Metz Threatened Letter Ties City Politics to Gaynor Fate
Ex Controller Herman A. Metz returns to Brooklyn from Europe to find a typewritten death threat mailed from Manhattan. The letter warns of ten days to prepare to meet God or the devil and references starving children and Mayor Gaynor. Metz considers handing it to police while voicing caution about his political prospects and admiration for Gaynor's administration.
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Gaynor
Herman A. Metz
Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn
Europe
Metz
Kings County
Democratic Club
Manhattan
Mr. Metz
New York
Gallagher
Edward M. Shepard
Striking Signalmen Delay New York Central Trains
Buffalo report on September 4 describes ongoing train delays along Central Lines from Exchange Street to Depew as signalmen strike claims lights out. Officials say most strikers replaced, with new hires nearly ready, and aim to end the dispute soon after training.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central
Exchange Street
Black Rock
Rochester
Depew
Gignalmen
Count de Lavar Named Ambassador to Vatican
Lisbon September 4 Count de Lavar former Secretary of the Portuguese Embassy has been appointed Ambassador to the Vatican to succeed the late Martins Gagat as head of the mission.
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Lisbon
Count de Lavar
Vatican
Martins Gagtas
Speedy Wall Collapse At Speedway Sanctioned by Harbor
Mounted Officer Sowerby spots a 600 foot stretch of sidewalk and railing sliding into the Harlem River at the Speedway near 175th Street. The wall cave continues with several sections sinking, endangering the walkway and watercraft as Harbor Squad warns boats and patrols the site. The crumbling section is linked to builders J. D. Leary and James C. Rodgers. No repairs undertaken yesterday.
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Sowerby
Highbridge
Speedway
175Th Street
Harlem
152D Street
Lieut
Hughes
Park Department
Dwyer
Harbor Squad
181St Street
Washington Bridge
J. D. Leary
Countess Leary
James C. Rodgers
Prison for Car Rowdies In New York Subway
Magistrate Appleton sentences Benjamin Auslander and Harry Low to the City Reformatory on Hart's Island for not less than thirty days, with possible detention until age 21. The boys caused chaos on a Lenox Avenue express, trampling passengers and disrupting service before arrest at Seventy second Street.
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Appleton
Yorkville
Benjamin Auslander
East 148Th Street
Harry Low
East 138Th Street
City Reformatory
Hart's Island
Board of Pardons of
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Grand Central Station
Auslander
Low
Seventy-second Street
Dickson
West Forty-seventh Street
Auselander
Mrs. A. E. Plant Killed by New York Express
Mrs. Albert E. Plant, a cousin of railroad and shipping magnate Henry B. Plant, was killed by the NYC express near Branford Connecticut at about 4 AM. Her body was found at daybreak after a search. She was 63, formerly Betsy Upton, and survived by husband two sons and a daughter. She testified in Henry B. Plant's will settlement relating to a large bequest and estate.
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New York Times
Branford
Conn
Albert E. Plant
Henry B. Plant
New York City
Runaway Surrey Collision Kills Two in Williamsburg
On the Williamsburg Bridge a horse pulling a surrey bolted after shying at a car. Samuel Meltzer and his son Max of Jersey City suffered skull fractures and died at Eastern District Hospital. The other three occupants sustained contusions and were sent home.
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Williamsburg Bridge
Samuel Meltzer
Max
Grove Street
Jersey City
Louis
Nathan
Morris Goetz
Brooklyn Tower
Meltzer
O'Neill
Eastern District Hospital
Local dealer survives car crash near Emerson New Jersey
Michael Pascarella a wholesale paper dealer of 232 West Broadway Emerson New Jersey narrowly escaped death yesterday when his touring car overturned after the steering gear broke while climbing a bank. His son drove, three friends were in the tonneau, a passerby freed them and no one was hurt.
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Michael Pascarella
West Broadway
Emerson
N. J
Pascarella
Tonneau
Mauretania Rescues Men From Burned West Point
News from CAPE RACE and BOSTON confirms the West Point crew of thirty-two split into two lifeboats after burning in mid Atlantic. Capt Pinkham and fifteen men survived five days afloat in one boat and were rescued by the Mauretania, while the Devonian saved the others.
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Cape Race
N. F
West Point
Glasgow
Charleston
Boston
Liverpool
Mauretania
Pinkham
Atlantic
Rotterdam
New York
Cunard Line
Porto Rico coffee seeks free mailing franking in Congress
Porto Rican coffee is urged for inclusion on the free franking list alongside seeds and speeches. Porto Rico delegate Larrinaga announced before sailing for The Hague that he will push a bill to grant this privilege to Porto Rican coffee, arguing it would boost a local industry despite concerns of a precedent.
