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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1900
Page
6
The mayor and twenty city workers to wear uniforms for a Saturday baseball match on H M Le Count lawn. Gate receipts go to a day nursery led by Mrs. C Oliver Iselin. Also a verdict for 1250 dollars awarded to Mrs. Mary Rankin for injuries on a Union Railway car.
A blaze that began yesterday at Horton's wallpaper store on Railroad Ave spread to Raynolds & Co's market to the east and Doepel Brothers' market to the west. Total loss about 16 dollars. Firemen fought four hours to control the flames and more hours to dampen the ruins. Occupants above the shops escaped with property losses.
Forty three years earlier George M. Tyler then Sum merfield police chief placed a cent under a post of a Methodist church under construction by his father. While passing the old building yesterday he saw it being torn down and recovered the coin after a brief search. The coin is an old fashioned piece and will be kept as a watch charm.
The City Club, at the request of the Charter Revision Committee, submits a long letter outlining reforms for the city charter. Proposals include classifying charter provisions, extending mayoral removal powers, reducing to one chamber, minority representation, municipal ownership of water and docks, and separating elections from the Police Bureau to end bipartisan control.
Henry Guttin, proprietor of Hotel Guttin at 113 West Twenty fifth Street, says his son rushed into Hotel J A Guttin at 25th Street shouting he would shoot his father. The son, James B. Guttin, was fined ten dollars after a first arrest. He later reappeared at 11 p m with a revolver, escaping police again as guests panicked.
The will of Dr. Gibier was filed for probate with an estate valued at about $50 000. He directs cremation for his body and leaves $10 000 to the New York Bacteriological Institute in trust until Miss Christine Cauret de Besle’s death, with $10 000 income to her until death. The residue and business interests go to Louis Gibier of Paris.
Peter J. L. Searing president of Snow Flake Salt Company and a quick passerby thwart a bold pickpocket on the Ninth Avenue elevated. The thief passed a $150 watch to a confederate, then fled, but was captured at Leonard Street station. The suspect, Robert Harte, a 29 year old cigarmaker of 446 Pacific Street Brooklyn, faces grand larceny charges.
The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument Association has arranged a ceremony to remove the skeletons of 108 men who died aboard the prison ship to their final resting place. The skeletons are at the Navy Yard in six boxes and will be moved.
A compact fashion note introduces Canadian sack cloth described as woolen and stylish with a negligee look. It emphasizes the fabric’s weave, loose porous texture and comfort, presenting light gray, dark gray and black suits priced at $20.
On Saturday a formal procession will place skeletal remains at Fort Greene Park alongside those buried 27 years ago. The 13th Regiment N G N Y, Marines and Navy Yard sailors, and Fort Hamilton troops will escort three hearses to Plymouth Church where the skeletons are transferred from Navy to the society for sepulture. General Stewart L. Woodford will deliver an oration with Dr Newell Dwight Hillis conducting a religious service. Major General John R. Brooke and General Horatio C. King will attend as chief marshal.
A list of notable guests at major New York hotels includes Judge John Davis of the Court of Claims and Captain J. B. Erwin at Albemarle. H. W. Stokes and Captain C. C. Ballou at Buckingham. Col L. S. Babbitt and Louis F. Payn at Grand Union. Ex-Mayor George E. Green at Hoffman. Col W. H. Baker and others at Holland. Ex-Mayor D. C. Robinson at Imperial. Medill McCormick and Prof Charles Mellen Tyler at Manhattan. Rev H. S. Hansen and Robert H. Davis at Murray Hill. Judges Venner and Neale at Netherlands. Rep Joseph C. Sibley at Plaza. George Curtis Treadwell and George Eastman among Waldorf guests.
Ships sailing today include Oceanic Liverpool White Star St Louis Southampton American Friesland Antwerp Red Vigilancia Havana Na Ithalia Tampico NY Cus San Marcos Galveston Mallory Catania Pernambuco Norton THURSDAY JUD Columbia Hamburg Hamb Am La Gascogne Havre Koenigin Luise Bremen Norse Lloy San Juan Porto Rico NY PR Hilarius La Plata Booth Santiago de Cuba NY E Dorado Morgan close. Vessel sails 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm and other times Friday June 15 Ydun Progreso Iroquois Charleston Clyde.
Shipping news lists arrivals and departures at New York Bar with numerous steamers from Liverpool Glasgow Bristol Hamburg Rotterdam and more. Details include vessel names origins dates passenger counts cargoes and arrivals at the Bar with notes on delays and destinations.
District Attorney Gardiner’s case before Commissioner Wilcox. Board of Trade and Transportation at 28 Broadway 3 30 p m. Brooklyn Jockey Club races 2 30 p m. Twenty ninth Assembly District Republican meeting at Tuxedo Hall 8 p m. Music in Mulberry Bend Park at 9 p m.
Company B of the Tist Regiment will take an excursion to the State Camp at Peekskill next Tuesday. The steamer Cygnus will depart from the West Twenty second street pier at 9 a.m. and from West One hundred twenty ninth street at 9 30 a.m. The Charity Organization Society seeks 25 dollars to supply small comforts to an elderly educated man resident in a Home with no relatives. Send donations to 106 East Twenty second street. Otis N. Cutler five years old of Suffern New York died at Roosevelt Hospital from blood poisoning after a fall from a toy wagon on May 1. A surgeon treated a compound arm fracture but infection led to death on May 26.
The Elliott & Hatch Company declares that buyers of any non Eliott & Hatch typewriter risk infringement. Suit on the patents has already been filed in a U S court against the alleged infringing typewriter company. Also advertises E and W products including linen, shirts, Greve's Ointment for skin conditions, and Parkers Hair Balsam as life to the hair.
Sunrise 4 28 and sunset 7 32 with moonrise at 8 08 and age 15. High water times list morning at Sandy Hook 7 23 Gov Island 7 55 Hell Gate 9 44 and evening at Sandy Hook 7 44 Gov Island 8 16 Hell Gate 10 05.
San Francisco June 12 official closing quotations for mining stocks show mixed results across miners. Prominent firms reported modest gains and losses amid steady trading, with several key names closing near prior levels and volumes thinning into late session.
Boston reports the wool market unchanged with demand for immediate use only. Dealers hold stocks while awaiting a clearer trend, making reliable quotations rare. Territory wools fetch around medium and fine scoured prices, but no firm quote exists to guide buyers. Ohio and Pennsylvania lead descriptions follow.
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