Japan envoy Takahira dinner stars peace drive
A large crowd at the Hotel Astor welcomed Baron Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese ambassador, as the Japan Society hosted a dinner endorsing U S Japan friendship. Speakers included Governor Fort, Senator Depew, Seth Low, Rev Burrell, and Yale's Ladd. Takahira praised Roosevelt’s peacemaking and outlined Japan’s pacific foreign policy and ties with Britain.
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Japan
Japan Society
Hotel Astor
United States
Baron Takahira
Fort
New Jersey
Depew
Seth Low
Burrell
Professor Ladd
Yale University
Army
Navy
Commodore Perry
Swarthmore Rejects Jeanes Bequest Over Athletic Ban
Swarthmore College board declined land and coal bequest from Anna T. Jeanes after condition banning intercollegiate athletics. A committee found Jeanes property worth 10 to 12 thousand dollars, with Centre and Carbon County lands and a Hazel Brook mine interest. The college may face legal steps to claim minerals as the will specifies mining lands.
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Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
Anna T. Jeanes
Jeanes
Swarthmore
Joseph Wharton
Charles F. Jenkins
Howard Cooper Johnson
Centre County
Carbon County
Hazel Brook
Luzerne County
Miss Jeanes
Swindle Targeting Fort Niobrara Land Sale
A telegraphed dispatch from Omaha reports a fraud scheme selling Fort Niobrara land through fake abstracts. The imposter network, said to be centered in Indianapolis, circulates letters to lure buyers with false deeds and titles, flooding the Valentine Land Office with inquiries.
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Tribune J Omaha
Fort Niobrara
Missouri
Valentine
Indianapolis
Nebraska
Fraud Plot Uncovered After Greek Arrests in NYC
Police at West 30th Street arrest Thomas Manus and Peter Bollis in a fraud ring targeting Greeks led by a Department of Justice representative. Victims George Katronis and Spero Tahalos paid $5 for fake railroad work in Spokane, with officers estimating about 300 similar crimes in recent weeks.
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West 30Th Street
United States Department of Justice
Thomas Manus
Peter Bollis
George Katronis
Spero Tahalos
Physicians Drown Hospital Fire at St Vincent’s
Five physicians at St Vincent's Hospital extinguished a small blaze in the laundry drying room before firefighters arrived. Dr Lawlor spotted smoke and alerted Drs Coffey Walsh Murphy and Sullivan. They connected a hose to a standpipe and directed a stream at burned bed linens while readiness to move patients to safety remained. Cause of the fire was not determined.
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St. Vincent's Hospital
Lawlor
Orchard admits murder in first degree in Steunenberg case
Caldwell Idaho March 1 Harry Orchard pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree for the dynamite assassination of Governor Steunenberg at his residence December 30 1905. He acknowledged being hired by Western Federation of Miners leaders Haywood Moyer Pettibone. Haywood and Pettibone were tried in Boise and freed while Moyer’s case was dismissed. Orchard to be sentenced March 1. New Haven mechanics may strike over new pay system at New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Boston area crafts vote to strike when the piece rate bonus plan goes into effect tomorrow.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Fremont Wood
District Court
Wood
Orchard
Steunenberg
William D. Haywood
Charles H. Moyer
George A. Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood
Pettibone
Boise
Moyer
New Haven
Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Gould Bulldog Poisoned in Lakewood Case
Heath Baren't, a bulldog owned by Gould in Lakewood New Jersey valued at 5000 dollars, was poisoned and died last night. Authorities indicate the poisoning may have been accidental or deliberate, with the dog noted as a champion named George J. by owners.
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Tribone
Lakewood
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Heath Baren‘t
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Boomerang Fear For Texas Anti-Administration Moves
Washington reports warn that Texas postmasters were allegedly assessed 5 percent of salaries for campaign funds. The piece notes Attorney General actions and a Supreme Court ruling against such solicitations, linking to Acheson and Dr. Acheson and suggesting the anti-administration campaign could rebound to hurt the opponents and the Texas Republican setup led by Colonel Lyon.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Texas
Acheson
Pennsylvania
Edward S. Thayer
Texas Republican State Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
Thayer
Representative Acheson
Dr. Acheson
Cecil Lyon
Lyon
Achesons
White House
Colonel Lyon
E. P. Bartle
Senate
Texas Republicans
The
Justice Holmes
Republican Organization of Texas
Dynamite Near Fire Endangers Harlem Tenants
A contractor's shanty fire on 144th Street near Hamilton Place and Broadway exposed about one hundred pounds of dynamite stored close to the boiler. Tenants evacuated as a safety measure while residents accused Antonio Pucci of reckless handling. Firefighters drowned the dynamite box, the shanty burned out, and residents returned home.
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144Th Street
Hamilton Place
Broadway
Harlem
Antonio Pucci
Pucci
No More Loans Bonaparte Sells Farms
Washington March 16 Attorney General Bonaparte jokes about bankruptcy after advertising a farm for sale He says he has eight farms not six and would sell any to get his price He quips insolvency lets him refrain from lending money and he plans to keep it that way
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Bonaparte
Laurence Irving proposes Tolstoy pilgrimage plan
London report says Laurence Irving writes to London papers proposing an English pilgrimage to Count Leo Tolstoy. He urges travellers of high standing to go third class or on foot, avoid hotels, live plainly, and mingle with the people. The trip would reach Tolstoy’s home in time to deliver a birthday greeting on August 28.
