Vanderbilt Wins Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp
Will iam K Vanderbilt's dark brown colt Northeast ridden by J Childs won the Grand Prix de Paris, defeating his half sister Sange Pourpree by a scant head as about 150000 spectators watched at Longchamp on the fiftieth anniversary of the race. The event valued near 80000 dollars, with Medea Gr ill Room and Quintette finishing well back.
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Tribune
The
Tribune Association
Paris
William K Vanderbilt
Northeast
Ridgen
J. Childs
Pan-Matuel
Northexet
Longchamps
Falliéres
Europe
Sange Pourpree
Count le Marcis
Medea
Grill Room
Quintette
P. Perth
M. Caillault
3. R. Keene
Foxhall
Fordham
William K. Vanderbilt
Edmond Slane
Vanderbilt
Prince d’ Arenberg
Jockey Club
Fallires
New York
Mayor Fights Mob After Pittston Double Murder
A mob confronted police as twenty suspects were arrested after a Pittston double murder. Mayor Gillespie and state troopers protected the station, ending a six hour siege and preventing lynching. Parke Clelland was killed. Councilman Vanderberg stabbed. John Krucholsky shot nearby in Nanticoke. rival Waldiner Risko sky arrested.
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Parke Celland
William Vanderberg
Clelland
Vanderberg
Redly Hurt by Fall Near Ocean Boulevard
Blanche Miller of Brooklyn was severely injured when a runabout horse-drawn vehicle startled by a passing car on Sherman street and Ocean Boulevard. Irving Kahn suffered minor bruises. Miller was taken to Kings County Hospital with a possible skull fracture and internal injuries.
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Mies
Blanche Miller
Greene Avenue
Brooklyn
Kings County Hospital
Sherman Street
Ocean Boulevard
Miss Miller
Irving Kahn
Ven Buren Street
Coney Island
Mr. Kahn
Bronx Construction Buildings Collapse on Eastburn Avenue
Two double two story frame structures under construction on Eastburn Avenue between 174th and 175th streets in The Bronx collapsed last night. The crash caused loud noise and significant excitement. Watchmen were present but no one was found at the scene. Police say the buildings collapsed about six weeks after work began.
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Eastburn Avenue
174Th
175Th Streets
Bronx
Riding Accident at Newport Injures Miss Hutton
Miss Hutton daughter of Mr and Mrs G M Hutton of Nimore suffers a fracture to her left leg in a riding accident on Ocean Avenue Newport while mounting her horse on a Saturday afternoon The notice mentions travel to Chicago and return via Pennsylvania Railroad with tickets for June 18 and June 21.
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Newport
the Tribune
J . Port
R. J
Miss Unnutton
G. M. Hutton
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Blind Tom dies after a life on stage and in seclusion
The famed pianist known as Blind Tom, born Thomas Greene Bethune, died in Hoboken after years of quiet life in New Jersey. Born around 1849 183 on a Georgia plantation, he captivated audiences with remarkable memory and virtuosity while remaining largely dependent on guardians and guardianship battles.
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Tom
Johnstown
New Jersey
Hoboken
Thomas Greene Bethune
Columbus
James N. Bethune
New York
Chicago
Empire Theatre
London
California
Circle Theatre
Frank E. Campbell
Eliza Lerche
Chopin
Mendelssohn
Charity
Birmingham
Ala
South
Bethunes
Fishermen Escape Fire at Sea off Sea Bright
Twenty fishermen on the Birdie escaped drowning when a gasoline leak ignited the boat off Sea Bright. Captain Joseph Ryve rdan went overboard with nineteen others, rescued by nearby launches after several boats demanded pay for aid. The Birdie towed to Canarsie as a total wreck.
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Joseph Ryvyerdan
Michael Blasius
Joseph Benson
Birdie
Canarsie
Gift by Henry Phipps funds Johns Hopkins psychiatry clinic
Baltimore June 14 The Associated Press reports Henry Phipps of Pittsburg and New York arranged a large gift to Johns Hopkins Hospital and University for a psychiatric clinic. The project includes a four story building for sixty patients with private rooms laboratories and equipment plus a ten year maintenance plan for a high quality medical and nursing staff. The total amount is withheld but expected to greatly exceed 700000 dollars.
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Baltimore
William H. Welsh
Johns Hopkins University
Associated Press
Henry Phipps
Pittsburg
New York
Europe
Johns Hopkins Hospital
University
Hopkins Hospital
Mimic War Brings Forts To Readiness Around New York Harbor
A simulated war game surrounds New York City as regulars and New York National Guard units encamped at Pine Plains and forts Fort Wadsworth Fort Hamilton Totten Schuyler and others prepare for a three day clash. Coast artillery regiments and the 71st 47th fight ships and bomb rockets in mock battles while visitors observe.
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New York City
Pine Plains
New York National Guard
Garland N. Whistler
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island
Fort Hamilton
Coast Artillery
Schuyler
Totten
Long Island Sound
Mauldin
Henry C. Ludlow
East River
71St
Fort Totten
Garland W. Whistler
Whitestone
Fort Schuyler
Throg’s Neck
Sth Regiment
Tist Regiment
Albert C. Blunt
William G. Bates
Cuban revolution plan echoed in Mexico City
The Mexican Herald reports an unimpeachable source claiming Cuban business interests fund a revolution tied to U S troop withdrawal. Troops would reach Tampa before recall, a move described as sealing the fate of free Cuba forever, financed by foreigners.
