Memorial Day Parade in Rain Honors War Veterans
Veterans from the Grand Army of the Republic and allied groups rallied in Manhattan and Brooklyn amid drenching rain. Governor Hughes and General Frederick Dent Grant led ceremonies at Grant's Tomb and Trinity Cemetery, with services continuing despite downpours and two long parades ending at Carnegie Hall.
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Palace End Review
Brooklin
Grand Army
Bronx
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Hughes
Frederick Dent Grant
Soldiers and Sailors’ Memorial
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University Place
13Th Street
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Albany
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Jo- Lord
West End Avenue
S0th Street
92D Ftree
Daniel E. Sickles
O. 0. How&m
Man Drowns as Tide Reaches Cripple on Wrights Point Beach
James Torner twenty four year old cripple son of Hart Island keeper stranded on Wrights Point beach with starving friends. While foraging for food Edward King and Samuel Katz searched by motor boat in fog. Torner could not help and drowned in three inches of water as the boatmen returned to shore. Coroner Schwannecke conducts inquiry.
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James Torner
Hart's Island
Schwannecke
Torner
City Island
Edward King
Samuel Katz
Tonner
King
Katz
Torier
Westchester Po
Yacht Heads for Rocks In Harlem Regatta Rescue
The Harlem Yacht Club regatta nearly ended in disaster when the Tanya struck the Ailsa Craig’s foredeck ripping its stern gear and sending her mast overboard. After three hours adrift and unable to be towed, the Ailsa Craig arrived and grapnel lines were secured to save the grounded vessel and crew.
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Long Island Sound
James Craig
Ailsa Craig
Frank Maier
New Rochelle Yacht Club
Waldorf
Bennett
Mr. Hobart
George P. Granberg
Tanya
C. B. Stoddard
Fearless
H. A. Jackson
Granberg
Hobart Page
J. Gilmore
B. Valentine
Hope
Five Stranded in Quicksand Rescue Near Atlantic City
In a heavy May rainstorm in Atlantic City a carriage sank into quicksand on the meadow. Driver and passengers including A. E. Maltby and Walter Rhodes were trapped. rescuers saved two women and pulled the horse free after a bulkhead and ropes. The wagon remained submerged. all survived albeit badly used up.
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Atlantic City
A. E. Maltby
Philadelphia
Two Children Drowned in Housatonic River Accident
Edward Roche five and his sister Elsie two were drowned when a launch capsized five miles below this place on the Housatonic River. Their father Charlies Roche a silk mill foreman and three other men were aboard. Dr and Mrs Sharte helped rescue the others. A search failed to recover the children.
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Tribune
George Baldwin
Mrs. Sharte
Rockefeller Gift Planned for New Institute Hospital
A letter from John D. Rockefeller Jr. to Dr. L. E. Holt announced up to 500000 dollars for land purchase and a new hospital building attached to the Rockefeller Institute at U6th street and Avenue A. The seven or eight story facility will serve about sixty patients with modern therapies and its own staff, while Flexner remains director of the institute.
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Institute
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
U6th Street
Avenue A
Mr. Rockefeller
L. E. Holt
Broadway
New York
Mr. Holt
Simon Flexner
York & Sawyer
No. 156
Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller
Flexner
Institute For Medical Research
Delegates Awarded at National Convention Contests Report
The Tribune records 735 delegates elected so far for the Democratic National Convention with 546 instructed or committed to Bryan, 22 for Johnson, 11 for Gray and 156 uncommitted. Florida primary results misreported. later clarified four Bryan delegates and six to be chosen in a second primary. State conventions in Texas West Virginia New Hampshire and Arizona largely instructed for Bryan with New Hampshire leaning Bryan among eight delegates. Future primaries listed with dates and delegate counts across states and territories as the race proceeds toward the August convention.
