Studio murder at the Steinheil home shocks Paris
Adolphe Steinheil the well known painter and his mother in law were murdered at dawn in their Rue de Vaugirard residence. The wife survived after being bound and gagged as three men and a woman ransacked the house seeking money and jewels. Police suspect intruders familiar with the Steinheil family and an Italian arrest rumored. Enquiries continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolphe Steinheil
6Th Thomas
Rue de Vaugirara
M. Steinheil
Steinpeste
Steinheil
Goft
Steines
Mme. Japy
M. Gumart
Tees
Mme. Steinbeil
Pére-la-Chaise
Mme
Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil
Paris
Meissonier
M. Faure
France
Police raid Metropole and Hotel Albany stun Tenderloin
Acting Captain Murphy led a police sweep in the White Light district arresting waiters for excise law violations at the Metropole wine room and Hotel Albany. The raids sparked a broader crackdown and rapid bail efforts by Joseph Cohen, an auctioneer, as authorities proclaimed the start of an earnest campaign against liquor violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Tenderloin Po
Metropole
Considines
Joseph Cohen
Broadway
Tim” Sullivan
Albany
Mauretania Ahead With Propeller Delay
The Mauretania, sailing from Liverpool four days prior, reports a disabled propeller and a wireless message at 6 am says she was averaging twenty knots eastward. She is not expected to dock tomorrow and must complete repairs, with Cunard aiming to resume speed on her next eastward passage within two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauretania
Bendy Hook
Sears
Teamorrow
Liverpool
Liverane
Poison mark on vodka labels discussed in Duma
A Duma committee in St Petersburg on May 21 weighed proposals to replace the skull and crossbones on vodka labels with clearer warnings about excess consumption. The debate centered on public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Douma Committee
Explosion kills two aboard launch in Delaware Light
A tanker explosion on a launch in the Delaware Light area killed two men from M6 and injured fourteen others. The incident occurred May 21 and involved a crew of six Cassidy members with one casualty from the blast. John Echmidbieichen was among those injured, while others remained uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware Light
Sixhack Cassidy
John Echmidbieichen
Ictin
Taft Defends Memorial Day Address On Grant
Secretary Taft expressed distress that his Memorial Day remarks about General Grant’s 1854 resignation cited alcohol weakness. He affirmed deep admiration for Grant and argued the reference shows a human side that strengthens his historical stature and moral example for youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
New York
Grant
Associated Press
General Grant
Army
Whole family drowns in Pensauken Creek accident
A four member Bridleman family William thirty eight Elizabeth thirty seven Anna seventeen and William seven from West Pensauken N J were drowned when a small rowboat capsized in Pensauken Creek near Riverton after being swept into a moored scow. Rescuers recovered all four bodies after hours of grappling with witnesses stating five or six were aboard initially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Bridleman
Elizabeth
Anna
William
West Pensauken
N. J
Pensauken Creek
Rirton
Delaware River
Riverton
Eidleman
Miss Bessie McLaughlin Rescued After Seaward Drift
Atlantic City May 31 a bathers mishap left Miss Bessie McLaughlin carried to sea while at Inlet Beach. A yacht party on the Olga sighted her two miles off shore and rescued her as she drifted on her back listed exhausted. Captain Luke Conover reports she will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Bessie McLaughlin
Inlet Beach
Olga
Luke Conover
Aeronaut Drowns After Parachute Jump Over Passaic River
Frederick L. Wood Jr., twenty, an aeronaut assistant to Frank Mack at Hillside Park Belleville New Jersey, died while parachutes tangled with a flag over the Passaic River after a 1000 foot ascent from a hot air balloon. Despite efforts by onlookers and Newark police boat crew, the body was not recovered. Wood, unmarried, resided with parents at 17 Chapel Street New Haven Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick L. Wood, Jr
Frank Mack
Hillside Park
Belleville
N. J
Passaic
Wood
Passaic River
Harold Johnson
Newark
Chapel Street
New Haven
Conn
Children Drown as launch capsizes off Stratford
