Railroads Buying Trolley Line Rivalries Spurred by New Laws
Public Service Commission amendments grant oversight of commutation rates and allow joint rates between steam railroads and electric lines. The piece surveys how New York Central and Delaware & Hudson expand trolley holdings, shaping Hudson Valley to Lake Champlain traffic and clashing with commuter needs.
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City Bath House Held Up In Brooklyn Suit
Supreme Court Justice Maddox adjourned the case to Tuesday as Dr. Albert Chambers seeks to halt the city from issuing 175000 in stock to fund a Coney Island pavilion. Property owners contend the bath house would raise values and violate an 1874 law restricting Concourse use to park and driveway without legislative action.
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Brooklyn
Coney Island
Albert Chambers
Concourse
Coast Artillery Regimen Heads to Fisher’s Island Training
The Thirteenth Regiment Coast Artillery of Brooklyn travels to Fisher’s Island for ten days of big gun practice. Under Col Charles O. Davis the unit marches from Sumner Avenue Armory to Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues, then to Grand Central for two special trains to New London. A steamer carries them across the Sound to Fort Wright where the regiment camps under canvas. Washington permits including recruits for practical instruction.
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New London
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Col. Davis
Greely Survivors Gather for Dinner Talk in City
Morris Connel from San José arrives as a majority of Greely arctic expedition survivors converge in the city. Francis Long and Henry Bederbeck are present, with Gen. Greely and Col. Brainard absent. The group plans a meeting this afternoon aboard a North German Lloyd liner to set a dinner date.
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Cape Sabine
Francis Long
Schley
King George’s Household Appointment List Published
A gazette lists extensive retention of King Edward’s staff in King George’s household. Carrington becomes Keeper of the Privy Purse replacing Probyn, Knollys and Bigge remain as private secretaries, with Lord Annaly joining as secretary and Bedchamber lord alongside other former Prince of Wales associates.
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London
King George
King Edward
William H. P. Carrington
Prince of Wales
Dighton Probyn
Francis Knollys
Arthur John Bigge
Lord Annaly
Royal Household
New Prison Site Approved Near Wingdale
Gov Hughes approved a 500 acre site near Wingdale in Dutchess County for a new state prison to replace Sing Sing. The decision marks a shift in state correctional planning and relocates incarceration facilities to a more rural location.
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Albany
Miss Yerkes Seeks Her Legacy in Court Action
Miss Ethel Link Yerkes through guardian James Co Chandler petitions Judge Ward in the U S Circuit Court to intervene in the Underground Electric Railways Co of London v Louis S Owsley executor of Charles T Yerkes estate. The Yerkes heir, daughter of Clarence Yerkes, seeks access to a $100000 trust income not yet paid.
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Ethel Link Yerkes
James Co. Chandler
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Morris Ray Convicted of Manslaughter in Second Trial
Morris Ray found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for the 1908 shooting of Louis Spielberg during an east side gambling quarrel. After eight hours of deliberation in a second trial for murder in the second degree, the verdict shocked spectators and drew mercy recommendations from the jury.
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East Side
Morris Ray
Supreme Court
Spielberg
Ray
Homicide Bureau
Jerome
Movris Ray
Moss
Victoria Café
Incorrigible’s Desire Sparks Anti-Swearing League
In Jersey City Captain Timothy J. Murphy spoke to a class of incorrigibles at Public School 9 invited by Mrs. Bessie Clements. He challenged the boys about swearing and urged them to become good cops, prompting the formation of an anti-swearing league as they left.
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Jersey City
Bessie Clements
Public School 9
Timothy J. Murphy
Capt. Murphy
Burglary at 991 Union Avenue Bronx
Charles C. Townsend reported to the Bronx Detective Bureau that his third floor apartments at 991 Union Avenue were broken into in the afternoon. Jewelry was taken and the extent of the loss was not yet known, as the home was ransacked from parlor to kitchen. An attempted break in at Charles Brahn’s nearby apartment on the same floor frightened the burglars away.
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