Joint Fare Likely In Transfer Fight
The Metropolitan Street Railway and Central Park North & East River lines may settle a joint transfer rate above 5 cents after talks next week. A deadlock is likely over a 4 cent share for the Metropolitan and 1 cent for the crosstown line, with a final rate possibly around 7 cents and a 4.5 cent to 2.5 cent split. If unresolved by Aug 24 another public hearing and a mass meeting are planned, with Bourke Cochran and John W. Coggey as potential speakers.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
Fifty-ninth Street Crosstown
New York
Metropolitan
Central Park, North & East River Company
Thirty-fourth
116Th Street
Public Service Commission
Belt Line
Crosstown
Pblic
Central Ark Company
Albany
Central Park Line
Bourke Cochran
John W. Coggey
Lexington Avenue
59Th Street
Bloomingdale
Fifty-ninth Street
Public Service Boss Rejects Immediate Removal of Tracks
Public Service Commissioner Eustis said the commission cannot remove New York Central tracks from Eleventh Avenue yet. He cited the Corporation Counsel ruling and urged the commission and Central to draft a bill to permit action, aiming for a subway instead after the next Legislature acts.
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Public Service
Eustis
New York Central
Eleventh Avenue
Commission
the Central
Owner of Noisy Auto Arrested in Queens Borough
Louis Mathot of Bayside Queens, father of the late Deputy Police Commissioner William J. Mathot, caused neighbor Mathew Rock’s arrest for keeping him awake at night by auto noise. Rock, a wealthy car owner, faced a Penal Code Section 885 charge. Mathot offered his barn to isolate the noise, which Rock declined. Case set to be heard in a few days.
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Louis Mathot
Bayside
Queens
William J. Mathot
Mathew Rock
Mathot
Rock
Exiled Turkish Minister Fearful as Lawmakers Debate
In Washington a deposed Turkish minister Mehmed Ali Bey receives threats from a diverse set of nationals. Secret Service and police guard his residence with two agents as State Department funds secure protection. Mundji Bey’s remarks are blamed for heightening tensions. Constantinople reports plans to elevate the Washington legation to an embassy with Hussein Kiazim Bey as ambassador, succeeding Walkish Minister at Bucharest.
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New York Times
Washington
Mehmed Ali Bey
United States
Calvert Street
Legation
Secret Service
Mundir Bey
Mehmed
Mundji
Mundji Bey
State Department
Congress
Constantinople
Hussein Kiazim Bey
Tussein Kiazim Bey
Bucharest
Turkey
Fatal wreck on New Haven bridge notches tragedy
Conductor Jeremiah Lynch of New Haven died after a Providence Harlem River freight train derailed at Naugatuck Junction on the New York New Haven Hartford line. Engineer Morris Dean of New London and Brakeman William Goss of East Lyme were injured as five cars left the rails and toppled into a ditch. The locomotive overturned after Lynch was trapped beneath the cab. an official statement cites a signal and automatic device as the cause of the ditching.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Jeremiah Lynch
New Haven
Morris Dean
New London
William Goss
East Lynn
Honorable War Record Sways Judge in Forgery Case
Samuel T. Bondhus faced Judge Crain in General Sessions for second degree forgery tied to a forged certificate page that altered Pitt Boller and Manufacturing Company capitalization from 200000 to 20000. His lawyer highlighted Spanish American War valor, claiming rapid promotions and actions in San Juan, Santiago, and China, including leading troops at Beijing. The judge, noting the record, gave one year in the penitentiary instead of up to ten in State Prison.
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Samuel T. Bondhus
Crain
Pitt Boller and Manufacturing Company
Bond
Bondhus
San Juan
Santiago
China
Peking
Free Again Palateri Discharged After Four Trials
Frank F Palateri an eighteen year old Italian boy from 149 Cherry Street was discharged on his own recognizance by Judge Malone after two juries failed to convict him on charges of robbing sailor Bernard Mignot. The boy left court with a swagger remarking the family luck while his brother is in prison and his father died in the electric chair.
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Frank F Palateri
Cherry Street
Malone
Bernard Mignot
Music teacher shoots man after quarrel in saloon
Tessie Mosher fired two shots at Stephen Vollmer in her husband’s saloon at 1504 Avenue A yesterday morning. One bullet hit Vollmer in the right arm and he was taken to Presbyterian Hospital. Mosher was jailed for felonious assault at East Fighty-eighth Street station after allegedly saying she would shoot him. Police say Vollmer had been teaching Mosher music and that she had written him asking to meet.
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Avenue A
Tessie. Mosher
Stephen Vollmer
East Sixty-fourth Street
Vollmer
Presbyterian Hospital
New York Sizzles As Thermometer Hits Ninety Degrees
New York endured another hot day with the thermometer at 90 as humidity eased slightly from the prior 24 hours. Official readings stood at 90 with 69 percent humidity by 8 PM, while downtown Broadway areas felt heatier, and 11 Manhattan and Bronx residents suffered heat prostration. Cooler weather and chances of showers were forecast for Sunday.
