Mediation Board Averts Pennsylvania Railroad Strike
The National Board of Mediation helped avert a threatened strike by locomot ive engineers on Pennsylvania Railroad lines west of Pittsburgh. An agreement proposed by the board was accepted by General Manager G L Peck and Brotherhood leaders, with a plan to streamline appeals and ensure subordinates review. The settlement aims to reduce future friction by setting time limits for appeals and subordinate review.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
National Board of Mediation
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles P Neill
Board of Mediation
G. L. Peck
Pennsylvania Lines
Board of Adjustment
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Knapp
Neill
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Knapy
Mr. Neill
Peck
Warren S. Stone
Charles Burgess
The
Brotherhood
Mr. Knapp
Court awards estate to Stockton asylum inmate’s heirs
San Francisco December 4 the Superior Court ruled in favor of Mrs Mary Voorem widow of Henry Voerman granting property from the estate valued at overall. Her children receive over 3146 by the same decision. The lengthy case has spanned many years through the courts.
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Mary Voorman
San Francisco
Superior Cort
Mary Voormen
Henry Voeorman
Stockton Winsane Asylum
Realty dealer McLaughlin denies bankruptcy claim
Michael L. McLaughlin of Brooklyn, a real estate dealer, says an involuntary bankruptcy petition filed against him stems from a personal quarrel. He asserts he is solvent and that the McLaughlin Real Estate Company owes little, while the petition cites a $1.50 debt.
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Michael L. McLaughlin
Brooklyn
United States Circuit Court
O ‘Rial
Mclaughlin Real Estate Company
Joseph A. Finch
McLaughlin
Rupert Higgins Injured In Fifth Avenue Taxicab Crash
Rupert Higgins son of Covent Garden Opera director Henry V Higgins was cut by flying glass when his taxicab collided with another cab and then a coupe on Fifth Avenue above 43rd Street. Albert Forster and Dr. Philip F. O Hanlon aided. chauffeur Joseph Saindel jailed for reckless driving. Higgins attended wedding of his brother Cecil to Miss Ethel Crymer earlier in the week.
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Rupert Higgins
Henry V. Higgins
Covent Garden Opera Company
Fifth Avenue
43D Street
Albert Forster
West 55Th Street
Philip F. O’hanlon
General Simon Nears Triumphant Haitian Entry at Port-au-Prince
General Simon with about six thousand troops is at the gates of Port-au-Prince awaiting a Friday entry into the capital. Delegates met him at Carrefour and he vowed a peaceful entry as the city tightens police and public safety controls. Washington reports the State Department guiding Haiti's transition while American warships remain to protect foreign interests.
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Port-au-Prince
Simon
Carrefour
Simeon
Committee of Public Safety
Sam
Firmin
Fouchard
Cincinnatus Leconte
Washington
State Department
Furniss
Hayti
Port-au- Prince
Legitime
Congress
Cattle Disease Report Warns New York Farmers
State Commissioner R A Pearson warns against foot and mouth disease in New York livestock. Twenty eight herds affected in Western New York with 254 cattle 39 sheep and 135 swine destroyed worth about 16060. Only three herds remain and will be destroyed while shipments from East Buffalo are traced for spread risk.
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New York State
R. A. Pearson
Henry H. Kracke
Park Row
Pearson
Mr. Kracke
East Buffalo
New York
C U and the Mayoralty
President R Fulton Cutting states the Citizens Union will back ideas and financial aid but not field candidates in the upcoming mayoralty race. He emphasizes efficiency and honesty over partisan power, and urges independent cooperation without fusion or large enrollment.
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The
Citizens Union
R. Fulton Cutting
Union
Cutting
Sed Rey
Effect of Business Low Mood on State Charity Costs
Reports to the State Board of Charities show a sharp rise in charitable expenditures to more than 5 million dollars. In the year ending Sept 30, New York City investigated 3,523 cases of non resident and alien poor, nearly double the prior year, with 983 removed from the state.
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Albany
State Board of Charities
New York City
McCarren Holds Kings in Hot Brooklyn Political Fight
In Brooklyn Kings County, McCarren and lieutenants were reelected at the executive committee meeting after a stormy session. Michael Butler, once backed, voted against McCarren for chairman and offered resignation, while anti McCarren leaders Farrell and Sinnett pushed reorganizational plans. The adjournment followed without action on Butler’s resignation.
