Finish Pennsylvanian tunnel by opening streets at night
Rapid Transit officials heard that the Pennsylvania Railroad project may force thirty second and thirty third streets between Madison and Seventh Avenues to be torn open from curb to curb. The plan uses day time wooden pavement and night time openings to underpin and shore buildings while the cut and cover tunnel progresses amid concerns from merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Seventh Avenues
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
E Eugene A. Philbin
United Engineering and Contracting Company
Pennsylvania, New York & Long Island Railroad Company
Rapid Transit Commission
Philbin
Thirty-second Street
Madison Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Fulton Street
The
Battery
Sixth Avenues
Sixth
Sixth Avenue
Charles Stewart Smith
Mr. Philbin
Nicola's Birthday-Atlantic City Train Schedule
Readable segments outline daily round trips from Liberty Street with vestibuled trains and buffet cars. Special return service on February 12 at 6 30 P M with 9 40 3 40 and 1 00 PM departures and a 12 50 PM Saturday run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicola
Atlantic City
New Jersey Centre
Sun
Liberty St
New Office for Grover Cleveland in Life Insurance
Ex-President Grover Cleveland is named Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents at $25 000 yearly. He will also serve as chief counsel and act as rebate referee for three major companies while maintaining trusteeship of Equitable Life stock. The new organization aims to unify policy on legislation and education among life insurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
Bee
Re Insurance
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
the Waldorf
Tha
Mutual
Equitable
New York Life
Cleveland
Association of Life ‘Insurance
Equitable Life
Thomas’ FE. Ryan
Hyde
Paul Morton
Raines to Sponsor New Recount Bill in New York
Albany Jan. 21 Senator Raines majority leader announced he will sponsor a recount bill drafted to follow Gay Hughes recommendations. The bill, delayed while a top lawyer reviews constitutional conflicts, may replace the Saxe Murphy measure as the lead recount proposal for the 1900 New York mayoral vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Raines
Gay. Hughes
Saxe-Murphy
New York
Raging Georgia fraud suit seeks return of Atlanta property
Mrs Lacey Wade of New York sues Atlanta agent Wimp y claiming fraud to recover a $160000 property in central Atlanta. She says Wimpy lured her from R J Griffin by manipulating her mind and compelled a bond for title with thirty year payments. She notes only $1605 interest paid versus $2090 in rents collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tims
Atlanta
Lacey J. Wade
Wade
Heaven
W. EB. Wimpy
Wimpy
R. J. Griffin
Honduras Lottery Company to Quit After Government Pressure
The Honduras Lottery Company plans to surrender its charter and liquidating commissioners will wind up affairs in Puerto Cortez after agents are informed their services end. The firm, formed after the Louisiana Lottery left Louisiana in 1892, was capitalized at 10 million dollars and paid Honduras about 100 thousand dollars annually for privileges. Indictments will be returned against company agents and employees in Boston Mobile and Wilmington following raids, as part of DOJ actions to halt operations in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Honduras Lottery Company
United States
Honduras
Puerto Cortez
Louisiana Lottery
Jionduras
Washington
Department of Justice
Honduras National Lottery Company
Cooley
Boston
Mobile
Wilmington
Harriman Methods Questioned In Interstate Commerce Case
Testimony before Commissioner Franklin Lane suggested E H Harriman overpaid for Coos Bay properties to suppress competition. Witnesses claimed Oregon and Oriental line failed due to Harriman tactics and Spreckels underbid to secure Coos Bay assets. Hearing adjourned with resumption slated for Los Angeles next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
E. H. Harriman
Pacific Coast
Franklin E. Lane
C. A. Severance
Commission
E. A. Graham
Harriman
Coos Bay
Graham
Oregon & Oriental
Roseberg
Lane
Los Angeles
Seaboard Florida Limited Daily Electric Service Note
Seaboard Florida Limited schedule update notes departure from New York at 12 26 noon and arrival at St August 2 50 PM with Seaboard office locations listed at 184 Broadway and KR R offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Florida Limited
N. Y
Seaboard
P. KR. R
Gold Bidck Label 1 2 3 Crown Sherries Ad
A. A Ry Ruiz Hernaminos Jerez Spain advertises Crown Sherries from Spain. The label mentions gold bidck branding and multiple sherry variants with pricing and availability details.
