Recommitment Sought as Wainwright Blocks Yale Bill
June 10 report on Albany Assembly action shows Wainwright blocking the Yale backed bill to emasculate Public Service law. Debate centers on Page bill alignment and possible telegraph and telephone supervision under the commission. Whitson Whitney says original bill was good but dislikes amendments. Merritt signals Friday action and possible quorum issues.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Glbany
Wadsworth
Ray Smith
Assemblyman
Yale
Commit Electricity, Gas and Water Supply
Wainewright
Senate
Merritt
Wainwright
Waint
Public Service Commissions
Robinson
New York
Onondaga County
Onondaga
Walters
Syracuse
Messare
Travis H. Whitney
Merchants’ Association of New York
Whitney
Tribune
F. B. de Berard
Merchants’ Association
Smith
Hughes Bills Passed By Senate In New York City Voter ID Move
Albany June 16 The Senate passed bills creating a mercantile inspection bureau in the State Department of Labor and transferring child labor enforcement in fit class city stores from Health to Labor. The vote was party line 29 to 18 with opposition from Senator Grady and Senator Saxe who warned of duplicate inspections. A second bill requiring voter identifications in New York City was sent to the Governor by a 26 to 28 vote amid Grady’s charges it would embarrass NYC voters.
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Albany
Senate
Parker
Bureau of Mercantile Inspection
State Department of Labor
Department of Health
Grady
New York City
Saxe
Darlington
Health Department
Labor Department
Page
Br. Robinson
Postum Coffee Alternative Ad Raises Health Claims
A reader letter extols Ostun as a coffee substitute, claiming Postum steadies nerves, cures headaches, and tastes better when boiled well. The message praises the product’s health benefits, urges drinkers to try it, and credits it with improved well being. The ad notes the letters come from Pesta Co. and references The Read to Wellville.
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Ostun
Pesta Co
Rattle Creek
Wellville
New York Voter Bill Sparks Debate and Party Split
Senator Page defends a bill to curb fraud and overfrequent voting saying honest voters face restrictions to stop fraudulent repeaters. Senator Hinman was the sole Republican dissent. The session focused on local measures with racetrack bills awaiting the outcome tomorrow.
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Page
New York
Hinman
Senate
Extra Session Costs In New York State
Albany reports the extraordinary session will cost the state $39,866 30 if the Legislature adjourns tomorrow. The run has lasted 32 days with $21,599 12 in clerk hire and $6,777 40 in mileage. An expense bill is to be introduced and passed tomorrow.
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Albany
Wallace
Bovine Tuberculosis Bill Advances From Assembly to Senate
Albany June 10 Senate Finance Committee votes to report to the Senate the Alldis Lansing bill creating a State Agriculture Department campaign against bovine tuberculosis. Assembly passage was 101 to 7 with Robinson of Chemung the lone speaker against. Funding cut from 200000 to 125000.
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Albany
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
State Department of Agriculture
Assembly
Robinson
Chemung
Will Fight The Union Over Open Shop Piers Case
The National Erectors' Association plans a test case against the McCintock Marshall Company for allegedly violating prevailing wage laws at Piers 57 58 and 39 North River where it holds the Chelsea pliers contract. Walter Drew says the union offered to withdraw if only union housesmiths were hired, but the association will proceed on merits even to the Court of Appeals. R P J H Staats Company is the general contractor for the week and sublets structural iron work to McClintock Marshall.
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National Erectors’ Association
McCintock-Marshall Company
North River
Chelsea
Walter Drew
Court of Appeals
R. P. & J. H. Staats Company
McClintock-Marshall Company
Mad dog bites six boys in East 108th street incident
A brindle and white bulldog rushed a crowd of six boys at No 312 East 108th Street Tuesday night, biting them before they could move. Police killed the dog. autopsy at East 16th Street Health Department lab found rabies. Two boys, ages five and ten, were treated, with wounds cauterized. inspectors seek other victims.
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East 108Th Street
Health Department
East 16Th Street
Park
Rabies Victim Captain Rabey Dies In Staten Island Hospital
Captain Edward Rabey of the quarantine steamer Fort Wadsworth dies of hydrophobia at S R Smith Infirmary New Brighton Staten Island after nine months since a dog bite He barked like a dog before death and his wife a nurse collapsed at his bedside Also notes local rabies dog cases since November 1 with lab findings confirming rabies in each case.
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Edward Rabey
Fort Wadsworth
S. R. Smith Infirmary
New Brighton
Staten Island
Bensel
Rabey
Dr. Doty
Department of Health
Marsh
Mr. Marsh
Captain Rabey
Board of Health
Ex Judge Gary Granted New York Practise Rights
Ex Judge Elbert H. Gary chairman of United States Steel was given permission to practice law in New York courts. His character was vouched for by Justice Orrin Carter and Charles MacVeagh. Gary, aged sixty one, graduated Chicago University Law 1867 and served as DuPage County Judge. He later became federal steel organizer and Chicago Bar Association president.
