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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
18
COL ASTOR IMPORTS A NEW BREED OF DOG BETWEEN A BEAR AND A HOUND. The item notes a novelty dog type claimed to be a cross between a bear and a hound with unusual lineage and characteristics.
The Kronprinzessin Cecilie brings 816 cabin passengers including Col. John Jacob Astor Mrs. Astor and Vincent Astor. Col. Astor showcases Bergere a long legged black dog with a sailor temperament as inspectors threaten with a $200000 claim against him in a Telegraph Company insolvency case. Mrs Belmont cites Hammerstein praise for top opera in New York. The voyage also includes Dr Emil G Hirsch and numerous notable passengers.
A court fight opens with New York Taxicab Company and Robert B. Murphy facing a show cause order in Justice Gieverich to restrain use of the New Albany stand at Broadway and Forty-first Street. Union Taxicab Company seeks to preserve its lease and ongoing occupancy since May. The Knickerbocker Hotel influence and a license permit amid contested stand rights frame the dispute.
At noon yesterday Mrs Emma A Shafford of 114 Fort Greene Place Brooklyn fell or jumped in front of a moving subway train at the Brooklyn Bridge station and was killed instantly. Crowds nearby and several women were overcome. The body was taken to the Morgue identified by Robert R Carter who claimed the deceased as his aunt. A bank book showed deposits over $2 000 at Seaman's Bank on Wall Street.
A Dakotas woman once called the pale girl says coffee worsened her health causing headache indigestion and weakness. After switching to Postum she reports clear complexion, more energy, no indigestion and fewer medicines, and notes her family also prefers Postum and Grape Nuts. The ad ends with a testimonial and a prompt to read The Road to Wellville.
Mme Calvé arrived in New York to begin a 30 city US concert tour aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. A large wave drenched her and guests on the promenade deck last Friday, soaking a French gown and prompting the singer to retreat to her cabin. She suspended plans for grand opera appearances this season and noted Stein have not invited her to the Manhattan Opera House.
The Red Star liner Kroonland docks at quarantine with Chinese students greeting Li Lum Ling editor of The Hong Kong Mail. Ling argues that U S aid via Boxer indemnity and famine relief boosts China’s growth, urges a defensive commercial pact with America to ease the Far Eastern tensions. Also aboard are actress Miss Yvonne de Kerstrata and Supreme Court Justice James A. O’Gorman, returning from Europe with family.
The Cunard liner Mauretania sails today bound for Queenstown and Liverpool with a sizeable cabin passenger list led by Rear Admiral C. Goodrich and several notable travelers. The White Star liner Oceanic also departs from Southampton with a full complement of passengers including Mrs. Archbald K. Mackay and Dr. William A. White.
The United States liner arrived with fourteen Russian doctors eight of them male and six female to attend the International Tuberculosis Congress in Washington DC. The Holland America liner Ryndam brings a party including Mr and Mrs S D Bangs R J Allen Mrs Hunter P Cooper Dwight Cutler Mrs R Daniels Mr and Mrs James Hatton C P Heyward and Dr Charles Putnam.
Dr William T Bull, recently ill with rheumatism at Newport for four weeks, returned to New York last night at 7 in the Grassmere car attached to a Boston express. He arrived at Grand Central and was aided by a nurse and nephew Dr Jackson of Boston to 85 West Thirty-fifth Street. The trip was comfortable and his condition, while not yet strong, had improved significantly.
In Indianapolis the House faced disruption as about fifty temperance workers entered the chamber and a heated exchange erupted between Horace G. Murphy and Representative Cable. police intervened after Murphy denounced opponents as "salo on bums" and the crowd pressed toward a confrontation.
Architects A V Porter and J R Spelman for the Metropolitan Street Railway filed plans to replace the Ninth Avenue car barn at Ninth Avenue and Fifty fourth Street. The brick and stone five story building will stretch 135.10 feet by 998.10 feet and cost 450000 dollars.
Estelle W Hartlove a 30 year old nurse lodging at 230 East Fifty Eighth Street was found dead in her room with a crucifix prayer book and rosary on the bed A letter signed Bernard Nie haus and headed Church of the Sacred Heart suggested suicide over being unable to join a religious order The coroner noted a water tumbler with white particles possibly cyanide of potassium and Mrs Niederle reported her recent money scarcity
Aldermen introduced a substitute ordinance to repeal the ticket speculator law. A public hearing is set for next Monday at 2 o clock. The Redmond measure aims to annul the $0 per ticket fee and related sections of the code with immediate effect.
