Beachey Flies to Manhattan Drops in the River
Lincoln Beachey, 20, California aeronaut, lands in Battery Park after a flight from Richmond. A broken propeller blade after circling Manhattan forces an emergency landing at Happyland Staten Island and later Battery Park. He recalls crashes and police warnings while the airship is secured with the propeller damaged.
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Manhattan
Lincoln Beachey
Califordia Aeronaut
South Beach
Happyland
Staten Island
Little Hell Gate
Randall's Islang
Happyl
Happyfand
Beachey
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Air P
Mr. Beachey
Aerout
Fort Wadsworth
Fone
Narrows
Brooklyn
Bay Ridge
Flatbush
Atantic Avenue
Governor’s Island
Mr. Beache
Broadway
Hich
Church Street
Crenaut
Entral Park
Heachey
Latiron
Fattery
Ot City Hall Park
Ivery
Legislature ends in stalemate over reapportionment
Albany June 25 The Legislature adjourns sine die without passage of a reapportionment bill prompting a possible special session in July Governor Hughes may issue a proclamation calling both houses back. Conference Committee drafts final report of failure to agree as Speaker Wadsworth loses some support amid calls from New York City Republicans to back the Senate bill.
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New York Times
Albany
Gov. Hughes
Senate
Assembly
Conference Committee On
Wadsworth
New York City
Mars Polar Snowmelt Reveals Possible Vegetation
Percival Lowell, director at Flagstaff Observatory, reports Mars polar caps show large south cap during opposition and shrinking, with signs suggestive of vegetation. He cites photographs and mentions thirteen new asteroids discovered, while preparing for Earth-Mars approach next month with an expedition to South America.
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Boston
Percival Lowell
Flagstaff
Ariz
Mars
Earth
Lowell
North Pole
Mr. Lowell
South America
Ditches Auto Saves All in Narrow Escape Near Rockefeller Estate
John Adriance president of Adriance Platt Manufacturing ditched his auto to avoid a collision with horse teams near William Rockefeller’s Scarborough estate. The car rolled into a gutter, Mrs Adriance suffered bruises, two others were hurt, the party continued by train to Poughkeepsie.
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New York Times
Tarrytown
N. Y
John Adriance
Adriance
Uurt
Poughkeepsie
Taft Sees Roosevelt Amid Cuba Panama and Philippines Talks
Secretary Taft spent four hours with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and said major Cuba Panama and Philippines issues were decided. He noted Gov Magoon will lead Cuba for about eighteen months while census and native president elections proceed. Taft plans five weeks at Murray Bay Canada and will finalize War Department affairs for the Philippines start on September 10.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Taft
Roosevelt
Yale
Cuba
Panama
Philippines
Washington
Magoon
Murray Bay
Canada
New Haven
War Department
Vorys
Pennsylvania Stock Sales Quieted Railroad Influence
The Pennsylvania Railroad sold all Chesapeake & Ohio stock and sizable shares of Baltimore & Ohio and Norfolk & Western to Kuhn, Loeb & Co. The move aimed to reduce railway influence amid political scrutiny, with holdings subsequently resold in parts and title transferring to the bankers while profits and risks shifted back to the railroad.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wall Street
Norfolk & Western
Financial District
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Norfolk & Western and
Baltimore & Ohio
Times
Europe
President Cassatt
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Cassatt
The
Kuhn, IaMeb & Co
Theennsylvania
Chesapeake
Aes
Bankers dl
Union Pacific
Two Fort George streetcars crash injuring twenty
A northbound collision at 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue last night injured about twenty, with two taken to Washington Heights Hospital and seven treated on scene. Among the injured was Rev. Father R. A. Fleming.
