Mitchel Accepts Independence League Bid to Oppose Tammany
John Purroy Mitchel agreed to run for mayor on the Independence League ticket after Fusion leaders proclaimed unity against Tammany Hall. He named Robert Adamson, secretary to Mayor Gaynor, as Fusion campaign manager as they prepare to unite the anti-Tammany forces.
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John Purroy Mitchel
James A. Allen
Independence League
Allen
Tammany
Fusion
Robert Adamson
Gaynor
Fusion City
Prendergast
McAneny
Mitchel
Meyor
Mitche
Hearst
Board of Estimate
Mr. Mitchel
League
Samuel S. Koenig
Herbert Parsons
William J. Ransom
Henry Ll. Stimson
Schneider
Norman Hapgood
Po Hel
Sale
Str
Tammany Hall
John Purrdy Mitchel
Koenig
Stimson
Anmany
Ogden J. Mills
Ihaa
Appendicitis Linked to Water Drinking Theory
A New York telegraph dispatch reports a leading scientific review proposing that water drinking raises appendicitis risk. Data show 1 in 200 wine drinkers affected vs about 10 percent of water drinkers, with cases rising in the past 25 years among the well to do.
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New York
Panis
Van Santvoord Found Dead at Lake Mohonk House
John V. Van Santvoord of Troy was found drowned in his tub at Lake Mohonk House. The 69-year-old Hudson River Day Line owner faced mental strain after his brother Richard’s death. He had retired from banking and planned to return to Englewood after a rest at Mohonk. He once lived on West Fev enth and West Twelfth streets and was linked to Wood & Davis and the Fifth Avenue Bank.
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New York Times
Kingston
John V. van Santvoord
Troy
Lake Mohonk House
van Santvoord
Hudson River
Admiralty
Cornelius van Santvoord
Wood & Davis
Nassau and
Wall Streets
Richard
Mr. van Santvoord
Lake Mohonk
Englewood
van Santvoorad
West Feventh Street
West Twelfth Street
B. E. Olcott
Hudson River Day Line
A. & Frissell
Fifth Avenue Bank
Auto Kills Dr Beattie at White Mountain Meeting
Dr W J Beattie of Littleton was killed crossing a road near Crawford House in Bretton Woods New Hampshire struck by a motor car from the Howard house en route to the White Mountain Board of Trade meeting at the Mount Washington Hotel. He was president of the Littleton Hospital and left a widow and four children. The assistant doctors Meyers and Beattie had operated a free tuberculosis serum clinic in New York City.
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New York Times
Bretton Woods
N. H
W. J. Beattie
Littleton
Crawford House
Wiliam A. Bayon
Howard House
Barlette
George A. Shedd
North Conway
Charles A. Moyer
Bemis
White Mountain Board of Trade
Mount Washington
Board of Trade
Dr. Beattie
Berlin
Edward E. Meyers
Central Park West
Meyers
Beattie
Central Park House
Girl Dies Unexpectedly While Walking In Mount Vernon
Miss Carrie Stowell an 18 year old Mount Vernon resident collapsed while out walking with her aunt and grandmother and died within minutes from heart trouble before a doctor could arrive. Daughter of John Stowell a local druggist the family had attended a theatre the previous evening. The death occurred on Fourth Street as passersby assisted.
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Carrie Stowell
Mount Vernon
Miss Stowell
John Stowell
Dominican blockade story aboard the Seminole ship
Captain Carey of the Clyde Line steamship Seminole report from Quarantine says he faced gunboat fire at Puerto Plata and entered Sanchez Harbor without arms for the government forces. He mentions the Des Moines cruiser at anchor and a small boat report claiming ten government officials were beheaded during the bombardment attempt.
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Carey
Clyde Line
Seminole
Puerto Plata
Ente
Des Moines
Tor
Sanchez
Santo Domingo
Foss Urges Lights On Railroad Fund in Massachusetts
Gov. Foss asks Massachusetts Public Service Board to probe a $337,000 New Haven Railroad expense for personal services and other charges during the last legislative period. He calls for disclosure of who received funds, how they were disbursed, and the advisory role of a Mr. Mellen with a $50,000 yearly fee.
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New York Times
Boston
Public Service Commission
Public Service
Massachusetts
Walter Bowne Divorced From Frances Bowne in New Jersey
Walter Bowne of Millington, New Jersey, obtained a divorce decree from Frances Hewitt Bowne, the singer known as Frances Gibson, on desertion grounds. The decree becomes absolute in six months. The case recalls a year ago voyage to the Orient involving a young Mott and Bowne, pursued across the world by relatives.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Walter Bowne
Millington
John H. Backes
Frances Hewitt Bowne
New Jersey
William R. Barrickio
Court of Chancery
Jordan Lawrence Mott
The
Mott Iron Works
Young Mott
Bowne
Far East
Mott
Orient
Brooklyn
Hector Fuller
Matt
Fuller
Port Said
Ceylon
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Mrs. Bowne
Flowery Kingdom
Frances Gibson
Half Back Belyea Dies After Football Injury
Verner F. Belyea, left halfback for Norwich University, died at St. Vincent hospital from a broken spine suffered in a game against Holy Cross College. His body will be taken to Greenfield for burial.
