Perilous Siberian Trek of Thomas Car and Crew
Special cable from Tom New York Times describes the American Thomas car crossing rough Siberian terrain from Nikolsk toward Harbin. The crew faced bridge falls, mud, temporary tracks, a 200 foot embankment scare, and a tunnel near a flagman as trains passed. They reach Pogranitchnaya 144 miles from Vladivostok. Protos ahead by 60 miles.Bandit threats and captive spies add risk as they bundle four days of rations and head toward Harbin.
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Harbin
Nikolsk
St. Petersburg
Pogranitchnaya
Vladivostok
Protos
Women Halt Filibuster in House Action
In Washington on May 28 the House passed a bill incorporating the Congressional Club, a group of wives and daughters of senators and representatives. Representative Williams of Mississippi joked that insisting on a roll call would provoke domestic unhappiness.
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Washington
House
Congressional Club
Congress
Williams
Mississippi
Health and Delight in the Cool Balsam Forests
In Bretton Woods the piece highlights forest retreat experiences. It mentions hotel representatives located at 1 180 Broadway and provides a telephone contact line. The note conveys a sense of refreshment and natural respite.
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Bretton Woods
Broadway
Death in Hoffman House Leaves Boston Merchant Identified
Charles M Holmes a leather goods firm member Holmes Kimball of Boston dies in the Hoffman House corridor after a taxi ride from a West Forty seventh Street apartment. Coroner reports heart disease after half an hour of agony. Police detain Mrs Moore cab driver Fitzsimmons and others as witnesses.
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Charles M. Holmes
Holmes & Kimball
Boston
Mass
Hoffman House
A. T. Weston
Mr. Holmes
West Forty-seventh Street
Hugh Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Holmes
Holmes & Kimas
Summers and Griffith
West Twentieth Street
Death of Charles M. Holmes of Holmes and Kimball
Charles M. Holmes of the Holmes and Kimball leather firm died suddenly. Mrs. Holmes received the news by telephone. Holmes had left Boston for New York earlier today and was not believed involved in recent leather trade troubles.
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Boston
Charles M. Holmes
Holmes & Kimball
Malden
Gunness Case Spirit resurfaces in Chicago lead
In a Chicago lead, lawyers report A J Case and C K Gaerte traced a mysterious woman named S H who talked with Mrs. Gunness in Ogden Utah six days after Laporte fire. Posts suggest Mrs Gunness may be at 23 Seventeenth Street Brooklyn now. lodgers say a woman matching her description recently stayed at 323 Seventeenth Street, keeping to her room and avoiding contact.
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Fennell
Owens
Fourth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Highth Svi
Attack on Russian Agent in Teheran Wounds Ostrogradski
Russian Foreign Office reports say three unknown men broke into the residence of M. Ostrogradski, the Russian Financial Agent in Teheran, fired on him, and wounded him in the loin. He fought back as assailants fled before help arrived, sparking a diplomatic crisis and calls for satisfaction. The incident heightens tensions with Persia and recalls earlier Russian diplomat murders in the region.
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ST. Petersburg
Teheran
Foreign Office
Novoe Vremya
Turkey
Gribayedoff
Orient
Round Trip to Chicago at 27 via West Shore
Passenger fare of 27 dollars for a round trip to Chicago offered by West Shore and New York Central. Travel dates listed as May 28 with return around June 12. Service notes indicate 18 daily departures or services.
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Chicago
West Shore
New York Central
Colin the Unbeaten Won't Race Again at Belmont
Legendary two year old Colin the unbeaten champion of last season suffered a mysterious and severe injury in his stable bow after a fast trial. Forelegs bowed with ruptured tendons threaten his racing career and Belmont Stakes prospects. Keene stable faces loss of a racehorse and a potential multi stake season.
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Colin
Commando Pastorella
James R. Keene
Sheepsheld Bay
Belmont Park Race Course
James Rowe
Foxhall P. Keene
H. de Courcey
Sheepshead Bay
Rowe
Keene
Man volunteers to inoculate against tuberculosis for science
Frank Merritt a middle aged man who asks to be known by a false name agreed to surrender his body to medical science. A physician inoculated him with the tubercle germ at the Salvation Army hotel in New York. Doctors report the disease has entered his system and progress is expected in days.
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Frank Merritt
Merritt
Salvation Army
Army
Chatham Square
Cr. C. Carroll
Broadway
Schwab Defends Millionaires as Honest Speculators
Charles M. Schwab told Boilermakers Convention in Petroit that American millionaires earn their wealth honestly. He said many have gained riches through speculation in ore lands and stocks, but all his millionaire friends remain honest while pursuing wealth. He argued wealth accumulation stems from the love of the game and the drive of workers, unlike heirs who inherit wealth.
