City water bill cut blocks New York power sale plan
Albany April 19. Senate Cities Committee struck out a provision allowing New York City to generate electrical power from added water supply. Amendments limit Water Commission removals, require maps and state approval for land acquisitions, and spark political blame games between Gov Higgins and Tammany figures.
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New York Times
Albany
Senate Cities Committee
McClellan
City Water Commission
State Water Commission
Tammany
Gov. Higgins
Senator White
Martin
Tammany Men
Index to Departments and Page Listings
The excerpt lists several departmental topics with page numbers including Commercial World on page 10 Amusements on page 9 Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers on page 10 Business Troubles on page 14 Court Calendars on page 14 Scene and Foreign Mails New Corporations on page 17 Real Estate on page 16 Society on page 9 United Service on page 12 Weather Report on page 9 Yesterday's Fires on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eeene
Society
United Service
Weather Report
Authorized Enblems Science 14K Gold Pearl or Diamond Mountings
A fragmented listing notes items described as 14K gold with pearl or diamond mountings. The source includes a partial address for Westgroniet FE company and an agent at 3A Maiden Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westgroniet FE Co
Maiden Lane
Mayor Appeals To Public Over Albany Water Bill
Mayor McClellan urged citizens to influence the Legislature to oppose amendments to a New York water bill. He defended a provision allowing use of falling water power for city lighting, arguing it would lower costs, aid public works, and curb private interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bir
Martin
City of
New York
Senate Committee
Board of Water Supply
McClellan
Albany
Ulster
New York City
Chicago Traction Talks Forge Plan to Remove Michigan Ave Tracks
A formal meeting in Chicago between the new city administration and Union Traction Company representatives led to agreement to remove Michigan Avenue tracks and begin work promptly. The discussion also covered service improvements, expediting a North Side decree case, and a future public conference on buying the traction lines to settle city traction disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Union Traction Company
Dunne
McCann
Tolman
Clarence S. Darrow
R. R. Gavin
W. W. Gurley
Joseph 8. Auerbach
Chicago Passenger Railway Company
Michigan Avenue
North Side
Supreme Court of the United States
Ramsey Quits the Wabash Amid Gould Rift
Joseph Ramsey resigns as President of the Wabash system and Pittsburg Terminal Company after a conflict with George J. Gould. F. A. Delano elected to succeed him at the New York directors meeting. Ramsey's final retirement target is October 1 with an agreed transition date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
ST. Louis
Joseph Ramsey
George J. Gould
Ramsey
Wabash and
Pittsburg Terminal Company
New York
F. A. Delano
Burlington Line
Gould
Easter Tour by Rail to Old Point Comfort and Richmond
Six day railroad tour via Pennsylvania to Old Point Comfort Richmond and Washington begins April 22. The rate covers travel from Ty to Old Point Comfort and return tickets, with agents handling reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Point Comfort
Pennsylvania
Richmond
Washington
Old Post
Japan protests France over use of French port in Far East
Tokyo reports show rising public anger at Admiral Rozhestvensky's stay in a nearby French port amid war against Russia. Paris notes Baltic fleet departure from Kamranh Bay may be imminent. Madagascar episode shows friction with Russian orders.
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Rojestvensky
Paris
Far East
Kamranh Bay
Madagascar
France
War council meets in Tokio amid Kamranh Bay tension
Elder statesmen and cabinet ministers address France over neutrality violations. Russia's Pacific squadron reportedly remains at Kamranh Bay with patrols and merchant ships under a Russian flag. London notes fear of Nebogatoff joining the fleet as the naval contest looms.
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Associated Press
London
Tokio
Japan
France
Kamranh Bay
Daily Telegraph
Rojestvensky
Straits of
Formosa
Saigon
Russia
Hongkong
Fogo
Straits of Malacca
Nebogatoff
The
Morning Post
Great Britain
Chicago
Daily News
Madagascar
Transportation notes on rail mileage and daily limits
Fragmentary text notes a New York Central reference and mentions six units and an 18 Jules per day or 2-cent mileage detail. The few legible items imply a brief item about rail transport and mileage charges, but specifics are unclear.
