Amendment passes limits for transit bonds but PSC bill stalls
In Albany April 27 the Travis Lee amendment exempting income producing transit bonds from New York City's debt limit cleared the Assembly 126 to 14. The Public Service Commission backed bill to empower transfers in NYC remains stuck in general orders, blocked by Senate tactics and a pending calendar fight. Senator Newcomb defends procedural rights as Raines and Allds press for a special rule to move the measure.
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Tribune
Albany
Travis-Lee
New York City
Public Service Commission
1St District
Public Service Commissions
John Raines
Senate
Newcsmb
Rules Committee
Raines
Allds
Grady
Woodruff
Upstate
New York City Public Service Commission
Aliso
Assembly
Newcomb
Brackett
Saratoga
Big Time
Sullivan
Wagner
Jerome
Baines
Davenport
Devenport
McCarren
Tve
Tavenport
Wainwright
Brough
Senor Raines
William M. Bennett
Cassidy
Lew
York
Manhattan
eMnett
Ice price hike hits wholesale and retail markets in New York
The National Ice Company and Foster-Scott Ice Company announced that after May 1 wholesale ice on the bridge would rise to 5 dollars per ton from 3 dollars. They supply about a quarter of the Independent trade. Richard J. Foster cited supply and demand and Hudson River crop shortfalls as causes. Families face higher prices with retail rates up to 35 cents per hundred.
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National Ice Company
East 42d Street
Foster-Scott Ice Company
West Ith Street
Richard J. Foster
Foster- Scott Ice Company
Hudson
Ahmed Riza and Hilmi Pasha Heads of Turkish Government Roles
Ahmed Riza named Grand Vizier and Hilmi Pacha appointed Minister of Interior in reshuffle signaling leadership changes within the Turkish government.
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Hilmi Pacha
Interior
Father's Salesman Daughter Weds Hidden Away
Miss Frieda Converse twenty daughter of a rubber manufacturer ran away with Frank Rufus Goodell one of her father's travelling salesmen using a school excuse from her mother. The couple wed in Pawtucket with Rev Frank Appleton officiating and returned home to Medford to joyful congratulations.
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the Tribune
Boston
Frieda Converse
Pawtucket
Frank Rufus Goodell
Medford
Frank Appleton
Trinity Episcopal Church
Mace Moulton Dies in Hotel Ansonia Corridor
Mace Moulton a noted consulting engineer died suddenly of heart trouble in the corridor of the Hotel Ansonia at Broadway and 74th street last evening after returning from Atlantic City with his wife who is in ill health. Dr Thornley tried to aid but he was dead. He leaves a son Thornton a student aged nineteen and another son in the University of Pennsylvania. He was fifty five and had offices at No 1 Nassau street.
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Mace Moulton
Ansonia
Broadway
74Th Street
Atlantic City
J. P. Thornley
Thornton
University of Pennsylvania
Nassau Street
Police Subdue Man Charged With Brooklyn Father Murder
Five policemen arrested Edward L. Brown after a five minute struggle on President street Brooklyn. The twenty seven year old prize fighter allegedly murdered his father James Brown by crushing his head and fracturing his spine. Neighbors found the elder Brown dead after a theatre visit. The suspect shouted threats and appeared insane. Coroner Dr Emil F Hartung reported fractures of jaw spine and skull, concluding the man was kicked to death.
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Edward L. Brown
James Brown
Eat No
President Street
Brooklyn
James Lynch
Butler Street
Mary Brown
Kate Walsh
Lynch
Emil F. Hartung
Armour Gifts Considered for Chicago Opera Endowment
J Ogden Armour plans a possible gift of 1 000 60 dollars for a permanent Chicago grand opera endowment. Mrs Armour showing interest and a formal announcement is anticipated. Fifty prominent Chicagoans will be invited to subscribe 10 000 dollars each toward a permanent opera company fund if a 1 000 000 dollar goal for a permanent opera house is reached.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Oak Park group seeks end to Sunday comic supplements
The Nineteenth Century Club of Oak Park began a campaign to remove the Sunday comic supplement. Women say the humor spurs imitation in children and recount incidents like a dog dragging a shirt and cravat through a home. The International Kindergarten Association also condemned the comic section and pledged to push for refined illustrated literature for youths.
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Hicako
Nineteenth Century Club
Oak Park
International Kindergarten Association
Buffalo
Skeleton discoveries at Sage dormitory excavations
Workmen digging for the new Sage dormitory unearthed twenty nine more skeletons bringing the total to thirty two. Accumulated remains are believed to be Colonial residents and the site was formerly a private burial ground. The grave of Nathaniel Fitz Randolph has been located but may not be disturbed.
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Sage
Nathaniel Fitz Randolph
Princeton
Card Players Free After Hoboken Shipboard Incident
The Kaiser Wilhelm II docked in Hoboken after a minor collision with the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm caused by a card game on board. Detectives detained three men, Booth Epply and Treadwell, before releasing them. Booth threatened suit against Captain Coopers and the line. Passenger Frank Bruckman claimed he joined a game and lost large sums in bridge and other gambling.
