Bonner Remembered as Strict yet Fair Fire Chief
Obituary notes Hugh Bonner longtime New York Fire Department chief and commissioner remembered for discipline invention and leadership. Mayor McClellan lauds his rise from volunteer to commissioner his role in fire prevention and his dedication to duty. Funeral planned at Holy Name Church with rites at Calvary Cemetery.
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Hugh Bonner
John R. Sheehan
Bonner
McClellan
Charles W. Kruger
Canal Street
Kruger
City Hall
Mr. Bonner
West End Avenue
Church of the Holy Name
Ninety-sixth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Croker
Calvary Cemetery
Whitney
William T. Beggin
Thomas King
Thomas F. Barrett
Fire Department
New York Fire Department
All New York
Avenue A School Fire Drill At Public School 96
School Inspector BenjaminBlumenthal conducted a district fire drill at Public School 96 on Avenue A at Highly First Street. All 2,500 pupils were marched into the street in two and a half minutes as required by Fifteenth District School Board resolutions.
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Benjamin Blumenthal
Avenue A
Highlyfirst
Autumn table glimmers with pies and pantry prices
The article lists pumpkins at five cents a pound and rhubarb ten cents per bunch, with limited stalks. Fresh peas and string beans price 35 and 30 cents a quart respectively, apples greenings noted as best. It suggests salads, sauces, and St Patrick's Day dessert ideas using diverse ingredients and decorative touches.
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de Meath
Roosevelt Attacked by Senator Bacon in Bitter Senate Clash
In a sharp Senate session Senator Bacon of Georgia denounced President Roosevelt for usurping legislative power amid conferences with figures from J P Morgan Co big railways and steel trusts. He warned Congress faces a daunting bill load while likening Roosevelt to a foreign puppet regime. In the House Willett accused Roosevelt of deep panic era damage and eroding confidence in government and business.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
White House
House
J. P. Morgan & Co
Steel Trust
Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Tillman
Willett
New York
Taxicab Rampage Halts Times Square Traffic
A taxi in Times Square went wild, zigzagging across Forty-Second Street and into a shoe store window after the driver touched the engine. Police and bystanders cleared the crowd as the car finally halted with damage to the display. No injuries reported.
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Times Square
Forty-second Street
Broadway
French, Shriner & Urner’s
Edison to Start for Florida Today
Thomas A. Edison, after an operation for aural abscesses two weeks ago, leaves Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Infirmary to return to West Orange New Jersey. He is reportedly recovered and will travel with Mrs. Edison in a private car to Florida for several weeks.
Inspector Fined for Primary Fraud in Local Session
Harry Melrose of 2 Ridge Street, deputy of Jacob Neustead the Fourth District GOP leader, was convicted in Special Sessions for violating the primary law by manipulating votes as Primary Inspector. He faces a $150 fine and was among notaries who pleaded guilty in 1906 over forged petitions.
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Harry Melrose
Ridge Street
Jacob Neustead
Public Service hearing on Brooklyn Bridge trains ends without ruling
The Public Service Commission held another hearing on Brooklyn Bridge train operation during rush hours. Brooklyn Rapid Transit President Winter testified about city tolls and deficits, while Borough President Coler urged returning to the old rush hour local trains. Poulsen backed a four track stub end terminal. The case adjourned to March.
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Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Bridge
Winter
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Coler
Neils Poulsen
Willcox
Poulsen
Marc
Receiver Appointed for Westchester Traction Company
Judge Ward in the United States Cir cuit Court named Edward G. Benedict as receiver of the Westchester Traction Company, which ran a trolley line at Ossining. The suit by Industrial Contracting Company of Delaware seeks $32,059.08 advanced to cover bond coupons, issued June 30, 1907, for which the company has not paid. The firm shows $486,000 in 5 percent bonds and over $10,000 in unpaid coupons, with Jacksonville Attorney General action to annul the charter for non-use.
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Jackson
Public Service Commission Orders Overhaul and Expanded Service
The Public Service Commission adopted a final order directing Union Railway to overhaul its equipment and repair tracks and trolley wires in the Bronx. It also required Interborough to add three seven car trains on the Third Avenue elevated line during rush hours and to respond to complaints about few ticket booths at Brooklyn Bridge station.
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Public Service Commission
Union Railway
Bronx
Interborough
Third Avenue
Brooklyn Bridge
Second Avenue Cars Cut Back to Bayard Street
Second Avenue surface cars now run only to Bayard Street, halted before the Bowery. The New York City Railway Company lost the right to turn south on the Bowery from Grand Street after its lease with the Third Avenue Railroad was abrogated. Receivers seek permission from Dry Dock East Broadway and Batters Railroad Company to use Center Street tracks south of Grand Street.
