Wild Fifth Avenue Race Ends With Arrest At Waldorf
Police chase through Fifth Avenue from First Avenue to Waldorf Astoria ends when cab driver John Duffy sprints a delivery wagon after a pursuing hansom cab. Reilly is injured, Duffy arrested, woman rider unidentified, Reilly taken to Bellevue Hospital in serious condition.
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Flannagan
East Thirty-fifth-st
First
Twentyninth-st
First-ave
Reilly
Twenty-ninth-st
Duffy
Third-ave
Fifth-ave
Fifthere
Waldorf
Bellevue Hospital
X Ray Safety Find Reduces Burns with Paraffin Coat
Dr J Mount Bleyer of 469 Lexington Ave reports a paraffin coating one eighth inch thick applied to the treated area prevents burns from prolonged X ray exposure used in cancer and tuberculosis therapy. He says the coating captures virulent particles carried by rays, blocking secondary infection while preserving ray effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Mount Bleyer
Lexington Ave
Bleyer
NY Anti-Saloon League Urges Excise Reform
At its third annual meeting the NY Anti-Saloon League praised partial reform in New York City but deplored lack of strict excise enforcement. It urged legislature to extend local option, abolish the Raines Law hotel, and oppose Sunday liquor sales, also endorsing the Anti-Canteen bill and navy prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboorough
New York State Anti-Saloon League
David J. Burrell
Marble Collegiate Church
New York City
Tamy
Raines Law
League
United States
Dillon Must Stand Trial for Grand Larceny
Justice Smith in the Supreme Court denied the demurrer in the ex Mayor Dillon and ex City Clerk Selz case. Indicted for grand larceny the charge centers on a $925 check paid to Selz for services. The judge rules the acts of the former officials are indictable and the defendants must stand trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Smith
Supreme Court
Dillon
Selz
New Rochelle
Liberal Backing Duke of Westminster Signals Campaign Support
London reports excitement as the Duke of Westminster plans active political role backing Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. Former private secretary to Lord Milner in South Africa, his move could boost Liberal finances and influence in Parliament.
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London
Duke of Westminster
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
House of Commons
South Africa
Lord Milner
President Signs Irrigation Bill in Bret
The President announced from Washington that he had approved the Hans Newlands Irrigation bill, sending it to the Senate for final action.
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Washington
Bret
Senate
Disappearance of Buffalo Girl Mary Murphy Sparks Kidnapping Fear
Six year old Mary Lucile Murphy, daughter of Cornelius Murphy, vanishes in Buffalo near her Westville home. Police suspect a kidnapping akin to the New York Clark case as investigators review last seen near midnight.
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Buffalo
Mary Lucile Murphy
Cornelius Murphy
Clark
New York
Westtve
Malvar testifies about Tayabas insurgency and disloyalty limits
General Malvar testifies before the investigating board in Manila about Tayabas and Batangas insurgent activities. He says Tayabas was disciplined under his control, could mobilize 1500 riflemen, 440 bolomen, and that towns fully backed the insurgents with supplies and loyalty checks. He blames Bell's methods for ending the revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Cornelius Gardener
Malvar
Batangas
Gardener
Tayabas
Luzon
Lucena
Candelaria
J. Franklin Bell
Not Wanted in Mindanao A Sultan Reply to Baldwin
June 18 Colonel Frank D Baldwin of the 27th Infantry reported American aims in Mindanao. The Sultan of Baclod replied the Americans must retire to Malabang or face war, declaring a single religion the faith of Stamboul. Baldwin says sultans of Baclod and Massin must be taken prisoner for lasting peace.
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Malabang
Lake Lanao
Baldwin
Badlod
Massin
Mindanao
Tragic Elevator Accident Kills Woman at Metropolitan Hospital
Catherine Gallagher a thirty year old tuberculosis patient from 153 Essex Street died instantly on Blackwell's Island when an elevator moved upward while she and hospital staff were transferring her from the third to the first floor. Two attendants and an elderly patient assisted. the incident witnessed by about fifty bedridden patients.
