Crimmins Letter Targets Fifth Avenue Encroachment
John D Crimmins releases a letter accusing George W Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor of illegal encroachment on a Fifteen foot stretch of Fifth Avenue in front of Vanderbilt’s home at Fifty fifth Street. He cites a 1901 aldermanic resolution granting an unauthorized iron and glass porch and urges halting such street invasions while proposing wider city plans and avenues from Nassau Street to Gramercy Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Crimmins
Mayor Law
Mr. Crimmins
Fifth-ave
George W. Vanderbilt
John Jacob Astor
Law
Cantor
Vanderbilt
Board of Aldermen
Fifty-fifth-st
Manhattan
Aghways
Poe
Fiftyfifth-st
First-ave
Nassau St
University Place
Washington Square
Fourth-st
Wooster St
Twenty-third-st
Lexington
Third
Fourth
Madison
Fifth
Lexington-ave
Gramercy Park
Irving Place
Fourth-ave
Fire letters in jail law is supported now
Albany dispatch reports former Congressman Louis W. Emerson says juries will likely convict arsonists who set fires in woods amid statewide forest fire devastation. In Warren County a man is jailed for fifty fires and another confession led to a hundred day sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Albany
Louis W. Emerson
Warren County
Thurman
Dreath
Fox
First Diamond Importers Case Heard in Cincinnati
The government’s first case against diamond importers was tried in Cincinnati. Fox Bros. Co. had its assessment increased by $27,000 after General Appraisers president Thaddeus Sharretts presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Amor Smith
Fox Bros. & Co
Thaddeus
Sharretts
Board of
General Appraisers
Fox, Bros. & Co
BRT Agree On Damage and New Rope-Loop Additions
General Manager Calderwood says the dispute with Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal over wine vault damages is settled and four extra loops east of the Manhattan terminal will be ready in three months. The new loops aim to relieve rush hour congestion. President Winter reports Rapid Transit support for Parsons's subway connection plans between the bridges, aiding the congestion solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calderwood
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Lindenthal
Luydes Bros
Manhattan
Jie
Winter
Orr
Rapid Transit Commission
Parsons
Grout
Smith
Wagner Singers Withdraw From Parsifal Engagements
Berlin dispatch says Wagner singers Burgstaller and Van Rooy withdrew from New York Parsifal engagements with the Metropolitan Opera. Conried had engaged them. conductor Felix Mottl also declined New York work due to ties with the Weener family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Munich
Wagner
Herr Burgstaller
Herr van Rooy
Conried
Metropolitan Opera House
New-York
Felix Mottl
Weener
Eppinger failure widens with $1.37 million debts
In San Francisco in June the Eppinger collapse grows to liabilities near $1,373,000. Only about $650 in property remains to cover debts, with $400,000 tied to land mortgaged by the London Paris and American Bank. Warehouses stores and trains total $250,409 to satisfy claims near $1,000,000. Absolute loss about $750,000, leaving the Eppingers nearly penniless and hitting four San Francisco banks and three country banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Eppinger
London, Paris and American Bank
Eppingers
Teachers College seniors hold last day exercises and luncheon
The Teachers College class concluded with a morning meeting in Millbank Memorial Hall followed by ivy planting. Seventy five members heard toasts at St. Andrew's Hotel with speakers from Buffalo Mount Vernon and New York. A graduation dance occurred in the college building and alumni reunion is planned for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers College
Millbank Memorial Hall
Luella Virginia Allis
Syracuse
St. Andrew's Hotel
William T. Wden
Buffalo
Columbia University
Grace Elsie Jenkins
Mount Vernon
Anna Townsend Bridgman
New York
Jean Alice Broadhurst
Helen Reynolds Wilbur
McKim travelling fellowships in architecture announced
Columbia University reveals the McKim fellowships in architecture with Frank A. Nelson and George W. Jacoby winning awards and honorable mentions for Edward S. Hewitt and Benjamin F. Cairne. The $80 annual fellowships derive from a $20 000 fund established in 1889 by Charles F. McKim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKim
Columbia University
Frank A. Nelson
George W. Jacoby
Edward S. Hewitt
Benjamin F. Cairne
Charlies F. McKim
Burglary Foiled as Robber Drops Silver on Roof
A fleeing burglar dropped a silverware bundle worth $2,000 on a roof after entering the home of Carl Hansen at 9 West Forty-seventh Street. Captain Tighe and fifteen reserves recovered the loot, restoring it to Hansen, who had been alerted by Mrs. Mary McAllister upon seeing a man on the fire escape. Police suspect two other men as the burglars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tighe
