Hay dealers fight for more car storage space
Hay merchants in the city challenged a new interstate rule effective November 13 that expands storage charges for unloaded cars. The hearing before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Charles A. Prouty drew testimony from railroads including Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Long Island, New York Central, and others, plus Hay Exchange representatives. Proponents said the rule discriminates against hay buyers in New York, while critics warned it would push business to Jersey City or other points, with storage costs eroding profits. The hearing was adjourned to May 26 after debate on demurrage and warehouse use.
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Hay
Bey Mer
Nts
Jersey
Baltimore & Onio
Long Island
New York Central
Westmore
Exit
New York
Ontario & Western
Fetkewenns
Lehigh
Central
New Geser
Hay Exchange
Gorse Coffin
Counge
George S. Patterson
Pennsylvania
Patterson
Hay Commission
Austin
Coffin
Jersey City
New York City
Philadelphia
Suffragettes Rally Ended in Harlem Disruption
About three thousand disrupted an outdoor suffrage meeting at 125th Street and Seventh Avenue. Mrs Berman Wells, the English suffragette, was shouted down. Patrolman Baer cleared a path and assisted her to an Amsterdam bound car amid jeers. Wells condemned the mistreatment as among the worst she had faced in the United States.
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Progressive Woman's Suffrage Union
125Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Berman Wells
Rieke
Baer
Amsterdam
Fire destroys British steamer Cacique near Guayaquil
In Guayas Province Ecuador on April 7 a report states the British steamer Cacique, sailing from Mollendo, was totally destroyed by fire about 120 leagues from Point Santa Elena. All hands were rescued by the Ecuadorian gunboat Bolivar. Built in Sunderland in 184? the Cacique belonged to the York and Pacific Steamship Company.
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Guaragull
Ecuador
Cacique
Mollendo H
Fee
Point Santa Elena
Guay=s
Meruet
Bolivar
Corique
Sunderland
The
York and Pactic Steamship Company
Mauretania Sets Record Eastward Run at 379 Knots
The Mauretania arrived this afternoon noting a new daily run record of 379 knots. Last Friday's eastward passage record stood at 575 knots, previously held by the same liner.
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Tegn
Mauretania
Utica Free Academy Fire Damages Building Roof
A fire at Utica Free Academy damaged the roof and upper areas, with flames reaching the roof where tinsmiths worked. After hours of effort firefighters kept walls standing. Insurance estimates place the loss around 900 dollars.
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Utes
Utica Free Academy
Disputed Steering Of St Paul In Gladiator Collision
London reports indicate naval experts largely agree the St Paul steered correctly in the snowstorm near shore as Gladiator signalled toward port. With both ships pressing for deeper water, the cruiser’s starboard maneuver avoided catastrophe, and the English press shows no bias against St Paul’s commander.
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The
Tribune
Tribune Association
London
St. Paul
Fassett Sees Elmira Trip Worth While for Hughes
Representative J Sloat Fassett of Elmira says Governor Hughes may speak on anti gambling bills in Elmira and would be welcomed, possibly off the platform. Fassett backs Hughes as presidential candidate and pledges to join a Rooseveltian program, voicing strong support at a Chicago delegation level.
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J. Sloat Fassett
Elmira
Manhattan
Hughes
Mr. Fassett
Chicago
Senator Cassidy
Cassidy
Owen
Jacob Sluat Fassett
Tribune
Taft
Murphy
Tammany Hall
New York
Roosevelt
Wilcox turned down by church in Auburn AP story
Senator B. M. Wilcox of Auburn failed of re election to the First Methodist Episcopal Church board of trustees at the annual church vote. He received 5 votes out of 146, with friends opposing due to his recent Senate vote against anti racetrack gambling bills.
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Tribune
Auburn
N. Y
B. M. Wilcox
Board of Trustees
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilcox
Senate
Woman's Body Found In Trunk In Brownville Murder
Police say they have solved the Brownville murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan by confession. Her body was found in a large trunk at her home with a bloody axe nearby. The crime, allegedly a robbery, occurred near the Barton House hotel. Neighbors Mr. and Mrs. James Farmer are detained. deed transfer of the Brennan home to Farmer is disclosed.
