Paoli Express Collides With Local Train Killing Five
A rear end collision at Paoli station involving an eastbound New York Limited and a standing Paoli local results in five dead and over twenty injured. The private car of General Manager W. W. Atterbury is crushed, with several officers and inspectors among the victims. The accident occurs as a yard switch is mis-timed and the Limited plows into the local, sending the engine ten feet into the private car. Rescue teams rush to Bryn Mawr and area hospitals.
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Paoli Yards
The
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York United Express
St. Louis
Paoli
Pennsylvania Railroad
Yranka. Brastow
Haverford
Safety Car Heating and Lighting Company
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ghorgh NM
Vennypacker
West Philadelphia
Garl Dunhalk
H. Voorhees
A. C. Hiengler
West 112Th Street
New York
Shock
K. Stangler
Khanksvile
Clinton B. Fisher
West Fifty-eighth Treet
Milenes
Victor Street
John Ford
Montgomery Avenue
Jersey City
Travis
Mount Clair
J Port
Tece
Lamoote
Arsona Hotel
Denoist
Berlin Avenue
St. Louia
Beck
E Bolt
Dayton
Ohio
A. A. Plaline
M. O Radfield
D. M Perrine
M. FP
Eliiatt
Atterbury
Maine
Flo
Beien
Pauli
Pau
New York Limited
Limited
Isyrn Mawr
Hichard Garland
University Hospital
Wifes Hopes Blasted Stefal to The Washington Pow
Mrs B Fisk wife of a newspaper man injured after a belated Philadelphia to New York train. His mother Mrs CLB Fisk Jr 57173 West Fifty eighth street was hurt in Cincinnati while meeting the stricken train. Mrs Fisk is over seventy. She has heard nothing of her missing husband.
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Stefal
Washington
New York
B. Fisk
Philadelphia
Jerry City
Fik
Clb Fisk, Jr
West Pifty-eighth Street
Cincinnati
Fick
Sawyer
Hansen
Sing Sing
Cutler Whitwell
School of Mines At
Columbia
Willam Scolay Whitwell
Cambridge
West Eleventh Street
Harvard
Memoir of Grosvenor Dies on Train Car as He Races to Catch It
James B. M. Grosvenor, 4 wealthy retired merchant and social figure of 723 Fifth Avenue, died of heart disease on a Third Avenue elevated train in New York while sprinting two steps at a time to reach an approaching car. He saved two minutes but collapsed near Chatham Square. Grosvenor and wife were famed horse owners famed in New York society and Newport shows. He was a son of William Grosvenor of Providence and cousin to Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin. He married Minna Liedeling in 1898. member of Union, New York Yacht Club, Brown University, and other clubs.
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Washington Post
New York
James B. M. Grosvenor
Fifth Avenue
Third Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Mr. Grosvenor
Chatham Square
Mrs. Grosvenor
Hne
Newport
Reginald Vanderbilt
Grosvenor
William Grosvenor
Providence
C. Oliver Iselin
St. John's Episcopal Church
Bridgeport
Conn
Minna Jeanne Liedeling
John Liedeling
Louisiana
Union
New York Yacht Club
Brown University
Coney Island
Brick Building Collapse Injures Twenty Workers in Buffalo
A three story brick structure under construction on West Ferry Street collapsed this afternoon. About twenty bricklayers and carpenters were working on the site when the west wall fell, injuring twenty and killing none due to the absence of a roof. Six injured were hospitalized. two sent home by ambulance. Owners were J. J. Reley. Morris and Allen held masonry contract.
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Buffalo
N. Y
West Ferry Street
Larry Craig
Robert Deitchman
Joseph B. Sander
Benjamin Holbel
Edward Flower
Francisco Jackson
Frank Hamm
Caarlen Fobzehl
J. J. Reley
S10
Morris & Allen
Coalition Severs Ties With King Emperor After Vienna Ultimatum
Budapest reports the executive committee of coalition parties censures the King Emperor over his Vienna ultimatum. It condemns advisers, rejects negotiation with Count Goluchowask, and deems the memorandum an unconstitutional move. A general coalition conference is set for October 3 to unify response amid protests outside Independence Club and clashes as Kossuth and Apponyi urge lawful restraint.
