Albany Legislature Faces Final Acts on Gambling Bills
The Albany Legislature nears reassembly as allies and opponents of racing gambling bills clash over passage timing. Governor Hughes factions push for quick action while anti-Hughes groups stall to force a decisive vote in the Senate or Assembly. Senator Foelker’s health and attendance loom over crucial votes as racing interests vow to block anti-gambling measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Emc Nehes
Ee Commissions
Arbion
Spe
Spaker
Eplish
Hughes
Wadsworth
Otto Foelker
Peasen
Foelker
Bilis
Senate
Albany Metay
Ag- W “Ie
Sena
Albany
Long fight on warship between Cullen and Beeler
Dick Cullen of Australia and Beeler of Spokane engaged in a twenty round bout aboard the United States steamer Yo yesterday. The contest was even throughout with no clear winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bledene
Dick” Cullen
Australia
Beeler
Spokane
United States
Citizens Union reviews Legislation on New York City impact
The Citizens Union committee reports on the last regular session detailing 303 city affecting bills, 25 supported, 9 enacted, 2 opposed. It highlights banking law amendments, forest and highway reforms, tuberculosis prevention, and a push for a Greater New York Charter Commission. The report praises some governors measures and notes anti home rule efforts, praising Grady and opposing Cuvillier prolific bill-spamming. It warns on legislative waste and stresses vigilance by Civil Service groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Citizens Union
Senate and
Assembly
New York City
J. O. Hammitt
Citizens Union Committee
Albany
New York
National Guard
New York Training School
Ward's Island
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Lake Champlain
Assembly Cities Committee
Senate
White
Grady
E. J. McGoldrick
Assemblyman
Cuvillier
Gilchrist
de Groot
Queens County
Civil Service Reform Association
Squiers Seeks Roosevelt in Canal Zone Talk
Herbert G. Squiers American Minister to Panama arrived from the Isthmus aboard the Panama Inez Alliance for a hurried Washington visit with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root to discuss canal zone matters. He denied rumors of Panamanian friction and is set to return in three days. President Amador denied Squiers is persona non grata in Panama amid campaign rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert G. Squiers
Panama
Inez Alliance
Washington
Roosevelt
Root
Canal Zone
United States
Amador
Ex-Mayor Seth Low Backs Local Corrupt Practices Group
Albany June 7 Ex Mayor Seth Low president of the Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections urges local chapters nationwide and endorses Elmira Compact to limit election spending per Assembly district. He calls for public funds and sentiment to enforce the law and stop money from deciding elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Seth Low
New York Today
Association
New Naval Office Formed July First
Washington June 7. On July 1 the solicitor of the navy office will separate from the judge advocate general and four new separate offices will be organized including solicitor of the Navy Department led by Edwin P Hanna with Major Henry Leonard as principal assistant in the marine corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Navy
Navy Department
Edwin P. Hanna
Henry Leonard
The
Marine Ory
Bath Beach Adrift Flowers To Honor Dead Sailor
A ceremony at Bath Beach releases a boatload of flowers into the water to honor a sailor who has died, with somber observances noted by local observers and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Beach
Health conference touts electric life power at Carnegie Hall
Andrew McConnell and Dr Robert Stuart MacArthur led an international health conference at Carnegie Hall claiming the body is a voltaic battery and health depends on universal energy. McConnell cited cures in 300 cases and urged new science based on energy over matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Hall
Robert Stuart MacArthur
Marconi
Andrew McConnell
McConnell
Ida Richards Compton
Relays on Deck Aboard Caronia by Shrubb Champion Runner
Alfred Shrubb the famed long distance runner arrived from Sussex England with wife and child aboard the Caronia. He staged a seven lap relay around the ship deck and easily outpaced four volunteers though stopped at two and a half miles claiming unfair running. He plans to race US and Canada champions from two to ten miles in cities including Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa and more. His ten mile record is 50 40. He seeks a twelve hour record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred S. Shrubb
