Tamany Hall Chaos as Nixon resigns leadership
Lewis Nixon quits the Tammany Hall chairmanship of the finance committee citing loss of self respect and dictation by a kitchen cabinet led by Andrew Freedman. He brands Croker as the real power and says England-directed orders hindered his acts, with a August Croker return anticipated and Nixon determined to stay in the ranks. He resigns effective immediately after a tense Wigwam meeting.
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Lewis Nixon
Tammany Hall
Croker
Nixon
Andrew Freedman
Richard Croker
England
David Gideon
Executive Committee
Feitner
Frank J. Goodwin
George F. Scannell
August Moebus
Louis F. Haffen
Daniel F. McMahon
Mr. Nixon
Colonel Murphy
Carroll's Audacious Act Shifts Tammany’s Power
John F. Carroll, the Tam many Hall anti Croker faction leader, rallies district chiefs to run the organization, belittling Croker and Nixon. He aims to elect Van Wyck grand sachem and push for a district led, bossless Tammany, while warning against individual leadership. The move unsettles Crokerites as Carroll consolidates influence. Systemic reform, not a single boss, would steer the party. The episode follows the Ice Trust ties and intra‑party ambitions surrounding Sullivan Nagle Devery and others.
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John F. Carroll
Tammany Hall
Democratic Club
Tammany
Croker
Nixon
Carroll
Crokerites
van Wyck Grand Sachem
Supreme Court
van Wyck
Ice Trust
Sullivan-Nagle- Devery
John B. Sexton
John W. Keller
John Kelly
Democratic Party
Greater New York
Nixon confronted by bribe attempts after Tammany link
After resigning from Tammany Hall leadership, Lewis Nixon faced public outrage at what friends called an astonishing attempt to corrupt him. The bribe aimed to influence steel specifications for the Williamsburg Bridge, undermining his reputation for integrity.
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Lewis Nixon
Tammany
Tammany Hall
Williamsburg Bridge
Hazleton Convention Nears Vote Amid Strike Pressure
Hazleton Penn May 14 delegates to the anthracite miners convention expect to vote tomorrow on whether to make the present suspension permanent. Strike sentiment is rising with estimates at about eighty five percent in favor. President Mitchell warns of possible clashes as talks continue and the risk of ordering out engineers and firemen grows. A bribery incident involving Mr Nixon over bridge steel was denied by Nixon though details circulated by Tribune via telegraph.
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Hazleton
Penn
Dempsey
Hartlin
Gallagher
Mitchell
Nixon
van Wyck
New East River Bridge Commission
Leffert J L. Buck
Buck
Tribune
Croker
Wilkesbarre
Opera
St Vincent and St Pierre Eruption Reports From Caribbean
May 13 15 dispatches describe St Vincent devastation with 1600 dead and vast destruction at Castries St Lucia and St Pierre. The Mont Pelée eruption continues with lava smoke fire and widespread ruin while relief efforts and evacuations intensify across the Windward Islands.
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Castries
Island of St. Lucia
St. Vincent
St Vincent neglected amid West Indian relief contrasts
In London a West Indian Club dinner heard Arthur Ponsonby urge Britain to match Roosevelt's US aid for Martinique. C. T. Cox of St Kitts warned that St Vincent victims fear both loss of life and collapsed trade, noting English aid lags behind American generosity amid volcanic disasters.
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London
West Indian Club
Arthur Ponsonby
Roosevelt
Martinique
Great Britain
St. Vincent
Sir Arthur
Edward
C. 'T. Cox
Island
St. Kitts
Leeward
Sir Arthur Ponsonby
Cox
England
Island of
Mr. Cox
West Indian Islands
West Indies
United States
Edict appoints Wu Ting fang to draft modern Chinese code
Peking May 14 An imperial edict appoints Wu Ting fang minister at Washington and Sheng Chia Peng to prepare a code of Chinese laws on modern lines Wu Ting fang likely recalled to China for the task The New York Central offers first class excursions to St Paul Colorado Utah California Oregon and Yellowstone Park at low rates Itineraries ready Call at ticket offices or address M C Roach 1216 Broadway New York Adyt
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Peking
Wu-Ting-fang
Washington
Sheng Chia Peng
China
New York Central
St. Paul
Colorado
Utah
California
Oregon
Yellowstone Park
M. C. Roach
Broadway
New York
Adyt
City of St Pierre Struck by Vesuvius Disaster Details
AP correspondent reports from Castries on the steamer Kenneth that St Pierre Martinique is devastated with streets two feet deep in ashes and thousands of dead. Many bodies scorched, some untouched by fire, town hall and fort ruined, church tower eroded to metal. Soldiers guard dead from looting amid terrible stench.
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Robin Rock
Georgetown
St. Pierre
Beepitel
St. Lucia
Leeward
Trinidad
Grenada
Kingston
St. Vincent
Additional trains to upper New Jersey seashore resorts
Beginning May 18, Pennsy offers extra trains completing service between New Point Pleasant and the shore. Weekday and Sunday schedules list departure and parlor car options from New York and Cortlandt Desbrosses, with Putnam Division service between 156th Street and Yorktown Heights expanded. Check local timetables and ask ticket agents for details.
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Upper New Jerey Seashore Resorts
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Point Pleasant
Thesylvania Railroad
New York
Long Branch
West Station
Cortlandt and Desbrosses
Point Pleasant
Tat
York Central
156Th Street
Yorktows Heights
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Finance Committee
Murphy
F.x-Police
Michael C. Murphy
Overland Limited
Chicago and North-Western
Union Parte
Southern Pacific Railway
Med
Adyess
James J. Martin
Charles F. Murphy
W. Bourke Cochran
Martin
Squire
Cochran
Pennsylvania Limited
Chicago
St Loui
Adve
The
John Mitchell
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Grand Central Station
the Central
America
Advt
Llewelyn
Windward Islands
Sir Robert Llewelyn
Colonial Office
St. Vin
Carib Country
Soufriere
Daily Mail
Barbados
British West Indies
Royal Mai
Steamer Solent
Dr. Artiet
M. L. Mouttet
Insular
Mont Pelée
Artier
Morne-Rouge
Fort de France
Dr. Artier
Cano Was
St. Pierre Cathedral
France
ST. Pierre’s Streets
Associated Press
Kenneth
Moudlage
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