New York City Franchise Talks For Two Trunk Rail Lines
The Aldermanic Chamber hears a proposal to grant a two trunk line railroad franchise connecting the West and South to Manhattan. Supporters tout major city benefits including steady revenue from franchise readjustments and lasting rail connections, while opponents fear loss of city autonomy. The plan was moved to next Tuesday for a special order and a minority report may be prepared.
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Manhattan
New York
United States
New
Rome
Hudson River
East River
Quade
Myers
Fornes
Wafer
Railroad Committee
Platt
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate
McCall
Pratt
West Side
Keyes Letter Tabled At Central Mis. Section Meeting
The secretary James Keyes letter alleging offers to bribe labor delegates to oppose the Pennsylvania tunnel franchise was read and tabled by the Miscellaneous Section at last night’s central body session. Delegates debated the move with Robert Winston criticizing the tabling as improper.
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James Keyes
United States Licensed Masters and Pilots’ Association
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Board of Aldermen
Paul Reichenbacker
Central Ae Aenion
Delecate Brown
Cigarmakers'’ Union No. 144
Robert Winston
Hackmen’'s Union
Trible
Winston
Brown
Moynihan pleads not guilty in bribery case
Ex captain Moynihan was arraigned before Judge Newburger and entered a not guilty plea. Lawyer Terence McManus represents him as the District Attorney plans to move the case to the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court. District Attorney Jerome delays action on Capt Haughey pending medical review by the Board of Police Surgeons.
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Moynihan
Newburger
Court of General Sessions
Terence McManus
Criminal
Supreme Court
Jerome
W. R. Haughey
Thirty-fifth Street
Board of Police
Haughey
Partridge
Back Broken to Save Him in Bold Spine Operation
Seth Williams of 30 Willow Street Brooklyn endured a rare surgery at Polvelinie Hospital Manhattan to straighten his spine by breaking and resetting a vertebra. Ether anesthesia and a half ton weight flattened him, encasing the body in a four inch cast to the chin, making him two inches taller. He has since moved to Summit New Jersey and is recovering.
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Seth Williams
Willow Street
Brooklyn
Williams
New Zealand
Polvelinie Hospital
Manhattan
Wiliams
Summit
N. J
Wedding Looms From Six Day Bicycle Race Drama
The six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden nears its end as Franz Krebs and Barclay lead. Miss Augusta Schultz cheers Krebs with plans of a wedding trip and a new flat, while spectators note the sentimental finish amid race fatigue. Bedell recovers after a crash, Maya and McFarland stay strong, and Lawrence Waterbury attends with wife as attendance rises.
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Madison Square Garden
Deerflinger
Heller
Breton
McFarland
Menus- Bedell
Franz Krebs
Barclay
Augusta Schultz
Brooklyn
Krebs
Charley Miller
Root
John Bedell
Maya
Turville
Bedell
Menus
Galvin
Moran
Lawrence Waterbury
The
Stock Exchange
Salvation Army
Elkes
Bald
Kramer
Canary
Stricken priest dies during mass in New Rochelle church
The Rev. Thomas McLoughlin pastor of the Blessed Sacrament Church in New Rochelle died within twenty minutes after suffering heart disease while celebrating mass at 8 o clock. His assistant Rev. James Hughes administered last rites. Born in Ireland 77 years ago he came to the United States in youth and served two New York churches before settling in New Rochelle where he guided three church buildings including the marble structure built after a lightning fire. He celebrated his golden jubilee in August 1901.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
Thomas McLoughlin
Father McLoughlin
Ireland
St. John's College
Fordham
Archbishop Hughes
St. Joseph’s Church
Sixth Avenue
Waverley Place
New York
Kings County Republican officers re-elected and new officers named
Jacob Brenner was re-elected chairman of the Executive Committee of the Kings County Republican General Committee. John E. Smith was elected secretary and John B. Cohen was elected assistant secretary.
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Jacob Brenner
Kings County
Republican General Committee
John E. Smith
John 8. Cohen
Buffalo Merchants Back Inland Canal Route Plan
A Buffalo Merchants Exchange meeting endorsed the Seneca Oneida inland canal route over the Lake Ontario option. The resolution favors a thousand ton barge canal along Mohawk River Oneida Lake Oneida and Seneca Rivers to the Niagara River at Tonawanda with a Rochester diversion. Gov Odell will confer in Albany Thursday with state business leaders and Canal Commission members may attend. The Greater New York Canal Committee will press for the inland route.
