Croker backs quiet presidency and UK racing prospects
Dublin April 27 Richard Croker urged a quiet presidency for America while criticizing Hughes and defending his racing interests. He praised his stable’s condition, noted contenders for The Thousand Guineas and The Oaks, and confirmed securing jockey Lucien Lyne for the season. He denied any encounter with Jem Roche and downplayed rumors from St Patrick's night.
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Dublin
America
Richard Croker
William McKinley
Hhodora
Rhoda Bay
Mr. Croker
Lucien Lyne
Lyne
Rhodora
Bee
Jem Roche
St. Patrick's Night
Tommy
Burns
Outrage, says Mrs. Levee in Paris interview
Mrs Charles Levee formerly Jennie Hawley of New York calls the brothers attachment on her New York property an outrage. They claim she owes them 74 695 from loans and the suit ties up half her property and a bank account at Fifth Avenue Bank.
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Paris
Charles Levee
Jennie M. Hawiey
New York
Jonnie Hawlex
Charles’ Lovée
United Es
Fifth Avenue Bank
Brosers
William
Alan Rh. Hawley
Breiz Huel Reaches Bermuda After Tow From Atlantic
The French steamer Breiz Huel was towed into St George Bermuda by a salvage vessel after breaking its rudder on April 14. Departed Dunkirk March 18 bound for New York, she called Fayal March 4 and faced heavy seas before rescue. The Towline broke and the tug Lu gerna released due to weather.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Breiz Huel
St. George
Dunkirk
New York
Fayal
Lugerna
Wireless Telegraph Station repair enables transatlantic signals
The damaged aerial wires at the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Station at eBay have been repaired and the system is now sending signals both ways across the Atlantic by the Marconi company.
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Marconi
eBay
Mies
MM Marconi Company
Prince Helie de Sagan Visits Pompeii With Mme Goulds
Prince Helie de Sagan and the children of Mme Anny Gould traveled by car to Pompeii with their tutor. The weather was splendid and the party enjoyed a visit to the unique ruins.
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Naples
Prince Helie Dé Sagan
Mme
Anny Gould
Dey
Pompeii
D A R Annual Convention Opens in New York
The General Society Daughters of the Revolution held its annual convention in New York with over 100 delegates attending a Plaza reception. Hostesses included Mrs. Zeb Mayhew and Mrs. Phoenix Ingraham. retiring Regent Mrs. Abeel received a loving cup. Noted guests included Mrs. Granger of Massachusetts and delegates from several states.
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General Society Daughters of the Revolution
New York
Plaza
Zeb Mayhew
New York Site Society
Phoenix Ingraham
John Howard Abeel
Abeel
Priscilla
Alice Granger
Massachusetts
Hamilton Ormsbee
Long Island
Nathaniel P. Keay
Pennsylvania
Aged Man Dies on Subway Train at Fifty Ninth Street
A 70 year old resident of 237 West Fifteenth Street died suddenly yesterday from heart disease aboard a subway car near Fifty Ninth Street. He had given up his seat to Miss Ethel Danvers, who was with him when the incident occurred.
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Hingo Berg
West Fifteenth Street
Fifty-ninth Street
Ethel Danvers
Rais Uli Reported Slain in Tangier Ambush
From Tangier and Paris reports claim Rais Uli the boundu was ambushed by Elkines while returning from a native feast. He rose as a noted Moroccan brigand who captured foreigners for ransom including W. B. Harris and Sir Harry Maclean, with varying accounts of his death.
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Rais Uli
Bindu
Rais cii
Tarrant
Paris
Rais Ali
Echo de Paris
Morocco
Zinat
W. B. Harris
London Times
Mr. Perdicaris
New Jersey
United States
Perdicaris
Rais UH
Harry Maclean
Maclean
Funeral of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in Westminster Abbey
London April 27 funeral of Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman late Premier of Great Britain held at Westminster Abbey. Notables including Prince of Wales Emperor William’s envoy Baron Stumm Premier Clemenceau Whitelaw Reid and Diplomatic Corps attended. Pallbearers included Archbishop of Canterbury Premier Asquith and other dignitaries. Body to be conveyed by train to Scotland for interment. House of Commons met to honor memory.
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London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
Tare Vines
Prince of Wales
Edward
Baron Stumm
William
Clemenceau
Paris
Whitelaw Reid
Archbishop of Canterbury
Duke of Fife
Asquith
Lord Loreburn
Herbert Gladstone
John Morley
Lord Tweedmouth
Earl of Aberdeen
Walter Long
John Sinclair
Thomas Burt
Euston
Scotland
House of Commons
Requiem for the Duke de Chaulnes in Paris
A solemn requiem was held at St Philippe du Route for the Duke de Chaulnes who died Thursday night in Paris. The widow appeared deeply distressed as nobles and American figures attended, and the body was moved to Dampierre for interment.
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Paris
St- Philippe du Route
Duke de Chaulnes
de Chaulnes
d'Uzes
de Luynes
Noailles
Marquis Horschel
Robber Confesses in London About New York Theft
Police recover two necklaces from lodgings of Claude Heritier the Swiss arrested in London. He admits taking part with William O Connell in the Mrs Morgans New York home robbery. He says he disposed of fake stones in the river and sold diamond earrings in New York before sailing to Antwerp.
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Claude Heritier
London
David B. Morgan
New York
Heritier
Fleritier
Marquette
Antwerp
Bank Robbery at Manila Bank Reported
Bank of Manila Robbery Case Involves 75 000 pesos in fraud. Cashier says trusted employees acted with outside accomplices and honored checks against non existent accounts, altering ledgers to hide the scheme. One clerk arrested. more arrests expected. Bank to partly recoup losses. Property seizure related to suspects.
