Great Methodist Fund reaches $20 million milestone in 1902
Rochester reports Rev Dr Edmund M Mills says by midnight December 31, 1902 the Great Methodist Episcopal Thank Offering Fund for the new century will be fully subscribed. He notes over $19 million raised already with $7.85 million for education and 86 institutions expected to benefit, Syracuse University leading with $1.1768 million and Ohio Wesleyan $1.0929 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Springfield
Mass
Methodist Episcopal
Edmund M. Mills
Methodist Church
Mills
Syracuse University
Ohio Wesleyan
Heaven
United States
Mason City
Iowa
Mattoon
Clement Studebaker
Indianapolis
Epworth Hospital
Halsted
Methdist
New York City
John E. Andrus
General Conference
Charles H. Fowler
W. D. MacDowell
Board of Education
Dr. Mills
Aera
Elmira
Maine
Oregon
East
Minnesota
Narrow escape as Victoria carriage struck by Sixth Ave car
Mrs. Vincent Dunn of West Forty-ninth Street escaped injury when her victoria was hit at Thirty-fifth Street and Sixth Avenue. The carriage was crushed against an elevated pillar and splinters flew as a Sixth Avenue line car drove south. Coachman Thomas Collerton was thrown but unharmed. Dunn rode away after refusing a surgeon. Motorman Frederick Schner was detained at West Thirtieth Street station, claiming the accident was unavoidable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Dunn
West Forty-ninth St
Thirty-fifth-st
Sixth-ave
Victoria
Dunn
Thomas Collerton
No.9
Collerton
Frederick Schner
West Fiftieth-st
County Medical Society Endorses Streetcar Overcrowding Reform
Dr. Percy Fridenberg reported a Merchants Association protest against streetcar crowding at the County Medical Society meeting last night. The group planned a committee to draft a resolution urging mayoral action, aiming to relieve health and decency concerns amid crowded transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Fridenberg
County Medical Society
Merchants’ Association
Citizens Union fumbles Yuletide crowding problem
The Citizens Union last night took action on holiday crowding, authorizing R Fulton Cutting to name a five member committee to consult all local passenger transportation firms. The aim is to report on public attitudes and improve service, especially at midday when cars are few and crowds large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Union
R. Fulton Cutting
Hisses Mark Medical Society Debate on Abolishing Coroners Office
The County Medical Society debated abolishing the Coroners Office after using X rays on the office itself. Drs Brannan Polk Van Vleet supported abolition and urged legislative memorialization, while ex-coroner Tuttle opposed, provoking loud hisses and accusations of factional politics. Coroner Jackson and Dr Weston attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Medical Society
Coroners’ Office
John Winters Brannan
William M. Polk
Frank van Vleet
H. R. Purdy
Purdy
J. W. Brannan
Board of Coroners
Jackson
Weston
Andrew Carnegie III Ill, Skips New England Society Dinner
Andrew Carnegie III was too ill to address the New England Society dinner after catching a cold at Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant's funeral. His fevered condition stems from prior illness in London from ptomaine poisoning, though last night his health at home was reported not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
New-England Society
Ulysses S. Grant
London
Metropolitan Museum Opens Fifth Avenue Wing in Grand Ceremony
The Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday unveiled its new Fifth Avenue wing with a formal 2:30 PM ceremony. Bishop Satterlee opened with prayer as Willcox and Rhinelander spoke, praising city support and plans for expansion. The entrance hall features bronzes and marbles while the galleries showcase Chinese bells, Lacquer, tapestries, and works by Maynard Inness Church Weir and others. The museum’s trustees and many notable guests attended, with Mayor Low declaring the wing open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth-ave
H. Y. Satterlee
Washington
W. R. Willcox
We. Rhinelander
Hunt
Europe
Rogers
Low
Barnard
Cesnola
Augustus van Horne Ellis
Elizabeth Cole
L. L Seaman
George W. Maynard
R. A
William F. Havemeyer
Frederick Butterfield
George Inness
William ©. and
H. F. Osborn
Aegean
Frederic E
Baptist Ministers Expel Rumseller Who Left Pulpit
The Baptist Ministers Conference at the Twenty third Street YMCA condemned Rev G K MacDonald after he resigned as pastor of East Avenue Baptist Church Long Island City to run a Bronx saloon The conference resolved to strike his name from the roll calling the case distressing and noting similar incidents in New Jersey and among Continental congregations It said no further action would occur since his resignation ends his pastorate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Twenty-third-st
Young Men‘s Christian Association
G. K. MacDonald
East Avenue
Long Island City
Bronx
New Jersey
MacDonald
Death at 853 Amsterdam Ave A murder suicide believed
