Van Rensselaer Son's Threat Fractures Family Ties
New York report outlines a dramatic family feud after Mrs John King van Rensselaer receives threats from her son, who demands $5,000 with murder as a threat if payments falter. The letter references a new marriage to an actress, heavy spending, and a campaign of intimidation as police investigate the case involving the Van Rensselaer lineage and ties to Gen Henry Bell Van Rensselaer.
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New York
John A van Henseeleer
van Rens Beazer
Eustely
Datectnes
Roy
Rerseler
Ls Waerls Place
Henry Bell van Rensselaer
Winfield Scott
van Rensselaers
Cool Jermins van Rensselaer
Colonial Assembly
van Rensselaer
Five Hurt Aboard Warship as Steam Pipe Burst On Kearsarge
On the battleship Kearsarge amid Pacific movement near Honolulu, a seven inch steam pipe burst, injuring two firemen and others. Repairs will finish quickly and sailing remains on schedule. Seven other ships and a large fleet maneuvers are noted with multiple accidents aboard.
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Honolulu
Manna
Wilson
Watson
Pomplum
Wilson S
Tramp Suspected in Eberhard Murder Plot Heard on Rails
New York July 20 police and a posse hunted for August Eberhard the grocer’s clerk believed involved in the murder of his aunt. A brother provided a photo as detectives traced the missing man to Oakdale NJ where they captured a tramp, while Otillie Eberhard said her cousin Gus might have killed her mother and wounded her.
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New York
August Eberhard
Mraberhard the Polce
Oakdale
Paterson
Newark
West
South
Gus Mberhard
Woodside
Polie
Gus
Eberhard
Ottilie Eberhard
Cor* Ener Cornelis de Mund
Ridgewood
Koester
Bergen County
Otillie Eberhard
Otillie
Poughkeepsie
Charles Everhard Auguets
Alison
St Nicholas Place
Trigay
Ingalls Calls Railroads Safe Regardless of Election
Melville E Ingalls former Big Four and Chesapeake and Ohio president says railroads fare little changed no matter which candidate wins president. He predicts Wall Street turbulence for a month if Bryan wins but recovery if Taft is elected. He endorses dividend fairness and profit sharing linking wages to capital while noting wage gains followed dividend boosts. A separate Wheeling incident reports a wildfire threatening a mining town with four homes and a business block destroyed. Past Want Ads Are Free.
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Big Four
Roosevelt
Washington Post
Hot Springs
Melville E Ingalls
Chesapeake and Ohio
Bryan
Wall Street
Taft
Rooseelt
United States
Andrew Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Ned
White House
Ingalls
New York
Knickerbocker Trust ‘Company
Gray
Hichens
East Highteenth Street
Balcom
Watson
Lovers Elope After San Francisco Quake Meeting
A San Francisco earthquake night meeting led two lovers to elope to New York and wed this afternoon. Harry V Collins, son of a leather manufacturer and UC graduate, and Adelaine Powers, daughter of Madison Powers, sent their mother a short note from New York saying they had married and asked forgiveness.
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San Francisco
Washington
Philadelphia
Bigham
New York
Harry V Collins
University of California
Adelaine Powers
Madison Powers
Harry
Adelaine
Lad Steals In Court From Federal Building
A one year old boy stole a suit case containing bonds and other securities valued at 1000 belonging to John Burford of Chattanooga Town. Police learned of the theft today. The incident occurred in the Federal building during Mr Burford’s attendance at a trial in the United States court.
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Chicago
John Burford
Chattanooga
Federal
Burford
Liitell States
Tragic Railroad Death Believed Murder Plot Unveiled
Mrs Eberhard fell on tracks used by northbound trains then moved to southbound lines. Detectives concluded the killer intended to have a train strike the body to fake a death. Eberhard, at Hackensack, grew so exhausted investigators summoned a doctor and could not attend her mother’s funeral. The body was buried in Ridgewood Protestant Cemetery.
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Eberhard
Mies Eberhard
Hackensack
Ridgewood Protestant
Leslie Carter Adjudged Incompetent In Chicago
Leslie Carter former president of the South Side Elevated Railroad Company and noted in financial circles was declared incompetent to manage his affairs in Chicago. Judge Cutting will appoint a conservator as Carter has been seriously ill for months from gas poisoning. The petition was filed by his sister Miss Helen Leslie Carter. Witnesses described his condition as incurable.
