Bryan Answers Questions at Cooper Union Meeting
A Cooper Union audience of about six hundred questioned William Jennings Bryan after a speech on Universal Brotherhood. Bryan dodged a tough query on disfranchisement and compared Southern and Northern laws, then debated socialism and individualism, arguing for reform without erasing competition.
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Cooper Union
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Universal Brotherhood
Bryan
Waites
Charles Sprague Smith
South
Washington
Last Rapping Fox Dies of Ferdinand Fox Jenkins
Ferdinand Fox Jenkins, son of Kate Fox Jenkins and last of the Fox sisters famed for spiritualist rappings, died after a lifelong invalid condition. Funeral held in New York at a chapel near Eigth Avenue and 19th Street with Rev Dr William Hale delivering the oration. about fifty mourners attended. The First Spiritualist Society of New York defrayed his expenses.
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Ferdinand Fox Jenkins
Kate Fox Jenkins
Fox
COM Tnt
Eigith Avenue
19Th Street
First
Spiritassist Society of
New York
Kat- Fox Jenkins
Anna Leah
Margaret
Rochester
William Hale
Boston
Herald of Truth
Helenam
Mary A. Newton
Kingston Plans Return of Governor Clinton’s Body
Legislature amends the supply bill to cover the removal of Gouverneur George Clinton of New York from Congressional Cemetery in Washington to Kingston. His descendants back the move as Kingston prepares to mark its two hundredth anniversary with the transfer planned in late May and early June.
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Kingston
George Clinton
New York
Washington
Clinton
Congressional Cemetery
City
The Attempt to Kill Cabrera in Guatemala
An assassination attempt on President Estrada Cabrera near the National Palace in Guatemala left him wounded in the hand. Troops promptly detained surrounding students, maintaining control as reports corroborate the attack. The American minister William Heimke planned a royal audience when shots rang out.
Manchester's Contest Heats Up In Lib–Unionist Battle
In Manchester on April 21 the Liberal ministers pledge major reforms. Churchill fires Home Rule, Lloyd George bets old age pensions within a year while facing funding questions. Balfour writes a long Unionist letter as Lloyd George speaks at a mass meeting, with libel threats and election-corruption commission prep looming.
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Manchester
Winston Spencer Churchill
David Lloyd-George
Balfour
Lloyd-George
Churchill
London
Irish Voters Back Churchill Support in Manchester
Dublin reports that the Nationalists endorse Winston Churchill after his Manchester speech. John E. Redmond announces United Irish League decisions to support Churchill and will forward recommendations to Irish voters in Manchester.
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John Redmond
League
Manchester
Dublin
Winston Spencer Churchill
Liberal Party
John E. Redmond
United Irish League
Mr. Churchill
Bryce Escapes Train Wreck In Chattanooga
Ambassador Bryce narrowly avoided collision as a Queen & Crescent wreck blocked the crossing near the Southern station. He climbed a steep embankment and rode an automobile to the Auditorium to deliver his address unshaken.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ambassador Bryce
Queen & Crescent
Death by Subway Trains In Brooklyn Bridge Station
Leo A. Moore twenty two year old Negro elevator operator at Lombard Apartments West End Avenue and 76th Street was killed last night at the Brooklyn Bridge station after being struck by three southbound trains a local and two expresses His body lay between the first and second cars of the second express The motormen claim he jumped in front of a local train and two trains were halted at the scene Police arrested both motormen on homicide charges while the Lombard superintendent calls it an accident.
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Leo A. Moore
Lombard
West End Avenue
76Th Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Charles Young
West 29Th Street
Necro
Lombard Apartments
Senate
Senator Page
Judiciary Committee
Grady
Cobb
Lowe
Gracy
Senator Raines
Page
Firemen in Accidents In New Rochelle
Twelve members of the Union Hose Company were pinned beneath their apparatus while rushing to a fire. Three men were severely injured including the driver William Keiser who was bruised and internally injured George Mateh suffered a possible eye loss and a broken arm Henry Match had a broken leg and internal injuries. A separate Grand street collision damaged a fire engine and caused narrow escapes for three other firemen as the vehicle struck an electric pole.
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Union Hose Company
New Rochelle Fire Department
Main Street
Franklin Street
William Keiser
George Mateh
Henry Match
New Rochelle Coal and Lumber Company
Grand
Jackson Streets
Prince Helie de Sagan Hunted Across Europe in April
Genoa April 1 Prince Helie de Sagan arrived and grew irritated at reporters calling him hunted like a fox. He ordered the conductor to keep press disturbance away. The Friedrich der Grosse carried Mme Anna Gould en route to Naples.
