Tragedy Reveals Secret in Columbia Highway Slayings
Special to The Washington Post reports a bandit and merchant slain in a night encounter in Columbia South Carolina. Merchant C B Green, 45, is found dead near his killer Edward Marshall, 24, son of a local business manager. Both shot with multiple bullets, outfits burned, masks and hats scattered suggesting an accomplice.
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Marshell
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Sach
Standard Oil of Indiana Denies Plea Guilty Hint
Chicago March 10 J Moffett president of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana denied a Washington rumor that officials suggested a guilty plea to the federal indictments for rebates. He said the statement was untrue and the company is not frightened by conviction, expecting fair treatment from judges and juries.
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J . Moffett
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Washington
Bryan visits Johnson in Cleveland mystery meeting
Special to The Washington Post reports William Jennings Bryan met with Mayor Tom L. Johnson at Johnson's Euclid Avenue home in Cleveland. Johnson refused to disclose the purpose, saying Bryan would be hurried away if reporters approached. Bryan planned to depart early for the East, and the exact topic remained undisclosed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
William Jennings Bryan
Tom L. Johnson
Euclid Avenue
Mr Bryan
Johnson
Bryan
Jt 8
Threat of Suspension for Railway Clerk Shang
San Francisco rail mail clerk Hugh M Shang on the Los Angeles to El Paso run was given three days to show cause why he should not be suspended. He promoted the Brotherhood of Railway Postal Clerks and urged others in the local department to join. His conduct is deemed prejudicial to service discipline. Sir Daniel Dixon Dies in London at 63. member of Parliament for North Belfast passes away.
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Mercw
Hugh M Shang
Los Angeles
el Paso
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Shang
Brotherhood of
Railway
Daniel Dixon
London
Parlament
Belfast
Lumber King Disappears in California
Frederick Weierhauser a Canadian lumber magnate and reputed billionaire, known as the world’s lumber king, vanishes between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles after passing through San Francisco in cognito. He is 73, not found in Los Angeles or Pasadena hotels, with railroad officials alerted to track his movements and report any trace.
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Frederick Weierhauser
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Los Angeles
Cal
Canada
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Pasadena
Southern Pacific
Weserhauser
Blaze in Frick's Home Atop Fifth Avenue Fire
A blaze broke out in the chimney of Henry C Frick's Vanderbilt mansion at Fifth Avenue and Fifty first Street. About a score of firemen rushed to the dining room where Frick and his family were dining. The fire was extinguished quickly and Frick credited the prompt response with preventing wider damage to the carpets.
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Washington Post
New York
Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-first Street
Henry C Frick
Fride
Dying mother and two children found as fire kills
In Williamsburg a five story tenement fire traps Ada Bingalli and two children. The 22 year old dies after being carried to the street as Pietro Banattro, a wounded youth, is rushed to hospital likely to die. Firemen rescue many others amid the chaotic scene. A Catholic priest absolves the dying woman and the Italian boy in the snow.
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New York
Mar
Bushwick Avenue
Williamsburg
Ada Bingalli
Langdon
Hook and Ladder T Company
Bingalli
Maria
Mrs. Bingalli
Pietro Banattro
Pietro
Jong Nnes
Three Killed On Crossing In Lan caster Rail Accident
Michael Bower a farmer and his two daughters Isabel ten Rose thirteen were struck by a Lackawanna train at a Lancaster crossing in Buffalo New York. Bowers daughter Rose died later from injuries while Isabel perished instantly. The crossing was unprotected as a detour train arrived by a diverted Erie line due to an earlier wreck.
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Michael Bower
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Bower
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Erie
Nebraska Railroads Prepare to Contest 2 Cent Fare Law
Omaha reports indicate Nebraska railroads will contest the recent 2 cent fare act as unconstitutional. A private Chicago source says the legislature enacted the law two weeks ago and the governor announced it at midnight to enforce it immediately. The railroads argue the measure is confiscatory.
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Nebraska
Seek Great Estate Vanished in Tweed's Day
In New York a sensational case centers on the Bassford heirs Estelle Clayton Evesson and Isabelle Evesson seeking to recover lands in New York City, especially the Bronx, once belonging to Abraham Bassford the piano maker who died in 1864. A corporation formed to pursue the estate may claim millions, with alleged confiscation and fraud linked to the Tweed regime guiding the legal fight. Florine A. Evesson, the deceased’s surviving child, has purchased many parcels at a tax sale and the case could reshape titles citywide. The inheritance ties to Vanderbilt and Harlem River rail interests mark a saga of wealth, family disputes, and deeply rooted land claims in a sprawling, decades-long contest.
