Snake aboard ship becomes 26 foot legend in Sea War tale
Reporters board the German steamer Verona in Brooklyn as crew recount a tale of a 26 foot python aboard the vessel from Singapore. Captain Dobrons, engineer McPhail, cook Rudolph Buttner and crew describe how the snake disrupted engines, was detained in a box off the wheelhouse, and briefly reemerged at sea before being contained.
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Verona
Brooklyn
Singapore
Dobrons
Rudolph Buttner
Gibraltar
East River
Alexander McPhail
Seven Seas
Larry Python
Parnassus
Apollo Cam
Spee
Rudolph
Spotted Dick
William Perkins
Hendon
Singapore Capung Dobrons
Capung
Port Said
McPhail
Algiers
Colombo
Ouse
Grand Banks
Avin
Wimmin
Opollo
Nippers for Snake Bite in Harmony New Jersey
A lineman Louis Paulsen in Harmony, New Jersey, used wire nippers to decapitate a large blacksnake that had bitten his leg during an inspection by oil lines workers. He then walked on, while other linemen debated whether this new method would replace traditional remedies.
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New Jersey
Oil Lines Company
Harmony
N. J
Louis
Paulsen
Eight-Foot Black Snake Captured in Jenny Jump Mountains
Morristown reporter recounts a tale of an eight foot black snake captured on the Jenny Jump range. The account is vouched for by Professor T C Philhower.
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New York Times
Morristown
N. J
Jenny Jump Mountains
T. C. Philhower
A Seaside Park in Miniature Hearing Inspires Fund Drive
City officials physicians preachers social workers real estate lawyers spoke for a seashore park to serve health and recreation. For 2.50 weekly a poor mother or baby schoolgirl grandmother could enjoy ocean air trees rest and food. R S Minturn treas 105 East 22d St N Y Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor 1906.
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Sea Breeze
R. S. Minturn, Treas
East 22d St
Coaching Club's Long Trip Across Hudson to Delaware Lake
The Coaching Club set out from the Knickerbocker Club at 8 AM for a 300 mile journey to Peter G. Gerry's Delaware Lake estate New Ulster County. The 22nd annual trip uses 75 coach horses with eight whips aboard and a schedule through Peekskill Poughkeepsie Kingston and Ulster County. The return is planned for Tuesday night with a similar route.
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Knickerbocker Club
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Peter G. Gerry
Lake Delaware
N. Y
Robert L. Gerry
Dyckman Street
Central Park
Riverside Drive
Boulevard
Col
William Jay
Gerry
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
James Henry Smith
Vanderbilt
Philadelphia
Delaware Lake
Ulster County
Mr. Gerry
W. L. Loew
G. G. Haven, Jr
JT. Suffern Tailor
S. Cromwell
O. G. Jennings
R. W. Rives
C. Ledyard Blair
Blair
Wappingers Falls
Poughkeepsie
Peekskill
Nelson House
Hudson
Kingston
West Hurley
Reginald Vanderbilt
Pine Hill
Andes
Delaware Lake Country
New York
Shelburne Farms
W. Seward Webb
Society Notes On Weddings And Social Verbal Heralded
Noon weddings in Grace Church unite Justice William E. Wyatt and Mrs. Henderson. Tivoli nuptials for Justine de Peyster and Howard Townsend Martin with sister as attendant and brother as best man. Annapolis wedding links Carroll Van Ness to Rosalie Porter. George Montague and Alberta Sturges welcomed a son heir to Sandwich title. Mrs. Taylor returns from Paris Beaux Arts study joining sister at Ridgely Manor summer. George Floyd Jones at Massapequa summer home. garden party planned by Mrs. Lionel Guest and Mr. Guest. Honoré guests on Ile St Gilles near Montreal. bachelor dinner for Amedee Vaile Reyburn Jr. before his marriage to Florence Kelley. Chaloner B Schley’s Denver-engagement noted.
