Syrians Celebrate Freedom Dinner in New York
Syrians in New York held a dinner at Kalil's in Park Place to celebrate the Ottoman Porte granting a constitution. About 100 guests, including two Turks and two Armenians, heard Mundji Bey speak and songs like the Marseillaise and Hamidie March play as a Turkish flag was waved. Resolutions sent to Grand Vizier Said Pacha praise the Sultan's reform, and plans for a mass gathering on August 16 were announced.
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New York
Turkey
Kalil's
Park Place
Porte
Abdul Hamid I
Onsul
Mundsi Bey
Mundji Bey
Abdul Hamid
Russia
Italy
Austria
Pacha
Constantinople
City of
City of New York
A. Mokarzel
al Hoda
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
H. A. Elbourne
Syria-American College
Birmingham
Ala
K. A. Breshara
Princeton Seminary
Saves crew of sinking schooner off Cape Lookout
A wireless from the Savannah liner Kansas City reports a hurricane off the North Carolina coast for over a day. Captain T Dreyer sighted the four masted schooner Charles K Schull bound for Charleston, rescued Captain J M Beckwith and seven crewmen. Seven miles northeast Cape Lookout the Horace P Shares, a three masted schooner, showed shredded canvas but the skipper refused aid.
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Savannah
Kansas City
New York
North Carolina
Cape Lookout
Charles K. Schull
Charleston
J. M. Beckwith
Twenty Cent Thief Arrest in Harlem Case
Police arrest Jacob Levy of the Mills Hotel on a petit larceny charge after a staged photo sale scheme. Levy offered two large photographs and a dozen small ones for two dollars via an order. Detectives testified to months of similar acts across Harlem involving 2 cent charges from unwitting customers. Levy was held on $300 bail for trial.
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Jacob Levy
Mills Hotel
Bleecker Street
Harlem
Levy
Harry Schwartz
Lexington Avenue
Schwartz
Fischer & Mattison
Third Avenue
Fischer
Flynn
Duffy
10Th Street
Steinert
Newark insurance executive dies after Market Street train crash
William L. Stockton, division superintendent at Prudential Life, a Newark aristocrat and Declarations signer descendant, died after injuries from a Pennsylvania railroad collision at Market Street station. A Princeton graduate, he leaves a widow and several relatives.
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P. BA
Trix Boother
Stockton
Merneez
Flocston
Perk Pice
Newark
Bern
Provident Life Crisis Looms Over Sale to Inter Southern
Rumors swirl over Provident Life Assurance Society in the coming days as banks holding the majority stock weigh selling to Inter Southern Life of Louisville. Directors convene Wednesday to discuss the possible transfer while Insurance Commissioner E. E. Rittenhouse protests, urging safeguards for policyholders and questioning the handling of policyholders funds amid a broader dispute.
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the Provident Life Assurance Society
Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company of Louisville
the Provident
E. E. Rittenhouse
Insurance Commissioner
Colorado
Provident
Inter-Southern
Kelsey
New York Insurance Department
Woodruff
Philadelphia
Thomas
Mr. Woodruff
Motorman John Cole Escapes After Homicide Arrest
Police at Zith Street station release motorman John Cole after he is arrested for fatally injuring Tony Splain in a collision at 34th Street and Tenth Avenue. The charge was changed to homicide and the coroner later had him arrested as officers misinterpreted magistrate Cornell.
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Zith Street
John Cole
Cole
Tony” Splain
34Th Street
Tenth Avenue
Splain
West Side
Cornell
Ore cars wreck blocks Rahway traffic on four Pennsylvanian tracks
A broken axle caused thirteen 50 ton ore cars to derail near Rahway New Jersey. Six hundred fifty tons of ore piled on tracks wrecking four lines and delaying the Atlantic City Special. No injuries were reported though crews and trains faced long rerouting and five hour clearance.
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Rahway
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Long Branch
Central Railroad
Elizabeth
Western
Newark
Metuchen
Lehigh Valley
New York
Pennsylvania
Lehigh
Atlantic City
Grand Street
bitten marines arrive after hydrophobia scare
Ten Marines and Major John H. Russell were bitten by a collie that later tests confirmed had rabies. They traveled from the Panama Isthmus aboard the Finance to Washington for treatment at the Naval Medical School Hospital.
