Bribery and graft in San Francisco trolley deal
San Francisco indictments return in a vast graft case charging Abraham Ruef and T V Halsey with bribery linked to United Railroads Home Telephone and gas companies. Sixty five counts against Ruef and multiple against Halsey detail payments to supervisors for trolley, gas, and fighting permit franchises. Began long probe by Heney and Burns with bail set at ten thousand per count. the case labeled as just the beginning of exposing municipal corruption.
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San Francisco
Coffeyr
Superor Court
Grand
Francis J. Hener
Secret Service
William J. Burg
Abraham Ruef
Board of Supervisors
United Railroads
Home Telephone Company
T. V. Halsey
The
Pacific States
Telephon and ‘Telegraph Company
Ruef
Halsey
Werre
Heney
Burns
Aled
Honey
Biles
Ruel
United Railroads Company
Sag
Ruof
Eddie Graney
Morris Levy
James Cotfieth
Willis Britt
Heney and Burns
Duble Gerre
Board of
Britery
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Jude Coffen
Tuet
Blassey
John L Sabin
Pacific States ‘Telephone and ‘Telegraph
Com- Tiny
Telephone
Chicago
Louis Glass
Philippine Telephone Company
Momia
Cays
Wong
Gallagher
Ruef Ig
Home Company
Poker Scandal Shocks Chicago Airs Of Elite Players
Special to The Washington Post Chicago March reports a four day poker binge ending with an adjournment at Magnet Hotel 28 North Clark Street. Mont Tennis reportedly lost over 10000 while Alderman John A Rogers John O Malley and a State senator were named among the players. Mrs A C Dean Magnet Hotel proprietor described the scene as a mess caused by prominent men and said they will pay for the disturbance.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Mar
Magnet Hotel
North Clark Street
Mont Tennis
John A. Rogers
West Side
John ¥. O'Malley
North Side
A. C. Dean
Girl Sues Military Man Over Unpaid Loans
New York reports Capt Alexander Bianchi who says his title comes from the Russian army is sued by Miss Charlotte E Terry of 11 East Forty fourth street to recover loans. She says about 3500 was borrowed in 1905 with partial repayment. 600 advanced for customs duties on an imported automobile. a 600 note and a 30 percent check were dishonored. James W Allison of Philadelphia says he never engaged in such dealings with Bianchi.
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New York
Alexander Bianchi
Charlotte E. Terry
East Forty-fourth Street
Miss Terry
Bianchi
James W. Allison
James W. Allison Construction Company
Philadelphia
First National Bank of Amherst
Rooster Battles Man In Garden Fight Ends In Stabbing
Gardener Gottileb Thalman employed by Miss Sarah B Abbott at 471 Madison Avenue Elizabeth New Jersey fought a prize white leg horn rooster named Nawabemir. The bird attacked scratching Thalman's face and eyes until he stabbed the fowl's heart. Thalman suffered deep scratches and eye injuries, taken to hospital with impaired sight expected.
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Washington Post
New York
Nawabemir
Sultan
Madison Avenue
Elizabeth
N. J
Gottileb Thalman
Sarah B. Abbott
Thalman
$400000 Mail Theft in Paris Involves American Suspect
A mail bag valued at about $400,000 was stolen aboard the French line steamer La Provence after leaving New York February 28 and reaching Havre March . A man named Butloss was arrested in Paris with $42,000 in American securities, suspected as an accomplice. New York officials received Paris dispatches but no official notice of the pouch loss.
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Paris
New York
Havre
New York Post- Offee
Butloss
Mar
Wilcox
la Provence
NOT INTERFERING WITH LAMPS IN STRIKE TALKS
John Riggles, lamp lighters committee chair, said the union does not wish to hinder street lighting during the strike. He urged the American Lamp Lighting Company to honor its contract to pay 15 cents for each unlit lamp, as police monitor lamp tampering with no recent trouble reported.
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John Riggles
Lampighters
Macfarland
American Lamp Lighting Company
Mve
Seligman Praises Roosevelt Attitude Toward Railways
New York banker Isaac Seligman met with President Roosevelt at the White House as part of ongoing talks with financiers about railroad regulation. Seligman lauded the President for enforcing laws and favoring federal regulation over state action, praising Cortelyon's relief measures and noting improved money-market conditions. He warned of wall street hostility toward Roosevelt and predicted the temporary nature of current disturbance, hinting at further discussions with Jacob Schiff.
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Isaac Seligman
New York
White House
Roosevelt
Seligman
Iatter
Cortelyon
Pierpont Morgan
Washington
Mr. Seligman
Wall Street
Roosevel
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Schiff
Nicaragua Denies Loot Authority In Honduran War
A lengthy dispatch from San Salvador reports a 6000 strong joint Salvadoran Honduran force defeated by Nicaragua after a three day battle near Namasique. US gunboat Marietta protects American interests at Puerto Cortez while Nicaragua seeks support from Ecuador and Venezuela. Separate notes deny a hoarded loot proclamation and assert no authority given to soldiers to loot captured towns.
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Honduras
Namasique
Nicaragua
Washington
Hig
Salvador
Corea
United States
Marietta
Puerto Cortez
Navy Department
Venezuela
Managua
Senor Sanchez
Ecuador
Pucepel
Zelaya
Alfaro
Renee
Banchez
Venezoslan
Cestro
Corder
New Orleans
San Pedro
Danial Senor Cores
State Department
Root
Senor Corea
Senor Garmez
Colt Loses Votes in Joint Assembly Ballot
Special to The Washington Fest Providence BR reports the United States Senate joint ballot shows Col Samuel Pomeroy Colt losing three votes to 5 total as Col R. H. I. Goddard 40 and ex Governor Utter 1, Wetmore 30. Rumors of Colt declining to Wetmore banner grow, campaign leaders deny splits, ballot number 40.
