Fight for Bronx Lines Continues At State Rail Hearing
The hearing on the Interborough Railway Company certificate before the State Board of Railroad Commissioners was continued at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Opposition from Union Railway Company claimed the plan would invade its territory. Evidence showed $40,000 paid by incorporators was deposited in a bank, then redirected to the Interborough account, prompting questions of good faith. The commission adjourned the session to Wednesday at 10 a.m.
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New York City
Interborough Railway Company
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Fifth Avenue
Interbroush Company
Charlies Li Guy
Hir Firi Cof Exow, McKellar
Guy& Wells
Clarence Smith
Wheeeler, Cortin & Helsht
R. ©. Wood
Frarsiol
Unio Railway Company
Interborough
W. H. Page
Union Railway Company
Guy
Wood,Havéemeyer & Kearny
Page
Wood, Havemeyer & Kearny
Interborough Company
Wood, Havemever. & Kearny
Ges
Wood, Havemever. &Kearny
Wood, Havemeyer & Pace
Wood, T Hawemeyer & Kearny
New York
Pages Ae
Mr. Wood
Mr. Page
Dunn
Most Contemptible Man Sent to Workhouse
Magistrate Zelter in the West Side Court voices condemnation for John Gildea a waiter charged with deserting his consumptive wife Bridget. The judge orders six months in the workhouse and the hardest labor after detailing repeated arrests and alleged drunken abuse.
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Zelter
Bridget
West Forty-eighth Street
Car Struck Man Then Flew Away in City Collision
William McLoughlin, a 50 year old carpenter, was struck by an eastbound Third Avenue car at Lexington and 125th. The car fled. police pursued but failed. McLoughlin suffered a compound skull fracture and was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he remained unconscious after surgery.
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William McLoughlin
Lexington Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
Third Avenue
McLoughlin
Bast
Bast One- Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Supreme Court Hands Down Excise Rebate Ruling
Justice Greenbaum held that when a bartender at a liquor store is convicted of liquor tax law violations but the premises owner is not, the State Excise Board must return any rebate on the surrendered certificate. The case is A. Hupfel's Sons versus State Excise Commissioner Cullinan, involving a certificate surrendered by Joseph F. Florence.
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Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
State Excise Board
A. Hupfel
Cullinan
Hupfel
Joseph F. Florence
Commissioner's Rebates Refused Over Unexpired Term
They sought the rebate for the unexpired term, but the Commissioner refused, arguing that the bartender's conviction equates to the owner's conviction.
Steel price schedule to be fixed today for 1904
United States Steel and independent producers meet to fix the 1904 price list. Steel billets are expected to drop from 29.50 to below 28, with other prices holding. Market yesterday saw heavy selling attributed to Pittsburgh sources as the schedule conference results leaked.
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United States Steel Operation
Pittsburg
Steel Corporation
Bears
Steel Trust
Elevator Disaster Kills One and Injures Two in Harlem Stables
A freight elevator fell at 156 East 123rd Street in Harlem yesterday afternoon killing William McGowan and severely injuring Carl A Heaste and Charles Coper. The three men were on or near the hoist rope as the device collapsed. The stable, owned by Nauss Brothers, used for their own and public stabling, employed two delivery wagons hoisted during the accident. Police investigate responsibility.
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Harlem
East One Hundred and Twenty-third Street
William McGowan
East One Hundred
Third Street
Carl
Charles Coper
Edgewater
N. J
Nauss Brothers
Miss Whiting Wins Damages in Railroad Suit
A Brooklyn Supreme Court jury awarded Miss Eunice L. Whiting 1 001 from the New York Central Railroad Company after a heavy bag fell from an overhead rack on the Empire State express near Albany injuring her head and spine. The June 29 1900 incident left her seeking 15 000 dollars in damages.
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Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Baby born in Guam named Eugenia Elizabeth
The first American baby born on Guam arrived about four weeks ago. A girl, daughter of Paymaster Eugene Dewey Ryan of the U S Navy, was named Eugenia Elizabeth. Gov. Sewell proclaimed the day a public holiday celebrated by Americans and locals. Ryan served as Paymaster on the USS Concord during the Manila Bay battle. his father Thomas Ryan works in the Army Quartermaster’s Department in Building, New York. News reached the city in a letter to grandparents.
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Guam
Sewell
Eugene Dewey Ryan
United States Navy
Ryan
United States
Concord
Miniia Bay
Eugenia Elizabeth
Thomas Ryan
Quartermaster’s
Army
Builder Broadbelt Declared Bankrupt in Brooklyn Court
William Broadbelt a builder from West Brighton Staten Island was adjudged bankrupt by Judge Thomas in U S District Court Brooklyn. The petition lists liabilities of 12004112 and assets a mortgaged Oscawana New York property. Thirty seven creditors claim 1040 167 04 the rest hold secured mortgages on Manhattan property. Broadbelt blames failed building speculations for the losses and notes most creditors are secured by mortgages.
