Worst Bridge Jam Yet Contact Shoe Breaks
Traffic on all elevated Brooklyn Bridge lines halted from 5 30 to 6 25 last night after a third rail contact shoe broke on a Lexington Avenue train at Hudson and Myrtle Avenues. Police and BRT officials struggled to clear crowds and reroute passengers as surface cars carried the thousands home amid heavy rain. Normal service resumed by 7.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Lexington Avenue
Hudson and
Myrtle Avenues
Brooklyn
Murtha
Mourtie Avenues
Ridgewood
Firth Avenue
New York
Qak Street
Park Row
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Bridge Squad
Direct observation method enables live stomach study
Munich reports Dr Riehl used a double tube with a small electric bulb to illuminate the stomach through the mouth and esophagus. The approach allows close monitoring of stomach movements and is seen as a major advance for studying gastric cancer and other internal diseases.
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Munich
Riehl
2 Medical Weekly
Clock Tower Proposed for Delancey Street Memorial
East Side merchants back a clock tower monument on the widened Delancey Street to honor a subway loop. The project evolves from a debated arch idea with high costs, with Charles B. Stover leading planning and James H. Hamilton and Joseph S. Marcus among supporters as a Delancey celebration meeting is planned.
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Lower East Side
Bronklin
Williamsboro
Rapid Transit Board
Delancey Street
Delawery Street Subway
Manhattan
Williamsburg Bridge
Municipal Art Commission
Charles B. Stover
Forsythe Street
James H. Hamilton
University Settlement
Busines
Joseph S. Marcus
Public Bank of
Delancey and
Orcherd Streets
Orsein
Appendicitis Mystery Amid Hospital Surgery
Report from Baltimore notes a Franklin Square Hospital operation for appendicitis on Harry Boehm ended abruptly when surgeons found no appendix. Dr. Harry Gross said a grain of corm remained where the appendix should be, suggesting prior removal. Also from Berne, a guide Naght’s body was found in Monterosa Glacier after a crevasse fall in 1887.
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the Tribune
Harry Boehm
Franklin Square Hospital
Harry Gross
Baltimore
Berne
Monterosa Glacier
Naght
Con
Brooklyn Tube Opens First Train to Atlantic Avenue
The first train on the new Brooklyn subway section ran from Bowling Green to Atlantic and Flatbush avenues in thirteen minutes with stops at Borough Hall Hoyt and Nevins. Motorman George M. Morrison previously ran trains in Manhattan and the East River tunnel. Public events follow with speeches by ex Mayor Low Borough President Coler and others at Flatbush Avenue.
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Brooklyn
Bowling Green
George M. Morrison
Interborough
Manhattan
East River Tunnel
Hedley
George H. Pogran
Atlantic
Flatbush Avenues
Borough Hall
Hoyt
Nevins Street
Flatbush Avenue
Baptist Temple
Third Avenue
Schermerhorn Street
Low
Coler
St. Clair McKelway
Nehemiah Boynton
Willcox
Public Service Commission
Belmont
Union League Club
Bedford Avenue
Eastern Parkway
Whole class on strike at Lyman C. Smith College
Telegraph report from Syracuse notes the entire senior class quit the Lyman C. Smith College of Applied Science as Chancellor James R. Day suspended three students for backing Dean William Kent who advocated a building safety inquiry. The junior class has issued similar resolutions. Day demanded adherence to executive committee rulings and condemned the students’ actions.
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the Tribune
Syracuse
Lyman C. Smith
Priest Chases Thief for Rug at West 41st Rectory
In a downpour last night near St. Raphael's Church on West 41st Street a thief tried to steal a rug from the rectory. Father Barry pursued, aided by bystanders, and recovered the rug after a chase to West 41st Street. The detained man identified as Fred Miller, a German Jew, was held on a charge of sorcery.
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Tenth Avenue
49Th Street
St. Raphael's Church
West 41St Street
Father Barry
Fugi
West 37Th Street
Fred Miller
East 4Th Street
Lost 82 220 At Old Game Wire Tapping Arrest
Passaic physician Dr Charles Larash said he lost 2230 in an old wire tapping game and caused the arrest in front of 15 Dey Street of Joseph Krause and Charles Myers both claiming to be salesmen. Larash said a February stranger offered a sure thing and later led him to a house at 14 East 59th Street where instruments clicked as he wagered. Police report Krause and Myers have prior wire tapping records.
