Aldermen Could Save $6,000 By Wyckoff Blocks Bid
Engineer Richard Lamb protests the award of a wood block paving contract to American Creosote Co. He argues Wyckoff bid was lower and lacked a guarantee, claiming nearly $6,000 could have been saved by selecting the lowest bid without guarantee. Mayor Lee will forward Lamb's letter to the Streets and Sidewalks committee as Main Street owners convene to discuss the contract outcome.
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Lamb
Lee
Main Street
Henry Lee
William Lamb
Norfolk
West Virginia
American Creosote Company
Wyckoff Company
U. S. Wood Preserving Co
Lam
Col
Wilam Lamb
Wryckoff Pipe and Creosoting Co
Silliman & Godfrey Co
Creosoting
American Creosoting Co
Mn Bay
Richard Lamb
Liberty St
New York City
Fort Fisher
George L. Porter
Silliman & Godfrey
Fairfield Avenue
Cramb
Contr
G. Wood Preserving Co
Wyckoff
Samuel H
Henry A. Bishop
Meigs &Co
Samuel S. Sanford
Nathaniel Wheeler
Wiage
Malone to Lead City Court Fight in House
Hartford March 21 Judge William J Malone of Bristol a Judiciary Committee member gave notice he would push to table four Bridgeport City Court resolutions until tomorrow The Senate passed a substitute appointing Carl Foster as judge and Frank L Wilder as deputy judge for two years from appointment Senator Searls said the action addressed questions about last weeks Senate action with Hull Gould Foster and Wilder The House expected to decide between two states Foster and Wilder are the likely winners in tomorrow battle
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Senate
Searles
Carl Foster
Frank L. Wilder
Searls
Judiciary Committee
Pan
Hull
Gould
Foster and Wilder
Malone
Mrs. Margaret Ryburn Dies at 99 in City’s North End
Mrs. Margaret Ryburn widow of William Ryburn and mother of John J. and William H. Ryburn died at her home 85 Frank Street in her 100th year after a fall fractured hip five weeks earlier. Born in Ireland in 1809 she came to the United States young and settled in this city sixty years ago. She and her husband ran a cabinet shop and later a grocery business on Frank Street. Survived by two sons, fourteen grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and several descendants including Rose Clampitt and Minnie Desmond.
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Margaret Ryburn
William Ryburn
John J
William H. Ryburn
Frank Street
Thomas F. Martin
Ireland
North End
Ryburn
Mr. Ryburn
John
William H
Rose Clampitt
Minnie Desmond
Team Found, Man Is Still Missing
E P Sanford of Redding a butcher sent his man Charles Taylor to this city yesterday in a horse and wagon for business. Taylor did not return last night and Sanford came today to search. He found the horse and wagon at Banks livery stable on Cannon street taken by policemen who found it late last night at State and Broad streets.
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E. P. Sanford
Redding
Charles Taylor
Taylor
Mr. Sanford
Banks
Cannon Street
State and
Broad Streets
Search for lost Waterbury man Charles Searles
City searchers look for Charles Searles a Waterbury resident who disappeared after living here months ago The mother believes her son may be dead and harbor divers have recovered unidentified bodies which police cannot identify as Searles at this time
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Charles Searles
Waterbury
Searles
President McKinley’s Cook Seeks Aid After Assassination
Katherine McI Mullen, who prepared the last meal for President McKinley before his assassination, applied to the Associated Charities for aid. She served as cook in the Milburn house in Buffalo at the time of the tragedy.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Katherine Mc I Mullen
McKinley
Associated Charities For Aid
John G. Milburn
House Tariff Debate Weariness and State Demands
Washington March 31 Members weary of the tariff debate face limits on time as Olmstead says eighty speakers remain. Iowa seeks separate votes on several schedules while Illinois favors a caucus. State delegations forward requests to the Rules Committee amid lobbyist pressure for changes to the Payne Bill.
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Conference of
Iowa
Washington
House
Representative Olmstead
Committee On Rules
Illinois
Days and Means Committee
Barnum's Partner Once a Slave, She Says
Eliza J. Newby of Metuchen New Jersey filed two suits in Somerset County Court seeking a share in the estate of Col. Ruth Goshen, once a Barnum show partner. Affidavits allege Goshen was actually George Scott, a former slave, with Scott’s wife recounting their marriage in 1826 and Goshen’s later union with Goshen’s show partner.
