Tunnel Franchise Fight Boosts Odds of Approval in City Hall
Amid chatter of defections in Tammany ranks Aldermen prepared to vote on the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel franchise. Supporters claimed enough votes to pass while opponents pressed for wage guarantees and eight hour work limits, citing Attorney General Davies and governance debates over transfer of franchise power.
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City Hall
Tammany
James J. Gaffney
Pennsylvania
John T. McCall
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Torough
Cantor
Willam F. King
Merchants’ Association
New York
Canator
Odell
King
Davies
Pennsylvania Company
Board of Aldermen
Whing
Board of Estinate
Gov
State of New York
Albany
William F. King
New York City
Hich
Astor Vs. Arcade R.co
Board of Aldermen of
Board of Estimate
John €. Davies
Timothy P. Sullivan
New York and New Jersey
Water Front
New Jersey
Alderman Owens
Bronx
Hattensborough
Hernischteger
Leyh Case Prisoner Freed
Hobert Westphal, the boy arrested by Brooklyn detectives in the Leyh store death case, was discharged from custody after the District Attorney said no grand larceny case could be made. Surrogate Church asked the First National Bank to turn over Leyh’s will. a later testament is suspected but not yet found. The will, dated June 8, leaves Edward, the testator’s son, $41,000 and divides the remainder, about $150,900, among five other children.
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Hobert Westphal
Brooklyn
George F. Leyh
Broadway
First National Bank
Leyhhat
Edward
Augustus Loomis
Smith Cottage
Loomis
Third Appellate Division
Chase
Justice
Loomis Cottage
Fifth Avenue Residence to Be Erected by Morton F. Plant
Morton F. Plant plans a handsome residence at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifty second Street opposite the Vanderbilt mansion. He will acquire a 50 by 100 foot plot for about 350000 dollars, with the house costing around 400000 dollars. The site is part of a larger plot once bought by Stewart H. Chisholm and associates for an eighteen story hotel idea later transferred to the New York Realty Corporation for 1100000 dollars, a move believed to involve the Vanderbilts who are building two houses on the southern half for Alfred G. and Reginald C. Vanderbilt.
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Morton F. Plant
Henry B. Plant
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-second Street
Vanderbilt
Plant
Stewart H. Chisholm
New York Realty Corporation
Vanderbilts
George W. Vanderbilt
Alfred G
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Tenement Fire Kills Three in City Family Tragedy
A deadly early morning blaze on First Avenue killed Mrs. Mary Bond and her two children Ray mond and Rose, with Edward Bond severely burned while trying to save them. Firefighters extinguished the fire. total damage estimated at 8 000 dollars.
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First Avenue
Mary. Bond
Raymond
Rose
Edward
Helen
Bonds
Patrick Prendergast
Barney Hughes
Carl Johnson
Bond
Park Avenue Protest Seeks Grade Level Tracks
East Side Improvement Association led by Richard J. Donovan protests 4 percent grade proposed by New York Central and Hudson River Railroad for Park Avenue between Lexington and Madison Avenues. They demand grade level construction, underground connection, and city funding limits, with executive Board review forthcoming. The group claims safe access for fire police and ambulances and urges speedier, lighter infrastructure.
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Low
Richard J. Donovan
Citizens’ East Side Improvement Association
Park Avenue
Father Lavelle
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Erie
New York Central
Board of Estimate
City of
New York
Hudson River Railroad Company
Forty-fifth
Fifty-sixth Street
Lexington
Madison Avenues
Manhattan Island
New York City
America
Murray Hill
Fifty-sixth Streets
Forty-fifth Street
New York Central and
New York and Harlem Railroad Company
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Donovan
East Side Association
New Supreme Court Justices Assigned to Local Terms
The Appellate Division orders three new Justices Edward E McCall Edward 3 Amend and Vernon M Davis to begin Jan 5 in specific Trial Terms Part V VI and VII Justice Davis presides in the Criminal Branch Justice Barrett The City Court assigns Chief Justice Fitz eimons and other judges to Trial and Special Terms. upstate assignments pending.
