Cubans Press Toward Treaty Amendments Amid US Ratification Debate
Havana reports show three Foreign Relations Committee papers urging approval of US Senate amendments to the reciprocity treaty. Provisions seek US ratification by December 1, with Cuban authorities opposing time limits. Washington warns that any amendment delaying effects could nullify the pact and hinder ratification.
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Havana
United States
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Sefior Bustamente
Sefior Capote
Dolz
United States Senate
Zayas
Tamayo
United States Congress
Palma
Sefors Capote
Sefior Zaldo
Sefior Tamayo
Sefior Mollis
Sénier Dolz
Cuba
Roosevelt
Sefior Sanguily
Fior Zayas
Sevelt
Sefior Zayas
T.e
Taven
Washington
Sefior Quey
Aes
Illinois anti strike bill faces railroad workers opposition
In Chicago on March 27, engineers, firemen, conductors, and brakemen declared they will oppose a proposed Illinois bill that would compel them to serve as Deputy Sheriffs. George Goding of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen led the rejection, urging lawmakers to vote against Rep. Samuelson of Mercer County, the bill’s author.
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New York Times
Chicago
George Goding
Brotherhod
Four Brotherhoods
Samuelson
Mercer County
Arrivals Eat Hotels and Out-of-Town Buy- Business Cables
A fragmented item references arrivals at hotels and out-of-town purchases of business cables. It mentions page markers and legal notices across the paper, hinting at a multi-section layout including foreign mail and court items.
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World
Statewide Deputy Heriffs to Guard Trains
A directive calls for Deputy sheriffs in all counties to guard trains against hold-ups and wrecks, reinforcing public safety measures across the state. This action aims to deter criminal acts and protect railway passengers and property.
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Ger
Cornell Students' Fund Aids Typhoid Victims At Ithaca
Cornell undergraduates vote to aid destitute recovering students. Reports cite two cases of debt totaling 850 dollars. In ten minutes 750 dollars was raised. A three member committee will assess cases and provide advance money as gift or note. The university covers nursing and care costs as needed.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
University
Woman Found Drifting After Drugged State In Greenwich
In Greenwich Connecticut a well dressed woman named Mary Hall of New York was found drugged and taken to the lockup after alighting from a west bound train. Station staff observed her disoriented on the platform then in an alley near the station. She carried a satchel parcel umbrella and purse but had no ticket or money. Police expect she may speak by morning to clarify her identity and circumstances.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Mary Hall
New York
Buckwater
Michael
Rich Girl Secretly Weds In Pittsburg
Announcement of the secret marriage of Miss Elnora Lockhart to Dr. William Flower surprised Pittsburg residents. The couple married at Rev. Dr. E L Cowan's East End residence after a brief appointment and left for Philadelphia en route to New York. Mrs. Flower, daughter of Beebure Lockhart, heir to an estimated $40 to $50 million fortune with ties to Standard Oil and Western Union.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Elnora Lockhart
William & Flower
Harriman Ahead of Keene in Southern Pacific Vote
The Bulletin reports Edward Pollits gathering proxies for James R. Keene, but Harriman has secured voting rights for 187000 of the 193000 Southern Pacific shares held in San Francisco.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco
the Bulletin
Edward Pollits
James R. Keene
Harriman
Yarmouth Thaw Wedding Arrangements Revealed
In Pittsburg on March 27 the Earl of Yarmouth will wed Miss Alice Thaw at Christ Church with Rev. Dr. W L McEwan officiating assisted by Rev. Dr. McIlvain due to Third Church plans. Mrs Thaw and her daughter sail from Washington to Pittsburg. Henry Thaw may stay at Lafayette Square house until after Easter as preparations accelerate. The couple plans to travel abroad after a summer wedding.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
W. L. McEwan
Third Presbyterian Church
Earl of Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Miss Thaw
William Thaw
Third Church
Thaw
McIilvain
Christ’s
Lea estate awarded to contestants in New York harbor case
Surrogate O P Howell ruled in Port Jervis that Flora Stegman and George Lea Jr are legitimate heirs to George Lea's estate. The decision found Lea and Julia Crunnie were legally married by conduct, making the contesting children heirs despite lack of formal ceremony.
