Senator Mitchell Letter Urges Tanner to Testify in Washington
Portland report details a Washington letter from Senator Mitchell to his law partner Judge Albert Tanner. It urges him to shape grand jury testimony on land deals, warns him to destroy the letter, and asks him to come to Washington for a conference. Messages follow urging compliance or denial, as prosecutors pursue the alleged line of testimony.
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Tanner
Washington
Portland, Oreg
Mitchell
Harry ©. Robertson
Washington, D. C
Mittehail
Albert Tanner
Robertson
United States
Heney
Mite
Mr. Tanner
Copartnership
Lung
Offen
Harry
Min Ero
Pen Net
Eervic
Tum
Eim
Ounce
Bert
Belger
Malik
Fulton
John Dheet
John H. Mitchell
A. H. Tanner
Portland
John 8. Mitchell
Bent
Bellinger
Theederal Grand Jury
Foster
Wayne MacVeagh
Senate
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Tanner Case Links Senator Mitchell to Government Fraud Conspiracy
Judge Tanner told the grand jury of an alleged agreement with United States Senator Mitchell that the senator would receive no return from firm work affecting government departments. The confession described a contract dated March 1901 allegedly rewritten last December with a clause directing all fees for services to Tanner, and outlined fee division between Mitchell and Tanner.
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United States
Mitchell
Tanner
Grand Jury
Release Their Prisoners Amid Philippine Bandit Action
Manila February 12 A band of ladrones who seized the wife and two children of former Governor Trias at San Francisco de Malaban in Cavite January 24 is pressed by cavalry under Major F W Sibley. They have released Mrs Trias and her two children whom they were holding for ransom.
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Manila
San Francisco de Malaban
Cayite
Trias
F. W. Sibley
Roosevelt to Attend Lincoln Birthday Dinner in New York
President Roosevelt leaves Washington for a two day New York visit. He will speak at the Waldorf Astoria Lincoln Day dinner and attend the New Astor House Press Club banquet. He will dine at Little Hungary and visit friends before returning early Wednesday morning.
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New York Press Club
Little
Hungary
Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Lincoln
Waldorf-Astoria
Press Club
New Astor House
University Club
Taft
Cowles
Emlen Roosevelt
White House
Loeb
Pennsylvania Railroad
Metropolis
New York Republican Club
Walsdorf-Astoria
Republican Club
Waldorf- Astoria
Louis Stern
Bishop Fowler
M. Linn Bruce
George A. Knight
California
Elihu Rout
Senator Dolliver
Andrew Carnegie
Frederick JD. Grant
J. B. Coghlan
Whitelaw Reid
Wiliam Iinley
The
College of the City of New York
Oscar 8. Straus
Benjamin B. Odell
Chauncey M. Depew
C. O. Howard
James M. Heck
Nicholas Klurray Butler
W. D. MacCracken
New York University
Grenville ST. Dodge
William Halpin
Joseph Silverman
Joseph E. Bishop
George C. Boldt
W. Emlin Roosevert
Court Held in Cockpit at York Village
A cocking main sparked a quick night court in York village as Sheriff Athorne and a deputy entered a barn. Eighteen men were arrested and fined after a makeshift trial, with two held for further hearing. The incident ended with a Sabbath ushered in amid chaos and a later subway collision near 19th Street in New York. Moses' Remodeling Sale offered 10 to 50 percent reductions.
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York
York Village
George QO. Athorne
Athorne
A. B. Cole
Senate 15 Upholds Foster View on Arbitration Treaties
John W Foster and Andrew Carnegie clash with the President over arbitration treaties with eight European governments. Foster and Carnegie back Senate amendment, arguing treaties require Senate approval and that the President cannot unilaterally submit cases to The Hague. The dispute may slow Roosevelt's agenda and influence looming Senate actions after March 4.
