LINE-UP ON RATES Tillman's Report Tends to Define Opposing Forces
Senate debates over rate legislation progress with Tillman planning to declare unfinished business within two weeks. Aldrich and Furber discuss minority amendments to protect rights, court review, and possible delays as the fight tightens, signaling a pivotal Senate clash on the Hepburn measure and related reforms.
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Tillian
Aldrich
Tobe Chafr
Favorebie
South
Cumlint
Ohio
Etamol
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South Carolina
Corm Mitt
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Culberson
Senate Chamber
Senate
Supreme Court hears appeal for new trial in Antoinette Tolla murder case
In Trenton on February 24 the New Jersey Supreme Court began considering a bid for a new trial by Antoinette Tolla, convicted of murder. The appeal questions the court's power after conviction and cites undisclosed evidence of a loaded revolver and alleged interpreter bias as grounds for reversal.
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Antoinette Tolla
Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
Gummere
Dixon
Henrickson
Court of Errors and Appeals
Train Wreck Near Meridian Kills One, Injures Many
A line collision on the New Orleans and Northeastern railroad from Meridian last night killed engineer J. B. Lee after a head on crash with an empty passenger coach train. Another engineer, Cissna, was slightly hurt while nine passengers suffered bruises but none had broken bones. The engines derailed but all cars stayed on track.
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New Orleans
Northeastern
Meridian
J. B. Lee
Apany
Gineer Cissna
Royal Bride-Elect Widens Berlin Wedding Pageant Today
Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg arrives in Berlin with her father from Odenburg to wed German Crown Prince today in a grand Cinderella coach procession. The imperial family, government leaders, and thousands greet the couple as bells ring and guardsmen march past Bellevue. Roosevelt sends congratulations on the silver wedding anniversary of the German Emperor and Empress.
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Sophie Charlotte of Olenburg
Odenburg
Hite
Bellevue Ne Une
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Count von Moltke
Ambdor Tower
Roosevelt
Fompr
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg
Eitel Friedrich
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Court rules maize spirit cannot be sold as Irish or Scotch whisky
London judges after exhaustive testimony ruled that a patent still spirit made largely from maize must not be sold as Irish or Scotch whisky. Expert witnesses and doctors testified against the maize product as not the real thing and potentially harmful. Defendants were fined $500 each, a decision seen as important to the whisky trade amid a U.S. inquiry into whisky manufacture.
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London
Marriage by habit and repute legitimizes children in England
England's divorce court ruled a marriage by habit and repute at St Paul Minnesota without ceremony is legal here. The case involved Alfred and Ida Newman who lived as husband and wife from 180 to 1890 and raised a son whose status and succession to the parents' property were debated after a church marriage occurred in 38% time.
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London
St. Paul, Minn
England
Alfred
Ida Newman
St. Paul
Newman
Sen
Kitchener Satisfied On Indian Army Reform Decision
Calcutta February 28 Both the Earl of Minto and Gen Lord Kitchener express satisfaction with John Morley Indian secretarys decision on administering the Indian army. Civil authority is upheld yet Kitchener gains latitude to push his reform plan free from dual control. Also notes King Edwards levee at Buckingham Palace with Alan Sands the only American present 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 Fight Over Boy Ties Europe to New York Courts
Marie Fustis Hofmann wife of pianist Josef Hofmann travels from Europe to pursue custody of her son George Morris Eustis six. She alleges father George P. Eustis is unfit and has defied a New York habeas corpus order. The boy, produced in court, is held by his mother’s attorney until her arrival.
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Washington Prat
New York
Supreme Court
Marie Fustis Hofmann
George P. Mustis
Josef Hofmann
Europe
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Choate, Hanford & La~rocqueé
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Italy
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Cunard Line
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Prussia
France
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George {. Bustis
Tustis
Rockland County
Paris
Macy
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Venice
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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 T. Patrick faces perjury charges after denying jail time for horse stealing, claiming a cousin with the same name did the time. Houston police identify Jordan as the convict, while Murray attached to the case testifies, and court actions unfold amid tense cross examination and new affidavits.
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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
Hanged With Throat Cut Letter of Innocence Shocks Taos
John Conley, a miner, was hanged at Taos after being found with his throat cut in his cell. He killed James Redding and Charles Purdy at Guadaloupe placers on January 16 1904 and was convicted by a Spanish-speaking jury with an interpreter. He denied guilt in a self defense claim and left a letter cursing his enemies. He served in the Civil War and Indian campaigns.
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Santa Fe
N. M
John Conley
James Redding
Charles Purdy
Guadaloupe Placers
Taos
Conley
Albany, N
Pennsylvania
Waddington resigns immunity in Balmaceda murder case
Senor Waddington son of the Chilean charge d affaires has renounced immunity and surrendered to Belgian authorities. He will be tried at the Brabant Assizes for the killing of Senor Balmaceda, secretary of the Chilean consulate. A Japanese art exhibit is on view at Sloan's with a sale tomorrow.
