Oyster Season Opens in 1908 topleads and forecasts
Oyster traders announce the 1908 09 season starting today with New York City processing shipments from Connecticut Rhode Island and New Jersey seed grounds. Western demand lags but forecasters expect a larger trade later as cooler weather arrives. Wholesale prices ease slightly from last September with typical retail parity anticipated.
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New York
San Francisco
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Rockaway
Prince’s Bay
Newark Bay
Demin A. F. Merrell
Narrowers and Dealers’ Association
Ica
Pacific Coast
New York City
Tional Oyster North
Balloonists In Peril In Lake Erie Rescue At Sea
Aug 31 Buffalo reports Queen Louise and two others from Columbus Ohio were saved after a valve failure forced a descent over Lake Erie. Lieutenant J. J. Bennett and T. L. Sample were rescued by the steamer Mohegan after gas escaped and ballast was discarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Columbus
Ohio
J. J. Bennett
British Army Balloon Corps
T. L. Sample
Lake Erie
Pigeon Island
Mohegan
Sails On Flight To Break Balloon Distance Record
In Columbus on August 31 Captain Auguste E L Mueller piloted the Ville de Dieppe aloft with passengers Perry Gregory aged sixteen and Gerald Gregory aged eighteen. The balloon, with 78 000 cubic feet capacity, carried 1330 pounds ballast and ten days provisions and water. It lifted at 8 40 p m and headed north hoping to cross the lakes before morning.
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Columbus
Ohio
Auguste EL Mueller
Ville de Dieppe
Mueller
Perry Gregory
Gerald Gregory
Charlies E. Gregory
Chicago
Wrights Aeroplane Flight Ends With Accident
Wilbur Wright resumed flights in Le Mans after an assistant damaged the rudder’s steel band. The craft veered and landed violently after 56 seconds. Wright was uninjured and began repairs. He dismissed rumors of planned German or English Channel flights, citing aircraft instability.
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le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Wright
Germany
English Channel
Wright Motor Tests Delay Fort Myer Flight
Orville Wright reports a bearing on the aeroplane shaft overheated during a test at Dayton. He will not fly until this and other minor defects are fixed before the government tests at Fort Myer.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers
Fort Myer
France
Dayton
Death of Parents Delays Brooklyn Wedding for Gruninger
Edward Gruninger of Brooklyn postponed his wedding to Miss Kate Boniface after both of the groom's parents died on the day set for the ceremony. The bride’s father E L Boniface is in business with Gruninger. the couple's weddings were to be held at the Manhattan and Brooklyn addresses. The mother Mary C Schrey Gruninger died at 6 am and her husband Conrad Gruninger died two hours later. both funerals to be held at East 2d Street address at 1 pm.
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Edward Gruninger
1Sth Street
Brooklyn
Kate &. Boniface
South
E. L. Boniface
Gruninger
East 224 Street
Manhattan
Mary C. Schrey Gruninger
Conrad Gruninger
Iowa Senatorship stalemate slows short term pick
Republican members in Des Moines debate amending the primary law to nominate a U S Senate candidate in November. They fear factional splits will cost the legislature in the fall regardless of vote. Governor Cummins urges the session to elect, while Democrats push an Oregon-law amendment to the primary rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Des Moines
Iowa
United States Senate
Cummins
Oregon
Miners Strike Ends in Birmingham District
United Mine Workers issue official order calling off the strike that began July 6 in the Birmingham district. The cessation leaves most mines operating on a non union basis and blames Governor Comer for blocking tents and public meetings. Signed by President Lewis and officers.
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Birmingham
Ale
United Mine Workers
Comer
Lewis
St Paul Takes Over Eating Houses
Milwaukee Aug 21 the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway will take ownership and control of the railroads eating houses and news distribution system tomorrow. later the deal will extend to the Pacific Coast extension from Chicago to Seattle and to further networks.
