Allds Denies Bribe Charge In Highway Legislation Case
Senator Jotham Allds testified in Albany denying he demanded or received $1000 on April 23, 1901 to influence highway or bridge laws. He claimed he never met Frank Conger and disputed visit accounts, detailing his banc accounts and earnings as a title searcher. The courtroom heeled with support as Allds answered calmly amid bronchitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Jotham ‘P. Allos
Allds
Frank Conger
Hiram G. Moo
Benn Conger
Norwich
Ang
Senator Allds
Chenango
Onborne
van Wyck
Conger
Joc
Murderer tracked down in NYC apartment killing
Mobile Alan Julius Venner alias Alexander Klein identified as August Petersen, accused of murdering his wife Sophie Johansen in a Manhattan tenement on February 7. Petersen confessed after identification, claiming he struck her with a gas lighter in a quarrel over another man. Body hidden under the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alan Julius Venner
Alexander Klein
August Petersen
Sophie Johansen
Ninety-eighth Street
New York City
Petersen
New York
Per Capita Money Circulation In United States
Treasury figures show the per capita circulation is 34.87 dollars. With a population of 9,883,000 the March 1 money in circulation totals 3,134,093,250 dollars, and this amount if divided equally would grant 34.87 dollars to every person. The total in circulation is 49,315,244 dollars higher than a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Treasury Department
Department
Arrest in Bank Loot Case Shifts to Cambridge
Cambridge police arrested Wilson W. Lockhardt of Belmont an extra bank clerk amid a $150 000 shortage at National City Bank. He had driven for George W. Coleman the $12 bookkeeper already taken into custody.
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Cambridge
Mass
National City Bank
Wilson W. Lockhardt
Belmont
Lockhardt
George W. Coleman
Pay for Colonel Gordon
Washington DC Colonel James Gordon of Mississippi poet and humorist who served fifty days as Senator can obtain 102.74 by dropping to the disbursing office. A resolution directs the sum to be paid from the Senate contingent fund. Gordon served five days February 24 28 without compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
James Gordon
Mississippi
Senate
Gordon
Feud Ends in Double-Fatal Shooting at Cattleman's Home
Farmers Joseph Stokes Charles Goldman and David Gortman were shot and killed by cattleman Lawrence Odom at Odoms residence four miles from Protect sLaxeit. Odom surrendered to a deputy who alerted Mobile officials fearing mob violence while denying a personal vendetta linked to an old feud.
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Cibronelo
Ala
Joseph Stokes
Charles Goldman
David Gortman
Laurence Odom
Odom
Chronelle
Drage
Mobile
Thomas Platt Dies After Long Political Power
Thomas Collier Platt longtime New York Republican power broker and thrice United States Senator died at 138 West Eleventh Street in New York City. Born 1833 in Owego he rose from church choir singer to Deacon and leader of the Fremont Glee Club shaping a vast political machine. He entered Congress in 1872 and later wielded control as New York easy boss despite waning influence at his death.
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New York City
Thomas Collfer Platt
United States
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
West Eleventh Street
Lincoln
Platt
Harry
Edward
Frank
Livingston Platt
Senator Platt
Republican
Thomas Collier Platt
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Senate
Mr. Platt
Owego
N. Y
Tiogan County
Ife
Troga Jone
Fremont
Tioga
Tompkins
Tiora
Milo Goodrich
Goodrich
Postal Savings Bill Passed by Senate in Washington
Senate votes 50 to 22 in favor of the Administration Postal Savings Bank measure. The bill allows post offices to take deposits of $1 or more and place funds in local banks, with deposits limited to $100 per month and $300 per depositor. Government to pay 2 percent interest and banks must yield at least 2.25 percent. Projected fund grows to $500 million to $1 billion.
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Washington, D. C
Administration Postal Savings Bank
Mutton Prices Hit Record High in Chicago Market
Sheep sold at Chicago for 8 109 hundredweight, the highest price on record. Buyers reported the stock was purchased for use by the British Army in Bermuda Islands.
