Tammany and Vice in New York City Governance
A historical review traces Tammany Hall’s rise to power in New York City, detailing links between corruption and governance from the 19th century. It cites Grand Jury findings, the Fassett and Lexow committees, and figures such as Mayor Wood and Opdyke, noting extortion, policy shops, and the enduring alliance with reform rivals.
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Tammany
Myers
Wood
Daniel F. Tiemann
Tiemann
Mr. Myers
George P. Opdyke
Mozart Hall
Tammany Hall
C. Gunther
Gunther
Hoffman
Hall
Fassett Committee
Tabor
Lexow Committee
Federal and State Arrests Over Large Film Seizure
Federal and state authorities seized ten thousand films and negatives from the American Electroscope Company on the seventeenth floor of the St James Building at Twenty sixth street and Broadway. Proprietor John J Alexandra of Brooklyn was arrested twice, held on sixty one bail, and the case involved allegedly sending improper material to young women who posed for the photographs.
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Shields
Joner
Wal
Patrolman Powers Fined after Central Park Incident
Patrolman W. E. Powers nicknamed Terror of the Kids was fined for fifteen days pay after a prior Police Headquarters trial. Chief Devery had ordered his arrest for August 6 and alleged abuse of colored protesters, with Powers claiming officers clubbed him and another captain denying the accusations.
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W. E. Powers
Central Park
Eighth Ave
Devery
Powers
Abell
Cooney
Has &O
Miet
Wick
Houston St
Aareen
Chronic bronchitis relief touted by cod liver oil emulsion
An old bronchitis article notes partial reasons for persistence and claims Scott's emulsion of cod liver oil greatly relieves chronic bronchitis. The ad lists Boott & Bowse at 409 Pearl Street New York as the contact.
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Scott
Pearl Street
New York
Oppose Fifteen's Delay in Call for Committee Action
The Committee of Fifteen debates urgent steps against police protected vice as delays persist due to James C Carter's illness in Boston. Rumors push for Charles Stewart Smith to be named permanent chairman and for Reynolds and Smith to join. Meanwhile disorderly resorts shrink as Captain Titus prosecutes Isaac Feinberg for soliciting men at a Suffolk Street address.
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James C. Carter
Boston
Charles Stewart Smith
Smith
Carter
Alexander E. Orr
Cnles
Committee of Fifteen
Citizens
J. Smith
James B. Reynolds
Paddock
Felix Adler
University Settlement
Captain Titus
Mott, Pell and
Dovers Sts
Titus
Cornell
Essex Market Court
Isaac Feinberg
Feinberg
Wakefield and
Burke
Suffolk St
Civic Righteousness Emphasized At St. Andrew Brotherhood Meeting
New York local assembly of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew held a monthly session at the Pro-Cathedral in Stanton Street. Bishop Potter spoke on Civic Righteousness urging faith in God and personal virtue as the basis for public ethics, with remarks from Dr. Huntington and others.
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Association For the
W. D. P. Bliss
Central Federated Union
Oe Union
Civic Federal
Wilterm
New-York
The
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Stantonst
New York
Edward W. Kiernan
Alexander M. Hadden
John P. Faure
John W. Wood
Episcopal Missionary Society
E. N. Potter
Charles C. Tiffany
Potter
William R. Huntington
Huntington
Sie
Eatington
St. John the di
St. John
Op Potter
R. Fulton Cutting
Robert Lewis Paddock
Brotherhood
New Ear Drums For Miss Rockefeller
Cleveland reports a Vienna letter stating Europe’s leading physicians are growing new ear drums for Miss Alta Rockefeller daughter of John D Rockefeller The writer says Miss Rockefeller is a notable case treated by a renowned doctor and that diaphragms are being created for her ears due to a warbler fever history with the result still underway.
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Cleveland
Europe
Alta Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Vienna
Rockefeller
Miss Rockefellers
New Private Patients Building Opens at New York Hospital
A ten story addition to New York Hospital was opened with a reception by the Board of Governors attended by hundreds. Notables included Superintendent Metasa and Secretary Crane. The first floor houses executives, the second houses doctors, and upper floors are prepared for private patients with modern elevators.
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New York Hospital
Board of Governors
Board
Aioe Metasa
Crane
Election canvass shapes up with county variances in New York
Albany reports Oneida Greene Tompkins and Kings pending official canvass while Chautauqua nears first in party strengths. Koharie County stands as a Democratic bright spot over Harlem, with McKinley and Odell splitting votes for warner. Smallest totals come from Hamilton and several Adirondack areas, with Elmira Niagara Falls and Oswego among minor cities.
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Albany
Oneida
Greene
Tompkins
Kings
Stary
Chautauqua
Koharie County
Harlem
McKinley Todet
Seon Bae Gout
Odell
Warner
Hamilton County
Adirondack Forest
York
Elmira
Niagara Falls
Dunkirk
Oswego
Mayoralty canvass shows Low leading in ballots
The Tribune reports nearly twelve thousand ballots received with Seth Low leading as top first and second choice. William Brookfield and Bird S Colier follow in early counts, while several others show gains. names listed below five ballots will be fully gazetted later.
