Light on trunk case ties Rosenbloom family murder
Baltimore reports detectives say Mrs Bonnie Rosenbloom and her daughter Eva confessed the trunk found near Camden contains Samuel J Rosenbloom of Windber Penn murdered by son Alexander. They say motive was beating, and authorities make arrests while warrants seek Alexander and relatives.
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Baltimore
Bonnie Rosenbloom
Eva
Camden
N. J
Samuel J. Rosenbloom
Windter
Penn
Alexander Rosenbloom
Rosenbloom
Gand
East Baltiqnore Street
East Baltimore Street
Windber
Harry Rosenbloom
Alexander
Mount Ephraim
New Brunswick
Louis Weller
Weller
William Rosenbloom
Piedmont
W. Va
Louis Rosenbloom
Cherieroi
S. J. Rosenbloom
Mr. Weller
Mr. Rosenbloom
Government wins suit to brand imitation whiskey under new law
Judge Thompson ruled that the government may enforce branding of imitation whiskey under the pure food law. The Union Distilling Company sought an injunction to stop Internal Revenue Collector Bettmann and revenue staff from applying new branding rules to distilled spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Thompson
United States
Union Distilling Company
Internal Revenue
Bettmann
Summer Hotel Safe Looted in Cairo burglary
Telegraph reports from Catskill Nova Scotia that burglars at Walters Hotel Cairo entered about 2 am, unlocked the safe, stealing $880 in cash, $1.80 in postage stamps, a gold watch and chain, diamonds and other jewelry worth $9, and seven bankbooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Catskill
Walters
Cairo
E R Thomas to undergo serious operation in New York
By telegraph from Long Branch New Jersey August 4 E R Thomas who was hurt in an automobile accident earlier today was moved from Monmouth Memorial Hospital to New York where a serious operation is expected for a knee injury thought more severe than first believed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Long Branch
N. J
E. R. Thomas
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
New York
Justice Bischoff weighs Milburn bid for Delaware & Eastern relief
In Special Term the court heard John G. Milburn for a bondholders committee seek a receiver and to affirm a prior injunction blocking contract assignments for the Delaware & Eastern Railway. Opposing counsel argued the road exists on paper only, with costs and bonds inflated beyond plausible value. Judge Bischoff set August 27 for further submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
John G. Milburn
Delaware & Eastern Railway
Justice Dugro
Delaware and Eastern Construction Company
Delaware & Eastern Railroad
Milburn
John W. Griggs
United States Attorney General
M. Linn Bruce
Bush & Hare
Joseph Hi. Holmes
Pittsburg
Schenectady
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Boston & Maine
New England
Grigas
Holmes
Bruce
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Federal Hands Off Fitzgerald on US Funds Theft
George W. Fitzgerald, 24, was arrested in Chicago on a charge of stealing 173000 dollars in US funds from Assistant Treasurer William Holdenweck on February 2 1907. Bail was set and hearing postponed to August 31 as prosecutors await more evidence. Fitzgerald claimed the money came from speculative ventures and investments. He described his finances and property purchases while federal officials signaled they would not prosecute without stronger proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George W. Fitzgerald
United States
William Holdenweck
Chetlain
Fitzgerald
United States District Attorney's Office
United States District Attorney
Davis
John S. Porter
Government Secret Service
Porter
Wilkie
Washington
Drowned Man in Leaky Boat Near Mrs Colon in Rhode Island
In Spencer's Millpond Scituate Rhode Island John Colon drowned while fishing in a leaky boat. His wife Mrs Colon stood about twenty feet away as the boat capsized and he sank since he could not swim. Read who could swim escaped to shore. Colon, twenty years old, had recently moved from Montreal.
