Coronation Durbar Opens With Elaborate Delhi Pageant
The Viceroy Lord Curzon leads a grand procession into Delhi to mark King Edward's accession as Emperor of India. A line of seventy elephants, vast escorts, and royal banners accompany the Duke of Connaught and other high officials. Crowds cheer as the cortege passes Jumma Masjid and into the open park, ending with a chaotic return to camps due to traffic disruptions.
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Delhi
India
Curgon of
Kedleston
Edward
Jeneth
Lahore Gate
Jumma Masjid
Asia
Empire
Lord Kitchener
Moree
Duke of Connaught
Lady Curson
Connaught
Wiley shuns publicity on thoracic diet experiments
Washington reports Dr. Wiley, head of the Bureau of Chemistry, seeks to keep his late 19th century thoracic diet trials confidential. He fears newspaper misrepresentation as the young volunteers undergo monitored feeding in a controlled laboratory. Only limited details are shared, with officials insisting no permanent injury to volunteers and that conclusions will require further analysis.
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Washington
Bureau of Chemistry
Dr. Wiley
Wiley
Whites and Negroes Battle at Florida Mine Hit by Deaths
In Williston Florida on December 29 a clash near Newberry phosphate mines left two black workers dead and two white men wounded. White leaders Wimner Flowers Roy Landran N Landran and M Colley, armed, encountered armed black workers. fire was exchanged. One black man was captured and turned over to the Sheriff.
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Williston
Fla
Gesad
Newberry
Wimner Flowers
Roy Landran
N. Landran
M. Colley
Commissioner Hermann to Go from General Land Office
Washington dispatch reports Binger Hermann resigns as Commissioner of the General Land Office. William A. Richards will succeed him February 1. The Interior Department pressed the resignation amid strained ties with Secretary Hitchcock. Charges have been filed against Harry King and Frederick P. Metzger in the draughtsman division, with Metzger named for mismanagement. Metzger previously came from Kansas and served as chief clerk.
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Washington
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
William A. Richards
Mr. Hermann
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
Hermann
Harry King
Frederick P. Metzger
Mr. Metzger
Kansas
New Assistant Secretary Named for Treasury
Robert B. Armstrong, private secretary to Secretary Shaw, will be appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury upon Congress convening, to lead the customs branch. The 29 year old Illinois native is trusted by Shaw and brings notable ability. Captain A D Lynch resigns ill health. F F Oldham of Cincinnati to fill the vacancy in the Controller of the Currency office.
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Washington
Robert B. Armstrong
Shaw
the Treasury
Congress
O. TI. Spaulding
Armstrong
Illinois
Customs
Treasury Department
A. D. Lynch
Indiana
F. F. Oldham
Cincinnati
Governor's Military Staff For Next Year Named In Albany
Albany announces the governor's military staff for 19% including Brigadier General Nelson H Hunt adjutant general Major Harrison Kerr Bird military secretary and several aides from the National Guard and Naval Militia Two changes include Captain Laimbere replacing Lt Col Fowler and Lt Barron replacing Captain Roth with details of prior service for Laimbere and Barron
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Tribune
Albany
Nelson H Hunt
Harrison Kerr Bird
William Littauer
Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
National Guard
Charles ©. Davis
13Th
John James Byrne
Ames Evrrett Mintyne
John Timothy Sadler
Alde—De-Camp
Seymour Penfield White
Alde-De-Camp
Charles J. Debevoise
Alde Decamp
Richard Harper Latmbresa, Jr
Chauncey Matlock
Thomas Barron
William Leland Thompson
Augustus Sherwood Chatfield
Sth
Edward S. Fowler
Laimbeer
George F. Roth
Barron
Ith
4Th Regiment
New-York Volunteers
Fisher's Island
Peekskill
New $5,000,000 Steel Company Formed in Hartford
A certificate of organization for the Alabama Steel and Wire Corporation of Hartford is filed with the Secretary of State. Authorized capital stock is 5 million dollars across 50 000 shares, half preferred. No cash paid yet, but 6 963 shares each of preferred and common stock have been acquired. Officers include President T Schuler Gadssen Alabama. Vice President G H Schuler Birmingham Alabama. Treasurer George Van Zandt Chicago. Secretary Ward B Sawyer Chicago.
