Sandbagged cashier helps capture two burglars
Frederick S. Hanna cashier of the German American Coffee Company at 406 Greenwich Street was attacked last night by two men from the factory side of the building. He escaped serious injury and identified Wilhet Marquette and Clinton Buschong, who were arrested for burglary and felonious assault.
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Frederick S. Hanna
Cxashier
Greenwich Street
Hubert Street
Hanna
Schreiber
Leonard Street
Hogan
Sullivan
Marthan
Marquette
Buscheng
Cottrell
Leonoré Street
West 113Th Street
Heat Kills Three In Pittsburg In Record Heat
Pittsburg August 4 heat reached 93.5 degrees at 3 30 pm the highest in five years. Harriet Brown 34 died suddenly, John Franks 3 died en route to hospital, and Robert M Francis a bookkeeper died after a delirious spell and arrest in a jail cell.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
United States Weather Office
Harriet Brown
John Franks
Robert M. Francis
Tense mob alert in Russellville over Browder case
In Russellville Kentucky a two hundred strong mob reportedly marched last night to confront Rufus Browder a negro member of the True Brotherhood accused in the Cunningham killing deputies stood ready with shotguns stores restricted gun sales to negroes armed citizens organize fearing a revenge raid after four negroes were hanged last week
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Tribune
Russellville
Rufus Browder
True Brotherhood
James Cunningham
Louisville
Wandell Will Filed After Bologna Railway Death
Townsend Wandell estate details reveal Francis L. Wandell and Josephine Wandell as primary heirs with half and quarter shares of real estate. Significant bequests to St Christopher's Home, Five Points Mission, and other charities. Trust provisions favor Josephine Wandell with remaining estates and conditions on Francis L. Wandell and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend Wandell
Bologna
Italy
Francis L. Wandell
Josephine Wandell
Testator
Mr. Wandell
Wandell
Saddle Rock
N. J
Josephine
Martha W. Stillwell
St Christopher's Home
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church
Five Points
Methodist Episcopal Church Hospital
New York Free Kindergarten Society
Charity Organization of New York
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Home For the Friendless
American Female Society
Martha Stillwell
Francis L
Nurse Confession Denied In Ring Theft Case
Miss Mary Kiifoil’s engagement ring vanishes after an incident with a streetcar. Nurse Chatta Cameron, 19, is jailed after a police third degree leads to a contested confession. Ring valued at $400 recovered at Lebanon Hospital after interrogation.
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Mary Kiifoil
No. 365
East 163d Street
Lebanon Hospital
Chatta Cameron
Roth
Morrisania Court
Cameron
Masons Seek Damages Over Temple Seizure
The Lexington Masonic lodge files a $5,000 claim against the U S government for taking the old Masonic Temple during the Civil War. They allege destruction of a George Washington portrait and other paintings, loss of furniture and lodge records, and note the building served as a hospital before abandonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Lexington
Lexington Masonic Lodge
Masonic Temple
George Washington
Heat Wave Claims Four Lives and Strains City
After a week of mild weather a sudden heat spike pushed temperatures to 91 and humidity to 92 percent, causing four deaths and thirteen prostrations. Victims include Louise Lazewatski nine, a fall from a fire escape. Joseph Pirot forty three, skull fracture. George Martin thirty five, crushed by a paving machine. Antony Kricek, telegraph worker turned baker’s wagon driver, found dead. Showers expected to ease conditions tonight.
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Louise Lazewatski
St. Ann's Avenue
Lincoln Hospital
Joseph Pirot
Cleveland Place
St. Vincent’s Hospital
George Martin
Prince Street
Brooklyn
Bay
Bath Beach
Martin
David Coffee
Coney Island
Bronx
Antony Kricek
Bathgate
Tremont Avenues
Lebanon Hospital
Skels
Crescent Place
Sherwood Park
Yonkers
Auto Crash in Dorchester Kills Woman on Blue Hill Ave
A Dorchester woman was killed and three others were seriously injured when an automobile owned by W C Seavey Jr collided with an electric car on Blue Hill Avenue near the Knights of Pythias encampment. The driver was arrested pending investigation. The injured include Mrs Alice Kort Miss Winnifred Waters and R Montgomery. The victim's body was moved to the emergency hospital department at the Pythian camp for identification.