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Way of
Mexico
Cuba
City of
Mexican Herald
United States
Herald
Tampa
Secret Revolution
Storm wrecks Camp Grants shelter at Pine Plains
Rain and hail behind a gale wrecked the Pine Camp sheltering General Grant and staff at Pine Plains New York. Tents tore loose, money scattered from Major Holloway’s tent, a special survey ordered. Horses ran loose, stores blown, communications cut. Several arriving units delayed. Wednesday set as big day.
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The
Tribune
Pine Camp
N. Y
Pine Plains
Carthage
Brooklyn
Albany
Syracuse
United States Artillery
Militia Arrives at Pine Plains Camp for East Department Maneuvers
Three thousand U S troops by foot and rail arrived at Pine Plains New York joining national guard units for the Department of the East maneuvers under General Frederick Dent Grant. Camp stretches along Black River with thirteen sub camps and six thousand troops expected at all times.
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Pine Plains
N. Y
United States
National Guard
Department of the East
Frederick Dent Grant
Black River
Felt's Mills
Watertown
Carthage
Grant
Bakers
Engineers
Helen Gould
New England
Wounds His Uncle Then Turns Gun On Himself
Thomas Lynott age 24 of Brooklyn shot and fatally wounded his uncle John Lynott a Bay Ridge contractor at his home then turned the revolver on himself. Both were taken to Norwegian Hospital with poor prospects for recovery. the attack occurred shortly after midnight after Lynott rang the bell and shot the uncle over the heart, then fired at himself and collapsed across the body. Authorities attribute possible temporary insanity.
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Thomas Lynott
16Th Street
Brooklyn
John Lynott
Bay Ridge
Carroll
Thomas
Young Lynott
Roosevelt Stampede Rumors Denied By Lodge Letter
The Tribune reports Senator Lodge has in hand a letter from the President refusing another nomination and an agreement with delegation members to block any Roosevelt stampede at the convention. Rumors persist of disobedient Alabama delegates and Alaska proposing Roosevelt. Iowa's Dolliver letter signals vice presidential withdrawal.
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Velt
the Tribune
Senator Lodge
Taft
Roosevelt
Alabama
Alaska
Perkins
Iowa
Tribune
Doelliver
Dolliver
Plan to Submit President's Name for Roosevelt Second Term
Chicago June 14. A small meeting prepared a plan to present President Roosevelt as a candidate. Participants include ex Representative Thomas W. Phillips, C. T. Teter, and George W. Curtin. Georgia delegates bring a petition of sixty to seventy thousand signatures urging a second term. Delegates Teter and Curtin pledge Taft but may bolt instructions.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Roosevelt
Thomas W. Phillips
Pennsylvania
C. T. Teter
George W. Curtin
West Virginia
Teter
Curtin
Taft
Awaited death in vain in Passaic NJ
Mrs Anna Kisebia in General Hospital suffers religious insanity and refused all food, forcing nourishment by tube to prevent self harm. Nurses note her calm but unstable state as she awaits death to join God, with doctors leaning toward rest for possible recovery though asylum transfer undecided.
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Passaic
N. J
Anna Kisebia
General Hospital
Margaret A. Wallace
Robbed of $16,000 in Station
H C Taylor of Seattle says he was robbed of $10,000 at Union Station as his Chicago and Northwestern train from Chicago neared alighting. Two men jostled him in a sleeping car passage and one grabbed a wallet with money and negotiable securities before escaping. His wife and daughter were with him.
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St. Paul
H. C. Taylor
Seattle
Union Station
Europe
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Taylor
Break in Louisiana Levees Floods Large Area
Telegraph report from Shreveport Louisiana notes a levee breach three miles north causing widespread flooding. An advertisement announces Hotel Mount Pleasant opening June 22 instead of June 27 for the AC party beginning June 19 on the Ideal Tour.
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The
Tribune
Shreveport
Here
Mount Pleasant
A.C. A
Advt
Platform draft unchanged in fight over anti injunction plank
Rumors swirl as reports say the Republican platform draft remains intact approved by the President and War Secretary. Wage Ellis meets labor leader Gompers and manufacturers head Van Cleave to defend the anti injunction plank while New York leaders, Taft aides, and Parsons discuss Payne’s NY seat on the resolutions committee amid possible minority reports.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Committee
Ellis
Hopkins
Committee On
Cannon
Wade Ellis
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
James van Cleave
Manufacturers' Organization
Mr. Gompers
Taft
van Cleave
New York
Crane
Massachusetts
Republican Party
White House
Representative Payne
Committee On Resolutions
Representative Parsons
Payne
Parsons
Tribune
Platform Committee
Washington
William S. Bennet
House
Bennet
Hull University
Ida M. Tarbell
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Y. K. Vanderbilt
Colt Northeast
Redly
Slavery
Seabright
Henry. Phipps
Johns Hopkins Hospital and University
Pine Plains, N. Y
Bedford
Atlantic Avenues
Atlantic Avenue
Manhattan
Bedford Avenue
Eastern Parkway
Williamsburg Bridge
Grand Central Station
Hudson
Burs
Hendrick Hudson
Mr. Lodge
Lieved
Cer
Louisiana
S. E. Payne
Mittee
Plank
Louisville
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