Deals at Fredonia Aimed at Influence in Post Office Scandal
Albany reports testimony before the assembly judiciary committee on charges against Justice Hooker. Ball testified he received 2532 dollars in pay for no work at Fredonia post office, later repaying most funds. Minerva Jeffrey, tied to Washington figures, was named in a report as appointed at Fredonia to bypass civil service. Nasie and Nagle provided details on Dunkirk appointments and unpaid salaries, including a $306 judgment for overpayment.
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Albany, N
Frank P. Sail
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Warren B. Hooker
Ball
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Hooker
W. BE. Cochran
Minerva Jeffrey
George W. Beavers
Washington
Miss Jeffrey
Kate Blackmar
Washington, D. C
Beavers
George Jeffrey
General's Office
Fannie L. Jeffrey E
Washington City
James H. Jeffrey
Clayton Graft
New York Post Office
Postmaster Taylor
Taylor
Stanchfield
Justice Hooker
George BE
Tiffany
Albert N. Colburn
William C. Hudsey
Brooklyn
Hudgon
Small
F. O C. Nasie
Leter
Jacob Link
Nagle
Link
Hidden boiler defect blamed for Brockton factory blast
In Brockton Massachusetts district attorney Asa F P French closes an inquest into last weeks factory explosion that killed fifty eight workers. He says no evidence shows any person committed a crime and contends the blast stemmed from a hidden defect in the boiler. Judge Bixby will review the findings and issue a report later.
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Brockton
Mass
R. B. Grover Company
Iistrict
Asa FP. French
French
Bixby
Fairbanks Honored at Philadelphia Union League Banquet
Vice President Fairbanks was feted in Philadelphia with a reception by the Union League attended by about two thousand members. He also spoke briefly to Phi Gamma Delta at the University of Pennsylvania and attended a banquet with Senator Penrose, Congressmen Bingham and Morrell, and Mayor Weaver. He earlier visited the White House to bid the President farewell and planned to proceed to Indianapolis with no summer plans announced.
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Philaelphia
Fairbanks
Union ‘League
League
Senator Penrose
Bingham Ander Morrell
Weaver
Ange
Washington
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
University of Pennsylvania
Phi Gamma Delta
Union League
White House
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Fugitives on Ocean Yacht Reach Unfamiliar Havens
Post-office inspectors trace a gang led by Sophie Beck, the brains of the scheme, to an ocean-going yacht near Liverpool aimed at reaching London. Suspects include missing Storey Cotton Co and Provident Investment Bureau figures. A check from Liverpool boosts Storey assets while Boston victims report losses totaling about 87 000 dollars. Philadelphia prosecutions of managers proceed.
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London
Philadelphia
Post-Office
Sophie Beck
Storey Cotton Company
Provident Investment Bureau
Liverpool
Broadley
Storey Concern
Boston
Post Office
Wm. D. Snow
New England
Storey Cotton Co
Bondsville
Letherman
Sto. Panadelphia
Artist Louis Potter Embraces Sun Worshipers Cult
Special to The Washington Pest from New York outlines Louis Potter, cousin of Bishop Henry C. Potter, as a fervent adherent of the Sun Worshipers sect under police scrutiny. The young sculptor, Trinity College graduate, defends his mentor Dr Hanish, cites oriental interests, and notes Tunisian honors for art. Potter created bas reliefs of Persian worshipers and has sculpted busts of Senator Towne, Senator Pettigrew, Dr Pinchon, and Elmer Gates.
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Washington Pest
New York
Henry C. Potter
Fish
Louis Potter
St. Louis
Potter
Trinity College
East Eighteenth Street
Hanish
Fotter
Africa
Tunis
Towne
Pettigrew
Pinchon
Elmer Gates
Washington
Secretary Hay Improves During Gibraltar Voyage
Special cable dispatch reports Secretary of State John Hay arriving on the Cretic at Gibraltar on his way to Naples. He is improving daily after a pleasant Atlantic voyage and declined any official reception. White, the new American ambassador to Italy, dismisses talk of mediation with Russia and Japan. The party then sailed for Algiers with Mrs Hay and Queen Alexandra aboard, while a later cable confirms continued improvement.
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Washington Post
Gibraltar
John Hay
Naples
Atlantic
Mr. White
Italy
Hay
White
Algiers
Queen Alexandra
Great Britain
Land Office Chief Rao Says Promotions Were on Merit
W A Richards commissioner of the general land office, traveling via Omaha to Wyoming to visit his daughters, denies knowledge of an investigation into clerk promotions. He asserts promotions under his term were merit based and civil service compliant. some clerks were reduced for underperforming relative to salaries, with possible links to a pending inquiry.
