Gas Franchise Probes Stall Amid Price Debate
Tammany figures expect a Stevens committee bill to cut gas prices while riders may confirm contested franchises. The inquiry stalled after Hale Hughes left and signals point to a broader gas and electric monopoly benefit, with plans tied to the East River tunnel ownership and consolidation under the New Amsterdam and Consolidated Gas companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
Stevens Gas Investigating
New Amsterdam
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Stevens
East River Tunnel
New York and East River Gas Light Company
New Amsterdam Gas Company
Consolidated
Remsen
Astoria
J. Hampden Dougherty
Aflayor Low
Merchants’ Association
Gas Investigation Committee
Oakley
George W. Doane
Central Union Gas Company
Bronx
Northern Union Gas Company
Charles F. Mathewson
Consolidated Gas Company
Brooklyn League
Brooklyn Union Gas ‘Oany
Brooklyn
Low
Ety
Brooklyn Ue
Auto Chase in Two States Tracks Doctor’s Car
In Atlantic City the Brooklyn police arrested Charles Déforest, chauffeur for Dr. Julian P. Thomas of New York, on extradition orders after a Brooklyn fatality linked to a touring car. The Italian victim Luigi Rengulli died after being struck on Ocean Parkway. The car, numbered 9 911, belonged to Dr. Thomas, who claimed noninvolvement. Authorities pursued the duo to Atlantic City where Dr. Thomas denied knowledge of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles Deforest
Julian P. Thomas
West Seventy-second Street
New York
Brooklyn
Thomas
Donnelly
Déforest
Luigi Rengulli
West Thirty-third Street
Park Circle
Kings County Hospital
Smith Street
Coney Island
Ocean Parkway
Rengulli
Prospect Park
Harry
Murphy
Parkville
Dr. Thomas
Capt. Murphy
Broadway Block: Eight Ton Truck With Safes Stops Traffic
A double truck carrying two four ton safes broke a wheel near Liberty Street and sank into a Subway excavation. The safes toppled, blocking Broadway and the uptown surface track for over thirty minutes. Police and citizens aided as repair crews freed the wheel and removed the safes from the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Liberty Street
Uptown
Astor House
Monkey Steals Pin From Mount Vernon Woman at Circus
Mrs. J. D. Barton of 169 North Fulton Street Mount Vernon visited Madison Square Garden with her husband on a Friday night. A large monkey seized her three hundred dollar diamond pin, swallowed it, and the circus staff refused to compensate. Police are handling the case as Mrs. Barton awaits developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Barton
North Fulton Street
Mount Vernon
Madison Square Garden
Perdicaris Returns to New Jersey After Morocco Rescue
Ion Perdicaris arrives in America aboard the Deutschland and rests in New York after his rescue from Rais Uli. Judge Woodruff says Perdicaris plans to visit his Trenton home next week and will welcome press attention upon his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
Ion Perdicaris
Rais Uli
Morocco
America
Robert 8. Woodruff
Perdicaris
New York
Steamship Monterey Arrives At Sandy Hook From Havana
The steamship Monterey, sailing from Havana, passed Sandy Hook at 12 36 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Havana
Sandy Hook
Gates Deal Collapses In Wild Chicago Wheat Trading
In Chicago on April 22 traders watched the May wheat deal by John W Gates and partners collapse as prices slumped from about 1.23 to 0.98 per bushel. Officials cite liberal wheat supplies and fear of large cash-wheat obligations, with reports of 1.5 million bushels traded by a single house and heavy July buying by Armour interests suggesting another corner may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
John W. Gates
Armour
Wheat May option suffers heavy selling pressure in St Louis
St Louis dealers report May wheat option under strong selling pressure with traders noting heavy losses for the bull contingent. The day closes with a net loss of 4 4 cents per bushel and a bid price around 91 1/2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
ST. Louis
Chicago
Dress in Flames Follows Bonfire Incident Fatal in Mount Vernon
Annie Gorham five year old daughter of William Gorham was playing near a bonfire when her dress caught fire. William Finch seized his coat and tried to smother the flames but failed. The girl died hours later after the runaway burning ordeal as neighbors pursued. On the way to the hospital she asked for candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mount Vernon
Annie Gorham
William Gorham
Railroad Avenue
William Finch
Conklin
Annie
Texas Bribery Case Fails in Houston District Court
Houston lumber man John H. Kirby and former Austin bank officer A. S. Vandervoort were acquitted of conspiring to bribe District Attorney Warren W. Moore. Prosecutors claimed Kirby paid through Vandervoort to dismiss the ensi-trust suit against Kirby Lumber Company and hinder a $3,000,000 securities float in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Austin
Tex
John H. Kirby
