Newsboys Raid Rockaway Beach in Coal Supply Tour
About 3 300 New York newsboys descended on Rockaway Beach under guidance of Brooklyn lawyer Jackson Wallace. They distributed coal, disturbed crowds, scaled the windmill, and damaged property, with police intervention and sermons by Newell Dwight Millis. No casualties reported.
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Vanty
New York
Rockaway Beach
Iveeréum
Rockawey Beach
Tilvou
Jdesiile
Ubopte
Bluecoats
Rockaway
Inl
Veaders
Newell Dwight Millis
Plymouth Thurch
Wallace
Charles A. Edwards
Waashington
le. Millis
Idk
Ancliv
Funeral of Jimmy Hope Buried in Private Service
The longtime bank burglar Jimmy Hope was buried at Wood Town Cemetery after a private funeral at his home 65 Columbus Avenue. A large crowd gathered despite the private arrangement with many carriages and notable attendees including Senator Timothy D. Sullivan and Philadelphia police and political figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janmy Hope
Bank Burghir
Cohum
Wood- Town Cemetery
Tipclock
Brive
Welly
Hope
Pat
Sheedy
Timothy D. Sullivan
Patrick Smith
Commissi Ter
Police
Hawoken
Timothy Sullivan
Tf IoMas Ryan
Philadelphia
Phoenée Sullivan
Tammany
Iader
Asemiiy
Robert Dailvo
Phildedelphi
Death Sheedy
Courts Aid Ball Players In Brooklyn Injunction Raids
Police halted several baseball games in Brooklyn using injunctions. Seven men were arrested at a Metropolitan and Morgan game involving the Paramounts of Williamsburg and the Passaics of Passaic New Jersey after a 7 to 2 result. Grounds at Kingsland Avenue and North Henry Street were guarded by Supreme Court Justice Muarean.
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Brooklyn
Polies
Herbert Street
Wipe
Metropolitan
Morgan
Paramounts
Williamsburg
Passaics
Passaic
N. J
Kuipe
Per Imounts
Loughlin Tyceum
Paterson
Kingsland Avenue
North
Henry Street
Supreme Court
Muarean
Skelleys
Starvards of
Johnson and
Gardiner Avenues
Bostock Plans Special Act at Coney Island Show
Frank Bostock has organized a special feature for ten orphans to be entertained at Coney Island by the New York Motor Club on June 7. The act features baby animals trained through kindergarten paces preparing them for careers as stars.
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Frank ‘’. Bostock
Coney Island
New York Motor Club
Tt O
Bostock
Divergence on Divorce Highlighted in Rev Savage Sermon
The Rev Minot J Savage at the Church of the Messiah defended divorce praising modern womanhood and offering a view that many divorces aid oppressed women. He argued laws cannot create marriage and that some divorces free women from intolerable situations, while abuses exist but are overstated by frightened ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minot J. Savage
Church of the Messiah
Mary A. Livermore
White peril and far East conflict sermon critique
The Rev Dr Arthur J Brown argued in a Madison Square sermon that Japans victory in the Far East is preferable to Russian rule. He cited literacy and cost disparities, called Russian peasants the most degraded, and labeled Port Arthur and yanko events as examples of injustice, urging focus on moral peril rather than race.
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Arthur J. Brown
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Far East
Japan
Russia
Empire
Sodom
Gomorrah
Danny
Port Arthur
Far
Sermon on religion and life value by Father Huntington
Father James O. S. Huntington of the Holy Cross spoke at the Church of the Transfiguration on Twenty-ninth Street about revealed religion giving life worth living. He urged that victory comes to those who work and avoid aimless drifting, noting joy through overcoming difficulties with divine aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O. S. Huntington
Order ‘of the Holy Cross
Church of the Transfiguration
Mast Twenty-ninth Street
Fifth and
Madison Avenues
Father Huntington
German Policy in Morocco Seen as Economic Protection
In Tangier the German Emperor’s visit is viewed not as hostility but as protecting Germany’s growing commercial interests. Observers say Germany supports open doors and aims to equalize development with France, especially in mining and railway concessions.
