Love letters read in open court in Burdick inquest
In Buffalo on March 23 Mrs. Alice Burdick testified at the Burdick murder inquest as District Attorney Coatsworth pressed her about love letters from Arthur R. Pennell. The letters described earlier romance from New Haven to Shelter Island and New York in 1896 to 1901, with Pennell confessing affection and kissing her in a doorway. The proceedings drew a large, tense crowd as more letters were introduced and examined.
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Alice and Burdick
Edwin L. Burdick
Coatsworth
Hartzell
Pennel
Pennell
Pentel
Wentworth
Boston
Ruxton
Chicago
Ana
Root
Estes G. Rathbone
Leonard Wood
Burdick
Surigao Falls To Rebels As Americans Rally Troops
News from Manila reports Surigao in Mindanao captured by ladrones. Constabulary Inspector Clarke and several others killed. A detachment of thirty men from the Tenth Infantry under Lieutenants Patterson and Brown sails from Ingan to retake Surigao aboard the transport Reilly. General Sumner orders two more companies to Mindanao. Taft and General Davis plan a Jolo conference with the sultan to avert trouble as Moros unrest grows. The Proteus burial ship has arrived with bodies of five hundred soldiers and a few civilians for repatriation.
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Surigao
Mindanao
Ladrones
Constabulary
Clarke
Tenth Infantry
Patterson
Brown
Ingan
Reilly
Sumner
Getaila
Taft
Davis
Jolo
Ingalls
General Davis
Proteus
Ortagine
Manhattan Elevated Workers Reject Nine Hour Day Demand
New York March 23. The newly organized Manhattan Elevated Railway employees rejected the road officials settlement proposal. They demand a nine hour day and a wage scale with guards paid $2 a day instead of $1.85. Arbitration is preferred, but the nine hour day must be granted.
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Manhattan Elevated
New York
Manhattan Elevated Railway
Not 20 Cents On Dollar For Get Rich Depositors
In St Louis on March 23 the court ordered U S Marshal to take charge of the International Investment Company affairs. J W Flogue and Hogue, indicted after the failure, have not been caught. Assets listed at 5 to 10 dollars. names of depositors numbered about 1,0000 on file. Over 11,000 certificates of deposit are held by Marshal Morsey. Total deposits estimated at 1,000 dollars. assets expected to pay under 2 cents on the dollar.
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United States District Court Today
United States
Marshal v
Mersey
International Investment Company
J. W. Flogue
Hogue
Marshall Morsey
Spe
John J. Ryan Investment Company
Mareha) Morsey
Dr Samuell Kennedy Freed After First Degree Murder Indictment
New York reports the dismissal of the first degree murder indictment against Dr Samuell Kennedy for the Dollie Reynolds murder in the Grand Hotel case. Kennedy had been convicted previously and spent twenty-one months in Sing Sing’s death house before a new trial was ordered, then released on bail when the jury disagreed on the verdict.
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Dr. Kennedy
Dollie Reynolds
New York
Samuell Kennedy
Grand Hotel
Sing Sing
Robbed While He Slept By Opera Treasurer
In Milwaukee on March 23, Treasurer Harry E. Nordlinger of the Marguerita Sylva Opera Company was robbed of about 3000 in cash and notes, allegedly while sleeping with the money beneath his pillow. A fellow company member who shared his room is missing and suspected of the theft.
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Nordlinger
Milwaukee
Harry E. Nordinger
Marguerita Sylva Opera Company
Chinese brigand unrest prompts possible French invasion threat
Paris reports growing disorder in Southern China along the French Indochina border due to bands of Chinese brigands. French interests are protected but lawlessness rose after Mandarin Su Si was superseded. Officials anticipate possible French troop landings to safeguard interests and consider demands from the Tiensin commander for compensation and barracks before evacuation.
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Foreign Office
China
Frénen
Su Si
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Night Meeting Moves Women Suffrage Cause in New Orleans
In New Orleans on March 23 suffragists toured the city and attended a large night meeting. President M J Sanders of the progressive union spoke of his conversion to the cause. Chicago lawyer Catherine Waugh McCulloch and Charlotte Perkins Gilman from New York addressed laws and duties of today. Susan B Anthony delivered a brief appeal. Dr Julia Holmes Smith could not speak due to her husband's illness, prioritizing home over the convention.