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Jee Ara
Falls Is
Bacauge
Stock Transfer Tax Bill Signed By Governor Higgins
Albany April 19 Governor Higgins signed the Stock Transfer Tax Bill at 6 25 pm less than six hours before it would become law unsigned He also signed a companion bill to guard against counterfeits of stamps on stock sales The bill imposes a 2 cent stamp tax on each 100 or fraction thereof par value of stock transferred within the state after June 1 1905
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
United States
Europe
Higgins
Captain Dillon Rescues Six From Fire at East Brighty Street
Fire at a four story apartment house on 415 East Brighty-sixth Street trapped six residents. Captain James E. Dillon of Central Park Station led firemen to safety, reviving three children on the roof and rescuing Mrs Carson and Mrs Grigneen with daughter Jennie. Damage estimated at $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Brighty-sixth Street
James E. Dillon
Central Park Station
Ditton
Seventy-sixth Street
Ferryboat Montclair Crash Off Christopher Street
The ferry Montclair of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Line collided with an unknown tug off Christopher Street on the 11 30 trip to Hoboken. The vessel was crowded with passengers and animals. It was righted quickly and towed to the Jersey side, with no injuries reported and the service halted temporarily.
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Montclair
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Line
Christopher Street
Hoboken
Jersey
Indiana Cigarette Ban First Court Decision
In Indianapolis Judge Wharton dismissed the charge against William F. Stanley for possessing cigarette paper. The ruling interpreted the anti cigarette law as applying only to dealers, not private users. The case notes some smokers switch to small cigarettes with tobacco wrappers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Wharton
William F. Stanley
Stanley
British Expert for Canal Appointed to Panama Board
Sir Mortimer Durand announced to Secretary Taft that Chief Engineer Hunter, builder of the Manchester Ship Canal, will serve as a consulting engineer on the Panama Canal Board. Hunter accepts. he is to arrive in August, joining unnamed French and German colleagues.
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Washington
Mortimer Durand
Taft
Hunter
Manchester Ship Canal
Panama Canal Board
Manchester Canal
Five Men and Sixteen Telephones Thwart Fifth Avenue Poolroom
Acting Captain Eggers led a raid on a Fifth Avenue poolroom near the Waldorf building. Police seized sixteen telephones and racing sheets, arresting five men including Carter or Nelson, at 326 Fifth Avenue. Four other men were prisoners in a separate Third Avenue raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Eggers
Poolroom
Waldorf-Astoria
Waldorf and Folland House
Thirty-fourth Street
Cottrell
Costigan
Ward
Woda Able
George E. Carter
John Sinks
John Howard
Edward Gillen
William Oliver
Carter
Robert J. Nelson
Weehawken
Mulberry Street
Jefferson Market
Duane Street
Nelson
Mularkey and McEntee
Egegers
Third Avenue
Shire
East Thirty-fifth Street
Board of Police
Fire Truck Hits Car. No Injuries Reported
Fire Truck No. 13 responding to a blaze on East 101st Street was struck by a Third Avenue car near Ninety-eighth Street. Driver William O'Brien and crew escaped unharmed as the truck collided with a southbound streetcar. passengers expressed excitement but no injuries were reported.
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East One Hundred and First Street
Third Avenue
Ninety-eighth Street
Eightyseventh Street
William O'Brien
Ninety-seventh Street
O’brien
Frawley Boxing Bill Passes in Assembly
Albany April 19 The Frawley boxing bill passed the Assembly by 92 to 16 after brief remarks by Brooks of Erie. The measure allows fifteen minute rounds with 8 ounce gloves under amateur rules and awaits Governor Higgins signature.
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New York
Albany
Brooks
Erie
Frawley
Gov. Higgins
Hyde Retains Choate as Legal Adviser in Equitable Case
James H. Hyde has hired Joseph H. Choate, the retiring Ambassador to England, as one of his advisers in the Equitable controversy. Negotiations closed by cable Monday. Choate to return in early June and take an active campaign role without appearing in court. Samuel Untermyer will direct the Hyde forces after Elihu Root and John S. Johnson stepped down from counsel.
