Bankruptcy suit against Brown & Co shocks Stock Exchange
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court against A O Brown & Co, a storied stock exchange house, stirring fresh doubt amid prior failures. The firm’s partners faced committee inquiries as creditors seek insight into losses and market turmoil linked to Tuesday’s credit curtailment.
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United States
Stock Exchange House
A O. Browne& Co
T. A. McIntyre & Co
Coster, Knapp & Co
Stock Exchange
House, Grossman & Vorhaus
Avery & Schlessinger
Committee On
Sperial
A. ©. Brown
Lewis Ginter Young
E. @. Buchanan
Pencits
Exchange
Waldorf
Ely
The
A. O. Brown & Co
Broad Street
Buchanan
Mr. Buchanan
Frank V. Strauss
Frank V. Strauss & Co
Leo von Raven
Edward Lauterbach
E. R. Chapman
Moore & Schley
Senate
Washington
French Court Tries Soldier For Blackmailing Roosevelt
Camille Marquet of the Military Ambulance Corps faced a court martial in Bordeaux for attempting to extort $2,000 from President Roosevelt on January 9 and threatening a scandal in March. The court, noting his good character, sentenced him to six days and granted the first offender’s leniency.
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Bordeaux
Angey
Camille Marquet
Roosevelt
Marallet
Marquet
Portugal
England Converts Foreign Patents Revoked Under New Act
London August 28 foreign patents face revocation if not manufactured or processed in the United Kingdom within a reasonable interval under the new patent act. German and American firms have begun establishing sites in Britain. Sir Alfred Jones estimates 125 million dollars will be invested locally and a patent-law expert foresees about eight thousand foreign patents affected.
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London
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Alfred Jones
International Congress debates British patent act impact
Stockholm hosts about 350 delegates including 21 officials from foreign nations as the International Congress for the Protection of Industrial Property discusses the British patent act and its effects. US Patent Commissioner Edward B. Moore says many nations may protest and push for a retaliatory approach at next year’s Washington congress.
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Stockholm
International Congress For the Protection
Edward B. Moore
United States
England
International Patent Union
Washington
Great Britain
Attempts to buy The New York Tribune in six months
The New York Tribune faced three purchase efforts by a syndicate of capitalists seeking to buy the paper. They aimed to spend $500,000 to $750,000 on plant and facilities and offered around $2,009,000, but Reid refused. The syndicate’s membership remains undisclosed.
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Thuelaw Reid
Reid
Roosevelt
Tribune
Col
John J. McCook
Col. McCook
Ogden Mills
Jean Reid
Mr. Mills
The
Ogden Mills Reid
Detective admits thefts in Pittsburg arrest
Henry Beach known as Toothpick Beach, a famed New York crook turned city detective, was arrested in Pittsburg on burglary charges after being identified by robbery victims. Beach previously robbed Tiffanys of $10,000 in diamonds and served time at Sing Sing.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Henry Beach
Beach
New York City
Bellevue
Police Department
Bureau of Detectives
Detective Bureau
McGough
Homer Crooks
Public Safety
Tiffany’s
New York
Sing Sing
Dewey's Wine Store Ad Near Fulton Street Station
Advertisement for Dewey's Wine Store by H. T. Dewey & Sons Co located at 138 Fulton Street New York near the Fulton Street subway station.
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Dewey's Wine
Fulton Street
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Harlem and Bronx Lamplighters Strike Leaves City in Darkness
About 800 lamplighters in Harlem and the Bronx walked out demanding higher pay. Police and strikebreakers lit streets as crowds complained while crews struggled to maintain lighting in 129th to 181st Streets and areas around Mosholu Parkway and Decatur Avenue.
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Bronx
Consolidated Gas and Central Union Gas Companies
Manhattan
129Th Street
181St Street
Eighth Avenue
Hudson River
Mosholu Parkway
165Th
175Th Streets
Park and Mott Avenues
West 125Th
152D
Welsbach Street Lighting Company
Washington Heights
Andrew Grady
Sith Street
Fort Washington Avenue
Welsbach Company
West Forty-second Street
Arkness
Astoria
Divorce Filing in Greenwich Couple Divorces White
Amy H. White of Greenwich sues Richard A. White an auditor for New York Central Railroad for divorce custody alimony alleging intolerable cruelty. He formerly led Greenwich Board of Trade and served as treasurer of a school and a golf club. Mrs White nee Hugo trained nurse, married in Chicago in 1893. he is a third wife.
