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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1901
Page
3
Dense fog settles over the harbor and 95 percent humidity leaves New Yorkers sweltering. Temperatures near blood heat drive crowds to seaside and officials forecast hotter days ahead. three prostrations reported and ships delayed by fog in New York Bay.
Chicago sweltered at ninety degrees with extreme humidity. one person died after falling from a third story window while seeking air and five others were overcome. The heat record and humidity worsened conditions across the city.
In Webster Massachusetts area a bolt struck the Ruscan home in East Woodstock Connecticut during a thunderstorm. Ralph two and a half years old was killed. Clarence Rusean five severely burned and likely to die. father and Egald seven burned but hoped to recover. Mrs Rusean and a four month old baby escaped injury aside from shock. The pine tree was split and damage to furniture and partitions totaled 500 to 600 dollars.
Several ferry collisions disrupted harbor traffic yesterday. The Southfield and South Brooklyn scraped with no damage near Governors Island. Orange collided with Hopatcong on Cristopher Street. no injuries or damage reported. Erie and Burlington collided near Jersey City. Erie’s portrait damaged and rudder injured, service resumed later.
The Staten Island Rapid Transit Company moved a new ferryboat into service at 11 45 yesterday morning to replace the wrecked Northfield, bolstering the fleet for the route.
Lightning struck the extensive Curran home in Islip during a morning thunderstorm. The roof and chimneys were damaged and the house caught fire in two places before firefighters arrived, seriously injuring Mr Curran, a local contractor.
EASTPORT L I June 22 During a heavy thunderstorm last night the station at Speonk was struck by lightning and set afire Jacob Raynor a farmer saw the flames and roused neighbors but the fire spread rapidly and the building was completely destroyed
A heavy rain and hailstorm swept Bath New York at 6 pm lasting about fifteen minutes. It caused crop damage and shattered many window lights. The Bath and Hammondsport Railroad engine headlight was smashed by a hailball and windows in the coaches were broken.
Kittie Crampton, 50, of 245 East 111th Street, leaped from the Brennan into the Harlem River to avoid a six months term. Policeman John J. O Connor of the 126th Street Station saved her from drowning as boats joined in the rescue. They were taken to Randell's Island and treated by Dr. Blumenthal. Crampton had been arrested on a complaint by Harry and Mrs. Davis of 1861 Lexington Avenue for constant annoyance, and attempted suicide with a hat pin during custody.
The Cunard liner Lucania, first fitted with Marconi wireless, arrived after testing with shore stations and ships in the Irish Sea. John Pletts led the experiment, sharing messages for passengers and reporters and signaling success despite a later failed attempt to contact the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off New York.
Dominick Pollio, an Italian carpenter, reports his six year old son Sebastiano disappeared from 484 Greenwich Street two weeks ago. A candle burns before the Madonna in the Pollio home as the parents endure hopeful prayers, claiming the boy’s beauty mirrors that of the angels. Pollio offers 100 dollars for the child’s return and complains of indifferent treatment at Police Headquarters.
A wire break on the south trolley line blocked the bridge for about twenty minutes and left cars idle for an hour until service resumed. Commuters hurried to work and workers heading to Coney Island and other Brooklyn shores faced long delays while pedestrians crossed on the hot promenade.
Directors and officers of the Hanover National Bank presented President James T Woodward with a gold and silver loving cup yesterday morning to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of his election as President. Directors listed include Vernon H Brown William Barbour Sigourney W Fay M B Fechheimer Hudson Hoagland Edward King William Rockefeller James Stillman Elijah P Smith James Henry Smith Isidor Straus James M Donald and William Halls or William Logan as cashier.
Prominent Sons of the American Revolution and Grand Army of the Republic meet in Port Chester to discuss moving Major General Thomas’s remains and the dilapidated monument from the Hilton estate site to a square opposite the new Summerfield Methodist Episcopal Church. A total of 750 dollars has already been subscribed toward the removal cost.
The trial of Thomas G Barker concluded with a guilty finding for attempting to kill Rev John Keller. His lawyer Van Winkle said an appeal is not yet decided, awaiting Barker’s friends' decision by Monday or Tuesday. Bail prospects are unclear. Barker remains jailed in Hudson County. The article notes potential ecclesiastical action against Keller and outlines church procedures via Bishop Starkey and Archdeacon Mann.