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Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Edward E. McCall
Edward 3. Amend
Vernon M. Davis
Justice Davis
Justice McCall
Justice Amend
Leventritt
Dero. Freedman
Gildersleeve
O'Gorman
Bischoff
Greenbaum
Conlan
McCarthy
Delehanty
O’dwyer
New York Lawyer Refused Hearing in New Jersey Court
Lloyd Mc Conchie, a New York lawyer, was refused a hearing by Chancellor Magie in a small Prerogative Court matter in Newark on December 15 until properly introduced by a Newark lawyer. Magie said out of state or non allied counsel would not be heard in the New Jersey court without introduction.
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New York Times
Newark
N. J
T- Lloyd McConchie
New York
Magie
New Jersey
Warranties in life insurance policies clarified by appellate ruling
The Third Appellate Division holds that in life insurance cases a false answer in the medical questionnaire, if a warranty, voids the policy even if immaterial. It rejects juror consideration of materiality and states warranties preclude inquiries into materiality. In a separate note, the court upholds admission of a full confession in a burglary case where a search warrant covered multiple cottages and parallel disclosures were discussed.
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Karoline Schane
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
On & Life
Decker
Parker
Parks Department Fights Poster Bills Near Parks
President William R. Willcox enforces 350 foot limit on park area posters citing the charter. Court ruling allows city police to regulate billboards. Ten billposters fined one dollar. two arrested near a park for posting at Sixty-fifth Street and Broadway. Willcox aims to keep parks free of conspicuous signs while balancing property rights.
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William R. Willcox
Department of Parks
Park Department
Rochester
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Willcox
Police Department
O. J. Gude Company
A. van Buren & Co
New York Billposting Company
Pool
Princess Theatre
Sixty-fifth Street
Broadway
Mayo
Grant
Greek flower seller held in Michael Kruck murder
Detectives questioned Nicholas Kallas at the Arsenal station after newsboys accused him of quarreling with Michael Kruck before the boy was strangled in Central Park. Kallas, living at 167 West Twenty-seventh Street, denied being at the park and had no flowers sold nearby for weeks. Police found the newsboys could not identify him, and other leads from the Ninety-third Street Gang were disproved.
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Eighty-fifth Street
Central Park West
Michael Skruck
Mulvey
O’brien
O'Laughlin
Arsenal Station
Nicholas Kallas
West Twenty-seventh Street
Kallas
Thomas
Newsies
Young Kruck
Joe Esperanza
Michael Kruck
Ninety-third Street
Ggs
Titus
Landlady and lodger shot in Jersey City dispute
In Jersey City a landlady, Elizabeth Busch, and lodger James Fanjoy both suffered gunshot wounds after a rent dispute. Busch and his wife own the house at 143 Montgomery Street opposite Police Headquarters. Fanjoy was wounded in the thigh and claims self defense. He was arrested after the incident and both victims were treated at City Hospital.
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Jersey City
Cluse
James Fanjoy
Farrell
Elizabeth Busch
William Busch
New York Post Office
Montgomery Street
Busch
Fanjoy
Ledger
Card Inscribed Message Sent To City Aldermen
A card bearing a message was sent to each member of the Board of Aldermen yesterday as part of a city government action. The note appears to prompt or symbolize a request related to municipal matters.
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Board of Aldermen
City Prison Invites Stir as Officials Get Cards
On December 17 1902 Charities Commissioner Hynes sent engraved invitations to inspect the new City Prison triggering consternation among Aldermen who feared a jab at the Pennsylvania tunnel franchise. Officials from Big Tom Foley to Frank Dowling voiced disbelief and jokes about jail breaks.
