Big Tim Sullivan Pushes Gun Control Measure Passes Senate
Albany May 10 The Senate passed Big Tim Sullivan’s bill restricting concealed weapons by a 5 to 0 vote after a dramatic speech. The measure requires licensing of concealed revolvers and keeps records of buyers. Sullivan argued it would curb shootings and murders amid strong opposition from Ferris Bayne and others.
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Albany
Senate
Big Tim” Sullivan
Big Tim
Ferris
Oneida County
Bayne
Ferrie
Alabama
Italy
Germany
Hla
Hallan
City Club
Merchants’ Association
Civic Societics
Tim’ Sullivan
Perris
Bowery
Brooklyn Probation Officers Ordered Hats Off in Court
A Brooklyn probation officer's remark sparked an edict by Chief Magistrate Kempner requiring all women probation officers to obey the order. The court condemned the women’s hat creations as distracting and said they hinder court proceedings. The ruling follows a complaint about hats interfering with orderly court work and general decorum.
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Archbald McKinney
Brooklyn
McKinney
Kempner
Navarro
Garibaldi
Seleck
Garthaldi
Venezuela Leader Praises United States in Congress Message
Caracas May 10 President Gomez in his congressional address praised the United States saying it never caused conflict in Venezuela and helped defend rights while opposing force. He noted financial improvements with debt reduction and expressed regret over stalled diplomatic ties due to Holland and France.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Gomez
Congress
United States
Gomes
Holland
France
Venemiein
Washington
American State Department
Guanoco
Department
Cyanide in Beer Kills Three in Philadelphia Tragedy
Three people die and two are hospitalized after cyanide of potassium is found in beer. Victims include Ida Arbuckle, 51, John Shinn, 53, and Karl Burr, 50. Emils Shinn, 55, and Michael McGinley, 42, hospitalized. Burr, a former Fairmount Park photographer, linked to a scheme with Shinn. Police report Burr and Shinn entered a pact that sparked the deaths in a tenement on Ralston Street.
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Philadelphia
Ida Aphuckle
John Shinn
Karl Burr
Emils Shinn
John ‘Shinn
Michael McGinley
Burr
Ralston Street
Shinn
Bure
Fairmount Park
McGinley
Burr l
Arbuckle
Urr
Car Crash Halts Willambur Bridge Traffic Last Night
A Metropolitan elevated car rear ended a Reid Avenue car on the Willambur Bridge causing several injuries. Motorman Thomas Curdy escaped serious harm as both vehicles wedged midspan. Passengers aided by bystanders and officials, with responders taking injured riders to Williamsburg and Eastern District hospitals.
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Willamabure
Metropolitan Ante
Reid Avenue
Brooklyn
Thomas Curdy
Cundy
Amongers
Bev Oral Wermen
Cale
Williamsburg
Eastern District
Gurtoy and
Bruyn
Edward Brownie
Neo ST Sell Street
Ghowe
Bilatenck
Hun
Samuel F
Devoe Street
Alfred Smith
Middle Village
Britie
Teatho
Parkengers
Duel Ends in Death Amid Army Officers in Forest
Baron Oswald von Riehthofes, son of the former Foreign Affairs secretary, and a reserve officer killed Wilhelm von Haffeon in a forest duel sparked by a money dispute. The incident occurred near Given tossey while both men served as officers.
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Ferlin
Oswald von Riehthofes
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Wilhelm von Haffeon
Berlin
Bretton Vioode Hote
Washington
Wife Aids Iron Worker in Saloon Fight on Eighth Avenue
Allen Trace, a muscular ironworker of West 10th Street, was brought to West 12th Street station after fighting Patrolman Casey and wrecking a saloon at Eighth Avenue and Street. Trace’s wife joined the melee, kicking Casey and tearing his uniform, while thieves looted Mesfermnett Dairy nearby. A chase led to Trace’s capture. he faces felonious assault and resisting arrest charges. Burglars then entered McBennett Dairy, smashing crates and stealing from the cash drawer, with the amount unknown.
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Charles Haberman
Tor Street
Eighth Avenue
Tracy
Casey
Case
Iron
Cleary
Ringheisen
Cases
Asslatane
Trey
Dr Smith
J. Hood Wright Hospital
McBennett Dairy
Drewer
Scrubbing teeth to aid Cleveland school children study
Cleveland May 10 five minutes of study time will be devoted to teeth scrubbing for sixty thousand children. Officials approved the plan after federal tests at the Marion School showed enhanced perception, observation, and oral quickness after treatment by Dr Wille of Maurine Hospital service and Dr Do Marshall of Columbus Barracks.
