Bank President in New Jersey Deaths by Own Action
Morgan Delancey Magee, president of the First National Bank of Manasquan New Jersey, shot himself to end mounting financial worries. The bank closed its doors, to be examined by State Bank Inspector Scofield, with hopes of reopening. Magee, 49, a Terhune family affiliate and cousin to Henry M Terhune, left a widow and two daughters. His son Roger found his body on a Manasquan Inlet jetty after the tragedy.
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New York Times
Manasquan
N. J
Morgan Delancey Magee
First National Bank
George M. Davidson
Times
Magee
Scofield
Davidson
First National Bank of
Terhune
Monmouth County
Henry MS. Terhune
John
James
Mr. Magee
Terhunes
New Jersey Bridge Company
Ich
Edward F. van Leer
John W. Borden
George RM. Davidson
John H. Davidson
Masee
Manasquin Inlet
Roger Magee
al. Magee
al Magee
William
Bradley Dro
McDonald
Matawan
New Jersey
Anxious Updates on Grover Cleveland's Health at Lakewood
Reports from Lakewood New Jersey indicate Grover Cleveland remains ill at the Lakewood Hotel since March 16 with hotel officials silent on his condition. Dr. Joseph Bryant says he is “all right” and favorable Lakewood reports continue, but family privacy and rumors persist with no official disclosure on diagnosis or cancer.
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New York Times
Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Bryant
Cleveland
Apie Life Assurance Serie 5
Mr. Cleveland
Airewood
Public Service Commission orders seat quotas for NYC surface lines
The Public Service Commission moved to enforce seating for all passengers on NYC surface lines during all hours except peak rush periods. Hearings will determine whether the New York City Railway Company must supply enough cars to keep seats at least 10 percent above passengers and ensure minimum car frequencies across routes such as Christopher and East Twenty third Street Ferry, Eighth Street crosstown to East Tenth Street Ferry, Eighth Street crosstown to Brooklyn, and Fourteenth Street and Williamsburg Bridge lines.
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New York City Railway Company
Christopher and
East Twentythird Street
Eighth Street Crosstown Lne
East Tenth Street
Eighth Street
Brooklyn
Fourteenth Street
Williamsburg Bridge
Professor McNulty Falls to Death in Macy’s Elevator
John J McNulty 45 a City College philosophy professor was killed when he fell from the fifth floor into the Macy department store elevator shaft at Thirty fourth Street and Broadway. Dr A W Allison a physician and store staff said gates were open and the elevator failed. Elevator operator Charles Denham was jailed in $4000 bail as coroner Harburger investigates.
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John J. McNulty
Morton Street
City College
Macy Department Store
Thirty-fourth Street
Broadway
Macy's
Prof. McNulty
McNulty
Harbeck
New York Hospital
Thirtieth Street
Charles Denham
Harburger
Denham
Rad
Thomas Brennan
Charles A. Downer
McCabe
James Keenan
Hudson Street
Pennsylvania Cuts Dividend By One Percent
The Pennsylvania Railroad directors declared a semiannual dividend of 3 percent, lowering the annual rate from 7 to 6 percent. The cut, anticipated by Wall Street, reduces annual disbursements by about 3,900, covering fixed charges on $40.6 million of bonds and leaving a balance of 1.4 million. The railroad shows a 1.55 million annual earning decline for the year’s first quarter. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. announced Pennsylvania bond allotments, oversubscribed by at least twenty-one times.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Wall Street
Pennsylvania
Penn‘sylvyants
Roasi
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Phosphate Remedy Claims Relief for Digestion Ailments
Uneven OCR text notes a remedy involving phosphate for indigestion, headaches, low mood, and slow digestion. The fragment mentions a product or approach labeled E i Ren For Slow Digestion and an acid component, but the context and specifics are unclear.
Foreign racing cars reach Tokyo for Vladivostok leg toward Paris
French and Italian automobilists competing in the New York to Paris race arrived in Tokyo after docking at Yokohama. They will await the Thomas car at Vladivostok before crossing Siberia, aiming to reach Paris in two and a half to three months. Drivers include Bourcier, Haaga, and Sheuster.
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Vladivostok
Paris
Tokio
New York
Yokohama
Siberia
Tsuruga
Sea of Japan
Thomas
Pacific
Europe
DesMon
G. Bourcier
St. Chaffray
Zust
Heinrich Haaga
George Sheuster
Nansen Resigns as Norwegian Minister to Great Britain
The Norwegian Cabinet accepted Fridtjof Nansen’s resignation as minister to Great Britain. He will remain until King Edward’s Copenhagen visit. J. Irgens, now Secretary of the Legation in London, is named his successor amid reports tying the choice to a London postings controversy involving M. Von Ditten and the Berlin embassy.
