Indicted racing men face charges over anti-gambling law
William A Engeman Custopher H Fitzgeral John G Cavanagh and others charged by Kings County grand jury with conspiring to violate anti gambling law Brighton Beach Racing Association officials accused of tolerating and aiding bookmaking at Coney Island and Brighton Beach tracks. Grand jury criticizes police and track managers and urges action by Governor Hughes.
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Brighton Beach Racing Assoociation
King's County Grand
Coney Island Jockey Club
Brighton Beach Association
William A. Engeman
Brigston Beach Racing Association
Custopher H. Fitzgerald
John G. Cavanagh
Joseph Vendig
Orlando Jones
Joseph Vendiz
Engeman
Fitzseraki
Fivo
Grand Jury
Sheepshead Bay
Coney Island Jockey (Lab
Island Jockey Club
Coney
Brighton Beach
Coney Island
Sheepsheld Bee
August Kuhne
Joseph F. Langan
Jacob van Warner
Hughes
Dike
Charles H. Hyde
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Hyde
Elder
Grand Dery
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Bingham
Justice Blancherd
Dog Prevents Robbery at Summer Home in Greenwich
Edmund C. Converse, director of U S Steel and Fairfield County Golf Club president, says his collie barked and rushed a hedge where three men with revolvers faced the watchman and him. The trio fled in a waiting car after fire from both sides. one possibly hit. Police found only a black felt hat at the scene. The case links to a recent telephone cable cut believed part of a robbers’ plot. The Converse family previously faced a masked attacker against Converse daughter Antoinette Morrell.
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Greenwich
Conn
Edmund C. Converse
United States Steel Corporation
Fairfield County Golf Club
Conyers Manor
Mr. Converse
Andrew Talbot
Patrick Flanagan
Converse
Antoinette Morrell
Auto catches runaway horse on Ocean Boulevard
Mounted Patrolman James A. Dwyer of the Coney Island station halted a bridled runaway horse on Ocean Boulevard last night. After his own horse fell and a passing car clipped the scene, Dwyer leaped to the horse’s neck, swung it into a tree, and saved five people in a surrey from injury or death. None were hurt. Dwyer has stopped ten runaways this season.
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James A. Dwyer
Coney Island
Ocean Boulevard
Raphael Arkin
45Th Street
Brooklyn
Mollie Yackin
Fulton Avenue
Bronx
Surrey
Neptune Avenue
Boulevard
Dwyer
Court voids belt line lease in U S Circuit Court decision
Judge Lacombe ordered the Metropolitan Street Railway receivers not to adopt the October 14, 1882 lease from the Central Park North & East River Belt lines. All accounting disputes are reserved. Receivers may rent or sell cars or power to Central Park. Public Service Commission hearing on transfers to 59th Street Crosstown ends with statements pending.
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Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Central Park, North & Fast River Railroad Company
Fifty-ninth Street Crosstown
East
Public Service Commission
Bloomingdale Brothers
459Th Street
Third Avenue
Commission
Central Park Company
59Th Street Crosstown
Subway Extension Opens Through Van Cortlandt Park
The first regular train ran over the Broadwy branch extension to the new terminal at 242nd Street near Van Cortlandt Park at 1 am. No schedule changes affect the 230th Street terminal. An experimental two car train carried officials including Frank Hedley and George H. Pegram, with Commissioner Eustis aboard. Stations shift: 230th becomes 231st, others move to 238th and 242nd streets.
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Broadwy
242D Street
van Cortlandt Park
230Th Street
Frank Hedley
George H. Pegram
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Commissoner
Eustis
Public Service Commission
231St Street
238Th
Lloyds Draw Line At Sheath Gown in New York
London Lloyds refused to insure a $10,000 consignment of sheath gowns imported from Paris by Bloomingdale Brothers. Isidor Kahn, an insurer broker at 26 Broadway, sought coverage on the gowns sales but was turned down by multiple carriers, reflecting skepticism about the Paris craze in New York.
