Railroad telegraph extension petitions heard in Washington
Inter State commerce commission heard 37 extension requests for nine hour law compliance. Two petitions were denied for lack of good cause. Thirty five lines argue they cannot hire sufficient competent telegraph operators without unacceptable financial hardship.
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Washington
Inter State Commerce Commission
Georgia Southern & Florida Railway
St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway
After Jerome's Scalp. bid for removal of NY district attorney
Twenty two charges are presented in a petition to Governor Hughes by Metropolitan Street Railway stockholders alleging failure to prosecute jury fixing and false testimony in street railway cases. They accuse delay in prosecutions tied to life insurance company dealings and claim Jerome allowed a criminal conspiracy to divert railway property, resulting in stockholder losses and unpunished fraud in NYC traction deals.
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New York
William T. Je Ome
Hughes
Albany
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
William E. King
Jerome
Life Instance Companies of
Armatrong Committee
Metropolitan Street Railway Company of
New York City
Japanese Deny They Are in Serious Financial Difficulties
Tokyo newspapers publish cablegrams from New York and London claiming a financial panic in Japan. Officials insist the downturn in Japanese securities results from failures, not widespread panic, and deny any severe financial distress or gloom spreading through the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
New York
London
Japan
Gramea
Chief of Police Sheets Found Not Guilty in Lake City
The jury found former Chief of Police Sheets not guilty of accepting a $480 bribe to shield burglars who robbed the McWhirter brothers of $10,000 in Salt Lake City on September 19, 2006. The three-ballot verdict ends the case and Sheets is not to be promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bast Lake City
Sheeta
Brike
McWhirter
Bait Lake
Cnter
Sheets
Committee Rout Delivers Blow to Ways and Means
Washington the Ways and Means Committee was routed in a large vote and ordered out of the Capitol to a new building block away. Members led by Payne and Daze pleaded against the move but failed to gain support. The panel sought to secure more modest quarters for the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
House
Messrs
Payne
Daze
Bradley Wins Coveted TOCA Seat in Kentucky Senate
Former Governor William Bradley was declared elected to the United States Senate by a 64 to 60 vote after a six week balloting in Frankfort. Four Democrats crossed to the Republican candidate, while Beckham received 60 votes. Allen and Blackburn each had one. Bradley, 61, a Kentuckian lawyer from Louisville, has long been honored by Republicans including a past governor’s term and national committee service.
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Frankfort
William ©. Bradley
United States Senate
General Assembly
Beckham
Allen
Blackburn
Bradley
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
Harrison
Korea
Loulaville
Fleet Leaves Callao for Magdalena Bay
The American battalion fleet departed Callao and will stop at Magdalena Bay by March 14 as part of a long voyage from Hampton Roads. The 3,012 nautical mile leg to Magdalena Bay follows stops in Trinidad Rio and Callao with the overall South American circuit totaling about seventy three days. The exact Magdalena Bay departure and San Francisco arrival depend on target practice lasting about thirty days. News of the ships may come ashore only via passing steamers.
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Callao
Battioshina
Magdalena Bay
Callan
San Francisco
Hampton Roads
Ihs
South America
Trinidad
Panama
Rio
Punta Arenas
Seizure of Japanese Steamer Off Macao Sparks Diplomatic Tension
Chinese authorities seized the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru No. 2 about ten miles off Macao while awaiting a pilot to reach a Portuguese port. The move followed a Chinese crackdown including gunboat actions and the removal of the Japanese flag, with Britain and Japan sending naval measures and China promising to surrender the seized vessel.
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Victoria
B. C
China
Japan
Portugal
Macao
Empress of Japan
Yokohama
Canton
Uyeno
Hayashi
Pekin
Hongkong
Tokio
Po Bik
Lung Tsing
Death of Pat Garrett Near Las Cruces in Gun Fight
El Paso reports Pat Garrett famed as Billy the Kid hunter was shot and killed by J Wayne Brazle near Las Cruces New Mexico after a dispute over ranch leave. Garrett died after Brazle fired twice as Garrett allegedly reached for a shotgun.
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el Paso
Tex
Pat Garrett
Lincoln County
New Mexico
Billy the Kid
J. Wayne Brazle
Las Cruces
N. M
Garrett
Brazle
Hrasle
Bomb Attack Fails Against Persian Shah in Teheran
An assassination attempt rocked Teheran as two bombs were thrown from a roof. The Shah was unharmed due to precautions, but three outriders were killed. He had moved ahead in a carriage while the motor car led the procession toward a nearby town.
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Teheran
Persia
Shah
Novog Vremya Analyzes Manila Fortifications Plans
The St Petersburg paper argues U S plans to fortify Manila will make Cavite a top Pacific naval base and push open door demands in Manchuria. It asserts Roosevelt may pursue open door policy through show of force rather than soft words.
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St. Petersburg
Novog Vremya
Manila
Cavite
Pacific
United States
Manharia
Roosevelt
Manchuria
America
Explosion at Sulphur Plant Burns Brooklyn Workers
Six National Sulphur Company employees suffered severe burns after an explosion in the Brooklyn plant. A passing truck driver was fatally injured by a roof section as the factory burned, with losses around 100000 dollars. Investigators believe a spark from a grinding machine ignited the sulphur dust creating multiple blasts.
