Hastings denies New York Times Cleveland article signature
The New York Times prints a letter from F S Hastings executor of Grover Cleveland’s estate repudiating an August article claiming Cleveland’s signature. Hastings says the paper sought proof, details a disputed sale agreement, and notes Mrs Cleveland’s doubts and inquiries about authenticity.
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New York Times
F. 3
Hastings
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Taft
William Jennings Bryan
The
Times
Broughton Standenburg
Brandenburg
Broadway
New York
Fr. S. Hastings
New York City
Mr. Hastings
Broughton Brandenburg
Frances Cleveland
F. S. Hastings
Asi
Land
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
the Times
Greenwich
Conn
Mr. Cleveland
John G. Carlisle
Bank Messenger Shot In Wall Street Basment Quarrel
In the basement of National City Bank at 52 Wall Street two bank messengers quarreled last evening. Victor Ryfa, sixteen, of 658 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn was shot in the calf. Frank Gregory, eighteen, of 530 Warren Street Brooklyn, was arrested for felonious assault. Ryfa detained for carrying concealed weapons after treatment at St Gregory's Hospital. Gregory allegedly borrowed Ryfa's revolver and declined to return it. the weapon discharged while held.
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National City Bank
Wall Street
Victor Ryfa
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
Frank Gregory
Warren Street
Ryfa
St. Gregory's Hospital
Oak Street
Gregory
Schooner Susan and Mary Lost Near Sable Island
Boston September 2 report says the schooner Susan and Mary of Boston with Captain Joseph Spinney and twenty three men aboard was lost off Sable Island in heavy fog after a collision with another vessel. Only three crew members were saved. Further details unavailable at The Wharf.
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the Tribune
Boston
Joseph Spinney
Sable Island
Leipziger Urges Board to Extend Public Lecture System
Dr. Henry M Leipziger head of the free lecture bureau submits an annual report urging a broader public lecture program. He calls lectures the highest public service and proposes a national body of educators to spread intellectual treasures across the nation.
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H. M. Leipziger
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
Amherst
Lafayette
Leland Stanford
Rutgers
Trinity
Chicago
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Yale
Diphtheria scare hits Clark University in Worcester
Telegraph from Worcester reports six positive cases at Clark University, removed to isolation hospital, with twelve additional suspicious cases under surveillance. Dr Frederick H Baker college physician says strenuous measures are being taken to curb the outbreak.
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the Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Clark University
Frederick H. Baker
Spinster Leaves Physician 60000 in Will
Providence dispatch reports Mary F. Waterman, an eccentric spinster, left her estate to Dr. Albert W. Rounds. The will, admitted to probate, cuts off her brother and sister and leaves about 60000 to the young physician.
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Tribune
Providence
Mary F. Waterman
Albert W. Rounds
Real estate expansion noted on Fifth Avenue
Thomas R. Ball of Best & Co was reported to enlarge holdings on the westerly side of Fifth Avenue between 35th and 36th streets. He recently bought No 374 Fifth Avenue, formerly Engineers' Club, for $30. Negotiations to lease an adjoining parcel through Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown & Co. had not yet been perfected.
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Thomas R. Ball
Best & Co
5Th Ave
35Th
36Th Sts
Engineers’ Club
Douglas Robinson
Charles 8. Brown & Co
Negroes Rally for Taft in West Side Republican Meeting
A large turnout of about two hundred members of the Lincoln Republican Club, a Black organization, filled West 9th Street for a Taft and Hughes rally. Elisha Harris presided while Isaac B. Allen of Boston urged Black voters to back the Republican party, praising Roosevelt and criticizing Bryan and the Democrats for failing to advance Black interests.
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Lincoln Republican Club
Taft
Hughes
Elisha
Pop
McKinley
Allen
Art
Roosevelt
Brownsville
South
Denver
Bryan
Clarence Asembly
Fears Bubonic Plague Warn Gulf and Atlantic Coasts
Dr N K Foster president of the conference warns that bubonic plague may already be in the United States and could spread from water connected ports. He urges immediate vigilance and rat destruction in Gulf and Atlantic cities and towns to prevent invasion.
