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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1900
Page
9
Special to The New York Times reports the lead keel for the new cup defender was poured without issue, weighing ninety tons. Construction advances for a May launch. patterns reuse from Columbia likely, with similar keel shape and dimensions.
The contract for the Tobin bronze for the Lawson cup defender was closed today in Boston. Materials and lead are on the way, keel mold due next week, and construction will proceed rapidly. A Lawson versus Hanley centreboard yacht race is anticipated, likely off Marblehead, with Gen Paine backing the Hanleys. The full $75,000 subscription is pledged.
Edward Banks defeats J S Fanning 85 to 83 in a 100 target expert trap match at Crescent Athletic Club, Bay Ridge. Dr J J Keyes wins the December Cup third weekly shoot with a perfect 50 including handicap, edging Banks to 49. Other trophy and sweepstakes events and several trap formats are noted with scores and participant names.
The record page lists multiple events with H. M. Brigham and W. G. McConville posting high scores in 15 target magnu traps. F B. Stephenson and G. Stephenson also figure, along with W. W. Marshal, in various sweepstakes. Not handicapped entries noted.
The Executive Committee of the National Rifle Association met at the Union League Club to arrange the next international rifle meet, likely in September 1901. They issued invitations to England Ireland Scotland Australia France Italy Germany and others and plan subscriptions to cover the event. The effort aims to involve civilians and Guardsmen in rifle practice and introduce new target innovations while urging Congress to revive rifle training.
Joseph Fallert of Brooklyn captured the main event at Inter-State Park for the New Utrecht Gun Club weekly trap tournament with the only perfect score of ten straight kills. In the Handicap event, Fallert led at 28 yards with ten, followed by Vandergrifft nine and Van Allen eight. ties divided the purse after darkness.
Philip Kearney of Pawnee Athletic Club won the mile handicap skating race at Claremont Avenue Skating Rink in Brooklyn, finishing a close distance ahead of LeRoy See of New York Athletic Club. See scratched, 80 yard handicap, time 5:04.0. C Weston 180 yards finished third, with six others in the field.
Brooklyn Latin School dominates the race with J Schmeitzer first at 60 yards, Jay Calvi second, and Russel Calvi third. Fifteen starters competed in a hotly contested half mile event at the Clermont Avenue Rink in Brooklyn. Minitech of Polytechnic Preparatory School was scratched fourth with a recorded time of 1 48 3 5.
The Amateur Athletic Union committee overseeing the fund states that large subscriptions are not desired and aims to erect the monument by popular subscription. Some supporters offer to cover the entire cost, but the plan favors a tribute to Curtis's life work in amateur sports. A sub committee from each association will assist, and funds from this district will be received by John J Dixon.
Gen Fitzhugh Lee, in St. Louis as guest of the New England Society, clarifies a Chicago dispatch misquote. He says his remark meant the American flag would float over Cuba until a stable government protects life and property and inspires capital. The United States promised self government to Cubans, who will decide the permanence of Leyee. Lee and staff arrived, reviewed the war and Spanish evacuation, and asserted the flag will remain in key Cuban towns.
Harry Elkes of Glens Falls defeats Jimmy Michael in Madison Square Garden by one and three quarter laps in 26 minutes 3.5 seconds. Crowds of 5,000 cheer as Elkes rides behind pacers Crooks Tinssler Hoyt and Thompson to set a world indoor pace mark. Michael sustains a leg injury but fights on before Elkes secures a clear victory then heads to Boston for a six day race.
The Philippine Commission appointed H Phelps Whitmarsh as Governor of Benguet and Otto Scherer as Secretary. Whitmarsh, a two year resident and former newspaper correspondent, will base governance in Baguio. Scherer, a German with twenty years in the Philippines, speaks Igoriotes and many languages. Besides, thirty nine priests sign a loyalty paper to the Commission, aiding pacification efforts, with Judge Taft welcoming their assistance.
Manila dispatch reports Sixteenth Infantry capturing Bautista head of Katipunan in Northwestern Luzon. Forty-ninth Infantry attacked a Cagayan River barrio in Isabella Province driving out insurgents, killing several, and seizing 1000 rounds of ammunition while burning insurgent quarters. Iloilo updates say Panay and Cebu are being cleared of enemies after the rainy season, with remaining opposition mainly Ladrones.
Congress man Herman B. Dahle of Wisconsin’s Second District spent a night in a Cleveland police cell after falling ill on a street car. He was helped to a drug store, then arrested, identified himself in police court, and was discharged.
East Braintree Mass December 22 The launching of the new torpedo boat destroyer McDonough now under construction at Fore River Engine Works will take place Monday at noon It had been expected to occur today but conditions were not favorable Mrs Lucy McDonough Reade of Philadelphia will christen the boat and was present along with invited guests
San Juan Port Rico December 22 Munoz Rivera and eight leading federals were to be acquitted after a five day local court trial on charges of resisting public authority. The charges grew from riots on September 14 when Rivera's house was mobbed and about 500 shots were fired. The crowded courtroom heard the decisive verdict delivered today. Rivera received a flood of congratulatory telegraph messages.
Carl A. Aronson, a 25 year old six day bicycle rider from 139 Sixth Avenue Brooklyn, died in New York Hospital from pneumonia following a severe fall in the previous race night. His sister and mother in Chicago were notified. Manager James C. Kennedy said burial arrangements would be handled by the race officials after relatives are heard.
