Manhattan Elevated Railroad case fixes city assessable value
Albany reports the Court of Appeals set the Manhattan Elevated Railroad property value for city taxes at 9,492,307 dollars, about half the prior assessment. Back taxes from 1899 amounting to nearly 750,000 will be due, and annual city taxes of 150,000 to 200,000 are noted. The decision refines how assets and land damages are treated in taxation and argues the company pays about 1,000 daily in taxes despite public misperceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Court of Appeals
Manhattan Elevated Railroad
New York City
Board of Assessors
Manhattan Company
Beach
Nash
Haight
Parker
Bartlett
Martin
Nann
O’brien
Landon
Langon
New York
Equitable Gaslight Company
Barker
Ex Judge Dillion Comments On Tax Decision And Franchise Issue
Ex Judge John F. Dillon general counsel for the Manhattan Railway Company said the decision does not involve the Ford franchise tax and stems from general state tax law. He noted the case has dragged since 1894 with appeals and rehearings and discussed deducting mortgage indebtedness in valuing taxed property. The city sought a franchise tax while the state taxed the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Dillon
Manhattan Railway Company
Ford
Court of Appeals
This Is a Good Day for You to Order Thanksgiving Evans Ale
Weather and market notices blend with a nod to readers to place Thanksgiving ale orders from Evans Ales. The brief item appears among listings of pages and column topics in the issues’ retail and service notices.
Czar's condition improves as bulletin reports steady gains
In European Russia on November 27 the Czar shows a good day with stable vitals and deep sleep. Temperature ranges from 96.8 to 97.9 while pulse remains 66, and overall strength is satisfactory. Attendants include Dr Hirsch, Dr Popoff, and Dr Tikhonoff who joined after serving as a country practitioner near Yalta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livadia
European
Russia
ST. Petersburg
Hirsch
Popoff
Tikhonoff
Tikhonoffi
Biajsk
Riazan
Peter Nicolaievitch
Grand Duke
Crimean
Yalta
Nicholas
McKinley Thanksgiving Turkey From Rhode Island
Washington reports Horace Vose of Westerly Rhode Island the long time White House turkey purveyor has shipped a thirty one pound bird for President McKinley. Another fine turkey arrived from Dr. J S Trexler of Butztown Pennsylvania for the feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Rhode Island
Westerly
Horace Vose
White House
J. 8. Trexler
Butztown
Penn
Louisville Girl Engaged to Baron Speckyor of Sternburg
Miss Lillian Langham of Louisville announced engagement to Baron Herman Speckyor of Sternburg. They plan to marry December 9 at St George's London and sail December 25 from Genoa to India. The baron, once First Secretary at the German Embassy in Washington, now serves as Germany's Consul General at Calcutta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Lillian May Langham
Baron Herman Speck
Sternburg
St. George’s
Hanover Square
London
Genoa
India
Miss Langham
Pelle
Baron von Sternburg
Washington
Germany
Calcutta
Priest's Will Probed Walworth Estate In Albany
Letters testamentary granted on the estate of Rev Clarence AL Walworth valued about 150000. He bequeaths adjoining real estate to St Mary's Church and pays the parochial school mortgage. He leaves books to Catholic University. The bulk goes to descendants of Chancellor Walworth with Miss Ellen Hardin Walworth as residuary beneficiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Clarence AL Walworth
Father Walworth
St. Mary’s Church
Catholic University At
Washington
Chancellor Walworth
Mansfield Tracey Walworth
Ellen Hardin Walworth
Four Penn Railroad Workers to retire on pensions
Four veteran employees in Chicago will be retired for life on pensions January first under a new company policy west of Pittsburgh. The plan makes retirement compulsory at age seventy for officers or employees with thirty years or more service. The retirees are W. F. Peterson the claim adjuster C. H. Miller Union Stock Yards agent James Pridham local freight clerk and C. H. White local freight clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
W. F. Peterson
C. H.miller
Union Stock Yards
James Pridham
C. H. White
Argument Opens in Chicago Bond Case
Special to The New York Times. Eugene H. Fishburn seeks an injunction to stop issuing city bonds totaling 686000 for bridges. He contends bonds would push Chicago’s debt beyond the 5 percent municipal debt limit. The case questions whether the limit applies to assessed or actual property value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York Times
Chetlain
Eugene H. Fishburn
Young Leiter Denies Reports
Joseph Leiter arrived in Chicago and dismissed rumors of his poker play prowess as exaggerations. He refused to discuss the Mrs Stuyvesant story or any plans regarding marriage, calling the latter tales too silly to be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Dupree estate herd to be sold largest in existence
D E Carlin of Leslie as administrator will dispose of the Dupree buffalo herd. The herd comprises forty five full bloods and numerous crosses and is claimed to be the largest herd in existence.
