Storm Conquers Heat as New York Cools After T storm
A major storm swept New York City bringing heavy rains and floods that alleviated days of extreme heat. Brooklyn suffered worst with cellar and store floods, sewer and building damage, and fire department calls. A fatality occurred in New Jersey from a downed electric wire. Several Brooklyn residents died in the heat-related period.
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New York City
New York
Brooklyn
Ridgewood
Williamsburg
St. Nicholas Avenue
Hamburg Avenue
Burns
Buildings Department
St. John’s German Lutheran Arch
New Jersey Avenue
Liberty
New Jersey
John O'Neill
Willow Street
Weesken
Willow Avenue
Annie
Bushwick Avenue
John
Pacific Street
Fulton and Jay Streets
Coglough
P. C
Kansas Street
Hackensack
N. J
Hackensack Hospital
S. William
Bedford Avenue
Heat Wave Slightly Checkered As Toll Tally Grows
Washington reports the recent heat wave has been slightly checked with normal temperatures in the north Atlantic states. The Middle West and south Atlantic states remain warm and officials recorded 93 degrees locally, with downtown thermometers near 105. One death and two prostrations formed the day’s heat toll.
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Wshington
Weather Bureau
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Middle West
Gav
Boston Ends Six Hottest June Streak With Cool Front
Boston records show six consecutive June days of extreme heat ending as a cool air mass arrived. The city endured 13 deaths and 175 prostrations while hundreds sought relief in parks and outdoors over several nights. Temperature fell to 78 with a light east wind.
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Boston
Boston Weather Bureau
Heat Claims Eight In Philadelphia In Severe Summer Day
Philadelphia reports eight deaths from heat as temperatures reach high levels. The city faced extreme humidity with readings near 98 degrees in the afternoon and a high average for the day.
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Philadelphia
Blacksmith Shoots Neighbor Then Kills Himself
Alfred Rexford, a Davenport blacksmith, shot a woman neighbor five times at her home on June 27 and died instantly. He then killed himself near her body after learning his wife was dead. The couple had separated twice during the year and left five children.
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Oneonta
N. Y
Alfred Rexford
Davenport
Rexford
Man From Oakland Ends Life in Allentown
William Hiskey aged sixty seven formerly of Oakland California committed suicide in Allentown Pennsylvania today. He is survived by a wife in Oakland and other relatives. The report notes he was suffering from the effects of heavy beating recently.
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Allentown
Penn
William Hiskey
Oakland
Cal
Oakand
Marty Keese Dead City Hall Janitor Dies at 71
Long Island City obituary notes "Marty" Keese veteran of Ellsworths Zouaves and deputy sheriff who arrested Tweed and Connolly. Keeper of City Hall since 1851 he died at St Johns Hospital after brief illness. Survived by two daughters and two sons. He refused a pension despite about 10000 dollars owed.
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Marty” Keese
City Hall
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
From Protectory to Reformatory for Incorrigible Currier
Antonio Currier eighteen an inmate of the Catholic Protectory was arraigned in the night court before Magistrate Barlow and sentenced to three years in Hart s Island Reformatory. His brother John died in Hart s Island about a year ago. Cecellan testified Currier fled the yard after being summoned and threatened Father Hopkins and inmates. an improvised blackjack was found on him. Currier alleged ill treatment in the institution.
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Antonio Currier
Catholic Protectory
Barlow
Hart's Island
Currier
Brother Cecellan
Father Hopkins
Dickinson and Wood Inspect Atlantic Defences Visit
Boston reporters say Secretary of War J M Dickinson arrived in Boston on June 27 to inspect Atlantic coast defences. He will start with the Boston defences and be accompanied by Major General Leonard Wood as the tour begins tomorrow.
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Boston
J. M. Dickinson
Atlantic
Portland
Dickinson
Leonard Wood
Spinner Statue to be Unveiled in Herkimer Birthplace
A bronze statue of General Francis Spinner will be unveiled at 2 30 pm tomorrow in Herkimer New York birthplace. Miss Mary R Spinner Harvey of Buffalo great granddaughter will unveil it. The work honors his fifteen years as national Treasurer and notes his early act of appointing women to government posts. The statue, once housed at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, was funded by a memorial association.
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Francis Spinner
United States
Herkimer
Mary R. Spinner Harvey
Buffalo
General Spinner
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Congress
Treasury Building
General Spinner Memorial Association
John A. Logan
Elizabeth Storer
Will 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 Beaten in Union Market District
Dr. Smith of Bellevue Hospital said Martin Jacobson, an ambulance chauffeur, was assaulted by a plainclothes man attached to Union Market station while attending ironworker John Liskel at Avenue D and 24th Street. Jacobson required bandages and could not resume duties. police said no plainclothesmen were nearby.
