Tens of Sand Hogs Trapped in Pennsylvan ia Tunnel Cave-In
Rescue efforts continued through the night as two watchmen Carli Frank and Tom Tony remained entombed in a East and Borden avenues tunnel heading at Hunter's Point. Compressed air and a deeper shaft are required to reach them while fears grow of fainting hunger and madness.
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Pennsylvania
Long Island City
S. Pierson & Sons Company, Limited
Patrick Maguire
Kleefeld’s
No. 12
Bordenave
Cas
Maguire
Hunter's Point
East
Borden Aves
Carli Frank
Tom Tony
Greenpoint
East-ave
Newtown Creek
Borden-ave
Eastave
Rast-ave
James Johnston
Department of Sewers
Three Banks Suspend J R Walsh in Crash
Old Chicago money panic erupts as three Walsh controlled banks the Chicago National Bank Home Savings Bank and the Equitable Trust Company reveal heavy losses. A bank syndicate forms to pay depositors and liquidate assets while Walton Walsh resists. Depositors lined up for payouts as authorities coordinate reorganizaton and failed loans totaling about 15 million dollars come to light.
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Tribune
Chicago
Clearing House Committee
Chicago Associated Banks
W. B. Ridgely
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Home Savings Bank
Equitable Trust Company
Associated Banks
Mr. Walsh
Walsh
Fred M. Blount
C. K. G. Billings
New York
James B. Forgan
John J. Mitchell
Orson Smith
James H. Eckels
Byron L. Smith
Charles H. Bosworth
National Bank Examiner
Col
Southern Indiana
Southern Indiana Railroad
Indiana Coal
Chicago National
First National Bank
Phoenix National of New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ridgely
Chicago Clearing House
Holiday Rates to the South
Holiday rates from Washington to the South via the Atlantic Coast Line feature in the notice. The deal covers December 90, 93 to 24, 25, and 26 with January 1st travel listed. The advertisement highlights a 1,141 mile route and special advance rates.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Brick Trust Tumbles as Small Dealers Win in Chicago
In Chicago on December 18, the Brick Trust surrendered to State's Attorney Healy. Nine defendants including executives from the Illinois Brick Company and Chicago Brick Company were fined 2000 each. W H Weckler turned state evidence. The case targeted the brickmakers' cartel that controlled Chicago area output and forced contractors to pay workers during strikes or risk supply cutoffs.
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Chicago
Brick Trust” of
Healy
W. H. Weckler
George C. Prussing
Illinois Brick Company
John H. Grey
William H. Weckler
Edward J. Tomlins
Chicago Brick Company
John H. Shellhamber
American Brick Company
Patrick McMahon
Brick, Sand, Lime and Terra Cotta Teamsters’ Union
Charles Hank
Brickmakers’ Union
Illnois Brick Company
Sands Near Death Amid Yachting Stalwart’s Illness
Frederick P. Sands, Newport yachtsman and longtime New York Yacht Club member, lies gravely ill at home. He chaired the NYYC Newport station, helped stage 1901 cup-defender races, and held Rhode Island Yacht Club ex-commodore honors. His daughter Mary Sands wed Lorillard Spencer Jr. he married Julia E. Simpson.
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Tribune
Newport
R. I
Frederick P. Sands
Sands
New York
New- York Yacht Club
Newport Yacht Racing Association
Rhode Island Yacht Club
Lawson
Independence
New England
Mary Sands
Lorillard Spencer, Jr
Julia E. Simpson
Opium Poison Threatens Newark Official
John J. McGrath president of the Assessment Commission for Public Improvements in Newark was found unconscious from acute opium poisoning at Smith and McNeil’s Hotel. He was moved to the House of Relief and doctors warned of possible death though later reports suggested potential recovery.
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John J. McGrath
The
Assessment Commission For Public Improvements
Newark
Newst
Smith & MecNeil
House of Relief
McGrath
Waddell
Cantwell
Williams
Essex County Republican Committee
Newark Builders and Traders’ Exchange
Clinton St
Two Vessels Given Up in South Atlantic Trading Losses
Newport News reports the German steamer Andes, bound for Guants Venezuela, overdue forty eight days and presumed lost after disappearing October 22 past the Virginia capes. Captain Manz and twenty two crew including relatives aboard are presumed dead. Also declared lost is the whaleback bath barge and seaman crew after a storm near Cape Henry. The Bayview abandoned search for the Bath after failing to locate the barge.
