Line Up on Rates Tillman Affects Hepburn Measure Debate
Senate tactics unfold two weeks hence as Tillman seeks to place the rate bill as unfinished business. Aldrich explains Republican stance on court review while signaling no rush to prolong debate. Private talks indicate the fight centers on phrasing and scope of court review, with a substitute bill proposed and printing ordered.
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Aldrich
Athen
Tmhan
Tillian
Tobe Chafr
Favorebie
South
Cumlint
Ohio
Etamol
Mr. Furaker
South Carolina
Corm Mitt
Tilbnan
Culberson
Senate Chamber
Senate
Supreme Court Hears New Trial Plea in Antoinette Tolla Case
In Trenton New Jersey February 24 the Supreme Court opened arguments before Justices Gummere Dixon and Henrickson on A new trial motion for Antoinette Tolla convicted of murder This is the first test of whether the high court has power to grant a new trial after a lower court conviction The defense argues the prosecutor hid a loaded revolver found on the victim and an interpreter's testimony biased the defendant
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Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
Gummere
Dixon
Henrickson
Antoinette Tolla
Court of Errors and Appeals
Train Wreck Kills One, Injures Several Passengers
A head on collision between a Meridian bound passenger train and a train of empty coaches on the New Orleans and Northeastern near Meridian last night killed engineer J. B. Lee after twenty years with the company. Another engineer, Cissna, was slightly hurt and nine passengers were bruised with no broken bones reported.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Northeastern
Meridian
J. B. Lee
Apany
Gineer Cissna
Duchess Sophie Charlotte Arrives for Royal Berlin Wedding
Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg arrives in Berlin with her father from Oldenburg to marry Crown Prince Eitel Friedrich. A grand Cinderella coach procession winds through Berlin with Emperor and Empress greeting the royal party amid cheering crowds. 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 in London
After weeks of hearings and exhaustive expert testimony a court ruled that a maize based patent still spirit cannot be sold as Irish or Scotch whisky. Experts from major distilleries testified real whiskies come only from malted barley in a pot still. Defendants were fined 500 dollars each. the decision impacts the whisky trade amid ongoing U S investigations.
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London
Marriage by repute gains English court approval
The English divorce court ruled that a marriage by habit and repute at St Paul, Minnesota, without ceremony is valid in England. It considered the offspring of Alfred and Ida Newman legitimate and discussed the implications for inheritance as the couple lived together from 1880 to 1890.
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London
St. Paul, Minn
England
Alfred
Ida Newman
St. Paul
Newman
Sen
KITCHENER SATISFIED WITH INDIA ARMY REFORM DECISION
Calcutta February 28 The Earl of Minto and Gen Lord Kitchener express satisfaction with John Morley Indian secretarys decision on administering the Indian army Civil authority remains fully upheld while the commander in chief gains latitude to pursue army reform without dual control Under the old system military affairs were not answerable to the viceroy Ambassadors Held and Secretary Carter attended King Edwards levee at Buckingham Palace Alan Sands of New York was the only American present Viscount Payashi then presented credentials as Japans first ambassador to the British court
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Earl of Minto
India
Lord Kitchener
John Morley
Carter
Buckingham Palace
Alan Sands
New York
Payashi
Court of St. James
Mother of Pianist Seeks Custody Across Ocean
Marie Fustis Hofmann, formerly Marie Eustis, wife of pianist Josef Hofmann, travels from Europe to New York to pursue custody of son George Morris Eustis, age six. She asserts father George P. Eustis is unfit. habeas corpus placed the boy in his mother’s counsel, awaiting her arrival.
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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
Frantic lies plague Patrick case witness Joseph Jordan
Washington Post special report from New York describes Joseph Jordan denying prison time, claiming a lookalike cousin with the same name did the time. He accuses a Houston guard of identifying him and faces perjury charges as funding and testimonies swirl around the Albert T. Patrick case.
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Joseph Jordan
Houston Penitentiary
Washington Post
New York
Texas
Albert T. Patvick
Jerome
Jordan
Bis
Murray
Huntsville
Frame
M. K. Glcott
Patrick
Mr. Olcott
Houston
Hanged With Throat Cut in Spanish Court Conviction
John Conley, a miner, hanged at Taos after a cell wound briefly cut his throat. He killed James Redding and Charles Purdy at Guadaloupe placers on January 16, 1904. Convicted by a Spanish speaking jury aided by an interpreter. an appeal failed for lack of transcript funds and no reprieve was granted. Conley claimed self defense and left a letter denouncing enemies. He had 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's Son Renounces Immunity for Trial
Special to The Washington Post Brussels February 26 Senor Waddington son of the Chilean chargé 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. Also advertised Japanese Art Goods exhibit at Sloan's 1407 6th Avenue with sale both morning and afternoon tomorrow after viewing.
