Blind Receive Annuities From City Relief Program
On the East Twenty sixth Street pier, about 600 blind men and women queued in heat to receive city relief funds totaling 39000. Police and officials guarded the process while critics argued for simpler distribution. Recipients ranged from skilled workers to long-term beneficiaries, with several notable individuals and a child dwarf among those present.
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East Twenty-sixth Street
George Blair
Twentysixth Street
Thirty-fifth Street
James Doyle
Washington Street
Outdoor Poor Department
Blair
New York Yacht Club
City Philanthropists Unite In Charity Effort
A report notes philanthropic men and women, including representatives of all the major city charity societies, gathering to coordinate a broad philanthropic effort.
Blind public school teacher to lecture city schools
Frederick Winkelman a lifelong blind 24 year old will begin teaching lectures in city public schools next fall. He lives at 412 East 120th Street and is noted for piano talent after testing by Frank Damrosch. He educated at the Institution for the Blind where he stayed past age limit to finish music studies. He travels alone and earns 10 dollars per lecture, his first earnings.
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Frederick Winkelman
Board of Education
Mr. Winkelman
East One Hundred and Twentieth Street
Customs Service
Frank Damrosch
Institution For the Blind
Ninth Avenue
Thirtyfourth Street
Winkelman
Legal Notes on Wiring Case and Inheritance Ruling
A Brooklyn store owner Joseph Ryan contracted with Municipal Electric Lighting to wire and light the store. A later judge dismissed the negligence claim over ceiling cap molding used in wiring. The case discusses inheritance disputes where Maude Davidson was disinherited. Jennie M. Patterson and Mary J. Patterson gain residuary interests. A fourth matter involves corporate directors liability for 1892 stock filings and debt proof.
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Joseph Ryan
Brooklyn
Municipal Electric Lighting Company
Ryan
Paul M. Herzog
Scott
Ryan's
Maude Roosevelt Davidson
James M. Davidson
Warsaw
N. Y
Mary J. Patterson
Jennie M. Patterson
Cynthia C. Davidson
James L. Miller
Maude Davidson von Schwarzenstein
Franklin D. Davidson
Jennie M
Eberhard Faber
F. J. Kaidenberg Company
Holmes, Booth & Haydens
Charles H. Leonard
van Brunt
Wilcox in Contempt Over Alimony in Brooklyn Court
Frederick W. Wilcox patent owner of Wilcox Paper Co Chicago was fined 4500 in Supreme Court Brooklyn for failing to pay alimony to his wife. He faces three options including $2000 settlement, jail or further action after a long history of judgments in New Jersey and Manhattan.
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Frederick W. Wilcox
Wilcox Paper Company
Chicago
Dickey
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Wilcox
Manhattan
New Jersey
Jersey
Renée Boillod Deported From Hoboken Harbor
French danseuse Renée Boillod, who traveled via the Saale with a man named Henry Dundley who drowned, was deported yesterday aboard the Grosser Kurfürst. She left in modest steerage, after a grand first cabin stay on the Saale Mile, and returned to Paris's Moulin Rouge, with a shabby entourage aboard.
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Renee Boillod
Renée Boillod
Saale
Henry Dundley
Boillod
Hoboken
Mille
Paris
Handwriting Evidence Questioned in Criminal Trials
Justice Fursman ruled handwriting evidence cannot be used in criminal cases unless the handwriting itself is at issue. The decision affects the Goslin conspiracy trial and drew praise from Molineux counsel, who argued handwriting was central to that case and similar criminal prosecutions.
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Justice Fursman
Supreme Court
Alfred R. Goslin
Brooklyn
John Proctor Clarke
Goslin
Roland B. Molineux
John F. McInttyre
Fursman
Molineux
Kennedy
Dolly Reynolds
Harry Cornish
Adams
Dr. Kennedy
Grand Hotel
Jelineux
George Gordon Battle
Doors of wrath: Asbury Park man arraigned over saloon door damage
John P. Moran, an Asbury Park salesman, angered by swinging saloon doors in Manhattan flooded a Ninth Avenue saloon with violence. He pulled off hinges, toppled doors, and was taken to a police station. Damages totaled $3, with Magistrate Deuel allowing release after payment. Moran later telegraphed for funds to return home.
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Jefferson Market Court
John P. Moran
Asbury Park
R. Chinchilla
Ninth Avenue
Mr. Moran
Chinchilla
Moran
Deuel
Closing Up the Census in Manhattan and Bronx
Census Supervisor Charles S Wilbur shipped three large cases of completed portfolios to Washington bringing the total 420 books from Manhattan and the Bronx to the Director of the Census. About 600 portfolios remain to be balanced and sent out as eight or ten enumerators still work in city institutions and streets. Enumerator Nesbitt and Powers return to duty after injuries and illness. A dispute arose involving Louise De Quesada and May O Neill at 49 West Thirty Fifth Street with warrants issued for Jane Doe and Jane Roe.
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Charles S. Wilbur
Washington
Manhattan
Bronx
Wilbur
Nesbitt
Powers
Nineteenth Street
Shields
Louise de Quesada
May O’neill
West Thirty-fifth Street
Mrs. Quesada
Iron Steamboat Company Announces Columbia Schedule
The Iron Steamboat Company announces that starting tomorrow the four decked ocean steamer Columbia will run from Pier No. 1 North River to the Ocean Pier at Long Branch, making three round trips daily. She will also leave foot of Twenty-second Street North River at 8 A.M.
