Hotel Irving Turmoil Over Rent Dispossession in Gramercy Park
Tenants at Hotel Irving No 6 Gramercy Park faced eviction after sheriff levied on coal stock. Owners Blake Construction and lessee Ruggles Hotel Company dispute rent arrears and control of fixtures with sale planned today. Officials, actors, and charities among tenants pressured to vacate. service outage followed, later restored after marshal relented.
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Gramercy Park
Ruggles Hotel Company
Blake Construction Company
Ruggles Hotel
Frederick C. Catlin
Louis ©. Fuller
Rugflee Company
Robert Hebberd
Charities
Otis Skinner
Allen Tupper
Prisp
Lebey
Hotel Irving
Ruggies Hotel Company
Ruggies Company
Yamer Knott
Sues Professor Prince Over Car Incident
Edward G. Griffith of the Automobile Arcade sues John P. Prince a Columbia College professor for slander and false arrest after a West Side incident. The suit seeks 100 dollars in damages. Dowling declines to separate the two causes of action.
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West Side
Edward G. Griffith
Automobile Arcade
Broadway
4Th Street
John P. Prince
Columbia College
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Prince
Princé
Griffith
Court of Special Sessions
Tariff Reform Committee Voices Paper Duty Opposition
The Reform Club's Tenff Reform Committee met at Hotel Astor to press tariff revision with notable speakers including Herman Ridger Henry V Rainey and Ida Tarbell. They attacked the print paper duty as harming newspapers and education noting Roosevelt's push for repeal and citing US Canada paper cost comparisons.
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Tenff Reform Committee
Reform Club
Hotel Astor
Willam
Bryan
Calvin Tomkins
Teathmatter
Herman Ridger
Henry V. Rainey
William G. Sumner
William Lloyd Garrison
Ida M. Tarbell
Canada
Great Britain
Norway
Germany
Yhu
People's
Tne
Roosevelt
Congress
Tomkins
Oaly
Cleveland
Orphans Visit Circus At Madison Square Garden
An Orphans Day event at Madison Square Garden drew 192 children from Bellevue Hospital and other city institutions. Staff from hospitals, circuses, and charitable groups helped escort the youngsters, many strapped in braces, as the show delivered delight to the attendees and drew donations from visitors.
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Madison Square Garden
Bellevue Hospital
Brooklyn
Rube
Dexter Fellows
Soral Suasion
Abe
Mary
Asylum
Mears
Mission of the Immaculate Virgin
Gas money held in court pending Supreme Court ruling
Judge Hough denied a request to release about 4.38 million dollars paid to the clerk of the United States Circuit Court since the June 1906 preliminary injunction on the gas tax law. He stressed maintaining the status quo until final ruling, noting delays and potential repayment difficulties if released.
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United States Circuit Court
Lacombe
United States Supreme Court
Hough
John A. Garver
Shearman & Sterling
Consolidated Gas Company
Shields
Garver
Supreme Court
Whitney
Legislative Bills Reported in Albany April 14
Senate Finance Committee orders reporting action on Armstrong plan to increase salaries for the State Controller Attorney General and State Engineer and Surveyor and to eliminate appropriations. Knapp bill authorizes an eleven member commission to plan the Lake Champlain anniversary with state, federal and Canadian cooperation. Armstrong bill proposes 119000 for a new southeastern state hospital site. Rules Committee to report Francis bill creating governor appointed commission to study NYC inferior criminal courts with a 15000 appropriations.
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Albany
Armstrong
Senate Finance Committee
Knapp
Senate
Assembly
Lake Champlain Cone
Vermont
United States
Dominion of Canada
Quebec
Assembly Committee On Rules
Francis
New York City
Mills Game Law Bill Signed In Albany
Governor Hughes signed the Mills bill recodifying the forest fish and game laws. The lake trout season opens May 1 instead of April 16 in most counties and brook trout follows May 1. The act also provides licenses for resident and non resident hunters.
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Albany
Hughes
Assemblyman Mills
Special Master Named for Union Railways in Receiver Case
Judge Lacombe designates Robert Grier Monroe as special master to take proof of all claims against Union Railways Company now under receivership. Frederick W. Whitridge must file accounts with Monroe by August 1 and quarterly thereafter.
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Union Railway
Union Railways Company
Robert Grier Monroa
Lacombe
United States District Court
Frederick W. Whitridge
Monroe
Clark Williams Reappointed as State Superintendent of Banks
Albany April 14 Governor Hughes sent to the Senate the nomination of Clark Williams of New York to succeed himself as State Superintendent of Banks for a three year term. The nomination was immediately affirmed. Williams’ original appointment in October was to fill an unexpired term. Salary is $7,900 per year.
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Albany
Hughes
Senaté
Clark Williame
New York
Williame
Charges For Sanford? May. Go To Gov. Hughes
Albany April 14. Senator Wemple accused Governor Hughes of bending Penal Code provisions to punish anti gambling advocates. Sanford, a state official and racing figure, faced rumors of formal charges amid a heated race over the anti gambling bills. Governor Hughes avoided comment as political maneuvering intensified with mass meetings planned and Barnes blasting the Governor’s methods.
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the Tribune
Albany
William W. Wemple
Schenectady
Wemple
John Sanford
State Racing Commission
Emerson
Wareren
Sanford
Wemplée
Willian Barnes, Jr
Sefhiator Grattan
Grattan
Barnes
Arnén-Hart
Wemples
Senate
Montgomery County
Civic League
William Barnes, Jr
Capitol
Wadsworth
Utica
Thrattan
Hughes
Franchot
Niagara
Orleans
John A. Merritt
Wadsworth State Committee
W. Levell Draper
Europe
Tir Blats
Travis Resolution Exempts Rail Bonds From Debt Limit
Albany April 14 Senate unanimously passes Travis concurrent resolution to amend the constitution exempting railroad and dock bonds from the 10 percent debt limit on cities. First subway relief measure approved with Wisberg Rapid Transit law revisions to ease contracts for future subways and attract private capital. amendment by Senator Winter delays bill for three days.
