Lafayette Fire Board Turmoil Sparks Commissioner Rift
Lafayette's fire board faces a public clash as the city commissioner intensifies pressure on agency leadership. Heated meetings and office friction underline ongoing governance tensions.
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Newspaper
Jersey City News
Location
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1902
Page
1
Denounces Niblett and Angel in Fire Board dispute
A heated Fire Board meeting over promotions to engine and ladder crews ends with Leather promoted to Captain No. 10 and Tisdale to Driver of No. 3. Angel challenges Niblett and Hennessey, accuses the president of bias, and storms out after a tense, partisan clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Agel
Henry Nibbott
James Hennessey
Commissioney
Angel
Resolvons
Thomas Leather
Capttain
Engine Company No
Charles W. Tisdale
Hook and Ladder Company
Brive Company
Drystea
Charles Boig
Horsewan Et Engine Company No
J. Cooney
Nibbett
Chiefs Office
Niblett
Firot
Tenneasey
Kiet Conway
Baliot
Hermessey
Order of Business
Book of Rules
la Eye
Beoneesey
Gaia Ieee Finneseey
Hennessey
Leather
Captain Jones
No. 10 Engine Company
Sam Sure
Tisdale
Tisdare
Leathar
Lif
Mr. Angel
Niblete
Sid Angel
Commissioner Hennessey
Commissioner Angel
Mennessey
Niblert
Loni
Department
Esterbrook
Orter
Prevident Nibbett
Charles Mulliken
Gould L
Anysett
Commissioner Niblett
Anco
President Niblett
Lafayette
Sam
Call
No. A, Hook and Ladder Company
No. 5 Truck Company
Boseman
Patrick Cooney
Secretary Black Expelled From Hudson City Business Men's Association
Wallace Blick, former secretary of the Merchant's Protective Association, was expelled from the Hudson City Business Men's Association last night. About fifteen members attended as Blick was cited to explain a sixty dollar deficiency tied to a watch donation for Police Captain Wanl I, connected to Jeweller Alberto Wenzell of Palisade Avenue. The motion for expulsion was unanimous amid reports of River View Park land purchases costing about $80,000 and praise for the city’s financing actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Blick
Merchant's Protective Association
Hudson City Business Men's Association
Black
Albert Wenzell
Palisade Avenue
Wanl I
A. Allen
River View Park
Finance Board
Pastor Hafer Drives Christmas Pageant at St Trinitatis
The Evangelical Lutheran St Trinitatis Church on Bowers Street hosts morning and evening Christmas services with special music. Pastor Hafer will preach a Christmas sermon, while the Sunday school and choir perform a detailed program including an Angel Tableau and Santa Claus procession. Next Monday the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor plans a separate musical and literary Christmas event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hafor
Evangelical Lutheran St
Choiir
Santa Claus
Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor
City Collector reports daily receipts and year to date
City Collector Davis turned over to City Treasurer Bly twenty five thousand four hundred six dollars and forty seven cents collected yesterday. Tax receipts total twenty one thousand seven hundred eighty five dollars and twenty six cents. Year to date receipts reach nine hundred fifty nine thousand four hundred ten dollars and eighty one cents versus one million twenty five thousand five hundred forty three dollars and thirty five cents for the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Bly
Xmas at Palisade M. E. Christmas program
The Palisade Missouri Sunday school invites the public to a Christmas program this evening at the church. A program by the children will be followed by Santa Claus distributing presents and candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Centenary Sunday School Plans Christmas Cantata
Centenary Missionary Baptist Church Sunday School will stage a Christmas cantata this evening. Tickets were distributed at a previous Sunday service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Chorgh
Évoulig
Aldermen Hold Final Session of the Year
The board of aldermen wrapped up its regular business for the year in a last session. Officials ensured tasks and routine duties were completed before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ita
Banking and Insurance Commissioner: New Jersey Field Grows
In Trenton on December 23, 1902, reports say Governor Murphy faces a wide field of candidates for banking and insurance commissioner as age and health narrow the pool. Names include C Asa Francis, George Frey, Joshua Barton, T Frank Appleby, William M Johnson, and Lewis A Thompson, with Johnson and Thompson seen as most likely though active contenders have little strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City News
Trenton
Murphy
Bettle
Francis
C. Asa Francis
Senate
Betthy
George Frey
Camden “Courier
Joshua Barton
Burlington