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Budapest
Hungary
E Spector
Vienna
Goluchowask
King-Eimperor
Independence Club
Guve
Francis Kossuth
Count Albert Apponyi
Boy Killed in Explosion at Green Point Factory
A blast at Joseph Speizo's fire works factory in Green Point destroyed the plant and injured several family members. Speizo's sixteen year old son Antonio died instantly, his wife and two younger boys, plus a worker, were seriously hurt. The frame structure housed saluting bombs for Italian festivals. Manual Speizo, the eldest son, escaped uninjured.
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New York
Joseph Speizo
Green Point
Speizo
Antonio
Spelzo
Convicted of Wife Murder in Covington Verdict
Covington Washington September 2 The jury found Columbus W Walker guilty of wife murder with a recommendation for re imprisonment after less than forty minutes deliberation The children testified for him The verdict surprised many Later an ad notes a sale at Sloan s 1407 G Ave furniture and carpets to be sold tomorrow at 10 a m
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Covington
Columbus W. Walker
Walker
Sloan's
Sloan’s
Palma Leads in All Provinces as Cuba Votes
Havana dispatch reports Secretary to Gomez Col Ferrara and other Liberal leaders arrested on sedition charges after Saturday elections. Government supporters swept all provinces, signaling Palma’s likely December re election while Moderates claim law and order. Rebels deny violence and threaten American aid to ensure fair elections.
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Washington Post
Havana
Washington
United States
Palma
Mendez Capote
Col
Ferrara
Gov
Gomez
Vueltas
Cienfuegas
Enrique Villuendas
Lance
Moderatea
Humberto Bruni Prove
Julio Grau
Boards of Registration
Diario de la Marina
Acta
Mundo
Arrivig
Ludia
Leu
Cuba
Senor Zayas
Cienfuegos
Theodore Roosevelt Jr Arrives at Harvard Dormitory
Special to The Washington Fest Oyster Bay Sept. 25 Mrs Roosevelt left for Bridgeport to meet her eldest son Theodore Jr and escort him to Boston where he will be installed in room 15 Claverly Hall at Harvard. She plans to return midweek to move household goods to Washington President Roosevelt works on his message covering federal insurance Venezuela Santo Domingo peace conference Panama canal and other topics. The cost of a safe deposit box in Union Trust vaults is 35 year securing valuables.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Bridgeport
Sylph
Theodore, Jr
Express
Boston
Theodore
Claverly Hall
Harvard
Hig
Venezuela
Santo Domingo
Panama Canal
Denial From Carter Examined In Civil Suit Context
Oberlin AL Carter a former U S army captain released from Leavenworth after a five year embezzlement sentence was examined by Special Examiner Richard Wyman. The case links civil suits in the U S Circuit Court against Carter and relatives over recovery of property and a master will take testimony. Carter denied borrowing from Greene or Gaynor, saying he only discussed investments with them. Examination resumes tomorrow.
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Chicago
Oberlin
AL Carter
United States Army
Leavenworth
United States
Richard Wyman
Unite States Circuit Court
Carter
Wyman
Benjamin Greene
Jona Fe Gaynor
Greene
Gaynor
Think They Have Girard One Fingered Bandaged Stranger Arrested
A man believed to be Joseph Girard the New York teamster linked to the Pfeiffer murder was arrested at Central Bridge Schoharie County and jailed at Schoharie awaiting positive ID He denied giving his name and asked if he was wanted for murder claiming that explained the arrest The finger bandage was said to come from a horse bite and a harness buckle matched a night teamster.
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Albany
N. Y
Joseph Girard
New York
Pfeiffer
Gronx
Central Bridge
Schoharie County
Schoharie
Girard
Ciard
Woman Identified as Mary Martin Fights for Life
A mysterious woman calling herself Mary Martin and Mary Huart remains unnamed in Philadelphia after a failed suicide attempt in Fairmount Park. She says she came from Chicago and that her husband and relatives are dead, asking to die without notification.
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Philadelphia
Mary Martin
Mary Huart
Fairmount Park
Chicago
Died on Adirondack Mountain Climb Pioneer Hotel Man
Charles Fenton eighty died on White Face Mountain last Friday afternoon during a failed ascent. He was a pioneer Adirondack hotel man and president of the Fenton Game Preserve Association controlling a 45000 acre park. His wife, aged about thirty, descended for help and returned to find him dead.
