Wright Breaks Aeroplane Records at Fort Myer
Orville Wright shattered heavier-than-air flight records by staying aloft for 62 minutes and 15 seconds in three trials at Fort Myer. With Lieutenant Lahm aboard for the final flight, the tests drew Gen. Miles and Secs. Metcalf and Wright as crowds watched the machine maneuver with apparent mastery.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Lahm
Wright
Nelson A. Miles
Wright, Straus
Metcalf
Virginia
Mr. Wright
Mr. Wricht
Wilbur
le Mans
France
Selfridge
Aerial Experiment Association
Hammondsport
N. Y
Army
Navy
Reward Offered for Van Dyck Stolen in Vienna
Austro Hungarian Consulate General announces a 1000 crown reward for the recovery or return of the Van Dyck painting Kopf Eines Kindes stolen from Count Marrach’s Vienna gallery on August 24. A photo is distributed to customs inspectors and art dealers. Vienna warns thieves may smuggle the work to the United States.
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Vienna
Count Marrach
Marrach
United States
Treasury Department
Congo Annexation Treaty Passed by Belgian Senate
The Belgian Senate adopted the Congo annexation treaty and the colonial charter amid Conservative cries of Long live the King. It endorsed the Deputies’ view that Belgium bears Congo debt only if a special law makes it obligatory. Deputies had passed the treaty on August 20.
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Brussels
Congo
Chamber of Deputies
Belgium
Indicted for Arson in $1.5 Million New Orleans Fire
Julis Lipps and Abraham Wolf of Central Glass Company along with John Eckert were indicted by the New Orleans grand jury for arson in a blaze that damaged parts of three blocks in the business district. Originated in the Central Glass Company building, with losses totaling about $1,500,000.
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New Orleans
Julis Lipps
Abraham Wolf
The
Central Glass Company
John Eckert
Gale on British Coast Tops Small Craft Casualties
A gale along the British coast causes several deaths among small craft. The schooner Phyllis Gray laden with coal went ashore near Croydon and turned turtle, with six crewmen lost. The Russian barkentine Orient foundered off Ballydavid Head near Ireland, six sailors drowned.
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London
Phyllis Gray
Croydon
Orient
Ballydavid Head
Ireland
Banker Killed In Auto Crash After Prizefight
Philip N. Lillienthal longtime head of Anglo California Bank was killed when his car struck a light vehicle after leaving the Gans Nelson prizefight. He died at the scene from a crushed skull and multiple broken ribs. The banker had brought two foreign guests to the bout and his wife, sister of Professor Seligman, had died two years earlier.
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Tribune
San Francisco
Philip N. Lillienthal
Anglo-California Bank
Gans-Nelson
Tonneau
Mr. Lillienthal
J. Seligman
New York
Professor Seligman
Columbia University
Tragedy at Times Square Post Office Dynamo Install
Foreman Charles Nelson died after ropes slipped during the raising of a two ton dynamo at the Times Square branch post office. He was pinned under steel for about 45 minutes, a bolt piercing his chest. Nelson lived at 187 224th Street Brooklyn and worked for Howes Transportation and Construction Company. The plant supports pneumatic tube service to Grand Central and West Side sub stations.
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Times Square
Charles Nelson
224 Street
Brooklyn
Nelson
Howes Transportation and Construction Company
East 19Th Street
West 39Th Street
Grand Central Station
West Side
Plans for Patterson Reservoir in Croton watershed stir opposition
Plans for a Patterson site reservoir in the Croton watershed face political and departmental opposition led by Walter H. Sears and Commissioner John H. O'Brien. O'Brien questions lack of department consultation and seeks legal opinion, while Aqueduct officials claim the dam is not complete. If built, the reservoir would flood Patterson village, redraw local boundaries, and back up to 20 billion gallons, with expansion of water supply and rail reconstruction estimated at 3.25 million dollars.
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Croton
Aqueduct Commission
Walter H. Sears
John H. O’brien
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
O'Brien
McClellan
O’brien
Aqueduct Commissioners
Cross River
Aqueduct Commissioners’ Office
Croton Falls
Pawling
Dutchess County
Great Basin
Patterson
Upper East Branch
Brewster
West Patterson
Harlem
Sears
Catskills
Patterson Site
John J. Ryan
Manhattan
Bronx
Governor Hughes Garners Broad Support at Rockland County Fair
Governor Charles E. Hughes spoke before about four thousand at the Rockland County Fair in Orangeburg New York highlighting his administration. A petition favorable to his renomination circulated among Republicans and citizens, signed by hundreds, and a Governor’s Special race was staged by local horsemen as a show of esteem. He urged appointing the best men to office and warned against pessimism while stressing aid to agriculture and government by the people.
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Tribune
Orangeburg
N. Y
Charles FE. Hughes
Rockland County
Weehawken
New York City
Fair Grounds
Nyack
Republican County Convention
Rockland
Charles BE. Hughes
Hughes
Justice Tompkins
New York County
Kings County
Saratoga
New York
Kings Counties
Brenner
Jaquillard
Brooklyn
Levenson
Blake
Nedjedly
Fenton
Odell
John A. Dix
Woodruff
Panic from auto smoke erupts at Churchill Derby meeting
A smoke cloud from a passing automobile caused a brief scare at the Churchill-Derby talk in Commonwealth Hall East Orange as Senator Everett Colby spoke Winston Churchill was the guest of honor and the audience reacted with alarm before calming down.