Gertrude Raucher aged three and John Raucher aged five drowned when a launch capsized in the Housatonic River near Captain Bond's quarters in Stratford yesterday. Father Joseph Raucher and five men were rescued by Bert Keyes, Harry Lewis, and other pugilists after a long drag search. the children sank almost immediately. The father resisted the urge to jump back into the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Bridgeport
Raucher
Death of Montreal Poet Louis Frechette Leader of French Canadian Letters
Montreal on May 21 reports the death of Dr. Louis Frechette the noted French Canadian poet and leading litterateur and friend of Victor Hugo. He authored a series on the kings of France and was a member of the Royal Society of Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Louis Frechette
Victor Hugo
Frechette
France
Royal Society of Canada
Death of Duchesse de Brissac sister of Duc d'Uzes
May 31 obituary for Mathilde a'Uzes the Duchesse de Brissac who died after months of illness. Born in Paris in 1875, she was a sister of the Duc d'Uzes and died in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchesse de Brissac
Mathilde a’Uzes
Duc d'Uzes
Paris
Spectator Killed at Ball Game in South Norwalk
Albert Anderson, a spectator at a local ball game in South Norwalk, Conn., was struck in the eye by a batted ball and suffered a fractured skull. He died at Norwalk Hospital after the injury. The report notes a motor car travel section and advertising nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
South Norwalk
Conn
Albert Anderson
Norwalk
Fire on Long Island rail excursion train near Rockaway Beach
Passengers aboard a Long Island Railroad excursion train bound for Rockaway Beach panicked as a car caught fire from an electrical fault on a trestle near The Raunt. Flames and explosions spread, several passengers jumped the trestle, two women fainted, but all were later evacuated with no injuries after the motor was shut down and cars moved back to Brooklyn. Traffic halted for about ninety minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Rockaway Beach
Jamaica Bay
Brooklyn
May Rain Sets New Local Records at Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau reports May total rainfall at 3.10 inches, surpassing prior May records. May 7 brought 4.16 inches in 24 hours, the highest May 24-hour total in 38 years, eclipsing the May 1898 3.04 inches. Other top 24-hour figures include 9.40 inches in October 1902 and 6.17 inches on September 28, 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local Weather Bureau
Emery
Fatal Lightning Storms Hit Ohio Killings and Damage
Two people died and eight injured as severe lightning lashed Ohio yesterday and today. Edward Grant perished in a Mount Vernon barn blaze from a strike. Charles Mentzer Jr. was killed near Kenton in a field. A belt of lightning felled five field workers, killing two horses near Bowling Green. The Napoleon electric light plant was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Cleveland
Ohio
Mount Vernon
Edward Grant
Charles Mentzer, Jr
Kenton
Bowling Green
Napoleon
Honor for Harriman ward elects Japanese pupil governor
Kanematsu Sugiura, a Nagoya native educated in the United States under E. H. Harriman, was unanimously chosen governor of Public School 63 West 54th Street. He has been in the country two years and will serve a ten year term as Harriman's ward. School 69 pupils acclaimed him for his knowledge of American government, calling him the best boy in school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanematsu Sugiura
E. H. Harriman
West 54Th Street
Kanematsu
Nagoya
Japan
Harriman
Boston High School of Commerce Students Visit Rio Offer
Rio de Janeiro on May 31 reports Brazil grants free passage on select steamships and railways and 30 percent discounts on other routes for High School of Commerce students from Boston visiting Rio in June. The group will travel June 20 for three months to study commercial relations. Boston merchants have provided a $1,000 fund. The school seeks courtesy from Brazil and Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
High School of Commerce
Boston
Rio
South America
Brazil
Argentines Republic
British cruisers meet US fleet at Suva Fiji Islands
On May 31 Ss W notes the Cambrian and Prometheus will engage the American fleet at Suva in the Fiji Islands. The Powerful is scheduled to join the meet at Auckland Sydney, N.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. W
