Panama Canal payments seen clear of irregularity says Bunau Varilla
Paris dispatch quotes Philippe Bunau Varilla asserting payments of 40 9 million for the canal were distributed to 227 976 holders after official scrutiny. He dismisses graft claims and says records are intact under a liquidator in Paris with 74 clerks handling vast files.
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iCopyright
Tribune Association
Paris
Panama Canal
M. Lemarquist
M. Gautron
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Philippe Bunau- Varilla
M. Bunau-Varvilla
William Nelson Cromwell
Poulias Robinson
Charles P. Taft
Louis le Grand
Panama
M. Bunau-Varilla
Gatun
M. Runau- Varilla
Sulphur and Freckles Cause Mystery at Matinee
Philadelphia readers report that about nine in ten women at Hammerstein's Philadelphia Opera House matinee returned home with black facial spots. The spots vanished after washing, traced to faint sulphur fumes from scene painting. Sulphur fumes react with lead in cosmetics, causing the cosmetic blemishes.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Opera House
Opera House
Death of 80 year old woman named Sammy Jones in Manhattan
Butte Montana reports the sudden death of Sammy Jones aged eighty at Manhattan. The discovery shows she had lived as a man for eighteen years. Jones was known as a cook who chewed tobacco drank at the bar and associated with men.
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Butte
Mont
Manhattan
Sammy” Jones
Sammy
Mrs Sheldon Delivers Impromptu Speech at Corn Exposition
Mrs George L Sheldon wife of Nebraska Governor spoke in place of the delayed governor to the National Corn Association during the corn exposition She is described as a farm woman who supported farm life issues while the governor was several hours late and in town for the event Beggar's rents reach 3100 a month as Mike Rossa the blind beggar is reported to retire after a Cleveland hearing noting his income and estate details
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The
Tribune
Omaha
George L. Sheldon
Governor Sheldon
Nebraska
National Corn Association
Sheldon
Agrs
Chicago
Mike’ Rossa
Sims
Suren
State Streets
Cox
Gemmil
Rossa
Rosen
Explosion Kills Ten at Bas Obispo Mine Work
A premature dynamite blast at Bas Obispo in the Panama region killed ten men and injured about fifty as debris sprawled in all directions. Most victims were Spaniards, with relief trains rushing to the scene and many injured sent to Ancon Hospital.
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Colon
Bas Obispo
Bas Ob‘sxpo
Color
Culebra
Ancon Hospital
Panama
Pedro Miguel
Lease for $4,410,000 Skyscraper on Broadway Metropole Site
The Hotel Metropole corner at 42d Street and Broadway is leased by the Charles A. Coe estate to United Chemical Company for 63 years at $76,960 yearly, totaling $4,410,000. The firm plans a 20 story store and office building on the 4,650 square foot parcel, fronting Broadway 51.3 feet and 42d Street 86.1 feet, with Seventh Avenue and an additional 99.1 foot southerly line.
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Charles A. Coe
Douglas Robinson
Charles S. Brown & Co
United Chemial Company
Manhattan
Broadway
42D Street
Seventh Avenue
Hotel Metropole
Henry E. Coe
Henry Phipps
New Amsterdam National Bank
Saranac
Rossmore
Metropole
Charles W. Morse
The
Commercial Trust Company
Morgan gives $100000 for Frisco churches rebuilding
Bishop William Ford Nichols announced that J Pierpont Morgan contributed 100000 toward rebuilding Episcopal churches in San Francisco after the earthquake. The effort aims to erect a new cathedral on Nob Hill with Bodley plans, funded by Morgan and other sources amid heavy losses and limited insurance recovery.
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William Ford Nichols
Pacific Coast
J. Pierpont Morgan
San Francisco
Nichols
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
New England
Iun
Mr. Morgan
Episcopal Cathedral
George Frederick Bodley
William H. Crocker
Sanisco
Nob Hill
Fairmount Hotel
Bishop Nichols
Board of Missions
Morgen
Episcopal Church
Morgan
Bishop Franc
Four country men ride fast train then jump for Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge Louisiana four men from the country who had never before ridden a train jumped at the shout All off for Baton Rouge while the train traveled about thirty miles an hour. They escaped without serious injuries.
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Baton Rouge
Two Americans Killed in Bas Obispo Explosion
Washington says two Americans died in the Bas Obispo blast foreman John J. Reidy of Indianapolis and crane man James L. Hummer of Dunellen New Jersey. Colonel Goethals promised a full report after investigation and notified family members.
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Washington
Bas Obispo
John J. Reidy
Indianapolis
James L. Hummer
Dunellen
N. J
Colonel Goethals
Frank ©. Boggs
Commission
Michael Reidy
Washington Street
Foreman Reidy
George Edmondson
45Th Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
M. FP. Hummer
Rail falls injure eighteen at crowded Rivington street theater
A flimsy guard rail gave way at No. 125 Rivington street during a performance as crowds leaned on it. Eighteen people were injured when balcony fallers and those in the main hall crowded toward the front. Four hundred spectators jammed the exits, fears of fire spread panic, ambulances and police responded, and four or five officials were arrested for criminal negligence.
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No. 125
Rivington Street
Gouverneur
Bellevue
Abraham Nierstein
Norfolk Street
Max Bumberg
Fifth Street
Stepher J. Scherer
Isidor Bernstein
Long Wireless Tests From Mount Wilson Begin
A series of attempts will be made from Mount Wilson to contact every wireless station within eight thousand miles including Philippine Islands and Japan. The tests will run five days with an operator on duty atop the elevated station. Stations along the Pacific Coast and Pacific islands will be called and letters sent to inform operators of any calls received.
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the Tribune
Los Angeles
Mount Wilson
Philippine Islands
Japan
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Mr Rockefeller Tries a Trolley Ride in Cleveland
Telegraph report from Cleveland notes John D. Rockefeller arriving at noon and boarding a Euclid avenue car. He chatted with the motorman, requesting a seat and learning the streetcar operation. The exchange shows Rockefeller expressing interest in driving a streetcar and the motorman offering his job.
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the Tribune
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue
John PD. Rockefeller
Mars Cassidy Loses Over $1100 In Hotel Grillroom
Buffalo telegram reports Mars Cassidy core stockholder of Kenilworth Wacke a prominent tracing starter lost or had his roll of more than $1100 in the Iroquois Hotel grillroom. Police questioned nearby patrons and bellboys but recovery failed. Cassidy attended a stockholders meeting of the Kenilworth Wacke company.
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The
Tribune
Buffalo
Mars Cassidy
Cassidy
Kenilworth Wack
President ready to answer Congress on Secret Service issue
The President prepares a special message to Congress defending the Secret Service and denying personal vendettas. He warns that censure of his remarks could trigger a full public explanation of why the service was used to protect government interests and investigate relationships with large interests.
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Washington
Congress
Secret Service
White House
Roosevelt
Secret Services
House
House of Congress
William R. Hearst
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