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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1902
Page
25
Washington reports a push to ratify the new Spain treaty before Christmas recess. The document contains 31 articles plus informal ties to the Paris Peace Treaty, aims to protect trade navigation and consular rights, and preserves Paris terms in full.
William Hall Jr vice president of Seney Hospital board offered 125000 to finish and extend the hospital. The gift is conditional on raising 500000 by the board. The hospital, linked to founder George I Seney, was not fully built due to his death. Hall is Hanover National Bank vice president, and the proposal sparked strong enthusiasm and hope for full funding.
A Peking dispatch reports that during the imperial court's return from the summer palace foreigners who visited the court were ill treated arrested forced to bow to the crowd and detained until the court moved on. Among those arrested were members of a party from the American Legation at Peking including two women.
Gloucester fishery interests will be represented at the Wednesday hearing before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee protesting the ratification of the Hay Bond Fisheries treaty with Newfoundland. The Master Mariners' Association adopted a resolution urging rejection, claiming ratification would annihilate New England fishing and the United States industry.
Asbury Park council met without response from Mr Bradley on proposed selling conditions for the beach and flowers to the city. Members learned no modified deeds were sent by Mr Ley, and if Bradley remains silent before Thursday’s meeting they will launch a legal fight over beach front ground being public property.
Coroner Scholer announced the inquest into Michael Kruck the news boy found strangled in Central Park last week would be postponed to a future date. Police asked for delay while they pursued several leads. Greek flower seller Nicholas Kallas and Italian newsboy Joseph Esbarenza were summoned to Captain Thomas at the Arsenal and questioned along with detectives Mulvey O Brien and O Laughlin.
Detectives Wines Woolridge and Braun of the central office arrested John C. Vintent and Joseph Davis after noon yesterday on complaint by William B. Pettit who says he lost 90 in a handbook game. Both men, clerks, were held in $1,000 bonds each. Pettit alleges the game took place near Broadway while one man ran a horse named Junior in New Orleans, and the other bet at 34th Street.
George H Leyh's will, filed in Kings County Surrogate's Office, disinherits Edward Leyh and leaves the estate, estimated from 50 000 to 300 000 dollars, to five other children including Isabella Leyh and Lina McLeod. Dr George F Leyh heads executors. the will dated June 19 1990s was discovered after bank access and court filings. Robert Westphal faced discharge as prosecutors could not corroborate his confession on the grand larceny claim linked to Leyh’s death.
Testimony at the Tobin murder trial described the defendant as a habitual thief caught red handed in many jobs. Alienist Dr. Manson testified Tobin was sleepless with tremors and a chest malformation, while John Conlon spoke of Tobin’s odd behavior and midnight whispers. The Tombs physician Dr. Campbell called him hysterical and largely unsilent, with his father insisting he was incorrigible since age eleven. The proceeding adjourned with defense rested and questions of rationality hotly disputed.
Edward Bond mourns at dawn near No 2412 First Ave as wife Mary and children Raymond seven and Rose five die in flames. Helen, injured, survives to Harlem Hospital. Fire starts on ground floor spreads up, tenants flee to roofs. Bond acts to save family, heroism noted as rescue attempts succeed and $63 lost. Public donations aid widower.
Harry Harris a 51 year old resident of 1335 Third Avenue was hurt during a Civil Service Commission examination for a Central Park lawn mower driver post. A sixty pound dumbbell dropped onto his shoulders causing a shoulder dislocation and possible collarbone fractures.
Charities Commissioner Folks announced a policy to reduce meat supplies for Blackwell's and other island institutions and substitute vegetables due to high meat costs. He named Florence R Corbett as general adviser and assistant to oversee food purchase distribution cooking and serving.
Trustees announced plans to accelerate construction at the cathedral, aiming to complete the large choir within two years aided by a $200,000 bequest from Mrs. Georgiana E Morris plus two $100,000 subscriptions. The project includes an episcopal residence and a synod house, with potential donors ready to fund the latter at Morningside Avenue and 113th Street.
George A. Hannon of Hook and Ladder Company 17 died at No 589 East 143rd Street after swallowing carbolic acid and sliding down the pole into the dormitory where fellow firefighters were. He was distressed by a recent ten years service charge and a two day leave without permission, amid a misaddressed joke by a coroner impersonation and a later merit letter found on his person.