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ST. Paul
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Parifie Colc
Chicago
Seattle
Teer
Pardon Granted to Cherokee Boy Beguiling Murder Case
The President pardoned William Judge a Cherokee youth serving life at Fort Leavenworth for murder after new evidence suggested his sweetheart was coerced into perjury at the 1902 trial. rival Charley Sunday disappeared after being found strangled in the Illinois River and was linked to Judge by witnesses who later recanted or doubted their testimony.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
William Judge
Fort Leavenworth
Judge
Charley Sunday
Caroline Goings
Sunday
Illinois
Mystery of East Irvington Watchman Death Deepens
Sheriff Lane and Coroner A O Squire investigate the death of Frank Brady the watchman found crushed in a pond at East Irvington A strap was around his neck and two men are in custody Pasquale Giovanni known as Gino is suspected while Joseph Barnado is a witness Barnado says Giovanni was seen near the culvert late Saturday night Coroner Squire reports blood stains on Giovani coat and Cornell Medical College confirms human blood stains
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Sheriff Lane
A. O. Squire
Ossining
Frank Brady
East Irvington
Brady
Pasquale Giovani
Gino
Joseph Barnado
Giovani
New State Road
Squire
Cornell Medical College
Waltman Convicted In Extortion Case Against Patrolmen
After a short trial the Court of General Sessions found Patrolman William Waltman of the Mercer Street station guilty of extortion. Patrolman Walsh testified that Waltman and Patrolman Cordes took money from two women who had been arrested for soliciting. Cordes pleaded guilty earlier. Wallman is to be sentenced next Monday at the Tombs, with Cordes also awaiting sentencing. Both officers were dismissed from the police force by Acting Commissioner Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of General Sessions
William 5
Waltman
Mercer Street
Walsh
Benjamin Cordes
Fourth Avenue
12Th Street
Cordes
Malone
Will
Baker
Secretary to railway president dies by own action
Charles A. Lawson confidential secretary to President Harahan of the Illinois Central Railroad drowned after jumping from the steamer City of Benton Harbor with weights. He reportedly feared disease, was overworked, and had a high fever. The death occurred on Saturday and his identity was learned today.
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Chicago
Charles A. Lawson
Harahan
Ilinois Central Railroad
Benton Harbor
Lawson
Bitter at Governor attack over Atlantic City remarks
In Atlantic City on August 31 a large meeting criticized Governor Fort for comments about Atlantic City and its morals. Grand jury actions in May’s Landing and remarks by Joseph Salus drew accusations of libel against the city. A five member draft resolutions committee was formed to condemn unwarranted statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Atlantic City
Governor Fort
Odd Fellows’ Hall
May's Landing
Grand Jury
Joseph Salus
Salus
Joseph A. McNamee
Marine Trust Company
Harry Wootten
Mr. Wootten
Eli 8. Chandler
Clement J. Adams
Board of Education
St. Paul's Methodist
Georgia session may fail to curb convict lease system
Atlanta reports indicate the Holder bill to reform Georgia's convict lease system may be vetoed by Governor Smith and fail to pass. Extra sessions could extend beyond October as the 1900s election nears and lawmakers' terms expire, complicating a state government power shift to Joseph M. Brown if Hoke Smith resigns. A Judiciary Committee minority urged abolishing the Prison Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
House
Smith
General Assembly
Joseph M. Brown
Hoke Smith
Judiciary Committee
Woman's savings vanish from carriage pillow
Mrs. Anna Ludwig and her husband run a boarding house in South Chicago. She hid $2,460 in the pillow of her baby's carriage. When two boarders took the baby out for a walk, the money disappeared with them and the police recovered the child hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Chicago
Anna Ludwig
Commercial Avenue
Negro Jewel Thief Caught After Flight Through City Streets
A young man described as a twenty two year old named Frank Brown was chased after speeding through 73rd street and Central Park West. He denied ownership of stolen jewelry found at his home and was held for a further hearing as police seek owners and identification of the items.
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73D Street
Central Park West
McIsaacs
Frank Brown
No. 12
West 27Th Street
Brown
Clarence Green
Rogues
Catherine Shumway
West 73d Street
Droege
West Side
Alfred E. Lunt Named to Oversee College Vote
Alfred E. Lunt of Beverly chosen by the Republican National Committee to supervise the college vote for Republican nominees. Harvard 1903 graduate, former Harvard Republican Club president, editor of The Harvard Republican, business manager of The Harvard Illustrated Magazine, and organizer of the National Republican College League.
