Adv thinkers convene at Civic Hall on reform and health
A late night convention at Civic Hall 128 East Twenty-Eighth Street gathers advocates of naturalism realism and idealism to harmonize reform movements. Edward Earle Puriton chairs and calls for regeneration beyond theology and drugs while promoting natural foods and universal education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Hall
East Twenty-eighth Street
United States
Edward Earle Puriton
Hell
Earth
Morgan
Mars
Charles A. Montgomery
Vegetarian Society
Charles Brodie Patterson
A.L. Leubuscher
Mr. Leacher
George Prophetor
Methuselah
John T. Rich
German Tariff Muddle Shapes Berlin Parliament Crisis
London Times correspondent in Berlin reports the parliamentary scene growing more critical as both Left and Right warn of ominous consequences. United Social Democrats and Moderate Radicals protest frequent divisions as the majority presses the tariff plan without second-reading debate, signaling a hardening stance and potential constitutional clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
New York Times
London
Times
Berlin
Reichstag
Kroecherin
Social Democrats
Making Peace in Morocco Near Mekmnez
Correspondent from the Sultan of Morocco's camp reports Berber chiefs seeking sanctuary near Mekinez. Peace talks appear likely with the Sultan's army staying to enforce terms. The Moors would accept a heavy monetary fine, hostages, and several years of tax arrears. The district is deserted as forces retreat with women and flocks into mountain areas, complicating winter attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Times
Morocco
Mekmnez
Mekinez
The Unforeseen at Haymarket Gets Mixed Times Review
The Times critic comments on Capt Marshall's play The Unforeseen at the Haymarket Theatre noting a mixed reception and suggesting the work might have benefited from a tighter focus or a shorter running time. The review appears in the London dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Times
Marshall
Haymarket Theatre
Irish Nationalists Back Independent Catholic Party Move
The Times Dublin correspondent reports a Ballyfin Queens County meeting of Irish Nationalists approving a resolution denouncing the Irish Party for betraying Catholic interests and inefficacy. It urged forming a party independent of bossism Liberalism and Toryism focused on Catholic concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
NEW York Times
London
the Times
Dublin
Ballyfin
Queens County
Grand Duke Vladimir Visits Loubet in Paris
The Times Paris correspondent reports President Lou bet received Russian Grand Duke Vladimir in Paris. He later visited Mme Loubet before the French President hosted the Duke and Duchess as part of a diplomatic visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Duke
Vladimir
Paris
London
the Times
Loubet
Mme. Loubet
Naval War Game Off Trinidad Reveals Atlantic Port Plan
A naval war game near Trinidad pits Admiral Sumner against Admiral Higginson with 126 point versus 66 point forces. The mock battle plans fortifications, timing, and deception as Iowa prepares to sail after coaling and scouts monitor Caribbean approaches for a base near Cuba and the U.S. coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Iowa
Port-Of-Spain
Trinidad
Higginson
Sumner
Cuba
American
Crowninshield
Caribbean Sea
Department
Admiral Higginson
Admiral Sumner
West Indies
Porto Rico
Culebra
Venezuela Faces Debt Claims From Germany Revised
Berlin reports its claim against Venezuela is about two million dollars not fifteen. President Castro appeals to Germany noting Venezuela’s weak credit after civil war and urges deferred payments to avoid internal chaos as German cruisers Vineta and Falke reach La Guayra from Curacao.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Venezuela
Associated Press
Castro
Caracas
Vineta
Falke
la Guayra
Curacao
City Uses Soft Coal Amid Health Department Crackdown
Commissioner Monroe orders probe into alleged soft coal use at five Queens pumping stations amid enforcement of the soft coal ordinance. Deputy Roullier confirms stations burn soft coal due to scarce anthracite supply, acknowledging technical violation but citing isolation and water needs. Health Commissioner Lederle orders independent investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Department of Water Supply, Gas,and Electricity
Department of Health
Borough of
Queens
Roullier
Park Rowd
Boullier
Brooklyn
Lederle
New System of Weights and Measures and Currency Change
Prof. Sidney A. Reeve proposes a combined system using a duo decimal framework. He outlines yard based units, a new pint, and coinage converting to three six twelve dollar denominations while keeping the dollar value unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Sidney A. Reeve
Worcester
Mass
Polytechnic Institute
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
West Thirty-first Street
Reeve
Prof
Hull Proposes U S Army General Staff Corps
