Gaynor Not a Candidate for Mayor as Fusion Talks Falter
Supreme Court Justice William J. Gaynor stated he has refused nominations so often that he is not a candidate for New York mayor. Fusion leaders and Republican officials pressed for a firm position while reports linked John Ford, Samuel Seabury, and others to potential nominations. While delaying until the convention, party leaders weighed Gaynor's stance and possible successors for a contested race in New York City.
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New York Times
Ridgefield
Conn
Supreme Court
William J. Gaynor
Brooklyn
New York
Europe
Baltic
Augustus van Wyck
Gaynor
Jierrick
Parker
Cutting
Mr. Cutting
Justice Gaynor
Halpin
Republican County Committee
Garden City
L. I
R. Fulton Cutting
Citizens’ Union
Martin W. Littleton
Littleton
Fusion
John Ford
Ford
Thomas Gilleran
Municipal Ownership League
J. Edward Swanstrom
Borough of
Patrick McCarren
Swanstrom
Tammany
Samuel Seabury
Fifth Avenue
Citizens Union
Jacob Brenner
Kings County
Republican Executive Committee
Socialist Meeting Clashes End With Arrests Near Academy
Last night Socialist Labor and Social Democratic factions clashed at Fourteenth Street and Irving Place. Police arrested several speakers, including Jacob Tenken and Frederick Panliteh, as officers cleared the street while the Socialist Labor side held the corner near the Academy of Music.
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Socialist Labor Party
Social Democratic Party
Fourteenth Street
Irving Place
Social Democrats
East Twenty-second Street
Academy of Music
Tammany Hall
Socialist Labor
Manager Gilmore
Academy
Patrick Donohue
244
East Twentieth Street
Gilmore
Donohue
Capt
Hussey
Mr. Gilmore
Manning
Jacob Tenken
East Eighty-second Street
Tenken
Frederick Panliteh
East Thirty-fifth Street
Heisterhagen
Mitchell aims for peace with honor in coal talks
President John Mitchell addressed six thousand United Mine Workers in Shamokin on September 16. He called for a future contract with Baer that ends strikes, stock-outs, and blacklists, seeks recognition of the union as a contracting party, and proposes an eight hour work day and negotiations on wages and hours.
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New York Times
Shamokin
Penn
United Mine
John Mitchell
Baer
New York
Nathan Hale House Sold To Manhattan Doctor
The Nathan Hale house near Huntington Long Island, where Hale hid before capture, has sold to Dr. Charles A. Tinker of Manhattan for twenty acres surrounding the historic farmhouse. The site draws hundreds of visitors yearly and was once occupied by the Johnson family who guided tours. Hale was discovered in the farm house and a boat ashore in the night led to his capture marked by a shore marker placed by George Povlor of Huntington.
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Nathan Hale
Long Island
1St Street
Manhattan
Johnson
Huntington Bay Beach
Huntington
L. TI
Hale
George '‘Povlor
Dog Frightens Burglars During Heist in Hempstead
In Hempstead Long Island the home of Charles Myers of the Mutual Life Insurance Co on Fulton Avenue between Belmont and Kernochan was entered by burglars. An Irish setter awakened by barking scared them as they pried a dining room window open and tied silverware bags for removal. Police were not notified. A $25 reward had been offered by village trustees for local robbers.
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New York Times
Hempstead
L. I
Charles Myers
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Fulton Avenue
August Belmont
James L. Kernochan
Myers
Caledonia Sighted South of Fire Island
The Anchor liner Caledonia was sighted south of Fire Island at 11 50 last night and is due at her pier about 8 this morning.
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Caledonia
Fire Island
The Twentieth Century Limited Express Ad
The Train of the Century is The Twentieth Century Limited running 18 hours between New York and Chicago by New York Central Lines. Leave New York 3 30 P M arrive Chicago 8 30 next morning a night ride Adv.
