Grip Epidemic Hits City Horses In Spring Deluge
Veterinarians report a contagious equine illness sweeping New York City, widely called the grip or pink eye, with Dr. S. K. Johnson and H. D. Gill noting rapid spread among street and work horses. Causes include crowded, poorly vented shipment cars and heavy rainfall followed by heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gustavus A. Hankinson
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
S. K. Johnson
Board of Health
Hankinson
H. D. Gill
Veterinaryee
New York University
Mills
New York American Veterinary College
Theew York Cab ‘Company
Another Northfield victim found after ferry disaster
The body of B Stevens of New Dorp a contractor lost in the Staten Island ferry Northfield sinking was recovered near the National Storage Company dock in New York Bay off Greenville. Identification came from a keys pouch and a Masonic badge. Divers worked on the Northfield as it lies at Forty-ninth Street Brooklyn with openings in the hull. Officials noted life preserver shortages on many boats and prepared reports for Manhattan and Brooklyn routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Stevens
New Dorp
Staten Island
Northfield
National Storage Company
New York Bay
Greenville
John Doran
Stevens
West Thirty-seventh Street
Speer
Forty-ninth Street
Brooklyn
Staten Island Exress Company
Murphy
Police Department
York
Manhattan
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Jersey City
Brooklyn and
Rockaway Beach
Sunshine
Canarsie
Bergen Beach
United States
Staten Islanders Demand New Boats For Ferry Line
Residents of New Brighton Staten Island plan an indignation meeting Monday evening to protest the continued use of old Staten Island ferries and demand newer vessels be placed on the line. Prominent locals are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Islanders
Northfield
New Brighton
S. I
Staten Island
State Railroad Commission Rules Law Journal Not a Newspaper
Chairman Ashley W Cole of the State Railroad Commission ruled that the Law Journal is not a newspaper for advertising purposes. The decision followed a point raised by opponents to a franchise for the New York and Port Chester Railroad Company at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The proposed route would pass Rye Harrison Mamaroneck New Rochelle Mount Vernon and along the eastern Bronx to East One Hundred and Thirty-second Street. Counselor Page opposed the application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Law Journal
Cole
Fifth Avenue
Monticello
Fallsburg
White Lake
Ashley W. Cole
State Railroad Commission
New York and Port Chester Railroad Company
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Rye
Harrison
Mamaroneck
New Rochelle
Mount Vernon
Bronx
One Hundred and Thirty-second Street
Page
Gen Molineux Confident Court May Grant New Trial
General Edward B. Molineux returned to Brooklyn from Buffalo where he attended the Court of Appeals hearing on his son Roland B. Molineux’s new trial bid. He said he was cheerful and confident the court would grant a retrial, noting Milburn’s compelling presentation and support from prominent lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Molineux
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Court of Appeals
Roland B. Molineux
Milburn
Four Hurt In Bronx trolley collision near Morris Park race track
Four people injured when two William's Bridge Union Railway trolleys collide on Bronxdale Avenue near Unionport Road close to Morris Park track. Motorman Daly failed to stop at Bear's Swamp Road switch causing a high speed crash. injuries include a broken collar bone, lacerations, and crushed foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William's Bridge
Union Railway
Bronxdale Avenue
Unionport Road
Morris Park
Daly
Bear's Swamp Road
Bronx Park
Emma Brooks
Boston Road
George Citron
James Daly
Albert Berry
Fordham Hospital
Death of Frank Pullis Is Declared Natural Causes
