Runaway Horses Crash Through Madison Avenue Chaos
A sorrel horse and three others bolted from a phaeton on Madison Avenue causing a crash near Forty eighth Street. Mounted Policemen cornered them, one horse collapsed after hitting a truck, and the shot horse was euthanized as driver Walter Lee was dragged and wounded. Chester Chapin, owner of the team, lost a $1,100 horse. Lee was treated on scene.
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Madison Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Forty-eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Chester W. Chapin
West End Avenue
Walter Lee
Lee
Forty Eighth Street
McGlynn
Plagge
West Forty-eighth Street
Envoy
McGivan
Fiftyfourth Street
Burglar John Howard Sentenced in Chicago
In his eighty seventh year John Howard was sentenced to nine months in the House of Correction for house breaking on Fullerton Avenue. He pleaded that prison would kill him, and the court noted prior burglary arrests.
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Chicago
John Howard
House of Correction
Fullerton Avenue
Brentano
Howard
Heney, Georgia Declares War on Automobiles
The town of Heney near Rome Ga has enacted an ordinance prohibiting automobile use within city limits. The marshal is authorized to arrest anyone passing through Seney with such engines of destruction.
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Rome
Heney
Seney
Court Backs Insurer and Railroad in Bond Refund Rentals
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed Judge Holt in favor of Aetna Insurance and the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad against the Delaware and Hudson Company. It upholds a judgment of 1,107,923 for the Albany and Susquehanna stockholders and orders about 120,000 more annually to the Albany and Susquehanna Company on its outstanding capital stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Holt
Aetna Insurance Company
Albany & Susquehanna Railroad
Delaware & Hudson Company
Albany & Susquehanna Company
Barry to Prison as Appeal Plays Out
Barry must begin a prison term after a conviction for note fraud. Supreme Court Justice Gildersleeve dismissed yesterday's writ of habeas corpus. District Attorney Jerome uncovered the fraud last winter, and Barry was sentenced to one to five years in Sing Sing while his Court of Appeals appeal proceeds.
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Barry
Supreme Court
Gildersleeve
Charles Barry
Jerome
Sing Sing
Court of Appeals
Smuggled Finery Sale At Custom House Net Receipts
A sale of smuggled finery at the Custom House disposed of another trunk’s contents. Dealers bought most items at about half appraised value, with attendance down and bids limited. Receipts totaled 7,864 dollars. goods were appraised between 13,000 and 15,000 dollars.
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Custom House
Brooklyn
Park Concerts Open Sunday At Central Park
Nahan Franko opens his fourth summer season of Central Park concerts next Sunday. Fifty five musicians from the Philharmonic and New York Symphony Societies form his orchestra in the pavilion at the Mall near Seventy second Street. Franko favors orchestral over outdoor band music and aims for elevating selections, with operatic and symphonic works dominating the program.
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Nahan Franko
Central Park
Mall
Seventy-second Street
Philharmonic
New York Symphony Societies
Franko
Mr. Franko
Miss Morgan Goes Abroad for Rest in Continent
Miss Anne Morgan daughter of J P Morgan sailed for Havre yesterday on the Provence. J P Morgan Jr and Mr and Mrs Herbert Satterlee were at the pier to see her depart. She plans automobiling on the Continent and declined to discuss suffrage or other undertakings.
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Anne Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Havre
Provence
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Herbert Satterlee
Miss Morgan
Daly's Old Clubhouse Sells at Auction in Long Branch
The Phil Daly clubhouse and grounds on Ocean Avenue Long Branch were offered at auction in Vesey Street Salesroom and sold to Philip Meyer for 76000. The block front on Ocean between Bath Avenue and Cottage Place includes the casino five cottages and two stables. Joseph P Day conducted the sale.
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Phil Daly
Ocean Avenue
Long Branch
Vesey Street
Philip Meyer
Bath Avenue
Cottage Place
Joseph P. Day
Joy Rider Charles Scheers Convicted in Involuntary Manslaughter
Charles Scheers a Philadelphia chauffeur was convicted in Criminal Court of involuntary manslaughter for a joy ride that killed a man. He allegedly took his employer's car with friends, sped at high speed on the wrong side, then fled and was arrested in Cleveland Ohio. Sentence to be pronounced Saturday.
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Norristown
Penn
Charles Scheers
Philadelphia
Scheers
Cleveland
Ohio
Metz Denounces Gaynor Charges in Subway Debate
Brooklyn meeting on Wednesday night drew charges between Controller Metz and Justice Gaynor over the Fourth Avenue Subway. Metz defended city credit and described the subway deal as a funded city asset with bonds repaid by quarterly company payments. He rejected public office motives and criticized Gaynor while asserting the city must secure more subways through legal means.
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Metz
Justice Gaynor
Brooklyn
Court of Appeals
Subway
Belmont
Fourth Avenue
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Rapid Transit Commission
Whitney
Ryan
T Nver
Belser
Subway plan talk between Wilgus and Willcox
William J. Wilgus president of the New Amsterdam Corporation and counsel Edward M. Shepard met with Public Service Commission Chairman William R. Willcox to discuss details of a proposed water front elevated and subway line. The briefing reportedly covered only publicly disclosed topics previously sent to the commission in winter.
