New Theatre Opens With Civic Backing and Prominent Guests
J Pierpont Morgan led the dedication of The New Theatre in New York in the founders name, with Governor Hughes and Senator Root praising its civic aim. Attendees included actors, managers, critics, and architects as the theatre opened with Beethoven and a gold key presentation.
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J. Pierpont Morger
New Theatre
New York
Fenstor Root
Governor Hughes
New Temple
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Forbes Robertson
Metropolitan Opera House
Beethoven
Otto M. Eidlitz
Mr. Hastings
Carrére & Hastings
Hughes
Morgen
Football Victim Pickering Paralyzed After Scrimmage
Utica New York November 6 Joseph Picker ing seventeen year old member of the Cazenoia Seminary football eleven sustained what are believed to be mortal injuries in a game with the Colgate Academy eleven at Hamilton this afternoon. During a scrimmage Pickering was buried under a pile of players and his spine subjected to terrible pressure resulting in a fractured vertebra. Paralysis followed and a hospital examination showed the fracture. Dr Glass the chief surgeon says chances are practically hopeless but an operation may be done tomorrow morning if the patient can endure the shock.
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Utica
N.Y
Joseph Pickering
Cazenoia Seminary
Colgate Academy
Hamilton
Pickering
Glass
Young Pickering
Pennsylvania
Byrne
West Point
Wilson
Annapolis
Elderly widow found dead after gas says two pets guard her
Mrs Martha Shea a wealthy widow about seventy years old was found dead at 241 Cleveland Street Fast New York. Gas fumes filled the cottage and the cat and dog remained dazed in the dining room while neighbors speculated on self destruction. Police forced entry and the dog was later shot due to illness.
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Martha Shea
Cleveland Street
New York
Liberty Avenue
Shea
George Stroebel
Keppler
Brooklyn
Warriner Arrested On Railroad Funds Shortage
Charles L. Warriner, former treasurer of the Big Four Railroad, released on $2040 bond after arrest on a $546 shortage claim. He first admitted responsibility but later denied it, alleging others shared guilt. The suit notes about $540 remains due, with rest covered by property. Hackney said Warriner admitted irregularities and suggested multiple motives including speculation and extortion.
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Cincinnati
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four Railroad Company
Warriner
Hackney
Alabama court clash likely over railroad carrier dispute
R L Brown sues in state court against Louisville Nashville Railroad after it refused Sept 12 to carry him from Cullman to Hartselle for 25 cents a mile, arguing violation of a federal court order and signaling a possible clash between the federal and state courts. Edward Haley, union business agent, attacked by a gang in Buffalo, burned but eyes may be saved. motive unclear amid local labor troubles against American Bridge Company. Savannah Line ads urge voyage comfort aboard large ships with music and promenade decks.
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the Tribune
Montgomery
Ala
R. L. Brown
Louisville , Nashville Railroad
Cullman
Hartselle
Buffalo
Edward Haley
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
American Bridge Company
Mary Garden Loses Duty Battle Over Nonresident Claim
The Treasury Department sustained Collector Loeb in taxing Miss Mary Garden $1,100 on her baggage. Garden, born in Scotland and long based in Paris, argued nonresident status under Payne law. officials say she did not meet two years continuous absence. Lawyers may appeal to the Board of General Appraisers or court to define resident status.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Treasury Department
Loeb
Miss Mary Garden
Miss Garden
New York
Treasury
Board of General Appraisers
Congress
United States
Scotland
Paris
Health Board Faces Dispossess Suit Over 55th Street Building
Health Commissioner faces a dispossess summons after the estate of H. J. Braker claimed the city failed to pay increased rent for the 55th Street and Sixth Avenue building. The case hinges on a lease dispute, potential damages, and plans for a new department building to house the health offices.
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Napoleon
Pyramids
Darlington
55Th Street
Sixth Avenue
H. J. Braker
the Tribune
Health Department
Safford A. Crummey
Austin B. Fletcher
Richard Croker
Democratic Club
Scaffolding Collapses as Train Passes Through Elizabeth
Several workers testing scaffolding in the Broad street area escaped injury when the structure broke as an eastbound Philadelphia express passed. The falling scaffold smashed most windows in one car and knocked hats off some passengers, but no injuries were reported.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Broad Street
Philadelphia
C Entral
Wentone Schoolboys Skunk Excuse Prank
Wentone schoolboys wore old clothes and visited a skunk's lair to dodge classes. They returned to the schoolhouse but were sent home. The prank left them in the woods for the rest of the day.
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the Tribune
Winsted
Conn
Wentone
Scores of Leading Football Games Yesterday
Shoreham hotel ad copy states metropolitan standard of excellence. European plan, cuisine and service praised. John T. Devine listed as proprietor and advertiser for the hotel.