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Prince Helie
Mme. Gould
Genoa
Prince Hélie de Sagan
Prince Hélie
Maples
Annette Chapin
Mme
Anna Gould
Naples
Pisa
Gibraltar
Friedrich der Grosse
New York
Frider
Senate Work Plan Rejected Four Warships In 1920s Review
The Senate steering committee in Washington outlined the session's legislative program. It rejected the four-battleship proposal, planned to pass a DC child labor bill, and aimed to keep major acts off the floor while prioritizing Finance Committee proposals and conference-driven resolutions to present a united Republican front.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Beveridge
House
District of Columbia
Indiana
Brownsville
Postal Savings Bank
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Burrows
Smith
Maryland
NYU chorus strikes amid Cap'n Kidd show crisis
Forty members of the NYU varsity show chorus walk out at Gould Hall over program credits and ticket allotments for Cap'n Kidd & Co. at Carnegie Lyceum. Spokesman A J Magrath vows to press demands while managers seek a settlement before Friday's performance.
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New York University
Cap'n Kidd & Co
Carnegie Lyceum
Gould Hall
A. J. Magrath
Magrath
A. H. Sherin
Leroy A. van Bomel
Dramatic Club
New Cunard Steamer Carmania Reports Disabled Ship
The Cunard liner Carmania traveling from Liverpool and Queenstown to New York reported a resting German steamer Deike Rickmers in distress 695 miles east of Sandy Hook Light at 5 PM yesterday. The Deike Rickmers on her maiden voyage from Bremen and Swansea to Philadelphia with plans to load for the Far East lost three propeller blades.
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Cunard
Carmania
Barr
Liverpool
Queenstown
New York
Sandy Hook
Deike Rickmers
Bremen
Swansea
Philadelphia
Far East
Big Crop Will Save, Says Clark Amid Cash Debate
Ex Senator William A. Clark of Montana visits Kansas City and declines to discuss his family affairs while claiming national relief comes from a big crop. He criticizes radical policies and says business conditions improve with a strong Western crop outlook.
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Kansas City
William A. Clark
Montana
Plan 200000 For New York Post Office Work
An appropriation of 200000 for continuation of the work on the New York Post Office will be included in the sundry civil appropriation bill. This is the amount asked by New York Representatives and is considered sufficient to carry on the work for the next fiscal year. The article notes a larger 5500000 authorization likely to be approved next year.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
New York Post Office
House
New York Representatives
Interborough-Metropolitan pays franchise tax to state
The Interborough-Metropolitan Street Railway Company paid 105000 dollars into the State Treasury for franchise taxes. The tax was assessed on 139000000 dollars and was due January 15. It is the first prompt tax payment by a New York City railway company in several years.
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The
Tribune
Albany
Interborough-Metropolitan Street Railway Company
State
New York Cie
Senate sends last banking reform bill to governor
In Albany on April 21 the Senate defeated Senator Grady’s motion to reconsider the vote on the banking bill. The measure imposes sweeping restrictions on loans and business methods of banking corporations and is now sent to the Governor for approval.
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The
Tribune
Albany
Grady
Senate
Clark Wiliams
Banking Department
Inner organs displaced judge dies after Hopkins autopsy
Judge John E. McKeighan of St. Louis died after an attempted operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Surgeons found his heart on the right side liver and gall bladder in unusual positions with organs massed and held by cords. He lived to sixty six without prior complaint.
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The
Tribune
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
John E. McKeighan
St. Louis
Livingstone Roe Jr Held on Vagrancy Charge in Pittsburg
Livingstone Roe Jr self identifies as son of Livingstone Roe of Morristown New Jersey and is jailed on a vagrancy blotter in Pittsburg Central police station. Police warn a more serious charge may follow for alleged attempts to extort money from his mother and from the Larocque & Hoate law firm in New York. He attempted suicide with bichloride of mercury tablets after claiming illness and sleep deprivation. Roe, 37, with past ties to Standard Oil in Europe, has a history including a 1905 New Orleans stock company role under the name B F Nash.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Livingstone Roe, Jr
Livingstone Roe
Standard Oi Company
Morristown
N. J
Central
Roe
Larocque &‘Hoate
Broadway
New York
Vinton Porter
B. F. Nash
Standard Oil Company
Europe
Orpheum Theatre Stock Company
New Orleans
Whitestone Woman Seeks Probate Over Hidden $7,990 Find
Mrs Ann Elizabeth Horton testified before Surrogate Nobie about discovering 7 1m dollars in a secret slide behind her father's bed room decor. The estate of William H. Ailkins, who died January 1 1807 in Whitestone, has been divided in a friendly partition. Her sisters in law Mrs Van Sicien and Mrs Kent hired Chrystie Brightman to review the accounting to see if all personal property was reported. They will decide later whether to contest the accounting.
