Fusionists wait for Justice Gaynor in mayoral race
The Fusionists expect Justice William J Gaynor to head their mayoral ticket aboard the Baltic, with Hearst aboard, as nominating talks resume. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Woodruff is absent. no candidate is named yet and the adjourned meeting aims to decide if Gaynor will head the Fusion slate while Jerome eyes a potential Tammany dynamic.
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William J Gaynor
Brooklyn
Recorder Goff
Justice Gaynor
Municipal Ownership League
Citizens’ Union
Fifth Avenue
Timothy L. Woodruff
Woodruff
Halpin
Baltic
William R. Hearst
Boa
Jerome
Tam
INGED TO DEPARTMENTS ARRIVALS OF OUT OF TOWN BUYERS
Classified summary lists department items and page references including arrivals of out of town buyers, amusements, business troubles, commercial world notes, court calendars, marine intelligence, new corporations, real estate, society notes, united service, weather report, and yesterday's fires with page numbers.
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Commercial World
Marine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
Paine Bust Installed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia
After nearly three decades of effort, a marble bust of Thomas Paine was installed today at Independence Hall. The piece, funded by the Liberal press and featuring a Boston sculpture by Sidney Morse, faced initial rejection but was eventually accepted and unveiled by Mrs. Carrie Kilgore with city officials present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Thomas Paine
Independence Hall
Boston Index
Edward Everett Hale
O. B. Frothingham
Robert Collyer
George W. Julian
Congress
Sidney P. Morse
Boston
Tennessee
Select Council
Damon Y. Kilgore
Carrie B. Kilgore
Paine
Old State House
Congressional Library
America
Thrown From His Auto in Monmouth Beach Crash
Special to The New York Times reports dry goods merchant H. De Witt of 451 Broadway New York and his chauffeur were in a Vermont trip return accident at Monmouth Beach. The car crashed into a tree after steering gear failure. De Witt was thrown through the windshield, escaping with minor facial and hand cuts.
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New York Times
Red Bank
D. H. de Witt
Broadway
New York
Monmouth Beach
Vermont
Monmouth Street
Broad
de Witt
Mr. de Witt
West- Seventy-fifth Street
Italian Watchman Stabbed Twenty One Times in Harlem
Vittal Giovanni an Italian night watchman at an unfinished building on Fourteenth Avenue and Broadway in Astoria was found murdered in the cellar with twenty one stab wounds. He lived at 2052 First Avenue Manhattan and was twenty two. Two Italian workmen discovered the body while passing through the cellar. Police suspect a Little Italy gang in Harlem and motive unknown.
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Vittal
Giovanni
Fourteenth Avenue
Broadway
Astoria
First Avenue
Manhattan
Little Italy
Harlem
Dry Dock's Five Month Voyage From Baltimore to Cavite
A plan to tow a 11,000 ton dry dock 15,900 miles to Cavite uses a coal-carrying collier as lead ship and a tender tug. The line will be partly wire and partly rope for strength. The dock sits six feet deep in fair weather and sinks thirty feet in a storm, with the tow anchored to the hull. Start planned in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Baltimore
Cavite
Two boats sunk in Lake Ontario storm
The naphtha launch St. Agnes and an unnamed vessel sank in a heavy Lake Ontario storm at Oswego. Crews were rescued by the launch Rite after St. Agnes went to aid the other boat. The storm is described as severe tonight.
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Oswego
St. Agnes
Lake Ontario
Steamship Caronia Reaches Queenstown After New York Arrival
Steamship Caronia from New York arrived at Queenstown at 3 10 this morning and proceeded for a destination not stated in the fragment.
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Caronia
New York
Queenstown
Arms Smuggling and Revolt Rumors Stir Finland Crisis
Reports from St Petersburg and Helsinki reveal a secret depot of 660 carbines and 120,000 cartridges found on a Baltic island near Kerni, and a mysterious steamer with American flag identity lost near Helsingfors. The incident fuels fears of a Finnish uprising and organized resistance to Russian rule amid new evidence of arms import.
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London Times
NEW York Times
ST. Petersburg
Finland
Helsingfors
Russia
Helgerson
Gulf of Bothnia
Kerni
Customs Service
Kalfskaer Rock
Jakobstad
John Bash
Poland
Baltic
Young
Fenonian Party of
Bobrikoff
Roosevelt Hails Urgent Pace for Panama Canal Work
President Roosevelt hosted the international board of consulting engineers for lunch at Sagamore Hill and urged quick progress on the Isthmian waterway. The group, led by Gen. George W. Davis, traveled from New York aboard the naval yacht Sylph and will visit the canal zone soon before returning to Washington.
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New York Times
Oyster. Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
International Board of Consulting Engineers
Panama
Washington
New York
Oyster Bay
Sylph
Isthmus
M. J. W. Welcker
Holland
John Barrett
United States
Colombia
M. Souvourine
Novoe Vremya
Dr. Dillon
St. Petersburg
London Daily Telegraph
Albert Shaw
Review of Reviews
M. Richard
le Petit Parisien
Woman Bandit Josie Wilson Captured After 100 Mile Chase
Salt Lake City reports Josie Wilson the woman bandit and livestock thief captured with John Jones after a long chase through mountain canyons and Eastern Utah deserts. Constable Haws and Deputy Sheriff Atwood arrested them near Grand Junction and returned them to Vernal. Wilson, long linked to train and bank robberies, had posed as a man while leading a gang and targeting home seekers on routes to the Uintah reservation.
