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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1906
Page
1
Syracuse University Chancellor Jay argues large corporations reflect the country’s massive growth and warns against overreliance on government power. He praises corporate cooperation as essential to production while calling for safeguards and independence for judges and lawmakers.
An item listing sections and page numbers for various departments including Amusements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers Financial News Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Society Weather Report Yesterday's Fires with page indicators for each.
Advertisements and notices listed by page include amusements, deaths, furnished rooms and boarders, help wanted, hotels and restaurants, instruction, lost and found, marriages, spring and summer resorts, and travelers guide reference for pages 7 9 15 16. Reader urged to check respective pages for details.
A large sightseeing automobile overturned in Brighton Boston injuring 34 Christian Scientists. Passengers sang Mrs Eddy’s hymn after the crash while awaiting medical aid. Several sustained fractures including a Kansas City man with a broken leg and elbow. Most taken to hotels or City Hospital. Drivers brake failure caused the wreck on Commonwealth Hill near Commonwealth Avenue and Warren Street. The group expected to recover.
Miss Pauline Weiss of Cedar Grove New Jersey bravely intervened as a horse pulling a runabout went wild on the turnpike. She grabbed the reins near the bit and held on until the animal halted, rescuing Miss Madison and herself from a dangerous plunge beside a steep embankment.
Robert B Roosevelt III aged nearly 80 is ill at his Summer home Lotus Lake Bayville L I. He is described by his physician as a general breakdown due to old age and is not expected to recover. He came here to recuperate after a hard Winter in New York and has not improved, with access to him restricted.
A thousand workers labored for 48 hours to halt the Missouri River from shifting away from Blair Nebraska, where the river has been eroding the Iowa bank and endangering the Northwestern railroad bridge. Despite measures like riprap and sandbags, Friday night saw the dyke breach by 500 yards and the force increased to 1,000 men. If the channel reopens a former dry bed, the loss would be significant.
The battleship Maine flagship of Rear Admiral Evans commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet arrived from Rockland Maine last night. She will proceed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for an overhauling.
Pennsylvania Tour leaves the East July 3 for a special Pullman trip through Yellowstone Park. Nearly a week among the wonders of the great National Playground. Only 227 dollars from New York covering every expense.
President Cassatt disclosed his past and present holdings in coal and steel firms connected to the Pennsylvania Railroad system. He lists Millwood Coal and Coke Company stock sold in autumn, Union Switch and Signal, United States Metallic Packing, Pennsylvania Steel, and Cambria Steel shares with dates and prices, and states no further coal stock ownership since 1900. He also clarifies no commissions or gifts from shippers, and notes steel rail purchases by the railroad.
The ad touts New York Central Lines as America’s greatest railroad with service of 20 daily trains to Buffalo and NJ Falls, 12 to Chicago, 6 to St Louis, and 5 to Cincinnati, highlighting extensive schedules.
Commandant Fayolle on the French liner La Touraine described a vivid electrical storm near Sandy Hook as the ship passed Saturday night. He and First Officer Houyvet witnessed sparks from touching hands and marconis and nickel work outlining in gold and blue flames. Passengers were moved below and decks sealed as 902 steerage passengers faced the brief ordeal lasting under ten minutes.
In Brookly n Indiana a dynamite blast wrecked Patrick Thornberry s main street grocery store after 2 to 8 am. Eleven sticks of unexploded dynamite were found in debris and nearby buildings shook but no glass was broken within 100 feet. Thornberry suspected of running a blind tiger. two other alleged liquor operators had already been destroyed by dynamite.
In Denver at the Central Presbyterian Church Dr. Robert F. Coyle quoted a missionary in Japan about William Jennings Bryan being invited to a provincial governor's dinner. Bryan declined, saying he always goes to church on the Lord's day. The congregation cheered as Dr. Coyle made his forecast.
