Storm Conquers Heat as New York City Cools Fast
A violent storm transformed New York City from a furnace to a heavy rain regime within hours. Temperatures swung from near record highs to cooler lows, while floods and wind damaged structures in Brooklyn and nearby areas. One death occurred in New Jersey from an electric wire mishap, with four heat-related deaths reported in Brooklyn as firefighters responded to rising flood dangers.
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Cengre
New Jersey
John O'Neill
Willow Street
Wee Ken
Willow Avenue
Ken
Heat Wave Eases After Fatal Toll In Nation
Weekington reports a slight easing of the recent heat wave. Normal temperatures return in the north. the south Atlantic states and Middle West remain warm. Official readings reach 93 degrees locally. downtown thermometers hit 105. One death and two prostrations mark the toll.
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Weather Bureau
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South Atlantic
Middle West
Gav
Boston Ends Six Hottest June Days in Six-Year Record
Boston's heat wave ended as a cooling northeast wind brought a 12 degree drop from 97 to 75. The six extreme days killed 13 residents and felled 175 others, while hundreds sought relief in parks and along rivers, as nightly discomfort and sleep loss plagued the city.
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Boston
Wheat Kills Eight in Philadelphia Heat Wave
Philadelphia reports eight deaths linked to high temperatures as a record heat wave sears the city. The June 27 afternoon hit 83 degrees with high humidity and lingering heat, causing health alarms and ongoing weather discussions.
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Philadelphia
Made Sure of Wife's Death in Davenport Shooting
Alfred Rexford, a Davenport blacksmith near Oneonta, shot a neighbor woman five times then killed himself with a bullet to the heart after learning his wife was there. The couple, who had separated twice in the year, left five small children.
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Oneonta
N. Y
Alfred Rexford
Davenport
Rexford
Perith
Man Commits Suicide Under Heat Strain in Allentown
Allentown June 27 William Hiskey aged sixty seven formerly of Oakland California ended his life by his own hand today. He had been suffering physically and mentally from the effects of recent excessive heat. He leaves a wife in Oakland.
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Allentown
Penn
William Hiskey
F Ormeriy
Oakland
Cal
Marty Keese Dead City Hall Janitor and War Veteran
Marty Keese longtime City Hall janitor in Long Island City died at St Johns Hospital at 2 36 am on the eve of his 72nd birthday after a three week battle with acute bronchitis. Born 1837 at Grand Street and West Broadway he served in Ellsworths Zouaves and later helped arrest Tweed and Connolly. He kept City Hall from 1881 until death living in the top floor, never taking a pension, leaving two daughters and two sons.
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St. John’s Hospital
Long Island City
Marty” Reese
City Library
Grand Street
West Broadway
Ellsworth
Zouaves
Bull Run
Matthew P. Brennan
New York County
Marty
William M. Tweed
Richard B. Connolly
Tweed
Park Place
Connolly
James Maxwell
W. R. Keese
Charles W. Keese
Incorrigible youth Currier sent to Hart's Island Reformatory
Antonio Currier an eighteen year old inmate of the Catholic Protectory was arraigned before Magistrate Barlow on charges of incorrigibility and threatening officers. He received a three year sentence to Hart's Island Reformatory after a chase and alleged theft investigation. Brother Cecellan testified to threats against Father Hopkins and others and noted a found improvised blackjack. Currier claimed ill treatment in the institution as his defense. Separately in Boston Secretary of War J M Dickinson and Major General Leonard Wood planned an inspection of Atlantic coast defenses beginning with the Boston defences.
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Catholic Protectory
Barlow
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Dickinson
Wood
Boston
J. M. Dickinson
Atlantic
Portland
Leonard Wood
Statue Unveiling for Gen Spinner in Herkimer New York
A bronze statue of General Francis Spinner will be unveiled in Herkimer, his birthplace, at 230 oclock tomorrow afternoon. Miss Mary R Spinner Harvey of Buffalo, his great granddaughter, will unveil. The monument honors his fifteen years as national Treasurer and his early acts promoting women in government posts. The Spinner Memorial Association raised 25 dollars for the statue after failed Treasury Building site efforts. Other descendants include T Spinner Harvey of Buffalo and T Channing Moore and LeRoy T Moore of New York.
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Francis Spinner
United States
Herkimer
N. Y
Mary R. Spinner Harvey
Buffalo
General Spinner
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Congress
Treasury Building
General Spinner Memorial Association
John A. Logan
Elizabeth Storer
W. A. Leonard
Treasury
Senate
House
Sherman
Mohawk Valley Bank
Mohawk
Naval Office
Mary Harvey
T. Spinner Harvey
T. Channing Moore
LeRoy T. Moore
New York
Ambulance Chauffeur Attacked at Union Market Station
Dr. Smith of Bellevue Hospital planned to file a complaint with Commissioner Bingham after Martin Jacobson, an ambulance chauffeur, was assaulted by a plainclothes man near Avenue B and 2d Street while tending an ironworker, John Liskel. Police found no plainclothes officers in the vicinity.
