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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
9
From noon to midnight 471 new cholera cases in St Petersburg with 95 new cases and 126 deaths in the 24 hours. City authorities close primary schools for six weeks and convert schools to hospitals adding 1,400 beds. Odessa reports seven deaths and 13 ill with quarantine measures and news bans as cholera spreads through Russia.
Manila reports twenty three new cholera cases and six deaths in the past day as a major storm floods the city and a nearby typhoon ramains offshore. In Washington a six case decline is recorded with officials citing improved conditions and enhanced disinfecting efforts to curb the outbreak.
Native cholera hospitals in Amoy report thirteen deaths in the ten days ending Thursday. Eight leading native physicians state they treated only two cholera cases in that period. Total deaths from all causes in Amoy on Thursday were seventeen.
News agency from Vienna reports Count and Countess Széchenyi suffered only bruises after their car struck a bridge pillar in Hungary. The Countess, Miss Gladys Vanderbilt of New York, was with him and both escaped injuries, while returning from Hungarian army maneuvers.
The Social-Democratic Congress in Nuremberg defeats a proposal to fund state appropriations for the empire by a vote of 28 to 119. Sixty seven delegates from Bavaria Baden Württemberg and Hesse sign a declaration claiming state Socialist representatives may follow local conditions, signaling a serious break in party unity.
St. John s Newfoundland September 18 The Newfoundland Legislature was dissolved today and Monday November 2 was named as the date of the general election. Sir Robert Bond premier will lead the government campaign while the opposition will be headed by Sir Edward Morris who until last year was Attorney General in the Bond cabinet.
In St Petersburg on September 18, women students achieved a notable victory over Minister of Education M Schwartz as the cabinet granted 3,219 female students permission to finish their studies. Further admission of women will depend on future legislative action.
Notes from Petersburg Rio de Janeiro Montreal and Montreal again cover government plans. The Russian ministry proposes a US agricultural agency to study farming and import machines to replace the commune system. Three cadets are exiled to Siberia for a revolutionary society. In Rio de Janeiro a dinner honors the American ambassador with Cabinet and senators present. John Sullivan named chief engineer of the eastern lines of the Canadien Pacific Railway. A hunting accident kills Edgar Humphrey. Sir Wilfrid Laurier urges a permanent US style tariff commission to meet Canadian manufacturers and face British competition.
Major General Charles Edward Luard retired, who had faced murder allegations over his wife’s death, died by throwing himself in front of a train at Teston crossing near Wateringbury England on Sept 1 He left a letter blaming scandalous reports and stating he could not face his son The inquest into Mrs Luard's death near Sevenoaks August 4 remains inconclusive with no clear motive or enemies identified Luard’s long military career included reforms at Windsor and Gibraltar rearmament schemes and leadership in various campaigns He was born in 1829 and married in 1879
The State Department reports from Mr. Dodge that Leroy Cannon is being tried in Choluteca Honduras on charges of involvement in revolutionary movements. Cannon, son of David K. Cannon of Harrisburg Pennsylvania, traveled to Central America with a US expedition to survey the proposed Nicaraguan Canal and lacks US passport papers, though he appears to be an American citizen.
In San Juan on September 18, the House of Delegates blocks the $3,000,000 irrigation project. The chamber insists on appointing physicians to investigate anemia in the island, rather than having the Governor direct the Health Director.
Berlin September 18 Representative Richard Bartholat president of the American group of the Interparliamentary Union presented resolutions today. Emperor William telegrammed thanks for the greeting and said he hopes the conference will preserve the blessings of world peace a matter close to his heart.
Paris dispatch says the Foreign Office announced that Great Britain accepted fully and without reserve the Franco-Spanish note on the Moroccan situation.
In Alpena Michigan on September 18 a coroner's jury found murder and suicide in the deaths of George Bradbury aged nineteen and Norah Priest aged eighteen. The lovers were found shot on a country road three miles from Alpena. Bradbury had bought a revolver yesterday and rented a buggy last night. the bodies lay by the road with no sign of struggle. Bradbury apparently shot Norah Priest and then killed himself.
Trenton reports State Superintendent C J Baxter issued a ruling that public school children may abstain from classroom prayers or Bible readings if parents object. The case arose from Arthur Watts of River Edge New Jersey whose two children aged eight and eleven refused to participate, choosing to stay home rather than pray.
The American Atlantic fleet departed Albany at 5 0 clock or 6 30 this morning heading for Manila over a distance of about 3600 miles. The flagship Connecticut did not start with the group due to fueling delays. Missouri also lagged owing to a broken pipe injecting system. Rear Admiral Sperry and Western Australia officials exchanged cordial messages praising mutual hospitality and hoping for continued friendly relations as the fleet proceeds to its destination.
George Panopulo a perfumery maker at No 5th Avenue and Constantine Psaki broker at No 1 Wall Street invited a guest to his No 144 West Street flat after a theatre. They found a burglar packing silverware but narrowly thwarted the theft as the intruder fled toward 9th Street and was captured later at 94th Street and Amsterdam Avenue by Walter Schachtel of West 132nd Street.
