Pennsylvania Railroad to Probe Graft and Favoritism
Pennsylvania Railroad management ordered a sweeping inquiry into graft and favored coal car allocations with a broad summons to officers and thousands of staff across connected lines. The move follows testimony and IC commission inquiry, while charges that late President Thomson approved gifts are disputed as officials vow full disclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Thomson
Board of Directors
The
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad
Northern Central Railway
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Vandalia Railroad
Grand Rapids
Pennsylvania
Cassatt
Pittsburg
James McCrea
Pennsyl Bills
Fidelity Trustompany
McCrea
Whyte Named to Gorman Seat in U S Senate
Gov. Warfield appoints ex Senator William Pinckney Whyte, 82, to the Maryland U.S. Senate seat created by Arthur P. Gorman’s death. Whyte, a former Maryland Controller Attorney General Governor and Baltimore mayor, was appointed over Gorman allies amid party fights. He previously served in the Senate starting 1868 after Reverdy Johnson resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baltimore
Warfield
William. Pinckney Whyte
United States Senate
Ator Arthur P. Gorman
Whyte
Gorman
Senate
Democratic
Victor Baughman
Smith
Rayner
Maryland
United States
Reverdy Johnson
England
Index to Departments and Page References
A list of department topics and page numbers includingMusements arrivals of out of town buyers business troubles commercial world court calendars financial news naval intelligence and foreign mails new corporations real estate society service weather and fires advertisements amusements action sales hotels and restaurants construction found and finished rooms and boarders help wanted and situations hotels and restaurants direct listings and page numbers across the issue.
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Usiness Troubles
Commercial World
Inencial News
Arine Intelligence
Sew
Eal Estate
Ociety
Nntea Service
Cather Report
Devastating Ontario Storm Leaves Destroctions In Hamilton
A violent wind and rain storm swept Southern Ontario with 85 mph gusts, toppling 40 buildings under construction, uprooting trees, and crippling utilities. Hamilton reports widespread damage, streetcar service halted, and Dundas linemen race to assess as fruit belts suffer multi thousand dollar losses. Detroit also endured torrential rain and 40 mph winds, damaging wires and blocking trolley lines. eight possible deaths rumored near Wolfs island.
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Hamilton
Ont
Ontario
Dundas
Here
Paris
Woodstock
London
Detroit
Wolfs
Dog named Strike saves kittens from bulldog attack
Leonard Street Police Station mascot Strike, a Brooklyn import, chased a bulldog after it killed a black mother cat near Hudson Street. He carried three motherless kittens to safety at the station and returned for the fourth, prompting officers to witness the canine act of mercy.
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Leonard Street
Lane
Brooklyn
West Broadway
Strike
Hudson Street
Sergi. Sennett
Borener
Saul
Hudson Street Hospital
iherrifion-Roundsman
Blohm
Merchant Crushed Between Cars on Broadway
William H. MacDermott a linen merchant living at 323 West Eighty fourth Street was seriously injured when crushed between two cars while crossing Broadway near Lispenard Street after leaving his office last evening. He suffered brain concussion and serious injuries to his knee and chest at Hudson Street Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. MacDermott
West Eighty-fourth Street
Broadway
Lispenard Street
Hudson Street Hospital
Usher’s Scotch Highlighted in Local Note
A brief, quirky line notes Usher’s whisky as a standout in an otherwise terse column. The fragment hints at a social scene or tasting event, with emphasis on a named brand in a period voice. No further context is provided.
Murder at Stanton mansion shocks Bronx community
Mrs. Alice Kinnan, 40, daughter of Mrs. Louise A. Stanton, was killed on the piazza of the Stanton mansion at 2464 Washington Ave. A strange man struck her, possibly with a club, as she answered a door knock. The murderer fled. muddy shoe prints offered the only clue as investigators swarm the scene.
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Alice Kinnan
Bronx
Stanton Mansion
Washington Avenue
Fordham Hospital
Kinnan
Louise A. Stanton
Mrs. Kinnan
Stanton
Central Office
Brennan
Tremont Station
Price
Mrs. Stanton
Piazza
Aiken
Andrews
Gordon and
Thompson
New York Chicago Limited Derailed at Rockrift
Ontario & Western Train 6 derailed near Rockrift Delaware County at 4 50 PM. Engine and five cars left the rails but no injuries reported. Delays expected about seven hours as wrecking crews moved in and officials blamed a broken engine part.
