Staten Island Policeman Shot by Keeley in Broad Street
Harry Keeley, 30, of Clifton, fired three shots wounding Policeman James McGrath on Broad Street while vowing to kill officers. Keeley, a long-time troublemaker, had a history with Sing Sing and earlier assaults. after a struggle in the crowd he was arrested, bound over to await McGrath’s condition, while Henry Scudder faced highway robbery charges.
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Harry Keeley
Staten Island
Law
James Mec-Grath
McGrath
Broad Street
Stapleton
Smith Infirmary
Keeley
New York Avenue
Clifton
James McNamara
Sing Sing
William Jose
Henry Wintermyer
Joseph McAlarney
Joseph Harney
John Fritz
Jose
Manhattan
Wintermyer
Fritz
Broad ‘Street
Henry Scudder
Nesta
Kieley
Kheeley Say
Ritz
Guru
McGraths
John Durkinz
Joan
Durkin
McAlarney
Tme
Carthae Eedt
Smallpox Turns Back Stanford Expedition to Arctic
The U S government scientific voyage on the Fish Commission steamer Albatross led by Dr David Starr Jordan halted at Fort Rupert due to a crew member contracting smallpox. The ship was quarantined, the patient treated, and the party including Dr Jordan kept under observation for nine days. The delay disrupts plans for summer northern research.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Fish Commission
Albatross
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Fort Rupert
Arctic
United States
Jordan
Deay
Bridegroom Contracts Smallpox in Scottsburg Marriage
Rochester reports Scottsburg in Livingston County under strict quarantine after smallpox breaks out with eight cases. Bridegroom Shepard G. Trexlar, wedding party and clergyman present, exposed and later diagnosed as afflicted, prompting state health officials to intervene.
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Rochester
N. Y
Scottsburg
Livingston County
Johnson
State Board of Health
Trexlar
Death by own action in a smoking car
A. M. Cate, superintendent of Lookout Lumber and prominent Chattanooga citizen, was found dead from a pistol shot in the smoking car of a Southern train bound for Memphis. An envelope beside him read to notify W. P. McBroom, with notes on his marital status and last wife. Cate had traveled with Miss Belle Roehl of Knoxville toward Sherman, Texas, carrying a sizable sum of money. The couple rode in the day coach. Cate excused himself at midnight to the empty smoking car, and the pistol shot went unheard due to the train’s speed.
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New York Times
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cate
Lookout Lumber Company
Memphis
W. P. McBroom
Chattanoga
Belle Roehl
Knoxville
Sherman
Texas
Hese
Uncertain cause in Alabama train incident near Decatur
The report notes no death by suicide after a collision near Decatur with investigation into a claim by Miss Roehl for valuables. The train stopped at Tuscumbia where the dy was removed and Roehl was detained pending further inquiry.
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Decatur
Ala
Tuscumbia
Runaway Trolley Horse Causes Panic in Harlem
Two runaways disturb Harlem as a bay trotter attached to a light runabout bolts along Seventh Avenue from One Hundred Thirty-fifth Street to Forty-second Street. Mr and Mrs Alfred Hoeffler are thrown when the barrier is smashed. A second driver James Sinnott also loses control as Mounted Officer Cavanagh pursues. Both parties are treated at a nearby drug store. injuries are painful but not serious.
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Alfred Hoeffler
West One Hundred and Forty-second Street
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-fifth Street
James Sinnott
East One Hundred and Thirteenth Street
Hoeffier
Sinnott
Cavanagh
Union Trolley Company
Hoeffler
Stant
Speedway sport resumes after weather delay in New York
The New York Speedway revived road racing after weeks of poor weather. Freeland 2:17% and Crystal Chimes 2:12% led a three‑horse trot, Crescent beat Helen H. in a tight finish, and Alberta Shedd 2:25 edged Comet 2:17% in a dramatic final heat.
