Baker Stirs Up Central Federated Union Meeting
Ex representative Robert Baker accused lawmakers of serving predatory capital over public utilities during a Central Federated Union gathering. The debate turned chaotic as Samuel Prince pressed Baker on sources of funding for the Robinson bill, while delegates debated sending a protest to the Governor.
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Robert Baker
Brooklin
Central Federated Union
Central Federated Union 4
Rebinean
Eclé Bricks
Elsberg
Fiverybody
Baker
Robinson
Senate
Semuel Prince
Clear
Prince
Jerome” Prince
William A. Coakley
Lithographic Apprentices’ Union
Ru- Golph Modest
Albany
Suffragettes Win Over Central Federated Union
A Progressive Woman Suffrage Union committee led by Mrs. Ziydia Kingsmiller Commander secured floor time at the Central Federated Union to urge cooperation in the suffrage movement. Commander said suffrage advocates abandoned politicians, urging police protection and planning another open air meeting at 125th Street and Seventh Avenue.
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Central Federated Union
Progressive Woman Suffrage Union
Ziydia
Kingsmiller Commander
125Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Woman Suffrage U Union
Police Department
Union Musicians Provide Music for Catholic Parade
Delegate Canavan of the Musical Mutus Protective Union states union musicians supplied all parade music on Saturday. He notes thirty hands from twenty to forty pieces each performed in line for the Catholic procession.
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Canavan
Musical Mutus! Protective Union
EITIS SWEETHEART MURDER SHOT DEAD AFTER REFUSAL TO MARRY
William Sckowski of No Kent avenue Williamsburg fatally shot his sweetheart Miss Annie Kokenowa and Kassain, a bystander who interfered, then tried to flee. Police from Bedford avenue station captured him at North Street. Sckowski confessed, saying Miss Kokenowa refused marriage and would wed another man. The pair had reportedly come from Newburyport Massachusetts three weeks earlier and planned to marry.
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William Sckowski
Kent Avenue
Williamsburg
Ebot
Annie Krkonuewa
North
Vith Street
Kassai
Miss Kokenowa
East District Hospital
Bedford Avenue
Sekowski
North Ith Street
Kassain
Komski
FOUND DEAD AFTER REFUSING SURGERY
Henry Pleger a 50 year old German laborer of 1% Fast 19%h street was found dead on a stoop at East 156th street after refusing a surgeon. Patrolman earlier found him walking on 7th Street and took him to East 156th Street station. Dr Ross of Harlem Hospital cited pneumonia as probable cause.
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Henry Pleger
East Iid Street
Eers
Pleger
7Th Street
East 156Th Street
I. Healy
Harlem Hosrite
Wee
Ross
Harfet Trewpital
Wilfley Seeks Adequate Laws for China Court
Judge Lebbeus R Wilfley, praised by the President and Secretary of State, seeks a codified set of laws and a suitable federal building for the American extra territorial court in China. He plans to return to China after adjournment to continue shaping jurisdiction over estates criminal law extradition and real property with clearer statutes and better facilities.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Lebbeus R. Wilfley
China
United States
Far East
Congress
Extra-Territorial
Wilfley
Taft
Philippines
China Court
United States Court
Hing
Shanghai
American Association of China
Whilfley
American Association
Court of China
Chi
Denby
House
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Ge Wilfley
Congress, Although He Does Not Be Fugitive From J Chir
Judiciary Committee
Dot
Wil 4Man
Panic at Flathouse Blaze Prompts Evacuation
A five story brick building at 7 West 1th Street caused panic as smoke issued from the first floor. Several tenants sustained minor injuries in the scramble to escape while Grauer’s gas stove boiler overheated and ignited clothes. Firefighters quickly controlled the fire, damage minimal, tenants allowed to return two hours later.
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Grauer
President Roosevelt praised for aiding Celtic literature revival
Washington May 3 President Roosevelt is lauded by Dr Joseph Dunn Gaelic expert at Catholic University for fueling a revival of ancient Irish literature and sagas. Dunn credits the President with expanding interest, inspiring scholarships, and promoting Celtic studies in the United States and abroad.
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Tribune Bureau
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 discussed by leading lawmakers in Washington
Washington May 3 meeting to back Postmaster General Meyer recommendations including rural parcels post and a postal savings bank. George M Whitaker will present agrarian benefits, G Tazelaar will speak for labor, with Postal Progress League officers aiming to enact reform before adjournment and support for consolidating third and fourth class mail.
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Washington
Senate
House
Postal Progress League
Meyer
George M. Whitaker
Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ National Congress
G. Tazelaar
Legislative Committee
American Federation of Labor
Cortelyou
Yellowstone Sprinkling Costly For Park Roads
Washington May 3 Preservation of Yellowstone Park thoroughfares is studied by army engineers. Sprinkling to prevent disintegration costs about 2000 dollars for perhaps under 100 miles of road. Oil as an alternative is costly and problematic due to the park’s peculiar terrain and extended freezing weather effects.