Joseph Behling aged 20 of 309 Keap Street Brooklyn and David Hyams aged 19 of 416 Hooper Street were arrested after a dramatic pursuit following a break in at an unoccupied brownstone on Rodney Street. Police pursued them to Broadway and South Fifth Street with Hyams captured in his own home.
In Santa Cruz Laguna on June 22 Gen Cailles the insurgent commander promised to surrender by Monday and now holds former American HQ at Pasanjan. The town hosts armed insurgents Col Caballes with 120 of Cailles command fled to the mountains following fear of execution rumors. Cailles sent a pursuit detachment. Deserter Frank Mekin of the Thirty-seventh Infantry and Carl Guenther joined Cailles as a lieutenant.
Frank Siegel former president of the Siegel Sanders Commission Company and principal shareholder Frank Rockefeller were named in a four count indictment for embezzling a total of 23000 dollars. Siegel posted bonds and faces arrest under the new indictment.
In Boston on June 22 the Dominion Atlantic Railway completed the purchase of the Yarmouth Steamship Line. The deal, in progress for some time, saw the initial transfer of the Yarmouth company’s property.
Tony Lobato twenty one of 167 Mulberry Street was injured at the Fourteenth Street and Fourth Avenue rapid transit tunnel when he fell against a live power wire. He received an electric shock and a severe shoulder laceration. Taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition, he acted as if insane and attendants had to restrain him in bed.
James E. Taylor, renowned war correspondent artist of the rebellion, died yesterday at 1 460 Lexington Avenue after a brief illness. Born in Cincinnati, he studied at Notre Dame and joined the Tenth New York Volunteers before becoming a Leslie’s illustrator. He painted scenes from Sheridans campaigns and the postwar period, with notable works including The Last Grand Review. Funeral services set for Monday at 10 o clock.
Dr. Clinton Stephenson of the Board of Health found a man with smallpox at Sixth Avenue and Fourteenth Street who was taken to Willard Parker Hospital as Charles Malloy of 259 Third Avenue. Another case involved Ernest Harlsen of 491 Courtlandt Avenue moved to North Brother Island. A sailor at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Jeremiah Dardell, infected since June 8, is guarded on site awaiting directions from Washington and to be moved if permitted. The Navy Yard man came from San José, joined Vermont in May, and fell ill a week later. The Board noted three new city cases yesterday.
Yonkers New York reports rapid smallpox spread with thirty seven cases in a short period and one death. Health officials and physicians held a long conference while vaccination drives inoculated over two thousand people in four days. Ministers may close churches and trolley service could be halted if outbreak continues. Doctors suspect Bronx origin of the outbreak.
Dr. Obed L. Lusk assistant sanitary inspector for Queens was indicted for neglect of duty in a New Town smallpox case. He entered a not guilty plea last week and filed a demurrer to the indictment. The case is set for argument Wednesday before Judge Moore.
Letter to the editor from G S Horton of Piino Avenue New York denying a smallpox case was removed from his apartment and stating the illness was in another Mr Horton's family nearby. He asks The Times to publish this correction with the same prominence as the original notice.
The Educational Alliance at East Broadway and Jefferson Street will open its roof garden for children tomorrow at 3 P M and for adults at 7 P M. After next Friday hours are 9 30 A M to 11 30 A M and 1 30 P M to 5 30 P M for children with adults from 7 to 11 P M in the evenings.
Alden Martin of East Freetown, Portland County, died after cutting his left arm and suffering a deep wound to the hip while inspecting a buzz saw. He was sawing near noon when he leaned to feel heat, was pulled onto the blade, and sustained fatal injuries.
The Seventh Regiment returns from Camp Townsend Peekskill to New York City with 1 050 men in campaign grey after a week of drills and camaraderie. Capt John A Davidson received a framed picture and Lieut Col Gilford Hurry was made Brevet Colonel. Crowds cheer as the unit parades to the armory.