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Charities
Hynes
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Big Tom” Foley
new_City
Pennsylvania
Commissioner of Charities
Board of Aldermen
Plans to Retire Police Officials Face Fitness Examinations
Commissioner Partridge ordered one Inspector five Captains and three Sergeants to appear before the Board of Police Surgeons next Monday for examinations of physical fitness. Named are Inspector Walter L Thompson and Captains Therone S Copeland William Schultz W A Vredenburgh Edward Brown W A Nelson Sergeants John Graham John W Wormell and John Hamilton. He declined to forecast further retirements.
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Gates Avenue
Brooklyn
Sergis
John Graham
John W. Wormell
Stagg Street
John Hamilton
Grand Central Station
Manhattan
Partridge
Silent Delay in Police Chief Replacement
Mayor Low stated he would not appoint a successor to Col. John N. Partridge for at least twenty four hours and would not discuss plans. Commissioner John McGaw Woodbury also declined comment as city officials expect several days before a decision. Partridge indicated he will make room for his successor on January 1 with no further details.
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Low
John N. Partridge
John McGaw Woodbury
Republican Organization
Reform Movement
Partridge
Moynihan Facing Special Panel for Bribery Trial
Assistant District Attorney Schurman secured a motion from Justice Davy in the Criminal Branch to draft a special panel of talesmen to select a jury for ex-Captain Daniel C. Moynihan. Moynihan, indicted by the Grand Jury on bribery charges, is set for trial Friday. his counsel, ex-Judge W M K Olcott, opposed the motion.
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Schurman
Justice Davy
Supreme Court
Talesmen
Daniel C. Moynihan
W. M.K. Olcott
McNutt Gains Freedom After Habeas Corpus Ruling
William H. McNutt, held on charges of swindling Willard T. Black of 13000 dollars in Chicago, was freed by Justice Fitzgerald on a writ of habeas corpus. Gussie McKee, the poolroom queen, appeared in court and welcomed the ruling as McNutt’s defense was supported by witnesses. The court accepted McNutt's alibi that he was not in Chicago at the alleged times.
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William H. McNutt
Willard T. Black
Chicago
Fitzgerald
Black
Justice Fitzgerald
McNutt
Engineer and bride reunite after three weeks apart
Gaston Ressier of the Holland-America steamship Rhyndam finds his three weeks newlywed wife around 1:30 am yesterday after she wandered seeking him, aided by a French-speaking woman who guided her to their boarding house at 158 West Twenty-fifth Street where he embraces her with joy.
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Gaston Ressier
Rhyndam
West Twenty-fifth Street
Tessier
Gaston
Commissioner appoints dietary adviser to reform Blackwell’s Island meals
Commissioner Folks of the New York Department of Charities names Florence R. Corbett, chief dietitian at Kings County Hospital, as assistant and general adviser for food purchase, distribution, cooking, and serving. Corbett takes office Jan 1, 1908, at $1,000 annually. He cites beef overuse and promises more vegetables milk butter and eggs within existing budgets. The island inmates applauded a one day shift to pork and beans with coffee, cheering the potential for improved meals.
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Blackwell's Island
Department of Charities
Chauncey M. Depew
Folks
Florence R. Corbett
Kings County Hospital
Charities Department
Tobin Shows First Emotion in Murder Trial
The defense in Thomas Tobin's murder case over Captain James B. Craft's death at Empire Garden closed. Tobin wept as his father testified of his son’s wayward youth and years spent in prison, while experts split on his sanity with defense alienists declaring insanity and prosecution witnesses asserting sanity at the time of the crime.
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Thomas Tobin
James B. Craft
Empire Garden
Tenderloin
Tobin
Hennessey
L. S. Manson
H. Williams
James R. Campbell
Tombs
Clark
Carlos F. MacDonald
McDonald
Melkinley
Charles L. Dana
Flavius Packer
Contest Over Morris Prager Will Filed
Lawyers for relatives of jeweler Morris Prager who died last month at the Hotel Netherland filed a will contest. Contestants include Ida Tynberg William Hauchhaus and George Koplik Ninety third Street. They allege improper witnessing fraud and unsound mind and seek to overturn the bulk bequest to A J Prager.
