Masten Report Favours Gas Trust in Eighty Cent Case
Arthur H. Masten, appointed master in the eighty cent gas case, drafts a report favoring the gas trust. He values property and franchise costs high, recommends six percent interest, and posits a total capital of 83 357 000 with franchises earning interest. The state and city plan to appeal to the United States Supreme Court, aiming to overturn the report and potential rates.
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Arthur H. Masten
United States Circuit Court
Wall Street
W. A. de Ford
William Randolph Hearst
Gas Trust
William P. Burr
Charles F. Mathewson
Consolidated Gas Company
Masten
Jackson
Knickerbocker Golf Company
Musten
Astoria
Snk
Sas
Goel Ein Coke 66
Ns Cn5
Aeusanes Ss
Marvick, Mitchell & Co
Ellison
Circuit Court
Audh
Knickerpocker Gas Company
Edward Arroll, Jr
Supreme Court
Wou Ton
Shields
Daring Girl Transforms Balloon Venture Into Parachute Tale
Miss Louisa Smith of New Haven rode as parachutist in Hillside Park New Jersey ascent with John Mack. After ascent, at 1300 feet, parachute opened guiding her to a safe land near Kingsland. She fainted but was revived by a doctor and taken to a wagon for care.
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Louisa Smith
New Haven
Hillside Park
N. J
John Mack
Miss Smith
Passaic River
Lackawanna
Kingsland
Caucus Advances Public Utilities Bill to Final Passage
Republican Senators caucus to make the Public Utilities bill a party measure with Governor's amendments. A tie occurred on including electric conduit firms in New York City. Judiciary to report, Finance to review appropriations, and an emergency message may speed passage by Wednesday.
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New York Times
Albany
Saxe
New York
New York City
Judiciary Committee
Finance Committee
Senate
Page
Gov. Hughes
Two Children Killed In Brooklyn Street Car Accidents
In Brooklyn last night two girls died and a third was injured in street car incidents. Mariano Conti three of Sackett Street and Mary Dougherty seven of Prospect Place perished. Motorman James Egan and new driver Alexander Murphy were arrested amid crowd unrest.
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Brooklyn
Mariano Conti
Sackett Street
Mary Dougherty
Prospect Place
Bessie Dougherty
Conti
James Egan
Fifty-fourth Street
Butler Street
Dougherty
Third Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Bessie
Mary
Robert Perry
Sands Street
Alexander Murphy
Fifty-eighth Street
Philip Kronacher
Sixty-fourth Street
Murphy
Kronacher
Convicts Stopped Escape Attempt in Sumter County
In Americus Georgia on May 20 fourteen convicts almost overpowered three guards and seized two guns. One guard fled abandoning his weapon while Brady Reddick a fellow inmate recovered the gun and halted the escape by returning to the camp with the convicts.
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Americus
Sumter County
Brady Reddick
French Marine Derby Crater Affects Main Armor Victor Hugo
A fragment notes the French Military Marine unit and the Derby crater adjacent to the main armor system named Victor Hugo with 27 000 horsepower. Specific details are unclear but indicate structural damage or impact in the armored installation.
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Derby Crater
Victor Hugo
Hummel Starts Prison Life in Cell __23__
Abraham Hummel, once famed Broadway figure, begins a one year term for conspiracy at Blackwell Island Prison. He arrives without valuables, endures the striped garb fit and bath, and pleads to avoid reporters as deputies deliver him to Cell 23.
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Hummel
Abraham Hummel
Blackwell's Island Penitentiary
Dodge-Morse
East Seventy-third Street
Beau Brummell
Broadway
Reverend Clark In Wedding Controversy Faces No Action
A Brooklyn minister who officiated the Corey Gilman wedding faced scrutiny as a young man sought to deliver a note from a Pittsburg law firm connected to Mrs Corey's first husband. The church sexton denied access to marriage records and ministers avoided debate at a meeting, noting Clark's penitence and return of his fee. Police reported no complaints.
