Cantor and Duffy clash at Greater New York meeting
At a heated Greater New York Democracy executive meeting at 1155 Broadway Borough President Cantor and Commissioner Russell tangled over organization loyalty and possible Tammany ties. Thomas Duffy accused Cantor of favoritism toward Tammany Hall provoking a sharp response from Cantor and Sheehan.
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Greater
New York
Broadway
Cantor
Russell
John C. Sheehan
Perez M. Stewart
the Tribune
Stewart
Greater New York
Sheriff O’brien
William Hepburn Russell
Tammany Hall
Rus
Low
Irogaie Ransom
C. Sheehan
President Captor
Thomas F. Duffy
Kxth
Duffy
Affy
Gun on Iowa Bursts Killing Three on Gun Deck
Pensacola dispatch reports the battleship Iowa at target practice in the Gulf when the forward 12 inch gun burst from a premature shell explosion. Three sailors were killed and five wounded, two seriously, as debris tore through decks and a surgeon crew ferried to hospital. Some blame a defective shell, others heavy firing at Culebra.
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Pensacola
Fla
Iowa
Gulf
Mess
Reed
Massachusetts
Culebra
Big Dave Bernstein Shot After Bowery Fight
David Bernstein known as Big Dave, owner of a restaurant at 310 East Houston Street, was shot under the heart on the Bowery area. He walked with a revolver, resisted police, fought eight officers, and was taken to Gouverneur Hospital in dangerous condition. He claimed the incident was his business and refused questions.
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David Bernstein
Big Dave
East Houston St
Houston St
Bowery
Sullivan
Bernstein
Gouverneur Hospital
Stantonst
Bullivan
Eldridge St
Stanton St
Satan Dr. Felischman
Germania Banking
Columbia to Open Private Seven Story Dormitory
A private Knowlton Hall dormitory project, four blocks from campus at Broadway and 124th Street, will house 200 male students. The $250,000 seven story limestone building includes a rathskeller, squash court, barber shop, library, dining hall, grillroom, billiard room, and furnished suites with hot and cold water.
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Columbia
Broadway
Knowlton Hall Company
Charles P. Northrop
George Maurer
Frederick A. Goetze
University
Princeton Inn
Princeton
Mary’s
Yale
Knowlton
Harlem Heights
Northern Securities Merger Declared Void by Appellate Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Northern Securities Company an illegal restraint of trade. The court enjoined voting of stock and control over Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads, barred dividends to the Securities Company, and allowed stock return to former holders. The opinion, filed in St Paul, was unanimous and prepared by Judge Thayer with Caldwell Sanborn and Van Devanter concurring. The case proceeds to the U S Supreme Court.
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Northern Securities Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth Circuit
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
St. Paul
Thayer
Caldwell, Sanborn
van Devanter
United States Supreme Court
New York
St. Louis
Government Victory in Northern Securities Case
The United States government wins in the Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul in the suit against Northern Securities Company and the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways. The court enjoins the Securities Company from further stock acquisitions or voting power and requires return of stock to holders, with an appeal to the Supreme Court planned. Defendants include James J. Hill and J. Pierpont Morgan among others.
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St. Paul
United
Northern Securities to appeal adverse rail merger ruling
Colonel W P Clough of the Northern Securities Company announces an immediate appeal to the U S Supreme Court after a Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in St Paul Minnesota finding the stock purchase of Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads potentially in restraint of trade The decision shocks Wall Street but market moves are muted as investors await full text and further action from Morgan and others
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Wall Street
Northern Securities
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Rock Island
Pennsylvania
New York
Clough
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Salvation Army Band Arrested in Paterson
Major Dunham and the Salvation Army band were arrested during a Main Street and Broadway meeting in Paterson New Jersey. About twenty men and women were questioned for disorderly conduct and released after agreeing to appear in police court. Merchants had complained about street blockage and Dunham defended the band’s constitutional rights.
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the Tribune
Paterson
N. J
Dunham
Salvation Army
Mainst
Broadway
Report Against Governor Davis Moves Toward Impeachment
The Ways and Means Committee reports charges against Governor Jefferson Davis are sustained by seven of eleven members. The issues cited include misuse of contingent funds private car from Choctaw Railroad and coal from a state supplier. A minority report absolved Davis and the Penitentiary Board. If adopted impeachment may follow.
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Little Rock
Ark
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Jefferson Davis
George W. Murphy
State Penitentiary Board
Choctaw Railroad
Davis
Penitentiary Board
Testing the Sixteen-Inch Gun Undergoes Firing Trials
The 16 inch breech Hook, the nation's largest gun, is being tested and fired seven times. Reports to General Crozier note satisfactory results, with a 2400 pound shell launched at 2345 feet per second on the sixth shot. Each powder charge used over a quarter ton of smokeless powder and 16.5 pounds of black rifle powder to ignite it.