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Union Market
Martin Jacobson
Smith
Bellevue Hospital
Bingham
Jacobson
Etter
Avenue B
2D Street
John Liskel
Lewis Street
Avenue D
Bankrupt Hotel Keeper Over Part of White City Resort Venture
Leopold E Wagener of Binghamton New York filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition after sustaining heavy losses in a failed plan to develop a small park outside the city into a white city resort. He sank over 30000 in the project and re opened the resort this spring but failed to draw crowds due to poor weather and persistent losses.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Leopold E. Wagener
Appeal for Charity Aids Tubercular Mother Of Three
A deserted wife with three children relies on regular TB treatment and nursing care. The Charity Organization Society at 105 East 22d Street seeks 109 dollars to fund a weekly six month pension to keep the family together. Contributions already received are acknowledged from multiple donors and groups.
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Charity Organization Society
East 22d Street
Alma 5
Naval Manoeuvres Show British Fleet Readiness at Spithead
London reports the June naval manoeuvres feature 350 ships across home Atlantic and Mediterranean fleets. Aimed at rapid mobilization and perfect coordination, the exercise highlights 40 battleships 27 armored cruisers 34 protected cruisers and 204 torpedo craft. The paper argues Britain remains defensively strong while warning rivals seek parity with Dreadnoughts and Invincibles.
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Cabinet Committee of Defence
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Ulysses
Lizzie Harold Benefit For Mrs Comley At New York Theatre
Friends of Mrs William J Comley held a benefit performance at the New York Theatre for the former actress known as Lizzie Harold. Her husband, a member of Comley Barton, died by suicide recently. Only a moderate sum was raised.
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William J. Comley
New York Theatre
Dr. Stevenson resigns from Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
The Rev Dr J Ross Stevenson announces his resignation after a sermon to join Baltimore's Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church. The Session supports his decision and will aid steps to dissolve the pastoral relation. Associate pastor Dr Edwin F Hallenbeck also indicates plans to resign and pursue evangelistic work.
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Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church
Baltimore
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Stevenson
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McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Brown Presbyterian Church
Edwin F. Hallenbeck
Hallenbeck
Beach Supper Ends in Arrests at Coney Island
Miss Ella Morse eighteen and escort Eugene Rubino sixty five were arrested at Feltman’s restaurant on a meal nonpayment claim by Feltman’s manager Jesse Sherwood. Morse charged Sherwood with assault and disorderly conduct. Rubino and Morse were bailed. Sherwood held on assault. Case set for Coney Island court this morning.
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Broadway
7Th Street
Eugene Rubino
Ansonia
Feltmann
Coney Island
Jesse Sherwood
Feltman’s
Miss Morse
Sherwood
Rubino
Eney Island
Turnfest Results in Cincinnati Thirtieth Fest Honors Prizes
Cincinnati June 7 delegates at the thirtieth Turn fest showcase prize turner Joseph Lindner of Frankfort Germany securing first prize. J F Bissinger of New York Turn verein narrowly beats Hugo Peitsch of Cincinnati for second. Top finishers include Otto Kahle Indianapolis Elmer Ehman Pittsburg Andy Kempf Kansas City E E Krauss Philadelphia Edward Hennig Cleveland Max Harschner Philadelphia Herman Klug Baltimore.
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Turner
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Germany
J. F. Bissinger
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Kansas City
E E Krauss
Philadelphia
Edward Hennig
Cleveland
Max Harschner
Herman Klug
Baltimore
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Chicago
Vorwarts
Davenport
Iowa
Lazalier
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Sozalier
Indianapolis
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Einigkelt
St. Paul
Melrose
N. J
Altoona
Penn
Orin
Schweltzee
Englewood
Hoboken
Waterbury
Conn
Mount Vernon
Mount Oliver
N. N
Adams Street Station Faces Mass Transfer After Dillon Trial
Police circles report a broad shakeup at Adams Street station in Brooklyn as the Dillon manslaughter trial concludes. Patrolman Dillon was convicted for the shooting of Louis Probber, and District Attorney Clarke criticized the station for aiding a fictitious defense and obstructing evidence. Several officers who defended Dillon face indictments, with George Dawkins among those charged, while the force long known for corruption could be moved, echoing Butler Street’s earlier station-wide shift after a silver service incident.
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Dillion
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