Five Men Struggle in Little Hell Gate Tide
Five rowers from Harlem cross to Ward's Island in a round bottom boat. The craft sinks after hitting rocks near Little Hell Gate. Four swimmers rescue themselves, but they cannot save Herman Wilkins who drowns. The survivors are arrested as suspicious after police arrive. Wilkins' body remains missing.
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Little Hell Gate
Ward's
Randall's Islands
Ward's Island
Neil Reilly
Michael Touhey
Edward Monahan
East River
Thomas Walsh
Joseph Guersing
Touhey
Reilly
Walsh
Guersing
Wilkins
Werd's
Hell Gate
Manhattan State Hospital
Harbor Police
East
Klute
Harlem
Threatening letter tied to Hart family case in Brooklyn
Brooklyn detectives hunt a sender after Agnes Hart, daughter of contractor Charles Hart, was approached by a man claiming to know her name. A day later Hart received a note demanding $5.08 under a storefront stoop or harm would come to his daughter. Police classify the scheme as the work of a crank.
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Brooklyn
Charles Hart
Prospect Park West
Miss Hart
Fourth-ave
Berstation
Hart
Carro De Pasco Investment Co Formed To Build Railroads
The Carro De Pasco Investment Company, capitalized at 10 million dollars, is incorporated in Trenton New Jersey. It plans to build railroads navigation lines and telephone and telegraph lines and is said to be backed by New York capitalists with ties to the Jersey City Trust Company.
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Trenton
N. J
Carro de Pasco Investment Company
New York
Jersey City Trust Company
Foody Shifts Revolters After Sunday Closing Stand
Captain Foody of West Thirty-seventh Street station dismissed the "revolt platoon" who led the March 31 excise revolt and shown that Sunday saloons could be closed. He transferred them after indictment for neglect of duty, a move seen as payback by the revolting officers.
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Captain Foody
West Thirty-seventh St
Foody
Partridge
City Union Probes East Side Poolrooms and Police Flaws
The Citizens Union reports during its East Side probe seven poolrooms in a bounded area and fourteen Raines hotels used improperly. The investigation uncovers over four hundred police neglect instances and ties to the Churchill case. Officials announce coordination with the City Club while pledging reform.
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City Club
Citizens Union
Union Square East
Irving Place
Fourth Ave
Fourteenth and
Nineteenth Sts
Raines Law
Union
Schoenfeld
James B. Reynolds
Viiith
Churchill
East Side
Abner S. Haight
Brooklyn
City Club Board Session Ends Behind Closed Doors
The City Club board met from 8 p.m. to nearly midnight with no details released for publication. Newspaper reporters were told no information would be provided about the proceedings.
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City Club
Injunction Won By R T Board Opposes Park Ave Tunnel
Charles T. Barney secured a preliminary injunction from Justice Truax in a case against the Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners Mayor Law Controller Grout John B McDonald and Ira A Shaler. The injunction bars further construction on the Park Avenue tunnel between Thirty second and Forty third streets and blocks payment certificates from city funds for work already done. Barney, owner at Thirty eighth Street and Park Avenue, posted 590 bond. The Rapid Transit officials say Section 4 work continues under Major Shaler while Barney seeks redress for alleged property damage and danger.
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Charles T. Barney
Justice Truax
Supreme Court
Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners
Mayor Law
Grout
John B. McDonald
Ira A. Shaler
Park Ave
Forty-third
Rapid Transit Commission
City Treasury
Barney
Masten
Rapid Transit Commissioners
Metropolitan Street Railway
Park-ave
Thirty-eighth-st
Milbank
Frederick Evans
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
Complaint Over Subways Irks Bryant Park Residents
A resident writes Mayor Low protesting that a large Bryant Park strip has been taken for a stone crusher blacksmith shop and two story office house. He cites nuisance and loss to nearby property owners and urges immediate abatement. Sanford, in charge, claims permits from the Park Department and Rapid Transit Commission authorize a thirty foot park strip use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low
Bryant Park
Degnon-McLean Contracting Company
Sanford
Park Department
Rapid Transit Commission
Major Waller Passes Through Chicago With Marines
Major Lyttleton W. T. Waller of the United States Marine Corps, recently courtmartialed for the kill order in the Philippines, moves east to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He travels with a detachment of 288 Marines who stop briefly for car inspections and decline to discuss army matters.
