Explosion Kills Two at Auto Gas Plant in Albany
An early morning blast at the Auto Gas Company plant in Albany kills John Malone and William Fert and severely injures John B. Harrison of Milwaukee. Fireman James J. Kelly is injured but expected to recover. The plant and about twenty nearby buildings are damaged. $35,000 in building damage is estimated. Harrison lost a leg, burns cover his body, and ear drum shattered. the rear house was wrecked. The cause remains unknown. the plant is linked to Avery Portable Lighting of Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Auto Gas Company
John Malone
William Fert
Watervliet
John B. Harrison
Milwaukee
James J. Kelly
Fort
Malone
Harrison
St. Peter's Hospital
Avery Portable Lighting Company
Baltimore to remove fifty grade crossings project
By Telegraph to The Tribune Baltimore Aug 6 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plans to abolish about fifty grade crossings in the city. Elevated tracks will be built at a cost around 700.6 percent, Isham Randolph engineer for Mayor Mahool arrived to supervise the plan. The city and railroad differ on approach, leading the mayor to call in Randolph whose Chicago work previously cleared grade crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Isham Randolph
Mahool
Randolph
Chicago
Saloon Men Attack Parade In Wet Mount Olive
In Mount Olive near Litchfield Illinois saloon men attacked Captain David Davis the local option candidate for the Legislature as he led a Republican procession of about one hundred people including ex-Congressman Zeno Rives. Eggs mud lime and beer bottles were thrown and the box supporting Davis was kicked from under him. The flag was torn and several participants were injured prompting damage suits against city officials for failing to stop the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Litchfield
Ill
Mount Olive
David Davis
Litchfield Republican Club
Zeno Rives
Davis
Bank Chauffeur's Refuge Amid Crash at City Branch
An angry crowd chased Arthur Barrett a taxicab driver into the Corn Exchange Bank at Columbus avenue and 72nd street after his cab struck Samuel Valentine sixteen at No 203 Columbus avenue. Valentine was taken to Roosevelt Hospital with internal injuries. Barrett was arrested and later paroled by Magistrate Corrigan in the West Side court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Barrett
Corn Exchange Bank
Columbus Avenue
72D Street
Samuel Valentine
Genzer
West 68Th Street
Valentine
Barrett
Roosevelt Hospital
West 48Th Street
Corrigan
West Side Court
Wont Arrest Police Captain Kuhne Deniedby Court
Justice Blackmar in Special Term Brooklyn denied the application for an arrest order against Acting Captain August J. Kuhne of the Brooklyn Detective Bureau. The move was by Paul D. Hawkins of Boston who was arrested after a Porto Rico arrival cable message. Hawkins described his experiences and exoneration while Corporation Counsel James D. Bell noted the release of Kuhne’s records and photograph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August J. Kuhne
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Justice Blackmar
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Paul D. Hawkins
Boston
Porto Rico
Gotthold
Hawkins
James D. Bell
Kahne
Jerome probes union abuses in city building trades
District Attorney Jerome investigates extortion rumors tied to the Murphy case. He questions both Journeymen Plumbers' Union and Master Plumbers' Association, finding fraud in building trades including dummy builders and loan foreclosures to defraud plumbers and masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Murphy
Keefe & Murphy
Jerome
Murphy
Journeymen Plumbers’ Union
Master Plumbers’ Association
Guernsey Named Republican Nominee in 4th Maine District
Frank E. Guernsey of Dover won the Bangor convention on the fifth ballot to be the Republican candidate in Maine’s 4th Congress District. Defeating five rivals including Murchie Robinson Simpson Plummer in a spirited contest. Guernsey has served in both state legislative chambers, was Piscataquis County treasurer, and a national convention delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Stanley Plummer
Dexter
Guernsey
Piscataquis County
Unknown Man Dead Near Central Railroad Tracks
A well dressed man, about forty, was found dead beside the Central Railroad tracks near Tarrytown last night. Coroner Squires believes he fell from a moving train. initials on his shirt read W. V. H. He wore a Dunlap hat, had dark brown hair with slight gray, a mustache, and slight baldness. Only 2 cents were found in his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Railroad
