Lahn Stranded Aboard Near Gibraltar In Heavy Fog
The North German Lloyd steamer Lahn ran aground at Tamara five miles east of Gibraltar in thick weather. With about 800 aboard, salvage efforts failed. passengers and cargo may be transshipped. Tugs and the Hartford monitor the scene as forecasters warn of possible critical conditions if the wind shifts.
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Gibraltar
Mediterranean
New York
Tamara
Rock of Gibraltar
Energetic
Hartford
Newa
Hercules
Gibraltar Lifeboat Service
Lahn
Associated Press
Steamer wreck and criminal ties shadow three transatlantic arrivals
Three liners the Cunard Lucania the Cymric and the American Philadelphia dock after rough seas. A comber bent a rail and a sea washed overboard William Hirding the Lucania’s deck steward. Passengers raised over £105 for his family. Detective Sergeant Arthur McCarthy arrived with George Stone held on a Chicago murder charge. Stowaway Agon Dikilan an Armenian shoemaker said he tried thrice to enter the U.S. and cited a proverb about Turks Jews Greeks and Armenians in his escape tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
Lucania
Cymric
White Star
Philadelphia
Crmrie
William Hardinge
Liverpool
Arthur McCarthy
Chicago Police
George Stone
Chicago
McCarthy
Stone
Agon Dikian
Dikian
Dikilan
Rigid Excise Sweep Nets 113 Arrests Citywide
Police report a thorough excise enforcement yielding 113 arrests yesterday across multiple precincts in Manhattan and surrounding areas. The Raines law regime restricts liquor sales to hotels with dining room provisions, while many saloons display signs of Hotel Upstairs operations. Arrests traced to Church through Richmond streets, with notable clusters in Brooklyn and Queens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowery
Third Ave
Church-st
Oak-st
Elizabeth-st
Madison-st
Leonard-st
Charles-st
Macdougall-st
Mulberry-st
Eldridge-st
Delancey-st. Union Market
Fifth-st
Mercer-st
Twentieth-st
Twenty-second-st
Thirtieth-st
Thirty-seventh St
Thirty-fifth-st
Forty-seventh-st
Alexander Ave
Morrisania
Tremont
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Distress in London and British economic shifts 1908
Special dispatch outlines London yet greater distress with mass unemployment and crowded workhouses as immigration rises. It notes emigration to the United States, workers sought in Canada, and proposed empire population redistribution. It also covers tube price cuts, shipping line reorganizations, and the new Licensing act's quick impact on drinkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
United States
America
Chamberlain Speech Details South Africa Settlement
Johannesburg report on Colonial Secretary Chamberlain’s banquet remarks outlining the financial terms for new colonies. He defended the settlement against burdens on future generations, noted the Transvaal loan success, and addressed labor questions while denying any China labor bargain.
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Johannesburg
Chamberlain
Wanderers’ Hall
Associated Press
South Africa
Mr. Chamberlain
Transvaal
London
Travel Is a Pleasure on the Twenty Hour Pennsylvania Special
The twenty hour Pennsylvania Special from New York to Chicago promises the finest equipment and speed available. Leaves New York daily according to advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
New-York Daily
Advt
Milner to Call Conference on South African Labor and Native Administration
The Colonial Secretary quoted a view that slavery theories linger in the Kaffir idea of buying wives to force idleness. Mr Chamberlain urged more white influence and proposed a world class university while delaying labor importation until local resources are exhausted. Lord Milner to convene a conference of South African colonies on common interests including native administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Milner
Wireless Chess Match Aboard Ocean Liners Ends With US Victory
American team from the Philadelphia defeats the Cunard Lucania in a three hour wireless chess match off the Atlantic, after a fatal Q-KB43 move triggers resignation. Lucania later tries another game with Minnetonka but the wire breaks after three moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Lucania
Marconi
Atlantic
Cunards
W. B. Wheelen
Frank Caldwell
Chicago
Voldemar Weiss
New York
Cunard
Fox
Minnetonka
German Cruiser Panther Shells Fort San Carlos at Maracaibo
The German cruiser Panther shelled Fort San Carlos at the entrance to Lake Maracaibo for about an hour yesterday afternoon. The fort returned fire with four guns and reported only three men wounded. the Panther withdrew toward Curacao after the engagement.
