Runaway Black Horse Dashes Into West 100th Street Vestibule
A big black horse attached to a wagon bolted on Manhattan Avenue near West 100th Street after an automobile appeared. Janitor Mary Crowley saved Nellie Hennessey and the one-year-old Patrick, leaping aside as the horse smashed the baby carriage. John Mattern, the driver, escaped unhurt as neighbors and a 16-year-old, John Costello, lassoed the distressed animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Crowley
John Mattern
Mattern
Manhattan Avenue
Nellie Hennessey
Patrick
West One Hundredth Street
Nellie
John Costello
Condition of Mrs Davis in Buffalo Critical
Mrs. Jefferson Davis widow of the Confederate president remains critically ill at the Castle Inn Buffalo. Drs Stockton Park and Jones attend daily with no planned surgery though condition fluctuates from signs of improvement to a serious state. A telegram summons her daughter Mrs Hayes to her bedside as the Daughters of the Confederacy record nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Jefferson Davis
Castle Inn
Charles G. Stockton
Roswell G. Park
Allen Jones
Davis
Highwaymen Who Don’t Rob Terrorize Millionaire Escapes
Special to The New York Times reports Collender's Point Stamford Connecticut nightly danger as two well dressed highwaymen commit at least four robberies in a week. Residents fear after dark and police with private detectives camp near the estates of John D Crimmins William Ziegler Anson Phelps Stokes Edwin Trowbridge and other New York millionaires while the robbers elude capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jordan
William Hopp
Patrick Callahan
Big Point
Jordan
Callender Point Road
James Cuddy
Cuddy
New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Arrivals and Amusements Highlight Page 13 Listings
The index notes amusements and page 13 sections including arrivals at hotels and out of town buyers. It mentions business Treasuries and court calendars on page 13 as part of the daily newspaper layout. Weather and foreign mail notes appear on other pages, with Piso’s Cure advertised for coughs and colds.
Wreck of missing Beatrice reported off Norfolk
The Weather Bureau received word that the stern of a steamship named Beatrice was found bottom up two and a half miles south of Caffey's Inlet Life-saving Station. The Beatrice, a fishing steamship of 35 crew including 30 negroes, was said to be lost since a hurricane near Delaware Breakwater on September 16. The vessel, owned by Atlantic Fisheries Co. of Cape Charles, was valued at 25 000 dollars. Captain J W Leland of Baltimore was master. Engineers H S Roy and Thomas E Latham, Norfolk locals, were aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
United States Weather Bureau
Drinkwater
Currituck
Beatrice
New York
Caffey
J. W. Leland
Baltimore
H. S. Roy
Thomas E. Latham
Atlantic Fisheries Company
Cape Charles
Butterine King's Suit Challenges Oleo Coloring Penalty
William J. Moxley, known as the Butterine King, sues in U S Circuit Court to recover 35000 after paying a penalty for alleged use of artificial coloring in oleomargarine. The case raises key legal questions and will be argued before Judge Kohl at the fall term. The department contends palm oil was the main coloring agent and not applied by artificial methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
William J. Moxley
Butterine King
United States Circuit Court
Assumpsit
Kohlsa
Moxley Corporation
English Delegates Held Up On Way To Boston
William Callard of Torquay and John Falconer of Dover England delegates to the Empire Chamber of Commerce congress were detained ten hours by an Immigration Inspector in Newport Vermont for failing to produce a medical certificate. Their baggage passed inspection and they had identification but were delayed under the alien immigration law recently enacted. The incident drew local commentary urging English travelers to use the Canadian route to avoid delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Montreal
William Callard
Torquay
John Falconer
Dover
England
Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire
Boston
Newport
Robert Watchorn
Magistrate Mott Improves After Sanatorium Recovery
Stamford Connecticut September 25 Magistrate Mott who entered a Darien sanitarium weeks ago nearly wrecked physically and mentally has shown rapid improvement. Doctors say his condition is good and he may move to New York within a week. He drives to the business section daily and chats with townsfolk, beloved by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Mott
Darien
Ott
New York
Matt
Jury blocks will probate in Texas estate dispute
