Platt Wife Sues For 500000 Damages Over Libel Claims
Mrs. Lillian T. Platt files separate suits in the District of Columbia Supreme Court seeking 300000 from The Washington Post and 200000 from The Washington Times for alleged libellous publications about her. The action details scandalous headlines and accuses the papers of false insinuations about her conduct with J. K. Hedges during a California trip.
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New York Times
Washington
Senator Platt
Lillian T. Platt
Washington Post Company
Washington Times Company
Washington Post
The
Washington Times
Thomas C. Platt
United States Senate
Hedges
California
Platt
New York World
Collision In Fifth Avenue Involving Cabs Near Waldorf Astoria
John Glenn of New York Cab Company drove a coach on Fifth Avenue near the Waldorf Astoria when horses bolted from a harnessing error. A runner coach driven by John Doran overturned and Doran dislocated his hip. Bernard Crilley in a hansom also overturned. Glenn was restrained by police and charged with intoxication.
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John Glenn
New York Cab Company
Fifth Avenue
Waldorf-Astoria
Glenn
Forty-fifth Street
Fortieth Street
Thirty-fifth Street
John Doran
New York Central Cab Company
Doran
Bernard Crilley
Gle
Anderson
Thirtieth Street
Deputy Fire Chief Stops Runaway Fire Horses in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn on Chester Street Deputy Fire Commissioner Charles Wise halted a runaway fire team after two engines wrecked. The blaze at 406 Chester Street destroyed a row from 404 to 416, causing $20,000 damage. Patrolman Frank Isabell saved four families but lost part of an ear from flying glass.
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Chester Street
Brooklyn
Charles Wise
Pitkin Avenue
Morris Stein
Frank Isabell
Liberty Avenue
Victory for Buelow as Socialists suffer large defeat in Berlin
Berlin voters endorse Chancellor von Buelow’s government in a general election. Socialists lose seventeen or eighteen seats, while Liberals Conservatives and Centre Party gain. Crowds chant and applaud as the Emperor’s image is hissed on a transparency. reballoting likely in 175 constituencies with results due by Feb. 5.
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Berlin
Prince von Buelow
Breslau
Halle
Magdeburg
Leipzig
Koenigsberg
Silesia
National Liberals
Socialists
Upper Bavaria
Centre Party
von Buelow
Wilhelmstrassee
Germany
Imperial Palace
Castle Bridge
Spree
Unter den Linden
Frederick William
Lokal Anzeiger
William
Wolff Bureau
Altona
Frohoe
Esslingen
Herr Haase
Prince Hatzfeldt
Breslau East
Herr Bernstein
Reichstag
Breslau West
Herr Kaempf
Ice Bridge and Frost Effects Dazzle Niagara Falls Scene
Time New York to Niagara is nine hours by the New York Central Advance. The Ice Bridge and frost effects create a wonderfully beautiful nighttime panorama over the falls.
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Niagara Falls
New York
Niagara
Seaboard Florida Train Ad Highlights Quick Service
A concise ad promotes Seaboard Florida Limited service with swift connections from the Pinehurst Camden Palm Beach area. It lists offices at 1,183 Broadway and nearby PRR offices as contact points.
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Pinehurst
Camden
Palm Beach
Seaboard Fla. Ltd
Quickest
Florida
Ares
B’way
P.R.R
Women Bribery Rumors Surface in New Jersey Senate Fight
Jan 25 reports from Trenton claim agents for a candidate advocate bribery by engaging lawmakers wives and sweethearts. Aimed at securing votes, a female envoy would approach the lawmaker’s home, prompting the wife or partner to champion the candidate in exchange for a retainer. The tale cites a country member advising to “go and talk with the missus.”
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
United States
John F. Dryden
Hold Rockefeller's Wig Seized Until Duty Paid
Cleveland officials hold John D. Rockefeller's French wig arriving from Havre as Customs assesses duty. A clerk judged its value at about 75 dollars prompting the seizure until payment. Rockefeller previously wore faulty wigs, then a better New York model. the French wig is believed to be the finest.
