Official Post Office report backs civil service abuses probe
The Civil Service Commission report on the Washington City Post Office investigation confirms packing of classified posts with political and personal supporters. It exonerates Postmaster Merritt aside from limited secondary responsibility while linking high department officials to most irregular appointments and transfers.
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Post Office Department
Civil Service Commission
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I W. Tulloch
Civil Service
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Washington Post Office
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Merritt
Perry S Heath
Charles Emory Smith
Moorestown
N. J
Good Hope
BSUL
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
River Day Line trips Adv
Summer day river outing ad promotes Hudson River Day Line trips as an entertainment option for enjoying scenic daytime boating on the river.
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Hudson
Adv
Inspector Cochran Visits New York Post Office Inquiry
William E. Cochran, chief Post Office inspector, arrived in New York to take charge of local inspectors. Postmaster Van Cott avoided comment while reporters spoke of Gov Odell and Platt politics. District Attorney Burnett said the next Grand Jury may not address postal matters this term.
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Post Office
Washington
New York
van Cott
Federal Building
Gov. Odell
Platt
Post Office Department
General Delivery
United States District Attorney
Burnett
Federal Grand Jury
Rural free delivery routes resume next week
President orders end to suspension of rural free delivery route establishment after a deficit in the fiscal year appropriation. Postmaster General Payne reports the shortfall, plans to resume installations next week with about 2,500 total routes overdue since spring. First batch moves Monday with openings June 22 in New Hampshire and expanded dining car service on Shore Line trains.
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New York Times
Washington
Payne
Congress
Chicago
Bristow
President Concered Over Canal Outlook
The President closely monitors Colombia as Congress prepares to consider the Panama Canal treaty. Cromwell and the President discuss possible moves, including pressing Nicaragua route talks if Bogota demands higher concessions. Debates split Colombia Congress among outs, ins, and reform-minded factions amid pressure from canal interests.
Cooley to be Civil Service Commissioner in Roosevelt plan
Washington reports President Roosevelt will appoint Alford W. Cooley to the United States Civil Service Commission to fill the Garfield vacancy. Cooley, 30, Harvard graduate and former Westchester Assembly member, is praised by Senator Platt and expected to start duties soon. White Plains notes Cooley resigns as clerk of the Surrogate’s Court and Anson Baldwin to succeed him.
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Platt
White House
A. B. Cooley
Cooley
Civil Service Commission
James R. Garfield
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce
Assembly
White Plains
N. Y
Alford W. Cooley
Anson Baldwin
United States Civil Service
President Roosevelt
Harvard
New York
Westchester County
Westchester
Miss Roosevelt Heads to New England Visit
Miss Alice Roosevelt leaves Washington bound for Chestnut Hill near Boston to visit her grandmother Mrs. George C. Lee.
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New England
Washington
June
Alice Roosevelt
George C. Lee
Chestnut Hil
Boston
Night Train to White Mountains Daily From Grand Central
The night service with Pullman Sleepers to St Albans and Quebec will depart Grand Central Station at 9 00 P M daily except Sundays starting June 22. The White Mountains Express with parlor car service to Fabyan Jefferson and St Albans will also begin June 22 leaving New York at 9 02 A M daily.
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Quebec
Grand Central Station
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Levee Cutting Sparks Deadly Riot in Edgemont Suburb
A riot in Edgemont, a suburb of East St. Louis, reportedly occurred after a railroad worker attempted to cut an embankment letting floodwater through. Two soldiers were killed when gunfire erupted amid the clash. further names and details were not available.
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Dike
East St. Louis
New York Times
ST. Louis
Edgemont
West Virginia Senator Snubbed by President
Senator Scott visited the President’s office in Washington but left when the President was busy. The doorkeeper summoned him back, but Scott declined to return, continuing his departure as the President wished to see him later.
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New York Times
Washington
Senator Scott
West Virginia
Ada Cotton Mill Enters Voluntary Liquidation
Charlotte June 13 stockholders of the Ada Cotton Mill decided to liquidate voluntarily. The plant with 125 workers shut down immediately and the 128 600 capital is secured by $60,000 in personal notes of directors. Directors include George A Howell and David Clark. Auction or private sale planned. Victor Mills also under receiver A C Hutchinson.
