Receivers Named for City Railway
The New York City Railway and the Interborough system faced a receivership as creditors sought liquidation plus debt protection. Adrian H. Joline and Douglas Robinson were named receivers, each posting $250000 bonds. Inter-Met officials claimed the surge in losses does not threaten the holding company or its bonds while governance shifted to the Public Service Commission for a centralized inquiry.
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New York City Railway
Manhattan
Metropolitan Street Railway
Timms
Thomas F. Ryan
Europe
Lacombe
United States
Traction Combine
James Byrne
Adrian H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
National Surety Company
Inter-Met
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Bronx
Metropolitan Securities Company
Public Service Commission
William MM. Ivins
Ivins
New York City Railway Company
Interborough Metropoltan Company
August Belmont
Interborough Metropolitan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough Rapid Transit
Interborough-Metropolitan Company
Toin Times
City Railway
Metropolitan
Third Avenue
White House Tennis Match Stirs Washington Drama
President Roosevelt to meet Right Reverend A F Winnington Ingram on White House grounds in a high profile tennis event. The British bishop, famed for long court play, aims to best the President as guests and officials watch. Ingram stays at the White House through Saturday night for the St Peter and St Paul cathedral cornerstone ceremony.
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White House
M. Jusserand
Speck von Sternburg
Emperor William
Garfield
Lawrence Murray
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Bishop Ingram
Hubert Carleton
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Eustis Miles
Roosevelt
Henry Yates Satterlee
Washington
Bishop of London Arrives in New York En Route to Jamestown
The Right Rev Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram Lord Bishop of London arrived in New York from Canada to meet friends before heading to Jamestown to dedicate the King's Bible. He described the Church of England as not fearing modernism and noted stronger religious vigor than two decades ago. He will preach at Trinity Church, visit President Roosevelt, lay a cathedral cornerstone in Washington, and attend the Richmond church convention.
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Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram
London
New York
Canada
Jamestown
Grand Central
Cardinal Gibbons
Times
Church of England
England
Silas McBee
Churchman
Garden City
McBee
Trinity Church
Washington
Roosevelt
Richmond
Du Ponts Yacht Narrowly Escapes Wreck in Storm
The steam yacht Tech owned by T Coleman Du Pont of Wilmington narrowly escaped wreck during a storm while returning from the Jamestown Exposition. Captain J A Graham steadied the vessel as it struck the canal bank and sustained damage including a blown cutter and missing rails. Mrs Du Pont and companions were unharmed as the storm caused extensive damage near Delaware City.
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New York Times
Wilmington
Del
Tech
T. Coleman du Pont
du Pont Powder Trust
Round Trip Rate Unchanged by Pennsylvania Railways
The Pennsylvania and Reading Railway Companies announce that in October the intra state round trip fare will stay at current levels while awaiting a constitutional ruling on the two cent per mile fare law. Where fares exceed two cents per mile the rate will be reduced to two cents. desbd St. 8:40 am Bon Gumbt.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania & Reading Railway Companies
State of
Pennsylvania
Wu Ting-Fang Reappointed as Minister to Washington
Peking reports Wu Ting-Fang is gazetted for his former post as Minister of China in Washington after a late yesterday renewal. The press notes his recall as a personal triumph, while Chinese officials view him with mixed respect and recall his earlier Britain and penal code reforms and limited liability efforts as of questionable value.
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Peking
Wu Ting-Fang
China
Washington
Foreign Office
Board of Punishments
Li Hung Chang
Wu Ting Fang Appointment Stirs Washington Debate
The reappointment of Wu Ting Fang as China’s minister to Washington sparks a mixed reaction. Critics recall his 1897 1902 Washington tenure marked by controversial speeches and anti American protests while supporters note his charm and diplomacy and question the State Department’s stance on his boycott ties.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Great Britain
China
Peking
New York
England
Reed
Ashington
State Department
Ho Kai
Victoria
Hongkong
Wu Ting-Fang
Seo
Oxford University
Oxford
Yuan Shih Kai
Li Hung Chang
Zeppelin Airship Tour Over Lake Constance
Count Zeppelin and Berlin Balloon Club officials conducted a three hour flight in an airship above Lake Constance. The voyage started at Manzell, passed Rorschach, Bregenz, Lindau, and Friedrichshafen, circled the Town Hall at Friedrichshafen, and landed near the balloon shed amid cheers from locals.
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Lake Constance
Manzell
Count Zeppelin
Rorschasch
Bregenz
Lindau
Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin's air voyage completes a round of Lake Constance
Count Ferdinand Zeppelin piloted a rigid aircraft for four hours and seventeen minutes, circling Lake Constance and traversing five states. The 420 foot balloon carried 11 000 cubic meters of gas and reached heights up to 600 feet with speed estimates around 38 mph. Zeppelin plans another ascent tomorrow.
