Coal Strike Nears as Miners and Operators Part
A Jersey City session of miners and operators in the Jersey Central Building ends with renewed demands and no agreement. The conference adjourns sine die as mines stay idle and a formal strike looms pending a convention of the anthracite miners to decide the next move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Central
Anthracite
Mitchell
Anthracite Strike Commission
Conciliation Board
Board of Conciliation
Gray
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
United Mine Workers of America
Anthracite Mine Workers
Fire at Judge Gray's Dinner Ends With Chimney Fire
Judge John Clinton Gray of the Court of Appeals hosted a dinner at 5 East Fifty-sixth Street when smoke triggered a fire scare. Servants extinguished a smoky chimney while the house was evacuated, and firemen arrived to confirm there was no blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clinton Gray
Court of Appeals
East Fifty-sixth Street
Hotel St. Regis
Judge Gray
Greene and Gaynor Found Guilty in Embezzlement Case
Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor were found guilty of embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud the United States in Savannah harbor contracts. Judge Emory Speer set sentencing for tomorrow with maximum terms up to seventeen years and a $575,000 fine. Remaining indicted co-defendants and extradition history were noted, with no immediate statements on further actions by prosecutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Benjamin D. Greene
John F. Gaynor
Emory Speer
Speer
Ste
Erwin
Oberlin
Micel A. Connelly
William T
Edward F. Gaynor
Moody
Neral
Greene
Gaynor
United States
Oberlin M. Carter
New York
Georgia
Montréal
Quebec
Montreal
Great Britain
Hope Hall Sold Sparking Vol Of America Home
Hope Hall used to shelter ex convicts in Flushing has been sold to George K. Carpenter for about 35000 dollars. Maud Ballington Booth says she received around 10000 dollars and denies accusations of town opposition. The sale ends a seven to eight year dispute with Flushing residents and board of trade members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Hall
Flushing
Maud Ballington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
George K. Carpenter
Manhattan
Booth
Oot
Leon Cage
Board of Trade of
Shae
E Hall
Index to Departments and Page References
The page lists department topics and their page numbers including Amusements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers Business Troubles Court Calendars Financial News Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report Yesterday's Fires with corresponding pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Intelligence
Society
United Service
Weather Report
Auction Sales and Classifieds Fire Up Page References
The snippet lists sections Auction Sales on page 17 Furnished Rooms and Boarders on page 14 Help and Situation Wanted page 1d Hotels and Restaurants page 14 Lost and Found page 18. It outlines where various notices appear in the newspaper.
Expedition to Fanuita Aimed at Santo Domingo Overthrow
Justice Fitzgerald dismissed Joseph L. Cunningham s suit to recover 25000 for services in 1897 related to the Fanita expedition to aid Cuban insurrectionists and overthrow Heureaux. Cunningham claimed 65000 in services, with notes and a bill of lading for 482000 rounds of ammunition, and testified about Washington interviews and covert government links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Joseph L. Cunningham
Washington
Jiminez
Santo Domingo
Cunningham
Heureaux
Mobile
Morales
Gen
Garcia
Cuba
Black Republic
Sam
Colonial Trust Company
Mary H. Fisher
United States
Fanita
Samana Bay
Gen. Grant
Rodriguez
House of Representatives
East Indies
Cape Haitien
Oscar
Cincinnati mayor omits Carnegie in library speech
Special to The New York Times reports Cincinnati Mayor Dempsey refused to name Andrew Carnegie in praising the Walnut Hills Branch Library. He defended the omission, saying Carnegie’s philanthropy misrepresents his vast wealth earned from workers and that the city should have funded the library itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cincinnati
Dempsey
Andrew Carnegie
Walnut Hills
Carnegie
Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia Found Near Eurotas River
Athens reports Sparta has uncovered the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia on the Eurotas bank. Votive offerings of ivory terra cotta and lead figurines were found, supporting the shrine as one of Sparta’s oldest. The site illuminates the historic flogging rite linked to Lycurgus and sacred human sacrifices once practiced across Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
New York Times
Athens
Sparta
Artemis Orthia
Eurotas
Crimea
Lycurgus
Greece
Asia Minor
Italy
Orthia
Iphigenia
Orestes
Tauris
Artemis
Iri
Royalty at the Olympic Games in Athens
Athens reports King Howard and Queen Alexandra will attend the opening ceremonies. Foreign competitors total 689, with seventy Scandinavians fifty Britons and forty two Americans among entrants. Sixteen Cretan and fourteen Danish women are listed for gymnastics. Naples notes Robert Schauffler of Princeton and Homer Byington the U.S. Vice Consul plan to travel to Athens for the games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxton Times
New York Times
Athens
King Howard
Queen Alexandra
Naples
Robert Schauffler
Princeton University
Irvington-on-Hudson
Homer Byington
Water main break exposes red tape delays in Brooklyn
Deputy Water Commissioner Cozier of Brooklyn cites a March 28 water main break at 240 Osborn Street where water flooded a cellar. He says the chain of reports ran through police, sergeant, captain, Corporation Counsel, and finally to the Water Department, taking fifteen days before repair crews arrived. If reported immediately, repairs could have begun within half an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cozier
Brooklyn
Osborn Street
Bingham
Taggart Seeks Harmony Amid Democratic Party Talk
Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis, head of the Democratic National Committee, arrived in New York on private business and planned to discuss party politics with associates. He declined to comment on Nicoll's campaign remarks, said the party is on a sound basis, and predicted gains in congressional seats this year. He noted a long talk with Nicoll on the general situation and mentioned upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
Democratic National Committee
New York
Nicoll
Taggart
Hearst
Democratic Club
de Lancey
National Committee
Mr. Taggart
Iolanet House
Nico
Four Insurance Bills Pass In Both Houses
In Albany on April 12 the Senate and Assembly unanimously approved three special insurance bills and a new policyholder director bill aimed at stock insurers including Equitable Life. The “big bill” amending the insurance law passed after defeating amendments, with two further bills to come. Lobbying allegations surfaced as a Buffalo attorney was escorted from the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Senate
Assembly
Grady
New York
Brackett
Averill
Monroe
Buffalo
Armstrong
Cox
Hire
Erie
Speaker
Police Department
House
Palmer
Schoharie
Hughes
Insurance Inquiry In Jersey Senate Action
The New Jersey Senate adopted a resolution by Mr. Hillery to have the Senate Judiciary Committee investigate insurance and report to the next Legislature.
