Pittsburg Brokers James Carothers & Co Fail in Bank Crash
Pittsbars May 18 James Carothers & Co brokers once seen as gilt edged in this region filed for voluntary bankruptcy after the Allegheny National Bank failure. Assets around 2 million and debts about 500 thousand, with stock of Allegheny National as collateral now worthless. C F Anderson named receiver.
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Telegraph
the Tribune
Pittsbars
Grm
James Carothers & Co. Brokers
Alleghany Mountains
Allegheny National Bank
Pittsburg
Allegheny National
C. F. Anderson
Fourth Avenus
Whitney & Stephenson
James Carothers & Co
City funds tied up by suspension of Allegheny Bank
Pittsburg faces possible bond issue to meet expenses after Allegheny National Bank is suspended. City attempts to withdraw funds but checks are not honored. Bank’s cashier William Montgomery implicated with a large shortage. State officials arrive to protect deposits including $523,477 for state funds. Creditors Fidelity and Deposit and United States Fidelity and Guaranty hold large bonds to state. Security for city deposits includes Walker Chess Macbeth Evans Glass Thomas Evans and Montgomery. Treasurer Sweet explains withdrawal fears could have forced bank closure and nonpayment.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny National Bank
Pitsburg
City of Steel
Fitch Avenue
William Montgomery
Gye Montgomery
United States
Lindsay
Dickey
Robert Lyons
National Bank
John ©. Sheatz
Jesse E. B. Cunningham
Harrisburg
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Bone
William Stewart
Walker Chess
Thomas Evens
Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
Robert McAfee
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Aerial Trials and Plans at Hammondsport Aero Club
The White Wing, piloted by designer F. W. Baldwin, made a short 10 foot flight at Hammondsport covering 93 yards before landing due to an air edge issue. Repairable damage and improved steering noted. Thames Oliver Jones of Cincinnati previews the Boomerang airship with 16 000 cubic feet gas, 60 horsepower motor, hoping for a June trial and an eight hour trip to Boston.
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Hammondsport
Aerorome
Fisy
F. W. Baldwin
Oliver Jones
Cincinnati
Mr. Jones
Jones
Hammonds- Ht
Boston
Plans Million Dollar Hotel on Old Pierrepont Site
Brooklyn lumberman Bossert buys the old Pierrepont House site at Slague and Hicks streets from Abraham Michel. He plans a one million dollar story-apartment hotel fronting Montague Street with 78 feet of frontage. Plans by Heime & Huberty for the building follow a foreclosure tied to the Kings County Trust Company.
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Brooklyn
Pierrepont House
Swlague
Hicks Street
Abraham Abra
Michel
Edgar Improvement Company
Montague Street
Abraham
Brooklyn Bi Realty Company
Kings County Trust Company
Heime & Huberty
He Duncing
Punishing Mohmands in Mohmand country operations
British punitive expedition under Major General Willcocks advances into Mohmand country destroying villages and forts. Government orders limit actions to punishing recalcitrant tribes with no territorial occupation. Cholera abating and border tensions easing as tribes show loyalty and the Afghan Ameer's restraint. Fifteen native Indian states offered military assistance to the expedition.
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Simla
Willcocks
Afghanistan
Rebellion in Yun-Nan Surges as Rebels Capture Rail Line
Hong Kong reports rebels in Yun-Nan growing stronger with a railway seized and government troops defeated. Advices say the revolutionists are advancing and have sent urgent requests to Peking for reinforcements.
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Hong Kong
Yun-Nan
Peking
Woman killed by fall at Abingdon Square Hotel
Miss Emma N Crosby of Boston dies after falling from a fourth floor window at the Abingdon Square Hotel on Eighth Avenue and 12th Street. Police report no suicide note. coroner orders body moved to morgue. brother Edward Crosby identifies the body.
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Abingdon Square
Eighth Avenue
12Th Street
Oelock
Emma N. Crosby
Boston
Miss Crosby
Coffee
St. Vincent's Hospital
Vance
Brooklyn
Emmie
Pineapple Street
Accritelli
Edward Crosby
Dressing room battle delays double bill at Italian Grand Opera
Tensions over rank and precedence among Barons Franci Samoilov and Bozzano di Raffaele nearly halted the curtain for Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at the American Theatre. Impresario Abramson appealed to Mme Tina Desana, who settled the dispute by sharing offices, allowing the performance to proceed with Casazza and the Met in attendance.
