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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1908
Page
1
Wilbur Wright set a new world distance record at Le Mans, covering 98 kilometers in 1 hour 31 minutes 61 seconds, surpassing Orville's mark as 40,000 spectators watched. Ambassadors and officials praised the achievement amid nightfall and cautious restraint by cavalry.
Orville Wright, at his Washington bedside, reacts with enthusiasm to Wilbur Wright's record flight at Le Mans. He hopes Wilbur can visit soon as doctors seek to ease his patient days. The Aero Club of America also appoints a committee to attend Lieut. Selfridge’s funeral in Washington.
In Indianapolis on September 21, thousands of temperance workers arrive by rail to press for county local option. White ribboned crowds flood the State House, pray during services led by Methodist ministers, and lobby legislators to pass the bill amid partisan tension.
A large gray cat belonging to six year old Mary Finkelstein bit two girls aged 6 and 4 in a Seventh Street flat. Policeman Kraus of Fifth Street Station shot the animal after it menaced him during a long pursuit, wounding it and sending it to Wilard Parker Hospital for examination.
Four men were badly burned when a gas main leak caused an explosion in Hudson Street. About fifty feet of pavement was torn up, two houses shaken, and water mains broken. Injured are Benjamin Brasch, William Faas Jr, Robert Grosch, and George Topsy, with Topsy worst off but expected to recover.
Ned Crane of 295 East 160th Street chased a runaway horse for nine blocks at around fifty miles an hour down Pelham Avenue. He halted the horse near the Third Avenue elevated station by grabbing the reins. Robert Manger, a New Rochelle retiree, clung to the car dashboard and later collapsed as a patrolman helped him to safety. The horse had broken the right rein amid honking traffic and frightened crowds.
Lehigh Valley offers round trip fare to Denver priced at 55 dollars and 50 cents. Travel from 305 Broadway with ticketing advices available through Lehigh Valley transit.
Today 880 new cases and 155 deaths reported in St Petersburg hospitals with broader figures from three provinces showing 488 cases and 201 deaths in 24 hours. Officials struggle to contain the outbreak as hospitals fill and illicit liquor sales continue.
The Civil Commission in Manila ordered two hundred police into the city to aid Health Inspectors against the cholera outbreak. Officials limit gatherings and refuse fiesta permits while adding physicians and nurses to treat patients. Readouts show twenty five new cases since early morning. two Americans Alfred McVeigh and infant Josefina Hall infected, while C A Davis is no longer considered ill. Veterans group Camp Lawton volunteers as Sanitary Inspectors to assist the effort.
Washington officials announce a cholera response including sending a bureau agent to Russia to study the outbreak and advise US policy. US consuls may detain Russian emigrants for five days with possible extra detention. Manila and other Philippine centers are under close watch as extraordinary measures are used to suppress the epidemic.
The Chicago will of John V. Farwell pioneer merchant and philanthropist is filed for probate. It distributes a 1,775,000 estate equally to five children and sets a 2000 dollar yearly annuity to the Moody Bible Institute for ten years.
An advertisement for Haan's Restaurant in the Park Row Building targets ladies downtown, offering luncheon and dinner service with music.
David Bispham the singer wins the first custody battle against his wife Mrs. Caroline R. Bispham. Judge Audenried finds Mrs. Bispham in contempt for breaking a three year old agreement regarding custody. The couple separated three years ago after a divorce suit and a dramatic courtroom scene ends with the children to be returned next Monday for a permanent decision.
Frank H Peavey and Frederick B Wells of F H Peavey & Co Minneapolis arranged $1,000,000 in life insurance for the firm with $850,000 placed through Equitable Life and Provident Life Trust supplying the rest. Horner led the Minnesota agency in the placement with W J Keating in Philadelphia. The move marks the third million-dollar life insurance event in U S history. Frank H Peavey is named as the policy beneficiary. George Vanderbilt is noted as the only other individual to hold a $1,000,000 single policy.
George L. Glant, superintendent of Carnegie Steel's 119 inch mill at Homestead, resigns to enter Western Theological Seminary. After ordination he plans to dedicate his life to aiding steel mill workers, saying he saved money to fund his education and to show youth there is more than money. Glant is a longtime friend of W. Ellis Corey of United States Steel Corporation.
Herman Albrecht a 26 year old clerk at National Park Bank 214 Broadway was sent to the Tombs Prison by Magistrate Finn on a 500 bail bond for allegedly taking 13 16 from bank funds. Complainant was Charles F Burke chief clerk of the bank. Albrecht refused to speak. The bank officials declined to comment.
