Pay as you enter cars on Madison Avenue line
Report on the first day of the pay as you enter system on the Brooklyn gridline from Astor Place to Harlem. The plan reduced crowding, required exact fares, and used guards and lawyers at transfer points to deter fare evaders. Conductors praised ease of use, but minor issues with steps and some cars persisted.
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Madison Avenue
Brooklyn
Astor Place
Harlem
Carlier
Gren Root
New York City Railway
Mr. Root
Brooklyn Bridge Terminal
Root
Manhatter
Contoriers
Alsio
King Manuel Arm Wound May Require Amputation
Madrid reports that Prince Manuel, now King of Portugal, may lose his arm as the February 1 wound in the Carlos assassination remains unhealed. Physicians say amputation is imperative according to El Mundo sources.
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Madrid
el Mundo
Manuel
Portugal
Carlos
Peking Limits Opium Imports in Three Year Test
The throne approves a three year experiment with reduced opium imports agreed with Great Britain. The aims are to study effects on local cultivation and consumption and plan revenue replacement if a deficit arises. The Board of Revenue must devise a way to safeguard dependent loans and regulate the opium evil further urging national abstinence.
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Peking
Great Britain
Board of Revenue
Big Brooklyn Fire Destroys Bowker Insecticide Factory
A two story Bowker Insecticide Company factory at Smith and Huntington streets Brooklyn was ruined by a midnight blaze. Sparks threatened gas tanks from nearby Brooklyn Union Gas Company and sheds along the Gowanus Canal burned. Four alarms summoned fire boats and engines as workers clashed with local Italians in the district and police hunted for an incendiary. Loss estimated at $50,000.
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Bowker Insecticide Company
Smith and Huntington Streets
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Gowanus Canal
Wrecked Skinner Seamen Return After Harrowing Voyage
Captain Griffis and five crewmen of the American schooner William H. Skinner arrived in port aboard the steamship Etruria. After seven days adrift and a desperate fight amid heavy seas, they survived on waterlogged biscuits until February 22, aided by the British steamer Bray Head which rescued them from the wreck off Georgetown South Carolina. The men, in good condition, were sent home by the American Consul.
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William H. Skinner
Etruria
Georgetown
S. C
New Haven
Bray Head
Galveston
Befast
Burglar Foiled by Woolworth Daughter at Fifth Avenue Homes
A thief used a rope ladder to reach four Fifth Avenue houses in one night, stealing silverware worth 2090 dollars in three sites. The last home, 900 Fifth Avenue, was interrupted by Miss Jessie Woolworth who alerted police. gloves found in the pantry confirmed the intruder's hasty exit. Named targets included George Thacher at Fifth Avenue and aeth street, Colonel Albert B Hilton at 147 Fifth Avenue, and Richard S Dana at 145 Fifth Avenue.
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Fifth Avenue
Jessie Woolworth
Frank W. Woolworth
Woolworth
Miss Woolworth
George Thacher
Aeth Street
Albert B Hilton
Richard S Dana
Fifth Avenur
Evans Sends Schedule of Fleet Arrivals to West Coast
A wireless message from Rear Admiral Evans to Major Forward lists the battleship fleet arriving at San Diego on April 14 at 2 30 p m and departing the following Saturday. The fleet then reaches San Pedro on April 18 at 3 p m with divisions sent to Long Beach Santa Monica and Redondo before reassembling to sail to Santa Barbara on April 9 at 6 a m.
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San Diego
San Pedro
Cal
Major Forward
Evans
Los Angeles
Harper
Magdalena Bay
Long Beach
Santa Monica
Redondo
Santa Barbara
Echo of the Dreyfus Case In Paris Pantheon Controversy
The Duke of Montebello asks Premier Clemenceau to move his grandfather Marshes Lannes from the Pantheon to the Montmartre vault before Zoia the insulter of the army is interred there on April 2. Paris continues to debate the fate of national memorials.
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Dreyfus
Duke of
Senator Bryan Dies in Washington at Providence Hospital
United States Senator William James Bryan of Florida died at Providence Hospital at 8 30 this morning from typhoid fever. He had taken his seat January 9 succeeding Senator Stephen R Mallory who died December 25 and served seventy three days.
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Washington
United States
William James Bryan
Florida
Providence Hospital
Stephen R. Mallory
Senator Bryan Dies After Illness in Florida Surge
Obituary notes the death of Senator Bryan after a fever prolonged illness in Florida. It records his initial travel to Washington in January, hospital care at Providence and Johns Hopkins, and burial plans in Jacksonville with Senate only representation. It lists other recently deceased senators and includes Bryan’s birth, education at Emory and Washington and Lee, law practice in Jacksonville, and marriage to Janet Allan.
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Washington
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Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Baltimore
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Mth Congress
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Alabama
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Latimer
South Carolina
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Whyte
Maryland
Southern Railway
Jacksonville
Fla
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Congress
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Missouri
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Virginia
Clark
Wyoming
Scott
West Virginia
Carter
Montana
Clapp
Minnesota
Mr. Bryan
Orange County
Emory College
Geargia
Washington and Lee University
Bonnard
Duval County Criminal Court of Record
Janet Allan
Lexington
Attempted burglary at Madison avenue apartments
John R. Hegeman’s eighth floor suite at No 37 Madison Avenue was entered last night. Harry Carsey an elevator man was found by police, the manager Edwin Stillman and a bystander near a suitcase filled with silverware. Carsey claimed he entered to check for a burglar and was arrested for attempted burglary.