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New York Times
Charlotte
N. C
Ada Cotton Mill
Ada
ISSS
George A. Howell
David Clark
A. CC
Hutchinson
Victor Mills
Hutchaoe
Victor Mill Company
George F. Wilson
J. H. McAden
Merchants and Farmers’ Bank
M. P Pegram
First National Bank
Loneliness Drives Woman to Steal Angora Cat
In East Boston Judge Clary suspends sentence for 75 year old Mrs. Rachel Snyder who confessed to stealing Angora cat Rex from David W. Fowler amid loneliness and longing for companionship. The case hinges on a desperate act born of isolation and desire for affection.
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New York Times
Boston
Mrs. Snyder
Angora Cat
David W. Fowler
Saratoga Street
Rex
Snyder
Fowler
Clary
Navy squadron heads to Kiel for naval celebration
The Chicago San Francisco and Machias cruisers reached Southampton en route to Kiel for a joint celebration with the battleship Kearsarge. Admiral Cotton's squadron may call at Spithead after Kiel, with a royal visit possible at Spithead and standard honors expected.
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Navy Department
Chicago
San Francisco
Machias
Southampton
England
Kiel
Kearsarge
Atiel
Cotton
Spithead
Kking Edward
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United States
Germany
Great Britain
American Citizen Killed in Odessa by Turks
United States Consul Heenan reports that Quarekin B. Chitjian an American citizen was killed in Odessa by Turks who have been captured. Chitjian born in Harpoat Turkey in 1863 came to the United States as a child lived in Worcester Mass where naturalized and ordained as a clergyman returned to Europe last September. It is assumed Russian officials will mete out justice.
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Washington
United States
Heenan
Odessa
Russia
State Department
Quarekin B. Chitjian
Chitjian
Harpoat
Turkey
Worcester
Mass
Europe
Buffalo Limited Train Schedule Details
The Buffalo Limited a second edition of the Empire State Express leaves New York daily at 12 50 P M arriving Buffalo at 11 00 P M by New York Central Adv.
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Buffalo Limited
Empire State Express
New York Daily
Buffalo
New York Central
Hotel Strike Fizzles as Nonunion Waiters Return
Chicago reports a heavy setback to the hotel employees strike as 300+ nonunion workers are recruited from other cities. Many hotels resume full service while patrons avoid union tied houses. Strikers fail to stop deliveries. over 1,000 nonunion staff expected to be employed by Wednesday night.
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New York Times
Chicago
Hotel Employers’ Association
A. Frank
Sherman House
J. C. Cornell
Hyde Park Hotel
Paul Blatchford
Middle West
Milwatukee
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri
Union Station
National Teamsters’ Union
Brevoort House
Virginia
Brevoort
Chicago Beach
del Prado
Grand Pacific
Hyde Park
Teamsters’ National Union
Union
John Driscoll
National Civic Federation
Employers' Association
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
George A. Schilling
State Labor Commission
Gov. Altgeld
Joint Committee
Indiana Traction Lease Formed in Philadelphia
Indiana Union Traction Company organized by Philadelphia and Indiana investors with 5 million capital and a 4 million bond issue. $1 million of bonds to be issued immediately. Company to lease and acquire Union Traction Indiana, backed by Philadelphia capital, and to operate a system around two hundred miles after absorbing Indianapolis Northern. Key figures named include Thomas Dolan Randall Morgan J Levering Jones and George F McCulloch.
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Phiadelphia
Indiana Union Traction Company
Philadelphia
Indiana
Union Traction Company of
Philadelphia Capital
Indianapolis Northern Company
Thomas Dolan
Randal Morgan
J. Levering Jones
George F. McCulloch
Shamrocks Sighted Off Sandy Hook En Route To New York
The Atlantic transport liner Minnehaha reports passing the Lipton Shamrock yachts II and III Erin and tug Cruizer about 130 miles east of Sandy Hook. The flotilla, traveling eight to nine knots in favorable weather, is expected to reach Sandy Hook Lightship by 7 to 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Mass
New York
London
Marconi
Nantucket
Sandy Hook
Erin
Cruizer
Lipton
Lipton Flotilla
Charles G Emery Buys Grand View Park Near Ogdensburg
Charles G Emery of New York has purchased the Grand View Park estate of twenty acres on the St. Lawrence River near Ogdensburg. The park on Wellesley Island near Thousand Island Park was created fifteen years ago by a Syracuse company with a hotel and cottages. The price is believed to be about $10,000 and the hotel will not operate as a public resort under the new owner. Rumors hint at philanthropic plans possibly hosting New York City children in summer.
