Hastings Denies Times Cleveland Article Authentic
The New York Times published a letter from F S Hastings executor of Grover Cleveland's estate repudiating an August article signed by Cleveland. Hastings provided no evidence to disprove the piece and directed inquiries to John G Carlisle.
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New York Times
Hastings
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Taft
William Jennings Bryan
The
Times
Broughton Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Broadway
New York
F. S. Hastings
New York City
Mr. Hastings
Frances Cleveland
F.S. Hastings
Jand
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Greenwich
Conn
Mr. Cleveland
the Times
Bank Messenger Shot in Wall Street Basement Duel
In the National City Bank basement at 52 Wall Street two young messengers clashed. Victor Arfa, sixteen, of 658 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, was shot in the left calf by Frank Gregory, eighteen, of 530 Warren Street Brooklyn. Gregory was arrested for felonious assault. Ryfa, wounded and dressed at St Gregory's Hospital, was locked up for carrying concealed weapons. Gregory allegedly borrowed the revolver from Ryfa and discharged it while holding it.
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National City Bank
Wall Street
Victor Arfa
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
Frank Gregory
Warren Street
Ryfa
St. Gregory's Hospital
Oak Street
Gregory
Susan and Mary schooner lost off Sable Island
Boston dispatch reports the Susan and Mary, a Boston schooner commanded by Captain Joseph Spinney with twenty three men aboard, lost near Sable Island after a collision in heavy fog. Only three crew members reportedly survived. no further details available at The Wharf.
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the Tribune
Boston
Joseph Spinney
Sable Island
Broader lectures urged by Dr Leipziger to education board
Dr H M Leipziger head of the free lecture bureau asks the Board of Education to extend public lectures and form a national educator body to spread knowledge. The 1907 08 report notes 663 lecturers, 60 colleges and universities represented, and many secondary teachers participating. Institutions listed include Adelphi Packer Institute Columbia NYU City College Normal College Amherst Lafayette Stanford Rutgers Trinity Chicago Illinois Pennsylvania Yale.
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Board of Education
Henry M. Leipziger
Leipziger
Adelphi College
Packer Institute and Polytechnic Institute
Brooklyn
Columbia University
New York University
City College and Normal College
Manhattan
Ambherst
Lafayette
Leland Stanford
Rutgers
Trinity
Chicago
Minois
Pennsylvania
Yale
Diphtheria Scare Hits Clark University in Worcester
A diphtheria scare at Clark University in Worcester Massachusetts prompts six positive cases moved to isolation and twelve more under surveillance. College physician Dr Frederick H Baker states strict measures are in place to curb the outbreak.
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the Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Clark University
Frederick H. Baker
Spinster Leaves Physician 60000 In Probate Will
Providence report states Mary F Waterman spinster cutting off her brother and sister with gifts of each and leaving about 60000 to young physician Dr Albert W Rounds. Probate admitted today in the city.
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Tribune
Providence
Mary F. Waterman
Albert W. Rounds
Real estate purchases reported for Thomas R. Ball of Best & Co
Thomas R Ball of Best and Co enlarged his holdings on the westerly side of South avenue between Sixth and 36th streets and bought 374 Fifth Avenue, formerly the Engineers' Club, for 50 percent. At Douglas Robinson Charles Brown and Co office it was said negotiations for razing an adjoining parcel had not yet been perfected.
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Best & Co
Sth Ave
Sith and
36Th Sts
5Th Ave
Engineers’ Club
Douglas Robinson
Charles
Brown & Co
Negroes Rally For Taft At West Side Republican Meeting
A large turnout of about two hundred in the Lincoln Republican club on West 59th Street cheered speakers of all backgrounds for Taft and Hughes. Elisha Harris presided as the district’s Black voters urged unity and Republican support. Isaac B. Allen urged action toward Republican leadership, praising Taft and Roosevelt while criticizing Democratic promises and Brownsville controversy.
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Lincoln Republican Lab
Taft
Hughes
Elisha
Pop
Harris
2Th Assembly
Isaac B. Allen
Boston
Fromer
Roger Wolcott
McKinley
Allen
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Denver
Horyan
Clarence R
Fears Bubonic Plague Warns Coast Infection Danger
Dr N K Foster of California warned delegates at a North American health conference that Gulf and Atlantic coasts face bubonic plague risk possibly from waterborne ports. He urged immediate action to destroy rats and fortify defenses as the insidious disease could spread nationwide.
