Mendoza Peace Envoy to South America by Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie funds a peace mission to Latin America appointing Diego Mendoza to lead talks with regional leaders aided by Professor W R Shepherd. Mendoza, a former Colombian minister, will be paid $25,000 yearly plus expenses and will not visit Colombia while pursuing conciliation across Venezuela Nicaragua Guatemala Chile Peru and others. The plan aims to foster concord amid long standing rivalries though questions remain about reception by leaders and regional conflicts.
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Carnegie
International Brotherhood
Diego Mendoza
Colombia
Washington
W. R. Shepherd
Columbia University
Mendoza
South America
Castro
Venezuela
Reyes
Association of Conciliation
Sefior Mendoza
Bogota
New York
Keyes
Peace Congress
Latin America
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Central America
Cabrera
Mexico
Chili
Peru
Tacna-Arica
Shepherd
Stead Announces World Peace Pilgrimage Plan
English editor William T. Stead addressed a West Side YMCA audience in the Majestic Theatre announcing a world wide peace pilgrimage to establish peace circles in major cities. He aims to raise 1 million dollars, predominantly from American youths, and criticizes the peace congress for not providing effective funding machinery.
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Wiliam T. Stead
West Side
Young Men’s Christian Association
Majestic Theatre
America
After All Ushers The Scotch the Lightell Famous
A fragment notes the scotch that made the Lightell famous, referenced as an ushering detail in Adv.
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Usher
Lightell
Italian musician killed by Siegel auto in NYC
Lorenzo Paleti, a 23rd Street Theatre musician, died at New York Hospital after being run over near Sixth Avenue and 28th Street. Henry Siegel owned the car. chauffeur John Sliney was arrested and held on homicide charges, with a May 11 hearing set in Jefferson Market court.
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Lorenzo Paleti
Proctor
Twenty-third Street
New York Hospital
Sixth Avenue
28Th Street
Henry Siegel
East S2d Street
John Sliney
East 90Th Street
Wahle
Jefferson Market
Paleti
West 30Th Street
Bremen
Sliney
Marvin Boy Long Dead
The infant Marvin boy, once thought kidnapped, died from exposure according to Delaware authorities after a post mortem. No signs of foul play were found, and food in the stomach was absent, raising questions about starvation or wandering. Dr. Robin to analyze intestines. body buried on the Marvin farm as thousand neighbors attended.
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Tribune
Dover
Del
Horace Marvin
Dela Ware
J. H. Wilson
A. Robin
Wilmington
Wilson
Richards
Robin
Bay Meadow Lawn
Marvin Farm
One Carnegie Pupil at Bricklaying School
Pittsburg May 5. It was learned that Carnegie Technical School’s bricklaying department, planned as a leading unit, has only one pupil Daniel Chisholm enrolled after paying tuition. The department holds 100 capacity with five hundred tools. instructors cost $15 and $6 daily, working teaching and then tearing down walls.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Technical School
Technical School
Daniel Chisholm
Chisholm
Blackmail accusation shocks Pittsburg Legislature scene
Telegraph report says The Pittsburg Leader claims state political leaders try to squeeze 100000 from bucket shop operators via an anti bucket shop bill. It alleges a Allegheny County senator sent an agent to demand 15000 be given to a city official or the bill would pass, and a telegram escalated to 20000 by five.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Allegheny City
Harrisburg
Wealthy Manufacturer Drowned in Delaware River
Philadelphia May 5 Alexander McCoy a wealthy manufacturer of this city was drowned in the Delaware River a few miles below the city on Saturday his body not yet recovered He and his brother in law William Wharton had gone to Essington to prepare McCoys yacht the Nokomis for a trip to the Jamestown exposition The yacht lay a few hundred yards from shore and the two men started to row to it The rowboat overturned and both were thrown into the water Neither could swim and before assistance reached them McCoy sank
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Philadelphia
Alexander McCoy
Delaware River
Mr. McCoy
Moynihan
Philip Woelker
2D Street
Oakland Street
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Devine
James
Murdy
Devine
Mary Ryan
Mary Murphy
East 45Th Street
Pish
Engelson
Roosevelt Hospital
Station House
William Murphy
Arsenal
Presbyterian Hospital
Lee
Heffernan
Arsenal Station
Yorkville Court
SINGER S YEAR S RECEIPTS 125000
Mme Schumann Heink and her husband William Rapp report in Kansas City that she has sung 112 engagements this season with 18 remaining. His note says her share will reach 125000 at season end, after which she rests at her New Jersey farm with eight children. His Hamburg income for the year was 1700.
