Senators Seek Fight Over President's Veto Threat
Washington May 18 anti administration Senators plan a controversy to attack the President over letters cited to Senators Smith Stewart and Rayner. The dispute centers on a possible veto of the Foraker resolution and a court of inquiry for Colonel William F. Stewart, with critics claiming the President criticized Stewart while defending his own executive power.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Smith
Michigan
Stewart
Vermont
Brownsville
Rayner
Maryland
William F. Stewart
Senator Smith
Foraker
Senator Stewart
Senate
Coard
Colonel Stewart
Lost Insurance on McIntyre Life Reverts to Receivers
Two life policies worth 100000 each on Thomas A. McIntyre may lapse today as premiums are overdue. Equitable policy loans equal surrender value and the policies are in the custody of his firm's receivers who have yet to decide on payment. A court order would be required to release funds, while McIntyre remains treated at a West Side sanatorium and may testify Monday.
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Stewart
Duvall
Fort Grant
Arizona
Taft
Friends
Florida
Taliaferro
White House
Portland
Fort Barrencas
Thomas A. McIntyre
McIntyre
Equitable Sx
West Side
Ernst
Charles C. Burlingham
Mictr Gitchrist
Wrights Master Air Fly Long Flight Off North Carolina Coast
The Wright brothers at Manteo North Carolina achieved a sustained flight with the aeroplane staying aloft for over an hour reaching about a thousand feet. They navigated adverse winds and fog and plan a Cape Henry flight seventy five miles away. They claim enough fuel for round trip and expect federal witnesses.
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The
Tribune
Norfolk, Va
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Manteo
Kill Devil Hill
North Carolina
Wrights
Cape Henry
Four-masted Washtenaw ship ashore off Point Pleasant
In dense fog the four-masted Washtenaw from Sabine bound for New York ran aground near Chadwicks, N J. Lifesavers from Chadwicks, Toms River, and Montoloking used a breeches buoy to rescue the second mate. The captain and twenty four crew remain aboard as wreckers prepare to assist. weather improving and hope afloat soon.
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Point Pleasant
N. J
Washtenaw
Sabine
Tex
Texas
New York
Chadwicks
Toms River
Merritt-Chapman
China Answers Japan on Rail Pact and Boycott
Peking reports a formal reply to Japan over the Tsin-Min-Tun and Fakomen railroad dispute and Tokyo protest. China seeks a fixed parallel distance and limits Japan’s objections to parallel lines in Manchuria while outlining measures to suppress a boycott movement tied to four Chinese merchants. British and French diplomats are urged to act, with Canton and Yun-Nan reports of rebels, French arms, and a pass capture aiding the unrest.
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Peking
Japan
Tsin-Min-Tun
Fakomen
John M. Jordan
China
Manchuria
Baron Hayashi
Foreign Board
London
Canton
C. V. E. Bapst
Will Leaves $15004 to Clergyman Who Converts
New Haven May 8 Miss Alice T Booth of New York filed a will here naming Rev Henry Dawson Protestant Episcopal rector of a Canton Illinois church as heir if he becomes a Roman Catholic The cousin and convert died in a New York settlement If Dawson does not convert the estate goes to his mother Mrs Sidney Dawson head of Tribune Sunshine Society
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the Tribune
New Haven
Alice T. Booth
East 71St Street
New York
Henry Dawson
Strose’s
Dawson
Booth
Sidney Dawson
The
Tribune Sunshine Society
Escape attempt ends in fatal shooting at Fort Ethan Allen
In Erlington Vermont on May 8 Patrick Bynne, a convict at Fort Ethan Allen, was shot dead by Private Thomas Mallory of the 15th Cavalry when he attempted to flee the guard line. Three other convicts Hootz Butler and Private Strom were recaptured after the break. Bynne had enlisted from New York City and faced an eighteen month sentence for desertion after prior jailbreak attempts.
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Erlington
Patrick Bynne
Fort
Ethan Allen
Thomas Mallory
15Th Cavalry
Hootz
Butler
Strom
10Th Cavalry
Byrne
New York City
New York
Mrs Howard Gould's Father Dead In Asylum
Seldon P. Clemmons, father of Mrs. Howard Gould, died tonight in the state insane asylum. The report came via telegraph from Jacksonville.
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Howard Gould
Tribune
Jacksonville
May
Seldon P. Clemmons
Bank Closes After Bookkeeper’s Confession
Rutherford Tennessee May Following a confession by J W Sharp bookkeeper that he was considerably short in his accounts the Citizens Bank closed its doors yesterday It is reported that Sharp lost 10000 dealing in cotton futures.
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Rutherford, Tenn
J. W. Sharp
Citizens’ Bank
Sharp
Battle Over West Point Cornwall Road In Orange County
Orange County officials accuse Albany insiders of altering maps to force a costly 2.78 mile road through the Storm King Stone Company quarry. The county fears a $310,000 price tag and possible damages of $120,000 to the quarry, while Storm King Stone Company defends its rights and offers to reroute or reduce land condemnation.
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Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Board of Supervisors
Orange County
Albany
West Point- Cornwall
West Point-Cornwall
Louis F. Goodsell
Henry A. van Alstyne
West Point Reservation
Cornwall
Storm King Mountain
Skene
Hamilton Company
Storm King Stone Company
West Point-Conwall
George F. Lowrie
Goodsell
Stone Company
Charlies H. Smith
William B. Royce
van Alstyne
Ingham Stubley
Smith
West Point
Cornell
Henry S. Anderson
East 32d Street
Arthur J. H. Brooks
West 51St Street
Charles E. Ring
William Street
Lewis C. Buttrick
Wall Street
Edward H. Jewell
Warren Street
New York City
Lyttleton Feye
New York
James G. Graham
Newburg
Good Roads Committee
The
Lyttleton Fox
Storm King& Stone Company
Parsons Forecast Renomination Talk For Hughes If Anti Racetrack Fails
President Parsons said if the anti racetrack gambling bills fail to pass at the extra session Governor Hughes would be forced to seek renomination for Governor or could be nominated for President at Chicago. New York County and Kings County leaders echoed support for Hughes if he seeks renomination, while others warned the issue may not decide the race. Parsons predicted easy reelection for the Governor if he campaigns on the racetrack issue and indicated county organizations would back him.
