Foreign Ministers discuss plenipotentiary meeting amid notes from Russia
Foreign Minister and Ambassador at St. Petersburg attended a reception by Lamsdorff yesterday. The Russian note caused nervousness among diplomats until clarification showed it did not reproduce the exact text. Russia may host plenipotentiaries in Paris or The Hague if Japan agrees, with Manchuria timing as a concern. Lock on Bourse trading saw some realizations and fours rising to end higher.
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Lamsdorff
Roosevelt
Foreign Office
Count Cassini
Washington
United States
Russia
Paris
M. Nelidoff
San Stefano
Japan
Hague
Manchuria
Peace Talks Stall Over Meeting Place for Plenipotentiaries
Washington reports delay as The Hague or Geneva emerge as favored sites for the joint high commission to draft a treaty. M Jusserand and Count Cassini pressed for Paris prospects while Russia leans toward The Hague amid Japanese objections to Paris. The White House offered no new update, with talks likely to resume after a brief pause.
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White House
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Geneva
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Paris
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Count Cassini
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Japan
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Orient
Harbin
Mukden
Japan Rejects Paris Meeting For Russo Japanese Peace Talks
Tokyo reports M. Takahira's talks with President Roosevelt reveal a proposal for Russia and Japan to meet in Paris. Japan will decline citing Paris as Russia’s ally’s capital and travel delays. A near war theater location is favored. the Russian plenipotentiary via M Nelidorf is named but not yet chosen.
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Washington
M. Takahira
Roosevelt
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Japan
Paris
M. Nelidorf
France
Russian cruiser anchored off Saigon. neutrality enforced
The Kuban anchored near Cape St James. Governor orders departure and a French warship enforces neutrality. Coal collier fleet shrinks as 28 sail and 30 more prepare to leave Saigon. The British steamer Carlisle, believed to carry war material for Russia, is detained under surveillance.
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Cochin
China
Cape St. James
Tenty
Carlisle
Kostroma Hospital Ship Released and Orel to Trial
The Kostroma hospital ship released after capture at Sea of Japan sails for Shanghai. The Orel hospital ship will face Naval Prize Court at Sasebo for trial. In London, St Kilda sinking by the Dnieper stirs shipping circles. Foreign Office urged to act.
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Shanghai
Orel
Sasebo
London
St. Kilda
China Sea
Foreign Office
Honors Earned As Commissioners Recognize Bravery
The Municipal Civil Service Commission adopted a resolution limiting commendations and honorable mentions to acts of personal bravery. Commissioner McAdoo recently placed Acting Captain Rogers and staff on the honor roll for exemplary police duty.
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Police
Fire
McAdoo
Rogers
Baggage Car Fire Near Grand Central Station Promptly Extinguished
A Metropolitan Street Railway baggage car carrying newspapers bound for Grand Central Station burst into flames two blocks from Vanderbilt Avenue. The motorman sped away as station porters formed a bucket brigade and extinguished the fire without aid from the Fire Department. The relieved crowd cheered the volunteers.
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Grand Central Station
Vanderbilt Avenue
Secretary McAllister Adjudged In Contempt
Secretary McAllister of the American Tobacco Company was found in contempt by a U S circuit court for refusing to answer Grand Jury questions and to produce papers in the Sherman act tobacco trust inquiry. He was fined five dollars and jailed until he purged himself, with bail set at one thousand dollars for appeal to the Supreme Court.
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American Tobacco Company
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Federal
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Hale
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Henkel
Slate
Wallace
Marshel Henkel
Shields
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Mr. Hale
Supreme Court
Federal Grand Jury
United States District
Henry W. Taft
Imperial Tobacco Company
Great Britain
England
President lauds athletics at White House discussion
A June Washington meeting with Henry B. Needham and Attorney General Moody highlighted the President’s push to keep Americans, especially youths, hooked on amateur sports. Moody praised Roosevelt’s enduring athletic spirit and called Washington a top athletic city in the nation.
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New York Times
Washington
White House
Henry B. Needham
Moody
Starvard Baseball
Theodore Roosevelt
Staten Island Ferry chaos after breakdown and jam
The Rob ert Garrett, the Staten Island Ferry's stoutest boat, broke down by noon leaving only three ferries. At 6 30 the Moonachie was pressed into service but caused a rush that clogged Broadway with trucks and wagons as residents tried to return home from Manhattan.
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Broad Street
Cost Of A Long Strike By Carpenters
The New York District Council reports the lockout of the Brotherhood of Carpenters lasted from August 8 to April 28. During the strike, workers received 25 thousand dollars monthly in benefits, totaling 257,121 dollars in collections and 244,148 dollars paid as benefits with the remainder covering rents, committee work, printing and related costs.
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Brotherhood of Carpenters
New York
Burglars and Defaulters Ad by Insurance Co
National Surety Co claims protection against burglars and defaulters in an advertisement. It promotes security coverage and financial protection options, citing its Nassau Street address for contact and inquiries.
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National Surety Co
Nassau St
Adv
Letters and scandal swirl around Wickes Jarvis case
The Wickes Jarvis controversy centers on letters from Lewis Jarvis offering settlements, with Evan Shelby reporting about twenty recipients. Wickes refuses to comment, hints at a hot reply after Osborne finishes, and notes advisers and a grandfather portrait in his office.