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Hartford
Conn
Alabama Steel and Wire Corporation
Alabama Steel and Wire Company of Alabama
T. Schuler
Gadsden
Ala
G. H. Schuler
Birmingham
George van Zandt
Chicago
Ward B. Sawyer
Mice and Men Produced in New National Theatre Debut
The first American production of Mice and Men arrived at the New National Theatre with Annie Russell in the lead. Charles Frohman presents the Madeline Lucette Ryley play, backed by Orrin Johnson John Mason and Mrs. G. H. Gilbert before a socially prominent audience.
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Washington
Charles Frohman
Annie Russell
New National Theatre
Miss Russell
Madeline Lucette Ryley
Orrin Johnson
John Mason
G. H. Gilbert
Gretna Green at New Haven Opens with Miss Tyree
Miss Elizabeth Tyree returns as Dolly Erskine in Gretna Green a three act romantic comedy by Grace Livingston Furniss at the Hyperion Theatre under Henry b Harris management. The drama centers on a sprightly early nineteenth century maid who wins the heart of the Earl of Basset. The play premieres in New York January 5 at Madison Square Theatre.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
New-Haven, Conn
Elizabeth Tyree
Henry B. Harris
Hyperion Theatre
Gretna Green
Grace Livingston Furniss
New York
Madison Square Theatre
Mascagni's Manager Sued Over Contract Losses
A Circuit Court suit by Chamberlain Harrington Kindt against Richard Heard, former Mascagni manager, claims £2000 damages for alleged breach of a contract to present the Mascagni Opera Company at Burlington Muscatine Davenport Keokuk Iowa Peoria and Rock Island. Illness of the company prevented performances.
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Chicago
Richard Heard
Pietro Mascagni
F. W. Chamberlain
Samuel Harrington
Charles Kindt
Chamberlain, Harrington & Kindt
Assumpsit
Heard
Mascagni Opera Company
Chamberlain
Gifts From Sultan of Morocco to Russian Violinist Kocian
Russian violinist Kocian received from the Sultan of Morocco through his American manager Rudolph Aronson a Moorish scimitar and two pairs of gold trimmed sandals. Gifts were sent to President Roosevelt for delivery to Kocian and arrived in this country last week after a meeting between Kocian and the Sultan at a concert before King Edward. The Sultan invited a Tangiers visit, postponed due to tour plans.
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Kocian
Rudolph Aronson
Morocco
Mr. Aronson
Edward
Tangiers
Roosevelt
Lorenz Goes Tomorrow Ends His American Tour
Renowned surgeon Adolf Lorenz departs aboard the Celtic after a US tour demonstrating bloodless hip reduction methods. His visits to Chicago Denver San Francisco St Louis New York and Boston highlighted the treatment of congenital hip dislocation for many children and spurred interest in state-supported hospital programs.
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Adolf Lorenz
America
Celtic
Lolita Armour
J. Ogden. Armour
Chicago
Lorenz
Denver
Colorado Medical Society
San Francisco
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Armour
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Mueller
Cornell University Medical College
Aldermen to Honor Lorenz at City Hall
Adolf Lorenz will receive this afternoon at 3 15 from a special Board of Aldermen committee an engrossed album of resolutions praising his distinguished services. Mayor Low may attend. The album is silver mounted twelve by eighteen inches in moire lined box with a silver plate inscription A L and a Lorenz portrait. The presenting committee includes Sullivan Walkley and President Fornes. No regular aldermen meeting today.
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Adolf Lorenz
Board of Aldermen
Dorctor
Low
Sullivan
A. L
Lorenz
Walkley
Fornes
Aldermen
No Conference With Harriman On Strike Action
Dispatches from Omaha report unions for machinists boiler makers and other Union Pacific workers invited by E H Harriman to confer yesterday about the strike. Harriman denied any conference and the labor leaders were snowbound and uncertain about arrival. The strike remains on and could spread to other Harriman shops unless settled.
