Hughes Men Clash as Parson s Gag Rule Fails at County Meet
At a heated Republican County Committee session in Newburg, Parsons faced Odell aligned Hughes faction tactics. A fist fight broke out, the adjournment vote carried to Feb 20, and Parsons held a slim majority of 80 amid intense speeches and party bickering.
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Odell
Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
Hughes
Parsons
Executive Committee
Ira
Ewburg
Yeas
Taft
Walker Blames Hypnosis for Bank Embezzlement
Special to The New York Times William F Walker the New Britain Savings Bank embezzler now held in Ensenada Lower California claims hypnosis in New York erased memory of the crime and criminals he recalls little about the theft or witnesses. He says he sought treatment in New York and later remembers selling jewelry in Jamaica and boarding a train in Pennsylvania. He believes recovery is possible only after further treatment and refuses to name implicated associates. Julius Pease traveled to Ensenada to identify Walker and recover securities but found no trace.
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New York Times
Taatford
Conn
William F. Walker
New Britain
Ensenada
California
New York
Jle
Whitney
Charles Gondorf
Walker
Jamaica
L. L
Pennsylvania
West
Julius
Pease
Russian statesman Milyukov faces trouble on return voyage
A cable from the Lorraine reports Prof. Milyukov will return to Russia to face issues after his American visit. He spoke at Carnegie Hall and Civic Forum, while US officials and Congress members hosted dinners in his honor. A counter report blamed Roosevelt for not receiving him.
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Lorraine
Milyoukov
Constitutional Democrats
Duma
America
Civic Forum
Carnegie Hall
Prof
Milyéukov
United States
St. Petersburg
Roosevelt
New York
Russia
Ely
Washington
Cannon
House of Representatives
William H. Taft
Loeb
Bacon
Congress
Ermete Novelli
Maurice Szent-Ivany
Suit Ends After 122 Years in Massachusetts Court
Boston, Jan 16 A 122 year legal battle closed as Judge Grant orders William W. Risk to pay the State Treasurer 10 356 dollars. Nine estates tied to Hillis Gray Boston merchant who died in 1786 are involved with long unclaimed deposits in a bank.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Grant
William W. Risk
Hillis Gray
Albany Law Seeks Restrictions On Vivisection
A bill introduced by Assemblyman Johnston would restrict vivisection by requiring anesthesia for every living animal used in experiments. The experiment must advance science and be authorized by a college university State Health Commissioner or a board of health. The measure also allows killing the animal after the experiment in certain cases.
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New York Times
Albany
Assemblyman Johnston
New York
State Commissioner of Health
Board of Health
Hose Bursts Clear Fifth Floor Fire at Parker Building
Firemen from Engine Company No. 72 fought a blaze on the seventh floor of the Pinaud building at Fifth Avenue and Fourteenth Street, trapped on the fifth floor earlier when floors collapsed. The Stratton Co. occupying the top three floors suffered about $5,000 in damage.
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Davin
Fire Engine Company No. 72
Parker
Pinaud
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
J. C. Stratton Company
New Train to Florida From New York Daily Schedule
Southern Railway announces a new daily train to Florida via Aiken and Augusta starting January 19 at 9 55 A M except Sundays. Sunday service begins at 9 25 A M with dining drawing room and sleeper cars. New York offices listed at 271 and 1200 Broadway. Advertising copy.
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Florida
Aiken
Augusta
Southern Ry
New York
Diplomat's Nephew Goes Mad at Plaza in Love Affair Delirium
Manuel Ugarte, Honduran guest at the Plaza Hotel, was committed to Bellevue Hospital after a violent delirium sparked by a supposed romance with a young woman tied to a South American legation. He bought jewelry on credit, fought Dr. Bolling Lee, and was eventually escorted downstairs with his purchases. Urbano Ugarte, his uncle, arrived to settle accounts as doctors suspected paranoia.