North Bergen New Jersey June 21 county physician Con verse says Frank Pullis died of natural causes not strychnine poisoning as initially thought. Dr Menger questioned and police kept the body pending possible autopsy amid family rumors and public curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bergen
N. J
Frank Pullis
Converse
Menger
Charles Pullis
Frank
James
Pallis
Dr. Menger
Pullis
Bright
Charles Pallis
Colt's Gallop Costs A Life
Abraham Turo, a painter, was killed when a colt galloped over a farm ladder in Syracuse New York. The animal knocked the ladder, dropping Turo twenty feet to strike his head on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Abraham Turo
Frank Matty
Turo
Rich Quaker Kills Himself at Mount Holly Home
Jacob H. Leeds a 71 year old Quaker and director of the Union National Bank of Mount Holly was found dead in the cellar at 6 am his son Harry discovering the body. Leeds a prominent county political figure cut his throat with a razor before dawn after a cheerful mood at retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Helly
N. J
Mount Holly
Jacob H. Leeds
Rancocas
Harry
Leeds
Union National Bank of
Quarrel Ends in Murder On New York Street
John Clarke 41 of 160 West Avenue Long Island City died at Bellevue Hospital after a quarrel on Thirty-fourth Street and First Avenue. John F. Clancy 34 saloon keeper of 143 Fifth Street was arrested for murder. Clancy allegedly shot Clarke in the left side after a dispute over a racing bet. The case follows a reported feud since the Gleason fight. Clarke’s sister reported a missing nurse and Mrs. Rosenkranz was found dead by hanging at Bellevue after a search by hospital staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-fourth Street
First Avenue
John Clarke
West Avenue
Long Island City
John F. Clancy
Fifth Street
Clarke
Bellevue Hospital
Clancy
Corrigan
East Thirty-fifth Street
Manhattan
John Connerty
Gleason
Carrigan
Delaney
Long Island
Bellevue
Indians Menace Settlers in Kiowa-Comanche Nation
Wichita report says Kiowa Comanche council vows force to block open settlement of lands after court injunction. Indians gather at Cob Creek Fort Sill area led by Geronimo, arming to bluff whites near Chickasha while hunger and fear mount among about 5000 settlers along the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Congress
Cob Creek
Fort Sill
Anamarko
Chickasha
Geronimo
Thousands camped on border await Kiowa-Comanche opening
Dr. J. J. McKenna reports destitute crowds at the Kiowa Comanche Apache border in Oklahoma. He says about twenty thousand men women and children are massed there with half in dire need and at least five thousand having been there over a year and a half, having arrived with little money and nothing gained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Oklahoma
J. J. McKenna
Steel Trust Troubles Signal Major Mergers
Pittsburg reports outline a looming consolidation move by United States Steel to merge National Steel with Carnegie Company and absorb the American Hoop Company. Plans allegedly include merging American Tin Plate and American Sheet Steel into a single subsidiary with Pittsburgh as its central office. Officials note rising resignations as Carnegie influence expands, with some predicting U S Steel’s dissolution into Carnegie holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn
United States Steel Corporation
National Steel Company
Carnegie Company
National Company
Steel Trust
American Steel Hoop Company
Hoop
Combine
Carnegie
American Tin Plate Company
American Sheet Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Greater
Schwab
Whitestone Woman Dies by Own Action at Sanitarium
Mrs. Sarah Rosenkranz of 120 Riverside Avenue, Whitestone, committed death by own action between yesterday afternoon and this morning at Dr. Harrison's private sanitarium on Powell Hill. She had been a patient for about six months and, while walking with her nurse, appeared in good spirits before sitting to rest.