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Morris Prager
Hotel Netherland
Ida Tynberg
Ashton
Madison Avenue
Ninety-third Street
William Hauchhaus
George I. Koplik
Samuel I. Ixoplik
George Koplik
Miss Tynberg
Mr. Hauchhaus
A. J. Prager
Maiden Lane
Morris J. Hirsch
GS William Street
Fireman's Widow Wins $15000 Verdict
A Supreme Court jury awarded $15,000 to the widow of John Geary, fireman of Truck No. 2, after the railroad suit against Madison Avenue Railroad Company. Geary was killed by a trolley car while answering a fire alarm on February 21, 101. The first verdict was reversed by the Appellate Division for improper evidence.
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John Geary
Supreme Court
Madison Avenue Railroad Company
Geary
O'Gorman
Trench Accident Ends Walters Mills Ride On Park Avenue
Walter Mills twenty years old of 820 West Twentieth Street fell from a west bound car at Park Avenue and Fifty ninth Street after a railing scratched him. He dropped into a forty foot trench and landed head first on a plank ten feet below before being taken to Flower Hospital.
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Walter Mills
West Twentieth Street
Park Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Mills
Flower Hospital
Man Dies in Hospital from Hydrophobia Suspected
Thomas Rogers an engineer working in a town office building died yesterday morning at Belle vue Hospital. Doctors believe hydrophobia from a cat scratch caused the death. Dr Packer refused to confirm the cause but an autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause.
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Thomas Rogers
Bellevue Hospital
Packer
Anu
Overcoats and Holiday Derby Shapes From Rogers Peet
The catalog describes heavy cheviot overcoats sold at 16 to 50 dollars with plaid options and belted backs. It highlights three new Derby style hats for mid season with flat brims priced around 42 dollars. Rogers Peet & Company lists stores on Broadway near City Hall and at Warren Street and offers mail orders to 140 to 148 4th Ave and other Manhattan addresses.
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Broadway
City Hall
Warren St
4Th Ave
West
Linen Department Lace Articles and Linen Centres Itemized
James McGreery and Co Linen Department lists Cluny lace articles with linen centres. D Oylys items include 6 inch rounds at 3.00 per dozen and 8.50 per dozen for other sizes. 20 inch rounds, tea cloths 4.75 to 6.73, 36 inch rounds 9.75, table cloths in various sizes 35.00 to 120.00 each. Complete stock of sideboard and bureau scarfs, new laces and patterns, linen centres in sizes 20x45, 20x54 and 20x72 inches.
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Sheppard Knapp & CO
Sixth Ave
Arpet
India
James McCreary Suit Department Offerings Listed
James McCreary & Co. presents a display of women’s garments on Twenty-third Street. Black zibelene suits with pleated blouse and skirt trimmed with velvet priced at 25.00. Skirts in black crepe de chine and peau de soie priced 6.50 and 9.50. Cheviot skirts plain or trimmed with taffeta. Black cloth skirts priced 9.50 to 11.50. Cloth skirts with peau de soie strappings at 17.00.
Margai Ribbon Corsets in Various Lengths
Advertisement lists Margai corsets in multiple lengths and colors including pink blue and white.
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Leyh
Westphal Boy— Leyh
East Side Improvement Association
Messrs. McCall, Amend
Davis
Tagbe
Legal Notes
City Fathers
City Prison
New City Prison
Thompson
Dr. Woodbury
Col. Partridge
Moynihan
Blackwell’s Island Diet
Craft
Man
Cat
Lemaire
Paris
Rogers, Peet & Company
James McGreery & Co
D’oylys
Twenty-third Street
Saks & Company
34Th Street
Frank G.tullidge & CO
Cincinnati
Jonn Dona
Sen Neons Eiben
Sts
James McCreery & Co
Liberty
James McCreary & Co
Morris
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