Aldermen reject bond to test Blackwell’s Island Bridge
The Board of Aldermen refused to pass the Board of Estimate’s resolution for issuing 30 900 in corporate stock to inspect and test the Blackwell’s Island Bridge. Aldermen Walsh Colgan and Dowling roundly opposed the appropriation, 43 votes to no. The session also addressed a death notice for ex President Cleveland and other budget actions.
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Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate
Blackwell's Island
the Tribune
William H. Burr
Boller & Hodge
Stevenson
Bridge Department
Alderman Walsh
Harlem
War Department
Colgan and
Downing
Cleveland
McGowan
Department of Charities
Hebberd
Alderman Dowling
Five Dollar Found Hidden in Allegheny Bank Loot Case
The Allegheny National Bank loot case reveals a worn five dollar bill found in a desk crevice once occupied by cashier William Montgomery. A director present supplied another bill to the jail and warned Montgomery to take the rest. The recovered cash is reportedly the only money unearthed so far.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Robert Lyons
Allegheny National Bank
William Montgomery
Montgomery
Allegheny County
Sugar import records mark peak June for local port
The Appraiser's closing noted June as the largest sugar import month at the port, with raw sugar entries at New York valued at 10,548,682 dollars. For the government’s fiscal year ended yesterday total imports of sugar, confectionery, and chocolate reached about 64,847,541 dollars, similar to the prior year.
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New York
Cuba
Plans of Belt Line Road Reported To Face Challenge
Bondholders of the Twenty eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown Railroad and Pfaelzer & Co plan to contest Judge Lacombe's ruling. The Metropolitan receivers may abandon the line by October 1, after which bondholders would operate. A joint arrangement with Central Park North and East River and Central Crosstown lines is possible for a combined system. The line carries horsecars and partly electrified tracks.
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Crosstown Railroad Company
Pfaelzer & Co
No Pay for Missouri Employes Amid Revenue Shortfall
Jefferson City June 30 with nearly two and a half million in Missouri's credit the state faces no payroll for department heads or clerks tomorrow as only four cents remain in the revenue fund. The situation arises despite cash in the treasury and will last until revenue from the state beer inspector arrives.
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the Tribune
Jefferson City
Missouri
State House
State officer’s auto held up over speed limit in Matamor
Port Jervis reports a car carrying Dr Halpert Deputy State Highway Commissioner of Pennsylvania was stopped by Constable Thomas Manwaring for exceeding the eighteen mile limit in Mata mor Penn The driver Montague Roberts was arrested and occupants bail for $19 to test the borough ordinance in Pennsylvania courts.
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Tribune
Port Jervis
N. Y
Halpert
Pennsylvania
Thomas Manwaring
Matamorar
Penn
Montague Roberts
Justice van Aiken
Penneylvenia
Colorado Banks Prosperous
Colorado banks show 342 million dollars in cash today, with deposits quintupled over fifteen years while population and bank numbers only doubled.
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the Tribune
Denver
Colorado
J P Morgan extends offer to buy Erie coupons at par
J P Morgan & Co announced they would continue to purchase at par the coupons due July 1 from the Erie prior Wen and general lien bonds until further notice. The extension follows an earlier offer limited to June 8 and aims to help Erie meet obligations while directing funds to ongoing improvement work.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Erie
Silk stock sale at noon Saturdays
The notice advertises remaining stock of novelty silks in short lengths offered at 55 cents per yard, with sale starting at 12 noon on Saturdays.
Railroad Victory Blocks Interstate Commerce Board Rate Cut
Judges in the United States Circuit Court granted an interlocutory decree suspending the Interstate Commerce Commission order that cut the terminal transfer charge for livestock to the Union Stock Yards from $2 to $1 a car. The court ruled the $2 charge was reasonable and that segregation rules require evaluating each rate separately. Receivers Stickney and Smith sued for several railroads including the Chicago Great Western, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, Chicago and Alton, Rock Island, and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe. The case was argued May 28 with leading railroad attorneys present.
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St. Paul
Sanborn, Hook and Adams
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Adams
Union Stockyards Company
Acts of Congress
Union Stock Yards Company
Stickney and Smith
Chicago Great Western
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Alton
Rock Island
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Sale of Clothing and Furnishings Not Rogers Peet Co
An advertisement announces a clothing and furnishings sale starting Saturday June 27 at 1260 Broadway corner Broadway and 82nd Street. It states the sale is not Rogers Peet & Co merchandise nor connected to the firm. It notes a relocation from 32nd Street to Warren Street and 13th Street uptown.
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Broadway
82Nd &T
Rogers, Peet & CO
City Heat Sparks Prostrations and Fatalities
Heat with 74 percent humidity pressed city residents as several people collapsed. Valanella Lene, 73, died after leaping from Yonkers Jewish Home amid the heat. John Falkenner, 38, fell from a Third Avenue room window while Nap of heat. Albert Lane, 28, fell four stories from West 144th Street and is not expected to live. Four prostrations reported in Manhattan and Brooklyn each.
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Valanella Lene
Yonkers
John Falkenner
Third Avenue
Albert Lane
West 144Th Street
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Marine Intelligence Mini Almanac Excerpt
The report lists sunrise and sunset times, tidal notes for Sandy Hook and Governor’s Island, and wireless updates on ships Teutonic Caronia and Principe di Piemonte with miles east and dock times. It notes passenger destinations Empress of China and Kong Maru and routes via Vancouver Victoria San Francisco and Hawaii Japan China and Philippine Islands.
