Hearst's West Tour Hushed for New York Campaign
Independence Party leaders plan to cancel dates for Hearst in the West to focus on New York say insiders. He aims to attack Bryan and the Democratic ticket at tonight Cooper Union convention and may seek the governorship if nominated.
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William R. Hearst
Independence Party
West
Middle West
Cooper Union
Hearst
Gov. Chanler
Independence Leaguers
Morgan J. O’brien
Alton B. Parker
Bryan
Wall Street
New York
Democratic
Clarence J. Shearn
Henry A. Powell
Brooklyn
Reuben Robie Lyon
Bath
Lyon
Court of Appeals
Shearn
Omlet On Harlem Street Endangers Worker
Benjamin Greenberg delivering eggs for H. M. Fair on 2442 Eighth Avenue was struck when a southbound car crashed into his wagon. He suffered a broken left leg and was taken to Harlem Hospital. The wagon and hundreds of eggs were destroyed, leaving a slippery spill along the car track.
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Harlem
Benjamin Greenberg
H. M. Fair
Eighth Avenue
Greenberg
Collar Shower In Broadway Stuns City Street
A small boy named Harry Burns dropped a bag on Broadway at Twenty-ninth Street, spilling 500 new collars onto the road. A crowd helped recover the neckwear as Police man Daly, on duty there ten years, stepped in to aid the boy and his unsettled load.
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Broadway
Twenty-ninth Street
Harry Burns
Daly
Chauffeurs' Club Reports Stable Hiring Despite Downturn
New York District IAM officers said depression in business did not greatly affect the Chauffeurs' Club. They reported most chauffeurs continued working in the low mood at good wages, indicating steady employment within the International Association lodge.
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New York
International Association of Machinists
International Association
Tug and Tow Grounded In Hell Gate Fog
In heavy fog early yesterday the tug Abraham P Skidmore with four coal barges grounded at Pot Cove Astoria shore. Distress signals went unanswered until about 8 am when the tug floated off the shoal and recovered her tow.
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Hell Gate
Abraham P. Skidmore
Pot Cove
Astoria
Patrick appeals to US Supreme Court in Rice murder case
Albert T. Patrick, serving life at Sing Sing for William M. Rice’s murder, appeals an order denying habeas corpus. The appeal seeks Washington review Oct 12 and cites dissenters on a fair trial claim plus Gov. Higgins death sentence change. He requests expedited consideration and contends Sing Sing conditions harm inmates.
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Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
William M. Rice
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Qng Sing
Jackson
Dickheiser
ZU Broadway
Jerome
Lacombe
Patrick
Court of Appeals
Gov. Higgins
Chinese Bettors Summoned for Kings County Grand Jury
Subpoenas were served at Gravesend track on two Chinese men named Ah Fong and Sam Lung to appear before the Kings County Grand Jury investigating the Brooklyn Jockey Club Fair race meeting. Detectives denied knowledge of the inquiry as the men claimed ignorance of the Grand Jury’s purpose.
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Ah Fong
Sam Lung
Kings County Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Feng
Flies Supposedly Link to Intestinal Diseases In Brooklyn Study
Dr Daniel D Jackson of the Mercants Association Committee on Water Pollution traps flies all summer at a Prospect Park station in Brooklyn. He compares captures with last year and Health Department mortality figures, finding a strong link between fly numbers and deaths. The season peaked in July. the best weekly fly counts roughly mirror last year’s peak deaths, while a lower death week follows a drop in fly captures. Jackson credits public education on disease germs for some of the reduced death rate.
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Daniel D. Jackson
Mercants’ Association Committee On
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Health Department
Jackson
Astoria Ironworker shot in bowling alley clash tied to Italian
Clifford McBride 25 Welling Street Astoria was shot three times in the forehead and once in the hand during a bowling tournament clash with Vincenzo Muscaro at Strack's Casino on the Boulevard. McBride claimed a bullet would fail to harm a Scotchman, while Muscaro fired as he fled then hid in a lumber yard and later fired at Officer Mohrman before escaping.
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Clifford
McBride
Welling Street
Astoria
Vincenzo
Muscaro
Strack
Boulevard
Mohrman
St. John's Hospital
Man shoots wife in bed then kills himself in New Jersey
Louis Kiehl a Public Service Corp motorman in Plainfield shot his wife as she slept in Dunellen and then killed himself, believing she was unfaithful. The wife survived at Muhlenberg Hospital, while neighbor Charles Thomas from the Bronx witnessed the event after being awakened by gunfire.
