Judge Charged Over Political Subscriptions Defense Sole
Indiana civil service commission charges United States Circuit Judge Baker with soliciting and accepting campaign contributions from government employees. The only defense cited is the statute of limitations, and the commission has referred the evidence to the Department of Justice for action.
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Indiana
Clicmt
Civil Service Commission
Civ Service Commission
Department of Justice
United States Circuit
Biker
Maydr yaesterGay
Commisscir Greene
Civil Service Act
Gosner Ind
Guy C Boulter Tolerk
Goshen
Honoranus £ Baker
Uhnd States Circuit Court of
Totker
Baker
Boulton
Pat
Ber
Thielorks
Usud
Pt Rsuzway
E Het Boulten
Puk
Boclton
Bohir
Witess
Baler
Kiker
Shirwin
Sherwir
Motin
Schnurr
Jindze Baker
Peter
Wu Golich
Tomasian
Congress
United Brius
United Stites
United States
Atlantic Mail Contract With IMC To Carry U S Mail
Postmaster Guneri Wortelyou announced a ten year contract with the International Mercantile Marine Company to carry U S mail from New York to Southampton with calls at Plymouth and Cherbourg. The deal allows termination after five years with one year notice. It continues the trans Atlantic service established ten years earlier with the American Line and follows congressional provisions of March 3, 1891. Compensation is four dollars per mile by the shortest practicable route for each outbound voyage.
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Guneri Wortelyou
International Mercantile Marine Company
New York
Southampton
England
Plymouth
Cherbourg
France
At of Congress
Count Sclopis Honored with Turin Monument
Monument to Count Frederica Sclopis erected in Turin to honor his presidency of the commission that settled the Alabama claim between the United States and Great Britain. Unveiling August 15 attended by King Victor Emmanuel and Queen, with Italian officials. Turin officials praised Sclopis for his service to the Alabama question.
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Turin
Italy
Alabama
Frederica Sclopis
United States
Great Britain
Turn
State Department
Victor Emmanuel
Higa Miltary
Ofi
Rola
Alabama Commission
Arrest Shatters Romance On Chicago Newark Train
Chicago passengers on an eighteen hour New York to Chicago train were searched. ZLJ Crooke was arrested for robbery after gold watch and $153 were found in his suitcase. He planned to wed in Newark November 1 and denied the crime. Crooke, a circus performer, claimed the loot was planted by another.
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Chicago
New York
Zlj Crooke
Crooke
Newark
Samuel M. Hamm
Illinois Legisjlature
Croaker
Europe
America
Bids Open for 9 Million Brick Work on Capitol Annex
Superintendent Woods opened bids from eight contractors for the brickwork on the Senate and House office buildings. Offers ranged from 779 to 1440 dollars per thousand with deliveries set at up to 5 000 bricks daily. Lowest bid came from Standard Brick Company at 779 per thousand with 1 000 000 bricks to be delivered in thirty days. Construction progress continues with stone foundations and concrete footings, while brick work will begin next spring to avoid freezing asphalt.
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Hllcott Woods
Capitol
House
Senate
Standard Brick Company
Ghlaid Brik Company
Washington Brick and Terra Getta Company
Potomac Brick Company
Anacostia Brick Company
Laurel Clay Products Company
Brik Standard Brick Company
Montecelio Brick Works
Mack Manufacturing Company
House of Representaties
Supt Woods
Senate Buzdiig
THESPIANS FOR CHARITY. Players Club Formally Organized Tonight
A meeting at the Montgomery apartment house North Capitol and M streets will organize the Players Club a theatrical order. The group aims to stage charity plays this winter and uses rehearsals of Pink Dominoes and Ours? with a 15 member active roster. Col Edwin Browne heads the club with Finley Hayes as stage director and EF H Porter as treasurer.
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Players’ Club
Montgomery
North Capitol
M Streets
Col
Hdadwin Browne
Army and Navy Union
Finley Hayes
Edwin Browne
EF H Porter
J Extwin Browne
Browne
Ewington
Brooklyn
Kim
Joseph W Kay
Union
Street Railway Deficit Shrinks in NYC Year Report
New York City Railway Company shows a deficit of 2,796,942 for the year ending June 30, largely from damage suit payments and legal costs. President Vreeland notes rival subway competition boosts July August passenger receipts, delaying clear conclusions on surface line earnings. Brown of Newburg faces forgery and larceny charges, alleged to forged employer's name to obtain accounts and steal jewelry. Chief Justice Clabaugh orders $2,813 to be condemned from Boyd.