Houston
A. S. Vandervoort
Warren W. Moore
Kirby
Vahdervoort
Moore
Ensi-Trust
Kirby Lumber Company
Roosevelt Bears Chase Near Newcastle in Colorado
President Roosevelt hunts bear near Newcastle while guides track Old Clubfoot the grizzly. Ranchman John Gregor reports tracks and leads the party to the bear’s trail but the animal escapes to higher mountains. Camp followers move to a hunting site as the President plans Elk Carton to Redstone then return May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Castle
Col
John Gregor
Gregor
Nigher Mountains
Goff
Bunn
P. B. Stewart
Colorado Springs
Roosevelt
Newcastle
Rock slide buries Union Pacific freight train near Edson Tunnel
A west bound freight train was buried by a rock slide just west of Edson Tunnel 100 miles from Cheyenne. Four men from Laramie were killed and another tramp's body was found. Wrecked cars filled the tunnel as engineers and crews moved to clear the line blocks for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Edson Tunnel
Edgan
Nelson
Hook
Irvine
Laramie
Rawlins
Visitor arrested after impersonation attempt
Miss Grace Loughran of 102 West Fifty eighth Street helped arrest a man who claimed to be Eugene F. Seymour a thirty five year old lawyer of 60 West Thirty-ninth Street. At the West Forty seventh Street Station he said he attached to the Attorney General staff and asked that word be sent to Abraham S. Gilbert. A charge of disorderly conduct was filed and Seymour remained in custody past late hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Loughran
West Fiftyeighth Street
Eugene F. Seymour
West Thirty-ninth Street
West Fortyseventh Street
Abraham S. Gilbert
Mayer
Edwin A. Jones
Sixth Avenue
McKnight
West Forty-seventh Street
Seymour
Ramsey Retires Amid Steel War Over Carnegie Tonnage
Pittsburg dispatch outlines Ramsey departure linked to George J. Gould and Colorado Fuel and Iron access. It details Steel Corp clashes with Gould lines, Wabash direct union ties, Carnegie tonnage contracts, Morgan and Rockefeller influences, and Ramsey’s belief he could not secure favorable rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
George J. Gould
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Steel Corporation
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Ramsey
Gould
Pittsburg
American Steel and Wire Company
W. E. Corey
Wabash
Missouri
Pcific
Texas Pacific
Denver and
Rio Grande
Indian Territory
Kansas
Texas
Union Railroad
Bessemer
Lake Erie
Carnegie
Mr. Ramsey
Wabash Railroad
J. P. Morgan
Atlantic Seaboard
John D. Rockefeller
Corey
Colorado
Wabash-Pittsburg
Gun in Union Station injures three in Pittsburg
A gun left strapped to a parcel in Union Station exploded injuring three people. D. Schroy of Chattanooga owned the weapon, en route to Rice's Landing. The blast struck Arthur Mansfield, S. J. Rosenzweig, and a traveling man, with Rosenzweig facing possible amputation. Schroy was detained then released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Union Station
D. Schroy
Chattanooga
Tenn
Rice’s Landing
Penn
Arthur Mansfield
S. J. Rosenzweig
East Seventeenth Street
New York
Rosenzweig
Schroy
Texas Tornado Blasts Jefferson City Damage Wide Path
A tornado ripped through Jefferson Texas last night creating a 100 yard wide tract and nearly a mile long. It toppled houses wrecked a church and felled trees and power lines. No fatalities reported though widespread property damage is feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Texas
Bomb Thwarted at Montgomery Ward Warehouse
In Chicago on April 22 a bomb or dynamite cartridge found in water at the rear of a Montgomery Ward & Co warehouse was thwarted by heavy rain. Police blame strikers as tensions rise in the ongoing strike. The Employers' Association rejected arbitration via Judge Tuley, Mayor Dunne delivering the proposal, amid Grand Jury scrutiny and calls to form a board of arbitrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Employers’ Association
Teamsters
Judge Tuley
Dunne
Grand Jury
ANOTHER MORO REVOLT REPORTED AT Jolo
Manila April 22 The walled City of Jolo was attacked by Moros on April 9 firing into the officers club during a ball and dispersing guests. On April 10 the secretary of Gov Scott was ambushed and killed within sentry range. A refugee from Borneo organized the Moros who defy Americans. Gen Leonard Wood arrived at Jolo from Zamboanga and has taken command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Jolo
Scott
Dafto
Borneo
Leonard Wood
Zamboanga
Chile and Peru Near War Over Tacna Arican Boundary
The State Department reports a high risk of rupture between Chile and Peru over Tacna Arican territory. The note underscores the need to swiftly appoint an American Minister to Santiago, Chile, following Mr. Wilson's transfer to Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Chile
Peru
Pute
Wilson
Santiago
Belgium
Pope Receives J. Pierpont Morgan in Rome Audience