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Alfred E. Lunt
National Republican College League
the Tribune
Boston
Beverly
Republican National Committee
Lunt
Harvard
Harvard Republican Club
Harvard Republican
Prohibition Candidate Vows DC Clean Up After Inauguration
Eugene Chafin pledges to shut down gambling dens and the vice district in Washington DC as a first act if elected. He criticizes the Division area near the Capitol and White House for law violations and says the President has power to act.
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Spokane
Wash
Eugene Chafin
District of Columbia
Capitol
White House
Congress
Papers Filed in Thaw Suit By Gleason for 60000
John B. Gleason sues Harry K. Thaw in the United States Circuit Court for 60000 plus interest for legal services and disbursements. Gleason claims he was Thaw’s chief counsel from the first trial until June 1907, receiving 30000 and disbursements of 10115, and contends services were reasonably worth 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Gleason
Harry K. Thaw
United States Circuit Court
Gleason
Thaw
Body not that of Bethune identified in case
Relatives of F D L Bethune the missing New York lawyer remain hopeful a crew of detectives will locate him. Mrs Bethune stays at the Auditorium Annex in nervous condition as her brother-in law F T Foote of New York asserts the McKeesport death theory is ruled out.
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Chicago
F. D
Bethune
New York
Pittsburg
McKeesport
Mr. Bethune
Buffalo
Thaw Outings Cut Short in Fishkill Adjourment
The Thaw alienist suit against Harry K. Thaw by Dr. John P. Wilson of Poughkeepsie was reset to Friday at 10am as neither side appeared. Sheriff Chanler ordered Thaw returned to the city if adjourned, amid criticism of his Fishkill trips including trolley rides and Mount Beacon visits.
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Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
John P. Wilson
Poughkeepsie
Thaw
Schlosser
Fishkill
Chanler
Mount Baucon
Goldsboro Cargo Brought Back From Honduras
Two hundred fifty tons of cargo varied from portable houses to farming implements were hauled from New York to British Honduras aboard the steamer Goldsboro. The Mallory Line steamship Sabine returned the cargo to the city without landing on foreign soil. Captain William Swatridge and James Graham accompanied the voyage. Swatridge had been sent by E. P. Boise to reclaim the vessel but cited seaworthiness issues and the need to stop at Mobile.
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New York
British Honduras
Goldsboro
Mallory Line
Sabine
William Swatridge
James Graham
Honduras
Swatridge
E. P. Boise
Export Shipping Company
Mobile
Horse Falls Into Excavation Beside Broadway Street
Two Empire City Subway laborers narrowly escaped serious harm when a horse pulling a truck fell into a hole at Broadway and Lispenard Street. Dominick Renero of 39 Baxter Street and an unnamed coworker were rescued after being buried by dirt, treated at Hudson Street Hospital, then sent home.
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Empire City Subway Company
Broadway
Lispenard Street
Dominick Ronero
Baxter Street
Hudson Street Hospital
Frank Bott
John Behrman
Walworth Street
Brooklyn
Behrman
Botts
Auto odor test denied in park cab arrest case
William C Tupper a New York Taxicab Co chauffeur and his counsel sought a habeas corpus test in Supreme Court Special Term Judge Dugro denied the writ. The case challenged a Central Park odor emission ordinance and upheld park police power. Tupper was remanded to Yorkville court and fined $1 after arraignment.
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William C. Tupper
New York
Tupper
Dugro
Supreme Court
97Th Street
East Drive
Central Park
Joseph H. Higgins
J. Bronson Kerr
Cedar Street
Yorkville
Yorkville Court
Harris
St Louis Primary Frauds Prompt House to House Voter Canvass
Governor Folk ordered a house to house canvass of sixty thousand voters from the recent state primary after a conference with Circuit Attorney Sager and Police Commissioner Jones. Four more fraud indictments were returned and Folk pledged to enforce fairness at the November general election and punish officers who fail to uphold election laws.
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The
Tribune
St. Louis
Folk
Circuit
Sager
Jones
Cohalan Likely Nominated for Surrogate by Tammany
Senators John P. Cohalan appears set to be the Tammany Surrogate nominee after leaders reportedly received a headquarters hint. He is the brother of Daniel F. Cohalan, chairman of the Tammany law committee and chief legal adviser to Charles F. Murphy.
