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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1902

Page

3

Police raid four poolrooms in Tenderloin district with heavy force

Deputy Commissioner Piper Inspector Brooks Captain Walsh and two score plainclothes detectives raided four poolrooms near the Lambs Club and the Hotel Metropole at about 4 oclock. They seized paraphernalia and arrested sixteen men including William J Conklin William Fabian Jack McAuliffe and Joseph Bennett.

John Doe Piper Brooks Walsh West Thirtieth Street Station House Pfeifer and Rowland West Westchester Club Thirty-sixth Street Sixth Avenue Lambs’ Club John Rodgers Broadway Hodgers Inspector Brooks William J. Conklin West Thirty-sixth Street William Fabian West One Hundred Capt. Walsh Clarence O’brien O’brien Joseph Bennett East Twenty-fifth Street Jack McAuliffe John Hughes William Callister Moses Levy Sergt. Sweeney Thirtieth Street Thirty-third Street Sixth Seventh Avenues Anton Steinmetz William Bush West Twenty-sixth Street Robert Lambert Sergis. Cohen Thor Fourth Avenue Twentyfourth Street James Scarvone

Yale Receives Carnegie Grants for Research Projects

Yale officials announced Carnegie Institute funding to support original research in Yale University. Grants go to the Peabody Museum paleontological staff for Marsh collection vertebrate fossils studies led by Dr. J. L. Wortman, and to the experimental psychology department under Prof. E. W. Scripture to expand Herrick Hall research facilities. Each grant is income from part of the $10,000,000 Carnegie fund.

New York Times New. Haven Conn Yale Carnegie Institute Fund Yale University Peabody Museum Department of Experimental Psychology Marsh J. L. Wortman E. W. Scripture Herrick Hall Carnegie Institute Washington

Harvard University Grows By Record Registration

Harvard University reports a total 4 261 students in the College and an overall university total of 6 252 including Radcliffe. The College gain is 126 to 2106, with freshmen 608 and seniors 381, while Medical School shows a loss of 61 and professional schools drop 40.

New York Times Cambridge Mass Harvard University Lawrence Scientific School Department of Arts and Sciences Medical School University Radcliffe College

College course length debated by NYU chancellor

Chancellor Henry M. MacCracken urged twenty five years as the threshold for a professional degree at a Rochester alumni dinner in New York. He proposed condensing prep work and combining a year of professional study with the fourth college year to reduce the total years required. Willcox and others spoke on municipal government and university affairs. George Albert Allin was re elected association president.

Henry M. MacCracken New York University New York Alumni Association University of Rochester Hotel Manhattan William R. Willcox Fourteenth Street Rhees J. Sloat Fassett W. A. Granger Colgate Alumni Association William Co. Bitting George D. Olds Amherst College George Albert Allin

Brooklyn League Holds First Annual Dinner at Montauk Club

About 123 Brooklyn League members attended the first annual dinner despite rain. Ex District Attorney Hiram R. Steele served as toastmaster with speakers including Lieut. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff, Hampden Dougherty, William C. Redfield, Robert Grier Monroe, William McCarroll, S. Parkes Cadman, Frank L. Babbott, Henry Sanger Snow, and Frank Harvey Field. Woodruff criticized aldermen over the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel franchise and urged extending Flatbush Avenue to the Brooklyn Bridge as a major improvement, citing past talks and a $1,500,000 estimated cost.

Brooklyn League Montauk Club Eighth Avenue Lincoln Place Hiram R. Steele Timothy L. Woodruff Hampden Dougherty William C. Redfield Robert Grier Monroe William McCarroll Manufacturers’ Association Parkes Cadman Frank L. Babbott Board of Education Henry Sanger Snow Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Frank Harvey Field Woodruff Brooklyn Pennsylvania Railroad Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn Bridge

Trusts Outlined In Constitutional Convention Debate

At Concord New Hampshire a Constitutional Convention vote moved to refer all amendments on trusts to the bill of rights committee with instructions to report an amendment opposing trusts and urging the Legislature to pass needed laws. Edgar Aldrich urged the people’s power and warned against corporate tolerance eroding rights.

New Hampshire Concord N. H United States Chandler Standing Committee Edgar Aldrich Littleton United States District and Circuit Courts

Ex-Dep uties in New Jersey Jail Scandal

Head Keeper George O Osborne of the State Prison at Trenton has caused the arrest of ex Deputies James J Langton John D Hassett and James T Dullard to be tried by Mercer County for malfeasance while in office. The deputies allegedly carried information and contraband drugs in and out of prison.

New York Times Newark N. J George O. Osborne Trenton James J. Langton John D. Hassett James T. Dullard Mercer County Court of Pardons Charles L. Roller

Old Guard veteran Frederick D. Allen dies at 84

Frederick D. Allen 84 longtime Old Guard member died yesterday most likely of heart disease in his room at 154 West Fiftieth Street. He joined the guard in 1868 and previously worked in jewelry sales and with the Open Board of Brokers. The body was to be moved to the Old Guard armory for viewing with two guards on duty until Friday evening for military funeral rites, followed by burial Saturday morning at Greenwood.

