Explosion kills two at Auto Gas plant in Albany
An early morning series of blasts at the Auto Gas Company plant in Albany kills John Malone and William Fort and seriously injures manager John B. Harrison of Milwaukee. Fireman James J. Kelly is wounded but to recover. The plant and about twenty surrounding buildings are wrecked, with damages estimated around five thousand dollars. Harrison suffered severe injuries including the loss of a leg. he is hospitalized at St. Peter's Hospital. The cause of the explosion remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Auto Gas Company
John Malone
William Fort
Watervliet
John B. Harrison
Milwaukee
James J. Kelly
Fort
Malone
Harrison
St. Peter's Hospital
Avery Portable Lighting Company
Baltimore to Elevate Tracks End Grade Crossings
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad begins work to abolish about fifty grade crossings in the city. Elevations will cover many miles at an estimated cost near seven million dollars. Engineer Isham Randolph arrives to lay out the plan for mayor Mahool after city and railway agree to mutual consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Isham Randolph
Mahool
Raiiroad
Randolph
Chicago
Saloon Men Attack Davis Procession at Mount Olive
Telegraph reports violent attack on Captain David Davis during a procession in Mount Olive, with one hundred Litchfield Republican Club members jeered and pelted by saloon men. Ex-Congressman Zeno Rives present. Davis’s box and flag damaged. several injuries. City officials criticized. damage suits planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Litchfield
Ill
Mount Olive
David Davis
Litchfield Republican Club
Zeno Rives
Davis
Bank Chauffeur's Refuge After Fiery Chase
An angry crowd chased Arthur Barrett a taxi chauffeur into the Corn Exchange Bank on Columbus Avenue at 72nd Street. Samuel Valentine, 16, was struck by Barrett's cab as he crossed the avenue and later died? No, he was taken to Roosevelt Hospital with internal injuries. Barrett was arrested and paroled by Magistrate Corrigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Barrett
Corn Exchange Bank
Columbus Avenue
72D Street
Samuel Valentine
Genzer
West 68Th Street
Valentine
Barrett
Parrett
Roosevelt Hospital
S12
West 48Th Street
Corrigan
West Side Court
Arrest Warrant Against Brooklyn Detective Captain Denied
Justice Backmsr in Special Term Brooklyn denied an application for an order of arrest against Acting Captain August J. Kuhne of the Brooklyn Detective Bureau. The petition by Paul D. Hawkins of Boston claimed police misconduct after Hawkins was arrested, photographed, and measured upon arrival from Porto Rico on April 27. Hawkins' counsel argued for exoneration and release. Corporation Counsel James D. Bell said post release the records and photo negatives were returned to Kuhne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August J. Kuhne
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Justice Backmsr
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Paul D. Hawkins
Boston
Porto Rico
Gottthold
Hawkins
James D. Bell
Buhne
Jerome Jerome Delves Into Union Abuses In City
District Attorney Jerome uses the Murphy case to probe building trades conditions. He interviews eight Master Plumbers Association leaders and finds fraud schemes involving dummy builders and loan foreclosures that defraud plumbers and masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Murphy
Keefe & Murphy
Fed
Jerome
Murphy
Journeymen Plumbers’ Union
Master Plumbers’ Association
Guernsey Nominated for Powers Seat in Maine GOP
Frank E. Guernsey of Dover won the Republican nomination in the 4th Congress District at a Bangor convention on the fifth ballot after a heated contest with five rivals. Vote stood 134 to 18 in his favor, with opponents including Murchie of Calais Robinson and Simpson of Bangor Plum mer of Dexter. Guernsey has served in both state legislative chambers, been Piscataquis County treasurer, and a national convention delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iry
Tribune
Portland
Bangor
Frank E. Guernsey
Dover
4Th Congress
Llewellyn Powers
George H. Murchie
Calais
Isaiah K. Robinson
F. Marion Simpson
Stanley Plummer
Dexter
Guernsey
Piscataquis County
Unknown man found dead beside rail tracks near Tarrytown
A well dressed man about forty was found by the Central Railroad tracks near Tarrytown last night. Coroner Squires believes he fell from a moving train and died. The victim had dark brown hair, a mustache, partial baldness, a Dunlap hat, and initials W. V. H. on his shirt. only 0 cents were recovered from his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Railroad
Tarrytown
Squires
Police pursue link between body found and missing wife
Frank Lascasky of McKeown street Stapleton Staten Island tells police the burned corpse in Williamsburg matches his wife in clothing and a missing upper tooth. He identifies a Pole known as John as the man who eloped with her, now arrested as Krokowski, while another woman matching the description may be Annie Herival of Detroit. Swenson says he met the girl en route to England and kept up correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lascasky
