Wife commits suicide after husband leaves in New York
In a New York flat on West 131st Street a distraught wife, Rose Eichler, poisoned herself with cyanide after her husband Herman left to seek work, leaving their two year old daughter Marjorie alone in the crib. Police and physicians found the mother dead and the infant asleep beside her.
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New York
Herman Eichler
Helehbers
Smith
James Smith
Elchter
Eichler
Bichler
Rose
Marjorie
Herman Bichter
Philip Michler
Waash- Inview Avenue
The
Bronx
Mil Biehler
First Avenue
Herman
Charlie
Missing Granddaughter Sought By Cypress Hill Plot Ad
Mrs. Thomas Jones will visit 1562 Pacific Street to learn of granddaughter Mary Eleanor Bender Jones who vanished after her marriage to Tom Jones. An elderly widow, Mrs. Bender, says she has placed the ad to find Mary and mentions a plot in Cypress Hill Cemetery as a possible clue.
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Thomas Jones
Pacific Street
E. J
Brooklyn
Mrs. Bender
Mary Eleanor Bender Jones
Mary
California
Tom Jones
Cypress Hill Cemetery
Bride and Grogm Snider die in car train collision near Harbor Creek
Special report from Pea, Pa states T A Snider, Cincinnati ketchup magnate, and his bride of three months were killed when their honeymoon auto was struck by a train eight miles from here on a late Monday afternoon. Miss Ethel Staunton is seriously injured at a local hospital. Chauffeur Harold Leet of Cincinnati escaped with minor injuries after being thrown thirty feet. The couple were on a delayed honeymoon from New York en route to San Francisco in a specially fitted car for the cross continental trip.
Tragic Auto Crash In Lake te Midh Crossing
An automobile stalled on the Lake te Midh Southern Railroad crossing was struck by passenger train No. 43 at about fifty miles an hour. Mr and Mrs Snider died instantly after being flung beneath the car. Miss Staunton was thrown clear and suffered likely internal injuries and leg fractures. Leet escaped with bruises and unconsciousness.
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Lake Te Midh Southern Railroad
Veales
Erle
Lech
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in habeas corpus bid for Thaw release
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw appeared in New York as part of habeas corpus proceedings to free Harry K. Thaw from Matteawan. Shearn pressed her to repeat homicide trial testimony while she defended her account of Stanford White’s conduct and her marriage fate, amid a fashionably crowd.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
New York Court
Harry
White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Evelyn
Clarence J. Shearn
Thaw
Justee Keogh
Mrs. Thaw
Stanford White
Mat- Lawn
Mr. Sheartual
Anestin
Neo
Harry Thaw
Mooton
Mary Thaw
Divorces Sought After Doubled Mismatched Marriage
Mrs Loretta Laine Porsythe won a divorce from James G Porsythe in New York Supreme Court. Married in 1903 they lived with his family in Plainfield until he vanished then remarried another telephone operator in 1911 at St Patrick's Cathedral. Both wives accuse him of desertion and bigamy and seek legal action.
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New York
Lorettia Laine Porsythe
James G. Porsytthe
Supreme Court
Justice Newburger
Porsythe
Plithush
Forsythe
Plainfield
N. J
Laine
Child asks mother for a wide open yes in peppermint scene
A four year old asks his mother if he has been good, with hopeful eyes on the peppermint jar. She teases him with a rift in the lute before answering in playful fashion. The edited text shows a playful domestic scene and a humorous exchange.
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Bob
Mother
lTlarper
Labor Leaders Face Contempt Ruling Over Boycott Fight
Justice Wright in Washington finds Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor in contempt of court for defying injunctions against the Bucks Store and Range Company boycott. Sentences issued were Gompers twelve months Morrison six months Mitchell nine months. appeals noted and defendants released on bond.
