Grand Jury Returns Presentment On Jackson Inquiry
The New York Grand Jury filed a presentment accusing Attorney General Jackson of involvement in a receivership fee dispute with Hamilton Bank official Frank White. Jackson criticized the secrecy of the process and demanded records be expunged. prosecutors consider transmitting testimony to the Governor and Legislature.
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Jackson
White
Hamilton Bank
Foster
George H. Terry
Senate
Assembly
Grand Jury
County of
New York
Judge Foster
William C. Muschgenheim
Mr. Jackson
Warren Foster
William 8. Jackson
State of
Vidaver
Frank White
Boy hero dies saving brother from trolley injury
Isidor Rosen twelve, of East Newark, shielded his seven year old sibling Gus from a Ralph Avenue trolley. He died beneath the car fender while Gus escaped a few feet from the tracks. Motorman Michael Brennan fled the scene as a mob gathered and stones were thrown. Police later recovered Brennan and he faced authorities.
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Isidor Rosen
Rockaway Avenue
Newark
Gus
Isidor
Michael Brennan
Cneamel
Brennan
Canarsie 5
Downsville
Clark in Lobby Fight with Unidentified Attacker
Representative Frank Clark of Florida was knocked down in a lobby melee at the New Varnum hotel in Washington. A young man, not yet identified, sparked a brawl that drew about 20 arrests as Clark defended his wife and restrained the assailant until bystanders separated them.
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New Times
Washington
Frank Clark
Florida
New Varnum
House
Clark
Emmettsville
Mr. Clark
Roosevelt Party Tours Sugar Plantations in New Orleans
Mrs. Roosevelt and her children toured Henry McCall’s Evanhall sugar house and observed the sugar making process from crushing to crystallization. They then visited a small Spanish village, received a half holiday, and stopped at Burnside plantation before the Mayflower sails toward New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Ethel Roosevelt
Branhall Plantation
Burnside Plantation
Robber Attacks Woman on Third Avenue Station
Police chase ends with capture of a man identified by victim Helen Lendhal of 429 East 165th Street. She says he throttled her, grabbed her handbag, and fled. sixty cents, a pair of scissors, and a thimble found on suspect Frank Hudson of 402 East Twenty-first Street are linked to the crime.
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Helen Lendhal
East
East Twenty-second Street
Frank Hudson
East Twenty-first Street
Indictment Bid Planned Against Christian Science Healers
Assistant Prosecutor John S. Mackay of Hackensack condemned statements by the New Jersey Publicity Committee of Christian Science as unfair and misleading. He contends healers were involved after physicians abandoned the Ramsey case, and vows to seek grand jury indictment for manslaughter in the death of Frederick Brown.
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John S. Mackay
Hackensack
Ridgewood
Frederick Brown
Ramsey
Christian Science
New Jersey
Manhattan
Brown
Keifer
Stone Crash Sparks Jersey City Car Collision
A massive stone rolled from a 100 foot high embankment above Ninth Street Jersey City and struck an eastbound Pavonia Avenue trolley car. Passengers were shaken. teacher Miss Lucy Harney of 268 Pavonia Avenue was treated at home after shock. Glass shattered. police blamed train vibrations loosening the rock rather than foul play.
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Ninth Street
Jersey City
Pavonia Avenue
Lucy Harney
West Shore Railroad
Kaiser Friedrich der Grosse reports position and ETA at harbor
Wireless reports the Kaiser Friedrich der Grosse from Bremen at 9 20 P M yesterday, 777 miles east of Sandy Mook, due at the pier about 1 30 P M Wednesday. Also notes steamship Gase from Havre via Marseille.
