Canal bill for 26 million dollars killed by Tammany
Albany April 16 The Canal bill to spend 26 million dollars on a 1000 ton barge canal failed after Tammany withdrew support The move came as Republican leaders met in the Governor's office to discuss strategy The Buffalo and New York commercial groups condemned New York's stance while labor opposition hindered an amendment involving convict labor The defeat is seen as clearing the path for a barge canal bill next year with broader support.
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Albany
Tammany
Fitzgerald
Woodruff
Nixon
Dunn
Ellsworth
Assembly
Ailds
Raines
Higgins
Krum
Marshall
Elsbers
Green
Davis
Hill
Kelsey
New York
Tammany Men
New York City
Buffalo
George H. Raymond
New York Manufacturers’ Association
Manufacturers’ Association of New York
New York Tonight
Escape from State Asylum Sparks manhunt in Missouri
John Record broke iron bars at the State Insane Asylum in St. Joseph and fled. He had killed a farmer near Wallace who testified against him and is said to seek other neighbors who aided in his conviction. Neighbors are warned and heavily armed as authorities search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
John Record
Record
Wallace
Shot at a dog wounds a Brooklyn man
In Parkville Brooklyn William Baker a bicycle dealer at Coney Island and Fort Hamilton Avenues aimed at his old sick dog and fired as a passerby Harry Owens of 5 Montgomery Street was struck in the left leg. Owens suffered a non serious wound and went home. The dog reportedly fled.
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Parkville
Brooklyn
William Baker
Coney Island
Fort Hamilton
Baker
Harry Owens
Montgomery Street
Owens
Oil Land Tract Sold for 3.5 Million in Springfield
L F Deyo of San Bernardino and B B Stuart of Los Angeles, both formerly of Springfield, report selling 40 000 acres of oil bearing land from a 400 000 acre tract for 6 000 000. They claim it is the largest such sale in the United States.
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Springfield
L. F. Deyo
San Bernardino
Cal
State Register
B. B. Stuart
Los Angeles
United States
United States Weather and Market Pages Note
Enesore Financial World lists grain and commodity quotes with prices for wheat corn oats and cotton, alongside iron and butter notes. It cites page references for Arrivals at Hotels Legal Notes and other sections across issues.
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Enesore Financial World
Zic
Marine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
Derailed derrick car collapse kills four near Buffalo
A derrick car and gondola toppled from a bridge on the Nickel Plate Railroad at Eighteen Mile Creek. Six men fell to a rocky bed eighty feet below while loading rock. Four died or gravely injured. two may die, as surgeons fight for survivors at Buffalo emergency hospital. Names include William Dahlgreen and Nicholas Wagner of Silver Creek, Wesley Eddy of Cleveland, A. L. Cameron of Dunkirk.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Nickel Plate
William Dahlgreen
Silver Creek
Nicholas Wagner
Wesley Eddy
Cleveland
A. L. Cameron
Dunkirk
Robert Jones
Gowanda
John Brogan
Speculation In Wall Street Divides Chicago Bankers
Chicago bankers differ on consequences of present Wall Street speculation. Byron L. Smith warns of trouble and calls for a warning, while John J. Mitchell doubts an imminent crash. E. S. Lacey and Charles L. Hutchinson see unease and urge caution amid rising stock prices.
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Chicago
Wall Street
Byron L. Smith
Northern Trust Company
John J. Mitchell
New York
E. S. Lacey
Bankers’ National
Estes
Charles L. Hutchinson
Corn Exchange National
Washington
E. G. Keith
Metropolitan National Bank
Preacher withheld church access over salary dispute
In Cleveland on April 16, Rev. Benjamin F. Vankirk of Fohl Memorial United Brethren Church locked the doors and barred worship, claiming back pay. Trustees say he sought to sell church property, transferring real estate to his wife and personal property to himself. A judgment for the preacher was granted but enjoined from collection.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
Benjamin F. Vankirk
Fohl Memorial United Brethren Church
B. T. Vankirk
Vankirk
Fire Injures William H. Crane in Orange Home
In Orange New Jersey on April 16 William H Crane 73 Park Street suffered severe burns while trying to extinguish a attic fire overheated by oakum and packing materials. He was assisted downstairs by family members and treated by his physician as the fire caused significant damage. An ambulance was called but he refused hospital care.
