Indictment Ties Smiths to Patterson in Young Case
Cincinnati report says J Morgan Smith and wife arrested on telegraphic NY request charged with conspiracy with Nan Patterson in Caesar Young murder. Grand jury in New York indicts all three based on a letter threatening money for Patterson. Arrests may affect Patterson trial set for April 10.
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Patterson
New York
Cincinnati
Ohio
J. Morgan Smith
Jerome
New York City
Nan Patterson
Cesar Young
Smith
Nan Patten
Montreal
Cunion
Bet
Detroit
Cleveland
Ashville
Isville
Cit
Cleve
Wosingtom
Grand Biotel
H. E. Hanning
Criminal Courts
Caesar Young
Young
Albany
Higgins
Garvan
Watson Daughter In Desperate Morphine Overdose Plight
Miss Agnes Watson daughter of Thomas E Watson is reported dying in a desperate condition after an accidental morphine overdose taken during a stay in Athens Georgia. She suffered tooth extraction pain and took three doses, doctors say three times too large for safety. At 1 am she briefly regained consciousness but recovery is unlikely.
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Thomas E. Watson
Athens
Augusta
Agnes Watson
Miss Watson
Carnegie on benevolence and libraries not his own
Special to The Washington Post reports Andrew Carnegie defending his philanthropy. He rejects the term philanthropist for himself, saying libraries are a cradle of democracy and that he aims to set in motion wise benevolence. He notes $17 million in unfulfilled endowment promises and ongoing giving at $20,000 a day with careful, self sustaining criteria.
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Washington Post
New York
Safa Andrew Carnegie
Fifth Avenue
Ibrar
Carnegie
Tragedy on High Seas in New York Story
Isaac Zucker, of 198 Eldridge street, recounts the death of his 17 year old son Morris on the steamship City of Lexington. The boy was a stowaway from November 18, his wrists bound by iron manacles found on his body in Savannah harbor. The family suspects robbery or crew anger as the motive.
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Sperial
Washington
New York
Isaac Zucker
Eldridge Street
Mr. Zucker
Savannah
Morris
Potter's Field
Zucker
City
Lexington
New York and Baltimore Transportation Company
Baltimore
Peage Steps Halt Deadlock In Indemnity Talks
London dispatch reports Japanese Minister Hayashi says cession of territory and indemnity are the only negotiable points, while Russia presses for a prolonged war. Takahashi forecasts high war costs and potential indemnity, and notes signs of China awakening and potential Manchurian arrangements postwar. Paris analyzes Emperor Nicholas stance as essential to peace and indemnity terms. A third-page continuation promises more details.
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Hayashi
London
Imperial Commission
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Baron Heyashi
St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
M. Takahashi
Todey
Lkely
Manchuria
Siberia
China
M. Takahash
Harbin
Paris
Nicholas
Vladivostok
France
Tokyo
Dei
Roosevelt to Mediate In Russo Japanese Peace Talks
London dispatch reports Russia and Japan selecting President Roosevelt as mediator with negotiations begun. Russia reportedly rejects indemnity and territorial cession while offering Saghalien retrocession if needed. Heightened naval activity and internal politics may speed or slow a treaty, with fate tied to Russian unrest and dynastic constraints.
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Washington Post
London
St. Petersburg
the Times
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
Count Lamsdorff
France
Saghalien
Siberian
Rojestvensky
Washington
National Assembly
Japanese flank movement and Russian reactions reported
Tokyo reports Japanese forces cutting the Harbin to Vladivostok line and advancing near Sipinghai, with Russian positions at Guntzu Pass evacuated after heavy fighting. Japanese scouts probe Russian screens while Linevitch urges troops to duty as Sakhalin status and Manchurian theater shifts unfold.