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Washington
Congress
Bureau of Insular Affairs Today
Larrinaga
Hague
Porto Rico
Mrs Rockefeller's Illness Deepens At Forest Hill
John D. Rockefeller missed morning service at Euclid Avenue Baptist Church signaling concern over Mrs Rockefeller illness at Forest Hill. Officials said her condition remained unchanged and more serious than earlier reports suggested.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Republican House to be 46 in majority reports Taft
Chicago Sept. 4 Chairman McKinley of the Republican Congressional Committee after an interview with President Taft tonight said the next House will be Republican by 46 majority. He did not detail the basis for the estimate.
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Chicago
McKinley
Republican Congressional Committee
Taft
House of Representatives
Education topic in Col. Larned article for The Times
Col. William C. Larned of the United States Military Academy at West Point writes an engaging piece on education across military and civil spheres to appear in The Times this Saturday.
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William C. Larned
United States Military Academy
West Point
Times
Mrs Cowing Overcome by Gas In 324 West Eighty Seventh
Mrs Edward K Cowling daughter in law of former judge Rufus B Cowing was found in her Cayuga Apartment Room on the fifth floor with gas jets turned on full Neighbors reported odor Sampson building superintendent and police forced entry and shut off gas Dr Terry revived her she declined hospital care Police call it an accident but superintendent notes two jets full on Edward K Cowling a court clerk was not at home at the time
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Edward K. Cowing
Rufus B. Cowing
Cayuga
West Eighty-seventh Street
Masten
Cowing
Walsh
Edward K. Cowling
Court of General Sessions
Collision injures 26 on Lake Shore line near Norwalk
A head on crash between an east bound limited and a west bound local on the Lake Shore Electric near Allen's Corners east of Norwalk injures 26 people, nine seriously. Hospitalized passengers include Frank Hawkins and others. the motorman J N Beebe accepted full responsibility.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Lake Shore Electric
Allen's Corners
Norwalk
Frank Hawkins
O. B. Mahon
Chicago Junction
J. K. Martin
E. J. Martin
Fremont
Louis Krouse
Havana
Lavina Miller
Toledo
Lorain
H. T. Kennewell
L. K. Burge
Allen's
J R Keene Seriously Ill at Lexington Hospital
J R Keene, the New York stock operator and turfman, lies gravely ill with pneumonia at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington. His son Foxhall Keene rushed from New York as doctors and Major F A Daingerfield attended him after arrival from Saratoga.
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Lexington
James R. Keene
New York
Good Samaritan Hospital
John Scott
Phoenix Hotel
Castleton
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mr. Keene
Foxhall Keene
Saratoga
Keene
Spa
Kentucky
Hocking
Iron Mask
Novelty
Love Not
Despondent 20-year-old woman attempts suicide in New York home
Sarah Hulin, 20, a stenographer, tried to kill herself with gas and carbolic acid after her father's death and long illness. Her mother, a trained nurse, brother, and two friends intervened. she was revived by milk emetics and Dr. Terry's arrival at Bellevue. Her grief and hysteria were cited by the brother.
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Sarah Hulin
East Eighty-fifth Street
Margaret Hulin
Terry
Presbyterian Hospital
Bellevue
O Keeffe Deputy In Auto Accident Injures Child
Deputy Commissioner Arthur J. O Keeffe of Brooklyn rode in a Fire Department wagon driven by Fireman Morris Britt when it struck seven year old Etta Amolich of 1000 De Kalb Avenue Brooklyn yesterday in front of 616 Kosciuszko Street The horn sounded but the child darted into the path and she suffered injuries to her right leg and arm The Labor Day trip aboard the Hendrick Hyde pulled to Kingston Point and back
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O’keefe
Fire Department
Morris Britt
Arthur J. O'Keeffe
Brooklyn
Etta Amolich
de Kalb Avenue
Kosciusko Street
O'Keeffe
Pope Can Sell Treasures Rightfully, Italian Court Rules
Rome September 4 The Supreme Court affirmed the Holy See may sell property without government authorization. The ruling shocks art circles and prompts fears that art treasures will be sold. A bill to prohibit disposing of pictures may be introduced in Parliament without delay.
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Rome
Supreme Court
Holy See
Iron Plant Dynamited Near Peoria Damages Bridge
Dynamite at Lucas Bridge and Iron Company plant wrecked the facility in Peoria Illinois injuring night watchman Robert Gebhardt and damaging four nearby buildings as a blast tore through the night.
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Peoria
Ill
Lucas Bridge and Iron Company
Robert Gebhardt
Tornado kills two in Iowa and Kansas spread
A tornado swept Southwest Iowa and Southeast Kansas killing two people. John Dobson a night watchman in Galena Kansas died. An unidentified woman was killed in Weir City Kansas with several others injured. Reports from other points may raise the death toll.
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ST. Joseph
Iowa
Kansas
Galena
Kan
John Dobson
Weir City
Mine Official Steals Gold at Libbey Bell Mine
William Irwin amalgamator at the Libbey Bell mine was arrested in Telluride Cal for stealing refined gold worth 10820 from the mine. He confessed to taking gold over the past year and to having given 4931 of it to a young woman, claiming it was hers.
