Woman stops hold up by using strength and lungs
A strong woman thwarted a bank robbery on the East Side by leaping between a robber and a messenger, allowing three armored guards from Jefferson Bank to keep about 43 thousand dollars safe. One assailant was captured nearby as chaos erupted. two messengers were injured but their loot remained secure. The assault involved pepper, a knife, and a pursuit ending with a captured suspect and a loaded revolver found on another man.
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1St Street
Jefferson Bank
Clinton
West Houston
Jet Canal
Forsyth Streets
Joseph Welsor
Marion Eirect
Brooklyn
Samuel Adelman
South Sth Street
Abraham Stern
Abraham Stern, of No. 7
East 114Th Street
Velsor
Stern
Adelman
Eich
Eva Javnonditska
S6 1St Street
Second Avenue
Melachi Ryan
Ryan
Bellevue Hospital
Max Roth
Mr. Roth
Ed”Steiler
George Miler
John L. Schneider
Roordone
Fie Jorce
Asptein Shaw
Head- Gaerers
Eastry
East Mth Street
Breexi Cali
Rocco Bono
Centre Street
Clevenni
Antonio
Dameans
East 13Th Street
New Parallel Line Opens Amid Legal Challenge
Pittsburg May 25 The Pennsylvania Railroad completed a costly new parallel line from Pittsburg to Trenton New Jersey with double tracks. The move prompted a legal challenge under a law forbidding a railroad from owning and operating two parallel competing lines.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Pennylvania Railroad
Pitsburg
Trenton
N. J
George P Andrews dies in underground accident at Hero Mine
George P Andrews general tenager of Hero Mining Company was wired in an underground stream this afternoon near the mine. State Representative James Wyckoff, head foreman, and others were involved in the accident during Decoration Day specials and trips. Authorities advised caution as lines and advisories circulate.
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George P. Andrews
Hero Mining Company
James
Cyrus W. Wyckoff
Oro Mine
Liner Seminole Grounds In Dense Fog Off New Jersey
The Clyde liner Seminole from Turk's Island and Santo Domingo went aground at noon in fog off Point Pleasant New Jersey. Lying in twelve feet of water the ship could not back free before high water. Lifesavers stood by and the wrecking tug Relief headed from Monmouth Beach. the crew and sixteen passengers declined to ashore until later. The Relief plans another effort at high water.
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Turk’s Island
Santo Domingo
Point Pleasant
N. J
McKenzie
Monmouth Beach
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
Relief
Haven
Manasquan
Freight steamer stranded off New Jersey coast
A yet unidentified freight steamer ran ashore this evening between Mantoloking and Bay Head in dense fog off Monmouth Beach New Jersey. Lifesaving crews from Mantoloking and Bay Head stations have rushed to assist.
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Monmouth Beach
N. J
Mantoloking
Bay Head
Flood's Toll Soars Across Texas and Oklahoma
Dallas reports ten dead and more than a million dollars in damage as Trinity River overflow floods North Dallas and halts rail traffic. In Oklahoma City seven die and four hundred fifty are homeless amid widespread inundation and submerged areas. Bridges wash out. Texas, Pacific and Santa Fe lines suspended.
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Dallas
Tex
Trinity River
North
Hay
Texas & Pacific Railway
Continental Gin Company
Texas & Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Waco
Brazos River
Brazos
Oklahoma City
Okla
William M. Lindsay
Andarko
Thompkins Cheek
Shawnee
William B. Haliers
Frederick
Guthrie
Cimarron River
West Guthrie
Gunness Alive Theory Ties Reilly to Fire Case
Laporte Indiana May 25 The body of May Reilly who vanished from Rochester last fall may have been substituted for Belle Gunness in a fire according to Ray Lamphere’s lawyers Darrow and Worden with evidence they will produce. A man in Arkansas claims Gunness escaped in male clothes from Luperte and sent a May 3 letter five days after the blaze. Police note several women named May Reilly have vanished from Rochester over the years but could not trace them.
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Laporte
Ind
May Reilly
Rochester
Belle Gunness
Messrs
Darrow
Worden
Ray Lamphere
Marshall County
Gunness
Arkansas
Paints Pictures Under Control in New Bedford Mission
Professor James H. Hyssop of the American Society for Psychical Research chartered a boat to Naushon Island to verify claims that Frederick L. Thompson of New York is guided by the late artist Robert Swain Gifford. Thompson reportedly painted The Battle of the Elements under what is described as semi trance control after a communication from Gifford’s voice.