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Washington Post
Brussels
Senor Waddington
Senor Balmaceda
Brabant Assizes
Sloan's
Ohio Senate to Cite Foraker and Cox in Graft Probe
Cincinnati Feb 26 A Ohio Senate committee said it would likely summon US Senator Joseph B Foraker and George E B Cox as witnesses in its Cincinnati graft inquiry. Probate Judge Malsbury named two accountants to tally county treasurer funds while civil action to recover banks gratuities was planned.
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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
Ralison
Hynicka, Gibbson
French
Hynicka
Dubsen
Hamilton County
Truth telling at Force of Life trial resumes
Testimony resumed at the Force of Life Chemical Company case charged with mail fraud. Nellie A. Wallington, former employee, testified about instructions to tell the truth to patients and to quote the words Divine power reluctantly, with directives to keep statements as truthful as possible. California Tours advertises a 29 day high class excursion via the Washington Sunset Route to California and other points with prices listed.
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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
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Colorado
Ibth St
Alt
Pa. Ave
Exiled French youth ends life after disgrace in Paris
New York Feb 26 Louis Huet Jr the son of a Paris metal maker shot himself in a house at 114 West Forty-ninth street. Pierre Benedictus a friend identified him. Huet a former French army officer heir to a fortune was estranged from his father after an affair with a Parisian wife. He had lived in Lexington Avenue quarters under a liberal allowance and knew Benedictus through acquaintances.
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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
Receivers named in Cash Buyers Union case
Ed win C. Day appointed receiver for the Cash buyers Union First National Co operative Society in a Chicago based receivership. Company stock valued near one million has been sold to farmers nationwide with a $100 cash balance on hand. Postal inspectors found no credit or incoming funds and 256000 in merchandise accounts owed. Julius Kahn serves as president and GM of the firm.
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Chicago
Post-ofice
Ketcham and Kimball
Post Office Department
Julius Kahn
Compelled Burial at Sea Ends Fowler Body Saga
Nine children of Anderson Fowler learn on the Cunard Carpathia that their father's body, after dying aboard the Republic near Genoa, Italy, was buried at sea six days earlier at the officers' insistence. Funeral services are planned at Madison Avenue M E Church. The body had been embalmed in Naples and placed 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 Plot
Edwood Pfeiffer, arrested in Cincinnati and jailed in Fulton County, admits burning his Payette harness store two decades ago for insurance. He says others aided the arson, linking to the Page Morrison gang that terrorized Northern Ohio. Several gang members have been convicted in the last two years and are in the Ohio penitentiary.
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Toledo
Ohio
Edwood Pfeiffer
Cincinnati
Fulton County
Payette
Pfeiffer
Tie
Page-Morrison
Firebugs
Eighs
Bullet Strikes Passenger on Fort Wayne Train
Joseph Boyd, a passenger on a Fort Wayne Railroad car, narrowly escaped death when a bullet crashed through a Glenfield Pennsylvania window. The missile hit his head, producing a bad scalp wound. The train stopped. search for the shooter failed. Boyd was described as seriously but not fatally injured by a local physician.
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Pittsburg
Joseph Boyd
W& Fort Wayne
Glenfield
Boyd
Poisoned by eating pork in Georgia outbreak hits seven
Rufus Woods aged 24 of Collins Ga is hospitalized in Savannah recovering from trichinosis. He is the seventh victim. His wife is recovering. Woods’ father in law J H Wowart and the three Wowart daughters, plus Mr and Mrs Wowart, have all died in recent weeks from the disease, believed caused by diseased pork. The item also contains unrelated classified-type notes on banking returns and ads.
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Savannah
Rufus Woods
Collins
Savannah Hospital
Fred Wowart
Woods
Roosevelt intervenes to avert bituminous coal strike
President Roosevelt intervenes as a peacemaker between miners and operators. A letter to John Mitchell urged renewed effort to avert a looming April strike. Mitchell announced Indianapolis convention set for March 15 to seek an agreement, with concessions likely from both sides to avoid disruption.
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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 at the Carnival in New Orleans Parade
King Rex makes formal entry amid ear splitting demonstration as carnival opens. Royal yacht lands him at Canal Street to a congested levee, escorted by guards, naval units, cadets, and ship crews. Proteus appears for silver jubilee parade after day showers, night clear.
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New Orleans
Rex
Canal Street
State National Guard
Naval Reserve
United States
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Bicknell
Cleveland
Ohio
Proteus
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