Subway Blast Kills Foreman in NYC Excavation
A blast loosened rock at a 35 foot excavation under 45th Street and Park Avenue caused fifty tons of rock to collapse, killing foreman James Towton and injuring four Italian laborers. Police arrested night superintendent H A Lowery on negligence charges amid chaotic rescue efforts.
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New York Central Railroad
45Th Street
Park Avenue
Lexington Avenue
James Towton
167Th Street
Tareet
Wises
Beslins
Charlies
East 140Th Street
Flower Hospital
Ae Vgonelli
Antonio
West 28Th Street
Tonton
H. A. Lowery
No. 461
Fatal blast at Newark leather plant kills one and injures six
Two large varnish andnaphtha tanks exploded at M Caffery & Sons leather plant No 229 to 233 New Jersey Railroad avenue Newark. James Caffery is dead and six workers injured all at St James Hospital. Elder Caffery and Andrew Galla likely to die. cause attributed to sun heat igniting varnish kettle and trapped flames spreading through the shop. Damage estimated at 30000 dollars with partial insurance.
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M. Caffery & Sons
New Jersey Railroad Avenue
Newark
James Caffery
St. James's Hospital
Matthew Caffery
John Caffery
Andrew Galla
West Kinney Street
William Goolwelt
Belmont Avenue
Joseph Cruik
Broome Street
Cafferys
Walnut Street
Caffery
J. Liebstein & Sons
Oliver Street
Hanovia Chemical Company
Slowed Uprising Seen as Harvest Delays Strife
July 2 St Petersburg reports point to postponed general strike as conditions ripen with harvest and peasant distress. Government seeks moderates, cabinet changes unlikely, relief funds debated while Admiral Skrydloff gains powers to restore order and investigate fleet arrests.
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Nicholas
Skrydloff
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Rojestvensky
Clado
Red
Mendelssohns
May Be Gentry Slayer Identified in Jail
Frank J. Constantine, held in Poughkeepsie county jail for approximately a week, was positively identified today as the Chicago murder suspect of Mrs. Louise H. Gentry. A Chicago restaurant cashier calling herself Miss Ellen Schreiber identified him after a week of alibi changes. Chicago police are expected to take him to the city soon.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Frank J. Constantine
Louise H. Gentry
Chicago
Tivoli
Hoffman
Constantine
Fritz Constantine
Ellen Schreiber
Elmira Reformatory
Tariff Revision Urged by Iowa Republicans
Sioux City reports the Iowa Republican platform will press immediate tariff revision at the Des Moines meeting on August 1. A Cummins ally cites Oyster Bay talks on stand-outism while warning some schedules shelter monopoly, hurting consumers and fueling opposition in the 1908 campaign.
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Tribune
Sioux City
Iowa
Republcan
Des Moines
Cummins
Shaw
Oyster Bay
Watson to Return to Democracy in Georgia
A Telegraph dispatch from Dublin quoted Congressman Hardwick saying Thomas E. Watson will speak at his Thomson home on Friday to announce his return to the Democratic Party and that Watson supports Hoke Smith for the Georgia governorship.
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Macon
Dublin
T. W. Hardwick
Thomas E. Watson
Thomson
Watson
Hoke Smith
Interior
Delaware County Scratic Convention Names Delegates
Delhi New Jersey July 23 The Delaware County Scratic Convention instructed delegates for Hearst John G Mare of Watton Charles K O Connor of Hobart and Gilbert Jackson of Delhi to represent the county at the convention
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Delhi
N. J
Delaware County
Hearst
John G. Mare
Watton
Charles K. O'Connor
Hobart
Gilbert Jackson
Assemblyman Allen Won’t Seek Re-election In Assembly Race
July 4 report says Assemblyman Fred Allen will not seek another term. James Lines is noted for reapportionment tests in the district. Both are among Republicans nominated with contested positions in a tight race.
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Eghamion
Fred
Allen
Assembly
Wrester
James T
Broomcome
Train Routes From Grand Rapids to Detroit via Saginaw
Partial OCR lists daily train service from Grand Rapids to Detroit via Saginaw and New York connections. Mentions 4.0 PM departure with next morning arrival and notes via America’s trains and New York Central lines.
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Detroit
Grand Rapids
Saginaw
New York
Grand Rapicy
Sago
Costly antiques reported stolen from Teaneck storage
Countess Castelmenardo of Teaneck says antiques worth 15000 dollars vanished after a fire at Walter Simpsons storage house on June 2. She alleges some items were stolen by volunteer firemen and others, while some vessels returned by firemen were claimed for safekeeping. A gift from the Emperor of Japan to her father, General Thomas B. Van Buren, is among the missing items.