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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 S. Strang Loses Wedding Bid in Stamford
Lewis Putnam Strang, famed auto racer, waited in vain for Jennie L. Spalding of The Follies of 1908 to marry him after a four year engagement. Judge Martin Gray waited until 2 a.m. before adjourning. Spalding reportedly sought time to think, Strang accused followers of pressuring her into cancellation.
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the Tribune
Stamford
Conn
Lewis Putnam Strang
Jennie L. Spalding
Spalding
Mr. Strang
Martin Gray
Strang
Jews Celebrate New Year in City Synagogues
Rosch ha Schonah marked at sunset with New Year services led by Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman at Temple Emanu El and Rev. Dr. Stephen S Wise at Free Synagogue. Large uptown crowds. East Side venues filled. stores to close today. all synagogues hold services.
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Temple Emanu-El
Joseph Silverman
Free Synagogue
List Street
Columbus and
Amsterdam Avenues
Stephen S. Wise
English Courts Seek Probate for Lady Kortright Will
An appeal in Philadelphia Orphans Court challenges probate of Lady Kortright’s 1893 will. English executors argue the 1905 will and 1893 document form one, under British law, and seek London probate with October 10 as the answer date. The American estate totals about 1.089 million dollars, with beneficiaries to Presbyterian charities and hospitals.
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Tribune
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 Report From Waterbury Sadly Warns
Telegraphed from Waterbury Connecticut on September 25 doctors report a new illness blamed on dense air from widespread forest fires. Patients suffer itching throats and severe coughing that resist common remedies as the throat grows irritated and weak. Relief expected only after rain quells the fires and clears the atmosphere.
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Tribune
Waterbury
Conn
Franklin Union Open Dedication in Boston
The Franklin Union in Boston was dedicated at Berkeley and Appleton streets, funded by Benjamin Franklin’s 1791 bequest. Richard Olney chaired the event with speakers from Harvard MIT and Boston institutions. Courses will open next week and demand for admission nearly fills the building.
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Franklin Union
Benjamin Franklin
Berkeley
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 Harsh Practices
Dr Ben L L Reitman the "King of the Hoboes" criticizes the Municipal Lodging House at 398 First Avenue for rough attendants, humiliations and meager rations. Superintendent William C Yorke replies that inquiries are needed, most entrants go voluntarily, food is adequate, and Reitman has not visited the house often.
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Ben l L. Reitman
King of the
First Avenue
William C. Yorke
Reitman
New York
Yorke
Queer Militiamen Reported in Coast Defense Drills
Reports to the chief of artillery reveal militia units at coastal posts lacking basic recruit instruction. Many enlistees appeared in camp never before in military formation, prompting war department remonstrances and a rule denying U.S. funds for muster or pay of non bona fide members. Orders issued include transfers, promotions, exams, and leave actions across Army Navy and Marine services.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
War Department
Pine Plain
N. Y
Albany
United States
Navy unhappy with progress on Brooklyn dry dock contract
The Navy Department voices dissatisfaction with delays by Williams Engineering and Construction Co on the new dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Four months of preliminary work fell short, but contractors pledge measures like additional sheet piling to overcome difficulties and expect a quicker pace. No surrender of the contract is announced, and if progress stalls the Bureau of Yards and Docks would continue the project.
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Washington
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Williams Engineering and Construction Company
Department
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Capps Leads Effort to Free USS Yankee From Spindle Rock
Newport RI Sept 5 The effort to extricate the United States cruiser Yankee from Spindle Rock centers on building a wooden cofferdam to pump out water and free the ship. Chief Naval Constructor Capps arrived to direct operations assisted by Groesbeck with Lebanon and other wrecking vessels nearby. If weather holds, lifting batteries and guns will start to aid freeing the craft within a week.