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The
Tribune
Kansas City
Mme Schumann-Heink
William Rapp
Hamburg
Germany
Stevenson couple injured in trolley collision
Mr and Mrs Oscar Stevenson of 314 Madison Avenue were seriously injured in a collision between a trolley car and their runabout in Yonkers. They were pinned under the wagon and dragged about fifty feet before being freed. He left St Josephs Hospital tonight. she remains hospitalized with severe internal injuries.
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Oscar Stevenson
Madison Avenue
St. Joseph's Hospital
Yonkers
Kingsbridge
South Broadway
Morris Street
Mrs. Stevenson
Patrick Keenan Dies at 76 City Official and East Side Figure
Patrick Keenan city chamberlain and longtime East Side friend died at his home 253 East 7th Street after five weeks of illness. He suffered a complication of diseases with heart disease listed as the immediate cause.
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Patrick Keenan
East Side
East 7Th Street
City leader Pat Keenan dies after long service in Tammany Hall
Patrick Keenan, city chamberlain and longtime Democratic leader of the 7th Ward, died at 6:20 PM after a day of unconsciousness. Born in Tyrone Ireland in 1857, he arrived in America at 14, built a plumbing career, and rose through local politics, guiding Tammany and County Democracy factions before retiring due to ill health. His funeral is expected to draw Tam many Hall figures and East Side residents.
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John J. Stringer
William Hanna
Dr. Berg
Mr. Keenan
Father Donahue
St. Brigid's Church
N Avenue B
Keenan
7Th Ward
McClellan
John H. Campbell
Campbell
Patrick Keenan
County Tyrone
Ireland
America
Lower East Side
East Side
Vanderbilt
United States
Board of Aldermen
Pat” Keenan
Tammany Hall
County Democracy
Richard Croker
Croker
van Wyck
Low
7Th Street
Fire at Oak Hill Sanatorium Endangers Eighteen Inmates
Fire destroyed the servants’ quarters of Oak Hill Sanatorium near Caldwell New Jersey on May 5 threatening about eighteen insane patients. Nora Finnerty was rescued after being dragged from the burning building by firefighters Asa I. Harkins and Seth Bevins despite limited water and strong winds.
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Nora Finnerty
Asa I. Harkins
Seth Bevins
Badly Hurt in Fight At Brooklyn Scrub Ball Game
John O Connell of 408 Lincoln Avenue Brooklyn was struck on the base of the skull with a cobblestone during a scrub baseball game behind Kings County Hospital. He appears likely to die from a fractured skull but sought treatment at the hospital after the fight ended. He walked to Kings County Hospital seeking sutures for a head wound. The incident disrupted play briefly and involved local Flatbush youths.
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John O'Connell
Lincoln Avenue
Brooklyn
Kings County Hospital
O’connell
Explosives Found Near National Assembly Building
Guatemala City's May 5 report notes a new mine of explosives found near the National Assembly. Authorities released several prominent women detained on suspicion of plotting to assassinate President Cabrera. No further conspiracy details have been released.
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Guatemala City
National Assembly
Cabrera
Ibsen Manuscripts Found From Before 1864
In Christiania on May 5, admirers learn of many pre 1864 Ibsen manuscripts. A Rome episode left two bags of papers forgotten, sold with rubbish, later found by a Dane. Bequeathed to the Royal Library, they may be published by Carl Larsen with Ibsen heirs approval. Swanstrom reports a manuscript history soon.
