Harriman Buys Erie Notes to Save Plan on Cash Relief
Edward H Harriman stepped in to back the Erie Railroad by offering 95 for 5 500 000 of new 6 per cent collateral trust notes to fund cash payment of old discount notes due that day. Holders may take cash par or par new notes plus 5 per cent cash bonus through April 15.
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Edward H. Harriman
Erie Railroad Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Harriman
Messrs. J. P. Morgan &Co
Upstate Public Service Commission
Ma Harriman
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Morgan
Exchange
Morgan, Jr
Wall Street
Erie
Comppany
Wells, Fargo
Harriman Concern
Union Pacific
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Fallimore & Ohio
Reading
Jersey Central
Lehigh Valley
Thien Pacific
Stock Exchange
Vanderbilt Gift to Yale Funds New Dormitory Site
Home valued at about $50 000 donated to Yale Scientific School by Frederick W of New York City from the late Judge Townsends estate. The land and buildings join Eyers Hall and the New Haven Colony Historical Society site, with plans for a new dormitory. Vanderbilt gave two prior dormitories and is a Yale graduate from the class of 76.
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Tribune
New Haven
William K. Townsend
Grreet
Frederick W
New York City
Scentific School
Yale
Eyers Hall
New Haven Colony
Vanderbilt
Vande
Sheffiek
Santa Fe refunds nearly 38 dollars to oil carrier
Edward Chambers of the Santa Fe Railroad admitted at a California Railroad Commission hearing that the railroad refunded about 38 dollars to the Associated Oil Company last summer for intrastate oil shipments. The payment referenced President Roosevelt's January message.
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Los Angeles
Edward Chambers
Santa Fe Railroad
California Railroad Commission
Santa Fe
Asso- 40
Roosevelt
Roy Not Extradited in France Extradition Rejected
Paris reports the French Ministry of Justice has refused extradition of Paul L. Roy. It cites France’s principle against delivering a citizen abroad but says Roy can be tried in France for the alleged killing linked to his American wife Gracia Calla and her family in Newington New Hampshire.
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Paris
Ministry of Justice
Foreign Office
United States
Paul L. Roy
Gracia Calla
Newington
N. H
Roy
France
Jail for Policemen in Philadelphia Robbery Case
Four Philadelphia policemen arrested for robbing stores and warehouses on boats patrolling the wholesale district pleaded guilty. Judge Kinsey sentenced John W. Straub John Kelly C M Luckensbill and A R Sithens to seven years each in Eastern Penitentiary. Accomplices Harry Rothenberger and W A Frost also pleaded guilty Frost to four years and Rothenberger to Huntingdon Reformatory.
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Philadelphia
Kinsey
Eastern
John W. Straub
John Kelly
C. M. Luckensbill
Fatal Head On Crash Kills Hotel Owner in Yonkers
Edward J. Downing forty owner of the Hotel Abbottsford in Irvington was killed in a head on collision between a motor car and a trolley on Warburton avenue Yonkers. The driver George Kelleher fled after the crash as police issued a general arrest warrant.
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Edward J. Downing
Abbottsford
Irvington
Warburton Avenue
Yonkers
C. H. Matthiessen
Washington Street
Manhattan
New York
Harmony Park
Hastings
Kelleher
William H. Courtney
Downing
the Foresters
Real estate man held on grand larceny charge
Dr. A E Cordes of 894 Graham avenue Williamsburg charges Henry Spreckles of 851 Ridgewood avenue with grand larceny after claiming a $1 3 mortgage on a Drew avenue East New York house. Spreckles was arrested and held on 5000 bail. Henry Warncke head of Warncke company indicted on three larceny counts. Spreckles denies mortgage and ownership of property.
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A. E. Cordes
Graham Avenue
Williamsburg
Henry Spreckles
Ridgewood Avenue
Spreckles
Warncke Company
Henry Warncke
Cordes
Drew Avenue
New York
Edward Langmore
Duke of the Abruzzi to wed Miss Elkins in September
Turin reports the Duke of the Abruzzi will marry Miss Elkins in September. Richard Elkins, her brother, praises the duke as a gentleman and sportsman. C Little and Glaighter of Victoria join Elkins on a three month hunting trip in Alaska.
