Battle Against Racing Gambling Rages in New York
Governor Hughes leads a state campaign to repeal the Percy Gray law and end racetrack gambling. Advocates urge harsher penalties, arguing current laws fail to deter poolrooms and racing halls. Public meetings and church services plan continued anti gambling action across Brooklyn and New York City.
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S. Parkes Cadman
Central Congregational Church
Wesleyan University
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Hughes
Barnes
Albany
Gilchrist
New Jersey
Belmont
N. McGee Waters
Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church
Bryan Draws Big Crowd in Utica and Rome
William J. Bryan spoke twice in Utica and one event in Rome as crowds gathered at Lyric Theatre and local churches under the Young Men's Christian Association sponsorship to hear his views.
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Bryan
Utica
Rome
Hume
N. Y
Lyric Theatre
William J. Bryan
Young Men's Christian Association
Rail accidents claim many lives warns Commerce Commission
New York April 16 report says 37 people killed daily on railways. Ocean policy figures cited with 15000 dollars insured. annual cost 25 dollars per policy. Executive Agent EB B Quackenbush lists 92 William Street contact and phone number 5858.
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New York
the Commerce Commission
Ocean
EB. B. Quackenbush
William St
Phous
John
Allies End Opposition to Taft Nomination in Washington
Washington dispatch reports that organized opposition to Secretary Taft’s nomination has ended in Washington with potential sporadic backlash only from Foraker. The piece notes Taft’s cabinet prospects and discusses possible successors including Oliver, Bacon, and Judge Magoon, highlighting Roots’ resistance to removing Bacon and Magoon’s Cuban tenure.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
Foraker
The
Tribune
Mr. Taft
Bryan Guest Focused on New York Deliberations
Charles F. Murphy and William Jennings Bryan face a tangled New York scene as factions led by Murphy and McCarren maneuver for control of the Denver delegation. McCarren emissaries may seek Bryan while Hearst stays neutral, with tensions shaping the Democratic fight in Kings County and upstate allies watching closely. Grace Bryan arrived ahead of her father as Bryan plans breakfast at the Manhattan Club with Colonel Watterson.
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Charles F. Murphy
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Tammany Hall
Bryan
New York
McCarren
Denver
Murphy
Conners
McFarren
Tammany Men
Pat
McCarren-Murphy
William &. Hearst
Hearst
Roosevelt
Taft
Johnson
Fingey
Daniel F. Cohalan
Tammany Law Committee
State Committee
Kings County
Loyval
Hasenflug
Norman E. Mack
Albany
Osborne
Rattigan
Coatsworth
Smith
Grace D. Bryan
Hoffman House
Colonel Watterson
Manhattan Club
Arizona Republican territorial convention factions clash in two meetings
At the Tucson gathering, delegations from Cochise and Maricopa counties disputed seating under Taft instructions. Gov Kibbey led the split, withdrawing with a majority, then reassembling a second convention that seated regular delegates and backed Taft without instruction. Cameron named national committeeman.
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Tucson
Ariz
Cochise
Marcopa
Taft
Kibbey
Kibbey Stone
Foraker
W. J. Kirkpatrick
Yavapai
Segetary Taft
Joseph Cameron
Cocotino
Obituary: Henry R. Heath Cranford Realty President Dies
Henry R. Heath born Tyringham Massachusetts April 1 1845 died after a two year illness at his Brooklyn home 33 Washington Ave. He served in Civil War Massachusetts volunteers was prisoner wounded and later greeted by President Lincoln. He led Empire Transportation and served as Westcott Chuck Co director and banker. He was elder of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church where funeral set for Wednesday at 4 30 p m. He leaves a wife and one son.
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Henry R. Heath
Cranford Realty Company
Washington Avenue
Brooklyn
Mr. Heath
Tyringham
Mass
Claverack College
Eastman
Business College
Mth Volunteers
Massachusetts
Lincoln
Heath
Minnesota
Empire Transportation Company
Westcott Chuck Company
New England
Long Island
Brooklyn Young Republican
Thousand Island Yacht Clubs
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
Lafayette Avenue
South
Oxford Street
Death of Very Rev. William S. Kelly Dean of St. John's
The Very Rev. William S. Kelly dean of St. John's Roman Catholic Church in Plattsburg died at St. Vincent's Hospital aged fifty five. He founded and built the Champlain Valley Hospital at Plattsburg and supported the Catholic Summer School movement on Lake Champlain. He leaves one sister and three brothers.
