Christmas Charity Feeds Thousands in City Homes and Shelters
Salvation Army funds will provide 250000 meals using 16000 meals in 3200 baskets at Madison Square Garden. 3000 dinners for the homeless at the Garden with a Passion Play, plus breakfast for Bowery dwellers at the Mission. Donations from Mrs. S J Bird and The Christian Herald support meals across the East Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Salvation Army
Madison Square Garden
Bowery
8. J. Bird
East Side
S. J. Bird
Christian Herald
Governor and Mrs Roosevelt Distribute Christmas Gifts
Governor Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt gave Christmas presents to pupils at District School No. 10 Oyster Bay after a brief program including prayers and recitations. He urged parental involvement at home and encouraged children to work hard and be helpful. P. J. Scully received a solid silver service from the XIIth Assembly District Tammany Club in a separate note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Roosevelt
Russell
Presbyterian Church
Kilmet
Archer Roosevelt
William J. Youngs
Scully
Xiith Assembly District
Tammany Club
Grand St
P. J. Scully
Columbia St
Custom House
Career Path of Scully from Deputy Clerk to City Clerk
The record notes Scully served as Deputy County Clerk under President Cleveland's last administration and was later chosen by Richard Croker to become City Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Scully
Richard Croker
Berlin Christmas Weather and Gifts for Princes
Berlin reports a mild cloudy Christmas day with dry air. Emperor William at 3 p.m. attended gifts for the Garde du Corps at Potsdam then dined at the palace before joining family celebrations with trees set for the Princes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
William
Potsdam
Garde du Corps
Royal Christmas Celebration in Denmark
King Christian will spend Christmas in Denmark for the first time since Queen Louise's death. The royal family will be guests of Prince Waldemar and Princess Marie this evening. A grand banquet in the royal palace will be held tomorrow with all the royalties in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Christian
Denmark
Louise
Waldemar
Marie
Royal
Immigrants Held at Ellis Island Receive Christmas Dinner
Immigrants detained at the Ellis Island station will eat a Christmas dinner arranged by concessionaire Emil Schwab. The menu features soup turkey with cranberry sauce cake fruits and coffee minus ice cream. Afterward waiters will perform a cultural dance entertainment with two accordions and a zither showcasing diverse national dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Island
Emil Schwab
Schweb
Boy Who Visited Kruger Arrested for Malicious Mischief
J Frank Smith a fifteen year old Ameri can District Telegraph messenger who was sent to Pretoria to carry a message to Paul Kruger from Philadelphia school boys is arrested in Brooklyn on charges of mischief. He admits trouble with poolroom owner Michael Kelly and claims self defense after smashing a store showcase. The magistrate parole him until Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Smith
American District Telegraph
Pretoria
Paul Kruger
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Congress St
Michael Kelly
Atlantic Ave
Clinton St
Smith
South Africa
Kelly
Transvaal
BurnzWrites Romance While Trial Nears End
Edgar Channing Burnz, awaiting resumed murder trial in White Plains, spent yesterday finishing a romantic story titled Mercedes about two friends and a trip from Boston to Mexico in search of gold. The tale ends with a mysterious murder and a love interest named Mercedes, spanning seventeen pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Channing Burnz
Herbert B. Fellows
White Plains
Burnz
Mercedes
A Royal Rogue at Broadway Theatre Charms Crowd
Jefferson De Angelis delivers roguish humor in A Royal Rogue with audience cheers for songs and comic bits. Miss Josephine Hall as Stephanie and Miss Eva Davenport as Madame Girodet receive strong applause as De Meeks draws laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson de Angelis
