Funeral plans for Archbishop Corrigan announced
The funeral for Archbishop Corrigan will be held at St Patrick's Cathedral at 10 AM Friday with Archbishop Ryan giving the eulogy and Bishop McQuaid celebrating. The body lies in state in the cathedral, pallbearers carry the bier, and a vigil by guard of honor will continue from morning until the service.
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United States
Corrigan
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Ryan
Philadelphia
McQuaid
Rochester
John Edwards
Charles H. Colton
James H. McGean
James J. Flood
Charles McCready
Michael J. Phelan
Archiepiscopal Palace
Palace
Madison Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Sixty-ninth Regiment
Knights of Columbus
Holy Name Society
Catholic Benevolent Legion
W. Bourke Cochran
John D. Crimmins
Cardinal McCloskey
Hughes
Dunswoodie Seminary
Mgr. Mooney
Cardinal Martinelli
Lantry
Thompson
Cardinal Rampolla
Cardinal Ledochowski
the Propaganda
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Rome
Arc Ao Chapelle
New Orleans
Elder
Cincinnati
Williams
Oston
Christie
Oregon
Washington, D. C
Feehan
Chicago
Muldoon
Ores
Quaid
Grand Central Station
Index to Departments and Featured Pages
A digest listing department blocks and page references including markets, amusements, hotels arrivals, business troubles, court calendars, insurance notes, losses by fire, real estate, society and weather reports with page numbers and brief notes on offerings such as Carlsbad Sprudel Salt advertised as genuine imported product.
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SREES
Society
United Service
Weather Report
American Sailors Arrested at Trieste
Rome dispatches report disorderly behavior by United States cruiser Chicago sailors in a Trieste café. Four sailors were arrested and one man wounded. Captain Dayton of the Chicago settled damages claims.
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London
Rome
Daily Chronicle
United States
Chicago
Trieste
Daily Express
Dayton
Italy urged to apologize for Venice incident
Private Rome letters cast the Venice arrest of American naval officers in a harsher light, arguing the United States should demand an apology and that the American colony overreacted to Italian reports. They credit Consul Henry A. Johnson with energetic action and suggest he would have freed the officers if backed, while criticizing his tact for delaying compensation discussions.
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London
Rome
Venice
Italy
United States
Associated Press
George von L. Meyer
Henry A. Johnson
Chicago
Army Appropriation Bill Advances to About 100 Million
Senate Military Affairs Committee completed the Army Appropriation bill raising total to about 100 million. Amendments include leaves for volunteers now in regular service, officer promotion training, pay increases for officers and enlistees abroad, barracks expansion to 4 million, new garrison buildings, post exchange facilities, engineer school in Washington Barracks, and medical expense reimbursement.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Inspector General’s Department
United States
Washington Barracks
District of Columbia
Fewer Divinity Students Predicted At Chicago Seminary
Dr Joseph Henry George president of the Chicago Seminary a Congregational theological school said there would probably be fewer men in divinity schools in the next few years than currently. He noted this year’s attendance exceeds last year but not enough to signal a turnaround and suggested the ebb in students entering the ministry may not be over.
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New York Times
Chicago
Joseph Henry George
Chicago Seminary
Congregational Theological School
George
Kirk Divorce Suit Reveals Desertion Claim in Chicago
Mrs Ethel L Kirk answers her husband Milton W Kirk's divorce bill alleging harsh treatment and desertion. The Kirks once lived with their children at the Virginia Hotel until weeks after the bill was filed. She also files a cross bill for a decree and asks for an alimony allowance.
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Chicago
Ethel L. Kirk
Milton W. Kirk
James S. Kirk
Virginia Hotel
Glass workers strike advance hinges on joint start time
The American Window Glass Company and the Window Glass Workers Association agreed to a 10 percent wage advance but tie it to all workers stopping fires and starting the next together. A conference is planned tomorrow to decide whether the high rates will hold, with risk of a bitter clash if some skilled men break the timing.
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Pittsburg
Penn
American Window Glass Company
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Round Trip to California with Flexible Return Route
Advertisement offers a 867.00 round trip to California with generous stop over privileges and return via a different route. Tickets on sale May 26th to June 7th with a sixty day limit. Addresses listed include No 1 Battery Place 271 349 and 1185 Broadway.