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New York Times
Petroit
Charles M. Schwab
Boilermakers
Mr. Schwab
Banker Attacks Bryan in Chicago Speech
David R. Forgan president of National City Bank of Chicago criticizes W. J. Bryan for lacking understanding of bank deposits after Bryan urged deposit guarantees. Forgan spoke before University of Chicago students after addressing the Bankers' Club of Chicago.
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Chicago
David R. Forgan
National City Bank of Chicago
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Bankers’ Club of Chicago
Forgan
University of Chicago
Twombly Quits Milk Route at Florham Park Estate
Hamilton McK Twombly, owner of the Florham Park estate near Madison New Jersey, is abandoning his milk route and plans to cease milkman duties as most of the route is sold to Louis A Noe, once Twombly’s rival. The Noe representative called it a businesslike purchase. Twombly’s dairy featured extensive facilities and a high standard of cattle care with a famed English estate setup.
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New York Times
Madison, N. J
Hamilton McK
Twombly
Florham Park
New Jersey
Mr. Twombly
Convent Station
Jersey
Wright brothers describe aero plane for government tests
Orville Wright detailed to a New York Times correspondent the Wright aircraft design and capabilities. He claimed the machine could stay aloft an hour travel five miles out and return at forty miles an hour and that it would meet the government contract barring accidents. He described a box frame craft with front rudder a long tail two propellers skid landing gear and a monorail start system. The Wrights say the aircraft is more complete than French models and uses patented components across Europe and America. Tests at Kitty Hawk reached five miles at up to sixty miles per hour and government trials must succeed before August twenty eighth.
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Wright
Fort Myers
Mr. Wright
Europe
America
Wrights
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Orville Wright
Mrs Ireland Granted Divorce Recommendation in Wilkesbarre
Mrs Arline Davis Ireland of New York City seeks a divorce from John De Courcey Ireland. Master John B Harding recommends granting the divorce on grounds of desertion and incompatibility of temper. The couple wed in Wilkesbarre on June 6, 1900 and separated November 1905 with Mrs Ireland then living at her father's home in the city.
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New York Times
Wilkesbarre
Penn
John de Courcey Ireland
New York City
John 8. Harding
Ireland
Arline Davis
A. J. Davis
Old Tale About Mr Cleveland Denied
Mrs Grover Cleveland authorized George F Parker to deny yesterday the truth of a report that Mr Cleveland was suffering from cancer Mrs Cleveland is now in Princeton Dr Bryant has not been in Lakewood since Monday and no other physician is in attendance on the ex President so much has his condition improved $30 to get and return May 28 to June 1 via Pennsylvania Railroad Tickets good to return until June 132 See ticket agents Adu
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Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
George F. Parker
Equitable Trustees
Pennsylvania Railroad
Adu
Delagrange Makes Fifteen Flights in Rome Display
French aeroplanist Leon Delagrange concluded his Rome display with fifteen flights. He reached around 3,600 feet total distance at low altitude, covering the distance in sixty four seconds. A light wind prevented his planned turns.
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Rome
Leon Delagrange
M. Delagrange
Explosion on Cunard Liner Trunk Sparks Fire Scare
Detectives Moody and Leeson handled a dangerous trunk on the Cunard steamer Carpathia pier after it exploded while being lowered. A loaded rifle and powder horn caused the blaze. the fire was extinguished. A man named John Szato from Youngstown, Ohio, was arrested as a suspicious person and held at Charles Street Station.
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Cunard
Carpathia
Moody
Leeson
Umbria
Davison
John Szato
Youngstown
Ohio State
Charles Street
Best trip for motorists via Boston Post Road
The Elton Waterbury CT advertises a recommended car route for motorists using the Boston Post Road with return via Danbury and White Plains, outlining preferred segments and travel lines.
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Elton
Waterbury
Boston Post Road
Danbury
White Plains
Kidnapper Shot Dead After Abducting Woman
William Patterson seized Mrs Sergent, a friend of his wife, forced a hotel keeper to help move her from a carriage to his car, and was killed by his brother in law in a running gun battle with a pursuing posse in Lagonier Indiana. Patterson and his wife had recently separated and authorities believed he planned murder.
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New York Times
Lagonier
Ind
William Patterson
Sergent
Patterson
Sirgent
May Chase the Goldsboro**
Creditors of the bankrupt Export Shipping Company plan a meeting today at 170 Broadway to discuss capturing the Goldsboro and arresting F.G. Bailey, the firm’s head. Counsel A Parker Nevin cites Bailey aboard with his wife, children, another woman, and his brother, with Caracas or Honduras named as possible destinations. The loss to manufacturers is pegged around 100000 dollars, and the vessel’s fate remains uncertain.
