Senate rate bill fight shifts to court review debate
Lines indicate Tillman plans to press the rate bill as unfinished business within two weeks while Aldrich and the Republican minority push to preserve amendments for court review. The Senate galleries crowd, with private talks hinting a prolonged struggle over phraseology and scope.
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Tmhan
Tillian
Aldrich
Tobe Chafr
Favorebie
South
Cumlint
Ohio
Etamol
Mr. Furaker
South Carolina
Corm Mitt
Tilbnan
Culberson
Senate Chamber
Senate
PROM WOMAN PROM GALLows Supreme Court Session
The New Jersey Supreme Court opened hearings on a request for a new trial for Antoinette Tolla, convicted of murder. Justices Gummere Dixon and Henrickson heard arguments on whether the court has power to grant a post conviction new trial, amid claims the prosecutor failed to disclose a loaded revolver found on the victim and that an interpreter erred.
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Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
Gummere
Dixon
Henrickson
Antoinette Tolla
Court of Errors and Appeals
Train Wreck Kills One Engineer Injures Nine Passengers
A New Orleans and Northeastern collision from Meridian last night left one trainman dead and nine passengers bruised. Engineer J B Lee, with twenty years service, died. engineer Cissna was slightly hurt. Both engines derailed but cars stayed on track.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Northeastern
Meridian
J. B. Lee
Apany
Gineer Cissna
Royal Bride Elect Marries German Crown Prince Today
Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg arrives in Berlin with her father and is greeted by Emperor and Empress. A Cinderella coach procession through city streets accompanies the royal nuptials with guards, officials, and officials of state in attendance. President Roosevelt sends congratulations on the silver wedding anniversary of the German Emperor and Empress.
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Will
Berlin
Sophie Charlotte of Olenburg
Odenburg
Hite
Bellevue Ne Une
Feiied
Mars+ von Huhnke
Count von Moltke
Ambdor Tower
Roosevelt
Fompr
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg
Eitel Friedrich
Empr
Made Bogus Scotch Whisky Court Ruling
London reports after weeks of hearings experts testified a maize based spirit sold as Irish or Scotch whisky is not genuine. Courts fined the defendants 500 each, as doctors called the maize spirit unsafe, impacting the whisky trade amid U.S. investigations.
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London
Marriage by repu te in England legitimates children
English divorce court rules that a marriage by habit and repute at St. Paul Minnesota without church or civil ceremony is legal in England. Case concerns Alfred and Ida Newman and legitimacy of their son who lived as man and wife 180 to 1890 and questions of succession to property.
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London
St. Paul, Minn
England
Alfred
Ida Newman
St. Paul
Newman
Sen
Kitchener Satisfied With Indian Army Reform Plan
Calcutta February 28 Both the Earl of Minto and Gen Lord Kitchener express satisfaction with John Morley’s decision on Indian army administration. Civil authority upheld while the commander in chief gains latitude to pursue reforms without dual control. Also notes King Edward’s levee with Ambassador Alan Sands and Viscount Payashi presenting credentials as first Japanese ambassador.
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Earl of Minto
India
Lord Kitchener
John Morley
Carter
Buckingham Palace
Alan Sands
New York
Payashi
Court of St. James
Custody Battle Over Artist's Son Reaches New York Court
Marie Eustis Hofmann wife of pianist Josef Hofmann sails home from Europe to seek custody of her six year old son George Morris Eustis. The child was brought to New York aboard the Campania and placed in the care of Hofmann’s attorney until her arrival. A writ of habeas corpus ordered the boy held for court action as Hofmann battles for guardianship claiming his ex wife is rightful custodian and the Italian and New York courts are involved in the dispute.
