Sterilized racing at Gravesend track stirs crowds
A large crowd at Gravesend watched racing under the anti gambling order with few bets placed on track credit. Nine arrests were made for alleged violations as pinkertons kept order. officials clashed over arrests, and bail for nine defendants was set at large sums.
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Gravesend
Albany
Pinkertons
Elder
Hanson
Baker
Allan Pinkerton
P. J. Dwyer
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Hansen
Pinkerton
Flood
Iscomfort
Goney Island
Foelker Leaves Albany After Racing Bill Strain
State Senator Otto G. Foelker returned to Staatsburg with his physician after a tense period following the racing bills vote. He slept well and said he hoped to move about soon, while Dr. Murphy predicted a rapid recovery. He arrived quietly, assisted to a carriage, and went to his father-in-law’s home to regain his health.
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the Tribune
Albany
Foelker
Staatsburg
Murphy
N. Y
Otto G. Foelker
Jealous Husband Held On Strangling Attempt
Austrian jeweller Jacob Brenner was arrested at No 34 7th street after allegedly using a rope noose to strangle wife Pauline Brenner during a quarrel over 75 dollars. Held on $1000 bail, he faces examination. Five children, twenty years married, recent non support parole noted. Rope with iron rings recovered by police.
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7Th Street
Jacob Brenner
Powers
5Th Street
Pauline Brenner
Brenners
Brenner
Torpedo Test Set Off at Hampton Roads
Secretary Metcalf leads a party from Washington to Hampton Roads to witness torpedo tests on the monitor Florida aboard the cruiser Mayflower. Participants include Taft Meyer Edwards McCawley and Cleland Davis. The Morris will fire a Whitehead torpedo into the Florida below the waterline armor around 7 a.m. high tide.
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Washington
Metcalf
Navy
Hampton Roads
Florida
Taft
Meyer
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Charles L. McCawley
Marine Corps
Cleland Davis
Naval Ordnance
Mayflower
Morris
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Beef and potato prices rise amid tight supply
Omaha reports a second weekly beef price hike of 1 to 3 cents per pound as cattle receipts remain low and packers buy all offerings. Chicago notes potato prices up with old crop at 9 cents wholesale and new stock climbing. wet weather hinders southern shipping, raising retail values.
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Tribune
Omaha
Livestock Exchange
Chicago
South
Whaling Steamer William Bailies Reported Lost
A Nome message says the whaling steamer William Bailies, 291 tons, commanded by Captain H. M. Bodfish and owned by William Lewis, sailed from San Francisco March 2 and reached Unalaska March 27. Reported lost in Anadyr Bay Siberia after icepack entrapment. crew of eighteen believed rescued by Bowhead and aboard Jeanette. later message confirms crew safety.
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Nome
Alaska
William Bailies
Anadyr Bay
Siberia
Bowhead
Jeanette
William Balilies
H. M. Bodfish
William Lewis
New Bedford
Mass
Unalaska
Bailey in custody in Honduras
Secretary Root held talks with owners counsel about the steamer Goldsboro and a cargo of goods claimed fraudulently. Bailey is said to be in custody at Ceiba as Honduras authorities prepare to transfer him to New York with credentials. Lieutenant Peter W. Beery of the New York Police Department will travel to Honduras next Thursday to bring Bailey back.
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Washington
Root
Goldsboro
Honduras
Bailey
Ceiba
Peter W. Beery
New York
Cuban Cartridges Seized From Ward Line Steamer Seguranca
Treasury agents seized ten thousand rounds of ammunition on the Ward Line steamer Seguranca bound for Nassau Havana and Santiago. The cartridges were in ten cases and meant for shipment to Cuba to aid insurrectionists. Officials note the raid follows warnings from the Secret Service and Cuban consul general about plans to foment unrest.