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Metropolitan Hospital
Blackwell's Island
Catherine Gallagher
Essex St
John McLaughlin
Mrs. Gallagher
John McBride
McBride
McLaughlin
O'Rourke
Mickey for Governor at Nebraska GOP Convention
In Lincoln a crowded Republican State Convention opened with eight gubernatorial candidates. On the fourteenth ballot John Mickey of Polk County won the nomination after early leads by Robertson and Dinsmore faded. Norris Brown chaired the start, with Judge S. P. Davidson elected permanent chairman.
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Lincoln
Neb
H. C. Lindsay
Lindsay
Norris Brown
8. P. Davidson
Johnson County
Black
Dinsmore
Jesson
Mickey
Robertson
Sears
Vandusen
Wilson
Scattering
John Mickey
Polk County
Aspinall Tired Of Bench Seeks Lieutenant Governor Slot
Brooklyn County Judge Joseph Aspinall, 44, a former Assembly member nicknamed Fighting Joe, is rumored as a candidate to succeed Timothy L. Woodruff as Lieutenant Governor. He would swap a $10,000 salary for $5,000 and has hinted politics interest beyond his court duties.
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Joseph Aspinall
Brooklyn
Timothy L. Woodruff
Judge Aspinall
Crane
Controller Grout
Kings County
Kings
Odell
Aspinall
State Assembly
Senate
Assembly
Joe” Aspinall
Ruins of St Pierre Visible After Mont Pelee Eruption
In Dominica a party led by H. H. Bell visited St Pierre, noting ash clouds from Mont Pelée. Yare passed Le Precheur under a backdrop of detonations and storm clouds. The ruined town lay buried in sand and ash, with corpses exposed and a riverbed flooded by debris. Detonations were heard in St Thomas nearby.
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Roseau
Island of
Dominica
M. Lhuerre
Martinique
St. Pierre
H. H. Bell
Yare
Mont Pelée
le Precheur
Guerin
Roxeliane
Civil Government Established on Samar Island
General F. D. Grant turned Samar’s administration to Luke E. Wright as acting civil governor. Senior Llorente was named governor by Wright amid protests from Guevarra Abuke and Rafael. Grant praised Guevarra’s conduct and predicted peace, while Wright declared Guevarra ineligible due to continued arms opposition after May 1901.
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Manila
Samar
F. D. Grant
Luke E. Wright
Guevarra
Abuke
Rafael
Sefior Llorente
Wright
Grant
Island
Liorente
United States
Venezuelan revolutionists seize La Vela de Coro
News from Willemstad reports after five hours of fighting on June 11 the 1000 revolutionists led by Generals Riera Penaloza and Sierralta captured La Vela de Coro, while Coro fortifications brace for surrender and government forces incur heavy losses.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Riera
Penaloza
Sierralta
la Vela de Coro
Gulf of Coro
Coro
Falcon
Ayala
Bolivar
Suchets
Carupano
Venezuela
Alert
Ciudad Bolivar
Kénigin Regentes
la Guayra
Suburb Shelled. Woman Killed Near La Guayra
The French steamer Labrador arrives from La Guayra and Porto Cabello. Labra dor passengers report La Guayra not bombarded while Maiquetia near the city was shelled killing a woman. Venezuelan gunboats blockade the Orinoco to cut insurgent supplies at Ciudad Bolivar.
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Colon
la Guayra
Porto Cabello
Venezuela
Maiquetia
Caracas
Orinoco River
Ciudad Bolivar
Orinoco
Cantor Rejects Tammany Court Nomination Offer
Borough President Cantor said a top Tammany figure proposed he join to be nominated for Supreme Court justice this fall. He stated the Greater New-York Democracy would not accept nominations from motives behind the emissaries and would continue with his borough presidency duties.
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Borough
Cantor
Tammany
Greater New York
Tammany Hall
Supreme Court
Greater New-York
Four Teachers Missing in Cebu
Native constabulary pursue four teachers reported missing in Cebu Province. Local authorities coordinate search efforts across schools and adjacent areas while appeals for information go out to communities.
Missing American Teachers in Cebu Outing
Four American teachers living in Cebu disappeared after a day trip on June 10. Three detachments of native constabulary search the area and have orders not to return without locating them.
