Gould Allies Grow Within Missouri Pacific Board
Stuyvesant Fish, ex-Illinois Central president, is elected a director of Missouri Pacific, signaling closer ties with Georges J Gould. Gould cites Fish’s rail career and friendship, argues policy remains steady, and comments on money markets delaying the Western Maryland extension. He predicts MP earnings around 12 percent for the year ending June 30 and notes ongoing Western Pacific construction at about 1 million dollars per month with a September 1, 1908 completion target.
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Washington Post
New York
Stuyvesant Fish
E. H Harriman
Illinois Central
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Union, Pacific and Southern Pacific
Fish
Georges J Gould
Gould
Harriman
Mississippi
Missouri Pacific
Would
Mrr
Hartman
Missouri Pacific Board
Paso
Galveston
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake City
Western Pacific
San Francisco
St Louis
Southwest
Witness
The
Aystem
Mr. Gould
Thost
Wabbash
Maryland
Publc
Board changes at St Louis meeting shift Sage and Hyde heirs
The article notes high money rates forcing railroads to halt improvements and cites restrictive legislation as a major cause. Missouri Pacific holder Mr. Pieh is referenced. J. J. Slocum replaces the late Russell Sage to represent Sage Interests, and Mr. Fish fills the vacancy left by James Hazen Hyde.
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Pieh
Missouri Pacific Securities
St. Louis
J. J. Slocum
Russell Sage
Sage
Fish
James Hazen Hyde
Icicle drops kill man at Niagara Gorge trolley
A massive ice block fell from the Niagara Gorge cliffs onto a trolley car on Gorge road near Whirlpool Rapids. Motorman Everett Ramsdell was killed. Dr and Mrs K H Nervy of Sioux City and Miss Nervy were bruised, and C Lindsay with wife of Pittsburgh were injured. All were taken to Prospect Hotel.
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Niagara Falls
Niagare Gorge
Gorge Road
Everet Ramsdell
KH. B. Nervy
Sioux City
Iowa
Mies Nervy
C. Lindsay
Pittsburg
Prospect Hotel
Sage foundation to endow social reform with $10 million
Mrs. Russell Sage announces a $10,000,000 endowment to fund the Sage foundation. Headquartered in New York, the national effort will study and address adverse social conditions such as ignorance, poverty, and vice. Trustees named include Robert W. De Forest, Cleveland Dodge, Daniel C. Gilman, John M. Glenn, Miss Helen Gould, Mrs. William B. Rice, and Miss L. L. Schuyler.
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United States
New York
Helen Gould
Albany
N. Y
Russell Sage
Henry W DeForest
Sage Foundation
New York City
Gage
I Tere
Wisconsin Professor Calls Race Death a Blessing in Population Debate
Special to The Washington Post reports Professor Edward A. Ross of Wisconsin condemning large families as a cause of social degradation. His article in American Journal of Sociology argues for restricting births, labeling race death by own action a blessing, and cites democracy and higher education as factors.
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Wisconsin University
Washington Post
Chicago
America
Edward A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Current American Journal of
University of Chicago
Wisconsin
Ross
Idleness Cited as Major Divorce Cause by Judge Hunt
Judge Charles I. Hunt of the Divorce Court in Cincinnati says idleness by men accounts for about half the docketed divorces. He notes most petitioners are women and lack of support triggers many complaints, with desertion and abandonment tied to unemployment.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles I. Hunt
Rev Thomas Spurgeon Resigns From Metropolitan Tabernacle
London March 12 The Rev Thomas Spurgeon pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle has tendered his resignation partly due to ill health that hinders his duties relates to his busy charge. Chesapeake and Ohio announces a parlor car on the Washington to Virginia Hot Springs line at 2 PM on weekdays without changes.
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Thomas Spurgeon
Epectsl Cable
Washington Post
London
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Virginia Hot Springs
Chesapeake and Ohio
Washington
Virginia
French battleship Iena explodes in Toulon dry dock
A catastrophic explosion in Toulon at 1 35 pm blown the French battleship Iena in dry dock. Captain Adigard and Captain Vertier are dead with Rear Admiral Manceron among the injured. Many sailors killed or badly burned as powder magazines and torpedo charges detonated. Rescue efforts hampered by fires and further blasts.
