Mayor targets Sunday vaudeville and moving pictures
Mayor McClellan and Corporation Counsel Pendleton move to revoke licenses of the Voia Theatre Alhambra American Hurtig Seamon's 123th Street Theatre for alleged Sunday law violations. Injunctions in moving picture cases delayed. court set to hear tomorrow.
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McClellan
Pendleton
Supreme Court
Vioa
Alhambra
America
Hurtig & Seamon
123Th Street
Frank B. Pierce
Corporation Counsel’s
Corporation Counsel
Fox Amusement Company
Moving Picture
Justice Blackmar
Supreme Court of
Kings County
McGowan
Francis V. S. Oliver
Justice Gaynor
Moving Picture Men’s Organization
William B. Crowell
Moving Picture Men
Brooklyn
Russia
Blackmar
Association of Moving Picture Exhibitors
Murray Hill Lyceum
Tony
Marcus Loew
Ornization
Fies
Maine
West Side Court
Cliff Gordon
Gordon
West Side
John Pinkler
Cornell
Max Ellenpuck
Eighth Avenue
Megistrate
Inspector Walsh
Finn
Park Row
Bingham
Gompers
Blaze in Bay Ridge Traps Saloon Occupants and Firemen
A three story frame house at 6636 Third Avenue Bay Ridge sustained an early morning blaze. Charles Dempsey's saloon on the first floor housed residents on the upper floors including William Pittman family and Richard Seifferd. Firefighters Mario Jareck Lieut. Jareck and others battled backdrafts after two hose bursts. Fire Marshal Beers suspects incendiary origin. A black cat survived near a gas stove.
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Third Avenue
Bay Ridge
Charles Dempsey
William Pittman
William Tucker
Ethel
Richard Seifferd
Galvin
Tucker
Seifferd
McNally
Michael Hefferman
Jareck
Smith
Beers
Barrel murder recalled in Italian squad probe
Detective Petrosino identified Pietro Invitello at St. Vincent's Hospital as the former owner of the coffee house linked to the barrel murder of Bendetta Madarnia. Invitello and Tony Kelley were wounded by Camillio Conigliaro, who fired in retaliation for a prior dismissal. Conigliaro is jailed without bail as injuries to the two men are assessed.
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Petrosino
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Pietro Invitello
Bendetta Madarnia
Invitello
Tony Kelley
Camillio Conigliaro
Invirello
Conigliaro
Invitrello
Italy
Finn
Sing Sing for Man Accused Brooklyn Policeman
James J. Mannix once a cop at Amity Street Station Brooklyn was sentenced to Sing Sing for three years to four years five months by Judge Dike in County Court Brooklyn. He had been convicted of second degree assault on watchman John Flannelly of the New York Dock Company after beating him near the waterfront.
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James J. Mannix
Amity Street Station
Brooklyn
Dike
New York Dock Company
Mannix
Flannelly
Elephant on Twain’s hands a Christmas joke in Redding
Samuel L. Clemens received a toy elephant as a Christmas gift from Robert J. Collier of New York. Preparations were made and hay was shipped to feed it, but the animal proved to be a practical joke, about the size of a calf.
Prohibition Causes Ohio Liquor Firm to Seek Receiver
In Cincinnati on December 28 a receiver was appointed for Eckhouse Brothers wholesale liquor dealers. Elmer M. Eckhouse filed the application. Benton Oppenheimer was named receiver. Assets listed at 160000 dollars with liabilities of 15000 dollars as the prohibition wave cut profits.
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Cincinnati
Eckhouse Brothers
Elmer M. Eckhouse
Benton Oppenheimer
Tourist Tours to Old Mexico California and Colorado
A Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line program offers escorted all expense tours from 21 to 53 days including Old Mexico California and Colorado. Departures start in January and February 1908 from Chicago and other points along selected routes. Direct Southern ee.
