Brooklyn Tube Pushes Ahead of Bridge Congestion
The second day of the Brooklyn subway extension operation shows strong relief of bridge crowding. The Public Service Commission presses BRT to explain train counts and vows no reduction in service, with eighteen trains running during peak hours and notable crowding shifts at Borough Hall loops.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Calderwood
Bassett
Commission
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Old Bridge
Rapid Transit
Willcox
McCarroll
E. F. Reeves
Bridge Division
Borough Hall
Lenox Avenue
Bowling Green
Worth Street
Wall Street
Fulton Street
Public Service Commissioners
New York Genealogical Society reports record growth
At the annual meeting held on West 48th Street the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society announced its best year, with assets up $2,000 to $93,000 and no debt. Trustees elected Howland Pell Warner Van Norden Henry Pierson Gibson James J. B Goodwin and Clarence Winthrop Bowen and authorized a site for a larger building. General James Grant Wilson spoke on "The Queen of Song."
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New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
West 48Th Street
Howland Pell
Warner van Norden
Henry Pierson Gibson
James J. B Goodwin
Clarence Winthrop Bowen
Tammanyites Blame Detectives Over Murphy Robbery
Tammany Hall members and the Anawanda Club denounce Captain McDermott's detectives for neglect as thieves entered Charles F. Murphy's East 17th street home. Jewelry valued at $3,000 was reported missing after a wave of robberies across East 11th to East 22d streets, with some goods found later and blamed on attempts to seize political papers.
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Anawanda Club
Captain McDermott
Charles F. Murphy
East 17Th Street
East 22d Street
Murphy
Detective Bureau
East 17Th
1Sth
East 19Th
East 20Th Street
East 11Th Street
Long Island
Miner Beckus Causes Hotel Rampage in Seattle
Police arrest Henry Beckus a Seattle miner after he fired a revolver in the Grand Central Hotel at 4t d street and Third avenue forcing patrons to dive for cover. Officers recovered about $3,000 in bills gold dust two nuggets three diamond pins and a revolver. Beckus claimed his name and threatened to bail himself out then produced a bowie knife and offered it to an officer as a souvenir. He refused to explain the incident.
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Grand Central Hotel
D Street
Third Avenue
Henry Beckus
Seattle
Grand Union Hotel
Fast Gift Street
Beckus
Shaughnessy
Carroll
Appointment of receiver for A C Gunter Publishing Company
The A C Gunter Publishing Company, founded 1887 by Archibald Clavering Gunter to publish Mr Barnes of New York, went into involuntary bankruptcy and a receiver was appointed. The firm once operated from 3 East mth street and was incorporated in 1904 as the A C Gunter Publishing Company. Since Gunter's death last February his widow has run the business with W J B Atwater as president.
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A. C. Gunter Company
A. C. Gunter Publishing Company
Archibald Clavering Gunter
Barnes
New York
East Mth Street
Canal cost estimate for Panama Canal rises to about 200 million
Washington reports a revised outlook on Panama Canal costs. The 1905 board had estimated 139.7 million, but current estimates place total costs near 200 million, with locks costing 52 to 60 million and potential 10 percent more if widened as Navy plans dictate. Incidental Panama and Colon expenses, zone government, and railroad relocation are to be refunded by Panama.
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Washington
Board of Consulting Engineers
Panama Canal
Panama
Colon
Panam
Board’ of Engineers
Navy Department
Washtub to White House slogan proposed for Johnson bid
William J. Conners, chairman of the Democratic State Committee, touts "From the Washtub to the White House" as a campaign cry if Governor Johnson is named as Democratic nominee. He says the slogan would unite plain citizens and favors Johnson over Bryan, with other candidates also considered. Conners plans to see Charles F. Murphy before heading to Florida for the winter.
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William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Johnson
White House
Mr. Conners
United States
Bryan
Minnesota
Judge Harmon
Chanler
Fire in Florence Hotel. three firemen killed in New York blaze
A deadly blaze tore through the Brunswick building and Florence Hotel as firemen fought to save neighbors. Fallon died in the ruins. Tim Hutchinson and Sergeant Kelly escaped but were wounded. Captain Johnson and Morris O'Brien were buried by a cave‑in but survived. Fire Commissioner Lantry blamed hose failures and urged new equipment while the 18th Street subway was flooded and hundreds watched.
