Marseilles Hosts Kruger Reception Dress Rehearsal
Kruger arrival delayed by Gelderland limits landings as Marseilles stages a broad cordial welcome. Delegations, flags, and crowds line streets despite rain. Boer leaders vow to continue the fight unless offered favorable terms. American tourists observe, while gale winds dampen the event.
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Marseilles
Gelderland
Transvaal
Mercaant
Maroussa
Duke of Orleans
Transvaal Republic
Kruger
Mr. Kruger
Hotel de Noailles
Riviera
Egypt
Leyds
Fischer
Wessels
Vanderhoeven
England
Messageries Maritimes
Messrs
Gelderland Delays Kruger Visit at Marseilles
Dutch cruiser Gelderland with Mr Kruger aboard signals from Cape Depot and delays reception plans in Marseilles due to apparent machinery trouble. Boer and French delegates disappointed as crowds thin and events postponed to tomorrow amid weather uncertainty.
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Associated Press
Marseilles
Gelderland
Kruger
Delagoa Bay Railroad award paid in New York
The Delagoa Bay Railroad award of 3,062,806 dollars was paid this morning. Americans received their share through the Seligmans. The award accompanies the new schedule of the Pennsylvania Limited set to take effect Sunday, November 25. Advi.
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London
Delagoa Bay Railroad
Seligmans
Chicago
New York
Seizure of Delagoa Bay Railroad by Portugal
The seizure produced an award with interest at 5 percent from June 25, 1889, totaling about $5,000,000 plus a 1890 payment of $140,000. Heirs of American Colonel McMurdo and English capitalists who built and operated the line are the interested Americans.
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Delagoa Bay
Portugal
Colonel McMurdo
Portugese
Peace and War Tangles Reach Across Europe
London reports explainations by Wessels and Boer leaders that Kruger may seek peace in France, while Lord Roberts confirms ongoing raiding in South Africa. Milner and Kitchener face strain, rumors of Roberts’ accident stir nerves, and Delagoa Bay award settled as Hay-Pauncefote talks loom. Underground transit schemes surge as Parliament eyes new bills.
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The
New-York Tribune
CABLE
the Tribune
London
Wessels
Marseilles
Kruger
France
South Africa
Lord Roberts
Buffs
Lyttleton
Paris
de Wet
John Bull
Kitchener
Sir Alfred Milner
England
Palm Mall
War Office
Movement to form a Chamber of Commerce Committee of Seventy
A plan to have the Chamber of Commerce create a Committee of Seventy to mount an anti Tammany campaign next year was outlined and may be presented at next month’s meeting. Leaders named include Jacob H Schiff Morris K Jesup and J Edward Simmons with support from other prominent business figures.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Citizens Union
Jacob H. Schiff
Morris K. Jesup
J. Edward Simmons
Charles Stewart Smith
George L. Rives
J. Pierpont Morgan
C. Beaman
Woodbury Langdon
William L. Strong
Citizens Union Movement
Tammany
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Citizens Union Central City Committee
John Claflin
Abram S. Hewitt
John P. Faure
Joseph Larocque
J. Kennedy Tod
Lewis L. Delafield
Thomas A. Fulton
William B. Hornblower
R. H. Derby
Richard Deeves
A. Jacobi
Frissell
Arthur von Briesen
George Haven Putnam
Gustav H. Schwab
James Speyer
William J. Schieffelin
Simon Sterne
James B. Reynolds
Everett P. Wheeler
State Police Bill Prompts Leadership Shifts and Talk
Senator Platt says the forthcoming State Police bill will differ from last year's Constabulary measure and notes Judge Cohen will finalize details. Colonel Dunn plans to resign. Aldridge of Rochester may seek Dunn’s successor. Senator Armstrong stresses early discussion is premature and hints at potential support if changes suit district interests.
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Senator Platt
Fifth Avenue
Cohen
Lyman
Colonel Dunn
Mr. Platt
Dunn
Aldridge
Rochester
William W. Armstrong
Monroe County
Senator Parsons
Armstrong
Tribune
Parsons
New York
Buffalo
Syracuse
Albany
Troy
Lewis
Oceanic Narrowly Escapes Collision En Route to Port
The White Star Line steamer Oceanic arriving from Liverpool dodged a possible collision with a North German Lloyd liner. Captain Cameron, on the bridge, saw signals and guided the ship past the other vessel amid rough seas. On board was Francis Howard the American portrait painter returning after sixteen years abroad to pursue a U S national gallery project with an estimated startup cost of 2 700 000. Howard spoke of backing artists such as Whistler Sargent Alexander and Melchers and laymen, planned as a government supported exhibit site in Washington New York or Chicago. George G Ward vice president of the Commercial Cable Company was another passenger. Ward received the Royal Crown of Prussia from General von Podolinsky in Berlin at a banquet following the cable line’s completion.
