Motorman New On Line Caused Trolley Wreck
A trolley accident at Moore's Corner near Providence left eleven seriously injured and two dead after a car fell from the track on a sharp curve. Motorman W J Laucher, unfamiliar with the route, attempted braking but the crowding and momentum toppled the open car. Rescue teams used heavy stones and joists to lift the car, with victims transported to hospitals.
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Crescent Park
Providence
Olmeyville
Thornton
Moore's Corner
Riverside
Seth Wood
Rhode Island
St. Joseph
John Gavin
George Atcherson
Olneyville
Joseph McQuade
Tamerlane Finishes Bermuda Race In Record Time
The yawl Tamerlane owned by Frank Maier and skippered by Thomas Fleming Day finished the Brooklyn Yacht Club Lipton Cup race to Bermuda, reaching 3 28 p m after a 65? mile five day six hour forty three minute passage from New York. The vessel set a fast record for its size and rig.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Frank Maier
Thomas Fleming Day
Brooklyn Yacht Club
Tamerlane
Gauntlet
George W. Robinson
New York
Gravesend Bay
Frandy Hook
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sandy Hook
Vila
Maier
Lila
Yacht Club Anchorage
Robinson
Scrap Pile for Old Men Delivers Aged Debate at A M A Meet
Telegraph dispatch reports Dr. Wood Hutchinson of Red Plains Sanatorium California at the American Medical Association convention. He argues aging physicians are a lamentable spectacle and should yield to younger talent, provoking lively discussion among attendees.
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Tribune
Boston
Wood Hutchinson
Red Plains
California
American Medical Association
American Academy of Medicine
Pittsburg Day Express Ad Ends Early Run Time
Train service listing notes nine hours to Pittsburgh on the Pittsby Day Express via Pennsylvania Belrond Lea and New York with daily nine sixty five a m departure time.
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Pittsby Day Express
Pennsylvania
Belrond Lea
New York
Moorhead Honeymoon Romance From Pittsburg to Long Island
John Alston Moorhead of a leading Pittsburg family marries Frances Doorts his mother’s French maid who nursed him through typhoid. After family quarrels and disinheritance, Moorhead follows his uncle Horace R. Moorhead’s aid to Southampton. He seeks work to prove himself while the maid remains loyal and supportive. The tale traces Moorhead’s rise from an early furnace business to a renewed footing with his wife by his side.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
John Alston Moorhead
Horace R. Moorhead
Southampton
Long Island
Moorhead
Frances Doorts
Young Moorhead
New York
Holland House
John Moorhead
Horace
Grace rescues trio after catboat capsizes in Sound
Captain John A. Ebbett of the Grace saved William Carpenter and two youths from drowning off New Rochelle. The catboat capsized while recovering a hat blown overboard. Two miles away the Grace steamed in. the captain dove to save a man as his watch sank. A physician later revived the rescued after the boat rushed to shore.
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John A. Ebbett
L. A. Newcombe
Grace
William Carpenter
New Rochelle
Carpenter
Ebbett
Wu Tingfang Retires From Chinese Official Life
Wu Tingfang former Chinese Minister to Washington has left Peking on leave and may reside in Shanghai due to disgust with official life. After returning from America he influenced the Empress Dowager but court officials blocked his reform plans. He has openly condemned official corruption. Once outspoken, he might have faced severe punishment a few years ago.
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Peking
Wu-Ting-fang
Washington
Shanghai
America
Auto Hits Bridge In Stamford Crash
In Stamford on June 3 a car owned and driven by A L Palmer collided with a bridge abutment over the Naugatuck River, overturning and ejecting Palmer, his wife Rebecca Staples, Palmer's aunt, and Staples's sister. Staples, over eighty, suffered a broken leg and internal injuries and remains in serious condition as the car lay wrecked.
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Stamford
Conn
A. L. Palmer
Noroton River
Mr. Palmer
Rebecca Staples
Miss Staples
Palmer
Wrecked in midair Beachey battles for life high above Cleveland
Lincoln J Beachey the aeronaut endured a fifteen minute struggle in a disabled airship hovering above Luna Park. A strong breeze caused navigation to fail and a counter current tore the craft, ripping the gas bag. Beachey dangled by ropes then collapsed as the ship fell. He was pulled from the wreckage and revived as onlookers watched.
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The
Tribune
Cleveland
Ohio
Lincoln J. Beachey
Luna Park
Beachey
Train of the Century Promises Night Ride to Chicago
The Twentieth Century Limited runs 18 hours between New York and Chicago by the New York Centred Lines. It leaves New York at 3:30 p.m. and arrives in Chicago at 8:39 a.m. the next day. Advan
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Twentieth Century Limited
New York
Chicago
New York Centred Lines
Advan
Cassatt Returns to Lead Pennsylvania Railroad Probe
A J Cassatt president of the Pennsylvania Railroad arrived home at Haverford from Europe and will join the board in a full inquiry into charges revealed during Interstate Commerce Commission proceedings about bribes from coal operators. He defended officer stock ownership as not illegal if lawfully acquired, urged practical rules, and praised past reforms including ending rebates and politics in railroading. He emphasized equal rates and pledged careful scrutiny of any wrongdoing while noting engine car shortages and rising coal output.
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Philadelphia
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Haverford
Penn
Europe
Fromm
London
Cassatt
Pennsylvania
Amerika
Roosevelt Deck
Robert K. Cassatt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Panic at Sea on Joy Line Steamer Edgemont
Four alleged pickpockets Spiegel Siegel Henry Shaw Morris Reboit and Noah Perus created a panic with a knife attack on first mate Michael Condon after boarding the Edgemont near Block Island. They were overpowered by the crew, jailed at Police Headquarters, and face arraignment as detectives question them.
