Forest fires checked as winds subside in Adirondacks
Report from Albany notes 6000 fire wardens slowed the Adirondack fires as winds died. Major blazes at Lake Kushkawa Franklin County Benson Mines St Lawrence County, with widespread devastation along rail lines and Rockefeller property. Weather Bureau predicts rains may end fires across Allegheny and Adirondack regions.
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New York Times
Albany
Adirondacks
James S. Whipple
William F. Fox
Lake Kushaqwa
Franklin County
Benson Mines
St. Lawrence County
North Creek
Township 16
Minerva
Lake Kushaqua
Stonywold Sanitarium
New York City
Loon Lake
Whipple
Utica
Mountain View
Plenadore Pond
Owl’s Head
Piercefield
Forestport
Long Lake West
Horseshoe Station
New York Central
Tupper Lake
New York & Ottawa
St. Ros's Falls
William Rockefeller
Brandon
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Saranac Lake Village
Lake Placid
Severn
Saranac Village
Dannemoora
Carthage
Newton Falls
Carthage & Adirondack
Natural Bridge
Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain States
Central States
Atlantic States
Allegheny
Adirondack Mountains
Forest Fires Roar Through Warren County New Jersey
Fire ravages Great Meadows near Belvidere as woods blaze across Lookout Mountain and surrounding hills. Residents flee as an estimated thirty acres burn near Pleasant Plains and a fire sparked by a locomotive funnel destroys two homes, totaling about 7500 dollars in damage. Lightning-like winds fans flames across vast woodland areas endangering the Allamuchy game reserve. Local crews battle the blazes into the night with hundreds involved.
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Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Lookout Mountain
Styx River
Belvidere
Great Meadows
Warren County
Allamuchy
Pleasant Plains
S. I
Augusta Thomason
Reuben Ganz
Taxicab Strike Winding Down With Cabs Stationed Citywide
Violence from the taxicab strike appears to end as 207 cabs are stationed citywide. The company, with 350 workers, received 150 new applications while strikers at 781 Eighth Avenue remained firm.
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Eighth Avenue
Plan A Monorail Line in Bronx City Island Change
Public Service Commission received its first request to convert the City Island horse car line to electricity for a monorail. Monoroad Construction Co plans to buy City Island Road from Interborough and build a system like the Jamestown Exposition design.
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Public Service Commission
City Island
Monoroad Construction
Interborough
New York
New Jersey
Long Island
Old
Rapid Transit Commission
City Island Road
Cc. C. Curter
Cuyler, Morgan & Co
Robert H. McCarter
Bronx
Avenue
White Plains Road
Westchester Avenue
Newark
Two Aeronauts Survive 2900 Foot Berlin Fall
A. Holland Forbes and Augustus Post arrived by the Kronprinzessin Cecilie after their 2900 foot descent in the balloon Conqueror over Berlin. They described a large rip in the bag and rapid sinking, aid from sand bags, and a parachute-like opening that saved them. A resident apologized for the intrusion via the roof they entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Holland Forbes
Augustus Post
Berlin
Kronprinzessin
Cecilie
Mr. Post
Porbes
Extra Dividend Rumors Hit Northern Pacific Board
Financial district chatter revived about a large extra dividend at Northern Pacific, pitting Hill interests against other directors. Board members said only the quarterly dividend was declared at a recent meeting, with no additional meeting planned for the year. The stock remained the strongest on the list amid repeated rumors of a 10 to 20 percent extra payout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Hill
James J. Hill
Road
Hst
Northnern Pacific
Bowdoin Replaces Twombly on Chesapeake & Ohio Board
At the Chesapeake & Ohio annual stockholders meeting in Richmond, H M Twombly withdrew from the board and was replaced by George S Bowdoin. Bowdoin, ex-JP Morgan partner, joins as a New York Central Morgan interest representative, while Temple Bowdoin, his son, works with Morgan & Co. The Penn railroad stake moved to Kuhn Loeb.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Stockholders
Richmond
H. McKk
Twombly
George S. Bowdoin
Bowdoin
J. P. Morgan & Co
Temple Bowdoin
Morgan & Co
Pennsylvania
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Fear Drives Girl Insane at Bellevue Hospital
Dora Klapkin nineteen from 221 East 121st Street is in the observation ward of Bellevue Hospital reported violently insane. Doctors at Harlem Hospital say she never faced hydrophobia risk though fear triggered her mental condition after leaving Harlem Hospital last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Klapkin
East 121St Street
Bellevue Hospital
Harlem Hospital
Reception for Israel Zangwill at National Arts Club Thursday
Literary friends plan a reception for author Israel Zangwill at the National Arts Club next Thursday evening. Also noted, Dr. Irving J. Cook was arrested at 246 West Thirty-ninth Street by district attorney detectives on manslaughter charges in the Sept. 17 death of Gertrude Hand of Summit, New Jersey.