Tarrytown
Squires
W. Vv. H
Man suspects wife ID in Williamsburg murder case
Frank Lascasky of McKeown Street Stapleton says the woman found burned in a Williamsburg mattress matches his wife. He alleges she left with a Pole named John and later eloped to Perth Amboy. Police pursue John, and investigators connect the dead woman to Annie Herival of Detroit who came to New York for Southampton sailings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lascasky
McKeown Street
Stapleton
Staten Island
Captain Linden
Wiliamsburg
Lascnsky
Linden
Greenpoint Avenue
Williamsburg
Lascasky
Russia
John
Perth Amboy
Cahlane
O’hanan
Detroit
C. F. Swensen
Chambers Street
England
Swenson
New York
New Jersey Savings Banks and Trust Companies Totals
New Jersey reports total savings bank resources of 100 million 405 thousand 448 dollars and 93 cents based on July 15 sworn statements. Trust companies total 177 million 746 thousand 841 dollars with a 16 million 245 thousand 198 dollar surplus. State banks show 17 million 569 thousand 525 dollars with a 1 million 85 thousand dollar surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
New Jersey
David C. Watkins
Landscape artist George Cooke dies after mountain accident
George Cooke, renowned landscape artist linked with Samuel B. Parsons of New York, died at The Willows near Alpine California after a wagon mishap toppled him from a bluff. Born in England about sixty, he later managed the Twombly estate in Madison New Jersey and worked on park layouts with Parsons. He left San Diego two years ago to design a California park and is survived by his wife. The body will likely be brought to San Diego for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
George Cooke
Samuel B. Parsons
New York
the Willows
Alpine
Gzeorge Cooke
England
America
Twombly
Madison
N. J
Newark Shooting Mystery Grows In Amore Case
Newark grocer Carmine Amore, jailed on suspicion of murdering Michael Martella at 16 Drift Street, was rearrested after his wife Josephine confessed she killed Martella. Police doubt the confession, citing letters showing affection between Mrs Amore and Martella and suggesting she aimed to shield her husband. The motive whisper centers on Martella pressuring Mrs Amore to leave her husband for him. Amore says he found the revolver and knew nothing of the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmine Amore
Newark
Michael Martella
No. 16
Drift Street
Josephine
Martella
Amore
Mrs. Amore
Tom Sharkey Duped by Picnic Promoter
Joseph Casey, 28, of 413 Henry Street, was detained as a suspicious person after a slick stranger claimed to represent Under Sheriff Gilchrist and promised a monster picnic. Sharkey paid $0 for an ad in a program. Police linked Casey to the scheme, finding stationery identifying him as business manager of the Associated Bartenders of New York picnic and authority to solicit ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Casey
Henry Street
Sharkey
Gilchrist
Casey
Associated Bartenders of
New York
Reverend Carroll Dies After Long Parish Service
The Rev Lawrence C M Carroll pastor of St Patrick's Jersey City died at 71 at St Vincent's Hospital Manhattan from rheumatism. Born Newark May 6 1854 he studied at St John's St Patrick's Seton Hall and St Charles College and was ordained 1879. Survived by years of service in Orange Jersey City and South Orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence C. M. Carroll
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
Bramhall and
Ocean Avenues
Jersey City
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Manhattan
Newark
St. John’s
St. Patrick's
St. Charles's College
Maryland
Seton Hall College
South Orange
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Orange
St. Mary’s
Rome
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
Father Hennessy
St. Patrick's Church
Lambert Speer
Caldwell Railway
The
Erie
Bloomfield Avenue
Caldwell
N. J
Pine Brook
Ferdinand A. Hoyt
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Hudson Valley
Brewster
Firebug Suspected in Blossom Heath Inn Fire
Larchmont police suspect a firebug started a blaze at the Blossom Heath Inn restaurant on the Sound late last night. Damage was substantial. the fire began under the west veranda where yachtsmen and automobilists dined. The proprietor’s attempt to call the Larchmont fire department failed as lightning burned the telephone system. Guests and motorists helped form a bucket brigade, led by actor Frank Daniels, preventing further spread with aid from Larchmont and Mamaroneck fire crews.
