Bronx Tracts Sold to Syndicate Tied to World’s Fair Plans
A 107 acre tract on Hunt's Point in The Bronx, part of a larger 800 acre block once owned by East Bay Land Company, was sold to a syndicate led by Lord Alverstone's firm. The buyers include ex Mayor Hugh J. Grant and Anthony N. Brady. The land, valued around 1.2 million dollars, fronts the East River and will be bulkheaded and developed for factories and housing, with piers planned to boost manufacturing access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
East Bay Land Company
Chicago
Lord Alverstone
Charles H. Patrick
Hugh J. Grant
C. K. G. Bilings
Anthony N. Brady
Hunt's Point
Hunt’s Point
American Banknote Company
Umtil
New York
Jacob Leitner
East River
Messrs
Great Britain
England
Charles Russell
Behring Sea
Mrs Bianchi Sues Over Mortgage Coercion At Amherst
Mrs. Martha G D Bianchi sues Miss Charlotte T Terry and attorney Maurice Leon to set aside a mortgage and deed a property in Amherst Massachusetts alleging she signed under threat to have Captain W Alexander Bianchi jailed. The case references bail in a separate civil action and notes the Dickinson family ties to Amherst College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Alexander Bianchi
Martha G. D. Bianchi
Supreme Court
Charlotte T. Terry
Maurice Leon
No. & Wall Street
Amherst
Maser
Blanch
Miles Terry
Bianchi
Gramercy Park
Amherst College
New England
Gilser House
Weberges
Dickinson
New Trial Frees Vaudeville Performer in Robbery Case
William Robinson of the Cooper and Robinson vaudeville team was acquitted of robbery after a new trial in General Sessions. Judge Malone criticized possible perjury and ordered further review of testimony from a tailor and the principal witness Phillips. Robinson had faced 11 to 15 years. the jury returned the verdict quickly.
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William Robinson
Cooper and Robinson
Sing Sing
Malone
Kymann Gusemaen
No. & West 7Ist Street
Jecol Phillips
Sussman
Ze Maloneet
Robinson
Slay er of Joseph Marshall Indicted for Manslaughter
Hudson grand jury handed in 25 indictments to Justice Swayze. James F. Connelly faced manslaughter charges for shooting Joseph Marshall during a quarrel at a Democratic primary in Jersey City and was released on bail after Dennis McLaughlin qualified as surety. An additional indictment named Ivan Retten for allegedly setting fires at General William Heppenheimer’s Jersey City home.
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Fludcon County Grendiers
Justice Swayze
James F. Connelly
Weilea Joseph Marshall
Jersey
Simpson
Swarze
Som
Dennis
Fire Hits Gilsey House On Sixth Floor
Fire on the sixth floor of the Gilsey House at Broadway and Deir Street threatened the building. Patr on Diehl and hotel staff evacuated guests with no panic. Water damage affected several floors as precious manuscripts and portraits were lost by named individuals. Police and crowds controlled as hoses burst and chaos followed, with the hotel currently under receiver Archibald Douglas.
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Gilsey
Broadway
Deir Street
Diehl
Tenderloin
Mamie Sullivan
Lillian Vane
the Lion and the Mouse” Company
Adelaide Herrmann
Amelia Summerville
Fannie Rice
Archibald Douglas
Douglas & Armitage
Marine Deputy Chief of the Fire Department on City payroll
The city will appoint a Marine Deputy Chief of the Fire Department to align with federal demands for a rank equivalent to marine master. Aldermen approved the resolution after presentation by President McGowan of the board.
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United States
McGowan
Board of Estimate and
Court of General Sessions
Mulcahy
Seventh Avenue
110Th Street
Harlem River
Jefferson Boulevard
Women’s Democratic Club
Thomas Jefferson
New Boulevard
Marx
Loughman
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Whiting Claims Vice Licensing In New York Courts
Frederick H. Whiting testifies before a legislative committee studying inferior criminal courts. He cites cases of bail forfeiture and suspended sentences and argues licenses exist for disorderly hotels. He urges better records and three magistrates to handle social law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Whiting
Baines Law
Whiting
New York
Corrigan
Joseph C. Graveur
Court of Special Sessions
State to sue railroads for forest fire damages
John K. Ward, general counsel to the State Forest Fish and Game Commission, will initiate lawsuits against railroad companies for damages from forest fires that destroyed state timber and property. Ward says numerous actions are required and evidence gathering will take time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
John K. Ward
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
James. Whipple
Ward
Whipple
City Court to Get Furniture for New Stories
Chief Judge O'Dwyer urged $10,000 in revenue bonds for immediate furnishings of two new City Court stories. Borough President Ahearn sought to buy without bidding, facing objections. O'Dwyer warned delays would cost salaries for three judges stenographers clerks and attendants. City Court has fallen about two years behind schedule.
