GARBAGE MEN GRAFT AT NYC JANITOR MEETING
At a Janitors' Society of New York meeting 200 members accused Street Cleaning Department officials of graft to remove garbage. Affidavits from janitors documented monthly payments of 2 to 3 dollars, with investigations led by Louis Lande and A A Mayper. The group plans public meetings and seeks Mayor and Commissioner Craven’s action on reform efforts.
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Janitors’ Society of New York
East Broadway
Louis Lande
No. 290
Broadway
A. A. Mayper
Michael Brown
Mr. Brown
Max Stark
Clinton Street
Stark
Women’s Municipal League
West Side
East Side
Brown
Women's Municipal League
Darlington
Craven
Plain Father Van Rensselaer Injured After Fall
The Rev. Henry Van Rensselaer of the Jesuit Church on West 16th Street was badly hurt yesterday afternoon near Union Square when he fell while crossing. He was taken to New York Hospital and lay unconscious for hours with a deep head wound. Doctors say vertigo may have caused a collapse, and he may remain hospitalized for days. The priest, a noted convert from a prominent New York family, had led lengthy Corpus Christi services earlier.
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Henry van Rensselaer
West 16Th Street
16Th Street
Union Square
New York Hospital
Truesdale
Father van Rensselaer
Corpus Christiand
New York
Van
Boy Mayor may Become Actor in Milwaukee Stage
Chicago June 2 reports Mayor Sherburney Peeke Milwauks is considering the mayoral chair for the stage. Negotiations between Milwaukee's executive and W A Brady of New York may lead to a trading role in a play about public affairs. If Mayor Becker accepts Brady's offer he would take the leading role in The Man of the Hour.
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Sherburney
Peeke Milwauks
Eram
Milwaukee
W. A. Brady
New York
Becker
Mrs Steindler Hart Injured In Versailles Car Collision
June 2 Faris New York Mrs FE Steindler severely injured in an auto crash at Bois de Boulogne while a party of twelve Americans en route to Versailles for luncheon. Belgian driver of a racing car named ee Deyn dashed from a side road into the lead car. others uninjured. Mrs Steindler taken to her hotel semi conscious. Edward Steindler president of Black Light Company and American Paste Company. He rose from an orphan and built a business career in New York City culminating in mining interests in Canada. He is treasurer of Lebanon Hospital Training School for Nurses and a thirty second degree Mason.
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Faris
FE. Steindler
New York
Bois de Bologne
Versailles
Ee Deyn
Edward Steindler
West 107Th Street
Black Light Company
New York Curtain Company
American Paste Company
Dominion of Canada
Steindler
Lebanon Hospital
Flight tragedy at royal review in Rome
A military balloon burst into flames after a lightning strike during a parade for King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena. Captain Uflivelli perished after the gas bay exploded and the balloon fell miles from the review site. The king and military authorities visited the hospital where he died.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Uflivelli
Vilivelli
King Victor Emmanuel
Snow in the Catskills surprises summer visitors
Telegraph dispatch from Catskill New York reports the Catskill Mountains buried in snow while the Hudson Valley endures heavy rain turning to snow. Thermometer fell to 35 degrees as cottagers evacuated, citing inadequate heating and seasonal cottages unfit for this weather.
