm Amid Tight Supply
Roston August 12 Coal shortages creep into daily life as dealers ration a ton or two per customer. Officials say no panic yet though city reserves dwindle. Prices listed at 7 50, 7 7 35 and 8 5 per ton. Reston held more coal at outbreak than New York due to shipping and real estate costs.
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THE
Tribune
Roston
Reston
New-York
Famine Near in Baltimore Coal Market Warns Short Supply
Baltimore on August 15 a telegraph report states coal dealers estimate anthracite stock at about 10,000 tons including local yards. Retail Dealers Association voted against price increases with regular coal at 5750 and pea coal at 825. Famine is imminent as supply runs low.
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Tribexe
Baltimore
Retail Dealers’ Association
Anthracite Prices Not Rising Beyond Usual Amount
Chicago reports limited coal stocks as Frank Peabody and other dealers say September will see only a 10 cent per ton increase. They predict no famine prices and sell remaining coal at regular rates until strikes end and shipments resume. An industry-wide agreement appears to keep hard coal prices at normal levels despite the strike.
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Chicago
Frank & Peabody
Peabody Coal Company
Not Much Coal in Detroit Amid Strike Famine Fears
Detroit August 13 There remains about 25000 tons of anthracite in the city with no prospect of more until the strike is settled coal now at 7 dollars a ton up from last year miners return before cold weather or a famine looms ad observes the sth century limited commuter service between New York and Chicago as a comprehensive offering.
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THE
Tribune
Detroit
STH Century Limited
New York
Chicago
New York Central Lines
Advt
Lackawanna Resort Bureau Links to Branch Info Centers
The Lackawanna Railroad Resort Bureau at Broadway and Howard Street maintains direct contact with branch information bureaus at Mt Pocono Delaware Water Gap and Lake Hoparcong enabling visitors to secure immediate information about hotel accommodations ADEE.
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Broadway
Howard St
Mt. Pocono
Delaware
Water Gap
Lake Hoparcong
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