Representative Hull introduced a bill to create a general staff corps for the U.S. Army. The plan details chief of staff at lieutenant general rank, a staff of senior officers, four year details, and a gradual abolition of the Inspector General's Department. Senator Proctor introduced the measure in the Senate and the War Department drew the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
House Committee On Military Affairs
United States Army
Secretary of War
General Staff Corps
Army
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Inspector General’s Department
Senate
Proctor
War Department
President Nominates Oliver Wendell Holmes to Supreme Court
The President sent a large slate of federal appointments to the Senate including Oliver Wendell Holmes of Massachusetts as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Also named were ambassadors to Russia Austria Hungary and Germany, plus ministers consuls and postmasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
United States
Robert S. McCormick
Illinois
Russia
Bellamy Storer
Ohio
Austria-Hungary
Charlemagne Tower
Pennsylvania
Germany
Death of Salem H. Wales in New York considered public figure
Salem Howe Wales, long linked with New York public and private interests, died at his East Fifty-fifth Street home after a stroke. He was born in 1820 in Massachusetts, helped found The Scientific American, served as commissioner and president in parks and docks, aided medical institutions, and held leadership roles in banking and civic groups. He attended the Paris Exposition delegation in 1890 and was active in Republican politics and city development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Howe Wales
New York
East Fifty-fifth Street
Edward H
Elihu Root
F. K. Hollister
Wales
Mr.Wales
Hampden County
Mass
Boston
Yorkshire
England
Richard Mather
Southbridge
John Falconer & Co
Scientific American
O. D. Munn
Horatio Seymour
Christian Commission
Europe
Havemeyer
Department of Public Parks
Vance
Mr. Wales
Grant
Wilson
New York Homeopathic Medical College
Hahnemann Hospital
Union League Club
Supreme Court
Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Bank of North America
Southampton Bank
Hanover Fire Insurance Company
New East River Bridge Commission
Mrs B F Messler Dies Sudden in New York Hotel
Mrs Benjamin F Messler of JeWARK New Jersey died suddenly during luncheon at the Keystone Hotel in Gloversville New York. She was 35. The couple lived at 275 Fifth Avenue until about a year ago and have since traveled as Mr Messler set up agency networks for a coupon company. he is now in Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewark
N. J
Benjamin F. Messler
Keystone
Gloversville
N. Y
Fifth Avenue
Messler
New York
Syracuse
New Head of Bellevue Offices of Dr William Madon
Dr William Madon, former Superintendent of St Lawrence State Hospital Ogdensburg NY, accepted the Bellevue and Allied Hospitals superintendency offered by the Board of Trustees. He will take Jan 1, succeeding Dr George Taylor Stewart and also serve as consulting physician at the pavilion for the insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Madon
St. Lawrence State Hospital For
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Board of Trustees
George Taylor Stewart
Madon
Bellevue Medical College
Utica State Hospital
Willard State Hospital
St. Lawrence State Hospital
Wise
State Commission On
Bellevue
Lieut Cornelius Vanderbilt Promoted After Rigorous Board
Second Lieut Cornelius Vanderbilt of the Twelfth Regiment N G N Y appeared before the Brigade Examining Board for promotion to First Lieutenant of Company D and passed with flying colors. The board, led by Lieut Col J H Wells and including Major Robert Edwards Major T C Buck and Assistant Surgeon C Stevenson, grilled him on civil service geography and rapid troop deployment plans, then tested his command and formations understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Robert Edwards
T. C. Buck
C. Stevenson
Vanderbilt
New York
Creation of Commerce Department to be Voted by House
The House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce will hear the bill to create the Department of Commerce on Thursday. A joint meeting with executive department committees will decide which bureaus belong in the new department. The Senate previously passed a broad bill. now the House must refine it carefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
House Committee On Inter-State and Foreign Commerce
Department of Commerce
Executive Departments
House Committee
Senate
House
Treasury, Interior
Agricultural Departments
Letter Carrier David Larkin Dies in Bellevue Hospital
David Larkin the letter carrier died at Bellevue Hospital at 10 last night from erysipelas after alleging a policeman beat him. He could not identify the officer he blamed. Erysipelas followed an inadequately dressed wound. His wife and brother were at his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Larkin
Bellevue Hospital
Larkin
Legacy to Dr. Morgan's Church
Announcement at the Archdeaconry of New York meeting reported the Church of the Heavenly Rest, led by Rev. Dr. D Parker Morgan, received a legacy of $40,000 to be added to its endowment fund.
