Railroad Directors to Answer for Harlem Wreck
Coroner orders directors to bail after verdict holding New York Central culpably negligent in the Brewster express disaster near Harlem on Feb 16. Jury findings blame construction and operating departments while naming no individuals, prompting the coroner to allege personal responsibility of the board and president.
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Walington
New York
New York Central
Schwanneke
New York Central Railroad Company
Harry van Atta
Railroad
Algo
Harris
Gay
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company
Chauncey M. Depew
WiNam H. Newman
H .V. W. Roashar
Willlam CG. Brown
Joan Carstensen
William J Wilgus
Nathan Guilford
Dwight W. Pardee
E. L Rossiter
Milton & Harger
Louis Bender
R. A. White
George F. Baker
Samuel FP
Vtarger
George
Bowdoin
Charles Clarke
Chauncey 3X Depew
Darios C. Mill
J. Pierpont Morgan
Willam I. Newman
William Rockefeller
James Itllman
Hamilton Meir Twombly
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Smythe
Wite
Grand Jury
Chauncey Depw
Washington
Insurance grand jury expected in New York case
New York reports that District Attorney Jerome Justice Fitz gerald authorized a special grand jury for April to hear insurance matters. Assistant DA Aresl has reviewed Metropolitan Life Insurance Company books and is prepared to present findings. Also noted is an arrest in a lottery case and train service details for routes and dining options.
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New York
Jerome Justice Fitzgerald
Ares
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Hill Sells Part of Great Northern Seattle Terminal
In Seattle the Times reports James J. Hill sold a portion of the Great Northern terminal property to rival E. H. Harriman. Hill states Harriman accepted a price for a Seattle terminal share while noting no concession in Portland and that the Great Northern retains room for expansion. The dialogue touches on plans for railroad lines in the Portland region and interactions before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Great Norther Terminal
Seattle
Rival
New York
The
Times To-Morrow
James J. Hill
S HL Harriman
Lnes
Portland
Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commisssion
Hitl
Great Northern
Hill
Furlong Put to Death in Sing Sing Electric Chair
Ossining New York March 4 Frank Furlong who killed his aunt Mrs Margaret Keeler in New York City in 1904 was executed in Sing Sing Prison today He was 21 years old and had killed by striking her with a pipe while she washed dishes at East Fifth Street NYC He fled with valuables but confessed after arrest and faced an insanity defense during trial The husband of the murdered woman signed the clemency plea.
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Ossining
N. Y
Frank Furlong
Margaret Keeler
New York City
Sing Sing
Furlong
George Granger
East Lifth Street
Shq
Drop Anti Mormon Case Is Dismissed in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City March 4 The case against Apostle Heber Grant of the Mormon Church for unlawful polygamous cohabitation was dismissed today in City Court. The action was brought two years ago by Charles Owen attorney for the American party.
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Salt Lake City
Mar
Heber Grant
Mormon Church
Diahl
Apostia Grant
Charles Mr. Owen
American Party
Dakota's Passengers Safe After Tokyo Bay Collision
Reports shift as Great Northern steamer Dakota, which grounded near Shirahama off Tokyo Bay, remains deserted with all passengers and crew landed. Omimaru failed to reach wreck in heavy seas. navy ships standby. Meanwhile Norse sinks Congo near the Ems. seven rescued, eleven drowned. Vaderland frees from Goodwin Sands and continues voyage.
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Yokohama
Great Northern Steamship Company
Shirahpma
Bay of Tokyo
Omimaru
Nodims
Dakota
Seattl
Great Northern Company
Watson
Tokyo Bay
Hamburg
Norse
Barkum
Ems
Congo
Dover
Marc
Red Star Line
Vaderland
Goodwin Sands
Maine Republicans Gain in Eleven Cities Elections
Special to The Washington Past Portland, Me. Mar. 4. In eleven Maine cities municipal elections were held to date. The Republicans gained in four, the Democrats in two, and in five others there was little change from last year. The governor withdrew Sturgis liquor deputies, which is believed to have aided Republicans where the state enforcement law had been used.
