House Measure Holds Carriers Liable For Injury
A House measure holding common carriers liable for employee injuries was approved by the Senate with no amendments. The bill shifts away from strict common law liability, allows recovery for injuries caused by a coworker’s negligence, and reduces damages for contributory fault. Also noted: naval appropriations debate and a District of Columbia betting ban report. Credits discuss Erie Railroad financial distress and potential receivership as Morgan schemed to arrange new loans.
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United States Supreme Court
Washington
House
Benoings
District of Columbia
Bennings
Harriman's Erie Plan Aims at Transcontinental System
Chicago April 10 Edward H Harriman may form a vast eastern transcontinental system using the Erie line with Illinois Central Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. A New York report says Harriman provided 5 5 million to pay Erie notes and may issue 15 million in new six percent notes to fund car trusts and immediate needs. He and associates reportedly ready to spend 30 40 million to secure control and upgrade Erie terminals tunnels trackage and rolling stock.
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Chicago
Edward H. Harriman
Erie
Illinois Central
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Wall Street
Harriman
Hig Associates
Financial World
The
Alaska Town Welcomes Auto Race Leader Santa Clara
Valdez Alaska April 10 The steamer Santa Clara carrying the Thomas car leader in the New York to Paris auto race arrived two days late after storms and seasickness A home band greeted 787 residents at the pier the crew marched to a hotel Officials held a midnight town hall blowout The town will clear snow to aid the trail and 15 foot snowbanks line the streets Also De Dion and Zust depart San Francisco April 10 bound for Seattle to travel toward Alaska together toward Kazan Russia
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Alaska
Santa Clara
New York
Paris
Thomas
Keystone Canyon
de Dion
Zust
San Francisco
Bee Zast
Seattle
Pueblo
Kazan
Russia
Two Delegates for Cannon Slate endorsed by Sixteenth Illinois GOP
In Peoria, April 10, the Sixteenth Illinois district Republican convention chose Walter Horton and Robert D. Clarke as delegates to the national convention with A. G. Hammond and Thomas L. Jones as alternates. Resolutions backed Roosevelt and Illinois lawmakers and endorsed Speaker Cannon for president. In Bloomington, April 10, the Seventeenth district convention nominated Frank L. Smith and A. L. Phillips as delegates and instructed them for Cannon.
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Ilinois
Peoria
Walter §. Horton
Robert D. Clarke
A. G. Hammond
Thomas L. Jones
Roosevelt
Illinois
Cannon
Bloomington
Frank L. Smith
Dwight
A. L. Phillips
Gibson
Shawin Mortgage Trust Co to reorganize First Mortgage Guarantee
Leslie M Shaw former secretary of the treasury will assume the presidency of the First Mortgage Guarantee and Trust company of Philadelphia as soon as reorganizational details are finalized The firm specializes in guaranteeing mortgage principal and interest and previously operated a general banking business Shaw is expected to bring new leadership and capital to the institution Four Years for Druce Witness in London Mary Robinson one of the Druce case witnesses was sentenced to four years penal servitude for perjury.
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Philadelphia
Leslie M. Shaw
First Mortgage Guarantee & Trust Company
Shaw
New Star
Druce
London
Mary Robinson
Ryan Tells Story on Use of Fund in Wells Dam Beer Suit
New York April 10 Thomas I Ryan testified in the Well dam Beer suit that 500000 tied to the Wall Cortlandt Street Ferries deal originally went to P A B Widener of Philadelphia. The Metropolitan Securities Company officers drew the 500000 check as loans for each director and later paid Brady 905000 for the Ferries franchise. Ryan said he did not know the exact use of the funds and denied testifying that the money financed the McKinley campaign.
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New York
Thomas I. Ryan
Wall & Cortlandt Street-Ferries
P. A. B. Widener
Philadelphia
Mr. Ryan
Metropolitan Securities Company
William C. Whitney
Metropolitan
William J. Elkins Thomas Dolan
Metropolitan Company
Anthony N. Brady
Wall & Cortlandt Street Ferries Railway
Brady
Mr. Whitney
Ryan
Bay StatePlatform Endorses Guild for Vice President
The Boston platform endorses Gouvernor Guild for vice president and supports tariff revision to fit new conditions while preserving protective policies. It notes Taft support among many delegates but avoids endorsing a single candidate to prevent harm to the party. Meyer acted as temporary chairman. Long and Shene elected delegates at large to the national convention.
