Crowded Brooklyn Bridge Rush Triggers Injuries and Train Confusion
Thousands jammed the Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge as Lexington Avenue trains caused platform crushes. Police and bridge officials halted traffic to ease the surge. One man, John Ere, was severely injured, carried by officers to hospital as inspectors proposed a warning system and more staff for morning rushes.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Lexington Avenue
Fulton Street
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Max Schmittberger
Murtha
John Ere
Covert Avenue
Army of
Mason
Bridge Hospital
Tillman
Hudson Street Hospital
Fifth Avenue Elevated
Ridgewood
Manhattan Terminal
Schmittberger
Martha
Brooklyn Terminal
Fire Hose Inquiry Moves Toward Mayor Report
The Commissioners of Accounts closed a fire hose inquiry and plan a full department investigation in a few weeks. Alderman Little Time Sullivan testified that Lantry asked for 250000 dollars of hose, but the board approved only 50000, awaiting more information. Justice Davies recalled a 100000 dollar request last year, cut to 75000 and not passed until May 21.
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Commissioners of Accounts
Fire Department
Sullivan
Witnes
Lantry
Board of Aldermen
Poker Building
Municipal Court
John Davies
Board of Allermen
Laptry
Merit Cards for Servants from The Society for Political Study
The Society for Political Study at its regular Hotel Astor meeting passed a resolution on the domestic service question. It will seek support from the New York City Federation of Women's Clubs to appoint a Domestic Service Committee. The committee would award merit certificates to servants who prove capable faithful and honest, signed by the Federation Committee chair and the employer.
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Society For Political Study
Hotel Astor
Wlll
New York City
Attack on Children Leads to Year in Penitentiary
Frederick S. Roberts 87 of 22 St Nicholas Avenue was sentenced by Justice Wyatt in Special Sessions to a year in the penitentiary for an assault on two girls. Victims Mary Logan 12 of 448 West 165th Street and Alice Reynolds 11 of 465 West 168th Street. Roberts married but separated from his wife.
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Frederick S. Roberts
St. Nicholas Avenue
Wyatt
Mary Logan
Alice Reynolds
Roberts
Twenty Dollar In Memoriam Gift For the Poor
The Times received a $20 check in the name Madeleine in Memoriam for relief of the poor and forwarded it to the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor.
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the Times
New York Association
Nassau Hospital to stay open after Mineola meeting
A meeting in Mineola chaired by Justice Townsend Scudder declared Nassau Hospital will not be closed. Support from Meadow Brook members and local residents raised urgent funds, including a $500 gift from Miss Thayer, with a plan for a fifty bed endowment at $3,000 each.
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Justice Townsend Scudder
O. H. P. Belmont
S. Treadwell
W. L. Swan
John IL. Mann
L. N. Laneham
J. 8. Cooley
Meadow Brook Colony
Long Island
Capitol Fraud Case Up In Harrisburg
The second day of the Capitol fraud trial centers on a conspiracy to defraud the State. Stanford B. Lewis testified for the Commonwealth, identifying Huston plans for Capitol furnishings and the quantities plan. John E. Stott faced questioning over plans and specifications Huston prepared. Lewis faces two conspiracy counts in connection with the crimes.
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Harrisburg
Penn
John H. Sanderson
William P. Snyder
William L. Mathues
James M. Shumaker
Commonwealth
Stanford B. Lewis
Joseph M. Huston
Capitol
Huston
Lewis
John E. Stott
Board of Publi Grounds and Buildings
Stott
Torture in a Reformatory at Pontiac Illinois
A report from Pontiac Illinois details torture of William Hamlin a boy inmate at the Illinois State Reformatory. He was chained to bars for hours over two days and subjected to cold water and burning abuse. A guard and an officer are accused of brutality with a doctor finally summoned after Hamlin suffered severe injuries.
