Governor Higgins vetoes Coggeshall bill on racing taxes
Albany April 23 Governor Higgins vetoed the Coggeshall bill raising the gross receipts share paid to agricultural societies by racing associations. He urged direct appropriations to support these societies rather than legalizing racetrack gambling for fees. He argues the tax sustains gambling and harms constitutional prohibitions, preferring state funding over casino-like profits.
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Tribune
Albany
Higgins
Coggeshall
Insurance Experts Discuss San Francisco Losses and Pay Rates
Financial district buzzed over whether American fire insurers will go bankrupt from San Francisco conflagration losses. Officials pursuing full payments, with some suggesting rate hikes and possible liquidations, while others expect adjustments via stockholder contributions and reinsurance. The debate covers dynamited buildings, California law on payouts, and the reliability of foreign reinsurers, with the Continental Insurance Company claiming it could cover San Francisco losses in full and still show surplus.
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Ican
San Francisco
Com
Pany
Francisco
Firemen’s Fund
Sacramento
Dutton
East
New York
San
Continental Insurance Company
the Continental
Cooper Ferry Bill Passed By Senate In Albany
Albany April 23 The Senate passed the Cooper bill drawn for the Union Ferry Company of Brooklyn authorizing the city to pay the price set by the company for its ferries. Senators Page and Hinman voted against it. The Story bill raising aldermen salaries to two thousand dollars a year was also passed.
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Tribune
Albany
Senate
Cooper
Union Ferry Company
Brooklyn
Page
Hinman
Alleged Gamblers Raid Near 34th Street Club
Captain Hodgins raided an alleged gambling house at 150 West 34th Street last night. Michael McGue and seventeen well dressed men were arrested or reprimanded. McGue jailed on running a gambling house. The Martinique Club charter may underlie the operation, tipped off by Finn’s loss of 1200 dollars.
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Hodgins
Tenderloin
West 34Th Street
Michael McGue
McGue
Big Frank” Felton
Finn
President Street
Brooklyn
Corrigan
Mrs Madden Sues For Divorce In Cincinnati Case
Mrs Anna Louise Madden wife of John E Madden turfman sues for divorce in Cincinnati seeking custody of two children. She accuses him of gross and general neglect. The suit follows her earlier alimony case and Madden’s cross petition in Kentucky, which was later dropped.
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The
Tribune
Cincinnati
Anna Louise Madden
John E. Madden
Madden
Kentucky
Twenty-Five Girls Poisoned at Home for Working Girls
Telegraph to The Tribute reports twenty-five boarders at Home for Working Girls fell ill early this morning from suspected accidental poisoning of dinner. Health Department physicians are caring for the students. five remain in serious condition while the rest are expected to recover.
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Pittsburg
Health Department
Negro Valet Arrested in Jewelry Theft From Miss Russell
Newport April 23 Benjamin Walker a valet for Joseph Wheelock Jr of the Just Out of College company is under arrest charged with stealing jewelry from Miss Annie Russell's monks. He was caught in the baggage car by a transport man with many trunks broken and Miss Russell's jewelry found in Walker's pockets.
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Newport
R. 1
Benjamin Walker
Joseph Wheelock, Jr
Annie Russell
Miss Russell
Walker
Primary results in 6th Alabama district nominate R P Oy
Montgomery reports from the democratic primary show R. P. Oy of Merrimee fame winning the nomination over incumbent John H. Bank in the 6th Alabama Press District. The dispatch notes times and a funeral train mention as filler in the ad.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama ‘Press
Merrimee Fame
John H. Bank
Over $18 Million Raised for San Francisco Relief
The total yesterday reached 18,830,322.68 dollars including 3,450,000 from railroads for free transport, 500,000 by Congress, 250,000 by New York, and a 2,000,000 plus New York addition. If split among 200,000 San Francisco destitute residents it would amount to about 94 dollars per person.
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San Francisco
Congress
New York
United States
Count de Smet de Naeyer sinks off Prawle Point
Dover reports the Belgian training ship Count de Smet de Naeyer foundered off Prawle Point with 34 dead, including the captain and 33 others. Survivors, rescued by a French bark, were landed after Dunkerque refused information. Built 1904 at Greenock for the Belgian Maritime Association, the full rigged steel 1863-ton vessel carried cadets including sons of prominent Belgians.
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Dover
England
Count de Smet de Naeyer
Prawle Point
Belgian Maritime Association
Antwerp
Mercantile Marine
Greenock
Scotland
Dunkerque
Hamburg
Flushing
North Sea
Australia
Bay of Biscay
Rojestvensky Faces Court Martial After Tsushima
The April report of the special commission urges court martial for all officers aboard the Bedovoi torpedo boat destroyer after its surrender following the Tsushima battle. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky is exempt due to wounds and unconsciousness when his flag fell. He had sought retirement for health but asks to be tried with others, with possible dismissal in disgrace as precedent.
