Rand Settlement Aims For Easy Transvaal Loan Terms
From London Jan 20 a m the piece reports Chamberlains settlement with Johannesburg on Transvaal loans, kept under Colonial Secretary oversight, avoiding Downing Street Park Lane control and Downgraded by critics. It notes no mining share surge, possible Chinese labor debate, and references allied German Venezuela actions and San Carlos fortification risks.
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New-York Tribune
Cabre
the Tribune Association
London
Mr. Chamberlain
Venezuela
Michael Hicks-Beach
Transvaal
Chamberlain
Balfour
Johannesburg
Downing Street
Park Lane
Ice Closes Bowery Saloon In Ice-Covered Fire Scene
Firefighters battled a seven story Bowery blaze at Nos 394 and 396 as flames raged for 27 hours. Chief Purroy and Deputy Chief Ahearn led crews with seventeen engines and a water tower, while the north wind coated nearby storefronts and iced doors shut.
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Bowery
Purroy
Ahearn
Department of Manhattan
Brooklyn
Ushers Scotch Promotes Cheer and Good Will
A brief testimonial notes Ushers Scotch as agreeable and capable of promoting good cheer with no better recommendation. The line emphasizes its pleasantness and social usefulness as a beverage choice.
Regret Over New Bombardment Of Fort San Carlos
Washington observers voice universal regret at the second bombardment by a German warship of Fort San Carlos near Maracaibo. The move threatens Venezuela peace talks led by Bowen, with officials wary of further punitive action and unknown causal outcomes. The State Department has no official update.
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Tribune
Washington
Fort San Carlos
Bowen
Venezuela
Castro
State Department
Plan for settlement with Venezuela crisis moves forward
Washington reports Mr Bowen will negotiate with Britain Italy and Germany as Venezuela seeks to settle private injury claims. Britain and Italy resist a joint commission while prepared to guarantees payment. The United States stays as messenger with Bowen acting for Venezuela and no US guarantee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hay
Moody
Maracaibo
Bowen
Mr. Bowen
Castro
Great Britain
Italy
Baron Speck von Sternburg
London
Rome
Germany
Venezuela
United States
State Department
Blockade Not Expensive in Venezuelan Standoff
Berlin January 19 Treasury Secretary von Thielmann opened the budget debate noting the Venezuelan blockade did not increase navy funding. He said supplementary credit was unnecessary so far due to nearby vessels and that extra costs have been modest. He cautioned the blockade may require future funding depending on its duration.
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Berlin
Treasury
von Thielmann
Lahn Grounded Off Gibraltar While Refloating Fails
The North German Lloyd steamer Lahn grounded on a sand bank off Tamara near Gibraltar while bound for New York. Attempts to refloat the liner failed as it remains embedded in seven feet of sand amidships. Cargo is being discharged and saloon passengers have gone ashore. American passengers include Poultney Bigelow United States Minister to Persia and Rev. W Lawson among others. 732 Italians are among steerage.
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Mediterranean
New York
Tamara
Rock of Gibraltar
Bacchante
Malchow
Genoa
Poultney Bigelow
Richmond Pearson
United States
Persia
W. Lawson
J. Irons
Dwight Orcutt
Naples
Caroline Adams
F. G. Berry
Julia Cowan
C. M. Raymond
J. C. Taylor
W. J. Robinson
Fire on the Main steamship near Quarantine
The steamship Main of the North German Lloyd Line reported a fire in an afterhold while proceeding to Bremen with 65 cabins and 18 steerage passengers. Six thousand bales of cotton were aboard. Quarantine was reached, hoses used, and assistance from a fireboat and longshoremen arrived. After about two hours the fire was extinguished with no significant damage or danger. the ship resumed voyage.
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Main
Lloyd Line
Bremen
Bolte
New Yorker
Braisted
Hoboken
Minnetonka Arrives From London In Icy Bay Display
The big steamer Minnetonka of the Atlantic Transport Line arrived yesterday from London and appeared picturesque with spray frozen on her hull. She spoke the Ambrt the Philadelphia and the Lucania by wireless telegraphy. An effort to arrange a chess game was attempted with each. the Lucania was the only vessel where a game began before the aerial wire broke after three or four moves. Gilbert Parker the novelist was among the passengers en route to Canada.
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Minnetonka
Atlantic Transport Line
London
Philadelphia
Lucania
Gilbert Parker
Canada
Board of Trade inquiry into St Louis sailing unfounded
A report in the United States that the Board of Trade will investigate how the American Line steamer St. Louis, overdue on arrival in New York, was allowed to sail is unfounded. Officials cleared her at Southampton as usual the day she departed.
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London
United States
Board of Trade
St. Louis
New York
Southampton
Armed Guards At Hyke Park Smallpox Pits Han Immunity
Armed guards were posted around two improvised smallpox hospitals at Hyde Park Long Island after Hempstead and North Hempstead health officers reported five new cases. Eight patients, all German workers, including fourteen year old William Myers, are confined and forbidden to leave.
