Brooklyn Boilermaker Shoots Onlookers After Suspected Persecution
John Galletus a Greenpoint boiler maker fired at pedestrians on a Brooklyn street wounding Nathan Roth nine and James Kelly twenty seven. Roth suffered a severed eyeball and near fatal injuries while Kelly’s wound was minor. Galletus was arrested after a struggle and confession of fear others would kill him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Roth
Berry Street
Brooklyn
John Galletus
North Fifth Street
James Kelly
Bedford Avenue
Galletus
Roth
Owens
Burns
Young Roth
Keily
North Sixth
Berry Streets
Shields
Eastern District Hospital
Welly
Rome
Greenpoint
Conditions in Porto Rico Reported by Army Surgeon
Dr. A. Williams, Assistant Surgeon of the U S Army, arrives from Porto Rico with a report on conditions observed during a march with troops. In Los Maria squalor and lack of medical care are noted, plus widespread sickness and a food shortage. In Adjuntas the death rate is high from chronic starvation, with hospital staff limited by meager allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Adjuntas
Williams
Greene successor appointment debated by Senator Platt
Senator Platt said no successor to Gen. F. W. Greene has been chosen for Chairman of the County Committee. Executive Chairman William H. Ten Eyck and ex-Surrogate James M. Varnum are under consideration, with other names also mentioned. He noted support for Garrett A. Benson of Albany as State Senate Sergeant at Arms, though some Albany Republicans oppose him over local disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt
F. W. Greene
William
H. Ten. Eyck
James M. Varnum
Garrett A. Benson
Albany
State Senate
Benson
Ex-Senator Hill Involved In Late Night Disappearance
Ex-Senator David B. Hill left the Hoffman House in the morning and had not returned by late night according to hotel desk information. An attaché said his grip had been taken earlier in the day to the residence of a former state official, while Hill still occupied his room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Hill
Hoffman House
Democrats Defers Speeches at Manhattan Club
The report notes no speeches were given at the Manhattan Club on Saturday night as it was deemed too early to discuss Democratic Party conditions. A similar reception is planned in early spring with prominent Democrats from across the country to discuss party reorganization and related matters.
Car in two smashups injures man in Morrisania
John Riley and James Murray, motormen, were held in Morrisania Court after a crash at Washington Avenue and One Hundred Sixty first Street. Daniel Little, 24, suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Fordham Hospital. Riley’s second car struck the first, injuring Breen and Cam but not seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Riley
East One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Street
James Murray
Eagle Avenue
Union Trolley Company
Morrisania
Fordham Hospital
Breen
Dam
Riley
Bren
Cam
Brann
Archbishop Walsh Recommends Resuming Irish Parliamentary Fund
In Dublin on December 23 Archbishop Walsh writes to John E Redmond leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party urging a return to the longstanding Irish Parliamentary Fund. He encloses a £10 check and congratulates Redmond on handling his duties with exemplary success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Archbishop Walsh
John E. Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
Irish Parliamentary Fund
Redmond
Mother Intervenes Halting Hawleyton Wedding
SUSQUEHANNA PENN DEC 23. At Hawleyton last night the marriage of David D. Owen and Miss Nancy D. Vaughan was halfway completed when the bride’s mother leaped between them and forbade further proceedings. The ceremony was ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna
Penn
Hawleyton
David D. Owen
Nancy D. Vaughan
Poole Dies Sudden In Syracuse At 63
Theodore L. Poole United States Marshal for the Northern District of New York and former congressman from the Onondaga Madison district died of apoplexy at 8 this morning after a period of ill health. Born April 10 1840 in Elbridge he rose from private to brevet major in the Civil War losing an arm at Cold Harbor. He later held federal posts and led New York Grand Army efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Theodore L. Poole
New York State
Onondaga-Madison
Major Poole
Elbridge
Onondaga County
One Hundred and Twenty-second Regiment
New York Volunteers
Cold Harbor
Poole
Internal Revenue
United States Pension
New York
United States
Grand Army
Council of Administration
Department of New York
Christmas festivals for the poor by city mission society
