Hearst Faces Eighty Injury Suits Over Fireworks Death
City pursues damages from William R Hearst over the 1902 election night explosion in Madison Square leading to Dennis Shea’s death. Suits total about $4 000 per count with appeals and counters in the recount case affecting Hearst’s role and potential control of the city Law Department.
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William R. Hearst
Oo Square
Hearst
Tammany Spe
Dennis Shea
Sedan
Ater
Got
Shea
Samuel Melker
Lindau
Amelus V. Collins
Josiah J. Stover
Erst
Law Department
Pierce
Margaret Shea
Ely Od
Tsom
Serest
Rives
Teise
FitzGerald
Na- Mal Association of Democratic Clubs
Jam R. Hearst
Hoffman House
Ber
Tammany
Lower West Side
Ex- Schmitz
San Francisco
Paris Murder Stuns City as Banker Remy Slain
In Paris on June 7 police investigated the stabbing death of Auguste Remy a 77 year old retired banker at his home on Rue de la Pepiniére The crime appears to involve theft of money and jewels and a wine carafe and three glasses found at the scene point to three suspects linked to the Steinheil case.
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Partridge
Remon
McGrath
Cohen
Madison Avenue
Madison Square
Heen
Mien
Atas
Sints
Bonn
Tu&ax
Paris
Auguste Remy
Rue de la Pepiniére
Steinheil
Car overturns injure dozens near Delmar Garden
An open car on the Creve Cour Lake Suburban Line derailed on a sharp bend west of Delmar Garden, killing one man and seriously injuring more than forty others, with many expected to die.
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Tribune
St. Louis
Yale Senior Drowns as Canoe Capsizes in Sound
Yale juniors Arthur Ward Ruff of Schenectady and George Catlin of New Haven manned a canoe that capsized in the Sound. Ruff, who regained consciousness, says Catlin clung to the canoe as they floated for hours. Burroughs and Sparhawk, who fled to shore, are safe. Rescue teams seek Catlin’s body and another Yale junior Wilbur Curtis was saved from an overturned boat nearby.
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the Tribune
New Haven
Stony Creek
Arthur Ward Ruff
Yale
Schenectady
N. Y
George Catlin
W. N. Sparhawk
West Swansea
N. H
H. H. Burroughs
Coeymans
Burroughs
Sparhawk
Catlin
Ruff
Wilbur Alonzo Curtis
East Haven
Woodmont
Three Drown In Lake Quinsigamond Canoe Disaster
Worcester mass June 7 two girls and a boy members of a canoeing party of four drowned when their craft overturned on Lake Quinsigamond The dead include seventeen year old Frank H Farwell of 10 Walnut street The other two girls names not learned The remaining boy Allison D Watrous thirteen clung to the boat until rescued The girls joined Farwell after he invited them to canoe with the party
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Worcester
Mass
Lake Quinsigamond
Frank H. Farwell
Calvin Gay
Walnut Street
Allison D. Watrous
D. E. Watrous
Maple Terrace
Farwell
Brooklyn Man Submerged After Rescue Attempt Off Scotland Lightship
John Hanselmann of 13 Baltic street Brooklyn was swept overboard by a sloop boom while fishing with friends off Scotland Lightship. James Thompson of 13th street leapt in to save him and kept him afloat until near the vessel, but Hanselmann slipped from grasp and sank despite rescuers’ efforts. He was 45, married.
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Scotland
John Hanselmann
Baltic Street
Brooklyn
James Thompson
13Th Street
Hanselmann
Swimmer Drowns in Thoroughfare Off Ocean City
Ocean City New Jersey June 7 Herbert Morrison twenty years old son of John C Morrison of Philadelphia was drowned while swimming from a boat in the Thoroughfare back of the city He sank in deep water before friends could reach him and his body was not recovered.
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Ocean City
N. J
Herbert Morrison
John C. Morrison
Philadelphia
Two Youths Believed Drowned in Sabattis Lake
The bodies of fourteen year olds Frederick Gifford and Harry Currier are believed missing after an overturned boat and gear found on Sabattis Lake in Webster. Currier is the son of musician Frederick Currier of New York City and Gifford is the cousin of Henry Gifford of Lewiston.