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A. A Ry
Ruiz & & Hernaminos
Jerez
Spain
Adv
Indictment Seeks Restraint of Trade In Theatrical Trust
A grand jury returns a seventy page indictment charging Samuel Nixon J F Zimmerman Marc Klaw Abraham Erlanger Charles Frohman and Al Hayman with conspiracy in restraint of trade. The six managers allegedly pooled attractions controlled about fifty theatres and now dominate about five hundred of the nation’s leading houses. Bail was set at 1000 each with Big Tim Sullivan posting for the Dewey Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatrical Trust
Samuel Nixon
J. ‘Dis Zimmerman
Nixon & Zimmerman
Philadelphia
New York
Marc Klaw
Abraham Erlanger
Klaw & Erlanger
Charles Frohman
al Hayman
Klaw
Erlanger
Nixon
Zimmerman
Europe
Mr. Hayman
Fair
al Stayman
Frohman
Trust
Finness
Sarah Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Cuban fair in Consolacion defies authorities and guards
A Havana cable reports a grand fair opening February 2 at Consolacion in the Vueltabajo district with cockfighting and gambling. Pino Guerra and political leaders run it, claiming Rural Guards are too few to interfere, while Gov. Magoon is annoyed. Vaccination continues near Animas Hospital amid attempts to stop migration. Washington: White House, Taft, and Gen Bell approve increasing Rural Guards of Cuba from 6000 to 10000 to avoid deploying more American troops.
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Pino Guerra
Havana
Consolacion
Magoon
Animas Hospital
Washington
Jan
White House
Taft
Bell
Cuba
Divorced man and Miss Adams obtain marriage license
James Nichol Gallatin and Ida Robinson Adams of New York obtained a marriage license at Providence City Registrar's office after Gallatin produced proof of divorce dated October Ta. Gallatin age 29 and unemployed. Adams 22, daughter of the late Albert J. Adams. They left without disclosing marriage location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Providence
James Nicholson
Gallatin
Ida Robinson
Adams
James Gallatin
Albert J. Adams
New York
Burrington
High Tribute to Dr Carroll Washington 1900s
The Senate Military Affairs Committee proposed promoting Lieut James Carroll to Lieutenant Colonel on the retired list. The War Department instead recommended promotion to Major on the active list, preserving Carroll as a valuable Army Medical Corps officer. Carroll joined Cuba yellow fever commission in 1900 and volunteered for experiments, becoming the first experimental yellow fever case. He is 62 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
James Carroll
Army
Surgeon General's Office
Carroll
War Department
Senate
Cuba
Hle
Medical Corps
Gift To Judge's Daughter Sparks Courtroom Comment
In Muskogee Indian Territory Judge Louis Sulzbacher condemned a $2000 silver dinner and dessert set sent to his daughter Miss Carrie Sulzbacher of Kansas City by F. W. Sharp. Sharp and Sloan dispute with Frederick Sawyer over a $100,000 Sapulpa oil property. The gift was returned with thanks after the judge warned it not be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Muscogee
Indian Territory
Carrie Sulzbacher
Kansas City
Louis Sulzbacher
Mufaula
F. W. Sharp
Sharp
Sloan
Frederick Sawyer
Sapilpa
R. Sharp
Bill to transport music telegraphy bill introduced
Albany January 1 Senator Page of New York introduced a bill applying the transportation corporation law to music telegraphy. The measure states it applies to corporations generating and distributing music electrically, governs incorporation of telegraph and telephone firms, lines, dispatch transmission, consolidations, and the appointment of special policemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Senator Page
New York
Transportation Corporation
Stevens
Tour to New Orleans Mardi Gras by special Pullman train
A New York departure special Pullman train will carry passengers to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. The tour costs 75 dollars plus all necessary expenses, including meals and viewing stands, with no hotel accommodations included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pagea
Egg Russell Brothers in a Brooklyn Theatre
Irish protesters egged the Russell brothers at Hammerstein Victoria Brooklyn show, arrests made for 22 assailants. The act titled The Pullman Porter Maid provoked eggs. managers and police acted, crowds cheered as the brothers finished the set. 22 men from Manhattan and Brooklyn were charged with disorderly conduct.