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St. Petersburg
Tsu-Shima Straits
Bedovi
Rojestvensky
Nebogatoff
Newspaperman Foils Bernhardt In Duluth Court
A temporary injunction enjoins Manager Murray of the Sarah Bernhardt company John Condon and Temple Roller Rink manager Mr Lezbeau from presenting Bernhardt at the rink on April 30 Sherman Paddock a local newspaper man holds an option on the rink for the date The rink is the only city auditorium available for the Bernhardt production
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Duluth
Minn
Murray
Sarah Bernhardt Company
John Condon
Lezbeau
Temple
Bernhardt
Sherman Paddock
Danish trawlers reported lost in Iceland gale
Seventy men are feared dead after two Danish trawlers with forty crew and another with thirty persons reportedly foundered in a recent gale off Iceland. Dispatches from Copenhagen confirm the dangerous sea loss.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Iceland
Dewey’s Pure Grape Juice Ad In New York
An advertisement for Dewey’s Pure Grape Juice by H. T. Dewey & Sons Co announces the product as absolutely free from all preservatives. The contact address given is 188 Iten Street in New York.
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Dewey’s
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Iten St
New York
New City Rising San Francisco Rebuilds After Fire
San Francisco begins the first stages of rebuilding after the disaster. Shelter, food, and care for the homeless are organized with rapid relief and restored confidence. Federal troops assume command from Gen Funston and work with local authorities to restore water, power, and safety as shelters expand across the city.
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A. Wt Greely
Frederick Funston
Greely
General Greely
Fort Mason
Presidio
San Francisco Bay
18 Hours to Chicago Pennsylvania Special Trains Report
A brief notice describes a 3:5 p.m. leasee arrival via the Pennsylvania Railroad to Chicago, noting the ballast roadbed and fast tr iock. The fragment specifies New York origin and an 18 hour travel context in a period railway style.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Adyt
New York's Fund To Date Among City Agencies Totals
A ledger style summary lists contributions to New York funds from various groups. Chamber of Commerce leads with 671,038 dollars and 25 cents, Mayor's committee 161,000 dollars, and others including Red Grace 5.02, Merchants' Association 110,911 dollars, and major exchanges adding up to a total of 2,157,447 dollars and 67 cents.
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New York
Chamber of Commerce
Mayor’s Committee
Merchants’ Association
American” and “Journal
Stock Exchange
Cotton Exchange
Coffee Exchange
Produce Exchange
Consolidated Exchange
Tobacco Board of Trade
National Exchange Bank
Camps Drenched by Rain In San Francisco Marching Suffering
San Francisco on April 23 reports a night of heavy rain and high winds soaking city camps. Thousands of camped families faced exposed tents and torn shelters, with women and children especially vulnerable. The downpour worsened unsanitary conditions and risked pneumonia amid crowded hospitals and relief efforts.
City Shaken by Brief East West Earthshock
A sharp earthquake struck San Francisco at 10 39 tonight lasting about three seconds. The tremor was felt from east to west with no damage reported. News desks noted the brief shaking caused momentary alarm among residents and observers.
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San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Oregonian
Grant's Pass
Glendale
China
Medford
Earthquake shocks ripple across Oregon and Hawaii
An April 23 report notes slight quakes felt across Oregon from 1 to 2 AM with alarm and minor damage in Grant’s Pass Glendale and Medford. Washington seismographs logged feeble tremors on April 28, while Honolulu saw the San Francisco quake barely felt. The Hawaiian Islands planned to donate liberally to relief.
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San Francisco
Associated Press
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Refugees Reach Ogden As Flight From Terror Continues
Six hundred forty four refugees arrive in Ogden feeding stations set by relief committee. Ida Reed loses mind amid terror scenes and is held in city jail. Most travelers head to Chicago, many lacking clothes. Relief distributes lunches in shoe boxes and cups of coffee. Children receive milk and baby bottles. eighty one travelers find means of subsistence.
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Ogden
Utah
Ida Reed
Oakland
Waverly
Iowa
Chicago
Aid From Railroads To California Relief Effort
Chicago April 23 Railroads across the United States provide free service to California relief, valued at about 3 4 million dollars. The Harri man system alone faces about 75 000 daily for 30 days. The total includes traffic to Union Pacific Omaha and other lines. Gould system and partners estimated at 15 000 daily. Santa Fe at least 5 000 daily. Atlantic City automobile races announced for April 25 26 and 27 with Superior service via Pennsylvanian Railroad and fast express trains.
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Chicago
California
United States
Harriman
Union Pacific
Omaha
Northwestern
St. Paul
Great Western
Illinois Central
Rock Island
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Gould
Superior
Pennsylvan Whe
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Weed & Kennedy
Get
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