Bingham Police bill passes Assembly 92 to 47
Albany March 7 after five hours of debate the Bingham Police bill was approved in the Assembly by a 92 to 47 vote mainly along party lines. Opponents warned it would strip benefits from veteran inspectors and invite political interference while supporters framed it as a plain business move and necessary for discipline.
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Tribune
Albany
Bingham
Assembly
House
Voss
Schwegler
Maurice Featheron
Flanagan and Garbe
Queens
Crook
Staten Island
Paradise
Jimmy” Oliver
Tammany
A. E. Smith
William Church Osborn
Hudson
Smith
Paul Morton
The
Equitable
Police
George W. Perkins
Morgan
Assemblyman
Keller
Assemblyman Robinson
Prentice
Morgan Gift Brings Gothic Tapestries to Metropolitan Museum
J Pierpont Morgan donated five large fourteenth century Gothic tapestries depicting the seven sacraments, likely from a Burgundian castle chapel. The set, rare and antedating 1500, features life size figures against fleur-de-lys backgrounds with slender column framework. The gift centers the museum’s recent acquisitions alongside Will iam K Vanderbilt paintings and other ancient works.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Berne
William K. Vanderbilt
Lady Guildford
Holbein
Rembrandt
Henrietta Maria
van Dyck
Venus
Boucher
Henry VIII
Henry Guildford
Windsor
Mme. de Pompadour
Bellevue
James Loeb
Mr. Marquand
Cybele
Italy
William Cruger Pell
C. H. Niehaus
Portrait painter Natalye Latham shoots herself in Paris
Paris March 7 Mrs Natalye Dole Latham known in New York and Paris as a portrait painter died by suicide with a revolver in her Rue Vietae apartment. A visitor heard the shot and police found her fully dressed across a bed beside a note stating she would be cremated and that she took her life voluntarily. Latham, about thirty, had lived in Paris nearly two years with a luxurious life and studio ties to New York. She had refused to return to America to continue studies and had once painted a portrait of President Castro now in Caracas palace.
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Paris
Natalye Dole Latham
Lockwood
Latham
New York
Viete
West 42d Street
Herbert Bowen
Venezuela
Bowen
United States
Castro
Caracas
Spooner Denies Report Of Union With Hill
Washington March 7 Senator Spooner rejects Minneapolis rumor of joining James J Hill Great Northern Railway as general counsel for 50000 a year He says he has had no contact with Hill since 1884 and did not retire from the Senate to join any corporation The fabrication is denied in full.
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Voss
Bingham
Tammany
McClellan
Department
John H. O'Brien
Hoey
Police
Washington
Army
White House
Kelley
Spooner
Minneapolis
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Hope C. Jones
Archie
Woodward
Hepburn Attacks Harriman Over Railroad Finance
Washington March 7 Representative William P Hepburn chairman of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee criticized E H Harriman calling him the living justification of railroad legislation He urged sharper rate law regulations noting a single man could boost a railroad indebtedness by 92000000 without adding visible assets He questioned Harrimans Washington visit and quipped about sightseeing during the trip Public record quotes Hepburn pressing for reform and accountability.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
William P. Hepburn
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Congress
Harriman
Hepburn
White House
Iowa
Lancon Hepburn
Herriman
Colonel Hepburn
Iowa Statesman
Perkins Returns Large Check to New York Life
George W. Perkins repays New York Life for a 1904 Republican National Campaign contribution of 48500 with interest, sending a March 6 letter to President Orr. The Fowler committee labeled similar company gifts illegal, noting prior 1896 1900 and 1904 sums and vague accounting.
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George W. Perkins
New York Life
Republican National Campaign Committee
Perkins
Tribune
South
Orr
New York Life Insurance Company
Fowler
Gibbs
Fowler Committee
Armstrong
McCall
Christian Science leaders to be served papers in Eddy case
Boston march 7 leaders of the Christian Science trust to be served with court papers in an equity suit for Mrs Eddy’s financial affairs. Deputies plan to serve summons early tomorrow and Mrs Eddy is likely to be summoned. Guardianship speculation arises with notices of mental incapacity and estate inventories. Ex Senator Chandler and counsel ready to serve papers. Rumor notes bonds moved from safe deposits to avoid attachment.
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the Tribune
Boston
Christian Science Cult
Laundryman Held Up In Flatbush Robbery Case
George Kennifith a Greenpoint laundryman was robbed of about 25 dollars by two men in front of 1141 East 37th street Flatbush at 640 PM. Patrolman Bernard S Bennett arrested two youths who may know the murder of Chester S Paton Greenpoint who was shot at Laurel Hill Long Island City February 26. Kennifith says the attack mirrors Paton’s robbery except he was not shot.
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George Kennifith
Nassau Street
Greenpoint
East 37Th Street
Flatbush
Bernard S. Bennett
Snyder Avenue
Chester S. Paton
No. 109
Nassau Avenue
Laurel Hill
Long Island City
Kennifith
Paton
Jury Confirms Impasse in Adams Murder Trial
Wallace Idaho March 7 The Adams murder trial jury after deliberating since yesterday morning reported it could not agree on a verdict and was discharged by Judge Woods. Stephen W Adams tied to killings of Fred Tyler and Bouls with ties to the Western Federation of Miners amid claims of coercion and a larger plot against former Governor Stellenberg.