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Omaha
Nebr
W. A. Richards
General Land Office
Wyoming
Washington
Land Office
Neutral Power Sees End to War Without U.S. Mediation
France works quietly to end the war as Russia outlines terms and emphasis on direct talks between Moscow and Tokyo. Washington says Roosevelt not asked to mediate and prefers an approach that preserves China's integrity while opposing an international conference.
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Russia
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Germany
China
Europe
Lamsdorff
Delcasse
Stockholm
St. Petersburg
Washington
Tokyo
Russia's Peace Terms and Diplomatic Ambiguity
St Petersburg dispatch notes Russia denies proposing peace terms to Japan while outlining negative conditions. Indemnity is rejected and cession of territory is demanded without compensation. No direct reply from Japan. Roosevelt may offer mediation, conveyed via Cassini, but no formal open talks confirmed. The situation remains unsettled with rumors and cautious diplomacy.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Novos Vremya
Yanan
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Cassini
Gree
Shields Under Bonds Guarding Grand Jury Room
Federal officials exclude Packers representatives from the Monadnock Block corridors as the grand jury probes a conspiracy case led by Armour & Co. J Ogden Armour defends Connors while acknowledging suspected witness coaching. A statewide beef trust probe and Garfield report are discussed with cautious remarks by District Attorney Pagin.
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J. Ogden Armour
Washington Post
Chicago
John Howard Shields
Thomas J. Connors
Armour & Co
Pagin
Shields
Sanborn
Connors
Mr. Connors
Monadnock Block
Grand Jury Room
Fagin
Armour
Mr. Shields
New York
Huang
Foreign Department
Mr. Evans
Grand Jury
Agison Gallertex
Czar Suffering Reported Suicide Attempt Rumor
Paris March 30 An unconfirmed rumor from St Petersburg claims Emperor Nicholas attempted suicide and wounded his hand. The report says the Empress Dowager intervened to thwart the design.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Equitable Life troubles prompt directors to prepare public statement
New York March 23 executive committee of the Equitable Company held a long meeting attended by nearly all directors including Senator Depew to discuss an official public statement. Jacob Schiff said eminent counsel have advised that ongoing transactions with Kuhn Loeb & Co should continue with the Equitable Life Society despite Brackett’s charges. Attorney General Mayer and State Insurance Superintendent Hendricks prepare review as Brackett cites dummy directors and alleged misuses of funds.
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Jacob Schiff
Washington Post
New York
The
Equitable Company
Senator Depew
Alexander and
Colby
Hyde
Mr. Brackett
Mr. Hyde
Albany
Mayer
Senator Brackett
Equitable Life Assurance Society
James H. Hyde
Jacob B. Schiff
Hendricks
Equitable
Brackett
Haiti Revolt Fears Prompt Navy Guard Move
Haitian Minister Powell cables of impending trouble and possible loss of order on March 31 and April 1. The State Department orders a warship to Port au Prince, with the cruiser Newark likely to join Admiral Sigsbee’s Guantanamo force. Haitian officials in Washington question the alert while noting no evident threat.
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Port Au Prince
State Department
Ponsil
Haiti
Navy Department
Portau Prince
Newark
Sigshee
Guantanamo
New York
Republic
Conflicts With Ladrones Reported In Luzon Skirmish
Special dispatch from Washington notes that twenty-five scouts and ninety-five constabulary were overwhelmed by Pulajanes near Samarang welt in northern Luzon. They retreated as Ladrones attacked at midnight three miles from Goneane. A pursuing force under Captain Brown continues the search in Blears. A separate notice mentions furniture to be sold.
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Washington Post
Speth
Goneane
Luzon
Brown
Diop
Boa
Stripes for millionaire Griffith in Supreme Court decision
San Francisco report says Col Griffith J Griffith the Los Angeles millionaire who shot his wife at Santa Monica two years ago must serve two years in prison after the Supreme Court denied his appeal. Trial was highly sensational and drew wide attention nationwide.
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Supreme Court
Col. Griffith
San Francisco
Griffith J. Griffith
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Griffith
California
Disclosures in the Hooker Inquiry and World News
Index to today issue highlights disclosures in the Hooker Inquiry, warnings to Japan, Beef Trust probe, Hyde’s charges, and a blow at Standard GH. Also romance of VP’s niece, Mrs Maybrick testimony, and signals of a large upcoming battle. Rush for Japanese bonds, Methodist Church conference, canal commission resignations, Santo Domingo receivers, and regional news from Virginia and Maryland.
