Seventeenth Century Daisy voyage to Desolation Island eyed for fossil hunt
A 1908 letter from Rene Boissiere informs John Swan & Sons that French authorities ban seal and whale fishing at Desolation Island, prompting Captain Cleveland of the Daisy to press on. The expedition aims to recover fossils, including a rumored sixty foot prehistoric man skeleton for the American Museum of Natural History, though skeptics doubt the find.
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Benjamin D. Cleveland
New Bedford
Daisy
Kerguelen Land
Desolation Island
Indian Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
John Swan & Sons
South Street
Renee. Boissiere ET Cie
Swan
Old Ben Cleveland
Mr. Swan
Old Ben
Capt. Cleveland
Leonora
Allen
John Swann& Sons
Cleveland
Herman C. Bumpus
American Museum of Natural History
Prof
Bumpus
Capt
Propret Oenes
Bumpusse
Museum
Why Plays Fail Reveals Curtain on Past Seasons
Daniel Frohman presents behind the curtains view of successes and failures from recent seasons. He dissects leading productions, audience reception, and managerial choices shaping theatrical outcomes.
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Daniel Frohman
Desolation Island’s Explorers and 1905 French Possession
The text notes Capt. Cleveland aged 60 as a stalwart figure, Desolation Island first sighted by Kergueten-Trémarec in 1772 and visited by Capt. Cook in 1776. It records 1774 observations of the transit of Venus by American, English, and German expeditions and that the island has been under French government control since 1905.
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Cleveland
eCapt
John Swan
Désolation Island
Kergueten-Trémarec
Capt
Cook
Gospels Manuscript Leads Anderson Sale of Rare Books
The Anderson sale of Edward H. Lowe library and other rare works realized 11000 dollars. A 12th century Greek cursive Gospel manuscript on 304 vellum leaves fetched 1175 dollars from Count Canthle Castelveto of Florence. Other items included Dickens Our Mutual Friend 1865 116 dollars and Hawthorne Fanshawe 1828 510 dollars.
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Anderson's
Edward H. Lowe
Canthle Castelveto
Florence
Italy
Matthew
Mark
Tike
Saint John
Christ
America
Charles Dickens
Aubrey de Vere
Kelmscott
John Keats
C. M. Westmacott
Rowlandson and Cruikshank
Twixt Mountains and Sea Opens Seasonal Steamboat Link
Pier 81 North River at Forty-second Street becomes a focus for upriver and down-harbor travel as the two rail steamboat lines restart service. Passengers prefer short New York stops. delays in one line affect the other, causing long waits and a bustling rush to Times Square during peak returns. An Albany to Sandy Hook delay last fall drew a crowd and a dramatic, chaotic scramble to reach the Jersey flier. The Purser’s clerk quipped as crowds moved toward the pier and onward to sea.
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North River
Forty-second Street
Albany
Sandy Hook
New York
Jersey
Times Square
Paddy
Williamsburg Trust Elects Brayton Ives President
At a meeting in Brooklyn Gen. Brayton Ives was chosen president of Williamsburg Trust Company. Directors resigned. new board to be named Monday for state approval. Reopening planned June 1. $4.5 million of $6 million deposits already on hand with major depositors silent. Ives, veteran financier and Yale graduate, has held top posts in banks and railroads. He aided Williamsburg with $1.5 million through Metropolitan Trust Company.
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Ee Bes
Williamsburg Trust Company
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Brayton Ives
Metropolitan Trust Company
Williamsburg
The
Stock Exchange
Western National Bank
Northern Pacific Railroad
Yale
Ives
Farmington
Colin
New York
Colgate Clock To Be The World’s Largest Timepiece
The Colgate & Co factory in Jersey City will start the biggest clock next Monday at 3 PM. Mayor Wittpenn will press the button, the dial 88 feet across with an area of 1154 square feet will be visible over the shore. The clock weighs about six tons with a 20 foot minute hand and 2000 pound mechanism. thirty men could stand on the dial.
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Jersey City
Colgate & Co
Wittpenn
New York
Jersey ‘Shore
Parliament Buildings
London
Philadelphia City Hall
Colgate
Switchman Cleared of Blame in 1905 Elevated Crash
Cornelius A. Jackson, once convicted of second degree manslaughter and jailed five years, was cleared by the Appellate Division of any share in the Fifty third Street and Ninth Avenue elevated crash of September 11, 1905, which killed twelve and injured many. The prior conviction was reversed for insufficient evidence. Paul Kelly, the motorman, awaits trial for manslaughter in the deaths.
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Cornelius A. Jackson
Fiftythird Street
Ninth Avenue
Paul Kelly
Appellate Division Reverses Kennedy Ladder Injury Award
The court held that a verbal complaint to employers about ladder safety followed by use of the ladder did not constitute sufficient notice. It reversed a $10,696 jury award in favor of painter Thomas J. Kennedy against the New York Telephone Company and ordered a new trial.
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Appellate Division
Thomas J. Kennedy
New York Telephone Company
Publicity bill splits Democrats as Williams taunts GOP vaudeville charge
Washington May 22 The House passed an amended Campaign Publicity bill amid Democratic opposition while Republicans touted it as constitutional and aimed to curb southern representation shifts. Williams taunted Republicans calling them vaudeville stock, as Crumpacker argued the measure follows the Constitution and seeks to expose campaign contributions.
