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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
1
Great Britain softens stance on a powers conference to discuss Near East issues and limits the topics. Servian Assembly backs vigorous action, Montevideo? credit of 3.2 million for war, and royal telegrams. Cretan parliament votes union with Bulgaria’s Ferdinand, welcomed in Sofia.
M Iswolsky impressed upon Sir Edward Grey the need for a conference of powers to address the Balkans crisis and related questions such as Bosnia and Herzegovina annexation and Bulgarian independence. Britain signals willingness to enlarge the conference scope while urging restraint and adherence to existing treaties.
Venna reports crown prince George of Servia urging war while King Peter acts cautiously provoking unease in Belgrade. Servian Premier suppresses the crown prince as dynastic tensions rise and fears of volunteers near Boenia grow.
Vettinje Montenegro October 12 The Montenegrin National Assembly opened here today in a session expected to approve a war credit amid wartime measures and urgent financial needs.
The fruit steamer Joseph J. Cuneo arrived from Port Antonio Jamaica after a hurricane on October 2. Captain Aamadt was badly injured rescuing the ship's carpenter as water flooded the decks and boiler rooms. Chief Mate Charles Oberg lost his new false teeth during the storm.
Wu Ting-fang, the Chinese Minister, described his arranged marriage in Newark. He recounted peeking at three potential brides from a window before choosing his wife, noting he never clearly saw her until after the engagement. He said he is not unhappy in his marriage despite never having met his wife before that day.
A southbound Sixth Avenue elevated train left Rector street station at 6 34 last night and jumped the track while switching from west to centre track. It blocked all three tracks to South Ferry until 9 o'clock. No passengers were aboard. Police transfers handled southbound riders and traffic ran north of Rector street via routed switches.
President William H. Truesdale of the Lackawanna, his wife, and his son Calvin fought a hour long bucket brigade through a chilling autumn wind to save their Greenwich summer home from a fire caused by a benzine flame in the chauffeur John Junius room. Junius suffered burns but is expected to recover. The family and eight servants fled in night clothes as the blaze was fought and the house saved to resume a planned automobile tour.
Surgeons at St. John's Hospital operated on Edson Pratt eleven year old after a self inflicted gunshot. The boy with Juvenile Court history had been at Hudson Farm for switch stealing and harming a pig. Doctors aim to relieve brain pressure blamed on a head injury seven years earlier.
An alligator two feet long believed to have arrived from Florida via the Gulf Stream was plucked from the East River at dist street yesterday by three volunteer lifesaving corps members. They delivered the reptile to Dr. Hubner of Beekman Place. He said the two year old creature was nearly dead from the cold.
The article discusses Mr Chanler's gubernatorial bid opposing government by commission and defending protections against domestic rate discrimination. It cites reforms by Governor Hughes, regulatory changes, and public rate filings. It then reports four day city registration totals by borough, noting increases and declines from 1904 and 1906 benchmarks.
In Boston the Superior Court discharged Carlton Stanley after he was cited for driving about fifty mph through an auto trap. He said swarming bees forced him to accelerate to save his life, and the judge agreed that one may break speed laws to escape bees.
Health Department physicians tie last week's heart disease rise to the acute baseball situation. Deaths totaled 154, up from 129 a year earlier, with Manhattan at 70 versus 58. They note interest in the game spread citywide, while prior week showed different patterns.
Theresa Klein of 2188 Broadway took her blind in one eye brother Charles Scheer to West 47th Street station after a brutal attack last Thursday near Ninth Avenue. Scheer, a sole supporter of aging parents and a Ninth Avenue tailor, was robbed of $10 and left unconscious. he later recovered at home.
Professor John A. Brashear reports a rare close approach of Jupiter and Venus. At 5 am tomorrow both planets will be visible in the southeastern sky about 30 degrees above the horizon, within the diameter of the moon.
Miss Sarah Morse one of the oldest women in Brooklyn died at the Methodist Home Park Place on Sunday. Officials say her death resulted from the effects of celebrating her 100th birthday on September 29. She had been ill since that day and entered the home with no known friends or details of her past.
An advertisement from Dewey and Sons Co at 135 Fulton Street New York promotes Dewey’s Pure Grape Juice as a nourishing beverage that purifies the blood.
The Jamaican Bay Yacht Club at Helkind's station Rockaway Beach suspended Borough President Bird S Coler of Brooklyn for nonpayment of dues. Coler says he does not recall joining the organization.
Albert E. Tucker wed his daughter in law Lulu E. Tucker just after obtaining a divorce from John Tucker. The wedding followed a swift divorce an hour earlier as Warsaw residents untangle the unusual family connections. Harlem City Ticket Office of the New York Central Lines moved to 121 West 125th Street with morning advisories by phone.
Washington reports show Republican prospects rising as observers from New York and Chicago forecast a Taft landslide. J F O'Brien and H H Kohlsaat cite labor backing and shifting Democratic editors toward Taft, with fear of Bryan’s potential court changes cited as a warning.
Annapolis authorities have demanded resignations from twenty-four midshipmen after an academic board found that fifteen in the new fourth class and eight in the second class failed the September mental examinations. A May exam left forty-two deficient, with reexaminations in September. those who passed reduced the overall losses, but vacancies remain and will shrink the brigade.
Justice Tompkins denied Mount Vernon’s bid for a traffic agreement with Receiver Young of Westchester Electric Railway to set a decent Mount Vernon to Booth Street fare. He ruled Young had done all in his power to secure the agreement with Receiver Whitridge of the Third Avenue and Union Railway lines.
General Simon B. Buckner of Kentucky, once on the Gold Democratic ticket with Palmer, says Bryan is not a Democrat and will vote for Taft. He calls Bryan a Populist and a Socialist and criticizes his banking, tariff, and Brownsville views. He asserts Taft is the most suitable presidential candidate.
Eight year old Margaret F. Mitchell heiress to 200000 was seized by kidnappers while walking with her grandmother. They drove through the city and nearby towns for four hours before vanishing. Police traced possible interurban car routes to Elgin or Aurora as Mrs Mitchell seeks divorce from Robert H. Mitchell.
A top floor blaze at 312 West 3rd Street sent smoke through a three story brick building city firefighters and James Kelly helped Joseph Fitzpatrick pass his newborn son and three year old daughter from a front window to safety. Mrs Fitzpatrick was carried out unharmed by her husband and firefighters.
George Foster a black man with multiple aliases was arrested in St Louis after diamonds valued at over 80000 were found hidden on his person and belongings. The unset stones matched a haul stolen from S C Powell Diamond Company of New York from a Pullman car on June 29 en route to Chicago.
Governor Hughes speaks at Lyceum Theatre Elmira to about three thousand praising reformist aims and opposing gambling measures. He cites office duties, railroad policy, and “policyholder” insurance stance, urging support for a constitutional program and independence from private interests. He also addresses crowds in Waverly and Owego, stressing probity, duty, and public service.
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