Pennsylvania Tunnel Bill Attacked in New York Senate
In Albany on February 25 the bill granting New York City a franchise to tunnel the North River from New Jersey and build a terminal, with a link to Long Island, faced strong opposition led by Senator Thomas F. Grady. Grady condemned perpetual franchises and demanded a minimum compensation, while supporters argued the project would benefit the city and that municipal control should prevail. The measure advanced to a third reading by a 27 to 17 vote.
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Philadelphia Times
Albany
N. Y
Senate
City of
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
North River
New Jersey
New York City
East River
Long Island
Long Island Railroad
Thomas F. Grady
Richard Croker
Pennsylvania
Odell
Grady
Rives
Mayor Low
Oswego
Board of Estimate
Brooklyn
Wagner
Stranahan
Shot teacher while in class triggers deadly domestic case
In Decatur Illinois on February 25 Filetcher Barnett a school teacher entered a classroom and shot Eva Wiseman the teacher in charge then shot Bert Hopewell a pupil trying to intervene He jumped into a well and drowned The assailant a desperate suitor ended his life after the shooting
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Decatur
Ill
Filetcher Barnett
Camargo
Eva Wiseman
Bert Hopewell
Five of One Family Slain in the Night
A family of six was found slain in their home in a night attack. Police investigate possible motives and a lone suspect is questioned. Neighbors report prior tensions but no clear link to the violence.
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Lanary
Philadelphia Company buys Pittsburg elevated railroad franchises
The Philadelphia Company, dominant in city power and transit, buys the elevated railroad franchises from Thomas Bigelow Oliver Quay group. A commission will study building new lines to ease congestion with a stated plan against East End construction. Reported price is 2,250,000 with 250,000 already used in Harrisburg expenses.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Philadelphia Company
Combine
Thomas Bigelow
Olivers
Richard É Quay
Joe Brown
Reed
Callery
Brown
Harrisburg
Parsons Denies End of Rapid Transit Deal
Union Traction Company president John B. Parsons says the rapid transit merger with the Mack syndicate is not off and that details will be released within a week or ten days. He notes no date for a postponed board meeting and no conference committee meeting has occurred. Trade in Union Traction stock shows market anticipation.
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Union Traction Company
Mack Syndicate
Rapid Transit
John B. Parsons
Parsons
Union Traction
Levy & Lewis
Metropolitan Securities Company Involved in Stock Transfers
Reports from New York claim that the core of a large transit stock held by Anthony N Bra and allies was turned over to the Metropolitan Securities Company and that Consolidated Gas shares may be deposited there. The chatter helped lift traction shares while confirmation remained unclear.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
Seeenly
Anthony N. Bra O. Mills
Metropolitan Securities Company
Consolidated Gas
Wall Streets
Capitol Contract Signed By Governor and Architect Team
A Capitol contract was reviewed and signed in Harrisburg by Governor Stone on behalf of the Capitol Commission. Architect Joseph M. Huston and assistant Lewis, with Attorney Robert K. Young, participated in the meeting and formal signing.
Six Die After New York Central Train Collision
A westbound New York Central passenger train struck a steam derrick on the Auburn branch near Auburn New York. Six trainmen were killed and two were missing. Passengers survived. The crash occurred as the train rounded a curve.
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New York Central
Rochester
WN. Y
Auburn
Edward E. Wine
Erie Street
Frank Hinds
Syracuse
John Evans
Samuel Schmuck
Joe Shoemaker
Edward B. Renner
Auburn City Hospital
Aurelius
Canandaigua
Princeton Prize Debaters Named in Baird Contest
The judges announced the prize winners in the senior class Baird contest held in Murray Hall. First prize of 100 dollars went to Russell T. Moust of East Orange New Jersey. Edwin A. Kellogg of Sewickley Pennsylvania took second with 50 dollars. Hauser of Troy Obie, Win H. Kellogg Biot New received 40 dollars, and Richard Eyed received a prize as well.
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Princeton
Baird
Murray Hall
Russel T. Moust
East Orange
N. Jy
Edwin A. Kellogg
Sewickley
Eee Ae Hauser
Troy
Obie
Inwin H. Kellogg
Biot
Richard Ey
Telegraphic Brevities From Benville and Nearby
Looman, a miner, died after a shaft collapse at a Benville, Ohio site. In another accident a derrick failed, fatally injuring a worker named Bucey. The report offers brief, terse items of wrecks and fatalities from the region.
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Benville
Bucey
Senate to Decide Suspension of Tillman and Mc Laurin
Republican leaders convened to decide on a temporary suspension of Senators Tillman and Mc Laurin after their clash last Saturday. A committee plan calls for a Burrows led probe and a Senate vote as soon as possible with five days proposed as a possible suspension length.
