Count Szecsenyi summoned in Vanderbilt incident court case
Magistrate Finn to hear the assault and attempted photography dispute involving Count Laszlo Széchényi and newspaper photographer Edmund J. Reilly. Reilly alleges Széchényi struck him with a cane near the Vanderbilt residence as he attempted to take a picture of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, amid a dinner dance invitation to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitney
Laszlo Széchény
Yorkville Court
Edmund J. Reilly
Dan” Finn
Finn
Reilly
Frederick N. van Zandt
Reily
Gladys Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-eighth Street
Vanderbilt House
Morris Cukor
Park Row
Vanderbilt
George J. Frisch
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Yale Glee Club Concert Halted By Paper Streamers
Fire Marshal halted the Yale Glee Club performance after freshmen showered the audience with incendiary paper streamers and floating objects. white mice escaped from bonbon boxes as chaos interrupted the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Haven
Yale Glee Club
Gladwin
Hyperior
Glee Club
May Draw Hughes Out to Presidential Run
Albany January 20 Gov Hughes likely to announce candidacy for the Presidential nomination and state his national policy views this week. Brackett gains, will seek a national party stance and press the governor to reply on the Hughes movement and nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Gov. Hughes
New York State
National Hughes League Wedneaday
New York
Edgar T. Brackett
Senator Brackett
Saratoga Gas Company
Court of Appeals
Brackett Wiid
No Public Smoking by Women Ends in The City
Aldermen approved an anti smoke ordinance barring women from smoking in public places such as hotels and restaurants. The measure threatens license revocation and fines for proprietors who permit women to smoke, with heated testimony from eleven women and fifteen men and support from a favorable committee report.
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Alermen
Redmond
Devine
McCann
Reardon
Walsh
Kenny
Muldahy
Delancey
Gaynor
Schloss
Chneider
Sullivan
Little Tim” Imself
Eepers
Charles J. Pease
Fecce
B. Brown
John Enry Smith
Aldernan Sullivan
Doull
Old William
Ieft
New Amsterdam
Actu
Peter Juyvesant
Bobbie” Roberts
Roberts
Chicago
Bryan calls NY meeting report a hoax and defends Democratic slate
Chicago audience hears William J. Bryan dismiss a reputed secret New York meeting to sway his presidential bid as a hoax. He cites misreporting by newspapers and argues delegates should be instructed by voters from primary through the national convention.
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New York Times
Chicago
W. J. Bryan
New York
Mr. Bryan
Justice Harmon
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Fle
Birmingham
Ala
Bryan
Artist Dead in Studio at East Twelfth Street
Coroner investigates sudden death of portrait painter M. Goerswein found in his bed at a lodging house on East Twelfth Street. Landlady says Goerswein, a German, lived there about three months and left a partly finished portrait on an easel. He was about 42.
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Dooley
M. Goerswein
East Twelfth Street
Goerswein
Spencer's Eyeglasses Ad Echoes at 31 Maiden Lane
An advertisement urges readers to call Spencer's for stylish eyeglasses. It mentions Bisight Toric Pebbles and provides a street address at 31 Maiden Lane, implying a local eyewear shop promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer's
Maiden Lane
Cow Blocks Train Tracks Delays In Coney Island
Policeman Matthew Piesa responds to alarms from Culverine Brooklyn Rapids trains to find a cow blocking the Manhattan bound track near Avenue U. Train crews tried to move it, but the cow stood firm until a farmer lured it away with grass. The cow was moved two miles to Coney Island station where an arrest for obstruction traffic was logged. Mrs Mary Hirningham notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Piesa
Oney Island
Avenue Uast
Brooklyn Rapids
Bomegard
Bomgard
Coney Island
Bomard
Mary Hirningham
Mrs Greenough No 1 Wins Will Case in Boston
In a Boston probate ruling Judge George granted Mrs Martha Higgins Greenough No 1 a $30,000 share from the late Joseph A Greenough estate. The court voided a Colorado divorce from 1876 as there was no domicile there at the time, affecting the other two widow claims Emma Eaton Greenough and Mary M Kerekes, a Hungarian artist from Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Joseph A. Greenlough
George
Greenough No
Greenough
Martha Higgins
Tram
Colorado
Emma P. ‘Eaton-Greenough
Mary M. Kerekes
Philadelphia
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad Offer
Deerfoot Farm promotes 2 pound packages of sausages made from tender dairy fed young meat with selected spices. Warning to beware of imitations and copycat products.