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Scituate
R. I
John Colon
Spencer
Desperado William Monroe Escapes Capture Near Camp Gaw
William Monroe, wanted after a Friday attack on the Devo farm at New Paltz and arson of a barn, briefly slipped from Sheriff Decker and two Orange County deputies near Camp Gaw. A fake telegram plot failed as Monroe fled into a cornfield, eluding gunfire after shots were fired. Authorities expanded patrols and guarded the area through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
N. J
William Monroe
Devo
New Paltz
Decker
Orange County
John Harris
Camp Gaw
Middletown
Monroe
Harris
Defence revealed in Ohio tragedy in murder case
Des Moines Iowa Aug It will be alleged Morris Stein killed Hester Porter and himself and defence to argue Stein was insane This comes as Iowa Governor Cummins may review requisition papers for Mrs Morris B Stein and Mrs Mary Bayard while Ohio authorities seek proof of a murder and a revolver tying Stein to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Stein
Hester Porter
Des Moines
Iowa
Ohio
Mary Bayard
Loudonville
Cummins
Stein
Iowa Automobile Company
Porter
Landonville
Bayard
Ashland
Morris B. Stein
Harris Et Columbus
Drowning and Rescue Near Sandy Hook Involving Two Brooklyn Men
Walter Weinmann, 32, is drowned two miles off Sandy Hook while William Bostlemann, saved by his sweetheart Meta Rupke, is taken to safety after the two fell overboard from the My Girl. The pair, both Erie Basta Yacht Club members, shared a business at 46 17th Street and Weinmann belonged to the Central YMCA.
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Sandy Hook
Brooklyn
Walter Weinmann
Caroline Weinmann
Carroll Street
William Bostlemann
Bostlemann
Meta Rupke
Conover Street
Erie Basta Yacht Club
My Girl
Miss Rupke
Lillie
Bessie
Annie Ledle
Weinmann
No. 46
17Th Street
Central Young Men's Christian Association
CECILIE AFTER NEW RECORD BY Kronprinzessin
The Kronprinzessin, after setting transatlantic German steamer records from Cherbourg Breakwater to Sandy Hook, was reported 343 miles east of Sands Hook at 11 am yesterday. Captain Higemann aims to beat the previous 6 days 15 hours 2 minutes by about 4 hours 12 minutes, with an expected passenger landing at 7:30 am today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecilie
Cherbourg
Sandy Hook
Sands Hook
Higemann
Kronprinzessin
Restrain Coler on asphalt bids in Brooklyn court
Justice Blackmar granted an injunction restraining Borough President Coler from awarding asphalt contracts and required him to show cause why it should not continue. The suit, by Adolph Luker for taxpayer Charles H. Hyde, alleges a four company conspiracy to fix bids and divide public work, with Uvalde Co. taking half and others sharing the rest. A related case by Hugh V. Monsahan against Coler over iron slag pavement contracts was postponed on request.
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Blackmar
Supreme Court of
Brooklyn
Coler
Charles H. Hyde
Adolph Luker
Hugh V. Monsahan
Probasco
Seventeen year old Ella Schenck falls gravely ill
Miss Ella Schenck of Yonkers aged seventeen, after a year of illness and spinal meningitis, remains unconscious at forty eighth hour. Attending physician Dr G Byron Brown reports ongoing spinal treatments and massage, noting past surgeries for fallen arches and a family history of spinal meningitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Schenck
Harry Schenck
Yonkers Avenue
Yonkers
St. John’s Riverside Hospital
Miss Schenck
Empireity Racetrack
G. Byron Brown
Train Meets Bull Disastrous Collision Near Kingston
An express Ulster & Delaware Railroad train near Kingston New York last night struck a giant bull on the tracks. The bull charged and was hurled onto an embankment but returned to the rails and toppled a parlor car causing a derailment. No injuries occurred and after an hour’s delay the train resumed toward New York with passengers aiding the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
N. Y
Ulster & Delaware Railroad
New York
First girl to drive taxicab in New York
New Yorkers will see the first female taxicab driver this afternoon. Freida Klinger, former chorus member from The Girl Question, will operate a Red Taxicab Company car. Manager Higgins said he would proceed despite threats from union drivers.