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Washington
Yellowstone National Park
National Park
California
Aero Club Tests Gliding Machine Near Oyster Bay
Aero Club members and friends tested a new gliding machine by BD L Braine near Oyster Bay on Saturday. The Herring design with automatic rudder showed sixty feet of glide by Mr Braine, signaling progress over last week. Participants included Wilbur R. Kimball and A W Vorss as trials continue with plans for a June longest-glide contest and prize.
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The
Aero Club
Oyster Bay
BD. L. Braine
Wilbur R. Kimball
A. W. Vorss
Cavalry Reorganization and Promotion Debates At Fort Leavenworth
Washington March 3 cavalry reform talks at Fort Leavenworth push for a chief of cavalry on the General Staff and potential brigadier general rank, plus remount duties under a cavalry officer. Debate over correcting regimental promotion injustice faces mixed views with Congress unlikely to act this session. Navy rifle team selection limits and Brooklyn Navy Yard improvements are noted, alongside West Point shooting plans and Cuban pacification command, Yellowstone road protection, and oiling roads as a conservation measure.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mar
Fort Leavenworth
Artillery
Fort Sill
Congress
War Department
General Staff
NAVY
Naval Service
Ohio
Atlantic
Camp Perry
Ohio Ranges
National Guard
Regular Army
Secretary of the Navy
Pacific Coast
Brooklyn Navy Yard
House
Senate
Brooklyn
Bureau of Yards and Docks
House Conferrees
Navy Department
West Point
Military Academy
Corps of
Roosevelt
Annapolis
T. H. Barry
Army of Cuban Pacification
Cuba
Submarine road upkeep and military discipline note at war era
Discussion on oil treating roads costs and safety along routes near hotels. General Grant urges officers to maintain respect for seniors to avoid harming service efficiency. War Dept plans a Valley Forge display with Anthony Wayne statue and a field battery march. Old schoolship St Marys to be auctioned as unfit for public use.
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War Department
Valley Forge
Penn
Anthony Wayne
Revolutionary Camp Ground
Fort Myer
Virginia
Wayne
Franko Refuses Apology After Disorderly Conduct Charge
Orchestra leader Nahan Franko paid a 2 fine in Jefferson Market court for disorderly conduct after refusing to apologize to a policeman during a parade. He argued he did nothing wrong, saying he acted on orders from another officer and that a blow left his shoulder sore.
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Nahan Franko
Jefferson Market Court
Steinert
Franko
Roswell D. Williams
Witc
Mr. Franke
Franke
Saucy Eloper's Romance Ends With Arrest in New York
Walter Haranid, a Blacksmith from Allentown, drove a buggy to New York for an elopement plan. He was questioned by Patrolman Shevlin, struck with a whip, and held as a suspicious person before being discharged. He described a four day slow drive and a failed romance.
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Allentown
Penn
Walter Haranid
New York
New York Central
133D Street
Park Avenue
Shevlin
East 126Th Street
Harland
Harris
Playgoers Debate New York Move In Club Meeting
New York Playgoers Club at the Hotel Imperial held a heated session on whether to move to Hoboken after divergent views on New York. Alexander Rubin urged caution while Belton Hall praised the city, and Ebin mused Moses would critique the golden calf and push reforms to raise culture and erase dirt. Music and refreshments followed.
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New York
Clab
Hotel Imperial
Hoboken
Alexander R Kbin
Moses
Belton Hall
Milk alarm inventor catches bottle thief in Harlem court
Henry Cantrowitz of East 10th street devised a milk alarm by tying a spool to his bottle and tracking it along Second Avenue. Police arrested thief Harry Wolf, a painter, who carried the milk bottle in a capacious pocket. Cantrowitz was fined $2. The device reportedly required a watcher and a cop to activate.
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East 7Th Street
Harlem
Henry Cantrowitz
East 10Th Street
Cantrowitz
Nelson
Harry Wolf
First Avenue
Boom in iron and steel business gains pace
Telegraph dispatch reports a surge in the iron and steel sector with United States Steel Corporation planning full mill operations by mid summer. The Demmier plant of the Aman Sheet and Tin Plate Company will resume tomorrow, while Interstate demand in Tarcentum supports employment, and Penn. mills are set to operate on May.
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Pittsburg
Iron and Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Demmier
Aman Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Tarcentum
Six Steel Company
Penn
Larceny Charges Involving Jewelry and Mailroom Theft
Charles Williams of 78 West iid street faces Jefferson Market Court after larceny charges claim jewelry valued at $19 belonged to Mrs. Frances Forbes of No & West Sytt street. Mrs Forbes is noted as late Robert Bonner Dr Schuyler Skatts Wheeler’s daughter. Separately James Cogen and Allen Nugent, both of Manhattan addresses, held in bail over $1 for theft of letters from Grand Central mailing room with Nugent facing an added charge of bribery.
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Frances Forbes
West Sytt Street
Charles Williams
West Iid Street
Jefferson Market Court
Forbes
Robert Bonner
James Cogen
Park Avenue
Allen Nugent
Madison Avenue
Yorkville Court
Grand Central Static
Nugent
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