Presidential tactic shifts stall Congress amid three key bills
The President warned Republicans that adjournment without enacting three recommended measures would cause an open break. Aldrich faced pressure to abandon the railroad bond feature, wrecking the Senate program. Talks with White House officials followed as Congress grapples with theEmployers' Liability bill Sherman act amendments and labor protections.
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Senate
House
Congress
Aldrich
Hale
Allison
White House
Administration
White Hose
Supreme Court
Taft and Takahira invited to Trenton dinner
Secretary of War Taft and Japanese Ambassador Baron Takahira were asked to attend joint legislative sessions next Monday evening for a dinner hosted by the Trenton Chamber of Commerce. Gov. Fort will also be present. Deliberations extended greetings to Grover Cleveland on his 71st birthday.
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New York Times
Trenton
Taft
Baron Takahira
Mr. Bryan
State Democrats to Hold 10 Day Meeting in Syracuse
The Democratic State Committee met to set the date for the State Convention and choose four delegates at large to the National Convention in Denver. An uninstructed delegation is favored to back Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota, amid waning Bryan sentiment in New York. The meeting, at the Hotel Victoria in Syracuse, planned for April 14 to 16, aims to place anti Bryan figures on guard.
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Democratic State Committee
Denver
Syracuse
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
William J. Conners
Buffalo
Gov. Johnson
Mr. Conners
New York
Bryan
State Committee
New York City
Hotel Victoria
Girl Freed of Kidnapping Charge in Trenton
Police in Trenton released Miss Mary Chambers after New York authorities requested her release. She had been arrested last week for kidnapping George Wilson, a three year old boy from Bank Street, New York. The Wilsons decided to drop the matter.
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Trenton
N. J
New York
Mary Chambers
George
George Wilson
Bank Street
Wilson
Wilsons
Auto Racer Nears Great Gold Camp
ITALIAN CAR ZUST and AMERICAN CAR THOMAS make slow progress through remote districts as detours and swollen streams hinder travel. The crew anchors the car with heavy stones, then lifts it back to solid ground. Lieut Koeppen praises the day’s record while earning city honors in Schuyler and Rogers.
Brooklyn Woman Shoots Herself After Phone Plea for Help
Miss Helen Deanzer of 519 Halsey Street Brooklyn after phoning a family friend to identify her body shot herself in a drug store telephone booth at 197 Reid Avenue. A note to her mother blamed ill health and burden, and a letter to the druggist apologized for causing trouble. Police say she had been ill and despondent under a doctor’s care.
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Helen Deanzer
Halsey Street
Brooklyn
Edward J. Woelfle
Reid Avenue
J. E. Burbridge
McDonough Street
Harry W. Johnson
Deanzer
Johnson
William Seaman
Lehman
Bushwick Hospital
Ralph Avenue
Burbridge
Helen
John A. O'Neil
Decatur Street
Foil Plot to Burn Store Snooping Turpentine Bladders Found
Police uncovered a suspected arson plot at A Picorella's fruit store 282 Washington St. when turpentine bladders were found suspended above fruit. Night watchman Thomas Ryan 82 was arrested after being stopped entering the store as firefighters deemed the setup incendiary.
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A. Picorella
Washington Street
Thomas Ryan
West 102d Street
James F. Murphy
Leonard Street
Guerin
Duffy
O'Keefe
Ryan
Chief Guerin
Lieut
Summitt
Seery
Trouble Over Brownsville at Republican Meeting
The Brownsville dispute looms as the Republican County Committee meets tonight to revisit a motion by Gilchrist Stewart calling for immediate reinstatement of Negro soldiers without rank or pay loss. The Odell district fights stain support for Parsons and may shift strategy to back presidential justice for veterans.
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Republican County Committee
Brownsville
Gilchrist Stewart
Congress
Stewart
Odell
Parsons
White House
De Dion Car Breaks Down in Grand Island
The De Dion car, halted by a breakdown in Grand Island Nebraska, remains disabled awaiting extra parts from Cheyenne. St Chaffray hopes to resume tomorrow.
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Grand Island
Neb
St. Chaffray
New York Times
Cheyenne
Moto bloc car shipped by freight toward San Francisco
M Godard reports the Moto bloc car loaded on a freight train in Omaha and planned to depart for San Francisco on a Union Pacific train. He complains the race rules allow only three weeks in the US and says the journey has lasted five weeks with substantial expenses and repeated delays from mire snow and mud. He says he cannot continue to carry the Metabloc due to unforeseen charges and theft accusations.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Motobloc
M. Godard
San Francisco
Union Pacific
United States
Seattle
Los Angeles Urges Route Change for New York to Paris Race
In a letter to The Times dated March 18 1908 Los Angeles officials led by Mayor A C Harper urge altering the New York to Paris race route to pass through Daggett San Bernardino and Saugus to improve roads and extend spectator access. They offer gasoline arrangements and note the route would favor visibility for about half a million people while allowing drivers to choose their path via routes to San Francisco if preferred.
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New York Times
New York
Paris
Daggett
San Bernardino
Saugus
Mojave
A. C. Harper
Allen Hancock
Auto Club
Frederic Pabst
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Protos Car Arrives In Columbus After Omaha Run
The German Protos car completed a 95 mile run from Omaha to Columbus in seven hours arriving at 7 PM. The journey started at noon with better road conditions allowing an average speed near fifteen miles per hour.
