Redistricting Changes for New York City Election Districts
The Bureau of Elections completed 1903 redistricting for New York City sections Manhattan Brooklyn Queens Bronx Richmond. 1,536 districts planned for the next election, with boundary shifts, consolidations, and new municipal court districts affecting 198 of Manhattan’s 800 districts and 532 in Brooklyn. Budget per district about 300 dollars.
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Bureau of Electio
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
Borough of
Seventh Assembly
East Forty-fifth Street
Lexington Avenue
East Forty-fourth Street
Park Aveue
Assembly
East One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
Pleasant Avenue
East One Kundred
Sixteenth Street
Harlemiver
Darkness on Staten Island Gas Cut Leaves City in Darkness
Richmond County Gas Company shut off air gas to city buildings at 6 pm after the city failed to pay bills. Police stations reported minimal disruption except at the Mightieth Precinct main station where sergeants and officers worked by lanterns. The total amount owed by the city could not be learned.
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Richmond County. Gas Company
Richmond Borough
Mightieth
Stapleton
Walking delegates weigh impact of Parks re election
Several walking delegates said Parks re election as walking delegate of the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union would not alter the building deadlock. John J. Donovan of the Plain and Ornamental Plasterers Union echoed that the situation would not change regardless of Parks’s re election. Parks, second on his union’s list, is one of two delegates eligible for a seat in the old Board of Building Trades.
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Samuel J. Parks
Housesmiths and Bridgemen’s Union
John J. Donovan
Parks
Board of Building, Trades
Garment Workers' Trades Council Threatens Citywide Strike
About thirty five thousand workers from tailors vest makers knee breeches trousers and children's jacket makers unions threaten a general strike to push for a new summer wage schedule. A conference with clothing manufacturers' committees will be held soon to seek peace.
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Garment Workers
Trade Council
Garment Workers’ Trades Council
Decision Against Devery Sustains Garvey Case
Albany June 23 The New York Court of Appeals upholds the Appellate Division ruling in Peter J. Garvey ex rel against the New York County Democratic Committee. The decision ends a mandamus bid to recognize Garvey and 213 associates as members of the Ninth Assembly District Tammany Hall General Committee. Devery plans new proceedings to force recognition as executive member, with hearings expected soon.
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New York Times
Albany
Court of Appeals
Appellate Division
First Department
Peter J. Garvey
New York County Democratic Committee
Supreme Court
Garvey
Ninth Assembly
Tammany Hall
Charlie Murphy
Garvde
Ote
Tammany
Sheehan
Devery
Tammmany Committee
Hamed Devery
Tammany Executive Committee
Devers
Sergeant Cram
Murphy
Devéery
Eeihied
Abram
Eikus
Tammany Committee
Steuer
Reverend Charles A Alden Arrested on Forgery Warrant
Rev Charles A Alden, former assistant to New York Charity Commissioner, is jailed in Greenfield after a bench warrant in an indictment from New York charging forgery of a check for 447 dollars. The case cites forging the name Keller on the back of the check drawn on a Schenectady bank. He will be taken to New York after waiving examination. He is a retired Baptist minister with pastoring in Schenectady.
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New York
William Brown
Henry K. Ward
Franklin County
Alden
Greenfield
County
Keller
John L. Collins
Schenectady
James MacMath
James A Cree
Edward D.palmer
J. W. Keller
David N. Carvalho
Greenfield. C
N. Y
Architect Post Plans New Ballantine Hill House
New York architect George B. Post plans a house on Ballantine Hill after selling his country mansion to Senator John F. Dryden. The site, elevated above the surrounding area, has been planted with shrubbery and choice trees for over twenty five years.
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New York Times
Berwnardsviler
George B. Post
New York
United States
John F. Dryden
Ballantine Hill
Corporations Taxed in New Jersey
The State Board of Assessors filed the first schedule of corporations taxed for 1908 with the State Controller. It covers 5,285 companies with total taxes of 2,375,780.28 dollars. Additional schedules will raise the total to more than 4,000.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
State Board of Assessors
Pardons Court Frees Charles Statts for Heroic Act
In a special session the Court of Pardons pardoned Charles Statts, a colored inmate of Hudson County Penitentiary serving one year. He was granted clemency for saving the life of a keeper during an escape attempt by another prisoner.
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Trenton
Court of Pardons
Charles Statts
Hudson County Penitentiary
Statts
Justice Denies Mandamus Over Prison Records Photos
Supreme Court Justice Howard denied Roland B. Molineux’s bid for a writ of mandamus to compel the State Prisons Superintendent to show cause why his photographs and measurements should not be removed from the prison records.
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Troy
N Y
Supreme Court
Howard
Roland B. Molineux
Molineux
Atlantic Development Company Dissolves in New York City
A certificate filed with the Secretary of State announces the voluntary dissolution of the Atlantic Development Company of New York City. Principal stockholders signing the certificate are Frank Jay Gould and Miss Helen Miller Gould.
