Tillman Defends Morris Case Sparks Senate Debate
Senator Tillman challenged the White House treatment of Mrs. Minor Morris, alleging a conspiracy to declare her insane. He cited torn clothing and alleged dragged conduct, accusing officials and the President of complicity, while the Senate declined to vote on his resolution.
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Washington
Tillman
Senate
Minor Morris
White House
Barnes
Elmer E. Paine
Morris
James H. Price
Alice
Kean
Carter
Gibson Again Examined in Murder Case Probe
District Attorney Cardozo Coroner McDonald Acting Captain Price of the Bronx Detective Bureau and others met with Burton W Gibson attorney for Mrs Stenton mother of the murdered Mrs Alice Kinnan to examine Sawyer Gibson. After a two hour conference Gibson said he did not think he was under suspicion. Stenographer Hamburger of the Bronx Coroner's office has sued Gibson for libel seeking 10000 over claims of blackmail regarding testimony.
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Cardozo
McDonald
Price
Bronx Detective Bureau
Capobianco
Burton W. Gibson
Stenton
Alice Kinnan
Criminal Courts
Sawyer Gibson
Gibson
Hamburger
Bronx
Hamurger
Subways and Wires Case Bagged by Supreme Court
Justice Bischoff denied a mandamus from New York Electric Lines Company to compel permit for conduits under streets. The company, linked to Great Eastern, retains its franchise since 1882 and may seek city or Empire Subway Company to furnish street accommodations or force the city’s help, with a perpetual 2 percent gross receipts tax to the city.
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Supreme Court
Bischoff
New York Electric Lines Company
Great Eastern Telephone Company
W. B. Ellison
Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
J. Aspinwall Hodge
Bischoff Empale
Theew York Electric Lines Company
Subway
Empire Subway Company
City
Empire Subway
Comany
City of
New York
House Approves Third Conference Report on Railroad Rate Bill
The House endorsed the third conference report on the Railroad Rate bill amid a heated debate over printing rules. The McLaurin amendment redefines pipelines as railroads to exempt them from the pass ban, and the measure restricts inter state free transportation to a detailed list of exempt groups and persons. Tillman signaled Senate action and offered a sixty day delay resolution.
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Washington, D. C
House
Tillman
Senate
Conferrees
Elkins
Cullom
McLaurin
Post Office
Williams
Railroads Plan Hudson River Bridge In Inter-State Review
The Inter-State Bridge Commission will study plans for a railroad bridge over the North River. Erie and Jersey Central railroads and Jersey Public Service Corp will seek negotiations, with site not yet decided. Some propose from Chambers Street to Harlem. Erie urges at least six tracks. Lackawanna and West Shore undecided.
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Inter-State Bridge Commission
Erie Railroad
Jersey Central Railroad
Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
North River
McDougall Hawkes
Inter-State Commission
Pennsylvania
Chambers Street
Harlem
Hawkes
New Jersey
New York
Owever
The
Erie
Boards of Trade In
Staten Island
Rapid Transit Commission
Democrats Pledge Bryan for 1908 Presidency in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Democratic State Convention adopts a platform praising William J. Bryan as the Democratic candidate for President in 1908. It commends Bryan as a patriotic, upright citizen and pledges united effort to secure his nomination amid long applause.
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Milwaukee
Wis
William J. Bryan
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Health Commissioner Darlington Versus Bronx Leader Haffen
Long running dispute between Health Commissioner Darlington and Bronx Borough President Haffen escalates as Haffen blocks a 100000 milk and meat inspector appropriation and opposes moving the East Sixteenth Street vaccine laboratory to the Bronx. Darlington seeks independence from political interference amid funding fights and threats to his staff and office.
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Darlington
Haffen
Bronx
Board of Estimate
Department of Health
East Sixteenth Street
Willard Parker Hospital
Ernst Lederle
Friends of
Fire heroes remembered in private calendar actions
In Washington on June 28 the House spent much of the day considering private calendar bills. Passages included $5,000 widows’ pensions for Capt. Charles W. Dakin and Thomas J. Hennessey of the San Francisco Fire Department, reactivating Commander James H. Oliver in the Navy, a $30 monthly pension for Gen. E. F. Bragg of Wisconsin, $20,000 to raise Commodore Perry’s Niagara flagship for free display at the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors' Home.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Charles W. Dakin
Thomas J. Hennessey
San Francisco Fire Department
United States Army
Meade
James H. Oliver
Navy
Four Die When Train Hits Wedding Carriage at Gwynedd
A Philadelphia & Reading excursion train struck a carriage at Gwynedd Station near North Wales killing four people on June 28. The couple Thomas Jaquett and his bride were among the victims, along with two guests. the newlyweds had wed the night before and were honeymooning. The crossing had no gates, and the car occupants reportedly tried to cross as the train approached at about forty miles per hour. All died instantly.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading
Gwynedd
Thomas Jaquett
North Wales
Penn
Jaquett
Joseph Hunter
Menlo Park
Progress of the Dewey in voyage to Olongapo
A cable from Commander Hosley reports the Dewey expedition with the drydock in tow leaving Singapore. The squadron including the Glacier Brutus Caesar and Wompatuck heads to the naval station at Olongapo in Subig Bay forty miles north of Manila. The voyage, begun at Solomon's Island near Baltimore, enters its final leg.
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Washington
Navy Department
Hosley
Dewey
Glacier
Brutus
Caesar
Wompatuck
Singapore
Naval Station of
Olongapo
Subig Bay
Manila
Solomon’s Island
Baltimore
Hinckman found guilty of first degree murder
Special to The New York Times reports Otis Hinckman convicted of murder in the first degree for killing his father in Speonk last Thanksgiving Day. The widow testified Otis threatened to kill the father, who was shot with bicycle ball bearings fired from a gun amid a dispute over the house. Judge Jaycox presided.
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New York Times
Riverhead
L. I
Otis Hinckman
Hinckman
Speonk
Otis
Jaycox Press
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Kinnan
Mandamus
Independent Telephone Company
Knox
Arenes
Astor Place
Fourth Ave
Brokaw Brothers
Erie and
Jersey Central
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Jersey Public Service Cor
Wisconsin
Nichy
Borough
San Francisco
Siegel Cooper
National Guard
Murad Cigarettes
Metropolitan Standard
Ss. Anargyros
Fifth Avenue
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