Secretary Root Sued by Rebecca J. Taylor
Rebecca J. Taylor, dismissed from the War Department for criticizing the Administration's Philippines policy, files mandamus proceedings to be restored. The suit argues civil service rules were violated and cites her right to free speech. The Deputy Marshal served Root with the order. Root declined to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington, D. C
Rebecca J. Taylor
War Department
Secretary Root
Philippines
Root
Hagner
Mr. Root
Miss Taylor
Civil Service Reform Association
Roosevelt
District Supreme Court
Taylor
Civil Service
United States
Train Crash Injures Two in Sea Girt NJ
A Central Railroad special train bound for Point Pleasant crashed into a freight train near Spring Lake Sea Girt. The engineer Lloyd Clarke and fireman William Rowe were hurt but not seriously. Both were treated at local hospitals. traffic delayed about two hours.
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New York Times
Sea Girt
N. J
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Point Pleasant
Spring Lake
State Camp Hospital
Moore
Gordon
Livingood
Neafie
Lloyd Clarke
Long Branch Hospital
William Rowe
Rockefeller Expands Western Kansas Ranch Holdings
Frank Rockefeller, Standard Oil heir, has added 80 000 acres west of his 14 000 acre Kansas ranch and seeks to control Kiowa County grazing land. Land prices rise as cattle country interests grow. Rockefeller, who began with Soldier Creek land seventeen years ago, now aims to form the West’s largest cattle and grazing empire. He is currently in Cleveland, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Wichita
Kan
Frank Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Kansas
Kiowa County
Rockefeller
Belvidere
Soldier Creek
Cleveland
Ohio
Amusements and Arrivals Featured Across Hotels and Pages
A terse index lists topics including Amusements on Page 5, Hotel Arrivals, Out-of-Town Buyers on Page 5, Business Troubles Page 61, Court Calendars Page 7, Insurance Notes Page 11, Marine Intelligence and Foreign Message Page 7, New Corporations Page 10, Real Estate Page 12, Society Page, United Service Page 5, Weather Page 6, Yesterday's Fires Page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine
Ciety
United Service
Weather Report
Hudson River Day Line Advertises Pleasure Route Features
Advertisement touts daily Pennsylvania Special from New York to Chicago with dining car buffet and smoking car. Promotes Hudson River Day Line attractions, music, and service from New Landing near W 129th Street at 9 15 A M.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Hudson River
Newlanding
W. 129Th St
Sage Narrowly Escapes Injury Jumping On Moving Car
Russell Sage, the elderly financier, narrowly escaped serious harm when attempting to board a moving car at Broadway and Cedar Street. He fell as the car lurched, was helped up by Policeman John M. Barry, and blamed the incident on the conductor’s signal. Sage reported facial and limb soreness but no major injuries and returned to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
Broadway
Cedar Street
Mr. Sage
John M. Barry
Tenth Precinct
Two New American Bishops Named by Propaganda Congregation
Rome July 21 The Congregation of the Propaganda approved James J. Keane pastor of the Immaculate Conception Minneapolis as Bishop of Cheyenne Wyoming. The Sioux Falls diocese will be split with Lead South Dakota chosen as the residence for Very Rev J N Stakha formerly Vicar general of St Paul Archdiocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Congregation of the Propaganda
James J. Keane
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Minneapolis
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
O'Gorman
Lawrence County
J. N. Stakha
Pittsburg Bank Showing Reveals Surplus Despite Loans Rise
Special to The New York Times Pittsburg Penn July 21 The surplus of national banks in Pittsburg nears 2 million dollars despite a sharp loan increase The July 16 1902 condition shows reserve up 4 7 million and deposits up 13 42 million with loans rising 11 01 million and specie up 877 thousand The banks hold 26 66 percent of net deposits above the 25 percent legal reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
R. J. Stoney, Jr
Bed of Sea Raised Baffles Gulf Depth Readings Off New Orleans
A steamship master found shoaling about thirty miles offshore with depths at twenty fathoms where sixty were expected. Lieutenant Foster of the Hydrographic Office ordered a government survey to explain the anomaly. A volcanic disturbance is the most plausible theory for the sea bed uplift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Orleans
Gulf
Lieut
Foster
United States Hydrographic Office
Custom House
Navy Department
Washington
Mississippi River
New Jersey Senate Action Sparks Kean Fowler Clash
Plainfield New Jersey July 21 union county Republicans anticipate a clash at the fall convention between United States Senator John Kean and Congressman Charles N Fowler as political shifts unfold. Mayor Charles J Fisk of Harvey Fisk Sons withdraws from the state senate race. Judge William N Runyon touted for Cross’s seat with ties to Fowler, promising a strong Plainfield delegation. Cross expected to carry Elizabeth and Rahway delegations.