East Fifty-first-st
West Forty-seventh-st
Carl Fisher Hansen
Mary McAllister
L. B. Cannon
Louis C. Clark
No. 51
Wall-st
Clark House
No. 19
Sixth-ave
No. 33
Mr. Hansen
Brooklyn Officials Forced to Pay Cash for Stamps
Postmaster Roberts ends a long practice of supplying Brooklyn municipal and borough departments with stamps on credit. Departments long treated the courtesy as a right, delaying vouchers and causing Roberts to front 1,500 to 2,000 dollars monthly. Washington denied permission to continue offering credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Roberts
Grout
Post Office Department
Post Office
Washington
Examining Defective Police Measuring Machine
The Civil Service Commission and General Greene investigated claims the police candidate measuring device was flawed. An inspection by Mr Wheaton, a weights and measures sealer, found the machine can be manipulated to inflate a person’s height by a quarter inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
General Greene
Wheaton
Six Die in Eight Months Strikes Newark Family
George M. Hazard of the Immigration Bureau at the Barge Office Newark died at home 115 Osborne Terrace after weeks of eye trouble. He had ten years in service and had just learned of an uncle’s death. within eight months his mother a brother two uncles and a brother in law died suddenly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Hazard
Immigration Bureau
Osborne Terrace
Newark
N. J
Immigration Service
Naval Surgeon Sued for Divorce by Barre Barber
Mrs Belle Bemis Barber sues Dr George H Barber a naval surgeon for absolute divorce. Robert L Turk counsel obtained from Justice Clarke permission to serve summons by publication on the husband. Co respondent named Louisa Walker. Married in 185 with no children. Affidavit states defendant not in state but at Coaster's Island Harbor Narragansett Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Turk
Belle Bemis Barber
Justice Clarke
Supreme Court
George H. Barber
Louisa Walker
Laura J. Willis
Coaster’s Island Harbor
Narragansett Bay
Ex Mayor Boody elected president of Sprague National Bank
At a directors meeting ex Mayor David A. Boody was chosen president of Sprague National Bank located at Fourth and Flatbush in Brooklyn to succeed the late N T Sprague. Theophilus Olena of Olena and Craig was elected vice president succeeding Boody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Boody
Sprague National Bank
Fourth and Flatbush
Kent Place School Graduates in Summit New Jersey
The Kent Place School held its annual commencement in Summit, New Jersey. Guests attended as students displayed artwork, heard a commencement address by Hamilton W. Mabie, and the class graduated including Edna Louise and Genevieve Osmith, Julie Sheffield's motto design featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit
N. J
Kent Place
Chancellor Kent
Julie Sheffield
Helen Marie Burr
New York
Hamilton W. Mabie
Theodore F. White
First Baptist Church
Walker Gwynne
Calvary Episcopal Church
Belle Bardon
Ashland
Wis
Leonora Bates
Theodote Bates
Somersworth
N. H
Orrel Higham Cartwright
Coralie Howard Haman
Baltimore
Aline Elizabeth Holmes
Carole Hanford Wright
Edwina Votey
Julia Taylor
Mills Law
Helen A. Reed
South Weymouth
Mass
Katrina M. Rodenbach
Nagatuck
Conn
Edna Louise
Genevieve Osmith
Aurora
Canal advocates reply to anti canal senators
A Buffalo and New York group of canal improvement advocates releases a rebuttal to senators opposing the 1000 ton barge canal plan. The letter argues railroads control port interests, that NY and Buffalo businesses demand canal expansion, and that Erie Canal modernization would boost intra state commerce and regional industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clinton
J. W. Fisher
R. R. Hefford
Buffalo
Henry B. Herbert
L. Boas
Gustav H. Schwab
Frank Brainard
New York
Witherbee
Port Henry
Frederick O. Clark
Oswego
State of
Erie Canal
Maps and Manuscripts Donated to Newberry Library
Chicago June 9 Ayer gives a rare collection of maps and manuscripts on the history of the French marine from the 13th century to the Franco Prussian War to the Newberry Library. Collected by Paul Carles over thirty years, the set includes 41 000 maps and about 6000 text pages and reflects Carles planned history work. Ayer also added for his private library the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicles volume. The collection came from Librairie Chadenat in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Newberry
Edward E. Ayer
Paul Carles
M. Carles
Ayer
Librairie Chadenat
Paris
America
Unfavorable Crop Report Highlights Flood Damages
