Noise curb begins on citywide horn blasts
General Order 47 aimed at halting loud noises takes effect, with Fort George and Coney Island still noisy as police expect a sharper impact today. Hospitals on upper West Side and near Second Avenue benefit from reduced traffic and sirens. drivers praise restraint, while pushcart vendors and street hawkers face enforcement in Fort George.
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Bingham
Fort George
Coney Island
Kings County
Second Avenue
Upper West Side
Broadway
Park
Making Blind Self-Supporting Through Extension Society
The Peoples University Extension Society reports progress in aiding the blind to self support in its tenth year. Free classes for blind women and men across basketry, cardwork, bead work, and cane chair work served 2,2 pupils. crippled children classes expanded to 23 with 276 lessons. Enrolment reached 14,475 in menu training with 1,712 class sections. 587 lectures attracted over 5,500 listeners. The society employed 1% teachers and raised $00,683 in contributions, closing the year with a defence of $4,263.73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's University Extension Society
Bridge Fire Halts Traffic On Brooklyn Bridge
Four fires broke out under the elevated tracks at the Brooklyn Bridge entrance to Manhattan station, delaying Coney Island traffic for about thirty minutes. Firefighters battled a blaze of Georgia pine and rubbish, with hoses run along Park Row to the scene. No injuries reported. A passing train suspect cigarette or cigar butt started the fire.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan Station
Coney Island
Quinn
Harry Smith
Tri Ge
Cat Attack Injures Two Residents on Manhattan Avenue
Mrs Matilda Miller of 58 Manhattan Avenue and Walter Pick of Manhattan Avenue were bitten on the legs and hands by a cat believed to be stray. Pick was taken to J Hood Wright Hospital for treatment. Miller received medical care and was discharged.
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Manhattan Avenue
Matilda Miller
Manhettan Avenue
Walter Pick
Pick
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Muller
Tug John J. Timmins Enforces Harbor Boat Lights
Deputy Surveyor Matthew Coneys aboard the government chartered tug Timmins led a harbor enforcement cruise using a searchlight to catch unlit vessels. About twenty gasoline launches were warned for lacking bells, whistles, side lights, or proper headlights, with one vessel, the Lothian owned by J Demarrais of Brooklyn, ordered ashore for inspection lacking required equipment.
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John J. Timmine
Matthew M. Coneys
Timmins
Upper Bay
Staten Island
Kill von Kull
Coneys
Lothian
J. Demarrais
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Sandy Hook Bar
The
Harrison Osborn
George J. Smythe
Auditor's Department
Charles Lyman
Treasury Department
Washington
Peary Enters Belle Isle Straits In Polar Voyage
Commander Peary reports the Roosevelt Arctic steamer crossed the Gulf of St. Lawrence and entered the Straits of Belle Isle at 6 o clock last night. From Point Amour via Cape Ray N F the voyage arrived at Point Amour Light at 6 o clock Sunday night. Weather was fine and the run across the gulf was favorable with prospects of a clear night through the straits.
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Roosevelt
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Straits of Belle Isle
Associated Press
Commander Peary
Point Amour
Cape Ray
N. F
Point Amour Light
Gulf
Straits
Well Peary
Bellevue Hospital veteran marks 37 years of service
Michael J. Rickard, assistant superintendent at Bellevue Hospital, celebrated his thirty seventh year of service. He first entered as a patient on July 19, 1871 after losing a leg in a railroad accident and later saved three children in a fatal 1879 fire. He also rescued a patient from the East River in 1885 and led a typhoid camp during the 18% outbreak.
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Michael J. Rickard
Bellevue Hospital
Mr. Rickard
Big Hospital
East River
Halt Auto of Yankees' Owner Charged with Speeding
William Simmons a chauffeur, driving between 36th and 38th streets on Madison Avenue, was arrested for speeding. He said the car belonged to Frank Farrell, owner of the New York American League baseball team. A woman, Mrs Frances Potter, paid bail with a $10 diamond ring. Seven motorists including one woman face arraignment in Irvington N J for speeding.