McKeown Street
Stapleton
Staten Island
Captain Linden
Williamsburg
Lascnsky
Linden
Greenpoint Avenue
Lascasky
Russia
John
Perth Amboy
Cahlane
O’hanon
Detroit
C. F. Swensen
Chambers Street
England
Swenson
New York
Jersey bank report shows total resources and liabilities
New Jersey savings banks and trust companies report totals as of mid year. Savings banks hold 100,405,448 dollars in resources and liabilities with a 6,699,421 surplus. Trust companies total 177,746,841 dollars with a 16,246,919 surplus. State banks total 17,569,524 with a 1,085,000 surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
New Jersey
David C. Watkins
Landscape artist George Cooke dies after fall near Alpine
George Cooke, a well known landscape artist linked with Samuel B. Parsons of New York, died at The Willows resort near Alpine following a wagon accident that hurled him from a wagon and down a fifty foot bluff. Born in England, he worked in New Jersey and California, and leaves a 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
England
America
Twombly
Madison
N. J
Parsons
Mr. Cooke
California
Newark Shooting Mystery Grows Amid Conflicting Confession
Carmine Amore, Newark grocer, was rearrested on suspicion of murdering Michael Martella at No. 16 Drift street after his wife Josephine claimed she killed Martella. Police doubt the confession, noting letters and affectionate notes found at the victim’s home, and believe Amore may hold key details. The case pivots on Mrs. Amore’s alleged confession and motives to protect her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmine Amore
Newark
Michael Martella
No. 16
Drift Street
Josephine
Martella
Amore
Mrs. Amore
Tom Sharkey Duped in East Side Picnic Scam
Joseph Casey, 28, of No 413 Henry Street, was jailed at Police Headquarters after Sharkey was deceived by a stranger claiming to represent Under Sheriff Gilchrist. The con offered a monster picnic and Sharkey paid $5 for advertising in a programme. A photo match and stationery tie Casey to the alleged Associated Bartenders of New York scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Casey
Henry Street
Sharkey
Gilchrist
Casey
Associated Bartenders of
New York
Deaths and Obituaries from Jersey City and Nearby Towns
The Rev Lawrence Carroll pastor of St Patrick s Jersey City died in St Vincent s Hospital Manhattan from rheumatism. Born Newark May 6 1854 he studied at St John s St Patrick s Seton Hall and was ordained in 1879. He served at St John s Orange and St Mary s Jersey City and led Our Lady of Sorrows South Orange before becoming pastor of St Patrick s in 1896. Lambert Speer 79 died suddenly at his Caldwell home following real estate work and hotel ownership. survived by wife and five children. Ferdinand A Hoyt 73 died at Fishkill Landing NY a prominent Mason and Democrat who spent twenty years as Northwestern Life Insurance agent in the Hudson Valley and will be buried at Brewster tomorrow.
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
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Hudson Valley
Brewster
Firebug Suspected After Blossom Heath Inn Fire
Police in Larchmont suspect a firebug started a blaze at the Blossom Heath Inn restaurant on the Sound late last night. The fire began under the west veranda where diners included yachtsmen and Manhattan and Westchester automobilists. The owner tried to call the local fire department but the line was down by lightning. Hotel staff saddled three horses and sent waiters to Larchmont and Mamaroneck for help. Automobilists led by actor Frank Daniels formed a bucket brigade and halted spread of the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larchmont
Blossom Heath
Manhattan
Westchester County
Mamaroneck
Frank Daniels
Padiy the Burglar Dies After West Street Stabbing
Patrick O'Donnell known as Padiy the Burglar lies in St Vincent's Hospital with chest and arm wounds from an alleged knife attack. Louis Dixon a French sailor is identified as the suspect. Dixon completed a voyage Saturday and reportedly had money. O'Donnell reportedly broke into the Frenchman's room. Dixon grabbed a knife and stabbed him after a struggle. Crowley O'Brien Cardoza and Doyle were arrested as suspicious. Dixon held on $1000 bail for felonious assault examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick O'Donnell
Padiy
St. Vincent's Hospital
Louis Dissant
Dixon
Odonnell
West Street
O'Donnell
James Crowley
William O’brien
August Cardoza
Robert Doyle
Whaler Olga Still Missing In Arctic Search
A San Francisco letter from whalers in the Arctic reports no trace of the gasoline schooner Olga since October 1997. She was east of Herschel Island heading toward ice, while conditions in the Arctic are extraordinarily harsh this year. Whalers Thrasher Bowhead and Belvidere endured weeks trapped in ice north of Nome with severe hardships.