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William Broadbelt
West Brighton
Staten Island
Thomas
United States District Court
Brooklyn
Breadbelt
Oscawana
N. Y
Manhattan
Broadbelt
Police seek 660 more officers for new platoon system
Police Commissioner Greene urged Mayor Law to expand the department by 660 patrolmen plus additional sergeants and roundsmen to meet changes when the new platoon system starts next Monday. Mayor Law requested an official letter detailing the needs for presentation to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
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Greene
Law
Police Department
Tyor Low
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Sergeant Schauwecker Faces Police Board Action
Sergt Charles L Schauwecker former head of the school of instruction was tried at Police Headquarters before Deputy Commissioner Davis on the second specification of charges by Dept Piper. Ten days earlier he was tried on accepting a money gift from outgoing school of instruction members. The second specification charges that he failed to prevent the squad from taking a collection. Decision was reserved.
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Charles L. Schauwecker
School of Instruction
Police
Davis
Piper
Appeal of Al Adams Seeks Appellate Review
The appeal from a conviction in the Supreme Court involving possession of policy papers was submitted to the Appellate Division yesterday. The court accepted the case without oral argument. Mrs Kellogg argues the penal code presumption of knowledge in possessing policy papers is unconstitutional.
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al” Adams
Court-martial ordered for Lt. Foley on embezzlement charges
Manila reports First Lieut. Hamilton Foley of the Fifth Cavalry faces court-martial for embezzling soldiers pay, irregular pay accounts, improper debt contracts, and deceiving superiors aboard the transport Thomas en route home, detained by order of Major General ay.
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Manila
Hamilton Foley
Fifth Cavalry
Thomas
Suits Over Station Site Brought by Rail Company
Condemnation actions have begun in the Supreme Court by the Pennsylvania New York and Long Island Rail Road Company to seize seventeen parcels in the blocks between Seventh Ninth Avenues and Thirty first Thirty third Streets for a new Pennsylvanias station. The plan targets properties including 399 Seventh Avenue and 441 Eighth Avenue with more holdings to follow as the railroad moves to obtain possession. Tearing down old buildings will start soon as possession is gained along the four blocks.
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Supreme Court
Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seventh Avenue
Eighth Avenue
West Thirty-second Street
Boardman, Platt & Soley
Stuyvesant Real Estate Company
Pesceveny
Stuyvesant Company
Henry A. Dirkes
Douglas Robinson
Charles
Brown’ & Co
West Thirty-first Street
Thirty-first Street
Eighth and
Ninth Avenues
Appellate Division
Century chests and memorial art in 1900s memory trend
A modern memorial practice appears with steel century chests sealed in public buildings to be opened in 2100. Colorado Springs and other towns adopt the idea, while debates on monuments continue with Gen Lawton and McClellan sculptures, and auctions reveal evolving tastes in British and French art.
Porto Ricans Defend Citizenship Rights for Bar Exam
Two young Porto Ricans who graduated from a Washington law college sought admission to the District of Columbia bar. The secretary allowed the exam subject to a court ruling on citizenship, arguing Porto Ricans are United States citizens. The men refused the conditional exam and plan to study further and return in fall for a post graduate course before reattempting admission.
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New York Times
Washington
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Congress
the Istand
Porto Rico
United States
Washington School
Wife Repels Invasion In Middletown Home
Newport Rhode Island June 18 Automobile Constable Johnson of Middletown is in hospital with a bullet wound to the leg after attempting to force his way into his own home. He had previously arrested Reginald Vanderbilt the day before his wedding for speeding in Newport. The wife fired a revolver from inside the house as he tried the window breaking in.
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Newport
R. I
Johnson
Middletown
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Troops Changed at McKinley’s Tomb
Canton Ohio June 18 The detach ment of Company M Eighth Regiment United States Army on guard at the temporary tomb of the late President McKinley since last Fall has been ordered to return to Fort Thomas Kentucky July 1 A detachment from the First Regular Infantry now at Fort Wayne Michigan will be sent here to take the face of the men leaving The present guard consists of thirty eight men under Lieuts Rees and Iglehart It is expected the Eighth Regiment will be ordered to the Philippines about Dec 1.
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McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Eighth Regiment
United States Army
President McKinley
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Fort Wayne
Michigan
Yee
Rees and Iglehart
Philippines
Army officer arrested for desertion in Cuba case
General Bates reports the capture of Lieut. Thomas T. Murtaugh of the United States Coast Artillery in Chicago. He deserted his troop at Cienfuegos, Cuba about three weeks ago, leaving exchange accounts unsettled. He will be sent to Governor's Island for court martial.
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Washington
Gen. Bates
War Department
Chicago
Thomas T.murtaugh
United States Coast Artillery
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Governor's Island
Brooklyn Jurors Find Torckofsky Guilty of First Degree Murder
In County Court Brooklyn a jury found Antonio Torckofsky guilty of murder in the first degree after about ninety minutes deliberation. He killed John Schlagovsky a Polish saloon keeper on March 16 at 76 North Sixth Street. The widow and her seventeen year old son testified for the defense. She said Schlagovsky had quarreled with four men before the killing.