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Auburn
Sabattis Lake
Webster
Frederick Gifford
Harry Currier
Currier
Frederick Currier
New York City
Henry Gifford
Lewiston
Boy Drowns After Bathing in Delaware River
Bordentown New Jersey reports a tragedy as Albert Frank aged thirteen, son of Albert Frank of Bordentown, drowned in the Delaware River at Whitehill while swimming with friends. He could not swim and was carried out beyond his depth this afternoon.
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Bordentown
N. J
Albert Frank
Delaware River
Whitehill
Seven rescued after 35 foot sloop capsizes near Brighton Beach
Lifeguards at Brighton Beach saved seven people when a 35 foot sloop capsized 15 feet from shore yesterday afternoon. In trying to "prevent up" the tillerman, the boat upset throwing him and three other men and three women into the water. They clung to the boat’s bottom until lifeguards towed them ashore. After bailing out the craft the party reboarded without giving names.
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Brighton Beach
Falls From Launch Drowned Near Delanco
George Jones a Philadelphia decorator fell backward from the naphtha yacht Atlanta near Delanco New Jersey this afternoon and drowned in the Delaware in front of friends and his brother. The boat was stopped at once but he disappeared before aid could reach him.
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the Tribune
Delanco
N. J
Atlanta
George Jones
Philadelphia
Delaware
Jones
Balloonist Dies in Park Ascension Accident
Springfield Michigan June 7 Luther Edward Jones 27 a balloonist died when a parachute swung him into a dead tree limb during an ascent at Mildred Park He was married to a fellow aeronaut living in Hot Springs Arkansas.
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Springfield
Luther Edward Jones
Mildred Park
Jones
Hot Springs
Ark
Nurse Kills Doctor in Street Ambush at 135th Street
Dr. Martin W. Auspitz was shot twice outside his office at 131 West 135th Street by former sanatorium employee Sarah Koten, a Russian-born nurse. She admitted the crime at West 125th Street station, cited a failed assault claim, and said she sought justice on her own after alleged wrongdoing by the physician.
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Martin W. Auspitz
Philip S. Hirtenstein
East 93d Street
West 135Th Street
Sarah Koten
West 125Th Street
Harburger
Auspitz
Sinkelstein
Russia
155Th Street
Perkins
3D Precinct
Rochelle
Dr. Hirtenstein
Miss Koten
Hirtenstein
Harry White
Jacob Blackwell's Will Found From 1779 Island Estate Mentioned
County Clerk John A. Brown unearthed a will dated February 6 1779 by Jacob Blackwell. It transfers Blackwell's Island and a Long Island City farm to heirs, grants the wife a third of the farm and island, names slaves to relatives, distributes sums from 10 to 300 pounds, sets eight acres in Harlem for sale to pay debts, and reserves a family burial plot.
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Tribune
Binghamton
N. Y
John A. Brown
Jacob Blackwell
Blackwell
Harlem
Death of Rev Dr Milton H Mill rector at end aenter
The Rev Dr Milton H Mill rector of the Episcopal Church at the end aenter died today of typhoid pneumonia aged fifty one. His weakness followed concern for his wife recently operated on for appendicitis.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Milton H. Mill
Episcopal Church of the Endaenter
Mill
F G Bailey Arrested in Honduras Amid Shipping Row
A cable from Puerto Cortez Honduras reports F G Bailey president of Export Shipping Co of New Jersey his brother A W Bailey and H H Meyers and the Goldsboro crew arrested at US government request. Bailey faces larceny charges over goods valued in thousands with the ship tied to a banana plantation scheme. the matter involves registry changes and bankruptcy events.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
F. G. Bailey
Export Shipping Company
New Jersey
A. W. Bailey
H. H. Meyers
Goldboro
United States
Goldsboro
Carlos C. Bolet
Brooklyn
State Department
Washington
Bailey
New York
Wahle
Star Machine Drill Company
Atlantida
Crowded Cars Crash In Brooklyn Injuring Nine
A crash between two streetcars on Gravesend avenue near Neck Road left nine injured. Motorman James Donnelly said his car slid after braking. Notable wounded include Agnes Mullin and Annie Hart. John Gomasa, pinned, suffered a severe injury. ambulances and fire crews aided victims.