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Hackensack
N. J
Castelmenardo
Teaneck
William Walter Phelps
Martin van Buren
Walter Simpson
Mabie & Maidment
Japan
Thomas B. van Buren
Mrs Stenton Ordered Before Court Over Mental State
Justice Blanchard in the Supreme Court grants an order to show cause why Mrs Louisa M Stenton should not be declared insane. Wilbur S Malcom Lydia Worrall and other relatives petitioners allege kleptomania and dementia. Returnable August 1.
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Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Wilbur Larremore
Wilbur S. Malcom
Lydia M. Worrall
Louisa M. Stenton
Alice Kinnan
Washington Avenue
Bronx
Stenton
Malcom
William Mabon
Arthur H. Harrington
Man Falls From Elevated Train In Brooklyn Crash
Peter Stenzel of 31 Delmonico Place Brooklyn fell from a rear car after the train left Myrtle Avenue and Adams Street. He landed on a covered wagon beneath and was taken to Brooklyn Hospital with contusions and possible internal injuries.
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Myrtle Avenue
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Peter Stenzel
Delmonico Place
Stengel
Brooklyn Hospital
Special runs eighty two miles to save life
A Reading Railroad special from Cape May to Camden completed the trip in seventy minutes to reach John Daubman a Camden machinist badly injured after being trapped under a locomotive. His condition is critical and doctors may amputate a leg.
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the Tribune
Camden
N. J
Cape May
Reading Railroad
John Daubman
Fairview Street
Cape Mey
Daubman
Dewey's Sauterne and Moselle White Dinner Wines
A local advertisement for Bicoe. & Sons Co. promotes Dewey's Sauterne and Moselle white dinner wines of superior quality. The listing notes available varieties and the supplier at 136 Fulton Street, New York.
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Bicoe. & Sons Co
Mayor Johnson Enjoined Over Fulton Street Track Demolition
Papers served on Mayor Tom L Johnson compel him to appear in Common Pleas Court to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt for defying a temporary injunction. The order halts tearing up Fulton street tracks by city workers under the Public Service Board as part of a dispute between the Cleveland Electric Railway Co and the Forest City line backed by Johnson.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Common Pleas Court
Ford
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Fulton Street
Johnson
Forest City
Board of Public Service
Municipal Traction Company
Johnsons
Balloon ascent by two Philadelphia physicians breaks altitude record
Philadelphia doctors T Chalmers Fulton and Samuel J Ottinger soared to nearly four miles, the highest American altitude, for five hours in a medical science mission. They started from Point Breeze and landed between Media and West Chester, reporting valuable observations but withholding data for now.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
T. Chalmers Fulton
Samuel J. Ottinger
America
Media
West Chester
Steamboat Sam Sloan Limps to Rockaway Park Pier
After leaving Steeplechase pier the steamboat Sam Sloan suffered boiler trouble and diverted to Rockaway Park where the captain halted the voyage. Passengers including many women and children were disembarked and aided by police with meals and funds, then sent by Long Island Rail to Brooklyn. The cause cited was leaking boiler tubes jeopardizing steam power.
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Sam Sloan
Rockaway Beach
Fifth Avenue
Rockaway Park
Long Island
Brooklyn
Sloan
Railroad rate law hearing set for Western officials in Washington
A Western railroad committee led by J. C. Stubbs will petition the Interstate Commerce Commission for a hearing on railroad rate law interpretation and for an extension of time to file tariffs. Members include Darius Miller, W. B. Biddle, C. Hale, Frank S. Bower, and J. H. Hiland. The conference aims to clarify discretionary authority to grant extensions and to discuss tariff posting plans ahead of the law’s August 28 effective date.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Soo
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Western Railroad
J. C. Stubbs
Harriman Lines
Committee of Western Railroad
Darius Miller
Burlington
W. B. Biddle
Rock Island-Frisco Lines
C. Hale
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Frank S. Bower
Illinois Central
J. H. Hiland
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Western Railroads
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western
Fight Among Cripples Ends in Brawl at Ithaca Hotel
Four cripples argued over who was most unfortunate at St. John's Hotel near Lackawanna station. A pistol was drawn, Abram Spicer was wounded, and Spicer sued proprietor John Diffin for assault with his cane. The other two cripples disappeared.
