Morris Park opens first automobile track era in America
The Morris Park Racing Club hosted its opening automobile race meeting drawing about six thousand spectators. Louis Chevrolet broke Barney Oldfield’s mile record in 524.5 seconds, using a 120 horsepower car, while Webb Jay set a new steam car record at 57 seconds, beating Louis S. Ross’s Providence 1904 mark by four seconds.
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Morris Park
America
Morris Park Racing Club
Barney Oldfield
Louis Chevrolet
Providence
Louis S. Ross
Webb Jay
Frederick G. Bourne
New-York Yacht Club
Automobile Club of America
William Jay
Oliver Harriman
Arthur Iselin
Arthur Curtiss James
Robert Lee Morrell
Morrell
American Automobile Association
Baron de Brue
General
McCoskry Butt
George R. Sheldon
R. Thomas
W. D. F. Bostwick
Frank Fullgraff
Eugene van Schaick
George Ahrents
Long Island
Ahrents
Miss Haggerty
E. B. Gallaher
Howard Dietz
George Philips
Fred Glassup
Chevrolet
Charles Basle
Peter Prouty
Venezuela Wins Case Against Asphalt Company
The Federal Court of Cassation in Caracas dissolved the Hamilton contract between Venezuela and the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Co and ordered damages. William W. Niles, counsel for Venezuela, said the concession granted to Hamilton twenty years ago included dredging streams, a part not carried out, leading to the judgment.
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Caracas
Federal Court of Cassation
Government of Venezuela
New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
Hamilton
William W. Niles
Venezuela
Bermudez
New York
Niles
Cheap Rent for Pier Sparks Bronx Dock Dispute
Dock Commissioner Maurice Featherson leased the Fordham Road pier in Harlem River to Bart Dunn for two years at $735 yearly. The Sinking Fund Commission backed the lease, a 5 percent rise from the prior rate, though critics say the pier’s high traffic could yield thousands with a dock master and proper wharfage.
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Maurice Featherson
Bart Dunn
Tom Dunn
Tammany
26Th
Mr. Dunn
Fordham Road
Harlem River
Sinking Fund Commission
Dunns
Bronx
Found After 24 Years Alvin Mitchell Reunites With Son
Alvin Deval Mitchell once Illinois Supreme Court judge vanished after the 1871 Chicago fire. Found in Denver by a son who recognized him on a street corner. He recounted wealth in Kansas City then losses, alcohol, and homelessness after his fortune vanished.
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THE
Tribune
Denver
Alvin Deval Mitchell
Supreme Court
Illinois
Chicago
Alvin Mitchell
Mitchell
Kansas City
New York
Arrests of Drivers Before Morris Park Auto Races
Tremont avenue bicycle police arrested several motorists en route to Morris Park races. Each faced Mor risania Court with $100 bail. The day’s captures included George L Thompson a Philadelphia broker charged with twenty mph, August Schwarzler, Philip Muldoon, Fred Decker and others.
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Tremont Avenue
Morris Park
Morrisania Court
George L. Thompson
Philadelphia
J. Schwarzler
No. 18
East
6Th St
Timothy Kerrigan
Bronx Park
Tremont Station
Charles Young
West Ssth St
Kerrigan T
Woman Dies at 104 in Poughkeepsie
Mrs. Mary Shepard, born December 17 1800 in Kilkenny Ireland, died at her home in Poughkeepsie New York aged 104. A widow for over 50 years she remained in good health until a month ago.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Mary Shepard
County Kilkenny
Ireland
Murillo Painting Among Loot Recovered From Hotel Robbery
Detectives Conroy and Summers arrest Frank McCarthy after uncovering a large scale theft at the Seymour apartment hotel in West 45th Street. Valuables including a Murillo painting and items collected by General Louis P. di Cesnola were recovered from McCarthy’s room.
