Steve Adams Acquitted In Telluride Mine Murder Case
In Grand Junction Colorado on July 15 Steve Adams a member of the Western Federation of Miners was acquitted of the murder of Arthur Collins manager of the Smuggler Union Mine at Telluride. The alleged confession was excluded and eight witnesses testified to Adams's alibi.
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Grand Junction
Col
Steve Adams
Westernederation of
Arthur Collins
Adams
Shackelford
Collins
Union
Telluride
Leap to Death at Bellevue Hospital
Mrs Lena Richards 86 of 102 Congress St Jersey City died after leaping from a hospital window at Bellevue. She had been admitted with epilepsy and was under nurse supervision in Ward 12 before her fatal jump. Coroner Acritelli censured the hospital for carelessness citing need to confine epileptic patients in the insane department.
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Lena Richards
Congress Street
Jersey City
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Port of New York pays salaries in cash for first time
Port of New York officials and clerks across all divisions received semi monthly salaries in cash yesterday. The move, directed by Col. Edward E Fowler, Port Collector, aims to simplify payroll handling.
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Port of New York
Customs Service
Col
Edward 8. Fowler
Outbreak Fears Raise Tensions in Cuban Election Day
Report details expected upheaval around August 15 municipal elections in Cuba as thousands of cartridges smuggled in and rumblings of violence surface. Firemen on liners profiting from illicit ammunition trade, authorities search ships, and Cuban and U S. officials pursue smugglers amid fears of bloodshed.
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Seguranca
Cuba
O'Neill
O’connor
C 'Ba
South Street
United States
Morro Castle
O'Connor
Chauffeur Held for Deaths in Rail Crossing Case
Centre Moriches July 15 A coroner's jury charged chauffeur George Clows with second degree manslaughter in the death of Mr and Mrs Hutchings and their child killed at a Long Island crossing. Clows remaining absent due to injuries, bail set high for a hearing before Justice Howell when able.
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New York Times
Centre Moriches
Hutchings
Long Island
George Clows
Clows
Murphy
Lynch
Howell
Austrian Speaker Seeks Readiness for Trade Talks with U S
In Vienna the lower house heard Dr. Licht propose an immediate motion to begin negotiations with the United States for politico commercial arrangements akin to the American German accord. If rejected, he asks for steps toward a Roosevelt proclamation granting Austria Hungary the same favored nation status Germany enjoys, for as long as Vienna-Hungary grants such treatment to American goods.
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Vienna
Dr. Licht
United States
Beef in the Commons underscoring trade ties in Britain
In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil pressed action to curb the American beef combine's grip on Britain's retail beef trade. Churchill said government investigations are ongoing and have not yet justified a Commons committee of inquiry.
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London
Great
Britain
Board of Trade
Churchill
Robert Cecil
House of Commons
House, of Commons Committee of
Government to Buy Western Railroad in Senate Plan
The Official Journal will publish a measure recently adopted by the Senate authorizing the government purchase of the Western Railroad. A decree will appoint a commission of administrative, legal, and financial experts to implement the plan.
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Paris
Senate
Western Railroad
Japanese Ambassador Komura to become Foreign Minister
Count Komura, Japan's ambassador to Britain, will depart London July 27 to assume the role of Foreign Minister in Katsura's new cabinet. He will travel to Tokyo via the United States.
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London
Komura
Court of St. James
Katsura
Tokio
America
Socialists Seek International Congo Basin Colony Plan
In Brussels on July 15 the Socialists say if the treaty for annexing the Congo Independent State passes they will demand summoning Berlin conference signatories to transform the Congo basin under Belgium into an international colony. Berlin notes a postponed heart day for Prince Philip zu Eulenburg. doctors report slight improvement but urge further delay.
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Brussels
Congo
Belgium
Berlin
Prince Philip Zu Eulenbure
Zeppelin airship twenty four hour flight delayed again
A gust damaged Count Zeppelin's airship in Friedrichshafen delaying the planned twenty four hour voyage. Repair work will take at least two weeks with a full gas refill and balloon repairs needed, postponing any flight for about three weeks.
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Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin
Eer
Farman to sail Saturday for American flights
A cablegram from Paris reported Farman's new aeroplane will be shipped to Antwerp and sail on the Kroonland from Antwerp on Saturday. Farman plans to bring three or four mechanics and will announce exact flight dates after arrival. Delagrange’s visit to bring his machine was abandoned.