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Turin
Richard Elkins
Spezzia
Elkins
Seattle
Duke of the
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
Glaighter
C. Little
Victoria
Alaska
No Invasion Planned Says State Department
The State Department reaffirmed there has been no change in policy toward Venezuela and no invasion plans. President and Secretary Root maintain no action will occur without Congress, with a joint resolution likely after Hague treaty matters are resolved. A Tacoma mail pouch incident is deemed inadvertent and the Navy reports confirm similar details.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Department of State
Root
Venezuela
Congress
Hague
Committee On Foreign Relations
Lodge
Castro
el Constitucional
Tacoma
United States
State Department
Navy Department
John Hood
la Guayra
Escaped convict Lasala captured after daylight chase in Brooklyn
Joseph Lasala who escaped Sing Sing and paraded at Manhattan police HQ was seized in the rear yard of 142 Milford Street Brooklyn. He leaped fences and rode a trolley to elude pursuers, but mounted officers Howey and McLaughlin chased him toward Liberty Avenue. A stool aided by Detective Vachris led to the capture after a saloon sighting. Lasala, awaiting Chicago bound, claimed innocence of highway robbery and described a bold escape via wall, river, and a drifting vessel before reaching New York.
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Joseph Lasala
Sing Sing
Manhattan
Milford Street
Brooklyn
Lasala
Walter Howey
Clement McLaughlin
Liberty Avenue
Prospect Park
Berriman Street
McLaughlin
Howey
Fervces McLaughlin
Glenmore Avenue
Chicago
Justice Dowling
Vachris
Liberty
Belmont Avenues
Tarrytown
New York
125Th Street
East 125Th Street
East Houston Street
Brownsville
New Revolt in Hayti Fears U S Intervention
Port-au-Prince dispatch says a movement against the Haitian government may force U S naval intervention. Rumors say elites plan an armed demonstration to provoke marines landing and American control as a protection measure amid alleged dictatorship and rising violence.
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Port-au-Prince
United States
American boys ahead of English in technical education
Sir William Henry Preece notes in a Royal Society of Arts talk that direct comparisons of English and American technical education are flawed due to different conditions. He claims the American boy shows greater energy and smartness, while the European pupil lags by about two years, explainingCurricular differences and exam papers.
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London
William Henry Preece
Institution of Civil Engineers
Royal Society of Arts
America
England
Mexican Outlaws Loot Texas Town on Rio Grande
Eight Mexican brigands crossed the Rio Grande and raided Soledad Texas in daylight seizing Cala Garcia’s store contents worth $2,000 and valuables before fleeing with their loot toward Mexico near Guerrero. Local residents were held back with guns during the raid.
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Tribune
Hidalgo
Tex
Rio Grande
Soledad
Texas
Cala Garcia
Mexico
Guerrero
Columbia establishes William Mitchell scholarship from Silliman bequest
Frederick P. Keppel announced a $19 000 bequest from Benjamin D. Silliman to found the William Mitchell scholarship at Columbia University. The fund supports a yearly award in science or letters for a philosophy science or political science graduate, with current class members eligible. William Mitchell, class of 29, was Edward Mitchell’s father, a Columbia trustee.
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Frederick P. Keppel
Columbia University
Benjamin D. Silliman
William Mitchell
Wiliam Mitchell
Edward Mitchell
Columbia Board of Trustees
Tie Vote Shuts Down Governor Hughes Anti-Gambling Bills
Albany April 8 Senator Owen Cassidy switched sides causing a 25 to 25 tie on passage of anti gambling measures aimed at racetracks. Lieutenant Governor Chanler overruled motions to reconsider, signaling a continued battle as Governor Hughes vows to press the issue in the legislature or via extraordinary session.
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Tribune
Albany
Owen Cassidy
Watkins
Schuyler County
Hughes
Raines
Chanler
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