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Panther
Fort San Carlos
Lake Maracaibo
Caragoa
Sisters Die in Double Tragedy in Glen Cove Home
Miss Phoebe Lloyd Milner seventy five of Glen Cove Long Island kills herself after the death of her sister Miss Fanny Woods Milner eighty two who died of bronchitis. Phoebe left a poison bottle beside her body as friends found the scene. Dr Burns Glen Cove attempted life saving efforts. Funerals set for Tuesday 2 30 pm at St Pauls Church Glen Cove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Lloyd Milner
Glen Cove
Long Island
Fanny Woods Milner
Phoebe
Dr. Burns
Miss Milner
Milner
Joseph Kirkbride Milnor
Washington, D. C
St. Paul's Church
Milnor
Fire at Seton Hospital for Consumptives Suppressed by Patients
A dinner hour blaze at Seton Hospital for Consumptives on Spuyten Duyvil Parkway was controlled by Father Fitzsimmons, engineer John O Connor, helpers John O Mally and Thomas Hote, and convalescents. Police and engines arrived after the fire was under control. Sisters Frances Ignatius Cecelia and Alphonso calmed terrified patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seton Hospital
Spuyten Duyvil Parkway
van Cortland
Father Fitzsimmons
John O'Connor
John O’mally
Thomas Hote
Hanrahan
Highbridge
Frances Ignatius
Cecelia
Alphonso
Sepsis Patient Improves After Formalin Treatment
A St. Vincent's Hospital physician says early results are hopeful for a private patient treated for blood poisoning with formalin injection. Temperature fell from 104 to 100.4 degrees as of yesterday. A Hahnemann Hospital patient treated Friday night is also reported making favorable progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent's Hospital
Hahnemann Hospital
Missing Upupa Steam Packet Sunk in Cork Coast Gale
The Upupa en route Cardiff Cork vanished last Friday during a gale. Wreckage found near Cork confirms the vessel foundered with twenty crew members and several steerage passengers aboard. The Cork owned ship is presumed lost.
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London
Upupa
Cardiff
Cork
Mahmud Pacha Dies in Exile at Brussels
Mahmud Pacha, brother in law of the Ottoman sultan and head of the Turkish Reform party, died today in exile in Brussels. Also noted are travel ads for round trip tickets to California via multiple railways and an advertisement for Dr. D JAYNE'S Expectorant for colds and catarrhal affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Mahmud Pacha
Turkey
Turkish Reform Party
California
Chicago and North- Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways
Broadway
Zanardelli Bright Idea on Neapolitan Emigration Education
Rome dispatch reports Premier Zanardelli approves a plan to spend 200000 dollars annually on educating Neapolitans and Sicilians who intend to emigrate to the United States to reduce rejection by American authorities. The Buffalo Limited expedited service departs New York at 12 50 p m and arrives Buffalo at 11 00 p m as an Empire State Express second edition.
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London
Rome
Daily Express
Zanardelli
United States
Buffalo Limited
Empire State Express
New York Daily
Buffalo
New York Central
Dead fireman among losses in Bowery blaze
A major blaze swept Nos 394 and 396 Bowery from 2:55 am, destroying a seven story metal frame building filled with excelsior and other materials. Fireman James Corbett died under a bale of excelsior, with George Doherty and others injured or prostrated. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars with 315000 in damages to property. nine hours to control, eighteen steamers, and extensive hoses cleared the flames.