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Russell Brothers
Hammerstein
Victoria
Orpheum Theatre
Brooklyn
Bergen Street
Classon Avenue
Adams Street
United Irish Society
Percy Williams
Russell
Williams
Edward Bergen
Gold Street
Daniel Gillespie
Park Place
John Barrington
Clay Street
Joseph McLaughlin
Lexington Avenue
Manhattan
James Queley
State Street
Joseph Blake
City Hall Place
Hugo Coyle
Horatio Street
William Bryan
East Nineteenth Street
Patrick Naughton
James O'Brien
Thirty-ninth Street
John O'Connor
Bergen
William Filaming
Palmetto Street
Paul O' Donoghue
118Th Street
Patrick Winslow
Jackson Avenue
Patrick McKeown
Third Street
William Corrigan
Adelphi Street
Patrick Reilly
Tenth Avenue
John McLaughlin
West Twenty-ninth Street
Sa Patrick Cassidy
Christopher Street
Adam Muttigan
East Forty-second Street
William Brennan
East Twenty-fourth Street
James Murray
Proctor Sues Clement Over Newspaper Assets
United States Senator Redfield Proctor sues Percival W. Clement claiming Clement diverted Rutland Herald property for political gain. The suit alleges Clement rented copies to voters without proper payment and kept an office in the Herald Building, draining the paper’s finances and seeking a receiver appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Rutland
Percival W. Clement
United States
Redfield Proctor
Rutland Herald
Herald
Drummond Jr. Sued for Divorce in St Louis
Mrs Margaret Drummond files suit for divorce from John N Drummond Jr head of a New York brokerage, alleging habitual drunkenness and indignities. She claims she has no means while he possesses a fortune of about 220000 dollars and seeks maintenance. The petition was filed in the St Louis Circuit Court late yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
ST. Louis
Margaret Drummond
John N. Drummond, Jr
New York
James PF. Drummond
Drummond
J. J. Griffiths
Chicago
Drum
Drummonds
Foraker and Dick Angry Over Negro Appointive
The New York Times reports a heated reaction in Ohio after a Black appointee is named to office. Senator Foraker and Senator Dick refuse to comment while joking about a third Ohio senator, Booker Washington, and rail at the impending confirmation of Ralph Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Wallington
Senator Foraker
Foraker
Pick
Ohio
Booker Washington
Ralph
Tyler
Poet Pleads For Son In Seattle Murder Trial
Tacoma poet Will H. W. Thompson, brother of Maurice Thompson the novelist, began his address for his son Chester on trial for seven weeks for the murder of Judge Emery in Seattle. His speech moved the judge and jury and even state lawyers as he read from his poem The High Tide at Gettysburg.
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Tacoma
Wash
HW. Thompson
Maurice
Thompson
Chester
Emery
Seattle
Gettysburg
War saw Police Chief Victor Gruen Killed in Cab Shooting
In Warsaw a band of terrorists shot and killed Victor Gruen the chief of secret police while he rode home in a cab. The killers escaped as police and troops scour the area and many suspects are being sought.
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Warsaw
Jan
Victor Gruen
Aretha
Roosevelt Portrait Gift From European Peace Group
President Roosevelt completed a full length self portrait to be displayed in the Peace Palace at The Hague. The gift comes from a European group of friends dedicated to the peace movement.
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Peace Palace
the Hague
Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Declines Oliver's Offer in Columbus Ga
Special to The New York Times from Columbus Georgia on January 3 reports Capt. B H Hardaway telegraphing to Oliver to decline an offer to join with Mr Oliver in a venture. It is understood Hardaway has other land tracts and prefers to reside at his present location. The two captains are warm friends and Hardaway wishes Oliver success with his plans.