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Ivan Abramson
Italian Grand Opera Company
American Theatre
Mr. Abramson
Cavalleria Rusticana
Baron Domenico Dell Franci
Turidu
Luigi Samoilov
Canio
Hach
Caro Samoilov
Baron Franci
M. Samoilov
M. Bozzano di Raffaele
Italy
Mme
Tina Desana
Santuzza
Metropolitan Opera House
Gang Invades Theatre Over York Street Grudge Fire
Italian slaying at Coney Island sparks vendetta threat as eight men from Kid Twist Cyclone Lewis group assault a theatre crowd in East New York. Detectives arrest Samuel Roomer and Benjamin Blumenfeld after a scuffle in the Gotham Theatre cafe. Police protect patrons as gunfire is implied but no injuries confirmed.
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Gotham Theatre
New York
Kid Twist
Cyclone Lewis
Coney Island
Frank Dougherty
Liberty Avenue Station
Samuel Roomer
Sam
Roomer
Benjamin Blumenfeld
Sheffield Avenue
Cyclone Lew
Sackman Street
East New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Louis Poggi
Edward Girard
Dudley Clements
Koemer
Dougherty
Burton
Vesta Victoria and Corbett in Omaha Runaway
English vaudeville star Vesta Victoria and James J. Corbett were in a runaway in Omaha with their manager and horses. The rig veered onto a sidewalk and between a line of poles and a twenty foot embankment, then roared for three blocks before control was regained.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
James J. Corbett
Vesta Victoria
New Williamsburg Bridge Terminal Opens for Surface Cars
Mayor McClellan led the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge surface car terminal in Delancey Street with officials from the Bridge Department and Brooklyn Rapid Transit. The terminal features eight marked stations, white brick and terra cotta styling, and a plan to soon connect elevated trains across the bridge by July 1.
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Patrick F. McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Ahearn
Stevenson
Ingersoll
Bridge Department
Calderwood
Brooklyn Rapid Transit System
Schmittberger
Cutomobiles
Columbia
Delancey Street
Suffolk
Norfolk Streets
Thomas Manney
Henry Brueschel
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Broadway
Williamsburg Plaza
Waterspout Reported Near West Indies Ports
The Royal Dutch West India Mail steamer Suriname reported a waterspout Saturday between Sombrero Light and Watling's Island in the West Indies. Officers watched porpoises, then the event allegedly sent fish flying through a porthole. A fo sailor lost a finger during the excitement.
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Royal Dutch West India Mail
Suriname
Sombrero Light
Watling’s Island
West Indies
Miss Vanderbilt Found Drowned Near Kingston
The body of Miss Bertha Vanderbilt assistant librarian at Princeton University, missing since Wednesday night, was found in the Delaware and Raritan Canal about a quarter mile above Kingston. Identified by her uncle Dr W G Chase, the family says accident but police and coroner favor suicide. coroner's jury returns accidental drowning. She was twenty one, daughter of A B Vanderbilt of Amsterdam New York.
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Bertha Vanderbilt
Princeton University
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Kingston
W. G. Chase
Miss Vanderbilt
Moke
A. B. Vanderbilt
Amsterdam
N. Y
Princeton
Atlanta Council Passes Tax on Near Beer Sales
The Atlanta City Council approved an ordinance imposing a 226 yearly license tax on near beer containing under 2 percent alcohol. It bans Sunday sales minors prohibitions on free lunches with near beer and restricts sale since prohibition began.
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Atlanta
Senator Krells Bans Colored Attire in State Legislature
Boston May 18 Senator W T Krells of South Boston introduces a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature to forbid men from wearing any clothing other than white suits and Panama hats under heavy fines.
