Stock Exchange probes Saturday stock manipulation
A. O. Brown & Co led Saturday’s over 1 000 000 share trading as the Exchange forms a five member committee to investigate alleged flagrant gambling in the market. Officials seek to deliver punishment while preserving legitimate trading amid fears of legislative crackdowns and delivery failures.
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Stock Exchange
R. H. Thomas
A. O. Brown & Co
Gono
R. H Thomas
The
Wall Street
Saratoga
Reading
Northern Pacific
Thomas
le Exchange
Exchange
Albany
Inj Thi Times
Croker Burgess of Dublin Receives Freedom Honor
Ex head of Tammany Richard Croker is made a burgess of Dublin city. The ceremony honored Croker and previously listed icons such as Isaac Butt, Gladstone, Gen. Grant, and Parnell. Croker expressed pride and hoped for Ireland's freedom, sharing the praise with his family present at the special meeting.
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Tammany
Grant
Gladstone
Parnell
NEW York Times
London
Boston
Dublin
Croker
Miss Croker
Bowman
Richard Croker
Orby
America
Joseph P. Mannetti
Menalter
Croke
Evening Mail
Meteorite nearly hits Roosevelt estate at Sagamore Hill
A falling meteorite narrowly misses President Roosevelt's home at Sagamore Hill, embedding in turf behind the barn. Secret Service men and the President's household search the area after a bright flash and loud thud light up the night, but no crater or fragment is found. Witnesses in the nearby village also report the event.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Secret Service
Peter Dick
James McHugh
Old Man Abducted in Brooklyn Carriage Hijack
Police from Brownsville station issued a general alarm for two men who abducted a gray bearded well dressed old man near Osborn Street Belmont Avenue. They jumped from a carriage, wrestled him into the vehicle, tied him up, and fled at high speed toward East New York as a crowd watched. The victim’s identity remained unknown late last night.
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Brownsville
Brooklyn
Belmont Avenue
Osborn Street
East New York
New Yorker Otto Germer Arrested in Cincinnati
Otto Germer 38 registered as a capitalist from Waldorf Astoria New York was arrested by a private detective at the St Nicholas Hotel on a charge of obtaining food and lodging with intent to defraud. The hotel says he owes 1400 dollars. He is a member of Germer Brothers, active in natural gas development in Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania. He posted 5000 bail signed by F R Williams. He claims the payment failure was due to a discharged check and a third party. He is well known in Cincinnati and received quick support from prominent citizens.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Otto Germer
Waldorf- Astoria
New York City
St. Nicholas Hotel
Germer
Germer Brothers
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Columbia Company
F. R. Williams
Lone highwayman robs seven Yellowstone stagecoaches
Old Faithful Inn Yellowstone Park Aug 24 a masked robber held up seven stage coaches near Ashton to Big Springs on the Oregon Short Line. Tourists were searched and disarmed then directed to remount. Cavalry and county officials pursue with possible reward. no injuries reported. Chicago report describes a pedestrian observer linked to the incident.
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New York Times
Old Faithful Inn
Yellowstone Park
National Park
Transportation Company
Ashton
Big Springs
Oregon Short Line
Yellowstone
Willcox Reprimanded After Fifth Avenue Card Incident
Magistrate House in Night Court reprimanded William Tod Willcox a 2nd vice president and director of S Osgood Pell Company for a traffic rule violation after police turned over a handwritten card from him. Willcox, living at 542 Fifth Avenue, was arrested by Patrolman Fox on Jerome Avenue and discharged with a reprimand.
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Cavanaugh
Magistrate House
William Tod Willcox
Fifth Avenue
O’brien
Truax
William Tod
Willcox
S. Osgood Pell Company
Fox
Bathgate Avenue
Jerome Avenue
Haan's Restaurant York Row Building Debuts
Haan's opens in York Row Building offering a refined dining atmosphere with cool music and enhanced surroundings.
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Haan
York Row
Adv
Noiseless Rifle Tested by Maxim in Springfield
Hiram Percy Maxim demonstrated his noiseless rifle device to an examining board at the United States Armory in Springfield. Tests showed sound reduced from 5700 to 1500 yards, cutting noise by about 74 percent, while velocity loss was estimated at 5 to 6 percent due to barrel changes. Four more tests are planned.
