Metropolitan Street Railway Voucher Trunk Ignites Jerome Inquiry
A trunk of vouchers dated 1898 to 1901, tied to the Metropolitan Street Railway, is reviewed in the King committee inquiry into District Attorney Jerome. Testimony shows Bagg, an investigator, worked in both the Metropolitan office and Jerome's, with payments alleged for court officers and for entertaining officials and jurors.
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Metropolitan &Treet Railway
Atco
Jerome By
King Committee
Judropollitan Street Railway
Richard L. Hand
Gov. Hughes
Andrews
Packers
Franklin Pierce
Jerome
Samuel Seabury
George R. Bags
Stanley S. Bare
Metropolitan
Bagg
Quackenbush, McCabe
Pattison
New York City Railway
Ambrose F. McCabe
Stantley
Louis E. Julian
Justice Seabury
McCabe
Julian
William HW. Tillinghast
Stanley Baggy
Tully and
Féley
Tully
Tillinghast
John B. McGoldrick
Pierce
George R. Bagg
Bertha Kalidt
James R. Ely
Michael F. Shee Than
Sheehan
Margaret Britton
West Thirtyfourth Street
Metropolitan Street Railway
Conqueror Balloon Set for North Adams Flight
America's largest balloon the Conqueror with 85000 cubic feet gas ships to North Adams Massachusetts for a Friday ascent. Sponsor A S Forbes of 67 East Fifty Fifth Street earns Aero Club of America pilot's certificate after ten ascents. Forbes aims Lahm Cup challenge after success and notes crew Leo Stevens W Fitzhugh Whitehouse and Henry Whitehouse accompany him. Original plan shifted from San Antonio to St. Louis for cup attempt due to gas quality.
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Amderica
North Adams
Mass
Holland Forbes
East Fifty-fifth Street
Forbes
Aero Club of America
Aero Club of Erance
Foroes
Charles de F. Chan
Cief
States Signal Corps
Be Aes
St. Louis
West Virginia
Chandler
Leo Stevens
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Washington
Zeppelin Building Airship Larger and Faster
Berlin April 27 Count Zeppelin begins work on a new airship based on his prior three models. The craft will be 445 feet long with a 49 and a half foot diameter, three 145 horsepower motors, and a speed of 47 miles per hour. Its range is about 4,500 miles and it will include wireless telegraphy and strong search lights with a cost of 100000 dollars.
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Berlin
Count Zeppelin
Hose Bursts at Hotel Fire in New York City Lobby
The hotel at 55 West Thirty third Street suffered a brief blaze on the eighth floor. Firemen’s hoses burst in the lobby and on the street, soaking guests and spectators. The blaze caused little fire damage but extensive water damage. No one was hurt.
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West Thirty-third Street
Be Folkers
Folkers
Strong
Dinner minus color line at Cosmopolitan Club of Greater New York
Report details a one night Cosmopolitan Club dinner at 140 Fulton Street where most diners were white men while many women were colored. Hosts claimed aims to unite colored and white peoples, yet no Japanese or Chinese were present, and the secretary presiding was Dr. O M Waller with André Tridon as acting secretary. Oswald Villard spoke on caste as a danger. Rev. George F. Miller recited colored race achievements.
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Fulton Street
Cosmopolitan Club
Greater
New York
O. M. Waller
Brooklyn
André Tridon
Speaing
Oswald Villard
Republic
George F. Miller
Purity Claim Lifts Great Bear Spring Water Fame
An Ady quotation extols Great Bear Spring Water for its purity and fame, highlighting its reputation in advertising and public perception.
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Great Bear
Ady
Big Talkers Dangerous Says Vicar At Society
London April 27 The Rev B S Lombard main vicar argues excessive talking drains vital energy and causes nervous diseases and insanity. Dr Stenson Hooker supports silent treatment rooms in London hospitals and criticizes garrulity, noting women’s talk as a factor.
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New York
London
B. S. Lombard
Stensons Hooker
Fiis
Kurdish Tribes Rampage Across Persian Frontier
A dispatch from Petersburg reports 2,600 Kurds from the Zersa, Momash, and Mergevire tribes conducting a destructive raid into Persia beyond the Russian frontier. Villages are burned, telegraphs cut, and plunder common. Defenders suffer heavy casualties and some villagers’ families are taken captive. In Dumatchin villagers sought refuge in a mosque where they were reportedly roasted.
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New York
London
Petersburg
Persia
Dumatchin
Eye Ok
High Prices for Sailors in Santa Barbara Stop
Santa Barbara hosts the United States Navy fleet with steep charges for lodging and meals. Sailors report rooms at 12 dollars a day and 10 cents for pie, six cents for beer, and 5 to 10 cents for postal cards. Officers and men lobby for better entertainment and transfer mentions. Local officials respond with limited action and modest hospitality, while ship officers note discomfort and costly accommodations.
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New York Times
Santa. Barbara
Cali
Santa Barbara
Harper
Los Angeles
Thomas
Toerrs
Emery
Akins
Longworth Sees Roosevelt Not Seeking Nomination
Ohio congressman Nicholas Longworth, in Pittsburgh for a birthday banquet, says Roosevelt is sincere in not wanting another term but could be nominated if the Chicago convention stampedes. He adds he backs Taft for the Republican nomination, noting party leaders expect Taft to lead. Senator Knox and Gov. Stuart spoke at the event, with Knox’s booster boost noted as a key moment.
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Beveridge
Aldrich
Treasury
Rhode Island
Senate
Indiana
New York’ Times
Pittsborg
Antil
Roosevelt
Chicago
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Longworth
Hix
Taft
Nnimnation
Papa
Chales B. Landis
Knox
Gov
Stuart
Stock-for-clients assets at stake in McIntyre case
Serious charges loom as the failed firm T A McIntyre & Co of 7 Broadway faces receivers in New York. Securities held for clients and stock may total about 400000 dollars as investigators, led by Burlingham, seek value among safes and collateral while McIntyre is reportedly abroad or at Onslow North Carolina.