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Buffalo
Merchants’ Exchange
Gustav H. Schwab
Frank S. Weatherbee
Frank Brainard
A. E. Blackmar
John J. D. Trenor
Canal Association of
Greater New York
Exchange
Lake Ontario
Merchants’ Exchange of Buffalo
Mohawk River
Oneida Lake
Oneida
Seneca
Niagara River
Tonawanda
Rochester
Odell
Albany
Canal Commission
Buffalo Merchants’ Exchange
Canal Committee
Harvard Students Endure Record Cold In Cambridge Dorms
Wealthy Harvard students faced the coldest siege in memory as old dormitories heated poorly. Rooms with southern exposure and limited coal kept students shivering, some skipping lectures, while others ferried borrowed fuel across campus in bitter winds.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Stoughton
Hollis
Wolworthy
Jacob Riis
Boston
Flames devastate central Atlanta in $400000 fire
A major blaze in Atlanta today destroyed nearly a city block starting at the Snook & Austin furniture store on Whitehall Street. The Norcross Building, Jacobs Pharmacy, R M Rose liquor house, and Williams Hotel were damaged. No deaths. insurance losses top $150000 with total damage over $400000. Streetcar service halted for about four hours.
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Atlanta
Snook & Austin Company
Whitehall Street
Norcross
Marietta
Peachtree Streets
Jacobs Company
Marietta Street
R. M. Rose Company
Williams
P. H. Snook & Austin Furniture Company
R. M. Rose & Co
Hammack Drug Company
Guarantee Clothing Company
National Hotel
Leniency for Bank Official Commutation Granted
Washington December 9. The President commuted Gid eon W Marsh sentence to expire December 4, 1902. Marsh was convicted in Philadelphia of National banking law violations and sentenced in 1898 to twelve years three months in several counts. He pled guilty to three indictments. The Attorney General noted seven years as a fugitive and his surrender justify a five year term.
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Washington
Gideon W. Marsh
Philadelphia
Marsh
Taft May Be Elevated To Supreme Bench
The retirement of Justice Shiras could lead to William H. Taft being promoted to the Supreme Court. If Taft leaves the Philippine Commission chair, Gen. Luke E. Wright of Tennessee may succeed him as chairman.
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Gov. Taft
Supreme Bench
Washington
Justice Shiras
Supreme Court
William H. Taft
Philippine Commission
Luke EB. Wright
Tennessee
Fur fashions feature Ottor Otter and Alaska sable coats
Noted listings highlight otter, beaver, stone marten, Alaska sable furs with shaped muffs and full lining. Range includes coats at 100 to 300 dollars and luxury Hudson Bay Otter overcoats at 500 dollars. Also available are automobile coats from 50 to 75 dollars and a wide stock of sealskin caps and gloves.
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British Columbia
Hudson Bay
Nhe
China
Japan
Lobos Island
Alaska
Four Killed as Dynamite Explodes in South Wilkesbarre Mine
Four men died and ten were injured in a dynamite box accident at Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co no 5 mine in South Wilkesbarre. The box weighing fifty pounds fell from a carriage at 110 feet, triggering a blast that hurled workers and halted operations for the day.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
South Wilkesbarre
Matthew Phillips
Death toll on the Great Lakes reaches record
Special to The New York Times reports the 1902 Great Lakes death toll at 140, the highest on record. Lake Erie leads with 59 deaths, followed by Lake Superior with 40, Lake Huron 22, Lake Michigan 14, and Lake Ontario 5. Sixteen sailors lost in rivers, 47 overboard drownings, and collisions up from five to fifteen.
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New York Times
Chicago
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Detroit
St. Clair
Clerk Released After Madison Ave Incident
Harry G. Marsh Jr an entry clerk for Aiken Lambert Co of 19 Maiden Lane was found dazed at Madison Avenue and Twenty sixth Street last Saturday night with 571 dollars and jewelry from the firm valued at 1000 in his pockets Magistrate Cornell discharged him in Jefferson Market Court yesterday Samuel B Mann testified the firm believed he possessed the goods without any criminal view
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Harry G. Marsh, Jr
Aiken, Lambert & Co
Maiden Lane
Madison Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Cornell
Jefferson Market Court
Samuel B. Mann
Weather Forecast Notes Snow Overnight
Partly cloudy with likely snowfall at night. Winds shift from east to south then to the southwest. Temperature record for the twenty four hours is noted.
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Tooey
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