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New York
National Sulphur Company
Brooklyn
Northern Pacific Telegra phers to Work Nine Hours
In St Paul Minnesota the Northern Pacific telegraph operators will not face salary cuts when the federal hours of service law takes effect March 4. The railroad will comply, maintaining similar schedules though some workers may have split shifts and those on nine hour lines will lack a meal hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific
Fire Devastates North Tampa Section
A Sunday fire in northern Tampa destroys 308 buildings across 55 acres in four hours, claiming one life and causing about 600000 dollars in losses. The blaze razes four cigar factories and many eateries, boarding houses, and homes housing cigarmakers.
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Tampa
Fla
Explosion Kills 76 at La Rosita Mine Shaft No 3
An explosion at the La Rosita mine near San Juan de Sabinas in Musquiz Mexico killed 76 workers. The blast occurred just before 6 am as shifts were changing in shaft No 3 where many laborers were Japanese. Cause not yet determined but fire is suspected.
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Musquiz
Mexico
la Rosita
San Juan de Sabinas
Ths
Yaqui Descent Clashes Reported Near Guaymas Ranch
Reports from Guaymas describe Yaqui resistance on Luis A. Martines ranch near Nogales Arizona. Fifty Yaquis were involved, with two Japanese killed and six wounded as Yaquis fled with the dead and wounded.
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Nogales
Ariz
Guaymas
Sonora
Luis A. Martines
Postmaster General Bans Youths as Special Delivery Messengers
Meyer argues that using young messenger boys harms young America and issues an order prohibiting filling vacancies in special delivery messenger posts. Gub-letter carriers and clerks will handle special delivery duties instead. He cites that messenger boys frequently visit low resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meyer
Haw Jasved
Morse Denied Right to Inspect Grand Jury Minutes
New York financier Charles W. Morse was refused permission to inspect the minutes of the grand jury that recently indicted him on banking case charges. Justice Dowling denied the motion, with Morse asserting that all who testified before the panel stated they had given no testimony that could support indictments.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Justice Dowling
Morse
Steubenville Woman Accused of Cruelty to Children
Steubenville, Ohio. Clara Sterling, a teacher at Tuscarawas County Children’s Home, is accused of cruel acts against six young residents. Reports state she allegedly drove a tack into a child’s tongue and forced others to ingest mustard leaving mouths burned and several injured. The county board of visitors, led by the probate judge, reviewed the case days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
Mises Clara Sterling
Tuscarawas County
Aged Widow Murdered by Robbers in Sal iabury Mo
An 80 year old widow, Mrs Daniel Grisham, was found dead at her home by her son in Sal iabury Missouri. The assailants used a knife and hammer and bound her with cloth around the throat. The murder occurred between Thursday evening and Saturday.
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Saliabury
Daniel Grisham
Avalanche in Switzerland Buries Thirteen in Hotel Collapse
An avalanche near Noppenstein in Berne, Switzerland, Sunday collapsed a temporary hotel at the Lochberg tunnel mouth. Thirteen people were killed and fifteen injured as diners were overwhelmed by the slide amid surging rain. Eighty occupants were surprised at their tables and buried as the building fell.
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Berne
Switzerland
Noppenstein
Lochberg Tunnel
Mrs Evelyn Thaw denies million dollar divorce rumors
New York reports Mrs Evelyn Thaw stating she has not demanded or received any money to consent to an annulment of her marriage to Harry K Thaw. She says no lawyers have approached her and there is no truth to the rumors of divorce or separation.
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New York
Evelyn Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Tennessee Supreme Court Opinion in 1870 Death Sentence
A Tennessee Supreme Court opinion affirming the death sentence of Andrew Smith in 1870 was written by the chief justice while in a somnambulent state. The opinion is noted for its sound legal reasoning and continues to be cited as authority on technical points of law.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Andrew Smith
Supreme Court
Somnambulent
Gould Road Goes Into the Hands of Receiver
Fort Worth Texas United States Circuit Judge A P McCormick appointed Judge T J Freeman of New Orleans as receiver for the International and Great Northern Railroad on petition by Mercantile Trust of New York trustee for bondholders bond fixed at 50000. The railroad has defaulted on 494620 in interest and is insolvent unable to meet expenses and improvements. The railroad filed consent to appointment. The Gouldine line recently reorganized with Horace Clarke as general manager replacing Larry T Price. Texas railroad commission reports show financial trouble for over a year.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Mercantile Trust Company of
New York
United States
A. P. McCormick
Northern District of Texas
T. J. Freeman
New Orleans
International & Great Northern Railroad Company
International & Great Northern
Gouldine
Larry T. Price
Horace Clarke
Texas Railroad Commission
Royalty in Auto Accident Near The Hague
Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry escaped serious injury when a speeding electric car collided with their carriage near the palace. The queen and prince were unharmed though the carriage was wrecked and three wheels torn off. The queen later walked to the palace and visited her mother to reassure her.