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California
Battery Place
Broadway
Coal Miners Strike Seems Inevitable At Scranton Convention
The United Mine Workers president and officials depart for Scranton to attend an anthracite strike convention amid reports of possible concessions. Leaders say no promises were made and no clear path to avert a walkout exists, with arbitration and concessions debated as the Civic Federation’s role winds down.
Sandy Hook Route Opens for Season
Steamer Monmouth departs Pier 8 Rector Street at 10 A M and 4 30 P M for Atlantic Heights Seabright Monmouth Beach and Long Branch in season's first voyage advisories
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Sandy Hook
Monmouth
Rector Street
Atlantic Hids
Seabright
Monmouth Beach
Long Branch
Train Fare to St Paul for National Baptist Anniversaries
Fare: 38 dollars round trip to St Paul and back via Pennsylvania Railroad from May 17 to 19 for National Baptist Anniversaries. Apply to ticket agents.
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St. Paul
Pennsylvania Railroad
National Baptist
Mitchell Shifts Tone On Miner Strike In Scranton
President Mitchell arrives from New York and says he has had no contact with operators or Civic Federation since last Saturday. He warns peace talks are uncertain and that only AP news of a road presidents meeting informs him. District presidents Nichols, Duffy, Fahy and other officials attend as convention opens at Carpenter's Hall with 34 men plus Mitchell as nonvoting presiding member.
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Oscar
Straus
Arbitration Committee
The
Civic Federation
Mr. Straus
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Liberty Street
Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Olyphant
Delaware and
Scranton
Penn
Mitchell
New York
Coal Roads
Associated Press
Nicholls
Duffy
Fahy
Carpenter’s Hall
Severe Earthquakes Hit France and Spain Reported
Severe earthquake shocks were felt across Barcelona Saragossa Irun Tafalla and Murcia with damage at Murcia and Alberique Valencia including a destroyed school and church. Large rock dislodgements were noted at Fuen Santa mountains. Paris reports violent shocks at 3 am lasting fifteen seconds with no damage noted.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Saragossa
Irun
Tafalla
Murcia
Alberique
Valencia
Fuen-Santa
Paris
Bordeaux
Bayonne
Pau
Harvard Students Petition For Yard Room Preference
Harvard students in Cambridge petitioned the corporation seeking yard room preference for upperclassmen. Leaders include President Burgess and President Derby with over four hundred signatories. The latest room allotment shows sub freshmen favored and many disappointed, as the best yard rooms go to nonstudents.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Yard
College Yard
Burgess
Derby
Corporation
Bursar
Dane Hall
Divorce Granted in Pell Case in New York Supreme Court
In Saratoga on May 6, the New York Supreme Court gave a judgment for Mrs. Sadie D. Pell in her divorce from Harrison Archibald Pell of New York City. The decree allows her to remarry, while he cannot during her lifetime. she receives $3000 alimony annually and costs. The couple wed in 1893. Mrs. Pell, formerly Sadie D. Price of Baltimore, was a noted figure in society and connected to prominent New York families.
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Saratoga
Sadie D. Pell
Harrison Archibald Pell
New York City
Supreme Court
J. W. Houghton
Pell
Sadie D. Price
Baltimore
Louise Morris
Frederick Gebhard
Henry Clews, Jr
New York
Record Run Sets Speed Benchmarks for Lake Shore Line
Lake Shore and New York Central officials completed a high speed trial covering 183 miles Buffalo to Cleveland in 180 minutes. A Springfield Pennsylvanian to Kingsville run covered 15 miles in 11 1 2 minutes, and Ashtabula to Cleveland 54 miles in 53 minutes. Using Marshall type locomotives, the day coach and two private cars formed the train aimed at testing an eighteen hour Chicago to New York daily service. Officials deemed the experiment successful.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore
New York Central
Buffalo
Springfield
Penn
Kingsville
Ohio
Ashtabula
Chicago
New York
Burden Residence Robbed of Silver Ornaments
West Thirtieth Street Station police were notified last night of a theft at Mrs. S Townsend Burden 5 East Twenty sixth Street. Detectives Duane and Ogee investigated as the owner is abroad and relatives occupy the home. Readily apparent that the loss is valued at 300 in antiques, with $25 000 jewelry thefts connected years ago by a maid and valet in England.
