Hose Inquiry Begun By Mayor's Own Orders
Mayor McClellan ordered a strict probe into fire hose purchases and specifications, amid talk of resignations and wider scandal. Deputy Commissioner Bonner and Water Commissioner O'Brien defend the Bonner drawn specs, while unions and manufacturers flag limited competition and failures in newer hose. Chief Croker blasts low bid rules and calls for better testing and funding to ensure reliable equipment.
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McClellan
Commissioners of Accounts
John J. Scamwell
Merchants’ Association
Lantry
Board of Aldermen
Tammany District
Fire Department
Tammany
Hugh Bonner
John H. O’brien
Bonner
Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Company
Barclay Estreet
Board of Underwriters
Eureka
Board of
O’brien
O'Brien
M. Francis Loughman
Park Board
Water Department
Windsor Fire Appliance Company
Nicholas J. Hayes
Jonn H. O’brien
Croker
Binns
Loughman
Chauffeur Reveals Secret Wedding of Haley and French
C Merton Haley nineteen and Miss Mary Honoré French reportedly wed in a clandestine ceremony at midnight on December 30. Rev Henry Marsh Werren confirmed the marriage noting Haley claimed age twenty one and French twenty three. Mrs Motley sought annulment, but counsel said age prevents it. couple reportedly apart or away with Mrs Motley's travel plans unverified.
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C. Merton Haley
Thornton N. Motley
Toast 13Th Street
Mary Honoré French
Henry Marsh Werren
Merton
Henue
Werth Street
Haley
James Wrench
John French
The
Th Infantry
No. 12
John Street
Marion L. Haley
MAIL CLERKS VACCINATED AFTER SMALLPOX EXPOSURE
About fifty railway mail clerks appeared before Health Officer Totman in Syracuse on January 14 under orders from postal superintendent Bradley. Clerks unable to show vaccination certificates were vaccinated by health bureau physicians after exposure at a lodging house in New York. Bradley says 59 clerks were called.
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Syracuse
Totman
Bradley
Health Bureau
New York
Inkwell pistol scare hits Harlem court
George Gilbert and Henry Sherb faced arraignment after attempting a mock hold up using an ink well on Detective Griem near the West 125th Street station. Magistrate Moss admonished them as the detective, bruised but unhurt, recalled Commissioner Bingham’s warning about cowardice.
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Hariem
George Gilbert
West 132d Street
Henry A. Sherb
West 129Th Street
Griem
West 125Th Street
Moss
Harlem
Bingham
Shaw endorses German system over central bank at Waldorf dinner
Leslie M. Shaw, former Secretary of the Treasury, backs a German style currency elastic system as best for safety and elasticity, dismissing a great central bank. He argues the U S money is safe and decimal but inelastic, and cites German currency tax as a model for immediate, nationwide relief.
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Sphinx Club
Waldorf-Astoria
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Mr. Shaw
Hamilton Alumni Dine Reflects On Public Service and Education
The New York Association of Hamilton College Alumni held its fortieth annual dinner at the Hotel Astor. Edward M Bassett, class of 4, spoke on public service commissions and state control of franchises, noting progress and challenges. President M W Stryker and Rev M W Stryker urged the value of Hamilton’s policy, while Rev Bartlett and Reuben L Maynard spoke on college ideals and administration.
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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 Amid Interim Period
The term of Chancellor Magic expired at midnight Monday and no successor has been appointed. Vice-Chancellors Emery Howell and Stevens announced in Newark that they would issue no order except a continuance while the state lacks a chancellor. The Governor must appoint before two weeks remain in his term, and with his term ending January 21 the chancery court will be without a chancellor until Governor-elect Fortappoints.
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Magic
Emery, Howell
Stevens
Newark
Fortappoin
Extradition fight for Riga brigand tied Russian revolutionists
New York City rallies the Lettish branch of the Russian Revolutionists to oppose extradition of Jan Janofz Pouren alias Jan Matison. They claim he is a political prisoner and key underground organizer who could be tortured for revolution secrets if sent to Russia. He faces charges of three murders arson robbery and related outrages near Riga.