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Chicago
Bermuda Islands
Strikers' Demands Refused by Bethlehem Steel Leader
Charles M. Schwab, president of Bethlehem Steel Company, refused all the strikers demands in a formal response, setting a hard line on labor negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Man Runs Four Miles to Surrender After Fatal Quarrel
Frank aharatyee admitted shooting Albert Hill following a farm dispute near Ion. Breathless and panicked, he fled four miles to Herkimer Jail to surrender, with authorities confirming the account by telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Aharatyee
Herkimer Minustries
Mumford
Albert Hill
Ion
Merkimer
Louis James Actor Dies After Heart Attack in Helena
Louis James a leading road actor famed for tragedies died in Helena Montana at age sixty eight while his company performed at the Helena Theatre. He was born in 1842 at Tremont Ohio the son of Benjamin I James and had a long stage career with Jefferson and Lawrence Barrett among his favorites.
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Jefferson
Lawrence Barrett
Helena
Mont
Louis James
America
Heatre
Mr. James
Tremont
Benjamin I, James
Magistrate Sentenced to Sing Sing for Bribery
Henry J. Furlong of Brooklyn was sentenced by Judge Kapper in the New York Supreme Court to an indeterminate term at Sing Sing. The maximum is two years and a month, the minimum one year. Furlong was convicted of bribery and the judge ruled the conviction forfeits office and citizenship.
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Brooklyn
Kapper
Supreme Court
Henry J. Furlong
Furlong
New-York City
George Witte
Atlanta
Hough
New Pittsburg Germ Puzzles City Water Supply
Pittsburg water filtration beds are clogged by a newly discovered microbe with many flexible legs that resemble a cross between gas pipe segments and a centipede. Boiling does not kill it, and officials fear a potential water famine while scientists seek its classification and treatment.
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Pittsburgs
Aspinwall
Ulairsville
Pittsburg
Water Department
C S. Drake
W UC. Eaton
Eity
FEI
Sampher
Water Bureau
Manson
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy
Europe
Lady Laurier Denounces Democracy in Social Life
In an interview at Wet Springs, Lady Laurier argues that American society favors royal prerogatives over democratic ideals and questions cross-border marriages. She criticizes suffragettes as ugly and indecent, while praising family duties and tradition. The remarks accompany a Canadian delegation visiting the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
America
Laurier
Europe
Ameri
Government Control for Aerial Traffic in Empire
Berlin reports a lecture by Vladimir Koeppen on airfield control by the states, urging defined rights for balloonists and dirigibles and regulation of air above private property for public welfare. A related St Louis billboards ruling clears half of offensive signage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
William
Dr. Beseier
Vladimir Koeppen
the Empire
Sugar Price Moves Signal Refinery Increases
Sugar prices rose as Warner Sugar Refining Co advanced 10 cents per 100 pounds and another refiner followed suit. Other refineries kept quotes on the rest of the market with a modest one percent cut for granulated sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Sugar’ Refining Company
Lee
Demand For Malaises and Market Price Pressure
Demand for malaises rose as primary markets reported strong offers. Traders noted shortages of black syrup and higher quotations, with shippers seeking favorable prices amid limited supply and steady demand.
Trade ties praised at Kingston meeting on Canada West Indies relation
The Royal Commission on trade relations between Canada and the West Indies held a Kingston meeting and heard an enthusiastic reception. Participants advocated improved steamship facilities and reciprocal duty reductions to boost trade and strengthen Canada West Indies bonds. The discussion noted rum, soap, and wine from the US influencing trade, while Canadian products faced a decrease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
St. Vincent
Row
Royal Commission On Trade
Canada
West Indies
Erens
Philadelphia Street Riots Renewed Amid Labor Strike
Widespread unrest along Frankford Avenue as strikebreakers in a trolley car fire into crowds wounding a public girl and several men. Police report car wrecks and window smashing as about a dozen arrests are made while unions peg 125000 on strike and 1900 workers stayed out that day.
