Rockefeller gift kept by American Board of Foreign Missions
Boston March 24 Rockefeller's gift of 100000 to the American Board will be retained after prudential committee vote though Rev Daniel Evans says he will draft a stronger protest. The board cites a universal custom of accepting gifts from diverse faiths and maintains responsibility starts with receipt of a gift. Final action postponed two weeks as Protestant groups seek delay and more representation is added. Columbus Ohio March 29 Dr Gladden urges an organized movement against accepting Rockefeller’s gift, calling for church authorities to decide posture.
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Washington Post
Boston
John D. Rockefeller
American Board
Prudential Committee
Daniel Evans
Cambridge
America
New England
Congregational Church
Columbus
Ohio
Washington Gladden
American Board of Foreign Missions
Status of Big Tree Grove and Yosemite Valley Funding
Secretary Hitchcock rules appropriation for the care of the Big Tree Grove and Yosemite Valley can be used for that purpose. The Comptroller of the Treasury has advised that the $260 appropriation by Congress for the valley’s care and improvement may be used for its maintenance. Sacramento reports note the ceded territory question remains unsettled.
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Hitchcock
Sacramento
Ffitchcock
Yosemite Valley
Mariposa
California
Pardes
Ahether
Hittchcock
Treawurr
Congress
Littner divorce suit claims threats to life and profligate conduct
Theresa Littner, still under age, seeks in Supreme Court a divorce from John J. Littner whom she married January 8 1902. She alleges inheritance funded a profligate lifestyle including horse and carriage, automobile, and neglect of her. She says he threatened to poison her and offered sums for a divorce. Alimony of 0 weekly pending trial. Also notes incorporation of American Ice Securities Co with Jersey City incorporators.
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John J. Littner
Washington Post
New York
Theresa Littner
Clara A. Mann
Supreme Court
John
American Ice Company
Trenton
N.J
American Ice Securities Co
Arthur H. Gaudelet
Charles L. Fowler
Harvey Vester
Jersey City
American Ee Co. c
Improvements on Penny Rail Bonds Plan for $100 Million Issue
Philadelphia readers report that the Pennsylvania Railroad directors approve a $100 million convertible bond issue at $75 a share bearing 3.12 percent interest. Of the total, $50 million was authorized by stock rate action yesterday. $50 million authorized two years ago remains unissued. The funds are to retire notes due next fall, redeem bonds maturing in June and July, support the New York tunnel project, and finance line improvements and equipment purchases.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania Railboat Company
New York
Reform program for Macedonia gains international control push
Vienna reports say the Muerzsteg reform plan stalls and international financial control may be imposed to fund Macedonia. Powers, including Austria and Russia, seek extended oversight with money from Salonika Monastir and Uskub directed to Macedonia. Turkey resistance to control would be countered. Bulgaria presses to halt bands and maintains a 20 mile frontier zone.
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Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
Macedonia
Austria
Russia
Salonika
Monastir
Uskub
Dette Publique
Renason
Turkey
Bulgaria
Hulzariz
Forty Skeletons Found in Seashore Cave
Victoria March 29 News from the Vancouver Island coast reports prospectors discovered a sea cave between Quatsini Sound and San Joseph Bay at the north end of Vancouver Island containing forty skeletons. Most remains were intact though some skulls were broken raising the possibility the cave was once the burial site of a local Indian tribe that was once numerous in the area.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Queen City
Vancouver Island
Quatsini Sound
San Joseph Bay
Vancouver Islands
Canadians Sealing Crew Imprisoned in Uruguay Ports
Canadians on the sealing schooner Agnes G. Donahue were jailed at Montevideo after Uruguay seized the vessel for alleged shore rookery poaching. Captain Matthan received five years, crew two years. Balcom protests and seeks damages of 65,000 dollars as Ottawa engages Great Britain to press the case with Uruguay.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Matthan
Agnes G. Donahue
Uy Cept
Balcom
Montevideo
Ottawa
Great Britain
Uruguay
Colombia opens talks to settle debt with bondholders
General Holquin, European representative of Colombia, begins negotiations with the council of foreign bondholders to resolve the debt but warns success hinges on Panama's willingness to assume a portion. Also brief items on the new Italian cabinet, a German force clash in Namibia, Wisconsin anti cigarette bill passage, and a medicine advertisement.
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Council of European
London
Holquin
Republic of Colombia
Council of the Corporation of Foreign
Colombia
Panama
Germany and Morocco Clash Over Open Door Policy
Tangier reports Berlin signals to meet the Sultan and protect German interests in Morocco under the open door. Chancellor von Buelow argues Germany will engage with the Sultan, rejecting Anglo French control while stressing independence and commerce. Berlin asserts no aggressive aims in Morocco though it will safeguard imperial interests.
