Quincy Ex-Mayor Details Million Dollar Bond Theft Connection
Boston ex mayor Jo Quincy revealed a striking link to the Trust Company of America robbery and the Douglas Dennett case. He described meetings with Dennett and Douglas and said the bonds stolen could total about a million, with prior thefts and related bank failures tied to his own past as a director of the Seventh National Bank. Quincy pledged to fill gaps once confessions are reviewed.
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The
New York Times
Boston
Mass
Jo Quincy
Great Trust Company
Douglas
New England
Oliver M.dennett
William O. Douglas
Quincy
Dennett
Jerome
Com
Trust Company of America
Seventh National Bank
Seventh Natio Bank
Gieate
Perry Heath
Fletcher
Cass
Wall Street
Harry Bates
Josiah Quincy
Bates
Ing
Eames Divorce Case Reported in Chester County
The case involves Mme Eames and Julian Story with hearings in Chester County. An interlocutory decree favoring Mme Eames appears likely as private sessions and sealed papers keep details secret. The referee’s favorable view could lead to a provisional judgment and eventual absolute decree permitting remarriage. Story, defended in Philadelphia, with Eames in Chicago with the Conn ed Opera Company.
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Thechester County
Mme
Julian Story
Mme. Hames
Delphin
Mme Eames
Arthur F. Tomplins
Story
Mme. Eames
Tug Lost and Main in Tow After Bermuda Run
The British ship Main left New York on March 8 bound for Calcutta with a cargo of case oil. A gale on March 65 dismasted her and she limped to Bermuda for temporary repairs then proceeded toward Calcutta under tow by the tug Powerful. After scarce coal and rough weather the Powerful abandoned the Main and searched offshore before returning to port for more coal. The Main remains afloat and the tug continues to seek her.
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Main
New York
Som Coast
Calcutta
Sandy Hook
Bermuda
New Bedford
Burglary Suspects Apprehended After Madison Ave Loot
Mrs Weiss returns to 1514 Madison Avenue to discover a burglary taking all portable valuables. Two men with packs were seen leaving earlier. Patrolman King from East 104th Street Station spots them at 102nd Street and Park Avenue. One man claims to be Heyman a baker from 250 Third Avenue and says the other forced him to commit the burglary at pistol point.
Bathers to Limit Attire on Rockaway Beach Boardwalk
Local residents and a delegation led by lawyer George Titcomb met with First Deputy Commissioner O Keeffe to curb immodest beachwear. Titcomb condemned outfits as indecent and urged police support to enforce stricter standards on prominent summer bathers.
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Rockaway Beach
O’keeffe
George Titcomb
Police
Brooklyn
Titcomb
Fire Damage Hits Pine Beach Exposition Area
A blaze at Pine Beach near the estown Exposition grounds damaged several buildings including two story hotels. Fire crews reported the incident caused no fatalities or serious injuries and estimated losses around $7,500.
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Pine |Beach
Estown
Exposition
Norfolk
Smith Reveals Thaw Case Ties To White Relative
Paris dispatch reports James Clinch Smith brother in law of the late Stanford White returned to Paris and spoke privately about the Thaw case. He says Thaw did not know of their relation until after the shooting and that premeditation appeared evident from actions of Thaw and his wife. Smith claims he was barred from testifying fully at the trial.
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Tom New York Timms Co
Paris
James Clinch Smith
Stanford White
Thaw
New York
Smith
White
Evelyn Thaw
Sothern and Marlowe Shine in Twelfth Night at Waldorf
London critics toast Miss Marlowe as a bewitching Viola and praise Mr Sothern as Malvolio in Twelfth Night at the Waldorf Theatre. The Times, Standard, Express, and Chronicle laud the performances as among Shakespeare’s strongest stage women and men.
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Tuam
New York Times Co
London
Mr. Sothern
Miss Marlowe
Waldorff Theatre
the Times
Olivia
Shakespeare
Viola
Sothern-Marlowe
the Express
Chronicle
Ada Rehan
Woman shoots betting official at Pimlico racecourse
Baltimore April 26 shooting of William Dunn a betting commissioner occurred during Pimlico races. Mrs Nina King of Buffalo reportedly fired at Dunn aiming for his head but the bullet caused a nonfatal wound. King was arrested charged with shooting with intent to kill, claiming to be Dunns wife.
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Baltimore
Pimlico
William Dunn
Nina King
Buffalo
Dunn
Elmira
N. Y
Butcher Julius Bahr Hangs Self After Son's Death
Grief over the death of his 22 year old son Ferdinand, a clerk at Broadway Bank, drives Julius Bahr a Williamsburg butcher living at 208 Powers Street, to hang himself in his cellar. He had been active in Masonic and German singing societies, including Schiller Songs and A M., and served as vice president.