T. Frank Appleby
Monmouth
William M. Johnson
Johnson
Thompson
Lewis A. Thompson
State House
Somerset County
Edward C., Stokes
Banking and Insurance
Thomson
Colonel Stith Returns After Wedding Trip
City Hall staff congratulate Col Robert G Stith for his marriage. Stith, president of the Street and Water Board, returned from his wedding trip and attended the board meeting this afternoon, saying he would participate in today’s proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Robert G. Stith
Street and Water Board
Th Board
Lighting contracts awarded and pending bids
The Street and Water Board will award the gas lighting contract to the Hudson County Gas Company and the oil lighting contract to the New York and New Jersey Globe ax Light Company this afternoon. The electric light contract will not be awarded at today's session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street and Water Board
Hudson County Gas Company
New York
New’ Jersey
Globe Ax Light Company
Three Judges in One Court Dispose Fifty-Seven Cages
Judge Parker disposed of a calendar of fifty seven cages in the First District Court today. Judge Crouse and Judge Robeson dropped in before court adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
First District Court
Crouse
Robeson
RATTENS OF F408 Aguonta Bruni ot Pia sar Dine
Fragmentary OCR reading notes show garbled names and terms together with scattered place mentions. The legible bits hint at a local event or notice but lack coherent nouns, dates, or action to form a factual summary. No clear persons, organizations, places, or outcomes are identifiable.
School Room Scarcity Forces Half Day Classes and Bond Debate
State Superintendent Charles J. Baxter urges prompt school bond funding and new accommodations in New Jersey as his annual report notes progress despite Supreme Court concerns. He cites 386,064 pupils with 824,068 seating capacity, calls for end of half day classes, and highlights increases in school buildings, departmental counts, and library spending amid rising total current expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Legisature
Charles J. Baxter
New Jersey
Buster
No doubt about it in Summit Avenue arrest
Abraham and Lena Kareski, a married couple from No 163 Summit Avenue, were arrested on assault and battery charges. They were arraigned in the Second Crime Court this morning as Max Hare criticized the proceedings. The defendants claimed it was a misunderstanding and asked for leniency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Lena Kareski
Summit Avenue
Max Hare
Haris
Aga Policy
Howe
Tell
Unwritten Message Ends Life of Hoboken Waiter at Boardinghouse
August Rosénplanta, 36, a Hoboken waiter, died by gas inhalation at 503 Washington Street. He vented despair over a betrayed romance and unfaithful friends, and lay in his room with a penned note fragment scattered about. Edward Kearney, 29, a limekiln seamster, attempted suicide by carbolic acid at Riverwalk after a marital quarrel. he survived after hospital resuscitation and was jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Rosénplanta
Washington Street
Hoboken
Rosenplanta
H. Grube
Rosenplata
Edward Kearney
Kearney
Sunday
Monroe Street
Sly
Sherwens
Otenek
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jersey Road Study Party Arrives in Trenton 1902
Chatr a H Edwards Enginter R 8 m and William Peckham of State Board of Public Roads of Island arrive in Trenton from science to study New Jersey stone roads and Mercer county construction. They will tour the Capitol, meet State Road Commissioner H S Budd and Supervisor Meeker, inspect macadam road to Hightstown, with lunch at Schiebele's Hotel. Road committee members include Freeholders Poland Voorhees Winkler Klockner Ronse Hutchinson Yard. They plan to depart home Wednesday after further county study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Prenton
Chatra H. Edwards
William ©. Peckham
State Board of Public
Island
Trenton
New Jersey
Mercer County
Capitol
H. S. Budd
Meeker
Board of Freeholders
Hightstown
Schiebele
Hutchinson
Yard
Ready to Skate at Hill Top Tennis Club
Readiness to flood the Hill Top Tennis Club field for skating under church auspices. A high fence, shallow water, and embankments of clay surround the area. Only members may enter, wearing emblems. Rev. John K. Send leads the project with support from George W. Yeandle. Grounds open afternoons and evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Top
First Congregational Church
John K. Send
George W. Yeandle
Ruined Dartmoor House Casts Doubt On Popular Fallacy
A fragmentary tale from the Graphic Magazine describes a deserted Dartmoor house built by wealthy landowners with storms and lightning striking its roof and chimney allegedly proving a superstition false. The distorted account notes ongoing misfortune and tremulous omens around the property.
