Woman Fights Off Bank Robbery Save Messengers
A lone woman thwarted a streetside bank robbery targeting three Jefferson Bank messengers on East Side streets. Pepper gas blinded the attackers, two messengers were wounded, and a suspect was captured nearby after a knife was drawn. Police secured the injured and recovered a loaded revolver at the scene.
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Brooklyn
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New parallel Railroad Line May Be Illegal
Telegraph report notes Pennsylvania Railroad completed 286 miles of a new parallel line from Pittsburgh to Trenton at an alleged cost of 5 000. The plan, linking two parallel routes, faces potential legality issues under railroad ownership rules. Proposals to extend the line to double tracks threaten the main line’s operations and violate competition safeguards.
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Trenton
N. J
Mining official among men drowned in cave-in near Joplin
Joplin Missouri May 2 George P Andrews general manager of Hero Mining Company was drowned in an underground stream today aboard a scow that carried State Representative James Foeck and Cyrus W Wyckoff ground foreman of the Hero mine when it capsized near Decoration Day special trips and day line steamboat advertisements.
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Vra
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Herohine
Seminole Liner Grounds In Dense Fog Off New Jersey
The Clyde liner Seminole, traveling from Turk's Island to New York with passengers mail and freight, ran aground in dense fog off Point Pleasant N J at noon yesterday. Grounded in twelve feet of water she could not be moved despite efforts by Captain McKenzie and wrecking tugs. Lifesavers aided the crew and sixteen passengers but stayed aboard as the Relief planned another lift at high water.
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Monmouth Beach
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
Relief
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Manasquan
Freight Steamer Runs Aground Off New Jersey Coast
A freight steamer, not identified, ran ashore between Mantoloking and Bay Head in dense fog near Monmouth Beach. Lifesaving crews from Mantoloking and Bay Head stations rushed to aid the vessel as dusk settled along the coast.
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Flood Deaths Rise as Trinity River Flood Worsens in Dallas
Ten lives lost and over a million dollars in property destroyed as Trinity River overflow floods Dallas and nearby areas. Four thousand residents are homeless, water and telegraph lines disrupted, rail traffic halted, and a major portion of North Dallas cut off from the business district. Oklahoma City reports seven dead as heavy rains flood the region.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
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Andarko
Thompkins Cheek
Shawnee
William B. Hallers
Frederick
Guthrie
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West Guthrie
Gunness Alive Theory Emerges In Reilly Case
In Laporte Indiana investigators hear that May Reilly’s body was swapped with Belle Gunness’s and that Gunness escaped in male disguise from Laporte. Attorneys Darrow and Worden cite evidence to support the claim and a letter from Arkansas saying Gunness left Rochester five days after the fire. Local police note multiple May Reilly disappearances but cannot trace them.
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Painter Under Control Claims Involving Gifford Portraits
Professor James Hyslop chartered a boat to Naushen Island Buzzards Bay to verify Frederick L. Thompson of New York under alleged influence of late artist Robert Swain Gifford. Thompson says Gifford’s voice directed him to continue the Battle of the Elements painting in a semi trance.
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New York
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Isaac K. Funk
Vidler Tunnel Sold At Bankruptcy Sale
By Telegraph to The Tribune. Vidler Tunnel sold today in a bankruptcy sale. It was owned by the Trans-Continental Transportation and Mining Company of London, capitalized at 3,090 shares at $12 in London. George L. Dove purchased for an English syndicate.
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London
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McCarren Faces Heated Hearing On Political Reform Bill
Albany May 25 hearing before the Judiciary Committee on the McCarren bill regulating political parties and prohibiting corrupt methods drew a packed Senate chamber. McCarren pressed the group with sharp questions as fellow Democrats attacked the measure citing forensic accusations, past conventions, and alleged graft. Speakers included Magner, Bissell, Carew, Church, Williams, Kapper, Havens, Rice, Mott and Judge Lynn. party leaders charged Kings County delegates were ousted fraudulently and debated home rule versus majority rule.
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New York City
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Syracuse
Onondaga County
W. G. Rice
Home Rule Democracy
Mott
Lynn
Rochester
Subpoenas issued against railroad officials in New Haven suit
Boston and New Haven lines face U.S. government bill to force street railway and holdings disposal. Subpoenas issued by the circuit court target B and M and New Haven officials with services set for tomorrow. Additional notices will follow for Consolidated Railway and Providence Securities officials, both controlled by the New Haven route.
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New York
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New Haven
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Hartford
Bar chauffeurs private parties sentence for mischief
Pittsburg on May 25 Anthony Miner a negro chauffeur was sentenced to four months in the workhouse on a charge of malicious mischief. B H Pettes the former employer alleged Miner took the family auto out without permission and during a spree with friends broke the car. It is understood owners will break up use of their cars by chauffeurs.
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B. H. Pettes
Miner
Gerry Society Nets Boys In City Theatres
Agents of the Gerry Society conducted a theatre lobby sweep from 23d Street to Harlem, catching seventeen boys suspected of offering minor services to patrons. The group asserts such activity is linked to pickpocketing, as the investigation targets juveniles in theatre lobbies.
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Wallace Takes Seat and Vows to Back Anti-Gambling
Albany May 25 William C Wallace was sworn in as Senator for the 47th District after a narrow electoral victory. He pledged support for Governor Hughes anti-racetrack gambling measures as lawmakers consider racing bills amid Foelker illness and pressure from reform and racing interests.
