Alderman in Dock Inquiry Faces Scrutiny Over Leases
Assistant District Attorney Clarke questions Van Wyck Dock Board dealings with New York Contracting and Trucking Company run by Tammany figures. He cites improper Treasurer orders and seeks Kidney signature documents, aiming to reveal how leases and permits favored certain contractors and connected interests.
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Marshall B. C ‘Larke
van Wyck Dock Board
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
Clarke
James E. Gafftney
John Doe
Justice-Mayer
Court of Special Sessions
Thousand Islands
Gaffney
New York Contracting and Trucking Company
Tammany Reader
John. J. Murphy
Seventy-ninth Street
North River
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Seventy-ninth ‘Street
BE. Garfpney
Gatiney
Board of Aldermen
Gaitfnex
York Contracting and Trucking Company
West Seventyninth Street
Gaithess
Ney
Murphy’ Firm
Lede Ees
Murphy -Prock
Xttorney
West Seventy-ninth Street
Murphy Deck Board
Degnon-McLean Company
Subway Contractors
Old Pier
Fast River
van. Wyck
William H. Burke
Dégnon
Peter F. Meyer
Freedman
Harrison
Hawkes
New’ York
Meyer
Burke
William J. McGirr
Fifteenth Street
Van.Wyck Dock. Board
McGirr
Dock Board
England
Croker
Justice Mayer
Jetterhead
John 3. Kurphy
Bh. Gaffney
Charles FL Murphy
Michael Gun
Daniel F. Cohalan
West Thirtyninth Street
Joseph Fegan
West Twenty-ninth Street
Erie Railroad
Michael Heun
Brunswick official self destruction by dynamite explosion
George W. Coates former Plant system rail agent and Brunswick clubman blew himself to pieces with a dynamite bomb last night. The blast occurred near the city outskirts around midnight and his body was found this afternoon in scattered fragments identified by linen with his initials. No motive is known.
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Ne York Times
Brunswicks Ga
George W. Coats
Coates
Pearce Sentenced for Abusing Mother-in-Law in Rochester
Judge Chadsey jailed Frank L. Pearce of the City Engineer's staff for six months in the penitentiary with no fine option. The ruling followed a family dispute sparked by accusations from the husband and included testimony about two children hidden in Buffalo.
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Rochester
N. Y
Chadsey
Frank L. Pearce
Serge
Buffalo
David L. Ainsworth
Grand Army of the Republic
State Controller's Office
Union League
Pearces
Pearce
Salvation Army to Dedicate $100,000 Cleveland Citadel
Cleveland, June 25. The new hundred thousand dollar Salvation Army citadel will be dedicated Sunday with a three days program starting tomorrow. Commander Booth-Tucker and his wife will represent the army. Senator Hanna presides at 3 PM Sunday, with Col. Myron T. Herrick Mayor Tom L. Johnson Harry A. Garfield and other distinguished men attending. Salvationists from Ohio and adjoining states will be present.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Salvation Army
Booth- Tucker
Hanna
Myron T. Herrick
Tom L. Johnson
Harry A. Garfield
Salvationists
Gas and Engine Power bid wins Paducah gunboat contract
The Naval Board on Construction recommended awarding the Paducah gunboat contract to Gas and Engine Power Company and the Charles F F Seabury Company Consolidated of Morris Heights New York for the lowest bid. The June 6 Washington report notes the bid amount as 0000.
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Washington
2 Naval Board
Paducah
Gas and Engine Power Company
Charles Ff’. Seabury Company, Consolidated
Morris Heights
N. Y
Wagener Bill To Rebuild Kaw River Bridges Falls
The Kansas House rejects Rep. Wagener's bill to appropriate 1 million dollars from the State Treasury for repairing bridges along the Kaw River damaged by the flood. Lawmakers note only two of fifty special session bills are general, with most measures local to flood relief efforts.
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Topeka
House
B. H. Wagener
Kaw
New York Grocers Outing Goes to St Lawrence River
A Clique Tourist Company of New York trips to the St Lawrence River Thousand Islands and Montreal with two coaches and a baggage car. The grocers club, managed by Frank W. Meyer, travels yearly for about a week, with wives and daughters joining.
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New York Times
Ogdensburg
Clique Tourist Company of
New York
St. Lawrence
Thousand Islands
Montreal
Quebec
St. Lawrence ‘River
Grocers
Frank W. Meyer
Rochester Call to Orange Pastor
The Rev. Dr. James Taylor Dickson, longtime pastor of the North Orange Baptist Church, has received a unanimous call to lead the First Baptist Church of Rochester, New York. He has not decided yet and will announce his choice soon. a Richmond College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate, he also serves on the East Orange Board of Education and is a Free Mason.
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New York Times
Orange
N. J
James Taylor Dickson
North Orange
The
Hast Orange Board of Education
Free Mason
New Orleans Breaks Ground on $18 Million Public Works
Mayor Capdevielle today initiated the first spade turning for a vast sewerage water and drainage project in New Orleans. The undertaking valued at 18 million dollars aims to modernize the city and be completed within five years with a large civic turnout in attendance.
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New Orleans
Capdevielle
Fire Insurance Company to Quit
Chicago reporters note the Scottish American Fire Association and Lloyds underwriters in the city will liquidate the business, refund premiums, and close operations as of this date.
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Chicago
Scottish-American Fire Association
Lloyds
Ie Ogee Aed
Greene seeks 248 500 for police force expansion in 1903
Police Commissioner Greene asks the Board of Estimate for 248 500 to fund 142 sergeants and 140 roundsmen for six months starting July 1 1903. He cites post shortages and summer crowds at resorts and notes a Court of Appeals decision draining salaries. Brennan promoted to Captain of Macdougal Street Station. Dooley moved to Coney Island to boost enforcement as Greene reshapes ranks and posts across five boroughs.
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Greene
Board of Estimate
Court of Appeals
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Denis J. Brennan
Macdougal Street
Charles Madigan
Bushwick Avenue
William F. Brennan
Coney Island
Robert E. Dooley
Bedford Avenue
Eighth Street
Knipe
Butler Street
Edward J. Toole
Brooklyn
Dooley
Ebstein and
Piper
Cortright
Five Boroughs
Manhattan
Cahill
Baltimore and Ohio Police
Staten Island
Brooklyn Bridge
East River Bridge
Many Policemen on Trial Before Davis
Deputy Commissioner Davis presided at Police Headquarters over trials of over 100 policemen. Most complaints cited were off post and failures to patrol properly. Detective Sergi Eddy O Sugden, linked with Devery, appeared as complainant. Sugden now serves desk duty at Phat Spi Street Station. All fines were light.
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Davis
Sergi
Eddy O Sugden
Devery
Sugden
Phat Spi Street
Hilton Will Case Sustained by Court of Appeals
Albany June 25 The Court of Appeals sustains lower court interpretation of Judge Henry Hilton will regarding residuary estate division among his children and other beneficiaries. Executors Horace Russell and Edward D Harris appealed against Edward D Hilton and others. The dispute centers on how hotels and real estate in New York Saratoga and elsewhere should be distributed.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
Henry Hilton
New York
Saratoga
Horace Russell
Edward D. Harris
Edward D. Hilton
Hilton
A. T. Stewart
Franklin Fyles Report of Improvement After Unspecified Incident
The condition of Franklin Fyles was reported improved last night. He regained consciousness about 5:30 yesterday afternoon and remained so thereafter.
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Franklin Fyles
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