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Tivoli-on-Hudson
Justine de Peyster
Johnston L. de Peyster
Howard Townsend Martin
Bradley Martin
Tivoli
Miss de Peyster
Garret B. Kip
Frederick Townsend Martin
Amedee Vaile Reyburn, Jr
St. Louis
Delmonico’s
Florence Kelley
Second Court at Buckingham Palace Hosts Imported Diplomats
The second Court of the season was held at Buckingham Palace with American Ambassador Whitelaw Reid and Embassy staff in attendance. Presentations included David J. Hill American Minister to The Netherlands and Mrs Hill, Mrs Don Cameron and Miss Cameron, widow and family of the late Senator Cameron of Pennsylvania. The general circle featured Mrs Theodore P. Shonts and her two daughters Miss Edda Candless and Miss Alice Steele, both of Kirwood Georgia, and a Moore from Philadelphia living in Paris.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Whitelaw -Reid
David J. Hill
Netherlands
J. Hill
Don Cameron
Cameron
Senator Cameron
Pennsylvania
Theodore P. Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
Edda Candless
Alice Steele
Kirswood
A Moore
Philadelphia
Paris
Long Worths Lead Six Transatlantic Sailings From New York
Six liners depart New York with full berths as Congressmen and social notables journey to Europe. Passengers include Nicholas Longworth and wife, Mrs. Longworth, plus numerous officials, authors, and diplomats aboard ships bound for Southampton London Liverpool Glasgow Hamburg and Antwerp.
Vanderbilt Box Hosts Longworth Party At New York Theatre
Mr and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt hosted a box party at the New York Theatre last evening honoring Congressman and Mrs Nicholas Longworth. Guests included Mrs Richard T Wilson Mrs Douglas Robinson and Richard T Wilson Jr The play shown was His Honor the Mayor.
North Beach Kids Day Free Admission At Gala Park
Today marks the first school children’s day at North Beach. Children with a ticket from the North Beach Amusement Company, operator of Gala Park, gain free admission and a free Zip ride plus a trip to Happyland.
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North Beach
North Beach Amusement Company
Gala Park
Happyland
Theatrical Notes and City Events Preview
Sweely Shipman and Co. negotiate for Julia Neilson and Fred Terry to appear next season in Dorothy o the Hall and to direct Ellen Terry in Alice Lit the Fire on tour. Pain’s Eruption of Vesuvius tops Manhattan Beach bill with a June 23 opening. Dreamland debuts Niagara Brothers German high wire and wrestling acrobats and the Colored Opera Troup of sixteen performers perform in the garden.
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Sweely, Shipman & Co
Julia Neilsor
Fred Terry
London
Dorothy O
Ellen Terry
Alice
Pain
Manhattan Beach
Dreamland
Niagara Brothers
Opera Troup
Kaiser Encouraged Engagement Between Krupps and Bohlen
Berlin reports Emperor William, a close Krupp ally, urged the engagement of Fraeulein Bertha Krupp and Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach. Bohlen, a Prussian secretary at the Vatican, may resign to run Krupp Works. Bertha Krupp earned 3 million dollars in 1905. Barbara, now 18, inherits much of the family wealth, while the sisters live secluded lives. Bohlen recently visited the Krupp villa in Essen.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Emperor William
Krupp
Fraeulein Bertha Krupp
Gustav von Bohlen Und Halbach
Herr von Bohlen
Lippe
Qeperiee
Vatican
Fraulein Bertha Krupp
Krupp Works
Frulein Krupp
Frau Krupp
Barbara
Washington
Essen
Waldorf Astoria Waiter Chases Through City
A late night scene at the Waldorf Astoria dining room ends with a pursuit of a portly French waiter. Special Officers Tracy and OConnell lead the chase along Thirty-fourth Street toward Fifth Avenue as cabbies cheer the escapee who vanishes into the city.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Thirty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Tracy
O’connell
Hungarians Honor Bryan at Budapest Banquet
A banquet in Budapest last night honored William J. Bryan. Speeches by Count Albert Apponyi and Francis Kossuth praised American freedom and vitality. Apponyi hailed the US as a giant accumulator of liberty, while Bryan thanked Hungary for its own struggle for freedom.