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Morocco
Raisouli
Kaiser
Tangier
William
Berlin
vonBuelow
Germany
China
Yarta
Herr Bebel
Wiliam
Spain
Famperor
Baron von Kardorff
France
Great Britain
Sued-Deutsche Reiches
Paris
von Bue Jow
Reichstag
Samoan Claims Offer Reported by Reichstag
Berlin March 29 United States and Great Britain offered 40000 to settle Samoan claims totaling 112000. Foreign Secretary von Richthofen told the petitions committee that the question was whether to accept the offer and pay the difference from the imperial treasury. Petitions urging early settlement were referred to Chancellor von Huelow following the communication.
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United States
Great Britain
Berlin
Germany
von Richthofen
Reichstag
von Huelew
Mormons Buy Old Jail In Carthage Illinois
Carthage Illinois March 2 Mormons have purchased the old jail for four dollars the former prison of the scene where the founder of the faith died by mob. They plan to establish a mission church in the building and consider Carthage a regional headquarters as they announce three new churches in Illinois prompting local reaction.
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Ilinois
Carthage
Ill
Illnois
Illinois
Coal tax bill killed by Pennsylvania House committee
Harrisburg March 29 The house committee indefinitely postponed further consideration of the coal tax measure taxing coal three cents a ton, effectively ending the bill for the current session. Also noted are fatal and accident items from St Louis and Red Ash mine disasters, plus a Roosevelt family note from Beaufort.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
House
Interstate Commerce Board to Probe Refrigeration Charges
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans an extensive inquiry starting May 9 in Chicago into refrigeration rates on perishable freight. Originating from the Armour Car Lines ruling and joint railroad refusals to adjust, the probe will examine icing charges, contracts with car lines, and railroad duties under interstate law.
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Chicago
Armour Carines
Michigan
Boston
Dubuque
Duluth
Michigan Southern
Pere’Marquette
Explosion at Illinois Central Car Shops After Political Address
An explosion in the Illinois Central Railroad car shops at Burnside near Chicago fatally scalded one man and badly burned six others. The blast followed Judge Dunne Democratic mayoral address in the same building during the noon hour, with reports attributing the accident to workers leaving their posts to hear the speech.
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Chicago
Washington Post
Illinois Central Railroad
Burnside
Judge Dunne
Unge Dunne
Conditions in Samar Reports Clash with Official Improvement Claims
Manila dispatch reports Commissioner Forbes will extend his Samar inspection while local correspondents dispute official statements of progress. They assert the Pulajanes remain organized and bolder, with native town presidents and tax collectors aiding the insurgents.
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Washington Post
Manila
Cameron Forbes
Island
Samar
Panama Railroad Stock Purchase Ends Nearly All US Ownership
Secretary Taft thanks Panama Railroad Company counsel William Nelson Cromwell for acquiring nearly all outstanding Panama Railway stock. Cromwell states he acted on his own responsibility to secure balance, deeming absolute US ownership essential to canal construction and national interests, while litigation and receivership risks loom if interests diverge.
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William Nelson Cromwell
Panama Railroad Company
Panama Railway Company
Cromwell
Washington, D. C
Panama “Railroad
England
France
Italy
United States
Panama Railroad
Not the Real Thing in Love Jests and Verse
A quirky column riffs on love and language from Swinton’s Word Book and popular verse. It cites misused words like like and love, jokes about marriage and divorce, and social foibles, then contrasts old chanson with modern flirtation, ending with musings on sincerity and sentiment.
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Truiam
Swinton
Fromm Swinton
Purchase of Panama Railroad Stock By Cromwell Emerges
William Nelson Cromwell reports to Secretary Taft that he acquired 270 of 275 remaining Panama Railroad shares and holds the rest on delivery. He asserts no compensation, pledges to place stock at government cost, and offers an irrevocable proxy until legislation enables government ownership. War Department letter thanks Cromwell and notes Bristow’s pending return and its influence on canal policy.
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Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
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Europe
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William Nf. Taft
Washington, D. C
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Panama Railroad Company
Way
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The
Panama Railroad Co
Wall Street
N.Y
Hart
Canal Commission
Joseph L. Bristow
Panama Railroad
Bristow
Panama
California
Ife
Pacific
Postmaster General Redesignates Rural Delivery Field Divisions
The Postmaster General ordered new designations for Rural Free Delivery divisions. The Atlantic division becomes Washington division with headquarters in Washington DC. Southern becomes Nashville division. Ohio becomes Cincinnati division. Middle becomes Chicago division. Missouri becomes St Louis division. remaining division named Omaha division. Effective April 1. Also Postmaster Willcox sought thirty more letter carriers for the Bronx from President Roosevelt and discussed NYC post office service with Treasury officials.
