Great Methodist Fund reaches near 20 million milestone
Rochester dispatch notes Rev Dr Edmund Mills says the $20,000,000 Methodist Episcopal Thank Offering Fund for the new century nearly fully subscribed at a Springfield Mass watch night. He cites $7.85 million for education, lists Syracuse University and Ohio Wesleyan gifts, and highlights hospital and clergy endowment plans with support from Mrs Clement Studebaker and others. The effort relies on donations from rank and file Methodist members nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Springfield
Mass
Methodist Episcopal
Edmund M. Mills
Methodist Church
Mills
Syracuse University
Ohio Wesleyan
Millis
Heaven
United States
Isymen
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
Philadelphia
Elmira
Maine
Oregon
Minnesota
Narrow escape as victoria wrecks after Sixth Ave collision
Mrs. Vincent Dunn of 61 West Forty-ninth Street narrowly escaped injury when her victoria was struck by a Sixth Avenue streetcar at Thirty-fifth Street and Sixth Avenue. The carriage splintered against an elevated rail pillar. Dunn, aided by police, was removed from the ruins but refused ambulance aid and drove home. Motorman Frederick Schner of 1235 West Fiftieth Street claimed the accident was unavoidable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Dunn
West Forty-ninth- St
Thirty-fifth-st
Sixth-ave
Victoria
Dunn
Thomas Collerton
West Fiftieth-st
Thirtieth-st
Doctors Protest Streetcar Crowding Movement Request
Dr. Percy Fridenberg reported a Merchants Association protest over streetcar overcrowding. He called the issue grave and unhealthy. The group seeks physician signatures to back a committee advocating the overcrowding movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Fridenberg
County Medical Society
Merchants’ Association
Citizens Union to press transit firms on crowding problem
The Citizens Union last night voted to appoint a five member committee led by R Fulton Cutting to meet with city passenger transportation officials. The group aims to learn how to handle holiday crowding as 475 passengers seek space in a car built for 47, amid lengthy discussion on peak travel hours and car availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Citizens Union
R. Fulton Cutting
Hisses and clash as medical society moves to abolish coroner office
A county medical society meeting debated X ray limits then turned to abolishing the Coroners' Office. Drs Brannan Polk Van Vleet Purdy supported a memorial to the legislature for reform, while ex-coroner Tut tle and others opposed. Hisses and interruptions interrupted the discussion. Coroners Jackson and 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 Falls Ill After Grant Funeral
Andrew Carnegie III was too ill to attend the New England Society dinner to deliver an address. He caught a cold at Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant's funeral and, weakened by prior ptomaine illness in London, remained indoors with reports saying his condition was not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
New-England Society
Ulysses S. Grant
London
Metropolitan Museum Opens Fifth Avenue Wing
The Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday opened its new Fifth Avenue wing with invited guests. H. Y. Satterlee opened the ceremony, Park Commissioner W. R. Willcox spoke for the city, and Rhinelander accepted the building for the trustees. Major artworks and tapestries were displayed, with plans for future expansion and loans from private collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth-ave
H. Y. Satterlee
Washington
W. R. Willcox
Rhinelander
Hunt
Europe
Rogers
Low
Barnaird
MacMonnies
Paul Bartlett
W. W. Story
Cyprus
Cesnola
Augustus van Horne Ellis
Elizabeth Cole
L. L Seaman
George W. Maynard
R. A
William F. Havemeyer
Frederick Butterfield
George Innees
William ©. and
H. F. Osborn
Aigean
Frederic E. Church
Lyman G. Bloomingdale
John F. Weir
Peru
Herbert Tweddle
A. G. Dickinson
Baptist Minister Resigns to Run Bronx Saloon
The Baptist Ministers Conference at the YM Halls expels Rev G K MacDonald after he resigned from East Avenue Baptist Church Long Island City to operate a saloon in The Bronx. A speaker called the case distressing noting similar instances in other communities. No further action likely as resignation is accepted and he cannot be tried.
