Hose Inquiry Begun By Mayor's Own Orders
Mayor McClellan ordered the Commissioners of Accounts to launch a strict probe into fire hose purchases and specifications, aiming to expose flaws and missteps in the department. The fight over hose quality centers on Deputy Commissioner Bonner, the Windsor Fire Appliance Company, and the department's testing and bid rules as rumors of resignations swirl.
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McClellan
Commissioners of Accounts
John J. Scannell
Mayer McClellan
Merchants’ Association
Lantry
Board of Aldermen
Tammany District
Tammany
Hugh Bonner
John H. O'Brien
Bonner
Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Company
Barclay Street
Eureka
O’brien
Honner
O'Brien
M. Francis Loughman
Park Hoard
Water Department
Windsor Fire Appliance Company
Fire Department
Nicholas J. Hayes
Teo
John H. O’brien
Tares
Loughman
Croker
Binns
Tienner
Lough
Chauffeur Reveals Secret Wedding of Haley and Miss French
C Merton Haley aged nineteen wed Miss Mary Honoré French in a clandestine ceremony at midnight on December 30. The bride, twenty three, and groom had the union kept hidden until discovered by Haley’s family via their chauffeur. Mrs Motley seeks annulment but counsel says age blocks it.
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C. Merton Haley
Thornton N. Motley
Toast Sth Street
Mary Honoré French
Henry Marsh Werren
Merton
Haley
Miss French
Mail clerks exposed to smallpox in Syracuse
About fifty railway mail clerks testified before Health Officer Totman under orders from Mr Stadiey superintendent of postal clerks. Those unable to show vaccination were vaccinated by health bureau physicians after exposure at a lodging house in New York. Superintendent Bradley notes clerks were covered against smallpox.
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Syracuse
Totman
Stadiey
Health Bureau
Inkwell pistol scare jolts Harlem court
George Gilbert and Henry Sherb were arraigned for holding up Detective Griem with an ink well on West 132nd Street. The officer pretended to be shot but laughed off the scene as Magistrate Moss admonished restraint in jokes.
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Harlem
George Gilbert
West 132d Street
Henry A. Sherb
West 129Th Street
Griem
West 125Th Street
Moss
Shaw backs German system over central bank for elasticity
At the Sphinx Club dinner Leslie M. Shaw argues a great central bank is impracticable. He urges the German currency model as the best way to provide elastic money while preserving safety, criticizing inelastic U.S. decimal money and warning against a nationwide central bank.
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Sphinx Club
Waldorf-Astoria
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Mr. Shaw
Hamilton Alumni Dine At Fortieth Annual Reunion
The New York Association of Hamilton College Alumni held its fortieth annual dinner at the Hotel Astor. Edward Murray Bassett, class of 4, spoke on public service commissions and state control of public franchises, noting progress and challenges. Rev. Anthony H. Evans, president, toasted the occasion and urged Latin and Greek in curricula. Dr. M. W. Stryker, Hamilton College president, defended the college's course and warned against turning it into a specialized school. Additional remarks praised Hamilton and criticized efforts to curtail the liberal arts.
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New York Association of the
Hamilton College
Hotel Astor
Edward Murray Bassett
Public Service Commission
Bassett
Anthony H. Evans
Evans
Association
M. W. Stryker
Conservatory of Music
Stryker
Eliot
Harvard
State of
New York
William Alvin Bartlett
Reuben Leslie Maynard
Jersey Chancery Court Tied Up as Term Ends
The New Jersey chancery court remains without a chancellor after Chancellor Magic’s term expired. Vice-Chancellors Emery Howell and Stevens announce only a continuance until a successor is appointed. The governor must appoint before his term ends. with Governor-elect Fort to appoint, the court awaits new leadership.
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Magic
Emery
Howell
Stevens
Newark
Chancery Court
Fort
Chancelier
Extradition Fight for Riga Robber Baron Jan Pouren
New York activists linked to the Lettish branch of the Russian Revolutionists defend Jan Janoff Pouren against extradition. He faces charges of three murders arson robbery and other outrages near Riga tied to brigand activity two years ago. Officials warn he may reveal revolution plans if tortured while in custody.
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New York
Jan Janoff Pouren
Riga
Pouren
Russia
United States
Shields
Lettish
Revolutionary Party
East Broadway
Jan Matison
S. Ellsberg
Revolutionary Committee
Livonia
Germany
France
Lettish Committee
M. Osal Petish
Douma
Dr. Schadensky
Russian Revolutionist Party
Trade with South America Highlighted On Verdi Dinner Voyage
Hon. John Barrett asserts Monrose Doctrine useless for South American trade while aboard Lamport & Holt Line’s Verdi. He calls for express steamers to boost commerce, notes five similar vessels planned, and praises Secretary Root. John Foord and George E. Anderson also spoke.
