Perkins Arrest Over Campaign Funds Case In New York
George W. Perkins of J P Morgan and ex NY Life vice president was arrested on a charge tied to 1904 campaign contributions from New York Life to the Republican national committee. A writ of habeas corpus released him and shifted the matter to the state supreme court for ruling.
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New York
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York Life Insurance Company
Jerome
Moss
Cor
Nelius N. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Perkins
Mr. Bliss
Lewis A. Delafield
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Mr. Perkins
Delafield
Bliss
John A. McCall
Legislative Insurance
Workmen Fall One Hundred Feet in Church Tower Collapse
Dayt on Ohio March 29 A scaffold collapse at the new St Marys church tower on Xenia avenue caused stoneworkers Charles Sanders and George Ellison to plunge about 100 feet Sanders was killed instantly Ellison survived about fifteen minutes before death or hospital treatment was possible
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Dayton
St. Mary’s Church
Xenia Avenue
Charles Sanders
George Ellison
Sanders
Ellison
Senate codes committee blocks betting felony bill
Albany March 29. The Cassidy Lansing bill to make racetrack betting a felony was effectively killed in the senate codes committee as only three members voted to report it.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate Codes Committee
Branded a Political Traitor in Democratic Rift
New York March 29 De Nicoll vice chairman of the national committee denounced Representative William R Hearst as a political traitor in a national speech at the Democratic club with August Belmont presiding He accused Hearst of accepting the committee s hospitality using its money and stabbing the party s candidates He contrasted Hearst with William J Bryan praising Bryan as an honorable man and criticizing Hearst for treachery and lack of loyalty.
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New York
de Nicoll
National Committee
Democratic Club
August Belmont
William R. Hearst
Hearst
Democratic National Committee
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Miners Wage Talks End in Deadlock Amid Conference
In Indianapolis the joint conference of Central competitive district coal operators and miners failed to reach a wage agreement covering Illinois Indiana Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The dispute centers on reaffirming the existing scale with added mining loading shooting and timbering costs as of press time.
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Indianapolis
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
G. W.traer
J. H. Winder
A. J. Moorehead
Herbert Perry
Ilinois
Moorehead
Great Meeting Opens At Missionary Convention Led By Hartzell
A large audience attended the four hundred delegate opening of the missionary convention led by Bishop J. C. Hartzell. Dr. H. K. Carroll described a South American tour, noting hardship, conversions, and efforts to spread Protestant faith amid Roman Catholic influence in Valparaiso and Santiago. Dr. Luering spoke on the Dyaks of Borneo, detailing languages, cultures, and missionary work across Singapore, China, and the Malay Peninsula.
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J. C. Hartzell
Africa
J. B. Trimble
D. D
Sciety
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hartzell
H. K. Carroll
The
Missionary Society
South America
Carroll
American Bible Society
Word of God
Santiago
Rome
Learing
Singapore
Dr. Learing
Trimble
Andes
Argentina
Peace
Jesus
H. L. E. Luering
Luering
Germany
Straneburg University
Borneo
South China
Malay Peninsular
British Isles
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginias
Ohio
Costa Rica Exile Candidate Arrives in New York
Maxima Fer nandez a Costa Rican presidential candidate, deported for opposing the government, arrives in New York on the steamer Siberia with his wife seven children and three supporters including former president Bernardino Sato. They had been imprisoned in Port Simon for conspiracy.
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New York
Maxima Fernandez
Costa Rica
Siberia
Fernandez
Bernardino Sato
Republic
Port
Simon Fernandez
Woman Found Dead After Burglary in Wartville
In Mendota Illinois on March 29 Mrs Ellen Fuller was found dead at her Wartville home eleven miles east of Mendota. Robbers broke in gagged her and ransacked the house leaving a note asking for release of the bound victim. The note suggested a ransom or plea but she died before help arrived.
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Mendota
Til
Ellen Fuller
Warlville
Missionary Exhibit Attracts Wide Public Interest
A broad exhibit displays missionary periodicals in fifteen languages, a world map with field locations, photos of workers, multilingual books, and many curios from Asia and Africa. The hall features mission study charts, home study books, and idols, with helpers ready to answer questions. The free exhibit aims to raise interest in non Christian regions and promote missionary instruction.