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Ward Line
Cuba
Nassau
Havana
Santiago
Ross
Pier 16
Brooklyn
Tribune
New York
Octavio A. de Zayas
Secret Service Bureau
Washington
United States
José Miguel Gomez
Alfredo Zayas
Roosevelt
Cube
United States Steel to Resume Full Operations July 6
Pittsburg reports that with current and anticipated orders, every US Steel plant will resume full operation on July 6. Mills are to be repaired promptly to meet the deadline, with independents also expecting heavy orders and a return to full operation by August 1. Railroads hauling bituminous coal prepare for large Northwest shipments, aiming for normal conditions by August 1 in the Pittsburg district.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Soldiers shoot two night riders in Ohio clash
In Ripley Ohio on June 12 reports say two night riders were shot during a confrontation with troops at Hiett on the prior Wednesday night. One man was shot in the lungs and another in the leg. one is said to be dead. A farmer Tip Martin assisting the soldiers found a barn door note warning of further vengeance. Newton Mann and William Frost were arrested, charged with shooting up Walter Hooks home on May 2.
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Ripley
Ohio
Hiett
Tip” Martin
Newton Mann
William Frost
Walter Hooks
Scene Painter Drowns Off Weeh 1224 Street
John McGreer a sixty nine year old scene painter drowned when he lost balance on a barge off Weet 1224 street while out with his eight year old grandson. The immigrant from Chicago had lived with his son at 2 West 132d street and his wife in Atlantic City. A steamer wash toppled the barge, he fell in, surfaced once about fifty feet offshore, and disappeared before help arrived. His body was not recovered.
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John McGreer
Weet
John
Mr. McGreer
Chicago
Robert
West 132d
Philippines
Atlantic City
McGreer
Patrick Applies for Habeas Corpus in Rice Murder Case
Albert T. Patrick, the convicted lawyer in the William Marsh Rice murder, filed papers by mail from Sing Sing seeking a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Lacombe and Deputy Chief Clerk Kellogg reviewed the motion in the United States Circuit Court, but action likely not before July 14.
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Patrick
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Kellogg
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Sing Sing
Receding flood reveals pearls at river towns
The Mississippi River receded after recent flood stages uncovering pearls tossed up by the high water. About five thousand dollars' worth were found at Prairie du Chien yesterday with further valuable finds reported from Genoa, Lasing, Victoria and other river points.
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la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi River
Prairie du Chien
Genoa
Lasing
Victoria
Deathbed request spurs Pallante double wedding in Philadelphia
Mount Holly sends word that Carmine Pallante and his son Vincenzo will marry Angela Izzi and her daughter Christiana Izzi in Philadelphia Sunday. The weddings follow a deathbed request by Pallante’s first wife that the families unite. The ceremony will be followed by a feast at the Pallante home in Shreve street.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Philadelphia
Carmine Pallante
Vincenzo Pallante
Angela Izzi
Christiana Izzi
Pallantes
Shreve Street
Pallante
No protest against alliance denials issued
Berlin reports the Foreign Office denies Germany angrily rejected any formal Britain Russia and France alliance following the meeting of King Edward and Emperor Nicholas at Reval. No protest was issued by Germany though rumors suggested strong disapproval.
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Foreign Office
Germany
St Petersburg
Britain
Russia
France
Edward
Nicholas
Reval
Incomparable June Holiday Ad for Hudson River Travel
Advertises round trip rail fares to Buffalo via West Shore and New York Central with June travel dates. Promotes Hendrick Hudson and New York lines in Hudson River route ads. Round trip prices listed as 9 and 10.25 dollars with departures June 14 and 15 and return June 21.
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Buffalo
West Shore R. A
New York Central
The
Hudson
Hendrick Hudson
New York
May Not Name Cannon
Telegraph report from Saginaw Michigan on June 12 states Congressman Fordney of the city hinted Cannon’s name may not be presented at the convention. Fordney, in close touch with Cannon, suggests the Illinois man may withdraw. Fordney backs Fairbanks for vice president with Sherman as second choice.
