Lantry resigns fire commissioner post amid insurance dispute
Vice Commissioner Francis J. Lantry abruptly resigns as Fire Commissioner to take effect February 19 after alleging insurance firms plan to raise rates amid Parker Building fire fallout. Mayor McClellan accepts with plans to name a successor next week. board officials deny rate hikes and question Lantry’s accusations.
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Francis J. Lantry
McClellan
Mr. Lantry
Lantry
Parker
George W. Babb
Board of Fire Underwriters
New York
George B. McLellan
Mitchel
Garner
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Board of Aldermen
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Parker Building
Geveral
Northern Assurance Company of London
Board
Kentucky Lottery Charged in Federal Indictments
Richmond Ky Feb 6 Eleven lottery indictments returned charging conspiracies to run a lottery. Individuals named include Laney Lene Jameson Mersh Richmond Charles Were and others from Covington Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Tickets sold across Pittsburg St Louis Winnipeg New York and Cincinnati with drawing at Fort Erie Canada.
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Richmond Ky
Maz
Slowing
Laney Lene
Jameson
Mersh Richmond
Charles
Cocington
Thomas Dawson
Weianapolic
H. W. Armstrong
Lewis Cato
John Stemp
Ja. Starr
Alice James Enmore
OA Kite
Cincinnati
O.io
John Weidner
Tia York
Kentucky Lottery Company
Covington
Stel
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Whenepois
New York
Fort Erie
Canada
Perth
Arrow Escape Of Justice Day's Son
A garbled mid February report details an escape involving Justice Day's son with references to snowdrifts and travel disruptions. The fragmentary text mentions Ida Canton, United States Supreme Court connection, and an incident at a farmhouse with transport delays and a train at Vassar.
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Arrow
Justice Day
Trey
Ida Canton
Dev
United States Supre Court
David
Vaess
Osnator McKay
Meir
Ned
Bus
Vassar
Brooklyn High Schools Struggle With Overflow Admissions
Brooklyn high schools face extreme overenrollment as 2500 students are housed in cramped annexes. The Board of Education offers no immediate plans for new buildings, with completion of fresh quarters a three year horizon. Principals condemn the strain on students and demand a remedy.
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Brooklyn
Board of Education
Larkin
Manual Training High School
Erasmus Hall High School
Erasmus Hall
Board of Estimate
Jelliffe Reflects on Dementia Precox Psychology and Thaw Case
Dr. Smith-Elg Jelliffe, a psychiatry professor and dementia expert, contributes to the Journal of the American Medical Association. He analyzes precocious dementia and the Thaw defense, arguing emotions underlie personality and that precocious elements often fail to mature, though some may be salvageable in the predementia stage.
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Smith-Elg Jelliffe
H. K. Thaw
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Jelliffe
Will contest over Huntington disinheritance and alleged forgery
Miss Jennie de Grasse Monahan of Manhattan seeks to set aside her father George Barclay Ward’s will, executed December 4, 19%, alleging undue influence and forgery. The will left $66,000 to two sons, Louis De Laney Ward and George Clarence Barclay Ward, disinheriting Jennie. The case, filed with judges Griffing and Keigharm, centers on handwriting expert review and probate rules amid accusations of public misconduct by Jennie.
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Carvalho and
Kingsley
Jennie de Grasse Monahan
Manhattan
George Barclay Ward
Douglass Conklin
Bank of Huntington
Allison S. Lowndes
Henry S. Brush
Huntington
Ward
Louis de Laney Ward
George Clarence Barclay Ward
Brandagee
Monahan
Timothy H. Griffing
Riverhead
Long Island
Thomas J. Keigharm
Plantiff
Ward McAllister
Woman Raffles Convicted in Kings County Court
Mrs Kasimir Lushowitch of 215 East 26th Street Manhattan convicted of grand larceny. A Pole aged 26 fluent in five languages, she posed as various nobles to aid two men in robbing Mrs Josephine Olweck and husband of 511 dollars at 415 Oakland Street Brooklyn last July. Sentencing set for Monday. Warrant issued for Hackensack robbery.
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Kasimir Lushowitch
East 26Th Street
Manhattan
Raffles
Kings County Court
Clarke
Josephine Olweck
Oakland Street
Brooklyn
Hackensack
Patternmakers Find Employment Amid Uncertain Recovery
Dele gate McStay of the Patternmakers Union reports most laid off workers have been rehired in Bridgeport and New York. He cautions the rebound may be temporary, not a sign of lasting improvement, while machinists and iron molders see no clear revival yet. Patternmakers may feel the first impact as conditions normalize.
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McStay
Patternmakers’ Union
Bridgeport
New York
New York City Humane Society Holds Annual Meeting
The New York City Humane Society met at the Waldorf Astoria where Treasurer reported a $1.90 balance though President David Belais said funds were tied up in Oriental Bank. He advanced $1,000 to keep work going as directors James W. Nelson Edward Gould Daniel Bedell and Thomas M. Dillingham were elected. Belais was re-elected president with James W. Nelson as vice president and Ludwig M. Nissen as secretary-treasurer.