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Washington
Gulf
Atlantic
United States
N. K. Foster
California
Conference of State and Provincial Boards of Health of North America
Lewis Strang Jilted As Bride Delays Wedding
The famed race driver Lewis Putnam Strang waited for Jennie L. Spalding of The Follies of 1998 to marry in Stamford but she failed to keep the appointment. The engagement had lasted four years. Spalding asked for days to think it over and Strang insisted she could take a lifetime. Judge Martin Gray waited until 2 am then adjourned. Strang blamed her colleagues for pressuring her.
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the Tribune
Stamford
Strang
Mr. Strang
Jews Celebrate Jewish New Year Citywide Observances
Rosch ha-schonah marked the Jewish New Year with temple and synagogue services. Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman preached on a year of good tidings at Temple Emanu El while Rev. Dr. Stephen S Wise spoke at Free Synagogue on conquering self and rising. East Side crowds filled halls as shops planned to close today.
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Joseph Silverman
Free Synagogue
1St Street
Columbus and
Amsterdam Avenues
Stephen S. Wise
English Courts Seek Probate of Lady Kortright Will
Philadelphia report states English executors appeal the Philadelphia Register of Wills probate of Lady Kortright's 1893 will. Americans valued at about 1.08 million dollars bequeathed to Presbyterian charities. English case argues two wills form one under London law. answer ordered by Oct 10.
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Philadelphia
Register of Wills
Lady Kortright
London
Orphans’ Court
America
Presbyterian Charities
The
Presbyterian Hospital
Board of Home Missions
Board of Education
Board of Relief
Kortright
Forest Fire Disease Ailment Spreads Statewide
Telegraphed report from Waterbury Connecticut notes a new respiratory illness linked to dense forest fire smoke. Patients suffer throat itching and severe coughing unresponsive to common remedies. Physicians expect relief when rain damps fires and clears the air.
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the Tribune
Waterbury
Conn
Franklin Union Opens in Boston Strong New Institute
The Franklin Union dedication at Berkeley and Appleton Streets celebrated Benjamin Franklin's 1791 bequest of 1000 and marked the opening of a new training school for mechanics and artisans. Richard Olney presided as board chair with remarks by Ira Hollis Louis Rouillion George Swain Elihu Thomson and Rev. Thomas I. Gasson. Courses start next week with applications nearly filling the capacity.
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Franklin Union
Benjamin Franklin
Berkeley and
Appleton Streets
Franklin
Richard Olney
Ira N. Hollis
Harvard
Louis Rouillion
Mechanics’ Institute
New York
George F. Swain
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elihu Thomson
Thomas I. Gasson
Boston College
Reitman attacks city lodging house methods
Dr Ben L Reitman the so called King of the Hoboes criticizes the Municipal Lodging House at 298 First avenue alleging rough attendants humiliating applicants and excessive island transfers. Superintendent Yorke replies defending fitness tests, voluntary island admissions, and claiming meals of oatmeal milk coffee and bread meet needs.
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Ben L. Reitman
King of
First Avenue
William ©. Yorke
Reitman
Blackwell's Island
New York
Yorke
Queer militia practices spark War Department protest
Reports from coast artillery maneuvers show militia units with members lacking basic recruit training. Washington warns state adjutants that funds will not cover enlisted militia who have not been bona fide members for at least six months prior to exercises. Orders issued list transfers and promotions across Army Navy and Marine commands as ships move between Newport News Norfolk and San Francisco.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
War Department
Pine Plain
Albany
United States
Navy wary of slow progress on Brooklyn dry dock
The Navy Department complains of delays by Williams Engineering on the Brooklyn navy yard dry dock project. Four months of preliminary construction have slipped with little result. Contractors promise added sheet piling and stronger work and say they will soon overcome difficulties. No surrender of the contract is indicated. If progress stalls, the Bureau of Yards and Docks would continue the project, which faces no unusual engineering problems.
