Settlement Looms In Sugar Trust Conspiracy Trial
Trial in the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining case pauses as defense fails to dismiss conspiracy claim. Ex-Gov Black questions witnesses while Willett lists refineries owned by the Sugar Trust. Kissel and co-defendants face jury as settlement talks begin.
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Black
Wallace P. Winett
Sugar Trade Journal
John &. Parsons
The
Sugar Trust
Parsons
Mr. Willett
Brooklyn
Havemeyer and Elder
South Fifth Street
Trust
Jersey City
New Orleans
Boston
St. Louis
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Camden
N.J
Willett
Yonkers
Holt
Milburn
Taft
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
M&tatt
Mr. Guthrie
Gustav Kissel
Kissel
Francis H. Kinnecutt
Walter D. Robinson
George L. Twigg
Morris J. Werner
Small Fire On The Yale Aboard Boston Steamship
Smoke issuing from a stateroom door on the Yale triggered an early blaze as the ship neared Boston. Mate Josephi L. Groves found Louis B. Metcalf of Brookline asleep with a half smoked cigarette near burning bedding. he dragged him out and extinguished the flames with a blanket. Metcalf received burns but was not badly hurt and was treated by the ship's surgeon.
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Yale
Josephi L. Groves
Groves
Louis B. Metcalf
University Road
Brookline
Mass
Metcalf
New York Taxpayers Conference Attacks Building Code Revision
The Greater New York Taxpayers Conference condemned both reports of the Building Code Revision Commission for raising building material costs. A committee will represent the conference at this afternoon's hearing before the Aldermanic Buildings Committee.
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Greater
Loeb Cuts Salaries at the Custom House
The Republican machine in New York protests after Collector Loeb orders wide salary cuts affecting 73 customs workers. Leaders including Parsons Bennet and Calder demand President Taft’s intervention while veterans and G A R members face pay reductions.
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Loeb
Custom House
Herbert Parsons
New York County Republican Committee
William S. Bennet
Nineteenth Assembly
Parsons
William M. Calder
Brooklyn
New York
Congress
Taft
James B. Reynolds
the Treasury
Reynolds
New Yorker
Roosevelt
New York Custom House
Collector Loeb
Immigration
Thomas W. Whittle
Republican Organization
Col. Roosevelt
Aldrich and Taft Debate Tariff Bill on Wool Tops
The article covers Senator Aldrich meeting President Taft to discuss the tariff bill. It centers on Mr. Dolliver’s push to lower duties on wool tops and reform the wool schedule while defending protections for sheep farmers. The debate pits Dolliver against Senators Smoot, Warren, Heyburn, and others with Nelson occasionally backing Dolliver. Hearings for newspaper paper and wood pulp loom as the Senate weighs rates and protections.
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Dolliver
Caster
Warren
Heyburn
Smoot
Emma Goldman Speaks in Freeman Barn East Orange
Emma Goldman addressed a crowd in Alden Freeman’s barn in East Orange New Jersey after police and local officials sought to curb her talk. She denounced police while arguing America nears Russian conditions and urged free speech amid a packed, candlelit gathering.
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Emma Goldman
Hast Orange
N. J
Cardewll
Bell
Ferdinand P.9
Earle
Alden Freeman
New York
East Orange
Dugro
Miss Goldman
English
Mayor Cardwell
Mr. Freeman
Mr. Earle
Alexander Berkman
Leonard Abbott
Reitman
Mr. Abbott
Thomas Paine
America
Purport of Loeb Actions Sparks GOP Reorganization Debate
A Republican observer said Collector Loeb’s recent moves strike at party organization, yet denies political motive. He claims Loeb aims to purify the Customs service, improve efficiency, and cut waste, challenging broader political influence in the party.
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Collector Loeb
Taft
Loeb
Smith Sails On in Libel Suit Over Bradley Shooting
Capt. Walter Smith of the schooner Cleveland faces a libel suit for 50,000 in Collier's Weekly over an April 1906 article calling him and his sons criminals and detailing the July 8, 1905, shooting of Florida game warden Guy M. Bradley. Testimony covered who fired first, the mast defense, and whether Bradley spoke after being shot.
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Walter Smith
Cleveland
Guy M. Bradley
Florida
Collier’s Weekly
Supreme Court
Gerard
Bird Protection
Smith
Bradley
Capt. Smith
John F. Fenlon
Mr. Fenlon
Legon
Woman Sues Line For 20000 After Freak Show Injury
Katherine Plunkette of Elizabeth N J suing Public Service Railway Company of New Jersey through Randolph Perkins Jersey City lawyer for 20000 alleging injury after being thrown from a trolley in Elizabeth on Oct 8 1908 She claims loss of 200 pounds valuing each at 100 dollars and names herself Cherry The case set for trial soon in the Supreme Court Jersey City.
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Randolph Perkins
Jersey City
Katherine Plunkette
Elizabeth
N. J
Newark Avenue
Public Service Railway Company of
New Jersey
Cherry
Supreme Court
Faithful German Iron Worker Ends Life After Friend Dies
Fritz Hauser a 67 year old iron worker from Germany, longtime caretaker of widow Mrs. Martha Ackerman, is found drowned in the North River after the death of his companion. A note from Hauser states rent unpaid for seven months and a wish to end his life, expressing sorrow at being unwanted in New York.
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Germany
Fritz Hauser
Fritz
Martha Ackerman
Hauser
Mrs. Ackerman
F. Hauser
West Twenty-ninth Street
New York
Ackerman
Twain Chides Credit Gap In Is Shakespeare Dead?
The long dispute over credit for Is Shakespeare Dead centered on Mark Twain and George Greenwood. Harper and Brothers admitted rushing the book and failing to name Greenwood, while John Lane pressed for full attribution in England and a promotional advertisement.
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Shakespeare
Mr. Twain
Mr. Greenwood
John Lane Company
Mark Twain
Harper & Brothers
Times Reorter
Harper Firm
George Greenwood
Clemens
Harper & Brothrs
Greenwood
Jewett
Mr. Clemens
John Lane
Lane
England
Lane Company
Mr. Jewett
West Point Captured by Hostile Fleet in Mock Battle
A staged naval offensive at West Point last night saw Rear Admiral Oliver's squadron capture the academy after a night of maneuvers. Cadets defended the line under Commander in Chief Charles Summerall and Lt. Maybach, but the mock assault ended with cadets taken into captivity and plans for a future reenactment.
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Hudson
Charles P. Summerall
Second Field Artillery
Alfred A. Maybach
Coast Artillery
Isaac Newell
Twenty-second Infantry
Walter D. Smith
Fourteenth Cavalry
Highlander
Garrisons-on-the-Hudson
Secort
Oliver
Moountain
Constitution [Plant
Summecel
Sarth
Sparbhach
Halsen
West Point
Newbury
Summerall
Constitution Island
Scott
Maybach
Summer
Constitution
Fort Wadsworth
Oliver Marines
Nee Island
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USIC
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Fulter St
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