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Manila
Cebu
Austrian Officer Dies Fighting Insurgents in Colombia
News from Panama reports Colonel Battenberg an Austrian army officer in Colombian service died June 1 during a battle with insurgents. He commanded a battery of field guns and died after his men deserted him. His body was recovered and sent to Bocas del Toro. Panama remains quiet with fears insurgents may seize the isthmus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Leelanaw
Panama
Battenberg
Colombia
Bocas del Toro
Padilla
Stax
Hanna and Burton Confer Over Cleveland Nomination
Senator Hanna and Representative Burton of Cleveland Ohio discussed the Cleveland renomination controversy but postponed further talks until after the Canal bill vote tomorrow due to the Senator's engagement in the canal debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hanna
Burton
Cleveland
Ohio
George E. Terry Dies in Yonkers After Illness
George Edgar Terry longtime assistant general freight agent for the New York Central and West Shore railroads with offices at Grand Central Station died at his Yonkers home after about a year of illness. He was forty three and is survived by a widow and two children. The funeral is planned for tomorrow in Yonkers.
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George Edgar Terry
New York Central
West Shore
Grand Central Station
Yonkers
Terry
Rathbone Sails for New York after Cuban Amnesty
Havana reports that F. G. Rathbone former Director of Posts who received a ten year sentence and a $35 000 fine in the post office fraud trial sailed for New York today aboard the New York and Cuba mail steamers. A number of pro Cuban and rés accompanied him to the steamer.
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Havana
F. G. Rathbone
Post Office
Cuba
New-York
United States Cruiser Cincinnati Sails for La Guayra
The United States cruiser Cincinnati and training ship Topeka departed San Juan Puerto Rico today bound for La Guayra Venezuela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Cincinnati
Topeka
la Guayra
Venezuela
Frank H. Robinson Elected Deputy Grand Master in New York Masons
Frank H. Robinson, resident of Hornellsville and Steuben County judge, has been elected Deputy Grand Master of Masons of New York. The special election was announced from Hornellsville, N Y, on June 18.
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Hornellsville
N. Y
Frank H. Robinson
Grand Master of Masons of
New York
Steuben County
Grand Master of the Masons of
New York State
Robson Active in Republican Circles for AG Run
Judge Robinson has been active in Republican politics since reaching his majority and is a familiar face at conventions. He served as District Attorney of Steuben County before his elevation to the bench.
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New York
Robinson
Steuben County
Lieutenant Thomas Ryan Death in Philippine Islands
Washington reports Second Lieutenant Thomas Ryan of the Philippine Scouts died by his own hand on June 16 at Orogquieta Misamis in the Philippine Islands. His mind was unsettled.
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Washington
War Department
Thomas Ryan
Philippine Scouts
Orogquieta
Misamis
Philippine Islands
Famine forecast for Bombay Presidency and Gujarat
The meteorological department predicts rainfall deficiency almost everywhere in Bombay Presidency, with Gujarat area especially affected. Officials warn the government to prepare for a severe famine scenario and potential food shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Meteorological Department
Bombay Presidency
Gujarat
Ex-President Cleveland to speak at Tilden Club opening night
Ex-President Cleveland will speak at the Tilden Club opening on Broadway at Seventy-fifth Street with ex-Senator Hill Governor Montague and Colonel Gaston among speakers. Robert J Dowling will preside. Bryan declined invitation and will not speak. The event includes a dinner for about seventy five. many notable politicians plan to attend.
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Cleveland
New Tilden Club
Broadway
Seventy-fifth-st
David B. Hill
A. J. Montague
Virginia
W. A. Gaston
Boston
Robert J Dowling
William J. Bryan
John H. Girdner
Colonel Bryan
W. Rourke Cochran
Coler
California
Edward M. Shepard
John C. Sheehan
Jacob A. Cantor
William Hepburn Russell
St. Clair
McKelway
Norman E. Mack
John B. Stanchfield
George B. McClellan
George M. Palmer
Schoharie
E. Prentiss Bailey
Utica
Frank Campbell
Democratic State Committee
Hugh J. Grant
August Belmont
Lewis Nixon
D. Cady Herrick
Patrick H. McCarren
C. N. Bulger
Oswego
George L. Rives
Hugh 5. Thompson
South Carolina
Elliot Danforth
John J. Fitzger
Joseph B. Bryant
Mr. Cleveland
Robert B. Roosevelt
Herman Ridner
Aniel F. McMahon
Louis F. Haffen
Charles F. Murphy
William F. Hurrity
Democratic National Committee
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
John ©. Otis
Poughkeepsie
Cord Meyer
Oscar S. Straus
Wilson S. Bissell
Buffalo
Perez M. Stewart
John Cuneen
John Calhoun
Hill
Tammany and
Greater New York Democracy
Final Hearing In Fayerweather Estate Cases Before Judge Lacombe
The U S Circuit Court spent yesterday hearing the long Fayerweather case with Fayerweather and Achter vs Thomas G Ritch and John B Reynolds as executor. Defendants include Bulkley Ritch and Vaughan as executors and twenty-one colleges claiming the residuary estate valued above 3 million dollars. Briefs due by July 18. Counsel included Sherman Blaikie for plaintiffs Parsons Bovee Bishop for Amherst Union Theological Seminary Hamilton College and Stimson.