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Watertown
N. Y
Brownville
Sarah Brennan
Patrick Brennan
Barton
Brennan
James Farmer
Brennaastis
Jefferson County
Farmer
Prenner
Onions Recovered From Shipwreck Spawn Beach Harvest
Crates marked Valenciennes wash ashore near Forge River Station as rumors spread of a Mediterranean steamer wreck. Onions float briefly before country people flock to the beach hoping to reap a harvest from the stranded cargo.
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the Tribune
Eastport
Forge River Station
Valenciennes
Storms Hit Cities From Coast To Plains
A batch of April 27 reports notes storms delaying streetcar service in St Paul and heavy snow in Superior, Wis, with Missouri grit and snow in Sedalia and Grand Valley Colorado. Frost damage in Arkansas fruit regions is estimated at 1,050,000 dollars.
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St. Paul
Superior
Wis
Denver
Arkansas
Missouri
Grand Va
Colorado
Sedalia
Treasury Calls Banks To Withdraw 45 Million Dollars
The Treasury announces a further call on national banks for about 45 million dollars, with 20.01 million due May 9 and 25 million by May 23, 1908. Deposits basis, with adjustments for government use. It aims to meet 3 percent bonds due July 1 and curb gold demand.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Gould
Treasury Department
Treasury
Senate Rejects Amendment for Four Battleships
The Senate voted 50 to 23 to reject a four battleship amendment and approved a naval bill funding two battleships at about 4 million each, plus two colliers and other craft. Debate included sharp exchanges over naval expansion and remarks on Senator Beveridge, with overall passage signaling a move toward a two ships per year program.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Beveridge
Smith
Michigan
Indiana
Itill
Carter
Steveridge
Potomac
Ankeny
Flint Paynter
Fulton
Piles
Harah
Gamble
Mich
Bourne
Hansbrough
Smoor Briges
Heyburn
Sutherland
Brown
Lodge
Taylor Burkett
Metreary
Warner
du Pont
Owen
Noes
Aldrich
Money
Bacon
Dillingham
Nelson
Bankhead
Dixon
Newlands
Brandegee
Foraker
Nixon
Bulkeley Foster
Overman
Elkins
Bailey
Allison
Clarke
Arkansas
Depew
McEnery
Scott
McLaurin
Penrose
Martin
Dolliver
Rayner
Milton
Tillman
Knox
Hopkins
Kittredge
Maryland
la Follette
Marine Corps
Eames Sues Story Over Separated Property
Opera singer Mme Emma Eames pursues about 20000 dollars in value of personal property from ex husband painter Julian Story. She claims items including five water colors, a bronze statuette Awakening, portraits, rugs, vases and various ornaments, with some items in Paris and Vallombrosa Italy. She seeks transfer of goods or monetary equivalent per prior agreement before divorce.
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Mme
Emma Eames
Julian Story
Supreme Court
Mme. Eames
Mr. Story
Bolt
Mme.ames
Blazing Oil Lights Bay At Tidewater Plant Fire
Three Tidewater Oil Company stills at Constable Hook caught fire before midnight. Fire illuminated Constable Hook and surrounding waters for hours, with the top of a still blowing off in a loud explosion. About forty five thousand gallons per still. Nine workers injured needing medical care. fire fought by Tidewater and Standard II tug units. Bayonne fire department offered help but was not used. Fire under control by early morning, no spread danger.
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Tidewater Oil Company
Constable Hook
Kill von Kull
Staten Island
Bayonne
Broadway
Davis
Bayonne Fire Department
Tidewater
Standard II
Boy pinned under rock saved by firemen at street bank
Nicholas Buckstein a 12 year old boy from West Mth street was pinned when a large rock shifted while he watched it roll down a bank on Lor at Loast street between Seventh and Eigth avenues. Firefighters used a block and tackle to lift the stone and free him. Dr Schiff of Harlem Hospital said the boy was uninjured aside from fright and sinking his foot in soft sand. His mother Esther Buckstein arrived as firemen freed him and he reassured her saying he was all right.
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Nicholas Buckstein
West Mth Street
Loast Street
Seventh
Eigth Avenues
Esther Buckstein
Will Not Bar Uniforms in Newport Believe in Equality
Newport Rhode Island April 7 management of an amusement company announced that its previous flat ban on men in uniform has been rescinded. The statement pledges no distinction between uniformed and nonuniformed patrons and comes amid a public push to prohibit denying entry to naval or marine personnel for wearing uniforms. A bill making such discrimination illegal is before the Rhode Island General Assembly.
