25 maja 1908 roku była poniedziałek pod znakiem zodiaku ♊. Był to 145 dzień roku. Prezydentem Stanów Zjednoczonych był Theodore Roosevelt.
Jeśli urodziłeś się w tym dniu, masz 117 lata. Twoje ostatnie urodziny upłynęły niedziela, 25 maja 2025 roku, 362 dni temu. Twoje następne urodziny przypadają na dzień poniedziałek, 25 maja 2026 roku, w 2 dni. Żyłeś przez 43 096 dni lub około 1 034 304 godzin lub około 62 058 281 minut lub około 3 723 496 860 sekund.
25th of May 1908 News
Wiadomości, które pojawiły się na pierwszej stronie New York Times 25 maja 1908 roku
CHAIN OF MEETINGS TO DOWN GAMBLING; Eighteen Held in Brooklyn at the Same Time to Advocate the Hughes Bill. BLAME FOR THE POLITICIANS Dr. Hillis Says They Have Made Brooklyn Ridiculous -- Brisbane on Yellow Journalism as a Moral Agent.
Date: 25 May 1908
Eighteen anti-race-track-gambling mass meetings were held in Brooklyn yesterday at the same time. There were three speakers, not to mention a Chairman, at each meeting. Few of the meetings were crowded, but this was expected because of the large number of gatherings for identical purposes.
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ROOSEVELT VETO AIDED TRUST; Why He Changed to Favor Nelson Bill, Which Will Lower Paper Prices.
Date: 25 May 1908
Special to The New York Times
WASHINGTON, May 24. -- A desire to curb the "Paper Trust" is said to have caused President Roosevelt to ask the Senate yesterday to pass over his veto a bill extending the time for the construction of a dam over the Rainey River in Minnesota. The dam is being built to provide power for the operation of wood pulp and paper mills.
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HARRIMAN AFTER BOSTON & MAINE?; All Officials Silent or Evasive on Reported Purchase by D. & H. of New Haven's Holdings. OUTLET FOR COAL PRODUCT Official Statement Given Out in New Haven Says Officials Have Been Forbidden to Discuss Reports.
Date: 25 May 1908
A rumor current in the financial district on Saturday that the Delaware Hudson Railroad had bought out the New York, New Haven Hartford's stock holdings in the Boston Maine Railroad was discussed yesterday by railroad men and others who have an interest in railroad matters.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS; Stocks Make Recoveries -- Call Money Rates, 1 1/2@1 3/4 Per Cent. MORE GOLD ENGAGEMENTS One Shipment to Switzerland -- Burlington Bond Offering Success -- Copper Metal Prices Down.
Date: 26 May 1908
After such violent declines as those which occurred in prices on Saturday reaction was to be expected. For a few moments after the opening the closing out of accounts where there had been no response to calls for margin served to carry quotations off to figures somewhat under those of the close on Saturday, but thereafter the course of yesterday's market was forward with unimportant recessions of a temporary nature.
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TWAIN EULOGIZES QUEEN-VICTORIA; Humorist Speaks at Victoria Day Dinner of British Schools and Universities Club. "HAD NO PEER IN HER TIME" Mentioning War Only to Scoff at Ideas, He Tells of Affection Between Countries.
Date: 26 May 1908
Old "boys" from many famous English universities and schools., including Oxford and Cambridge and Eton and Harrow, met at Delmonico's last night to celebrate Victoria Day, under the auspices of the British Schools and Universities Club. Victoria, or Empire Day, as it is more generally known throughout the British colonies, was founded on the late Queen's birthday, the 24th of May.
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DARING ROBBERS TRY FOR $43,000; Three Thugs Set Upon as Many Bank Runners on the East Side. BLIND THEM WITH PEPPER Blackjack Them and Slash One Messenger's Wrist to Make Him Release Treasure. GIRL FIRST TO THE RESCUE Highwaymen Beaten Off and One Arrested -- Attack in First Street, Near First Avenue.
Date: 26 May 1908
A daring attempt to wrest packages containing $43,000 in cash from the hands of three bank messengers was made by three Italians at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the heart of the most crowded section of the east side. Red pepper, knives, and blackjacks were freely used by the three highwaymen, and one of the messengers was stabbed in half a dozen different places.
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DECREE OF DIVORCE FOR MRS. VANDERBILT; Gets Custody of Her Son and Right to Remarry, Which Is Denied to Alfred G. Vanderbilt. MME. RUIZ'S NAME IN CASE Nothing In the Papers Referring to Alimony or Any Financial Arrangement.
Date: 26 May 1908
Supreme Court Justice O'Gorman signed yesterday an interlocutory decree of divorce in favor of Mrs. Ellen French Vanderbilt against her husband, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. Mrs. Vanderbilt will be free to remarry in three months' time, the statutory period which must elapse before the divorce decree can be made final. Mr. Vanderbilt is forbidden to marry again.
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TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Date: 26 May 1908
Roads as Bad as Ours. One's first emotion on reading about the experiences of the Thomas and Protos cars in the region just back of Vladivostok is a feeling of something like selfish satisfaction. For the description reveals that there are in the world roads worse than those in our Middle and Far West, and comparable for badness even with the trail which runs through our own Montezuma Marshes.
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SLEUTHS ROUND UP SHIPWRECKED CREW; Passengers of the Lost Steamer Cyclades Also Taken to a Law Office. THINK SHIP WAS SCUTTLED Insurance Officials Hold a Long Inquiry Behind Barred Doors and Hearing Will Go On To-day.
Date: 25 May 1908
A shipwrecked skipper and his crew and passengers were rounded up by detectives on their arrival yesterday and taken from a Brooklyn pier to the office of a law firm in Wall Street, where an inquiry was begun to confirm or set at rest a suspicion that their craft had been deliberately scuttled.
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THAW LOSES SUIT FOR HIS RELEASE; Court Declares Prisoner Insane and a Menace -- To Determine Legality of Commitment. MAY ASK FOR A GUARDIAN Thaw Makes a Statement on His Case -- Effort to Have Him Transferred from Matteawan.
Date: 26 May 1908
Special to The New York Times
POUGHKEEPSIE,N.Y., May 25. -- Justice Joseph Morschauser to-day dismissed the writ of habeas corpus of Harry K. Thaw, declared him insane and a menace to the community, and decided against the contention of his counsel that the law under which Justice Dowling had cimmitted him to Matteawan was unconstitutional.
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