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 of Fogarty couple believed murder suicide
Police led by Captain Wiegand state that Mrs Annie Fogarty and her brother in law James Fogarty were found dead at 853 Amsterdam Avenue behind their home. Investigators conclude murder and death by own action with Fogarty turning on the gas as the sister in law slept after reported frequent quarrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiegand
West One-hundredth-st
Annie Fogarty
James Fogarty
Amsterdam Ave
Fogarty
Inlaw
Blacksmith Shop Plan Sparks Neighborhood Curiosity
Robert J. McFarland of Knox Hat Company plans a two story combined carpenter and blacksmith shop at 900 St Mark's Ave in Brooklyn. Neighbors including City Auditor William McKinney discuss the proposal amid property tensions with nearby J O Carpenter who blocks sale of the adjacent lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. McFarland
Knox Hat Company
St. Mark’s Ave
Brooklyn
Kingston Aves
William McKinney
McFarland
J. O. Carpenter
Carpenter
Prospect Place
Mr. McFarland
Mr. Carpenter
Citizens Union backs non partisan study of Raines law
At a late meeting the Citizens Union voted to ask the Governor to appoint a commission of non partisan experts to study the Raines law. Dr E R L Gould and R Fulton Cutting are named excise authorities. Debate covered license prices for small family trades and keeping current levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Union
E. R. L. Gould
City Chamberlain
R.esident
R. Fulton Cutting
Morris Hosts Long Island News Co Employees in Anniversary Night
Frederick P. Morris welcomed about 125 employees at his Jamaica Avenue residence in Flushing to celebrate the Long Island News Company thirty third anniversary. A Roosevelt telegram of congratulations and letters from notable figures framed the event. Speakers praised opportunity for youth while guests, including St Clair McKelway and Col Vrooman, shared remarks and music filled the evening.
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
Long Island Railroad Company
Joe” Mitchel Chapple
National Magazine
John A. Marsh
American News Company
George H. Daniels
New-York Central Railroad
Als Wiley
New- York Times
St. Clair McKelway
Brooklyn Eagle
J. L McKelway
John W. Vrooman
H. H._ Vreeland
SR. We. Johnson
H. T. Gunnison
Marian J. Verde
Vreeland
Vrooman
Verderyan
Morris
Leila E. Morris
Educational Alliance Opens Legal Aid Bureau on East Broadway
A report from November shows 451 visitors to the Bureau at 21 East Broadway with 37 cases referred to attorneys. Three cases involved usury, extortion and blackmail, and robbery. Gartman, a Brooklyn man, disappeared October 7 and was later found insane at Manhattan Hospital. police custody and hospital stays left his wife without information. His $80 vanished during the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Educational Alliance
Jefferson St
East Broadway
No. 21
Bellevue Hospital
Gartman
Brooklyn
Manhattan Hospital
Ward
Croker Sends Cards to Tammany Holiday Leaders
Richard Croker, recuperating in Merry Old England, sends Christmas cards to Tammany Hall district leaders. The notes, likely a bid to maintain influence, arrive as Croker’s presence and yearn for power are discussed amid a busy county election cycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croker
Richard Croker
Merry Old England
Tammany Hall
Mr. Croker
Blackmail Letters Hit Bloomington Postoffice
Bloomington Illinois December 22 two thousand letters from a New York collection agency arrive at the postoffice each containing a twelve dollar jewelry bill. A suit is threatened if not paid and officials say blackmailers sent the letters to pressure victims. Similar consignments were sent to major Illinois post offices as investigators gather evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
New York
Postoffice
Apparent 1902 Membership Drop Clarified by Yearbook
Professor Stephen V R Ford, editor of the Methodist Zion Book 1903, says reports of a 2182 member decrease in the New York and New York East Conferences are misleading. He notes the Eastern Swedish Conference, formed in 1901 from several conferences, affects 1902 figures by transferring stations and circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen V. R. Ford
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Tribune
New-York
New-England
New- York
Wilmington
Loubet Joins The Cincinnati Honorary Member
Asa Bird Gardiner, president of the Rhode Island State Society of the Cincinnati, reports that President Loubet of France accepts honorary membership. Gardiner, elected July 4, notes the honor cements Franco American friendship since the Revolution. France plans to send a Sevres vase as a Christmas souvenir based on General Brugere’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
General Brugére
United States
Rochambeau
Washington
Cabnel Gardiner
Brugére
Billop House Preservation Bill Voted by Society
Trustees of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society voted to back a bill for the purchase and preservation of the Billop House near Tottenville Staten Island. The house, built in 1668 by Christopher Billop, was linked to Lord Howe and the 1776 peace commission. Ex-Governor Bradford L. Prince attended, discussing prehistoric discoveries.