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Washington
Frye
Tillman
McLaurin
Senate
South Carolina
Burrows
Comvanes
Ree Ee
Stewart
Republicas
Senate Debates Pause as Death Notice Redirects Action
The Senate adjourned for a general conference after news of Representative's death reached them. Republican and Democratic leaders aimed to pause for twenty hours to discuss the situation, with readings and committee actions planned for the following day.
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South
Frye
Senate
Representative
Supposed Wife Slayer Captured After Dramatic NYC Arrival
Blondin, an engineer and suspected wife killer, walked into a police trap in New York after a Boston arrest and a nationwide search. Detectives tailed him to Mulberry Street where he was identified and seized following a tense, staged confrontation.
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New York
Blondin
Boston
Chelmeford
Busin
Canada
Saneamp Ape
Joseph Bernaré
Lussier
Bussier
Bernard
Edward Hughes
Plang
Oppenheim
MéCarthy
Ve Bureau
Mulberry Street
Delageants Hughes and
Coyle
Patterson
Mott Street
Sergeant Hughes
Percives
Tus
Detective Bureau
Traffic pact not approved at Keystone meeting
Keystone Telephone of this city failed to secure a traffic agreement yesterday as the board of directors discussed options. The United directors voted unanimously to approve purchasing the Ambler Telephone Company of Ambler Pa and the North and West Branch Telephone Company of Williamsport Pa, potentially altering regional competition with the Bell Company.
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Keystone Telephone
Eeot Age Company
United Lines
Bell Company
Weather Note: Fair Skies With Brisk North Wind
Local forecast calls for fair conditions with a brisk north wind and cooler feel. Temperature and precipitation details are not specified in readable text.
Arrivals of Ocean Liners at All Points Bee
Furnessia Glasgow arrives in New York from Ocean Line service with steamer schedule notes. Passengers and cargo movements highlighted as transatlantic traffic updates include ship names and port activity.
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Arrivars
Furnessia
Glasgow
New York
Butchers Rally to Block Chicago Beef Imports in Pennsylvania
David B. Martin George J. Roesch and Leslie McCandless form a committee of the Philadelphia Live Stock Association to urge state party platforms be amended to pass a law barring dressed beef from the West Chicago beef imports. They gain support from the New York Live Stock Association as they press for legislative action to protect local wholesale butchers and retailers.
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George J. Roesch
Leslie McCandless
David B. Martin
Philadelphia Live Stock Association
Chicago
National Beef Trust
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
New York Live Stock Association
Leslie
Jess
Srge
United States
Burk
McCord
Geee
Selene
Steins
Uveden
Embezzlement Charge Filed Against Former Friedberger Clerk
Publicity was given to a charge of embezzlement of over $10,000 against B A Rhinestrom a former confidential clerk of the Friedberger Manu fah Company laces and braids Germantown. An examination of his books showed shortages and alleged falsified records since he took charge. Rhinestrom was arrested and held in $3 000 bond for a hearing waived. he currently stays with his wife and mother at 2438 North Eighteenth street.
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B. A. Rheiinstrom
Friedberger Manufah Company
Eighteenth Street
Fisher's Lane
Germawn
Meleotrom
West York Street
Friedbergers
Rhinestrom
Donnelly
North Eighteenth Street
Mrs Soffel released on bail in Pittsburgh case
Mrs Kate Soffel, convicted for aiding the Biddle brothers in a jail escape and linked to her warden husband, was brought to Pittsburgh and placed in jail. A court inquiry to her father revealed no relation to the prisoner as the case heads toward delayed trial, with further proceedings expected in weeks.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Kate Soffel
Warden Soffel
Soffel
Butler
Fell From Elevator Shaft at Wolstenholme Mills
Thomas Hird a 42 year old night foreman at Wolstenholme Clarke worsted mills fell from the third story into an elevator shaft after midnight. He lived at 1229 South Twenty second street and was found dead after colleagues reported the fall to the district patrol. The accident marks the third in two weeks at the plant on High and Mallory streets Manayunk.
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Wolstenholme & Clarke
Mallory Streets
Manayunk
Thomas Hird
South Twenty-second Street
Hird
Pers
Notable Philadelphia Attorney Ill With Bronchitis and Cold
Samuel Gustine Thompson III, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, has been ill at his home at 1680 Cearent Street. He is described as suffering from a severe bronchial infection and cold over the past week with his condition recently worsening.
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Samuel Gustine Thompson
Philadelphia
Cearent Seeresne
New York by Wire Still 2,700 Miles Away
Dispatches to Philadelphia must travel nearly half across the continent before a direct telegraph link is established. Linemen in rain and wind along New Jersey roads battled to finish a direct line between Philadelphia and New York as Superintendent Gill predicted at least one line would be ready by morning. News still arrives in Philadelphia from several eastern and southern hubs, covering 2,700 miles.
