Central trains to run by electricity by Oct 15
The New York Central plans to switch electric locomotion for trains within 35 miles of Grand Central by October 15 after tests near Kingsbridge. Officials say steam will remain beyond Croton and above for the time being, with gradual nationwide electrification over several years.
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Index of sections and page references
An index lists news sections and their respective page numbers including Amusements Business Courts Financial News Real Estate Society Weather Yesterday's Fires and other topics with specified pages for each. It serves as a reader guide to the issue's contents.
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Weather Report
Classifieds Directory Mentions Various Offerings
The note lists newspaper sections with page numbers for advertisements amusements deaths furnished rooms help wanted hotels instruction lost and found marriages summer resorts and travelers guide across pages 5 7 12 and il
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Travelers’ Guide
Rockefeller to sail for New York this evening
Paris dispatch reports John D. Rockefeller will sail from Cherbourg on the Hamburg American liner Amerika this evening. He traveled in a private car with his physician and family and declined to discuss U S legal proceedings. Also aboard the Amerika are Mr and Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt and other guests in Dover.
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John D. Rockefeller
New York
Cherbourg
Rockefeller
United States
Dover
England
Reginald Vanderbilt
William C. Reich
Charles H. Taylor
Rockefeller Extradition Sought Over Anti-Trust Charge
After talks, Hancock County officials plan to send a deputy to meet John D. Rockefeller when he lands in New York. He faces a misdemeanor under the Valentine Anti-Trust act with possible fine and imprisonment. Gov. Harris may ask Gov. Higgins to pursue extradition, though the charge may limit formal requisition.
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New York Times
Tolerbo
Link Groves
William A. David
Hancock County
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Mr. Rockefeller
Gov. Harris
Tramps' Haven Raided at Gregorian Hotel Five-Five Street
Police raided the temporary tramps’ haven at No 46 West Thirty-Fifth Street after guests complained of late night revelry. Three men were jailed as vagrants at Tenderloin Station. The rear parlor housed an assembly room with bohemian decor and a functioning grill area.
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Thirty-Fifth Street
Allen and
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Tenderloin
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
No. 46
William Hine
Joseph, Foster
Joseph Flanagan
Police Gazette
Harry Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Churchill Opens Campaign for New Hampshire Governor
Winston Churchill launches his Republican bid in Concord urging end to corporate interference in state politics. He argues the issue is national in scope, praising Theodore Roosevelt and citing progress in Wisconsin New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania as signs the fight will spread nationally.
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Winston Churchill
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Cornish
United States
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Colby
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New York
Pennsylvania
Theodore Roosevelt
Postal Savings Bank Established in the Philippines
The Philippine Commission passed an act May 24 creating the Postal Savings Bank Division under the Bureau of Posts. It will operate under the Department of Commerce and Police with banks to open in Manila Iloilo and Cebu and expand to other cities towns and villages quickly.
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Washington
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Philippine Commission
Postal Savings Bank
Philippines
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Bureau of Posts
Department of Commerce and Police
Manila
Iloilo
Cebu
Traffic Advisory Near Fifth Avenue and Re Roadway
A brief traffic advisory notes changes or closures around Fifth Avenue and nearby roadway area. Drivers should expect detours and plan alternate routes accordingly. Local authorities urge caution and adherence to posted signs.
Beit Will Doles Out Nearly 10 Million to Public Causes
Alfred Beit's will, disclosed in London, allocates about 9.68 million dollars to British imperial and educational ends. Major gifts support South Africa, Hamburg, and the city of London, with education a unifying theme.
Beit Will Reveals Vast Public Benefactions Across Africa
Executors disclose terms of Alfred Beit's will after his July 16 death. Public bequests total near 9.68 million dollars with later estimates around 12.5 million, including 6 million for Rhodesia transport and communications. Hamburg city receives Borstler's Jager property, art pieces go to the British National Gallery and Berlin and Hamburg museums. Additional gifts fund London University, Rhodes University, Union Jack Club, hospitals, and various regional charities in South Africa Rhodesia and other African territories. The will was dated April 4, 1906.