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New York Times
Plainfield
N. J
Union County
United States
John Kean
Charles N. Fowler
Charles J. Fisk
New York Banking House
Harvey Fisk & Sons
Senate
William N. Runyon
Joseph Cross
Elizabeth
Runyon
Fowler
Cross
The 20th Century Limited Train Service Crest
The 20th Century Limited, one of eight daily nonstop NYC to Chicago trains on the New York Central line, offered comprehensive service and frequent departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
New York Central Lines
Wealthy youths charged in Fifth Avenue cigarette theft
Two fashionably dressed clerks, claiming millionaire fathers, were arrested in Central Park for stealing five dollars worth of cigarettes from Park and Tilford at Fifth Avenue and Fifty ninth Street. They pleaded for release as detectives hunted a wider prank. one offered jewelry to avoid charges, while Superintendent Carey called the case an example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Park & Tilford
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Sergt. Corbit
Arsenal
Liberty
William A. Nelson
Fark & Tilford
Nelson
Corbit
O'Nil and
Ehlers
Monkey House
Peter Bro
EB. Morrison
Brounson
Thomas Carey
East Sixty-seventh Street
Buckingham Hotel
Taylor
William
Young Bride Robbed by Beggar She Fed in Glassboro
In Glassboro New Jersey on July 21 an eighteen year old bride Mrs Anna Shaw was found nearly unconscious after an attack by a man posing as a beggar He twisted a stocking around her throat gagged her with a flour sack and fled with valuables from the home The husband of three weeks was summoned and searches were begun as the village roared with alarm The victim named tramps as the assailants and a party hunted for the suspect
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Shaw
Joseph Creamer
Covington
Frank McKay
Pittsburg
Justice of the
Paulin
Creamer
McKay
New York Times
Glassborough
N. J
Anna Shaw
Luxurious Train to California the Overland Limited Ad
Promotes the Overland Limited luxury train to California via Chicago and North Western Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways. Offices listed at Broadway addresses 461 287 and 349.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Overland Limited
Chicago and North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways
Broadway
Baltimore Storm Leaves City in Ruin and Wreckage
Baltimore endured a ferocious storm with 64 mile per hour winds the strongest on record. Roofs from about 400 houses were lost or damaged many flooded interiors and telegraph and telephone services were crippled. Twelve dead or drowned and many injured, with debris scattered through parks and streets.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Old Federal Hill
Devery Awaits Fair Weather At Rainy Street Gathering
A crowd at Twenty eighth Street and Eighth Avenue waits for the ex Chief Devery to announce philanthropic plans for the poor as rain pours. Grocers in the area expect Devery to place grocery contracts with Ninth Assembly District shopkeepers. For the Raritan Beach excursion, two vessels are to be chartered, including the Telchester steamer, plus four barges.
