Costello Employers' Liability Bill Sparks Albany Hearing
The April 26 hearing before Gov. Odell on the Costello Employers' Liability bill drew sharp debate. Opponents argued the measure deprives rights of the weak, while supporters from labor and rail interests claimed it increases safety and clarifies responsibility. Prominent speakers included Charles Steckler, Franklin Pierce, W. E. Woolward, Abram Daly, and Assemblyman Costello, with testimony from Prof. Colin and railroad counsel.
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New York Times
Albany
Odell
Charles Steckler
Franklin Pierce
New York City
W. E. Woolward
Wray
Abram
W.W
Costello
Messrs. Lavery and
McCabe
Legislative Committee of the Federation of Labor
Danaher
Colin
Lewis Carr
Delaware and
Trudson
William P. Rudd
New-York Central
Ten Eyck
Federation of Labor
Lavery
Stecker
Mr. Steckler
Labor
Steckler
Markets and notices tucked throughout the paper
The page contents list market figures for wheat corn oats and cotton plus prices for iron and butter, followed by a catalog of sections inside the issue including Amusements Arrivals at hotels Business troubles court calendars insurance notes legal notes and various special reports and weather. The schedule also notes sections on yesterday's fires real estate railroads and religious and society items.
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Stockseens
Starine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
Sobraon Aground After Fog Off Tong-Ying
London dispatch says the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Sobraon, outward from Shanghai, ran aground in dense fog at Tong-Ying on April 24. Mails, passengers, and crew were saved by Chinese junks at Foo-Chow, with the ship described as a total wreck in a critical position.
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London
Shanghai
Tong-Ying
Foo- Chow
Chicago Patient Survives Stomach Removal At City Hospital
Paul Krueger underwent stomach removal at the Illinois Medical College hospital on Kinzie Street in a life saving decision after a cancer diagnosis. Dr. B. B. Eads performed the operation and six days later Krueger remains alive and recovering.
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Chicago
Paul Krueger
Illinois Medical College
West Kinzie Street
Krueger
B. B. Eads
Perfect in Every Detail Overland Limited to California
Advertisement touts the Overland Limited service to California via Chicago and Northwestern, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific Bus. It features drawing room sleeping cars, buffet library cars, a barber, and dining cars through without change. Address Northwestern Line Office 461 Broadway.
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California
Chicago
Northwestern
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Northwestern Line
Broadway
Senate Attitude Toward Canal Treaty May Favor Ratification
Washington reports indicate the administration has gathered Senate leaders from all parties to draft a new Isthmian canal treaty. Officials hope for a two thirds ratification vote while satisfying Britain, with two drafts likely by late June and final results not expected before autumn. London weighs neutrality before scrapping the Clayton-Bulwer Pact.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
London
Hay
Lord Paunceftote
Foreign Office
United States Senate
Nicaragua
United States
Newfoundland Premier seeks ratification of Bond Blaine pact
Premier Bond of Newfoundland asked Britain to secure ratification of the Bond Blaine convention. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has taken up the matter and consulted Canada as negotiations with Britain, Canada, and Newfoundland progress toward a conclusion after Bond arrives aboard the Tunisian May 2. The nine year old agreement granted U S fishermen fishing bait and reduced duties for American imports. the U S allowed bonded fresh fish transport to its market.
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London
Bond
Newfoundland
Joseph Chamberlain
Canada
Great Britain
Washington
Militia Forms Mountain Company to Target Desperadoes
In Kentucky Governor Beckham reports a new mountain militia company formed to pursue the Ku Klux Klan in Letcher County. Captain John Webb leads his troops 20 miles through a snowstorm to Stonega Virginia for arms then returns, as Noah Reynolds lies fatally wounded and desperadoes refuse surrender.
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Frankfort
Letcher County
Henry Little
Fred Gordon
Beckam
John Webb
Webb
Black Mountain
Stonega
Rattlesnake Inn
Jesse E. Day
Wright
Day
The Tariff and the South
D A Tompkins of Charlotte spoke before the Boston Chamber of Commerce on a new South favoring protection to boost commerce. He urged America to extend shipping, hold the Philippines and Cuba, and delay actions in China until military withdrawal, stressing tariffs as a tool to grow ships and markets.