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George M.eustis
Washington Prat
New York
Supreme Court
Marie Fustis Hofmann
George P. Mustis
Josef Hofmann
Europe
George Morris Eustis
Choate, Hanford & La~rocqueé
Eustis
Italy
Campania
Cunard Line
Choate, Hanford & Larocque
Hoffman
Prussia
France
James Wustis
George {. Bustis
Tustis
Rockland County
Paris
Macy
George FP. Eustis
Venice
Hay
James B. Eustis
Mrs. Hofmann
Marie Eustis Hofann
Maris Eustis Hofmann
Hofmann
Justice Blanchard
Joseph Lerocque, Jr
Lies in Patrick Gale Frantic When Identified
Joseph Jordan, a Texas witness for Albert Patrick, is arrested on perjury charges after denying prison time for horse stealing. He claims a double named Skin ny Martin, identical in appearance, was the real convict. Houston police and District Attorney Jerome present conflicting testimony as the Patrick case nears further court action.
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Washington Post
New York
Joseph Jordan
Texas
Albert T. Patvick
Jerome
Jordan
Bis
Houston
Frame
William G. Murray
Murray
Goff
Roland
Fifty-ninth Street
Patrick
Martin
Huntsville
M. K. Glcott
Mr. Olcott
Miner Conley Hanged After Spanish Trial in New Mexico
John Conley, a miner who killed James Redding and Charles Purdy at Guadaloupe placers on January 16, 1904, was executed by hanging in Taos after being found wounded in his cell. The Spanish-speaking jury conviction and lack of transcript funds halted a Supreme Court appeal. Gov. Haggerman refused a 30 day reprieve. Conley claimed self defense and left a letter denouncing enemies.
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Santa Fe
N. M
John Conley
James Redding
Charles Purdy
Guadaloupe Placers
Taos
Conley
Albany, N
Pennsylvania
Senor Waddington Renounces Immunity in Balmaceda Killing
Special to The Washington Post Brussels Feb 26 Senor Waddington son of the Chilean charge d affaires who on Saturday killed Senor Balmaceda secretary of the Chilean consulate has renounced his diplomatic immunity and surrendered to Belgian authorities He will be tried at the Brabant Assizes Also Japanese Exhibition on view at Sloan s 1407 6th Ave to be sold tomorrow at 11 am and 3 pm at public auction See catalogues
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Washington Post
Brussels
Senor Waddington
Senor Balmaceda
Brabant Assizes
Sloan's
Foraker May Testify in Cox Franchise Graft Inquiry
Ohio Senate panel plans to summon U S Senator Foraker and George Cox as witnesses in Cincinnati graft probe. Probate judges name two accountants to audit the county treasurer’s office while civil action to recover bank guarantees on public deposits is sought. Bankers face possible prosecutions as the committee seeks a $2,000 appropriation amid Republican opposition.
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Ohio Senate Committee
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Senate Committee
United States
Joseph B. Foraker
George EB. Cox
Malsbury
John W. Peck
George Puchta
Business Men's Club
Ralison
Hynicka, Gibbson
French
Hynicka
Dubsen
Hamilton County
Truth telling at Force of Life hearing in New York
Testimony resumed before United States Commissioner Ridgeway as Nellie A. Wallington former Force of Life employee detailed instructions to tell the truth to patients and to avoid falsity in company literature. She described directives to make statements as near the truth as possible when exact truth could not be given. California Tours by Southern Railway advertised a 29 day high class excursion via the Washington Sunset Route with dates in March and visits through New Orleans, San Antonio, Juarez, and California with varied costs.
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Force of Life Company
New York
Force of Life Chemical Company
United States
Ridgeway
Nellie A. Wallington
Hadhey
Hadley
California
Southern Railway
Washington-Sunset
Washington
New Orleans
San Antonio
el Paso
Juarez
Old Mexico
Salt Lake
Colorado
Ibth St
Alt
Pa. Ave
Exiled French youth shot himself in New York home
Special to The Washington Post New York Feb 26 Louis Huet Jr son of a Paris metal maker identified as the man who killed himself in a house at 114 West Forty-ninth Street He had been in disgrace with his father after an affair in Paris and was sent to America last September living at 1345 Lexington Avenue He befriended Pierre Benedictus son of Benedictus Weill and shared his troubles becoming homesick and disconsolate.
