Russian Pacific Squadron heads to Vladivostok amid neutrality tension
Reports from St. Petersburg say the Second Pacific Squadron has left Kamranh Bay en route to Vladivostok. The government plans to press Japanese protest as if the voyage did not continue. Admiral Rojestvensky’s reply is awaited, while prayers for the squadron’s safety were offered in the Admiralty Church.
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Kamranh Bay
Vladivostok
Rojestvensky
Virenius
Admiralty Church
Grand Duke Alexis
Avellan
Admiralty
London
Tokio
Daily Telegraph
Peking
Hainan
Tonquin Bay
Rojestvensky Stay in Kamranh Bay Draws French Protest
The Russian Foreign Office remains silent on France's protest over Rojestvensky's presence at Kamranh Bay while denouncing French neutrality rules as not violated. Paris orders for the squadron to leave provoke surprise and resentment in St Petersburg amid concerns over Japan's rising Far East influence. If his stay ends early, Nebogatoff's division might fail to coordinate, risking a naval engagement.
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London Times
NEW York Times
ST. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Rojestvensky
Kamranh Bay
Paris
Angam
Novoe Vremya
Razvet
Japan
Far East
Nebogatoff
Anxiety in Paris on Far East neutrality measures
Paris reports rising anxiety over neutrality in Indo-Chinese waters as naval colonial and foreign ministers meet to coordinate actions. Russia is urged to respect French neutrality, with Saigon dispatches ordering disarmament of the Diana cruiser. Delcassé’s retirement delays chamber debate while Paris extends assurances to Tokyo.
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Rojestvensky
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Saigon
Diana
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Index to Departments and Page References
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Oust Indian Official From New York Warehouse
Fred H. Wilson, superintendent of the Indian warehouse in New York, was removed by Secretary Hitchcock on charges he added seven men to the payroll who did no work. An inspector found fourteen names, with extra clerks paid 75 to 100 dollars monthly, including a bartender who never worked there. Wilson offered to reimburse funds, but the offer was refused and prosecution planned. McNichol named temporary head.
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New York Times
Washington
Fred H. Wilson
New York
Hitchcock
Wilson
Nessler
The
Indian Service
Sub-Treasury
Interior Department
Oklahoma Land Office
Republican National
Albany
McNichol
Couple in a rush to wed at City Hall
In a downpour four tall young men and a woman approached City Hall seeking immediate marriage. After a rain soaked search for an alderman, Isaac Marks was found and the couple married in the rain. The bride was Miss Lillian Hallinan, 19, and the groom Francis A. Cuddihy, of Roxbury Massachusetts. Cuddihy reportedly served as president of a granite company.
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City Hall
Marty ” Reese
Tommie
Mercury
Hunt
Isaac Marks
Park Row
Lillian Hallinan
Francis A. Cuddihy
Waumbeek Street
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
Cuddihy
Fire Rips Through Brownsville Damaging Dozen Homes
A blaze in Brownsville yesterday destroyed twelve large residences and a furniture store on Belmont and Thadford Avenues causing about 150000 in losses. Mrs. Mary Cosgrove died from shock as an awning fire spread. four alarms issued as Deputy Chief Sally led operations with several firefighters injured. Police aided evacuations, blankets saved some children, and fires raged for hours before containment.
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Brownsville
Mary Cosgrove
New York Avenue
Sally
Benjamin Glass
Belmont Avenue
Thadford Avenue
Ralph Avenue
Hamburg Avenue
Gates Avenue
Canarsie
Joseph Jefferson Reported in Worsening Condition in Florida
In West Palm Beach on April 21 at 6 oclock the actor Joseph Jefferson showed a decline as he refused food and doctors grew concerned about his health. The dispatch notes his fragile appetite and rising worry among his physicians.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Joseph Jefferson
Orville H Platt Dies After Pneumonia at Summer Home
Orville Hitchcock Platt United States Senator from Connecticut died at 8 53 p m at his summer home in Washington Conn from pneumonia caused by a ruptured abscess in the right lung His death follows a recent cold taken while presiding over the Swayne impeachment trial Funeral service is planned for next Tuesday at the Congregational Church with burial in the local cemetery Congress will send a large delegation to his funeral Platt long allied with Gen Hawley and chaired the Judiciary Committee.