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Washington
Providence
Mar
United States
Joint Assembly
Cal
Samuel Pomeroy Colt
R. H. I. Goddard
Wetmore
Utter
Statehouse
Colt
Gray Nomination Push Backed by Davis and conservatives
Henry G. Davis, former West Virginia senator and 1908 vice presidential candidate, in Baltimore endorses Judge Gray for the Democratic presidential nomination. He praises Gray as a broad liberal with labor support and says the party could win next year by running on conservative issues. The interview notes a widening movement among the conservative wing to back Gray, with Davis in close contact with Democratic leaders.
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Parker
Democratic Party
Gray
Baccla
Washington Post
Baltimore
Henry G. Davis
West Virginia
United States
Frank Brown
Democratic Taxpayers’ Association
Davis Wan
Judge Gray
Delaware
Davie
Washington
Democrats Party
Motorman narrowly escapes lynching after fatal crash in Atlantic City area
Beaten and pursued by a hundred Italian laborers after his car crushed two men to death, Charles Bradshaw, motorman on the Atlantic City and Suburban Traction Line, seeks refuge in his Pleasantville home guarded by county police. Italians threaten to burn the house and company offices as dawn approaches, with residents calling for aid.
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Washington
Atlantic City
N. J. Mar
Charles Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Pleasantville
Iiceline
Antonio Cammellia
Joseph Tomaso
Lfe
German steamer Horn sinks in North Sea disaster
Lubec March 20 The 188 ton German steamer Horn was sunk in the North Sea with the loss of 210 lives. Standard Family Coal and J Maury Bove Co are mentioned in relation to coal supply and brokers.
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Horn
North Sea
Lubec
Germany
Standard Family Coals
J. Maury-Bove Co
Bryan would contest every state if nominated
Ohio Democrats report to The Washington that if Bryan is nominated for president he would contest every state, including Ohio. Chairman Harvey Garber, returning from Cincinnati, says Bryan needs no Ohio manager and plans to keep allies in politics for next year’s struggle. Garber cites Col James Kibourne and John J. Lentz, Mayor Johnson of Cleveland, and others as backing a united Ohio Democratic support.
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Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Bryan
Harvey ©. Garber
Cincinnati
Tanere
Iir
Garber
Col James Kibourne
John J. Lentz
Johnson
Cleveland
Onto
Burton for Foraker Seat in Senate Bid
Friends of Congressman Theodore E. Burton push him as the Senate candidate to defeat Senator Foraker. They claim Roosevelt and Taft support and bolster Ohio machine Republicans for Burton, who tops reform and national leadership as the plan for the Roosevelts' Ohio Republicans.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Senate
Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
Theodore EB. Burton
Senator Foraker
Congressman Burton
John H. Price
Cuyahogs, County
Republican Committee
Republican Committee, Today. “Burton
United States
Foraker
Theodore E. Burton
Herman C. Baehr
Burton
Panama
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Republicans
Hasn't Seen His Baby Lee Arthur Gete Writ
Playwright Lee Arthur Gete seeks a habeas corpus writ from the Supreme Court to compel his estranged wife to produce their infant for court. The wife, Alice Brown, formerly Washington resident, left him last summer, and the child was born four weeks ago. The case, brought through Justice Newburger, argues the child is unlawfully restrained of liberty.
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Lee Arthur Gete
Washington
Washington Post
New York
Lee Arthur
Supreme Court
Arthur
Alice , Brown
Ufe
Arthur Lea Kahn
Moss Brown
Broadway
Justice Newburger
House, Grossman & Vorhans
Charles A Goldzler
Bank Robbers Foiled in Johannesburg Hold-Up
Johannesburg bank workers repelled an armed masked robbery this afternoon. The robbers demanded the safe contents, were met with gunfire, one was mortally wounded and captured as he tried to flee, another was wounded, and a bank employee sustained a non serious injury.
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Johannesburg
Mar
National Bank
Bank
Dynamite Blast Kills Six In Emporium Mill
An explosion at the Emporium powder mill near Emporium Pennsylvania killed six men, three Americans Charles Ecksen James Thomas and William Moran all of Emporium and three Italian laborers. About 100 pounds of dynamite were in the waxing house when the blast occurred. The cause is unknown. The town was shaken with windows breaking as far as St Marys and Driftwood twenty miles away. A twelve foot deep crater remained where the building stood and no bodies or clothing were recovered. Property loss is estimated at about 187000.
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Emporium
St. Mary's
Driftwood
Parker indicted in murder and arson in Mayfield case
Ben Parker was indicted and arrested on charges of murder and arson in Mayfield Kentucky. The victim, whose identity was unknown, had a fatal knife wound found in the ruins of a boarding house. A $5 bill spent in Paducah after the murder with a spot is cited as evidence.
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Parker
Paduesh
Real estate buyers and renters urged to use Stone and Fairfax
Ninety percent of buyers and renters of real estate seek Stone & Fairfax at 192 New York Avenue Northwest for proper service. They promise safe, profitable accounts with Union Trust Co. deposits available to check at will.
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Stone & Fairfax
New York Avenue Northwest
Dept. of Union Trust Co
Thaw trial turmoil as lunacy commission debated
In New York the Harry Thaw murder trial erupted into a debate over appointing a lunacy commission as District Attorney Jerome argued Thaw is unable to assist counsel due to insanity. Judge Fitzgerald adjourned court to Friday while defense and prosector clashed over testimony and conduct.
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New York
Mar
Harry Kendall Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Thaw
Fitzgerald
Justice Fitzgerald
Texpige
Delmas
Offcer
Supreme Court
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Col. Colt
H. G. Davis
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