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Chicago
Lyttleton W. T. Waller
United States Marine Corps
Smith
Philippines
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Waller
Engineer De Varona Missing Amid Brooklyn Hearing
De Varona, chief engineer for water and power in Brooklyn, failed to appear as Commissioner Dougherty presses case against John M. Smith, superintendent of conduits. Hearing adjourned and De Varona’s whereabouts remain unknown amid rumors of later action.
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Smith
I. M. de Varona
Brooklyn
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Dougherty
John M. Smith
de Verona
de Varona
William J. Carr
Robert van Buren
Civil Service
de Long
Assistant Saxe Targets Brooklyn Personal Tax Arrears
Martin Saxe, Brooklyn arrears chief, reports $800000 due from 1897 taxes. He has collected $40000 and expects $340000–$350000 by year end to cover the law department salaries. He dug up long‑lost records, challenges previous inaction, and vows to pursue all lawful collections.
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Martin Saxe
Tammany Administration
Brooklyn
Saxe
Mr. Saxe
Tribune
la Roche
Supreme Court
First National Bank of
Law Department
New York Dock Company Pays Major Arrears to City
The New York Dock Company, formerly the Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company, paid 1,004,857 in arrears to Will iam McFadden of the Bureau for the Collection of Arrears on Real Estate. The sum covers four years 1899 1900 01 and 1902 and arises from disputed assessments. The Tax Board lowered the 1900 01 21 000 000 and 1902 12 000 000 assessments to ease collection and reduce a deficit.
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New-York Dock Company
Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company of
Brooklyn
William McFadden
Bureau
Dock Company
Tax Department
Rufus L. Scott
Charles F. Haviland III Dies in Denver Heart Case
Charles Frederick Haviland III of France, member of a renowned china family, died of heart disease at the Oakes Home in Denver. His sister Mrs. Henrietta Haviland and four daughters, en route from France, were telegraphed to reach the city. Haviland had resided at the Oakes Home for several weeks.
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Denver
Charles Frederick Haviland
France
Oakes
Henrietta Haviland
Haviland
Senate debate on Hepburn Canal bill ends with heightened energy
The closing day of debate on the Hepburn Nicaragua Canal bill grew more animated as proponents of both routes argued over final approval. Senators Hanna Spooner Jones Teller and Pettus pressed for Panama and Nicaragua options while faulting each other's figures and tactics. the session adjourned with no decision on Thursday.
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Washington
Senate
Nicaragua
Panama
Hanna
Spooner
Wisconsin
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
United States
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Jones
Spooner and Hanna Speak on Isthmian Canal Route
In the Senate debate on the Panama route, Mr. Spooner argues for the isthmian canal and defends the Panama plan against Nicaragua while praising the Isthmian Canal Commission. He notes the cost drop of Panama property and stresses the route’s shorter length and potential operating efficiency.
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Senate
Mr. Spooner
Costa Rica
Teller
Colorado
Nicaragua
Panama
United States
Colombia
Isthmian Commission
Ife
Spooner
Hanna
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Idhe
Washington, Jun
Jones
Arkansas
Walker Commission
Political Debate Signals End Near in House
In Washington on June 18, the House heard sharp partisan speeches as the session nears its end. Tennessee Democrat Richardson attacked Republicans on trusts and tariff cuts. Nebraska Democrat Shallenberger condemned admin actions on Miss Taylor and Wood expenditures. Cannon boasted of Republican records while Bartlett proposed funding for Cuba. A night session addressed Indian Affairs bills.
