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New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1908

Page

24

Public Service Commission to Hear Metro Lines Fare Dispute

The Public Service Commission scheduled hearings at 10:39 a.m. tomorrow to probe why the Metropolitan Street Railway and Central Park, North & East River failed to agree a joint fare. Subpoenas will compel witnesses to explain operation costs and property appraisal led by Bion J. Arnold as the commission ensures a solid footing before any fare changes.

Voearopolitan Street Railway Company Central Park, North & East River Public Service Commiss Public Service Commissions Central Park Company Licely Messrs. Joiine Coney Island Aay Tate

Judge Denies Intervention in Dry Dock Foreclosure Case

Judge Lacombe yesterday denied the motion by the committee of holders of certificates of indebtedness of the Dry Dock East Broad Street Battery Railroad to intervene in the foreclosure suit filed by the Central Trust Company against the Third Avenue Railroad Company.

Ancient Indian Quarries Found in Wyoming Expedition

Dr. Harlan 7 Smith of the American Museum of Natural History returns from a two month survey in eastern Wyoming. He reports extensive prehistoric quarries for flint and jasper and hundreds of stone circles likely tepee supports. Pictographs and petroglyphs show horses and buffalo, indicating postcontact images.

Harlan 7. Smith Department of Ethnology American Museum of Natural History Wyoming Idr. Smith Hermon C. Bumpus Montana America

Proclaims 800 000 Acres Open for Settlement in Rosebud

The President orders the opening of about eight hundred thousand acres of Rosebud Reservation land in south Dakota for settlement. Lottery drawing set for October 18 in Dallas, with James W. Whitten directing. Registration runs October 8 to 17 at Dallas, Chamberlain, Gregory, Presho, O Neill, or Valentine. Minimum price $6 per acre. homestead laws apply to entries.

Washington Rosebud Indian Reservation South Dakota Tripp County Dallas St. D James W. Whitten General Land Office Dulles, Chamberlain, Gregory Presho. & D O'Neill Or Valentine, Neb

Ciford Savage Dies by Inhaling Poison in Home

Ciford Savage, 23, once a familiar Broadway figure nicknamed the Flying Dutchman for his wheeled chair, fatally inhaled a poison gas at his East 2nd Street home after a Monday night trip to a cinema showing a railroad wreck. His wife alerted police. an ambulance and Bellevue surgeon confirmed death.

Ciford Savage Broadway Fifth Avenue Savage

Harlem Court Paroles Children After Disorderly Conduct Case

Thomas Callahan thirteen and his sister Julia twelve of West 69th Street were paroled to their parents by the Children's Court until tomorrow in Harlem. Mrs Rimeter and household members faced slight burglary charges after jewelry value noted. Franklin Byrne of Second Avenue discharged. case labeled a brutal suit by Special Patrolman Zucker. Robertay of East Street killed in Empire Garage shaft fall. Henry Peters' death by gas suicide followed by a former Wall Street ticker inventor John Barry. Fred Struss arrested on traffic charge. others discharged or held on vagrancy charges in Boston and Hawthorne places.

Thomas Callahan West 69Th Street Siste Julia Milevicy Finn Harlem Frank Byrne Becond Avenue Jacot Zucker Berne Henry Peters No. W1 West SH Street John Barry Wall Street Staten

Officers Can't Study Abroad For Army Language Training

The Washington army authorities reject proposals to grant extended leaves of absence for a year to allow officers to reside abroad and learn foreign languages. They argue officers should use available facilities and that demand prevents authorizing such arrangements.

Tribune Bureau Washington Department

Ballooning stories of Mrs Harbord of England

Of Interests to C Women highlights the feats of The Hon. Mrs Assheton Harbord who has made one hundred balloon ascents in her own balloons and taken part in six contests. She has seen shadows on clouds, a rainbow beneath her feet, sailed all night under a harvest moon, and once the balloon dragged a tree bough for seventeen miles. She faced dangers such as a trail rope near a passing train and crossing the Channel three times.

Assheton Harbord England Aero Club of France

Mexican War Records and Navy Balloons Highlighted

Congress may publish Mexican War records in a format like official Civil War volumes. Estimates place six thousand pages per volume across twelve thousand sets, costing about 66000 dollars. The Vesuvius torpedo ship is to be rebuilt in Boston yards, and orders issued include retirements and leave. Movements of warships note arrivals at Annapolis, Tompkinsville, Mackinac, and sailings from San Francisco to Honolulu and Singapore.

Congress War Department Navy Department Boston Navy Yard Navy Bureau of Ordnance Vesuvius

Dances for the Poor on Blackwell's Island

A charity event on Blackwell's Island featured hospital inmates watching and children from Public Schools 135 and 40 perform songs drills and folk dances on a lawn between the infirmary and the Metropolitan Hospital. Organizers included the Woman's Health Protective Association and Mrs. Ralph Trautmann. Deputy Charity Commissioner J McKee Borden attended.

Blackwell's Island Metropoltan Hospital Woman's Health Protective Association Ralph Trautmann Metroopolitan Hospital C. M. Williams East 70Th Street East 26Th Street EB. F. O'Connor Rosie Willie God 26Th Street

Captain Merriam Seriously Ill After Appendicitis Op

Washington reports Captain Greennlief A. Merriam of the Portsmouth Navy Yard underwent acute appendicitis surgery. Complications arose and his condition is critical. He formerly commanded the battleship Missouri on the Cape Horn to San Francisco cruise and is a Magnolia, Massachusetts native.

Washington Greennlief A. Merriam Portsmouth N. HL Navy Yard Merriam Missouri Hampton Roads Cape Horn San Francisco Maryland Navy Massachusetts Magnolia, Mass

Acting Secretary and Labor Wheeler to meet Ellis Island officials

Washington August 25 Acting Secretary of Labor Wheeler will travel to New York for a Thursday conference with Ellis Island immigration officials about food supply regulations.

Washington Caramerece and Labor Wheeler New York Ellis Island

Pedlars wagon kills old sea captain in New Brighton

Captain Francis Soderberg aged seventy two and inmate of Sailors Snug Harbor on Staten Island was run over and killed last evening in Jersey street New Brighton. The wagon was driven by Henry Smolka a ten year old boy of York avenue New Brighton. The captain, crossing Jersey street toward home, had no time to escape.

Francis Soderberg Snug Harbor Staten Island Henry Smolka York Avenue New Brighton Jersey Street Wea

Americans to Host International Prison Congress in 1910

The article notes the United States has never hosted the International Prison Congress in its forty year history, with past venues in Paris Rome St Petersburg London Budapest Brussels and Stockholm. It states the 1910 meeting will convene in Washington and cites Samuel F Barrows as the American commissioner. It also discusses debates over women’s suffrage and a rector in Broadstairs who subsidizes theatre for his parish.

International Prison Congress E. C. Vines Paris Rome St. Petersburg London Budapest Brussels Stockholm United States Congress Washington Senate Samuel F. Barrows East Lith Street New York

Dress Pattern No 6 073 for Bertha and Teen Sizes

The article explains banding and frills for a bertha pattern with No 3 square outline ideal for banding and medallions. It details embroidery options, material quantities for sizes fourteen and eightteens, and mailing details for pattern No 6 073 from the New-York Tribune pattern department.

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