Higgins Talks With Platt on Bills and Appointments
Gov. Higgins held a half hour conference with Sen. Platt at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to discuss pending legislation and the two proposed new railroad commissioners. Higgins hinted he may not sign the railroad bill and noted many applicants for state commissions while signaling a summer or fall special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr Platt
Senator Platt
McGuire
MecGinnis
Platt
DISC
SSED
Railroad Commission
State Lighting Commission
Higgins
Albemarle
Board of Aldermen
Albany
Cassatt
State Commission of Gas and Electricity
State Water Commission
Water Commission
Lighting Commission
Legiseh
George W. Aldridge
Monroe County
Charles E. Hughes
Stevens Committee
Wiliam Halpin
Theodore P.gilman
Governor Signs Bills Strengthening Use of Society Names
Albany May 20 The Governor signed bills from Assemblyman Grattan to curb unauthorized use of names and badges of patriotic fraternal and secret societies and to protect the order of Elks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Here
Grattan
Order of Elks
May Day Hudson excursion promises eight hours afloat
A May day's excursion on the Hudson River Day Line offers eight hours in fairyland as advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River
Fairyland
Turf Club Tightens Guest Rules Amid Bets and Objections
Turf and Field Club members protest certain women guests at Belmont Park boxes prompting a policy change. Future guest admission cards will be tracked by number to assign responsibility for who enters club facilities.
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Turf and Field Club
Belmont Park
Vigilance bands fights gas in Philadelphia
Secret meeting leads to formation of ward vigilance committees to influence City Council votes on a gas lease. Oscour Noll is suspended as investigations unfold. Several city officers resign from Division and Ward Committees amid the standoff with Mayor Weaver and allied leaders in Atlantic City.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Oscour Noll
Republican City Committee
Thirtyseventh
Weaver
Durham
McNichol
Seger
Atlantic City
Rudolph Blankenburg
Francis B. Reeves
Girard National Bank
Beef Trust Wins Victory In Montana Case
Helena Montana May 20 Judge Henry C Smith sustains the demurrer in the Beef Trust cases finding the Montana statute violates the U S Constitution The State of Montana against Armour Packing Swift Cudahy and Hammond packing companies started by Attorney General Donovan The court discharged agents and the case ends for now The State will appeal to a higher court
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New York Times
Helena
Mont
Montana
United States
Henry C. Smith
Department of the District Court of
Lewis and Clark County
Beef Trust
State of Montana
Armour Packing Company, Swift & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Hammond Packing Company
Chicago
Pueblo
James Donovan
Albert J. Galen
Gunn
Smith
Bookmakers face free betting ring at Belmont Park
A free betting ring was opened for bookmakers at Belmont Park as the dispute between layers and track management continued. The Metropolitan Turf Association members filled the front line with new arrivals, while back-line bookmakers joined the big ring. Rumors circulated that track owners might raise admission to recoup revenue, and a meeting was planned for the Metropolitan association to discuss the situation.
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Belmont Park Racecourse
John Cavanagh
Metropolitan Turf Association
Metropolitan Association
Cavanagh
West Twenty-sixth Street
Belmont Park
Gravesend
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Philip J. Dwyer
Dwyer
New York
Queens County
Site of pirate Captain Kidd’s home sold in Manhattan
The southwest corner of Pearl and Hanover Streets once housed Captain Kidd’s home, built around 1650 by Govert Loeckermans. The plot, about 40 by 68 feet, now contains two four story buildings and was bought by Charles E. Rushmore via L. J. Phillips & Co, with parcels from the Post estate and August Klipstein. Kidd lived there in the late 17th century.
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Pearl and
Hanover Streets
Capt. Kidd
Charles E. Rushmore
L. J. Phillips & Co
Post Estate
August Klipstein
Kidd
Govert Loeckermans
Jacob Leisler
William Cox
Steamer La Bretagne Near Nantucket Lightship
The La Bretagne from Havre May 18 communicated by wireless last night with Siasconset station at midnight. The vessel was forty five miles south of the Nantucket Lightship and is expected to dock about 3 this afternoon.
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Havre
Siasconsett
Mass
Nantucket
Pains Fireworks for the Fourth at Park Place NY
Adv promotes Stickless Rockets and novelties at 12 Park Place in New York City for the Fourth of July celebrations.
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Parklace
New York City
Adv
Colorado Mine Worker Claims Rich Pitchblende Deposit
L C G Nesmith, a Colorado mine worker and owner, reports the richest known pitchblende vein yet found. The ore is valued at 2 dollars per pound, with a large body located after tracing a vein beyond thin crevice findings. Nesmith has shipped a piece to Germany and plans a larger shipment soon.
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New York Times
Denver
Col
Colorado
L. CG. Nesmith
Germany
Car Hits Gates's Victoria on Fifty second Street
John W Gates escaped injury as his Victoria carriage was struck by a Seventh Avenue t car at Thirty second Street yesterday at about 2 PM. Motorman John Slattery of 52 Amsterdam Avenue lost control and the carriage crashed into an elevated railroad pillar. The carriage was wrecked and taken out of service. The driver Thomas Duff of 105 West Fifty second Street was bruised but refused hospital. Gates not aboard the victoria. Duff was en route to Waldorf Astoria where Gates resides.
