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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1908
Page
2
The process begins with Dr Runyon guiding a venom sample from a lancehead viper. Keeper Snyder milks the venom into a glass as Mr Ditmars observes the dangerous extract and its subsequent dilution for medical handling and exhibit retention.
The Strollers held a gala and musicale at their clubhouse on Madison Avenue with amateur and professional acts including Freaks a Romance of the Circus and The Daughter of the Desert. Archbishops Farley and Logue led a large cathedral mass at St Patrick's celebrating the diocese centennial with a vast crowd and extensive ceremony.
Archbishop leads a mass of thanksgiving drawing 5,000 worshippers to fill the cathedral. The sermon highlights Catholic aid to the state and urges continued loyalty and charity.
A week of Catholic services unfolds across the diocese with a Pontifical Mass at the Cathedral at 11 A M Tuesday led by Cardinal Logue and featuring Cardinal Gibbons as preacher. Other events include parochial school Mass, laity meeting at Carnegie Hall, a requiem Mass for deceased prelates, and a Saturday laity parade.
Harry Cox, 15, was caught between a subway door and wall at Seventh Avenue Times Square. A crowd formed as women panicked and a fire alarm was rung. Fire crews cut the door and freed him after more than ten minutes. he was treated at Hegeman's drug store.
The Dutch steamer Marowijne arrived last night from Belfast Paramaribo and the Barbados. New ship built at Belfast by Workman Clark Co. She is owned by the Royal Dutch West Indian Steamship Company and has Finch Edge Co as agents here.
Mrs Mary Catherine Shelley well known in Harlem for years of music teaching killed herself yesterday afternoon by inhaling gas in her apartment at 74 West 125th Street. A hastily written will left nearly all personal property to relatives. The note said she believed she had lost the love of her son Albertus Shelley, a violinist and orchestra leader. Coroner Shrady notified the family after vocalist William Burke found the scene.
The St Paul sustained heavy bow damage after a collision with the Gladiator near the Solent. Crew and officers, including Capt Passow, faced delays and snowbound conditions as lifeboats were launched. Rescued passengers include Rev H Tildes, Mrs Tildes Pierre, R Rairden, and others awaiting further passage.
The Railroad Commission indefinitely suspended its mandate that the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad Company buy 163 new locomotives and 6,000 freight cars over 1908 1909 and 1910.
Captain McNally and detectives raided a pie gow game on Pell Street. Ten prisoners taken to the station, one Chinese man found dead in his top floor apartment. About 200 Chinese patrons fled via fire escapes and roofs. Toy Kong, 25, charged with running the gambling house. Three captives nabbed during the escape. surgeon reports death likely from fright.
April 2 news from Fall River Massachusetts reports an explosion intended to damage the new Bristol County steel bridge linking Fall River and Somerset across the Taunton River. About fifty pounds of dynamite were placed on the granite pier and fired by a long fuse, suggesting boat access. Police investigations continue into the attempt with estimated contractor losses around 14,000 dollars and potential further damage if foundations were disturbed.
Robert Hamilton Cotton D D aged 67 a longtime Minnesota Episcopal clergyman is charged with heresy after declaring publicly that the story of Christ's resurrection is a fairy tale Bishop Edsall has refused to grant him a preaching license pending developments in the case presented from St Paul Minnesota on April 6 1926.
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