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Patrick TH. McCarren
Kings County
Democratic General Committee
Thomas Jefferson Building
Court Square
Brooklyn
McCasren
Michael
Butler
12Th
McCarren
Thomas R. Farrell
10Th
James P. Sinnett
Farrell
Sinnett
Mike’ Butler
Fire destroys Grand Trunk piers and damages Cornishman
Portland Maine December 4 Firemen gained control of a blaze that damaged two piers of the Grand Trunk Railway and spread to the Dominion Line steamer Cornishman alongside. Damage to the vessel and cargo is about $2000, while pier and shed losses reach $250,000 to $300,000. Total loss around $501,900. The Cornishman was due to sail for Liverpool the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland. Me
Grand Trunk Railway
Dominion Line
Grand Trunk Company
Liverpool
Haitian Leaders Sail and Return as Political Turmoil Grows
In St Thomas B W reporters note more than a hundred Haitian political exiles including General Antenor Firmin depart for Haiti. General Fouchard sails to Port au Prince from Kingston while General Cincinnatus Leconte, a Nord Alexis cabinet figure and presidential aspirant, plans a Sunday landing amid preparations for a public demonstration and reinforced security by interior troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
B. W
Antenor Firmin
Haiti
Cape Haytien
Cincinnatus Leconte
Nord Alexis
Leconte
Vacant chair marks smoking clash at medical alumni dinner
At the Hotel Astor alumni of the New York Medical College and Flower Hospital held a dinner for Dr. Royal Copeland. One seat was left empty by Dr. Charles G. Pease who declined to attend any event with smoking and women present. Copeland urged a more substantial supper as the college grows with a large freshman class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Astor
New York Medical College
Flower Hospital
Royal &. Copeland
Charles G. Pease
Dean Copeland
New York Homeopathic College
Corbin
Equal Suffrage League
Edward Lauterbach
The Beaching of the Croyant off Jeremie Hayti
Word of the grounding of the Haitian gunboat Croyant on a shoal off Jeremie was brought to port by Captain Boldt and the Pring Sigismund crew arriving from Santa Marta. The vessel deserted by all aboard including the captain who joined General Simon’s forces after beaching the gunboat.
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Jeremie
Hayti
Boldt
Pring Sigismund
Santa Marta
West Indies
Adirondack
Atlas Line
Simon
Alexis
Crogant
President Denies Narrow Escapes From Accidents
Washington officials dismissed reports as pure inventions stating the President was not near any automobile and the fire engine story is absurd. The carriage stood on one curb while the engine, half a block away, had horses fall and could not have struck the President.
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Washington
White House
New Hampshire Avenue
Goodrich Exits Politics As Taft Backed Reorganization
Indianapolis December 4 State Chairman Goodrich announces he is out of politics to ease fear of a Vice-President not seeking party control. After a post-election push for reorganization Taft agrees with the plan. Senator Beveridge is viewed as the logical head and Goodrich's retirement signals no challenge to Beveridge's restructuring. Goodrich led the state party for eight years.
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Tribune
Indianapolis
Goodrich
Taft
Beveridge
Buffalo mine additions raise output at Cobalt mill
Buffalo Mines Company announces the Buffalo mine at Cobalt has completed mill upgrades increasing capacity from about thirty to eighty tons per day. For the coming year, output is projected near two million ounces of silver. President Denison reports two ore cars sent to Copper Cliff smelter: one high grade at over 5,000 oz per ton yielding about 70,000 dollars, and another concentrates at 1.4 oz per ton.