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Philadelphia
Frankford Avenue
Mill
Franford Avenue
Bragg
Frankford
Helen May
John Maloney
Michael Osborn
Frank Bromiley
Frankford Hospital
Allegheny Avenue
Soa
Director of Public Safety Cay
Philadelphia Wosiery Manufacturers’ Association
Manufacturers’ Clubs
Court Upholds Capitol Conspiracy Convictions
Philadelphia judge rules William P Snyder and James M Shumaker guilty of conspiracy to defraud the State in furnishing the Capitol. Both were former Auditor General and Superintendent of Public Buildings respectively. Sentences: two years and 3500 fine. Higher court affirmed. related equity suits seek at least 5 million from contractors and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William P Snyder
James M. Shumaker
State
State Supreme Court
Snyder
Shumaker
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
John H. Sanderson
Capitol
William J. Mathues
Media
Sanderson
Mathues
Todd
New
State Capitol
Attorney-General’s Department
John N. Sanderson
Pow Dead
Pennsylvania Construction ‘Company
Arcchitect
Joseph M. Thuson
Four Tons of Bad Eggs Seized for Tanning Use
Four tons of eggs intended for bakery pies were seized from a warehouse in Boston after a complaint by St George Adams, a government food inspector. The eggs, stored in 676 cans, were deemed unfit and treated with carbolic acid. If saleable they would have been worth $8000. the Government plans to sell them to tanning establishments. The shipment originated from a Chicago firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
St George
Adams
Chicago
Son of Brigadier General Shoots Self in Colorado Hotel
E. D. Thomas Jr., son of Brig. Gen. Burl D. Thomas, fired a bullet into his brain in a Colorado Springs hotel room and died instantly. He had come from Fort Logan, registered as J. I. Franklin in Denver, and after drinking with friends that evening went to Colorado City.
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Thomas
Colorado Springs
Warl D. Thomas, Jr
Burl D. Thomas
Department of Colorado
Denver
Ims
Fort Logan
J. I. Franklin
Colorado City
Maniac Kills Officer in Bridgeport Shooting Rampage
Gustav F C Mueller driven by a mania to write to elites shot dead a policeman at Main and Fairfield, wounded two bystanders. Officer Ellsworth G Yeltz, 33, married, was killed. Leo Rage and Thomas P Dougherty were injured as bystanders.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Gustav FC. Mueller
Rockefellers
Vanderbdilts
Mainstreet
Fairfield Avenue
Ellsworth G Yeltz
Leopold Rage
Stafford Avenue
Thomas P Dougherty
Arso
Rage
Money For Hudson River Bridge Proposal
Bergen County board of freeholders in Hackensack voted 5000 dollars for preliminary work on the Hudson river bridge project. The sum was previously refused a month ago but after full consideration approval was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River Bridge
Bergen County Board of Preeholders
Hackensack
Preeholders
Tmne
Racing Tragedy in Palmetto Leaves Two Dead
In Palmetto Florida a fatal incident during a race results in the deaths of Samuel Stribbling paymaster of Tampa and another man.
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Palmetto, Fla
Samuel Stribbling
Payminster
Tampa
Field Sports Highlights From National and Academy Events
Gustave and Touchard win the national indoor tennis championship while the Navy wrestling team defeats Lehigh 7 to 2 and Annapolly defeats Columbia 7 bouts to 2. West Point fencers beat Columbia 6 to 3 as a new Syracuse rule allows athletes to weigh in six hours late. Quincy Shaw of Boston defeats Reginald Fincke of New York to claim the national amateur race title. A university library plans and gymnasium readings hint at broader sporting activity across Chicago Minnesota and the University of Chicago campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave &. Touchard
Navy
Lehigh University
Annapolly
Columbia
AdoWolgist
Battling Nelson
Weat Point
Columba
West Point
Syracuse
Quincy A Shaw
Boston
Reginald Fincke
New York
University of Chicago
Minnesota
Chicago
Professor Stage
Ll. Wintama
Congress Drifts Through Dull Session Weathered by Navy Wire Debate
A sluggish congressional phase sees routine appropriations and minor clashes. a New Yorker proposes barbed wire at ship sterns for future naval warfare while a flood-control reservoir plan advances and Secretary MacVeagh backs Civil Pension for lifesavers to aid incapacitated officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Tobey
Penn Yan
N. Y
Secretary of the Navy
Tobey
Elk Starvation Crisis Prompts Wyoming Aid Efforts
In Cheyenne Wyoming residents report over five thousand elk starving in Jackson Hole as heavy snow blocks range. State aid previously supplied December hay but renewed harsh winter threatens ranches with elk raids. Citizens organize feeding measures to prevent livestock losses.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Jackson's Hole
Baltimore Book and Job Painters Gain in Wages
Baltimore based book and job painters report higher wages after a recent gain. San Francisco typographers pursue an 1911 International convention. Italian trade unions show 1908 membership drop from 191,000 to 175,000. Boston Stationary Firemen's Union No. 3 leads New England. Western Federation of Miners threatens strike for higher wages. San Francisco ship sealers organize into a union. Weavers in Scotland's mill total 1036 years' involvement. Hoboken printers win a three year contract.
