Smithites Blind Jersey Delegation Against Bryan at Trenton Fight
Ex Senator James Smith Jr led Hudson County effort to block William Jennings Bryan for the 24 New Jersey delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Davis was defeated for delegate at large as Smith controlled the Jersey slate amid noisy protests and threats of a near riot.
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New York
Trenton
James Smith, Jr
Bob’ Davis
Hudson County
William Jennings Bryen
Jesey Delecates
Davis
Jersey
Bryan
Smith
Frank
Katzenbach, Jr
Winchilffe
Passaic
Gudge Howard Carrow
Camden
Carrow
William
Gourley
William J. Thompson
Gloucester
Hudson
Snyth
Katzenbach
Hinchliffe
Tarrow
Martine
Birch
Windsor
Bergen
Cumberland
Somerset
Sussex
Aldaced
Jin George Gray
Idhnson
Minnesma
James Nugent
Penee
Maryland
Virginias
Viehmenn
Rooselt
Roosevelt
Bolaly
Maxim on Peace and War Armor In International Love
At an Aldine Association dinner Maxim argues that future war will be shaped by armored nations and explosive invention. He says mercy grows with civilization but international love must be guarded by armor, while noting aeronautics and balloons influence national defense.
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Trudson Maxim
Aldine Association
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Maxim
George O O. Squier
Alexander Graham Bell
F. Hopkinson Smith
Thomas E. Selfridge
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Augustus. Post
Mexiiin
Dewey’s Brat Cuvée Champagne Advertised
Dellious Dewey and Sons Co at 158 Fulton Street New York offer DEWEY S Brat Cuvée Champagne as an imported alternative. Why pay double for imported when this local option is available.
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Dewey’s
Dellious
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Roy Blames Glacia Calla In French Court Testimony
Paris April 28 Paul Li Roy a Frenchman under examination in a case accusing him of murdering George A Carkins near Portsmouth New Hampshire was cross examined by Magistrate Boucard. Roy testified Carkins fired first after a sign by his wife Glacia Calla and said he reloaded fearing an ambush. He showed a coat with a bullet hole as Exhibit and described a dispute over his wife’s hat. Roy said he told his wife he left his position and family to marry her and sought a divorce. she replied she too wanted a divorce and called Roy a low blackguard’s son and a thieving horse dealer. Roy said he called her an adventuress in French then English for Carkins. Carkins allegedly fired while Roy retreated toward a doorway and room for more cartridges. Roy announced divorce proceedings and intends to begin proceedings.
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Paris
Paul Li Roy
George A. Carkins
Portsmouth
N. H
Boucard
Carkins
Glacia Calla
Roy
Adventuress
Roye
Mrs Corey Sets Opera Plans After Paris Study
Mrs W E Corey formerly Mabelle Gilman sails on the Deutschland to Paris to study opera under Jean de Reszke. She will perform with him this season and aims to stage operas at her own house, with three performances per work to aid fellow musicians. She targets roles Anneris in Aida and Carmen. Mrs Henry Spies Kip also boards for similar study.
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Paris
de Reszke
Europe
W. E. Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Jean de V
R le Reszke
Jean Dé Reszke
Anneris
Alda
Carmen
Henry Spies
Wintyre Denies Customers Charges In Bankrupt Firm Case
Bankruptcy receivers press for exam of seven partners of T A McIntyre & Co after customers claim about $100,000 in securities missing. Judge Holt enjoins cross examination. Ernst lists several bulk securities tied to claims and notes most could not be found in firm records.
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Stock Exchange House
Irving L. Ernst
Ernst
Charles C. Burlingham
Holt
United States District Court
Nct
Commissi Ner Gilchrist
Broadway
Motorman Fights Passenger as Car Speeds on
In Amsterdam Avenue near 86th Street last night a car ran with Ferris, the motorman, seen with his head and torso out the front window while grappling a passenger. The car swerved and two women and a priest jumped off as Conductor Gillespie halted the vehicle. Ferris and a bystander restrained the assailant, Joseph Carr, a liveryman, who claimed the conductor owed him change. Carr was held in $100 bail.