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New York Times
Bridgeport
Conn
Amy H. White
Greenwich
Richard A- White
New York Central Railroad
White
Greenwich Board of Trade
New York
Sound Beach
Amy Hugo
Chicago
Sultan Receives Brother in Palace Meeting
In Constantinople on Wednesday the Sultan met his brother Mehemmed Reshad Effendi heir apparent to the throne. The cordial reception marks a first formal acknowledgment of the prince during the reign. The acting War Minister Osman Nizami Pasha is slated to be ambassador to Berlin and Marshal Ali Reza Pasha may become War Minister.
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Constantinople
Mehemmed Reshad Effendi
Mohemmed Reshad Effendi
Osman Nizami Pasha
Berlin
Marshal Ali Reza Pasha
Bryan Loses Purse On Pullman Trip
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Kansas City broke after losing his purse on a Pullman berth. A porter found a well worn purse with $29 in bills and returned it to Bryan after district Pullman officials intervened. Bryan continued to Topeka on the Rock Island line.
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New York Times
Kansas City
William Jennings Bryan
Crittenden
Cowper
Bryan
Mr. Bell
Baltimore
Pullman
Rales
Rock Island
Topeka
Francis A. Cook
Pullman Company
Marsh
Cook
Cromwell Gives 50000 to Republican Campaign Fund
The Evening News reports William Nelson Cromwell personal attorney to E. H. Harriman made a 50000 contribution to the Republican National campaign. It was the first to National Treasurer George R. Sheldon as he assumed leadership of the fund. Cromwell recently joined the Eastern Campaign Committee of the Republican Party under Frank H. Hitchcock. It is uncertain whether the gift was on Harriman’s or Cromwell’s behalf.
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New York Times
Chicago
Evening News
William Nelson Cromwell
E. H. Harriman
New York
George R. Sheldon
Cromwell
Eastern Campaign Committee
Republican Party
Frank H. Hitchcock
Harriman
Three Hurt In Auto Crash At Plainfield New Jersey
E D Middlekauff vice president of the National Mining and Leasing Company was badly hurt when his touring car traveling about fifty miles an hour crashed into a tree in Plainfield New Jersey. Two colored men riding with him were injured with a broken rib possible internal injuries and a severe scalp wound. Middlekauff drove the car which sped up an embankment and tumbled over leaving the vehicle a shapeless mass.
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New York Times
Plainfield
N. J
E. D. Middlekauff
National Mining and Leasing Company
Nassau Street
New York
Middickauff
Middlekauff
William Wiilson
William Brown
Girls Hurt In Auto Crash Near Clarksburg
Webster Springs reports state that Miss Scherr daughter of State Auditor Arnold Scherr and Miss Mollohan daughter of Wesley Mollohan were injured in a crash on the Holly River Addis Railroad. Mollohan lost a leg and Scherr broke an arm as their car collided with a log truck. driver Lee Gorrell sustained minor injuries.
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West Va
Webster Springs
Miss Scherr
Arnold Scherr
Lincoln Republican
Misa Sweet Mollohan
Wesley Mollohan
Charleston
Lee Gorrell
Holly River
Addis
Miss Mollohan
Gorrell
Death of Longshoreman Found Hanged in Brooklyn Woods
A man about 50, 5 feet 11 inches tall and 190 pounds was found hanged from a tree by youths near Seventy eighth Street and Eleventh Avenue in South Brooklyn. Patrolman Boemicke ferried the body to Fort Hamilton Station for coroner and identification. Police believe the longshoreman may have killed himself by tying the noose to a limb and jumping.
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Joseph Matta
Seventy-eighth Street
Eleventh Avenue
Brooklyn
Boemicke
Fort Hamilton
Roosevelt Boy Stops Runaway Horses at Bayville
Kermit Roosevelt, in his twentieth year, chased and halted a pair of runaway horses near Bayville, saving Mrs. Hilton and her two young sons. The feat occurred along Shore Road as the Hiltons returned from Manhattan, with Kermit riding a Roosevelt stable horse and finally securing the reins after a dramatic pursuit through Bayville. The episode ended with applause as Mrs. Hilton embraced the youth and Mr. Hilton thanked him before he headed back to Sagamore Hill.
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New York Times
Yster Bay
IL. T
Aus
Kermit Roosevelt
Shore Road
Bayville
Myris Frank Hilton
New York
Mr. Hilton
Hotel
St. Andrew
Manhattan
Arlington Fotel
Bayville Bridge
Hiltons
Walter Gurnee
Hilton
Roosevelt
Kermit
Mrs. Hilton
Sagamore Hill
Long Island Hills
Africa
German steamer Roon sails from Fremantle with gold cargo
The German steamer Roon departed Fremantle today bound for Germany carrying about £1,000,000 in gold, equivalent to roughly $5,000,000, on board. Captain Roon led the voyage as the vessel carried a large bullion shipment from Australia to Germany.
