Subway Fire Disrupts Broadway Line Train Schedule
A subway blaze halted Broadway trains up to Ninety-Sixth Street with cars stalled in tunnels and passengers crowded in hot cars. Fire officials cited a 5:45 PM short circuit from a collision on the center track, causing two cars to burn. Repairs and car upgrades to steel construction followed as Hedley oversaw the scene.
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Broadway
Lenox Avenue
Ninety-sixth Street
Fifty-ninth Street
Ninetysixth Street
116Th Street
104Th Street
Hedley
110Th Street
107Th Street
John Talmer
Interborough Company
Trolley System Citywide Tie-Up After Boiler Valve Burst
A burst boiler valve at the New York City Railway Company power house on Ninety-sixth Street and First Avenue halted surface lines across Manhattan for three hours. Fireman Patrick Sullivan was badly scalded and rescued by Patrolman Healey as crowds filled elevated and subway platforms. Current was restored after repairs and shifting steam operations, with service returning to normal after 11 PM.
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New York City Railway Company
Ninety-sixth Street
First Avenue
Manhattan
Island
Harlem
Bolier
Patrick Sullivan
Healey
Sullivan
Presbyterian Hospital
East River
Ninety-fifth
Ninety-sixth Streets
Move to Disbar Hummel and Partners Over Dodge Morse Case
Proceedings have begun before the Bar Association to disbar Abraham H Hummel and two partners Nathan Cohen and Abraham H Kaffenburgh for malpractice deceit and unprofessional conduct tied to the Dodge Morse case A prima facie case is found and a June 8 return date sets a referee to take testimony Meanwhile Hummel has been convicted of conspiracy and awaits subornation of perjury trial while an appeal proceeds Mr Taylor of Taylor Anderson leads the Grievance Committee and prosecuted the action with Mrs Morse sailing for Europe.
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Bar Association
Abraham H. Hummel
Nathan Cohen
Abraham H. Kaffenburgh
Dodge-Morse
Hummel
Howard Taylor
Taylor & Anderson
Wall Street
Taylor
Cohen
Jerome
Bar Aseye Supervan Committee
Morse
Europe
New York Health Chief Probes Sausage and Slaughterhouses
Dr. Thomas Darlington, president of the Health Board, led inspections in Brooklyn sausage and bologna plants, finding mainly broken floors and dirty windows. He defended staff limits and urged caution against newspapers amplifying unease while noting samples will be analyzed and more inspectors may join the force.
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Thomas Darlington
Health Board
New York
Brooklyn
Washington
Darlington
Manhattan
J. C. Milnes
Chicago
United States
Upton Sinclair
Milnes
Jacob Hillquit
Butchers
Health Department
Department
Mr. Hillquit
International Workmen's Union of America
G. A. Christian
Butchers’ Union No. 174
Neill's Meat Report Faces New Sections and Power T
Secretary Wilson supports a stronger meat bill saying it allows flexible regulation to meet new cases. He emphasizes settling the matter now with regard for the public rights and without hesitation toward packers he deems forfeited public confidence.
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Wilson
Germans Bar Potted Meats in Tariff Pressure
Berlin reports that German meat interests urge the government not to modify tariffs and import prohibitions in any U S treaty talks. Dr Max Pollaczek says the petition gains strength and the Army war meat purchases should stop. Public imports of ordinary potted meats are already excluded.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Max Pollaczek
Deutsche Fleischer Zeitung
Chicago Sausage Scandals and Inspector Shortage
The piece details tainted sausage practices and adulteration including marks by a rabbi and delayed sale, with mentions of coloring agents, preservative mixtures, and lack of factory inspection. It notes only five inspectors cover seventy plants and cites Upton Sinclair and President Roosevelt in relation to Chicago packers and muckraking.
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Bakers’ Union
Newae
New York
Upton Sinclair
Darlington
Chicago
Sinclair
Roosevelt
Washington
Three Babies One Fee Wins Jamaica Court Ruling
Lawrence H. Raben of Ozone Park won a Jamaica Municipal Court verdict against Dr. J L Casselberry over charges for multiple births. The judge ruled the contract covered a single visit, but the doctor could bill for medicine and lotions, totaling $30. Raben’s stance held that one fee should apply regardless of how many babies.
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Lawrence H. Raben
Ozone Park
L. I
Broadway Avenue
Jamaica Municipal Court
Raben
J. L. Casselberry
Casselberry
William Schley
Schley
Herbert ¥. Noble
Kadien
Third District Court of
Jamaica
Congressman Adams Found Dead by Own Action After Losses
The House adjourned in respect after Congressman Adams, long a Foreign Affairs leader, died by his own hand in a Philadelphia club room. A note on official paper and the revolver purchase point to premeditation. colleagues recall his sensitive nature and social prominence amid financial troubles and mounting embarrassment.
