Governor Hughes Seen as Reluctant yet Loyal to Roosevelt
A close associate portrays Governor Hughes as radical in purpose and conservative in action who would not seek the Presidency but would accept it if free to act. He emphasizes Hughes's cautious, principled approach, confidence in Roosevelt, and widespread Republican support for both leaders across New York State.
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Washington
Hughes
Roosevelt
New York
New York State
Bronx
Boni and Prince in church clash over alleged insult
In Paris a heated confrontation followed after Count Boni and Count Jean de Castellane attacked Prince Helie de Sagan outside a church. Sagan claimed the altercation was unprovoked and vowed to let the criminal court decide his fate. He denied engagement to Mme Gould and warned of possible duel if provoked.
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Count Boni
Prince H@lie Ge Sagan
Count Jean de Castecllane
Boni
Heiodeen
Castellanes
Uis de Castellane
Héiie
Mme. Gould
Count de Castellane
Anns
Paris
Hélie de Sagan
Duke de Dino
Maitre Barboux
Castellare
Conference on Pacific Defences Talks Invited Guardsmen
The adjutant generals of California Washington and Oregon have been invited by the War Department to Washington for a coast defences conference at the earliest date. It is expected the meeting will lead to assignment of national guardsmen to coast artillery work.
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Portland
Ore
Oregonian
California
Washington
Oregon
Wer
Racing Men in gloom over governor’s stand on betting
Racing men fear Governor Hughes plan to abolish racetrack betting could end horseracing in New York State. Officials and reform groups back the measure, while poolroom interests warn of broad consequences. Industry leaders warn tracks would close within a year without betting, and reform advocates hail the moral shift, with church groups and leagues mobilizing support.
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Hughes
Jerome
New York County
Albany
Just &S
New York City
Allen
Philip Dwyer
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Queens County Jockey Club
Francis R. Hitchcock
Saratoga Racing Association
Russian radical to speak in America aboard ship
Professor Paul Milyoukov leader of the Russian Constitutional Democrats and the combined radical forces in the third Douma is on the high seas bound for America. He will be in port for five days and will address the Civic Forum on his arrival.
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Paul Milyoukov
Constitutional Democrats
America
Russian Radical Leader to Visit Washington from Russia
The Radicals leader in the Russian Douma travels to Carnegie Hall on January 14 for a flying visit to Washington before returning to Russia. Professor Milyoukov will dine with Herbert Parsons and meet Senators and Cabinet members. He faces a ban by the Black Mindred in Russia and is proscribed from re election to the Douma for radical views, having been exiled to Siberia.
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Carnegie Hall
Washington
Russia
Milyoukov
Herbert Parsons
Siberia
Hughes Unable To Attend Bankers Dinner In New York
Albany January 2 Gov Hughes will miss the New York State Bankers Association dinner set for January 27 in New York due to a busy schedule. He planned events at Carnegie Hall and review duties with the 13th Regiment in Brooklyn on January 2 and has refused many other invitations this month. Secretary Taft may attend as guest of honor if he accepts.
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Albany
Executive Chamber
Hughes
New York State Bankers’ Association
New York
New York State Bar Association
Carnegie Hall
13Th Regiment, Heavy Artillery
Brooklyn
Bankers
Union League Club
Chicago
New York WeState Bankers’ Association
Taft
Willcox
Public Service Commission
Board of Aldermen
R. 8. Downing
E. W. Bloomingdale
Retail Dry Goods Association
Edward P. Hatch
Lord & Taylor
G. D. Curtis
Curtis- Bisisdell Coal Company
Oren Root, Jr
Metropolitan Street Railroad
Edwards
Department of Street Cleaning
Bugher
Police Department
E. H. Levi
Broadway Board of Trade
O. J. Stephens
Retail Coal Merchants’ Protective Association
Meeting on the Run Anti-Renters in Riot
A rent strike in New York unfolds as a moving meeting led by Louis Zuckerman dodges through streets with thousands of protesters. Police arrest the driver. landlords organize while tenants demand rent reductions and threaten further action. Evictions and dispossess warrants rise as unions pledge support.
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Louis Zuckerman
Madison Street
Dunnigan
Sirius Spector
Ludlow Street
Rutgers Square
Canal Street
Eldridge Street
Grand Street
Jefferson Street
Madison
Rutgers
No. 177
East Broadway
Harold M. Phillips
Phillips & Phillips
No. 271
Broadway
Morris Meyer
Joseph Smolenski
Philip Mandhal
Smolenski
Socialists
Stanton Street
Jacob Wasserman
Arkin
Teamsters’ Union
Brooklyn
Anti-High Rent League
American Hall
Morell
Cook Streets
Williamsburg
Socialist Party
Adolph Benebey
Irving Polski
Debevoise Street
Cook Street
Moore Street
General
Liberty Hall
Grill Mrs Hull Again in Murder Case at Harrison
Mrs Hattie Hull pressed in Harrison last night with several young men to verify claims about the murdered woman found in a swamp. She insisted she could bear burial costs and named connections to Mrs Agnes Young and Minnie Jeanette Gaston as witness leads.
