Albany session wavers over governor's anti racing bills
The legislature plans a final session push as senators Foelker and others weigh health and travel. Racing interests threaten tactics to block votes while Governor allies push to defeat opponents. Foelker's return to Albany hangs on his recovery and political risk, with supporters awaiting a decisive vote on the anti racing measures.
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Wadeworth
Ip Assembly
Lkely
Otto Foelker
Petisa
Foelker
Getile
Senate
Hughes
Sater
Albany Millay
Tessary
Sena- Mary
Albany
Oma
Tricky Cullen and Stéler Fight Twenty Rounds at Sea
Australias Tricky Cullen and Spokane’s Stéler battled twenty rounds aboard the United States steamer Yo Waterday with honors even throughout the contest.
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Tricky Cullen
Australia
Stéler
Spokane
United States
Honers
Citizens Union reports on New York City legislation
The committee on legislation of the Citizens Union releases a review of the last regular session, focusing on bills affecting New York City. It notes 39 city bills, 9 passed into law, 2 opposed, and highlights banking law amendments, canal land appraisal, highway funding, and reform measures as key outcomes.
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The
Citizens Union
Senate and
Assembly
New York City
J. O. Hammiltt
Citizens Union Committee
Albany
New York
National Guard
Acme
Superintendent of Insurance
New York Training School
Ward's Island
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Lake Champlain
Assembly Cities Committee
Senate
White
Grady
E. J. McGoldrick
Assemblyman
Cuviller
Gilchrist
de Groot
Queens County
Squiers Sees Roosevelt on Panama Canal Mission
Herbert G. Squiers American Minister to Panama arrived on the Panama liner Allanca for a hurried Washington visit with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root. He aims to discuss canal zone matters and possible supervision of Panama’s upcoming election. Panamanian President Amador denies Squiers persona non grata rumors.
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Amador
Herbert G. Squiers
Panama
Allanca
Washington
Roosevelt
Root
Canal Zone
United States
Ex-Mayor Seth Low Advocates Local Election Reform
Albany June 7 Ex-Mayor Seth Low, president of the Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections, calls for local branches and wider Elmira Compact adoption to cap spending per Assembly district. He urges public support and funds to enforce the law and curb corrupt money in elections.
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Albany
Seth Low
New York Today
Association To
New Navy Office to Be Created July First
Washington June 7 indicates on July 1 the solicitor of the navy office will be separated from the judge advocate general. A new office of solicitor of the Navy Department will be organized with Edwin P Hanna as head and Major Henry Leonard as principal assistant.
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Washington
the Navy
Navy Department
Edwin P. Hanna
Henry Leonard
The
Marine Ory
Bath Beach Flower Boat Tribute For Deceased Sailor
A local tribute at Bath Beach casts a boatload of flowers adrift to honor the sailor who died. The ceremony gathers community members paying respects and marking the loss with a maritime memorial.
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Bath Beach
Health conference claims life powered by electric energy
Andrew McConnell and Ida Richards Compton address about 3500 people at Carnegie Hall asserting the body is a voltaic battery and that perfect health is achievable through an energy theory of life. They promote the Society of Universal Science and a paid health course, claiming cures in hundreds of cases.
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Carnegie Hall
Robert Stuart MacArthur
Marconi
Andrew McConnell
Mr. McConnell
McConnell
Ida Richards Compton
Relayed Challenge from Shrubb Aboard Cunard Liner
Alfred S. Shrubb, famed long distance runner from Sussex England, arrived with wife and child on the Caronia. He organized a seven lap relay on the main deck, beating four rival passengers before halting to protest unfair running. He plans to tour the eastern United States and Canada meeting local champions and pursuing a twelve hour record.
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Alfred S. Shrubb
Sussex
England
Cunard
Caronia
Shrubb
United States
Canada
Boston
Buffalo
Montreal
Ottawa
Lawyar Hyde's Car Hits Boy Injures Ten-Year-Old
An automobile owned by Charles H. Hyde of No Wall Street Roslyn Long Island struck Thomas Minnin ten of Grand Street Corona Long Island on Jackson Avenue. The boy suffered a fractured skull and possible internal injuries. Hyde's chauffeur William Wald was arrested for reckless driving but released by Magistrate Connelly.