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The
Tribune
Catskill
Catskill Mountains
Hudson Valley
New York
Matricide suspect Bertha Beilstein sails to England
Pittsburg June 2 That every effort will be made to bring Bertha Beilstein the Allegheny matricide back to the United States and place her in Dixmont Insane Asylum from which she escaped last September She sailed for England on the Bremen last Tuesday Plans have already been made for her capture as soon as the ship reaches the other side of the Atlantic Authorities in Washington inform British officials that insane persons cannot enter Britain If barred she will be forced to return to the United States and again placed in the asylum until the courts declare her sane
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Bertha Beilstein
Allegheny
United States
Dixmont Insane Asylum
England
Bremen
Alrady
Atlantic
State Department
Washington
Miss Beilstein
Signboard of travesties at Carnegie Institute sparks Pittsburg outcry
In Pittsburg a 140 by 20 foot sign beside the Carnegie Institute displays garish parodies of masterpieces. Trustees grieve, residents fume, and a boarding house near the institute is forced to quit. Signs mock art with beer branding linked to Carnegie ties and even plumbing motifs. Neighbors urge a city ordinance to curb such advertising and protect residential areas.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Institute
Institute
Carnegie
la Touche
French Ports Suffer Strike as Seamen Stand Firm
Paris reports a nationwide French port strike with sailors and crews deserting ships or joining protests. Government efforts to recruit bluejackets failed as officers refused to sail without owners’ consent. Delegates from all ports meet to reject compromises amid rising tensions and economic disruption.
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France
Marseilles
Hamburg- American Line
Havre
Mediterranean
Bordeaux
Nantes
Titan St Jerome painting in St Louis man claims find
Edward Sells of St Louis thinks a painting bought for under 100 dollars last year is Titian’s St Jerome from 1531. He traces the work through a Honduran lineage from Gonzaga and Cortez era, noting a handmade canvas with Renaissance red clay and a letter from Julia Ady supporting the claim.
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Edward Sells
Jerome
Frederigo Gonzaga
Mantua
Charles I of England
St. Jerome
Selis
Cortez
Honduras
Gonzaga
Sells
Stewart
San Geronimo
Julia Ady
Titian
Chinese Rebels Active Near Swatow and Amoy
A Shanghai dispatch reports rebels murder officials burn government buildings occupy towns around Swatow and Amoy. Taorai of Swatow claims only losses among rebels fearing foreign intervention as reports spread. The market is overstocked with American goods, with ten thousand pieces being reshipped to New York.
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London
Shanghai
Swatow
Amoy
Taorai
New York
Jersey boy shoots cousin during bird hunt on Hudson
Mortimer C. Seaman, 19, of West 112th Street, shot and killed his cousin Martin L. Winter, 16, of West 155th Street, on the Jersey side of the Hudson near 24th Street. Winter died aboard a launch en route to Fordham Hospital. Police say the shooting was accidental. Seaman was arrested and later released by the coroner after the Jersey authorities reviewed the case. The youths had camped for days with five boys in the Palisades group.
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Hudson
24Th Street
Mortimer C. Seaman
West 112Th Street
Martin L. Winter
West 155Th Street
New York
Fordham Hospital
Seaman
Bronx
MacDonald
Siubail
Winter
Dr. Dentenwolff
American Canoe Association
Palisades
Robert and
Murray Tighe
West 115Th Street
Ernest Neary
West 6Ist Street
Four Crown in Sound One Saved From Wreck
New Haven June 2 Tug Wyoming brought Edward Ruth of 132 Saratoga Ave Brooklyn to hospital after he clung to the sloop Belle in Long Island Sound. Four companions drowned when heavy seas capsized the yacht during a cruise begun Thursday. Ruth, his brothers Jacob and August Jaeger, Otto Pfleger and George Glazer were aboard. two Ruth brothers and a sister’s husband were among the dead. The Ruth family are prominent German New York merchants.
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Tribune
New Haven
Wyoming
Edward Ruth
Saratoga Avenue
Brooklyn
Long Island Sound
Belle
Williamsburg Yacht Club
Ruth
Bridgeport
Norwalk
Jacob
August Jaegger
Otto Pfleger
Vuaret Street
George Glazer
Manhattan
Jaegger
Mrs. Jaegger
Auths
East New York
Devoe Telephone Manufacturing Company
Safety Electric Signal Company
Charles
Hello
Sea Cliff
Ned
Charles Ruth
Oceanic Fire Delays White Star Mail Steamer Oceanic
A blaze broke out in the steerage of the White Star liner Oceanic docked on West 11th street shortly before 2 am. Fire crews fought stubborn flames threatening glucose cargo and possibly delaying Wednesday’s sailing, with officials unsure if the ship can depart as scheduled. The Oceanic arrived May 28 with 356 cabin and 961 steerage passengers, after leaving Liverpool May 2 and Queenstown May 23.