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Fort George
181St Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Washington Heights Hospital
Father R. A. Fleming
Messenger of the Sacred Heart
Fort Washington Avenue
152D Street
Thomas Connell
East Eighty-ninth Street
Edward Gallagher
West 125Th Street
James Furen
Third Avenue
William Murphy
Sixtieth Street
Faren
Sadie Pendleton
Lexington Avenue
Sadie Henry
Motorman mobbed after fare dispute near Post Office
Frank Miller of 810 West Forty-third Street was dragged from a Third Avenue car at the Park Row loop and punched by motorman John Conway after Miller refused fare payment. A mob of about five hundred sided with Miller, several women fainted, and police detained Conway and Miller at City Hall Station as the line was halted for fifteen minutes.
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Park Row
Frank Miller
West Forty-third Street
Loop
John Conway
Miller
Caulfield
Conway
City Hall
Fatal Race With Train at Clarke's Crossing
In Massachusetts a touring auto racing a southbound express train at Clarke's Crossing was struck and smashed. Benjamin F. Lord 50 of Waltham was killed instantly after the car veered off a steep hill. Three others, W. F. Rouset Edward J. and Thomas Boyle survived with minor injuries as the train hurled the car into a ditch.
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New York Times
Providence
R.I
Clarke
Waltham
Boston
R Lord
Speeding cyclist charged after Bronx crash injures pedestrian
Louis Rida of 186 Lincoln Avenue in the Bronx rode at about 30 mph on 116th Street when Rebecca Rosen of 62 East 114th Street crossed at Fifth Avenue. The fall left Rosen with a broken collarbone and internal injuries. Rida and Rosen were hospitalized, and Rosen’s son Nathan Rosen struck Rida before arrest. Both men remained in custody, with Rosen later bailed.
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Louis Rida
Lincoln Avenue
Bronx
116Th Street
Rebecca Rosen
East 114Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Hunt
Aida
Thieves Loot Earlswood Apartment Stolen Jewelry Valued
Mrs. Henry Mayer, wife of a Broadway merchant, reported her third floor Earlswood flat at 351 St. Nicholas Avenue robbed of jewelry and silverware worth about 4000 dollars. A Princess ring set with fifteen diamonds worth 1500 dollars was among the stolen items. The thief entered while Mrs. Mayer was away at 11 am to fetch an expressman. The open windows suggest entry from a lower vacant apartment via a fire escape. Detectives from West 125th Street Station investigated. few arrests reported.
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Henry Mayer
Earlswood
St. Nicholas Avenue
West 125Th Street
Harlem
Kaiser Seeks American Alliance Amid Pacific Tensions
Telegraph column from Kiel reports Emperor William's near daily attentions to Ambassador Tower during regatta week. Observers say Germany aims to win U S favor with a potential tariff pact and closer ties, signaling readiness to aid the United States in any Far East conflict. The Kaiser may resist the removal of the American flag from the Pacific.
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Epecal
New York Times Co
Berlin
Emperor William
Charlemagne Tower
Kiel
Hohenzollern
Ambassador Tower
Prince of Monaco
Tower
Allison Armour
Germany
United States
America
England
Washington
United
Pacific Ocean
Missing Burlington Merchant Found Alive in Plainfield
Charles P. Brewin, once a prominent Burlington resident, was found alive in Plainfield after four years missing. Alfred Woolman, a street car conductor, located the man whom authorities and friends had mourned as dead, following a report of a hat and note on a Jersey City ferry boat. Brewin, a war veteran and Grand Army of the Republic member, had left home to his business. prior sunstroke and head pains fueled belief of self harm.
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New York Times
Burlington
N. J
Charles P. Brewin
Plainfield
Alfred Woolman
Brewin
Jersey City
Grand Army of the Republic
Jamestown Exposition Plans Cost Cuts and Reorganization
Jamestown Exposition Company directors endorse retrenchment: abolish the Board of Governors and Board of Directors, float a sight note for 100 000 dollars, and centralize tercentennial departments under four heads under Director General J M Barr. Report to stockholders and directors due July 5.