Sussex
England
Cunard
Caronia
Shrubb
United States
Canada
Boston
Buffalo
Montreal
Ottawa
Lawyer’s Auto Strikes 10 Year Old On Long Island
Charles H. Hyde of Wall Street Roslyn drove his car in Jackson Avenue Corona injuring Thomas Minnin ten. The boy was taken to St John’s Hospital with a fractured skull and possible internal injuries. Hyde’s chauffeur William Wald was detained for reckless driving but released by Magistrate Connelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Hyde
Wall Street
Roslyn
Long Island
Thomas Minnin
Grand Street
Corona
Jackson Avenue
William Wald
Connelly
Man fined ten dollars for hat in court
Robert I. Garrick of 159 West 66th street was fined ten dollars after wearing a hat in Magistrate Corrigan's court while awaiting word on Edward Sheehan of 601 West 49th street arrested for attempted burglary. Garrick removed the hat at the magistrate's plea then replaced it before leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert I. Garrick
West 66Th Street
Corrigan
Garrick
West Side Court
Edward Sheehan
West 49Th Street
Sheehan
Brooklyn bound Third Avenue cars debut with Williamsburg Bridge route
Early riders on the new Third Avenue Railroad cars found sixteen polished units in service from Park Row to Brooklyn via the Williamsburg Bridge. The through route, branded Brooklyn and Via Williamsburg Bridge, aims to boost receipts despite a cautious start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Row
Bowery
Third Avenue Railroad
Brooklyn
Whitridge
Broadway
Grand, Wessex
Delancey Streets
Williamsburg Bridge
Plaza
Brook!n
Third Avenue
Edward A. Mahar
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Fourth Avenue
Mr. Whitridge
Flowers For Sea Dead Memorial Service At Bath Beach
A memorial service honored sailors and soldiers buried at sea from Civil and Spanish-American wars. Held at Ben Mahree Boat Club Pier Bay 22d Street Bath Beach under John Etfseman Camp 79 Sons of Veterans. Notables included Rep George E Waldo Senators Charles H Fuller and Alfred J Gilchrist with music and a naval salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben- Mahree Boat Club
Bay 22d Street
Bath Beach
John Etfseman
Sons of Veterans
Floods in Montana Cost Millions Across Railways and Towns
Helena Montana reports the worst state floods in history with nearly a dozen deaths and millions in damage to railroads bridges and roadbeds. Streetcar service in Helena and Butte was hindered by flooded tracks as sun returns and grain crops promise bumper yields and an expansive cattle range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Helena
Mont
Topeka Flood Forces Mass Evacuations Across Kansas
The Kansas River stayed just under flood stage and rose about an inch hourly as weather officials warned a four to six foot rise by Monday night. North Topeka emptied as people used wagons to move. Junction City tracks submerged and in St Marys a wagon bridge span collapsed with people on it, narrowly escaping drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
North Topeka
Junction City
Electric
Union Pacific
St. Mary's
Sailors Rescued from Grounded Russian Vessel Nara
The Ward liner Seguranca brought to port yesterday from Nassau the mate and five sailors of the three masted Russian schooner Nara which went aground on Little Bahama Bank on May 26 and sank in twelve feet of water. The crew, after rowing twenty four hours, were towed by a fishing schooner to Nassau. Captain Karl Publin of the Nara remained at Nassau to arrange salvage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Seguranca
Nassau
Bahamas
Nara
Little Bahama Bank
Karl Publin
Fire destroys egg and butter shop on First Avenue
A blaze in a low frame building at 1997 First Avenue owned by Michael Sullivan and Felstein Adolph destroyed the structure and its eggs and butter. The fire spread to Covert and Cottrell at 199% First Avenue but was checked there with minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue
Michael Sullivan
Felstein & Adolph
Covert & Cottrell
Engineer-in-chief vacancy stirs Navy reluctance and concerns
