Contract plan for Panama Canal may be used
An interview with a member of the President's expert commission cites Secretary Taft indicating private contracts could speed canal construction if feasible. He cautions no decision until data are secured and outlines potential cost, labor, and supervision differences between government and contract work.
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Expert Commission
Taft
Panama Canal
War Department
Wallace
Culebra
Ghonts
Stevens
Corps of Engineers
Anal Commission
Shonts
Stevens Refuses to Resign Until Canal Finished
Panama October 23 Chief Engineer John F Stevens denied rumors of plans to leave. In an interview he said there is no truth to the reports and he will remain until the canal is completed. He visited Colon to inspect the water supply system’s preliminary work, due to finish next December.
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Canal
Panama
Canal Zone
John F Stevens
Stevens
Colon
Brooke to join Taft on Isthmus visit for canal forts
Lieut. Mark Brooke of the Corps of Engineers is added to Secretary Taft’s party to Panama to study and report on fortifications for the isthmian canal. Brooke was among officers who received carnal property when the United States purchased it from the French canal company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Brooke
Isthmus
Taft
Stock Suit Over International Power Collapse in New York
In New York the case Franklin Scott & Co. v Judson Hoadley and Leiter proceeds in Supreme Court Amend presiding. Counsel for Leiter move to dismiss for lack of partnership evidence. Hoadley and Leiter deny pool with Judson dating from December 11, 1891. Mooney summarizes plaintiffs' case as trial advances.
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 JL. Mooney
Butchers Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary Banquet
The Washington Butchers Beneficial Association marks its fiftieth anniversary at National Rifles Armory on G Street near Tenth with a grand banquet and ball. President Christopher Rammling presides. toastmaster Charles Graff. marshal Antone Ruth. Delegates from Baltimore arrive for the evening. German addresses planned by Rev. James Buhrer, Myer Coten, and Dr. Charlan Starak. Officers listed: Rammling president, J B Dietz VP, Fritz Hess secretary, George J. Bessler treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Complaint By Miss Brett
Margaret Brett a manicurist accuses Arthur Rankin of persistent harassment including sending her a cabful of flowers and following her with threats. Rankin admits past romance but denies current menace, claiming Brett seeks money. Magistrate Steinert orders Rankin to stay away and delays ruling for six weeks. Rankin’s wife attended in court.
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Miss Brett
Rankin
Washington Post
New York
Arthur Rankin
West Side Court
Margaret Brett
Misa Brett
Dr. Rankin
Brett
Steinert
President's rate idea takes an optimistic view
Samuel Spencer of the Southern Railway praised President Roosevelt for moving away from absolute rates to a maximum rate concept. He argued the new scheme, backed by an administrative body, would allow railroads leeway and adjustments while protecting property rights amid car shortages and freight congestion.
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Roosevelt
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Washington
Hig Way South
Raleigh
N. C
Spencer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Attorney Generals
Congress
Commission
Cincinnati
Chicago
St Louis
Atlantic Seaboard
Favors Rate Legislation Delayed by Radical Elements
A Chicago convention next Thursday will gauge national sentiment for enacting a government rail rate commission to fix freight rates and prevent discrimination. Delegates from across the country will assemble to count noses on passage, with E P Bacon leading the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. P. Bacon
St. Louis
Congress
Explosion at Good Hope Church Kills Janitor Bell
In Washington Court House Ohio on October 23 a gas machine explosion at the Methodist Episcopal church in Good Hope fatally injured janitor Charles R. Bell. About thirty people were hurt in the panic as services opened. The janitor was blown from the cellar to a coal room and found unconscious. Stampede caused many injuries and the building sustained heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Washington Court House
Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Church
Good Hope
Charles R. Bell
Poison Mystery at Buffalo Ends in Deaths
Elias Haffa and his wife Dora were found dead at 188 Kretiner street Buffalo. Boarder Albert W Berlins was found unconscious and hospitalized. Arsenic poisoning is suspected amid a case with a mysterious aspect and a history of frequent quarrels between Haffa and his wife.
