Tillman pressurizes NY banks probe amid Roosevelt feud
Washington dispatch reports Senator Tillman pushing a Finance Committee inquiry into New York banks and Wall Street ties including loan awareness to Charles W Morse. Beveridge defends Roosevelt as Tillman assails White House influence and panics, urging interchangeable bonds and broader currency reform.
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New York Times
Washington
Tillmen
New York
Wall Street
Tillman
Beveridge
Roosevelt
Bryan
Senate Committee On Finance
New York National
Treasury
National Bank of North America
Charles W. Morse
Treasury Department
Boutwell
Gage
Shaw
Treasury of
United States
Hale
Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Maine
Greenbacker
Fiat Money
Sam
Bell secures control of The Times with peer backing
C F Moberly Bell wins legal approval to form a limited liability company to take over The Times. Bell will be managing director with Arthur F Walter as chairman. Backers include two Lords, one financier and one political investor, neither active in daily management. The deal values the goodwill at about 320000 pounds on a 750000 pound capital.
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Bell
C. Arthur Pearson
London Times
Justice Warrington
Mr. Bell
the Times
Arthur F. Walter
House of Lords
Beil
Countess Lonyay Inventor of Chafing Dish Lamp
Vienna March 16 The Countess Lonyay formerly Archduchess Stephanie invented a new chafing dish and spirit lamp combo and secured patents in England France Germany Italy and Belgium Her US patent omission noted as remarkable as Europe favors Columbia’s chafing dish tradition She plans to market soon in silver and sell under her name through several firms negotiations underway.
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NEW York Times
Vienna
Countess Lonyay
Stephanie
England
France
Germany
Italy
Belgium
United States
Europe
Columbia
Countess Longay
Sea Serpent Sighted Off Ship With Pink Island Monkeys
Captain Mader of the Admiral Farragut says a sea serpent chased the fruit steamer for two days near the Gulf and a floating island populated by pink monkeys was seen. The ship logged a starboard list as 200 turtles crowded the rails while approaching New York.
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Mader
Admiral Farragut
Port Antonio
New York
Gulf
No cut in diamond prices despite price war threat
Diamond Cutters' Association of America says prices will stay high despite war fears abroad. De Beers and Premier Companies plan to dissolve pooling and act independently, maintaining old prices. Despite large local supplies, New York dealers report steady prices and low sales. A jeweler's weekly warns retailers not to cut fixed wholesale prices or face full prices on next purchase.
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Diamond Cutters’ Association of America
de Beers
New York City
Diamond Mine to Close Temporarily
Kimberley reports a slump at the Du Toits Pan Mine part of De Beers in Cape Colony with limited output of top gems. The mine will shut from April 24 until demand revives.
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Kimberley
du Toits Pan
Cape Colony
de Beers
Verdict awards 13500 to wreck victim in Brewster crash
In White Plains on March 16 a jury granted Miss Maud L. Case damages of 13500 against the New York Central Railroad for injuries from the Brewster express wreck near Williamsbridge on February 16, 1907. An appeal will be filed.
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New York Times
White Plains
Maud L. Case
New York Central Railroad
Williamsbridge
Philadelphia Schedule Ad On The Hour In Two Hours
An advertisement notes every hour on the hour in two hours with reference to the Jersey Central schedule on Page 13. The phrase Once Tried, Always Used appears as a branding line.
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Philadelphia
Jersey Central
Adv
Forgers Swindle Banks Across Europe, Identities Revealed
New York police uncovered a major forgery ring using forged letters of credit to dupe sixteen banks in cities from Paris to Amsterdam. The scheme, run by four men including ex-convicts, totalled about 240000 dollars. Key players Charles Lambert Gustavo Bozzo Louis Bense Frank Falina and Count d Aglie were traced, with arrests and confessions in Paris and connections to Sing Sing prisoners.
