Baldwin Sails Toward North Pole Expedition From Tromsoe
Evelyn B Baldwin and financier William Ziegler left for Europe to launch a three ship Arctic expedition aiming to raise a flag at the North Pole. The fleet includes Esquiman renamed America, Belgica, and Fridtjof with provisions for years, plans to deposit supplies at Franz Josef Land and Greenland relief stations, and scientific crew rumored to include Leffingwell, Fiala, and Francis Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Hhis
North Pole
William Ziegler
Europe
Mr. Baldwin
Tromsee
Norway
Franz Josef Lané
Pole
America
Franz Josef Land
Greenland
Baldwin
Amo
Ernest de Koven Leffingwell
University of Chicago
Anthony Fiala
Brooklyn Fagie
Francis Long
Weather Bureau
Greely
Halma Bought for the Czar in Hanover Sale
The Russian Imperial Government reportedly bought the Hanover stallion Halma from Julius Fleischmann for 90460 dollars. An agent for the Czar sought Hanover blood stables to export to Russia to improve horse breeding and Halma will be shipped to the Czar’s stables. Other Halma offspring include Halbergier Locket Somersault and Smart Set. Early reports stated Jean de Reszke had purchased Halma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Fleischmann
Halma
Hanover
Julia L
Russia
Haima
Jean de Reszke
Discord Among Musicians Sparks Union Split Over Board Actions
Trouble within the Musical Mutual Protective Union divides along Bremer and Beggs factions over affiliating with trades unions. A stormy meeting at the Ol¢é Home stead saw chair changes, appeals, and a plan to amalgamate city unions, with Beggs elected chair and a five member committee formed to pursue unification. The meeting ended with officers leaving and the union proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical Mutual Protective Union
American Federation of Musicians
Ol¢é Homestead
Ninety-first-st
Third-ave
Alexander Bremer
James Beggs
Lecei No. 41
Beggs
Board of Directors
Anton Reiff
Bremer
Ecke
Beges
Linseed Officers Elected in New Board Shakeup
Frederick T. Gates elected president of the American Lin Seed Company, succeeding resigning Guy G. Major. W. H. Jones named secretary, vice G. E. Highley, who also resigned. Gates linked to Standard Oil interests amid recent acquisition of control. Chicago date June 12 reports William Giles, ex slave who cooked for General Grant, living in the city after years in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Lin Seed Company
Frederick T. Gates
Guy G. Major
W. H. Jones
G. E. Highley
Mr. Gates
Standard Oil
Linseed Comy
Chicago
William Giles
A. S. Grant
Giles
Washington
General Grant
White House
Orange County
Woman Who Lost Her Notes Sails on La Lorraine
Mme Luli aneturi of Paris sailed on the steamer La Lorraine bound for Havre after losing the name and location of her hotel in Montreal. She required Macdougal street police help to recover her hotel and belongings including money baggage and ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Mme. Lulianeturi
Paris
Macdougal St
Montreal
Dr Cuyler Declines Memorial Statue Honor
The Reverend Theodore L. Cuyler declines a bronze or marble memorial statue in Cuyler Park. He prefers his name be affixed to the existing park at Fulton and Greene avenues and expresses gratitude for the offer, noting his forty one years in Brooklyn and the value of heartfelt memory over public monuments. He signs the letter from 17 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, dated June 12, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore L. Cuyler
Lafayette Avenue Cee
Brooklyn
Cuyler Park
Joan N. Beach
D. W. McWilliams
Thomas T. Sarr
Fulton and
Greeneaves
Oxford St
Recruiting and Education Views From Army Officers
Major Wheeler notes peaceful times curb army recruitment while predicting a surge in any war scare. He cites New York's high influx of recruits and cavalry preference, with Fort Myer training and a Park Row artillery recruit station expanding qualified applicants. Rear Admiral Luce describes Porto Rico's dual education: schools with flags and native regiments led by Americans, improving fitness, discipline, and citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William B. Wheeler
Tribune
Third Ave
Congress
United States Army
New-York
Cmy
San Francisco
Cavalry
Big City
Lth Cavalry
Fort Myer
Virginia
Lower Park Row
Porto Rico
Stephen B. Luce
U_ 3
Porto Ing
