Deals at Fredonia: Judge Got Him the Place
Albany March 2 testimony before the assembly judiciary committee detailed attempts to induce Dunkirk ticket broker Frank P. Sail to disclose facts about Justice Warren Hooker. Ball testified he received 2532 for no post office work, later repaid to the government. Minerva Jeffrey, linked to George W. Beavers, was named Fredonia postmaster without the hostmaster’s knowledge, raising questions of classified-service approval.
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Dunkirk
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George W. Beavers
Washington
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Kate Blackmar
Washington, D. C
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Washington City
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Clayton Graft
New York Post Office
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Justice Hooker
George BE
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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 said no evidence shows criminal fault in last weeks explosion that killed fifty eight Grover Company shoe factory workers. He believes a hidden boiler defect caused the disaster. Judge Bixby will review the evidence later.
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Mass
R. B. Grover Company
Iistrict
Asa FP. French
French
Bixby
Fairbanks at Philadelphia Union League Banquet
Vice President Fairbanks attended a Union League reception in Philadelphia with about two thousand members present. He also was guest of honor at a league banquet with Sen. Penrose, Reps. Bingham and Morrell, and Mayor Weaver. He spoke to Phi Gamma Delta delegates and his son accompanied him. From Philadelphia he planned to go to Indianapolis after bidding the White House farewell yesterday.
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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 in Riches Scam Chase
Post office inspectors probe a get-rich-quick scheme tied to Sophie Beck and missing Storey Cotton Co. and Provident Investment Bureau leaders. Rumored yacht near Liverpool with suspicious men and a woman aboard, aiming for London. Victims in New England report losses totaling about 87,000 dollars as prosecutions begin in Philadelphia.
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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 Backs Sun Worshipers Cult
Special to The Washington Pest reports Louis Potter cousin of Bishop Henry C Potter of New York defends the Sun Worshipers, praising his teacher Dr Han ish and his belief in eternal health. Potter, a Trinity College graduate, studios at 28 East 18th Street and has created Orientalist sculptures including Persian worshipers atop a hill and busts of Senator Towne and Dr Pinchon. He is noted as the only American decorated by the Tunis government for art.
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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 Arrives in Gibraltar on Way to Naples
Special Cable Dispatch reports John Hay American Secretary of State improving daily after pleasant Atlantic voyage aboard the Cretic. He visited Gibraltar with no official reception at his request. Secretary Hay and White deny any Rome mediation talks or peace proposals related to Russia and Japan. The Cretic sails for Algiers with Hay and White. Mrs. Hay and Queen Alexandra meet on royal yacht Victoria and Albert. A Gibraltar cablegram confirms daily improvement.
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Washington Post
Gibraltar
John Hay
Naples
Atlantic
Mr. White
Italy
Hay
White
Algiers
Queen Alexandra
Great Britain
Richhards Defends Land Office Promotions As Merit Based
W A Richards commissioner of the General Land Office, en route to Wyoming, says he knows nothing of any investigation into clerk promotions. He asserts promotions under his administration were merit based and civil service compliant, noting some clerks were reduced for earning salaries beyond their abilities and implying some may be linked to alleged false testimony.
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Omaha
Nebr
W. A. Richards
General Land Office
Wyoming
Washington
Land Office
Neutral Powers Push for End of War in the East
France seeks to halt hostilities with diligence while Russia outlines terms. President Roosevelt not asked to mediate between Russia and Japan. Washington favors direct negotiations, opposes an international conference, and presses to preserve China’s integrity. France and Russia contemplate terms, with Japan insisting on direct talks with St Petersburg. The United States watches for the moment to help Russia and Japan reach a peace basis without triggering a broader conference.
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Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Germany
China
Washington
Nicholas
Hay
Czar
Mikado
Berlin
France
Paris
St. Peterstung
Delodian
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M. Deleasse
Hain
Pana Ta
Europe
Lamsdorff
Delcasse
Stockholm
St. Petersburg
Tokyo
Russia's Peace Terms Hidden In Negative Conditions
St Petersburg reports deny Russia has made any peace proposals to Japan. Russia has only stated negative terms, demanding cession of territory with no indemnity, leaving Japan to decide if talks can begin. No reply from Japan is recorded, Roosevelt’s mediation denied, Cassini may relay conditions.
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Russia
Japan
Novos Vremya
Yanan
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Cassini
Gree
Shields Under Bonds Guarding Grand Jury Room
Federal officials exclude Packers reps from the grand jury corridors as John Howard Shields posts $1000 bond amid indictments involving Thomas J. Connors of Armour & Co. J Ogden Armour defends Connors and asserts Shields acted as New York representative for Armour in Singapore. Officials note possible further indictments and ongoing probe into witness tampering.
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Washington Post
Chicago
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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
Czar NicholasRumor Of Suicide Attempt Circulates
Paris March 30 unconfirmed rumor from St. Petersburg says Emperor Nicholas attempted suicide and wounded his hand. The report credits intervention by his mother Empress Dowager.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Equitable Life Trouble Flares As Hyde Aims to Defend
New York March 23 The executive committee of the Equitable Company meets to prepare an official public statement. Jacob Schiff and Kuhn Loeb counsel discuss past transactions with the society while Brackett charges misuses of funds and dummy directors. Albany March 29 Mayer delays action as Hendricks probes the case and Brackett presses for sanctions.
