Engine Sparks Rescue of Pullman Cars in Fire at City Yard
In a fierce blaze at the New York Central yards a 100 by 20 foot frame paint shop and oilhouse burned, threatening two tracks of Pullman cars. Engineer John Nolan known as Grimy Jack ran through flames to back an engine and pull fifteen cars to safety while Battalion Chief Turpenny and Patrolman Hearie coordinated alarms and firefighting efforts.
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New-York Central
Stera
Sheridan Ave
John Nolan
Nolan
Hearie
Morrisania
Onehundre¢-And
Nolen
Fleming
Turpenny
John Barret
Fire Rips Harlem Five Story Brownstone No 1 930 Third Ave
Boys chasing a lost baseball believed to ignite a dramatic blaze in a Richardson Row building owned by the Cassidy estate. Fire officers battled for over an hour and a half as residents fled to rear fire escapes and bystanders watched from nearby tracks. The blaze disrupted Third Avenue elevated trains as water was hurled from above and a census searched for occupants.
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Third-ave
Richardson Row
Cassidy
Harlem
Costin
Fourth-St
Waemer
Purrey
Smith
Scaffold Collapse Injures Three on Brooklin Gas Work
Three men fell from a scaffold yesterday afternoon at a Brooklin Union Gas Company building site at Twelfth street South Brooklin. James Nolan 49 of Manhattan sustained head injuries and internal injuries. William Fitzgerald 51 of Manhattan suffered chest injuries. Michael Lyden 27 of Brooklyn had the left hand fingers crushed. Nolan was taken to Sewer Hospital. the others were sent home.
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Brooklin Union Gas Company
Twelfth St
South Brooklin
James Nolan
Eighth-ave
Manhattan
William Fitzgerald
East
Eleventh-St
Michael Lyden
Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn
Nolan
Larceny charge ties to bank loan fraud by Hoff
John N Hoff of Newark was arraigned in Jefferson Market court on a larceny charge involving $19 000 obtained from the Gansevoort Bank on a false asset statement. Banks lent nearly $250 000 to Hoff based on similar statements as his paint firm failed. Hoff posted bail and a hearing is set for tomorrow.
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John N. Hoff
Broadst
Newark
Jefferson Market
Thomas A. Adams
Gansevoort Bank
West Fourteenthst
Pechner
Hoff
Mark Alter
Adams
Aster
Alter
S. W. E. M. Rice Co
David Levy
Townsend, Dyett and Levy
John M. Hoff
Easton
Penn
Lafayette College
S. E. M. Rice
S. E. M. Rice & Co
New Jersey Agricultural Chemical Company
Ardsley Murder Case Reward Rises to 2900 Amid Confusion
The Ardsley murder investigation stalls as new leads fade and a hatless man crew proves inconsequential. At the Ardsley Club meeting members split over contributing to Edwin Goulds reward fund, with $50 and $100 gifts pushing the total to 2900. Coroner comments loom over unexplained handling of a dying witness and sarah campbell sits near arrest as the Marx Brothers letter fails to shed light.
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Ardsley
Ardsley Club
Edwin Gould
Tarrytown
Russell
Sarah Campbell
Tribune
Marx Brothers
Springfield
Hugh F Fox Blames Silence on Child Labor Debate at Atlanta Conference
Hugh F Fox chairman of the dependent children and child labor committee and New Jersey Children’s Guardians president says Southern manufacturers largely avoided presenting their side at the National Conference of Charities and Correction in Atlanta. He notes few speakers touched on child labor, calls for a vagrancy law, warns about racial implications of educated blacks and poor whites, and says mills must train skilled workers to stay competitive while avoiding Northern labor influence and unions.
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South
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Atlanta
Georgia
Hugh F. Fox
Committee On Dependent Children and Child Labor
New Jersey
Manufacturers Against Bailey Law Form Strong Opposition
The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers vowed a bitter campaign against Governor Odell's Bailey automobile bill. Professor Charles Thaddeus Terry of Columbia will serve as attorney, funded by a raised treasury at the next meeting. A test case and federal court action are planned, with an endurance race York to Pittsburg and a Montreal commercial vehicle test planned for fall.
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Odell
National Association of Automobile Manufacturers
Charles Thaddeus Terry
Columbia
M. J. Budlong
New York
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
A. L. Riker
Chicago
H. W. Alder
Charles E. Duryea
Rollin H. White
Otto Berg
Montreal
A. Miles
Independent ice dealers claim 100000 tons of ice for poor
After District Attorney Jerome spoke to the Independent Ice Dealers Association in Manhattan, a caller named Leon Adler offered 100000 tons of ice for sale to Jerome at a fair price to help the poor. Jerome advised presenting the offer to the committee and Hawkes commented on Dock Department permits to support independent ice dealers, noting permits granted in the past and that pier use remains legally restricted.
