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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1902
Page
18
Washington readers note that Col. W. J. Talbert of South Carolina will not return to the House next year. His long contest against private pension bills and his bid for South Carolina governor ended his congressional career after five terms.
A McKinley memorial window unveiled at Central Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn features an image of the president with his last words. Reverend John F. Carson preached on The Men Who Made America, praising Lincoln, Garrisons, and McKinney as exemplars of character over material power.
Governor Otero reports New Mexico as unusually prosperous with irrigation progress new mines opened and towns growing. Territory net bonded debt stands at 1,034,054 and assessed value quoted at 41,108,745, though he argues real value may near 150,000,000 for tax purposes.
Mrs. Spies reports a late Saturday attempt to force entry into her Mount Vernon home. A chisel used on a door prompted the intruder to flee. Mrs. Spies suspects her husband, recently returned from England, sought papers and a trunk lamp now missing from the house.
The auxiliary cruiser Panther with 320 marines aboard reached Hampton Roads from Colon via San Juan after a rough Atlantic passage. Of the crew, 250 are stricken with malaria and 34 marines were transferred to a naval hospital at Portsmouth. Most cases are not serious and orders are awaited.
Barry Johnstone, actor in Keith's Bijou Theatre stock company, shot Miss Hassett in the street in Philadelphia and then killed himself with two bullets to the chest. He died at Hahnemann Hospital from peritonitis after the incident and suicide. Miss Hassett was married to Chicago businessman Everett Beckwith and planned to be leading woman this season.
Philadelphia report quotes Dr. William W. Keen defending animal experiments as essential to brain localization during a life saving operation on Midshipman Aiken. He sent his account to Senator Gallinger, urging lawmakers to desist from anti vivisection legislation and citing multiple cases where cerebral mapping saved lives.
Dr. Adolf Lorenz visited the Hospital for Crippled Children and advised physicians on treating several patients. After a city drive he dined with the Maryland University Hospital faculty and his assistant Dr. Mueller. He will hold a public clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital tomorrow forenoon.
The German steamer Albano with Captain Kudenhold, seventeen days from Hamburg to New York, arrived short of coal after hurricane weather in the Atlantic. The voyage left passengers suffering as a Newfoundland gale drove several vessels ashore. full disaster reports were not yet available.
Everett V. Abbot chair of the membership committee writes to Justice E. B. Hinsdale defending the Civil Service Reform Association. He argues the group relies on extensive records, disputes the Black act as a model, supports a practical law, and seeks efficiency and veteran preferences reforms.
The industrial department of the Civic Federation gathers at No 203 Broadway to deliberate over arbitration conciliation output hours and union incorporation. Senator Hanna presides after arriving, with opening remarks by Mayor Low, and a three day schedule follows.
John R. Hegeman Sr, son of Metropolitan Life president, plans four dinners tonight to celebrate the Union Hook and Ladder Company of Mamaroneck moving into its new 7000 dollar home. Invited guests include C Oliver Iselin A C Bostwick Alfred Marshall and J M MacDonough. The event features red shirts and a menu of turkey cranberries and porterhouse steaks. Captain Jack Hegeman wears a dramatic uniform and gong rig and supports firehouse security at Orienta Point. The engine sits in his father's barn and is operated by servants during fires. He helped erect the new firehouse and raise the American flag from the Columbia to fly over the building.
Samuel B. Mann of Afkin, Lambert & Co. identifies uncut diamonds found on Henry G. Marsh as belonging to the firm. Marsh, an entry clerk, is held on $1,000 bail after arraignment as police probe a theft ring extending to the safe and nightly missing goods. Aikin defends the employee’s innocence while an accountant is to audit firm books.
A mystery vase valued at 2500 dollars reappeared last evening. A ten year old boy delivered the vase and note to East 51st Street police station claiming a stranger gave it for him to return. Detectives confirmed the item as Richard A. Canfield’s property at his East 44th Street home.
Charles Jackson twenty five year old of Newark was arraigned in Jefferson Market court on intoxication charges and fined by Magistrate Cornell, which he paid. Mrs. E N Taller of Washington Square North reported a drunken intruder joined her carriage at Fifth Ave and Eighth, was removed by police, and Jackson showed remorse in court claiming he mistook the cab for one in Newark.
The Rev Dr Joseph Silverman of Temple Emanu El preached a second Zionism sermon arguing assimilation is the path to solving the Jewish question. He urged Jews to abandon foreign language and customs, learn American ways, and live in the land while retaining distinct religious beliefs.
Police chief says the Mount Vernon visit by a mysterious figure was not a burglary and suspects the servant Mary Lynch who was to stay until January. Witnesses disagree with Mrs Morosini and her mother about a burglar or a haunting with a possible nightmare explanation.
A two week lockout affecting about 5500 workers ends as the Building Trades Council and the Builders' Association agree to arbitrate. Each side will name three men who will join a seventh to render a majority decision. The dispute follows fines imposed on two plumbers for crossing the strike line.
A series of free lectures arranged by the TB prevention committee at United Charities Building Fourth Ave and 22nd St outlines topics on causation prevention social aspects government duties tuberculosis and its impact on children and related health care measures with dates from December to May and speakers including Dr H M Biggs Edward T Devine Dr S A and Dr A Jacobi and Dr E L Trudeau.
A vintage ad details women and men auto wear including jackets, coats, vests, trousers, caps, goggles and loggins. Prices range from 1.50 to 45.00 with sizes 34 to 42 or 34 to 40 for jackets. Brands include American leather items and silk lined styles.
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