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New York Times
Springfield
Mass
Hiram Percy Maxim
United States Magazine
Kenneth Morgan
Allen
Meals
United States Armory
Sixteen Acres
Watershops Range
Maxim
Jewel theft arrest ties Paterson man to $1200 loss
Harry Hill, a well dressed youth in Paterson, has admitted his identity and will be sent to New York to stand trial for stealing jewels worth $1200 from Mrs. Alice C Hutchinson of Manhattan. He is held on $10,000 bail and linked to other robberies.
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New York Times
Paterson
Harry . Hill
New York
Alice C. Hutchinson
West Forty-sixth Street
Manhattan
Hill
Carroll
Lieuts. Hyams
Thomas Hughes
New York Police Department
Curtis
Hutchinson
Corset Saves Broker's Wife in Narrow Park Incident
Mrs. Edward H. Graves of South Orange was hit in the left side when a stray bullet from a revolver discharged by Harry L. Folsom tore through the car. The corset steel deflected the bullet, leaving only a bruise. Folsom said the gun discharged accidentally. Graves declined to press charges.
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Edward H. Graves
Scotland Road
South Orange
N. J
Broad Street
Llewellyn Park
Harry L. Folsom
Wildwood Avenue
Harry JL. Folsom
Graves
Miss Ella Schenck Fights Spinal Meningitis in Yonkers
The 17 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Schenck of 121 Yonkers Avenue Yonkers has remained unconscious for 48 hours after a sudden collapse Friday afteroon at the Empire race track. Dr G Byron Brown attends her and hopes for recovery. Her family previously lost a child to the same illness.
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Ella. Schenck
Harry Schenck
Yonkers Avenue
Yonkers
St. John’s Riverside Hospital
Miss Schenck
Empire Race Track
G. Byron Brown
Dr. Brown
Mrs. Schenck
Woman Saves Burning Boy After Clothing Catches Fire
Nine year old Leroy White fled burning through 1224 Street to Amsterdam Avenue after sparks set fire to his cotton blouse while roasting potatoes. Mrs J N Fennimore tore off her underskirt and rolled him on the ground to extinguish the flames. A druggist treated burns at a nearby store. the dog mascot followed the youngster in the dramatic escape.
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Leroy White
Great Bear Spring Water Ad Ends
Advertisement proclaims Great Bear Spring Water purity as its fame, citing a quotation attributed to Ady. The copy emphasizes purity as the product’s hallmark and branding.
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Great Bear
Ady
Murder of Major General Luard's Wife in Sevenoaks Wood
The wife of Major General Charlies Edward Luard was killed by two pistol shots in a wood near Sevenoaks while en route to a golf club. Robbery suspected as rings were torn from her fingers and her dress torn. The general, a retired Royal Engineers officer, is connected to Gibraltar rearmament and rifle clubs.
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London
Charlies Edward Luard
Sevenoaks
Ightham Knoll
Mrs. Luard
Luard
Royal Engineers
Gibraltar
Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs
The
Patriotic Society
Thomas Hartley
Gillfoot
Cumberland
Vanderbilt patents suit over circular tank car improvements
Cornelius Vanderbilt files suit in the United States Circuit Court at Trenton New Jersey seeking an injunction against the American Car and Foundry Company for infringing his patents. He claims absolute ownership of the patents numbered 678 507 747287 and 747279 covering a circular tank car and its improvements.
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Trenton
N. J
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
United States
American Car and Foundry Company
Man Falls Sixty Feet In Elevator Shaft
Max Feingenbaum of Brooklyn tried to beat an elevator by gripping a cable at Glenmore and Thatford Avenues. The rope burned his hands as he descended rapidly and he plunged sixty feet to the shaft bottom. He was rescued unconscious and remained in critical condition at Bradford Street Hospital.
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Max Feingenbaum
Glenmore Avenue
Brooklyn
Glenmore
Thatford Avenues
Bradford Street Hospital
Hardie Arrives in Montreal Separate Second Class Welcome
Keir Hardie the British labor leader arrives in Montreal on the Hesperian from Glasgow to attend the Dominion Trade and Labor Congress in Halifax next month. Local labor leaders greet him on the wharf but discover he traveled second class, then assist with customs and baggage proceedings.
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Montreal
Quebec
Keir Hardie
Hesperian
Glasgow
Dr. Hardie
Hardie
Mr.Hardie
Dominion Trade and Labor Congress
Halifax
Kaiser’s Leg Injury Delays Imperial Manoeuvres
A Strassburg dispatch says the imperial maneuvers may be postponed as the Emperor suffers a leg injury. Confirmation is unavailable from Wilhelmshöhe where the Emperor stays, with semi official circles silent. Berlin papers treat the rumor cautiously and note the military band received countermanded orders.
