Snowstorm Records Strike City as Cleaners Fight Back
Snow halted only briefly as four inches fell with eight inch totals and 26 000 wagon loads removed. Railroads lagged in snow removal while street crews and contractors battled to clear Manhattan and The Bronx. Harbor traffic slowed and ferry service faced delays as plows and sweepers worked through the day and night.
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M. D. Bouton
New York City Railroad
Union Railway
The
Bronx
Brooklyn Bridge
New- York
New-York
New Havven
Hartford
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Manhattan
Brooklyn
William Bradley
Mercury
New Bland
Newfoundland
Rooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Clark
Brooklyn Streetees Bureau
Wat
Night Subway Crash Stirs Mob At Harlem River Curve
An elevated line derailment halted Third and Second avenues last night from 9 to 11. Crowds mobbed ticket booths over transfers and refunds as trains stalled, rescues arrived, and police steadied the chaos.
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Second Ave
Second-ave
Third-ave
Eighth-St
Harlem
Onehundred-And
Seventh-St
Onehundred
Twenty-Fifth-St
Alexander Ave
Union Street Railway
Westchester Division
Subway
St Paul Arrives After Worst Sea Passage Yet Across Atlantic
The American Line steamship St Paul arrived from Southampton after a troubled voyage marked by mountainous seas and heavy gales. Only ten of ninety-two sat for meals at times, one passenger injured, and a passenger couple recalling days of nearly continuous storm. The voyage left Southampton December 19 and faced floods, bridge submersion, and water in the engine room during gales on the 12th through 18th.
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American Line
St. Paul
Southampton
B. F. Taylor
England
Porte Makes More Objections in Macedonia Gendarmerie
The Porte replies to Austria and Russia opposing a higher number of foreign officers in the Macedonian gendarmerie. It argues the increase would disturb native populations and affect local order.
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Constantinople
The
Porte
Austria
Russia
Torpedo Boat Gregory to Sail Abroad Under Own Power
The Russian navy torpedo boat Gregory completed her trial run yesterday on her builder Lewis Nixon aboard amidships. The vessel is prepared for a voyage abroad under her own steam and power.
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Lewis Nixon
Endowment Drive at Holy Communion Nears $200000 total
The Rev Dr Henry Mottet announced the Holy Communion parish has raised most of the $100000 sought for a funds boost and may finish by New Year. Donations came from diverse faiths including Roman Catholics and Jewish leaders, plus a Sun day school helper, with total endowment nearing $200000 and related gifts pushing overall funds to about $400000. A commemorative stained glass window for Rev William Moir was unveiled during the service.
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Henry Mottet
Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion
Mottet
New-York
Fifth-av
Felix Adler
Ethical Culture Society
The
Holy Communion
Sisterhood of the Holy Communion
Holy Communion Home
Parish of the Holy Communion
Japanese Fleet Reported Near Pescadores Islands
A Tokyo dispatch cited by Washington sources says forty Japanese ships passed the Pescadores Islands south of Formosa and are presumed bound to join the Russian Baltic fleet.
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Griscom
Tokio
Pescadores Islands
Formosa
Japanese torpedo boats sunk in Sevastopol operations
Tokyo reports two Japanese torpedo boats lost during actions against the battleship Sevastopol already reported as disabled at Port Arthur.
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Tokio
Sevastopol
Port Arthur
Four arrested in counterfeiting plot with large plant
Frank Schleiman John Miller alias George Williams and Elizabeth Rueber appeared before Magistrate Ommen at the Tombs and were remanded without bail for examination on a technical charge of being suspicious persons. Police say they found a complete counterfeiting plant forming dimes and half dollars along with stolen silverware and a gold clock. Another suspect John Hoffman was later arrested implicated by Schleiman.
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Ommen
Kinsler
Duggie
Secret Service
Upper
Lower East Side
Harlem
Frank Schleiman
Fourth-st
John Miller
George Williams
East One-hundred-and-twenty-fifth-st
Elizabeth Rueber
Miller
Hughes
Rogues’ Gallery
Flynn
Duggin
Schleiman
Rueber
Fourth-si
E. W. Williams
East
Flatbush
Queens
John Hoffman
No. 7
Chatham Square
Schlefman
Torpedo Boat Gregory Tries Sea Trials at Perth Amboy
The Russian torpedo boat Gregory built by Lewis Nixon at Ramsay shipyard conducted a daylight trial in Lower Bay to adjust compasses and test engines. A rope jam caused previous engine trouble. steering gear updates improved performance. The vessel, now seagoing ready with two signal masts, awaits stores and lifeboat before final sea voyage.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Gregory
Lewis Nixon
Ramsay
Nixon
Russia
Oil laden barge burn near Squaw Beach off Point Pleasant
A large oil laden barge burning about a mile offshore Squaw Beach is seen from shore. The tug towed it close and likely rescued the crew as flames rise high and smoke blankets the sea. The vessel, believed to be York, drifts toward a shoal with shifting wind.
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Point Pleasant
N. J
Squaw Beach
York
Investi
Arsenic in Tobacco Sparked Murder Plot in New Jersey
Princeton on December 18 reports a chilling case as William Lutz received a Christmas present tobacco plug. A concealed slit hid thirty two grains of arsenic and green powder inside. He alerted a chemist whose analysis confirmed the poison and investigators seek the would be killer.
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Princeton
N. J
William Lutz
Lutz
Luiz
Port Arthur Siege Report Details 203 Metre Hill Losses
General Stoessel's dispatches describe a brutal assault on Port Arthur ending with the capture of 203 Metre Hill. He cites Japanese losses around 22 000 by December 2 and notes General Tserpinsky died of wounds. Russian forces numbered 16 000 with 8 000 in hospitals. provisions held and ammo conserved.
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Port Arthur
Stoessel
Che-Foo
St. Petersburg
Tserpinsky
Mizzenof
Poltava
Steessel
Russians Still Hope for Ports Relief at Port Arthur
From St. Petersburg the publicized dispatches to the Emperor recount the late November to December assaults on Port Arthur, noting heavy Japanese losses and the garrison’s steadfast defense. They detail Hill 208 Metre gains, shelling of the squadron, and the brave actions of officers Kondratchenko Nikitin Gorbatovsky Napumenko and others amid a brutal, ongoing bombardment.
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Stoessel
Che-Foo
Port Arthur
Kondratchenko
Nikitin
Gorbatovsky
Napumenko
Pigeon Bay
Pan- Lung
Visakata
Hondratchenko
Irrmann
Eretiakot
Naoumenko
Gan
Dourine
T Garrison
Russians Recall Desperate Assaults At Port Arthur Hill
Commander Mizzenoff, ex Poltava officer, describes the high hill battles at Port Arthur. He notes 16,000 troops in forts, heavy casualties, and continued Russian defense while Japan sustains a fierce siege with smoke and flames shaping a brutal siege scene.
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Mass
Stamford
Secund
St. Paul’s
Washington
Womer
the Gregory
the Tribune
Mizzenoff
Ing
Enor
Eral Stoessel
Felows
Visokaia Hill
Dolonel Boutonssoty
Frontier Guards
Cember
General Stoesse
Hish Hill
Luo-Teal-Shan
Orry
Laet
Dante
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