Reliance Surges Ahead In Windward Leg Of Race
In a brisk wind of 14 knots Reliance overtakes Constitution after swapping a smaller spinnaker. By 2:10 Reliance leads Constitution by a mile while Columbia closes in. Finish times show Reliance 1:54:03, Constitution 1:58:45, Columbia 1:55:23 as nine decades of yacht action continue with Nan tucket race details for the trim schooners Thistle Ingomar Lasca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Columbia
Leeward
Constitution
Windward
Buzzard Bay
Newport
Gay
Nantucket Shoals
Scotland
Thistle
Robert E Tod
Atlantic Yacht Club
Ingomar
Morton F. Plant
Lasca
Robert H. Eons
Shamrocks In Dry Dock For Match Preparations
The Shamrocks rested in Erie sine dry dock as work finished with touchups on the underbody and a new coat above the bilges. They will be floated out at 4 am and towed to Hook for a spin. Lipton and Ratsey visited Basin then City Island for a new mainsail to be bent today. Erin coaled at Hoboken and visitors praised the challenger’s lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Sine
Thomas Lipton
Ratseyre
City Island
Cruizer
Erin
Hoboken
Shamrocks
Walker
John Hyslop
New York Yacht Club
Lipton Endorses Reliance in Defender Selection
Sir Thomas Lipton voiced approval of the New York Yacht Club committee’s choice at the Crystal Gardens of the New York Theatre. He praised the Reliance as the best boat after viewing Newport races and said Shamrock III would race the best possible against it, acknowledging the care to select wisely. His party's members included Williamlife, Jon de Brabant, Col. Neill, and others, with the Royal Ulster Yacht Club burgee displayed at the entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
Crystal Gardens
New York Theatre
New York Yacht Club
Newport
Fife
Col. Neill
Sir Thomas
Burgee
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
Williamlife
Jon de Brabant
Col. D. Neill
Dr. Neale
C. Wilson, Jr
H. Hire Davies
Johnestwood
W. M. Duncan
Dexter Held On Suspicion Of Coney Island Fagin
Police arrested John Dexter age 27 of 1 Forsyth Street Manhattan on suspicion of running a pickpocket ring at Coney Island. Two 16 year olds Har Greenburg and drry Cohen were detained as junior accomplices after being seen entering amusements and returning with money given to Dexter. A large amount of small bills was seized for examination.
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John Dexter
Forsyth Street
Manhattan
Coney Island
Har Greenburg
Monroe Street
Drry Cohen
Sex Street
Reynolds
Dexter
Cohen
Greenburg
Fifteen year old girl jailed for arson attempt in Poughkeepsie
Josephine Smalley, 15, was brought to Dutchess County Jail awaiting Grand Jury action on arson charges after two barn fires. Dr C A Pritchard Myell offered a $200 reward and the village added $250. Police Captain Cabe secured a confession from the girl who said she wanted to see the firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Josephine Smalley
C. A. Pritchard Myell
Dutchess County
Grand Jury
Prird
Ichard
Fef
Murphy Found Guilty in $12,000 Stonecutters Case
After twenty minutes of deliberation Judge Newburger's court convicts Lawrence Murphy former treasurer of the Journeymen Stonecutters' Association of misappropriating $12,000. The trial revealed a system of fines and assessments, with witnesses detailing money divided among trustees and a secret committee. Murphy faces up to ten years. defense plans appeal as testimony highlights financial misdeeds within the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
Stonecutters’ Union
Nott
Jerome
John McGarry
Lawyers’ Surety Company
McIntyre
John.b. Smithson
Murphy
Edward Rowan
Ealf
Washington
James E. Rankin
Andrew D. Baird
James McLaren
Boss Stonecutters’ Association
Brooklyn
Rankin
Sai Murphy
Messrs
Baird
McLaren
Teresa Murphy
Mr. McIntyre
Jack Black
Trail
Agan
McGarry
Donald Call
Mr. Nott
Child and Two Women Fall Into East River
Eleven year old Johnny Quirk fell from the recreation pier into the East River at North Second Street. Mrs Hortense Callahan and Miss Clara Walsh also dropped in as rescuers tried to save the boy. Dock worker Thomas Brantigan leaped to assist the boy while others threw lines to the women. Both women narrowly escaped drowning as the tide ran strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Quirk
North Fifth Street
Williamsburg
North Seond Street
Hortense Callahan
Kent Avenue
Clara Walsh
Thomas Brantigan
Dock Department
Government Printing Office Faces Unrest Over Miller Reinstatement
Uncertainty grips the Government Printing Office as Miller is reinstated amid union protests. Labor leaders warn the open shop could expand if the ruling stands, and a Civil Service review looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreman Miller
New York Times
Washington
Government Printing Office
Miller
International Bookbinders' Brotherhood
Messrs. J. W. Dougherty
A. A Espry
Bene Gompers
Morrin
American Federation of Labor
Palmer
Civil Service Ommission
Bookbinders
International Council
Civil Service Commissioners
Grave Panama unrest prompts U.S. cautions
Consul Gudger reports late night seizure of the Governor's house in Panama City by soldiers led by the Chief of Police. Governor escapes, arrests of police officials, and troop withdrawal trigger grave tension with fears Bogota aims to tighten control amid treaty uncertainty.
