End of an era as Rapid Transit Commission parts ways
The Rapid Transit Commission held its likely last public meeting approving the Fourth avenue route to Coney Island and Fort Hamilton and five sections plans with costs up to 2.1 million. It authorized a July hearing on the system contract and ordered extra tracks at 96th Street. The board praised its secretary and staff while leaders praised years of service and unity as farewell remarks closed a historic era.
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Rapid Transit Commission
Fourth Avenue
Coney Island
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
Public Utilities Commission
Rice
McClellan
Stalin
96Th Street
Interborough
Simmons
Chamber of Commerce
Orr
George L. Rives
Nassau Street
Manhattan Bridge
Flatbush Avenue
Willoughby Street
Tillary and
Johnson Streets
Union
President
Sth
9Th Streets
10Th
137Th Street
Albert B. Boardman
Rapid Transit Commission of
New York
MR. Orr
Smith
Holman
Jim” Dolan
Wife murder suspect Hancock under police surveillance
Walter Swinburne Hancock once an Episcopalian priest in Chicago is under police watch in London amid allegations he poisoned his wife, widow of Paul Townsend Jones, with an inquest adjourned to July 11 for stomach analysis. Evidence cites a will favoring her son, a barrister, and past church discipline in Chicago.
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London
Walter Swinburne Hancock
Chicago
Paul Townsend Jones
New York
Kensington
Hancock
Virginia Hotel
Lord Castlemaine
America
Grace Jones
Yale Wins Close Eight Oared Race Over Harvard
Yale and Harvard staged a record breaking duel on the Thames River New London with Yale winning the varsity eight by a nose in 21 minutes 10 seconds to Harvard 21 minutes 18 seconds. The race featured constant lead changes and ended with Yale’s superior finish.
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the Tribune
New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Thames
Red Top
Thames River
London Shore
Special Train Returning From Atlantic City July Fourth
The Pennsylvania Railroad runs a special New York to Atlantic City train on July 4 departing City at 6 30 p m with parlour cars dining and coaches stopping at Elizabeth Newark and Tren.
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Atlantic City
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tren
Elizabeth
Airship Baldwin Reveals Controlled Flight in Test
Captain Baldwin, veteran of the Spanish American War balloon program, demonstrates the Twentieth Century airship in Maimmondsport with a cigar shaped hydrogen bag and twin propellers. The craft rises and falls under his control as Army observers and officials watch. An August 19 ascent is planned for the Aero Club in New York.
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Tribune
Buffalo
Thomas S. Baldwin
United States Army
Spain
Maimmondsport
Charles de F. Chandler
United States Army Signal Corpse
George Owen Squier
Fort Leavenworth
Pickering
Harvard University
Julian P. Thomas
New York City
Baldwin
Baladwin
Captain Baldwin
New York
The
Aero Club
One of John Brown's Raiders Dead
Colonel Richard Howard, Civil War veteran and Harper's Ferry raid survivor, died in Providence Rhode Island at 67. He led a planned raid force that was ambushed on the river bank and swam underwater to escape. Howard later served as a sharpshooter and spy under General Halleck and entered Richmond in disguise.
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Tribune
Providence
Richard Howard
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Brown
Howard
Rhode Island
Halleck
Richmond
Huge Hailstorm Destroys Millara Camp and Injures Men
Telegraph report from Millara Nebraska June 27 describes a fierce storm dropping hailstones as large as baseballs. Three men were knocked senseless and workmen at a railroad camp later played ball with the stones using trees as bats. The hail covered the ground several inches and a Union Pacific grading camp tents were shredded.
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Tribune
Millara
Neb
Union Pacific
Caribbean Devastation Report From Germanic Arrival
The German steamer Germanic reports alien cane and immense waves that swept the Caroline Group. Many islands were devastated and at least two hundred natives are reported dead. The news came as the vessel arrived in Sydney on June 27.
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Sydney
Caroline Group
Buchanan Refused Free Pass on Northern Central
Philadelphia reports an 1853 letter by James Buchanan while president declining a free rail pass on the Northern Central Railroad. The document, kept by the Pennsylvania Railroad after acquiring the line, shows Buchanan opposing travel free privileges for individuals not connected with the railroads.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
James Buchanan
United States
Northern Central Railroad
T Read
Northern Central
Washington
Josie
Love
Northern Central Palt Road
James “Buchanan
Robert & Stollins
Ezy
Terrorists Revived in Russia Plot Against Stolypin and Czar
Zonal dispatch from St Petersburg reports the Social Revolutionary party revived its terrorist arm led by Gregory Gerschmin and Savinkoff with a monthly 40000 funds for espionage and bomb preparation. Plans target Premier Stolypin and Emperor Nicholas amid a rise in local detachments and arm supply efforts.