Police from West One Hundredth Street station conclude Mrs Annie Fogarty and her brother in law James Fogarty were found dead in the rear of 853 Amsterdam Avenue. Investigators think Fogarty turned on the gas while she slept, killing her and himself after frequent quarrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiegand
West One-hundredth-st
Annie Fogarty
James Fogarty
Amsterdam Ave
Fogarty
Inlaw
Blacksmith Shop Plan on St Marks Avenue Corner
Robert J. McFarland of the Knox Hat Company plans a two story combination carpenter and blacksmith shop on a corner lot at 900 St Mark s Avenue in a Brooklyn home district. Neighbors including City Auditor William McKinney wonder if the plan will proceed as discussions with J O Carpenter over adjoining property stall further development. Mr McFarland declined further comment saying he would have something to disclose later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. McFarland
Knox Hat Company
St. Mark's Ave
Brooklyn
Kingston Aves
William McKinney
McFarland
J. O. Carpenter
Prospect Place
Carpenter
Mr. McFarland
Experts May Pass On Raines Law Reform
The Citizens Union met late to push excise reform and urge the Governor appoint a non partisan expert commission to study Raines law operations and draft modifications or a new framework. Dr E R L Gould and R Fulton Cutting noted excise expertise as members discussed license charges for small family trades and keeping fees around current levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Union
E. R. L. Gould
City Chamberlain
R. Fulton Cutting
Morris Hosts 125 at Long Island News Company Anniversary
Frederick P. Morris celebrated the thirty third anniversary of his Long Island News Company career hosting about 125 guests at his Flush ing home 121 Jamaica Ave Roosevelt sent a congratulatory telegram and other notable figures provided letters and remarks praising Morris and the company among attendees were St Clair McKelway Colonel Vrooman and Martan J Verdery a musical quartet and roses from the employer complemented the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island News Company
Frederick P. Morris
Jamaica Ave
Flushing
Long Island
Roosevelt
Mr. Morris
Jacob A. Riis
W. H. Baldwin, Jr
Long Island Railroad Company
Joe” Mitchel Chapple
National Magazine
John A. Marsh
American News Company
George H. Daniels
New-York Central Railroad
Uis Wiley
New- York Times
St. Clair McKelway
Brooklyn Eagle
J. L McKelway
John W. Vrooman
H. H. Vreeland
Ss. W. Johnson
H. T. Gunnison
Martan J. Verdery
Morris
Leila E. Morris
Educational Alliance Opens Legal Aid Bureau on East Broadway
A Legal Aid Bureau at 21 East Broadway serves the week, with Sunday hours from 3 to 6 pm. In November, 451 callers sought legal help, 37 cases referred to attorneys, 3 to the District Attorney for usury, extortion and robbery. Gartman, a Brooklyn man, disappeared October 7 after arrest for disorderly conduct and was found at Manhattan Hospital on Ward's Island. his wife lost contact and his money was gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Educational Alliance
Jefferson St
East Broadway
No. 21
Bellevue Hospital
Gartman
Brooklyn
Manhattan Hospital
Ward
Croker Sends Christmas Cards to Tammany Leaders
Richard Croker, recuperating in Merry Old England, sends Christmas cards from Wantage to Tammany Hall district leaders. The greeting, mailed with holly and a horseshoe, signals Croker’s recurring “yearns” for influence amid elections. Tommy Smith is seen joking over Croker’s renewed interest, while Hugh McLaughlin and others are noted recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Croker
Merry Old England
Tammany Hall
Mr. Croker
Tammany
T. i
Croker
Wantage
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Tommy” Smith
Tommy
Hugh McLaughlin
Kings County Democracy
Two Thousand Jewelry Bills Sent as Blackmail Letters
Bloomington Illinois December 22 post office receives two thousand letters from a New York collection agency each demanding 120 for jewelry purchases. A suit is threatened if not paid. Officials say the letters are blackmail attempts to frighten remittance. Similar consignments reached major state post offices as inspectors gather evidence against the senders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Iil
New York
Postoffice
Apparent Membership Drop in New York Conference Explained
Professor Stephen V. R. Ford defends 1903 yearbook figures amid claims of declines among Methodists in Manhattan and Brooklyn. He notes a 2,182 member drop across New York and New York East, but explains losses stem from stations and circuits transferred to the Eastern Swedish Conference in 1901 and reflected in 1902 reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen V. R. Ford
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Tribune
New-York
Loubet Joins the Cincinnati Honorary Member
Asa Bird Gardiner announced that President Loubet of France accepted honorary membership in the Rhode Island State Society of the Cincinnati. Gardiner, elected July 4, notes the gesture as a symbol of Franco American friendship and the Rochambeau statue unveiling. The French government plans to present a large Sevres vase as a Christmas souvenir based on Brugére’s report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Bird Gardiner