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New York
Philadelphia
South Amboy
N. J
Elizabeth
New Jersey
William B. Gill
Western Union
Chicago
Louisville
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Washington
Baltimore
Wilmington
Summer hotel for Friends in Pocono Manor plan
Members of the Society of Friends organize the Pocono Manor Association to establish and run a mountain resort in Mount Pocono Monroe county Pa A tract is secured and cottages and a hotel for about 100 guests will be built A meeting house is planned March 5 filing for incorporation by William H Moon Edwin A Hoopes Joseph H Roberts William H Haines Asa B Wing and Thomas B Taylor The aim is for Friends to have summer accommodations free from Sabbath violations
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Society of Friends
Pocono Manor
Mount Pocono
Monroe County
William H. Moon
Edwin A. Hoopes
Joseph H. Roberts
William H. Haines
Asa
Wing
Thomas B. Taylor
Bettle Stricken At Trenton Luncheon
William Bettle, 71, state banking and insurance commissioner from Camden, collapsed during a Trenton luncheon hosted by Franklin Briggs and J Willard Morgan. He was carried to a room for medical care after the incident and later taken home.
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Philadelphia Times
Trenton
Wiliam Bettle
Camden
Trenton House
Franklin O. Briggs
J. Willard Morgan
Bettle
William J. Sewell
Bettle Wase
Almost Died in Locked Vault
Frank and Albright of the Camden Post Telegram was nearly suffocated after entering the Camden City Clerk’s office vault for news. John McCabe locked him in as a joke and could not unlock it. Odell, another clerk, eventually freed him after several minutes.
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Frank & Albright
Camden Post-Telegram
Camden City
Albright
John McCabe
McCabe
Mr. Odell
Mr. Albright
Army to take Danish Islands in formal possession
Washington reports the United States will perform the formal ceremony to take over the Danish West Indies by the army. A detachment from Porto Rico is expected to raise the flag and take possession after ratifications of the treaty. The islands would come under Governor Huot along with Porto Rico.
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Washington
Danish West Indies
United States
Rico
Porto Rico
Huot
Maryland Delegation Hears Schley Case Talks
Washington February 25 The Maryland delegation in conference on the Schley case and other state subjects. Beyond general discussion no action was taken on any topics considered.
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Washington
Maryland
Hitchcock Denies Cabinet Retirement Reports
Washington February 25 W Scott Smith secretary to Secretary Hitchcock denied reports that Hitchcock contemplates retiring from the Cabinet. The denial comes by authority of Secretary Hitchcock to refute the rumors.
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Hitchcock
Washington
W. Scott Smith
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchock
Conductors Seek Extra Pay Over Weather Delays
Union Traction Company conductors and motormen discuss petitions for higher wages due to overtime caused by weather and relief crews covering shifts. A conductor described reporting at 5 AM and leaving after long hours, noting only 1.80 in ten days of work.
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Union Traction Company
Philadelphia Times
Dr Wessels’ Son Returns After Missing Since January
The 12-year-old son of Dr. Lewis Wessels, Lem Wasee, who vanished on January 5, returned to his father’s home at 1918 North Twenty-second Street yesterday morning. He supplied the reason for his absence. his father declined to discuss details, stating the boy suffered no ill effects.
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Lem
Wasee
Lewis
Wessels
North Twenty-second Street
Rea
Wenpse
Woman Falls Dead on Street in Suspected Heart Failure
A woman collapsed on the street and died, with officials suggesting heart failure as the likely cause. The body was taken to the morgue for autopsy and notification of next of kin.
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Falla
New York Opens Wide Her Doors to Royal Guest
The City welcomed a royal guest as doors were opened wide. Officials marked the visit with ceremonies and public displays reflecting the significance of the occasion.
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New York
Henry the Presidents Host on Board the Hohenzollern
Henry entertains President Roosevelt and a distinguished company aboard the Hohenzollern. The event spotlights high profile guests in a formal naval voyage era setting.
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Roosevelt
The
Hohenzollern
Prince Henry of Prussia Visits New York for Meteor Launch
Prince Henry of Prussia arrives in Jersey City from Washington and witnesses the launch of the German Emperor’s schooner yacht Meteor III at Shooter’s Island amid U.S. ceremonial pomp. He later dines with Mayor Low and attends a Metropolitan Opera House program before returning to the Hohenzollern.
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Philadelphia TimEs
New York
Prince Henry of Prussia
Meteor Iti
Shooter's Island
United States
Miss Roosevelt
Prince Henry
Jersey City
Washington
West Thirty-fourth Street Pier
Roosevelt
Hohenzollern
Battery
Broadway
Waverly Place
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Mayor Low
Metropolitan Club
Metropolitan Opera House
Hohenszollern
Prince Henry Receives Freedom of New York City
Prince Henry of Prussia is presented with the freedom of the city of New York in a City Hall ceremony. Crowds line Broadway despite slush as the Prince, his party, and escort travel from Shooter’s Island to the ceremony and then depart for Jersey City.
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Prussia
New York
Washington
de Lafayette
Prince of Wales
Alexis
Russia
York
Shooter's Island
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Jersey City
Prince Henry
City Hall
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Battery
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