Hughes Ready to Fight Racing Bills From Albany
Governor Hughes shifts focus from regular session to push anti racetrack gambling measures and challenge party bosses. Lawmakers return to tackle remaining items as tensions rise over direct nominations public service reforms and potential adjournment before Wallace Foelker seating.
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Albany
Hughes
Republican Party
Brooklyn
Clinton
Niagara-Orleans
William C. Wallace
Anti- Hughes
Foelker
Wallace
Poelker
Veterans Pay Tribute at Cypress Hills National Cemetery
Thousands gathered at Cypress Hills National Cemetery to honor soldiers of the Civil War era. Veterans marched past rows of graves as cannon fired, with Grand Army units, National Guard regiments, Governor's Island sailors, and cadet regiments in the procession. Five thousand graves were decorated with flags while a salute rang out. Governor Hughes, via telegram from Albany, expressed regret for not attending.
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Cypress Hills
Grand Army
National Guard
Governor's Island
Navy Yard
Wes
Hughes
Jamaica Avenue
Essex Street
Albany
Army and
Navy Union
Would Coal The Fleet On World Cruise
The cost of coal for the Atlantic battleship fleet’s world cruise is estimated at about 5.04 million dollars. Moving from San Francisco to Hampton Roads via Honolulu Manila and the Suez Canal requires 2.089 million dollars in coal. The Australian offer to provide coal at no cost was declined. American coal will be used throughout the voyage.
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Washington
San Francisco
Hampton Roads
Honolulu
Manila
Suez Canal
Bureau of
Navy Department
Refuses Pasteur Treatment in Richmond Borough Dog Extermination
John Green a Richmond Borough dog catcher under the Health Department refuses Pasteur treatment after recent rabies bites. Extermination work proceeds vigorously with unclaimed dogs killed after forty eight hours and owners paying three dollars to reclaim their dog from the pound.
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John Green
Richmond Borough
Department of Health
Pasteur
Drowning in Swift Hackensack River Current
A rowboat with three men capsized near the Pennsylvania Rail Road bridge on the Hackensack River. Olie Olsen of 560 Bergen Road Jersey City drowned after failing to swim. Christopher Von Derhoff of 3029 Hudson Boulevard and Thomas Sorgenes of Linden Avenue Jersey City tried to save him but were thwarted by the swift current and the treacherous bend.
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Hackensack River
Olie Olsen
Bergen Road
Jersey City
Christopher von Derhoff
Hudson Boulevard
Thomas Sorgenes
Linden Avenue
Olsen
Kimono Fire Fatality in White Plains
Mrs. James H. Brookfield, daughter of the late James H. Quintard and granddaughter of George W. Quintard, died at her White Plains home from burns after her kimono caught fire from a candle Friday night. She weakened rapidly after the incident and the funeral is set for Wednesday at 11 a.m.
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James H. Brookfield
James H. Quintard
George W. Quintard
White Plains
Wednnesday
Amateur baseball player collapses and dies on field
In St. Louis on May 24 John R. Parry an amateur baseball player collapsed and died after throwing from left field aiming for home plate. The throw ended the play as the catcher was reaching for the ball.
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St. Louis
John R. Parry
Five Arrests at Stapleton Park Baseball Game
Five players were arrested after a Stapleton Athletic Club versus Ex Cuban Giants game at Stapleton Park Staten Island. Captain Lindon and detectives stopped play to arrest the five players amid crowd unrest. Bail set at 00 for examination today.
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Stapleton Park
Staten Island
Stapleton Athletic Club
Lindon
Lingen
Grandstand Collapse Spreads Crowd At Brooklyn Giants Game
A wooden grandstand at a Buffalo ball park collapsed spilling about 800 spectators into mud during a Brooklyn Royal Giants versus local nine game. Four thousand watched as ambulances and police arrived. injuries were mainly sprains and bruises. The structure’s low drop near ground level contributed to the hazard.
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Buffalo
Brooklyn Royal Giants
Greek tramp steamer Cyclades wreck and crew rescued
Captain Mandalos and twenty two crew members arrived in New York after Cyclades ran aground off Pensacola and Bahamas. Underwriters and detectives pressed for full testimony as the wrecked cargo and later voyage were scrutinized in Wall Street offices.
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Mandalos
Cyclades
Nassau
Vigilancia
Genoa
Pensacola
New Orleans
Bahamas
Wallace, Butler & Brown
No. 4
Wall Street
Peterson Detective Bureau
Les
Petersen
Florida
Abaco Reef
Cape Stirrup
South
Norfolk
Mr. Petersen
Priest Stabbed in Salisbury Church Attack
In Salisbury Missouri on May 24 Father Joseph F Lubely pastor of St Josephs Catholic Church aged 33 was stabbed twice during services by farmer Joseph Schuette who is believed demented. Four hundred worshippers witnessed the incident as a panic was averted and the priest is hospitalized in St Louis.
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Salisbury
Joseph F. Lubely
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Joseph Schuette
St. Louis
Floods Bring Citywide Flooding and Rail Shutdowns in Texas
Fort Worth reports two known deaths with five missing as Trinity River flooding surpasses last month. Seven railroads center city traffic halted. losses in Fort Worth exceed 2.4 million dollars amid continuous heavy rain across Texas and Oklahoma. Oklahoma towns Muskogee Jenks Shawnee report widespread damage with rail lines washed out and gas supply cut, signaling business suspensions and isolation.