The Weather Bureau notes excessive rains across the lower Missouri and Ohio valleys and central Mississippi margins damaging crops. Flood stages at St Louis and Kansas City are historic. Some regions need rain while others report rapid harvests and promising spring wheat in the Dakotas and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Tennessee
Carolinas
Georgia
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Missouri River
Kansas City
Upper Lake Region
Central
West Gulf States
North Dakota
Montana
Rocky Mountain States
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Nebraska
Iowa
Middle Atlantic
Lake
Texas
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Pacific Coast
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio Valley
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Wisconsin
Indiana
Arkansas
Edison Company Must Show Cause Before Board of Health
Commissioner Lederle instructs New York Edison Company officers to appear at today’s Board of Health meeting and show cause why the First Avenue and Thirty Ninth Street plant should not be declared a public nuisance. Smoke and cinders persist despite arrests of Satay staff. engineers and firemen face varied charges. The board will hear supplementary complaints from interested parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lederle
Health Department
New-York Edison Company
Board of Health
First-ave
Thirty-ninth-st
Mount McKinley Summit Expedition Arrives in Seattle
Frederick A. Cook of New York Robert A. Dunn of Harvard and Ralph Shainwald a Columbia graduate plan to climb Mount McKinley in Alaska. They secured fifteen pack horses and 1 250 pounds of food supplies with alpine gear including axes ropes stoves a silk tent and sleeping bags. They head to Cook's Inlet for ascent preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Frederick A. Cook
New York
Robert A. Dunn
Harvard
Ralph Shainwald
Columbia
Cook
Mount McKinley
Alaska
Cook's Inlet
Synod Debates Higher Critics and Polygamy Policy
At Asbury Park the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America criticized higher critics and seminary teaching, urging stronger minister recruitment. Dr. Burrell supported expelling Reed Smoot and urged Congress to curb polygamy. A remarriage of divorced persons issue prompted debate, with a resolution to limit remarriage until next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Asbury Park
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
David James Burrell
Marble Collegiate Church
New York City
Burrell
Board of Education
John G. Gebhard
Reed Smoot
Utah
United States Senate
Congress
William H. Jackson
General Synod
Frank R. van Nest
Frederick Frelinghuysen
Rochester
St. Louis
Grand Rapids
West
Roosevelt
Utch Reformed Church
Committee On Correspondence
Alfred E. Myers
New-York
Reformed Church
Myers
Jesus Christ
Vance
Murder in Puerto Cortez Fatal Shooting of Dr Albert Ferrari
News arrives of the killing of Dr Albert Ferrari in Puerto Cortez Spanish Honduras. A naturalized American citizen and Philadelphia medical graduate, he was shot by soldiers after a clash involving the city police chief. Family seeks U S government action. investigations inconclusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Mobile
Puerto Cortez
Spanish Honduras
Albert Ferrari
United States
Ferrari
Philadelphia
Honduras
Dr. Ferrari
Golden Wedding at Elberon Fifty Years Together
Elberon June 9 The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Lewis was celebrated with a reception at their Phillips-ave home. Seven sons and seven grandchildren attended along with many friends. Mr. Lewis was a former New York official and prominent public figure active in education and state affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elberon
Samuel A. Lewis
Phillips-ave
Lewis
New York
Board of Aldermen
Wickham
Tilden
Roscoe Conkling
New York State
Philadelphia
Mount Sinai Hospital
Chester A. Arthur
Ex Assemblyman Mazet Appointed Appraiser for Hewitt Estate
Former Assemblyman Robert Mazet was named by Surrogate Thomas to appraise the Abram S. Hewitt estate for inheritance tax purposes in New Jersey where Hewitt’s will was probated. Hewitt, a former mayor, was a New Jersey resident at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mazet
Thomas
Abram S. Hewitt
Hewitt
New Jersey
Harvard Club of San Francisco Honors Bonnell Scholarship
Stanford student John M Bonnell has been awarded the Harvard Club of San Francisco graduate scholarship for the year. Bonnell came to Palo Alto in 1895 from Philadelphia. He attends Stanford University in California and secures the prestigious award from Harvard University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford University
Cal
Harvard University
Harvard Club
San Francisco
John M. Bonnell