Frederick D. Allen Old Guard West Fiftieth Street Guard Allen Open Board of Brokers A. E. Martin Greenwood

Isaac A. Hopper Elected Leader by Tammany Hall Group

The Tammany Hall General Committee of the Thirty-first Assembly District met at the Harlem Democratic Club on One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street near Seventh Avenue and chose Isaac A. Hopper as member of the Executive Committee. Also elected were Peter A. Hendrick as Chairman, Louis A. Abrams as Vice Chairman, James W. Carroll as Recording Secretary, James A. Delehey as Financial Secretary, Moses Barnett as Treasurer, and T. E. Kennedy as Sergeant at Arms. Hendrick was named associate leader.

Tammany Hall Thirty-first Assembly District Harlem Democratic Club One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street Seventh Avenue Isaac A. Hopper Peter A. Hendrick Louis A. Abrams James W. Carroll James A. Delehey Moses Barnett T. E. Kennedy Hendricks

New York Times Annual Financial Review Preview

The Times announces its January 4 1903 Annual Financial Review featuring price charts for wheat corn cotton and pig iron outlook statements from the Federal Treasury and Agricultural Departments imports and exports statistics industry conditions across main centers foreign finance trade and agriculture with an American emphasis and a clear prospect for the coming year.

Annual Financial Review NEW York Times Annual Financial Review Federal Treasury and Agricultural Departments

Lorenz Performs Two More Hip Surgery Demonstrations

Dr. Lorenz the Austrian specialist conducted two hip dislocation operations at the New York Polyclinic Hospital and a public demonstration. He treated six year old Alvin Louis Black and a double dislocation case, with applause from about 300 surgeons.

J. Ogden Armour Prof Lorenz Chicago New York State Hospital Tarrytown Alvin Louis Black Thomas Black Roundout N. Y Armour Mr. Armour Dr. Lorenz Dr. Loren Shaffer Eighteenth Street North River Theodore Steidt Fifty-fourth Street Brooklyn Kittie Hughes Thompson Street W. R. Townsend Long Island Cornell Washington Beth Israel Hospital East Side J. Borchardt Jefferson and Cherry Streets

aged sisters dead together in new jersey

Washington New Jersey December 16 Miss Caroline Worman aged sixty six died Sunday and her sister Mrs Elizabeth Cohen aged eighty three died yesterday just twenty four hours after Miss Worman She pursued claims to the estate of Christopher Worman who died in London in 1773 The estate once valued near a million dollars now claimed to be over eighty million Heirs over two hundred reside in America The double funeral will be held at their home and the interment will be in the local cemetery.

Washington N. J Caroline Worman Elizabeth Cohen Miss Worman Herman Worman London Bridge America Flemington

Direct Savannah to Boston Steamer Line Planned

The Ocean Steamship Company will run a Savannah to Boston route after the Port of Savannah shipped a record cotton cargo to Boston. The Tallahassee and City of Memphis join the service while New England mills back the move. Boston railways add cotton sheds as the city aims to become a major distribution hub.

New York Times Boston Memphis Savannah Ocean Steamship Company Tallahassee New England Maine New Haven

Inter-State Commerce probes grain and meat rate hikes

The Interstate Commerce Commission opened a hearing in Washington on December 16 into proposed increases in freight rates on grain and grain products, dressed meats, and provisions from key western points to New York and the East. Witnesses led by George J. Grammer of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern cited rising costs and questioned profitability even at higher tariffs. The hearing ordered railroads to file explanations by January 10 and a follow-up session was set for soon. The commission noted a planned 10 percent rise on iron shipments west from Pittsburgh and related hubs starting January 1, with broader effects to be outlined later.

Washington Mississippi River Chicago, &c New York Inter-State Commerce Commission George J. Grammer Lake Shore Michigan Southern B. B. Mitchell Michigan Central Grammer Pittsburg Youngstown Cleveland

Denial Standardizes Grain and Provisions Rates

Chicago December 16 An emphatic denial refutes reports that the Central Freight Association delayed new grain and provision rates to January 1 Chairman J F Tucker asserts the 20 cents per hundred pounds for grain and 30 cents for provisions from Chicago to New York took effect December 8 As of January 1 Western roads will roll back most rate cuts from March raising tariffs on cement stone brick and similar heavy freight by 10 to 25 percent Groceries and iron shipments to Colorado and Utah jump over 100 percent

New York Times Chicago Central Freight Association J. F. Tucker New York Central Traffic Association

Fox Brand Umbrellas New Styles and Gift Pricing

Complete assortment of Fox Brand umbrellas offered as gifts with quality and style guarantees. Prices range from 1.25 to 15.00, with better grades from 5.00 upward. Choose a handle from a wide selection and have it mounted on silk, with one year free repair. Main Floor Front.

Victor

Freight and terminal construction updates from Chicago and Baltimore

Central Traffic Association roads debate further freight rate increases with Jan 1 consideration while eastern routes argue against harming traffic. Western Maryland Railroad awards Degnon McLean contract to build tidewater Wabash terminals near Fort McHenry with grading starting immediately and targets completion for fall traffic next year.

Baltimore Western Maryland Railroad Degnon-McLean Construction Company New York Fort McHenry Lan&street

Farrington Named Manager of Southern Pacific Steamship Lines

Houston Tex Dec 16 Official notice announces W C Farrington as manager of the Southern Pacific Atlantic coast steamship lines with headquarters at New Orleans He will oversee the entire steam ship department and the piers at New York New Orleans and Galveston.

Houston Texas W. C. Farrington Southern Pacific Atlantic Coast Steamship Lines New Orleans Steamship Department New York Galveston

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