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Oceanic
White Star Line
Liverpool
Trave
Bremen
Cameron
Francis Howard
National Gallery
United States
Whistler
Sargeant
Alexander
Melchers
Washington
New York
Chicago
George G. Ward
Commercial Cable Company
Mr. Ward
Berlin
General von Podelisky
Prussia
Wind Storm Destroys Buildings at Pan-American Grounds
Buffalo reports gusts at 65 miles per hour from noon. The cyclorama building for Missionary Ridge collapsed at Pan-American grounds, another midway structure damaged. Scaffolds torn, roofs blown, several workers injured. Sea pounds the breakwater with no vessels seen.
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Buffalo
Missionary Ridge
Midway
Governor Odell to Meet State Leaders in City
Governor elect Odell will confer with Senator Platt and State Chairman George W Dunn at the Fifth Avenue Hotel today and may stay until Saturday. Up state politicians and Senators Armstrong and Parsons Assemblyman Rogers were seen there. Governor Roosevelt arrives tomorrow and will speak in Philadelphia Saturday night.
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Odell
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Senator Platt
George W. Dunn
Armstrong
Parsons
Rochester
Assemblyman Rogers
Binghamton
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Cyclone Injures Laborers in Schenectady and Damages City
Report from Schenectady New York dated November 21 describes multiple injuries after a cyclone. James A. Goodrich president of the Y M C A and prominent lawyer suffered head injuries. John A. Castor and another laborer were hurled from a scaffold fifty feet away. The baseball grandstand and building fronts were damaged with debris. A boy was saved from freight wheels at State Street crossing by Charles H. Benedict. Syracuse and Oneida also report damage including a fallen limb injuring Miss Jennie Weller and Mrs. Dawley seized indoors. Rochester logs a fifty mile per hour wind with a department store plate glass shattering and injuring bystanders.
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Schenectady
N. Y
James A. Goodrich
Young Men's Christian Association
John A. Castor
Delemontave
State St
Charles H. Benedict
Syracuse
Salina St
Oneida
Jennie Weller
J. S. Dawley
Rochester
Mrs John Jay in Peril as Copper Roof Injures Coachman
Mrs John Jay narrowly escaped injury in a Fifth Avenue storm yesterday afternoon when a copper roof fragment blew from Sherry's elevator shaft and struck her coachman Charles Unger, knocking him unconscious and causing a scalp wound. He was taken to Flower Hospital, recovering, while Mrs Jay remained unharmed. Policeman Clark assisted near East Fifty first Street.
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John Jay
Fifth-ave
East Fifteenth St
Sherry
Charles Unger
Policeman Clark
East Fifty-first-st
Accident to Lord Roberts When His Horse Falls
Lord Roberts injured in a Sunday riding accident his horse fell with him and he was bruised but not fatally hurt. He was moved to Government House Johannesburg by bodyguards and is expected to resume field duties within a few days. The Daily Telegraph reports he telegraphed no ill effects to the War Secretary.
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London
Navy
Lord Roberts
War Office
Government House
Johannesburg
The
Daily Telegraph
Secretary of State For War
Mr. Brodrick
Buffs Outpost Surprise Near Balmoral Reported
A Lord Roberts dispatch notes several minor events with the main item detailing a Buffs outpost southwest of Balmoral where six Buffs were killed and five wounded on November 10. An officer and thirty men were taken prisoner before the post was reoccupied.
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London
Lord Roberts
Buffs
Balmoral
Rumor of General Schalk Burger Death Unconfirmed
London reports a discredited rumor that General Schalk Burger acting Transvaal president may have died in Johannesburg on November 9. Lord Roberts's dispatch from Johannesburg this morning omits any death mention.
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London
Schalk-Burger
Transvaal
Kruger
Johannesburg
Lord Roberts
London heavy buyer pushes early stock market to records
London acted as a major buyer in yesterday's stock market with foreign orders aiding "ultimo" settlement and New York accounts. Early trading saw strong gains across the list, led by Pacifics and traction stocks, with St Paul, Louisville and Nashville and Northern Pacific among notable movers. Despite profit taking, overall sentiment remained bullish with many issues closing higher and total volume surging.