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Larchmont
Blossom Heath
Sound
Manhattan
Westchester County
Mamaroneck
Frank Daniels
Paddy the Burglar Dying After West Street Stabbing
Patrick O'Donnell known as Paddy the Burglar lies dying at St Vincent's Hospital from stab wounds to chest and arm. Police say Louis Dissant a French sailor stabbed him after a burglary attempt in a West Street boarding house yesterday. Dixon identified as assailant. four men were arrested as suspicious. Dixon held on a 1000 bail on felonious assault charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick O'Donnell
Paddy
St. Vincent's Hospital
Louis Dissant
Dixon
O'Donnell
West Street
Whaler Olga Missing as Arctic Search Continues
A San Francisco letter reports no trace of the missing gasoline schooner Olga, last seen October 1907 far east of Herschel Island. Arctic conditions are unusually bad with whalers Thrasher Bowhead and Belvidere icebound north of Nome, crews enduring hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Arctic
Olga
Herschel Island
Thrasher
Bowhead
Belvidere
Nome
Woman Arrested in Brooklyn Furnished Room Robberies
Police locked up Mrs. Sarah Waring of Jersey City on vagrancy charges after Miss Mary Resler of 743 President Street identified her as part of a duo who rented a room at a Resler residence, later robbed it, and vanished. Jewelry worth about $2,000 was found in her possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Adams Street
Sarah Waring
Jersey City
Court Street
Thomas Kiymes
Mary Resler
President Street
Brooklyn College Names Faculty and Officers
Announcement of the final selection for the faculty and officers of the new Brooklyn College now under construction at Crown Heights Nostrand avenue and Carroll street lists Reverend J. F. O Conor as president and an array of Jesuit clergy in key roles including vice president Rev Joseph I Ziegler and chaplain Rev Patrick Gleason with professors in charge of the four high school departments namely Rev John D Wheeler Rev James C Flood Rev James G Keyes and Rev Gerald P Tracey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Brooklyn College
Crown Heights
Nostrand Avenue
Carroll Street
J. F. O'Conor
SG. J
Joseph I. Ziegler
S. J
J. Charles Davey
John W. Casey
John P. J. Walsh
Patrick Gleason
John D. Wheeler
James C. Flood
James G. Keyes
Gerald P. Tracey
Pleasants sails for London to oversee Savannah Line ships
William H. Pleasants, vice president and general manager of the Savannah Line, sailed for Europe aboard the Baltic with a large crew of steamship and railroad men at the pier. He denied a shipbuilding mission, saying he is going to London to join his wife touring the Mediterranean. Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Jr. is also aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
William H. Pleasants
Savannah Line
Europe
Baltic
Pleasants
London
Mediterranean
United States
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Lightning Kills Railroad Boss at Bronx Home
William A. Sherwood seventy one, longtime New York Central section boss, died instantly after a bolt of lightning flashed past his sickroom window. The incident occurred yesterday at his daughter Mrs De Witt residence 2447 Hoffman Street The Bronx. He had suffered heart and kidney trouble for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Sherwood
New York Central Railroad
Mrs. de Witt
Hoffman Street
The
Bronx
Mr. Sherwood
State Civil Service Quiz September 5 1908
The State Civil Service Commission will hold examinations on September 5 1908 for offices including Assistant in legislation State Library assistant physician Rome State Custodial Asylum maintenance court stenographer fireman florist Geneva marine engineer messenger police constable State Reservation Niagara rodman special agent Department of Agriculture trained nurse watch man Sing Sing prison woman officer and more. Last day for filing is August 29. Application forms from Charles B Fowler chief examiner Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Civil Service
State Civil Service Commission
State Library
Rome
Geneva
Niagara
Rodman
Department of Agriculture
Sing Sing
Charles 8. Fowler
Albany
Anglers Seek Uniform Close Season for Bass Pickerel
