Panic at Pavlovsk Gardens Sparks Injuries and Arrests
A disturbance in Pavlovsk Gardens led to a panic as rifle holders prepared to fire causing crowds to flee and smash exits. Many were injured, with hospitalizations reported. M. Novikofti was arrested as police occupied the grounds. A heavy military presence guarded routes to Tsarskoe Selo and St Petersburg. News of the incident spread among visitors returning to the city. Bombs found near the governor general’s palace hint at heightened tensions amid reports of a general strike and dispersal of workers by Cossacks.
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M. Novikofti
Pavlovsk
Tsarskoe- Selo
St. Petersburg
London
St. Petersbure
Reuters Telegraph Agency
Starnya
Chevnia
Fats
Kaiser Moves For Peace Between Russia And Japan
Special cables report the German Kaiser is taking an active role to foster peace between Russia and Japan. He has discussed the issue with Japanese and Russian diplomats during royal celebrations and is believed to help smooth paths to understandings amid ongoing conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Berlin
Kaiser
Russia
Japan
Mutiny Rumors Sweep Japanese Army Dispatches
Reports from Petrograd 1905 describe Manchurian Army rumors of mutiny after a naval disaster. Imperial headquarters in Tokyo confirms cavalry skirmishes near Shashahotzu and Nancheng-tzu with limited casualties and a pursuit by scouts. A separate dispatch from St Petersburg notes all noncombatants ordered to leave Vladivostok.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KS Phtuersburg
ST. Petemrsgierg
Vladivostok
Vladivostok Defenses Updated Amid Looming Crisis
The Vladivostok defense project shows progress with 28 more fortifications completed. Despite reports of a potential Japanese attack on Tartess, the populace remains calm and resolute as preparations advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladivostok
American-Built Cruiser Sunk On Second Day Of War
The cruiser Variag, sunk by the Japanese at Chemulpo, has been floated. Variag, a protected cruiser built by the Cramps in Philadelphia, was deemed one of the world’s most efficient warships. She went under in the harbor of Chemulpo February 9, 1904, shortly after Japan’s first major naval strike, as the Korietz had also been sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie Varieg
Philad-lahia
Che-mul-pho
Fussi
Korietz
Pension for assassin's wife and mother approved
Petersburg date June 4. The Engineers' Association voted pensions for the wife and mother of Ivan Kaleiff the assassin of Grand Duke Sergius.
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Et. Petersburg
The
Engineers’ Association
Ivan Kaleiff
Sergius
Mortgage Tax Bill Approved By Higgins In Albany
Governor Higgins approves the substitute mortgage tax bill framing a uniform levy of one half of one percent on all mortgage indebtedness with exemptions for small residence mortgages and existing loans unless recorded. The measure aims to end unequal taxation and curb class exemptions while distributing proceeds between state and localities.
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Joint Committee On Taxation
Senate and
Assembly
Stranahan
Higgins
Grady
Prof
Seligman
Columbia University
Gov. Higgins
New York 1905 session finalizes laws and vetoes
Albany June 4 The 1905 session produced 769 laws, more than 1904. Gov Higgins approved 87 and vetoed 162 with 48 killed by Mayors vetoes. Major bills include gas and electricity commission, water supply cooperation for NYC Putnam and Westchester, three general appropriations, and rail commission expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Assembly
Senate
Higgins
New York City
Geneva
State Commission of Gas and Electricity
Stevens
Putnam
Westchester
Tully
State Railroad Commission
Elsberg
Five Water Supply Bills Pass In Albany On Statewide Water Reform
Gov Higgins signed five water supply laws easing regulation of New York State and city potable water. A new statewide commission will oversee Water and sewage systems to prevent intercity takings and plan state water works. NYC mayoral bill creates a three member local water board with $13,000 salaries to study sources and condemn if needed. Counties may tap city mains if extra sources are drawn from them.
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Manhattan
Gardner
Brooklyn
Frawley
Prime
Adirondacks
Grady
New York City
Cooper
Senator Cobb
Assemblyman Morelands
New York Reformatory
Assemblyman Wilsnack
Albany
Higgins
New York
Tompkins
Board of Estimate
Anti Liquor Bills Face Court Test By Liquor Dealers
Liquor dealers in the city anticipate court actions to interpret the Raines and Ambler bills amending liquor tax law. They argue retroactivity renders Ambler unconstitutional and plan appeals to the Court of Appeals while enforcing building health and fire ordinances on hotels. Police activity mirrors prior months with 37 arrests, mostly in Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raines
Ambler
Court of Appeals
Raines Law
Health Department
Brooklyn
Bronx
Manhattan
Two Killed by Fast Train on Pennsylvania Bridge
Harrisburg reports farmer John Tuttle and his son James were killed when the father drove onto a bridge in front of an express train on the Pennsylvania cars between Mexico and Port Royal. Bertha, the younger daughter, was fatally injured. The family had been returning from Sunday school in Port Royal. A fast freight drowned the express, causing the collision.
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Harrisburg
Penn
John Tuttle
James
Bertha
Pennsylvania
Mexico
Port Royal
Higgins Approves All Gas and Electricity Bills
Albany June 4 Gov Higgins approves six gas and electricity bills passed by the Legislature and urged by the Stevens committee. He notes the omission from the Water bill of power sale provisions is sentimental not practical and signs the measures despite ongoing city power concerns. The commission bill includes a key section barring actions for charges above set rates as a defense.