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San Francisco
Arctic
Olga
Herschel Island
Thrasher
Bowhead
Belvidere
Nome
Woman Arrested For Furnished-Room Robberies in Brooklyn
A Jersey City woman claiming to be Mrs. Sarah Waring was jailed on vagrancy charges after a Brooklyn robbery pattern involving a man reported as her husband. Miss Mary Resler identified her on a Court Street car, noting a robbed furnished room house and a cord with bags of jewelry valued at $2,000 found on the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Adams Street
Sarah Waring
Jersey City
Court Street
Thomas Rhymes
Mary Resler
President Street
Miss Resler
Faculty of New Brooklyn College Announces Officers
Announcement yesterday declared the final selection of the faculty and officers for the new Brooklyn College under construction at Crown Heights near Nostrand avenue and Carroll street. Appointments include President Rev J F O Conor SG J assistant superior and minister Rev Joseph I Ziegler S J vice president Rev J Charles Davey S J prefect of discipline Rev John W Casey S J professor of mathematics Rev John P J Walsh S J chaplain Rev Patrick Gleason S J and high school department heads Rev John D Wheeler S J Rev James C Flood S J Rev James G Keyes S J and Rev Gerald P Tracey S J.
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
Savannah Liner Builder Sails for Europe on Baltic
William H. Pleasants vice-president and general manager of the Savannah Line sailed for London on the White Star liner Baltic to join his wife, denying a shipbuilding mission. A large party of steamship and railroad men saw him off at the pier. The Baltic carried Mrs. J. P. Morgan Jr. as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
William H. Pleasants
Savannah Line
Europe
Baltic
Pleasants
London
Mediterranean
United States
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Lightning kills Bronx man during shower
William A. Sherwood a 71 year old New York Central Railroad section boss, startled from his sickbed by a bolt of lightning flashing past his window, sprang up and collapsed to death in his daughter Mrs De Witt's home at 2447 Hoffman street The Bronx. He had long suffered heart and kidney troubles.
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 Examinations Listed
The State Civil Service Commission will hold examinations on September 5, 198 for posts including Assistant in Legislation at State Library and others across Rome, Geneva, Sing Sing Prison, and Albany. Last day to file is August 29. forms available from Charles S. 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 S. Fowler
Albany
Anglers Seek Continentwide Bass and Pickerel Closed Season
Gananoque Ont Aug 6 The Anglers Association of the St Lawrence met to push a uniform close season for bass muskellonge and pickerel across the continent. President Jordan of Stanford and Commissioner S T Bastedo of Canada named to carry the matter to their governments. A committee was formed to study banning black bass sales in New York State.
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 Catches Two
Two near drownings occurred off Captain's Pier Bath Beach as Charles Reiners of Huntington and his cousin Albert Reiners were saved after cramps left Charles sinking. Patrolman Cadger lifeguards Bernard Tuthill and Frank Stevenson pulled them from the water. May Hart was rescued nearby by Patrolman Kremmen. Ambulance arrival followed, with Charles revived after about thirty minutes.
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
Eastman Arrested on Fugitive Warrant in Chicago
New York broker Robert E. Eastman was arraigned on a fugitive warrant here but the hearing was postponed to August 10. Bond set at 40000 but no cash posted, he remained in custody at Harrison Street station. Complainants Russell and Garrison allege missing funds of 17000 and 5570 respectively.
