Brooklyn Bridge Fire Halts the Human Tide
A Brooklyn Bridge blaze halted the afternoon flow of workers for about half an hour. Fire crews quickly controlled the fire on the south track of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit elevated line near the Fox Building, while police managed crowds and redirected traffic after explosions spurred a brief panic.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Fox Building
Manhattan Tower
Burke
Brunett
Coney Island
Brogan
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Brooklyn
Nore
Stocklyn
Streetcar Crash Injures Many in Cleveland
A Pennsylvania train struck a St Clair avenue streetcar at a grade crossing injuring twelve people. Motorman Push Hinkley says crossing gates were open and no warning was received. One passenger Catherine Hocan sustained potentially fatal internal injuries.
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Cleveland
St Clair Avenue
Pennsylvania
Th Street
Catherine Hocan
Push Hinkley
Meyer Gayner Urges Bridge Horse Load Crackdown
Meyer Gayner, who taunted Police Commissioner Baker over horse overloading, sighted a struggling horse on the Brooklyn Bridge and reiterated calls for police attention to heavy loads. He urged cooperation with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to address such cases and prevent cruelty.
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Meyer Gayner
Baker
Brooklyn Bridge
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
German Niederdeutsche Bank Falls Into Insolvency
insolvency of the Niederdeutsche Bank announced in Dortmund with 12 5 million liabilities and 3 million capital after director Ohm arrested. bank had twenty western branches and deposits likely wiped out while other arrests loom as Imperial Bank sought rescue attempts.
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Dortmund
Germany
Niederdeutsche Bank
Herr Ohm
Ohm
King’s accession bill passes second reading in Commons
The accession declaration bill, amended to remove anti Catholic pronouncements and replace them with a Protestant affirmation, passes 410 to 174 in the House of Commons. Nonconformists opposed the original clause prompting the amendment amid No Popery placards near Parliament. The bill had earlier passed first reading 383 to 42.
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London
House of Commons
England
House of Lords
Commons
Parliament
Astor House not for sale say heirs and counsel
A report claimed the Astor House would be sold for a modern office building. William Waldorf Astor's counsel Charles A. Peabody said the property is not for sale. A lease signed in May gives current management five years, while trustee Douglas Robinson denied any sale or improvement plans.
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Astor House
Charles A. Peabody
William Waldorf Astor
Douglas Robinson
John Jacob Astor
Mohawk
N. Y
Bronx Woman 91 Dies by Gas Suicide at Home
Mrs. Hannah Birk of 2173 Ogden Avenue The Bronx aged ninety one killed herself yesterday afternoon by inhaling gas. Her daughter Mrs. Albert Bernheim had taken the grandchildren to Rockaway. the plan to travel was canceled due to Mrs. Birk’s poor health. The husband found her dead in bed with an open gas jet and closed windows. Dr. Hoy of Fordham Hospital said she had been dead for several hours.
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Hannah Birk
Ogden Avenue
The
Bronx
Albert Bernheim
Rockaway
Hoy
Fordham Hospital
Turtle wrecks gas plant at Roton Point farm
A forty pound snapping turtle escaped from a chain in Herman Jacobs yard and broke into his private gas plant. The fumes killed about 100 chickens and many pigs while making several servants ill. Jacobs captured the turtle after a fight in a Rowayton swamp and planned a turtle supper for friends.
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the Tribune
South
Norwalk
Conn
Herman Jacobs
Roton Point
Mr. Jacobs
Rowayton
Trinidad Fortification Considered as Gulf of Paria Entrances Guarded
London reports the British government weighing fortifying the Gulf of Paria entrances in light of Trinidad's petroleum discoveries and the strategic value of the island with the Panama Canal nearing completion. The move aims to strengthen naval defense and safeguard maritime routes.
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London
Trinidad
Panama Canal
Gulf of Para
Discharge in CMB Case of Three Suspects Near Mercer Street
Charles Ross Rocco Ferrarro and Joseph Fellerri arrested Tuesday near Mercer street station after four alleged bombs found were discharged yesterday by Magistrate Krotel at the Jefferson Market court. Bombs examined contained powder but not believed capable of causing damage if detonated.
