Steamboat Osprey Grounded in Bronx River Fog
The Osprey steamboat ashore in the Bronx River during a rain soaked excursion from the Battery to College Point. Rescue by police and reserves saved passengers as crews prepared to float her at high tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osprey
Battery
Liberty Island
Bronx
Manhattan
Tenderloin Bowling Club
College Point
Louis Zandt
Old Town
East River
Sunken Meadows
Witzel’s Grove
MC Apt. Pinken
Dinken
Bronx River
Capt. Dinken
Paul’ Wynan
Wynan
Hunter's Point
Excursion Boat In Trouble Aided By Rosedale
The John Sylvester carrying Phoenix Fire Company No 3 passengers sent a distress signal off Port Chester. The excursion steamer Rosedale towed the Sylvester to East 138th Street, then ferried the Phoenix crew to Roten Point before they continued to South Norwalk without further incident.
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John Sylvester
Phoenix Fire Company
South Norwalk
Conn
North Beach
Portchester
Rosedale
East Twenty-fourth Street
Sylvester
East 138Th Street
Phoenix Fire Company No. 1
Roten Point
South
Norwalk
Fraud caught in time on the St Louis quarantine arrival
An American liner St Louis docked at Quarantine from Southampton with a Post Office Inspector aboard to question Edgar Morris of first class. He met William Bladon, an English clergyman, and a Secret Service man. A conference with Chief Post Office Inspector Mayer followed at the Hotel Buckingham.
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Post Office
St. Louis
Southampton
E. Morris
Edgar Morris
Mr. Morris
William Bladon
Bladons
Bladon
Bladen
Morris
Secret Service
American Line
Buckingham
Mr. Bladen
Mayer
Ciets
Iowa Primary Battles Set in Vote Revival Across State
Des Moines June 5 Iowa heads into primary elections tomorrow as factions clash within the Republican party over the insurgent stand-pat divide. Vying for governor and Congress, candidates include Cummins allied figures against Gov Carroll and Warren Garst, with Kennedy Brookhart Hull Prouty and Smith Evers among the notable races in First Seventh and Ninth districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Lafayette Young
Cummins
B. F. Carroll
Warren Garst
Charles A. Kennedy
Smith W. Brookhart
S. F. Prouty
John A. Hull
Hull
Prouty
W. I. Smith
Washington
Smith
Old Cannon Rules Committee
H. W. Evers
St Ete
Four Republicans Seek Vermont Governor Nomination
Four candidates have entered the Vermont Republican race for governor with two more possible dark horses. John A. Mead of Rutland Frederick G. Fleetwood of Montpelier James K. Batchelder of Arlington and M. T. Hapgood of Peru announced. The State Committee has not yet endorsed any candidate. The committee likely supports Fletcher D. Proctor for U.S. Senate and will back the gubernatorial candidate who backs Proctor.
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Montpelier
Vermont
John A. Mead
Rutland
Frederick G. Fleetwood
Mortpelier
James K. Batchelder
Arlington
M. T. Hapgood
Peru
State Committee
Fletcher D. Proctor
United States
Proctor
Jews Reported Expulsions Continue in Kieff
The Jewish Relief Committee of Kiev, via attorney M. Glikman, telegraphs St Petersburg on the expulsion of Jews. About 200 families have been expelled with numbers rising daily. Edicts grant brief departure time or temporary passports to limited destinations. those without families to be expelled first. Many Jews are to cross the river and may be allowed to reside elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Jewish Relief Committee of
Kieff
M. Glikman
Three Autos Narrowly Escape In Fifth Avenue Collision
Three car chauffeurs escape injury after a wet pavements double crash at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street. Harry Sutherland’s westbound taxicab, Bernard Kirwan’s northbound taxi, and Nathan Gold’s touring car collide. all vehicles suffer minor damage and no injuries occur.
