Equitable Directors Clash Over Leadership And Reforms
The Equitable directors debate leadership as Senator Depew hints at resignation, while Mr. Low urges removal of President and Vice President. By-laws are hammered out, with calls to reduce executive salaries and scrutinize real estate, as State Superintendent Hendricks continues investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ass. Low
Depew
Low
Ives
HH. C. Deming
Cer
Mr. Alexander
Eha
C. B. Alexander
Henry M. Alexander
Alexander &Colby
Alexander
Messrs
Mr. Ives
Tnas
Hyde
Mrr. Alexaimler
Virde
August Belmont
Stock Central
Charles Stewart Smith
Bainks
Smith
President as Sovereign in Era of Executive Power
Charles A. Gardiner argued at New York University that the President is a constitutional sovereign with plenary discretion, noting the era of executive expansion and Congress yielding to presidential dominance as the nation grows. A reception followed at Chancellor Mac Cracken's residence.
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Charles A. Gardiner
The
State University
Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
New York University
Gardiner
Congress
MacCracken
Yellow fever case from ship arrivals at colon detection
Frank O Leary a 28 year old passenger from the steamer Segu ranca was detained at Swinburne Island after health officers confirmed yellow fever. Dr Doty reported the diagnosis following a bacteriological examination, and the ship was allowed to land other passengers with no spreading danger.
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Colon
Frank O'Leary
Deary
Swinburne Island
Doty
O'Leary
Cures Headache Claims Amid Heat and Overwork
An advertisement proclaims headache cures linked to summer heat and overwork. It attributes relief to remedies that target nervous disorders and impaired digestion and notes the product promises quick action.
Miss Roebling Rescues Father’s Horses From Fire
Emily G Roebling youngest daughter of Charles G Roebling head of Roebling Corporation rushes from drawing room to save nine thoroughbred horses as flames erupt from the stable Fire Department hoses arrive and the horses are guided to safety The incident ends with $800 damage and Miss Roebling praised for her daring horsemanship and bravery.
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New York Times
Trenton
Emily G. Roebling
Charles G. Roebling
Roebling Corporation
Roebling
Miss Roebling
Glass House
Miss Toebling
Alen
Miss Rochimg J
Brooklyn
Washington A. Roebling
Bonaparte Leads Maryland Republicans Against Disfranchisement Plan
Charles J. Bonaparte, soon to be Navy Secretary, emerged as Maryland GOP leader during a State Committee meeting in Baltimore. He opposed the German constitutional amendment creating a grandfather clause disenfranchising blacks, arguing it would also harm large white voter groups and urging cross party unity to defeat the measure.
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Smith
Foster
Low
Society
New York Times
Baltimore
Charles J. Bonaparte
Civil Service
Navy
Maryland
State Committee
Gary
Bonaparte
Republican Party
Voltaire
Abraham
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Flag stops convention row in Chicago
Mrs. Sue M Simpson, at Hull House, defied the Women’s International Union Label League by pledging to resist expulsion. She claimed she sought justice from the Stars and Stripes after charges by President Mrs. Mayrne Brettell. Simpson allegedly wrote to Samuel Gompers urging a reorganization under another name.
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Chicago
Sue M. Simpson
Women’s International Union Label League
Mayrne Brettell
Hull House
Mrs. Simpson
Muskogee Businessmen Seek Hitchcock Scalp in Washington
A Muskogee Oklahoma delegation led by the mayor travels to Washington to pressure Secretary Hitchcock. They plan to boycott St Louis where Hitchcock resides to protest Creek tribal taxes on white traders entering the territory, totaling more than 3.5 million dollars annually.
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New York Times
Washington
Muskogee
Indian Territory
Hitchcock
St. Louis
Albany Stock Transfer Tax Test Sparked by Martyr Arrest
District Attorney Jerome may defend the test case against the stock transfer tax after a Wall Street arrest described as a martyr. State officers refuse to join the New York Stock Exchange plan to test the law’s constitutionality, stating they will enforce laws but not participate in actions aimed at striking down the statute.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Jerome
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Vice President Fairbanks Attends Flint Jubilee
Vice President Fairbanks was guest of honor at Flint Michigan's golden jubilee as the cornerstone of the Federal Building was laid. He delivered a short address and attended an informal reception at the new County Building with no incidents to report.
