Through Gates To Death At Yonkers Crossing
A runaway horse and wagon struck the Empire State Express crossing at Yonkers as a southbound freight closed in. The horse and wagon were killed, the driver Patrick J. Nolan escaped with minor cuts after being thrown. This is the twenty fifth crossing accident in two years.
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Yonkers
Empire State Express
New York Central
Andrew Pavey
Patrick J. Nolan
Hudson St. Yonkers
Nolan
Ashburton-ave
Woolworth
Noan
Runaway Spurts Through City As Four-Horse Wagon Collides
A spirited horse pulling a delivery wagon driven by George Perry ran away between Third Avenue and Twenty-Seventh Street, chasing a car full of people and colliding with an elevated road pillar. Perry was thrown and lightly hurt. two brothers Shael and Gottlieb Cohen were struck, Shael suffering possible skull fracture and concussion. The horse finally halted at Twenty-Seventh Street after a crowd pursued it and Policeman Neville intervened.
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George Perry
Perry
Seventeenth St
Third-ave
Twenty-first-st
Gottlieb
Shael Cohen
Pitt St
Shael
Bellevue Hospital
Twenty-seventh St
Neville
Ottawa skating tragedy claims two party members
Miss Bessie Blair daughter of A G Blair Minister of Railways and Canals and H A Harper assistant editor of The Labor Gazette drowned in the Ottawa River during a private skating party. Creelman a bank clerk was rescued unconscious by Treadgold a fellow party member. Blair's parents reside at Clifton Springs.
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Ottawa
Bessie Blair
A.G Blair
H. A. Harper
Labor Gazette
Creel
Treadgold
Creelman
Guffey Petroleum Buys Shell Transport’s interests
The J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company of Beaumont has acquired the Shell Transportation and Trading Company of London. Shell held capital stock of 10 million pounds. Guffey reports capital stock of 30 million dollars and about twenty producing wells in the Beaumont field.
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the Tribune
Austin
Tex
J. M. Guffey
Standard of
J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company
Beaumont Field
Famous Vermont contract case against public morals
Bennington Vermont court ruled for ex Governor Carroll Page in a suit by James H. Livingston editor of The Bennington Reformer over editorial and other services in advocacy of Page as a 1914 candidate for Congress. Judge Rowell ended trial with a verdict for Page. Livingston may appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Bennington
Vermont
James H. Livingston
Powers
Livington
Supreme Court
Major Van Tets Death Reported After Het Loo Duel
Amsterdam dispatch claims Major Van Tets, aide to Queen Wilhelmina, died last Thursday after a sword duel sparked by a quarrel with Prince Henry at Het Loo following a dinner. The incident allegedly left him fatally wounded and he was transported to Trecht for operation. Another report cites a kick to the stomach as the cause.
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Major van Tets
Wilhelmina
Prince Henry
Het Loo
van Tets
Trecht
Bodyguard of Lovers Van Tets A Hero Of Wilhelmina’s Court
London reports from The Hague that Major Van Tets, wounded defending Queen Wilhelmina, is hailed as the happiest man in Holland. He is one of ten noble youths who guard the queen, with rumors they all long for her. Royal harmony reportedly strained since the wedding with Prince Henry viewed as quarrelsome.
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Holland
Major van Tets
Wilhelmina
Henry
van Tets
Ci Riage
the Hague
Prince Henry
Jonkherr
Mount Sinai Hospital Sold for Large Lexington Ave Parcel
The Mount Sinai Hospital and Dispensary and Nurses’ Home on Lexington Avenue at Sixty seventh Street were sold yesterday by Henry D. Winans & May to David H. Hyman. The deal includes eighteen city lots likely to see apartment development, with the new hospital home to be built between Fifth and Madison Avenues late in 1902.
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Mount Sinai Hospital
Lexington Ave
Henry D. Winans & May
David H. Hyman
Lexington
Hyman
Fifth
Madison Aves
Sixty-sixth
Sixty
Chapin Home
Hamilton
Astor Estate
Mount Sinai Training School For
Sixty-seventh-st
Lexington-ave
Sixty-sixth-st
Alabama troops called out to quell riot in Andalusia
Governor sends troops to aid Sheriff Bradshaw as martial law grips Andalusia and fears of a mob attack loom from Opp. Three unidentified Negroes killed by a citizen posse near Opp amid riots. Sheriff reports planned jail lynching of 25 implicated. Green ville soldiers ordered to Andalusia. Ferry franchise not renewed.