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Tribune
Albany
Senate
Eugene M. Travis
Brooklyn
Ciites
Senate Cities Committee
Winte
Bank measure passes amid banking law reforms
The Assembly approved a banking reform package reducing secured loan limits for Manhattan banks and trust companies, tightening underwritten loans and second mortgages rules, and capping real estate loans at 10 percent of total assets with upstate limits. The Senate considered transit commission and tax rebate abolition measures, while an official primary ballot bill passed.
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Tribune
Alpany
Assembly
Clark Williams
Banking Department
AYA Bank Or Trust Company
Manhattan
Senate
Assemblyman
Bennett
New Jersey
New York
McCarrén
New York City
Francis
Irregularities Found in Oswego County Finances
Oswego County finances come under scrutiny as Controller Glynn releases a synopsis by the bureau of municipal accounts auditors. The report condemns Thomas Moore’s administration as County Treasurer and cites thousands of dollars lost through improperly presented accounts. It faults the Board of Supervisors for failing to know or perform their duties, noting annual county costs from ten to twelve thousand dollars due to oversight lapses.
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Tribune
Albany
Oswego County
Glynn
Bureau of Municipal Accounts
Thomas Moore
Board of Supervisors
Brooklyn Police Shakeup Promotes Lemons to Inspector
Captain Miles O Reilly promoted to Inspector to fill vacancy after Inspector Langan's death. Transfers shift several captains and inspectors across Brooklyn districts including Flatbush Coney Island Jamaica Broadway and Hamilton Avenue stations. Multiple promotions from patrol to sergeant follow, with details provided by Commissioner Bingham.
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Miles O'Reilly
Bingham
Brooklyn
James J. Langan
Flatbush
John J. O'Brien
Coney Island
Patrick J. Harkins
Gates
James Hussey
Broadway
Dennis Stwenéy
Jamaica
Willian
Lahey
Hamilton Avenue
Thomas Kelly
Gates Avenue
Thomas Darcy
Richmond Hill
Astoria
Ernest Lindéman
W. H. Halpin
College Point
Rockaway Beach
Cornelius Leary
Whitestone
Owen Rooney
John Becker
Thomas Cullen
Liberty Avenue
Classon Avenue
Christopher Reimels
Classen Avenue
David Evans
Herbert Street
Fort Hamilton
William Knipe
Dominieck Henry
Spirited Hearing Over Saratoga Mineral Springs Pumping
Albany April 14 A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Wemple bill featured a heated dispute over Saratoga mineral springs. Proponents say carbonic gas pumping harms the historic mineral waters and the local economy, citing deep wells and high pressure pumps by gas firms.
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Albany
Saratoga
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wemple
Friends of the Wetple Bill
County Treasurer's Misconduct Scrutiny and Tax Claims
The report cites intentional honesty turning to carelessness by the County Treasurer with private bills paid from county funds. Fees from state and liquor taxes were misappropriated, and many claims were improperly paid. Ex-sheriff and deputies are named in questionable payments, prompting taxpayer action rights. Robert C. Morris alleges secret artificial water production by spring owners predating gas companies, challenging a property-right bill.
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Moore
Cook
Sherif J Henry Hilton
W. White
Robert C. Morris
Mr. Morris
Brackett
Women Teachers Press Equal Pay Bill In Albany
Grace Strachan leads a group of New York City teachers who invade the Capitol to urge action on the stalled equal pay bill in the Assembly Rules Committee. Petitioning and appeals persist, but the measure faces slim odds of passage.
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Tribune
Albany
New York City
Grace Strachan
Capitol
Assembly Rules Committee
Chelsea Fire Deaths Add to City’s Ruins Aftermath
Boston April 11 two persons one man and a woman were found dead in Chelsea ruins after the fire. A skull was found at 62 Chester avenue and several bodies remain unidentified. Police arrested Ban and Ro for suspected incendiary acts though no evidence supported it. Relief efforts continued as Adjutant General Brignam redeployed troops. Chelsea officials agreed to establish city headquarters in the burned district and restrict new construction to temporary structures. State Senator Hall proposed a three year city governance commission to aid rebuilding. Mass State Red Cross says no outside aid is needed unless requested.
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Chelsea
Mia
John B. Hake
4Th Street
Willard ¢. Ganborn
Division Street
Chester Avenue
J. B. Fenwi
Fenwick
Et Roas
Tf Straet
William H. Brignam
Nutter
Mérrae
Lynn
Board of Aldermen
Pew High School
Hall
Revere
Senator Hall
Galvéston
San Francisco
Agreement on Kings County Judges Resolution Change
Albany April 14 Democratic and Republican Senators from Kings County reached a settlement on the Foelker Murphy concurrent resolution. Foelker withdrew last Friday action and revised the proposal restricting county judges from five to four and dropping the term extension for current judges. The measure will return to the Assembly, with Kings County Democrats unlikely to press further opposition.
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Albany
Kins County
Foelker-Murphy
Kings County
Salvator Foelker
Kings
Ihe
Assémbly
Lemons for Governor Smith in Marietta confrontation
In Marietta the governor Hoke Smith faced a hostile crowd that prevented him from speaking. Cheers for opponent Josef Brown and a noisy rally accompanied the incident while leaving the town, lemons were thrown at the governor as he boarded a trolley car to return to Atlanta.
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Tribune
Atlanta
Joe" Brown
Hoké Smith
Marietta
Josef? Brown
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