Metz Under Fire Over Cherry Street Real Estate Deal
City bought three Cherry street parcels at 2150000 in private sale with a 2515 percent over assessed value. Corporation Counsel alleges the price was excessive and harmful to Manhattan Bridge proceedings, urging Metz to explain how Browne recommended the deal.
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Corporation Counsel’s
Corporation
Ellison
Mortimer J. Browne
Cherry Street
Law Department
Corporation Counsel
Tribune
Sunder
George R. Sterling
Stewart Building
Sterling
Olendorf
Harris
Browne
Board of Estimate
Delany
Manhattan Bridge
South
Oliver and
Water Streets
James, Oak
Oliver
Cherry
Clinton
City of
New York
New Street
Saale
Bridge No. 3
Con Rolier
Mr. Olendorf
Ecord
Explosive planted in Mount Vernon saloon stove
A Black Hand agent entered Joseph Maroney’s Mount Vernon flat behind his Wig wam Hotel saloon and planted an explosive in the stove. The blast mangled Mrs. Maroney and badly burned Annie and Mrs. Maroney, while the attacker fled. The injured were taken to Mount Vernon Hospital where Mrs. Maroney’s arms were amputated and doctors feared for her life. Maroney, a wealthy Italian, had previously received extortion notes demanding 500 dollars.
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Joseph Maroney
Wigwam
North Fourth Avenue
Mount Vernon
Maroney
Mount Vernon Hospital
Mary Maroney
Annie Maroney
Suspect Black Hand Murder Near Pennsylvania Rail Tracks
Philadelphia report states an unknown Italian man aged about twenty five was found murdered near Pennsylvania Railroad tracks in Mount Airy. The headless body, initially thought run over, was later found with the head in a distant gully. A blood stained knife was recovered, suggesting homicide before placement at the scene. Police believe the victim was killed elsewhere and moved to the site. Clothes were made in New York.
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Philadelphia
Black Hand Society
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mount Airy
New York
Mayor Fagan Foils Lunatic Threat In Jersey City
Mayor Fagan of Jersey City confronted John Cannon a dangerous man who entered his office and threatened to kill him. The mayor kept calm ordered police, and Cannon was arrested in the anteroom and sent to the county insane asylum. Cannon had previously attempted the act during Mayor Hoos's tenure.
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Fagan
Jersey City
John Canton
Cannon
County Insane Asylum
Hoos
Garbage wagon graft arrest follows Tribune report
Antonio de Tragilo, a garbage wagon driver, was arrested in the Tombs court on bribe charges amid a janitors graft probe after The Tribune exposed a scheme where drivers allegedly accepted payments to remove trash. County Detective Reardon traced a marked coin to the suspect as evidence. Commissioner Craven acknowledged petty graft but pledged further investigation and stated citizens may fuel graft by bribing workers.
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Yesterday's Tribune
Antoniio de Tragilo
Tombs Court
Elizabeth Street
Michael Brown
Janitors’ Association
Jerome
the Tribune
Brown
Reardon
Henry Retter
East 6Th Street
de Traglio
Retter
Craven
Comet Discovered by Professor Giacobini
Harvard Observatory received a Kiel cable reporting Professor Giacobini of Nice discovered a new comet Saturday night. The object was visible in a large telescope around 10 pm GMT with precise coordinates and motions listed: right ascension 10h14m19.7s, declination plus 24°04′41″, daily motion in RA 4m46s, in Dec minus 0°36′.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Observatory
Kreutz
Kiel Observatory
Giacobini
Nice
Glacobini
Greenwich
Reading Reduces Increased Suburban Rail Fare
The Reading Railway under President George F. Baer announces a partial reversal of its recent fare hike. After ten days of public condemnation and boycott impact, monthly tickets drop about half the prior increase amid notes of misinterpreted orders and looming regulatory pressures.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Reading Railway
George F. Baer
Baer
Record price paid for Fifth Avenue lot sale
Felix Isman of Philadelphia paid a little under 700000 for No 421 Fifth Ave a five story corner lot at 38th Street marking the highest price for a Fifth Avenue retail shaping district. The sale of Mrs Catharine M Andrews estate was handled by Bryan L Kennelly and Leopold Weil in cash.