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Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Fayerweather & Achter
Thomas G. Ritch
John B. Reynolds
Lucy Fayerweather
Daniel B. Fayerweather
Messrs. Bulkley
Ritch and Vaughan
Mr. Fayerweather
Fayerweather
Roger M. Sherman
William Blaikie
Small Scotch Collieries Combine Debunked
London reports an investigation into a U S agency story that twenty three Scotch collieries planned to amalgamate with a 3 000 000 pound capital to oust American coal from Europe. The plan is described as a petty affair with no large collieries joining.
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London
United States
Europe
Relief Committee Takes Over Supplies for Martinique and St Vincent
The national relief committee has assumed control of subsistence stores and clothing gifted across the country from Major David Brainard. The secretary shipped the goods to Sir Robert Llewellyn in Kingston, St Vincent, for the Windward Islands relief, with instruction to sell if not needed and place proceeds in the relief fund.
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National Committee For the
Martinique
St. Vincent
David Brainard
Brainard
Sir Robert Baxter Llewellyn
Windward Islands
Kingston
Consul Ayme Returning From Caribbean Mission
Louis H. Ayme United States Consul at Guadeloupe sails from San Juan aboard the Caracas to New York. Captain Yates Stirling, naval station commandant, also sails to Washington to take the rear admiral examination. Ayme returns from Martinique.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Louis H. Ayme
United States
Guadeloupe
French West Indies
Yates Stirling
New York
Caracas
Stirling
Washington
Consul Ayme
Martinique
Lafayette College holds sixty seventh commencement exercises
Easton PA June 18 Lafayette College concluded its sixty seventh annual commencement with senior speeches in Pardee Hall and diplomas for fifty seven prize winners. Honorary degrees were conferred on Franklin Murphy and others. Governor Murphy spoke of personal success and optimism for life after graduation.
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TRE Trient
Easton
Penn
Lafayette College
Pardee Hall
Herman Sirles Ficke
Dubuque
Iowa
Frederick Starr Wright
Barnegat
N. J
Otto Frederick Theis
Germania
Thomas Morgan
Wilkesbarre
Francis A. March
Philological
Wilkesharre
James Rea Stockton
Allegheny
Parke Richards
Pittston
J. A. Nesbitt
Colora
D. A. Kline
Liverpool
F. S. Wright
Charlemagne ‘Tower
B. F. Barge
Medico-Chirurgical College
W. K. Seibert
Worcester
Carl Plattetcher
F. B. Cunningham
Indiana
Murphy
W. H. Murphy
Newark
J. W. Whitehead
Morristown
W. S. Kirkpatrick
Pennsylvania
Warfield
J. M. Machlin
J. L. C. Rauschen
A. M
Dr. Machlin
Washington and Jefferson
F. H. Moffit
George FE. Fetters
S. E. Brasefield
David Bennett King
New York
Nathan Grier Moore
Chicago
Hobart College President Resigns During Commencement
Geneva N Y June 18 Hobart College commencement at Smith Opera House presided by Bishop William D Walker and Dean William B Purfee. Frank Warren Hackett former Assistant Secretary of the Navy spoke on The Attitude of the Scholar Toward Men in Public Life. Rev Robert Ellis Jones resigns as president with leave of absence granted. committee to select a successor.
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Thomas B. Berry
Buffalo
Ss. T
Charles A. Bragdon
Alexander Mann
East Orange
Tr. Jones
Colgate University Commencement Week Activities
Third day of commencement week at Colgate University featured a faculty breakfast for the senior class at Dean Crawshaw's home. Class Day exercises included an ovation for Albert Henry Gage and a class song, followed by an alumni association oration by Dr. C. H. A. Wager of the class of 1892, a professor at Oberlin College, in the Baptist church.
