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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1908
Page
1
An accident at a bridge causes disruptions in Indiana's region as thaw affects travel. Thomas survives unharmed while Protos and Motobloc remain in the bad area, causing ongoing delays and cautions for drivers.
March diary from Belle Plaine Iowa via New York Times describes a muddy five hundred mile day by car from New York to Paris with delays, a damaged bridge, and humor from Montague Roberts about protests and American hospitality. The writer narrates difficult roads, bridges failing, and quicksand like footing while praising Western enthusiasm and farmer help as they continue toward Marshalltown.
Special to The New York Times from Tignes Iowa March 1 describes a De Dion car carrying four blackfaced riders from Cedar Rapids Auto Club sliding through heavy mud on the Clinton to Cedar Rapids route. The scene unfolds as farmers watch a Sunday spectacle and Illinois farmers are noted as courteous observers.
A March 1 blaze in northeast Tampa raged from 9 A M to 1 P M, consuming 55 acres and 308 buildings including four large cigar factories. Losses reach $600,000 with multiple hotels, restaurants, saloons, and boarding houses burned. One Cuban woman died. trolley service halted as car barns were threatened. Firemen struggled with weak water pressure as a historic silver show case valued at over $20,000 and a display case from the World Expos were lost.
President Roosevelt supports state conservation efforts urging an end to spring and summer shooting. Letters from Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland praise the New Jersey Sportsmen Association and honorary membership, while a Fort Frelinghuysen bill seeks a Dec 31 to Aug 1 shooting ban with a Tren ton gathering planned to push passage.
In Watertown New York March 1 11 year old Roy O'Brien son of river engineer Fred O'Brien was killed in a collision on the St Lawrence River opposite Clayton. His 13 year old companion Roswell Sherman was badly injured but survived. The small craft was struck by a Thousand Island Park boat commanded by Wallace Copperwoll and Howard Kemp. Both boats were moving about fifty miles per hour. O'Brien was thrown against a mast and died a few minutes later.
In Dedham Massachusetts on March 1 Raffaele Cali brese, 22, chased by a quarreling companion on the Charles River ice fired several shots from a revolver and then shot himself in the head. He fell into the water and died instantly, the depth noted as only two or three feet where he fell.
Four Italians arrested after a Black Hand bombing at 244 Elizabeth Street damages nearby stores and tenements. The blast rattled Police Headquarters, scattering crowds of Italian residents and prompting Petrosino’s squad to intensify efforts. Authorities view revenge as the motive linked to blackmail letters against Senna & Co. with ongoing investigations and potential arrests expected.
Leo M. Jacobs a Brooklyn tailor and Miss Sarah Goldman wed under police protection after a threatening letter unnerved the bride. A doctor had to drug Miss Goldman for three hours to prepare for the ceremony at Fraternity Hall Bedford Avenue as officers controlled access amid fears of violence. Jacobs says Celia Davis had sued him for 20 000 for breach of promise, and he suspects David Davis wrote the threat. Police, with Rabbi Simon Glassman, allowed entry only to trusted friends. no murder occurred.
A March 1 avalanche near Goppenstein, Switzerland, collapsed a temporary hotel at the mouth of the Loetschen Tunnel under construction, killing thirteen, including an American engineer named Mervart, and injuring fifteen. The village post office and police station were damaged by air waves. The Loetschen Tunnel will link Milan to Berne and Calais via a direct through route, shortening the Milan to Calais distance by about 5 miles.
Butte and Anaconda erupt in celebration as Amalgamated Copper Company orders a full restart of all mines smelters sawmills coal mines and quarries employing 20 000 workers across the Northwest next Monday. Patrick Ryan says wages stay the same and export sales bolster copper demand while American consumption lags.
An army officer in Washington warns the U S military is under strength and poorly supplied. He proposes a trained emergency reserve by paying an annual bounty to discharged veterans to mobilize quickly in crisis, noting gaps in personnel stores and equipment and criticizing Congress for indifference.
Henry Bergh announces a $500 prize from the ASPCA for the best device to slaughter animals humanely for food. He notes current methods by Jewish butchers under Hebrew law involve suspending cattle by the hind legs without stunning. Entries must be delivered to 50 Madison Avenue before 6 PM on June 1 and apply to all cattle slaughter for food.
For seven days Mrs Thomas A Edison has stayed at her husband’s bedside in Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital where Mr Edison underwent mastoiditis surgery on February 23. Hospital doctors praise her devotion and say the Edison patient slept well and is in excellent condition though cannot be discharged soon. The operation is not expected to restore his deafness. Kalilu’s Restaurant at Teane? Park Place offers open until midnight with music.
Seven terrorists condemned by court martial for a plot against Grand Durie Nicholas Nicholaievitch and Justice Minister M Chtche glovitoff were hanged at daybreak on Lissy Ness Peninsula near Kronstadt. The group included a passport holder arrested with a passport issued tat auvine and three women aged 18 and 19.
Atlantic City dispatch reports Edward Anderson, a sailor aboard a fishing schooner twenty miles at sea, suddenly went insane and tried to cast crew overboard. He was overpowered, tied to the cabin floor, freed an arm, and bit off his own thumb. Docked, he was placed in a padded cell.
Oceanic New Jersey has suffered at least twenty five fires in three months with buildings burned and fire equipment tampered. A barn on Cornelius Bulls property was toasted last week by an incendiary blaze likely started with kerosene. Rewards for capture posted as detectives and private investigators hunt the arsonists.
Rob ert Walker of Totowa New Jersey risked his life to save a bulldog thrown into the Passaic Falls basin. Descending eight feet beside the ice with a rope, he pulled the dog to shore as about three hundred witnesses watched. The dog had been a prisoner for eighteen hours before rescue.
London March 1 Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman the Prime Minister has relapsed due to planned engagements on Saturday. Physicians cite heart weakness as the serious factor. He will travel to the Continent when able and is unlikely to return this session. All exertion and excitement are forbidden.
Louis Stolitzky owner of a Sixth and Prospect Avenue Brooklyn shoe shop reported to police that after closing Saturday night a safe containing $200 in bills, a $10 gold piece, and checks was robbed. Inspector Flood suspended Dennis Oy for being off past, after it emerged a hallway key to the store was in question and the robber knew the lock.
In Washington Ohio on March 1, John Thompson aged ninety attempted to reach a century by living on tobacco wine bread and water. He was attacked by influenza three days ago and his long risky diet failed. He has long used tobacco and liquor and subsisted on bread and water for twenty years.
Baltimore Md March 1 under the Travelers and Merchants Association a prosperity convention will open tomorrow and continue for three days. Governors Crothers and Mayor Mahool will welcome delegates and a Roosevelt letter is expected Tuesday night. The event aims to restore confidence by highlighting favorable business conditions in the delegates' regions.
A chiropodist and his son in law, tied to a broader plot with three others including a broker, were arrested in New York for conspiring to burn the Hotel Ampersand at Saranac Lake last autumn. The hotel burned Sept 23. authorities say the plan did not mature, and whether the fire was accidental remains under investigation. The pair provided conflicting confessions as detectives pursued the mastermind behind the scheme.
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