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Jersey
Trenton
New Jersey Senate
Hillery
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt Tour in 1907 Readies West Visit
White House reports President Roosevelt considering a spring or summer 1907 tour through the West and tentatively planning to attend Missouri Agricultural College commencement at Columbia on June 5. He may also attend the Michigan Agricultural College semi centennial in Lansing around that time, but has not decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
West
Missouri Agricultural College
Columbia
Schleswig-Holstein
Diocese Gains 30000 From Sale Of Maspeth Land
The Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Long Island earned 300000 from selling an eighty acre tract on Maurice Avenue Maspeth once given to the church by Maurice. The land was held for potential diocesan buildings but factories and a Queens realty boom increased its value. The Maurice family released the gift conditions and the proceeds will fund charitable and missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Long Island
Maurice
Maurice Avenue
Maspeth
Queens
Mount Tacoma Activity Report From Yakima Claimants
A dispatch from North Yakima reports John Campbell, holding Yakima claims near Mount Tacoma, says the mountain hurled ashes on Wednesday after days of cloud cover and rumbling. Campbell noted Tuesday morning rumbling and Tuesday night smoke, with ashes reaching his worksite on Wednesday as wind carried them from the peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Portland
Ore
Yakima
Washington
John Campbell
Mount Tacoma
Campbell
Witte Ousts Chief Foes In Russian Crisis
From St Peters burg April 12 reports say M Durnovo interior minister and M Akimoff justice minister have resigned Premier Witte moved to oust them after evaluating election outcomes Witte traveled to Tsarskoe Selo where the ministers reportedly went next Durnovo and Akimoff may have been sacrificed to placate Constitutional Democrats and secure a new loan
Two Fires at Piney Woods Ravage Thomasville
The Piney Woods resort hotel burned to the ground in Thomasville Georgia tonight in what witnesses call the worst fire in city history. Sparks from the blaze spread to Sandy Bottom destroying three blocks of small homes as the Piney Woods fire neared control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Piney Woods
Sandy Bottom
Conried Barred St Louis by Metropolitan Opera Visit
Ernest Goerlitz, Conried's representative, announced the Metropolitan Opera Company would not return to St Louis after a three day stay that lost about 10000 dollars. He blamed city apathy toward grand opera, while Walter J Sheldon of the Ethical Culture Society argued the fault lay with Conried for the Holy Week visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
ST. Louis
Heinrich Conried
Metropolitan Opera Company
Ernest Goerlitz
Conried
Kansas City
Walter J. Sheldon
Ethical Culture Society
Mr. Goerlitz
Profit in early trout on Long Island markets
Eastport Long Island reports hatchery owners profiting from trout sold in New York markets. The season began March 31 and state laws require live transport. Trout fetch about $1 per pound at uptown New York restaurants and clubs until after April 15 when larger shipments depress prices.
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New York Times
Eastport
L. I
New York
Long Island
New York City
Union League Membership Drive Hints at Expansion
Union League Club of Fifth Avenue drew over 300 members at a January meeting. Officials did not detail decisions, but reports said the club plans to enlarge its ranks and may build a new house. About 100 men were ready to enter as candidates, with $500 dues each to seed a $50,000 fund.
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Cunningham
Jiminez
Washington
May H. Fisher
Allen
Colonial Trust Company
Frank H. Phipps
Ordnance Department
Union League Club
Fifth Avenue
Dowie rejects Voliva annuity amid Zion City dispute
Chicago April 12 John Alexander Dowie defied Voliva by rejecting a 7500 annuity that implied a perpetual vacation in Mexico and demanded restoration of temporal and ecclesiastical authority with charges dropped. Legal action looms as his lawyers prepare a chancery filing. Muskegon reports $2500 auction of Dowie summer home furniture from Ben MacDhul, tied to Voliva takeover via power of attorney.
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New York
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Voliva
Mexico
Dowie
Zion City
Muskegon, Mich
Ben MacDhul
Fittin
Ash Fall in Naples Greater Than Ever
Naples endures worsening ash falls caused by Mount Vesuvius as King Victor Emmanuel visits Ottajano and nearby towns. The king consoles the injured, orders aid for refugees, and faces tragedy while Queen Helena assists hospitals. The scene shows widespread destruction, with Ottajano reporting about 650 dead and villagers coping amid ash and lava dust.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Victor Emmanuel
Ottajano
Nola
San Giuseppe
Terzigno
Helena
Torre del Greco
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Ing
Arbitration Board
George W. Hartlein
Nation
War Department
Miles
E. P. Phillips
United States Army
Hall
Monte Cristi
Grant
Perry Allen
Capt. Hall
Mr. Allen
Queens Realty
New York Central Lines
Durnovo
Akimoff
ST. Petersburg
M. Durnovo
Inte
Union League TO Build
Ors
Dewar
Vesuvius
Fort San Martino
Castel Dell’ Ovo
Posilipo
Matteucci
Main Crater
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