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Orange
N. J
Park Street
William H. Crane
City Fire Department
Crane
Actress Wins Case Against Railroad in Poughkeepsie
In Poughkeepsie on April 16 the jury awarded actress Etta Kellogg Williams $5,000 in her suit against the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. A juror with a deformed hip influenced the vote. after a ballot showing possible $10,000, a two hour compromise yielded the $5,000 verdict. The railroad company plans to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Etta Kellogg Williams
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
Supreme Court
William Lovelace
Lovelace
Miss Williams
Railroad Company
Henry Siegel Injured in Central Park Horse Ride
Henry Siegel of the Siegel Coopers, living at the Manhattan Hotel, was slightly injured while riding a horse on the Bridle Path at Eighty sixth Street and Fifth Avenue. The horse bolted, throwing him back but not down. He complained of back pains and was taken to his hotel by Park ambulance after officers summoned aid.
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Henry Siegel
Siegel-Cooper Company
Manhattan
Central Park
Eighty-sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Siegel
Ja. Siegel
Park
Daly
Scalp Injury From Freight Train Near Martinsburg
Lowville New York April 16 A northbound freight train scalped Michael J Stewart age twenty as he slept beside the track near Martinsburg Station. He lost his scalp to the skull but suffered no other injuries and was found along the rail early this morning after attending a meeting the previous evening. He had been awake two or three nights and dozed off while resting near the tracks.
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Lowville
N. Y
Michael J. Stewart
Stewart
Martinsburg Station
Martinsburg
Travel to St Louis Costs No More
It costs no more to travel to St Louis via the Pennsylvania Limit and only 28 hours from New York according to an advertisement.
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St. Louis
Pennsylvania
New York
Changes in the Charter Strike out Newspaper Advertising Clause
Albany reports four bills to revise the New York charter including removing a yearly 160000 advertising allotment to eight papers in Queens Richmond and the Bronx and ending the Board of Estimate and Apportionment as a Board of Audit for the Dock Commission. It also prohibits diverting public school funds to private institutions and resists modifying education exemptions.
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Albany
New York
Senate
Stranahan
Assembly
Kelsey
Queens
Richmond
Bronx
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Dock Commission
Sinking Fund Commission
Brooklyn
Board of Education
Senate Committee
Five Points House of Industry
Ladies’ Home Missionary Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
The
Children’s Aid Society
Catholic Protectory
City Superintendent of Schools
Normal College
Skinner
Senator Stranahan
State Department of Public Instruction
City of New York
Mortgage Tax Bill Faces Strong Opposition in New York
In Albany on April 16 the Senate Republican caucus favored passing the Stranahan Mortgage Tax bill but signs point to strong opposition unless amended. Gov Odell wavers over exemptions as about twenty Republican Assemblymen refuse caucus support. William A Gans urged Odell to favor charitable societies exemptions, arguing to protect benevolent bodies like the Independent Order of Free Sons of Israel and the Bnai Brith from tax, noting parity with exempt financial and corporate entities.
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Albany
Senate
Assembly
Odell
William A. Gans
New York
Elsberg
Gans
Order of B’nai B'rith
Independent
Order of Free Sons of Israel
Guaranty and Trust Company
Fidelity and Casualty Companies
Building and Loan Associations
Benevolent and Charitable Societies
Order of Bnai Brith
Title Guaranty Company
Fiderty and Casualty Company
Tax Bill Advances Amid Mortgage Tax Debates
The Governor engaged with Mr. Gans's argument and pledged consideration. In Senate general orders Senator Donnelly opposed taxing all mortgages and offered an amendment. it failed 18 to 10. Stranahan proposed two amendments setting January 1 1902 as the act’s effect and suspending interim taxes to avoid double taxation.
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Gans
Senate
Donnelly
Stranahan
Steel Mills May Close in McKeesport Strike
The W. Dewees Wood plant of American Sheet Steel in McKeesport remains on strike with operations crippled. Strikers recruit in the Knobling department, while the company foresees a possible shutdown of all union plants before week’s end as the National Advisory Board prepares a meeting in Philadelphia.
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McKeesport
American Sheet Steel Company
Biltsburg
W. Dewees Wood
Samuel M. Cooper
Wood
Amalgamated Association
Knobling
Shaffer
National Advisory Board
Steel Combination
National
Sheet Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Morgan says no word on McKeesport strike
J Pierpont Morgan stated he has not heard of the McKeesport strike and doubts it will escalate. English papers today suggested the strike might spread across steel plants.