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Constance
Grand Duchy of Baden
Ferdinand Zeppelin
Lake of Constance
Royal
Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Sultan Pawn Jewelry to Fund Moroccan Sultanate
Dispatches from Tangier report Sultan Abd el Aziz forced to sell private effects and pawn jewels to raise funds for troops defending his throne. Jewelry to be sent to Paris under custody of Fez faction leader Mohamed el Tazzi and Dr Verden. loans to be raised against deposit in a Paris bank. Moroccan debt tallies £2,000,000 with due German loan of $2,250,000 and French loan of $200,000 soon. Tangier also notes arrival of Abd el Aziz in Rabat with Kaids and imperial troops led by Gen. Bagdani.
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NEW York Times
London
Tangier
Abd-el-Aziz
Morocco
Paris
Mohamed-el-Tazzi
Fez
Dr. Verden
Marakesh
Mulal-el-Hafid
Rabat
Abdel-Aziz
Bagdani
Mayor of Paterson John Johnson Dies in Office
Paterson New Jersey September 24 Mayor John Johnson died in St Josephs Hospital of peritonitis after a week of serious illness He was about 55 a lawyer by trade and had served as Alderman His term would have ended January 1 President of the Board of Aldermen will serve as Mayor until then He leaves a widow a son and a daughter and his death is seen by friends as a political tragedy.
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Johnson
Board of Aldermen
Agor. Johnson
Paterson
John
Bride fatally poisoned by husband and mother in law
Philadelphia Sept 24 A coroner jury found that Mary E Eichenlaub a newlywed was fatally harmed by her husband G Russell Eichenlaub and his mother The jury heard a chemist say Mrs Eichenlaub swallowed a large dose of cyanide From Frankford Arsenal Cramp's Shipyard came links to cyanide use and testimony suggested the couple procured the poison before the bride died.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Mary E. Eichenlaub
G. Russell Eichenlaub
Castor Oll
eJrman
Eichenlaub
Frankford Arsenal
Cramp
W. C. Robinson
Board of Health
Experiments Use Chemicals to Trigger Sea Life Growth
Paris reports Prof. De Lage of the Sorbonne conducted chemical life-development tests at Roscoff Brittany. unfertilized sea urchin and starfish eggs in sea water with sugar ammonia and tannin produced larval stages with several specimens surviving to become healthy juveniles. He notes immediate vital impulse upon contact and aims to maturity and reproduction.
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Tam
New York Times
Paris
de Lage
Sorbonne
Roscoff
Brittany
Prof. de Lage
Prof
Prof. Loeb
University of California At Berkeley
Jacques Loeb
University of California
Marine Biologiers Laboratory
Woods Hole
Cal
Hopkins Seaside Laboratory
Pacific Grove
Boy Saves Express Train in Rainstorm at Great Neck
A unnamed boy warned Station Agent William Duryea about a washout on the Long Island Railroad near the Cutter estate causing the Great Neck Express to stop. Duryea signaled the danger, discovering undermined rails and delaying the train until repairs failed to avert catastrophe.
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New York Times
Little Neck
L. I
Long Island Railroad
William Duryea
Cutter
Rickert-Finlay Company
Duryea
Rail commission orders Western Union action in South Carolina
The South Carolina Railroad Commission sustains the Telegraphers Union complaint that Western Union uses state mails for messages filed for transmission with telegraph tolls paid. The case is sent to the Attorney General to seek legal action if possible. A broker says inter state and state telegraph service has been slow for five weeks with delays of eight to twelve hours. The commission warns it will escalate to the Attorney General or Solicitor if delays continue.
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New York Times
Charleston
Railroad Commission of
South Carolina
Telegraphers’ Union of Columbia
S. C
Western Union Telegraph Company
United States
Western Union
John T. Leonard
L. J. Maxwell
The
Richmond
South Carolina Commission
Stylish glasses for correcting all visual defects at Spencer’s
Stylish glasses for correcting all visual defects were fitted at Spencer’s store on 31 Den Lane. The service focused on improving vision through a range of prescription eyewear.
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Spencer's
den. Lane
Marconi Presents Plans for Regular Trans-Atlantic Service
Marconi declares final arrangements are nearly complete to open a regular trans-Atlantic service within the next month. He notes five years of successful trans-Atlantic communication and says his latest improvements target the new service.
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Glace Bay
Lusitania Reports Fog Delays and Course Update
On board the Lusitania the ship slows due to dense fog after 8 am with speeds around 19 knots. By Sept 28 at 10 pm the vessel neared 45.30 N 49.0 W near the Grand Bank of Newfoundland and had traveled 210 miles since noon.