Fifth Avenue
Island
Gold Fever in Manchuria Spreads Among Russians
May 30 report from St. Petersburg notes a gold rush in Manchuria with Russians in Blagovestchensk seeking gold after General Grodekeff, Amoor territory governor, issued a decree allowing discoveries with Chinese governors’ permission. Fears of miner rivalry turning into conflict rise as reports mention Chinese allocations and Rubinoff’s role, and further appeals to Li Hung Chang are possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Blagovestchensk
Grodekeff
Amoor
Kirin
Tsitsikar
Tsitsikor
Rubinoff
Li Hung Chang
Obituary of Professor Truman Henry Safford Pioneer Astronomer
Professor Truman Henry Safford died at his son's Newark home after two strokes, aged 78. A famed calculator and astronomer, he taught at Williams College and authored catalogs of stars, with a career including Harvard Observatory work and the Dearborn Observatory discovery of nebulae. Survived by widow and four sons and a daughter, he will be buried at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Henry Safford
North Broad St
Newark
Williams College
College Burying Ground
Williamstown
Mass
Safford
Charles Louis Safford
John Henry
Newark High School
Charles Louis
All Souis’ Unitarian Church
Arthur T
W. B
F. E. Dewey
Milwaukee
Royalton
Harvard College
Benjamin Peirce
Harvard Observatory
Eliasbeth Marshall Bradbury
Cambridge
Cenusae
University of Chicago
Dearborn Observatory
Chicago
United States Corps of Engineers
War Department
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Astronomical Society of Poeland
Astronomische Gegellschaft, Leipsie
Deutscher
North Broad Ae
N. J
Baewkeshire County
Boston
Springfield
Washington
Port Steward on Trial in Manila Trial Opens Today
Manila June 13 The trial of H W Happle port steward of the commissary department charged with taking monthly instalments from a stevedoring firm began today. The defense contends the money was salary for extra services. The case references the company books and an assumed name for Happle. D M Carman, once jailed in February on supplies for insurgents, seeks return of $10 000 posted as security. General MacArthur may return it after the insurrection ends. Sumner reports failed surrender talks with insurgent Cailles in Laguna Province. The insurgent movement slows as rains begin and camps are found and destroyed. Lieutenant Cowen and 50 men kill five insurgents near Movelar. German Admiral Kirchoff visits MacArthur and the US Philippine Commissioners. Paragua island occupied by the 19th Infantry. Coast Artillery batteries 2th 50th 324 and 33d likely to sail home June 20 on the transport Indiana. The US Philippine Commission begins reviewing the Code of Civil Procedure with lawyers opposing Spanish as court language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
H. W. Happle
Commissary Department
Happle
D. M. Carman
United States
MacArthur
Sumner
Wade
Cailles
Laguna
Luzon
Cowen
Movelar
Admiral Kirchoff
Australia
China
Paragua
Coast Artillery
Indiana
United States Philippine Commission
Woman Taken to Hospital After Carbolic Acid Incident
Neighbors report Mrs. Anna Vandan of No 134 West Sixty third street was taken to Roosevelt Hospital last night as a prisoner charged with attempting death by own action. Police say she drank carbolic acid to kill herself, though neighbors claim she burned herself while trying to frighten a troublesome nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Vandan
West Sixty-third St
Roosevelt Hospital
West Sixty Eighth-St
Vandan
Notes of the Stage Stream: London to Berlin Theatre Run
Oscar Hamerstein arranges Gainsborough Octette for Winter Garden Berlin run lasting through summer. Key casts include Irma La Pierre in Way Down East successor The Bonnie Brier Bush, John L. Stoddart leading man, and George Barr McCutcheon adaptation Grau Starke with Miss Mary Mannering. Also notes new productions by McNally, McKee, and Captain R. Marshalls Second in Command with John Drew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hamemerstein
Gainsborough
Paradise Gardens
Winter Garden
Berlin
Irma la Pierre
Annah Moore
Frank McKee
George Barr McCutcheon
Charles Frohman
R. Marshall
John Drew
Mr. Drew
Empire Theatre
Westcott accused in suit over milk contract with railroad
In Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Mattice heard John H. Paul sue the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad for 79750. Westcott of Westcott's Express allegedly contracted July 9, 1886 to haul all milk cans, taking 2 percent while the railroad kept the rest. Westcott passed claims to Paul, who seeks 70750. Rail firm alleges Westcott secretly aligned with New York Central and Hudson River and West Shore railroads. Proceedings continue with Augustus Van Wyck for plaintiff and Hamilton B. Odell for the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Paul
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Mattice
Robert A. Westcott
Westcott's Express Company
Mr. Westcott
Westcott
Death by own action shocks Bamberg post at issue
Berlin reports Louis Stern former United States commercial agent at Bamberg Bavaria killed himself on June 10 after failing to send returns to the State Department for eighteen months. A Bamberg court ruled 2.0% marks due, Stern owed a small sum to the U.S. and a later firm action nullified his commercial post. Regis wounded in a Paris duel with Geraint Richard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Louis Stern
United States
Bamberg
Bavaria
State Department
Stern
Paris
Parc Des Princes
Geraint Richard
Petite
M. Regis
Gerault Richard
William Fischer, longtime editor of The New Jersey Freie Zeitung
William Fischer, telegraph editor of The New Jersey Freie Zeitung, died at the German Hospital Newark last night. He aged seventy eight, born in Württemberg Germany, once Supreme Judge of that province. He immigrated in 1877, joined the Freie Zeitung staff, later worked in Pittsburg, and returned to Newark three years ago. Survived by widow, one daughter and one son. He had been an inmate of Krueger Greisenheim for health decline and was a member of the German Press Club of Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fischer
New Jersey
Freie Zeitung
Newark
N. J
Fischer
Krueger Greisenheim
Wurtemberg
Germany
Pittsburg
German Press Club
Wright C Stout Dies in Bloomfield After Illness
Wright Con ger Stout aged thirty six eldest son of G Lee Stout president of Merchants Insurance Co Newark died at his home Bloomfield from heart trouble after months of illness. He was junior member of Haven & Stout brokers New York admitted to the Stock Exchange 1896. Survived by widow and one child. funeral tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
N. J
Wright Conger Stout
G. Lee Stout
Merchants’ Insurance Company
Newark
Franklinst
Stout
California
Haven & Stout
Nasgau St
Duke of Marlborough Leads Deputation to King Over Historic Armor
London June 13 The Duke of Marlborough headed a deputation that presented to the King a suit of armor once worn by the King's champion. The armor, recently put up at auction, was bought by a committee that aims to keep it preserved at Windsor Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Marlborough
Windsor Castle
Assemblyman Plank Renominated by Republicans
Watertown N Y June 13 Charles L Plank of Waddington was renominated by the Republicans for member of Assembly from the 1st District St Lawrence County at Ogdensburg this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
N. Y
Ogdensburg
Charles L. Plank
Waddington
St. Lawrence County
Winding Up Ordered for British America and Related Firms
In London on June 13 the King’s Bench Court granted a compulsory winding up of the British America Corporation. Mr Richardson as official assignee of the Stock Exchange supports the petition, citing £768,000 claimed on behalf of defaulting brokers. Whitaker Wright defends his methods by blaming Stock Exchange treachery, while the British America secretary asserts the firm is solvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
King’s Bench Court
British America Corporation
Richardson
The
Stock Exchange
London and Globe Finance Corporation, Limited
Whitaker Wright
London and Globe Corporation
British-America Corporation
Rioting at French Mines Over Italian Workers
Grenoble France June 13 rioting at the La Motte and D Aveillans mines after companies refused to discharge Italian workers. Several houses sacked and numerous people injured. Infantry and horse artillery sent to assist the local gendarmerie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenoble
France
la Motte and D'Aveillans
Canada Excluded From Favored Nation Tariff Extension