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Colon
Panama
Isthmus
Cristobal
John H. Russell
Marine Corps
Camp Elliott
Ancon
Isthmian Canal Zone
Russell
Pier 57
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
William P. Thomas
Washington
Naval Medical School Hospital
Major Russell
C. A. Penningham
A. B. Hobbal
W. H. Hawkins
R. D. Bagley
W. H. Macfarland
Ll. Clark
G. B. Baxter
Thomas Waple
W. E. Cooper
Oscar Anderson
L. Moore
N. F. Farwell
United States Navy
Bitten by Mad Dog Triggers Rabies Fear in Maywood
Hackensack New Jersey August 2 William Haas of Gorham Manufacturing and Maywood was bitten by his pet bull terrier on Friday. The dog died after rabies was confirmed when its head was examined in New York. Haas sought Pasteur Institute treatment. The dog also nipped Haas baby with no facial skin breakage and no danger anticipated.
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Tribune
Hackensack
N. J
William Haas
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Maywood
Freeland
New York
Haas
Pasteur Institute
England to take part in tuberculosis congress events
King Edward is patron and the Prince of Wales president of the British Association for the Prevention of Consumption. Great Britain and Ireland will send a large delegation to the International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington this September. The Irish section was prepared under Countess of Aberdeen. Exhibits come from multiple nations including Switzerland Argentina Uruguay France Russia and England.
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Washington
Edward
Prince of Wales
British Association For the
Great Britain and Ireland
John S. Fulton
Congress
Countess of Aberdeen
Ireland
Lady Aberdeen
Woman's National Health Association
G. Sims Woodhead
University of Cambridge
Great Britain
Arthur Newsholme
Local Government Board of England
British Isles
R. Philip
Edinburgh
House of Congress
Shibayama
S. Kitasato
Tokyo
Imperial Institute For Infectious Diseases Research
Italy
Kitasato
Switzerland
Argentina
Uruguay
France
Russia
England
Guido Bacelli
Rome
Legation
Turin
Naples
Florence
Bologna
Summer suit update for men by Racers Peer & Company
Men plan a single extra Summer suit for next season. Good serges, no patterns, versatile colors like oxford, black, and blue stay in style. Price revisions make this a good value. $18 to $40. Racers Peer & Company operates three Broadway stores with Warren Street, 13th Street, and 34th Street locations.
Captain Sheldon Bullock Obituary Marks Long Steamboat Career
Greenwich Conn Aug 2 Captain Sheldon Bullock a steamboat captain for over six decades on the High Bridge Harlem and Stamford lines died at his Greenwich home shortly after midnight He began at age ten and rose to captain before twenty one later serving as superintendent and wartime transporter of captured runners He died after a long career including harbor master government inspector and occasional runs between Greenwich and New York Recruit
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Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Sheldon Bullock
High Bridge
Harlem
Stamford
Bullock
America
King Edward
Prince of Wales
Captain Bullock
Canajokarie
N. Y
Revenue Service
Fortress Monroe
Wrights
Tiger Lily
Morrisania
Asseo
Peter Carey
Shadyside
New York
Russian claims wife in night court elopement case
Wealthy Moscow lawyer David Rassner alleges his wife eloped with Moses Scheinerman. They and their child were brought to night court after a hotel ruse. The hearing was adjourned to next session as testimonies clarified dates and arrangements.
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Moses Scheinerman
David Rassner
Russia
Scheinerman
Rassner
Amerika
David Drechsler
Harris
Patromen
Drechsler
Rossner
Brunswick
Madison Avenue
S9uth Street
Rassners
Riga
Zeptar
the Brunswick
Thought Blacksnakes Had Rabies Nebulous Theory Slams
Raymond L. Ditmars assistant curator at the New York Zoo rushes from vacation after a report that twelve black snakes kept as pets at his Bronx Park farm allegedly show rabies like symptoms. A keeper discovers snake eggs and the snakes’ behavior unsettles the theory, ending the medical debate.