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TIMES
Lusitania
Cape Race
Grand Bank of Newfoundland
Liners Collide At Sea Near Belie Isle
The Mongolian of the Allan Line and the Hurona of the Thomson Line collided near Belie Isle last Sunday. Both vessels are badly damaged. the Mongolian, with many passengers, was en route to Glasgow and is returning to Quebec accompanied by the Hurona.
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Montreal
Belie Isle
Fame Point
Quebec
Glasgow
Global quake noted by two European observatories
Two European observatories in Laibach and the Isle of Wight recorded a severe earthquake lasting about one and a half hours near 10 PM local time. The event was estimated at 7 000 miles distant from Washington with a moderate intensity. A separate Weather Bureau reading near Washington recorded a smaller quake lasting several minutes with the strongest motion at 4 57 PM.
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Washington
London
Laibach
Austria
Isle of Wight
Weather Bureau
Beavers Is Freed From Penitentiary
George W. Beavers once of the Postal Department who was jailed for postal frauds years ago was released from the Moundsville West Virginia penitentiary tonight.
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Pittsburg
George W. Beavers
Postal Department
Moundsville
West Va
Mrs. Frank G. Dash Seeks Death in Paris
Paris report says Mrs. Frank G. Dash, a wealthy American, attempted suicide with a pistol in Paris yesterday after seeking rheumatism relief. The Petit Parisien notes the act was unsuccessful and cites her worsening condition before the attempt.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
Frank G. Dash
Brooklyn Child Dies After Vaccination Controversy
Walter E. Brown aged seven of 228 Ninety third Street Brooklyn died two weeks after a vaccination at the Board of Health office. Dr George Burney said blood poisoning from poor vaccine caused the death and refused to sign the death certificate. Brown’s father Charles plans to sue the Health Department.
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Walter E. Brown
Ninety-third Street
Brooklyn
Board of Health
Charles Brown
George Burney
Seventh Avenue
Burney
Health Department
Missing messenger Greer from Spool Cotton Company
David H. Greer of 444 East 162nd Street disappeared after leaving 8 White Street on Monday. His wife notified police who began a search. his physician says lapses of memory may explain the disappearance and police inspect local parks for him.
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David H. Greer
East 162d Street
Spool“Cotton Company
White Street
Custom House
Greer
William A. Goodall
East 158Th Street
Beau
Governor Hughes to Speak at Gettysburg Monuments Ceremony
Albany Sept 24 Gov Hughes leaves for New York en route to Gettysburg for Friday ceremonies unveiling Greene monument commemorating his command at Culp's Hill. The party expects to return to New York Saturday.
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Albany
Murphy Wins Woodruff Loses in County Contest
Murphy defeats Woodruff in a local county contest while no county-wide changes occur. The outcome sparks concerns that a challenge could jeopardize Murphy's seat on the state committee.
Woodruff Loses Districts in Bloodied New York Primary
After a day of intense contests in Manhattan and Brooklyn, Woodruff and Murphy faced defeats or threats of loss. The day saw 258 arrests in Manhattan and the Bronx amid fights and vote irregularities, with leaders like Nicholas Muller and George Washington Plunkitt suffering defeats or heavy stress from clashes.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Woodruff
Richmond
Nicholas Muller
Bronx
Charles F. Murphy
New York County
William Larny
W. J. Boyhan
Boyhan
Larny
Senate
Murphy
Lantry
Larney
Featherson
George Washington Plunkitt
McManus
McClellan-Murphy
I. J. Goodwin
J. J. Walsh
W. H. Sinnott
T. F. McAvoy
J. J. Frawley
T. =.Rush
W. J. Wright
T. H. O'Neill
E. J.mcguire
M. J. Garvin
W. E. Momris
Bloodshed in Tammany primary riots in Manhattan
A fusillade of pistol shots erupted in Curry's district during the Tammany primary fights in Manhattan. The clash, which could have been a battle of the bullets, devolved into a scene of violence with many arrests reported as authorities moved to quell the disorder.
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Curry
Manhattan
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J. Murphy
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Patrick H. Quinn
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Wm. J. Beattie
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Michael J. Wheeler
James Kane
Wm. E. Melody
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W. F. Thompson
Re Schroeder
Thomas Wogan
Charles S. Devoy
J. M. Gray
Jacob L. Brenner
W. A. Doyle
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Frank J. Gardner
Thomas F. Byrnes
Eugene M. Travis
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William M. Calder
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P. H. McCarren
George A. Owens
John W. Carpenter
Richard Wright
A. V. B Voorhees
M. B. Campbell
Lewis M. Swasey
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J. H. Kracke
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Charles J. Haubert
Henry Hesterburg
John K. Neal
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Harry Jacquillard
W. F. Delaney
John A. Livingston
John Hann
George H. Lindsay
Sinnott
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