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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1901
Page
3
A ferryboat Northfield disaster near Northfield leaves many missing as divers recover the body of Jeremiah V. Wright, 53, note teller of the Oriental Bank, from the women’s cabin. Officials vow full inquiry into the collision with the Mauch Chunk and the fate of other passengers and crew.
Shortly before nine yesterday morning divers finished securing the boat and began recovering bodies and property. Six animals, including a double-seated buggy and several wagons, were hauled to the deck as investigators, relatives, and harbor police gathered at the pier. A gray suited old man’s body was found and identified with letters and a rent receipt addressed to Jeremiah V. Wright.
A sergeant begins his wartime career, rises to colonel of the One Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry colored, serves as a colonel in the Ninth Cavalry regulars, and, in May 1896, retires on the retired list with brevet rank of brigadier general.
W Volkhardt of Stapleton Staten Island writes to The New York Times suggesting reversed landing slips for Staten Island and Jersey Central ferries to improve competition and service. He argues better boats shorter times and safer crossings would attract more riders and reduce accidents on the island.
Southfield Beach Railroad Company wins a temporary injunction from Justice Wilmot M. Smith to prevent police interference as crews lay a double tracked trolley across Staten Island swamps between South and Midland Beaches. The firm holds fee simple title to the route land and resumes work aiming for full operation by July 4.
Mrs. Philip H Kennedy was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of her husband in Kansas City Missouri. She faces a ten year penitentiary sentence as her appeal is filed. Judge Woford presided and later withdrew from future cases to avoid bias.
Surrogate Petty ruled against Anna W. Corbin Borrowe in the suit over the estate of the late Austin Corbin. Heirs Hannah M. Corbin, George S. Edgell, and Austin Corbin Jr. won all contested points, with total costs of 16,539.40. Costs allocated to executors and referees, Judge Reeve, and the remaining balance charged to Borrowe.
A class of 219 law students was examined yesterday for admission to the bar in the Court House of the Appellate Division. The exam was overseen by State Law Examiners William P. Goodell, Franklin M. Danaher, and Edward F. Brown, who recently joined the board. Six women participated: Blanche Hammett Arnold, Anna Flynn, Edith M. Hadley, Jeannette V. Minor, Helen St. Clair Mullen, and Josephine Starry. Others include ex Assemblyman Harvey T. Andrews and John Henry Atkins, a colored man. Notable attendees include Frank Brookfield, son of William Brookfield, and Daniel P. Ingraham, Jr., son of Justice Ingraham.
Yale University announced prize awards this morning in New Haven. Winthrop prizes for seniors named Jacob Brown Haven as first and De Forest Mathematical prizes for the class of 1902 awarded to Wilhelm David Allen Westfall with Malvern Hall Tillett, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as second.
Hugh Byrnes aged 48 of 345 West Forty-fifth Street died in Belle Vue yesterday morning from a skull fracture after being run down Friday morning by a bicycle ridden by John Braunn aged 19 of 211 East Fortieth Street. Braunn was brought to Yorkville Police Court and remanded to the Coroner's custody.
The US army transport Ingalls listing at Erie Basin shipyard in New York caused one death and many injuries during salvage attempts. Workers blame hazardous procedures using chains and ballast to right the ship. divers and formal inquiries anticipated.
The Robins Company told the Quartermaster's Department it can raise the transport Ingalls in seven days, but damage details remain unclear. The contract expires at midnight, incurring 250 dollars per day in penalties. Critics say divers should be used to check dry docks before placing ships. Officers note possible avoidable error and list key company officers and crew.
Washington June 15 A casualty to the ship Ingalls will delay a planned voyage of Congressmen to the Philippines. Sen Bacon of Georgia and Reps Burleson Dearmond Smith Driscoll Greene Weeks Mercer and Gaines were booked to sail on the Ingalls along with several army officers including Inspector General Gen Joseph C Breckinridge.
Fire at Mechanicville destroys Saratoga Brewing Company plant. In Heaverton the Fairview cheese factory, a major Ogdensburg Dairymen's Board of Trade site, burned today, wiping out eleven days of cheese and a day's milk in vats. Owned by W. H. McCadam, the loss is about 45000 dollars with partial insurance.
An overnight fire report lists multiple incidents from Friday night to Saturday morning. Addresses include 144 Liberty Street Caterline Patterson $800 loss at 5:30 A M, 59 Park Row minor damage, 351 West Forty-third Street slight damage, 544 East One Hundred and Tecate Street $500, 308 West Twenty-eighth Street $25 loss to Joseph McCarrin, and other minor damages at Third Avenue and nearby.
Jamestown N Y June 15 The Swedish Immigrant Home at 5 Water Street New York faced scrutiny as the Augustana Synod of the Swedish Lutheran Church adopted a plan to investigate its finances. A new Board of Management was elected and the solicitor’s salary fixed at 1200 dollars with a 10 percent cut from nonmember collections.
Chinese merchants in New York push a memorial to Congress to repeal the Geary Exclusion Act before 1902 and seek eventual equal rights for Chinese migrants. The campaign, backed by Wu Ting-Fang and Consul General Chow Tszchi, aims to show trade gains from open ports and potential growth of Chinatown with property sales and new settlements.
In Rochester the New York Ministerium of the Evangelical Lutheran Church refused Rev. C. W. Jeffries admission to the Synod and permission to begin English work in the German Lutheran district led by Rev. Meyer. The vote was 90 to 18 with ministerial and lay delegates present. Also announced were new directors for Wayne College and other church notices.
Nina Louise Almirall of Brooklyn, a Smith College senior, performed in The Taming of the Shrew while her younger sister, who died in a Brooklyn wagon accident, was kept from the class. Her parents, in Northampton for the performance, returned home after learning of the loss.
A local forecast shows showers with easterly winds shifting to southerly. Thunderstorms and cooler conditions are expected today across the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys with ongoing rain and cooler weather in the region.
A long OCR list enumerates guests at numerous hotels including Albemarle H Hughart Laughlin Pittsburg A B Stewart Seattle and Astor T Singer London N F Hamilton Detroit. The roster also names travelers at Cambridge Augustus B Hart St Louis Fifth Avenue W A Hopper Cincinnati Alexander Gibson Brighton England Grand W F Martin Porto Rico and many others across Grand Union Gilsey Holland Imperial Murray Hill Manor Manhattan Plaza Victoria Waldorf Astoria and more.
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