Thaw Judgment Declares Sanity in Court Sanction
The commission in lunacy reports Harry K. Thaw is sane and capable of aiding his counsel, a ruling prompting Attorney Jerome to consider mandamus or prohibition action. The decision, praised for its potential precedent, follows sealed proceedings and debates over access to commission minutes.
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Harry K. Thaw
Justice FitzGerald
Supreme Court
FitzGerald
Jerome
John W. Goff
Court of Appeals
Insan
Thaw
David McClure
William N
Bartholomew Moynahan
William T
County of
New
David McLiure
Peter BR. Olnfy
Leopold Putzel
Is Douma to Dissolve in St. Petersburg Turmoil
Large bodies of troops including dragoons and Cossacks pour into St. Petersburg as in the days before the dissolution of the first parliament. The concentration suggests significant action surrounding the possible dissolution of the Douma.
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St. Petersburg
Negroes for Foraker rally in Springfield Ohio
Arthur J. Riggs warns colored voters against abandoning Foraker. H. C. Smith plans April 19 address on the Brownsville affair and Foraker’s presidential bid. A Foraker club is to be formed. Trades Assembly secretary Creager says laboring men back Taft, not Foraker, while condemning Foraker over railroad and trust issues.
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Springfield
Ohio
Foraker
Arthur J. Riggs
Ohio League of Republican Clubs
Brownsville
Chattanooga
H. C. Smith
Cleveland
Foraker Club
Riggs
Creager
Trades Assembly
Taft
Mr. Creager
Hamilton Republicans Endorse Taft and Roosevelt Club
At a Hamilton County Roosevelt Republican Club meeting in Cincinnati on April 4 resolutions endorsed the Roosevelt administration and pledged support to William H. Taft for the Presidency in 1908. The group also backs open primaries to decide Ohio’s presidential or senatorial choice, if held separately from general elections and limited to Republicans in national politics.
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Cincinnati
Roosevelt Republican Club
Hamilton County
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Ohio
Wainwright bill alive after Finance Committee vote
Albany April 4 the Senate Finance Committee voted 11 to 1 to report favorably the Wainwright bill creating a commission to investigate the National Guard and revise the military code. The appropriation drops from 15000 to 10000 and Adjutant General Henry's testimony swayed opponents led by Senator Mullaney and Governor support grew.
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Tribune
Albany
Senate Finance Committee
National Guard
Dominick Mullaney
Tim” Sullivan
Finance Committee
Henry
Roe
Raines
Carnegie Gift Reported for Institute Endowment
Reports from New York state that Andrew Carnegie neared an endowment of 15 million dollars for the Carnegie Institute and Carnegie Technical Schools in Pittsburg. Carnegie plans a formal announcement in his dedication address next Thursday and aims for all city institutions to be self supporting. The endowment is said to be in five percent bonds of the United States Steel Corporation, producing about 750000 dollars annually.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Harden Church
W. N. Frew
Carnegie Institute
Carnegie Technical Schools
Carnegie
United States Steel Corporation
Delay on Lackawanna Rail Line Causes Major Evening Holdups
Traffic on the Lackawanna Railroad was badly delayed during the rush hours when a work train derailed between the Bergen tunnel and Hackensack bridge at 4 15. Trains from the Morris and Essex and Montclair divisions were diverted to the eastbound track and Hoboken departures faced an hour to two hours of delay.
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Lackawanna
Bergen Tunnel
Hackensack Bridge
Morris and Essex
Montclair
East Newark
Hoboken
Record Work in Culebra Cut March Yardage Tops Previous Month
Isthmian Canal Commission reports from Colon show March earth removal in Culebra Cut totaled 815270 cable yards, exceeding the prior monthly high by 17709 yards and marking a new record for the month. The dispatch notes the total ahead of earlier records and mentions the advertising line for Usher's Scotch.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Colon
Culebra
Check to Grady Found in Davis poolroom case evidence
One of the most important pieces of evidence in the Davis poolroom syndicate investigation is a $2,212.37 check drawn to Bearer or Thomas F Grady and endorsed by Grady to a man who provided key information about who cashed it. Vandiver reports examining syndicate ledgers for profit divisions tied to G or T Grady, while District Attorney Jerome orders discretion on comments.
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Vandiver
Davis
Thomas F. Grady
Poolroom
T. Grady
Sen
Davis Poolroom
Mr. Vandiver
Criminal Courts
Cedar Street
W. D. Miller & Co
Europe
Turf News Distributing Bureau
Central
Telephone Company
No. 335 Broadway
Chambers Street
John Doe
District Attorney's Office
Ann Street
Fred Judson
St. Mark’s Avenue
Brooklyn
John Gregory
Harriman Letter Theft: Stenographer Arrested After Sale Offer
Frank W. Hill, formerly in E. H. Harriman’s office, was arrested for selling a copy of Harriman’s private January 2 1906 letter to a New York newspaper. Hill confessed to writing the copy from his notes and faced a misdemeanor charge at the Tombs Court as District Attorney investigations continued.
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Frank W. Hill
E. H. Harriman
New York
Mr. Harriman
Sidney Webster
Roosevelt
Hill
Criminal Courts
Oak Street
Tombs Court
Broadway
Quincy Street
Brooklyn
Krotel
Harriman
Miller
Ghosts Claim Hidden Money at Heeler Farm
In Preble County Piqua Ohio on April 4 hundreds gather as a ghost allegedly manifests by rappings lifting kettles and pumping water. Charles Hiller says the spirit told of money buried near the barn and that three raps would signal when Mrs Heeler nears the spot, though she cannot walk.