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Orville Hitchcock Platt
United States
Connecticut
Ford
Robert Carter
Congress
Platt
Swayne
Senate
Hawley
State Capitol
General Assembly
Gen. Hawley
Hoar
Judiciary Committee
Orville H Platt Celebrated With Roosevelt Tributes In 77th Year
A March 18 dinner marked the twenty-sixth anniversary of Orville H Platt entering the U S Senate. President Roosevelt sent a letter praising Platt as a loved, respected public servant whose speech and vote advanced the country. Platt, born 1827 in Washington County, rose from farmer’s son to powerful Connecticut political figure, leading the Senate finance circle with allies like Spooner Hale Allison and Aldrich.
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Orville H Platt
United States Senate
Gen. Hawley
Roosevelt
Senator Platt
Congress
Washington
Platt
Connecticut
New York
Orville H. Platt
Spooner
Wisconsin
Hale
Maine
Allison
Iowa
Aldrich
Rhode Island
York
F. W. Gunn
Gideon W. Hollister
Litchfield
House of Representatives
Ken Ulysses Grant
United States
Republican State Central Committee
Hartford prepares to elect Platts successor to finish term
In Hartford, Conn a General Assembly session begins its biennial term with plans to choose a successor to Senator Platt. The selection will fill the remaining period ending in 1909 and may be delayed briefly out of respect for Platt’s memory as several candidates are discussed.
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Hartford
Conn
Platt
General Assembly
Stamford
Bride ends life after New York marriage
In Johnstown a newlywed Sadie McCartin of New York, wife of George M. Lichenstern, died by ingesting two ounces of carbolic acid after a separation dispute. Michael J. McCartin filed suit for $10,000 for alienation of affection, while details of the prior marriage emerged.
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New York Times
Johnstown
George M. ‘Lichenstern
Sadie McCartin
New_York
Lichenstern
New York
Wertheimer & Co
Bleecker Street
McCartin
Wertheimer
William H. Kephart
Harlem
Woman Arrested on Ladder Step in Lakewood
A 21 year old woman claiming to be Edna Williams was arrested in Lakewood while attempting to enter a boarding house by a ladder. She confessed to two thefts including clothing from Newark resident Mrs. Walker and jewelry from New York’s Mrs. Dowell. She was jailed at Toms River awaiting New York extradition papers.
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Lakewood
Edna Williams
Long Branch
N. J
Ridge Avenue
Town Hall
Beebe
Voila Walker
Walnut Street
Newark
Mortgage Tax Stand Nears Governor Sign Or Defeat
Albany April 21 A heated fight over the Mortgage Tax bill puts Gov Higgins at a crossroads sign the measure as is or halt mortgage taxation. Organized opposition from political and real estate interests vows to press the governor with county petitions and county clerk mortgage counts show heavy filings in Kings New York Queens Erie and more. Officials fear a public hearing could trigger a large protest and harm the party.
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New York Times
Albany
Gov. Higgins
Republican Committee
New York County
Edward van Ingen
van Ingen
Kings County
Erie
Monroe
Queens
Westchester
Sullivan County
Higgins
Valentine Turns His Hand to Wheat Deal Success
Chicago traders weigh the May wheat contract as Gates’s management falters and Valentine’s tactics gain ground. Experts note large hedges, liquidations, and a 5 to 8 million bushel July purchase aimed at squeezing shorts for bigger profits, with some attributing the shift to Valentine.
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New York Times
Chicago
Gates
Valentine
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Kings County Leads State in Alcoholism Arrests
Albany April 21 Special to Thess Times Kings County tops state tables in drunkenness arrests with 10 603 in Brooklyn last year. New York City total 7 206 ranks second and Westchester 1 006 third while Erie 106 shows unexpected sobriety. A proposed bill would place drunkenness arrestees in treatment via state funds. The table notes over 33 000 imprisonments for alcoholism statewide in one year and local costs rising into millions.
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Thess Times
Albany
Kings
Brooklyn
New York
Westchester
Erie County
New York State
Vitriol Fire On West Side Wrecks Carboys
A freight car with about fifty carboys of vitriol caught fire near Thirtieth Street and Eleventh Avenue. Firemen faced exposure risk as acid spilled on streets. The blaze forced disconnection of the car and caused roughly $4,000 in damage. Several firefighters were burned but none severely.