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Union Market
Martin Jacobson
Smith
Bellevue Hospital
Bingham
Jacobson
Dr. Etter
Avenue B
Avenue D
2D Street
Wagener Enters Bankruptcy Over Failed White City Resort
Leopold E. Wagener, well known Binghamton hotelkeeper, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition. He invested over 36 000 in a park outside the city aimed at creating a white city resort, but poor weather and meager crowds led to heavy losses and the depletion of his savings.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Leopold E. Wagener
Batarnay
Appeal for Charity Aids Tubercular Mother with Three Children
A deserted wife with three dependent children suffers tuberculosis and seeks help for a six month weekly pension of 109 dollars. The Charity Organization Society at 105 East 22d Street has aided the family and lists numerous contributions in support of the appeal as a possible last resort to keep the family together.
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Charity Organization Society
East 22d Street
Alma S. Slater
Richard M. Hoe
Norman Barbour
Little Elizabeth
Montclair
Celia H. Pilak
George 8. Fraser
Naval Mangavres show British fleet prowess in maneuvers
London dispatch notes 350 ships across home Atlantic and Mediterranean fleets in a grand exercise. 40 battleships and 27 armored cruisers focal, with 204 torpedo craft and 26 submarines. In ninety minutes 15 000 to 20 000 sailors join, vessels coaled and provisioned for rapid mobilization. Three fleets red white blue test defensive strategy and practice high seas command, while critics warn of German and American builds and looming costs.
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London
Mediterranean
England
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Chatham
Scotland
North Sea
Pentland Firth
Straits of Dover
Admiralty
Spithead
Germany
America
Cabinet Committee of Defence
Lord Charles Beresford
Hardihood
Ulysses
The Lizzie Harold Benefit at New York Theatre
Friends of Mrs. Williar organized a benefit for former actress Lizzie Harold Comley last night at the New York Theatre. J Comley, her late husband, who died by his own hand weeks before, once belonged to the Comley and Barton firm famed for several early operas. A moderate sum was raised for the actress.
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Williar
J. Comley
New York Theatre
Dr. Stevenson Resigns Fifth Avenue Pastorate
The Rev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson announced his resignation from Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church after yesterday’s service to accept a call to Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. The Session approved steps to dissolve the pastoral relation. associate pastor Dr. Edwin F. Hallenbeck indicated he will also resign and pursue evangelistic work.
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J. Ross Stevenson
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church
Baltimore
Brown Memorial Church
Presbytery
Silas B. Brownell
Stevenson
Dr. Stevenson
Providence
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Brown Presbyterian Church
Edwin F. Hallenbeck
Hallenbeck
Beach Supper Ends In Arrests At Feltman's
Miss Ella Morse aged eighteen and her escort Eugene Rubino aged sixty five were arrested at Feltman s restaurant Coney Island on a complaint by manager Jesse Sherwood that they refused to pay for a meal. Morse charged Sherwood with assault and a scuffle tore her dress. Disorderly conduct charges faced Morse and Rubino. Sherwood held on assault. all three bailed. case to be heard in Coney Island court this morning.
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Ella Morse
Broadway
70Th Street
Eugene Rubino
Ansonia
Feltmann
Coney Island
Jesse Sherwood
Feltman’s
Miss Morse
Sherwood
Rubino
Oney Island
Turnfest Results Report From Cincinnati Debating Winners
Results announced by the fest committee show Joseph Lindner of Frankfort Germany winning the first prize as the top individual performer at Turnfest. J F Bissinger of New York Turn Verein narrowly beat Hugo Peitsch of Cincinnati for second. The report lists the top ten overall, group standings, and prizes in singing, composition, German school work, needlework, and mechanical drawing with multiple Turner organizations including Philadelphia New York St Louis Chicago and Cincinnati among the featured entities.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Lindner
Turner
Frankfort
Germany
J. F. Bissinger
New York
Otto Kahle
Indianapolis
Elmer Ehman
Pittsburg
Andy Kempf
Kansas City
E. E Krauss
Philadelphia
Edward Hennig
Cleveland
Max Harschner
Herman Klug
Baltimore
Concordia
St. Louis
South 3
Louis
North St
Sozalier
Olyoke
New
East Pittsburg
Rochester
Vorwart
Brooklyn
Germania
Topeka
Allentown
Penn
Boston
Cincinnati Turngemeinds
Aurore
Chicago
Louisville
Lasalle
Passaic
N. J
Fort Wayne
Union Hill
Paveragon
Dayton
Ohio
Englewood
Hoboken
Waterbury
Farr Kogh
Frank Goldengour
Turner District
Adams Street Station Faces Mass Transfer After Dillon Trial
Police circles report a likely transfer of the Adams Street Brooklyn station crew early this week after Patrolman Dillon’s manslaughter conviction for theLouis Probber shooting. District Attorney Clarke criticized the force for a fictitious defense and hindering evidence gathering. Several officers faced perjury accusations and may be indicted. George Dawkins faced a highway robbery charge. The Adams Street station, largest by manning, has a crime record and a transfer precedent cited from Butler Street.
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Dillon
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Louis Probber
Clarke
George Dawkins
Sen
Butler Street
Murphy
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Bellevue
Naval Mangavres
Great Britain
Martinets
Christendom
Lizzie Harold
Wanamaker Place
Wanamaker’s
Gramercy
A. T. Stewart & Co
Fourth Avenue
Eighth
Tenth Street
Feltman
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