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Worcester
Verner
Belyea
Norwich University
Holy Crues College
St. Vincent's Hospital
Greenfield
Warned readers as Gaynor portrait edition sells out
Notice warns that the full next Sunday Times edition featuring the mayor Gaynor portrait is sold out to dealers. Readers are urged to request copies from their newsdealer today to reserve one.
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Times
Gaynor
Mexico City Prefers Equal Foreign Policy If Diaz Era Ends
Gamboa reports from Mexico City that if elected president he will treat foreigners and foreign investments with the same honesty and protection as Gen Diaz, de la Barra, Madereo, and Gen. Huerta. He pledges equal regard for United States citizens and all foreign nationals.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Liberal Deputies Seek Election Postponement in Mexico
In Mexico City Liberal Deputies draft a bill to delay elections claiming a revolution is underway. Huerta is expected to resist, Calero may become Foreign Minister, and U S involvement is deemed unlikely due to electoral district and census rules. Simultaneously Veracruz reports Hermosillo rebels seek free elections with Caranza as presidential candidate and Pesquiera for VP. Mapimi area sees Americans and Germans at risk after bandit raid. Carranza grants safe passage for consular staff.
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NEW York Times
Mexico City
Maderista
Huerta
Calero
Gamboa
United States
Congress
Sefior Limantour
Vera Cruz
Hermosillo
Venustiana Caranza
Ignacio Pesquirea
Carranza
Pesquiera
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Adjuntas
Mapimi
Durango
Jesus Carranza
ZOO KEEPERS HIT BY DROUGHT AT BRONX PARK
Drought shut off water at Bronx Park zoo forcing keepers to haul water to elephants and hippos. Gunda and the four other elephants plus three hippos demanded large morning and daily amounts, leaving staff exhausted after a long day searching for the source of the water famine.
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Elephant House
Bronx Park
Monkey House
Gunda
Big Hippo
Shipping Bulletin from Marconi Wireless Messages
Latest shipping notices describe arrivals and departures including the St Paul due Plymouth Sept 26 and the Auguste Victoria arriving Hamburg earlier in September. The report notes Naples to New York run times and the Naples arrivals with a time reference around noon and 5:00 schedule.
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Marconi Wireless
Napese
New York
E. Seth
St. Paul
Plymouth
First Boat Raised in Panama Locks
A tugboat became the first craft to pass through Gatun Lock into Gatun Lake in Panama on Sept 26. Three thousand people witnessed the historic ascent from sea level to lake level, with Goethals and other officials aboard the tug. The voyage set for return to the Atlantic the next morning.
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NEW York Times
Panama
Gatun Lock
Gatun Lake
Atlantic
Col. Seibert
George R. Goethals
Schildhauer
Panama Canal
Col. Goethals
Canal Commission
Rival Canal Proposal Shifts Focus to Atrato and Cupica
The London Standard argues Pearson & Son could back Colombia in building an ocean to ocean canal via the Atrato and Cupica rivers. It asks what stops Colombia from acting with foreign capital to rival the Panama enterprise and challenge the Monroe Doctrine stance.
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London
the Standard
Pearson & Son
Colombia
Panama
Atrato
Cupica
Standard
Relief Ship Aims to Ease Hungers of Starved Strikers
Sept 26 a relief vessel loaded at Manchester docks by volunteers is due to arrive here tomorrow evening. Officials set up dock space and long counters to dispense relief to those named by a relief committee amid ongoing labor strife and a Dublin Board of Trade inquiry that may face boycotts. James Connolly derides the inquiry as a government concession, while employers deny waging war on unions, seeking to end sympathy strikes.
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Iare
Manchester
Hare
Board of Trade
Dublin
James Connolly
Dog Saves Woman Artist as House Is Destroyed by Fire
A dog alerted artist A. M. Mackardt Mueller in Egg Harbor New Jersey at 3 a.m. waking her to a blaze. She escaped the smoke with the large Dane as the house and its contents burned to the ground.
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Egg Starbor
N. J
A. M. Mackardt Mueller
Europe
Sulzer Advises Peck Deny Conversation Under Oath
Duncan W. Peck’s impeachment testimony reveals Sulzer advising denial of a letter discussion with the Governor. Peck insists the language quoted is exact, word for word, and not recollected.