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Juliue ‘Bahr
Williamsburg
Powers Street
Ferdinand
Broadway Bank
Brooklyn
Bahr
Schiller Songs
Rockefeller gifts land to Chicago University in landmark pledge
John D Rockefeller transferred Cleveland property to his son and gave the University of Chicago more than 2 million dollars in land. The Midway Plaisance strip was bought over four years in Hyde Park and the South Drive plan would unite the campus. The donor’s total Chicago gifts near 5 million this year, with near 8 million previously announced.
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Cleveland
Hie
Chicago University
John PD. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
New York Times
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Madigan Avenue
Cottage Grove Avenue
Midway Plaisance
University
Edward V. Cary
New York
Wallace Heckman
Hyde Park
County Attorney Slain in Groveton Shootout
H L Robb county attorney and Jim Dunaway state ranger were mortally wounded in Groveton Texas when a shot from a Kinley Building window wounded Dunaway and damaged Kinley surrendered. A telegram to Gov Dunaway requested immediate captain and Rangers to arrive.
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New York Times
Groveton
Texas
H. L. Robb
Jim Dunaway
Kinley
R. O. Kinley
Dunaway
Hug Immedia
Hu Hughes
Campbell
Caughes
Bold Attempt To Rob Governor Warfield’s Wife On Steamer
An unknown man tried to rob Mrs. Edwin Warfield on the steamship Columbia carrying Maryland officials to the Jamestown Exposition. Mrs. Warfield awoke to a man in her stateroom, screamed, and he crawled through the window before escaping. Governor Warfield and Lynn Meekins responded to the alarm.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Edwin Warfield
Maryland
Columbia
Warfield
s.Lynn R. Meekins
Maryland Commission
Lawson Suit Settled In Out Of Court Agreement
In Boston on April 26 Paine Webber and Co settled out of court an $8 million equity suit against Albert C Burrage Thomas Lawson and others over 701000 Copper Range Mining shares. The case centered on a $840000 debt with Burrage having already paid $300000 and seeking credit plus interest. The settlement confirms the total indebtedness and four years' interest.
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Boston
Paine, Webber & Co
Albert C. Burrage
Thomas W. Lawson
Copper Range Consolidated Mining Company
Tri-Mountain
A. C. Burrage
Copper Range Company
Copper
E m
Bonaparte Named Boss Emeritus by Autimore
Special to The New York Times reports Autimore naming Bonaparte as boss emeritus after he previously identified a legalized base. When asked about Senator Raynor's sarcasm, Bonaparte declined to comment, noting his long history with Democratic papers and Baltimore dispatches.
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New York Times
Autimore
Erdl Bonaparte
Raynor
Baltimore
Death of David Willcox on Barbarossa Shocks Rail World
David Willcox former President of the Delaware and Hudson died aboard the North German Lloyd steamer Barbarossa near Naples last Wednesday. Officials report death by self inflicted gunshot after health decline and a stock market slump rumor, with Willcox resigning the D& H presidency two weeks earlier and Leonor F. Loree succeeding him. Willcox, a Yale and Columbia Law graduate born in Flatbush 1850, led anthracite railroads amid miner strikes and coal controversy.
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Delaware & Hudson Company
Doty
Lengrenter
Barbarossa
Genoa
Naples
Mner
Willcox
Leonor F. Loree
Baltimore & Ohio
Rock Island
Delaware & Hudson
Allpox
Dalvie Willcox
Road
John Mitchell
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Mr. Willcox
Flatbush
Yale
Columbia
East Sixtieth Er
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Llcox
The
Metropolitan
the Union
University
Century
Union League
New York Yacht
Tuxedo
President and Cabinet Absent from Washington in Historic Withdrawal
Washington April 26. For the first time in many years the President and his entire official family are away from the capital. Cabinet members travel to Jamestown Pittsburg Clinton N Y Cincinnati and New York with Postmaster General Meyer in Boston. Attorney General Bonaparte joins several others on various duties. The absence follows McKinley s death and marks an unprecedented lapse of the executive in residence.
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National
Jamestown
Wilson
Pittsburg
Root
Clinton
N. Y
Taft
Cincinnati
Meyer
New York
Boston
Bonapere
Waere Cleveland
Cabinet Office
Shungion
Teren
A & Men
Cal
Dent McKinley
Buffalo
Washington trip noted with meals and hotel plans
A brief Washington season update mentions meals and hotel stays for a visiting party. It references May travel, visit dates, and lodging arrangements, implying a routine schedule during the current term.