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Social Revolutionary Party
Finland
Gregory Gerschmin
Siberia
New York
Savinkoff
Sebastopol
Samarkand
Russia
Stolypin
Taurida
Regicilde
Douma
Nicholas
Kursk
Voronezh
Social Democratic
Maxirmalist
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Social Revolutionary
St Petersburg
Social Democratic Organization
Kiev
Black Sea
Cossack Raid Into Austria Reported From Galicia
A dispatch from Brody Eastern Galicia says fourteen Cossacks crossed into Austria. They plundered a hive and killed the owner and his wife and mutilated their daughter. Austrian gendarmes captured two attackers while others escaped across the border.
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Vienna
Brody
Galicia
Austria
Berder
Fire in PRR Tunnel Shaft Near 33rd Street
A blaze broke out in a set of buildings near an air lock opening beneath 33d Street between First Avenue and the East River. Six men were overcome by smoke and taken to Bellevue Hospital, but the tunnel itself was not penetrated and workers there escaped. Fire crews fought to confine the flames as a nearby gas tank risked danger.
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Harvard
Crimson
Blue
Red
Red Top
Yale Rooters
Yale
John Kennedy
Eli
33D Street
First Avenue
East River
Bellevue Hospital
Fire in Hong Kong Theatre Kills Hundreds
A Hong Kong Chinese theatre fire killed five hundred audience members and ten actors when the building collapsed after a blast. Fire officials say explosives hidden under the floor ignited the blaze, trapping patrons as debris blocked exits.
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Hong Kong
Victoria
B. C
Twins Born After Wireless Signal Sparks East Side News
A tenement on Goerck Street welcomed twins a boy and girl to Mrs. Isaac Fogler with Dr. Leo pold Harris noting both healthy. The East Side wireless expert announced the birth from his lookout at Stanton and Goerck, as neighbors crowded the Fogler flat in celebration.
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Goerck Street
Isaac Fogler
Leopold Harris
Fogler
Carnegie Gives Asylum Site Near Cresson
Cambria County officials received a letter from Andrew Carnegie presenting a tract of land near Cresson valued at 350000 dollars for an insane asylum. Carnegie included all coal and mineral rights in the gift and noted his pleasure at aiding Cambria County.
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Cambria County
Penn
Johnstown
Hahn
Andrew Carnegie
Cresson
Mr. Carnegie
Carnegie
Cambria
After All Usher's The Scotch That Made The Highball
An advertisement touts a Scotch known for popularizing the highball drink. The copy emphasizes its role in cocktail history and brand identity.
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Usher
Harriman Arrested At Harvard Yale Boat Race
E H Harriman was arrested for trespassing on the Harvard Yale race course by Lieutenant Berdsall of the revenue cutter service. He was taken aboard the Gresham, held until after the race, then released with possible fines and pilot license jeopardy. Harriman arrived on the Sultana and joined in with a launch alongside the regatta, defying orders to leave the course.
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Roosevelt
Revenue Cutter Service
Mr. Harriman
Gresham
Pequot Cove
Arrow
Harriman
Navy Yard
Berdsall
FE. H. Harriman
Schweppe
Regatta Committee
Birdsall
Merger Bill Passes Senate In Boston Grounding NYHA Rout
The Massachusetts Legislature moves toward blocking the Boston & Maine and New York New Haven system merger. Senate approval stands 36 to 2 with House concurrence needed on a minor change before governor's signature possible tomorrow. The measure aims to restrain consolidation of railroad companies with only one amendment adopted.
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Boston
Boston & Maine
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Senate
House
New England
Committee On Railroads
William Faxon
Stoughton
Grass Rotting in Lancashire Amid Wet Weather
London reports across England severe weather harming agriculture. In Lancashire the crop Outlook is the blackest in memory with waterlogged land grass rotting at roots oats a foot high and yellowing fruit crops nearly failed and some areas show snow on mountains.
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London
England
Lancashire
Famine Threatens Sweden After Spring Floods
Spring freshets in Northern Sweden flood hundreds of square miles of fertile land. The greatest inundation in fifty years threatens renewed famine as many log-floating routes are destroyed.
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Stockholm
Sweden
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Cowen Island
Utilities Commission
Fourth Avenue Report
St. James's Episcopal Church
McLaren
James
Stone
St. James's Church
St. John's, N. F
Dr. Stone
Hudson River
Hammondsport
Buchanan
Czar
Berlin
Dourman
Karfunkelstein
Weldt
Germany
Mannheim
Russian Revolutionary Committee
Friedrich von Selms-Braunfels
Tageblatt
Ebba von Selms-Braunfels
Advt
Dei
PR. R
Consolidated Gas Company
Wireless
East Side
Stanton and Goerek Streets
Donn
E. H. Harriman
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