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Washington
Gudger
Panama
State Department
Seon Orem
Depa
Bancroft
Panther
Gulf
Colon
Bogota
CIGARS TO THE TREASURY
The War Department sent to the Treasury a box of cigars and $100 found by Col. Clem in Texas. The contractor claimed he sent the cigars but knew nothing of the money. Gen. Grant deemed prosecution unlikely and the items were transferred to the Treasury as unclaimed funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of War
Treasury Department
Department of Texas
Clem
Fred Grant
Department
Grant
War Department
Treasury
Kean Named National Republican Campaign Director
Washington July 27 plans for the next National Republican campaign include Sen ator Kean of New Jersey as manager for New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey The mollifier and arbitrator may help ease factional differences Beveridge of Indiana will lead in his and adjacent States and Lodge will handle party interests in New England states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Kean
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Beveridge
Indiana
Senator Lodge
New England
Soldier rejects pension claim in surprise letter
Indiana soldier Walter Vail of Company B, 1st Indiana Volunteer Infantry, writes Commissioner Ware from Michigan City on July 21 asking to withdraw all pension papers, stating he does not need the pension and his services do not entitle him to it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Ware
Indiana
Walter Vail
Comany
Diana Infantry
Michigan City
Roosevelt Commutes Sentence in Disputed Paymaster Case
President Roosevelt reverses a Paymaster courtmartial decision in a disputed bribery case, altering the sentence amid ongoing military justice proceedings.
Husband Under Arrest In Sewer Mystery Mount Vernon
The body of sixteen year old Gussie Ebelt was found in a Mount Vernon sewer. Police arrest her husband Martin Ebelt, a truck driver, amid suspicions of murder. Relatives’ testimony at the inquest ties marital strife to the death and notes the rope and shoestring resemble that used by Ebelt’s work crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Gustle Ebelt
Martin Ebelt
White Plains
Godfried Leichel
Gussie
Martin Ebert
Foley
Sergi. Grant
Weisendanger
Ebert
Franklin Avenue
Stephen Graham
Trinity Episcopal Church
James McCaffery
New York Telephone Company
Wolf's Lane
Pelham Manor
Manine
Paul
Joseph Sullivan
Ebelt
Columbus Avenue
Sixth Street
Welsendanger
Martin
Anna McCabe
Eberts
Guesse Ebelt
Telephone
Eisendanger
Catharine Sloat
Godfreid Eichel
North Tenth Street
Seventy-first Coast Artillery
Washington State
Reunited by sick child ends five year dispute
Morristown New York July 27 United by fear for their son Georges life Mr and Mrs Lawrence Huber of Peapack and Pluckamin have reconciled after five years apart Their boy George injured by a cartridge explosion on July 4 and later developing tetanus prompted a bedside reconciliation with his parents at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Morristown
N. Y
Lawrence Huber
Peapack
George
Dover carriage wreck injures officials and child
Excise Commissioner George Singleton his wife and child with ex Mayor E R Bennett were thrown from a carriage when frightened horses bolted in Dover New Jersey. Bystanders steadied the horses and helped, but several occupants were hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Dover
N. J
Excise
George Singleton
R. Bennett
Singleton
Mnett
Mayor Hears Petition In Case Of Love Arrest
Edward Buchanan Knight a 25 year old Panama Railroad assistant secretary was arraigned in Morrisania Court on disorderly conduct after Ella Fischer 14 said he pursued her with threats and love letters. Knight bonded for three months.