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Ithaca
St. John’s Hotel
Lackawanna Station
Abram Spicer
John Diffin
Spicer
Diffin
Education Bill Advances in House of Commons
London July 26 The House of Commons completed the report stage of the Education bill amid ministerial cheers and opposition cries of Gag.
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London
House of Commons
Uncharged torpedo sinks boat near torpedo station
A Whitehead torpedo fired during practice at the torpedo station struck and sank a boat carrying four seamen gunners. The uncharged torpedo, propelled by compressed air, created a hole at about three hundred yards. A lifeboat rescued the men who were lining the range to retrieve the spent torpedo.
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Newport
R. L
Chemist Walter Freeman Found Unconscious in Police Cell
Walter K Freeman a Oscawana New York chemist was locked up at Police Headquarters Tuesday night. He was found unconscious in his cell early yesterday and taken to St Vincents Hospital. Police suspect narcotic effects and possible overdose or attempted self harm. Freeman had claimed a camphor synthesis breakthrough and alleged misappropriation involving Parke Davis Co at 9 Maiden Lane.
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Walter K. Freeman
Oscawana
XN. Y
St. Vincent's Hospital
Freeman
Parke, Bavis & Co
Teanttacteciney Chemete Oe
Maiden Lane
Westinghouse Annual Meeting roiled by stock dispute
Stormy session at East Pittsburgh as minority stockholders led by James F. Carothers accused President George Westinghouse of selling securities at double value and using company funds for private ventures. Debate over $25 million voting stock, Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railway holdings, and director changes followed with no concession from the minority.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
East Pittsburgh
James F. Carothers
George Westinghouse
Westinghouse
Carothers
George B. Gordon
Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit Company
Westinghouse Company
E. M. Herr
John Gregg
Herr
General Electric Company
James Hazen Hyde
T. W. Siemon
W. D. Uptegraff
Father of murdered boy Emil Streub arrested in Massachusetts
Great Barrington Mass July 25 Emil Streub father of John Streub the twelve year old boy whose body was found in woods near Housatonic two weeks ago was arrested on a murder warrant. He underwent rigid examination with few details varying. John Streub left with Benjamin White July 9 bound for Torrington Conn Streub returned home White found work in Torrington. Streub vanished and his body was found July 15 beneath cut bushes.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Emil Streub
John
Housatonic
Streub
Benjamin White
Torrington
Conn
White
Miss Amelia Bingham Leaves St. Louis for New York
Richmond Indiana July 25 Miss Amelia Bingham declined a week more at St Louis at 1000 for forty five weeks and drove by auto to New York arriving in Anderson Indiana and staying until morning then heading to Hicksville Ohio to visit her mother for two weeks Equinox Ginger Champagne Ad from principal grocers Tek Franklin.
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the Tribune
Richmond
Ind
St. Louis
Amelia Bingham
New York
Anderson
Hicksville
Ohio
Douma Chief in Moscow Meets to Plan Tactics
Prince Paul Dolgourokoff arrived in Moscow to confer with party associates on tactics for the committee and to gather further signatures for the people’s address now subscribed to by 213 deputies. The Moscow Constitutional Democrats plan a national congress, but the Governor General announced meetings would be barred and deputies from the recent parliament cannot attend or report to constituents.
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Moscow
Paul Dolgourokoff
Constitutional Democrats
Anarchy in Caucasus Amid Terrorism And Strife
In Tiflis revolutionary terrorism paralyzes administration as officials resign in large numbers. Bandits plunder openly with one group collecting 250 dollars from each peasant. Armenia and Tartars clash in Erivan and Shusha with Armenians killed or wounded and troops firing.
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Tiffis
Caucasus
Tiflis
Tula
Erivan
Shusha
Erner
Rebellion and Fire Hit Baltic Regions Amid Rising Tensions
July 25 reports say Rempten Castle near Tukum burns as armed revolutionists control surrounding lands. Two troop columns advance from east and west while in Riga nine thousand factory workers strike. In Reval a steamer is loaded as events unfold.
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Mitau
Rempten
Tukum
Courtland
Riga
Livonia
Reval
Esthenia
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Central
Pictorial News Company
St. Petersburg
Revolutionary Councils
M. Mourom
Whenp
Stolypin
Peterhof
Waw
Viborz
H. Gurko
M. Stolypin
Ministry of the Interior
M. Stichinsky
M. Plehve
Gentry
Georgia
Delaware
MR. Rogers
THE
Wolverine
Castemenardo
Man
Dewey
Tom Johnson
Rockaway
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York m
Atlantic
Tata
Commerce Commission
Newport Station
John Streub
Miss Bingham
Franklin
Douma
Baltic
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