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Washington
New York
West Forty-ninth Street
Louis Huet, Jr
Paris
Pierre Bénedictus
Benedictue & Weill
Greene Street
Young Huet
Benedictus
Gross
Lexington Avenue
Ile
Pierre Benedictus
Million Stock Buying Scheme Probe Heads to Receivership
Ed wine C Day appointed receiver for the Cash buyers Union First National Co operative Society amid a postal inquiry showing one million dollars of stock sold nationwide and a two hundred fifty six thousand dollar merchandise debt. Julius Kahn serves as president and general manager.
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Chicago
Post-ofice
Ketcham and Kimball
Post Office Department
Julius Kahn
Compelled Burial At Sea In Cunard Death Case
Nine children of Anderson Fowler face shock as the Cunard steamer Carpathia docks with news their father’s body, en route from Genoa after dying aboard the Republic, has been buried at sea six days earlier. Funeral services are planned at Madison Avenue M. E. Church. Mrs. Fowler had learned of the burial after embalming and sealing the body in a hermetically sealed casket.
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Washington Post
New York
Anderson Fowler
Genoa
Italy
Carpathia
Cunard Line
Madison Avenue M. E
Fowler
Republic
Holy Land
Confesses To Old Crime In Ohio Fire Bug Case
Edwood Pfeiffer, arrested in Cincinnati and jailed in Fulton County, admits burning his Payette harness shop twenty two years ago for insurance. He vows to aid arrest of other men, possibly prominent in Fulton County affairs, and links himself to the Page Morrison gang of firebugs that terrorized Northern Ohio. Eight of the gang have been convicted in the last two years and are in Ohio penitentiary.
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Toledo
Ohio
Edwood Pfeiffer
Cincinnati
Fulton County
Payette
Pfeiffer
Tie
Page-Morrison
Firebugs
Eighs
Bullet Strikes Passenger on Pennsylvania Railroad Car
Joseph Boyd, a passenger on a Fort Wayne Railroad accommodation train, narrowly escaped death when a bullet shattered the car window near Glenfield. The missile struck Boyd in the head, inflicting a bad scalp wound. the train halted and search for the shooter followed, but he was not found. Boyd was seriously but not fatally injured, a physician said.
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Pittsburg
Joseph Boyd
W& Fort Wayne
Glenfield
Boyd
Poisoned by Eating Pork in Georgia Death Toll Rises
Rufus Woods of Collins Georgia, age 24, is hospitalized in Savannah with trichinosis becoming the seventh victim. His wife is recovering. Nearby relatives Fred Wowart and wife and three daughters have all died in recent weeks from the disease, believed caused by eating diseased pork.
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Savannah
Rufus Woods
Collins
Savannah Hospital
Fred Wowart
Woods
Roosevelt Intervenes to Avert Bituminous Coal Strike
President Roosevelt again acts as a peace maker between coal miners and operators. A letter to John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers and an Indianapolis convention plan at March 15 aim to head off an April 1 strike in the bituminous fields. Mitchell and operators agree to call a national convention after a long conference with industry leaders.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Fork
Web
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
Pres Dent
United Mine Workers’ of America
United Miners
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Francis AL. Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
Wiae Cams
New York
W. C. Perry
Southwestern Coal Association
B. I. Bush
Mr. Mitchell
White House
Washington
Robbins
National Civic Federation
Theodore Roosevelt
King Rex Opens Carnival Parade in New Orleans
Royal entry marks carnival start as Rex arrives aboard the royal yacht amid ear splitting demonstrations. King’s arrival draws vast crowds along Canal Street with guards, naval units, and parade escorts from US ships. Cleveland Grays named special bodyguard. Proteus jubilee parade follows, weather clearing after showers.
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Royal Yacht
New Orleans
Rex
Canal Street
State National Guard
Naval Reserve
United States
Dickins
Bicknell
Cleveland
Ohio
Proteus
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