Harriman Swindle Accuses Rail Baronsin White House Talk
Senator Shelby Cullom blasted E H Harriman after a White House visit calling for jail for the railroad financier over the Chicago and Alton deal. He said Harriman milked the line dry and bonds had nothing behind them, likening it to a swindle while urging slow, careful rail valuation and cautious legislation on rates. He noted President greeted the remarks with silent reaction and warned that Congress should proceed slowly on the issue.
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Committee On Interstate Commerce
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Alten
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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la Pollette
Hariman Doubts Story on Cullom Remark
Report from New York states Mr Hariman questions Senator Cullom's cited remark about an investigation into the Chicago and Alton deal. A banker refutes secrecy, saying the deal was widely publicized, stockholders knew terms, and the syndicate could have failed to reorganize if offers were not accepted.
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New York
Harriman
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Hartiman
Roosevelt and Donovan Boxing Toy Provokes City Crowd
A New York City street vendor staged a playful fight between a papier mache Roosevelt and Donovan figures on Chamberg Street near City Hall Square. Spectators urged moves as the fake match progressed through three rounds, drawing groaning traffic and later crowd dispersal by police.
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New York Times
Broadway
City Hall Square
Brooklyn Bridge
Summet
Teddy
Mike Donovan
Rodgevelt
James J. Corbet
Mr. Donovan
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Mr Donovan
Skie
Mc Donovan
Auavere
American has Nile plan to create storage lake
Cope Whitehouse, long based in Egypt, proposes an alternate irrigation plan for the Nile. He doubts the Assouan Dam addition will be beneficial and outlines a desert dam to form a 280 square mile artificial lake holding 22 billion cubic yards of water. He has registered squatted land in Cairo and seeks British backing to back his storage lake idea.
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Egypt
Nile
Whitehouse
Quuki Bbe
Cairo
Assouan Dam
Cuba Reports Record Sugar Crop Amid Unsettled Cuba
Secretary Taft reviews telegrams from Gov. Magoon in Havana noting record sugar cane harvests for the past month while planting lags. European interests spread rumors of Cuba’s unstable business climate, but Taft expects improved trade and a bigger crop next year despite unsettled conditions.
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Havana
Cuba
Washington
Taft
Mystery in Rifles Used in Brownsville Shooting
The Brownsville shooting case deepens as Springfield Arsenal experts link bullets to four rifles, two of which were said to be in a quartermaster storehouse. Testimony suggests boxed rifles may not have been in store, challenging company records. Privates Taylor and Wilson of Company B are slated before the investigative committee as sessions resume.
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Tex
Springfeld
Woraker
Company B
Washington
Thomas Taylor
James J. Wilson
Browneville
Penrose Court Martial Testimony Reveals Brownsville Tensions
San Antonio reports Maj Cr Penrose testified at the Fort Sam Houston court martial recounting the Brownsville incident. He described no ill will between soldiers and citizens and said firing likely came from high-power rifles. Maj C J Clark affirmed orderly conduct of the negro battalion before discharge. Other officers prepared to testify in Washington.
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Tex
Cr Penrose
Fort Sam Houston
Brownsville
Chewitresa
C. J Clark
Secretary of War
BE. A. Macken
S. P Lyons
H. S. Grier
George Lawrason
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Washington
Senate Investigation Committee
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Raleigh to unveil Bagley monument in statehouse grounds
Senator Overman invited the President to attend the May 28 ceremony honoring Ensign Worth Bagley, the first American killed in the Spanish American War and the only naval officer to lose his life in the conflict. The President could not attend. Ambassador Jussect and Viscount d Avenel were presented at the White House during the visit.
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Erie Stops Big Work Bergen Cut to Be Completed
The Erie Railroad halted about 20 million dollars in new construction, citing Gov. Hughes public utilities bill and pending state legislation on railroad holding limits. Work on the Bergen cut, Jersey City tunnel, Port Jervis to Newburg, and related lines will pause, while improvements in New Jersey and Pennsylvania near completion.
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Vast public lands reopened to entry by president order
The General Land Office issued a statement listing states with opened lands: Colorado 1,350,000 acres New Mexico 2,000,000 Montana 2,100,000 Gregan 710,000 Utah 138,000 Wyoming 1,240,000 Washington 520,000. Lands had been closed as coal lands and withdrawn prior to March 12.
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New Mexico
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Washington
More Men for Navy Yard With Expanded Work Force
The Navy Department plans to assign more work to the Washington Navy Yard, boosting its 4000 workers. Capt Leutze, the commandant, has lobbied to keep ordnance work locally. The gun factory is expected to build thirty seven twelve inch rifles as a Pennsylvania company has dropped the contract.
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Leutze
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SARGENT OFF ON LONG TRIP FOR IMMIGRATION WORK
Commissioner General of Immigration Frank P. Sargent left for Chicago St Louis Galveston and New Orleans to oversee bureau business. Congress funded immigrant stations at Galveston and New Orleans to handle large arrivals and Sargent will visit to plan the oO zone construction.
