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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1903
Page
2
A report is prepared on the firm’s work with illegible return forms and worthless year old books. The department notes most recent transactions are better but months last year left the books practically worthless. Responsibility will be fixed.
Assistant Secretary Armstrong returns from New York and demands written reports from Samuel W. Thompson and Walter R. Eaton about their links to a company investigated by a Post Office official. He states they must sever ties if they wish to stay in the Customs Service and criticizes officials who double as business operators. The Treasury plans to curb such outside business to protect government service.
A Rutherford inquiry assesses Herman's ability to handle the printing money contract amid questions over his funding and shipping logistics. The investigation notes Herman paid an old debt to move his machinery to Rutherford for blanks and warns of limited capital, with backing from a paper firm tied to Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford. The report cites that Herman did not deposit a certified check but posted a bond covering fifteen dollars.
Joseph Deagan twenty six of 825 Robbins Avenue Bronx lies dying at Lincoln Hospital from skull fracture and head injuries after a daylight brawl near Robin's Pedlas One Hundred and thirty Ninth Street. Henry Albert twenty seven of 415 Brook Avenue Bronx was treated with a scalp wound facial lacerations and hand injuries. Mrs Anna Deagan said she separated fighters but Deagan collapsed and was rushed to hospital where doctors said he could not be saved and death could come at any hour. Witnesses described a fight over a gate for baseball or a field event and police said they learned of the incident only after midnight yesterday.
Two men on Brooklyn trolley cars tried to recover blown hats by leaping to the street. Antonio Trasosky, 30, of 104 Hester Street, fell backward from a Third Avenue car at Thirty third Street and Third Avenue and suffered a compound skull fracture. William Runman, 20, of 8 Suffolk Street, jumped from a Tompkins Avenue car on Douglass Street near Kingston Avenue and sustained a brain concussion. Both were taken to hospitals.
In Atlanta today white gangs of ten or more loitered near Western Union and Postal Telegraph offices and hurled rocks at Black messengers. Police reported five injured and made no arrests as threats of mass discharge loom amid rising hostility after nightfall.
An incident on a Coney Island bound train near Park Row leads to arrests after Italian passengers push women from seats and threaten the conductor. Roundsman Farrell assembles ten officers, guards the second car, and two men from Bayard Street and Franklin Street are jailed for disorderly conduct.
Thomas Thorntey, a well to do Brooklyn butcher, died after a piece of steak lodged in his throat while dining at Gustav Ahlstrom’s restaurant at 163 Van Brunt Street. He laughed when a friend joked, the morsel could not be dislodged, and medical aid arrived too late.
Col Edward W Hine of Paterson commanding the Fifth New Jersey National Guard finds a path to move his troops on July 4 despite Erie Railway passenger department saying no special cars. He seeks cars from Pennsylvania Railroad to transport units to Sea Girt and warns Erie Road they will occupy regular cars if needed. Erie officials promise to provide special cars.
The Rev Dr W A Bartlett at First Congregational Church in Chicago argues against mob violence while urging active community response to crimes. He says lynching targets not just criminals but harms women and children, condemns the passion for swift justice, and stresses shared guilt across races.
The Rev Dr Robert MacArthur preached on lawlessness and lynchings at Calvary Baptist Church in New York. He encouraged Roosevelt as a bipartisan presidential nominee for next year and noted plans to speak on July Fourth in Emporia Kansas. He defended Americanism amid recent events and urged citizen duties to foreigners living in the U.S. The sermon stirred some in the congregation to leave, though no one did. MacArthur had recently arrived from Canada, with many Britons among his parishioners.
Thomas McAuley aged 37 of 4 Harrison Avenue Jersey City disappeared from home on Wednesday. He was a prominent Knight of Pythias and leaves a family. He was found drowned yesterday in the Hackensack River.
Policeman John Fitzpatrick of Madison Street Station, famed for saving lives, plunged into the East River off Market Street to save Israel Goldman, a 25 year old tailor who tried to drown himself. Goldman fought Fitzpatrick, but two bystanders Peter Sheridan and William Baker aided in hauling him from the water. Goldman was hospitalized at Gouverneur Hospital with expected quick recovery.
Historical document found in Trenton believed to be an original act of Congress from July 5 170 authorizing purchase by the government of West Point on the Hudson as a military station and school. The paper bears signatures of Thomas Jefferson Frederick Muhlenberg John Adams and Gov Bloomfield and was presented by Clayton L Traver to State Treasurer Frank Briggs.
