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Newspaper

New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1902

Page

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Indicted ex-legislators in St Louis bribery case

A grand jury disclosed two safe deposit boxes filled with new banknotes deposited for members of the last Municipal Assembly in return for passing a suburban street railway bill. Charles Kratz Emile A Meisenberg John Ix Murrell and others were arrested on bench warrants. Indictments expected for up to twenty members as the investigation continues.

New York Times St.louis St. Louis United States Grand Jury Joseph W. Folk Ziegenhein Charles Kratz Congress Richard Bartholdt Emile A. Meisenberg John Ix. Murrell Ziegenhein House of Delegates Municipal Assembly Murrell House of Delegates Forest Park Philip Stock Lincoln Trust Company Mississippi Trust Company Kratz Dickmann Supreme Court of Missouri Supreme Court Folk Woods Ziegenheim House

Miss Stone May Be Free From Ransom Demands

Sofia dispatch reports ransom paid for Miss Ellen M Stone and Mme Tsilka to brigands. It is expected captives will be released today in London telegraph.

London Sofia Ellen M. Stone Mme. Tsilka

Index to Departments and Markets Page Snippets

Irregular stock listings and commodity quotes across Wheat No 2 red Corn No 2 mixed and other staples. Notices reference Commercial World Amusements Arrivals at Hotels Court Calendars Insurance notes Losses by Fire Marine intelligence Railroads Real Estate Society United Service and weather. Poland water advertisement closes the page.

Marine Society United Service Weather Report

Daring Train Robbery Near Branchville S.C.

A bold nighttime express robbery occurred on the Southern Railway near Branchville at about 7 pm. Seven or eight men seized the engineer, fired shots, and forced the express car crew to open the safe. The train returned to Branchville with cars uncoupled and no passengers harmed. No arrests yet, bloodhounds hoped for in the morning.

Branchville Southern Railway Charleston John Reynolds Reynolds Cobb Black Hall Barton Warrey Southern Express Thomas Watson

Bridge across Great Salt Lake to aid Southern Pacific

Special to The New York Times reports in Omaha that a 23 mile bridge will span the Great Salt Lake for Southern Pacific with 12 miles over deep water and the rest on earth foundations faced with stone. Immense steel trestles will be built and the work should take two years. Completion will cut distance by 45 miles and create a long high grade.

New York Times Omaha Neb Great Salt Lake Southern Pacific Kruttschnitt Burt Union Pacific Central Pacific Ogden San Francisco

May Advance Steel Prices Talk In Pittsburg Meeting

Merchant steel bar makers in Pittsburg will meet to discuss prices and expect a $2 per ton rise from the current base of $30. The price group has not convened recently while billet scarcity squeezes independent plate and sheet makers. Republic Iron and Steel reportedly out of market until July 1 as independents seek secured billet supply.

Pittsburg Republic Iron and Steel Company Germany

Rowland Telegraph Abroad In Italy Contract Awarded

The Rowland Telegraphic Company of Baltimore wins a Italian Government contract to install a multiplex printing telegraph system between Rome and Naples. If satisfactory, it may supply all Italian lines. The system sends eight messages on one wire with four in each direction and copies messages at send and receive points. One operator can send to four cities via four wires. The system can be quadruplexed to reach sixteen delivery points.

Baltimore Rowland Johns Hopkins University Italy Rowland Telegraphic Company of Rome Naples Berlin Hamburg Frankfort Louis de Goll Europe

Missionary Fund Drama at Methodist Ministers’ Meet

Bishop Thoburn urged increased pledges to support overseas missions, warning that without more money foreign workers may be recalled. He proposed simple five cent monthly gifts and two large collections to secure sustained effort. Bishop Walder urged restraint on debt and geographic limits to fields based on financial viability.

Cincinnati Ohio Methodist Ministers’ Association Thoburn Walder England America

Overland Limited Train Ad from Chicago Broadway

Advertises the Every Day Train to California the Overland Limited leaving Chicago at 8:00 P M via Chicago and North Western Union Pacific and Southern Bus offices listed on Broadway. Best of everything promised. Poland references appear as promotional copy for remedies or nature’s cures.