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Deerfoot Farm
Frugal millionnaire counts Rockefellers loan as 10 percent
Cleveland resident Valentine Christ, a 53 year self made financier, recalls borrowing 16000 from John D Rockefeller at 5 percent six years earlier. He says he never paid it back, claiming the loan earned him more than ten percent over time while he lives in a small Bond Road house. He owns many properties including one next to Forest Hill estate.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
Valentine Christ
Bond Road
John D. Rockefeller
Christ
Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Loeb Ready to Step Out as Washington Railway President
Allan S. McDermott elected temporary president of Washington Railway and Electric Company after Saturday directors election. Loeb hints he may depart before the Fall campaign, contingent on White House needs and Roosevelt's wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Allan S. McDermott
Friends
Loeb
White House
Roosevelt
Catholic Population in United States Reaches 13 Million
Advance sheets of the 1908 official Catholic directory report 13,887,426 Catholics in the United States, with New York leading at 2,650,000 and Illinois and Pennsylvania close behind. The directory also lists 15,665 clergy members and 12,513 churches, including populations in the Philippines and other territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Milwaukee
United States
Philippines
Porto Rico
Sandwich Islands
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Bride's Bronze Wrapped Portrait of Palmer Wedding
Miss Elsie Palmer, eldest daughter of Gen Will iam J Palmer founder of Colorado Springs, wed Leopold Hamilton Myers of Cambridge England at Glen Eyrie. The bridal wrap features bronze buckles and a thousand bronze animals. Guests came from New York and London. couple sails for England after a week in New York and plan a June return for another Palmer wedding.
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New York Times
Colorado Springs
Col
Elsie
William J. Palmer
Leopold Hamilton
Myers
Cambridge
England
Glen Eyrie
Palmers
New York
London
Police Horse Castleton Kills Policer Rhatigan
Castleton the police horse blamed for a fatal injury to Policeman Rhatigan of the Coney Island Station after bolting near Avenue S and Ocean Boulevard. He was carried to the Coney Island Reception Hospital where doctors said he was dying. The horse previously injured another officer and was discharged recently.
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Castleton
Rhatigan
Coney Island
Avenue S
Ocean Boulevard
Lucky Jack" McGuinness
Coney Island Reception Hospital
Bill Davis
Lynched Negro Survived in Dothen Alabama
Grover Franklin was seized by a mob and hanged from a tree last night but was cut down by deputies and placed in the county jail. Officials believe he has a chance to recover as officers and residents worked to prevent further violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothen
Ala
Grover Franklin
Butler
Lmits
Hay released from jail in New Rochelle case
Kenneth Hay son of a former U S consul to Jerusalem has been freed from White Plains Jail after Samuel M Butler secretary of the Automobile Club of America discontinued a $100,000 suit for alleged alienation of Mrs Butler's affections. Hay announced plans to counter sue Butler for $10,000 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Rochelle
Kenneth Hay
United States
Jerusalem
Samuel M. Butler
Automobile Club of America
Butler
White Plains
Hay
Southern Ry Limited Train From New York
The Southern Ry Limited runs from New York daily except Sundays at 9 55 AM and Sundays at 9 25 AM with superb dining and sleeping car service. New York offices are 271 and 1200 Broadway.
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Columbia
Augusta
Aiken
Florida
The
Southern Ry. Limited
N. Y
Broadway
Prince Ghika foil a high cliff car murder attempt
An Italian chauffeur attempted to kill Prince Ghika and his wife by driving a car off a 100 foot cliff near Bucharest. The prince overpowered him, crashing the vehicle, killing the chauffeur but saving the princess who soon recovered. The couple was rushed to Bucharest for care and expected to recover fully within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Ghika
Prince Ghika
Elephant Visits Governor in Ohio State House
A seventeen month old baby elephant brought to Columbus for a local theatre show was welcomed today by Gov. Andrew L. Harris in his private office. The elephant carried an invitation to the performance as a party emblem and saluted the governor with its foreleg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
Andrew L. Harris
State House
Harris
Foraker Seeks injunction over Ohio presidential primaries
In Sandusky Ohio Judge Reis filed an injunction petition to stop the February 11 primaries. The suit, backed by Alexander Melsen, argues the Bronson primary law is unconstitutional and targets Taft versus Foraker in state sentiment tests. Hearing set for tomorrow in Common Pleas Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Sandusky
Ohio
Foraker
Cincinnati
Taft
George C. Reis
Democratic County Committee
Stephens
Hamilton Bank Reopens After Three Months Closed
The Hamilton Bank opened at 10 o clock yesterday after a nearly three month closure. Fewer than fifty depositors across seven branches withdrew 10 percent in the first hour. By day’s end President Frank L. Grant reported about $50,000 withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Bank
Frank L. Grant
Train schedule teaser in New Jersey Central timetable
An advisory note invites readers to catch trains to Philadelphia hourly on the hour for two hours, referencing the New Jersey Central time table on page 13 and prompting readers to try the service.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
Ashokan Dam Award Legal Says No Charges
The Commissioners of Accounts decide not to press charges against Water Supply Board members J Edward Simmons Charles N Chadwick and Charles E Shaw following the Ashokan Dam contract investigation. The bid from John Peirce Company was $2 million lower than McArthur Brothers Winston Company. Mayor McClellan released a written opinion by Corporation Counsel Pendleton agreeing with prior conclusions and citing the Accounts Commissioners’ report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners of Accounts
Water Supply Board
J. Edward Simmons
Charles N. Chadwick
Charles E. Shaw
Ashokan
McArthur Brothers
Winston Company
John Peirce Company
McClellan
Pendleton
Corporation Counsel
Explosion at Home Garden House Injures Three Women
Police chased a man after he tossed an object at the Home Garden House settlement at 405 East 11th Street before 2 AM. An explosion wrecked a portion of the building while residents fled in panic. Adrietta Guyon and two relatives were among the frightened survivors.
