Plans for Battle Abbey Memorial Institute in Virginia
Lieutenant Governor J Taylor reports the Confederate Memorial Association will gift about 156 acres on Richmond Boulevard for the Confederate Memorial Institute in Latter Rock Arkansas. A design competition awarded first prize to Lissell & Sinkler of Philadelphia. the building will be fireproof with Southern granite and marble, costing about 150000 dollars, and housing a museum library and portraits.
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Lattle Rock
Ark
J. Taylor
Oni
Virginia
Conterferate Memorial Association
Confederaty Revewue
Eanes Marine
OmWealths of
Megioria Institute
J Taylor Eliveon
Confederate Memorial Association
James Knox Taylor
Treasury Department
William «. Noland
Richmond
Ecettheomen
Mosers
Lissell & Sinkler
Philadelphia
Prise
Messrs. Hewett & Brown
Minneapolis
Pri
Confederate Memorial Literary Society
South
Confederacy
Banker's Finances Revealed in Brooklyn Case
Assets amount to a $2 watch and debts exceeding $500,000 define A. Sullivan former Bank of Brooklyn president after his financial status was filed during a county examination. The document notes Sullivan said he was drawing a salary.
Four men held in $10,000 bail in New York counterfeiting case
Mrs Cleo Glenard, wife of a suspect, provided a full confession to Chief Taylor and A US District Attorney Smith. The quartet Marko Tagomic Sam Pekovic Michael Kara Kashsvick were arrested after a $35 Indian head bill operation. Counterfeiters used a home printing setup and a front parlor to pass four impressions per bill with seals added later.
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New York
United States
Alexander
Richard J. Taylor
Secret Service
Taylor
Smith
Cleo Glenard
Glenard
Marko Tagomic
Sam Pekovic
Michael Kara Kashsvick
Eighth Avenue
West Fifty-third Street
Hoboken
James A. Cox
East Sixteenth Street
American Women Win in Golf Tournament
Dorothy Campbell, the American woman golf champion, won the second round of the British women's championship at Westward Ho in Port Rush Ireland defeating Miss Nicholls 6 up and 4 to play. American W Pooley of British Columbia defeated Miss Haig of Harrowrate 6 up and 5 to play.
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Port Rush
Ireland
Dorothy Campbell
Miss Nicholls
Westward Ho
Miss W. Pooley
British Columbia
Miss Haig
Harrowrate
Piny
Pinchot Returns to Washington After Abroad Trip
Special from Washington. Gifford Pinchot returns after two months abroad and says he is marking time on future conservation policies. He plans a rest in Milford Pennsylvania and denies any presidential ambitions for 1912. He notes anti conservationists have faded from government and political circles after his departure as forester.
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Washington
D. C
Fifford Pinchot
Pinehot
Milford
Obie Forester
Feve
Conversation Fragments From a Literary Dialogue
A quoted exchange features characters Thear Delilleith and Brown in a dialogue about a man praising his wife. The remarks probe whether his claim of debt constitutes bragging, with a skeptical reaction.
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Thear Delilleith
Brown
Farmer and son quarrel over wood cutting job
A brief exchange in dialect has Farmer Borniop claiming his son will cut wood today while Farmer Nearbye questions. The dialogue ends with a dispute over who should do the job quickly.
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Farmer Borniop
Farmer Nearbye
Catholic Standard and Times
Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes for Infections
An advertisement promotes Marine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes aimed at preventing eye infections. It claims no morphine and urges druggists to stock the new 25 cent size. Each package includes a valuable eye book.
Taft View of Trust Law Matches Harlan Dissent
President Taft’s Congress message on anti trust law aligns with Justice Harlan’s dissent, opposing judicially defining reasonable restraints. The piece notes Taft’s warning against legislating via courts, and discusses Good Trust vs Bad Trust doctrine and past Supreme Court rulings.
Girl Who Would Not Be Kissed Sues Again
Sixteen year old cellist Helen Scholder sues Arthur Hammerstein for 400 dollars claiming breach of contract. She says she was to play Helene Maslova in Edward Locke’s The Maestro’s Masterpiece and be kissed on stage but refused part roles. Trial resumes next week before Justices Tierney and a jury.
