Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Put In Receivership
United States District Judge W W Tanner named B Worthington as receiver for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad amid claims of debts exceeding 28 million dollars and notes due August 1. The action comes amid a costly Pittsburg Wabash terminal project and a history of heavy capital stock held by the Pittsburg Terminal. officials say earnings declined after a period of prosperity, with no guarantee the receivership will worsen or improve the road's fortunes.
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Gune
National Car Wheel Company of
Ork
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
United States
W. W. Tayner
Wheeling
B. Worthington
Cleveland
Surety Company
Baltimore
Judgc Tasvler
Pittsburg
Giessss
Tfs
Duncan
Sanders & Dempsey
C. A. Seiders
Wheeling Road
Wheeling & Lake
Pittsburg Wabash Terminal
Ramsey
Aho
Webish-Pittsburg Terminal Railway Company
BR. A. Worthington
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company
Watesh-Pittebure Terminal Railway Company
F. A. Delane
B. A. Worthington
Generl Mansger
Alvin W. Krech
Equitable Trust Company of
New York
Myron ‘Terick
Eavin Gould
Winslow S. Pierce
Edgar I Welles
W. E. Connor
E. T. Jeffery
En Terk
George A. Garretson
W. M. Duncan
G Mather
H. P. McIntosh
E. W. Ogiehbay
Ceveand
C. M. Spitzer
Wheeling & Lake Erie
International @Grat Northern
Western
Maryland
stash-Pittsburg
Missouri Pacific
Tribune Ceverend
Long Trip With Typhoid Immigrant to Greenwich
Telegraph report from June records Charles P. Geddes treasurer of Smith Gray & Co arriving in Greenwich with typhoid fever after a grueling travel ordeal. He traveled over a hundred miles by various means including a canoe and a stretcher borne by Indians, camping near Lake Lapeche in Canada. He became ill suddenly and lacked medical aid until reaching Montreal. Geddes is now under care of Dr Klein in Greenwich and a New York physician. recovery expected.
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Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Charles P. Geddes
New York
Smith, Gray & Co
Geddes
Lake Lapeche
Canada
Montreal
Kiein
New York City
Physicians Way
Bear Shot By Hunter Near Mount Whiteface
A Mass and New York story describes Sanford P s aim winning when he felled a large black bear at Whiteface Basin on Mount Whiteface after a stalking chase by hunters from the village and New York. The bear weighed about four hundred pounds. a pelt was shown later by James Shea Assemblyman from Es at, with a bounty mentioned.
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the Tribune
Mass. N.Y
Sanford P
Whiteface
Mount Whiteface
New York
McKenzie
James Shea
Esat
Newport Hotel Fire Threatens Summer Homes
The New Cliff Hotel on Cliff avenue in Newport R I burned early today risking the lives of manager John E Jordan his wife and their twelve year old son who jumped from the second floor to escape. The hotel owned by the Shipley estate of Philadelphia had been recently remodeled and was to open for the season tomorrow.
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Newport
New Cliff
Cliff Avenue
John E. Jordan
Shipley Estate
Philadelphia
Harlem River
New York Central Railroad
New York
Bronxville
New York Central
Bronx
J. J. Lannin
George Thornehill, Jr
McCall Publishing Company
McEnroe
William Patterson
West 47Th Street
Myer
London
G. L. Slade
George Slade
Gramatan
J. J. Lannin Company
Garden City
Garder City
Long Island
Floods Swell Rivers Across Missouri Valley
Rains persist in the Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys with widespread overflows. East St. Louis faces submersion by midweek as river stages hit 30.2 feet. North Topeka residents flee four to six feet of water while Kansas City suburbs and lowland towns also evacuate. In Oklahoma floods continue. Garrison trains stall as 500 passengers face limited meals amid repairs after flooding subsided.
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The
Tribune
St. Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
East St. Louis
North Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
Missouri River
Oklahoma
Tornado claims at least 25 in Southern Nebraska storm
Reports from the scene after Friday's tornado in Southern Nebraska grow grimmer with at least twenty five dead and nearly fifty injured, many seriously. Eight towns are affected Geneva Fairfield Carleton and others across the Nebraska Kansas line with Phillipsburg and Scandia also cited as victims. Communication with Phillipsburg remains cut.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Geneva
Fairfield
Carleton
Franklin
Hebron
Shockley
Byron
Riverton
Kansas
Courtland
Phillipsburg
Scandia
Belmont Near Death In Long Island Hospital
Hempstead Long Island June special reports Co H P Belmont in extremely critical condition after an appendicitis operation. Peritonitis persisted his stomach failed and physicians abandoned hope of recovery. Mrs Belmont and Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr watch at his bedside as telegrams pour in at Brockholt Villa.
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Hempstead
Long Island
H. P. Belmont
Berlin Church Fire Alarmed Mass At Moabit
A deliberate blaze was started atop the old St. Paulus Catholic Church in Moabit during a crowded service led by Father Bonaventuri. Firebrands soaked with petroleum were found on the roof. clergy calmed the congregation and ensured orderly exit as flames consumed the roof. Police suspect an incendiary gang, linking to a previous church fire.
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Berlin
St. Paulus Catholic
Moabit
Father Bonaventuri
Bell clapper crashes in Cologne Cathedral during Whitsuntide downtime
A 100 pound bell clapper fell inside Cologne Cathedral as it rang for Whitsuntide. No injuries reported as repairs were underway and service had not yet begun. The clapper had recently been rewelded and the bell crew was present.
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Cologne
Twain helps school children fund endowment
A letter from Mark Twain was received by Miss Jennie Eustace of Less Witching Hour in Hackett Theatre. He folds in ten dollars toward a one thousand dollar endowment to aid local school children under Miss Julia Richman.