Gananoque Ontario August 6 The Anglers Association of the St. Lawrence chaired by prominent North American sportsmen met to secure a continent wide close season for bass muskalonge and pickerel. President Jordan of Stanford and Commissioner S T Bastedo of Canada to present to governments. A committee to study prohibiting black bass sales in New York was named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gananoque
Ont
Anglers’ Association of
The
St. Lawrence
United States
Canada
Jordan
Leland Stanford University
S. T. Bastedo
New York State
Daring Bath Beach Drowning Rescue Ends in Safety
Two near drownings occurred off Captain's Pier Bath Beach as Charles Reiners of Huntington and his cousin Albert Reiners were saved by Patrolman George Cadger lifeguard Bernard Tuthill and Frank Stevenson after cramps pulled them under. Charles recovered after about thirty minutes. another swimmer May Hart was saved by Patrolman John Kremmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reiners
Huntington
Penn
Bath Beach
Albert M. Reiners
Tax Department
Brooklyn
Vernon Avenue
Captain's Pier
Bay 21St Street
Norton’s Point
Albert
George Cadger
Reiners
Cabger
Bernard Tuthill
Frank Stevenson
Bay 24Th Street
Coney Island Hospital
Charles Reiner
John Kremme
Fort Hamilton
May Hart
Cooper Street
Arrest Alleges Slayer Of Mud Lake Victim Tuffa Shisshein
Chicago police arrest Joseph Hassan on suspicion of murdering Syrian boy Tuffa Shisshein. Bloodstained garment saws and an axe found in Hassan’s room. body parts discovered, head identified by the Shishein family. Federal inquiry continues into possible link to government witnesses in padrone cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mud Lake
Tuffa Shisshein
Joseph Hassan
Hasson
Lawndale Station
Tuffa Shishein
John Street
Samuel Shishein
Shishein
Stephen Combracitz
Tuffa
Racine
Wis
Eastman Arraigned on Fugitive Warrant in Chicago
New York broker Robert E. Eastman was arrested on a fugitive warrant in Chicago for leaving with firm funds. His arraignment was postponed to August 10, with bond set at $40,000. He faces claims from Charles E. Russell and John T. Garrison over missing sums of $17,000 and $5,570.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert E. Eastman
New York
Eastman
Harrison Street
Wall Street
Charles E. Russell
John T. Garrison
Russell
Garrison
Rescue by Mr Rockefeller at Cleveland crossing
In Cleveland on Euclid avenue a car carrying several friends halted at the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railway crossing as a train neared. A bystander, believed to be John D. Rockefeller, seized the gate and urged the driver to move. The car sped past just seconds before the train struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue
Cleveland & Pittsburg Railway
Mr. Rockefeller
Slipper Hides Hidden Jewelry in Chicago Garbage
In Chicago on Friday last week Mrs. I. Silverman discarded a pair of slippers belonging to her six year old daughter. By Monday she sought her two diamond rings and a brooch valued at 1500 dollars, which were found to be hidden inside one slipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Woman Falls 900 Feet and Lives
Eva Jones a balloonist with a carnival company performing at a street fair in Abbottstown Wisconsin fell nine hundred feet when her parachute rope snapped. She was caught in a tree thirty feet above the ground, unconscious with several broken ribs and internal injuries but is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbottsford
Wis
Eva Jones
Electric shock at Niagara Falls plant leaves worker alive
Enoch Round, a veteran at Niagara Falls Power Company, was shocked by 11,940 volts while tracing cables and sank to the floor unconscious. He suffered burns on his feet and the top of his head but was revived and is expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Enoch Round
Niagara Falls Power Company
Growth of Nationality Through Commerce Address by Justice Woodward
Justice John Woodward delivered the address on the Growth of Nationality Through Commerce at Silver Lake New York before the Wyoming Historical Pioneer Association. He reviewed the nation s commercial development and outlined future prospects including air navigation as a potential factor in time to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Lake
N. Y
Supreme Court
John Woodward
