Public baths planned by Mrs. Anderson in East Side
Mrs. A. A. Anderson purchases 825 and 327 East Thirty-eighth Street to erect bathhouses at a total cost of 100000. The project aims to relieve unsanitary conditions and serve the East Side poor, with construction overseen by Mrs. Anderson and plans forthcoming for early summer start. The initiative aligns with public bath funding of 325000 and may be presented to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
A. A. Anderson
East Thirty-eighth Street
Board of Estimate
Anderson
Society
Milbank Hall
Barnard College
Ecuador Volcano Eruption Delays Travelers Eleven Days
Travelers from Chone arriving in Quito report a twelve day delay due to volcanic ash and lava on the road from a crater in Pichincha. Quito residents witnessed firing from the crater and ash fall in the nights preceding the alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guayquil
Ecuador
Chone
Manabi
Quito
Pichincha
Good Ground Mystery Narrowed to Drowning Case
Deputy Sheriff Rogers reported attempts to serve Louis Disbrow’s subpoena in the drowning of Sarah Lawrence and Clarence Foster at Tiana Bay. Disbrow’s counsel refused service, and his father said Louis would appear only if charged. Dr Nugent also treated Grace Foster with pneumonia. condition unchanged after three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
L. I
Rogers
Northport
Rowland Miles
Louis Disbrow
Disbrow
Sarah Lawrence
Clarence Foster
Tiana Bay
Miles
T. A. Disbrow
Louis
Nugent
Grace Foster
Fire on Union Square aids transit tunnel work shed destruction
A small but fierce blaze on Union Square opposite Fifteenth Street destroyed a 12 by 16 foot shed used by Holbrook Daly Cabot for torches oil and gasoline. Firefighters used sand to fight the oil blaze. A nearby dynamite cache was deemed low risk with 25 pounds stored. Estimated damage priced at 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Square
Fifteenth Street
Holbrook,Daly, & Cabot
Rapid Transit
Fourteenth Street
Holbrook
Colored man ordained priest in Baltimore
In Baltimore on June 21 Cardinal Gibbons ordained Harry Dorsey, the second Black man to become a Catholic priest in the United States. Born in Baltimore, he studied under Archbishop Ireland in St Paul, later at Epiphany College and St Joseph's Seminary, earning high honors and three honorary degrees. he will celebrate his first mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archbishop Ireland
Slattery
Epiphany College
Walbrook
East
Father Dorsey
St. Joseph's Seminary
Mass Tomorrow at St Francis Xavier for Colored People
A mass is planned tomorrow at St Francis Xavier's Church for colored people. The first colored priest ordained in the United States was Rev. C. R. Uncles, ordained at the cathedral in 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis Xavier's Church
United States
C. R. Uncles
Mobmen threaten lynching in New Kensington riot
Dominick Sandos Tony Madron and Louis Madron Italians narrowly escaped a lynching by hundreds of rioters after David James was assaulted and Frank James mortally wounded. Police guarded prisoners as 100 armed officers protected them at the station before they were moved to Greensburg Jail then by carriage to Pittsburgh amid a large mob chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Kensington
Penn
Dominick Sandos
Tony Madron
Louis Madron
Narowly
David James
Frank James
Greensburg
Pittsburg
Greensurg
President Roosevelt Set for Boston Visit Next Week
Arrangements by the Adjutant General’s department outline Roosevelt’s Boston trip. June 24 escort from the state line to Boston with Gen. Curtis. reception by Gov. Crane at Back Bay Station. breakfast at Hotel Somerset. Harvard commencement in Cambridge. return to Boston for Algonquin Club dinner. cove train to New London from Back Bay Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Adjutant General’s Department
Roosevelt
Adjt
Dalton
Gen. Curtis. Guild
M. P. Curran
Boston Press Club
Back Bay
Crane
Somerset
Cambridge
Harvard
Algonquin Club
New London
Back
Colombian Town Besieged in Panama Report
Panama June 21 report notes Agua Dulce captured by government forces led by Generals Berti and Castro. General Vivero, a Chirqui prisoner, escaped to deliver word that Agua Dulce is defended by 1000 troops and Liberal forces at David show demoralization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Colombia
Agua Dulce
Berti
Castro
Vivero
Chiriqui
David
American Liner Finland Launched in Philadelphia
