Drops Dead At Meeting Leaves Family Memoir Of Captain Samuels
In Brooklyn, Robert V. S. Samuels, a 30 year old lawyer living at 165 Sixth Avenue, collapsed and died of heart disease during a Marine Journal Company board meeting. His father, Captain Samuel Samuels, president of the firm, attempted CPR but could not save him. The elder Samuels, a veteran merchant shipmaster, served as captain of the Dreadnaught and United States steamer John Rie and captained the McClellan at Fort Fisher. He also won the Henrietta yacht race in 1866.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert V. S. Samueils
Sixth-ave
Brooklyn
Black & Kneeland
Pineet
Marine Journal Company
Samuel Samuels
Samuels Jr
Hudson Street
Samuels
United States
John Rie
McClellan
Fort Fisher
Fleetwing
City Hall Labor Clash Threatens Walkout by Unions
Walking delegates threaten a city hall repair dispute with a mass day labor walkout if unresolved. Borough President Cantor meets with Nicholas Ryan as talks continue, while a scuffle erupts between Ryan and Marble and State Cutters Union delegate E Scully outside the City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan & McFerran
Cantor
Canter
Nicholas Ryan
Ryan
Matthew Ryan
United Board of Building Trades
Matt” Myar
Labor Union
E. Scully
No. 2
East Twenty-seventh St
Marble and State Cutters’ Union
Scully
Yan
McFerran
Killed by His Own Wagon in City Accident
Patrick Smith sixty living at 48 Second Avenue mail wagon driver was killed when a wheel struck a cart wheel at 171st Street and Third Avenue. John Martin driver of the cart arrested on bail. Smith planned to resign soon. survived by two daughters and a son at 237 East Twenty-first Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Smith
Second-ave
Smith
John Martin
Martin
Fordham Hospital
O'Gorman
Mountain
Tremont
Wall Street
Gifts To Consul Fowler From Chinese Guilds In Che Foo
A Chinese city presents three silver vases to United States Consul John F. Fowler at Che Foo as a mark of trust following the Boxer upheaval. The centerpiece vase stands eighteen inches, with two smaller vases flanking it. C T Tong, president of the united guilds, delivers a speech praising U S policies. The honor, first of its kind for a foreign consul, drew two thousand soldiers and a riverine procession to the dock at Ning Po as Fowler departed for Che Foo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
State Department
John F. Fowler
Che-Foo
C. T. Tong
United Guilds
Fowler
China
Ning-Po
Che- Foo
Barry
Vicksburg
Mathematical Society Convention at Columbia University
The annual American Mathematical Society convention met yesterday in Columbia University's Engineering Building. About twenty leading universities and colleges were represented by top mathematical faculty members. Attendees included Keyser of Columbia, Herds Hancock, Dickson, Moore, Roe, Lovett of Princeton, Rabinovitch of New York City, and Wilson of Yale. Meetings will continue today.
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American Mathematical Society
Columbia University
United States
C'S Keyser
Columbia
Herds Hancock
Mall
L. E. Dickson
Red Deee
E. H. Moore
Univera
E. D. Roe
E. OG. Lovett
Princeton
J. E. Ra
Miss Zimma to be buried in wedding dress today
Miss Margaret Zimma, nineteen, will be buried today in Hempstead Long Island in her wedding dress. She had planned to wed Anthony Hoefner at St Boniface Church Elmont on New Year’s Eve but a severe cold and complications led to her death Saturday night, surrounded by her parents, friends and fiancé. She had expressed a wish to be buried in her wedding dress shortly before her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Zimma
Hempstead
Long Island
Anthony Hoefner
St. Boniface’s
Elmont
Iss Zimma
Lewisohn Contempt Case Heads to Higher Court
Justice Scott ruled banker Jesse Lewisohn in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions about gambling at Richard Canfield's place and remanded him to jail. He said questions were proper and that state law compels answers, with the case likely to go to the Appellate Court and then the highest tribunal. District Attorney Jerome praised the ruling and said questions will resume later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Supreme Court
Jesse Lewisohn
Jerome
Richard Canfield
Wyatt
Lewisohn
Captains' Titles Tested in New York Courts
Albany December 29. Seventeen police captains promoted from sergeants in 19 percent will have their titles tested in court after Attorney General Davies granted permission to Police Commissioner Partridge to sue. The Civil Service law is cited. two veterans of the Civil War are exempt from suits. Names include O Toole Devanney Cooney Buchanan Gans Colgan Kenny Foody Lantry Creamer Kear Flood Mara Walsh Murphy Wendel Deevy Gorman Gannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Albany
New York
York
Sexton
Hess
Abell
Davies
Partridge
Warren Greene
Colonel Partridge
Edward J. O'Toole
Michael Devanney
