Bribery and graft indictments hit San Francisco leaders
San Francisco officials face 75 indictments for bribery tied to United Railroads Home Telephone and Gas and Electric firms. Abraham Ruef and T. V. Halsey face major counts as prosecutors allege vast graft dating to post earthquake deals. Pending arrests and sealed counts suggest a broader probe into city corruption.
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Coffeyr
Superor Court
Grand
Francis J. Hener
Secret Service
William J. Burg
Abraham Ruef
Board of Supervisors
United Railroads
Home Telephone Company
Ruel
United Railroads Company
Sag
Ruof
Eddie Graney
Morris Levy
James Cotfieth
Willis Britt
Ruef
Heney and Burns
Duble Gerre
Board of
Britery
Halsey
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
Burns
Big Poker Game Continues in Magnet Hotel Chicago
The four day and night poker marathon at Magnet Hotel ended with an adjournment and wide public attention. Mont Tennis reportedly lost over 10000, with other prominent figures named as players including Alderman John A. Rogers and John O Malley. A state senator was also present, though unnamed. The proprietress described the scene as heavily disrupted and vowed repayment by the players.
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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 For Loaned Funds
New York report states Capt. Alexander Bianchi, a self-described Russian army veteran, is sued by Miss Charlotte E. Terry to recover about $3,000 loaned in 1905. Terry says he paid $0 and $0, leaving $3,000 due, with recent attempts to borrow $600 for customs on an auto. James W. Allison denies any involvement with Bianchi or such notes or payments.
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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 with Man in New Jersey Garden
Special to The Washington Post reports gardener Gottileb Thalman of Miss Sarah B. Abbott’s property in Elizabeth, New Jersey, confronted a prize white leg horn rooster named Nawabemir that attacked him. In defense he stabbed the fowl to death, suffering deep scratches and eye injuries likely to affect his vision for some time.
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Washington Post
New York
Nawabemir
Sultan
Madison Avenue
Elizabeth
N. J
Gottileb Thalman
Sarah B. Abbott
Thalman
American mail bag theft linked to Paris arrest
Paris report says a mail bag valued around 400000 dollars was stolen aboard the French liner La Provence after leaving New York February 28 and reaching Havre March during a recent voyage. A man named Butloss was arrested in Paris with 42000 dollars in American securities, suspected as the thieves’ accomplice. Postmaster in New York says no official notice yet but dispatches confirm the pouch’s disappearance and investigation continues.
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New York
Havre
New York Post- Offee
Butloss
Mar
Wilcox
la Provence
Union Says It Won’t Hindrance Street Lamps
John Riggles, lamp lighters’ committee chair, told Commissioner Macfarland the union does not seek to disrupt street lighting. He urged the American Lamp Lighting Company to honor its contract to pay 15 cents for every unlit lamp. Police continue watching for tampering as no incidents have been reported lately.
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Lampighters
Macfarland
American Lamp Lighting Company
Mve
Banker Seligman Praises Roosevelt Open to Federal Regulation
Isaac N. Seligman, New York banker, met President Roosevelt at the White House to discuss railroad issues and the economy. Seligman affirmed the President will enforce laws and favor federal regulation over state actions, praising Secretary Cortelyon and noting improved conditions in the money market. He criticized Wall Street hostility toward Roosevelt and suggested further talks with financiers, with Schiff possibly joining future discussions.
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Isaac Seligman
New York
White House
Roosevelt
Seligman
Iatter
Cortelyon
Wall Street
Roosevel
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Schiff
Nicaraguan Wins Defeat After Three-Day Battle Near Namasique
Report from San Salvador dated March 20 says united Salvadoran and Honduran forces totaling about 6,000 were defeated by Nicaragua after a three day engagement at Namasique. Nicaragua holds towns, reports no pillage, while U.S. gunboat Marietta arrives at Puerto Cortes to protect American interests. Senor Corea, Nicaragua's minister to the United States, denies soldiers were authorized to loot captured towns and cites a cable from Managua.
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Namasique
Nicaragua
Washington
Hig
Salvador
San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Mar
Jose Dolores Presa
Artllery
Avelar
Licona
Chavarrin
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 Senate Race
Special to The Washington Fest Providence BR i Mar The vote for United States Senator in joint assembly today fell from previous levels. Col Samuel Pomeroy Colt suffered the most, losing three votes bringing his total to five. The ballot shows Col R H I Goddard 40 ex Senator Wetmore 30 ex Gov Utter 1. Rumors say Colt supporters may shift to Wetmore banners as ballots continue, but Colt leaders deny splits. Today’s vote was the fortieth ballot.