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New York City Railway Company
New York
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Herbert H Vreeland
Philaceipnia
Merry . Brown
Newburg
Brown
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Samuel Jones
Treasury Attic Clears Counterfeit Money Hoard
The Treasury Department conducts a three-person audit of a secret attic hoard of counterfeit notes, coins, stamps, dies, and related materials. The count totals around thirty one thousand dollars in counterfeit money with over ten thousand in notes, plus stamps and type. The process includes melting silver ingots, destroying base metals and dies at the navy yard or foundry, with Secret Service affidavits of destruction. The effort follows a 1902 destruction and features items from Brockway and Johnson, including Hancock notes. Final destruction and reporting are set for the following Tuesday.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Secret Service
Treasury
Secret Service Agency
Navy Yard
Shaw
Wilkie
C H Corwin
Samuel Wallace
O. HE Patterson
Brockway
Detroit
United States
Johnson
Cofm
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Young Widow Is Freed After Poisoning Claim
Cincinnati, Oct 11 Mrs Bertha Hamer widow of Lorenze Hamer released from custody after he had repeatedly claimed poisoning. Coroner's investigation pending while a chemist found no poison in Hamer's stomach. Hamer had become ill awaiting trial on a charge of assault by his wife.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Bertha Hamer
Lorenze Hamer
Hamer
Yale Freshmen to Apologize for Disturbances at Pierson Hall
Yale freshmen met this afternoon and formed a committee to draft an apology to the university and the city for disturbances by class members in front of Pierson Hall on York street last Sunday evening. M C Hannah, president of the freshman football association, chaired and heads the committee.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Pierson Hall
York Street
M. C Hannah
Freshman Football Association
Amendments Vote In International Typographical Union
Columbia Typographical Union chapels voted on four constitutional amendments from the Toronto August convention. Two proposals passed DC chapels, two failed. The Home trustees meeting requirement and hotel expense payments were among the propositions considered. The first specified branches under the International Union and named the Mailers Union, while salaries and per diem expense rules were also debated.
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Chapels of Columbia Typographical Union
International Typographical Union
Toronto
District of Columbia
International Union
Mailers’ Union
Remittance Shortfall for Continental Memorial Hall Fund
The response to the D A R fundraiser fell short as only one contribution reached national headquarters on the anniversary day. A Seattle Lady Sterling Chapter draft for 6 arrived, while many chapters likely sent funds to Mrs Donald McLean at the home of the president general.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society
Continental Memorial Hall
F Street Northwest
Lady Sterling
Seattle
Wash
Washington
General Headquarters
Donald McLean
New York
Treasury
Continental Hall Fund
Draper
McLean
Lady Starling
Minnesota
Referendum Demand in Chicago Union Traction Plan
Morgan drives for a citywide majority vote to approve the Chicago Union Traction ordinance. The measure requires a yes majority to carry, differing from the Chicago City Company's rule demanding a majority of objections. The change, tied to Judge Grosscup and Morgan’s influence, aims to align the two ordinances and satisfy aldermen and the committee on local transportation.
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Morgan
Chicago Union Traction
Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
Focal Transportation
Chicago City Company
Union Traction
Grosscup
Traction Company
J. P Morgan
Chicago City and
Chicago Union Graction
Refused Room at Hotel Sparks Suit in New Astor Case
William S. Brown of Wakefield New York filed in U S Circuit Court in New York to recover 10000 dollars damages from William C Muschenheim proprietor of the New Astor Hotel He says after attending a theater with his wife on August 6 he was delayed missed his last train and was refused a room in front of many guests the clerk insinuated he was with a woman not his wife causing damages to his feelings Brown seeks legal relief for the alleged affront.
