City rail traffic hub faces hearings and reforms
Officials and merchants confront ongoing congestion and unsafe conditions at Manhattan crossings. The Merchants' Association urges immediate relief during rush hours, with calls for third tracks, express services, and municipal ownership in future transit solutions. City engineers propose targeted hearings and written testimony to resolve disputes.
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John Ford
Theron G. Strong
Merchants’ Association
Manhattan Company
F. W. Hotenroth
North Side Board of Trade
Bronx
City plan aims riverside access for travelers
The design oriented streets to the island’s east and west rivers to ease movement. The layout sought quick access for north and south bound travelers via the rivers, integrating waterways into transportation routes.
Car Crowding on Sixth Avenue Trains Draws Fire
James H. Kennedy denounces the Manhattan Elevated Company for crowding near Forty second Street and Park Place. He notes four minutes for a train with three cars causing passengers to stand from Forty second Street to Park Place, despite fine track conditions. He urges a legal remedy.
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City Hall
Elerated
Ninth-st
Fifty-ninth-st
Bronx
Colonel Cole
Island of
Manhattan
The
Tribune
Manhattan Elevated Company
Sixth-ave
Park Place
Manhattan Company
James H. Kennedy
St. Nicholas Place
New York
Carnegie funds desert botanical laboratory for 1902 03
The Carnegie Institution allocates 8000 to establish and run a desert botanical laboratory in the Southwest. Frederick V. Colville and Dr. D. T. McDougal are reappointed to advise, with a resident investigator to begin research. The site will be chosen and a modest facility built to host twelve investigators.
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Tribune
Washington
Carnegie Institution
Botanical Advisory Board
The
Frederick V. Colville
Department of Agriculture
D. T. McDougal
New-York Botanical Garden
Colville
McDougal
Daniel C. Gilman
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Carnegie Endowment
Gilman
General Miles to visit European capitals after Siberia trip
General Miles, who started for Siberia yesterday, will visit the European capitals before sailing for the United States. The move follows his Siberian expedition as part of ongoing postwar duties and public interest in his travels.
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Peking
General Miles
Siberia
United States
Four Ports of Entry to Be Closed in China Smuggling Crackdown
Four of eight border ports will close to prevent Chinese smuggling from Canada. St Albans Vermont Plattsburg Niagara Falls and Buffalo New York to close. Richford Malone Pembina and Sumas to stay open. Commissioner General Sargent says plan aims to stop landing Chinese in transit at the borders and enforce the exclusion law.
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THE
Tribune
Washington
St. Albans
Plattsburg
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
N. Y
Richford
Malone
Pembina
X. D
Sumas
Wash
Sargent
Aliens Sent Home In November Immigrant Returns
Washington reports 483 immigrants were not admitted to the United States in November and were sent back to their countries. A total of 5,177 were allowed to land, with 153 refused at New York port. Reasons included insanity, pauperism, contagious diseases, criminal status, and contract laborers. The November exclusion rate is described as very small compared with other months.
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Tribune
Washington
United States
New York
Dividing the Asiatic Squadron Into Three Divisions
The Navy Department will split the Asiatic Squadron into three divisions and add a flag officer. Rear Admiral Evans will command the heavy battleships and lead the squadron. Admiral Cooper will head the cruisers, replacing Admiral Wildes. A new gunboat division under Rear Admiral Yates Stirling will be formed with Rainbow as his flagship at Cavité.
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Washington
Navy Department
Evans
Cooper
Wildes
Yates Stirling
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Rainbow
Cavité
Honors for Sir Liang Cheng in Chinese government
Washington reports from Peking indicate Sir Chentung Liang Cheng has been appointed a Metropolitan Expectant Officer of the Fourth Grade, with Brevet Court Button honors and the title Minister Designate to the United States. He succeeds Wu Ting-fang and may rise to senior posts in six boards and minor ministries. arrival in Washington is expected in January.
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Washington
Peking
Chentung Liang Cheng
United States
Liang Cheng
China
Wu-Ting-fang
Shanghai court sentences engineer and seven others
Washington reports a Shanghai court fined an engineer one hundred blows and two weeks in prison for leaving his job without due notice. He acted with seven other engineers who struck after a wage advance left them out. The company argued a month's notice was required. the court upheld this. Warrants were issued for the remaining six defendants.
