Ulster Election And Transatlantic Passenger Rates
London dispatch notes East Down contest signals Irish discontent and Ulster division amid land purchase debates. Wellington era politics show Nationalists rallying, while Salisbury ministry faces scrutiny over Hartigan dismissal. Transatlantic travel sees looming rate changes tied to freight costs ahead of the coronation season. The Globe Theatre presents The Heel of Achilles with notable performances.
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the Tribune Association
CABLE
the Tribune
London
Lord Salisbury
Ireland
East Down
T. W. Russell
Ulster
England
Commons
Mr. Russell
George Wyndham
Mr. O'Brien
United Irish League
Mr. Redmond
Transatlantic Steamship Companies
Memorial Training School for Crippled Children Planned
Philadelphia reports plans for a Memorial Training School for Crippled Children to be built at Old York Road and Thorp’s on a 36 acre tract. Peter A. B. Wider will fund about 2 million dollars in memory of his wife to provide medical care, rehabilitation, and industrial training for the disabled, including music drawing stenography dressmaking and other trades.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Memorial Training School For
Old York Road
Thorp's
Peter A. B. Wider
Ig Fries
Pac Northwest Seers attack census statistician in Washington
A Washington resolution from the Pacific Northwest Seers targets S. N. North, Statistician of the Department of Mana te Under the census, accusing him of mismanaging census work. The group also endorses Grosvenor Pure Will in a pending proposal before Congress. A steamer Knight Companion near Japan is breaking up with cargo valued at $600,000.
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Yisiena
Mont
Pacific Northwest
Roosevelt
Congress
S. N . North
Department of Manate
North
Washington
A. L. Mohler
Railway and Navigation Company
Hong Kong
Eermship Knight Companion
Japan
Plan to strengthen ferries by building new East River bridge
Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal argues to accelerate the New East River Bridge to divert traffic from the Brooklyn Bridge. He proposes a Navy Yard Bridge and rebuilding the Brooklyn Bridge with a double decker, cantilevered for added capacity. He warns of a $1000 daily forfeit for cable delays and cites Roeblings’ slow progress on the cables. The plan envisions four trolley tracks two elevated tracks two roadways and pedestrian paths.
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Brooklyn Bridge
East River
Lindenthal
Brooklyn
Navy Yard Bridge
East River Bridge
Roeblings
Manhattan
Manhattan Terminal
Park Row
Manhattan Railway Company
Ferry plan sparks debate over bridge congestion
Brooklyn transit critics accuse the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company of aiming to bankrupt the Union Ferry Company to gain control of ferries and the bridge. They discuss Lindenthal’s five cent transfer plan, ferries overcrowding, and potential contract abrogation as a lever to force terms, with the Chamber of Commerce urging relief measures.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Union Ferry Company
Brooklyn Bridge
Lindenthal
Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce
Abram S. Hewitt
John Claflin
Charles A. Schieren
Explosion Scare at Park Avenue Site Injures Three
An unusually large blast near the hotel site at Park Avenue and Forty second Street injured three men and caused a rock shower that startled residents. Foreman Thomas Byron was arrested on assault charges as blasting for rock clearance continued. Norlander Brockley and Cousin were treated for injuries. Norlander taken to Bellevue Hospital.
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Park-ave
Forty-second-st
Albert J. Brockley
East
Second Ave
Brockley
Norlander
Cousin
Bellevue Hospital
Thomas Byron
East Seventy-fourth St
Degnon-McLean Contracting Company
Grand Union
Murray Hill
Grand Central Station
Grand Union Hotel
Parkave
Byron
Jefferson Market
J. Brockley
Baxter
Whalen & Dunn
Deuel
Grand Jury Takes It Up In Subway Explosion Case
The grand jury examined seven of nine witnesses in the Parkage and Forty-first Street subway dynamite explosion probe. Assistant District Attorney Rand represented the office as District Attorney Jerome declined to confirm grand jury action. The coroner's inquest paused with two witnesses missing, possibly delaying a decision to next week.
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Jerome
Parkage
Forty-first-st
Rand
John B. McDonald
Explosion claims sixth victim in Park Avenue blast
Edward C. Fiedler, fifty six, died at Murray Hill Hotel from shock after the Park Avenue subway explosion. He had been convalescing and his death came at 6 am Wednesday. He leaves a widow two daughters and a son. The inquest before Coroner Goldenkranz resumed as Hamilton Jones testified about dynamite handling by Andrew Murray.
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Edward C. Fiedler
Murray Hill Hotel
E. P. Fowler
East Fortieth St
Fiedler
Fowler
Murray Hill
Park-ave
Carnegie Laboratory Dedication at Stevens in Hoboken
At Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken last night the formal presentation of the Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering took place. Andrew Carnegie presented keys to the trustees, with remarks praising Stevens technical progress and noting his gift of a silver casket containing a rail segment from the first trail. The ceremony included tours of the shops, a banquet, and a list of Stevens and Carnegie family attendees.
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Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
Carnegie
Messrs. Ackerman and Ross
S Bayard Dod
Board of Trustees
Stevens Institute
Stevens
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Henry Morton
Robert L. Stevens
John Guest
Wales
Camden and Amboy
Tiffany & Co
Camden and
Amboy Road
Mr. Carnegie
Bessemer
Carnegie Laboratory of
Engin
Hudson St
Institute
Plan to form securities firm to lease Metropolitan Street Rail
Public plan to create a holding company that would lease the Metropolitan Street Railway and possibly other city transit lines including a rapid transit tunnel. Leading Metropolitan interests decline to discuss yet, but competent authority confirms the general outline. Stockholders may subscribe at par for 30 million dollar stock to 45 percent of holdings, leaving 5 to 6 million unaccounted.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Explosion testimony and corporate finance notes mix in report
Witnesses describe a powder house explosion with claims of dynamite handling and blast preparations while a separate Philadelphia report hints at new New York interests forming a securities venture around Metropolitan and Consolidated Gas, potentially valuing rights and economies through an amalgamation. A final line notes a dry monopole champagne adoption by the German emperor.
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Achilles
Louis Parker
Boyle Lawrence
Globe Theatre
London
England
Julia Neilson
Fred Terry
Ln. 3
Philadelphia
New York
Consolidated Gas Company
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Captain Hartigan
Salisbury
Brodrick
Aldershot
House of Commons
Miss Hay
Wayne
Wiy
Union Company
Atlanta
Montgomery
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard Fast Mail
Broadway
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Union Ferry
Park Ave
Grand Jury
John B. M'Donald
Goldenkranz
Hamilton Jones
Andrew Murray
Securities Company
Jones
Mr. Greenberg
Bat” Keegan
Germany
Andrew Carnegie
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