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Charles H. Hyde
Wall Street
Roslyn
Long Island
Thomas Minnin
Grand Street
Corona
Jackson Avenue
William Wald
Connelly
Magistrate Fines Man Ten Dollars For Hat In Court
Robert I Garrick of 159 West 66th street paid a ten dollar fine after wearing a hat in a magistrate court. The offense occurred as he left while Edward Sheehan of 601 West 49th street awaited trial on a burglary charge.
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Robert I. Garrick
West 66Th Street
Corrigan
Garrick
West Side Court
Edward Sheehan
West 49Th Street
Sheehan
New Brooklyn Route Opens on Third Avenue Railway Cars
Early riders along Park Row and the Bowery witnessed new Third Avenue Railway cars marked Brooklyn and Vis Williamsburg Bridge. Sixteen of seventy five cars were in service from 5 a.m. to boost a four minute through-ride to Brooklyn via Williamsburg Bridge. The fleet, fresh in red paint with cane seating, includes oak framed Thou Shalt Not Steal signs and awaits nails to finish interior adornments.
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Park Row
Bowery
Third Avenue Railroad
Brooklyn
Whitridge
Broadway
Grand, Essex
Delancey Streets
T.e Williamsburg Bridge
Plaza
Brook!n
Third Avenue
Edward A. Mahar
Williamsburg Bridge
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Fourth Avenue
Flowers for Sea's Dead Memorial Service at Bath Beach
A memorial service for Civil and Spanish American war sailors buried at sea was held at the Ben Mahree Boat Club Pier Bath Beach under John Eliseman Camp 79 Sons of Veterans. Dignitaries including Rep George E Waldo and Senators Fuller Gilchrist spoke as the naval band played and flowers drifted away.
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Ben- Mahree Boat Club
Bay 22d Street
Bath Beach
John Eliseman
Sons of Veterans
M. J. Vievering
William Ogden
Christian Oswald
2D Battalion
Naval Militia
George E. Waldo
Montan floods cost millions after spring rains
With clear skies after days of downpours Montana endures the worst floods in state history. Dozens are affected as railroads suffer landslides washing out bridges and roadbeds. Helena and Butte report flooded streets while grain crops and stock prospects look strong.
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The
Tribune
Helena
Mont
Butte
River flood force moves Topeka residents to flee North Topeka
Kansas River sits just below flood stage and rises about an inch an hour, with officials warning four to six feet higher by Monday night. Residents evacuate as wagons replace cars, Junction City tracks flood, and a wagon bridge at St. Marys collapses sending several people near-drowning.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
North Topeka
Junction City
Electric
Union Pacific
St. Mary's
Russian schooner Nara sinks after grounding near Nassau
The three masted Nara ran aground on Little Bahama Bank on May 26 and sank in twelve feet of water. The mate and five sailors abandoned ship in boats but were saved after twenty four hours by a fishing schooner bound for Nassau. Captain Karl Publin stayed in Nassau to oversee salvage operations.
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Ward
Seguranca
Nassau
Bahamas
Nara
Little Bahama Bank
Karl Publin
Fire destroys butter and egg shop in Manhattan
A blaze consumed a low frame building at 1997 First Avenue used by Michael Sullivan and Felstein & Adolph butter, cheese and egg merchants. The fire spread to Covert & Cottrell at 19% First Avenue. the latter damage was slight. Several thousand eggs and tubs of butter were cooked in the flames.