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Washington
Shanghai
Appeal for Peace by Former Orange Free State Leader
Cape Town December 30 General Schalkburger former Acting President of the Orange Free State publishes in Ons land an open letter urging mercy for those who suffered for Boer cause devotion and requests removal of grievances to enable forgiving and living by the motto forgive and forget He expresses hope that Afrikander loyal until righteousness and rightful allotment prevail.
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Cape Town
Schalkburger
Orange Free State
Onsland
South Africa
Boers to Fight Somalis in Somaliland Mission
London dispatch reports Britain seeks General Ben Viljoen to lead Boer forces in Somaliland. Viljoen, now in the United States, first proposed using Boers against the Somalis, an idea authorities previously rejected.
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London
Ben” Viljoen
United States
Somaliland
Viljoen
Castro holds back on arbitration reply in Venezuela talks
Washington reports no word from President Castro on the allied proposal to arbitrate the Venezuelan dispute. Secretary Hay has little to report beyond questions about ending the blockade and shaping the arbitration commission. Officials hope Castro's reply will prompt allies to lift the blockade, placing the matter in a favorable position for arbitration.
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Washington
Castro
Hay
Castro to Answer Today in Venezuela Hague Court Case
Caracas December 30 President Castro arrived this morning. At 3 PM United States Minister Bowen met him and urged placing the Venezuela allied dispute before The Hague International Peace Court. Venezuela will respond tomorrow at 11 AM. Government victory at Barquisimeto bolsters Castro’s hold on power.
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Caracas
Castro
Bowen
United States
Venezuela
International Peace Court
Hague
Barquisimeto
Alleged Porto Rican Smuggling Case Heard
In San Juan on December 30 United States Commissioner Anderson opened the hearing into smuggling charges against Benjamin Butler Supervisor of Elections. Evidence showed about 100 cases of liquor arrived from St Thomas on the steamer Uncas in November 1901. Boxes bore names of Captain Yates Stirling Dr Charles H T Lowndes and other Navy officers. Some boxes were marked for the Country Club and the canteen. A naval station employee testified goods were stored per St Thomas merchants bills and shipped the next day on army wagons.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Anderson
Benjamin Butler
St. Thomas
Uncas
Yates Stirling
Naval Station
Charles H. T. Lowndes
United
Panama Stockholders Meet at Canal Company Session
Paris reports the Panama Canal Company annual meeting with smaller attendance and orderly proceedings. Directors’ reports detail negotiations with the United States on canal sale. Stockholders protested potential sale while President Bo noted consultation if negotiations fail and revote if sale occurs before adjournment.
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Paris
Panama Canal Company
United States
Riot in Namur as lancers clash with civilians
In Namur Belgium trouble between soldiers and civilians escalated with rioting by several lancers. Windows were broken on multiple streets. Police and gendarmes faced injuries while the Burgomaster requisitioned troops to restore order. All shops remained shuttered.
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Namur
Belgium
Germany's New Warships Budget and Plans
Berlin reports the 19 percent naval budget allocates immediate laying down of two battleships one armored cruiser two small cruisers and five torpedo boats. Two battleships now building to be finished summer 195 and three small cruisers early 194. Ships of the Gazelle type with 5.90 knot range. In 192 four battleships one armored cruiser and one gunboat commissioned.
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Berlin
United States Consul General Arrives in San Francisco
J C McNally United States Consul General at Guatemala City has arrived in San Francisco en route home to Pittsburg He has been assigned to Liege Belgium in a Central American posting notice from Guatemala City to the port city and onward assignment to Liege Belgium.
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San Francisco
J. C. McNally
United States
Guatemala City
Central America
Pittsburg
Liege
Belgium
German Plan to Aid Poles
Berlin reports Emperor William and Chancellor von Eurow are weighing a cabinet for Polish provinces to centralize administration. The move aims to uniform policy and streamline governance across Polish territories.
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Berlin
William
von Euow
German Emperor Hails First Cable Ship Launch
Berlin December 36 Emperor William telegraphs praise to the head of the North German Sea Cable Works at Stettin noting the launch of the first German built cable ship and expressing hope the new Atlantic cable strengthens Germany United States relations.
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Berlin
Emperor William
North German Sea Cable Works
Stettin
Germany
United States
Wilhelm I. R
Brazil to Attend St Louis Exposition with $200,000 Aid
Rio de Janeiro reports that the Brazilian Government has accepted the invitation to participate in the St Louis Exposition and has appropriated $200,000 to cover the necessary expenses.
