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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1905
Page
10
Commissioner T. Crain of the Tenement House Department resigns, citing poor health. Robert W. de Forest and Henry S. Thompson are discussed as possible successors. de Forest previously served as commissioner under Mayor Low and earned a creditable record.
Henry Thompson becomes Acting Superintendent after Perez Stewart resigns. Mayor McClellan accepts Crain’s notice citing health advised rest of at least three months. Crain commends staff, cites progress in tenement housing and fire escape enforcement amid prior criticism after the Allen Street fire.
Philadelphia June 5. At Mayor Weaver request William H Brooks chief of Bureau of Highways resigned. Brooks in department over ten years first bureau chief dismissed for the good of the service. His successor unnamed. New directors of Public Safety and Public Works audit departments. Director Potter found a recently appointed policeman had multiple prior arrests and prison terms and dismissed him. Potter ordered seven bureaus to end compulsory political assessments. Acker of Public Works expected to issue a similar order.
A distinguished authoress and her husband moved to a California fruit ranch seeking relief from stomach and nervous troubles. She recounts how switching to Grape-Nuts improved digestion and restored health, leading to weight gain and renewed energy, with a playful birthday surprise featuring Grape-Nuts pudding.
Borough President Ahearn writes to Mayor McClellan urging the Rapid Transit Commission to fix streets wrecked by contractors. Details target Lenox Avenue, Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue, 96th to 130th Streets, and several cross streets with uneven curbs and dangerous depressions. He asks for permits and records to trace openings, criticizes shoddy repaving, and seeks contractor accountability.
L Laflin Kellogg, counsel for Little Tim Bullivan and three aldermen known as the big three, said the board plans no delay to rapid transit but will seek a court ruling this week on whether the legislature can strip aldermen of franchise control. A suit aims to restrain the Board of Estimate and Apportionment from acting on four franchises for the Atlantic Telephone Company and railroad extensions in outlying districts.
Boston reports large scale plans for the eleventh International Sunday School Convention to be held in Toronto June 23 to 26. Delegates from 67 states provinces and territories plus Cuba Mexico and Central America are expected, with about 2100 delegates and thousands of visitors. The theme is Winning a Generation, with pastors urged to preach on June 5. Speakers include Bishop John H. Vincent Bishop W F McDowell John Wanamaker Robert B Spear and Rev Dr Jesse L Hurlbut.
Washington June 5 Postmaster General Cortelyou announced Pearl Wright of New Orleans as a member of the Republican National Committee for Louisiana. Wright, a leading New Orleans businessman, is to represent the state’s party general interests, not a faction.
Special dispatch from Sioux City reports Mennonite colonies in South Dakota facing internal strife over arranged marriages and communal living. Rising defection among young men seeks independent farms and political involvement, challenging church rules and shared governance. Authorities fear disintegration as youths seek personal choice and voting influence while remaining wary of military service.
Justice Davy heard motions by Armitage Mathews and John W. Wooten to inspect grand jury minutes in the conspiracy and grand larceny case tied to the Weisel estate loot. Letters from Sing Sing prison cited potential prosecutorial bargains, while Ferguson and Rothschild figures loomed. Justice Davy set briefs due next Monday.
In the Court of Special Sessions yesterday two milk dealers were fined one dollar each for selling adulterated milk. Others received varying fines including Jacob Newman fifteen dollars Abraham Koatver seventy five dollars Pauline Taylor fifty dollars Joseph Parist nothing Mayer Gréentaum twenty one ten th street and Frank Pashelian twenty fourth street were among the named offenders with fines recorded.
The fourteenth International Peace Congress will meet in Lucerne Switzerland from September 1 for a week. It aims to discuss reducing armies and navies and establishing a standing international congress, with strong American participation urged to show U S support for the peace movement. The Peace Bureau at Herne and Swiss organizations plan an impressive gathering, seeking broad European attendance and American involvement.
In Jefferson Market Court, the prisoner described as John Davis of No 123 College Street New Haven was identified as Oscar Lewisohn a younger family member of bankers. A bicycle patrolman halted him after a stop near Bthave and he was taken to the Tenderloin station.
The Dock Department announced the new West Street pier is completed and may receive Hudson River Day Line boats landing there instead of the old West Street dock. Sandy Hook boats from New Jersey Central will also use the pier.
The cerebro-spinal meningitis epidemic is slowly decreasing with sixty deaths last week, three fewer than the same week in 194. Manhattan deaths were ninety-seven for the period, and the city’s overall death rate has fallen to a level similar to last year.
The Squadron Flag presented to the Merchants' Association of New York for the Treffe Squad of the Police Department on May 6 will be shown in Tiffany’s window throughout the week. The United States flag given by the association at the last police parade is also exhibited with photographs of the presentation scene.
A jury yesterday acquitted Edward F. Kelms, driver for American Sightseeing Coach Company, in the death of eleven year old James Jordan on May 34. The court found the killing an accident and Kelms was discharged from custody.
Raines law hotel operators plan court action to block the Ambler law’s hotel license rules. The first test case may involve a liquor dealer who refuses to surrender a $1,200 tax certificate, seeking an injunction while the constitutionality is argued. The Fourteen Committee prepares to file complaints, with surveys due within 30 days.
Joseph Schmidt of 24 Avenua A was convicted of carrying a revolver without a permit. Justices in the Court of Special Sessions handed him three months in the penitentiary, the harshest penalty since the ordinance set a six month maximum. His arrest was on May 90 and a revolver was found.
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