Barillas Murder Investigation Exposes High Authority Links
In Mexico City on April 26 details emerge about the assassination of former Guatemalan President Manuel Barillas. Morales and Mora confess to acting under orders from Gen. Jose Maria Lima, a top Guatemalan figure who aided the plot with funds and planned to kill Gen. Salvador Toledo as well, who escaped to Central America.
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Mexico City
Manuel Barillas
Guatemala
Morales
Mora
José Maria Lima
Estrada Cabrera
Lima
Salvador Toledo
Mexico
Central America
Fogazzaro Receives Roosevelt Praise and US Invitation
In Rome April 26 Signor Antonio Fogazzaro the author reports a letter from President Roosevelt praising his work and inviting him to the United States. He also says in an interview he is drafting a new novel unlike his past works.
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Rome
Signor
Antonio Fogazzaro
Roosevelt
United States
Skenor Fogazzaro
T. J. Taylor Heads Off On Six Month Paid Vacation
Talbot J. Taylor son in law of James R. Keene will sail for Europe on May 1 for a six month paid vacation. His office at 430 Broad Street will close during his absence while his staff remains on payroll. Two years ago he also left for abroad with offices closed for six months.
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Talbot J. Taylor
James R. Keene
Wall Street
Europe
Mr. Taylor
430
Broad Street
Speaker Clears House in Arkansas Brawl
Speaker Hamiter ordered the Arkansas house cleared and threatened arrest for lobbyists. He said he cannot transact the State's business for those trying to control legislation, and warned he would jail those booching and lobbying. Members applauded the move.
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New York Times
Little Rock
Ark
Hamiter
Resignation of U S Patent Office head Frederick S Allen
In Washington on April 26 the Commissioner of Patents Frederick S Allen tendered his resignation to President Roosevelt effective June 1. He will return to legal practice after serving as head of the Patent Office since April 1 1901.
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Washington
Patents
Frederick S. Allen
Roosevelt
Allen
Patent Office
Students Tie Up Judges After Oratorical Contest
In Upper Alton Illinois after sophomores won an oratorical contest at Shurtleff College two judges Prof M Magan and E M Dey were bound to trees by freshmen and left until morning. The third judge Attorney Harold Johnson voted for the freshmen and was not molested. Magan and Dey freed themselves after hours.
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Upper Alton
Ill
Shurtleff College
M. Magan
St. Louis
E. M. Dey
Missouri Pacific System
Harold Johnson
Mr. Dey
Concessions to Oil Men Cut Freight Rates
Cleveland officials report railroads have dropped the 105 dollar return-truck rate for empty tanks from the Pacific Coast to refineries east of the Missouri River. The move ends an exclusive rate used by Standard Oil and precedes the ICC hearing in Washington on May 21.
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Cleveland
Pacific Coast
Missouri River
Standard Company
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Washington
Standard Oil Company
Central Freight and Trunkine Association
Lamps Out Again In City Strikes Lams Lighting Company
Inspectors of the Welsbach Street Lighting Company report that striking lamplighters and their sympathizers shut off lights kept burning overnight and into the day. A large area from Second Avenue to the East River between Forty second and Eightieth Streets lost all Welsbach lights. Crews were sent to relight. Workers complained of threats from strikers and police were warned. Evicted strikers were held in Schuetzen Halle and in Jersey.
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Welsbach Strees Lighting Company
Flecond Avenue
Hast River
Forty-second
Eightieth Streets
Welsbach
Bach
Orecunas
Schuetzen Halle
St. Mark’s Place
Ane We Tonkers
J -In
Jersey
Fire destroys lawyer J N Greenshields home in Montreal
A blaze swept the Mount Royal residence of criminal lawyer J N Greenshields this afternoon in Montreal. Fire crews fought the flames as the dwelling and several rooms were reported heavily damaged with no immediate word on casualties or a cause.
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Montreal
J. N. Greenshields
Mount Royal
President Roosevelt Opens Jamestown Exposition Amid Naval Pageant
President Roosevelt formally opened the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk. He vows to curb illegal corporate practices while avoiding political pressure from railroads. A grand naval pageant followed, with twelve foreign ships and thirty-eight American vessels saluting the president as crowds gathered along Hampton Roads.
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Exposition
Hampton Roads
Exposition Grounds
Diplomatic Corps of
One Nations
Ington
United
Potomac River
Old Point Comfort
Oe Exposition Grounds
Grand Sand Parade
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Pire Near Exposition
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America
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Norfolk Blues
Virginia National Guard
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Virginia
Guam
Exposition Company
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Treasury
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