August Deherer aged about 82 of 82 Lawrence Street was struck at 129th Street and Eighth Avenue by Granville Nutting of 61 Astor Place Jersey City. Deherer suffered a fractured skull and broken collarbone and is in serious condition at Harlem Hospital. Nutting was detained at West 125th Street Station after the collision during a trip from Springfield Massachusetts to Jersey City. Deherer reportedly stepped into the path of the slowly moving car.
Robert Alphonse Taft eldest son of William H Taft enters his junior year at Yale with the Faculty naming him leader of the 1910 class in scholarship He is assigned a Durfee Hall room with Henry Payne Bingham and Adrian Van Sinderen Both roommates have joined the Varsity football squad Taft plans to devote his two remaining years to academics rather than athletics.
The harbor received the SS United States arriving from Copenhagen on September 10 and the SS Cherokee arriving from San Domingo.
A classified advertisement from a disinfecting company at 517 West 46th Street promotes roach and bed bug extermination and mouse control services.
Mrs. Anna G. Ross de Peyster, 70, of New York, wed Ernest Bolton, 26, an insurance broker, at Sunnyside near Johnstown. Ceremony by Rev. W. W. Elsworth with few guests and flowers from her greenhouses. The bride, a State Board of Charities member, plans return to Euclid Hall, New York, in October.
In Manchester on September 21, over 400 Lancashire cotton mills idle amid a wage dispute. About 140,000 operatives lose wages as 40,000,000 spindles halt and $250 million of capital idle. industry expects a second ballot on a 5 percent wage cut. Idle workers remain orderly pending outcomes.
Pittsburg, Sept 21 A quarrel over parade precedence for the sesqui centennial threatens the Pittsburg social elite. Wealthy residents demand prime positions near European visitors descendants of William Pitt and Gen Forbes. Insurgents withhold contributions, shrinking funds for the event. Four living Washington relatives decline attendance.
A 65 year old woman wandered Central Park and gave the name Mrs Sarah Dawson claiming a nephew Langdon a Hotel Astor horseman. He confirmed the name but said she fled Islip asylum and should be sent there. In Night Court she was committed to Bellevue and later to a Long Island asylum. She spoke little beyond names and relatives.
The advertisement touts Great Bear water for its purity as the source of its fame. It emphasizes cleanliness and quality to appeal to consumers.
Senator Foraker in Cincinnati labeled President Roosevelt Hearst’s ally after seeing the president’s statement. He planned to read it overnight and decide whether to issue a reply, noting he wouldn’t respond immediately. He quipped that the president had accepted Hearst’s charges.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Taft read Roosevelt's quoted letter and recalled writing it amid the Foraker Hearst controversy. He decided not to add to the subject now and gave no indication of future statements.
Mother Filiatriasult, Mother General of the Gray Nuns in Canada, arrived in Winnipeg on September 21 en route to the Mackenzie River district to inspect Far North missions. At 69 she plans a 2000 mile journey beyond Edmonton by dog train and canoe, accompanied by several Grey Nuns.
Two masked men entered the Lenox Hotel in Buffalo at daybreak and threatened staff with revolvers. They forced clerk George J. Smith and operator Doyle into a basement cell, then took 150 dollars from the cash register after opening the safe. Smith and Doyle escaped but the robbers fled and were not captured.
Alexander Star Buck, 83, former president of the Cuvier Club and a noted game protection advocate, shot himself in the Government Building corridor. Once wealthy, he had lost his money and was in poor health. A note dated Sept 14 cited age illness and insanity as motives for seeking the immortal dawn.
Friends of George D Ramsay son of Admiral Francis M Emery retired fear he has killed himself after disappearing Sept 3. He was last seen on a Potomac steamer bound for Norfolk Virginia officers cannot confirm where he left the boat. Domestic troubles and separation from his wife are noted and his disappearance worries the elderly naval officer.
Miss Stella Collins, 25, was assaulted in a park in St. Paul on September 21. Her tongue was cut out in a precise act, likely by an Italian assailant. Police consider the Black Hand as a possible motive while noting she is not in serious condition.
Captain Kleppe of the Jolando Di Giorgio reports sighting the Norwegian steamer Senator at anchor near San Salvador after it endured a hurricane. The Senator's commander, Captain Aarsgold, was washed overboard and drowned, with the vessel’s hold half full of water. The Senator left Port Antonio for New York on September 4.
President Roosevelt denounces Ohio Senator Foraker and Governor Haskell amid Hearst disclosures. He cites Taft’s 1907 letter opposing a Foraker for President harmony plan, praises Taft, and argues reform policies depend on Taft’s election against corporate power and political opponents.
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