Bryan for Justice Railroads Entitled to Reasonable Returns
Boston Democrat Mark H. Whitney published a letter from William J. Bryan on railroad regulation and public ownership. Bryan supports national and state regulation and eventual public ownership, urging value assessments by the Interstate Commerce Commission to assure reasonable returns and protect investors while avoiding confiscation. He argues stockholders should receive returns above par and notes no danger of injustice to railroad owners as public ownership nears.
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H. M. Whitney
Boston
Mark
Massachusetts
William J. Bryan
Mr. Whitney
Bryan
Lnes
Pris
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jess
Runaway Boy Found in Pittsburg Near End of Chase
Charles Hurd a fifteen year old from Washington D C ran away on March 23 seeking Roosevelt and Washington attractions. He stayed in lodging houses and with East End newsboys in Pittsburg then was arrested and held at East End police station awaiting his father to arrive from Washington to take him home. He had three dollars when he ran away and believed he knew the president.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
National Capital
Charles Hurd
Fifth Street
Washington, D. C
East End
Hurd
Central Station
Washington
William Hurd
Warren
French Occupy Oudja as Sultan Assures European Safety
Dispatch from Paris reports the Oudja occupation carried out with orderly French forces. Governor resigns to the inevitable, pledging cordial relations with France. occupation to be scaled back after aims achieved. Moroccan chiefs to be briefed by Col Reidel, while Sultanate envoy seeks assurances of order and European protection.
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Paris
War Department
Linutey
Oudja
Morocco
Felinean
Bel
France
Col
Reidel
Oubia
Noon raid at Fulton street targets pool room chain
Special to The Washington Post reports a major raid at 12 Fulton street by Deputy Police Commissioner Hanson, believed to locate a pool room chain headquarters. The search follows a prior raid at 47 Broadway a week earlier that led to arrests, with investigators finding several checks tied to Edward E. Fischer and W. B. Miller & Co. at nearby offices.
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Washington
New York
Fulton Street
Hanson
Broadway
Thomas Keator
Edward E. Fischer
W. BD. Miller & Co
Hangon
Miller
Chicago Race Seethes Over Street Car Franchise Issue
Chicago voters confront a bitter mayoral contest between Democrat Edward F. Dunne and Republican Frederick A. Busse. The street railway franchise dispute dominates as Hearst links blame to Dunne, while judges protest Dunne’s pardoning power. Labor leaders split, with some opposing the ordinances and others backing Republicans. शहर
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Hearst
Dunne
Chicago
Edward F. Dunne
Frederick A. Busse
Busse
Zest
Police Department
Donne
Cty Council
Bradley evidence sought in District of Columbia murder case
Salt Lake City report says Harold Given assistant district attorney and Detective Helan of Washington have been in the city gathering evidence for the trial of Mrs Anna Bradley for the killing of former Senator Arthur Brown. They left Washington recently to augment the government's case for the Washington trial next month.
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Salt Lake City
Mar
Harvey Given
District of Columbia
Helan
Washington
Anna Bradley
United States
Arthur Brown
Given
Hélan
Brad-ley
Woman Falls to Death at Niagara From Prospect Point
A unidentified woman in black crawled through the Iron railing at Prospect Point and plunged into the American Falls. Officer Anthony pursued but could not reach her. Her body surfaced amid foam and floated downstream before sinking, leaving no identifying details.
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Washington Post
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Prospect Point
Anthony
Four Boys Killed by Night Engine on Railroad Tracks
Buffalo, March 29 Four boys returning from a hunting trip were struck and killed by a night engine on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks near Indian Church road east of the city. The victims are Anthony Phillips nineteen Frederick Phillips sixteen Otto Mertz eleven and Hugh Reavy fourteen. A passing train drowned the noise of the approaching engine.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indian Church Road
Anthony Phillips
Frederick Phillips
Anthony
Otto Mertz
Hugh Reavy
Death Cheats Trial Ends as Stafford Dies in Tombs
Bainbridge H. Stafford, once partner of Charles Akron and former Tivoli proprietor, died in the Tombs hospital division from Bright's disease while awaiting trial on a perjury charge brought by Thomas J. Bannon for E. B. Brace & Co. of Baltimore. Stafford had been sentenced to Sing Sing in 1902 for forgery. his picture is in the rogues gallery.
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B. R. Stafford
Tombs
New York
Bainbridge
Stafford
Charles Akron
Bright
Thomas J. Bannon
E. B. Brace & Co
Baltamore
Sing Sing
Rogues
Tragic act on Atlantic liner ends unknown fate of infant
On the North German Lloyd ship Konig Albert an insane mother, Mrs. Philomens Quila, threw her 14 month old daughter Rosaria into the sea near Hoboken after the child contracted measles. Despite boat searches the infant was not found. Quila was confined and handed to immigration officers. She said she feared denial of entry due to illness and heard voices.
