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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
16
Commissioner Bingham ordered transfers of two inspectors, seventeen captains, two sergeants, and two patrolmen to various Brooklyn and Manhattan precincts. He cited service needs and youth and energy as motives while senators and Mayor allies shaped the reshuffle.
A long list of lost items and rewards appears from New York area places including the German Savings Bank at 14th Street and Avenue A and various Broadway locations. Items include a bank book, commutation tickets, a silk watch fob, a diamond studded watch, cash and notes, a pocketbook, a yellow dog, a gold ring, a camera, and other valuables with rewards offered for returns.
London reports a New York dispatch claiming British defections from the Mutual Life were overstated with May transfers near 12000 pounds. North British is preparing many transfer papers as policy holders seek propositions, likely delaying final totals until late July.
Rear Admiral J B Coghlan and Gen Ballington Booth led a National Association of Stationers and Manufacturers banquet closing its second national convention in New York. Coghlan urged a strong merchant marine and navy to protect trade and peace. Booth urged equity in business and discouraged trickery, urging perseverance and brotherhood.
Charles F. Murphy said he did not know when a Tammany Hall Executive Committee meeting would be held and denied knowledge of a fight with the Mayor's faction. He cited newspaper reports for his information on reorganization and said he had talked with William J. Conners of Buffalo. He endorsed Hearst for governor via Conners and said it is too early to discuss Jerome as a gubernatorial candidate.
James B. Reynolds, longtime investigator with Charles P. Neill, shifts from packing-house probes to politics concentrating on the lower east side. He aided the Fusion cause in 1901 and now supports Parsons as a reform chairman facing a county split with Odell strong elsewhere.
President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University sailed for Hamburg to confer with the Kaiser on the recently started exchange of professors between German and American universities. The Kaiserin departed New York with 577 saloon, 200 second cabin, and 200 third cabin passengers plus many steerage travelers.
The Burton estate at Prospect and Crary Avenues Mount Vernon was sold by Theodore Henry receiver to Andrew J. Cobe President of the Corporation Liquidating Company of 1 Park Row owner of the Dykman property in Upper Manhattan. The purchase includes ninety eight city lots and plans call for forty concrete apartment houses and a large apartment hotel.
Sergt McCarty at the Tenderloin Station learned of a boxing match at the Longacre Club on Twenty-ninth Street. Detective McGee was blocked by doorkeeper John Gardner who threw him down stairs and was arrested. No show occurred.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society proposes a large slate of directors including hold over leaders and six new names chosen by Ryan stock trustees. Nominations divide into term lengths from one to four years with administration tickets urged by Grover Cleveland and Morgan J. O’Brien. George Gould resigns amid concerns over law compliance. Levi Morton may be named as stockholding director.
Miss Helen Gould may sell her Fifth Avenue residence at 579 Forty seventh Street as Charles A. Gardiner buys 581 and 583, planning to offer the combined 40 foot frontage for sale or twenty one year lease for business. Gardiner acts as Gould attorney and the block soon shows rising commercial activity with Windsor Arcade and Columbia University blocks converting to business use.
A large East Side meeting at Public School No 62 launched a Juvenile Department of the Street Cleaning League. Plans call for 200 clubs of boys and girls aiding Woodbury’s department with badges, street duties, and civic prizes from Mrs Abbe.
A disagreement between Assistant District Attorney Karl Miner and defense counsel Aaron Levy of 63 Park Row caused Judge O Sullivan in General Sessions to declare a mistrial in the case of Jacob Guttenberg. Guttenberg, a truckman of 51 Wil lett Street, faced grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing 214 dozen overalls from Sweet Orr & Co. The trial, in progress over two days, halted after Miner objected to Levy questions. Levy had sought a mistrial noting repeated objections. The judge declared mistrial, with Levy and Miner shaking hands as they left. Levy had been accused last October of advising a registration board and has pushed for a trial since.
Mrs Bertha Brugger of 319 West Thirty-eighth Street was knocked down by an automobile at 125th Street and Eighth Avenue last night. She refused medical attendance and went home. The driver identified himself as I Townsend Burden of East Ninety-second Street.
Harley H. Forsyth assistant treasurer of Proctor's 125th Street Theatre, once famed as Harlem's Beau Brummel, is held in $2,000 bail at the Tombs on charges of stealing $410 and withholding 500 theatre tickets. Central Office detectives acted as complainants. Forsyth pleaded guilty in police court and was held for further examination.
Edward A. McCann a commission merchant of 270 West Street was fined $100 after being convicted of assault and arraigned for sentencing. Complainant Joseph Leavitt a subpoena server was beaten when serving a subpoena in a suit over a tempering steel invention valued at about $150,000, with local politicians said to be heavily involved.
Acting District Attorney Nott expands charges in the New Rochelle aldermen case. Seven men are involved after investigators from the State Line Telephone Company questioned three aldermen, two more were questioned, and two more will be interviewed. Grand Jury review is expected next week.
Passenger lists from yesterday include Mr and Mrs William Whitin Andrew W R Benson Paul McCormack Scustay Luders Eugene Elis R F Gates and many others. The Teutonic and Kingin Luise also brought groups of travelers from Naples and other ports.
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