Father and son die during Marine Journal meeting
Robert V. S. Samuels Jr., a 30 year old lawyer living at 165 Sixth Ave Brooklyn, collapsed and died of heart disease during a board meeting at Black & Kneeland offices 44 Prie St. His father Captain Samuel Samuels, president of Marine Journal Company, tried to aid him. The elder Samuels, famed as a merchant shipmaster and war captain, witnessed his son's collapse.
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Robert V. S. Samwels
Sixth Ave
Brooklyn
Black & Kneeland
Priest
Marine Journal Company
Samuel Samuels
Samuels Jr
Hudson Street
Ead
Samuels
United States
John Rice
McClellan
Fort Fisher
Fleetwing
City Hall Repair Row Sparks Labor Threats and Confrontations
Walking delegates threaten to mobilize all city work labor if the dispute with Ryan and McFerran over City Hall repairs remains unsettled. Borough President Cantor meets with Ryan, with a follow up planned after talks with the partner. A near clash occurred between Ryan and Scully of the Marble and State Cutters Union outside Cantor’s office.
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Ryan & McFerran
Cantor
Nichlas Ryan
Ryan
Matthew Ryan
United Board of Building Trades
Matt” Myar Hd
Labor Union
Nicholas Ryan
E. Scully
No. 152
East Twenty-seventh-st
Marble and State Cutters’ Union
Scully
McFer-ran
Killed by His Own Wagon on City Street
Patrick Smith a sixty year old mail wagon driver of 408 Second Avenue was killed when the rear wheel of his wagon struck a cart wheel at 171st Street and Third Avenue. He fell onto an elevated pillar and was run over as the wagon passed. Cart driver John Martin of 203 East 105th Street was arrested and held in bail pending an inquest. Smith had planned to resign soon and leaves two daughters and a son at 237 East 21st Street.
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Patrick Smith
Second-ave
Third-ave
Smith
John Martin
Martin
Fordham Hospital
O'Gorman
Mountain
Tremont Station
Wall Street
East Twenty-first-st
Gifts to Consul Fowler Honor Chinese City
Washington reports describe three silver vases presented to John F. Fowler, United States Consul at Che-Foo, by the united guilds of Ning-Po. A tall eighteen inch centerpiece and two smaller pieces were given with praise for U.S. help during China’s troubles. C. T. Tong delivered an address, noting Chinese esteem for Fowler and U.S. good offices. The city’s natives bid farewell with two thousand soldiers along the route and a riverborne salute at the forts. The ceremony occurred on October 11 with American leaders and Captain Barry of the Vicksburg present.
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Washington
United States
State Department
John F. Fowler
Che-Foo
United Guilds
C. T. Tong
Fowler
China
Ning-Po
Che- Foo
Barry
Vicksburg
Annual Mathematical Society convention at Columbia University
The American Mathematical Society held its annual convention in the Engineering Building at Columbia University yesterday with delegates from about twenty leading universities. Speakers included E V Huntington Harvard J Keyser Columbia Harris Hancock Cincinnati L E Dickson Chicago E H Moore Chicago W E Sailor Case E D Roe Case E O Lovett Princeton J E Rabinovitch New York D E Wilson Yale. Meetings continue today.
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American Mathematical Society
Columbia University
United States
E. V. Huntington
Harvard
J. Keyser
Columbia
Harris Hancock
Cincinnati
L. E. Dickson
Chi
E. H. Moore
University of Chicago
Society
W. E. Sailor
E. D. Roe
Case
E. O. Lovett
Princeton
J. E. Rabinovitch
New York City
E. D. Wilson
Yale
Miss Zimma to Be Buried in Wedding Dress Today
Miss Margaret Zimma, nineteen, will be buried today in Hempstead Long Island wearing her wedding dress. She had planned to wed Anthony Hoefner on New Year’s Eve at St Boniface Church Elmont but a severe cold developed into consumption and other complications, leading to her death late Saturday night. Surrounded by her parents friends and fiancé she expressed a wish to be buried in her gown.
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Margaret Zimma
Hempstead
Long Island
Anthony Hoefner
St. Boniface’s
Elmont
Miss Zimma
Lewisohn Contempt Ruling Deepens Canfield Inquiry
Supreme Court Justice Scott ruled banker Jesse Lewisohn guilty of contumacious contempt for refusing to answer District Attorney Jerome's questions about gambling at Richard Canfield's place. The decision rejects federal immunity and remands Lewisohn to custody, with appeals planned. Jerome vows further questioning and possible imprisonment if he again refuses to answer.