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Flint, Mich
Fairbanks
Federal
Richmond Democrat Moore Elected to Congress in Eight District
John M. Moore of Richmond County won the Democratic nomination and was elected to Congress from the Eighth District to succeed the late John M. Pinckney, who was killed April 24 during a riot at a Prohibition mass meeting in Hempstead.
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Houston
Texas
John M. Moore
Richmond County
John M.pinckney
Hempstead
Trepoff Defends Non Dictatorial Role in Russia
Gen Trepoff, Assistant Minister of the Interior, at his St. Petersburg headquarters, outlines his duties over police rule and political crimes. He says he will curb unauthorized agitation while pursuing reform, and dispels rumors of an imperial manifesto or dictatorial power.
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ST. Petersburg
Trepoff
Russia
a_ National Assembly
Bouligin Commission
Committee of Ministers
Weaver Dismisses Eleven Philadelphia Police
Mayor Weaver removes eleven police from duty for dereliction after David Smyth's suspension of the department. Smyth's earlier punishment of 100 days pay is deemed too lenient. City finances show 18,684,000 on deposit at 2 percent across 37 banks and 41 trust firms.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
David J. Smyth
Department of Public Safety
Smyth
Met
Shock
Cassatt
Director of Public Safety
Potter
Norway Repudiates Oscar as Her King
The Storthing asks King Oscar to relinquish succession to Sweden and be elected King of Norway. It cites calm future relations with Sweden and north alliance, hoping a Bernadotte prince will accept the Norwegian crown. M Archander named foreign minister. Gustavus to return from Berns. Riksdag likely June 26. Berlin says William shelves planned Norway visit.
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Storthing
Sweden
Norway
Bermer
House of Bernadotte
M. Archander
Commerce
Gustas
Berns
Riksdag
Berlin
William
Gaslight Signal Drill in Rain at State Camp
The Signal Corps drilled in heavy rain at the State Camp in Peekskill with acetylene lights replacing heliographs. A regimental drill occurred in the forenoon, and forecasts for field day events with prizes totaling 850 are planned for tomorrow. The Armory Board chose temporary quarters for the Seventeenth Separate Company of Flushing and began steps to build armories for separate companies in Syracuse and Oswego.
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New York
Peekskill
Signal Corps
Canva S
Armory Board
Flushing
Syracuse
Oswego
Suspicious Death in Bronx Milkman's Building
Oscar Stahl discovers a young man’s body in the rear basement of 6 8 Wales Avenue in the Bronx early yesterday. The body lies among bricks and debris, with police considering collapse or fall from a roof as the likely cause. Neighbor Hattie Rothkrugel recalls seeing the man on the roof with others a week earlier and hearing late night footsteps suggesting burglary.
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Oscar Stahl
Wales Avenue
Bronx
Hattie Rothkrugel
Frederick
Rothkrugel
Jersey City Watchman Foils Bridge Dynamite Plot
William Knapp, the bridge watchman, in a rowboat spotted three men at the east end of the Pennsylvania Railroad drawbridge at Newark Avenue. When challenged they replied none of your business. Knapp fired three shots after being knocked down, forcing the men to flee.
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Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newark Avenue
William Knapp
Knapp
Rare blue china plate from Park Theatre sale item
A blue china plate from about 1820 featuring Park Theatre New York and Trinity Church drew interest in Part IV of John H. V. Arnold’s collection sale. The plate, ten inches with a six inch view border, bears the back inscription Park Theatre New York and previously appeared as a frontispiece in Laurence Hutton’s Plays and Players of New York. It sold for $30.
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New York Park Theatre
Trinity Church
Bowling Green, &c
Park Theatre
New York
Laurence Hutton
Danforth Ainsworth Named Deputy Attorney General
Albany June 7 Danforth E Ainsworth of Sandy Creek Oswego County was appointed Deputy Attorney General at a salary of 4000 annually He previously served as Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction under Skinner and was a former Republican leader in the Assembly
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Albany
Danforth E. Ainsworth
Sandy Creek
Oswego County
Ainsworth
Skinner
Assembly
Swedes Cheer the King in Rally Over Norway Crisis
A June 7 Stockholm rally demonstrated loyalty to King Oscar after the Norwegian coup. Crowds gathered at Rosendal Castle as the king appeared with royal family members and received flowers from women. The Norwegian Storthing declared separation. Sweden plans an extraordinary parliament session with no immediate action expected. Danish reports note broad approval in Copenhagen and Sweden vows no force against Norway.