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Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad Company
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Alexander Millar
Union Pacific
Ashland House
Party of Labor
James Wilson
New York
International Association of Machinists
John O'Connell
Labor
Harrimans
Grand Trunk Inquest Begins Over Wanstead Accident
Wyoming Ont December 29 The inquest into the Wanstead Grand Trunk accident opened with Dispatcher James Kerr testifying that orders to have the express meet the freight were correctly repeated and marked OK The testimony covered delay reports and the use of bust it cancellations as the inquiry proceeds. Kerr and Andrew Carson the Watford operator were to be recalled.
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Ont
Grand Trunk Railway
Wanstead
James Kerr
London
Kerr
Watford
O. K
King's Court
King’s Court
Costello
W. J. Hanna
Carson
Pope
Grand Trunk
James Troyer
Andrew Carson
Elizabeth Man Eugene Jones Dies in New York Hospital
Eugene Jones longtime vice president and later president of the Hecker Jones Jewell mining syndicate died at Presbyterian Hospital in NYC. Born July 31 1842 in Fairfield Connecticut he led Jones Co flour mills in New York and built a large Elizabeth New Jersey real estate portfolio. He lived in Tarrytown before moving to Elizabeth in 1899 owning the Dix Building HQ for the Republican committees and leaving a wife and one son.
Race to file petition in bankruptcy against W. Einhorn furriers
Two lawyers raced to file involuntary bankruptcy against W. Finhorn furriers at 16 East Seventeenth Street. James Schell Elkus petitioned creditors claim 2000 and 4000 and 3000 dollar debts, alleging insolvency, hidden goods worth 20000, assets 5000 against 90000 liabilities, and missing Wolf Einhorn. Brookyn judge appoints temporary receiver George H. Gilman. a second petition by House Grossman Vorhaus lists 1822 1500 and 425 dollar debts, claims 20000 withdrawn and 25000 concealed, Albert Einhorn present at December 27 creditors meeting offering 30 cents on the dollar.
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W. Finhorn
Wolf Einhorn
Ww. Einhorn
House, Grossman & Vorhaus
Herman Basche
Vorhaus & Stempel
A. Kornpluth & Bro
Albert Einhorn
George H. Gilman
Thomas
James S Bailey dies at 53 in Jersey City
James S Bailey, organizer and president of J S Bailey & Co. wholesale pork packers, died of heart disease at his Jersey City home 281 Eighth St. He was born in Sterling, Mass., led several firms, and served on the Jersey City Board of Education and Board of Finance. Survived by one daughter Gertrude. Burial set for Sterling, Mass. Thursday.
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James
Gertrude Bailey
Bailey
Colonial Life Insurance Company of America
Jersey City
Notable Syracuse Contractor Amos Mason Dead at 78
Syracuse, Dec 29. Amos I Mason a prominent local contractor died today at age seventy eight. He built many of the city's largest structures and was widely known for his work ethic and impact on Syracuse architecture.
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Syracuse
Amos 1. Mason
Gilman Will Not Resign as Controller Announces Continuity
Albany Der 29 State Controller Miller announced no major changes in his department after January 1 Deputy Controller Gilman and Second Deputy Merriman will remain assistants for two more years ensuring continuity in state financial operations and oversight.
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Der
Miller
Gilman
Merriman
Miss Mahala Terry Dies at One Hundred in Simsbury
Hartford, Conn., Dec 29 Miss Mahala Terry of Terry Plains Simsbury died today at her home She was one hundred years old on July 4 last Her birthday was celebrated by Abigail Phelps Chapter Daughters of the Revolution with which Miss Terry was an original member and connected as a Daughter of the Revolution.
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Hartford
Conn
Mahala Terry
Terry Plains
Simsbury
Abigail Phelps
Daughters of the Revolution
Miss Terry
Attorney General Davies To Leave Antitrust Action Question
Albany December 23 Attorney General Davies announced he would leave to his successor the question of bringing a suit under the Anti-Trust law against the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company and other coal companies and coal carrying railroads.