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Budapest
Hungary
William J. Bryan
Albert Apponyi
Francis Kossuth
Commerce
Count Apponyi
United States
Bryan
Daniel N. Lockwood Dies in Buffalo at 57
Daniel N. Lockwood longtime lawyer former congressman and close ally of Grover Cleveland died at his Buffalo home after diabetes and gangrene led to amputation. Born June 1 1844 in Hamburg NY he held public offices including US District Attorney and state board appointments. Cleveland mourned him as a loyal friend and confidant.
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Buffalo
Daniel N. Lockwood
Congress
Lockwood
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Locked
Chicago
United States
New York
David B. Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
New York State
Odell
State Board of Lunacy
Norman E. Mack
the Times
Roosevelt Bears Delight New York Visitors at Zoo
Emerson McMillin donated two Roosevelt bears Teddy B and Teddy G to the Zoological Garden. The pair amuse children with playful wrestling daily while an African rhinoceros calf arrives, weighing 250 to 300 pounds and valued at $5 000. The zoo also reports a new buffalo calf born midweek, part of its ongoing success with buffaloes and calf rearing.
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Teddy-B
Teddy-G
Roosevelt Bears
Emerson McMillin
Zoological Garden
Colorado
New York
Mammal House
Africa
Hamburg
Zoological Society
Carl Hagenbeck
Berlin
The
Death of John C. Howell longtime bank president
John C. Howell 64 former cashier and president of Merchants Bank Newton New Jersey died at home after months of illness He served in the civil war with the Seventh New Jersey Volunteers In 1878 he became cashier and in 1898 president He left a widow and two children and held posts with Griggs Post G A R and the Washington Society Morristown plus Sussex County Sesquicentennial Committee treasurer.
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John C. Howell
Merchants’ National Bank of
Newton
Main Street
N. J
Sussex Borough
Seventh New Jersey) Volunteers
Howell
Merchants’ Bank
Griggs Post
Washington Society of Morristown
Sussex County Sesquicentennial Committee
Colonel James McMillan Dies in Washington at 72
Lieut. Col. James McMillan U S A retired died at his Washington home. Born at Conesus New York, he was 72. A Civil War officer he graduated from the Military Academy alongside Fitzhugh Lee Sam Ferguson Sprigg Lee and served on Gen. Andrew Porter’s staff before Richmond. He retired in 1889 due to disability.
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James McMillan
Washington
Conesus
N. Y
Military Academy
Fitzhugh Lee
Sam Ferguson
Sprigg Lee
Sam
Richmond
Andrew Porter
Civil Engineer George M Root Dies at 86 in New Jersey
George M Root a Staten Island born civil engineer and expert on land and water boundaries died in Glen Ridge New Jersey Thursday night at age 86. He was a descendant of Col Azariah Root and Commodore Silas Talbot and a Columbia College graduate who married Anna Van Duzer niece of Commodore Vanderbilt. He leaves four sons.
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George M. Root
Staten Island
Glen Ridge
N. J
Col
Azariah Root
Commodore Silas Talbot
United States
Constitution
Mr. Root
Columbia College
Anna van Duzer
Commodore Vanderbilt
Notable Obituaries of Major Paul R. Brown and Rev William Maguire
Major Paul R. Brown a retired army surgeon died Thursday in Philadelphia Benn He is survived by his son John W. Brown of Washington D C The Rev William C Maguire a retired Protestant Episcopal minister of Brooklyn died Thursday after a long illness He was 58 and served twelve years as rector of Church of Our Saviour Brooklyn later working in City Mission Manhattan
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Paul R. Brown
Phillipsburg
Benn
Joh W. Brown
Washington, D. C
William C. Maguire
Brooklyn
Maguire
Church of Our Saviour
City Mission
Manhattan
TAX BOARD SHAKE-UP FORECAST AS MAYOR READIES EUROPE VISIT
Friction within the Board of Taxes and Assessments points to a shake-up before Mayor McClellan departs for Europe on June 23. Commissioner Samuel Strasbourger likely will retire by then, voluntary, with Commissioner Charles A. Putzel also a probable exit amid long running differences.