Rhode Island State Society of the Cincinnati
Order
Loubet
France
Rhode Island
Order of the Cincinnati
Brugére
United States
Rochambeau
Washington
Gardiner
Billop House Preservation Bill Voted By Society
The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society trustees thanked the Board of Estimate for its action on Fraunces Tavern and authorized a bill to buy and preserve the Billop House near Tottenville Staten Island. Built in 1668 by Christopher Billop it hosted Lord Howe before the Long Island battle and the peace commission met there. Ex Governor Bradford Prince visiting Flushing spoke of prehistoric discoveries in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Murray Hill Hotel
Board of Estimate
Billop
Tottenville
Staten Island
Lord Howe
Long Island
Peace Commission
Adams
Franklin
Rutledge
Christopher Billop
George Washington
General Washington
Bradford L. Prince
Territory of
New-Mexico
Flushing
New
Peace Amid Copper Interests Rumor Hints Agreement
An unconfirmed Wall Street rumor claimed an agreement had been reached between Company and the Heinze interests. The story cited a Butte report saying efforts to trial rule causes in copper litigation had ceased, leaving markets steady with United Copper showing muted gains and curb quotes near unchanged at 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Heinze
Butte, Mont
Pointe
United
Adirondack park fish stock bars penalties for trespass
Albany December twenty two. County Judge Beman of Franklin County rules that fishing penalties cannot be collected when streams and ponds in a private Adirondack park have been stocked at public expense from state hatcheries. The Rockefeller suit against La Mora led to the decision. Park owners may turn to private hatcheries to stock waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Beman
Franklin County
State Forest, Fish and Game Department
William Rockefeller
Oliver la Mora
Mr. Rockefeller
Adirondack Rk
Adirondacks
Death for Tobin, Craft's Murderer
Thomas Tobin was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of Captain James B. Craft of Glen Cove New York. The crime occurred in the Empire dive on West Twenty Ninth Street on September 27. The execution was scheduled for the week starting February 9. Tobin asked for arrest of judgment but Justice Davy denied the motion. He remarked he only wished to see his mother and the judge and warned the spectators to beware Nora Morrisey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tobin
James B. Craft
Glen Cove
Long Island
Empire
Davy
Supreme Court
Tobin
Abraham Levy
Nora Morrisey
Sing Sing
Vermonter Seeks Navy Name Change for Battleship Vermont
Ervin A. Pratt of 495 Hancock Street Brooklyn a Vermont native is urging the Navy to name a first class battleship the Vermont He has printed circulars asking Vermonters to write to their Congress members and other Washington influencers to press the Navy Department Pratt sent the circular to every Vermont postmaster for prominent posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin A. Pratt
Hancock St
Brooklyn
Vermont
Navy Department
Green Mountain
Congress
Washington
Detectives Follow Lead In Kid McCoy Grand Larceny Case
Central Office detectives dispatched to Yonkers after Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy is charged with grand larceny. Captain Titus of the Detective Bureau says a man claiming to be David Lamar broker and horse owner of 618 Fifth Ave reported entering McCoy's saloon with friends late Saturday night and leaving with McCoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Office
Yonkers
Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
Titus
Detective Bureau
David Lamar
Fifthave
Party ends with missing McCoy after alleged $1000 bill exchange
The report recounts an incident on Tleth Street near Broadway on a Saturday night. Lamar allegedly handed McCoy a $1000 bill and told him to deduct charges and return change after the party. McCoy reportedly said a $20 bill was given, a dispute arose, and McCoy disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tleth St
Broadway
Lamar
McCoy
Titus
Mar
Man Assaulted on Train Tracks Near Tarrytown
Walter Owen, claiming to be a local resident, lies seriously injured in Dobbs Ferry Hospital after being attacked last night by two unknown men along the New York Central tracks in Tarrytown. A Dobbs Ferry policeman, Springfeel, found him. during a pursuit of two suspects a shootout occurred, injuring the officer as the suspects fled on a passing freight train. Owen is unable to answer questions about valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Owen
Dobbs Ferry
New York Central
Tarrytown
Springfeel
Owen
Almost Riot Follows Grand Central Wrestling Bout
George Bothner the lightweight champion and Tom Jenkins the heavyweight title holder clashed at Grand Central Palace. Referee Sharkey’s calls sparked anger among 500 spectators as Jenkins failed to throw his opponent four times in an hour. Elmer punched Sharkey, Captain Lantry cleared the ring and took Elmer into custody. Sharkey faced assault charges in Yorkville Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bothner
