Baker Stirs Up Union Protest Over Robinean Bill
At a Central Federated Union meeting in Brooklin ex Representative Robert Baker accused lawmakers of pandering to corporate interests over the Robinean bill extending city franchise time. He charged predatory capital influence and alleged bribery in the Senate, prompting sharp rebuttals from Samuel Prince and a disruptive exchange among delegates. A vote to protest the bill was approved.
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Robert Baker
Brooklin
Central Federated Union
Central Federated Union 4
Robinean
Elsberg
Baker
Senate
Boermer
Samuel Prince
Robinson
Prince
Mr. Baker
Sr Baker
Jerome” Prince
Lee
Ecd
William A. Coakley
Trion
Sngar
Rua
Mph Modest
Albany
Suffragettes Win Over C F U At Open Air Meeting
The Central Federated Union heard a committee from the Progressive Woman Suffrage Union led by Mrs. Kingsmiller Commander request cooperation in the woman suffrage movement. They pledged support for open air meetings and scheduled another gathering at 125th Street and Seventh Avenue. A resolution endorsing the suffrage objective and seeking police protection was adopted.
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Central Federated Union
Progressive Woman Suffrage Union
125Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Police Department
Union Musicians Provide Music for Saturday Parade
Delegate Canavan of the Musical Mutua Protective Union reports the Saturday sthetic parade featured union musicians. He notes about thirty performers contributed in groups of twenty to forty pieces along the line.
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Canavan
Musical Mutua Protective Union
Love Rejected Man Fatally Wounds Two in Williamsburg
William Sihonski of Kezut Avenue fatally shot his sweetheart Annie Kokonowa and Michael Kassain after a rejected marriage proposal. Sekowski surrendered at Bedford Avenue station, admitted shooting both, saying Kokonowa would not become another man’s wife. Both victims died at East District Hospital Centary Deles.
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William Sihonski
Kezut Avenue
Williamsburg
Annie Kekonewa
Michael Kassain
North Tith Street
Beth Kassain
Mies Kokonowa
East Distric Hospital
Bedford Avenue
Found Dead After Not Seeking Treatment
Henry Pheer a 50 year old laborer of No. 1 Fest Worth street was found dead yesterday afternoon after failing to seek medical help. A patrolman discovered him walking, and he was transported to a hospital but later pronounced dead. Authorities list a deterioration from untreated illness as the probable cause.
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Henry Pheer
Lerim
Pheer
East 16Th Street
Wrathies
Harlem
Ross
Cave Pocumenta
Wilfley Seeks Adequate Laws for China Extra-Territorial Court
Judge Lebbeus R Wilfley, praised by the President and Secretary of State, urges Congress to provide a code of adequate laws and a suitable federal building for the American court in China and the U S consulate. He plans to return to China after adjournment to push for clear jurisdiction and updated criminal, civil, and extradition statutes, with improved estate administration and corporate law.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Lebbeus R. Wilfley
China
United States
Far East
Congress
Wilfley
Taft
Philippines
China Court
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Shanghai
American Association of China
Judge Wilfier
American Association
Court of China
Denby
House
Lanby
Wilfle
Panic at small flathouse blaze on West 12th Street
Fire at a five story brick building on West 12th Street caused a panic as residents fled from smoke. Several occupants suffered minor injuries while a gas stove boiler overheated, igniting clothes. firefighters quickly contained the fire and deemed damage nominal.
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Roosevelt Praised For Irish Literature Revival
Dr Joseph Dunn of the Catholic University lauds President Roosevelt as a key force in reviving ancient Irish literature and Celtic studies in America. He cites Roosevelt's article on Irish Sagas and calls for continued scholarly support, noting Celtic languages remain spoken across Ireland Scotland and Wales and that Celtic study is taught in several international universities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph Dunn
Catholic University
America
William Butler Yeats
Douglass Hyde
Dr. Dunn
United States
Ireland
Europe
Brittany
Dunn
British Isles
Berlin
Freiburg
Leipsic
Paris
Rennes
Oxford
Edinburgh
Harvard
Columbia
Society of Hibernians
Postal legislation to be discussed by leading officials
Washington May 3. Senate and House leaders will address a meeting here next Tuesday night urging postal legislation. The Postal Progress League backs Postmaster General Meyers proposals for rural parcels post and a postal savings bank. Whitaker will speak for farmers and Tazelaar for labor as parties seek congressional action before adjournment.
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Senate
House
Postal Progress League
Meyer
George M. Whitaker
Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ National Congress
G. Tazelaar
Legislative Committee
American Federation of Labor
Ore Telyon
Yellowstone Sprinkling Costly for Park Roads
Washington May 5 Preservation of Yellowstone National Park thoroughfares rests with army engineers. Sprinkling to prevent disintegration is costly, currently about $24 per mile for perhaps no more than one hundred miles. Oil as a treatment is debated due to expense and uncertain effects from long freezing weather.
