Union Street Victory Over Trolley Line in Brooklyn
Brooklyn residents on Union Street celebrate after Court of Appeals rulings awarded Dr. Joseph B. Brown and Mrs. Caroline E. Rasch damages of 2500 each, with potential total around 250000 from the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company for detriment caused by a trolley line built in Union Street. Legal fight began in 1901 with injunctions from Truax & Watson and spanned through the Court of Appeals, establishing precedent that railroad lines may be deemed a property detriment in certain cases.
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Union Street
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Court of Appeals
Joseph B. Brown
Caroline E. Resch
Wnien Street
Treasury
Brown
Rasch
Truax & Watson
Bresdway
Trailey Company
Mrs. Rasch
Justice Lawrence
Supreme Court
F. S. Ader
J. H. Banks
tracl+ company
Brookse Heights Road
Midway
Fourth Avenue
Adee
Banks
Brown and
Biasch
No. Ssr
No. S87
Union Treet
Basch
York
Schenectady
Edwin A. Watson
Truax & Wetson
Brown “ Tasch
Parker Wote
Eastern Parkway
Oweners
Fustice
Stover
Poecklgn
Ee Court
Soo Sondemn Bert
T -Telem
Ham
Truax & “Agpen
Patrolman Gorman Near Death After Harlem Beating
Patrolman Jeremiah Gorman of the Fast 104th Street station lies in critical condition at Harlem Hospital after a brutal beating by four alleged gang members. Police arrested Louis Gross James Kelly James Hackett and Michael Minaso on East 97th Street following the early morning attack. Minaso allegedly threw bricks during the assault.
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Jeremiah Gorman
104Th Street
Harlem Hospital
Second Avenue
Harlem Court Prison
East 97Th Street
Gorman
Sorman
Larkin
Smith
McGeough
Cummings
Louis Gross
East 96Th Street
James Kelly
Eighth Avenue
James Hackett
Michael Minaso
Minars
TIED TO RAILROAD TRACK Murder tied to two companions
Somerville authorities hunt two men believed to have murdered a young man near North Branch and placed his body on the Central Railroad of New Jersey tracks. The Vanfleet family saw three men loitering by the railroad and the body was discovered as an eastbound train arrived. The trio then fled on a westbound coal train.
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Tribune
Somerville
N. J
Somerset County
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
North Branch
William Vanfleet
Vanfleet
Hinman Declines Run for Governor in 1920
Senator Harvey D. Hinman returned from Albany to find Republican editors urged his gubernatorial bid. He expressed displeasure and announced he will not seek the governorship this fall. Hinman prefers to stay in the Senate and resume his law practice.
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Tribune
Binghamton
N. Y
Harvey D. Hinman
Albany
Hinman
Hughes
Senate
Rockefeller Class Plans Roosevelt in Africa Lecture
John D Rockefeller Jr and others organize a fundraiser for the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church fund. George F Tafel announced a May 18 lecture on Roosevelt in Africa with five $1 tickets per class member. The drive struggles as some members doubt the denomination and Rockefeller reportedly holds firm on his $250 pledge with two others offering similar sums.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Georer F. Tafel
Roosevelt
Africa
John D. Rockefeller
Teacher Drowns Self at Pennington Seminary
Miss Helen Rice, 29, an art instructor at Pennington Seminary in New Jersey, drowned herself in Stony Brook after learning the institute would drop art after September. Her body was recovered after dawn by Dr. Edgar Hart and Prof. Warren Frye. parents were notified by telegraph.
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Pennington
N. J
Helen
Rice
Galveston
Pennington Seminary
Stony Brook
Hice
Edgar Hart
Warren Frye
Sana> T
President Stryker Faints During College Service
President M Woolsey Stryker fainted during services at Hamilton College chapel and fell to the platform. He was carried home and doctors said he would likely recover soon from fatigue after a hurried trip to New York.
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N. Y
Wile
Hamilton College
M Woolsey Stryker
New York
Strykers Pee
Lloyd
Mics Kaineglas Truax
Hearst Libel Suits Spread Across Cities Over Mayor Speech
A wave of libel actions seeks $100,000 against The New York Times and The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for publishing Mayor Gaynor's speech. Hearst also sues the Associated Press for $300,000 over distributing the speech. Defendants deny routing dates from a warrant plate and promise further writs against papers nationwide.
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Times
Eagle
The
Associated Press
Gaynor
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Waldorf
New York Times
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Clarence J. Shearn
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Mr. Heart
New York “American
Daniel F. Cohalan
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Chinese Prince Tsai Tao Visits New York with Royal Escort
Prince Tsai Tao uncle of the infant Chinese emperor arrived in New York with his royal suite and was greeted by a large delegation of Chinese merchants and city officials. He stayed at the Plaza with twenty rooms as crowds watched, while escorts including the Police Commissioner and Chinese Consuls accompanied his arrival. The prince wore blue silks and a black skull cap, spoke little, and was guided ashore by a patrol escort as aides and students at a Mott Street school sang a welcome song.