Stanford
Bonnell
Palo Alto
Philadelphia
Army and Navy Orders Published in Washington June 9
Special report lists army moves from Fort Slocum to Denver and Manila for investigations. Navy transfers include Captain Dayton to the Naval War College and McCalla to Mare Island, with numerous detachments and reassignments among ships yards and stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Navy
George DE G. Catlin
Fort Slocum
Denver
William G. Gregory
Division of Philippines
Fort Apache
Robert Ll. Howie
Porto Rico
M. Miller
Navy Yard
Island
Pacific Naval District
B. H. McCalla
Naval Training Station
San Francisco
Mare Island
J. H. Dayton
Naval War College
G. F. F. Wilde
Boston
H. Osterhaus
Santee
G. M. Stoney
Dolphin
A. C. Dieffenbach
Naval Proving Ground
Governor Bailey Marries Ida Weed in Kansas City
Governor Willis J. Bailey of Kansas and Mrs. Ida B. Weed wed at the First Congregational Church in Kansas City with Rev. J. F. Fifield officiating. The couple departed for Topeka after the ceremony. Bailey denied promising to marry if elected, calling the tale a lighthearted joke from friends during his campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Willis J. Bailey
Kansas
Ida B. Weed
First Congregational Church
J. F. Fifield
Aew
Bailey
Topeka
Weed
Arrivals of Buyers in New York Import Firms
A long list of visiting buyers from Buffalo Philadelphia Baltimore and other cities is recorded with firms and representatives including J E Breese William Page J L Adrian A A Brager D H Holmes and Dives Pomeroy Stewart. Entries show firms such as N Adam Co Adam Meldrum & Anderson Co Callender McAuslan & Troop Carl Knott & Co and Carl Tyroler with goods ranging from laces furs and white goods to millinery and dry goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Adam & Co
Buffalo
J. E. Breese
John M. Coate
Leonard St
Albere
A. A. Brager
Baltimore
T. G. Hardesty
Marlborough, Brown, Thomson Co
Hartford
J. S. Marsden
W. M. Calkins
S. S. Carl
R. B. Tyroler
Broadway
Herald Square
J. L. Chalifoux
Lowell
Mass
Navarre
Clawson & Wilson Company
A. Hamling
Nations
Imperial
B. B. Conrad & Co
Boston
B. B. Conrad
Cloaks
G. H. Dunlap
West Broadwer
A. Mark's Sons
Amsterdam
Carl Mark
Imtal
McAuslan & Wekelin
Holyoke
W. B. Wakelin
S. W. Newberger & Co
New Albany
Ind
W. Newberger
Corteens & Mitchell
Norwich
A. B. Mitchell
White St
Albert
L Senradzk
Peoria
Hoffmar
Sibley, Lindsay & Carr Company
Rochester
G. M. Pratt
S. L. Warren
W. H. Harsh
Broome St
Normandie
Smith & Murray
Spri
C. A. Rochat
St. H
Leonard-st
Mpertial
Ward, Montgomery & Co
Chicago
W. C. de Mar
Manhattan
Watt & Shand
Lancaster
P. T. Watt
W. S. Sullivan
Albert, Watt, Rettew & Clay
Norfolk
L. B. Hyslop
B. Mayers
McCarthy & Sons
Syracuse
George O'Hara
Boendwee
Pee & Co
Castiennate
I. Cago
Wanamaker's Drives High Fashion Silk and Silk-Cotton Sale
A fashion distribution blitz features 200000 yards of silk and cotton goods offered at dramatic savings. Shoppers flock to Wanamaker's for discounts from 50 cents a yard on printed silk and cotton muslins to Sublime and Sublime patterns at 25 cents to 18 cents a yard. Large stock remains with hundreds of fabric designs in navy, black, white and pastels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker’s
Lyons
Summer Cottage Furniture For Comfort And Style
Furniture makers offer airy seaside friendly pieces ideal for summer cottages. Wicker, green palm shaded, prairie grass and green oak styles feature chairs rockers settees and tables with mid range prices from six to thirty dollars. Fourth floor sale marks remaining Green Cedar and Mission style items down 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. J. Astor
J. D. Crimmins
Mr. Vanderbilt
van Rooy
Burgstaller and Mott
Country
WIN Architecture Felowships
Forty-seventh-st
Gateman
Boody Bank
Kent Place School
VICHY
Fraser & Co
5Th Avenue
N. Y
Oasis
Es Rts
Broadway, N. Y
Arge Canal
Chicago Institution
Edison Company
Che
DR. Burrell
Mrs. S. A. Lewis
A. S. Hewitt Estate
Army and Navy
Altoona
Penn
Mr. Fleck
Walker-st. Goldenberg Brothers
Julius M. Goldenberg
Grand
Goldsmith Bros. & Co
Scranton
Goldsmith
Notion
M. Goodkind
Troy
Herald
E. P. Hunt & Co
Great Barrington
E. P Hunt
Drygoods
Criterion
A. S. & T. Hunter
Utica
F. E. Mawers
Hunter & Hunter
Detroit
Thomas Hunter
Mr. Patterson
Mr. van Dyke
White
Jordan
Marsh Company
J. Landy
W. W. Willey
H. Bradshaw
G. H. Guest
Shawn Sons & Co
Ralph Sachs
Miss E. New
Earlington
Kaufman Bros
Pittsburg
A. .Birkle
Hoffman
W. L. Kleeman
Springfield
O. J. Kleeman
Lebeck Bros
Nashville
Mrs. L. Shaub
Imperial Leh & Son
Allentown
J. Leh
Victoria
B. H. Levy & Bro
Savannah
B. H. Levy
Jonas Long
Auteuil
Longchamps
Homburg
Carlsbad
Dinard
Trouville
John Wanamaker
A. T. Stewart & Co
4Th
Avre
Ats
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