Hughes Set New Record With Third Extra Session
Albany June 11 The New York Legislature faces a June 20 convening as Gov Hughes is set to hold a record three extraordinary sessions in four years. The piece recounts past extra sessions by Tompkins Hill Clinton Throop Hunt Seymour Flower Black Roosevelt Higgins and others, detailing dates purposes and outcomes.
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New York Times
Albany
Gov. Hughes
Daniel D. Tompkins
David B. Hill
Tompkins
Niagara
Franklin
Steuben
Joseph C. Yates
Congress
State Senate
Dewitt Clinton
Senate
Enos T. Throop
Washington Hunt
Gov. Hunt
Oswego
New York & Erie Railroad
Horatio Seymour
John C. Mather
Gov. Hill
Croton
Roswell P. Flower
Frank 8. Black
Spain
New York
John McCullogh
Theodore Roosevelt
Admiral Dewey
Assembly
Frank W. Higgins
Higgins
Warren B. Hooker
Supreme Court
Gov. Hughes Announces Three Extra Sessions and Aims
The article outlines Gov. Hughes three extra sessions in 1907 1908 and a planned sixth for 1909 with aims including direct nominations possible direct tax and race track gambling parity. It notes past deadlock in the regular session over reapportionment and pending appropriation bills.
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Gov. Hughes
Senate
Assembly
Massachusetts
Hughes
Fordham Law graduates hear McAdoo ta lk on press power
At Fordham University Law School commencement 32 graduates received B L degrees, with William Hayes and Arthur D Fisher earning high honors. Former Police Commissioner William McAdoo urged reform in judiciary and press relations, criticizing delays and impersonality in the courts and noting the editor’s masked persona reduces public trust. Rev Daniel J Quinn, presiding, vowed the school would not be commercialized.
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Fordham University Law School
University
William Hayes
Arthur D. Fisher
William McAdoo
McAdoo
Daniel J. Quinn
Girl Attacked in Park Reported 16-Year-Old Mary Fleshover
A 16-year-old girl claiming to be Mary Fleshover of 334 East Eighth Street was found dazed near Avenue C and Seventeenth Street after a abduction tale. Police report two unidentified men assaulted her in Tompkins Square Park and she was taken to Bellevue Hospital in serious condition.
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Mary Fleshover
East Eighth Street
Delaney
East Twenty-second Street
Avenue C
Seventeenth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Isaac Fleshover
Seventh Street
Avenue B
Tompkins Square Park
Fleshover
Burfelnd
Graft Indictments Expand Against Queens Official
Cornelius J. Jordan, former Financial Secretary of Queens Department of Water Gas and Electricity, faces seven new grand larceny indictments. Prosecutors allege he advanced funds to colleagues between paydays and did not credit seven water fees totaling 301 dollars. He was held on 3500 dollars bail, with prior indictments also pending.
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Cornelius J. Jordan
Queens County
Department of Water, Gas, and Electricity
Queens
Jordan
Fosdick
Borough Hall
New Orleans Plans for Great Suburbs and Drainage Project
New Orleans expects to drain and reclaim over 1 million acres within fifty miles, turning marsh into gardens and towns. Reclamation spans 50 000 acres inside city limits and 100 000 more in neighboring parishes with 34 000 acres beyond. Plans include 100 miles of wider boulevards, a western levee, a 75 mile Parkway linking New Orleans and Baton Rouge, and a public warehousing system.
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New York Times
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Bell Railroad
Orient
Panama Canal
American Merchant Marine
Proce Steamship Corporation
Warren B. Reed
Canada
Louisiana
Lynn H. Dinkins
Inter-State Trust and Banking Company
Washington
Congress
Reed
Tennessee visitors arrive for ten day tour
A party of 389 visitors from Tennessee arrived last evening and will base at Broadway Central. Most are Radnor College students, Nashville, with A N Eshman president. They traveled aboard the Hendrick Hudson from Albany, part of a ten day vacation including Atlantic City and Washington.
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Ten- Nessee
Broadway Central
Radnor College
Nashville
Tenn
A. N. Eshman
Hendrick Hudson
Albany
Hudson
Atlantic City
Washington
Denial Over Necklace Claim Ties Man to Court Case
Jeannette Lowrie rejects linking John B. McDonald to a diamond necklace in a Staten Island fraud trial. She says her casual acquaintance with McDonald is the extent of their contact and denies any gift or necklace transfer.
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Frank Grant
Staten Island
John B. McDonald
Jeannette Lowrie
Mr. McDonald
Grant
Prince De Guelph claims Ireland sympathy from Edward VII
Boston June 11 The National Hibernians head Matthew Cummings received a letter from John Edward Rex aka John R G Norman of Brooklyn claiming to be Edward VII's son by a morganatic marriage. Rex cites Edward VII and Victoria's attitudes toward Ireland and asserts royal sympathy for the Irish cause.
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New York Times
Boston
Matthew Cummings
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
John Edward Rex
Prince de Guelph
John R. G. Norman
Brooklyn
N. Y
King Edward VII
Cummings
New York
Mr. Cummings
Ireland
Edward VII
Victoria
Edward
Albert Edward
Prince of Wales
Four Kingdoms
Princess of Wales
Ueen
Ex-Broker Kamerer Surrenders After Eight Years on Mail Fraud
Edward A Kamerer, once a Pittsburg broker now in Toronto, surrendered in U S District Court after eight years as a fugitive on mail fraud charges. Indicted in 1902, he pleaded guilty to one count, was fined 1000 dollars, and paid it with over 3000 dollars in gold after forfeiting bail. Authorities say bucket shop ties and letters promising clients no losses sparked the case. Kamerer cites mining wealth and Canadian ventures including the Cobalt fields.
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Pittsburg
Edwarda. Kamerer
Toronto
Canada
United States
United States District Court
Kamerer
John H. Jordan
Homeopaths Back Plan for National Health Department
The Homeopathic Medical Society of the County of New York endorsed a bill to create a National Department of Health led by a cabinet secretary. They argue it would raise state board efficiency and unify health actions across states.
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Homeopaths
U.S. Health Bureau
Homeopathic Medical Society
County of
New York
Department of Health
Boards of Health
Big Rush for Europe Rolls On as Berths Vanish
Ship agents report a surge in European travel with thirteen large liners from New York to UK and continental ports booked for the coming week ending June 15. Most cabins are sold with few left at high rates. some inside berths for two or three passengers remain. 4,000 cabin passengers are slated to depart New York, and still more may be released only if delays or sickness-free.
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United Kingdom
Continental
Cunard
Hamburg- American
Lloyd
White Star
Red Star
Atlantic Transport
Europe
New York
Rival of Diaz Is Turned Over For Trial in Mexico
Francisco I. Madero, Democratic Party candidate for President, was handed to the Federal court to face charges of insulting the nation and resisting local officers. The charge of protecting Roque Estrada, an anti re electionist leader, was not sustained as Estrada resisted the arrest and was ordered to be incommunicado for eight days after disputing the proceedings.
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Monterey
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero
Democratic Party
Roque Estrada
Deppsing
Estrada
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