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Rio Janeiro
American attitude justified at The Hague on arbitration
Washington reports that a U S representative at The Hague conference cited Article XXVII of the Hague convention to justify the United States position on arbitration between Venezuela and the allies. The paragraph, proposed by France, was reluctantly accepted by the U S with a reservation to protect the Monroe Doctrine.
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Washington
United States
Venezuela
France
Hague Tribunal
Insurgent Town Retaken by Venezuelan Government
Barquisimeto, capital of Lara state, recaptured from revolutionists by government forces. San Carlos and Tinaquillo reoccupied. Revolt generals Solagnie and Pena loza led the defense. Ceferino Castillo commanded the government troops. Casualties totaled 112 killed and 325 wounded. President Castro directed operations and is to meet U S Minister Bowen in Caracas.
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Caracas
Barquisimeto
Lara
San Carlos
Tinaquillo
Solagnie
Penaloza
Ceferino Castillo
Dutch Steamer Discharges Cargo in Venezuelan Ports
U S Secretary Bowen reports the Prins Maurits, a Dutch steamer, entered British blockade ports in Venezuela and discharged cargo with special British permission. Commodore Montgom erie allowed unloading, while Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan ordered the ship away. Caracas condemns the move as discrimination against American ships.
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Caracas
United States
Bowen
Commodore Montgomerie
Charybdis
Giovanni Bausan
Montgomerie
Mathematicians Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
Officers of the American Mathematical Society were chosen for the next year at Columbia University. Thomas Scott Fiske of Columbia was named President, with vice presidents William Foge Osgood of Harvard and Alexander Zinet of Michigan. Frank Nelson Cole of Columbia became secretary, William S. Dennett of New York treasurer, and David Eugene Smith of Teachers College, Columbia, librarian.
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American Mathematical Society
Columbia University
Thomas Scott Fiske
William Foge Osgood
Harvard
Alexander Zinet
University of Michigan
Frank Nelson Cole
Columbia
William S. Dennett
New York
David Eugene Smith
Af Teachers College
Threat to Bombard Maracaibo by German Cruiser
A Daily Mail dispatch from Willemstad Curacao reports that Maracaibo postmaster has detained German merchant mail, prompting the German cruiser Falke to threaten bombing the city, in a tense international incident dated yesterday.
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London
Daily Mail
Willemstad
Curacao
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Falke
Aged Yonkers ice dealer declared competent after trial
A sheriff's jury and commission judged Charles C. Richardson nearly eighty years old sane and able to manage his own person and property. Illness last year left him irrational briefly, later treated in a Yonkers sanatorium. The verdict followed a swift ten minute deliberation after cross examination. Richardson is father in law to Alderman Dudley Valentine and to engineer William Alexander.
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Charles C. Richardson
Yonkers
Richardson
Supreme Court
Sutherland
John F. Brennan
Henry Moffat
Richadson
Mr. Richardson
Dudley C. Valentine
Bgnkers
William Alexander
Landlords urged to be generous to tenants in distress
Judge Herman Josephs of the VIIth District Municipal Court in East Fifty-seventh Street considered about thirty dispossess cases. He granted extensions to December 31, delaying evictions through New Year’s Day, with many families relying on warmth, coal costs, and support as they faced unemployment and housing uncertainty.
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Herman Josephs
Viith District Municipal Court
Fifty-seventh St
Judge Josephs
Ex-Register Reilly III Ill From Erysipelas At Home
Ex-Register John Reilly is seriously ill at his home 314 East Fourteenth Street with erysipelas and is not expected to recover. Also includes an advertisement offering Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cold cure in one day with a money back guarantee signed by E. W. Groves with box price 25 cents.
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John Reilly
East Fourteenth-st
E. W. Groves
Saxony's King In Ill Health As Crown Princess Elopement Sparks Anxiety
Dresden December 30. Professor Gurschmann of Leipsic has been called to confer with court physicians on the King of Saxony's deteriorating health. Though diagnosed as influenza, his condition worsened amid upheaval over the Crown Princess's elopement, affecting his mental state and troubling the family.
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Dresden
Gurschmann
Leipsic
Divorce Court Named By King For Crown Prince Suit
Dresden December 30 King George appointed a special seven judge court to hear a divorce case filed by the Crown Prince against the Crown Princess marking a rare royal juridical proceeding in the empire.
