F D Yuengling Dies in Bellevue Prison Ward
Frederick D Yuengling prominent New York clubman dies in Bellevue Hospital prison ward after chronic alcoholism. He had been jailed for writing a bad check to an automobile agency and was denied hospital transport earlier, with doctors blaming delayed care for his collapse and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick D. Yuengling
David G. Yuengling
Hiudson
N Y
Bellevue Hospital
Barlow
Yuengling
Henry Bolter
West
Forty-sixth Street
Bolter
West Sixty-eighth Street
New York
Bellevue
Adirondack forest fires run wild beyond control
Fires in the Adirondacks, driven by a south wind, have spread across vast areas with Long Lake West village wiped out. Utica and Herkimer crews rush to Nehasane preserve. a relief train with 100 men departs as rain is hoped to check the blaze. The Mincahain Hotel at Long Lake West exploded, fifty barrels of oil burned, residents moved to Tupper Lake. rail lines rerouted to Plattsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Adirondacks
Long Lake West
W. Seward Webb
Nehasane
Sullivan
Herkimer
Mincahain
Long
Lake West
Tupper Lake
New York Central Railroad
Delaware,& Hudson River Railroad
Plattsburg
Forest fires quenched by heavy rains in upper Michigan and Wisconsin
Dispatches report that fires raging in upper Michigan and Northern Wisconsin were put out by heavy rains last night and today and that danger for the present is over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
Cold Wave Hits the West With Early Snow
Western states endured a rapid shift from heat to near freezing as a storm moved in. Des Moines reported a man found frozen to death after, allegedly, drunken quarrel and being left by companions. Temperatures dropped to the low 40s across several cities including Minneapolis and Omaha, while Kansas recorded its first September snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
West
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Des Moines
Joseph Lencer
Boreham
Mercury
Des Aisines
Devillake
N. C
Huron
Minnesota
St. Paul
Omaha
Peoria
Springfield
Winnipeg
Attack on Widow in Brooklyn Flat Leaves Her Bound and Burned
Mrs Mary Sample a 61 year old widow living on Franklin Avenue Brooklyn was assaulted by a man and two women in her apartment. They stripped her, doused her with carbolic acid and pepper, bound and gagged her, then fled after neighbors aided. Police said one man known as Jimmy was involved but could not describe the attackers. Sample declined hospital treatment and remained at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sample
Atf Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn
Jimmy
Mrs. Sample
Sample
Sampie
Child prodigy Sidis passes MIT entrance exams in Boston
In Boston William J Sidis a ten year old Brookline boy who left Brookline High School for advanced study has passed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology entrance examinations. The average entrant is 21, many are college graduates. Sidis has studied eleven months of his ten years and spoke four languages by age four. His Russian physician parents guided his education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Mass
William J. Sidis
Brookline
Brookline High School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rebating Charges Hit New York Trunk Lines
Special to The New York Times reports a sweeping rebating and discrimination case filed with the Inter-State Commerce Commission. Frank L. Neall of Philadelphia argues railroads use accessorial allowances to favor the Sugar Trust, shifting costs and harming other shippers nationwide. He cites New York Central, West Shore, Lehigh Valley, Erie, and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western as targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Sugar Trust
Inter-State Commerce Commission
New York Trunk Line
Commission
Frank L. Neall
Cosmopolitan Steamship Company
Federal Sugar Refining Company
New Jersey
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Neall
Sugar Corporation
Lissue
New York City
United States
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
West Shore Railroad Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Erie Railroad Company
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Restores Color to Mummies in Potash Process
Boston, Sept. 27. Professor Harris Hawthorne Wilder of Smith College discusses a potash solution method to restore mummies to their original color and facial features. He reports success on small animals first and then on ancient race mummies, revealing skin color and diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Mass
Harris Hawthorne Wilder
Smith College
Wilder
Prof. Wilder
Mother and Daughter Held for Forgery in Worcester
Mrs. Ella J. O'Hearn and her 17-year-old daughter Mary surrendered to State Detectives Molt and Murray in Worcester Massachusetts. They face forgery charges totaling over 4 000 dollars and are jailed at the County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Ella J. O’hearn
Mary
Molt and Murray
Bailey May Leave Senate for Law Practice
Galveston Texas reports Senator Joseph W Bailey plans to quit Texas politics after selling his stock farm in Cooke County and may move to Washington or New York to practice law. Friends note illness and past charges over Standard Oil allegations influenced his decision. Gainesville reports say Bailey believes he proved innocence but fears lack of state respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Galveston
Texas
Joseph W. Bailey
Cooke County
Washington
New York
Senate
Standard Oil. Company
Gainesville
Bailey
Cornell Debater Eliza Cook Chooses Bond Brokerage Career