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New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
Ontario & Western
New York-Chicago
Rockrift
Delaware County
Weehawken
Southwestern Limited Train Ad to St Louis and Cincinnati
The Southwestern Limited trains to St Louis and Cincinnati labeled Americas Greatest Railroad run from New York daily at 2 04 PM offering luxurious service on the New York Central Lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Limited
St. Louis
Cincinnati
America
Newark Central Lines
New York
Sysonby Rumor Denied By Keene Stable
Rumor spread at Gravesend that Sysonby was near death and to be destroyed. James R. Keene dismissed the claim as entirely false after consulting trainer Rowe, noting Sysonby improves daily at Sheepshead Bay despite lingering illness.
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Gravesend
James R. Keene
Sysonby
Keene
Sheepshead Bay
Rowe
Escape on the Illinois River Narrowly Baffles Mason Party
Ex Senator William E. Mason and companions faced death in a gale on the Illinois River near Peoria when their 25 foot launch toppled and filled with water. W. H. Mason righted the craft as passengers bailed with hats and dishes, while women in the party grew hysterical. The group included Mason's son C. F. Mason, J. W. Meeker Jr., Miss Mason, and Miss Strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Peoria
United States
William E. Mason
Illinois
W. H. Mason
Mr. Mason
C. F. Mason
J. W. Meeker, Jr
Miss Mason
Miss Strong
Quarrel Between King Edward and German Emperor Deepens
A Vossische Zeitung article argues Anglo German entente is impossible due to personal rifts between Emperor William and King Edward. It notes royal disregard for German officials at Buckingham Palace and a bitter, likely irreconcilable quarrel fed by British and German courtiers.
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Germany
William
Edward
United Kingdom
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Edoward
England
Unique first editions bring high bids at Anderson sale
A rare Mary Baker Glover Scott book titled Science and Health sold for 97 dollars at auction on West Twenty-ninth Street. The item includes a leaf of errata with sixty six corrections, a first edition and the leaf, the first offered at auction. Other items included two rare works by Mary Baker Glover Eddy and editions of Paris Life by David Carey, Whitman Lincoln hymn and Longfellow Voices of the Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Glover
Anderson Company
West Twenty-ninth Street
Mary Baker Glover Eddy
Henry W. Longfellow
Napoleon Bonaparte
Funereal Dinner Honoring Julus Brown’s Birthday
In Atlanta on June 8 Julus Brown hosted a remarkable fifty eighth birthday dinner for twelve guests including Governor Terrell. The table featured black velvet cloths black cards skulls and a monk figure while a candle was snuffed after each course until lights were out.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Julus Brown
Georgia
Gov. Terrell
Tragedy in Elizabeth River Quick Sand
Michael McDonald a ship carpenter of 205 Geneva Street drowned in the Elizabeth River when caught in quicksand as the tide rose. He wandered onto the Long Branch Railroad Bridge area fell to the sandy bottom and was unable to escape despite rowboat rescuers.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Michael McDonald
Geneva Street
Elizabeth River
McDonald
Long Branch
Louisville and Return by Chesapeake and Ohio Limited
Travel by sleeping cars on the Ry Limited via the Chesapeake and Ohio Ry with tickets on sale June 10 11 and 12. For details visit the Chesapeake & Ohio Office 382 Broadway New York.
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Louisville
Return
Sense
Chesapeake & Ohio RY
Chesapeake & Onto
Broadway
New York
Folk to Welcome Bryan in New York Meeting
Gov Folk accepted a request to preside at the Bryan welcome meeting in New York, citing official duties preventing him from meeting Bryan at sea. In Salem Oregon Gov Chamberlain comments on Bryan's strength in the Democratic Party and Roosevelt's opposition to party leaders. Hedownplays early nomination and says his views depend on future conditions.