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City Court
O'Dwyer
Ahearn
Death in Jersey Auto Crash
Dayton Meeker of Irvington was killed in Nutley New Jersey when a car driven by Frederick Baldwin collided with a livery truck. Four occupants were ejected from the auto. Meeker suffered a crushed skull while the others were not seriously injured.
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Dayton Meeker
Irvington
Nutley
N. J
Frederick Baldwin
Meeker
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail Road to Buy 17 Tons of Rails
Directors of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail road Company authorize a purchase of 16.96 tons of safes rails for 198. The order will be placed soon with delivery expected early next year. The tonnage will be about one and a half times 1905 usage, with much of the rails for bridge work over the Ohio River at Beaver and for 1906 replacement programs.
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Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad Company
Pitttsburg
Ohio River
Beaver
Post Office Braces for Record Christmas Rush
Santa Claus rushes leads to eleven extra wagons four large vans and seven more carriers and clerks as the post office handles its busiest holiday period. More than 3500 workers operate day and night amid crowded lobbies and unprecedented mail volumes.
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General Post Office
Murphy
Money Order Department
Brooklyn
Express Company
Red Cross
Nassau
Fulton
Chambers Street
Broadway
Nassau Street
Hester Street
John Street
Ann Street
Grand
Canal
Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices
Tubular Chime Clocks With Exclusive Designs
Madison Square offers tubular chime clocks featuring exclusive cases and distinctive designs for collectors and home decor.
Metz Sleeps Three Hours a Night, Records Show
The joint legislative committee questioned Controller Metz at City Hall about his schedule and wealth. He stated he sleeps between 4 and 7 a.m. and that after 6 he devotes spare hours to private business. He described owning multiple corporations, payro ll staff, factories, mills, offices worldwide, and a village he nearly owns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Lee
Joint Legislative Investigating Committee
Senator Saxe
Newark
Worcester
Mass
Stonefield
United States
Europe
Navy Yard Christmas Revels Amid Shrinking Norfolk Spirit
Brooklyn navy yard prepares for a near-deserted Christmas week with shipboard feasts on the battleship New Hampshire and large crews aboard Chester Alabama and Celtic. Marines in Flushing Avenue barracks join with officers in Home Row for holiday observances while clerks and workers anticipate an exodus as time off nears year end.
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Navy Yard
Brooklyn
New Hampshire
Chester
Alabama
Celtic
Hancock
Uncle Sam
Flushing Avenue
Cat Dock
Walter G. Isaacs
Manhattan
Father McDonald
Francis T. Bowles
Construction and Repair Bureau
Yonkers Franchises Collapse as Cars Cease Moving
Under receiver Leslie Sutherland a Supreme Court order halted operation on the Elm and Watt street line and the South Broadway spur. Fares to New York were cut to ten cents then indefinitely postponed as lawsuits seek franchise revocation. The City Council rejected a compromise with Frederick W. Whitridge. lines face abandonment.
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Kingsbridge
South Broadway
van Cortlandt Park
Union Railway
Huckleberry
New Main Street
Elm and Walnut Street
Common Council
Mr. Sutherland
Frederick W. Whitridge
Yonkers
Yonkers Road
City Line
New York
Sutherland
Whitridge
McLean Avenue
Obituary of Right Rev John Stephen Michaud Bishop of Burlington
The Right Rev John Stephen Michaud bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Burlington Vermont died yesterday at St Vincent's Hospital from Bright's disease. He arrived from France on the steamer Amerika after a health trip and was accompanied by his secretary Rev W A Ple Mend en and Dr D A Shea. Born November 24 1843 in Burlington he studied at Montreal College Holy Cross Worcester and St Joseph's Seminary Troy and was ordained June 7 1873 with consecration as bishop on June 29 1872.