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Israel Zangwill
National Arts Club
Irving J. Cook
West Thirty-ninth Street
District Attorney’s Office
Gertrude Hand
Summit
N. J
Adelphie Lodge
Masonic Hall
Thaw loses bid to force Matteawan hearing
Judge James S. Young quashes writ of habeas corpus ordering Harry Thaw produced in Pittsburg for bankruptcy proceedings. He says deposition at Matteawan suffices and Thaw need not be brought to court. Thaw’s lawyers vow appeal to the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Harry Thaw
Matteawan Insane Asylum
James S. Young
United States District Court
New York
Thaw
Matteawan
United States Court
William A. Stone
Charles Moschauser
Roger O'Mara
Young
Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Morschauser
Col
Asa Bird Gardiner
Stone
Col. Gardiner
Mr. Stone
H.P. Meyer
Col.Gardiner
Rte
Thaw Formal Response After Adverse Ruling
Harry K. Thaw received notice of Judge Young's adverse ruling at Matteawan State Hospital. He stated that if delays do not harm his business, the writ’s dismissal is not crucial and that his priority is Col. Bartlett’s appeal from his commitment. He noted potential U.S. court action if his presence in Pittsburg is required.
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New York Times
Fishkill Landing
N.Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
Col. Bartlett
Pittsburg
Unitetates Court
Dr. Wilson
United States Court
H. K. Thaw
Lamb
Paranoiac Cornelius M. Garrison Case Heard
Doctors Hammond and Macachaié testified before Commissioner in Lunacy David Orr Edson and a sheriff's jury that Cornelius M. Garrison once a metal broker at 100 William Street has been a paranoiac since birth. The hearing, brought by his brothers and wife to appoint a guardian and committee, was adjourned until tomorrow.
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Graeme M. Hammond
Carlos F. Macachaié
David Orr Edson
Cornelius M. Garrison
100
William Street
Supreme Court
Dam
Duel of passion ends in murder aboard ship
Henry Muller stabbed Nicholas Trausch in the steerage of the Kroonland during a confrontation sparked by jealousy over a woman met in Antwerp. Muller leaped from the rail into the English Channel off Dover and drowned as the vessel reached Dover. Police and passengers watched a lifeboat search fail to find him.
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Antwerp
Henry Miller
Nicholas Traus
Kroonland
Dover
Muller
Luxembourg
Trausch
Earl
Senator
Man
Whitney's Cook Arrested After Park Assault Incident
Gaston Newsie Lassur, 85, claims Whitney's cook was involved in a western assault at St. Gabriel's Park and later at the East Thirty-Fifth Street ferryhouse. Josephine Corgins, 16, and Nicholas Becker, 17, confront the cook. Becker and others pursue further charges. Police disarm Lassur. Becker charges considered. Whitney allegedly imported Lassur from Paris.