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The
Iron Steamboat Company
Columbia
North River
Ocean Pier
Long Branch
Twenty-second
Blackmail charge eyed in Eisenhuth dispute at company
The Centre Street Court arraigned three officers and stockholders of the Eisenhuth Horseless Vehicle Company on blackmail charges, alleges demand of 10,000 cash and three quarters of stock. Warrant out for VP Stuart H. Chisholm. hearing set for July 6. bail set at 1,000. Company offices listed. case notes a $1,000,000 capitalization in Maine.
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Eisenhuth M Horseless Vehicle Company
Park Row
Centre Street Court
John W. Hisenhuth
Daniel R. Hendricks
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
Broadway
Edward C. Talcott
New York Athletic Club
James Wilson
Larchmont
Stuart H. Chisholm
American Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland
Eisenhuth
Hisenhuth
Yorkville
Wilson
New York
John WY. Eisenhuth
East Ninety-fifth Street
City
Board of
Ss. H. Chisholm
Edward Talcott
D. R. Hendricks
Miller, Decker & Miller
Decker
San Francisco
Nestor A. Alexander
Cedar Street
Chisholm
Quinn Summoned to Court Over Street Gambling Show
John Philip Quinn an alleged reforming gambler who runs a show at 1257 Broadway faces Jefferson Market Court on a nuisance and licensing dispute brought by Dr Simon Goldberg who runs a chiropodist and manicure parlor next door The plaintiff accuses Quinn of blocking entrances and using devices to attract crowds while performing exposed gambling tricks and games The magistrate ordered another summons after noting the show appears illegal without a license and could violate the law by public performance of gambling related acts.
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John Philip Quinn
Broadway
Jefferson Market Court
Simon Goldberg
Quinn
Goldberg
Nell
Deuel
Dr. Goldberg
Municipal Court Justices Deemed Poor Man’s Tribunals
Justice William J. Gaynor in Brooklyn Supreme Court rules Municipal Court is the poor man’s court and cannot lawfully set or collect trial fees or service fees. He voids a $2 trial fee and a $1 process service fee, orders potential refunds, and criticizes unjust practices by Justices who appoint private process servers and levy extra charges. The ruling targets two common municipal court practices and may affect political patronage tied to fees.
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William J. Gaynor
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Municipal Court
New York
Poor Man’s Court
John J. Walsh
Gaynor
Justice Dickey appoints two receivers for Republic Savings Bank
Supreme Court Justice Dickey announced Edward Riggs and Otto Kelsey as receivers for the Republic Savings and Loan Association of New York. Deputy Attorney General Coyne urged action, saying the firm was insolvent with expenses of 9202,000 and a real deficit of 2195,500. The State Banking Department initially handled the matter. Riggs and Kelsey, Manhattan residents, will serve under a joint bond.
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Supreme Court
Dickey
Edward Riggs
Otto Kelsey
Republic Savings and Loan Association of New York
Coyne
State Banking Department
Messrs
Riggs and Kelsey
Manhattan
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For the careless boy double breasted suits and outfits
An old time retailer advertises two boy clothing lines: careless boy with sturdy double breasted short trouser suits and durable fabrics, and careful boy with lightweight flannel suits without lining, plus knee breeches, hats caps shoes and furnishings. Sizes 9 to 16. Rocers Peet & Company lists multiple Manhattan addresses and offers mail orders.
Funeral for Stephen Crane in Metropolitan Temple
Funeral services for young novelist Stephen Crane were held at the Central Metropolitan Temple on Seventh Avenue near Fourteenth Street. Attendees included his family, friends, and dignitaries, with Rev. S. P. Cadman officiating and Dr. Buckley delivering remarks about Crane’s life and genius. The service noted Crane’s early promise, restraint in later works, and the influence of his lineage. The interment followed at Elmira?
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Stephen Crane
Central Metropolitan Temple
Seventh Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Bremen
Lloyd Line
S. P. Cadman
J. M. Buckley
Newark
Buckley
Lafayette College
Syracuse University
Crane
William H. Crane
Flemington
N. J
Col. W. C. Church
J. D. Champlin
Ripley Hitchcock
J. H. Sears
John Kendrick Bangs
Willis B Hawkins
Authors’ Club
Mr. Crane
Elizaigeth
N. S
Byron and Sheridan Compared in a New Edition Review
A compact notice surveys Byron’s poetical merit in the new edition titled Byron. It notes a Filippino Rhyme theme and contrasts with Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s stern denunciation of American war policy as presented in the same publication context.
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Byron
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Smith Gray & Co New York Store and Brooklyn Outlets
Smith Gray & Co operates major commercial outlets in New York City with locations on Broadway at B'way Bedford Avenue corner 31st Street and Fulton Street near Flatbush Avenue, reflecting a dense retail network across Manhattan and Brooklyn areas.
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Smith Gray & Co
New York
Brooklyn
Broadway
B’way
Bedford
31St ST. Fulton St
Flatbush
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