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Albany
Secretary of State
Atlantic Development Company
New York City
Frank Jay Gould
Helen Miller Gould
Jerome names Murphy as target in Dock Board probe
District Attorney Jerome signals an imminent complaint against Charles F. Murphy leader of Tammany Hall and fellow commissioners J. Sergeant Cram and Peter F. Meyer amid ongoing investigation into the Van Wyck Dock Board. Assistant DA Clarke presses witnesses while Joseph Egan seeks counsel to avoid incriminating answers. Justice Mayer departs for the Thousand Islands after signing subpoenas to advance witness examinations in Jerome’s absence.
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van Wyck Dock Board
Jerome
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
J. Sergeant Cram
Peter F. Meyer
Richard Croker
Tammany
Murphy
John Doe
Quest
Marshall B. Clarke
Joseph Egan
Egan
Mr. Clarke
Tammany Dock
Thomas ’C. O'Sullivan
John D. Lindsay
Joseph Fgan
Tf Tammany
Tammany, Hall
Erie Railroad
Erie
Wiliam H. Burke
Dock’ Board
Dock Board
Burke
Justice Mayer
New York
Mr.Clarke
Turf Plunger Under Ban a Sensation at Sheepshead Bay
George E. Smith known as Pittsburg Phil, a prominent turf bettor, is excluded from racing under Jockey Club jurisdiction. The Stewards denied reinstatement for jockey William Shaw, and urged all associations to reject Smith entries. Smith, once famed for King Cadmus coups, has built a fortune from betting and operates with brother William as trainer.
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Sheepshead Bay
George E. Smith
Pittsburg Phil
Jockey Club
G. E. Smith
Smith
George Forbes
William Shaw
August Belmont
J. H. Bradford
F.R. Hitchcock
H. K. Knapp
Jockey’ Club
Shaw
Westchester Racing Association
Morris Park
United States
Ilyria
Jamaica
Illyria
Africandér
Hlyria
Pittsburg
Phil
George. E. Smith
New York
Chicago
King Cadmus
Phinger
Fred Taral
Howard Mann
Brooklyn
Belmar
Wiliam Smith
James R. Keene
Mr. Keene
Riley Grannan
Grannan
Steve Io Hommediem
Oyster Bay Plans Welcome for President Roosevelt
Oyster Bay plans a Saturday homecoming for President Roosevelt with a civil war trophy gun unveiling and a parade of Cove School children. Rehearsals and a brief welcome by E. Morgan Griffen will precede the president’s escort to the Town Clerk’s office, with five large American flags along Military Square.
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Oyster Bay
L. T
Frank ¢. Travis
Board of ‘Trade of
Roosevelt
Long Island City
E. Morgan Griffen
Board of Trade
Ric
Military Square
Cove
Alexander G. Russell
Loeb
Mrs Roosevelt Arrives at Oyster Bay Home
Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of the President, reached Oyster Bay at 9:40 p m by train. She was accompanied by a maid. Superintendent Noah Seaman of Sagamore Hill met her at the station and she proceeded to her home. Few greeted the arrival, as she was expected to land at the pier.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
Tile Layers Strike Sparks Battle With Employers
The Mosaic and encaustic Tile Layers' Union initiated a strike to pressure the Building Trades Employers' Association to end the building-work shut down and push for arbitration. Tile layer helpers joined, and other unions weigh action as the dispute targets the Tile Grate and Mantel Association amid stalled negotiations.
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Building Trades Employers’ Association
Building
Employers” Association
William H. Farley
Whale Beached Near East Moriches Died After Landing
A grampus whale was driven ashore at East Moriches New York this morning and died after landing. It bore a fin wound likely from a harpoon, and beachmen soon decapitated it to extract blubber. Local hotel men lament the loss fearing a future tourist draw.
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East Moriches Beach
East Moriches
I. T
Engineers Hail 47th ASME Meeting Opening in Saratoga
James M. Dodge of Philadelphia, president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, opened the forty-seventh annual meeting in Saratoga at the hotel ballroom. The session will run through Friday evening with experts from across the United States in attendance.
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New York Times
Saratoga
James M. Dodge
Philadelphia
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
United States
Four New Trolley Loops Planned at Brooklyn Bridge Terminal
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company said yesterday the plan to lay four additional trolley loops in the Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge has been finally adopted. Construction will begin to relieve traffic conditions there.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Manhattan Terminal
Brooklyn Bridge
Hackensack Bridge Closed for Safety in Jersey City
Public Service Corporation officials found the Hackensack River bridge from Communipaw Avenue Jersey City to Kearny Township unsafe. General Manager Walter W. Wheatley ordered trolley cars not to cross until repairs are made. Cars will run to the bridge and back while passengers cross on foot.