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New York Times
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
France
Cleveland Revenue Officers
Standard Oil
la Provence
Havre
T. J. Ball
Customs Office
Euclid Avenue
Rockefeller
New York
Morse Plans Yacht Cruise For Clyde Investors
Charles W. Morse leads a party aboard the steel Clyde Delaware which left Philadelphia for New York to be fitted as a yacht for a ten day cruise. Cal vi n Austin Charles M Schwab W H English Thomas W Lawson and others accompany Morse to inspect Clyde terminals and investments.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Delaware
New York
Florida
Charles W. Morse
Mr. Morse
Clyde Steamship Company
Calvin Austin
Charles M. Schwab
W. H. English
Thomas W. Lawson
Clyde Company
Clyde
Minister Corea Weds: Engagement Of Nicaragua's Envoy
Special report from Washington notes Sefior Don Luis F. Corea Nicaragua’s minister in the capital is linked to Miss India Bell Fleming a debutante. The couple’s engagement, though not formally announced, is widely implied and supported by families. Fleming, daughter of Col. Robert I. Fleming, hails from a prominent Confederate veteran lineage and is an heiress educated in Washington society.
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New York Times
Washington
Sefor
Don Luis F. Corea
Nicaragua
India Bell Fleming
Miss Fleming
Sefior Corea
Lee Jordan
Macon
Miss Fieming
Coll
Robert I. Fleming
Massachusetts Avenue
Col. Fleming
Col. Vedder
Regular Army
Elihu Vedder
Examiner Levy Suspended After Duty Neglect Allegations
Benjamin J. Levy, a longtime examiner of foreign merchandise, was suspended from duty by Appraiser Edward S. Fowler on charges including neglect of duty. The official accusations, sent to Secretary Shaw, involve improper examinations of window glass and accepting invoices as correct without verification. Pool-room activity during office hours is also cited amid complaints from Pittsburg Glass Company about low glass appraisals harming American makers.
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Benjamin J. Levy
Edward S. Fowler
Shaw
Secret Service
Pittsburg Glass Company
Themerican
Panama Canal bids head to readvertise after Bangs removal
White House conference orders Bangs dropped from the Panama Canal project. Oliver may join with Gillespie McArthur or seek backers like F. C. Stevens to bid 6.79 percent. Administration leans toward saving Oliver, with Taft pushing to improve his chances.
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New York Times
Washington
Oliver
Bangs
Gillespie-McArthur
Gillespie- McArthur
Canal Commission
F. C. Stevens
Providence
R. I
Taft
Stevens
Anson M. Bangs
New York
Federal Construction Company
New York City
John F. Donovan
James Hughes
John F. Gaynor
Greene & Gaynor
O. M._ Carter
Savannah
Sai
War Department
Bay Ridge
Red Hook
Bridgeport
Conn
Cape Ann
Mass
Canal legislation moves to abolish Canal Commission
Senators Knox and Hopkins prepare a bill for a single canal administrator replacing the Canal Commission. Backed by the President and most committee members, the measure follows the annual message. Morgan also seeks to place Panama Railroad under the canal. Cromwell is targeted if the bill passes.
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New York
Washington
Knox
Hopkins
Shants
Morgan
Panama
Canal
Senate
William Nelson Cromwell
Cromwell
Dowie Near Death as Zion City Reports Death Fears
Reports from Zion City say Dowie is near death and aware of his condition He wishes to see his wife and son soon and fears he may die in a few days He was carried into a prayer room by the faithful on Sunday prior to his condition worsening.
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New York Times
Chicago
Zion City
Dowie
Talesmen
Mr. White
Jerome
Sore Throat and Cold in Chest Remedy Ad
For Sore Throat and Cold in Chest use amas Oil. Trial bottle 10c. Adv.
Four Tenements Burn Along West Fifty-Second Street
A fire started early this morning in the hallway of a five story tenement at 507 West Fifty second Street. It spread to 768 770 and 772 Tenth Avenue destroying the row and sending hundreds to the street. No fatalities reported though there were many rescues by officers Rinker and Matthews. The cause remains unknown.