New Jersey Incorporations Include Automobiles and Jacks
Special to The Jersey City News reports Dec 25 1902 filings with the Secretary of State for Jersey City registered companies including The Thermobile Company of America with 11,000,000 capital to build automobiles and related gear. National Wagon Jack Company seeks 100,000 capital to manufacture wagon jacks and merchandise. New York and Boston Railway Landing Machine Company plans 200,000 capital to deal in licenses rights and privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Trenton
Secretary of State
Thermobile Company of America
Oftee
Willian H. Lake
Z. Wert
D. Bell
Nathan Vidaver
Max D. Josephson
G. Meyerson
National Wagon Jack Company
John W. Avery
Samuel R. Bullock
C. Brown
New York and Boston Railway Landing Machine Company
Tersey City
A. C. Monfort
R. Woods
E. B. Pierce
Justice in Pajamas Marry Greenville Couple at 2 A.M.
Special to The Journey City News from Plainfield Nevada reports Justice J. P. Mosher in pajamas wed James Layich of Greenville and Dorothea Montgomery of Journey City at two in the morning as rain taps the window. The couple, aged 126 and 19, said they could not wait. The justice conducted the ceremony, sending the newlyweds to Greenville to begin married life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Jurney City
Plainfield
Nev
Justice J. PL Mosher
James Layich
Dorothea Montgomery
Christmas Eve Disorderly Arrest Stuns Beacon Avenue
Annie McDonough age fifty five of No 2 Beacon Avenue was arrested as a disorderly person after Patrolman Murphy found her lying on a sidewalk near St Pauls Avenue. She admitted drinking and asked clemency in the Second Criminal Court saying she had gone out to buy Christmas gifts for her children and slipped on ice. The judge released her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie McDonough
Beacon Avenue
St. Pauls Avenue
Murphy
Second Criminal Court
Taoticn
Court Calendar for Supreme Court December Session
Supreme Court calendar lists cases with numbers 16 17 13 19 21 28 34 25 and 27 set for December 2. The docket reflects a mix of motions and pending appeals awaiting argument or decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Weather Indications for New York Thirty-Six Hours
New York weather outlook for the next thirty six hours shows light overcast skies with chances of cloud cover and light winds. Forecasters expect variable conditions and possible brief showers, with temperatures remaining mild for late December.
Floral Displays and Obituary Notices From Jersey City Listings
The page lists merchants such as COLE'S the Florist and BONNOT THE FLORIST at Newark and Jersey avenues with contact details, followed by a dense obituary section. Multiple funeral notices announce services for Benson, Claibourne, Derm, Harman, Harding, and others with addresses on Newark Avenue, Green Street, Hoboken and Jersey City areas, noting interment at Greenwood and Hudson County cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Hillwa Benson
Agate
Caroline Berson
Clairambourg
Elizabeth Claiesmubourg
Southt Street
Watnesday
Greenwood Cemetery
Wee Dee
New York Bay
Dergan
Mootay
Tavinab
Newark Avenua
St. John's Church
Holy Name
St. Michael's Ok
Hudson County
Harman
Jeremiah
Mary Harman
St. Michael's Church
Harding
Troms
McDermus
Saniay
Iaves Street
Marin Aleig
Mery Brant
Tromp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Commis
Sioner
Rumpus
Fire Board
Conmissioner
F Hennessey
Secretary Black
Association
Pastor
Palisade
M. E
Wdneea
Banking Commis
South Jersey
Pirants
Col. Smith
Aguonta
Bruni
Baxter
Yuletide
Sage
Jersey
Skate
Dartmoor
England
Nears
Hudson County Gas Co
Montgomery ST
Central Avenue
Avenue D
Bayonnne
Washington ST
Bergenline Ave
T. of U
Justice IN Pajamas
Abs
Vair
Calder
Stow
Dart Wiids
Hartnett's
Cole's
Newark Avenue
Bonnot
Jersey Ily
Thomas Hug
Montgomery Street
James J. Merrity
Grove Street
Hudson
J. Moran
George Stevens
Jersey Avenue
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