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New York
Chicago
New York Central Lines
D Aurignac Brother of Therese Humbert Arrives in New York
Romaine d Aubignac brother of Therese Humbert the Paris swindler just released from a French prison arrives in New York aboard the La Touraine using the alias Roger a Athènes. He defends his sister and his own action insisting the Rente Viagere was solvent and that his conviction was unjust. He faces possible deportation with authorities unsure of his fate.
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Romaine d’Aurignac
Mme
Therese Humbert
Paris
New York
la Touraine
D’aurignac
Roger a'Athénes
M. d’ Aurignac
Touraine
Scarlett
Death follows insult in Texas shooting incident
In Palestine Texas last night traveling salesman R J Hyatt was killed by Officers Watt and Rogers after Hyatt fatally wounded A D Henderson, a telephone company official, following Hyatt insulting a telephone exchange girl over the wire. Watt is jailed.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
R. J. Hyatt
Palestine
Watt
Rogers
Hyatt
A. D. Henderson
Henderson
Races Raided Despite Court Injunction At Two Poolrooms
Acting Captain Bourke led raids on two poolrooms despite injunctions. One location near University Place and Highth Street held about seventy five men on the third floor with race results being delivered by carrier. three arrests were made. The second site on Mercer Street housed around 250 men in a rear cigar store room, with racing sheets destroyed and three arrests recorded.
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Rourke
University Place
Highth Street
Mercer Street
Supreme Court
Bourke
Hoboken Officials Under Scrutiny In New Jersey Petition
John J. Marnell filed yesterday in Jersey City a Supreme Court proceeding seeking a commission to investigate Hoboken officials expenditures. The petition targets the Mayor Common Council Library Trustees Police Fire Street Cleaning and the Poor master amid constitutional concerns raised by Corporation Counsel Minturn and Justice Dixon.
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Jersey City
Supreme Court
Jonathan Dixon
John J. Marnell
Hoboken
Marnell
Arrowsmith
de Leonard
Dixon
Minturn
Lankering
Library Board
Acting Governor Arrested in Cuban Political Turmoil
Havana reports the arrest of Acting Civil Governor Alberti of Santa Clara by the Supreme Court on charges tied to disobeying a presidential decree. Bail set at 1500 dollars. Alberti must turn over government to the Provincial Council president within 72 hours. Diaz, installed mayor of Guanajay, faces arrest for refusing a presidential order. Guanajay braces for possible Liberal rescue attempts. Interior Secretary Gen. Andrade orders rural guards on standby for Guanajay if needed.
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Havana
Alberti
Santa Clara
Supreme Court
Vueltas
Sefior Alberti
Sefior Diaz
Pinar del Rio
Guanajuy
Palma
Canaguey
Guanajay
Secretary of the Interior
Gen.Andrade
Aristi
Navy plans improved sprinkling for ammunition magazines
Navy construction experts outline new systems to flood and spray ammunition magazines in battleships. The plan, to be used on all new ships, places sprinkling above magazine contents and links to the fire main at ninety psi. Previous failures at Mikasa and Missouri showed the need to attack from above and below to prevent catastrophic explosions.
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New York Times
Washington
Navy
Five Die After Boiler Blast at Pinconning Stave Mill
A defective boiler exploded at Edward Jennings stave mill in Pinconning Michigan killing five men and injuring ten, two seriously. The blast wrecked the mill and scattered debris over hundreds of feet, shattering windows as far as a mile away.
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Michigan
Mich
Edward Jennings
Colorado Cruiser Tests Reach 22.22 Knots On Monroes Island Course
The armored cruiser Colorado underwent a screw standardizing test at ROCKLAND Maine on September 16. It completed a trial run on the Monroe Island mile course reaching 22.22 knots. In a prior winter test on the Cape Ann course it logged 22.17 knots for four hours.