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Europe
New York
C. B. Richardson & Co
Broadway
Russian Bank For
Russian Bank For Foreign Trade of
London
Deutsche Bank of Hamburg
Banc Commerciale Italiano
Genoa
Doehmische Union Bank of Prague
Hannoverische Bank of Hanover
Union Bank of Trieste
Union Bank of Vienna
Ungarische Escompte & Wechsler of
Budapest
Deutsche Bank of Bremen
Deutsche Bank of
Hamburg
Charles Lemaire
C. B. Richards & Co
Richards & Co
Deutsche Bank
Leonard Simmons
McCafferty
Mr. Simmons
Charles Lambert
Paris
Marseilles
Lyons
Quebec
Brown
Central Office
Bozzo
Louis Bense
Frank Falina
Count Af Oden
Count d’Aglie
Mr. Freund
Bense
Falina
Sing Sing
William Travis
Travis
Pendas & Alvarez
Cigar Manufacturers
Pearl Street
Subway Fire Paralyzes Fulton Street Route Early Morning
At Fulton Street the subway caught fire from a switch box shortly after 2 am causing bright flames and smoke. Power along the line north and south from Fourteenth Street was cut, several trains stalled between Brooklyn Bridge and Borough Hall, and cars under the river could not move until power was restored. Firefighters and workers extinguished the blaze and crews evacuated passengers.
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Fulton Street
Fourteenth Street
Hook and Ladder 10
Brooklyn Bridge
Borough Hall
Brooklyn
Blind Port Huron woman regains sight after Germany trip
Alice Hollis, once blind for 27 years since age 13, completed a solo journey from Port Huron to Wiesbaden for eye treatment and returned with her vision restored. Friends funded tickets and trunk checks with Braille slips for navigation. Walter G. Holmes of The Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind greeted her in New York and helped her reach the Statendam liner.
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New York
Alice Hollis
Port Huron
Mich
Wiesbaden
Germany
Walter G. Holmes
Matilda Ziegler Magazine
Blind
West Fifty-third Street
Miss Hollis
Statendam
Elsie Janis Survives Auto Wreck en Route to Baltimore
Actress Elsie Janis, her mother, and their terrier were in a wreck near Edinburg New Jersey when their car veered into mud. The mother suffered a knee injury, the chauffeur was hurt, and the dog was killed. Janis then rushed via another car to Philadelphia to catch the afternoon train to Baltimore for her performance.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Elsie Janis
New York
Edinburg
Trenton
N. J
Academy
Philadelphia
Burglary Halted By Governess At Page Residence
Burglars attempted to enter the Page home at 238 East Fifteenth Street while two patrolmen sat on the front steps eating lunch. A governess woke to the intruders noise and screamed, scaring them away. police later reported the incident but kept details quiet.
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Edward D. Page
East Fifteenth Street
Mr. Page
Page
East Twenty-second Street
Page House
Rio Grande machinists strike after refused concessions
At 10 o clock today 1 500 machinists boilermakers and related workers in Denver's Rio Grande shops walked out after A C Ridgeway refused any concessions. McQueeney said the strike could spread through the Gould system and beyond United States lines. The action follows an order a month earlier ending all contracts with the unions.
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Denver
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
A. C. Ridgeway
United States
McQueeney
Mills Restart At Sharon Cut To 10 Of 20 In Operation
Ten of the twenty hot mills of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company at South Sharon Penn were placed in operation today, providing work for 600 men. The Sharon Hoop Mill will resume tomorrow, employing 1,000 men.
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Pittsburg
Penn
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
South Sharon
Sharon
Wages Cut Ten Percent at Two Norwich Mills
Notices issued in Norwich state a ten percent wage reduction at the Shetucket Company and Falls Company cotton mills. The cut takes effect next week, affecting about 1,200 workers.
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Norwich
Conn
Shetucket Company
Falls Company
Wage Cut Hits 1400 at Holyoke Mill
Notices posted at the Lyman Mills in Holyoke announce a 10 percent wage reduction for about 1,400 operatives in the mill today.