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Gravesend Avenue
S6 Street
Brooklyn
15Th Street
Coney Island
Ninth Avenue Line
James Donnelly
Agnes Mullin
Sackett Street
Coney Island Hospital
Mary Mullins
Annie Hart
Ninth Avenue
Mabel Hart
Mary David
Stacia Veasey
Henry Street
James O'Connor
James
William Trumpfeller
Reid Avenue
John Gomasa
No. 120
Palister Place
Neck Road
Engine Company 14
Gamasa
Gas FATALITIES AT GOLD KING MINE IN COLORADO
Six men die and eight more are in critical condition from gas in the Gold King mine at Gladstone Colorado after a fire destroyed the engine and shaft houses. Rescue crews recovered the dead Victor Erickson and the injured John Sumston and Otto Johnson.
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Silverton
Col
Gold King
Gladstone
Victor Erickson
John Sumston
Otto Johnson
Spreckels Secretly Marries Alma De Brettville
Adolph B. Spreckels secretly wed Alma de Brettville in Philadelphia last month and has since sailed for Europe. The bride, previously known for a breach of promise suit won for $1,290 in a Klondike mining case, was an actress. Spreckels, son of Claus Spreckels, is known for his Aptos horse breeding farm and Napa home.
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the Tribune
San Francisco
Adolph B. Spreckels
Claus Spreckels
Alma de Brettville
Philadelphia
Europe
Charles Anderson
Mr. Spreckels
Aptos
Napa
Miss de Brettville
Fire at Blackmailers Threatens Pollock Estate in Pittsfield
William Pollock of New York received a second Black Hand note demanding 5000 dollars and threatening death. A dummy package triggered an armed confrontation as two Italians fled, with a third man at large. Pollock has hired guards and notified police. the incident centers on the Holmes dale estate, formerly Oliver Wendell Holmes’s country seat.
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The
Tribune
Pittsfield
Mass
William Pollock
New York
Holmesdale
Pollock
Mr. Pollock
John Kernochan
Lenox
Graft Allegations Hit Washington Postoffice Site
Pittsburg reports claim officials in Washington tied to selecting the 16th street postoffice site to a graft fund of 65 200 dollars. A suit seeks 22 000 for options on land. Armstrong defends paying 4 900 and cites 58 000 in expenses for supporters. A names list with a prominent figure at 15 000 appears, with a go-between Washington correspondent said to have gotten 5 000.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Washington
Postoffice
16Th Street
Chamber of Commerce
Jesse H. Wise
William E. Minor
Timothy J. Wisecarver
John H. Armstrong
Snowden G. Lennox
Armstrong
Cincinnati
Louisville
Dr Joseph Pospisiel Dies After Shootout at Home
Dr Joseph Pospisiel a Pension Office employee in Washington held police at bay for hours firing at neighbors and police. He shot himself in the brain after injecting cocaine to steady himself, dying en route to hospital. He moved from Wisconsin eighteen years ago and left relatives there.
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Washington
Joseph Pospisiel
Pension Office
Pospisiel
Psiel
Dr. Pospisiel
Wisconsin
Highwaymen Kill Man in Chattanooga Hold-Up
In Dossville avenue last night Joseph Knight a business man was killed and Miss Sallie Pool fatally wounded when three negroes halted their vehicle. Knight resisted as the assailants fired. The culprits fled as armed citizens search with bloodhounds.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Dossville Avenue
Joseph Knight
Knight
Miss Pool
Tornado Hits Charles City Demolishing Homes
A tornado struck Charles City Iowa on June 7 demolishing about two hundred houses. It killed W R Beck and a child and left three children missing. Wires were down and farm buildings and stock ruined as the funnel passed from southeast of town to northeast side near the river. The cyclone narrowly missed Charles City College as barns and trees were hurled far from their foundations. Water was blown from the river channel.
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Charles City
Iowa
W. R. Beck
Charles City College
Allies Yield To Strength Of Taft Nomination
Chicago June 7 The opposition to Secretary Taft's nomination collapses as the allied group led by Senator Crane abandons delaying tactics. Senator Bradley consents to curb extreme remarks, and Taft supporters insist on seating only regularly elected delegates. Taft decisive stance ends the coordinated challenge to credentials.
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Tribune
Chicago
Taft
Crane
Massachusetts
National Committee
Bradley
Kentucky
Ledge
Philippines
The
National
Alabama
Florida
Arkansas
Georgia
Senator Lodge
Frank B. Kellogs
Minnesota
Fulton
Oregon
Sam
Fairbanks
Hart
Iowa
Mulva
United States
Hitchcock
Charles P. Taft
Washington
Chicago Athletic Club
Tua
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Stablich
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A. B. Spreckels
Sugar Man
Insane Pension Office
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