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Buffalo
Cobalt
Denison
Buffalo Mines Company
Copper Cliff
Hitchcock Sees Sherman in Subtle Political Talk
Frank H. Hitchcock RNC chairman held a long talk with Vice-President-elect James S. Sherman at the Hotel Manhattan, saying the discussion bore no particular political bearing. State leaders Woodruff Ward White Barnes joined, and state posts were discussed. Cortelyou and Coolidge also visited the Sub-Treasury calling on Charles H. Treat.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Manhattan
James S. Sherman
Hitchcock
Washington
Woodruff
William L. Ward
Horace White
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
State Committee
Lafayette B. Gleason
State Senate
Ray B. Smith
Syracuse
Assembly
Cortelyou
Treasury Department
L. A. Coolidge
Financial
Charles H.treat
Sub-Treasury
Raines Expects Roots Races for U S Senate Seat
Albany report says Senator John Raines of Canandaigua suggests Elihu Root as the likely choice of the Legislature to succeed Senator Thomas C. Platt. Raines, en route to Washington, notes Woodruff and Fassett withdrew. Root’s election could unite the Republican state organization. Raines seeks reelection as temporary Senate president amid committee changes.
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Albany
John Raines
Canandaigua
Washington
Hughes
Raines
Elihu Root
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Woodruff
Fassett
Root
Republican State Organization
Senate
Horace White
Dinner for James S Sherman Draws Prominent Republicans
Charles H Duell hosted a Union League Club dinner for Vice President elect Sherman featuring many leading state Republicans. Attendees included ex Governors Odell and Black, Frank Hitchcock, Francis Hendricks, W W Cocks, Emerson, G R Malby, T L Woodruff, W L Ward, G R Sheldon, G N Southwick, W Barnes Jr, G W Aldridge, C G Bennett, G W Fairchild, J V C Olcott, H S Duell, C H Young, J T Mott, and others. The note also promotes the serial The Ring and the Man in the Sunday Tribune.
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Charles H. Duell
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Patents
Union League Club
Sherman
Odell and Black
Frank H. Hitchcock
National Committee
Francis Hendricks
W. W. Cocks
Emerson
George R. Malby
Timothy L. Woodruff
William L. Ward
George R. Sheldon
George N. Southwick
William Barnes, Jr
George W. Aldridge
Charles G. Bennett
United States Senate
George W. Fairchild
Jacob van Vechten Olcott
H. 8S. Duell
Westchester
Charles H. Young
John T. Mott
Harriman Defends Railways in American Mining Talk
E H Harriman, addressing the American Mining Congress, argues for fair rail freight rates and stresses that rail dividends support national growth. He cites farmers and manufacturers as earning more relative to rail investors and urges improved land and water transportation to cut costs in distributing minerals and goods.
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Pittsburg
E. H. Harriman
American Mining Congress
United States
Harriman
Fmland
Debate on Women’s Suffrage at Berkeley Lyceum Draws Crowd
The National League opened its anti suffrage campaign with speeches by Dr Aked and Rabbi Wise at Berkeley Lyceum. President Roosevelt’s letter on suffrage was read by Rev Lyman Abbott amid protests by suffragettes and security presence.
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Aked
Rabbi Wise
Samuel Adams
Washington
Hancock
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
National League
Berkeley Lyceum
Lyman Abbott
Root
Butler
Columbia
Abbott
Suffragists Debate Roles and Roosevelt Views in New York
The report recalls remarks by suffragists and opponents at Carnegie Hall and Manhattan venues. Elizabeth Cady Stanton ideas are cited while President Roosevelt’s stance is praised by Mrs. Snowden and Mrs. Wells. Debate on women jurors, anti suffrage pamphlets, and the Oxford lecture in prospect frame the day.
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Sofia Lobinger
Wells
Root
Butler
Srowden
Blackburn
Great Britain
Washington
Carnegie Hall
Roosevelt
Mrs. Snowden
White House
Oxford
44Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Mrs. & Borrmann Wells
New York
New
National League For Civic Education of Women
Bedy
Caroline Fairfield Corbin
Illinois Suffrage Association
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Mediation Board
Pany
Brotherhood of Loco
Realty Dealer
M. L. McLaughlin
Covent Garden Co
Cattle Disease Report
Commissioner Pearson
C.U
Lightning Ridge
New South Wales
Marcus & Co
Jewelers and Goldsmiths
Sth Avenue
Cor
45Th Street
KINGS
Portland
Sefe
Firmin and
Kingston
Jamaica
Aeolian Hall
New York’s
Piano Center
Aeolian Company
Fifth Ave
34Th St
Haytian
Indiana
MR. Hitchcock
MR. Sherman
Ring
Roculog
Sunday Tribune
Persey
West
aNaio
Bitters
Layties Brothers & Agenis
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