Clermont Faster Than Mother Boat in Hudson Parade Role
The Hudson Fulton celebration opens with a grand naval and civilian pageant. The reproductions of Clermont and Half Moon join 800 vessels under international participation, led by Capt. Jacob W. Miller with fleets moving from Staten Island to Manhattan.
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Robert Fulton
Hudson
New York
Staten Island Shipbuilding Company
Staten Island
Jersey
Hebrew Standard
Isaac N. Seligman
Manhattan Island
Navy Department
Germany
A. D. von Koester
Sengland
Drake
Duke of Edinburgh
Frederick T. Hamilton
Great
Britain
Italy
Truria
Aetna
France
Bravo
Manuel Izaguirre
Holland
Utrecht
Jacob W. Miller
Jacob W. Miller, Chairman of the Naval Parades Committee
Miller
C. W. Jungen
United States
G. A. White
William Butler Duncan, Jr
J. Adolph Mollenhauer
F. B. Dalzeil
Hudson River
Howard Patterson
Frederick Mott
Half Moon
Clermont
United States Naval
R. Y. Fershew
Naval Militia of
United States Revenue Cutters
St. George
S. S
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
Forty-second Street
New Jersey
175Th Street
110Th Street
Aeronautics Committee Confirms Exhibition Flights
James M. Beck, chairman of the Aeronautics Committee, stated that contracts had been set for exhibition flights by Glenn Curtiss and Wilbur Wright in the Hudson-Fulton celebration near New York to eliminate any doubt about their participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
Cortlandt Field Bishop
The
Aero Club of America
Curtiss
New York
Mr. Beck
Bishop
Governors Island
Hudson
Grant
Hudson River
Palisades
Jersey Shore
Commission
Glenn Tf. Curtiss
Wilbur Wright
Hudson-Fulton
James M. Beck
Aeronautics
Revenue Cutter Complaint Over Hudson Celebration
Treasury criticised for withdrawing two thirds of Atlantic coast revenue cutters to New York for the Hudson Fulton celebration. Nine cutters including Androscoggin Mohawk Seminole Gresham Seneca Itasca Manhattan Calumet and Guide will parade. four remain to guard coast from Maine to Galveston. Captain Ross defends the plan saying boats will still protect the coast and aid in New York Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Treasury Department
Atlantic
New York
Seaboard
Itasca
Manhattan
Calumet
Guide
Maine
Galveston
Ross
Revenue Cutter Service
New York Harbor
Cuban Hatuey to Represent Cuba in Hudson Fulton Pageant
The Cuban navy will send the gunboat Hatuey to represent the newest republic in New York for the Hudson Fulton naval pageant. Capt. Luis Quinones will command Hatuey. Reports say Haitian gunboat Capuis La Mort may join the festivities, with possibility of other ships from Colombia and Ecuador visiting for the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis Quinones
Capuis la Mort
New York
Almirante Lezo
Colombia
Cotoaxi
Ecuador
Police Prepares for Hudson Fulton Crowd Surge
Police plan a large security operation for the Hudson Fulton Celebration. Inspector McCafferty of the Detective Bureau has gathered Rogues Gallery images from other cities to identify crooks likely to target the crowds. About several hundred plain clothes officers will monitor eight days of events and arrest suspicious figures before visitors depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson-Fulison
Inspector McCafferty
Detective Bureau
New York
Hudson-Fulton
Underworld
Boy Dead After Bed Fire From Matches
Five year old Thomas Farrell of 429 Hoy Street Brooklyn died after playing with matches in bed. His mother Mary Farrell had left him with a three year old brother and six year old sister while she worked nearby. The blaze started when two matches lit the bed clothes and the child was engulfed before relatives could extinguish the flames. he died at Island College Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Farrell
Hoy Street
Brooklyn
Mary Farrell
George
Gertrude
Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Hoyt Street
Fifth Place
Thomas
Mrs. Farrell
William Griffin
There
Island College Hospital
Lawyer seeks reinstate Moore after Brooklyn buildings shakeup
Lawyer Henry A. Powell for David F. Moore asks Supreme Court Justice Crane for an order directing Borough President Coler to reinstate Moore who was removed from the office of Superintendent of Buildings in Brooklyn. Powell calls the proceeding a sham and Crane reserved decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Powell
David F. Moore
Brooklyn
Coler
Supreme Court
Crane
Moore
Powell
Missionary Movement Secures Ten Business Leaders for Meetings
The Laymen's Missionary Movement based in this city says ten business men will abandon regular jobs to devote most of next year to personal conduct of large missionary meetings for foreign missions. President Taft is slated to speak at a Washington event in November.