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Raymond L. Ditmars
New York Zoological Garden
Ditmars
Bronx Park
Snyder
Bronx Zoo Alligator Runs Wild Alarm Causes Panic
Hundreds of visitors at the Bronx Zoo were startled by the appearance of a large alligator named Pete. The reptile escaped his tank, moved through the crowd, and sparked a chaotic retreat before keepers lassoed and recaptured him.
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Zoological Park
Bronx
Pete
Ezra Butler McCagg Dies At Chicago At Age Eighty Two
Ezra Butler McCagg a leading Chicago citizen since 1847 died at his home aged eighty two He served with the United States Sanitary Commission in the Civil War and was elected a Loyal Legion member He helped found Chicago’s park system and served as trustee of many public institutions He declined the offer to be United States Minister to Berlin during Hayes administration He leaves a wife and one son.
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Chicago
Ezra Butler McCagg
United States Sanitary Commission
Loyal Legion
Hayes
United States
Berlin
Obituary notes for Lieutenant Murphy and William Snowden
Lieutenant Charles Murphy retired police officer died at his Brooklyn home aged about fifty four from heart disease. He was born in the city and worked as a carpenter’s clerk before police service. his wife survives. William H Snowden lecturer writer and Republican organizer died at his Fairfax County home aged eighty four. native of New Jersey.
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Charles Murphy
Jay Street
Brooklyn
Murphy
William H. Snowden
Fairfax County
New Jersey
Mrs Louise Peckham Dies After French Car Crash
News reached New Rochelle that Mrs Louise Chesbrough Peckham died in Royal France from shock after an automobile accident on July 10. Her husband Walton M. Peckham and their son survived. they had been living in France for about five years as they toured the country by car. She was the daughter of Robert J Chesbrough and sister to Rufus W Peckham. Burial will be in France.
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New Rochelle
Wheeler H. Peckham
Louise Peckham
Royal
France
New York
Waiton M. Peckham
Rufus W. Peckham
United States Supreme Court of Washington
Peckham
Bathers Chase Pony Cart Through Bath Beach Streets
A mobile pony cart theft at Bath Beach ended with ten year old Frank Pompton under arrest after a pursuing crowd of bathers chased him and a mounted patrolman detained him. George Haase reported his white pony hitched to a cart stolen while he swam nearby. The boy faces Children's Court in Brooklyn.
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Bath Beach
George Haase
Coney Island
Poll¢S
Hannan
Frank Pompton
Children's Court
Brooklyn
Clerk Held for Homicide in Park Row Beating
Charles H Mass a 37 year old post office clerk of 431 Cornelia Street Brooklyn was held without bail by Coroner Harburger to await an Inquest into the death of Edward Dwyer 38 of 231 West 12th Street after Dwyer was struck on Park Row and Beekman Street Mass reported the man struck him first and Mass denies hitting him.
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Charles H. Mass
Cornelia Street
Brooklyn
Harburger
Edward Dwyer
West 12St Street
Mass
Park Row
Beekman Street
Dwyer
Hudson Street Hospital
Emergency action aids gambling crackdown in New York
Governor Hughes convened a special term of the Supreme Court and the grand jury to bolster enforcement during an emergency. Acting District Attorney Elder plans vigorous prosecutions as new cases and phases develop. August 29 set for notice by the County Clerk, with publication likely Tuesday. The governor declined to discuss recommendations in the jury presentment indicting Brighton Beach Racing Association officials.
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Tribune
Saranac Inn
N. Y
Hughes
Elder
Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Italians nabbed in Brooklyn poolroom raid on Ambrosa venue
A dozen Italians were arrested for playing cards for money at a poolroom run in the name of Antonio Ambrosa at No 2 President Street Brooklyn. The reserves of Hamilton Avenue station conducted the raid. The alleged proprietor was not arrested while his 13 year old son John Ambrosa was taken on a vagrancy charge and turned over to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
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Antonio Ambrosa
President Street
Brooklyn
Hamilton Avenue
Pergeteter
John Ambrosa
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Chilren
Marine Intelligence Mini Almanac Highlighted Tide and Moon Data
The miniature almanac lists sunrise and sunset times, moon phase, and high water predictions for Sandy Hook Gov. Island and Hell Gate with am and pm marks. Wireless reports note the Rotterdam at sea, 328 miles east of Sandy Hook at 5:40 am yesterday, due to dock about 7:30 am today.