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Pontiac
Ill
Illinois State Reformatory
William Hamlin
Hamlin
Ulysses A. Hamlin
J. EB. Ash
James W. Rogers
Reformatory
Rogers
Ash
Engineers' costly mistake raises Falls Road bridge
In Rochester New York an error by survey engineers on Contract No 6 for the barge canal route west of the city led to a New York Central Falls Road bridge built two feet too low. The state faces substantial expenses to raise the heavy double track bridge and approaches to provide required headroom for boats.
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Rochester
N. Y
Falls Road
New York Central
Army Moves and Retirements Announced in Washington
The United Service reports Capt W A Covington assigned to San Francisco artillery district and Capt Morton filling a Pay Department post. First Lt J P Barney to general hospital in Washington Barracks for treatment. Brig Gen Medorem Crawford retired Jan 27. Other officers ordered to duty, inspection, or court martial evidence locations including Junction City Kansas Kirbyville Texas and Southern District of New York.
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Washington
W. A. Covington
Coast Artilery
San Francisco
E. Mortton
Sixteenth Infantry
A. P. Buffington
Morton
Department of California
J. P. Barney
Eighth Cavalry
General Hospital
F. H. Lawton
Citi
Kan
F. W
Chamberlain
Second Infantry
Kirbyville
Texas
Medorem Crawford
J.W. Craig
Twelfth Cavalry
M. P. Andruss
Coast Artillery
Southern District of
New York
Joint Army Marine Shore Operations Regulation Board Named
Capt. G. H. Peters is assigned to temporary duty as a board member to formulate regulations for joint operations between the Army and Marine Corps on shore. Lieut. Commander C. N. Offley is ordered to the West Virginia as senior engineer and is given additional duty as fleet engineer for the Pacific fleet.
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G. H. Peters
Army
Marine Corps
C. N. Offley
West Virginia
Pacific Fleet
Naval movements and steamed arrivals listed
Arrived ships include Leonidas at Portsmouth New Hampshire Whipple Hopkins Hull Stewart Lawrence and Truxtun at Buenos Ayres Des Moines at Newport. Retained vessels Villalobos from Shanghai for Yangtse River Lebanon from Puerto Cortes for Guantanamo Nero Brutus and Aberenda from Rio for Hampton Roads via San Juan.
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Leonidas
Portsmouth
N. H
Whipple, Hopkins
Hull
Stewart, Lawrence
Truxtun
Buenos Ayres
Des Moines
Newport
Villalobos
Shanghai
Yangtse
Lebanon
Puerto Cortes
Guantanamo
Nero
Brutus
Aberenda
Rio
Hampton Roads
San Juan
First Aid to Perplexed Housekeepers Ad Helps Hire
A glance at the situations wanted advertisements in the New York Times guides readers to engage first class help. The ad suggests calling Telephone 1000 Bryant for inquiries and placement.
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NEW York Times
Bryant
Adyv
Women Consumers League meeting highlights spending role and age_bias
The seventeenth annual Consumers' League gathering at the Stuyvesant Theatre featured remarks by Ida Tarbell Leonora O Reilly and Professor Zueblin. Tarbell argued that organized consumer action can correct wrongs while stressing women's economic function as spenders.
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Consumers’ League of the
City of New York
Stuyvesant Theatre
Forty-fourth Street
Frederick Nathan
Ida Tarbell
Leonora O'Reilly
Charles Zueblin
Beatrice Herford
League
Zueblin
Clarence Mackay
Rivalry alleged in case against bookkeeper Helen Flack
Mark Alter spent hours with client Helen E. Flack as charges were brought by the District Attorney accusing her of stealing hundreds of checks from employer Joseph E. Ellery of 61 East Ninth Street. Ellery denies knowing of any rival business. defense claims she indorsed checks in good faith and deposited them with consent. Ellery sues People's Bank for the full amount. case set for First District Court this week.
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Mark Alter
Helen E. Flack
Joseph E. Ellery
East Ninth Street
Wall Street
People’s Bank
Ellery
Miss Flack
Alter
Eliery
Miss Fiack
Three cousins celebrate golden wedding in Ossining
In Ossining New York three cousins mark their golden anniversaries within four months. Eli Valentine and his wife led the celebrations after marrying January 28 1858 at Peekskill. Cousins A J Valentine and James Valentine attend, both married before 1858.
