Combination Against Gov Hughes Senate Fight Over Racing Bills
Seemingly the expected Senate revolt against Governor Hughes and his programme has formed a coalition of seven Teen Democrats and fifteen Republicans to defeat anti racing gambling bills and the direct primary nomination measure. Details of the plan are guarded as supporters debate votes and potential leaders in the anti Hughes camp.
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Jockey Club
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Cobb
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Grattan
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Hart
Amend Aldrich bill to form currency reform commission
The House will amend the Aldrich bill to create a commission to study a general currency reform. Supporters, including Aldrich and other financiers, see a central bank of issue as the next logical step in reorganizing the financial system. Indications point to this first step being taken.
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Washington
House
Aldrich
Allison
Lodge
Burton
Weeks
P R R Curtailment Affects Philadelphia Area Workers
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans sweeping cuts in all departments due to reduced business. Reductions set for April 1 with preference to married men and older workers. many will be laid off while some kept on short time to secure basic needs. Company officers call the measure necessary under current conditions.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Fraternity official accused in Port Huron funds short
Port Huron, Mich March 19 An inquiry into the United Home Protectors fraternity ends with W L Wilson supreme secretary found short more than 75000 He was arrested this afternoon State Banking Commissioner Zimmerman states Wilson used association funds for private ventures in electric railroads oil and mining He admits the conversion for years The fraternity is insolvent and a receiver will be sought
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Port Huron
Mich
United Home Protectors’ Fraternity
W. L. Wilson
Zimmerman
Wilson
Panic in L Aboard As Avle Breaks Under Train
A Third Avenue northbound train near Chatham Square suffers an axle break in the last car causing a five hour service halt. Crowded cars, panic, and thousands walk to stations as shuttle trains run from the bridge to South Ferry. Bridge Captain Murtha orders extra officers to manage crowds.
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Third Avenue
Chatham Square
Brooklyn Bridge
South Ferry
Second Avenue
Bridge
Murtha
Bridge Squad
Relief in Pittsburg as flood crest seen lowering
The Weather Bureau said the Pittsburg flood would crest near daybreak at about 30 feet, lower than earlier feared. The city faced widespread inundation with cellars and first floors flooded, factories waterlogged, and up to twenty five thousand workers unable to report to work. Flood patrols ferried residents via skiffs and rafts as rail lines were disrupted and landslides occurred.
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Pittsburg
United States Weather Bureau
Old City
Pittsboro
Manufactures’ Light and Heat Company
Hen Avon
Two Men Lynched in Florida Jail Mob
A mob of armed citizens forced the county jail in Florida to release Richard Smith and Will McMullen both charged with murder. The men were shot to death by the mob as they left the jail. Smith faced a white man’s murder charge from days earlier while McMullen awaited trial for another homicide.
Five hour Pullman train to Baltimore and Washington
Advert reads a famed five hour Pullman service from New York city to Baltimore and Washington daily leaving Liberty Street at p m from 22d Street. It notes Cartier and R of N as operators and mentions Baltimore and Ohio lines.
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Washington
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Liberty
Cartier, C. KR. R
Balto
Ohio
Woman shot herself after engagement ends at hotel
Herbert Kremer a clerk for insurance broker Wallace Reid killed himself in Mrs. Lafayette B. Gleason's hotel apartment at the St. Charles after an engagement to Gleason ended. Coroner says death by own action. Gleason exonerated. Kremer, son of William N. Kremer, tattooed initials of Gleason's maiden name on his wrist.
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Herbert Kremer
Wallace Reid
Maiden Lane
Lafayette B. Gleason
St. Charles
West 49Th Street
Gleason
State Senate
Republican State Committee
Kremer
William N. Kremer
German-American Insurance Company
Gibbons Sanatorium
Stamford
Conn
Harburger
Frances Rich- McEntee
Bridgeport
Sidney M. Lockwood
Manhattan
Albany
Labor leaders push for congressional action on liability and reforms
A national labor delegation led by Samuel Gompers met Speaker Cannon and Vice President Fairbanks in Washington to urge Congress to pass an employers liability act and related reforms. The group delivered a memorial, labor’s protest to Congress, detailing court limits on labor rights and requesting injunctive, eight hour, and liability measures.
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Cannon
Fairbanks
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
House of Representatives
Trade and Labor Unions
Organization of Farmers
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the
United States
Mr. Gompers
Joseph F. Valentine
W. R. Fairley
United Mine Workers of North America
C. J. Barnett
American Society of Equity
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Street and Electric Railway
P. J. McArdle
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Supreme Court
Danbury Hatters
Court of Last Resort
House
Senate
Education Board Report Shows Major Market Losses
The General Education Board funded by John D. Rockefeller posted a year ending June 30 1907 report in The Manufacturers Record revealing securities in its treasury lost about 5 million in value. Total assets stood at 42 499 961 with largest declines in Missouri Pacific New York Central and Manhattan Railway holdings. Disbursements for the year reached 136 130 plus admin costs of 24 983 and contingent pledges totaling 1 959 712 depend on grant conditions.