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Boom Cohalan
John P. Cohalan
Tammany
Cohalan
Mr. Cohalan
Daniel F. Cohalan
Tammany Law Committee
Charles F. Murphy
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Data
Sun rise and set times for Sandy Hook and Gov. Island with Hell Gate tides listed. Moon phase noted age five. High water times given for am tides at three locations.
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A.M
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Maritime Schedules and Vessel Arrivals Listed for September Dates
Shipping notices detail vessel names ports and sailings from August 21 to September 10 across Atlantic Pacific routes. Entries include ships such as Prinzess Irene, Kronprinzessin, Mauretania, and Carpathia with ports like Gibraltar Hamburg Naples Liverpool New Orleans and Rotterdam, and mail close deadlines for transpacific routes via San Francisco and Seattle.
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Magdalena
Kingston
Sarnia
Inagua
Hamb-Am Yumart
Manzanillo
Prinzess Irene
Gibraltar
N G Lloyd
Galveston
So Pacific
Shortalie
Southampton
White Star
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Hamburg-Am Barbarossa
Bremen
Liesd
San Giovanni
Naples
Jacksonville
Clyde E! Valle
New Orleans
Pacific
Malls
Kronprinzessin
Lloyd
Cuthbert
Para
Booth
Hilarius
Montevideo
Houston
Statendam
Rotterdam
Holland-Am
Comancha
Clyde
Jefferson
Norfolk
Old Dominion
Siegiinde
Rio de Janeiro
City of
Estonia
Libau
Comal
Mallory
Monroe
Old Dom
Baltic
Liverpool
Amerika
Hamburg-Am
la Gascogne
Havre
Monterey
Havana
Ward
Guiana
Grenada
Quebec
Goyaz
Brazilian
Oscar II
Christiansand
Scandegee
Pring F Wilhelm
Carpathia
Troquois
Circle
Hamilton
City of Atlanta
Savannah
Hawaii
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Asia
Tahiti
Marquesas
Mariposa
Australia
West
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
New Caledonia
Vancouver
Victoria
Manuka
Seattle
Maru
Bawaii
Mongolia
China and
B. C
Ands
Superie
Wear
Samoan Islands
Boverte
Tacoma
Bellerophon
Shipping News Arrivals From Various Steamer Voyages
Several vessels arrive or depart with passengers, mails, and cargo. La Gascogne and Vaderland report large passenger counts while Antilles and Norwich carry fruit and crew. Quarantine statuses noted for several ships as they enter and leave port during August.
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la Gascogne
Gosselin
Havre
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Bar
Joseph J Cuneo
Nor
Ramadi
Port Antonio
Cuneo Importing Co
Ber
el Siglo
Prescott
Galveston
Pacific Co
Antilles
Woodward
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Co
Moise
Carolina
Sargent
Aguadilla
Iguez
San Juan
New York
Porto Hico
Malls
The
Esperanza
Rogers
Cristobal
Panama
Porto Rico
Delano
Baltimore
Wildenfels
Ger
Denker
Calcutta
Colombo
Port Said
Algiers
Boston
Finch, Edge & Co
Excelsior
Courtin
Rotterdam
Aoe Ruprecht
Duca Degli Abruzzi
Ital
Ansaldo
Genoa
Naples
Hartfield, Solart & Co
Saramacca
van der Est
Paramaribo
Barbados
Vaderland
Berg
Barman
Antwerp
Dover
la Guayra
Porto Cabello
Rover
Red Star Line
Norwich
Smith
United Fruit Co
Minnetonka
Cannons
London
Atlantic Tran Rt Line
Furnessia
Lumsdane
Glasgow
Steamers at Foreign Ports Show Mixed Atlantic Movements
A condensed notice lists ships arriving and sailing from European ports and New York including Indralema La Plata Mercedes de Larrinaga Grosser Kurfurst Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and Pannonia. The records cover Aug 30 to Aug 31 with destinations ranging from Buenos Ayres to Liverpool and Bremen and note sailings from Plymouth Southampton and Dover.
