Transit Row Over Elevated Loop Ends In Turmoil
Brooklyn strap hangers pack Rapid Transit Commission hearing demanding an elevated loop between the Williamsburg and Brooklyn bridges to relieve morning and evening congestion. Executives and city officials clash as crowd voices call for action while debate over funding and feasibility continues.
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Rapid Trans Commission
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Williamsburg
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E. P. Bryan
Interborough
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Lines
E. W. Winter
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
John B. McDonald
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August Belmont
Rapid Transit Commission
Mr. Cravath
Belmont
Messrs
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Smith
Langdon
Metz
Edward M. Bassett
Citizens’ Central Committee
Martin
Centre Street
Albert R. Latson
Latson
Larson
Coler
Mr. Coler
Flushing Avenue
George C. Miller
Jeremiah
Landon
Gilbert Evans
Brooklin Eagle
Evans
Albany
Jared J. Chambers
Bushwick
Jared
Winter
Cardigan
Balaklava
Mr. Winter
Tle
Williamsburg Bridge
Jospers
Bryan
Belmont System
Interborouge
Ex Mayor Josiah Quincy Faces Bankruptcy Petition
Boston creditors file a petition in bankruptcy against former mayor Josiah Quincy for 2700 in notes. Quincy admits inability to meet claims, citing large liabilities from a failed business associate and a bank collapse linked debt totaling about 100000. Petitioners include H F Clarke C H Wooster and George Warner.
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Boston
Josiah Quincy
Quincy
H. F. Clarke
C. H. Wooster
George Warner
Marquise de Morny Debuts at Moulin Rouge Amid Turmoil
Paris witnessed a stormy debut as the Marquise de Morny performed in A Dream of Egypt at the Moulin Rouge. Critics condemned the act while supporters argued artistic intent. The crowd pelted the stage with objects and flooded the box where Mme Gauthier-Villars and Mile. Polaire sat, forcing their evacuation after the curtain fell.
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Moulin Rouge
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Duc de Morny
Napoleon Iti
Egypt
Mme. Gauthier-Villars
Claudine
Marquis de Belbeuf
New York
Marquise
Mme
Willy
Mile. Polaire
Child Burns and Dies in Newark Store Fire
Sadie Buccino five dies after clothes catch fire from a stove in her father Antonio Buccino’s store at 664 North Street Newark. She hid under a counter to escape a whipping threat, her dress ignited, rescuers removed burning garments, but she died at City Hospital.
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Antonio Buccino
North
Newark
Sadia
James Carrillo
President McCrea Arrives in Pittsburg as New R R Chief
James McCrea the newly named president of the Pennsylvania Railroad arrived in Pittsburg from Philadelphia with his son James A. McCrea general manager of the Long Island Railroad. He visited his home before going to Union Station where he was greeted by flowers and telegrams. He declined further comments and planned to depart Sunday night returning to Philadelphia for Monday at his desk.
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Pittsburg
Jan
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
James A. McCrea
Long Island Railroad
East Liberty Station
Union Station
Divorced Heyl Wins $300000 From Wife’s Estate
Judge Halsey grants divorce to Mrs. Clara S. Heyl from Jacob Heyl in Milwaukee Circuit Court. No contest as Heyl withdrew his answer. He receives 300000 of a 5000000 estate.
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Halsey
Clara S. Heyl
Jacob Heyl
Seaboard Florida Limited Leaves New York
Advertisement notes Seaboard Florida Limited departs New York daily at 1 p m with arrival at Saint Augustine at 2 50 p m starting January 7. Claims quickest time and shortest route and offers booklets 083 Badwy or PRR offices.
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Badwy
Infernal machine sent to father-in-law charged physician arrested
Dr Julius Adelphi Gottlieb of 225 West 106th street was jailed after authorities say he mailed an infernal device to his father-in-law Morris Gluckman at 211 East 60th street New Year's Day. The box failed to explode due to weak batteries and led to Gottlieb's arrest following threatening letters to Gluckman and an office check at 93 Hower Street.
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East 67Th Street
Morris Gluckman
East 60Th Street
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Bureau of Combustibles
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Canal Street
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van Twisten
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U.S. Army
Dr. Gottleb
United States Army
Cuba
Red Cross Society
New York
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Murphy fires back in tense Tammany feud with McClellan
Tammany chieftain Charles F. Murphy declares the clash with Mayor McClellan is real not sham. He criticizes the Mayor as hypocritical and notes replacements in the Tammany leadership and the Voorhis controversy as part of the power struggle shaping New York politics.
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McClellan
Mr. Murphy
Fourteenth Street
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Tammany Executive Committee
John R. Voorhis
Voorhis
William R. Hearst
Flating
John T. Dooling
Tammany Organization
Commissioner Voorhis
New York
Buchtel 10 Take Oath In Church
Governor elect Buchtel will take the oath at Trinity Methodist Church in Denver after a joint Senate House committee decided the State House is too small. The church holds 1,600 seated and 900 standing, total 2,500 capacity. tickets go to legislators and state officers.
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Denver
Trinity Methodist Church
Buchtel
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House
State House
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Trinity Church
Telephone delay costs life for condemned man
In Mayersville on January 4 a telegraph dispatch reports the execution of Wam Harvey, a Black man once condemned for murdering Peter Bromo. His sentence had been commuted to life after Governor Vardamen granted a petition for clemency just before the trap was sprung, with the delay in transmission reaching the scene minutes too late.