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R. I
Yankee
Capps
Washington
Morris
Groesbeck
New York Navy Yard
Lebanon
New York
Navy surgeon declared monomaniac and to be retired
Doctor H De Lancey assistant surgeon at the Brooklyn navy yard emergency hospital has been pronounced a monomaniac by a board of survey in Washington and will be retired. His condition has grown so serious he refused contact with colleagues and patients amid accusations of negligence and maltreatment.
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H. de Lancey
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Washington
de Lancey
Morgan Guest of Farmers Club Dinner
The Farmers Club of financiers and railroad officials was entertained at the Racquet Club by James McCrea of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with J Pierpont Morgan of New York as a guest. The dining room resembled a rustic arbor and the staff wore farm hands attire with straw sun hats.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Farmers’ Club
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Sister of Poor Hurts Nurses Man in Jamaica Collision
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 the wagon he drove in Fulton street Jamaica Queens. Both were thrown to the ground and treated by Dr. Schneble before being taken to the Sisters home with injuries including a deep forehead cut and possible internal damage.
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Mary Hannah
Little Sisters of the Poor
Brooklyn
James Devine
Fulton Street
Skelton Avenue
Jamaica
Queens
Devine
Schneble
St. Mary's Hospital
Little Sisters
Maxine Elliott Summoned in Nevada Divorce Case
Reno Nev Sept 2 Besse Hall Goodwin also known as Maxine Elliott ordered to appear before Judge Pike on December 2 to answer a divorce complaint filed by Nat Cc Goodwin in district court. If she fails to appear by default may be entered.
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Maxine Elliott
Reno
Nev
Besse Hall Goodwin
Pike
Nat Cc. Goodwin
Fort Made Residuary Heir to Rea Soner Estate
Governor Fort was named residuary heir to Mrs. Abby W. Rea soner of East Orange. The estate is valued between 200000 and 250000 dollars. The will was filed in the Prerogative Court with executors Governor Fort and Edward G. Adams of Newark, and the full text was not released.
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Trenton
Governor Fort
Abby W. Reasoner
East Orange
Edward G. Adams
Newark
Ridiculous claim on cattle raiser’s order for horns
Washington on September 25 Secretary Loeb dismissed as ridiculous a cattle raiser’s assertion from Morgan City Louisiana that he had an order to ship two hundred horns for President Roosevelt’s expedition in Africa for use in hunts. The remark framed the claim as unfounded and exaggerated.
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Washington
Morgan City
Roosevelt
Loeb
Mil ler Renominated for Assembly in Mineola Vote
The Republicans of Nassau County renominated William G. Miller for the New York Assembly in Mineola marking his fifth renomination.
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Mineola
Long Island
William G. Miller
Assembly
City News in Brief: Lamplighters Leader Held on Assault Charges
Coroner cleared two men and two women tied to Mary Fulford’s death from meningitis linked to alcoholism after autopsy. Lamplighters' Union president Frank Yannicola faced $1,000 bail in Yorkville court on assault and conspiracy charges for allegedly urging arms and attacks on strike breakers.
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Mary Fulford
Acritelli
No. 205
East 97Th Street
Frank Yannicola
Lamplighters’ Union
Yorkville
Nickel Found In Butterfish By Servant
Nellie Case a servant in Mrs. Oliver Byron s home found a nickel embedded in the backbone of a butterfish she was preparing for the noonday meal in Long Branch The fish was bought at a local market and is believed to have swallowed the coin The incident was reported by Telegraph to The Tribune on September 2.
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the Tribune
Long Branch
Nellie Case
Oliver Byron
New Haven Woman Esther Armstrong Missing After Walk
In New Haven a large search by car units was conducted for Miss Esther Armstrong who vanished after a walk. The 40 year old wealthy woman had been in a sanatorium for nervous condition months earlier and recently returned home. No trace has been found.
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New Haven
Esther Armstrong
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