Horseshoes Fall From Bridge Prompt Lawsuit over Nuisance
William Lemken owner of a four story building at 173 South Street north of the Brooklyn Bridge sues John L. Shea and the Municipal Assembly in Supreme Court. He claims horseshoes nails and debris drop from the bridge rain driving tenants away and seeks abatement actions or extra inspections to stop the nuisance.
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William Lemken
Brooklyn Bridge
Lemken
Supreme Court
John L. Shea
Municipal Assembly
South-st
Mr. Lemken
Shea
New-York
South St
Corporation Counsel's Office
Tribune
Mrs McKinley Still Very Weak as News Warns of Decline
Washington June 2 Mrs McKinley remains very weak and shows no significant improvement since yesterday The doctors caution that the illness near fatal in San Francisco persists in a less aggravated form The President stays at her bedside with limited outings and many visitors leave cards awaiting better news
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Washington
Agnostic Marriage Claimed First In United States In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on June 2 a ceremony described as the first agnostic marriage in the nation took place closing an agnostic Sunday school event. The couple Frederic Federle and Miss Martha Seaman wed under Justice Alexander Roebling who performed the legal rites. They pledged not to resist divorce and the bride vowed not to bear children unless born of affection.
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Cincinnati
Frederic Federle
Martha Seaman
Alexander Roebling
GIVING UP CHINA'S CAPITAL
At a meeting of allied generals in Peking on June 2 the transfer of city administration to Chinese officials was set for gradual completion during June Count von Waldersee and his staff will depart tomorrow Two special trains will move troops to Taku Germans remove large baggage including carts rickshaws tables and chairs Baluchi Regiment left amid farewell ceremonies British troops bands and all American officers attended highlighting joint respect for the British farewell to American troops
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Peking
Count von Waldersee
Taku
Gener Elected Mayor in Havana Municipal Vote
Havana predictions by the Nationalists are confirmed as Senior Miguel Gener wins the Havana mayoralty with 11 115 votes. Mora Republican 7 533 and Garcia Democrat 3 211. Nationalists also take 18 Municipal Council seats, Republicans 4 and Democrats 2.
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Havana
Miguel Gener
Sefior Mora
Sefior Carlos Garcia
Democratic Party
Dowie Declares Himself Elijah in Theocracy Claim
Chicago June 2. John Alexander Dowie, addressing about five thousand, proclaimed he is Elijah the Prophet reappearing as a restorer of all things. He denounced papacy Masonry and newspapers, extolled theocracy, and urged tithes to the storehouse of God as essential to the United States constitution.
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Chicago
Elijah
John the Baptist
John
Earth
Malachi
God
Jesus
Peter
Moses
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Masonry
Two Old Women Found Dead In Gas Accident
Sarah London aged seventy and Rose Kramer sixty six were found dead in their top floor home at 514 East Eighty second Street. A detached rubber gas-tube led from a single gas jet to a small stove in their bedroom. Her man Herman S Kramer suspects accidental death as the cause.
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Sarah London
Rose Kramer
East Eighty-second St
Russia
Kramer
New-York Electric Vehicle Transportation Company
Fifth-ave
H. Sanderson
Bleeckerst
Macomb
St. Nicholas
Manhattan-eves
Seventy-second-st
Lamplighters in Harlem fight over Italian royal infant wager
Angelo Menzacato, 32, was stabbed in the back during a quarrel with James Carlavitto, both lamplighters of 225 East 97th Street. Menzacato, seriously wounded with the left lung pierced, was taken to Harlem Hospital. Carlavitto fled. Neighbors say the dispute grew from a wager on the sex of the newborns of the King and Queen of Italy, with a debt unsettled at the time of the attack.
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Angelo Menzacato
East Ninety-seventh St
James Carlavitto
Harlem
Carlavitto
Italy
Menzacato
San Domingo Revolt Crushed in Early Stage
Kingston Jamaica June 2 It is reported the San Domingo revolution has been crushed at its inception. Several prominent rebels have been shot or imprisoned. Among the detained is a son of the late President Heureaux said to have led the movement.