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Bowery
Third
Fourth Aves
James Corbett
Hook and Ladder Company No. 9
George Doherty
Engine Company No
Bellevue Hospital
James McCall
Patrick Maguire
John McGough
J. Milton
McGough
Corbett
Grace King
Fourth-ave
Albert J. Kramer
Sixty-fourth St
New York Hospital
Lafayette Place
Funk & Wagnails
Frank Hall
Baxterst
Maurice von Wein
Herman Barnard
Hail & Co
Excelsior
The
Volunteers of America
Truck No. 9
Elizabeth St
West Forty-ninth-st
Boston Excelsior Company
George F. Moore
A. Pieron
Volker Brothers
Peter Fuhrer
H. F. McCafferty & Co
J. Molt & Son
American Label Company
General
Purroy
Burns
Bellevue
Walkley
St. Elmo Smith
Church Temperance Society
Fourth
Madison Ave
Cooper Square
William B. Kirchner
Engine Company No. 25
Dr Lorenz Leaves London for Vienna amid Skepticism
Dr Lorenz the Austrian surgeon departed London for Vienna today after reporting a chilly reception from many English surgeons who viewed his methods with suspicion.
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London
Lorenz
Vienna
Austria
Bishop Potter Eulogizes Ex Mayor Hewitt at Calvary Service
Bishop Potter praised Abram Hewitt at a Calvary Church service, calling Hewitt a man who rose from little privilege to great deeds, with vision and courage. The eulogy urged following a divine standard, citing Hewitt’s modesty and leadership. An advertising note touts a rapid Pennsylvania Spectral trip to Chicago in 20 hours.
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Potter
Abram S. Hewitt
Calvary Church
Abram Hewitt
Jesus Christ
Chicago
Abram S Hewitt Dies After Prolonged Illness
Abram Stevens Hewitt, noted manufacturer, lawyer, ex congressman and ex mayor, died yesterday morning at his home 9 Lexington avenue after a long illness from obstructive jaundice and a prior intestinal hemorrhage. The service will be at Calvary Church on Wednesday at 10, with burial private. several family members and Bishop Potter to assist.
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Abram Stevens Hewitt
Congress
Lexington-ave
Sarah Cooper Hewitt
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Erskine Hewitt
Edward R. Hewitt
J. O. Green
Eleanor G
Calvary Church
Fourth-ave
Twenty-first-st
Hewitt
Potter
J. Lewis Parks
Hewitt Career Highlights in Civil Engineer Turned 19th Century Industrialist
Abram Stevens Hewitt born 1822 in Havre de Grace? later New York, rose from modest beginnings to partner with Edward Cooper in Cooper & Hewitt. He helped found iron works, introduced Martins Siemens steel process, supplied gun barrel iron to the Civil War, and led a firm that built girders for bridges and the Cooper Union. He supported workers and faced years of losses to sustain plants. He also helped launch rail service improvements for California via Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul.
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Abram Stevens Hewitt
Haverstraw
John Hewitt
Ann Garnier
Hewitt
Garnier
Columbia
Edward Cooper
Peter Cooper
Europe
Leghorn
Cape May
Coopers
Cooper & Hewitt
Cooper Union
Trenton Iron Company
New Jersey Iron and Steel Company
Paquest
N. J
Riegersville
Penn
Martins-Siemens
England
United States
ISZS
Congress Committee of the
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Genoa
North German Lloyd Steamship Company
Naples
Gustav H. Schwab
Glasgow
E. Malchow
J. Heincks
Steward
Usher
Advi
New-York Tribune
Tribune Association
Lloyd & Lloyd
Birmingham
Stewarts
Menzies
White Star Line
International Mercantile Marine Company
Dominion and Leyland Lines
Leyland Company
New-York
Leyland Line
Boston
Manchester
West Indies
Abrams&s Hewitt
Rockwood
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Curacoa
Lake
Inner Bay
Bello
DEATH
Zanardellis
Bowery Blaze
DR. Lorenz
Bishop Potter
Ue Hewitt
Milwaukee
Union Pacific Line
Lane
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