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Adigard
Vertier
Manceron
Toulon
Mar
Iona
Mediterranean
Insa
Arsenal
Scorea
Iena
Practical
Tena
Varios
Dack
Sheila
Thetar
Ytig
Manial valet charged with burglary and assault in Schiff home
Lawrence de Foulke, former valet to Mortimer L Schiff, is held in 5000 bail in New York for burglary and assault after admitting writing two love letters to Mrs Schiff and stealing two diamond pins. He alleged he fired a bowling pin blow at Schiff in a dispute over money. Schiff later aided him with funds. The case unfolds at Tombs Court with further questioning.
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Washington Post
New York
Lawrence de Foulke
Mortimer JL. Schitt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Foulke
Schiff
Lawrence
Sloan's
Mr. Schiff
Mrs. Schiff
de Foulke
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Editor Graves Attacked on Atlanta Street
John Temple Graves editor of the Atlanta Georgian was struck from behind on a street corner by J. H. Crutchfield. Graves fell and was stunned as Crutchfield fled after a brief scuffle. Crutchfield was arrested about an hour later after an official police order.
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Atlanta
John Temple Graves
Atlanta Georgian
J. H. Crutchfield
Col. Graves
Crutchfield
Col Graves
Bryan campaign manager in Cleveland plan revealed
Special to The Washington Post reports that Mayor Tom L Johnson is believed to be near agreeing to manage Bryan’s 1908 presidential bid. Bryan’s Cleveland visit last Sunday aimed to discuss a role similar to Hanna for McKinley, with initial plans laid months earlier.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
Bryan
Johnson
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Bryan J
Indicted Church and School Furniture Firms Face Sherman Charges
Federal grand jury charged F A Holbrook and sixteen church and school furniture makers with conspiracy to restrain trade and monopolize. Indictments name 15 companies including American Seating Chicago and Owensboro Seating with 8 percent market control. Two injunction petitions aim to curb further violations under the Sherman act.
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Chicago
Mar
F. A. Holbrook
Federal Grand Jury
United States Circuit Court
United States
American Seating Company
A. H. Andrews Company
G. N. Stifford Manufacturing Company
Superior Manufacturing Company
Muskegon
Mich
Owensboro Seating and Cabinet Company
Owensboro
Southern Seating and Cabinet Company
Jackson, Tenn
Cincinnati Seating Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Eircman Seating Company
New Richmond
H. Voght Sons & Co
Parker City
Ind
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
Ethel Kelly Wins Sum From Jack Gallatin Upon Heartbreak
New York report states actress Ethel Kelly will receive $20,000 from millionaire Jack Gallatin after alleging a broken heart caused by his marriage to the daughter of the late "policy king" Al Adams. Kelly published letters signed Jeck and Beth, then agreed to publish them and release all claims. She returned to Boston to resume her role in The Little Cherub, remarking that $27,000 remains small after her mistreatment.
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Washington Post
New York
Ethel Kelly
Jack” Gallatin
Kelly Suas
al” Adams
Jeck
Gallatin
Kelly
Boston
Jack
Hunt for Lost Child Tells of Ferryboat Sighting
Dover detectives intensify search for Horace Marvin missing since March. A passenger on a ferryboat reports seeing an Italian woman with a child a day after the disappearance, while investigators drag local streams toward the bay. Dr Marvin remains hopeful amid distress.
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Boy
Delaware
Dover
Del
Mar
Marvin
Marv
Delaware Ber
One Drink a Day for Him in Hoboken Court
William Bell aged sixty nine faced Recorder Stanton in Hoboken on charges of habitual drunkenness and abuse. Bell denied being a drunkard and agreed to pledge to limit to one drink daily for two years, though the size of the drink was not specified. The case followed testimony from a neighbor who said Bell rarely drank.
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Stanton
Bell
Mr. Smith
Thaw
Thaw Trial Seen Near End as Jerome Wins Key Testimony
In New York on March 12 the Thaw trial nears verdict with Jerome gaining admission of James Clinch Smith’s testimony about conversations with Thaw and the Madison Square Garden night. Smith described Thaw's pre shooting remarks including stock tips and the search for someone, while the judge weighed the evidence amid sustained prosecutorial effort.
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Jerome
Smith
Thaw
Garden
Mr. Jerome
White
Stanford White
James Clinch Smith
Madison Square Garden
Mr. White
Europe
Mr. Smith
Fitzgerald
Delmas
Harry Thaw
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Little Horace Marvin
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