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the Tribune
New Bedford
Mass
James H. Hyssop
American Society For Psychical Research
Frederick L. Thompson
New York
Robert Swain Gifford
Naushon Island
Buzzard’s Bay
Thompson
Gifford
Isaac K K. Funk
Vidler Tunnel Changes Hands in Bankruptcy Sale
The Vidler Tunnel was sold at a bankruptcy sale for $48,100. It was owned by the Trans-Continental Transportation and Mining Company of London, capitalized at $3,300,000, whose shares traded in London at 2. George L. Nowe purchased the asset for an English syndicate.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Denver
Vidler
Trans-Continenental Transportation and Mining Company
London
George L. Nowe
McCarren Roasted at Hearing on HYIS Bill
Albany May 25 hearing before the Judiciary Committee on the McCarren bill regulating political parties and prohibiting corrupt and arbitrary methods drew a flood of Democratic witnesses. McCarren clashed with opponents while supporters of Murphy Conners attacked the measure and its sponsor. Speakers questioned party control, potential penalties, and the fairness of judges in political cases, with critics accusing Kings County leaders and debt of graft.
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The
Tribune
Albany
P. H. McCarren
Judiciary Committee
McCarren
Murphy-Conners
Senate
Brooklyn
Thomas F. Magner
Kings County Democratic Organization
Herbert Bissell
Erie County Democratic Organization
Raines
John F. Carew
Davis
Legislatire
Presbyterian Church
Carew
Kings County
James Church
Republican Party
Kings
Church
Colonel Cady
George Williams
Isaac M. Kapper
Mctarren
New York City
Grady
Mr. Kapper
Melville Havens
Syracuse
Onondaga County
W. G. Rice
Home Rule Democracy
Mott
Lynn
Rochester
Subpoenas Issued Against Major Railways in New Haven Case
United States Circuit Court issued subpoenas to officials of the Boston & Maine and New York New Haven Hartford railroads over the equity suit to force New Haven to dispose of street railway and Boston & Maine holdings. Service set for tomorrow. additional subpoenas planned for Consolidated Railway Company in Hartford and Providence Securities Company in Providence as controlled by New Haven.
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Boston
United States Circuit Court
Boston & Maine
New York
New Haven & Hartford
United States
New Haven
Consolidated Railway Company
Hartford
Bar Chauffeurs Private Parties Spark City Spree
Pittsburg may 2 Anthony Miner a negro chauffeur was sentenced to four months in the workhouse on a charge of malicious mischief. B H Pettes former employer alleged Miner took the family auto out without knowledge and in a spree with friends broke the car. It is understood owners will break up the use of cars by chauffeurs.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Anthony Miner
B. H. Pettes
Miner
Gerry Society nets seventeen boys at Broadway theaters
Agents of the Gerry Society conduct rounds from 23d Street to Harlem catching seventeen boys in lobbies accused of offering trivial services to theatergoers. The group views such conduct as a setup for pickpocketing and crime among the patron crowd.
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Gerry Society
23D Street
Harlem
Wallace Takes Seat Reiterates His Pledge
William C. Wallace was seated as Senator from the 47th District after a canvass certified his election by a 251 vote plurality. He pledged to support Governor Hughes on anti gambling racing bills as action in Albany awaits Senator Foelker’s return amid a broader push to pass the measures.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
William C. Wallace
State Board of Canvassers
Wallace
Foelker
Agnew
Brooklyn
Upstate
Knapp
Clinton County
Emerson
Warren
Robert E. Hill
Law Enforcement League of Ticonderoga
Raines
Chicago
Senator Foelker Leaves Bed After Surgery
State Senator Otto G. Foelker of Brooklyn who recently underwent surgery may return to the State Senate in about two weeks, according to his physician Dr. F N Murphy. The doctor said Foelker could leave bed briefly but recovery pace likely keeps him from Albany before two weeks have passed.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Otto G. Foelker
Brooklyn
Senate
F. N. Murphy
Foelker
Baltimore Trust Company Placed In Receiver’s Hands
Baltimore authorities appoint S. Gross Horwitz as receiver for the Southern Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore after an investigation by State Treasurer Vandiver shows insolvency. Capital stock $70,000 wiped out, creditors overdrawn by $8,453, with 400 to 500 depositors affected. Liabilities total $212,396.73 and available assets about $74,348.
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Tribune
Baltimore
S. Gross Horwitz
Southern Trust and Deposit Company of
Vandiver
Straus
Noble to head Baltimore Women's College
Dr Eugene Allen Noble of Centenary Collegiate Institute Hackettstown NJ was unanimously elected president of the Women's College of Baltimore by the board of trustees this afternoon to take effect once he leaves Hackettstown He succeeds 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
Bank cashier dies by own action in Woodville
Telegraph report from Woodville Miss states J O Davidson sixty cashier of Woodville Bank died this morning by carbolic acid. No reason given. He leaves a family.