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New York
Eliza J. Newby
Metuchen
WN. J
Somerset County
Col
Ruth Goshen
P. T. Barnum
Eliza J. Scott
Fred Scott
She
Goshen
Barnum
Middlebush
Frances Sylvester
David Pell Secor Dies of Pneumonia
David Pell Secor died at Bridgeport Hospital at 9 05 after a two week illness from pneumonia. Born in Brooklyn on Sept 26 1824 he led an eventful career as a pen and ink artist and art connoisseur. A Huguenot descendant, he helped bequeath Beardsley Park and founded the first home for elderly couples, linking to James W Beardsley and P T Barnum. He also helped establish the Secor Sewing Machine Company with his nephew, which later failed.
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David Pell Secor
Bridgeport
Brooklyn
Pell
Pelham Manor
N. Y
James W. Beardsley
Will Beardsley Park
United States
P. T. Barnum
Bridgeport Scientific Society
Secor Sewing Machine Company
Flim Flammer Targets East Side Merchant
R P Demery of 1026 Pembroke Street reported a tall smooth faced man in a long black overcoat attempted to short change him with a flim game at his store. Sergt Coley and Second precinct patrols were alerted but did not locate the suspect.
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R. P. Demery
Pembroke Street
Sergt. Coley
Second Precinct
Bo Rooney Quoted as Paying the Freight in City Court
William Rooney known as Bo Rooney faced Judge Foster in city court on assault and breach of the peace. Dennis Burns testified Rooney assaulted him at Burns’s home by striking with a steel oyster knife after an argument over Burns discovering Rooney lying in bed smoking a cigarette. The judge assessed about $10 in fines and costs.
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William
Bo" Rooney
Foster
Dennis Burns
Burns
Rooney
Hypnotized Wife Leaves Town With Methodist Pastor
Woodbury residents were stunned as Mrs. Proctor wife of grocer Geo Proctor left town with Rev Charles W Dane pastor of the Methodist Church. Proctor accuses Dane of hypnotizing his wife and says their marriage had grown unhappy since Dane arrived. Mrs Proctor a church treasurer had drawn money from a Bridgeport bank and earlier visited a healing institute in Hawleyville.
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Woodbury
Methodist Church
Mr. Dane
Mr. Proctor
Abit
Mrs. Proctor
Dane
Tim
Jennie Hartwell
New Milford
Beess Settean
Reports on Crazy Snake surrender idea disproved
Pierce Oklahoma March 31 reports that Chief Crazy Snake did not surrender to Colonel Hoffmans troops. Indians are believed hidden in Tiger Mountain ravines as 130 soldiers and 50 deputies pursue them. Ninety four prisoners have been taken and many Indians joined the uprising while fears rise of vigilant farmers.
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United Press
Pierce
Okla
Crazy Snake
Colonel Hoffman
Tiger Mountain
Odum
Miskogee
Eufaula
Tiger Range
Hoffman
Tiger Mountains
Dana Kelsey
Geo. Woodward
Washington
Checotah
Hickory Ground
City year ends with tax collections and deficits noted
City Auditor Keating said no major deficiencies expected in most departments for the fiscal year ending today, except the Charities department. Keating handed warrants totaling 1 253 754 75 to Collector Donnelly for last year’s taxes and sprinkling assessments, due after May. Appropriations for the coming year total 1 513 108 75. Fire Police and Park departments close with small cash balances while 300 000 is on hand for the Congress street bridge and back taxes are being paid. City Attorney Cullinan has nine tax lien foreclosures to bring in half the city if not settled by day’s end, all tied to 1902, including the defunct American Sparkler Co. for 350.
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Keating
Felay
Acutor Keating
Donnelly
Congress Street
Cullinan
American Sparklers Co
No Divorce for Bertha Krupp Denied
Essen Germany March 31 Members of the Krupp family deny rumors that Frau Bertha Von Bohlen und M Holbach wife of the gun maker Bertha Krupp was seeking divorce proceedings. They call the reports cruelly unjust and would not discuss alleged marital differences.
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Tinsted Press
Essen
Germany
Krupp Family
Frau Bertha von Bohlen
Mholbach
Frau Bertha
Minister’s Domestic Troubles Shake Woodbury Parish
A preacher named Dane faces public divorce accusations amid a church crisis in Woodbury. He defends himself against claims of wife abuse and improper relations with congregants while asserting he will seek custody of their two children. The rising turmoil centers on his alleged mistreatment and the influence of gossip.
