Peary Denied Naval Reward Over Polar Claim
A near unanimous House subcommittee vote rejected any reward for Commander Peary and questioned the polar record he presented. Representative Macon criticized Peary’s travels from Cape Columbia, noting long daily mileages after Bartlett left, and contrasted them with Cook’s reported distances.
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House Committee On Nayal Affairs
Commander Peary
North Pole
House
Uder
Macon Democrat
Arkan- 10
Macon
Arkansas
Peary
Cape Columbia
Bartlett
Cook
Bartlett Camp
Pole
Standard Oil Monopoly Case Goes to Supreme Court
The Department of Justice seeks to dissolve Standard 611 claiming a Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast monopoly. The brief argues Sherman Act repeal or strict enforcement, with arguments set to begin Monday in the U S Supreme Court.
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Department of Justice
Supreme Court of the United States
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Americans Threatened by Vengeance of Zelayans in Bluefields
March 9 report says revolutionary leaders Chamorro and Mona aim to reach Bluefields before Vasques. Merchants group warns Americans allied with Madrid could face retaliation as U S intervention is urged. Letters from Managua allege threats from Madrid supporters to deter any pro Madrid Americans.
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Mons
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Vasquex
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Vasques
Chamorro
Mona
Aitrenders
Rama
Vanquex
United Wes Mottuit
United States
Madrid
Managua
Madris
Metrada
Merchante’ Association
Vagquexs
Unrest of Labor Spreads Across Philadelphia Area
Labor unrest widens as Philadelphia strike gains external backing from the National Labor Federation and a New Castle convention. In Philadelphia over a thousand Baldwin Locomotive workers walk out, with additional walkouts reported in Camden and Montgomery County. Police restrict planned mass meeting at National League park, while merchants seek to downplay siege rumors.
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Fedestation of Labor
Newcastle
Baldwin Locomotive Works
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Camden
Montgomery
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
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Trenton
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Trenton’ ‘Street Railway Company
Voice From Tomb Denies Charge In Harrison Promise
Indianapolis reports W G H Miller former Harrison attorney general released a statement denying Senator Platts claim that Harrison indirectly promised him the treasury post and then refused it. Miller cites a letter from Harrison denying any such promise stating he never suspected Platt sought a cabinet position.
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Miller
Crom
Infantryman beaten by artillery men in West 18th Street assault
A soldier from Company A Eleventh Infantry was attacked by six to seven artillery soldiers outside 615 West Eighteenth Street last night. He was struck on the head and body, knocked unconscious, then kicked. Police arrived as the assailants fled, and the injured man was taken to a substation for care.
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Marriage ties cut off heir faces family loss
Marek Philander Chase Knox Jr. stands beside his bride as his father rejects the match and his family cuts him off. He now relies on a mere hundred dollars a month from his grandfather and what he can earn himself amid the sudden change in fortunes.
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Harriman's Great Scheme Seen as Westward Rail Monopoly
In the U S Chronicle Court suit to dissolve the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific merger, Otto Kuhn of Kuhn Loeb & Co testifies Harriman aimed to dominate railroads from the Mississippi to the Pacific. He planned to buy Santa Fe, Rock Island, and Northern Pacific, creating a near monopoly west of the Mississippi, but lacked cash to proceed.
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United States Chronit Court
Uicna- Pacific
Southern Pacific
Mde
Otto HH. Kuhn
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Harriman
B. A. Harriman
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
Yfo Us
Kuba
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Northern Pacific
Mississippi
Harrimas
Harries
Ipeeus
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Pacific
Taft
Robert 8. Lovett
Pecome An
Southern Pacife
Officials Race With Death in New York Sewer
In New York City five rescuers battled rising floodwaters in a sewer. They pressed forward in near darkness, linking hands to prevent retreat, and reached the outlet just as water engulfed their legs before escaping to safety.
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New York
Cyrigin
Maybray Scared and May Enter Guilty Plea
Bert R Shores Wing Harris and Frank N Marsh three of the eighty one defendants in the John S Maybray swindling cases pleaded guilty and asked mercy of the court. Marsh says he will obtain the government evidence but the others may. They are charged with steering J C Kavataweb of Muskogee Oklahoma against a twenty four thousand dollar wrestling match. It is reported Maybray will plead before a federal judge if the Iowa indictments are quashed.
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Oklahoma
Maybray
Towa
Floods Lifted Rail Service Resumes Normal Schedule
Local Union Pacific officials announced that starting today passenger trains will run on the usual schedule after washouts in the western states disrupted service. For days trains operated in sections with some cancellations while repairs were completed. Train No. 4 arrived from the west in four sections, with Nos. 2 12 and 15 delayed.
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Wyoming
Union Fic
Othey Trans
Funeral of Platt Held at Oswego
The body of former Senator Thomas Collier Platt was buried in Oswego New York today. The ceremony at the Keynote Presbyterian church was attended by Platt’s loyal friends and a keynote eulogy was delivered by Rev. George Douglas Young.
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Thomas Collier Platt
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George Douglas Young
Amalgamated Copper Listed on Exchange Board
York March. The governors of the stock exchange today authorized the placing of Amalgamated Copper in the stated department.
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