Wood's Rise Seen as Taft Backing General Wood
The article reports that Major General Leonard Wood is expected to be promoted to command the Governors Island headquarters, replacing General Frederick D Grant as head of the Department, with Gen Grant likely remaining in place until Wood arrives. It notes past Koehler affair and confirms Roosevelt Taft support for Wood, who may take the top staff assignment or be sent to the Philippines to relieve others.
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Leonard Wood
Division
Philippines
United States
New York
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the
Governors Band
Department of East
Department
Wood
Ming
Taft
Gen. Grant
Jamestown Exposition
Virginia
Koehler
War Department
Capt
Department of Mindanao
Scott
Joio
Koehler W
Gen. Wood
Roosevelt
Washington
Presii Roosevelt
Secetary Taft
SCL
Popoe
Ent
Grant
Alderman Noon an Arrested After Alleged Assault on Officer
Alderman Cornelius D. Noonan of the Thirty fifth District was arrested at East 104th Street Station on a charge of assaulting Special Policeman Stephen Dooley after a theater disturbance near Lexington Avenue and 107th Street. Dooley says Noonan demanded he pull off the case and struck him. Noonan claimed he was an alderman. Bail proceedings followed as officers sought to secure a magistrate.
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Cornelius D. Noonan
East Ninetyseventh Street
Thirty-fifth
East 104Th Street
Stephen Dooley
Star Theatre
Lexington Avenue
107Th Street
Dooley
Arthornton
Noo
Noonan
Friow
Station House
Woman Burglar Arrested In Apartment Jewelry Theft
Police nabbed Mary Hilliard after jewelry valued at several hundred dollars vanished from 143 East Thirtieth Street. A witness, Mrs William Butler, reported spotting the suspect and found the missing silver jewel case and gold watch and chain on her person.
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East Thirtieth Street
Mary Hilliard
East Fifty-sixth Street
East Thirty-fifth Street
William Butler
Hilliard
Mrs. Butler
Centenarian Moses Miller Celebrates 100th Birthday
Family and friends gathered at 416 East Eighty-first Street to celebrate Moses Miller’s century mark. He woke at 6:30 AM and refused to sleep, calling the day the happiest of his life. Attendees included seven children, wife, grandchildren, and four great grandchildren plus telegrams from friends in other cities.
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Moses Miller
East Eighty-first Street
Mr. Miller
Seventy-Eighth Street
Iller
Sneezing Incident Leaves Woman Blind, City Woman
Mrs. Joseph Jack of 224 Fair Street Trenton seeks sight restoration after a sneezing fit allegedly caused a sudden hemorrhage in her eyes. An eye specialist in Philadelphia calls it one of medicine’s strangest cases and cannot promise full relief. The woman awoke thinking it was daylight, then realized darkness and became hysterical.
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New York Times
Trenton
Joseph Jack
Fair Street
Philadelphia
Jack
Shipping News Arrives Aboard SS Columbia in Glasgow
The column notes the arrival of the SS Columbia in Glasgow in March with bottles of Black Label 1 2 3 Crown sherries shipped abroad.
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Columbia
Glasgow
Rockefeller Son Absent From Bible Class Amid Health Fears
John D. Rockefeller Jr was not present at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church for a Bible class session as health concerns and fear of a nervous breakdown were given to explain his absence. The class bulletin listed Rev. W Richardson as leader and a detective sat in the sessions for safety, prompting curiosity among observers.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
W. 8Ichardson
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Smith
Mr. Richardson
Reyburn Names Four Cabinet Directors for Philadelphia
Mayor elect John E. Reyburn announces his four cabinet appointments including Henry Clay as Director of Public Safety George B. Stearns as Director of Public Works Dr Joseph S Neff as Health and Charities Director and Joseph Klemmer as Director of Supplies All are long active Republicans with ties to the Durham machine indicating a political shift.
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Philadelphia
John E. Reyburn
Henry Clay
George B. Stearns
Health and Charities
Josephs. Neff
Jefferson Medical College
Joseph Klemmer
Register of Wills
Girl Rescues Small Boy From Bath Beach Currents
Miss Fannie Garrison of Bath Beach Brooklyn, 20, leapt from Captain's Pier to save year old Frank Verrity who cramp struck while swimming. About twenty men watched from the pier as the four boys swam forty yards out. Garrison reached the stricken boy, kept him afloat until a boat arrived, and Frank was brought aboard unconscious but soon revived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Ruthing
Rail fare bill delayed as railroads seek briefs
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor Stuart will not sign the two cent fare bill until railroad officers present briefs. President Baer of the Reading Company and Pennsylvanian officials contest the measure, arguing the law may be unconstitutional.
