Parliament Nepotism Debate Aims at Cabinet Family Page
London December 18 short session of Parliament contrasts Sir Robert Cecil led cabinet nepotism with Bartley’s blunt attack on family dominance. Lloyd George condemns ministers’ private interests in contracts. Chamberlain defends himself while highlighting the family’s merchant roots and imperial reach.
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London
Chamberlain
Lord Salisbury
Cecil
Arthur Balfour
Treasury
House of Commons
Lord Selborne
Admiralty
Gerald Balfour
Board of Trade
Lord Cranborne
Lord Rosebery
Lords
Hatfield
Bartley
Commons
Cecils
Canterbury
Mr. Bartley
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Mr. Chamberlain
Cecil Kitchen
Pitts
Walpoles
Grenvilles
Lord North
Lord Temple
England
Foreign Office
Mr. Lloyd George
Model of Public Library Exhibited at City Hall
A plaster model of the New York Public Library was placed in the Governor's Room at City Hall for public viewing. It will be on display on weekdays, with closure at noon on Saturdays, and shows proposed dimensions and room layout including a seven-floor stack, a large third-floor reading area, and a central delivery system.
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New York Public Library
Astor, Lenox and Tilden
Governor's Room
City Hall
Fifthave
Fortieth
Forty-second Sts
Grand Central Porch
Fortieth St
Forty-second St
Forty-second-st
Museum Gains Miner als and Meteorites Worth Up to 200000
The American Museum of Natural History receives a minerals and meteorites collection valued between 150000 and 200000 dollars, assembled over 35 years by Clarence S. Bement of Philadelphia. The meteorites number 500 to 600 specimens from 445 falls, with some items priced by the gramme.
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Bement
American Museum OF Natural
American Museum of Natural History
Clarence S. Bement
Philadelphia
United States
Europe
Kunz
New-York
National Museum
Washington
Tiffany
Morris K. Jesup
Arsenal
Central Park
Jesup
New York
News Butcher To Go From Rail Lines
The newsboy, or news butcher, faces removal as railroads drop him amid public prejudice. Decline stems from cheaper printed matter and proliferation of stands selling news, candy, and fruit, making the traditional vendor a nuisance to travelers.
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New-York Central
Tribune
Lehigh
Erie
Chicago and
Alton
Orders From Japan and Chili Boost U S Steel Exports
The United States emerges as a major iron and steel exporter as foreign orders rise. The Chilean government via Flint, Eddy & Co. placed an order for 300 freight cars and 16 Baldwin locomotives worth about 45000 dollars. The Japanese government ordered 10000 tons of steel rails through the same firm. Sefior Ocampo, at the Waldorf, seeks aid for Buenos Aires harbor work, likely using American labor and materials. T. A. Eddy notes improving trade with China and rising shipments amid regional calm.
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United States
Flint, Eddy & Co
Sefior Ocampo
Senate
Waldorf-Astoria
Buenos Ayres
T. A. Eddy
China
Minerals Crown a Museum Display With Rare Treasures
The article highlights mineral riches appealing to scholars and the public, noting quartz crystals, fluor spar, beryls, and more. It recounts a 65 pound smoky quartz from Tiefen Glacier named The President, and an 8.5 inch emerald from North Carolina valued at $1,000 in 1884. The building project includes galleries and a $2,000,000 cost estimate.
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Tyre
Vesuvius
Tiefen Glacier
Furca Pass
M. Burke
Berne
Bement
North Carolna
Kunz
Professor Vom Rath
Universty
Bonn
Arrested as George D Essauer in New Orleans
A man who registered at the St Charles Hotel as Dr Carle was arrested after hotel staff said he resembled George D Essauer the Chicago fugitive who disappeared months ago and later faced London extradition issues. Detectives identified him as Essauer despite denials. The MacKenzies, English travelers, claimed Carle was their guide en route to Texas.
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Austen Chamberlain
Tubes, Limited
Haskins & Co
Birmingham Trust Company
Colombo Commercial Company
Lloyd George
Chamberlains
Labouchere
Mr. Chamberlain
Colonies
Lord Salisbury
Commons
Ceylon
Birmingham
Pitt
England
Chamberlain
London
House of Commons
Empire
New Orleans
St. Charles
Dr. Carle
Carle
George D’essauer
Chicago
D’essauer
The
William MacKenzie
J. Carle
George D'Essauer
MacKenzies
Texas
Working Out His Freedom: A Self-Paid Slavery Debt
Dick Nugent a Laurens County negro bought freedom before the Civil War for $1000 paying half in cash. After emancipation courts mandated slave debts be paid. He worked long to settle the note using an ox and homemade cloth, growing thriftier and financially secure in old age.
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Columbia
S. C
Laurens
Dick” Nugent
Nugent
States
New Gouverneur Hospital Nears Opening Before Christmas
The new Gouverneur Hospital building, four stories of brick with brownstone trim, is nearly complete and being furnished at a cost of about 200000. It will replace the 39-bed facility with a 10-bed capacity and features a large wards area, X ray plant, laboratories, an accident ward, a children’s ward, and nurse facilities.
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Gouverneur Hospital
Commissioner of Charities
Man Kills Himself With Carbolic Acid In Tenement
A 51 year old man, Fritz Brunke, was found dead in his top floor apartment at 308 East Eighty eighth Street after ingesting carbolic acid. He reportedly believed mankind had outlived its usefulness and had warned his wife he would not live another year.
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Fritz Brunke
East Eighty-eighth St
Brunke
Anarchists Plot to Kill Italian Socialists in Barre
Police uncover a claimed plot by about fifteen anarchists to murder Italian Socialists, with four involved in Barre and others in Montpelier. The informant says the plan aimed at revenge for Chief Brown foiling a prior attack at a Socialist dance. Brown reports warnings of further harm after restoring order.
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Barre
Montpelier
Chef Brown
Reciproc ity Extension Urged by Business Groups
Washington Dec 99 Many letters from business interests across the country urge negotiations with foreign powers to protect exports or open new markets. The State Department cannot reply until the Senate acts on reciprocity treaties, after which it will address inquiries and requests.
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Washington
State Department
Department
Senate
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Family Affairs
Lady Salisbury
South Africa
Mafeking
Spencer F. Baird
Nordenskiold
von Rath
Groth
Lacroix
Maskelyne
British Museum
Professor Miers
Oxford
Spang
Baron Braun
Munich
Tribune Almanac
the Tribune
Union News Company
Japan
Art Room
Department of Prints
Fugi
Tive
Justice
War
Horner’s Furniture
R. J. Horner & CO
West 23d Street
Eden Musee
Man
Vermont
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