Governor Hughes Attacks Racetrack Law at Rockland Meeting
Governor Hughes denounced racetrack gambling and the Percy Gray law as despicable while addressing about two thousand five hundred attendees of the Rockland County Taxpayers Association. He urged adherence to the state constitution, warned against undermining law, and endorsed direct nominations to empower voters.
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Hughes
Rockland County Taxpayers’ Association
State of
New York
Montreat Transferred to Presbyterians for Large Scope
Montreat in Black Mountain near Asheville has been transferred by John S. Huyler and associates to the Presbyterian Synod. The site will host the Presbyterian Sunday school convention and various church conferences with plans for a large auditorium memorial to John Calvin. Dedication is set for July 15 with speakers including William Jennings Bryan Dr E A Alderman and Dr F E Knowles.
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Asheville
N. C
Montreat
Black Mountain
John S. Hurgler
Wenemaker
Huyler
Presbyterian Synod
Mon‘eet
Presbyterian Sunday School
Vention
Montreet
William Jennings Bryan
E A Alderman
University of Virginia
F E. Knowles
Ontario
John Calvin
Cleveland Wedding Anniversary Quietly Celebrated at Princeton
The twenty second wedding anniversary of ex President Grover Cleveland and Mrs Cleveland was celebrated at their Princeton home. Four large wedding cakes twenty inches in diameter bore the inscription To G. C. and F. C. June 2 1906. Cleveland is reported to be doing well though not yet engaged in his usual social duties.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
G. C
F.C
I. Cleveland
Yale Receives 7500 Bequest for Scholarship Fund
By telegraph Yale selects a 7500 bequest from George Bliss of Newton to support an academic scholarship fund. The disbursement will follow conditions set by Yale faculty. Separate item notes Dayton, Ohio dated June 2, 1908. The National Cash Register Company reports record first half cash register shipments due to price cuts and marketing changes.
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George Bliss
Newton
Fast Cambridge
Yale
Dayton
Ohio
Patterconges
John H
Railroads sue to test Post Office weight of mails ruling
The Chicago and Alton Railway leads a suit against the government claiming back payments and future losses amounting to over 4 million dollars. They challenge Postmaster General Cortelyou’s order raising the divisor from six to seven in computing annual mail weight. Most mail carriers have joined, arguing the change had no legal authority.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Chicago & Alton Railway
Cortelyou
Chicago & Alton
Murdock
Post Office Department
Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Corteiyou
Sheriff seeks H C Pierce in false swearing oil case
Fort Worth Texas June 2 Sheriff B A Matthews of Travis County telegraphed the St Louis Police Department to arrest H C Pierce of the Waters Pierce Oil Company so he may bring him to Texas to answer the charge of false swearing in the oil case. Matthews plans a hurried trip to New York or St Louis and expects to return tonight with Pierce.
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Tribune
Fort Worth
Tex
B. A. Matthews
Travis County
St. Louis
H. C. Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Matthews
Texas
New York
Pierce
Governor Hughes Dines. Rumors Over renomination Loom
Governor Hughes dined with General Woodford at the Hotel Astor amid rumors of a renomination bid if racing bills fail. Woodford stated Hughes will be named at Chicago, while Hughes declined comment. He plans events in Jamaica, Kings Park, the Oxford Club, and a Manhattan real estate dinner before returning to Albany.
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Hughes
Stewart L. Woodford
National Hughes League
Hotel Astor
Chicago
Taft
Woodford
Fuller
Albany
Aster
New York City Hall
Jamaica
Kings Park
Oxford Club
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Sunday School Union
Prospect Park
Allied Real Estate Association
Manhattan
Black Hand Letter to New Yorker Threatens $5000 Demand
William Pollock of New York living near Holmesdale, Pittsfield, received a Black Hand note demanding $5000 at a spot near his estate. The letter warned of harm if payment failed and included a grave and skull drawing. Pollock notified police amid previous clashes with intruders on his property.
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The
Tribune
Pittsfield
Mass
William Pollock
New York
Holmesdale
City Officials Tour Met Life Tower and Club
Mayor McClellan and Aldermanic leaders joined Fire Commissioner Hinyes for a tour hosted by Metropolitan Life President Hegeman. They visited the new building and tower at Madison Avenue and 24th Street before moving to the Manhattan Club.