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New York Speedway
Freeland
David Goodman
Ed. Locke
Morris Jones
Thomas Lynch
Crystal Chimes
Ed Locke
Helen H
Christopher Dracrett
Crescent
Albert Epstein
Speedway
Charles Riley
Dollade Wilkes
David Lee
Thornton
Judge Boardman
Harry Toplets
Tony M
Melville C. Boynton
Woodsboy
Max Simon
Woodsbey
Bicycle Girl
S. Bloch
Red. George
Rue" Clark
Minnie Lynn
H. D. Gill
Alberta
Comet
Robert Marshall
Alberta Shedd
Isaac A. Hopper
Bessie Read
Princetell
Morris
Herrman
Tom Boy
Thomas F. Russell
Philip Hieipenhausen
Nellie Wilkes
Dirego
Alexander Newburger
Smilax
E. J. la Place
Index
Royal Reno
Elmer Stevens
Wearern Co
Sigmund
Boy Bitten in Face by Family Terrier in Williamsburg
Walter Nolan twelve year old of 69 McDougal Street Williamsburg was badly bitten on the lips by a family dog a black and tan terrier believed to have rabies. The dog was detained by police at Ralph Avenue Station after witnesses and the dog’s owner restrained it until examinations. Dr Dare of Bushwick Central Hospital treated the facial wounds.
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Walter Nolan
McDougal Street
Williamsburg
Ralph Avenue
Nolan
Dare
Bushwick Central Hospital
Crowley May Get Well after Cliff Assault
Seret Frank Crowley of the West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Police Station, assaulted and thrown from a cliff at St. Nicholas Terrace, says his right leg is broken in two places. He gave a statement from J Hood Wright Hospital noting two unnamed men attacked him after a request for a match. both fled as he shouted for help, and he could not identify them due to darkness.
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Hawthorne
Raffle at Sunday School Draws Winner in Jersey City
The Rev Gottlieb Andreae of St John s German Evangelical Church organized a write draw for a hand painted sofa pillow for the eighth anniversary of the Sunday school held at Becker s Hall Jackson Avenue. One thousand tickets at ten cents each were sold and Rose Fielbel drew twelve numbers from the basket with Frank Stohl a deacon winning on number 621.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottlieb Andreae
St. John's German, Evangelical Church
Jersey City
Becker’s Hall
Jackson Avenue
Andreae
Rose Fiebe
Frank Stohl
Tragedy Near Boston Bridge Claims Local Worker
Harry T. Barwick, of 60 Orchard Street Astoria Long Island, leaped from a railroad bridge in Boston and died. Identification came from papers on his clothing and a marble workers card showing prior work in Rutland Vermont.
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Boston
Harry T. Barwick
Orchard Street
Astoria
L. I
Marble Workers
Barwick
Rutland
Mercer County Fox Hunting Group Tries Wolf Substitutes
The Mercer County Fox Hunting Association in Trenton plans a grand run using four cub wolves purchased last week as replacements for foxes after failure to obtain satisfactory foxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Mercer County Fox Hunting Association
Protest of Local Oarsmen Hits Harlem Regatta
A special Harlem Regatta Association meeting at the Pabst on West One Hundred Twenty-fifth Street will review the American Henley officials rejection of Harlem entries for the Schuylkill River Amateur Henleys Regatta in Philadelphia next Friday. If unsatisfied, Harlem clubs may withdraw entries, with only David A. Clary of Nassau Boat Club at risk. Meanwhile John O Re a gan of the Metropolitan Rowing Club seeks a National Association of Amateur Oarsmen executive board seat, stirring local chatter. A junior and intermediate eight may join Philadelphia's People's Regatta next Saturday as Harlem crews train locally.
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Harlem Regatta Association
Pabst
West One Hundred
Twenty-fifth Street
American Rowing Association
Schuylkill’ River
Philadelphia
David A. Clary
Nassau Boat Club
Uarlem
John O’reagan
Metropolitan Rowing Club
National Association of Amateur
O’reagan
Middle States Regatta Association
Harlem
Metropolitan Rowing Sill House
Local Handball Stars Ahead In Irish Jersey City Clash
On local courts in Brooklyn and Jersey City players logged hours of practice as Mike Egan prepares to meet Timothy Twohill in Ireland for an international title match. Eyewitnesses call Egan the superior in half the recent Jersey City court match and veteran Philip Casey backs Egan as the world’s fastest and most capable in any court and conditions.
