Roosevelt approves Keep Commission report on GPO contracts
President Roosevelt releases the Keep Commission findings on the Government Printing Office machinery contracts. Palmer is dismissed as Public Printer amid evidence the Lanston Monotype bid stood, while Mergenthaler charges of corruption are deemed reckless. The report endorses both machines with caveats and outlines disciplinary steps.
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New York_Times
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Keep Commission
F. W. Palmer
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Lanston Monotype Company
Lanston
Mergenthaler
Morganthaler Company
Mergenthaler Company
F. H. Hitchcock
Lawrence O. Murray
James Rudolph Garfield
Treasury Department
Sanston
Government Printing Office
Lanston Company
Lanften
Mergen
Italian iceman stabbed two on Third Avenue car
An Italian man calling himself Antonio Brown aged 42 stabbed two men on a Third Avenue surface car at Fifty-ninth Street after attempting to force a seat. A crowd of six to seven hundred pursued him, fighting police and rescuers as Brown was beaten, then taken to Flower Hospital with two wounded victims.
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Antonio Brown
First Avenue
Third Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
East Fifty-first Street
Brown
John Guetzwiller
Guetzwiller
Ferdinand Kaucky
East Seventy-fourth Street
Donald Farrell
East Seventythird Street
Farrell
Kaucky
Second Avenue
Heiners
Elizabeth Street
Lane
Amusements and Arrivals Note From Page Transcripts
Fragmentary newspaper index lists sections on amusements out of town buyer arrivals intelligence and foreign mails society and weather report with page references and a fire note.
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Tlarine
T. Weatier
Nnesti
Boy Joseph Friedman held on Randall's Island over fine
Abraham and Rebecca Friedman of 90 Henry Street recount their twelve year old son Joseph being held on Randall's Island for more than five months for a five dollar fine from a March 18 arrest after a schoolyard fight. They say he scrubs floors daily and questions about his eye health go unanswered. The case spanned multiple city facilities with conflicting records.
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Abraham Friedman
Rebecca
Henry Street
Joseph
Randall's Island
Friedman
Joe
Madison Street
Children’s Court
Children's Court
Supt. Jenkins
Joseph Friedman
Children’s Society
Randall’s Island
Blackwell's Island
Authoress Starts a Bank in Louisville
Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice author of Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch has organized a new National bank in Louisville with capital stock of 250000. Her husband Cale Young Rice, W. O. Head and L. M. Rice are associated. About half the stock is subscribed and Mrs Rice is said to be the largest holder. Her exact position is undecided but she may hold a responsible post.
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New York Times
Louisville
Alice Hogan Rice
Wiggs
National Bank
Cale Young Rice
W. O. Head
Ll. M. Rice
Rice
Riis Faces Fusion Mayor Bid After Telegram Cost
Jacob Riis refused to run for New York Mayor on the Fusion ticket after a New York reporter prepaid a telegram asking the question. Riis spoke at the Lyndhurst Club in Tarrytown on September 10 with Miss Helen Gould in attendance.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Jacob Riis
New York
Riis
Lyndhurst Club
Helen Gould
Miss Gould
Mayor McClelan Returns After Six Week Vacation
Mayor McClelan came back to the city yesterday afternoon and went to his Washington Square North residence. He plans a six weeks vacation mainly in Canada’s woods and will be at his office this morning as expected.
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McClelan
Washington Square North
Canada
One Night to Chicago by the Twentieth Century Limited
Advertisement touts the Twentieth Century Limited route from New York to Chicago leaving at 3 30 P M and arriving 8 30 A M the fastest thousand mile ride in the world with service by the New York Central Lines.
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Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
New York
Woman's Lost Dollar Triggers Culver Line Crash
Seventeen injured when a woman drops a dollar on the Culver Line and halts a trolley causing a rear collision near Gravesend Avenue by Coney Island Creek. Seven hospitalized with sprains and fractures. one dollar remains unfound.
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Coney Island Creek
Culver Line
Coney Island
Berry
Georgia J
Broad Street
Newark
N. J
Stamford Picnic Sparks Sunday Controversy
Stamford mayor Homer Cummings licensed Italian societies to hold a Sunday picnic on Richmond Hill opposite A J Hatch’s mansion. The event featured dancing fireworks and beer. police were powerless though protests arose from Puritan factions. Several hundred Stamford residents attended despite objections.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Homer
Cummings
Connecticut
James D. Smith
New York
New York Yacht Club
Richmond Hill
A. J. Hatch
Labor Day
Lanas
Drivers Bargain for Arbitration with Contractors
A union of striking mail drivers empowered its committee to seek a fair settlement through arbitration after a mass meeting at Eighteenth Street and Avenue A. A. Beverly Smith and E. A. Moffett of the Civic Federation spoke urging arbitration if wages were fair. The committee received near unanimous backing to settle if a fair deal can be arranged, with a decision expected when it meets the contractors today.
