Bermel Flies to Europe as Gresser Wins City Boss Vote
Former Queens Borough President Joseph Bermel sailed for Italy after skipping a grand jury subpoena and leaving office amid charges. Lawrence Gresser, Bermel’s Public Works commissioner, was elected Bermel’s successor by the Queens Aldermen, while Joseph Cassidy contested the result amid the upheaval.
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Joseph Bermel
Queens
Cunard Line
Italy
Mr. Berme
Queens, Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Long Island City
Mr. Bermel
Slavonia
Bermel
Rome
Gresser Elected Borough President Amid Urban Fray
Nominations closed and Gresser was elected as Borough President after Flanagan’s third vote. Cheers surged as Gresser was sworn in, then Cassidy supporters clashed in the chamber and hall. Aldermen Flanagan and Kamener were pulled away as fights broke out and police escorted them to safety near City Hall Park.
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Flanagan
Gresser
Cassidy
Flanaguit
Cassidyite
Lemme
Kamener
City Hall Park
Frankgen
Subway
Albany approves measures to protect trust funds and banking reform
Governor Hughes signed bills to safeguard court and trust funds under Chamberlain and County Treasurers supervision. The Legislature increased municipal account examiners to 15 and allowed funded debts in second class cities to be redeemed over twenty years with interest paid from city taxes. Banking reform requires trust company branches to secure superintendent consent and imposes 100000 extra capital plus main institution capital, with fines for violations.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Martin H. Glynn
Merritt
Assemblyman
Hammond
Glynn
Clark Williams
State Banking Department
Tirust
Lawyer Whitney admits authorship of anonymous letters in submarine probe
Frederick Brown Whitney, vice president of the Lake Submarine Company, admitted writing anonymous letters to The Detroit Free Press and Senator Edinborough as part of the Electric Boat submarine investigation. He says the letters aimed to raise concern over Electric Boat methods to secure exclusive legislation. Whitney asserts he had no direct evidence to support Lilley’s charges and acted on a belief the probe would proceed. Captain Wallace of Lake Torpedo Boat confirms Whitney wrote no letters with Lake Company authorization.
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Washington
Frederick Brown Whitney
The
Lake Submarine Company
Detroit Free Press
Frank Edinborough
Michigan
Electric Boat Company
House of Representatives
George L.lilley
Connecticut
Whitney
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Congress
United States
Holland Boat Company
Bee
Naval Committee
Lilley
Admiral Bowles
Boutell
House
Bridgeport
Canpt. Co
D. Waillace
CMT
Lake Company
Barge Canal Bills Signed In Albany
Gov Hughes signed two Foelker bills in Albany reducing the State Board of Special Examiners and Appraisers from three members and its secretary with salaries over 25000. A companion bill appropriates lands for the barge canal. The laws follow his annual legislative recommendations.
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Albany
Gov. Hughes
Foelker
Kings
State Board of Special Examiners
Prince De Chimay Seeks Vatican Annulment in Lima
Rome reports Prince De Chimay is pursuing Vatican annulment of his marriage to Miss Clara Ward later Mme. Rigo and now Mme. Ricciardi. The action aims to dissolve the union under church law amid ongoing marital questions.
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Rome
Prince de Chimay
Clara. Ward
Mme
Rigo
Ricciardi
Petition Pleads pardon for Capt Van Schaick
A petition with signatures of 245 800 people asking President and Attorney General Bonaparte to grant a pardon to Capt William Van Schaick master of the General Slocum was presented by a committee of the American Association of Masters Mates and Pilots. The committee met the President and Attorney General with appeals from Rep Law and association president Capt John H Pruett. The President said the matter would receive careful consideration.