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Jerome
Independent Ice Dealers’ Association
Suffolk St
Leon E. Adler
Libertyst
Adler
Ice Trust
Mr. Jerome
Mr. Adler
Dock Department
Hawkes
West Thirty-ninth St
Forty Houses Burned at Hull
Ottawa reports a major fire in Hull suburbs destroying twenty eight small millworker dwellings. A brisk wind fed the blaze but Ottawa firemen arrived before uncontrolled spread. Loss estimated at 35 000 to 40 000 dollars with no insurance. About one hundred homeless cared for locally. Earlier, a separate Coteau Quebec fire destroyed eight houses worth 20 000 dollars.
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Ottawa
Hull
Coteau
Quebec
Bottled Beer Fuels Growth Says Anheuser Busch
The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association cites over eighty-three million bottles of a single brand in 182 as proof that the old whiskey decanter has faded. Bottling began in the early seventies under Pasteurizinge and Budweiser sales rose to $.7%.30 per year, illustrating beer as the great American drink and a step toward temperance.
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Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
Wanted pistol permit renewed at police HQ
Mrs Hetty Green visited Police Headquarters yesterday to renew her revolver permit issued at Leonard Street station a year ago. The new rule requires in person visits. Officers Brooks and Sheldon denied seeing her. Leonard Street rep said a Mrs Green rep called earlier. Her permit has recently expired.
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Hetty Green
Greene
Leonard St
Green
Brooks
Sheldon
A New Verse for Moulan Arrest at Wallack's Theatre
Clyde Dance of Baltimore visiting John Hoagland was arrested at Wallack's Theatre on disorderly conduct charges brought by Frank Moulan and Maude Lillian Berri of the Sultan of Sulu company. Moulan alleged a first balcony box served as a boisterous scene of flowers and cheers, while a beer stein with candy was thrown toward Miss Berri during a performance. A friend claimed a company member, a woman, tossed flowers to actors, and disputed the Stein incident, calling the arrest an outrage. Smith was later admitted to pall.
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Clyde Dance
Baltimore
John Hoagland
No. 89
West Twenty-seventhst
Wallack’s
Frank Moulan
Maude Lillian Berri
Sultan of Sulu
Moulan
Tenderloin
Smith
Statement silly says Brooklyn architect defends plans
Rudolph L. Daus, architect for the Hall of Records reconstruction, rejects claims he appropriated another designer’s ideas. Competing architect Frank Helmle faces an inquiry by the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Institute of Architects as the investigation widens. Witnesses may include John Kearney, former Commissioner of the Department of Public Buildings, with background hints of a Tammany firm favored in awarding the contract and a push to involve Brooklyn architects in competition.
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Rudolph L. Daus
Hall of Records
Fulton St
Boerum Place
Brooklyn
Frank Helmle
Department of Public Buildings
Daus
Helmle
American Institute of Architects
John Kearney
New York
Tammany Firm
Horgan & Slattery
James J. Kirwin
Accuses Municipal Reformer In Scranton Trial
In Scranton, Pennsylvania, W. W. Scranton, president of the Scranton Gas and Water Co., faces cross-examination on the shelling charge of Councilman Wade M. Finn. Scranton described Finn as a bribe taker who squealed and likened him to a skunk. E. B. Sturgis, Municipal League president, denied meeting Scranton to compromise the case. The jury will hear the case tomorrow morning after closing arguments.
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Scranton, Penn
W. W. Scranton
Scranton Gas and Water Company
Wade M. Finn
Finn
Scranton
Sturgis
Municipal League
Joseph O’brien
Edwards
A B See Electric Elevator Company Adverts
Electric Elevator Company manufacturers of Electric Passenger and Freight Elevators for moderate and high duty with mechanical and electrical control. Automatic elevators for private residences. New York office at 220 Broadway and Philadelphia office at Real Estate Trust Building. Works located at Front and Pearl streets Brooklyn New York.
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A. B. See Electric Elevator Company
New York
St. Paul Building
Broadway
Philadelphia
Real Estate Trust
Front and
Pearl Streets
Brooklyn
N. Y
Injunction Granted Over Ballots In New York Election
Justice Greenbaum in the Supreme Court granted William Hepburn Russell an injunction to stop sixty one county clerks from destroying ballots cast for Greater New York Democracy candidates. The case aims to compel the Secretary of State to certify the party as a State entity with rights to nominate by convention rather than petition.
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Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
William Hepburn Russell
Greater New-York Democracy
Secretary of State
Greater New York Democracy
Walter O. Eschwege Dies Noted Sports Writer and Activist
Walter O. Eschwege known as Archie McDougall died after a long illness. Brooklyn born January 18, 185, he influenced American sports coverage, cycling advocacy, and Good Roads efforts. He helped build a Prospect Park to Coney Island bicycle path and published the football score card. He long served in the New York Press Club and News papers, starting as assistant sporting editor of The New York World. Cremation planned at Fresh Pond.