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Freida Klinger
the Girl Question” Company
Red
Higgins
Miss Klinger
Ellaville cashier commits suicide after bank discrepancy
A bank cashier, Alonzo Waiters of Ellaville in Americus district, shot himself in the Windsor Hotel while officers hunted him for a $5,000 discrepancy. The death occurred today as authorities searched for him following the alleged miscounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Americus
Alonzo Waiters
Ellaville
Windsor
Schoolmate of Ulysses S Grant Dies in Kentucky
Frankfort Ky Aug 24 The Rev Thomas N Arnold a renowned Christian Church minister in the South died yesterday while en route to Versailles to preach at a funeral He was a classmate of General Ulysses S Grant at school During the post Goebel era he attended the session of the state Senate He was eighty four years old
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Frankfort
Thomas N. Arnold
Christian Church
South
Versailles
U. 8S. Grant
Goebel
Seccion
State Senate
Hippodrome Horses Back From Farm For New Show
Seventy Hippodrome horses arrived at the big playhouse after a summer on leased pastures at Nanuet. Equine director Frank Melville accompanied the group as rehearsals began for the new production. Twelve horses were specially trained for the race scene and circus parade, while twenty are original Hippodrome members returning from rest and grazing.
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Hippodrome
Big Playhouse
Frank Melville
Nanuet
Melville
Railroads Bring Suits Against Interstate Commerce Commission
Five equity suits filed in United States Circuit Court challenge ICC orders for monthly sworn reports of overtime by railroads. Plaintiffs include New York Central and Hudson River, Central of New Jersey, Ontario and Western, Delaware Lackawanna and Western, with Lackawanna and Rahway Valley Rail Road Company in joint defense. The suits seek to suspend June 24 order allowing Summit tie-in, claiming safety risks and lack of business justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Circuit Court
Commission
New York Central
Hudson River
Central of New Jersey
Ontario & Western
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Rahway Valley Railroad
Summit
Lackawanna
Envy Led Children To Burglary Case
Julia Callahan thirteen and Phillip twelve lived with parents at 306 West th street and were detained by the Children's Society for burglary in Mrs. Elizabeth Pia s second floor apartment. Detectives Leonard and Thorpe found Pia s ring on the boy s finger during questioning. The pair admitted wandering districts and taking three dresses previously. the Pia theft totaled a gold bracelet two gold earrings a pearl brooch watch gold ring pocketbook and handkerchief valued at 2950 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Callahan
Phillip
West @th street
Children’s Society
Elizabeth Pia
Pia
Leonard
Thorpe
Young Callahan
69Th Street
West End Avenue
Thomas L. Hamilton Funeral Held in City Church
The funeral of Thomas L. Hamilton Tax Commissioner died Friday at his home 342 West 27th Street was held at 11 o'clock yesterday morning in the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas at 48th Street and Fifth Avenue. Rev. A Hageman conducted the services and Rev. Dr. A S Rossiter delivered the sermon. Honorary pallbearers included Job E Hedges Charles Schroeder Patrick Bowers Joseph McCassen Michael Feldson Frank Reynolds J W Abies and William Halpin. Ushers were Henry Birrell John J Lyons and P H Dunn Hamilton's secretary. Attending were Herbert Parsons James Martin George Warramaker Frederick Eidman Edward Lauterbhar Samuel Strasbourger ex-Police Commissioners McAvoy Sexton and Phillips ex-Police Chief Medollagh Inspectors O'Connor and Grant Captain Corcoran Justice Leonard A Giegerich former Judge Palmieri Alterman H Doull Timothy P Sullivan ex-Senator Pitacerald Michael Dady John B O Brien John Little and Jacob Newstead. Represented organizations were the 7th Assembly District Republican Club the executive of the Republican county organization and the Mechanics and Tradesmen's Society. Also mentioned were the offices of the County Clerk Tax Commissioner Hamilton & Sons.
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Thomas Ll. Hamilton
West 27Th Street
O'Connor
Grant
Corcors
Taonard A. Giegerich
Palmieri
Alterman H. Doull
Timothy P. Sullivan
Pitacerald
Michael Dady
John B. O Brien
John Little
Jacob Newstead
7Th Assembly Imatrict Republican Club
Republican County Organization
Mechanics Mrad ‘Tradesmen’s Society
Hamilton
Johan
Ambush Attacks Injure Miner Near Sayreton Mines
In Birmingham on August 4, a white non-union miner named Clayton was shot while en route to work near a guards camp. He sustained three wounds. deputies and bloodhounds pursue the attackers as Sheriff Higdon rushes deputies to Morris after a spur track trestle was dynamited and railway lines cut. Striking India miners have been evicted for noncompliance and now live in tents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Clayton
Sayreton
Higdon
Morris
Louisville & Nashville
India
Gentleman Burglar Caught in Paterson Extradition Imminent
Harry Hill called Arthur Phillips admits linked to major robberies across New York, Buffalo and Baltimore after detectives traced him to his brother’s home at Carroll street Paterson. He was committed to county jail in $10,000 bail and awaits extradition.
