Voting Trust Extension Sought by Southern Railway Trustees
J Pierpont Morgan Charles Lanier and George F Baker voting trustees urge stockholders to extend the Southern Railway voting trust for five more years to guard against rapid control shifts amid merger talks and pending negotiations affecting Southern transport interests. They cite improved mileage earnings and strong property condition as support for continued management stability pending further deals. Holders are asked to present certificates by September 15 indicating assent.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Charles Lanier
George F. Baker
Southern Railway Company
Mr. Morgan
Wall Street
Southern Railway
Louisville and Nashville
Seaboard
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern Securities Company
Board of Directors
Pendin
Ailway Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
War game begins as coast defense tests signal systems
New London prepares for a great joint army navy exercise starting as the fleet sails and the army completes last preparations. General Greely, Captain Carr, and Lieutenant Colonel Reber oversee visual signaling, electrical communications, and balloon operations, with three independent systems linking posts from Fort Rodman to Fort Terry.
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Tribune
New London
Conn
Higginson
Signal Service
General Gr
Army
Navy Department
Daniel J. Carr
Narragansett
National Guard
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Samuel Reber
Miles
Signal Corps
Edgar Russel
Russel
General MacArthur
Fort Rodman
Fort Terry
President Deems Veterans Role Central to Nation’s Progress
President and party travel through Nashua Manchester Concord The Weirs and Newbury for the state veterans encampment with stops in Newport and Corbin Park. He praises veterans Civil War valor and urges modern Americans to uphold ideals amid prosperity and industrial growth.
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Tribune
T Newbury
N. H
Maine
New Hampshire
Nashua
Manchester
Concord
Weirs
Newbury
Hay
Newport
Proctor
Corbin Park
Pacific
Holbein Fails Again In English Channel Swim
Dover reports English swimmer Holbein, starting from Cape Gris nez at 3 3 yesterday afternoon on his third attempt, pulled from the sea two miles from Dover. He had been in water twenty two hours and twenty one minutes and was too exhausted to continue. Frank Holmes of Birmingham also abandoned his attempt after cramping six miles out.
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Molly Stark
Stark
Republic
Philippines
Dover
England
Anz
Montagu Holbein
Cape Grisnez
France
English Channel
Holbein
Frank Holmes
Birmingham
Shah Lunches With Loubet in Paris Visit
The Shah of Persia visited President Loubet at Rambouillet and lunched with him today before returning to Paris in the afternoon. M Delcassé accompanied the Shah during portions of the visit. The item also lists rail excursion promotions including a Colorado Special to Denver and Lackawanna Railroad specials with routes through Pocono resorts.
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Pocono Mountain
New York
Lackawanna Railroad
Delaware Water Gap
Mt. Pocono
Pocono Mountains
Labor Day
Advt
Paris
Shah of Persia
M. Loubet
Rembouillet
M. Delcassé
Tobyhanna
the Gap
York
Potsdam Conference Reaffirms Monroe Doctrine Strain of Alliances
London dispatch notes Potsdam exchange of honors amid strain in the Triple Alliance over tariffs. German and Italian diplomacy may ease Berlin Vienna friction while British press defend Roosevelt’s Monroe Doctrine stance against German colonial aims in South America.
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New-York Tribune
The
Tribune Association
London
Potsdam
Vienna
Berlin
Cavour
Germany
Roosevelt
South America
Alaska
England
Europe
Venezuela
Grand Duke Boris Arrives in New York a Rumored Visit
Grand Duke Boris of Russia and his suite reached New York from Buffalo and were driven to the Waldorf Astoria. Officials note a mixed mood toward reporters amid previous Chicago coverage. He plans a brief stay, with a possible meeting with the President and a visit to Newport, while denying any diplomatic aims.