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Charles Ross
Rocco Ferrarro
Joseph Fellerri
Mercer Street
Krotel
Jefferson Market Couri
Marquis and Wife Ride Special Engine to Meet Italian Guest
Marchese Paolo di Montagliari and his wife rode in the cab with the engineer to catch the New York express in Manchester by the Sea, rushing to Boston to greet Donna Anna Maria Strozzi. They returned to the embassy after a rapid 25 mile dash.
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Tribune
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Mass
Marchese Paolo di Montagliari
Washington
Express
New York
South
Boston
North Station
Donna Anna Maria Strozzi
Florence
Italy
New York Express
Marchese di Montagliari
Essex Country Club
Manchester
Magnolia
Salem
Spear Carrier's Life Behind Lights Ties Kidnapping Claim
Matilda Lautenberger once a spear bearer in a Broadway show is linked to the disappearance of Mrs. Lottie Westland of East New York. A postcard found at the Westland home reads We'd rather carry a spear than carry a baby. Lautenberger had briefly worked as a maid for the Westland family.
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Matilda Lautenberger
Lottie Westland
Georgia Avenue
New York
Lautenberger
Lottie
Charlie
Westland
Old Physician Drops Dead On Brooklyn Street
Dr. Richard H. Stone of 178 Jay Street Brooklyn died of apoplexy likely heat related while on Front Street. He was 75 and practiced in Brooklyn for forty years. Born in Windsor Vermont he studied at Dartmouth College and earned his medical degree in 1866. He belonged to Commonwealth Lodge F and A M Plymouth Church and is survived by three daughters. Burial will be in his birthplace.
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Richard H. Stone
Jay Street
Brooklyn
Front Street
Fulton Street
Buddington
Brooklyn Hospital
Stone
Windsor
Dartmouth College
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Commonwealth Lodge
A. M
Plymouth Church
Fire in Big Tenement House Near Neighborhood House
A fire caused $500 damage to a four story double tenement at 741 Tenth Avenue owned by John D Rockefeller. Discovered by Patrolman Wood, it began on the second floor used by the Legal Aid Society and spread to the third and fourth floors occupied by Miss Alice White and Miss Helen M Hall. The Neighborhood House assists poor Irish families and is just north of the blaze.
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John D. Rockefeller
Legal Aid Society
Patrolman Wood
West 47Th Street
Alice White
Helen M. Hall
Harding Nominated on Regular Platform in Quiet Convention
Taft supporters hailed the regular platform as a result of an approved draft. Garfield withdrew, Bur ton broke the compact, and Cox commented on the outcome amid a closely watched convention.
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Harding
Garfield
Burton
Cox
Ohio Platform In A Nutshell Praises Taft For 1912 Nomination
The platform endorses President Taft for re nomination in 1912 and lauds his administration as the most remarkable in national legislation. It highlights sugar fraud prosecutions railroad rate safeguards stock law enforcement anti trust enforcement and mineral land withdrawals. It also supports tariff defense payne law pension expansion merchant marine naval strength income tax ratification and conservation.
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Taft
Congress
Ohio Republicans nominate Harding for governor at contentious convention
At Columbus a combined regular and Progressive Ohio Republican convention backs War ren Harding for governor. The platform endorses Taft era tariff policy and recalls no recall measure. Harding gains after a three ballot fight with Brown and Longworth, with Cox backing off to yield Hamilton votes.
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Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Garfield
Burton
Cuyahoga County
Nicholas Longworth
George B. Cox
O. B. Brown
Dayton
National Administration
Cox
Hamilton
Harding
Miniet Captured After El CaneyUprising
General Miniet and two followers were taken prisoner by rural guard under Lieutenant Carrillo near El Caney after an ambush raid. One insurgent died. others fled. Prisoners to Santiago and then Havana for trial on armed rebellion charges. Guards unharmed. Another insurgent group believed active. Regions reported tranquil.