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Monrose
South America
John Barrett
International Bureau of American Republics
Verdi
Lamport & Holt Line
T. E Jevons
New York
Mr. Barrett
Brazil
Europe
United States
Root
John Foord
George E. Anderson
Rio de Janeiro
Cat Nearly Kills Family In Bradley Beach Home
In Asbury Park the Macdonald family narrowly escaped a gas disaster when a kitchen cat jumped onto a gas range, turning on a burner and filling the home with gas. Coroner William E. Macdonald woke to find his wife and children nearly suffocated. he opened a window and managed to awaken them, while the cat remained unaffected.
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Asbury Park
William E. Macdonald
Bradley Beach
Contest Miss Wilson’s Will Incompetence Sparks Hearings
Relatives of Frances T. Wilson challenged her will in Surrogate Beckett’s court arguing she was incompetent. The deceased’s ties trace to Dr. Frederick Danne’s family, who reportedly left property to Wilson on condition she divest in favor of relatives. Contestants include Oliver Hawkins and Emma, Mary, Annie Hawkins. The surrogate took the papers.
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Frances T. Wilson
Beckett
Miss Wilson
Frederick Danne
Danne
Oliver Hawkins
West 16Th Street
Oliver P. Hawkins
Easton
Penn
Emma
Mary
Annie H. Hawkins
Owsley
Bn Telegraph
the Tribune
Stamford
Samuel Fessenden
Helen Davenport Perry
Maine
Frederick W. Huxford
Mr. Fessenden
Gladstone
Prederick Archibald
N. Y
Fessenden
Nevada Legislature Reassembles in Special Session
Carson Nevada January 14 The Nevada Legislature held a noon meeting to organize the houses in caucus with all previous attaches retained Rumor says a state ranger bill may be introduced in the Senate once it is functioning
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Carson
Nev
Nevada
Senate
Increase Telegraphers Pay After Rehire By Western Union
Secretary Melperney of the Commercial Telegraphers Union reported that re employed cable office workers were given a weekly raise of $1 by Western Union, returning at a pay lower than before the strike. The main office workers receive no raise. About 350 strikers remain idle. A benefit performance is planned at the Palm Garden on January 2.
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Melperney
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union Company
Beneft
Palm Garden
Tax Assessing Puzzle Over Bank Deposits Value
President Lawson Purdy and the Tax Department face how to value deposits in troubled Knickerbocker Trust in time for January tax books. Officials say deposits may be worth 60 to 70 cents on the dollar with some accounts unquoted. The department seeks the best method to determine January values amid the financial flurry.
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Lawson Purdy
Tax Department
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Purdy
Action on dividends delayed at several firms
Directors at United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry deferred common stock dividends though preferred stock paid 1 percent. Osceola Consolidated Mining skipped the semi-annual payout after citing 1997 earnings shortfall. Consolidated Car Heating also postponed its semi-annual dividend despite earlier earnings. Since 185 the firm has paid 2 percent yearly.
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United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company
Osceola Consolidated Mining Company
W. J. Ladd
Consolidated Car Heating Company
Man Fires Blank Cartridges At Woman In East Harlem
George F Beekman claiming to work for Sulzberger Brothers fired two blank cartridges at Rose Borax and her sister at their home on East 133rd Street. He threatened them with a revolver, was disarmed by Detectives Kirk and Hamilton, and held on felonious assault charges.
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George F. Beekman
Sulzberger Brothers
Rose Borax
No. 61
Eust 133d
Miss Borax
Beekman
Kirk and
Hamilton
East 126Th Street
Morton H. C. Foster
Third Avenue
East 133d Street
Range Men and Forest Preserves
Helena Mont Jan 14 The first day of the National Wool Growers Association convention featured a sharp attack on government grazing rules by Thomas J Walsh a Helena stock man and former Democratic congressional candidate. Walsh criticized the forest preserve license system saying it misleads the public and that Westeners prefer Roosevelt's policies but know what is best for them without clerks.
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Helena
Mont
National Wool Growers Association
Thomas J. Walsh
Congress
Walsh
West
Roosevelt
Rockefeller Testimony in Standard Oil Dissolution Hearing
William G. Rockefeller assistant treasurer of Standard Oil of New Jersey testified in the government’s bid to dissolve the company. Kellogg pressed for details on 1905 loans totaling 7.5 million to Barnsdell, an oil buyer in Pennsylvania, alleging possible concessions. Rockefeller said he recalled collateral but not loan specifics and noted he did not hold the securities, which were sold to Pittsburg Trust Company on Archbold’s advice. The loans appeared on books to cover Barnsdell’s money shortage. Standard’s statistical staff were questioned again. Kellogg stated New York hearings support charges of discrimination. New York hearings may end this week with Washington detailing railroad discrimination.