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James H. Hyde
Joseph H. Choate
England
Equitable
Mr. Choate
Hyde
Choate
Samuel Tjntermyer
Elihu Root
John S. Johnson
Philadelphia
Mr. Hyde
Harriman relative resigns after lowly Omaha clerk stint
Herbert H. Harriman of New York City, cousin of railroad president E. H. Harriman, quit his Union Pacific desk job in Omaha after four months. He had been sent there to start at the bottom at a salary of 15 dollars a week but grew tired of the experiment and returned to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Omaha
Union Pacific
Herbert H. Harriman
New York City
E. H. Harriman
New York
Harriman
Union Pacific General
Maine Transfers Flag to Kearsarge Amid Smoky Fumes
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans handed command from the battleship Maine to the battleship Kearsarge in a temporary transfer. Fleet reports indicate dissatisfaction with Maine’s performance under steam due to insufficient funnel height failing to vent smoke, which then enveloped the ship at full or near full speed.
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New York Times
MOBIL
Robley D. Evans
Maine
Kearsarge
Jefferson Much Better in Palm Beach Recovery Hope
April 19 reports a marked improvement in Joseph Jefferson’s condition. Doctors and family express cautious optimism as he feeds well and shows strength, with a cool ocean breeze and mild temperatures noted at The Reef cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Joseph Jefferson
Mr. Jefferson
Jefferson
Reef
Americans Die Younger Than Germans in Medical Study
Dr. B. Laquer reported at the International Congress of Medicine that Americans have shorter lifespans than Germans. He cited per thousand population figures showing fewer Americans aged forty to sixty and those over sixty, despite temperate alcohol use and longer working hours, noting he did not explain the reasons.
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Wiesbaden
B. Laquer
United States
International Congress of Medicine
Germany
America
Laquer
Gov Hoch Struggles With Dental Woes
Topeka April 19. A local dentist has deprived Gov Hoch of about half his teeth and he has declined invitations to speak because he cannot talk. He mentions an applicant for office named Toothaker as worsening the affliction.
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New York Times
Topeka
Kansas
Hoch
Toothaker
Change in West Point administrative control
Secretary Taft decides to transfer the Military Academy from the Military Secretary to the exclusive control of the General Staff. The shift marks a significant reorganization in departmental routine affecting the academy and its leadership structure.
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General Staff
Washington
Taft
Military Academy
Hay Health Improves Secretary to Leave Nervi for Genoa
Nervi Italy April 19. Secretary of State Hay's physician reports that Mr. Hay has recovered his health. He will depart Nervi tomorrow for Genoa.
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Nervi
Genoa
Nervil
Italy
Hay
Hyde Defies Agents Over Demand to Step Down
Agents of the Equitable Life Assurance Society meet at the Hotel Savoy to urge Vice President James Hazen Hyde to resign. Hyde rejects the demand as impertinent and insults, saying he has no intention of resigning. The committee plans to present the letter to him at 9 this morning after delays and continued debate.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hotel Savoy
James Hazen
Mr. Hyde
Winslow
Pierce
Samuel Untermyer
William G. Gulliver
Hyde
Alexander
Tarbell
Savoy
Joseph Bowes
Baltimore
W. J. Roddy
South Carolina
Frank L. Levy
New Orleans
C. J. Edwards
Brooklyn
Charles Wake
New York
J. A. Cobb
Kansas
Mr. Alexander
W. J. Eisele
Newark
Cme
Aecide Ae
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Mayor Dunne
Wabash
London Times
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Annam
Capt. Dillon
Uptown Fire
Indiana
Mr. Hunter
Manchester
Waterway
Central
Capt. Cottrell
Shire’s Head
Tims
J. H. Hyde
Evans
Gov. Hoch
West Point
MR. Hay
Untermyer
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