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Board of Taxes and Assessments
McClellan
Europe
Samuel Strasbourger
Charles A. Putzel
Putzel
Tax Board
O’donnel
Strasbourger
Thomas L. Hamilton
Strasbourger and
Frank Raymond
John J. Brady
Nicholas Muller
James H. Tully
Attachment Issued Against J B Conger for $700
Deputy Sheriff Cruise attaches $700 against John B. Conger in favor of Emily R. Taylor. Conger, art officer of Straw Pulp and Paper Co at 21 Broadway, could not be found. He may be in St Paul Minnesota, with a Pennsylvania suit awaiting judgment collection. Sheriff served attachment on a Wall Street broker with funds to cover the claim.
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Cruise
John B. Conger
Emily R. Taylor
Conger
Art
Straw, Pulp and Paper Company
Broadway
Pennsylvania
St. Paul
Minn
Wall Street
Charles H Knox Buried After Tammany Service
Charles H. Knox former Law Committee chairman of Tammany Hall died Tuesday night at 757 Madison Avenue and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. The Collegiate Church of St Nicholas hosted funeral rites attended by many Tammany figures including Charles Murphy and Deputy Controller John H McCooey with pallbearers from Knox Memorial Bible Class. Clergy Rev Donald Sage Mackay Rev Edward G Meary and Rev Henry Phipps Ross led services.
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Charles H. Knox
Law Committee
Tammany Hall
Madison Avenue
Woodlawn
Charles IF. Murphy
St. Nicholas
Fifth Avenue
Fortyighth Street
Tabor Knox
Warwick
N. Y
Knox Memorial
Ible
Eac
Donald Sage. Mackay
Edward G. Meary
Henry Phipps Ross
John H. McCooey
Randolph Guy J
Cram
Commisgenheimer
Sioner Maurice Featherson
Nicholas J. Hayes
Crain
Moses Hermann
English Actresses to Play Here
London dispatch says Arthur Pinero has chosen Margaret Illington for the lead in New York at Hi House in Order. Charles Frohman has engaged Marie Tempest and Ellis Jeffreys to star together in America.
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London
Arthur W. Pinero
Margaret Illington
New York
Weather summary from Washington forecast June 1
Showers east of the Rockies with fair conditions in the lake region, South Atlantic states, and Northwest. West Coast generally fair. Saturday travel winds from southwest to west with clearing to Grand Banks. Eastern regions expect Party cloudy Saturday and Sunday with variable or fresh west winds.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
Lake Region
South Atlantic States
Northwest
European
Grand Banks
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaare
New England
Maine
Obituary notices from New York area deaths May 1906
DIED. ALLEN. Charles Warrenne Allen M D of New York died in Gibraltar May 30 1906. BENNER. Mary Benner widow of Hiram Benner died Summit New Jersey May 31 age 73. FISH. Charles A. Fish died June 1 aged 53. funeral June 3 at 2 PM H E Taylor Co Newark. KINGSLAND. William M Kingsland died Scarborough on Hudson age 85. funeral June 2 11 AM at St Marys Church with special train from Grand Central. PLUM. Stephen Haines Plum Newark NJ died May 31 age 63. funeral June 4 3 PM Park Place home. ROOT. George M Root Glen Ridge died May 31 age 85. funeral June 2 4:30 PM Ridgewood Ave. STEWART. Grace Arnold Stevens wife of Henry M Stewart died June 1 at 609 West 158th St. UMSTEAD. Capt William E Umstead Sr Philadelphia died May 29 age 49. funeral June 3 3 PM North Marston St. VAN ALST. James Larremore Van Alst Elmhurst NY died in his 86th year. funeral June 2 Elmhurst Broadway 2:30 PM. VAN BUREN. Magdalena Van Buren aged 84 years 7 months. address box 310 Times Times Square. WARREN. Sara Benedict Warren wife of Dr John S Warren funeral April 3 at 4 PM 164 East 73rd St. Veterans notice Samuel T Bennett Fourth Company funeral June 2 Woodlawn Cemetery 2 PM. THOMAS DIMONA President.