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Westfield
N. J
New Astor
Washington Post
New York
William S. Brown
Wakefield
United States
William C. Muschenheim
New Astor Hotel
Brown
Spread of Gypsy Moth Reaches One Fourth of Massachusetts
The gypsy moth department reports infected area rising from 959 to 2082 square miles, about a quarter of Massachusetts. Authorities urge landholders in the affected district to cooperate with state efforts to exterminate the pest.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Campaign to fight white plague near Washington Grove MD
The Associated Charities committee on the prevention of consumption hears a report on a hospital project near Washington Grove. Stock subscriptions reach about $8,000 with $20,000 more needed. Plans include public education, printing cards, a center house for practical instruction, and a lecture series. Efforts aim to obtain a congressional appropriation for a municipal hospital for consumptives. No graphic details.
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Associated Charities Committee On
Washington Grove
George M Sternberg
Hospital Society
Associated Charities Committee
Jexs J
Washington
F Street
Sternberg
Gen Sternberg
D Percy Hickling
George Wilson
S B Hege
Richard Kingsman
W. H. Baldwin
D Olin Leach
D. E Wiseman
W. &. Duffield
Charles F Weller
WF Downey
Jesse
Philadelphia
Jesse Ramaburgh
Tross
Ramsburgh
Hatch
Paricr
John van Schick
Board of Charities, District Commissioners
Wilson
Tme
Clew to old burglary found in West Oakland building
Workmen demolishing an old West Oakland building uncover a moldy bundle of letters from 1858 including a draft for $100 to Francis Stead and other decayed papers. The 1853 Clinton post office burglary in Alameda County remains unsolved with gold slugs and unpaid mail.
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California
Oakland
Cal
Alameda County
West
Clinton
Francis Stead
New Orleans
Horace Bean & Co
Jacob Little & Com
New York
Army of the Philippines Reunion Elects Officers in Chicago
In Chicago during the Army of the Philippines reunion Col A S Frost Evanston Ill was elected commander in chief with Col W Pope US Volunteer army as opponent Other officers included Capt A Crow Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers Col J C Loper Fifty first Iowa Volunteers Lieut E L Hamilton Thirtieth US Volunteers Capt C E B Metz First Minnesota Volunteers and Sergt George J Weinheimer United States Volunteer Infantry Des Moines Iowa designated as next annual meeting site
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Army of the Philippines
Chicago
A. S Frost
Evanston
Col . W. Pope
United States Volunteer Army
Col. Frost
A. Crow
Tenth
Pennsylvania Volunteers
J C. Loper
Iowa Volunteers
E L. Hamiltion
United States Volunteers
Charles EB Metz
Minnesota Volunteers
Yies
George J. Weinheimer
United States Volunteer Infantry
Des Moines
Iowa
Union Printers Enjoin Court Orders Against Interfering
In Toledo on Oct 11 Judge Morris of the Common Pleas Court issued a broad injunction restraining the local typographical union and the Central Labor Union from interfering with the German Express Company employees who recently backed the open shop in Chicago. Judge Jesse Holdom granted an injunction against Typographical Union No. 16 and its members from interfering with Chicago printers and from picketing or bribing employees, amid a strike declared by the printers union.
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Chicago
Toledo
Ohio
Morris
Common Pleas Court
Typographical
Central Labor Union
German Express Company
Open Shop
Jesse Holdom
Typographical Union
Printers’ Union
Iso
Mms
Annie Bailen Called Notorious Anarchist in Deportation Case
United States District Attorney Sullivan issued an opinion that Annie Bailen alias Nejdley, arrested as a notorious anarchist, falls under labor and commerce jurisdiction. It is likely she will be turned over to emigration authorities for deportation. Bailen is said to be known to police in the U S and Europe and connected to the Czolgosz anarchist circle that killed President McKinley.
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Annie Bailen
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Sullivan
Nejdley
Department of Labor and Commerce
Ballen
Europe
Anarchists
Czolgosz
Presdent McKinley
Brakes Fail to Stop Cable Car Injuring Motorman
A Montague Street Brooklyn cable car failed to brake on a steep grade near Will Street ferry. The car, carrying fifteen passengers, ran two blocks into the ferry house. Motorman Frank Well is believed fatally injured and five others including two women were badly hurt by flying glass.
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New York
Montague Street
Brooklyn
Will Street
Frank Well
Killed Girl Who Spurned Him
William Towns, a boarder at the Mary King home, admitted stabbing Mary King of 69 Franklin Avenue to death after a rejected courtship. He was arrested in a Lorain Street restaurant six hours after the killing.