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Manuel Ugarte
Plaza Hotel
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue Observation Ward
Bolling Lee
Tiffany's
Washington
Ugarte
Urbano Ugarte
Philadelphia
Manuel Bonilla
Les
Harry Thaw
Lee
Young ‘Ugarte
Legation of
Honduras
Love Letters Found in Hollow Tree in New Jersey Field
Workmen discovered two letters wedged in an old tree near Richfield New Jersey. One dated June 10 1881 from Alice to Jim asks to meet and flee together. The other from Jim delays fate if no reply, both letters damaged by time and animals.
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Richfield
N. J
Jim
Alice
Mob Attacks Motorman Over Funeral Procession Incident
Motorman Thomas Varley of 1,711 First Avenue was beaten by a mob of Italians for driving a streetcar through a funeral procession at 183rd Street and Second Avenue. Detective John F. Barry fired in the air to rescue him. Antonio Brollo, 88, of 307 East 111th Street, a leader, was held in $100 bail by Magistrate Walsh in Harlem Court.
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Thomas Varley
First Avenue
Second Avenue
183D Street
Francis Quagliariello
John F. Barry
Varley
Antonio Brollo
East 111Th Street
Walsh
Harlem Court
Museum Watchman Beaten In Central Park West Burglary
James Kenny, watchman at the Museum of Natural History, was struck with a hatchet and shot in the left hand during a raid at about 10 30 last night. He crawled to a window and summoned a patrolman who directed an ambulance to Roosevelt Hospital. Kenny described a young man around 22, stocky, who fired at him after entering the ore exhibit room in the Central Park side of the building and then fled.
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James Kenny
Museum of Natural History
Central Park West
Kenny
Roosevelt Hospital
Central Park
Trains Cut Off To Yonkers From Manhattan After Midnight
New York Central Railroad will suspend all Putnam Division trains between Manhattan and Yonkers after midnight starting Sunday. Belated theatergoers face a long ride or overnight in Manhattan as last Yonkers train departs 12:80 A M. The move stems from lack of traffic and yields meager earnings, with Yonkers Street Railway facing losses and receivership.
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New York Central Railroad
Manhattan
Yonkers
Kingsbridge
Central Main Line
Grand Central
Central
Yonkers Street
Crane confers with Hughes on Republican presidential bid
Massachusetts Senator Winthrop M Crane arrived from Washington to meet with Governor Hughes and others about making Hughes the Republican candidate. Hughes will speak at Carnegie Hall for Tuskegee Institute and to the West Side Women’s Republican Club at the Hotel Astor, with a Penn alumni meeting later.
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Winthrop M. Crane
Massachusetts
Washington
Gov. Hughes
Crane
Holland House
Carnegie Hall
Tuskegee Institute
West Side Women’s Republican Club
Hotel Astor
University of Pennsylvania
Snowball Effort Saved Boswell Town Fire
In Boswell near Johnstown Pennsylvania a large crowd saved the mining town from a major fire. With no water and no fire department the townspeople hurled thousands of snowballs at spreading flames surrounding a building storing blasting powder. The effort halted the blaze and confined damage to about six buildings.
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Johnstown
Penn
Boswell
Transfers Not Cut Off In Harlem Street Car Link
General Manager Oren Root and Receiver Adrian Joline said transfers between the Third and Amsterdam Avenue lines and the Sixth and Amsterdam Avenue line at Manhattan Street would remain for now. The Third Avenue tracks to Fort George are operated by that system, and until the Third Avenue receivership is settled, transfers to the Fort George line will continue but may end when the receivership becomes permanent.
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Oren Root
New York City Railway
Adrian H. Joline
Road
Amsterdam Avenue
Manhattan Street
Harlem
Fort George
Root
Third Avenue Road
Metropolitan Street Railway
Joline
Third Avenue
Bayonne Man Is Given Ninety Days For Water Cure
Edward J. Donnelly of 140 Hobart Avenue Bayonne was sentenced by Recorder Lazarus to ninety days in jail after dousing his wife with cold water as she lay in bed He said he tried the water cure to stop her talking which he claimed kept him awake and that she talked so incessantly he could not sleep.
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Edward J. Donnelly
Hobart Avenue
Bayonne
Lazarus
Donnelly
Seaboard Florida LTD Service Route Notes
Seaboard Florida Ltd lists best routes to Pinehurst Camdego Columbia Florida with office at 4183 Broadway. Document outlines shortest path guidance and routing details for transport operations.
