Moon on the Runaway Trip Halts Worcester Boys
Clarence and Alfred Stebbins aged 12 and 11 from Worcester Massachusetts planned a trip to Alaska after stealing from their father's bicycle shop. They traveled by trolley to Providence then New York, bought a faulty watch, spent money, camped near Broome and Tompkins Streets, and were stopped by Officer Gencannon at 4 a.m. The moonlit river and a cap pistol scare ended with their return home and delivery to the Children’s Society.
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Broome
Tompkins
East River
Clarence
Alfred Stebbins
Worcester
Magss
Alaska
Alfred
Jack Hilton
Maas
Providence
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Alfrey
Gencannon
Delancey Street
Tompkins Streets
Goncamoen
Clarence Stebbins
Children’s Society
Democrats may contest May 12 Senate seat
Albany April 17 The Forty-seventh District Democrats will not contest the upcoming May 12 special election. Politicians expect a contest by anti gambling Democrats against the successful candidate citing the de facto Senate and reapportionment rules. Gov Hughes received Troy residents urging an anti gambling meeting and has another invitation in Brooklyn’s Plymouth Church.
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New York Times
Albany
Senate
Gov. Hughes
Troy
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
New Banking Law Signed in Albany Affects Bank Officers
Governor Hughes signed a new law allowing bank officers or employees to deposit funds in other banks on the condition that the recipient institution makes an advance or loan to any officer of the bank making the deposit. The measure clarifies interbank deposit arrangements and credit practices within state banks.
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Albany
N. Y
Gov. Hughes
Car Hits Wagon injuring three on Lexington Ave line
A northbound Lexington Avenue street car collided with a soap wagon at Thirty-ninth Street causing three men on the wagon to be thrown to the pavement and the car front to smash. Wagon driver George Sellman suffered fractured ribs and back injuries. Gustav Seffer and John Berger had minor wounds and were sent home. Motorman Eugene Gilligan and conductor William Edwards were uninjured. Gilligan blamed Sellman for steering onto the track suddenly.
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Lexington Avenue Street
Thirty-ninth Street
George Sellman
East Ninetieth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Gustav Seffer
East 127Th Street
John Berger
East Forty-sixth Street
Eugene Gilligan
William Edwards
Lexington Avenue
Gilligan
Sellman
Gov Hughes asked to remove Queens Coroner Nutt
Arnold Davidson of Brooklyn asks Gov Hughes to oust Coroner Samuel D Nutt over an alleged theft from a murder victim. Davidson claims Nutt took 340 from A R Van Der Zweep and paid a court judgment. Nutt defends actions, says valuables were in his office safe and settled under court order.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Gov. Hughes
Samuel D. Nutt
Queens County
Arnold Davidson
Macon Street
Brooklyn
Nutt
A. R. van der Zweep
Long Island
Valley Stream
John R. Planten
van der Zweep
Senate passes bill on Hamilton mansion transfer to NYC
The Senate approved fifty seven measures including a bill authorizing St. Luke's Church of New York to transfer the Alexander Hamilton mansion at 141st Street and Convent Avenue to the City of New York. The city may move the building to the Alexander Hamilton farm area in St. Nicholas Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
N.Y
St. Luke's Church of New York
City of New York
Alexander Hamilton
141St Street
Convent Avenue
Senate
St. Nicholas Park
Senate passes Filley labor bill on railroad payrolls
Albany April 17 Assemblyman Filleys bill to amend the labor law requiring steam railroad operators to pay employees twice a month passed the Senate. It now goes to the Governor who is expected not to sign it.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Filley
Senate
Meeting on Population Congestion in Brooklyn Addresses
The Conference on Congestion of Population closed last night with a meeting in Historical Hall Brooklyn at Pierrepont and Clinton Streets. Lawson Purdy President of the Board of Taxes and Assessment and Edward M Bassett member of the Public Service Commission delivered addresses. John B Creighton gave an illustrated lecture on the development of New York.
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Historical Hall
Pierrepont
Clinton Streets
Brooklyn
Lawson Purdy
Board of Taxes and Assessment
Edward M. Bassett
Public Service Commission
John B. Creighton
New York
Will of Emma Sehgman Wasserman Leaves Major Bequests
The widow of Edward Wasserman files a probate will detailing $1000 to the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum, $500 to the New York Fire Department Relief Fund, and $500 to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Edward Wasserman is named executor and chief beneficiary. The estate is valued at about $200,000.
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Serman
Emma SeHgman Wasserman
Edward Wasserman
West Fifty-sixth Street
Broadway
Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum
New York Fire Department Relief Fund
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
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A. W. Brewster
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Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital
Edw. Johnson
Marcum Kenyon
Marnhattan Eye and Ear Hospital
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital
Ehrlich & Send
Ist
Nassau St
Europe
Layties Brothers
U.S
New Work
Vernon
Cook & Bernheimer CO
California
Fig-Syrup Co
NEW York Telephone CO
Dey Street
NEW Banking Law
Lexington Av
39Th St
Queens
R. van der Zweep
Hamilton
John Jameson
Philadelphia
Uneeda Biscuit
New York City
Pat
Pere
Teishyasoe Vanentetes
Edward
Dr. Maxwell
Hamlin Garland
Garland
Sir William Crookes
Royal Society
Smithsonian Institution
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Crookes
O. Henry
William Hanna Thomson
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Borough
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Hasough Hall
Tones
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Paris Point
Mair Oer
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Loeser
Paris
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Copenhagen
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Aoe
Norfolk
Elm Place
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