Cambrian
Suva
Fiji Islands
Auckland
Sydney
Passengers set afire as Brooklyn trolley blasts manhole
A manhole cover blew off on 9th Street Brooklyn near Fifth Avenue yesterday at 4 PM. Flames surged through an open trolley bound for Coney Island injuring Miss Mary Brennan and John Flynn, with conductor Michael Atkins saving Brennan by removing her clothing and covering her with his coat. Fire caused by faulty conduit wiring ignited sewer and gas, with sparks forcing passengers to douse flames and police and doctors aiding victims. The manholes continued to erupt for half an hour as crews repaired underground wires, with authorities noting recent grounding of wires and aged gas mains as contributing factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
9Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Michael Atkins
Mary Brennen
Clifton Place
John Flynn
Union Hill
Jamaica
Long Island
Flynn
J. E. Ginna
Seney Hospital
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad
Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Smith Street
Four Boys Robbed Great Northern Train Near Great Falls
Great Falls Montana May 31 three teens Albert Hatch fifteen William Randell seventeen Harry Rheams fifteen George Creswell sixteen confessed to robbing a Great Northern train at stock yards near the city. Hatch is accused of turning the switch forcing the engineer to back up and entering passenger cars with a gun demanding money. Dempsey was shot in the leg and conductor Hayes narrowly escaped. Rheams says Hatch proposed a second attempt on another train but Rheams resisted and Hatch threatened to kill him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Albert Hatch
William Randell
Harry Rheams
George Creswell
Randall
Rheams
Creswell
Hatch
William Dempsey
Jack” Hayes
Sun River
Montana Central Line
Butte
Former President Cleveland Leaves Lakewood for Princeton
Grover Cleveland, after two months treated for rheumatic gout and indigestion at Lakewood Hotel, left for Princeton in John Hays Hammond’s touring car. Accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland and Dr. G Rowe Lockwood, he descended stairs unaided for first time in seven weeks, greeting well-wishers before departing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
N. J
Cleveland
Princeton
John Hays Hammond
G. Rowe Lockwood
Joseph T. Bryant
Elopement in Lucerne Aims at Approved Marriage
Princess Amélie Louise of Furstenberg and Gustav Kozian, an auto firm employee, eloped and arrived in Lucerne with Kozian's mother. Negotiations with the princess's family continue for consent, but if they fail the wedding will be held soon in the city. The couple left for an unknown destination tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucerne
Amélie Louise of
Vaderland Wreck Rumor Circulates From Brussels Dispatch
A Brussels note in the Petit Journal alleges the Red Star steamship Vaderland with 1600 passengers wrecked in dense North Sea fog near Goodwin Sands after three collisions. Lloyds not confirming, Dover O coast witnesses claim to have seen the ship ashore. The Vaderland had sailings Antwerp to New York planned May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Brussels
Red Star
Vaderland
North Sea
Lloyds
Antwerp
New York
Dover
Goodwin Sands
Straits of Dover
Red Star Line
Clydebank
Haworth Castle
Collisions in English Channel amid dense fog
In Dover May 31 a twenty four hour fog caused several ship collisions. The British steamer Queenswood was towed to the harbor after colliding with the Spanish steamer Bermeo and sank before mooring. Bermeo arrived leaking, while Luanda crew report collision with an unknown vessel and await aid as Loanda is in bad condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Queenswood
Bermeo
Luanda
Hamburg
West Africa
Loanda
Jewel Fund Endows Stanford Library With 500000 Donation
The trustees of Stanford University set aside a Jewel Fund endowment of 500000 dollars from Jane L. Stanford jewels proceeds. The fund will support library acquisitions with about 35000 dollars annual interest. Mrs Stanford's wishes and financial need influenced the sale and allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford University
Tribune
San Francisco
Leland Stanford, Jr
Turkish Warship Arrives at Samos Reoccupy Threat Looms
