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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
19
A New York weather note describes a cooling trend after heat. Subway riders felt relief as southwest breezes arrived. May and June temperatures show a sustained deficiency to normal, with early forecasts of storms and busy beaches proving mixed. Six heat-related prostrations reported, none fatal, and forecaster Emery notes cooler days ahead.
Residents of Larchmont on Sound propose abolishing partisanship and nominating a single ticket. They would spend saved campaign funds on a dinner at the Larchmont Yacht Club. The first dinner cost about $1,000 with 100 prominent citizens present. Guest of honor was Eustis L. Hopkins, freshly elected without opposition.
Edward Payson Cail served as toastmaster at a village luncheon honoring Hopkins’s bid for a third term. Speakers including Wesley M. Oler Richard O Gorman and George Ide praised the administration, calling Larchmont a year round home for business people and denying gambling vice graft. Hopkins received a loving cup, with toastmaster joking it should have been a steam yacht.
Six players were injured by lightning during the Ohio golf tour Ramert in Youngstown Ohio on June 19 Rain fell from 1 pm with play continuing Two bolts struck at 3 pm injuring C B Bradshaw East Liverpool and his caddie the Rev W H Hudmut and his caddie plus two other players The first four were unconscious and revived only tonight The others were not seriously hurt
Fire Commissioner Lantry appointed yesterday forty seven new firemen the largest single addition to the force since he took office. The Phi Gamma Delta Club holds an officers election at 8 pm tonight at the Hotel Astor. Yale Forestry students planted thirty thousand white pines and three bushels of black walnuts at the Winchester Arms powder farm as part of silviculture under Professor Tourney. Eight year old Annie Daneider burned her clothing when a patrol cry arrived and is in St Catherine's Hospital likely to die. Peter Busch died after injury at a Pennsylvania Railroad excavation. A diamond pin worth 175 dollars was left as bail for Charles McKay the chauffeur charged with speeding. McKay was arrested at th street and West End avenue.
Magistrate Arthur C. Butts blasted the use of summonses as illegal and abusive, sparking protests from peers at a conference of magistrates. Supporters argued summonses are essential for minor offenses, while Butts urged adherence to due process and warned of misuse and street hawking of summonses. The matter was referred to the discipline and rules committee for action and report.
Charles D. Montague, a New York metallic furniture expert, testified before the Capitol Investigation Commission that the state’s $2,006,000 contract with the Pennsylvania Construction Company involved gross overcharges for metallic furniture. He said the Capitol safes could be bored open with an 8-lunch drill, the vault contained ordinary steel, and the items were vastly overvalued compared with standard trade prices. He cited specific per-item costs and the sub-basement case, first floor, entres floor, and bronze values, asserting the state overpaid while the components lacked protected features.
Pittsburg on June 19 reports downtown enveloped by heavy haze and smoke. Heat is stifling. sun appears dim through smoked sky. Large sun spots, noted by scientists recently, visible to the naked eye, alarming some residents.
In Richmond on June 19 Miss Copeland H. Rowlett awaited her wedding as guests gathered and the minister prepared. The bridegroom telephoned to say he had changed his mind and would not marry, offering no further excuse.
National League games today list New York at Cincinnati Brooklyn at St Louis Boston at Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Yesterday Cincinnati defeated New York Boston 5 4 St Louis beat Brooklyn 12 4 Philadelphia won 2 1 over Pittsburg. Cincinnati leads with 627 winning percentage while Boston 560 and Brooklyn 415 follow. In a Giants loss Mathewson started for New York but Cincinnati won 3 2 with a ninth inning rally.
St Louis Browns routed the New York Highlanders 9 to 0 at American League Park. Billy Hogg started for New York and was defeated as St Louis hitters broke through in the fourth inning. Petty pitched well for St Louis who played errorless ball. Notable scoring came on Wallace two-base hits and Hartzell, with Kitson relieving Hogg failing to halt the onslaught.
St Louis turned the tables on Brooklyn winning 12 to 4 as Henley left the mound in the fifth. Noonan Hostetter Murr ay Burch Lumley and others led the offense while McGlynn Scanlon and Henley worked for the pitchers in a rugged nine innings.
Cincinnati June 19 Roger S Bresnahan catcher for the New York National League club was hit by a pitched ball in yesterday's game with Cincinnati. He was reported in favorable condition at Seton Hospital where he was taken after the injury, the feared blood clot danger having passed and an early return to the game regarded as assured.
The opening session of the Public Land Convention in Denver featured sharp debates on credentials and voting as delegates pressed for clarity. Speakers including Murdo McKenzie and Congressman Robert W. Bonynge argued over administration politics, forest reserves, coal and grazing land withdrawals, and the government’s role as land landlord under Roosevelt era policies.
Philadelphia 4 Detroit 1 in a city league contest at Philadelphia with umpires Evans and Stafford. Lineups included Hatteries Philadelphia Dvgert and Schreck and Mullin Stevere and Schmidt.
Jersey City edged Toronto in rain as Buffalo beat Newark 6 5 and Rochester 6 1 Providence 3 1 Montreal 3 0 Baltimore 0. Toronto led standings at 21 595, Newark 21 21, Buffalo 18, Rochester 22 452, Jersey City 19 , Providence 24 420, Montreal 16 24 400.
Reading MI Easton blank, Allentown over Petraville 4, Chester defeated Elizabeth 7 2, Newark beat Brooklyn 7 in ten innings.
Marie Goss, proprietor of a boarding house, was beaten in her home by an employee identified as Christopher Rogers. Rogers, a West Indies immigrant, faced two charges with bail set at 750 dollars each. another charge可能 pending as investigators pursue bond details. Magistrate Butts heard the arraignment with Assistant District Attorney Keogh seeking high bail and a 48 hour window to review bondsmen.
Councilman William A. Martin, under a three year penitentiary sentence for soliciting a bribe in the Tube City Railroad case, testified in the Milhol land and Flaherty trial. He alleged President Cameron offered $60,000 to push the ordinance, then demanded $100,000, later settling on $70,000 with Cameron promising to shield him from trouble.
A Brookyn Navy Yard dispatch reports Drydock No 2 sprang a leak after the battleship Connecticut moved in on Tuesday night. Officials note such docks are prone to leaks due to soft foundations and quicksand, with Drydock No 4 abandoned for this reason and No 3 already leaky.
Philip Lahm, seventy one, a retired real estate dealer of 61 East 108th Street, committed death by own action yesterday in Central Park near Fort Clinton. He had suffered cerebro spinal meningitis and ill for years. His son Edward says his father had been ill long. physicians found the case hopeless. Lahm eluded his nurse, carried a revolver, and shot himself. He leaves a wife, a son, and a daughter.
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