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London
J. Pierpont Morgan
McKeesport
Reorganization at Carnegie Corporations Puts Morgan Interests In Charge
The Carnegie corporations reorganized at a stockholders meeting in Pittsburg with Morgan syndicate interests taking control. New directors include Schwab Gary Corey Dill and Blackburn. Officers for Carnegie Company named Corey president Blackburn secretary-treasurer and for Carnegie Steel Corey president Reed Gary Schwab elected. Rope first VP Blackburn second VP secretary and McCausland treasurer. Thomas Lynch named general manager of coal and coke properties for United States Steel with HQ in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Corporations
Morgan Syndicate
Carnegie Compu
East Orange
N. J
C. M. Schwab
E. H. Gary
W. E. Corey
J. B. Dill
W. W. Blackburn
Carnegie Company
Carnegie Steel Company
George Lauder
A. R. Peacock
L. C. Phipps
James Gayley
W. B. Dickson
Philbin Offered Manager Post for Steel Trust Roads
Duluth Minnesota April 16 It was announced that D M Philbin second vice president of the Eastern Minnesota Railroad has been offered the manager position for United States Steel Corporation roads Duluth Mesaba and Northern and the Duluth and Iron Range It is not known if he will accept
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Duluth, Minn
D. M. Philbin
Eastern Minnesota Railroad
United States Steel Corporation
Duluth
Duluth and Iron Range
Patton Heads West on Fund Raising Tour
Princeton President Patton began a two week Western tour to boost Princeton University fundraising. He will visit Chicago and Denver, speak at the Candlelight Club of Denver and the Princeton Club of Colorado, preach in Denver and Baltimore, and return by April 29.
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Princeton
N. J
Patton
Denver
Chicago
Hetty Green Reproved for Interrupting Massachusetts Attorney General
Mrs Hetty Green faced rebuke in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court as she interrupted Attorney General Knowlton during remarks on the estate case of Hetty R Green petitioner versus William W Crapa. The appeal concerns the probate decree granting Crapa’s settled report as surviving trustee under Sylvia Ann Howland's will.
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Taunton
Mass
Hetty Green
Knowlton
Supreme Judicial Court
New Bedford
Myles Standish Ginger Alo. ae burn. Doesn't burn.
A fragmented OCR item notes burning behavior of Myles Standish ginger ale, stating it does not burn. The readable text provides no clear event, date, or context beyond the non-burn claim.
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Myles Standish
Morgan Buys Gainsborough Portrait For 25000
London reports Pierpont Morgan has bought the Gainsborough canvas recently recovered in Chicago for about £25,000 though final price not settled. The Agnews paid £10,500 twenty five years ago. stolen from Agnews gallery eighteen days after purchase. Authenticity debated among critics with some attributing it to Sir Thomas Lawrence or questioning the sitter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Agnews
London
Associated Press
Pierpont Morgan
Chicago
Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
J. Pierpont Morgan
Gainsborough
Wynn Ellis
Christie’s
Earl of Dudley
Earl
Lord Dudley
Thomas Agnew & Sons
Bond Street
Corn ships to be unloaded in Chicago plan
Chicago reports that several vessels loaded with corn will be towed to elevators for unloading due to high prices and a marine engineers strike. Twelve to sixteen steamers may sail by week’s end while the Buffalo lines delay. Canada Atlantic plans to start Thursday. Rutland Line may sail Saturday as the strike continues.
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Chicago
Ill
Buffalo Lines
Canada-Atlantic
Lake Carriers
Rutland Line
A Fine Government Book on the Capitol History
Washington April 16 A government printing office release announces a lavish new publication History of the United States Capitol by Glenn Brown The work with plates and large pages covers the Capitol from its beginnings to 1852 volume one and plans a second volume after wings and the iron dome were added
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Washington
Government Printing Office
United States Capitol
Glenn Brown
Congress
District of Columbia
Senate
Charles Moore
Brown
Boy Killed by Motor Cab in Bronx
Armand Schnaufer aged sixteen from 1316 Boston Avenue Borough of the Bronx was killed when a motor cab struck him at Madison Avenue and Twenty third Street as fire engines headed to a nearby blaze. Motorman Edward A. McEwen 22 of 32 West Forty-seventh Street said he did not see the boy until after the collision. The police arrested McEwen and the body was taken to West Thirtieth Street Station where the lad’s pass book showed a 10 cent March 12 deposit identifying him. his father William Schnaufer and two brothers came to claim the remains.