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Tangier
Morocco
Germany
Goa
William
Head Tax Angers Canada at Niagara Frontier
Ottawa reports Canada plans to protest to Washington over a $2 head tax imposed on travelers at the Niagara boundary. The Canadian government says Americans allegedly violate the statute exempting Canadians. The State Department receives daily protests from Canadians blocked at the border and delayed if they refuse to pay.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Washington
Niagara Frontier
State Department
Boundary Line
Naval plan for joint American British fleets in blue water
Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford in command of the Mediterranean Squadron urges a meeting and combined maneuvers of American and British fleets in blue water. He says he discussed the idea with top naval officers and leading statesmen of both nations, who saw clear benefits.
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London
Lord Charles Beresford
Mediterranean
Standard
Death of Penn Varsity rower Crowell in typhoid fever
Robert C Crowell of Worcester Massachusetts died at University of Pennsylvania Hospital from typhoid fever. He was twenty one and a senior at the university.
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Philadelphia
Robert C., Crowell
Worcester
Mass
University of Pennsylvania
University Hospital
University
Stokes Bride to Be Talks at Cigarmakers Union
Mr. J G Phelps Stokes and his fiancée Miss Rose Pastor spoke at Cigarmakers Union No. 13 in Harlem, expressing support for trades unionism. Pastor, a former Cleveland cigarmaker, described factory conditions and the couple discussed plans for marriage and charitable work with workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union No. 13
Harlem Terrace
East One Hundred and Fourteenth Street
Daniel S. Jacobs
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Miss Rose Pastor
Miss Pastor
Mr. Stokes
Cleveland
New York
Pastor
Stokes
Cigarmakers’ Union No. 13
Woman Pastor Delivers First Sermon in Rutherford
Miss Estella Padghan preached her inaugural sermon as pastor of the Unitarian Church of Our Father in Rutherford New Jersey. She was called from Perry Iowa and faced a full house curious about a woman in the pulpit.
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Passaic
Estella Padghan
Unitarian Church of Our Father
Rutherford
J. C. Beane
Boston
Rutherford Church
Capt James Sarvis Dies, Long Island Railroad Police Captain
Capt James Sarvis, longtime LIRR police captain who aided book makers and tracked bank and post office robbers, died Saturday night at his Fifth Street home in Long Island City. He served in Civil War era militia, fire department, and New York City police before joining LIRR. He was 61, survived by a widow and three children.
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James Sarvis
Long Island
America
Fifth Street
Long Island City
Railroad Company
Sarvisto
New York
Long Island Volunteer Infantry
New York City
Highth
Eleventh
Manhattan
Cody
Long Island Railroad
Austin Corbin
Sarvis
Cadman Urges Honest Commerce Over War
The Rev Dr D Parkes Cadman spoke at a West Side YMCA on Character and Commerce praising peace over war. He urged honesty in finance noting a check reflects a man’s character and warned against rough treatment of millionaires while supporting prudent wealth use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Parkes Cadman
Central Congregational Church
West Side
Young Men’s Christian Association
Wall Street
Equitable Life Assurance Society
America
Miss Goulds Hero Maimed In Train Rescue
Leroy Dixon the boy who flagged a Rio Grande passenger train near Animal Canyon last October near a massive rock slide has lost a hand after a dynamite cap maimed him. He saved others and now Miss Helen Gould funds a university education for him. He survived a long 25 mile ride for a surgeon though he bled heavily.
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New York Times
Durango
Col
Leroy Dixon
Rio Grande
Cafton
Helen Gould
Married at Deathbed in Concord Home
Mrs. Johanna Ratcliffe of Clove Road Concord Richmond, near death, saw her son Arthur Ratcliffe wed Miss Christina Schnoble of Stapleton at her bedside. Father Clare of the Church of the Immaculate Conception officiated. The couple had been engaged for months with no date. Mrs. Ratcliffe died two hours after the ceremony.
