Americans Narrowly Escape on Paris Cherbourg Train
American travelers from Paris to Cherbourg on the White Star special train faced a tunnel crash when a Rouen express struck the rear of the damaged car. No fatalities, but several passengers were hurt lightly, with one French boy seriously injured and an American girl briefly trapped in wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rouen
Chérbourg
Nathaniel B Day
Miss Shepard
C. R. Shepard
Herbert H. Barnes
Eleanor Redway
Grace Redway
Samuel Baldwin
L. A. Jones
Walter Phelps Dodge
Emiline A. Kemp
Harold W. Bell
F. A. Constable
Lenore Harris
Harry W. Barne
Nathaniel B. Day
James Wilson
Cherbourg
White Star Line
Bréval
The
Steamship Company
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Mantes
Desire to Punch Harahan Highlights Stockholder Fray
Described as a print report, the piece notes Stuyvesant Fish’s wish for a physical encounter with Illinois Central President J. T. Harahan over recent remarks. It mentions Fish’s denial of issuing countercharges and cites alleged loans to Dresser and others with Harriman as the true target, while Wall Street awaits reactions to Harahan’s circular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuyvesant Fish
J. T. Harahan
Illinois Central
Harahan
Mr. Fish
Fish
Mr. Harahan
New York
D. Leroy Dresser
Harriman
Wall Street
Wives in New Lotos Club Plans New West Fifty Seventh Street Home
The Lotos Club Building Committee approved foundations for an eight story West 57th Street clubhouse near Carnegie Hall. Target opening by Sept 1, 2008. Contract awarded to Mark Eidlitz & Sons for 490,090 dollars with architect Don Barber. The site cost 260,000 dollars and was recently refused for 350,000 dollars. The club will offer women members rooms a dining hall top floor banquet hall and art gallery. Forty bedrooms with baths on upper floors. The committee includes John Elderkin Charles W Price and William T Evans. Members may move from 556 Fifth Avenue by Feb 1 and seek hospitality from other clubs until completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotos Club
West Fiftyseventh Street
Carnegie Hall
Mark Eidlitz & Sons
Don Barber
John Elderkin
Charles W. Price
William T. Evans
Fifth Avenue
Newfoundland fishermen win easing of imperial restrictions
An imperial rescript blocks legal action against American vessels in Newfoundland waters and suspends colonial seizures of fishing ships. After mass meetings in Bay of Islands Bay St George and Bonne Bay, Premier Bond telegraphed approval to lift colonial limits, allowing Newfoundlanders to hire aboard American vessels for herring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John's
N.F
Bay of Islands
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Bay St. George
Bonne Bay
Bond
Newfoundland
Robbery reported on Fifth Avenue involving three women
Frank H. Tomlinson of 107 West Eighty sixth Street accused Mary Williard and Stella Kramer of stealing his pocketbook amid an attempted robbery in the areaway of 509 Fifth Avenue near Forty-second Street. Detectives Mugge and Upton arrested the two women after responding to a disturbance, and Tomlinson filed a complaint.
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Frank H. Tomlinson
West Eightysixth Street
Mary Williard
West Forty-third Street
Stella Kramer
West Forty-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Tomlinson
Mugge
Upton
Major Alfred Dreyfus Retires from Army
Paris reports the retirement of Major Alfred Dreyfus due to ill health. The gazette notes his replacement as Commander of Artillery at St Denis, following his last held post.
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Paris
Alfred Dreyfus
St. Denis
State Architect Heins in Critical Condition at Lake Mohegan
State Architect George L. Heins lies critically ill at his Lake Mohegan home near Peekskill after a two month nervous breakdown from overwork. Medical officials fear recovery seems unlikely.
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Heins
George L. Heins
Lake Mohegan
Peekskill
White Mrs Excursions Tickets On Sale At 14th To 19th
Tickets for White Mrs Excursions are on sale from the 14th to the 19th at fare eight dollars and sixty cents. Purchases available through N H and HR ticket agents. Adv.
Traction Accidents Surge in New York City 26 Days Reported
Public Service Commission reveals 5500 accidents in 26 days across New York traction systems including steam electric horse lines. 189 killed or seriously injured. 641 boarding cars and 1263 alighting. Hearings set Oct 3 on Queens Staten Island transit concerns and Belmont tunnel fare.
