Japan War Outlook Tightens As Peace Talks Loom
Tokyo reports general distrust of Russian sincerity and cautions Japan to stay vigilant while urging plenipotentiaries to meet in the East. Press delays and censor restrictions slow word of Roosevelt’s peace instructions, with papers urging continued resolve and guarantees before any armistice or final terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Tien-Tsin
Ta Pass
Japan
United States
Tokio
Roosevelt
Griscom
Legation
Weiuck
Foreign Office
Jomura
Jiji
Russia
Woman Hurt In Broadway And Forty Fourth Crash
A collision between a south bound Fifty-ninth Street car and a northbound Broadway car near Broadway and Forty-fourth Streets left three people injured, including Susie B Tyrell. She suffered severe leg injuries and was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital after being aided by Alfred J Pickard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifty-ninth Street
Seventh Avenue
Broadway
Forty-fourth Streets
Hotel Astor
Times Square
Susie B. Tyrell
Forty-fifth Street
Alfred J. Pickard
West One Hundred and Third Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Coerr
Tsar Likely to Let Tokio Confer on Peace Talks
St Petersburg reports Russia leaning toward peace as reverses and Tsushima disaster press the empire toward negotiations. Roosevelt’s efforts are credited with initiating talks though details and certainty remain elusive. Foreign offices see improving prospects, but no formal start announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czar
Tokio
London Times
NEW York Times
ST. Petersburg
Russia
Tsu-Shima
Tsarskoe-Selo
Roosevelt
Index To Departments And Page References
The page list outlines sections such as Amusements on page 9 Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers on page 7 Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails on page 7 Society on page 9 Weather Report on page unknown Yesterday's Fires on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine
Tie-Up On Long Island Railroad Delays Many Trains
The Long Island Railroad tested its new automatic action tower system and again faced disaster. A Rockaway branch derailment halted service for hours, with Jamaica local cars leaving tracks at Berlin village. Passengers walked miles home as information lines failed and waits lengthened at stations. The automatic switch system was expected to be fixed by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Aeomatics
Rockaway Branch
Long Island City
Jamaica
Berlin Village
Rockaway
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
18 Hour Pennsy Special Sets Fast World Record Pace
The West-bound eighteen hour Pennsy Special arrived at Pittsburg after 437.5 miles in 492 minutes, drawing praise from officials and spectators alike. Engine 2,424 set the pace after Altoona, with speeds reaching eighty miles per hour despite wet rails. The trip continued toward Chicago with stops at key junctions as engineers prepared for the cross-country run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvania
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
New York
Union Station
Chicago
William Gettaney
Altoona
Alleghenies
Gettaney
Gallitzen
Géttaney
Juniata Valley
Underwood
The
Erie
West
East
Ohio
Indiana
New York Times
Penn
Twenty-third Street
Jersey City
C. M. Scheaffer
Frank N. Barksdale
Road
John H. Warren
North Philadelphia
Congressional Limited
Mantua
Broad Street
Harrisburg
St. Louis
R. H. Greenwood
New Brunswick
New Brunswick Young Tigers
Skipper saves a boy in fatal Brooklyn boat capsize
Cecil Smith, 22, and Richard Meyer, a boy, launched from South Brooklyn dock in a rowboat. A tidal surge capsized them near Fifty-eighth Street. Capt. Roderweis of the Arbuckle bark Jacob A Stamler plunged in with help to rescue Meyer then searched for Smith. Meyer was revived by Ambulance Surgeon Eastmond and sent home. Smith's body had not been recovered by nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Smith
Union Street
Richard Meyer
Hicks Street
Fifty-eighth Street
Brooklyn
Smith
Ifty-Seventh Street
Meyer
Roderweis
Arbuckle
Jacob A. Stamler
Stamler
Ieee
Eastmond
Vanderbilt to build 10000 acre lake in Pink Bed Valley
Asheville NC June 11 It was stated that George W Vanderbilt plans a lake spanning 10000 acres in Transylvania’s Pink Bed Valley within his hunting and fishing preserves. The Pink Bed region hosts his lodge and is famed for fishing as the city notes a calendar change by New York Central Lines taking effect June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Asheville
N. C
George W. Vanderbilt
Transylvania
Pink Bed
Mr. Vanderbilt
New York Cenos
Moors Kill Vice Consul at Mazagan
Moors entered the Austrian Vice Consulate at Mazagan on June 6 and murdered Vice Consul Madden, a British subject who also represented Denmark, after years of service there. Madden’s wife was wounded. assailants escaped. Austrian and British protests were sent to the Sultan’s Foreign Minister. The Tangier correspondent notes Madden was killed by Bennamy, son of a wealthy Moor, in revenge for a personal wrong. Bennamy and his slave were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Mazagan
Madden
Denmark
London
the Standard
Bennamy