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Washington Post
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Colby
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Mr. Hyde
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Mayer
Senator Brackett
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James H. Hyde
Jacob B. Schiff
Hendricks
Equitable
Brackett
Haiti Crisis Warned by Minister Powell in Cable
Haitian Minister Powell cables news of impeding trouble in Port au Prince and questions peace on March 31 and April 1. The State Department orders a protecting warship, with Newark likely to Port au Prince and Brooklyn en route to Guantanamo. Haitian officials in Washington and New York seek confirmation, noting no abnormal events known.
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State Department
Ponsil
Haiti
Navy Department
Portau Prince
Newark
Sigshee
Guantanamo
New York
Republic
Conflicts With Ladrones Reported In Luzon Skirmish
Special dispatch cites Pulajanes religious fanatics enveloping twenty five scouts and ninety five constabulary in Samaranga welt. They retreated after a midnight attack three miles from goneane on Luzon. A pursuing force under Capt. Brown advances on Diop near Blears. Furniture to be sold.
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Washington Post
Speth
Goneane
Luzon
Brown
Diop
Boa
Stripes for Millionaire Griffith Denied Appeal
Supreme Court denies Col Griffith J Griffiths appeal seeking exoneration for shooting his wife at Santa Monica two years ago. The Los Angeles millionaire must serve two years in prison, the decision upheld on March 29. The sensational trial previously drew national attention and Griffith faces penitentiary stripes.
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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 Japan Warnings
Summary of today’s front page items including disclosures in the Hooker inquiry, warnings to Japan, beef trust investigation, and Hyde facing charges. Also notes on vice president’s niece romance, Mrs Maybrick testimony, and looming major battle.
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Beef Trust
Hyde
Maybrick
Methodist Church Conference
Canal Commission
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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 rampaged through Manhattan on March 2, terrorizing pedestrians along Forty second Street from Eighth Avenue to Times Square and Bryant Park. It knocked down a bicyclist, toppled a woman with a baby carriage, and charged crowds before diving into the East River and swimming toward a reef south of Blackwell’s Island, where men in a rowboat lassoed and hauled it ashore. The animal, believed to have escaped from an East Side stockyard, triggered mass sheltering as cabbies blocked streets and theaters and hotels closed entrances.
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Bryant Park
Grand Central Station
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Lackweira
Spotted fever spreads through New York area
Special to The Washington Post reports cerebro spinal meningitis remains active despite warm weather. New York records thirty two cases the highest since 1872 with Yonkers leading outside cities at fifty six cases and forty four deaths. Queens shows twelve deaths in five weeks with no current treated cases. Doctors note many patients are improving while Bronx cases rise among children.
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Yonkers
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Harrison
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Darlington
Board of Health
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Brooklyn
Queens
John P. Mason
Hiead
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Lebanon Hospital
Fordham Hospital
Lincoln Hospital
Quarrel of Two Savants at Penn Sparks Inquiry
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania issued a statement on the Hilprecht Peters dispute saying no usable information existed for a full investigation until a week ago. A signed demand from Hilprecht prompted a searching inquiry and a hearing for both sides will be held with trustees’ action to be announced later.
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University of Pennsylvania Today
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Archaelogical Museum
University of Pennsylvania
John Peters
New York
Prominent Boston Real Estate 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 believed to be the motive. He had arrived recently from a six week trip to Bermuda and Puerto Rico seeking relief for his condition.
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Hotel Astor
New York
Wiliam H. Hammond
Bermuda
Porto Rico
Federal inquiry into Standard Oil methods leads to Topeka grand jury action
Federal grand jury in Topeka will investigate Standard Oil Company and affiliates similar to Chicago beef trust probes. Attorney General Hadley seeks quo warranto to revoke franchises in Missouri, while Minnesota oil dealers allege discrimination against Standard Oil. Separate notice reports Kansas retail pricing and rail freight grievances.
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Beef Trust
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Hadley Tagday
Supreme Court
Standard of Company
Republican Company
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Missouri
Marshall
Hadley
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The
Journal Today
Standard Oil Company
Oil Trust
Topeka
Kan- Say
Kansas
Kans
St. Paul
Minn
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Explosion in Broadway subway tunnel sparks fire
In New York on March 29 an explosion and fire in an unfinished Broadway and Ninth Street subway section 125 feet underground followed a collision between an empty train and a flat car with Italian laborers. Officials cited a third rail fault and short circuit as the cause. no injuries reported.
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Broadway
Nvth Street
Hedley
Nersons
Assaulted by Negro Near Elton Pennsylvania
Mrs Frank Rose aged sixty two was assaulted by a Negro who tore her clothing and left her unconscious on the kitchen floor in her home near Elton. A little adopted daughter summoned neighbors. The attacker demanded food, then assaulted when no men were present. Victim is in serious condition. Posse is organized to scour the county and a lynching is feared if captured tonight.
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Johnstown
Elton
Frank Rose
Regro
Major C B Hoppin Dead 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 four weeks with pneumonia Interment will be at Arlington Cemetery He was appointed from New York as a cadet at the United States Military Academy September 1 1873 graduated June 13 1877 and assigned as second lieutenant First Cavalry later to Second Cavalry promoted to first lieutenant September 22 1884 captain June 10 18 and major Fifteenth Cavalry March 25 1908
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Curtis B. Hoppin
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Arlington Cemetery
Hoppin
State of
New York
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First Cavalry
Second Cavalry
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