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Washington, Sept
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Williams Engineering and Construction Company
Department
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Capps Reaches the Yankee
Newport R I Sept 5 The effort to free the U S cruiser Yankee from Spindle Rock centered on building a wooden cofferdam to pump out water and free the ship. It may take a week to complete the dam and another week to lift the vessel amid improving seas. Chief Naval Constructor Capps arrived to lead salving efforts with assistance from Groesbeck and the Lebanon towed in.
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R. I
Yankee
Spindle Rock
Capps
Washington
Morris
Groesbeck
New York Navy
Lebanon
New York
Naval surgeon declared monomaniac at Brooklyn yard
Assistant Surgeon H De Lancey of the emergency hospital at the Brooklyn navy yard has been pronounced a monomaniac by a Washington appointed board and will be retired. His condition recently worsened causing him to avoid colleagues and patients over fear of contagion amid accusations of negligence and maltreatment.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Washington
de Lancey
Morgan Guest Of Farmers Club Dinner
Philadelphia reporters note James Morea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, hosted a Racquet Club dinner where J Pierpont Morgan of New York attended. The Farmers Club, a group of financiers and railroad officials who call themselves agriculturists, dined beneath a rustic arbor with waiters in farmhand attire.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Farmers’ Club
James Morea
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Sister of Poor Hurts Man in Jamaica Street Crash
Sister Mary Hannah of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Brooklyn aided James Devine a 70 year old employee after a trolley collided with a wagon in Fulton street Jamaica Queens Borough yesterday. Devine drove the wagon, the horse was halted to avoid a new collision and both were thrown from the vehicle. Dr Schneble attended at St Marys Hospital before they were moved to the Sisters home. Devine suffered many cuts and possible internal injuries.
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Little Sisters of the Poor
Brooklyn
James Devine
Fulton Street
Skelton Avenue
Jamaica
Queens
Devine
Schneble
Maxine Elliott Summoned in Divorce Case
Reno, November 25. Maxine Elliott also known as Besse Hall Goodwin has been ordered to appear before Judge Pike on December 2 to answer a divorce complaint filed by Nat C. Goodwin in district court. A failure to appear will lead to a default judgment.
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Maxine Elliott
Reno
Besse Hall Goodwin
Pike
Nat C. Goodwin
Governor Fort Named Residual Heir in East Orange Will
In Trenton on September 25 Governor Fort was declared residuary heir to the estate of Mrs Abby W Rea soner of East Orange. The estate value is estimated between 200000 and 250000 dollars. The Prerogative Court filed the will today and made public that the executors are Governor Fort and Edward G Adams of Newark.
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Trenton
Governor Fort
Abby W. Reasoner
East Orange
Edward G. Adams
Newark
Cat tle raiser calls claim on horns for Roosevelt hunt ridiculous
Washington September 25 The statement by a cattle raiser at Morgan City Louisiana that he had an order to ship two hundred horns for President Roosevelt’s party for use in African hunts was characterized by Secretary Loeb today as ridiculous.
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Washington
Morgan City
Roosevelt
Loeb
Nominated for Assembly by Mineola Republicans
Mineola Long Island Sept 25 Republicans renominated William G Miller for member of the Assembly for the fifth time in the county slate.
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Mineola
Long Island
William G. Miller
Assembly
Lamplighters' Union Chief Held In Assault Case
Coroner cleared two men and two women accused of beating Mrs Mary Fulford who died of meningitis linked to alcoholism after an autopsy at No 5 East 97th Street. Frank Yannicola president of Lamplighters Union faced $1000 bail in Yorkville court on assault and conspiracy charges for urging armed action against strike breakers.
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Mary Fulford
Acritelli
East 97Th Street
Frank Yannicola
Lamplighters’ Union
Yorkville
Nickel Found Inside Butterfish in Long Branch Kitchen
Nellie Case, a servant for Mrs. Oliver Byron, found a nickel embedded in the backbone of a butterfish she was preparing for lunch. The fish, purchased at a local market, likely swallowed the coin.
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the Tribune
Long Branch
Nellie Case
Oliver Byron
New Haven Woman Esther Armstrong Missing After Walk
A large search by car parties was held today for Esther Armstrong of New Haven who vanished after a walk. She is about forty, wealthy, and had been in a sanatorium earlier after a period of nervous condition. No trace has been found.
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the Tribune
New Haven
Esther Armstrong
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