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New York Times
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Charles G. Emery
New York
Grand View Park
St. Lawrence River
Wellesley Island
Thousand Island Park
Syracuse
Mr. Emery
Grand View Park Hotel
New York City
Bethlehem Steel Company
Morgan & Co
Steel Corporation
J. P. Morgan & Co
Messrs. Nixon and Dresser
Elizabeth C Adams dies descendant of the Adams family
Elizabeth Coombs Adams, granddaughter of John Adams and niece of John Quincy Adams, died in Quincy Massachusetts after a five month illness. Born February 9 1808 in Quincy she was the daughter of Thomas Boylston Adams long time chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. She was a notable social figure who attended historic meetings with Adams and Lafayette in 1825 and was present at John Adams death in 1826 July 4.
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John Adams
John Quincy Adams
United States
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Thomas Boylston Adams
Massachusetts Supreme Court
White House
National Capital
Marquis de-Lafayette
Bunker Hill Monument
Historic Van Rensselaer Island Sold to NY Central
The deed transfers Van Rensselaer Island in the Hudson River opposite Albany from John J Van Rensselaer and wife Florence of Swartwood New Jersey and others to the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company for 6000 dollars. The map shows Island Creek on the Rensselaer water front and the buyer takes subject to Julius Saul and assigns rights to use the north part of the island for sign purposes until August 30 1903.
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New York Times
Troy
N. Y
van Rensselaer
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
John J van Rensselaer
Florence
Swartwood
N. J
Visscher van Rensselaer
Mary A
Rensselaer
Cornelius Bolton
Pelham
Peyton J. van
Coasting spill injures Brooklyn women on Mount Arlington Hill
A group of eight Brooklyn young women riding bicycles on Mount Arlington Hill in Lake Hopatcong coasted out of control. They crashed in stages, narrowly avoiding carriages and autos. Miss Mabel Blume led the group and was nearly run over by a horse team before two bystanders rescued her.
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New York Times
Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Brooklyn
Mount Arlington Hill
Bertha Fairchild
Sadie Burrell
Edith Powell
Lillie MecGill
Mabel Blume
Bessie O'Connor
Louise Schwartz
Jennie Lawrence
Lena
Gladys Fiske
Miss Blume
Mountain Railway Sold to New York Syndicate
A New York syndicate led by John P. Powers completes purchase of the Keeseville Ausable Chasm and Lake Champlain Railroad. Plans call for converting Keeseville to electric operation and extending to Lake Seer to access the Adirondacks. The deal closes within days. the backers are described as unlimited-capital cranks. Intercollegiate Boat Races noted with Chester W. Chapin on June 26 at Poughkeepsie. tickets $1 at Fall River Line office.
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New York Times
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Keeseville
Ausable Chasm
Lake Champlain
New York
John P. Powers
Lake Seer
Adirondacks
Poughkeepsie
Str
Chester W.chapin
Fall River Line
N. R
Adv
Pain's Fireworks for the Fourth Season Catalogue
Pain's Fireworks advertises a Fourth of July selection with a season catalogue. The notice lists a telephone and address at Court 12 Park Place, N, plus a contact line 4819.
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Court
Park Place
Shipyard ties and Bethlehem Steel stake shake United States Shipbuilding
Lewis Nixon resigns as U S Shipbuilding Company president amid disclosures of his $9 million stake and ties to Bethlehem Steel via Morgan & Co. and the shipyard financing deal. Schwab defends his role outlining initial investments and the complex stock and bond arrangements connected to the Bethlehem Steel acquisition.
The 20th Century Limited Sails Past Time Save
The New York Central launches the 20th Century Limited, a 20 hour express service between New York and Chicago. It claims to save a day on the trip, advertised as a rapid passenger route.
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New York Central
New York
Chicago
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