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Charles Larash
Passaic
N. J
Dey Street
Joseph Krause
West Sith Street
Charles Myers
West 112Th Street
Larash
East Sith Street
Krause and Myers
Bribery charge lands saloon proprietor in court
James O'Neill of 144 Cherry street and saloon owner at 11 James street was arrested in the Court of Special Sessions after county detective Michael Reardon said O'Neill offered $50 to County witness Pierce to secure an acquittal against James De Vito in an excise case. Magistrate Finn set bail at 500 for May 5.
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James O'Neill
Cherry Street
James Street
Court of Special Sessions
Michael F. Reardon
Rearden
Finn
Tombs Court
O'Neill
Pierce
Bur
Neill
James de Vito
Viola Pierce
Sessions
Leon
de Vito
Reardon
Ice Cream Sandwich Makers Strike for Union Recognition
About seventy workers from the Ice Cream Sandwich Makers' Union struck the Consolidated Wafer Company seeking union recognition and higher wages. They complain of pay at 5 and 9 cents per box for day and night work, recently cut to 7 and 6 cents. The group remains out until the previous wages are restored and the union acknowledged.
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Consolidated Wafer Company
Bermel Succeeds Gresser as Queens Borough President
Joseph Bermel resigned under pressure as Queens Borough President and sailed to Italy aboard the Slavonia despite a subpoena to testify before the Queens County Grand Jury. At the same time Queens aldermen elected Lawrence Gresser to succeed Bermel, Gresser previously served as Bermel’s Commissioner of Public Works.
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Joseph Bermel
Queens
Italy
Slavonia
Queens County Grand Jury
Borough of
City Hall
Lawrence Gresser
Bermel
Gresser
Joseph Cassidy
New York
Cunard Line
Grand Jury
Darrin
Freakish gale wrecks windows and trips along Brooklyn streets
A 42 mph gale damaged Harlem Opera House plate glass and shopfronts on Amsterdam Avenue. A Brooklyn trolley car lost control after a shattered window. a schooner under East River windward pressure needed tow. Mrs Loesch struck, no medical aid. Flooding hit Erie terminal, Seaside Park, and Bath Beach boats fled. Richmond Borough darkened as wires toppled.
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Harlem Opera House
Amsterdam Avenue
Weather Bureau
Brooklyn
Williamsburg Bridge
James O'Neil
East River
Charities and Correction
East 26Th Street
Bellevue Hospital
R. ©. Baker
J. P. Wail
Sheepshead Bay
Bath Beach
Plum Island
Richmond
Gresser Wins Queens Borough President Seat Amid Rowdy Scene
A tense City Hall vote in Queens backed Lawrence Gresser after a chaotic scene following Bermel’s resignation. Cassidy supporters clashed with rivals as Aldermen Carter Emener Flanagan and Quinn debated the nomination, with Gresser ultimately chosen over Cassidy amid party friction.
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Med'lellan
Queens Aldermen
Bermel
Queens
Board of Aldermen
Lanagan
Carter
Flanagan
Quinn
Independence League
Joseph Cassidy
Cassidy
Queens Improvements
Lawrence
Tod Gresser
Emener
Gresser
Assidy
Hogan
Ofsidy
Lawrence Gresser
Hermel
Michael J. Carter
Jamaica
Annui
Square Rigger Ashore Near Fire Island
A square rigged vessel was found ashore near Zach's Inlet fifteen miles west of Fire Island on April 30. Life saving crews from Shore Beach and Zach's Inlet labored overnight in heavy surf under a south gale. They could not launch a lifeboat. a Coston light is being burned to aid the stranded crew. The revenue cutter Mohawk has been summoned.
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the Tribune
Fire Island
Zach's Inlet
Here
Shore Beach
Mohawk
Snowstorm Upstate Routs Records In April
Rochester reports from noon to eight pm four inches of snow with more falling at midnight, breaking all winter records. Compared to 1874 storms in late April, this event is among the heaviest. Telephone wires are down citywide, rail traffic delayed but damage otherwise limited.