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Seaboard Florida Ltd
Servi Best
Pinehurst
Camdego
Columbia
Florida
Lemoine Diamond Formula Revealed in London Discovery
Lord Armstrong and Edgar Cohen recount Lemoine's alleged process for making ferroboron and diamonds in 1901 04. Diamonds examined by experts labeled genuine, while Cohen withdrew from the venture over trial outcomes. Speculation grows over a 1904 formula envelope held by Union London and Smith's Bank.
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Edgar Cohen
London
Harrod’s
Lemoine
M. Cohen
M. Lemoine
Lord Armstrong
Union of London and
Smith’s Bank, Limited
Ex-Messenger Bank Heads Quits to Focus West Duties
A. D. Bennett, president of the Night and Day Bank, asked to be relieved from active executive work to meet duties with the Commercial Bank of Port Huron Mich where he has been president for years. The board elected Samuel Campbell president who has been VP of United States Mortgage and Trust since 1906. Frederick Philips and Thomas B. Clarke Jr were named vice presidents and G L Wilmerding cashier.
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A. D. Bennett
Night and Day Bank
West
Commercial Bank of
Port Huron
Mich
Samuel §. Campbell
Campbell
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
Merchants’ National Bank
Fifth Avenue Bank
Frederick Philips
Lincoln Trust Company
Thomas B. Clarke, Jr
G. L. Wilmerding
Corruption Fund Allegations Hit Ohio Mine Officials
Columbus report says Representative E. W. Hill accused State Mine Inspector Harrison of double dealing with miners. Representative Reynolds charged manufacturing interests plan a large corruption fund with a letter demanding $25 from each contributor to influence the General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
E. W. Hill
Columbiana County
Odd Fellows Hall
Harrison
Reynolds
Cleveland
State General Assembly
Roosevelt Names Odell Postmaster of Newburg
President Roosevelt re nominated Hiram B. Odell to be post master of Newburg, ending speculation about ties between Odell and his brother ex-Gov Odell. The move quells local candidacy hopes dependent on assumed presidential hostility and meets general local satisfaction.
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New York Times
Newburg
Roosevelt
Hiram B. Odell
Odell
Summer Residents Owe Newport Merchants 50000
Newport merchants allege large sums due from Summer residents. Bills open since spring 1907 totaling over 50000 have led to legal action with deputy sheriffs ready to serve documents at Newport boat wharves, as several debtors fail to appear.
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New York Times
Newport
Cummings Removed as Boston Street Cleaning Chief
Boston January 16 Matthew Cummings head of the Street Cleaning Department was removed from office by Mayor George A Hibard for the good of the service Cummings also serves as National President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
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Boston
Matthew Cummings
George A. Hibbard
Mr. Cummings
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Innocent Boy Sentenced to Ten Years in New Jersey
A Just-lit case from Freehold reports Chester Mitchell, 18, Middletown, jailed ten years for breaking and entering Amanda White’s Little Silver dwelling and burning her barn, based on perjured testimony by ex-convict William C. Jones, who also faces twelve years. Pardons board will be asked to release Mitchell.
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Freehold
N. J
Foster
Chester Mitchell
Middletown
Amanda White
Little Silver
William C. Jones
Rahway Reformatory
Mitchell
Jones
Board of Pardons
Senate approves Scott bill for New York Post Office
The Senate passed the Scott bill providing 3,500,000 dollars for a new New York Post Office building on the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal site. The measure follows agreement by the Congressional Commission that studied postal conditions in New York.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
New York
Congressional Commission
City tax force seizes Rochester locomotive
William Smith Rochester city tax collector seized a New York Central locomotive at the Fast Rochester yards for back taxes owed. The engine was uncoupled and taken to the roundhouse. the railroad owes $6,699.29 plus interest as of July 1 2007. The locomotive will be advertised for sale after six days unless enjoined.