In Rome on April 22 the Pope greeted financier J Pierpont Morgan in a private audience. Morgan then met Cardinal Merry del Val in the Papal Secretary of State's suite. It is reported Morgan will sail aboard his steam yacht Corsair to Constantinople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Cardinal Merry del Val
Borgia
Constantinople
Castro Sends Fortune Here From Venezuela Gold Shipment
Castro sends about 1.4 million dollars in gold to New York via schooners and an Italian steamer. The treasure is believed to have been left here on a Red D Line steamer after arrival at Willemstad Curacao and is to be deposited in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willemstad
Curacoa
Castro
Venezuela
New York
Body found bound to tree near Big Ugly
A well dressed man was found tied to a tree near Big Ugly in Huntington on April 22. He had a knife thrust through the heart and throat. A note reading You will bother us no more was pinned to his coat. The man has not been identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
West Va
Big Ugly
$2,000,000 lace factory awarded in Philadelphia
Joseph H. Bromley won the contract today for a 2 million dollar lace factory at Twenty second Street and Lehigh Avenue. It will be the largest in the country and employ about 5,000 workers. Bromley promoted Philadelphia lace and owns four similar operations here. Nottingham variety production has reduced imports to near zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Joseph H. Bromley
Twenty-second Street
Lehigh Avenue
Bromley
Spanish steamship Alicia wrecked off Long Key near Miami
The Spanish steamship Alicia capt Luzarraga bound Liverpool to Havana ran onto reefs at Long Key thirty five miles south of Miami. The vessel is a total loss. Wreckers are unloading cargo and bringing it to Miami. The crew will leave for Key West tomorrow.
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Miami
Alicia
Luzarraga
Liverpool
Havana
Long Key
Key West
$150000 Investment Saved Mrs Grant’s Denver Property
Denver reports a $150,000 check sent to Mrs. Fannie Chaffee Grant of San Diego for a large office building. David H. Moffat, longtime partner of her father, intervened to take control before the 1893 panic, preserving her inheritance and securing a steady income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Denver
Fannie Chaffee Grant
San Diego
Cal
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr
David H. Moffat
Dowie Missionary Attacked in Shanghai
Acting Secretary Loomis received a cablegram from Shanghai confirming Chinese attack on Mr. Kennedy, a Dowie missionary at Tsung Li, badly injured but expected to recover. Earlier, John Alexander Dowie urged Loomis from Arkansas to activate all government machinery to protect his disciple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Loomis
Shanghai
Kennedy
Dowie
Tsung-Li
Department
John Alexander Dowie
Arkansas
Tragic Preformance Death at Grand Opera House
Thomas Bradt a sixteen year old Hamilton electrician died on stage during The Wizard of Oz at the Grand Opera House. He stepped on an iron register and was electrocuted by live wires thought to carry 250 volts. The audience remained unaware while the accident stunned the theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Hamilton
Ontario
Grand Opera
Thomas Bradt
Alke
Bradt
Lowe & Farrell
Grand Opera House
Stade
Ody
French Neutrality Forces Russian Squadron From Kamranh Bay
Paris reports Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet left Kamranh Bay soon after Emperor Nicholas ordered them to stay clear of French waters. France removed key machinery from the Diana to prevent sea travel and asserted strict neutrality while monitoring Franco Japanese tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rojestvensky
Kamranh Bay
Cochin- China
St. Petersburg
Nicholélas
Foreign Office
Diana
Saigon
Haifong
Tonquin
France
Japan
Nicholas
French
Rosestvensky
London
Delcassé
Francis Bertie
Journal Des Débats
Marquis de Munville
Four Russian Steamships Blocked From Coal Loading
Saigon on April 22 reports Chief of Staff under Gov Gen Beau orders inspected four Russian steamships ready to load large coal cargoes. French authorities ban loading beyond the voyage’s required coal to reach the nearest port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Beau
Russian Second Pacific Squadron Sightings at Kamranh Bay
Navy witnesses report observing multiple ship types near Kamranh Bay including two Dmitri Donskoi class cruisers with varying masts and funnels, a four mast merchant vessel, a one-funnel steamer, five battleships inside the harbor, two three funnel battleships with admiral flags, and six warships outside the harbor with heavy smoke rising inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Navy Department
Kamranh Bay
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Cerns Was
Dr. Thomas Held
Subway
Monkey
Gates
Grizzly
Rock Slide
Prisoner
Attorney General
Morgan
Rockefeller
Pittsburg Dispatch
Pope
J. H. Bromley
China
Pefformance
Czar
Kamranh
Japanese Navy Department
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