Railroad Directors to Answer for Harlem Wreck
The coroner's jury finds the New York Central Railroad culpably negligent for the Brewster express crash on February 16 near Harlem, causing 23 deaths. The coroner orders the board of directors and the president to appear for bail, naming no individuals in the verdict.
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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 Inquiry prompts special grand jury in New York
New York on March 3 District Attorney Jerome FitzGerald authorized a special grand jury for April to hear insurance cases. Assistant District Attorney Aresio, who examined Metropolitan Life Insurance books, is prepared to present findings. Also noted is a Boston arrest in a separate lottery matter with a Mobile Alabama complaint.
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New York
Jerome Justice Fitzgerald
Ares
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Hill Sells Part of Great Northern Terminal to Harriman
Mar 4 The Times to-morrow reports James J Hill and SH Harriman have agreed on plans for railroad lines in the Portland region. Hill sold a portion of the Great Northern Seattle terminal to Harriman after setting a price Harriman accepted. Hill notes the Great Northern can expand there and claims no need to harm Harriman as a neighbor.
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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 N Y March 4 Frank Furlong twenty one who killed his aunt Mrs Margaret Keeler in New York City in 1904 was executed in Sing Sing prison today. He crept up from behind struck her with a pipe then rifled the body for valuables before fleeing. He confessed five days after arrest and his trial included an insanity defense. The murdered woman’s husband signed a clemency application.
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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 Dismissed in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City March 4 The case against Apostle Heber Grant of the Mormon Church charged with unlawful polygamous cohabitation was dismissed today by Judge Diahl in City Court at the insistence of the prosecuting attorney. 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
Dakotas Passengers Safe After Tokyo Bay Collision
Reports say the Dakota passengers were not rescued by Omimaru. Omimaru failed to reach the wreck in heavy seas. Dakota floated near Yokohama with ships standing by. later reports claim the vessel may be floated tomorrow.
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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 Municipal Elections
Special to The Washington Past Portland Maine Mar 4 In eleven Maine cities municipal elections were held to date Republicans made gains to four Democrats in two and in the remaining five there was practically no change from last year The governor's withdrawal of Sturgis liquor deputies is believed to have helped Republicans in localities where the Sturgis state enforcement law had been applied.
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Washington
Portland
Maine
Homer J Lindsay Dying At Carnegie Steel Leader
Pittsburg reports Homer J Lindsay assistant to Carnegie Steel Company president is dying at his home from Bright's disease at age scandal details note his past as telegrapher and reporter. Also sale notice for Persian Rugs at Sloan's auction listing dates and times with catalog descriptions and buy now prices.
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Carnegie Steel Company
Pittsburg
Homer J. Lindsay
Bright
Mr. Lindsay
Andrew Carnegie
Sumaha
Sloan's
Insanity Defense Crowned in Strother Killing Trial
In Culpeper Virginia Judge Thomas W. Harrison prepared jury instructions on emotional insanity as a defense for James A. Strother and Philip Strother in the murder of William F. Bywaters. The case moves to a jury after final arguments, with instructions detailing insanity standards, provocation, and possible acquittal if mind condition at the act was insane.
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Bywaters
Virginia
Strother Brothers
Bandits Loot Train Near Pittsburg Kans in Hold Up
A Missouri Pacific passenger train was robbed near Pittsburg Kansas by two disguised men. They netted about $100 in cash and a few valuables. Lou Jeff, a miner, was killed after protesting. Westlake of Toledo was wounded. Robbers escaped as officers pursued. locals fear lynching.
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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 met President Castro at Macuto, restoring public friendship amid Castro's convalescence. Senora Castro's intervention drew praise as Venezuelan public life accepts women in politics. The stay lasted about an hour. Dolge faces possible expulsion amid corruption charges. Also noted is fashion trend toward sulphur yellow for 1907.
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Caracas
Vencauve
Mar
Wilemsted
Curacao
Gomez
Castro
Macuto
Senora Castro
Rudolf Dolge
Venezuela
Archie Roosevelt Improves From Diphtheria Illness
Archie Roosevelt improves after diphtheria at the White House. Navy Surgeon General Rixey and family doctor Dr Alexander Lambert visit. other children isolated as precaution. Mrs Roosevelt stays by his side as Sylph sailors send violets. Archie and Quentin are popular with crew.
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Archie Roosevelt
Aga
Alexander Lambert
New York
Washington
Rixey
Quentin
Sylph
Trapped He Kills Himself After Hat Initials Exposed
In Hoboken a Hamburg liner departure reveals a betrayed cashier Leopold Weiss who shot himself aboard the Batavia. Ignatz Lauffer identified by a hat inscription L. W. and a Hungarian sister confession leads to deportation efforts and a boarding detention aboard the Batavia.