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Hyde Park
Long Island
Hempstead
North Hempstead
Presidents and King Exchange Wireless Telegrams
Roosevelt and Edward VII send cordial greetings across the Atlantic via Marconi wireless telegraphy. The messages from Cape Cod and Sandringham express mutual goodwill between the American people and the British Empire.
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His
Edward VII
London
England
British Empire
Theodore Roosevelt
Sandringham
White House
Washington
America
Marconi
Edward R. and I
Marconi Reports Cross Atlantic Wireless Link
In a message to the Associated Press yesterday, Mr Marconi announced successful transmission from his Cape Cod station to Cornwall England a message from the President of the United States to the King of England.
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Associated Press
Marconi
Cape Cod
Cornwall
England
United States
New Orleans to South America wireless link planned
The Marconi wireless telegraph system will connect New Orleans with Central and South America. Crawford H. Ellis of United Fruit Company says towers and instruments will be installed within thirty days and ready for use in ninety days, linking Central American points to Colombia and offering general commercial service.
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Tribune
New-Orleans
Central
South America
Marconi
Crawford H. Ellis
New Orleans
United Fruit Company
Ellis
Colombia
Marconi Company
Schwab Aboard Margarita Set To Sail For Tunis
Palermo January 19 The steam yacht Margarita carrying Charles M Schwab is about to depart for Tunis returning to Sicily next week A friend said Schwab is in good health and enjoying time with family and relatives in Europe He plans to return soon to assume duties as president of United States Steel Corporation
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Sicily
Margarita
Charles M. Schwab
Tunis
Mr. Schwab
Schwab
Europe
Mediterranean
Atlantic
United States Steel Corporation
Prince Cupid to Enter Washington with Regal Court
Prince Cupid, Hawaii’s Delegate-elect to Congress, plans a princely arrival in Washington with a private secretary and a court of gentlemen and ladies in waiting. Hawaii’s legislature may allocate $10,000 in February to fund this royal setup, aiming to revive old royal pageantry and draw attention to Hawaii’s place in Congress. A luxury travel note about the Pennsylvania Special to Chicago follows.
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Prince Cupid
Congress
Hawaii
Washington
China
Fire explodes in chair factory. brave rescues save others
A devastating blaze at the Heyward Brothers & Wakefield chair factory, 392 Madison St, injures two men including a fireman. Five alarms sent as walls collapse and a man jumps into a life net from the sixth floor. Firemen save workers in adjacent buildings and prevent greater loss. one casualty feared but later no missing persons reported.
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Madisonst
Purroy
George E. Eddy
Madison St
Frederick Zimmerman
Franklin Ave
Brooklyn
John Duffy
Harrold
Gouverneur Hospital
Zimmerman
George Stutz
Stutz
McGirder
Edward Knoll
Knoll
Ruckhelt
McCabe
Hubbell
Tuckholt
Ruckholt
Paul Jossier
West Nineteenth St
Henry Penn
Division St
West Hoecken
Madison-st
Ryan
Binns
Graham
Duffy
Platt Again Chosen for U S Senator in Albany Caucus
Albany dispatch reports Thomas C. Platt secured the Republican caucus nomination for United States Senator with 108 votes to Elihu Root’s lone ballot. Denison of Jefferson County backed Root but pledged to support Platt tomorrow. Assembly members and Senators await tomorrow’s roll call to confirm Platt’s election likely at 111 votes, while Stanchfield would have 57.
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Tribune
Albany
Thomas C. Platt
United States
Platt
Denison
Jefferson County
Elihu Reo
John B. Stanchfield
Mr. Platt
Brackett
Brown
Elsteig
Senator Platt
George B. Clark
New York
Elsberg
George W. Dunn
Republican State Committee
Assembly
Raines
Senate
University of the State of New York
Anson J. Upson
Armstrong
Rochester
Allds
J. B. Conkeling
Otsego County
Malloy
Ambler
Thomas Co. Platt
Elihu Root
Nixon
Charles A. Gardiner
Gardiner
Hamilton College
Morgan
Plank
Outterson
Assemblyman
Wainwright
Clark
Elsbers
Sultan defeats Pretender forces in Hyana district
Tangier Morocco January 19 reports say sultanate troops routed the Pretender's forces in the Hyana district with heavy losses to the insurgents and the royal army gaining control of the area.
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Tangier
Sultan
Morocco
Hyana
Democrats in caucus nominate senator candidate
Albany dispatch reports Democrats held a peaceful caucus to choose a U S Senate candidate. Richard J Butler of the Devery district stirred momentary interest recalling past convention chair John B Stanchfield. An advertisement mentions the Eastman Hotel Hot Springs Arkansas opening for the 193 season with manager Lyman T Hay.
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Albany
Richard J. Butler
Devery
John B. Stanchfield
Esernse
Hot Springs
Eastman Hotel
Lyman T. Hay
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