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Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western Line
Old Mexico
California
Colorado
Democratic votes Dick out to beat Burton in Ohio race
Columbus dispatch reports fresh pushes in the Ohio Senate contest as Foraker and Taft allies mobilize to win over Democratic votes. Burton and Taft plan caucus or open voting strategies while temperance forces loom, and Dick prepares to oppose Burton with separate headquarters.
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New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
Foraker
Charles P. Taft
United States
Taft
Burton
George B. Cox
William H. Taft
Harris
Walter F. Brown
State Central Committee
Friends of
Cleveland
Anti-Saloon League
Personal Liberty League
Congress
Littlefield
Organized Temperance Forces
Congressman Burton
Senator Foraker
Akron
Hearing on Fidelity Funding receivership deficit discussed
Peter B. Olney presided as referee over a hearing on appointing a Federal receiver to replace Thomas F. Gilroy in the Fidelity Funding Company case. Estimates show total obligations around 4.46 million with unsecured notes near 1.71 million and a tentative deficit near 800 thousand, assets about 24 thousand, and creditors including Windsor and Empire trusts. The hearing continues tomorrow at noon.
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Peter B. Olney
William Street
William H. Dorothy
Hodge & Homar Company
Burke Furnace Company
Chicago
Robert C. Mortis
Fidelity Funding Company
Thomas F. Gilroy
Patrick J. Kieran
St. Mary’s Academy of Nauvoo
Iil
Kieran
Gilroy
Frank Crocker
Mr. Crocker
Windsor Trust Company
Fidelty Funding Company
Windsor
Emire Trust Company
New Citizens' Union Elects Schieffelin as Chairman
The City Committee of the Citizens Union elected William J. Schieffelin to succeed R Fulton Cutting as chairman in a unanimous vote. Schieffelin, a chemist and prominent city figure, praised Cutting and warned of fiscal waste while urging honest, economical administration for the city.
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Citizens’ Union
William J. Schieffelin
R. Fulton Cutting
Schieffelin
Cutting
Eee
Schieffelin & Co
National Association of Wholesale Druggists
Merchants’ Association
Central Park
City Reform Club
City Club
Committee of Seventy
Strong
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Friends of Russian Freedom
Tchaykovsky
New York City
New Amsterdam
Manhattan Island
Fnglish
John Jay
Heber R Bishop Place Sold to Stewart C Schenck
Stewart C Schenck negotiated the sale of the Heber R Bishop country seat at Chappaqua Westchester County comprising 118 acres. The newly built grounds and Foster Gade Graham designed buildings include a 100000 dwelling with garage and stables. The land value totals about 250000 with nearby properties owned by J Borden Harriman Richard Steers A H o er James Stillman and J D Rockefeller.
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Heber R. Bishop
Stewart C. Schenck
Chappaqua
Westchester County
Foster, Gade & Graham
J. Borden, Harriman
Richard Steers
A. H. Oer
James Stillman
J. D. Rockeeller
Jewel Store Burglars Drill Safe Steal 25000 Dollars
The Oscar C. Jackle jewelry store at 866 Third Avenue near Fifty third Street was burglarized between 10 PM Sunday and 8 AM yesterday. Thieves entered via the rear yard, drilled the iron safe, and carried off about 25000 dollars in jewelry and 5000 in cash, leaving only a few small items. Police from East Fifty first Street Station swarmed the area, but no clues were found. A 10000 dollar policy insured the stock.
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Oscar C. Jackle
Third Avenue
Fifty-third Street
C. Jackle
Jackles
Oscar Jackle
Jackle
East Fifty-first Street
Mr. Jackle
Thes O
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Twain
Mexico
KNABE
Haines Bros
Marshall & Wendell
WM. Knabe & CO
Fifth Avenue
39Th St
Senator
NEW Citizens’ Union
W. J. Schieffelin
R. F. Cutting
Francis Draz 2 Co
U. S
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N.Y
New York
France
Simpson Crawford CO
Crown Prince
Servia
Balkans
the Times
Prince George
Balkan States
England
Europe
Germany
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