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Chicago
Robert E. Eastman
New York
Eastman
Harrison Street
Wall Street
Charles E. Russell
John T. Garrison
Russell
Garrison
Rescue by Mr Rockefeller on Euclid Avenue Crossings
On August 6 in Cleveland a driver believed by bystanders to be John D Rockefeller saved himself and friends from a train at the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railway crossing. The west gate blocked the car but the presumed Rockefeller grabbed the guard and ordered the car forward, narrowly clearing the tracks as the east gate rose moments later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue
Cleveland & Pittsburg Railway
Mr. Rockefeller
Slipper Missed Found Hidden Worth $1500 In Linen Closet
In Chicago on Friday Mrs. I. Silverman discarded an old pair of slippers belonging to her six year old daughter. On Monday she recalled her diamond rings and brooch valued at 1500 dollars had been hidden in one slipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Woman Falls 900 Feet and Lives at Fair
Eva Jones a balloonist with a carnival troupe plunged nine hundred feet when her parachute rope snapped during a street fair in Abbottsford Wisconsin. She was caught in a tree thirty feet above ground and rescued unconscious with multiple broken ribs and internal injuries but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbottsford
Wis
Eva Jones
Carnival
Electric shock injures Niagara Falls worker at power plant
Niagara Falls Aug 6 Enoch Round a veteran at the Niagara Falls Power Company plant was shocked by 11 40 volts of electricity last evening. He leaned against a heavy charged transmission cable and sank to the floor unconscious. He was revived, with burns on his feet and the top of his head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Enoch Round
Niagara Falls Power Company
Growth of Nationality Through Commerce Talk in Silver Lake
Supreme Court Justice John Woodward delivered a address on the Growth of Nationality Through Commerce before the Wyoming Historical Pioneer Association in Silver Lake New York. He traced America's commercial development and discussed 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
Mind unbalanced man wanders with $50,000 cash bonds
Norman C. Bassett, 50, a department manager at Allis-Chalmers, wandered Milwaukee streets in heat and exhaustion for hours with a satchel containing $50,000 in money, bonds and papers before a patrolman escorted him to the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Norman C. Bassett
Fly
Allis-Chalmers
Newark Men Brave Storm in 2% Foot Motor Boat Near Sandy Hook
The Orsuda with Dr. G A Ortman, William G Fuerth, and William Franks of Newark was swamped a mile offshore at Sandy Hook yesterday afternoon. Donned life preservers as wind shifted, the party reached Morgan Station, N J, and then took a train home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G A. Ortman
William G. Fuerth
William Franks
Newark
Sandy Hook
Morgan Station
N. J
Teachers College to House New Domestic Arts School
A proposed Columbia building between Whittier Hall and Teachers College on West 120th Street will house a new school for domestic science. The project aims to train women to manage large scale kitchen, dining, and hospitality operations, with rooms for laundry, laboratories, art studios, and a textile studio, all under college supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier Hall
Teachers College
West 120Th Street
Columbia
School of
New York
Benjamin R. Matthews
Teachers
Night garden revels in moonlit scent and white blooms
A suburbanite brags about a garden designed for night. White and pale flowers like phlox, hellotrope, mignonette, roses and verbenas promise fragrance and fairylike glow, with dusk revealing their allure and perfume. A city visitor notes its serene impression and awaits night’s reveal.
Women soldiers and roles in war and industry explored
English papers debate women in military service and civil duties, noting suffrage gaps, changing marriage rites on ships, and the push toward women’s combat readiness. The Illustrated London News and The London Sphere discuss women in arms, nursing, and national defense, while a Haworth manuscript of Jane Eyre is highlighted among expositions of female labor and craft at the London Franco-British fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Illustrated London News
Bath Club
Bisley
Ethel Everest
War Department
Secretary of War
Ssig
Hig
Milan
Austria
Italy
Finland
Red Cross
Philippines
Lenden
Haworth Kitches
Close fitting underpetticoat to suit smart gowns
Close fitting underwear is essential to the present smart gown. The five gored underpetticoat features inverted pleats at the back or gathered effects, with the former preferred unless the figure is very slight. Made from lingerie material and trimmed with lace.
Pattern No 6044 for a skirt with frills and embroidery
The pattern No. 6,044 outlines a skirt with flannel embroidery or lace suited to ec skirts. It can be finished at the upper with a belt or underfaced. The skirt is made in five gores with hip darts to remove fullness. Material for medium size is three and one eighth yards of 27 inch fabric or two and three quarters yards of 8 inch width plus embroidery and insertion. Sizes range for waists 22 to 30 inches. pattern can be mailed for 10 cents, add 2 cents for rush postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bal York Tribune
Pensions for Widows in Australia 1908 Policy Details
Consular Report notes that Australia began a widow pension system in 1879 to care for children. In 1908 Parliament authorized weekly allowances starting May 1: one child $122, two children $11 each, three children 97 cents each, four children 38 cents each, more than four children 9 percent each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensland
Mt Asbury Caldwell
Brisbane
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Corn Exchange
Scents
Powers
Maine
Staten Island Pole
Jersey Bank
Tom” Sharkey
Blossom Heath Inn
Bucket Brigade
Blaze
Gravesend Bay
Mud Lake
Tuffa Shisshein
Joseph Hassan
Hasson
Lawndale Station
Tuffa Shishein
John Street
Samuel Shishein
Shishein
Stephen Combracitz
Tuffa
Racine
R. E. Eastman
Justice Woodward
the New School
American Society of Superintendents of
Eny
Women's Agricultural and Horticultural Inernational Union
Botanical Gardens
Alexander of
Teck
Pensions For Widows
Australia
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