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New York Times
Harrisburg
Penn
Stuart
Baer
Reading
Offee
Pennsylvania
Richard Carle Injured in Prank Jump From Express
Special to The New York Times reports Harrisburg Pennsylvanian March 31 that Richard Carle a member of a touring company was severely injured while hiding in the tender on the Eastern Express from Pittsburg. He allegedly jumped from the moving locomotive near Altoona and was found asleep in Altoona. The train conductor says Carle jumped into motion and fell off but caught the last car and rode the rear to Altoona assisted by railroad staff.
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New York
Harrisburg
Penn
Richard Carle
Pittsburg
Carle
Eastern Express
Altoona
Union Station
Pittsburg Righteous Men Banquet Sparks Controversy
Pittsburg officials announce they have gathered twenty eight men deemed righteous for an upcoming banquet amid rumors that committee members may have placed their own names on the list. The secrecy fuels speculation of possible embarrassment if the allegations prove true.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Iowa
Sodom
Gomorrah
Chamber of Commerce
Boswell Dies Following Self Inflicted Gunshot in Pittsburgh
George B Boswell 52 a prominent art collector and Sterling Paint and Glass director died at East Liberty Station by shooting himself after a brief look at a mirror. Authorities classify it as temporary insanity from a nervous breakdown. He lived at 927 Sheridan Avenue Highland Park with his wife and two sons and daughter and had recently been in ill health and melancholic, family watch kept him under care before a trip to Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
George B. Boswell
East Liberty
Pennsylvania Railroad
Boswell
Pittsb Rg
Sterling
Stricken in Carriage on Return from Southern Trip
Ignatius Leisner 69, a retired merchant of 281 West Ninety sixth Street, collapsed with cerebral hemorrhage while returning home with wife and two children Eloise 11 Arnine 6 after disembarking from the Jamestown at Hudson Street. He was taken to Hudson Street Hospital in serious condition. Mrs Leisner and the children were prostrated and driven home after doctors tended him.
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Ignatius Leisner
West Ninety-sixth Street
Hudson Street
Eloise
Arnine
Morse Denies Dominion Line Interest in Norfolk Run
Charles W. Morse, who controls most Atlantic Coast steamship lines, denounces a published report that he plans a Ki Dominion Line between Norfolk and here. He says he has never discussed or negotiated for the Old Dominion line and would not establish such a service. He asserts no offer or acquisition occurred and denies any intent to create a faster twelve hour run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Morse
Atlantic Coast Steamship Lines
Norfolk
Ki- Dominion Line
Dominion
Old Dominion
Auto Kills Niece of C P Huntington in New Runabout Crash
In Oneonta New York Mrs E S Loveland 62 niece of Collis P Huntington and her daughter Mrs J R Bickford were in a new electric runabout when it plunged 18 feet over a wall onto Chestnut Street. Loveland died from a fractured skull and broken back. Bickford escaped with a sprained ankle. Bickford who has driven cars for years had urged her mother to buy the electric vehicle. Loveland had lived in Oneonta about 26 years and was wealthy as a Huntington beneficiary. her husband had died years before. Surviving also is Mrs S D Wadkeys of Oneonta.
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New York Times
Oneonta
N. Y
E. S. Loveland
Collis P. Huntington
J. R. Bickford
Boston
Carngie Institute uses Pentelic marble. Athens quarry runs dry
In Pittsburg on March 31 a column of Pentelic marble from the Parthenon was removed from the Carnegie Institute Hall of Statuary due to a blemish. A replacement column was secured after a year of effort as contractors face dwindling Pentelic supplies and possible Greek government export restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Carnegie Institute
Athens
Elimination of Smoke Demonstrated in Altoona
John Ellmore of Altoona demonstrates that using his ash burning fluid nearly eliminates smoke. In a downtown office building demo, two furnaces burn coal side by side. one emits heavy black smoke while the other, with treated ashes, leaves only a soft white vapor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
John Ellmore
Altoona
Ellmore
Torpedo laden car explodes on Baltimore and Ohio freight near Cumberland
A railroad car loaded with torpedoes and carbolic acid gas tubes exploded on an eastbound B&O freight near Patterson's Creek eight miles east of Cumberland. The blast destroyed the car and adjoining cars, tore up track, toppled two hopper cars, and damaged telegraph lines. No injuries reported.
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Cumberland
Baltimore & Ohio
Patterson's Creek
Richard Mansfield Worse Stricken by Nervous Exhaustion
Reports indicate Richard Mansfield's condition worsened after earlier signs of recovery. Dr. Floyd M Crandall said Mansfield was much weaker yesterday and a consultation of physicians was possible today. He had endured stomach trouble during the road tour but pressed on.
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Richard Mansfield
Floyd M. Crandall
Mr. Mansfield
Morgan buys $1.2 million art and antique collection
Reports from Brussels say J Pierpont Morgan of New York has purchased Jules van den Pereboom's collection for $1.2 million. The items include pictures, chimney pieces, furniture, arms, brasses and engravings. The sixteenth century Anderlecht house will be replicated in New York State under architect Francois Malfait.