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McClellan
Patrick F. McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Hinyes
Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Madison Avenue
24Th Street
Manhattan Club
Bride's cooking proves fatal in Lynn suit case
Lynn Massachusetts June 2 A beef stew cooked by his bride of two weeks caused the death of Fred Remmonds a Lynn shoe dealer today He went home for luncheon and complimented his bride on her savory beef stem A piece of meat lodged in his throat and before help arrived he suffocated
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Lynn
Mass
Fred Remmonds
Poa
Remmonds
Balloonists set world speed record in 11 hour flight
The balloon Chicago owned by Charles A. Coey and crewed by Captain C. L. Bumbaugh and Charles Leichliter landed eight miles south of Clear Lake South Dakota eight hundred miles from Quincy Illinois in eleven hours at an average of seventy five miles per hour. Rain forced an early landing and broke the long distance record hopes. The crew planned another attempt from Quincy Illinois with Bumbaugh aiming to win the Lahm Cup.
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Watertown
S. C
Chicago
Charles A. Coey
C. L. Bumbaugh
Charles Leichliter
Quincy
Clear Lake
S. D
Bumbaugh
Leichliter
Drayer
Atia.m
Kirksville
Colonel Coey
Captain Bumbaugh
Wreck at Fourth Avenue Ends Night Out
A southbound Fourth avenue car and a taxicab collided at Fourth avenue and 20th street injuring five men. Motorman James Morrisey faced charges of reckless driving and assault after the pay as you enter streetcar hit the cab as it crossed the tracks. Victims Dr. Seth Brunn S. Lloyd Irving Charles Este Jr and Leonard Snyder were treated after ambulances arrived.
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James Morrisey
Fourth Avenue
John McMahon
20Th Street
Seth Brunn
S. Lloyd Irving
Charles Este, Jr
Philadelphia
Manhattan
Leonard Snyder
West Sth Street
McMahon
Robert W. Hebbard
Department of Charities
Snyder
Lloyd Irving
Dr. Brunn
Mr. Este
New York Athletic Club
Bellevus Hospital
Catch Big Hawk in Washington Square
A nearly five foot wing span hawk was captured by two boys in Washington Square Park. The wounded bird died after being paraded by the youths and a crowd. The boys displayed it as a sideshow in Bulligar Place and charged two cents admission. The incident is linked to recent pigeon disappearances and stock damage in the Jefferson Market area.
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Washington Square Park
Sixth Avenue
Bulligar
Tower
Jefferson Market Court
Ex Judge Gottfried Krueger Hurt After Fall at Newark Home
Ex judge Gottfried Krueger, wealthy Newark brewer and former lay judge of the New Jersey Court of Appeals, fell downstairs at his High and Court streets residence last evening. Complications uncertain, he remains in bed though not seriously injured. he was slated to sail for Europe today.
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Gottfried Krueger
Newark
New Jersey Court of Appeals
High
Court Streets
Europe
Philadelphia political storm over $10,000 pay
State Senator James P. McNichol accuses Max Kauffman secretary to Mayor Reyburn of receiving $10,000 to expose Mayor Weaver’s administration in 1905. Kauffman denies the charge and plans libel and criminal actions. The dispute unsettles the Republican organization and could split allies amid legal threats and suits.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
James P. McNichol
Republican Organization
Max Kauffman
Reyburn
Weaver
McNichol
Kauffman
D. Clarence Gibboney
Law and Order Society
Durham
Gibboney
Daylight Burglary Strikes Teaneck Homes
Three burglars entered the Teaneck New Jersey homes of Countess di Castelmenardo and William H. Bodine in daylight and carried away valuables worth about 500 dollars. Neighbors saw men with bags. Mrs Bodine’s family believed the intruders were stealing old clothes. Bodine runs the Jacot Music Box Co in New York. The countess and a tenant lived in the house. a daughter was visiting upstairs.
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Tribune
Hackensack
N. J
Countess di Castelmenardo
Edith van Buren
General van Buren
William H. Bodine
Teaneck
Bodine
Arnold Smith
Dynamiters Strike Sharply At Chester Traction
Three Chester Traction Company trolley cars were blown up during a strike night in Chester Pennsylvania. Cars on Saville avenue and at Palmer's Corner were wrecked. Deputies arrested the car crew and defended by officers after confrontations with strike sympathizers.
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Penn
Chester Traction Company
Saville Avenue
Eddystone
Palmer's Corner
Scenie
Prince David Kalanianaole Dies in San Francisco
Prince David Kalakaua Kalanianaole of Hawaii died in San Francisco at 5 15 PM due to pneumonia. He was 40 and accompanied by his wife Princess Abbie daughter of James Campbell. He leaves a wife and three children. the body will go to Honolulu on the Manchuria June 9.
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San Francisco
Prince David Kalanianaole
Hawaii
Prince Cupid’ Kalanianaole
Liliuokalani
Stewart
Prince David
Abbie
James Campbell
Honolulu
Horolulu
Manchuria
Morality Spreads on Third Avenue Cars
Frederick W. Whitridge, receiver, uses moral suasion and a Bible tone to pressure public and improve upkeep of Third Avenue and 42d Street line cars. Forms posted urge cleanliness and reporting faults, while a prior notice declares THOU SHALT NOT STEAL with fare connotations.