Broadway
de Angelis
de Meeks
Josephine Hall
Stephanie
Baptiste Ballou
Mr. de Angelis
Eva Davenport
Madame Girodet
Hamlet at Garden Theatre Delayed by Scenery Setback
Sarah Bernhardt and M Coquelin were to perform Hamlet at the Garden Theatre but the show was postponed last night due to scenery delays. Tonight the production will proceed with Bernhardt in the title role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Bernhardt
M. Coquelin
Garden Theatre
Giddy Throng Burlesque at New York Theatre Draws Mixed Raves
The New York Theatre last night staged The Giddy Throng with May Yohe as Lady Muriel Despair. Audiences enjoyed the ballet scenes especially The Storming of the Walls of Peking while jokes aimed at a parody fell flat for the writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Theatre
Peking
May Yohe
Francis Hope
Muriel
Arizona
Richard Carvel
Republican Club Dinner Sets First Meeting of Year
The Republican Club announces its first monthly dinner of the year at the clubhouse on Wednesday evening January 2. Ex-presidents listed include Hawes Wentworth Foster Brookfield Blanchard Wetmore Bartlett Addams Brainard Root Bliss Merriam. A petition with twenty five signatures proposes an incident candidate against Trem and the Nominating Committee will file it. Olcott will be the candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Club
James W. Hawes
Thomas F. Wentworth
James P. Foster
William Brookfield
James A. Blanchard
Edmund Wetmore
Edward T Bartlett
Mortimer C. Addams
Cephas Brainard
Elihu Root
Cornelius N. Bliss
Arthur L. Merriam
Henry E. Trem
K. Olcott
Fire hits Rogers Peet & Co store in Broadway blaze
Fire on the top floor storage room of Rogers Peet & Co at 1268 Broadway burned briefly before firefighters reached the scene hindered by Broadway traffic. Damage estimated at 2000 dollars. The blaze started in a storage room. cause unknown. Previously in 1898 a Rogers Peet store on Broadway and Warren Street burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Rogers, Peet & Co
Daly's Theatre
Warren St
Home Life
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels Across New York
Prominent guests include Comte Albert de Quadt from the German Embassy in Washington, Prof B T Hammond of Worcester, Captain H Taylor US Army, Congressman elect George N Southwick of Albany, Lt F J Evans RA of Bermuda, Judge George E King of Atlanta, ex Mayor Robert Moran of Seattle, D B Henderson Speaker of the House in Washington, Chaplain A L Royce USN, Rev Dr Ensign McChesney of Syracuse, and J Newton Fiero of Albany. Today features Sullivan dinner on Bowery, gifts distribution by Democrats, a Christmas tree for East Side children, an illustrated lecture on Paris Exposition 1900, St Barnabas House entertainment, Salvation Army dinner at Madison Square Garden, and Educational Alliance events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowery
Sullivan
Brace Memorial
Dunnest
William M. Fleiss
Frank Tilford
Park & Tilford
Lyric Hall
Sixth-ave
Educational Alliance
East Broadway
Jefferson St
College Settlement
Rivington St
Friendly Aid House
Hartley House
King’s Daughters
New-York Protestant Episcopal Mission Society
St. Barnabas House
Mulberry St
Cambridge
Comte Albert de Quadt
Washington
B. T. Hammond
Worcester
H. Taylor
U. S
A. Hoffman
George N. Southwick
Albany
Holland
F. J. Evans
R. A
Bermuda
George E. King
Atlanta
Robert Moran
Seattle
Manhattan
D. B. Henderson
House of Representatives
Park Avenue
A. L. Royce
Ensign McChesney
Syracuse
Waldorf
J. Newton Fiero
Timothy D. Sullivan
St. Nicholas Ave
East Side
Esplanade of the Invalides
Albert S. Bickmore
Museum
Family in Harlem Gas Poisoning Case Amid Suspected Poisoned Beer
Mrs Celia Flynn aged 40 and her seven year old son William were found unconscious in their East Ninety seventh Street apartment with gas in the rooms. Dr Hearn suspects poisoned beer. Flynn, 45, denied involvement and was detained on suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Flynn