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Washington
Portland
Maine
Homer J Lindsay Dying at Carnegie Steel Leader
Pittsburg March 4 Homer J Lindsay assistant to Carnegie Steel presidents and famed steel figure is reported to be dying at his home from Brights disease He was once a telegrapher and newspaper reporter before entering steel industry The Sumaha Rug Sale at Sloan s 1407 Gst com begins today with auctions at 1h a m and 3p m catalogues available for Persian rugs and carpets
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Pittsburg
Homer J. Lindsay
Carnegie Steel Company
Bright
Mr. Lindsay
Andrew Carnegie
Sumaha
Sloan's
Insanity defense prepared for Strother brothers trial
In Culpeper Virginia Judge Thomas W. Harrison completes jury instructions for James A. and Philip Strother charged with murdering William F. Bywaters. The defense hinges on emotional insanity, with the jury told to acquit if mental condition at the act rendered them unable to distinguish right from wrong. Prior instructions detail insanity definitions, provocation, and safeguards against prejudice. The case proceeds to closing arguments before the jury deliberates.
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Strother Brothers
Virginia
Bywaters
Bandits Loot Train Near Pittsburg Kans in Lynching Threats
A Missouri Pacific passenger train was held up by two disguised men at Pittsburg Kansas. Lou Jeff a coal miner from Central Coal and Coke Company was killed after resisting. Westlake from Toledo was wounded. About $100 in cash and a few watches were taken. The robbers fled as authorities pursued amid calls for lynching by locals if captured.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Missouri Pacific
Lou Jeff
Central Coal and Coke Company
W. L. Weatlake
Toledo
Ohio
Kansas
Cornell
Westlake
Liberal
Donsby
Pittsburghs
Robbara
Castro and Gomez Reconcile in Caracas Visit
Vice President Gomez visited President Castro at Macuto, renewing friendship after mediation by Castro's wife. Castro’s vitality remains, doctors say, as the interview lasted an hour. Ex-consular agent Rudolf Dolge faces possible expulsion despite charges. fashion notes say sulphur yellow trends for 1907 emerge in Paris and London.
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Caracas
Vencauve
Mar
Wilemsted
Curacao
Gomez
Castro
Macuto
Senora Castro
Rudolf Dolge
Venezuela
Archie Roosevelt Improves Amid Diphtheria Illness
Arch ia Roosevelt, the President's young son, showed marked improvement from diphtheria at the White House. Surgeon General Rixey and Dr Alexander Lambert visited. the other children are isolated as a precaution. Mrs Roosevelt stays at Archie’s side. Sylph sailors sent violets to lift his spirits.
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Archie Roosevelt
Aga
Alexander Lambert
New York
Washington
Rixey
Quentin
Sylph
Trapped He Kills Himself After Hat Initials Betray Identity
A Budapest clerk suspected of embezzlement shot himself aboard the Hamburg American liner Batavia as it left Hoboken bound for Europe. The case centered on initials found in a hat and a Hungarian student, Ignatz Lauffer, later identified by a sister. Lauffer was deported after a hearing and kept aboard the Batavia as a prisoner.
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Wirk
Mar
Leopold Weiss
Mssing
Budapest
Hamburg
Batavia
Hoboken
Europe
St. Mary's Hospital
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Ignatz Lauffer
University of Budapest
H. ©. Striker
New York
Weiss
Striker
Lauffer
Irene Lauffer
Inj
Hals
L. W
Tandt
Ignatz
Tainted money harms Methodist church says bishop
A Washington Poet dispatch from Cincinnati reports Bishop Walden of the Methodist Church in a Wiley Chapel speech denouncing foreign gifts. He says accepting large tainted donations risks the church leaning on outside wealth rather than its own resources. He argues Rockefeller or Carnegie gifts would be treated differently, but foreign dollars reduce domestic Methodist dollars.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Walden
M. E. Church
Wiley Chapel
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Methodist Church
Treasury Experts Count Missing Funds at Subtreasury
Four United States Treasury experts began a two week count of about 451 million dollars in Chicago subtreasury vaults by order of President Roosevelt. The probe targets possible thefts beyond the 173000 dollar disappearance that has puzzled Secret Service and officials. George W Fitzgerald, the teller linked to the missing money, may be kept from returning after his vacation, as officials press for information. Deputy Treasurer Bantz leads the effort with Boldenweck stepping back. Chief Wilkie defers public comment, awaiting Washington mass of detail.