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Harry Payne Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Westbury
L. I
Gaston Sur
East Thirty-fifth
Thirty-fourth Street
Corgins
I Jr
Lassur
Whitney
Parievok
Tariff revision urged on wood pulp and print paper
A six member congressional committee examining Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan wood pulp and print paper industries recommends revising the tariff on Canadian wood pulp and print paper. Chairman J R Mann notes Northwest wood supply strain and warns prices may rise if pulp cannot be imported cheaply. the group tours Duluth examining dealers and plants.
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New York Times
Duluth
Congress
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
J. R. Mann
Northwest
Canada
P.per
Mr. Mann
William H. Ryan
Buffalo
Dulleth
Double Life Alleged in Court Case Names Dammers Alias
Police allege a man known as Dammers led a double life, linking him to aliases including John Manning John Davis and William Davis. He faced $500 bail after a Sunday arrest for pushing on a Church Avenue car, while his 16 year old daughter Winnie was arraigned on a shoplifting charge in Children's Court and dismissed.
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Ber
Board of Trade
Adams Street Court
Church Avenue
Walsh
Dammers
Asip
Elmira
John Manning
John Davis
William Davis
Ane Dammers
Flatbush Avenue
Winnie
Children’s Court
Arrest at Empire track shocks Yonkers crowd
The Empire City Racing Assn moved racing to its track yesterday with Westchester Sheriff, District Attorney, Yonkers Police chief and deputies present. An arrest was made for offering odds openly against horses, while county, town, and private New York reform society detectives policed the event amid a crowded crowd.
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Empire City Racing Association
Westchester
Yonkers
Wi Roberts
Reform Society of New York
Floral offering on coffin from White House at Sammis funeral
Floral offerings laid on the coffin of John M Sammis, longtime resident, came from the White House Conservatory sent by President and Mrs Roosevelt. Sammis was a close friend and neighbor of the President. October 20. Among
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John M.sammis
White House
Roosevelt
Sammis
Eoe
Ford Bay
L. L
Bulletin on Dr Bull at Bedside
A bulletin issued at 11 o'clock last night reported Dr Bull passed a comfortable day his temperature was lower and his condition remained the same as before.
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Dr. Bull
Newark Fire Destroys Factory and Threatens City
A massive Newark blaze leveled a $250,000 trunk factory and spread to nearby structures amid high winds. Volunteers manned roofs, water was drawn from the Morris Canal, and the city saw $275,000 in total losses with most insured.
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Newark
Lyon Brewery
L. Goldsmith & Son Trunk
Canal Street
Morris Canal
Robert F. Morgan
Levi Goldsmith
Trunk
Lyon
Newark Spring Mattress Company
OUSTS POLICEMAN LUERSSEN
Patrolman Carl F. Luerssen of Brooklyn whose Broadway saloon was found open while operating illicitly last Sunday was dismissed after Brooklyn police trials. Deputy Commissioner Baker rejected delays and ordered the case to proceed despite Luerssen’s requests for time to summon witnesses.
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Carl FE. Luerssen
Brooklyn
Broadway
Hii
Baker
Luerssen
Masked Burglars Terrorize Orange Couple in Home Invasion
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. March of Berkeley Avenue Orange awoke about 1 30 A M to two masked burglars with pistols at their heads. A third burglar looted the dresser and pocketed valuables as the couple cowered. They escaped after ransacking the house.
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M. B. March
Berkeley Avenue
Orange
Fires listed with property values on New York streets
A long list of fire incidents records addresses across Manhattan and nearby areas with items for sale and minor values. Notable entries include property at 29th Street, Columbus Avenue, and West 99th Street with sums like 100 and 500 dollars. Several listings mark trifling losses or unknowns and one sale of a settee at $1.10.