The American Line steamer Finland was launched at William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia. Mrs. Samuel Bettle christened the vessel, daughter of Clem ent Griscom. The Kroonland will start regular Southampton and Antwerp trips on June 28 under Capt. Doxrud. The Finland is 12,000 tons register and 550 feet long, built entirely of steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
Amercan Line
Finland
William Cramp & Sons’ Ship and Engine Building Company
Samuel Bettle
New York
Clement A. Griscom
International Navigation Company
Kroonland
Southampton
Antwerp
Doxrud
Third Battery Marches on Long Island in Rain
In a downpour and wearing rubber ponchos, the Third Battery of the National Guard began a week long practice march from the Clermont Avenue armory in Brooklyn to Milburn then Islip. About 100 men led by Capt. Rasquin headed twenty five miles to camp at Milburn, with plans to practice at Creedmoor and return via a northern route to Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Clermont Avenue
Brooklyn
Long Island
Peekskill
Rasquin
Milburn
Islip
Riverhead
Creedmoor
Tunnel Accidents suit Transferred to New York City
Word received indicates Judge Gaynor granted a venue change from Westchester to New York City in New Rochelle widow Jennie M Leys suit for 100000 damages against the New York Central Railroad over her husband William Leys death in the Park Avenue Tunnel accident. This is the first case moved from the tunnel disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Gaynor
Brooklyn
New York City
Supreme Court
Westchester County
Jennie M. Leys
New Rochelle
New York Central Railroad Company
William Leys
Park Avenue Tunnel
Memorial Bridge Bill Advances to Conference
In Washington on June 21, Representative Grosvenor Ohio moved to concur in the Senate amendment for a Memorial Bridge over the Potomac with a cost cap of 2.5 million dollars and 100 thousand dollars set aside for plans. He noted the Grand Army of the Republic endorsement of connecting Washington with Arlington Cemetery and Fort Myer. The motion failed after debate and the bill returned to conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Grosvenor
Ohio
Senate
Potomac
Grovernor
Grand Army of the Republic
Arlington Cemetery
Fort Myer
Gros
Denial of Beef Trust Formation by Major Packers
CHICAGO June 21 Arthur Meeker manager for Armour and Co and Michael Cudahy of the Cudahy Packing Co deny reports of a New Jersey law trust among Armour Swift Morris Hammond and others. Cudahy says he knows nothing of any contemplated combination among the packers and that he has heard rumors but does not participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
Michael Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Company
New Jersey
Cudahy
Armour
Swift
Morris
Hammond
New Dutch West Indies Tariff Increases Duties
Willemstad Curacao June 21 announces the new customs tariff becoming effective July 1. Silk duty doubles. cement duties set at 1 cent per kilogram. collars taxed at twice the former rate. brandy duty fixed at 26 cents per kilogram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willemstad
Island of Curacao
Strike agitators jailed in Clarksburg plot
Mother Jones and six United Mine Workers from across the country were arrested in Clarksburg, bound for Parkersburg by four deputy marshals. They had leased land for meetings as their defense against an injunction from Judge J Jackson. Bail amount not fixed. funds provided for release. first arrest of Mother Jones despite many injunctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
West Va
Jones
Thomas Haggerty
William Morgan
Bernard Rice
George Baron
Andrew Lascavash
William Blakely
United Mine Workers
Parkersburg
J. Jackson
United States Circuit Court
Af Jones
Derby Girl Struck By Express Train In Milford
Miss Mary Lewis aged fifteen daughter of Deacon George Lewis was stripped of her clothes by a New York express in Milford. She clung to the high fence between tracks and was grazed by the train but escaped serious injury. The engineer stopped the train after the incident and she went home in shock with only minor scratches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby
Conn
Mary Lewis
George Lewis
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Milford
Discharged for Wharfage Shortage at Department of Docks
Thomas Lusk was discharged after being charged with failing to account for 324.99 in wharfage collected between January 1901 and January 1902. He admitted some collection but offered no repayment until auditors intervened. James G. Shand faced a similar charge for October wharfage, with a ruling reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Docks