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Armand Schnaufer
Boston Avenue
Bronx
Madison Avenue
Twentythird Street
Scottish Rite Hall
Edward A. McEwen
West Forty-seventh Street
Bennett
Broadway Squad
McEwen
West Thirtieth Street
Burlington deal closes as Hill-Morgan take control
James J. Hill announces success of the Burlington Railway purchase and outlines plans for St. Paul as central headquarters. He denies Erie or Baltimore and Ohio involvement, aims to connect St. Louis and Kansas City with South cotton and Pacific markets. Omaha remarks note potential board changes but no major management shift.
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ST. Paul
James J. Hill
West
Burlington Railway
Burlington
Hill-Morgan Syndicate
Erie
Atlantic and Pacific
Chicago
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
St. Louis
Kansas City
Oregon
Washington
Pacific
Hill
Mellen
Senator Grady Rushed to Sanitarium for Rest
Senator Thomas F. Grady of New York's Democratic minority was moved from Albany to Brigam Hall sanitarium in Canandaigua after health declines during the session. He departed on the Empire State Express with his sister and secretary. doctors expect at least six months for recovery and warn of potential danger.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas F. Grady
Empire State Express
New York
Brigam Hall
Canandaigua
Grady
Senate
Ward
Sullivan Leaves Lead as Pigeon Bill Sparks Debate
In Albany on April 16 Senator Tim Sullivan attempted to lead the minority in Grady’s absence but quickly ceded the effort after one move. He challenged Senator Slater’s animal bill, seeking to shift its reference to the Judiciary Committee. Sullivan pressed that Slater define a pigeon as an animal, quipping that a pigeon is no more an animal than an onion is fruit.
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Albany
Tim Sullivan
Grady
Trainor
Slater
Sullivan
Judiciary Committee
Committee On Forest, Fish and Game
Senate
Ellsworth
Horses Perish In Newark Express Company Stable Fire
Fire at Traders' Express Company stables in Newark destroys six horses and four truckloads of merchandise. Losses total several thousand dollars. origin under investigation. The notice notes trains on the Regal Road Westward of the Pennsylvania Railroad and schedules from New York and Brooklyn.
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Newark Express Company
Newark
N. J
Traders’ Express Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Brooklyn
Philippine fraud trials begin today in Manila
A court martial convenes to try Lieut. Frederick Boyer for embezzlement of commissary stores with Capt. Frederick J. Barrows to be tried later. A civilian Fletcher faces provost court for unlawful conversion as questions swirl around Col. Woodruff and Capt. Read in the commissary scandal.
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Manila
Frederick Boyer
Frederick J. Barrows
Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry
Col. Woodruff
Harold M. Pitt
Evans & Co
Commissary
Capt. Read
Army
Davis
Heart
Fletcher
Provost Court
Commisary frauds in Manila spark shifting War Dept stance
Secretary Root ordered Gen. MacArthur to cable information on Manila sales irregularities after initial minimization. The War Department concedes possibly serious frauds and notes a broad pattern of corruption, with Major Davis and Evans & Co. under scrutiny as Manila logistics come under court inquiry consideration.
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Washington
Root
Manila
MacArthur
War Department
Gen. MacArthur
George B. Davis
Evans & Co
Evans
New York
Niagara
Weston
Col. Woodruff
Woodruff
Gen
New Bridge Over Byram River
A meeting in Greenwich decides to build a new steel bridge across the Byram River, 50 feet wide, between New York and Connecticut. The project costs 11 000 dollars and the expense will be shared by Greenwich Westchester County N C and the trolley company supporting the bridge project.
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Port Chester
N. Y
Greenwich
Byram River
New York
Connecticut
Westchester County
N. C
Trolley
John McCullagh Buys Goshen Estate Home
Middletown New York April 16 John McCullagh State Superintendent of Elections today purchased the Haight estate at Goshen comprising 184 acres including a park and house where he will reside.
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John McCullagh
Middletown
N. Y
Haight
Goshen
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State of New York
Soblea
Steel Trust Roads
DR. Patton
Massachusetts
MR. Morgan
Burlington Deal
J. J. Hill
Omaha, Neb
G. W. Hoidrege
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad
Hill- Morgan Syndicate
Holdrege
Boston
Eee
Hill-Morgan
Senator Grady
Cable
Major Davis
Fimes
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