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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1906
Page
3
Governor Higgins signed bills to add fifteen justices in the 1st and 24th districts and to increase seats in the new 9th and 5th districts. The action follows debate on population, calendars, and judicial costs with plans for further increases and party maneuvers for forthcoming elections.
Governor Higgins signs the bill for new Supreme Court justices prompting candidates to emerge in New York City and across districts. The first district remains New York County alone while the remaining 24 districts become nine judicial districts including Long Island counties and Richmond and Westchester Putnam Dutchess Orange and Rockland. New justices will be elected in the fall in the nine districts.
Albany June 2 The Governor issued memoranda explaining why he signed bills to preserve Hook Mountain purchase Watkins Glen and acquire the Sir William Johnson property. He notes private funds will cover Hook Mountain with state eminent domain powers and no taxpayer expense. He also supports rural school aid boosting apportionments for 1 426 districts under $20 000 valuation and 4 569 districts valued between 20 000 and 60 000.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company president Winter rejected the King County Grand Jury's critique of his workers character. He said the employer's staff is well chosen trained and courteous and has carried about 450 million passengers this fiscal year with a decreasing accident rate.
Allegheny police arrest Maggie Brown, 43, after two weeks of daytime robberies at Evergreen road farmers. She reportedly took 110 from Jonathan Williams of Kilbuck Township and was found with over 300 dollars and four revolvers. Williams identified her.
Josephine Terranova, acquitted Friday of murdering her aunt, remained in high spirits yesterday while still held on a second indictment for killing her uncle. She compared the situation to watching a play and said she has no fear and has become friendly with Berthe Claiche, the other inmate at the Tombs.
Brigadier General R. M. O'Reilly and William Cary Sanger, the American delegates, spent a week in London gathering information for the Red Cross Congress to be held at Geneva in August. They sail to Geneva on June 4.British delegates include Major General Sir John Ardagh, Thomas E. Holland, Colonel G. MacPherson, and Colonel J. E. Edmunds, all noted for their experience in international affairs and medical and military roles.
Eugene Cushman superintendent of Greenwood Cemetery was killed early yesterday at Fourth Avenue and Tenth Street Fort Hamilton. He had spent the evening with Crescent Athletic Club members and was returning home when he was struck by a trolley car. It is believed he fell from a car and was run over by an oncoming vehicle.
Boston reports Massachusetts Board of Health has filed thirty four convictions against meat dealers and wholesalers for selling embalmed beef amid a statewide probe begun before the federal investigation. Chicago killed and packed beef dominate seizures as authorities warn packers to change methods or exit the state.
President Roosevelt received the six thousand word completed report by Charles P. Neill and James B. Reynolds on meat packing conditions after a nearly hourlong discussion with them and George P. McCabe. The briefing will be transmitted to Congress next Monday with a presidential message. The Wadsworth substitute for the Beveridge beef inspection amendment has been completed and printed for the House Agriculture Committee and will be public after Wednesday session.
Berlin reports the German Butchers Association has sent a protest to Chancellor von Buelow and Minister von Podbielski against any treaty that would allow increased US meat imports. They warn US firms seek looser German sanitary rules, citing German inspection rates and Ostertag's critique of American meat surveillance.
A petition cites passages from The Jungle to allege a powerful Meat Ring controlling fat coverings and disease perception. It claims Daniel Elmer Salmon, ex leader of the Bureau of Animal Industry, was compelled to retire and that railways bow to the ring. It urges against opening the German market while noting U.S. success against Texas fever.
Chicago Mayor Dunne launches plan for an expert commission to investigate stockyards and meat inspection. He seeks federal cooperation with Secretary of Agriculture in naming investigators to influence both city and federal rules. Health Commissioner Whalen opposes condemnation of infected cattle while removing infected parts. mayor expects the investigation to validate city inspection.
St. John's Guild opens its Seaside Hospital at New Dorp Staten Island tomorrow two weeks earlier than usual to treat sick poor babies during hot June days. ferry trips at 10 am and 2 pm will transport patients with inspector checks, nurse, and orderly. Guild covers fares and provides clothing and essentials. admissions go through hospitals and dispensaries.
Outing editor Ralph D. Paine reports Caspar Whitney has completed a two month solo expedition from the upper Amazon into hostile Indian country. He traveled by river and canoe to the Casiquiare and Orinoco, collecting notes on unmapped regions and tribes, including descriptions of curare poisoned arrows and the so called white Indians near the Orinoco.
Assistant Postmaster Elmer Bergen counted about 4000 dollars at the Fulton Street Jamaica post office when a shadowy man on the roof peered through a skylight. Bergen grabbed the cash and locked it in the safe before pursuing the intruder, who escaped as clerk Baylis joined the chase.
The American Ice Company called on customers to cut ice use as a shortage looms. Prices rose to 50 cents per hundred pounds as the firm warned its crop from the past winter and a previous reserve will not meet current demand.
