Jackson Attacks Traction Merger and Seeks Charter Forfeiture
Attorney General seeks dissolution of Interborough Metropolitan Company arguing merger illegal and charter void. He petitions to begin suit in Supreme Court, citing Thomas F. Ryan August Belmont and associates forming a monopoly, restraining trade, and injuring public transportation in Manhattan and the Bronx.
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Jackson
United States
Holt
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Consolidated Gas Company
Justice Platzek
Supreme Court
Justice Platsek
Thomas F. Ryan
August Belmont
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Metropolitan Securities Company
Manhattan Railway Company
New York City Railway Company
Manhattan
Interborough
Bronx
Thomas F
Ryan
The
Attorn General Mayer
La Follette Announces Presidential Candidacy Secret Meeting
In Madison on July 1, La Follette declared himself a presidential nomination candidate. A private gathering of his legislative followers occurred Wednesday night at La Follette and Rogers offices. Attorney Alfred T. Rogers and J. T. Hannan of Sehial Sourstery attended, though La Follette may not have appeared in person.
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New York Times
Madison
Wis
la Follette
la Follette & Rogers
Alfred T. Rogers
J. T. Hannan
Accidents Mark Open Glidden Hower Tour Injuries
Five people are injured after two days of Glidden and Hower competition. At Toledo Miss Helen Rollins of Cleveland suffers concussion and critical injuries, while others including K R Otis, J J Neuman, Mrs Otis, and Frea Spooner sustain varying hurts. In Bryan Ohio Thomas Clark of Chicago is critically injured. An Otis car wreck caused by a clay road embankment led to the Toledo hospitalizations.
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New York Times
Toledo
Bryan
Ohio
Helen Rollins
Cleveland
K. R. Otis
Otis
Flynn
Miss Rollins
Mr. Clark
Clark
Packard
Chicago
Glidden tour arrives in South Bend amid rain and mud
Starry cars reach South Bend before 6 PM with the pilot car at 1:45 PM and contestant No. 4 driven by H. A. Grant arriving at 3:33 PM. Cars suffer from rain and mud as Toledo to South Bend leg features two accidents and hardships. travelers are cheered at the Oliver Hotel for the night.
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South Bend
Three men injured as auto boiler explodes in Burlington
In Burlington New Jersey on July 11 a twelve horsepower steam automobile exploded injuring three men Harold Atkinson 19 with severe leg injuries Isaac Champion 30 with bruises and shock and Harold Myers 29 chauffeur with internal injuries. Myers in critical condition after the blast sent debris across the street damaging Murray's saloon windows and scattering the wreckage. The car owned by John Vickery of South Burlington had been in repair with Myers at Earle's garage.
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New York Times
Burlington
N. J
Atkinson
Harold
Champion
Isaac
A . Myers
Myers
John Vickery
South Burlington
Earle
Murray
Rival Claimants in England Over Ellen Terry Memoirs
Four publishers contend for exclusive rights to Ellen Terry memoirs. In America D Appleton & Co and S S McClure Co dispute national rights while Heinemann & Co and Arthur J. Pearson claim European exclusivity. Appletons allege a 1892 contract granting them sole American rights and warn that McClure’s plan to publish in McClure's Magazine may breach that agreement.
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Ellen Terry
McClure
McClure Company
Miss Terry
Terry
D. Appleton & Co
Heinemann & Co
Arthur J. Pearson
London
Europe
Appletons
The
New Review
Times
Appleton Company
McClure’s
Les
Ace Magazine
Misserry
Trolley and Train Crash On Forty-Second Street
A trolley car on Forty-second Street collided with a New York Central freight train at Eleventh Avenue last night. Motorman Daniel O Keefe, 24, of East Seventy-ninth Street, was thrown from the platform landing on his head and taken to Roosevelt Hospital with possible skull fracture. The freight conductor Daniel McLaughlin cites three witnesses who will testify the motorman was reading a paper when the crash occurred.