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Tribune
Fort Worth
Tex
Trinity River
Texas
Oklahoma
He Tribune
Shawnee
Okla
Pottawatomie County
Kansas & Texas
Betwen
Lawton
Tornado Sweeps Texas Causes Severe Crop and Property Damage
A violent storm spread from the Panhandle to the Gulf and at times became a tornado. Winds and heavy rain lashed broad areas, lifting houses and flooding villages. Austin suffered impassable streets and downed lines, with widespread roof loss and crop damage reported across central and southern Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Panhandle
Gulf
Tornadoes strike northwestern Pottawatomie County
Two tornadoes hit the northwestern part of Pottawatomie County in forty five minutes causing fatalities and injuries. Walter Haworth is reported killed and Michael Burnett fatally hurt. The storms touched down near McCloud and swept through Aydelotte and Meeker with about a dozen injured near Aydelotte.
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Shawnee
Okla
Pottawatomie County
Walter Haworth
Michael Burnett
McCloud
Aydelotte
Meeker
Thomas Car Again in Lead in New York to Paris Race
A May 24 dispatch from Matin reports the American car leads the New York to Paris race, arriving in Nikolsk after two days of muddy conditions. It overtook the German car near Vladivostok as both crews fought to free stalled vehicles in the mire.
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Paris
DROWNING IN BROOKLYN STORAGE RESERVOIR
Watchmen guarding Brooklyn storage reservoirs end report of youths swimming between Hempstead and Rockville Centre. Seventeen year old Bird sall L Willis drowned while trying to reach shore after exhaustion. Local ad notes Bretton Woods area treks and hotels.
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City of Brooklyn
Hempstead
Rockville Centre
Birdsall L. Willis
Taree Killers in Germantown Avenue Trolley Crash
Three people were instantly killed and at least five others fatally injured in a Germantown avenue trolley crash near Chestnut Hill Philadelphia. Forty five were seriously hurt and rushed to Chestnut Hill and Germantown hospitals as private physicians treated them. The crash occurred when a northbound car jumped a track on a steep grade and was struck by a southbound car, leaving many passengers involved. The identified victim so far is Mrs. George D. Wagner of Cornwell Pennsylvania. others remain unnamed.
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New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
William x. Reaney
Father Reaney
United States Navy
Joan P. Chidwick
William Olmstead
John F. Nash
New York
Hayden
Albert H. Caswell
234 Regiment
Police
Mavy Yard
Chestnut Hill
Germantown
George Wagner
Alexander McKay
Thirteen Hurt In Ottawa Streetcar Collision
In Ottawa on May, thirteen people were injured in a streetcar crash two miles from the city. Two may die. Twelve were transported to hospitals after a large car paused at a grade to drop passengers and a smaller car, heavily loaded, collided and was crushed beneath the larger one, severing the upper body of the small car and destroying the front four rows of seats.
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Ottawa
Here
Trolley Collision Kills Salesman in San Francisco
At Devisadero and Sacramento streets two trolley cars collided killing Henry Baer a traveling salesman and injuring twenty others. One victim is likely fatally hurt and several are seriously injured as the Devisadero car ran out of control and struck the Sacramento streetcar at a curve.
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San Francisco
Devisadero
Sacramento Streets
Henry Baer
Devisadero Street
Sacramento
Rescuer Struck Saving Girls in Brooklyn Crash
William Jardine, 447 66th Street Brooklyn, was knocked down by a car at Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street while shielding two frightened girls. He lies at Norwegian Hospital with two broken ribs and possible skull fracture. doctors fear for his life. Car owner Henry Gue of Twelfth Avenue reported the vehicle. chauffeur George Finn is being sought.
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Fourth Avenue
5Th Street
Brooklyn
William Jardine
66D Street
Fort Hamilton Avenue
Henry Gue
No. Stis Twelfth Avenue
George Finn
Sith Street
Finn
Jumps Track On Bridge Delays Albany Local Train
A West Shore Albany local left rails at the Little Ferry New Jersey bridge end last night. The engine and forward coach rolled along the ties before stopping near the Little Ferry station. Passengers woke to a jolt with some tossed from berths and a wrecking crew to lift the engine and car back onto the rails for over five hours.
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Albany
West Shore Railroad
Little Ferry
N. J
Hackensack
Rls
Golfer Killed by Lightning in St Louis Storm
W H Howard a wealthy commission merchant and Glen Echo Golf Club member was killed by lightning during a rainstorm in St Louis. He left the course for shelter under a tree when the bolt struck and killed him instantly.
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St. Louis
W. H. Howard
Runaway Horse Sparks Riverside Chase Ends in Capture
A wild chase through Riverside Drive and upper Broadway ended when Bicycle Patrolman Helms caught the horse at 158th Street after a riderless wagon shaft broke on a viaduct. The horse sped along as autos and cyclists pursued. no injuries were reported.
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Riverside Drive
Upper Broadway
158Th Street
Helms
Henry Davis
No. 32
Second Avenue
124Th Street
Davis
135Th Street
Broadway
Felix Dwight
West Stith Street
Fatal Auto Crash In Chicago Kills Orson Bartholomew
Orson C Bartholomew 68 of Denver was killed in a collision between an electric car and a automobile at 2th Street and Indiana Avenue in Chicago. His brother L Bartholomew and Miss Margaret Hawkins, both of Chicago, were slightly injured. The Bartholomews' car overturned. Orson Bartholomew died instantly.
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Chicago
Orson C. Bartholomew
Denver
2Th Street
Indiana Avenue
L. Bartholomew
Margaret Hawkins
Orson Bartholomew
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