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New York Times
Port Jervis
N. Y
O. P. Howell
George Lea
New York
Flora Stegman
Mount Vernon
George Lea, Jr
New York City
Julia Crunnie
Options Taken On Kayade Rogseras Flats For Gas Wells
Agents secure options on Kayade rogseras Flats between Ballston Spa and the Geysers in Troy New York for capitalists. The meadow and woodland lands are sought to develop gas wells and obtain carbonic acid gas. If a vein is struck the land will be purchased. Transportation to Washington via Pennsylvania Railroad listed with a round trip fare of 14.60 dollars.
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New York Times
Troy
N.Y
Ballston Spa
Geysers
New York
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rae
Madman on a Scow Fought Eight Miles in East River
Dr. Duncan Macfarlan of Philadelphia, treated at River Crest Sanitarium in Astoria for nervous prostration, escaped and battled a scow captain for eight miles along the East River after threatening to leap to the water. Captain James Gorman restrained him near Battery and took him to police headquarters. The doctor, a wealthy homeopathic physician, was later identified and a lawyer relative arranged clothing and aid.
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Duncan Macfarlan
Philadelphia
River Crest Sanitarium
Astoria
James Gorman
East River
Macfarlan
River Side
Hell Gate
Dr. Dold
Consolidated Gas Works
Brooklyn Bridge
Houston Street
Forty-fifth Street
Battery
Redding
West Forty Seventh Street
Dr. Macfarlan
Sergt. Northrup
Chestnut Street
Robert W. Thompson, Jr
West Ninetyseventh Street
Wall Street
Thompson
Macfarian
West
One-Piece Collar Buttons Advertised for Easy Caging
Ad promotes Erements One-Piece Collar Buttons described as easy to use for buttoning shirts. Bulk mentions hardware style and simple operation. No clear event or persons identified.
Richly Dressed Woman Killed by Waldorf Cab
A Waldorf Astoria cab moving to the hotel stand struck a richly dressed woman on Fifth Avenue opposite the hotel at 6 45 PM. Driver William Reid was arrested after the victim, about 30, died at New York Hospital from a base skull fracture. Initials M K were the only identifying clue found.
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Fifth Avenue
William Reid
West Eleventh Street
New York Hospital
Mix
Carri
Reid
Aged Hoboken Woman Fires At Boys After Years Of Nuisance
Margaret Lorenzo, sixty eight, of Eighth and Jackson Streets Hoboken, fired a shotgun into a crowd of youths injuring Charles White Louis Hanna and Louis Gobbitosi. White suffered a right hand wound Hanna a left eye injury and Gobbitosi a hand and side wound. Lorenzo was arrested claiming years of harassment and her ill husband fearing the stones.
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Margaret Lorenzo
Eighth
Jackson Streets
Hoboken
St. Mary’s Hospital
Charles White
Jefferson Street
Louis Hanna
Monroe Street
Louis Gobbitosi
Cable Street
Jersey City
White
Hanna
Gobbitosi
Lorenzo
Woman Found Severely Injured After Jump From Train
An unidentified twenty year old woman was found badly hurt beside the Delaware and Hudson Railroad embankment near Kenwood three miles south of Albany. She has a fractured skull and lacerations and asked for a priest as authorities seek her identity. She had boarded a train at Altamont and traveled to Albany in under an hour.
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New York Times
Albany
Delaware and Hudson
Kenwood
John Richards
Altamont
Automobile Fire in Central Park West Entrance
Charles White of 26 West Sixtyeth Street owned a gasoline fueled car that ignited near the West Seventy second Street entrance to Central Park causing a small explosion. Chauffeur J H Hore fought the flames while Bicycle Policeman Gillis sent the alarm from Seventy second Street and Central Park West. Majestic Hotel and Dakota apartments stood nearby as engines arrived quickly and extinguished the blaze.
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Charles White
West Sixtieth Street
West Seventy-second Street
J. H. Hore
Gillis
Central Park West
Majestic
Dakota
Porter, Retired Shoe Manufacturer, Dies After Auto Crash
Brockton Massachusetts March 27 Charles F Porter aged 67 dies from injuries after being struck by a car. He leaves a widow and three daughters. Charles W Jones the automobile chauffeur is held in Municipal Court in 2900 bail for trial next Tuesday on a charge in the death.