The New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society hosts multiple Christmas festivals for underprivileged children. Events include St. Barnabas House on Mulberry Street, God's Providence Mission on Broome Street, St Ambrose's Church at Prince and Thompson, Chapel of the Messiah on East Ninety-fifth Street, and the Italian Church of San Salvatore on Bleecker Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society
St. Barnabas House
Mulberry Street
God's Providence Mission
Broome Street
The
Bowery
Boys’ Club
Girls’ Guild
St. Ambrose’s Church
Prince and Thompson Streets
Chapel of the Messiah
Ninety-fifth Street
Third Avenue
Guayaquil Quito Railway Progress Seeks American Hires
Perry M De Leon reports on the Guayaquil Quito Railway project with 3,006 workers, an $18 million 300 mile line through the Andes, and demand for American engineers, clerks, and bilingual stenographers. The project is led by John A Harmon with contractors J P McDonald and the Ecuadorian Association. For inquiries, contact F. Cc. Duan in Guayaquil or the Ecuadorian Association in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry M de Leon
United States
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Quito
The
Ecuadorian Association
New York
London
Edinburgh
J. P. McDonald
Knoxville
Tenn
Andes
Arroyo
Peru
John A. Harmon
Virginia
California
F. Cc. Duan
German business mood downtrodden by 37 percent drop in ventures
Consul Talbot J. Albert reports a broad downturn in Germany with 37.4 percent fewer building enterprises since summer 1899 and similar declines in railroads 58 percent electrical plants 63.43 percent and gasworks nearly a third lower. He notes failures in seven months and two major glove makers going bankrupt while attributing the trend to a natural correction after 1899 prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot J. Albert
United States
Prunswick
Germany
Parsons Resigns Deputy Attorney General Post
Albany reports Deputy Attorney General Frank M. Parsons has resigned though verification is pending due to the absence of the Attorney General and deputies. Parsons had signaled his intent to resign weeks ago to resume private law practice after serving under ex Attorney General T. K. Hancock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Frank M. Parsons
Davies
Parsons
T. K. Hancock
Dominion Stocks Added to Approved Trust Fund Securities
Ottawa reports the London Official Gazette lists Dominion in scribed stocks among securities for trust fund investments. Finance Minister Fielding had announced last session that the arrangement was well under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ontario
Finance Department
London
Dominion
Fielding
Crosstown Cars Crash on Sixth Avenue
A Crosstown Electric line collision on Sixth Avenue near Fifty ninth Street halted service for about thirty minutes. Car No. 266 smashed into the ahead car, breaking the front platform and trapping the shoe in the slot until a wrecking crew freed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth
Amsterdam Avenues
Fifty-ninth Street
Crosstown Electric
Fiftyninth Street
Columbus Avenue
Boston to christen cup yachts by Lawson and Hanley
Two Boston society women are slated to christen rival yachts that will race for the America’s Cup defense next spring. Gladys Lawson, daughter of Thomas W. Lawson, will name the keel boat designed by Crowninshield, while Sadee Eleanor Hanley, C. C. Hanley’s daughter, will break a champagne bottle on the centerboard defender designed in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Gladys Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Crowninshield
Lawson
Back Bay
C. C. Hanley
Quincy
Sadee
Eleanor Hanley
Boston University
Monmouth
Me.) Academy
Bronze for Cup Defender. Tobin bronze plates arrive for Bristol hull
The Belmont syndicate defender hull at Bristol will be plated with Tobin bronze like the Columbia. Forty seven crates of sheet brass from Ansonia arrived by Consolidated Railroad, with more expected tonight. Keel casting was inspected as frames are bent and keel plates to be attached as cooling lead completes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Bristol
Belmont Syndicate
Columbia
Ansonia
Consolidated Railroad
Bristol Boat Builders
Gardner Wins Crescent Athletic Club Championship on Clinton Street
Frank C. Gardner defeated Frank A. Keeny by seventy nine points in the final billiards match at the Crescent Athletic Club clubhouse in Brooklyn. Gardner started slowly but finished strong with a 33 high run and a total score of 250 to Keeny’s 171. Referee was Hon. Alden S. Swan. marker W. J. Ryan. The tournament standings list Gardner 5 wins, Keeny 3, Clough 3, Jennings 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent Athletic Club