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Holyoke
Mass
Lyman Mills
Move to the Motor Mart Auto Space for Rent
Classified rental notice advertising available light space at 1 876 Broadway Centre Auto Section. Offers include 300 to 16 000 square feet suitable for offices salesrooms and related uses with reasonable terms.
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Motor Mart
Broadway Centre
Evans ill Admiral Evans to leave fleet amid health concerns
The New York Times reports Admiral Evans, plagued by rheumatic gout, plans to seek relief from duty when the fleet reaches San Francisco. The ships arrived at Magdalena Bay two days early and are ready for target practice with Evans stating results will speak for themselves. Uncertainty remains over his successor as Commander in Chief.
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Magdalena Bay
Hampton Roads
Department
San Francisco
Evans
Alarming condition of Admiral Evans reported at Magdalena Bay
Civilian arrivals on the Buffalo from Magdalena Bay say Admiral Evans is gravely ill with rheumatic gout and possible Bright's disease. He has rarely left his cabin since Hampton Roads, and asked President Roosevelt to retire him immediately after San Francisco arrival.
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New York Times
San Diego
Cal
Buffalo
Magdalena Bay
Admiral Evans
Washington
Hampton Roads
Bright
Ingersoll
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Sperry
Georgia
Evans
Ingersol
Reuterdahl
Bluejackets
Fleet at Target Practice Near Magdalena Bay
Admiral Evans commands record target practice as his fleet trains at Magdalena Bay for about three weeks. Senators press to split the force into four squadrons at San Pedro for moves to Santa Monica Venice Redondo and Long Beach if facilities allow. Torpedo boats Farragut Davis Fox and Rowan are ordered into commission at Mare Island Puget Sound and will join the San Francisco review and ongoing fleet duties.
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Washington
Admiral Evans
Magdalena Bay
Navy Department
Metcalf
Senator Flint
California
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Santa Monica
Venice
Redondo
Long Beach
Farragut
Davis
Fox
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Rowan
Puget Sound
Evans
Secretary of the Navy
Vacation for Ida Lewis at Lime Rock Lighthouse
Ida Lewis the longtime Lime Rock Lighthouse keeper in Newport Harbor considers a short vacation for the first time in over fifty years. She suffers nervousness and sleep loss and recently received the Carnegie Hero Found cross of honor and a pension for saving eighteen lives. She celebrated her sixty fifth birthday quietly last month and is assisted by her brother Rudolph Lewis.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Ida Lewis
Lime Rock
Newport Harbor
Miss Lewis
American Cross of Honor Society
Washington
Carnegie
Rudolph Lewis
No Ice Trust Indictment Voided by Special Grand Jury
A Special Grand Jury convened to probe the Ice Trust, appointed against the DA’s advice, voted to dismiss the case against the American Ice Company for lack of sufficient evidence to support an indictment. James W. Osborne presented the matter before the panel.
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Jerome
Jackson
Ice Trust
American Ice Company
James W. Osborne
Ex President Grover Cleveland Turns 71 Tomorrow
Ex president Grover Cleveland reaches 71 on Wednesday in Princeton area. He and Mrs. Cleveland traveled to Lakewood and then Princeton Junction to board the Trenton and Long Branch express. Mrs. Cleveland returns to Princeton tomorrow morning, while Grover Cleveland remains in Lakewood indefinitely. He will not travel south this year.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Lakewood
Princeton Junction
Trenton
Long Branch
Air cures meningitis at Newark City Hospital
Two cerebro spinal meningitis cures are reported from Newark City Hospital using fresh air. George Schwartz, 7, discharged after admission January 9. James Bromley, 6, remains for treatment of paralysis with the disease in an advanced state.