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New York Times
Washington
House
Brownsville
Gcrumpacker
McCumber
Senate
Nicholl
Pennsylvania
Namill
New Jersey
Representative O'Connell
Bourke Cochran
John Sharp Williams
Hardwick
Georgia
Crumpacker
Itouse
Southern
Bennet
New York
Bonynge
Republican Party
Spearfully
McCall Bill Drone
Daizell
Paper manufacturers face questions before House committee
Special to The New York Times reports May 22 that five paper industry representatives testified to the House Select Committee chaired by Mann. McNair of Northwest Paper, Hurlbut of Wisconsin Paper, Alexander of John Edwards, and Mead of Consolidated Water Power argued against any cartel. Mead stated Western mills see wood pulp as plentiful and denied price divisions or contract sharing, while noting publishers seek longer terms than market forecasts allow.
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New York Times
Washington
House Select Committee
Mann
House
Congress
C. T. McNair
Northwest Paper Company
Minnesota
W. D. Hurlbut
Wisconsin Paper Manufacturing Company
M. Alexander
John Edwards Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
George W. Mead
Consolidated Water Power Company
McNair
Méad
Mead
Mr. Mead
Mind to Run NY Times Want and Rates Ad
A terse classified ad invites inquiries about a run to obtain a NY Times want and rates. It mentions 500 agencies in New York City and provides a telephone contact 1000 Bryant Adyv.
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New York Times
New York City
Bryant
Adyv
Business Men Endorse Taft Citing Experience and Caution
Isaac N. Seligman praised Secretary Taft for administrative and judicial experience gained in Panama Porto Rico and the Philippines. He argued Taft will attract Catholic votes through resolving the friar question and will appoint capable Supreme Court justices. George E. Ide echoed need for caution and patience in leadership and affirmed Taft as the conservative choice backed by business interests.
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Taft
Isaac N. Seligman
Panama
Porto Rico
Philippines
Mr. Seligman
Supreme Bench
South
Bryan
Republican Party
George E. Ide
The
Home Life Insurance Company
Louis C. Hay
Fairbanks Opens Quarters at Auditorium Annex
Fairbanks headquarters opened at the Auditorium Annex with J B Kealing in charge. Kealing denied Washington reports that Fairbanks would withdraw from the race and settle for second place on the ticket.
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New York Times
Chicago
Fairbanks
Auditorium Annex
J. B. Kealing
Mr. Kealing
Washington
Conners in Town Amid Democratic Reorganization Talks
William James Conners chairman of the Democratic State Committee spent the day in close talks with party leaders including Charles F Murphy and J Sergeant Cram. Officials discussed the Bryan stance and the state’s reorganization plans with no statement issued after his long meetings at the Knickerbocker.
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William James Conners
Democratic State Committee
Knickerbocker
Conners
Wall Street
Charles F. Murphy
J. Sergeant Cram
Daniel F. Colalan
Newburg
Leaces
Denver
Mr. Conners
Waldorf
300 Suffragette Converts In East Side Rally
The East Side Equal Rights League opened with an outdoor Seward Park meeting. Temporary HQ set at 130 West Houston Street. English and Yiddish speeches, signatures gathered exceed 300, including many men. Dr. Anna Mercy announced Friday meetings. other speakers included Dr. Sara Goldstein Miss Maud Malone Miss Anna Leith Charles Froemer and Miss Henrietta Mercy. Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes unable to attend due to a prior socialist meeting in Grand Street.
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East Side
Equal Rights League
Seward Park
West
Houston Street
Anna Mercy
Sara Goldstein
Maud Malone
Anna Leith
Charles Froemer
Henrietta Mercy
Rose Pastor Stokes
Grand Street
Amory Loses Libel Case. Retrial Ordered By Appellate Division
W N Amory lost a libel suit against Herbert H Vreeland president of the Metropolitan Street Railway Co after two trials. The appellate division reversed for errors and ordered a retrial, ruling that exemplary damages require proof of malice and that nominal or defendant verdicts could be declared. Amory said the reversal was not surprising and expected a larger verdict at retrial.
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W. N. Amory
Herbert H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Col. Amory
Senate rejects Foraker substitute on coal clause plan
The Senate votes down Senator Foraker's substitute aimed at suspending the commodity clause of the Railroad Rate bill. The measure would let railroads owning coal mines continue operations, a plan critics say would perpetuate the anthracite coal trust controlling about ninety percent of anthracite lands in Pennsylvania.
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New York
Washington
Foraker
Elkins
Senate
Anthracite Coal Trust
Pennsylvania
Ship subsidy provision stalls as House rebels join Democrats
In Washington on May 22, nineteen Republicans broke ranks with the House leadership on the Post Apt gente tion ship subsidy provision. The coalition with Democrats defeated the Senate amendment 156 to 145, sending the bill back to conference. Leaders still hope the subsidy passes on conference report.
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New York Times
Washington
House
Senate
La Follette Returns to Senate After Illness
Senator La Follette reappeared in the Senate for the first time since illness. He was greeted by Senators Aldrich Hale Hopkins Smoot and others whom he had criticized during his three days speech on the currency bill.
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New York Times
Washington
la Follette
Senate
Tie
Aldrich
Hale
Hopkins Smont
Wadsworth Sees Roosevelt and Leaves White House
New York State Assembly Speaker Wadsworth arrived in Washington and met with President Roosevelt at the White House. He said the visit was personal and that he plans to return to Albany tonight or tomorrow. He noted Gov. Hughes’s legislative program was taking shape and likely to be resolved next week. He left with Taft manager Frank Hitchcock.
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White House
Frank Hitchcock
Taft
Washington
Wadsworth
New York State Assembly
Roosevelt
Albany
Gov. Hughes
Mr. Wadsworth
Found Dead Sitting in Hotel Chair in Plainfield
Special to The Nez: John Johnston, wealthy Plainfield contractor and president of the Union County Builders' Association, was found dead upright in a Walpole's hotel chair after suffering a stroke. Survived by wife, two sons, three daughters.
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Nez Plainfield
Node
Johnston
Years Plains
N. J
Walpole’s
Union County Builders’ Association
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