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The
New York Times
Jefferson City
Gov. Folk
Harvey Walker
Bryan
New York
Salem
Oregon
Chamberlain
Roosevelt
Long Life for the World
Prof. Charles Burton Thwing reports experiments at Western Reserve University showing metals and rocks generate heat from radioactivity. This internal heat could keep Earth warm for millions more years and may partly power the sun, stretching habitable time to several hundred million years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Charles Burton Thwing
Physical Laboratory
Western Reserve University
Man With Vandyke Beard Aids Stricken Woman In Street
Annie Heiser, a servant, nearly hit by a brewery wagon on Sixth Avenue, fainted. A distinguished man with a Vandyke beard helped, called for assistance, and a doctor revived her at New York Hospital. She later reported losing $11 while in custody at Tenderloin station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Heiser
Re. Emerg
Ncy
Mulvach
New York
Miss Heiser
First Report on Lobbying Filed in Albany
The New York Tax Reform Association filed the first required lobbying report with the Secretary of State, detailing annual expenditures on legislation. The association states its legislative agent Lawson Purdy spent $60 in the period reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tax Reform Association
Albany
Secretary of State
Wit
Tax Reform Association
Lawson Purdy
Coast Gunners Set High Record At Fort McKinley
Official notice reports the Coast Artillery gunners of the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Companies achieved a 75 percent hit rate in mortar battery target practice at Fort McKinley Portland. This surpasses the prior 43 percent record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
United States Coast Artillery
Fort McKinley
Jeweler M L Barnes Plans Suit Over Yellow Martin Block
L M Barnes a forty year jeweler in North Adams Mass considers suit against Martin Block owners alleging the building's deep yellow paint harms his business by reflecting on diamonds and making them look off color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
North Adams
Mass
L. M. Barnes
President's Wolf Veto Shuts Public Wolf Catch
Guthrie Ok June 8 United States Marshal John Abernathy who had been advertised to catch wolves alive at the Newkirk Fourth of July celebration will not perform the feat Roosevelt halted the stunt. The President said private wolf catching is fine but doing it at a public entertainment resembles show business. Abernathy earned his marshal appointment after an earlier wolf hunt with Roosevelt in Oklahoma.
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New York Times
Guthrie
Oklahoma
John Abernathy
United States
Newkirk
Roosevelt
Abernathy
Accused Russians Tortured in Riga Executions
M Vladimiroff, correspondent for The Twentieth Century, reports from Riga that six of eight men executed there were innocent and forced to confess under torture worse than the Spanish Inquisition. He also covers the case of Mile Spiridonova and repressions in the Baltic provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Vladimiroff
Mile. Spiridonova
Baltic
Riga
Mass Meeting In Boston To Save Tucker
A large gathering at Faneuil Hall is planned to appeal to Gov. Guild to spare Charles Louis Tucker, sentenced next week for the murder of Mabel Page. If declined, an appeal may go to President Roosevelt. Tucker’s counsel disavows sanction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Gov. Guild
Charles Louis Tucker
Dhe
Mabel Page
Roosevelt
Vahey
Tucker
President Signs Denatured Alcohol Bill
The President signed the denatured alcohol bill aimed at removing internal revenue tax on alcohol manufactured for use in the arts or industries. The measure treats such alcohol as a poison when denatured to render it undrinkable, and seeks to foster a large new industry to supply cheap fuel for vehicles and other gasoline substitutes.
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Washington
Americans Driven Out of Bisbee After Cananea Mine Strike
In Bisbee Arizona crowds move across the border after a Cananea strike in Mexico. American miners flee, hundreds arrive in Bisbee, and Mexican authorities detain seventy ringleaders. As orders spread, Mexican miners return to work with 1,500 seeking the old wages.
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Bisbee
Arizona
Cananea
Mexico
Col. W. C. Greene
Western Federation of Miners
Special Trains For Yale Prince-ton Baseball At Princeton
Special trains depart New York West 23d Street via Pennsylvania Railroad at 8 25, 9 25, 10 55 A M and 12 25 P M Saturday June 9 for Princeton to attend Yale Prince ton game. Return from Princeton about 30 minutes after game ends, with stops at principal intermediate stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale-Princeton
Princeton
New York
West 23d Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Public inquiry on Packingtown ends hearings
Washington June 8 The House Agriculture Committee says it has enough facts on Packingtown conditions and will not hear further witnesses. The group released reports from Agriculture Department experts, defended by Chairman Wadsworth as thorough and decisive, while Packers representatives faced questions about observations in Chicago facilities.
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New York Times
Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
Upton Sinclair
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Neill
Reynolds
Packers
Wadsworth
Lorimer
Kareton
Packingtown
Swift
Bescame
Wharton
Representative Crumpacker
Beveridge
Representative Ellis
Kansas City
America
Agricultural Committee
House of Representatives
New York
Low
Berlin
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Commission
Dog
Usher
Chicago Limited
Rockrift, N. Y
W. E. Mason
Dis
Vossische Zeitung
Great Britain
Science and Health
Prof
Thwing
Marshal Abernathy
Massachusetts
Greene
Wadeworth
Ton
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