Miss Elizabeth Ellsworth Cook, Cornell graduate and notable debater, will join N W Harris & Co in New York City. She will head the securities valuation department handling prices and intrinsic worth of traded securities across exchanges. The Ithaca-based coed previously defeated male opponents in intercollegiate debates and won the Woodford prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
Elizabeth Ellsworth Cook
Cornell
N. W. Harris & Co
New York City
Columbia
Miss Cook
Woodford
Cook
College of Law
Seals Attack New York Doctor at Avalon Harbor
At Avalon Santa Catalina Island Dr W A Pratt a New York physician fought hungry seals for forty minutes to protect his launch and twenty two albicore fish using a broom handle as his only weapon. A blind seal from West Lake Park aided the attack but Pratt saved his remaining catch as help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Avalon
Santa Catalina Island
W. A. Pratt
New York
West Lake Park
Los Angeles
Dr. Pratt
Amherst Abolishes Hazing After Freshman Injuries
Amherst Massachusetts September 27. President Harris has abolished hazing at Amherst College following injuries to two freshmen during hazing last week. Upperclassmen had long controlled freshmen from Thursday chapel to Saturday night with brief meals and classes as rests. The faculty and student body debated the practice before the edict took effect immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Amherst
Mass
Amherst College
Harris
Atlas Free to The Times Readers Advertisement Offer
The Times advertises a free gift offer from G. and C. Merriam Co. Readers who request the Webster’s International Dictionary promotion will receive a free 1998 New Modern Atlas of the World with over 150 pages and updated maps of every country and civil division. Fill the coupon in the advertisement and mail it to Springfield, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
the Times
G. & C.merriam Co
Springfield
Mass
Auto Crash Kills and Injures Two in Fog Near New Brunswick
In a foggy ride from New Brunswick to Asbury Park, a car driven by William Lockhart swerved to avoid coal but toppled over a stone wall near Weston’s mills. Passenger Thomas J. White suffered scalp wounds and possible pneumonia while Lockhart, trapped overnight, was found conscious at 5:30 am and taken to St. Peter’s Hospital where his condition improves. White remains in critical condition with pneumonia suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New_York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
Asburyark
William Lockhart
Thomas J. White
St. Peter’s Hospital
Wiliam Lockhart
J. H. Haggerty
Allenhurst
Asbury Park
Presto SF
Old Bridge Turnpike
Lockhart
Weston’s Mills
White
Alek Brisch
Brisch
St. Peter's Hospital
Auto Kills Man and Goes On After Impact at 162nd Street
A motorist in a touring car struck Charles L. Cornwell 58 at Amsterdam Avenue and 162nd Street, knocked him into the air, then sped off at about forty mph. Cornwell died before an ambulance arrived. witnesses and police chased the vehicle but could not identify occupants. Cornwell suffered TB. death blamed on internal hemorrhage from the crash. A second pedestrian, Simon Ambach 70, was hit at Seventh Avenue and 2nd Street. he was treated at J Hood Wright Hospital. The car's driver, Maurice Schlosser, was later arrested on a technical assault charge and released on bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Cornwell
West 150Th Street
162D Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
West 152d Street
Cornwell
Agustérdium Avenue
Ce Awell
Lewis
Washington Heights Hospital
West 162d Street
Shrady
Prowcr
Seventh Avenue
2Nd Street
Simon Ambach
West 40T
Maurice Schlosser
West 138T
J. Hood Wright
Amsbach
Schlosser
Chauffeur Sentenced to Workhouse After On-Duty Drinking
Charles Staples 31 of 311 West Forty-eighth Street a chauffeur for Irving T Bush is jailed on intoxication charge and sent to the workhouse for five days after a chase from Forty-eighth Street to Riverside Drive during which he allegedly endangered a woman with a baby carriage. He faced speeding and attempted assault charges in West Side Court with bail set at 1300 dollars. Magistrate Barlow urged an example as chauffeurs must not drink on duty and ordered confinement. Staples denied intoxication despite witnesses saying he was unable to stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwyer
Walker
Fred
Yuengling
Balter
Barlow
New York
Yonkers
Joseph Scheffle
Bellevue
West Side
Bradley
Charles Staples
West Forty-eighth Street
Irving T. Bush
Bush Terminal Company
South Brooklyn
Casey
West Side Court
Staples
Forty-eighth Street
Central Park West
Seventy-first Street
Riverside Drive
West Sixtyfirst Street
Haskell to sue Hearst in Oklahoma
Gov. Haskell announced on his arrival from Chicago that he would file suit against William R. Hearst next Wednesday. He said his lawyers were at work and he might name others. He appeared nervous and fatigued as the First Regiment Band and state staff greeted him at Guthrie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Guthrie, Oklaw
Haskell
Chicago
William R. Hearst
Frank Canton
Young Roosevelt to work in Hartford carpet firm
Theodore Roosevelt Jr will join Hartford Carpet Co in Thompsonville on October 1. He visited the plant, observed carpet making, and plans to work clerically before moving through departments to learn the craft. He will stay with A D Higgins and may later reside at Directors' HQ on Pleasant Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Timers
Hartford
Conn
Thodore Roosevelt, Jr
Hartford Carpet Company
Thompsonville
A. D. Higgins
Concern
Ile
Roosevelt
Mr. Higgins
New York
Higgins
Pleasant Street
Mr. Roosevelt
Tragedy at Camp Jessman Ends Two Lives
In Manila on Saturday night at Camp Jessman Lieutenant Edward J. Bloom of the Fourth Infantry and Private Suttles of Company K died in a fatal double incident. Suttles shot Bloom and then killed himself. Bloom died Sunday night after lingering. Military officers conduct an investigation.