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United States
Washington
Sandy
Court Defines Sherman Act Reach in Public Interest Case
The United States seeks to restrain unlawful restraints and monopolies under the Sherman Act. Judge Thayer details that the matter will be heard by at least three Eighth Circuit judges after a February 1903 statute. Northern Pacific and Great Northern own long railway lines and the Lake Shore Limited remains a premier 24 hour train to Chicago with Pullman cars and advertised luxury service.
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United States
Eighth Circuit
Congress
Attorney General
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Great Northern Railway Company
Chicago
New York
Seaboard Air Line changes schedule April 12
Seaboard Air Line Railway announces schedule changes from New York West 3rd Street Penna R at 1220 midnight and 12 55 noon. Through services run to Savannah Jacksonville and Tampa with 830 arrival to Atlanta and connections to the West and Southwest. Café dining car service. Office 118 Broadway.
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
New York
Bucklin Arrest Tied to Hostetter 90 000 Note in Canfield Case
Police officials claim Bucklin, indicted for running Richard Canfield's gambling casino on East Forty fourth Street, held a $90,000 Hostetter note won after详细 he drank and was fleeced at Canfield's rooms. Proceedings reveal Bucklin's alleged role as Canfield's manager and specifics of bribed games and fraud.
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Murphy
Pearson
Jersey City
David W. Bucklin
Richard A. Canfield
East Forty-fourth St
Theodore Hostetter
Plunger
Hostetter
Faro
Canfield
Appellate Division
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Bucklin
Jerome
Pittsburg
Davey” Johnson
Johnson
United States Circuit Court
Trenton
Rhode Island
New York
Richard Canfield
East Forty-fourthst
Newport
Frightened Fox Terrier on Fifth Avenue Sparks Hysteria
A mad looking fox terrier roamed Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street by the Savoy Hotel causing chaos. It foamed at the mouth and snapped at a pedestrian before alarming horses. Patrolman Leffel of the East Fifty-first Street station shot the dog after a short chase.
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Savoy Hotel
Fifth-ave
Fifty-ninth-st
Leffelman
East Fifty-first-st
Fifty-seventh
Seffelmchase
Tce
Navy dispatch details Iowa gun accident casualties
A ciphered dispatch from Rear Admiral Francis Higginson to Acting Secretary Darling reports seven casualties from the 12 inch gun accident aboard the Iowa. Next of kin are listed for three of the deceased, with full details pending translation tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Darling
Navy Department
Francis Higginson
North Atlantic
Pensacola
Iowa
Loot on East Fifty-third Street House in Broad Daylight
In daylight yesterday a four story brownstone at 252 East Fifty-third Street was looted of bric-a-brac silverware and jewelry valued at 35000. Seven boys were arrested and a man plus one other youth implicated as detectives linked to the robbery.
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East Fifty-third St
East Fifty-first-st
Bessie Dempsey
East Fiftieth St
Jacob de Leonardi
Second Ave
Stocky man pushes weathered chair to South America
Anton Hanshan his wife and six year old daughter Leopol dina arrived at Ellis Island narrating a 18000 mile journey by hand cart. They started Vienna September 12 1902 returning July 10 1902 with plans to push to Buffalo Chicago San Francisco and Mexico before continuing to South America all while the woman rode in the cart.
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Ellis Island
Anton Hanshan
Leopoldina
Europe
Vienna
America
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
San Francisco
Mexico
South America
England
Is a Bridle Part of Harness
Altoona Penn April 9 Twelve hundred men in thirteen Beech Creek Coal and Coke mines idle due to a drivers strike over whether the bridle is part of the harness. Mules were harnessed but bridles were refused by stable bosses, prompting the walkout. The Pennsylvanian Limited leaves for Chicago and St Louis.
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Tribune
Altoona
Penn
Beech Creek Coal and Coke Company
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Buildings Department
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Amos M. Thayer
James M. Beck
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Henry C. Caldwell
Francis Lynde Stetson
John W. Griggs
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Federal Court OF Appeals
Supreme Court
Securities Company
James J. Hill
William P. Clough
D. Willis James
John S. Kennedy
J. Pierpont Morgan
Robert Bacon
George F. Baker
Daniel S. Lamont
W. P. Clough
Nassau St
Legislative Committee
Sandy Hook
Pennsylvania Railroad
Adve
Canfield’s
Tourist Wheels
Pennsylvania Limited
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