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Edward Buchanan Knight
Panama
Colon
Morrisania
J. Fischer
Washington Avenue
Bronx
Fischer
Knight
Ella Fischer
Mr. Fischer
Tolga
Ella
Edward Knight
Mayor Low
Low
Morrisania Court
President's guards report no breach as rumors swirl
Oyster Bay residents heard a rumor of an attempted approach to the President after a man moved George Stoddard's rowboat to a nearby neck. Secret Service dogs at Sagamore Hill detected no disturbance, and guards say the house is well protected. The President played tennis with his son Theodore, hosted John Barrett, and bathed in the high tide. The Second Battalion unit near the area awaits a possible visit, though no official plans exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
L. I
George Stoddard
Neck
Sagamore Hill
Secret Service
Newfoundland
New York
Theodore
John Barrett
Siam
Fighting Fish Peddlers Spurs Citywide Crusade
The Fish Dealers' Protective Association held a meeting at 644 Eighth Avenue to curb illegal peddling. Members from the Fish Cutters and Oyster Openers' Union and allied groups plan to gather evidence from tenement janitors, with reports of dirty hallways and waste from unlicensed sellers. Investigations target underweight sales and condemned fish, while officials like Health Commissioner Lederle may review complaints.
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Fish Dealers’ Protective Association
Health Department
Eighth Avenue
W. W. Greenwood
Henry J. Newman
Fish Dealers’ Association
Charles Reynolds
Fish Cutters and Oyster Openers’ Union
Wellman
Lederle
Court of Special Sessions
New York
New Yorker Dies on Train in Wisconsin Inquest Held
John Palm gren of 127 Liberty Street New York died today on a west bound Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha train in Eau Claire Wisconsin. He suffered heart disease and was taken off for an inquest. He held a Newark New Jersey to Minneapolis ticket and had 220 dollars in money.
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Eau Claire
Wis
John Palmgren
Liberty Street
New York
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Newark
N. J
Capital of International Construction Co Raised to Ten Million
At a meeting of trust stock holders the International Construction Company increased its capital stock from 7 million to 10 million dollars. The firm builds the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railroad and plans a branch from San Angelo to Spofford to connect with the Southern Pacific and link with the Mexican International at Laredo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Austin
Texas
International Construction Company
Kansas City
Orient Railroad
San Angelo
Spofford
Southern Pacific
Mexican International
Laredo
Lumbering Resumes After Adirondack Fires
In Saratoga New York on July 27 reports say lumbering has begun on several large Adirondack tracts burned by recent forest fires. The areas cover many square miles and include locations such as Twin Ponds and Slide Brook, providing work for two or three years.
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New York Times
Saratoga
N. Y
Railroads Plan a Joint Line
Chicago report says preliminary arrangements have been completed by the Missouri Pacific and another railroad to establish a joint line. Details on route dates and partnering terms not disclosed. The move aims to streamline freight and passenger service across overlapping western routes.
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Chicago
Missouri Pacific
Frisco Plans Joint Line Along West Mississippi
The Frisco system proposes a joint line down the west side of the Mississippi from Memphis to Baton Rouge. The initiative would create parallel track development for two systems and grant access to cov e territory through its connections.
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Frisco System
Mississippi River
Memphis
Baton Rouge
Territory Cove
Yesterday's Fires List Numerous City Incidents
A report of fires and damages across multiple Manhattan addresses from 318 First Avenue to 122 Seventh Street. The brief item cites damages ranging from $5 to $25 at locations including 331 East One Hundred and Fifteenth Street, 436 West ZUete-cectee Street, and 247 Seventh Avenue, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue
Jacob Magrotsky
East One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
John M. Conio
Zuete-Cectee Street
N. Ware
Scacbeubae Avenue
Wean
Sena
Seventh Avenue
Abraham Ee Mage
Krystie Street
J. Ging
Fifty-seventh Street
Fore Avenue
Etropolitan
Thirtieth Street
T. R
C. Cree
Columbus Avenue
Benks
Fires destroy three city landmarks across the coast
Norfolk reports the Nagy Head Hotel at North Oak burned yesterday afternoon with guests losing nearly all possessions. New Haven records a July 27 blaze at Eaton School caused about 50 000 dollars in damage and is city insured. Wilmington sees the July 27 Eighth Street market house burn completely, affecting Du Pont Powder and Bowe Carriage on upper floors with losses around one million dollars, mostly uninsured.
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Norfolk
New Haven
Conn
Wilmington
Del
du Pont Powder Company
Bowe Carriage Company
Ca Company
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