Washington reports line officers resist appointment as engineer-in-chief amid shifts to turbine power and liquid fuels. Also noted: discontent among former naval engineers, a flag display dispute in Hastings-on-the-Hudson, and War Department ruling barring militia from bakery and post profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy
Engineer Corps
Engineer-In-Chief
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
Special service squadron sails from San Francisco to world cruise
The battleships Maine and Alabama depart San Francisco for a around the world voyage via Honolulu Manila Aden and the Suez Canal with Secretary Garfield aboard for part of the trip. They will reach Hampton Roads on October 22 after ten months at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Set for June 13
The monitor Florida will be punctured beneath water line armor by a powerful American White head torpedo to test armor and bulkhead integrity. The demonstration near Jamestown Exposition grounds in Hampton Roads will include officials Metcalf and Taft and use a trolley-guided torpedo from the Morris or Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Florida
Metcalf
Taft
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Hampton Roads
Morris
Montgomery
Secretaries of War and Navy
Navy experiments to be manned by thirty officers and crew
The Florida will be staffed with officers and a selected crew of about thirty men. The experiments will be conducted under the direct supervision of Rear Admiral Mason, chief of the bureau of ordnance, and Captain Chambers, assistant chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Mason
Bureau of Ordnance
Chambers
Hobson Fears War Over Pacific Fleet Move
Representative Richmond Pearson Hobson warned in Newport that removing the American battleship fleet from the Pacific would risk inevitable war unless Europe fleets are sent to balance Japan. He urged keeping a Pacific fleet and rapidly building a new Atlantic fleet to become a true two ocean defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Newport
R. L
Pacific
Japan
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Atlantic
Newark altar boy tries to take chalice during mass
John J. Collins former altar boy at St. Joseph's in Newark attempted to seize the chalice at the 10 o'clock mass. He acted amid chaos as parishioners fainted and police restrained him. Authorities said the incident stemmed from drug-induced insanity and Collins was confined in a padded cell at the 5th Precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Collins
St. Joseph's
Newark
5Th Precinct
Collins
Joseph Fagan
Owens
George Corrigan
Policeman Tracks Bathers At Ocean Parkway Surf Avenue
A Coney Island patrolman on horseback chased three bathers who had peered over the wall and tried to walk along Surf avenue. The riders blocked by crowds and a heavy uniform, the bearded chase ended with the bathers fleeing back to the bathhouse to dress after half an hour in the surf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surf Avenue
Coney Island
Ocean Parkway
Parkway Baths
Saloonkeeper John Sedlecky Ends Life in Jealousy Note
Saloon and restaurant keeper John Sedlecky of 1210 First Avenue shot himself yesterday. His wife states jealousy over her affections triggered the act. she recalls him asking, Do you love me Louisa, and later hearing a gunshot before finding him dead in the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sedlecky
First Avenue
Louisa
Wife ends life in gas as police seek husband
Mrs Lena Winnette of Concord Staten Island killed herself by inhaling gas in her home last night and endangered her three year old son Albert who was taken to S R Smith Infirmary with doubtful prospects. Police sought Edward Winnette her husband who was charged with attacking a nine year old girl in the same house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Winnette
Osgood Avenue
Concord
Staten Island
Albert
S. R. Smith
Edward Winnette
Winnette
Also Mentioned on This Page
Migsid
W. Smith
Smith
James S. Coward
Greenwich
N.Y
Warnes Eregor Gillieg
C. Uss Annual Report
MR. Squiers
MR. Roosevelt
Seth
NEW Naval Office
Sailor Dead
Mr. McConnell
C. H. Hyde
Lad
Williamsburg
M. J. Vievering
William Ogden
Christian Oswald
2D Battalion
Naval Militia
George E. Waldo
Montana
Army and Navy News
E. E. Stokes
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
N. Y
War Department
Stokes
Secretary of War
Monitor
Fifth Ave
Maiden Lane
Hobson
Pacific Ocean
Chalice
Vichy Celestins
Icelestins
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!