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John W. Foster
National Arbitration Conference
Senate
United States
Foster
Hague Court
Executive
Venezuela
Hague
Andrew Carnegie
Support for Kansas in oil trade unions action
Members of the Western Oil Men's Association in Toledo Ohio and toward Flint Michigan discuss the Kansas dispute with Standard Oil. They adopt resolutions urging Kansas relief and a square deal for independent producers and send copies to the Kansas House speaker at Topeka. They cite suspending operations as a broader policy issue and link it to pipeline carrier bills.
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Toledo
Chico
Western Oil Men's Association
Trenton Rock Oi
Ohio
Kansas
Standard Oil Company
Topeka
Kans
Kansas Fields
Flames Among Cartridges at Schwabacher Hardware
A Seattle eight story Schwabacher Hardware building burned today destroying logs worth 400 dollars, covered by insurance. Fire reached the third floor packing room causing explosions of loaded cartridges as giant powder exploded. Firemen could not approach. No injuries. Believed cause electric wires.
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Seattle
Wash
Pire
Schwabacher Hardware Company
Battle in barroom ends deadly in Cripple Creek
In Independence at the Silver Bell saloon two masked robbers William Dugan and Frank Harris were killed after a massed barroom shooting. Saloon owners Henry Drach and Edward Fay were critically wounded. Fifteen to twenty men at the bar fired back, fatally wounding the assailants. Also, a Vermont boy died after ingesting strychnine tablets mistaken for candy.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Silver Bell
Independence
William Dugan
Frank Harris
Henry Drach
Edward Fay
Silver Bell Saloon
Niedringhaus on Stand in Missouri campaign probe
Missouri senate inquiry into party receipts resumes at Jefferson City with postmasters expected to testify about contributions. Thomas Niedringhaus, last night’s final witness, denied offers of money for Sagers nomination and admitted soliciting postmaster contributions. He described letters urging support and said Tawney of the national committee helped cover salaries.
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St. Louis
State Senate
Jefferson City
Thomas K. Niedringhaus
Arthur Sager
Niedringham
Missouri
Mr. Niedringhaus
Niedringhaus
National Committee
State Committee
Chicago
James A. Tawney
Tawney
Natural Gas Explosion Injures Erie Family at Reservoir Home
An explosion of natural gas at the Erie water works reservoir caretaker’s home seriously injures four people, with two in critical condition. The blast blows victims through a second story window. debris catches fire and damages total about $3,000. Fire Chief rules out dynamite. rumor spreads of a plot to flood the city.
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Erie
City Water Works
Louis Selter
May
Anna Selter
Louis Satter
Harry Selter
Samuel Ptister
Oae
McMahon
Four-Cent Fare Trial Ends in Cleveland
The Cleveland Electric Railway Company ends a 4-cent cash fare trial with no transfer. regular 5-cent fare with transfer resumes tomorrow. President Horace Andrews says the test showed the company cannot sustain losses from cheaper fares, with a 26 percent earnings drop versus a 5-cent fare. A two-mile zone 2-cent trial drew broad dissatisfaction. The experiments aim to inform franchise extensions before current grants expire.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Horace Andrews
Andrews
Cleveland Eilectric Railway Company
Brants
Coal Miners Death Toll Prompts Call for Careful Work
In a year end report Mine Inspector Moore cites many roof and coal falls in the First Anthracite district with 28 fatal and numerous nonfatal accidents. He urges miners to inspect working places carefully. production 3,638,194 tons, 614,120 less than prior year.
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Scranton
Moore
Prytherch
Hungarian Independence Leader Visits Emperor in Vienna
Francis Kossuth, head of Hungary’s Independence party, met Emperor Francis Joseph to discuss Hungary’s cabinet crisis and the January 26 election victory. He urged loyalty to the Hapsburg dynasty while pushing for a program of national independence under personal sovereignty, likening potential Austria Hungary ties to Norway and Sweden. The interview boosted hopes for a political solution ahead of a Budapest visit by the Emperor.
