Contractors Dig Interview Sparks Panama Canal Debate
An interview with a member of the President's expert commission published in The Post influences War Department discussions on contracting Panama Canal work. Secretary Taft says private contracts may be used if feasible, noting data are being gathered and plans depend on canal design. Chief Engineer Wallace had favored contracts for most work, except the Culebra Cut, with Shonts credited for backing the plan.
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Expert Commission
Taft
Panama Canal
War Department
Wallace
Culebra
Ghonts
Stevens
Corps of Engineers
Anal Commission
STEVENS WILL REMAIN AT WORK ON CANAL
Panama Oct 23 Chief Engineer John F Stevens denied rumors of resigning and stated there is no truth to the reports. He said he is satisfied with his work and will stay until the canal is finished. He visited Colon to review the water-supply system for Colon, set to be completed next December.
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Canal
Panama
Canal Zone
John F Stevens
Stevens
Colon
Brooke to accompany Taft to Isthmus for fortifications study
Lieut. Mark Brooke of the Corps of Engineers joins Secretary Taft on the expedition to Panama. The party will investigate and prepare a preliminary report on fortifications for the isthmian canal. Brooke was among officers given the carnal property when the United States acquired it from the French canal company.
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Mark Brooke
Isthmus
Taft
Power Stock Suit in New York Court
The stock defeat case of Franklin, Scott & Co. against Cyrus Field Judson, Joseph H Hoadley, and Joseph Leiter, arises over the International Power stock collapse on April 30, 1890. Witnesses argued partnership claims, with Leiter’s counsel moving to dismiss for lack of evidence. The court denied the motions, and closing addresses followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Imony
Wiliam B Franklin
George Isham Scott
Franklin, Scott & Co
Cyrus Field Judson
Joseph H Hoadley
International Power Company
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
International Power
Tras
Justice Amend
McCook Board
Leiter
Judson
Hoadiey
George C Graham
L’amo- Teaux
Mr. Beard
Graham
Hoadley
Leser
Edward IL. Mooney
Butchers to Give Feast Fifteenth Anniversary Event
The Washington Butchers Beneficial Association marks its fiftieth anniversary this evening at National Rifles Armory in G Street near Tenth. President Christopher Rammling will preside and deliver the welcome. toastmaster Charles Graff and marshal Antone Ruth will coordinate. Reverend James Buhrer and Myer Coten will speak in German, with Dr. Charlan Starak of the Washington Journal also addressing in German. Delegates from Baltimore arrive at 7 pm to join the celebration.
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Washington Butchers’ ‘Beneficial Association
National Rifles’ Armory
G Street
Tenth Street
Christopher Rammling
Charles Graff
Antone Ruth
James Buhrer
First Reformed Church
Myer Coten
Baltimore Butchers’ Beneficial Association
Washington
Charlan Starak
Washington Journal
J .B. Dietz
Fritz Hess
George J. Bessler
Carl Mudler
Kert Hammer
Frank Wel- Bant
Dentist Rankin Held on harassment Charge in Manhattan Court
Margaret Brett a manicurist testified that Arthur Rankin pursued her openly and sent her cabloads of flowers that she did not want. She said he followed her with her fiancé, threatened the fiancé, and at one point warned he would squirt acid on them. Rankin, who claimed to have been her former sweetheart, denied the allegations and said she was chasing money. Magistrate Steinert ordered Rankin to stay away and adjourned the case for six weeks. Rankin’s wife watched from the spectator area.
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Miss Brett
Rankin
Washington Post
New York
Arthur Rankin
West Side Court
Margaret Brett
Misa Brett
Dr. Rankin
Brett
Steinert
Cudahy
Crowe
Eddin Cudahy
Crome
Cudeby
Omaha
President's rate idea takes an optimistic view
Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway, stopped in Washington on his way south to discuss President Roosevelt's Raleigh railroad speech. He said the President favors an administrative body to fix maximum rates after hearing, not an unalterable absolute rate, and that this would give railways more leeway by delaying immediate effect while allowing time for review if property rights are involved.
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Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Washington
Hig Way South
Roosevelt
Raleigh
N. C
Spencer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Attorney Generals
Congress
Commission
Cincinnati
Chicago
St Louis
Atlantic Seaboard
Favors Rate Legislation Convention to Gauge Rail Freight Sentiment
A Chicago convention called by E P Bacon will gather delegates from across the country to back a government commission with power to fix railroad freight rates and prevent rate discrimination. Supporters of the new legislation claim courts are slow and unfair, while railroads push for current enforcement. The meeting aims to mark public opinion and signal prospects for rate legislation in the next Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. P. Bacon
St. Louis
Congress
Explosion at Good Hope church injures thirty in panic
In Good Hope Ohio at the Methodist Episcopal church an explosion of a gas machine fatally injures janitor Charles R Bell and injures about thirty worshippers. The blast occurred as services opened causing crowd panic and significant building damage.
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Brown
Washington Court House
Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Church
Good Hope
Charles R. Bell
Poison Mystery at Buffalo Ends in Deaths and Arrests
Elias Haffa and his wife Dora were found dead at 188 Kretiner Street Buffalo in an arsenic poisoning case. Boarder Albert W. Berlins was found unconscious and hospitalized. Police suspect poisoning and note ongoing family quarrels as a possible motive.
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Buffalo
Elias Haffa
Dora
Kretiner Street
Albert W. Berlins
Haffa
Ohio Woman's Plack Supreme Court Interest Involved
Arguments concluded in the U S Supreme Court in the case William Marvin v Belle Trout over the constitutionality of Ohio anti gambling laws and a lien on real estate. The ten year fight centers on Mrs Trout recovering from gamblers and the property owner, with Marvin contesting the judgments and due process.
