Public misinformed on Pennsylvania Railroad inquiry report
The Interstate Commerce Commission testimony is misread claims. The Pennsylvania Railroad special committee concludes most officers and employees held no illicit interests, with 266 of 2 505 having external stakes and 15 admitting gratuities. The report finds no widespread favoritism, cites issues with individual cars, and defends the Berwind White lease as non-preferential to that company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gberwind-White
Harsimus
Orr
Berwind-White Company
Thaw Trial Resumes With Dr Evans Testimony
The Thaw trial resumed at 10 30 today with Dr Evans retelling Thaw s claim that he did not intend to kill White but to humiliate him and that the shooting was an act of Providence White had hired the Mark Eastman gang to lick Thaw to death Dr Charles Wagner was recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Evening Journal
Thaw
Evans
White
Mark Eastman Gang
Charles Wagner
Collision of War Boats Rips Hole in Torpedo Hopkin
Key West Florida February 18 The torpedo destroyer Vesuvius returning from range practice collided with the torpedo boat Hopkins at the government wharf. Vesuvius struck Hopkins on the port side above the conning tower ripping a fifteen foot hole and three feet deep. Lines broke from the wharf and officers quickly saved the Hopkins from sinking. No injuries reported. The Interstate Commerce Commission found Western Union discriminatory against large telegraph corporate clients offering special operators and lines.
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Key West
Fla
Hopkins
Government Wharf
Noone
Senate settles San Francisco school matter in immigration vote
Washington February 18 The senate backs a conference report on the immigration bill after a heated debate over California school issues and president criticism. A point of order against excluding Japanese laborers from the bill failed 45 to 24 with La Follette voting no.
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Washington
Senate
San Francisco
Tillman
Culberson
California
Congress
Conference Committee
Carmack
LaFollette
Mutual suicide death at Tampa Bay hotel
George M. Morton and his wife from New York were found dead in their Tampa Bay hotel room in a death by mutual consent. An empty bottle labeled choral and a note stating they had killed themselves and to notify A. J. Barklie were recovered. Morton had recently deposited a $1000 draft with the hotel and was briefly arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
George M. Morton
New York City
Tampa Bay Hotel
A. J. Barklie
Saybrooke Place
Newark
N. J
Morton
Offie
Statesmen Pass the Lie at Constitutional Convention
In Gubhrie O T February 18 delegates Baker and Haskell clashed during the railroad report debate. Baker called Haskell a railroad representative and both men traded insults. Haskell threw a heavy paper weight, Baker countered with an inkstand, causing an uproar and urgent intervention by the sergeant at arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gubhrie
O. T
Baker
Haskell
Railroad
Miners Die in CaALTH Broadhead Mine Fire Near Aguila
One hundred miners escaped the Broadhead mine shaft after a fire caused smoke and gas suffocation. John Rogers and Joseph Casteline, both miners, died in Trinidad Colorado near Aguila on February 18.
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Trinidad
Colo
John Rogers
Joseph Casteline
Broadhead
Las Animas
Aguila
New Special Delivery Scheme Passes House
Washington February 18 The house approved a bill to amend postal laws allowing special delivery for letters bearing 10 cents in ordinary postage stamps replacing the need for special stamps.
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Washington
House
Robert Lindblom Dies Amid Chicago Politics and Trade
Robert Lindblom a longtime Chicago Board of Trade figure and Swedish American leader was found dead in his home from heart failure. He had been in ill health for more than a year and was 62 years old.
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Chicago
Robert Lindblom
Chicago Board of Trade
West
Borah to Become Idaho Senator in March
William E. Borah will take the United States Senate seat for Idaho on March 8. Born in Fairfield, Illinois in 1865, he graduated from the University of Kansas with Greek honors and moved to Idaho to practice law in Boise in 1889, succeeding Frederick T. Dubois.
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William E. Borah
United States
Idaho
Borah
Fairfield
Lil
University of Kansas
Boise
Frederick T. Dubois
Train Wreck Kills and Injures Dozens on New York Central
A New York Central electric express derailed at Two Hundred Fifth Street and Webster Avenue. Twenty died, many injured, with a list naming Mrs Florence Brady and Miss Jessie Jubin among the dead and Miss Jessie Jubin a White Plains teacher seeking an opera career. Investigators noted a broken wheel and broken rail but could not determine the cause.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Two Hundred and Fifth Street
Webster Avenue
Florence’ Brady
Golden's Bridge
N. Y
Linie Ewell
Hawthrone
Myron E. Evans
White Plains
Katherine K. Farrand
Jessie M. Jubin
Mary Kinch
Chappaqua
Clara L. Hudson
Minneapolis
Annie B. McLain
Lyons
Bloomingdale Insane Asylum
Annie Moorehead
Briar Cliff Manor
E. J. Page
Cornelius Kelly
North Salem
Robert J. Rosborough
Julia W. Storm
Bedford Station
Isaac T. Webster
Pleasantville
Tessie Lee
Arnie Stevens
Isie PD
Warren
Ira J. Dutton
Emily Fendrock
Belle Fowler
Sarah Merritt
Margaret Mahoney
Purdy Station
Mabel Smith
Oneonta
Elsie Sniffen
Englewood
N. J
Flood
Schwannecke
Smythe
Woodlawn Road Bridge
J. C. Hammond
Jessie Jubin
Frankfort
Description of the Disaster Dismembered Bodies Were Scattered
The article reports a deadly wreck with gruesome details of scattered bodies along a track. It notes that the cause of the disaster remains unknown and under investigation.