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Mark Twain
Jennie Eustace
Witching Hour
Hackett Theatre
Indi
Echool
Julia Richman
Eustace
L. Clemens
Gramatan Hotel Fire Drives Guests Flee
A blaze at the Gramatan Hotel in Bronxville Westchester County partly destroyed the hostelry. About two hundred guests inside the hotel when the fire broke out fled in alarm as flames swept through portions of the building.
Hotel Gramatan Fire Leaves Hotel Hurled In Hillside Blaze
A major fire at the Hotel Gramatan in Bronxville destroyed the east wing after an explosion the fire chief said likely from an upset lamp. The blaze drew aid from New Rochelle Tuckahoe Mount Vernon and Yonkers. About $150000 in damages, partly insured, and all guests evacuated safely with many reoccupying the hotel afterward.
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Bronxville
New Rochelle
Tuckahoe
Mount Vernon
Yonkers
Mulcahey
Severe Wind and Storm Hit Port Huron Area
A late afternoon storm damaged Port Huron and nearby areas with estimates around 150000 dollars. One man, Theodore Krischniteke, was killed by lightning near Smith's Creek. Mrs Lavis and her two daughters were injured when their home in Port Huron was struck.
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Detroit
Port Huron
Theodore Krischniteke
Smith's Creek
Nerves Bother Foelker May Not Reach Albany This Week
State Senator Otto G. Foelker is largely bedbound and walks with difficulty. A Bodenstein family contact says he suffers extreme nervousness worsened by visits and Albany inquiries. Supporters urge his Albany attendance for the special session, but it seems unlikely he will go within ten days or two weeks.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Agnew
Hart
Merritt
Messrs
Oliver and
Cuvillier
Mr. Merritt
House
Senate
Mr. Palmer
Senator Agnew
Senator Foelker
Grady
Raines
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Otto G. Foelker
Ryan offer to endow church rejected by Presbytery
At a Presbytery of New York meeting Thomas F. Ryan, neighbor of the old First Presbyterian Church at Fifth Avenue and 11th Street, offered 190000 to endow the church if it stayed on its present site rather than move and sell the property. The offer was declined as endowments from many parishioners, including those with relatives buried in the church vaults, kept the church at its current location.
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Percy Gray
Presbytery of
New York
Thomas F. Ryan
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
11Th Street
Ryan
R Gibson in Trouble Over Foreclosure of Gibson Estate
Edward D White seeks foreclosure on two mortgages tied to property at 26th Street and Fifth Avenue once Delmonico’s and now Martin’s, plus the Fordham Heights Gibson home. Tobias R Gibson and heirs under General Randall Lee Gibson’s will funded the loans as the late senator’s affairs faced strain and young Gibson’s ongoing support disputes.
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Edward D. White
United States Supreme Court
26Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Delmonico’s
Martin's
Gibson
Fordham Heights
Tobias R. Gibson
Randall Lee Gibson
United States
Louisiana
Young Gipson
Gibson House
White
Senator Gibson
Turks Invade Persia on Frontiers of Azerbijan
Reports from St. Petersburg on June 8 describe Turkish forces moving from Erzeroum toward Persia. Turkish detachments have entered Persian land, set up administration, collected revenues, and established a customs post at Kehlur near Urumiah. Salt mines seized. Persian officials expelled as Turkey seizes strategic territory.
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St. Petersburg
Erzeroum Vilayet
Persia
Azerbijan
Urumiah
Kehlur
Race riot feared after killings in Longview Texas
News from Longview Gregg County reports two Black men killed and a white man injured in street violence over a steer dispute. Governor Campbell dispatched rangers to Longview after a message from County Judge Lacey requested aid.
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Dallas
Tex
Longview
Gregg County
Austin
Campbell
Lacey
County Seat Warfare turns deadly in McIntosh clash
Telegraph report from Muskogee Oklahoma describes a violent escalation in the McIntosh County seat dispute. General Dunlap guarding the Eufaula courthouse was shot dead on the Hotel Foley third floor. County Clerk E C Julian was found hiding aboard. Sheriff deputies pursue the prisoner as tension grips Eufaula following an earlier fatal shooting of city marshal F M Woods by Joseph Parmenter.
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Tribune
Muskogee
Okla
McIntosh
Dunlap
Eufaula
Foley
E. C. Julian
McIntosh County
F. M Woods
Joseph Parmenter
Checotah
Sixteen More Taft Delegates On Roll
The national committee approved sixteen Taft delegates from Florida 1st Georgia 2d 3d districts and Kentucky 1st 5th 6th 11th districts after hearing cases in Louisiana and Kentucky. A split vote loomed on seating Cohen anti Taft delegates in Louisiana amid a push for compromise between lily white and black and tan factions.
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Tribune
Chicago
National Committee
Taft
Louisiana
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Bradley
1St
Sth
Hitchcock
Scott
Alabama
Mr. Lyons
Texas
I. W. McClellan
Oklahoma
Lyons
McClellan
Cohen
Simon Pure
Credentials Committee
West Virginia
Mississippi
Herrick
Arthur J. Vorys
Ohio
Frank H. Hitchcock
Tennessee
H. Clay Evans
Charles P. Taft
Vorys
Roosevelt
Lily White” Party
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Butte
Mont
Garrison
Northern Pacific
Belmont
Clapper
Twain Aids School Children Fund
Big Bronx Inn
Bronxville Fire Department
Foelker
Guest
H T
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Michigan
T. R. Gibson
Justice White
Martin
New Frontier Line
J. A. McPherson
Richard Ernst
E. S Helburn
E. P. Combes
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