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New York
Jan Janofz Pouren
Riga
Pouren
Lettish
Association
Russia
United States
Shields
The
Revolutionary Party
East Broadway
Jan Matison
S. Elisberg
Revolutionary Committee
Livonia
Germany
France
Lettish Committee
M. Osaf Petish
Douma
Schadensky
Russian Revolutionist Party
Trade With South America Promoted On Lamport & Holt
Hon John Barrett, director of the International Bureau of American Republics, urged expanded commerce with South America aboard the steamship Verdi of Lamport & Holt. He praised Secretary Root and noted the line plans five more vessels for the South American service as critics hailed the Monroe Doctrine’s limits on trade. Also speaking were John Foord and George E Anderson, Consul General at Rio de Janeiro.
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South America
John Barrett
International Bureau of American Republics
Verdi
Lamport & Holt Line
T. E. Jevons
New York
Mr. Barrett
Brazil
Europe
United States
Barrett
Root
John Foord
George E. Anderson
Rio de Janeiro
Cat Almost Kills Family In Bradley Beach Kitchen
In Asbury Park, Coroner William E. Macdonald's Bradley Beach home, a prowling cat is believed to have turned on a gas burner. The house filled with gas as the family slept, leaving the Macdonalds half suffocated until he opened a window and woke them. The cat escaped unharmed.
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Asbury Park
William E. Macdonald
Bradley Beach
Contest Miss Wilsons Will Faces Surrogate Court
Relatives of Frances T Wilson contested her will as she was deemed incompetent. After her father died on a steamer in 1872 she joined the Danne family by adoption and allegedly inherited property from Dr Fredrick Danne who died in 1900, with claims she later bequeathed money to others. Nephew Oliver Hawkins and other Hawkins relatives appeared as contestants. Dr Owsley testified about her lack of stated relatives. The Surrogate took the papers.
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Frances T. Wilson
Beckett
Miss Wilson
Frederick Danne
Oliver Hawkins
West 163d Street
Oliver P. Hawkins
Easton
Penn
Emma
Mary
Annie H. Hawkins
Dr. Owsley
the Tribune
Stamford
Samuel Fessden
Helen Davenport Perry
Maine
Frederick W. Huxford
Nevada Legislature Convenes in Special Session
Carson City reports the Nevada Legislature opened a special session at noon with both houses organized in caucus. The routine retained all previous attaches, and a rumor suggests a state ranger bill may be introduced in the Senate once in session.
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Carson
Nev
Nevada
Senate
Increase Telegraphers' Pay After Reemployment
Secretary Metherney reports Western Union rehires after the strike received a $1 weekly boost, now earning a week less than before. Main office staff not affected. About 350 strikers idle. A benefit performance is set for January 27 at the Palm Garden.
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Metherney
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union Company
Imen
Palm Garden
Tax Assessing Puzzle on Bank Deposits Values
President Lawson Purdy and the Tax Department face a puzzle calculating deposits for tax as of the second Monday in January amid Knickerbocker Trust trouble. Deposits were quoted 60 to 70 cents on the dollar, with some accounts not sold or quoted, complicating the assessment. The department vows to determine values by collecting information from banks and other sources as the January books open.
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Lawson Purdy
Tax Department
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Purdy
Dividends Deferred or Passed by Several Firms
Directors at United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry defer common stock dividend though preferred 1 percent quarterly is maintained. Osceola Consolidated Mining passes semi-annual dividend after noting 1997 earnings shortfall. Consolidated Car Heating defers semi-annual dividend citing prospective business developments. Since 195 the firm has paid 3 percent annually.
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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 Twice At Girl In Street Threatening Case
George F. Beckman, posing as Sulzberger Brothers salesman, fired two blank cartridges at Miss Rose Borax and threatened her sister at 61 East 133rd Street. Responding detectives disarmed him. the victim suffered only powder burns. Beckman gave multiple identities before a doorbell entry tied him to 49 East 133d Street. He is held on felonious assault.
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George F. Beckman
Sulzberger Brothers
East 133d Street
Range men and forest preserves clash at wool growers meet
Helena January 14 The first day of the National Wool Growers Association convention featured a sharp attack on public range regulation. Thomas J Walsh a Helena stock man and former congressional candidate criticized forest preserve grazing license policies as paternalism gone mad, saying West residents reject federal paternalism and know their own interests.
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Helena
Mont
National Wool Growers Association
Thomas J. Walsh
Congress
West
Roosevelt
Rockefeller Testifies in Government Bid to Break Up Standard Oil
William G. Rockefeller, assistant treasurer of Standard Oil of New Jersey, testified in the government’s bid to dissolve the firm. Kellogg pressed for details on 1905 loans totaling 7.5 million to Barnsdell, an oil buyer in Pennsylvania, suggesting possible concessions. Rockefeller claimed limited memory but said collateral secured the loans. The Standard’s counsel protested as Rockefeller noted the securities were sold to Pittsburg Trust Company on Archbold’s advice, with no book entries.