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Miniet
el Caney
Carrillo
General Miniet
Liberia aid sparks British press debate on Monroe Doctrine
London reports roland P. Falkner arrives as the United States weighs financially aiding Liberia. Papers discuss possible U S control or protection seen as Monroe Doctrine infringement while German lenders back the plan to grant Liberia a 1.5 million dollar loan in cooperation with British and French bankers.
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Roland P. Falkner
United States
Liberia
Morning Post
Germany
South Africa
Falkner
American Commission
Mr. Falkner
Hamburg
Washington
Ejection Attempt Ends With Injuries At Wilkinsburg Home
Albert Slackgear tried to eject his mother in law Amelia Mayhew from his Wilkinsburg residence after a court ruling. He was hospitalized with a fractured skull. Mrs Slackgear used a flatiron in defense, striking Slackgear’s head. he remains unconscious. The mother in law reportedly still holds sway.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Albert J. Slackgear
Wilkinsburg
Amelia Mayhew
Slackgear
Nebraska Sees Ten Year Heat Record Across State
Telegraphed from Omaha July 27 as Nebraska endures the hottest day in a decade with readings above 100 degrees at all stations. Omaha hits 104, Fairbury 107, Fremont 100 plus, and no relief or rain expected for the next thirty six hours as the heat wave drives eastward.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Fairbury
Fremont
trans-Missouri
Eight Officials Jailed in St Petersburg Corruption Sweep
In St Petersburg eight prominent officials including Colonel Akimoff were jailed at the fortress of St Peter and St Paul amid serious corruption charges.
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St. Petersburg
Akimoff
St. Peter and St. Paul
Jewels Recovered From Mrs Rea in Pittsburg Case
Nearly all jewelry of Mrs Henry R Rea of Sewickley Heights once reported stolen has been found valued at 190000. They were discovered in a Pittsburg bank lock box where she had placed them and forgotten them. The Perkins Union Detective Agency says it cannot confirm or deny the explanation.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Henry R. Rea
Sewickley Heights
United States
George T. Oliver
Rea
Gilbert Perkins
Union Detective Agency
Pittsburg Leader Proposes City Run Dance Halls
Pittsburg public safety director John M. Morin claims Pittsboro youth are delaying marriage and announces plans for city run dance halls with music and public skating rinks under police oversight to promote "clean amusements" and better patronage.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
John M. Morin
Pittsboro
Morin
Texas Legislature to Probe Campaign Money Ties
The Texas House adopted a resolution to appoint a special committee for a broad investigation into alleged improper money use in the Democratic campaign to nominate O B Colquitt for governor by anti prohibition forces. Other charges about funding for the state wide prohibition amendment and for state and district campaigns will also be examined.
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Tripun
Austin
Tex
O. B. Colquitt
House
Marshall P Wilder Dying in Atlantic City
Atlantic City July 27 Marshall P Wilder humorist is believed dying of acute indigestion. Two doctors labor to save him though his condition worsened after three weeks of illness. Mrs Wilder is ill from worry and nursing.
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Telea_aph
Atlantic City
Marshall P Wilder
Wilder
Pearson Liquidations and Rail Stocks Rally After Break
A sharp rally followed a previous market break as United States Steel and rail shares led gains 1 to 3 percent. Reports say a banking syndicate led by Kuhn Loeb took over large blocks of stocks once held by Anglo American investors led by Dr. F S Pearson, amid ongoing liquidation uncertainty.
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Kuhn, Loeb & Co
F. S. Pearson
Rock Island Preferred
Lehigh Valley
Wabash
Missouri Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Pearson
Dr. Pearson
Jealousy Triggers Strike at Milbury Bathing Suit Plant
In Elizabeth New Jersey July 27 a plant strike began when sixty workers quit over jealousy between forewoman Mrs Robert Tons and Mrs L A W Milbury wife of the factory owner and Cornell graduate The workers demand a nine hour day and Saturday half holiday and seek to retain Mrs Tons amid tensions Photos show Mrs Tons serving lemonade to strikers and cake while the Milburys assume control of the factory
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Elizabeth
N. J
Robert Tons
L. A. W. Milbury
Cornell
Milbury Atlantic Manufacturing Company
Milburys
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