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Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue Railroad
Board of Aldermen
Whitridge
M. Burr Wright
Public Service Commission
Engineer saves girl from drowning on Warren Bridge
Taunton Mass June 2 Joseph Phinney an engineer leaped from his locomotive while on the Warren Bridge of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad into the river to save a little girl from drowning.
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Tribune
Taunton
Mass
Joseph Phinney
Warren Bridge
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
May Try for South Pole Peary’s Ambition Next
Portland Maine June 2 Commander Robert F Peary says the United States should pursue South Pole exploration after completing the North Pole project. He notes he cannot shift focus until his arctic work ends and hopes a successor will challenge the harsher Southland.
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Portland
Robert F Peary
South Pole
North Pole
Southland
Allison Seems Elected by Telegraph Report
Des Moines Iowa June 2 chairman Adams of the Allison executive committee reports that early returns show Allison with a substantial majority. Midnight figures indicate Allison leading Cummins across the state with estimates ranging from 9 000 to 20 000, Polk County strong but other Cummins bases still sparse.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Adams
Allison
Dubuque
Carroll
Cummins
Polk County
Plates Fly at Waldorf as Diner Attacks Waiter
Giuseppe Corsi, eighteen, of West 20th Street, hurled dinner plates at waiter Carl Chevalier of East 40th Street in the Waldorf Palm Room pantry. Chevalier was treated for scalp wounds after plates struck his head. Corsi was arrested and taken to West 30th Street police station.
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Giuseppe Corsi
West 20Th Street
Carl Chevalier
East 40Th Street
Chevalier
Corsi
Pr. Adams
West 30Th Street
Diamonds Stolen From Magistrate's Bayswater Home
Mrs FE Gaston Higginbotham reports $4000 in diamonds missing from her Bayswater Far Rockaway summer home. The jewels were kept in a teapot in the dining room and were last seen Friday afternoon by the magistrate's wife before being fetched by daughter Frankie, who forgot to secure them. The loss occurred between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. Detective Captain Kuehne is informed.
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Gaston Higginbotham
Higginbotham
Captain Kuehne
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Bayswater
Far Rockaway
Wabash Terminal Sale Interest Attracts Steel Lords
June 2 Pittsburg report says United States Steel Corporation and Jones & Laughlin have moved to control the Wabash Terminal Railroad, now under receivers. The line lacks an Atlantic outlet but would serve steel makers and Lake region ore districts as a West outlet. Both parties see value in a ready-made route.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin
Wabash Terminal Railroad
Wabash-Pittsburg
Goulds
Atlantic Seaboard
Steel Corporation
Lieutenant Evans Protects Sailors
In San Francisco on June 2 Lieutenant Evans son of Admiral Evans drew a revolver to stop two sailors aboard the Louisiana from being robbed in a music hall. He was arrested, released on his own recognizance, and discharged in court today.
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San Francisco
Louisiana
Evans
Admiral Evans
Fire damages Brooklyn tower scaffold on Manhattan Bridge
A fire swept the scaffolding atop the Brooklyn tower of the Manhattan Bridge last night. A workman sounded the alarm and the fireboat Abrams & Hewitt sprayed water on the blaze, with damage estimated at the scene.
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Brooklyn Tower
Manhattan Bridge
Abrams&. Hewitt
Second Place on Ticket Debated by Washington Republicans
Representatives Parsons and Bennet return with news that Fairbanks or Cortelyou headline the vice presidential watch list while Roosevelt stays out of the tug of war. Taft allies keep a cautious stance as Crane is touted for national chairman and Sherman remains popular in Utica.
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Parsons and
Bennet
Washington
Fairbanks
Cortelyoun
Henry Cabot Lodge
Chicago
Messrs
Parsons
James S. Sherman
Timothy L. Woodruff
Sherman
Hughes
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
New York
Indiana
Taft
Utica
Mr. Bennet
Crane
National Committee
Senate
Mississippi
Dolliver
Frank Hellogg
Minnesota
California
George A. Knight
Many Aspire to Place in Vice Presidential Race
Washington reports rising interest in the Vice Presidential nomination with new contenders including John Hays Hammond and J Sloat Fassett. Others cited are George Cortelyou James Sherman Dolliver Kellogg Knight and a possible Roosevelt endorsement.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
John Hays Hammond
New York
Congress
J. Sloat Fassett
George B. Cortelyou
James S. Sherman
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Iowa
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Oil Company
New York Central Railroad
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