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Washington
Nashville
Tenn
Ohio
Cincinnati
Chicago
Til
St. Louis
St.Louis
Omaha
W. R. Willcox
New York
Roosevelt
Bronx
Treasury Department
American Commerce in Orient Address by O P Austin
O P Austin chief of the Bureau of Statistics will address the National Geograph ic Society on The Commercial Prize of the Orient and its relation to the Commerce of the United States. The talk will be illustrated with views at the National Rifles Armory in Washington. Treasury receipts and expenditures list bank notes redeemed at 649 887 and various revenue and expenditure figures. Postmasters appointed in several states. Contributions to the Consumption Fund acknowledged from multiple donors.
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P. Austin
Bureau’ of Statistics
National Geographic Society
United States
National Rifles Armory
G Street
Mn.w
Treasury
National Bank
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Connecticut Avenue
Lamson-Scribner
Department of Agriculture
M. M. Shand
Department of State
W. E. ‘Andrews
Treasury Department
Gift From Carnegie Promises Rochester Uni Major Scientific Build
Special to The Washington Post reports Andrew Carnegie pledged 100000 dollars to Rochester University if the institution raises an equal amount. The gift targets scientific building construction and equipment. Related notes mention Carnegie aiding a Topeka library project and a farmer led literary effort in Sycamore Corners.
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Washington Post
New York
Wil‘cor
Andrew Carnegie
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Wilcox
Ligonier
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Carnégie
Topeka
Lagrange County
Sycamore Corners
Cleveland
Chadwick
Indiana
Iron King
Jacob Strauss
Policy of Development Aims at Southern Supremacy in Cotton
M W Richards, head of land and industrial work for the Southern and Mobile and Ohio railroads, outlines a shift to conserve timber and promote diversified agriculture. He notes the South holds a third of the nation’s standing timber and warns against repeating past waste while citing cotton’s robust 1994 crop and population growth as evidence the region keeps pace with national needs and expands in farming, factories, and people.
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Southern and
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Southern Star
South
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Southern Railway
Meson
Henice
E South
Charity Plea for Damages After Sewer Blast
The Associated Charities seeks 400 dollars to aid a crippled laborer and his son after a sewer explosion injured the man while employed by the District engineer department. His eye was lost and he was crippled for life, with a motherless boy to support. Congress refused damages and back wages, prompting a later request for 260 dollars to sustain father and son through winter.
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Associated Charities
District Engineer Department
Proclamation calls world naval tribute to Jamestown birth
President Theodore Roosevelt issues a proclamation inviting foreign nations to participate in an international naval, marine, and military celebration at Jamestown Virginia from May 13 to November 1 1907. Nations urged to send warships and military representations to commemorate the first English speaking settlement and the nation’s birth.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Hampton Heads
Will Oppose Kenesaw Suit Over Apartment Permit
District arguments against granting a writ of mandamus to compel issuing a permit for the Keenesaw Apartment House on the triangular square at Kenesaw avenue and Sixteenth street north west. Commissioners confer with Acting Corporation Counsel and Building Inspector Ashford and decide to oppose the application citing orders not to issue the permit and aims to preserve Sixteenth street for fine residences and potential park purchase by the government.
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Ashford
Suit to Quash Assessment in District Supreme Court
Two actions filed in District Supreme Court challenge taxes on 1721 Pennsylvania Ave NW. William F. Mattingly seeks certiorari to overturn an 11292.09 assessment tied to improvements, claiming lack of authority. Attorneys Darlington and Baker for plaintiff. Also Cave and Caton sue Puritan Life to register as stockholders after paying 3600 for stock, alleging entries are wrong. Free lecture notices announce events on March 29 31 and March 21 at local venues with speakers Warren Davidson and Turner.
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William F. Mattingly
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mattingly
Attorne Ld
Darlington
D. W. Baker
Clabaugh
C. W. Cave
James H. Caton
E. ©. Dutton
Puritan Life Insurance Association
Damas
Messrs. Cave
Caton
Charles F. Warren
Canada
Zion Baptist Church
F Street
W. L. Davidson
International Chautauqua Alliance
Shakespeare
William HR. Turner
St. Michael and AW Angels
Scotland
Eastern High School
Hitchcock designates William H. Code chief engineer
Secretary Hitchcock yesterday designated William H. Code of Los Angeles California as chief engineer of Indian irrigation. He will supervise irrigation construction on Indian reservations throughout the West.
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William H. Code
Los Angeles
Cal
West
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