Tammany's Loose Ways Exposed In Dock Department Audit
A report by Charlea Hervey of the Finance Department details $2,418,22154 spent on treasurer's orders in the Dock Department under the Tammany administration. The audit, reviewed by Mayor Low and Commission of Accounts head William Hepburn Russell, highlights lack of compensation for work and materials, and names Charlies F. Murphy and Daniel F. McMahon among prominent figures. Major recipients include Uvalde Asphalt Paving, Morris & Cumings Dredging, Naughton & Co., and others. The orders show two types: construction under new plans and repairs, approved by the Dock Commission, with payments routed through the Department of Finance. A later note covers Staten Island ferry franchise hearings and calls for more slips to service growing transit needs.
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Hervey
Tammany
Charlies F. Murphy
Daniel F. McMahon
George W. Plunkitt
John J. Kane
Bart Dunn
Edward F. Keating
Department of Finance
Corporation Counsel
Dock Commission
Staten Islanders
Hawkes
Staten Island
Whiten
David Tyson, Jr
Staten Stand
Slp
New York
Whitehall St
Picked Fight to Serve Papers
Victor Le Payne a St Pierre Martinique native with a Summit Ave Jersey City Heights home worth £200000 was arraigned in Adami St Brooklyn on abandonment charges from his wife of Nassau St. A quarrel with a process server led to his arrest, then a three day stay at Blackwell's Island for failing to pay a fine. He calls it persecution and plans to visit Martinique soon. The Bowery YMCA farm in Woodbury N J offers work for out of work men. Schoolship St Mary's itinerary announced sailing from New London June 11 to Southampton July 21 then Havre Lisbon McGeira and back by October with mail via United States Dispatch Agent London.
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Summit-ave
Jersey City Heights
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Nassau St
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Manhattan
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Sal
Lisbon
United States
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Octo- A. V. Wadhams
Trafalgar Square
London
England
Inspectors Hear Lecture From Police Commissioner Partridge
Police Commissioner Partridge summoned all inspectors to his office for a private hour long talks. He distributed commendations criticisms and suggestions tailored to districts. Patrolmen Murphy Hawley were dismissed for neglect of duty and Cain suspended for larceny. John Tomany awarded a medal of honor for bravery in a stabbing incident.
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P. J. P. Murphy
William Hawley
Brooklyn
George R. Cain
John Tomany
Judge Adjourns General Sessions Court Over Missing Cases
Judge Newburger adjourned yesterday’s General Sessions calendar with fifteen cases and about twenty-one defendants including Leon Stedeker Henry Stedeker and Percy Levine. DA Jerome blamed absent police witnesses. he promised to contact Police Commissioner Partridge for action on subpoenas.
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Jerome
Leon Stedeker
Henry Stedeker
Percy Levine
No. 2 Deyst
Schurman
Partridge
Delaney Faces Charges After Sherman House Raid
District Attorney Jerome says charges will be filed against Police Captain Delaney of the East Thirty-fifth Street station and Detective Sergeant Butler. Delaney accused of neglect of duty for allowing poolrooms. Butler tied to a newspaper entrapment attempt. Trial of Police Captain Herlihy set for next Monday in Court of Special Sessions.
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Thirty-fifth-st
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Sherman House
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Partridge
Herlihy
Court of Special Sessions
Goff
Governor Odell Denies Charges by Hyacinthe Ringrose
Odell replies to Hyacinthe Ringrose, attorney for Suspender Jack McGee, that allegations against District Attorney Jerome were not entertained. Jerome accused of abusing the subpoena power in the case of the policeman who refused alimony as directed by the Supreme Court. Policeman Dougherty faced drunk on duty trial. three Eldridge Street policemen, in uniform, were tested for drinking at a saloon with an attempt to curb a drunken officer.
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Hyacinthe Ringrose
Jack" McGee
Jerome
Supreme Court
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Thurston
Eldridgest
Inspector Cross
Firemen Entitled to Trial for Five Day Absence
Justice Greenbaum ruled in the Brennan case that a fireman cannot be summarily dismissed for five days of unexplained absence without leave. The Greater New York Charter requires charges in writing and a trial, and no cause was shown to justify immediate removal.
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Patrick J. Brennan
New York
Sturgis
Graduates Leave Princeton After Commencement
Old Nassau ended its commencement with the passing of the loving cup by the class. Today graduates departed in groups of ten, fifteen, and twenty aboard every departing train. Cheers from those left behind mixed with tears from four years of friendship. The campus grows deserted as dormitories prepare to close tomorrow.
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Nassau
Anecdotes on Patton and Wilson in Sunday Tribune
The Tribune plans a feature next Sunday with several engaging anecdotes about President Patton and President Wilson of Princeton University, offering historical reflections and local interest insights.
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Wilson
Princeton University
Tribune
Umbria Steamship Showcases Portable Telephones
A reception for the new steamship Umbria of the Italian Line drew over two hundred visitors. The vessel, a 4509 horsepower single screw ship, runs New York to Naples and set a Gibraltar to New York time of 7 days 4 hours on its maiden voyage. Notable features include bedsteads in staterooms, running water, electric cigar lighters, and portable telephones.
