Bears Raid Market Tactics Aid Lawson Decline
A Bear raid aided by Lawson caused a wide market drop led by Amalgamated Copper and United States Steel. Rumors linked John W. Gates to the plan, while Greens Consolidated Copper rallied briefly before closing weak. Banking officials noted no loan panic as volume spiked and prices fell across major issues.
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Wall Treet
Amalgamated
Geferer
United States Steel Common
Boston
Lawson
Mr. Lawson
John W. Gates
Mr. Gates
Bears
Norma Rapid
Greene Consolidated
Ing
London
New England
New-York State
Amalgamated Copper and Steel Common
Sithetamempari
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Chicago
Amalgamated Copper
United States Steel
Pennsylvania
Reading
New York Central
Atchison
Canadian Pacific
Rock Island
Erie
Chesapeake and
Ohio
Central of
New Jersey
Louisville
Nashville
Tennessee
Colorado
People’s Gas
Leether
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Misouri Pacific
Illinois Central
Rock Island, W. & Louis Southwestern
Greene Copper
Stock Exchange
Wes
Mets
Boston Exchange
Greene Consorsion Copper
Duelists in Kansas Spark Effort to Block State Official
Topeka reports an attempt to bar Dayhoff, recently elected State superintendent of schools, from taking office amid allegations he accepted a duel challenge. The note mentions departure from New York and arrival in Cleveland via the New York Central line, reflecting a fragmented telegraph-era report.
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the Tribune
Topeka
Dayhoff
Schooll
Mrs Hoffmans Quiet Newport Divorce Leads to New Marriage
Mrs Sybil W Hoffman wed Norrie Sellar yesterday at Marble Collegiate Church officiated by Rev Dr David James Burrell. The divorce from John Ellis Hoffman was settled in Newport in May and six months’ waiting period ended November 25.
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Sybil W. Hoffman
Marble Collegiate Church
Norrie Sellar
David James Burrell
East Eleventh St
Hoffman
John Ellis Hoffman
Newport
Rhode Island
Hoffmans
Paris
John W. Ellis
New York Bank
Harvard Fencers’ and Country Club
Motorman Halts Car On Brink After Narrow Burnside Ave Plunge
Max Kerwisch motorman of Union Street Railway Car No 10 saved himself four women and two men from tumbling down a fifty foot Burnside ave precipice. The front of the car smashed through a wooden guard but Kerwisch applied the brake and stopped the vehicle on the brink. Passengers, though shaken, escaped injury. Conductor Frank McGee was ejected while trying to restore trolley power.
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Max Kerwisch
Morris Heights
Union Street Railway Company
Burnside Ave
Kerwisch
Third-ave
Burnside-ave
Cedar-ave
Frank McGee
Port Arthur Bombardment Details Fire at Arsenal
Dispatches from Tokio report Japanese artillery hit Port Arthur interior and set the arsenal on fire. The Poltava, Amur and wireless station suffered damage while fortifications and ships at Fort Arthur Harbor were largely disabled.
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Port Arthur
Tokio
Poltava
Amur
Golden Hill
Fortress's Defenders Few in Port Arthur Garrison
A Tokio dispatch reports an officer returning from Port Arthur says Russia shows scarce available men as wounded and dead are gathered during armistices, indicating thin defense at the garrison.
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Port Arthur
Stowaway Marooned on Bleak Island Off New Zealand
An American stowaway aboard the steamer Ventura was marooned by Captain Hayward on airbreak island near New Zealand after leaving Auckland. No provisions were given, no protest occurred, and the man was forced ashore. Passengers report a two mile sea arm to the mainland and doubt he can reach land at any tide.
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Tribune
San Francisco
Ventura
Auckland
Steward’s Department
Wrecked in mid air on Lackawanna express bridge
Bernardsville commuters escaping a serious fall describe a dramatic bridge accident on the Lackawanna line near Millington. An axle failure caused trucks to detach and the engine to derail briefly as the train crossed the Passaic gorge. Passengers fled to the Millington station by footpath and were ferried to Bernardsville.
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THE
Tribune
Somerville
N. J
Bernardsville
New York
Lackawanna
Millington Bridge
Passaic River
Passaic
Millington
Canal cost in doubt for barge canal plan
Albany reports Governor elect Higgins faces a major decision on the one thousand ton barge canal as six test bids are opened. Officials will compare bids to the 101 million estimate, with awards delayed until the Advisory Board reviews whether higher costs can be offset by cuts elsewhere.
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SBY
the Tribune
Albany
Higgins
State Department of Public Works
Barge Canal Advisory Board
Advisory Board
Eleven Year Old Drunk From Troubles in West Twenty-Third Street
Joseph Adiago an eleven year old boy was arrested by Policeman Conlin on West Twenty-third Street for intoxication becoming the youngest prisoner at the Tenderloin station. He said he drank whiskey to forget his troubles after a school hockey incident and his widowed mother reported he needed punishment.