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Hattie Hull
Harrison
N. J
Agnes Young
Minnie Jeanette Gaston
Branegan
Mull
Ballou
Brooklyn
Hall
Police seek Horace Cleland neighbor of Governor-elect Fort
Newark police issued a general alarm last night for Horace Morton Cleland a 36 year old resident of 168 North Arlington avenue East Orange and a neighbor of Governor-elect Fort Cleland a representative of Kolesch Co of 138 Fulton street New York went to Easton Pennsylvania on business last Monday and was to return the same night but has not been heard from since his wife has been searching in Easton and fears foul play
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Newark
Horace Morton Cleland
North Arlington Avenue
East Orange
Fort. Cleland
Kolesch & Co
Fulton Street
New York
Easton
Penn
Pe runa Almanac in 8,000,000 Homes
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Clearer Streets Change Traffic Rules Amended
A merchant committee drafts amendments to street traffic ordinances to reduce streetcar delays from trucks. Proposals include mandatory yielding when a following car signals, unidirectional flow on narrow streets with one car track, five minute curb unloading limits, and restricted coal loading hours. Street cleaning after storms aims to keep car tracks clear. Coal dealers largely favor the changes as beneficial to deliveries and overall traffic flow.
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Drygoods Association
Bloomingdale
Queens Borough Furies as Connorton Loses Court Post
Mayor Metcal Crooked appointment of six judges and city magistrates sparks Queens politics flare. Luke J Connorton, longtime magistrate opposed by WCTU and civic groups, is replaced by Joseph Fitch. Hylan Geismar retain terms. Connolly and Handy win posts, amid intra-party maneuvering and past ties to Bermel and Muller factions.
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MetClellan
Luke J. Connorton
Long Island City
Connorton
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Queens County
Queens
George J. O'Keefe
Court of Special Sessions
John F. Hylan
Alexander H. Geismar
Joseph Fitch
Flushing
Maurice E. Connolly
Newtown
Edmund J. Healy
Joseph B. Handy
West Brighton
John Crook
O'Keefe
Hylan
Geismar
MelCarren
Messrs
Fitch
No. 66
Pine Street
Manhattan
van Wyck
Borough of
Shinnecock Club
George A. Greeg
Maurice &. Connolly
Healy
Connolly
Bermel
Department of Taxes and Assessments
Crook
Richmond
Lewis Handy
Delaware
Handy
Schoharie County
Stewart
Amsterdam
Croak
Nicholas Muller
McCormick
Lieutenant Petrosino Marries Adelina Saulino in Secret Ceremony
Lieutenant Petrosino head of the Italian squad of the detective bureau wed Miss Adelina Saulino on Monday. Adelina is the daughter of Vincenzo Saulino whose recent death at seventy prompted the marriage to be kept confidential. Father Kearney of St Patrick's Church in Mott Street performed the ceremony.
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Petrosino
Detective Bureau
Adelina Saulino
Vincenzo Saulino
Father Kearney
St. Patrick’s Church
Mott Street
Shipbuilding in 1907 calendar year figures reported
Washington reports that 1 956 vessels totaling 502 08 gross tons were built and officially numbered in the United States in the calendar year 1907, up from 1 445 vessels and 393 291 tons in 1906. In the first half of the current fiscal year 575 vessels totaling 269 974 tons were built, versus 3 vessels and 181 948 tons in the prior six months.
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Washington
Bureau of Navigation
United States
Aged Man Gasper Found Dead With Self-inflicted Wound
Marquis C Gasper, eighty five, retired tea merchant and member of several riding clubs, was found dead in his West 53d Street home from a bullet wound to the temple. A Civil War revolver lay between his feet. Coroner and doctors deemed it self-inflicted amid failing eyesight and despondency. Survived by three children and wife formerly Miss Jennie Beach. he had left the Howard & Aspinwall firm years ago. He was active in the New York Athletic Club Road Drivers Association and New York Driving Club.
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Marquis C.gasper
West 53d Street
Walter L. Carr
Carr
Gasper
Jennie M. Beach
Alfred Beach
Howard & Aspinwall
No. 14
South Street
Louis M. Howard
Treasury Department
Marcellus
N. Y
Orange
Miss Beach
Albert Dodge Smith
James Griswold Gasper
Howland Gasper
Eastport
Long
Fleming report not ready from state insurance probe
Albany Jan 2 Governor Hughes said he had not yet received the Fleming inquiry report on the State Insurance Department. He added Fleming was not sharply timed for completing the investigation and his schedule was not fixed.
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Albany
Hughes
Matthew ©. Fleming
State Insurance Department
Fleming
New Trustee Named for City College
Mayor Medlellan appointed William Henry Corbitt of Manhattan as a trustee of the College of the City of New York to replace the resigning Joseph F. Mulgueen.
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City College
Medlellan
William Henry Corbitt
Manhattan
The
College of the City of New York
Joseph F. Mulgueen
Havana Yearly Customs Receipts Hit Historic High
Havana on January two reports that Cuban customs receipts for 1997 reached a record high, totaling 5,000,648.48 pesos, surpassing the prior year by a wide margin and signaling strong trade activity on the island.
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Havana
HPAL
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