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Telluride
Cal
William Irwin
Libbey Bell
Singer and husband drown near Worcester in lake accident
Louie Perle and his wife Kittie Perle of the Manhattan Opera Company drowned in Lake Quinsigamond at 7 pm. Mrs Perle fell from a flat-bottom boat as they changed seats. Mr Perle, who directed the company orchestra, jumped to save her but assistance arrived too late. Mrs Perle, daughter of Eugene Nice of 1063 Park Avenue, New York.
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Worcester
Mass
Louie Perle
Kittie Perle
Manhattan Opera Company
Lake Quinsigamond
Casino At the Lake
Madriz Men Hold Out in Nicaragua Surrender Details
State Department reports from Nicaragua say Rivas and 600 of its garrison surrendered to Gen. Estrada on Sept 2. Madriz forces at Cape Gracias a Dios refused surrender. a temporary armistice was arranged and marines’ withdrawal from Bluefields postponed until stability returns.
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Washington
State Department
Nicaragua
Rivas
Estrada
Blue
San Juan del Sur
Davis
Bluefields
Managua
Madriz
Cape Gracias A Dios
Greytown
Cape Gracias
Countess Loses Suit Against Neighbors Over False Arrest
In Asbury Park New Jersey on September 4 the Countess Dundas Bartolucci lost to neighbour George Winnels in a $200 false arrest suit. judgment was $10 plus $2.65 costs. She plans to appeal. The sole witness was Spring Lake Justice Newman. testimony indicated Winnels was summoned, not arrested.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Dundas Bartolucci
Spring Lake
George Winnels
Newman
Walter Abbott
Jersey Avenue
Accidental pistol discharge kills wife in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on Friday morning a husband attempting to frighten his wife with an old pistol fired unintentionally. Minnie Rhoades of North Rider Street was wounded and died later as her husband, who claimed the incident was an accident, was released then rearrested as her condition worsened.
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Philadelphia
Minnie Rhoades
North Rider Street
Rhoades
Stalled in Train's Path on Broad Street
Samuel Burquist of Brooklyn tried to cross the railroad tracks on Broad Street in Burlington New Jersey as an express approached. Two wheels collapsed and four occupants escaped without injury as the engineer slammed on the air brakes. The car was dragged away and its occupants were cared for by friends.
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New York Times
Burlington
WN. J
Samuel Burquist
Brooklyn
Broad Street
Chinese Students Arrive in Honolulu for U S Universities
Sixty eight Chinese students arrived on the steamer China in Honolulu and proceed to San Francisco to enter universities. They are part of the Boxer Indemnity funded exchanges sent by the Chinese Government.
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Honolulu
China
San Francisco
Arctic hunt party returns with polar bears and skins
A hunting expedition led by Harry Whitney of New Haven Paul J. Rainey of New York and Dr. Johnson of Louisville returned aboard the sealing steamer Boethic commanded by Capt. Robert Bartlett reporting good health and luck with polar bears walrus munk ox and other Arctic game. They also brought specimens and sought records allegedly left by Dr. Frederick Cook at Etah. The Boethic headed to Newport then New York as Whitney departed for New Haven tonight.
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Bristol, R. I
Labrador
Greenland
Harry Whitney
New Haven
Frederick Cook
Etah
North Pole
Rainey
Newport
New York
Whitney
California rail fares for colonists via Milwaukee Road
Advertises $38 one way colonists fares from Chicago to California points including San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego and other California Arizona and Nevada destinations via the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway with seasonal valid dates August 25 to September 5 and October 1 to 18 1910 Berth in tourist sleeper from Chicago priced at $7 Information available from W W Hall General Agent 34 Broadway New York City.
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California
Chicago, Milwaukee
Rioting Italian shoots through Chrystie Street killing bystander
In a tenement yard at 118 Chrystie Street a bystander, Maria Lambaduso, died and several others were wounded as Vincenzio Lambaduso, driven by family quarrel, shot through a crowd while pursuing Giuseppi Saraguad. Police arrested Giuseppi. Vincenzio fled toward Delancey Street before being captured.
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Grupp
Otto
Delancey Street
Levine
Nathan
Carpenter
Broome Street
Mallanod
Bernard
Goerck Street
Saraguba
Sebastian
Christie Street
Chrystie Street
Seragusa
Giuseppi
Vincenzio
Dominico Fiore
Chryéttie Street
Muiiani
Emanueli Pitkoffsky
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H. N. Marker
J. Roche
J. Priminus
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J. Rowe
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Mason
A. Muarpey
T. Stewart
Edie
Lukin
Ae . Lewis
Stewart
ST. John's
Mrs. Rockefeller
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Motorman
J. R. Keene
Hendrick Hydoe
Kingston Point
Pope
Jersey
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Tage
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Maria
Hoffman
Hyman
Attorney Street
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Chrystie
Bernard Mallanod
Vincengzio
Nathan Levine
Vimtenzio
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