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John Stephen Michaud
Burlington
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bright
Amerika
France
Michaud
W. A. Plemenden
D. A. Shea
Montreal College
Holy Cross College
Worcester
St. Joseph's Seminary
Troy
N. Y
Henry C. King Loses Land Suit in Supreme Court
In Charleston West Virginia today the Supreme Court handed down three opinions affirming title to thousands of acres of lands in Southern West Virginia. Henry C King of New York claimed title under the original grant and pressed claims against numerous squatters amid years of bitter litigation.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Henry C. King
New York
West Virginia
Notable Industrials Die Within Day at Home and Hospital
Obituary notices report the deaths of Edson G. Davidghr longtime leader at United States Leather Company in Middletown North Carolina from Brights disease. Thomas F. Smith head of Smith & Co grain brokerage died suddenly in St James Hospital Newark New Jersey from pleuro pneumonia. John Wood longtime treasurer of Max Huncke Chemical Company Brooklyn died after a long illness at his home aged sixty seven born in Poughkeepsie. He served five years in the US Navy during the Civil War and was adjutant of Lincoln Post G A R. He leaves a wife a son and a daughter. Funeral tomorrow at 11 in Greenwood Cemetery burial there.
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Edson G. Davidghr
United States Leather Company
Middletown
N. C
Bright
Thomas F. Smith
Thomas F. Smith & Co
St. James's Hospital
Newark
N. J
John Wood
Max Huncke Chemical Company
Brooklyn
Record climb tale from Mount Huascaran ascent
Annie Peck of Providence who recently sailed from South America on the Panama liner Alliance plans a book about her climb to the 24000 foot summit of Mount Huascaran in the Peruvian Andes. She recalls a near fall as guide Taugwalder slipped and carried her over a fissure but Gabriel zum Taugwald steadied them with a rope and alpenstock guiding foothold digging to reduce strain.
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Annie & Peck
Providence
South America
Panama
Alliance
Mount
Huascaran
Taugwalder
Miss Peck Reaches New Peak On Mount Huascaran
The mountaineer Miss Peck with two Swiss guides ascends Mount Huascaran to about 24,000 feet, claiming the summit height surpasses any previous record. She notes Taugwalder lost a hand after a fall and recalls a prior failed attempt due to mountain sickness and camping on ice.
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Taugwalder
Miss Peck
Mount
Huascaran
W. W. Graham
Himalaya
Great Canadian Bridge Reaches Battle River Route to Edmonton
The Grand Trunk announces completion of a new bridge across the Battle River west of Winnipeg. The line will shorten rail distance to Edmonton by 792 miles and aims to start regular Winnipeg to Edmonton passenger service next summer.
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Grand Trunk
New York
Battle River
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Alberta
Woman Hurls Carbolic Acid At Jersey Doctor In Threatened Attack
Washington New Jersey December 22 Dr Charles E Smith mayor of the city lost the sight of one eye and was partially blinded after Mrs Alice Castner a patient visited his office and threw carbolic acid over his face and head Castner threatened to shoot him but was disarmed The woman a widow thirty five years old has a history of nervous trouble and rheumatism and claimed she would kill herself or the doctor Dr Smith said she later tried to throw acid at him during a prior visit and was driven away in a carriage.
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Washington, N. J
Charlies E Smith
Alice Castner
Smith
Alberta Shrope
Boy's Foot Crushed in Subway at 72nd Street Station
William MacDowell a clerk on West 11th Street was crushed when his foot slipped between subway car bumpers at the 72nd street station during the morning rush. Guards fought to prevent a larger panic as the express train began moving. He was taken to Roosevelt Hospital with severe fractures.
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William MacDowell
No. 11 West
Th Street
72D Street
Press
Young McDowell
McDowell
Roosevelt Hospital
New Smelting Firm Aims to Cut Costs for Mines
The International Smelting and Refining Company, incorporated in New Jersey, negotiates contracts with major silver, lead, and copper mine owners unhappy with current smelting. John D. Ryan travels west to scout sites for plants. stockholders to include Western mine owners. officers and directors to be named soon.
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International Smelting and Refining Company
New Jersey
Wit Se Capital
John D. Ryan
Phone Bonds Oversubscribed Amid Large Subscriptions
A total of about six subscriptions were received for Higginson Co's $3,094 five percent ten year first mortgage bonds offered at four percent income. The bulk of subscriptions came from Chicago and Boston.
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Higginson & Co
Chicado
Boston
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Innocent
Hudson Grand Jury
Joseph Marshall
Gilsey House
VICE
IO Sue
Forest, Fish and Game Counsel
O’dwyer
Santa Claus
New York City
Theodore B. Stark
Madison Square
Bishop John S. Michaud
Chickering Quarter
Emer
Angelus
J. C. Campbell Piano
Schumacker
Vose
Emerson
Kurtzmann
Knabe
John Wanamaker
Fourth Avenue
Big
Annie
Peck
Rockwood
Fifth Avenue
Great Canadian Bridge
Jersey Man
Subway
NEW Smelting Company
Savoy Hotel
Naples
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