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Hamilton
N. Y
Colgate University
Dean Crawshaw
Albert Henry Gage
Baptist Church
C. H.A. Wager
Oberlin College
Cotton prices set to quote in fractions from October
The Cotton Exchange in Liverpool announced that from October 1 American cotton futures and spot prices will be quoted by the hundredth penny. Futures will be at one sixty fourth and one thirty second of a penny and spot prices at the same fractional unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
Partridge Takes Umbrae? District Attorney Critique by Police Chief
Police Commissioner Partridge questioned department control during the Churchill trial. Sergeant Churchill testified that after reducing plainclothes men he hired private detectives and questioned who was running the department, noting outside influence. He cited purchases from a "good thing" bet at Aqueduct and past dealings in diamonds and furniture.
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Partridge
Churchill
Jerome
Mer
Aqueduct
Funeral of Dean Hoffman at Trinity Chapel
The funeral for Dean Hoffman will be held tomorrow at 3 p m in Trinity Chapel with Rev Dr Morgan Dix and Rev Dr William Wibbert officiating assisted by Bishops Wort and Seymour. General Theological Seminary faculty will serve as pallbearers and wear academic robes. burial follows in Trinity Cemetery. The body may lie in state tonight at the seminary chapel before removal to Trinity Chapel.
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Dean Hoffman
Trinity Chapel
Morgan Dix
Wiliam Wibbert
Wort and
Seymour
General Theological Seminary
Trinity Cemetery
Seminary
WEDDINGS IN INDIANAPOLIS AND EAST COAST TOWN
The June 18 notices report weddings of Ming Laura Louisa Fletcher to Booth Tarkington at the Fletcher homestead in East Chiost with 12:30 ceremony and breakfast. Also listed are Elizabeth Tompkins Ginna to Erickson Perkins in Plainfield New Jersey and May Smillie to Frederick Charlie Handy in Washington with multiple attendants and receptions.
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Indianapolis
Ming Laura Louisa Fletcher
Stoughton J. Fletcher
Booth Tarkington
Fletcher Homestead
East Chiost
Lewis Brown
St. Paul's Church
Episcopal Church
Tarkington
Plainfield
N. J
Elizabeth Tompkins Ginna
Stephen A. Ginna
Erickson Perkins
Rochester
N. Y
the Pines
William KR. Richards
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian City
Jaranikins
Meta van Ness Hutton
Baltimore
John Porter Bowman
Catharine Whitiry Ginna
Perkins
Washington
Church of the Covenant
May Smillie
Frederick Charlie Handy
G. Frederick C
Precedence in Naval Board Questioned at Washington Meeting
The general board of the navy led by Admiral Dewey discussed rank ordering next to him. Rear Admiral Bradford was excused pending settlement of precedence with Rear Admiral Taylor. Officials note no personal rift, and the matter aims to avoid future embarrassment if unsettled. Taylor may serve as Secretary to the board with the Secretary and Assistant Secretary from Washington.
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Washington
General Board of the Navy
Admiral Dewey
Bradford
Taylor
Taval
Consideraton
Butt
Dot
Fromington
of Navigation
Rumored Picks for New York Supreme Court Judge
Albany dispatch reports Governor Odell may name a new judge for the first judicial district soon. William A. Keener a Harvard Law School professor and former Columbia Law School dean is urged by friends. Other names include William Hepburn Russell and Alfred Steckler with party endorsements and possible fusion ticket dynamics.
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Tribune
Albany
Odell
Ithaca
Supreme Court
Wiliam A. Keener
New York
Keener
Harvard Law School
Columbia College Law School
William Hepburn Russell
Sheehan
Alfred Steckler
Hobart Krum Announces Retirement From Senate
Albany June 18 delegates to the Montgomery County Republicans backed David A. Wells Jr. for State Senator signaling Hobart Krum will not seek another Republican nomination. Krum has stated since adjournment he would not pursue renomination, though he could have the bid if he wished.
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Ratsrss
Albany
Montgomery County
David A. Wells, Jr
Fulton County
Hobart Krum
Putton
Montgomery
Krum
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