Henry A. Engelke a plaintiff in a suit against Griffith Scott rich brick maker of Haverstraw is wounded in the head by a bullet at Conyers during a quarrel with partner Henry F. Schroeder owner of an inn at Rockland Lake Schroeder was arrested Engelke had sued Scott for alienating his wife Geraldine Bruce a Florodora singer but never pressed the case to trial Engelke later obtained a divorce Evelyn Thaw was once linked to Geraldine Bruce and the story notes Scott’s involvement in the earlier suit.
A blaze of blue flames erupted along the Broadway tracks from 4th to 42nd streets as old cable lines touched live wires. Ten surface cars were enveloped in smoke, traffic halted from 9:30 to 11. Inspector Titus organized patrols and a repair crew could not stop the fire until wires burned out. About 150 riders escaped unharmed. Guests from major hotels viewed the scene.
A barge explosion at Mare Island near Vallejo California killed Chief Machinist Teddy May and injured Lt J S Townsend and Chief Gunner's Mates W H Leahy and Morrin. Submarines Grampus Pike and the tender Fortune and tug Unadilla were scorched and caught fire as flames leapt outward.
Authorities seek Frank Brown Jr. and Lester Bresee after Bresee, confined nine weeks at Mount Hope Insane Asylum, was aided to freedom by Brown who picked him up in his car then disappeared with Bresee. Brown is son of a former governor and Bresee is a young club and society man. The pair have not been heard from since.
John F Stevens head of the North Side Board of Trade invites mayors and civic officers from Yonkers New Rochelle and Mount Vernon to a reception and Bronx tour on October 15. Automobiles will await near the board rooms at 138th Street plaza for a factory and borough tour ending with dinner at Hubers Casine.
J Warren Pond once NY state forest fish and game protector was arrested at his Mountain View Franklin County home and brought to Titica for a grand larceny charge. The indictment alleges he unlawfully retained $10 paid in November 194_. W B J Williams, a Titica lawyer, filed the warrant. Pond’s examination was to be held later that afternoon.
Mrs Ellen B Welsh faced contempt proceedings after failing to appear for income examinations, with Justice Bischoff setting bail at 1000 dollars before releasing her last night. Alfred Judson Charles Judson and Percy Sherman sued for 1834 dollars over stock purchases. her lawyer Gabrielle Mulliner argued she knew nothing of the case. Her husband Marion Welsh was present but did not secure bail. release came after plaintiffs' counsel consent.
John F. Wollensak, once a wealthy hardware merchant, was believed dead but was found alive in California eight years after leaving Chicago. Probate proceedings to declare death stalled by an affidavit saying he resides out of state. Rail interest in Canal Street property valued over $300,000 prompted the inquiry.
Cable message from Boston reports the British ship Timandra bound for this port in ballast put into Barbados with ten feet of her stem missing and leaking after an August 7 collision near the Equator with an unknown steamer. It is believed the other vessel was the Spartan Prince, previously reported to have foundered after a collision at sea.
A noisy Mardi Gras at Coney Island drew a large crowd with little arrests. Hoodlums tossed sneeze powder at women and tore garments to spread confetti. Rail service failed to handle crowds as fares rose to 14 cents, trains and cars stalled. Pedestrians who collected confetti and resold it were arrested, and a few drunks were kept overnight.
A single serious accident marred the Mardi Gras carnival at Coney Island last night when a car driven by Tunis Bogart of Brooklyn crashed into a telegraph pole on Ocean Boulevard. Elder Bogart, Peter S. Bogart, was knocked unconscious and hospitalized with concussion and possible skull fracture. Tunis Bogart was able to drive the car home.
The Adventure reports heavy ice in Hudson Strait delaying entry to Hudson Bay last July and August. The Canadian government may abandon a $30,000.09 grain carrier steamship link from Fort Churchill to Europe due to ice conditions. Fur trade in the Hudson Bay region was poor last winter.
Opera singer David Bispham obtained from Judge Auden Reid a rule returnable next Monday ordering his wife to show cause why she should not be punished for contempt for disobeying a prior order awarding custody of their two younger children to him. He waited hours at his lawyer's office for her to meet to plan the children's future. she did not appear. Mrs Bispham had fled with the children to Atlantic City but brought them back to stay under court jurisdiction, though left them with a friend.
The body of Charles Gg. Van Fleet, once a Colorado Supreme Court judge, was found in a lodging house room in Los Angeles after he took cyanide. He had lived in California for six years on a ranch near San Jacinto, where his widow and son reside.
The Federation of Jewish Organizations announced plans to form Big Brothers Society to prevent повтор juvenile offenders from rejoining criminal paths, with cooperation from the National Liberal Immigration League. General Bingham received praise from both groups for admitting he was wrong, and upcoming Federation Review will feature a favorable Bingham number after prior criticism was dropped.
Charles Knapple, a prisoner once employed as a drug clerk at Lehn Fink in New Williamson street, hanged himself with a bed sheet in his cell after bead for about fifteen minutes. His trial had been set for yesterday following accusations by former employers over alleged opium theft. He lived at 15 East Mt Street.
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