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Sandy Hook
Caronia
New York
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
Vancouver
Victoria
Guam
San Francisco
Hawaii
Auatelle
West
Gamoon Islands
Fiji Islands
Caledonia
Marama
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Vila San Francisco
Mariposa
Booth & Co Convicted Of Rebates In Freight Case
A. Booth & Co., a leading fish and oyster trader, pleaded guilty in Chicago to accepting rebates from the Lehigh Valley and Nickel Plate railroads. Judge Landis to set a sentence. max penalty cited as 20000 dollars. The firm allegedly used five hundred refrigerator cars and formed the Overland Refrigerator Express to exploit rebates.
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Chicago
A. Booth & Co
West
Landis
Sims
Booth & Co
Overland Refrigerator Express Company
Standard Oil Company
Tyrol as an American tourist paradise with Innsbruck hub
The Tyrol stands as a premier European resort for Americans with year round appeal. Innsbruck serves as the central base for excursions and Hotel Tyrol, owned by Carl Landsee, has been rebuilt with modern comforts. Landsee is well known to American travelers and offers expert guidance to maximize Tyrolean experiences.
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Tyrol
Europe
Innsbruck
Carl Landsee
Landsee
Shipping News Arrivals and Departures at Port of New York
The Port of New York logs several arrivals on June 30 1998 including Steamer Concho arriving from Galveston and Key West with 84 cabin and 270 steerage passengers plus moise, and Steamer Kronprinzessin Cecilie with 662 cabin and 163 steerage passengers and mails. Multiple vessels sail or wait, listing cargoes such as lumber fruit sugar coffee and moise, with quarantine and bar readings noted.
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Evans
Galveston
Key West
Mallory Si Co
Prinz Joachim
Ger
von Leitner
Savanilla
Port Simon
Colon
Kingston
United States
Dan
Wulff
Copenhagen
Christiana
Christiansand
Bar
Ei Cid
Baker
Southern Pacific Co
Moise
Navahoe
Hale
Georgetown
Wilmington
Clyde Ss Co
Miramar Bri
Gibson
Sagua
Matanzas
J H Winchester & Co
Retchenfels
Irronan
Shields
Finch, Edge & Co
Castilian Prince
Chambers
Rio de Janeiro
Paul F Gerhard & Co
City of Macon
Dreyer
Savannah
Ocean Ss Co
Vincenzo di Giorgio
Nor
Jacobsen
Port Antonio
Atlantic Fruit Co
Yale
Grove
Boston
Metropolitan Ss Co
Sam
Carpenters Union Agents Sentenced for Strike Call
John J. Brittian George H. Lakey and Charles G. Grassel were sentenced to thirty days in jail for violating an injunction against strikes on buildings under construction. A prior thirty day sentence from June 1 was set aside to allow further evidence.
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Chicago
John J. Brittian
George H. Lakey
Charles G. Grassel
Carpenters’ Union
Aires 7 sets passed coast to coast in 320 Kasenga run
The record lists a series of passages including Ibraltar San Giovanni and N Palermo with Misasioes, then Kasenga in Br and New York via Al and Port Said toward Singapore and Manila. This terse schedule shows an extensive maritime route through multiple ports.
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Aires
Ibraltar
San Giovanni
Ital
Palermo
Misasioes
Transatlantic Steamship Movements and Sailed Vessels List
A condensed maritime schedule lists ships arriving and departing for New York from ports worldwide. Entries include ships such as Mauretania, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Pennsylvania, and Friedrich der Grosse with routes via Queenstown Cherbourg Plymouth or Plymouth, detailing June sailings to and from New York and other ports, with intermediate calls and destinations.
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Ger
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Cherbourg
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Bremen
Clothilde Cuneo
Nor
Port ‘Antonio
Ely
Nipe
Indiani
Hong Kong
Amoy
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Orth Amboy
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Trieste
Apache
Charleston
Jacksonville
Taff
Baracoa
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Newport News
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Savannah
Salvatore di Giorgio
Port Antonio
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Fernandina
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Delaware
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Mauretania
New York
Queenstown
London
Meraba
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la Hesbaye
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Algiers
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la Plata
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Rosario
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Moltkefela
Port Natal
Hyanthes
St Vincent
C_V
Cape Town
Genoa
Imue
Nord America
Ital
Apres
Bahia
Christiania
Baro8
Wool Market Sees Activity Rise in Worsted Demand
Boston June 30 The wool market shows renewed activity after months of dullness with strongest demand for worsted wools. Domestic quotations cover Ohio Pennsylvania fleeces Michigan Wisconsin New York California Oregon Texas Georgia and other regions with varied fines unwashed delaine and blood classifications and several price ranges for scoured values.
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Pennsylvania
Delaine
Michigan
Wisconsin
New York
Kentucky
Indiana
Missouri
Texas
Georgia
Lake
California
Middle County
Oregon
Southern
Valley
European Produce Market Notes from Liverpool
Liverpool market report lists steady to firm prices across commodities. Wheat, corn, peas, flour, hops, beef, pork, hams, bacon, lard, cheese, tobacco, tar, rosin, and petroleum are cited with bid and current figures in various currencies and measurement units.
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London
Pacific Coast
Tierces
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