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Devery Four Corners
Twenty-eighth Street
Eighth Avenue
Twenty Eighth Street
Dever
Home Industries
Ninth Assembly District
Raritan Beach
Telchester
Banquet Echoes for Roosevelt and Pope in Trenton
At a July banquet of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Trenton Bishop McFaul led three cheers for President Roosevelt and Pope Leo XIII. He criticized the Taft commission while exonerating the President and announced a forthcoming church order to urge Roman Catholics to withdraw from any organization hosting religious ceremonies not sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Order of Hibernians
McFaul
Roosevelt
Leo XIII
Fox
Boy 16 Eats Ice Cream Then Is Confined as Insane
Amos Bridgewater aged sixteen who ate a gallon of ice cream Friday was sent in irons to the insane asylum today. He showed violent symptoms immediately after the cream and, though a bright freshman at the colored high school, believes he is the Mayor the Governor the police Theodore Roosevelt and a monkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Louisville
Amos Bridgewater
Insane Asylum
Bridgewater
Colored High School
Theodore Roosevelt
Reid Visits Carnegie at Skibo Castle
Whitelaw Reid the U S Special Envoy to the coronation of King Edward and Mrs Reid are visiting Mr and Mrs Andrew Carnegie at Skibo Castle in Scotland during their London correspondence trip dated July 21.
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Mr. Reid
Carnegie
London
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Edward
Mrs. Reid
Andrew Carnegie
Skibo Castle
Supplementary Civil Service Estimate in London totals over £500,000
A recent supplementary civil service estimate adds more than £500,000 to government spending. It includes £20,000 allocated for free aid to support the sugar industry in the West Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Civil Service
West Indies
Whistler Reports Near Recovery from Illness
London July 21 James McNeill Whistler American painter telegraphed friends in London that he has practically recovered from his recent illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James McNeill Whistler
Poland Water Promoted for Kidney and Stomach Ailments
Prominent claim that millions drink Poland mineral water annually for kidney and stomach diseases. Advertises Typhoid fever aid and a cure for acute Brights disease. Mentions free Poland Water book and depot at 3 Park Place New York with Park Tilford and Acker Merrall Condit as advertisers.
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Poland
Bright
Wate Depot
Park Pl
N. Y
Park & Tilford
Acker, Merrall & Condit
Philadelphia Public Ledger Sold to Adolph S. Ochs
The Philadelphia Public Ledger was purchased by Adolph S. Ochs from George W. Childs and the Drexel estate. James M. Beck holds a substantial interest. L. Clarke Davis remains editor, with John Norris as business manager. Ochs vows no radical changes and retains Ledger’s independent, clean journalism.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Adolph S. Ochs
George W. Childs Drexel
Drexel
James M. Beck
Beck
Ochs
Public Ledger
NEW York Times
Philadelphia Times
Chattanooga Times
George W. Ochs
America
George W. Childs
L. Clarke Davis
John Norris
New York Tmes
George W.eChilds
Pdacket
Pennsylvania
Adolph 8. Ochs
Anthony J. Drexel
Swain, Abell & Simmons
Third
Dock Streets
Third and Chestnut Streets
Messrs
Swain & Abell
A. J. Drexel
George Hilds
Ledger
Prime
Childs
Burnett’s Vanilla Ad Warns Against Substitutes
An old advertisement urges consumers to trust Burnett’s Vanilla as pure and warns grocers to avoid substitutions. It also promotes Westcott's Offices in New York and Brooklyn for travelers to check baggage, claiming time and expense savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westcott
New York
Brooklyn
Tin Plate Trust Defeated in Indiana Wage Stand
In Richmond Indiana July 21 The Tin Plate Trust failed to secure a 25 percent wage cut in Indiana mills to win Standard Oil can contracts. Workers resisted and forced the trust to retreat toward eastern mills where idle capacity exists The plan aims to pressure eastern mills to accept wage cuts and provoke a broader strike if opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Tin Plate Trust
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
Gas Belt
Standard Oil
Amalgamated Association
Eastern
Torpedo Flotilla Rehearses Before August Manœuvres
The torpedo flotilla led by Lieut. Lloyd H. Chandler, including Decatur and the torpedo boats Barney, Bagley, Thornton, Shubrick, and Stockton, moved up Narragansett Bay from Norfolk for drills in preparation for August naval maneuvers with the North Atlantic Squadron. A Massachusetts crew boat joined near Warren to establish a camp and survey Bristol Narrows as part of pre maneuver work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R. I
Torpedo Flotilla
Decatur
Barney
Bagley
Thornton
Shubrick
Stockton
Lloyd H. Chandler
Norfolk
North Atlantic
Massachusetts
Richemint River
Narragansett Bay
Warren
Bristol Narrows
North Atlantic Squadron
Inspecting East Subways A Chicago Committee Walks
The Chicago Committee on Local Transportation will travel by Lake Shore Road Wednesday to study Eastern subway systems. Hugo Grosser supplied subway literature from Boston New York Baltimore and Philadelphia reports. The drawing of a municipal subway ordinance is postponed. Corporation Counsel Walker must have detailed plans and engineering data before drafting.
