Harriman Testimony on Northern Securities Sale at Office
Harriman testified in the Northern Securities case about selling his holdings in the Northern Pacific. He cited fatigue and the belief that the preferred stock would be retired as reasons for surrendering control, noting discussions with J. P. Morgan representatives and a settlement rather than continuing a legal fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Northern Securities
J. Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Northern Securities Company
Belasco Sues Babcock In Rivalry Over Plays
Ex judge A J Dittenhoefer obtained a Supreme Court arrest order for Onoto Watanna aka Mrs Burton Babcock in Belasco's suit for $20 damages. Belasco accuses Watanna of plagiarism and aims to curb what he calls groundless persecutions as he defends his new production The Darling of the Gods against rival managers Klaw & Erlanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Dittenhoefer
David Belasco
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Quote Watanna
Burton Babcock
Vibel
Mr. Belasco
Onoto Watama
Belasco
John Luther Long
Klaw & Phanger
the Tribune
Babcock
Onets Watanna
du Barry
Roos Will Leaves Widow Bare In Estate Battle
Leonard Frederick Roos the artist died last week leaving a will filed for probate by Palmer and Somerville. Executors William M. Chase and James D. Track receive the bulk of the estate valued over 35000 with 1000 real and 5000 personal. wife gets only legal real share. Residue goes to Roos siblings in Zurich. The will, dated November 5 and witnessed by Elien Long and Louis J. Somerville, may be contested by Mrs Roos who already owns property and sold a four story house at 1% East Seventy-first Street to a private speculator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Frederick Roos
Palmer & Somerville
William M. Chase
James D. Track
Roos
Maria Chia
Berta Dick
Rosalie Burkhart
Jacob Roos
Susan Roos
Zurich
Switzerland
Elien Long
Louis J. Somerville
East Seventy-first-st
Kings Democrats Look Ahead at City Reform
Resolutions adopted by the Kings County Democratic General Committee at the Jefferson Building condemn the fusion administration as ineffective and dishonest and pledge to pursue an honest economical city government in the next main election. Officers elected include Richard Bain as chairman James Bell as vice chairman Rose ssen as vice chairman Frank O Reilly recording secretary M J Cummings corresponding secretary Arthur Salmon treasurer and Frederick Rummel sergeant at arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County
Democratic General Committee
Jefferson Building
Richard W. Bainbridge
James D. Bell
Rose
Ssen
Frank F. O'Reilly
M. J. Cummings
Arthur C. Salmon
Frederick Rummel
Low
Michael J. Dady
Republican General Committee
Johnston Building
Nevinsat
Flatbushave
Brooklyn
Alexander Robb
John R. Smith
John E. Smith
Xxist
James F. Roche
Virth
John Drescher, Jr
Vth
Michael Wheeler
Ild
Robb
Railroad pension plan announced by Union Pacific group
At the Union Pacific Railway Company office in Omaha the Union Pacific Southern Pacific and all affiliated lines with the Oregon Short Line and Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company announced a January 1 start date for a pension system for employees. Details are to be released in weeks as the plan is worked out, following the Illinois Central Railway model and similar to the Pennsylvania system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Railway Company
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Omaha
Illinois Central Railway
Pennsylvania
Death at Hotel Royal Shrouded in Mystery
Detectives probe the death of William H. Gorman found in a gas-filled room at Hotel Royal No 29 West Twenty seventh street. Conflicting accounts involve a dinner companion and possible involvement of a woman. Coroner classifies as self-inflicted. family and NY Central officials call it a tragedy with no confirmed foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Gorman
Donohue
Hotel Royal
West Twenty-seventh St
Gorman
Captain Walsh
Frank Curry
Joseph Schermer
Kings County Republicans Elect Officers and Empower Exec Board
The Kings County General Committee met in Brooklyn to elect officers for the next year and empower the executive committee to recommend a mayoral candidate. The body deferred endorsement of a candidate to succeed Michael J. Dady, awaiting the executive panel’s review, and planned a Tuesday meeting to organize and select a nominee. The meeting also approved voting machine resolutions and memorialized Julius Wieman.
