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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
11
A Washington dispatch surveys popular books on sale after misaddressed mail and recounts humorous anecdotes about Peary cold weather and a debate on postmen and cars. It notes a lively Senate subhead on the Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona investigation and cites Judge Lanham’s piano moment with Finley of South Carolina.
Coroner Williams will hold an inquest into George H. Leyh’s death from poison in his Broadway store. Chemists’ report on Leyh’s stomach is due next Monday morning. Two beer bottles tampered with. Robert Westphal, Leyh’s employee, to be principal witness.
City Club trustees met last night and did not decide on the police situation. Captain F Norton Goddard, named for the Police Commissionership, attended as a board member. Reverend Thomas R Slicer stated nothing was accomplished and there is nothing the City Club can do in this matter. Ex Judge Cohen reported on ballot reform for the joint committee, praising the Massachusetts ballot as the best among those reviewed. Henry P Davison was elected treasurer with new vice presidents named Abram S Hewitt Nicholas Murray Butler and Felix Adler. Horace E Deming reported a water supply hearing slated for Tuesday in City Hall with the special commission on Water supply appointed by Mayor Low. The board formed a committee to plan the two hundred fiftieth anniversary celebration of the city government founded February 3 1803, with members Burnett Willard Nadal Seligman and Goddard.
The large ape Heppy Hooligan escaped attendants during the Novelty Exhibition at Madison Square Garden. He mounted his wheel and moved from basement toward the main floor, sprinting through exhibits and grabbing candy before being recaptured.
A jury was empanelled to try Thomas Sharkey the private detective for manslaughter in the death of Nicholas Fish banker. Sharkey allegedly struck Fish in Ehrhardt's saloon on September 15 fracturing his skull. Defense claims Fish fell intoxicated hitting his head on the pavement.
Brooklyn police found Michael Ruthven aged 73 dead from starvation in a rear building at 650 Gates Ave. His 67 year old brother Jacob lay nearby, emaciated and failing. The brothers ran a small shoemaking shop and had saved about 1000 dollars in a bank. They were isolated with no known relatives or origin in the neighborhood.
Chief Clerk Davis reports 3500 metal corner signs placed along Beekman Ann William and other East Side streets and lower West Side. Electrical Reflector Co to install reflector signs on Riverside Drive gas lampposts and low tension electric posts. Heaviest cast iron signs begin next week at Fortieth Street and Broadway with signs along Broadway Second and Third Aves and midtown avenues.
A fire department mascot named Locks, a half breed greyhound and coach dog linked to Truck 16, was fatally struck by Engine 39. The dog had notable fame among firemen and dignitaries for alerting calls and warning by barking before departures.
Wall Street viewed the United States Steel Corpora tions purchase of the Union and Sharon steel plants favorably. Analyst positions suggest the intrinsic value of the acquired ore properties matches the Union Steel Company purchase price. The move could use newly issued bonds and may affect planned plant enlargements and a proposed railway project from Pittsburg to Lake Erie.
In Charlotte on December 17, Rev. T Bright was sentenced to four months in jail and fined one dollar in the cherry tree swindle case. Others implicated received one dollar fines each. Women victims totaling ten thousand dollars will not recover any of their money.
Senator Depew introduces a bill authorizing Treasury issued emergency currency. Available to national banks with at least 50 values to match a portion of capital, with extra support only during severe money market strain endangering values and commerce.
George T. Moon of the Fulton Market Fishmongers Association stated after the hearings that the group plans to divide wharf room with the Wholesale Fish Exchange and the Independent Fish Dealers' Association and construct a jointly used new market. The plan requires city condemnations for private land and would start new leases in 1905 when the current Fulton Market lease expires.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, on December 9, ruled Section 719 of the New York Charter unconstitutional in Moses Abrams v city. As a result 19 percent of Workhouse inmates on Blackwell's Island were discharged yesterday, with magistrates' sentences now left to their discretion.
Captain Haase of the Alleghany reports the three masted Maggie C Hart abandoned and waterlogged at latitude 30 30, longitude 73 54 about six hundred miles east of Jacksonville. The Hart sailed from Jacksonville November 22 with seven crew members. the hull shows severe damage while the crew likely reached safety aboard a passing steamer. The Hart carried 400000 square feet of pine lumber to Jacksonville and was insured. the ship was built in Waldoboro Maine in 1886. Captain West’s wife and daughter reside in Rockport Maine.
In Newport News on December 17 William Bersh faced H F Norton and W E Stoutamyer from the shipyard science department to present a claimed solution to squaring the circle. Bersh argued circles are 80 percent of the square on the circumference but experts said the hypotenuse method cannot yield exact results. Bersh contended the method starts wrong and prepared to read his formula while showing visible distress.
At the site of the late Judge William H. Robertson’s White Plains office a modern building rises. Henry R. Barrett, Robertson’s nephew, owns the new structure. First and second floors lease to Westchester and Bronx Title and a Mortgage Guaranty Company, a venture backed by Assemblyman J. M. Wainet and local notables. The title firm plans to open January 1.
Herbert Harde, architect, secured the deed to a large plot on Eighty fifth Street near Riverside Drive yesterday. He plans to build a big apartment house on the site.
At the Republican Club of the XXIXth Assembly District a clash ended with Senator Nathaniel A. Elsberg defeating Newbold Morris for club president. Bainbridge Colby won easily for Elsberg, with Morris expected to be re elected as county committee president tonight despite the setback.
At Station H Grand Central Palace drivers in the New York Central Railroad mail system announce a strike after Christmas for shorter hours higher wages and a full day off weekly. They aim to minimize public inconvenience and hope Christmas mail delays sway opinion.
Boston December 17 President Soden of the Boston National League club comments on rumors of a league consolidation. He notes no action yet but a Boston club could play on Huntington avenue grounds. Soden, Conant, and Billings are aging and open to stock in a new company if consolidation proceeds. Ban Johnson reportedly opposes a merged league.
In a game between Andover and Cutler at St Nicholas Rink, Whitney Carpenter of Andover was severely cut after colliding with a Cutler forward. He was treated at home as the match ended in a 3-3 tie with Andover one man short.
The Grant Monument Association executive committee met at the Chamber of Commerce to organize the burial for Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant. General Grenville M. Dodge Elihu Root and Henry W. Hayden form the tomb committee with Cornelius Bliss, Col A Noel Blakeman. Blakeman left for Washington to oversee funeral details. The date and nature of the funeral remain undecided awaiting the Grant family's arrival. A derrick will be erected to fit the sarcophagus cover.
Edward L. Tilton spoke at the National Arts Club on modern Greece and ancient Hellas. He described Greek language shifts, Mycenae discoveries by the American School of Archaeology, and showed stereopticon images of trains, donkeys, and ancient buildings in Greece and Crete.
Camden N J December 17 a monster drydock costing about two million dollars is under discussion at the New York Shipbuilding Company. Captain William G Randle says plans anticipate a drydock to replace a floating dock with a 1750000 dollar estimate. When completed it would be the world’s largest able to hold current and future vessels.
Albany December 17. State Board of Agriculture reports a scare over a dairy herd smuggled from Massachusetts to North Hoosick and allegedly infected with tuberculosis. Federal authorities plan to prosecute the owners for quarantine violation. A suspected herd at Vega Delaware County died from acute indigestion due to frozen grass.
The Columbia University Club held its annual meeting at No 41 West Thirty sixth street electing J Howard Van Arminge as president Robert C Cornell as vice president Victor W Hungerford as treasurer and Gustavus T Kirby as secretary The club reports steady membership growth and no decision on a new clubhouse plans.
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