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Dresden
George
Pope cannot annull Saxony crown prince marriage says Vannutelli
Rome December 30 Cardinal Vannutelli head of the Apostolic Penitentiary confirms the Pope cannot grant an annulment of the marriage of the Crown Prince of Saxony under any circumstances. The statement clarifies papal authority over matrimonial questions in the royal case.
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Rome
Cardinal Vannutelli
Apostolic Penitentiary
Saxony
The Princess's Elopement Sparks Saxon Crisis
Berlin reports cite King George of Saxony ordering an official account of Crown Princess Louise elopement amid sectarian tension. The princess accuses her father of planned confinement and insists on freedom for her children to choose their path.
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Berlin
George
Saxony
Louise
Giron
Salzburg
Thérése of
Bavaria
Munich
Grand Duke
Tuscany
Vienna
Dresden
France Guatemala agree to Hague court arbitration
Paris reports that France and Guatemala will submit the French claims against Guatemala to The Hague international arbitral court. The issues resemble those raised against Venezuela and the protocol terms are under discussion.
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France
Guatemala
Paris
International Arbitration Court
the Hague
Venezuela
Water Storage Commission Meets in Albany
Albany December reports from the Water Storage Commission reveal sub committee findings on flood damage and reservoir sites. Members include Attorney General Davies State Engineer Bond and several regional appointees. Main report to the legislature will be prepared by Nathan Sweet and Olin Landreth detailing possible water storage along the Hudson Adirondack region for New York City.
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Albany
Water Storage Commission
Davies
Bond
Charles 3. Boyd
D. C. Middleton
State Forest, Fish and Game
Olin W. Landreth
Schenectady
John L. King
Syracuse
Elnathan Sweet
George W. Rafter
Rochester
George R. Finch
Glens Falls
Sweet
Landreth
Hudson
Adirondack
New York City
Passionist Jubilee Mass Ends in Pittsburgh Ongoing
In Pittsburgh on December 20 the Golden Jubilee of the Passionist Fathers of the United States opened with a solemn pontifical high mass. Bishop Phelan and Bishop Shanahan presided. Rev. D S Phelan of The Western Watchman preached. Papal briefs granting plenary indulgence were read by Father John Co P. A second service closed the jubilee with vespers and benediction led by Bishop Shanahan and Bishop Phelan.
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Pittsburg
United States
Phelan
Shanahan
Harrisburg
Leo Hard
North Carolina
D. S. Phelan
Father John
Co. P
Train breaks speed record on Wabash line
Indianapolis dispatch reports Continental Limited westbound train No 1 covered 112 miles from Montpelier Ohio to Logansport Indiana in 119 minutes. Between New Waverly and Logansport one mile was completed in thirty-nine seconds and another in thirty-eight seconds, the pace near ninety five miles per hour.
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Indianapolis
Wabash
Montpelier
Ohio
Logansport
Ind
New Waverly
Fifteen Pound Dwarf Fatma Sing Hpoo Dies in Beaumont
Fatma Sing Hpoo, one of the world’s smallest adults, died in Beaumont after a sudden illness. The 22 year old weighed fifteen pounds and stood twenty eight inches tall while exhibited with her brother Smaun Sing Hpoo.
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Beaumont
Tex
Fatma Sing Hpoo
Smaun Sing Hpoo
Pe Pee Meng Fatma
Ossified Woman Stella Ewing Dies in Rome
Miss Stella Ewing aged thirty nine died in Rome New York after ten years of ossification described by physicians as progressive bone formation after rheumatism left her paralysed. She was born in Holland Patent and had a sister Emma Ewing Palmer who shares the condition and is cared for by a Sherburne benefactor.
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Rome
N. Y
Stella Ewing
Holland Patent
Emma Ewing Palmer
Sherburne
Minister Blows Out Gas in Nova Scotia Clergyman Death
Philadelphia December 30 The Rev John R K Sellers a Methodist minister from Guysboro Nova Scotia was found dead at Reading Railway Young Men's Christian Association headquarters He had blown out the gas through ignorance of its use and was asphyxiated while spending Christmas holidays at the association building
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Philadelphia
John R. K. Sellers
Guysboro
Nova Scotia
Reading Railway Young Men's Christian Association
Sellers
Man calling himself William Madison jailed for burglary
William Madison, who scattered diamonds in the Tenderloin and robbed Simpson's pawnshop at West Forty-second Street, was held in 5000 bail in West Side Court after pleading guilty. Simpson Co. reports losses around 8000 dollars. only three rings and a chain recovered. police say many jewels were recovered by pedestrians.