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Boston
Ethis
Kinevelt
Governor Guild
Shaerpa
Taft
Meyer
Yewstin D. Long
Sidney OO. Shene
Attleboro
Shadow of Evans Reveals Plight of Fatigued Admiral
Rear Admiral Evans, once 175 pounds, now weighs about 120 after a dramatic deterioration. His pale, wrinkled face and visibly enlarged knees mark a stark contrast to the man who led the fleet from Hampton Roads. Mrs Robly D Evans and daughter Charlotte Marsh joined him at Hot Springs, bringing cheer and potential benefit.
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Paso “Robles
Cal
Connecticut
Hampton Roads
Robly D. Evans
Charlotte C. Marsh
Hot Springs
Thurman hanged for murder of roommate in trunk case
Leo C. Thurman of West Point Kentucky was executed in Norfolk Virginia for killing his roommate Walter P. Dolsen of Michigan. Dolsen’s body was packed in a trunk and hidden as Thurman fled, later captured after 18 months in Vancouver British Columbia.
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Leo C. Thurman
Norfolk
West Point
Walter P. Dolsen
Michigan
Vancouver
B. Co
Panama People Work Up The War Spirit
Panama April 10 Great crowds gathered for a mass meeting protesting the occupation of further Colombia. Patriotic feeling and indignation voiced by speakers, some even urging expulsion of Colombia from the isthmus. Later crowds paraded with Panama flag and band, cheering President Amador Foreign Secretary and Jose Arango, Panama envoy to Washington.
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Panama
Columbia
Jmusiec
Amador
Heinze to return west to restart mining career
New York April 10 Fritz Augustus Heinze, once dominant in copper mining, plans to leave New York for the West to begin anew at the bottom of the ladder. He aims to settle creditors and regroup after losses, with focus on Ohio Copper and interests in five states as he mulls Butte as a possible base. His move follows a failed bid in New York finance after departing copper mining.
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
Fritz Augustus Heinze
Columbia
Broadway
Onion Copper Company
Salt Lake City
Cer Jon
Butte
Rump Meetings Spark Fight for Bryan Delegates
Ward conventions last night nominated delegates to county committees for William Jennings Bryan while anti-Sullivan Bryanites protested as unfair and undemocratic. They plan to press the fight to Springfield with a revolt organized through rival conventions and a large contesting delegation.
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Chicago
Bryan
William jJennings Bryan
Roger ©. Sullivan
Springfield
Pryan_ organization
Cook County
Briggs House
Sullivan
Fiat Ee
Agricultural Editors Meet to Seek Tariff Removal on Paper
The National Agricultural Press league met at the Palmer house with members from farm journals nationwide. President James H. Pierce and officers elected include Vice President William J. Thompson, Treasurer B. F. Butter, and Secretary John M. Stahl. Thompson tasked to join Herman Ridder in Washington to press tariff removal on print paper and wood pulp.
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Chicago
National Agricultural Press League
United States
Palmer House
William J. Thompson
Washington
Herman Ridder
James H. Pierce
Des Moines
Huntington
Ind
John M. Stahl
Three Boys Arrested For School Vandalism Paint Fight
In Quincy on April 10, three pupils Wilmer Hedges Elmer Bonner and Doran Lummisbroke broke into the high school Wednesday night and smeared the interior with red and black paint. Hedges confessed and the trio was jailed.
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Quincy
Quincy High School
Wilmer Hedges
Elmer Bonner
Doran—Lummis
Hedges
Rawlins
Maxwell
BOARD FIXES RIVER RATES IN ALABAMA
Alabama railroad commission assumed control over the rivers by promulgating fixed rates that cannot be changed without commission permission. Merchants along the Alabama and Tombigbee protested the order, arguing the new rates are too low and the rule stifles competition. The commission acts under a recent statute and a test of the law is anticipated.
