Cornell Wins Four Mile College Boat Race In Bright Show
Cornell leads from start to finish in a grueling four mile Varsity race against Wisconsin Columbia and Penn to claim victory on a misty river. Merrill and Coffin star as Cornell maintains steady 32 stroke pace while Wisconsin drives 37 to 40, final margin open water over Wisconsin with Columbia and Syracuse close behind.
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Pennsylvania
Cornell
Columbia
Courtney
Syracuse
Wisconsin
Badger
Krum Elbow
College Garsman
W. H. Merrill
Cornell Dt
Georgetown
Nicoll
St No. 6
Hanlan
Cogwell
Merrill
Hazelwood
Whitney Merrill
Thacans
Ithacan
Sconsin
No. 7
Coffin
New York
Badgers
Ithacans
Columbian
Georgetown Giants
Pensylvania
Gra Ually
Kae
Charles Courtney
Capt. Petty
Stroke Coffin
Edward Henlan
Patrick Dempsey
KE. R. Sweetland
Cornell Crew Triumph Delights Ithaca After Poughkeepsie Wins
Ithaca celebrates Cornell University after three aquatic victories at Poughkeepsie. Crowds fill the streets as megaphones announce race results and Old Man Courtney is hailed. Freshmen win boosts morale and cheers resound through town.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Yale
Harvard
Cornell University
Cornel
Poughkeepsie
Cornell
Triumvir Haffen Friends Denounce Hennessey At Bronx Meeting
A large Haffen faction gathering at Russell's Hall denounces Senator Hennessey for criticisms of Louis F. Haffen. Speakers defend the Bronx borough president, with J Fairfax McLaughlin condemning Devery driven insults and calling the opposition weak and cowardly.
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Louis F. Haffen
Tammany
Russell’s Hall
Third Avenue
Joseph P. Hennessey
Mr. Haffen
The
Bronx
J. Fairfax McLaughlin
Haffen
Devery
Hill Seeks McLaughlin After Remsen Street Visit
Ex Senator David B Hill called on Brooklyn leader Hugh McLaughlin at his Remsen Street home on a Friday night. The two spoke for about an hour with no others present. McLaughlin declined to reveal their talk though it was linked to the Tilden Club harmony dinner and related matters. Hill returned to Albany and praised the local political outlook.
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Brooklyn
Hugh McLaughlin
David B. Hill
Hoffman House
McLaughlin
Remsen Street
Hill
Tilden Club
Senator Hill
Albany
Torpedo Boat Destroyer Hull Launched At Wilmington
The torpedo boat destroyer Hull was launched at Harlan and Hollingsworth yards in Wilmington Delaware. Miss Mabel Hull of Newton Massachusetts christened the vessel named for Admiral Hull. The Hull measures 245 feet in length 23 feet beam and 61% feet draft with a displacement of 08 tons.
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Wilmington
Del
Hull
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Mabel Hull
Newton, Mass
George A. Hull
Admiral Hull
Republicans Nominate Fowler for Congress in Fifth District
In Belvidere New Jersey on June 21 the Republicans of the new Fifth District nominated Charles N. Fowler of Union County for Congress.
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New Jersey
Belvidere
N. J
Fifth District
Charles N. Fowler
Union County
Chilean Insurance Law Targets Foreign Firms in Chile
United States Consul R E Mansfield reports from Valparaiso on a Chilean House bill affecting foreign insurance companies. The measure requires presidental authorization to operate, sets deposit and reserve rules, classifies companies by capital, imposes taxes, and allows state inspectors with penalties for violations, effective July 1 1902.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
R. E. Mansfield
State Department
Valparaiso
Chile
House of Deputies
Congress
Republic
Fire and Life
Life
Ministry of Finance
Gonto
GAYNOR STAYS IN QUEBEC IN EXTRADITION FIGHT
In Quebec City on June 21 Col. Gaynor and Capt. Greene were returned to Quebec Jail for eight days as habeas corpus hearings resume. U S government wins a temporary setback when Judge Andrews denies writs of certiorari and orders extradition proceedings to continue in Montreal.