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Sydney
Indralema
New York
Melbourne
la Plata
Mercedes de Larrinaga
Buenos Ayres
London
Minnehaha
Huelva
Annesey
Bremen
Grosser Kurfurst
New Plymouth
Cherbourg
Plymouth
Brow Head
Lusttanta
Queenstown
Liverpool
Avonmouth
Ingram
Nens
Quebec
Southampton
St. Louis
New Y
South End
Shanghai
Crewe Hall
New Algiers
Colombo
Singapore
Verte
Gibraltar
Pannonia
Naples
Dover
Land
Werp
Mburg
Kaiserin Auguste Vv
Ger
Aee
United States
Dan
New
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Soa
York
Rouen
Orifflamme
Demerara
Cretie
Rotterdam
Russia
Liden
Shields
Daldorch
New Cherbourg
Friedrich der Grosse
Frost Bremen
Wyoming Coal Mines Closed After Blockade
Wyoming coal mines under the Mine Owners' Association of Wyoming were closed after failed talks between operators and workers. About 8,900 miners are affected as the mines remain shut indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Wyoming
Mine Owners’ Association of Wyoming
Red special carries Debs for educational trip to San Francisco
The red special train bearing Eugene V. Debs Socialist presidential candidate James H Brower for Illinois governor and other Socialists left Chicago en route to San Francisco. The journey is an educational campaign with speeches and literature distribution at key points. Arrival in San Francisco is set for September 11.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
James H. Brower
Illinois
San Francisco
Vessels Reported Offshore Near Sandy Hook Dock Times
The Kronprin Wilhelm is 893 miles east of Sandy Hook and due about 12:45 pm today. The Noordam, 203 miles east, is expected to dock at 7:30 am today. The Adriatic, 1181 miles east, is expected to dock soon. A vessel named pee is 1090 miles east and due around 7 pm.
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Sandy Hook
Sandyook
Sand Hook
Noordam
Io Coe Shea
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Springfield
Mr. Sample
Piqua
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G. L. Bumbaugh
Wright Aeroplane
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MR. Harahan
Fort
Prohibition
Crew
Justice Dugro
Police Court
Marine Intelligence
Rocers, Peer & Company
Warren St
13Th St
Earl & Wilson
Transpacific
Shipping News
Port of
Coppename
Princess Anne
Newport News
Aurora
F Patricia
Boulogne
Bluecher
Niagara
Boniface
Aes
Maranhense
New Or
Wyoming Coal Mines
Kronp
Wilhelm
Lioya
Tiltgen -Christiansand
Saratoga
Holland
Maracaibo
Curacao
Cienfuegos
Tampico
Ward Chicago
Avre
Altonia
Cunard P. Laeuitheee
E! Biglo Easton
Pacific Venezia
Ee Fabre Altoni
Trieste
Concho
Anseee Iroquois -Jacksonville
Agustes
Anand
MacDon
New Amsterdam
Henry
Liberty
Lillian ‘Russell
Coe Se
Geo. V. Hoba
Jardin de Paris
F. Ziegfeld
Labor Daly
Arnold Daly
Rios
Matinaes Weber
Ke Ee
Vanes
ASTOR
Eve Bijou
MR. Douglas "Fairbanks
Garr
Joseph Coyne
Alexandra Carlisle
Doris Keane
Knickerbocker
Gottenberg
Fire Gaiety Theatre
Theatre
Stves
Matsa Wedaoe
Eve
Rigen and
the Thief
SAVO
34Th Street
Bway
Mats
Diana OF Dobson
Isadora Duncan
Hattie Williams
Lyceum
Bill
45Th St
Burke
Hudson
St. of Bas _ Eves
Robert Edeson
Hippodrome
Ballet OF Birdland
Hite Herald Sq
Risian Herald
Daly's
LYRI
Mary Mannering
Hackett
Labor Day
John Mason
Franz Mol
Oliver Stagedert
M Price
Belasco Theatre
David Belasco
Harrison Grey Fiske
George the Arliss
Alex. Kont
Ferenc Molnara
W. T. Larners
Saat
Aida
Carmen
Rigolette
Faust
Colonial Mat Daily
Alhambra
Eva Tanguay
Salome
Amy Andeson & Co
Harry Allister
Jack Norworth
Howard & North
Barrison & Howard
Bernardi
Stuart Barnes
Conroy le Maire Co
Blaney
N Square Theatre Seel
Hammelstess
Hoffman
Luna Park
Dreamland
Belasco Thea
SUNDA
Golden Gate
Clas
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