Douglas indorsed as governor candidate halted by club vote
At the Republican Club of the 15th Assembly District a bid to endorse ex Congressman William Harris Douglas for governor failed after a heated two hour meeting at 225 Broadway. Secretary Rudolph Canfield and district leader Harry W. Mack clashed over strategy as the vote went 22 to 17 to table the resolution.
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15Th Assembly
William Harris Douglas
Broadway
Douglas
Rudolph Canfield
Mr. Douglas
West 76Th Street
15Th Assembly District
Congress
Arkell & Douglas
Produce Exchange
Charles W. Lester
Canfield
Republican Party
Lincoln
Grant
Roosevelt
Resolutioon
State Committee
Harry W. Mack
Timothy L. Woodruff
Herbert Parsons
New York
Hughes
Mr. Canfield
Mack
Mr. Mack
Robert Winston
Hack Drivers’ Union
William Sprow
Marine Engineers’ Union
Chicago
Olcott
Parsons
Ahearn election decision faces appeal by state
Deputy Attorney General William A. De Ford plans an appeal from Justice McCall's ruling that the Board of Aldermen acted legally in re electing John F. Ahearn Borough President after removal by the Governor. The City Club committee behind the removal will assist in pursuing constitutional and charter provisions to make the removal process permanent.
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Wiliam A. de Ford
Justice McCall
Supreme Court
Board of Aldermen
John F. Ahearn
City Club
Ahearn
Fatal boiler explosion at Pottsville colliery kills miner
Thomas Beddow of Beddow & McCreary was killed when a boiler exploded in the colliery boiler house near Pottsville. He was buried under wreckage. Joseph Smith, outside the building, was badly hurt by flying debris.
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Pottsville
Penn
Thomas Beddow
Beddow & McCreary
Beddow
Joseph Smith
Firebug flees after setting Osborn Street fire
Women on a street stoop spotted a man lighting two kerosene fires under stairs at 305 Osborn Street East New York. The blaze quickly spread through a three story double tenement as residents slept, forcing screams from women and children on the porch. The fleeing suspect, wearing a derby, escaped with wax tapers in hand.
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Osborn Street
New York
Goldsboro Men Here One Bailey Missing
Albert W Bailey Captain Alfred Oxley and Harry H Meyers among four prisoners linked to the Goldsboro expedition arrive in officer custody from New Orleans. Francis C Bailey, key prisoner, escaped at Puerto Cor tez July 2. The Goldsboro steamer carried about $100 000 in merchandise for Export Shipping Company of this city, unpaid. Francis G Bailey was company president. his brother Albert W Bailey a partner. Captain Ox-
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Albert W. Bailey
Alfred Oxley
Harry H. Meyers
Goldsboro
Peter Beery
District Attorney's Office
Honduras
New Orleans
Francis C. Bailey
Utstein
Puerto Cortez
Francis G. Bailey
Fire causes panic in tenement. two men flee
A man ran down Osborn Street to Livonia Avenue followed by a crowd. Smoke alarms drew twelve families from their homes as flames spread in a building owned by Hyman Cohen and a man named Zwerin. Firemen stopped the blaze with about $200 damage. police restrained panicked occupants.
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Osborn Street
Livonia Avenue
Hyman Cohen
No. 45
Avenue D
Manhattan
Zwerin
Khaki Protest Over British Cloth for Philippine Uniforms
Washington July 7. Secretary of War Wright received a protest from New England khaki manufacturers against British made uniforms for Philippine soldiers and constabulary. The protest, sent via President Roosevelt, urged use of American cloth and workers. Wright found Manila contracts for British khaki but ordered minimal foreign content and preference for US manufacturers where possible. He noted Taft was unaware of the protest and cited widespread British supply in U.S. military tailoring.
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Washington
Wright
New England
Philippines
Manila
Roosevelt
Army
Philippine Constabulary
Islands
Quartermaster General
Taft
War Department
Police in Pistol Fight Catches Three of Four Robbery Gang
Detectives trailed four youths seen near No 102 East First Street Bronx and halted them after a nightclub style gun battle that left one man at large and possibly wounded. Joseph Pancaldo Antonio Caprare and Pietro Alfongo, aged 18 or 17, were captured. They are linked to Harry Griefsky tied to a Grand Street jewelry raid with $16,000 bail awaiting trial.
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Allen Street
Noe
East First Street
Bronx
Joseph Pancaldo
First Avenue
Antonio Caprare
East 14Th Street
Pietro Alfongo
East Wth Street
Harry Griefsky
Tombs
Nathan Nelkin
No. 79
Grand Street
Weak Black Hand evidence clouds case against Virzi group
Police conclude proof is fragile after seizing the exulting officers and examining a bomb making brochure linked to Vincent Mariano of West 5th Street. Detectives relay cryptic notes misread as bomb instructions were found to reference a correspondence school cipher. Virzi and three others remain held in $10,000 bail each for the June 30 explosion at 336 East uth street pending further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severo Virzi
Joe’ Petrosino
Petrosino
Vincent Mariano
West 5Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Prisoners in Jersey City await arraignment in Coast Shipping ring
Edward Boyes and associates linked to the Export Shipping Company face conspiracy to defraud and improper use of mails charges after arrest in Jersey City. Bailey, Meyers, and Captain Oxley are jailed as prosecutors prepare indictments. the Goldsboro remains in Honduras as Francis G. Bailey is still at large.