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Norfolk
The
Convict Briber in Pittsburg Railroad Franchises Case
Charles R. Richardson was convicted in the Criminal Court of conspiring with Harvey P. Bostaph Joseph Flaherty and J H Milholland to bribe councilmen to pass the Pittsburg and Tube City Railroad franchise ordinance on the second count. The first count with A B McGrew was dismissed.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Charles R. Richardson
Harvey P. Bostaph
Joseph Flaherty
J. H. Milholland
Pittsburg & Tube City Railroad
A. B. McGrew
Governor Vardaman Converted at Cates Revival
Jackson Mississippi June 25 Governor James I Vardaman yielded to a revival invitation and announced his conversion to the beliefs of evangelist Dr Cates He repeated the surrender prayer in a public ceremony as hundreds of women and men wept with joy and he joined twenty nine penitents in a handshake line
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New York Times
Jackson
Migs
James I. Vardaman
Mississippi
Cates
Sam Jones
Rov. Vardaman
Jesus
Brasher Doubloon Sells For Record 6200
The Ephraim Brasher doubloon of 1787, one of five extant, sold for 6200 dollars in Philadelphia. The coin, struck in New York, set a new record price for a single coin. The sale closed the Matthew A. Stickney collection of coins.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Matthew A. Stickney
Ephraim Brasher
New York
Day Urges Guard to Protect President at Canton Dedication
William R. Day, Associate Justice, urged Gov. Harris that the entire National Guard be sent to Canton for the McKinley monument dedication. He said the state must guard the President Roosevelt, guest of honor, from any who might annoy or harm him.
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New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
William R. Day
United States Supreme Court
Gov
Harris
National Guard
Canton
Roosevelt
Justice Day
Lost All Night In Fog On Jamaica Bay
William Masaud manager of the Alhambra Theatre in Manhattan and his wife were lost at sea in dense fog on Jamaica Bay. Their naphtha launch drifted ashore near Barren Island and they reached Bergen Beach after exposure and hunger, with a physician’s care awaiting them.
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Jamaica Bay
William Masaud
Alhambra
Manhattan
Bergen Beach
Mr.Masaud
Mr. Masaud
Barren Island
Newark Man Suffered Lime Eye Injury by Youths
Martin Keehale of 71 Adam Street Newark was attacked by vicious boys who threw lime into his eyes near Ferry and Alyea Streets. Found moaning by Policeman Kellett, he lies in St James Hospital with his right eye sight completely gone and the left eye severely damaged.
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Martin Keedale
Adam Street
Newark
St. James's Hospital
Ferry
Alyea Streets
Kellett
Third Precinct
Ferry Street
Keehale
Algea Street
Erse to try steam motors on Eris Railroad
The Eris Railroad plans a practical test of a steam motor car approved for branch lines and frequent passenger service. Built at Barney & Smith Car Company in Dayton, Ohio, the coach resembles an ordinary car and will be tested in actual service to gauge performance against electric lines.
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Eris
Eria
Barney & Smith Car Company
Dayton
Ohio
Mat Nace Forney Marries Annie Virginia Spear in Baltimore
Matthias Nace Forney of 501 Fifth Avenue New York and Annie Virginia Spear both 63 were married today at the bride’s sister Mrs H A Elliott’s home in Baltimore. Forney a Pennsylvania native and inventor of the Forney locomotive has been a longtime editor and author in railway circles.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Matthias Nace Forney
Fifth Avenue
New York
Annie Virginia Spear
H. A. Elliott
P. Forney Spear
Forney
Spear
Pennsylvania
Winans Locomotive Works
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Illinois Central
Chicago
Railroad Gazette
Union League, Engineers’ Club
Bsocilety of the Mechanical Engineers
Mr. Forney
Loving Trial Reveals Motive for Estes Killing
Miss Elizabeth Loving testified that Theodore Estes assaulted her and that Judge William G Loving decided to kill Estes to punish the assault. The trial in Houston Virginia centers on whether the confession of her father explains the fatal buggy ride and murder at Lovingston and nearby areas.
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New York Times
Houston
Elizabeth Loving
William G Loving
Theodore Estes
Estes
Loving
Young Estes
Judge Loving
Sneed
Annie Kidd
Elizabeth
Lovingstone
Surrey
Harry
Lovingston
Rockfish Road
Gap
Estés
Osk
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