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Baltimore
Mal
San Francseo
Anton Smithing
Boston
Mass
New England
Western Federation of Miners
South Dakota
San
Sessen
Fatal avalanches kill ninety-two at Rogers Pass
News recounts six day toll from avalanches in Rogers Pass B C and nearby areas. Ninety two men died including white and Japanese workers. fourteen injured. only five bodies recovered. A blizzard hindered recovery as another slide damaged the snowshed and buried track for four hundred yards.
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Vancouver
B.C
Rogers Pass
Selkirk Range
Rocky Mountains
Frazer
Griffith
Buckley Engine
Phillips
Havay
Idaho
Wellington
Wash
Rogers-Pass
B. C
Mountaindale
Banker Slashed at Home in Morning Assault
Jere F. Lillis, a rich Kansas City banker, was attacked at the Cudahy residence by John P. Cudahy, a Chicago packer. Lillis was bound with rope and slashed with a knife, leaving crosscut wounds on the face legs and arm. he was taken to St. Marys Hospital. A chauffeur was present. neighbors heard screams and contacted police. Cudahy blamed the incident on damage to his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jere F. Lillis
John P. Cudahy
Michael Cudahy
Chicago
Lillis
St. Mary's Hospital
Hfo
Cudahy
West Port
Ohio flood leaves thousands homeless and jobs lost
In Ohio the flood displaced about 4000 people, with extensive plant closures and hundreds unemployed. Damage tops $1,000,000 as rail lines flood, Warren’s Main Street gorge resists dynamite, a $50,000 Anginize River bridge at Defiance is swept away, and only some Youngstown steel works operate briefly.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Youngstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fee
Main Street
Warren
Defiance
Botkin Murderer Dies in San Quentin Prison
Mrs Cordelia Botkin who was jailed at San Quentin for the poisoning murder of Mrs John P Dunning of San Francisco died in the penitentiary. The case involved a chocolate poison plot sent through the mails.
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San Francisco
Cal
Cordelia Botkin
San Quentin
John P. Dunning
Del
Marblehead twin mothers fund created by Gregory will
A $1000 bequest is left to Marblehead Massachusetts to aid women who have twins in the year. The fund, from Jane Gregory a wealthy seed man’s widow, provides annual income to qualifying Marblehead mothers of twins.
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A V Tames H
Uu, Gregory
Women of
Marblehead
Salem
Mass
Janes Joh Gregorye
Politician Shooting in Scotland Neck Shocked North Carolina
E L Travis state senator A P Kitchin brother of Gov W W Kitchin were shot along with deputy sheriff J W Dunn in Scotland Neck by merchant E B Powell. Powell surrendered after barricading, injuring Travis Kitchin and Dunn. Powell refused to discuss motive tied to a letter unread.