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State Board of Canvassers
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Foelker
Agnew
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Knapp
Clinton County
Emerson
Warren
Robert E. Hill
Law Enforcement League of Ticonderoga
Raines
Chicago
Senator Foelker Leaves His Bed for Recovery
Poughkeepsie May 25 State Senator Otto G Foelker of Brooklyn has undergone surgery and may return to the State Senate in about two weeks according to his physician Dr F N Murphy. The doctor said progress toward recovery is not rapid enough to allow an Albany return before two weeks have elapsed despite brief bed departure today.
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N. Y
Otto G. Foelker
Brooklyn
Senate
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Foelker
Baltimore Trust Company Insolvency Receiver Appointed
Baltimore authorities move to wind down the Southern Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore after an investigation by State Treasurer Vandiver. Attorney General Straus states the firm is insolvent with capital stock of 70000 wiped out and creditors overdrawn by 8453, drafts mostly uncollectible. Four to five hundred depositors are impacted as assets total 74245 and liabilities exceed the assets.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Dr Eugene A Noble Named President of Baltimore Women’s College
Dr Eugene Allen Noble of Centenary Collegiate Institute Hackettstown New Jersey was unanimously elected president of the Women's College of Baltimore by the board of trustees. He will assume duties as soon as he can leave Hackettstown succeeding Dr Gouchers who resigned last fall.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Eugene Allen Noble
Centenary Collegiate Institute
Hackettstown
N. J
Women's College of Baltimore
Board of Trustees
Noble
Gouchers
Woodville Bank cashier dies by self harm
Natchez Mississippi May 25 A telephone message from Woodville reports the death by self harm this morning of J O Davidson cashier of the Woodville Bank by carbolic acid He was sixty years old and leaves a family no reason was given for the act
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Tribune
Natchez, Miss
Woodville
Miss
J. O. Davidson
Woodville Bank
Oklahoma Bill Bars Pinkertons and Unions Penalty Law
Guthrie Oklahoma May 2 The House and Senate passed a bill imposing penitentiary terms on employers who refuse to hire due to union membership and prohibiting Pinkerton detectives from operating in the state. The measure targets labor disputes and limits private security involvement.
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Okla
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Senate
Pinkerton
Cheap Chicago Trip Ad For May 25 To June 1
Advertisement offers $30 round trip to Chicago from May 25 to June 1 via Pennsylvania Railroad. Tickets valid to return until June 12. See ticket agents.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Advt
Unidentified Woman Jumps to Death from East 77th Street Roof
A woman leapt from the roof of a seven story building at 252 East 77th Street and died from the fall. Michael Phillips of 251 East 77th Street witnessed her kneeling on the roof before she jumped and fell across the street past several men on the opposite sidewalk.
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Michael Phillips
Prof Bawden Ousted From Cincinnati University Chair
Cincinnati May 25 Trustees declare Professor H H Bawden’s chair of philosophy vacant after he failed to resign as demanded by President Dabney. They say he was dismissed from Vassar for similar grounds and that his conduct and threats harmed the university and public morals.
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Vassar College
Bawden
Oyster Bay Sets Broad Dog Kill Plan Before Roosevelt Visit
Oyster Bay and nearby Locust Valley Mill Neck Glen Cove Sea Cliff and East Norwich will see a town wide slaughter of unmuzzled dogs before President Roosevelt’s arrival. The Town Board offers $2 for every dog killed and will appoint a dog catcher in each of fourteen election districts as soon as possible.
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Tax on Dividends Adopted by Deputies
Paris May 25 The Chamber of Deputies approved the income tax bill provision taxing dividends from rentes and all French and foreign government bonds. The vote was 349 to 170.
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Chamber of Deputies
Cuban Election Date Decreed for August First
Havana reports Governor Magoon decreed combined provincial and municipal elections for August 1 with each province choosing a governor and eight councilmen while municipalities elect alcaldes and proportionate council members. Officials’ entry date to office to be set later. Governors serve until February 14, 1913 and mayors until August 1, 1912. Major Kean reports no yellow fever cases in Cuba.
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J. R. Kean
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Cuba
Northern Pacific President Sees Prosperity for Northwest
Detroit May 25 President Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific Railroad said crop indications are better than ever in the Northwest and plans for a largely increased acreage promise a substantial prosperity foundation as he passed through Detroit today.
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Mich
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northwest
City Officials In Crash Near Robbin's Reef Light
The steamboat Thomas S Brennan carrying 350 passengers from West New Brighton was rammed by the Maraval near Robbin's Reef Light after a signals misunderstanding. Among the Brennan party were Commissioner Hebberd Tenement House Commissioner Edward J Butler Dr Lee K Frankle Aldermen Gunther Downing Wentz and Muhlhauer and Rev D J McMahon. The Fidelity and harbor tugs aided but were not needed.
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Muhlhauer
Suit Filed Against Marble Union Over Strike Incident
The Citizens' Alliance sues the Marble Worker's Union for 50000 damages seeking judgment against individual workers' property after a strike delayed construction on the Ideal Building for higher wages. The AFL will contest the suit to the highest courts.
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Citizens’ Alliance
American Federation of Labor
Currency ultimatum Cannon hard at work
The Republican Committee on Finance met at Speaker Cannon's urging to probe possible Vreeland bill compromises for an emergency currency measure backed by bonds and clearing house certificates. Aldrich and Hale gave cautious, noncommittal responses while Cannon pressed to secure a path to a finance bill before adjournment.
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Congress
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Greek college student drowned in Watershops Pond
Lazarus Damianides a 22 year old freshman at American International College Springfield Mass drowned while swimming at Watershops Pond this afternoon. His body was recovered tonight by police. Damianides came from Greece to study and work his way through college and was noted as a top student and noted orator.
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Springfield
Mass
Lazarus Damianides
American International College
Watershops Pond
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