Man-Hunting Sleuths Back Without Girard
Special to The Times from Peekskill recounts two New York detectives pursuing Joseph Girard on Spitzenberg Mountain for murder near Centreville and Montrose. They follow conflicting clues, monitor rumors, and question locals as a boat theft and sightings raise doubt over the suspect’s location.
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New York Times
Peekskill
New York
Bowery
Spitzenberg Mountain
Joseph Girard
Augusta, Pfeiffer
Old Spitzenberg
Bronx
Buchanan
Centreville
Seabury
Girard
Hudson
Cornwall
Montrosé
Price
Tank
New York Central
Montrose
Spitzenberg
Rose Lane
Michael Curtis
Charles Bennet
Curtis
Wayfarer
Amusements and society notes from Yesterday's Fires and more
Index to departments lists amusements arrivals of out of town buyers marine intelligence foreign mails society weather yesterday's fires and related items across pages 2 5 7 and 8 with brief notices and notices for readers
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Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails
Society
Roosevelt to Return From Sagamore Hill Soon
President Roosevelt will leave Sagamore Hill on a Saturday train for Washington arriving after 6 pm. He plans to finish work on his annual message with Cabinet input focusing on life insurance regulation and Russo-Japanese peace, while limiting visits during the Sagamore Hill interlude.
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Oyster
Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Washington
Loeb
Executive Force
Long Island
Long Island City
Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congress
Venezuela
America
Santo Domingo
Panama Canal
Russia
Japan
Fire Rips Through Butte Dry Goods Store
A $1,250,000 blaze originated in the Symons Dry Goods basement and swept the downtown business district. Firefighters faced four hours of combat with heavy rainstorm quenching the flames and halting citywide devastation. Major losses included the Symons Dry Goods Co and multiple blocks and institutions.
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New York Times
Butte
Mon
Symons
Anaconda
Helena
Symons Dry Goods Company
City Library
Atlantic Saloon
Walkover Shoe Company
Goldberg
Maule
Clark
Ogden
California
Woodworth
Shodair
Jail wall blown up spurring second escape attempt
In Somerville New Jersey a second jail escape bid used dynamite or an explosive blast aimed at a window. Nine prisoners were in the corridor as the blast tore bricks outward at about seven pm. Night Keeper William Moore fired at the head that appeared and helped corral inmates as Deputy John L. Anderson moved others to cells.
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Somerville
N. J
Somerset County
William Moore
Moore
John L. Anderson
Frank Lahey
Regan
Lahey
Eleven Tile Contractors Face Federal Conspiracy Probe
The Commerce and Labor Department plans to arrest eleven tile manufacturers and contractors in New York City for conspiring to violate the contract labor law by importing foreign workers. Warrant issues and U S attorneys signal a high-stakes case with potential fines up to ten thousand dollars or two years’ imprisonment per defendant. The case stems from a last year lockout and labor actions by the Tile Grate and Mantel Association with agents in Ellis Island custody of four English workers who testified for the government.
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United States
Joseph W. Lantry
W. H. Jackson & Co
East Seventeenth Street
Charles E. Lawton
Mart & Lawton
Broadway
Arthur T. Mart
Elmer, Alexander
Alexander, Reed & Co
East Twenty-third Street
Bernard D. Traitel
Traitel Brothers
West Forty-second Street
Edwin B. Currier
E. Bradley Currier & Co
West Twenty-third Street
Charles Sirrine
Alfred Booth & Co
Charles E. Ensign
Julius Schloss
West Twenty-sixth Street
Charles Bosworth
West Twentyfourth Street
Charles J. Bogert
Department of Commerce and Labor
Secret Service Bureau
Ellis Island
Department
Houghton
Court of Last Resort
United States Supreme Court
Ridgeway
Henkel
New York
Employers’ Association
Mart & Lawro
England
Staffordshire
H.R. Patten
Park Row
America
A. Fawcett
Charles Lewis
Edwin J. Wright
William Angle
Harry Johnson
Goverinment
Byrne
Secret Services
Flynn
Miss Alice Roosevelt Attends Japanese Schoolboy Athletics
Miss Alice Roosevelt and her party attended athletic events with Japanese schoolboys in Seoul. They were greeted by the Japanese Educational Committee and will rest after weeks in Japan Manila and China. The group plans picnics and rides near Seoul as part of a lighter itinerary.
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Alice Roosevelt
Japan
Manila
China
Séul
Kommander Islands Seized Report Reaches Russia
News from St Petersburg says the American steamer Montara carrying Baron Bruggen was seized by Japan near Nikolskoe on Bering Island and that Japanese forces occupied the Kommander Islands raising their flag. No dates given for seizure or occupation.