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Washington Post
New York
Konig Albert
Hoboken Pier
Naples
Genoa
Hgr
Philomens Quila
Rosaria
Quila
Hillis Ialand
United States
Stokes Donates 110 HP Car For Hospital Patients Ride
Special to The Washington Fest New York March 29 In line with Magistrate Crane's suggestion car owners lend vehicles to hospital patients W E D Stokes sent his 110 horsepower machine to General Memorial Hospital Central Park West 16th Street five patients and a nurse enjoyed a refreshing ride driven by Fred Beard Stokes chauffeur while the car arrived about 9 45 am Mrs A M Lawson superintendent praised the gesture for aiding convalescents
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Crane
W. E. D Stokes
General Memorial Hospital
Central Park West
16Th Street
Fred Beard
Stokes
A. M. Lawson
Sydney Salisbury Dies by His Own Hand in San Francisco
Sydney Salisbury, son of Monroe Salisbury the horseman and former society teacher, was found dead in a boarding house in San Francisco. He died from asphyxiation after inserting a tube into an open gas jet. despondency is given as the cause. Easter Lights mera, a local florist, is listed at 516 F st.
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San Francisco
Mar.h
Sydney Salisbury
Monroe Salisbury
Violinist Boehm Attempts Suicide in New Orleans
Brane Boehm, first violinist of the San Carlo Opera Company, threw himself in front of a fast street car. Dragged off the tracks by two policemen, he is believed to be deranged and is held awaiting directions from Berlin Germany.
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New Orleans
Mar
Brane Boehm
San Carlo Opera Company
Boehm
Berlin
Germany
Vatican Secrets Exposed by Figaro Analysis
Paris March 23 The Figaro begins publishing analysis of the seized papers of Montagnini secretary to the nunciature in which curious, vigilant and unexpected details appear but nothing seriously compromising for the Vatican It says the Vatican seeks a constitutional stance for legitimate struggles and did not aid anti republican enterprises It notes politics especially elections and names politicians including Clemenceau as impecunious with potential understandings but needing funds The document dated 195 shows the French government sought indirect negotiation after Vatican rupture but the Pope refused
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Paris
Mar
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Montagnini
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Leo
Mgr. Montagnini
Clemenceau
Mer
Removal of Pope Leo XIII Body Moves to Lateran
Vatican informs Italy that Leo XIII has ordered daytime removal of his body from St. Peter's to the Lateran tomb, with guarantees of unmolested cortege. Date to be fixed, likely end of month or early next. ceremonies prepared for Inhumation and invitations limited to cardinals diplomats and Roman nobility. Capuchin monks likely to accompany the cortege. Negotiations on route and security are secret.
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Washington Post
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Vatican
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Mer
Riggs
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Ask reprieve for Rayner by London society women
London society women lead a drive to reprieve Horace George Rayner, convicted of murdering William Whiteley. Petitions gather signatures from colonies and the continent as prominent authors and performers back the effort. Some supporters claim Rayner was insane or Whiteley’s son.
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London Society
London
Mar
Horace George
Rayner
William Whiteley
Whiteley
Explosion Kills 54 at Dresfontein Mine in Johannesburg
The Dresfontein mine blast in Transvaal killed 54, including American William Harvey, with 3 whites and 16 natives injured. Two cases of dynamite exploded as workers were mustered to start the shift after a native tampered with the dynamite.
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Johannesburg
Transvaal
Dresfontein
William Harvey
Bomb Explosion Kills Two in Pera Quarter of Constantinople
A mysterious blast in the Pera quarter of Constantinople today killed two men and wounded four others. Details remain scant as authorities investigate the incident and its motive.
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Pera
Constantinople
Mar
Standard Oil Indictments Overruled Demurrer Ruled
United States District Court Judge Tudge Hazel overruled Standard Oil demurrer in indictments for rebates and discriminating rail rates on shipments from Olean North Carolina to Rutland and Burlington Vermont. Defendant claimed shipments used a different route than the tariff. Court held the route change was an evasion of the law.
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Buffalo
Tudge Hazel
United States District Court
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Burlington
Olean
N. C
Pennsylvania
New York Central
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Rome
Watertown
Ogdensburg
Fitzsimmons Sues Railroad Over Delayed Scenery
Actor and pugilist Bob Fitzsimmons files suit in Belleville Circuit Court seeking damages from Illinois Central Railroad for four dollars, claiming late delivery of his scenic effects ruined a January 5 performance in East St. Louis. The piece notes an Oriental Rug Buyers promotion at Washington Art Galleries with showtimes.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Bob Fitzsimmons
Illinois Central Railroad
Belleville
Fitzsimmons
Washington Art Galleries
Massacre and Ruin as Troops Fire on Roumanian Rebels
In Roumania fierce fighting spreads terror with artillery strikes on rebel towns. Stanesti vicru and Brahova central to massacres where hundreds die and villages are razed. Refugees flee toward Moldova and Bulgaria as governments move to evacuate Greek and Jewish residents.
