Conference on rate legislation at White House discussed court review proposal
The White House hosted a meeting with President Roosevelt Attorney General Moody and Senators to discuss an amendment for limited federal court review of Interstate Commerce Commission rate orders. Senators Dolliver Clapp and Long signaled support while others aimed to secure passage with minimal scope.
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Tribune Bureau
Waru
White House
Pident
Allison
Dolliver
App
Long
Moody
Ners Knapp
Prouty
Inter-Commerce Commission
Senate
Clapp
Roosevelt
House
Knox
Joe
Supreme Court
Senator Long
Senator Delliver
Tate
Kington
Friends of the House
President House
Folfox . Mead
Three Explosions Kill Two Injure Twelve at NYC Rail Projects
In a span of hours three blasts rocked Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central terminal sites. Two men died and twelve were hurt as workers faced premature blasts and rock slides amid ongoing excavation by O'Rourke Construction and others.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Tunnel
New York Central
O'Hanlon
Philip
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Russo, Bernard
New York
Anfano
Parisi
East 11Th Street
Carmichael
Peter
Foreman
West 20Th Street
Categiro
Vincent
Pennsylvania
Elfano
Angelo
Christie Street
Bellevue
Ferrari
Louis
East 88d Street
Ferrice
James
East 634
Gobro
East 14Th Street
Onorato
Zegagno
Thompson Street
Mnsylvania
Sweeney
Martin
East 40Th Street
Waats
Edwin
West 334 Street
33D Street
East River
Hunt
United Engineering and Contracting Company
Seventh Avenue
324 Street
Philip O’hanlon
Edwin Watts
West 33d Street
Gorman
Tenderloin
Dr. Mont
New York Hospital
Joseph Lynman
Eighth Avenue
Bureau of Combustibles
New
New York Central Railroad
44Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Bernard Russo
East 63d Street
James Felice
East Gd Street
Russo
Felice
Flower Hospital
O'Rourke Construction Company
East List Street
Foraker Sends Defence to Congress on Roose velge Bill
Ohio Senator Foraker replies to a joint resolution urging Ohio’s Representatives to vote for a bill conforming to President Roosevelt as reported from Columbus on March 31. The item notes a letter from Foraker defending the position amid congressional discussion.
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Aolumbus
Oho
Senior Foraker
Ohio
Congress
Roose
Man Attempts Milkweed Strawberry Cream Plant Failure
The Mount Freedom resident Alonzo Murphy tried grafting strawberry plants on milkweed to create a cream producing plant for dairy and strawberry farming. A cold kitchen destroyed the experiment though each berry reportedly contained cream, prompting a vow to retry next summer.
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Tribune
Murphy
Whitridge Appointed U S Ambassador for Royal Spanish Wedding
The President yesterday named Mr. Frederick W. Whitridge the United States ambassador to attend the marriage of the King of Spain, representing the country at the royal ceremony.
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Whitridge
United States
Spain
Odell May Keep Place Amid Governor's Albany Update
Governor Higgins at the Hotel Manhattan says insurance legislation is progressing while banking probes stall due to Assembly inaction. Odell is likely to remain state committee head through September as talks continue on a new superintendent of Insurance and legislative adjournment near May 1.
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Higgins
Manhattan
Assembly
Odell
Albany
Wall Collapse Kills and Injures Broadway Tabernacle Workers
Twelve laborers were tearing down the Broadway Tabernacle when a rear wall collapsed. Six workers were injured, three seriously, including Joseph Trauch and Samuel Maklin. Basil Bae had contusions. The incident blocked traffic as ambulances responded and rescuers freed trapped men. Foreman Joseph Goldstein was arrested. Demolition was led by Samuel Rosoff and Samuel Green. The site was later linked to Rogers Peet & Co plans for a twelve story building on the lot.
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Old Broadway Tabernacle
Sixth Avenue
34Th Street
Joseph Trauch
No. 64
East 11Th Street
Samuel Maklin
Basil Bae
East 3d Street
New York Hospital
Bae
Herald Square
Broadway
Bellevue
Roosevelt Hospital
Tenderloin
Schmittberger
Hodgins
Charles Murphy
West 35Th Street
Moklin
Cottle
Maklin
Trauch
Joseph Goldstein
Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn
Samuel R. Rosoff
Samuel Green
Nassau Street
W. R. H. Martin
Rogers, Peet & Co
Ruxton Realty Company
Edward F. Searles
Tabernacle
Whitridge Named Special Ambassador to Spain
President Roosevelt appoints Frederick W. Whitridge of New York as Special Ambassador to the King of Spain for the royal wedding. Whitridge, a New York lawyer and company director, has a Highlands Scotland estate and is a nephew of Matthew Arnold. He graduated from Amherst and Columbia Law, and has long ties to Washington rail and elevator interests.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frederick W. Whitridge
New York
United States
Spain
Frederick Wallingford Whitridge
Ne Y Wall Street
No. 16
East 11Th Street
Mr. Whitridge
Highlands
Scotland
Mrs. Whitridge
Whitridge
Matthew Arnold
Root
State Department
New Bedford
Mass
Amherst College
Columbia Law School
Misa Lucy Arnold
Washington County Raiilroad
Chicago Terminal Elevator Company
Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railway
Lake Erie & Westert Railroad
Niagara Development Company
Knickerbocker, Century, Metropolitan, University
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Equine Helper Leads Police to Bowling Alley Robbers
Chicago March 31 police traced two men after they fled a bowling alley leaving a horse and wagon with balls. The horse pulled the wagon to a house where Howard Northrup and Fred Briggs were found to have robbed the alley. The horse was praised for its role.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
Spreckman
Howard Northrup
Fred Briggs
Murder Case Gave Detective Bride
George A. Fuller a New York Pinkerton detective, involved in the Olney Ingerick triple murder probe, announced his engagement to Mrs Clara Wengatz Smith, daughter of a hotel proprietor. Mrs Smith, previously married to George R Smith in 1890, divorced March 10, and they plan marriage in June.