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Buffalo
Elias Haffa
Dora
Kretiner Street
Albert W. Berlins
Haffa
Ohio Woman's Plack Supreme Court Interest in Case
Arguments concluded in the US Supreme Court in William Marvin v. Belle Trout over Ohio anti gambling laws and liens on real estate. Pendleton argued the laws infringe due process and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Trout side cited property rights and police power limits. The ten year litigation centers on judgments against gamblers and owner liability for gambling on property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 New York October 22 The burglar shot to death by a store clerk during a robbery at Jennison Gallup Company in Shelton has been identified as Connecticut Billy a member of a widespread post office and store burglary gang Chief Inspector Watts of Boston and sheriff photos and descriptions led to the identification The man had a notorious past including a bank burglary in Warrenton Virginia and a stint in Ohio prisons. Niles Harvard Tennis Champion Cambridge Mass October 33 N W F Niles of Boston won the Harvard tennis championship defeating F J Sullaway of Franklin Falls New Hampshire in straight sets 6 1 6 3 6 0 NHes is the 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
Pat Crowe Details Chicago Diamond Robbery and Cudahy Kidnapping
In an Omaha dispatch Pat Crowe describes his 10 year old Chicago diamond robbery and the Cudahy kidnapping. He says he targeted Cudahy’s child for ransom and recounts his arrest, remorse, and vow to reform. He claims he not only robbed the woman with diamonds but also shot at police during his capture and later attempted to return the ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Pat Crowe
Douglan County
Chicago
Cudahy
Davenport
Iowa
Crowe
Eddin Cudahy
Crome
Cudeby
Gov Folk Douses Blaze at Missouri Governor’s Mansion
Fire in the Missouri governor’s mansion in Jefferson City caused about 10 000 in damage and sent Gov Folk, his wife, and two guests to a nearby hotel. Folk fought the blaze with two extinguishers before saving portraits of former governors as firefighters contained the flames. The 1872 mansion, costing 78000 initially, has had 75000 in later improvements. insurance covers the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Folk
Quarantine Raised in Chattanooga and Mississippian Cases Rise
Chattanooga Tennessee city and county health board lifts the quarantine in force since July 28. Natches Mississippi reports two new yellow fever cases, color marks, bringing total to date to 143. Quarantine raised at six o'clock evening. restrictions limited but freight movement continues in Natches.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
City
County Board of Health
Natches
Miss
Three brothers in law donate skin grafts after railroad crash
Three brothers in law of John Boyce of Sugar Noeteh near Wilkes Barre gave large pieces of skin from their arms to graft onto his shattered arm after a railroad accident. The brothers-in-law were Bsan Janes Maniman and Beth, who had married Boyce’s sister.
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Washington
Wilkenbarre
John Boyce
Sugar Noeteh
Here
Bsan
Janes
Maniman
Beth
Faithful Cook Rescues Girl From Attempted Abduction
An eighteen year old named Will Carter attempted to abduct Virginia James, eight, at the James home near Wallace, North Carolina. The cook intervened, securing the child and driving Carter from the scene. Carter was captured by officers and jailed in Goldsboro after a lynch mob formed.
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R Speetal
Washington Post
Wilmington
N. Y
Will Carter
Virginia James
Howard James
Wallace
Goldsboro
Robbery at Seventh Street Watch Stolen by Unknown Men
George Polaski, 27, of Towns Creek Virginia, was held up near Seventh and Northwest Streets by two unidentified men who beat him with a blackjack and robbed him of a gold watch, pocketbook with about 350 dollars, four railroad tickets, and other valuables. The assailants fled into the park as two bystanders shouted. Police pursued without success. Polaski identified one attacker as tall and English-voiced in a shabby suit and brown derby. the other as short and slim in a vest and black slouch hat. He was treated at Emergency Hospital and recovered.
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George Polaski
Seventh
Mall
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 Side room
In New York on October 2 a destitute 72 year old Matilda Van Dolsen died after a second stroke. She and her sister Francesa lived in a tiny East 129th Street room, the last of their father's estate exhausted, clinging to old awards and portraits rather than seek hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Wright Court Highlights Error in Sentence
In a lively Justice Wright session Kupferberg’s sentence to four months in the workhouse is scrutinized again. Attorney Julius Peyser argued mercy and sought a writ of habeas corpus alleging no arraignment, with Chief Justice Clabaugh hearing last week. The district, represented by Assistant District Attorney Turner, reports a sharp exchange over the record defect and the court’s mistaken consideration of the sentence. The judges deem the discussion amicable and rule the sentence should be set aside and the case restored to its pretrial status.
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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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Buckeye
Richard W. Henderson
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