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Alabama Commission
Montgomery
Ala
Joe
Alabama Railroad Commission
Alabama
Tombigbee
Ward Found Not Guilty in Death Connection
Former Michigan Representative Charles E. Ward was found not guilty as Detroit Judge Connelly ordered a verdict of not guilty. The case involved Ward's connection with a death linked to a charitable gift, with the trial concluding on April 10 in Detroit.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Governor Johnson Speaks at Shiloh Dedication
Governor Johnson addresses the dedication of Minnesota Shaft honoring soldiers slain at Shiloh. The report notes legal motions from Ward’s attorneys seeking discharge, tied to an illegal operation case involving Miss Edith Presley, and suggests the manslaughter charge against Dr. George R. Fritch will likely be dropped.
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Governor Johnson
Minnesota
Shiloh
Erly
Bancroft
Mich
Edith Presley
Ward
George R. Fritch
Warns of Danger at Shiloh Battlefield Dedication
Governor Johnson delivers the principal address at the Shiloh battlefield monument dedication, warning against false security and the erosion of constitutional provisions. He stresses three separate government branches, urges respect for laws and courts, and cautions against executive overreach and judicial overstep. He invokes Rome’s fate and appeals to divine aid to preserve liberty and the republic.
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Shiloh Battlefield
Teen
Johnson
Minnesota
United States
Republic of
Rome
America
Legisature
Coal Ship Burns At Sea In Far South
Philadelphia April 10 Authentic information shows the coal laden ship Arthur Sewell sailed April 3 1907 for Seattle and burned at sea soon after rounding Cape Horn. George Baker and Charles Dixon with second mate Weinberg survived the disaster, Baker reporting arrival from New York aboard Kronprinz Cecilie where he was a stoker. The crew of 26 perished by spontaneous combustion of the coal.
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Philadelphia
Arthur Sewell
Seattle
George Baker
Charles Dixon
Weinberg
de Baker
New York
Kronprincess Cecilie
Sewell
Cape Horn
Harmon Ill to abandon waterworks plan over saloon curtailment
Sterling fill, April 10. Citizens of Harmon Illinois vote to abandon a long-planned waterworks project after revenue dries up due to saloon closures, despite needs for natural water refreshment.
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Sterling
Harmon
Ill
Municip Belubaapes
One for Taft in Wisconsin completes delegate split
Returns from the Eighth and Tenth districts show La Follette gains in the Eighth with all La Follette delegates. Walter Alexander, a Taft delegate, wins in the Tenth where another Taft delegate is defeated. The Tenth also sees a La Follette supporter among other delegates chosen in Tuesday’s primaries. Miners reject Lewis plan at Illinois Mine Workers convention. 276 to 186. Lieutenant Lindsay of the U S Army signal corps dies by suicide at the Presidio. The steamer Beder lowers coal prices as it delivers coal on the Hennepin canal, cutting retail soft coal from $5 to $3 a ton.
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la Follette
Milwaukee
Walter Alexander
Taft
Tenth
Lewis
Springfield
Illinois Mine Workers
Thomas Lewis
Thee United Mine Workers of America
Ilinois
Toledo
Ohio
San Francisco
David A. Lindsay
Signal Corps
Presidio
Lindsay
Pennsylvania
Sterlin
Beder
Hennepin Canal
Yesterday in Congress in brief the two houses wrap matters
The Senate passed the employers liability bill without amendment and adjourned until Monday. In the House Democrats pressured Republicans to produce a quorum three times, with confusion over a missing forum and Speaker Cannon enforcing attendance as measures on revenue cutters and explosives regulation were discussed.
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Houses
Congress
Senate
House
Tid Svenate
Housh
Cannon
Jonkans
Woods Bill Passes in Ohio House Against Bootleggers
Ohio House approved the Woods anti bootleg bill by a 7 to 19 vote sending it to the senate. The measure requires signer names and addresses on petitions to end saloons and designates club members using such places for personal consumption as misdemeanants. Cleveland health improves after illness at hotel in Columbus April 10. Grover Cleveland’s wife reports strong improvement and hopes for full recovery soon. Doukhobarg prisoners court Fort William Ontario nine Doukhobors sentenced to six months for parading streets unclothed. All refined sugar prices rise 10 percent in New York markets April 10.
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Columbus
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Temperlance
Senate
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Fort William
Ont
Ninneteen Doukhobara
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