Rockland Ferry Still Icebound at Tarrytown
The Rockland ferry between Tarrytown and Nyack remains trapped in ice after breaking noon yesterday. Eight men and two young women ashore describe a cold night aboard. rescuers plan a larger tug to break the ice tomorrow. Ellen White of South Nyack and Anna Bunsenmeyer of Elmsford survived the fright.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Rockland
Nyack
Ellen White
South Nyack
Anna Bunsenmeyer
Elmsford
Lyons
Senator Platt hints at Commerce Department bill becoming law
In Washington this winter Senator Platt said the bill to create a Department of Commerce would likely pass. Rumor places Congressman Lucius Littauer of New York as the new cabinet member, replacing noncommittal talks about Secretary Root and War Department duties. Littauer, Harvard graduate and Gloversville glove maker, has served two terms in Congress and is favored by Roosevelt and Odell.
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Platt
Washington
Department of Commerce
Lucius N. Littauer
Twenty-Second
New York
Hoot
Root
War Department
Littauer
Roosevelt
Odell
Emerson
Stewart
Gloversville
N.Y
Harvard University
Genuine Correggio painting eyed as Vision of the Holy Family
Owner declares a 24 by 30 inch work titled A Vision of the Holy Family Appearing to St Philip Neri as a genuine Correggio from circa 1500. G Colonnello of 71 East Houston Street holds it, says it has been in his family for fifty years and may be donated to Our Lady of the Rosary at Pompeii in Bleecker Street.
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Correggio
St. Philip de Neri
G. Colonnello
East
Houston Street
Naples
Ugo Gianni
Colonnello
Our Lady of the Rosary
Pompeii
Bieecker Street
Bronx Man Dies After Trolley Collision on Christmas Night
Michael Gays aged sixty of Clark Place and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx died at J Hood Wright Hospital from a fractured skull suffered when struck by a northbound Eighth Avenue car at One Hundred Fifty-fifth Street. He was found unconscious and died without reviving. his brother Thomas Gay of the same address identified him via a clothing-found letter. Police report the motorman was not arrested and identity of the driver remains unknown.
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Michael Gays
Clark Place
Jerome Avenue
Bronx
J. Hood Wright
Eighth Avenue
Hundred and
Fifty-fifth Street
Thomas Gay
West One
Hundred and Fifty-second Street
Cha teaugay Railroad Converts to Standard Gauge
Plattsburg N Y Dec 28 The Cha teaugay Railroad from Cadyville to Lyon Mountain twenty miles shifts from narrow to standard gauge. Hundreds of section men worked from 2 AM to 3 15 PM with frozen ties complicating the task. The line from Plattsburg to Cadyville had already been standard gauge. After Jan 1 Delaware and Hudson will lease and fare falls from 4 to 3 cents per mile.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Chateaugay
Cadyville
Lyon Mountain
Caayville
Delaware and Hudson
Labor Union Protest Over Roosevelt Honor
Delegate Quinlin told the Central Federated Union that the Cloth Hat and Cap Makers Union denounced the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen for naming President Roosevelt an honorary member. He argued no union should insult the nation’s chief executive and that Roosevelt’s actions do not reflect all of organized labor’s views.
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Quinlin
House Shorers’ and Movers’ Union
Central Federated Union
Roosevelt
Tammany Leaders to Meet for Chairman Vote and Changes
Tammany Hall vows no opposition to Charles F. Murphy remaining leader as General Committee prepares to elect a new Chairman to succeed Judge Van Hoesen. Five Executive Committee seats shift after primaries with Daniel E. Finn, William Devery, Joseph Mulqueen, Thomas Maguire, and John Haveron named.
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Tammany Hall
van Hoesen
Daniel E. Finn
William 5. Devery
Joseph F. Mulqueen
Twenty-ninth
John F. Carroll
Thomas J. Maguire
John Haveron
Thirty-fourth
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Tammany
Richard Croker
Finance Committee
Man Arrest Scare Ends With Sanity Check
Thomas Byrne of 242 West Fifty-second Street accuses James G. Emerson of 579 Broome Street of a basement robbery near West Fifty-second Street and Eighth Avenue. Emerson denies guilt after a long chase. a doctor at Roosevelt Hospital rules him sane and Byrne is sent home.
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Thomas Byrne
West Fifty-second Street
Keller
West Forty-seventh Street
Forty-third Street
Eighth Avenue
James G. Emerson
Broome Street
Fifty-second Street
West Sixty-fifth Street
Byrne
Sergt. Farrell
Farrell
Roosevelt Hospital
Witbeck
Emerson
Sisters Taken To Bellevue Hospital In One Ambulance
Two sisters Mary Nugent and Hannah Nugent were removed to Bellevue Hospital in the same ambulance after Hannah collapsed from strain. Mary, 40, had earlier fallen from a Second Avenue car and injured her ankle. They shared a small income and lived together in seclusion at 602 East Sixteenth Street. Doctors parted them once at the hospital, sending Mary to the surgical ward and Hannah to the medical ward.