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Australia
Germany
Fremantle
Fire on Fisher's Island hurled by strong winds
New London Conn August 27 Soldiers from Fort Wright fight a large blaze on Fisher's Island where the operator reports summer hotels and a major livery stable alight. A high wind threatens the Mansion House as flames illuminate Long Island Sound at 8 30 this evening.
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New York Times
New London
Farmers Union pushes law to curb NY Cotton Exchange quotes
D J Neill of the Farmers' Union announces a plan to press Texas lawmakers to prohibit telegraph firms from transmitting New York Cotton Exchange quotations and to make quoting NY prices a misdemeanor. He argues the New York quotations are fraudulent and rob Texas farmers of millions annually.
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New York
New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Farmers’ Union
New York Exchange
Summer Storm Wrecks Boats at Highlands New Jersey
After a two days wind and rain storm in Highlands New Jersey five launches and yachts were smashed or driven ashore and many rowboats capsized or sunk. Sailors call it the worst summer storm in years with thousands of dollars in damage to the pounds and coast. Waters eased and residents gathered to view the damage.
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New York Times
Highlands
N. J
Dog nurse sought for Bengal tigress cubs at zoo
Dr Frank Baker of the National Zoological Park seeks a large dog, preferably a Great Dane, to nurse three Bengal tigress cubs born yesterday. Crowds have made the mother too nervous to care for the cubs, and she may desert them. The dog must be willing to leave her own puppies, as cub safety cannot be guaranteed once they grow.
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New York Times
Washington
Zoo
Frank Baker
National Zoological Park
Dr. Baker
Shook Seeks Court to Take Name Palmer
Morton M. Shack of Stamford petitions the Superior Court for permission to assume the surname Palmer. He states he is the son of Sheridan Shook and Taura A Shook born April 22, 376. His mother later married the late A M Palmer, a noted theatrical manager, and he has used Palmer since.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Morton M. Shack
Superior Court
Palmer
Sheridan Shook
Taura “A. Shook
Shook
A. M. Palmer
See
Dr Chadwick Files for Bankruptcy in Cleveland
Dr Le roy S Chadwick husband of Cassie Chan wck who died in the penitentiary for frauds filed a bankruptcy petition. He lists debts around 1 790 dollars personally and about 650 000 dollars from indorsing notes for his wife including 500 000 owed to J W Friend of Pittsburgh and 5 000 to Judge J W Albaugh of Canton. He holds 175 dollars in fees and seeks exemption for medical instruments and books.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Leroy S. Chadwick
Cassie Chanwck
J. W. Friend
Pittsburg
J. W. Albaugh
Canton
Waldorf- Astoria
New York
Chadwick
Boston Instructor Rescues Man From Magnificent Surf
J H P Brown of Boston, swimming instructor at Magnolia Beach, fought heavy surf to rescue G A Bramwell of New York City from drowning. Bramwell, a guest at the Oceanside Hotel, was left clinging to a overturned canoe after a large wave tossed it. Brown waded through breakers, stripped to his clothing, and pulled Bramwell to shore. Bramwell’s companion Darrath reached shore. Bramwell could not swim well and faced danger in the waves.
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Mass
J. H. P. Brown
Magnolia Beach
G. A. Bramwell
New York City
Oceanside Hotel
Magnolia
Brown
Bramwell
John Carrath
Oceanside
Darrath
Roberts Shot by Masked Assassin on Atlantic City Boardwalk
Baltimore industrialist Charles B. Roberts president of the Baltimore Supply Company was shot on the Boardwalk by a masked man near Rhode Island Avenue. Roberts, wounded in the liver, lies in Atlantic City Hospital with Mrs. Williams, a Baltimore social figure, at his side as police pursue leads and consider motives amid a possible domestic scandal.
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Ni K
Ave
Charles B. Roberts
Baltimore Supply Company
Rhode Island Avenue
Mr. Roberts
Mrs. Wiliams
Labor Day Excursions From Niagara Falls and Nearby Lines
excursion notes list fares to Niagara Falls at nine dollars with Mauch Chunk at 1.54 dollars Belle wood at one dollar and Leigh Valley at 1400 soot way. Ady indicates travel routes and prices for holiday trips.
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Mauch Chunk
Bellewood
Leigh Valley
Ady
Shooting in Atlantic City Alters Baltimore Society
The shooting of Charles B. Roberts, a Baltimore magnate and President of the National Supply Company, occurred in Atlantic City with Mrs. W. 8. G. Williams. Roberts and his companion are prominent Maryland figures, and no reason for the shooting has emerged amid club rumors. Bryan, secretary of the National Supply Company, reported seeing Roberts at 12:15 pm before he boarded a train to Atlantic City.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Charles B. Roberts
G. Williams
Atlantic City
Maryland
Roberts
National Supply Company of
Thomas C. Bryan
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