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Amsterdam Avenue
1Th
Ferris
Walsh
Gillespie
Connors
West Sixty Eighth Street
Carr
Board tests new school ship Newport in East River
The Board of Education will test the Newport, a small gunboat placed at the department's disposal by President Roosevelt. The vessel lies off Twenty-fifth Street in the East River and will be taken through Hell Gate and toward the point on a morning trip.
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Board of Education
Newport
Roosevelt
East River
Twenty-fifth Street
Hell Gate
The
Point
Superior to Lemonade Advertisement Tonic
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a refreshing tonic by adding a teaspoonful to cold water. It promotes the drink as invigorating and ideal for a quick uplift.
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Horsford
Jerome Opposes Thaw in Habeas Corpus Case
New York District Attorney Jerome notifies Dutchess County DA Mack that his assistant Francis P. Garvan will attend Thaw habeas corpus proceedings aiming to discharge Harry K. Thaw from Matteawan Asylum. Writ returnable next Monday before Justice Morschauser. Letters Thaw wrote from Pittsburgh may influence his appeal. Mrs Thaw plans Europe trip with daughters next month.
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Poughkeeflie
N. Y
Jerome
New York
Mack
Dutchess County
Francis P. Garvan
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
New York Times
Pittsburs
Harry I. Thaw
Pittsburg
Matteawan
Harry
Assault at South Carolina Republican Convention
In Columbia on April 28 Capt. John G. Capers, U.S. Internal Revenue Collector and Republican committeeman, clashed with F. B. Thompson a negro mail carrier who chaired a recess. Thompson wielded a hickory stick as a gavel and Capers toppled the chair. The scuffle drew about a dozen white men and many black attendees until Temporary Chairman Deas restored order. Capers read resolutions pledging Roosevelt administration support and backing the Chicago nominee.
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Columbia
S.C
F. B. Thompson
John G. Capers
United States Collector of Internal Revenue
National Republican
South Carolina
Thompson
Capers
Capt
F.h.deas
Capt. Capers
Roosevelt Atu
Chicago
Confesses Brennan Murder in Watertown Couple Held
Mrs. James Farmer and her husband are jailed in Watertown as police report two confessions to the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan of Brownville. The first says Mrs. Farmer struck with an axe as Brennan faced away, trunk prepared for the body. the second places Jim Farmer at the scene with an axe. Authorities think Brennan went to demand a forged deed at the Farmers’ home when killed.
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Watertown
N. Y
James Farmer
Sarah Brennan
Brownville
Jim Dia i
Farmer
Brennan
Frank Gould Returns to New York on Late Train
Special to The New York Filings reports Frank Jay Gould leaving Hot Springs Virginia for New York arriving in the afternoon. He plans to return to his Plaza Hotel apartments amid renewed reconciliation rumors with wife in Fifth Avenue home. A friend says Mrs Gould has not spoken on affairs and no reconciliation overtures have been made.
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New York
Hot Springs
Frank Jay Gould
Plaza Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Gould
Wiliam Northrop
Richmond
Frank Ja. Gould
Calcium Chloride Water Heals and Strengthens Tissues
An advertisement claims Mecklenburg calcium chloride water heals torn and worn body tissues and is sold everywhere, promoting its restorative properties as a general health product.
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Mecklenburg
Death of Charles Coster in New York suicide shocks city
Charles Coster junior member of the firm Coster Knapp & Co 66 Broadway shot himself at his East Fifty fifth Street home after a calm evening with family and physician Dr William Bartlett The well known athlete and stock exchange figure left no clear reason for the act and his wife and partner were stunned by the tragedy Also noted were his sport connections New York Athletic Club Coney Island Jockey Club Southampton and Shinnecock clubs and his family background with Col Robert Coster fathering the Costersno children
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Charles Coster
Stock Exchange
Coster
William Allen Bartlett
East Forty-third Street
Bartlett
Mr. Coster
Ug Trims
Mr. Knapp
Hotel Gotham
J. M. Knapp
Knapp
Soen
Carrner Dooley
Coser
Coney Island Jockey Club
New York Athletic Club
Southampton
Shinnecock
Costers
John M.knapp
Islip
L. 1
W. B. Coster
Firth
Col
Robert Costér
Alligator in Taxicab Found Wearing Fashionable Clothes
A New York Times item reports an alligator named Florabelle found by the New York Transportation Company in a taxicab from Astor to Grand Central. The animal wore a Swiss cheese gown and tight undergarment. The company seeks the owner through its Lost and Found column.