East Ninety-seventh St
William
John Flynn
Incoming steamers list and ports of call
A fragment lists ships and their December itineraries including Prins Maurits Glasgow Copenhagen Scand Am Betty Gibraltar Austro Am John Sander Sunderland Moonstone Huelva Inchmaree Rotterdam La Norma Amsterdam Havre Liverpool New Orleans Savannah Lisbon Jamaica Galveston London Bremen St Lucia and other lines with dates in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prins Maurits
Port-au-Prince
Nebr
Glasgow
Allan State
Arkansas
Copenhagen
Gibraltar
John Sander
Sunderland
Brooklyn City
Swansea
Bristol City
Moonstone
Huelva
Inchmaree
Algiers
Ardlethen
Rotterdam
la Norma
Amsterdam
Havre
Otterdam
Liverpool
New Orleans
Lisbon
Jamaica
Galveston
Morgan Handel
St. Lucia
Lamp & Holt Mesaba Trave
Death of Oswald Ottendorfer Noted By Museum Directors
The American Museum of Natural History directors adopt resolutions of regret for Oswald Ottendorfer who served as a member since 1856. Also, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in New York plan a September season opener at the Hotel Savoy with a talk by Rev. Dr. W. A. P. Martin on Chinese diplomacy. Postmaster updates list incoming mails from Asia and Hawaii with dispatch dates and expected New York arrival. Mayor Van Wyck appoints Benoni Lockwood Jr. inspector of common schools for the Twelfth School Inspection District with term to July 1, 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Museum of Natural History
Oswald Ottendorfer
Phi Beta Kappa
New York
Hotel Savoy
W. A. P. Martin
van Cott
China
Japan
Hawaii
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Yokohama
Honolulu
San Francisco
van Wyck
Benoni Lockwood
Jir
Vessel schedules and port calls for December 28
Shipping list shows vessels with routes and times including Iroquois Charleston Clyde Norte New Orleans Morgan Hamilton Norfolk Old Dominion American Vaderland Antwerp Red Star Trinidad Bermuda Quebec Silvia Newfoundland Red Cross Advance Colon Panama Lauenburg Hayti Munson Vigilancia Havana NY Cuba Alamo Galveston Mallory Cyrene Brazil Lamp Holt Grecian Prince Santos Hermodius Paraguay Houston Ithaka Tampico NY Cuba Santiago NY Cuba Trojan Prince Azores Prince Jamestown Norfolk Old Dominion with multiple 3:00 pm and 12:00 m time stamps across numerous ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iroquois
Charleston
Clyde
Norte
New Orleans
Morgan
Hamilton
Norfolk
Old Dominion
St Louis
Southampton
American
Vaderland
Antwerp
Red Star
Trinidad
Bermuda
Cyrene
Brazil
Lamp & Holt
Santos
Prince
Hermodius
Paraguay
Houston
Ithaka
Tampico
Cuba
Santiago
Trojan Prince
Azores
Jamestown
Fleet Movements and Arrivals at Port of New York
On December 24 1900 the Port of New York reports arrivals including Steamer Georgian to Frederick S Neve Ltd and multiple other vessels from Havre Para Port Limon Havana and Kingston. Foreign ports list arrivals and departures with vessels like Etruria Device and Ocean sailing from or to New York. Weather at Sandy Hook noted wind west light and hazy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port OF New York
Georgian
Parker
Liverpool
Mdse
Frederick Sneve
Limited
Bar
Hughenden
Sawyer
Havre
Pautile
Moise
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Jaffa
Taylor
Para
St Lucia
Edmund Reekes & Co
Altal
Morris
Savanilla
Carthagena
Port Simon
Kingston
Pim
Kellock
Olympia
Seiders
Port Limon
Port Morant
United Fruit Company
United States Marine Hospital
Alliance
Skillings
Colon
Panama
Kong Frode
Nor
Gundersen
Tilt Cove
American Metal Company
H T Knowlton
Sandy Hook
Device
Nicol
New York
Zoroaster
New-York
Lizard
Pring Regent Luitpold
Ger
Walter
Bremen
Queenstown
Etruria
McKay
Peterhead
Manhauset
Jenkins
Leith
Dundee
Hull
Buffalo
Loveridge
Pinners Point
Gladstone
Bremerhaven
Gut Heil
Lchroeder
Friedrich der Grosse
Eichel
Hamburg
Energie
Tholen
Antwerp
Ocean
Boysen
Bordeaux
Hiso
Pedersen
Algiers
Liv
Rasmussen
Sourabaya
Horta
Aller
Wilhelmi
Genoa
Naples
Trieste
Pocahontas
James
Venice