Black man Spencer guarded by mob as Trinity tension rises
In Trinity Texas the Light Guard and Houston Cavalry Company transported a Black man named Spencer who confronted a woman last week. He was seen tied to a tree from a train that could not stop, with soldiers and a mob surrounding him. No further news from Trinity tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Houston Cavalry Company
Light Guard
Trinity
Spencer
Why He Wasn't Naturalized
Antonio Trazzetti seeks citizenship in Kings County Court after consulting Italian peers who coached him. The judge quizzes him on state, governor, and term with Trazzetti answering Broadway Van Wyck eight years and elected. The court rejects him and he schemes revenge in the Italian quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Trazzetti
Kings County Court
Broadway
Antonio
van Wyck
Trazzetti
Erin
Three Inspectors Arrested Over Unlawful Fees in Brooklyn
Three Deputy Factory Inspectors indicted by the Kings County Grand Jury were arrested and arraigned before Judge Joseph Aspinall. Thomas D. Sherlock, George Serenbetz, and William D. Hudson face charges of accepting small bribes to influence license issuances. Bail set at $1,000 each as cases proceed under Deputy Superintendent Brannis and prosecutor Job Hedges. Additional indictments were returned but unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings County Grand Jury
Joseph Aspinall
Thomas D. Sherlock
Fourteenth Ward
Brooklyn
George Serenbetz
William D. Hudson
Sherlock
Harris Rothenberg
Moore Street
Rothenberg
Lawrence Carroll
Serenberz
David Braverman
Hopkins Street
Robert Sharkey
Sixteenth Assembly District
Hudson
Abraham Lambert
Cook Street
Death at Audubon Park Ends Duel Between Drummer and Bailey
Walter Selph, a young drummer and son of Col Dudley Selph New Orleans State Inspector of Rifle Practice and former rifle champion, was killed last night after a quarrel at a military ball. He and L L Bailey fought with bare fists. Selph fell after a single blow breaking his neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Walter Selph
Dudley Selph
Audubon Park
L. L. Bailey
Selot
Photographer Falls From Balloon at Stock Yards
Chicago June 21 George R. Lawrence a photographer attempted a bird’s eye view of the stock yards from a balloon when the car broke loose from its crossbar at about fifty feet He was thrown from the car but escaped with only a few cuts after hitting telegraph wires The balloon rose and then quickly disappeared
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George, R. Lawrence
Lawrence
Monroe Acquitted After Long Washington Trial
Lewis Francis Mortimer Monroe of New York was found not guilty of stealing jewels valued at $9000 from Mrs Olivia Co Starling of 1455 Massachusetts Ave Washington. The verdict followed about a day of arguments and the jury's one hour of deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis Francis Mortimer Monroe
New York
Olivia Co
Massachusetts Avenue
Liberty
Monroe
Court House
Starling
Old Point Comfort
Baltimore
Fother
Starring
Nannie Foster-Barham
Pau
Basse Pyrennesse
France
Reginald Foster-Barham
SeArrin
Ellis
Richard L. Lee
Children killed by Sag Harbor express near Lynbrook
Two children Rosie Metzler nine and John Metzler five were struck and killed by a 4 20 express between Lynbrook and Valley Stream as they fled a freight train after hearing a whistle. Their mother Mrs Rosie Metzler a widow faced tragedy after her husband had died and she had supported the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynbrook
N. Y
Sag Harbor
Valley Stream
Rosie Metzler
John Metzler
Flame King exhibitor burned by kerosene tar act
George Blondell a 27 year old museum exhibitor known as The Flame King was hospitalized with a badly burned throat after a piece of burning taw saturated with kerosene slipped halfway down his throat during a fire swallowing act. Spectators watched as an assistant tried to use flames for cooking wafers before Blondell collapsed and was carried to Bellevue Hospital by ambulance. Doctors said he took too much burning taw in his mouth but his condition was not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Blondell
East Eighteenth Street
Flame King
Bellevue Hospital
Blondell
Woman Burned to Death in New Brunswick Home
Mrs. Caroline Quackenboss a seventy year old resident of 33 French Street New Brunswick lived alone on the upper floor. Dr. Van Marter who visited daily found her body burned to death with a broken lamp nearby and a charred trail from a burning garment. Authorities suspect a lamp explosion caused the blaze and the woman attempted to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Caroline Quackenboss
