Roosevelt Heads to Messina Then East Africa Expedition
Naples dispatch reports Theodore Roosevelt leaving Naples by steamer Admiral for East Africa after a warm reception. He will visit Messina ruins, then sail to Mombasa by April 21. Roosevelt met Naples officials, the prefect of Messina, Selous, and Italian and German dignitaries, with plans for African hunting and relations with the Duke and Duchess of Aosta.
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Naples
Theodore Roosevelt
Uganda
Mombasa
Roosevelt
Chevalier Calabresi
United States
Italy
Mr. Roosevelt
Messina
Signor Tuvicheri
Giollitti
Griscom
Capodimonte
Aosta
Neapolitan
Victor Emmanuel
Abruzzi
Count
Turin
Africa
Sampson Trial Opens in New York Woman’s Murder Case
District Attorney Gilbert details the prosecution in the murder case of Harry Sampson. He argues the fatal wound could not be from self defense and notes a letter found by Mrs. Sampson’s husband may show motive. Witnesses identify a map of the Allyn homestead and autopsy findings reveal long scratches near the chest with no powder marks.
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Allyn Homestead
George T. Yorka
Harry Sampson
William Allen White Leaves for Abroad With Taft Letter
William Allen White sails on a trip abroad carrying a letter from President Taft. The note commends him to American ambassadors ministers and diplomats and calls him one of the leading journalists in the country and a personal friend of the president.
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William Allen White
Taft
Washington
Mr. White
America
Trial of Haskell for land frauds in Oklahoma
Governor Charles W. Haskell and six other Oklahoma leaders faced trial in the U S circuit court in Tulsa for alleged Muskogee land town lot frauds. Judge John A. Marshall presided. defense counsel is described as exceptionally prominent. The day opened with a motion to quash based on alleged misconduct by special assistant general Sylvester Rush.
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Tulsa
Okla
Governo
Charles W. Haskell
Muskogee
United States Circuit Court
John A. Marshall
Utah
Oklahoma
Sylvester Rush
Omaha
Deserter Saved by Clever Sister
Frank Pas ley, an army deserter, fled his Niagara Falls home after secret service men arrived. His sister Miss Nellie Easley blocked their arrest by pleading and sobbing with her sweetheart Ray Schneider. Schneider was jailed at Hast Alton Jr. jail but later revealed his identity. investigators found Pas ley had already fled.
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Niagara Falls
Frank Pasley
Secret Service
Nellie ‘Easley
Ray Schneider
Schneider
Frank
Easley
Hast Alton, Jr
Woman Coolly Faces Trial for Murder in New York
Georgia Allyn Sampson goes on trial before Justice Adelbert T. Rich in Wayne County for the murder of her husband Harry Sampson at the Allyn homestead near Macedon. Prosecutors rely on witness testimony from her family and a gun expert to place her at the scene. The defense contends she was on the stairs or upstairs when the shot occurred.
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Harry Sampson
Rochester
Allyn
Sampson
Marty Sampson
Georgia
Joseph Gilbert
Hamilton
Sagan Heiress to Gould Millions Expected Heir
Paris dispatch reports Princess De Sagan expects a new heir to the Gould fortune in June or July. The arrival would shift control of Anna Gould’s wealth, as her father’s will allows the princess to leave her fortune to any child she bears, altering Boni De Castellane’s standing.
Horse Nipples At Hat On Ferry Ride
A peach basket hat worn by a Bayonne woman attracted a horse aboard the Public Service ferry across Kill von Kull. The animal lunged toward cherries on the hat, nearly unseating owner Charles Huff before passengers warned the wearer to flee into the ladies’ cabin. The horse wedged in the doorway and deckhands freed it.
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New York
Charles Huff
No. 200 Boulevard
Bayonne
Public Service
Kill von Kull
Bergen Point
N. J
Staten Island
Huff
Fort Worth Fire Claimed Arson Suspected by Negroes
Fort Worth Texas April 7 reports say the Saturday blaze that caused more than 3 million dollars in damage was incendiary and started by negroes for malicious purposes. George Harris a negro is under arrest though not proven guilty. The crowd threatens to lynch any negro proved guilty by investigators.
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Fort Worth
Texas
George Harris
Megro
Government opens attack upon Great Standard Oil Trust
St Louis April 7 special assistant to the United States attorney general Kellogg filed a 1400 page brief and began argument in the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil of New Jersey for Sherman act violations. He outlined Rockefeller, Flagler and others forming a monopoly in 1879, rebates to railways, and the creation of the trust and successor entities.