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Forty-second Street
New York Central
Eleventh Avenue
Daniel O’keefe
East Seventy-ninth Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Daniel McLaughlin
Woterman
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Isis
Thaw Heirs Sell 1000 Acres of Coal Lands to Mount Pleasant Coke
Pittsburg July 11 Mrs William Thaw and the Thaw heirs sold 1000 acres of prized coal lands in Mount Pleasant Township Westmoreland County to Mount Pleasant Coke Company for about 2 million dollars. The sale shocks business circles and continues the Thaw coal wealth built by the late William Thaw who wealth managed through a coal trust. The lands span Westmoreland Fayette Washington and Greene Counties and the will allows sale only if necessary.
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Special
The
New York Times
Pittsburg
William Thaw
Thaw
Mount Pleasant Coke Company
Mount Pleasant Township
Westmoreland County
Penn
Coal and Coxe Trust
Westmoreland
Fayette
Washington
Greene Counties
Earl on His Stoker Brother Interview from London
The Earl of Lei trim confirms his brother, Hon. Francis Patrick Clements, left home weeks ago to seek work abroad. He says the brother is independent, not in debt, and intended to travel to America to earn a living, refusing to take much money. He believes the brother is then on the American continent.
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Taz
New York TimesCo
London
Earn
Leitrim
America
Francis Patrick Clements
New York
Seoul
Tokio
Marquis Ito
Pacific
Roosevelt
Washington
Japan
Rescuer Daly Saves Woman and Baby at Brooklyn Crossing
Special policeman Charles Daly of the Long Island Railroad pulled a woman and her baby from danger as a train approached at Vesta and Pitkin Avenues Brooklyn. He broke through a crowd and jumped the half lowered gates, narrowly avoiding the moving train, while bystanders later offered no thanks.
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Charles Daly
Long Island Railroad
Manhattan
Vesta
Pitkin Avenues
Brooklyn
Vesta Avenue
Daly
Langer
Rigid Concrete Inspection Prompted by Philadelphia Collapse
The City Building Bureau will tighten inspection of concrete structures after a Wednesday collapse in Philadelphia. Inspectors and engineers will scrutinize plans more thoroughly as reinforced concrete remains a developing method. Contractor Frank B. Gilbreth and engineer J. W. Buzzell discuss the need for experienced firms to avoid disasters.
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Philadelphia
Board of Underwriters
Bureau of Buildings
Bureau
Building Bureau
Thirty-ninth Street
Seventh Avenue
New McGraw
Frank B. Gilbreth
J. W. Buzzell
Jewelry stolen from trunk en route to Portsmouth hotel
Mrs Aurelia Batholen of New York reports jewelry valued at 1200 dollars stolen from her trunk while en route to a Summer hotel in Eliot Maine. The trunk arrived in Portsmouth with its lock ripped off and a strong box inside broken. Some valuable gowns are also missing from the case.
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Portsmouth
Aurelia Bathelen
New York
Eliot
Express
Hillet
Broadwey Cones Ren Mina Big Salen Sae
Fragmentary OCR yields a brief place and names with unclear context. The readable items include Broadwey imagery and scattered personal names. no coherent event or outcome can be established from the text.
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Broadwey
Hostile Fleet Wins In The War Game At Sandy Hook
A two day two day drill on Sandy Hook tested outer defenses as a simulated enemy fleet of 24 vessels attacked fortifications along the Hook. Capt. G T Patterson directed the exercise with Col. Harris commanding defensive forces.
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New Jersey
Atlantic Ocean
New York Bay
Sandy Hook
Long Island
Lower Bay
New York City
Manhattan
Narrows
New York
Hook
Col
H. L. Harris
National Guard
Ringold
Hunt
Morrigan
Connell
Watson
G. T. Patterson
Coast Artillery Corps
Col. Harris
Nation Guard
Patterson
Long Hook
Astor Elevator Plunges One Story In Hotel Astor Disaster
An electric elevator in the main corridor of the Hotel Astor fell one story just before midnight striking the basement floor with a crash. About a dozen riders, including several women, were shaken and one guest screamed as the car plunged. Hotel staff moved the injured to safety and evacuated the area while officials investigate the cause.