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William Madison
Tenderloin
Simpson
West Forty-second St
West Side Court
Simpson & Co
China must pay in gold on demnity instalment
Dispatches from Shanghai confirm the Viceroy refused to pay the January instalment of the demnity on a gold basis citing the recent drop in silver prices. Foreign ministers here will press for payment on the gold standard.
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Peking
Shanghai
Warning to Missionaries in Sian-Fu Region
The missionaries in the Sian- Fu capital region have been officially warned to prepare to evacuate if needed. Women and children should be sent to safe ports.
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Peking
Sian- Fu
Shen-Se
Imperial forces poised for march on Peking report
A Kiang-Su officer arrives in Shanghai to arm and supply imperial troops plus a majority of Mahometans there. He says they await Tang-Fuh-Siang's signal to march on Peking and depose the Empress Dowager. Prince Tuan to cooperate with Mongolians in the operation.
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Shanghai
Kiang-Su Province
Kiang-Su
Tang-Fuh-Siang
Peking
Tuan
Tang-Fuh- Siang
Beech er Shrine Idea for Beecher Body in Brooklyn
Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis proposes a white marble shrine on two lots west of Plymouth Church to house Henry Ward Beecher relics and memorials. He envisions a parish hall and gallery with portraits manuscripts and Beecher items while urging a burial for Beecher on the site. The plan faces church policy debate and a potential condemnation by the Board of Education for school use.
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Henry Warg Beecher
Plymouth Church
Orange St
Brooklyn
Board of Education
Newell Dwight Hillis
Congregational Church
Plymouth
Beecher
Greenwood Cemetery
Hillis
Mr. Beecher
Mrs. Stowe
Lyman Beecher
Three Women Arrested As Vagrants At St Francis Xavier
Father Van Rensselaer reports vagrant women using the Church of St Francis Xavier as a morning to evening head quarters. Ann Cox sixty old Mary Quinn sixty old and Kiernan fifty six were arrested at West Seventeenth Street and taken to the police station. Cox claimed Ireland as birthplace. Kiernan and the sergeant were born in Donegal.
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St. Francis Xavier
Sixth-ave
van Rensselaer
Neal Brown
Ann Cox
Mary Quinn
West Seventeenth St
Kiernan
West Seventeenthst
Cape Sweeney
County Bowealreland
Neal
Chaffee Reviews Regiment in Brooklyn Armory
Major General Adna R. Chaffee U S A, commanding the Department of the East, reviewed the 10th Regiment Heavy Artillery N G N Y in its Sumner and Putnam avenues armory Brooklyn last night. Colonel Austen led the unit. Chaffee praised practice with heavy dummy guns but criticized marching and believed company lines were imperfectly preserved.
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Adna R. Chaffee
Department of the East
N. G N.Y
Sumner and
Putnam Aves
Brooklyn
Austen
Chaffee
Gould Buys Virginia Passenger and Power Co in Major Rail Holdings Move
Frank Jay Gould announced yesterday the purchase of control of the Virginia Passenger and Power Company through Merchants' Trust Company as fiscal agent and depository. The deal consolidates Richmond and Petersburg area lines along with electric ventures, involving large stock and bond issues and multiple subsidiary companies. Gould, 25, is noted for his focus on rail service and Missouri Pacific ties.
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Virginia Passenger and Power Company
Frank Jay Gould
Merchants’ Trust Company
Virginia
Richmond Passenger and Power Company
Richmond
Manchester
Richmond Traction Company
Virginia Electric Railway and Development Company
James River
Upper
Appomattox Company
Appomattox
Petersburg
The
and Petersburg Railway Company
South Side Railway and Development Company
Electric Light and
Opaar
Gould
Frank J. Gould
Jay Gould
Missouri Pacific Railway
Will of W. Straton Admitted to Probate in Colorado Springs
Judge Orr admitted the will of W. Straton to probate despite I. Harry Straton’s protest. Attorneys for the contestant presented evidence in support of the challenge. A notice of appeal to the District Court was filed.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Orr
I. Harry Str Ton
District Court
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