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Boston
W. T. Krells
South
Mark Twain
Massachusetts
Western Maryland sale sparks Baltimore officials worry
City officials scrutinize a report that Western Maryland Railroad may be sold to Reading or Pennsylvania interests. The May 18 report notes the Goulds syndicate owns the property to protect Baltimore trade and traffic. A Reading purchase would shift coal traffic to Philadelphia and New York, avoiding Baltimore. A deed clause may bar any sale to a Philadelphia road.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Western Maryland
Reading
The
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Goulds
Philadelphia
New York
Woman Falls to Rapids At Niagara Falls May 16
A woman reportedly leaped into the Niagara River near Third Sister Island in Niagara Falls New York on May 16. Search efforts failed to recover a body or identify the deceased as authorities investigated the area and river rapids.
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Niagara Falls
Horseshoe Falls
Sweethearts Drown After Calm Sail on Elm Creek
Miss Hazel Corey and Cady Walrath, sweethearts, drowned when their boat capsized in Elm Creek near Hermon St. Lawrence County on Saturday night. A search found the inverted craft and later the bodies, believed killed by a squall.
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the Tribune
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Hazel Corey
Cady Walrath
Elm Creek
Hermon
St. Lawrence County
Revivalist Kills Wife After Revival Services
Rev. A. Coffman, 50, a Methodist clergyman in Fairmont West Virginia, killed his 33 year old wife by cutting her throat during a revived service period. He claimed temporary insanity and surrendered after seeing the body, saying he planned to kill his family and himself.
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Fairmont
W. Va
A. Coffman
Coffman
American tourist shoots waiter in Paris Latin Quarter hotel
Paris authorities report F. B. Allen of New York shot a waiter in a Latin Quarter hotel. He acted peculiarly and police deem him possibly insane. He is under guard for observation and the American Embassy has been informed.
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Paris
Allen
New York
South American planter dies after mistaken prescription
Eto Eraso, 40, and his wife, staying at the Victoria Hotel Broadway and 27th, were poisoned by atropine after a drugstore order for spartrine. The husband died about 2 am, the wife saved by antidote. Coroner Acritelli ordered police investigation.
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Broadway
27Th Street
Eto Eraso
S. Wesley Smith
Eraso
Sixth Avenue
Acritelli
Smith College Senior Killed in Runaway Crash
Miss Ethel Burroughs of Somerville, a Smith College senior, died after leaping from a frightened carriage near Goshen, Northampton. Classmate Miss Mary M. Doris was injured lightly. accompanying visitors Mr and Mrs Harry Beckwith of Quincy were unharmed.
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Northampton
Mass
Ethel Burroughs
Somerville
Smith College
Goshen
Mary M. Doris
Harry Beckwith
Quincy
Miss Burroughs
Bulge in May Corn Triggers Market Shock
May corn jumped to a record high as shorts covered with James Patten who controls much of Chicago corn supply. Rumors swirl that J Ogden Armour may have suffered substantial losses in corn, though exact figures remain undisclosed.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
Shorts
James 4. Patten
Evanston
Patten
J. Ogden Armour
Mr. Armour
Japanese election results show Seiyukai lead in Parliament
Tokyo May 19 The parliamentary results detail Seiyukai Conservatives winning 1 members Progressives 77 Independents 43 Daidai 52 Yukokai 27. Commercial interests gain representation and with pledged independents and Seiyukai will command an absolute majority.
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Tokio
Japan
Seiyukai
Conservative Party
Progressives
Independents
Daidai
Yukokai
Police Save Three Boys From East River Fall
Patrolmen Cooney and Steinblinck of East 51st Street station rescued three boys from the East River off the Fist Street pier. Edward Gilmartin fifteen Michael Boylan twelve and George Jordan twelve were brought to Flower Hospital and are expected to recover.
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Cooney
Steinblinck
East 51St Street
East River
Fist Street
Edward Gilmartir
Second Avenue
Michael Boylan
George Jordan
East Ith Street
Flower Hospital
Gilmartin
Death of Miss Edna Phillips at Kings Park Hospital
Edna Phillips of Wading River Long Island died after scarlet fever spread from the Kings Park Training School for Nurses. Physicians sent her home to recuperate when illness seemed minor. family members also fell ill. An investigation occurred but the State Board of Health will not censure the doctors.