Mrs Hughes Found Incompetent In Washington Case
Mrs Louise Beauchamp Hughes, widow of David Michael Hughes, was adjudged incompetent to manage her person and estate by a sheriff's jury after a Supreme Court commission. The 83 year old resided at Park Avenue Hotel and had recent sanatorium treatment. The jury found memory loss and lack of self care but observed her as lucid during testimony. A committee will be appointed for her person and estate following court confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Beauchamp Hughes
David Michael Hughes
Washington
Supreme Court
James M. Gifford
Ralph Waldo
Ralph Trautmann
Hughes
Park Avenue Hotel
Theodore H. Kelloge
Riverdale
Edward G. Niles
Justice Hall
J. Shipman
Blandy, Mooney & Shipman
Darlington
Garibaldi
Herr Krupp
Germany
Humbert
Gun to be mounted for tests on pier car
The Monarch derrick vessel and another tow were moved from Erie Basin to Staffleton Staten Island. They head for Sandy Hook where a special gun car will be placed on track extensions to load the gun. Government locomotive will haul it to the test site in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Basin
Staffleton
Staten Island
Sandy Hook
Unchanged Fire Chief Croker at Post Amid Stay Talks
The Fire Department chief Edward F. Croker remains in command and likely to stay, unless Fire Commissioner Sturgis succeeds in overturning a stay granted by Judge Fitzgerald. A lawyer says the next step is a Special Term judge to vacate the stay, then Croker could be removed. the writ of certiorari remains to be reviewed by the Appellate Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Croker
Sturgis
Fitzgerald
Croker
Supreme Court
West St
Horatto St
Prominent Arrivals At The Hotels In New York
A long list of notable guests is reported at premier New York hotels including Endicott in Albemarle, Cornell in Cambridge, Wood and Whit ing in Fifth Avenue, Mott in Oswego, and others at the Waldorf Astoria and Plaza. Also noted are ongoing meetings and gatherings across the city from social and religious groups to club and alumni events with speakers and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albemarle
W. C. Endicott
Danvers
Mass
Cambridge
John Cornell
Washington
Fifth Avenue
Thomas N Wood
U.S M. C
William Whiting
Massachusetts
John T. Mott
Oswego
Grand
North Carolina
Imperial
Spencer Borden, Jr
Fall River
Manhattan
Lyman B. Goff
Pawtucket Plaza
C. E. Patterson
Troy
SAVOY
Breckenridge Castleman
Louisville
Victoria
George E. Green
Binghamton Waldorf-Astoria
J. K. Stewart
Amsterdam
N. Y
Seizure Denied in Silks Case Yet Detention Confirmed
Nevada N Stranahan of the Port of New York says no seizure occurred of Japanese silks from Mendelssohn Co after heavier government weights were found. Detention in bonded warehouse for inquiry by General Burnett and District Attorney Wickham Smith cited. Firm denies fraud, notes potential dampness in cases and ongoing investigation into fraudulent invoicing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
N. Stranzhan
New-York
Tribune
Sixty-first-st
Central Park West
H. Mendelssohn & Co
Greenest
Mr. Stranahan
General Burnett
United States District Attorney
W. Wickham Smith
Yokohama
New York
Mendelssohn & Co
ICARIA A New Collar Marine Almanac Note
Brief maritime almanac fragment lists sunrise sunset moon data and high water times for Sandy Hook Gov Island Hell Gate and related locations with times and sequence as read from the ICARIA page. It appears as a clipped column item without broader news context or narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Despondent 14-year-old girl drinks acid at department store
Martha Hellwig alias Mattie, fourteen, attempted suicide by drinking carbolic acid in a storeroom on the fifth floor of a West 125th Street department store where she worked as a cash girl. She was found unconscious and rushed to J Hood Wright Hospital in dangerous condition, saying she had no papa or mamma. She lived with Mr. and Mrs. George Corne hundred-and-thirty-fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Hellwig
West One
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Matie
Mattie
George Corne
St. A
Vessel Line Details From Global Steamship Arrivals
Shipment entries list vessels and their ports with November and December dates. Notable ships include Mesaba, Moltke, Zeeland, Red Star Georgic, Sardegna, and Morgan Teutonic, with origins and destinations such as London Antwerp Liverpool Naples Bremen Glasgow and Gibraltar. The notes reflect maritime movements and schedule markers from early December listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesaba
London
Moltke
Hamburg
Hamb-Am Zeeland
Antwerp
Red Star
Georgic
Liverpool
White Star Sardegna
Naples
Finance
Coton
Panama el Ct
Galveston
Morgan
Teutonic
the Star
Cassels
Bremen
G Lloyd Denbighshire
Gibbraltar
Laurentian
Glasgow
Allan- State
Craig Oswald
Gibraltar
Ecorated Troquois
Jacksonville
Clyde Comal
Brunswick
Madlory
Port of New York Steamship Listings December 1902
