Paoli Express collision kills five injures over twenty
A rear end collision at Paoli station between the New York United express from St Louis and a Paoli local train injured more than twenty and killed five men. The dead include Frank Brastow of Haverford and George Vennypacker of Philadelphia. The private car of General Manager Atterbury was crushed. Atterbury was away in Maine.
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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
Wife's Hopes Blasted Stefal to The Washington Pow
Mrs C B Fisk wife of a newspaper man injured since last Saturday heard this evening that her husband was hurt in Philadelphia. The belated train reached Jerry City at 7 05 p m tonight and Fisk's mother was found injured. she had been attending a missionary conference in Cincinnati and was on her way home. She is over seventy. Mrs Fisk has heard nothing about her missing husband. Also an auction notice for furniture and rugs at 1407 Get to-morrow by trustee J T Lyons with reserve prices.
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Stefal
Washington
New York
C. B. Fisk
Philadelphia
Jerry City
Fsk
Clb Fisk
West Pifty-eighth Street
Sien
J. T. Lyons
Sawyer
Hansen
Sing Sing
Cutler Whitwell
School of Mines At
Columbia
Harvard
Wealthy Grosvenor dies catching Third Avenue train
James B. M. Grosvenor of 723 Fifth Avenue, a wealthy retired merchant and renowned social figure, died on a Third Avenue elevated train from heart disease linked to exertion while sprinting two stairs to catch an approaching train. He saved two minutes but collapsed near Chatham Square. He was connected to New York's elite sets and Newport horse show success.
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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
Twenty Workmen Injured In West Ferry Street Collapse
A three story brick building under construction on West Ferry Street in Buffalo collapsed this afternoon. About thirty bricklayers and carpenters were at work inside and on top. Eight were seriously injured, six taken to hospitals and two sent home by ambulance. Names and injuries listed. the building owner was J. J. Le y. Morris & Allen held the masonry contract. the west wall and part of the front and rear walls fell. No roof on the structure prevented greater loss of life.
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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 Parties Condemn King Emperor After Ultimatum
In Budapest the executive committee of the coalition calls for a severe censure of the King Emperor and his advisers. They regret the King listened to Vienna dictates, praise coalition leaders for refusing negotiations, and summon a general conference for October 3 to unite the coalition. Two thousand rally outside the Independence Club as Francis Kossuth and Count Albert Apponyi urge lawful, prudent action amid a police intervention during Socialist interruptions.
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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 Speizo Fireworks Plant
New York September 93 explosion at Joseph Speizo fireworks factory in Green Point destroyed the plant. Speizo’s sixteen year old son Antonio was killed and his wife and two younger boys and a workman were seriously injured. The blast shook buildings within a mile and many feared more deaths as the family and workers were in the open frame shop making saluting bombs for Italian festivals. The elder Speizo was away, eldest son Manual ran the shop and escaped unharmed when warned of the imminent explosion. Cause of the blast could not be learned.
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New York
Joseph Speizo
Green Point
Speizo
Antonio
Spelzo
Convicted of Wife Murder in Covington Jury Verdict
In Covington Washington Columbus W Walker was found guilty of wife murder by a jury that deliberated under forty minutes and recommended re imprisonment. The defense cited testimony from Walker's children. A local sale ad follows noting Sloan's furniture and carpets at 1407 G Ave. opens tomorrow at 10 a m.
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Covington
Columbus W. Walker
Walker
Palma Carries All Provinces as Cuban Election Turmoil Grows
Havana dispatch reports Secretary to Gov Gomez charged with seditions and revolutionary utterances. Liberals consider appealing to Washington to restore US intervention or guarantee fair elections. In Cienfuegos riots kill congressman and police chief. two Italian anarchists tied to dynamite plot named Humberto Bruni Prove and Julio Grau suspected leaders. Moderates win votes amid coercion fears. liberals decide to participate in December presidential vote.