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William Simmons
S7th
Madison Avenue
William Mosher
Tenderloin
Simmons
Frank Farrell
New York
Frances Potter
East 2Th Street
Jefferson Market
Irvington
N. J
George M. Buttle
Arlington
WN. J
Chester Rodgers
John Taylor
Millburn
Charles E. Liscombe
Plainfield
I. E. Rusling
Belleville
Maurice Asher
Newark
Henry Hayccock
Jersey City
Peter Stilwell
Bayonne
Taxicab overturns on Broadway. driver reprimanded
A taxicab of the New York Taxicab Company driven by John Sheppard overturned after plowing into the curb near 72d street, spilling four passengers. Sheppard was arrested for reckless driving and discharged with a reprimand by Magistrate Breen in the West Side Court.
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Broadway
New York Taxicab Company
John Sheppard
Sheppard
Breen
West Side
Auto Prisoner Chases Runaway On Harlem Street
Franklin E Nesbit of 42 Cathedral Park Way held on $100 bail for speeding on Fifth Avenue. A bicycle patrolman drove Nesbit to a garage to secure a bondsman. As the auto chased a frightened milk wagon horse, Patrolman Whitman jumped from the car and sat on the horse’s head to halt the runaway.
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Franklin E. Nesbit
Cathedral Parkway
Magistrate House
Harlem
Fifth Avenue
Ajax” Whitman
Nesbit
Herman Wormser
West 115Th Street
Wormser
116Th Street
Whitman
Seventh Avenue
12St Street
Baseball Player Killed by Auto in City Accident
Samuel Halfon aged seventeen of 72 East Sth Street was fatally struck by a New York Taxicab Company auto while backing into traffic on Ninth Street near Fifth Avenue. The incident occurred before Mount Sinai Hospital where he died. Chauffeur Henry Hirsch of 161 East 63rd Street is held in $5,000 bail by the coroner.
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Samuel Halfon
East Sth
New York
9Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Mount Sinai Hospital
Henry Hirsch
East 63d Street
Bali
Harbureer
Cyclist Dies in Hill Crash as Brake Rod Snaps
Henry Vandenbergh thirty five of No 49 East 12th street Paterson N J was riding down a hill on Belmont avenue when the bicycle brake rod snapped he could not slow the machine and crashed into a trolley car and was crushed to death his body wedged under the car score of women on Belmont Park excursion fainted and became hysterical
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the Tribune
Paterson
N. J
Henry Vandenbergh
East 12Th Street
Vandenbergh
Belmont Avenue
Belmont Park
Mason Ends His Life In Brooklyn Home
Charles Burnham a harness maker of 9 Bergen Street Brooklyn hanged himself to his bedroom transom yesterday while his family was away He was a Mason and his death is reported as a self inflicted act in this quiet Brooklyn residence.
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Mason
Charles Burnham
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
Mr. Burnham
Boarder Guns Up In Harlem Boarding House
Frederick Peters, a long time boarder at Mrs. Bird's 213 West 126th street house, drew a revolver when asked for back rent. After a chaotic gun battle with patrols, Peters escaped via a tree and was captured on 127th Street. Police described him as potentially insane. doctors at Harlem Hospital to decide.
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Thomas Bird
West 126Th Street
Frederick Peters
West 125Th Street
Peters
125Th Street
Alezatara
127Th Street
Blohm
Harden
Hayden
Tomcat Fights Mount Kisco Farmer in Maine? Wait not sure
The scene reports Frank Sands of Mount Kisco New York in serious condition after a tomcat attack that tore flesh from his left hand and arm in seven places. Sands had been losing chickens nightly and earlier spotted a large cat in his hen yard. The cat attacked again when Sands confronted it, tearing his arm before a farm hand killed it with an axe. The 22 pound tomcat had supposedly lived in the woods and raided poultry yards for months.
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Frank Sands
Mount Kisco
N. Y
Sands
Mr. Sands
Young man attempts suicide by fronting cars in Brooklyn
Bedford avenue patrolman grapples with a 28 year old man who ran into traffic at Bedford avenue and South 4th street Williamsboro. The assailant grabbed the officer by the throat during a struggle. Surgeons and police restrained him. he was placed in custody and moved to Kings County Hospital observation ward after a hospital transfer.