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New York Times
Ossining
N. Y
Eli Valentine
Peekskill
Bose
Todd Place
A. J. Valentine
Ell Valentine
James Valentine
Fire damages seven story building near hospital
A blaze on the fifth floor of a seven story St West Fifteenth Street building damaged its top three floors, about 10000 dollars. The site houses wholesale skirt hosiery and novelty firms including Trayne Co on the fifth floor. The New York Hospital stood a half block away with staff reassuring patients they were not in danger. Chief Croker noted the water pressure issue and did not explain further.
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St West Fifteenth Street
Trayne & Co
Novelty Deatfers
New York Hospital
Croke
German Italian Exchange operator held on attachment
Deputy Sheriff Altman seized Sabbia’s Bowery bank and labor offices in a $900 attachment for Antonio Panisini. Only two safes and a few desks remained. crowd of onlookers, police kept order. Sabbia, long in business, had ties to other ventures including real estate at Central Park L I and a Birmingham Italian paper.
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Altman
Frank Sabbia
Bowery
Antonio Panisini
Sabbia
Oliver Street
Birmingham
Ala
St. Augustine
Fla
Isman Sues Loring Over $15,000 Real Estate Deal
Felix Isman, real estate operator, sues Isabelle Loring for $15,000 claiming misrepresentation during the sale of 104 West Thirty third Street. He says Loring claimed the New York and New Jersey Railroad Company bid, boosting sales terms, and that he paid $75,000 for the property.
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Felix Isman
Isabelle Loring
West Thirtythird Street
Pennsylvania Terminal
Isman
Plan to Fight Tuberculosis In New York State
Albany reports Dir Eugene Porter and an advisory board propose a campaign plan against tuberculosis. Key steps include reconstructing a tuberculosis exhibit, participating in the Empire State exhibit in Washington, mandatory registration and notification of all cases, district investigations, and wide distribution of prevention literature. A bill will be introduced to require statewide case registration and notification.
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Albany
Eugene H. Porter
Department of Health
Empire State
Washington
Porter
Banking Reform Bills Aim to Tighten Bank Reserves
State Bank Superintendent Clark Williams drafts bills for the legislature to require large city banks to maintain 25 percent of deposits in reserve and 15 percent elsewhere, set lower reserve rates for trusts, empower the superintendent as statutory receiver, cap secured loans at 25 percent of capital and surplus, and limit trust company holdings of other banks.
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Albany
Clark Williams
New York City
Railroads mandated to report train detentions due to engine failures
The Public Service Commission in the Second District orders steam railroads to furnish monthly reports of detentions caused by engine failures. The investigation found many service interruptions traceable to engine failures, prompting the reporting requirement.
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Albany
N. Y
Public Service Commission
Second District
New Bill to Increase Women Teachers' Pay
Albany news reports Assemblyman Conklin of New York City introduced the New York Teachers' Salary bill advocating equal pay for equal work. The proposal mirrors last year's provisions which Governor Hughes vetoed.
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New York Times
Albany
Assemblyman Conklin
New York City
New York
Gev. Hughes
Brooklyn Notes Report Mixed Local Civil and Church News
In Flatbush Court Mrs. Zeman withdrew assault charges against Joseph S. Zeman after her counsel spoke with her by phone, with the couple said to have reconciled. The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption buys Cranberry Street site for a $175,000 Italian Renaissance church. the York Street church will be torn down for the Manhattan Bridge. The Patterson Coal Company wins a Supreme Court order restraining Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner Owen J. Murphy from dumping snow into Gowanus Canal, potentially requiring a contractor pier. Mrs. Ellen M. Hart leaves $40,000 estate to husband James H. Hart. she died Jan. 7 at 1 South Elliott Place. John Stadler dies by suicide at 221 Knickerbocker Avenue. no cause found by family.
