Thaw in Court and Prison Scenes Amid White Murder Case
Harry Thaw faced murder charges in New York as details emerged from his prison stay at the Tombs and court appearances. Witnesses including McCaleb and Beale testified about the cafe Martin dinner and the rooftop events, while Thaw sought more exercise and reflected on prison life.
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Thaw and Nesbit Saga Ends in Tragedy at Madison Square Garden
The narrative follows Harry Thaw’s pursuit of Evelyn Nesbit from youth to marriage in London and New York. It covers their controversial union, financial control by Mrs Thaw, a second marriage, and culminating public tragedy at Madison Square Garden.
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Mrs Holman Withholds Visit To Harry Thaws Wife
Pittsburg report says Mrs Holman mother of Harry K Thaw will not join Evelyn Nesbit in New York. She remains secluded and reportedly may have left the city. Society here withholds judgment while revealing whispered details of Nesbit and Stanford White’s first meeting. Detective Roger O Mara continues to shadow Thaw with eight men monitoring his movements.
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WilliamsonUrged for Railroad Commissioner Seat
A Cincinnati shippers delegation urged Governor Harris to appoint E. E. Williamson of Cincinnati to the new Railroad Commission. With at least three hundred applicants, the selection faces many contenders for the post to be named soon.
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Columbus
Ohio
Commercial Tribune
E. E. Wilamson
New Railroad Commission
Policeman Kills Sailor Near Navy Yard Entrance
In New York on June 298, Patrolman Flanagan fatally shot Hugh P. Mc Cairn, a sailor aboard the Pennsylvania, after a struggle during an arrest for intoxication near the Brooklyn navy yard. The sailors allegedly attacked the officer. Mc Cairn died soon after.
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Hugh P. McCairn
United States
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Flanagan
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Brooklyn
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Body of Dr George A Thompson Found in River
The body of 55 year old Dr George A Thompson of Phoenix Baltimore County was found in the Gunpowder River near Warren. He had been missing since June 21. A former United States consul at Stettin and a U S Army surgeon, his skull was fractured and his left leg broken.
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Commercial Tribune
Baltimore
George A. Thompson
Phoenix
Baltimore County
Gunpowder River
Warren
Thompson
United States
Stettin
Forest Fires Rage Near Mormon Colonies in Chihuahua
Telegram reports from Nuevo Casas Grandes Chihuahua indicate destructive forest fires in the area near Mormon colonies. Fire also threatens ranches in Dry Valley, El Paso area.
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Commercial Tribune
EL Paso
Tex
Nuevo Casa Grandes
Chihuahua
Congress Works Through Bills as Roosevelt Signs Pending Law
The article notes Roosevelt signs a key measure and adjournment expected today while Congress sticks to using the House provision tied to an appropriation bill to avoid stalling the supply bill. It hints at a deadlock if the provision is not adopted.
Isle of Pines dispute stalls in Senate committee shuffle
Senator Morgan pushes to send the Isle of Pines resolution to the Pacific Islands and Porto Rico committee. The Foreign Relations Committee opposes U S retention of the isle while Senator Foraker, controlling the Pacific Islands and Porto Rico panel, backs the Cuba renunciation treaty. The Dick resolution is believed to be smothered for an indefinite period.
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Alabama
Isle of Pines
Committee On
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Porto Rico
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Foraker
Senator Kean Lets Committee Hire Messenger
Senate committee on contingent expenses reports favorably a resolution to employ a messenger at 1400 dollars per year. Senator Culberson questions the need and age of the committee as Mr Kean explains the move to place the Kansas Senator Benson on a level with other majority members.
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Senate
Kean
Culberson
Kansas
Benson
Texas
Senate OKs Deficiency Bill With Additions From Rate and Public Building Measures
The Senate approved the conference report on the general deficiency appropriation bill and adopted a House concurrent resolution allowing conferees to add sums needed to implement the railroad rate bill and the public building bill. The action followed a Senate session ending at 11:30 p.m. in Washington.
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Commercial Tribune
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Senate Accepts Conference Report on Railroad Rate Bill
The Senate approved the conference report on the railroad rate bill and passed the joint resolution to take effect sixty days after passage. President Roosevelt signed the bill at 11 15 tonight along with the naturalization bill and a Panama Canal construction measure.