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T.& A McIntyre & Co
Broadway
Ayho
Forsun
Stromis- Waxes
Tiativre, & Co
Irving L. Ernst
Burlingham
Uipenes
Tor
Tor A Letient
Chicago
House
Cclient
New York
John
T. McIntyre
Maurice Leon
McIintyre
Onslow
N. G
Alty
McIntyre
Murope
Melntyre
Wr. Tseon
North Carolina
MeIntyre
Conuns
Leon
Witef
Ann Ha. Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
T. A. McIntyre
Mitchell
West Seventieth ‘Stree
Lawson
Herbert
Seetey
Boss Rule Alleged in Springfield Church Sermon
Special to Ti ark Times reports a sensational First Congregational Church sermon accusing the church of being run by a boss. The Rev. Dro Ps claimed the church is controlled by a powerful leader despite no bishop, while Dr. Goodspeed announced plans to preach his last sermon in June and resignation to be read in September.
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Ti 'Ark Times
Springfeld
Maas
Dro Ps
Joodspeed
First Congregational Church
Congregational Church
Goodspeed
Steek
Westemgay
Cleveland Enacts 3 Cent Streetcar Fare and Transit Merger
Cleveland voters approve a 3 cent fare on all city lines as the Cleveland Railway Company merges into a new Municipal Traction Company for fifty years. Officials from Cleveland Electric Railway, Forest City, and Low Fare Railway attend finalizing papers at the Chamber of Commerce. The 8 cent fare is expected to be lowered within ten days.
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Cleveland
Ohio
City of Cleveland Webaine Ie Posantary
Cleveland Railway Company
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Forest City Railway Company
Low Fare Railway Company
Chamber of Commerce Trail
Municipal ‘Traction Company
Mauretania Sets Eastward Day's Run Record
Queenstown reports the Mauretania arriving after setting a new eastward day’s run record at 579 knots. The ship previously held the record with a 385 knot day, also aboard the Mauretania, marking another milestone for Cunard on this route.
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Queenstown
Art
Syria
Mauretania
Woman from New York Hurt in Richmond Street Door Collision
Mrs Colgate Hoyt Mort of New York was struck by a swinging hotel door at the Jefferson Street hotel in Richmond while leaving with companions. She sustained bruises and fainted, with hotel staff moving her to a room as another guest entered through the doorway.
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Steclah
York
New York
Richmond
MISS WHITNEY AIDS NEWSBOY
Miss Dorothy Whitney daysitter to the late William Whitney aided a ragged newsboy on Pitth Avenue. She learned the boy was self peers whose father was jailed, and after guiding him to his address she left him after giving him a quarter.
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Dorothy Whitney
William
Whitney
Pitth Avenue
Shea
Miss Whitney
Harry Payne
Bifth
Jie
Fittieth Street
Fittieth “Street
Fassett Pledges Aggressive Hughes Support at Rally
Fassett states he will use all power to resolve a worded telegram mystery and seeks a Rooseveltian square deal for Governor Hughes. He reports talks with Republican leaders Timothy L. Woodruff and William Barnes Jr. who oppose race track reforms and says he will press for stronger Hughes endorsement at the Chicago convention.
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Washington
Dee Tara
Owen Cassidy
Passett
Timothy L.woodruff
William Barnes, Jr
Chicago
Gov. Hughes
GERM EXPERIMENT FATAL IN PENN HISTORIAL REPORT
Dr James Curtis Ralston, a pathologist at Pittsburg Hospital of the Sisters of Charity, died after a germ experiment causing suspected disfigurement. He had planned to remarry a young Indiana woman who was a Westminster College classmate.
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News York Times
Oppytsborg
Penn
James, Curtis’ Ralston
Pittsburg
Sisters of Charity
Lis
Indiana
Westminster College
Three Oil Stills Burn at Tidewater Oil Plant
Fire destroyed three oil stills at the Tidewater Oil Company plant in Constable Tidok Hayvenne last night. A boiler exploded sending a tower of fire into the sky as flames spread along the shoreline. Company and Standard Oil crews fought the blaze from the water and land sides. each still held about 430 000 gallons. Nine men were treated for burns.
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Tidewater OM Company
Constable Tidok
Hayvenne
Tidewater
MR CLEVELAND BETTER EXPECTED TO RETURN TO PRINCETON
Grover Cleveland, staying at Lakewood Hotel New Jersey for weeks, is slowly improving and plans to leave for Princeton within a week. Dr. Josep D Bryant of the city says there is no truth to rumors of a sudden worsening. Mrs. Cleveland remains with him as Lakewood officials restrict access to only staff and close friends. A friend of the Cleveland family suggested he would move to Princeton soon.
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Grover Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J
Princeton
Josep D. Bryant
Clevelands
Currency bill to be reconsidered by House panel
Special to The New York Times reports that at the House Currency Committee meeting next Wednesday Representatives Burton and Weeks will move to rescind the motion that tabled the Vree land bill. The aim is not to secure a favorable report but to bring the entire issue before the House by altering the bill as reported.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Allison
House Currency Committee
Burton
Weeks
House
Roosevelt urges labor legislation in message to Congress
President Roosevelt presses labor reform in a broad message to Congress, urging action on labor standards and antitrust modernization. He backs stronger investigation powers for the Interstate Commerce Commission, postal savings banks, and measures to curb abuses of injunctions while stressing public policy over popular upheaval.
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Aeich
Columbia
Lipre
Commetres Commission
Will
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