Civil Service Reform Praised at National League Meeting
Delegates at the National Civil Service League convention in Itteburg praise President Roosevelt’s merit system advances. Joseph H Choate lauds reform leaders from 1881 and Rhode Island pioneer Thomas Jenckes while stressing postmaster promotions and continued enforcement of political neutrality.
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Itteburg
National Civil Service League
Joseph H.choate
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Choate
Thomas Allen Jenckes
Rhode Island
Bate Mariel C. Gilman
League
Grover Cleveland
New York
United States
George William Curtis
Carl Schurz
Igstem
Gus
Chaste
Maryland Republicans rail against disfranchisement plan
A Union League dinner in Port William heard Maryland Republicans denounce a constitutional amendment to disenfranchise Black voters. Attorney General Bonaparte called the measure undemocratic and designed to perpetuate Democrats' control, likening it to hereditary privilege and contrary to the Declaration of Independence.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Maryland
Union League
Port Wiliam
F. Stone
Republican
Bonaparte
Democratic Party
Ex Judge seeks Du Pont powder stock transfer books
Ex Judge James Scarlet and Special Deputy U S Attorney General tried to obtain the powder trust stock transfer ledgers at the Custom House to reveal holding companies and distribution of interest. The hearing adjourned to January 6 in Wilmington as government witnesses are called. Christmas for Little Mothers at Murray Hill Lyceum hosts 750 girls in East 34th Street charity event led by Mrs Clar ence Burns.
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James Scarlet
United Sates
U Pont Ge Nemours Company
Powder Trust
Custom House
James HB. B Refry
Hudson Trust Company
Hoboken
du Pont
Scarlet
New Jersey
Wilmington
Frank Tilford
Murray Hill Lyceum
East 34Th Street
Little Mothers’ Aid Association
Clarence Burns
East 34 Street
Second Avenue
Greerwich Street
Old Broadway
Morton Street
Grocklyn
A C. Mason
Rockefeller's Charge Against Hearst Paper
John D. Rockefeller Jr and Assistant District Attorney Garvan seek criminal libel warrants against S E Carvalho Bradford Merrill and Edward H Clark of the New York American over a Chicago dispatch alleging Rockefeller ran peonage at Corn Products Co Summit Illinois. Carvalho arraigned paroled to December 30. Merrill to surrender.
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John TD. Rockefeller, Jr
Garvan
S. 8
Carvalho
The
Star Publishing Company
W. R. Hearst
New York American
Bradford Merrill
Clarence J. Shearn
Edward H. Clark
California
Finn
Centre Street
Rockefeller
Hearst
Chicago
Corn Products Company
Summit
Martin B. Madden
Associated Building Trades
Cook County
Shearn
Two Die In Auto Wreck At Open Bridge Draw
An auto carrying Oscar Barrett and Albert Kunz plunged into the river after the Oneida street bridge draw opened. A. F. Solliday was rescued with difficulty. Kunz remained trapped beneath the vehicle for hours as the car tumbled into the water.
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Milwaukee
Oneida Street
Oscar Barrett
Board of Trade
Albert Kunz
A. F. Solliday
Solliday Motor Company
Kunz
Hartett
Solliday
Many Marriages Not Reported by City Clerks
City Clerk Scully notes 500 to 600 marriage licenses remain unreturned beyond the forty day limit. Clergymen and others authorized to perform ceremonies violate the law by failing to file licenses and certificates. Penalties include fines from three to five dollars.
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Scully
Fear Water Failures In Manhattan Fire Alarm Debate
Fire officials and underwriters discuss high pressure water systems amid recent failures in Manhattan. Mayor McClellan pledges remedies to protect alarm cables and subway construction. Officials cite weather and exposed mains as risks, but praise potential fire protection once connections are mastered.
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Manhattan
McClellan
Water Department
Grand Street
O'Brien
I. M. Ge Varona
Yesteriag
Centre Street
de Varona
C. G. Smith
Broker Eastman Forfeits Bond In Chicago Stock Larceny Case
Robert E. Eastman broker failed to appear in Part V of the Court of General Sessions to answer larceny charges involving a certificate of 1 share of stock in the Chicago subway. Judge Crain forfeited a $7.5 bond posted by Ida Epstein. Eastman is scheduled to appear at the Tombs police court on another grand larceny charge.
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Robert E. Eastman
Southern Boulevard
Court of General Sessions
Chicago
Crain
Ida Epstein
No.rth Street
Eastman
Tombs
Six Deaths Probed in Mrs. Kelleher Case in Somerville
District Attorney Higgins orders inquiry into six deaths in Mrs. Mary Kelleher family over three years amid arson charges. Bodies not to be exhumed yet as investigation continues. insurer payments reportedly linked. Mrs. Kelleher, jailed in Cambridge, also accused of setting fire to Andrew J. Lovell's Cambridge home.