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Taft
Washington
Yesterday's Fires and Property Damages Across City Streets
A roundup lists numerous small fire incidents and property damages with addresses such as Leroy Street, Lenox Avenue, Walker Street, East 76th Street, Inast 114th Street, East 110th Street, Eighth Avenue, West 144th Street, and Second Avenue. Amounts show varied losses from trifling to several dollars, with some cases noted as slight or trifling.
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A. M
Leroy St
James Carroll
Lenox Av
John Anascasio
Walker &St
Siegel & Siegel
76Th St
Richard Mellar
James Pirro
Avenue C. A. Gold
Solomon
M. Gases
RB. RK. Co
West
M. L. Murray
Isidore Warschofsky
Ciro Trentoco
Stanton St
Columbus
Swenn & Swann
Lost and Found Ad Rates Seen Moderate in Times
The New York Times notes moderate rates for Lost and Found advertising. Readers are advised to call 000 Bryant to place a phone notice for valuables. The ad system accepts telephone submissions and billing follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Bryant
Bill
Adyv
Bureau of Municipal Research clashes with Dr Maxwell on school part time issue
The Bureau challenges Dr Maxwell and the Board of Education claiming misinformation about how many pupils will be on part time when schools open. It argues vacant sit tings exist to seat thousands of part time children and criticizes transportation funding and city population impact. The dispute could become a major fall campaign issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Municipal Research
Board of Education
Maxwell
Research Bureau
Manhattan
Brownsville
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Middle West Side
East Side
Board of Estimate
Bureau
McGowan Defends Board Amid Transit Fracas in Queens
Acting Mayor McGowan responded to criticism at a Queens mass meeting over transit delays at the Queens boro Bridge. Public Service Commissioner Bassett backed the Commission’s disapproval of the South Shore Traction franchise and said the Court of Appeals would rule in the fall. The Commission argued delay was not caused by its decision and that the case required court clarification for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGowan
Board of Estimate
Queens
Queensboro Bridge
Public Service Commission
South Shore Traction Company
Public Service
Bassett
Court of Appeals
Woman Lost in the Surf at Rockaway Beach
Mrs Mary V Hertler of Guttenberg New Jersey was part of a party from the Lady Foresters at Rockaway Beach. She handed over a gold watch chain diamond earrings and a diamond ring to three women friends before entering the water. Her husband reported her missing after a postcard said she would swim and be late. Clothes found at a bathhouse suggest drowning. Police seek the three women friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary V. Hertler
Herman Avenue
Guttenberg
N. J
Lady Foresters
Rockaway Beach
Kevm
Benjamin Keim
Frank Hertler
Hertler
Peater
Judge Grants Injunction Against Ticket Scalpers in Rail Case
Judge Holt of the United States Circuit Court, after motions by Michigan Central and Lehigh Valley lawyers and others, issued injunctions prohibiting Vienary Frank and other scalpers from buying selling or dealing in tickets and return coupons of the railroads involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holt
United States Circuit Court
Michigan Central
Lehigh Valley
Frank
Beating Suspect in Newark Case In Court
Ludwig Schulze of 2 Norfolk Street Newark stood in Orange New Jersey court yesterday on charges of beating 11 year old William Vreeland at a Main Street Orange yard near a butcher shop. Policeman Cooper rescued the boy. Schulze claimed Vreeland enticed Schulze’s wife from Sea Girt where both served in Company B First Regiment. Schulze paroled pending investigation. A dead young woman’s body was found in the Newark reservoir with no violence marks. authorities doubt she is Mrs Schulze despite a ring with the name Scholtz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwig Schulze
Norfolk Street
Newark
Orange
N. J
William KE
Vreeland
Thomas Street
Bloomfield
Main Street
Cooper
Schulze
Sea Girt
First Regiment
Valley Road
West Orange
F. Scholtz
Former Mayor Bruen Learns Daughter Weds First Love
East Orange former mayor Edward E. Bruen learned that his daughter Edith May Bruen wed Louis T. Hollister of New York two weeks after ending an engagement with Elston Pearce of Montclair. Pearce claims she favored him but followed her father’s wishes, and Bruen’s own recent marriage followed. The Hollisters are connected to David Hillerster, woolen merchant, and the bride’s move follows in Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Bruen