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the Tribune
Natchez
Miss
Woodville
J. O. Davidson
Woodville Bank
Oklahoma bill bars Pinkertons and labor penalties
Guthrie Oklahoma May 2 The House and Senate passed a bill providing a penitentiary term for any employer who refuses work to an employee because of union membership The bill also prohibits Pinkerton detectives from working in the state plus a Chicago round trip fare advertised through Pennsylvania Railroad valid May 23 to June 1 return to June 1 tickets available via agents
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Guthrie
Okla
House
Senate
Pinkerton
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Adyt
Woman Jumped From Roof on East 77th Street
An unidentified woman climbed onto the roof of a seven story building at 252 East 77th Street and leaped to her death last night. Michael Phillips of 251 East 77th Street witnessed her kneeling with hands raised before she jumped. Her body landed across the street near several men on the sidewalk.
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East 771Th Street
Michael Phillips
East 77Th Street
Professor Bawden Ousted From Cincinnati Philosophy Chair
The University of Cincinnati trustees declared Professor H. H. Bawden's chair vacant after he failed to resign as demanded by President Dabney. They state he was dismissed for false pretensions tied to a Vassar discharge, a destructive personal life, and for threatening the president to publish his views if the resignation was not withdrawn.
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Bawden
Oyster Bay Plans Systematic Slaughter of Stray Dogs
Before President Roosevelt’s arrival the Town Board orders a town wide killing of unmuzzled dogs in Oyster Bay Locust Valley Mill Neck Glen Cove Sea Cliff and East Norwich. A dog catcher will be appointed in each of fourteen election districts with a bounty of 2 dollars per dog killed.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Locust Valley
Mill Neck
Glen Cove
Sea Cliff
East Norwich
Tax on Dividends Adopted by Chamber of Deputies
Paris reports that the Chamber of Deputies approved the income tax bill provision taxing dividends from rentes and all other French and foreign government bonds by a vote of 349 to 170.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Cuban Election Date Sets August First for Cuba’s Local Races
Havana reports Governor Magoon issues decree scheduling combined provincial and municipal elections for August 1. Provinces will elect governors and eight councilmen while municipalities choose an alcard and councilmen. Officials take office later. governors serve until February 14, 1913 and mayors until August 1, 1912. Major J R Kean notes zero yellow fever cases in Cuba.
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Havana
Magoon
J. R. Kean
Medical Corps
Cuba
Northern Pacific President Sees Prosperity For Northwest
Detroit May 25 President Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific Railroad said crop indications show improvement over previous years with a larger acreage promising substantial prosperity for the Northwest.
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Detroit
Mich
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northwest
City Officials in Crash on New Jersey Coast
The steamboat Thomas S Brennan carrying 350 passengers from West New Brighton was rammed by the Trinidad steamer Maraval near Robbins's Reef Light while returning after the launch of the Department of Charities new boat the Lowell. Collision resulted from signal misunderstanding. guests boarded the Maraval then returned to the Brennan and reached Pier A safely. Notable passengers included Commissioner Hebberd Tenement House Commissioner Butler and several aldermen. Nearby craft offered aid but was refused.
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Thomas S. Brennan
New Brighton
Staten Island
Department of Charities
Lowell
Robbins’s Reef Light
Perth Amboy
Brennan
Pier A
Commissioner Hebberd
Edward J. Butler
Tenement House
Lee K. Frankle
William Mahen
S. S. Goldwater
I. T. Armstrong
Gunther, Downing, Wentz and
Muhlhauer
D. J. McMahen
P- Delity
Brennen
Kinsland
Florence
Suit Filed Against Labor Union Over Marble Building Damages
Denver May 25 Citizens' Alliance brings suit for damages against a labor union on behalf of a marble company alleging members of the Marble Worker's Union halted work on the Ideal Building during a wage strike. The American Federation of Labor will contest the action to the highest courts.
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The
Tribune
Denver
Citizens’ Alliance
American Federation of Labor
Currency ultimatum Cannon hard at work
The Republican Committee on Finance held an informal evening meeting after Speaker Cannon urged Senators Aldrich and Hale to pursue a compromise on emergency currency measures. House and Senate conferees debated a path blending bonds with currency and the push to pass a financial bill before adjournment.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Committee On Finance
Cannon
Vreeland
Senate
Aldrich
Hale
House
Culberson
Teller
Bartholdt
St. Louis
Bartholdi
Republican Party
Congress
Greek college student drowns at Watershops Pond
Lazarus Damianides a 22 year old Greek freshman at American International College Springfield drowned while swimming in Watershops Pond this afternoon. His body was recovered tonight by police. He came to the United States from Greece to work through college and led his class as a top student and rising orator.
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the Tribune
Springfield
Mass
Lazarus Damianides
American International College
Watershops Pond
Damianides
Greece
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Psychical Research Society
HYIS_ BILL
Philadelphia
New Jersey Central Central
Wallace Takes
Senator Foelker
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Southern Trust and Deposit Company
DR. Noble
Women’s College
Oklahoma Bill
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Robbin’s Reef
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Penes & Sons Co
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