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the Hague
Wilhelmina
Henry
Pass the Billion Mark in U S Treasury Gold
Washington report notes that the U S treasury reached and surpassed one thousand million dollars in gold coin and bullion for the first time. Representative Boutell cites Treasurer Treat’s information and calls the milestone extraordinary and globally noteworthy.
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Washington
United States Treasury
Boutell
Ilinelgs
Treat
United States
Republic
Washington’s People’s Lobby Criticizes Crane Mondell Bills
The first issue of The People’s Lob by Bulletin appears Wednesday and attacks the Crane and Mondell bills granting rights of way and location for electric light and power through public lands. Committee members include Francis J. Heaey San Francisco Lincoln Steffens New York Ben B Lindwey Denver John Mitchell Indianapolis and Mark Twain New York.
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Washington
People's Lobby Bulletin
The
People's Lobby
Francis J. Heaey
San Francisco
Lincoln Steffens
New York
Ben B. Lindwey
Denver
John Mitchell
Indianapolis
Mark Twain
Wealthy Philadelphia widow wed in St Patrick’s cathedral
New York reports Mrs Anna Weightman Walker, one of America's wealthiest women, married Wednesday to Frederick Penfield at St Patrick's cathedral. Archbishop Varley officiated with two witnesses. The couple then sailed for Europe. Penfield, once with a Hartford newspaper, has served as vice consul to London and United consul to Egypt.
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New York
Anna M. Weightman Walker
Philadelphia
America
Frederick (. Penfield
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Penfield
Europe
Archbishop Varley
Hartford (Conn
London
United
Egypt
Atethor
Coal operators vow to maintain strike until March 1
Despite contrary reports, operators insist the open town miners deadlock persists in the northern central and southern Illinois coal field. They will hold out until March 1 when the current agreement expires. President John M. Walker warns a broad work stoppage could follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Tiinois
John M. Walker
Embezzling Pittsburgh Grocer Get Severe Sentence
Convicted of embezzling 400 shares of American Flower Pipe stock valued at $12,000, brokers BE. D. Gartner and A. J. Harnack were each fined $250 and ordered to pay half the costs, plus one year and three months in the penitentiary. Spectators gasped at the severity.
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Pittaburg
American Plower Pipe Company
BE. D. Gartner
A. J. Harnack
AME Bishops Seek ICC Action Over Segregated Rail Cars
Five African Methodist Episcopal bishops petition the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging unjust discriminatory treatment by southern railroads. They report dirty first class coaches for Black passengers, segregated compartment cars, refusal of sleeping car and dining car service, and crowded conditions with unruly behavior. They urge an order to end discrimination and require equal first class accommodations.
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Washington
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
A. M. B. Church
Indian Senators Clash in Senate Debate Over Five Civilized Tribes
In a dramatic session two Indian heritage senators clashed. Owen of Oklahoma pressed to place late before the Five Civilized Tribes designation to mark dying tribal ties. Curtis of Kansas taunted him about Interior Secretary control as the chamber debated, and the vote backed Owen's opponent.
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Washington
Senate
Owen
Oklahoma
Curtis
Kansas
Secretary of the Interior
Approves Czar's Policy Describes Russian Devastation
London notes from Riga by Bishop Thomas Edward Wilkinson of north and central Europe describe widespread revolutionist destruction in Russia. He argues repression is justified and travel through Courland Estonia and Livonia shows the extent of havoc. The bishop blames government leniency and says killings continue.
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London
Thomas Edward Wilkinson
Europe
Riga
Riseia
Basile
England
Courland
Esthenia
Livonia
Two Government Employees Die After River Rescue
J W Draper and F B Garrett, government workers at Jock No 2, were saved from drowning in the Monongahela at Elizabeth PA only to be struck and killed by a fast train on reaching shore. Stoner, a companion, was also hit and fatally injured. He aided Draper and Garrett after Stoner rescued them by boat hook. The trio had moved toward Elizabeth along the railroad tracks for dry clothes when the train approached unnoticed.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela
Elizabeth
J. W. Draper
F. BH. Garrett
Jock No &% CC
BL Stoner
Walter
Draper
Garrett
Stoner
Pittsburg, Virginia
Charleston
Judge Arraigned in Charleston Over Interurban Crash
Judge Peter G Grosscup presided in Chicago with seven Central Sino Traction leaders and others as they were arraigned in Coles County on charges of criminal negligence and manslaughter. The eight defendants faced indictment stemming from the August 28 1907 crash one mile west of Charleston on the Charleston and Mattoon Interurban line. A heavily loaded passenger car bound for Charleston collided with a heavy express car on a sleep grade during visitors to the county fair.
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Charleston
III
Peter 8. Grosscup
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
Central Sino» Traction Company
M. W. Thompson
Coles County
Charleston & Mattoon
County Fair
Battle at Florence cement works as union walkout turns violent
Twenty five iron workers at United States Portland cement works clash with strikebreakers after a walkout over foreman A. B. Miller. Bricks and fists fly as contractors Ruth and Plynn employ non union labor, ending when the strikebreakers prevail.
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Florence
Colo
United States
Portland Cement Works
Ruth & Plynn
A. B. Miller
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