Sir Hiram Maxim to visit America for flying experiments
London dispatch notes Maxim plans a two year stay in the United States to work on flying machines. He may act as consulting engineer for the St Louis Exhibition if he does not build an airship himself. The report frames this as a surprise to British imperialists amid Venezuelan claims and related trade tensions.
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London
Venezuela
Caracas
la Guayra
Puerto Cabello
United States
Cenada
America
Hiram Maxim
England
Bolla
St. Louis
Rn. F
German Warships Reach Curacao As War Fleet Moves
Caracas reports German cruisers Gazelle and Panther and training ship Etosch arrived at Willemstad Curacao. The trio’s voyage signals continued naval activity by Germany during wartime.
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Caracas
Gazelle
Panther
Etosch
Willemstad
Curacoa
Interstate Railways eyes New Jersey trolley consolidation
Philadelphia reports the Interstate Railways Company, with $10,000,000 capital, plans to consolidate trolley lines south of Trenton and Northern New Jersey. Backed by Pennsylvania Railroad and United Gas Improvement interests, the move aims to curb trolley competition between Philadelphia and New York, potentially absorbing nearby electric and rail assets.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
New-Jersey
Trenton
Interstate Railways Company
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
United Gas Improvement Company
New York City
New-York
New Haven
Hartford
South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Company
Camden
Gloucester
Moorestown
Haddonfield
Electric Light
Interstate
Trenton Street Railway Company
May settle mine trouble in conciliatory plan
Independent operators move toward a settlement with coal producers and public commission review. Wayne MacVeagh and Commissioner Parker head to New York and Washington to push talks and present a joint case, aiming to show operators' position while reducing workplace bitterness and raising efficiency.
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Tribune
Scranton
Penn
Wayne MacVeagh
Parker
New York
Washington
MacVeagh
Commission
No More Conferences Says MacVeagh Plan
Wayne MacVeagh, lead counsel for operators before the coal strike commission, arrived in the city and said he is en route to Washington. He denied any settlement conferences outside the commission and stated no agreement will be binding until the commission completes its evidence and may then consider settlement suggestions.
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Wayne MacVeagh
New York, Ontario and Western
Erie
Delaware and Hudson
Delaware
Reading
Scranton
Hazleton
Macveagh
Waldorf-Astoria
Washington
United Mine Workers
Memorial Building for Mrs Agassiz Fund Raised
Cambridge Mass Dec 5 Alumni of Radcliffe College announce they have raised 100000 dollars for a new building to memorialize Mrs Louis Agassiz widow of the professor. The gift honors her life work in founding and supporting Radcliffe College and her longtime service with the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women.
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Tribune
Cambridge
Mass
Radcliffe College
Louis Agassiz
WILL SIGN CUBAN TREATY IN U.S. AND CUBA PLANS
President Palma said his Cuban commissioners will sign the reciprocity agreement with General Bliss likely Monday or Tuesday. The treaty will go to Washington for signing by Hay and Quesada, then to the Cuban Senate for approval. He expects tariff changes later and notes a Senate loan proposal for 35 million dollars is being reconsidered.
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Sefceres Zaldo
Montes
General Bliss
Washington
Hay
Quesada
United States Senate
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Yale Men Lock Up After Broad Way Fracas
Nine Yale students wandering from New Haven clash with a sharply dressed man on Broad Way near Thirty fourth Street. A chase ends with arrests after a brief fight and claims of cousins to high offices. Carlo Levi fencing master and Frederick Roosevelt Scovel from New Haven among those detained.
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Yale Pe
New Haven
Broadway
Yale
Frost
Tenderloin
Carlo Levi
No. 24
East Twenty-fourth St
United States
Frederick Roosevelt Scovel
Thes
Charles Powers
Reed Improves But Remains Critically Ill Ex-Speaker
Washington reports ex Speaker Thomas B Reed showing improved condition though still critical tonight doctors bulletin notes he rests comfortably after visit lasting over an hour temp spike subsided respiration 36 pulse 85 nourishment retained mind clear and abdominal symptoms abating official signs indicate stabilization under close supervision.