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John R. Hegeman
Jis
Madison Avenue
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Harry Carsey
Mr. Hegeman
Edwin Stillman
Carsey
Bandits Take $47,000 In Nevada Robbery
Three armed bandits overtook Edward Hoffman and a companion near Rawhide two miles out, tossed them to the ground, and fled with a two horse rig carrying gold and valuables totaling about $17,000. The money was consigned to the Coalition Mine Company at Rawhide.
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Reno
Nev
Edward Hoffman
Rawhide
Coalition Minine Company
Et Rawalae
Tide Rises as Afro Church Must Move at Coney Island
The Afro-American Church near the West End tracks was flooded when a BRt subsidiary filled the meadows. Worshipers finished a sermon as water gushed in flooding the one story structure and isolating the crowd. The church must be moved to higher ground or the services halted.
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Coney Island Meadows
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
West End
Mr. Johnson
Old George
Johnson
Coney Island Creek
Auto Kills Policeman in Savannah
Savannah March 2. Police officer H H Straite died after injuries from a collision with E W Gans of Canton Ohio driving a Cleveland car. Straite on a bicycle, arm broken, internal injuries fatal. Gans held on 2900 bond for involuntary manslaughter. Straite leaves widow and three children. Gans is an uncle of Lt. Zhhm balloon expert.
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The
Tribune
Savannah
H. H. Straite
E. W. Gans
Canton
Ohio
Cleveland
Gans
Davis Freeman
Straite
Lzhm
Five Hurt In Auto Wreck At Frank Creek Bridge
An auto carrying Felix Holin, his wife, daughter and two sons from Jersey City crashed into the railing on the Harrison Turnpike crossing Frank Creek. Holin, seated upfront with a son at the wheel, was pitched headfirst, suffering a fractured skull. The car and gasoline tank exploded, setting it on fire before five occupants were rushed to St. Michael's Hospital in Newark. Mrs Holin, the daughter, and the others were injured or shocked, with the boys not seriously hurt.
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Felix Holin
Poplar Street
Jersey City
Frank Creek
Harrison Turnpike
Holin
St. Michael's Hospital
Newark
Chased Chauffeur on Ferryboat Arrest Report
Owen Lynch chauffeur for Edward JL Judson of 10 West 8th Street was arrested after a pursuit from Long Island City to 34th Street. Patrolman Evers timed the dash at two blocks in a second on a run to catch the boat as gates closed. Lynch leaped onto the ferry as it pulled away and was brought back after reaching the Manhattan side. Judson posted bail for his employee.
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Edward JL. Judson
West Mth Street
Lone Island City
34Th Street
Alexander Evers
Manhattan
Lynch
Mr. Judson
Chauffeur Held for Killing Boy
William Green a negro chauffeur employed by John H Parker was held on homicide charges in $5000 bail by Coroner Harburger after striking and fatally injuring Charles Bengo eighteen at 14th Street and St Nicholas Avenue Green was arrested Saturday night and released after Parker posted bail
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William Green
John H. Parker
No. 24
East $24
Harburger
Student Arrested as Auto Speeding in Brooklyn
Arthur Leveredge of 18 Quincy Street Brooklyn was arrested at Broadway and Spring Street for speeding his car. His father posted 100 dollars cash bail at Mercer Street station for his appearance today. The youth was highly incensed by the arrest.
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Arthur Leveredge
Quincy Street
Brooklyn
Broadway
Spring Street
Mercer Street
John Ware Whiston Dies at 81 Father of Vaudeville
Buffalo reports the death of John Ware Whiston an early actor manager aged eighty one known as the father of vaudeville and the original facial caricaturist. He managed several Jacobs theatres for many years.
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Buffalo
John Ware Whiston
America
Jacobs Theatres
Littlefield Resigns from Congress To Take Effect Late September
Rockland Maine March 22 Governor Cobb received a letter from Representative Charles E Littlefield resigning his seat in Congress to take effect September 30. The same mail carried another communication to the governor.
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Rockland
William T. Cobb
Charles E. Littlefield
Congress
Resignation of Maine Congressman Littlefield Shocks State
Charles E Littlefield resigns from the 2d Maine District seat to resume his law practice amid concerns over financial losses and district costs. Governor Cobb calls the move surprising and notes Littlefield’s strong service. Harold M Sewall launches Republican bid for the district.
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Republican Congress Committee
Littlefield
Congress
Cobb
Little
New York City
Field
C. W. Littlefield
Washington
Fred W. Wight
Republican Congressional Committee
House of Representatives
Charles E. Littlefield
Henry H. Hastings
Oxford County
Savage
Androscoggin County
Cyrus Blanchard
Elmer E Richards
Franklin County
E. W. Hyde
Sagadahoc County
Nation
Maine
Commission Declines Ocean Transport Jurisdiction in Baltic Pool Case
Interstate Commerce Commission rules it has no authority over ocean transportation in Cosmopolitan Shipping Co vs Hamburg American Packet Co et al. The decision dismisses the complaint alleging illegal Baltic pool and monopoly, ending litigation that questioned ICC powers over transatlantic freight.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cosmopolitan Shipping Company
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Hamburg-American Packet Company
Lieyd Steamship Company
Wilson (Hull) Lines
Commission
Ward W. Pierson
Cosmopolitan Company
John c. Spooner
William G. Choate
Harrington Putnam
Jurisdiction Limits on Foreign and Inland Freight Commerce
Commissioner Lane argues the commission lacks jurisdiction over foreign commerce shipments not carried by rail or rail and water from inland origins to a port of transshipment. He says interstate control extends only to inland movements and rates to ports, excluding transatlantic steamship lines and all water carriage.
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American Seaboard
Commission
Seaboard
Lane
European Seaboard
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