Roosevelt Hailed in San Antonio by Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt arrives in San Antonio amid towering patriotic displays. He reviews troops at Fort Sam Houston and attends a welcome at Alamo Plaza where he praises the Rough Riders and evokes memories of Civil War veterans from both Union and Confederate sides.
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San Antonio
Tex
Theodore Roosevelt
Fort Sam Houston
Alamo Plaza
United States
Rough Rider Regiment
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Fair Grounds
Travis Park
America
Alamo
Alderman Kirkpatrick
Two men attempt suicides on ferries in Newark area
Frank Geller of Amsterdam Ave leapt from the Ridgewood ferry but was hauled aboard by a deck hand and later held on a death by own action charge. At Newark Lackawanna station Alfred C. Miller of Beach St tried to end his life as well after muttering of death plans.
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Frank Geller
Amsterdam Ave
North River
Erie Railroad
Ridgewood
Lackawanna
Newark
Geiler
Ferdinand W. Geiler
Thave
Frank
Lakawanna
Alfred C. Miller
No. 7
Beach-st
Miller
Harlem Building Collapses Attributable To Faulty Foundations
Report details that each collapse arose from defective foundation walls built with irregular undersized stone and poor bonding, plus inferior mortar. It cites code violations and suggests licensing for contractors and legal requirements for architects supervision. Fireproofing violations noted at the Trinity Building 111 Broadway.
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Harlem
Buildings Department
Hopper
Trinity
Trinity Building, At No. 111 Broadway
Jerome
Season's First Victim In Staten Island Beach Drowning
Samuel Chester Brown a Manhattan Hotel waiter drowned at South Beach Staten Island after swimming with Frank Williams. Williams and Henry Egeman searched for an hour and a half before recovering Brown. A doctor could not save him. the water was unusually cold and a cramp is suspected.
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South Beach
Staten Island
Samuel Chester Brown
Manhattan
Brown
Frank Williams
Williams
Henry Egeman
Schenectady
Governor to urge study of New York tax laws
Albany April 7. Governor Higgins said he will send to the legislature next week a special message proposing the appointment of a joint committee of legislators and tax experts to study the state taxation laws and report recommendations to the next session. Details of the message were not disclosed.
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Albany
Higgins
Russian Fleet Seen Near Singapore
The British steamer Tara reports sighting forty seven Russian ships about 130 miles north of Singapore in Straits Settlement waters on April 8.
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Singapore
Straits Settlement
Tara
Robbed Bible School Suspects Arrested in Grand Larceny
Miss Helen Miller Gould-backed Bible Training School on Lexington Ave and 49th St suffered $2,000 in missing goods. Jane Mordaunt admitted theft and implicated John Newport Telling, caught at Grand Central with pawn tickets. 13 students and 2 instructors identified most items. They had come from England seven months ago.
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Bible Training School
Lexingtonave
49Th St
Helen Miller Gould
Captain Lantry
East 51St-St
John Newport Telling
East 50Th-St
Jane Mordaunt
Telling
White
Grand Central Station
Greenwich
Conn
England
Howard Gould
Judge to Probe Peonage in Mississippi Lumber Camps
Judge Hiram Brownlee will travel with approval from Judge Paulus to Mississippi to investigate alleged white slavery in lumber camps and plantations. Indiana men promised $3 daily wages were informed on arrival that earnings would be 50 cents. rail fare advanced, protests met with threat of prison or menial pay to reclaim travel costs.
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Tribune
Marion
Ind
Hiram Brownlee
Paulus
Grand Circuit Court
Mississippi
Indiana
Jilted Millionaire Romance Ends in Hot Springs
Pearl White wed James L Bancroft in Hot Springs on Thursday ending a drawn out romance with Harold P Roby of Cleveland. Roby, Northwestern Mutual special agent and heir to nearly $1,000,000, had been engaged to White since childhood and shared social life with her. Roby’s father Luther A Roby is a copper magnate. Pearl is daughter of W. J. White, a gum manufacturer.
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the Tribune
Cleveland
Pearl White
James L. Bancroft
Hot Springs
Harold P. Roby
Mr. Roby
Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company
Luther A. Roby
Cornell
Luke
Roby
Bancroft
W. J. White
Warship Sighting Near Penang Reports Twenty Seven Vessels
A Singapore dispatch to The Daily Express says a coasting steamer captain sighted twenty seven warships seventy miles southwest of Penang. A Batavia dispatch notes Chinese junks reporting Japanese warships patrolling straits aiding Rojestvensky toward the China seas.
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London
Singapore
Daily Express
Penang
Batavia
Java
Rojestvensky
China Seas
Coin Matching Dear Ends In Police Rescue
William B. Sheldon of New Orleans drank and played coins at a 14th Street venue, losing 60 dollars before a policeman intervened. A party member claimed to be Charles Connolly of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Sheldon sought 600 dollars from a bank, then told police about the incident. Connolly was arrested on grand larceny charges though no money was found on him.
