Harriman Attacks Fish Over Illinois Central dealings at ICC hearing
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard Edward Harriman level charges against Stuyvesant Fish former President of the Illinois Central alleging deposits, loans and misuse of railroad funds to pad trust accounts. Harriman claimed Fish used the Illinois Central position for personal gain while denying ties to Union Pacific.
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Harriman
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Stuyvesant Fish
Tlinois Central Railroad
Edward H. Harriman
Mr. Fish
Fish
Will
Centrails
Commission
Lovett
John G. Milburn
Kellogg
Illinois Central
Road
Ilinois Central
Darriman
Union Pacific
Trust Company of the Republic
Europe
Ahearn Cited for Contempt in Highways Case
Borough President Ahearn faces Supreme Court action for contempt as he seeks to avoid compliance with a mandamus order to reinstate James G. Collins as superintendent of the Bureau of Highways. Collins had been reinstated with back pay, while Ahearn’s payroll certifications for Collins’s successor, George Scannell, remained contested.
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Ahearn
Supreme Court
Greenbaum
John W. Browne
James G. Collins
Collins
Bureau of Highways
George Scannell
Colline
Fle
Cantor
John F. Ahearn
Scanne
McCall
Browne
No reply from Stuyvesant Fish to Harriman charges
Stuyvesant Fish declined to comment on Harriman's ICC charge that he used the Illinois Central as his own and loaned funds to the Trust Company of the Republic. Friends suggested Fish might testify, noting similar loans by director peers and a separate Peabody loan to the Astor estate with U.S. bonds as collateral.
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Harriman
Minois Central Railway Company
Sumner
Europe
Fish
Illinois Central
Commonwealth Trust Company
Trust Company of the Republic
Times
Clements
Stuyvesant Fish
E. H. Harriman
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Illinois Central Railroad
Mr. Fish
Afternoo
Charles A. Peabody
Peabody
United States
Wages Raised for Pennsylvania Railroad Station Staff
Pennsylvania Railroad increases annual wages by 446 746 dollars for 5 471 employees east of Pittsburgh and Erie from February 1. About 745 station agents gain 12.8 percent and 4 726 station forces 15.7 percent. Monthly pay rises from 275 562 to 312 790 dollars. The company cites improved equity with other classes and appreciation for staff efforts.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Erie
Army to Build Panama Canal as Oliver Bid Lands Rough Blow
The New York Times reports President Roosevelt shifted plans to army engineers to dig the canal. Oliver Oliver was rejected as contractor. John Stevens resigns as chief engineer. three army majors are ordered to Panama to organize work. Stevens’s rivaling factions and Mrs Stevens' alleged influence are noted amid political turmoil.
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New York Times
Washington
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
W. J. Oliver
John Stevens
Canal Commission
Army
George W. Goethals
David D. Gaillard
William L. Sibert
Panama
Rdea
Stevens
Orr confined at home with severe cold and sore throat
Alexander E. Orr president of the Rapid Transit Commission is confined for a week to his home at 102 Remsen Street with a severe cold and sore throat. He is reported on the way to recovery and expected to be out in a few days.
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Alexander E. Orr
The
Rapid Transit Commission
Remsen Street
Lenten Tours to Atlantic City by Pennsylvania Railroad
Palm Sunday tours run Saturdays in March with package prices of ten or twelve dollars per person include two days board. Through trains depart 9 55 AM 1 26 PM and 2 55 PM on March 2 9 16 and 23. Ady announces.
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ady
Limelight Over Six Decades Marks Standard of Excellence
A cryptic note lauds long standing quality with references to Acer and Ferris Hams & Bacon, signed Adcy, highlighting enduring standards in a titled tribute.
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Ferris Hams & Bacon
Central slows trains on Harlem River curve and drawbridge
New York Central issues a special order limiting speeds to 15 mph on the 132d Street curve and Harlem River Drawbridge. The directive follows the February 16 wreck and aims to reduce speed on the main line north from Grand Central. It affects about 1,073 daily trains including New York Central and New Haven Hartford services, plus Harlem Line storage, construction, light engine, and freight movements.
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New York Central Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
132D Street
Harlem River
Grand Central Station
152D Street
Woodlawn Avenue
New York
New Haven & Hartford
New York Central
Tragedy at Hochelaga School Leaves Seventeen Dead
In Montreal a February fire at the Hochelaga School claims Miss Maxwell and sixteen pupils. The blaze began in the furnace. the kindergarten on the second floor trapped many children who refused to descend the smoky stairs. Firemen rescued others with ladders as Maxwell assisted, but she died aiding students amid asphyxiation. An official inquiry follows fire escape compliance orders for city schools.
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Montreal
Quebec
Maxwell
Hochelaga
Protestant School Commission
Miss Maxwell
Capt
Carson
Hibeddy Dwaldine
Roger
Offceral Rathe
Schooi
Fireman Dies From Smoke Involves City Market Fire
A basement blaze at the Volunteer Meat Market and Provision Store on 573 Eighth Avenue killed Albert Danna of Engine Company 26 and felled six other firemen. The fire started from escaping gas ignited by an unknown source. Danna died after being carried from the cellar. Several firefighters, including Baker, Flood, Coffee, Chapman, Sorrel, Karn, Keenan, Ahearn, and Petz, were overcome. amonia fumes were cited as fatal to Danna.