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St. Louis
United States Attorney General
Rank B. Kelloge
United States Circuit Court
Standard Oil Corporation
New Jersey
Sanborn, van Devanter
Hook and Adams
Kellogg
B. Morrison
Chicago
Messrs. Millburn
New York
Rosenthal
Johnson
Philadelphia
Watson
Pittsburg
Taft Drives Push for Standard Oil Anti Trust Case
Washington reports the Standard Oil anti trust case opening in St. Louis is considered the most important under the law by government officials. President Taft, a former circuit judge who wrote the Addison Pipe Stone decision, seeks a rapid Supreme Court ruling to set how monopolies are treated and to guide future anti trust policy and legislation. The government will base much on Taft’s Addison decision and aims to expedite the case through to the high court.
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Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
St. Louis
Taft
Justice Taft
Addison
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Law Department
State plans to give farms to spinsters in Massachusetts
Massachusetts plans to assign small suburban farms to 100000 spinsters as a remedy for a shortage of men. Women would raise flowers herbs plants mushrooms strawberries vegetables squabs chickens bees and pigs under the program conceived by Boston business and professional women.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Standard Oil accused of monopolistic practices in federal brief
The government’s 1906-1908 brief alleges Standard Oil of New Jersey used price cutting rebates bribery and control over independent refiners and railroads to monopolize U S petroleum markets It claims 85 to 90 percent of U S business and cites vast profits and favorable railroad pricing as evidence The 200 page document seeks contract annulment and dissolution of the corporation with signatures from Attorney General Wickersham and assistants
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Mr. Kellogg
Henry Rogers
John D. Archbold
Oliver H. Payne
Charles M. Pratt
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Standard Oil “Trust
Brooklyn
Pratt & Co
H. H. Rogers
Rockefeller
Kellogg
Ohio Trust
Courts of
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Adams
Exchange of
Standard Oil of
Corsicana
Texas
Manhattan Ol Company
Chicago
Anthony N. Brady
FE. C. Benedict
New York
St. Louis
United States
Standard Oil Company of
Standard Q Oil Company
Standard Oil
Galenz Signal Oil Company
Pennsylvania
New York Central Railroad
Its
Standard Oil Trust
George W. Wickersham
Wren B. Kellogg
Charles B. Morrison
Cordenior A. Severance
J. Harwood Graves
1100 Miles of Rabbit Fence Planned for Australian Crops
A Norwich firm completes 1 100 miles of wire netting for the Australian governments of Queensland and Victoria. The fencing will be supplied to settlers to protect crops from rabbits, aiding agricultural protection efforts.
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London
Queensland
Victorian
Sanitary Cups Adopted on Lackawanna Trains
The Lackawanna railroad introduces individual paper drinking cups for passengers on the Lackawanna Limited. A nickel plated device by the water cooler dispenses a hundred or more paraffin coated cups that are drawn forth and not replaced. The cups are handled only by the passenger, ensuring sanitary usage.
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New York
Lackawanna Railroad
Lackawanna Limited
Finding of Boy's Corpse Ends Extortion Plot
Flint Michigan April 6 10 year old Harold Moon disappeared February 27 and drowned after falling through ice at a pond. The body was found by Bert Robson with mittens on hands and skates on feet. A ransom plot in Delavan Wisconsin involving a letter to the father was uncovered by a detective agency.
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Flint
Mich
Harold Moon
Fee
Thread Pond
Bert Robson
United States
Tuman N. Moon
Willie Whitla
Sharon
Chicago
Delavan
Moon
Wis
Colombia Faces Revolutionary Rumors Near Rio Hacha
Reports from Williamstad on April six claim a uprising against President Reyes' government near the Caribbean port of Rio Hacha led by General Tguaran. The unrest stems from opposition to a three nation treaty and the call for elections to a national congress in July. Dispatches from Bogota say the republic remains tranquil.
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Colombian
Colombia
Panama
United States
National Congress
Bogota
Banker Woods Seeks River Navigation Support
Kansas City April 6 Dr W S Woods president of the Bank of Commerce returns from California after a two week stay and asks what is happening in Kansas City. He says he supports any plan that advances river navigation and will do his part regardless of the scale of the scheme.