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Washington
Thomas B. Reed
Reed
F. A. Gardner
T. L. MacDonald
Steamship Norman Floats Free After Grounding
The steamship Norman from Philadelphia to Providence grounded on Chester Island in dense fog Wednesday night. She was floated today undamaged and will proceed to Providence once cargo is reloaded.
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Philadelphia
Norman
Providence
Chester Island
Clarence Apartments Sell Over $230,000 After Pulitzer Murder
The Clarence apartment house at Fifty-eighth street and Sixth Avenue sold yesterday for $230,000. Knickerbocker Mortgage and Realty Company president Leslie R. Palmer is named as the buyer. The five story building fronts 71.6 feet on the street and 100.5 feet on the avenue, adjoining De La Salle Institute. it is noted as the site of the Anna Pulitzer murder by William Hooper Young.
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Clarence
Fifty-eighth-st
Sixth-ave
Leslie R. Palmer
Knickerbocker Mortgage and Realty Company
Nassaust
Anna Pulitzer
William Hooper Young
de‘ la Salle Institute
Atlantic Investment Company Formed In Charleston WV
The Atlantic Investment Company of New York received incorporation today in Charleston marking a capital of 3,000,000 for trading in American products. Corporators named are Robert Campbell George S. Paal Hartford P. Walker John J. Fleming and Levi S. Tenney all of New York. The ad also notes Pennsylvania Railroad service and Roosevelt works offered for sale.
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Charleston
W. Va
Atlantic Investment Company
New York
Capital
Robert Campbell
George 8S
Paal Hartford P. Walker
John J. Fleming
Levi S. Tenney
City Gripped by Northeast Storm Across New York
A northeast storm battered New York with rain sleet and snow and strong winds. Traffic slowed and coal yards saw demand as third rail electric service strained under thewintry blast. An inch of snow lay on streets by noon after a rain starting shortly before midnight.
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New York
Atlantic Coast
Third Rail
Brooklyn Bridge
East Side
Storms cripple New York area railways and power lines
Reports from New Jersey Long Island and suburbs describe a severe storm causing stalled trolley cars icy rails and downed poles along the New York area rail network. Fires and telegraph outages disrupted service as trains faced delays across Newark Jersey City and White Plains with extensive damage to wires and trees.
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New Jersey
Longs Island
Staten Island
Westchester County
New York
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
New York and Harlem
Pleasantville
Chatham Express
Grand Central Station
Park-ave
Yonkers
Supreme Court
White Plains
Hudson
Tarrytown
Nyack
Newark
Lackawanna
Central Railroad
Jersey City
Passaic River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilkinson & Son
Plank Road
Passaic Bridge
Feigenspahn Brewery
Asbury Park
N. J
Monmouth
Board Walk
Mineola
Long Island
Hempstead
Floral Park
Jamaica
SCHOONER LOST AT HATTERAS IN OCEAN STORM
The Weather Bureau reports four masted schooner Wesley M. Oler ashore at Hatters Inlet early today and breaking apart as life savers fail to save the crew. No bodies found yet. Other vessels William D. Hilton Melville Phillips and Ida Lawrence exposed to gale with rescues and collisions noted.
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Hatteras, N. C
Weather Bureau
Wesley M. Oler
Hatteras Inlet
Norfolk
Hatteras
Koln
Bremen
Baltimore
Capes
William D. Hilton
Melville Phillips
Underwinter
Oler
Nassau
Ida Lawrence
Phillips
Ice cripples third rail test on Manhattan Elevated lines
An early ice storm disrupts the Manhattan Elevated Railroad, freezing third-rail contact and forcing reliance on small locomotives. Second and Third avenues suffer the worst outages, with surface cars crowded and passengers frustrated by long waits. Officials promise improved devices to keep sleet from blocking power and aim for future independence from locomotives once electricity is fully installed.
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Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company
Ninth Ave
Metropolitan Railway
Tremont
Third-ave
Bronx
Ninety-ninth St
Manhattan Railroad
Skitt
Double Christmas Number Pictorial Review Feature
A 36 page Christmas edition with a tri color cover and 124 pictures. Includes 12 page fiction by noted writers and a 12 page Christmas books and reviews section. Main sheet highlights advertising and dealer notices in a large Christmas issue.
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Oday
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Pennsylvania
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