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Thomas R. MacMechen
Samuel Bowman
Hotel Astor
Frank
Lahm
Paris
Farman
Kroonland
Antwerp
America
Mr. Bowman
Brighton Beach
Brng
Delagrange
Turin
Juy
Leon Delagrange
M. Delagrange
Bellmore Church Split Sparks Presbytery Probe
A Nassau Presbytery committee opens an investigation into the Bellmore Presbyterian Church dispute. Reverend James Hall names Lorenz Smith as representative amid claims the pastor and family Trustees voted to switch to Congregational status. The presbytery asserts control over church property and calls a meeting to decide the future.
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New York Times
Mineola
L. I
Nassau
Presbyterian Church
Bellmore
James Hall
Lorenz Smith
Committee of Investigation
Hall
Nassau Presbytery
Presbytery
Shriners Elect Officers for 1909 Conclave in Louisville
The Imperial Council elected officers today in St Paul and set the 1909 conclave for Louisville. Potentate Edwin I Alderman of Marion Iowa. Deputy Potentate George L Street Richmond Virginia. Chief Rabban Fred A Mines Los Angeles. Recorder Benjamin P F Rowell Boston among others. Many shriners will stay in St Paul until Saturday.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Imperial Council of
Baltimore
William W. Irwin
Wheeling
West Va
Jacob T. Barron
Columbia
S. C
Frederick R. Smith
Rochester
N. Y
J. Putnam Stevens
Portland
Henry F. Niedringhaus, Jr
St. Louis
Charles F. Ovenshire
Minneapolis
Williams. Brown
Pitsburg
Benjamin PF. Rowell
Boston
Shriners
Fire Island Park gets new management and plans
Gov Hughes five Commissioners filled Fire Island Park duties at their second East Islip meeting. President John H. Vail and Commissioners Blum Parrish Clinton Robbins Sackett attended. Smith Oakley named superintendent at 1200 dollars yearly. Landscape architect Lowrie proposed walks pavilions and baths to make the 125 acre park a premier seaside resort.
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Gov. Hughes
Fire Island
East Islip
L. I
John H. Vail
Edward C. Blum
J. Clinton
Robbins
Henry W. Sackett
Smith Oakley
Fyre Island
Charles N. Lowrie
Fire Island Park
Insurance Broker Johnston Dies of Heart Attack in Brooklyn Saloon
Frederick W. Johnston 48 a Brooklyn insurance broker died last night in a saloon at 390 Court Street after a heart attack. He collapsed while seated. Dr E F Crawford of 236 Carroll Street attended after the attack. Johnston had come from Fairfax County Virginia six years ago.
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Frederick W. Johnston
Carroll Street
Brooklyn
Court Street
F. Crawford
Johnston
Fairfax County
Indefinite shutdown for Herreshoff works ends week
Notices posted in Bristol Rhode Island announce an indefinite shutdown at the end of the week for the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company yacht builders due to a lack of orders.
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Bristol
R. I
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Harlem Explosions Fallout Ties to Threats Against Tenant
Police seek a Swedish ironworker linked to an early morning explosion at Watt's Court areaway 161 West 140th Street. Neighbors recall threats against ground floor tenant Moonelis and the ironworker was last seen fleeing with a servant girl. Damage estimated around $1.
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West 125Th Street
Watt's Court
West 140Th Street
Charles G. Carson
Capt. Carson
137Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Hallbay
Clarissa
140Th Street
Watt
J. Moonelis
Moonelis
Capt
Carson
Bomb threat suspect arraigned after East Eleventh Street bombing fear
Pinzola Bonaventura was arraigned before Magistrate Breen in the Tombs Court on $10,000 bail after being caught about to ignite a bomb at 314 316 East Eleventh Street tied to Francesco Spinella. Detectives presented the explosive as evidence and read a translated Black Hand letter threatening Spinella and family with death and mutilation if demands were not paid.
