East Side shops open as Mayor ends blue law push
The city relaxed Sunday blue law enforcement as Mayor Low’s pronouncement eased tensions. East Side markets along Hester, Pitt, and Ridge markets saw brisk trade while saloons and hotels partly reopened. Police reported 26 excise arrests, with all but one at the Jefferson Market court, amid a generally restrained enforcement mood.
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Law
East Side
Goatville
Essex Market Court
James B. Reynolds
Citizens Union
Kressel
Low
Grand and Canal Sts
Hester St
Pitt and
Ridge
Mayor Low
Captain Foody
Bowery
Raines Law
Bowery Wags
Bohemia
Cairo
Haymarket
Church-st
Oak-st
Madison-st
Charles-st
Macdougal-st
Fifth-st
West Thirtieth-st
West
Seventh-ave
Potter
Walsh
City of Pittsburg Fire Kills Sixty on Ohio River Steamer
A crowded Ohio River steamer City of Pittsburg was destroyed by fire near Ogdens Landing, Cairo Illinois, with estimates of sixty dead and many injured. About 150 aboard. cargo and vessel valued at $80,000 lost. Names and lists unavailable due to burned register. families from Pittsburg and upriver towns affected.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Marietta
John M. Phillips
al” Brahm
Dana Scott
Zanesville
Owensboro
Patrick Burke
Whitesville
Missouri
Explosion at Managua Barracks Kills Many in 1912 Fire
An explosion at a two story Managua barrack near the lake front on April 16 killed between one hundred and two hundred soldiers and injured many more. Houses including Nations Hotel and the central telegraph station were damaged. President Zelaya blamed conspirators and pledged to investigate. The estimated property damage stands at 5 million pesos.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Nations
Central Telegraph Station
National Palace
Zelaya
Masaya
Sipiaguine's Final Moments Amid Assassination Turmoil
The Novoe Vremya reports the Minister of the Interior M Sipiaguine survived initial wounds, asked to see the Emperor and his wife with a priest, declared death near, and bid a final kiss. He spoke of faith and thanked ministers including Vannovsky before losing consciousness en route to the infirmary.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
M. Sipiaguine
Interior
Ballahonstt
M. Siplaguine
M. Vannovsky
Noted Boer Leaders Reach Balmoral En route to the Front
General Lucas Meyer commander in chief of the Orange Free State forces State Secretary Reitz of the Transvaal and their party arrived in Balmoral Cape Colony with a British escort. They planned to consult with Boers in the field and proceed north this morning.
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Balmoral
Cape Colony
Lucas Meyer
Orange Free State
Reitz
Transvaal
Palma Lands in Cuba on Welcome Home Visit
General Tomas Estrada Palma, elected president of Cuba, arrived at Gibara aboard the Admiral Farragut from Old Point Comfort to a joyous reception. Crowds filled the town, flags flew, and a city hall ceremony welcomed him as Cuba Libre’s first chief executive.
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Tribune
Gibara
Tomas Estrada Palma
Farragut
Old Point Comfort
Santiago
Havana
General Palma
Hopkins
Falma
American Soli
José
R. A. C. Smith
Virginia
Central Valley
N. Y
Cuba
Cuba Libre
Cespedes
Palma
United States
Spain
10Th Regiment
United States Cavalry
Hart
Gonzales de Quesada
East Side subway support grows among residents and officials
Residents property holders and politicians along the East Side back a rapid transit subway from the Bronx to Murray Hill with Lexington Avenue favored for the route. They cite value boosts and need for better service, while noting temporary construction disruption.
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East Side
Bronx
Murray Hill
C. C. Sargent
East Seventy-third St
Tribune
Sargent
Mr. Sargent
Madison Ave
Seventy-third St
Eighty-sixth-st
New York
Lexington-ave
Park-ave
Frank R. Stockton Dies After Brain Hemorrhage in Washington
Frank R. Stockton, sixty eight, died suddenly in Washington from paralysis following a brain hemorrhage. He had attended a National Academy of Sciences dinner and was with his wife and sister in his last hours. Stockton, once an engraver turned writer, lived in Charlestown West Virginia and wrote many stories including Kate Bonnet.
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Washington
Frank R. Stockton
Miss Tuttle
Virginia
Philadelphia
Stockton
New York
Atlantic City
Charlestown
W. Va
Kate Bonnet
Riverside Magazine
Scribner's Monthly
Rudder
Scribner's
Endowment Gift Boosts Ascension Fund at City Church
The Church of the Ascension celebrated its seventy fifth anniversary with a $50,000 endowment increase bringing cash to $100,000 and subscriptions over $30,000. Miss Serena Rhinelander funded the gift in memory of her sister Julia Rhinelander. The drive aims for $250,000, with hopes of $75,000 more next year as sermons and addresses urged greater generosity from wealthy parishioners.
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Church of the Ascension
Fifth-ave
Tenth St
Percy Stickney Grant
Grant
Serena Rhinelander
Julia Rhinelander
Miss Rhinelander
New-York Life Insurance and Trust Company
William R. Huntington
Grace Church
George Alexander
University Place Presbyterian Church
Howard Duffield
First” Presbyterian Church
Huntington
New York
Alexander
Presbyterian
Walter E. Clifton Smith
Instalment Dealers Denounced as Courts Defy Testimony
The column denounces installers of payments who lose at jail, then turn to courts. It highlights the Lupin case in which Justice Roesch denounced the practices and urged grand jury review. It details Lupia’s arrest for a watch purchase and the abuse by marshalling and dubious co-surety Ludwin, plus arraignment violations and improper settlements.
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Odell
Assemblyman
Wilson
Lupta
Hoffman
Fifth District Court
Justice Roesch
Second District Court
Ludlow Street
Kings County
New York
Roesch
John Palmieri
Lupin
New York County
Charles Ludwin
Brooklyn
Stromberg
Bolte
Justice Bolte
de Salvo
Justice Truax
Justice Bischoff
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Uch Bros
A Beal
Andrew Carnegie
William H. Ten Eyck
Alexander T. Mason
Theodore Gilman
Charles Blandy
Bainbridge Colby
John H. Starin
Rockwood
James L. Wells
J. M. Wainwright
Bloomingdale
Raines
Lackawanna Railroad
Buffalo
City OF
Cairo, Ill
Asters
Ing
Ogdens Landing
the Register
Phillips
Memphis
The
Packet Company
Nation
Sipiaguine
Old Point
United
Ernest G. Stedman
Lexington Ave
the Tribune
West Side
Washington Heights
Herman Wronkow
Mr. Wronkow
Jayne
Valley of the
Shenandoah
Mr. Stockton
Sardis
Cathay
Ascension Fund
California
Overland Limited
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways
Broadway
Justice
Marshal
Hiram Ricker & Sons
Poland Water
Park Place
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