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Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
State of
New York
Gary
Orrin N. Carter
Supreme Court of Minis
Charles MacVeagh
No. 15
Hioad Street
Law Department
Chicago University
Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
DuPage County
Ilinois
Chicago
Chicago Bar Association
Federal Steel Company
United States Steel Fed
King Edward and Emperor Nicholas in Baltic meeting ends
In Reval on June 11 the Russian and British sovereigns concluded their talks with a luncheon on the Standart and dinner on the Victoria and Albert. They exchanged toasts about friendship and world peace, amid serenades and formal visits, as the Emperor pressed for another day and the fleet escorted the royal yachts home.
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Reval
Edward
Nicholas
M. d.Iswolsky
Charles Hardinge
British Foreign Office
King Edward
Emperor Nicholas
Alexandra
Victoria and Albert
Russia
England
Russian
Great Britain
Kennedy in Tombs Perjury Case Delayed in West Side Court
James F. Kennedy former police court clerk faced perjury charges tied to the Gormley bail affair. Magistrate Wahle postponed until this morning after a defense claim of incapacity to proceed. Kennedy remains jailed in default of $5,000 bail as prosecutors note Kennedy’s partial equity in Gormley’s property and the involved mortgage.
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James F. Kennedy
Gormley
Wahle
West Side Court
Miner
Kennedy
Breen
Jack” Gormley
Freeman Street
Lfe
Board of Magistrates
Westchester Court
City Chamberlain Issues 1907 Annual Report
James J. Martin, City Chamberlain, releases the 1907 annual report showing receipts of 427,219,084.72 and disbursements of 429,917,537.34. The year closes with cash balances of 16,639,690.15, up from 13,238,442.77. Jurors paid rose from 22,314 in 1906 to 29,549 in 1907, totaling 415,168.24, with 1998 jury expenses projected above 500,000.
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James J. Martin
Chamberlain Martin
New Stage Route Today by Fifth Avenue Coach Company
The Fifth Avenue Coach Company will start an additional route today. Omnibus cars will run from Washington Square up Fifth Avenue to 90th Street, then to Broadway, up Broadway to 113th Street, across to Riverside Drive, and return by the same path.
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Fifth Avenue Coach Company
Fifth Avenue
Washington Square
90Th Street
Sith Street
Broadway
Iid Street
Riverside Drive
Panama Peaceful Message From Amador
The Consul General of Panama in this city received a cable from President Amador stating quiet prevails nationwide and no armed conflict is possible over the July 12 election. Investigations report complete tranquility, deny charges against the administration, and note several firearms have recently been sold in Panama.
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Panama
Amador
Republic
New York
Liberal Party
Ricardo Arias
José Domingo Obaldia
Washington
Empress Augusta Victoria Fells From Horse in Potsdam
In Potsdam on June 10 Empress Augusta Victoria fell from her horse while riding with the Emperor in Sans Souci Park. She was helped into a cab and returned to the New Palace with a severe bruise on the back of her right hand. The incident follows four prior falls in seven years and she is said to suffer fainting spells.
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Potsdam
Augusta Victoria
New Palace
Sans Souci Park
Tiergarten
Berlin
Wilhelmshhe
Troops Held On Persian Border
Tiflis reports General Snarski has orders not to cross the Russo Persian frontier. Russian authorities avoid aggravating Shah’s internal troubles amid anti Russian feeling among Persians. Insurgents are said to be well armed with German rifles and ammunition. Russia will not recall Snarski’s expeditionary force despite possible urgent need.
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Tiflis
Snarski
Georgian Archbishop Nikon Murdered in Tiflis
Archbishop Nikon Exarch of Georgia was shot on the steps of the synod building in Tiflis by revolutionists. A accompanying monk was badly wounded as the assailants fled, and they have not been captured.
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Tiflis
Nikon
Georgia
Congo treaty uproar in Brussels caucus
Liberal members of the Left party in Brussels held a caucus and demanded publication of the Belgium Great Britain correspondence on the Congo Independent State before debating the treaty, threatening nonparticipation otherwise.
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Brussels
Left
Belgium
Great Britain
Congo
King and Queen Leave Madrid for La Granja Palace
In Madrid on June 10 the King and Queen departed for La Granja. The king traveled by automobile with the infant prince, while the queen went by train.
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Madrid
Spain
la Granja
Work of the Mining Congress Sets Wage and Safety Goals
Paris, June 10. The International Miners' Congress approved a minimum wage for miners based on collective contracts and passed a resolution urging nations to amend laws for greater mine safety amid rising fatalities.
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Paris
International Miners’ Congress
Building undermined at Ludlow Street tenement by sewer work
A five story tenement at No 8 Ludlow Street in the East Side fruit market area sank after plumbers laid a sewer main. Police roped off a half block as residents were ordered out. bricks cracked and the wall tilted north. Owner listed as Jacob Hoerewicz of 14 Maiden Lane.