Berlin reports the Federal Council on the basis of the May 29 law has decided to extend most favored nation treatment to Great Britain and her colonies from July 30, with Canada explicitly exempted from the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Canada
Federal Council
Great Britain
American suspected jeweller thief in Berlin arrest
Berlin on June 13 a man named Ende an alleged American, accused of stealing 9,000 marks from jewelers, was arrested on entering a house said to shelter a stolen goods receiver. Ende stabbed the arresting officer during detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ende
Weather Report Forecasts and Regional Rain
The weather summary notes a warm mid June heat wave breaking with Thursday storms in the Mid-Atlantic and adjacent regions. It covers Ohio and Mississippi valleys with rainfall, extended rain in the Carolinas and East Gulf, and continued northern Rocky Mountain precipitation. Friday trends show fair conditions in the North Atlantic and Southwest, unsettled in the Middle Atlantic, with showers from the Ohio Valley to the Rocky Mountain districts. Local Tribune observations report fair conditions yesterday, with temperatures around 60s and a 34% drop from Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Middle Atlantic
Ohio
North Atlantic
Southwest
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain
Monsoon breaks in Bombay boosts crop hopes
The report from Bombay dated June 18 notes the monsoon has begun unusually early, raising optimism for improved crop prospects. The piece also lists travel promos and a vanilla extract advertisement, including a Colorado–Denver route and cheap summer excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Marriages and deaths listed in New York notices
A page of marriage announcements notes weddings on June 12 at various churches including Bed ford Presbyterian Church and Grace Church New York. Named couples include Caroline Jessup to Archibald Bouton Chipman MacNair and Margaret MacGregor to Richmond Lane Chipman, among others. Death notices include Madeline Townsend Beeckman and several others with funeral details and locations.
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Grace Church
New York
Lewis Evans
Pm. C. L
Montreal
Georgina Imarilla
Richard Plasket Rundle
Jonathan Dwight
Hart—Robbins
South Church
Madizon-ave
Edward Hyde Robbins
Baltimore
Mary Ayres
Horace Wolcott Robbins
Stuart Hart
Landis—Lynch
John Hampton Lynch
Wearoe
New York City
J. F. Delany
Marie Louise Lynch
J. F. Reynolds Landis
Gaille 1St Cavalry
U. S. Army
Maury
Castile Kitt
Lanenburg
Mass
George Lerrimer
Mytton Maury
Alice Hortense
Wilder Harding
John William Draper Maury
Strickland—Ovitt
Omaha
Neb
Lois Yates Ovitt
George E. Waring
Samuel Strickland
Wright—Boynton
St. Paul’s Churcherene N
James Co. Elliott
Helen
E C. Boynton
Egbert Wright
Beeckman
Madeline Townsend
Henry Beeckman
John R
Caroline Townsend
Greenwood
Blatchford and Stout Obituaries and Services
Notices of deaths for Caroline Frances Blatchford Wright Stout and Abram H Wandling. Details include residences in New York City Broomfield N J and Scranton Pa, dates June 12 1901, June 1, and June 14 with funeral arrangements, trains for delivery, and interment in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blatchford
New York City
Caroline Frances
Samuel Blatchford
Court of the United States
Les Eben Appleton
Boston
Mass
Church of Ziom
St. West
Sth
8Th Aves
Washington
Stout
Broomfield
N. J
Wright
G. Lee
Becca Conger Stout
Co. L
New York
Wandling
Scranton
Penn
Abram H. Wandline
Vine
Harrisbore
Daily and Sunday Mail Train Across North America
Public notice lists mail subscription options for daily and Sunday editions, including weekly and monthly rates, regions outside New York, Canada, and Mexico, with various term lengths and a request to send for a catalogue. The fragmentary ad repeats several price figures and period names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Postoffice Mails and Transatlantic Closings 1901
Foreign mails schedules for the week ending June 3 1901 list cutoffs at the General Post Office, with Parcels Post and Regular mails closing earlier or later depending on destination. Transatlantic and Transpacific sections specify Saturday and daily closings, directions for directing mail per ship, and special notes on printed matter, with various routes to Canada Europe Latin America and Asia.