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Boston
Mayport
Dorchester
Blue Hill Avenue
Knights of Pythias
W. C. Seavey, Jr
Pythian Camp
Alice Kort
Winnifred Waters
R. Montgomery
Seavey
Brooklyn Navy Yard Officials Reject Drydock No 2
Longstanding safety concerns led Brooklyn navy yard officers to back Naval Constructor Baxter in blocking the Baltimore from Dock No 2. The wooden dock sits on quicksand with sagging floor timbers, a stone alternative costing about $1,000,000 is urged, and a report will go to Rear Admiral Holliday in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Baxter
Baltimore
Holliday
Yards and Docks Bureau
Washington
Fire scare at West 33d Street hotel narrowly contained
A hotel blaze on floors four and five of a building at 14 and 16 West 33d Street endangered the crowded Hotel Aberdeen. Battalion Chief Ahearn ordered a second alarm as firefighters battled wind, crowd, and traffic jams. Flames damaged the upper floors, with Falk the photographer and Criterion parlors on site. Astor estate owned the building.
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West 33d
Aberdeen
The
the Waldorf
Ahearn
Falk
Criterion Manicure
Astor Estate
Car plunges from cliff as U S district attorney weds
United States District Attorney David W. Baker and his bride were in a car that leaped from a road near Liberty New York. The vehicle struck a tree and rolled over pinning occupants, with chauffeur Harry Bradley severely injured. Dr Jelliffe and others escaped unharmed. They reached Grand Central to catch a train to Washington. Bradley later treated in hospital. The couple had married two months earlier and were touring New England in the automobile.
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David W. Baker
United States
Liberty
N. Y
Harry Bradley
Baker
Michael W. Sullivan
Emily MacNamara
Smith Ely Jelliffe
Mangan
New York
Walnut Mountain
Dr. Jelliffe
Carryinmg
Bradley
Grand Central Station
Washington
Mr. Baker
Nettle Lewis
Clarksburg
Mrs. Baker
New England
Gift from Peary adds historic whaleboat to museum display
The American Museum of Natural History received Commander Robert E. Peary's cedar whaleboat from the ill fated Half Polaris expedition, brought home in 1906. Dr. Herman C. Bumpus announced it will be mounted on the third floor with figures in whaling costumes as part of the Arctic hall. A lecturer will recount Charles F. Hall's 1871 Polaris expedition and its cost to the U S government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman C. Bumpus
American Museum of Natural History
Robert E. Peary
Peary Arctic Club
Peary
Arctic
Shooters Island
Bumpus
Charles F. Hall
Sentiout
United States
Fowler Removed From State War Veterans Parade
Colonel Edward S. Fowler, collector of the port of New York, was ordered out of the State United Spanish War Veterans parade in Troy after his carriage drew pro Young candidates protest. Police intervened as shouting supporters clashed, Fowler briefly resisted until Marshall Reardon ordered him to move and the parade resumed the next day Fowler withdrew from the race for commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Troy
N. Y
Edward 8. Fowler
Port of
New York
Fowler
A. Ely
Adolph Klein
Brooklyn
Joseph Coghlan
Department of
Denial In Telegram From Maurice Simmons
The Associated Press received a telegram from Troy New York dated August 4 denying a report that Colonel Fowler Collector of the Port of New York was ordered from a Spanish War Veteran parade. Maurice Simmons Judge Advocate signed the denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Simmons
Associated Press
Troy
N. Y
New York
Colonel Fowler
Port of
The Girl Question at Wallack's Theatre
Wallack's Theatre stages The Girl Question with a mixed reception. Junie McCree carries a weak waiter role while Isabel D Armond and Dan Bruce fare as cashier and reporter amid a crowded cast of minor parts. A ten minute intermission interrupts each act and a two faced chorus offers novelty amid a gloomy overall performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallack's
Junie McCree
McCree
Isabel D’armond
Dan Bruce
Liebler & Co Announces New Plays For Season
George C. Tyler announces a slate of Liebler & Co productions. The Man from Home opens at the Astor Theatre next Monday night with Arnold Daly. Viola Allen, Eleanor Robson, and N. Goodwin top future bills with works by Eugene Walter Marion Crawford and others. Cleveland Moffatt contributes as a writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Tyler