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Kansas City
W. S Woods
Bank of Commerce
California
Dr. Woods
Waterbury Man Stricken With Hydrophobia Barks Urgently
Waterbury April 6. William Garrison of 2455 Wighthave New York has hydrophobia causing him to bark. Three policemen needed to place him in a padded cell. Ten years ago he was bitten by a dog in New York and has since suffered recurring non violent symptoms.
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Waterbury
William Garrison
Wighthave
New York
Iroquois Fire Hero Otho Dilley Dies at 35
Otho Herbert Dilley musical director and composer died of consumption at his Senecaville home aged 35. He conducted orchestras in major theaters and led the Iroquois Theater band in Chicago the afternoon of the fire, remaining at his post to keep the musicians calm.
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Zanesville
Otho Herbert Dilley
Senecaville
Dilley
Iroquois Baten
Chicago
Marked Increase in Customs in March
The March receipts show a clear rise in customs and internal revenue. Customs income reached 28,631,736 dollars, up 7,476,000 from March 1908 and about 3,100,000 from February 1909, while internal revenue totaled 19,984,325 dollars, up 444,000 from 1908 and roughly 2,700,000 from February 1909. The total March receipts were 63,377,012 dollars with expenditures at 56,444,584 dollars, leaving a monthly deficit of 8,067,622 dollars and a nine month deficit of 89,429,601 dollars. The public debt at March 1 stood at 1,022,776,520 dollars, up 3,088,474 for the month, with various debt components totaling 1,306,710,590 dollars plus 1,382,880,860 dollars in certificates and notes offset by cash on hand.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Plans for Arlington memorial amphitheater proposed
The Taft era commission has submitted a memorial amphitheater plan for Arlington National Cemetery. New York architects propose a roofless 4000 square foot structure costing about 695000 dollars with seating for 56000 and a colonnade for additional standing room. A crypt beneath the colonnade would bury distinguished national figures.
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Washington
Taft
National Cemetery
Arlington
Congress
New York
Resolution Seeks VP Carriage or Auto for Social Use
Washington April 5 A resolution by Senator Lestt proposes providing the vice president with a carriage or automobile for social uses, matching other DC department heads. The vehicle would be paid from Senate contingent funds and the measure was sent to the committee on contingent expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, DC
Lestt
District of Columbia
Senate
Committee On
Further Indictments in the Booth Case
Chicago April 3 Two additional indictments against W Vernon Booth president of the defunct A Booth Co and Frederick R Robbins assistant treasurer were returned by the grand jury The firm of A Booth Co named in the indictment The true bills charge the corporation and officials with obtaining credit on false representations The case centers on a forged financial statement issued April 30 1907 that led to large loans from Continental National Bank of Chicago which loaned 300000 to the company.
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Chicago
W. Vernon Booth
A. Booth & Co
Frederick R. Robbins
Continental National Bank, of
Kansas City Meets to Form River Freight Line
Kansas City officials pledge 75000 for levee improvements and a public warehouse as merchants gather at the Commercial Club to form a Missouri river navigation company between Kansas City and St. Louis. The capitalization nears 1 million dollars, fully paid in, with a planned permanent freight line spurred by alleged railway freight-rate discrimination.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Commercial Club
St. Louis
Eliot declines British ambassador post final decision
Washington official confirmation states Dr. Charles W. Eliot has declined the ambassadorship to Great Britain. The State Department calls Eliot’s declination final and enduring.
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Eliot
Washington
State Department
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Great Britain
Dog Saves Five in Wyandotte Fire
Detroit report says a pet dog awakened Mrs. Mott when the Wyandotte home caught fire. The dog tugged at the bed clothes and alerted five family members who escaped through a window.
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Detroit
Mich
Glenn Mott
Wyandotte
King of Italy Receives Wilbur Wright in Rome
Rome April 6 Wing Victor Emmanuel received Wilbur Wright in private audience. The king showed interest in aerial navigation and said Italy was among the first to greet the American inventor. Wright offered to charge no fee for demonstrations near Rome with proceeds aiding earthquake sufferers.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Wilbur Wright
Italy
Wright
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F. C. Slous
I. C. Selous
Mr. Selous
Nairobi
William
Berlin
Weidmannsheil
Huntsman
Haskell
Great Standard Oil Trust
Northern Securities
Lad
Grafters
Tr. N. Moon
Lt. N. Newell
Squaran
Banker Woods
Uncle Sam
Public Debt Statement
Total
Larriage
AUTO
Booth
MR. Wright
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