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West Thirtieth Street
S. Townsend Burden
East Twenty-sixth Street
Duane and
Ogee
Vs. Burden
Europe
Oll
Burden
England
Blindness Threatens Mrs Livermore
Mrs. Mary A Livermore the woman suffragist is confined to her Melrose home by a serious eye illness. For two weeks she has been under a physician's care and must remain in darkness as doctors fear total blindness from a long standing disease.
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Boston
Mass
Mary A. Livermore
Melrose
New York Central and Hudson River Rail praised by Buffalo Express
An advertisement lauds the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad for excellence in track, speed, safety, comfort, scenery, and uniform service across cities, claiming no rival matches its quality on either side of the Atlantic.
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Yor Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Buffalo Express
Adv
Subside Oil Gushers Test Beaumont Texas Field
Beaumont Texas May 6 Oil gushers in the Beaumont field are mostly past and artificial means must force oil from remaining wells Authorities note no public alarm as refineries expand and air compressed gas now drives oil from 250 wells on 300 acres Some contractors report unsold gushers and firms refuse new orders due to diminished pressure from the reduced subterranean gas chamber conditions
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New York Times
Beaumont
Texas
Lucas and Beatty
Saepierre
Texas Oil Lands Sold To Beaumont, Fuel Company
C K McFadden announced the Bird syndicate transfer of all its Texas oil land holdings to Beaumont Petroleum and the Fuel Company. The English firm, capital stock 1,250,000, lists Palmer Oates Williams Monticroft and Rear Admiral Brand as principal stockholders. Acres acquired exceed 50,000.
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Austin
Texas
C. K. McFadden
Bird Syndicate, Limited
London
England
Texas Oil
Bird Syndicate
Beaumont Petroleum
Fuel Company
Charles James Palmer
London Stock Exchange
Ciient
Henry S&s. Oates
Alfred S. Williams
Atlantic Transport
Robert Monticroft
Brand
Fuller Gould syndicate to finance West Virginia lines
Baltimore May 6 New York and Baltimore firms will finance the Fuller Gould syndicate purchasing the West Virginia Central and Western Maryland Railroads with a $20 million investment. Plans include 4 percent bonds and consolidation of Western Maryland with Western Virginia Central to link to Pittsburg. construction costs estimated at $15 million. money to be turned over within thirty days. John M Hood tipped for presidency of the consolidated firm.
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Baltimore
New York
Fuller-Gould Syndicate
West Virginia Central
Western Maryland
Continental Trust Company of
Col. Herrick
Fuller Syndicate
Mercantile Trust Company
Bowling Green Trust Company
North American Trust Company of
American Trust Company
Guardian Trust Company of
Cleveland
Western Virginia Central
John M. Hood
Western
Maryland
United Steel Rails
Consolidated Company
Pittsburg
Wabash
War on the Irish comedian declared by Hibernians
The Ancient Order of Hibernians governing board in Chicago on May 6 declares war on the Irish comedian. John T. Keating reports the move after returning from the East. The crusade targets newspapers and publications caricaturing the Irishman and affects burlesque and vaudeville shows nationwide.
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Chicago
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
John T. Keating
Martin Beck
Vaudeville Managers’ Association of the
United States
American Chinaman Buys a Steamboat
Consul General W. A. Rublee reports from Hongkong that a Chinaman of American birth has purchased a steamer to run between Hongkong and Wuchau, signaling a growing presence of Americans of Chinese birth in maritime trade.
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Washington
W. A. Rublee
Hongkong
Wuchau
Burnett’s Cocaine Hair Remedy Statement
An old catalog claim states Burnett’s Cocaine soothes scalp irritation and prevents hair loss. The sentence notes the remedy’s effects on hair retention and scalp comfort.