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Eighth Avenue
Albert Danna
Engine Company
Roosevelt Hospital
Mullane
West Thirtyseventh Street
Carlock
Dana
Henry Baker
Bellevue Hospital
Willie
Baker
Chapman
Sorrel
Karn
Keenan
Ahearn
Petz
Gillespie
New York Hospital
Dann
Subway Flood Threatens Lenox Avenue Line Downgrade
Water rising under the Lenox Avenue division between 110th and 116th Streets floods tracks and endangers the third rail. Interborough engineers report futile drainage efforts as night crews battle a mysterious underground flow possibly linked to Harlem Creek.
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Lenox Avenue
Subway
110Th
116Th Street
Interborough Company
Ninety-sixth Street
Yorke
TIMES
Harlem
Harte
Goldfish’ Pond
Lenox and
Seventh Avenues
117Th
119Th Streets
110Th Street
Fifth Avenue
McGowan
Bedford
Seventh Avenue
136Th Street
Ninety Sixth Street
Johnson Avenue
Third Avenue
106Th Street
Lem, Wig Ie
Tragic tunnel accident halts Grand Central traffic
William Gallagher, a New York Central trackman, died after a train cut his legs in the Park Avenue tunnel near Ninety-fifth Street when a command to jump prompted his start across tracks. A torch explosion had sparked a small fire, melting signal wires and delaying commuters for about two hours.
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William Gallagher
New York Central
Park Avenue
Ninety-fifth Street
Gallagher
Grand Central
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch Escape Foiled
The Novoe Vremya reports a thwarted plot to harm Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch as his imperial train neared St. Petersburg. A disguised worker planted a large infernal device on the track 200 yards from the pavilion. he fled with an accomplice, the box later found to be an explosives container.
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ST. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Council of National Defense
Nicholas
Grand Duke
Tsarskoye Selo
Imperial Pavilion
Morgan Acquires Four Van Dyck Paintings
Genoa reports that J P Morgan has apparently acquired four Van Dyck paintings, not seven as previously claimed. Public sentiment pushes for prosecution of those responsible for the sale rather than voiding the sale, noting that the Cattaneo family heirs are all under age.
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Genoa
Marquis of Cattaneo
van Dyck
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Van
Express Wreck near Truro Kills Two Railroad Workers
Two Inter-Colonial Railroad employees died in a head on collision at Brookfield between an express bound for Boston and the Canadian Pacific Express No 26 from Montreal to Halifax. Luther Hill fireman Halifax and Thomas Keith postal clerk Sussex N B were killed. Engineer John J Flavin Halifax and mail clerk Chas O Reilly survived. Locomotives crushed and cars piled in the wreck.
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N. S
Inter-Colonial Railroad
Boston
Pacific Express
Montreal
Halifax
Brookfield
Hill
Luther
Keith
Thomas
Sussex
N. B
John J. Flavin
Chas. O'Reilly
Canadian Pacific
Sage doubles gift for Sag Harbor school project
Mrs. Russell Sage increases donation by 85,000 to supplement her initial 50,000 for a new Sag Harbor school building. The second grant funds an auditorium. The Pierson cen School memorial honors Mrs. Sage's grandmother and Israel Pierson who introduced the free school system in New York State.
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Sag Harbor
Russell Sage
Sage
Pierson
Dog Check At New York Theatre Stuns Patrons
A New York theatre reports a dog being checked at the coatroom for the first time in history. The bulldog wore a cave like collar while waiting near the lobby as a patron asked to have it checked until the performance ended.
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New York
Promoter to Get Seven Million in Stock in Merger
In Cleveland court today Archibald S White admitted that for promoting the 75 million dollar merger of social gas companies he would receive seven million in common stock. Caleb E Gowen and Charles P Taft organized the Cleveland end of the deal as part of the Columbia Gas and Electric Company 10 million issue with three million set as a shareholder bonus. The admission came in a lawsuit filed by a woman seeking to block the merger.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Archibald S. White
Columbia Gas and Electric Company
Caleb E. Gowen
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Freight Blockade Broken Assures Freight Flow to West
Omaha dispatch reports over two loaded freight cars arrived after a blockage on Great Northern and Northern Pacific. Eight thousand sixty cars tied up await release as 600 cars per day move west via Union Pacific. Many cars carry Christmas goods destined for Puget Sound, stalled in Minneapolis and St Paul for months.
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New York
Omaha
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Puget Sound
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Boston man dies in tunnel accident after saving 96 lives
Inquest revealed Channing F Bullard saved 96 people while near Boston as a life saver before dying from the bends after a second day in Pennsylvania tubes. His cousin Wolfert Delacy testified to his athletic character as the jury returned an accidental death verdict.
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Channing F. Bullard
Pennsylvania
Boston
Wolfert Delacy
Thieves Loot Palm Beach Cot tagers Ex Mayor Swift Victim
In Palm Beach Florida last week burglars stole jewelry from two cottages belonging to George B Swift former Chicago mayor and Louis S Clarke of Philadelphia. The first break in at Prima vera Clarke cottage happened while residents were away. The second at Swift’s home targeted Mrs Swift’s jewel box while the couple slept. Authorities kept details quiet to aid capture.
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New York Times
Palm Beach
Fla
George B. Swift
Chicago
Louis S. Clarke
Philadelphia
Primavera
Clarke Cottage
Mrs. Swift
Mr. Swift
Evelyn Thaw ends her story in Tenderloin life testimony
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw blushes for the first time under six days of cross examination as Jerome reveals her 17 year old diary. The court hears passages from the Tenderloin era showing her ambitions and conflicted feelings about marriage, fame, and love.
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Jerome
Evelyn Nesbit
Pompton
N. J
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbig Thawe
Mr. Jerome
Rector’s
Paris
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