May Dig Up Streets Open Cuts For Tunnels
Eugene Philbin representing United Engineering and contracting interests asked the Rapid Transit Commission for permission to cut streets to ten feet and deeper to bore tunnels by open cuts. Quicksand and subterranean streams necessitate surface excavation. Work to start soon. ten months to complete. traffic limited to nights. Local property owners protest and demand safeguards. ruling referred to Chief Engineer Rice for report.
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Eugene 4. Philbin
United Engineering and Contracting Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rapid Transit Commission
Madison
Seventh Avenues
Pennsylvania
Philbin
Sonysmith
Lindenthal
Carson
Hough
Rice
Mr. Philbin
Madison Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Commissioner Smith
Waidourf-Astoria
President Orr
Charles de Hart Brower
Thomas Dimond Iron Works
Mr. Brower
Supreme Court
Ahearn
New York Contracting and Trucking Company
Mr. Simonds
Coudert Brothers
Mike
Orr
Gould Gifts $25,000 for Richmond Y M C A Home
Miss Helen Gould of New York cabled a 25000 subscription from abroad to aid the Richmond Y M C A building fund. After a fifteen day campaign the total subscriptions reached 226000, with the project cost about 200000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Helen Gould
New York
Young Men's Christian Association
Keaboard Fin quickest Florida train reported
Sea board offices list 11 M Bay, or FP H BR offices. Adyt. Pinehurst Camden Florida notes Keaboard Fin Limited moves fastest train in the state with coordinated depot locations and railway offices.
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Keaboard Fin, Ltd
Quickest
Florida
Seaboard
H. BR. Officos
Adyt
Higgins Holds Own After Night Quiet in Olean
In Olean New York at 30 o clock this morning Dr Hibbard said ex Governor Higgins had a fairly comfortable night with no major change in condition. There was slight improvement and after the evening call he rested comfortably possibly gaining a little during the day.
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Olean
N. Y
Tied Out in Sleet on Depauw Campus
Greencastle Ind Jan 31 The underclassmen at Depauw University violated their agreement with President Hughes by forcing a quarrel on sophomores They bound hand and foot several sophomores and tied them to trees on the edge of campus The freshmen guarded against sleet and rain as the captives were drenched Help arrived early this morning and likely severe discipline awaits the freshmen involved.
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Tribune
Greencastle
Ind
Depauw University
Hughes
Lady Dorothy Cuthbert Killed in Castle Pheasant Shoot
London reports Lady Dorothy Cuthbert was killed instantly when her husband Captain James Harold Cuthbert discharged a gun during a pheasant shoot at Beaufront Castle in Northumberland. The couple had married in 1893 and she was born in 1881, daughter of the Earl of Strafford.
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Beaufront Castle
London
Dorothy Cuthbert
Northumberland
James Harold Cuthbert
Anne Dorothy Frederica Cuthbert
Francis Edmond Cecil Byng
Earl of
Scots Guards
Beaufront Castile
Hexham
Newcastle
Earl of Strafford
Colgate
Samuel Colgate
New York
M. T. Kennard
Chandos House
Alderman and brakeman arrested in wire theft
Alderman Charles Shields of Jersey City and Thomas Walsh, a Central Bail road of New Jersey brakeman, were arrested last night charged with possessing four coils of copper wire worth $100. They claimed to have found the wire behind the United States Express stables at Johnson avenue and Monitor street. Police suspect it was stolen from a freight car belonging to W. A. Clark Wire Company of Elizabeth.
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Charles Shields
Jersey City
Thomas Walsh
Central
New Jersey
W. A. Clark Wire Company
Elizabeth
United States Express
Johnson Avenue
Monitor Street
Indicted Members Of Theatrical Trust
A landmark case centers on alleged misconduct within the theatrical trust as MARC BLAW and ERLANGEL are named among indicted members. Prosecutors claim collusion affecting performers and contracts. The affair highlights ongoing scrutiny of industry governance and union oversight.