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Washington
Hotel Plaza
Prince Chun
San Francisco
Jersey City
Baker
Hubert Adamson
Nelson H. Henry
Reginald Foster
22D Regiment
Mott
Prince Tsai
Li Ching Mai
Li Hung Chang
Lord Li
Inspector Schmittberger
Inspector Russell
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
Mott Street
C. H. Chu
America
Prince
Robert Goelet Improves After Ear Operation
Robert Goelet, patient at Dr Bull's sanatorium on East 33d Street, is reported recovering from a left ear operation performed Friday morning by Dr W S Bryant. The abscess threatening the mastoid caused concern but doctors say there is no danger of further complications.
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Robert Goelet
World's Biggest Man William H Burnet Dies
Locust Valley N Y May 1 William H Burnet one of the largest men ever measured weighed 568 pounds and stood six feet eight inches around the waist He ran a hotel at Locust Valley and served as an active fireman Born May 16 1862 he leaves a wife and others mourn his death
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Locust Valley
N. Y
William H. Burnet
Death of Mrs. Sarah Ellen McCurdy at 72 in Morristown
Mrs. Sarah Ellen McCurdy wife of Richard A McCurdy former Mutual Life president died suddenly at 3 am at 290 South street Morristown Her daughter Mrs Louis Thébaud and Mr McCurdy were with her She leaves another child Robert H McCurdy Funeral at St Peters Church Wednesday 10:30 am burial Evergreen Cemetery
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the Tribune
Morristown
N. J
Sarah Ellen McCurdy
Richard A. McCurdy
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
South Street
Louis A. Thébaud
McCurdy
Joker hunts Lee after cat sale ad brings crowds
Washington May 1 A cheeky ad offering to buy ordinary house cats draws a crowd to Room 142 Cochran Hotel where cat owners release their pets in the corridor as Rep Gordon Lee is away. Lee is said to be seeking the Joker behind the stunt.
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Cochran Hotel
14Th and
K Streets
Lee
Mr. Lee
Representative Lee
Buck's Stove Company Chief J W Van Cleave III Critically Ill
J W Van Cleave III president of Buck's Stove and Range Company and former head of the National Manufacturers' Association is critically ill with heart disease in St Louis. Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor arrived from Washington for the event and has been unable to leave his hotel due to neuralgia.
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St. Louis
J. W. van Cleave
Buck's Stove Annd
National Manufacturers’ Association
Citizens’ Industrial Association
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Centence
Vanleave
St. Leas
Washington
Prize Animals Die In Fire At Great Neck Farm
Fire destroyed a large barn on the Llengollen farm at Great Neck. Two hundred prize poultry, five horses and five cows perished. Miss Lucile Alger and Miss Louise Grace, daughters of former Mayor W. R. Grace, organized rescue efforts. George Meyer led volunteers from Thomaston to the scene. Sparks set fires to adjacent kennels and homes, causing extensive but contained damage valued near $100,000.
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Llengollen
Great Neck
Lucile Alger
Louise Grace
W. R. Grace
Miss Grace
Liengollen
Miss Thrace
George Meyer
Cord Meyer
Thomaston
Hook and Ladder Company
Meyer
Middle Neck
Thomas McGuire
Red Brook Kennel
Miss Alger
Harry Alexander
Morten Nichols
Grace
Pope denies Bishop Paret audience in Rome
Baltimore dispatch reports Pope refused to grant an audience to Bishop William Paret of Maryland during his Rome visit. Clergy and laity condemn the discourtesy. Cardinal Gibbons had requested an audience through Cardinal Merry del Val. result undisclosed.
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Tribune
Baltimore
William Paret
Maryland
Rome
Episcopal Church
Arthur B Rinsedlying
Old St. Paul's Church
Rinsolying
Vatican
Cardinal Gibbons
Notre Dame College
Paret
Merry del Val
Dead Woman’s Bag Found With Funds In Buffalo
A bag found on a Buffalo train passenger Mary Carroll who was en route from Sacramento to New York to sail on the Cedric for Dublin died in a local hospital. A letter of credit for 1700 and ten dollars in cash were found with her. She was about sixty and well dressed.
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Buffalo
Mary Carroll
Sacramento
Cal
New York
Cedric
Dublin
Ireland
O Connell Defends Vatican Clash and Calls O Laughlin Judas
Boston Archbishop William H. O Connell denounces John Callan O Laughlin for aiding President Roosevelt’s Vatican visit row. He cites loyalty as a principle and urges Catholics to avoid officials allied with anti papal campaigns. The speech targets public figures and urges political discrimination against insincere Catholics.
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John Callan O' Laughlin
Roosevelt
Vatican
O'Laughlin
Judas
Mr. Roosevelt
Holy Father
Merry del Val
John Callan O Laughtin
John O'Laughlin
Callan Laughlin
Federation
John Olaughbrins
Earthquake Report Rumblings Reported on Long Island
Residents of Hempstead Roslyn Garden City and Mineola believed the Long Island quake yesterday afternoon lasting about forty five seconds. Investigations found no earthquake source or construction causes to explain the tremor.
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Hempstead
Roslyn
Garden City
Mineola
Long Island
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