Niagara Falls and Return Tickets via Iackalyanna
Train service offers Niagara Falls and Return via Iackalyanna. Tickets are valid for travel starting November 28 with return by December 3. Advance purchase encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Fells
Iackalyanna
Legal Fight Over Will Validity and Brooklyn Property
Brooklyn amateur actor Harrie Jaynes Stokum sues Kinshema Inn Co to force title transfer on a Monticello property arguing his late wife’s unconditional will leaving all to him was valid despite a later son born post testament. He faced loan and funds setbacks, canceled a Sterling Place home purchase, and seeks $50,000 to $75,000 property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrie Jaynes Stokum
Brooklyn
Kinshema Inn Company
Stokum
Monticello
Sullivan County
N. Y
Berenice Betts
Palestine
Mr. Stokum
Cook’s
Castle
Freeport Bank
Gibraltar
Morticello
Sterling Place
Gruesome supper at Woman's College entertains with biology theme
In Bennet Hall Baltimore a “laboratory supper” featured a skeleton as host and a table laid with germ and plant life motifs. Guests included Dr Maynard Metcalf and Mrs Metcalf along with numerous biology department members and students from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Woman's College
Bennett Hall
Maynard M. Metcalf
Florence Peables
Biological Department
the College
Metcalf
Lilian Welsh
Mary Sherswood
Jeffries
Jeanette Ostrander
Clara H. Tucker
Pauline Elizabeth Iden
Mary Bass
Esther Robinson
Mabel Niant
Hooper
Maginnis Hopes to Get Senate Seat
Helena Montana November 27 Major Martin Maginnis, appointed U.S. Senator last spring to fill W A Clark’s vacancy, is in Washington to present his case before the Senate. He is confident he will be seated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Man
Martin Maginnis
United States
W. A. Clark
Washington
Senate
Woman's Mysterious Trip Ends With Unanswered Questions
A well dressed woman arrived at Police Headquarters shortly after 11 pm asking for the detective office. She spoke briefly with Pfaehler and was driven away, directing the cab to Morton House. Hotel staff reported no woman matching her description had checked in or faced trouble there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police
Pfaehler
Morton House
12,000-Pound Shaft Shipped by Express from Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Co. sent a hollow forged fluid compressed steel shaft weighing 12,000 pounds to Anaconda Copper in Montana. The 47 ft 10 in long shaft, 15 to 20 in diameter with a seven inch axial hole, replaces a broken hoisting engine shaft and ended a mine shutdown. It was described as the largest express parcel ever shipped from Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Penn
Bethlehem Steel Company
Anaconda
Evans' Ale Beverages Featured From Start to Finish
Thanksgiving promotion urges readers to choose Evans' Ale as their beverage from start to finish. Advertisement highlights brand during holiday meal planning and serves as a seasonal prompt for consumers to purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Plot to Kill Lord Roberts Revealed in Dispatch
London reports the War Office released Lord Roberts's dispatch from Johannesburg dated November 26. He states a plot to blow up a mine under St Mary's Church during the 11 o'clock morning service on November 18. five Italians four Greeks and a Frenchman were arrested on November 16 and await trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
St. Mary’s Church
United States Mission Seeks Better Porte Ties in Constantinople
The Griscom visit to Yildiz Palace yielded no result as talks with Tewfik Pasha and Tahsin Bey failed to change the Porte’s stance on granting an exequatur to a U S Consul at Harpool. The Kentucky’s dispatch to Smyrna appears to have influenced officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griscom
Yildiz
Kentucky
Constantinople
United States
Lloyd C. Griscom
Yildiz Palace
Tewfik Pasha
Tahsin Bey
Porte
Harpool
Smyrna
Hecla Iron Works Adopts Co-operative Plan
Williamsburg workers embrace a new co operative system at Hecla Iron Works where 33 department heads will gain interest on salaries. About 700 employees, founded 1876 by Niels Polson, see added share of profits with 6 percent dividends matching salary interest. Secretary Francis C. Jackson calls this a preliminary step toward broader implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Hecla Iron Works
Niels Polson
Polson
Francis C. Jackson
Runaway Horse Causes Downtown Hijinks on Fifth Avenue
A horse attached to a hansom cab driven by James Pogue of 6086 Second Avenue ran wild after frightening at a passing automobile. It rammed iron posts and shop windows near Tyson's, then dashed through waiting cabs. Pogue was slightly injured. two women in the cab became hysterical but were unharmed. Hart Brothers livery owned the horse. cabs damaged belonged to James Hebron Delmonico Stables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pogue
Second Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Forty-eighth Street
Ogue
Forty-fourth Street
Tyson's
Delmonico’s
Pogue
Capt. McClusky
Detective Bureau
Hart Brothers
Seventh Avenue
James Hebron
Delmonico Stables
West Forty-fifth Street