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Mr. Dane
Fear
Woodbury
Bridgeport Water Bill Rejected in Neither Assembly House
Hartford dispatch reports surprise as Bridgeport water purchase amendment bill gains no action. The Hydraulic Company petition, objected by the committee on Cities and Boroughs, was not seriously heard by either house. The fate of the charter amendment remains unclear and awaits proper consideration.
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Bridgeport
House OF Assembly
Steff Corres
Hartford
House
Senate
Committee On
Hydraulic Company
General Assembly
Bridge Port
Committee On Cities and Boroughs
Methodists Oppose Saloon Opening
Stamford March 31 The sixty first annual session of the New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened after a communion service led by Bishop Goodsell assisted by Presiding Elders Adams Chadwick and Wing. 264 clergy present and many more arrived during the day. A memorial for dead clergy was held and Rev E G Richardson of Brooklyn will address a missionary meeting. The conference funds remain under stewards. A protest against Sunday open saloon hours was adopted unanimously. Candidates for admission faced a final exam at morning's end.
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United Press
Stamford
New York East
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Goodsell
Adams, Chadwick
Wing
E G. Richardson
Brooklyn
New York
W. C. Blakeman
Deaths and Funerals
The funeral for John J. McCue was held from 157 Hamilton Street at 8:30 a.m. and from St Marys Church at 9 with Rev Edward J Broderick officiating a high mass of requiem. The pallbearers were Frank Strasburger James Nolan Jacob Hummel John Malone Charles Horger and Henry McCarthy. A Lathers Union delegation attended. Interment followed at St Michaels Cemetery. Funeral services for Ann widow of Patrick Connolly were held from Cullinan Mullins Main Street at 9 a.m. and from Sacred Heart Church at 9:30 with Rev Matthew Judge a high mass of requiem. Interment was at St Michaels Cemetery.
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John J. McCue
Hamilton Street
St. Mary's Church
Edward J. Broderick
Joseph Clabby
Heaven
Frank Strasburger
James Nolan
Jacob Hummel
John Malone
Charles Horger
Henry McCarthy
Lathers’ Union
Ellis Arrested At Beardsley Park
Thomas Ellis was arrested yesterday afternoon by Patrolman Coughlin and Electrician Ladd on complaints from Beardsley Park residents who allege improper conduct. Judge Foster set bond at 500 dollars and continued the case to Friday. Ellis plans to hire counsel and contest the charges. Bernard Barske of the Tington road is the complainant.
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Thomas Ellis
Coughlin
Ladd
Beardsley Park
Ellis
Foster
Bernard Barske
Tington Road
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Wykoff
City Court
Mkinley’s Cook
Col Ruth Goshen
Bo” Rooney
Col. Hoffman
Tiger Mountain Range
Bertha Krupp
Bridgeport Hydraulic Co
Committee On Cities
Assembly
Board of Charities
Board of Health
Joseph Forkas
Hancock Avenue
Forkas
Wood’s
Cannon St
Pine St
Bessie Belcko
Frank St
Noble Ave
Kaffe Klatsch
Geadin
Fritz Klaus
Otrasa Wieler Witl
Port
A. C. Williams
J. L. Wilson
Broad St
City
Bridgeport School of Telegraphy
Warner Bldg
Toole
Gaynor & Mitchell Mfg
Gale
Caroline St
Steinway
ML Steinert & Sons Co
Main St
Gabler
M. Steinert & Sons Co
Park St Congregational Church
Thuratsy
Fetch Piano Co
Therme St
Read’s
Anderson & Co
Randall Ave
Saul
James J. Sheehan
E. Main St
Bratwurst
Pigs’ Hocks
Coun York
A. Wamate
East Main St. Girtigs
Mark Nagie
East Malin Street
John Porter
Warren
Bilt
Hlthings
Morton's
Everhar
M. Y. Lager
Smith’s Philadelple
Traiz
Boston Cleaning and Dye Ing CO
Fairfield Ave
Standsa Art Store
Strathelg
Masa
Empire ‘Automobile Institute
Rochester
Frank Duffy
MES. Ank
Bill
New York Assembly
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