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Pinzola Bonaventura
East Eleventh Street
Francesco Spinella
Breen
Tombs Court
Archipoll
Archipoli
Bonaventura
Spinella
Black Hand
Brute Carrion
Pegs
Cleveland Portraits and the Quest for a State Capitol Image
Mrs Eastman Johnson, widow of portraitist John S. Johnson, says Grover Cleveland had three portraits. One hung in Albany during his governorship, another may be in the White House, and a third study remains in Mrs Johnson's possession. She cites Cleveland's autograph letter from 1906 as basis for whereabouts.
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Grover Cleveland
State Capitol
Albany
Cleveland
Eastman Johnson
West Fifty-fifth Street
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
New York
No Cleveland Portrait in Albany Executive Chamber
Albany confirms there is no portrait of Grover Cleveland in the Executive Chamber. Eastman Johnson's portrait arrived for Albany’s Governors gallery and now hangs in the Common Council chambers.
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New York Times
Albany
Grover Cleveland
Eastman Johnson
Gallery of Governors
Roof Garden Exercises Mark Start of Washington Irving High
The Washington Irving High School site on Irving Place and Seventeenth Street will stage roof garden exercises next Tuesday afternoon. With a $650000 building cost, officials skip breaking ground due to dense existing structures and plan a bricklaying ceremony using mauls, featuring speeches by the Acting Mayor and Board of Education members, a poem read by A Emerson Palmer, and likely songs by schoolgirls.
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Washington Irving High School
Irving Place
Seventeenth Street
Board of Education
William McAndrew
A. Emerson Palmer
Library must pay duty on color wood engravings
The Board of United States General Appraisers refused to reverse a duty assessment on colored wood engravings imported for the Congressional Library. Helen Ayde of San Francisco, living in Japan, created the engravings, and library officials overlooked Treasury regulations, with customs classing the blocks as wood manufactures at 35 percent ad valorem. A J Parsons of the Library disputes the revenue officers’ ruling.
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Congressional Library
Treasury Department
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Washington
Ad Valorem
A. J. Parsons
Division of Prints
Revenue
Butcher Pleads Guilty in $150 Theft Case
William Lewis a butcher with wife and two children pleaded guilty in Judge Foster's General Sessions to stealing $150 from Mrs. Jean Le Croix of 225 Central Park West after promising to aid in locating her two lost diamond rings. He was paroled into her custody while he works a 1 a day hotel job. she supports his family and seeks continued supervision.
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William Lewis
Hotel Lafayette
Smothered to Death Found in Queens Swamp
A body was found by berry pickers in Juniper Swamp near Marion Street Maspeth Queens. Police say the man was shoeless and may have removed his footwear to cross the swamp and was smothered after a fall, with the skull found by officers.
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Queens Swamp
Juniper Swamp
Marion Street
Maspeth
Queens
Prince of Wales sails Indomitable to Quebec fête
The Prince of Wales and suite depart Portsmouth aboard Britain's new cruiser Indomitable to attend Quebec celebrations marking Champlain’s founding 300 years ago. Attending dignitaries include Ambassador and Mrs Reid Lord Strathcona and Mont Royal Earl of Dudley and Sir Francis J. Hopwood. The voyage proceeds with naval honors and formalities minimal.
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London
Prince of Wales
Portsmouth
Great Britain
Quebec
Champlain
Waterloo Station
Reid
Lord Strathcona
Mont Royal
Canada
Earl of Dudley
Sir Francis J. S. Hopwood
Francis
Colonial Office
Australia
Victory
Royal Navy ships sail after collision near port
The Indomitable and escort Minotaur left the harbor amid talk of attempting a new transatlantic speed record on the return voyage. Earlier a minor collision with a barge caused slight damage to the battleship and knocked the barge’s foremast off.
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Tleship
Minotaur
Russell Sage Named in Legal Aid Case Over Death Claim
In Supreme Court Justice Erlanger's court Merrill Gates sought to substitute himself for Braddin Hamilton as counsel for Harris Cohen who sues the New York City Railway Co. for 35000 over the death of his infant. The case cites Mrs Russell Sage as founder of the Society for Upholding Justice. Cohen alleges Hamilton’s involvement in a settlement agreement without his knowledge or consent. The judge reserved decision.
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Russell Sage
Supreme Court
Erlanger
Merrill E. Gates, Jr
Legal Aid Society
Braddin Hamilton
Harris Cohen
New York City Railway Company
Hamilton
Newport Society
Society For Upholding Justice
New York
Gates
Hameilton
Cohen
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