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Hotel Astor
National Educational Association votes on spelling and leadership
Los Angeles July 11 The National Council of the National Educational Association approved resuming standard spellings of though through and through though. It reelected H B Brown of Valparaiso University to the Board of Trustees and W T Harris to the Executive Committee and selected Cleveland for the 1908 convention site.
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Los Angeles
National Council of the
National Educational Association
H. B. Brown
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso
Ind
W. T. Harris
Washington, D. C
Cleveland
Boxton Admits Bribe in San Francisco Glass Trial
Dr Charles Boxton temporary Mayor testified he accepted $5000 mostly in hundred dollar bills from Theodore Y Halsey an indicted agent of Pacific States Telephone Company. He said the money was for voting and using influence against a rival Home Telephone Company franchise. Adjournment was taken for Boxton to attend a Board of Supervisors meeting.
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San Francisco
Charles Boxton
Theodore Y. Halsey
Pacific States Telephone Company
Boxton
Home Telephone Company
Board of Supervisors
Fairbanks declines cocktail in Spokane visit
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks toured Spokane today as a guest of the Chamber of Commerce. When offered a cocktail he apologized and chose a glass of lemonade instead during the noon reception.
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Spokane
Wash
Charles W. Fairbanks
Chamber of Commerce
Plaster to Marble Upgrade Proposed in Hall of Records
Lawson Purdy head of the Tax Board urges changes at the Hall of Records where Tax Department offices sit. He targets plaster door headpieces between marble wainscoting and frames, arguing the black grained imitates marble poorly and clashes with the building.
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Lawson Purdy
Tax Board
Hall of Records
Tax Department
Purdy
Child Nearly Fatally Injured by Mower Knives
Three year old daughter of Prof. Charles F. Kingsland of New York City was cut by a mowing machine near Nichols west of Binghamton New York. Grandfather drove the machine and the child who was carrying water to her father was badly injured. She was taken to Sayre Hospital where one leg above the knee was amputated.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Nichols
Here
Charles F. Kingsland
New York City
Sayre
Warren Exoneration Report On Warren Lands
Special Agents Scott and Alton, appointed by Secretary Garfield, report exonerating Senator Francis E Warren of Wyoming, regarding alleged unlawful inclosures of public land. Warren's friends say charges were inspired by former Interior Secretary Hitchcock.
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New York Times
Washington
J. C. Scott
J. B. Alton
Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Warren Live Stock Company
Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
Warren
Hitchcock
Senator Bacon Loses Half Fortune in Bank Failure
United States Senator A O Bacon from Macon Georgia has lost about half his fortune, roughly $37 500, due to Exchange Bank collapse. The bank, once capitalized at $650000, was badly wrecked and closed after a four day run leaving about $800000 owed to depositors. Former cashier Orr reportedly short $96000 has transferred assets valued at $40000 to the bank.
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New York Times
Macon
United States
A. O. Bacon
Exchange Bank
Orr
Japanese Spy Arrested at Fort Rosecrans
A Japanese man was arrested at Fort Rosecrans near San Diego for drawing fort plans. Major Getchell said the man is a stranger, refused to give his name, and would not reveal the prisoner’s fate. The incident prompts heavy punishment and raises questions about pacific intentions amid U S Japanese tensions.
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San Diego
Cal
Fort Rosecrans
Fourteen Japanese Seamen Land Illegally in U S Trade in Slave Girls Alleged
Fourteen Japanese laborers not allowed to land disappeared after landing in Philadelphia aboard the ship Hiskine from Hawaii on May 29. They were taken to immigration authorities but vanished while claiming intent to re ship. The Japanese Korean Exclusion League in Seattle protests alleged organ trafficking in Japanese women and a nationwide slave girl network.
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Washington
Philadelphia
United States
Hiskine
Phelps
Hawaii
League
Bryan Opposes Immediate War Talk With United States
Carthage memo reports William J. Bryan in an interview here today saying he does not want war with the United States and criticizing premature dispatch of a Japanese fleet to the Pacific Coast. He remarks there is much fiddling in statements about the Japanese war and urges caution.
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Uni
William J. Bryan
Pacific
Carthagh
Mal
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