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West Fifty-second Street
Tenth Avenue
Arthur J. McGaveney
West 52d Street
Rinker and
Matthews
West Forty-seventh Street
Scooter breakthrough aims for 100 mph on ice
Patchogue New York January 25 Nathaniel Roe patents a new ice scooter with a powerful motor and a responsive rudder designed for high speed. He recently reached 70 mph and plans a public exhibit at the upcoming sportsmen show.
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New York Times
Patchogue
L. I
Nathaniel Roe
Roe
Sterling Named Forester for Pennsylvania Railroad
E A Sterling, formerly Assistant Forester in the U S Department of Agriculture at Washington, was named Forester of the Pennsylvania Railroad and will start March 1. The railroad plans systematic tree planting to supply cross ties, after five years of trials.
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Philadelphia
E A. Sterling
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sterling
Fie
Altoona
Penn
Wit
Pennsylvania
Higgins Loses Ground
Dr Hibbard reports ex Gov Higgins did not bed improve after a bad night. A later 10 o'clock call said Higgins had lost very little ground since morning.
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Clean
N. Y
Dr. Hibbard
Gov. Higgins
Steel Trust Buys Land for Gary Industrial City
United States Steel Corporation has closed purchase of 2,500 acres in Gary for 3 million dollars, giving 8,000 acres for a planned industrial city with an estimated 75 million investment. Negotiations with Armour Swift Morris Co. suggest belt road, Indiana Harbor Railroad, Calumet River straightening, and a harbor project to seek congressional funding.
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New York Times
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Packer
Armour & Co. Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Indiana Harbor Railroad
Calumet River
Congress
Ban on Old Masters Hits Omaha Booksellers
In Omaha on January 25 police judge ruled that copies of several old master artworks were improper for public display. A local bookstore proprietor was fined and the reproductions confiscated after arrest and trial. Among seized pieces were Rubens The Judgment of Paris and Van Dyck Diana and the Golden Rain of Jupiter.
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New York Times
Omaha
Paris
Rubens
van Dyck
Walter Camp Poisoned Halts Football Rules Conference
Walter Camp Yale's chief athletic adviser contracted ptomaine poisoning and could not attend the Football Rules Committee meeting in New York. Yale's Athletic Committee must appoint a replacement, with William H. Corbin stepping in to represent Yale in Camp's absence.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Walter Camp
Yale
New York
Yale Athletic Committee
William H. Corbin
Camp
Guaranteed Pure Under the Law Burnett’s Vanilla Ad
An advertising notice touts Burnett’s Vanilla as the best by test under any law. The short ad promotes Guaranteed Pure vanilla product for consumer use.
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Burnett
Thaw Trial Proceeds as Jury Box Remains Short
The Thaw murder trial advances with two more jurors sworn in. Harry K. Thaw faces the murder charge of Stanford White at Madison Square Garden on June 25 as the third day of jury selection continues. Existing jurors and nominees are evaluated amid family tensions and public attention.
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Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Garden
Harold R. Faire
Wall Street
Manhattan Avenue
Malcolm S. Fraser
Church Street
East 122d Street
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J. K. Hedges
J. KK. Hedges
Plaintiff
Deputy Wise
Buelow
Hisses
Jersey
C. W. Morse
Corea
Customs
Usher
Ady
Panama Canal
Fifty-second Street
Long Island
E. A. Sterling
Higgins
Steel Trust
Yate
Pris
Oner
Deming B. Smith
West 11Th Street
George H. Fecke
West 135Th Street
George Pfaff
Centre Street
Arthur
Campbell
West End Avenue
Henry C. Harney
Brookvenue
Fatre
Fraser
Thaw
Evelsn Nesbit Thaw
May Mackennig
William Thaw
George L. Carnegie
Edward
Josiah Thaw
Mrs. Carnegie
Evelyn Nesbit
George S. Carnegie
Harry
Carnegie
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