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First Avenue
Michael Sullivan
Felstein & Adolph
Covert & Cottrell
Engineer in Chief Vacancy Shrouded by Navy Tensions
Washington reports show navy line officers hesitant to take the engineer in chief post amid major powerplant shifts and turbine adoption. Critics note bias toward former naval engineers and cite Captain Dixon, Ransom, Edwards, Barton, and others. Militia profits from army post bakeries denied. War Department rules that regular troops and posts benefit, not militia. Flag display issues on Memorial Day raise questions about legal protections and a Russian owner’s influence.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy
Engineer Corps
Engineer-In
Navy Department
Naval Engineer Corps
A. F. Dixon
G. B. Ransom
J. Edwards
John R. Barton
R. P. Hall
R.S. Griffin
H. P. Norton
E. E. Stokes
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
N. Y
War Department
Stokes
Secretary of War
Special squadron sails from San Francisco on world voyage
The battleships Maine and Alabama depart San Francisco as a special service squadron heading to Hampton Roads via Honolulu Manila Aden and the Suez Canal. Secretary Garfield joins for part of the voyage to study labor immigration and trade.
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San Francisco
Maine
Alabama
Hampton Roads
Honolulu
Manila
Aden
Suez Canal
Giles B. Harber
Garfield
Washington
Guam
Singapore
Colombo
Naples
Gibraltar
Florida Monitor Florida Torpedo Test Details Revealed
Washington reports the naval test of the monitor Florida using a powerful American Whitehead torpedo to probe a watertight bulkhead. The event, set for June 13 in Hampton Roads near Jamestown Exposition grounds, aims to show protection against torpedo attack and may involve Secretary Metcalf and Secretary Taft observing from the Mayflower.
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Washington
Florida
Metcalf
Taft
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Hampton Roads
Morris
Montgomery
Secretaries of War and Navy
Navy experiments to be manned by thirty men
Florida will be manned with officers and a selected crew of probably thirty men. The experiments are under the direct supervision of Rear Admiral Mason, chief of the bureau of ordnance, and Captain Chambers, assistant chief.
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Florida
Mason
Bureau of Ordnance
Chambers
Hobson Fears War Over Pacific Fleet Move
Representative Richmond Pearson Hobson warns that removing the American battleship fleet from the Pacific would provoke inevitable war unless Europe and the United States deploy fleets to maintain balance. He urges keeping the Pacific fleet and quickly building a new Atlantic fleet for two ocean defense.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. L
Pacific
Japan
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Atlantic
Man Attempts Sacramental Theft at Newark Church
John J. Collins, once an altar boy at St. Joseph's Newark, tried to take the chalice during the 10 o'clock mass. Police restrained him, parishioners fainted, and the service continued after officers removed the man, said to be drug-induced and confined in a padded cell.
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John J. Collins
St. Joseph's
Newark
Sth
Collins
Joseph Fagan
Owens
George Corrigan
Policeman Chases Bathers At Coney Island Beach
A patrolman on horseback pursued three bathers along Surf avenue and Ocean Parkway past the beach danger line. The trio fled toward the bathing houses but were halted after a half hour of circling in the surf and retreated to dress.
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Surf Avenue
Coney Island
Ocean Parkway
Parkway Baths
Saloonkeeper John Sedlecky Takes His Own Life
John Sedlecky, saloon and restaurant keeper at No 1310 First Avenue, shot himself in his home yesterday. His wife says jealousy over her affections prompted the deed. He asked if she loved him, she said yes, then she heard a gunshot and found him dead in the hall.
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John Sedlecky
First Avenue
Louisa
Concord woman ends life with gas in Staten Island home
Mrs Lena Winnette of Osgood avenue Concord Staten Island killed herself by inhaling gas and endangered her three year old son Albert who was rushed to the 3 R Smith Infirmary in doubtful condition. Police sought Edward Winnette her husband who faced a charge of attacking a nine year old girl in the same house.
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Lena Winnette
Osgood Avenue
Concord
Staten Island
Albert
3. R. Smith
Edward Winnette
Winnette
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W. Smith
Smith
Call Annual Report
MR. Squiers
MR. Roosevelt
Seth
NEW Naval Office
C. H. Hyde
Lad
Williamsburg
Montana
Army and Navy News
Monitor
MFG
Fifth Ave
Maiden Lane
Hobson
Pacific Ocean
Chalice
Vichy
Icelestins
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