Keokuk Flood Isolation and Damaged Rail Lines
Keokuk Iowa remained cut off for a day as heavy rains caused widespread damage. A Wabash train finally reached the city, while railroads across the region collapsed. Lima Lake levee showed seepage and sandbag work. Alexandria faced levee crowds and widespread flooding with substantial nearby damages estimated around 800 000 dollars. The Mississippi River flow stabilized after a secondary flood from Iowa and Cedar Rivers reached the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Keokuk
Iowa
Meigs
Mississippi
Burlington
Hannibal
Lima Lake
Illinois
Alexandria
Missouri
Cedar
Buffalo Hunt and Indian Celebration At 101 Ranch
Fifty thousand guests were drawn to Bliss Oklahoma for the National Editorial Association visit to the Miller brothers 101 Ranch. A buffalo chase dinner and Wild West show were planned with buffalo from Montana and a parade ending with an eighteen thousand dollar automobile. The Ponca and Otoe planned a celebration dissolving tribal ties after allotment. The program faced federal interference against slaughter of buffalo on Ponca lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss
Oklahoma
Miller Brothers
National Editorial Association
Santa Fé
Ponca
Montana
Cherokee Strip
Ox Team
Prime Schooner
Washington
Hitchcock
Noble
Ponca Indian Agency
White Eagle
Joe Miller
Gnd
Stabbing on speeding Staten Island car sparks chase
A Concord to Eightieth Precinct call reported a stabbing aboard a speeding car headed toward Stapleton. Police stopped the car at Wright and Canal Streets after arrests of Martin Thompson and Peter Tangier, with two women passengers aboard. Thompson resisted being moved inside, and the faster ride followed a plan to alert authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eightieth
Staten Island
Concord
Stapleton
Wright and
Canal Streets
Martin Thompson
Broome Street
Peter Tangier
West One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street
Manhattan
Midlands Beach
Thompson
Assault on bench leaves girl and escort injured in city
Ida Kaminsky a shirtwaist maker of 931 East Thirteenth Street is hospitalized in serious condition after a man struck her with an iron bar at One Hundred Ninety six Street and the Speedway. Samuel Aranaw of 116 Siegel Street Brooklyn, also injured, was with her when the attacker fled. Police and ambulance responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Kaminsky
East Thirteenth Street
J. Hood Wright
Samuel Aranaw
Siegel Street
Brooklyn
Miss Kaminsky
Aranaw
Bradley
Big garage blaze damages Ranier building and autos
A five story brick garage at Ninth Avenue and Twenty seventh Street burned after an electric fuse failure. Eighty autos belonging to dry goods houses and sightseeing firms were damaged or destroyed, with total losses for machines and plant estimated at hundreds of thousands. Firefighters battled dense smoke aided by fireboats. a watchman and a machinist were overcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
John T. Ranier
Ranier Vehicle Equipment Company
Binns
Ranier Electric Vehicle Company
Vehicle Equipment Company
Corbett Chair Company
Sutro Braiding Company
Daniel Costigan
Twentyseventh Street
George B. McClellan
New Yorker
William Wright
Wright
Howe
Andrew O'Neil
Engine Company No. 19
New York Hospital
James Carroll
Stage Line
Ninth Regiment
Naval reshuffle to send two first class battleships to Asia
An officer said two first class battleships now with Rear Admiral Evans in the North Atlantic Fleet may be ordered to Asiatic waters to reinforce Admiral Train. Likely ships include the Missouri and either the Alabama or Illinois, joining Ohio and Wisconsin plus Oregon and Mannanock in Train's squadron with cruisers Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Evans
Asiatic
C. J. Train
Atlantic
Missouri
Alabama
Illinois
Ohio
Admiral Train
Wisconsin
Orient
Oregon
Mannanock
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Wet Sunday at Brighton defies liquor laws
A Brighton Beach Hotel of wood drew crowds Sunday as patrons obtained beverages with no licensed operation. Brooklyn excise chief Col. Michell reportedly planned a visit to enforce the law but did not arrive late. Coney Island saw police escorting many intoxicated individuals to stations while an estimated 150000 sightseers flocked to the area, including James Hazen Hyde and James R. Keene. Also advertised were Sleeping Cars to Detroit and Mount Clemens by Lee Valley R. R. with departures from New York and Brooklyn terminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton Beach
Col. Michell
Brooklyn Excise
Coney Island
James Hazen Hyde
James R. Keene
Russian Army in a Trap Near Chang Tu
Tokyo reports Gen Linevitch’s forces in Manchuria are virtually surrounded with Japanese troops poised to gain glory if the campaign continues. Headquarters in Tokyo say June 9 operations drove the enemy from Liang-Shui-Chuan and Nan-Cheng-Tzu and occupied nearby positions, with further advances toward Chang-Tu and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tokio
The
Daily Telegraph
Linevitch
Manchuria
Liang-Shui-Chuan
Nan-Cheng-Tzu
Erh-Shih-Lipa
Chang-Tu
Shu-Fang-Tai
Tung-Chia-Tzu
Subway train derailed near Rector Street during flood