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Fifth Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Harry K. Sutherland
Eighty-fourth Street
Bernard Kirwan
West Thirty-ninth Street
Chicago Irishmen Denounce Lords At Convention
United Irish Societies of Chicago denounce the English House of Lords and predict its abolition in their annual convention. They praise the Irish Parliamentary Party and pledge continued support for home rule in Ireland. Rev. M. J. McHugh urged Chicago millionaires to fund the party’s mission.
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Chicago
Lords
House of Lords
United Irish Societies of Chicago
Ireland
M. J. McHugh
Roosevelt Under Fire From Cairo Press Over Egypt Comment
Cairo telegraph El Alam, nationalists’ voice, blasts Roosevelt for claims on Egypt. Al Lena likens Roosevelt to polar impostor Dr. Cook, accusing him of ignorance, despotism praise, and reliance on imperialist writings. Journalists say he was misled by others on the White Nile.
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Specia
NEW York Times
London
The
Daily Mail
Cairo
el- Alam
al Lewa
Roosevelt
Guildhall
Journal
Egypt
Africa
White Nile
al Lena
Dr. Cook
Cook
Lord Cromer
Roosevelt to Open Deep Drainage Tunnel at Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs reports Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs Chambers plan a September opening of the Roosevelt deep drainage tunnel in Cripple Creek to mark the Gunnison tunnel start by President Taft. Ex President Roosevelt to officiate and meet old regiment in Cheyenne, with Delta County cowboys also expected. The three mile tunnel cost 000,000 and will extend Cripple Creek life by a quarter century.
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New York Times
Colorado Springs
Cripple Creek
Roosevelt
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Delta County Cowboys
Great Gold Camp
Man sits on woman on crowded Sixth Avenue el
Henry J Struch twenty three year old stenographer and Earl J Chase believed to have started a disturbance on a Sixth Avenue elevated train after leaving a South Ferry hotel. Struch fell into Mrs Annie Lumia’s lap provoking a scuffle with Mrs Lumia and her party. Police intervened and Struch and Chase were fined ten dollars each by Magistrate Krotel at Night Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Struch
Sixth Avenue
South Ferry
Annie Lumia
Sullivan Street
Earl J. Chase
Struch
College Oarsman Aids Stranded Steamer off Atlantic City
In Atlantic City on June 5 the freight steamer Brazoria bound from Philadelphia for the inlet grounded on a shoal. A crew of volunteer life savers responded with C. J. Lawrence of Philadelphia, a former college oarsman, leading the line rescue that pulled the steamer free with the backing of the vessel.
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College Caveman
Atlantic City
N. J
Brazoria
Philadelphia
C. J. Lawrence
North Carolina Bond Crisis Prompts State Legislature Action
A British warning about North Carolina bonds sparks a financial panic as a $3.5 million 4 percent issue maturing July 1 cannot be fully subscribed. Governor Kitchin calls a June 14 legislative session and bankers meet to try to cover the deficit, with talks of raising the rate to 4 1/4 percent to float the issue if needed. Taxable property is listed at $500 million and interest has been paid for 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Raleigh
N. C
British Council of Foreign Bondholders
North Carolina
John G. Carlisle
the Treasury
London
Kitchin
Lacy
Heiress Pearl Patterson Sought by Chicago Police
A young woman posing as Pearl E. Patterson arrived at Chicago Detective Headquarters claiming distress from harassing Chicago calls. She carried over 1200 dollars and jewels valued around 500, and said her father, a wealthy contractor, left an estate to invest in Chicago real estate. Pittsburgh police planned to detain her on a matching description as detectives traveled to Chicago.