Tom” Jenkins
Grand Central Palace
Sharkey
Jenkins
Bothner
Billy
Elmer
Lantry
Lexington Ave
Yorkville
Peace Committee Named by Johnson for Baseball Peace
Chicago dispatch reports the American League held two sessions at the Grand Pacific Hotel. Talks on the Pittsburg franchise and Loftus leaving Washington to lead New York remain unsettled, with a January New York meeting possible. Johnson named a peace committee with Killilea, Comiskey, and Somers to aid in negotiations, whose actions the AL will support without a formal report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Chicago
American Baseball League
Grand Pacific Hotel
Pittsburg
Loftus
Washington
New York
Ban Johnson
National League Peace Committee
National League
Johnson
American League
Henry Killilea
Boston
Charles Comiskey
Charlies Somers
Cleveland
Santa Claus in Wall Street Christmas Gifts Take Stage
Banks and trust firms spread holiday cheer with staff gifts from ten to thirty percent of yearly salaries, including a $75 bonus at another bank. An industrial firm may grant a month’s extra pay to lower earners. Stock Exchange plans a Christmas concert and token gifts for active members and doorkeepers. Consolidated Exchange hosts a similar celebration. Sub-Treasury reports strong demand for new money from gold pieces to large denomination certificates, though many $10,000 notes are not sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Consolidated Exchange
Sub-Treasury
Sunday School Rebels Against Welcoming a Negro Girl
Officials at Emmanue Baptist Church in Brooklyn confront resistance from several Sunday school classes toward admitting a young colored girl. Assistant superintendent Mrs. Emmett D. Page sponsors her, insisting she not be driven out. After initial reluctance, two regular members, then five more, reluctantly accepted the girl, prompting an indignation meeting. a transfer to a more accepting class is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanue Baptist Church
Lafayette Ave
St. James Place
Brooklyn
Emmett D. Page
Washington-ave
Edith Thompson
A. C. Bedford
Abbott Addresses Clergy on Spiritual Value of Newer Thinking
Dr. Lyman Abbott and Prof G Frederick Wright spoke at the Presbyterian Ministers Association luncheon in New York. Abbott argued that newer thinking broadens religion, sees creation as growth, and that lines between human and divine in the Bible blur. The talk drew 760 clergymen from multiple denominations and focused on the relation of God and man and the meaning of scripture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Ministers’ Association of
New York
Hotel Albert
Gregg
Lyman Abbott
G. Frederick Wright
Oberlin
Abbott
Moses
God
Gabler Piano Factory Fire Ravages Seven Story Plant
A massive blaze destroyed the seven story Gabler piano factory on East Twenty-second Street, causing an estimated $500,000 loss. tenants fled, a truant school was evacuated, and Epiphany Church nearby faced danger as flames spread. Night watchman Charles Schwedt was burned but survived. several injuries occurred among responders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Gabler & Bros
No. A
East Twenty-secondst
New-York
Base Twenty-first-st
East Twenty-second-st
East Twenty-second St
Fitzpatrick
Children’s Society
Eastwenty-first-st
Purroy
Sturgis
Patrick Callahan
Mascagni Cancels All Dates Amid Financial Woes
In Chicago Piet Mascagni and his Italian opera company abruptly ended their American tour. An attachment on his personal effects for 134 dollars forced him to remain confined in the Auditorium Annex. The group had planned westward engagements starting at Keokuk, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Piet Mascagni
Mascagni
Auditorium Annex
West
Keokuk
Iowa
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Great Methodist Fund
Coroners
Andrew Carnegie III
Metropolitan
F. W. Rhinelander
William E. Dodge
Dante Huntington
William L. Andrews
Louis P. di Cesnoia
H.C. Fahnestock
Darius
Milla
J. Pierpont Morgan
Robert W. de Forest
M. Grout
Moris K. Jesup
J. M. Farley
John B. Eust
Admiral Barker
John M. Carrére
Thomas Hastings
John N. Partridge
Stewart L. Woolfford
Chauncey M. Depew
George L. Rives
William C. Whitney
Charles F. McKim
Stanford White
Percy Sanderson
Chow Tsz Chi
Carl Schurz
John D. Crimmins
Samuel P. Avery
Joan S. Kennedy
Rutherford Stuyvesant
Charles Stewart Smith
William R. Ware
Whetelaw Reid
Edward D. Adams
John Bigelow
Telnthu Root
John Crosby Brown
George C. Clausen
Bird
Jacob A. Cantor
Augustus St. Gaudens
Arthur T. Hadley
John la Farge
Allan Marquand
Duke de Loubat
John Sloane
Jacob Leitner
T. N. Rhinelander
Horatio C. King
C. O. Howard
S. V. A. Grinnell
Walter Damrosch
Theodore Sutro
Bookstayer
Frank B. Gay
James F. Kerr
Baptists
Rumseller
Rich Street
F. P. Morris
Legal Aid Bureau
Moat House
Cincinnati
Billop House
Craft
Batttleship
M’coy
Santa Claus
DR. Abbott
Gabler Factory
Paris
Royal Bonn
Ninth Street
John Wanamaker
A. T. Stewart & Co
4Th Ave
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