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H. E. Taylor & Co
East 23d
Kingsland
Inchenberg
Scarborough-on-Hudson
William M. Kingsland
St.Mary's Church
Scarborough
Grand Central Station
Plum
Newark
N. J
Stephen Haines
Margaret Monteith Todd
Park Place
Root
Glen Ridge
Moravian Cemetery
New Dorp
Stewart
Grace Arnold Stevens
Henry M. Stewart
West 158Th St
Umstead
William E. Umstead
Philadelphi Penn
Sallie P. Umstead
North Marston St
Philadelphia
van Alst
Elmhurst
James Larremore van Alst
Joanna Gosman
Broadway
van Buren
Magdalena
Madeleine) van Buren
W. R
Box
Times Square
Warren
Sara Benedict Warren
John S. Warren
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Theodore Porter
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Alberta Sturges
Frances H. Leggett
George Floyd-Jones
Mas‘sapequa
Lionel Guest
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Herbert Parsons
Elsie Clews
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Grant B. Schley
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Orme Wilsons
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Longworth
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Harry H. Morgan
Lucerne
Bernard N. Baker
Baltimore
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Ida Husted Harper
William E. Curtis
Orme Wilson
Frederic Neilson
T. Donald Tod
Alexander van Rensselaer
Chapman Illiyams
Benedict
Oscar
Straus
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Frederick C. Brown
W. J. Cotton
D. Lounsbery
Lounsbery
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J. Charles Roper
John Wilkinson
Lloyd Williams
Williams
J. F. Arundell
Frederic J. de Peyster
de Peyster
John Lawson Cameron
N. W. Clayton
Elkins
Senator Elkins
Westee
Nicholas Fish
Bert T. P. Fiske
D. G. Fleming
W. T. Gough
Arthur Lee
Charles E. Lamb
D. D. McCall
H. L. Phillips
John G. Warwick
Dover
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F. W. Bryan
H. J. Blakeley
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Arnold Daly
Everett. Jones
A. D. Noyes
Gustav H. Schroeder
A. Sachs
Sachs
J. Frank"Black
Harriet Bowdoin
John S. Duncan
Alexander Glover
Edward B. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
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James C. Norris
George G. Reid
Tunis
W. P. Talmage
Harbin J. Valentine
Lyman Ware
Bank of England
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Cedric
Nakagawa
Japanese
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Tokio
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Moltke
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Arthur 5. Fairchild
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Miles Ae Peck
F. Stewart God
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Archbold
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Irving W. Benton
Biddle
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Samuel D. Cornell
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G. F. Galt
R. S. Morris
Victoria Murray
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Newhouse
F. H. Stevens
Baron Takaki
England
W.H. Wyman
Kaiser
Fraeulein Krupp
From
the Waldorf
Apponyi and
Kossuth
America
Baby Rhino
J. B. Conger
Lion and
Charles Klein
Jane
Muck
Andrew Lang
San Francisco
M. C. Deering
Thomas Hardy
John Lane
Critic Company
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
West 23Rd St
the North American Review
Foley
the Sunday
Florence
Mark Twain
Tammany
United States Weather Bureau
Seventh Regiment
Samuel T. Bennett
Woodlawn Cemetery
Thomas Dimona
Ct Cemetery Avenue
Gramercy
East 280 ST
N. Y. Crry
Undertakers
Frank E. Campbell Co
West
Tel
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