Plan to Lease Streets Sparks Rumpus as City Seeks Opinion
Philadelphia debate erupts over four bills repealing street railway ordinances granting 110 miles of street use without compensation. Mayor Weaver allies with reformers face opposition from the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and Republicans. Councilman Frank H. Caven is jailed on oath violation charges as hearings proceed.
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Philadelphia
Committee On Finance
Weaver
Reform Movement
Frank H. Caven
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Republican Organization
Greek Premier Delyannis Mortally Wounded in Athens
Premier Theodore P. Delyannis of Greece was stabbed at the Chamber of Deputies by gambler Gherakaris at 5 p.m. Tuesday and died within three hours. The assassin, arrested at the scene, claimed revenge for closures on gambling houses. Gendarmes protected the prisoner from a lynch mob.
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Athens
Theodore P. Delyannis
Greece
Gherakaris
Chamber of Deputies
Delyannis
M. Delyannis
Japan Sensational Post Article Sparks U S Opinion Shift
Berlin Cable reports Professor Tomizu, famed Japanese economist, says the United States is the real enemy of Japan in a Tokyo originated article. The piece, published in the Post, reflects Tokyo’s cultured class and is expected to provoke a strong reaction in America.
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Berlin
United States
Russia
Japan
Tomizu
Post
Tokyo
Turtle shot misfire wounds Jasper Jameson in Carmi
While fishing in Carmi Illinois Jasper Jameson held a large turtle aloft and bantered with Tom Hobbs to shoot it. The shot glanced off the turtle’s shell and struck Jameson in the head. He is expected to die.
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Carmi
Jasper Jameson
Tom Hobbs
Jameson
Archduke of Austria Dead in Vienna
Archduke Joseph of Austria died on Tuesday in Vienna. He was born in Pressburg in 1833 and widely loved by the Hungarian people as the Hungarian archduke and royal prince of Hungary.
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Archduke of Austria
Vienna
Archduke Joseph of Austria
Joseph Charles Lewis
Archduke of
Austria
Royal Prince of
Hungary
Pressbourg
Archduke
Another Rothschild Dead in Vienna
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, brother of the Austrian firm head, died Tuesday after long illness.
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Rothschild
Vienna
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild
Giant Company Planned in Equitable Trust Consolidation
New York reports Thomas F. Ryan plans to buy Equitable Life stock from James H. Hyde and merge Equitable Trust Company with Morton Trust Company to form a large financial institution with about 169 million dollars in deposits and 7 million in capital plus 22.5 million in surplus. The move aims to align three major insurers for mutual benefit and make a major new banking player second only to National City Bank.
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New York
United States
Thomas F. Ryan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
James H. Hyde
Ryan
Equitable Trust Company
Morton Trust Company
National City Bank
Consolidated Trust Company
Wall Street
Extensive Forged Standard Oil Checks Haunt Indiana Field
A fraud unfolds as forged Standard Oil blank checks circulate from Pennsylvania to Ohio Indiana and Kentucky oil fields. Local merchants and banks in Marion Montpelier Bluffton Fairmount cash the $60 to $1000+ checks before the scheme is detected in New York. F.S. Davis and First National Bank President Reasoner trace the counterfeit paper to a safety paper company with imitated signatures.
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Marion
Ind
Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Oil City
Reasoner
First National Bank
First National
Standard Oil
New York
Davis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
National City Bank of New York
Montpelier
Upland
Bluffton
Fairmount
Pennsylvania Specials Break World Speed Records
The Chicago to New York and Chicago to Fort Wayne routes saw unprecedented runs as the eastbound and westbound Pennsylvania Specials traveled at record pace. Reports claim a mile covered in 33 seconds on the seacoast flyer and three miles in 85 seconds on the Lake City flyer, prompting officials to consider a 16 hour Chicago to New York schedule.
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Chicago
Pensylvania
Seacoast
Lake City
Crestline
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Diplomats' Poker Club Forming Exclusive Washington Club
It leaks that diplomatic corps members barred from gambling at the Metropolitan Club have arranged a private clubhouse. An old mansion on Washington's outskirts has been bought for 80 000 dollars, signaling an exclusive venue. Embassy and legation attaches may gain entry under current rules.