Holiday Book Number 1902 New York Times Saturday Review
The New York Times announces its Holiday Book Number for December 6 1902 in expanded form. It will present complete and classified lists of Autumn and Holiday Books based on data from U S book publishers nationwide. The Times claims to print more publisher announcements than any other American newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
America
Adyvy
Death of John Hungerford Pollen Former Oxford Proctor
News from England reports the death of John Hungerford Pollen aged eighty two. He served as Proctor of Oxford University and long linked with the South Kensington Museum. Pollen wrote major works on gold and silverware wood carving and furniture and was among the Oxford movement survivors who became Roman Catholic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
John Hungerford Pollen
Oxford University
Pollen
South Kensington Museum
Oxford
Master horseman Alexander dies at Woodburn Farm
Alexander John Alexander son of Robert Alexander and nephew of Sir William Alexander of England died suddenly of heart disease at his Woodburn Spring Station home in Woodford County. He owned Woodburn Farm over 2000 acres, famed as a premier Kentucky ranch and home of Maud the great trotting mare. He was a renowned horse breeder and owner of thoroughbreds and trotters with ties to Chicago and Louisville. He traced Scotch and English ancestry and was connected with leading families in both nations.
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Lexington
Alexander John Alexander
Robert Alexander
William Alexander
England
Woodburn Spring Station
Woodford County
Chicago
Louisville
Woodburn
Kentucky
Maud
Alexander
United States
Missionary Father Buffi Dies in Kalamazoo Hospital
Father John Buffi, a Roman Catholic missionary from Italy assigned to Italian Americans in the United States, died in Burgess Hospital Kalamazoo from consumption after an illness while seeking health. He previously taught at a Rome college before departing for the United States and had headquarters in Providence Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo, Mich
John Buffi
Italy
United States
Providence
R. I
Burgess Hospital
Buffi
Rome
Notable deaths of several prominent figures from the era
ScHuyler Lyon Fisher Cornell 1899 coxswain of the Varsity crew dies in Carson City Colorado from consumption. Rev Dr Isaac T Tichenor emeritus secretary of the Home Mission Society dies in Atlanta aged many years. G M Feerenson noted southern architect dies in Mobile aged sixty two. William Allan Wilde founder of W A Wilde Publishing Company dies in Malden Massachusetts aged seventy five. Wilde served in the Legislature and headed the State Prison Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allan Wilde
W. A. Wilde Company
Boston
Malden
Mass
Acton
W. A. Wilde Publishing House
State
Sudden Death of Mining Broker at Manhattan Office
Malcolm MacDonald aged seventy died suddenly yesterday afternoon in the law offices of Walter S. Logan on the eleventh floor at 27 William Street. He was a mining stock-broker with offices at 20 Broad Street. The coroner granted a permit for removal to his Brooklyn residence at 121 Montague Street. He leaves a widow and four children.