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Vienna
Mar
Roumania
Vicru
Stanesti
Peasants killed as troops quell rioting in Moldavia
A Bucharest cablegram reports agrarian and anti Jewish riots spreading over the past week. Troops used artillery against peasants, causing many deaths and significant property destruction of Jewish naturalized citizens in Moldavia. The dispatch notes the formation of a liberal cabinet.
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State Department
Bucharest
Moldavia
Embezzlement Charge Stuns Springfield Former Auditor
Charles C. Bauer, ex city auditor, arrested in Hamilton and brought back to Springfield to face four indictments accusing embezzlement of 4173.12 dollars. He pleaded not guilty, posted 5000 dollar bond, and urged the public to wait for a formal hearing. Bauer is son of former council member W. F. Bauer and husband of Shirley Neal.
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Washington Post
Springfield
Ohio
Charles C.bauer
Hamilton
Bauer
W. F. Bauer
Shirley Neal
Col
James E. Neal
United States
Liverpool
Cleveland
Mise Neal
Cincinnati
City
Ghia
Washington
Indiana woman granted divorce from eleventh husband
Polly Weed Baker of Boonville, famed as the most married woman in Indiana, was granted a divorce from her eleventh husband, John Baker. Baker is her ninth ex after four other marriages ended by death or self infliction. Baker is sixty five, with earlier spouses named Fuquay, Robinson, Boydon, Weed, Edwards, and others. The tenth husband is listed as missing from the record.
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Washington Post
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Ind
Mary
Polly ‘Weed Baker
Boonville
Indiana
John Baker
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Henry Robinson
James Fuquay
George
Boydon
Samuel R. Weed
R. Edwards
Church Property Insured by Diocese Proposed in Cleveland
Bishop Horstmann of Cleveland opposes soaring insurer rates and proposes a gradual shift to a diocesan fund. He and advisers aim to cover all churches schools monasteries and parish houses in the diocese with plans for a diocesan insurance fund as policies expire. The move affects 130 to 200 church edifices valued in the millions as the insurance association forms.
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Cleveland
Warkington Post
Ohio
Horstmann
the Insurance Association
Hypnotism Cures New Jersey Home Girls Temper Foe
New Jersey authorities report Dr John D Quackenbos used hypnotic suggestion to tame six unruly girls at the New Jersey Home for Girls in Trenton One girl described as a perfect angel after two months of treatment another showed marked improvement in temper and self control The patients Bessia H Mary T May M Mary B Josephine and Annia G faced fits of temper jealousy and aggression under the doctor’s care with varying results
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Washington Post
New York
New Jersey
John D. Quackenbos
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Quackenbos
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Baltimore and Return Fare Announced by Baltimore and Ohio
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lists a $1.25 return fare for travel to Baltimore and back. All trains operate both ways on both days with the Royal Limited excluded. City offices at 17 G Street and 619 Po are noted for related inquiries.
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Washington Sizzles In Unprecedented March Heat Wave
A mid March heat wave pushes temperatures to 92 93 degrees in Washington with 93 set as the March record. Officials note South heat meets a cold front causing warm air to descend while scientists seek explanations. Forecasts warn of cooling today and tomorrow as other cities report similarly high readings.
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Wormer
Texas
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Weshington
Baltimore
Southland
Tampa
Fla
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania Avenue
Woodward
Peaches Picked Early in Plaquemine Parish Louisiana
Ripe peaches are picked months early in Plaquemine Parish due to an unusually warm winter. Samples will be saved for exhibition at the Jamestown Exposition. In Philadelphia the temperature hit 86 degrees at 2 20 p m making it the warmest March day since weather records began.
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New Orleans
Plaquemine Parish
Philadelphia
Marc
Focal Branch
Government Weather Bureau
Atterbury Promoted to Vice President of Pennsylvania Railroad
W. W. Atterbury, Philadelphia based general manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad, will become vice president before year’s end. A new vice presidency will be created to accommodate the advance. Potential successors for general manager include W. Heyward Myers of Williamsport or R. J. O'Donnell, current Buffalo and Allegheny Valley head.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
W. W. Atterbury
Ikely
W. Heyward Myers
Williamsport
Erie Division
R. J. O'Donnell
Buffalo and
Allegheny Valley
Bir. Atterbury
Arrest on Lottery Charge Involving Honduras Lottery Company
Abrahan B. Kaufmann, secretary and treasurer of a Detroit wine firm, was arrested by a Secret Service operator in Mobile, Alabama, on a charge of violating interstate commerce laws. He allegedly transmitted Honduras Lottery Company tickets through express services, with a round trip fare of $1.25 to Baltimore and back via the Pennsylvania Railroad on Saturdays and Sundays. Regular trains except the Congressional Limited remain pickets good to return until Sunday night.
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Mich
Mar
Abrahan B. Kaufmann
Mobile
Ala
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
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