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Boston
Waltham
Mass
Mariolzity
Mexico
Philippine Islands
Africa
America
Six Greek laborers slaughtered in Minneapolis murder hut
Police say six Greeks or Syrians were hacked to death in a two story frame building at 243 Tenth Avenue South between midnight and 6 am. Four bodies lay upstairs and two in the basement. Evidence points to a internal clash not robbery with several killers at large. Mafia theory rejected.
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Minneapolis
Tenth Avenue South
Washington Avenue
St. Paul
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Faculty Hung in Effigy Sparks Campus Demonstration
Madison Wisconsin March 29 University of Wisconsin faculty were hung in effigy by students. Three limp dummies dangled from trees in front of the gymnasium as a wild crowd of male students and cheering co-eds endorsed the protest. The display targeted faculty attitudes on football and athletic affairs.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Paid to Register Illegally
Kansas City report notes three more arrests on warrants for illegal registration in the joining city election. Two suspects admitted to the city prosecutor they were told to register illegally by a saloonkeeper. the saloonkeeper was later detained.
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Kansas City
Robber Makes a Good Haul From Lockland Bakery
Cincinnati reporters describe a dawn robbery at Mrs. C. Schmidt’s Lockland bakery. A box containing 800 in cash and 3000 in gold was seized by the thief who fled with the booty. Schmidt refused to trust banks.
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Cincinnati
Wid espread job losses from Aiken liquor tax law
Thousands could lose work as the Aikin $1,000 liquor tax law closes saloons across Ohio. About 10,000 to 15,000 jobs may disappear including bartenders, porters, bakers, and brewery workers. Estimated 3.15 million dollar revenue gain with many saloons shuttered in Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo and other cities.
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Columbus
Aikin
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
Springfield
Dayton
Youngstown
Hamilton
Zanesville
Canton
Akron
Norwalk
Lima
Piqua
Kostroma Province completes provincial congress elections
In European Russia the Kostroma province finishes its provincial congress election. The returns include forty six peasants nineteen noblemen eighteen merchants six professional men and three priests elected to the congress.
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St. Petersburg
Kostroma
Russia
Waterloo flood Megabytes of damage displaces hundreds in Iowa
The Cedar River rose eleven feet flooding Waterloo business district and leaving hundreds homeless. Rock Island rails washed out for half a mile and all rail traffic tied up. Cedar Falls and nearby areas report similar floods, with bridges and dams wiped out and ongoing danger from ice gorges.
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Waterloo
Cedar River
Rock Island
Cedar Falls
Lincoln, Neb
South Channel Platte River
Sioux City and Western Railroad
Fire in Johnstown wipes out several buildings and claims a firefighter
A large blaze in Johnstown Pennsylvania started after midnight and raged for three hours, destroying blocks along Ma and Bedford streets. It caused an $800,000 loss and killed firefighter William Campbell when a wall fell on him. The flames spread from Swank Hardware to Fi Co liquors then Henderson Furniture and Geis residence, nearly consuming the area.
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Johnstown
William Campbell
Bedford
Swank Hardware Company
Fi Co
Main
Clinton Streets
Henderson Furniture Company
L. A. Ete
L. A. Geis
Duke and Alice Duke Divorce Granted in New York
Brodie L Duke of Durham North Carolina related to American Tobacco Company president was granted a divorce from wife Alice Duke whom he wed December 19 1904. The case proceeded with Mr Duke absent counsel for Mrs Duke did not appear and witnesses were examined for a plaintiff Justice Blanchard ordered a sealed verdict. Reports say an asylum placement attempt by Mr Dukes relatives followed the divorce case.
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New York
Brodie L, Duke of
Durham
N. C
American’ S Tobacco Company
Alice Duke
Duke
Blanchard
Jealous Lover Ends Tragedy in Ardmore Rivalry
Dallas March 2. Will Walker of Ardmore LT. fatally shot Grover Record and Miss Myrtle as they returned from a rink then killed himself. Record and Miss Smith were wounded but believed to recover. Jealousy is cited as the motive in this fatal incident.
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Dallas
Tex
Will Walker
Ardmore
Grover Record
Myrtle
Record
Miss Smith
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