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Eighteenth Street
Avenue A
A. Beverly Smith
E. A. Moffett
Civic Federation
Tornado Near Lawton Kills Two. Nine Hurt
A small tornado near Walter Oklahoma about seventy miles south of Lawton last night killed Mrs. E H Childers and John Ross. Nine others were severely injured and several houses were blown down.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Walter
E. H. Childers
John Ross
Prince Louis of Battenberg on hunting tour in interior
Prince Louis of Battenberg continues a hunting trip in the interior with Gov. MacGregor and other party members. While Gov. MacGregor has killed a fine stag, Prince Louis has not yet killed a caribou.
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John's
N. F
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Steamship Caracas Passes Through Caribbean Ports
A Sandy Flock early morning report notes the steamship Caracas from Curacao La Guayra and San Juan passing the area. It also asserts support for pure food laws and upholds the cleanliness of dog Vanilla.
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Caracas
Curacao
la Guayra
San Juan
Tokyo Police Chief Resigns Amid Turmoil
Tsunayuki Adachi resigns as Metropolitan Police Chief of Tokyo. Kiyohidezaki named successor. Viscount Yoshikawa Finance Minister may resign with Isaburo Yamagata likely to take over Home Affairs. Turmoil followed park closure protests and newspaper suspensions. Tokyo remains quiet.
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Tokio
Tsunayuki Adachi
Metropolitan Police
Kiyohidezaki
Viscount Yoshikawa
Home Affairs
Isaburo Yamagata
Home Department
Yoshikawa
Adachi
Hibiya Park
Nippon
Jinmin
Yorodzu
Niroku
Miyako
Asahi
Osaka
Kammon
Shimonoseki
Baron Komura Illness Cancels Japanese Agents’ Engagements
Baron Komura is seriously ill at the Waldorf Astoria, with temperature spiking to 102 and fever diminishing after treatment. Dr. Pritchard orders quiet and liquid diet as Baron Komura and Takahira postpone social duties while plans to travel to Chicago Seattle and Yokohama are maintained.
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Baron Komura
Waldorf-Astoria
W.B. Pritchard
Mr. Sato
Portsmouth
Sato
New York Times
Nippon Club
Takahira
New York
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
St. Paul
Jamestj. Hill
Seattle
Dakota
Yokohama
Washington
Calabrian Quake Brings Fear and Aid Efforts
Calabrian tremors fray nerves across Reggio and Naples as Mount Vesuvius erupts and Stromboli remains active. Minister Ferraris tours stricken provinces delivering funds and supplies while relief trains move slowly along fissured tracks. King Victor Emmanuel and the Duke of Aosta travel to Monteleone as the Pope urges church aid. Foreign leaders send condolences.
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Rome
Calabria
Reggio
Naples
Vesuvius
Stromboli
Ferraris
Gulf of Eufemia
United States
Victor Emmanuel
Duke of
Aosta
Monteleone
Loubet
William
Trains Run Through Fire On Third Avenue Elevated
Fire erupts beneath the Third Avenue elevated line as a tarpaulin blaze 15 feet by 200 feet burns under tracks between Forty third and Forty fourth streets. Police pull a soaked canvas to drop the fire while trains pass through the flames and crowds gather. No fire alarm used. investigators suspect a tossed cigar or cigarette started the blaze.
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Third Avenue
Forty-third
Forty-fourth
Sheehan
Reilly
Strubel
York to Chicago Pennsylvnia Special Leaves at 3 55 P M
Advertisement notes an 18 hour rail service from York to ChicagoPennsylvania Special leaving York daily at 3:55 PM with a dustless ballast roadbed and an equal passenger experience implied by the copy.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
York
Armistice Talks Reach Russians as Peace Near
A Japanese envoy delivers Oyama's letter to Gen Linovitch amid armistice talks. Fukushima travels to Kai Yuan to finalize terms. officers and soldiers in Manchuria react with restraint, celebration, and mixed uncertainty as Russia confronts peace conditions.
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Godzyadani
Manchuria
Marshal Oyama
Cambridge Ace Opens Winter Season on September 12
The listing notes ace Cambridge at 5th Avenue and 33rd Street will open for the winter season on September 12, with Henry Walter as proprietor and advertiser.