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Diplomats’ Poker Club
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Metropolitan Club
May Sian Peage Treaty Indemnity Threatens Peace Talks
Washington notes discuss an indemnity as the key issue threatening a peace accord between Japan and Russia. It says Japan will seek compensation to rebuild its navy and loaned expenses, while ceding Sakhalin and a few northern isles and transferring Port Arthur and Dalny.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Dalny
China
Orient
Sakhalien
England
Rojestvensky
Morton Elected Head As Equitable Plans Shake Up
Paul Morton, retiring secretary of the navy, is chosen chairman of the Equitable Life Assurance Society as a major reorganization begins. James W. Alexander and four vice presidents resign as Thomas F. Ryan and associates gain control by purchasing a majority of stock valued around 100000, with price estimates from 3.5 to 5 million dollars.
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New York
Paul Morton
Navy
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Society
James W. Alexander
Hyde
G. Tarbell
Wilson
McIntyre
Reorganized Corporation
Thomas F. Ryan
Association
Exclusion of Chinese Laborers by Veracruz Railroad
The Vera Cruz and Pacific Railroad contractors announce the exclusion of Chinese workers from their crews after experiments showed unsatisfactory performance. The railroad project employs about 3,000 men in reballasting and construction.
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Mxico
Vera Cruz & Pacific
Kentuckian 111-Year-Old Ben Holt Dies in Russell County
Ben Holt aged 111, the oldest man in Kentucky, died at Webb's Cross Roads in Russell County. Born in North Carolina, he left more than 600 descendants.
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Middleburg
Ben Holt
North Carolina
Kentucky
Webb’s Cross Roads
Russell County
HALF A MILLION VOLTS DEMONSTRATED BY Prof Thompson
Lynn Massachusetts demonstration by Prof Elihu Thompson shows a current said to exceed 500000 volts passing through his body with no tremor or discomfort. He argues electricity dangerous only if not properly controlled and that nerve vibration timing, not voltage alone, kills.
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Lynn
Mass
Sp.vial
Elihu Thompson
Feast of Roses at Zion Lutheran Church in Manheim
In Manheim Pennsylvania the annual feast of roses at Zion Lutheran Church drew about 5 000 attendees though 1 000 could be seated The rent payment was a red rose presented by S L Kinsey of York to Miss Martha M Horning a Barons descendant The roses were sent to hospitals after the ceremony.
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Manheim
Lancaster
Philadelphia
New York
Zion Lutheran Church
Pennypacker
Carson
Lafean
Henry W. Steiger
Lancaster County
Zion Lutheran
S. L. Kinsey
York
Martha M. Horning
Newport
R. 1
Baron Steigel
Jury convicts Agnes Myers of first degree murder
Liberty Missouri Special: The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree against Agnes Myers of Kansas City for the death of her husband Clarence Myers. The verdict carries the death penalty by hanging. Accomplice Frank Hottman was convicted earlier and awaits execution after confessing to drugging and killing Myers.
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Liberty
Agnes Myers
Kansas City
Clarence Myers
Frank Hottman
Patrick Guilty of Murder by Court of Appeals Ruling
The Court of Appeals, in a four to three decision, upholds lower court verdicts finding Albert T. Patrick, a New York lawyer, guilty of first degree murder in the death of Texas millionaire William Marsh Rice. Patrick was convicted on an indictment charging murder by chloroform and mercury during Rice’s illness on September 23, 1900.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Albert T. Patrick
New York
William Marsh Rice
Texas
Patrick
Rice
Rich Girt Weds an Indian in Philadelphia Special
It has developed that Miss Edna Theresa Kenton daughter of a rich manufacturer has been the wife of A. H. Nash a Winnebago Indian for nearly two weeks. Nash graduated from Carlisle in 1897 and studied at Andover and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Edna Theresa Kenton
A. H. Nash
Nash
Carlisle
Andover
University of Pennsylvania
Norwegian Tri Color Hoisted Over Fort and Nation
The Norwegian tri color was hoisted Friday over Akershus fort and across Norway replacing the union flag. The ceremony drew Storthing members and about 30,000 spectators as the fort garrison paraded and the commandant read the Storthing resolution dissolving the union with Sweden.