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United States Supreme Court
William Marvin
Belle B. Trout
Ohio
George F. Pendleton
John Poe
Lindsay
Frank Trout
Belle Trout
Ours
Trout
Clifford and Grogsman
Marvin
Pendleton
Por
Clifford & Grossman
Connecticut Billy Killed in Shelton Store Robbery
Ogdensburg N Y Oct 22 the burglar shot dead by a clerk during a Shelton store robbery has been identified as Connecticut Billy a veteran post office and store burglar. Chief Inspector Watts Boston traced him from photos and a description sent after the death. Identification aligns with J F McCarty once jailed for bank theft and linked to several heists across multiple states. Niles Harvard Tennis Champion Cambridge Mass Oct 33 N W F Niles 00 of Boston won the Harvard championship defeating F J Sulloway 6 1 6 3 6 0 and is national interscholastic champion.
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Washington Post
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Jennison & Gallup Company
Shelton
Watts
Boston
Connecticut
Billy
Kelly
J. F. McCarty
Windsor
Windham County Savings Bank
Newfane
Warrenton
Ohio
Columbus
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Onio
Niles
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Crowe recounts Chicago diamond heist and Cudahy kidnapping
Pat Crowe tells in jail his first crime in Chicago ten years ago when he robbed a woman of diamonds, shot police, and paid off two officers. He then describes the Cudahy kidnapping for ransom, the plan to seize a boy, and his later remorse and vow to live honestly.
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Workington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Pat Crowe
Douglan County
Chicago
Cudahy
Davenport
Iowa
Governor Folk Fights Fire At Missouri Mansion
The Missouri governor’s mansion in Jefferson City sustained about 10000 in damage from an early morning blaze. Governor Folk, his wife and two guests escaped to a nearby hotel as the fire started in the second story hallway. Folk helped save portraits of former governors before firefighters extinguished the flames after about an hour. Insurance fully covers the loss.
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Jefferson City
Folk
Quarantine Raised in Chattanooga and Mississippi Fever Counts
The Chattanooga city and county health boards raised the quarantine in force since July 28. In Natchez Mississippi two new yellow fever cases were reported, bringing total cases to thirteen with restrictions eased at six o clock in the evening though freight movement continues.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
City
County Board of Health
Natches
Miss
Brothers-in-law gift skin grafts after railroad injury
Special to The Washington Rest reports from Wilkenbarre Pa on October 23 that three brothers in law of John Boyce of Sugar Noeteh donated large skin grafts from their arms to his injured arm after a railroad accident. The article notes the three men Bsan Janes Maniman and Beth married a sister of Boyce.
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Washington
Wilkenbarre
John Boyce
Sugar Noeteh
Here
Bsan
Janes
Maniman
Beth
Faithful Cook Rescues Girl From Molester in North Carolina
Will Carter, an eighteen year old, attempted to assault Virginia James, eight, at the James home near Wallace. The cook heard a scream, rescued the girl, Carter fled but was later captured and jailed in Goldsboro, with a lynching mob pursuing him.
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R Speetal
Washington Post
Wilmington
N. Y
Will Carter
Virginia James
Howard James
Wallace
Goldsboro
Robbery at Seventh and Streets Northwest Ends Clues
George Polaski 27 of Towns Creek Va was robbed of a gold watch and about $350 after two unidentified men attacked him in a dark park area near Seventh Street. He fought back as one assailant struck with a blackjack. Citizens John Cunningham and Frank Hilte aided the victim. pursuit by police failed. Polaski described attackers as a tall English-speaking man in a shabby suit and a shorter slim man in a vest and black hat. Police continued search while he was treated at Emergency Hospital.
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George Polaski
Towns Creek
John Cunningham
Frank Hilte
Polaski
Hig Hotel
Monument
Washington
Seventh Street
Pulaski
Cunningham
Hills
Hilte
Pokeman McKeever
Van Dolsen sisters in dire want in East Harlem
In New York Oct 2 Miss Matilda Van Dolsen seventy two, aid on Gen Washington staff and daughter of Willam H Van Dolsen, died after a second stroke in a cramped East 129th Street room. She lived with her sister Francesa, once supported by their father’s estate but now in extreme poverty. The sisters kept their father and grandfather’s awards and plates in the room until death, refusing hospital aid to avoid separation.
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New York
Matilda van Dolsen
Henry van Dolsen
Washington
Willam H. van Dolsen
East 129Th Street
Miss van Dorsen
Francesa
Miss van Deelsen
Sistera Hved
Kupferberg Case in Justice Wright Court
In a lively session in Justice Wright's court Kupferberg's case was revisited for the third time in a week. The defendant, aided by Julius Peyser, had previously received a four month sentence. a habeas corpus petition followed, contending lack of arraignment. The exchange with Chief Justice Clabaugh and Assistant District Attorney Turner led to remarks on attorney conduct and a plan to set aside the sentence and restore the case to its prior status. The judges and counsel remained amicable throughout.
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Justice Wright
Kupferberg
Julius Peyser
Clabaugh
Peyser
Turner
Wright
Tait
Kunferberg
United States District Attorney
Pegger
Ofice
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Frederick P. Hess
Man
Ohio Woman's Plack
Supreme Court
Buckeye
Richard W. Henderson
F Street
Cutahy
Joliet
Hemorse
Butte
Regro
Stinemetz
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Ee F
Virginia
Seventh
Mall
R. P. Andrews
la, Ave
Ines
Gen. Washington
Broadway
Suetesuore
Usb
S.S.S
Bea
Newcorn & Green
Ee Creay
Washington Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Men of
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Frank M Bustel
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Membara
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