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John W. Gates
Victoria
John Slattery
Amsterdam Avenue
Gates
Thomas Duff
Mr. Gates
Duff
Waldorf-Astoria
Tiffany & Co. Diamonds Missing From Union Square Store
Report claims three Excelsior gems valued around 90000 dollars disappeared from Tiffany & Co in Union Square on May 4 1895. The stones were part of the Excelsior cut into ten pieces with a combined value near five hundred thousand, and five pieces were previously sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffany & Co
Union Square
Jagersfontein
Co. T. Cook
Tiffany Company
George F. Kunz
Tiffany's
Excelsior
Odell Shipbuilding Suits Discontinued in Newburg Court
In Newburg New York Judge Dickey halted shipbuilding suits led by ex governor Benjamin B Odell Jr against James Boothroyd John Young and Mercantile Trust Co The Odell case sought 170000 claiming fraud in the listing of United States Shipbuilding Company bonds Odell said he acted to recover losses from a deal he described as open and businesslike with thieves to be exposed in trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburg
N. Y
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
Dickey
James T. Boothroyd
John W. Young
The
Mercantile Trust Company
Mr. Odell
United States Shipbuilding Company
Supreme Court
Odell
Europe
Gov. Odell
New York
Fire destroys Raleigh Standard Oil depot and kills guard
In Raleigh on May 20 the Standard Oil depot was burned after watchman Strickland was murdered and the safe robbed. Five 30,000 gallon tanks fed the blaze. a $15 office cash remained. Coroner’s jury finds Strickland murdered and premises fired to cover the robbery. loss totaled $60,000 with no insurance.
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New York Times
Raleigh
N. C
Standard Oil Company
Strickland
Pittsburg Theatre Panic At Grand Opera House
A May 20 show at the Grand Opera House in Pittsburg halted as smoke from a box under the stage caused a 2500 person audience to panic. Fire crews contained the blaze quickly and no injuries or material damage occurred. the performance resumed.
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Pittsburg
Grand Opera House
Fifth Avenue
Stolen Cesnola Collection Found in Elevator Boy’s Room
Detectives at East Fifty‑first Street uncover a trove of paintings, bric a brac, books autographs, and sculpture at 777 Eighth Avenue tied to Frank McCarthy, an elevator boy at the Seymour Hotel. McCarthy, arrested on theft charges, confessed access to suites using a passkey.
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Frank McCarthy
Seymour Hotel
East Fifty-first Street
Eighth Avenue
Young McCarthy
Guy E. Baker
the Seymour
Palma di Cesnola
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gen. di Cesnola
McCarthy
Highth Avenue Hay
Park laborer saves two girls at Crotona Park pond
Thomas Christie, a Park Department worker, risked his life to rescue Grace and Ella Grogan from drowning during the John Calvert Association May outing for 3,000 children in Crotona Park. Both girls survived after Christie plunged into the six foot deep pond and aided by ambulance volunteers.
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John Calvert Association
Thirty-fifth Assembly District
Thomas Christie
Park Department
Crotona Park
Grace
Ella Grogan
Indian Pond
Ella
Christie
Bathgate Avenue
Association
New York Central Debuts The Second Empire Express
The Second Empire fast train from Grand Central departs at 2 30 P M reaches Albany 5 20 P M Utica 7 14 P M Syracuse 8 23 P M Rochester 9 56 P M and Buffalo 11 30 P M with no excess fare.
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New York Central
Grand Central Station
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochee
Buffalo
Mrs Flora Dodge Engaged to Lionel Guest of Lord Wimborne
Announcement states Mrs Flora Bigelow Dodge of Sioux Falls South Dakota will wed Lionel Guest fourth son of Lord Wimborne and brother of Iver Churchill Guest M P. He was Duke Marlborough's best man at his wedding to Consuelo Vanderbilt.
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Flora Bigelow Dodge
Woktyi Tipi
Sioux Falls, S. D
Lionel
Mr. Guest
Lord Wimborne
Iver Churchill Guest, M. P
Duke of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Knoxville Merchant Shot by Masked Robbers
Dick a Knoxville merchant was shot by three masked men during a daylight robbery at his Northern city store. He attempted to reach his revolver but was struck by multiple shots and collapsed, later requesting a doctor before fainting. Police pursued but yielded no clues.
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New York Times
Knoxville
Tenn
Tial. Dick
Mr. Dick
Police Officer Saves Pedestrian Then Is Struck
Traffic Squad officer Frederick Lubke pulled an elderly woman to safety across Broadway at Seventeenth Street yesterday before being struck by a northbound car. He was taken to New York Hospital with a gash to the head and multiple bruises. The woman stayed with him and apologized, but he replied it is all in the business.