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Theatrical “Trust
Marc Blaw
Erlangel
Aldersmen in bribery probe and theater trust indictments
Testimony in the Alderman William Clifford case centers on whether Henry Clay Peters instructed colleagues to back Cow ing before the first ballot. Peters denies the claims while facing cross examination as the district attorney and defense clash over intent. Separately Klaw and Erlanger are indicted for conspiracy to monopolize the theater business, pooling theatres and enforcing exclusive bookings, with bail set and managers scattered between cities.
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William &. Clifford
Cowling
Henry Clay Peters
Cowing
Peters
Clifford
Palmieri
Ciifad
Smyth
Abraham Levy
Whitman
Sherman Peters
Earl Harding
Kian & Erlanger
Nixon & Zimmerman
Charles Freiman
al" Hayman
Geverally
Theatrical Trust
Jerome
Foster
General Sessions
Chargins
Marc Klaw
Abraham J. Erlanger
Klaw & Erlanger
Mme. Bernhardt
Syndica Theatres
Shuberts
Syndicate Theatres
Belasco
Owners Theatres
Fair Land
Strema
Abraham Erlanger
Marc Kisan
Alfred Lauterbach
Bath
Timothy PD. Sullivan
Big Tim
Dewey Theatre
Eastlith Street
Charles Frohman
al Hayman
Europe
Samuel F. Nixon
J.fred Zimmerman
Philadelphia
Lee Shubert
Woman posing as Calve sparks islander intrigue
A woman arriving as Mrs Nelson Brooks stirred reporters by claiming to be Madame Calve. She denied nothing and hinted at a concert tour while fending off questions about marriage rumors. An observer later revealed she is not Calve, sparking doubt about her identity and plans.
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Kiénigin Suise
Nelson
Mme
Emma Calve
Breslin
Brooks
Paris
Madame Jane Hading
Madame Hadings
Walter Damrosch
Madame Calve
Hammond
Little Falls
Halsey W. Warren
Thaw
Warren
New York
Garvan
William Thaw
Cleveland Named Permanent Chairman Of Life Insurance Group
Grover Cleveland was elected permanent chairman of the executive committee of the new Association of Life Insurance Presidents at a salary of 25000 dollars a year. Insurance Commissioner Barry of Michigan became secretary, to actively speak for the association on questions from an insurance perspective. The group aims to collaborate on reforms to boost policyholder dividends and lower life insurance costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
United States
Association of Life Insurance
Cleveland
Equitable’s “Ryan
Barry
Michigan
RECORD TUBE BUILDING ON CORTLANDT STREET TUNNEL ROUTE
River tunnel construction for Cortlandt street progress reports say the two tubes are being built simultaneously. The Samoset marked tunnel section reached the New Jersey shore early yesterday as crews began night shifts. Since March work has advanced toward Manhattan at about sixty feet per day and the project has been sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortlandt Street
New Jersey
Manhattan
Police Chief Killed in Warsaw Cab Shooting
In Warsaw Russia Poland a band of terrorists shot and killed Victor Gruen the chief of the secret police as he rode in a cab. Police and troops hunted the killers while arrests of suspects spread through the city.
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Warsaw
Russian
Poland
Victor Gruen
Russell Brothers Riot at Brooklyn Orpheum
A riot erupted when the Russell brothers were to perform their sketch at the Orpheum Theatre in Brooklyn. Irish spectators in the gallery, including the Irish Glee Club, hurled missiles as management struggled to calm the frightened crowd. Police from three precincts quelled the disorder after an hour, with five wagonloads of men taken to stations.