California Overland Limited Chicago Chicago & North-Western Union Pacific Southern Bus Broadway

Dynamite Blast Wrecks Park Avenue Hotel Area

A subway powder house on West 41st Street platform over Section 4 blew up at noon, killing six and injuring 125 plus. The Murray Hill Hotel, Grand Union, Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital and Grand Central Station suffered severe damage with losses around $280,000. Police, fire, and hospital crews swarmed the scene as investigators probed storage violations and possible criminal intent.

Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital Grand Union Hotel Forty-second Street Front United States Tottenham Court Road London Bremerhaven Thomas Park Avenue Grand Central Station Thirty-seventh Forty-fifth Street Madison Forty-first Street West Subway Madison Aveue Henry Gaines Grand Central Hotel Forty-second Street Murray Hill Hotel Thirty-sixth Street Third Avenue Madison Avenue East Forty-seventh Street Lincoln Safe Deposit Company and National Bank Fortieth Street Murray Hill Croker Emergency Corps Bureau of Buildings David P. Canavan Canavan Brothers Henry Cole John E. Peck Manhattan Hospital Jerome William Barclay Parsons West Thirtieth Street Ira F. Shaler Alexander Shaler Sturgis William Leary S. R. Callaway New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company Vanderbilt Roads William KK Alfred Vanderbilt Wilgus Horace C. du Val Newman Grand Union Hotel Manhattan Park Avenue Hotel Plaza Hotel Jaques David G. Hammond Murray Hill Hotel Company Pope Una Tom Lincoln Bank

Fire and explosion alarm on Forty-first Street near Park Avenue

Moses Epps shouted a warning as a powder shed exploded near the west side of Park Avenue just after noon. He warned a dozen people including John J. Johnston of the Lincoln Safe Deposit Company, with verification from Gen. Thomas L. James and John R. Van Wormer.

Forty-first Street Johnston Safe Deposit Company James van Wormer Murray Hill Epps Powder House Thomas Tubbs William Todd John Weiss John H. Thompson Tubbs Park Avenue Moses Epps John J. Johnston East Eighty-fifth Street Lincoln Safe Deposit Company Thomas L. James Lincoln National Bank John R. van Wormer New York Times Madison Avenue

Raymond & Whitcomb Co announce extra train to Mexico

The Raymond and Whitcomb Company promotes an extra special Mexico tour departing New York February 27 and an extra Cuba Mexico trip leaving March 1. Circulars available on application at 25 Union Square. Also Lundberg's Violet Dew fragrance advertisement.

Mexico Raymond & Whitcomb Co New York Union Square

Poland Poland purest natural spring water ad

Poland Poland Poland water advertised as the purest natural spring water. The Florida and Metropolitan Limited via Seaboard Air Line is billed as the only daily solid Pullman train between New York and Florida. Leave West 23d Street at 12 55 P M arrive St Augustine at 5 00 P M Office 1183 Broadway.

Florida & Metropolitan Limited Seaboard Air Line By New York Florida West St. Jerry Pennsylvania R. R St. Augustine Broadway

Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad by Ady

A vintage advertisement touts Deerfoot Farm Sausages made from tender pig meat and select spices, promising unrivaled flavor and warning against imitations.

Deerfoot Farm

Dead in Explosion List Names Four Victims at Murray Hill Hotel

The explosion killed Cyrus Adams a 70 year old cashier at the Murray Hill Hotel and died at the Morgue. James Carr a 32 year old waiter at the same hotel died near Presbyterian Hospital. Laurence Hine 28 from Ansonia Conn was lunching in the hotel café and died after transfer to Bellevue. J R Robertson Nelson B C general manager of Canada’s British Columbia Gold Fields was instantly killed.