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Broadway
Seventeenth Street
Frederick Lubke
Lubke
New York
Blacksmith Thomas Lally Fatally Injured in Auto Crash
Blacksmith Thomas Lally of 529 East Sixteenth Street was badly hurt in a collision at Twenty third Street and First Avenue. He was struck by a heavy automobile driven by Frederick Funk of 772 Ninth Avenue, thrown twenty feet, and rushed to Bellevue Hospital unconscious with severe injuries. Passengers in the car were Mr and Mrs James Ruscovar and Mr and Mrs Henry Myers.
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Thomas Lally
East Sixteenth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Twentythird Street
First Avenue
Frederick Funk
Ninth Avenue
Lally
Flynn
East Twenty-second Street
James Ruscovar
West Wighty-second Street
Henry Myers
Manhattan Avenue
Tax collector scheme nets property for far less
In San Francisco on May 20 The Chronicle reports a scheme in the Tax Collector's office where about 1.5 million dollars of property was obtained for roughly 100 thousand. Taxpayers were wrongly charged delinquencies or not informed of arrears while a ring of tax scalpers and officials profited, with records reportedly manipulated.
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San Francisco
Chronicle
Cummins vetoes state bathtub purchase at Capitol
Des Moines Governor Cummins refused to fund a Capitol bathtub from state coffers, saying he would buy one with private funds. The Capitol Commission had ordered a 1,440 pound porcelain tub for the governor's apartments, triggering a dispute over future expenses.
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New York Times
Des Moines
Cummins
State Capitol Commission
State House
Capitol
Capitol Commission
SHOEFUL OF SILVER AND GIRLS WALK 200 MILES
Roy Hunter and two Harrison youths found a satchel in an old barn which yielded silver from a shoe after workmen uncovered the bag in Newark. In Pittsfield mass Misses Helen Fox Alice Fox Caroline Floyd Amy Marshall and Gertrude Owen on a 200 mile walking trip from New York halted there May 20 en route to Williamstown keeping to highways and staying with farmers along the way. They are Wellesley and Vassar graduates plans include returning to New York by rail after visiting Bennington.
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Newark
N. J
Roy Hunter
Harrison
Harrison Avenue
Seventh Street
New York Times
Pittsfield
Mass
Helen and
Alice Fox
Caroline Floyd
Amy Marshall
Gertrude Owen
New York
Bennington
Williamstown
Litchfield County
Conn
Berkshire Hills
Wellesley
Vassar Colleges
Mixed Russian Columns Hit Northward in Far East Action
Reports from Gunshu Pass indicate three Russian mixed columns moved toward the railroad on May 18 and were driven back by Japanese forces. A separate clash saw 500 Russian cavalry attack a Japanese field hospital on the Liao River right bank, repelled with heavy losses. The St Petersburg War Office says Oyama prepares a general offensive as Linovitch awaits battle.
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Oyama
Linovitch
Tokio
Kang-Pin
Liao River
ST. Petersburg
War Office
Gunshu Pass
Japan
French Admiral Watches Coast Fleet for Rojestvensky
Saigon May 20 reports Admiral de Jonquières sailed with the cruiser Guichen on a possible new coast inspection to check French neutrality. Hong Kong also notes 1350 junks sighted May 16 off Cape St John likely aiming to join Admiral Rojestvensky’s fleet.
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Saigon
de Jonquiéres
Guichen
Hong Kong
Cape St. John
Kweng- Chou Bay
Hainen
Rojestvensky
Harbin carnival of drunkenness alarms rear army
Dispatches from Harbin describe a spree among rear army hangers-on with champagne at ten dollars a bottle, many dives and gamblers profiting. The Emperor has named a new Provost Marshal General at Gen Linovitch's request, and the Commander in Chief plans a strong drive to restore order and create satisfactory rear conditions.
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ST. Petersburg
Harbin
Linovitch
China denies German seizure report on Hai Chow island
Peking May 20. The Chinese Government officially explains the origin of the report that Germany seized Hai-Chow Island and the bay. It states Germany surveyed the area without notifying China, causing misunderstanding. China says no occupation was contemplated and the issue arose from a failed notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Lyon Chow
Bay of
Hai-Chow
China
Mongolian Prince Sees Cossack Trick Riding in Harbin
Harbin hosts Prince Hostun Dzhakstu Oudai on a goodwill visit to Russia. He enjoys exhibition drills and parades as Cossacks perform trick riding and military displays arranged for his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbin
Hostun Dzhakstu Oudai
Russia
Bryan to Make World Tour
William J. Bryan announces a world tour to study municipal ownership and railroad problems. His daughter is in poor health and will accompany him along with other Bryan family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Ex-Mayor Ziegenhein Named in Exposition Stock Suits
More than 300 suits filed today by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company to collect stock subscriptions totaling 80000 dollars. One suit targets ex Mayor Henry Ziegenhein for 5000 dollars.
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Louisiana Exposition Company
Travel tips to Buffalo Falls by New York Central trains
Advertising note states the best route to Buffalo and Niagara Falls is via New York Central. It claims the line has six tracks and twenty trains daily with two cent mile tickets.
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Buffalo
Niagara Falls
New York Central
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F. B. Dodge
Lionel Guest
Ring
Iowa Capitol
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Ward
Linevitch
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