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Newport. News
Guants
Venezuela
Lloyds Register of Shipping
Virginia Capes
West Indies
Manz
Andes
Philadelphia
Forthubert
New-York
E. Tesper
New- York
F. Botel
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. Martin
New
Bayview
Winter Quarter
Cape Henry
McKenzie
Speakership race reshaped after Fifth Avenue Hotel talks
Assemblymen Rogers and Moreland withdraw from the Speakership contest after a conference with Col George W Dunn and others at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. James W Wadsworth Jr named by Governor Higgins as preferred candidate. Odell and allies push for control of the State committee with a Thursday vote looming.
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James T. Rogers
Broome
Sherman Moreland
Chemung
George W. Dumngs
John W. Dwight
Fifth Avenue Hotel
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Higgins
Assembly
New York County
Odell
George R. Malloy
Edn A. Merrit, Jr
Merritt
Livingston County
George W. Dunn
Binghamton
Malloy
Assemblyman
Wadsworth
Manhattan
Hotel Manhattan
Rogers
N. E. Quigg
J. Sloat Fassett
Moreland
Cox
Parsons
Dunn
Washington
Buffalo
Binghampton
Dann
Roosevelt
Higgins Names James Wadsworth Jr Speaker Candidate
Albany December 18 Governor Higgins announced that James W. Wadsworth Jr. son of Congressman James W. Wadsworth and son in law of John Hay is his pick for Speaker of the Assembly for the January session. The decision stirred surprise and drew comments from Assembly members and officials as the governor sought unanimous support and signaled possible Republican unity in the upcoming Legislature.
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Albany
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
James W. Wadsworth
Congress
John Hay
Higgins
Wadsworth
Hooker
Mr. Wadsworth
Barnes
Albany County
Assembly
Rogers
Binghamton
Merritt
St. Lawrence
Mr. Merritt
Cox
Erie
Greiner
Buffalo
Henry K. Williams
Dunkirk
Nixon
2D Chautauqua
Messrs. Mead
Appeal of the Workmen's Council Sparks Civil War Hysteria
In St Petersburg on December 18 officials report the Workmen's Council has printed 100000 copies of its paper declaring a civil war on the proletariat. It claims the throne is tottering, army divisions in Riga already proclaim a republic, and vows to fight to the end. The Pan Russian Union of the Army and Navy calls soldiers to join the people, while government measures and Berlin selling pressures affect markets. Governor Regensk of Riga seeks troops as rail lines are damaged amid insurgent clashes.
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St. Petersburg
Riga
Witte
Pan-Russian Union of the Army and Navy
Berlin
Imperials
Bourse Gazette
Regensk
Stoeckmansof
Livonia
Doubassoff
Chernigoff
Moscow
Autocrats Stand Firm as Russian Struggle Grows
Reported stalemate between autocracy and Russia’s people hinges on a general strike. St Petersburg workmen await Moscow leaders’ opinions. Baltic provinces deteriorate with Riga shelling and Mitau deaths. Government may deploy two army corps to crush the revolt.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Baltic
Riga
Mitau
Troops hemmed in by insurgents in Mitau Lovish siege
In Mitau and Libau insurgents overwhelm and trap soldiers after drawing them from countryside positions. A detachment loses its commander and thirty men in a night assault. Insurgents gouge out eyes and sever ears and hands from fallen troops as bands organize with rifles and bayonets.
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Mitau
Courland
Riga
Libau
Mueller
Insurgent Control Expands in Livonia and Courland
Lorpat Livonia December 18 report says southern Livonia and most of Courland are in insurgent hands while the military remain feeble. A note mentions travel by the Twentieth Century Limited between Riga and Wenden with New York departure at 2 30 P M and Chicago arrival at 8 30 next morning.
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Lorpat
Livonia
Courland
Riga
Wenden
Twentieth Century Limited
New York
Chicago
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J. R. Walsh
Brick Trust
F. P. Sands
J. J. McGrath
Dewey’s
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Odeli
Malby
State Committee
Friends of the State
Strasbourger
Ambrose 0. Neal
Ryan
Payne Whitney
Olcott
Royal Blue
Bentmore & Qghio
President Roosevelt
Perge
Workmen's Council
Army
Clinehinst
Lithuania
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