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Home Garden House
116Th Street
Pleasant Avenue
Adrietta Guyon
Catherine Carr
Bomb Explosion Hits Five Story Tenement on East Thirteenth Street
A bomb exploded in the hallway of a five story tenement at 510 East Thirteenth Street just after midnight. It shattered windows, wrecked the front hall and stairs, but no one was hurt. Policeman Freund found twenty families in night clothes in the halls, calming tenants and noting no Black Hand letters amid inquiries.
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510
East Thirteenth Street
Freund
East Fifth Street
Paris Without Cabs Sparks Protest Over New Police Rules
Paris citizens find cabs scarce as cab drivers hold a mass meeting to oppose regulations banning empty fiacres on busy boulevards and requiring horses to trot when seeking passengers.
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Paris
Curzon Wins Irish Representative Peer Election
Dublin January 20 Lord Curzon of Kedleston ex Viceroy of India won a majority of the votes cast to fill the Irish Representative Peer vacancy caused by the death of Lord Kilmane last November.
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Dublin
Lord Curzon — of
Kedleston
India
Ireland
Lord Kilmaine
Subway Car Ablaze Controls Traffic At Fourteenth Street
A passenger dropped a galvanized ash can cover on the third rail at the Fourteenth Street station during rush hour causing a blaze under a car. Power on four tracks was shut off for about fifteen minutes to fight the fire, drawing flames seen by hundreds on the platform and triggering crowd pushing and police intervention. The incident caused congestion at multiple stations.
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Rai
Fourteenth Street
Eighteenth Street
Subway
Roosevelt to propose remedies for Employers' Liability act and trusts
Washington Jan 20 President Roosevelt plans to send to Congress a message recommending remedial legislation to meet the Supreme Court ruling that the Employers' Liability act is unconstitutional He will also address the general subject of trusts with the exact nature not disclosed
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Ferryboat Collision Narrowly Avoided on River
Passengers on the West Shore Line ferries Syracuse and Wilkesbarre Were alarmed when the Wilkesbarre exited Communipaw slip into the river at 9 02 last night. The vessels touched bows and the Syracuse port rail scraped the Wilkesbarre stern overhang The ships sustained only paint scratches and continued service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shore Line
Syracuse
Jersey Central
Seaboard Florida Ltd Service Ad
Seaboard Florida Ltd. advertises best service to Pinehurst Camden Columbia Florida via shortest route. Office 1,183 Broadway. Adv.
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Seaboard Florida Ltd
Best
Pinehurst
Camden
Columbia
Florida
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Testifies Under Harsh Cross Examination
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified at her husband Evelyn Thaw's murder trial, recalling Paris visits and encounters with Stanford White. Her calm, detailed narration contrasted with earlier sensational testimony, as she described rooms, mirrors, and flowers in a dreamlike cityscape while sparing no emotions.
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Evelyn Nesbit
Stanford White
Jerome
Justice Dowling
Paris
Delmas
Littleton
Evelyn Nesbit Tha
Madison Square Tower
Pittsburg
New York
White
Thaw
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Szechenyi
Fifty-seventh Street
Riley
Ren
Mr. Reily
Times
Fifty-seventh
Fifty-eighth Streets
Miss Vanderbilt
Fiftyseventh Street
Count
YALE
Hughes
Brackett
Peter Stuyvesant
Mrs. Greenough
J. A. Scavtughes Estate
Bride
Vienna
Elephant
Ashokan Dam Award Legal
Bomb Wrecks Institution
Williams
East Side
Curzon
Kilmaine
Wilkesbarre
North River
Evelyn Thaw
Selves
Waldorf
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