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Kingston
Jamaica
San Domingo
Heureaux
Sanderson
Edison
Kennelly
Manchester
Philadelphia
Colombia's Commerce Slumps Due to Export Duties
Kingston Jamaica June 2 The Royal Mail steamer La Plata reports scarce cargo from Colombian ports as heavy export duties imposed by the Colombian Government aim to redeem paper money and cover revolution expenses.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Royal Mail
la Plata
No Extra Session Likely on Cuba and Philippines
Washington reports no probability of the President calling an extra session to handle Cuba or the Philippines. Cabinet discussions focus on the Supreme Court decisions and the Taft Commission’s course, with the Treasury to continue Philippine duties and Cuba to push Platt amendment terms.
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Washington
Congress
Cuba
Philippines
Supreme Court
the Tribune
Knox
Porto Rico
Manila
Treasury Department
Tribune praised for shaping colonial policy debate in DC
Washington officials laud The Tribune for its editorials and coverage guiding the administration on Cuba and Porto Rico. Ex-Senator Chandler urges a rehearing of the De Lima decision, while Senator Platt commends the paper’s clear view and advocacy of the government’s duty.
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Tribune
Washington
Supreme Court
Tribunal of
O. H. Platt
Connecticut
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Congress
Platt
Chandler
Spanish War Claims Commission
the Tribune
de Lima
Downes
Porto Rico
Pot of Gold Hoax Shocks Port Richmond Island
Port Richmond residents awoke to reveal a wild yarn about a hidden pot of gold beneath the Hatfield house. The tale linked liveryman Wyant and clerk Redmond to a supposed $50,000 treasure, with Rosenberg and Mullen planning a seizure if it existed. The prank unraveled as Wyant fled and Redmond confessed the stunt, gifting a revived Hatfield relics to Nicholas Muller and recounting spurs tied to James Hatfield and Governor Dongan.
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Port Richmond
Staten Island
Hatfield
Comstock Lode
Melville E. Wiyant
John T. Redmond
Richmond City
Nicholas Muller
Wygant
Redmond
Rosenberg
Mullen
Darcey
Wyant
Tribune
Jewett Ave
Hatfield House
Manhattan
Wyatt
James II
Nick
Walt
Mr. Redmond
Dongan
James Hatfield
James
Charles W. Schutzendorf
Mr. Schutzendorf
Morgan Gifts European Textile Treasures to Cooper Union
A large donation from J Pierpont Morgan brings the Bodia collection from Barcelona the Rivas collection from Madrid and the Baron collection from Paris to the Cooper Union Museum of the Arts of Decoration. The three sets are among Europe’s most valuable textile holdings and will enlarge the museum’s textile scope upon arrival. The gift follows Morgan’s earlier philanthropy including a $10 000 fund for purchases and recent endowments totaling $40 000. Abram S Hewitt Edward Cooper and others contributed to related endowments and laboratory expansions. The Cooper Union annual report is issued.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Museum For the Arts of Decoration
Cooper Union
Bodia
Barcelona
Rivas
Madrid
Baron
Paris
Europe
Abram S. Hewitt
Morgan
Morris K. Jesup
John E. Parsons
R. Fulton Cutting
Oswald Ottendorfer
Mr. Ottendorfer
Edward Cooper
Arbitration A Cure Brings Plans Against Labor Strife
The piece surveys U S labor tensions with machinists' strike affecting about 70 000 of 150 000. It notes proposed industrial courts in Massachusetts to enforce bargains and set wages and hours, while Gompers explores national union conferences. It cites Scranton merchants fearing plant relocations and a rapid transit tunnel strike seen as a setback for unions.
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Tribune
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
International Association of Machinists
Toronto
Canada
Scranton
Penn
Board of Trade
Central Federated Union
Tunnel Strike Ends likely after union approves terms
The Central Federated Union
Industrial courts movement in Boston seeks labor tribunal
A Boston based movement aims to form industrial courts to hear disputes between corporations and workers. The plan envisions courts to set fair minimum wages and maximum workdays, enforceable by penalties but not ordering work or business closure. Corporations face charter forfeiture for noncompliance. courts would act without normal judicial review.
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Massachusetts
Boston
New England
League of Industrial Courts
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Cuban
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Mr. Mullen
Belt of Orion
Pullman
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Tribunal For Labor
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