Morgan Nears Fifty Million in Fees This Year
New York October 28 1902 J Pierpont Morgan and Co report profits from major combos reach 42 19 million with tens of millions more expected from steel L and N and other mergers Morgan gains from underwritten stock bonds and cash plus fees for harvesting and farm manufactures forecasts further deals including packing and leather mergers with Morgan likely to play a leading role.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Morgan
Steel Corporation
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
Wall Street
Northern Securities
United States
Milwaukee
Great Packing Combine
Gould Holding Comany
Forge Works
United States Leather Company
Hide and Leather Company
President Roosevelt Fully Recovered Plans Trips and Banquets
President Roosevelt has fully recovered from his Pittsfield injury and operations on his leg. He will vote at Oyster Bay with a stop in Philadelphia, attend the New York Chamber of Commerce banquet on November 11, and the Founders Day banquet at the Union League Club on November 22. He will be joined by Secretary Cortelyou and return to Washington after events, skipping a bear hunt invitation due to workload.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pittsfield
Oyster Bay
Philadelphia
New York Chamber of Commerce
New York
Cortelyou
Union League Club
Congress
Mississippi
Father guards dying child then wounds self in New Orleans
Conrad H. Mitten, grieving father, stood over his daughter’s coffin with a knife to deter health officials from taking charge of the diphtheria burial. Fatigued, he relaxed and was overpowered. He later slashed his throat but survived. Arrests sought for resisting an officer and assault with a dangerous weapon. Public sympathy favors Mitten, deemed temporarily insane by tragedy.
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New Orleans
Conrad H. Mitten
City Board of Health
Hitten
Destruction of Wildlife by Forest Fires in Clark County
A Clark County lake became a grisly mass grave for hundreds of deer bears cougars wolves and smaller animals as fires surrounded the area. Northern Pacific cruiser L E Duval found two acres of water covered with carcasses two to three deep describing it as a remarkable sight in the region.
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Tacoma
Wash
Clark County
L. E. Duval
Northern Pacific
Duval
Plague Ravages in the Philippines
Washington report details Manila mail advices on cholera and plague in the Philippines. Chief Quarantine Officer Perry estimates about 75,000 cholera cases since March 20 with a mortality rate around 75 percent.
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Philippines
Manila
Perry
Down Mountain Mishap Halves Oil Prospecting Pair
Samuel Utter and Joseph Billingsly began an oil prospecting trip in southern Modoc County. After an 800 foot tumble on a steep grade near Adin Utter was injured and buried gear scattered. Billingsly trekked four miles for help then rescued Utter and a dead burro before returning to Redding with supplies.
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Redding
Samuel Utter
Joseph Billingsly
Modoc County
Pit River
Adin
Billingsly
Utter
Burro
Sacramento
Threatened Tie-up On Gollam's New Buildings
A 75 000 strong building trades strike threat follows refusal of boss plasterers to meet demands of 1 200 on strike. Leaders warn contractors may import plasterers to finish jobs sparking a wider walkout. Bosses deny wage issue, cite past $5 eight hour day and demand settlement at once by arbitration.
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New York
J. Thompson
Employing Plasterers’ Union
Grover Cleveland to Campaign at Morristown Rally
Former President Grover Cleveland will speak at a Democratic rally in Morristown New Jersey on October 30 to back DeWitt C Flanagan in Morris County and the new Fifth District race against Charles N Fowler. Flanagan invited Cleveland during a Princeton visit and said the platform mirrors his 1892 stance. The White House later reports McKinley and Roosevelt likenesses in Statuary Hall will be covered over to remove counterfeit portraits and maintain Capitol dignity amid repairs.
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New York
White Houses
Grover Cleveland
Morristown
New Jersey
Morris County
DeWitt C. Flanagan
Charles N. Fowler
Elizabeth
Flanagan
Cleveland
Princeton
Fowler
Rockefeller Donates 500000 to Columbia Teachers College
John D. Rockefeller gives 500000 to the Teachers College of Columbia University as a contingent gift to erase 190000 debt first. The balance depends on future funds and installments, tied to endowment goals and contingent payments recognized by the college treasurer.
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Rockefeller
Bryan Special Train Besieged by Eager Crowds in Colorado
William J. Bryan’s special train reached Alamosa and stopped at Atanita and legeria where he spoke briefly. He urged national irrigation and water storage and argued the Philippines conquest funds could have financed irrigation for the arid west.