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William S. Kelly
St. John’s
Plattsburg
St. Vincent's Hospital
Father Kelly
Champlain Valley Hospital
Lake Champlain
Veteran NYSE member Lucas J. Van Buskerck dies at 84
Lucas J. Van Buskerck a longtime NYSE member and former Legrand Lockwood broker died in Hackensack New Jersey at eighty four. He served as senior warden of Christ Episcopal Church for thirty four years and his passing was announced at services by Rev. Dr. Holley.
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Lucas J. van Buskerck
New York Stock Exchange
Hackensack
N. J
van Buskerck
Legrand, Lockwood & Co
Cornelius
van Burkerck
Christ Episcopal Church
Holley
Prisoner Max Shinborn Released From New Hampshire Prison
Concord April 19 A prisoner known as Max Shinborn or Maximillian Schoenbein a renowned bank burglar was released today from the state prison after his Walpole Savings Bank sentence expired under good behavior commutation He again claimed his real name Henry F Moe bus and sought to have courts review his case He is seventy four and multilingual active as an interpreter and inventor after a career peopled by daring robberies with his gang worth over two million dollars in loot.
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New York County
Concord
N. H
Max Shinborn
Maximillian Schoenbein
Walpole
Henry FE. Moebus
Europe
Shinborn
St. John's
Boston
Woodford backs Cannon as potential running mate
General Stewart L. Woodford of New York, in St. Louis en route to Chicago, says if Uncle Joe Cannon is GOP presidential nominee he would welcome a second place. Woodford heads the Hughes League and admires Governor Hughes, noting Cannon and Woodford are both seventy two and entered Congress in the same year.
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Tribune
St. Louis
Stewart L. Woodford
New York
Chicago
Joe’ Cannon
General Woodford
Hughes League
Hughes
Joe” Cannon
Congress
Socialist Meeting Ends Quietly After Fox Question
A Church of the Ascension social discussion in Fifth Avenue adjourned without incident after John P. Fox of Boston spoke on model tenement houses abroad. An audience member pressed Fox on disguising socialist ties in the Legislature, but the discussion was closed by Dr. Grant’s assistant.
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Church of the Ascension
Fifth Avenue
John P. Fox
Boston
Fox
Frisco to Stop Plague Campaign
Telegraph reports Frisco plans to end Dr Rupert Blue bubonic plague efforts after months of rising expenses. City supervisors and the public view the campaign as a baseless scare with $163.24 spent on cleaning and rat bounties since last August and no bubonic plague cases proven.
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Rupert Blue
Anl
Hughes to Dine With Old Guard Anniversary Dinner
Governor Hughes will be the guest of honor at the Old Guard eight second anniversary dinner at the Hotel Astor on Wednesday evening. General Frederick TD Grant and the Governor's Foot Guard of New Haven will attend. The group will parade with the battalion to St. Thomas Church for memorial services. Old Guard officers will be installed at the armory to begin at 2 p.m.
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Hughes
Old Guard
Hotel Astor
Frederick TD. Grant
Governor's Foot Guard
New Haven
St. Thomas's Church
Denounce Burr's Racetrack Vote at Nassau Mass Meeting
A large audience gathered at St. Pauls Methodist Church in Oyster Bay to condemn Senator Carll S Burr for voting against Governor Hughes racing measures. Speakers urged unseating Burr, asserting he violated his oath and failed Nassau County.
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Oyster Bay
Long Islind
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Carll S Burr
Hughes
Burr
Nassau County
Senate
Turbulent Turkish French Mine Dispute Near Eregli
In Asia Minor near Eregli a Turkish bid to reclaim coal mines faces a diplomatic strain. France backs the concession holder, demands proof of funds, and threatens daily indemnities and damages for delays while Turkey’s treasury woes deepen. Italy watches closely.
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Constantinople
Eregli
Asia Minor
France
Porte
Italy
Turkey
Ex Senator Conover Dead in Port Townsend
Port Townsend April 19 Dr Simon B Conover former United States Senator from Florida during President Hayes administration died today at a hospital from complications of old age. He served as a senator and was known for his long public career and later life in Port Townsend Washington.
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Conover
Port Townsend
Wash
Simon B Conover
President Hayes
United States
Florid
Two Killed and Two Officers Wounded in Hotel Fight
In Warrensburg Missouri on April 1 James Ryatt and Byron Hall were killed during a corridor fight at the Estes Hotel as officers attempted to disarm four revolvers. James Bushu and Robert Pollet were wounded during the incident as Hall fired.
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Warrensburg
James Ryatt
Byron Hall
Ferkier
James EL Bushu
Robert Pollet
Estes Hotel
Hall
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