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Locke
Miss Scholder
Mise Scholder
Hartford
Parson's Theater
Hammerstein
New York
Hoelen Schoffer
J. B. Greenhut
Henry Morgenthiu
Miss Seeholder
Frederick Meder
Tierney
Hunt's Point
Bronx
Helene Maslova
Edward Locke
Erstein
Man Seized After Theater Incident In New York
Pietro Callantino of 1672 Park Avenue is seized by detectives after a man is accused of burglary inside the New Star Theater on upper Lexington Avenue. Complainant Filippo Chido, a barber of New Rochelle, says his shop was robbed of $35 and razors the prior night, with Callantino once in his employ. The married suspect claims revenge from those angered by his marriage to an Irish woman.
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New York
New Star Theater
Lexington Avenue
Paterson
N. J
Pietro Callantino
Park Avenue
Filippo Chido
Huguenot Street
New Rochelle
Callantino
Chide
Hide
Callantine
Tam
Man kills wife after supper quarrel in New York apartment
Daniel Ober an electrician returned home at 126 West Sixty-second Street and after an argument fired three bullets at his wife Elizabeth striking her in the cheek and neck. She fled with their child to the hall. He then shot himself in the head but survived. Both were hospitalized. charges followed.
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New York
Daniel Ober
West Sixty-second Street
Elizabeth
Ober
Nelahhors
Jennings Mayor Faces Resignation After Drinking Pact
In Jennings Louisiana Harry Midkiff plans to resign as mayor to Governor Sanders after breaking a pledge not to drink while in office. His challenger Judge W M Twitchell, a Prohibitionist, is likely to win. A mass meeting declined another chance for Midkiff following the vow.
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Jennings
Harry K. Midkiff
Sanders
Jaet
W. M. Twitchell
Twitchell
Midkiff
Mexican government outlines peace plan to succeed Diaz
A government officer reveals Diaz will retire by May 5 and Francisco De La Barra will become president. General Reyes becomes War Minister as insurgent leaders join the cabinet. a provisional government under De La Barra will arrange elections and finalize minister appointments.
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Mexico City
Dieux
Francisco de la Barra
Reyes
Congress
Diaz
Madero
Europe
Corral
Saxette
de la Barra
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Negotiations Advance in Mexico as Peace Looms
Confirmed by Consul Colonel Steerer at El Paso telegraphs War Department that talks between Madero and the Federal Government progress rapidly and peace may be declared within twenty four hours. Steerer cites demand for eleven cabinet posts and fourteen state governors with a likely compromise granting ten governors and two cabinet roles. Diaz reportedly to resign after new appointments and retire in about two months.
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Washington, D. C
Steerer
el Paso
War Department
Madero
Steere
Diaz
Steever
Plan to split Standard Oil into four trusts revealed
New York reports a dissolution plan after the Supreme Court order. The company would reorganize into four units: producing, manufacturing, transport, and selling. Moritz Rosenthal notes the four-entity structure could satisfy the Sherman Act while preserving control.
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New York
Standard Oil
United States Supreme Court
Moritz Rosenthal
John G. Milburn
Supreme Court
Rosenthal
Broad Street
England
Justice Holmes
Northern Securities
Justice Brewer
Senate censures Chicago judge over habeas corpus writ
The Illinois Senate adopted a resolution censuring Circuit Judge Adelore Petit for freeing Edward Tilden Benedict and William Cummings from the Lorimer Investigating Committee. The debate focused on the judge usurping legislative functions. the item includes unrelated farming commentary on hoes and cultivation from a Progressive Farmer report.
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Springfield
Ill
Adelor Petit
Cicago
Edward Tilden
Conerge Benedict
William Cummings
Lorimer
State Senate
Portland Narrowly Escapes Fire at High School
A morning blaze in Portland Me destroyed the high school building and scorched adjacent structures as the city faced a frightening outbreak. Fire crews fought the flames, preventing broader damage and sparing lives in the stressed hours.
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Portland
City Hall Fire Threatens Nearby Buildings
Firemen contained a blaze in the boiler room of a school basement after it began before 1 o'clock. A strong wind spread embers and sparks risking further damage to surrounding structures. The blaze was controlled by 2 o'clock, with $100,000 damage and the City Hall narrowly saved from destruction.
Wealth of insane man increased sixfold in asylum
In Westchester County Surrogate's Office at White Plains the transfer tax appraiser shows John G. Coster, confined 48 years at Bloomingdale Asylum, left a $596,005 estate. The entire value passes to his nephew Edward L. Coster of Brooklyn.