William Wyatt suffered a heart stab wound when he fell on a knife during a scuffle in Philadelphia. Dr Richard Hart stitched six sutures between pulsations and the heart was replaced, with doctors predicting his recovery. The incident occurred at the Pennsylvania Hospital last night and involved a friend in the struggle for the knife.
Robert J. Collier, struck above the eye by Harry Payne Whitney's polo mallet during a Meadow Brook match, is not as badly hurt as first reported. Doctor Louis N. Lanehart said Collier expects to play again tomorrow. The wound, though painful, is not dangerous.
Winnipeg dispatch reports J. J. Hill pushing the Great Northern project across the Manitoba boundary with three crossings toward rich wheat districts. At present over 27 000 teams and about 10 000 men are at work, with numbers to rise in coming weeks. The lines are expected to become a major factor in handling this year’s crop.
An attempt to detonate bombs on the feed conduit to the Subway was foiled when Joseph Bartky and three other devices were seized near the East Seventy-fourth Street power house. Two accomplices escaped as police recovered three more bombs and searched for others, warning of possible subway service disruption.
Policeman Regan aided two men who collapsed at the Brooklyn Bridge subway stairs. George Mason, 24, of 289 Pacific Avenue Brooklyn, received care with heat prostration. A second man, unnamed broker from Remsen Street, was helped. a nurse assisted and left in a cab. Dr Vance transported Mason to Studson Street Hospital.
Rail tours offer best view of Yellowstone Park with a special Pullman train from New York for the 1906 season. The trip lasts about one and a half days and covers all necessary expenses. Advertisements promote the Personally Conducted Tours with a July 8 departure.
The United States battleship Maine reported that while forty five miles from Boston on Saturday she passed an open boat with two men who signaled for help. The Maine stopped and a whaleboat searched for two hours in fog but found nothing. The ship then continued to arrive at port.
Pope Pius IX attended the St. Peter's Basilica beatification as thousands entered on tickets. Police heightened security amid rumors of a potential attack by three French anarchists, but the ceremony concluded without incident.
Saratoga N Y June 10 Senator Brackett denied a Albany rumor that he sought the U S Senate and rejected any Gov ernor nomination thoughts He said there is absolutely nothing in it and he has never thought of being a Senate candidate. He questioned who started the story.
Natalian forces under Cols Mackenzie and Barker clash with rebels in the Mome Valley. About 350 rebels are killed including Chief Mehlokazulu. Capt. Macfarlane and Lieut. Marsden are killed. several troopers wounded. Chief Bambaata is reported wounded as rebels flee demoralized.
New Jersey files suit against Capt Mark Casto of Atlantic City to stop erection of a dock on Caspian Avenue claiming the Riparian Board rights were violated. Attorney General McCarter seeks a perpetual injunction and judgment for the state.
Swift Water Bill Gates stands as the year’s leading gold producer in Alaska’s Tanana district. He plans to release 1,000,000 in dust with an additional 300,000 blocked out. Fairbanks Banking reports Tanana district gold production for 1906 near 12,000,000, distributed among Creek 6,300,000. Fairbanks Creek 2,500,000. Dome 1,500,000. Esther Sage Gold Stream Pedro 300,000. Delta district Tenderfoot 100,000. Kantishna 100,000. and smaller streams like Alder Vault Gilmore and Fox 100,000.
Vienna reports the planned series of 151 duels with Richard Zombory ending after he apologized to Hungarian Land and Mortgage Bank officials. He now must duel only Johann Szuecs, the original target, though the date remains unfixed. Zombory apologized and promised to refrain from further insults toward bank officials.
Spearmint, ridden by Danny Maher, wins the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp over 1 mile 7 furlongs. Brisecoeur places second, Storm third. Maintenon unplaced due to track hardness. Spectators include President Fallieres and prominent figures signaling the season’s end.
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The murder of Mrs. Alice Kinnan on the Washington Avenue mansion piazza spurs a wide police probe. Six Italians were arrested amid conflicting testimonies while detectives pursue Richard Kinnan, her husband, with a likely arrest today or tomorrow.
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