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Food Bill Is Passed After Conference Report
Washington June 29 The conference report on the pure food bill was favorably acted on in the Senate and House. The report was adopted without opposition after the State and municipal control section was removed to secure a unanimous vote.
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Congress Clears Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
Both houses adopt the conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill and send it to the President for signature. The Jamestown Exposition funding stays. A $3,000,000 State Justice Commerce and Labor complex provision is removed, while Senate additions brought total to $8,004,114 before final House reduction of $4,316,000.
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Tawney
Minnesota
Senate OKs Conference Report on Agriculture Appropriation
The Senate agrees to the conference report on the agricultural appropriation bill and adopts the House provision for meat inspection. The House also passes the conference report with the meat provision, approving the bill.
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Commercial Tribune
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Last Cabinet Meeting Before October Adjourns Brief Session
Washington June 29. All cabinet members attended except Bona Parte and Metcalf. Postmaster General Cartelyou stayed long to dispose of many post office cases before the President left Washington. This was the last formal meeting until October, with likely summer visits to Sagamore Hill by various cabinet members to discuss departmental matters.
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Bailey and Tillman Clash Over Demagogism Charges
Washington June 29 Senators Bailey and Tillman sparred during debate on the railroad rate bill. Bailey accused Tillman of demagogism while Tillman said he had contempt for shy sters and for men who pack political conventions. The exchange grew intense briefly before cooling.
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Texas
Senate Meets Again As 16 Hour Trainmen Bill Discussed
The Senate debated the La Follette bill limiting trainmen to sixteen consecutive hours of labor. After a lengthy discussion without action, the chamber adjourned at 11 45 p m until 10 a m tomorrow.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate
Dalzell Demands Original Remarks Be Record
Washington June 29 The House expunged Mr Cooper remarks from today’s record and inserted Dalzell’s original words after a privlege dispute over changes to a heated exchange. Dalzell demanded exact wording of Cooper’s colloquy. Cooper defended edits as misreporting.
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Wis
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Pennsylvania
Roosevelt Sets Consular Rules on Appointments and Promotions
President Roosevelt issues regulations guiding consular service appointments and promotions. Promotions will rely on efficiency records, with original appointments limited to the two lower grades, as part of executive reforms prompted by Secretary Root.
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Washington
Root
Florida City Granted Review as Feature of Panama Exposition
The House passed a resolution 125 to 30 urging a naval review in Tampa Bay during the Panama Canal exposition to begin work on the canal. The measure, by Rep Sparkman of Florida, also asks a suitable army display.
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Commercial Tribune
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Florida
President Signs Key Bills Amid Fast-Tracked Action
A notable batch of bills received the President's approval within a day or two. Today he signed the naval appropriation bill the Military Academy appropriation bill and a measure allowing cattle to remain on trains thirty six hours without unloading, extending the previous twenty four hour limit.
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Jume
Canal bill conference report adopted by both houses
The Lake Erie and Ohio River Canal bill conference report was adopted by both houses and now awaits the President's signature to become law. The action marks passage of the measure with final formal steps remaining before enactment.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Toledo Public Building Funding Restored to 500000
Conferees on the public buildings bill favor restoring Toledo’s public building line to 500000, the House figure. The measure, reported today, previously passed at that amount in the House and is maintained in the conference report. The action reflects agreement on the Toledo project among the conferees.
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Washington
Toledo
President Roosevelt vetoes Sac and Fox annuity bill
Washington June 29 President Roosevelt vetoed the bill providing for annual pro rata distribution of the Sac and Fox Indians of the Mississippi annuities between the two branches of the tribe.
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Senator Dick Pushes Isle of Pines Government Plan
Senator Dick introduced a joint resolution to temporarily govern the Isle of Pines. The measure states the island's government remains with the United States until Congress or a treaty with Cuba provides otherwise, with military civil and judicial powers to be vested.
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Washington
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Appointment of Lane to Interstate Body Confirmed
Franklin Lane of California was confirmed today as Interstate Commerce Commissioner after months of delay. The appointment to the regulatory body ends a prolonged hold up and places Lane in a key federal post.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Franklin Lane
California
Immigration bill passes after conference report adoption
Washington June 29 The conference report on the bill creating a Bureau of Naturalization and Immigration was adopted by Congress today. The measure passes the bill and moves toward enactment with federal naturalization work reorganized under the new bureau.