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Rockland
Colorado
Monroe Island Mile
Cape Ann
Ramsey Would Extend Wabash to the Sea
Pittsburg dispatch reports Joseph Ramsey Jr eyeing another Wabash trunk line to Philadelphia and likely New York if re-elected. He seeks shareholder proxies for the Oct. 10 Toledo vote, aims to press plans by year end, and notes Little Kanawha sale to New York Central and Pennsylvania interests.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Wabash
Philadelphia
New York
George J. Gould
Mr. Ramsey
Wabash Railroad
Gould
Tidewater
Ramsey
Holland House
Mr. Gould
X'* Gould
Little Kanawha Syndicate
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atlantic Coast
Buckhannon
West Va
Buckhannon and Northern Railroad
Little Kanawha
Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt
Duquesne Club
J. T. Blair
Greensburg
B. W. Patterson
Schoomaker
Lake Erie
The
Standard Oil
Atlantic
Baltimore
John D.rockefeller
Maryland
West Virginal Central
F. A. Elane
Burlington
Khedive and Roosevelt Talk at Cairo Visit
Prof. R J R Gottheil of Columbia University arrived aboard La Touraine after a year and a half abroad. He reports the Khedive praised President Roosevelt and expressed a wish to visit the United States.
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R. J. R. Gottheil
Columbia
la Touraine
Prof
Gottheil
Europe
Egypt
Roosevelt
Gen MacArthur Assigned to India for Military Observation
Major General Arthur MacArthur, senior US military attaché with the Japanese Army, will not return immediately to the United States. He has been ordered to India to inspect British forces there to study modern methods and campaigns ahead of a possible future Chief of Staff role.
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Arthur MacArthur
United States
India
Gen. MacArthur
Corbin
Senator Platts Wife Barred From Dining Room Dog
Mrs Platt tried to bring her Griffon into the Antlers Hotel breakfast room in Colorado Springs. Manager Stein insisted the dog be sent out, noting guests would not permit animals inside. She finally handed the dog to a bellboy after relenting to hotel rules.
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New York Times
Colorado Springs
Col
Senator Platt
Antlers
Griffon
Stein
New York
Chaplain Named for T F Ryan Family in Private Offer
Thomas F Ryan secures Rev. Father J M White of Montreal Diocese as family chaplain. The Pope grants a private oratory with honors at the Ryan residences in Suffern and Fifth Avenue. White, once of St Johns N F, recently moved to Montreal for health, now travels in Ryan's private car Maumee to New York City.
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New York Times
Ottawa
Ontario
Thomas F. Ryan
New York
J. M. White
Montreal
Ryan
Suffern
Rockland County
N. Y
Fifth Avenue
French watch for cholera at Paris ports
French port authorities enforce strict cholera controls with disinfection of Baltic arrivals and shipboard health checks. Emigrants face renewed surveillance and landings require lengthy stays. Berlin reports three new cases and one death, totaling 190 cases and 69 deaths.
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Paris
Ministry of the Interior
Baltic
Berlin
Townsend Seeks Roosevelt Meeting on Rate Legislation
Jackson Michigan September 16 Congressman Charles E Townsend says President Roosevelt invited him to Washington on October 1 to discuss the pending Rate Regulation bill. Townsend supports the Esch Townsend bill with no major changes and expects rate legislation to pass next session. Milwaukee September 16 E P Bacon chair of Inter State Commerce Law Convention issues call for Chicago October 26 convention to press Congress for railroad rate regulation as urged in the President's annual message.
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Jackson, Mich
Charles E. Townsend
Roosevelt
Washington
Townsend
Mr. Townsend
Milwaukee
E. P. Bacon
Chicago
Auditorium Hotel
Congress
Commerce Commission
Campaign offerings from other companies raise concerns
A lawyer testified that several firms beyond New York Life regularly contributed to campaigns. The Armstrong committee may call Cornelius Bliss as witnesses while detailing checks to Andrew Hamilton and the role of George W. Perkins in Morgan related deals affecting policyholders.
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New York Life
George W. Perkins
Perkins
Armstrong Committee
McCall
Prohibition Party
Bliss
Cornelius N. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Seabright
New York Times
Mr. Roosevelt
Andrew Hamilton
First National Bank
State National
Albany
Hanover Bank
Home Office
New York
Hamilton
Europe
Randolph
John C. McGall
The
Broadway
State National Bank of Albany
Mr. Hughes
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Mr. Perkins
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