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Somerville
Mass
Mary Kelleher
Cambridge
Higgins
Kelleher
Keileher
Doctor Wilson divorce trial opens in Baltimore
In Baltimore on December 17 the cross bill for divorce by Dr Pierre B Wilson from Mrs Tajitha V Wilson began before Judge Gorter. Ex-U S Senator George L Wellington named as co respondent was not present but expected to testify when the defense starts. Mrs Wilson sought permanent alimony set at two dollars weekly after suing for divorce in 1906 and receiving an order. Wellington was named as co respondent in the cross bill filed last June.
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Baltimore
Pierre B. Wilson
Tajitha
Wellington
Husband charged after shooting at wife in New Jersey dispute
Christian F. Reiss, 57, proprietor of an auto shop, allegedly broke into the pastor's rectory on Morris Avenue and Fordham Road and fired five shots at his wife. Two shots grazed her temple. she fainted. Reiss was captured after a chase and jailed in Morrisania on $3,000 bail awaiting examination. The minister's son William von Hollen tried to restrain him but was knocked aside. Reiss argues the wife’s injuries came from another cause.
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New Jersey
Christian F. Reiss
William von Hollen
Reiss
Morrisania
Morrow Reiss
Eighth Avenue
Mra. Reiss
Condemnation Evils Highlight NYC Property Take Furore
A legislative committee hearing in New York city examined flaws in the condemnation system for acquiring land. Experts testified to questionable appraisals and large unpaid taxes, with claims the city gains little from costly expert testimony and contingent buying, amid scrutiny of Hunts Point and East Bay lands.
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New York City
J. P. Dunn
Bureau of
Joseph Johnson, Jr
Department of Finance
East Bay Land Improvement Company
Church E. Gates & Co
Hunt's Point
Berrian
Hunts Point Park
Morris Jacoby
Senator Cassidy
Johnson
Coggey
Department of Correction
Duncan MarciInness
Finance Department
Commission
Jungle folk for sale cheap circus bankruptcy in San Francisco
The Morris & Rowe circus in San Francisco faces involuntary bankruptcy with liabilities of 57,874 dollars and a zero to 753 dollar valuation. Readily available are elephants and jungle denizens offered as Christmas gifts at low cost.
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San Francisco
Morris & Rowe Citrcus
Alleged Peonage in Illinois Reported to Grand Jury
Telegraph reports to The Tribune that workers were beaten by armed guards for rule violations at the Corn Products Company plant in Argo Illinois. Testimony before the Federal Grand Jury describes prisoners held for weeks and escapes through water conduits. Additional witnesses claim guards beat others attempting to leave stockades.
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Tribune Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Sims
Peorate
Argo
Peter Johnson
State Faces $500000 in Claims Over Canal Damage
Syracuse December 17 Barnum and Wells, attornies, filed claims against the state totaling more than 500,000 for damages to property caused by the barge canal construction. The largest claim is from I N Lowenheim of Herkimer for 1000. There are 20400 in claims for damages from overflow water at Crescent Reservoir below Schenectady.
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Syracuse
Barnum & Wells
I. N. Lowenheim
Herkimer
Crescent Reservoir
Schenectady
Killed in quarrel over dog in Dudley
Goldsboro North Carolina December 17 Tra Hatch a prominent Dudley resident was shot and killed after accusing Mayor Badger J Bowden of shooting his dog Bowden was wounded by Hatchs son in the ensuing confrontation The elder Hatch had confronted Bowden over the dog and Bowden shot Hatch through the heart The son then returned fire wounding Bowden minor injuries only revealed after the incident Annual reception of Big Six union to benefit the reunion hospital fund set for Grand Central Palace Lexington Avenue February 8 or 9 details show a framed event and location
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Goldsboro
N.C
Tra Hatch
Dudley
Badger J. Bowden
Bowden
Hatch
Hateh
Reunion‘s Hospital Fund
Grand Central Palace
Lexington Avenue
Sdane Streets
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Joseph H. Choate
Ohio
Onc
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White House
Oremore
Council of the League
Richard H. Dana
Boston
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Ohio River
Mississippi
Merly
Jonas Chickering
Chickering
Schumacher
Schumacker
Abraham Lincoln
First Gallery
New Building
John
Wanamaker
Fourth Avenue
Eighth To
Tenth Street
John D., Jr
American
DR. Wilson
Husband
de Ffaanafe
East India
Morris and
Walter Crane
John Wanamaker
Eighth
Hetree
City Finance Delvers
Illinois
Barge Canal Construction
South Carolina
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