May 31 report from Constantinople states a Turkish warship with a commissioner has reached Samos. The relieved garrison and restored Governor issue a calm proclamation. The Porte declares the trouble ended though renewed Turkish occupation is feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Samos
Porte
Turkey
Afghan Force Invades Persia Occupies Regan Town
Teheran reports seven hundred well armed Afghans crossed into Persian territory and seized Regan, a town about 180 miles southeast of Kerman, threatening Persian security and prompting regional concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Regan
Kerman
Delagrange Continues Trials In Rome Aeronaut Exhibition
Léon Delagrange, French aeronaut, built on yesterday’s distance record with a six minute flight in Rome. Thousands watched as he demonstrated despite light wind and planned another morning exhibition before Queen Margerita, with public admission barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Léon Delagrange
M. Delagrange
Margherita
Man's Picture in Dead Woman's Eye Mystery
Coroner in Alton Illinois had a photograph taken of one eye of a murdered woman said to have been thrown into the Mississippi River. The image faintly outlines a bearded man with hooked nose and glabrous scalp. Investigators seek a suspect using the ocular photograph while post mortem confirms drowning unlikely. neck broken after weeks in water. Also an advertisement notes $27 round trip to Chicago and $39 to New York with May 28 to June 1 travel options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Ill
Streeper
Mississippi River
Chicago
West Shore
New York Central
Advt
Oldfield in New Smash Wife Believed Dying
Automobile star Barney Oldfield survives a crash that wrecked his car and injures four others, including his wife who is believed near death from spinal injuries and eye damage at Lowell General Hospital. Passenger Joe O’Brien and two others suffer serious injuries. Oldfield later seeks help and denies blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Lowell
Mass
Barney Oldfield
Lowell General Hospital
Joe O'Brien
Boston
Oldfield
Big electric car crashes into auto in South Somerset
A New York New Haven Hartford electric train struck a car near the South Somerset crossing injuring Mrs Pauline Lindsey of East Providence fatally. Passenger Mrs M A Hopkins escaped with bruises and was taken to Union Hospital. Car owner M T Merwin and the chauffeur were unharmed. The group was traveling from Providence to Tiverton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Providence
South Somerset
Pauline Lindsey
Waterman Avenue
East Providence
Lindsey
M. A. Hopkins
Benefit Street
Union Hospital
M. T. Merwin
Milford
Conm
Woman Run Down En Route To Mass In Harlem
Mrs. Sarah Quinn of 889 First Avenue, 70, was struck by an automobile owned by Ernest Siegel of Siegel Machine Co at Q7th Street and Third Avenue and died minutes later. A patrolman moved her to the machine and rushed to Harlem Hospital. Siegel was arrested and paroled until today by Coroner Acritelli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass
Sarah Quinn
First Avenue
Q7th Street
Third Avenue
Ernest Siegel
Siegel Machine Company
Siegel
Harlem Hospital
Harlem
David Quinn
Speeding motorists in New York area face arrests in Sunday crackdown
The chauffeur of Frank J. Gould and a party racing from Philadelphia were captured near Garretson Staten Island. In Jamaica Long Island Lieutenant McDonald was forced off the road by a car at fifty miles an hour. He helped arrest William Schreiber after Schreiber fired shots and used a fictitious number. Schreiber, racing with Louis Duschness and driven by Thomas Murphy, was charged with speeding and reckless driving following a collision near Ridgewood Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Gould
David G. Currick
West 58Th Street
Philadelphia
Garretson
Staten Island
Jamaica
Long Island
Thomas McDonald
William Schreiber
West 49Th Street
Bingham
Jamaica Police
Louis Duschness
Baynd Street
Bath Beach
Thomas Murphy
McDonald
Murphy
Schreiber
Ridgewood Ave
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Sdolphe Steinheil
General
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Bretton Woods
25Th St
Jamaica Trestle
Harriman Ward
MR. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Dover-Ostend
Persia
Delagrange
Murderer
Victor
NEW Smash
Country Club
Barnum
Mrs. Oldfield
Mr. Oldfield
O’brien
Gould Chauffeur
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