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Washington
Congress
House
Richardson
Tennessee
Republican Party
Shallenberger
Miss Taylor
War Department
General Wood
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Bartlett
Georgia
Committee On Indian Affairs
Clark Confirmed as Admiral
Washington reports the Senate moved to confirm Captain Charles E. Clark as rear admiral after initial objections but later approved. The session also set Friday votes on Captain Crozier for chief of ordnance. Admiral Clark weighs voluntary retirement under the personnel act, with a potential $5,625 annual retired pay.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Charles E. Clark
Warren
Clark
Crozier
Admiral Clark
Nominations by the President announced in Washington
The President sent several nominations to the Senate on June 18. Joseph W. Jones is named Pension Agent at Columbus Ohio. Ordnance promotions include Lt Col John R M Ginness to colonel Major John E Grber to lieutenant colonel and Captain Frank Baker to lieutenant colonel.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph W. Jones
Columbus
Ohio
Ordnance Cement
John R. M.ginness
John E Grber
Frank Baker
Fragmentary Military Roster Names Lieutenants and Officers
A damaged list details several officers including First Lieutenant CLAREN WILLA eonee Carter and Second Lieutenant TEL, with Third Lieutenant OT WARD 8S ADDISON among Maryland New York and Massachusetts names. Other named officers include LEON C COVER, CECIL M GABBETT Jr, PHILIP W LAURIATT, and WILLIAAM H Shea.
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Ieee
Claren Willa
Eonee Carter
Enue
Tel
Leutenant
Dieutenany
Ward
Addison
Maryland
Leon C Cover
New York
Cecil M. Gabbett. Jr
Aes
Philip W. Lauriatt
Massachusetts
Searles
Wisconsin
Williaam H. Shea
NS York
William A. Whittier
May
Newark man arrested at White House over gun threats
Cary J. McAllister of Newark New Jersey was arrested at the White House after traveling to Washington with a revolver. He claimed to act as a mesmerist who could be killed and discussed a supposed wrong that ruined his patent efforts. He is 26 and described as mentally weak since heat illness a year earlier.
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Washington
Cary J. McAllister
Crawford St
Newark
N. J
White House
J. C. McAllister
New York
de Witt Wire Works
Belleville
Apaches Threaten Trouble Over Ration Cuts
Washington June 18. War Department informs Interior that trouble is feared among San Carlos Apache Indians Arizona if beef and other rations are halted after July 1. General Funston cites potential raids on ranches. Governor Murphy confirms warnings. Interior orders rationing to continue until further notice with work programs for some 300 to 450 Indians. The San Carlos group includes Tontos San Carlos and Coyotero Apaches about 2200 strong.
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Washington
War Department
Interior Department
San Carlos
Arizona
Funston
Department of Colorado
Murphy
Secretary of the Interior
Day
Carson
Hitchcock
Tebo
11Th Cavalry
Fort Grant
Ariz
Nominations move in multiple states amid party unity
Media Pennsylvania June 13 Congressman Thomas Butler again nominated without opposition in Pennsylvania VII district. Maysville Kentucky June 18 Democratic convention nominates James N Kehoe for IX district. Burlington Vermont June 13 Republicans renominate David J Foster in I district. Montpelier Vermont Ti district renominates Kittredge Haskins. Augusta Georgia June 18 T W Hardwick nominated for X district seat. Disfranchisement of the negro appears in the platform.
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Media
Penn
Thomas & Butler
Maysville
James N. Kehoe
Burlington
David J. Foster
Montpelier
Kittredge Haskins
Augusta
T. W. Hardwick
Democratic Party
W. H. Fleming
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Friend Crown
Tractor
His
Carro DE Pasco Investment Com
Pany
Union Square
North
E. 17Th Street
THE
R. T. Board
Major Waller
Devarona
Corporation Counsel
Charles F. Haviland III
Urer
the Tribune
MR. Hanna
MR. M'Kinley
Morgan
McKinley
Mr. McKinley
Philadelphia
Darien
San Blas
Hawley
Pettus
Alabama
Creesus
Solomon
District of Columbia
Spooner and
MR. Jones
SIG
Senator Spooner
Commission
Mr. Morgan
Nicaragua Canal
Aldrich
Mitchell
Oregon
Politics
the House
MR. Cannon
Namaker’s
Fariz
Paris
Broadway
John Wanamaker
T. Stewart & Co
10Th St
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