Kills Giant Combinations Planned by Rockefeller and Morgan
The Supreme Court ruling halts the Northern Pacific merger, described as the biggest blow to the money kings in a generation. It ends plans to group major railroads under Rockefeller Morgan Vanderbilt Gould Hill Harriman Cassatt and rivals, aiming to eliminate competition.
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Rockefeller
Morgan
Washington
Supreme Court
Northern Pacific
Vanderbilt
Gould
Hill
Kidder Firm Million Dollar Gas Bond Question Surfaces
At a Massachusetts Gas Company reorganization hearing, Sherman L Whipple pressed for the contract showing $1,000,000 in bonds received by Kidder Peabody. Robert L Winsor confirmed the bonds exist but not yet transferred. Whipple demanded to see the contract and the syndicate list of stockholders tomorrow morning as the trial nears its three week limit.
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Massachusetts
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Sherman L. Whipple
Robert Ll. Winsor
Whipple
Mr. Whipple
Winsor
Lst
Snow
Gaston, Snow & Saltonstall
Attorney Snow
R. W. Lindeberry
New Jersey
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston Weather Forecast Sees Cloudy Tuesday Snow Rain
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for cloudy conditions on Tuesday with occasional rain or snow. Wednesday brings fair skies and a somewhat cooler air mass.
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Boston
Vicinity
McCarthy Hurt by Snap-Flash on School Street
Surveyor of the Port Jeremiah J. McCarthy received an eye injury yesterday after a lighted snap match flew from a passerby near City Hall. The man apologized, but McCarthy said it was unavoidable and not the other’s fault. The surveyor’s eye ached and he was nearly blinded briefly.
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Port
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
School Street
City Hall
Surveyor McCarthy
McCarthy
Samuel Parks Dying in Sing Sing Hospital
Samuel Parks former walking delegate of Local Union No 2 of the Structural Iron Workers' Association is dying of tuberculosis in Sing Sing prison hospital. Prison physician Dr. Robert T. Irvine says Parks has declined rapidly for 30 days and death is expected daily. He was serving a two year sentence for extortion after a sensational trial and grew weak in late January, becoming bedridden a month ago.
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New York
Samuel Parks
Structural Iron Workers’ Association
Sing Sing
Robert T. Irvine
Parks
Senator Gove Stricken by Foot Infection in Hospital
Senator Otis M. Gove of Waltham is confined to the Waltham Hospital after a bath abrasion led to septicemia between the toes. Doctors have performed frequent incisions to relieve the condition and expect several days of recovery. While he is absent from the Senate, Senator Flynn fills committee duties for Waltham.
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Otis M. Gove
Waltham
Waltham Hospital
Senator Gove
Boston
Senate
Jones
Flynn
Aramac Wreck off Queensland: 60 Rescued, 78 Missing
The British steamer Aramac, 2114 tons, 300 feet, built in 1889, was wrecked on the Break Sea Spit off Queensland Sunday morning. Six lifeboats were launched. two landed with 60 exhausted passengers and crew. Four boats with 78 persons are missing. boats are believed unprovisioned. Bad weather hindered search efforts.
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Brisbane
Queensland
Break Sea
Dumbarton
Scotland
Revolt Against Mormon Smith Sparks Utah Resolution
Burrows, chairman of the senator ial investigating committee, will circulate copies for signatures in Utah and adjoining States. Resolutions say Smith's disclosures in Washington caused great amazement and disgust in Utah, noting secrecy by polygamists has hindered access to real facts.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Joseph F. Smith
Smoot
Washington
Smith
Ator Burrows
Russians Plan Clash Near Port Arthur to Link Vladivostok Force
A Niuchwang report states Admiral Makaroff aims to clash with the Russian fleet from Port Arthur in a desperate move to unite with the Vladivostok squad and cripple Japan's fleet.
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London
Niuchwang
Makaroff
Port Arthur
Vladivostok
Japanese capture of Danny reported in conflicting accounts
A second report claims the Japanese have captured Danny while another source notes the London Daily Mail highlights the Niu Chwang despatch. The piece suggests this could influence strategic moves by Vice-Admiral Makaroff and Russia's naval coordination as the war continues.
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London Daily Mail
Makaroff
Russia
Tax discrepancy in Watertown sparks review call
At a Watertown town meeting on March 14 Herbert Coolidge announced a $23,000 discrepancy between the uncollected taxes listed by Tax Collector William B. Farwell and the auditor’s figures. Auditor George Parker defended the post year-end audit. Farwell was absent. A three member committee was requested to investigate the tax department.
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Watertown
William B. Farwell
Herbert Coolidge
Parker
Farwell
Coolidge
Boston man found dead in Rutland
Rutland March 14 The disappearance of John J. O'Brien a teamster of East Boston was solved by police finding his body beside a back road. Last seen Feb 28 he left for Roxbury to visit his brother. Mrs O Brien aided the search and says he had just recovered from nervous prostration. Body frozen to the ground. medical examiner Dr W E Chamberlain will autopsy and suspects natural causes.
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Rutland
John J. O'Brien
Porter Street
Boston
O’brien
Roxbury
Ice price likely to rise this summer says speculators
The price of ice for the coming summer will be determined soon. Speculation holds it may be higher than last year unless the ice trust, represented locally by the Boston Tea Company, encounters trouble with other local concerns, notably the Independent Ice Company.
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Ice Trust
Boster Tee Company
Ice Company
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Gove
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Dewey
Japan
Ron
Danny
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