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
Waehon
Bradford L. Prince
Territory of
New-Mexico
Flushing Island
New
Peace Among Copper Interests Rumor Circulates on Wall Street
An unconfirmed rumor from Butte suggests a possible agreement between Company and the Heinze interests. The claim centers on ongoing litigation and a potential settlement, with shares showing little movement and United Copper continuing to close near 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Heinze
Butte, Mont
Ted
Eet
United Copper
Etontage
Festive Christmas Cards From Richard Croker at Moat House Wantage
A Christmas message from Richard Croker at Moat House Wantage sends best wishes for the season and New Year. The note recalls Charles F Murphy known as Sport Murphy and Tommy Smith with a playful line about dough and axes. Hugh McLaughlin and several Kings County Democracy aides are also mentioned in Croker’s distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Murphy
Sport” Murphy
Tommy” Smith
Tommy
Hugh McLaughlin
Kings County Democracy
Adirondack Park Fish Stocking Ruling Favors Owners
Albany reports that County Judge Beman ruled no penalties can be collected for unlawful fishing in streams and ponds stocked by state hatcheries within private Adirondack parks. The case, William Rockefeller versus Oliver La Mora, prompted the decision as to recovery of damages in public-sourced fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Beman
Franklin County
State Forest, Fish and Game Department
William Rockefeller
Oliver la Mora
Mr. Rockefeller
Adirondackes
Adirondacks
Tobin Sentenced to Death for Captain Craft Murder
Thomas Tobin was sentenced to die in the electric chair for killing Captain James B. Craft of Glen Cove in a West Twenty-ninth Street dive on September 27. Justice Davy set the execution for the week of February 2, rejecting a motion to arrest judgment. Tobin remained largely unmoved, vowing to see his mother and the judge and naming Nora Morrisey as the informant in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tobin
James B. Craft
Glen Cove
Long Island
Empire
Davy
Supreme Court
Tobin
Abraham Levy
Nora Morrisey
Vermont Navy Battleship Plea By Brooklyner Native
Ervin A Pratt of 495 Hancock Street Brooklyn a Vermont native urges the Navy Department to name a first class battleship the Vermont He has printed circulars appealing to Vermont citizens to write to their Congress members and other Washington influencers urging support The circular has been sent 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 Fetch Kid McCoy Case From Yonkers
Several detectives attached to the Central Office were sent to Yonkers after Norman Selby Kid McCoy who is charged with grand larceny. A man who said he was David Lamar the broker and horse owner living at 618 Fifth avenue called at the Detective Bureau late Saturday night and reported that he accompanied by friends went into McCoy's saloon at For-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Office
Yonkers
Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
Captain Titus
Detective Bureau
David Lamar
Fifthave
McCoy's
Missing man after party at tieth st and Broadway
At a Saturday night gathering Lamar allegedly gave McCoy a $1,000 bill and told him to deduct charges and keep the change. After the party Lane, as told by Titus, said McCoy received a $20 bill. A general argument followed and McCoy disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tieth-St
Broadway
Lamar
McCoy
Lane
Oo Titus
Mar
Shoot Man and Escape on Train in Tobbs Ferry Area
Walter Owen, a man claiming local ties, lies in Dobbs Ferry Hospital after being assaulted on the New York Central tracks near Tarrytown. He was beaten, stripped, and left on the rails. Policeman Springfeel was wounded in a clash with two suspects who fled on a freight train. Owen's exact money and valuables remain unconfirmed by doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Owen
Dobbs Ferry
New York Central
Tarrytown
Springfeel
Owen
Almost a Riot at Grand Central Wrestling Bout
Spectators hissed referee Sharkey during a crowding Grand Central Palace match between George Bothner and Tom Jenkins. Jenkins needed four throws in an hour but managed three, and police cleared the ring as Billy Elmer allegedly struck Sharkey. Captain Lantry led officers as five hundred spectators followed Lexington Avenue toward Yorkville Court where Elmer faced disorderly conduct charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bothner
Tom” Jenkins
Grand Central Palace
Sharkey
Jenkins
Bothner
Billy
Elmer
Lantry
Lexington Ave
Yorkville
Peace Committee Named In Baseball League Peace Talks
Chicago December 22 The American League magnates held two sessions at the Grand Pacific Hotel. Pittsburg franchise and Loftus's move to New York were not decided. A peace committee may lack power and report to National League magnates. Johnson empowered to appoint a committee to aid peace talks. Members named are Henry Killilea Boston Charles Comiskey Chicago and Charles Somers Cleveland.