Indictment Mixup in Harmony Saloon Case
Brazil Indiana February 18 The grand jury returned over 100 liquor law indictments including two against James Snell of Harmony Deputy Zenor served warrants at the Snell saloon finding James Snell dead for two years and William Snell current owner the error blamed on the grand jury for substituting James for William.
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Brazil
Ind
James Snell
Harmony
Zenor
Snell
William Snell
Grand Jury
James
William
Epidemic Among Street Car Men In Brooklyn
Two thousand of the 12 000 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company workers are on sick leave with grip pneumonia and bronchitis. Vice President Calderwood says operations are at a critical stage and the company cannot move the usual number of trains.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Calderwood
Chicago Population Estimated at 2 350 000
City Statistician Hugo Grosser estimates Chicago's population at 2 350 000 based on deductions. The 1906 directory lists 2 500 500 residents. From 1900 to now, 550 000 emigrants arrived, births exceeded deaths by 185 000, and 100 000 more are added from rural migration.
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Chicago
Hugo Grosser
Grosser
Judge Brunot Upholds Quash Against Favrot Indictment
Baton Rouge February 18 Judge H Brunot on the district bench to Representative George Favrot sustained the motion to quash the murder indictment charging Favrot in the Harry Aldrich case claiming the grand jury was improperly constituted. The state plans an appeal. The New York Tribune reports a rift among Thaw case lawyers will replace counsel Delmas.
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Baton Rouge
H. ¥. Brunot
George Favrot
Harry Aldrich
Favrot
The
New York Tribune
Harry Thaw
Delmas
Markets Report Chicago February 18 1907 cattle hogs and sheep
Chicago market summary for February 18 1907 shows cattle steady to mixed with good demand and hogs lower by 5 to 10 cents at bulk around 87.00. Sheep and lambs steady to shade lower. western and native cattle priced from 3.25 to 6.60 for natives and 3.80 to 5.60 for westerns.
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Chicago
Reeves
Texas
John A Babcock Advertises Chicago Offer
A Chicago based John A Babcock invites requests for services with assurance of a square deal. The note emphasizes prompt availability and personal contact.
Crisis in Briand Cabinet Sparks Church Lease Clash
Feb 18 report from Taris says Briand faces cabinet dismissal over church lease contracts while Meunier and Guieysse delay interpellations. If defeated Briand will appeal to the deputies and a floor fight with his ally unfolds. Elsewhere, attacks on an Independent Catholic service led to a dozen arrests and insults to Archbishop Villate and Dr. Maillon.
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Briand
Taris
Clemenceau
Education Briand
MM. Meunier
Guieysse
M. Selves
Seine
Monsignor
Atlette
Paris
M. Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Church of the Holy Apostles
Neichshofen
City Leaders Arrested in Murder Case at Collinsville
Collinsville Indiana February 18 Mayor Rod Perry and Marshal E T Lynch were arrested on federal murder warrants in the death of Thomas McGuirk alleged bigamist. They were jailed without bail. An unknown woman claimed McGuirk as her husband prompting the warrant. McGuirk resisted and was killed during the attempted arrest.
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Collinsville
I. T
Rod Perry
Marshal E. T. Lynch
Thomas McGuirk
McGuirk
TANGLE-UP WITH TURKEY
Reverend F. E. Hoskins warns of mounting U S Turkey tensions ahead of the Presbyterian mission convention in Omaha. He cites Turkish demand that naturalized citizens renounce allegiance while the U S requires renunciation for naturalization, predicting clashes and possible conflict between the nations.
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Chicago
United States
Turkey
F. E. Hoskins
Beirut
Syria
Presbyterian Intersynodical Missionary Convention
Omaha
Hoskins
Wolves Invade Silesia as Cold Spell Bites
Reports from Silesia indicate packs of wolves from Russia roam the countryside during the cold spell. Local residents fear for safety as wolves attack livestock and occasionally threaten people venturing near villages.
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Berlin
Silesia
Russia
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Pennsylvania Railway Investigating Committee
Interstate Board
Western Union
City of
List of the
Shep
Grain Market
John A. Babcock
North American Commission
Chicago, Ill
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