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Wallace
Idaho
Stephen Adams
Fred Tyler
Woods
Stephen W. Adams
Oregon
St. Joseph River
Boise
Harry Orchard
Frank Stellenberg
Adams
Western Federation of Miners
Tyler
Bouls
Stevenberg
Explosion Burns Three at Milliken Brothers Plant
Three men were badly burned in a fire at the Milliken Brothers iron works in Staten Island last night. Only George Blair of Richmond Terrace was identified among the injured. Blair sustained severe burns to hands face and body before being cared for on site by plant doctors and later by his family physician Dr De Hart.
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Milliken Brothers
Iron Manufacturers
Richmond Terrace
Mariners’ Harbor
Staten Island
George Blair
Blair
de Hart
Fire at matzoth bakery sparks hospital panic at polys
A blaze in a five story matzoth bakery at 253 East 38th street triggered a hospital scare at Polyclinic Hospital and a Friendly Aid Society kindergarten next door. Nurses, police, and fire crews worked to calm patients as flames quickly consumed the bakery and spread to nearby tenements. The captain narrowly escaped entombment in a flour bin while Reiss and Weimberg of Engine Company S helped evacuate and rescue crew. Prior fire on Christmas Day 1896 had caused extensive losses and evacuations in the same district.
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Polyclinic Hospital
East 84Th Street
Friendly Aid Society
Matzoth
East 38d Street
Thedren
Friendly Aid
Shea
Morrison
Engine Company 16
Reiss and
Weimberg
23D Street
East 33d Street
East 32d Street
Cole
Strothers Not Guilty Acquitted in Virginia Murder Case
Culpeper Virginia March 7 James and Philip Strother were acquitted by the jury in the murder case of William F Bywaters after deliberating one hour and thirty two minutes. Judge Harrison praised the verdict as upholding the home’s sanctity and defense.
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Virginia
Two Men Claim Boy in Jersey City Court Battle
Harry Frey of 313 Central avenue Jersey City is held on $1000 bail in the Second Criminal Court for examination on kidnapping a five year old boy. Fred Bremme of 350 Palisade avenue says the boy is his son Henry. Frey claims the boy is his own flesh and blood. The hearing was adjourned to March 14. Frey would not disclose the boy’s location. Special train notices follow.
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Harry Frey
Central Avenue
Jersey City
Second Criminal Court
Frey
Richard Bremme
Palisade Avenue
Henry
Bremmes
Bremme
Maes
McCarthy
Alarm at White House Archie's diphtheria turns serious
Washington reports Archie Roosevelt, the President’s son, grew worse in the diphtheria illness with doctors holding a late consultation. A 2:30 PM bulletin noted improvement yet seriousness persists and Dr Lambert to stay overnight. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is en route to Washington.
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Washington
Archie” Roosevelt
Rixey
Kennedy
Bralsted
Alexander Lambert
New York
Ethel Roosevelt
Dr. Rixey
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
Miss Ethel
Archie
Kermit
Harvard
Groton
Lambert
Washington, March
Archie Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Dr. Lambert
Boston
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Alleged Plot Killed in Penrose Case
In army circles the War Department blocked a plan by discharged Negro soldiers of the 25th Infantry to testify that Brownsville citizens attacked the post. Funds for former soldiers summoned to testify were refused, though many ex-soldiers offered to help clear Major Penrose and some battalion members may be summoned. Penrose laments what he calls an injustice due to lack of advance expenses for Black witnesses.
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Galveston
War Department
25Th Infantry
Penrose
Brownsville
Big Elevator Drops In NYU Building
A twin elevator at the New York University Building on University Place and Washington Square failed last night, dropping from the eighth to the fifth floor with eighteen passengers. No serious injuries reported. The car stopped at the third floor by a safety clutch and hydraulic device. The counterweight and cables caused damage to the shaft machinery and water pipes. superintendent A. B. Crockett said inspectors found the elevators in excellent condition ten days earlier.
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New York University
Washington, Square
Waverley Place
New York University Schools of Law and Commerce
A. B. Crockett
Fire destroys cabinet shop at Sing Sing prison
A three story Sing Sing cabinet shop burned last night trapping dry wood. Flames leaped as the roof gave way and attracted spectators for miles. Inmates were terrified but no confinement areas were endangered. Keeper Connaughton and the prison brigade fought the blaze until village help arrived. building likely to be torn down.
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Sing Sing
Connaughton
Weashinary
Roblin government sustains majority in Manitoba election
Winnipeg Manitoba March 7 The Manitoba elections today left the Roblin government with a reduced majority as returns show 26 government seats 12 opposition and 1 seat in doubt Two seats will not be contested until next week
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Roblin
After All Usher's The Scotch That Made The Highball Famous
An advertisement highlights Usher’s Scotch as the spirit behind the popular highball. It promotes the whiskey’s heritage and flavor, suggesting it as the preferred choice for mixed drinks and celebrations.
Thaw Case Defense Turns to Resting Its Evidence
In a surprise move the Thaw defense announced it has rested its case and that all evidence to acquit Thaw from the electric chair is in the jury's hands, except possible sur rebuttal. The strategy shift follows Delmas’s decision not to use a hypothetical question or call two alienists, prompting questions over adjournment and the pace of rebuttal.
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Delmas
Graeme M. Hammond
Smith Ely Jelliffe
Delmap
Henry Clay McPike
Jerome
Week End Outings at Atlantic City Rail Trips
Atlantic City weekend outings depart Saturdays March 9 16 and 33 via Pennsylvania Railroad. Fares listed as ten dollars or according to hotel chosen and include two meals. Through trains leave New York at 13 and 2 35 PM on the dates named.
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Palm
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
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Strothers
Judge
Atlantic City
Friends’ School
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William Thaw
Thaw
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Stanford White
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