Oscar Franklin, 21, a Negro waiter from 241 West Twenty ninth Street, dines with a companion at Teoo Sung chop suey house on 831 Eighth Avenue. He demands an extra knife and fork and is refused. After a scuffle over a bowl, Franklin is wounded in the hand by owner Loo Sung who summons police. Franklin hides in a cellar as a mob gathers outside. Police rescue him and take him to the station. Loo Sung later reports felonious assault.
Bellevue Hospital reported dying cigarmaker John Hyde of 268 Bowery from injuries after an assault in a saloon at First Avenue and Second Street. Hyde, who joined a crowd last Tuesday, was beaten, fled home, then sought care as pain from a head injury worsened. Coroner to take his post mortem. East Twenty Second Street police alerted.
The new St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church at Tinwood Street and New Lots Road East New York was dedicated yesterday with Bishop Charles E.McDonnell delivering the dedicatory address. Clergy assisted and a class of 167 boys and girls was confirmed. The church, one of Brooklyn's youngest, organized three years ago, is led by Rev. Wilfam Ahern.
The Geological Survey has completed much topographical work in New York this season. A cooperative surveying program with the State Engineer includes maps of several quadrangles: Penn Yann in Yates and Steuben, Naples covering 214 square miles across Yates Ontario and Steuben, Cortland in Cortland County, Alexandria Bay near Thousand Islands on the St. Lawrence, Richfield Springs area in Otsego and Herkimer, Hempstead on Long Island, and Kinderhook with Nassau and Queens portions.
Ohio politics center on Cleveland Mayor Tom L. Johnson as the likely Democratic nominee for governor. The party plans to pair him against Hanna to win the legislative ticket and unseat Hanna, with Mayor Jones of Toledo aiding labor-vote alignment. Johnson frames his candidacy as contingent on a unanimous party demand and county support for a one-ballot nomination.
The Rev Dr Minot J Savage in his final sermon at the Church of the Messiah urged New York to guard against a reform ebb. He warned against cynical talk and urged honest, earnest public service to sustain the city’s improved governance.
Senator Platt spoke at the Oriental Hotel in Manhattan Beach about the Jerome case and the Van Wyck Dock Board, suggesting Tam many Hall would perilously weaken this fall if serious charges emerge. He dismissed criticism of Aqueduct Commissioners as unfounded and endorsed William Halpin and Lynn Bruce for leadership while expressing admiration for Senator Hanna and the Republican national committee work.
Gustaf Erickson a Norwegian cabin passenger aboard the steamship Umbria was arrested at the Cunard pier yesterday morning by U S Marshal Bernhardt. He is wanted in Norway for forgery and was taken to Ludlow Street Jail to await extradition by the Norwegian Government.
New Jersey proposes constitutional amendments to create a Board of Pardons with the Governor Chancellor and Attorney General. An Appellate Court would include a Chief Justice and four associates, with Vice Chancellors gaining powers. The measure would shift court structure, expand salaries, and require Senate confirmation for vice chancellors.
Aagarika Dharmapala, a wealthy Hindu priest from Ceylon, toured Washington in a yellow robe and white turban. He met with Secretary Wilson to learn U S farming methods and irrigation insights, noting his people need education like Tuskegee to avert famines and improve food production.
At his residence 114 West Ninety-fourth Street Franklin Fyles the dramatic critic and playwright is reported to be slightly improved doctors hold out hope for recovery for the family
The low pressure system over the country has eased with generally fair weather and higher temperatures in the interior. Showers persist in the East and South with cooler spells. the West stays warm. Monday and Tuesday see mostly fair skies, with scattered showers along the South Atlantic Coast and in the Upper Midwest and Great Plains regions. Winds vary by coast and interior, from light to fresh, with south to southeast directions common. Local forecast notes partly cloudy conditions and warmer temperatures in most regions, with some areas expecting showers and cooler spells.
The report notes a maximum temperature of 71 degrees at 5 PM and a low of 62 degrees at 6 AM. Humidity figures are given for 8 AM and 7 PM, with an 8 AM reading of per cent and 7 PM at 75 per cent.
A sequence of fires from Saturday night to Sunday night caused varying damages at multiple locations including Demuth Manufacturing Works on M89 Walker Street and 12516 FP, Ellen Harvey on West Twenty Fourth Street, J Bushner on Eighth Avenue, and the Metropolitan Street Railroad Company area. Damages ranged from trifling to hundreds of dollars with several owners unknown.
Fire swept Kern Beeler & Co. department store in Decatur Indiana causing about 88000 in losses. The Brooks Oil paint shop in Cleveland burned with 50000 in damage, fully insured. In Tucson Arizona a major blaze ruined the San Xavier Hotel owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company with extensive guest losses.
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