Wife Shot By Old Admirer In Brooklyn Battle
Frances McCabe, twenty, wife of Warner W. McCabe, was shot three times in the back at her father's Brooklyn home by Samuel Mannes who had stalked her for months. In the ensuing struggle Mannes was knocked unconscious. the father Dr Isidor Rosenthal wrestled the revolver away and both Mrs McCabe and Mannes were taken to St Marys Hospital likely to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances McCabe
Warner W. McCabe
Hewitt Place
Bronx
Isidor Rosenthal
Glenmore Avenue
Brooklyn
Samuel Mannes
West Ninety-eighth Street
Mannes
Rosenthal
New York
Flossie
Marie
Mrs. McCabe
Dr. Rosenthal
Mcabe
McCabe
Roberts Shooting Stirs Atlantic City Mystery
Charles B Roberts, Baltimore area lawyer and clubman, survived a shooting in Atlantic City. Witness Charles Wilcox said Roberts never carried a pistol and suspects a robbery, while receivers Howard Carlton noted Roberts held stock in South Baltimore Car Works but faced no evident losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hawkins Williams
John S. Gittings
Maryland
Baltimore
Elkridge Hunt
Walter Prescott Smith
Robert B. Morison
William
J. Olney Norris
Roberts
Atlantic City
Howard Carlton
South
Charles B. Roberts
Roberts May Recover In Atlantic City Shooting Case
Reports from Atlantic City say Robert Roberts, wounded in a Wednesday night shooting, is improving after liver injury treatment and an emergency operation. Mrs Roberts denies a robbery motive and suspects personal vengeance. police question potential accomplices and consider a broader investigation if Roberts dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlantic City
Williams
Roberts
Atlantic City Hospital
Charles B. Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Brighton
Baltimore
Hobert
Henri Fischer
Beth Israel
Pacific Avenue
Telephone worker dies saving others in Folsom flood
Flooding at Folsom New Mexico left about twenty people dead and great property loss. Mrs. S. S. Rooke, a telephone operator, perished directing others to safety as a canyon wall of water swept through the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Col
Folsom
Colorado & Southern
5. S. Rooke
Charles Wheeler
S. J. Cooke
Antonio Salazar
Miss Salazar
Joseph Guen
Norfolk traffic on N and W line resumes after river subsides
The Appomattox River water level has fallen allowing Norfolk and Western Railway traffic between Norfolk and Richmond to restart. Major Kuhn of the U S Army Engineer Corps departed to assess flood damage to government works in the river. With the coast storm ended, several sailing vessels left Hampton Roads bound for the North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Va
Appomattox
Norfolk& Western
Norfolk
Richmond
Kuhn
Engineer Corps
United States Army
Appomattox River
Hampton Roads
Fayetteville Flood Recedes After Peak At Seventy One Feet
Cape Fear River floodwaters in Fayetteville North Carolina began to recede today after peaking at seventy one feet. An estimated hundred families were displaced from their homes and about two hundred more houses were destroyed by the flood. Boats are seen in the main streets as water levels fall about six inches per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
N. C
Cape Fear River
Sixty Die As Flood Ravages Georgia And Carolinas
Augusta and parts of South Carolina struggle after floods. The death toll across Georgia and Carolina is expected to reach sixty. A relief train with provisions arrives in Augusta tonight. Augusta’s city council allocates five thousand dollars for food and clothing. total relief funds run about fifteen thousand. Spartanburg reports flooding subsiding. Fayetteville suffers heavily. Augusta police crack down on looters. those not aiding cleanup face the chain gang. Gas service resumes to restore street lighting tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Augusta
South Carolina
Georgia
Spartanburg
S. C
Fayetteville
N. C
Receiver Named for A. O. Brown & Co in Stock Exchange Collapse
Charles E. Littlefield was named temporary receiver for the failed firm A. O. Brown & Co by Judge Holt. Assets cited by assignee J. W. Rhoades total about 4.53 million with liabilities near 3.98 million, leaving an excess of 550 thousand not including firm capital. The firm’s offices showed no staff presence as the receivership proceeds and the Stock Exchange Investigating Committee paused its broker examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Buchanan
Stock Exchange
A. O. Brown & Co
J. W. Rhoades
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
Thomas B. Reed
Judge Holt
Stock Exchange House
Woodstock
Conn
Rhoades
Broad Street
Littlefield
Stock Exchange Investigating Committee
Edward Lauterbach
House, Grossman & Vorhaus
Injunction Sought Over 5000 Bay State Shares
Samuel L. Dunkle of Reading seeks court relief to stop W Henry Miller A O Brown Co and John W Rhoades from transferring 5000 Bay State stock certificates. Dunkle alleges the shares belong to him and were to be sold high, but the brokers say the certificate was not a valid delivery and was misrouted to Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Audenreidh
Common Pleas Court
Samuel L. Dunkle