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Montara
Baron Bruggen
Kamchatka
Nikolskoe
Bering Island
Kommander Islands
Platt States He Is Not Sick and Will Not Quit Politics
Senator Platt of New York, in a private Pullman car in Kansas City, denied reports of illness and said he would not retire from public life. He added he felt stronger and planned to meet President Roosevelt to discuss politics, though he did not want interviews at that moment.
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New York Times
Kansas City
Senator Platt
New York
Union Depot
Roosevelt
Rock Island
Burlington
Platt
Two Boys Arrested in 59 Burglaries Case at Star Theatre
Nineteen year old Benjamin Rovner and Randolph Lenobel, son of a candy merchant, were arrested near Star Theatre on burglary charges. Detectives linked them to 59 break ins, with pawn tickets totaling thousands in jewelry and other goods found in Rovner’s room. Lenobel confessed the pair robbed multiple Manhattan homes, aided by a third boy, with a pattern of scouting empty flats. Lenobel placed Rovner as the partner in recent robberies. Rovner denied specifics and was jailed, Lenobel sent to the children’s society.
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Randolph Lenobel
Star Theatre
17Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Cruise
East 14Th Street
McAdoo
Brennan
Rovner
Lenobell
Blackwell's Island
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East 108Th Street
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F. W. Jacobs
East 119Th Street
East 117Th Street
116Th Street
114Th Street
Lenobel
Children’s Society
East 04Th Street
Coney Island
Intruder Shot by Mother in New London Tragedy
Stephen M. Crocker was shot during an incident at the Bindloss home on School Street in New London. Mrs. Bindloss fired when Crocker fought for a revolver as he terrorized the household. Crocker’s wound is serious and the couple was cleared by prosecutors as accidental shooting.
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New London
Conn
Stephen M. Crocker
Memorial Hospital
George Bindloss
School Street
Crocker
Bindloss
Whittlesey
Brooklyn Woman Dies by Own Action at Hart's Hotel
A woman about 50, registered as Mrs Green of Ocean Avenue Brooklyn, died by taking carbolic acid at Hart's Hotel. She left a note requesting burial and wore mourning. The note carried the inscription Mahlon to Mattie Jan 1 1879 on her wedding ring. Police cannot identify her among local Green families or acquaintances.
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New York Times
Wil.sesbarre
Penn
Brooklyn
Ocean Avenue
Max Greene
Green
Flatbush
Kroonland Signals From Atlantic Passage
The Red Star liner Kroonland in wireless contact with the Marconi station at Siasconsett Massachusetts at 5 40 P M yesterday. The ship was fifty five miles east of Nantucket and expected to dock about noon today.
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Antwerp
Dover
Marconi
Siasconsett
Mass
Nantucket
The Train of the Century The Twentieth Century Limited
The 18 hour NYC Central Lines train leaves New York at 2 30 P M arrives Chicago 8 30 next morning a nights ride Adv.
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Chicago
New York Central Lines
Adv
Woman Hit by Auto in Washington Heights Crash
Mrs. Herbert L. Johnson, 34, of 770 St Nicholas Avenue, was struck at 148th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. Chauffeur A B Watrous, bound for A E Pressinger, was arrested after the driver failed to stop. Mrs. Johnson, hospitalized with probable internal injuries, remained in critical condition as magistrate kept Watrous in custody.
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St. Nicholas Avenue
Washington Heights Hospital
A. B.watrous
A. E. Pressinger
Wall Street
Pressinger
Richard S. Newcombe
Watrous
Mrs. Johnson
Hammer
West Wnd Street
McAvoy
Johnson
H. L. Johnson
Erie Train Wreck Near Susquehanna Kills Three
An eastbound Erie train collided with a waiting engine near Susquehanna Pennsylvania at 7 pm. Engineer Frank Robbins died, fireman Birt Mills Spaugh was badly injured, and detective Samuel Hempsend was killed. The crash followed the roundhouse helper backing an engine onto the main track and escaping.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Erie
Susquehanna
Penn
Frank Robbins
Birt Millsspaugh
Samuel C. Hempsend
Clark Summit
Riot at Nimes Bullfight Sparks Stadium Fire
Twelve thousand spectators at a bullfight in Nimes France rioted after mata dors refused to kill another bull as an encore following five deaths. Chairs seats and boxes were broken and barriers set ablaze around the arena.