Robert P. Porter, back from abroad aboard the St Louis, praises Roumania under its present king. He spent most of his time in Berlin and Roumania and says the king is a businessman. Porter believes Roumania is progressing and notes interest in treaties and Congress questions, forecasting a stronger American commercial status in the next four years.
Miss Alta Rockefeller arrived aboard the Campania after receiving care from ear specialist Dr Isidor Muller in Vienna. She declined to discuss the treatment. John D Rockefeller greeted her at the pier without commenting on reports she received new ear drums. Her fiancé E Parmelee Prentice of Chicago was on the St Louis.
Detectives in major department stores tightened vigilance as Christmas shopping spurred arrests on Sixth Avenue. Rose Minlot aged 226 West Twenty fourth Street faces a hatpin theft charge, Helen Silber of 206 East One Hundred Twelfth Street is charged with stealing a woman's waist, and Fred Bryan from 206 Eleventh Avenue is said to have taken several books. A second store reported more shoplifting with Harold Russel of 101 West Twenty eighth Street caught stealing men's furnishings. All arrestees were locked up at West Thirtieth Street Police Station pending further inquiry.
Our midwinter sale of muslin underwear starts Wednesday December 26. We offer the best collection yet in this line and at prices lower than ever before. Extensive preparations cover garments of our own make and top manufacturer offerings.
The Linen Dept announces an annual sale beginning Wednesday December 26. The sale promises greater importance than prior years with a more complete assortment and bulk purchases made before price advances, allowing the entire stock to be offered at prices below current market values.
A merchant announces a limited batch of 50 regular 12.50 golf capes made from heavy all wool imported cloth. These capes, typically selling for 12.50, are offered now at 6.45 each, ahead of January clearance sales.
A select sale offers fine damask linens including table cloths in various sizes from 2 yards by 2 yards at $2.25 to 3x3 at $3.25 and 72 inches wide at $1.00 per yard. Irish damask napkins 27 inch square at $5.00 per dozen, dinner napkins $3.00, hemstitched napkins 25 cents each, tray cloths 25 cents, and complete damask table cloths with napkins sets from $5.00 to $22.50.
Notices advertise cuts in price across the men’s goods department with lower prices on house coats blanket robes men’s scarfs silk suspenders and related items. Examples include house coats 8 6 5 dollars versus 12 10 7 dollars blanket robes 5 dollars versus 7 dollars and scarfs 25 to 50 cents versus 50 cents to 1 50. Silk suspenders with sterling silver mountings offered at 95 cents versus 1 50 to 2 25.
Listing of ladies footwear with clearances on French calf shoes at 3.50, box calf and enameled lace shoes at 3.50, and Queen Quality patent kid lace shoes at 3.00. Includes button and lace, full extension sole, regular 5.00 value, immediate sale.
For the third time since September 19 an incendiary tried to start a fire at 604 Columbus Avenue a five story tenement housing thirteen families. The hallway on the top floor near George Quinn’s apartment was soaked with kerosene and a fire started before dawn yesterday. Quinn woke to a reddish glow and smoke followed by flames. Police and a neighbor fought the blaze and prevented spread before engines arrived. Fire officials found kerosene on the hallway and a full kerosene can on the first floor but no clue to the firebug. Tenants fear relocation amid suspicions of an arsonist in the building. Investigators from One Hundredth Street Station and firemen offered no quick leads.
Miss Condit-Smith sister in law to Gov Gen Leonard Wood arrived on the St Louis after Peking siege with only the clothes she wore. Her Paris London wardrobe purchased items were seized for duty and sent to Public Stores pending Washington's ruling. Trunks number two may be released once the seizure basis is clarified.
On the Cunard liner Campania a notice in the smoking room warned against gamblers aboard. The presence of unsavory individuals allegedly on board led to a near total halt of games, with over 400 passengers in the saloon reporting a cautious crossing. Passengers recalled that the same gamblers had reportedly gone to the Teutonic previously and were identified on the return voyage.
Fifteen year old Bertha Friedman of 252 East Third Street ran away after a quarrel, then fled an abduction attempt on a Summit to Morristown train. Judge J B Vreeland intervened when a man restrained her. she later went to New York, claiming to seek factory work and has since returned home.
Police at West Forty-seventh Street seized telegraph and wire tapping gear valued at 700 dollars in a room at 357 West Forty-fourth Street. They traced a letter to a gang active in Omaha and St Louis and suspected plans to tap the Chicago New Orleans Western Union line along the Ninth Avenue elevated structure. Brown rented the fourth floor room. detectives found instruments, a wire to the street grid, and a signaling rope, but no suspects were present.
William Stahlin chief engineer of the tug John S Smith died suddenly on board yesterday afternoon heart disease was the cause. The body was taken to his home in Jersey City.
A Merry Christmas message lauds the Abraham & Straus Store in Brooklyn for its Christmas preparations and scale. It notes 600,000 square feet of space, four streets accessible exits, and daily crowds over 100000 as the great test of the Greater Store. The piece praises workers 4650 people and 420 horses laboring through Christmas Eve, with meals and rest areas to ease duties. The city public is thanked for support as the enterprise nears completion and the holiday season ends.
William Barnes, chairman of the Republican State Committee's executive group, arrived aboard the American liner St Louis. He praised Col George W Dunn as the best choice for state party chairman and named Mr Ten Eyck as the best qualified successor to County Chairman Greene.
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