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Joseph Spiegel
Henry Shaw
Morris Reboit
Noah Perus
Joy Line
Edgemont
Providence
R. L
Spiegel
Michael Condon
Reilly
Thorpe
Carroll
Tinker
Siegel
Shaw
Perus
Condon
Block Island
Death in Runaway Tragedy in Morristown New Jersey
Miss Minnie Wheeler daughter of the late Andrew C. Wheeler known as Nym Crinkle dies after leaping from a frightened carriage during a runaway in Morristown. Maud Munroe drives the horse. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Aldrich suffer injuries. Ambulances remove the injured to hospitals. body taken to Strubel's Morgue. Miss Wheeler 35, charter member of Twelfth Night Club.
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Tribune
Morristown
N. J
Minnie Wheeler
West 54Th Street
New York
Andrew C. Wheeler
Maud Munroe
Miss Wheeler
H. L. Aldrich
San Remo Hotel
John O. H. Pitney
South Street
Miss Munroe
Mr. Aldrich
Mrs. Aldrich
Memorial
All Souls
Speedwell Avenue
Strubel
Miss
Seabury Lawrence
West Sith Street
Twelfth Night Club
Lawrence
Three Men Dead As Pole Rigging Collapses In Jersey City
Three men were killed and two injured when a 110 foot stack being raised by the Daugherty Rigging Company collapsed at Washington and Bay streets. Foreman Hahrman directed the operation as two jim poles snapped causing the boom to drop the stack onto workers at the winch. The dead were Charles Armbuster, Charles Berg, and George Matteson. injured Martin Hahrman, Peter Johnson. Bodies taken to Hughes's morgue.
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Jersey City
Brooklyn
Washington and
Bay Streets
Hudson Tunnels Company
Daugherty Rigging Company
New York
Hahrman
Johnson
Hughes
Boys Kill Big Bear Near Mount Whiteface
Hubert and Paul Stevens with guide John Orinsby trap a large Adirondack black bear at Mount Whiteface. Hubert shoots when a rifle misfires, killing the bear with a second shot behind the ear. The 450 pound bear was about five years old with seven inch paws as locals and visitors, including Victor Herbert and George Daniels, view the find.
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The
Tribune
Lake Placid
N. Y
Hubert Stevens
Paul Stevens
George A. Stevens
Stevens
Adirondacks
Mount Whiteface
John Orinsby
Victor Herbert
Packers to Fight Bill in Vigorous Campaign
Packers launch a strong campaign against the meat inspection bill challenging President Roosevelt. The Sioux City Livestock Exchange and packers owned stockyards urge Secretary Wilson to tell Congress that current inspection is satisfactory and seek Iowa lawmakers to support that view. Similar moves are planned at Omaha St Joseph and St Louis packing centers.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Roosevelt
Sharp Fight in Natal Near Nkandhla Ends with Heavy Casualties
Durban reports a clash between colonial forces and rebels near Nkandhla. Four soldiers killed and seven wounded while rebels suffer heavy losses, with sixty rebels killed in the engagement.
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Natal
Durban
Nkandhla
Riots Checked in Kiang-Se Suppressed
Shanghai reports Kiang Se riots suppressed after two small engagements. Ten rioters were killed and sixteen captured. Foreigners were not molested.
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Kiang-Se
Shanghai
Cananea Riot Sparks Mexican American Miner Clash
Mexican regulars move toward Cananea as two hundred marchers threaten with rifles. one hundred wait across the border at Ciudad Juarez awaiting entry if needed. Union and militia fighters clash in Cananea, six Mexicans die, Americans suffer no injuries. Reports warn of further violence amid talks of a new Sonora republic and rising anti American sentiment among Mexican workers.
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Tribune
el Paso
Texas
Cananea
Ciudad Juarez
United States
W. C. Greene
Capote Hill
Colonel Greene
Greene Company
Sonora
Mexico
Sam Houston
L. M. Seabreeze
Colorado
Greene
Mexico City
Galbraith
Luis E. Torres
George
William Metcalf
Fighting in Morocco as Pretender Rebounds in June Clash
Tangier reports renewed fighting between Sultan's forces and the Pretender. The Pretender has driven back loyal troops, inflicted heavy losses, and devastated Riff territory.
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Tangier
Rescue Of Hoboken Brothers After Boat Capsize On Bay Ridge
Fred and Charles Foster of 2 Adams Street Hoboken built the fourteen foot Three Brothers rowboat. While sailing from the foot of 5th Street a halyard tangled and wind capsized the craft. Harbor tug Scout Captain Bell rescued the men and towed the boat to Communipaw.
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Fred
Charles Foster
Adams Street
Hoboken
Sth Street
Bay Ridge
Bell
Three Drown as Mother Tries Suicide After Tragedy
A Connecticut River trio drowns Umberto Fuston thirteen and Aurelio Petruzai perish during a rescue attempt by John Bernadies. A distraught mother then makes two suicide attempts, witnessed by onlookers on a Sunday afternoon.
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The
Tribune
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Umberto Fuston
Aurelio Petruzai
John Bernadies
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Charles
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Berg
74Th Street
Matteson
Manhasset Place
Martin
St. Francis’s'Hospital
Peter
Big Bear
Sons of Stevens House
Packers
Bill
Republic of
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Boundary Line
Morocco
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