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Alamosa
Colo
William J. Bryan
Atanita
Legeria
Bryan
Philippines
Cuba-US Reciprocity Treaty Hopes Persist In Pushed Talks
News dispatches from Havana report President Palma sent Washington a draft reciprocity treaty without approval. Officials still expect a treaty ready for Congress at the next meeting. Cuban objections center on duty remissions for U S goods, seen as a figures issue, not principle. State Department expects amicable settlement.
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Washington, D. C
Havana
Palma
Washington
Congress
Colonel Ochiltree Ill in New York With Diet Battle
New York October 28. Friends fear for Colonel Theeteas P. Ochiltree who lies ill at his apartments on Tenth street and Fifth Avenue. He suffers a complex of illnesses but has shown some improvement. If able to travel he may be sent to Asheville, North Carolina next week. He has been on a strict milk and lichy diet since late last month and recently reacted violently to a venison steak, slipping into unconsciousness when doctors arrived.
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New York
Theeteas P. Ochiltree
Thirtieth Street
Fifth Evenues
Asheville
N. C
Clarence Mackay
Fell Over Bannister Saved By His Jag
Private William Campbell of the Eighteenth Infantry had a remarkable escape in an opera house hallway. While intoxicated he pitched headlong over a stair railing from twenty feet, landing on his head but escaping with a scalp wound requiring eight stitches and a period of unconsciousness. Doctors say intoxication and relaxed muscles prevented a neck fracture.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
William Campbell
Company 5
Eighteenth Infantry
Opera House
Weather Indications Forecast for Arizona
The forecast notes fair conditions tonight and Wednesday in Arizona with warmer temperatures overnight. Stronger warmth expected later with dry skies and light winds.
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Arizona
Daughter Procured Lethal Laudanum For Mother
Mrs. C Owens 63 died at Post Graduate hospital from an overdose of laudanum secretly supplied by her daughter Miss Sadie Owens who has since vanished. The daughter had been discharged from the same hospital as cured from morphine. Authorities say the death was not anticipated by either, and the missing daughter vanished after the tragedy.
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Chicago
Ill
C. Owens
Post Graduate Hospital
Sadie Owens
Dearbrow Street
News Stealer Decision Bars Use of Quotations
In Chicago on Oct 28 the U S court held Western Union Telegraph Co has property rights in news sether and that such rights persist after publication on rented tickets. The opinion affirms the lower court and permanently enjoins National Telegraph News and Illinois Commission and others from using the quotations.
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Chicago
Ju’gee Jenkins
National Telegraph News Company
Illinois Commission Company
Gol. Gody's Son-In-Law Dies by Own Action
Cheyenne Wyoming October 28 H S Boal son in law of Colonel W F Cody a leading stockman of Northern Wyoming died last night by chloroform no cause known indicated Securities: he used chloroform to end his own life in an unexpected tragedy with no stated motive or circumstances given.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Boal
W. F. Cody
Wyoming
Hague arbitration to interpret Japan property leases
Paris October 28 Foreign Minister Delacasse said Germany Great Britain and France agreed with Japan to seek Hague arbitration on the interpretation of treaties governing perpetual foreign property leases in Japan.
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Paris
Delacasse
Germany
Great Britain
France
Japan
Hague Arbitration Court
Eminent Doctor Dies of Tubercular Peritonitis
Dr Daniel E Hughes chief resident physician at Philadelphia almshouse died today from tubercular peritonitis. He believed infection came from a hospital patient. Hughes was internationally renowned as an alienist.
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Philadelphia
Daniel E. Hughes
Philadelphia Almshouse
Hughes
Bank Robbery at Prairie City Iowa After Safe Dynamiting
In Prairie City Iowa this morning three robbers dynamited the Iowa State Bank's safe and took about 4000 dollars. A fusillade of shots was exchanged with the sheriff as four men carried out the heist two men patrolled the streets while others forced citizens to keep distance before escaping.
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Des Moines
Prairie City
Iowa State Bank
Horrible Bear Attack at Happy Hollow Resort
At Happy Hollow in Hot Springs Arkansas an eight year old boy named Robert Tatum was dragged by a large black bear and had his skull fractured. He was pulled close to the bear and the animal began to crush his skull before rescuers freed him. He remained unconscious after the incident.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Happy Hollow
Robert Tatum
Otis Receives Refund Of Duties On Personal Effects
Treasury Department ordered the El Paso collector to refund duties paid by General Harrison Gray Otis of Los Angeles on personal effects bought as presents for his family during a trip through Mexico.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
el Paso
Harrison Gray Otis
Los Angeles
Otis
Mexico
Metal and Money Market Report
NEW YORK Oct 28 Mexican dollars 40c silver 505gc copper unchanged in the daily market summary reflecting a flat tone with no notable price changes reported.
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New York
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