Richmond Castle
Watson
Singapore
Manila
Palermo
Pocasset
Owens
Five Smallpox Cases Reported by Board of Health
Five smallpox cases were reported to the Board of Health including Edward G. Fox 23 of Long Island City and John Schwartz 3 of The Bronx. Families were quarantined and vaccinated. North Brother Island received patients Jennie Temple 7 and others. A vaccination drive reached lodging houses, Bronx factory workers, and borough schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Edward G. Fox
Fifth-st
Long Island City
North Brother Island
Mary
Eighth-ave
Roosevelt Hospital
Richard Mason
West Sixty-first-st
Health Department
Jennie Temple
West Tenth St
Mary Temple
Broadway
Carlton Potter
Dillingham
Sanitary Squad
Monahan
Bronx
International Power Company eyes Rogers Locomotive Works
Paterson New Jersey December 24 Special The International Power Company of Providence Rhode Island linked to Joe Leiter and the Hoadleys seeks to buy Rogers Locomotive Works and gain control of the Rogers name The Katz Brothers option expires Wednesday and capital to buy may be raised if not the Providence firm will negotiate with Mr Rogers to acquire the works
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
International Power Company
Providence
R. IL
Joe” Leiter
Chicago
Hoadleys
Rogers Locomotive Works
International
Rogers
Katz Brothers
International Company
Payne Praises American Consuls at Holiday Stop
Congressman Serena E. Payne chairing the Ways and Means Committee praises the growing efficiency of the U S consular service. He notes improved reports on markets and manufacturing abroad and cites European criticism of sharing too many foreign manufacturer secrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serena E. Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Fifth Avenue
Washington
Auburn
Senator Platt
Congressman Payne
Europe
Germany
Man Fatally Hangs After Fired Shots From Home
Obrecht Reiber, 44, of 312 West Twentieth Street, was arrested after firing two shots at his home. He told police his aim was to frighten his wife away, not to kill her, but later hanged himself in his cell with a handkerchief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gheist
West Eighty-firstst
Obrecht Reiber
West Twentieth St
Culhaine
Mary
Reiber
Death of Rufus King McHarg Real Estate Broker
Rufus King McHarg died suddenly at his home No. 61 West Seventeenth Street. He was a real estate broker at No. 7 Bicone and connected with the King family of New York. He leaves a wife a family and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus King McHarg
West Seventeenth-st
Mc Harg
Bicone
Old King Illy
New York
Dow
Local Business Complications In Bankruptcy Filings
Sigmund B. Steinmann of 139 East Seventy Second Street files a bankruptcy petition with liabilities of 257 258 dollars and nominal assets. Of the liabilities 186 707 dollars are secured by mortgages. 70 547 dollars unsecured. Judge Brown in the United States District Court refuses discharge for Conrad Stoever and Frederick Diedrichs of Stoever and Diedrichs cigar makers at 3426 Third Avenue The Bronx, filed June 12 1899. Referee Ernest Hall’s report is confirmed, deeming discharge would unjustly free debtors to resume business with funds from the old sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmund B. Steinmann
East Seventysecond St
Yan
Brown
United States District Court
Conrad Stoever
Frederick Diedrichs
Stoever
Quail Sets Sail from Hamilton Under Small Escort
The British torpedo boat destroyer Quail under Lieutenant Edward Rymer departed Hamilton Bermuda for Jamaica without escort. It is the first such attempt and the ship carries limited coal with thin plating. Anxiety runs high awaiting its port reach, which would honor Rymer’s command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Bermuda
Edward Rymer
Jamaica
Marine Intelligence Almanac Sun Times and Moon Phase
Sunrise 7 13, Sunset 4 38, Moon sets 8 58 pm with age 3 days. Almanac notes marine conditions and navigation details for the period.