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Boston
Mass
D. A. Tompkins
Charlotte
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
New South
South
America
Philippines
Porto Rico
Cuba
China
Massachusetts
Carolina
Marconi Engaged to Miss Holman of Indiana
Prof Guglielmo Marconi plans to marry American Miss Josephine B Holman cousin to the late W G Holman of Indiana The engagement was disclosed after Miss Holman admitted the match last evening She and her mother reside at 292 West Ninety second Street They met during Marconis recent voyage to this country and the wedding is expected in the Fall in New York City
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Guglielmo Marconi
Josephine B. Holman
W. G. Holman
Indiana
The
Treasury
J. A. Holman
Supreme Court of
Miller's Will Probate Filed in Poughkeepsie
Elisha H. Miller, son and named executor, filed in Surrogate's Court a petition to probate the will of Charles Wooster Miller who died in New York. Personal estate valued at about 450,000 with real estate undetermined. total estate estimated near 1,000,000.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Charles Wooster Miller
New York
Elisha H. Miller
Franchise valuations show citywide declines from 1900 totals
Albany April 26 final valuations of corporate franchises in New York City total 211,334,194, down 8,345,157 from 1900. Reductions include Brooklyn Rapid Transit 1,824,000 and Manhattan Elevated 1,719,500, with broader drops across major networks and gas and electric firms.
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Albany
New York City
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Board
Board of Taxes of
B’klyn Rap. Tran
R. I
Ay. R. R
Manhat
Elev
R. R. Co
N. Y
Harlem
Brooklyn Union Gas Co
Central Union Gas Co
Consolidated Gas Co
Edison Elec. Co
B’klyn
New Amsterdam Gas Co
E. L
Edison Electric Co
Mutual Gas Co
Standard Gas Co
Union el. Light & P. Co
Consolidated Subway Co
Empire City Subway Co
N.Y. & N.J. Telephone Co
New York Telephone Co
Brooklyn Rapid Transit System
Manhattan Elevated
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Third Avenue Road
Consolidated Subways Company
Washington Relics Return Planned From National Museum
A prominent Washington relic collection at the National Museum, including clothing, camp gear, furniture, china, and silverware once owned by George Washington, is likely to be returned to the Washington family representative Gen. G. W. P. C. Lee. Congress is anticipated to be asked to authorize purchase of the relics, whose value is expected to be high due to their historic significance and protected status.
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Washington
National Museum
George Washington
Arlington
R. E. Lee
Supreme Court
Lee
Congress
Daniel
Mount Vernon
Runaway Horse Dashes Through Plaza Jewelry Window
A runaway horse attached to a wagon charged through Fifty-eighth Street into the Plaza, leaping into Edwin W. Dayton’s jewelry store. The plate glass window and mahogany panel were shattered, causing $1,000 in damage. The horse, owned by Nicholas Christato, was finally subdued by policemen and appeared badly injured, with reports it may have to be shot.
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Fifty-eighth Street
Edwin W. Dayton
Savoy
Nicholas Christato
Sixth Avenue
Plaza
Dayton
Madison Avenue
Smuggling of Chinamen Ties U S and Canada
Montreal reports a joint U S and Canadian effort to halt illegal Chinese immigration. A U S Customs representative works with Canadian officers in Ottawa. Authorities estimate two thousand Chinamen yearly, with many disappearing after entry and several customs officials facing potential discipline.
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Montreal
United States
Canada
United States Customs Department
Ottawa
Jamaica
China
Woman in Philadelphia Outwits 200 Merchants
Philadelphia report details Mrs. MacCarton and her six children fleeing creditors. The family used aliases to live lavishly on credit, moving from North Broad Street to Rittenhouse Square while keeping up appearances with servants, flowers, and art. creditors estimate bills at 75 000 dollars, possibly higher, as neighbors and merchants recall purchases and staged charity poses.
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Philadelphia
George B. Wood
South Eighteenth Street
Rittenhouse Square
Wood
Mrs. MacCarton
MacCarton
Broad Street
J. W. McBride
New Orleans
McBrides
Goldberg & Co
John H. Ragatz
Woodville & Marke
Craig & Evans
Old Trinity
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Road
Thomas Dolan
Traction Fame
Bernhardt Attacks Harvard Professor in Rostand Row
Boston April 26. Prof de Sumichrast harshly critiques Rostand and plays. Mme Bernhardt calls him an ass and a devil and snubs a L Alliance Francaise reception. She praises Rostand and his works while noting de Sumichrast’s Harvard role.
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Boston
de Sumichrast
Rostand
Mme. Bernhardt
M. Coquelin
L’alliance Frangaise
M. Rostand
United States
M. de Sumichrast
Prof. de
Rush at Torpedo Station Shifts To Night Work
Newport April 26 report notes unusual activity at the torpedo station with departments working day and night. Projects move to machine shops and torpedo outfits are hurriedly prepared. Officials refuse to discuss the cause while torpedo officers test a new Whitehead design six feet longer than current warship torpedoes.
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Newport
If Your Stomach Is a Wreck Natural Water Cure Ad
Catarrh mucus gases and acidity relief touted from manganese spring water. Advertises Ben K. Curtis druggists 13 Stone Street with Broad Street telephone. Claims stomach cures and nausea management.
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Ben K. Curtis
Stone St. Tel
Standard Oil In Texas Seizes Port Arthur Assets
Beaumont Texas April 26 Standard Oil announces it has purchased the Port Arthur rail terminals wharves and shipping facilities and 90000 acres around the port. The move gives Standard Oil control of oil flowing from the Beaumont field via Port Arthur affecting shipping and domestic crude trade.