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Washington
Providence
Mar
United States
Joint Assembly
Cal
Samuel Pomeroy Colt
R. H. I. Goddard
Wetmore
Utter
Statehouse
Colt
Movement grows around Gray as conservatives back bid
Washington Post reports Henry G. Davis in Baltimore endorses Judge Gray for Democratic nomination. Davis praises Grays record as labor arbiter and national figure. He argues conservatives must lead a campaign on conservative issues to win, noting antirailroad agitation and West Virginia corporate burdens shift public sentiment toward fair treatment and tax compliance. Davis says a Gray nomination movement is forming with conservative Democratic leaders backing him.
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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 Escapes Mob After Fatal Atlantic City Crash
Beaten and pursued by about a hundred Italian laborers after a streetcar crash killed two men near a power plant Bradshaw the motorman fled to his Pleasantville home with police protection. The mob gathered in the suburbs vowing to burn the house offices and force a confrontation before dawn.
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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
The German 188 ton steamer Horn foundered in the North Sea near Lubec on March 20 with the loss of 210 lives. Rescue efforts and weather conditions are reported as the tragedy unfolds. Ships from Standard Family Coals and J Maury Bove Co are among those notified.
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Horn
North Sea
Lubec
Germany
Standard Family Coals
J. Maury-Bove Co
Bryan would win all states if nominated says Ohio Democrat
Columbus, Ohio March 20 special to The Washington says Bryan would contest every state, including Ohio, if nominated for President. Chairman Harvey Garber reports meeting Nebraskan in Cincinnati and notes Bryan needs no Ohio manager, expects Ohio Democrats to rally behind him with names like Col James Kibourne and John J. Lentz. A furniture auction notice appears at end of item.
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Columbus
Ohio
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Harvey ©. Garber
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Iir
Garber
James Kibourne
John J. Lentz
Johnson
Cleveland
Burton for Foraker's seat in Ohio Senate bid
Friends of Congressman Theodore E. Burton push him as a Senate candidate to displace Senator Foraker. They claim official support from Roosevelt and Taft and backing of machine Republicans across the state. Local Republicans praise Burton as capable and reform-minded amid speculation of a Panama Canal post for him.
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Taft
Senate
Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
Theodore EB. Burton
Senator Foraker
Congressman Burton
John H. Price
Cuyahogs, County
Republican Committee
Republican Committee, Today. “Burton
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Foraker
Theodore E. Burton
Herman C. Baehr
Burton
Panama
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Republicans
Haven't Seen His Baby Lee Arthur Gete Seeks Writ
Playwright Lee Arthur Gete seeks a writ of habeas corpus from the Supreme Court to compel his wife to produce their infant child in court. The couple separated last August after a marriage that began in May, with Arthur learning of fatherhood while at a Broadway restaurant.
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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
An attempted bank robbery at the national bank in Johannesburg ended when armed masked men demanded the safe. The employees fired, mortally wounding one robber in the mouth and capturing another as he fled. One employee was wounded but not seriously.
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Johannesburg
Mar
National Bank
Bank
Explosion kills six at Emporium dynamite mill
An explosion at the Emporium powder mill west of Emporium Pennsylvania killed six men three Americans Charles Ecksen James Thomas and William Moran all of Emporium and three unidentified Italian laborers. About 100 pounds of dynamite were in the waxing house when the mix of nitroglycerin and wood pulp detonated. The blast levelled the area, shattered windows as far as St. Marys and Driftwood twenty miles away, and left a twelve foot deep hole where the building stood. Property loss estimated at 187000.
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Emporium
St. Mary's
Driftwood
Parker Indicted in Ky Boarding House Murder and Arson
Ben Parker was indicted and arrested in Mayfield Kentucky for murder and arson after a body found in his boarding house ruins showed a fatal knife wound. A $5 bill spent in Paducah after the crime with a stain on it undercut Parker's guilt.
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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 to seek Stone and Fairfax at 192 New York Avenue Northwest for proper service. All accounts draw interest at Union Trust Co. Deposits subject to check at will.
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Stone & Fairfax
New York Avenue Northwest
Dept. of Union Trust Co
Thaw Trial Turbulence as Lunacy Commission Considered
The Harry Kendall Thaw murder trial in New York faces a courtroom clash over appointing a lunacy commission. District Attorney Jerome argues Thaw is insane and unfit to advise counsel, while defense lawyers contest the move. Justice Fitzgerald adjourns the case until Friday as judges weigh the expert testimony and discuss undisclosed facts that could shock the court.
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Thaw
New York
Mar
Harry Kendall Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
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