Clinton Street
Brooklyn
Frank C. Gardner
Frank A. Keeny
Gardner
Franka. Gardner
Alden S. Swan
Marker
W. J. Ryan
Christmas Festival for Brooklyn Children at Park Slope Club
The Riding and Driving Club of Brooklyn held its annual Christmas festival at the Park Slope clubhouse. Santa arrived by automobile driven by Frank Duryea, distributed bonbons to children and adults, and a music ride followed with many club members as riders. Prizes went to Miss Leslie Ackerman, Miss Mildred Bedford, Miss Leech in girls events, and Jack Dykman, Desmond Dunne Jr., and E. T. Bedford Jr. in the boys eggs and spoon race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children of the
Riding and Driving Club of
Brooklyn
Park Slope
Santa Claus
Frank Duryea
Harry Taylor
Ackerman
Smyth
Leech
Kenyon
Gaynor
Walton
Uwubbs
Bruff
Bedford
Dykman
de Selding
Dinghee
Dunne
Shepard
Roscoe Gaynor
Leslie Ackerman
Mildred Bedford
Miss Leech
Jack Dykman
Desmond Dunne
E. T. Bedford, Jr
Potomac Regatta Planned in Washington With National Teams
President Doyle of the Potomacs plans a next season Potomac regatta in Washington inviting crews from across the country. He aims to start work in winter, secure support from Analesians and the Columbias, and attract rowing clubs for a midsummer event on the historic river with new medals and prizes to accompany returning cups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Doyle
The
Potomacs
Analesians
Columbias
Washingtonians
Analesians of
Ariels
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Barge Club
Philadelphia
Potomac River
Brooklyn Clubs to Meet at Forty Seventh Regiment Armory
The January 23, 1901 event at the Armory will host amateur contests under Amateur Athletic Union rules. Open races include 100 and 220 yard sprints with handicaps, 880 and one mile runs, a relay, a 12-pound shot, and a 4x1 mile relay for teams. Regiment members also compete in select events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Athletic Club
Fortyseventh Regiment Athletic Association
Forty‘seventh Regiment Armory
Armory
United States
Amateur Athletic Union
National Cycling Association
Cold Weather Warning From Scott & Bowne Ad
Fragmentary ad copy warns readers about cold weather and suggests trying a remedy. Mentions Scott & Bowne at 49 Pearl Street New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott & Bowne
Pesil Street
New York
Dwyer Defeats Leonard in Graeco Roman Bout in Wilkesbarre
In Wilkesbarre last night M. J. Dwyer fought George Leonard of New York in a Graeco Roman match at the West End Wheelmen's Club. Leonard sustained two broken ribs and left for New York without medical help as Dwyer won the bout and a $200 purse plus 7 percent of the gate receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Penn
West End Wheelmen’s Club Rooms
M. J. Dwyer
This City
Ry Leonard
New York
Dwyer
British labor leader says strikes won't solve social problem
Peter Curran of the General Federation of Trades Union of Great Britain tells Chicago workers that strikes cannot solve social evils. He advocates labor influence in Parliament, shared ownership of land and machinery, and warns against exclusive private monopolies fueling disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter Curran
General Federation of Trades Union of Great Britain
Workingmen of Chicago
Building Trades Council
Curran
British Trades Union Congress
American Federation of Labor Convention
United Kingdom
Ile
Gas Workers and General Laborers’ Union
London
England
Street Car Strike Shuts Scranton Lines
Scranton Railway Company workers walk out with 300 employes striking at 5 am leaving only two cars running. The blockade covers Pittston to Forest City, about thirty miles and sixty five miles of track. Workers seek higher wages from 15 to 17 1/4 cents and a ten hour day. The company says it cannot grant raises now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Penn
Scranton Railway Company
Lackawanna Valley
Patterson
Pittston
Forest City
Civic Reform Methods Address by Rev R Heber Newton
Rev R Heber Newton spoke to the Civic Federation Committee of One Hundred at the Social Reform Club urging careful selection of delegates for a city central council to avoid crank elements. He recommended starting on a labor basis and seeking cooperation from business and professional groups to achieve city reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Heber Newton
Civic Federation
Social Reform Club
University Place
Federation
Chamber_of Commerce
Board of Trade
Bar Association
Fire devastates 963 Broadway building in Buffalo