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Chicago
Leslie Carter
South Side Elevated Railroad Company
Cutting
Carter
Helen Leslie Carter
Record of a Miss Caspart in Baltimore Scams Five Year Term
Baltimore records show Frances A. Caspagi, once a teacher and Unitarian aide, sentenced to five years with eight months remission for good behavior after swindling victims out of substantial sums. Convicted of fraud for allegedly taking $30 from Bertha Greer and claiming up to $71,000 in investments. The case centers on unexplained use of funds and alleged connections to mythical publications.
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Baltimore
Washington Post
Frances A. Caspagi
Maryland Penitentiary
Bertha Greer
Treg
Caspari
Western Female High School
Unitarian Church
GQ to Hampton to wed in Hampton church
Zeb Vance Harris a government employee and Misa Elizabeth Melton of Washington were married in Hampton by Rev George W Wray. Harris, 49, a clerk for the Interstate Commerce Commission, and a graduate nurse who worked at George Washington University Hospital, left Newport News for their honeymoon. The ceremony surprised locals as the couple had planned only a brief visit. Mrs Harris is noted among the citys trained nurses and Harris has many friends at the ICC.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Zeb Vance Harris
Washington
Misa H Elizabeth Melton
Hampton
George W Wray
First Methodist Church
Harris
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florentine Cafe
Pennsylvania Avenue
George Washington University Hospital
Washington Asylum
Rebels Seize Tabriz as Persia Skirts Constitution
In northern Persia revolutionaries take Tabriz after Rachin Khan abandons command leaving guns and ammunition to the rebels. Shah’s party presses to abrogate the constitution while reactionaries rally signatures and seek British and Russian support.
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Rachin Khan
Guna
Ammanthon
Tabriz
Amir Bogatur
Great Britain
Russia
St Petersburg
Jabriz
Julfa
Shaih
Persia
Racin Khan
Winchester auto blaze saves distiller and family
Suffering burns after a gasoline tank exploded in a Winchester automobile, Joseph H Savage a wealthy distiller, saved his wife mother and four children from flames. He rolled his wife to extinguish the fire and, exhausted, was brought to the hospital in precarious condition.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Joseph H Savage
Duel on Main Street Ends with Greer Dead in Monticello
Special to The Washington Post. In Monticello Georgia on July 20 a pistol duel between Paul Goolsby and C D Greer left Greer dead on the spot where he had killed his brother-in-law thirty years earlier. Two shots exchanged without effect then Goolsby's third struck Greer in the breast. Greer dropped his pistol and threw a rock at Goolsby striking his head, then Goolsby shot Greer in the head for instant death.
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Washington Post
Monticello
Paul Goolsby
C. D Greer
Greer
Goolsby
Taft speaks at Germantown dedication in Bath county courthouse
Hot Springs Virginia July 20 Judge Taft spoke at the Germantown courthouse dedication and July term opening, receiving enthusiastic welcome from Bath county residents and visitors. He praised the judiciary, recalled his eleven years on the bench, and avoided a political speech while noting the potential for his future under Chief Justice Fuller.
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Hot Springs
Judge Taft
Taft
Homestead
Germantown
Bath County
Warm Springs
Virginia
Old Dominion
G A Rivercombe
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Judge Anderson
Anderson
Hill
Methodist Church
CNR
Knox's Brother Dead In Los Angeles Vault Awaiting Senator
Thomas Buca Page Knox brother of Senator Philander Knox died after a surgical operation. He will be buried in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, after Senator Knox sails for Europe. Body to lie in a Santa Barbara vault until the senator's return. The article also reports deaths of Louis Dyer in London and Ignacio Weinteraila in Guayaquil with brief biographical details.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas Buca Page
Knox
United States
Philander Knox
Brownsville
Europe
Santa Barbara
Beaten actress under bankruptcy probe seeks hidden assets
New York July 20 Mrs Leslie Carter Payne an actress examined in bankruptcy court before United States Commissioner Alexander to uncover assets beyond those listed in 1907 schedules. Receivership details show debts around 196,418.62 and assets 57,926,18. Testimony covered contracts with Dillingham and Belasco, profits from a South tour, and questions about items in her home including rugs and bric a brac.
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New York
Leslie Carter Payne
United States
Alexander
Carter Payne
Ezra Prentice
David Belasco
Belasco
Dilingham and
Dilingham
Fes
Norfolk
Richmond
Health inspectors close neat kitchens amid city probe
Health officer Woodward led a weeklong sweep of eating houses cafes and restaurants with inspectors reporting excellent conditions in apartment houses and minor defects such as missing fly screens at several venues. Grocery stores fared worse with 14 of 37 inspected in good condition and two requiring arrest warrants for filthy premises. Reinspections of lunchrooms showed improvement with some sites closed or under rapid repair as registration of unlisted eating houses proceeds.
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Woodward
Murray Galt
Health Department
The
Post
Evans
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