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Christiania
Fridtjof Nansen
Great Britain
Nansen
Edward
Copenhagen
J. Irgens
Legation
London
M. Irgens
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Charlemagne Tower
M. von Ditten
Esppe William
Berlin
Norway
Dowie Celebrates First Courtroom Kiss
Gladstone Dowie son of the Zion City founder was kissed in court by Sybil Peterson, the plaintiff Dowie defended who won a $60 judgment from her employer. She embraced him after the verdict, stunning the attorney who had boasted no woman would kiss him. He excused himself and left the room.
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New York Times
Muskegon, Mich
Gladstone Dowie
J. Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Sybil Peterson
Dowie
Snow Blanket Hits Upstate New York Fruit Belt
Interlaken and Watertown report heavy May snow. Interlaken records three inches with temperatures at 30 degrees, threatening blossoming fruit crops. In Watertown a statewide snow storm persists though melting begins in places.
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Interlaken
N. Y
Watertown
New York
Forgers Leader Caught in Counterfeit Ring
Scotland Yard suspects Harry Hill, arrested in Gravesend with a full counterfeiting setup and a watermark plate, led a band forging coupons. Police traced spurious Mannheim Bank coupons to Hill, with forged coupons totaling 375000 dollars. He appeared at Bow Street Police Court and was remanded.
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New York Times
London
Harry Hill
Scotland Yard
Mannheim
Hill
Gravesend
Bow Street
Roosevelt to Stay Abroad Two Years Hunt Africa New York
President Roosevelt plans to leave the United States after his successor is inaugurated and spend two years abroad. He aims to hunt big game, likely beginning in Africa, to rest and avoid entangling influence with the Taft administration. He seeks to spare Taft from political complications while maintaining ex president traditions.
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New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Africa
Taft
Chicago
Mr. Taft
Cleveland
Harrison
Kinley
Gen. Grant
May Day bouts injure several at Pennsylvania event
At Franklin Field on May Day University of Pennsylvania students staged wrestling and boxing bouts. In one lightweight fight Roy Gideon sustained a jaw injury and was taken to hospital after James Barret’s blows. Referee Eddie Greene halted the bout as Gideon showed signs of serious injury.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Franklin Field
University of Pennsylvania
Eddie" Greene
James Barret
Roy Gideon
Gideon
Barret
Greene
May Strike Threatens Cleveland Streetcars
The Cleveland street railway war nears its end as nearly all motormen and conductors on the Municipal Traction Company vote on a strike. A walkout appears likely to start Sunday morning, with Mayor Johnson hoping for arbitration to avoid disruption after wage and uniform changes.
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Spezial
New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
New Municipal Traction Company
Johnson
Governor Hughes Addresses Ithaca Rally On Race Track Bill
Gov. Hughes spoke to about 3,900 Cornell students on the Race Track Gambling bill, urging support. The reception at the Ithaca Hotel was canceled due to neuralgia, and he then spoke at President Schurman’s home where Mrs. Hughes had been staying. The gathering adopted resolutions backing Hughes and condemning Sen. Cassidy.
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Cassidy
Schurman
Gov. Hughes
Boy Hero Rescues Girl From Passaic River
Garret Panderstra, 11, leapt from the Sixth Avenue Bridge in Paterson New Jersey to save Susie Blake, 6, from drowning after a rope slip caused her to fall while she watched a game of jumping rope. He pulled her to the bank amid difficulty. she regained consciousness. Both attend Public School 10.
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New York Times
Paterson
N. J
Garret Panderstra
Sixth Avenue
Susie Blake
Passaic
Blake
Panderstra
Income From Coney Fares at Hearing
The Public Service Commission's senior statistician testified at a hearing on the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company fare dispute. He stated nine year average dividends were 11.94 percent, six year net income reached 1,871,494 dollars, with second fares totaling 577,964 dollars. If only a single fare existed, net income would be 793 dollars.
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Public Service Commission
Coney Island and
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Mecklenburg Lithia Water Relief Claims
Ad claims Mecklenburg Lithia Water relieves dyspepsia and indigestion and can be bought everywhere. The brief note promotes the product with minimal detail and marketing phrasing.
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Mecklenburg Lithia
Burr ready to testify in Gow case in Brooklyn
Nelson P. Burr, not out of Brooklyn, with counsel William Rand Jr., said he remains within court jurisdiction and is prepared to answer any summons as a witness in the Gow indictment regarding the Borough Bank troubles. Burr stated he is now in town and ready to appear if needed.