John Cooney
John Buchanan
Edward A. Gans
John G. Colgan
Edward J. Kenny
Michael E. Foody
John Lantry
Francis A. Creamer
Francis J. Kear
John F. Flood
John Mara
Edward Walsh
L. J. Murphy
Charles C. Wendel
Jefferson Deevy
Michael Gorman
James Gannon
Standard Oil Announces Pension Plan With Early Retirement
The Standard Oil Company outlines a new pension scheme to start January 1. Features include half pay for a year after 25 years at age 64, then one quarter of annual salary. S. C. T. Dodd, general solicitor, presented the plan yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
S. C. T. Dodd
District Attorney Reviews Faro Boxes Seized in Raids
District Attorney Jerome visited Police Headquarters to inspect six faro dealing boxes, declining to disclose their source though believed seized by Inspector Brooks in recent raids. Back at the Criminal Courts Building he commented on the boxes tied to Canfield's place, noting peculiar features he would not discuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Brooks
Criminal Courts
Canfield
Police Commissioner appoints 125 new patrolmen
Police Commissioner Partridge announced the appointment of 125 patrolmen following the Civil Service examination. Applicants crowded Police Headquarters before noon as names on the eligible list were set for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partridge
Tribune
Civil Service
Lst
Standard Oil Denies Texas Beaumont and Jennings Field Purchase
A Standard Oil representative yesterday refuted a New Orleans report claiming control of Beaumont Texas fields and the Jennings field in Louisiana. He said the company has not bought properties in Texas but is purchasing Beaumont oil for transport to refining works. The policy is to control refining rather than crude production, though they own some producing property in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
New Orleans
Beaumont Oil
Texas
Jennings Field
Louisiana
Beaumont
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Sharkey's Attorney Seeks Reasonable Doubt Certificate
Henry W. Unger of Levy and Unger, counsel for detective Thomas J. Sharkey, who was sentenced to ten years for manslaughter in the second degree in the Nicholas Fish killing, asked Justice Fitzgerald in Supreme Court yesterday for a certificate of reasonable doubt pending an appeal to the Appellate Division. Fitzgerald said he would allow briefs from the District Attorney and reserved decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Unger
Levy & Unger
Thomas J. Sharkey
Nicholas Fish
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Colorado Tow Shows Mallory Line Steamers Inshore
The steamer Comal of the Mallory Line arrived in tow by the Colorado of the same line and anchored in Gravesend Bay for the night. The Comal’s shaft reportedly broke. Captains Risk and Woodward commanded the Colorado and Comal respectively. The Comanche of the Clyde Line, which reached here Sunday, reported passing the two steamers December 24, about fifty miles northeast of Charleston. The Comal departed Charleston and the Colorado Brunswick on December 3.
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Comal
Mallory
Colorado
Gravesend Bay
Comanche
Clyde Line
Charleston
Brunswick
Risk
Woodward
Memorial Hospital to honor Dr Storrs in Foo-Chow China
Friends of the Rev Richard Salter Storrs plan a mission hospital in Foo-Chow China as a memorial to him. The Storrs Memorial Hospital will replace a building damaged by fire, require 10.00 dollars for construction, and be led by Dr H N Kinnear, a medical missionary of the American Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Salter Storrs
Brooklyn
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Foo-Chow
China
Storrs Memorial Hospital
H. N. Kinnear
The
American Board
Cattle quarantine raised for state agriculture board
Providence R I December 29 The executive committee of the State Board of Agriculture voted to day to raise the cattle quarantine and allow farmers to buy and sell cattle except in areas where farms have been visited by foot and mouth disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. J
State Board of Agriculture
Various public meetings and events in New York State
State Railroad Commission hearings on surface and elevated lines at city hall. Association of American Universities and American Mathematical Society sessions at Columbia. City officials to grant Dr Lorenz freedom of the city. College gymnasium instructors convention. Staten Island ferry plans meeting in West Brighton. Christmas ride at Durland's Academy. Heilprin lecture on Alaska at Cooper Union. J Pierpont Morgan halftone credit note. Religious school fair for shoes and coal. New Year receptions planned at Broadway and Bronx Club. Namcoki Club event at Lexington Opera House. Thirteen lecture course on Salvation at Union Theological Seminary. Alliance Francaise evening at Carnegie Lyceum with Blés, Boyer, Japhet, Castegnier, Lance, and Walters.