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Salt Lake City
Josie Wilson
Mountain
Utah Desert
John Jones
Vernal
Haws
Atwood
Uintah Reservation
Asa Avery
Utah
Grand Junction
Freight handlers call for wage rise and possible strike
Freight handlers petition twenty two railroads for a conference with managers by Wednesday at 10 am to demand an approximate ten percent wage increase. If refused they plan a referendum on a general strike. Two railroads, Lake Shore and Illinois Central, stock barracks for strike breakers, though an Illinois Central official says a raise is unaffordable.
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Chicago
Lake Shore
Illinois Central
J. T. Harahan
Illinois Central Company
Laurier Breaks Ground for Grand Trunk Pacific Rail Line
Sir Wilfrid Laurier broke ground in Fort William Ontario with a silver spade to mark the start of the Grand Trunk Pacific transcontinental highway. F W Morse, third vice president, represented the railway at the ceremony on land west of the town before Laurier departed for Ottawa.
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New York Times
Fort William
Ont
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Grand Trunk
Pacific
F. W. Morse
Promice Laurier
Otwa
Rich Mount Vernon woman faces receivership bid in will dispute
White Plains court filings by Snyder and Duff on behalf of Duncombe D. Williams seek a receiver for all property of Naomi Duncombe Ring. He accuses Ring and husband Patrick J. Ring of fraud and demands production of Alfred H. Duncombe's will and set aside deeds from his first marriage. Duncombe died in October 1893 with about 2 million in assets and a will favoring daughter Adeline Williams allegedly concealed by others.
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New York Times
White Plains
Supreme Court
Snyder and Duff
Beekman Street
Manhattan
Duncombe D. Williams
Naomi Duncombe Ring
Mount Vernon
Williams
Alfred H. Duncombe
Ring
Adeline Williams
Riot Fears Rise As Mines Patrol Sparks Clash
Charles Jeffries, chief clerk for Consolidation Coal, with armed deputies patrolling mines, assaults National Organizer William Wardson of the United Mine Workers. Jeffries pleads guilty to assault and is fined. Deputy Sperry is jailed for abetting the assault and William England faces charges for carrying concealed weapons. A serious riot is feared as Wardson denounces officials in heated speeches and predicts a larger strike.
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Cumberland
Charles Jeffries
Consolidation Coal Company
William Wardson
Colorado
United Mine Workers
Jeffries
E. C. Sperry
William England
Frostburg
Wardson
Sperry
Caronia Beats Her Record On Eastward Crossing
The Cunard liner Caronia arrived in Queenstown at 3 10 A M after a 6 day 11 hour eastward voyage from New York, besting its own prior record by 8 53. The ship, which left Sept 5 for Liverpool via this port, shaved 154 miles by using the northern route, improving last July 18’s time.
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Queenstown
Cunard
Caronia
New York
Liverpool
Adirondack and Nearby Areas Open in September
The Adirondack Mountains, Thou gand Islands, and Saratoga are most charming in September as many open during the month. Train service by the New York Central is complete with ticket agents offering low rates.
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Adirondack Mountains
Thougand Islands
Saratoga
New York Central
Rockefeller explains why he shuns public life
Special to The New York Times reports John D Rockefeller describing his seclusion as necessary and rewarding. He says patience and courage built his confidence, recounting early testing choices, his refusal to take wrong figures, and how honest conduct attracted bankers and employers, shaping his success.
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New York, Times
Cleveland
Ohio
John D Rockefeller
MAY BE NEW PACKERS' CASES
Technical errors in the indictments against the packers returned by the special Grand Jury cannot delay the prosecution. If quashed the packers would again face government information and immediate trial. Benjamin Davis of Texas was appointed special counsel for the Government and took oath this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Benjamin Davis
Texas
United States
Theatre Crowds Drenched in Wind Driven Rain
The Weather Bureau logged 1.80 inches of rain as crowds fled theatres and filled underground and elevated cars. Pedestrians faced flooded streets and deserted blocks as the storm persisted through the night.
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Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania Railroad Orders 179000 Tons of Rails for 1906
The Pennsylvania Railroad today awarded contracts totaling 179000 tons of steel rails for 1906 delivery. The figure exceeds the prior contract by 40000 tons and the work is split among United States Steel, Pennsylvania Steel, Cambria Iron, and Lackawanna Iron and Steel. The ad notes an $8.00 line to Buffalo and mentions the Hudson Valley route.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
United States Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Cambria Iron Company
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
West Shore Railroad
Buffalo
Wages Falls
Hudson
Hawk Valley
Norwegian Swedish Union Crisis Deepens Impasse
Norwegian newspapers report deadlock in talks to dissolve the union with Sweden as Norway rejects Swedish demands. Dagbladet says Sweden won t discuss arbitration until Norway accepts conditions and suggests war might be preferable to humiliation.