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William J. Wilgus
New Amsterdam Corporation
Edward M. Shepard
William R. Willcox
Public Service Commission
Burglars Loot Bedford Station Store in Westchester Crime
Two burglars traveling in a green covered wagon with bay horses entered Walker B. Adams store at Bedford Station and stole 1500 dollars worth of goods after cutting the alarm wire. They took 100 suits of clothing hardware farming implements and other items. Years earlier robbers faced a running fight with Adams and his son in which the father died and two thieves were killed.
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Westchester County
Walker B. Adams
Bedford Station
Walker B. Adams, Sr
Widow Slays Her Son Then Slashes Self in Williamsburg
Mrs Georgianna Day a 43 year old widow living in destitute quarters at 77 Ralph Street Williamsburg killed her seven year old son Harry by nearly decapitating him with a carving knife and then slashed herself. Police say she was undoubtedly insane and neighbors report strange behavior and a drug habit. She was removed in a dying condition to the German Hospital.
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Georgianna Day
Harry
Ralph Street
Williamsburg
Jury rebuked over acquittal in burglary case
The jury that acquitted George Wrinn of 597 Ninth Avenue was summoned before Judge Mulqueen to hear a lecture on the verdict. Mrs. Mary Lazibat of 410 West Forty second Street identified Wrinn after finding two men in her apartment on April 27. Wrinn testified in his own defense, but the jury was rebuked for its verdict.
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George Wrinn
Ninth Avenue
Mulqueen
Mary Lazibat
West
List of new assistant weighers for customs service
William Loeb Jr announced the selection of fourteen Civil Service list appointees for assistant weighers in the customs service. Names include Becker Meyer Tobias Braidwood Nolan McCabe Romeyn Japha Back Hertford Davis Lilfey O Keeffe and Eadie. They replace workers demoted by age or disability and earn four dollars per day.
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William Loeb, Jr
Civil Service
Customs Service
Christie W. Becker
Henry W. Meyer
David M. Tobias
Ernest G. Braidwood
William J. Nolan
James F. McCabe
William G. Romeyn
Ephraim Japha
Herbert G. Back
James R. Hertford
Robert E. Davis
John W. Lilfey
John J. O’keeffe
Wilson G. H. Eadie
Mosquitos Cause Major Malaria Outbreak in Cape Town District
A Cape Town dispatch reports heavy rainfall overflowed the Orange River in Gordonia, triggering swarms of mosquitos and a serious malaria outbreak. Ninety deaths are confirmed as three quarters of the population are affected.
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London
Cape Town
Orange River
Gordonia
Troops Encamp for Big Gun Drills at Seaside Forts
Regulars and 3 000 National Guardsmen joined at Fort Wadsworth Fort Totten Fort Schuyler and Fort Hamilton for a nine day coast artillery exercise. Units pitch camp and begin lectures drills with torpedo planters arriving to simulate hostile naval forces. Sanitation officer Major Charles E Woodruff oversees camp health as congestion and fog delay some events.
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Coast Artillery
United States Army
National Guardsman
Coast Artillery Corps
New York
Fort Wadsworth
Forts Totten
Schuyler
Hamilton
National Guard
Col
Morris
Davis
Fort Hamilton
Austen
Forts Totten and Schuyler
Wadsworth
Charles E. Woodruff
Piné Plains
Grace Church Chantry Remodeling Plans Filed
William W. Renwick as architect for Grace Church Corporation filed with Building Superintendent Murphy plans to remodel the chantry and honor rooms on Grace Church south side to fit a garden plot at Broadway and Tenth Street, formerly the Vienna Bakery site. Improvements estimated at $30,000.
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Grace Church
William W. Renwick
Grace Church Corporation
Murphy
Broadway
Tenth Street
Old Vienna
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C. W. Chapin
Georgia
Aetna Insurance Co
Daly
JOY Rider
City
W. J. Wilgus
Willcox
Invo
Wrinn
Mr. Loeb
Seacoast
Forts Wadsworth, Totten
Schuyler, and Hamilton
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
John R. Hegeman
Pace
Isso
Industrial Department
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
Canadaj
Cape McMurchy
N. E
Westchester Ave
Cor
3D Ave
D. G. C. Sinclair
E. 24Th St
T. W. Ridgway
S. W
125Th St
St. Nicholas Ave
R. L Gladwin
N. W. Cor
Ave
Newark
Charles Sudbrink
Julius Huelsenbeck
F. C
Stanisland
Flatbush Ave
Iene Ee
Ere Bank
Fulton and Clinon Sts
Aeae Burke
Manhattan
Greenpoint
Klyn. H. Ac
Stegitts
Kiendl
Atlantic Ave
Yi Keete
Nassau Trust
Bway & Bedford
Michael ‘O'Malley
Jackson Ave
Long Island City
L. I. F. P. Danzilio
Richmond Terrace
New Brighton
Julius Kayser & Co., Makers
B. Akman & CO
Wilton
Axminster
34Th Street
35Th Street
Sth Avenue
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