Erie County Party Factions Clash Over Conners
In Erie County the Democratic revolt against Sheriff nominee Conners intensifies as Edward E. Coatesworth leads opposition. State Chairman plans a Reconstruction Committee of Twelve to solidify Conners’ paper organization unless Coatesworth halts the revolt. Charles N. Bulger criticizes the McCarren delegations and notes Baker’s shifting stance as party unity remains in doubt.
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Man Conners
State Committee
Coatesworth
Not Likely to Nominate in Fifty-seventh District Race
In Lockport New York April 17 plans for the May 12 special election remain unsettled as Democratic leaders balk at nominating a candidate and defer to Republican forces. Niagara delegates report ambiguity with Democrats potentially nominating or withholding a slate while Governor support shapes the situation. Albion meeting endorses John W. Woods Republican who seeks only the special nomination and rejects a regular-term bid.
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New York Times
Lockport
N.Y
Niagara
New York
Albion
John W. Woods
Woods
Defends Chancellor Day at Troy Methodist Conference
At the Troy annual conference Rev. J. D. Phelps defended Chancellor Day of Syracuse University, praising John D. Archbold as a major benefactor and arguing Day spoke his own views on Roosevelt and corporate interests. Delegates elected to the Memorial Conference included Homer Eaton and Eugene Wiseman. lay delegates named Lincoln, Snyder, Southworth, Coon, McKernon, and Landsdale.
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Saratoga
Troy
The
Methodist Episcopal Church Today
J. D. Phelps
Syracuse University
Chancellor Day
John D. Archbold
Homer Eaton
New York City
P. L. Dow
Rutland
Eugene Wiseman
J. H. Coleman
J. D. van. Valkenburgh
Albany
Charles Edward
Salem
N. Y
C. Z. Lincoln
Edgar ’Snyder
Cobleskill
T. TD. Southworth
Poultney
John H. Coon
Stillwater
Charles McKernon
Pittsfield
Mass
H . Landsdale
Educational Conference Heads South to Memphis Meeting
President Robert C. Ogden of the Conference for Education in the South leads a party of New York leaders to Memphis for the eleventh conference to run Wednesday to Friday with welcome by Governor Patterson. Speakers include Elmer Ellsworth Brown Theodore Du Bose Bratton J Y Joyner J D Seggleston and J Ts Baldwin. Topics cover The Training of the Southern Teacher Industrial education The Schools and the forests and The Christian South and Negro Education.
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Robert C. Ogden
Conference For
Education In
South
New York
Memphis
Gov. Patterson
Tennessee
Ogden W
Elmer Ellsworth Brown
University of California
Teodore du Bose Bratton
Mississippi
J. Y. Joyner
North Carolin
J.D. Seggleston
Virginia
J. Ts. Baldwin
Montgomery
Ala
United States Floats After Collision Near Hoboken
The Scandinavian American liner United States, damaged in a collision with the Ward liner Monterey, was floated last night and towed to her Hoboken pier. Her cargo will be removed before dry dock work. Most of the 500 passengers were rescued yesterday and will travel today aboard the Cunarder Caroniz.
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United States
Monterey
Hoboken
Caroniz
Conners Bryan meeting in Rochester amid NY delegation talks
In Rochester on April 17, William J. Conners met with William J. Bryan in a hotel parlor to discuss New York's delegation for Denver. Both denied any politics were discussed as press gathered. Bryan later addressed a crowd touring the city while Conners left with Thomas Finucane.
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New_York Times
Rochester
N. Y
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
William J. Bryan
New York State
Denver
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Norman. H. Mar
Buffalo
New York
Mack
Conners
Empire State Express
Thomas W. Finucane
Finucane
Powers
Brydin
W. B. Murphy
Gov. Chanier
John Pallace
Manton M. Wryvell
Mr. Conners
M. Conners
Convention Hill
Joseph
Egypt
St. Louis
Broran
Glens Falls
Utica
Edward E. Coatesworth
Erie County Committee
Coatesworth
Pennsylvania Special trains to Chicago cut travel time to under two days
The Pennsylvania Railroad advertises the overnight Pennsylvania Special from New York to Chicago launched in 1905. It boasts 18 hours in prior years and now promises a 1080 minute run with sleeping, compartment, observation and dining cars. Tickets available from C. Studds agents at 263 Fifth Avenue, Madison 1032.