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Shoreham
Washington, D. C
John T. Devine
Mental Controversy Rages Over Mrs Stetson Excommunication
Neighborhood buzzed near 96th Street as First Church of Christ Scientist factions debated Mrs Augusta E Stetson. Diary excerpts by Virgil Strickler detail alleged absolute testimony and mental control, with claims of malpractice and perjury amid church inquiries and threats of expulsion.
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96Th Street
Central Park West
First Church of Christ. Scientist
the Park West
Columbus Avenue
Augusta E.stetson
Virgil
Strickler
Robbery in Subway Ends With East Orange Man Beaten
Charles Eller of East Orange New Jersey was found unconscious in a Witch Street downtown subway station lavatory after being followed for hours. He said three men trailed him, then struck him with a blackjack and fled after robbing a gold watch and chain a diamond stud and small change.
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Charles Eller
East Orange
N. J
Witch Street
Schenkelberger
Flower Hospital
Eller
Fire Blocks a Five-Story Building on West Broadway
A fire at 418 420 West Broadway sparked before 11 39 PM, consuming the second floor and spreading to upper levels. Fuller-Burr Paper Box Co occupied ground and second floors, National Pad Co on upper floors. Loss pegged at 100000. three alarms, water towers, and high pressure wagons battled the blaze. Tenants evacuated under police supervision as Sixth Avenue cars and the West Broadway elevated were shut down for over an hour.
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West Broadway
Fuller-Burr Paper Box Company
National Pad Company
Thompson Street
Sixth Avenue
Estrada's Victory Near Guatuaso Nicaragua
Reports from Pinefields Nicaragua say General Fornes Diaz's revolutionaries defeated six hundred government troops in a two day engagement near Guatuaso Chontales. Zelayan forces suffered heavy losses while insurgents held the San Juan River district despite government claims of a prior defeat. General Fornos Diaz defended Pasejas Lajas with four hundred men before being routed.
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Pinefields
Nicaragua
Estrada
Guatuaso
Chontales
Fornes Diaz
Revolutionary Forces
Fornos Diaz
San Juan River
Managua
Pasejas Lajas
Woman traps burglars with revolver on Broadway
Mrs Anna Rath a janitor at 3694 Broadway locked the door called police and armed herself after spotting burglars. She led the officer to the roof where two men were fleeing with a fur overcoat worth 1060 dollars owned by F T Schaeffer. The pair William H O Neill and John Buckley, both twenty, surrendered without resistance.
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Anna Rath
Broadway
Mrs. Rath
William H. O'Neill
West 108Th Street
John Buckley
Amsterdam Avenue
Carrie Nation Causes Disturbance at Longacre Club Visit
Mrs Nation arrived from Washington and disrupted Longacre Country Club proceedings at Hotel Knickerbocker with a confrontational greeting. She was expelled by staff, reappeared on Broadway, and was arrested by Tenderloin detectives on disturbance charges during a tour of cafés and saloons.
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Carrie Nation
Washington
Longacre Country Club
Knickerbocker
Broadway
Union Café
The
Considines
Tammany
Nation
Lynch and Burnell
Tenderloin
East Mth Street
La Savoie Slow After Propeller Trouble
The French liner La Savoie arrives under reduced speed after a propulsion problem beyond a missing blade. Reports aboard the American liner New York and Cunard Compania suggest the starboard propeller is out of commission while La Savoie proceeds to port slowly on its damaged propeller.
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New York
Compania
la Savoie
Bannard Declines New York Governorship Bid
Otto T Bannard announced by telegraph that he will not seek the New York governorship. He said he has no desire for office and his duty was to run for mayor, not in state politics.
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Tribune
Milwaukee
Otto T Bannard
New York
Rui
Aldrich Appeals to Business Men on Monetary Reform
Senator Aldrich opened the Monetary Commission education campaign with a Chicago Commercial Club address. He said no plan would be adopted until thorough study is finished and urged bankers to lend counsel and cooperation for a careful, nationwide reform.
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Chicago
Aldrich
Rhode Island
National Monetary Commission
Commercial Club
Taft
Boston
Monetary Commission
Teller
Colorado
Ohio
Owen
Oklahoma
Smoot
Utah
Bourne
Oregon
C. D
Central Banks
Felows
National Commission
United States
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Hagen
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God
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Newark
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Big Four
Alabama
Savannah Line
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New York City
Jersey City
Hoboken
Mary Garden
Metz
Charles A. O'Neil
Department of Health
Board of Estimate
16Th Street
Irving Place
Board of Health
Kip's Bay Realty Company
Princeton
Dartmouth Merverd
Cornett Vale
Brown
Lafayette Pennesivenia
Wiliams
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University At Rutgers
Mrs. Stetson
Hir
Mother Church
First Church
Archibald MacLenllan
Christian Science Publications
de Flamingo
Jacksonville
Iceton Inn
Seaboard Air Line
Bluefield
Zelaya
Dewey’s
Sre
We Loan & Sune Co
Fulton St
Ady
Bannard
St. Louis
New Orleans
Denver
Theodore E. Robinson
Congress Hotel
Isguin
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