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Fifth Avenue
Felix Isman
Philadelphia
5Th Ave
38Th St
Bryan L. Kennelly
Leopold Weil
Manhattan
Manhattan Island
Columbia Bank
American Safe Deposit Company
42D
Lotus Club
Plan for Broadway 41st to 42d plaza face condemnation
Property owners push city to buy the triangular block bounded by 41st 42d streets Broadway and Seventh Avenue to create an open plaza. Estimated cost 1.5 million to be split evenly with adjacent owners. Backers include Jefferson M. Levy James Regan and T F Paddell with broad neighborhood support. owners within the square resist. A petition for immediate action is being drafted.
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Broadway
42D Street
41St
42D Streets
Seventh Avenue
Jefferson M. Levy
James Regan
Knickerbocker Hotel
T. F. Paddell
Hermitage
the Tribune
Levy
French Church Buys Again Amid NYC Properties
The Church du St. Esprit at 45 East 27th Street added a seven story elevator apartment house at 341 Lexington Avenue to its holdings, bought from Charles Lane with O G Manss as broker. The plot measures 24 by 80 feet and follows prior purchases including 854 Fourth Avenue for 150000. The church, known as the French Church, continues its expansion from its 1900 dedication by Bishop Potter.
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Church du St. Esprit
East 27Th Street
Lexington Avenue
30Th Street
Charles Lane
O. G. Manss
Church
Fourth Avenue
27Th Street
Potter
Dynamite Found Stashed Under Bridge in Jersey City
Two boys discovered forty pounds of dynamite in two tin boxes and three milk bottles under a busy Jersey City bridge. Police cannot explain the find and pursue three theories including theft, lawful excess storage, or plans to blow up the bridge.
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Jersey City
Philadelphia Women Involved In Auto Crash
Mrs Kenall Cressy Mrs Charles Dillon and Mrs John Wiggins members of the Philadelphia Women's Automobile Club were injured in an auto crash on the highway to Atlantic City as a rear tire blew causing their car to swerve into a telegraph pole. Mrs Cressy suffered the most serious injuries and was bleeding severely on arrival at the hospital.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Kenall Cressy
Charles Dillon
John Wiggins
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Women's Automobile Club
Wiggins
Mrs. Cressy
Arrest of American in Paris Over $200,000 Misappropriation
G. W. Gammon of Sacramento, California, was arrested in Paris on charges of misappropriating $200,000 of the subscribed capital of the American Exploration Company. He was released on bail of $10,000. The company had its headquarters in Paris.
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Aris
G. W. Gammon
Sacramento
Cal
American Exploration Company
Paris
Dewey's Rich Old Port Wine Ad From New York Firm
An old newspaper ad touts Dewey and Sons Co of New York offering rich old port wine. The copy mentions the Dewey brand with a sale pitch aimed at merchants and households.
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DEWEY
Tik
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Harry Hamlin Killed In Buffalo Auto Wreck
Buffalo on Williamsville Road ends tragically as Harry Hamlin wealthy citizen dies when his car collides with a light wagon driven by Jacob Schaller. Schaller injured. 12 year old John Heckel fatally hurt with multiple severe injuries. Anthony Gavin and two Hamlin employees ride along.
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Buffalo
Harry Hamlin
Williamsville
Mr. Hamlin
Jacob Schaller
Hamlin
Mr. Schaller
John Heckel
Hamlin Dies In Dusty Auto Crash on Buffalo Williamsville Road
Two automobiles in heavy dust collided on a road near Buffalo causing a horse and wagon wreck. Mr. Hamlin, age 50, was killed with a broken neck after his car struck the horse and skidded onto trolley tracks. Chauffeur injured. Mrs. Hamlin and Gavin unharmed. Hamlin, a Buffalo merchant involved in trotting horse breeding and sugar interests, was a noted social figure and driver with a history of reckless speeding lawsuits.
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Try Club
Schaller
Gavin
Harry Hamlin
Ideal Stock Farm
Hamlin
New York
Newport
Buffalo
France
John D. Rockefeller
State Treasury Reports Record May Balance
Albany June 3 A balance of state funds of 20 645 807 the largest ever deposited to the credit of the state is reported for May by State Treasurer Hauser Receipts from indirect taxation were large with excise moneys totaling 8707 44 a half million more than last year The stock transfer tax returned 550 00 and corporations paid 557 000 twice as much as for the same month last year State Controller Glynn and State Treasurer Hauser plan to raise the rate on state deposits from 2 to 3 percent after July 1 to secure better interest.