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Brooklyn
New York
Jersey City
Mike’ Egan
Timothy Twohill
Ireland
Egan
Twohill
Philip Casey
Atlantic
Egan Plans Ireland Tour While Local Handball Circuit Remains Active
Negotiations push Egan to face James Fitzgerald in Ireland two months after his return while he tours Galway Cork Limerick and other venues. In New Jersey Jersey City Handball Club sees Flaherty challenge O Leary as Egan’s absence keeps matches going. Scores from Jersey City court include Flaherty Egan Hanlon Dolan Eckhoff Dobbins and others in a day of tightly contested games.
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Twohill
Egan
James Fitzgerald
San Francisco
Ireland
Fitzgerald
Galway
Cork
Limerick
Oughtérard
James Flaherty
Jersey City Handball Club
Charles O'Leary
Manhattanville
Jersey City
J. Egan
J. Hanlon
P. Dolan
P. Burns
J. Hanson
Fausines
P. Eckhoff
W. O'Keefe
Éioo
J. McDonald
George Barber
ES Fickes
J. Dunit
P. Egan
Yakek
C. Golden
J. Cannon
A. Martin
J. McCourt
Ward and Ware Win Crescent A C Doubles Title
Holcombe Ward and Leonard E. Ware defeated William A. Larned and Malcolm D. Whitman in five sets 4-6 7-9 8-6 6-4 6-? at Crescent Athletic Club Bay Ridge. The pair claim the special trophy and remain undefeated in the tournament series.
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Ward and
Ware
Larned and
Whitman
Middle States
Crescent Athletic Club
Bay Ridge
Holcombe Ward
Leonard E. Ware
William A. Larned
Malcolm D. Whitman
Ward
Larned
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American Association
O’ Reagan
National Board
Flaherty
Smithsley J
St Ty
Mas
Ballyboffey
Broadway
Cortlandt St
Sixth Ave
125Th St
J. Stewart CO
Cor
46Th St
Erie and
St. Sts
West 125Th
Lenox
Madison
Cachtera
Brothers
Opticians
Tarrant
Jersey City Court
Yesterda
A. Runciacina
J. Howes
R. Howley
J. A. Flaherty
A. Runciman
Set
B. R. Howley
H. Haberstein
J. J. Flaherty
W. Fitzgerald
T.P. Oetty
J. Sullivan
P.sullivan
Crescent A. C
National Association
Orange Tennis Club
Mountain Station
Harvard
Lst
Montgomery Ogden
Princeton
Beals
Wright
Stephen C. Millett
Edwin P. Larned
L. B. Ware
Richard Stevens
Crescent Atheltic Club
Kings County Tennis Club
Bergen Street
Kingston Avenue
Frederick G. Anderson
Frank L. Hague
Kings County Club
Theodore Roosevelt Pell
Harry Torrence, Jr
West Side
New York Lawn Tennis Club
Rockaway
Mott Haven A. C. Games
Mott Haven Athletic Club
Bronx
Lincoln Avenue
R. Beck
J. Hogan
G. Kane
R. Siemer
T. O' Neil
Feurbacher
B. Mann
M. McGarry
Berlin
H. O’connell
J. J. Hogan
F. Lichtmeyer
Wondy " Lichtmeyer
J. Walker
Liberty Brand
Uneeda
Powerse Beauty
Butler
Blue Ribbon Shoe Dressing
Butler's
Maine
Butler’s
Triumph Sweet Chocolate
Caton
Lazenby
England
Essie
California
East View
James
Santos
Golden Santos
Robert Burns
L. J. Phillips & CO
Forty
Forty-second
Columbus Ave
Times Building
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