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Brussels
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Jules van den Pereboom
Anderlecht
New York State
Francois Malfait
Rose Thorn in Rosethorn Death Ends Life of Miss Free
Miss Anna Free, 23, died in Stamford Connecticut from blood poisoning after a rose thorn prick four weeks earlier. The infection progressed despite operations. Her death follows complications from the incident in late March.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Anna Free
Miss Free
Train wreckers try again near Lowellsville
In Youngstown Ohio March 81 authorities say wreckers attempted to derail the Pittsburg flier between Cleveland and Pittsburg. A telephoned pole across the rails was cleared by shifting engine crews. Seventeen minutes later a fast passenger train passed safely at about 50 mph. Detective Captain Gastinger of Newcastle is investigating.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cleveland
Lowellsville
Chicago Limited
Gastinger
Newcastle
Penn
Grover Cleveland Thanks Printers for Birthday Wishes
Former president Grover Cleveland sends a public note from Princeton New Jersey thanking the nation for congratulatory messages on his seventieth birthday. He says the greetings deeply touch him and he will treasure them in memory for the rest of his life.
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New York Times
Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Running for Exercise: Man Arrested for Attempted Home Entry
Trenton New Jersey March 81 Michaele Burzuskin arrested after trying to enter Hy man Henkins home at 8 New Street.Caught by Chanceman Douglass as he sprinted down the street Hawkins cried Stop thief. He told Judge Harris he was only running for exercise. The court replied you are under 100 ball till you get your wind.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Michaele Burzuskin
Hyman Henkins
New Street
Harris
Chanceman Douglass
Hawkins
Burzuskin
Rochester Coachman Dies in Field After Hearing Gunshot
George Finnimore, 63, longtime Rochester coachman for a local family, collapsed and died in a Gates field while bird hunting with a friend. The accident followed a gunshot report from a pointer dog. He had heart disease, and the stress was fatal.
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Rochester
George Fennimore
Gates
Fennimore
Train collision injures over hundred in West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No 11 bound for Wheeling collided head on with a freight at Pritchards Mills seven miles west of Fairmont this afternoon. Over 100 passengers were severely shaken and bruised and a brakeman on the freight train was seriously injured. Both locomotives were demolished and trains badly damaged. A misunderstanding of orders is believed to have caused the accident.
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Fairmont
West Va
Baltimore & Ohio
Wheeling
West Virginia
Pritchards Mills
Here
Steamer Axminster Refloated After Beaching
The British steamer Axminster, from Savannah to Manchester, with cargo of cotton ton phosphate rosin and lumber, ran ashore but was refloated and afloat by today near Wilmington North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N. C
Savannah
Manchester
Griscom family palace saved from fire at Drago home
Rome dispatch says Liv Griscom and family rushed to fire at Palazzo del Drago after Easter services. Attic roof collapsed smashing ceiling. centuries old woodwork and a Roosevelt painting damaged. Fire insurance covers losses. origin uncertain though electric wiring blamed.
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Rome
Liv Griscom
United States
Ann
Roosevelt
Hitt
Edwards
Retary Winthrop
Prince del Drago
Griscom
Morrow
Henry W
Dynamite Found Buried Behind Contractor's Barn
Detective Meyers and a Westchester team uncovered five dynamite-filled boxes buried behind the residence of contractor Joseph Lefrieri at Edison Avenue. Lefrieri denied burying anything, while detectives faced his dogs and a shotgun during the operation.
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Meyers
Lefrers
Lefrieri Hiself
Lefrieri
O’brien
Murder at Bloody Corner Claims John Miller
A man named John Miller, 30, died at 2 a.m. after being struck at the Bloody Corner on Deiggs Avenue and North Ninth Street. A motorman reported a man lying near the curb. a police auto and surgeons attended. Coroners’ inquest ruled the death a homicide likely caused by highwaymen.
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Deiggs Avenue
North Ninth Street
John Miller
Wythe Avenue
North Sixth Street
Hong
Miller
Am Wuest
Behide
Atta
Four Die in City Crash Near 15th Street Missouri
Four people died in a traffic crash near Fifteenth Street beside the Chicago and Alton Railroad. Victims include Henry and his wife and D Hy wire along with a local mercantile workman. The report by Paul A. Me Spitz notes details are scarce and ongoing.
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cAeee City
Fifteenth Street
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Henry
D. Hy
Lesmen
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Small Boy
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Gov. Stuart
Csher
Ealls
Ady
Chamber of Commerce Committee
G. B. Boswell
C. W. Morse
Auto
C. P. Huntington
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Europe
J. P. Morgan
Rosethorn
Woman
Lowellisville
MR. Cleveland
Axminster
MR. Griscom
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del Dragos
Williamsburg
TRA
Walton
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