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Washington
William van Schaick
Slocum
Bonaparte
American Association of Masters, Mates, and Pilots
Representative Law of
Brooklyn
John H. Pruett
Capt Jourden Visits Brooklyn Navy Yard Yielding Surprise
Capt Jourden of the French cruiser D Es trees anchored in the North River visited the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He marveled at the yard’s scale and showed particular interest in the collier Vestal now under construction with Charles Whitman. A 16 year old boy pleaded guilty in Coney Island Police Court to stealing a bag of rolls at 29 Bay Twentyeth Street. He claimed hunger and unemployment and was held for Special Sessions.
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Jourden
D‘estrees
North River
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Vestal
Charles Whitman
Voorhees
Coney Island
Bay Twentieth Street
Military Movements From The United Service April 30
First Lieut. F G Kellogg Nineteenth Infantry relieved from duty at Fort Reno Oklahoma will proceed to join his company Captain H W Stamford Signal Corps relieved from treatment at the general hospital the Presidio of San Francisco will join his proper station Major Gen Charles B Hall U S A will proceed to his home from active service under the act of Congress approved June 30 1882 Lieutenant Colonel O B Mitcham Ordnance Department will make three visits to Elizabethport New Jersey to inspect ordnance material under construction and then return to duty By direction of the President retirement announced
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Washington
F. G. Kellogg
Nineteenth Infantry
Fort Reno
Oklahoma
H. W. Stamford
Signal Corps
General Hospital
Presidio
San Francisco
Charles B. Hall
U.S. A
Congress
Hall
O. B. Mitcham
Ordnance Department
Elizabethport
N. J
Eleven Shots to Kill a Horse in New York Street Tragedy
A 30 year old horse named Dick was shot eleven times to end its suffering near Broadway and Fiftieth Street. William Henry, an express stand owner, watched as Dick collapsed and was finally killed by a veterinary officer and Policeman Kerrigan amid crowd protests.
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New York
Broadway
Fiftieth Street
William Henry
Fifty-third Street
Kerrigan
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Navy Officers Transferred and Commission Dates Noted
A list details transfers and new assignments for Navy officers. Capt Sharp, commissioned 1908 April 23, moves from the Fore River works to hospital duty in Boston. Several commanders and lieutenants shift duties between lighthouse districts San Francisco Detroit St Louis and ships including the Montana and Mil waukee. Paymaster Stackhouse returns home from Minnesota.
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4. Sharp
Navy
J. Ll. Gow
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
United States Naval Hospital
Boston
R. F. Lopez
San Francisco
Cal
Pennsylvania
A. Gove
Milwaeukee
Ships and destinations listed in port movements
Arrives Aharenga at San Juan and Chattanooga. Rocket at Norfolk. Prairie at Charleston. Fortune at San Diego. Panther at San Francisco.
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Aharenga
San Juan
Chattanooga
Saigon
Rocket
Norfolk
Prairia
Charleston
Fortune
San Diego
Panther
San Francisco
Perjury Conviction Nets 15 Year Term for Cardea
Bruno Cardea, Italian, already jailed for stabbing Favata, is convicted in General Sessions of perjury in the Giannone trial. Judge Rosalsky sentences him to 15 years more, to begin after current term. Favata, photographer of 71 Sberry Street, was stabbed Dec 11, 1907 at Giannone’s Oliver Street home.
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Luigi Favata
Sing Sing
Pietro Giannone
Cardea
Rosalsky
Favata
Sberry Street
Giannone
Oliver Street
Joseph Russo
Committees Decline to Act on Vreeland Currency Die
Washington April 30 House Banking and Currency committees did not meet to consider the new Vreeland Currency Die. The die for adjournment stood 4 to 1 with negative votes by Burton Weeks and Mckinney. The vote signals the measure's likely tabling if it reaches a full committee vote.