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Bremen
Marconi Wireless
Sandy Mook
Havre
Disgraced juror dies after coin verdict shock
John W. Casey 52 of 83 Charlton Street died after a month of despondency following a jury verdict in a Metropolitan Street Railway damages suit. He and seven fellow jurors were fined $50 each for contempt after admitting the verdict had been reached by coin flip delaying a business deal. Casey had been a longtime Democratic official and church lay leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Casey
Charlton Street
Casey
Justice Guy
Supreme Court
Inis
Lottie
Ella
James
William
Metropolitan Street Railway
Thomas Dickson
Lili
Fathers
St. Agnes's Church
Mr. Casey
Father Leonard
Father Cerabina
Father Lups
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Holy Name Society
Knights of Columbus
Chariton Street
Democratic State Committee
Dan ” Finn
Tim’ Sullivan
Charles Culkin
Fifth Assembly
Dominick Mullaney
John F. Ahearn
Calvary Cemetery
Church of St. Agnes
Smith invents pocket noiseless firearm attachment
Worcester mass March 30 Oliver A Smith of 2 Summer Street has devised a pocket sized device to dampen firearm discharge noises. He differs from Hiram Percy Maxim and says the invention works as a cap that clamps on to the barrel adding an inch or more to the muzzle while preserving bore alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Worcester
Mass
Oliver A. Smith
2 Summer Street
Hiram Percy Maxim
Smith
Maxim
Prosecution Delayed as Supreme Court Rules on Commodity Clause
The government will not prosecute railroads for failing to comply with the commodity clause until the Supreme Court rules. President directs a test case after May 1 when the law takes effect, barring transport of non timber or non mined goods by roads with interests. Railroads promise prompt compliance if courts decide against them.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
250 000 Miners to Stop Work Nationwide
The union miners in most coal fields will lay down picks and shovels tomorrow night. About 250,000 workers in states including Ohio Western Pennsylvania Missouri Iowa Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Texas likely stop work as mining contracts expire at midnight and district-wide agreements are not yet in place. In Central Pennsylvania and Indiana black coal districts some contracts remain in force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pittsburg Coal Mines Face Shutdown After Clash with Miners
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania 57 000 000 ton annual output coal mines may close at midnight tomorrow after a bitter clash between operators and miners tonight Miners say they will accept concessions but claim reductions were refused President elect Thomas Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America was appealed to and will travel to Pittsburg tomorrow for talks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Fenn
Pittsburg Coal District
Thomas Lewis
United. Mine Workers of America
Firemen Ignore Appel in Sewickley Heights Fire Dispute
A Sewickley Heights fire occurred at 2 AM as flames threatened the Elizabeth Horne estate. The Sewickley Volunteer Fire Department refused to cross the line without guaranteed payment, prompting a bucket brigade to extinguish the blaze. Notable nearby homes include W. P. Snyder and B. F. Jones.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Sewickley Heights
Sewickley
Eliabeth Horne
W. P. Snyder
Pig Iron King
B. F. Jones
Yale seniors pick Princeton as favorite college over Harvard
Yale seniors vote Princeton as their favorite college beside Yale, 195 to 34, altering a long Yale tradition. Football falls in popularity, tied with bridge, whist, and dancing, while tennis tops as favorite sport. Other picks include Sothern as favorite actor Maude Adams as favorite actress Lorna Doone as favorite novel and Stevenson as favorite prose writer.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Sothern
Maude Adams
Lorna Doone
Stevenson
Tip to hard drinkers by Dr McConnell at temperance meeting
Dr Andrew McConnell advised hard drinkers that quitting without cures is possible. He described a body battery in the human system and recommended rest and proper nutrition to restore energy, then reduce cravings for alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew McConnell
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Martin
Wollaston
Ninety-sixth Street
Broadway
Dr. McConnell
McConnell
Gould Breaks with Family Over Marriage to Prince de Sagan
Mme Anna Gould defies her brothers and sister Miss Helen Gould by planning to live at the Hotel St Regis with her three sons after a family ultimatum against her marriage to Helie de Sagan. The will and trustees hold her fortune, with $250000 annual income largely tied to creditors and de Castellane debts, likely prompting potential legal action for greater control or allowance.
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Mme
Anna Gould
Hélie de Talleyrand-Perigord
Prince de Sagan
Atlantic
St. Regis
Gould
Helen Gould
Fifth Avenue
Georges
Boniface
Jay de Castellane
New York
Miss
George Gould
Miss Gould
Tyler Morse
Wyoming
St Regis
Mme. Gould
Mrs. Morse
Boniface de Castellane
Hélie
Edwin Gould
America
George
Edwin
Princce de Sagan
Bond
de Castellano
de Sagan
Law
Clockwork Alarm Case Targets Harlem Anarchist Suspect
Detectives McMullin Murphy and Hand of the Harlem Detective Bureau confronted a man near 1 645 Second Avenue holding a leather bag. They seized him for questioning after clocks were found inside the bag and no anarchist literature was discovered. The man identified himself as William Bolte and claimed a friend gave him the clocks. Newark police were notified for identification of the timepieces at headquarters.