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Twentythird-st
Lower Broadway
Kriger
Kruger
Dewey
Postoffice
Stern Brothers
Madras
West Twenty-third Street
Mils
Turkey
Devery
Rogers Peet
Rogers, Peet & Company
Men's and Boys’ Outfitters
Cor. Warren
Cor. Prince
Cor
West
Mati
Home News
Belfast
Oxfords
New York City
Shipping News
Minnehaha
London
Sama
Guyandotte
Newport News
Leiter's Auto-Truck Company
Locomotive Works
Payne
Fifth-Ave
Jacob Sulpusky
Madison St
Rufus King
M’harg
Ben
Prince Albert
B&w
Marine Intelligence
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Daniel Fr
Daly
Lady Huntworth
Lyceum
Sane
Annie Russell
Royae Penny
Francis
Klein
Himmerstein
Marie Dressler
the York
Sydney Rosenfeld
Ting Saat
2Is
Smadge Smith
Irving Place Theatre
Erg Oy
the Tribune
Aiden Lang
Aaa
Proctor’s
Fittermasce
Sisters O*meers
Yorker Ss
Hel Levey
Mark Sullivan
Marcel
Fingmeys
Staley
Birbeck
John Kernell
Lydia Yeamans
Titus
Clifford and Huth
Alice Pierce
Linton & McIntyre
Mertens
Grapewin
Chance
Voscarys
St. Onges
L. Crane
Metropolitan Opera House
Maurice Gray
S.15
Met
Puccini
LA Heme
Mmes
Mesha
Fritzi Scheff
Saleza
Gilibert
Journet
Campanari
Mancinelli
Fidelio
Ternina
MM Bertram
Blase
Dippel
Damrosch
Metba
Cremonini
Campanart
Suzanne Adams
Bridewell
Bauermeister
Plancon
Sizes
Flon
Sun
Schumann-Heink
Scotti
Metropoliitan House Orchestra
Weber Pianos
Empire WS
Stee
John Drew
Empire Co
Mrs. Dane
Knickerboc Maude Adams
Ada Rehan
Nell
Old Drury
Charles Frohman
John Hare
Griterion Theatre
THE
Garric Theatre
H. Crane
David Harum
Madison SQ. Theatre
Jack
Carnegie Hall
Oratorio Society
Frank Damrosch
Suluists
Mme
Lillian Blauvelt
Morris Black
Tooretay
H. Evan Williams
David Bispham
Onc Ae
World IN Wax
Cinematograph
Neapolitan Troubadour Orchestra
Sas
R. Adams Pantomime Co
Humpty Dumpty
14Th Street
Sak
ST. Nicholas
West 66Th ST
Christma Music
Denman Thompson
Herald Square
Wg Hk
Wallach’s & Mary Mannering
Janice Meredith
Murray
Eee Hill Theatre
St. & Lex A
Little Lora Fauntleroy
Hen Savoye Ee
RE Eves
Mats
Todadek
Republic Wrey & Sat
Marsac
Viola Allen
ST. and
Ith Ave
K. G. Knowles
K Tom Vnawn & CO
Ralph Jounstone
Joseph Hart
Carrie DE Mar
B & Irving
James “O'Neill
Wed
MONTE
Koster & Bial’s
Florgdera
Boxes
St Rita di Lorenzo
Etta Butler
Dolam & Lenhart
Jess Dandy
Holloway
Pred Niblo
Tribun
Uptown
31St St
24Th-Ave
Gth
12Th-St
Macy's
6Th-Ave
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