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Japan
Beef Trust
Hyde
Maybrick
Methodist Church Conference
Canal Commission
Santo Domingo
S-News
Virginia
Maryland
Washington
Mission Board
Rockefeller Gift
Germany
France
Morocco
Panama Road
Wild Bull Causes Panic on New York Streets
A large gray bull ran wild through midtown Manhattan on March 2, charging from Forty second Street to the East River. It knocked down a bicyclist, toppled crowds at Times Square, and frightened theater and hotel patrons. After visiting Bryant Park and Grand Central, a rescuer lured the animal away and it swam to a reef south of Blackwell’s Island before being hauled in by a rowboat crew. The bull likely escaped from an East Side stockyard.
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New York
Forty-second Street
Eighth Avenue
Blackwells Island
East Side
Broadway
Times Square
They Square
Bryant Park
Grand Central Station
Thenimal
Lackweira
Spotted fever spreads despite warm weather
Special to The Washington Post reports cerebro-spinal meningitis expanding in Greater New York and surrounding towns. New cases reach 32 in NYC, Yonkers reports 56 cases with 44 deaths, Jersey City 38 with 11 deaths, Harrison 15 with 7 deaths. In Manhattan and Brooklyn, 76 deaths last week. 297 this month and 571 since January 1. Queens shows 12 deaths in five weeks, with no active cases today. Bronx cases rise, many children treated at Lebanon Fordham and Lincoln hospitals. most patients safe.
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Washington Post
New York
Yonkers
Jersey City
Harrison
N. J
Darlington
Board of Health
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
John P. Mason
Hiead
Queens Health Department
Bronx
Lebanon Hospital
Fordham Hospital
Lincoln Hospital
Quarrel of Two Savants At Penn Over Nippur Tablets
Philadelphia trustees of the University of Pennsylvania issued a statement on the Hilprecht Peters controversy saying no usable information existed for a full investigation until a week ago. A signed Hilprecht demand for inquiry is the only document in the trustees’ hands. Dr John Peters challenged Hilprechts claim the tablets came from the Nippur library, asserting they were bought from a collector. The trustees ordered an investigation and promised a hearing for both sides with further action to be announced.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Today
Hilprecht-Peters
Hilprecht
Nippur
Hilpreent
Archaelogical Museum
University of Pennsylvania
John Peters
New York
Prominent Boston Man Shoots Self at Hotel Astor
William H. Hammond, a leading Boston real estate figure, died by his own hand at the Hotel Astor in New York. Despondency over ill health is cited as the probable motive. He had recently returned from a six week trip to Bermuda and Puerto Rico seeking relief.
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Boston
Hotel Astor
New York
Wiliam H. Hammond
Bermuda
Porto Rico
Federal probe to threaten Standard Oil in Missouri
Missouri Attorney General Hadley filed in the Supreme Court for a writ of quo warranto to strip Standard Oil, Republic, and Waters-Pierce of their Missouri franchises. A grand jury probe of Standard Oil is planned in Topeka as part of a federal inquiry, with secrecy and juror names withheld. Independent Minnesota dealers protest high freight rates as they versus Standard Oil.
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Jefferson City
Hadley Tagday
Supreme Court
Standard of Company
Republican Company
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Missouri
Marshall
Hadley
Kansas City
The
Journal Today
Standard Oil Company
Beef Trust
Chicago
Oil Trust
Topeka
Kan- Say
Garfield
Kansas
Kans
St. Paul
Minn
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Explosion in Subway Collision Sparks Fire Under Broadway
New York reports a severe explosion in an unfinished subway section at Broadway and Ninth Street 125 feet below street level. An empty train collided with a flat car carrying Italian laborers, causing a tunnel fire blamed on a short circuit. no injuries and only one car minor damage.
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New York
Broadway
Nvth Street
Hedley
Nersons
Assaulted by Negro in Johnstown Area Report
Mrs Frank Rose a 62 year old woman in Elton county home was assaulted by a Negro who tore her clothes and left her unconscious on the kitchen floor. He asked for food then attacked when men were absent. Neighbors and a child aided. posses are forming to scour the country. Authorities fear lynching if captured tonight.
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Johnstown
Elton
Frank Rose
Regro
Maj Curtis B. Hoppin Dies After Pneumonia at Fort Ethan Allen
Special to The Washington Port Fort Ethan Allen Vermont March 29 Major Curtis B Hoppin Fifteenth Cavalry died this morning after a four week illness from pneumonia Interment will be at Arlington Cemetery He was appointed from New York as a cadet at the United States Military Academy on September 1 187? Graduated June 13 1877 and held successive ranks up to major He served in the First and Second Cavalry and rose to major March 25 1908
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Fort Ethan Allen
Washington Port
Curtis B. Hoppin
Fifteenth Cavalry
Arlington Cemetery
Hoppin
State of
New York
United States Military Academy
First Cavalry
Second Cavalry
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Congress
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Equitable Life Troubles
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Tablet
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Gratia Py Geten Trust Co
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Jessare
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