Fish Named Director of Missouri Pacific Amid Gould Harriman Clash
Stuyvesant Fish, deposed from Illinois Central presidency, is elected a director of Missouri Pacific, with plans to join the executive committee. Gould says Fish’s entry won’t alter policy. hands extended amid anticipated broader Gould Harriman rivalry across western railroads.
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Washington Post
New York
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E. H Harriman
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Railroads end improvements as high money rates bite
The article notes high rates force railroads to halt much improvement work and cites restrictive legislation as a key cause. It mentions Mr. Pieh, a large Missouri Pacific securities holder, and a board change at the St. Louis annual meeting with J. J. Slocum replacing the late Russell Sage and Mr. Fish taking James Hazen Hyde’s vacant seat.
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Missouri Pacific Securities
St. Louis
J. J. Slocum
Russell Sage
Sage
Fish
James Hazen Hyde
Icicle Kills Man At Niagara Gorge
A large icicle fell from the Niagara Gorge cliffs onto a trolley car on Gorge road near the Whirlpool Rapids. Motorman Everett Ramsdell was killed. Dr and Mrs Nervy of Sioux City and Miss Nervy were bruised. Mr Lindsay and his wife of Pittsburgh were injured, with his hands mashed. Injured taken to Prospect Hotel.
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Iowa
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C. Lindsay
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Ten Million Endowment Aims to Improve U S Social Conditions
Mrs. Russell Sage via counsel Henry W DeForest announces a 10 million dollar endowment for the Sage foundation. The national trust will study causes of poverty ignorance and vice to remedy social distress with headquarters in New York City and trustees including Helen Gould and others.
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New York
Helen Gould
Albany
N. Y
Russell Sage
Henry W DeForest
Sage Foundation
New York City
Gage
I Tere
Wisconsin sociologist calls birth control needed to halt race death
University of Wisconsin professor Edward A. Ross argues in the American Journal of Sociology that large families threaten national salvation and promotes limits on the birth rate. He brands race death by own action as a supposed blessing and clashes with mystics, clerics, and politicians over population decline and social progress.
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Washington Post
Chicago
America
Edward A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Current American Journal of
University of Chicago
Wisconsin
Ross
Idleness Cited as Half of Divorces by Judge Hunt
Judge Charles I. Hunt of Cincinnati Divorce Court attributes about 50 percent of docketed divorces to idleness by men. He notes most petitioners are women and lack of support drives many complaints, especially among middle and lower classes. Desertion and abandonment stem from unemployment, prompting families to drift apart.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles I. Hunt
Rev Thomas Spurgeon Resigns From Metropolitan Tabernacle
London report says Rev Thomas Spurgeon resigns from the Metropolitan Tabernacle due to ill health affecting his duties. The Washington Post notes his departure amid ongoing parish burdens with no further details provided.
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Epectsl Cable
Washington Post
London
Metropolitan Tabernacle
French battleship Iena disaster at Toulon dry dock
A catastrophic explosion in Toulon during a dry dock inspection destroyed the French battleship Iena mags. Capt. Adigard and Capt. Vertier died, Rear Admiral Manceron and hundreds injured. Fire and debris engulfed the area as rescue attempts faced deadly blasts and heavy smoke.
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valet held for burglary after love letters to Mrs Schiff
Lawrence de Foulke a former Schiff valet, charged with burglary and assault after admitting he wrote two love letters to Mrs Mortimer L Schiff and entered Schiff’s home to steal two diamond pins and strike Schiff with a bowling pin. He claims unrequited affection and financial need. Schiff helped him briefly before reporting the crime.
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New York
Lawrence de Foulke
Mortimer JL. Schitt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Foulke
Schiff
Editor Tem ple Graves Assaulted in Atlanta Street Attack
In Atlanta on March 12 editor John Temple Graves of the Atlanta Georgian was assaulted on a street corner by J H Crutchfield. Graves was knocked to the pavement and stunned briefly before Crutchfield fled. Crutchfield was arrested about an hour later after police were alerted.
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John Temple Graves
Atlanta Georgian
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Col. Graves
Crutchfield
Col Graves
Bryan campaign manager rumor links Johnson to 1908 bid
Special to The Washington Post reports Cleveland Mayor Tom L Johnson is believed to have agreed to manage William Jennings Bryan's presidential campaign. Bryan reportedly visited Cleveland last Sunday to discuss plans and consent, aiming to replicate Mark Hanna's influence for a third nomination and election.
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Indicted Church and School Furniture Firms Face Sherman Act
Federal grand jury named F A Holbrook and sixteen church and school furniture manufacturers in indictments charging restraint of trade and an alleged cartel to fix prices and assign sales. Firms include American Seating Chicago and G N Stafford Milwaukee, plus Owensboro Seating Jackson and Cincinnati outfits. Injunction petitions seek to curb further violations. A separate note reports the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse delaying in Plymouth after Atlantic storm with 109 miles in a day but no damage.
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Mar
F. A. Holbrook
Federal Grand Jury
United States Circuit Court
United States
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A. H. Andrews Company
G. N. Stifford Manufacturing Company
Superior Manufacturing Company
Muskegon
Mich
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Owensboro
Southern Seating and Cabinet Company
Jackson, Tenn
Cincinnati Seating Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
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New Richmond
H. Voght Sons & Co
Parker City
Ind
Pruden- Hal Club
Gramé Jury
F A. Holbrook
Holbrook
Indict- Mort
School Furniture
Minneapolis Office and School Furniture Company
Minneapolis
Owensboro ‘Seating and Cabinet Company
Hudson School Furniture Company
Handy Benool Furniture Company
Grand Rapids
Mid Peabody School Furniture Company
North Manchester
Illinois Refrigerator Company
Morrison, HL
F. Stafford Manufacturing Company
H. Andrews Company
American ‘Seating Company
Plymouth
England
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosda
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New York
Actress Miss Kelly Drops Suit Against Jack Gallatin
New York March 1 Miss Ethel Kelly an actress will receive from Jack Gallatin 2000 as compensation for her broken heart after he married the daughter of the late Al Adams the policy king She produced love letters signed Jeck and agreed to publish them releasing all claims She remains in Boston to resume her role in The Little Cherub claiming 627000 is small after his marriage to another woman
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New York
Ethel Kelly
Jack” Gallatin
Kelly Suas
al” Adams
Jeck
Gallatin
Kelly
Boston
Jack
Hunt for Lost Child Story Told to Detectives
Dover detectives intensify search for Horace Marvin after reports of sightings. A passenger on a ferry and others describe an Italian woman with a child resembling the missing boy. Delaware divers plan to drag streams near the Marvin farm toward the bay.
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One Drink a Day for Him in Hoboken Court
William Bell, 69, faced Recorder Stanton on a habit drunkard charge from his wife and family. Bell denied chronic intoxication and agreed to take a two year pledge to limit to one drink each morning, with size of drink left unspecified.
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Bell
Jerome Scores Big Victory as Thaw Trial Nears End
New York report on March 12 details prosecutor Jerome winning a key ruling to admit James Clinch Smith's testimony from Madison Square Garden. Smith described Thaw’s pre shooting talk, stock chatter, and searching the roof for someone, while defense objections were overruled and trial procedures set for jury deliberation within days.
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