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Tenderloin
Conlin
West Twenty-third St
Joseph Adiago
West Twenty-seventh-st
Girls Fled From Burning Norwich Theatre
Fire at the Academy of Music building in Norwich New York causes an estimated 25000 in damage. Sixty girls rehearsing for a Congregational fair narrowly escaped as a basement oil tank exploded and spread the blaze. Part of the building was saved with losses shared by North Packing Company Fred K Page and building owners. Origin of the fire unknown.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Academy of Music
Norwich
North Packing Company
Fred K. Page
Dewey's Wines for Holiday Gifts Special Assorted Case
Dewey & Sons Co offers holiday gift wine cases at four to six seventy five dollars each. Special assorted Caséa priced at 4.00 5.00 and 6.75. Located at 1 Fulton St New York.
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Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
N. X
Child Labour Arrests At Jefferson Market Court
Two men, Robert Brasch and William Reed, were summoned at Jefferson Market Court on warrants from Magistrate Cornell for violating child labor laws. Factory inspectors Miss L F Foster and Louis A Havens testified that Brasch employed children under sixteen without health certificates, kept no register, and required excessive hours with fines for talking and lateness. The court heard details of 14 year old Silvina Kaskic and 13 year old Katherine Finnegan working 68 hours weekly for $3, and Michael Short Jr, 14, working without a certificate. Complaints were drawn and the men were paroled to counsel until tomorrow.
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Jefferson Market Court
L.F. Foster
Louis A. Havens
Flood
Cornell
Robert Brasch
C. Poyet
West
Brasch
Board of Health
Miss Foster
Silvina Kaskic
West Thirty-eighth-st
Katherine Finnegan
West Twenty-seventh St
Kaskie
Reed
Michael Short, Jr
Eighth-ave
Morton to Remain Secretary of the Navy
President Roosevelt announced Morton will stay in the Cabinet as Secretary of the Navy after March 4 at his own request. Morton's decision keeps the Navy post stable through the transition and affirms continued leadership within the administration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Morton
Navy
Boats Load for Russia From Perth Amboy Shipyard
A British steamer at Erie Basin prepares to take nine dismantled torpedo boats built by Lewis Nixon to Europe for the Russian government. The cargo also includes 29 tons of barbed wire, with hull plates loaded and machinery to follow. Weather delays hold departure until repairs and better conditions allow.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Erie Basin
Lewis Nixon
Europe
Lloyds
South America
Elizabethport
Rockhill to be Minister to China in place of Conger
Washington announces that the ambassadorship to Mexico may go to Mr. Conger. W. W. Rockhill, head of the Bureau of American Republics, is expected to succeed Conger at Peking. Rockhill, previously U.S. special commissioner to China after the Boxer troubles, has long been the President’s choice. General Powell Clayton will retire next March as ambassador to Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico
Conger
China
W. W. Rockhill
Bureau of American Republics
Peking
Rockhill
Powell Clayton
Health and Pleasure At Hot Springs Arkansas Ad Card
For health and pleasure seekers Radio Active Waters owned by U S Government. Fine winter climate fifteen miles reservation drives golf ninety days racing. Hotels for all classes. Write Bureau of Information Hot Springs Ark for illustrated book.
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U. S
Bureau of Information
Hot Springs
Ark
Advt
Snowbound Sixth Avenue Line Car Leaves Track In Snowstorm
A southbound Sixth Avenue elevated car derailed near Eighty-first Street during a severe snowstorm, blocking southbound tracks on Sixth and Ninth Avenues for about 47 minutes. Passengers remained in cars, then walked to Eighty-first Street station as crews rewheeled the car and cleared the line. Passengers faced confusion and refunds for some trips, while transfers were issued for affected stations.
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Sixth-ave
Ninth-ave
Eighty-first-st
Sixteenth-St
Rai l
Eighty First-St
Fiftyninth St
Traffe
Vardaman Presses Sovereignty Message at Carnival
Governor Vardaman opened the Cotton and Corn Carnival in Jackson and shifted into politics. He urged Southern representatives to reject sharing sovereignty with African Americans and to preserve Anglo-Saxon dominance, drawing sharp contrast with minority leader John Sharp Williams and causing a sensation.
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Jackson
Miss
Vardaman
John Sharp Williams
Old Vanderpoel landmark sold to ex congressman Levy
Ex congressman Jefferson M. Levy bought yesterday the Vanderpoel property at Maiden Lane No 1 between Gold and Pearlets. The 30.2 by 63 foot plot is a city landmark. Horace S. Ely & Co. were the brokers. Vanderpool McLeanhhan sold. The building, long known, once shared fame with Pearl and Beaver streets’ pilot building linked to Captain Kidd.
