Health officials monitor cholera threat from Russia
Dr. Alvah H. Doty and Surgeon General Wyman led a close watch on Russia’s cholera crisis as the Korea liner arrived in New York with 444 passengers and 125 crew. Officials described strict inspections, ongoing quarantine measures, and confidence that barriers will keep the disease out of the United States despite warnings from Libau and St. Petersburg.
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Alvah H. Doty
Wyman
United States Plarine Hospital Corps
Russia
Doty
St. Petersburg
Libau
Dr. Doty
United States
Korea
Marine Hospital Service
Caspian Sea
Germany
Cholera Wanes in Russia Amid Rising Student Cases
Reported cholera figures show a drop in new Russian cases to 369 admitted to hospitals in twenty four hours, with 172 deaths, as fifteen Pavlovsk Military Academy students fall ill. Odessa reports four cases and two deaths this week with no cases today. Berlin enforces stricter emigrant controls including bathing and fumigation of belongings.
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ST. Petersburg
Pavlovsk Military Academy
Semenoffsky Military Hospital
Odessa
Berlin
Minister of the Interior
Russia
Sperry to bar Manila shore leave over cholera risk
Admiral Sperry will stop shore leave for his men and bar visits at Manila if cholera remains widespread when ships reach Cavite to coal about Oct. 1. Manila reports 36 cholera cases in the 24 hours to 8 am and 16 more between 8 am and 4 pm, compared with 29 cases by 4 pm yesterday.
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Washington
Sperry
Manila
Cavite
Hungarians Honor Koenig at East Side Rally
Two thousand Hungarian Republicans marched from the Federal Club at 748 Sixth Street to the Hungarian Republican Club at 76 Second Avenue to honor Samuel S. Koenig the Republican nominee for Secretary of State. Brass bands fireworks and speeches followed with letters from Roosevelt Taft and Hartman read to the crowd.
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Lower East Side
Federal Club
Sixth Street
Samuel S. Koenig
Sixth Assembly District
Second Avenue
Tenth Assembly District
Koenig
New York
Roosevelt
Burr Denied renomination by party over Hughes votes
Senator Burr of Commack Suffolk County was denied renomination at a Riverhead convention after voting against Gov. Hughes acing measures. Assemblyman Orlando Huggs of Central Islip named Republican nominee to replace Burr. Burr defended his vote saying his motives were honest and his friends know him as a horseman with long involvement in the sport. The convention named Theophilus Parsons as chair with Harry Lee and W. E. Luyster as secretaries.
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Oyster Bay
Senator Burr
Ex-Senator Hill Denies Involvement In Advisory Committee
Ex-Senator David B. Hill denied rumors he was offered the chairmanship of the Advisory Committee of the Democratic State Committee by Murphy or Conners or asked by Bryan to serve. He stated he retired from active politics since 1905, but voiced support for Democratic national and state tickets. He added he had no meetings on political subjects while in New York on law business.
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Albany
David B. Hill
Democratic States Committee
Wiliam J. Conners
Charles F. Murphy
William J. Bryan
Hill
State Committee
Murphy
Conners
Bryan
New York
Democrats desert Bryan cited by national committee leaders
National Committeeman William L. Ward quoted Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee praising a Midwestern improvement. Virginia's Alvah H. Martin reports Democrats in his state abandoning Bryan as business leaders grow hostile to Bryan. Taft support spreads in Massachusetts New England Washington state and California. The committee notes demand for Gov Hughes's Youngstown speech and a million pamphlets offered for printing.
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William L. Ward
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Middle West
Mr. Ward
Taft
National Committee
Alvah H. Martin
Virginia
Bryan
William C.lovering
Taunton
Mass
Ward
Massachusetts
New England
J. D. Butler
Washington
W. A. Grenne
San Francisco
California
Gov. Hughes
Youngstown
Taft and Sherman Look Set to Carry Western States
Early canvass returns under Hitchcock and Hayward show Taft and Sherman favored in Washington Oregon California Idaho Wyoming and Colorado. Montana margins look tight and Nevada favors Bryan. Republican managers aim to shift the balance before election day.
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Chicago
Far West
Hitchcock
Hayward
Republican National Committee
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Taft
Sherman
National Committee
Montana
Nevada
Bryan
Westchester Republicans Renominate Haines and Others for Assembly
Westchester County Republicans named assembly candidates yesterday led by Harry W. Haines of Yonkers for the First District, Holland S. Duell of New Rochelle for the Second, Frank L. Young of Ossining for the Third, and George W. Mead of Lewisboro for the Fourth. Haines, a Yonkers labor leader and six year Typographical Union president, has won two prior majorities in a Democratic district. Duell is the son of former U.S. Patent Office commissioner Judge Charles H. Duell and a young New York City lawyer. Young is a Ossining lawyer and Mead, a Lewisboro farmer, sits on the county board of supervisors. Mead’s father, also named George W. Mead, was a notable New York lawyer.