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Joseph S. Zeman
Squadron C
Flatbush Court
Church of the Assumption
Cranberry Street
Henry
York Street
Manhattan Bridge
Patterson Coal Company
Supreme Court
Owen J. Murphy
Gowanus Canal
Ellen M. Hart
James H. Hart
Thaw Trial Ends as Jury Nears Verdict
Defense and prosecution closed the second Thaw trial for Stanford White’s murder after seventeen court days. Justice Dowling set aside Friday for Littleton’s summing up and Jerome’s for the prosecution. Key witnesses and documents from Thaw’s will and Hummel affidavit featured in the final day’s testimony.
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Justice Dowling
Mr. Littleton
Jerome
Thaw
Allenists
Littleton
Wagner
Allenist
Madison Square Roof Garden
White
Delphin M. Delmas
Smith
Therisoner
Peenes
Copley
Car Crash on Grand Street Injures Dozens
Inspector George Wolf took control of a westbound Grand Street trolley at 6 30 last evening and crashed into a Second Avenue car near Forsyth Street. Cars were pushed off tracks, windows shattered, and passengers including women and children were shaken. Dr Cramer treated several injured. The wreck blocked Grand Street and Second Avenue lines for about ninety minutes.
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George Wolf
Grand Street
Second Avenue
Forsyth Street
Eldridge Street
Dr. Cramer
Gouverneur Hospital
Cramer
Lizzie Winder
East Eighty-second Street
Lena Abrahamovitz
Newark Street
Jersey City
Sadie Saslow
West Thirty-eighth Street
Bowery
Death Over Law Triggers Discovery Of Hermit In Newark
Samuel Hall of 13 Governor Street Newark aged by long solitary life died Monday night in his home. A dispossess notice imminent when his death was found yesterday. Neighbors say he died from a broken heart after his wife’s death two years earlier. The frame house will be replaced by a big building, with a doctor citing heart trouble as the cause.
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Thaw
Jerome
Anthony L. Debs
Stanford White
White
Debs
Wright
Flo
Sergt
David McCarty
Tenderloin
John Smith
Washington
Francis McGuire
Tombs
McGuire
Abraham Snvydecker
Howe & Hummel
Hummel
Evelyn Nesbit
Madison Square Garden
tdWer
Arthur Paget
London
W. McEwen
Pittsburg
Prof. Brashear
Rochester
Penn
Governor Street
Newark
Samuel Hall
Hall
GRAFT RAIDS CLAIMED BY COMMISSIONER BINGHAM
Commissioner Bingham told Morrisania Court that 08 percent of so called exposure arrests under the excise law were graft related. He cited policemen offered money to label liquor purchases as exposure and urged raids on hotels clubs and small outlets to target real illicit sales.
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Bingham
Magistrate House
Morrisania
Ship's piano loose in gale on Dunottar Castle
Passengers aboard the steamer Dunottar Castle arriving from Colon endured a Sunday night storm as the vessel lurched and the piano in the music room on deck broke free from lashings. Stewards and passengers then secured the instrument again amid the gale.
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Dunottar Castle
Colon
Sho
Brother seeks sister Emma in New York via The Times
Otto Kessler, a Canadian emigrant, asks The Times to help locate his sister Emma who may live with her husband Ferdinand Ehlshardt at Eighty fourth Street between Second and Third Avenues. He arrived from Montreal three days ago and plans to visit The Times office this evening hoping for contact.
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Otto Kessler
Canada
THE
TIMES
Emma
Ferdinand Ehlshardt
Eighty-fourth Street
Kessler
Montreal
Divorce suit over first wife as co respondent
Promoter Col John P Persch sues for divorce from Gretchen Persch, who married him after his first wife won freedom. The second wife also files against him naming Flora Loomis Persch as co respondent. Gretchen seeks 2002 weekly alimony and 2000 in counsel fees. decision reserved. Persch alleges his first wife bore him two sons and two daughters and blames the present wife for the split. He says she deserted him June 14, taking valuables including 30000 in jewelry, 4500 cash and 10000 in stock, leaving him nearly penniless.
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John P. Persch
Gretchen Persch
Persch
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