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J. L. Clark
Corey
Miss Gilman
John Lewis Clark
Corey- Gilman
Presbyterian Ministers’ Association
Fifth Avenue
Clark
Association
Grant Escapes Drift After Hudson River Launch Malfunction
Major Gen. Frederick D. Grant faced a perilous drift when a Government launch returning from a visit to warships lost its rudder in high winds and choppy water. The craft circled and drifted downstream to Pier A before police boat Patrol towed it to Governors Island. Grant reported he was none the worse.
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Frederick D. Grant
Hudson River
Grant
Ohio
Emory
Governors Island
N. Grant
Capt
Boley
Pier A
Gen. Grant
Fight Roosevelt in South Georgia Delegates Targeted
The Georgia Republican State League vows no Federal office holder will be a delegate to the next Republican National Convention. Led by Chairman Blodgett, the group denounces President Roosevelt and his influence, accusing officials of taking dictation and trading posts for delegates.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Georgia
Republican State League of Georgia
Roosevelt
Blodgett
State League
Hitchcock
South Carolina
Florida
Marion Butler
North Carolina
Doctor Held for Murder in Raleigh Case
Dr David Rowland a Raleigh physician was arrested charged with poisoning his 15 year old son four weeks after the boy fell ill after an orange and morphine injection. The death was blamed on indigestion and ptomaline poisoning with life insurance for 900 dollars and land passing to the father.
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New York Times
Raleigh
N. C
David
Rowland
Kittrell
Rowlan
Coreys Protected Ey Ropes And Guards
William Ellis Corey, president of United States Steel, and his actress wife Mabelle Gilman Corey traveled to France in seclusion aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. Guards and ropes blocked access to their Capt. Doeppers's suite while reporters were kept at bay. They landed at Cherbourg after the voyage and avoided contact with the press, with Mrs Corey heavily veiled on deck.
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NEW York Times CO
London
William Ellis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Mabelle Gilman
York
Plymouth
Mr. Corey
Mrs. Corey
New York
Corey
Marie Corelli
Cherbourg
Paris
Alexander Well Again After World Tour Return Planned
Ex President of Equitable Life Assurance Society James W Alexander arrived in Shanghai aboard the Mongolia from Hongkong. He is reportedly in good health and danced a cake walk with passengers. Alexander travels with John Nolan and R W Davis, plans to go to Peking and return to the United States via Japan by mid summer.
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New York Times
Shanghai
James W. Alexander
Equitable Life Ascurange Society
Pacific Mall
Mongolia
Hongkong
Woo-Sung
Alexander
Egypt
India
Burma
Ceylon
China
John Nolan
Chicago
R. W. Davis
Peking
Han-Kow
United States
Japan
Pope orders Benedictines to revise the Vulgate
The Times Rome correspondent reports a papal decree entrusts the Benedictine Order with a complete revision of the Vulgate, a milestone linked to the Biblical Commission set up late in Leo XIII’s pontificate. The Times editorial calls the move highly significant for shaping faith and European thought through the Latin Bible.
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London
Rome
the Times
Biblical Commission
Cuba Buys Steam Yacht Pantooset From New York Club
The steam yacht Pantooset, a top New York Yacht Club vessel, sold to the Cuban Government for about 270000. Albert B Bigelow of Boston owned it and Manning's yacht agency handled the sale. Built by Bath Iron Works, the 212 by 27.8 foot ship is 638 tons gross, 270 tons net, and about five years in service. It may become a coast survey ship or later a gunboat like the Atalanta.
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New York Yacht Club
Albert 8. Bigelow
Boston
Manning
Yacht Agency
Battery Place
Bigelow
Coast Survey
George J. Gould
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Ohio Legislator E. B. Martin Completes Long Walk Home
E B Martin of New Straitville Perry County a coal operator and state lawmaker walked from New York to Columbus over three weeks for health. He traveled by train earlier but walked the entire distance believing it would help. He is Arthur I Vorys brother in law Taft manager and serves on the State Taxation Commission.
