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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
2
Yale sweeps the Thames races at New London winning the varsity and freshman eights and the varsity four amid a massive crowd. Harvard set fast early splits but Yale surged ahead to take the three mile plus all three events by decisive margins.
For fifty one years the Yale Harvard rivalry in rowing has defined the series with multiple oared races. Yale leads 20 to 18 in 38 contests since 1852 and holds 16 of 17 Thames wins while Harvard has 7 of 17 on Lake Quinsigamond. The race moved from two to three to four miles with four mile length since 1876. Yale set the course record at two minutes 10 seconds in 1858. Harvard last won in 1809. Yale has since then claimed four straight victories.
The largest Yale campus bonfire in years burned three hours in New Haven to celebrate Yale wins at New London. Thousands of residents joined graduates and students as a four horse tally ho carried the crews through city streets to Osborne Hall and a banquet at the New Haven House followed by speeches from Yale athletic leaders and crew captains.
In White Plains New York on June 25 Roosevelt was enthusiastically endorsed as the best candidate for the national campaign with Gov Odell's administration also supported. Merritt and Russell were nominated for Sheriff and Coroner respectively, both winning unanimously on one ballot.
Daniel J. Kennedy, who killed James J. McMahon on May 1 while intoxicated, was sentenced by Justice Davis in the Criminal Branch to an indeterminate term not less than three years and not more than nine years eight months. He pled guilty to manslaughter in the second degree. murder in the first degree carried a potential fifteen year term. Kennedy had a good reputation before this trouble.
James Murphy, 22, returned to Staten Island as a prisoner charged with causing the instant death of August Klein and injuring two sisters by lowering a live electric wire across Lindecumville Road on Thanksgiving Eve. He reportedly had help from companions, disappeared after inquest subpoena, was arrested in Philadelphia, and indicted after return. He awaits trial in September in county jail.
Building Department ordered four families to vacate after inspectors found the structure unsafe at the northwest corner of Thirty-fifth Street and First Avenue. Patrolman Hickey noted long tracks extending up the building’s height during the examination.
From 12 oclock Wednesday night to 12 oclock Thursday night reports list fires at 526 East Eleventh Street Wendel Gulinger damage $000 310 West Twenty sixth Street Jane Merrick damage $100 801 and 808 East Sixth Street Mendel Miller damage 375 191 Madison Street Morris Grosner damage $25 643 East Twelfth Street Henry Schumaker damage trifling pas East Houston Street Pat eo Mota make a t J ierry eet James L Young no damage.
Crowds pour into Poughkeepsie for the eighth annual regatta with Cornell the favorite in the varsity race and the freshman contest. Bets run heavy with Andrew Kugler backing Cornell and locals wagering on Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgetown, and Columbia. Weather concerns, rough water, and course assignments shape hopes as crews practice and locals scout outcomes.
Niagara Falls June 25 The American Library Association debates a boycott amid librarian anger at high prices from major publishers. Librarians accuse publishers of aiming for $1.50 books while discounting to libraries, threatening to buy abroad if concessions fail. Imported books enter duty free. Discussions include avoiding overbuying popular historical novels and shifting to travel science and biography titles. Elections come tomorrow. next convention in St. Louis tied to the World's Fair.
In Brevoort Hall Manhattan last evening the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers elected officers as ballots ran from 6 pm to near midnight. Expected leaders include President Charles W Headley and Vice President D S Brown with key posts filled by George W Whitford M R Jarvis James Morrison and walking delegates Michael Stanton Edward Kelly Edward Harrington and Edward Spaulding or William Ivory. The union counts about 2 550 members across Manhattan Jersey City and Brooklyn and plans to join a citywide building trades sympathy strike.
Justice Marean rules Paul S. Brown sane to wed Augusta Andree Brown in the annulment case. She then sues the estate of her late husband in Brooklyn Supreme Court for eight thousand dollars dower and five thousand for dower retention, plus five thousand nine hundred sixty dollars under an ante nuptial agreement covering items including eight hundred ten dollars for Swedish crowns and furniture and valuables from Bloomfield New Jersey and Tompkins Place Brooklyn. The ruling also grants Mrs. Brown five dollars costs.
Moses Bernstein an Austrian immigrant boy was found starving outside Greenwich Avenue and cared for by restaurant keeper James Stewart. He had traveled from Ulonow Austria to New York, worked in a skirt factory, then walked the streets hungry for days. He was last seen after volunteering to help at the restaurant and was sent on an errand, then did not return. The boy is described as five feet four inches tall with dark complexion, black clothes, a black soft hat, and a white outing shirt without a collar.
Mrs. Mary Young, 171 Perry Street, suffered severe burns when a lamp exploded in her upstairs bedroom around 9 PM. Neighbors and a passerby rushed to help, wrapping her in carpet and dousing flames. She died from injuries at St. Vincent'sHospital. the family runs a candy store on the ground floor and the fire caused no structural damage.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilhelm Berg celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a thanksgiving service in St. Pauls Chapel Broadway at Vesey Street the site of their wedding fifty years ago. Rev Robert Morris Kemp to officiate organist Edmund Jacques to supervise programs. Mrs Berg formerly Helen McGregor Morse. The couple wed July 7 in the same church.
Police sought Hugh Weier a 14 year old boy from 119 East 120th Street who vanished after spending time around local livery stables. described as light complexioned with brown eyes, gray suit and cap. His parents fear he may have gone to a race track to seek work.
John Rogers aged forty was sentenced by Judge Cowing in the Court of General Sessions yesterday to twenty years in State prison for one of nine indictments he pled guilty to. The maximum possible under the plea could have reached 180 years if the judge had chosen.
Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court sustains immigration authorities in excluding Sotirios L Charalambis a member of a wealthy Greek family who sought entry to work for the Greek Currant Company. The judge rules that as an expert accountant he does not fall under the learned profession exceptions.
Sunday June 9 the Erie road will present each passenger with a box of bee cream to delight travelers during the excursion. Ady notes the special treat will be handed out to all riders as part of the event.
Max S. Lavine a clerk at 48 Rivington Street in the Bowery Bank Building was arrested by County Detective Rappolt on a warrant issued by Justice Olmsted charging him with practicing law without a license. Lavine is named in District Attorney Jerome's charges against Civil Justice Herman Bolte for permitting practice in his court. He was held in $500 for examination.
Frederick H. Wille sues landlord Samuel Engelsberg for 10000 dollars claiming his wife Alice M. Wille died from typhoid pneumonia after a roof leak drenched their rooms at 286 West One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Street on January 7, 1908. Justice Leventritt moved the case to the preferred calendar.
Francesco Raffo testified at the Coroner's inquest that Mau rice Ahearn drew first and fired at him. The revolver found on Ahearn and other evidence contradicted his claim. Raffo described a struggle at Rochelle Park, multiple shots, and his movements before and after the incident.
Samuel Moskowitz of 26 Carmine Street was jailed in $300 bail by Magistrate Deuel at Jefferson Market Police Court on a charge of pawnbroking in his second hand clothing shop. Police say Moskowitz offered loans in exchange for items including a vest and shoes during a plain clothes stakeout.
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