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Rochester
Great damage in Thousand Islands reported at Ogdensburg
Ogdensburg N Y April 30 damage to Thousand Islands property by high water in the St. Lawrence River is estimated from 200 000 to 400 000. Two Ogdensburg architects recently toured from Lake Ontario to the rapids and found almost every dock boathouse or cottage near water damaged or destroyed. Many islands under water notably Raferty’s in Pittsburgh and English’s in Brooklyn. Gardens slopes and lawns held by retaining walls were wiped out. shore above Ogdensburg strewn with wreckage.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence
Lake Ontario
G. F. Rafferty
Pittsburg
M. English
Brooklyn
Cold Wave Grips West and Midwest With Snow
A spring cold spell spread from the Alleghenies to the Rockies and brought frost and heavy wet snow across many areas. Ohio and Kentucky reported notable snowfall with orchards damaged in Ohio while Kentucky saw two inches of snow with unclear fruit impact. Traffic slowed as temperatures plunged and Iowa recorded lows near seven degrees. Fruit growers dispute damage estimates.
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Chicago
Alleghanies
Rockies
Texas
Ohio
Kentucky
Iowa
Ten-Dollar Token Sells For 2175 At Sothebys Auction
A ten-dollar token issued by the Cincinnati Mining Company in 1849 was sold at Sothebys in London for $2,175. Only one other token of the same type is known to exist.
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London
Cincinnati Mining Company
Sotheby's Today
America
Stolen $73,000 Express Car Package
Advices from Torreon report a Wells Fargo Express package containing 72.0 was missing from the northbound train’s express car. A robbery is suspected though details are scarce and authorities investigate.
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Tribune of Mexico
Torreon
Wells Fargo
Bandits Rob Express on Panhandle Line Near Walkers
Two white bandits boarded the New York and St. Louis express at Pittsburg Union Station and overpowered Express messenger N Rossen. Four sealed bags, each said to contain $10,000 and billed to St. Louis, were taken near Walkers station eleven miles west of the city. The robbers fled into the nearby woods after pulling the bell.
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New York and St. Louis Express
Panhandle
Walkers
Steubenville
Ohio
William Lafferty
N Rossen
Adams Express
St. Louis
Walker Station
Wrecked Erie Flyer In Cleveland Rail Crash
Cleveland April 30. John Comee farmhand admits throwing the switch that sent the New York flyer into a standing train on a side track, injuring five. Police hold him on railroad property interference charges. An inquiry into his sanity may follow as investigators weigh a crazed belief. Comce claims a brakeman ordered the switch. the brakeman says he shouted to reverse. Engines and several cars wrecked. no fatalities, victims likely to recover.
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Tribune
Cleveland
New York Flyer
Erie
Central Viaduct
John Comee
Comce
Tariff Revision Aims by Ways and Means Panel
Washington April 30 Representative Sereno E Payne chairman of the Ways and Means Committee signified plans to examine and revise the tariff by authorizing the committee to sit in recess and take preliminary steps The resolution expands powers enabling witnesses oaths and information gathering with a report aimed for next session No tariff revision will occur before the fall elections and preparations will continue this session and in the recess
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Sereno E. Payne
Ways and Means
Veva and Means
Congress
Payne
Leopards Attack Boy at Baltimore Zoo Show
At Baltimore Zoo during a nightly performance seven leopards entered the arena. A boy named Louis Long was badly clawed on face and neck as one leopard leapt the barrier. Police Sergeant Barringer closed exits to prevent a larger panic. Leopards were later corralled back into cages by trainers.
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Baltimore
Zoo
Louis Long
Barringer
Long
No Sword for John D Rockefeller Receives Odd Gift
Annie Parry of Leigh Lane England sent a sword claimed to be 150 years buried near Leigh Parish Church and 300 years old from Cromwell era. Rockefeller declined the gift, package paid duty, then moved to seizure room as unclaimed property. letter to museum unread.
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John D. Rockefeller
Annie Parry
Vernon Street
Leigh Lane
England
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Refused To Accept the Sword It Was Sent To the Appraisers
Story
Mr Rockefeller
Leigh Parish
Oliver Cromwell
Hughes on Bossism Speaks at Schenectady
Governor Hughes faced rain and neuralgia to address 3000 attendees in Schenectady on anti racetrack gambling bills. He denounced party bosses and urged direct nomination to curb coercion, urging voters to hold leaders accountable and linking the fight to reform of state government and prohibition.
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the Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Schenectady
van Curter Opera House
Wiliam Barnes, Jr
J. Sloat Fassett
Dean Ripton
Union
Barnes
Sanford
Montgomery
Utica
Buffalo
Brooklyn
Dee
Fassett
New York
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Him
Joe
Alderman Empenor
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Gresser Bermel
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Press Messenger
Erie Flyer
Leopard Claws
Baltimore Zoo
John D
Bossism
Stat
Morton
Morten
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