Liebler & Co
Astor Theatre
Arnold Daly
Viola Allen
Eugene Walter
Eleanor Robson
Marion Crawford
N. €. Goodwin
Clyde Fitch Returns from Europe
Playwright Clyde Fitch arrived on the Kronprinz Wilhelm after an abroad trip where his play The Truth was staged in Russia Italy France and Germany in their languages He planned translations and announced new works The Happy Marriage and The Social Guide with Elliott opening a new local theatre line included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Fitch
Europe
Mr. Fitch
Russia
Italy
France
Germany
Henry Miller Stars in New Comedy Mater at Van Ness
Henry Miller presented Percy Mackaye's new comedy Mater at the Van Ness Theatre in San Francisco last night. The five person cast includes Isabel Irving in the title role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Miller
MATER
San Francisco
van Ness Theatre
Percy Mackaye
Jeanne D'Arc
Pittsburg Man Shoots Himself Over Wife’s Illness
Isaac N. Taylor aged 45, son of a former Pittsburg dry goods merchant, shot and killed himself in the yard of the East End Hotel. Wealthy, he traveled with his invalid wife for fifteen years, and worry over her condition is said to have prompted the suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Isaacc N. Taylor
East End
Taylor
Myriad Parade in Hub Event Highlights Pythian Fraternity
Ten thousand Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias marched through Boston with colorful uniforms and marching bands. Governor Guild and Mayor Hibbard welcomed the procession, while Captain George Begole was reported injured after a prior fall from a horse. Supreme Temple sessions opened at the Hotel Brunswick with remarks by Charles A. Barnes.
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Boston
Knights of Pythias
George Begole
The
Hussars
St. Joseph
Camp Lyon
Governor Guild
Hibbard
George W. Penniman
Massachusetts
Charles A. Barnes
Jacksonville
Ill
Supreme Lodge
Supreme Temple
Pythian Sisters
Hotel Brunswick
Barnes
Thomas D. Meares
R. L. C. White
Supreme Keeper of Records
Murderous Bohemian Farmer Kills Wife and Granddaughter
Hartford dispatch reports John Zett of Vernon Connecticut killed his wife with a sledge hammer and attacked his four year old granddaughter Viola Kietzere as they lay in bed. His son Andrew was attacked after returning from work. Zett was injured in a confrontation and arrested claiming he acted to wipe out his family over farm inheritance disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Hartford
Conn
Rockville
John Zett
Bolton Highway
Vernon
Viola Kietzere
Andrew
Pennsylvania
Two Boys Killed as Church Floor Collapses in New Jersey
In Perth Amboy New Jersey Aug four a temporary church floor collapsed during a seesaw raid by children killing Francis Urbanski seven and James Fox eleven and injuring Walter Utowski who was taken to hospital the disaster followed cornerstone ceremony for a new Italian Catholic church.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Walter E. Utowski
Francis Urbanski
James Fox
Dees
Four McMaster Family Drowns in Mississippi River
Four members of a Chicago family Archibald and Mrs Archibald McMaster and Mr and Mrs Albert McMaster were drowned in the Mississippi River near Galena Illinois. A fifth relative Laura Huehner escaped after attempting to rescue them. Only Archibald McMaster and Laura Huehner could swim.
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Galena
Chicago
Archibald McMaster
Albert McMaster
Laura Huehner
Big Bill Hawley Arrested In Suspect Pair
Two men, including William Woodward known as Big Bill Hawley, were detained at Police Headquarters as suspicious persons by Detectives Ticho and Donahue after two days of surveillance. They reportedly visited numerous pawnshops since yesterday morning, and investigators declined further details.
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William €. Woodward
Big Bill Hawley
Howard Gould
Luke Barret
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Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
U.S. A
Edward S. Fowler
Wallack’s Theatre
Myriad Parade
Hub
Farmer
Son
Ave
New Church
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