Auto Smash Kills Two Near Victor New York
Ellis Roberts of Utica and James Boyland of Canandaigua were killed in an auto crash about two and a half miles east of Victor. James Morris of Utica, driver, was severely injured but may recover. Roberts was son of former Utica Herald editor Gorge A. Roberts.
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Rochester
Ellis Roberts
Utica
James Boyland
Canandaigua
Victor
Roberts
Gorge A. Roberts
James Morris
Sultan Offers To Become Figurehead In Crisis
The Young Turks press toward a constitutional shift as Sultan Abdul Hamid offers to withdraw from governance and overlook a replacement of palace troops. San Stefano deputies debate deposition while Grand Vizier Texfik Pacha arranges a compromise with constitutionalists. Desertions rise and foreign fleets gather as the capital braces for decisive events.
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Ters
Chamber of Deputies
Glenstors
San Stefano
Sultan
Constitutional
Mahmoud Sohefket Pacha
Third Army
Messina
Swiftsure
Adana
Fifth Army Corps
Mrs Sage’s Gift Blocked by Bond at Custom House
Mrs Russell Sage faces a delay as customs demands a bond before releasing two Colonial period ornamental grates valued at 890 dollars for the Governors Room in City Hall. Collector Loeb lacks authority to waive duties, and Mayor McClellan declines to post the bond, citing city responsibility concerns. The appraiser notes the grates are metal manufactures, not works of art, though Treasury may grant an exception.
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England
McClellan
Secretary of the Treasury
Carnegie Sells Land Opposing His Home for a Dwelling
Andrew Carnegie selling yesterday through Pease and Elliman a vacant lot at 11 East Mist Street, 25 by 190 feet, to a well known buyer for a private residence. The plot lies opposite Carnegie’s home, part of the block between Fifth and Madison Avenues and 90th and 91st streets, with prior restrictions ensuring light and air for adjoining properties. Carnegie has been expanding the protective frontage on 91st Street, and previous deals include General Bryce, who abandoned plans for a large house due to restrictive conditions, leading Carnegie to reclaim the land. the buyer will erect a dwelling for personal use.
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Andrew Carnegie
Pease & Elliman
Mist Street
Carnegie
Fifth and
Madison Avenues
90Th
S1st
91St Street
Madison and
Fifth Avenues
James 4. Burden, Jr
John Henry Hammond
Lierd S. Bryce
Fifth Avenue
Aged man arrested for selling lottery risks
Joseph Schmidt or A Schwab was arrested at 427 East 139th Street by Post Office Inspector Hill and detectives on lottery selling charges. About one thousand lottery tickets and five hundred customers were found. Bank records show about $34,000 deposited in seven months. Bail set at $1000. bond posted. case to be heard in Harlem Court.
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Joseph Schmidt
Post Office
H. ©. Hill
Wilbur
Central Office
Weber
Harlem Detective Bureau
East 139Th Street
Hill
A. Schwab
Schmidt
Schwab
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Hoboken
Philadelphia
Manhattan
Harlem
Harlem Court
Lowell to lecture on Public Opinion at Johns Hopkins
Dr Abbott Lawrence Lowell, set to succeed Dr Elliot as Harvard president, opened a Johns Hopkins lecture series on Public Opinion and Popular Government. He warned that majority opinion does not guarantee rightness, noting democracy is tempered, and emphasized minority rights, constitutional limits, and the flaw in socialism.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Elliot
Harvard
Johns Hopkins University
Lowell
Szechenyis Endow Ward in New York Home
A Hungarian home in New York will be named after Count and Countess Grechehyi. They gave $1009 through president Morris Cukor, and the Austro-Hungarian government added $2000 toward the home, acknowledging official support.
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Tribune
Newport
R. I
New York
Creditors Gather as Ennis Stoppant Receiver Reports Assets
A crowded twelfth floor room in the City Investing Building saw about 200 creditors of Ennis and Stop pant press the receiver Lindsay Russell for details. He outlined assets around 300000 and liabilities near 1500000, with large contributions from relatives and promises of future settlements including with Senator McCarren.
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City Investing
Ennis & Stoppant
Suffern & Son
Lindsay Russell
Senator McCarren
Russell
Moses H. Grossman
Stoppani
Ennis
McCarren
Mr. Russell
Smuggling Plot Foiled Aboard Seamen's Church Tug Sentinel
Three New York customs inspectors halted an Oriental goods smuggling attempt on Wednesday night in South Brooklyn. Seven cases of china ware screens curios and Japanese bric a brac valued over 1000 were seized from the tug Sentinel owned by the Seamen's Church Institute. The seizure occurred after inspectors boarded the tug as it docked near Pier 4 and Peck Slip while the crew claimed the crates contained sailors personal belongings. The institute said the Sentinel is normally used to ferry seamen to services and denied knowledge of smuggling activity.