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Beaumont
Texas
Beaumont Oil Exchange
Standard Oil Company
Port Arthur
Beaumont Oil Field
New Orleans
Galveston
Standard People
Wildcat oil concerns flood Texas investors
An Austin report finds about half of Texas oil companies serving Beaumont Field are wildcat concerns. They aim to dump watered stock totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars on unsuspecting investors. Analysts warn of a looming collapse and widespread losses for small investors, estimating $75,000,000 in oil stock sold in two months.
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Austin
Texas
Beaumont
Ex Governor Campbell gains injunction to stop eviction
Ex Governor James E. Campbell of Hamilton Ohio won a temporary injunction to bar Sheriff Peter Bisdorf and the Provident Life and Trust Company from removing his household goods from the Fourth Street mansion or taking possession of the residence. The writ of restitution to evict the governor had not yet been served. Campbell, who once received the home as a gift from Congressman Paul J. Sorg, had mortgaged it for 17000 and faced foreclosure two years ago.
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Hamilton
Ohio
James E. Campbell
Provident Life and Trust Company
Peter Bisdorf
Campbell
Fourth
Ludlow
Paul J. Sorg
Paper Combine Probe Ordered in Canada
Judge Taschereau of Quebec Superior Court is appointed by the Dominion Government to inquire into charges that a paper manufacturing combine exists in Canada. The inquiry, under the 1897 Customs act clause, marks the first order of its kind.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Taschereau
Superior Court
Province of
Quebec
Canadian Press Association
Canada
Right to Land Left by Sea in New Jersey Case
The Ocean City Association lost a retrial against William Shriver, who won ownership of reclaimed land along the New Jersey shore. The case clarifies riparian rights after shoreline shifts and high water marks. Shriver previously secured land by riparian grant from the State, marking his second favorable verdict in the matter.
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Steckler
Weekes
Fifth Avenue
Senate
Cape May
N. J
Ocean City
William Shriver
Shriver
New Jersey
Ocean City Association
Phillips No Shylock Bulls May Corn Market
Chicago April 26 George H Phillips shows no mercy in corn trading before session. He sold 50 000 bushels May corn to John Barrett at 48 cents and 55 000 bushels to A K Munson at 48 1/2 cents. He bought July on orders and sold four times as much as he bought yesterday while denying any 14 000 000 bushel claim.
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Chicago
George H. Phillips
John Barrett
Phillips
A. K. Munson
Bull Leader
Custody Battle Over Five-Year-Old Foiled by Court
In Philadelphia on April 26 Judge Stevenson ruled Mrs. Coe FE M Hodge unfit as custodian of five year old Guida in a habeas corpus case against Richard L Maxwell. The child remains with Maxwell's mother while Mrs Hodge may visit at proper intervals. The case followed allegations of kidnapping and marital status disputes.
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Philadelphia
Co. FE. M. Hodge
Richard L. Maxwell
Guida
Stevenson
Waldorf- Astoria
Maxwell
New York
Hodge
Shields
Bridge Promoters Seek Sale of NY and NJ Bridge Franchise
Capitalists prepare to finance a plan to acquire the New York and New Jersey Bridge Company's privileges with a multi million dollar capitalization. At a Merchants Association meeting in Broadway, Lawyer Burton Harrison disclosed the plan and said only 20 000 of 10 000 000 paid in. Public bodies and merchants vow to oppose a rushed bill and push for Albany hearings. The Merchants Association seeks veto by Gov Odell and broader support from Real Estate groups City Club Board of Trade Citizens Union and Chamber of Commerce to ensure public discussion and fair compensation for the city.
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New York and
New Jersey Bridge Company
Burton Harrison
Merchants’ Association Rooms
Broadway
Harrison
Harerison
Raines
West Street
Albany
Merchants' Association
Odell
Henry W. Goodrich
G. Welling
Arthur J. Baldwin
Charles L. Guy
Frederick W. Hinrichs
Joseph G. Deane
F. B. de Berard
William F. King
Real Estate Association
Merchants’Association
City Club
Board of Trade and ‘Transportation
Citizens’ Union
Chamber of Commerce
City of New York
New York
Merchants’ Association
Bridge Company
Horace =. Deming
Elevated
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Common Council
Baldwin
City of
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Jurisprogenes
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Central Federation of Labor
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Prof
New York Central
Organized Labor
A. N. Youngs
Brotherhood of Engineers
J.st. Andrews
J. J. Winters
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Inventor Marconi
Charles Wooster
Miller’s
Ivers & Pond
Joscelyn's
E. 16Th St
Smithsonian Institution
Standard Oil
Beaumont Fields
Wildcat
Dominion
New Jersey Shore
Shylock
Merchants’ Mass
Raines Bill
MR. Harrison
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