In Dallas on September 25 a District Court jury refused to admit a will alleged to be by T. McPartland of McGregor as valid. The estate valued at $50,000 had no prior will. A later will leaving the property to Mrs. Mary Dolan of New York was not admitted to probate by the county clerk or the court as genuine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Dallas
Texas
District Court
T. McPartland
McGregor
McPartland
Mary Dolan
New York
Queen Victoria Jubilee gifts arrive in St Louis for fair
Thirty six gold and silver caskets with presents for Queen Victoria's jubilee reach St Louis from Toronto on King Edward's orders. Worth about 190000 dollars, they will be exhibited at the World's Fair and incur no duty under Washington rulings. The gifts are stored in a government warehouse until the British representative assumes charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
ST. Louis
England
Toronto
Canada
Edward
Gallenkamp
Washington
Hill Denies Rumor of Northern Securities Counsel Offer
James J. Hill tonight denied the report that Judge Peter S. Grosscup of Chicago had been offered the general counsel position for the Northern Securities Company. Hill stressed the rumor should be set at rest. Burnett's Extract of Vanilla advertisement follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
ST. Paul
James J. Hill
Peter 8. Grosscup
Chicago
Northern Securities Company
Hill
Train holds up thwarted by alert engineer in Rhode Island
George W Boss, engineer of a boat train near Plummers Lodge Rhode Island, slammed the throttle and sped past a danger signal after spotting a lantern and suspected hold up by ten men. Deputy Sheriff E O Bacon accompanied the engine and authorities search the area for the gang as Providence police investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket, R. I
George W. Boss
Plummers Lodge
Whitins Station
New York, New Haven
Hartford Road
Providence
A. R. Whaley
E. O. Bacon
Uxbridge
Bacon
Whaley
Worcester
Plummer’s Ledge
Boss
Frec
Saranac Mills
Lieutenant Denies Filipino Marriage Claim
First Lieut. Sidney S. Burbank of the Sixth Infantry at Fort Leavenworth filed suit to set aside a claimed marriage contract with Conception Vasques, a Filipino widow with three children. Vasques alleged a Valladolid contract. Burbank and his lawyers vow a bitter legal fight amid societal stir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Leavenworth
Kan
Sidney S. Burbank
Sixth Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Conception Vasques
Vasques
Burbank
Valladolid
Negros Island
Lieut
Leavenworth Society
Auto Crash At Newport Brings No Serious Harm
Baroness Selliere and Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster were involved in a collision at the Newport Rhode Island corner of Touro and Spring Streets. Neither vehicle sustained damage, but a horse in Webster's victoria became jammed with a leg caught between the wheel and carriage. Traffic halted for about thirty minutes while a jack and wheel removal freed the horse. Both women remained in their vehicles during the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R. I
Selliere
Hamilton Fish Webster
Baroness Selliere
Touro Street
Webster
Spring Street
Victoria
Baroness Selliere and Mrs. Webster
Chicago Contractors Seek Bankruptcy Relief
Thomas Nicholson and his sons James S. and Thomas G. Nicholson filed voluntary petitions in federal court seeking relief from debts of 255,782 dollars each. The Nicholson family runs T. Nicholson & Sons Company, a Chicago contracting firm, with Frank C. Stevens connected to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Thomas Nicholson
James S
Thomas G
T. Nicholson & Sons Company
Frank C. Stevens
Every Dealer Ghoute Prep for EVA Demand
Wholesale depot at 127 Hudson Ee gears up for a surge in demand for EVA 3' ALB products as dealers brace for the busy period. Local suppliers report rising orders and stock checks to meet anticipated needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Ee
Nation’s Bank Building Project Faces Labor Strikes
A court-appointed receiver notes labor troubles halted work on the First National Bank Building and Railway Exchange. National Surety Company stands as a creditor for substantial bonds to secure completion. Illinois Steel Company holds a $12,063 claim, with most other liabilities for supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholson
First National Bank
National Surety Company
Illinois Steel Company
Bogota Quiet as Ratification Fate Remains Unclear