Atlanta Police Excited Over Debray Murder
Atlanta officials and Gov. Candler offer rewards after Patrolman Debray is shot dead on his beat. Mayor Mims urges city council to raise the bounty as police and citizens are asked to aid in capturing the unknown assassin. The killing marks a fourth officer slain in three years with no convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Debray
Candler
Mims
Drowned Girl Among Strawberry Pickers Near Belle Isle
In Syracuse on June 21 Ethel Schmarderer aged fourteen drowned while crossing Nine Mile Creek near Belle Isle during a strawberry picking trip with five companions. A second girl Carrie Chapman aged twenty fell in after becoming dizzy. Chapman was saved from the current, while Ethel was carried away by the swollen stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Ethel Schmarderer
Nine Mile Creek
Belle Isle
Ethel
Carrie Chapman
Schmarderer
Chapman
Ring Cut From Child Throat In Union Hill
Millie Wilding seven, daughter of Edward and Emma Wilding of 214 Kiberty Street Union Hill New Jersey swallowed a diamond ring while playing. Dr Wallace White used X rays to locate the ring then removed it under ether. The throat was lascerated by the setting and a silver tube was inserted. The child slept and revived without complications anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Wilding
Edward
Emma Wilding
Kiberty Street
Union Hill
N. J
Wallace White
Court of Appeals dismisses Oakes insanity suit
The Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of Mrs. Lewella C. Oakes action seeking 150000 damages from her former husband Francis J. Oakes his present wife Adelaide Sullivan Oakes and doctors Neil O Fitch and William J Burnett. The court ruled the Statute of Limitations bars the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Lewella C. Oakes
Francis J. Oakes
Adelaide Sullivan Oakes
Neil O. Fitch
William J. Burnett
New York City
Washout derails a train near Otter Lake
A cloudburst near Otter Lake caused washouts on the Mohawk and Malone Railroad. The Montreal express, northbound, struck a washout about 3 AM. The engine baggage car and combination car toppled. coaches remained upright. The train was halted with caution to prevent further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Otter Lake
Mohawk and
Malone
Montreal Express
Miss Spring in Critical Condition After Fall
Stroudsburg Penn June 21 Miss Susan B Spring a New York woman who jumped from the Lackawanna Flier near Henryville Thursday afternoon remains in critical condition Doctors found a fracture in the outer skull a broken right shoulder and a broken left hand with fears of internal injuries to follow up the conditions continue to be serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroudsburg
Penn
Susan B. Spring
New York
Lackawanna
Henryville
Lightning Destroys Lyons Warehouse Broom Corn
A fire sparked by lightning destroyed the Lyons Warehouse in Arcola Illinois last night burning over 700 tons of broom corn owned by the Union Brook Supply pool. The loss is estimated between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars and is covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcola
Lyons
Union Brook Supply Pool
New Jersey Boys Expelled for Hazing
J E A Link of Newark and James Davis of Belvidere were expelled from the State School for hazing Byron Bradford. Link would have graduated yesterday but lost his diploma. Bradford testified to sandpapering his body during the investigation by the Faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Trenton
N.J
J. E. A. Link
Newark
James Davis
Belvidere
Byron Bradford
Link
Bradford
Sentence of be spanked by mother is ordered in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn at 653 Linwood Street twelve year old Honey Foote faced a curious scene as a group of friends gathered on the back yard fence awaiting a punishment described as a spanking. The Myrtle Avenue Police Court ordered the sentence after Heney was arraigned for a slight offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foote
Linwood Street
Brooklyn
Heney
Myrtle Avenue
Naumer
Killed Escaping Prisoner in Oyster Grounds at Tuckerton
Caleb Fithian, a clam digger from Parkertown, was shot and killed by Jacob Stiles, a special officer for the Oystermen's Protective Association, while escaping after being found digging on staked oyster grounds. Stiles planned to arrest him, says Fithian resisted, and the shot occurred during the escape. Stiles faces arrest under a new ruling restricting police use of deadly force against escaping prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckerton
N. J
Caleb Fithian
Jacob Stiles
Fithian
Parkertown