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State Railroad Commission
Clty Hall
Association of American Universities
Columbia University
Sherry's
The
American Mathematical Society
Board of Aldermen
Lorenz
New York Athletic Club
Remneny
18Th Regiment
General Chaffee
Armory
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Union Opera House
West Brighton
Durland’s Academy
West Sixty Sixthst
People’s Institute
Angelo Heilprin
Alaska
Klondike
Cooper Union
Mayor Low Visits Governor in Albany Talks on Tax Bonds
Mayor Low spent about two hours with Governor Odell in Albany discussing tax relief proposals. The visit focused on a plan to issue general fund bonds and sell to sinking fund commissioners to reduce city taxes, with support from the Chamber of Commerce report. The mayor said the talks concerned legislation, not politics or the police, and returned after a delayed train due to a wreck at Irvington.
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Tribune
Albany
Odell
Mayor Low
New York
General Greene
Low
Stephenson
General Fund
Sinking Fund
New York Chamber of Commerce
Board of Aldermen
Finance Department
Irvington
Pere Marquette Railroad Elects New Directors
In Boston on December 29 the Pere Marquette Railroad Company announced elections to its board. Directors named were Thomas H. West W K Bixby Samuel R Shipley Newman Erb and Myron J Carpenter. F H Prince became president and M J Carpenter vice president and general manager following a syndicate purchase of a controlling stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Pere Marquette Railroad Company
Thomas H. West
St. Louis
W. K. Bixby
Samuel R. Shipley
Philadelphia
Newman Erb
New York
Myron J. Carpenter
Chicago
F. H. Prince
M. J. Carpenter
W. W. Crapo
Charles M. Heald
John M. Graham
O. W. Mink
8S. T. Crapo
Sisters of Visitation sell property in Brooklyn for 150000
The Sisters of the Visitation agreed to sell their Clinton and Willoughby aves property in Brooklyn for 150000 to Herbert L. Pratt H D Palmer Lowell M Palmer E T Bedford John F Dingee and James Cassidy except two will build homes after surrender. The sisters plan to buy the old Inebriates Home in Second Ave near Shore Road Bay Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of the Visitation
Clinton and
Willoughby Aves
Brooklyn
Herbert L. Pratt
H. D. Palmer
Lowell M. Palmer
E. T. Bedford
John F. Dingee
James Cassidy
Clinton-ave
Willoughby-ave
Second-ave
Shore Road
Bay Ridge
General Louis Fitzgerald Resigns as Mercantile Trust Chief
General Louis Fitzgerald resigns after twenty seven years as president of the Mercantile Trust Company. Directors hosted a farewell dinner at the University Club and presented a silver service as thanks for his faithful service. He plans winters in Florida and summers at his Hudson River country home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Fitzgerald
Mercantile Trust Company
University Club
Fitzerald
Trust Company
Florida
Huuson River
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Snapshot
Maritime schedule notes list vessel movements and ports from Sandy Hook to Hamburg date stamps. The section records arrivals and departures across multiple lines including Hoboken, Liverpool, Antwerp, New Orleans, and Exeter with dates in December and January, reflecting a broad snapshot of global shipping activity.
Shipping News Port of New York December 29 1902 Arrivals
The port reports several arrivals including Belgravia from Hamburg and Boulogne cargo, 1 344 steerage passengers, Rosenrath with asphalt, Lauenberg from Cape Haytien with multiple calls, Ponce with cargo and 2 passengers, El Dia from Galveston, Louisiana from New Orleans, and City of Augusta from Savannah, with freight and passengers listed for each voyage.
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Belgravia
Ger
St. Mare
Aux Cayes
Jeremie
Petit Goave
Micragoane
Port-au— Prince
Port Marta
Port Antonio
Inagua
Moise
Cameron Steampship Co
Bar
Ponce
Dalton
Jobes
Arroyo
San Juan
New York and
Porto Rico Steamship Co
The
el Dia
Mason
Galveston
J T van Sickle
Louisiana
Halsey
New Orleans
City of Augusta
Daggett
Savannah
Decem
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Standard Oil
Sharkey
DR. Storrs
Rhode Island
Theodore B. Starr
Madison Square West
25Th
26Th Streets
John St
Starr & Marcus
Home News
New York City
J. Pierpont Morgan
the Tribune
Pach Brothers
Pach Bros
Temple
Rodoph Sholom
Lexington Ave
Lower East Side
Republican Organization
Madison Square
Republican Club
Broadway
Matthew P. Breen
Bronx Club