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Berlin
Strassburg
Wilhelmshuhe
Gunboats for Honduras join to pressure republic
Reports say the Mexican gunboat Bravo, sailing from Vera Cruz under sealed orders, will link with the US gunboat Marietta in Honduras for a show of force against the republic. Officials say no confirmation yet from the State or War Departments, with possible developments expected tomorrow.
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Mexico
Bravo
Vera Cruz
Republic of Honduras
United States
Maretta
Republic
Washington
State Department
Gamboa
Diaz
War Department
Bull Charged an Express Train on the Ulster & Delaware
A bull on the Ulster & Delaware Railroad tracks charged an approaching express last night. The collision threw the animal onto an embankment. it returned to the rails and toppled a parlor car, causing a derailment. The train stopped, no injuries reported, and service resumed after about an hour.
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Kingston
N. Y
Ulster & Delaware Railroad
New York
Two Cent Postage to England Announced
Postmaster Morgan announced that from Oct. 1 the U S to Great Britain and Ireland letters will cost two cents per ounce or fraction. Unpaid or short paid letters will be sent but double the deficiency collected upon delivery.
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Morgan
United States
Great Britain
Ireland
Swindler Posed as Accident Victim Tricking Lawyers
John Schaeffer confessed to Detective Doyle he swindled lawyers nationwide by claiming a railroad accident as his tale and using worthless checks. He said he earned 60 to 100 dollars daily, faking a damage suit for fictitious injuries and borrowing 10 or 20 dollars on checks until caught by S Walter Foulkrod who recognized him from a prior encounter and helped detain him.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
John Schaeffer
Doyle
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Schaeffer
Springfield
Ohio
S. Walter Foulkrod
Mr. Foulkrod
Pure Whisky Rule Upheld by U S Court in Branding Case
Judge Thompson refused the Union Distilling Company petition for a temporary injunction blocking a government order that imitation whisky be branded as such. The ruling mirrors Clifton Springs Distilling and others who sought to bar enforcement of branding under the Pure Food Law for spirits labeled as alcohol.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Thompson
United States Court Today
Union Distilting Company
Clifton Springs Distilling Company
Perkins
Bliss
Supreme Court
First Department
Anl
Fire at Williamsburg home kills three including child
An oil stove explosion and subsequent blaze at 23 Tompkins Avenue Williamsburg last evening killed Joseph Abruzzi age three and a half, mortally injured his mother and eighteen month old Charles, and left another child dead in the bedroom. Police from Vernon Avenue Station attempted entry but retreated. firefighters later reached the scene and saved the surviving mother and infant. The victims were taken to Eastern District Hospital.
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Tompkins Avenue
Williamsburg
Joseph Abruzzi
Mery Abruzzi
Charles
Joyce
Kramer
Vernon Avenue
Abruzzi
Jerome Exonerated In Hand Report On Jerome Charges
Richard L Hand finds none of the 23 33 charges against District Attorney William Travers Jerome proven and recommends dismissal. He examined 40 witnesses and noted action against Perkins and others, while Gov. Hughes has not acted on the report.
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Albany
N. Y
Richard L. Hand
Elizabethtown
Hirzhes
William Travers Jerome
New York County
Metrospolitan Street Railway Company
Jerome
Gov. Hughes
Hand
Andrews
Armstrong Legislative Insurance Committee
Public Service Commission
First District
American Ice Company
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A. Q. Brown & Co
F. Buchanan
Croker Burgess
NEW Yorker
Fort. Yellowstone
West Gallatin
Chicago
Mode Wineman
Chicago University
United States Engineers
Idaho State Line
W. T. Willcox
Harry. Hill
Burning Boy
Mrs.Luard
Husband
Ighthan Knoll
Vanderbilt
Cornelius
American Car Company
Kaiser
Honduras
Bull
England
Speen
Tconomy
Columbus
Ee Disinfecting Co
West 45Th Stave
Metropolitan Railway
William H. Gillinghast
Metropolitan Street Rallway Company
Noth
Arms Rur
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
Republican Campaign Fund
Equitable and
Mutual Life
Hamilton
Fields
McCurdys
Eliner Cate
Ito
Krese
Equitable Life
Hyde
Andrew Hamiion
Andy Field
McCurdy
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