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New York City Humane Society
Waldorfs- Astona
David Belais
Oriental Bank
James W. Nelson
Edward Gould Daniel Bedell
Thomas M. Dillingham
Belais
Ludwig M. Nissen
Save Schooner's Crew After 10 Days' Struggle
The steamship Bermudian rescued ten men from the four masted schooner Mary L. Newhall after a ten day fight with gales and a sinking hull. The crew, mixture of white officers and six negro sailors, were exhausted but well supplied as they were saved off Cape Hatteras. The vessel, carrying phosphate rock from Tampa to Norfolk, lost rudder, sails, and suffered a hull leak under heavy seas.
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Bermudian
Mary L. Newhall
Cook
Crosby Navigation Company
Bath
Tampa
Fla
Norfolk
Cape Hatteras
Through Fog And Slush In New York City
Sunshine gave way to dense fog and slush as New York endured a cold spell yet again. Police and ambulance crews treated numerous injuries from falls on icy pavements while Bellevue Hospital admitted many frostbound patients. A railroad worker, John Garvey, was killed by a freight train on the New York Central tracks near 49th Street in fog.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
John Garvey
New York Central Railroad
New York Central
49Th Street
Croker
East Sith Street
General Hancock
Battery
Governor’s Island
Ellis Island
Immigration Department
Brooklyn
T. A. Delaney
New York City Railway Company
Manhattan
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Brooklyn Bridge
Williamsburg Bridge
Streets Choked by Slush As Contractors Battle Snow
Street Department mobilizes a large force to clear New York City streets amid rain and sun. In Manhattan and The Bronx fifteen hundred carts and twenty five hundred men, in Brooklyn one thousand carts and fifteen hundred men, tackle heavy slush. City Club aids Street Commissioner Foster Crowell with inspectors reporting progress from dumps as conditions worsen and snow piles block traffic and even serve as billboard space.
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George Bes
Ofice of Commissioner of Correction
Ppol Ag
Perdh
Altea
Ithis City
Francis J. Lantry
New York
North River
East River
Crowell
Broadway
City Hall Park
Board of Estimate
Street Department
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Foster Crowell
City Club
Tday
Ogdensburg Snow Bound Halts Trains and Looms Over Town
Ogdensburg New York faces complete snowbound conditions as a southwesterly gale drifts heavy snowfall. Rail lines remain blocked though crews clear and reopen routes. Temperatures swing from 40 degrees below to 36 above. Ice jams flood St. Lawrence River, shutting mills and forcing mass layoffs and evacuations along Cornwall Massena and Grasse River areas.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
St. Lawrence
Cornwall
Ont
Grasse
Massena
Blizzard Strands Upper Michigan Trains In Snow
Severe blizzard snarls transport across Upper Michigan with over a foot to two feet of snow in places. St Ignace reports decade’s worst gale halting navigation. trains canceled or delayed. widespread disruption extends to Ishpeming copper region. Telecommunication lines suffer in Cleveland as five thousand telephones go out.
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Marquette
Mich
Upper Michigan
Ishpeming
Copper Country
St. Ignace
Cleveland
Snow Endangers Sound Steamer Plymouth Makes Detour
The Sound steamer Plymouth diverted to New London from New York to Fall River due to a snowstorm. Captain George Williamson landed 200 passengers there. they boarded a special train for Boston and other destinations. Weather cleared at noon and the Plymouth resumed toward Fall River. The Edgemont of Joy Line anchored off Fisher's Island until conditions improved.
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Tribune
New London
Conn
New York
Fall River
George Williamson
Point Judith
Plymouth
Boston
Edgemont
Joy Line
Fisher's Island
Train Buried By Blizzard Near Toronto
A Canadian Pacific passenger train from Montreal to Chicago was buried in snow after stalling in a cut forty miles east of Toronto during a severe blizzard. One hundred fifty passengers remain onboard with fuel and provisions for two days as a large effort by 100 men and three snowplows continues, still a half mile away tonight.
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the Tribune
Toronto
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Montreal
Chicago
Blizzard Halts Rome Watertown Ogdensburg Rail Traffic
A severe blizzard across Northern New York suspends nearly all service on the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg division of the New York Central. Most trains are stalled or abandoned. only the Watertown Utica line via Carthage operates.
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Watertown
N. Y
Rome, Watertown
Mystery Passenger Aboard Atrato Stumps All Tongues
The Royal Mail steamer Atrato arrived with a mysterious passenger identified as G. Ferris, a Spaniard-like man who spoke no language yet, communicating only with a pet turtle. Captain George Chatterton of the Royal Artillery was aboard returning from Jamaica after directing repairs to fortifications damaged by an earthquake.
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Royal Mail
Atrato
Savamilla
Colombia
G. Ferris
Hill
Far East
George Chatterton
Royal Artillery
Jamaica
Kingston
The London Tribune Suspends Publication
The London Tribune announces it will cease publication from today. It is understood that the paper has never been a paying property.