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
Charles Somers
Cleveland
Santa Claus in Wall Street Christmas Gifts Spread Across Banks
Banks and trust companies gave staff generous presents for the holidays with percentages of salaries, flat sums, and extra pay. The Stock Exchange plans a Christmas concert and gifts for doorkeepers and boys, while the Consolidated Exchange also holds a celebration. The Sub-Treasury reports demand for new money across gold pieces and various denominations, though few $10,000 certificates are sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Consolidated Exchange
Sub-Treasury
Sunday school rebels over welcoming a colored girl
Emmanue Baptist Church in Brooklyn faces disruption as several Sunday school classes oppose admitting a young Negro girl. Assistant superintendent Mrs. Emmett D. Page stands for inclusion. Principal staff decide not to exclude her and may reassign her to a willing class.
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 Thought
Dr Lyman Abbott and Prof G Frederick Wright spoke at the Presbyterian Ministers Association luncheon at Hotel Albert. Abbott argued newer thinking broadens faith and God works within, not from outside, while Wright discussed science uncertainties and religious certainties. Fifty clergymen attended from various denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Ministers’ Association of
New York
Hotel Albert
Gregg
Lyman Abbott
G. Frederick Wright
Oberlin
Abbott
Moses
God
Gabler Factory Fire Roars Through New York Piano Plant
A seven story Gabler & Bros piano factory at East Twenty-second Street burned last night, threatening nearby schools and tenements. Firemen battled flames after the night watchman was injured, with multiple alarms and evacuations of Italian tenants and Truant School pupils. The roof collapsed and a driver was seriously injured in street collisions as crews fought the blaze, which damaged the Epiphany School and left the block in panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Gabler & Bros
No. mm
East Twenty-secondst
New-York
Twenty-first-st
Roman Catholic Church of the Epiphany, At No. 232 East Twenty-second-st
Charles Schwedberger
Pettingill
East Twenty-second St
Fitzpatrick
Children’s Society
East Twenty-First-St
Purroy
Sturgis
Patrick Callahan
Third-ave
Twentieth St
Bellevue Hos PR
Mascagni Cancels All Dates In Chicago Tour
The American tour of Piste Mascagni and his Italian company ends in Chicago after a local creditor attaches possessions for 13 dollars. Mascagni, in nervous prostration, is confined to a room at the Auditorium Annex as the company’s Westbound trip is halted following financial troubles. The first engagement was to be in Keokuk, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Piste Mascagni
Mascagni
Auditorium Annex
West
Keokuk
Iowa
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Great Methodist Fund
Coroners
Andrew Carnegie III
Metropolitan
F. W. Rhinelander
Wiliam E. Dodge
Dantel Huntington
William L. Andrews
Louis P. di Cesnola
H.C. Fahnestock
Darius O. Milla
J. Pierpont Morgan
Robert W. de Forest
Edw
M. Grout
Morris K. Jesup
J. M. Farley
John B. Bvartin
Admiral Barker
John M. Carrére
Thomas Hastings
John N. Partridge
Stewart L. Woodford
Chauncey M. Depew
George L. Rives
William C. Whitney
Charlies F. McKim
Stanford White
Percy Sanderson
Chow
Chi
Carl Schurz
John D. Crimmins
Samuel P. Avery
Jonn Kennedy
Rutherford Stuyvesant
Charles Stewart Smith
William R. Ware
Whetelaw Reid
Edward D. Adams
John Bigelow
Elihu Root
Joan 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
John Crosby Brown
O. O. Howard
Mra. 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
Cincinnati
Billop House
Moat House
Wantage
Craft
Batttleship
M’coy
Santa Claus
DR. Abbott
Uch
Paris
Royal Bonn
Ninth Street
John Wanamaker
A. T. Stewart & Co
4Th Ave
9Th and
10Th St
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