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Public Service Commission
Travis H. Whitney
New York
Eae
Bnaey
Tory Dairds
Eveesa Visbeasee
Pee Eneenrasanee
Staten Island
Queens
Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
Richmond
Belmont Tunnel
Blackwell's Island Bridge
Brooklyn
Winter
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Boerum Place
Court Street
Fulton Street
Borough Hall
Fourth
Madison Avenue
Maltbie
West Farms
Eustis
General Traction
Willcox
Nassau Electric Railroad Company
Bassett
Hughes Visits East Side for Informal Dinner
Governor Hughes slipped unannounced from the Hotel Astor to the Henry Street Nurses Settlement for an informal dinner and reception hosted by Miss Lillian Ward. Notables at the meal included Jacob H. Schiff Charles Stover Counselor Abraham Schumer and Dr. Max Moskowitz. A crowd gathered outside after the governor left at 11:30 and cheered as he departed without speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Hughes
Hotel Astor
East Side
Henry Street
Lillian Ward
New York City
Miss Wald
Jacob H. Schiff
Charles Stover
Abraham 8. Schumer
Max Mo
Roosevelt Buys a Thoroughbred
President Roosevelt has ordered from William Post & Son a half brother to the bays shipped from Long Island. The new addition brings his stable to three well matched thoroughbreds, about sixteen hands high with long manes and tails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Williston
L. L
Roosevelt
William Post & Son
Long Island
Evans' Ale Goes Well at City Menus
Local tavern Evans serves a variety of dishes with ale, featuring chops, steak, fish, and sandwiches as patrons praise quality and affordable prices during a steady dinner rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EVANS
Iron and steel demand amid financial unrest in Vienna
Sir Hugh Bell, president of the Iron and Steel Institute, warns that high demand and limited capital fuel financial unrest. He cites shrinking visible iron stock from 750 000 to 170 000 tons and says wealth limits development. He notes favorable American outlook and England's free trade stance despite tariff criticism.
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Hugh Bell
The
Iron and Steel Institute
Hugh
England
Wireless rival fears dip stock prices in London
London on September 25 reports growing belief the Marconi wireless system will compete with transatlantic cables, causing a drop in cable shares. Cable firms say they anticipate tariff cuts to meet any challenge, and company representatives deny fear of effective competition.
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NEW York Times
London
The
Stock Exchange
Marconi
Marconi System
Engine Without a Driver on Nyack Flier
Fireman James Flemming piloted the Nyack Flier into Jersey City after engineer Henry Robertson was injured near Homestead Station. Robertson was struck by a telegraph pole, knocked unconscious, and transported to St. Francis Hospital with a slight skull fracture but is expected to recover.
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Nyack
Erie Railroad
Jersey City
James Flemming
Henry Robertson
Flemming
Robertson
Homestead
St. Francis’s Hospital
Parting farewell at Garden City station with concert and dog fight
Miss Marion MacKellar boarded the 11 48 train to Long Island City en route to Chicago when an impromptu concert of friends and a dog fight broke out at Garden City station. Music makers included Maud Wood Maude Turner Ruth Carleton Anne Townsend Chadwick Sawyer and Donald MacKellar. The audience included Mrs William J Youngs and others from the Garden City Hotel and Meadow Brook colony as railway staff halted the dog fight between a bull terrier and a collie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Garden City
L. IL
Marion MacKellar
Long Island City
Chicago
Kingsley Blackman
Miss MacKellar
Maud Wood
Maude Turner
Ruth Carleton
Anne Townsend
Chadwick
Miss MackKellar
Wife and husband tied to stock transfer stamp fraud case
Detectives arrested Arthur Eldridge a clerk of 475 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn after a chase through yards and a fire escape. His wife Catherine was also taken into custody for interfering with police. Earlier John Reynolds was seized in a downtown broker’s office for attempting to obtain stamps by a trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Arthur Pldtridge
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Central Office
Deitch and Howry
Catherine
John Reynolds
Eldridge
Burnett’s Vanilla Honest Extract Questioned by Pure Food Laws
An advertisement asserts Burnett’s Vanilla is an honest extract with a meet id never questioned by pure food laws, signaling regulatory scrutiny of product labeling and standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnett
Cuban Uprising Fears Prompt U S Troop Readiness
Havana reports mounting talk of an uprising in Pinar del Rio on Sept 28 or early October. US Cavalry, based in Pinar del Rio, was mobilized in a show of force as authorities probe who backs the agitation. Officials cite 3,000 guns in hands across the province and hidden ammunition.
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Eleventh
United States Cavalry
Pinar del Rio
New York
Cuba
Col. Parker
Eleventh Cavalry
Havana
Magoon
Masso Parra
Palma
Orestes Farrara
Pino Guerra
Brave Fire In Ship S Hold Saves Furnessia From Destruction
Thirteen Anchor Line freight handlers aboard the Furnessia at Pier 50 North River descended into the burning hold with Quartermaster McKenzie guiding them. They hoisted three blazing hemp bales to the deck where fellow crew extinguished the fire. The blaze started from straw ignited by lantern oil as hemp was loaded. The ship’s crew fought the blaze until firemen arrived to find the danger contained.
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Furnessia
North River
Quartermaster McKenzie
Cholera Cases Reported Across Japan Prompt Precautions
Tokyo bulletin notes four cholera cases in Yokohama with others under observation. A total of 1,500 cholera cases have been reported in Japan to date as the government enforces strict precautions to eradicate the disease and prevent its spread. Boston excursion via Albany Oct 1 highlighted in Hudson Valley Day Line ad. Music program noted.