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New York
Abraham Bassford
Estelle Clayton Evesson
Isabelle Evesson
New York City
Bronx
Abraham Bessford
Iasside
Harlem River
Abraham Baseford
Thape Ad
Tweed
Ita
Tweed Administration
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Brony
Florine A. Eveston
Basaford
England
Abby Catherine Kipp
Knickerbocker
Henge Florine A. Evesson
Womean
Estelle
Bassford
Tweed Ring
Soul Weighs an Ounce Claim by Massachusetts Doctors
Boston reporters describe a six year secrecy bound study by Massachusetts physicians who claim to weigh the soul. They say a dying patient loses from a half to one ounce of weight after death, measured on special scales, and that the soul is a material thing catalogued like a body organ.
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Washington Post
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Entertainment spend at Tuskegee under Roosevelt visit questioned
Montgomery Ala Mar 10 The exam of Tuskegee Institute at legislature request finds Booker T Washington spent 5000 for Roosevelt entertainment last summer. No real complaint. critics say amount high. Report praised Washington for prudent use of funds, bookkeeping simple and accurate. Legislation seeks tax exemption removal. supporters oppose bill noting tax status.
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Washington Post
Montgomery
Ala
Booker T. Washington
Roosevelt
Washington
Capt. F. 8. White
Veiled Woman Lures Doctor in West Side Robbery
Dr William B Cook of 515 Lexington Avenue was beaten and robbed by a veiled fashionably dressed woman as he arrived at 330 West 146th Street after a telephoned summons. He suffered a severe head injury and is reported in serious condition at home. Loot included a $500 gold watch, $125 wallet, and a $30 Knights Templar charm. Police believe the woman was part of a highway robbery plot.
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Washington Post
New York
Wiliam B. Cook
Lexington Avenue
West 146Th Street
Knights Templar
Chicago Shipbuilders Union Defies Cleveland Strike Order
The Chicago local of the Shipbuilders and Boiler Makers Union rejects the national strike directive. Business agent Martin Kipps says Chicago men see no cause to strike now, noting better wages and a nine hour day plus plans to settle differences with the company. Professor John Kromrees Dies at Summit, New York.
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Chicago
Mar
Cleveland
Martin Kipps
Mrs Martha Baker links Mrs Eddy tale to refuting claims
Tilton New Hampshire March 10 Mrs Martha Baker sister in law to Mary Baker G Holdy states Christian Science readers visited her to gather facts refuting a magazine story about Mrs Eddy. Alfred Farlow and Irving Tomlinson questioned her about the tale and she affirmed Mrs Eddy’s history including her father temper and the relinquishing of her son to Mrs Cheney. Baker notes a $100 check from Calvin Frye arrived after a period of silence in letters and Pleasant View offered no response during her financial hardship.
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Tilton
N. H
Martha D. Baker
Mary Baker G. Holdy
Christian Science
Christian Science “Cabinet
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Mrs. Eddy
Dead Prophet Revised Fight for Body of Leader
Three funeral services will be held for John Alexander Dowie as divisions among followers surface. Dowlie’s widow and son refuse to allow the Restoration Host to conduct final rites, while others gather at Shiloh Tabernacle and Zion College to mourn, with references to Dowie muted and prophecy of his future return.
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Dowie
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V. V Barnes
Shiloh House
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Zion College
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Dowle
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Wilbur
Jenn Voliva
Central Zion Temple
Sixteenth Street
Michigan Avenue
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A. J. Gladstone Dowle
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McCullough
John Murray Dowie
Pittsburg
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Carl Edeburn
New York
Zion Church
Christopher Neff
J.morgan Wilson
Gottlieb Swartz
Philadelphia
Zion City
Wrdter Edekurn
Master Dowie
Kidnapped Dr Marvin’s Son Sought in Rankin Italians Linked to Case
Pittsburg detectives race to Rankin Pa six miles east of the city as they search for two Italians believed to hold four year old Horace N Marvin Jr of Kitts Hummock Del The distraught father Dr Horace N Marvin demands a general search warrant for the Delaware village but the sheriff refuses He suspects neighbors and appeals for help while a local Italian settlement in Rankin emerges as a possible scene of the alleged abduction.