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Brussels
Senor Waddington
Senor Balmaceda
Brabant Assizes
Sloan's
Foraker May Testify and Cox Story in Ohio Probe
Ohio Senate committee plans to summon U S Senator Joseph B Foraker and George E B Cox as witnesses in a Cincinnati graft and franchise deals investigation. Probate Judge Malsbury names two accountants to count money in the county treasurer’s office. Civil actions to recover bank interest paid on deposits may follow.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Senate Committee
United States
Joseph B. Foraker
George EB. Cox
Malsbury
John W. Peck
George Puchta
Business Men's Club
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French
Hynicka
Dubsen
Hamilton County
Truthful testimony at Force of Life hearing resumes
Testimony in a federal fraud case involving the Force of Life Chemical Company resumed before U S Commissioner Ridgeway. Nellie A Wallington, former employee, testified about instructions to tell the truth and to avoid false statements, noting directives to be as truthful as possible when full truth could not be given. California Tours advertises a 29 day high class tour via Washington Sunset Route with the Southern Railway from March 8, priced at 365 28 and 215 dollars, with details for contact at 705 ibth st alt 1 Pa ave.
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New York
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United States
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Nellie A. Wallington
Hadhey
Hadley
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Southern Railway
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Washington
New Orleans
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Juarez
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Colorado
Ibth St
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Pa. Ave
Exiled French heir ends life in New York home
Louis Huet Jr of Paris died by suicide at 114 West Forty-ninth street New York last night. Pierre Benedictus identified him, noting Huet’s prodigal lifestyle and estrangement from his father, a wealthy Paris metal manufacturer. Huet, once an army officer, had recently lived at 1345 Lexington Avenue with a liberal allowance after being sent abroad in disgrace.
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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 and $100 Cash in Cash Buyers Union Case
Ed win C. Day appointed receiver for the Cash buyers Union First National Co operative Society in Chicago Rev 27 in a receivership tied to a $1,000,000 stock sale to farmers. Postal inspectors found no cash or credit, company owing $256,000 on merchandise, and sought bankruptcy with Post Office Department approval. Julius Kahn serves as president and GM.
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Post-ofice
Ketcham and Kimball
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Julius Kahn
Fowler heirs shocked by sea burial of father in Genoa
Nine children of Anderson Fowler learn aboard the Carpathia that their father’s body, embalmed after dying on the Republic voyage to the Holy Land, was buried at sea six days prior to the ship’s arrival. Mrs. Fowler says the casket was hermetically sealed and confirms plans for services at Madison Avenue M. E. Church tomorrow.
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New York
Anderson Fowler
Genoa
Italy
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Cunard Line
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Republic
Holy Land
Confesses To Old Crime Involves Others In Arson
In Toledo Ohio on February 26 Edwood Pfeiffer arrested in Cincinnati and sent to Fulton County jail confessed to burning his Payette harness store twenty two years ago to collect insurance. He said he was part of the Page Morrison gang of firebugs that terrorized Northern Ohio. Eight gang members have been convicted in the last two years and are serving time in the Ohio penitentiary.
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Ohio
Edwood Pfeiffer
Cincinnati
Fulton County
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Tie
Page-Morrison
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Bullet Strikes Passenger on Rail Car Near Glenfield
Joseph Boyd, a passenger on a Fort Wayne Railroad accommodation train, narrowly escaped death when a bullet shattered a car window near Glenfield Pennsylvania. The missile hit Boyd’s head, causing a severe scalp wound. The train stopped and crew searched surrounding hills for the shooter, but no one was found. Boyd was deemed seriously but not fatally injured by a doctor met on arrival in Pittsburg.
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Glenfield
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Poisoned by eating pork in Savannah Ga tragedy unravels
Rufus Woods twenty four of Collins Ga bedridden at Savannah Hospital with trichinosis, his wife recovering, seventh victim. His in laws Fred Wowart and wife and their three daughters previously died from the same disease amid suspected diseased pork.
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Rufus Woods
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Roosevelt Intervenes to Avert Bituminous Coal Strike
President Roosevelt again acts as a peace maker between coal miners and operators. He writes to John Mitchell urging a settlement to avoid an April strike, and a national convention of United Mine Workers is planned for March 15 in Indianapolis to seek a deal with soft coal operators.
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John Mitchell
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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 at the Carnival Lands in New Orleans
King Rex arrives by royal yacht amid ear splitting demonstration as carnival opens with record attendance. Procession includes peers, guards, naval units, cadets, and warship detachments. Admiral Dickins and Capt. Bicknell attend. Cleveland Grays serve as royal guard. Proteus jubilee parade follows amid showers and clear night skies.
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New Orleans
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United States
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Bicknell
Cleveland
Ohio
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