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Tokio
Yokohama
Japan
Boston
Albany
Hudson Ae
Lusitania Reaches 525 Knot Day Run
At noon on September 25 the Lusitania reported 525 nautical miles covered in the day. The on board reckoning shows a speed of 22.66 knots over the last 24 hours. The vessel's position is latitude 47.02 and longitude 43.15, with cloudy cold weather and a light southeast wind.
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Lusitania
Cape Race
Japanese-Canadian Labor Settlement Proposal Rumored
The Japanese Ambassador in London, Baron Komura, sent a communication to the Foreign Office in Tokio dated Sept 25 signaling a proposal to settle the Japanese labor situation in Canada. Details remain undisclosed.
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Tokio
Foreign Office
Baron Komura
London
Canada
Snails Upset Pittsburg Residents in Thirteenth Ward
Pittsburg officials report an invasion of four inch hog faced snails from China in the Thirteenth Ward. Dr. J F Edwards supervises a plan with Dr. W J Holland to remove them and prevent further spread.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
J. F. Edwards
Board of Health
China
May Punish Soldiers In Incident At Frederick
The War Department will investigate firing by soldiers from Fort Myer on the way to Gettysburg for monument exercises. Battery E and the Thirteenth Cavalry stopped in Frederick Maryland for rest. no injuries were reported but public excitement rose. Officials compare the event to Brownsville and vow no further offenses.
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Washington
War Department
Frederick
Fort Myer
Third Field Artillery
Thirteenth United States Cavalry
Gettysburg
Bickman
Brownsville
Yale Professor Sanford Returns After Blindness Abroad
Prof. Samuel S. Sanford of the Yale School of Music arrived home in New Haven after a summer trip in France where he was stricken blind while driving. He remains weak and under care of oculists in Berlin and Paris, hoping to restore sight in one eye though doctors say the other eye cannot be used. Sanford, son of the Adams Express founder, heir to millions, believes rheumatic gout caused the blindness.
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New York Times
New Haven
Samuel S. Sanford
Yale School of Music
New York
Sanford
France
Berlin
Paris
Sandford
Adams Express Company
New Peak Rises From Sea At Makushin Volcano
Capt A J Henderson reports official confirmations of a violent Makushin eruption on September 1 and the emergence of a new sea peak as part of the Boguslav formation. TheMakushin volcano ash deposits reached three eighths of an inch, with channels near Unalaska drying up and four such land rising events noted along the Alaska coast.
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Seattle
Washington
A. J. Henderson
Thetis
Mount Maksin
Unalaska
Capt. Henderson
Alaska
Man Survives Five Foot Sewer Plunge During Rain
John Hoffman a 55 year old Bureau of Sewers employee fell into a five foot sewer on Third Avenue near 128th Street when a rope broke. He was carried to Harlem River 131st Street and swam to a boathouse float after police and workers pulled him out. Hoffman said he stayed with his head above water and called the escape miraculous.
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John Hoffman
Bureau of Sewers
Third Avenue
128Th Street
Harlem River
131St Street
Hoffman
Kingston
Shepard Will Leaves Half Million to Widow and Heirs
The will of Dr. A Warner Shepard who died of morphine poisoning on Sept 8 named his widow Mrs Mary S Shepard as sole executrix and primary beneficiary. Upon her death the estate will be divided equally between Luther D Shepard and the children of his deceased brothers Edward and Thomas B Shepard. The attorney Bernard J York said the estate is worth about a modest sum, not the fortune once rumored.
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A. Warner Shepard
Brooklyn
Mary S. Shepard
Shepard
Luther D. Shepard
Edward
Thomas B. Shepard
Bernard J. York
Lipton Declines Challenge For America's Cup Race
Sir Thomas Lipton's bid for a 1908 series under sixty eight foot rule was unanimously rejected by the New York Yacht Club. The club insisted on strict deed of gift compliance and no handicap limits, choosing to defend the cup with the largest admissible boats and unrestricted design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
Thomas
West Forty-fourth Street
Commodore Vanderbilt
Cormack
Commodore Ledyard
Lipton
Royal Irish Yacht Club
Kingstown
Dublin
Ireland
G. A. Cormack
New York
Thomas J. Lipton, Bart
Thomas J. Lipton
United States of America
Shamrock IV
New York Yacht
Custom House
Richard C. McM. Smyth
Pp. S
Umbria
R. C. Mess
Thomas Lipton
Osidge
Southgate
Middlesex
Mr. Cormack
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White Star
Adriatic
Bréval Tunnel
NEW Lotos Club
Major Dreyfus
Utilities Board
Hughes
Nurses’ Settlement
Vienna
Nyack Flier
MacKellar
Hasband
Pinar del Rio Province
Secret Service
Komura
Maryland
Prof. Sanford of
Yale
Mount Makushin
Workman
East River
DR. Shepard
Ant Usher
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