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Burnett
Queen Wilhelmina in grave condition reported in The Hague
Telegrams from Castle Loo indicate the Queen's health worsened with grave anxiety after a day of consultations. Doctors guard news, and a special line to The Hague keeps Premier Kuyper informed while the Queen Mother and the Prince Consort stay at her bedside.
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the Hague
Castle Loo
Wilhelmina
Roessingh
Pot
Rosenstein
Hague
Kuyper
Prince Consort
Queen Wilhelmina’s doctors fear peritonitis in Brussels dispatch
The Brussels correspondent of The Daily Telegraph reports that Queen Wilhelmina’s physicians remain concerned about peritonitis and blood poisoning as of May 7.
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London
Brussels
Daily Telegraph
Wilhelmina
Insurance Rates Lowered by Philadelphia Underwriters
The Underwriters Association met in Philadelphia and approved a 15 cent reduction in pink slip charges for risks in the Front Ninth Walnut Race district as the new fire mains pass tests. A similar cut will apply citywide when the system proves efficient, and the pink slip will be removed after the pumping station connects to the pipes.
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Philadelphia
Front Street
Ninth Street
Walnut Street
Race Street
Father and son lost in New Jersey sea drift
Victor and Louis Wedderstron, aged 46 and his son, disappeared after starting a row to Seabright from Pleasure Bay last Saturday night. Their overturned skiff and caps were found near Oceanport and identified by Mrs Wedderstron. The bodies are being searched for as a mystery surrounds the drift in Prefer Bay area.
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Long Branch
N. J
Victor
Louis Wedderstron
Shrewsbury
Pleasure Bay
Oceanport
Seabright
Wedderstrow
Le Roux Denies Dreyfus Confession Claim
Hugues Le Roux denies asserting that Captain Dreyfus confessed guilt during a Chicago lecture. He says he made no reference to Dreyfus and that the widely published interview is a pure invention.
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Hugues le Roux
Chicago
Capt. Dreyfus
M. le Roux
Dreyfus
Fire at H. B. Duryea Cottage in Hempstead
Firefighters from Hempstead and Westbury met a blaze at the H. B. Duryea residence when flames burst from the chimney into the drawing room. Mrs. Duryea and guest Mrs. George P. Eustis were shocked but uninjured, with only room hangings damaged. Mrs. Eustis is a daughter of ex Ambassador James B. Eustis.
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Hempstead
L. IL
Westbury
H. B. Duryea
Duryea
George P. Eustis
Eustis
James B. Eustis
No Better Way to Buffalo by Lackawanna Railroad
Travel deal to Portland and return via Pennsylvania Railroad with dates May 26 to June 7 and June 10 to 20. Apply to ticket agents. Dining car service a la carte. Tickets available at 429 Broadway. Adv.
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Portland
Oregon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Buffalo
Lackawanna Railroad
Death of Admiral William T. Sampson
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson died at his Washington home at 5 PM after a cerebral hemorrhage. In semiconscious state for days, he was surrounded by family and medical staff. Funeral plans hinge on whether burial is in Annapolis or Arlington, with Navy representation to follow.
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Washington
William T. Sampson
Sampson
Cluverius
Admiral Sampson
Ralph
Harold Sampson
Dixon
Santiago
Navy Department
Bluejackets
William T Sampson Career and Civil War Rise
The life of William Thomas Sampson, born February 9, 1840 in Palmyra, Wayne County, traces his ascent from humble origins to naval leadership. From Annapolis to the Civil War, he earned promotion through valor on the Patapsco and later served aboard the Colorado, with key actions near Fort Sumter and blockade duties shaping a future national hero.
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William Thomas Sampson
Santiago de Cuba
Sampson
Schley
William T. Sampson
Palmyra
Wayne
Hannah Walker
William H. Southwick
E. B. Morgan
Congress
Naval Academy
The
Academy
Potomac
John Adams
Patapsco
Fort Sumter
Charleston Harbor
Colorado
Annapolis
Charleston
Duponit
Daniel Ammen
Sumter
Dupont
Rodgers
Weehawken
Pantapsco
Lieut. Sampson
Lieut
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Marcus M. Marks
Mr. Mitchell
J. Pierpont Morgan
Sargent
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