West Point Cadets Celebrate Centennial Week and Parade
Outdoor games and a grand hop mark the centennial celebration at West Point as President Roosevelt prepares to arrive. Notable guests include Wu Ting fang and Yale's Hadley while Gen. Miles and Col. Treat preside over drills and a Yale baseball game on the parade ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Porter Alexander
Gettysburg
B. M. Thomas
Col. Treat
Academy
Hamlet Cadet
C. J
Harry Hamlin
East Aurora
Isa
Abbott
Cal. Treat
Col. von Witzleben
Meinbers
Miles
Sands
Yale
Gen. Roe
Highland Falls
Wu Ting- Fang
Hadley
Yale University
Prof
Clarke
Johns Hopkins
John Lee Carroll
Sons of the Revolution
G.W. C. Drexel
Alcedo
Paul
Philadelphia
John M. Carson, Jr
Board of Visitors
Memorial Hall
West Point Through Two Centuries A Portrait of Its Growth
The article traces West Point from its founding with ten cadets to a modern academy with hundreds of graduates yearly. It notes early leaders like Major Williams and Capt. Thayer, the shift from blue to gray uniforms, Civil War roles of graduates, and notable generals such as Grant and Lee. It also covers later superintendent changes, the Booz inquiry, and the end of harsh hazing and certain punishments for plebes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Military Academy
Smmer
Joseph G. Smith
Massachusetts
Simon M. Levy
Maryland
Jonathan Williams
Old Castle Williams
Governors Island
Benjamin Franklin
France
William A. Barron
James Wilson
Alexander Macomb
Academy
Congress
West Point
Joseph G. Swift
Major Williams
Sylvanus Thayer
Capt. Thayer
Jackson
Major de Russy
Robert E. Lee
Winfield Scott
West Pointers
Col
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States
Grant
Sherman
McClellan
Albert L. Mills
McKinley
First Cavalry
Roosevelt Heads to West Point Centennial Celebration
President Roosevelt and party left Washington at 12 10 tonight on a special train as the second section of the regular midnight express for West Point. They will return to the city Friday. Gen S M B Young, listed among the party, preceded them this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
West Point
Pennsylvania Railroad
RUMORED CHAIN OF BANKS
Oakleigh Thorne denies a Chicago dispatch claim that the North American Trust Company is forming a league of national banks. S. D. Scudder says he circulated personal letters about a nationwide branch system. he notes the American Bankers Association formed over a year ago in New Jersey as a precaution, not a current plan by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakleigh Thorne
North American Trust Company
Chicago
S. D. Scudder
Scudder
American Bankers’ Association
New Jersey
Inspector Thompson's chaotic first day in Queens ends at headquarters
Inspector Walter Thompson, newly assigned to Queens, gets lost seeking police HQ. He misleads a newsboy, lands near a gas company tank, then returns to duty. He rebukes press for past Devery links, denounces Bill Devery, and plans a meal in Manhattan after fixing his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Thompson
Queens Borough
Long Island City
Ravenswood
East River Gas Company
Queens
Devery
Bill Devery
Mike Murphy
Tenderloin
Reform
Tammany
Thompson
Cohen
Adler
Capt. Titus
Manhattan
Police shuffle assigns captains and plans new patrolmen
Commissioner Partridge reorganizes precincts and staff after Monday transfers. A list of eligible patrolmen is sought for forty new appointments while Capt. Walsh receives twenty days’ vacation. Capt. O’Reilly at Oak Street gets a pep talk and meets a veteran officer who recalls Civil War service as the pair celebrate duty and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partridge
Col. Thurston
Major Ebstein
Cortright
Capt. Walsh
Westchester
Murphy
Third District
Capt. O'Reilly
Oak Street
de Lacy
Park Row
Col. Partridge
Brooklyn
Newsaper
Anton Andesner
Andesner
New York
Lee
Essex Market
Vredenburgh
Amity Street
West One Hundred
Veteran police veteran decries being labeled Devery man
The official said yesterday he planned to quit police work but would not retire under fire. He asserted Captain O'Reilly would keep the Fifth Precinct clean and protested a rejected request to move to High Bridge. He denied being a Devery man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ension
Capt. O'Reilly
High Bridge
Devery
Brooklyn Patrolman Honored For Saving Boy In Fire
Patrolman James Crozier of the Ralph Avenue Station pulled off his blouse and smothered flames on four year old Stanley Glauber on Reid Avenue near Greene. He did not report the life saving action until a letter from the boy’s uncle prompted Capt. Ennis to reprimand him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
James Crozier
Ralph Avenue
Reid Avenue
Greene
Crozier
Stanley Glauber
Greene Avenue
Ennis
Leopold Levy
Capt. Ennis
Aldermen Clash Over Pay Request For Missing City Clerk
A heated Board of Aldermen meeting erupted over Alderman Peter Holler’s bid to pay John Locke of The City Record the missing salary. Dowling opposed, calling for committee review amid graft fears. The session included threats, a chase, and a pledge to end “Weber and Fields” dialect jibes as 39th Ward accounts were debated. An appropriation of 145000 for public baths passed, with Cantor urging action. The board also commended U S troops in the Philippines and voted city offices close July 3–7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Peter Holler
Brooklyn
John Locke
City Record
Alderman Holler
Frank L. Dowling
Manhattan
Tammany
Holler
Alderman Dowling
Weber and Fields
President Fornes
Sergeant At Arms
Cantor
