Reciprocity Hope Shifts in Senate Cuban Debate
Washington June 18 reports a more hopeful mood for the Cuban reciprocity plan as Republican leaders push to advance legislation before adjournment. The Senate caucus and steering committee weighed the Platt Spooner bill and a broader reciprocity strategy, aiming to place the measure on the calendar and seek a rapid decision.
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Terests
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Cuba
Platt-Spooner
Senate
Aldrich
Platt
Roosevelt
Congress
Sugar Trust
Republican Steering Committee
Cockran Ordered to Forenote in Gas Company Litigations
Justice Smith orders W Bourke Cockran to appear as a witness before referee Theodore Silamen at Park Row to be questioned about his role in litigation against the Consolidated Gas Company and possible compensation claims by George A Lamb. Lamb seeks names of unknown associates and alleges large cash settlements and improper influence in delaying suits. Cockran promises to answer all questions and denies Lamb’s charges.
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W. Bourke Cockran
Wilmot M. Smith
Supreme Court
Theodore H. Silamen
Park Row
George Alfred Lamb
Consolidated Gas Company
Lamb
Cochran
Justice Smith
Cockran
New York Electric Light, Heat and Power Company
Mr. Cockran
Mr. Lamb
Appellate Division
Embezzlement Probe and Irish Arrests Highlight Court Roundup
Commissioner Lederle sought a warrant for an ex-employee accused of siphoning about $2,000 from the department pension fund. In Ireland, Patrick A McHugh MP was jailed three months for contempt after defying a bench warrant while facing conspiracy and intimidation charges tied to tenant evictions. A separate travel ad promotes California round trip tickets via multiple rail lines.
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Lederle
Health Department
Crane
Tombs Court
Criminal Court
Sligo
Ireland
Patrick A. McHugh
Leitrim
Sligo Champion
McHugh
United Irish League
League
Patrick Loses Stake as Patrick Will Is Rejected
Surrogate Fitzgerald ruled the 1900 will invalid and rejected probate, keeping the Rice Institute and other legatees likely to inherit most of the estate. The decision disallows the forged Patrick will amid long Will contest and forgery accusations, with Texan administrator questions ahead.
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Fitzgerald
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Sing Sing
Charles F. Jones
Patrick
Rice Institute
Houston
Tex
Bernard Baker
Texas
Rice
David L. Short
Morris Meyers
William B. Hornblower
Baker
Surrogate Fitzgerald
Meyers and Short
Bischoff
New-York
Tomlinson
Van Wyck Rescues Girl From Rampaging Broadway Horse
Ex mayor Van Wyck rushed into Broadway between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets to save Estelle Hawley fourteen from being trampled by a runaway horse. He grabbed the girl and seized the horse’s bridle bringing the animal to a stop. Crowds cheered as the frightened rider, uninjured, was carried to a drug store and then home to the Putnam House. The horse driver Jacob Frank of Brooklyn was arrested and later released.
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Robert A. van Wreck
Broadway
Estelle Hawley
Putnam House
Fourthave
Twenty-sixth-st
Fifth-ave
Thirtieth St
Twenty-fifth
Twenty-sixth Sts
Twenty-fifth St
Jacob Frank
Seigel St
Brooklyn
Frank
van Wyck
Democratic Club
Estelle
J. J. Lodge
Bolivian Rubber Concession Linked to Morgan Syndicate
A report from London says Bolivia granted a vast 80 000 square mile tract in Acre to an Anglo American syndicate led by J Pierpont Morgan and Sir Martin Conway. The deal aims to form a South American rubber trust amid Brazil and Peru claims and opposition over the territory.
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the Tribune Association
York Tribune
London
Republic of Bolivia
J. Pierpont Morgan
Martin Conway
the Tribune
Berlin
Washington
Acre
Andes
Amazon
Bolivia
New York
F. W. Whitridge
Washington Dispatches
Brazil
Peru
J. P. Morgan
Maize Tax Cut Approved in Commons Amid Fiscal Debate
In the House of Commons the Chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach announced a 50 percent reduction in the maize duty, losing £306,000 in revenue. John Morley urged omitting the grain duty, but the motion failed 21 to 178 as the government defended no tariff war with colonies and sought full discussion of policy.
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London
House of Commons
Michael Hicks-Beach
John Redmond
Ireland
John Morley
Charles Dilke
Danish Islands Sale Faces Limited Opposition
Copenhagen reports weak fundraising for anti sale campaign of the Danish West Indies. Meetings are secret and mainly attended by business men tied to a planned St Thomas steamship line. Government discourages anti sale agitation as Lands thing elections loom and Premier Denitzer plans a speech tour next week. POCONO MOUNTAIN SPECIAL offered via Lackawanna Railroad to Delaware Water Gap Stroudsburg and Mt Pocono with weekend departures.
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Copenhagen
Denitzer
Pocono Mountain
Delaware Water Gap
Stroudsburg
Mt. Pocono
Lackawanna Railroad
New York
the Gap
Resort Bureau
Broadway
Cor
Howard-st
Advi
Nine Shot in Paterson Riots Dark Day for Dyers
Paterson on June 18 was rocked by anarchist led rioting as a three thousand strong mob attacked silk mills. Police and firefighters fought back with revolvers and clubs. over thirty shots and multiple injuries, including a patrolman and several silk workers, were reported amid widespread mill destruction.
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THE
Tribune
Paterson
Belmont Park
Haledon
William McQueen
Liberty
Goldst
New- York
Gallione
Fleron
Hough
Columbia Silk Ribbon Company
William Westerfield
Cedar Cliff
Bamford Brothers
Charles Robinson
Charles Sweetman
Keanu Keyes
Charles Magee
Miffio Biavanni
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Robinson
Sweetman
Keyes
Bimson
Magee
Louise Cook
Matthew Connel
Tony Ross
Connel
Ross
Temple Si
Pelgram & Meyer’s
Levy Brothers’ Mill
Empire
Augusta Mills
Hall Mill
Fulton St
John Garrison
William Nevins
Garrison
Salvino Lara
Lara
Hackensack
Ofcers Winkler
Adams
Offcer Nevins
Winkler
Governor St
Gaede Mill
Straight-st
Straight-st. Bridge
James Vaughn
Harry L. Harris
John Hartmeier
Morning Call
Hartmeier
Harris
General Hospital
Gaede
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Washinggton
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Dolliver
Iowa
Hawley
Kearns
Utah
Frye
Maine
Simon
Oregon
Messrs. Depew
Allison
Kean
New Jersey
Burrows
Michigan
Edgew
OD Inn
Greenwich
Conn
Grand Central Station
Frank F. Shute
Advt
G. A. Lamb
MR. M Hugh
COURT
California
Chicago and North- Western
Union
Southern Pacific Railways
Morgan
Manhanset House
Shelter Island
Britain
Barrowclough
Arthur
Graham-ave
Biavaini
Milio
Market-st
Dyer
DE Rose
John
Wood-st
Spectator
DE Young
Samuel
East Thirteenth-st
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Carroll St
Hudson
Desbresses Street Pier
Keppler
MOB
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