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Andalusia
Ala
Bradshaw
Opp
Montgomery
Covington County
Jenks
Greenville
Garble
Greenville Company
Dock Board backs denial of Staten Island ferry renewal
At yesterday's meeting the Dock Board recommended denying the Rapid Transit Ferry Company's renewal of the Staten Island ferry franchise. The report notes the application should be refused. The decision reflects ongoing debates over ferry service rights and transportation authority in the harbor region.
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Dock Board
Rapid Transit Ferry Company
Staten Island Ferry
Europe oriented route eyed with Hamburg American line
Emil L. Boas, local agent, is in Germany consulting with Hamburg American officials on a possible Europe to Orient route via a U S railroad. Reports say Americans may seek control through intermediaries, with talks involving Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and possibly Pennsylvania Railroad, though no confirmation or details are available. Mr Meyer confirms directors discuss an arrangement but cannot detail terms.
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Emil L. Boas
Hamburg- American Steamship Line
Germany
Ocean Line
Mr. Boas
Hamburg-American
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Pacific
Atchison Road
Pennsylvania Railroad
International Navigation Company
American
Red Star Steamship Companies
The
Atchison
Hamburg-American Line
Europe
Orient
United States
Meyer
Boas
New-York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
MISS TOPPAN INDICTED FOR THREE MURDERS IN MASS
In Barnstable Massachusetts Jane Toppan of Lowell was indicted for three murders by poisoning while nursing patients. She faced four counts per indictment and pleaded not guilty. Harvard chemist E S Wood testified to morphine and atropine traces in the victims.
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Barnstable
Mass
Jane Toppan
Lowell
Superior
Mary D. Gibbs
A. P. Davis
Cataumet
Genevieve A. Gordon
Chicago
Miss Toppan
E. S. Wood
Harvard
Wood
Gibbs
Gordon
Davis
Sailors Tell Cruelty Tales Aboard Bristol Ship
A crew member from the Bristol recounts abuse aboard the ship during a Rio Janeiro run. The Austrian sailor, allegedly mistreated by a second mate, had an eye cut and jumped to a lighter to escape. Captain Sanford defends the crew’s discipline and notes legal protections here. Three waterspouts were sighted mid voyage, necessitating navigational maneuvers near Barbados and Vineyard Haven.
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Bristol
Rio Janeiro
Barbados
Vineyard Haven
Bridgeport
Joseph
Pines
Argentina
Long Island Sound
Windsor
Nova Scotia
D. E. Sanford
Ship Island
Gulf of Mexico
Keyser
Albert Anderson
Anderson
Rio
Sanford
Christmas Number Advertiser Pictorial Review Issue
The advertisement promotes a Christmas number featuring 38 color cover pages and 125 illustrations plus a 76 page set of drawings and a main feature, with full department sheets and a serial story starting in this issue. News dealers are urged to order in advance.
Ransom Proposed for Deputy Police Commissioner Post
Ex Surrogate Rastus S. Ransom is forwarded to Mayor-elect Seth Low and Colonel John N. Partridge as a candidate for Deputy Police Commissioner. His backers cite his four years as a soldier, judge bench experience, and judicial temperament amid rival Monroe speculation and ongoing consideration.
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Seth Low
John N. Partridge
Rastus S. Ransom
Mr. Ransom
Ransom
Monroe
50Th New York Volunteer Infantry
Greater New York Democracy
Supreme Court
Direct American steamship line to Philippines debated
San Francisco officials discuss establishing a direct American line to the Philippines. The Supreme Court ruling on coast wise trade blocks shipments in foreign bottoms, requiring US register ships, affecting Toyo Kisen Kaisha Occidental and Oriental lines. A Manila hats shipment via Nippon Maru was seized, with Treasury remittance stating penalties for pre decision shipments.
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Tribune
San Francisco
Manila
Chamber of Commerce
Philippines
Supreme Court
United States
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Occidental and Oriental Steamship Lines
Asiatic
Nippon Maru
Hong Kong
Stratton
Treasury Department
Cetery ‘Paylor
Japan
St Petersburg Amused by Tokyo Russia Relations
A London notice claims Japan and Russia may trade Corea for the Philippine Islands, but St Petersburg rejects the idea as absurd noting Japan’s interest in Corea surpasses any substitute. Marquis Ito’s visit is not official. talks at tea meetings hint improved relations with no friction and peaceful prospects between the two powers.
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St. Petersburg
London
Washington
Japan
Russia
Corea
Philippine Islands
Novoe Vremya
Marquis Ito
Ito
Free Miss Stone Surrender Looms From Sofia Dispatch
A Sofia telegram reports a pending surrender of Miss Ellen M. Stone and her companion Mme Tsilka, American missionary and translator, with confirmation from Constantinople via S. A. Eddy. The note cites a December 5 Salonica report that the agents sent to release them have returned and that both women are alive and well.