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Washington
Yellowstone National Park
National Park
Army
of & A
California
Aero Club Tests Gliding Machine Near Oyster Bay
Several Aero Club members and friends tested a new gliding machine by TD L Braine near Oyster Bay on Saturday. The Herring design with automatic regulating rudder achieved a sixty foot glide, the farthest yet, with plans for another trial in two days depending on weather. Participants included Wilbur R. Kimball and A W Vorse as interest grows in a June prize for the longest glide at an Aero Lab contest.
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Aero Club
Oyster Bay
TD. L. Braine
Aero Lab
Wilbur R. Kimball
A W. Vorse
Cavalry Reorganization Aims at Chief of Cavalry Role
Washington reports a Fort Leavenworth committee backing a chief of cavalry to join the General Staff, with potential brigadier general rank through legislation. Proposals include remount control by a cavalry officer and adjustments to rank by seniority to address past promotions. Debate centers on fairness, with Congress unlikely to act this session.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Fort Leavenworth
Artillery
Fort Sill
Congress
War Department
Subordination and transportation plans in Civil War era drill notes
The text discusses cost estimates for treating oil on roads at $3 per mile for two years and about $200 per mile annually thereafter, noting slipperiness risks near hotels along routes. It cites Major General Grant urging subordinate conduct to seniors to protect service efficiency. It mentions a War Department plan for a Valley Forge display with an Anthony Wayne statue, a field artillery march from Fort Myer, and the old New York schoolship St Marys to be auctioned after Navy survey findings.
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Department of the East
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Penn
Anthony Wayne
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Fort Myer
Virginia
Wayne
New York
St. Mary's
Navy Yard
Newport
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Franko Refuses to Apologize After Disorderly Conduct Charge
Orchestra leader Nahan Franko paid a $2 fine in Jefferson Market court for disorderly conduct after an incident at a parade. He argued he did nothing wrong, claiming injury from a blow and that he obeyed an officer’s direction. Magistrate Steinert ordered the fine. Roswell D. Williams accompanied Franko to court.
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Jefferson Market Court
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Roswell D. Williams
11Th Assembly
Saucy Elopers Romance Ends With Arrest In New York
Walter Harlant a Blacksmith from Allentown drove four days in a buggy to meet his planned bride in New York. An uncivil response to a police question led to a scuffle and his detention at East 12th Street station. He told Magistrate Harris of a shattered romance and asked for help selling his horse and buggy.
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Pennand
Walter Harlant
New York
New York Central
132D Street
Park Avenue
Shevlin
Harland
Harris
Playgoers Debate New York City Move for Moses
The New York Playgoers Tub met to discuss New York as a potential site, with strong opinions. Some believed Hoboken needed more discussion before any move, while Moses might be disappointed or inspired by the city. Debaters weighed concerns about wealth, morality, and cultural reform, ending with music and refreshments.
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New York
Tub
Hotel Imperial
Hoboken
Alexander B Ehin
Tin
Moses
Belton Hall
Elein
Soin
Ebin
Milk Bottle Thief Trapped by Thread in Harlem Court
Henry Cantrewita of 7 Eastth street set a thread trap to catch a night bottle thief named Harry Wolf of 1st avenue. A spool line led to a pocketed milk bottle after a chase from Second avenue to 7th street. Wolf admitted thefts but claimed no alarm could be triggered without a watcher and a cop nearby.
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East 7Th Street
Harlem
Henry Cantrewita
Eastth Street
Nelson
Cantrowitz
Harry Wolf
First Avenue
Boom in Iron and Steel Business This Summer
Pittsburg May 2 United States Steel Corp experts expect every mill to expand this summer as demand rises. The Demmier plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co will resume tomorrow, providing jobs. The Interstate plant at Tarentum plans to employ several thousand workers by midsummer and resume operations in May.
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Tribome
Pittsburg
Iron and Stee! Induster
United States Steel Corporation
M Dale
Ummer
Demmier
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Interstate ‘Ts
Tarentum
Penn
City Nightly News Briefs on Local Larceny and Lectures
Jewelry larceny linked to Mrs Frances Forbes case with Charlies Williams detained for examination in Jefferson Market court. Forbes is daughter of the late Robert Ronner Dr Schurter Skatts Wheeler, vice president of the Automobile Club of America. A lecture on Engineering Ethics is set for Havemeyer Hall at Columbia University this afternoon. James Ogen and Allen Nugent held in $2,000 bail in Verkuil court on theft of letters from Grand Central mailing room, with Nugent facing an added charge of attempted bribery to detectives.
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Frances Forbes
West Agth Street
Charlies Willams
West Old Street
Sabald
Jefferson Market Court
Forbes
Robert Ronner
Schurter Skatts Wheeler
Automobile Club of America
Havemeyer Hal
Columbia University
James €Ogen
Park Avenue
Allen Nugent
Madison At¢One
Verkuil Court
Grand Central Static
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