Indictment nearing in Whitmore murder case in New Jersey
Theodore Whitmore, wife Lena Whitmore, and a developing trail of letters and a signed telegram are central to a murder investigation in Harrison New Jersey. Prosecutors say four incriminating facts form a strong circumstantial case including forged letters and a trunk related telegram signed Lena.
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Harrison
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Theodore
Whitmore
New Jersey
Martin Schmitter
Fred Elliott
Red Elliott
Elliott
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Springfield
Mass
Albany
Lena
170Th Street
Bessie
Express
Lena. P. S
Therisoner
Schenectady
Branegan
Hudson County Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Bronx
Salter
William Hughes
Theodore Whitmore
Sunday Law Impacts Children’s Theatre Plans
The Children's Educational Theatre faces disruption from new Sunday closing rules. Director Emma Sheridan Fry says the group must shift Saturday performances and adapt to an older audience while seeking a loophole with public officials. The theatre lists 150 youths for casts and hopes to obtain its own venue while continuing educational work through plays like Op o My Thumb and The End of the Way.
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Emma Sheridan Fry
Jefferson Street
East Broadway
Corporation
Gen. Bingham
Sage Fund
Comédie Royale
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland
Wages Rise for Drug Clerks Amidst Worker Shortage
The Retail Druggists' Association reports wages for drug clerks rose nearly 60 percent in two years while applicants dwindled. Secretary B Colle notes the shortage is linked to a new law requiring clerks aspiring to become druggists to complete four years in a drug store and earn a college degree plus twenty four Regents exam counts.
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Retail Druggists’ Association
B. Colle
Philadelphia to form city owned art museum from three private collections
Philadelphia considers making the Widener Johnson and Elkins collections a single public museum. The site near Spring Garden Street and the Schuylkill River would anchor a planned city parkway. City leaders and heirs discuss legal and structural arrangements to transfer custodianship, with broad support from officials and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The combined value is estimated around ten million dollars.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
P. A. B. Widener
John G. Johnson
W. L. Elkins
Pp. A. B. Widener
Widener
Johnson
William L. Elkins
Elkins
New Parkway
City Hall
Reyburn
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Academy
Mr. Johnson
Europe
Seek Hughes aid for traction suits
Minority stockholders of the Metropolitan Street Railway plan to seek Governor Hughes support and a special prosecutor to recover alleged misused funds. William F King leads the effort with Arthur J Baldwin Eugene G Kremer and Isaac Blum. They urge Attorney General Jackson to handle the case and ask stockholders for $1 donations. The group argues for criminal penalties to protect investors and restore public confidence.
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William F King
Metropolitan Street Railway
Metropolitan
Albany
Gov. Hughes
King
Arthur J. Baldwin
Eugene G. Kremer
Isaac Blum
Jackson
King's Committee
District Attorney’s Office
Public Service Commission
Stree Railways
New York
Restore Confidence by Punishing Financial Wrongdoing
The passage argues to restore public confidence in financial integrity by pursuing those who gained enormous fortunes through chicanery and illegal schemes. It cites the Metropolitan Street Railway wreck as a present example of wrong doing, wrecking its securities and ruining thousands who invested in its bonds and stock.
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Metropolitan Street Railway
Name Brings An Income
Mrs. Margaret Morrison Carnegie, sharing a name with Andrew Carnegie’s mother, sought help from a distant Indiana town. Carnegie’s agent verified the tale, and he provided immediate aid and placed the woman on a lifetime pension list.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Margaret Morrison Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Indiana
English Officer Killed by Trolley Car in Buffalo
John Cautley a 56 year old retired British Army officer was struck by a trolley car in Buffalo and died shortly after in hospital. Born in Cambridge England he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal West Kent Regiment and fought in India with the Gordon Relief Expedition. He also took part in Majuba.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John
Cautley
Cambridge
England
Royal West Kent Regiment
India
Majuba Hul
Pastor Triplett Resigns Amid Slander Case
The Rev. J. Howard Triplett of Bedford Park Presbyterian Church in the Bronx announces resignation to elders citing ill health. He faced slander charges from church member Mrs. Arthur Miller. Miller's husband says prosecution will continue. Triplett is out on bail.
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J. Howard Triplett
Bedford Park Presbyterian Church
Bronx
Arthur Miller
New York Contractor Wins Peru Rail Route Deal
The government countersigned contracts with Alfred McCune of New York for Cerro de Pasco and Ucayali Railroads. Work at Cerro de Pasco and Ancon will start next August. The project aims to open Peru’s interior wealth to coastal markets.
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Lima
Peru
Alfred McCune
New York
Cerro de Pasco
Ucayali
Ancon
Coa
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