Actress Nance O Neill and her manager McKee Aikin surrendered in Marshal Henkel's office on a copyright infringement charge over an adaptation of Suderman's The Fires of St John. Bail set at 1000 by Phyllis Rankin. Hearing adjourned to Oct 8 with district attorney consent. Rankin claims Luce had no rights to the play.
The Clyde Mae steamer Cherokee reports the loss of the British schooner BE M Bertha Capt Scott on a Mobile to Savannah La Mar voyage. Wreckage sighted Sept 20 about 250 miles east of North Carolina. debris includes a white-named stern, deck house, and lumber. Wreckage littered area from Cape Hatteras to the Bahamas.
The parents of six year old Fred Romey fear he has drowned after he vanished Sunday night. His father is a watchman on the East River pier at Forty-ninth Street and the North River. Searchers dragged the river bottom near the pier but found no trace of the boy. his older brother offered only the exclamation Oh, my brother Freddie when questioned.
Crime blotter style notes list multiple arson and property loss items with addresses and minor amounts. Entries mention individuals and firms such as A. Ma, M. Schieren, John Walker, Julius Koskrafski, C Cancrow, Catherine Gedis, Florence Nicholls, Raymond & Co, and Schloss Bros among others with small monetary figures and locations across Manhattan and Brooklyn districts.
Public Service Commission in Albany heard representatives of several railroads request a modification of the June 30 1908 annual report. They argued inter union differences and salary disclosures cause hardship and jealousy among officers. Fire companies listed include New York Central Lines New York New Haven Stratford Long Island Lehigh Valley Delaware Hudson Fonda Johnstown Gloversville Lehigh Hudson River.
Francis Parkman of New York has entered an appearance to contest the will of George F Parkman, Boston beneficiary in chief. The estate valued at about 8 million dollars with residuary gifts to the city for parks totals several millions. Parkman Sr was killed by Prof Webster at Harvard Medical School about six decades ago.
The United Irish League held its Boston convention at Faneuil Hall with about 300 delegates from across the United States. Representatives included John Redmond Joseph Devlin and John Fitzgibbon. Archbishop O Connell gave the opening prayer as National President Michael J Ryan chaired before yielding to Edward Devoy as Temporary Chairman.
Advices from Fanning Island say Captain Downie his second officer and two engineers of the wrecked Aeon remain at the atoll awaiting the Manuka to arrive to recover castaways after sixty four days in the coral. The Solace will reach too late and BC Salvage Co offers no word yet on sending a salvage steamer.
In a demoniacal fury Andrew Light a mulatto inmate at St Elizabeth Asylum for the Insane killed Patrick Maloney the grounds overseer and Millie Follin a young inmate. He wounded Miss Robinson another inmate and fled to a nearby swamp where police surrounded him and shot him in the leg before recapture.
The United Brewery Workers of America discussed funding union breweries to ensure union beer during strikes and sent the matter to the International Executive Board. George N Morton, alias Doc Morton, an ex clergyman under indictment for a $10 000 note fraud with Hopesees and Company, surrendered to the assistant district attorney and posted 3000 bail after pleading not guilty. He had been arrested in Philadelphia and released on habeas corpus.
In Shero, Texas, George Clark a Black man shot Constable W H Taylor during an attempted arrest. A mob hanged him to a tree leaving him for dead, but he was found alive this morning and jailed. a second mob threatens lynching him.
Enrique de Lara an 11 year old Santo Domingan student in Bremen Germany confessed to Police he shot Arturo Arencio the priest in Central Park after luring him for a walk. He claimed the priest tried to flee and he fired hitting him in the back and later took the priest's watch and $15. He also confessed to robbing the priest of money and jewelry earlier.
In New York State Col. William F. Fox announced forest fires are practically under control with patrols in the Adirondacks and Wardens on duty. The Big Crooked Lake area is viewed as most threatening and crews are to remain until rain ends danger. In Pennsylvania fog and heavy dew aid firefighting as fires in Warren Venango and Crawford Counties are now believed under control.
A settlement of six houses three miles east of Rhinelander was burned today. Settlers fled to Moon's Lake and were cared for. No lives reported lost and Rhinelander considered safe as winds abated. Reports of Mason and widespread fires near Lake Superior and Huron circulated. Mrs. Swan Hegstrom, a firefighter, lost her way through smoke. Fires threaten Merrill and surrounding areas as crews battle the flames.
Yesterday counsel for Auriol Batonyi filed a motion before Supreme Court Justice Giegerich demanding Mrs Burke Roche Batonyi provide a bill of particulars to her divorce complaint. Batonyi asserts the sixteen alleged misconduct acts were inadequately described. Justice Giegerich reserved decision and sealed papers after arguments. The case, filed about a year ago, is set for a jury trial as Batonyi presses for full specifics.
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