Canfield, operator of a reputed East Forty fourth street gambling house, files a civil suit against District Attorney Jerome, Inspector Brooks, and Deputy Piper for damages from the December raid. The suit seeks $2,018 for destroyed curtains and woodwork, while a parallel criminal action cites Brooks for breaking into the house. Jerome vows equal enforcement and notes planned subpoenas of known figures in Canfield’s circle.
The Providence Journal Company installs a De Forest wireless link between Block Island and Point Judith, ten miles apart, enabling ships to send messages to Providence by telephone. European liners near Block Island could send advances to New York, while tuning systems by Lt. Commander W S Hogg aim to prevent message interference during naval tests at Washington Navy Yard and Annapolis.
The Appellate Division released the 188 assignments for special and trial terms. Justices-elect Davis McCall and Amend begin January 6 with specified trial term seats. Other justices occupy special and trial terms across various parts and the Criminal Branch is led by Justice Barrett in the Criminal Courts Building.
The second trial by Mrs. Annie Geary against Madison Avenue Railroad Company over her husband John Geary fireman killed by a trolley car at Fifty third Street and Madison Avenue while answering an alarm on February 21, 1901 ended in a verdict of 15600 dollars for the widow. Another appeal will be taken.
Harlem Hospital endured a two day telephone outage leaving the facility practically isolated. Superintendent Miss Gainsforth reported protests to the telephone company were futile as the hospital depended on the 122nd Street sub-police station and the East River unit for information, with police from other stations sending officers to the hospital when alerted.
Hays and Hershfield for Meyer Jonasson & Co say creditors consented and Justice Adams ordered bankruptcy proceedings discontinued. Receiver E W Bloomingdale has returned property to Jonasson to fulfill agreement under which case is dismissed. Settlement based on 37 1/4 cents on the dollar with 12 percent in cash and the balance in notes secured by Sutro and Bros bankers, payable January 15.
Empire State Society hosts a reception for the NSAR board of managers at the National Arts Club in West Thirty-fourth Street to mark the 129th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. George W. Bates, historian general, will speak on The Sons of the American Revolution and What They Have Accomplished.
The Rev Dr Levi H Cobb, secretary of the Congregational Church Building Society of New York for twenty one years, resigns due to ill health effective December 31. He improved receipts, launched funds for parsonages and church buildings, increased contributing churches and attracted generous legacies.
Walter Morshead formerly of London, now in this city, sought an order for minority stockholders of the Central Pacific Railroad of California to inventory Collis P Huntington's estate. Surrogate Thomas denied the application, ruling the plaintiffs are not creditors, lacking jurisdiction, and that the order requires a meritorious claim and non vexatious opposition, which the record does not show.
James Fanjoy also known as Farrell, 53, fired five shots at landlady Mrs. Elizabeth Buch at No 143 Montgomery St Jersey City. She escaped fatal wounds though bullets shattered her forearm and wrist while a fifth shot wounded the attacker. Both were taken to City Hospital.
A piano sale starts at 8 15 tonight at Wise Piano Warerooms 19 and 21 West 125th Street near Fifth Avenue. Auctioneer Benjamin S. Wise will offer fifty pianos from Knabe & Co some lightly used with fine brands such as Chickering Knabe Weber Hardman and more including a near new Knabe baby grand in a mahogany case. The instruments will be on display from 9 this morning for viewing and testing.
Miss Mary Connaughton aged nineteen, hospitalized with peritonitis, married William Baker a clothier of 6385 Second Ave. The ceremony by Rev. Sea at East Twenty ninth Street Church occurred while the bride lay on her hospital cot in Ward No. 2.
Proceedings against Richard A. Canfield will be secret and heard before Magistrate Wyatt. A dozen or more young men named as regular players will be summoned as District Attorney witnesses and must answer. contempt can be cited for silence. The DA insists no names of those summoned be disclosed. A civil suit by Canfield seeks to prove occupancy or ownership of No. 5 East Forty-fourth Street, with a title search ongoing. A wagonload of gambling paraphernalia was moved to the Criminal Courts Building for today’s proceedings against David W. Bucklin.
Commissioner Partridge plans continued removal of undesirable officers while in office. He ordered the Board of Police Surgeons to examine next Monday a list including Inspector Walter L Thompson and Capt Theron S Copeland at City Hall station and multiple Brooklyn stations, with several sergeants awaiting promotion. Proceedings in cases against Inspector Grant and Captain Stephenson were adjourned to next Monday morning. Abraham Gruber represented the accused.
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