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Cleveland
Unio
Mary King
Franklin Avenue
William Towns
Lorain Street
Towns
Magoon Prepares Report on Isthmus Sanitation Work
Panama governor Magoon outlines annual report focusing on sanitation progress on the Isthmus. He notes yellow fever cases by month: June sixty, July forty two, August twenty seven, September five, and none in October to date.
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Panama
Isthmus
Magoon
Tug Captain Probably Drowned Near Cape Henlopen
The tug Cumberland captain, Warring ton, disappeared about twelve miles southeast of Cape Henlopen while returning from Baltimore to Boston. He was last seen at 6 p.m. and is believed to have fallen overboard and drowned. The notice also includes unrelated advertising about Hood's Sarsaparilla for tired mothers.
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Lewes
Del
Warrington
Cumberland
Delaware
Baltimore
Boston
Cape Henlopen
Hood
Heiress Heals Mother’s Foe Notion After Boston Heiress Marries Actor
Speculation swirls over Mrs L Sharpsteen of Boston reacting to her daughter Helena Sharpsteen’s marriage to actor Errol Dunbar in New York. The ceremony at Little Church Around the Corner followed years of the heiress’s wealth and influence, with Dunbar’s family ties and Broadway career noted.
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Washington Post
New York
L. Sharpsteen
Boston
Helena
Errol Dunbar
George C Houghton
Miss Sharpsteen
Beacon Street
Dunbar
Boston Museum
Paris
Dr Dunbar
Baltimore
Sher Jock Holmes
Final Scheff
Babette
East Twenty-ninth Street
Ami
Houghton
Providence
R I
Gulf Trade Increases As Atlantic Exports Decline
An Agricultural Department bulletin on the crop export movement shows Gulf coast ports gaining share in cotton and wheat exports from 1881 to 1905 while Atlantic seaboard figures fall. In 1905 Gulf ports shipped about 60 percent of cotton and 65 percent of wheat. Atlantic ports dropped to near 4 percent of cotton and 2 percent of wheat.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Agricultural Department
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
United States
Gulf
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
Illinois Central Incorporates Alabama Western Railroad
The Illinois Central executives filed articles of incorporation today in Alabama to form the Alabama Western Railroad from the Alabama Mississippi line near Franklin County to a point near Birmingham. The Alabama company will build a branch of the Illinois Central into Birmingham, following a Mississippi charter secured weeks earlier to span from Corinth to Jasper. In Massachusetts, the Boston and Maine Railroad stockholders approved purchasing the Danvers and Newburyport railroads with a $10,458,000 bond issue and 43,037 new shares to refund maturing bonds and mortgage notes on the Eastern Railroad property.
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Olinois Central Officiala Incorporate Railway Company
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Stuyvesant Fish J T Harahan
Olinois Central
Alabama Western Railroad
Franklin County
Alabama Company
Illnois Central
Mississippi
Ilinois Central
Corinth
Miss
Jasper
Lawrence
Mass
Boston and Maine Railroad
Danvers
Newburyport
Boston and Maine
Eastern Railroad
New Publications The Grito by Moncure Lyne
New publications announce The Grito by Moncure Lyne a four romance set around Texas independence with decorated binding and a handsome press. Illustrated by F L B Madan. Birmingham Age Herald notes strong Texas Rangers portrayal while Atlanta Journal and Washington Post praise the plot descriptions wit and philosophy.
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Texas
Flb Madan
Atlanta Journal
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Atlantic Mail
Siclopis
Buckien
Solons’ Offices
House of Representatives
Woods
Thespians For Charity
Boyd
James W Boyd
Barry ML Clabaugh
Oscar T. Crosby
Crogby
Gasch & Birge
Dork Ave
Shane
Young Widow
IZE
Ayer
Columbia Typographical Union
C. A. R. Gall
Mice
Washington Grove, MD
Roseburg
Orez
Here
Frost Commat
WER
Schiffer
Hirgelf
Abraham Schiffer
Bank of Alamosa
Colo
Czolgosz Band
NEW Publications
Maine
GRITO
the Alamo
San Jacinto
Moncure Lyne
Heralyd
Old Vincennes
the Neale Publishing Co
Broadway
Fifth Ave
Eleventh Street
Human Life
Herrick
Christian Science
Roy Knabenghue
Human Life Pub CO
Dey
Dorflinger Fine
Massachusetts Avenue
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