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Malcolm MacDonald
Walter S. Logan
William Street
MacDonald
Broad Stret
Jackson
Montague Street
Brooklyn
Ex Judge Robert Earl Dies in Herkimer at 101
Ex Judge of the Court of Appeals Robert Earl died at his Herkimer home after paralysis struck him November 22. Born 1824 in Herkimer, he studied at Herkimer Academy Union College and Columbia earning an LLD. He edited The Herkimer Democrat, practiced law with brother S Earl, and held multiple county and appellate posts, including Chief Justice and Commissioner of Appeals. He and Mrs Earl founded the Herkimer Free Library and supported the Herkimer Historical Society. Ex-Chief Judge Charles Andrews called Earl a superb jurist and man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Robert Earl
Herkimer
Herkimer Academy
Union College
Schenectady
Columbia
Earl
Gov. Tilden
Grover
Herkimer Free Library
Herkimer Historical Society
Judge Earl
Syracuse
Charles Andrews
Church Vestry Elections Details Listed
St George s wardens and vestrymen named including John Pierpont Morgan and R Fulton Cutting Christ wardens W Bayard Cutting and Richard M Roe Holy Trinity wardens Leander H Crall Vestrymen Edward Townsend and others Ascension wardens Henry E Howland Vestrymen August Belmont Edward R Biddle Charles D Fuller and William C Sheldon named for church governance records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. George’s
John Pierpont Morgan
R. Fulton Cutting
William Foulke
William Jay Schieffelin
Christ
W. Bayard Cutting
Richard M. Roe
Lucius K. Wilmerding
Robert K. Dana
William H. Burr
Amidee Spadone
Alexander C. Morgan
Joseph W. Harriman
Charles L. Hadley
Lea Md. Luquer
Holy Trinity
Leander H. Crall
Edward Townsend
Alexander Wilson
William R. Beal
Henry P. Carrington
Ascension
Henry E. Howland
August Belmont
Edward R. Biddle
Charles D. Fuller
William C. Sheldon
White House Gags Highlight Sanitary Conference Address
Assistant Secretary of State Hill welcomed delegates at the Inter national Sanitary Conference of American Republics in Washington. He joked that disease is a greater enemy than bears, noting the President could not shoot a bear on a hunting trip and returned to the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Washington
United States
White House
Rice price collapse eases Manila famine fear
The Philippine Commission spent 2 million dollars to buy over 20 000 tons of rice in India and the Asiatic coast to sell to sufferers at cost. Plans were kept secret to prevent price hikes. The move lowered rice prices though the government may lose money on purchases.
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Manila
Philippine Commission
India
Death Notices December 2 NYC Streets List
Deaths reported with ages and addresses listing Filomena Angelone to William Wilson on December 2. Entries show names and residences across Manhattan including Cherry Street to East Side addresses such as W 40th St W 114th St and 5th Avenue with ages ranging from under one to 86. The list notes if age is counted as one year for infants and ends with December death dates.
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Angelone
Filomena
Cherry
Allen
Cara L
Ash
Beatrice
Baer
Louis
Barnett
Sarah
Forsyth Bera Z
Jernnie
Jones St
Colligan
Agnes
Corbett
Gertrude
Cowan
Henry
DE Gruske
Nora
Devison
Charles H
Cordan
Mary
Dougherty
Thomas J
Amsterdam
Duffy
Maurice
Spring St
Dunn
Alexander C
Dwyer
Rosie
Chrystie St
Farrell
Sturtevant House
Frank
Hertha
John H
W. 9Th St
Gaffney
Rosanico
E. List St
Gallagher
Elizabeth
Gordon
Martin
Graham
Thomas H., Jr
Stebbins
Grego
Joseph
Gropner
Benjamin A
Gross
Charles
Brook
Guerin
John
Haring
Lois A
6Th St
T. Lu
Mt. Morris
Fiayden
Charles F
21St St
Henry, Bernard, Little