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Germany
Foreige
Tranzatlantic
Saturdat
Netherlands
Scotland
Parnessia
Pers
Onennea II
Denmark
Mentary
Queenstown
Naples
Azores Islands
Nord Ameries
Eee
Nord America
Transpacific
Iis
Australia
West Australia
Samoa
New-York
Japan
Philippines
Santia
Seattle
Tacoma
A. Mionera
Victoria
Rmn
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Czar
Oceanic
White Star Line
Liverpool
Mersey
Corsair
Senator “Tom” Grady
Mamaroneck
Thomas F. Grady
Albany
Canandaigua
Southwestern Limited
Miss Grady
Grady
Grants Cook
DR. Cuyler
Harry B. Smith
John J. McNally
Rogers Brothers
Andrew Mack
Tom Moore
Herald Square Theatre
Buzzard's Bay
Elsie Leslie
Glory Quayle
Liebler & Co
Edward J. Morgan
John Storm
Ethel Barrymore
Captain Jinks of
Horse Marines
Garrick Theatre
Garrick
Bea
Eden Musée
Chamber of Horrors
Archie Gunn
Frank L. Perley
Shipman Brothers
Willam
Gil
Lackawanna
MIT
Regis
Parc Des
Princes
Wright C. Stout
Assemblyman
Plank
the Weather Report
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Massachusetts
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Connecticut
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Perry
Colorado
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A. H. Moffet
GEP
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Burnett
Bright
Pomfret, Conn
Marts
Henry S. Wyckoff
Osborn E. Bright
St. Mark's Church
New Caneam Conn
Grand Central
New Haven Railroad
Oelock
Dawes
Englewood
St. Paul's Church
Hubsbell
St. Mary's Hospital
William $. Hubbell, Jr
Buffalo
Hyde
Plainfel
Charles Hyde
Weed
Plainfield
Wishi —— Railroad of
Liberty-et
Cypress Hills
Cemeters
Madison-ave
2D-St
Dr. Deane
Lemeve. Com
Tribune Almanac
Mat
DAILY
Tri-Weeekly
the Tribune
International Graphic Arts Buiidine
Cuba
Porto Riese
Hewatt
Universal Postal Union
Tribun
Postoffice
Express
Nassau-st. Uptown
Americam
Frederick N. Sommen
Broad-st
Brown, Gould & Co
American Express
Waterloo Place
Monroe & Ce
Tottee
SOLTR
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West Indies
Argentine Republic
Ruguay
Iaguay
Efenhball
Turks Island
Ieachies
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Philadelphia
Pernambuco
Santos
Sao Paulo
Roman Prine
San Juan
Venezuela
Curacao
Carscas
Savanila
Carthegena
Caracas
St. Thomas
St. Craig
Windward
Ialands
Demerara
Yaima
Fortune Island
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Savanilla
Costa Rica
Haiti
Santa Martha
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Mexico
Seguranca
Via
A. m
Havana
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Matanzas
Ibara
Baracoa
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Trinidad
Miquelon
Port Tampa
Fla
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Matis
Belize
Puerto Guatemala
New Orland
Puerta
Guatemala
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