East Orange
N. J
Edith May Bruen
Elston Pearce
Montclair
Asbury Park
Louis T. Hollister
New York
Pearce
Miss Bruen
Hollister
Mr. Bruen
Newcastle
N. H
Bruen
Point Pleasant
N.J
Mr. Hollister
David Hellister
Liberty Street
Powder Mill Blast Kills One Injures Another at Du Pont Works
An explosion in a mixing mill at the Du Pont Powder Works in Wayne New Jersey early today killed George Moore and seriously burned Samuel Benton both of Wayne. Moore allegedly stepped outside then reentered brushing grit from his shoes that sparked ignition. Several workers elsewhere escaped harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Pont Works
Wayne, N. J
New York Times
Paterson
N. J
du Pont Powder Works
Wayne
George Moore
Samuel Benton
Siete Moore
Steers firm backs new subway route in city plan
Merchants and property owners urged the Public Service Commission to approve a loop subway connecting Broadway to Times Square. The proposal if adopted would link the Broadway Lexington Avenue route with Times Square via Thirty first Street and Penn Station, aiming to alleviate traffic while boosting theatre and shopping districts. The Bradley Gaffney Steers syndicate signaled willingness to bid on the Broadway Lexington route and fund the loop project if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Twenty-third Street Improvement Association
Twenty-third Street
Broadway
Lexington Avenue
Mines Square
Interborough
Bradley
Times Square
Pennsylvania Railroad Terminal
Commission
Thirty-first Street
Tenth Street
Pennsylvania Station
Seventh Avenue
Loop
Fourteenth Street
Willcox
Edward M. Bassett
Merchants and Property Owners’ Committee
Multiple NJ incidents touch divorce, theft, and disasters
In Guttenberg Andrew Goetz seeks a divorce from Louisa over desertion after her Aug 16 1907 disappearance and embezzlement claim. Jersey City man Witterschein reports the theft of a horse harness. a thief fled with the gear as the horse was tied nearby. A norwest Jersey rail order restrains a new West Side passenger depot near a coal yard dispute. A Jersey City man, John Moran, was killed by a freight train at Gates Avenue. A Newark woman’s body identified at Clifton Avenue reservoir. Mrs Julie Scholz had melancholia. A demented Montclair escapee Emma Schooman found in woods. possible fall. Morristown police seek Franklin Howard over embezzlement. Princeton building rope accident kills Jesse Hackett. Atlantic City liquor warrants target 67 dealers under Sunday closing laws. mayor potential arrest looming.
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Andrew Goetz
Seventh Street
Guttenberg
Louisa
Grand Street
Witterschein
Garrison
Hudspeth & Lane
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
West Side Avenue
Jersey City
William Canning
John Moran
Grove Street
Second Street
Gates Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greenville
Stillman & Co
Pennsylvania
Newark Bay
Clifton Avenue
Newark
Julie Scholz
Parker Street
Gustav Scholz
Emilio Vocalie
Verona Chemical Company
Emma Schooman
Overbrook Insane Asylum
Montclair
Franklin Howard
Morristown
Continental Casualty Company of
Chicago
New York
Howard
Stroudsburg
Penn
Jesse Hackett
Trenton
Dickinson Hall
University
Princeton
Lord’s Day Alliance
Good Citizenship League of
Atlantic City
Bull Tanned by Lightning in New York Pasture
A Holstein bull on Thomas Winthrop's farm near Ogdensburg N Y was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. The bolt burned the white hide and nose skin leaving the animal hairless and tanned like leather. The bull was stunned but expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Thomas Winthrop
Here
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Earth OF Jewels
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Thief Flag
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Labor Day
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Yorkville
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46Th St. & Way
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HVA Tanguay
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Jack Norsworth
Howard & Nort
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Durant Trio
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Victoria
Radha
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Geo. M. Cohan
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