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William B. Sheldon
New Orleans
William
Sheldon
14Th-St. Place
Charles Connelly
Bridgeport
Connelly
Schwab House Strike Briefly Grounds New Union Dispute
The Associated Building Trades ordered a strike at Charles M. Schwab's New York Riverside Drive house but recalled it. A genuine forty minute strike occurred yesterday starting at 3 p.m. The general contractor does not belong to the Building Trades Employers' Association. Strikers quit to push out members of the new Electrical Workers Union No. 3, prompting discharge of those members and a push to reopen work.
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Associated Building Trades
Charles M. Schwab
Riverside Drive
Building Trades Employers’ Association
New Union of Electrical Workers
Employers
Tornado Strikes Westfield Greenhouses Causes $500 Damages
A tornado half a mile from Westfield center damaged two W D Woodruff greenhouses, tearing glass and frames, lifting a roof, and scattering debris. Beehive transported several blocks, bees alarmed residents. Estimated greenhouse damage about $500.
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Westfield
N. J
W. D. Woodruff
Union Fence Attack at Belmont Station Sparks Labor Tension
Fifteen hundred feet of ornamental iron fence around the Long Island Railroad station near Belmont Park racetrack was knocked down last night. County and track officials suspect union iron workers staged the act amid long running labor friction. Strangers with heavy hammers were seen in the area. non union men had erected the fence and threats were reported.
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Tribune
Elmont
Long Island
Belmont Park Racetrack
Belmont Track
Rockefeller Enjoys Beach Outing With Grandchildren
John D Rockefeller spent a day at Point Pleasant, New Jersey, with his grandson Fowler and granddaughter Muriel McCormick of Chicago. He joined the children on the sand, helping build sand houses and forts and saying the outing brought him more joy than the youngsters.
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Lakewood
N. J
Fowler
Muriel McCormick
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Point Pleasant
Mr. Rockefeller
Troy Board Removed From Municipal Civil Service
The State Civil Service Commission removed Troy Municipal Civil Service Commission members Robert T. Smith Thomas F. Duffy and David L. Beaty for incompetency inefficiency neglect of duty and violation of the Civil Service act. Thomas F. Murnane Stephen C. Anderson and Charles Hagen were named his successors with approval from Governor Higgins.
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Albany
State Civil Service Commission
Robert T. Smith
Thomas F. Duffy
David L. Beaty
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Troy
Thomas F. Murnane
Stephen C. Anderson
Charles Hagen
Civil Service Act
State Commission
Coron a High School Grads Tragedy Ends Life
Eva Lake sixteen, a Corona High School graduate, shot herself at her parents home yesterday noon after health problems forced her to leave school. Found by her mother, the despondent girl had obtained her father's revolver after luncheon and killed herself.
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Eva Lake
Corona
Miss Lake
Corona High School
Fight Over Roosters Ends in Shooting and Arrest
In New Orleans on St. Charles street Dr. W. M. Richards shot Frank Winling after Winling, angered by a crowing rooster, accused him of killing the bird. Richards, a physician and former track champion, is jailed. Winling hospitalized with a life-threatening wound.
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THE
Tribune
New Orleans
W. M. Richards
First Precinct
Frank Winling
Charity Hospital
St. Charlesst
Richards
New Orleans Tennis Club
Medical Society
America
Yale
Bellevue Medical College
New York
Kane and Elliott Remarry in Georgia to Align Divorces
Woodbury Kane and Sallie H. Elliott of Newport R I married in Augusta Georgia by a justice of the peace after obtaining a license in Richmond County. The remarriage follows Georgia recognizing divorces while South Carolina does not. No reason given by Kane, but law is viewed as properly aligning the divorce.
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Augusta
Woodbury Kane
Sallie H. Elliott
Newport
R. I
Aiken
S. C
Richmond County
Georgia
South Carolina
Kane
Civil Service Inquiry Sought Into New York City Administration
The National Civil Service Reform Association seeks a state level inquiry of the Civil Service law in New York City. Secretary Elliott H. Goodwin filed the request with the State Commission, to be considered May 4 in this city. The document names charges and specifics for inclusion, but publication is withheld pending other business.
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Higgins
Troy
John C. Birdseye
Charles 8. Fowler
State Commission
Albany
State Civil Service Commission
National Civil Service Reform Association
New York City
Elliott H. Goodwin
National Association
National Civil Service Association
Henry Berlinger
New York City Commission
Silas W. Burt
State Civil Service
Elliott Goodwin
Guard Mormon Tithes Sued Over Church Funds
An injunction suit filed in the Third Judicial District Court seeks to restrain the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Joseph F. Smith from investing church tithings for non church purposes. The petition says tithes amount to about 1 000 000 annually and that Smith has invested these funds in sugar factories woolen mills banks and other secular enterprises.