Jaques Park Avenue J. R. Robertson Cyrus Adams Robertson Nelson British Columbia Adams Hamilton Terrace James Carr Jacques Presbyterian Hospital Father Smith Fire Department Father Sheedy Church of St. Agnes Grand Central Station Grand Union Hotel Manhattan Hospital Grand Union Simeon Ford New York Society For the Relief of East Forty-second Street W. H. Payne Mary Monaghan Della McGrath Cyrus Murray Hill Hotel Carr James Lved East Thirty-ninth Street Hine Laurence Torrington Street Ansonia Conn Bellevue J. Roderick B. C Canada British Columbia Gold Fields

Otard Brandy Ad Promotes Leading Brand

An small advertisement notes Poland Spring bottled water and urges customers to request Otard's brandy as the leading choice, marking a period scene of retail promotions.

Explosion Injures Dozens At City Location

A lengthy casualty list names injured individuals from various hotels and hospitals across New York. Notable entries include JOHN W. BALLUFFI a barber at Murray Hill Hotel with back contusions sent home from New York Hospital and WALTER R. BRISTOL of Meriden Conn with facial and hand cuts taken to Flower Hospital. The roster features cab drivers waitresses hotel staff and residents many treated at Flower Hospital St Vincent's Bellevue German Hospital or sent home after care.

Edward F. Croker Grand Central Bellevue Presbyterian Hospitals Central Office John Harley Titus Manhattan Hospital Grand Central Station Lincoln Bank Palm Room Murray Hill Hotel Washington L. Jaques Thomas L. Jaques Lincoln National Bank Louis Livingston Seaman Balluffi John W New York Hospital Banks Thomas H Park Avenue Best Newport Bloscicci Antonio Bristol William R Meriden Carmody F. D East Fortieth Street Casey Patrick Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital Gouverneur Hospital Carroll James First Avenue Clade Fred East One Hundred and Nineteenth Street Clark Manhattan Eye and Ear Infirmary Chapin Georgee Stamford Conn Cohen Mr. M Cooper Miss Manhattan and Ear Infirmary Cummings F. M Troy Dayton J. W Amsterdam Avenue Delaney Mary German Hospital Emanuel Matilda West Seventyseventh Street Epps Moses Powderman Flower Gage Manhattan Gaines Henry Madison Avenue Gerrity John Murray Hill Flower Hospital Gilchrist Joseph Amesbury Avenue Cleveland Ohio Green Spencer P West Fifty-third Street Bell Boy Hart D. B Haskin Joseph P Buffalo Avenue Brooklyn Hickey Catherine Grand Union Hotel Jaques W. L T. L Jenkins William East One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Street Juhoe Edward J South Third Street Kelleher Kennedy Gordon East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Lavigne George Bell St. Vincent's Hospital Lewis E. M Lima Lipschitz Max Essex Street Looney Minnie Lynch Nellie Pioneer Maher Delia Malyan Jack Merrick Daniel J Tenth Avenue Moore Charles H West One Hundred and Twentieth Street Benjamin Madison N. J O'Donnell Walter Murray Hill O'Keefe Jeremiah Flist Avenue O'Neill Overton George B West Forty-seventh Street Ryan Sheldon W. C Singer Max A East One Hundred and Fourth Street Stanton J. Jefferson Bridgeport Grand Union Sypher Walsh Catharine Street Whalen White West Forty-second Street Charles 5 Wilkes John M St. Nicholas Avenue

Crowded Hospital Wrecked After Park Avenue Blast

The Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital near Park Avenue and Murray Hill was instantly wrecked by a massive concussion. Nurses acted with heroism as windows blew out, wards flooded with debris, and patients endured injuries including blindness and deafness while seeking help.

Manhattan

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Miss Stone Poland Salt Lake The 41St Street Seri Ously Er Hospital Ira A. Shaler Subway Sults the Murray Hill Mr. Jaques H. H. Brockway Ashland House J. T. Clyde Palestine Commandery Mr. Brockway Lundberg Burnett Ady Otard’s.—Adv
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