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Rochester
N. Y
William Smith
New York Central Railroad
Smith
New York Central Railroad Company
Ality
Nevada Legislature Seeks Troop Retention in Goldfield
The Nevada State Legislature passed a resolution urging the President to keep troops in Goldfield until a police force or other peacekeeping method can be created by law. The vote was unanimous.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Goldfield
Dog Fight at Cornell Says Incident In Ithaca
Enrique Gameros a former Mexican student at Cornell University faced Recorder's Court after a brutal dog fight allegedly inciting a bull to maul Thomas Herson's tan dog behind Gameros room. SPCA filed the complaint and a dog fighting ordinance is set for the next Common Council meeting.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
Enrique Gameros
Cornell University
Thomas Herson
Recorder's Court
Gameros
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Ogs
Cornell
Hendrick and Cramer
University
Herson
Cornell College of Veterinary
Common Council
HIAAN'S Restaurant Offers Luncheon Dinner and Music
Downtown venue HIAAN'S at Park Row Building presents luncheon and dinner service with live music. Patrons can enjoy a casual midday meal followed by evening entertainment in a weeknight setting.
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Hiaan
Park Row
Grosscup Accused in Supreme Court
Supreme Court agrees to hear grave charges against Judge Peter S. Grosscup of the Seventh Circuit. Stockholders Representing over 250000 in West Chicago Street Railroad seek impeachment if charges upheld. Petition argues court lacked jurisdiction due to Grosscup’s personal interest and involvement in city reorganization plans.
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Special
Xero York Times
Washington
Unit States Supreme Court
Peter S. Grosscup
Seventh United States Circuit Court
Chicago
United States Senate
Grosscup
Chicago Street Railway
Justice Day
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Supreme Court
Henry Crawford
Charles H. Aldrich
Nelson Thomasson, Jr
Albert F. Welge
James Bolton
Jacob Baur
West Chicago Street Railroad Company
Gaid
Judge Grosscup Leaves Charges Unspoken at Supreme Court
Special to The Nero York Times in Chicago on Jan 16 reports Judge Grosscup refusing to discuss charges in the Supreme Court. W. W. Gurley, counsel for the Streat Railway Company, calls petitioners' move a despairing effort to block property sales and notes no new points were raised. The superseder petition will be heard by all Justices next Wednesday as Chicago Railways faces deadlines with ordinances expiring Feb 1.
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Nero York Times
Chicago
Grosscup
W. W. Gurley
Streat Railway Company
United States Supreme Court
Chicago Railways Company
Foraker Outlines Injunction Proposals In Letter From Ohio Senator
Senator Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio outlines views on court injunctions in a letter responding to Llewellyn Lewis of the Ohio Federation of Labor. He favors a specific statute defining permissible injunction language, requires notice and a hearing before restraining orders, and pushes for swift final hearings. He also supports optional hearings for contempt cases and argues due process for those charged with violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin's Ferry
Ohio
Joseph B. Foraker
Llewellyn Lewis
Ohio Federation of Labor
Taft
Foraker
Taft Endorsed at Home by Hamilton Republican Committee
Secretary of War William H. Taft won a home endorsement as the Hamilton County Republican Executive Committee formally endorsed his candidacy and called for delegates to the State Convention. The committee set a February 11 primary election in line with State Central Committee rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
William H. Taft
Republican Executive Committee
Hamilton
Forma Ty
State Central Committee
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William Henkel
John &. Shea
Charles K. Lexow
Joseph Nédhedly
Wiliam S. Bennet
John H. Gunner
Ambrose O. Neal
Collin H. Woodward
Morris Levy
Ezra Prentice
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W. B. Brown
Frank Raymond
John H. Hammond
Frank K. Bowers
Harvey T. Andrews
Thomas W. Wittle
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Sucxow
Nedjedly
Custtom House
Bennet
Levy
Naturalization
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Shea
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Woodward
Raymond
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Whittle
William Halpin
Mack
Halpin
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Saxe
Charles E. Hughes
Abe Gruber
Gruber
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PLAZA
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Bellevue
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Third Avenue Line
Amsterdam
Julius Wernher
Messenger Bank
Hibbard
NEW York Post Office
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