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Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Rotterdam
Iroquois
Chichester
Jacksonville
Charleston
Clyde Se Co
Mdse
Delaware
French
Philadelphia
Class Co
Mdise
Montevideo
Span
Ovarbide
Vera Crus Rly
Havana
Compania Transatlantics
Wit
Moise
Bar
Madonna
Pavy
Marseilles
Naples
Gibraltar
JW Elwell & Co
Maraval
Scott
Trinidad
Grenada
Trinidad Shipping
Taare
Malls
Mine
Shipping schedule and arrivals at New York harbor 1908
Shipping news lists upcoming sailings and ports for vessels including Alamedas, Tosa Maru, Tremont and Empress of China. It records August departures and arrivals via San Francisco Seattle Vancouver BC and Victoria BC, with destinations Hawaii Japan Corea China New Zealand Australia and Pacific islands. Arrivals include Finance City of Savannah Foscett Tudor Prince American Chesapeake Princess Anne Satsuma and others with cargo and passengers.
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Hawaii
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Siberia
Australia
West
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
New Caledonia
Vancouver
Victoria
Aorangi
Alameda
China and
China and Philippine Islands
Seattle
Tremont
Victoria BC
Empress of China
Samoan Islands
Inveric
Guam
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Mariposa
Finance
Mowbray
Cristobal
Panama Railroads
Bar
City of
Tudor Prince
Bri. McDougall
Boston
Paul F Gerhard & Co
American
Delano
Philadelphia
Ss Co
Chesapeake
Hastings
Baltimore
New York and Baltimore Transportation Co
Mdse
Princess Anne
Catherine
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion
Ami Mdse
Satsuma
Armstrong
Yokohama
Hiogo
Shanghai
Tong Kong
Manila
Cebu
Barber & Co
Eadae
Fire Island
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Racers, Peer & Company
Broadway
Warren St
13Th St
34Th St
James McCreery & Co
23Rd Street
Europe
Mr. Ditmars
Big Bronx
Ezra Butler M’cagg
W. M. Peckham
Lad
Marine Intelligence
Transpacific
Shipping News
Port of New York
Carolina
San Juan
Holland
Turk's Island
Maracal Curacao
Saramacca
Barbados
Erika
Barcelona
Oo -Gans Manti Sevtile
India
Cardiff
Vaderland
Ntwerp
Red Star Momus
New Orleans
So Pac el Norte
Alveston
So Pac
Kronpring Wilhelm
Bremen
Korona
Quebec
Saratoga
Kingston
Hamb-Am
Sarnia
Havre
Atlanta
Nueces
Jalveston
Clyde
Sud Owenstes
Galveston
Allianca
Hayti
Ancos
Jefferson
Old Dom
Kronprinzassin
G Lloyd
Strathallan
Norton
Aurora
Curacao
Sam
Comanche
Jacksonvile
Amis
Teutonic
Southampton
White Star
Lusitania
Liverpool
Cunant
Tennyson
Lamp & Hi
Martha Washington
Austrian
Lampasas
Mallory
Monroe
Im Theatre
Ewer
Gohan & Farris
TEL
George Evans
Jardin de Paris
F. Ziegfeld, JR
New Amsterdam Teatre
Henry W. Savage
Knickerbocker
Geo
M. Cohan
Farman
Brichton Beach
Aero Club of America
Rac
Wallace
Cass
Herald Sq
Daly
Ammerstein
Dally Mata Gertrude Hoffmans
Salome
Willy Zimmermann
Winsor Me
ASTOR
Dreamland
Luna Park
Minmen
Atlantic Ave
Bikilyn
Tansfers
Sea Beach Express
Righton Peach PaRy Pain
Firew Works
Hamilton
Eden Es. S.saks Te Grap
Hudson
West Point
W. Pr
Dayton, Sey
Cormante
Moville
Caledonia
New Yorks
Questtown
Dover
Finland
Queenstown
Mauretania
York Meville
California Rey
Pannesia
Trieste
Ghasee
Vorons
Hisco
Moft
Keelung
Singapore
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