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Bedford Avenue
South 4Th
Williamsboro
Raynel
Eastern District Hospital
Kings County Hospital
Cars Crash In Mount Vernon Injuring Several
Two New Rochelle trolley cars traveling between New Rochelle and the Bronx collided head on in Mount Vernon yesterday afternoon at about 1 o clock. Both were slowed to pass a crossover switch and while no one was killed several were hurt and bruised. The most severely injured was Dominic Coline of New Rochelle whose nose was cut and will be disfigured. John Mara of 216 West 126th Street suffered a cut to his left arm and heavy bruising.
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New Rochelle
West Farms
Bronx
Mount Vernon
Dominic Coline
John Mara
West 126Th Street
Ice Cream Invades Far East On North German Lloyd Ships
American ice cream gains strong demand on long voyage steamships to warm climates. North German Lloyd lines leave New York with surplus to serve Chinese Japanese and Australian services. Bremerhaven handles transfer to Far Eastern vessels. Last year about one hundred thousand bricks consumed.
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Far East
China
Japan
Australia
Samoan
Lloyd Line
New York
Bremerhaven
Lloyd
Explosion on the Arrow Injures Two Firemen
Captain Dr. C Packard of Edward F Whitney s yacht Arrow refutes press claims that the engines failed after a boiler tube burst. Two firemen were burned, one returning to work and the other hospitalized severely but not fatally injured. The vessel sustained minor paint damage near the gerpom.
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Dr. C. Packard
Edward F. Whitney
Arrow
Mexico’s currency reform blamed for hard times in mining districts
A Mexican financial authority links falling customs receipts and mining distress to missed monetary reforms. He cites the government’s partial adoption of the monetary commission’s recommendations, notably the lack of free gold coinage and a new silver dollar. He notes silver now sells on an irregular market and predicts continued hardship without full free coinage.
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Mexico City
Republic
Monetary Commission
Commission
Japan
United States
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Enrique Creel
Mexico for the Mexicans sparks anti foreign push
In Mexico City on July 19 a heated dispute grows between foreign and native press. La Patria urges a policy shouting Mexico for the Mexicans. It lobs scorn at Yankees and says Americans should visit Argentina Chile or Brazil if they seek more enlightened governance.
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Mexico City
Mexico
la Patria
Argentine
Chile
Brazil
Immigrant distribution shows broad labor aid across states
Washington notes the immigration bureau funnels labor to farming regions via the information division in New York City. About nine hundred thousand cards issued, with nearly one thousand aliens replying since February. States listed include New York 181, Vermont 227, Pennsylvania 53, Texas 4, and many others across 26 nationalities seeking farm work.
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Washington
Division of Information
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Congress
Information Branch
Immigration Service
New York City
Alabama
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Mllinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Shipping Men Out of Klondike
Telegraph report from Dawson July 19 notes Klondike labor boom collapses as police halt newcomers at White Pass. Hundreds arrive seeking work, but firms control mines leaving few jobs. Four hundred men already sent away. first beggary case in gold camp history highlights bleak employment climate.
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the Tribune
Dawson
Klondike
Employment Bureau Activites
White Pass
Gold Camp
No Light On Williams Tragedy
Dover, July 19 The search for the murderer of William Williams the aged farmer and suitor to 13 year old Elizabeth Wall continues with no tangible clue. A theory suggests he was dragged from Delaware into Maryland and hanged at Maydel. The Delaware Attorney General will be asked to assist. Detective F R Dick of Baltimore aids the investigation. Police consider murder tied to the marriage or to robbery as possible motives.
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Dover
Del
William Williams
Elizabeth Wall
Maydel
Williams
Delaware
Maryland
F. R. Dick
Baltimore
Executions Planned at Sing Sing for Rogers and Laudiero
Charles H. Rogers and Angelo Laudiero face execution in the Sing Sing death chair this morning unless halted. Laudiero killed Michael de Ambro of 178 Hester Street on December 14, 1906. Rogers killed Willis Olney, Fred Olney, and nine year old Alice Ingerick in Orange County on October 6, 190?