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Second Avenue
Bayard Street
New York City Railway Company
Bowery
Grand Street
Third Avenue Railroad Company
New Yorkity Railway
Dry Dock
East Broadway
Batters
Center Street
Thirteen figures in the Birnam Wood wreck saga
The Danish bark Birnam Wood foundered on a reef off Santa Cruz Cuba on February 13. Thirteen crewmen reached safety in Havana aboard the steamer Yamburi on March 13 after thirteen hours on the wreck. Thirteen days later wreckers hauled the vessel off the reef and it was condemned.
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Santa Cruz
Cuba
United Service notes officers and recruiting travel
Capt. G H Preston of the Thirteenth Cavalry recruiting at Parkersburg will go to Dillonvale Ohio to obtain evidence of enlistment. Major W B Wood from Seattle will inspect subsistence supplies in Tacoma. Major G O Squiers of the Signal Corps will move to New York City and Fort Hancock New Jersey for signal corps matters.
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New York Times
Washington
G. H. Preston
Thirteenth Cavalry
Parkersburg
Weert Wa
Dillonvale
Ohio
W. 8. Wood
Seattle
Tacoma
G. O. Squiers
Signal Corps
New York City
Fort Hancock
N. J
Navy assigns duty transfers for personnel and ships
The report lists multiple naval transfers including Capt H Morrell assigned to fitting out the Wisconsin and command upon commissioning, Lieut Cmdr W S Crosley and Lieut A Buchanan on fitting out the New Hampshire, and Gunner G W Phillips plus Gunner J Mitchell moving between naval stations and E W Bliss Company for torpedo work. Commanders and lieutenants transfer among navy yards, Cavite, Sag Harbor, and Philadelphia area facilities with duties tied to fitting out, ordnance, and torpedo testing.
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Navy Yard
New York
Wisconsin
W. S. Crosley
A. Buchanan
League Island
Penn
New Hampshire
W. C. Watts
Bureau of Navigation
G. W. Phillips
Naval Torpedo Station
Newport
R. I
E. W. Bliss Company
Brooklyn
Sag Harbor
J. Mitchell
Naval Magazine
Fort Mifflin
Sag
Ships Arrive and Sail From Multiple Ports
Arrived at Navy Yard Peoria and Mage Dalena Bay with vessels listed from New York to Kentucky. Sailed from Marietta and New Orleans to Guantanamo and San Diego with Magdalena Bay noted for departure.
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Peoria
Navy Yard
New York
Connecticut
Kansas
Vermont
Louisiana
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Virginia
Minnesota
Ohio
Missouri
Maine
Alabama
Illinois
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Magedalena Bay
Marietta
New Orleans
Guantanamo
California
Magdalena Bay
San Diego
Admiral Dewey Interview Prompts Navy Programme Debate
The Sunday Times publishes a timely interview with Admiral Dewey on the arrival of U S warships at Magdalene Bay. He speaks for the Administration and argues strongly for the proposed programme.
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Ad Dewey
United States
Magdalene Bay
Sunday Times
Admiral Dewey
Adv
No Cash In Purchase Of 28th Street Line
The Attorney General's suit against the New York City Railway trims asset claims by $750,000 and another $750,900, marking a stipulation that the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Street stock had no market value and represented no actual cash investment. The case explores the 1902 Metropolitan Street Railway lease and its solvency implications amid deficits and lack of dividends.
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New York City Railway
Jackson
Herbert R. Limburg
Paul D. Cravath
Vernon Mj Davis
Metropolitan Street Railway
Twenty-ninth Street
Twenty-eighth and
Twenty-ninth Street Crosstown Railway
Twenty-eighth
Theetropolitan Street Railway
Twenty-ninth Street Road
Cravath
Metropolitan Securities Company
Abe Rothschild Arrested in Urbane Fraud Case at Broadway Office
Central Office Detectives McConville and Nelson with Post Office Inspectors Kincaid and Ruddy raided The Successful Business Man office at 302 Broadway and arrested two men. One claimed as M G Rothschild alias Abe Rothschild known for the Diamond Bessie Moore murder case, previously acquitted after a costly 1877 trial.
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Central Office
McConville
Nelson
Post Office
Kincaid and
Ruddy
Broadway
M.G. Rothschild
Abe
Rothschild
Man
Bessie Moore
Jefferson
Texas
Mayer
Arnold G. Cahn
Fire on Providence Aboard Fall River Line Steamer
A fire discovered on the forward deck of the Providence near City Island prompted 400 passengers to transfer to the Richard Peck. Crew conducted a rapid fire drill, the blaze was extinguished, damage about $1000, and no one was hurt as all vessels belong to the New England Navigation Company.
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Fall River Line
Providence
Fall River
Richard Peck
New Haven Line
W. B. Appelby
City Island
Appelby
Boston
Nickerson
The
New England Navigation Company
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