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Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
C. Studds, . i. Po Aw
Fifth Avenue
Bryan not planning to intervene in New York Democratic contest
National Committeeman Norman I. Mack says William J. Bryan does not intend to meddle in New York State Democratic affairs. He sees no convention to contest the New York delegation and will not participate if one is held.
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New York Times
Buffalo
N. Y
Norman I. Mack
Rochester
William J. Bryan
Bryan
New York
Mack
Bryan - A
New York State
Trooper Shot As Chester Strife Rages
Troop D of the State Constabulary entered Chester to quell a strike, an ambush near Leiperville left Private William Cookman shot in the leg and his horse injured. Trooper Thomas Barger captured, a volley from the troops dispersed the assailants. arrests followed amid tense street confrontations as police maintained order and hauled suspects to jail.
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New York Times
Chester
Penn
State Constabulary
William Cookman
Thomas Barger
Leiperville
Ler
Barger
Cookman
Traction Company
F. W. Borgmann
San Francisco
Nelson Buckley
Inter-State Railway Company
Sergis
Logan
Chambers
Kobut
Negro
Woman Sues Man Over Road War Seeks Wall Barrier
Mrs. Mary H. Jones sues Milton L Ecluse over a disputed road near East Neck Huntington Long Island. Jones erected a four foot wall and felled trees blocking the path. L Ecluse responded with crowbars pickaxes and men tearing down the obstruction and removing a bathhouse and trees. The Suffolk County suit is led by attorney Willard N. Baylis of Manhattan.
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Mary H. Jones
West Seventy-second Street
Milton L’ecluse
S. Osgood Pel! Company
Fifth Avenue
East Neck
Huntington
L. I
L’ecluse
Eckerson
Hunstington
Manhattan
Jones
House of Jones
L’eehuse
L’ecluse Automobile
Mauretania Sets New North Atlantic Record Time
The turbine Cunarder Mauretania completed the 1890 mile North Atlantic in 4 days 23 hours 59 minutes, beating the prior 5 day record. She averaged 24.08 knots with 26 knot bursts but slowed at night due to a gale. Passenger list includes Joseph C. Cowen visiting Zionist committees and several named passengers and officers.
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North Atlantic
Eest
Mauretania
Joseph C. Cowen
Zionist Movement
Cowen
Tie
Jewish Colonial Trust
England
Dr. Herzl
Altenenland
Joseph Kean
Constantinople
Palestine
Sherwood Aldrich
G. F. Baker
Barnum and Bailey Ends Madison Square Garden Run
The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth closes a one month Madison Square Garden engagement tonight amid record attendance. After final performances the troupe moves to Brooklyn for a week under canvas at Fifth Avenue and Third Street with 600 horses on site and a revived parade planned for Monday if weather allows.
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Barnum & Bailey
Madison Square Garden
la Rocque
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Third Street
Brooklyn Small Boys
Europe
Harnum &Bailey
Gas Company Faces $15,000 Verdict Over Bronx Death
A Supreme Court jury awarded Joseph Jameson $15,000 against Central Gas Company for the death of his wife Sarah E. Jameson asphyxiated by gas in their Bronx apartment at 1021 Simpson Street on April 5 1906. The jury found negligence for not properly inspecting the gas fixture before turning on the supply.
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Supreme Court
Guy
The
Central Gas Company
Joseph Jameson
Eighth Avenue
Sarah E. Jameson
Simpson Street
Bronx
Counterfeit Coins Tied to Italian City Areas
Police arrested Nicholas Sevivo at 3 East 109th Street after a Mrs. Adele Fleischman of 1762 Madison Avenue reported receiving counterfeit quarters and dimes in change. Whitman of East 104th Street Station recovered several fake coins, and Sevivo was turned over to the United States Secret Service.