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Paterson
Harry Hill
New York
Louis Hyams
Thomas Hughes
Carroll Street
Carroll
Joseph Curtis
Auburn
Buffalo
Baltimore
Hichardson
Westith Street
Manhattan
Threatening letter targets city health official over stray dogs
Dr. Walter Bensel, Sanitary Superintendent, received another note signed by a self-proclaimed Millionaire threatening death if he continues his crusade against stray dogs. The letter, enclosed in a mourning envelope, warns the doctor to desist at once and claims the writer has narrowly missed him recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bensel
Health Department
Lipton sends $600 to welcome American Olympic team
Sir Thomas Lipton contributed 600 dollars to the reception committee to honor the American Olympic team arriving Saturday. His cable expresses delight at helping welcome home America’s young athletes who have upheld the Stars and Stripes with worthy honor and glory, notes they are fine sportsmen, and closes with regrets for being unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
America
Stars and Stripes
Mormon Converts to Be Deportation Case
Boston Aug 24 Local immigration inspectors held a special session to examine about one hundred Mormon women converts who arrived yesterday on the steamship Republic Forty girls were held for further inquiry while Margaret and Catherine Roe were ordered sent back to their father in Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Board of Immigration
Republic
Margaret
Catherine Roe
Liverpool
Probe into Asbury Park excise probe in Ocean and Monmouth counties
Special correspondence from Asbury Park reports the State Excise Commission began a county wide inquiry with most members present and local officials including Mayor Appleby and ex senator Smith involved. The discussion covered liquor delivery to Ocean Grove, suspected speakeasies, and enforcement limits under Bishops law while noting Asbury Park’s cleaner year and isolated raids by the Assistant Prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribone
Asbury Park
State Excise Commission
Ocean
Monmouth Counties
John Howe
Sussex
Edmund Wakelee
Bergen
T. Frank Appleby
Monmouth County
George T. Smith
Lakewood
Peter Backes
Point Pleasant
Ocean County
Aaron A. Ballard
Ocean Grove
Monmouth
Prohibition
A. J. C. Stokes
Nevius
Deal Beach
Willcox Arrest Discharged After Traffic Charge
William Tod Willcox, vice president and director of the S. Osgood Pel Company, was arrested by Patrolman Fox for driving on the east side of Jerome Avenue. He appeared before Magistrate House in the night court and received a reprimand before being discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavanaugh
Aard
Magistrate House
William Tod Willcox
Fifth Avenue
Judge O'Brien
Judge Truax
S. Osgood Pel Company
Mr. Willcox
Willcox
Fox
Bathgate Avenue
Jerome Avenue
Lim
Burglars Send Mock Safety Advice After Theft
Yonkers dentist Dr S Traub found his office burglarized on Saturday missing about $12 in valuables. That night thieves mailed him a marked newspaper with a half page on safe deposits and a note urging him not to report the crime under threat of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Traub
Yonkers
New York
Deputy surveyor clashes with steamboat rules on tiny North River vessel
Matt Coneys, deputy port surveyor enforcing small-boat regulations, boarded the Timmins owned Annette off Washington heights. He found no fog horn nor bell and a makeshift light. Captain Perry claimed authorities were lax. Perry will testify to Supervisor Clarkson with witnesses to Captain Harris’s disputed claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt’ Coneys
North River
Timmins
B. H. Perry
Annette
Treasury Department
Coneys
Washington Heights
Perry
Ira Harria
Harris
Clarkson
Madison street dog shot by patrolman after tram accident
A Madison street horsecar ran over a stray dog near the Newsboys Lodging House on New Chambers Street. Patrolman George L. Rourke shot the dog from the street, the bullet striking Mattie Leavy, a fifteen year old resident, who was taken to St. Gregory's Hospital. Captain Toole instructed Rourke in shooting a dog without harming people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Street
New Chambers Street
George L. Rourke
Oak Street
Mattie’ Leavy
Newsboys
St. Gregory’s Hospital
Toole
Rourke
