Beet sugar Senators stand firm against reciprocity push
Washington June 15 The beet sugar Senators refuse to yield to the Administration on the Cuban reciprocity bill predicting open Senate fight if needed. They claim the President pressured them with ostracism and insist they would rather face party split than abandon the beet sugar cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Platt
Aldrich
Senate
Wellington
Mclaurin
Connecticut
Republican Party
Burrows
Steve Elkins
Columbia
Uniqye
Beetsugar
William Alden-Smith
Michigan
Nelson
Clapp
Minnesota
Tawney
Payne
Perkins
Bard
California
Cuban president and general deny bribery plot over Gomez
In Havana on June 15 President Palma and Gen. Gomez denied a US press story that Gomez took a $25,000 bribe to withdraw from Cuba’s presidential race and allow Sefer Palma to win. Palma condemned the insinuation as an attack on their integrity and said it would go unanswered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Palma
Gen. Gomez
United States
Cuba
Sefior Palma
Sefer Palma
Gomez
Senate week gears up for Isthmian Canal vote and debates
Washington June 15 The Senate will meet daily 11 o'clock this week through Thursday to debate the Isthmian Canal bill and amendments. Speakers include Kittredge Foster Pettus and Morgan in support of Nicaragua. Panama route supporters push Spooner bill. Other measures like Cuban Reciprocity and Pure Food may advance. final adjournment hinges on Cuban bill. The House pursues the Deficiency bill and suspension votes. Philippine Civil Government debate features day and night sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Kittredge
Nicaragua
Cullom
Stewart
Hanna
Foster
Louisiana
Pettus
Morgan
Panama
London
District of Columbia
House
Manila Chamber Honors Gen Chaffee With Resolutions
The Manila Chamber of Commerce presented resolutions to Gen. Chaffee expressing high regard for him and the army in the Philippines, reflecting business leaders’ appreciation of their efforts.
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Manila
The
Chamber of Commerce
Gen. Chaffee
Little Bootblack's Luck in Madison Square Park
Ten dollars in silver rewards Willie Kolb a bootblack after a park shine from a mysterious elderly customer who frequents the area. The man, who rides a hansom and visits Fifth Avenue, has previously paid five dollars and blessing, and treats Willie to ice cream and doughnuts before returning home to 27 Sullivan Street.
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Willie Kolb
Madison Square Park
Willie
Park
Fifth Avenue
Sullivan Street
Prosperous Washington man foiled by theater theft
A well dressed Washington, D. C. resident staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel aided a purse dropper, dined with her after a show, and was later robbed of two twenty dollar bills and a ten. The thief left a taunting verse and the man declined to reveal his name.
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Washington, D. C
Fifth Avenue Hotel
West Thirtieth Street
Drowning at West Thirtieth Street Identified as Michael Redman
A man drowned in the North River near West Thirtieth Street after diving from a pier. Bystanders saw him swim about thirty yards, and authorities concluded a cramp caused the drowning. Clothes on the pier belonged to Michael Redman, a steam fitter from Thirtieth Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.
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West Thirtieth Street
Michael Redman
Thirtieth Street
Eighth
Ninth Avenues
Dramatic Bridge Jump Ends in Death on Brooklyn Span
Police officer David Dorn raced a Bergen Street trolley to the mid Brooklyn Bridge to stop a man from jumping. The unknown, about 28 to 30, leaped from the rail as Dorn neared, sinking in the East River. the body was not recovered by nightfall.
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East River
Brooklyn Bridge
New York Tower
David Dorn
Dorn
Bergen Street
Bridge
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Boy’s Tale of a Robbery at Pastor’s Home Ends in Admission
In New York, a boy adopted by Rev. William E. Johnson claimed a burglar robbed the Johnson household at 2727 Seventh Avenue. Police doubted the tale as the boy later admitted he took $5 to buy a pistol for the Fourth of July and fabricated the story to divert suspicion from himself.
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William E. Johnson
West One Hundred
Seventh Avenue
Henry Foster
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Nell
Prof Russell Returns to the Bar After NYU Absence
Isaac Franklin Russell LL D professor of law at New York University has returned to the bar after years away. He is relieved of morning and early afternoon academic duties at his request and will remain on the law faculty, resigning lectureships in the women’s law class at NYU Brooklyn Institute and as Chief Law Examiner for the YMCA’s International Committee.
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Isaac Franklin Russell
New York University
University
Brooklyn Institute
International Committee
The
Young Men’s Christian Association
Barge Captain Accused of Murder in Jersey
Newark June 15 Captain Joshua Carman of the barge Paddie is jailed to await grand jury action on murder charges for allegedly drowning Capt. John Plumb of the barge R Penn Smith. The case hinges on a Friday night dispute and a child witness account.
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Newark
N. J
Joshua Carman
Paddie
Hudson County
Rogers
Harrison
Carman
John Plumb
R. Penn Smith
Perth Amboy
Plumb
Ramapo Traction Company Plans New Paterson Trolley
Paterson New Jersey June 15 announces the Ramapo Traction Company will build a 62.5 mile rail line joining Paterson with Ridgewood Ho Ho kus Ramseys Waldwick Allendale Mahwah Suffern Piermont Yonkers and crossing the Hudson by ferry. The line will run alongside Erie tracks and connect with the Union system at Yonkers. The company will own roadbed and operate freight services as well as passenger service.
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Ridgewood
Hohokus
Ramseys
Waldwick
Allendale
Mahway
Sufferns
New City
Piermont
Erie
Yonkers
Hudson River
Union
Paterson
Passaic River
Thirty-third Street
Whiteboro for Colored Folk in New Jersey Colony
Henry C. White, former U S congressman from North Carolina, heads a syndicate that bought 957 acres near Burleigh, Cape May County. A colored agricultural colony will settle there, with houses sold on installment and ten years to pay. The town named Whiteboro will feature laid out avenues. The project mirrors Woodbine’s Jewish colony funded by Baron de Hirsch.
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Cape May
N. J
Henry C. White
Congress
North Carolina
Robert E. Hand
Burleigh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Railroad
Whiteboro
Woodbine
Baron de Hirsch Fund
Plant System Merger Shaping Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore June 15 Henry Walters vice president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Michael Jenkins and other directors left for Richmond for a stockholders meeting to finalize the Plant system merger. An $80 million consolidated bond issue with 4 percent interest will be authorized to finance the merger and retire existing bonds. The deal will create about 4000 miles of track under the Atlantic Coast Line, with Warren G. Elliott named president of the combined system.
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Baltimore
Henry Walters
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Michael Jenkins
Richmond
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company
Warren G. Elliott
Upper Columbia grain and fruit raisers plan rate meeting
Farmers of the Upper Columbia Basin stage a Davenport gathering to press for lower grain freight rates. Railroad presidents Hill McHenry and Harriman will be invited, with delegates from each precinct set to attend. The move may counter Gov. McBride and Republicans seeking anti railroad legislation. Charles P. Chamberlain coordinates the arrangements for a public discussion.
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Tacoma
Washington
Columbia Basin
Davenport
Hill, McHen
Harriman
Gov. McBride
Republican Party
Charles P. Chamberlain
Washington Central Railway
Upper
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Prof. Russell
Burleigh, N. J
Siegel-Cooper
Sud
Siegel Cooper
Melton
LIS
Shantung
Sam
Lovell Champion
Stevens-Maynard, JR
AIR Rifles
GOLF
Eldon
A. G. Spalding
Geneva
Greenwood
Ocomo
Spalding
Lakeside
Slocum, Jr
Cornell
China
Batiste
Pongee Jsutts
Val
Plant System Merger
Upper Columbia Basin
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