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Salt Lake City
Third Judicial District Court
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Joseph F. Smith
Smith
Girl Killed by Battted Ball In Lynn Street Play
Lynn Mass April 7 Lillian Taylor five years old died from injuries after a ball struck her temple while she played in the street with other children Tuesday. She remained unconscious until death at her parents home.
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the Tribune
Lynn
Mass
Lillian Taylor
Louisiana Sinks at New Orleans Wharf After Baying Sails
Southern Pacific steamship Louisiana capsized at her wharf in New Orleans as longshoremen loaded for a voyage to be sailed tomorrow. The crew moved cargo from one side causing the vessel to list and overturn. The engineer stayed at his post to close compartment doors, saving lives. The ship, once in the New York and New Orleans trade, had been rebuilt recently and may be raised.
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Tribune
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Louisiana
Havana
New York
John Paul Jones buried in Paris not Dumfries
A Dumfries report claiming John Paul Jones was buried in Dumfries is unfounded. Jones died in Paris in 1792 and was given a public funeral by the National Assembly after a storied career from Virginia to Bon Homme Richard.
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John Paul Jones
Paris
the Tribune
Dumfries
Scotland
Jones
Kirkcudbrightshire
John Paul
Virginia
France
Washington
Russia
United States
Algiers
Eie
National Assembly
Libel Suit Against Equitable Officials Aired
Charles D. Seymour sues Gage E. Tarbell and Frank A. McNamee for 25000 alleging they conspired to ruin his reputation and blackball him from employment after he left the Equitable Life Assurance Society. He ties the move to a broader life-insurance industry blacklist linked to documents attacking Henry B. Hyde.
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THE
Tribune
Albany
Charles D. Seymour
Rensselaer Insurance
Gage E. Tarbell
Frank A. McNamee
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Seymour
Tarbell and
McNamee
Equitable
Henry B. Hyde
Equitable Society
Justice Censures Germany in Subpoena Case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling denying a motion to vacate a subpoena in aid of a foreign commission. Justice Van Brunt dissented, criticizing the harsh terms and lack of courteous treatment toward U.S. courts in such actions.
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Supreme Court
Morton B. Smith
van Brunt
Geologist Confirms Rich Gold Find Near Kendall Wyoming
A. J. Parshall of the United States Geological Survey arrived in Cheyenne and confirms reports of rich gold deposits near Kendall in Uintah County Wyoming.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
A. J. Parshall
United States Geological Survey
Kendall
Uintah County
A Delightful Trip Adverts Rate Information at Pier
A fragment advertises a pleasant river trip from Pier North River with rates listed for travel. The brief text emphasizes enjoyable service and seaside scenery.
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Pier North River
Marines to Santo Domingo and Monte Cristi
The navy reports the Dixie carrying about 165 marines departed Guantanamo for Monte Cristi and Santo Domingo. An additional 200 marines are at Sanchez. A total force near five hundred could be deployed if needed to aid Admi ral Beebe in securing customs at the opening stages of American intervention.
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Washington
Navy Department
Dixie
Guantanamo
Monte Cristi
Santo Domingo
Panama
Sanchez
Hearst Mayor Boom at Cooper Union Meeting
Judge E F Dunne led a Municipal Ownership League gathering at Cooper Union praising municipal control of utilities and urging New York to follow Chicago. William Randolph Hearst was hailed for mayoral prospects as speakers denounced Murphy and McClellan while backing public ownership of streets and power.
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E. F. Dunne
Chicago
Municipal Ownership League
Cooper Union
William R. Hearst
New York
Charles F. Murphy
McClellan
Hearst
Coler
Tom” Watson
Feve
Mr. Hearst
New York City
Murphy
Clarence J. Shearn
Consolidated Gas Company
Seabury
Judge Dunne
League
J. G. Stokes
Shearn
Watson
Bemis
Harriet Pastor
J. G. Phelps-Stokes
Miss Pastor
Mr. Shearn
Edward F. Dunne
William Randolph Hearst
Coler Sees a Chance to Promote Municipal Ownership
Coler claims a possible opening to push municipal ownership here following Judge Duane’s election as Chicago mayor. He frames the moment as a chance to advance the ownership plan amid the current political and economic climate.
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Plymouth
Commission
Robbed Bible School
Jilted Millionaire
Connecticut Yankee
Southerner
Schwab House
Baby Tornado
John D
Civil Service
New-Orleans
Kanes
Civil Service Inquiry
National Reform Association
Horace Porter
Porter
Joseph A. Wheelock
St. Paul
Tarbell
Germany
New Gold Field
Wyoming
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Mr. Murphy
Mr. Stokes
Ourublic
New-York
S Vane
Ae Saey
Illinois
Justice Palmieri
Judge Duane
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