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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 Jr Enrolls at Harvard Dorm Claverly Hall
Special to The Washington Fest Oyster Bay Sept 25 Mrs Roosevelt travels to Bridgeport then Boston with Theodore Jr to install him in dorm No 15 Claverly Hall Harvard. she plans midweek return to move household goods to Washington Meanwhile President Roosevelt works on his message covering federal insurance control Venezuela Santo Domingo peace conference Panama canal and other topics The Cost of a Safe Deposit Box in vaults of Union Trust Co 1414 Fet is only 35 year Secure one for your valuables You couldn't make a better investment
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Bridgeport
Sylph
Theodore, Jr
Express
Boston
Theodore
Claverly Hall
Harvard
Hig
Venezuela
Santo Domingo
Panama Canal
Union Trust Co
Denial From Carter Examinations In Civil Suit Involving Embezzlement
Oberlin AL Carter former army captain released from Leavenworth after a five year embezzlement sentence was examined by Special Examiner Richard Wyman. The civil suits seek recovery of property and the case was referred to Special Master Wyman to hear testimony. Carter said he did not borrow money from Greene or Gaynor, only discussed investments. 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
Suspected Girard Arrested Near Central Bridge
A man believed to be Joseph Girard, the New York teamster suspected in Pfeiffer’s murder, was arrested at Central Bridge Schoharie County and jailed in Schoharie awaiting identification. He refused to give his name, claimed he worked for a neighboring farmer, and showed a bandaged finger suggesting a horse bite. The farmer denies knowing him.
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Albany
N. Y
Joseph Girard
New York
Pfeiffer
Gronx
Central Bridge
Schoharie County
Schoharie
Girard
Ciard
Mysterious Mary Martin Seeks Death. Woman Improves in Hospital
From Philadelphia comes word of a woman who calls herself Mary Martin or Mary Huart. She attempted suicide in Fairmount Park last week and is now improving in a city hospital. She refuses to reveal her true identity, says only she came from Chicago, and that her husband and relatives are dead. She pleads to die, stating there is no one to notify.
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Philadelphia
Mary Martin
Mary Huart
Fairmount Park
Chicago
Died on White Face Mountain Pioneer Charles Fenton
Charles Fenton eighty died on White Face Mountain last Friday afternoon while attempting to reach the summit. He was a pioneer Adirondack hotel man and president of the Fenton Game Preserve Association which controls about forty five thousand acres. His wife, aged about thirty, went for help and returned to find him dead.
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Charles Fenton
Saranac Lake
N. Y
White Face Mountain
Fenton
Harvard Student Missing in Mystery Prison Sacrifice
New York reports indicate William Scolay Whitwell of Harvard is the missing student who allegedly sacrificed a prison term to shield a woman’s reputation. Family seeks truth as attorney Hansen resists disclosure until pardon petition is filed, with full details to emerge later.
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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 Federation of America
Catholic Knights of America and Knights of St. John plan amalgamation into a national federation. Dr. Hubert Stratton of Chicago named president as 30 000 member group forms at secret meeting. National encampment slated for Buffalo next June. New furniture auction Wednesday at 11 am by Wilson and Mayers sells rolltop desks and carpets.
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America
Chicago
Catholic Knights of America
Knights of St. John
Catholic Military Federation of America
Hubert Stratton
Buffalo
C. Wilson & Mayers
Carlton guilty of bigamy in New York navy yard case
Frederick E. Carlton a commissary steward in the Brooklyn navy yard was found guilty of bigamy. He had four wives including Willetta S. Bird of Brooklyn and Lulu Kettering of Rochester. Sentence to be imposed later amid related charges of theft and obscene pictures. Carlton, a Missourian, lived in Washington and Cincinnati.
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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
Black Hand Threats Point to Nellie Nussbaum Confession
In New York on September 26 Nellie Nussbaum a five year old girl was accused by her father of writing threatening letters signed The Black Hand demanding money and hinting at murder. She confessed to police that she wrote the letters for fun saying she did it herself. Police traced another Black Hand letter to Nellie and also investigated a second case involving a different man alarmed by similar demands from the same handwriting.
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New York
Nellie Nussbaum
The
Klick
Boat River
Nellie
Packers Fix the Rate Charged by Packers Denies Rebates
Chicago September 25 A B Stickney president of the Chicago Great Western Railroad testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission on livestock rates from the Missouri River to Chicago. He described packers shaping rates for dressed meat by negotiating with carriers, noting tariffs at 23 cents per hundred but carriers accepting as low as 16 cents. He said railroads rarely paid claims for damages or rebates since 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 with Grand Jury Testimony
Indianapolis Sept 2 The grand jury probing former state auditor David E Sherrick resumed hearings today. Willard Wickard testified first followed by Stoughton A Fletcher and Stoughton J Fletcher of Fletcher National Bank. After they were excused John B Reed receiver of Sherrick securities was summoned by telephone. Royal Blue Line train of Baltimore and Ohio to New York selected times listed.