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Sipinghai
Tokyo
Sakhalin Island
Washington Post
Paris
St. Petersburg
Harbin
Vladivostok
Port Arthur
Vladivostolk
Guntzu Pass
M. Paul Lessar
China
Peking
Changchung
Mukden
Kirin
Sujasa
Manchuria
Tie Pass
Linevitch
Shakhe
Hun
Poutiloff
Novgorod
Kandulisay
Ganga Passes
Russia
Sakhalin
Tumen River
Korea
Hunchun
Possiet Bay
Ningata Bay
Ningata
Harlem
Mistchenko
Wealthy Widow To Occupy Costliest NYC Apartment
Mrs. Anne Weightman Walker, possibly the world’s wealthiest woman beside Hetty Green, will rent a fourth floor unit at 787 Fifth Avenue. The $15,009 yearly rent includes extensive ground-floor protection, police wiring, burglar alarms, and automatic fire safeguards. Her neighbor will be Miss Faith Moore with Mr. John D. Rockefeller’s furnished Fifth Avenue home noted at $12,000 yearly.
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Anne Weightman Walker
Gotham
Washington Post
New York
Hetty Green
New York City
Weightman
Fifth Avenue Estates
Fifth Avenue
John D. Rockefeller
Riots In Port au Prince Prompt Syria Store Closures
Haitian soldiers clamped down as Syrians closed stores amid fear of pillage. President Nord ordered stern measures, troops confined to barracks, and foreign residents hoisted national flags for protection. Aimed to quell disorder before anticipated reopenings in early April. The Brooklyn cruiser was to respond to a State Department request, while Haitian officials reported no uprising as of late March 31.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Nord
Brooklyn
Guantanamo
State Department
Powell
Newark
Tor
Monte Cristi
Department
Leger
Branded as a Heretic Sparks Church Protest in New York
The Rev. Dr. Donald Sage Mackay of the Collegiate Church on Fifth Avenue and Forty eighth Street is branded a heretic by Western ministers of the Reformed Church in America. Iowa ministers object to his February article in the Christian Intelligencer arguing skepticism toward belief in a personal God. Mackay says the sermon caused surprise and was widely praised before its pamphlet release. Senator Burrows says the Smoot inquiry will not send him to Utah this summer, and train schedules note Virginia Hot Springs connections. The page also mentions steeplechase events and Bennings meet in coming days.
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Town Church
Donald Sage Mckay
Washington
Washington Post
New York
Donald Sage Mackay
Collegiate Church
Fifth Avenue
Forty-eighth Street
Washington, D. C
Reformed Church In
America
Mackay
Iowa
Equitable Dinner Controversy Trails Hyde Defenses
New York report details a dinner for M Jules Cambon funded by the Equitable Society, Hyde implicated but says expenses were repaid. Senator Depew defends directors amid Brackett petition claims of misused funds. Crimmins committee weighs mutualization. Brackett pursues policyholder aid bill and anti-cigarette action moves in Michigan.
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Depew
Crimmins
Washington Post
New York
James H. Hyde
Equitable
Hyde
M. Jules Cambon
Cambon
Mr. Hyde
Senator Brackett
Albany
Jacob H. Schiff
Hya
France
Equitable Society
Sherry’s
Sherry's
Virginia Creaper
M. Camdon
Lst
N. Y
Brackett
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Morgan Smith and Wife Captured Cites Little Peace Progress
Page 1 reports Morgan Smith and wife captured amid reports of little progress toward peace. Additional items include an insurance officer's expenditures and a beef packer indictment, with other notices and editorial content across sections.
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J. Morgan Smith
Bowen
Santo Domingo
Maryland
American Art Academy Abroad
Washington
Tangier
Kaiser
Bread Riots in Spain Spark Food Distribution Strikes
A Washington Post dispatch reports Andalusia famine with thousands starving. In Antequera bread distribution triggered wagon raids, looting, and store robberies. Riots spread to Coin Camplios and Trebujena as Cordoba crowds demanded wealth. Madrid opens municipal bakeries to ease bread prices and relief delivery.