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New York Times
Plainfield
N.J
Louis Kiehl
Public Service Corporation
Dunellen
Muhlenberg Hospital
Thomas
Kiehl
Morris Plains Insane Asylum
Attempted Arson at West 126th Street Police Stable
Last night an attempt to set fire to the West 125th Street Police Station stable at 106 West 126th Street was detected by patrol wagon driver William Forst. He found a burning bundle of excelsior under a patrol wagon, extinguished it, and notified Captain Walsh as detectives began investigating.
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West 125Th Street
West 126Th Street
Orange County, Milk Company
Walsh
William Forst
Orst
Capt. Wash
Mauretania Sailor Rescues Bartender After 60 Foot Plunge
A bartender named George Oldhen fell sixty feet from the Mauretania’s deck as the Cunarder prepared to sail. Fireman Patrick Halligan and sailor Francis Murphy saved him with a rope rescue, then Oldhen was arrested on shore. Poster thieves attempted to tag the ship, but Captain Pritchard halted the act and a tug forced their retreat. a photographer was briefly detained before release.
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Atlantic
Oceanic
George Oldhen
Broadway
Oldhen
Patrick Halligan
Mauretania
Francis Murphy
Halligan
Murphy
McCabe
Capt. Pritchard
Vernon H. Brown
Yale Man Is Arrested In Grand Larceny Case
Daniel F. Daly advertising man for H. B. Claflin Company is charged with grand larceny after police found 6000 two cent stamps worth 120 dollars on his person. Daly, 25, Yale graduate, lived at Bretton Hall, Broadway and 87th Street, in custody at Police Headquarters. Detectives Finn and Kelley trailed Daly after joining the Claflin staff in a sting to recover missing circular stamps.
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H. B. Claflin
Dourgoods House
Daly
Yale
Bretton Hall
Broadway
Eighty-seventh Street
George F. Cornwall
Claflin
Mont Drummers
H Firm
Detective Bureau
James J. Finn
James Kelley
Finn
Kelley
Claflins
Boy Held in Priest Death Confession and Burial Clue
Enrique de Lara seventeen confessed to shooting Father Ascencio in Central Park on Sept fourteen. He was arraigned in the Tombs Court remanded to the Coroner without examination. He led detectives to where the priest’s pocket book was buried but nothing was found. He claimed he took the money from the pocketbook after killing the priest. The boy said he fled from Santo Domingo where his father Jacobo de Lara is a cocoa dealer.
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Enrique de Lara
Father Ascencio
Central Park
Finn
Santo Domingo
Jacobo de Lara
Bellboy accused in Madison Ave hotel jewelry theft
Mrs. W A Waterman reported $1000 worth of jewels left at the Ashton Hotel safe vanished. The safe box later showed the jewels, and bellboy Edward Howcett of 210 East Ninety-fifth Street admitted guilt after a decoy letter prompted his call. He was charged with grand larceny.
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W. A. Waterman
Ashton Hotel
Madison Avenue
Ninety-third Street
Edward Howcett
East Ninety-fifth Street
Bayonne Youth Dies Playing Ball After Catch
Ten year old Thomas Walrod collapsed and died near Avenue F and Twenty second Street in Bayonne while catching a fly ball. Doctors suspect heart disease as the cause.
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Avenue F
Twenty-second Street
Bayonne
Thomas Walrod
Germany Seeks joint Morocco terms in Franco Spanish note
Paris reports Germany replies to the Franco Spanish note on Morocco. The key dispute concerns reimbursements for France and Spain’s Moroccan occupation and whether France may settle without Algeria signatories. Germany questions Oudja occupation and insists on consulting all Algeciras signatories. Authorities expect possible agreement despite reservations.
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Paris
Germany
Morocco
Jules Cambon
Berlin
Pichon
Clemenceau
Nertheless
France
Spain
Algeciras
Mulai Hafid
Oudja
Croker Defends Rhodora Over Racing Reports
Richard Croker writes to a London sporting paper protesting unfavorable Rhodora coverage. He cites Rhodora's earnings of over 35 000 dollars and disputes a telegram from his trainer that claimed the mare would not run in the Cambridgeshire stakes.