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New York Times
Chicago
Committee On
Lake Shore Road
Hugo Grosser
Bennett
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Walker
Arnold
Rural Mails Ruin Trade in Albany Area
Rural mail delivery, initially welcomed, now crowds rural storekeepers who say business fell as farmers stay home. Old system sent customers to the village and local merchants benefited. the free delivery reduces trips and revenue, prompting calls for measures to boost trade.
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New York Times
Albany
Interior Counties
New York Guests Reel In Nine and Three Quarter Pound Bass
Castleton Vermont July 21 George Ches bro and F F Lockwood of New York guests at Prospect House caught a bass in Lake Bomosceny today weighing nine and three quarter pounds.
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New York Times
Castleton
George Chesbro
F. F. Lockwood
New York
Prospect House
Lake Bomosceny
Busy Man's Train to Chicago Advertisement
Pennsylvania Special leaves New York at 1 55 P M and arrives Chicago at 8 55 A M. Adv. Can't sleep Take Johann Hoff s Ex Track used by brain workers the world over No substitute is just as good.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Johann Hoff
Belmont and McDonald Bid on Manhattan Brooklyn Subway
August Belmont and John B. McDonald submitted a bid to build the Manhattan Brooklyn tunnel for 2 million dollars and offered a Broadway extension plan at 4 million, plus a 100 thousand dollar guarantee. A second bid by Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company proposed an 8 million dollar tunnel from Ann Street and Broadway to Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues.
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August Belmont
John. B. McDonald
Manhattan-Brooklyn
Broadway
Union Square
Forty Second Street
McDonald
Fourteenth
Forty-second Street
Post Office
Bronx
Twenty-third
Thirtyfourth Streets
Thirty-fourth Street
Seventh Avenue
Manhattan Terminal
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brooklyn Tunnel
Rapid Transit Commission
Orr
Belmont-McDonald
Rapid Transit Construction Company
John L. Wells
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Corporation
Ann Street
Flatbush
Atlantic Avenues
Brooklyn
Flower & Co
Buck
Manhattan Bronx
Mayor
Bid Letters Illuminate Brooklyn Subways Plan
Secretary Burrows opens bids from Belmont McDonald and Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company. The Rapid Transit letter argues for a unified system to complete a citywide underground and elevated network, urging completion from City Hall to Union Square and connection to a Pennsylvania terminal on Thirty-third Street and Broadway.
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Burrows
Belmont-McDonald Company
McDonald
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
Subway Construction
Brooklyn
William Barclay Parsons
Rapid Transit Commission
Greater
New York
Battery
City Hall
Whitehall Street
Uptown
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Union Square
Pennsylvania Terminal
Thirty-third Street
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J. J. Keane
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New Jersey Senate
Devery
Four Corners
Bishop McFaul
Taft Commission
AID For
British West Indies
J. McN
Whistler
Philadelphia Ledger
Drexel Estate
the Public Ledger
Burnett
Chicago Committee On Transportation
Rapid Transit Co
Subway CO
Belmont and
Street, Manhattan
MR. McDonald
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