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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
Washington
Panic In Tenement Fire On Henry Street
A basement to fourth floor blaze at 293 Henry Street sent twenty four families into the street. Emma and Joseph Asen and Lena Asen were burned. Emma and Joseph carried through smoke to Gouverneur Hospital. Two men from 287 Henry Street were jailed for disorderly conduct and assault as fire lines held.
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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 Support for Separate State and Municipal Elections
Governor Edward Stokes in his final message to the Legislature urges separating state and municipal elections. He backs replacing voting machines with a blanket ballot and improving the current ballot. He argues fewer, clearer issues aid intelligent voting and that partisan ties hinder municipal reform.
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Trenton
N. J
Edward ©. Stokes
New Jersey
Schooley Testifies In Will Case In Philadelphia Office
Scranton, Jan 14 George B Schooley testified about a will allegedly signed in Philadelphia by James L Crawford. He described letters stating intention to name him heir and a 5 percent executor commission consulting Bachman and Reidel. The codicil left him Crawford home Florida summer home cash stocks a coal company presidency and a monthly 10 amount. court adjourned before cross examination concluded.
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Penn
George B. Schooley
James L. Crawford
Crawford
Philadelphia
Florida
Bachman
Reidel
Schooley
People’s Coal Company
Better Service on Brooklyn Union Elev Dependent on Hearings
The Public Service Commission orders Brooklyn Union Elevated Co to show cause before Commissioner Bassett at a January 27 hearing why service should not be increased. Proposed upticks include twenty five cars during peak hours, plus additional afternoon and evening cars totaling fifty three more, with more trains likely. The Citizens Association of Long Island City urges city purchase of the Steinway tunnel. A commission resolution requires all rail, gas and electric firms to file within thirty days reports detailing franchises and property held or claimed.
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Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Union Elevated Company
Bassett
Bridge
Fulton Ferry
Citizens’ Association of
Long Island City
Commission
Maibie
Railroad
Norwich Fire Destroys Boiler Company Plant
A January 14 blaze in Franklin Street, Norwich, Connecticut, destroyed the William H. Page Boiler Company plant, causing about $100,000 in losses. Ninety workers were employed, and operations resumed after a two-week shutdown to assess inventory. The fire likely started in casting boxes in the foundry area. The firm, formed in 1876 with capital around $109.10, had considered moving to Meadville, Pennsylvania, where another plant operates.
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Norwich
Conn
William H. Page
Franklin Street
Meadville
Penn
Reverend Fry Receives New York Call from Holy Trinity
Rochester January 14 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in New York City extends a call to Rev. Franklin F Fry pastor of Church of the Reformation Rochester and president of the Western Conference Synod of New York and New England He 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 York and
New England
Republicans to Attend Irish Fair at Madison Square Garden
Herbert E. Parsons and Tax Commissioner Hamilton will headline the Irish fair guests at Madison Square Garden with a response by Major McCrystal. Many district clubs accompany the party as booths are removed to host the crowd. The fair displays earth from graves of Irish leaders and battle-scarred dirt samples bearing affidavits of authenticity.
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Herbert E. Parsons
Republican County Committee
Hamilton
Madison Square Garden
Parsons
Major McCrystal
British steamer Tolesby wrecks near Cape Race
The British steamer Tolesby bound from Galveston to Havre ran ashore in a heavy snowstorm at Freshwater Point near Cape Race. Captain Payne and crew were saved. Four steamers departed St Johns to aid salvage of cotton. If no storm arises most cargo may be removed. the vessel likely a total loss. Built 1901 in Stockton, England. 2,578 tons. owned by R. Ropner & Co.
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N. F
Tolesby
Galveston
Havre
Freshwater Point
Cape Race
St. John’s
Payne
Stockton
England
R. Ropner & Co
West Hartlepool
Widow wins $315,000 verdict in motorman’s death case
Sophie B. Cornell administratrix of William Cornell’s estate secured a $315,000 judgment against the Interborough Rapid Transit Company before Justice Guy and a jury in Supreme Court for her husband’s death. He was a motorman killed in a street collision.
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Sophie B. Cornell
William
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Guy
Supreme Court
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