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Astor
Grand Central Station
New York Transportation Company
Eighth Avenue
Forty-ninth Street
Florabelle
Florab
Elle
Sixth Avenue
Orchard Street
THI
Columna
Claine Department
Cleveland Introduces Free Street Car Service Day
For the first time in Cleveland history there was no fare collected on any street car within city limits. The move followed final signing of papers and the long streetcar strike was ended to commemorate the occasion. It is proposed to celebrate the same date each year with free service.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Long Street
Grover Cleveland Improves Daily in New Jersey Visit
Grover Cleveland, ill at a Lakewood hotel, passed a good night and is improving daily, according to today's report from the New Jersey visit.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Ships Arrive at Ports with Mixed April Callouts
Arrivals include SS Ryndam from Rotterdam on April 18 and SS Ashfield from Cardenas on April 15. Also listed are SS Lackawanna from Shields on April 14 and SS Sibiria from Kingston on April 27, plus SS Campania from Liverpool on April 22.
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Rotterdam
Cardenas
Lackawanna
Shields
Kingston
Liverpool
Dorflinger Glassware Ad Highlights Fine Variety
Dorflinger fine glassware in great variety for use and ornament advertised for purchase and display.
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Dorflinger
Kurds Massacre 2000 as Pillage Hits 36 Villages
Dispatches report Kurds around Krumith in Persian Armenia pillaged 36 villages near Urumiah. The assault left hundreds of villagers dead and widespread ruin as the crisis draws parliamentary attention in Tehran.
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Urumiah
Persian
Armenia
Theheran
Krumith
Snemenia
Sis
MIKADO HONORS CLEWS WITH Imperial Decoration
Henry Clews received notice that the Japanese Emperor awarded him the Imperial Decoration for friendly services to Japan. The banker, a longtime friend of Baron Kareske Wasteke, was informed via a letter from the Baron. Clews had urged goodwill toward Japan after labor tensions and discussed Dutch fleet dispatch with Viscount Kaneko.
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Japan
Henry Clews
Kest Ve Wasteke
Admiral Evans
Pacific Coast
Natan Kaneko
Janin
Clews
Highwaymen Rifle Cash Heist Targeting Welch to Gary Run
Four armed men stopped guards carrying 18 from Welch to Gary to pay off an employer of the United States Coal and Coke Company. The money was slipped by Mc Dowell County National Bank at Welch. A sheriff's posse pursues unknown robbers.
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Buttefield
West Va
Welch
Gary
United States Coal and Coke Company
United States Steel Corporation
McDowell County National Bank
Bailey Denies Millionaire Status in Texas Speech
Senator J. W. Pailey declared he is not in the multi millionaire class in Austin. He offered to sell all holdings in Texas except a 600 acre farm for 1000 dollars and donate that amount to charity if the sale occurred.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
J. W. Pailey
Yonkers Manor Trail bill signed. Cochran donor named
Mrs. Cochran of Yonkers is reported as giving 50100 for the purchase of Yonkers Manor Trail and 5000 for repairs when vacated by the city. The property, once tied to the Wollywood Inn founder’s family, is now slated as State property under the new measure. Major Hall, an old municipal building, dates to 1482 with a famed chair linked to Mary Phillipse.
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Hurfs
Yonkers Manor
William F. Cochran
Yonkers
Cty
Ochran
Wollywood Inn
Major Hlail
Frederick Phillipse
Mary Phillipse
George Washing
Public Service Commission Targets Streetcar Safety
The Public Service Commission ordered traction companies to file by May 10 detailed car counts and safety equipment lists. Commissioner Mabie cited 1908 six month figures for Greater New York streetcars: 290 deaths and 644 serious injuries, with 1,106 total accidents and 14 000 persons struck annually, urging action to curb carnage.