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Mr Adams
Metropol Club
Adams
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Hitt
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
Senate
Spain
Washington
Washingon
First illustrated paper issued in Peking
Peking reports the release of its first illustrated paper featuring exaggerated Chinese labor cartoons from UK election literature. The images widely inflame anti foreign sentiment by portraying foreigners, reflecting heightened resentment amid ongoing political tensions with foreign powers.
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London Times
New York Times
Peking
United Kingdom
State Supreme Court dissolves Delmar Jockey Club
The Missouri Supreme Court fined the Delmar Jockey Club $5,000, revoked its charter and corporate privileges, and ordered officers to wind up affairs and settle debts. Attorney General Hadley filed the ouster petition for racing after the law made bookmaking and poorselling felonies. Judge W H Bond said a rehearing would be filed.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Delmar Jockey Club
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Hadley
W. H. Bond
Delmar Club
Patterson for Governor in Tennessee Faceoff
Nashville June 1 Malcolm R Patterson of Memphis was nominated for Governor by the State Democratic Committee after four days of a stormy fight marked by personal clashes with incumbent Gov John S Cox. Judge John R Bond was also an aspirant.
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Nashville
Malcolm R. Patterson
Memphis
Congress
Tenth
State Democratic Committee
Tennessee
Real clothes to fit any man by Kelley tailors
Advertisement for John J. Kelley & Co. Tailors at 173 Broadway corner Cortlandt St touts made to measure suits in real cloth. Prices range from 35 to 50 dollars and emphasize fitting real men rather than pencil drawings.
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John J. Kelley & Co., Tailors
Broadway
Cor. Cortlandt St
Prussian Goods Boycotted Across Warsaw Protest
Berlin business leaders fear a systematic boycott of Prussian goods organized in Warsaw. The action follows the wholesale expulsions of Russian subjects from Prussia, signaling rising tensions between Prussia and neighboring authorities.
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Tam
NEW York Times
Berlin
Warsaw
Prussia
Tenants Parade After Rent Strike Victory at Hopkins Street
About 300 tenants from 85 87 and 89 Hopkins Street Brooklyn marched with a band celebrating a rent strike win. Women children and neighbors joined the procession as the Mayflower Drum and Fife Corps led the line.
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Hopkins Street
Brooklyn
Mayflower
de Reyt
Simon Frindel
Scherling
Yesterday's Fires Report Local Damages Across Streets
A series of early morning fires across Manhattan and nearby streets caused varying damage. Notable incidents include Morris Goldstein at 43 Orchard Street with unspecified damages and the Interborough Rapid Transit Railway Company at 107th Street Broadway with $10,000 damages. Several addresses report minor or no damage with multiple owners unnamed.
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East Broad Becker
Bernard
Jacob Math
Herman
Civide
East Eighty-second Street
Mrs. Lorenze
Henry Street
M. Solomon
Nassau Street
Orchard Street
Morris Goldstein
223 Avenue
West Forty-second Street
Park View Miotel
Lewis Street
Max Klein
112Th Street
169Th Street
Are Avenue
Alfred Schwartzer
107Th Street
Broadway
Interborough Rapid Transit Railway Company
First Avenue
Manhattan Avenue
Pitt Street
Charles Koch
East 106Th Street
Joseph Silverman
275 Avenue
Benjamin F. Spink
West 103d Street
S. Dresomine
Supreme Court hears mandamus bid for city telephone permits
Justice Bischoff heard an application by the New York Electric Lines Company to compel Commissioner Ellison to issue a permit for laying wires in the city under an 1858 patent. Competing interests include the Western Union Telegraph and Telephone Company, the Bell Company, the Great Eastern Telephone Company, the Atlantic Telephone Company and Consolidated Telegraph and Telephone Company. Judge Bischoff reserved decision after arguments from Parker Hodge Becker and others.
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Supreme Court
Bischoff
New York Electric Lines Company
Ellison
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Alton B. Parker
Electric Lines Company
Western Union Telegraph and Telephone Company
Parker
Buffalo
Rochester
Albany
Bell Company
Great Eastern Telephone Company
J. Aspinwall Hodge
Atlantic Telephone Company
Great Eastern Company
Tracy C. Becker
Consolidated Telegraph and Telephone Company
Great Eastern and Electric Lines Company
Burr
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Invigorates Drink
Advertisement notes a teaspoonful of Horsford's Acid Phosphate added to cold water invigourates strengthens and refreshes the drinker.
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Horsford
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Bar Association Committee
Cohen and Kaffenburgh
Aeolian Hall
Aeolian Company
Naeer
Sit St
Neill’s
Tennessee Democratic Committee
Vichy
New Lofta
David Evans & Co., Ltd
California
Ea aCe
Santa Fe
New York City
Manufacturer
Bey
Evers
Country Homes
Frederick W. Evers
18Th St. Subway Station
Madison Square West
Samuel Budd
The
Eastern Telephone
Sixth Ave
15Th St
Cortlandt Stre
Culists
Opticians
Orly
Astor Howse
Mme
Julian
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