Sing Sing water theft battle with Ossining city unfolds
Colonel Michael Padden charges Sing Sing prison owes about $16,000 for water drawn from the Ossining aqueduct over decades. He alleges unmetered by-pass lines and a private piano factory siphoning city water, with the city pursuing state recovery and asserting the prison profited from stolen water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Clarence Padden
Sing Sing
Ossining An
Sion
Wadden
C. ¥. Collins
State Superintendent of Prisons
Ena
Corporation Counsel
Ossining Water Company
Plea for Higher Pay Faces Skeptical Budget Board
Surrogate Charles H. Beckett urged raises for recording band clerks during a budget hearing, detailing each clerks family obligations and years of service. Mayor McClellan countered with questions about citing family affairs, while officials noted small salary gains and broader requests for magistrate and court staff raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Beckett
Beckett
Thomas
McClellan
Surrogate Beckett
Ahearn
McGowan
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Thaw Trial Transfer Fight Ends Dramatically in White Plains
Justice Mills hears the Thaw habeas corpus case with District Attorney Jerome angrily storming out after a bid to move the trial to New York City is denied. Westchester DA Winslow signals withdrawal if tried locally. Mills says he will proceed Monday with defense absent experts. The judge affirms the New York County DA’s duty to defend the commitment and its terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills
Supreme Court
White Plains
Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
New York City
F. A. Winslow
Westchester County
New York County
Tragic double murder and suicide in Norfolk farmer
John Richardson shot and killed his sister-in-law Miss Josephine Cromwell and his father-in-law Beverley Cromwell at Lamberts Point Virginia. After killing the horse belonging to Cromwell he killed himself in the farm yard. Officials deem him insane.
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Norfolk
John Richardson
Lamberts Point
Josephine Cromwell
Beverley Cromwell
Richardson
Cromwell
Miss Cromwell
Richardsons
Dry spell leaves Richwood plants idle and over a thousand out of work
Richwood West Virginia October 7 nearly all manufactures idle in the district due to drought. After a long dry spell rain fell about a month ago but had little effect on conditions.
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Richwood
W. Va
Mayflower in peril and salvage at sea during hurricane
The Mayflower struggles in a hurricane after losing its stern and rudder. Crew J. Noyes and Boylston lead debris clearing, dynamite disposal, and improvised sea anchors while awaiting rescue. The Dutch Dumois tows the ship to Baltimore after heroic aboard actions by Captain Danielsen and crew.
Five Harvard men among Mayflower crew rescued at sea
A yacht crew and five Harvard men, part of a sunken treasure expedition aboard the Mayflower, were rescued after a wreck in the Atlantic about 200 miles east of Watling’s Island. The Hippolyte Dumois ferried them to safety while other ships attempted to assist amid towering waves.
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Baltimore
Soldiers of Fortune
Hippolyte Dumois
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic
G. H. Scull
Boston
R. A. Derby
New York
H. Noyes
Newport
R. I
Hayden Richardson
Boylston
C. Harding
Edward Perham
Joseph Higgins
J. Neilson
C. F. Cursen
A. Speacer
E. Blouston
Mayflower
Advance
Panama Line
Ran
Daiquiri
Bove
Norwegian ship rescues Mayflower crew with line and hawser
After Mayflower foundered amid a distressing scene, the Hippolyte Dumois and the Ran joined to aid. Captain Danielsen maneuvered to windward and sent a line across. A dozen men grasped the hawser and were hauled aboard the Norwegian vessel. The survivors, exhausted, were brought aboard and saved with only their clothes.
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Ran
Hippolyte Dumois
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Baltimore
Danielsen
Dumots
Returning Men From Mayflower Party Tell Of Storm Rescue
Five college men aboard the Mayflower party arrived midnight on the Congressional Limited accompanied by Edward Perham the mate and one seaman. The captain and rest of crew waited in Baltimore. They recounted life risking actions during the storm including Noyes diving for a life preserver and the crew throwing dynamite overboard to prevent danger.
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Congressional Limited
Edward Perham
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Harvard
Yale
Dumois
Roger Derby
Richardson
Perham
Noyes
Mr. Richardson
Boylston
Derby
Ran
Danielsen
Bryan addresses Chicago business men in absent Straus reading
William J. Bryan spoke for over an hour to the Business Men's National Bryan and Kern Association in Chicago’s Auditorium. With Nathan Straus absent due to a family illness, Representative Rhinock read Straus's address advocating Bryan. Straus anticipated Bryan’s election and endorsed his platform.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Business Men's National
Bryan and Kern Association
Nathan Straus
New York
Association
Rhinock
Kentucky
Straus
Bryan
Aeronautic Exhibit Proposal Declined by Museum Directors
The American Museum of Natural History rejected Israel Ludlow's proposal for a permanent aeronautic exhibit citing financial reasons. Ludlow, a Flying machine inventor and Aero Club of America member, had sought a Langley style room similar to the Smithsonian project. George H. Sherwood noted the proposal was carefully reviewed and declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Museum of Natural History
Langley
Brooklyn Probate Seeks Will of Freeman E. Huddle
A will mentioning two former wives is filed for probate in Brooklyn. Freeman E. Huddle, a former photographer who died by self inflicted gunshot on December 21, 1906, left $638 and small sums to six children while disinheriting his first wife Ida G Huddle and leaving the remainder to his second wife Nellie R Van Schore now of Bloomington Illinois. The will had been kept in a safe deposit vault as collateral for a loan of $106,000. The Surrogate will hear the matter on November 28.
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Brooklyn
Freeman E. Huddle
Mr. Huddle
Blloomington
Ill
Nellie R. van Schore
Huddle
Ida & Huddle
Chicago
Ward Suit Seeks Details Over Sheridan Equestrian Statue
Justice Bischoff orders J Q Ward's suit against over thirty Society of the Army of the Cumberland members to supply further particulars. The sculptor seeks 32500 for rejection of his Sheridan statue design and changes requested by the committee. The ruling requires specifics on contract formation and time extensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
J. Q A. Ward
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Philip H. Sheridan
Justice Bischof
Philip J. McCook
Henry C. Hodges
Ward
Craft
Gould divorce case pushed for specifics on alleged infidelity
Mrs Helen Margaret Kelly Gould sues Frank J Gould for divorce on grounds of alleged infidelity involving a house visit in North Sidney Cape Breton in 196 and acts in New York. Justice Gira erich ordered the defendant to provide particulars. Other undefended cases listed include George N Gould vs Florence Gould and Milton J Gould vs Sarah J Gould.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Margaret Kelly Gould
Frank J. Gould
Cape Breton
Justice Giraerich
Supreme Court
North Sidney
George N. Gould
Florence Gould
Milton J. Gould
Sarah J. Gould
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