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London
Laurence Irving
Aotor
London Papers
Leo Tolstoy
Irving
Tolstos
Aeroplane Bet Placed On Hugh Construction Within Year
Paris observers report MM Archdeacon Santos Du mont and Henry Farman stake 1.20 against 2400 by M Charron that an airplane capable of carrying two people with one at least 60 kilos and traveling one kilometre will be built within twelve months. Advertisement notes Spencer's Toric eye glasses at 31 Maiden Lane.
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Paris
Archdeacon
Santos Dumont
Henry Farman
M. Charron
Morse in Court Today As Grand Jury Makes Move
March term of the U S Circuit Court opens with Judge Chatfield presiding where Charles W Morse and another National Bank of North America director may attend. Grand jury filings include indictments and scrutiny over bank entries tied to Morse and associates. Prosecutor Stimson notes the jury’s diligence and Morse’s rapid return from Liverpool follows a request from his counsel. Morse is under bond and awaits court actions as receivership and creditors seek settlement, with offers from Maine relatives reportedly considered and vetoed.
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Chatfield
Charles W. Morse
National Bank of North America
Charles A. Hanna
Federal Grand Jury
Judge Hough
United States
Stimson
Lewis Ogden O'Brien
Hough
Morse
American Ice Company
Charlies W. Morse
Hanna
Leslie W. Whiting
Primrose & Brown
Liverpool
Albert B. Boardman
Mr. Morse
Stmmson
Philip J. Britt
Boys Rescued From North River Ice by Patrolman Coleman
Two youths, John Murmen and Rodney Bowen, were swept onto a floating ice cake near the 89th Street pier and nearly drowned in the North River. Patrolman John A Coleman of West 68th Street Station reached them after hearing their cries and used a lighter line to pull them to the South 0 Street pier. Murmen, fourteen, of 200 West 99th Street, and Bowen, eleven, of 139 West 99th Street, had been playing follow the leader on the pier when the ice broke, sending them onto a small ice cake less than fifteen feet square.
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North River
John A Coleman
West 68Th Street
Coleman
S0th Street
John Murmen
West 99Th Street
Rodney Bowen
89Th Street
Murmen
Bowen
Land Frauds Blocked In Senate Scandal Probe
The Tribune notes Senator Carter of Montana exposed a land grabbing scheme in Washington. Sidney Bieber, once a fire marshal, allegedly used tax sales and odd laws to gain quasi title to valuable public lands, including near the Capitol and Navy Yard. The War Secretary halted the final transfer, and Carter introduced a bill to repeal the last year’s law.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Carter
Montana
Senate
Secretary of War
National
Sidney Bieber
Bieber
Congress
Congressional Cemetery
Government Asylum For
Navy Yard
Mary E. Sweetser
Sidney Kieber
United States
Warter
Castro Seeks Onelay From Venezuela Claim Dispute
Caracas reports indicate the American Minister presented a note urging arbitral handling of Americans’ claims against Venezuela. Venezuela says it cannot answer categorically until the U S responds to a prior Venezuelan note. The court ends Ambrose H. Carner’s receivership over the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Co. assets. The Lake Felicidad property will be auctioned to satisfy a large judgment tied to aid alleged for Matos revolt, though a 1893 mortgage could complicate the sale.
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Caracas
Port of Spain
W. W. Russell
Venezuela
Ambrose H. Carner
New York and Berm
Woman saves mill employee in Bloomfield belt accident
Laura Head near the Combination Roll and Rubber Company mill in Bloomfield seized the man by the ankles as his arm was pulled into the belting. Authorities stopped the machinery and he was rushed to Mountainside Hospital with a two bone arm fracture.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Alexander Smith
Combination Roll and Rubber Company
Laura Head
Mountainside
Reading room added in family tomb at Colonies estate
Telegraph report from Kittery March 19 describes Harrison J. Philbrick fitting a reading room in his ancestors tomb on the Colonies estate lawn. The space includes magazines a table, armchair vases of flowers books cases a couch and rugs with a reading lady present.
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the Tribune
Kittery
Harrison J. Philbrick
Colonies
Political leader killed in a social clash in Amite
Democratic leader Duncan Kemp, newly elected state senator, was slain in Amite Louisiana after a political argument escalated into a fight. Police reported no further details on suspects or motive. Kemp had been active in local and state Democratic circles and was seen as a rising figure ahead of upcoming elections.
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the Tribune
Amite
Mareh
Duncvan Kemp
Discover of 68 Michelangelo Letters to Vasari Found
In Florence on March 10, researchers unveiled 68 letters by Michelangelo to Giorgio Vasari stored in Count Raspon Spinelli archives. The revelation, previously unknown, holds substantial historical and artistic significance for art history.
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Florence
Michelangelo
Giorgio Vasari
Raspon! Spinelli
Sharp trading in Taunton arrests five traders
Taunton Massachusetts March 10 Secrivens encountered sharp traders in town. He started with bartering horses then clothes and later borrowed a barrel to walk two miles to the police station. Five traders were arrested. Great Gear Spring Water advertises its purity as famous.
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the Tribune
Taunton
Mass
Secrivens
Advt
Hughes Addresses Boston on New England Industry and Reform
Governor Charles E Hughes of New York spoke before business and college groups in Boston recounting the need for peace and fair laws to foster American industry. He urged honest administration, warned against double dealing, and called for informed majority rule with strict regulation of railroads and public powers.
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New England
Ministry of Peace
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