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Jefferson M. Levy
Vanderpoel
Maiden Lane
Horace S. Ely & Co
Vanderpool & McLeanhhan
Pearl and
Beaver Sts
Captain Kidd
Manhattan Island
Frick to Have $500000 Cottage at Pride's Crossing
Beverly Mass December 12 Work has begun on a half million dollar cottage for Henry C Frick Pittsburg steel magnate to be the most magnificent summer home on the Massachusetts shore The five acre Pride's Crossing Beverly Farms property will feature a conservatory stables garage and power and lighting plants with an elaborate architectural scheme and ocean views.
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the Tribune
Beverly
Mass
Henry C. Frick
Pittsburg
Massachusetts
Pride's Crossing
Beverly Farms
Whitecappers to Be Tried in Mississippi Case
Mobile dispatch reports Judge M H Wilkinson of Brook Haven Mississippi informs Lincoln County grand jury of 500 whitecapping cases to be examined this session. Elias Whit Bob Cliff Smith and Elbert Gill surrendered to face murder or participation charges in Henry List killing. Brunt Smith father of the youths was jailed on a magistrates warrant but released to coax surrender. he faces possible re-arrest only if indicted.
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LHF Tribune
Mobile
Ala
M. H. Wilkinson
Brook Haven
Miss
Lincoln County Grand Jury
Law and Order League
Elias
Whit
Bob
Cliff” Smith
Elbert Gill
Wilkinson
Smith
Brunt Smith
Four Vessels Driven Ashore in Fierce Newfoundland Gale
A violent east coast storm driven by the worst gale in fifteen years drove ashore the bark Fanny and the schooners Hibernia Tidal Wave and Harold Parks near St. John s Newfoundland wrecking them. Several other ships were damaged or delayed by the storm including Sicily Neptune Algerine and Damara and several steamers and Seemetsal vessels.
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St. John's
N. F
Fanny
Hibernia
Harold Parks
Sicily
Neptune
Algerine
Damara
Seemetsal
Peace Treaty Expected Between Paraguay Gov’t and Insurgents
Buenos Ayres reports Foreign Secretary Sefior Larreta says a peace treaty is expected to be signed tomorrow between the Paraguay government and the insurgents, signaling a possible end to the conflict.
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Buenos Ayres
Sefior Larreta
Paraguay
Carnegie Won't Testify in Chadwick Case due to Lumbago
Doctor certifies Andrew Carnegie’s physician says the ironmaster has an acute lumbago attack and must not travel to Ohio to testify against Cassie L Chadwick. Grand jury in Cleveland returns two indictments against Chadwick as Reynolds of Wade Park Bank cites bank deception. Pittsburg loan worth 500000 alleged. James W Friend named but unavailable for comment.
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Ohio
Cassie L. Chadwick
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Iir Reynolds
Wade Park Bank
Andrew Carnegie
Chad Wick
Pittsburg
James W. Friend
Pressed Steel Car Company
Indictment Uncertain as Carnegie Skips Cleveland Hearing
Carnegie avoids Cleveland grand jury due to acute lumbago per Dr Garmany, risking delay of Mrs Chadwick forgery cases. Chadwick may waive examination and stay at Tombs. others consider Suffolk County indictment for grand larceny. Powers denies trading with Carnegie. Ryall hints Newton fraud case. Subpoena served to Carnegie. Burnett calls charge against Mrs Chadwick unusual.
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Jasper J. Garmany
United States District Attorney
Cleveland
Garmany
Mr. Carnegie
Carnegie
Chadwick
Philip Carpenter
Tribune
Suffolk County
Mass
George Ryall
Herbert B. Newton
Mr. Ryall
Edmund W. Powers
Beckwith
Mra Chadwick
McClusky
Mc Carnegie
William Eliot
United States
Marshall Henkel
Fifthave
Elitet
Carnegieg
United States Marshal
Federal Grand Jury
Ohio
Train Service Between New York and Upstate Through Sleepers
A Lackawanna train has been placed in service leaving New York at 843 P. M. daily with through sleepers for Utica Syracuse Ithaca and Buffalo. The note records the new schedule and route offering.
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Lackawanna
New York
Utica
Syracuse
Ithaca
Buffalo
Adove
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Byne
Brink
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Fort Arthur
Daily Man
Berether Sar
Bleak Island
Pacific
Dewey’s Wines
Wall
Russia
Nixon
Hot Springs, Ark
Reservation
Mississippi
Congress of the United States
Frick
Newfoundland
Olcott
Shields
Powers
Ironmaster
Mr. Marshal
William Henkel
Southern District
United States Court
Grand Jury
Henry L. Burnett
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