Sullivan
Tebbetts
Philippines
City of
New York
Gustavus Dirks Dies by Self Inflicted Shooting
Gustavus Dirks, 21, a prominent newspaper artist and illustrator famed for Bugville sketches, shot himself in his studio at 2832 West Fourteenth Street. He died minutes later before a doctor arrived. His brother Rudolph Dirks, also a noted comic artist, was alerted and left for Philip, Wisconsin to inform their parents. funeral plans were to be handled by a friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustavus Dirks
West Fourteenth Street
Rudolph Dirks
West Twelfth Street
Philip, Wis
Weather Outlook With Showers Across Regions
Showers today run from the Missouri and Upper Mississippi Valleys eastward and into the east Middle Slope and middle plateau. Showers Thursday affect the lake region and Ohio Valley. Otherwise fair skies expected for two days. Temperatures fall in the middle plateau and valleys. winds vary by coast and lakes. Steamers to Europe face fresh to brisk west winds and showers to the Grand Banks. The twenty four hour temperature record ends at midnight from The New.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Mississipi
Middle Slope
Middle Plateau
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Missouri Valley
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf
Grand Banks
Notable Guests Listed by City in Paris Visiting Commission
A ceremonial roster lists numerous dignitaries across hotels in Paris and abroad including Count and Countess de Rochambeau and M. Le Grave along with officials such as Thomas W. Cridler ex-Third Assistant Secretary of State and Captain W. C. Dixon of England. The document enumerates travelers from Tokyo London Bremen Bremen to Washington Chicago and Cincinnati among others, detailing their titles and affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf-Astoria
Countess de Rochambeau
Paris
M. le Grave
T’aris
Robert d'Billy
Thomas W. Cridler
Washington
G. M. Hutton
Baltimore
Holland
C. P. Crane
Chicago
George VW. Crabbs
Cincinnati
Don Alexander
Lord and Lady d
Tokio
Japan
Imperial
Terrence V. Powderly
E. H. Nugent
M. Wakida
W. C. Dixon
England
Cambridge
H. L. Newbold
United States Army
Manhattan
Martin A. Knapp
United States Inter-State
Frank Davies
Melbourne
Australia
Netherland
J. Stettauer
George B. Pettingill
Cleveland
W. J. Chalmers
Plaza
Dr. R. Werniga
Los Angeles
Charles W. Rosenbaum
SAVOY
S. J. Leszynsky
Imperial Theatre
Berlin
Fifth Avenue
J. L. Spaulding
Peoria
Ill
L. P. Mitchell
Minnesota
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts
Arrivals of Buyers at Herald Square Hotel Market
A list of buyers and representatives visiting from multiple cities including Lowenstein Bros Memphis Folz Dives Pomeroy Stewart Harrisburg Ives Pomeroy Stewart Reading and others. They purchase fabrics cloaks ribbons domestics linens carpets and other goods at the Herald Square Hotel. The note records firms names locations and contact reps such as Sibley Lindsay Carr Whitney MacInnes Witmer and McQuay among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowenstein, B., & Bros
Memphis
W. Co. Whitney
Broome Street
Normandie
Kennedy & MacInnes
Pittsfield
Mass
D. C
Joseph, & Co
Pittsburg
Penn
J. Martin
Lispenard Street
Herald Square
Jackson
L. I., Company
Baltimore
Merchant Listings at Hotels and Stores Across Cities
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous shops and suppliers with addresses in New York Boston Baltimore Rochester Albany and Washington. Names include Finlayson Wilkesbarre Cook Brothers L W Cook H Barsshkies Rothschild Cohen White Waldman Brothers and others supplying dry goods silks woolens jewelry dress trims and house furnishings to noted hotels such as Victorian St Denis Park Avenue Hotel and Hotel Imperial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finlayson
Broome Street
Cook Brothers
Wilkesbarre
Penn
L. W. Cook
St. Denis
Woodward & Lothrop
Washington, D. C
H. Barsshkies
Broadway
Barrington
Park Avenue
W. W. Everett
Rothschild, B., & Co
Rochester
N. Y
B. Rothschild
Victoria
Cohen, 8. & Son
Baltimore
B. Cohen
Imperial
White, R. H., Company
Boston
Mass
S. Y. Pierce
A. L. Fletcher
Waldman Brothers
Albany
Ees
L. K. Waleman
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West Point Cadets
Military Academy
Gen
Gen. Longstreet
Ball Game
The
New York Times
Army
Hudson River
von Witzleben
von Muelmann
United States War Department
Aziz Bey
Don Augusto F. Pulido
WU Ting Fang
Titus
Brooke
Schofield
Longstreet
Roe
Yan
Wu Ting-Fang
Calvin P. Titus
Peking
United States
China
Fourteenth Infantry
Ers
Rigby Valiant
Nina Quintard
City
Odell
Secretary Root
Mills
Ambassador Porter
Dolly Varden
Low
Col. Mills
Navy
History OF the Academy
Inspector Thompson
East Side
O’reilly
Dowling
Young
Lassselt
Spiro
Spiro Company
Magara Falls
R. H. Macy & Co
Wsta
6Th Ave
14Th St
Sixth Avenue
34Th
35Th Street
Amex
Macy
Taylor
Weymouth
America
Mark Cross CO
City Hall
London
New Bond S
York Times
Weather Bureau
TIMES
A. Haekeweesen
Printing House Square
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
34Th Street, West
Cnet
T. M. Stewart
7Th Avenue
28Th St
Carthy
Goldsmith, Bros
Easton
J. M. Goldsmith
Calender
McAuslan & Troupe Company
Providence
R. I
H.J. Wilcox
Walker Street
Forbes & Wallace
Springfield
R. A. Toomey
Boys
Baumgardner
Toledo
Ohio
Albert
Moses, D., & Co
Lynchburg
J. E. Gutman
Howard Street
Cadillac
Porteous & Mitchell
Norwich
Conn
J. M. Lee
A. E. Mitchell
White Street
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Ihh
Bestag
Madras
Oxford
Botany
Lawn
Cheviot
West
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