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Ann Elizabeth Horton
Whitestone
Queens
Nobie
William H. Ailkins
van Sicien
Kent
Horton
Chrystie & Brightman
Schoolgirl Elopes The Canadian In Montreal To Marr Montreal Medical Student
Miss Florence Farwell daughter of a Canadian banker married Roy Hosmer McGibbon a Montreal medical student. They wed at Marble Collegiate Church after eluding a chaperon and obtaining a license at City Hall. The couple then headed to hotel Manhattan.
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Roy Hosmer McGibbon
Montreal
Marble Collegiate Church
D. J. Burrell
Fifth Avenue
Sherbrooke
Canada
McGibbon
Manhattan
City Hall
54Th Street
4Th Street
MacGibbon
Philip
29Th Street
Sultor
Lawmaking in Hayti opens with diplomatic presence
In Port-au-Prince the Senate Chamber hosts the opening with diplomatic corps, American and British naval officers, and Haitian military officers in attendance. Thousands of troops fill adjacent streets as Minister Marcelin reads Nord Alexis message pledging firm suppression of insurrection and urging legislative cooperation to restore order and prosperity for all citizens and foreigners.
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Port-au-Prince
Senate
M. Marcelin
Commerce and Finance
Nord Alexis
Briton lands U.S. Navy amid praise from William White
Sir William Henry White, former chief British warship designer, says American ships compare favorably with British, notes U S naval yards and engineers are highly capable. He asserts the modern American navy is second only to Britain and equal to any in the world when ship to ship.
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W. H. White
Great Britain
Boston
William Henry White
William
Armstrongs
Charleston
Baltimore
Beardless Lincoln Statue Sparks Omaha Controversy
The April 21 dispatch reports Omaha unveiling a Lincoln statue financed by public school children. A Springfield custodian’s letters reveal Lincoln said he wore no beard before election but later grew one, ending a local debate over his facial hair.
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the Tribune
Omaha
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Springfield
Bullets in Pensacola Strike Turmoil after Streetcar Attack
Pensacola Florida April 21 state troops kept order as twenty five men rioted and attacked a streetcar likely fatally wounding conductor G Hoffmen. W L Wirtich Jr a stenographer was fired as he rode home. City quiet but fears of further outbreaks linger.
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Pensacola
Fla
G. Hoffmen
W. L Wirtich, Jr
Cleveland Woman Rescues Self from Wade Park Lake After Attempt
Miss Selma Davis of 93 Fruit Avenue attempted suicide by entering Wade Park Lake this afternoon. A hat she wore helped rescuers locate and pull her from the water. she is now recovering at St Clair Hospital Sh bani.
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the Tribune
Cleveland
Wade Park Lake
Selma Davis
St. Clair Hospital
Sh Bani
Intense cold grips Italy with snow in Milan and Perugia
Rome reports an intense cold wave across Italy with snowfall in normally mild towns including Milan and Perugia. The Arctic surge brings frigid temperatures, disrupting travel and daily life across major centers.
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Rome
Italy
Milan
Perugia
Oklahoma suit aims to curb liquor advertising by newspapers
Guthrie Oklahoma April 21 The District Court suit filed by Attorney General West under Governor Haskell seeks to restrain St Louis Dallas Guthrie Fort Worth newspapers and Chicago Dallas and other wholesale liquor houses brewing and distilling companies and local news agents from publishing or soliciting advertisements for intoxicating liquors in the state and from distributing papers containing those ads to the public
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Guthrie
Okla
St. Louis
Dallas
Fort Worth
Chicago
West
Haskell
Cholera Epidemic Warning Placed Across Saint Petersburg
The Prefect of Police issues citywide placards in Saint Petersburg on April 21 warning residents of an expected cholera epidemic and detailing stringent public health regulations.
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St. Petersburg
Measure Passes to Put Utilities Under Public Service Rules
Senate approves Page bill placing telephone telegraph and ferry firms and stage lines under Public Service Commissions. Vote 30 to 13 amid filibuster by Grady. Assembly fate uncertain as leaders clash and rules committee weighs passage. Page argues reform will end poolrooms by stripping telegraph and telephone access.
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Tribune
Albans
Grady
Senate
Public Service Commissions
Xnapp
Cohalan
Fuller
Taylor
Assembly
Wadsworth
Committee On Electricity, Gas and Water Supply
Assemblyman Wainwright
Rell Callon
Rules Committee
Senator Page
Telegraph
Telephone
Girl stowaway trip on Brutus navy ship investigated
A circulated Pittsburg tale claims a girl stowaway rode the Brutus to the Pacific site, with a supposed voyage via the Strait of Magellan. Assistant Secretary Newberry orders confirmation on Elmer F. Dey’s civilian passenger account and alleged boarding at Trinidad.
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Washington
Pittsburg
Elmer F. Dey
Strait of Magellan
Newberry
Dey
Deys
Trinidad
Peru
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