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Hungary
House of Hapsburg
Austria
Norway
Sweden
Vienna
Francis Kossuth
Independence
Herr Kossuth
Budapest
Independence Party
Francis Joseph
Austria and
House of Hapshure
Charles
Imperial Palace
Viennerhofburg
Louis Kossuth
Francis
Hofburg
Mobile Hotel Battle House Destroyed in Fire
Mobhe Alabama February 13 reports indicate a blaze at 11:30 p m that consumed the Battle House, one of the Souths largest hotels, by 1 a m destroying the building and threatening nearby property. Estimated losses run to one million dollars. many guests fled in night clothes as crews fought the flames.
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New York
Broadway
Mobhe, Ala
Battle House
Lincoln's Birthday Honored in Today's Plentiful Page Spread
The issue highlights Lincoln's Birthday observances and a collection of features across pages. It notes a cold wave forecast, social topics like women at bridge, and regional items including politics, foreign affairs, and civic notices.
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Mitchell
Senate
Hungary
Lincoln
McCormick
Cuba
House
Hoar
Wearby
the Post
il—Financial Review
Blizzard Grips Southwest and Plains. Train Wrecks Reported
Denver dispatches describe a severe cold snap and snow across Colorado Wyoming New Mexico with blizzard conditions. A Missouri Kansas Texas Oklahoma and Indian Territory report zero to 87 below temperatures, heavy winds and wide spread livestock losses. A wreck on the Kansas Pacific line near Moran w tank kills engineer C W Phelps and injures Charles D Willard as stock and railroad traffic suffer amid dangerous weather. Indian tribes face anxiety and widespread hardship as snow and ice deepen across the region.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Trinidad
Folsom
N. M
Rocky Mountains
Twin Lakes
Leadville
Kansas City
Mossouri
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Dakotas
Northern
Texas
Indiana Territory
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Omaha
Moran W Tank
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Oklahoma City
C. W. Phelps
Denison
Tex
Charles D. Willard
Parsons
Oklahoms
Indian Territory
Beaver
Woodward
Fergus Falls
Minn
Unites States
Rain freezes, crippling New York traffic on elevated lines
Rain began this afternoon in New York and froze, creating dangerous street travel and widespread delays on all elevated trains. Police assisted frightened passengers as third rail ice caused fuse blowouts and schedule disruptions.
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New York
Third Avenue
Ice floe threatens barges on East River rescue tale
Seven people including women and children were rescued by the municipal steamer Franklin Edson after two coal barges, the James D. Perkins and the Burek, were swept by ice toward Hell Gate. Crew and passengers endured a perilous ride as ice piled and nearly capsized the vessels, with rescuers forcing a path through the ice to pull them aboard.
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Hell Gate
York
Eut
Floes
North Brother Island
Bronx
Ints
James D. Perkins
Burek
Franklin Edson
Department of Charities and Corrections
Flles
Edson
Ice Breakup Destroys River Gorges Near Cincinnati
Ice from river gorge breaks above North Bend and Covington waterworks. Steamer relief and other boats seek safety as ice drifts down the Ohio, damaging vessels and jamming moorings. New South torn loose, feared total loss. crews kept on duty all night amid rising ice packs.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Pet
Noth Bend
Covington
Lawrence Street
Williams
Charles Moore
Rive
New South
Pittsburg
Monongahela
Springale
Two Children Found Dead in Gas Tragedy at Sloomfield
In Sloomfield Nova Scotia on February 12 Mrs Elsie Loux killed her two children aged eighteen months and three years and then died by turning on the gas in the family room. Neighbors found the scene after her husband had left on a visit. A note to her husband asked forgiveness and stated she and the children preferred death to ongoing suffering from asthma.
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Sloomfield
NS. J
Elsie Loux
Onsa
Ani Pean
Broken rail wrecks Chicago Burlington engine near Creston Iowa
A passenger train on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad wrecked twelve miles west of Creston Iowa on February 12. Engineer B. E. Allen was killed. Firemen E. E. Koesner R. C. Peery and F. M. Peterson injured. Both engines left the track and rolled down an embankment. Passenger coaches stayed on track and no passengers were injured. Cause reported as a broken rail.
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