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Orpheum Theatre
Fulton Street
Rockwell Place
Brooklyn
Russell Brothers
Trish
Irish Glee Club
Faliy
Judge Refuses Gift to Daughter in Oil Case
Judge Sulzbacher of the Federal Court ordered returned a $2000 silver wedding present from J S Sharp of Tulsa to Miss Sulzbacher as the marriage is not until March. Sharp litigated over a 150 acre oil lease involving Zeke Moores. Sharp’s attorneys deny knowledge of the gift. Sharp and partner Sloan with Winchesters recently drove Fred Sawyer from a lease valued at $100,000. Sharp is reportedly in Texas.
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the Tribune
Bufaula
Ind
Sulzbacher
Federal
J. S. Sharp
Tulsa
T. Sharp
Sharp
Miss Sulzbacher
I. L. Broadwin
New York
Texas
Sloan
Winchesters
Fred Sawyer
Zeke Moores
Lincoln's Birthday Trains to Atlantic City Ad
Three hour vestibuled trains run daily from New Jersey Central W 23d Street with morning and afternoon times. Special Sunday and Saturday services listed. Buffet cars attached on all trips. Feb 12 tie in with schedule.
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New Jersey Central
Sun
Burger Death Notice Sparks Elopement Fallout
John D Burger reports Louise Burger aged 18 died suddenly January 29 in Baltimore. The girl had eloped with Hugh McConville and married against family wishes. Funeral set in Portsmouth Virginia. Mother attacked the couple as they prepared to sail for Norfolk, and Burger sent newspapers with the notice as a gift.
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Tribune
Baltimore
John D. Burger
Louise
Hugh McConville
Burger
Chicago
York
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Unexcesled service times via Penn and Atlantic Coast Line
Florida Information Bureau advert announces train times 2 10 P M 9 25 A M and 9 25 P M through Penn and Atlantic Coast Line R R with Broadway 20th Street corner location for information and booking services.
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Penn
Atlantic Coast Line
R. R. Florida Information Bureau
Bway, Cor
20Th St
Jury Changes in Thaw Trial Highlight Delays and Excuses
The Thaw trial sees juror replacements and adjournments with six jurors sworn, several excused for conflicts, and a new panel ordered. District Attorney and defense clash over juror retention, while the pool of talesmen grows to about 500 subpoenas as witnesses and observers fill the courthouse atmosphere.
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Harry K. Thaw
Talesmen
Justice Fitzgerald
Jerome
David Strother Walker
John Brisben Walker
Louis Haas
Walker
Haas
Stanford White
Thaw
Talesman
The
Bowery
Daniel J. O'Reilly
Tabut
Henry E Kieinberg
Kleinberg
Kresel
Kleineberg
Seo
Criminal Court
White Street
Franklin Street
Justice Phippen
Court of Appeals of
Manitoba
Minetree Follies
Commonwealth
Richmond
H. M. Smith
Virginia
Attorny Marshall
Pittsburg
Mr. Marshall
Roger O'Mara
New York
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Waldenessen
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International Seminary of
Uwe
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Foreign Legion
Garibaldi
America
Brooklyn City Mission and Tract Society
Mus Hall High
Schoos
Fulton Stamup Works
E. G. Ross
Wharton
Paterson
N. J
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Hushwick Avenue
Bleecker Street
Evergreen
Bushwick Avenues
Mi8s
Gould
Cables
Richmond, Va
Pinehurst
Camden
MR. Higgins
Depauw
Alderman
J. Fred Zimmerman
AL. Hayman
John J. Cronin
Alderman Peters
Board of Aldermen
Mr. Smyth
ISPS
Raines
Calve
Insurance Chiefs
Record Tube Building
Jersey Shore
Russells
Litigant
Usher’s
Lincoln
Atlantic City
Cuba
South
Harry C. Brearley
East 16Th Street
Malcolm
Fraser
West 128Th Street
Charles D. Newton
West 134Th Street
Wilbur F. Steele
West 151St Street
John S Dennee
Joseph B. Bolton
Bostes Road
Mr. Pink
Mr. Steele
Mr. Bolton
Henry I. Kleinberg
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