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Bellevue Hospital
Mary Nugent
Hannah
East Sixteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
Vose
Mary
Objections Grow Over Hospital Site in Orange Mountain
West Orange residents protest a proposed location for the Joint Isolation Hospital Commission on Orange Mountain. A petition may urge the Town Council to reject the town's share of the site cost. The panel had considered Mount Pleasant Avenue near Essex County Country Club golf links, where 24 acres were bought by golfers and a $10,000 property owned by Irving Smith of East Orange was included in the group.
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New York Times
West Orange
N.J
Joint Isolation Hospital Commission of the Oranges
Orange Mountain
Mount Pleasant Avenue
Essex County Country Club
Irving Smith
East Orange
Golf Land Improvement Association
Gas Kills Housebreaker In Vacant Corning Street Home
Open door at 35 Corning Street drew a patrolman to an early 7 a.m. scene. Timothy J. Hayes lay dead in the hallway after apparently breaking in to rob the house. He severed a gas line from a meter, and gas escaped to suffocate him.
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New York Times
Corning Street
Timothy J. Hayes
January Disbursements of Chicago Banks Set Record
Chicago banks will pay between 30 and 40 million dollars in January as dividends interest and mortgage payments to investors. The January disbursement is expected to be the largest in city history reflecting a strong 1902 economy. Most transfers occur within bank accounts with little net change in deposits.
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New York Times
Chicago
T. P. Gilman May Resign Deputy State Controller
Albany dispatch reports that Theodore P. Gilman of New York City may resign as Deputy State Controller and that Controller Miller will nominate ex Assemblyman Otto Kelsey, narrowly defeated for Livingston County Judge, to succeed him.
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New York Times
Albany
Theodore P. Gilman
New York City
Miller
Otto Kelsey
Livingston County
Gilman
Cortland County
Ixelsey
Bible Mission Revival in China Sparks Hopeful Faith
A letter from Rev. Dr. John R. Hires, agent of the American Bible Society and U.S. Consul in Shanghai, reports rising Bible demand and renewed evangelization in northern China. He cites visits to Chefoo, Tientsin, Pao-Ting-Foo, Peking, and Tungchow, noting restored missions, completed chapels and schools, and a hopeful spirit among missionaries despite past trials.
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American Bible Society
John R. Hires
China
Shanghai
Via
Empire
Hykes
Chefoo
Tientsin
Pao-Ting- Foo
Peking
Tungchow
Kingdom of God
Pao-Ting-Foo
Gladys Bagnall
Universities Convene at Columbia for AAU Conference
Delegates from fourteen leading universities gather at the Seth Low Library Columbia University for the fourth annual AAU conference. Private sessions start today with a dinner tonight by the Alumni Council featuring talks by Hadley Princeton Yale MacVeagh Eliot and Butler as toastmaster. Participating schools include Yale Princeton Harvard Columbia Cornell California Catholic University of America Clark Chicago Johns Hopkins Michigan Pennsylvania Stanford Wisconsin.
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Seth Low
Columbia University
Association of American Universities
Hadley
Yale
J. W. Alexander
Princeton
Wayne MacVeagh
United States
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Cornell
California
Catholic University of America
Clark
Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Leland Stanford
Wisconsin
Evangelist Cop Schenck Dies in New Jersey Patrol Service
Trenton New Jersey December 28 Patrolman William H Schenck known as the evangelist cop died today from valvular heart trouble. He was famous for converting after stopping a riot and led prayer meetings among officers in full uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N J
William H. Schenck
Schenck
Died in Harlem after drunken ramble and arrest
Henry Bunkey twenty seven of 542 East 142nd Street was found unconscious at 6 45 am by a police officer at 128th Street and Third Avenue. He died at Harlem Hospital at 2 30 pm from a fractured skull. police say no foul play, he had left a hotel bar on 125th Street and Park Avenue and rode in cars afterward. He carried 10 75 dollars two diamond studs and a gold watch.
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Henry Bunkey
East One Hundred and Forty-second Street
East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Street
Third Avenue
Harlem Hospital
Bunkey
Scientist Held for Bigamy in Baltimore
Thomas Bruce a mineralogist and geologist, arrested at the Central Police Station on a bigamy charge. He supposedly married Mary C Hannon in Newark on March 1 and had a wife living in Richmond Virginia. Bruce claims the case is a blackmail plot and says he has letters to prove it. A hearing was set for tomorrow.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Thomas Bruce
Central
Bruce
W. Cabelle Bruce
Pennsylvania
Grand
Newark
N. J
Mary C. Hannon
Richmond
Louisa Howard
Hannon
Lambs Club Gambol Ends With Impersonation Claim
At the Lambs Club 70 West Thirty-sixth Street the annual gambol began after midnight with a dinner. Stewart M. Brice borrowed a policeman’s helmet and uniform from a doorman claiming to stage a caricature arrest in a private theatrical gag. Authorities warned impersonation laws, Brice insisted no law was broken and no badge or shield was used.