Hanna's Grandson Held For Trial In Speed Case
Karl H Hanna who says he is grandson of the late Senator Hanna was held by Magistrate Handy in New Brighton for the Court of Special Sessions in 100 bail after his arrest on Richmond Road Staten Island for speeding His prized gold watch and fob bearing a young woman's portrait were returned to him Also motorist John J Moran secretary for Henry H Herrman No4 East Suh Street held in 1 bail for the same court on speeding charges
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Karl H. Hanna
Senator Hanna
Richmond Road
Staten Island
Handy
New Brighton
Court of Special Sessions
John J. Moran
Henry H. Herrman
East Suh Street
Property transfers chain links Bijou Theatre title
John W. Hazlett transferred the Bijou Theatre title on Broadway between 30th and List streets to Clarence D. Sire. Sire retransferred to Salem R. Furman, who then passed the title to Adolph D. Rosenthal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Hazlett
Clarence D. Sire
Bijou
Broadway
30Th
List Streets
Sire
Salem R. Furman
Mr. Furman
Adolph D. Rosenthal
National Colored Women’s Clubs Meet in Brooklyn
About twenty thousand delegates attended the sixth biennial convention of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs in Brooklyn. Notable figures present included Mrs Lucy Thurman of Jackson Michigan president Mrs Booker T Washington chairman of the board Mrs Mary Church Terrell of Washington and Mrs Josephine Silone Yates of Lincoln Institute Jefferson City Mo honorary president. Delegates came from across the country including California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs
Brooklyn
Concord Baptist Church
Duffield Street
Lucy Thurman
Jackson, Mich
Booker T. Washington
Mary Church Terrell
Washington
Josephine Silone Yates
Lincoln Institute
Jefferson City, Mo
California
Delegates Gather for National Mothers Association Meeting
The conference spans Utah Colorado and as far as New Orleans with a reception at Bridge Street AME Church. Bird S Coler delivered the welcome representing the borough. Mrs A W Wiley presided and opened with remarks. The program features talks on the race problem, female relations to Negro issues, tuberculosis, child labor, temperance and mothers clubs and related reforms led by Dr J A Kenney Miss Roberta Dunbar and others. The president discusses progress across states and the association plans music meals and outings including a grand Saturday automobile ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Colorado
New Orleans
Bridge Street
Lena Harris
Johnstown
Penn
J. A. Kenney
Tuskogee
Roberta Dunbar
Town Playground Move Aids Country Children in Sag Harbor
The Playground Association leads a conference of country superintendents during a New York congress to discuss country playgrounds and athletic fields as cures for idle farm youth. Professor N H Bailey will attend. Roosevelt era efforts push towns to secure ground before sites are lost. The Sag Harbor gift by Mrs. Sage funds a public park and playground, serving both youths and adults for picnics and evening recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisc
Playground Association
New York
N. H. Bailey
Roosevelt
Sas Harbor
Russell Sage
Sag Harbor
Darning and Dreaming in a Heat Drenched Afternoon
A sunlit mid Aug hour slows town to a hush as a weary woman seeks relief and a facial. In a tiny room a mending woman with gray-brown hair threads steady stitches, eyes fixed on work, while a visitor reflects on helpless love and the quiet poverty of urban life. The scene evokes George Eliot on a woman’s heart and the unspoken pity of the uncomplaining poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
Legion
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Somerset County
J. Rosenbloom
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McMillan
Fogarty
de Marini
Wood
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Joseph Adier
Louis
No. 1
Monroe Street
Nochin Sapiro
East Broadway
Captain Carey
Homicide Bureau
New York City
Shapiro
D. & E. Road
Mr. Milburn
Griggs
Federal
Bride
Sweetheart
Cashier
U. 8S
Railroads
Thomas L. Hamilton
Alabama
DR. Bensel
Albert
Lipton
Asbury
Foster
Jersey
Ww. T. Willcox
Lad
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National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs
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