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Brooklyn
Orient
Sentinel
Seamen’s Church Institute of New York
South Brooklyn
Bradley
Pier 4
Bush
Comet
Pier 3
Sanger
Dingham
Seamen's Church Institute
Peck Slip
Secret Service unearths international dressmaking ring
Secret Service agents tracing five high value trunks seized earlier have uncovered an international dressmaking operation with offices in New York and Paris. The probe may wrap in days as wealthier clients and go-betweens face possible indictments. Vigilance at piers continues over unsettled valuations and potential hidden goods.
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Secret Service
Paris
Europe
Customs Service
Loeb
Take Alleged Swindler
Buffalo April 22 Telegraph reports a man posing as the general manager of E Paquin & Co Ltd Paris court dressmakers was arrested for defrauding Mrs J M Vincent and Mrs M Ashbridge each of 250 dollars. He used aliases W von Froben and Baron Winterfelt and paraded Paris letterheads. He allegedly advertised for a branch agency on Fifth Avenue New York with a 2500 annual salary.
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the Tribune
Buffalo
E. Paquin & Co.,, Ltd
Paris
France
J. M. Vincent
West 136Th Street
M. Ashbridge
West 117Th Street
New York
W. Friend
W. von Froben
Baron Winterfelt
Fifth Avenue
Foundations Hollow Albany April 22
Reports to Governor Hughes and other officials about the state’s new 4 000 000 education building in Albany allege hollow concrete foundations and questionable cement. Representative Merrick and attorney Ainsworth raised concerns to White and Wadsworth as reconstruction work continues with the architec t and state architect monitoring. Contractors defend the charges stating no foundation for the claims.
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Albany
Hughes
White
Wadsworth
Board of Trustees of Public Buildings
Capitol
Washington Avenue
R. T. Ford Company
Rochester
Palmer & Hornbester
Merrick
Ford
Mr. Merrick
Postmasters Dinner Mocked Governor Hughes insulted
New York State Association of Postmasters held its third annual dinner at the Republican Club. Charles H. Treat praised Taft and planned to praise Governor Hughes but laughter from the crowd interrupted him. Treat redirected to Postmaster General Hitchcock as Governor Hughes looked on with visible resentment.
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New York State Association of Postmasters
Republican Club
Charles H. Treat
United States
Taft
Mr. Treat
Governor Hughes
Hughes
Hitchncock
Haywood Apologizes after Flag Incident in Sacramento Lobby
William B. Haywood, president of the Western Federation of Miners, and his press agent A Meyer were made to apologize by Captain E J Coxe of the U S Army for disrespecting the American flag in a Sacramento hotel lobby after a lecture. Meyer wore a red flag and said he hoped to live to see it waved over the Stars and Stripes. Coxe demanded an apology, threatening to punch Meyer. Haywood identified himself and Coxe warned they would eat their words or he would break their faces. Haywood apologized and left with Meyer.
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Ial
Asia Minor
Asia
Yildiz
Selamlik
Chakir Pacha
Said Pacha
Kiam Pacha
Emin Ber
Halid Bey
Noureddin Pacha
Ali Kami! Bey
Serbeste
Vadehti Bey
Volkan
Mourad Bey
Mizan
Ismail Kemail
Berat
Tewfik Pacha
Committee of and Progress
Rifaat Pacha
Imman Pacha
In Vernment
Constantinople
Galata
Monastir
Islan
Tribune
Sacramento
Cal
William B. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
A. Meyer
E. J. Coxe
United States Army
Haywood
Meyer
Coxe
Bill Haywood
Raleigh Coxe
U. 8S
Patten Selling Wheat Jobs Rest in New Mexico Blizzard
Telegraph report says James A. Patten, nervously resting at W. H. Bartlett’s ranch in Northern New Mexico, has sold his wheat holdings. He claims no market manipulation, compares wheat to iron, and heads toward Bartlett’s remote ranch as a blizzard closes roads and blocks phone service.
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the Tribune
Trinidad
Col
James A. Patten
Great West
W. H. Bartlett
Chicago
New Mexico
Patten
Bartlett's Ranch
Bartlett Ranch
Mary
Patten quits wheat corner and flees to New Mexico ranch
Telegraphic report from Chicago details James A. Patten abandoning his wheat corner known as the “King of the Wheat Pit.” He fled to partner W H Bartlett’s ranch in New Mexico as the market collapsed. Brokers faced wild liquidations and prices fell amid widespread losses and surprise crop data.
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Tribune
Chicago
James A. Patten
New Mexico
Board of Trade
Liverpool
Argentina
Australia
Patten
W H. Bartlett
Colorado Line
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Algeoueh Be Hes
Minis
Texfik Pacha
Cap
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DR. Lowell
Johns Hopkins
Szechenyis Endow Ward
Ennis & Stoppanit
Thomas A. Ennis
Charles F Stoppant
Mr. Ennis
Allenhurst
Park Place
Brooklyn Docks
Take
Mr. Hughes
Great Bear
Advt
New Mexico Ranch
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