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Ace Cambridge
Will. O
Henry Walter
Adv
Gomez enters Santiago in a show of Liberal strength
Jose Miguel Gomez, governor of Santa Clara Province, with a thousand horsemen, entered Santiago de Cuba and paraded. Police plans were shelved as disorders did not occur. He attended a reception at the San Carlos Club and spoke at a theatre meeting, as the National Liberal candidate for the Presidency.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Jose Miguel Gomez
Santa Clara
Tion
San Carlos Club
Gov. Gomez
Treasury to provide sixty million for Ireland funds
Walter Hume Long announces that the Treasury will supply ten million dollars before year end plus stock in 1906 to create fifty million dollars in cash for the Irish Land Act. Funds aim to ease land sales stalled by lack of purchase money from funding shortfalls.
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London
Walter Hume Long
Ireland
Treasury
Dr Clendenin Won't Resign As Westchester Rector
Mount Vernon reports Dr F M Clendenin will not resign as rector of St Peter's Parish Westchester. His wife says the resignation rumor is untrue. he is resting at his country home and expected to resume duties this fall. Assistant Rev Joseph Foster leads in his absence while construction of a $20000 chapel at Chappaqua memorializes his daughter proceeds.
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New York Times
Mount Vernon
F. M. Clendenin
St. Peter's Parish
Westchester
Clendenin
Westchester County
Joseph Foster
Chappaqua
Fire destroys Chattanooga freight depot and cars
A large blaze at the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway freight yards in Chattanooga Tennessee caused an estimated loss of at least 500000. The depot and its contents including forty two freight cars two mail cars two baggage cars and the private car of Superintendent M W McGuire were destroyed. Thieves attempted to raid other cars as police protected the scene.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company
M. W. McGuire
Rockefeller Advice On Temperance At Cleveland Church
Special to The New York Times John D Rockefeller urged the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church men’s class to avoid drink entirely. He warned that most alcoholics drink socially and quipped about the “society of moderate drinkers” as a recruiting society. He said he has never risked drinking by avoiding such society.
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New York Times
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Rockefeller
Imposed on Brooklyn Bridge Fence in Coney Island Man Rescued
Winfield Pendleton of the Albatross Hotel Coney Island became impaled on a spike after climbing the Brooklyn Bridge fence to reach the promenade. Passersby laughed and offered no help until Policeman Farron freed him. He fainted, was treated at Hudson Street Hospital, and is expected to recover.
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Winfield Pendleton
Albatross
Coney Island
Brooklyn Bridge
Pendleton
Farron
Hudson Street Hospital
Gasoline Explosion Hurts Norwich Men on Thames
Eighteen Norwich men aboard a Thames River launch near New London were burned when gasoline vapor ignited while trying to start the engine. Captain Leon and William B. Shannon suffered serious burns and were hospitalized at Memorial Hospital. several others were treated by physicians. About fifty gallons in a rear tank did not ignite.
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New London
Conn
Norwich
Thames River
Leon
William B. Shannon
Shannon
Memorial Hospital
Brewer Jacob Hoffmann Dies at 75 in Connecticut Summer Home
New London report states Jacob Hoffmann 75, a New York brewer, died tonight at his Summer home in Ingoshen after several months illness. burial planned in New York.
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New London
Conn
Jacob Hoffmann
New York
Ingoshen
Czar Removes Tax Against US Goods Amid Peace Efforts
An official Russian note to President Roosevelt states the Czar orders ending higher duties on American products in Russia. The move follows gratitude for Roosevelt’s role in mediating peace with Japan and affects iron and steel goods, machinery, locomotives, and farm implements.
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Russia
United States
St. Petersburg
New York Times
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Roosevelt
Japan
Russia tariff dispute may lead to new reciprocity treaty
Washington reports that misunderstandings over tariff matters between Russia and the United States may be resolved, with the President likely pursuing a renewed reciprocity treaty. Past actions included suspending countervailing duties on Russian sugar in 1900, prompting complaints from European beet sugar producers and a potential escalation in duties on other goods if Russia retaliated.
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New York Times
Washington
Russia
United States
Argentina
Austria
Denmark
France
Germany
Europe
Supreme Court of the
Gage
Supreme Court
Mexican officials urge nationwide lottery suppression
Officials in Guadalajara report word from Mexico City that all lotteries in the country must be suppressed. The Lottera de la Beneficencia Publica franchise ends next year. the federal government plans to shut down the national lottery and expects states with lotteries to follow.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Lottera de la Beneficencia Publica
National Lottery
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