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Nimes
France
Doctor Chadwick Found Dead at Chocolata Villa
Dr James R Chadwick of Boston and Harvard lecturer was found dead near his Summer residence at Chocolata New Hampshire seven miles from West Ossipee. Coroner Hodsdon ruled death an accident noting bruises on the head and hips and suggesting a sudden illness caused a loss of balance on the piazza roof.
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N. H
James R. Chadwick
Boston
Harvard College
Chocolata
E. W. Hodsdon
Tamworth
Chadwick
Summit City Clerk Injured At Auto Races
Chester C. Henry city clerk of Summit was injured at Waverly auto races when his car overturned on the second turn of the second event. He was pinned beneath the wreck and unconscious, later taken home. Surgeons report a broken nose and internal injuries.
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New York Times
Newark
Chester C. Henry
Summit
Waverly
Ienry
Henry
Eben Plympton Freed on Bail in Plymouth Case
Eben Plympton, actor, was released on five dollar bail from Plymouth jail after being charged with assault with intent to kill Capt. George Martin. Bonds were posted by George F. Monahan and Max Fischacher. Plympton headed to Boston with his bondsmen claiming innocence.
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Mass
Eben Plympton
George Martin
George
F. Monahan
Max Fischacher
Plympton
Boston
Martin
Riviera Yacht Grounded Off Chatham Bay
The steam yacht Riviera owned by Frederick Gallatin went ashore in Chatham Bay near Chatham Mass during the night. It was floated today by a life saving crew under Capt Ellis. On board were Gallatin, his son and daughter in law, Capt O A Oakes and a crew of 27. The vessel bound from Greenport to Bar Harbor appeared unharmed and proceeded to its destination.
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Mass
Riviera
Frederick Gallautin
New York
Chatham Bay
Ellis
Monomoy Point
O. A. Oakes
Greenport
Bar Harbor
Oakes
Big New Army for China
The Morning Post's Shanghai correspondent reports China will form twenty military districts each with four infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, engineers and artillery. Enlistment lasts nine years and by 1910 China aims for 500000 trained soldiers ready for field service.
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London
Morning Post
Shanghai
Yin-Tchang
Berlin
Yuan Shi-Kai
China
Rush Work on Ferry Slips Delays St. Island Boats
Work on Staten Island ferry slips continued on the first Sunday of extended construction as contractors push to finish before winter. City officials had promised boats by July 1, then October 15, but engineers say service will not begin until next winter due to delays in timber from the Pacific Coast.
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Staten Island
Pacific Coast
No Tenderloin Drought Amid Open Saloons and Tours
Despite reports, the Tenderloin stayed busy as saloons kept doors guarded and sandwich displays visible. Capt. Dooley conducted solo patrols through the precinct, Inspector Schmittberger visited family then returned to the area, and hotels also displayed sandwiches as business continued.
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Schmittberger
McAdoo
Burnett's Extract of Vanilla Ad Implication
Advertisement touts Burnett's Extract of Vanilla as the best perfectly pure highly concentrated product.
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Burnett
Adv
Bomb Wounds Officials at Peking Railway Station
At Peking railway station a bomb exploded in a private car on a train carrying a foreign mission to study political methods. Four minor officials died and over twenty were wounded, including Prince Tsai Tche and Wu Ting-fang who were slightly injured. The bomber perished. Security around government offices and railways increased.
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Peking
Peking Railway Station
Prince Tsai-Tche
Wu Ting-fang
United States
Wu Ting-fang wounded by bomb amid anarchist talks
Washington dispatch reports Wu Ting-fang injured by a bomb with initial authorities leaning to an anarchist attack. Chinese Minister Sir Chentung Jang-cheng seeks full details from Peking while noting efforts to study parliamentary government and Western institutions.
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Wu Ting-fang
Legation
Chentung Jang-cheng
Peking
Russia
China
Women Lead Chicago Mob at Synagogue Rally
Russian revolutionists shouting Nihilism dispersed a meeting in a Judd and Clinton synagogue where Adolph Kraus spoke of his talks with M. Witte and the Russian Peace Commission. Led by young women the mob marched the streets, chanted the Marseillaise, storefronts closed, police arrested eight, injuries reported, banners and circulars tossed.
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New York Times
Chicago
Judd
Clinton
Adolph Kraus
M. Witte
Russian Peace Commission
Kraus
New Train Service Notes Readied With New Equipment
The notice describes a rail service pattern with a daily New York to Chicago schedule and an Ohio leg. It highlights a new ballasted roadbed and other special features.
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