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William G. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard
Barnsdell
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller
Kellogg
John G. Milburn
Moritz Rosenthal
John D. Archbold
Pittsburg Trust Company
Statistical Department
New York
Washington
Panic in Tenement Fire on Henry Street
A blaze roared from the basement to the fourth floor of a six story brick tenement at 293 Henry Street last night, sending 24 families into the street. Emma Asen and her brother Joseph were badly burned while Lena Asen sustained injuries. two men, Hyman Jacobson and his son Robert, faced disorderly conduct and assault charges as firefighters battled the flames and crowds.
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Henry Street
Morris Kroler
Engine Company 1
Benjamin Levy
Emma Asen
Moses Asen
Joseph
Emma
Gouverneur Hospital
Lena Asen
Madison
Delancey Street
Hyman Jacobson
Robert
Stokes Urges Separation of State and Municipal Elections
Governor Edward Stokes in his final message to the New Jersey Legislature advocates separating state and municipal elections. He predicts voting machines will supplant current ballots and urges a blanket ballot. He argues fewer issues reduce confusion and partisan influence, stressing good government and careful voter deliberation.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Edward ©. Stokes
Schooley Heard In Will Case In Philadelphia Office
In Scranton on January 14 George R. B. Schooley testified in a suit over the estate of cousin James L. Crawford. He said Crawford signed a will in a Philadelphia office and left it with Schooley before dying in Florida weeks later. A codicil bequeathed Crawford property in Scranton and Florida, plus executor provisions and monthly payments, with Schooley named as executor. The court adjourned before cross examination finished.
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Scranton
Penn
George RB. Schooley
James L. Crawford
Crawford
Philadelphia
Florida
Bachman
Reidel
Schooley
People’s Coal Company
Better Service On Brooklyn Union
The Public Service Commission orders Brooklyn Union Elevated Company to show cause before Commissioner Bassett on January 27 at 2 39 p m why it should not raise service frequencies in morning and evening periods. Proposals request up to 53 additional cars and more trains. Citizens Association of Long Island City urges city purchase of Steinway tunnel. Commission requires filings on franchises and property holdings within 30 days.
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Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Union Elevated Company
Bassett
Bridge
Fulton Ferry
Citizens’ Association of
Long Island City
Commission
Maibie
Gas and Electric
Norwich Fire Destroys Page Boiler Co Plant
A January 4 fire in Norwich Connecticut destroyed the William H Page Boiler Company plant on Franklin Street, causing about 100000 in losses. The office safes remained intact and the firm, with ninety workers, had just resumed operations after a two week shutdown for inventory. The blaze likely began in casting boxes in the foundry area as the company considered moving activities to Meadville Pennsylvania where another plant exists.
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Norwich
Conn
William H. Page
Franklin Street
Meadville
Penn
Rev Franklin Fry Called to New York Pulpit
Rochester report states the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in New York City has extended a call to Rev Franklin F Fry pastor of the Church of the Reformation in Rochester. Fry, president of the Western Conference of the Synod of New York and New England, will announce his decision on Sunday.
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Rochester
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
New York City
Franklin F Fry
Church of the Reformation
Fry
Synod of
New Yor
New England
Republicans to Attend Irish Fair at Madison Square Garden
Herbert E. Parsons president of the Republican County Committee and Tax Commissioner Hamilton will attend the Irish fair at Madison Square Garden tonight and both speak. Major McCrystal will respond. District clubs and followers join a large Republican turnout. Booths were moved to accommodate the crowd. Clay fresh from Irish poets and historians is on display. Earth believed to be dirt from battles for Irish liberty collected by patriotic students. Each dirt piece bears a county clerk affidavit.
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Herbert E. Parsons
Republican County Committee
Hamilton
Madison Square Garden
Parsons
Major McCrystal
British steamer Tolesby wrecks near Cape Race in snowstorm
The British steamer Tolesby bound from Galveston to Havre ran ashore in heavy snow at Freshwater Point near Cape Race. The vessel appears a total loss, but the captain and crew were saved. Four steamers were sent from St Johns to aid in saving the cotton cargo as weather remains fine and seas moderate.
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St. Johns
N. F
Tolesby
Galveston
Havre
Freshwater Point
Cape Race
St. John’s
Motorman's Widow Wins $14,000 Judgment
Sophie B Cornell administratrix of William Cornell's estate recovered from the Interborough Rapid Transit Company a $14,000 award for his death. The case proceeded before Justice Guy and a jury in the Supreme Court after the motorman was killed in a transit accident.
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Sophie B. Cornell
William
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Guy
Supreme Court
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