Rockefeller resigns as trustee of Vassar College
The Vassar College board accepted resignations of F P Gates John D Rockefeller and Levi P Morton. George W Perkins Arthur L Lasher and Edgar L Marston were chosen as successors. Gifts announced include $411.80 from Andrew Carnegie and a $500000 library funded by Mrs F F Thompson. The fortieth commencement featured 200 graduates and a push for new dormitories and a student clubhouse. A commencement wedding for Delia Shepard and Karl C Schuyler was announced for tomorrow.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
F. P. Gates
John D. Rockefeller
Levi P. Morton
Vassar College
George W. Perkins
Arthur L. Lasher
Edgar L. Marston
New York
Marian P. Whitney
Yale
Henry
Lucy EF. Texter
Michigan
Leland Stanford
Andrew Carnegie
F. F. Thompson
Vassar
Charles W. Swift
Edith Clarke Lancaster
Margaret Tucker
Linda Halloway
Nina Frances Raynor
Sylvia Durfee Buffington
Corliss Babson
James Monroe Taylor
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Radcliffe
Cupid
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Colorado Springs
W. A. Shepard
Karl C. Schuyler
Schuyler
The
Colorado Telephone Company
Duke Brown's Sale Leads to Attachment for Debt
Deputy Sheriff Altman issued a 22599 attachment against Clarence E. Brown known as Duke Brown, tied to a dispute with John F. Meader over Brown's alleged obligation to pay more than 55000 from negotiating Brown's interest in Commodore Edward M. Brown's estate. Brown, linked to actress Nina Farrington, earned the nickname Duke after a dinner in 1891.
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Clarence E. Brown
Commodore Edward M. Brown
Duke’ Brown
John F. Meader
Meader
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Commodore Brown
Nina Farrington
Miss Farrington
Duke of the Chappies
Duke
Fannie Ward
Bertha M. Weissmann
New York
Protest Filed To Block Dissolution Of Standard Co
Charles L. Rowland of New York filed in the Court of Chancery to enjoin Standard Distributing and Distilling Company officers from filing a certificate dissolving the firm. He says a May 15 director resolution dissolved the company, protests cited against H M Cardoza Fred M Harrison N E D Huggins Frank Curtis James A W Webb William F Harrity and Alvin W Krech. The firm was incorporated June 27 1898 with 24 million dollars capital.
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N. J
Charles L. Rowland
New York
Court of Chancery
Standard Distributing and Distilling Company
Rowland
H. M. Cardoza
Fred M. Harrison
N. E. D. Huggins
Frank Curtis
James A. W. Webb
William F. Harrity
Alvin W. Krech
Terra Nova sails to Franz Josef Land for Ziegler relief
Arctic steamer Terra Nova under Ww.8 Champ sails from Tromsoe for Franz Josef Land to aid the Ziegler expedition led by Anthony Fiala aboard the America. The relief voyage aims to reach the expedition’s stranded party and provide assistance.
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William Ziegler
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Anthony Fiala
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N. Y
Algonquin club officials fined after Harlem court appearance
Philip Traub of 311 East One Hundred and First Street and Joseph Kerns of 2266 Second Avenue, officers of the Algonquin baseball club, were arraigned in Harlem Court. Kerns allegedly sold programmes and score cards as admission. Assemblyman Robert Wagner defended them. Magistrate Crane warned about political tensions. Each man paid a $5 fine.
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Thirty-second Assembly District
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Crane
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Husband seeks order to bury wife beside son in Washington Cemetery
Morris Marks filed in Supreme Court to compel B nai Sholom Branch and Mount Zion Cemetery Corp to show cause why they should not surrender Norma Marks body for interment next to her son Lazarus. Justice Clarke denied the application. another proceeding will be pursued.
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Frees Ex Speaker Kelly in Perjury Bribe Case
Charles F. Kelly once Speaker of the House of Delegates had all charges of perjury and bribery nolled. Prosecutors showed Kelly aided the State as a witness and remained faithful, while he was described as physically and mentally worn down. He thanked the prosecutor and left the court.
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Charles F. Kelly
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Bronx Valley Sewer Commission Organized in White Plains
The Bronx Valley Sewer Commission formed under a 2 million dollar act to build a White Plains to Yonkers sewer discharging into the Hudson River. Members include Mayor Andrus Yonkers, John J. Brown White Plains, and William Archer Mount Vernon with Archer elected Chairman. Also named are James M. Hunt Yonkers, George R. Byrne White Plains, and Frank N. Glover Mount Vernon. The Union Pays Fine First on Record President E A Maher sent a $100 check to the Controller for franchise schedule violation.
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Bronx Valley Sewer Commission
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John J. Brown
William Archer
Mount Vernon
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George R. Byrne
Frank N. Glover
E. A. Maher
Union Railway Company of
The
Bronx
Advertisement claims for Horsford acid phosphate
An old advert claims Horsford's Acid Phosphate destroys typhoid germs and other fevers and presents it as a refreshing cooling summer drink. The copy, attributed to Ady, mirrors period medical marketing and claims health benefits.