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McMullin
Murphy
Hand
Harlem Detective Bureau
Harlem
Second Avenue
MacMullin
William Bolte
Newark
Mr. Bolte
Berkman
Bellevue Hospital
Warzansky
Silverstein
Jefferson Market Court
Droege
Defense Committee
Philadelphia
de Plau
Weinberg
Alexander
Treas
Blakeley Torpedo Accident Off Pensacola
The torpedo boat Blakeley was struck by a Whitehead torpedo fired from one of her own tubes during target practice near Pensacola. A large jagged hole opened on the port side below the water line, three feet of water flooded her compartments, and a board of inquiry was named to investigate.
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Pensacola
Fla
Blakeley
Acci
Navy Yard
Girls On Eyrie Perch During Raid On Poolroom
Two women believed to be telephone operators climbed from a sixth floor window on Ann and Nassau Streets as Lieut Meade and about a dozen detectives raided a poolroom. Spectators cheered as the pair perched above a sixty foot drop while eight men were arrested and racing sheets, slips, and twenty telephones were seized.
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Ann
Nassau Streets
Lieut
Meade
Jianson
Volcano erupts in Guatemala. residents flee base of ash cloud
The steamship Panama reports a long extinct Guatemalan volcano suddenly waking after three weeks of ominous eruptions. Locals in San Fillipo at the mountain's base flee as lava and smoke spout. Nearby Santa Maria has destroyed towns over the past two decades.
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San Francisco
Panama
Guatemala
San Fillipo
Santa Maria
Maxim at Torpedo Board
Hiram Maxim appeared before the Naval Torpedo Board in Newport Rhode Island discussing an invention suited for naval use. No design or application details were released. Board members included Commander Albert Gleaves, Lieut. Commander G W Williams, Lieuts. W S Miller, and J V Babcock.
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New York Times
Newydort
R. I
Hiram Maxim
Naval Torpedo Station
Albert Gleaves
G. W. Williams
W. S. Miller
J. V. Babcock
Riley Grannan Stricken by Pneumonia in Nevada Camp
From Rawhide Nevada a dispatch reports Riley Grannan the turf plunger is gravely ill with pneumonia. Grannan had rushed to Rawhide with the rush and turned to gambling because prospecting was difficult. He recently wagered large sums at Carle Young's rambling house winning 520,000 before losing and quitting.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Cal
Rawhide
Nevada
Riley Grannan
Grannan
Carle Young
Young
Rash Boat Builder Caught In City Island Damage Case
William Graham a City Island boat builder built a 25 foot gasoline launch in a hotel room on City Island Avenue and Carroll Street. The boat is too large to remove by doors windows or halls prompting Ophelia Vail owner and Charles W. Riley hotel lessee to seek a temporary injunction from Supreme Court Justice O Gorman to stop further work and wall alteration until a ruling. It would require tearing down part of a wall to remove the craft.
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William Graham
City Island
City Island Avenue
Carroll Street
Supreme Court
O'Gorman
Ophelia Vail
Graham
Charles W. Riley
Railroad denies foreigner firing order claim
Philadelphia March 30. Pennsylvania Railroad officials deny a Pittsburg dispatch claiming that foreigners were being discharged unless they showed naturalization papers. They state no such order has ever been issued.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Brooklyn Woman Sues Jockey Club for 10000 Damages
Miss Cora A. Prince of Brooklyn sues the Coney Island Jockey Club in the Supreme Court for 10000 in damages claiming permanent spine injuries from being thrown from her chair at Sheepshead Bay Raceway on July 28, 1906. She alleges a knot hole in the stand caused the chair to slip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora A. Prince
Brooklyn
Justice Marean
Supreme Court
Coney Island
Anarchist Link Found in Union Square Bomb Case
Police reveal Selig Silverstein linked to a national Anarchist Federation unit after a red membership card and Berkman signature surface. Berkman questioned and released. Emma Goldman monitored as authorities pursue the wider anarchist network and funding for trials.
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Central Office
Union Square
Bingham
Selig Silverstein
Williamsburg
Alexander Berkman
Western Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Jefferson Market Court
Board of Aldermen
Robert Hunter
East Side
Emma Goldman
Anarchy
Minneapolis
Canada
Silverstein
Anarchist Federation of America
East Thirteenth Street
New York City
Berkman
Warzansky
Thirteenth Street
Rogues’ Gallery
McCafferty
Henry C. Frick
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Ership
Louisiana
Stone
Appel
Yale Jeans
Helén Gould
Eyrie
San Fillipe
Torpedo Board
Rash
Sues Coney Island Jockey Club
Federation
Frick
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