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Columbus, Neb
Columbus
Neb
Omaha
Wild West Style Saloon Robbery on Ninth Avenue
Four men robbed a saloon on Ninth Avenue and Forty fifth Street, taking $60 from the till after pistol threats. Customer James Murray was struck and left dazed as the group fled on a Ninth Avenue car. Kiernan alerted police but they were not caught. Murray returned home with minor injuries.
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Joseph Kiernan
Ninth Avenue
Thomas Murray
Forty-fifth Street
James Murray
West Fortyfourth Street
Murray
Kiernan
Lower Whiston Girl’s Bail Reduced in Perjury Case
Flora Whiston eighteen-year-old whose testimony helped acquit actor Raymond Hitchcock faced perjury charges at the Tombs Court. Bail was cut to 2500 with C S Whitman securing her appearance. mother and stepfather to appear before the Grand Jury. A Saratoga County judgment of 10388 filed against W H Stuchbury with Warren McConthe in favor of Phebe Warren McConthe. execution issued to Deputy Sheriff O Neill. ADA Miner to investigate.
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Flora Whiston
Raymond Hitchcock
Barlow
Tombs Court
C. S. Whitman
Saratoga County
W. H. Stuchbury
Warren McConthe
Phebe Warren McConthe
O'Neil
Miner
Flies as Typhoid Breeders Warn of Summer Screens
A Consumers' League meeting in Manhattan stressed typhoid and infant illness prevention. Dr. Huber and Dr. Jackson warned that flies carry disease and contaminate milk, urging households to install window and door screens for summer protection.
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Jackson
Huber
Fewer Idle Freight Cars Signal Business Improvement
The American Railway Association reports a drop in idle freight cars from February 19 to March 4, decreasing by 5,521 to a total of 314,992. The figures illustrate fluctuating demand for freight cars as business began to fall last fall.
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American Railway Association
Pew
Dying, Cured by Nosebleed in Meningitis Trial
A Newark hospital plans a first known trial of nosebleed therapy for cerebro-spinal meningitis after ten-year-old Dennis Doyle improved when his nose bled. Drs Corrigan and Loeb credited brain tension relief and will test the method further as patient Doyle recovers.
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St. James's Hospital
Newark
Dennis Doyle
George. F. Corrigan
A. A. Loeb
Doyle
Ivoyle
St. James’s Hospital
Chippewa Liner Arrives in Tow After Propeller Loss
The Clyde liner Chippewa, damaged en route from Boston to Jacksonville, reached port last evening in tow by the steamer Katahdin. Apache began towing from Jacksonville to New York for repairs on March 10 but abandoned the attempt two days later, leaving the Chippewa at Brunswick, Georgia. The Chippewa was then brought the rest of the way by the Katahdin.
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Chippewa
Tto
Clyde
Boston
Jacksonville
New York
Brunswick
Orchard's Death Sentence Amid Judge Mercy Recommendation
Caldwell Idaho March 18 Harry Orchard sentenced to be hanged May 15 in the district court Judge Frémont Wood recommends commutation but not life imprisonment Orchard pleaded guilty to first degree murder for killing ex Gov Steunenberg He testified to nineteen murders arson kidnapping swindling cattle stealing and two wives desertion Orchard born March 18 1866 and sentenced on his forty second birthday After murder he supplied State evidence against labor leaders Moyer Haywood and Pettibone
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Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Frémont Wood
William D. Haywood
George A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Orchard
Canada
Frank Steunenberg
Moyer
Haywood
Pettibone
Grasshoppers on CFN7RAL Locomotive Attract Yonkers Attention
Yonkers residents show strong interest in a new grasshopper styled locomotive on the Croton to Highbridge line this week. The Walschart valve engine features outside moving parts and was designed by a German inventor over forty years ago. In New Jersey the locomotive is known among PRR circles as the grasshopper.
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Yonkers
Croton
Highbridge
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cost of Education Put At 257 Dollars For Bad Boys
Henry R. M. Cook, auditor of the Department of Education, calculates per pupil costs across layers of the system. Elementary cost 33.33, high schools 103.29, training schools 139.12, vacation playgrounds 1.46, evening roof playgrounds 0.07, truants cost 257.45 each to keep in books. Public lectures about 0.11, baths around 0.60 per bather. Controller Metz lauds the thoroughness of the report.
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Henry R. M. Cook
Department of Education
Metz
Cook
Man Seeks Return of Lost Bank Draft on Brooklyn Bridge
James Powers of 428 Pearl Street seeks $3,000 drawn from a bank to make a payment. While crossing the Brooklyn Bridge he lost the money and offers a $500 reward for its return.
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James Powers
Pearl Street
Brooklyn Brige
Koehler Pleads Guilty to Bigamy Case in General Sessions
James Koehler a New York bartender living at 346 East Forty-eighth Street pleaded guilty to bigamy after Caroline Koehler the mother of seven of his children testified she learned she was his fifth wife and later heard he had nine. The case was adjourned to Monday. Pellegrino Mule described by police as a Black Hand chieftain ex Sicilian bandit and murderer was arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields at No 337 East 32nd Street. He appeared nervous and tearful and was held for examination on April 8.
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James Koehler
East Forty-eighth Street
Caroline Koehler
Mulqueen
Lena Eysel
Pellegrino Mule
East
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