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Borstler
Hamburg
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British National Gallery
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Berlin
College of Technology
London University
de Beers Company
University of Johannesburg
Transvaal
Kimberley
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Cape Colony
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King’s Hospital
Guy’s Hospital
Bell
White calls for ending technical criminal appeals
Andrew D. White former Cornell University president told the Cornell Summer School that technical appeals in criminal cases should be barred. He criticized New York procedures as ineffective and a farce highlighting delays by wealthy defendants. He urged preventing appeals based on procedural errors that do not affect guilt or innocence.
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Andrew D. White
Cornell University
Cornell Summer School
New York
Jerome
White
Carnival Wire Break Kills Spectator at Sheridan Fair
A wire for a slide-for-life act on a three story building broke at 32 feet, dropping performer Guy Meadows onto two spectators, Mrs. Frank Gallaher and her husband. Mrs. Gallaher died hours later, Meadows was injured and reportedly delirious, while Gallaher’s condition worsened.
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Sheridan
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Frank Gallaher
Guy Meadows
Meadows
Mrs. Gallaher
Milwaukee Sets Speed Record Off San Francisco Bay
In a rough sea outside the Golden Gate the new cruiser Milwaukee reached 22% knots for half an hour during three westward trials ten miles beyond the Farallones. Captain George Harvey commanded. The ship, seaworthy in heavy surf, is to undertake further government trials later, with Chief Engineer Gardiner and Bruce Lloyd aboard.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Milwaukee
George Harvey
Farallones
Santa Barbara
Gardiner
Union Iron Works
Bruce Lloyd
New Zealand
Rescue at Sea as New York Fires Undal After Save
Wireless report from Captain Roberts aboard the New York states the American liner rescued the Norwegian bark Andal off the Grand Banks and later set the vessel on fire. The New York was 725 miles east of Sandy Hook and carries German passengers from the Deutschland, damaged in a Dover collision last week.
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Wisconsin Labor Federation denounces tainted money moves
The Wisconsin Federation of Labor adopted a resolution condemning gifts from universities and libraries as public corruption and arguing that robbery cannot be justified by returns. It urged socialism to curb such robbery and passed the measure 8 to 138. It also condemned Samuel Gompers for wealth friendships and proposed elected judges, plus calls for compulsory insurance.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Allenhurst Inn Robbery Suspects Nabbed Off Asbury Park Boat
Central Office detectives arrested John BE. McKee and Samuel E. Wells as they stepped off the Asbury Park boat at Cedar Street yesterday. Detectives claim the men robbed guests at the Allenhurst Inn after applying for bellboy jobs and staying with existing staff.
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Samuel E. Wells
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Allenhurst Inn
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New York Era
ATLANTA TO MEMPHIS Pullman Service Ad
Railway ad notes Pullman forward service from Atlanta to Memphis via Seaboard Air Line with timetable details and office address at 1,188 Broadway.
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Memprhis
Pullman
Seaboard Air Line
Broadway
Ady
Peace Treaty Ends Central American War On Marblehead
A treaty of peace among Guatemala El Salvador and Honduras was signed aboard the USS Marblehead amid strenuous negotiations. Mexican Minister Gamboa aided the talks and resolutions thanked the United States and Mexico. Salvadoran and Honduran commissioners to be landed at Acajutla, with Guatemalan delegates joining later. President Roosevelt was informally advised and officials hailed the swift agreement.
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Honduras
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Marblehead
Navy Department
Mulligan
Panama Bonds Attract Heavy Subscriptions At High Prices
Treasury opens bids for 30 million Panama Canal bonds under Secretary Shaw. Offers exceed supply with average bids around 103.94 to 103.96, Fisk & Robinson of New York submitting multiple 5 million bids. One New Orleans bid at 106 is rejected, and Bond No 1 goes to a bidder offering 125 for 1000.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Shaw
Fisk & Robinson
New York
Lindsay
New Orleans
Bank Clerk Arrested In Larceny Probe At Bank
Edward Forst a 42 year old bank clerk for National Park Bank was arrested on a larceny charge. The alleged stolen amount is 150 dollars with possible larger sum under investigation. Arrested by bank special police and East 104th Street officers, he will be arraigned at Tombs Court.
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Mayo
Tombs Court
Americans jailed for illegal telegraph line in Cuba
Cable from Cuban government reports that Americans built a three station telegraph line in Columbia Town without military order 50 compliance. They were fined $100 and jailed for defiance, while a young woman arrested was moved to the bar's residence. The incident is described as of no importance.