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West 11Th Street
Oreante
Haddock
White Star Line
Belfast
Harland & Wolff, Ltd
Liverpool
Queenstown
Canoe overturns on Harlem River. one drowned
Henry Tiedgens of 160 East 179th Street drowned when a canoe with John Lindsey of 286 Argyle Road capsized in the Harlem River near High Bridge. Lindsey swam ashore but could not locate the body as a squall and muddy water hindered the search by Kingsbridge police.
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Harlem
Henry Tiedgens
East 179Th Street
John Lindsey
Argyle Road
Flatbush
Lindsey
Tiedgens
Drops Dead In Son's Arms At Le Marquis Hotel
Robert A. Perine, superintendent of the American Bank Note Company, died suddenly in his son's hotel room at the Le Marquis No 14 East 31st street after dining with his son who was visiting from Pittsburgh The 62 year old Newark New Jersey resident collapsed as he attempted to board a car and died of heart disease Dr H J Schwartz of East 39th street attended him The obituary note lists his residence and family details and mentions the Polish Spring House golf season advertisement follows.
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American Bank Note Company
le Marquis
East 31St Street
Bryan Is Willin for Democratic Nomination
Richmond Virginia June 2 William J Bryan said the matter of section should not bar a man from Democratic nomination for the Presidency He explained why he could not regard President Roosevelt as a Democrat and said that under certain conditions he might be a candidate if the party demanded it and if he thought it best for the party
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William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Tarantula's hard trip heads to New York after voyage
The turbine steam yacht Tarantula with Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Jr. and others rode a northeast gale from Newport to Providence. Decks were awash and the party, including the women, deemed the sea too rough to return today. They left by evening train for New York.
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the Tribune
Providence
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Belmont
New York
Newport
Four OtO Kills Cab Horse In Greenwich Race Crash
In Greenwich on June 2 a cab horse was killed when a speeding car driven by John R. Johnson Jr and another car ridden by Samuel Graham collided with a cab carrying a driver and two women. The horse died, the driver was injured, and both drivers were arrested and bailed as cases await next Saturday.
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Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
John R. Johnson, Jr
E. W. Russel
New York
Samuel Graham
W. T. Graham
Johnson
Belle Haven
Boston Post Road
Field Point Road
Graham
William Turner
Turner
Horseshoe Championship Decides in Merriam Kansas
In Merriam fifteen miles north of Kansas City Kansas, the Johnson County horseshoe pitching championship concluded with Stanley, Kan defeating Merriam. A large crowd watched as the camp was the talk of local shops. The event reportedly influenced livestock trades, including twenty oxen and fifty cattle sold and eighteen horses changing hands.
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Tribune
Kansas City
Johnson County
Kan
Merriam
Stanley
Advo includes scotch highball tribute slogan
An advertisement proclaims ushering in the scotch that made the highball famous, touting a branded slogan and product focus in a period-tinged pitch.
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Advt
Northeaster Rages On In June City Storm Strikes
A fierce cyclone with 52 mph wind and 45 degree high altitude heat plunge the city into a rare June blast. Streets empty, Coney Island boats idle, and trees topple as Brooklyn Bronx and Williamsburg suffer damage. The storm, tracing from Texas to the Atlantic, disrupts transit, activates safety crews, and leaves residents bracing for possible sunless days ahead.
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Bronx
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Ohio Valley
Atlantic States
Virginia
Block Island
Cane
Tam
170Th
Bristow
Ing
Bronx Zoological
Crosstown
Brogan
McGrath
Dooley
Williamsburg Bridge
Young
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Hook and Ladder
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