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Edna Phillips
Wading River
Long Island
State Hospital
Kings Park
Beall Brother Killed in East Dallas Shooting
Dallas May 18 Dick Beall aged 55 brother of Congressman Jack Beall was shot and killed by a youth named Kent who had been paying attention to Beall's daughter Kent was arrested and held for investigation
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the Tribune
Dallas
Tex
Dick” Beall
Jack” Beall
Kent
Bealls
Falls Tragedy Halts Shawinigan Inspection Party
James Ryan superintendent of Shawinigan Water Electric and Power Company and laborer Joseph Racine fell about 130 feet from Shawinigan Falls during an inspection trip on Saturday. The accident was witnessed by hundreds of onlookers.
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Montreal
James Ryan
Shawinigan
Fire destroys Lake Superior mill and power house
A fire at the Lake Superior Corporation paper mill and power house in the Canadian Sea destroyed the complex. Superintendent Albert F. Walsh was killed while trying to fight the blaze and assistant Edward Gray drowned after his clothes caught fire. Property loss is $350,000.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior Corporation
Canadian Sea
Albert F. Walsh
Edward Gray
Retired business man dies from self-inflicted wound in Canandaigua
Andrew McKechnie, a prominent retired business man and relative of the McKechnie brewery founders, died here this evening from a self-inflicted revolver shot to the head. Despondency over stock market losses was given as the reason for the death by own action.
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the Tribune
Canandaigua
N. Y
Andrew McKechnie
James
Alexander McKechnie
Bryan gains in Alabama primary with Johnson strong in cities
In Montgomery Alabama May 18 Bryan leads in the Democratic primary with Johnson carrying several large counties and a strong showing in Mobile County Early tallies indicate Bryan ahead in northern counties while Johnson leads in the south Johnson also carries Demopolis and Birmingham reports suggest strong Johnson support in Mobile County Supreme Court race outcomes point to Alston and Simpson with Mayfield close behind
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Ala
Bryan
Johnson
John Tomlinson
Demopolis
Birmingham
Mobile County
John A. Lusk
Supreme Court Bench
Comer
Supreme Court
Alston
Simpson
Mayfield
Tribune
Mobile
W. J. Bryan
Democrats and Factions Rally in Harrisburg Convention Build Up
Pennsylvania Democrats converge on Harrisburg for the state convention with Bryan Gray and Johnson leagues active. Jere S. Black arrives after meeting Bryan and asserts control for the convention. Guffey counters that Bryan followers will be fewer than 100 delegates while Gray seeks strength for his candidate and Johnson supporters plan to make their presence felt. National committeeman Guffey says the state organization will control the convention and elect uninstructed delegates and electors at large.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Pennsylvania
Bryan, Gray and Johnson
Bryan
Bryan Leaguers
Jere S. Black
Philadelphia
Guffey
Gray League
Gray
Johnson
J. M. Guffey
Democratic State Organization
Captain Samuel Samuels Dead After Seven Decades at Sea
Captain Samuel Samuels longtime president of The Marine Journal died at his Brooklyn home after cerebro-embolism. Born in Philadelphia in 182? he captained the Dreadnought and other vessels including the Fulton and John Rice. He led the Samana Bay Company venture and later held posts with Pacific Mail and United States Steam Heating. He authored From Forecastle to Cabin and leaves a wife four sons and three daughters with funeral at Grave Church, Brooklyn, and burial at Greenwood.
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Samuel Samuels
The
Marine Journal
Clinton Street
Brooklyn
Samuels
Grave Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Captain Samuels
Philadelphia
United States
John Rice
Quartermaster’s Department
New York
McClellan
Fort Fisher
Fulton
Havre
Henrietta
Southampton
Dauntless
Cambria
Samana Pay Company
United Stats
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
San Francisco
United States Steam Heating and Power Company of
Governor Sanders Urges Ban on Racetrack Gambling
In Baton Rouge on May 18 Governor J Sanders told the Legislature to suppress racetrack gambling and to use local option with high licensing to regulate liquor. He condemned horse race betting as immoral and harmful to Louisiana’s development.
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Baton Rouge
J. ¥. Sanders
Earthquakes in Helena County No Damage Reported
Three earth shocks were felt in Helena county last night with no damage reported. Dewey's twelve year Port wine advertised by Hetpery & Sons Co of New York.
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Helena
Mont
DEWEY
Htperty & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
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