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Mayersville
Wam Harvey
Harvey
Peter Bromo
Vardamen
Heirs Seek Five Million Dollar City Fortune
About 5,000,000 held in New York City treasury is claimed by 150 persons, many from Ontario. Fifty years after Miss Phoebe Butts died intestate, heirs meet at 22 Wolseley Street Toronto to press the fortune and pursue the cash and interest.
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Tribune
Ottawa
Ont
New York City
Ontario
Phesbe Butts
Wolseley Street
Toronto
Penny Luncheons for Children in Milwaukee Schools
The Associated Charities of New York has written to Milwaukee women who run penny luncheons in city schools seeking details to adopt the system. In Milwaukee children pay a penny for lunch, making the program partially self supporting with two cent luncheon costs funded by endowment.
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Tribune
Milwaukee
Associated Charities of
New York
Mme Eleonora Duse Stricken With Pneumonia
Genoa reports Mme Eleonora Duse the actress is ill with pneumonia and rest is advised.
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Eleonora Duse III
Genoa
Eleonora Duse
Iil
Textile workers in Philadelphia vote for wage increase
At a Philadelphia meeting workers unanimously called for a wage rise of fifteen to per cent. Delegates from about sixty thousand workers attended and unresolved demands may lead to enforcement steps if not granted.
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Philadelphia
Broadway, cor. 30th St two great trains South
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad advertisement highlights two great trains southbound from Broadway at 30th Street, inviting travelers to use the service.
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30Th St
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Jackson Ousts Davis In Hearst Campaign Probe
Albany, Jan 3 Attorney General Jackson revoked Gherardi Davis as special deputy in the Hearst campaign expenditures inquiry. He said the probe should be broader and nonpartisan, with him selecting the department’s representative. Davis accepted the removal, noting his term had expired.
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Albany
Jackson
William Randolph Hearst
Davis
Hearst
Gherardt Davis
East 39Th Street
Rand
Ihmsen Returns From Europe Amid Political Turmoil
Max F Ihmsen and his wife and daughter arrived aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool, amid news of a State Independence Party meeting at the Gilsey House that deposed him as state committee chairman in favor of Assemblyman Long. He disputes the outcome and calls for a proper meeting. He also anticipates a recount of the Mayoral election likely showing Hearst elected.
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Liverpool
Ihmsen
London
Paris
New York
State Committee of the Independence
Hearst
Big Mine Ablaze at Scenery Hill in Pennsylvania
A naked lamp ignited by a workman started a fire at the Copesburg mine of the Lackawanna Coal Co in Scenery Hill near Monongahela City Pennsylvania. Despite hundreds of workers efforts the blaze grows with damage estimated at 200000 and sixty miners were rescued safely as a special train carried inspector Henry Loutit to the scene. Thousands of gallons of water are being pumped into the shaft but extinguishment has not yet succeeded.
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Monongahela City
Penn
Copesburg
Lackawanna Coal Company
Scenery Hill
Henry Loutit
Former Everett Mayor John B. Henderson Dies at Banquet
Boston reports former Everett mayor John B. Henderson died of apoplexy during a banquet at the Quincy House. He had served as mayor in 1907 and as street commissioner since then, and collapsed while reciting an original poem at the dinner honoring Mayor Thomas J. Soynson who begins a second term next Monday.
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Quincy House
John B. Henderson
Everett
Henderson
Thomas J. Soynson
Man in Berlin Receives Great Toe as Thumb
A Berlin patient had his missing right thumb replaced by his large right toe. Dr F Krause presented the operation at a Berlin Medical Society meeting. The toe-thumb substitution lasted seventeen days of immobilization with a functioning but imperfect grip. It is reported as the first active great toe to thumb replacement. a second toe earlier failed due to size.
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Hearst
Mr. Murphy
Sullivans
McClellan
Maver
Sullivan
Berlin
F. Krause
Berlin Medical Society
Berlin Medical Society. Dr. Krause
Woodruff Seeks Hughes Support for Reform Push
State Chairman Woodruff meets Governor Hughes in Albany and conveys Republican backing for reforms in the governor’s message. Discussion covers cooperation, potential committee appointments, and possible modifications to carry out the proposed railroad and lighting commissions reforms. Opposition seen to large changes, with calls for practical adaptations to avoid empty patronage posts.
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Tribune
Albany
Charman Woodruff
Hughes
Woodruff
Republican Organization
Assemblyman Dowling
Brooklyn
Assembly
Gunnison
Higgins
Dickey and Baker Comment on Governor Hughes Message
Buffalo Tan 3? State Railroad Commissioners Joseph M. Dickey and Frank M. Baker praise Governor Hughes message as able and well informed. Dickey supports salaries from the state as proper for a board serving the public. Baker agrees on many points and cites extensive experience in Greater New York railroads.
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Tan
Joseph M. Dickey
Frank M. Baker
Hughes
Dickey
Mond
New York City
Brooklyn Bridge
Baker
Greater
New York
Orernam Hughes
Hinman Discusses Hughes Message on State Affairs
Senator Harvey Hinman from Binghamton cites Governor Hughes message as strong on rail and gas commissions and agrees with its lines. He questions timing of recount bill and notes possible summer resolution while acknowledging concerns over Hearst seating. Assemblyman James T. Rogers calls the message fearless and broadly favorable.
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Binghamton, N. Y
Harvey Hinman
Albany
Hughes
Hinman
New York
Hearst
Laine
Cleve
James T. Rogers
York
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