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Kitts Hummock
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Marvin
Monongahela Valley
Dover
Mar
Horace N Marvin
Sheri Hartnett
Kent County
Kitts Hummorck
Hartnett
Charles Woodall
Woodall
Harry Virdin
F Place
Bay Meadows
Frank Butler
John Caldwell
Caldwell
Butler
Ruth
Delaware
Bartnett
Two Vessels Foundered in North Sea Gale
A Berlin dispatch reports the loss of thirty four lives from the foundering of the German cargo steamer Gorge Wettern and a trawler during a heavy North Sea gale. No details are yet available but it is believed all on board perished.
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North Sea
Threat of Secession from Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown reports Prince Edward Island considers secession from Canada as a remedy for perceived wrongs since 1873. The piece cites failures in mail and passenger service, high freight rates, and a cable monopoly. Government wireless service is needed during outages.
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Prince Edward
Maritime Provinces of Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Princes to Make World Tour On Battleship Assignment
London report states Prince Edward and Prince Albert, eldest sons of the Prince of Wales, will tour the world in a battleship. Prince Edward is slated for the army while Prince Albert is assigned to the navy.
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Mar. W
Prince Edward
Prince Albert
Prince of Wales
Navy clash looming as gunboats maneuver near Nicaragua
Special to The Washington Fort reports tension between the United States and Nicaragua over the Samuel Weil concession dispute. Norwegian ship Harry T. Inge ferries arms to Honduras while gunboats Omatipe and Tatumbla are spotted near Cape Gracias, risking a naval engagement if they meet. Weil claims a $50,000 gold-for-paper money difference after Zelaya canceled his wines and liquors concession. Victoria and Esquimalt preparations warn of broader regional risk. Root confers with the President and maintains daily contact with U.S. Minister Merry in Costa Rica.
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Cape Gracias
Honduras
Tatumbla
Puerto Cortez
Iage
Samuel Weil
Nicaragua
Weil
Bluefields
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Department of Zelaya
Mosquito Reservation
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Esquimalt
South America
Ruef Appeals as Trial Looms in San Francisco
Abraham Ruef’s attorneys prepared a writ of prohibition to stop Judge Dunne from proceeding with his extortion trial. A U S Supreme Court writ and a habeas corpus petition are expected decisions tomorrow. Elisor Biggy ordered to bring Ruef to court unless higher court restrains. Mayor Schmitz also to appear with a trial date set on five counts of extortion after his not guilty plea.
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San Francisco
Mar
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
United States’ Supreme Court
Washington
United States
de Haven
Five Women Bull Fighters Gored at Juarez Plaza
In Paso, five women bull fighters were injured during a farewell appearance at Juarez Plaza del Toros. All were gored or tossed by bulls. Senorita Herrera sustained the most serious injuries though none were fatal. About five thousand spectators watched the thrilling event.
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Tex
Juarez Plaza del Toros
Senorita Herrera
Savoie Floods Liner As 1000 Passengers Survive Ocean Crisis
The French Line steamer La Savoie carrying over 1,000 passengers from Havre arrived in New York after eight hours adrift in gales. A fifty foot wave flooded cabins and the grand staircase, knocked passengers off their feet, and left state rooms knee deep in water. State Senator A Houghton of Boston narrowly escaped drowning as power failed and all aboard were confined to quarters for two days.
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Mar
la Savoie
Haire
Tournier
A. Houghton
Boston
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Threat by Steel Trust Ends in Possible Mill Shutdown
Special to The Washington File Baltimore March 10 James Gayley first vice president United States Steel Corporation warned that if the government does not demand more armor plate the company will close its mills producing that product. He said such a move would throw thousands of skilled workers out of employment and leave the government dependent on Midvale Steel Company which competes for government contracts. He noted the need for over 15 000 tons of armor plate to keep the plants profitable and blamed Midvale for cutting into government work. He said demand for steel products remains high and orders are booked two to four years ahead despite the trusts capital limits.
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Bay Meadows
Witts Hummock
Hawlans
Sioux City
Dr. Marvin
Washington
Midvale Steel Company
Peculiar Mishap Delays Fastium on Pennsylvanian Train
The Chicago special from New York arriving in Pittsburg at 6 52 pm was seventy minutes late due to an east of the city accident. A Pullman car sprang a spring causing the car body to contact fast wheels. Passengers were shaken and bruised but no serious injuries occurred. The car was cut from the train and replaced in Pittsburgh for the trip to Chicago.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Nowe
Japanese interests seek Oceanic liners for Pacific routes
San Francisco report says agents from a large Osaka based shipper, Shosen Kuisha, are negotiating to buy three Oceanic Steamship Company liners the Ventura the Sonoma and the Sierra. They aim to establish a San Francisco to Orient line possibly allied with the Western Pacific Railroad.
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