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Newport
R. L
Rhode Island General Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
District of Columbia
Waterways Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Appalachian Mountain
Worcester leader opposes Mother Goose in kindergartens
Mrs Amend L Peterson, president of the Worcester Scandinavian Union, has begun a campaign against Mother Goose literature in kindergartens and homes. She burned her children's copies of Mother Hubbard Bluebeard and Alice in Wonderland and urges children to read stronger works based on unisuths.
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Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Amend L. Peterson
Worcester Scandinavian Union
President Roosevelt touts naval program success in battleship count
In Washington on April 27 the President declared the naval program has yielded two battleships a year. He claimed progress even as opponents argue for greater expansion. The Associated Press reports Roosevelt’s stance amid ongoing debates over shipbuilding and defense priorities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Refused $200000 Salary by Judge Gray Principle
Judge George Gray of Delaware refused a proposed headship at a major insurance firm, stating no citizen should earn more than the President. The decision, reported by Judge David T. Marvel at Princeton University, involved a salary about 200 000 dollars annually in the late 19th century.
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Princeton
N. J
United States
George Gray
Delaware
Marvel
Anarchist Steve Teth Arrested in Colorado for Extradition
Trinidad Cal April 27 Steve Teth an alleged anarchist linked to a plot against Emperor Francis Joseph was arrested at Coke Dale and brought to Denver for extradition papers. An Austrian government agent followed him from Austria and caused the arrest. Teth admitted he was wanted in Austria but denied involvement in an assassination plot.
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Trinidad
Cal
Steve Teth
Francis Joseph
Coke Dale
Denver
Austria
Toth
Grady to Seek Congress Seat in Cockran Succeeding Move
Albany April 27 Senator Thomas F Grady longtime minority leader in the New York Senate announced his retirement at adjournment as he is slated for a Congressional nomination to succeed Bourke Cockran. Grady told friends Cockran will be retired due to conflicts with Tammany chiefs while Grady would take his seat. Rumors place Senator Frawley as likely to replace Francis Burton Harrison in Congress.
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Albany
Thomas F. Grady
Congress
Bourke Cockran
Grady
Cockran
Murphy
McCarren
Bulger
Tammany
Senator Frawley
Francis Burton Harrison
Mob Attacks Prisoner at Burning Tenement No 41 Chester
Police and firemen battled a mob of about five thousand in East New York as a man leaving a burning tenement loaded with goods and money was beaten. He, identified as Joseph Schmilowitz the unemployed butcher, was jailed on burglary charges after rescue from the crowd where fires were alleged to have been started to aid robbery.
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East New York
Chester Street
Brownsville
Joseph Schmilowitz
Traction War Ends as 3-Cent Fare Set for Cleveland
In Cleveland on April 27 the City Council, via suspension of rules, approved a security grant to the Cleveland Railway Company now forming the Municipal Traction Company to take over the old systems for fifty years. Final papers were signed with the executives of four streetcar outfits at the Chamber of Commerce hall ending a seven year dispute over fares and control. Mayor Johnson announced free rides tomorrow to celebrate the settlement.
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Cleveland
City of
Cleveland Railway Company
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Forest City Railway Company
Low Fare Railway Company
Chamber of Commerce
Clyreland Railway Company
Municipal Traction Company
Johnson
Fire at Alpine bachelor apartments injures nine residents
A blaze on the eighth floor of the Alpine bachelor apartments at 33 West 33a street burned two rooms and soaked every floor as Dr. H C Karpenstein’s room ignited. Dentist H Folkers spotted flames and helped, manager A W Strong called the alarm. Nine residents evacuated via the main entrance as a fire hose burst flooding the hall. The Mutual Bank occupied the first floor. Guests including C L Waterbury and Gilbert M Speir escaped.
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Alpine Bachelor Apartments
West 33A Street
H. C. Karpenstein
H. Folkers
Karpenstein
A. W. Strong
The
Waterbury Company
Gilbert M. Speir
President again appeals to Congress
The President sends a special message to Congress outlining his legislative program and urging action along lines from January 31. He attacks boycotts and blacklists and condemns multimillionaires while urging reform of injunction power and stronger federal control of corporations. The address cites postal savings banks, tariff inquiry, and continued supports for the Waterways Commission.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Finance Committee
Boston
Bouycotts
Demasgogue
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Eames Sues
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