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Johanna Ratcliffe
Clove Road
Concord
Richmond
Arthur
Christina Schnoble
Stapleton
Miss Schnoble
Mr. Ratcliffe
Father cClare
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Diver Saved From Death After 24 Hours Under Water
Daniel Hayes a professional diver was trapped for a day under fifteen feet of water while clearing Lima Lake drains in Keokuk Iowa. He was found unconscious opposite Canton Missouri and revived after Eugene Farris and Charles McAndless reached him.
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New York Times
Keokuk
Iowa
Daniel Hayes
Canton
Hayes
Lima Lake
Eugene Farris
Charles McAndless
Government
Russia to Recognize American Passports for Jews
Acting Secretary Loomis announced that Ambassador Meyer in St. Petersburg reported Russia plans to universally recognize foreign passports including those of Hebrew citizens. Simon Wolf said the Union of American Hebrew Congregations has long fought for this recognition for Jews traveling in Russia.
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Washington
Loomis
State Department
Meyer
St. Petersburg
Russia
Council of the Empire
Passport Commission
Old St. Peter's Reopened After Repairs in Barclay Street
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Barclay Street reopened with a Pontifical Mass led by Bishop Cusack. Archbishop Farley consecrated the main altar and praised the parish’s flourishing condition. The project, funded by Edward Smith’s heirs and inspired by Sister Mary Loreto, cost $75,000 and features new medallion paintings by Canzeron.
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St. Peter's
Barclay Street
Cusack
New York
William O'Brien Pardow
Farley
Father McGean
St. Peter’s
Tve
Father Pardow
Edward Smith
Greenwich Street
Mary Loreto
Canzeron
St. Peter
Roosevelt Lookalike Dazes Coney Island Crowds
A publicity stunt at Brighton Beach staged a Roosevelt appearance with Boer soldiers. A decoy press alert drew thousands to the show ground as a "President Roosevelt" procession passed through Third Avenue. He bowed to spectators and held a reception before the evening performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton Beach
Coney Island
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Teddy
Mary
Third Avenue
Mammoth Cave fish touted as New Jersey mosquito cure
Aquarium staff claim two blind fishes from Mammoth Cave can eat mosquito eggs and larvae, clearing tanks quickly. An official suggests cheap, effective control that could reduce petroleum use and help mosquito problems in Staten Island and the Panama Canal Zone within a month to a year. The fishes show early signs of eye development.
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Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Staten Island
Panama Canal Zone
New Jersey
New York
Mr. Spencer
Aquarium
Staten Islanders
Fire wipes out Knoxville block amid heavy losses
A burning block in Knoxville along Gay Street suffered $175000 in damage after a dry goods millinery and notions store, M B Arnstein and Co, burned. The four story structure fell its wall collapsed into nearby Newcomer department store, flooding stock, while Cullen Companys warehouse also took water damage. The fire follows eight years of fire losses totaling about $2 million.
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Knoxville
Tenn
M. B. Arnstein & Co
Gay Street
M. M. Newcomer & Co
Newcomer
Queenswarehouse
Charles “. Cullen Company
A Hero in Wet Clothes Rescues Struggling Boy
Harry Hatton of 15 East One Hundred Forty third Street saved a boy from drowning near Twenty-fourth Street recreation pier after diving in with a strong current. Alec McCormick of Avenue A and Michael Burdick of East Nineteenth Street assisted and praised Hatton for keeping calm and delivering the boy to a rowboat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hatton
East One Hundred and Forty-third Street
Dr. Williams
Bellevue Hospital
Dr. Will
Twenty-seventh Street
Hatton
Recreation Pier
Twenty-fourth Street
Hinmy
Alec McCormick
Avenue A
Michael Burdick
East Nineteenth Street
Burdick
Batton
Bronx bears fight ends with keeper intervention
Ikonovitch the Russian brown bear and Jabowitski the Mongolian fight in the Bronx Zoo den after tension rises. The clash features raps and punches amid spectators, then subduing by keepers Mulvihill and Schosser. Jabowitski injures his mouth and is sequestered for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ikonovitch
Jabowitski
New York Zoological Garden
Bronx
Ikonovitech
Tkonovitch
Mulvihill
Schosser
Blair
Russia More Pagan Than Japan Sermon Sparks Debate
Reverend Dr. Robert S. MacArthur at Calvary Baptist Church says Russia’s faith resembles idolatry as he praises Japan’s Christianity in light of the Russo Japanese War. He cites ikon worship in Moscow and prayer balls hurled at idols, arguing Japan’s victory reflects Christian civilization.