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Christiania
One Rtierers
Norway
Sweden
Dagbladet
President Roosevelt buys souvenirs from Portsmouth treaty
President Roosevelt purchased chairs used by M Witte and Baron Komura at the Portsmouth treaty for 40 dollars each. The conference furniture was leased from a Washington firm, which is now selling it at public sale.
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New York Times
Portsmouth
N. H
M. Witte
Baron Komura
Roosevelt
Washington
Steger Passenger's Jewelry Seized by Customs
Customs Inspector Timothy Donohoe seized a collection of jewelry on John Steger aboard the Moltke. The items included 7 earrings 7 brooches 7 cuff button sets 7 scarf pins a long gold chain and a gold watch charm set with diamonds and other gems. Value was about $1000. Steger says his hometown of Steger, Jr. was named after him.
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Timothy Donohoe
John Steger
Moltke
Steger
Steger, Jr
Inspector Browne Fired After Midnight Marriage
President Roosevelt discharged Lawrence Browne of Batavia Illinois an Interior Department inspector for renouncing bachelorhood after a hasty wedding to Florence Har Graves a chorus girl with the Irma Opera Company. The couple wed in Guthrie Oklahoma after Browne had been sent to settle a lumber tax dispute.
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New York Times
Chicago
Roosevelt
Lawrence Browne
Batavia
Ill
Browne
Department of the Interior
Florence Hargraves
Irma Opera Company
Guthrie
Okla
Tax titles sold on Thomas W. Lawson properties in Boston
In Boston on September 11, three tax titles of Thomas W. Lawson properties were sold at auction to Edward MacMulkin for unpaid 1903 taxes. Mortgage holder Five Cent Savings Bank paid taxes on one estate, reducing total properties from four to three. The case raises questions about Lawson’s involvement while a single mortgageed estate remains assessed at about forty one thousand dollars.
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New York Times
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Edward MacMulkin
McDonald
MacMulkin
Lawson
Five Cent Savings Bank
Jeannie A. Lawson
Beacon Street
Open Next Year's Campaign by Rep Mann in Hyde Park
Congressman James R. Mann of Illinois second district circulates petitions for renomination under the new primary law. Petitions must be signed by 5 percent of the party vote and filed with the Secretary of State twenty days before the last Saturday in April. Mann has yet to sit in his current term after reelection last fall.
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New York Times
Chicago
James R. Mann
Hyde Park
Mann
Secretary of State
Robber to be extradited from Germany to Dannemora
War den George Deyo of Clinton Prison will sail with State Detective Jackson to Germany to bring back Henry F. Hardy a bank robber who escaped from Dannemora fourteen years ago. Hardy, wounded in the leg, was recaptured in Plattsburg after a previous escape in 1891 and later found in a German prison slated for discharge. He has asked to stay in Germany in letters to authorities.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
George Deyo
Clinton Prison
Jackson
New York
Germany
Henry F. Hardy
Dannemora
Hardy
Cholera Report Shows Falling Two Day Total
Berlin official bulletin shows 16 cholera cases and 6 deaths from Sept 9 to Sept 10, and 15 cases and 6 deaths from Sept 10 to today. Totals reach 161 cases and 58 deaths with 31 new cases in two days, the lower than the previous 48 hours. Army Railway Building Brigade personnel near Thorn returned to barracks under sanitary control. one left behind suspected cholera. Two convicts died of the disease at Gnesen.
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Berlin
Army Railway Building Brigade
Thorn
Gnesen
Car Plunges From Elevated Train After Signal Fail
A car plunges from an elevated track after a switch signal is ignored. The incident is set for Sixth Avenue but the Ninth Avenue line continued running. No details on injuries or causes are provided in the fragment.
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Ninth Ave
Motorman Blamed As Elevated Rail Crash Kills Many
A weekday dawn wreck at Fifty third Street and Ninth Avenue leaves twelve dead and forty two injured after a Ninth Avenue train plunges from the elevated structure. Police and Interborough officials weigh motive against motorman Paul Kelly as authorities detain towerman Cornelius Jackson and others. The scene near Fifty third Street and the drug store corner becomes a chaotic hospital of screaming, debris, and rescuers as bodies are recovered and witnesses recount the catastrophe.
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Fifty-third Street
Ninth Avenue
Fiftythird Street
Fiftieth Street
Sixth Avenue
Interborough Company
Paul Kelly
West Forty-seventh Street
Cornelius E. Jackson
West Twenty-second Street
C.croner Scholer
J. W. Johnson
Harry Aiken
Seventh District Court Squad
Broadway Squad
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Gaynor
Timothy L. Wood
Ruff
Tammany
Mr. Jerome
Grout
Fornes
Liberals of
J. H. de Witt
DRY Dock
Tavastehus
Pistol’s Point
Laurier
Rockefeller
Him
Witte
Komura
Interior Department
Boston Realty
Hammer
Fiftyninth Street
Fiftyfourth Street
Kelly
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