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Quebec
Que
Col
Gaynor
Capt
Greene
Savannah
United States
Andrews
Caron
Ninth Infantry Men Return to Presidio and Fort Niagara Course
The ten companies of the Ninth Infantry arrived in San Francisco aboard the Hancock and marched to the Presidio. Col. Rabe reports only about four hundred men present with 35 veterans from Cuba. A, C, D head to Fort Niagara, others to Madison Barracks. B guard at Pekin. Acknowledgment of Balangiga survivors Mumby and Pickett. Washington allows a Syracuse and Watertown stop for local demonstrations.
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San Francisco
United States Infantry
Hancock
Presidio
Rabe
Cuba
Fort Niagara
Madison Barracks
China
Pekin
Smith
M. J. Cevine
Samar
Clifford Mumby
James Pickett
Ninth Infantry
Balangiga
Washington
Philippines
Sackett’s Harbor
N. Y
Syracuse
Watertown
War Department
Co operative Meat Shops Debate Divides Ladies’ Anti Beef Trust
The Committee of Fifteen met at Forsyth Street to decide on cooperative kosher meat shops with price caps and non transferable stock. Debate centred on timing, charter provisions, rabbi inspectors and funding, with four shops already open but no final plan reached.
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Ladies’ Anti-Beef Trust Association
Forsyth Street
Joseph Seff
United Hebrew Organization
City of
New York
Episcopal Secession Rumor Ties Oshkosh Parish
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin Bishop Grafton discussed prospects of Reverend John W Greenwood of Trinity Church Oshkosh breaking away with his church over High Church ideas. He noted similar resignations of leading Broad Church figures in New York and the West, and said Trinity did not elect delegates to the diocesan council this year, fueling the rumor.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Charles Chapman Grafton
John W. Greenwood
Trinity Church
Oshkosh
Greenwood
Heber Newton
Advanced
Broad Church
East
New York
Ster
Trinity Parish
Chorus Girls Union Planned As Labor Move In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati President Samuel Gompers discussed organizing chorus girls after a local inquiry. Plans call for three branches of amusement purveyors with vaudeville performers joining the Actors National Protective Association and a separate chorus girls union linked to the Federation of Labor. Supernumeraries seek a minimum wage and better working conditions, while the Theatrical Stage Employes National Alliance to issue a special charter.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Washington
Actors’ National Protective Association
Federation of Labor
Actors’ Union
National Alliance
Supers
Mob Kills a Murderer in Sioux City
City Marshal Swearingen of Jefferson was shot dead by S. M. Shipman who he came to arrest. A mob killed Shipman as bullets shattered a house, ending the uproar after a violent, chaotic day sparked by remarks about Shipman from two circus-going boys.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Swearingen
Jefferson
S. M. Shipman
Shipman
Diseases in South African livestock blamed on Boston Boer operatives
New Orleans reports claim British during the South African war recruited sailors and muleteers locally. A tale says inoculations from a Philadelphia chemist caused cattle diseases in South Africa, with Boer sympathizers blamed. British leaders allegedly moved HQ to Montreal and halted Louisiana cattle imports as retaliation.
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New Orleans
South Africa
Philadelphia
Montreal
Lathrop
Louisiana
Kidnapped Boy From Germany Said Tracked to New York Voyage
Brooklyn police were told by Mrs. Ida Jacobs that eight year old Richard Kruse Jr. was abducted from his mother in Oldenburg Germany and is being brought to the United States aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm hard on its arrival in New York. The boy’s grandfather Richard Knoll, a Portland restaurant operator, relayed the alleged theft and voyage details.
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Brooklyn
Ida Jacobs
Cooper Street
Germany
Portland
Oregon
Richard Knoll
Mr. Knoll
Oldenburg
Richard
Oldenburgh
Bremen
New York
Toronto Carmen Strike Ends Toronto Street Railway Walkout
In Toronto on June 21 the street railway workers voted to strike with over 900 quitting. They reject 17 to 21 cent offers, seek 18 to 21 cents, demand union recognition and reinstatement of McDonald, and plan city transport with contracted cabs and other vehicles. The alien labor law may be used for US imports.
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Toronto
Ontario
Toronto Street Railway Company
Dilworth
Yong Street
Queen and
Yonge Streets
McDonald
United States
Slot Machine Workers Quit at Newark Plant
All slot machine department employees at the Domestic Sewing Machine Company in Newark quit work over the retention of foreman George H. Bruder. A committee met officers, and the firm posted a notice: nonreporting workers by 7 am Tuesday will be dismissed. Wages are not the issue, but the foreman's methods, including replacing $2.75 workers with $2.25 ones. The sewing and slot divisions are separate, and the 600-plus general staff in the other department is not expected to be affected.