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New Orleans
M. J. Sanders
Progressive Union
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Chicago
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
New York
Susan B. Anthony
Julia Holmes Smith
Anna Shaw
Lamar Fontaine to Speak in Jackson Lectures
Major Lamar Fontaine, renowned soldier, duellist, explorer, scientist, and poet, will deliver a lecture tour starting in Jackson, Mississippi. The aging yet vigorous figure is famed for Civil War wounds, a lost leg, and a life marked by hardship, exploration, and wide acclaim.
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Miss
Lamar Fontaine
Mississippi
Sainus
San Domingo Falls To Revolutionists In Fierce Fighting
Rebels capture a San Domingo fort under General Pepin. Many killed on both sides as revolutionists seize city, cable office, and government lands. Foreign Minister Sanchez seeks asylum in the U S consulate. Assistant Governor Ebenigie and General Fena killed. Wes Gil assumes command of revolutionary forces. No warship dispatched to San Domingo for now. Guatemala reports quiet and plans to move ships to Celaya.
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Republic of Santo Tomingo
Pepin
Sanchez
United Statea
Ebenigie
Fena
Wes Gil
Washington
San’ Domingo
Atlanta
Pensacola
Monte Cristo
Haikien
Guatemala
Olympia
Panther
Celta
Barrios
Guatemala City
Fuerte Barrios
Judge to rule on Whitaker Wright extradition case
New York March 3 Judge LaCombe after a habeas corpus hearing in the Whitaker Wright extradition case said he would deliver his decision tomorrow. The British government seeks Wright’s extradition.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
Whitaker Wright
LaCombe
Peace in Uruguay Cablegram From Montevideo
A cablegram from Rear Admiral Sumner dated Montevideo reports peace seems assured. Mutual concessions of disputed points have been made, signaling settlement in the Uruguay situation. The message was received in Washington on March 23.
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Washington
Sumner
Montevideo
Venezuelan President Castro Resigns Amid Unrest and International Tangles
London reports no confirmation of the Ven ezuelan gunboat Restaurador seizure by a British cruiser on piracy grounds. Caracas has not commented on Castro's resignation while dispatches in Paris Berlin and Willemstad sketch a crisis driven by German entanglements and revolutionary activity. General Matos in Caracas pledges to end the war if congress accepts Castro abdication and he gains influence with revolutionary commanders.
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Foreign Office
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Venezuela
Berlin
Caracas
Matos
Willemstadt
General Matos
Venezuelan Revolutionary Movement
Ramon Ayala
Venezuéla
Congress
Revolutionary Army
Railroads on Paper in East Mississippi Projects
Jackson Miss March 28 Special Railroads are being projected across the undeveloped area of east Mississippi but none have shown active plans to build. The Mobile Jackson and Kansas City line from Mobile to Memphis is the main hope, with several other routes Meridian to Memphis and Pensacola to Memphis backed by capitalist groups offering some promise of eventual realization.
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Miss
Mississippi
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Road
Mobile
Memphis
Merillan
Pensacola
Rioting in Port of Spain threatens government buildings
A mob attempted to seize the government buildings in Port of Spain Trinidad this afternoon. Police fired on rioters as the mob stoned and set fire to the building while a British cruiser Pallas landed bluejackets to Aiding efforts. The unrest followed protests against a new later works ordinance and a legislative council meeting.
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St. Vincent
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Pallas
Lgislative Council
Georgia Weather and Local Notes Include Bond Election Plans
Georgia forecast shows fair and cooler days with modest precipitation, while local reports cover bond election planning, site inspections for a federal building, bids for city lighting, and notable incidents and appointments across Georgia and the South.
Tragic Massachusetts mother kills children then herself
In Fiskdale near Sturbridge a frenzied mother, Mrs Peter Burke, killed her four children and then herself with an ax and kerosene. Fire destroyed the house as neighbors raced to the scene, finding the children in a closet with their heads crushed and Mrs Burke fatally burned. Burke, a machinist, collapsed on learning of the tragedy. relatives note prior signs of mental derangement.
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WillAn
Louise
May Rose
Fiskdale
Worcester
Burke
New Hampshire
Somersworth
Wintow
Nt de Louis
Burké
Miners Demand Higher Wages in Kentucky Talks
J D Wood of the United Mine Workers warns that miners will quit if operators do not offer a better deal than Paducah. C N Barnaby, Western district president, says a wage conference in Louisville will decide on a 20 percent increase versus operators sticking to last year’s terms. The dispute, from Paducah to Louisville, is referred to a committee here.
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Marco B
Paducah
Lai
United Mine Workers
J. D. Wood
United Mine Workers of Kentucky
C. N. Barnaby
Kentucky
T Mining
Indianapolis
Eatiching Ai'jw Tonaeds
Sored
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Presbyterian University
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