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Dailys
London
Sofia Say
Salonika
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Washington
Hay
S. A. Eddy
Constantinople
Pera
Salonica
Miss Stone
Mme. Tsilka Alite
Canadian Pacific freight wreck near Frazer River claims two lives
In Vancouver BC at dawn a Canadian Pacific freight on a steep curve hit a rockslide. Engineer Randall and fireman Petruff died as the engine and three cars plunged 300 feet. Six hours of traffic disruption followed. the article notes the New York to Quebec Sleeping Car route via the Connecticut River Line.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific
Frazer River
Randall
Petruff
New York
Quebec
Connecticut River Line
N. Y
N.H
H.R. R
Two More Officers Appointed by City Mayor
The mayor announced Robert W. De Forest as Tenement House Commissioner with deputies Lawrence Veiller and Wesley Bush. John C. Clark was named Assistant Corporation Counsel and legal adviser. Friends press for ex-Surrogate Ransom as first Deputy Police. W. L. Sandford to be appointed Under Sheriff of Kings County amid illness. Richard Croker plans a trip to West Barden Indiana next week before January sailing.
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Robert W. de Forest
de Forest
Lawrence Veiller
Wesley Bush
Schieren
Brooklyn
John C. Clark
Ransom
W. L. Sandford
Kings County
Richard Croker
West Barden
Ind
Office to Save Life Leads to Appointment Controversy
Ex Assemblyman W L Sanford ill with typhoid fever as sheriff elect Charles Guden promises to appoint him under sheriff. Original plan shifted after Michael J Cady objected. Sanford improves slightly but remains in danger. Levi W Naylor wins assembly district seat amid intra party clashes with Waldo and Atterbury.
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W. L. Sandford
Charles Guder
Kings County
Sandford
Guden
Sandfer
Michael J. Cady
J. W. van Deusen
Cady
Mr. Sandford
Levi W. Naylor
Niiith
Waldo
Walter B. Atterbury
Naylor
Croker Clinches The Club Before European Sojourn
Richard Croker plans a West Baden trip next week and may stay until just before his European voyage. He returns for a January executive meeting to decide a deputy leader while abroad. Croker tightens control of the Democratic Club by an amended constitution appointing officers by a 21 member board, solidifying power for four more years.
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Richard Croker
New York
Tammany Hall
West Baden
Ind
Europe
Croker
Patrick Keenan
John F. Carroll
Carroll
Tammany
Democratic Club
Board of Governors
Eup
Odell Denies Friction With Platt and Talks Excise
Governor Odell at the Fifth Avenue Hotel dismisses friction rumors with Senator Platt as baseless. He backs Platt as leader and declines comment on excise until a bill emerges. He also weighs a possible successor for Knight, hinting at Theodore P. Gilman, and notes no current politics during a private dinner with G. K. Clark. Platt’s visit was expected but did not occur last night.
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Odell
Fifth Avenue
Senator Platt
Controller Knight
Buffalo
Theodore P. Gilman
Gilman
G. K. Clark
Produce Exchange
Signage and street lighting eyed by Manhattan officials
Jacob A. Cantor asked the Fine Arts Federation to help develop practical yet ornamental street signs and to discuss lighting upgrades for uptown streets at a meeting next Wednesday. He cited recent difficulties seeing signs on Broadway and urged firmer enforcement and modernization under the new Tenement House Department and charter reforms.
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The
Fine Arts Federation
Jacob A. Cantor
Borough of
Manhattan
Federation
Cantor
De Forest Names John C Clark Assistant Corporation Counsel
The new city administration announced two appointments yesterday Robert Weeks De Forest as Tenement House Commissioner and John C Clark as Assistant Corporation Counsel who will serve as the mayor s legal adviser, a post formerly held by W W Ladd Jr Tammany s candidate for Controller Veiller and Bush named as deputies were also invited to join the Tenement House Commission staff
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Robert Weeks de Forest
John C. Clark
W. W. Ladd, Jr
Tammany
de Forest
Lawrence Veiller
Wesley C. Bush
Schieren
Brooklyn
Veiller
Tenement House Commissioner Names Robert W De Forest
The appointment of Robert W De Forest as the first Tenement House Commissioner was announced by Mr Low. De Forest, former chairman of the commission that prepared the law, will organize the new department by January 1 and oversee its early operations and staffing.
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Mr. de Forest
Mr. Bush
Low
Robert W. de Forest
Be Forest
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