Interborough eyes Beaumont oil for power plant fuel
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company plans to run its immense power plant at Fifty ninth street with Beaumont oil if supply can be secured in required quantities. A Texas oil syndicate may fuel the plant at lower cost than coal, with potential conversion in days. Coal scarcity and coal strike push oil as a viable alternative for the new system.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Rapid Transit Railroad
Ninth St
Eleventh
Twelfth Aves
Beaumont
Texas Oil Men
Belmont-McDonald
E. P. Brian
Interborough Company
Tribune
Bryan
Southern Pacific
Mexican International Railway
East River
Williamsburg
St. Louis
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Interborough
Manhattan Elevated Railway
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Companies
North River
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Bay Ridge
Beaumont Oil
Texas Oil
Morse
Morse Iron Works and Drydock Company
South Chicago
James E. Denton
Stevens Institute
Hoboken
Robbery at the Waldorf Reportname Mrs Kingdon
Police late night report confirms a robbery at the Waldorf affecting Mrs Charles D Kingdon mother of Mrs George J Gould. Four diamond brooches and a sapphire ruby studded purse valued about 8000 dollars stolen from her Waldorf suite late Monday night. Detectives Armstrong and Reidy assigned. Captain Titus supervising. Mrs Kingdon registered with her maid, reported the theft, then left for Lakewood Tuesday.
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Charles D. Kingdon
George J. Gould
the Waldorf
Titus
Detective Bureau
Armstrong and
Reidy
Riots in Chicago Reach Desperate Street Battle
Telegraph report from Chicago details June 4 riots in the downtown district. Fifth avenue and Monroe to Adams streets saw police and drivers clash with mobs. shots fired, a driver wounded, and police using revolvers as crowds attacked packers wagons. State street chaos, brutal police conduct toward women and children, and heavy casualties noted. Governor Yates arrived as the crisis escalated. No excess fare to St Louis noted at end.
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Tribune Chicago
Fifth Ave
Monroe
Quincy Sts
Fifthave
Adamists
Quincy St
Fifth-ave
Armour & Co
Harrison
Central
Lavin
Miller
Clyde Park
Stare St
Monroe Sts
Stare Sts
Helples
Chicago
Haymarket
Cong
Adams Sr
Libbey, McNeill & Libbey
van Burenst
Polk-st
Congressst
State St
Bluecoats
1St Regiment
Yates
Rhode Island Streetcar Strike Leads City to Partial Shutdown
Providence reports the first Rhode Island street railway strike as a ten hour law prompts pay reductions. About eight hundred workers walk out, with one third of cars running and Pawtucket lines severely disrupted. Union leaders accuse the company of wage demands harming profitability. police prepare for possible violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island General Assembly
Supreme Court of the United States
Streetcar
Pawtucket
Marsden J. Perry
United Traction Company
Filibuster Capsizes Off Marblehead In Heavy Squall
The Seawanhaka Cup challenger Filibuster owned by B. B. Crowninshield capsized off Tinker’s Island near Marblehead during a squall. Rescued aboard were Crowninshield W. S. Burgess Higgins and Alvin Bassett of Boston. The yacht is believed ruined and was towed into Marblehead.
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Boston
B. B. Crowninshield
Tinker’s Island
Marblehead
Money for Humbert victims and hotel ad notes
Paris reports Maitre Lanquest, Humbert family adviser in the Humbert Crawford suit, has placed 2,700,000 francs at the disposal of French authorities for victims of the alleged frauds. Greenwich Conn offers Edgewood Inn a new forty five room hotel with forty minutes from Grand Central, manager Fae F. Shute.
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Paris
Maitre Lanquest
Humbert
Edgewood Inn
Greenwich
Conn
Grand Central Station
Fae F. Shute
Advt
Tao
British envoy named ambassador to United States
London June 4 The Hon Michael Henry Herbert secretary of the British Embassy in Paris has been named ambassador to the United States to succeed the late Lord Pauncefote. The Foreign Office and King approve with confidence in his Washington mission. Herbert born June 25 1857 is in his forty fifth year.
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London
Michael Henry Herbert
Paris
Great Britain
United States
Lord Pauncefote
Foreign Office
Herbert
Washington
Roosevelt
Sydney
Herbert family diplomat Hero of Anglian service
Herbert and of Lady Herbert of Lea is identified as an author of travels and biographies. His brother Sidney holds the titles Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery and serves as Lord Steward. Michael Henry Herbert’s career spans Paris Washington The Hague Constantinople and Rome, earning Knight Commander of the Bath and later minister plenipotentiary. He married Miss Laura Wilson, sister to Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.