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Commissioner Shields
Federal
Roosevelt
Goldsboro
Francis G. Bailey
Two Baileys
Berry
Bailey
Bingham
Cortlandt Street
New York
Captain Oxley
Meyers
Devery
Baileys
Myers
Maine
Kansas
London
United States
Honduras
Prayer sparks park fire in Irving Park district
In Chicago on July 7 a revival preacher prayed for the amusement resorts to burn, and twelve hours later Excelsior Park burned to the ground. Park owner A J Smith estimates a $50,000 loss, officials suspect crossed wires, and police seek two men seen near the park.
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Chicago
George Edward Lewis
Irving Park
Excelsior Park
Emmanuel Congregational Church
A. J. Smith
General Batchellor Burial to Return to America
Saratoga scene as General George S. Batchellor American representative on the international tribunal in Egypt dies July 2. His body will be brought home for burial in the Batchellor mausoleum as daughter Miss Batchellor sails from France with the body on Saturday.
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Saratoga
N. Y
George S. Batchellor
International Tribunal
Egypt
America
Batchellor
France
Baseball results from Eastern League yesterday
Providence defeated Newark 6 to 2, Jersey City beat Baltimore 4 to 11 innings, Montreal downed Toronto 3 to 0, Rochester won 5 to 2 over Buffalo in the first game, with the second game ending as a Buffalo forfeit.
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Providence
Newark
Baltimore
Jersey City
Buffalo
Rochester
Toronto
Montreal
Philadelphia Police Seek Murder Suspect in Cyanide Case
Philadelphia officers released Frederick Gies Jr from custody after a brief hearing while pursuing a broader murder investigation into Dr William H Wilson. A coroner chemist confirmed cyanide levels in the victim and in the poison ale, and detectives traced a suspect from Bristol to Jersey City as they push to locate the man who sent a second letter from Boston.
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Philadelphia
Frederick Gies, Jr
William H. Wilson
Scott
Gies
Tate
Robinson
Meeker
Wilson
Bristol
Trenton
New York
Jersey City
Keystone Type Foundry
Fred Buckman
Boston
Musicians death probed by coroner autopsy
Coroner Shrady orders an autopsy at the morgue on the body of a woman with two names Mrs Frank Apel a Detroit musician and Mrs Lillian Emory a private patient at Miss Alstons Home No 26 West 61st Street died at 3 o clock yesterday morning after an operation. She registered at the Hotel Carlton as Mrs Frank Apel on June 24. Four or five days later she was taken to Miss Alstons Home ill. The proprietor said no diagnosis was taken and she was registered as Mrs Lillian Emory in the care of Dr Ferdinand Kneer No 236 West 1st Street.
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Shrady
Frank Apel
Detroit
Lillian Emory
Miss Alston
West 61St Street
Carlton
4Th Street
Miss Ryan
Ferdinand G. Kneer
West 1St Street
Uprising of Snake Indians Drives Off Sheriff Party
In McIntosh and Okmulgee counties near Henrietta a camp of Snake Indians clashes with two sheriffs. Crazy Snake defies state and federal authority claiming Indians are not under law. Troop deployment considered. Oklahoma City reports Acting General Bellamy monitoring the situation at Weleetka and prepared to act if needed.
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Muskogee
Okla
McIntosh
Okmulgee
Old Hickory Grounds
Henrietta
Crazy Snake
United States
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Bellamy
Weleetka
Railway Men Convene In Secret Meeting
Atlantic City July 7 railroad accountants discuss hiding real costs from inspectors and charges for reconstruction. The American Association of Railway Accountants meets behind closed doors with major railway figures present. They discuss raising fares to cover interest on acquired lines and argue former owners deserve returns like investors in larger absorbed roads.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Association of Railway Accountants
Mystery in Philadelphia Death Attributed to Robbery
John A. Hayes, marble contractor of Hayes & Son in Philadelphia, died after drinking liquor laced with a white powder. Police say Hayes was robbed earlier by three men. he reported the robbery at a station before buying a headache powder at a drugstore. He collapsed after adding the powder to a drink and died at a hospital. Three suspects were arrested on highway robbery and murder suspicion. $100 found on one suspect.
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Philadelphia
John A. Hayes
Hayes & Son
Hayes
Andere
London transit contrasts with New York rush hour
Commissioner McCarroll and Chief Engineer Seaman recently toured London Paris and Berlin observing transit systems. They noted rapid passenger discharge due to three door cars in London and highlighted Berlin's developing underground with ornamental elevated lines. The officials stressed courtesy and nonofficial status during their trip and praised design that reduces noise and avoids empty grassed spaces beneath roadbeds.
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McCarroll
The
Public Service Commission
Seaman
London
Paris
Berlin
Commission
New York
Trouble on the California Border at Mexicali
A frontier clash reported from Mexicali across the border into Calexico describes an attack on the post office by supposed Mexican revolutionists. The invaders were repelled and fled to the U S side. reinforcements and guarded posts remain. US authorities in Del Rio fear cross-border movement as Mexican troops hunt suspects.
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San Diego
Cal
el Cemtro
Mexicali
Calexico
el Paso
Tex
United States
Nolte
Boyntes
del Rio
Las Vacas
Texas
Deposed Pastor to Sell His Goods at Auction
In Elizabeth on July 9 1903 at 2 PM a public sale will occur at the home of Rev Dr Henry Elliott Mott pastor of Westminster Church. The Chickering piano and part of his library will be auctioned as he and his wife prepare to depart for Europe after recent charges by the Elizabeth Presbytery alleging links with a wealthy congregant woman.
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Elizabeth
M. S. Mott
Henry Elliott Mott
Westminster Church
Europe
Mott
Elizabeth Presbytery
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