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Tribune
Orange
N. J
Commonwealth Hall
East Orange
Winston Churchill
Everett Colby
Mr. Colby
Roosevelt
Harriman Special On Record Run Reaches Ogden
E H Harriman's special train with seven private cars and a baggage car arrives in Ogden at 5 15 pm. The Salt Lake division kept all districts clear for a record run as General Manager B E Calvin of Southern Pacific rode from San Francisco to Sparks. After a twenty minute Ogden stop the party leaves for Omaha with another record lap planned. General Manager Mohler of Union Pacific joins Harriman over that route.
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Ogden
Utah
E. H. Harriman
Salt Lake Division
B. E. Calvin
Southern Pacific
Harriman
San Francisco
Sparks
Omaha
Mohler
Union Pacific System
Lion and Young Aeronaut Fall at Richmond Fair
William Coby a young balloonist aged eighteen plummeted fifty feet at the Richmond County fairgrounds Dongan Hills Staten Island as a lion and a cub also fell after the balloon burst The cab was unharmed and Coby suffered internal injuries taken to Ss K Smith Infirmary Frank Robinson of Milwaukee Coby’s manager was arrested on criminal negligence charges
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William Coby
Richmond County Fair
Dongan Hills
Staten Island
Coby
Bremen Street
Milwaukee
Ss. K. Smith Infirmary
Frank Robinson
New Corp
Suburban winner Hermis sold for $900 at New Jersey dispersal
Red Bank New Jersey Sept 9 Hermis famed Suburban Handicap winner of 1904 was sold at E R Thomas breeding farm dispersal for 900 dollars Charlie Hughes who developed him for H M Ziegler bought him E R Thoras bought Hermis from L Y Bell for about 40 000 dollars Seventy one horses bringing 17400 dollars total sales averaging under 20 dollars per head Lady Amelia top sprinter sold to Joan E Madden for 4000 dollars Golden Garter sire of Charles Edward Jacobite Gold Maxim and Dainty sold to James B Hose original owner for 1000 dollars
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Red Bank
N. J
Hermis
E. R. Thomas
Charlie’ Hughes
H. M. Ziegler
E. R. Thoras
L. YV. Bell
Lady Amelia
Joan E. Madden
Golden Garter
Charles Edward
Jacobite
Gold Maxim
Dainty
Thomas
James B. Hose
Arrest Davis in Omaha for Austin murder clue
Charles Edward Davis termed the "other man" in Mrs. Rice's testimony was arrested in Omaha on a murder connection. Bail was set at 5000 by his brother Fred H. Davis. The coroner's jury cited unknown killers and urged further investigation while insurance policies on Dr. Austin showed lapses and limited remaining coverage amid Davis's long insanity history.
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Tribune
Omaha
Charles Edward Davis
Rice
Austin
Fred H. Davis
First National Bank
Davis
Herman Kountze
Kountze Brothers
New York
Charles Davis
Frederick H. Davis
Charles
Rustin
Lawson Yacht In Crash Near Deer Island
Boston dispatch reports Thomas W. Lawson's steam yacht My Gypsy wrecked after a collision with the T Wharf fishing schooner Boyd and Leeds near Deer Island. Mrs. Arnold Lawson and Mrs. Marshall C. Bouvé narrowly escaped death as crewman Fred Jollamore plucked Mrs. Lawson from the water. Captain M. S. Enos aided Mrs. Bouvé aboard the half-sunken yacht.
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the Tribune
Boston
Deer Island
T Wharf
Boyd
Leeds
Thomas W. Lawson
My Gypsy
Arnold Lawson
Marshall C. Bouvé
Lawson
Cohasset
Suit Against Sully Over Counsel Fees
A judgment for 4235.82 was filed against Daniel J. Sully, cotton broker, by William Harmon Black, once counsel to the “cotton king” during his 1904 bankruptcy. The suit, likely for unpaid fees and interest, notes Sully’s past failure for nearly 3 million and 1.3 million in assets with creditors paid at 40 cents on the dollar. Black and John R. Dos Passos had handled the proceedings. Edward M. Grout now appears as Black’s counsel.
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Daniel J. Sully
William Harmon Black
Cotton King
Bully
Black
John R. Dos Passos
Doyle buys option on Franklin house in Paris
Michael J. Doyle of Philadelphia says he has secured an option for an American syndicate on the Paris house where Benjamin Franklin lived and hosted receptions during the Revolutionary era. The property later passed to Napoleon and then Josephine after his divorce. Doyle will not reveal the interested parties or plans for the site.
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Franklin
Paris
Michael J. Doyle
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
France
Napoleon
Hughes to be named Parsons now for him
Governor Hughes is expected to win renomination on the first ballot at the Saratoga convention. A large New York County delegation, 351 members from four counties, backs him, while leaders like President Parsons and State Chairman Woodruff seek a unified GOP front amid surprising primary results.
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Hughes
Saratoga
Parsons
Republican County Committee
Woodruff
Levenson
Lower East Side
Blake
Lower West Side
New York County
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Wright Brothers
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van Dyck
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H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton &J
Big Hughes
Lion and Young Aeronaut
Richmond Fair
Sully
New Germay
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