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Newark
N. J
New
Sewing Machine
George H. Bruder
Wireless contract links Alaska forts by 165 mile line
Gen Greely signs with Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co to build two stations from Fort Gibbon Alaska to Bates Rapids on the Tanana 165 miles apart. The system must be operational by October 1 and will complete a circuit from the Behring Sea to the south coast with Nome and Fort Gibbon lines existing. If the system fails, the Government bears no expense.
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Washington
Gen. Greely
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Fort Gibbon
Alaska
Bates Rapids
Tananap
Greely
Nome City
Behring Sea
Strike threatened on the Union Pacific in Omaha shops
In Omaha on June 21 the Union Pacific warned of a general strike in the mechanical department after 225 of 800 Omaha shop workers were discharged. Across Cheyenne and Armstong Kansas, about 300 more were let go as boiler makers strike for higher wages, with molders removed earlier and foundry dismantled. Robert McLean, AF of L organizer, is coordinating unskilled labor efforts.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railway
Armstrong
Kan
Robert McLean
American Federation of Labor
Union Labor Pressure Tests Pacific Railroad Service
Report notes potential involvement of helpers and possible machinist sympathy strikes. Union Pacific has long backed labor and remains well organized. Traffic heads say current segment allows trains to run for three months without repairs.
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Union Pacific
Street Railway Financials Show Higher Earnings But Larger Deficit
Albany June 21 The Third Avenue Railroad Co reports for the quarter ended March 31 that gross earnings rose 3000 over last year while operating expenses jumped 84300, widening the deficit by 47500. Three-quarter totals for the year show a 583731 deficit vs 579688 prior year.
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Albany
Third Avenue Railroad Company
State Railroad Commission
Forty-second Street
Manhattanville
St. Nicholas ‘Avenue
Coper
New Orleans and Southwestern Electric Railway Formed
The New Orleans and Southwestern Electric Railway Company is organized with 2,000,000 capital. C. P. Shever elected President C. P. Young General Manager H. L. Lancaster Treasurer Thomas A. Badeaux Secretary. A 200 mile line from New Orleans through sugar and rice belt will start construction July 10, backed by a Boston syndicate.
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New Orleans
New Orleans and Southwestern Electric Railway Company
C. P. Shever
C. P. Young
H. L. Lancaster
Thomas. A. Badeaux
Louisiana Sugar and Rice Belt
Boston Syndicate
Enterprise
Coast Line announces new officers for Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore June 1 officials of the traffic department of the reorganized Atlantic Coast Line who will assume positions July 1 are Traffic Manager T M Emerson Assistant Traffic Manager H M Emerson General Freight Agent James Menzies General Passenger Agent W J Craig R G Erwin president of the Plant System becomes Atlantic Coast Line vice president W Wrenn retires Ernest Williams initially listed as General Passenger Agent but Craig named for that role. Menzies previously General Freight Agent of the Plant System at Savannah.
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Baltimore
Atlantic Coast Line
T. M. Emerson
H. M. Emerson
James Menzies
W. J. Craig
R. G. Erwin
W. Wrenn
Ernest Williams
Williams
Coast Line
Wilmington
N. C
Mr. Craig
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
Augusta
Mc. Menzies
Savannah
Saratoga Limited Club Visits Saratoga for Fourth Annual Trip
The Saratoga Limited Club of New York, organized in 1899 by George H. Daniels, completed its fourth annual visit to Saratoga. The train from Grand Central departed at 1 50 P M and arrived on time at 5 40 P M with fast times between Fishkill Poughkeepsie Rhinecliff. Daniels was re elected president and Charles W Price was named treasurer at the meeting.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Saratoga Limited Club of
New York
George H. Daniels
New York Central Road
Saratoga Limited
Grand Central Station
Fishkill
Poughkeepsie
Rhinecliff
Charles W. Price
Knapp
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Chorus Girls’ Union
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Wireless Telegraph
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Pompadours
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W. 14Th St
Macy’s
N.Y
Mrs. Winslow
Street Railway Reports
Third Avenue Road
Louisiana Electric Road
Rice
Sugar Belt
Saratoga Limited Club
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