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Maltbie
Public Service Commission
Mairb'e
Ie Street Railways
Greater
New York
Bomb attempt anarchist Silverstein dies in hospital
Selig Silverstein, the Anarchist who tried to throw a bomb in Union Square on Mare, died yesterday at Bellevue Hospital. He entered with his right hand blown to shreds, a hole in his skull and multiple broken ribs. After two weeks he developed meningitis. Amputation of his hand shocked him, but he recovered enough to speak once in the prison ward and say his only regret was not killing the policemen he aimed at.
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Selig’. Silverstein
Union Square
Mare
Beillevue
Anntals Silverstein
Acre
Sime Dadabt
Silverstein
Mrs Dolge Fires At Husband In California
In Los Angeles on April 28 Vera Dolge wife of Fritz Dolge of Alhambra shot twice at her husband with a revolver but neither bullet took effect. She was taken to the county hospital on a charge of insanity after a prior attempted shooting.
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Angeles
Cal
Vera Dolge
Fritz Dolge
Alhambra
Alfred Dolge
Dolgeville, N. Y
Danish Inventor Proposes Wireless Linotype System
Hans Knudsen, famed for squid air work, claims a wireless typesetting machine can set 3,900 words per hour from London to Paris. He demonstrated wireless photography at the Hotel Cecil showing wall transmission and reception of recognizable portraits and intends to extend to fingerprints and crime photos.
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Knudsen
London
New York
Marconi
Aue
King
Queen
Kaiser
Mr. Knudsen
England
Abruzzi brothers meet in Naples amid marriage talk
In Naples the Duke of the Abruzzi hosted luncheon for the Duke of Aosta and the Count of Turin aboard the Regina Elena off Pozzuoli. The meeting discussed the proposed marriage between the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Gikins, with Aosta and Turin to report to the King in Rome. Separately, Senator Stephen B. Elkins bought the Marietta, a famed small yacht, likely for his daughter Katherine Elkins.
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Naples
Abruzzi
Pozzuoli
Aosta
Turin
Miss Gikins
Rome
Marietta
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Robert N. Carson
Philadelphia
Katherine Elkins
New York
North Star
Kanawha
Nourmahal
Niagara
America
Fritz Scheff's Divorce Suit Reported for Interlocutory Decree
Edmond E Wise, appointed to take testimony in the divorce suit of Fritzi Scheff against Baron Friederich Wilhelm von Bardeleben, submitted for confirmation that an interlocutory decree of divorce be granted. The court reserved decision. Wise recommended the decree, three months must pass before final. Scheff cannot remarry until the period expires. The baron answered. allegations include misconduct with an unnamed woman.
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Edmond E. Wise
Iriedericke
Anna von Bardeleben
Fritzi Scheffs Rame
Friederich Wilhelm -Gustave Carl von Bardeleben
Metall
Iounsel
Wiife
Schell
Indictment Filed in Kentucky Against New York Man
An indictment charging unlawful conversion has been filed in Lexingto n Kentucky against Enoch Magrue of New York. He is accused of stripping the Madden residence at Hamburg of silverware and other household articles after his sister left Madden. Bond set at five lines. bench warrant issued for his arrest.
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Speviel
Mill Owner Weds Dancing Teacher in Worcester
In Worcester Massachusetts Miss Rosa Frances Oedhme a longtime dancing teacher and Francis Thayer head of Thayer Woolen Mills of North Oxford were married at the First Unitarian Church with Rev. A S Garvan officiating. Thayer a Worcester man hails from an old Massachusetts family and the couple wed tonight.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mass
Rosa Frances Oedhme
Francis Thayer
Thayer Woolen Mills
North
Oxford
Garvan
Thayer
Massachue
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Robert Bachman
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Smiths
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F.B. Thompson
Frank Gould
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Howe
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