Frederick Tomlinson a 29 year old driver living at 216 West Twenty seventh Street was detained at West Twentieth Street Station on abandonment and bigamy charges. Sarah Tomlinson 35 of 364 Third Avenue identifies as his wife and says he has two other wives. Two women claim to be his lawful spouse after a confrontation at Twenty seventh Street and One Avenue. They accuse him of marrying again for money including a $9,000 boarding house stake. Arrigned to Jefferson Market Court in the morning. all three suspected wives expected to attend.
William Jennings Bryan and wife with their three children arrive in Buffalo and stay with Norman E. Mack. They visit Exposition grounds with Mr and Mrs Mack and Mr and Mrs Bird S Coler. Also arriving are E H Conger United States Minister to China and Dr Arthur Pearson publisher of The London Daily Express.
Joseph Partington of 558 West 158th Street, a stable hustler for the High Bridge Police, fell from a cherry tree behind West 152nd Street Station yesterday afternoon and fractured his neck. He died while being carried toward J Hood Wright Hospital.
The second annual outing of the Civil Employees Association in New York will be held at Wissel's Ridgewood Park in Queens on the afternoon and evening of June 29. Activities include athletics and dancing with additional entertainment planned for visitors.
Mrs. Hiram W. Sibley resumes the Sea Shore Cottage at Long Branch run by Mrs. Fletcher Harper Sr for young working women of New York. Board is five dollars a week or nine dollars for two weeks. Applications for accommodations are accepted at 156 Fifth Avenue.
Rabies afflicted canines roamed Chicago in separate incidents across the day, injuring several children and adults before all four dogs were killed. In two days about twenty residents were bitten by hydrophobic dogs, prompting public safety concerns.
William Burkhardt aged sixteen of 535 Seventh Avenue Mount Vernon was discharged by Magistrate Mayo at Yorkville Police Court after prosecutors failed to prove a criminal motive in an attempted assault on Minnie Reynolds sister of Dolly Reynolds the Grand Hotel murder victim.
To mark seventeen years with the Fire Department Chief Croker received floral pieces and other remembrances from firemen and friends yesterday.
Capt. Cooney of West Thirty-seventh Street Station raided a five story flat house at 239 West Thirty-first Street last night. Officers seized a roulette wheel, layout cards, four thousand chips, an opium layout, and $166. Several men named as occupants were arrested and jailed including Charles Roberts alias Edward Stein proprietor and others with addresses on Lexington Avenue Broadway, East Eleventh Street and Greenwich Street.
Policeman Cassidy of Greenpoint Avenue Station in Williamsburg risked his life to save John Legwitz from drowning in the East River after Legwitz attempted suicide. Spectators witnessed Cassidy jump in, swim to safety, and assist Legwitz to shore where Dr. Delaney revived him at Hastern District Hospital. Legwitz faces an attempted suicide charge.
William Maguire, a longtime Ninth Ward resident, was run over and killed by Nostrand Avenue Trolley Car No 874 at East Forty ninth Street and Avenue N in Brooklyn around 11 PM. His companion Barry Thompson escaped unharmed. the motorman was arrested. Maguire, 30, lived at 432 Prospect Place with his sister and recently inherited a large sum of money.
Report from Kingston New York June 22 notes deer in the Catskills have become a nuisance to farmers by entering barnyards and consuming poultry feed and crops. Deer were released from a state park with a five year shooting ban that expires August 1902, and clubs once fed them now fear an eventual hunt.
Plainfield New Jersey June 22 The City Council granted F W Coleman a liquor license at meals for 100 but objected to continuous service from 6 am to 11 pm. A compromise program sets breakfast 6 to 10 am luncheon 12 to 4 pm and dinner 6 to 10 pm with liquor service only during these hours.
Information from White Plains reports the Court of Appeals reversed Surrogate Silkmen and affirmed the transfer tax law. The ruling rejects the claim that appointing the County Treasurer as Transfer Tax Appraiser is unconstitutional since the treasurer does not judge his own accounts.
A Chicago department store offers cheap summer children's clothing including boys bow ties over collars, madras hats, straw hats, bathing suits, girls shirt waists, babies skirts, and wash outfits. Many items are advertised at substantial discounts with sizes and styles listed.
A brief notice describes Serge sailor suits featuring gathered skirts with deep hems, sailor collars and sleeves trimmed in contrasting braid, a shield embroidery, offered in sizes 4 to 10 years for 4.85 dollars.
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