Sisters of the Poor
Herbert, William
Hoffman, Hyman
Holcomb, F
Houber
Jennings, Bert
Johnson
Herman
Keating
James
Kelly
Hannah A
Kampf
Gerhardt
Lasse
Sierich
Broadway
Lyon
Margaret
MacKenzie
George
Chambers
Malone
McCollum
Annie
O'Brien
O'Keefe
New Bowery
Opitz
Pauline
E. 3d
Orr
Francis
Pickard
Fred
West End
Pinnowich
Marian
Pike St
Poelop
Lena
E. T. Staces
Rbeilly
E. 10Th St
Reilly
John L
Salermo
Constantine
Sheridan
Catherine
Sills
Cornelius
W. 40Th St
Smith
Patrick M
Scott
Catherine M
Sorgel
48Th St
Terry, William
Bellevue Hospital
Thesse
Sophia
W. 118Th St
Valentine, Kath. J
Vwolf
Revara Y BF
Waller
Wilson
William J
Obituary notices and funeral details from December 1902
Deaths listed include John Windfield Baldwin aged about 18, Marie Louise Brundage, William F Buckley aged 81 with service at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Alma Wisner Coates, Wm Elder Jr, Carrie Whitney Field, T Henry French, Charles E Hayden, Alice Capes Maddock, James Brown Markoe, Prof Henry Mitchell of Boston, and Salem Howe Wales. Funeral times and locations given. interments at Marlborough NY and Greenwood NY among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
Wm. Elder, Jr
Alma Elder
Atlantic St
Grand Central Depot
Field
Boston
Carrie Whitney
James
Alfred Field
Beloit
Wis
Lakewood
N. J
Milton
Mass
French
T. Henry French
Samuel and
Mary S. French
Church of the Transfiguration
29Th St
St. Av
New York
Hayden
Charles E. Hayden
Maddock
Lafayette Place
Alice Capes Maddock
Thomas Maddock
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Greenwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Universal Reformers
Elia
Evelyn Millard
Allen Ainsworth
Dorothea Baird
Eric Lewis
Marie Linden
A. Matthews
Capt. Marshall
Succes
Prof. Reeve
Mechanical Engineers’ Society
Salem H. Wales
Long
Root
B. F. Messier
St. Lawrence Hospital
Theodore B. Starr
Madison Square West
25Th
26Th Streets
John St
Starr & Marcus
James McCutcheon & Co
West
the Meriden CO. International Silver Co
26Th. Sirect
Philippines
Manhattan
Bronx
Utz
Louis M
Byrnes
Bishop
Eliza C
Fordham Hospital
Arthur Weet Eenes
An Cestein
Anne
Lebanon
Elizer
Warren A
Mott
Hausen Magnus
Hickey
Lynch
Andrew
St. Joseph’s
Eahey
Cecilia
Seton Hospital
Lorentzen
C. G
Murphy
Morley
Metzger
Sophie
Maloney
Hannah
Diamond St
Brown
G. M
Putnam
Backhaus
F. Jeck
Avenue U
Bannson
Burtis
M. Emma
Baaden
Carl
Hamburg
Baisley
A. W
Greenpoint
Jeffer- Borstelmann
Sane
Son Vormann
Bohlmann
Carr
Anna M
St. Mark’s
Conroy
Emma M
St. Mark's
Ctsic K
Michael
Winsburg
Corelet
Howard F
Ainslie
Cahill
Edward J
Colyer St
Cook
Corcoran
Hooper
Shawe
Dugan
Amity St
Dave
Doherty
Daniel
van Brunt
Baltic
Lardner
Absou
FAUL
Liberty Sts
New York City
Fagan
Laura
Devoe
Friedberg
Roland
Ferdman A
Flushing Av
GILL
Delia
Dean St
Gonzalez
Luisa
Hull Steecpse
Gilmartin
Underhill
HILLS
Albertine
Jefferson St
Hums
Kings Co
Hughes
John E
L. L. State
Hucke
Stockton St
Houlihan
Wyckoff St
Hawkins
Ellen
Concord St
Hansen
G. F
Avis Holzhauer
Leonard St
Komitsch
J. B
Kingsland Av
Keeler
Jane
Grant St
Kempf
Harry
Stanhope St
Koch
Teresa
Covert St
Kutz
Irene
Ralph
Kolsky
Sadie
Livingston
Edgar
Lent
Martha H
Tien St
Ate Mayer
John .G
Hart St
Manerowsky
Nelson
Myrtle
Phillips
Harry C
Grand St. A
Pulsch
Dietrich
Parkhill
Cooper
Perino
Carrie
Raes
Palmetto St
Ruck
Lena E
Willoughby
Robertson
Mellie
Kerman
Hosp
Reynolds
Anne F
Rohlfs
H. D
Clinton
Ao Smith
James H
Prospect Place
Sprague
Wiener
Moritz
Icaria
Baldwin
John Windfield
Arthur P
Caroline G
Marlborough
NEW York Life Insurance Company
William F. Buckley
California
New Orleans
Edmund D. Randolph
Coates
Goshen
Alma Wisner Coates
Joseph H. Coates
St. James's
Erle R. R
Chambers St
Howe
St. Thomas's Church
Southampton
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