Hebron
De Koven Estate Settled In Chicago Probate Court
Final accounting filed in Chicago Probate Court values John De Koven estate at $500000 with expenditures of $431848. Widow Annie L De Kowen receives $250000 legacy plus $10000 widow’s award and $10000 executor’s fee. Residue to trustees to be distributed among beneficiaries including Louise L De K Bowen, Louis De Koven and John De K Al sop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
John de Koven
Annie L. de Kowen
Louise L. de K. Bowen
Louis de Koven
John de K. Alsop
New York City
Yale College
700 Men Offer Their Skin in Chicago Science Drive
In Chicago on November 27, more than 700 men and boys offered to donate skin for grafting as a response to an ad. The skin donor pool centered on 20 people paid eight dollars each. the patient is Felix Machut whose right hand was crushed by sandpaper rollers on October 23, leaving flesh exposed to the elbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West Washington
Felix Machut
Lamp Post Stops Runaway Delivery Wagon Collision
A delivery wagon belonging to R. H. Macy & Co. collided with Car 35 on Lexington Avenue near Thirty second Street. Driver William Ahearn escaped injury as the team bolted, struck a lamppost at Twenty-sixth Street, then calmed by William Rourke and Miller with police help. No one was hurt after the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Macy & Co
Lexington Avenue
William Ahearn
Avenue
Jared
Twenty-sixth Street
William Rourke
Miller
East Thirty-fifth Street
Ahearn
Cushman K. Davis Dies in Minnesota at 63
United States Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis of Minnesota died at his home in St. Paul at 9 p.m. after two months of illness from kidney disease. Doctors reported nephritis and diabetes, with multiple surgeries and delirium before death. Family, including wife, father, and sisters, kept vigil as Gov. Lind ordered state buildings closed and flags at half mast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
United States
Cushman Kellogg Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Minnesota
Theodore Sedgwick
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Whipple
Florida
Appleby
Sedgwick
Davis
Stone
Mrs. Davis
Mr. Davis
Morford
Bartlett Tripp
Senator Davis
C. A. Severance
Frye
Governor Lind Likely to Appoint Ex Senator Washburn
ST PAUL Nov 27 Ex Senator W D Washburn is likely to fill the Senate vacancy created by Senator Davis’s illness Gov Lind intends to appoint within days The move aims to unsettle Republican leadership and provoke party disarray Washburn a Minneapolis native faces GOP opposition but satisfies the governor’s aim to complicate Republican plans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Lind
W. D. Washburn
ST. Paul
Davis
Lind
Charles A. Towne
Washburn
Minneapolis
Senator Cushman Davis dies a towering Minnesota figure
The death of Cushman K. Davis closes a notable career in law politics and letters. Born 1838 in New York, he rose from Wisconsin lawyer to Minnesota Governor and U S Senator, authored the 1890 Pension Act, and opposed free coinage while shaping foreign policy under Harrison and later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cushman Kellogg Davis
Great Northwest
United States Senate
Minnesota
St. Paul
Davis
Davis, Kellogg & Severance
Henderson
Jefferson County
Waukesha
Wis
Horatio N. Davis
Cushman K. Davis
University of Michigan
Alexander W. Randall
Wisconsin
Abraham Lincoln
United States Volunteer Forces
Vicksburg
Little Rock
Jefferson Davis
Forrest
Wisconsin H Regiment
United States
Harrison
Blaine
Cahensly
Europe
Hawaii
Cleveland
Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Venezuela
John Sherman
Senate
Major McKinley
Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
Laura Bowman
Anna Malcolm Agnew
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad Teaser
An advertisement notes Deerfoot Farm sausages made from tender dairy-fed porkers with selected spices. It promotes a two-pound package and warns to beware of imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deerfoot Farm
Hewitt Reveals Police Corruption at Reform Chamber Meet
A packed Chamber of Commerce session, led by ex mayor Hewitt, calls for a 15 member committee to eradicate vice and press officials to act. Bishop Potter declines attendance but endorses lay leadership. leaders accuse police captains and ward men of tolerating vice and crime on the East Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Abrams. Hewitt
Hewitt
Murray
Wall Street
Bowery
Bishop Potter
Robert L. Paddock
Cross
Herlihy
Tammany
John Wallace Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Massachusetts
Morris K. Jesup
Chamber
New York City
Smith
Potter
New York
H.C. Potter
Tammany Hall
Mr. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Manhattan Railway Suit
Dillon
Manhattan Railway
United Service
Czar
MR. McKinley
Turkey
Dr. Trexler
The
Pennsylvania Road
Young Leiter
H. J. Stokum
Woman's College of Baltimore
Maginnis
Express
Hecla Works Co-Operative
Brooklyn Iron Concern
DE Koven
Whdo
Senator
Philippines
Spain
Maine
Duluth
Alexandria
J. B. Murphy
Owever
MR. Hewitt
Department
Chamber OF Commerce Acts
Conditions
MR. Paddock
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!