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Christiania
Henrik Ibsen
Ibsen
Rome
Scandinavian Association of
Pontoptddian
Copenhagen
Royal Library
Carl Larsen
Larsen
Swanstrolm
Big granite settings at St Patrick's Cathedral in danger
Two large granite floral settings weighing about two hundred pounds each on the south spire wall of St Patrick's Cathedral may fall onto Fifth Avenue. Repairs will begin today. A rigid probe found the stone not loose but concern grows over hundreds of similar settings and the potential repair cost. Crowds saw scaffolds on the south spire as parishioners criticized builders amid the danger.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
Suits Over Capitol Scandal Rise in Harrisburg
Harrisburg May 5 Attorney General Todd to file civil and criminal suits against those tied to the state capitol scandal based on testimony of overbilling for 752 thermostats and other substitutions. Public hearings resume after May 16 with named defendants to be listed after inquiry.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Todd
State Capitol
Baccarat
Tiffany Favrile
John H. Sanderson & Co
Joseph M. Huston
The
Building Commission
Board of Grounds and Buildings
James H. Shumaker
Sanderson
Pennypacker
Huston and Shumaker
The Longworths Rain-Sogged in Kentucky Derby Trip
Congressman and Mrs Longworth arrived in Louisville drenched after an auto trip from Lexington. A run of breakdowns and a heavy rainstorm slowed their journey, with mud up to the axles. Ex Mayor Fleischmann and wife of Cincinnati accompanied the party as they planned to attend the Derby.
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the Tribune
Louisville
Longworth
Lexington
Versailles
Fleischmann
Cincinnati
Hopkins Men to Leave for Professorships at Princeton Amherst Vermont
Two Johns Hopkins University men will join neighboring universities next year. Leroy C Barrett will be preceptor in the classical department at Princeton while Herbert Houghton becomes Greek instructor. Henry Lancaster moves to Amherst as French instructor and Arbury Ogle departs for the University of Vermont in Latin studies.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Princeton
Leroy C. Barrett
Herbert Houghton
Henry ©. Lancaster
Amherst
Arbury Ogle
University of Vermont
Ex Justice O Briens Chauffeur Held In Speeding Case
Ex Justice Morgan J OBrien s chauffeur Thomas Lavery was among six men arrested for auto speeding in Queens yesterday Other arrestees include J S Holle of 32 West Sith street and Robert J Kelsey of 431 Riverside Drive
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Morgan J. O'Brien
Thomas Lavery
Queens
J. S. Holle
West Sith Street
Robert J. Kelsey
Riverside Drive
Carpet Cleansing Advt for T M Stewart Chelsea
Carpet cleansing service advertised by T M Stewart at 326 7th Avenue Chelsea founded 1863. Contact tel 633 and 634 C.
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T. M. Stewart
Chelsea
Confusion at Albany adjournment in doubt
Albany May 5 report says the public utilities bill and reapportionment remain the main crises for the Legislature. Governor Hughes faces strong opposition in both chambers from groups aligned with Wall Street and political bosses. The utilities bill is seen as endangered, with fears it will be emasculated to please interests, while adjournment hangs on the bill and apportionment.
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Tribune
Albany
Assembly
Senate
Hughes
Otto Kelsey
Republican
McCarren
Grady
Kelsey
Wall Street
Dean Huffcut
Page
Merritt
Lauge
Senator Page
Wadsworth
Wadsworths
Stevens
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Mrs. C. Stevenson
Crown Girl
East
Arnold Pish
Thomas Lee
Charlotte Herman
2D Avenue
Veronica Paton
Lillian Devine
East 43d Street
Oak Hill Sanatorium
Haan
Park Row
Capitol
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O'Brien
Raines
Raines- McCarren-Grady
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