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Manila
Banco Espanol- Filipino
Pere
British steamer Cacique sunk near Ecuador coast
The British steamer Cacique, en route from Mollendo to San Francisco, was destroyed by fire about 120 miles from Point Santa Elena in Guayas Province, Ecuador. Thirty-one crew members were rescued by the Ecuadorian gunboat Bolivar and landed on the coast. Built in Sunderland in 1893, the 1951 ton vessel belonged to the New York and Pacific Steamship Company.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Mollendo
San Francisco
Tire
Point Santa Elena
Guavas
Bolivar
Sunderland
New York & Pacific Steamship Company
Chinese boycott halts South American service of oriental line
Foreign Affairs notes from Hong Kong report China’s boycott of Japan has driven decline in passenger and freight demand in southern China. Toyo Kisen Kaisha temporarily suspends its South American service as ships cannot secure cargo or passengers. In Paris, a cyclone devastates the Comoro Islands in the Mozambique Channel, though damage details are incomplete.
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Hong Kong
China
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Oriental Steamship Company
Ine
Paris
Comoro Islands
Mozambique Channel
Carnegie Boosts Prohibition Bonus For Staff At Club Lunch
Andrew Carnegie addressed the Vagabonds' Club in Gramercy Square and proposed giving employees a 10 percent annual bonus if they abstain from alcohol. He joked about wanting an option on life and recounted a tale with a servant. The club elected him an honorary member and plans to present a collection of living American composers’ works before he travels to Europe.
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Andrew Carnegie
Vagabonds’ Club
National Arts Club
Gramercy Square
Edward J. Wheeler
Carnegie
Heaven
Mr. Carnegie
Golden Shore
George
Walter Malone
Memphis
Tenn
Arthur Farwell
Wheeler
Europe
Vagabonds
London
Orinoco Company Faces Venezuelan Government Clash
A. I. Barber and Rudolph Dolge return from Venezuela amid disputes over the Orinoco Corporation concessions. The firm claims its Fitzgerald concession rights, recognized by courts and international tribunals, face obstruction from a political clique. It seeks U.S. government intercession as Congress weighs the case.
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A. I. Barber
Barber Asphalt Company
Rudolph Dolge
Orinoco Corporation
Venezuela
Zulia
Barber
Doise
Fitzgerald
Orinoco Delta
International Tribunal
Federal and Cassation Court
Orinoco Corpioration
Castro
Department of State
Senate
Congress
Sixth Avenue Landmark Sold To Real Estate Firms
The Knickerbocker cottage once housing the Moquin Restaurant Company on the east side of Sixth Avenue near Twenty-eighth Street was sold yesterday by Frank J. Ranson. Buyers are Daniel B. Freedman and the Alliance Realty Company led by President William H. Chesebrough. The property values around $325,000. the original Varian mansion stands on the now tract from Twenty-sixth to Thirtieth Street and Broadway West to a mid block between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. No immediate changes planned as the Moquin lease still runs for several years.
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Sixth Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Knickerbocker
Moquin Restaurant Company
Frank J. Ranson
Daniel B. Freedman
Alliance Realty Company
William H.chesebrough
Varian
Isaac Varian
Twenty-sixth
Thirtiet Street
Broadway
Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Moquin
Man Is the Best Animal Says Prof Zueblin at Garrison Equal Rights
Prof Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago addressed the William Lloyd Garrison Equal Rights Association at Amy Grant studio 78 West Fifty Fifth Street on Man and Woman He argued that man is the dominant power as the best animal citing his upright stance and the life wasted learning it He asserted that women's chief role motherhood has made her dependent while urging economic physical and spiritual independence as essential rights
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Charles Zueblin
University of Chicago
Wiliam Lloyd Garrison Equal Rights, Association
Banking Bills Signed in Albany by Gov Hughes
Gov Hughes signed eight banking measures to curb evils from October distress. Key provisions raise bank and trust reserves across New York City, upstate, and boroughs, set legal tender requirements, and tighten branch capitalization. The acts also require officer oaths, loan reporting, and penalties for self dealing by bank staff. Other signs authorize land sales to West Point and Yonkers property transfers.
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Albany
Hughes
Clark
Willie
State Banking Department
Fiat
State Bank
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New York City
New York
Up State
Grady
United States
West Point
Assemblyman
Haines
Yonkers
Groumis
Opposition to Buffalo Rochester and Eastern railroad case
The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company and the Delaware and Hudson Company opposed the Buffalo Rochester and Eastern Railroad’s bid to build a through double-track line from Buffalo to Troy. Counsel Thomas Watkins argued insufficient business justifies a new road and predicted bankruptcy before start. He blamed freight delays on motive power, equipment shortages, and weak terminal facilities.
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Albany
N. Y
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Delaware & Hudson Company
Buffalo, Rochester & Eastern Railroad Company
Buffalo
Troy
Public Service Commission
Thomas Watkins
McMahon Nominated by Democrats for Forty-seventh Senate
Lockport N Y April 27 Democrats of the Forty seventh Senatorial District nominate Henry A McMahon of Niagara Falls for Senate to fill the Franchot vacancy. McMahon declined to answer when asked if he favored or opposed race track gambling.
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Lockport
N. Y
Henry A. McMahon
Niagara Falls
Franchot
Methodist Rebuke of Senator Wilcox at Auburn Meeting
Senator Benjamin N. Wilcox of Auburn was refused re election to the First Methodist Episcopal Church Board after twenty years. Church members rebuked him over his anti race track gambling vote. A. W. Chamberlain was elected to replace him. 146 votes were cast. Wilcox received five. The Senator did not attend the meeting.
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New York Times
Auburn
Nu Y
Benjamin N. Wilcox
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Senate
Wilcox
A. W. Chamberlain
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