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Nicholas Sevivo
East 109Th Street
Whitman
East 104Th Street
Sevivo
Adele Fleischman
Madison Avenue
United States Secret Service
Wild West chiefs initiated as friars in Bridgeport
In Bridgeport on April 17, Chiefs Iron Tail Lone Bear Rocky Bear and others were made friars during a ceremony. Interpreters joined, plans spoke of brotherly unity among the Wild West Indians, and Johnny Baker read the rules while the group performed a sun dance to signify elevation beyond their title.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Iron Tail
Lone Bear
Rocky Bear
New York
Wild West
Johnny’ Baker
Mrs Glyn Returns From London Aboard Mauretania
Mrs Elinor Glyn arrived in New York aboard the Mauretania after illness in England and five weeks away. She plans a stay of under three weeks then California to meet her husband and daughters. Also aboard was Henry Lee the impersonator who quoted Richard Croker on preferring country life to politics.
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Elinor Glyn
New York
California
the Plaza
TIMES
England
America
Richard Croker
Forty Missing At Chelsea Fire Now Eleven Bodies Found
Boston April 17 two more bodies were recovered in the Chelsea fire ruins bringing total recovered to eleven and known victims to thirteen including two who died in hospitals. Forty still unaccounted for as no systematic cellar search has been conducted. authorities plan to clear streets then search cellars. State Relief Committee appeals for money food and clothing through Treasurer Major Henry L Higginson citing greater losses than first thought.
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Boston
Chelsea
State Relief Committee
Henry L. Higginson
Ocean travelers head to sea on multiple liner ships
Passengers listed for Cunarder Caronta Republic of the White Star Line Koenigin-Luise and other liners. Decorated travelers include families and notable names such as Mrs M T Gerahty, Dr Ida Clark, Baroness Floriata, and Norwegian Minister Ove Gude among many adults and children sailing to Liverpool Naples London and the West Indies.
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Caronta
Liverpool
C. A. Tomes
Herbert Grant Watson
John Wishart
Republic of the White Star Line
J. §. Alexander
Charles W. Allen
Mary Ettinger Baker
E. F. Bishop
Sprague’ Carlton
H. T. Champion
John D. Black
William T. Galloway
Joseph Goetz
Henrietta Buggs-Hall
John 9. Hollbrook
George H. Johnson
Samuel M. Keiper
Sydney H.les
Alfred Jewry
R. O. McAlexander
William R. Parkes
Naples
Edward K. Armstrong
James G. Butler
H. W. Braun
Albert ©. Burdick
Ida Clark
Pietro Floriata
Douglas H. Gordon
F. .D. Ashmore
C. Briggs
and Mirs
W. D. Corey
Edward Douglass
Grace Otis Ensign
G. E. Fawcett
Frank A. Gardner
William H. Heaton
T. Kirkland
New York
Southampton
Richard Buhling
Frank Dodd
Juan B.falde
Julia de Santistevon
Ley Vernon
Robert Wood
Francisco de Veaza
F. S. Booth
Edmond Converse
Augustus Cowell
Edward Gost
Ove. Gude
United States
Gude
Count Hans von Hopfilgarten
May Have Joyce's Slayer Arrest Reported
A young man identified as Thomas Regan was detained at Police Headquarters last night. Police believe he is Peter Regan known as Kid Regan, brother of Lieut. Martin Regan. The case ties to the 1905 Roy Joyce murder at Tobey's café on Thirty first Street near Broadway. Regan was arrested in Port Jervis by detectives Russo and Kesselmark. Joyce Regan’s killer had not been charged previously. The prisoner denies being Kid Regan.
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Thomas Regan
Peter Regan
Regan
Martin Regan
Police Department
Roy Jovce
Tobey
Thirty-first Street
Broadway
Port Jervis
Russo and Kesselmark
Joyce Regan
Paul Kelley
Florence Burns Wildrick Sues for Support in Divorce Case
In Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Crarie reserved decision on Florence Burns Wildrick's application for $25 a week alimony and a $200 counsel fee in her divorce suit against Charles White Wildrick. She married him in 1993 after an arrest linked to the Walter Brooks death at the Glen Island Hotel. Mrs Wildrick, living with her parents at 286 Putnam Avenue, has been separated from her husband for nearly a year. he claims earnings of $144 weekly in advertising and accuses her of gambling.