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Piqua
Ohio
Heeler
Preble
Charles Hiller
American Opera for Hammerstein Signes with Victor Herbert
Oscar Hammerstein signed a contract with Victor Herbert for a grand opera to be produced at the Manhattan Opera House. Herbert will compose to a yet unwritten libretto and a $1,000 bonus is offered for an American themed libretto. If no suitable libretto arrives David Belasco may assist.
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Oscar Hanmerstein
Victor Herbert
Mr. Herbert
Manhattan Opera House
Mr. Hammerstein
David Belasco
Lawton Monument Exercises Set for May 30
The Lawton Monument Commission announced the unveiling program for General Henry W. Lawton to be held the morning of May 30. President Roosevelt will give the address, with Governor Hanly introducing him. Local G A R groups protested the event and local regiments from Fort Sheridan and Fort Thomas are planned to participate.
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Indianapolis
Lawton Monument
Henry W. Lawton
Roosevelt
Grand Army of the Republic
Hanly
United States
Fort Sheridan
Fort Thomas
Bryan would spend a million on public good
William Jennings Bryan said if he had one million dollars he would not keep it. He would give most to religious educational and charitable institutions and keep enough to support his family and his children start in life, then devote his talent to the country.
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the Tribune
Manson
Iowa
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Mangan Democrats
Mr. Bryan
Senator Foraker
Penrose
Harriman Denies Standard Oil Fund Aiding Roosevelt Pick
E H Harriman dismissed a Washington report that Standard Oil and allied interests funded 5 million dollars to influence the 1908 presidential nomination. Directors call the claim false, with one saying Penrose never spoke of such a fund. Harriman notes no barter over Depew as ambassador and urges reporters to avoid sensationalism.
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E. H. Harriman
Washington
Standard Oil and Associated Interests
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company
White House
Penrose
Frank Q. Barstow
Harriman
Messrs. Depew
Black
Depew
France
United States
Webster
Sss
State Committee
Pittsburg Honors Twenty Eight Noted Citizens at Chamber Dinner
The Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce hosted a dinner at the Hotel Schenley honoring twenty eight Pittsburg men famed nationally or internationally. Speakers included D T Watson Congress man John Dalzell and Col H G Prout with guests of honor such as John W Alexander John A Brashear Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick among others.
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Pittsburg
George W. Guthrie
D. T. Watson
John Dalzell
H. G. Prout
J. A. Brashear
John W. Alexander
John A. Brashear
W. J. Holland
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel Harden Church
George Cook Reiter
A. A. Lambing
Thomas Wightman
James McCrea
Arthur Nevin
Philander Co. Knox
George Shiras
Henry Phipps
Julian Kennedy
John G. A. Leishman
Henry Kirke Porter
C. P. Emil Swensson
Thomas Ridley
Henry Clay Frick
Matthew B. Riddle
George Westinghouse
Samuel MB. Young
Henry Ossawa Tanner
James Brown McDowell
David D. Wood
Twenty Rosebud Indians seek divorce in unprecedented action
Twenty Rosebud Indians file for divorce in the District Court after an order dissolves the Indian court. Charges include unfaithfulness and desertion for an illicit partner. Josephine, wife of Dog Soldier, alleges her husband threatened to shoot her after her illness and that he bought the coffin and planned the funeral. James Bull Tail accuses his wife of beating and kicking him out of their tepee.
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The
Tribune
James Bull Tail
Eccentric Heiress Misses Home in New Canaan
Miss Giles Gamble McClenahan, recently ruled insane for smoking and drinking, has vanished from her New Canaan home. Her attendant Mrs Ann Phillips is also missing, prompting fears. Daughter of late shoe magnate William McClenahan, she inherited about 200000, with details of the Court of Carnations estate lingering in the troubled background.
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the Tribune
South Norwalk
Conn
Giles Gamble McClenahan
New Canaan
Ann Phillips
Miss McClenahan
William McClenahan
Court of Carnations
McClenahan
Lifers Contribute to Chinese Famine Relief Fund
Five convicts at Connecticut State Prison donate 9 to aid Chinese famine relief. The sum, given voluntarily, is enough to save nine famine victims from starvation and carry them to the next harvest. Three of the five contributors are life prisoners.
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Hartford, Conn
Connecticut
Penrose's Revelation Ties Harriman to Quiet Campaign
Washington reports claim President Roosevelt exposed a conspiracy led by E. H. Harriman and Standard Oil to defeat his policies and control the Republican National Convention. Boies Penrose allegedly disclosed a $5,000,000 fund and detailed plans to secure delegations for a conservative candidate, with Knox and Foraker among ensureers.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
E. H. Harriman
Standard Oil
Harriman
Standard Oil Company
Boies Penrose
Pennsylvania
Shoreham Hotel
Penrose
Republican Party
Foraker
Ohio
New York
Standard
Roosevelt
Dakotas
Michigan
Knox
Indiana
Fairbanks
Ilinois
Cannon
Harriman-Odell
Massachusettts
Crane
Wisconsin
la Follette
Iowa
Shaw
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Thaw Commission
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Wainwright Bill Alive
Usher
Grady
Thomas F. Indorsed
Sen. G
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Ghost
Preble County
American Opera
Hammerstein
Lawton
Bryan
Standard Oil Denial
Chamber of Commerce
Dog Soldier
Rosebud
Squaw
Tepee
Shoreham
Mr. Foraker
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