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New York
North Dakota
Minnesota
New York City
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Broadway
East Side
Dallas Sees Hottest Day of 1908 at 101 Degrees
Dallas records the year's first heat fatality as the temperature soared to 101 degrees in the shade on August 14. The heat wave marked the hottest day in the city so far in 1908, prompting concerns over health and safety during extreme temperatures.
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Dallas
Texas
Mercury
Erie Mountain Express wreck at Arden station
Fast train Erie 42 Mountain Express from Middletown to New York derailed at Arden station nine thirty this morning. Locomotive left the track dragging baggage car and three coaches but no severe injuries were reported. Six hours to clear eastbound track. several passengers bruised but none seriously hurt. A second collision between a passenger train and a milk train on the Ontario and Western at South FAnsburg caused delays and a near wreck due to an interlocking switch fault.
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New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
Erie
New York
Arden
Tuxedo
Ontario and Western
South Fanlsburgh
Waterbury potato eater crowned champion in valley contest
George Benjamin, a Waterbury typesetting machine operator, won by eating 25 potatoes in a Naugatuck Valley challenge against watchmaker Thomas Burke who gave up after 23. The rivals also consumed pie and cake in the event held last night.
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New York Times
Waterbury
Rabies Deaths Stir Jersey City and Manhattan
A Jersey City embroiderer Conrad Steingruber died of hydrophobia after a dog bite three weeks earlier. In Manhattan, a boy was chased by a frothing dog in Claremont Park, as police shot the animal. Other bite incidents included a man bitten on Lexington Avenue and a bull terrier attack in Yorkville Court, with Magistrate Moss urging dogs to be kept indoors for summer.
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Jersey City
Manhattan
Conrad Steingruber
North Bergen
Steingruber
Monger
Hudson Boulevard
Christ Hospital
Richard Davidson
Vanderbilt Clinic
Fifty-seventh Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Andrew McDonald
West Sixty-sixth Street
Lexington Avenue
Conrad Wiszt
Lexington Avenue House
McDonald
Flower Hospital
East Fifty-first Street
Bessie Cohen
East Fortysecond Street
Yorkville Court
William Bolder
Handcuffed contractor faces court over street obstruction
Joseph Freedman, a builder at Ninety-first Street and Riverside Drive, was led to West Side Court in handcuffs after police say he used 15 feet of a 30 foot street for supplies. Freedman admitted the act and faced a minimal fine as Magistrate Corrigan noted harsh treatment but legal breach.
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Joseph Freedman
Ninety-first Street
Riverside Drive
West Side Court
William Bedell
Freedman
Bedell
Mr. Freedman
Corrigan
Freeaman
Bingham
Firemen Protest Medal Favoritism For Engine 14
New York firemen plan a May protest over Fire Commissioner Hayes acceptance of a $1,000 legacy funding a John T. Agnew medal for the top hero at Engine Company 14. The award, tied to a five point boost in promotion exams, was challenged by three former commissioners. The Agnew bequest, from Margaret Rea Bunken, designates a gold medal for Company 14 in memory of the donor’s father, with the engine house on Eighteenth Street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue in scope.
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New York Fire Department
Engine Company 14
Hayes
Company 14
Margaret Rea Bunken
John T. Agnew
Agnew
FIRE ALARM COMPANY INDICTED IN CITY DISPUTE
Justice Pound reserved judgment yesterday on James Foy's bid to restrain Fire Commissioner Hayes from allowing the Manhattan Fire Alarm Company to wire private customers to street fire alarm boxes. Foy claims the omnibus 1902 license was revoked and the company lacks standing. Manhattan argues the permit was issued in good faith and the suit serves rivals.
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Justice Pound
Supreme Court
James Foy
Third Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Barpour, Hare & Holter
Hayes
Manhattan Fire Alarm Company
Foy
Fire Commissioners
Sturgis
Manhattan Company
Riggs
Charles Blandy
Manhattan Firee Alarm Company
Ex-Convict Walsh Again In Sing Sing
Luke Walsh alias John Wilson and Charles Smith alias Alfred King were sent to the State Prison for four years and three months by Judge Malone in General Sessions for guilty breaking into Dr. Frederick K. Hollister’s Madison Avenue home on July 6 and stealing 294 dollars worth of clothing and jewelry. Walsh, not yet 30, has spent most of his life in prison since 1897.
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Walsh
Sing Sing
Luke Walsh
John Wilson
Charles Smith
Alfred King
Malone
Frederick K. Hollister
Madison Avenue
Cordova Out of Jail to Wed Julia Bowne in Mexico Plan
J Frank Cordova the unfrocked South River minister who served over three years for deserting his wife and eloping with Julia Bowne fled from jail this morning and set course toward Mexico with plans to marry Bowne. He cited God and duty and followed Rev J Ward Gamble’s advice to pursue a divorce and remarriage while keeping their child. Julia Bowne was last seen in Asbury Park with her mother refusing to reveal plans as authorities trace the couple’s movements through Philadelphia and Jersey City toward Mexico.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
J. Frank Cordova
South River
Julia Bowne
Cordova
Charles 8. Kimball
J. Ward
Gamble
Mexico
Colorado
Drew Seminary
Elizabeth Emery
Oceanic
George Farr
New Brunswick
Brooklyn
Miss Bowne
St Denis
Miss Clark
Jersey City
Mexican Central Railroad
United States
Washington,d. C
Mr. Gambie
Columbia's Summer School Sets Record Enrollment
Columbia University's ninth summer session closes with 1552 graduates and a diverse cohort. Represented are 48 states plus District of Columbia and several foreign countries. New York leads with 732 students, including 572 from the city. New Jersey and Pennsylvania follow.