Hawkes
Thomas Lusk
Lusk
James G. Shand
Many Convicts Disappointed in Massachusetts Case
Worcester, June 21. Friends of long term prisoners at Charlestown have engaged lawyer Marvin M. Taylor to test if good behavior can shorten minimum terms before they expire. Taylor concludes the law requires serving at least the minimum sentence. release earlier by good conduct is not permitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Massachusetts
Charlestown
Marvin M. Taylor
Friends
Taylor
Tampa Bay Hotel Sold to Syndicate
The Tampa Bay Hotel, built 1888-89 to promote Tampa growth and Havana travel, has been sold to a syndicate led by T. J. Scott of Montgomery Alabama. The brick fireproof hotel is praised as the world’s finest tourist hotel and a premier Oriental style specimen in the United States. Tampa’s population grew to 28,000. Plant estate valued at $24 million. Price about equal to the hotel and 380 acres of land, excluding furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Tampa Bay
T. J. Scott
Montgomery
Ala
Havana
United States
Plant
Carnegie Gift Unavailable for New Brunswick Library
Andrew Carnegie will not fund a $50,000 library gift until a site is agreed. The New Brunswick Board of Trustees split on two site options Livingston Avenue or selling the current library plot, producing a tie. Mayor Viehmann warned the matter may wait until 1908 or the gift could be withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Andrew Carnegie
Livingston Avenue
Linn E. Wheeler
First Baptist Church
W.C. Armstrong
E N Marks Dies in Long Branch Gambling Figure
Edward N Marks a leading backer of gambling ventures and partner in race bookmaking was found dead in his Pennsylvania Club room in Long Branch at age 52 from apoplexy. A New York resident, he owned Gloucester gambling interests and stood in books for others. He also held stock in a Jamaica LI race track project and the Daily America newspaper. His death ends a career tied to New York tracks, Gloucester operations, and gaming houses. His wife was in New York. the body will be moved to Philadelphia for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
N. J
Edward N. Marks
New York
Pennsylvania Club
New York City
West Forty-second Street
Newbacker
South Jersey
Gloucester Course
William Thompson
Marks
Gloucester
New Jersey
Jamaica
L. I
Daily America
West Seventieth Street
City House
Philadelphia
Westchester Court Awards $200000 Dower from Empire City Sale
Justice Keogh ordered the Westchester County Treasurer to pay Mrs. William H. Clark $200000 as dower from the Empire City track sale. The property, bought by Frank Farrell and associates under foreclosure, had its sale set aside and later resold for 300000 to Fred Gerken and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keogh
Empire City
White Plains
Westchester County
William H. Clark
Clark
Frank Farrell
Justice Keogh
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Fred Gerken
Automobile Case Contrasts Speed Testimonies at Nyack
In Nyack on June 21 Edward Copeland Wallace testified the automobile traveling eight miles an hour stopped after seeing Lawyer Lovatt waving his hand. Lovatt and his wife were injured when his horse was frightened by the vehicle. Wallace and his son supported stopping the car promptly, contradicting earlier testimony that the car ran about thirty miles an hour and did not stop. The case will be argued next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nyack
N. Y
Edward Copeland Wallace
New York
Court Business Tied Up In Utica As Judge Coxe Moves
In Utica New York the U S District Court for the Northern District is nearly clogged after Judge A C Coxe's promotion to the Circuit Court. Bankruptcy matters dominate the docket as petitioners seek restraining orders to halt state proceedings until a trustee is appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
United States District Court
Northern District
A. C. Coxe
Circuit Court of Appeals
Second Circuit
Coxe
Judge Hazel
Buffalo
Hazel
David B. Sheehan
Syracuse Tobacco
Roosevelt
Jersey City Judge Orders Vaccination for Mary Griffin
Police Justice Hoos presided as Mrs. Mary Griffin of 475 Henderson Street faced a smallpox quarantine breach. After refusing vaccination, she was jailed but ultimately consented when the alternative was jail. The case underscores strict enforcement of vaccination during outbreaks.