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Crarie
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Florence Burns Wildrick
Charles White Wildrick
Walter Brooks
Glen Island
Manhattan
Magistrate critiques bandaged, digs for truth in court
In Tombs Court Magistrate Finn exposes Angelo Yannele who faked injuries after an assault arrest by Sieheran Angelo Wheede. The judge orders removal of bandages and plaster and notes a druggist on Bayard Street aided the ruse for a dollar. The court then fines 2 more dollars for the theatrical effort.
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Dan
Finn
Tombs Court
Solomon
Angelo Yannele
Fel Ee Sieheran
Angelo Wheede
Yanucle
Bayard Street
Weill
Whaley Girl May Return for Estate Settlement
Mrs Keziah Whaley declines comment on a report that her granddaughter Floretta who eloped with Episcopal rector Jere Cooke may return next month for a formal settlement of her father’s Mineola estate. Surrogate Jackson will hear the case May 13. Mrs Whaley may be needed as a witness.
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New York Times
Hempstesd. L. 1
Keziah Whaley
Floretta
Jere Knode Cooke
Amay
Mineola
Whaler
John Whaley
Childian
Edn
Edgar Jackson
Cooke
Jeweler jumps from train platform to Susquehanna River
Oscar M. Sturmer of Easton Maryland committed suicide by leaping from the Peninsular Express while crossing the Susquehanna River bridge at Havre de Grace. His body vanished into the river and was recovered later by grappling hooks. identification followed.
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Havre DE Grace
Oscar M. Sturmer
Easton
Deserted Brooklyn Girl Thwarts Suicide With Trolley
Julia Morgan of 1152 Fiftieth Street Brooklyn drank carbolic acid then threw herself in front of a Fifth Avenue trolley near Twenty second Street. The motorman stopped the car and saved her. Ambulance Surgeon Anderson treated her at Seney Hospital. In Fifth Avenue Court Magistrate Tighe held her after she said she had been deserted by her sweetheart and had no desire to live.
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Julia Morgan
Fiftieth Street
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Anderson
Seney Hospital
Tighe
Poisoned by Parrot Bite Leaves Photographer Critical
Jonun Kemi, a photographer from Pater son, remains in critical condition after a parrot bite two weeks ago. The bird mauled his right index finger, causing infection that worsened despite initial care. Surgeons performed operations as swelling spread, with his wife by his side and medical staff fighting blood poisoning.
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Jonun Kemi
Paterson, N. Wst
Re Oss
Kemn
Cop
Kkemirs
Mineola Pays Tribute at Funeral of Local Druggist
Mineola I T April 17 during funeral services today for Charles W wedell a local druggist for about forty years business in the village was suspended. The funeral was the largest ever held here.
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Mineola
I. T
Charles W Wedell
Easter Mass For Night Workers At Old St Andrew's
Easter Sunday at old St Andrew's Roman Catholic Church in Duane Street will host two masses for night workers starting at 2 30 AM Rev Luke J Evers presides D A Sheehan bass soloist with Mrs OT Esach contralto and Mrs K Cammack soprano will share the musical program The orchestra is under William Henry Hickey with P J Quigley organist and chorus of over sixty voices Tickets required for admission.
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Old St. Andrew's
Duane Street
Luke J. Evers
Selma Kronold
Catholic Oratoria: Society
D. A. Sheehan
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Jersey City
OT Esach
St. John's Church
Manhattan
K. Cammack
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Annunciation C Church
William Henry Hickey
P. J. Quigley
J. Elsin
Ly Ynch
Jo Meek. Walker
Ce Enum
Oratorio Society
Peters
Connor
Ganns Vier
God
Mendelssohn
Mme
Holy City
Kings County Grand Jury Reports on Hospital Officials
The Grand Jury of Kings County yesterday discharged charges against Kings County Hospital officials. Willian Counelly, a former night supervisor, alleged cruel treatment of patients and extortion of money by some attendants in a sensational District Attorney Clarke statement.
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Kings County
Church Robbery During Good Friday Services
In Syracuse on Good Friday thieves entered St. Pauls Episcopal Church during services, rifling the vesting room and stealing all jewelry and money left by twenty men and women choristers in the sanctuary.
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Syracuse
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
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