Reading
W. Henry Miller
Bay State Gas Company
A. O. Brown & Co
John W. Rhoades
Bay State
Bensbee
Brown & Co
Dunkle
New York
Miss Susan P Biddle Hurt In Carriage Accident
Miss Susan P Biddle of Philadelphia, a prominent American society figure, was thrown from a carriage on the Mountain Road near Quebec and suffered fractured arms. She rests at a Quebec hospital and is due to return home in two weeks. Accompanying her were the Bishop of Marquette, Mrs Williams, and Miss Williams. the party was en route to Montreal when the horse stumbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Susan P. Biddle
Philadelphia
Miss Biddle
Miss Biddell
Europe
Marquette
Williams
Miss Willams
Montreal
Auction of 172 Rockaway Park Lots Succeeds at $185,495
Bryan L. Kennelly auctioneered 172 Rockaway Park lots yesterday afternoon, bringing in $185,495. The sale covered two full blocks bounded by Triton Washington Pelham and Lincoln venues and two corner plots at Newport and Bay Avenues. Riparian rights not sold likely would have added about $25,000, though beach rights were included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockaway Park
Bryan L. Kennelly
Triton, Washington, Pelham
Lincolnvenues
Newport and
Bay Avenues
Balloon Race At Columbus Draws Thirty Thousand Fans
In Columbus Driving Park crowds of about 30 000 watched the balloon race fourth of its kind in the U S. The Iroquois with Lieut John Bennett and Clyde Tuttle led, the Queen Louise and Ville de Dieppe followed, all three landing near Columbus and Amiin 13 miles away after about two hours aloft. William Van Sleet completed a 90 mile ascent from Pittsfield Massachusetts to earn pilot license credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
Edward
The
Aero Club of
Canada
Ville de Dieppe
France
Queen Louise
Chicago
Stars and Stripes
John Bennett
U.S. A
Clyde Tuttle
Horace Wild
Lewis Straus
August E. Muller
Paul Mason
Miller
Amlin
Pittsfield
Mass
William van Sleet
New York
Heart of the Berkshires
Montgomery
Huntington
van Sleet
Fight for Custody of Girl Seeks Court Order
George W. Nosher of Mount Vernon petitions Supreme Court Justice Tompkins for an order to return his 7 year old daughter Florence from his wife Mary Nosher who has kept the child in Yonkers. Nosher alleges repeated abductions and seeks custody and a chance to educate the girl in a good home. He previously failed in court and describes mounting efforts to regain possession over several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
George W. Nosher
Mount Vernon
Supreme Court
Tompkins
Mary Nosher
Florence
Sidney A. Syme
Nosher
Yonkers
Morschauser
Ins
Italian girl 17 dies by own action in Queens home
A Coroner's Jury in Jamaica found that Mrs. Marietta Foarmina, an Italian girl 17, died by her own hand driven by grief over her baby's separation and her husband’s desertion. She had lived at 88 Tenth Street, Long Island City. The baby had been placed in a home after birth. Her husband later returned then left again before her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Marietta Foarmina
Tenth Street
Long Island City
Pritre
Lamplighters Strike Ends Some Pay and New Hires
Lamplighters of the Welsbach Gas Lighting Company forced to pick up pay yesterday with some returning to work while others stayed on strike. Company says strike lacked formal demands. About twenty men struck for higher pay, jobs filled, and police prepared for potential disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welsbach Gas Lighting Company
Prendergast
East Fourth Street
Yannicula
Jersey City
Public Service Corporation
Monahan
Scarcity of Flats in Long Island City Sparks Growth
Rapid factory expansion in Long Island City raises demand for flat and tenement housing. Walter M. Paul offers 326 lots on Borden and Newton Avenues, six minutes from the ferry and ten minutes from the manufacturing center. About 70 percent of factory workers live in Manhattan and Brooklyn due to limited nearby housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island City
Walter M. Paul
Borden and
Newton Avenues
Manhattan
Istooklyn
Americans Welcomed by Melbourne Crowds on Arrival
Melbourne greets the visiting American fleet with city illumination and a formal reception led by Governor Gibson Carmichael at Government House. Admiral Sperry and officers are hosted at a state dinner and a public illumination is planned. A separate wireless report notes Pacific fleet position near Honolulu and clear weather.
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Melbourne
Port Philip Bay
Hobson's Bay
St. Kilda
Sperry
Princes Bridge
Yarra
Swanston
Collins
Treasury Building
Victoria
Gibson Carmichael
Government House
Edward Andesident
Roosevelt
Parliament House
Australia
Thnt
San Francisco
Honolulu
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Frances Mc
Cabe
Canyon
N. M
Virginia
oSmpson Naujora Co
Hoboken
Hudson Tunnel
Bruges
Buchanan
Queen Louise, Ville de
Dieppe
Columbus, Ohio
Amiin
Wm. van Sleet
the Oriental Store
A. A. Vantine
Broadway
Bet
Gov
Ernor
Gibson-Carmichael
King Edward
President Roosevelt
City Illuminated
Saks & Company
Ett
34Th Street
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