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North Dakota
Nevada
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Columbia University
Canada
China
Australia
Chile
Cuba
Costa Rica
England
Ireland
Japan
Mexico
Russia
New York State
Lst
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Woman Footpad Sentenced In General Sessions
Hannah Tyler of 224 West Twenty fourth Street was convicted of carrying a weapon with felonious intent and sentenced by Judge Malone to four to five years in the State Prison. Police say she waylaid men at night and robbed them with a slingshot. She collapsed when sentenced and resisted removal to the Tombs.
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Hannah Tyler
West Twenty-fourth Street
Dennis Cash
Fourteenth Precinct
Malone
Bridge of Sighs
Austrian book keeper jailed for chalice theft at St Johns
Jaroslav Paul a young Austrian of 317 Third Avenue claiming to be a book keeper was sent to Sing Sing yesterday for not less than two nor more than three years by Judge Crain in General Sessions for stealing a gold chalice from St Johns Roman Catholic Church at 252 East Fifty second Street on May 14.
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Jaroslav Paul
Third Avenue
Wife a Tyrant Sues for Separation in Hepner Case
William Hepner the wigmaker at 1460 Broadaway filed suit for separation from Frances Lillian Hutkoff Hepner claiming three years of brutal and tyrannical conduct. He alleges she used violent epithets before the children and refuses to pay her bills. Congress member Goldfogle represents Mrs Hepner. settlement talks possible with child custody kept.
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William Hepner
Frances Lillian Hutkoff Hepner
Hepner
Nathan Hutkoff
West Eighty-sixth Street
Charlotte
Clauche
Whisky Tank Explosion Burns Man On Fifth Floor
A 7000 gallon whisky tank exploded at the L and J Mackey Co on West Fortieth Street. Employee Francis Taubner climbed a ladder to inspect the tank, an incandescent bulb shattered, fumes ignited and he was hurled thirty feet. Firemen opened a sewer outlet to drain the tank while foreman John Quinn flooded it. Taubner suffered severe burns and was sent home after treatment.
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L. J. Mackey Company
West Fortieth Street
Francis Taubner
West 189Th Street
Taubner
John Quinn
Quinn
Chairs for laborers cited in local road repair incident
A secret committee from the Third Ward Farmers and Taxpayers Association visited a labor crew on the North Hempstead Turnpike near Black Stump between Flushing and Jamaica. Foreman Patrick Morris and ten laborers were suspended after Borough President Gresser was informed, while Jamaica High School principal Charles J Jennings jokingly offered rocking chairs to tired workers amidst the dispute.
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Third Ward Farmers and Taxpayers’ Association of
Flushing
L. 1
North Hempstead Turnpike
Black Stump
Jamaica
Patrick Morris
S A. M
Gresser
Ife
Charles J. Jennings
Jamaica High School
Vacation Playground Festival Opens Today at Public School Iss
The first vacation playground festival starts at 2 pm this afternoon at Public School Iss in East Houston at Lewis and East Third Streets. City officials plan to attend. The event features races drills relay races flag races and folk dances. A second exhibit is scheduled for Monday at School 5 on Hester and Forsyth Streets.
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Iss
East Houston
Lewis and
East Third Streets
School 5
Hester
Forsyth Streets
Elk Bon Bon Dies at Central Park Zoo
Central Park Zoo mourns the death of Bon Bon a favorite olive elk. The mother elk died after giving birth to a fawn early yesterday morning the eighth offspring since her arrival. The fawn also died.
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Central
Snyder
Central Park ‘Zoo
Bon Bon
Park
American Fleet Leaves Auckland for Sydney Flight of Battleships Clears Harbor
The American Atlantic fleet departed Auckland at 8:15 AM for Sydney amid cheers from Premier Sir Joseph Ward and officials. Ships dipped flags, bands played, and a Battenberg Cup cutter race was won by the Louisiana. Admiral Sperry and New Zealand authorities exchanged farewell messages promising closer ties in the Pacific. London party chronicle notes US navy achievement and immigration undertone.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Sydney
Connecticut
Sir Joseph Ward
Sir Joseph
Kentucky
Admiral Sperry
Joseph Ward
Dominion
United States
Sperry
Pacific
Stas
Louisiana
Lord Plunket
The
Dominies
Editor Forbes sails to study the white man's Africa
Edgar Allen Forbes of The World's Work departs today aboard the Koenigin Suise for a two year firsthand study of Africa from the American perspective. He plans to examine how the white man made and holds sway in the region.
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Africa
Edgar Allen Forbes
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