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Public Service Corporation
Hackensack River
Communipaw Avenue
Jersey City
Kearny Township
Walter W. Wheatley
Newark
Hamilton College senior prize debate winner named
Clinton N Y June 23 The senior prize debate at Hamilton College was won tonight by Elihu Root Jr son of the Secretary of War. Stuart Blakely of Otigo was awarded second prize.
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Clinton
N.Y
Hamilton College
Elihu Root, Jr
Stuart Blakely
Otigo
End of Richman Case Dismissed in Watertown Court
In Watertown New York June 23 the County Court dismissed indictments against Mr and Mrs Louis Richman of New York for stealing a 25000 diamond necklace from Mrs Walter De la Barre of New York at the Thousand Islands last July Mrs Richman was declared insane and there was no evidence against Mr Richman
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Watertown
N. Y
Louis Richman
New York
Walter de la Barre
Thousand Islands
Richman
Senator Walsh says Young to face kidnapping charge
Greenwich prosecutor declares Hoboken lawyer Alexander Young will be returned to New York to answer kidnapping charges. In court John Mason, alleged assistant, is bound over in 1200 dollars. Mrs McAlister and daughter Harriet testified to the struggle as Young attempted to remove the child.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
James F. Walsh
Alexander Young
Hoboken
Walsh
Young
New York
John Mason
Caroline Ogden McAlister
Harriet
Dwight Harris
Mason
Robbery in Progress Unfolds as Carriage Drags Away Child
Witnesses recount a tense scene as Mason and Young seize a child and flee in a carriage. Mason carries the child while Mrs MedAllister notes bystanders did not intervene. Young struggles with Miss Harriet, then chases the departing carriage waving a hatchet before leaping in.
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Young
Mason
Mill worker survives dramatic millrace plunge
William Ingalls a forty year old stone mason from Lee Massachusetts tripped on a rope at Niagara Mill in Lenoxdale and was swept 250 feet down the race, through the wheel pit to the tail race and across the river. He emerged alive after a quarter mile dash in under a minute despite a fifteen foot fall and a collision with masonry.
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New York Times
Winsted, Conn
William Ingalls
Lee
Mass
Lenoxdale
Housatonic
Ingalls
Portugal Honors Yale Man Knight Commander Lang
Prof. H. R. Lang of Yale University has been made Knight Commander of the Order of Santiago by the King of Portugal for services to Portuguese letters. He received the insignia today in New Haven after the announcement on June 23.
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New Haven
H. R. Lang
Yale University
Order of
Santiago
Portugal
Portuguese Minister Route to Washington Highlighted
The report notes the order goes through the Portuguese Minister at Washington. Professor Lang is described as eminent in Portuguese literature, marking his scholarly stature.
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Washington
Lang
Antitoxin Plans Revealed For Fourth of July Wounds
Albany reports two items in the State Health Department bulletin. It states tetanus antitoxin will be furnished for Fourth of July gunshot wounds and the State Antitoxin Laboratory will cooperate with the Rockefeller Institute on a dysentery study. Last year’s Yonkers and Mount Vernon epidemic yielded useful data.
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Albany
The
State Health Department
Rockefeller Institute
Yonkers
Mount Vernon
Mrs Kate Taylor Appeals in Death Sentence Case
Albany June 23 notice of appeal filed in Court of Appeals by Mrs Kate Taylor the Sullivan County woman who murdered her husband last winter. She is in Clinton Prison sentenced to die in the area beginning July. The appeal acts as a stay of execution.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
Kate Taylor
Sullivan County
Shirt Company Faces Involuntary Bankruptcy Action
In Utica on June 23 the Troy and Ohoes Shirt Company and the Biermeister Brothers Company of Troy and New York are named defendants in involuntary bankruptcy proceedings. Merchants National Bank of Troy is the principal petitioning creditor with a $15,000 claim on notes indorsed by the shirt firm. A receiver will be appointed in a few days.
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Utica
Troy and_Ohoes Shirt Company
Biermeister
Stimpson Cr WATA AVE Sale of Rockers and Chairs
Bargain sale offers wide selection of rockers and arm chairs with cane and reed seats. Items include oversized rockers, braided rush arm chairs, and small rockers shown in natural maple and red finishes. Prices marked down from $14.00 and $16.00 to $9.50 and lower for Wednesday only.
Matting and Rugs Sale Goods with 40 Yard Rolls
A catalog style listing describes various matting and rug options from Japan China and Smyrna. Prices range from $5.25 to $21.75 per 40 yard roll with items including cotton warp linen warp and silk like patterns plus 9x12 ft Smyrna rugs and Axminster rugs highlighted for quality and durability.
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Japan
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Mechanical Engineers’ Annual Meeting
Hackensack Bridge
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