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Charles Fenton
Saranac Lake
N. Y
White Face Mountain
Fenton
Harvard student in Sing Sing pardon case mystery deepens
New York reports reveal William Scolay Whitwell vanished after leaving Cambridge to return to New York. His brother and a wealthy lawyer discuss a possible pardon tied to a woman’s honor. A formal petition and public disclosure are planned once filed.
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William S. Whitwell
Harvard
Sing Sing
Washington Post
New York
William Scolay Whitwell
Carl Fischerangen
Young Whitwell
Hansen
Mr. Hansen
Catholics to Organize Catholic Military Federations in America
Catholic Knights of America and Knights of St. John move to amalgamate under Catholic Military Federation of America. A Chicago secret meeting elected officers led by Dr. Hubert Stratton as president. Federation includes about 30 000 members, 20 000 from Knights of St. John. National encampment planned for Buffalo next June.
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America
Chicago
Catholic Knights of America
Knights of St. John
Catholic Military Federation of America
Hubert Stratton
Buffalo
Carlton Guilty of Bigamy in Navy Yard Case
Carlton Frederick E. a commissary steward at the New York navy yard in Brooklyn was found guilty of bigamy. He married four women including Willetta S. Bird under the name James E. McCandless, Lulu Kettering of Rochester, and two Brooklyn women. Sentence to be imposed later. He faced separate charges of theft and circulating obscene pictures.
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New York
Frederick E.i Carlton
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Carlton
Willetta S. Bird
James E. McCandless
Lulu Kettering
Rochester
Washington, D. C
Cincinnati
B. Schaub
United States
Poity
Stark
Lulu “Kettering
Girl Confesses to Black Hand Letters Threatening Father
Nellie Nussbaum a five year old in New York confessed to police that she wrote Black Hand letters to her father for fun. The notes demanded money with threats to harm the child if payments were not made by specified dates and locations. Police traced another letter from the same handwriting causing further concern among businessmen.
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New York
Nellie Nussbaum
The
Klick
Boat River
Nellie
Packers Fix the Rate by Freight Price Tug of War
Chicago September 25 Inter state Commerce Commission hearing hears A B Stickney president of the Chicago Great Western Railroad testify about livestock rate fixing. He says meat shipments see packers pressure railroads to accept lower tariffs and rebates while claiming to be friends. He also denies railroad rebates after the Grosscup injunction.
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Chicago
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri River
Stickney
Sherrick Inquiry Resumed in Indiana Grand Jury Action
The grand jury in Indianapolis reopened its probe into former State Auditor David E. Sherrick. Witnesses Willard Wickard and Stoughton A. Fletcher, both connected to Fletcher National Bank, testified. After they departed, John B. Reed, receiver of Sherrick securities, was summoned by telephone. Royal Blue Line train service to New York noted with timetable details.
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Willard S. Wickard
Fletchers
Indianapolis
Ind
David E. Sherrick
Willard Wicckard
Stoughton A. Fletcher
Stoughton
Fletcher
Fletcher National Bank
John B. Reed
Sherrick Securities
Five Killed in a Wreck
Reading through the index of today’s issue, the page listing notes a fatal wreck with five dead. Other items include Palma’s Cuba triumph and Venezuela’s salt vs asphalt, plus Roosevelt in 1208 and missing Washington contractor.
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Palma
Cuba
Venezuela
Salt Against Asphalt Co
Roosevelt
Washington
Zemstvos
Moscow
Equitable
China
Virginia
Maryland
Alexandria
Shot His Wife's Attacker in Front of Mob in St Louis
A deputy sheriff in St Louis shot a man who has been identified as the assailant of his wife near Clinton. A mob from a local African American congregation tried to lynch the wounded man named Robert Taylor but was prevented. Taylor was placed in jail after the incident which began when the deputy fired upon a fleeing suspect observed from a streetcar. The deputy later found his wife unconscious on the sidewalk.