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Tribune
Seth Low
William Brookfield
Bird S. Colier
Charles A. Schieren
Coler
Isaac A. Hopper
Frank Moss
George Henry Sargent
Frank Moss A Consistent Reformer
Fragmentary note from New York December 3 indicates a preferred reformer Frank Moss in a political context. The text shows a voter advocating reform and supporting Moss, with garbled affiliation hints to a local group or county.
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Frank Moss
The
Tribune
Moe
Frank Rg
Oth Low Co
New-York
Ellison Fighting Spirit Urges Union Candidate in Mayor Race
A letter from New York readers praises William B. Ellison and urges a battleground temper in the mayoral campaign of 1900. The writer supports Ellison’s vision and the Low ticket but insists on a vigorous, combative drive to push needed reforms. Another correspondent endorses Ernest Harrier for mayor and calls for independent public service above party lines. A Brooklyn note advocates ballots for the Low ticket and Coler with experienced leaders who will act on responsibilities.
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the Tribune
Mail and Express
William B. Ellison
Low
Ellison
Mr. Ellison
New-York
Ernest Harrier
New-Yor
Muni
Brooklyn
Local manager accused of misappropriating band profits
The article alleges a manager kept two thirds of receipts owed and arranged a four week engagement for Sousa's Band at Be Fanamerican Buffalo. It cites $10,000 in damages for profits, plus $4,933 in expenses, and calls for an accounting of already earned profits.
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Sousa
Toponew i
Buffalo Force
Semaen
Lenox Library Property in New York May Move to Historical Society
The New York Public Library trustees may negotiate with the New York Historical Society over the Lenox Library Building and block. The Lenox gift includes 125 feet of Fifth Avenue frontage, a 100 foot Madison Avenue frontage, and a 19.5 foot-wide plot restricting interior use to library purposes. Estimated value exceeds $1 million for the block, with the library building not replaceable for at least $75,000.
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the Tribune
New-York Historical Society
Lenox Library
New-York Public Library
Astor, Lenox and Tilden
Astor Library
Historical Society Committee
J. Pierpont Morgan
Nicholas Fish
John J. Tucker
New York Publc Library
Historical Society
George L. Rives
Edward King
Sie Rives
Tribune
Dreck
Fifth
Agagiseo
Lenox
Fifth Ave
Henrietta Lenox
Madison Ave
Plead Guilty to Arson Charge by Married Couple
Adolph Hoffman and his wife Florence pleaded guilty to first degree arson before Recorder Goff. They firebombed their second floor apartment at 687 Fast 146th Street on November 2. A 17 year old cousin Mary Hoffmayer confessed to setting a bed ablaze for a promised new dress to obtain insurance proceeds.
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Adolph Hoffman
Florence
Goff
Mary C. Hoffmayer
Hoffman
Baltimore
Hoffmans
Walsh
Saas
Germania
Coal dealer killed in coal delivery accident
Daniel J. Kelly aged 52 a coal dealer of 44 West Fortie was fatally injured when a coal delivery wagon wrecked and his skull was fractured. He died instantly at the scene. Emergency crews attended but could not revive him. Local authorities investigated the mishap and notified next of kin.
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Daniel J. Kelly
West Fortie
Reading
Manager's Suit Against Sousa Clarified by Supreme Court
On the application of John Philip Sousa Justices Fitzgerald in the Supreme Court directed the complaint in the action brought against Sousa by Everett R Reynolds his manager to be made more definite and certain Reynolds says he aia.
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John Philip Sousa
Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Sousa
Everett R Reynolds
Reynolds
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NEW Association TO Fight
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Andrew Brotherhood
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Harvard University
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Florine Evesson
Mary
Bassford
Abram Lassford
Lotte Messford
Henry E. Sassford
Helena Baseford
Janet F. Marevall
Maynard Marshall
Lilian V. Hynes
Thomas
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John P. Ward
Hew
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Frankz L. Bassford
Edward A.phill
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Julia A. Hemphill
Albert J. Hemphill
Ellinor Carter Hemphill
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William H
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Charles van Buskirk
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Seth Sprague Tfrry
Borough of Manhattan
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Charlotte Bassford
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Helena Bassford
Janet F. Marshall
R. Maynard Marshall
Thomas Hynes
Fannie Basesford
William H. Speer, Jr
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Ellinor Carter Bempt
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Henry O. Packard
Spencer C. Packard
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Lemuel
Samuel A. Gassford
Samuel W. Bassford
James Field
Supreme Court of New York
County Court House
Mashattis
City of New York
County of
Bronx
179Th Street
Central Avenue
Grant Avenue
Webster Avenue
East 170Th Street
East 176Th Street
Seth Sprague Terry
New York City
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Bubsey
Thomas G. Allen
Henry B Vaughas
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Xai M. Wallach
Steinchen R. Wallach
Greimnenen
Moses K. Wallach
Ruth Wallach
Ruth
Udenow
Paina
Sarah Coleman
Arthur Coma
Esther Colen
Esther
Piain Mart
Thome Roberts Stevenson
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Pamec
Charles Raoul-Duval
Charles Albert Stevens
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Carter Eee Corporation
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Marcy M Sock
Os Eniied
Bact Hedric Light and Power
Solomon Tustin
Alter
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Baesen
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I. Krauss
Joan Boer
Sophie Hagedorn
Hiforth
Peter Yeneesmuidt
Sebastian
Menard
Jona
Richard Nts
Arthur Cone
Pamueaton
County Sane
Mashetan
City
County
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