Roosevelt message cites re trials of discharged soldiers and graft cases
The article notes a presidential message asserting guilt of discharged soldiers in the Brownsville affair while offering reinstatement for confessions and immunity. It also covers Roosevelt and congress on secret service, Panama canal graft charges, and various presidential and military news items.
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Senate
Brownsville
Foraker
Wilson
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
House
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
William Nelson Cromwell
Meliees
Senor Arosemana
Panama
Andrew Carnegie
Ways and Means Committee
Notable Appointments and Legal Cases From Various Regions
Gov Lilley elevates Theodore Roosevelt Jr to major aide on his Connecticut staff. Mrs Gertrude Gates wins absolute divorce from Milwaukee millionaire James L Gates. U S Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota ill in Minneapolis. Abraham Ruef, former San Francisco political boss, convicted of bribery with up to 14 years. President Castro lands in Bordeaux as private citizen promised protection. Charles E Davis cleared of Dr Frederick T Austin murder in Omaha. Castro says trip to Santander aims to settle international quarrels. health reported good. John L Sullivan wins Chicago divorce.
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England
Robley D. Fyvans
Hampton
Broadway Magazine
Henry Reuterdahl
Gov. Hughes
New York
Petroff
Abbes Bouysson
Bardon
Chapelle-aux-Saints
Correze
Quentin Rankin
Reebtoot Lake
Union City
Tenn
United States
Brooklyn
Hopkins Avenue
N. Y
Panama Canal
Bas Obispo
Colombo
Ceylon
Georgia
Carl Clapp
William Barnhart
Roadhouse
Carrollton
Beatrice
Ogden Mills
Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes
Earl of
John the Baptist
Edgewater
N. J
Weyerhaeusers
O’brien & Cook
St. Paul
Duluth
Edward Hines
Chicago
North America
Haytian
Gonaives
Haysti
Gen. Simon
Springport
Mich
Zimmerman
John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Louis Pratt
Mullane
Kansas City
James Sharp
George N. Lilley
Connecticut
Board of Regents
University of Minnesota
W. H. Crowninshield
Boston
Mass
Crowninshield
Cleveland
A. S. Pitts
Stazlehurst
Migs
Thomas Birdsong
G. &. Barnes
Woodville
O. Independence
Kan
Erect Lilley
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Gertrude Gates
James L. Gates
Milwaukee
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
Castro
Bordeaux
Charles E. Davis
Frederick T. Austin
Omaha
Venezuela
Santander
Spain
John L. Sullivan
Supreme Court rules on Harriman and Kahn stock questions
In an opinion by Justice Holmes the Supreme Court held FE Harriman and Otto Kahn need not answer the Interstate Commerce Commission about stock dealings between Union Pacific and other lines. Meanwhile Venezuela declared a state of defense after a Dutch seizure of the guardship Alix. President Castro arrived in Berlin to an ovation.
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Justice Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
FE. H. Harriman
Otto Kahn
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Alix
Gomez
Venezuela
Castro
Berlin
Roosevelt demands Pulitzer prosecuted over World libel
President Roosevelt sent to the senate a statement denouncing reports about the Panama canal purchase as libelous and false. He singles out Joseph Pulitzer of the World, urging government action against him while noting the attorney general will consider how to proceed. He also transmitted documents regarding the canal property purchase from the French company.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
Senate
United States
Indianapolis
the News
Delavan Smith
New York
the World
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
The
World
Tobacco Combine Declared Illegal By Court Order
New York nine tobacco firms and subsidiaries named in final decree as forming an illegal combination in the government’s effort to dissolve the tobacco trust. The order bars interstate trade among the firms until reasonable competition resumes, with appeals by both sides staying the decree temporarily.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
Tobacco Trust
American Tobacco Company
American Snuff Company
American Cigar Company
American Stogie Company
MacAndrews & Forbes Company
P. Lorillard & Co
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Blackwell’s
Durham Tobacco Company
Conley Foil Company
IK MARVEL PASSES AWAY IN CONNECTICUT AT 84
Donald Grant Mitchell known as Tk Marvel died at his home Marvelwood Edgewood New Haven Tuesday night age 84. Survived by sons Harold and Walter and daughters Mrs Hart Mrs Hoppin Elizabeth Bessie Harriet Mitchell all of New Haven and Dorando Collapses Longboat Wins noted in multi item dispatches from New York and New London Newark Rye N Y.
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New Haven
Conn
Donald Grant Mitchell
Tk Marvel
Marvelwood
Edgewood
Mitchell
Harold
New London
Walter
Newark
Walter Hart
Rye
N. Y
Mason Hoppin
Elizabeth
Bessie
Harriet Mitchell
Dorando
New York
Dorando Pietri
Tom
Whale carries harpoon and long rope in Arctic chase
The Thrasher steam whaler, after eight months in the icy north, reports a monster whale with a harpoon lodged in its back and about two thousand feet of rope trailing. The crew vows to pursue next season, noting the whale evaded capture near towering bergs and floes.
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Arctic
Thrasher
Mister Whale
Silva
San Francisco Chronicle
Importing brides to ease St Petersburg marriage gap
The city faces a severe marriage shortage as male population exceeds female by 124 000. Authorities consider brides from provinces while matrimony agencies profit from scarce women. Social life declines as jealousies flare and duels occur on the field of honor.
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St. Petersburg
Empire
Weelie and Wully Weekends By The Sea
Mrs MacHigh tells her son to call his father papa when he visits for the weekend at Saltham by the Sea. The boy promises to remember though a sand castle distracts him as curious seaside guests gossip about the coming father visit.
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Wully
The Rich and Their Life Compared to Molasses Quality
A playful Life magazine quip argues that wealth does not guarantee happiness. The speaker contrasts “very rich” individuals with the merely rich, suggesting perceptions of status and contentment vary.
Royal Kinship Expands to Four Bulgarian Monarchs
Prince Ferdinand’s assumption of the title king of Bulgaria increases the Saxe Coburg Gotha line’s reigning monarchs to four. King Edward of England has 92 living relations, 55 direct descendants of Queen Victoria, and up to 288 when distant cousins and marriage connections are counted. This excludes offspring from Morganatic marriages such as that of the late Duke of Cambridge.
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Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Edward
England
Victoria
Capt
Machell
Prince Victor of
Hohen
Cause for Anger Sparks Spite Fence Feud
A Jersey man, furious over a neighbor luring away his cook, constructs a spite fence between his home and the rival’s. The action suggests an attempt to block the rival from enjoying happiness and privacy.
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Matrys
Washington Notes
General News
Nation
New York World
Federal Circuit Court
IK Marvel
Donald G. Mitchell
Whale
Western
Canada
Correspondence National Editoral Association
Ottawa
C.J. Broughton
Merchants’ Loan & Trust
St. W
H. Rogers
Traction Tereminal
Ind
T. C. Currie
3Rd Street
Wis
Lane
Neptune
Er Banke
Troy, N.Y
P. O
William Barker CO
Troy, N. Y
P.O
Youngstown
Ob.o
Piso
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