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Scotland Neck
N. C
E. L. Travis
A. P. Kitchin
W. W. Kitchin
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
W Dunn
Airfax County
Mili
E. BE. Powell
Travis
Kitchin
Dunn
Powell
Philadelphia Striker Shot as Labor Strike Spreads
A general strike in Philadelphia effects take hold at midnight after failed arbitration between the Philadelphia Traction Company and its carmen. Carmen William Drexler, 42, dies after being shot by a policeman amid unrest on Frankford Avenue. Crowds attack streetcars downtown and in other districts. over 100,000 workers are involved.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Traction Company
William Drexler
Frankford Avenue
Drexler
Stock Broker Must Pay After Jury Favors Widow
Mrs. Amma D Andrews won 17516 in U S Circuit Court against Alfred W Chandler a stock broker she claimed caused $80000 loss from investments advised by Chandler. Juror Robert Coleman attempted to criticise a fellow juror revealing he was a stock broker. Judge Hazel refused to permit the remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Amma D. Andrews
Alfred W Chandler
United States Circuit Court
Hazel
Coleman
Mob Hangs Man in Dallas Court Riot After Alleged Child Assault
A mob led by an elderly Black man burst into a Dallas court room where Allen Brooks who faced trial for allegedly assaulting a two year old white child was being sentenced. Brooks was thrown from a second story window breaking his neck and the mob dragged his body through the streets and hanged it in an arch while remaining largely silent. The rioters held control for about three hours as prayers for mercy were heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Allen Brooks
Brooks
Sod shipment for Taft St Patrick’s Day speech
Two crates of Irish sod were shipped to New York from Queenstown aboard the steamer St Louis to provide a stump for President Taft during his St Patrick’s Day address in Chicago. The unusual delivery was arranged to give Taft a symbolic Irish backdrop for the speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Taft
Chicago
St. Louis
Queenstown
New York City
Cuban Students Beaten by Police in Havana
A clash erupted between Havana university students and police after a demonstration against Rivera editor of Diario de La Marina who hosted Rafael Altamira of the University of Oviedo. Several students were severely clubbed during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Thavena University
Senor Rivera
Diario de la Marina
Rafael Altamira
University of Oviedo
Spain
Altamira
Doctor Fritch Found Guilty in Michigan Slaying
Dr George A Fritch was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Maybelle Mann of Ann Arbor last summer. The victim's dismembered body was found in the Ecorse Creek. The case moves toward Supreme Court review as the verdict was delivered by the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vetroit
Mich
George A
Maybelle Miman
Ann Arbor
Will of Alfred Speer Filed in Passaic Surrogate Office
The will of Alfred Speer, called the tas ther of Passaic, dated March 31, 1906, names heirs and leaves twenty shares of the Speer New Jersey Wine Company to Mrs. Reader. The estate valued at $100,000 is divided among surviving relatives. A widow, aged eighty, died on her husband’s funeral day, while the couple had no children after fifty years of marriage. Milk prices in Branchville set for April to July. several counties support the move. New Jersey Mayors urge uniform municipal bookkeeping and bond controls, plus school reforms, with a $1605 shortfall found in late Tax Collector Zebley’s books before his death.
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Speer
Alfred Speer
Passaic
Paterson
Speer New Jersey Wine Company
Reader
John Haines
Bordentown
Mitchell
M. E. Church
Haines
Camden
Branchville
Sussex County
Burlington County
New Jersey Conference of Mayors
Trenton
Harry B. Zobley
Highlands
Zebley
Tilford Estate Taxed
Justice Redd upholds a collateral inheritance tax of 123378 on the Tilford estate tied to Wesley H. Tilford's New York death. Estate valued at 41626987 with 7601962 in New Jersey stock. opinion filed in Trenton Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilford
Justice Redd
Supreme Court
Trenton
Samuel D. Dickinson
Wesley H. Tilford
New York City
New Jersey
Parrot Causes Stir at Monticello Hotel Drunken Escapade
A parrot escaped its cage at the Boléom Hotel in Monticello New York and drank whisky from a bottle, shouting at bar patrons I see your flush Cut it out. Alfonso Grants Amnesty to Catalonian prisoners.
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Monticello
N. Y
Boléom Hotel
Alfonso
Spain
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