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London
Exchange
New-York
Pacifics
Tractions
Northern
Union Pacific
Granger
St. Paul
Louisville
Nashville
Rock Island
Burlington
Atchison
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Ohio
Reading First
Brooklyn
Tris
Metropolitan
Manhattan
Northern Pacific
Federal Steel
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Hurricane Rips Colorado Springs Roofs and Wires
A hurricane swept Colorado Springs on November 21 causing downed telegraph lines and wires, blown chimneys, and widespread damage. Winds reached seventy miles per hour after 12:30 PM, crippling the Electric Company plant, damaging the high school, ripping the Temple Theatre roof, and destroying roofs and cornices across business blocks.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Colorado Springs Electric Company
Temple Theatre
Motors May Cause Strike On Second Avenue Elevated
Rumors say locomotive engineers and firemen on the Second Avenue elevated face discharge with electric motive power adoption. Two hundred workers, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Firemen, may be replaced at 2 a day, threatening a broader strike across the Manhattan elevated lines.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Firemen
Manhattan Elevated
Winter Storms Disrupt Nor Cal and Colorado Rail Traffic
A severe storm hit Northern California with telegraph outages and seven feet of snow at Summit while Denver reports a three day snow and wind event on the western slope. Warm weather caused rapid melt and slides, halting railroad traffic and mine supply shipments. Cold air extends from Glenwood Springs southward with light eastern snow.
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San Francisco
California
Summit
Denver
Colorado
Glenwood Springs
Wind Storm Causes Damages in Clinton County
A violent wind storm swept Lock Haven and surrounding areas. A building under construction for the Pennsylvania Fire Brick Company at Beech Creek collapsed injuring worker Thomas Stahl. Two tobacco sheds owned by Robert McCormick were demolished, destroying 1.20 acres of tobacco leaf. Thomas McKeague's tobacco shed at McElhattan also fell, and two iron stacks at L M Patterson & Co pipe works were blown down.
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Lock Haven
Penn
Clinton County
Pennsylvania Fire Brick Company
Beech Creek
Thomas Stahl
Robert McCormick
Thomas McKeague
McElhattan
Electric train makes trial run on Second Ave elevated
A successful trial of a new electric train was conducted yesterday on the Second Ave elevated line between Eighty sixth and Sixty fifth streets. No passengers were aboard and officials reported speeds of about sixteen to seventeen miles per hour.
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Second-ave
Gale Rips Northern Ohio with sixty mph Winds
A heavy westerly gale swept Northern Ohio, reaching sixty miles per hour at times, crippling telephone and telegraph lines and causing widespread damage in Cleveland. Telegraph companies struggled to maintain links as the wind shattered chimneys trees and plate glass while temperatures plummeted.
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Cleveland
Ohio
New York Yacht Club Delivers Cup Defender Plans
The America's Cup defender syndicate is revealed with Vice Commodore Belmont James Stillman Oliver H Payne Frederick G Bourne Henry Walters and W Butler Duncan Jr named as managers. Herreshoff firm expected to build the yacht and aim to beat the Columbia by about five minutes per thirty mile course.
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A. Belmont
J. Stillman
J. W. S. Oddie
New-York
Colonia
Henry Walters
Navada
W. Butler Duncan, Jr
Lewis Cass Ledyard
August Belmont
James Stillman
Mr. Stillman
Bourne
Walters
Oliver Hearne
Aphrodite
North Cape
Frederick G. Bourne
Larchmont Yacht Club
Clarence A. Postley
A. E. Tower
Narada
Mediterranean
West Indies
Mineola
Belmont
J. Pierpont Morgan
Herreshoffs
Bristol
Columbia
Herreshoff
Duncan
Commodore Ledyard
Oliver H. Payne
Co. L. F. Robinson
S. Nicholson Kane
EK D. Morgan
Edward M. Brown
C. Oliver Iselin
New York Yacht Club
West Forty-eighth-st
New-York Yacht Club
Mr. Duncan
Tow Wiil
General Change of Time on the Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad will implement its usual winter time change on Sunday November 7. Multiple local train schedules will shift as part of the change.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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Perry Sturges
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George R. Turnbull
FR. W. Wunderlich
W. H. Ziegler
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Conference OF State Leaders
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