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A. M. Oss
Shannon
J. Bruckner
Sheriff St
Columbus Ay
J. Calamas
Park Av
W. 99Th St
B. Williams
R. Marteto
Mary Miller
H. Krakowel
Oliver St
F. Hillman
E- 107Th St
Jeannette Gull
134Th St
Mrs. Hyatt
White Plains Road
Anna Ee Ae eSeo Ee Ce
27Th St
Gus Mills
Wees
James
R. Garoni
Bergen Av
Tredwell & Ketch- NR
11Th
Stapleton
J. Grufeffio
Park
A. van Burest
S. Friedman
Eee
Crane
de Bri
Sara Exp
Dix
Hbo
Bbc Sige
Rutgers
J. Schwan
M. Farley
Lena Minneta
Orchard St
B. Gillerman
Sun
Russian Exhibition and sale at 6 West 21st Street
Russian exhibition and sale of Real Russian laces silks embroideries crash linen drawn work carved wood lacquer and more. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wholesale and retail offered by Vladimir F. Gnesin located at 6 West 21st Street near Fifth Avenue.
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Vladimir F. .Gnesin
21St ST
5Th Ave
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IL. 1
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Joshua W. Barnes
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W.S. Bennet
John C.nee
Joe M. Chapple
National Magazine
Quill Club
Manhattan
Typothetae
Aldine Association
Robert Schalkenbach
Isaac H Blanch
Samuel F. Hubbard
Boston
Charley Smith
Call Garrison
Paranoiac
SEAL
Cook
Congressional Committee
Empire Track
Mr. Roosevelt
Lemaire
OPERA
Army
Navy
Gale
Policeman Luerssen
Bingham
Mrs. March
Pistol’s Point
Carnegie Hall
Philharmonic Society of New York
Mendells Hall
Wadilach Bros
29Th Street
Third Avenue
Cor
Hart, Schaffner &Marx Clothes
Hart
Schaffner & Marx
Hart,Schaffner & Marx
Ehice
Arnfi Eim
Oth
New Amsterdam
Eres Oyu Klaw & Erlanger
Winsor McCay
He Little
Nemo
Victor Herbert
Harry FR. Smith
Victor Ponged
Harry B. Smiti
Montimaniack
Kelly
Shideh
Billy van
Joseph
Cawthorn
Gabriel
Bway
41St St. Eve
Mats
Grace van Studdiford
de Koven & Smith
St. & Bway
Wed & Sat
Empire
John Drew
Criterion Co
Gillette
Nernstein
Samson
St. Eves
Jack Stran
Stir
SAVOY
Servant
House Lyceum
Billie
Knickerbocker
Gottenberg
R. B'way
Atches
Mann
Irs
Mississippi
Thos. A. Witse
Astor Esse
M. Hodge
Hemae
Wallace A'S
Gores Noy
Arie Ci
Belasco
George Arliss
Griirv
Esai
44Stere
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Entre
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DEVIL
Blanche Bates
Fighting Hope
ACAD
LY OF
Irving
Denman Thompson
Josh
MAN Theatre
Steve
Satons
West Ohne Maenner
Fulda
BNI
Farre
Maud,pomel
St. Fray Ones. Sund
SS Eee
Ede Nagi Eae Sr
Lillian Russell
Pirdland
Rt Nazimova
Hedda Gabler
Leila
Surersk
Mima
Beret
Pessie Foustetlee
Flatiron Chinatown
Bowery
Fiot West
Sto
North River
Gramer Yi Tullling
Wolting
America
St. Wofb
Vaudeville
Lincoln
B' Way
St’ Mat
Amelia Bingham
Grace
Améfon
Jas. J. Morton
Willy Zimmeerman
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Lauder
Harry and
Anotter
Carnegie HA
Russian Symphony Society
TE AL Suheert
Alex Paire
Hinikoff
Germaine Schnitze
ELMAN
Madison Square
Garden
Clarice Marne
Melpotyre
Heath
Regkton Facdaties
Charlotte Farry & Co
EVA Tanguay
Thos
Shea & Co
Jladd
Iff
Artois Bros
Parry & Wolford
Edwin Stevens
Savage
Grand Opera House
Metropolis
Sam Bernard
cWelchin Morking
Murra Hill
Mat
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