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Newark City Hospital
George Schwartz
James Bromley
Schwartz
The
City Hospital
Bromley
Michigan Legislators Arrested for Fraudulent Trip Expenses
Grand Rapids reports state Representatives A. F. Bunting and J. H. Anderson were arrested on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses. They collected full trip expenses for a Senate and House Fish Committee journey but only traveled a short distance.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
A. F. Bunting
J. H. Anderson
Senate
House Fish Committee
Gatling Gun Guard At Maysville Tobacco Warehouse
American Tobacco Company representatives set a Gatling gun on the warehouse roof in Maysville Kentucky to deter night riders from burning the building. Guards will remain on duty and threaten to use the weapon if attackers appear.
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Maysville
American Tobacco Company
Flower Must Return Here After Extradition Battle
Philadelphia March 16 In a State Supreme Court ruling Richard C Flower must be extradited to New York to face grand larceny charges. Flower fled to Philadelphia and resisted extradition claiming improper motives behind the prosecution.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Richard C. Flower
State Supreme Court
New York
Flower
Rockaway Hunt Club official turns down 25000 sale offer
George Howard superintendent and GM of the Rockaway Hunt Club grounds refused a 25000 offer for 75 acres of meadowland on Jamaica Bay. He seeks 35000, noting the tract cost 73 at a Mineola tax sale two years ago. The swampland property near dock plans has yielded 300 from salt hay.
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Hempstead
L. I
George Howard
Rockaway
Albany to repeal Burr law for Brooklyn water supply
Bills will be introduced in Albany to repeal the Burr law so Brooklyn can obtain a water supply from Suffolk County. Commissioner Chadwick announced plans to bore wells and use groundwater now wasted. The Peconic Valley could yield about 250 million gallons daily, with residents served first and the remainder going to the city.
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Albany
Suffolk County
Brooklyn
Richmond
Chadwick
Peconic
Yale University to Start Student Loan Fund Next Year
The Yale University Corporation decided to establish a student loan fund administered by the Treasurer with department cooperation. The aim is to reduce reliance on tuition scholarships in coming years. Attendees included Secretary of War Taft and Gov. Woodruff.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University Corporation
University Loan
Gov. Woodruff
Public Printer Stillings Resigns
Public Printer Charles S. Stillings resigned today and the resignation was accepted by the President in Washington.
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Stillings
Washington
Charles S. Stillings
Purity makes a spring in Great Bear sprin
Local brief notes Purity has made it er in Great Bear Spring area. Details are unclear due to fragmented text but imply a notable event or announcement tied to Purity in WA. Further context is unavailable.
Two Killed and Four Rescued in Pabst Building Collapse
A ceiling collapse at the Pabst Brewing Company plant at 606 West Forty-seventh Street buried five workers. Two died, two were injured, and a boy escaped unhurt when a pipe bridge spared him as debris fell. Rescue efforts found Antonio Metzer and Joe Thurner among the dead, with others hospitalized.
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Pabst Brewing Company
Gig West Forty-seventh Street
Eleventh
Twelfth Avenues
Joseph Thurner
Preston Avenue
Long Island City
John O'Rourke
Antonio Metzer
Bethune Street
Bellevue Hospital
Metzer
Roosevelt Hospital
Thurner
Joseph, Jr. de Witt Farrington
Sonny Lovell
Eleventh Avenue
John O’rourke
West Forty-ninth Street
Barrington
Met
John
Father Chadwick
Maine
John Bus
Murphy
Capt. Daly
West Forty-sth Street
Daly
Packers Fines Affirmed By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed $15,000 fines levied on Armour Packing Company Swift and Co Morris and Co and Cudahy Packing Co for rebates contrary to the Elkins act. The Burlington and Quincy Railroad case against rebates also affirmed with Justice Brewer dissenting.
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Washington
Armour Packing Company
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Kansas City
Kan
Supreme Court of the
United States
Chicag
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Brewer
Chiefice
Peckham
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Sea Serpent
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Michigan
Trenton, N. J
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Osborne
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