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Lambs’ Club
West Thirty-sixth Street
Stewart M. Brice
Calvin M. Brice
The
Lambs
Tenderloin
J. W. Anthony
Brice
Police
Bronx Teacher Marries Missing Bridegroom in Christmas Wedding
Maurice J. O Gorman of 681 East 140th Street disappeared on Christmas Day and reappeared to marry Miss Jeanne Wittack, a Bronx schoolteacher. The couple planned a June wedding after he wed her at St Jerome Church with his sister and a friend present, amid a family inquiry into his disappearance.
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Maurice J. O'Gorman
William O’gorman
East One Hundred and Fortieth Street
Bronx
Jeanne Wittack
O'Gorman
Miss Wittack
Gertrude O'Gorman
St. Jerome’s Church
One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Street
Alexander Avenue
Father Cunnion
O’gorman
William O’gorman, Jr
Scott's Emulsion Promises Cure for Coughs
An advertisement claims Scott's Emulsion cures lingering and deep rooted coughs by replacing inflamed throat and lung tissue. It promotes a free sample and lists Scott & Bowne as chemists at 409 Pearl St New York.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
Civic Federation Branch Planned in Cleveland
In Cleveland Senator Hanna and organized labor leaders will form a local branch of the National Civic Federation following national plans. Hanna advocates conciliation amid 20 000 to 25 000 union workers here, with a meeting soon to set up the federation steps.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
National Civic Federation
Senator Hanna
Hanna
Union Drive Aims to Organize Orange Private Coach Workers
General Organizer Elvin Scott of the Federated Trades Council of the Oranges moves to unionize private coach men. Workers earn 12 to 30 dollars monthly and a wage scale may be set. horse owners ponder potential strike impacts.
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New York Times
Orange
N. J
Elvin Scott
Federated Trades Council of the Oranges
of the Oranges
Orange women plan union for hat trim workers in the Oranges
In Orange New Jersey a meeting gathered several hundred hat factory workers to organize the United Hat Trimmers of the Oranges and Vicinity. Peter Flanagan, president of the Federated Trades Council of the Oranges, was chosen temporary president with Mrs Anna Hamilton of Orange as vice president.
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New York Times
Orange
N. J
United Hat Trimmers of the
Oranges and
Peter Flanagan
Federated Trades Council of the Oranges
Anna Hamilton
Heinze Denies Arbitration Pact Between Copper Firms
Arthur P. Heinze of 220 Madison Avenue and Vice President of United Copper Company stated last evening that there was no agreement to arbitrate with Amalgamated Copper Company. He said no negotiations or considerations of arbitration were in progress.
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Heinze
Arthur P. Heinze
Madison Avenue
United Copper Company
Amalgamated Copper Company
Mr Vanderbilt’s Condition Improves Slowly
Dr. Flint reports Mr. Vanderbilt’s temperature is going down slowly after his afternoon visit. The Vanderbilt residence remained quiet through the night with no change in condition at midnight.
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Dr. Flint
Vanderbilt Residence
Mr. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt House
Brockton’s Record Shoe Output Reaches 12 Million Pairs
Brockton Massachusetts reports 12 million pairs of shoes produced this year, marking the second best year in the city’s shoe industry history. Output rises by 60 thousand pairs from the prior year, signaling strong manufacturing momentum.
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New York Times
Brockton,mass
Judge Fails as an Oysterman
Paterson New Jersey December 28 Judge John F Kerr applied to Vice Chancellor Stevenson for the appointment of a referee to take charge of the assets of an oyster company and to assist in winding up its affairs. The move follows a dispute over ownership and control among the company’s stockholders and managers.
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Paterson
N. J
John F. Kerr
Stevenson
Tide of Loss Plagues Sea and Shore Produce Company
Judge Kerr acts as receiver in the Sea and Shore Produce Company case, noting the venture failed. He states the company bought an oyster sloop but carried oysters from Keyport to this city at a loss, with the last cargo frozen and entirely lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceiver
Sea and Shore Produce Company
Columbia Captain Outlines Track Team Plans and Prospects
Ogden M. Bishop, the Captain, notes last indoor season was a success though outdoor was disappointing. He reports losing ten men, gaining strong material, and a bright outlook for an all around team. Freshman sophomore games were held in Autumn for light training, with an excellent schedule planned including a Feb 28 meet at the Twenty second Regiment Armory and outdoor meets with NYU, Pennsylvania, and Princeton.
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Columbia
Ogden M. Bishop
Twenty-second Regiment Armory
New York University
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Philade
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Tokay
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