Fire gutted the four story 963 Broadway in Buffalo early today causing an estimated 25000 in total losses. Damages break down to 8000 for Louis Martel furniture 10000 for Wiesman and Kissary goods and 7000 for the building. A Milford Connecticut hotel fire followed later today destroying the Park Hotel with estimated losses around 6000 and insurance partial coverage. The prior Park Hotel on the same site was famed as the Mecca for Yale students rusticated in old days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffal
Broadway
Louis Martel
Wiesman & Kiss
Ary
Milford
Conn
Park
Old Park
Yale
Yesterday's Fires Report From Saturday Night to Sunday
A list of fire incidents shows multiple properties damaged or unscathed across Manhattan streets from West Fourteenth to Third Avenue. Owners include M Schunberg Mattleman Elizabeth Hanson August Whitman and others with damages ranging from 0 to 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West_Fourteenth Street
M. Schunberg
West Twenty-fourth Street
M. Mattleman
Avenue A
Elizabeth Hanson
Fulton Street
August Whitman
Centre Street
Stanton Street
Madison Street
Tillie Seitzer
West Sixty-second Street
John Weber
Third Avenue
John Loos
Storm track shifts north as Central Upper Michigan fogs
The storm center moves northward over Central Upper Michigan with reduced intensity. It extends a lift to the Atlantic Coast bringing rain or snow from the Midwest to the East. Forecast calls for rain in New England and Middle Atlantic followed by clearing, with colder conditions in the Middle and South Atlantic States. Winds to brisk west on coasts and storm signals from Delaware Breakwater to Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Michigan
Atlantic Coast
New England
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Upper Lake
Middle
South Atlantic
Rocky Mountain
Middle Atlantic
Delaware
Portland
NEW York Times
Weather Bureau
TIMES
Rob
Wren
Aye
Cscs
Printing House
Pia Ctica
Ais Pat Weather Bureau
Aia Y Aialgatta
Out-of-Town Firms Open Local Presence in City
Representatives from multiple firms expand to the city, listing names such as Porteous & Mitchell of Norwich and Lipschitz & Co of St. Louis. Addresses include 57 White Street and the Hoffman House, with goods ranging from cloaks and suits to dry goods and fancy articles across numerous national locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porteous & Mitchell
Norwich
Conn
J. Porteous
White Street
Smith & Murray
Springfield
Mass
A. Leith
St. Louis
A. Samist
Nations
Broadway
Hoffman House
Lipschitz, M., & Co
M. Lipschitz
Herald Square
Lehman & Cohen
Baltimore
W. Lehman
Munson
Albany
N. Y
Marlborough
Lederer, Strauss & Co
Des Moines
Iowa
M. Schloss
Gross & Strauss Company
Boston
B. Strauss
East Tenth Street
Military Dignitaries and Officers Listed by City
A roll of military and diplomatic figures includes Captain A G Hammond of the Eighth Cavalry and Colonel Temple Grayson in Baker City Oregon. Baron Reno von Herman from the German Embassy Washington is noted alongside Col F L Guenther and Capt F Harlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf-Astoria
A. G. Hammond
Eighth Cavalry
United States
Temple Grayson
Baker City
Oregon
Francisco de Souza
Lisbon
Cambridge
Reno von Herman
Washington
Crand
F. L. Guenther
Fourth
United States Artillery
F. Harlow
United States Army
Victoria
L. L. Loribard
Newport
Buckingham
G. R. Powell
London
Hoffman
R. W. Peckham
Albany
Fifth Avenue
George W. McBride
Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Everetyt
J. B. Burchard
Fort Hancock
Christmas Coat Promises Warmth and Style
A broad shouldered full skirted coat in rich velvet silk with pale lining is advertised for Christmas week at $30. Also offered are matching accessories and garments including neckwear gloves handkerchiefs smoking jackets bath robes and umbrellas from WM Vogel and Son on Broadway Houston Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. Vogel & Son
Broadway
Houston St
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Sterling
Whiting M’r’g
Silvers Smiths
18Th St
Cahn, Belt & CO
Baltimore, Md
Uy Ryland Cig
Fe ‘Hing
Waltham
Keene’s Watch Store
Fulton St
St- Paul
Minneagas
St. Joseph
Kansas City
E. M. Jenkins
H. Lord
Chicago Great’ Western Railway
Kornad Ycortlandt
Waite
Brentano
Union Square
Brooklyn Street
Porto Rico
Gen. Greene
Mr. Hill
T. L. Poole
Stantly
Episcopal City Mission
Consul de Leon
Albert
F. M. Parsons
Hanley
Herreshoff Yards
Victor
Crescent A. C
G. H. Clough
H. D. Jennings
Riding Club
Potomac Regatta
Scott
Fischer Piano
Union Square—West
16Th and
17Th Sts
Kotedsilk
Kotedsilk Underwear CO
Millbury
Franklin ST
N. ¥. Mutual Gas Light Co
Rta
Baitimorerye
Dreert TU Isbia
Hunter
America
A.B. Hart
Mark
L. J. Callanan
Vesey St
Tewis & Gonger
Chas.eb. Matthews
Canal St
Bway
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