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Scott
Supreme Court
Jesse Lewisohn
Jerome
Richard Canfield
Wyatt
Lewisohn
Albany Captains to Have Titles Questioned in Court
Seventeen New York City police captains promoted from sergeants in 19% will have their titles tested in court. Attorney General Davies granted permission for Police Commissioner Partridge to sue, arguing promotions violated Civil Service law. Names include O Toole Devanney Cooney Buchanan Gans Colgan Kenny Foody Lantry Creamer Kear Flood Mara Walsh Murphy Wendel Deevy Gorman Gannon.
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the 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
Standard Oil Pension Plan Details Announced
Standard Oil outlines a new employee pension scheme to start January 1 with railroad style features. Eligible workers aged sixty four who have served 25 years may retire on half pay for a year, then receive one quarter of yearly salary. S. C. T. Dodd described the plan yesterday.
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Standard Oil Company
S. C. T. Dodd
District Attorney Examines Six Faro Boxes at Police Headquarters
District Attorney Jerome inspected six faro dealing boxes at Police Headquarters yesterday. He refused to disclose their origin, but they are believed to have been seized by Inspector Brooks in recent raids. Back at the Criminal Courts Building he declined to discuss peculiar features linked to the boxes said to be seized at Canfield's place.
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Jerome
Brooks
Criminal Courts
Canfield
Police Commissioner appoints 125 new patrolmen
Police Commissioner Partridge announced the appointment of 125 new patrolmen following Civil Service exams. By noon the Police Headquarters corridors were crowded with applicants whose names appeared on the eligible list.
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Partridge
Tribune
Standard Oil Denies Beaumont and Jennings Field Takeover
A Standard Oil representative denied reports that the company had gained control of Beaumont Texas fields or the Jennings Louisiana field. He stated the firm has not bought Texas properties and is purchasing Beaumont oil for transport to refining works, a shift from owning production to refining control.
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Standard Oil Company
New Orleans
Beaumont Oil
Texas
Jennings Field
Louisiana
Beaumont
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lawyer Seeks Reasonable Doubt Certificate for Sharkey
Henry W. Unger of Levy and Unger filed in the Supreme Court for a certificate of reasonable doubt for Thomas J. Sharkey, the detective sentenced to ten years for second degree manslaughter in the Nicholas Fish case. Justice Fitzgerald reserved decision and will allow the District Attorney to submit briefs pending appeal to the Appellate Division.
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Henry W. Unger
Levy & Unger
Thomas J. Sharkey
Nicholas Fish
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Steamer Comal Arrives in Tow of Colorado at Gravesend Bay
The Mallory Line steamer Comal arrived last night in tow of the Colorado. Both vessels anchored in Gravesend Bay for the night. Comanch e of the Clyde Line, which came Sunday, reported passing the two ships on December 26, fifty miles northeast of Charleston. The Comal left Charleston and the Colorado left Brunswick on December %. It was reported that the Comal's shaft was broken. Captains Risk and Woodward commanded the Colorado and Comal respectively.
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Comal
Mallory
Colorado
Gravesend Bay
Comanche
Clyde Line
Charleston
Brunswick
Risk
Woodward
Mdise
Hull
Sanderson & Son
Sandy Hook
Zeeland
Roberts
Antwerp
Moise
Car
International Navigation Co
Saxonia
Warr
Liverpool
Queenstown
Memorial Hospital Planned in Foo-Chow for Dr Storrs
Friends of the Rev Richard Salter Storrs plan a Storrs Memorial Hospital in Foo-Chow China to replace a 30 year old building destroyed by fire. The project seeks $10 000 for construction and Dr H N Kinnear, medical missionary of the American Board, will oversee medical work.
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Richard Salter Storrs
Brooklyn
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Foo-Chow
China
Storrs Memorial Hospital
H. N. Kinnear
Rhode Island to ease cattle quarantine under foot disease rule
Providence December 29 The executive committee of the State Board of Agriculture voted to raise the cattle quarantine and permit farmers to buy and sell cattle in Rhode Island and Connecticut except in areas where farms have been visited by foot and mouth disease.
