Rockefeller to Rival Carnegie With Education Endowment
Washington December 10 John D Rockefeller, head of Standard Oil, plans a major education gift likely 10 million dollars to a General Education Board to be formed in DC. The bill passed Congress and awaits the President's signature. board aims to promote education nationwide with broad authority to endow schools and collect statistics.
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Standard Oil Company
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Andrew Carnegie
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Hoar
Massachusetts
House Committee On Education
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House
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Jabez L. M. Curry
Frederick T. Gates
Daniel C. Gilman
Morris K. Jesup
Robert C. Ogden
Walter H. Page
George Foster Peabody
Albert Shaw
United States of America
United States
South
Pennsylvania Railroad Station Site Costs Reach 10 Million
A Pennsylvania official notes the railroad has spent about ten million dollars on real estate for a new station at Seventh and Eighth avenues and Thirty‑second Street. The tunnel and station project may total over fifty four million dollars, with earnings not covering interest for about fifteen years.
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Seventh and Eighth Aves
Thirty-second-st
Stuyvesant Real Estate Company
Pennsylvania
Tribune
Interborough Manhattan Lease Move Placed for Stockholder Vote
At a directors meeting the Interborough Rapid Transit Company approved a form of lease with the Manhattan Railway Company and authorized officers to finalize it for stockholder approval at a January 15, 1903 meeting. The plan includes a guaranteed dividend plus additional earnings shares and a $4,000,000 cash deposit to secure the dividend, with stockholders to vote on January 16.
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Manhattan Railway Company
Ces
Twenty Unions Call on Aldermen Against Tammany Ties
A broad coalition of labor and civic groups urged Republican aldermen to oppose votes aligned with Tammany County, signaling possible formal action by the committee if current ties persist.
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Tammany County Committee
Venezuelans Called to Arms Amid War Declarations
President Castro appeals to Venezuelans to take up arms against Great Britain and Germany and grants amnesty for political offences. Venezuela protests British and German seizures and imposes reprisals. British and German cruisers threaten blockade and free navigation on the Orinoco. a Venezuelan gunboat is seized and later released.
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Germany
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Caracas
Bowen
United States
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Orinoco
Indignant Aldermen Face Tunnel Franchise Fight
Aldermen weighing a Pennsylvania tunnel under Manhattan face divided ranks as James F E Gaffney’s labor list lacks authority for several names. Supporters urge a vote in favor amid heavy labor, real estate, and business lobbying.
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Jones
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Gruber backs aldermen against Pennsylvania tunnel franchise
Abraham Gruber Republican leader of the XXIst District supports Aldermen Mathews Jones and Whitaker in opposing the Pennsylvania tunnel franchise. W M K Olcott and Robert C. Morris urge action and predict broader rail tunnel expansion. R Fulton Cutting withholds immediate comment but plans to speak before next Tuesday.
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Tammany Hall
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Tammany
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Whittaker
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Republican County Committee
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Board of Estimate
Pennsylvania
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Dr Abbott Praises Rail Link Refusing Bribes
Dr Lyman Abbott at Columbia University denounces corruption and praises the Pennsylvania Railroad for refusing to influence New York lawmakers over the tunnel issue. He asserts the city can endure without the railroad than tolerate aldermanic corruption.
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Lyman Abbott
Columbia University
Pennsylvania Tunnel
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Landing at La Guayra Opens Anglo German Harbor Clash
In La Guayra on December 10 the combined Anglo German fleet entered the harbor and began landing marines. The Venezuelan fleet was captured yesterday after German and British cutters ordered surrender and seized ships with no shots fired. Several vessels were sunk or spared, a German cruiser stood by, and British sailors were escorted to safety as tensions rise and stores close amid fears of bombardment.
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General Crespo
Tutumo
Margarita
Ossun
H. Quievreux
Venezuela
Caracas
la Guayra
Venezuela Defiant as Seizures Prompt Reprisals
Paris reports a Venezuelan government protest to its London and Berlin envoys accusing Great Britain and Germany of seizing Venezuelan vessels at La Guayra. The note says Venezuela will reply with reprisals, arrests hostile nationals, and seize railways. President Castro calls for arms and grants amnesty while orders restitution of confiscated property.
Powers Strike Swutetly In Caribbean Crisis
In Port of Spain the British cruiser Charybdis seized the Venezuelan gun boat Bolivar and landed its officers. The British sloop Alert took the crew to Guiria while Quail sails to seize the Venezuelan war vessel blockading the Orinoco. Venezuela faces coastblockades by British and German forces as combined fleets seize ships at La Guayra.
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Quail
Panther
Alert
Venezuela
Orinoco River
la Guayra
Outbreak in Caracas as mob targets Germans and Brits
A Caracas demonstration erupted after news of the seizure of Venezuelan warships by British and German forces. Police arrested 205 prominent residents, with mobs burning flags and attacking German and British properties. US Minister Bowen secured releases and Venezuelan authorities ordered rail embargoes.
Bowen acts to free British German citizens in Venezuela
Washington reports Minister Bowen in Caracas has secured the release of principal British and German detainees and will press for the release of others. He argued to President Castro that he protects all British and German subjects, a move aligned with prior Anglo German diplomatic talks and Secretary Hay policy.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
State Department
Hay
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