Unpopular Fare Rule Sparks Coney Island Delays
On August 13 crowds faced delays as Brooklyn Rapid Transit tried to enforce a double fare to Coney Island. Police and 250 inspectors pressed passengers to pay, ejecting many from cars and forcing 50 000 to 75 000 to walk. A citizen committee formed to back Gaynor's ruling and sought Sheriff Flaherty protection. President Bird S Coler was among those removed after addressing the crowd.
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New York
Coney Island
Justice Gaynor
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Rapidransit Company
O'Keefe
Brooklyn
Gaynor
Flaherty
Kings County
Bird S. Coler
Coler
Rail wreck under East Sixth street bridge injures dozen
Fort Worth August 13 outbound and inbound Rock Island passenger trains collided under the East Sixth street bridge. About a dozen passengers were injured including Mrs J F Baker Rev A P Hightower Buck Trippet Bunk Poore and W Stevens. Police struggled to control crowds as cars carried injured away. The engine tore into coaches and Conductor D W Goodman called it a near miss with fifty casualties avoided.
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Rock Island Road
Fort Worth
Rock Island Railway
East Sixth Street
J. F. Baker
Dallas
A. P. Hightower
Boyd
Buck Trippet
Bunk Poore
W. ©. Stevens
Bridgeport
Jacksboro
Chicago
D.ww. Goodman
Saloon Raids Resume in Kansas City Kant
Kansas City Kan saloon raids resumed Sunday as C W Trickett assistant attorney general appointed by Governor Hoch enforced the prohibitory law. Three proprietors were arrested during roundups by automobile. Trickett received a message from Attorney General Coleman at Topeka urging saloonkeepers to ignore damage suits and pledging state support to defend the law.
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Kansas City
Kan
C. W. Trickett
Hoch
Trickett
Coleman
Topeka
Scott Saved Thaw Claims of Preventing White's Attack
Los Angeles dispatch reports Walter Scott, a Death Valley miner, as a potential witness for Harry Thaw. Scott says he warned Stanford White to stop a plan to kill Thaw in Madison Square Garden and that he possesses White's revolver. He claims two New York witnesses saw him take the gun and hear the dispute.
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White
Farmer
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Walter Scott
Death Valley
Harry Thaw
Scott
Stanford White
Thaw
Madison Square Garden
New York
Auto collision in Evanston leaves one dead
An automobile struck an electric car at Evanston Sunday night. Mrs. Elizabeth Slaughter was killed, Mrs. H. B. Slaughter had an arm broken and skull fractured, and two other occupants were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Evanston
Elizabeth Slaughter
H. B. Slaughter
Vanderbilt Wins Two Races at Long Champs and Yacowleff Stakes
In France at Decauville on August 13 W K Vanderbilt's Maintenon won the Long Champs stake worth $12,500 and his Madge captured the Yacowleff stakes for tarnvoorale. Later in Ardmore a white woman dropped dead on a street Sunday night.
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Vanderbilt
Decauville
France
W. K. Vanderbilt
Maintenon
Yacowleff
Ardmore
Madge
Freak of Frye Returns Home After 31 Years Absence
Cr H Frye former Chicago Normal School superintendent returns after 31 years away arriving with a roll of $5000 in cash for his wife he asks no questions. He reportedly lived in the Philippine Islands for years and was recognized despite a changed appearance.
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Chicago
Cr. H. Frye
Chicago Normal School
Philippine Islands
Thomas Sentenced to Hang for Farmers Murder
Houston August 13 Judge Milespie sentenced Marcellus Thomas a Negro to death for the murder of John Blair and Ben Shropshire two Montgomery county farmers who mistook him for a white man after they halted him on a dark ride home from Spring. He will be hanged September 14 at Harris County jail.
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Houston
Ilespie
Marcellus Thomas
John Blair
Ben Shropshire
Thomas
Harris County
Teller Confesses Shortfall at First National Bank
Birmingham officials report A. R. Chisholm, the bank's paying teller, is $100000 short. Bonded for $30000, the loss to the bank stands at $70000. The shortage emerged during his vacation. he confessed upon returning from Atlantic City and named brokers as accomplices.
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Birmingham
Ala
First National Bank
A. R. Chisholm
Chisholm
Atlantic City
Attacker Fires Into Crowd On Bowery Ocean Walk
In New York on a crowded Bowery stretch near Ocean Walk a man shot a waiter in the back and fired into the crowd. Ten thousand residents shouted for lynching while police hunted the fleeing gunman who vowed to kill any follower. Three victims were gravely wounded and may die.
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New York
Ocean Walk
Bowery
Staten Island
Two-Year-Olds Compete for Champs Stake of 12500
The report notes a Champs stake of 12500 dollars for two year olds and mentions two other persons and an automobile race context.
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Howell Bros
Bryan
Rena
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Mesel
Tames
Rohde’s
Saloon
Som
Silas
Parker Rye
Montreal Rye
Orienians Rye
E. Rohde
Prop
Trai
Freak OF Frye
Teller
J. W. Howell
H. C. Boatwright
Guy M. Bryan, JR
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
VIA
ST. Louis
D. J. Price, G. Peta
Geo
D. Hunter
B.G
Palestine, Texas
E. J. Jenkins
The
Bryan Steam Laundry
Hearne & Dansby
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