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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
Tainted Money Harms Methodist Trust, Says Bishop
Special to The Washington Poet from Cincinnati Ohio reports Bishop Walden of the Methodist Church argues that tainted foreign gifts harm the church. He says accepting large donations from Rockefeller or Carnegie would not be questioned, but foreign dollars risk harming Methodist finances and independence. He warns the church could lean toward external support if it relies on tainted funds.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Walden
M. E. Church
Wiley Chapel
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Methodist Church
Count of 61 Million Dollars Subtreasury Shortage
Four U S Treasury experts began a two week tally of 451 million dollars in Chicago subtreasury vaults by order of President Roosevelt amid rumors the shortage could reach one million. Deputy Treasurer Bantz led the probe as Fitzgerald contemplates discharge and possible disclosures. Chief Wilkie delays comment, will report to Washington next week.
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Washington Post
Chicago
United States Treasury
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Boldenweck
Bantz
George W. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Bants
Wilkie
Washington
Will of Mira Leclerc Benefits France Charities
New York reports Mira Louise El Leclerc's will leaves large bequests to French and French American charities. She provides 20000 dollars to the Academia Francaise de l Institut de France for triennial awards to a teacher of moral influence. One hundred thousand to the Faculte de Theologie Protestante de Montauban for scholarships. Remainder of estate divided between the French Evangelical Church in New York and a Protestant society aiding primary instruction 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
Queen decorates life-savers at Hook of Holland
Prince Henry of the Netherlands on behalf of Queen Wilhelmina decorated Captains Sperling Janeen and Berckhout with the Order of Orange Nassau. All crews who participated in saving the ten passengers and five crew members of the Berlin, which went ashore February 21, received silver medals of the same order.
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Hook
Holland
Prince Henry
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Sperling
Janeen
Berckhout
Order of Orange-Nassau
Train Robbery in Kansas Sparks Suspicion
Page 1 reports a robbery aboard a train in Kansas with officials questioning Strothers in relation to the case. Mentions jury instructions and ongoing investigations as authorities verify treasury deficits and thaw case updates.
Millionaires Club Planned for Hudson and Manhattan Roof
The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad will open its Church Street terminal on May 1, 1908 with a top level roof garden for a Millionaires Club on the twenty second floor. The Railroad Club will occupy floors twenty one and twenty two with dining lounging sleeping facilities. Noted applicants include Cornelius Vanderbilt Howard Gould George W Perkins and F D Underwood among about fifty others with vast fortunes.
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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
85 Buried in Algerian Landslide Near Sedrata
Bona Algeria March 4 eighty five persons are buried by a landslide covering about fifteen square miles of mountainside near Sedrata in Algeria. Local authorities report rescuers on the scene with limited access to the stricken area.
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Algeria
Bona
Sedrata
Millionaire Stephenson Seen As Strong Spooner Seat Candidate
Madison dispatch says Isaac Stephenson of Marinette, a millionaire lumberman and Mo La Follette backer, has a good chance at Spooner’s Wisconsin Senate vacancy. La Follette may back him. others hold quiet as hopefuls line up, with election unlikely before May 1.
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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 at Fort Lee
Mike Crowley, an East Side fighter, defeated Jim Peters of England in a four round skin-glove match at Fort Lee New Jersey. Crowley landed decisive rights in the fourth round to win the bout and the full purse of 48.25. Peters suffered facial injuries, including cuts around both eyes and a bleeding nose and mouth.
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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 Elects Death Penalty Path
New York March 4 District Attorney Jerome pressed cross examination of two alienists in the Thaw trial aiming to prove Thaw knew his actions when he killed Stanford White and carried out a deliberate plan. Jerome sought to counter lunacy commission hopes by showing Thaw acted with intent, not madness, as experts debated Thaw's mental state.
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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
Mr Jerome
Madison Square Roof Garden
Branford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Paris
Distriet
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Pullman
J. Maucy Dove Company
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Hunt
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London
Drapers Record
Northwestern
Huske & Smith
Archie
Irene Lauffer
Inj
Hals
L. W
Tandt
Ignatz
Dolors
GC. & Oeataeaat
C. & C. Limited
Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
Mi Fst
Teller Fitzgerald
Cardoso
Presa Eddy
Drew Wil
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Grosvenor
Burton
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NEW Millionaires’ Club
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Jim’ Peters
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Washington’ Post
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Witfe
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