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Gompers
Morrison
Mitchell
District Court of Appeals
Washington, D. C
Justice Wright
District Supreme Court
Swe Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
American Bederation of Labor
Bucks
Lst
Wright
Sompers
Daniestown
Federationist
Ion
Justice Wrinkt
Corpia
Mats
Vicw
Mitcheh
Nfo
Cat States Supreme Cout
Pletiett
Justice Wrieht
Captured Zapatistas Hanged in Forest Near Hiptzilac
Reports from Mexico City say federal troops captured over 200 Zapatista rebels after a battle near Hiptzilac. Survivors describe rebels disarmed and hanged along forest edges as General Robles cites using hangings to terrorize remaining insurrectionists in Morelos.
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Mexico City
Hiptzilac
Hinteilac
Robles
Zapata
Morelos
Texas Delegation Protests Parker At Convention
The Texas delegation urged National Committeeman R M Johnston to oppose Alton B Parker for temporary chairman, calling his election a brand and demanding a progressive Democrat be chosen. Signer Cone Johnson led the protest after a headquarters meeting and sent the letter before the national committee session.
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Baltimore
Texas
R. M. Johnston
Johnston
Alton B. Parker
Parker
National Committee
Progress
Cone Johson
New York Teen Sent to Cell in East Police Action
A seventeen year old named Rore Basher of 187 Third Avenue New York was sent to a city cell in the East district following an unspecified incident. The brief notice provides minimal details, emphasizing the youth and location rather than charges or outcomes.
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New York
Rore Basher
No. 187
Third Avenue
East
Fourth Avenue horse incident at Cohen shop
A domestic Rose, living with Reuben Cohen at 1871 Third Avenue, is accused of injuring a horse by striking it in the eye after the animal was teased by riders. Passersby Johnsonian, Luts, Bordner and Fallon witnessed the event as Cohen’s horse stood near his shop.
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Prac
Reuben Cohen
Third Avenue
Cohen
Ie Wao
Rose
Hungrib Johnsonian
John Luts
Trandred
Ninth Street
Stederiek Bordner
Enat Soy Eeth Street
Chey
Nan Fallon
Strikers and guards clashed at Has tings-on-the-Hudson plant
At the National Conduit and Cable Company in Hastings on the Hudson a riot between about 1000 strikers plus sympathizers and armed guards left one man dead and several seriously wounded by stray bullets. Steve Chilik was shot in the abdomen and died in Dobbs Ferry Hospital. multiple others were injured, including Tony Reo, Mike Tecco, John nthouse, and Mrs. Kuesera, with bullets and stones exchanged as officers attempted arrests after lunch.
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New York
National Conduit and Cable Company
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
Steve Chilik
Dobbs Ferry
Ele
Tony Reo
Yonkers
Mike Tecco
Ung
John Nthouse
Hastings
Traum
Donserry Hospital
Kuesera
Bleikers
Histon
State Holds Over a Million In State Credit
Auditor C Lee Moore reports the state has more than a million dollars in cash and receivables from railroads and large corporations. He notes a $420,000 interest payment on public debt due July 1 and says the debt is slowly reduced. The state earns interest on daily balances as funds are collected.
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Auditor of Public Accounts
C. Lee Moore
Mr. Moore
Vanished man Sloan after securing 250000 lookup
Special-Search is under way for William Sloan who disappeared from the Astor House in New York the morning after learning he would receive one tenth of 2,500,000 from J H Knight of Chicago. Sloan, 55, tall and lean, had stayed at the hotel while handling a Chicago settlement tied to auto self starters interests.
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New York
William Sloan
Aster
J. H. Knight
Chituga
Sloan
Chi- Card
Mr. Knight
Chicago
George K. Wricht
Fifth Avenue
Astor House
Knicht
Chiease
Colonel Roosevelt Starts for Gotham
Colonel Roose Velt left the Caperess Hotel for Lake Shore station to board the Twentieth Century Limited for New York.
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Chicago
RooseVelt
Caperess Hotel
Welock
Lake Shore Station
Twentieth Century Limited
New York
Parker Named Temporary Chairman At Democratic Convention
Baltimore reports that Aal ton EB Parker of New York will be chosen temporary chair on the first ballot by the national committee amid expectations of broad support. Key figures Taggart and Sullivan back Parker, with Bryan likely not opposing. harmony is hoped at the convention.