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Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
Hughes
Chicago
Parsons
New York County
Timothy L. Woodruff
Kings County
Mr. Woodruff
Abraham Gruber
Gruber
Harry W. Mack
Bennett
Collin H. Woodward
23D
ODELL
William H. Ten Eyck
Sud
Mr. Ten Eyck
Washington
New York County Organization
State Organization
Lightning Strikes Mount Vernon Church Spire
A violent thunderstorm last night struck the spire of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Mount Vernon. A shower of slate fell while a woman sheltered in a doorway and a man nearby escaped injury by a narrow margin.
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Kigatg
Church of the Sacred Heart
Mount Vernon
Barrow
Mrs Newman Loses Purse at Hotel Cadillac
Mrs W H Newman of New York wife of the New York Central Railroad president lost a gold purse valued at 500 dollars at the Hotel Cadillac during a visit for the woman's whist league. Detriot police have been asked to locate the missing item.
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the Tribune
Detroit
W. H. Newman
New York
New York Central Railroad
TO PHILADELPHIA EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR IN 2 HOURS
An advertisement notes a New Jersey Central schedule on page 14. It claims patrons praise the service and invites readers to view the timetable for departures to Philadelphia every hour on the hour within two hours.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey Central
Advt
Mrs Gunness Arrested on Train in Utica Route
Syracuse detectives capture a woman matching the Mrs Belle Gunness description on an eastbound sleeper. She travels with an elderly woman claiming to be her mother and says she is a Chicago widow bound for New York to visit kin.
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Utica
N. Y
Niess and Donovan
Syracuse
New York Central
Belle Gunness
L. A. Heaton
Chicago
New York
Franklin
Penn
Ashta
Swarthmore Abandons Football and Basketball for Year
The Swarthmore College faculty in Swarthmore Pennsylvania voted to suspend all football and basketball for one year to test Harvard President Eliot’s claim that such sports hinder education. The decision follows student discipline incidents and a noted bequest linked to abolishing intercollegiate sports. Baseball lacrosse tennis and track will be encouraged as substitutes.
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the Tribune
Swarthmore
Penn
Swarthmore College
Eliot
Harvard
Anna Jeanes
Mrs Sage Offers Half Million Endowment Gift
Mrs Russell Sage pledges $500000 toward a permanent endowment for the American Bible Society on condition that the society raises another $500000 by year end. The board will report the question to the annual meeting at the Bible House next Thursday.
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The
American Bible Society
Russell Sage
Bible House
Repeal of Coercion Act Debated in Commons Vote
London reports a 201 to 7 division in the House of Commons on the second reading of the bill repealing the Irish Coercion Act of 1887. Augustine Birrell defended the measure as constitutional, saying coercion would be political insanity and that most of Ireland is law abiding despite pockets of lawlessness.
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London
May
House of Commons
Augustine Birrell
Ireland
Secret door in bank linked to $469000 deficit case
National Bank Examiner William L. Folds reports a secret panel door in the private office of William Montgomery at Allegheny National Bank. Montgomery is $469,000 short, allegedly aiding a cover up with Henry Reiber by moving funds. Directors covered the deficit and sought $500,100 from New York banks as a precaution. Montgomery faces a preliminary trial May 15. Indictments also returned against Ernest Bowman, Joseph Landers, and William Wyman for misappropriation at Citizens National Bank of Tionesta.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
National Bank
William L. Folds
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Montgomery
Henry Reiber
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Allegheny National
Reiber
Seaboard
Park National Banks
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Ernest W. Bowman
Citizens’ National Bank of Tionesta
Joseph W. Landers
William G. Wyman
Dispossess Papers Served At Hotel Gotham
City marshal served dispossess papers on E H Goodwin, president of the Hotel Gotham Company at Fifth Avenue and 55th Street. Goodwin called the action a formality as the Hotel Gotham Company and the Fifty Fifth Street Company plan a merger. Stockholders seek greater say after the cashier vanished last fall with funds. officials say the company’s finances remain sound.
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E. H. Goodwin
Hotel Gotham
Fifth Avenue
55Th Street
Goodwin
Hotel Gotham Company
Fifty-fifth Street Company
Gotham Hotel Company
Mr. Goodwin
Hughes in Flying Tour Stirs 47th District
Governor Hughes campaigned across the 47th Senate District urging enactment of anti gambling laws and reforms against party bosses. He addressed large crowds amid rain in Hoos, Orleans, Niagara and surrounding towns, warning of racing interests and urging voters to defend constitutional government. Wallace joined, pledging support against bosses, as turnout and sentiment varied across communities ahead of the special election.
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Tribune
Lockport
Hughes
Senate
William €. Wallace
Wallace
Merritt-Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Niagara Falls
Public Service Commissions
Middleport
Simon
Hoiley
Orleans County
Niagara County
Albion
Medina
Albany
Rochester
Genesee Valley Club
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Mr. Wallace
Treadwell
Holley
Repubicans
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T. A. McIntyre
Wrights Master Air
Jersey Sands
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Fort Ethan Allen
Storm King Company
Says Hughes
Bible Society
Latter
Commons
Gotham
Stirs 47Th District
Percey-Gray
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