Washington reports a perplexing silence from Bogota after the final Tuesday deadline on the Hay Herran treaty. Officials and canal interests weigh whether Colombia approved a modified pact or moved to a Nicaragua route under Spooner act terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Bogota
Congress
Colombia
Beaupre
State Department
Associated Press
Cromwell
New York
Panama Canal Company
Marroquin
United States
Panama
Nicaragua
Spooner
Dr. Herran
Hay-Herran
Panama Canal
Man Committed For Stealing Horse Rig To Aid Wife
Chester Barnhart was sent to Goshen Jail to await Grand Jury action for stealing a horse wagon and harness from Samuel Meyer’s livery. He sold the rig to his brother for 75 dollars, kept 50 for his wife’s hospital bills, and sought treatment at St Catharine’s Hospital in Brooklyn before being detained in Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Port Jervis
N. Y
Chester Barnhart
Goshen
Grand
Samuel Meyer
Stevensville
Sullivan County
Charles Barnhart
St. Catharine's Hospital
Brooklyn
Liberty
W. H. Meyers
Liberty Police
Barnhart
Collier
Navy to Deploy Gunboat to Bluefields for Protecting American Interests
The State Department has asked the Navy to send a warship to Bluefields Nicaragua due to trouble near the port affecting an American steam ship company. The Nashville, currently at Pensacola, will be ordered to proceed to Bluefields within a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bluefields
Nicaragua
State Department
Navy Department
Nashville
Pensacola
Panic Uncalled For in Wall Street Says Milwaukee Road
Roswell Miller, chairman of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul, urges calm amid market jitters. He states there is no railroad crisis and Milwaukee and St. Paul will perform as well this year as last, with no rail orders canceled and plans for extensions proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell Miller
St. Paul Road
New York Times
Chicago
Wall Street
Chicago, Milwaukee and St._Paul
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Miller
Teachers Become Motormen in Springfield Areas
Eight township schools in Mad River Moorefield and Harmony Townships remain closed this fall awaiting teachers. The shortage stems from inadequate salaries driving rural teachers to city transit jobs as motormen and conductors. Superintendent A B Graham notes even the poorest street workers earn as much as country teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Springfield
Ohio
Mad River
Moorefield
Harmony
A. B. Graham
Trusts Iron Mines Close In Lake Superior Region
Ishpeming and other Lake Superior trust mines lay off 400 workers at Ishpeming today with the Tron 16 Mine to close. The curtailment affects several thousand men overall due to ore overproduction. Marquette, Mich, Sept 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette, Mich
Ishpeming
Tron
Lake Superior
Murdered with dynamite and payroll stolen in Pittsburg area
S Ferguson, superintendent of Ferguson Construction, and bookkeeper E C Martin were killed and wounded when dynamite blew their buggy near a West Middletown camp. The payroll of several thousand dollars was in a satchel. Police arrest two suspected Polish men. farmers hunt for further suspects near an abandoned mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
S. M. Ferguson
Ferguson Construction Company
Wabash
West Middletown
Washington
Beaver Counties
E. C. Martin
Ferguson
Ashington
Martin
Middletown
1600 Woodsmen In Distress At Algoma Camp Shutdown
Canadian Sea line expected to receive 1600 Con solidated Lake Superior woodsmen by Tuesday as work ends for winter. Many stranded in Soo with time checks, wages uncertain. French Canadian workers seek government relief and protest treatment. militia ready to quell any riot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Algoma Central Railroad
Canadian Sea
William Coyne
Shields
Soo
Ottawa
Quebec
Laurier
Speyer & Co
Bicknell
Toronto
Newark
Premier Ross Warns On Soo Wages And Land Grants
Premier Ross said Ontario will withhold all land grant certificates due to Clergue industries for the Algoma Central Railway if wages remain unpaid. The eighty miles built could entitle about 600,000 acres, reflecting a policy to pay workers and suppliers first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Toronto
Ontario
Ross
Clergue
Soo
Algoma Central Railway
Algoma Central
Priest Squanders 52000 in Cripple Creek Stocks
In Denver a Catholic parish reveals that 52000 cash held for a cathedral funds was gambled in Cripple Creek mining stocks. Father Callanan admitted the loss after attempting to double the money without parish approval, leaving little for the planned cathedral building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Matz