A subway shuttle train running between Fourteenth and Fulton Streets was sent to the new Rector Street station just after midnight but derailed below Cortlandt Street. The train had no passengers and caused no serious tunnel damage. The wrecking crew was called, and Fulton Street station closed for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth
Fulton Streets
Rector Street
Cortlandt Street
Fulton Street
Five Upset in Catboat Off Tompkinsville
The Robert Garrett ferried 500 passengers from Staten Island at 6 30 pm when a catboat capsized off Tompkinsville after the ferry left St George. Capt Cole halted the Garrett and sent a lifeboat with two deckhands to rescue two men a woman and a girl on the first trip then returned for the remaining two men. Rescued were Mr and Mrs Henry Gernghorn and Miss Mary Smith of Bay Ridge John Hansen of Stapleton S J and Carl Osborn and Alfred Anderson of Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Garrett
Staten ‘Island
Tompkinsville
St. George
Cole
Garrett
Henry Gernghorn
Mary Smith
Bay Ridge
John Hansen
Stapleton, S. J
Carl Osborn
Alfred Anderson
Brooklyn
Rockefeller Got Him Out at Briggsville Hotel
John Melin, owner of a small hotel beside John D. Rockefeller’s Tarrytown estate, has placed his property for sale. Rumor says Rockefeller’s purchase of the nearby village led to Melin’s ruin as the mogul plans to flood Briggsville to create an artificial lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Tarrytown
John Melin
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Melin
Mr. Rockefeller
Briggsville
Runaway kills Mrs Lawton in Stamford
In Stamford Connecticut Mrs Abbie E Lawton aged sixty died from injuries after a runaway accident last night as horses bolted when two automobiles passed. Her sister Miss Lawton was severely hurt but expected to recover while her nephew George L Swan sustained only slight injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
Abbie E. Lawton
Drowns in Cayuga Lake at Ithaca Steamer
Carman Hoyt forty five years old accidentally stepped off the steamer Hiawatha into Cayuga Lake near Ithaca while returning home from Ithaca with his young daughter. He sank in about 300 feet of water and is the fourth drowning at that spot in a year. A prior incident near the same date involved William Luce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
Carman Hoyt
Hiawatha
Cayuga Lake
Cornell
Hoyt
Myers Village
William Luce
Girl shoots man in shooting gallery on Bowery and Jones Walk
Silvia Steadman of Manhattan admitted pointing the rifle at Joseph Ryan of Ulmer Park Brooklyn in a Bowery shooting gallery but said the shot was accidental. Ryan, struck in the head, is at Emergency Hospital Coney Island. Capt Dooley of Coney Island Station ordered the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ryan
Ulmer Park
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Silvia Steadman
West Thirty-ninth Street
Manhattan
Ryan
Bowery
Jones's Walk
Dooley
Police Billy Rescues Man With Leather Tourniquet
Bicycle Policeman Charles E. Forrest of Liberty Avenue Station East New York used a leather thong as a tourniquet to save Daniel Broadhurst from life threatening wrist bleeding at Lebohner's Dexter Park Jamaica Avenue and Enfield Street. Broadhurst slipped while carrying a glass of cola water to a dancer, a fragment severed an artery and he was commended by Dr. Morrison of Bradford Street Hospital and taken home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Charles E. Forrest
Liberty Avenue
East New York
Daniel Broadhurst
Lebohner
Dexter Park
Jamaica Avenue
Enfield Street
Broadhurst
Dr. Morrison
Bradford Street
Hosital
Forrest
New Fast Train Schedule From Grand Central
The Second Empire introduces a rapid NYC Central line service leaving Grand Central at 2 30 PM for Albany arriving 5 20 PM Utica 7 14 Syracuse 8 23 Rochester 9 56 and Buffalo 11 30 PM with no excess fare. Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central
Grand Central Station
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Main water burst floods Park Avenue subway
A 48 inch water main burst yesterday on Park Avenue between Forty first and Forty second Streets, flooding the subway and grounds. Trains halted as water forced through roof and walls, with metres of water in the Belmont Hotel basement and a submerged forty first street track. Officials estimate $100000 in damage and restoration could take hours with a volunteer shutting off the main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Avenue
Forty-first
Forty-second
Ninety-sixth Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Harlem River
Seventy-second Street
Fourteenth Street
Healey
Forty-second Street
Hedley
Interborough
Department of Water Supply
Belmont Hotel
Forty-first Street
Grand Central
Thirty-third Street
Grand Central Station
Michael Mahady
Michael Branbrick
Hewley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Roosevelt
Loxpon
Times
Trays
Svar
Skipper
Vanderbilt
Speedway
Burnett
Adv
Ranier Company
Admiral Evans
Brighton
Coney
Detroit
Mt. Clemens
Lee Valley
Oyama
Nogi
Fukoman
S.nks
Coney Rifle Range
Water Department
Subway
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!