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Dublin
Richard Croker
London
Rhodora
Cuban Assaults J C Tarler in Havana Restaurant
J Cornell Tarler Chargé d Affaires of the American Legation was assaulted by a Cuban named Yarini in Havana. Tarler was dining with Capt Granville Fortesque near Hotel Inglaterra when the attack occurred. Yarini was arrested and indicted for assaulting a police officer.
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Havana
J. Cornell Tarler
Legation
Edwin B. Morgan
Yarini
Tarler
Granville Fortesque
Inglaterra
Fortesque
Slocum
Mr. Tarler
Bridge Collapse Near Havre de Grace Prompts Dyn amite Theory
Nearly 600 feet of the Baltimore and Ohio bridge over the Susquehanna River collapsed at dawn near Havre de Grace Maryland amid rumors of dynamite. Chief engineer D D Crothers said he cannot explain the catastrophe except by possible deliberate wrecking while noting no visible construction flaw.
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Havre DE Grace
Baltimore & Ohio
Susquehanna River
American Bridge Company
D. D. Crothers
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
William Wilson
The
Pennsylvania
Wilmington
Havre de Gracé
Bridge Reconstruction Costs Estimated At Four Hundred Thousand
Bridge officials estimate $400,000 in damage to the work on the bridge reconstruction. The loss includes damaged wires and freight cars. the supervisor notes the structure was secure after inspection before work ended for the day. The bridge spans about 1,000 feet, stands 14 feet high, and is built of solid concrete.
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PL Revirous
American Bridge Company
Storm damage in Bahamas reported by governor
Cable from Sir William Grey-Wilson says Great and Little Inagua Ackin Crooked Long Rum Cay and Wattings Islands were swept by the September 11 hurricane. Vessels were stranded or wrecked and Long Island’s Clarence area saw the residence jail canteen house all churches and most dwellings destroyed. Distress is believed to be severe across many islands.
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London
Ciwoinal
William Grey-Wilson
Bahama Iskinis
Sir William
rGeat
Little Inagua
Ackiin Island
Crooked, Island
Fortune Island
Long Island
Rum Cayaml Wattings
Clarence
Corbett Leaves Port of Spain for Caracas Mission
Sir Vincent Corbett British Minister to Venezuela departed Port of Spain for Caracas tonight aboard a steamer. He has been noncommittal about his mission during a three week stay, and observers expect he will push to have President Castro's decree rescinded to restore trade between the West Indies and Venezuelan ports.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Sir Vincent Corbett
Venezueht
Caracas
Caracao
Castro
West Indies
German Ambassador to Tokyo unlikely to be moved to Washington
Berlin reports in Tageblatt say Baron Mumm von Schwartzenstein, German Ambassador to Tokyo, is considered for Washington after the late von Sternburg but there is no foundation for this transfer. The succession to von Sternburg has not been settled.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Mumm Y of
Schwartsensteim
Tokio
Washington
Ace von Sternburg
Eel ‘ Tiem Aid
Baron von Sterebarg
Col Nelehay Killed by Stray Bullet in Finland
Helsingfors dispatch reports Col Nelehay of the Fourth Finnish Sharpshooters was killed by a stray bullet during rifle practice. The battalion's soldiers were placed under arrest as a result of the incident.
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Nelehay
Helsingpvors
Irish Members to Speak at Lyric Theatre Event
John Redmond and Joseph Deviin, two Irish members of the Parliamentary Party, will be honored guests at a ree prio next Sunday night in the Lyric Theatre. They will discuss relief efforts for Ireland in the British House of Commons. Lieut. Gov. Cinnier will preside, with John Fitzgibbons and Catherine Withee among the speakers.
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John Bk
Redmond
Joseph
Deviin
Parti
Tient Tow
Lyric Theatre
Fioth
British
Howsay
Commons
Cinnier
John Fitzgibbons
Roeseome Mie
Cat
Wright sister denies Wright airships shipped abroad
Kathaine Wright, sister of Arvidle Wright, said there are persons in Dayton, Ohio, who own the Wright airships but no one in Dayton has authority to move or ship them. The claim that the airships are being shipped out of the country was denied.
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Washington
Arvidle Wright
Kathaine Wright
Wright
Dayton
Ohio
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