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Charles H. Rogers
Angelo Laudiero
Sing Sing
Laudiero
Michael de Ambro
Hester Street
Rogers
Willis
Fred Olney
Alice Ingerick
Orange County
Army and Navy News Briefs From The Tribune July 19
Military tests near Fort Myer will evaluate Captain Thomas Baldwin's dirigible balloon and the Wright brothers aeroplane with possible presidential attendance. Navy plans for Mare Island built fleet colliers, cost rising to 3.6 million, to save future fuel transport costs. Army Medical Reserve Corps forms with 160 active officers and civilians sought for commissions. Navy Pay Corps vacancies projected to fill seven junior grades. August 3 exams to fill 60 medical corps posts amid pay and promotion incentives.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Army Signal Corps
Fort Myer
Virginia
Thomas Baldwin
Wright Brothers
Army Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Army Signal Officers
Army Medical Reserve
Army Medical Reserve Corps
Regular Medical Corps
Army Medical Department
New York
Wright to Review Troops in Chattanooga Maneuvers
General Luke F Wright and General Franklin Bell will arrive in Chattanooga to review 600 troops at Camp Taft after maneuvers. Troops are divided into Blue and Brown armies led by Brig Gen Clifford L Anderson and Col D Cornman. Civic groups plan entertainments for the visiting generals.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Luke F. Wright
Franklin Bell
Camp Taft
Bell
Clifford L. Anderson
Georgia
D. Cornman
Seventh Infantry
Wright
Canadian progress outlined in consular reports
Washington reports outline Canada’s 1997 trade totals with US and UK, noting imports at 872.25 million and exports at 873.235 million, with gains over the prior year. American exports to Canada rose despite UK tariff advantages, while UK imports to Canada grew. Immigrant capital, mineral gains, railway expansion, and rising living costs are highlighted, including wage recommendations and industrial shifts.
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Washington
Dominion
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
North America
Cuba
West Indies
South America
Asia
Niagara
London
Ontario
Disagreement Over Opium In Vancouver And Puget Sound
A telegraph report from Vancouver notes opposition to Canada’s plan to abolish opium and ban imports. Local Chinese and many white business partners fear heavy losses unless stock on hand is used up. Seattle authorities welcome any move curbing opium, citing extensive smuggling and costly enforcement across the border.
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Tribune
Vancouver
British Columbian
the Tribune
Seattle
Puget Sound
Canada
United States
Washington
Death Shocks Jamaica Man Missing Court Decree
Williams aged forty five of No Dewey avenue Jamaica failed to appear in Far Rockaway magistrate court over support and died at home as his wife waited in court. Dr. Rohr of Jamaica Hospital attended Meyer and suspected arsenic poisoning. Meyer had been away since Tuesday and returned yesterday morning after his wife left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far Rockaway
Soda Cracker Wager Nearly Fatal in Montclair
In George Filworth’s grocery near Jacksonville Bartow Longman bet George Wallen he could eat two large packs of soda crackers in half an hour without liquids. Wallen began well but choked on the second cracker batch. Spectators panicked until George Ellworth summoned Dr W J Bull. The doctor treated Wallen, freeing the cracker and saving his life.
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Montclair
N. J
George Filworth
Jacksonville
Bartow Longman
George Wallen
Wallen
W. J. Bull
Roosevelt to keynote national Spanish War Veterans encampment
By Telegraph to The Tribune Boston July 1 Roosevelt will be guest of honor at the national encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans early in September. Admiral Dewey Rear Admiral Schley Major General Wood and Richmond P Hobson will also attend. Roosevelt will address the veterans at a monster camp fire.
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Tribune
Boston
Roosevelt
Dewey
Schley
Wood
Richmond P. Hobson
Police raid on Chinatown gambling house nets arrests
Elizabeth Street police raided a basement gambling house on Doyere Street last night. Mon Fan, alleged proprietor, and fifteen Chinese individuals were taken to the station after officers found dice dominos and a small basket of bute tons used in Chinese games of chance. Most detainees denied gambling.
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Elizabeth Street
Doyere Street
Mon Fan
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