Franklin Ave
Namcoki Club
Tammany
Xxist
Lexington Opera House
Fifty-eighth St
Third
Lexington Aves
Adams Chapel
Union Theological Seminary
Park Ave
George F. Moore
Harvard University
Henry Preserved Smith
Amherst College
Alliance Francaise
Carnegie Lyceum
Numa Blés
Lucien Boyer
Montmartre
Mme
René Japhet
Ave Stella
Faure
Georges Castegnier
Edouard Lance
Carl Walters
Pere Marquette
Fitzgerald
Yrachall Carhart So
Canal St
Chambers
Aouch
Sixth Avenue
Spencer Optical Manufacturing CO
Maiden Lane
N. Y
Frank H. Graf
Seventh Ave
Tribune Almanac
Madison Square Garden
Senator Platt
George W. Dunn
Senator Dolliver
Iowa
Representative Watson
Indiana
John ©. Coleman
William E. Crombie
Lemuel E. Quigg
Johns. Wise
George W. Baptist
Charles ©. Maas
Frank WK. Kohler
Edward L. Montgomery
John J. Hahn
Louis
Icaria
Marine Intelligence
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Hanover
Hamburg
Hrauer Alexandra
Copenhagen
Leverauen
Seek -Seand-Am Premen
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Eastry
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Manhauset
Moville
Galverton
Pring Willem I Hayti
Liverpool
Antwerp
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Tauric
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Jacksonville
Clyde
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Hel Am Potsdam
Neckar
Patria
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Aples
Anchor
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Weeeees
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Campeche
Etc
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Para
Booth
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Moreau
Hamilton
Shipping News
Port of New-York
New-York Tribune
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Empire Theatre
William As
Mate
Faversham
Savoy Theatre
34Th St
Girl With the Green Eyes
Garrick Theatre
Sith St
Bwayar's
the Hussways
Garden Theatre
Hamlet
Julia Marlowe
Heatre
Breatway
4Th St. Xtra
Cavalier
Kickeraocker Theatre
Goodwin Wixixwe
Elliott
Ber
Ocean Steamshipn Way
Alamo
Staples
Tecsesien
Mdise
Vernon H Brown & Co
Mise
C H Mallory & Co
Gatesend Bay
Apache
Boston City
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Philadelphian
Princess Anne
Newport News
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Bri
Jones
Lancastrian
Ridley
Aberdeen
Clematis
Howes
Tyne
London
Minnetonka
Layland
Blyth
Normannia
Erik— Sen
Stettin
New-York
Lizard
Breslau
Feyen
Bremen
Isle of Wight
Pased
Freeth
Nicolai St
Dan
Orum
Norge
Gundell
Main
van Borell
Finland
Albrecht
Vaderland
Broomhead
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Indramayo
Price
Aden
Singapore
Manila
Naples
Jackman
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Algoa Bay
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Mack
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Cape Teen. Vincent
C V
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Cape Town
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Tennyson
Ohlo
Pernambuco
Sallust
Grimes
Santos
la Guayra
Maracaibo
Furst
Montevideo
Apolo
Span
Chacertequi
Buenos Ayres
de Haven & Townsend
Wall-st
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Am Ry Co
Phila Co
Penn R R Co
Penn Steel
Cambria Steel
Everces
Sly Fenn el Veh
Diamond Steel
Elee St Bat Co
Phila Elee Co
Phila
Elee
Phila & Brie
Park T
Sus Iron & Steel
Tidewater Steel
Lehigh
N J
Lehigh Val
Union Traction
Gas Imp
Welsbach Co
Asp Co
Newark Pass
Ind
P Ry
People
San Francisco
Alta Peneces
Justice
Estes Y Alpha
Kentucky
Andes
Lady Washington
Belche
Best & Helcher
Ophir
A. Mara
MR. Rich
Mansfield
Julius Caesar
29Th St
Princes Tele
Mats
Aubrey Boucicault
Heidelberg
Bway & Sith
St .Mats
EAR
Metropeusi
Maurice Grau
Tosca Eames
Sindewefl
de Marchi
Scotti
Gilibert
Mancinetl
Scheff
Sembrich
Alvarez
de Reszke
Journet
Pion
Tristan Und Isolde Nordica
Homer
Anthes
van Rooy
Ed de Resske
Hertz
Weber
Meropo
Eleonora Francesca
Litan Opera
Walter Damrosch
Daly's Theatre
Daly's
Kiaw & Erlanger
Pankatane Rygg
Fiske
Sisne
Extra Iske
Proctor
Zid Street
Belascot Theatre
Blanche
OF the Gods
ST. Ave
Victoria
Mabelle Gilman Zeeomoce
Ain the Mocking Bird
ST. Nicholas
West 16Th Street
Opening OF the Seas
NEW York A. C
Hockey CL
West End
iSusit
Irving Place Theatre
MAX & MO
Madison SQ. Theatre
St. Nese
Audrey Mat
Elizabeth Tyree
Gretna Grien
Harlem Opera House
Willard
Ais Sk
Murray
Hill Theatre
Lex
Wallace’s
Sir'Yudte Tay
Sulu
de Carter DE Haven
Une HA Harding
AH Sid
Gasnisie
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