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Taft
Roosevelt
William Barnes, Jr
Sherman
Fairbanks
Barnes
New York
Hughes
Michael J. Cady
Tim’ Woodruff
W. W. Cocks
Westbury
Thomas C. Platt
Platt
Washington
Woodruff
Utica
James R. Sheffield
William Harris Douglas
William Berri
Timothy L. Woodruff
George J. Smith
Ezra P. Prentice
Miss Prentice
J. W. Wadsworth
Sereno E. Payne
Herbert Parsons
Jacob Brenner
Miss Brenner
John K. Stewart
George R. Malby
Southwick
William M. Calder
William A. Prendergast
Ira G. Darrin
Queens
A. T. Hobley
Kings
Charles G. Bennett
B. J. F. Kracke
F. L. Frugone
Agnew
Otto T. Barnard
B. W. B. Brown
Job E. Hedges
Julius M. Mayer
Thomas W. Whittle
Charles B. Page
J. Mayhew Wainwright
Agnew-Hart
Brooklyn
Senator Agnew
Mets
Schroeder
Tribune
Saginaw, Mich
Fordney
Cannon
Illinois
Dolliver
Iowa
White House
Beveridge
Standard Oil Guilty In Federal Trial At Rochester
The jury found Standard Oil guilty on all counts in the interstate commerce case. Defense counsel Kenefick plans a new trial motion set for July 7 before Judge Hazel. Prosecutor Dempsey seeks judgment and sentencing on the adjourned date. The case stemmed from a June 1 trial accusing the company of accepting a concession on field tariff shipments from Olean to Rutland and Bellows Falls. There were forty counts, each carrying up to 20,000 dollars, totaling as much as 800,000 dollars.
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Rochester
Standard Oil Company
Daniel J. Kenefick
Buffalo
Hazel
S. Wallace Dempsey
Olean
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Tar Fire Flares on Ninth Avenue Street Job
A tar spill from a tank on Ninth avenue in front of 455 overflowed and ignited yesterday. A Metropolitan Street Railway Co employee relaying paving stones caused the blaze. Firemen battled flames and sanded the area to prevent damage to the elevated structure.
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No. 455
Ninth Avenues
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Conscience fund donation of 8000 sent to Treasury
Secretary Cortelyou received an unsigned envelope postmarked Jersey City containing $8000 for the conscience fund. The sender admits a past theft of government funds and says the total repaid sums to $40,000, four times the original amount, returned over several years.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Jersey City
Conscience Fund
The
Treasury
Smuggled tobacco seized in Brooklyn hut
Three treasury agents acting on a United States commissioner’s warrant seized smuggled tobacco valued at $1,000 hidden under junk at a 25th Street Brooklyn hut. The tobacco had been brought in on a German liner, dropped into a barge, then moved by a steam launch to the hut. Agents watched all night. in the morning they secured the tobacco and found the hut owner not arrested.
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United States
Treasury
25Th Street
Brooklyn
Yeterday
Quentin Roosevelt Tags 195 at White House for Charity
In Washington on June 12 Quentin Roosevelt tagged 195 visitors at the White House to promote tomorrow’s Children’s Playground Association fundraiser. The French Ambassador and Cabinet members were among those tagged as White House staff and police joined the effort.
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Washington
White House
Quentin Roosevelt
Children’s Playground Association of Washington
Quentin
Lockdown
Children’s Playground Association
Thirteen Hoodoo Forces Golf Tourney Change
In Pittsburg the thirteenth annual Allegheny Country Club event paused as players demanded an even number. Management conceded and announced the tournament as the fourteenth annual event. Knox boomers meanwhile left for Chicago by special train after discovering thirteen cars on departure.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Allegheny Country Club
Knox
Chicago
Girl burned as boy’s firecracker explodes in street
While crossing Mount Vernon street Julia Shick of 5 Mount Vernon street was set on fire by a giant firecracker set off by a boy. Spectators extinguished the flames, but she was burned.
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Camden, N. J
Julia Shick
Mount Vernon Street
Taft Scores 704 Votes On First Ballot For Nomination
Chicago June 12 The Republican National Committee finished hearings seating most Taft delegates and Hitchcock places Taft at 704 on the first ballot with 49 unpledged, 213 more than needed to nominate. Other candidates’ totals include Cannon 46 and Hughes 54. Hughes declines Vice Presidential bid, Sherman gains momentum.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Foraker
National Committee
Hitchcock
Cannon
Fairbanks
Hughes
Knox
la Follette
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