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New York
William. Clark
Westchester County
White Plains
Althowgh
John G. Coster
Bloomingdale Asylum
Coosier
Clark
Mr. Coster
Edward Ll. Coster
Brooklyn
Lighted cigarette causes fire at Bond Street pantomime
Fire started by a cigarette stub among waste papers on the first floor of a four story building at 34 Bond Street. Sixty girls and thirty men in a pantomime were alarmed and some were trampled and bruised while they fled as Miss Nettie T Ludwak alerted others. Loss described as nominal.
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New York
Bond Street
Janice
Nettie T Ludwak
Ludwak& Son
Three Men Swarmed by Mosquitoes and Green Flies
William Atkinson his brother Samuel and John Devone were rescued in Absecon after a boat lost on a jowely island left them exposed in water. Struck by swarms of mosquitoes and green flies their bodies and faces burned and they could not speak.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William Atkinson
Samuel
John Devone
Absecon
Doctor Falls While Saving Cat From Dog at Bellevue Ward
Special to New York. Dr Menus Gregory chief alienist at Bellevue Hospital psychopathic ward pursued a yellow cat and a dog into a cellar. He slipped and fell injuring ribs and possibly spine but is expected to recover. Two ambulance drivers witnessed the fall and paramedics carried him to his apartments.
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New York
Menus
Gregory
Bellevue Hospital
Roston Sana
Golden Bar
Bellevue
Khim
Carlisle
Smith
Pir. Greeory
Dr. Gregory
Colden Har
Rip Van Winkle Coat Sells at Auction in Cincinnati
The shabby coat worn by Joseph Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle sold at auction in Cincinnati last night for 1.50. Jefferson gave the coat to his old friend and art instructor T Water, a noted local artist who recently died. The coat was among the effects auctioned from Mr. Weber’s estate at the Cincinnati Art Club rooms.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Jefferson
Wober
Taft to rule on Walsh Morse pardons next Saturday
The White House said President Taft would decide the Walsh and Morse pardon cases next Saturday. In a separate exchange, Sirius Barker is asked about a curfew for children and responds he has not thought of it, as he is occupied with a plan to keep parents at home.
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South
Dr. Cave
Walsh-Morse
Washington, D. C
White House
Taft
Sirius Barker
Washington
Anti trust law debate follows Supreme Court decision
Washington editorials note growing push from progressive factions in both parties to amend the Sherman Act to curb combinations deemed unreasonable. Administration circles favor a Federal incorporation law, with Cabinet awaiting the tobacco case decision on May 29. No plan to halt Justice Department actions. prosecutions continue.
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Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Nagel
Department of Justice
Henry George Plans U S Anti Trust Amendment
Representative Henry George of New York announces a plan to amend the Sherman act to overturn the Supreme Court interpretation that dissolved the Standard Oil Company. He argues the existing ruling should be set aside and a new law clarifies anti trust enforcement.
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Henry George
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Yi Company
New York
Fire Wrecks Peanut Plant in Suffolk VA
A major blaze at Bain and Co peanut plant in Suffolk Virginia has already destroyed more than 260000 in storage losses. Fire threatens the factory as flames breach the fire wall and walls crumble. Over 200000 bushels of peanuts burned. A detached power plant and boiler house were crushed by a five story section.
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Suffolk
Bain & Co
Cannot Play Poker in Hotel
In Richmond Virginia five young men were arrested at Murphy's Hotel on a gambling charge. Three were fined $30 by Justice Crutchfield, with thirty days to pay. The other two proved nonparticipation and were dismissed. Attorney Gilbert Pollock argued the room rental gave them a right to play, but the justice refused to set a hotel as a gambling venue, establishing a precedent.
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Richmond
Murphy's Hotel
M. Southward
J. A. Miller
R. W. Reynolds
Samuel Hampton
J. Pinchefsky
Gilbert Pollock
Justice Crutchfield
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Thomas BF
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George Wyman
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Army of Aoteeee
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Mobile
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Union
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Lenox Road
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Justice Harlan
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lInsurrectos
Octopus Trust
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Chicago
Rualeigh
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Rottenberg
Arctic Freezing Company
Harrison Street
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Armours Branch
One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street
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