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Roosevelt outlines plan to form campaign team at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt invites Speaker Cannon and key Republican leaders to luncheon on Sagamore Hill Monday to discuss the congressional campaign. Sherman Loudenglager and McKinley named to committee. headquarters to be in New York City with a literary bureau in Washington.
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Odell Leader Beaten in Union Republican Club Fight
The Union Republican Club in the Twenty-fourth Assembly District rejected Isaac Newman after a three hour struggle to control the club. Morris Levy won the presidency by 64 to 61, with Newman planning to run again in the Twenty-sixth District against Assemblyman Samuel Krulewitch.
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Miss Lucy Dahlgren Hurt In Lenox Picnic Incident
Miss Lucy Dahlgren daughter of Mr and Mrs Eric B Dahlgren of New York was injured at Bald Head two miles west of Lenox during a picnic. She fell on a tin cracker box edge wounding her arm and was taken by carriage to Rock Lawn the Dahlgrens summer home where a physician treated her.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Lucy Dahlgren
Eric B. Dahlgren
New York
Bald Head
Lenox
Erie’s Cleveland Plans Take Shape With New Trunk Line
The Erie Railroad will invest 10 million dollars to build a trunk line into Cleveland. Spurs will extend from Meadville Pennsylvania to Cleveland and from Cleveland to Sterling. The change places Erie's line as a direct continental passenger route into Cleveland, with connections integrated at Leavittsburg.
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New York Times
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Ohio
Erie Railroad
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Penn
Sterling
New York Central
Erie
Leavittsburg
Land of Clover Shot After Automobile Injury
A Manchester Mass dispatch reports Land of Clover, the famed steeplechaser owned by Robert C. Hooper, was struck by an automobile this morning breaking his hind leg and leading to euthanasia. The horse once valued at 60000 dollars earned over 25000 in prizes. He won the Duke's Cup at the Country Club twice.
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Manchester
Mass
Robert C. Hooper
Country Club
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Dressed Wounds In Auto
Dr Reed dressed a woman's wounds in a speeding automobile likely saving her life. Frank Gillotti of Bethel cut his wife's throat when she returned from New York. An auto party rushed the woman and doctor to Danbury Hospital as policemen followed.
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City Finds Thick Fog Settles Over Harbor Again
Last night a thick fog settled over the city and harbor curtailing visibility. No ships were reported at Quarantine after 6 pm and downtown, by 9 pm, objects were indistinct beyond a block. The mist eased after 10 pm at Sandy Hook, ferries moving slowly throughout.
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Weather Bureau
Exchange Upholds Packers Chicago
The National Live Stock Exchange members decided to stand by the packers and work to prove their meat meets manufacturers claims. They also planned to ask Secretary Wilson to meet a committee about the new inspection law. Wilhelm Lacomeso, a South African army contractor, said Chicago beef from the Boer War was largely satisfactory except for one shipment kept on a dock four months at 110 degrees.
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Charleston sails to Bahia then Rio de Janeiro with Root party
A cablegram from Capt. Winslow reports the Charleston has arrived in Pernambuco with Secretary Root and party on board. They are to be carried to Bahia and then to Rio de Janeiro. The vessel is expected to reach its next destination by mid next week.
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Usher’s Highball Fame Spurs Talk of D Fame
A fragmented line hints at Usher-related celebration or event and mentions D as a factor in rising fame. The readable text suggests a social buzz around a drink, music, or club scene but lacks clear specifics or dates.
Russian Press Crackdown Sparks Petersburg Turmoil
The Misla and three other St Petersburg newspapers were confiscated and staff arrested over the lower house address to the country. Crowds attacked police and a printing house near Catherine Canal as authorities sought to suppress the text. Leaders fear a Constitutional Democratic Ministry setback amid calls for dissolution of Parliament. In Moscow, SD unions vow a general strike if repressive measures pass, while unemployed workers press for eight hour days.
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Krasnoye-Selo
Moscow
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Peasants
Fire Devastates Syzran Kills Hundreds and Left Thousands Homeless
Reports from Syzran and surrounding cities detail a massive fire destroying 4 000 houses and displacing about 85 000 people with no food. Authorities say hundreds died, amid lynchings of suspected arsonists, as aid arrives from Samara and Saratov.
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