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Washington Post
Madrid
Andalusia
Antequera
Malaga
Coin
Camplios
Trebujena
Cadiz
Jerez de la Frontera
Guick
Cordo
Daughters of West Virginia Surgeon Kidnapped
From Morgantown, West Virginia, The Republican reports five and eleven year old daughters Sarah and Mary Hartigan of Dr. William Hartigan, a WVU surgeon, have been taken to Denver. A custody dispute and a $50,000 estate are at stake, with relatives of the late Mrs. Hartigan seeking control. The children have been abducted previously, notes the article.
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West Virginia
Colorado
Denver
Galo
Republican Today
Morgantown
W. Va
Sarah
Mary Hartigan
Willam Hartigan
University of West Virginia
Hartigan
Gift Fight Delays Rockefeller Donation to Mission Board
Boston March 30 A protest continues over John D Rockefeller Jr s gift of 166 000 to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. A Boston Congregational clergy committee opposes acceptance and seeks wide opinion. The prudential committee delays final action for two weeks while gathering clergy views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Prudential Committee
American ‘Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
John Dpd. Rockefeller
Vicinity
Rockefeller
Murdered by his wife in Pittsburgh home
Michael Novackovich, an Austrian laborer, was killed in bed at 3015 Smalin street by his wife Annie using a hatchet. Aboard a boarder found the body, police arrested the wife and seventeen foreigners, and Mrs Novackovich confessed. The motive cited was revenge for alleged immoral life by the husband.
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Pittsburg
Michael Novackovich
Smalinin Street
Annie
Penn Avenue
Novackovich
Indictment Against Big Five Packing Bosses Nears Trial
A federal grand jury returned a true bill against the president of a major packing company amid looming conspiracy charges. Two witnesses testified they were approached with tips to soften their testimony, while others described price patterns for cattle and dressed beef. Investigations expand as officials vow to curb witness interference and pursue further indictments.
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Packing Company
Washington Post
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Thomas Connors
Connors
Pagin
Morrison
Goodman and
Childs
Stacuta
Lloyd €. Curtis
TL D Baker & Co
Boston
Benjamin Davis
Federal Headquarters
Gattle
Secret Service
Grand Jury
Termagn
Michigan
Doubts on Rosseau Sanity Delay Destructive Sentence
New York March 30 Gessler Rosseau the convicted dynamiter may face a sanity inquiry before sentence is pronounced. Recorder Goff defers the sentence to learn about the prisoner’s antecedents life history character and mental state. Rosseau testified about his family and fortune but kept others silent amid his remarks on America for Americans and violent acts tied to those beliefs. Austin March 30 Texas legislature plans a general octopus hunt with $1500 for attorney general to investigate beef and oil trusts and other trusts.
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Recorder Golf
New York
Gessler Rosseau
Rosseau
Cunard Line
Umbria
Frederick the Great
Washington
Goff
America
Austin
Tex
Texas
Legistate
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United States
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Grand Hotel
Fis Regs
Tughives
Justice
Aautosney
Pwil Mifiken
Whief
Fulive
Cogmnnart
Stith
Cinchanan
Alken Aten de Pours
Uthevr Quinn
Estes
W Travers Jerome
Leetriet
Phe Uve
S Unit
H. H. Banning
Hamilton
Onitart Snetth
Bush
Alontreal de Wis Knuwn
Adams
Deteait
Collins
Clevelant Robinson
Poppet
Toronto
Mr. Aiken
Aiken
Darrell
Toledo
Hollenden
Clover
Nashville
Louisville
Covington
Mr. Smith
Garrard Street
H. HB
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
7Th St
Sunday Post
Hint
Hay
Algiers
Algeria
White Star Line
Cretic
Gibraltar
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Benning’s
Tomorro
Bis
London Times
Ina Pinch
Dae Allen
Ai! Drugeists
Port AU
Prince
Utah
Burrows
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Reed Smoot
Tamazoo
Mich
Virginia Hot Springs
Chesapeake
Weington
Hot Springs
Bennineg
Lansing
Ming
Cheboygan
Tudiana
Part
Spain
Cordova
Benning’'s
Penna. R. R. Specilal
Columbia Line
Beef Trust
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