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Westchester County
Harry W. Haines
Yonkers
Holland S. Duell
New Rochelle
Frank L. Young
Ossining
George W. Mead
Lewisboro
Haines
and Gas
Typographical Union
Duell
Charles H. Duell
United States
Gompers Testifies of Bribery Attempt by Manufacturers Chief
Samuel Gompers, leader of the AFL, testifies under oath that emissaries of James W. Van Cleave, head of the National Association of Manufacturers, offered him a life annuity to abandon the labor cause. He describes detectives shadowing him in 1907 and alleges a plan to raise 1.5 million dollars to attack organized labor. Van Cleave denies any bribery or use of detectives, stating all charges are false.
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New York Times
Washington
James W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
Labor
Gompers
American Federation of Labor Today
van Cleave
Manufacturers’ Association
Federation
Gomspers
Denver
Taft
Ralston
Federationist
Lodge of Elks
Masonic
Mr. Gompers
New York
Brandenburg
American Federation of Labor
Fight For Labor
Polpd
Gould
Daniel Davenport
James M. Baker
Bucks Store and Range Company
St. Louis
Samuel Gompers
J.W. van Cleave
Samuel Gomners
Brewery Workers Oppose Endorsement of Democratic Party
The United Brewery Workers of America at their convention in the Labor Temple 245 East Eighty Fourth Street voted down a proposition to endorse the Democratic Party. The union, with about 49,000 members, rejected the Bryan campaign alignment in line with A F of L policy led by President Samuel Gompers.
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Gompers
United Brewery Workers of America
Labor Temple
Eighty-fourth Street
Democratic Party
United Brewery Workers
Adn
A. F. of L
Bryan
Hughes congratulates Foelker on Congress nomination
Gov. Hughes sent a message to State Senator Otto G. Foelker of Brooklyn praising his gubernatorial praise and nominating him for Congress. He lauded Foelker for his anti-race-track gambling votes and heroic State Senate service, wishing him a triumphant election.
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Otto G. Foelker
Brooklyn
Congress
Gov. Hughes
State Senate
Jews Celebrate Rosh Hashanah Across Orthodox and Reform
The Jewish New Year 5669 begins at sunset marking Rosh Hashanah with two days of observance for orthodox communities and a one day celebration for reform Jews. Services are scheduled at Temple Emanu El Beth El Temple Israel Harlem Free Synagogue and other synagogues with leaders named for each service.
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Israel
Temple Emanu-El
Rodoph Sholom
R. Grossman
Temple Israel of
Harlem
Maurice H. Harris
Free Synagogue
Stephen S. Wise
SES Eee
H. P. Mendes
Dr. Pool
F. de Sola Mendes
Pe Tefila
Eighty-second Street
A. Radin
the Grove
Educational Alliance
Drachman
Zichron Ephraim
May clash on joint rate in Fifty ninth Street transfer case
The Public Service Commission heard Auditor Brown on Metropolitan Street Railway Company bookkeeping as it considers a joint rate. The panel reserved judgment, but dispute looms if receivers are not allowed to present evidence in opposition.
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Fifty-ninth Street
Public Service Commission
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Brown
Crane
Baton, Crane & Pike Company
Final entombment planned for Bishop Potter at Grace Church and Cathedral
The final rites for Henry Codman Potter Episcopal Bishop of New York are set for Oct 20. Services begin at Grace Church, then move to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights where Potter will be laid in a crypt tomb. Bishop Greer will conduct, with many bishops and clergy expected. The Cathedral remains Potter’s enduring monument.
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Henry Codman Potter
New York
Potter
Grace Church
St. John the Divine
Morningside Heights
Greer
Two suicides in Steinway area within hours
Two Long Island City residents committed suicide within two hours of each other. August Kunde of 928 Steinway Avenue was found unconscious from gas in his room and died before aid arrived. A letter to Emma Strum from Steinway dated Sept 22 1108 preceded his death. Rudolph Maas of 823 Albert Street shot himself after business troubles and learned of Kunde’s death. Maas left a wife and two children.
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Steinway
Long Island City
August Kunde
Steinway Avenue
Emma Strum
Irving Street
Jersey City
Emma
Louise
Henry
Gust
Albert Street
Rudolph Maas
Kunde
Free Synagogue to Resume Rites With High Holy Days
Beginning with the Jewish New Year on Friday evening September 25 services resume at the Free Synagogue on Eighty-first Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. Dr Stephen S Wise will preach at 7 30 on From the Lowlands to the Highlands and Saturday morning at 10 o clock the sermon will address 5668 The Year's Revelation.
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Free Synagogue
Eighty-first Street
Columbus
Amsterdam Avenues
Stephen S. Wise
Bankers Sail to Denver for Association Convention
Two special New York Central trains run to Denver for the American Bankers Association annual convention beginning September 27. They depart rand Central Station at 8:30 this evening, with a piano included in the observation car.
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Denver
New York Central
American Bankers’ Association
Rand Central
Federal Salt Case Against Du Pont Delayed to October
Wilmington Del Sept 24 The federal government salt case against the Du Pont Powder Company was postponed until October when testimony likely will begin before United States Commissioner Mahaffey the Master in the case
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Wilmington
Ddl
du Pont Powder Company
United States
Mahaffey
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