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London Lloyds
United States
London Insurance Company
Paris
Bloomingdale Brothers
New York
Isidor Kahn
McIntyre Indictments Dismissed After Death
Five indictments against Thomas A. McIntyre, who died in Baltimore, were dismissed by Judge Foster in the Court of General Sessions. The cases stemmed from grand larceny linked to T. A. McIntyre & Co. liabilities were listed as $16,233.52 with assets of $1,297.18, including money held at Commercial Trust Co. in Jersey City. A second schedule by James E. Hulshizer shows liabilities of $11,006 and assets of $14,133.87, with stocks and bonds valued around $12,540. Sixteen creditors are named in the schedules.
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Thomas A. McIntyre
Baltimore
Foster
Court of General Sessions
T. A. McIntyre & Co
McIintyre
New Jersey
Commercial Trust Company
Jersey City
McIntyre
James E. Hulshizer
Subway collision at West Farms station injures man in shock
A three car local train failed to switch and struck an eight car southbound train at West Farms last night around 9. No injuries occurred beyond one man who fainted and was treated by Dr. Riley of Fordham Hospital. The patient identified himself as James Pitagerald, 48, of 412 East lath Street.
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West Farms
Riley
Fordham Hospital
James Pitagerald
East Lath Street
West Indian storm floods Eastern North Carolina roads rivers
Eastern North Carolina suffered record rainfall and widespread damage from the West Indian storm. Two children drowned, rail lines washed out, bridges unsafe, and river traffic halted as roads and lowlands were submerged. Kinston and New Bern reported up to nine inches of rain in four days.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Atlantic
Newbern
Kinston
Norfolk & Southern Railway
Southwest Creek
Caswell
Kinston Snow Hill
Wilmington
Goldsboro
Atlantic Coast Line
Washington & Vandemere
Morehead City
Beaufort
Roper
Leper wife stolen by brigadier general across border
Brigadier General David K. Wardwell retired twice wartime served steals his leper wife from a county hospital and rushes her to the Mexican border. He says they will live together until death and officials plan no attempt to return them noting both threaten suicide if separated.
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Los Angeles
David K. Wardwell
Suspects in Bonfire Murder in Williamsburg
Patrolmen Mattes and Biredy of Greenpoint avenue station arrested two Polish farmhands last night as suspected killers in the Williamsburg bonfire murder. The men Julian Kusinski and Valentyn Borkorsky, both 22, were chased to a saloon at Norman avenue and Newel street where they were caught after a pursuit. Borkorsky had $8 two women’s handkerchiefs and a small gold pin. Kusinski had similar belongings.
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Mattes and
Biredy
Greenpoint Avenue
Williamsburg
Julian Kusinski
Valentyn Borkorsky
Borkorsky
Norman Avenue
Newel Street
Saratoga Lid Rising Reports Gambling Quietly Opens
Saratoga New York July 31 the lid was raised a wee bit on gambling with houses not fully open yet yet a man at the door and business growing on the sneak foretelling possible full opening next week if no police action occurs locals note few disturbances and anticipate a broader operation soon
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Saratoga
N. Y
Chance
Tobacco Trust Sued For 1 500 000 Damages
A $1 500 000 suit for damages was filed in federal court in Louisville by Monarch Tobacco Company. Defendants include American Tobacco Company National Tobacco Company Williams Tobacco Company Mengel Box Company and several company officials led by President Duke. The suit claims the Monarch’s trade was ruined by these firms actions.
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the Tribune
Louisville
Monarch Tobacco Company
American Tobacco Company
National and Williams Tobacco Company
Mengel Box Company
Duke
Mine Cave-In Buries Twenty Three at Coal Creek
Twenty three men were buried in a cave-in at No. 2 mine Coal Creek owned by Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company Rescue teams freed twenty men by 3 PM with three others expected to be rescued Gas hindered operations Two months earlier three men had died in the same mine.