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Brockton
Mass
Charles F. Porter
Charles W. Jones
Porter
Tucson
Jones
Woman Seriously Hurt in a Greenwich Collision
In Greenwich Connecticut on March 27 Miss Cullimore nurse to Mrs George P Row lands of New York was severely injured when a horse carriage collision occurred at 5 PM on North Street. Mrs Trill driving a horse owned by Alfred Peats lost control causing the horse to ram the Rowland carriage injuring Miss Cullimore and slightly injuring another occupant.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Miss Cullimore
George P. Rowlands
New York
Trill
Peats
Alfred Peats
Rowland
North Street
Cullimore
Egg assault shuts down McFadden's Row of Flats at New Star Theatre
A mob of about 200 Irishmen in the New Star Theatre on Lexington Avenue hurled 200 eggs and other missiles at the cast in the first act of McFadden's Row of Flats. Five men were arrested for disorderly conduct as the audience roared and a burning rag was found in an aisle. The episode sparked threats from Irish societies to stop burlesques of Irish characters.
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McFadden
New Star Theatre
Lexington Avenue
One Hundred and Seventh Street
Playhouse
New York
James Owen O'Connor
McCrystal
Sixty-ninth
Mhibernians
Hoffman
Steinkamp
Dorsett
Carney
B. J. Conlin
East One Hundred and Fourth Street
Roundsman Mills
Mills
Clan-na- Gaels
John O'Flynn
Second Avenue
Bernard Cavanagh
West Forty-ninth Street
James A. Cooney
West Sixtyfirst Street
Martin O’boyle
Charles Street
Michael J. O’brien
East One Hundred and Twenty-first Street
Daniel P. Sullivan
Peter Lennon
Third Avenue
Ninetyninth Street
Lennon
Capt. Smith
Briary
Fourteenth Street Theatre
Waterbury
Stamford
Conn
New England States
Arbitration sought to prevent textile wage strike in Lowell
The State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation formally asked mill agents and the textile council of Lowell to submit to arbitration the question of a cotton mill wage increase. The move aims to avert a general strike planned for next Monday.
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Lowell
Mass
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Textile Council
Burnett's Extract of Vanilla for Hotels and Clubs
An advertising snippet touts Burnett's Extract of Vanilla as a preferred flavoring offered exclusively by leading hotels and clubs for culinary use.
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Burnett
City braces for strike as mill work disruption looms
A formal strike declaration has heightened anxiety that a mill shutdown could trigger citywide turmoil. Grocers post cash terms, boarding houses demand advance payments, and department stores may cut clerks as merchants prepare for tighter business conditions.
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Nts
Carnegie Gives 1 550 000 to Pittsburgh Library Expansion
William N. Frew announced that Andrew Carnegie authorized a new gift of 1 550 000 to extend and improve the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh. Plans include a 120 by 120 foot architectural hall and a branch library in the East End costing 150 000, with total library expansion reaching about 10 000 000 for a technical school project.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
William N. Frew
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Library
Carnegie
Frew
East End
Massive Chestnut Street Real Estate Deal Reported
In Philadelphia on March 27 a major real estate sale to Martin E. Greenhouse totaled about 1.5 million dollars. The package includes The Times Building at 80 Chestnut and 8 Eighth, the McCallum & McCallum Buildings at 1012 and 1014, the Lea Building at 1016 and 1018, and a 1022 Chestnut Street lot. The deal sets a near nine thousand dollar per front foot record. ownership traces to George B. Wilson for The Times and 1,022 Chestnut, with Felix Isman controlling the others.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Martin E. Greenhouse
Old Times
Eighth Street
McCallum & McCallum
Lea
Chestnut
McCallum
Sansom Street
Greenhouse
George B. Wilson
Times
Felix Isman
Made to Kiss the Flag on a Navy Cutter
A Seminole crewman loudly disparaged the U S flag aboard the revenue cutter in Boston Harbor. Captain Rogers ordered muster and had the man kiss the flag six times and recite an oath not to disrespect the banner again. The offender's name was not released.