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Stockholm
Oscar
Rosendal
Council of State
Copenhagen
Storthing
Nya Dagligt Allehanda
Norway
Sweden
Union
The
Dagblad
Denmark
Storting
Christiania
Associated Press
Norway’s Incoming Government May Name Nansen as Envoy
The article notes Norway’s political shift and mentions Fridtjof Nansen declining an official post. It is understood Nansen could be appointed a special envoy to foreign powers to gain recognition of Norway’s new status.
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Sition
Sweden
Fridjof Nansen
Nansen
Norway
King Oscar Refuses Norwegian Crown Amid Union Crisis
London reports King Oscar declines a Norwegian crown as Norway contemplates dissolving the Sweden Norway union. Editors fear European powers will oppose the move while Russia eyes arbitration to settle the dispute. Norway Sweden strain draws attention from St Petersburg to Washington.
Norway May Name Swedish Prince to Thrown Crown
The Norwegian Storthing proposes King Oscar designate a Prince of the Bernadotte line to rule Norway. Two Swedish princes are named as possible kings: Prince Oscar Carl August, now admiral and former claimant, and Gustavus Adolphus, heir to the Crown. If neither accepts, Prince Waldemar of Denmark could be asked. The Bernadotte line traces to Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, famed Napoleon ally.
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Storthing
Sweden
Norway
Oscar
Prince Bernadotte
Wisborg
Royal Swedish
Gustavus Adolphus
Svea Life Guards
Crown Prince's Hussars
Waldemar
Denmark
Marie of Orleans
Duke of Chartres
House of Bernadotte
Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
Oscar II
Western lines oppose speed race among eastern railways
Chicago traffic officials from the Western railroads argue against raising train speeds due to the costly “speed contest” between the Pennsylvania and New York Central lines. They say the fight will hurt all eastern roads and cannot be offset by higher fares or ads, with limited gains from faster schedules.
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New York Times
Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York Central
George W. Vaux
Grand Trunk
Central
Michigan Central
IF. A. Miller
Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul
W. B. Knickern
Chicago and Northwestern
Lightning damages flagpole at Mineola hotel crowd wary
In Mineola New York lightning struck a flagpole in front of Kennedy's Hotel as crowds from the Long Island Kennel Club show fled to the station. The bolt splintered the pole knocked several people, station agent E F Deleree suffered temporary paralysis and tower operator John Breen was knocked unconscious.
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New York Times
Mineola
Kennedy's
Fair Grounds
Long Island Kennel Club
Oyster Bay
E. F. Deleree
John Breen
Clinton Point Stone Company Directors Deny Blasting Indictment
Henry E. Gardner and James G. Shaw, directors of the Clinton Point Stone Company, pleaded not guilty before Judge Blair in Jersey City to an indictment related to blasting that destroyed portions of the Hudson County Boulevard. Both men were refused bail at 1,300 dollars each, while six quarrymen were remanded with bail set at 300 dollars each.
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Henry E. Gardner
James G. Shaw
Clinton Point
Hudson County
Blair
Jersey City
Jerome to Speak at Chautauqua Assembly
District Attorney Jerome and Miss Helen Gould will attend the Summer session at Chautauqua Lake. Jerome is scheduled to address on August 5, while Miss Gould will attend as a visitor with no speaking role.
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Jerome
Helen Gould
Chautauqua Assembly
Chautauqua Lake
Miss Gould
Fires Report From Yesterday Across City Blocks
A series of fires from Tuesday night into Wednesday with listed locations and reported damages. Park Place Edison Seliger sustained $1441 in damage while Hester Street Louis Margillis faced $20, East One Hundred Second Street Louis Harris had no damage. Other sites include William Street John Housque $350 loss and multiple trifling damages across Chrystie Street West Forty fifth Street and more.
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Park Place
E. Seliger
Hester Street
Louis Margillis
East One Hundred and Second Street
Louis Harris
William
John Housque
Forty-fifth Street
West Thirty-first Street
Edward Ferris
East Tenth Street
S. Markowitz
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the Society
Gage E. Tarbell
Tarbell
Sc.s
United States
Mary
Mrr
Hendricks
State Insurance Department
Equitable Affairs
Chauncey. M. Depew
George T. Wilson
Horsford's
Gorman
Warpath
Michigan
Pinckney
P. R. R. Bridge
King Oscar
London
Standard
Peter the Great
Poltava
Baltic
Finland
Alexander I
Lynge
Ifnnmark
State Department
Grip
Library Bureau
Broadway
Garpet
C.h.brown CO
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W. W. Aterbury
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