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Conroy
East 51Rst-St
Frank McCarthy
Seymour
West 45Th-St
Guy E. Baker
Louis P. di Cesnola
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Murillo
Arenz
General di Cesnola
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Strike to Go On in Chicago as Teamsters Move to Monday
Negotiations for settlement are off and the teamsters' joint council declares the strike will spread on Monday in Chicago.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Embezzlement Charge Leads to Brooklyn Arrest of Baron Rosenbaum
Baron M Rosenbaum was arrested at the San Carlos Hotel Brooklyn on a Camden New Jersey warrant for embezzling 6700 dollars intrusted for investment. Miss Abbie C Doughton of Camden says the funds were given as dividends no real investment existed. Rosenbaum denies charges while Mrs Rosenbaum recounts the money came from Doughton as sympathy investments. He awaits New Jersey authorities after being held at Adams Street station.
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Baron M. Rosenbaum
San Carlos Hotel
South
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Justice Schmitz
Camden
N. J
Abbie C. Doughton
Market St
Isaac Doughton
New Jersey
Rosenbaum
San Carlos
Elsie
Lamporter
Philadelphia
Charles Denler
Richard Croker
Adams St
Blindfolded Nurse? Girl Foils Sand Attack and Robbery
Fifteen year old Johanna Preuss of Williamsburg fought off a highwayman who blinded her with sand as she guarded a $450 satchel she had just withdrawn. The attacker David Borowisky was caught near Broadway after a chase, and the money was recovered.
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Johanna Preuss
South Sth St
Williamsburg
David Borowisky
Bushwick Ave
Miss Preuss
North Side
Grandst
Kent Ave
Borowisky
Williamsburg Bridge
Miss
Broadway
Captain Gallagher
Bedford-ave
Hold Train to Chase Dog
In Topeka on May 20 a Rock Island division train paused fifty minutes as directors W. H. and J. H. Moore chased their dog across the Kansas prairie. The train halted at Bethune for water. the dog escaped, a $50 reward was offered, and the engineer at the pumping plant earned the money.
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Tribune
Topeka
Kan
Rock Island
W. H
J. H. Moore
Kansas Prairies
Six boy burglars rob Mount Vernon banker home
The home of Marshall H. Clements a Metropolitan Bank teller at 123 Urbanst Mount Vernon was robbed while the family was away. Six boys from prominent families ransacked trunks stole a baby carriage robe alarm clock and seven trunks contents. Police recovered the loot and will bring the gang to court next morning.
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Marshall H. Clements
Metropolitan Bank
Manhattan
Urbanst
Mount Vernon
Mr. Clements
Foley
Mrs Black Drops Suit in White Plains Divorce
A divorce suit filed by Mrs. Harry S Black was discontinued in White Plains Supreme Court amid persistent rumors of reconciliation. Reports say Mr. Black went West, Mrs. Black left the Plaza Hotel, and friends believe the couple may live together again. A $6,000,000 division rumor circulated without confirmation.
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Supreme Court
White Plains
Harry S& Black
Mr. Black
Daniel F. Cohalan
Keogh
Black
Runaway Horse In Prospect Park Causes Serious Injuries
Mrs. Emily M. Salmon and her daughter Mrs. Lilian Tooker suffered severe injuries when a carriage runaway in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, swerved to avoid a vehicle and struck a lamppost. Salmon, 76, has a fractured skull. Tooker, 39, has severe bruises and fractures to the thigh and ankle. The incident occurred near Prospect Park Plaza as a crowded parkway scene unfolded.
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Emily M. Salmon
Hamilton H. Salmon
Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club
Lilian Tooker
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Salmon
H. H. Salmon
Tooker
William Tooker
E. W. Bliss Company
Hancock St
Fire Panic at Grand Opera House Causes Stampede
Fire broke out at the Grand Opera House in Pittsburg at 45 o'clock tonight causing a stampede as patrons fled shouting Fire. The crowded house emptied in three minutes with several toppled people and one woman fainting. No serious injuries reported. employees extinguished the blaze with small loss.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Grand Opera House
Harvard Student Admits Theft in Cambridge
Theodore A. Keene, Harvard sophomore of 64 Oxford Street, admits taking a gold watch and chain from fellow student S. P. Nuff of 11 Holyoke Hall. The watch was found in Greene's room. Thieves have stolen 31,000 in cash and valuables, including a $250 violin and diamond pins. Keene is the son of a Berlin New Hampshire widow and is being tutored by an older brother in Newport R I.