Raids in the Tenderloin uncover gambling ring
Acting Captain Dillon and Detectives Black Flynn and Underhill raided 17 West Twenty fourth Street seizing roulette wheels fare layout poker chips and cards. Four men were arrested including Frank Spanish Andrew Clark John Wall and George Vance. Pro proprietor believed absent. Bruce Forrester to be arraigned in Jefferson Market Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Harmans
Brook Avenue
Dillon
Black
Flynn
Capt
Frank Spanish
Broadway
Andrew Clark
Third Avenue
John Wall
Second Street
George Vance
West Thirtieth Street
Harley
West Thirty-second Street
Bruce Forrester
Jefferson Market
Littauer's Future in New Congressional District
In the new district combining Warren, Saratoga, Fulton, Hamilton, and Montgomery counties three current House members sit there Lucius N Littauer of Fulton Louis W Emerson of Warren and John K Stewart of Montgomery Littauer is favored for renomination as Emerson promises Warren county delegates and Stewart is to join the St Louis Fair Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Saratoga
Fulton
Hamilton
Montgomery
House of Representatives
Lucius N. Littauer
Theodore Roosevelt
Louis W. Emerson
John K. Stewart
St. Louis
Mr. Littauer
Republican gossip in New York city and state capital
Prominent Republican politicians gathered in New York city missed meetings with Senator Platt and Governor Odell. Rumors said F W Higgins may return to the Senate while 8 Fred Nixon could become Assembly Speaker. Lieutenant Governor hopefuls pointed to candidates from New York or Erie counties with Tracy Becker and N A Elsberg discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt
Odell
Washington
Peekskill
Newburg
Waldorf-Astoria
F. W. Higgins
Fred Nixon
Chautauqua
Higgins
Senate
Nixon
Assembly
New York
Erie County
Tracy Becker
Buffalo
N. A. Elsberg
Hempy Restored as Committee for Edward Martens Estate
Judge Keogh in White Plains grants discharge of Maggie J. L. Hempy as committee of the person and estate of Edward Martens of Mount Vernon. Martens, heir to a Gerd Martens fortune, was declared incompetent last October. Affidavits and Dr. Charles E. Phillips certify Martens is restored mentally and physically. order directs restoration of the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Keogh
Supreme Court
Maggie J. L. Hempy
Edward Martens
Mount Vernon
Gerd Martens
Martens
Charles E. Phillips
New York
Broker Accused of Forgery in Midtown Incident
J Lindley Pyle real estate broker at 146 West 97th Street was arrested on forgery charges by Officer Brexline of West 100th Street station. Complainant J Monroe Garretson of Madison, N.Y. said Pyle gave a certified check from Mutual Bank at 33rd Street and Broadway for 150 dollars that proved bad. Garretson sought Pyle for hours before finding him near his home. police intervened and took him into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lindley Pyle
West Ninety-seventh Street
Brexline
West One Hundredth Street
J. Monroe Garretson
Madison
Garretson
Pyle
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Arrives in Liverpool for Visit
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Premier of Canada arrives in Liverpool aboard the Cunard steamer Etruria from New York. He will attend the Colonial Premiers conference and the coronation ceremonies before continuing to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
England
Liverpool
Canada
Cunard Line
Etruria
New York
London
Swits Conde Knitting Mill in Oswego Closes
The Swits Conde Knitting Mill, Oswego, with 500 workers, shut down tonight. S. M. Coon of Oswego appointed receiver. Liabilities total about 290000 dollars, with notes indorsed by Swits Conde and floated by New York brokers. Assets estimated at 335000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swits Conde Knitting Mill
Oswego
N. Y
Swits Conde
S. M. Coon
New York