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Washington
House Committees On Banking and Currency
Vreeland
Me Ssrs
Burton
Weeks
Mckinney
Garfield defies Jeff Davis over citizenship bribery charge
Secretary Garfield refused to produce a statement by Mr. Rosenwinkel to Senators in the Indian Affairs inquiry. Senator Jeff Davis demanded its disclosure, but Garfield said the accusation was unsubstantiated. Davis warned of proceeding to the Senate floor.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs Today
Garfield
Rosenwinkle
Citizenship Court of
Indian Territory
United States
Jeff Davis
Davis
Senate
German Empire Looks to Borrow 250 Million in Five Years
Berlin April 3 The Imperial Government may need to borrow 250 million dollars over the next five years. Treasury Secretary Sydow expressed shock at the prospect and urged abandoning the current borrowing policy. The Reichstag Appropriations Committee adopted Paasche's plan for an amortization scheme.
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Berlin
Appropriations Committee
Reichstag
Herr Sydow
Treasury
Herr Paasche
Body found in Monte Rosa glacier identified as guide Nagh
A party of guides found and recovered a well preserved body from an ice crevasse on Monte Rosa. The deceased is identified as guide Nagh who fell into a crevasse in the summer of 1887 while leading a party over the glacier.
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Berne
Monte Rosa
Nagh
Lemoine Formula Released by Bow Street Court
In London on April 20 the envelope said to contain Henry Lemoine's diamond making formula was handed from a city bank to the Bow Street Magistrate under a King's Bench order. The envelope will be sent to Paris unopened where Lemoine is bailed on fraud charges against Sir Julius Wernher of De Beers.
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London
King’s Bench Division
Henry Lemoine
Bow Street
Paris
Lemoine
Julius Wernher
de Beers Diamond Company
Riot at Fort de France Ends With Mayor's Death
A fatal clash erupted at Fort de France City Hall between rival political factions during the municipal campaign. Led by Vice Mayor M Labat, one group fought Mayor M Severe and others. the Mayor was killed and several more died or were wounded.
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Fort DE France
Martin-ique
M. Labat
Severa
Miss Reid Goes to Paris for Trousseau
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and Miss Jean Reid depart for Paris to buy a trousseau for Miss Reid after her engagement to the Hon. John Hubert Ward was announced yesterday.
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Miss Reid
Paris
London
Ambassadors and leaders travel notes from various capitals
John W. Riddie arrives in St. Petersburg from the Riviera as American envoy to Russia. Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan reach Rome from Naples before proceeding to the French Riviera. In Berlin the Reichstag debates a $125,000 annual subsidy for North German Lloyd Line routes to Australia and Asia. Gov Post leaves San Juan for New York to join governors meeting and discuss appointing a native to Puerto Rico’s Executive Council and Catholic Church property cases.
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Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
Naples
French Riviera
Berlin
Reichstag
North German
Lloyd Line
Australia
Japan
Singapore
New Guinea
Sudes
Appropriations Committee
San Juan
Porto Rico
Post
New York
States
New Canal Plan for New Jersey Receives Incorporation
Articles filed to form the Hudson and Passaic Canal Company to build a 250 foot wide tidewater canal eight miles long from Passaic River to the Hudson at Edgewater. The project follows amended Canal act provisions after years of debate and approvals by Gov. Fort. Incorporators include Lemuel W. Serrell John J Read Arthur Conover Charles Reid and others from Passaic Plainfield Trenton Staten Island and South Orange.
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Secretary of State of
New Jersey
Hudson and Passaic Canal Company
Passaic
Hudson River
Edgewater
Gilbert TD. Bogart
N. J
Gen. Bird W. Spencer
People's Bank and Trust Company
Beebe and Wife Return From Venezuela Birds Expedition
William Beebee curator of ornithology at the Bronx Zoo and his wife returned from a coast of Venezuela voyage studying birds and mammals unknown in the country. They collected about fifty birds and animals, including ducks and a scarlet ibis, to add to the park collection while noting courteous treatment by indigenous peoples and widespread talk of war during the voyage.
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Zoological * Park
Bronx
Duaikches
Venezuela
Orinoco Delta
Beebee
Dowel Park
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Electric Boat CO
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