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the Tribune
Cambridge
Mass
Theodore A. Keene
Harvard
Oxford St
S. P. Nuff
Holyoke Hall
Greene
Berlin
N. H
Newport. R. 1
Doctor Dies After Five Weeks Unconscious Sleep
Pittsburg May 20. Dr. Erwin Fischer a prominent East End physician has been unconscious for five weeks and is near death. An operation in trephining was performed by Dr. Carl Beck of St. Mark's Hospital New York. The procedure is not expected to save his life. Overwork and worry over patients caused his illness.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Erwin Fischer
East End
Carl Beck
St. Mark's Hospital
New York
Fischer
Harvard Senior in Court Over Break-In at Phillips Brooks House
Benjamin Joy a Harvard senior from New York was in Cambridge's Eighth District Court on charges of breaking and entering the Phillips Brooks House. Four students allegedly entered by forcing a window and removing a bronze tablet. Joy was captured after a police chase, others fled. the tablet was recovered. Joy waived examination and was held for the grand jury in 1500 dollars.
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Cambridge
Mass
Benjamin Joy
New-York
Harvard University
Phillips Brooks
Joy
Harvard
Hasty Pudding Club
Mrs Genevieve Phipps Buys Birthplace in Linn County
Denver reports Mrs Genevieve Chandler Phipps after attending spring races in Kansas City has purchased her old birthplace in Linn County Kansas.
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SBY
the Tribune
Denver
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Kansas City
Linn County
Kan
Clarkson racer Charles Clark to compete at Overland Park meet
Denver May 20 Charles Clark son of Senator W A Clark arrives for the Denver Overland Racing Club summer meet opening June 17 at Overland Park He previously spent 25000 at the ten days meet last year A Hudson River Day Line trip is recalled with music and an advertisement note
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THE
Tribune
Denver
Charles Clark
United States
W. A. Clark
Denver Overland Racing Club
Overland Park
Snow Falls Two Inches in Four Pond Region
Two inches of snow covered the Four Pond region between Rumford Falls and Bemis today as May snow lingered in western Maine.
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Maine
Rumford Falls
Four Pond
Bemis
Dewey Port Wine Ad Promotes Sickness Remedy
An advertisement from H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. at 138 Fulton Street New York urges using Dewey s Port Wine and Grape Juice when sick highlighting their tonic beverage for health support.
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Dewey's
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Governor Higgins Holds Informal Talk With Platt on Gas Measures
Governor Higgins met Senator Platt at the Fifth Avenue Hotel for a half hour chat. They discussed the gas commission, water commission, and railroad commissions with no firm decisions. Possible veto on the railroad bill and plans for an extra session were debated amid gossip of Hooker resigning.
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Governor Higgins
Senator Platt
Fifth Avenue
Higgins
McGuire
Platt
Highland Mills
Albany
Sus Commission
Hooker
Gas Commission
Water Commission
Railroad Commission
Board of Aldermen
George W. Aldridge
Monro County
Railway Commission
Aldmire
Michael J. Cady
Peices
Railroad
Judge Hooker
Indians to Receive Large Soap Purchase
Government buys five hundred thousand pounds of soap from the Cudahy Packing Company in South Omaha for the Indian Department. The order is possibly the largest single purchase of soap and could provide a year’s supply for all Indians in the country.
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the Tribune
Omaha, Neb
Indian Department
Cudahy Packing Company
South Omaha
New York Central Introduces Fast Train Schedule
A new fast train from Grand Central reaches Albany by 2 39 P M with stops at Utica Syracuse and Rochester before Buffalo. The ad notes no excess fare and lists approximate arrival times across major stations.
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New York Central
Grand Central
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Suffalo
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Bib
Tucker
A. E. Pardington
Walter Christie
Pain
Park Place
N. Y. City
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Higher Court
Featherson
Dunn
Son
Hudson River
Fairyland
Gen. di Cesnola
Jersey
Chase Dog
Cave
Mrs. Black
Prospect Park Drive
Pittsburg Grand Opera House
New-Yorker
Brooks House
Bohn
Mr. Higgins
Dare
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