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Chicago
Pearl E. Patterson
Detective Headquarters
Pittsburg
Harrison
City Hall
Olice Here
Shevlin
Foliice Headquarters
W. J. Patterson
Patterson
Peddlers Win Street Right Against Trucks in City Court
The Appellate Division reverses lower courts, ruling pushcart peddlers have equal street rights to trucks when peddling in Bayard Street. Solomon Collender sued James Reardon after a collision. prior rulings found for the truck driver, but the court now says the peddler’s licensed street use grants protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Solomon Collender
James Reardon
Collender
Reardon
Bayard Street
Chrystie
Abraham Oberstein
Clarke
Prisons Uncover Counterfeiting Plant In Missouri Penitentiary
Federal inspectors found a full counterfeit facility in the cell of Lee Jager and Joseph Wall at the Missouri Penitentiary in Jefferson City. Gov Hindley announced pardons planned for October to allow their prosecution. Five pairs of molds and several good imitation halves and quarters were seized from the cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Jane &8
Missouri Penitentiary
Lee Jager
Joseph Wall
Hindley
Fish Bill Fund Triggered Springfield Inquiry
Springfield, June 5. The fish bill bribery inquiry centers on a fund from fishmen to defeat the bill before payout. State's Attorney Burke will have the Sangamon County Grand Jury investigate further tomorrow. Frank J. Traut of Beardstown Fish Company says the money stayed with him and was used for lobby efforts.
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Springfield
Burke
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Beardstown
Frank J. Traut
Beardstown Fish Company
Traut
Sailor Receives Fine for Drunkenness in Sayonne
John Reiss, a sailor, apologized before Recorder Mara, admitting he drank too much. The recorder offered a chance and fined him 85, with the promise of payment when his ship returns to port. Reiss vowed to pay.
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Sailor
John Reiss
Mara
Sayonne
Reiss
Pittsburg Memorial Plans Tuberculosis Lab Memorial
A mass meeting of Pittsburg residents of British birth or descent decides to erect a research laboratory for the tuberculosis sanitarium as a local memorial to the late Ring ward. Funds will be raised by subscription to support the eight tarium e i. Childers presides.
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Pittsburg
King Edward
Ring Ward
I. Childers
Woman and crooks rob intoxicated man on Thirty eighth Street
A young woman and two men attempted to strip a helpless drunk man on Thirty eighth Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue while a crowd watched. A citizen notified Police Headquarters by phone but received no help until a patrolman arrived after the perpetrators had walked away. The intoxicated man was later charged and taken to the West Thirty seventh Street Station.
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Thirty-eighth Street
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Navarre
Augustus Burkett
Mills Hotel No. 3
Fonen
West Thirty-seventh Street
Times
Policeman shoots at buggy driver in Jamaica chase
Mounted Officer William H. Green pursued a buggy along Rocky Hill Road near Lincoln Avenue. After multiple gunshots and a near encounter, Green fired again and the driver fled into the woods. A wounded man identified as Joseph Zaltenas later claimed the wound was an accidental self shot.
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William H. Green
Jamaica Station
Rocky Hill Road
Lincoln Avenue
Jamaica
Green
Neoperty
John Weeks
Lynbrook
Bellevue Hospital
Twenty-third Street
Bellevue
Joseph Zaltenas
East d Sixty-first Stret
Esterday
Oficeman Green
Zaltenas
Man Accused After Wife Shot Dead in New York Kitchen
Margaret Winchester killed in her third floor kitchen at 407 West Fifty-third Street. Husband William H. Winchester says the shooting was accidental and was arrested after rushing to police. Officer Finnan and Dr. Braynard attended. three children slept nearby as the event unfolded.
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Margaret Winchester
West Fifty-third Street
Wiliam H. Winchester
West Forty-seventh Street
Finnan
Winchester
Braynard
Flower Hospital
Thomas
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MR. Roosevelt
Imperialists
United Cigar
New York
United
Marquise Cigarettes
Man
James McGreery & Co
23Rd Street
34Th Street
Ina Beth Steres
Messaline
Wash Goods Dept
James McCreery & Co
James McCreary & Co
Axminster
James McCreary& Co
American Institute of Architects
Marshall & Fox Architects
Michigan Boulevard
Ervil
Lake Michigan
the Drake Hotel Company
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