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New York
Columbus
B.H. Lardaway
Oliver
Harda
Hardaway
Hardawa
Higgins Improves Again in New York State
In Clean New York on January 31 ex-Gov Higgins shows no new decline and is reported by Dr Hibbard to have passed a fairly comfortable night with perhaps a slight improvement noted since the morning bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clean
N. Y
Higgins
Magiday
Hibbard
Archbishop Ireland Missed Speech at Cincinnati Campfire
Arch bishop Ireland did not attend the campfire at Magic Hall in Cincinnati. He sent a telegram regretting urgent matters kept him at home in St Paul. He was to be hosted by Bellamy Storer and Mrs Storer during the visit.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ireland
Magic Hall
Grand Army of the Pee
He Jis
St.aul
Bellamy Storer
Austria-Hungary
Store
Alderman Shields Arrested In Copper Wire Theft
Alderman Charles Shields of Jersey City Sixth Ward and Thomas Welsh of 42 Ocean Avenue were arrested by Policeman Byrne after four bundles of new copper wire valued at about 180 dollars were found in the rear of the United States Express stables. The wire, likely property of W A Clark Wire Company, may have been stolen from a Jersey Central freight car. Both men were brakemen on the New Jersey Baked Railroad.
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Charles Shields
Sixth Ward
Jersey City
Thomas Welsh
Ocean Avenue
Byrne
Pacific Ave
Grand Street
United States Express
Johnson Avenue
Monitor Street
W. A. Clark Wire Company
Elizabeth
Jersey Central
New Jersey Baked
Fire destroys headhouse at Richard Mine in Dover New Jersey
A blaze at the Richard Mine near Dover New Jersey destroyed the headhouse of a No 5 shaft owned by the Thomas Tron Company. About 150 night workers escaped as the fire damaged hoisting machinery and pumps for No 1 shaft and all other workings connected. The mine, largest producer in New Jersey, yields around 10 000 tons of iron ore each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Dover
N.J
Richard
Thomas Tron Company
Gree
New Jersey
Clarence Mackay Grants Cash Gifts to Roslyn Workers
Clarence H Mackay marked his jubilation over a Manhattan family event by giving equal cash gifts to Fortun a employees linked to his Roslyn country seat Each man received an amount equal to two weeks wages and the transfer was shared among the workers tied to the estate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Mackay
Stork
Manhattan
Fortuna
Mackay
Highball fame credited to Scotst in USHHR era
The note attributes the Highball cocktail’s popular status to a Scotst figure associated with USHHR history, highlighting a pivotal role in shaping the drink’s fame during that period.
Thaw Jury Panel Expands as New Yorkers Debate Verdict
Eleven jurors stand chosen for the Thaw murder trial amid repeated dismissals and health concerns. Jerome seeks fit jurors as Henry Kleinberght is excused after a health certificate arrives, and Pink and Steele join the panel amid courtroom tension and defense-prosecution negotiations.
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Rapid Transit Board
United Eninedine and Contracting Company
First Avenue
Sooysmith
McClellan
Lower Broadway
Insurance Presidents’ Association
Lottery Company
Sea
Samuel” Nixon, J. F. Zimmerman, Marc
ContinuedLon Pate
Vueltabajo
James N. Gallatin
al Adams
DR. Carroll
Judge
EGG Russell Brothers
Audi
Proctor
Clement
J. N. Drummond, JR
Florida
Atlantic Coast
Will H. Thompson
Georgia
Mgr
Jersey
Ushhr
Talesmen
Jerome
Marty K. Thaw
Stans Vord White
Garvan
Vitzzerhld
Leenks
Fitzgerald
David $Brothers
Walker
Louis Ifaas
Haas
Daniel O'Reilly
Ustice Fitzgerald
Kiesel
Hartiridge
Gleason
Halin
Henry I.’ Kleinberght
Kleinberzer
District Attorney's
Jerome Its
Defendaint
Thaw
Has
Oscar A. Pink
West 145Th Street
Wilbur F. Steele
West 151St Street
Mr. Pink
Steele
Penny
Hide
Hn E. Powers
Himixell
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