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New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
Martin
New Straitaville
Perry County
New York
Arthur I. Vorys
Taft
The
State Taxation Commission
Mrs Bailey Gives $100000 Memorial Hospital Gift
Ruth L Bailey contributes 100000 for a new Bailey Memorial Hospital to be built beside Mount Vernon Hospital. The memorial will serve as the central administration building for the hospital corporation and will be endowed to ensure perpetuity.
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James A. Bailey
Ruth L. Bailey
Mount Vernon
Bailey
Mount Vernon Hospital
Bailey Memorial Hospital
Whole Hospital Corporation
Pat Crowe Trial Opens in Council Bluffs Case
Pat Crowe goes on trial in Council Bluffs Iowa on charges of holding up two Omaha and Council Bluffs street cars on July 4 1805. He is indicted while already on trial in Omaha for kidnapping Eddie Cudahy. Only $17 was secured. Crowe pleads not guilty.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Pat Crowe
Omaha
Crowe
Eddie Cudahy
Clubman Gaston P. Philip Held for Grand Jury
A coroner's jury in Washington on May 20 held Gaston P. Philip formerly of Claverack NY for the Grand Jury on the death of cabman Frank B. Mac Aboy. The fatal incident occurred Saturday morning at the Arlington Hotel.
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Washington
Gaston P. Philip
Claverack
N. Y
Frank B. MacAboy
Arlington Hotel
Lawyer Talley Shot by Rival In Tulsa Street Corner
Tulsa May 20 A lawyer and politician B F Talley shot B F Pettus cousin of Senator Pettus of Alabama and a leader in Oklahoma Democratic affairs at a street corner. Pettus was wounded but will recover. The motive claimed tied to Pettus refusing to allow Talley to court his daughter.
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Tulsa
Indian Territory
Haskell B. Talley
B. F. Pettus
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Oklane
Pettus
Talley
Superman Wins 20000 See A Great Finish
In a dramatic finish Superman falls back from the lead then surges past rivals to win by a comfortable margin. The late push defies expectations as the crowd sees a clear victory.
Brooklyn Handicap Twenty-First Running at Gravesend
The Brooklyn Handicap at Gravesend on Long Island featured a 1 1/4 mile race with a $20,000 stake. Superman led the field returning $16,900 to the winner, with Beacon Light second and Nealon third. owner James B. Keene claimed the triumph.
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Gravesend
L. I
Superman
Miller
Beacon Light
Lowe
Nealon
W. Dugan
J. Martin
Okenite
Preston
Battling
Notter
Mountain
Shilling
Brussel
Beauclerc
Swain
Oxford
Horner
Secon
James BH. Keene
Superman wins Brooklyn Handicap at Gravesend in mud
In a muddy Gravesend race under heavy rain twenty thousand spectators saw James R. Keene’s Superman surge from fourth in the final stretch to win the twenty first Brooklyn Handicap by a length over Beacon Light. Miller rode the mud specialist amid a rough track and mixed betting, with Superman’s Belmont Park form and a large crowd applauding the victory.
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Commando
Superman
Gravesend
James R. Keene
August Belmont
Okentité
Nealon
Beacon Light
Miller
Dandelion
Tokalon
Bilandy
Salvidere
Arcite
Sewell
Keene
Ser Histleey
Mirhe
Paul Reiney
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Howe
Bell
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East Geventy-third Street
Misa Bertha Hummel
Flo
Abraham H. Kaffenbargh
Park Avenue
Central Park
West Fortyfifth Street
West Seventieth Street
West Twentysixth Street
West Pifty
Georgia League
Dr. Rowland
Coreys
Atlantic
France
Gherbourg
J. W. Alexander
Cuba
Showman
Gaston P. Philip Held
Society
Saltor
Negate
Taal Gre
RS Sasa
Commando Victor
Brooklyn Handicap
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