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Albany
Higgins To Day
Stevens Joint
State Commission of Gas and Electricity
West
State Commission
City of
New York
McClellan
John R. Freeman
Burr-Herring-Freeman Commission
New York City
Gas and Electricity Commission
Police Captain in Runaway near Prospect Park
Capt John Becker of Hamburg Avenue Police Station was thrown from his surrey in Prospect Park Brooklyn while driving with his wife. The horse bolted after a nearby car spooked it. both were thrown into bushes. The captain suffered a strained back and will miss days of duty. Mrs Becker was uninjured.
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Prospect Park
Brooklyn
John Becker
Hamburg Avenue
Stone Bridge
Robbery hits Freehold watchman during night rounds
John Madden, a night watchman at Joseph Blakely's canning factory in Freehold New Jersey, was knocked down and robbed during a 2 a m rounds. He lost a watch and $14, and robbers also took his lantern. A similar gang is suspected after four recent local burglaries.
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Freehold
N. J
John Madden
Joseph Blakeley
Trolley Car Fatality in Greenwich
A New York and Stamford Railroad trolley hit a furniture laden truck on Putnam Avenue. James Kennedy of New York was crushed and died after his right leg was amputated at Greenwich Hospital. Thomas Baker of Port Chester survived. William McCoy of Port Chester is held for trial on $500 bond.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
New York
McCoy
Equitable Peace Nearer Raises Questions Amid Controversy
The piece reviews efforts to secure consent from a leading figure to serve amid the Equitable Society dispute. It cites strong financials, with a large surplus, rising assets, and increased income and dividends. Mention of the Hyde stock plan and ongoing legal actions in Mineola and at Judge Keogh's calendar provide context for the broader turmoil and committee resignations.
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James W. Alexander
Frick
Alexander
Cromwell
Equitable
Hyde
Untermyer
Mineola
L. I
Franklin B. Lord
Keogh
Anna L. Wood
Commonwealth Trust Comany
Mercantile Trust Company
Wood
United States Shipbuilding Company
D. O. Mills
Negro Serenader Lynched Near Louisville Mississippi
Essex Bostick, accused of twice attempting to enter the home of Mrs. Sattie Gordon after midnight, was taken from officers and lynched by forty armed men in a woods near Louisville. A guitar and shoes found near the house were identified as his, and officers had planned to spirit him to Philadelphia.
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New York Times
Louisville
Miss
Essex Bostick
Saltie Gordon
Bostick
Philadelphia
Arsenic in Shortcake Almost Kills Three Family Members
In Vineland New Jersey a liveryman Benjamin York his brother Thomas and Thomas wife were fatally poisoned by arsenic placed in baking powder used for strawberry shortcake Mrs Benjamin York accidentally used two spoonsful of the poison during a late midnight meal.
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New York Times
Vineland
N. J
Benjamin York
York
Thomas
New Rector Installed At St Pauls Bronx
Bishop Greer officiated at the installation of Rev. Homer F. Taylor as rector of St. Pauls Protestant Episcopal Church located at St. Pauls Place and Washington Avenue in the Bronx. Former rector Rev. F Nelson Straider departs to St. Marys Williamsbridge.
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Greer
Homer F. Taylor
Church of the Holy Communion
Sixth Avenue
Twentieth Street
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Place
Washington Avenue
Bronx
F. Nelson Straider
St. Mary's Church
Williams's Bridge
Potter
Fatal mistake kills seven month old in lime water mix up
The seven month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hickey died after wood alcohol was mistaken for lime water and fed to the child. Coroner Scholer ordered no arrest though the druggist admits possible negligence. The bottle was labeled lime water but contained wood alcohol. The case involves a druggist and family connections to Justice McEll and ex police chief Byrnes.
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Charles Hickey
West One Hundred and Second Street
Hickey
Edward Mcé
Thomas F. Byrnes
Scholer
Girl Bridge Jumper Lingers In Critical Condition
Miss Mary Fuessell, who jumped from the Third Avenue bridge onto New Haven Railroad tracks, narrowly escaped an express train but is not improving and may have internal injuries beyond initial estimates.
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Mount Vernon
Mary Fuessell
Third Avenue
New Haven Railroad
Yesterdays Fires Chronicle Across City Streets
A sequence of overnight fires reports from Rhinelander estate to Amsterdam Avenue lists numerous addresses with varying damage. Several properties show trifling damage. others report modest sums from $10 to $300. Notable names include Luigi Calla Jacob Abeloff George Kelp Adron Reiser and Edward Newman among many owners and firms.
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East Eighty-seventh Street
Rhinelander Estate
Madison Avenue
Luigi Calla
Grand Street
Jacob Abeloff
Third Avenue
Louis Steinberg
Essex Street
Jacob Forben
Fifty-sixth Street
Seventh Avenue
Eighty-sixth Street
George Kelp
West Twenty-fifth Street
Edward P. Newman
L. Halpin
East Tenth Street
East Seventh Street
D. Rutland
East Seventieth Street
Cherry Street
Mulberry Street
East
Houston Street
Adron Reiser
Columbus Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
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Roosevelt
Lord Lansdowne
China
Europe
Moscow Gazette
Seanna Asaciated
Tokto
Siashahotzu
Fhang-Tu
Nancheng-tzu
W Hyuanpaome
Peelieves
Variag
Pension Assassin’s Family
Farmer
Express
Becker
Surrey
Camden
Emma Painter
Anderson Reeder
NEW York Telephone CO
Dey St
Mississippi
Pennsylvania Railroad
Yellowstone Park
American Medical Association
Portland
Ore
Beaver
Coto
Co. Studds
Eastern
Fifth Avenue
Geo. W. Boyd
Broad Street
J R. Woop
ST. Paul's
Bronx Church
Byrnes
Earl of Crawford
Valhalla
Wilson Marshall
Atlantic
Aeolian Company
Aeolian Halls
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