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Washington Post
Chicago
United States Treasury
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Boldenweck
Bantz
George W. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Bants
Wilkie
Washington
Reformist Will Tests France Aid From New York
In a New York surrogate hearing, Mira Louise El Leclerc leaves large bequests to French causes and many gifts to French American charities. She earmarks 20000 dollars to the Academie francaise de l’Institut de France and 100000 dollars to Montauban Protestant Theological Faculty with income for scholars. The remainder goes to the French Evangelical Church in New York and the Protestant Society for Encouragement of Primary Education in France.
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New York
Mars
Mira Louise EL Leclerc
France
Mise Leclerc
Faculte de Theologie Protestante de
Evangelical Church
Societe Protestante Pour Yhncouragements de
Dutch Prince Decorates Berlin Rescue Crew Heroes
Prince Henry of the Netherlands on March 4 decorated Captains Sperling Janeen and Berckhout with the Order of Orange Nassau. He awarded silver medals to the crews who helped rescue ten passengers and five crew members from the steamer Berlin, which ran aground at Hook of Holland on February 21.
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Hook
Holland
Prince Henry
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Sperling
Janeen
Berckhout
Order of Orange-Nassau
Train Robbery in Kansas and Court News Summary
Rail officials held and jury instructions issued. A Kansas train robbery is reported along with updates on Treasury deficits, Thaw case movements, and Jerome's new legal move. Cardoso provides his account while other items cover Congress sessions, fiscal figures, cabinet showings, social notes, and regional events.
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Strothers
Kansas
Jerome
Cardoso
Presa Eddy
Drew Wil
Man
Grosvenor
Burton
Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
Bassett
Honduras
New Millionaires' Club Opens On Roof Garden In City
The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad will open its Church Street terminal on May 1, 1908. The top floor will house a roof garden for a club of millionaires, with the Railroad Club taking floors twenty one and twenty two. Prospective members include Cornelius Vanderbilt Howard Gould George W Perkins and F D Underwood. They and fifty others, with wealth exceeding four billion dollars, push a large waiting list.
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Washington Post
New York
Church Street
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Manhattan Island
Railroad Club
Corneling Vanderbilt
Howard Gould
George W. Perkins
F. D. Underwood
Landslide Buries 85 in Algerian Mountainside
Bona Algeria Mar 4 eighty five persons are buried by a landslide covering about fifteen square miles of mountainside near Sedrata. Local authorities report the disaster and crews search the debris for survivors amid rugged terrain and continuing bad weather.
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Algeria
Bona
Sedrata
Many Seek Spooner's Seat in Wisconsin Senate Race
Madison March 4 Isaac Stephenson Marinette millionaire lumberman backs La Follette and may win Spooner vacancy. La Follette expected this week as eight others keep silent. Connor may bow out. Governors, congressmen Cooper Esch Jenkins and McGovern among new entrants. Scofield also mentioned. Election likely after May 1 with two months of campaigning.
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Washington Post
Madison
Wis
Spooner
Isaac Stephenson
Marinette
Robert Mo la Follette
Stephenson
la Follette
Davidson
Connor
Cooper
Esch
Jenkins
F. E. McGovern
Milwaukee
Edward Scofield
Crowley Wins Skin-Glove Bout Over Peters in Fort Lee
East Side fighter Mike Crowley defeats England’s Jim Peters in a four round private match at Fort Lee New Jersey. The bout featured wallop heavy exchanges with Crowley gaining the lead in the fourth round and delivering decisive blows to Peters jaw and face. Crowley takes the entire purse of 48.25 dollars from the bout.
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Washington
New York
Mar i
Mike Crowley
Jim Peters
Fort Lee
N. 5
Crowley
East Side
Petera
England
Peters
Jerome's New Aim in Thaw Trial Shifts to Intent
New York March 4 Jerome pivots from insanity toward proving Thaw knew his actions when he killed Stanford White. He aims to show a premeditated, deliberate act rather than mad impulse, steering toward potential electric chair. Experts face conflicting questions as Jerome milds his tone with Evans and Wagner while probing Thaw's mental state and the plan behind the shooting.
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Washington Post
New York
Jerome
Thaw
Stanford White
Jeremy
White
Mr. Jerome
Britton D. Evans
Charles G. Wagner
Wagner
Evans
Aigtnet
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