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Hotel wife of park view president jailed on larceny charge
A receiver runs the Park View Hotel at 45 West Forty-second Street as Mrs Pauline Washer, wife of hotel corporation president William Washer, is jailed at the Tombs on grand larceny charges. Cashman, the hotel manager, swore out the warrant after alleging she kept $1000 deposited as security and refused his request to return it. The hotel patrons were told to leave by Saturday as the hotel closes, and Washer remains unseen since the receiver took charge.
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Beavers to Plead Guilty in Government Conspiracy Case
Washington report says George W. W. Beavers ex Chief of the Division of Salaries and Allowances in the Post Office Department plans to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the Government. Beavers has waited in Washington for two months awaiting trial with minimal defense preparations. The Attorney General will take the matter up soon and insiders foresee a government victory and a light sentence if Beavers cooperates.
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George W.W. Beavers
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A. W. Machen
Beavers
Shorter School Day for First-Year Pupils Approved
The Board of Education approved a compromise to reduce actual study time for first-year pupils to three and a half hours daily. One and a half hours will be devoted to recreation, ideally outdoors. The Board urged more playgrounds in crowded districts and asked the superintendents to adjust the course of study accordingly.
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Foundry Strike Expands Across New Jersey Plants
The International Brotherhood of Foundry Employes protest against the New York and New Jersey Foundrymen's Association extends to all New Jersey foundries. Brass molders start today, followed by core makers, as Agent Downing reports a larger strike than planned. He says 2,000 are out now, 2,000 more will be ordered tomorrow, and 1,000 more by week’s end, with possible reach to Philadelphia.
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New York and
New Jersey
Editor Sails for Europe on Honeymoon
EB H Beach editor of The Business Man's Magazine of Detroit sailed for Europe on the Majestic with his bride Miss Emily Woodruff of Cincinnati. He plans a London office to issue a European edition of the magazine, originally named The Book Keeper.
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Business Man's Magazine
Detroit
Europe
Majestic
Emily Woodruff
Cincinnati
London
Russian violinist Wishnewelski discharged after uncle accuses theft
David Wishnewelski, a Russian violinist, was discharged at court after his uncle Louis Sorkin of 1,258 Park Avenue accused him of stealing diamonds and jewelry worth 500 dollars. The boy’s mother attended, fainting three times from strain and being carried out.
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David Wishnewelski
Louis Sorkin
Park Avenue
Haight & Freese Receivership Granted Books Examination
Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court signed an order allowing Haight & Freese to inspect books now held by the two receivers. Lawyer Franklin Bien said the firm seeks a list of creditors to pursue out of court settlements.
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United States Circuit Court
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Franklin Bien
New York Central Declares 1 Percent Dividend
The Directors of the New York Central Railroad declared a dividend of 1 percent on its capital stock payable July 15 to stockholders of record at close of business June 30.
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New York Central Railroad
Yesterday's Fires Record Across Manhattan Streets
A patrol of fires shows small blazes and minor damages across many blocks from Vesey Street to Park Avenue. Notable incidents include Holtz Restaurant Company on East Houston with no damage and Lenox Iron Works at 1955 Park Avenue with trifling damage. Police and fire records list owners unknown or unlisted and minimal financial loss.
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Roosevelt ballot inquiry probes Meeser and Park
Acting on President Roosevelt's orders, Civil Service Commissioner Cooley investigates Clarence Meeser and Eleonora Park over the Salter ballot box stuffing case to determine moral fitness for federal employment. Charges were filed in January. Meeser and Park faced scrutiny after their roles linked to Salter's 1899 incident.
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Mint
Curb Noise Prompts McAdoo Visit to 9 Broad Street
Police Commissioner McAdoo inspected the curb market in the financial district after Standard Trust Co complained of noise from curb brokers outside 9 Broad Street. He observed orderly trading by 2:30 PM and discussed curbing megaphone use with brokers, proposing a plan to modify current practices.
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Greene
Little Tim Sullivan Serves as Acting Mayor in City Hall
With Mayor McClellan and Board of Aldermen President Fornes away, Little Tim Sullivan acted as mayor. He had his shoes shined in the private office, then left City Hall when there was nothing to do. McClellan rejoined duties after attending a LL D degree ceremony in Princeton. Fornes tours Europe by car, keeping Sullivan ready to act this year.
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Witness Testimony Outlines Bribery Ties To Strike End
John C Driscoll testified before the Grand Jury for three hours detailing his role in forming the Coal Team Owners Association and Albert Young’s links to the Teamsters Union. He described strikes and payments to labor leaders to halt actions, but no indictment was returned. Illinois law requires a conspiracy to convict. payments alone to settle a strike are not indictable.
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John C Driscoll
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Coal Team Owners’ Association
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Teamster's Union
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GOT DIVORCE, NOW DIVORCED
Actress May Reilly obtained a divorce from John Reilly a corporation lawyer after marrying Henry G Weil broker previously. She had sued Weil for divorce and received alimony in settlement of 150000 dollars. She then married her attorney and was granted a decree by Justice Gildersleeve.
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