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Herbert
Herbert of
Lea
Sidney
Earl of Pembroke
Earl of Montgomery
Carnarvon
Powls
Michael Henry Herbert
Diplomatin
Paris
Washington
Legation
Hague
Constantinov
Philip Currie
Bath
Rome
Mis la Wilson
R. T Wilson
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Herbert appointment as British ambassador to the United States
The British Chargé dAffaires announced Michael Henry Herbert will succeed the late Lord Pauncefote as ambassador. He is praised by the administration for his long ties with President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay, and his eight years in Washington boosted his diplomatic stature. He currently serves as first secretary of the embassy in Paris with minister plenipotentiary rank.
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Washington
Michael Henry Herbert
Lord Pauncefote
United States
Department of State
Herbert
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Legation
Hay
Congress
Paris
Herbert to Start for London Next Wednesday
Paris report notes the Hon Michael Henry Herbert will succeed the late Lord Pauncefote as British Ambassador to the United States. Herbert has served as secretary to the British Embassy and his retirement is described as amiable. Weather and line trips referenced in the fragmented text.
British envoy Herbert to leave Paris for London next week
Herbert plans to depart Paris for London next Wednesday. In a brief talk with The Associated Press he expressed gratification at the prospect of succeeding the late Lord Pauncefote as Washington post ambassador. He recalled Washington as his second home and spoke of fond memories from his time with the British Legation.
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Herbert
Paris
London
Associated Press
Washington Post
Lord Pauncefote
Washington
Legation
America
Death to Caterpillars Opens City Campaign
Entomologist Edmund B. Southwick of the Parks Department launches an annual battle against an unusually strong caterpillar invasion. Crews using hand pumps, a power sprayer, and six assistants will cover 1700 acres, targeting white mark tussock moths Organa leucostigma with London purple sprayed on trees from ground level and from 20 to 35 foot poles.
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Edmund B. Southwick
Department of Parks
Park Department
Southwick
Tribune
Central New England Railway Bypasses Montague Farm Branch
The Central New England Railway Company plans a three mile bypass around the Montague Farm to reach Springfield from Tariffville after legal battles blocked crossing rights. Chester W. Chapin said grading is nearly done and rails ready, with trains expected before year end.
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Central New- England Railway Company
Tariffville
Conn
Springfield
Mass
Campbell Hall
N. Y
Poughkeepsie Bridge
Hudson River
Hartford
Boston
Montague Farm
Connecticut
Central New England Railway Company
Chester W. Chapin
Rice Estate Compromise in Houston Probate Case
A partial compromise was reached between H B Rice as administrator of W M Rice’s estate and W T Holt as administrator of Mrs Rice’s estate. Holt filed two instruments relinquishing all claim to W M Rice’s estate for ten dollars each. Some heirs under Mrs Rice’s will are not included in the settlement. An unrelated note reports a horse biting a boy’s nose and a brief transit advertising fragment for a Quebec service from Grand Central.
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Houston
Tex
H. BR. Rice
W. M. Rice
Albert T. Patrick
W. T. Holt
Rice
Patrick
Holt
New Route to Orient to Reach Pacific Coast Line
Papers in Chicago reveal Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railway and Chihuahua and Pacific Railway agree to a ten year traffic arrangement. The Kansas City route spans from Kansas City through Emporia and Wichita to Pre sidio, then Chihuahua, with Port Stilwell on Tupelotampo Bay as Pacific outlet. New terminals in Kansas City and substantial rail work begin, aiming to complete from Kansas City to Port Stilwell within about three years. The project includes $2,500,000 capital for the Chihuahua and Pacific line, large subsidies from the Mexican government, and a planned four track Kansas City terminal including bridges over the Missouri River.
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Pacific Coast
Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company
Chihuahua and Pacific Railroad Company
Chihuahua and Pacific Railroad
Kansas City
Port Stilwell
Tupelotampo Bay
Chihuahua and Pacific
Stilwell
London
Chihuahua and Pacific Company
Chihuahua
Minace
Minaca
Comaa
Kan
Texas
Sierra Madre Mountains
Chicago
Alton
Missouri River
Sinaloa
Pacific
Diss
General Razas
Enrique
Crees
Ting
Orient
Pacific Coast of Mexico
National Railroad of Mexico
Mex
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Dixif
Sterling
Martinique
Fort DE France
Reash’s
Georgetown
ST. Vincent
Way
Interborough Rapid Transit CO
Fifty-Ninth-St
23Rd ST
Metropolis
George J. Goulds
Eral Pistot
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
New York
Rhode Island
Crowninshield Challenger
Gess
Humberts’ Lawyer
L. Alman & Co
TRE Therune
MR. Herbert
Tion
Central New-England Railway
Oo. T. Holt Relinquishes Administera
the Tribune
Rochester
Adirondacks
New York Central
G. H. Daniels
Quebec
N. H
H. R. RK
P. m
Pullman
Port Stilwell, ON the
Gulf OF
California
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific
Overland Limited
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