Detailed vessel movements and arrivals at New York harbor including lines from White Star Hamburg America and Barclays. Ships noted include Phernicla Jefferson Colorado and Zulia with cargoes and passenger counts, bar arrivals logged with times and agents Henderson Gros and Boulton Bliss Dallett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matis Close
Satis
Celtic
Liverpool
White Star
Phernicla
Naples
Hamburg-Am
St Louis
Southampton
American
Buenos Aires
Cadiz
Flandria
Hayt
Hamb-Am
Jefferson
Norfolk
Ola Dominion
San Marcos
Galveston
Mallory
el Monte
New Orleans
Morgan
Tintoretto
Argentina
Lamp & Holt
la Champagne
Havre
French
Vigilancia
Cuba
Ward
Inagua
Munson
Princess Anne
Old Dominion
Willem II
Port-au-Prince
Seneca
Tampico
Tennyson
Brazil
Lamport
Port OF New York
Victoria
Wards
Leshorn
Ndse
Henderson Bros
Bar
Burgermeister Petersen
Ger
Thopprich
Shields
Philip Ruprecht
Furnessia Rrn
Young
Glasgow
Moville
Henderson Gros
Oscar II
Dant
Skjodt
Copenhagen
Christiania
Christiansand
Vusch, Edge & Co
Deutschland
Dallderft
Hamburg
Philip Rupreent
Rotterdam
Peters
Amsterdam
Bare
Finance
Sukeforth
Colon
Panama Railroad Si Co
Zulia
Terrill
Maracaibo
Carazas
Ponce
Moise
Government to receive 16 inch gun on Thursday at Sandy Hook
Orders from the officer in command at Sandy Hook indicate the government will be ready on Thursday to receive the large 16 inch gun now aboard the derrick ship Captain Tom and supported by Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Company facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Company
Sandy Hook
Tom
Foreign Ports and Arrivals in Early Steamship Trade
An item listing numerous inbound and outbound steamers at various foreign ports, with vessel names, routes, and destinations. Highlights include arrivals at New York from London Rotterdam Bremen and Lisbon, sailings to Genoa Naples and Buenos Aires, and notable ships such as the Lord Carlemont American Burgundia and Tacoma type steamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Minneapolis
Gates
New-York
Scilly
Amsterdam
Roggeveen
Rotterdam
Lizard
Chemnitz
Ger
Jantzen
Bremen
Galveston
Prawle Point
Mannheim
Ockermann
Hamburg- Swansea
Lord Carlemont
Webb
Hull
Colorado
Loveridge
Antwerp
American
Markschlaeger
British Prince
Smith New-York
Pennland
Berg
Bar
Philadelphia
Vaderland
Young
New- Yor
Excelsior
Courtin
Marseilles
Burgundia
Buhe
Bordeaux
Miramar
McKay
New Oporto
Tonawanda
Brown
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Citta di
Williams
New York
St Vincent
Cape Town
Victoria
Bellona
Iverson
Santos
Montevideo
Cavour
Kelly
Buenos Ayres
Rosario
Barbados
Hubert
Oliphants
Para
Brow Head
Kansas City
Lewis
Bristol
St Michaels
Marta
Amer
Glasgow
Queenstown
St Vincent, Co
Sabine
Gilson
Algoa Bay
Curacao
Caracas
Woodrich
San Juan
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New-York City
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Board of Education
Park-ave
Fifty-ninth-st
Butler
Columbia University
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Schuyler van Rensselaer
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Seventh-ave
Fourteenth-st
William F. McDowell
Howard Taylor
China Inland Mission
West End
West End-ave
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Sherry
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L. W. Betts
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Jack” McAuliffe
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Department of Public Charities
Ashbridge
Commission of Public Charities and Correction of
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Fiske
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St. Ave
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Lex Av
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Keith
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William P Clyde & Co
George W Clyde
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Decemb
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Empire ‘Theatre
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East 44Th St
Virginia
Harned
IRIS
Julia Marlow
Garrick Theatre
En St
Bwar Mt
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Svar Deen
Barrymore
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Poway
Maxine Goodwin
Elliott
St. & Madison Ave
S. Willard
Onav D Garrick
Madison Se
Wallace's
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Grisis
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Wilderness” —— House
Circle
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Academy OF Music
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Our Alley
Viola Allen
Bijou
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Ho Lsay Marinees
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John M. Farley
Carnegie Hall Philharmonic Society of
Walter Damrosch
Cox
Maud Mac Carthy
Cortolanus
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Mendelssohn
King Biward
MUSE
DE Kosta the Wizard
Pastor's
13Th St
Davison & Mecuskeft
Clinton
Brownings
Fiske &McDonough
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