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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 and Other Page Highlights
Page summaries note a fatal wreck with five dead, Palma’s Cuba triumph, Venezuela’s salt against asphalt, Roosevelt in 1908, a missing Washington contractor, M C A crew plans, Zemstvos in Moscow, Equitable to abandon saloon, theater news, China protest, entertaining English divine, Virginia and Maryland notes, social and personal items, a fiftieth wedding anniversary, baseball results, running and trotting turf, Alexandria events, estate claimant, Norwegian Swedish agreement, Kansas City bank closure, trial contracts, and market talks including legal records.
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Palma
Cuba
Venezuela
Salt Against Asphalt Co
Roosevelt
Washington
Zemstvos
Moscow
Equitable
China
Virginia
Maryland
Alexandria
Lynch attempt part of St Louis mob scene ends with jail
A deputy sheriff shot a man who tried to assault his wife in Clinton last night. A mob from a nearby congregation charged the suspect, Robert Taylor, but he was captured and placed in jail. The deputy later learned the wounded man was his own wife, found faint 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 shift to Washington
United States consul at Caracas Rudelpe Dolge arrived in New York aboard the Philadelphia and declined to discuss the evolving Venezuela crisis. Judge Calhoun and M Taigny have reviewed the French Cable Company case. officials expect U.S. guidance before action against Venezuela. Washington will coordinate with Paris and Caracas to uphold international obligations amid tensions from land station closures and expulsion of the French Cable Company’s manager Brun.
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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 for Contractors in Tile Setter Import Conspiracy
United States Marshal Henkel says warrants for the arrest of eleven contractors including James Lantry Charles H Lawton Arthur T Mart Elmer Alexander Bernard D Wraitel Edwin Currier Charles Shrive Charles E Fasign Julius Schless Charles Bosworth and Charles Bogert have been placed for execution. Some are out of town and all are expected to surrender within the next day or two with bond for preliminary examination. If anyone fails to appear they will be taken into custody.
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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
Rev. Joseph de Monte, pastor of the Italian Catholic Church of Dunmore, received a postmarked Brooklyn letter demanding $600 cash. The letter, said to be from a Black Hand agent, warned the priest to keep the money ready for on-demand delivery and was turned over to police. The priest suspects resentful Italian colony members opposed to his crackdown on crime.
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Scranton
Brooklyn
Joseph de Monte
Dunmore
Father de Monte
Dick Still Standing Pat on Tariff Stance
Ohio Senator Dick declares he remains a stand pat on the tariff, arguing Congress will do nothing to revise schedules. He spoke in Columbus on September 25 and urged residents to visit Sloan's at 40 G Street today and tomorrow at 10 a.m.
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Ohio
Congress
Columbus
Venezuelan Revolt Row Tangles Bermudez Company Case
In U S commissioner court the Bermudez company fought damages claims over supposedly aiding Matos revolutionaries. Witnesses testified of extortion attempts and false affidavits. Venezuelan exile Leon denied company funds to rebels and recounted pressure from Maj. Rafferty.
Admiral Schley Illness Letter Delays Scottish Rite Meeting
Admiral Schley III Nashville received a letter from Mrs. W. S. Schley stating illness prevents attendance at the special communication of the Supreme Council Scottish Rite Masons.Reports from Washington say he is summering at his sister’s home near Baltimore and not seriously ill. Former Congressman George Henn White has left Washington to campaign through Pennsylvania.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. Richardson
Supreme Council
Ait Masons
Schley
Admiral Schley
Washington
Parks Fisher
Baltimore
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Paoli Yards
Pennsylvania
Atterbury
Maine
Flo
Beien
Pauli
Pau
New York Limited
Limited
Isyrn Mawr
Hichard Garland
University Hospital
Sewararperh
Smal Fireworks
Children of Columbus
W. Walker
Sloan's
Republic
Mira
Fairmont Park
Fussell
N.Y. Ave
Moson
Johnsen
Fischer Hansen
Gov. Higeing
Packers
Sherrick
Royal Blue Line
Baltimore and
Br.r
New York Land
Efonerneere
Liberty
Part
Kansas City
Priest
Pat
Sloan’s
Asphalt Company
Castro
Mate
Team Limony
Veneghuelas
New York and Bermudez Company
Beccause
Matos
Alexander
Federal Building
Bermudez Company
Cas~iro
Revolutionry Penecals
Vicens Poez Lion
Regis
Port of Spain
Tranidad
Maj
Rafferty
Bermudez
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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