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Manila
Camp Jessman
Edward J. Bloom
Fourth Infantry
Suttles
Bloom
Haskell Attacks Roosevelt as Four Flusher in Guthrie
Gov. C N Haskell addressed a large Guthrie crowd on the Royal Hotel steps denouncing President Roosevelt as a four flusher and defended his charges. He released an official statement and displayed a telegraph from Ohio Democratic chairman urging a week of speaking dates. A telegram from J I Reynolds also urged Ohio speeches and promised a hearty reception. Haskell said he would go to Ohio in a few days to answer invitations.
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Guthrie
Ohio
C. N. Haskell
Royal Hotel
Roosevelt
W. R. Findley
Democratic State Committee of
J. I. Reynolds
Ohio State Committee
Haskell
West Indies Storm Damage Reaches Pointe a Pitre
Communication with outside points cut off since Thursday by a hurricane sweeping the island was re established this morning. Telegraph land lines remain down. the gale damaged sugar factories, cane crops, and uprooted many trees. A coastal steamer was wrecked and communications were badly interrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadaloupe
French West Indies
Pointe-a- Pitre
Loch Finlas Sinks Off Foster Island With 20 Dead
The British ship Loch Finlas, en route from Port Pirie to Callao, wrecked off Foster Island Tasmania during a gale. Of 24 crew, four were saved clinging to a upturned boat. 20 perished after the vessel struck reefs and sank before rescuers could reach them. The second mate reportedly went insane and jumped overboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Launceton
Tasmania
Loch Finlas
Port Pirie
South Australia
Callao
Foster Island
Deun
Explosion at Cross Keys Cut Kills Five Men Near Tobyhanna
Five men were blown to bits by a dynamite blast at Cross Keys Cut along the Lackawanna Railroad near Tobyhanna. Victims include Harry Broadhead of Tobyhanna, John Walsh of Firthcliffe, Godrick Coyne 18 of Kingston, and two unknown Italians. Authorities matched clothing to identify the deceased.
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Scranton
Penn
Cross Keys
Lackawanna
Tobyhanna
Harry Broadhead
John Walsh
Firthcliffe
Godrick Coyne
Kingston
Eleven year old run over by electric cab in city street
An eleven year old girl, Josephine Carroll, of 318 West Fortyiinth Street, was killed last night after being struck by a New York Transportation Company electric cab on Fiftieth Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. The driver, Niles Herrickson of 1295 St. John's Place, Brooklyn, surrendered at the Coroner's office and is in the custody of a lawyer from the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Carroll
West Fortyiinth Street
New York Transportation Company
Fiftieth Street
Eighth
Ninth Avenues
Niles Herrickson
St. John’s Place
Brooklyn
Roosevelt Replies to Bryan Defends Steel Merger and Trusts
President Roosevelt publicly replies to William Jennings Bryan defending himself and the steel trust links. He argues against labeling all big money as tainted, cites campaign contributions and anticorruption records, and blasts Gov. Haskell while criticizing Bryan for not denouncing him.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
E. H. Harriman
Henry S. Priest
Waters-Pierce Oil Company, & Standard Oil Concern
Bryan
Wall Street
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Wen
Tie
James Dwyer
F. D. Yuengling
Hawthorne Avenue
Yonkers, N.Y
Wyckoff
Iowa
TECH
Willie Sidis
NEW York Lines
F. L. Neall
Philadelphian
Hudson River
Adv
Standard Oil
New Yorker
Santa Catalina
Auto Wreck
Jersey
Auto
Man
J. T. Bush
Hearst
Guthri c
Young Roosevelt
Hartford Mills
Philippines
Lieut. Bloom
Gov. Haskell
West Indies
Small Girl
Nebraskan
Harriman
Hughes
Stheias
New York Tones
Olney
Taft
Taft.” Much of ‘the Letter Is Given Over To the Record of Gov. C. N. Traskell
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
White House
D. C
Gov. Hughes
Roosevelt Trust
Northern Securities Company
Federal Salt Company
General Paper Company
Otis
American Tobacco Company
Powder Trust
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Standard Oil Company
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