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Grand Duke
Boris
Russia
Buffalo
Waldorf-Astoria
Chicago
Knickerbocker Theatre
Nancy Brown
Helena
Nicolas
Prince of
Greece
America
West Point
Paris
Niagara
Finland
Rocky Mountains
New York
Newport
New- York
Chevalier de Schaeck
Alexander Greaves
Red Guard Hussars
Constantine Greaves
Nicholas Strandtmann
Baron Heinrich Frederics
Baron Schippenbach
Richard R. Crane
C. R. Crane
C. Harassen
Legation
Count Cassini
Lodginsky
C. G. Peterson
James B. Reynolds
Alexander H. Otovitzky
Ninth St
Madison
Fifth Aves
Elias Zothoff
Demetrius Popoff
Bar Harbor
Lake Forest Club
Calvin Adams
Flood Disasters in Nepal and India Reported
Aug 28 dispatch describes Baghmati and Vishnumati floods causing landslides in the Kathmandu Valley with Bhatgaon and Patna damaged and several hundred killed. An advertisement promotes Niagara Falls train specials and Jayne's Expectorant as remedy.
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Calcutta
Nepaul
Baghmati
Vishnumati
Khatmandu
Bhatgaon
Patna
Schwab Still Working on Rest Voyage to Europe
London reports from Havre say Charles M. Schwab president of United States Steel sailed from New York on August 21 aboard La Lorraine. He was seen pacing the deck since 5 am and reading letters during breakfast while denying plans to resign or seek European negotiating moves. He plans extended stays at health resorts including Aix les Bains.
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London
Havre
Daily Express
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
New York
la Lorraine
Steel Corporation
Europe
Steel Trust
Schwab
Aix-les-Bains
NEW YORK CENTRAL SPECIAL LABOR DAY EXCURSIONS
New York Central offers low rate excursions to Thousand Islands Niagara Falls Toronto Muskoka Lakes Adirondacks Montreal Quebec Saguenay Rideau Lakes and more. For circulars contact Ticket Agent or write M C Roach G E P A 1216 Broadway New York. The 2th Century Limited runs daily between New York and Chicago via New York Central lines.
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NEW York Central
Thousand Islands
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Muskoka Lakes
Adirondacks
Montreal
Quebec
Saguenay and
Rideau Lakes
M. C. Roach
Broadway
New York
Chicago
New York Central Lines
Advt
Odell Promises Parker Reappointment If He Resigns
Governor Odell told reporters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel that if Chief Judge Alton B. Parker resigns to accept the Democratic gubernatorial nomination he would reappoint Parker for one year. Odell also proposed a special election in the old Xth Congress District to fill Amos J. Cummings’s unexpired term through March 1903. He plans to return to Albany to address reapportionment and other vacancies while noting no candidate for Lieutenant Governor is concealed.
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Alton B. Parker
Court of Appeals
Odell
Fifth Avenue
Putnam County
Parker
Hill
McCarren
Justice Parker
Amos J. Cummings
Albany
Brooklyn
Job E. Hedges
Reuben L. Fox
State Committee
Charles Steckler
Devery and Politicians Rally in City District
In New York City, Devery hosts supporters amid campaign buzz. He targets West Seventy-second Street as a renovated base in the XIXth District while attacking rival Sheehan and rival journalist figures. Comical Dutch figure Professor Lauder joins Teffery Temocrat in showy speech plans.
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Sheehan
Devery
Seventy-second St
Xixth
William Hepbun Russell
Indiana
Missouri
Virginia
Andy
Twentieth-st
Choost
Professor
Lauder
Professor Lauder
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Pennsylvania
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Monument Square
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Grant
Washington
Marshall
Saratoga Floral
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Atlantic City
New Jersey Central
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Loubet
Colorado
Denver
Chicago & North-Western
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BRT
Portland
R. J. Dunn
Tional
MR. Whitneys
National Review
Persia
South Africa
Transvaal
Mr. Whitney
Beresford Trust
Lord William Beresford
Whitney
Volodyovski
American Smelting and Refining Company
Lord Marcus Beresford
Leopold Rothschild
Edward Colebrooke
Daniel Cooper
India
Jayne
MR. Schwab
George P. Andrews
Leslie W. Russell
St. Lawrence
E. L. Fursman
Troy
Chackson
Pennsylvania Railroad
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