Dinner Honoring Irrigation Bill Held by Senator Dietrich
In Washington on June 21 a dinner was hosted by Senator Dietrich for Senators and Representatives from western states in celebration of the irrigation bill's passage. Secretary Root and Senator Hanna attended as guests and praised those who aided in drafting and pushing the measure. Senator Fairbanks recalled President McKinley’s early interest in irrigating the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dietrich
Root
Hanna
Congress
Fairbanks
McKinley
Two New York youths Detained in Bayonne Burglary Case
Jacob Greenberg eighteen and claiming to be a bartender of 51 Forsyth Street and Jacob Rosenthal a jeweler of 86 Chrystie Street were held at Police Headquarters charged in a Bayonne New Jersey burglary. Greenberg faces burglary charges while Rosenthal is accused of receiving stolen silverware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Greenberg
Forsyth Street
Jacob Rosenthal
Chrystie Street
Bayonne
N. J
Greenberg
Rosenthal
Red Star Line Shifts Sailing Day to Saturday
Red Star Line changes schedule with Vaderland sailing yesterday to Antwerp. Vessels will now depart on Saturdays rather than Wednesdays, ending the prior midweek pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Star Line
Vaderland
Antwerp
Third Cabin Passengers Flock Abroad for Summer Travel
The Celtic carried nearly twelve hundred third cabin travelers mainly Irish and Scandinavian as vacationers seek Cork Exhibition midsummer revels and King Edward coronation holds little appeal. Immigrant checks loom for those visiting relatives in Europe who are not naturalized citizens on Ellis Island return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celtic
Line
Cork
Edward
Erin
Terry
James J. Hill
Labrador
Europe
Ellis Island
Misfortune of Pierro Straws Hats Go Rolling Down Street
An itinerant Italian merchant Pierro loses his stock of Panama hats to gusts on Eighth Street and Broadway. The pushcart topples spilling hats as his son chases a rolling pile amid shouting drivers and muddy chaos. Two dozen hats vanish with the wind as onlookers watch the spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Pierro
Eighth Street
Third Avenue
Broadway
Woman Arrested After Fatal Shooting On West Side
Annie Merrit, 23, a Black woman of 231 West 46th Street, shot Sam Thornton in Manhattan near Fifty-first Street. Thornton, identified by Merrit and wounded in the back, was taken to Roosevelt Hospital where he lay unconscious and may die. Merrit claimed Thornton threatened her life and that she shot first after he pursued her. she carried the revolver concealed under a newspaper. Police later learned Thornton’s address at 150 West 51st Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Merrit
West Fortysixth Street
Sam Thornton
Lohmeyer
Woods
West Forty-seventh Street
Tenth Avenue
Fifty-first Street
Fiftyfirst
Mrs. Merrit
Thornton
Roosevelt Hospital
Station House
West Fifty-first Street
Coronation Interest Highlighted by Two Sides
In a Washington Star exchange a Briton questions American interest in coronations. An American responds that a coronation represents a tradition Americans feel unable to reproduce better, underscoring cross cultural views on ceremony and national identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
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J. H. Dorsey
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
New Kensing
Ton, Penn
Will
Press Club
Cramp Yards
Dutch West Indies
Train
Connecticut
The
New York Times
Dock Department
Tampa Bay Hotel
Big
Florida
Carnegie
E.N. Marks
Long Branch Club
New York Book
W. H. Clark
EF. C. Wallace
U. S
Jersey City
Tenderloin
L. N. Littauer
Elsberg
Russia
Scotland
Bonnie Brier Bush
H. B. Kirk & CO
Courtland
Correspondence Institute OF America
Nassau St
Correspondence Institutes OF America
Trooms
LevOy
B. M. Levoy
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