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Cleveland
Clevelan
Menta
Marion School
Wille
Maurine Hospital
Dro Do Se Marshall
Columbus Barracks
Fie
Lone Patrolman Foils Lynch Mob At Lower East Side Streetcar
A thousand mob attacks driver after a Grand and Chambers street car collision. Patrolman Sunny Carbonell halts the assault at Madison and Pike, retrieves the driver s whip, and moves the victim to safety at Gouverneur Hospital. Conductor minimized danger as crowd pursued.
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Lower East Side
Chambers Street
Crosstown
Bernard Winegold
Madinon Street
Frederick Hines
Mangin Street
Art
Hines
Max Manecinsky
N 2
Broome Street
Ehthr
Iiver
Sunny" Carbonell
Madison Street
St Hines
Lowe
Lyneh
Pike and
Madison Streets
Lynch
Carbonell
Gouverneur Hospital
Madison Treet
Feinberg
Diaz appoints minister amid education clash in Mexico
Fragmentary text reports Diaz appointing a minister as an education minister dispute surfaces. Mentions President Dian and Mar Maillards, with garbled references to May and interim roles. No clear names or places fully readable.
Export Duty on Art to Halt British Treasures Loss
Sir Edgar Vincent urged a new export duty on art sales at a National Art Collections Fund meeting. He argued Britain loses primary works as wealth rises in America. A 10 percent duty could fund purchases of three or four pictures yearly, countering private collection depletion.
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Eniomor
London
National Art Collections Fund
Edgar Vincent
Lamerton
Vincent
Tno
America
New York
Niagara Falls Constable Rescues Woman From River
At Niagara Falls New York on May 10 Elizabeth Hartley of Buffalo aged sixty attempted suicide by entering the river above the falls. Constable Thomas Harrington of the state reservation police reached her with a pike pole and, amid strong currents, hauled her to shore with help from bystanders. A letter and flowers were found on the bank. Hartley was reported not expected to live at the hospital.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Elizabeth Hartley
Buffalo
Thomas Harington
State Reservation
Wat Mis Trington
Harrington
Baby Killed by Flower Pot in City Carriage Crash
A flower pot fell from a fourth story window and struck three year old Tiney Schenck as she was being walked in a carriage. The pot toppled from the Wagner apartment overhang near Amsterdams Avenue, knocked the child unconscious and she died at J Hood Wright Hospital. No arrests reported.
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Tiney Schenck
Charles Schenck
Ant West Hath Street
Wagner
Irone J. Hood Wright Hospital
Mayor Gaynor Scolds Critics At Civil Service Dinner
Mayor Gaynor sharply rebuked critics at the Civil Service Reform Association annual dinner at the Savoy, addressing St Clair McKelway and other opponents. He defended Civil Service reform, criticized attempts to expand the competitive list, and noted his long study of the topic from Adams to the present. Continued on second page.
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Nowa
Gaynor
Civil Service Reform Association
Hotel Savoy
Anid
Creelman
Municipal Commission
Haward M. Shepard
Asie
John Quincy Adams
Shepard
Goodwin
Navarro and Juarez in Maderos hands after battle
Provisional President Francisco I Madero Jr and staff seize Ciudad Juarez after the bloodiest revolution clash. General Navarro surrenders with several hundred federal troops as wounded flood city hospitals. Madero signals willingness to seek peace if Diaz offers sincere assurances.
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Ciudad Suarez
Mexico
Fran I. Madero, Jr
Juan J. Navarro
Francisco J. Madero, Jr
Diaz
Navarro
Ant
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Garral Juan
Juarez
Giuseppe Garabaldi
Tim
Merchants’ Assortation
Whitman
Cropsey
American Museum of Safety
Schiff
Jacob H. Schitt
Henry Clews
Isaac N. Seligman
Rockefeller
John T
Rome
Nathan Straus
Sears
Clatlin
Foster
Rosaisky
Mulqueen
Brackett
Ris
Fe Dim
Mayne
Hearoth
Loomis
Thomas
Walker
Beauregard
Port Royal
S. C
Sunday's Tribune
Williamsburg Bridge
Big Man
Dewey
Dewey & Howe Co
Balton St
Court
East Side
Mexicn Cay
May Wodorge
Eatucation
Laterian Ab
Dian Rm Jay
Great Britain
the Civil Service Reform Association
St. Clair McKelway
McKelway
Madero
Elbee
Porfiria Diaz
Joss
Afteen
Tamberel
Capetain Sachado
Corral
Ding
Army of Liberation
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