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iBy Telegraph
the Tribune
London
The
London Tribune
Tribune
Italians Form Vigilance Protective Association at Park Row
A mass meeting at Bollettine Hall No 178 Park Row organized the Italian Vigilance Protective Association to safeguard Italian citizens in New York, combat crime, and counter Black Hand accusations while denouncing police inefficiency. The group plans a tribunal of arbitration, public education, and urging cooperation with police. Commissioner Bingham proposed a high pay secret service of about ten detectives to fight the threat.
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Bollettine Hall
Park Row
Italian Vigilance Protective’ Association
New York
Bingham
Petrosino
United States
Frugone
C. Valini
Chicago University
White Hand Society
Republic
B. Ciambelli
Black Hand
Secret Service
Cleveland Leads Movement Against Bur gad Bay Fishing Bills
The Buzzard's Bay summer residents, led by Grover Cleveland, hire lawyers to oppose bills removing fishing restrictions. Senator Soule, ally of Cleveland, backs the fishermen at a Legislature hearing. Senator Seale argues natives should decide, while Cleveland Hamlin and the Old Colony Club fund the fight.
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Buzzard’s Bay
Tribune
Boston
Grover Cleveland
Burgard’s Bay
Soule
Senator Seale
Charles 5S. Hamlin
Old Colony Club
Schooner William Nottingham Arrives After Overdue Voyage
The schooner William Nottingham, long overdue, reached San Francisco from New York via Melbourne. The voyage took about 30 days to Seattle bound, with repairs in Melbourne from August 29 to October 8. A leak and 120 days of pumping left the crew exhausted.
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San Francisco
William Nottingham
New York
Seattle
Melbourne
Suing Magistrate Wahle Over Dishonored Check
Michael Allegro and Spallone, partners in Allegro Spallone & Co, filed a civil suit against Magistrate Wahle in the Harlem court. They say Wahle presented a $200 check on January 1908 drawn on Union Square Bank that returned marked not paid. They report repeated demands without satisfaction and note their Morris Avenue saloon business. Wahle stated he would answer in court.
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Wahle
Harlong
Michael Allfegro
Alllegro & Spallone
East 154Th Street
Nicholas Spellone
Allegro
Union Square
Corn Exchange Bank
N. G
Wahile
Alliegro & Snalione
Saloon
Morris Avenue
150Th Street
New York Broadway Champagne Trade Remains Strong
A crowd of beverages and brokers confirm champagne demand stays robust on Broadway while wine sales rise and fall with the times. Agents report New Year wine consumption higher than last year, with January import slow due to a tariff change. consumers pay steady prices, aided by boosters, and champagne remains a luxury many can still afford.
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Broadway
Park Row
Printing House Square
West Broadway
Beaver Street
Upper Broadway
Wall Street
New Ferryboat Bay Ridge Collides In Fog
The municipal ferry Bay Ridge struck a lighter in tow of the tug Henry Gillen off Governor's Island in fog yesterday morning. Both vessels continued, but Bay Ridge went to the repair dock with starboard rail damage. No serious harm reported to the ship. Three hundred passengers were frightened as the crew reassured them during a later landing at the Battery Staten Island slip.
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Battery
Th Street
Bay Ridge
Henry Gillen
Governor's Island
Ford
Bay Ridges
Staten Island
Stupendous Task Of Chicago Man Drives Seats
Chicago Feb 6 One man proposes women shoppers buy early and leave the shopping district before 3 pm so workers can find seats in streetcars. S R B Mills of the Real Estate Board says he studied the issue and argues ministers should preach on it. He criticizes women for filling seats and suggests moral suasion to solve the transportation problem.
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Chicago
S. R B. Mills
Mr. Mills
Danbury centenarian Lucy Osborne dies at 100
Lucy Maria Osborne of Danbury dies at 100 in Denbury Connecticut. A longtime member and chaplain of Mary Wooster Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution she recalled Revolution tales and her father’s wartime service. A December 3 birthday celebration and her motto Never worry or fret guided her life.
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Denbury
Conn
Lucy Maria Osborne
George Washington
Miss Osborne
Mary Wooster
Daughters of the American Revolution
Miss Osperne
Danbury
Levi
Marian Dibbie Osborne
Aft Army
H*man Bangs
Hor
Lancaster
Mass
New England
Norwalk
New York
Cars Roll Into River Two Dead
Cumberland Md Feb 6 the tender and first three coaches of a Western Maryland passenger train from Elkins W Va left the track a half mile north of Gorman and rolled into the river Charles Cochrane of Baltimore the express messenger and Adam W Reihi of Cumberland were killed The brakeman and baggage master and several passengers were injured
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Cumberland
Elkins
W. Va
Gorman
Charles Cochrane
Baltimore
Adam W. Reihi
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16Th Assembly
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Hearst
Murphy
John F. Carroll
Mayer
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Feierer Grand Jury
Humane Society
Tiionvale
Ohio
Short Creek
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Train
Royal Mail Packet
Tribunal OF Arbitration
Sues Wahle
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