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St. Louis
Galveston
New Orleans
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Sentiment for presidency from editor visits in multiple states
Republican feeling favors Taft while Gray leads Democrats with Harmon second. Editor reports on rail regulation views, party strengths, and the cross state political drift. Notes Taft’s broad public support, Ohio dynamics, and Roosevelt’s limited third term appeal.
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Pennsylvania
Indiana
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Tom Johnson
Ohio
Judge Harmon
Judge Gray
Delaware
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Abe
Harmon
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Labor Seeks Recognition on Immigration Commission
Knigh ts of Labor petition President Roosevelt asking that a representative of laboring men be named to the Immigration Commission. District Assembly No 65 reports organized labor has a greater stake in immigration than any other group and should be represented. The American Federation of Labor supported a similar resolution.
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Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Post Office Dept Struggles With Twine Shortage
The Post Office Department reports severe difficulty in filling requisitions for twine used to tie letters into bundles. Postmasters have orders totaling about 100,000 pounds, with daily complaints as shipments are not immediate. A contractor holds similar large orders and pledges prompt delivery to cover the shortage.
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Government Exhibit Ready for Jamestown World Fair Display
Government plans eight exhibition buildings at Jamestown with Life-saving Service as the featured display. Exhibits from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Philadelphia Mint, and New York life-saving apparatus arrive by rail for a major government showcase. Assistant Secretary Edwards says headquarters are moved to the grounds and displays will open a week before the fair. The Naval, Marine Hospital, and Postal departments prepare unique exhibits including a tuberculosis hospital model and a post office demonstration. Germany to send ships to represent its navy, escorted by an officer equivalent to a commodore.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Mint
Philadelphia
New York
Edwards
Treasury Department
Jamestown Grounds
Ita
Uncle Fom
Matt the Marine Hospital
Wort Stanton, MN. M
Navy Department
Roon
Bremen
Germany
Meer Pee
Panama Railroad directors near reappointment talks
Secretary Taft conferred with William Cromwell of New York about renewing the Panama Railroad directorate before his Isthmus and Cuba trip. Cromwell has offered resignation and Panama’s Minister Obaldia is also said to resign, with a possible continuation of the board to avoid governance issues under wartime law.
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William ‘Nelson Cromwell
New York
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Qet Isthmus
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Cromwell
Obaldia
Republic of Panama
Canal Commission
United States
Postmaster General Meyer Joins Tennis Cabinet
George Von J L Meyer becomes Postmaster General and joins the tennis cabinet alongside James R Garfield. The White House court has been resurfaced and the President with his tennis group plan to play daily during the summer, meeting after each session to discuss pressing issues.
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James R. Garfield
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Roosevelt
Washington
First Transvaal Parliament Opens Amid Language Clash
In the Transvaal Colony the new parliament convened with President Kruger's era noted. A language clash arose as Afrikanders pressed Dutch, while Gen. Schalk Berger and Hoffmeyer spoke. Beverw elected speaker. Lord Selborne warned on Chinese labor and Asiatic indentures, as the Asiatic Ordinance moved forward. London reports say imperial support awaits Transvaal action.
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South Africa
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Gravesend
House of Commons
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Postal Officials Ponder 400000 Mail Pouch Theft
Post office officials puzzled by the disappearance of a 400,000 mail pouch reported stolen after being loaded on the French liner La Sduole from New York February 14. It arrived Havre March 6 and the loss was discovered soon after. Investigators doubt theft occurred on the ship, given strict on board safekeeping and custody by trusted clerks. The ruling theory places the theft between Havre and Paris, amid high security.
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France
Vickery
Parla
United States, Panama Nears Canal Damages Commission
United States asks President Amador to appoint two members to a joint commission to appraise property losses from the Malambo district fire in January 2006. The panel would also review other private claims related to canal construction and determine land expropriation values for canal purposes, meeting in early April.
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Reed
Department of Government and Sanitation
Panama Canal
Law Department
Aras
Malambo
Half Rates for Convention for Brotherhood of St. Andrew
The Southern Railway announces a single round trip fare from all southern points for the Brotherhood of St. Andrew convention in Washington in September. The low rate is expected to attract many members to attend the event.
Bluecher Arrives With Congressional Party In Kingston
The steamer Bluecher carrying Speaker Cannon and the Congressional party from Venezuela docked in Kingston this evening. They plan shore visits and a voyage to Colon tomorrow after a dinner aboard where Cannon spoke on Middle West development.
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Speaker Cannon
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Railways discuss early May freight rate increases
Representatives from Erie Lackawanna New Jersey Central Pennsylvania New York Central and other trunk line members met in New York to discuss general advances in railroad freight rates to begin around May 1. No schedule had been completed and approval by presidents could be 4 weeks or more away.
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Erie, Lackawanna
New Jersey Central
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New York Central
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New Appraisers Named at Port of New York
Treasury announces changes in the port of New York appraisers with John D. Smith and Charles W. Bunn to succeed Exiwin g A. Hertsham and Lyman D. Carhart. Smith, an inspector of six fabrics, has fourteen years in customs. Bunn, an examiner of hardware and electrical apparatus, has worked in New York appraisers stores across branches. Educational Contest answers due by April with back catalogs obtainable at the office.
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Charles W. Bunn
New York
Treasury Department
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Lyman D. Carhart
Mr.Smith
Customs Service
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