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Fernie
Coal Creek
Crow's Nest Pass
WRECKS ON LABRADOR COAST FOLLOWING NORTHERN STORM
Reports from Labrador indicate at least forty fishing vessels wrecked in the northeaster that swept the coast early this week. All but three crewmen reached shore, but about 400 were without food or shelter for days, with severe suffering. Disasters centered within a hundred miles north of Indian Tickle. No news yet from vessels farther north.
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St. John's
N. F
Labrador
Swinburne Heads Pacific Fleet in Change of Command
San Francisco July 31 Rear Admiral W T Swinburne became commander in chief of the Pacific fleet succeeding Rear Admiral James H Dayton aboard the West Virginia. The ceremony followed the usual protocols with Dayton and his aide Lieutenant John C Frémont Jr departing for Washington that night.
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San Francisco
W. T. Swinburne
James H. Dayton
Pacific Fleet
West Virginia
Henry W. Catlin III in Mexico
Henry W. Catlin III, a New York banker, in Mexico City for months tending mining interests, is seriously ill. His brother died recently in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Henry W. Catlin III
Mexico
the Tribune
Mexico City
Henry W. Catlin
New York
Oaxaca
Bolivar the Big Elephant Dies in Philadelphia Zoo
Bolivar, claimed to be the largest elephant in captivity, died in his prison house at the Philadelphia zoological gardens. Weighing six tons, he outlasted all but Jumbo in height, aged about fifty seven or fifty eight, and had spent twenty years in a small enclosure. He was purchased by Adam Forepaugh about thirty years ago.
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Philadelphia
Bolivar
Zoological Gardens
Jumbo
Zoo
Adam Forepaugh
Clergyman Captures 32 Pound Muskellunge on St. Lawrence
Syracuse reports the largest muskellunge in years taken from the Thousand Islands. The 32 pound fish was hooked today by Rev. Dr. C. F. Aked of New York after a two hour fight that left him exhausted.
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Syracuse
St. Lawrence
Thousand Islands
C. F. Aked
New York
Hotel Roberval Fire Ravages Roberval Lodge at Lake St. John
Fire destroyed the Hotel Roberval at Roberval on Lake St. John with an estimated loss of $100,000. The building was crowded with guests, but all escaped without injury.
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Montreal
Roberval
Lake St. John
Mitchell Begins Work as Head of Civic Federation Department
Ex President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers takes formal charge of the National Civic Federation trade agreement department. He remains on the AFL executive council but will not engage in the political campaign. He criticizes unfair treatment of AFL President Gompers and reiterates his focus on duties.
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National Civic Federation
Fourth Avenue
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Illinois
President Gompers
American Federation of Labor Unions
Bryan
Gompers
Mr. Mitchell
Row Over Gospel Tent Ministers In A Rumpus
A crowded New York gospel tent at Claremont avenue and 12th street was removed early. Minister Rev John Newton Lyle clashed with evangelistic committee agents leading to arrests of Rev George Graff and Joseph Taylor for alleged grand larceny in tearing down and moving the tent. Magistrate House dismissed the case urging amicable settlement. Committee head Rev Dr L L Goodell+ Bible Training School at Lexington Ave 49th St. committee doubts nightly attendance while noting John S Huyler and Miss Helen Gould as major donors.
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Claremont Avenue
12Th Street
Evangelistic Committee of
Greater New York
John Newton Lyle
Lyle
George Graff
Joseph Taylor
Mr. Graff
Mr. Taylor
L. Goodell
Calvary Methodist Church
Harlem
Bible Training School
Lexington Avenue
49Th Street
John S. Huyler
Helen Gould
Wright at Sea Girt Secretary of War visits Camp Fort
General Luke E Wright Secretary of War is warmly welcomed at Camp Fort Sea Girt in New Jersey. He reviews state and federal troops, attends a public reception by Governor Fort, and has luncheon with over a hundred prominent citizens before departing to New York aboard the Central Railroad of New Jersey private car. General Bell and Majors Sadler accompany him.