Stiles
Oystermen'’s Protective Association
Cave-In at Fidler Collieries Threatens Plant Closure
Thirty acres of coal lands near Pittston sank several feet in a morning cave-in at the Fidler Collieries operated by Elliott, Mc Clure & Co. All 600 employees escaped unharmed and the shaft may be abandoned. The collapse is attributed to robbing pillars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Penn
Fidler
Elliott, McClure & Co
Smallpox Case Reported at Elmira Reformatory
The State Board of Health was notified of a smallpox case at the Elmira Reformatory. The convict arrived June 8 from Goshen Orange County Jail, where smallpox had not been reported until June 15. Dr Curtis says it is the first known case in the institution’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira Reformatory
Albany
N. Y
State Board of Health
Orange County
Goshen
Curtis
Collins
Parke
Weather Update From The Mississippi Valley To The Atlantic
Showers and thunderstorms spread yesterday from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast and in the Middle Rockies and South Atlantic states. High temperatures reached 104 degrees at Dodge, Kansas, with today forecast for showers in the Middle and North Atlantic States and the Ohio Valley. ForeCASTs predict cooler New England and lingering showers and southerly winds across the mid Atlantic and southern regions through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Middle Rocky Mountain
South Atlantic States
Middle Western
Dodge
Kan
North Atlantic
Ohio
Mississippi
Lake Region
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
European
Grand Banks
New England
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North
South Carolina
New York
Minnesota
South Dakota
Notable Guests by Hotel List Across New York
A roster of prominent figures and their cities visiting various grand hotels in New York. Names include John Skelton Williams from Richmond H Clay Pierce of St. Louis Garrett B Linderman from South Bethlehem and ex Senator Towne of Minnesota among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf
Savannah
A. G. Wellington
Baltimore
Victoria
Charles A. Towne
Minnesota
Hoffman
Col. de Lancey Floyd-Jones
United States Army
A. E. Dickinson
Chicago
Albemarle
Justice John Davis
Washington
Samuel Budd
Paris
Astor
F. W. Sturley
London
W. W. Old
Norfolk
E. Meadows
Melbourne
Australia
Fifth Avenue
John. C. Corwin
Omaha
Albert S. White
Pittsburg
Manhattan
F. A. Bentley
W. G. Choate
Denver
H. H. Westinghouse
Frederic von Homeyer
Stockholm
J. W. Donald
Edinburgh
Plaza
F. F. Breckenbridge
New Orleans
J. B. Rosenbaum
Richmond
Arrival of Buyers From Multiple Cities Listed
Haskell and Tripp of New Bedford with A Wylie praise nations and furnishing goods at 2 Walker Street. Ely and Walker Dry Goods Company of St. Louis with H Walker at 258 Church Street. Barnard Sumner and Putnam Co of Worcester with D W Morton at 52 Franklin Street. Enwer’s J N Sons of Youngstown with W D Enwer at Hotel Rossmore. Kaufman and Rubin of Philadelphia with J H Rubin at 131 Wooster Street. Sidney Lindsay and Carr Company of Rochester with S P Caldwell at 454 Broome Street. Wanamaker of Philadelphia with A B Lovejoy at Broadway and Tenth Street. Albemarle Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell & Tripp
New Bedford
Mass
A. Wylie
Walker Street
Ely & Walker Dry Goods Company
St. Louis
A H. Walker
Barnard, Sumner & Putnam Co
Worcester
D. W. Morton
Franklin Street
Enwer’s
J. N., Sons
Youngstown
Ohio
W. D. Enwer
Rossmore
Kaufman & Rubin
Philadelphia
Penn
J. H. Rubin
Wooster Street
Albert
Sidney, Lindsay & Carr Company
Rochester
S P. Caldwell
Broome Street
Wanamaker, John
A. B. Lovejoy
Carpets
Broadway
Tenth Street
Albemarle Hotel
Fires reported from 12 to 12 yesterday
Across Roosevelt Street Tenth Street and Broadway Grenard Street East Eighty fifth Street Allen Street West Thirty fifth Street multiple owners named with varying damage. Henry Scheiderman and Mary Calfa listed among affected. Damages range from none to twenty five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Street
Tenth Street
Broadway
Grenard Street
Henry Scheiderman
East Highty
Fifth Street
Mary Calfa
Allen Street
David Kreiger
West Thirty-fifth Street
Aloman
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Molineux
The
New York Times
Colt
Queens Borough
Steel Trust Troubles
Whitestone
L. F. Monroe
Atlanta Police
L. C. Oakes
Thompson Company
America
Thompson
Stulc
13Th St
Mammoth
Thompson CO
Thompson CO. Ih
Tros
Weather Bureau
TIMES
the Times
Printing House Square
Dee
Serenenen
Hahn
J. W
Geo. H. Hahn
East
WM. Morgan & Sons
Cortlandt St
Columbus Ave
4Th St
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