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West Side
Thirtieth Street
Eleventh Avenue
President selects new camp site at Bunn ranch
President Roosevelt and party ride twenty five miles near Newcastle to scout a camp site on the Bunn ranch. They abandon the Gregor ranch plan and choose a meadow filled area with water for horses. Next week Cook Frye will trail the party and set up temporary camps as night falls.
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New York Times
Newcastle
Col
Roosevelt
Lambert
Goff and
Wells
Bunn Ranch
Gregor Ranch
Huntsman Hills
Cook Frye
Woman struck by baseball breaks rib and threats lung
Miss Carrie Merrill, 26, of 67 Littleton Avenue Newark, was hit by a batted baseball while passing an open lot at noon. She was taken to City Hospital in an ambulance. doctors fear a broken rib and possible lung puncture.
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Newark
N. J
Carrie Merrill
Littleton Avenue
Equitable Bill Reported for Albany Legislature
Albany April 21 reliable authority says a bill will be introduced early next week to mutualize the Equitable. The measure would elect all fifty two directors by policy holders and reflect backers' policy aims. Details were not available tonight.
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Albany
Equitable
Storm Hits Long Branch Damaging West End
A windstorm struck West End of Long Branch at 4 30 PM causing 10000 in damage in twenty minutes. The Hollywood station east approach and the engine room of the West End Hotel were blown down along with a bridge to the Ocean Avenue Pavilion. A Keller property on Brighton Avenue was razed and a barn owned by Mrs. Rosalia Moore was blown onto trolley tracks. Sheds owned by Henry Hulick were scattered and many chimneys toppled.
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New York Times
Long Branch
West End
Hollywood Station
Ocean Avenue
Ocean Avenue Pavilion
William C. Keller
New York
Keller
Brighton Avenue
Rosalia Moore
Second Avenue
Henry Hulick
Storm catastrophe hits Philadelphia localities
A cyclonic wind storm ripped through Philadelphia and nearby areas causing extensive property damage. One woman, Mrs. Margaret Long, aged thirty, died after being struck by a falling fence. her two year old child survived. Roofs and walls were blown down across the city and construction sites were wrecked. Outlying towns in Pennsylvania and New Jersey reported substantial damage.
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Philadelphia
Margaret Long
New Jersey
Mrs Mackay Seeks Trustee Seat on School Board
Roslyn April 21 Mrs Clarence H Mackay announced she would run for a seat on the school board. This marks a departure as only men have served. Supporters say she believes women understand children's needs better than men and should serve on boards.
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Roslyn
L. L
Clarence ‘H. Mackay
Ere
Mackay
Woman Found Dead in Central Park Reservoir
A forty year old woman was found dead in Central Park Reservoir after grappling the bottom. Police report describe a 5 foot 7 inch, 180 pound woman with dark hair and eyes and a pockmarked face. Mrs. George H. Strout witnessed a black straw sailor hat at the edge and alerted authorities. Police deem the death as a possible suicide.
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Central Park Reservoir
Sayers
Arsenal
George H. Strout
West Ninety-second Street
Tolstoys Latest Philippic Attacks Educated Classes
In Moscow the Russky Listok publishes Leo Tolstoys interview denouncing the educated classes and city life. He condemns university political movements teaching abstract rhetoric and urges a return to practical labor and moral living. He attacks modern education religion and politics as artificial and corrupt.
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Moscow
Russky Listok
Leo Tolstoy
Count Tolstoy
Governor to judge mutualization of Equitable case
Albany April 21 The Equitable Life Assurance Society issue is pressed by a committee of about thirty general agents seeking immediate mutualization or a legislative fix. The Governor expressed sympathy with policy holders but said the matter may be for the courts, not the Executive or Legislature, while promising possible future address.
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New York Times
Albany
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Ge Higgins
Syracuse
F. A. McNamee
Seph Bowes
Baltimore
Bowes
United and
Canada
Great Britain
Tve
Henry B. Hyde
Alexander
Equitable Ampany
Ulster Republicans Back Mayor McClellan Water Bill
In Albany a group of Ulster County Republicans supports Mayor McClellan's water condemnation bill despite ex-Judge Clearwater's opposition. Property owners along streams eyed for city land say much of their land would fetch little farming value and rely on summer boarders for income.
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New York Times
Albany
Clearwater
McClellan
Ulster County
New York City
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