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Baltimore
Aalton EB. Parker
New York
Thomas Taxteart
Indiana
Roger ©. Sullivan
Illnois
Bryan
Parker
Mr. Taggart
Sullivan
Belvedere
Taggart
Indista
Charles Loveschenstein
Illinois State Committee
Taxgsart
National Committee
Thief Trapped by Telephone in Queens Embezzlement Case
Real estate agent Kellogg, linked to a $54 000 embezzlement by Laura Conkling, was lured into a call from a friend at Lafayette and East Houston Streets. Detective Leigh identified him by name as the suspect and had Kellogg arrested upon confirming the address, with plans to secure restitution.
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Best
Houston Street
Kellogg
Fifth Avenue
Leish
Nelson
Rad
Cionoral Sessions
Rosalsky Seid Kellows
Te Wis
Roderick Bese
Bese
Mery & Hee
Broadcar
Kellogss
John Boekel
Metropolitan Avenue Ieatty Company
W. J. and
I. Wheeler
Court Street
Brookton
Cooper Avenue
Metropolitan Avenue
Wheelers
Kellows
New York
John Kensett Krelloges
Dean Street
Brooklin
Lafayette
East Houston Streets
Honard Conkling
East Seventieth Street
Mr. Conkling
Queens
Itis
Mr. Kellogg
Conkling
Mrr. Conkling
Leigh
Police
Mr. Kelloggs
Laura Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
August
Howard
Miss Conkling
Kelloge
Globe Trotters Suffer by Strike in Havre to Kaiser Wilhelm II
Sixty passengers planned to sail from Havre on the France but due to a sailors strike they were transferred to the Kaiser Wilhelm II at Southampton. They spent four days ashore or on the ship as delays and confusion followed. Capt Ponecelet offered little reassurance.
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New York
Havre
France
Kaiser Wilhelm Ik
Southampton
Mavre
French Line
Pissengers
Ponecelet
Roosevelt Bolsters Breakaway Republican Drive at Chicago Hall
In Chicago Illinois delegates split after Taft nomination with about 400 Roosevelt supporters forming a new Progressive Party group at Orchestra Hall. Roosevelt accepted a bid to run, urging voters to back a platform vow Thou shalt not steal while planning a national convention and strong state organizing.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Taft
Roosevelt
Orchestra Hall
National Progressive Party
Rough Rider
Ateast
National Committee
New Jersey Delegation Backs Progressive Platform For Wilson
Governor Wilson of New Jersey headed a Democratic delegation arriving in Baltimore to push a progressive platform. The group urged nominating Wilson to appeal to progressive voters and defeat Taft in November. Senator John Sharp Williams urged a platform attacking monopolies and corporate trusts, calling for dissolution of trusts and enforcement of anti trust laws. The draft criticized Republican tariff and corporate laws, advocated limiting corporate power and reforming government, and proposed vigorous interstate commerce actions. The resolutions committee heard appeals from reform groups and listed several reformers as members.
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Baltimore
Wilson
New Jersey
Kaiwanthk
Grosseup
Democratic State Committee of
Cnnems
Taft
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Patera
Congress
Resolutions Committee
Reform Club
Jurist Reform Committee of
New York
Eyreen W. Holt
Henry Deforest Baldwin
Fleury George, Jr
Frederic R R. Couder
John Jerome Rooney
Tariff Central in Platform At Democratic Convention
Baltimore dispatch reports Democratic platform outlines mark tariff as the chief issue with Republicans. Planks favor gradual revenue-based reductions on US-made goods, stronger anti trust enforcement, direct election of senators, money trust probes, and limits on central banking while endorsing select commission recommendations. Endorsed measures include jury trial in direct contempt cases and a strong navy.
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Baltimore
Denver
Congress
United States
House of Representatives
Puig
Aldrich Monetary Commission
Trayering & National Public Health Bureau
Atainet
Presidente
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