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Sulzer
Peck
Duncan W. Peck
Fire at East Eighteenth Street Factory Wounds Chief
A three alarm blaze at 617 621 East Eighteenth Street, housing the American Foil and Prime Metal Etching companies, hospitalized Acting Chief Shannon with likely spinal injuries and killed the fire captain. Four firemen collapsed from fumes while seven ambulances ferried the injured to Bellevue Hospital. Fire Chief Kenton valued damages at twenty thousand dollars.
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East Eighteenth Street
American Foil Company
Prime Metal
Adolph Schonert
Twenty-second Street
John J. Shannon
Kenton
Olvany
Bellevue Hospital
Shannon
R. Valuzzi
Father McGean
Fire Department
Bellevue
Hare
John Rooney
Engine 33
George Strotheim
Veimeis
William Hanson
Daniel Davidson
Banta and
Archer
Hanson
Strotheim
J. L. Waterman
Davidson
G. C. Payne
Velmeis
Tiernan
East Twenty-second Street
R. Velluzzi
Exst Twenty-second Street
Archibald McNeil
Big East Side
Fire Trucks Crash Amid City Fire Response
Captain Kelly and eight men rush to a Second Street tenement blaze on East Houston Street when Motor Hose Truck 31 arrives from Ludlow Street. The collision toppled the horse drawn truck and injured bystanders, two girls and a boy, as Fusion River and horses were hurt. A sergeant fired a revolver to end the life of a severely injured horse.
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Capt. Kelly
Hook and Ladder 9
East Houston Street
Murdock
Ludlow Street
East
Houston Street
Fusion River
Sergi
Fifth Street
Pegoud Performs Double Loop at Brooklands
French aviator Pegoud dazzled crowds at Brooklands with a double vertical loop completing two full circles and an inverted flight held for forty seven seconds. The routine followed recent feats and showcased growing aerial daring.
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Marconi
New York Times
London
Pegoud
Brooklands
Imperator Arrives After Nine-Teen Hour Gale at Sea
The Imperator reached Plymouth with Captain reporting a 24 hour gale en route. Winds reached ninety miles per hour at times yet deck sports continued as normal aboard the liner on the voyage.
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Marcon
New York Times
London
Imperator
Plymouth
Rockefeller Celebrates First Cleveland Job Anniversary
In Cleveland on September 26 1855 John D Rockefeller began work as assistant bookkeeper for Hewitt and Tuttle earning four dollars a week. On the fifty eighth anniversary of that start he is in good health, golfing, and receiving congratulations from old friends despite rainy weather and a flag at Forest Hill.
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New York Times
Cleveland
John DD. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Hewitt & Tuttle
Rockefeller
C. V. Collins Indicted In Great Meadow Prison Case
Cornelius V. Collins former Superintendent of State Prisons and Charles P. Boland president of the Hudson Valley Construction Company were indicted by a Special Grand Jury over the Great Meadow Prison project. They were notified to appear in Hudson Falls court on October 4. no warrants were served.
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Troy
N. Y
Cornelius V. Collins
Charles P. Boland
Hudson Valley Construction Company
Thin City
Great Meadow
Hudson Falls
Collins
Schiff Loses Shoes In Albany Hotel Mix Up
Jacob H. Schiff, after testimony before the High Court of Impeachment, returns to the Hotel Ten Eyck suite in Albany. Before an 8:05 train to New York, his shoes vanish prompting a hotel-wide search. He eventually wears a spare pair found in the wardrobe and departs aboard the departing train.
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New York Times
Albany
Jacob H. Schiff
High Court
Ten Eyck
Schiff
New York
Mr. Schiff
Bootblack
Alpany
Alleged Advice to Public Works Chief Revealed
The report details discussions attributed to a public works chief involving phrases deny it and forget it as alleged guidance. An ambassador and recalled figure admits Sulzer urged leniency and calling a gift personal. Defense reveals impeached official planned to admit receiving 300 other checks.
Confident Defendant Seeks Acquittal in Trial
The subject is said to be confident of an acquittal in the pending case. A spokesman or legal observer notes belief that the defendant will be found not guilty based on the available testimony.
Evidence on stock buying broker reveals checks used
A broker testifies about who supplied funds for purchasing Big Four shares. Croker's son testifies that his check given to Sulzer was endorsed by Colwell. The court adjourns until Monday for further proceedings.
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Sulzer
Colwell
Black Friday testimony in Sulzer impeachment trial
Albany Sept 26 The Sulzer impeachment trial hears two friendly witnesses Henry Morgenthau and Duncan W Peck who testif y they were pressured to influence testimony and to provide false statements in relation to campaign contributions. Morgenthau recounts Sulzer urging him to treat a $1000 donation as personal while Peck describes efforts to influence testimony.
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New York Times
Albany
Sulzer
Morgenthau
Peck
Dix
Henry Morgenthau
Mr. Sulzer
Frawley Committee
Mr. Peck
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