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Rerestvensky
Robert S. MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
Togo
Philip HS
MacArthur
Japan
Russia
China
Ceylon
India
Ltd Square
Moscow
Kremlin
St. Nicholas
Weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday across regions
Showers expected in the Upper Mississippi Valley Northwest and North Pacific States Monday. Tuesday brings showers to the upper lake region Middle Mississippi Lower Missouri and Arkansas Valleys. Eastern and Southern areas mostly fair with cooler readings in the Northeast. Light to fresh west to northwest winds along coastal and regional areas. Temperature records note a 76 maximum and 53 minimum with humidity around mid seventies.
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Washington
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
North Pacific States
Upper Lake Region
Middle Mississippi
Lower Missouri
Arkansas
Central West
Ohio
Mississippi
New England
Middle Atlantic
Grand Banks
New York
Delaware
New Jersey
Maine
Pennsylvania
Real Lince biography pulled from library shelves
The Real Lincoln biographical sketch by Charles L. T. Minor of Richmond, Virginia, was removed from Somerville Public Library after a protest by Willard C. Kingsley Post 139 G. A. R. The pamphlet claimed Lincoln’s parents were of the worst type, he was illiterate and un Christian, his speech offended audiences, and he consorted with low people.
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New York Times
Peston
Lince
Lincoln
Somerville
Willard C. Kingsley Post
Richmond, Va
Prominent Former Justice John C. Churchill Dies at 84
Oswego Oswego County New Jersey reports ex Supreme Court Justice John C. Churchill died in Oswego aged eighty four. He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and served as U.S. Congressman from 1867 to 1871. A Republican, he became a Fifth District Supreme Court Justice about 25 years ago and retired recently due to age.
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Oswego
N. J
John CG. Churchill
Supreme Court
Congress
Fifth Judicial District
Obituary notices for Cass and Kimberly ages seventythree and fiftynine
Abraham Cass of Amsterdam New York died Saturday at age sixty seven. He belonged to Post Young G A R the Artisan Lodge of Masons and the Order of the Eastern Star. Peter L Kimberly died yesterday in Chicago a pioneer in copper mining in the Lake Superior region born in Sharon Pennsylvania fifty nine years ago.
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Abraham Cass
Amsterdam
N. Y
Post Young, G. A. R
Artisan Lodge of Masons
Order of the Eastern Star
Peter L. Kimberly
Chicago
Kimberly
Lake Superior
Sharon
Penn
Numerous Death Notices Reported in New York Area
Death notices list individuals including John Charles Beales in Rye and Mary Hall Crosman in New Rochelle. Others include Sarah Ellen Carter Cruger in Patchogue Helena R. Dana in New York City Frances S. Draper in Easthampton and Mary S. Flagg in New York City. services scheduled June 5 through June 6 with private or arriving interments.
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Patchogue
Dana
West 94Th St
Helena R. Dana
S. W. Dana
Draper
Easthampton
Francess
Simon Draper
John Haggerty
East 34Th St
Flagg
Mary S
Henry F. Flagg
West 83d St
Boston
Worcester
Mass
Foote
Derby
Conn
Doris Christenson
Horace C. Foote
Hannah
Auburn
N. Y
George Hannah
New York City
Skaneatales
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Side of Bridge
Lees
William Thomson Lees
Flatbush Av
Martin
Charles C. Martin
Stephen Merritt Burial Co
Melitz
Marie Melitz
Elshotz
Oe Melitz
Cincinnati
Hie
Nick
Mary Nick
J. P. Evans
East 2d St
Ohio
Richey
West 21St St
Thomas Richey
Macon St
Carrie A
John C. Struck
East 155Th St
Washington
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Clarkson
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Frank Jackson Clarkson
John Egbert. Larter—Poillon
John S. Patey
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