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Fallon
Bellevue
Flower
New York
Roosevelt
Tim” Hutchinson
Kelly
Charles Shay
18Th Street
Parker
Florence Hotel
Hotel Belvedere
Florence
Belvedere
Hook and Ladder Company 3
Hook and Ladder Company 7
Captain Johnson
Morris O’brien
No. 3
Johnson
O’brien
Ross
East 22d Street
Suffolk Engraving Company
Company 7
O’connor
Brunswick- Balke-Collender Company
Barlow
Morse
Acritelli
Belvidere
Lantry
Department
Fire Department
John H. O’brien
Bitmer Woollen Company
United States
San Francisco
City of the Golden Gate
Legislative agents line up as NY telephones push public service control
In Albany on January 19, firms and unions filed legislative agent lists as lawmakers prepare to place telephone and telegraph companies under public service commission jurisdiction. The New York Telephone Co hires Edward H. Fallows. Central and labor groups add multiple representatives. New names and additions expected before committees begin work.
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Tribune
Albany
Public Service Commissions
New York Telephone Company
Edward H. Fallows
Secretary of State
New York Central
Albert H. Harris
William P. Rudd
Rensselaer
Schenectady
Clyde Brown
Alexander S. Lyman
Charlies C. Paulding
Ira A. Place
New York
J. O. Hammitt
Travis H. Whitney
Citizens Union of New York
Thomas D. Fitzgerald
State Workingmen’s Federation
William A. McCabe
Albany Central Federation of Labor
New York State
E. B. Norris
Sodus
Brief Friday Sessions in Albany Legislature
Albany January 10 barely a dozen lawmakers attended the Capitol for the routine Friday sessions. The Assembly spent about five minutes advancing the Wainwright bill to align the national guard with the U S Army. The Senate met only seconds. In the Assembly Mr Lupten introduced a bill letting a village sell electric light beyond its borders.
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Albany
Capitol
Assembly
Wainwright
National Guard
United States Army
Senate
Lupten
Ex-Inspector Cross Receives Back Pay Ruling
The Appellate Division amended a Supreme Court order in the Adam A. Cross case granting forty one days pay to the former Police Inspector for time not employed by the Police Department.
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Adam A. Cross
Supreme Court
Cross
Brooklyn Engineer Arrested in Jamaica Ave Fatality Case
William Mangin of 130 Java Street Brooklyn, engineer of the Long Island Railroad express that killed Frank J. McBrien of Richmond Hill at the Jamaica Avenue crossing Thursday, was arrested last night and will be arraigned in Far Rockaway court today on a murder charge.
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William Mangin
Java Street
Brooklyn
Long Island Railroad Express
Frank J. McBrien
Richmond Hill
Jamaica Avenue
Far Rockaway Court
Morris Silverstein
Samuel Levine
Broome Street
Essex Market Court
Foley
Silverstein
Levine
Gouverneur Hospital
Robert C. Caldwell
England
Druce
Alexander
Charles E. Pearson
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Caldwell
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Ooe
Eleanor Rawls Reader
James B. Hai
Cosade
C. F. Brooker
Ansonia
Conn
Frank Riva
Enrica
Carlo
Minnesota bets on Johnson and Taft in season’s first wager
Thomas H. Shevlin of Minneapolis and horseman John S. McDonald place a $5,000 bet at the Hoffman House that if Johnson is Democratic nominee he would win for President. Roosevelt renomination nullifies bets. Shevlin offers $20,000 more on the same terms, while Norman E. Mack sees Bryan as the likely winner this year.
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Thomas H. Shevlin
Minneapolis
John S. McDonald
Hoffman House
McDonald
Johnson
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Shevlin
Taft
Tom
Yale
Joe’ Cannon
Mr. Shevlin
Mesaba Range
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
Bryan
Mr. Mack
Democratic Party
Bryan manager on John A. Johnson
James Manahan, Bryan’s Minnesota manager, says Governor John A. Johnson is an active presidential candidate against Bryan and that James J. Hill is advancing Bryan’s fortunes in Minnesota. Manahan stresses he speaks for himself, but his ties to Bryan’s faction imply an official statement.