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Providence
R. J
State Board of Agriculture
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Citywide meetings and events fill December agenda
State Railroad Commission holds congestion hearing at City Hall with various civic groups listed. Columbia University hosts Association of American Universities proceedings and a morning program. The American Mathematical Society meets at Columbia, and the Board of Aldermen grants Dr Lorenz freedom of the city in the afternoon. A Staten Island ferry planning mass, a Durland Academy Christmas ride, and a Cooper Union lecture by Angelo Heilprin on Alaska are also noted. The piece mentions a Pach Brothers photograph credit omission for J Pierpont Morgan.
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State Railroad Commission
City Hall
Association of American Universities
Columbia University
Sherry’s
The
American Mathematical Society
Board of Aldermen
Lorenz
New York Athletic Club
Tammany Hall
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 on Tax Plan Talk
Albany December 28 Governor Odell hosted Mayor Low for about two hours focusing on New York City taxation. They discussed Stephenson’s plan to issue general fund bonds to be sold to sinking fund commissioners to trim city taxes. The mayor said the visit centered on legislation, not police matters. The Albany train returned delayed by an Irvington wreck.
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Tribune
Albany
Odell
Mayor Low
New York
General Greene
Low
Stephenson
Sinking Fund
New York Chamber of Commerce
Board of Aldermen
Finance Department
Irvington
Pere Marquette Elects New Directors and Officers
Pere Marquette Railroad directors were elected 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. The changes follow a syndicate purchase of a controlling interest.
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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 the Visitation sell Clinton and Willoughby property
The Sisters of the Visitation plan to sell their Clinton and Willoughby Avenues property in Brooklyn for 150000 dollars. Purchasers Herbert L. Pratt H D Palmer Lowell M Palmer E T Bedford John F Dingee and James Cassidy will buy. all except Dingee and Cassidy will build homes after the transfer. The parcel fronts Clinton Avenue 223 feet and Willoughby Avenue 200 feet. The sisters also arrange to buy the old Inebriates Home in Second Avenue near Shore Road Bay Ridge.
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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 president
General Louis Fitzgerald has resigned from the presidency of the Mercantile Trust Company after twenty seven years of service. Directors gave him a farewell dinner at the University Club and presented a silver service as thanks. He plans to spend winters in Florida and remaining time at his country home on the Hudson River.
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Louis Fitzgerald
Mercantile Trust Company
University Club
Fitzerald
Trust Company
Florida
Huuson River
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac for Year End
Maritime notices list ships and ports with December sailings and arrivals. Vessels including Hamburg Liners and White Star ships appear with port-to-port movements and dates. The page catalogs ship names, destinations, and schedules reflecting era ocean traffic and postal routes.
Shipping News From Port of New York December 29 1902
Arrived ships include Belgravia from Hamburg with 1 844 steerage passengers and 1 cabin, Rosenrath from Port Spain with asphalt, Lauenberg calling at multiple Caribbean ports, Ponce with moise and 2 passengers, El Dia from Galveston with moise, Louisiana from New Orleans with moise and passengers, and City of Augusta from Savannah. Details list assorted cargoes and bar arrivals.
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Belgravia
Ger
Mare
Aux Cayes
Jeremie
Petit Goave
Miragoane
Port-au- Prince
Port Marta
Port Antonio
Inagua
Mdise
Cameron Steampship
Bar
Ponce
Dalton
Jobos
Arroyo
San Juan
Moise
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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Pach Brothers
Pach Bros
Temple
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Lexington Ave
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Republican Organization
Madison Square
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Broadway
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Bronx
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George F. Moore
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Lucien Boyer
Montmartre
Mme
René Japhet
Faure
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Pere Marquette
Fitzgerald
Vrach Carhart Co
Cor. Canal St
Chambers
Mark
Sixth Avenue
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Maiden Lane
N. Y. City
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Frank H. Graf
Seventh Ave
Tribune Almanac
Madison Square Garden
Senator Platt
George W. Dunn
Senator Dolliver
Iowa
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Indiana
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William E. Crombie
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John S. Wise, Jr
George W. Baptist
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Edward L. Montgomery
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Charles F. Bruder
Xixth District Republican Club
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Marine Intelligence
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Pmanhattan
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Victoria
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New. York
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