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John D. Rockefeller
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Manhattan
Conductor Discharges Rise After Trolley Robbery Probe
In Trenton New Jersey March 19 more than one fifth of trolley car conductors were discharged after a detective investigation linked theft to the railway company. Investigators found several conductors habitually betting on horse races and engaging in related extravagances.
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Trenton
N. J
Thrown ball kills student at Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Montgomery Alabama March 1 S H Smith a student at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute died early today after a ball thrown during a game struck the back of his head yesterday afternoon authorities said the lad had been in critical condition since the accident
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Montgomery
Ala
S. H. Smith
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Tyro Bandits Rob Bank in Hoffman Oklahoma
Two robbers believed to be Tyro gang members entered the Davis Bank at Hoffman Oklahoma thirty miles southwest of Tyro and held up officials with pistols. They gathered up cash and escaped on horses.
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Muskogee
Okla
Davis Bank
Hoffman
Provisions and Mail for Fleet Sail from San Diego
The supply ship Culgoa sailed from San Diego carrying about $100,000 in provisions and 400 to 500 mail sacks for the battleship fleet bound for Magdalena Bay.
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Cal
Culgoa
Magdalena Bay
Costly blaze in Lowell damages factory and homes
The Fifield Tool Company plant in Lowell Massachusetts burned early today causing about 490000 dollars in damage. The fire spread to a nearby residential area The Highlands and one house was burned and two others were badly damaged with partial insurance coverage noted.
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Lowell
Mass
Fifield Tool Company
Highlands
Tri-Alumni Dinner Planned by Yale Harvard Princeton
Boston plans a May 15 tri alumni dinner hosted by Yale Harvard and Princeton alums to foster cordial relations. Speakers include presidents Hadley of Yale Eliot of Harvard and Wilson of Princeton.
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Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Princeton Alumni Association
Hadley
Eliot
Wilson
Conference in Washington aims to modify Sherman act for labor
A Washington conference on March 19 pursues amendments to the Sherman anti trust law to exempt labor organizations. Participants include Samuel Gompers and James L. Lennon of the AFL, ex Mayor Seth Low, Labor Commissioner Neill, and Cornell professor Jenks. Gompers declined to discuss details as Low departed for New York.
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Washington
Gompers
Lennon
American Federation of Labor
Seth Lew
New York
American Civic Federation
Neill
Jenks
Cornell University
Low
Labor measures in Congress face tense drafting clash
Washington reports President and leaders in Congress pushing a labor and antitrust bill with a new framework for Sherman act reforms. The plan would legalize certain business combinations, set railroad tariff rules, and limit farmer and worker group illegality, while Labor leaders push for boycotts and jury trials, prompting friction before a bill hoped ready early next week.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bryan delegates named as unpledged for Denver convention
Democratic State Committee backed sending unpledged delegates to the Denver convention. The roll call showed strong Murphy and Conners influence. Johnson favored over Bryan by Conners, with discussion on the state ticket and possible contenders.
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Denver
William J. Conners
Carnegie Hall
Alton B. Parker
John B. Stanchfield
Charles F. Murphy
John A. Mason
James Kane
M. J. Cummings
Patrick Lynch
John W. Weber
Charlies P. Haney
James P. Sinnott
Sheriff Foley
Daniel E. Finn
J. Sergeant Cram
Thomas E. Bush
Hayes
James J. Frawley
Michael J. Garvin
Haffen
Eugene P. Stocker
Stephen Ryan
Daniel E. Conway
Molloy
Troy
Winfield A. Hoppe
Robert Wemple
John Hannan
George Hall
J. C. McDonald
Calvin J. Huson
John C. McGreevy
James E. Schwartzenbach
Harry Patten
James O. Bennett
Robert Chanler
Dutchesa
Charlies F. Murphy
McCarren
New York
Bryan
Thomas W. Finucane
Rochester
Fletcher C. Peck
Livingston County
Conners
Murphy
State Committee
Bartletts
Court of Appeals
Bryan silent on New York Democratic State Committee action
In Chicago on March 19 Mr. Bryan refused to comment when asked about the New York Democratic State Committee action. He said he had nothing to say and thanked the interviewer for the information.
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Chicago
Bryan
New York Democratic State Committee
Bryan claims Parker supporters sold him out at convention
Telegraph dispatch from Lincoln reports that in tomorrow's Commoner William Jennings Bryan will charge that Parker nomination advocates were manipulated by financial interests seeking to dominate both parties. He asserts those backing Parker showed no real interest in his candidacy after the convention.
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Lincoln
Neb
To-Morrow
Bryan
Judge Parker
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