Father Callanan
Satolli
New York Times
Col
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Famine in Dawson Feared As Yukon Water Drops
Extreme low water in the Yukon threatens 20,000 tons of supplies reaching Dawson and other Yukon towns before navigation ends. Steamboats carry half loads and some cannot navigate. scows and barges are being used to move tens of tons downstream. White Pass ceases perishable freight beyond White Horse. three idle light-draught steamers bought to haul freight. Between Skagway and Dawson, nearly 15,000 tons are being rushed forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Yukon
Dawson
White Horse
St. Michael’s
Yukon Flats
Circle
Klondike
White Pass
Consignees
White Pass Company
Skagway
Mexico Imposes 210 Dollar Duty On Dynamite
The Mexican Government imposes a duty of 210 dollars per ton on dynamite to boost domestic manufacture. Mining interests protest the tax as a heavy burden while a Gomez Palacio factory, linked to Juan Brittingham, nears completion and could gain a monopoly in Mexico. The United States has been the primary dynamite supplier due to Mexico’s vast mining activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Austin
Texas
Gomez Palacio
Mexico
Juan Brittingham
México
United States
Pittsburg Banks Safe Amid Bear Campaign Says Officials
Pittsburg bankers defend local banks against panic rumors. D Mck Lloyd of the State Bankers Association notes margins of 20 to 25 percent and solid condition versus six months ago. Robert Wardrop of People's National Bank says banks care for customers and have not called loans. George S Whitney cites a bear campaign and dismisses serious danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
D. McK. Lloyd
State Bankers’ Association
Robert Wardrop
The
People’s National Bank
George S. Whitney
Whitney-Stephenson Company
Funds for Dowie Invasion in Kenosha News
Dowie followers in Kenosha Wisconsin sacrifice to fund the New York invasion trip. Donors provide cash and donated property, with proceeds to invasion funds. Train seats assigned, meal tickets sold, and roles allocated for guards kitchen and nursery care at Elijah Hospital Zion City to serve children of travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Kenosha
Wis
Dowie
New York
Elijah
Zion City
Parks Threatens Trouble In New York Return
Parks, in Kansas City, announces plans to strike on many jobs when he returns to New York. He says he will retaliate against men who aimed to depose him by forming a rival local union. He intends to pursue the fight already underway and strike all jobs where bosses do not meet his demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
New York
Sheehan
Mullally
Cronin
Low
Roosevelt
Platt
Gov
Odell
Henry
George
Sulaberger
West Eighty-seventh Street
N. Erlanger, Blumgart & Co
Prince Street
Velutina Bias Company
Philadelphia
Temple Israel of
Harlem
Harlem Library
United Hebrew Charities
Harlem Democratic Club
Reform Club
Chamber of Commerce
Trautmann
Bailey & Blampey
President Roosevelt Takes Weekday Ride Through Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt rode a long horseback trip from Sagamore Hill through Oyster Bay to Sayville, greeting friends as they passed. He conducted no business at the village and no visitors were received, signaling a quiet sojourn for the rest of the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
More Hill
Sayville
Sagamore Hill
Sulzberger Named for President of Borough and Trautmann Sheriff
Cantor’s bid is rejected by Citizens' Union conferees at Union Square, paving the way for Cyrus Sulzberger as Borough President and Ralph Trautmann as Sheriff with Greater New York Democracy threatening independent nominations. The meeting ends as Trautmann gains approval while Sulzberger’s bid faces Republican support and Democratic hesitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Square
Citizens’ Union
Manhattan
Cyrus Sulzberger
Ralph Trautmann
Greater New York Democracy
Jacob A. Cantor
Law Administration
Greater New York Democracy Conferrees
Sulzberger
Trautmann
Cantor
John T. Cronin
Sheehan
Messrs
Cronin
John B. Mullally
New York
Hamlet
Low
Mullally
Cutting
Tammany Hall
Fornes
Board of Aldermen
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Horse
Janitress
Trolled
Collender’s Point
Piso
Virginia
W. J. Moxley
Internal Revenue Department
Vermont
John D. Mott
Darien Sanitarium
Queen Victoria
J. J. Hill
Grosscup
Rhode Island
Island
Kansas
TRUST
Hudson River
Adv
Pennsylvania
Lake Superior Company
Parks
President
New Ticket
Pendent
MR. Sheehan
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