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New York Times
Boston
United States Revenue
United States
Rogers
Washington shingle mills shut down for two weeks
Three hundred shingle mills in Western Washington will close for two weeks or more as the Washington Cedar Shingle Manufacturers Association acts to absorb excess market supplies. Output surged with fifty new mills last year and full capacity runs, while a car shortage boosted stocks. Nearly 5000 carloads of unsold shingles are in transit or stored, triggering a bear market and price declines across the industry.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Washington Cedar Shingle Manufacturers’ Association
Minneapolis
Rock Island Consolidation Bill Signed by Texas Governor
Gov. Lanham signed the Rock Island Consolidation bill in Austin. It authorizes the Chicago Rock Island and Gulf Railway to purchase and operate the Chicago Rock Island and Texas Chicago Rock Island and Mexico and the Choctaw Oklahoma and Texas Roads. A strong legislative fight failed to force the railroad to build its own line between Fort Worth and Galveston or extend from Graham to West Texas.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
Gov
Lanham
Rock Island
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railroad Company
Chicago, Rock Island
Mexico
Oklahoma
Senate
House
Fort Worth
Galveston
Graham
Points
West Texas
Precautions for Roosevelt Visit In Chicago
Chicago dispatch reports tight ticket control for President Roosevelt’s Chicago address at the Auditorium next Thursday. State Attorney Dineen chairs the General Committee. each member will receive six to eight tickets to prevent anarchist entry and ensure security during the event. Police chief O’Neill has identified and surveilled known anarchists to stop any secret meetings or coordinated plans.
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New York Times
Chicago
Roosevelt
Dineen
O’neill
Pennsylvania Limited Promises Speed and Comfort to Chicago
The Pennsylvania Limited, departing New York daily for Chicago and St. Louis, advertises a speedy safe and pleasant journey with every feature to ensure comfort and efficiency for travelers.
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Pennsylvania Limited
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Adv
Raid by disguise end poolroom bust with floor axe entry
A New York raid on a basement poolroom under Inspector McClusky used disguises and an axe to breach nine doors and a floor then dropped detectives into a fortified room. About 199 people were inside. 13 detained including William Daly and Patrick Carey charged with running the poolhall. Evidence seized included $1400 in Carey’s possession and three wagon loads of room fittings.
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McClusky
Vallely
e+ West Third Street
Kerr
Fogarty
Collins
New York
Vailely
Vallely Abney
William Daly
West Third Street
Patrick J. Carey
William Smith
Thomas Lyons
Henry Hackett
Joseph Smith
Anthony Rives
Henry Johnson
George Fisher
John Boynton
John Smith
Alexander Kelly
Carey
Axe and Sledge Hammer Raid Tops East Fourteenth Pool Room
Police from the Fifteenth and Eighteenth Precincts under Inspector Mc Laughlin and Captain Gallagher raided the parlor floor of 231 East Fourteenth Street at 5 PM. Thirty-three men were hauled to the station. four were held including James F Ellison known as Biff Ellison the second, James Sullivan, Richard Anderson, and Curtis Dyer. Detectives Walsh Anderson Gallagher Vance OConnor and Collins obtained warrants after a month of work. Ellison boasted the place would not be raided again. A Willam Cumiskey Association meeting was found in progress with pool room paraphernalia seized.
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Fifteenth
Eighteenth
McLaughlin
Gallagher
West Twenty-second Street
East Fourteenth Street
James F. Ellison
Biff
Ellison
James Sullivan
Richard Anderson
First Avenue
Curtis Dyer
Seventh Avenue
Walsh
Anderson
Vance
O'Connor
Collins
William Cumiskey Association
Advance in coal rates to Chicago
Illinois and Indiana coal railroads will raise soft coal rates to Chicago by 10 cents a ton on April 1, restoring the old tariff. Some lines had contracts that kept the current rate, but those expire April 1 and all lines must meet the higher tariff due to higher wages and operating costs.
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New York Times
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
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Squires
Hav
Review OF Books and Art
Cornell Students’ Fund
Greenwich, Conn
Charles Lockhart
Keene
Dr. McEwan
Christ’s Church, Pittsburg
Capt. Gorman
William N. Moylan
Gorman
Twelfth Street
Waldorf Cab
M. K
New Star
Erin
Beast of
Biff” Ellison II
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