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the Tribune
St. Paul
John A. Johnson
Bryan
James J. Hill
James Manahan
Minnesota
Manahan
Lincoln
Remarkable sale of autograph letters at Anderson Rooms
A major auction in New York raised 3000 dollars from a collection led by Henry Goldsmith. Highlights included Emile Bourlier’s 1864 Union spy letter to the Union League, Edgar Allan Poe correspondence, a Lincoln Civil War order, and four George Washington letters fetching tens of dollars each. A. H. Clark & Co. of Chicago bought the Bourlier letter for 3 dollars.
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Anderson Auction Rooms
West 29Th Street
Henry Goldsmith
America
England
France
George B. Melellan
Lincoln
George Washington
Insurance Losses Named In Building Fire
Officers on the second floor carried a large load of surgical instruments insured for about 1 000 008 dollars. King the publisher of Kings Handbook had about 200 000 dollars of insurance. The building was insured for 800 000 dollars.
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King
Factional fight over Ohio Republican county committee heats up
In Cleveland the Fomker Dick faction calls a Saturday meeting to pick a county party executive committee. Taft faction seeks a February 11 primary to choose 63 delegates for the state convention. Foraker Dick charges the current committee lacks power after two-year tenure. A Roosevelt faction formed a rival committee, complicating Board of Elections decisions as tensions rise between Taft and Foraker supporters with police protection requested.
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Cleveland
Jan
Fomker-Dick
Republican Party
Cuyahoga County
Taft
Board of Elections
Foraker- Dick
County Board of Elections
Lst
Roosevelt
Foraker
Foraker Loses Fifth District Support in Taft Endorsement
Napoleon Ohio January 10 Republican County Committee in the 5th District, once a Foraker stronghold, passed a resolution tonight indorsing William Howard Taft, signaling a shift in party backing and district alignment.
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Tribune
Napoleon
Ohio
Republican County Committee
Congress
Foraker
Taft
Fowler Explains His Currency Bill Before House Panel
Washington January 10. Chairman Fowler outlined his currency bill to the House Banking and Currency Committee distinguishing it from the Aldrich plan. He argued the Fowler measure reorganizes national bank currency on asset-backed notes while Aldrich is an emergency expansion using securities such as railroad bonds under Treasury approval.
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Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Fowler
Aldrich
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Hayes
California
Wall Street
House Asks About Banks Inquiries on National Banks Data
The House adopted a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide detailed figures on national banks. Questions cover counts by state and territory, capital stock and surplus, public money totals, government securities held as deposits, and current and authorized circulation across specific dates.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Treasury
District of Columbia
Campaign Contribution Inquiry to Probe Party Donations
A House resolution introduced by Representative Hull seeks to subject Republican and Democratic parties to investigation for soliciting or accepting corporate campaign contributions in 194. The seven member committee would identify benefiting petition or rafizations, contributing corporations, amounts, and any related agreements, with full investigative powers.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Hull
Tennessee
House
Appellate Division Reverses Ford in Wilson Habeas Case
The Appellate Division reversed Justice Ford’s dismissal of May Wilson on a habeas corpus writ for larceny. It remanded her to custody if found, noting the District Attorney’s return papers were misleading. Wilson, 25 West 36th Street, was arrested September 5 for stealing a pocket book from Walter Hatch of 38 Murray Street and held for trial.
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Supreme Court
Justice Ford
Jerome
Johnstone
Justice Laughlin
Appellate Division
May Wilson
West 36Th Street
Finn
Jefferson Market Court
Walter B. Hatch
Murray Street
Detectives Promoted to Patrolmen by City Commissioner
Commissioner Bingham reduced first grade detectives to patrolmen for the first time since gaining power. Detectives Thomas J. Brady John F. Manning and August Wickmus of the Brooklyn bureau were the officers affected.
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Bingham
Thomas J. Brady
John F. Manning
August Wickmus
UF Brooklyn Bureau
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Clara Roedelheim
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King, Scherer & Co
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Campaign Contribution Inquiry
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