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Ludlow Street
East Side
Fruit Mart
Eldridge
Delancey Street
Canal Street
Murphy
Jacob Hoerewicz
No. 14
Maiden Lane
Paddy the Pig dies after long Tenderloin career
Clarence O'Brien known as Paddy the Pig, died suddenly at 51 West 36th Street after years of illness. He came from Troy thirty years ago, bought a Sixth Avenue cafe near 36th, befriended downtrodden locals and reform-minded criminals, insisting none were robbed there. Funeral at Sixth Avenue undertaking place. he earned the nickname for his size and appetite. Vaderland arrives in record time after Antwerp departure and a brief repair stay in Flushing. makes port in eight days thirteen hours at sixteen knots.
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Clarence O’brien
Paddy the Pig
West 36Th Street
Troy
Sixth Avenue
36Th Street
Paddy
O'Brien
Vaderland
Red Star Hner
Antwerp
Flushing
Test of new searchlight controller at Fort Schuyler
Army and Navy notes report a June test at Fort Schuyler New York Harbor of a civilian designed searchlight controller. The device aims to centrally manage coastal fort searchlights to spot enemy ships from observing stations within about two miles of fire control. Also listed are numerous Army and Navy officers moves, leave, and ship movements including arrivals at Norfolk Boston and Mare Island with vessels Grampus Pike Blakely Porter and others.
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Washington
Fort Schuylder
Fort Schuyler
New York Harbor
Army Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Engineer Department
M. E. Reed
Charleston
M. Joyce
G. D. Johnstone
J. H Knapp
P. Foley
Naval Academy
E. D. Washburn
Rhode Island
Culgoa
A. M Fauntleroy
Medical School Hospital
H. W. Cole, Jr
K. C. Melhorn
J. A. Mudd
Navy Department
Navy Pay Office
New York
L. G. Boggs
A. F. Huntington
Montana
J. R. Hornberger
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Naval Station
Honolulu
Bagley
Annapolis
Norfolk
Montgomery
Hampton Roads
Sylph
North Carolina
Guantanamo
Chester
Marietta
Port-au-Prince
Grampus
Pike
Mare Island
Blakely
Porter
Barney
New Jersey Naval Militia
German cruiser Bremen docks on North River for crew transfer
The Bremen arrived from Philadelphia and anchored off 79th Street North River where German American societies host officers. Consul General Buenz will dine the crew as they prepare to take on new sailors arriving Tuesday on the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm. The Bremen will depart anchorage and dock at a North German Lloyd pier in Hoboken to receive the crew and baggage.
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Bremen
Philadelphia
79Th Street
North River
Buenz
Lloyd Line
Hoboken
Kronprinz Wilhelm Loses Propeller Blade At Sea
The North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm failed to dock on time after losing a blade on her port propeller. Speed fell from record pace to avoid ice and fog patches as Captain Nierich altered course southward. A stoker, Adolf Schmidt, leaped into the sea amid heat in the fireroom.
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Bremen
Nierich
Adolf Schmidt
Brewers Pledged to Temperance Platform Adopted
In Milwaukee on June 10 the United States Brewers' Association closed with a platform pledging to abolish the immoral saloon and promote temperance in intoxicant use. It states temperance means neither abuse nor misuse and rejects the idea that brewers back excessive saloon expansion or unlawful conduct.
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Milwaukee
United States Brewers’ Association
Practices of the saloonkeeper declaration on inquiry
The declaration states that when genuine inquiry and rational betterment replace heedless persecution brewers will welcome such inquiry and gladly refrain from participation in politics. The text argues for a shift away from political meddling toward sober discussion and reform.
Gore Will Stay Blind Despite Hopeful Eye Treatment
The Tribune reports Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, blind for over 27 years, was informed he cannot regain sight despite intensive treatment at the Episcopal Eye Ear and Throat Hospital. Doctors hoped to stimulate the optic nerve but found no lasting improvement. Mrs Gore, who reads to him, notes he can only distinguish light from darkness.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Gore
Senator Gore
Episcopal Eye
Kentucky tobacco farmer hangs self after night rider rumors
In Lexington Kentucky on June 19 Lewis Kinney a Bracken County tobacco grower accused of attracting troops attempted suicide by hanging in his barn. Guards found him still alive with rope about his neck. Kinney says he was whipped by night riders and feared assassination.
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Lexington
Night Riders
Lewis Kinney
Bracken County
Kinney
Two Colleges Honor Gov Fort With LL D Degrees
Governor John Franklin Fort of New Jersey received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Dickinson College in Carlisle Pennsylvania where he addressed graduates and from Union College in Schenectady New York. Further honors await as Seton Hall College Orange New Jersey will confer an LL D next Wednesday and Middlebury College Vermont a week later.
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John Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Penn
Fort
Union College
Schenectady
N. Y
Seton Hall College
Orange
N. J
Middlebury College
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City Chamberlain
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Ing
the Mining Congress
Paddy the
Tenderloin
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
Army and Navy News
William H. Bowen
18Th Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Pine Camp
Ers
Arthur F. Cassels
6Th Field Artillery
Santa Clarence N. Jones
3D Field Artillery
Clarence S. Nettles
23Th Infantry
Denver
Benjamin ©. Davis
10Th Cavalry
District of Columbia
Fort Washington
Frei? H. Baird
Army and Navy
Boston
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Poli
Kentucky
Gov. Fort
Jersey
Seton Hall
Vermont
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James S. Coward
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