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Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
George A. Fuller
New York
Pinkerton
Cupid Barred From Pedagogy in Ohio Trial
In Mansfield Ohio on March a1 a jury in Common Pleas Court ruled against Ethel Dowend in a suit against Madison Township Board of Education seeking remaining salary after discharge. The defence shown she was in love while teaching and the jury awarded no extra pay.
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the Tribune
Mansfield
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Ethel Dowend
Madison Township Board of Education
Laborer Burns Life Savings Hidden in Carpet
Pittsburg laborer hid seven hundred dollars in his sister's home and she burned the money with papers and other rubbish during a house cleaning.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Sleeping cars to St Louis and Cincinnati with perfect service
There are sleeping cars for St Louis and Cincinnati with perfect service. Leaves New York every day at 5 3 p m via New York Central lines. No excess fare. Advt.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
New York Central
Escapes Police in Woman's Coffin Case
In Danville Kentucky George Woods accused of assault escaped police by hiding in a coffin prepared for a woman. He was chased to his brother's undertaker shop but fled. He later emerged aboard a coffin being carried to a burial and helped in the funeral as an undertaker.
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Tribune
Danville
George Woods
Virgil Sharp
French Mining Riots Escalate Across Northern Regions
Rioters in northern France clash with cavalry as 89 000 miners parade in bands from 500 to 2000, targeting workers who refuse to join. Lens clashes prompt fatality and arrests, while Trevin and Courrières tensions surge after the Courrières disaster. Government seeks wage and union concessions amid broad strike.
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Paris
Russian Plot to Bomb Parliament Reported in St Petersburg
The Observer's St Petersburg correspondent says a plot to blow up the national parliament with bombs has been discovered in Russia.
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National Assembly
London
St. Petersburg
Observer
Massive Roundhouse Fire Destroys Morrisania Yard
Fire swept the Morrisania roundhouse and paint shop of the New York Central and New York New Haven & Hartford lines last night. Four locomotives damaged. estimated losses reach 50000 dollars. Three alarms sounded as trains halted for 90 minutes. crowds blocked Park and Mott avenues while crews saved adjacent structures.
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Morrisania
New York Central
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Roundhouse
Park and Mott Avenues
Elbowing Incident Leads to Two Arrests on Assault Charges
Arnold Saportas and Daniel Ritchey, both brokers, were arrested on assault charges after a dispute on Fifth Avenue near the Waldorf. Ritchey claimed Saportas elbowed him and forty others. Saportas accused Ritchey of elbowing. Mrs Saportas posted bail for her husband. Two youths then accused Saportas of calling them pickpockets at West 30th Street station.
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Arnold
The
Waldorf
Ritchey
Saportas
Prefers highwaymen to mouse as hotel clash ends
Mrs. Anna Ditto a Seelbach clerk fainted when a guest dropped a papier mache mouse in Louisville on March 81. She carried a revolver for protection and with a pistol forced a would be thief to the corner before letting him go. She says she would rather face a highwayman than a mouse.
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the Tribune
Louisville
Anna Ditto
Speers l deep cellars house famed Passaic wines
An advertisement claims Speer’s deep cellars in Passaic New Jersey hold some of the world’s finest wines, with oldest vine yards in the country. It notes 106 year old Ann Betts and others credit Le Port and Burgundy for keeping wines alive and well for years.
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Speer
Passaic
N. J
Ann Betts
le Port
Burgundy
Advt
Miners Strike Halts 160000 in Anthracite Region
In Wilkes-Barre area, about 160000 miners laborers and breakers quit work following a suspension order by President Mitchell. Unions plan pickets Monday to deter resumption. operators claim higher coal prices and nonunion crews, with no armed guards, to avoid 1902 clashes. Foreign workers prepare to ship out as banks brace for savings withdrawals.
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Tribune
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Mitchell
Cassatt and Baer Meet Over Coal Situation in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on March 31 A. J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad and George F. Baer of the Reading company conferred in Baer's office. Brown of the Reading Coal and Iron Company was summoned. Baer indicated the Reading collieries would likely stay open Monday to allow miners to work and that coal prices would be maintained. He warned retailers against price gouging and said shortages would be managed to aid municipalities and industrial users. March anthracite production was expected to set records with Reading output near 1.1 million tons and total 5.3 million. Domestic coal prices rose 24 to 50 cents per ton with pea coal up to 6 dollars in some cases.
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Philadelphia
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
George F. Baer
Reading Company
Cassatt
W. G. Brown
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Baer
Brown
Mm Cassatt
Coal operators call for arbitration in Southwestern region
In Indianapolis Mitchll said the board would stay in session. the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators' Association representing Missouri Kansas Arkansas Texas and Indian Territory urges President Roosevelt to appoint a commission to arbitrate wage and labor disputes, signaling a major crisis resolution effort.
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Indianapolis
Mitchll
Roosevelt
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
Missour
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
Indian Territory
United States
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