Wyoming Historical Pioneer Association
Man With $50,000 Wandered City Streets
Norman C. Bassett fifty, manager at Allis-Chalmers, wandered Milwaukee streets August six, his mind strained by heat and work. A patrolman escorted him to the station after finding a satchel he carried containing fifty thousand dollars in cash, bonds, and papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Norman C. Bassett
Allis-Chalmers Pliant
Orsuda Boat Snaps From Storm Near Sandy Hook
The 25 foot motor boat Orsuda with Dr G A Ortman William G Fuerth and William Franks all of Newark was caught in a violent storm a mile outside Sandy Hook yesterday afternoon. They donned life preservers as the wind shifted and the sea calmed. They landed at Morgan Station New Jersey and took a train home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orsuda
G A. Ortman
William G. Fuerth
William Franks
Newark
Sandy Hook
Morgan Station
N. J
New School Plans for Domestic Economy at Columbia
Columbia University advances a new building between Whittier Hall and Teachers College on West 120th Street dedicated to domestic economy. The project features a large luncheon room, hotel kitchen training, dormitory and hospital supervision, and extensive laboratories for household chemistry, nutrition, textiles, and art. The program emphasizes women running large scale domestic operations and potential careers in hotels, restaurants, and educational institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier Hall
Teachers College
West 120Th Street
Columbia
School of
American Society of Superintendents of
New York
Benjamin R. Matthews
Teachers
Women and war loom in British debates of 1913 era
English authorities push to ease marriage law and consider publishing bans on ships while suffragists are out of power. The Illustrated London News questions women in the army and notes Bath Club ranges for women. Women soldiers in history and a Jane Eyre manuscript highlight female strength amid wartime anxieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Marriag
Illustrated London News
Coumetry
Bath Club
Bisley
Ethel Everest
War Department
Secretary of War
War Secretary
Milan
Austria
Italy
Finland
Red Cross
Philippines
Night Garden Dreams From a Suburban Yard
An informal exchange between a city visitor and a suburban gardener highlights a night garden designed for evening scent and moonlit beauty. The owner explains choosing white and pale blossoms such as phlox, helotrope, mignonette, roses, lilies, tobacco flowers, fraxinella, and verbenas to glimmer and scent through darkness.
Patterned underpetticoat aids smart gown fit
The Tribune notes close fitting underwear is essential to the present smart gown. The five gored underpetticoat features inverted pleats at the back or gathered styling, with the preferred option for most figures. It can be made from lingerie material and trimmed with decorative edging.
Patterns for a five gore skirt with lace embroidery
The notice describes a dress pattern No. 6044 for a five gores skirt with embroidery and frill options. It lists fabric needs for sizes 22½ to 32 waist, width 27 or 38 inches, plus insertion and edging trims. Pattern available by mail from the New York Tribune Pattern Department for 10 cents, with address and ordering details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
the Arts
Pensions for Widows in Australia 1908 Scale
Brisbane official notes the Queensland 1879 widow pension system expanding to aid mothers caring for children. A new weekly scale begins May 1 1908 with 122 dollars for one child and 110 dollars for two children, down to 97 cents per child for four or more children. The program aims to reduce hardship by supporting mothers rather than forcing them into unsuitable work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Asbury Caldwell
Brisbane
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Albany Gas Plant
Bank Chauffeur
Corn Exchange
Scents
Powers
Frank E. Guernsey
Maine
Staten Island Pole
Jersey Bank
Tom” Sharkey
Blossom Heath Inn
Bucket Brigade
Blaze
Gravesend Bay
R. E. Eastman
Justice Woodward
the New School
Women’s Agricultural and Horticultural Inernational Union
Botanical Gardens
Alexander of
Teck
London Sphere
Pensions For Widows
Australia
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