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Walter O. Eschwege
Brooklyn
Archie McDougall
Good Roads Association
Prospect Park
Coney Island
Nassau Athletic Club
Eschwege
New York Press Club
New-York World
Daily America
New-York Press
Fresh Pond
Croker Buys More Land Behind Wealth and Free Spouting
James O'Brien of Wantage arrived on the Teutonic and visited the Astor House. He commented on Richard Croker's wealth display and land purchases making him a leading estate holder, yet doubted Croker would make a good squire. He mocked Croker for not riding to hounds and noted Croker's socializing with laborers and his son Berbie drinking beer with stable boys.
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James O’brien
Wantage
England
Astor House
Richard Croker
O’brien
Croker
Funeral for Mrs Emma Tefft in Great Barrington
Mrs Emma Apgar Tefft aged sixty widow of William E. Tefft died at the Great Barrington home of John L E Pell after acute indigestion. Survived by eight children A T Wright H B Slayback W A Slayback John L E Pell Gladys Frank W William E and Charles G Tefft. Body to New York tomorrow. Funeral at 10 30 Friday at W A Slayback home. Burial in Woodlawn.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Emma Apgar Tefft
William E. Tefft
New York
John L. E. Pell
Tefft
A. T. Wright
H. B. Slayback
W. A. Slayback
Gladys Tefft
Frank W
William E
Charles G. Tefft
Woodlawn
Napman dealer in millinery faces fraud charges in court
Justice Davis heard Napman a millinery dealer plead guilty to defrauding six fire insurance companies. Assistant District Attorney Garvan seeks testimony to implicate downtown dry goods businessmen in “business fires.” Napman claimed stock worth 12000 and produced postfire invoices. he confessed bills were created after the blaze.
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Napman
Justice Davis
Supreme Court
Garvan
Joseph Sch
Death toll topples one hundred as tornado aftermath widens
Gainesville Ga June 3 The death list from Monday's tornado has passed the one hundred mark. Crowds of starving people gathered at a temporary commissary at daybreak receiving provisions signed by relief sub-committees. Rations were issued for one person for one week, with several families drawing for multiple members, and the supply warns of rapid exhaustion without replenishment.
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Gainesville
Cuban envoy Montoro sails for London post
Senior Rafael Montoro, Cuban lawyer and leading orator, arrived from Havana aboard the Mexico. Appointed minister to England, he will sail today on the Deutschland. He led the autonomy party in Cuba’s rebellion and later supported the republic, guiding Palma’s state affairs. He travels with a son and two staff, Fernandez de Castro and Nicolas Perez Stable.
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Rafael Montoro
Cuba
Havana
Mexico
Montoro
England
Sefior Montero
Autonomy Party
General Weyler
Palma
Fernandez de Castro
Nicolas Perez Stable
London
Twin sister confounds court in disorderly house case
Louise Martin was examined in Jefferson Market court on a charge of maintaining a disorderly house. A policemen identically described by a defendant’s attorney as Miss Martin’s twin sister appeared, and after inspection the officers could not distinguish them. The charge was dismissed.
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Louise Martin
Jefferson Market Court
Louis Lowenstein
Miss Martin
Captain Handy An Ajax in Italian Riot
A riot near 201 Mott Street drew hundreds of Italians after laborer Cosmo Secci was arrested. Captain Handy, partly dressed, led police through the crowd as five men fell to his blows and chaos ended in seven minutes. Secci and his sons Lecci and Giuseppe were jailed for disorderly conduct.
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Mottst
Excavators and
Rockmen’s Union
Bernstein
Mulberry St
Cosmo Secci
Houston St
Lecci
Dominico Lecci
Giuseppe
Hines
Captain Handy
Sullivan
Tigers
Gallagher
Bill” Smith
Handy
Railroad chief denies tunnel link to New York plan
Philadelphia June 3 President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad said the company is not connected with a proposed tunnel under the North River to connect Jersey City with Cortlandt street New York. He noted passengers would ride through the tunnel by trolley cars and elevators would connect Jersey City station to the tunnel station.
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THE
Tribune
Philadelphia
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
North River
Jersey City
New York
Cortlandt St
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Paint Company
Chance
Manufacturers Against Law
National Association To Carry
Bailey
Sulu
R. L. Daus
Scranton League
Walter L. Tyler
A.B
G. N. Y. D. Case
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W. E. Tefft
Commissary
Gainesville, Ga
Senor Montoro
Ajax
Pennsylvania Railroad
Drake
New York Orange
Tribune Building
Bank of Metropolis
Downtown Office Tribune
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Robert H. Syms
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F. A. Bryant
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Yale
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Bayonne
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Lear and Foreign Teachers’ Agency
M. J. Young-Fulton
Union Square
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Noom
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