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Albany
Hauser
Glynn
Snowfall Briefly Reported at Queen of Watering Places
A slight snowfall occurred at Newport Rhode Island on June 3, followed by a cold rain. The brief weather notice records a rare mid spring snow event in the resort area and notes the quick shift to rain.
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Queen OF Watering Places
Newport
R. L
Poland Spring House Opens With Fine Golf Links
Poland Spring announces the opening of its Poland Spring House on June 1 for the thirty-second season. The golf links are described as in fine condition. Advertising contact at Poland Spring office 130 Broadway New York City Tel 4743 Madison Square.
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Poland
N. Tel
Kasson seriously injured after fall in Washington
Washington June 3 John A Kasson of Iowa suffered a fractured arm after a fall and was carried to his home in serious condition He is eighty five years old Kasson has served as special reciprocity commissioner of the government a former congressman and member of the American Canadian Joint High Commission among other high offices
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Washington
John A. Kasson
Iowa
Kasson
Congress
Joint High Commission
American oarsman barred from Henley Diamond Sculls
Constance S. Titus, amateur champion single scull, had his entry rejected by Henley secretary J. F. Cooper because the United States lacks a federation agreement with Henley rules. Titus trained at Carnegie Lake, hopes to compete July 7 on the Thames, and this marks a second rejection since 1902 when he faced F. S. Kelley and other top rivals representing Union Boat Club.
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the Tribune
Princeton
N. J
Constance S. Titus
America
J. F. Cooper
Thames River
Henley
England
Cooper
United States
Titus
Carnegie Lake
F. S. Kelley
Bal- Hol College
Oxford
Union Boat Club
Scholes
Kelley
May Be Thugs Victim In River Bridge Murder Case
Edward L. Cuff, son of a retired detective sergeant, is believed slain after being waylaid by footpads. His coat and letter with his name were found at Willis avenue bridge end of the Harlem River. Police traced garments to John Cuff at 111 East 58th street. he suspects robbery and held-up men caused his son’s death.
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Edward L. Cuff
Willis Avenue
Harlem
Murray
Alexander Avenue
Bronx
East 58d Street
24Th Precinct
John Cuff
Rogers Refuses Food in Death-Row Struggle
Charles H. Rogers, confessed killer of three, battles the electric chair by starving himself. Guarded night and day, he has not eaten for a week and shows clear physical decline. Sheriff's office fears a grave outcome. physicians may be ordered to force nourishment to keep him alive. He seldom sleeps, smokes constantly when awake, and sometimes vents profanity about his condition.
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Middletown
N. Y
Charles H. Rogers
Rogers
Orange County Sheriff's Office
Green driver ties up hospital with ambulance crash
Four ambulance surgeons from St. Gregory's Hospital were jolted when a green driver lost control of the horses. The ambulance struck trucks on Cham bers street andGold street, throwing Dr Spankie from the vehicle. Dr Arnold regained control and continued to the hospital.
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St. Gregory's Hospital
Green
Bryant
Pier 15
North River
David
Payne
Chambers Street
Dr. Arnold
Dr. Spankie
Gold Street
Frankfort Street
Fire and theft trigger pier blaze at Norfolk government dock
George P. Decker of Old Point Comfort, an employee of United States Express Company, was arrested for setting a fire on the Norfolk government pier. He confessed to looting the express safe earlier that morning and, fearing an auditor, used excelsior to start the blaze. The fire destroyed superstructures and offices of Adams and Southern express, plus several steamer lines, with losses around $50,000.
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Tribune
Norfolk
George P. Decker
Old Point Comfort
United States Express Company
Express Company
Excelsior
Radical apportionment plan moves toward party caucus
Albany reports a sweeping reapportionment bill by Senator Tully, approved by Governor Hughes, promising a total redistricting across the state. The measure faces party caucus strategy, potential cross-district political backlash, and likely passage despite objections from Emerson and other opponents.
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Albany
Tully
Hughes
Senate
Raines
Emerson
Wemple
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Bar Titus
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