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West Virginia
New Hampshire
Arizona
Bryan
Florida
Associated Press
Jacksonville
Democratic State Committee
Philippines
Wll Appy
Mr. Bryan
Johnson
Gray
Banker and horse thief identified in Indianapolis case
A man known as Frank Ross was identified as Robert H. Greene of Waynetown Indiana. Greene, bank vice president and farm owner, was involved in multiple horse thefts with ships to Chicago and other cities. Police found a hay car tied to Greene and a letter from an Indianapolis broker exposing his open order for corn. He was jailed under an alias with a local man visiting to see him. District reports confirm numerous horses stolen within ten miles of his farm.
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Indianapolis
Frank Ross
Chicago
Robert H. Greene
Waynetown
Ind
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Greene
Waynetown Bank
M. E. Foley
Crawfordsville
Mitchell A Candidate for Governor Advised by Telegraph
Chicago May 30 John Mitchell former United Mine Workers president discussed a possible Democratic run for Illinois governor. He met with Roger Sullivan and said a Springfield Federation of Labor June 15 meeting would fix his decision. Mitchell, recently retired and in frail health, expressed cautious interest and sought views on his electoral chances.
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John Mitchell
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Illinois
Mitchell
Roger ©. Sullivan
Illinois Federation of Labor
Springfield
Morton Denies Report On Daughter’s Proposed Marriage
Levi P. Morton today denied a circulating report that his daughter Helen, formerly the Duchess de Valencay, was to marry Prince Augustus von Arenbers. The denial was issued from Paris in May.
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Paris
United States
Helen
Duchess de Valencay
Prince Augustus von Arenbers
Roosevelt Signs Currency Bill at Capitol Return
President Roosevelt arrived at the Capitol at nine and signed the currency bill before 10 pm. He also approved the public buildings, general deficiency and government employees liability bills and greeted numerous callers including Vice President Fairbanks and Senator Aldrich. He used a pocket veto on a separate compensation bill for investors.
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Monetary Commission Members Named by Vice President
Washington May 30 Vice President Fairbanks announces the currency commission members including Aldrich Allison Burrows Hale Knox Daniel Teller Money and Bailey. Speaker Cannon names House appointees Vreeland Overstreet Burton Weeks Bonynge Smith along with Republicans Padgett Burgess Pujo and Democrats.
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Overstreet
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Burton
Ohio
Weeks
Mass
Explosion on naphtha launch near Philadelphia kills and injures
An explosion on a naphtha launch on the Delaware River near the city’s northern edge killed one person and injured fifteen others late tonight. The deceased and the injured were not identified, and the crew included three women and thirteen men.
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Delaware River
Philadelphia
Restrained from Building Road Through Storm King Mountain
Justice Morschauser issued an injunction stopping Orange County supervisors State Engineer Skene and two New York firms from continuing highway construction through Storm King Mountain. The order, sought by taxpayer Charlies T. Dunning of Goshen, halts work until the suit over plan changes is decided.
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Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Morschauser
Board of Supervisors
Orange County
Skene
Elmore & Hamilton Contracting Company
Storm King Stone Company
New York
Storm King Mountain
Charlies T. Dunning
Goshen
Read
Beach Hargis Attempts Suicide in Jail
Jackson Ky May 30 Beach Hargis in jail awaiting trial for murder of his father Judge James Hargis attempted death by taking morphine last night He will recover Allen Creech, on trial for murder, drank a pint of whiskey containing strychnine today and is in a precarious condition
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Beach Hargis
James Hargis
Allen Creech
Slayer of Seventeen Convicted in Tennessee
David Edwards was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing contractor Davis in Chattanooga Tennessee. The jury deliberated only a few minutes.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
May
David Edwards
Davis
Senate Passes Currency Bill in contentious vote
The Senate ended a lengthy filibuster on the financial bill with a 45 to 22 conference report vote. Aldrich sparked the final roll call while La Follette rushed in late. Gore finished speaking as Stone and La Follette maneuvered for further action. The session adjourned with a mix of protests and cheers.
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