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Nelson P. Burr
Brooklyn
William Rand, Jr
William Gow
Borough Bank of Brooklyn
Expedition Finds Source of Orinoco Tributary
Dr. Hamilton Rice of Boston returns from an eighteen month expedition in North Brazil reporting discovery of the sources of the Rio Jerro near the hills south of Puesto Alturo where the Rio Altare flows into the Guaviare.
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Orinocos
Hamilton Rice
Boston
Brazil
Rice
Rio Jerro
Puecto Alturo
Rio Altare
Guaviare
Publisher Junazz Bakk's Death Tied to Financial Losses
In St Petersburg on May 1 Junazz Bakk publisher of the Rech died by his own action in his bathroom. He reportedly faced financial losses totaling millions. Bakk, a self-made man and philanthropist, supported the Jewish cause and the Constitutional Democratic Party plans to continue the Rech.
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M. Bakk
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Constitutional Democratic Party
Wells Fargo reports train robbery in Mexico
Wells Fargo Express Company reports a through train heist on the City of Mexico line with a Mexican currency loss of 63000. The stolen funds were to be deposited in a Chihuahua bank.
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Laredo
Texas
Wells- Fargo Express Company
Torreon
Mexico
City of Mexico
Chihuahua
Secret Service transfer ban tightens on loaned agents
Washington May 1 The House passed Mr Tauner’s amendment to the Sundry Civil bill barring Secret Service transfers of agents from the Treasury to other government branches. The action marks a defeat for the President on this point.
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New York
Washington
House
Tawner
Secret Service
Reeally Department
Taft Sails for Panama on Prairie
Secretary of War William H. Taft sailed for Panama aboard the naval transport Prairie with R. R. Rogers of the Isthmian Canal Commission and W. W. Muehler of the War Office staff. The party, delayed by a freight wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line, was greeted in Charleston by Mayor R. G. Rhett and later hosted at his home before the Prairie departed at 12:50 PM.
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D. C
William
H. Taft
Panama
Prairie Tocay
R. R. Rogers
Isthmian Canal Commission
W. W. Muehler
War Office
Atlantic Coast
Union Station
R. G. Rhett
Rhett
Explorer Prof Seville to Lead Ecuador Expedition
George G. Heye of 657 Madison Avenue plans to expand his private collection of Central and South American artifacts by sending Prof. Marshall H. Seville of Columbia University on an exploratory mission to Ecuador. Seville, professor of Mexican Archaeology, has left Columbia for the remainder of the term and will sail this afternoon aboard the Royal Mail Line. He will be in South America during May June and July for the project.
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George G. Heye
Madison Avenue
Central and
South America
Marshall H. Seville
Columbia University
Eauador
Seville
Columbia
Royal Mail
Heye
McDonald to Meet Foraker in Washington Visit
Capt William J McDonald head of the Texas Rangers has accepted Roosevelt invitation to visit Washington and meet Senator Foraker He led the effort against the Brownsville shooting suspects and seeks to convince the senator that the negro soldiers did the shooting McDonald is now state regent officer
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New York Times
Galveston
Texas
William J. McDonald
Texas Rangers
Roosevelt
Washington
Senator Foraker
McDonald
Brownsville
Foraker
McNonald
C! Brownsville
Father commends son for signing high profile resolution
In Syracuse on May 1, Joseph Jogg, signer of a protest resolution against Dean William S. Lyman, received a telegram from his father praising his act. The note says he would rather see the son’s name on the resolution than the Chancellor’s signature on his diploma. The Chancellor demanded withdrawal of the part of the resolution that reflected on the Faculty.
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New York
Syracuse
Joseph Jogg
William S. Lyman
Smith College of Allied Science
Syracuse University
Sigma Cri
N. Y
Rebecca Amid Ruins Arrives Safe in England
Mrs. Riggs Kate Douglas Wiggin arrived in England after a perilous voyage. An upper berth in her cabin collapsed at dawn pinning her beneath wreckage. She freed herself after ringing the bell and receiving aid from two men. She suffered bruises and shock but no serious injuries.
Brooklyn Celebrates Subway Extension to Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn marked the extension of its Subway life to the Atlantic Avenue terminal linking with the Long Island Railroad. A daylight ceremony and a night celebration featured Mayor McGlowan, Borough President Bird S. Celer, and August Belmont on a 1902 era parade route with crowds, floats, and an ode to Belmont titled Gnome Brownie Wizard.
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Long Island
Atlantic
Flatbush Avenues
J. A
Brownis
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Atlantic Avenue
Long Island Railroad
Bowling Green
Manhattan
East River
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Ait Nevins Street
City Hall
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