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Congregation of Colored Church In
St. Louis
Asf. Shores
Clinton
Shores
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Quiet in Venezuela tensions prompt US envoy report
United States consul at Caracas Rudelpe Dolge arrives in New York aboard the Philadelphia and declines to discuss the Venezuela situation. He cites Judge Calhoun’s ongoing probe into the French Cable Company dispute and notes Paris officials expect US input before action against Venezuela.
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New York
Rudelpe Dolge
United States
Caracas
Philadelphia
Mr. Dolge
Venezuela
Calhoun
M. Brun
France
M. Tuigny
Dolge
Washington
Paris
Sept
W J. Calhoun
Jusserand
Foreign Office
M. Taigny
Central America
Warrants Issued for Eleven Contractors in Tile Setter Conspiracy
United States marshal today said warrants for the arrest of James Lantry Charles H Lawton Arthur T Mart Elmer Alexander Bernard D Wraitel Edwin Currier Charlies Shrive Charles E Fasign Julius Schless Charles Bosworth and Charles Bogert contractors charged with conspiring to import English tile setters had been placed with him for execution by United States Commissioner Ridgeway. The officials expect all to surrender within a day or two with bond for preliminary examination and will pursue custody if any fail to appear.
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New York
United States
Marshel Henkel
James Lantry
Charles H. Lawton
Arthur T. Mart
Elmer Alexander
Bernard D. Wraitel
Etwin
Houghton and Byrne
Black Hand After Priest in Dunmore Threat Letter
Rev Joseph de Monte of the Italian Catholic Church in Dunmore received a dated postmarked Brooklyn Black Hand letter demanding $600 cash carried on his person for an agent of the society. The priest handed the letter to police, suspecting insiders in the Italian colony opposed to his crusade against lawlessness.
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Scranton
Brooklyn
Joseph de Monte
Dunmore
Father de Monte
Dick Still Standing Pat on Tariff Stance
Columbus Ohio September 25 Senator Dick declared he is still a stand patter on the tariff question and does not believe in revision of schedules. He said Congress at the coming session will do nothing with the tariff. A local notice invites a drop in Sloan's for today and tomorrow at 10 a.m.
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Ohio
Congress
Columbus
Venezuelan Revolutionists Demand $10,000 Exposed
Special to The Washington Post reports a U S court hearing over the Bermudez company alleged damages of 11 million tied to aiding the Matos revolution. Witnesses claim extortion and false affidavits while Maj Rafferty ordered neutrality. testimonies name Leon and Luigi detailing payments and refusals.
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Castro
Mate
Washington Post
New York
Team Limony
Veneghuelas
New York and Bermudez Company
Beccause
Matos
United States
Alexander
Federal Building
Bermudez Company
Cas~iro
Revolutionry Penecals
Liberty
The
Republic
Vicens Poez Lion
Regis
Port of Spain
Tranidad
Maj
Rafferty
Bermudez
Admiral Schley Suffering Illness Forces Attendance Absence
Admiral Schley III of Nashville received a letter from Mrs. W. H. Schley stating illness prevents attendance at a special communication of the Scottish Rite Masons. Reports from Washington say he is summering at his sister’s home near Baltimore. George Henn White of North Carolina spent weeks in Washington and began a stumping tour in Pennsylvania.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. Richardson
Supreme Council
Ait Masons
Schley
Admiral Schley
Washington
Parks Fisher
Baltimore
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Wheck
Sien
J. T. Lyons
Sewararpe
Smal Fireworks
Children of Columbus
W. Walker
Mira
Union Trust Co
Fairmont Park
Fussell
N.Y. Ave
Moson
Johnsen
Fischer Hansen
Gov. Higeing
C. Wilson & Mayers
Packers
Sherrick
Royal Blue Line
Baltimore and
Br.r
New York Land
Efonerneere
Part
Kansas City
Priest
Pat
Asphalt Company
Atence
Mato
Armu
Maj. Rafferty
Senor Leon
Luigi
Castri
Leon
Lyle
Cape An Tesis
Guanaca
Ezekiel Rojas
Trinidad
Frank J. Dupignac
Jeffs
Bermudes
F. 4
Holmes
Ewart
MV Dupignac
Lindsay
A. L. Barber Asphalt Company
Bermudez Tals Uy
Governmag
New York and Bermudez
Admiral Schley III
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