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the Tribune
Sea Girt
N. J
Luke E. Wright
Camp Fort
Governor Fort
New Jersey
United States
Wright
J. Franklin Bell
Austen Colgate
Wilbur F. Sadler
Central Railroad of
Central Railroad
Atlantic Highlands
Manhattan
New York
Bell
Sadler
Taft Campaign Aims for New Jersey Rally and Posts
Former Governor Franklin Murphy as New Jersey Republican State Committee chairman called a meeting for August 1 at 2 p.m. to organize a Taft Sherman campaign. Murphy expects re election and plans vigorous statewide effort, with possible speeches by Taft and Sherman after primaries. Hudson County GOP convention on August 12 will nominate for open September primaries. potential candidates for the 5th Congress include George T. Vickers and Clarence Van Deren.
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Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Republican State Committee
Peerante
Murphy
Taft
Sherman
Hudson County
Republican Committee
Congress
George T. Vickers
Jersey City
Clarence van Deren
West Hudson
Preachers in Police Court in Brooklyn Letter Threat Charge
Two gray haired ministers appeared as plaintiff and defendant in Gates Avenue police court Brooklyn yesterday in a suit where one charged the other with sending a threatening letter through the mails. The plaintiff was the Rev.
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Gates Avenue
Brooklyn
Mrs Ben Teal and Mousley Held for Trial
Miss Mabel MacCauslan testified of a plot to manufacture testimony against Frank Jay Gould in his wife's sight, leading Magistrate Corrigan to hold Mrs Ben Teal and Harry S. Mousley for trial. Bail set at 5000 dollars each. Miss Julia Fleming remains in the Tombs. Counsel said no defense was offered, aims to compel Gould to answer questions and to secure Miss De Voie's appearance for trial.
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Mabel MacCauslan
Frank Jay Gould
Hi Wife
Corrigan
Ben Tea
Harry S. Mousley
Julia Fleming
Maurice B. Blumenthal
Indicted Count Frederick von Gordon Seefeld Faces Fraud Charge
Count Frederick von Gordon Seefeld, held in Rhode Island, was indicted by the county grand jury for fraudulently obtaining 3986 from Mrs. Louisa C. Cammack. She alleges he posed as a silent member of R Holligan & Co brokers and used the funds for his own purposes after meeting her at the Waldorf. After May 1 she did not receive stock or a certificate, and the Seefelds disappeared from the Waldorf area until his arrest.
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Frederick von Gordon -Seefeld
Rhode Island
Narragansett Pier
Louisa C. Cammack
Seefeld
R. Holligan & Co
Broadway
Charles Murphy Indicted Over Extortion Attempt
Grand jury indicted Charles Murphy of Keith and Murphy plumbers for attempted extortion against Bing and Bing builders. case stems from a strike at a Bing construction project. Murphy allegedly demanded money to call off the strike. Leon S. Bing A. Herzog and John ONeill testified. ONeill reportedly admitted triggering the strike.
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Charles Murphy
Keith & Murphy
Bing & Bing
Bing
Murphy
Leons. Bing
A. A. Herzog
John O'Neill
Journeyman Plumbers’ Association
O'Neill
New York Man as Proxy for Preston
The Socialist Labor party announced M. R. Preston, jailed for murder and nominated for President, refused the bid. August Gillhaus of New York was chosen as a proxy candidate with Preston to pick the Cabinet if elected. Daniel De Leon was nominated for Congress in the 9th District.
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New York
Preston
Socialist Labor Party
National Executive Committee
M. R. Preston
August Gillhaus
Gilllhaus
Daniel de Leon
Congress
Northwestern orders 1000 freight cars
Chicago reports the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad placed an order for one thousand new freight cars. The order is to be distributed among three manufacturers to ensure early delivery.
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Northwestern
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
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Own Mills
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Bedford Avenue Congregational Church
J. L. Aylesbury
Cna Methodist Church
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Murlong
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Wilfred T. Grenfell
Wickersham
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