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Goldsboro
A. Parker Nevin
National Association of Manufacturers
Broadway
F.G. Bailey
Bailey
Mr. Nevin
Haiti
Caracas
Honduras
Ben
Canadian Dam Bursts Flooding Port Arthur Cause
The Civic dam on Current River burst and caused a flood at Port Arthur Ontario. Three lives were lost and damages estimated at 500000 dollars. A Canadian Pacific freight engine derailed on submerged tracks, pinning and drowning Engineer Savage Fireman McBridge and Brakeman Inmann. The railway faces heavy losses from washed away track miles.
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Port Arthur
Ontario
Civic
Canadian Pacific
Savage
McBridge
Inmann
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Water Pipe Line Wrecked in El Paso Region
Dynamiters wrecked the main water pipeline from Bonita Mountains to Carrizozo severing the Bonita River water supply. The line, valued around one million dollars, feeds El Paso and Southwestern Railway engines.
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el Paso & Southwestern Railway
EL Paso
Texas
Bonita Mountains
N. M
Carrizozo
N.M
el Paso & Southwestern Railway System
Bonita River
Polish girl earns reward for thwarting bank robbery
Eva Javernicka of 88 First Street faced down three men who tried to rob three Jefferson Bank messengers Monday. She received a $300 reward from President Herman Droesel after a board meeting. She and her husband plan a short stay before returning to Wawernicke in Austro-Galicia near the Polish border.
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Eva Javernicka
S88
First Street
Jefferson Bank
Herman Droesel
Fedt
Wawernicke
Sarnock
Austro-Galicia
Mrs C C Hiscoe Dies By Gas Self Destruction
Mrs Charles C Hiscoe wife of a Manhattan decorator died by self inflicting gas at her New Rochelle home 187 Sickles Avenue She locked herself in a room and used a gas jet Tube silk kerchief suffocated her The 14 year old son returned home and saw her dead Hiscoe a member of the New Rochelle Veect Club and amateur athlete cited financial troubles as a motive
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New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
Charles C. Hiscoe
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Sickles Avenue
Hiscoe
New Rochelle Veecht Club
Elinor Glyn Bets at Rawhide Amid Wild West Night
Elinor Glyn visits Rawhide Nevada with Sam Newhouse and Count Leon de Laborde. She wagers 210 on fare at the Northern gaming hall, loses and wins, leaving $1,000 profit for the night. A drunken shootout, a long pine-board banquet, and a mining toast mark her visit.
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New York
Times
Rawhide
Nevada
Budapest
Bombay
Boston
Bakersfield
Elinor Glyn
Sam Newhouse
Utah
Leon. de Laborde
Paris
Dewey Pure Grape Juice Ad from New York Firm
An advertisement from H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. promotes Dewey's Pure Grape Juice at 188 Fulton Street in New York, claiming it purifies the blood and is very nourishing.
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DEWEY
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Hearst Gains Grow in Ballot Recount Court Action
Mayor's counsel argues recount shows discrepancies stem from clerical errors. Shearn counters with fraud claim. The case centers on ballot tally sheets and expected review by court.
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Justice Lambert
Eugene Lamb Richards
McClellan
Lambert
Election District Recounts Count Hearst Gains in Several Districts
Official recount tallies across multiple districts show Hearst gaining votes in eight boxes counted over yesterday and Wednesday. McClellan remains the leading candidate in several districts with sporadic shifts, totaling a Hearst gain of 65 votes.
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Fourth Assembly
Mic Blan i McClelan
Hearst
BO Hearst
First Assembly
Offictal Coun
McClellan
McClellan - Wiest
Ees
Eighth
McCleh
Mearton
Celeian
Twenty-fourth
McCiellan
MetCishannes
Ecseees
Aetec
Col Ek
McCielian
Hoops - J Cave Caves
Hgapse -Linexcenns
First
Cuocnt
MecClellan
JS McClellan
Sports Ies
Scien
le Hearst
Taos
Twentysfourth
Justice Giegerich
Justice. Lambert
Richards
Wahich “ Battery
Dan” Finn
Tammany
Hearst Gains in Mayoral Recount as Boxes Opened
Ballot boxes from six districts opened before Justice Lambert yield 68 Hearst gain after recounts. Earlier, two boxes added 27 votes for Hearst, with results from the Nineteenth District showing a dramatic shift. Court inspects tally sheets, notes clerical errors, and accelerates counts.
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Clarence J. Shearn
W. R. Hearst
Supreme Court
Lambert
Mr. Hearst
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Tom New York Times
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Siberia
Hunt Mrs. Gunness
Brooklyn
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Czar
Amiss
Mr. Keene
Belmont Park Race Track
Colin Peter Pan
Sysonby
Cap and Bells
Celi
Belmont Park
Jockey Club
Transvaal
Galle
Schwab
Florham Dairy
Dayton
Ohio
Orville F. Wright
Wright Aero
Mrs. Ireland
J. D. Ireland
Delagrange
Posse
Export Shipping Company
Bank
C. C. Hiscoe
Faro
Cies
Shearn
John F. Ahearn
Mclellan
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