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Tribune
Albany
Davies
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Warburton Gouverneur Iselin Dies at Twenty Four
Warburton Gouverneur Iselin son of John H Iselin died at his home 22 East Twenty second street after a two week illness pneumonia was the cause of death He was twenty four years old Educated at St Mark's and Columbia University Funeral service set for Thursday at Garrisons on Hudson
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Warburton
Gouverneur Iselin
John H. Iselin
East Twenty-second St
Iselin
St. Mark's
Columbia University
Garrisons-on-Hudson
Flat Top coal field to raise wages in new year
Huntington W V Dec 29 The Flat Top coal field operators will grant workers an advance of 19 to 20 percent starting January 1 affecting about twelve thousand men.
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Huntington
W. Va
Flat Top
Prominent Arrivals at Notable Hotels Across the City
The report lists notable guests at several leading hotels including Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island, Leslie M. Shaw, ex-Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland, Major A. R. Paxton, Captain T. C. Moore, and others. It names guests at Grand Union, Hoffman, Holland, Imperial, Manhattan, Murray Hill, Victoria, and Waldorf hotels, with affiliations from state governors to railway executives.
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Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Arthur P. Gorman
Maryland
A. R. Paxton
T. C. Moore
U.S. A. Grand Union
John Palmer
Albany
New York State
Hoffman
Louis Bedell
Goshen
A. Hamilton
Holland
Zenas Crane
Dalton
Mass
Imperial
George T. Bradley
Connecticut
Manhattan
A. O. Leuscher
University of California
A. A. Pope
Farmington
Conn
Murray Hill
I. Rider Cady
Hudson
Hamilton Revelle
London
Victoria
George E. Green
Binghamton
Waldorf
John F. Dryden
New Jersey
A. G. Yates
Rochester, Buffalo and Hamilton Railway
T. H. Watkins
Scranton
J. (. Stubbs
Southwestern Pacific Railway
M. A. Otero
New Mexico
Mills in McKeesport Reopen as New Year Nears
The Demmier tin Plate plant resumes full operation after months idle, employing five hundred men. The Monongahela steel furnace and the Boston iron and steel mill, idle for weeks, will restart New Year's Eve. All iron and steel mills in McKeesport will be in full operation on January 1.
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Penn
Demmier
Monongahela
Boston Iron and Steel Mill
McKeesnort
Reform Association Attacks City Civil Service Practices
Elliott H. Goodwin of the Civil Service Reform Association published a December 21 letter to Mayor Law charging inefficiency in the Municipal Civil Service Commission. He cites rising exam costs, numerous appeals, and reliance on per session examiners, urging a hearing to address alleged demoralizing reratings and delays. Colonel Ogden replied the local commission has no desire to continue the discussion.
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Elliott H. Goodwin
Civil Service Reform Association
Mayor Law
Reform Association
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Goodwin
the Reform Association
Commission
Federal
Willis J. Ogden
Ogden
Murphy to Name Tammany Chairs After Tonight Meeting
Murphy plans to name subcommittees and re elect Daniel F McMahon as Executive chairman and George M Van Hoesen as General chairman at tonight's Tammany Hall meeting. Five new names join the Executive Committee including Daniel Finn William Devery Mulqueen and John Haveron. Edges over potential McClellan bid for mayor loom as Murphy seeks harmony and blocks early talk of McClellan.
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Charles F. Murphy
Daniel F. McMahon
George M. van Hoesen
Murphy
Tim” Sullivan
Daniel F. Finn
William 3. Devery
Frank J. Goodwin
Joseph F. Mulqueen
John F. Carroll
John Haveron
Thomas F. McGuire
Percival E. Nagle
August Moebus
Peter J. Dooling
William Dalton
William 5. Devery
Senator Trainor
Dooling
Tammany Executive Committee
Mr. Dooling
Tammany
Justice van Brunt
anti-Murphy
George EB. Metlellan
McClellan
Direct Line To Havana Steamer Service Initiated
The Munson Steamship Line will begin a direct passenger and freight service from New York to Havana starting January 10. Passenger ships will follow a regular north coast Cuba itinerary, first docking at Havana after leaving New York, then proceeding up the coast with multiple calls.
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Munson Steamship Line
New York
Havana
Cuba
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