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Hoboken
Kaiser
Coeppers
Tribune
Garrick
Weintheil
Quinn
Booth
Epply
Treadwell
Frank Bruckman
Nord Deutscher Lloyd
Bruckman
Mr. Booth
A. Booth
Borax and Developing Company
Daggett
San Bernardino County
Cal
Cooppers
Steamship Company
Bruckmen
Policy of Mehmed and Ottoman Crown In Turbulent Times
London reports Mehmed V, after 33 years of confinement, expressing support for constitutional rule and Young Turkey while indicating readiness to accept the throne if divine will allows. Berlin interview reinforces pro constitution stance and friendship with Germany. A dispatch notes Abdul Hamid defending his reign and rejecting abdication as God’s justice.
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Allah
Europe
Turkey
Berlin
Constantinople
Lokal Anzeiger
Mehmed V
Germany
Tageblatt
Abdul Hamid
Massacres Sweep Syrian Towns as Refugees Rise
Dispatches from Adana report ongoing fires and massacres across Asiatic Turkey. Twenty thousand destitute, churches burned, American missions spared, Latakia awaiting warship, Hadjin besieged, and renewed carnage noted in Adana with looting and arson.
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Beirut
Turkey
Adana
Tarsus
Hadjin
Latakia
Diana
Mohemmed Reshad Effendi
Abdul Hamid
Sultan
Aintab
Mesopotamia
French Naval Scandal at Brest Reveals Arsenal Worthless Ships
Rear Admiral Adam told a special investigative committee that reserve ships cost vast sums but are valueless. Surgeon Schief charged the Brest arsenal with a tuberculosis hotbed, noting about four hundred deaths annually among its men.
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Brest
France
Adam
Special Committee of Investigation
Schief
Chicago City Hall Lease Scandal Exposed
States Attorney Wayman reports graft in the leasing of the temporary city hall on Randolph Street. The city pays about 99 000 a year under a 2 1/2 year lease while private firms offered the building for about one third that price. Estate owners are not involved though negotiations were conducted by specially appointed agents.
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Chicago
States
Wayman
Randolph Street
Sardou Collection Realizes 32206 At Paris Auction
The first day of the Victorien Sardou collection sale of eighteenth century watercolors and etchings in Paris brought in 32206 dollars. A sepia Fragonard fountain drawing sold for 2120 dollars as numerous French and American collectors attended.
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Paris
Victorien Sardou
Fragonard
Revolt in Asia Minor Alarm Near Trebizond
Constantinople April 27 Turkish officers at Erzeroum were arrested by their troops and sent to Trebizond. The move is seen as possibly signaling the start of a revolt by provincial troops against the Young Turk leadership.
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Constantinople
Erzeroum
Trebizond
Abdul Hamid Rumored Dead in Constantinople Alarm
Dispatches report rumors that Abdul Hamid is dead after troops reportedly found him unconscious in the palace harem. Other messages say Young Turk forces moved him to Cheraghan Palace under guard and that a later report claims plans to send him to Salonica. Also notes the seizure of his effects and fortune. William S. Wyckoff dies in Nice.
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Cheraghan
Bosporus
Sabah Eddin
Young Turk Party
Horrors at Adana Describe Armenian Massacre Turmoil
The Rev. Herbert Adams Gibbons reports on five days of massacre and arson in Adana, Istanbul’s Moslem uprising centers. Armenians are attacked as Turks loot shops. the military commander fails to disperse mobs amid growing violence and fear.
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Adana
Turkey
Constantinople
Herbert Adams Gibbons
Hartford
William Chambers
The
Young
Mehmed Fifth On Throne Of Turkey Amid Peaceful Transition
The deposition of Abdul Hamid II and accession of Mohammed Reshad Effendi as Mehmed V was carried out by a unanimous National Assembly in Constantinople. Firearms salutes announced the new sultan as troops lined streets while Abdul Hamid became a guarded prisoner. The fetva from the Sheik-ul-Islam confirmed the succession and promised the new cabinet, with Ahmed Riza likely as Grand Vizier and other former leaders offered positions.
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London
Constantinople
Daily Chronicle
Mohemmed Reshad
National Assembly
Abdul Hamid
Sheik-ul-Islam
Ulemas
Young Turks Party
Mohemmed Reshad Effendi
Abdul Hamid II
Yildiz
Cheraghan
Dolma@ Bagtsche
Galata
Mehemmed Reschad
Seraskerat
Kappu
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West Shore R. R
Madison
Adve
Djavid Bey
Finance
Rifaat Pacha
Kaiser Wilhelm
Mehmed
Sardou
Asia Minor
Abdul
the Times
Salonica
Exchange Telegraph Company
W. S. Wyckoff
Nice
William 8. Wyckoff
New York
Spencer's
Maiden Lane
Mehemmed
Chad Effendi
Mihamet
House of Osman
Rible
Young Turks
War Office
Dolma
Bagtsche Palace
Ciates
Hilma Pacha
Mer
Djavid
Old
Fetva
Rescad
Sheik
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