A Merchants and Manufacturers Board of Trade special committee urges united public action to curb fire insurance firms operating in the state. The report calls for stronger law to prevent cross regional rate increases and demands deferring dividend payments until surpluses are ample. It notes life insurers are rejecting policies from more than thirty companies on mortgage guarantees.
David Barry nine years old of Mariner's Harbor Staten Island was struck by a westbound Staten Island Rapid Transit train at the Van Pelt avenue crossing last evening and seriously injured. He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital where little hope is entertained of his recovery.
Joseph Esterbrook a Civil War veteran and abolitionist died yesterday at Rosebank Staten Island. Born May 2 1817 in Cornwall England he led a long life in New York with ties to an old English estate. He chaired the Richmond County Board of Supervisors before the war and served on the monitor Ericsson. Lincoln offered him a colonelcy which he declined. He was widely known in the city and on Staten Island.
Balch Price & Co of Fulton and Smith streets Brooklyn announces a week long clearing sale of millinery and shirt waists with new imported lines. Hats for seaside mountains automobiling golfing yachting and other outdoor sports featured. Waist department showcases exclusive waists both imported and domestic at all prices. Men’s straw hats on display and new fur vacuum cleaning process highlighted. Regular weekly sales continue in other departments.
Four year old Patricius Garibaldi of Avon dale road Nutley New Jersey is in Newark City Hospital in danger of death after two months without swallowing. Doctors feed him via a silver tube inserted in the abdomen following closure of the esophagus likely from a sea voyage from Italy.
Macy and other New York department stores publish a busy second week of sales. Deals cover laces, embroideries, wedding gifts, linen goods, women’s summer wear, underwear, blouses, kimonos, petticoats, dresses, and curtains. Snappy promotions span Lord & Taylor Best & Co. Forsythe, Le Boutillier Brothers, Hackett Carhart, Simpson Crawford, Uhr, Altman, Evers, Bar & Co. Siegel-Cooper, Hollanders, Arnold Constable, Arnheim, Abraham & Straus, Matthews, and more with Tuesday specials and semi annual clearances.
Announcement from Pittsburg states the Frick Mellen Cassatt Oliver Flinn syndicate will seek city council rights of way within a month for a subway. Project cost estimated at 20 million dollars, modeled after the New York subway. Construction to start immediately.
William A. Rockwell of the publishing house Charles Serioner Sons New York will marry Elsie Macey a leading actress in light operas. Rockwell son of former Fitchburg mayor Henry F. Rockwell he graduated Harvard with honors in 1904. Family ties link him to Whalum Park Theatre where he met Miss Macey in 1904 during a summer engagement.
Ada Rehan was resting comfortably at her residence 164 West 93rd Street last night. Dr J H Huddleston of 126 West 83rd Street said no operation had been done and her condition was improving. She expects to sail within three weeks.
An illustrated tour book for travel via the Anchor Line steamships from New York to Glasgow is available by applying to Henderson Brothers at 17 Broadway. The twin screw steamship Caledonia has been added to the fleet and offers very modern accommodations for the voyage between Glasgow and New York.
A United States Steel Corporation representative paid 17 000 to two Sandwich Ontario residents for their farms as options on the properties near expire. The deal, along with other option extensions, signals a final decision to construct a 1 000 000 plant on 2 444 acres in the area with construction to start soon.
The Navy and Army report officer promotions and examinations at several locations including San Francisco Presidio Plattsburg Barracks Columbus Barracks and Washington. Ships arrival and departure updates list Talbot Des Moines Don Juan de Austria Dolphin Des Moines Wolverine Kearsarge Kentucky and other movements with ports Norfolk Newport News Baltimore San Juan Providence Town and Erie.
At the urging of Paul Morton new Equitable Life head the Mercantile Trust Company sues to recover 1 604 990 loaned on notes by George W Turner with collateral linked to Henry B Hyde Marcellus Hartley General Louis Fitzgerald John E Searles and William N Coler Jr The case before Justice O Gorman allows division of actions and separate suits.
Six hundred Confederate veterans and guests rode from Pier 1 at 1 a.m. aboard the Cepheus for a West Point visit. Heavy rain delayed cadet drills, but General Mills greeted the party and guided them around the academy. Major Edward Owen led the excursion for the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York with guests including v. S. Grant and Alexander Hamilton Stn of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Patrolman William H. Sheehan of East 104th Street station was arrested for taking marked money to withhold evidence in a murder case involving Florence Souser, a maid at 1425 Madison Avenue who died after a March 23 shooting by Howard Post. The incident led to an undercover arrest and a 17 year veteran officer’s dismissal threat.
Fall River reports that after a cotton price drop manufacturers show concessions and a fairly active late week trade. About 250000 pieces were sold, split evenly between converters and printers styles, with prices cited for Minch, 27 inch, 6 by 6s and other widths, and a weekly market clear of standards.
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