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Christiania
Akershus
Storthing
Sweden
Indiana Auditor revokes two Merchants mutual fire insurers
State Auditor Sherrick ordered the Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Company and the Merchants National Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Indianapolis to suspend business after finding their organization and premium notes failed to meet Indiana mutual company laws. Attorney General Miller advised notes must be bona fide cash-backed premiums. officers include E A Tyler and Fargo associates.
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Indianapolis
Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Merchants National Mutual Fire Insurace Company
Sherrick
Miller
E. A. Tyler
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Minnesota
Merchants National
Merchants State Mutual of Fargo
Merchants National Mutual of Fargo
Indiana
Fred Meyers
Lafayette
Merchants Mutual
E. R. Moore
South Bend
Merchants National Mutual
W. C. McFadder
Fargo, N. D
Barrett
Tyler
Auto Plunge Kills Three In Chicago River
Five people ride in a car that plunged into the Chicago river through an open draw of the Rush street bridge. Drowned are Jerome G. Kurtzman a Chicago chemical company manager, Mrs Jerome G Kurtzman, and W A Hartley manager of an automobile house. Two others escape with narrowly a fate.
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Chicago
Rush Street
Jerome G. Kurtzman
W. A. Hartley
Life as a Blank Check Reflects Value of How It Is Filled
Editorial-sided quotation notes that life resembles a blank check whose value depends on how one completes it. The phrasing suggests personal responsibility and the impact of choices on outcome.
Roosevelt Urges Direct Peace Talks Between Russia and Japan
Washington Special reports a White House note from President Roosevelt urging an immediate end to the war. The communique suggests negotiations be conducted directly between Russia and Japan, notes no intermediary may be needed, and offers presidential support to set terms and timing for talks.
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Washington Special
White House
Loeb
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
Aristocrat Ends Life in Niagara Falls After Letter
Dr Szentirmay Elemir an Austrian nobleman living near Niagara Falls far from home died by suicide at Inspiration Point above Horseshoe Fall. He was found by two boys with a pistol in his right hand and a portrait of his departed sweetheart in his left after learning she wed another in Austria.
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Niagra Falls
N. Y
Austria
Szentirmay Elemir
Inspiration Point
Elemir
Sweden Declines to Recognize Norway in Revolution
Premier Ramstedt says Sweden will refuse to recognize Norway's revolution and will push motions in the Riksdag aligned with this stance. He expects the Riksdag to adopt the view and believes no foreign power will recognize Norway against Sweden's will.
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Sweden
Norway
Stockholm
Ramstedt
Riksdag
New Potatoes Claim Yearlong Growth Invention
Great Falls Montana reports a local inventor claims to raise new potatoes daily year round without visible growth signs. He has written to a Chicago investor offering control in the invention, who says he would pay $100,000 if the claim is proven.
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Great Falls
Mont
Chicago
Jap Enters Annapolis Navy Academy
Asahi Kitigaki a midshipman of the imperial navy of Japan reports at the Naval Academy as a new fourth class member He was admitted by the United States government and will be the lone Japanese native at the academy in the coming term.
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Annapolis
Asahi Kitigaki
Imperial Navy of Japan
Naval Academy
Academy
United States
Japan
Auto Outruns Texas Bandits
An attempted hold up of a treasure party carrying 40000 in receipts from a show on the 101 ranch Sunday failed as their car outran the horses of the desperadoes between Miller Brothers' ranch and Ponca Oklahoma.
New Indiana Fish Hatchery Established at Cedar Lake
The United States Fish Commission with the Monon Railway has opened a fish hatchery at Cedar Lake Indiana. The enclosure measures 40 by 200 feet and the facility is expected to hatch up to 50,000 young fish annually, mostly bass.
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New Indiana
Chicago
United States Fish Commission
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company
Monon
Cedar Lake
Ind
Two youths die by strychnine pact in Rosedale
In Kansas City area Rosedale, Mabel Gates aged 18 and George Job Jr were found dying from strychnine poisoning. They resisted medical help and it is believed they planned to take their own lives together after an agreement to die by their own action.
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Kansas City
Mabel Gates
George Job, Jr
Rosedale
First Lynching Reported in Galicia Province
A mob of peasants stormed a prison in Pedolia Austria on Sunday and seized a thief who had terrorized the region. After a volley of bullets, the man was hanged from a tree in a public act of vigilante justice.
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Pedolia
Austria
Coule
Galicia
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