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Longworth Chelmsford Praised for Bond With Britons at Luncheon
The Society of American Women hosted Ambassador Reid and Mrs Reid and Mr and Mrs Longworth at the Hotel Cecil in London. Lord Curzon praised President Roosevelt for cementing Anglo American ties as British hosts toasted the Longworths and Reids.
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Death claims a noted educator in Boston area
The Rev. Dr. Judson Smith a leading Congregational figure dies at his Roxbury home after a long illness. Born June 28 1837 in Middlefield he taught Latin history at Oberlin College and headed ecclesiastical history at Oberlin Theological Seminary. He led the American Board of Foreign Missions and served as trustee of Oberlin Mount Holyoke and Williston. He married J Augusta Bushnell in 1865. she died last February. He is survived by a son and three daughters.
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Abducted Child Found After Dover Delaware Abduction
New York report says Mrs. Annie Hasselman has recovered her ten year old daughter abducted last Thursday from the foster home of Mr and Mrs Haas in Dover Delaware. The child, adopted by Mrs Haas, was recently awarded to the mother by a New Jersey Chancery Court decision. Mrs Hasselman left for the West tonight with the child.
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Special Federal Grand Jury to Probe Rail Rate Disputes
Cleveland report says United States District Attorney Sullivan plans a special federal grand jury for July 6 to investigate railroad rate discrimination and related issues from an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing. Independent oil men of Northern Ohio expected to be subpoenaed as witnesses. action described as an inquiry with possible indictments.
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Men Convicted on Rebating Charges To Appeal Cases
Filing of bills of exceptions in rebate cases was postponed due to Judge Smith McPherson's absence in Joplin. The Burlington Railroad and George L. Thomas with L. B. Taggart await appeals, with bonds to be perfected tomorrow. A separate bill of exceptions has been filed for Armour Swift Cudahy and Nelson Morris.
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Joplin
Smith McPherson
Burlington Railroad
George L. Thomas
New York
L. B. Taggart
Armour, Swift, Cudahy
Nelson Morris
Joint Foreign Freight Office to Open in New Orleans
Railroads entering New Orleans will form a joint foreign freight office on July 1 with J. J. Campion as Joint Foreign Freight Agent. Participating lines include the New Orleans & Northeastern Mobile & Ohio Southern Alabama Great Southern N O & T P Alabama & Vicksburg and the Vicksburg Shreveport & Pacific.
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J. J. Campion
July changes announced by the Mexican Central
The Mexican Central announces July 1 staff shifts including J. McDonald named General Passenger Agent in Mexico City, J. N. Strasser succeeding O B Duran, Thomas Smith moving to Chicago as Contracting Agent, and Thomas Cassidy promoted from M E T in St Louis to Traveling Freight Agent.
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J. N. Strasser
O. B. Duran
Thomas Smith
St. Louis
Chicago
Thomas Cassidy
Elliott Steps Down as Northern Pacific President
In St Paul on June 29 a report says President Howard Elliot of the Northern Pacific Railway has tendered his resignation and that it has been accepted. The absence of Elliot from the city prevented immediate confirmation though the report is said to be well authenticated.
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Railroad Notes Highlight Florida Station Agent and Executives
W B Zachery of the Florida East Coast Railroad at St Augustine yesterday en route to Michigan for a family vacation. B F Morse, formerly a railroad official, is elected director of the Cotton Stalks Products Company in New York. W A Garrett, Southern Railroad General Manager, departs July 5 for a three week Yellowstone vacation with family.
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W. A. Garrett
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Engineer dies at throttle on Colonial Express
Philadelphia June 29 The Colonial Express on the Pennsylvania Railroad arrived with engineer George Maxwell dead at the throttle. The train had left Trenton on schedule and slackening speed at Frankfort Junction was not done. Fireman James Hackett found Maxwell dead from heart disease at age 45.
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Six Miners Die in Powder Explosion at Mohawk Mine
Six miners were killed in a powder explosion last night at the Mohawk Mine located between Bywawek and Aurora in Kyeleth Minnesota. The tragedy occurred June 29 as crews searched the area for survivors.
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