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Brooklyn
Antonio Torckofsky
Torckofsky
John Schlagovsky
North Sixth Street
Schlagousky
Benjamin Schlagousky
Dental Specialization Sets Higher Quality Standards
Specialization has raised the standard of quality in dentistry. The profession demands education, carefulness, and skill, and cannot compete on price with the ignorant, the careless, or the unskilled.
Great Gathering of Wings Holds Second Reunion in Sandwich
The Wing family of America plans its second reunion in Sandwich Massachusetts from June 26 to July 2. The group claims many members including Theodore Roosevelt as a distant connection and invites the President to attend the gathering chaired by George H. Wing of Springfield.
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Sandwich
Mass
Roosevelt
Wing
America
Theodore Roosevelt
Deborah Wing
George H. Wing
Springfield
Cadets Named for West Point Class Entering 1904
The President appointed cadets and alternates for the West Point class entering in June 1904. Listed are Henry Fairfax Ayres, Charles Hartwell Bonesteel Jr., Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Paul Capron, Charles Hodges Eldridge, Philip Gordon, Charles Lacey Hall, Wert Chute Jacobs, Herman Kobbe, John C. F. Tillson Jr., Frank Lazelle VanHorne, William H. Emory Jr., William H. Sage Jr., Rodney H. Smith, Robert H. Fletcher Jr., John L. Clem Jr., Charles D Braden, John L. Holcombe, and Charles Walker McClure with their parent military or naval connections.
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Washington
Military Academy
West Point
Henry Fairfax Ayres
Charles G. Ayres
Eighth Cavalry
Charles Hartwell Bonesteel
Major Bonesteel
Twenty-third Infantry
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Buckner
Kentucky
Paul Capron
Allyn Capron
Fleet Artillery
Charles Hodges Eldridge
Bogardus Eldridge
Fourteenth Infantry
Philip Gordon
W. B. Gordon
The
Charles Lacey Hall
Wm. R. Hall
A. S. A. Wert
United States Army
John C. F. Tillson, Jr
Tillson
Fourth Infantry
Frank Lazelle VanHorne
J. J. VanHorne
Twenty-eighth Infantry
William H. Emory, Jr
W. H. Emory
United States Navy
William H. Sage, Jr
W. Hi. Sage
Rodney H. Smith
George R. Smith
Robert H. Fletcher
Fletcher
John L. Clem
S Department
Charles D.braden
Charles Braden
United States Aps
John L. Holcombe
J. H. L. Holcombe
Charles Walker McClure
Charles McClure
President appoints new postmasters in several states
The President named new postmasters in New York and New Jersey. Flora A. Horner is appointed at Belmont, James HB. Johnson at Canton, and Wm. G. ae wavry at Mechanicsville. P. W. Blakeley is named for Dunellen and Wm. L. Doremus for Montclair in New Jersey.
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Washington
New York
Belmont
Flora A. Horner
Canton
James HB. Johnson
Mechanicsville
Wm. G. Ae
Wavry
New Jersey
Dunellen
P. W. Blakeley
Montclair
Wm. L. Doremus
Naval Academy Inspectorships Awarded in Modern Languages
Examinations for four inspectorships in modern languages at the Naval Academy were held June 10. Candidates including travelers from France competed. The Spanish post goes to Dr. Clark of Harvard, while the three French posts go to Messrs. Costet Olivette and Voinot. Each inspector earns 1500 dollars yearly.
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Naval Academy
New York Times
Annapolis
France
Clark
Harvard
Messrs
Costet
Olivette
Voinot
Pere Marquette Stockholders Call Special Meeting
A special meeting of the Pere Marquette Railroad stockholders is scheduled in Detroit on July 15 to ratify actions related to a bond purchase and corporate control changes. The notice emphasizes stockholder approval of the proposed transactions and governance details.
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Pere Marquette
Pére Marquette Railroad
Detroit
Ngee
Pére Marquette
UC Scientist Reports Dramatic Brightness Surge in Omicron Ceti
Dr. Joel Stebbins of Lick Observatory reports Omicron Ceti, known since 1596 for irregular variation, now shows extraordinary fluctuations with brightness at least 7000 times its normal level. The finding, described in a university bulletin, challenges prior belief that the star is inert. Cambridge observers noted the March record and today’s unexpected activity.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Joel Stebbins
Lick Observatory
University
Cambridge
Mass
Arvard Observatory
Thompson Estate Contested Over 1.5 Million Left by Fred Thompson
In Ballston New York relatives of Frank Thompson contest the 1.5 million dollar estate as no will existed at his death last winter. Caroline B Thompson and Thomas Kerley named to administer and seven relatives were cited to claim shares. The estate includes bonds and mortgages. Several New York law firms hired to pursue the case.
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New York Times
Ballston
N. Y
Frank Thompson
Thompson
New York
Caroline B. Thompson
Thomas Kerley
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