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Gibraltar
Open elevated cars draw crowds on Third Avenue line
Open cars on the Third Avenue elevated line are highly popular with travelers who wish more cars were in use. The cars, powered by electricity, provide a comfortable ride and are kept exclusive by a rule against crowds and standing between seats.
Civil Service Exams and Coast Survey Openings
The United States Civil Service Commission announces July tests for a Finnish interpreter requiring Russian and Swedish, salary 1.20. July 9 watch officer exam at Coast and Geodetic Survey, then July 11 twelve aides vacancies, salary 720. July 15 and 16 piece work computer posts at Naval Observatory and Nautical Almanac Office. The New Albany feature previews next Sunday Tribune with building pictures.
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Nautical Almanac Office
Brooklyn transit panel approves 35 year tunnel contract plan
At a Rapid Transit Commission meeting Mayor Low wins approval to extend the Brooklyn extension life to 35 years with a possible 25 year extension. Ducts will be treated as construction work, costing the city about 1.5 million dollars, with contractor earnings thresholds and monthly bonuses or penalties. McDonald and McDonald’s sureties prepare an assignment to Interborough Rapid Transit Company as a new capitalized entity emerges.
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Grout
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Lowt
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Langdon
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William McCarroll
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Broadway
G. W. Wickersham
Belmont
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
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Orr
Bates Hotel Seeks Referee Over Subway Work Damages
John Delahunty for B L M Bates plans to ask Part 1 Special Term Supreme Court for a referee to fix damages to the Everett House Union Square from subway construction. Inspecting hotel books to gauge past earnings and yearly increases, with guests to testify on discomfort and noise. Bates may urge powerhouse removal or firm reimbursement from contractors Olbrook Cabot Daly as settlement talks continue.
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Bates
Olbrook, Cabot & Daly
Kidnapped child meets father in Chicago after years
Chicago dated June 12 Mrs Nathaniel Bloom, now teen aged, and her New York business father M Nathan reunited today for the first time since the Hoboken abduction in 1890. The girl, identified by a facial scar, had wed a carpet dealer in Englewood. A delirious Aurora widow Mrs Greene claimed the case and stirred the husband to contact the father.
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Nathaniel Bloom
M. Nathan
New York
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N. J
Englewood
Aurora
St. Mark's Buys a New Site for Church
Paterson June 12 Special St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church rebuilt after the great fire will not return to Church and Ellison streets. Trustees bought a plot at Broadway and Straight streets and plan a fine building there. All burned churches are moving to Broadway, with St. Mark's last to buy a site.
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St. Mark’s Protestant Episcopal Church
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Broadway
Straight St
St. Mark’s
Pipeline Contract Awarded To Gillespie Brothers
A $129000 contract was granted to Gillespie Brothers by East Jersey Water Company to lay a pipe line under the Passaic and Hackensack rivers. The line will carry Rockaway River water from Boonton to Jersey City, amid prior disputes after an earlier grant to P. H. Flynn.
New Jersey Bank Formed In Newark With Officers
The Union National Bank was organized in Newark yesterday with officers including President William Scheerer and first vice president Dr. Leslie Ward. The Fidelity Trust Company funded the stock and plans to allot shares this weekend. Par value is 100, but market talk cites 140 to 240 when including surplus. several officers come from related banks and firms. President-elect Scheerer assumes charge today.
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William Scheerer
Leslie D. Ward
Uzal H. McCarter
Archibald W. Conklin
Albert Hoefli
Erwin D. Farnsworth
Fidelity Trust Company
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Tribune
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Scheerer
State Banking Company
Hoefli
Conklin
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Farnsworth
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Drunken trio chases trolley in Paterson standoff
Three intoxicated men seized revolvers and terrorized Main and Broadway areas as they forced a trolley car to flee at full speed. A patrol wagon pursued for four blocks, two captives were taken, one escaped. Suspects identified as Henry Schaffer of Temple Street Paterson and Matthew Reagan of Troy New York. James Walton filed a complaint.
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Broadway
Henry Schaffer
Temple St
Matthew Reagan
Troy
N. Y
James Walton
Labor organizers arrested in Passaic raid
Michael J. Murane and Peter Palka, local labor leaders, are jailed in Passaic on charges of operating a general foreign banking scheme and collecting funds for Europe that were not sent. Murane confessed the money supported a cooperative store, with unions among foreign mill workers and a planned May Day strike that led to riots.
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Pennsylvania
Another Term for Fowler
Elizabeth June 12 Special 126 delegates from Union County to the Vth District Congress Republican Convention meet Belvidere June 21. Union City will have 56 delegates. renomination of Congressman Fowler seems assured by acclamation. Opposition talk collapsed. Bergen’s candidacy denied. County slate Joseph Cross for Senator George T Parrot for Surrogate Andrew McCardell for Sheriff expected to sweep. Democrats prep for De Witt Clinton Flanagan as opponent and plan Morristown visit to woo him. Flag Day urged by Jersey City Mayor Fagan to display national colors tomorrow.
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Frank Bergen
Tribune
Joseph Cross
George T. Parrot
Andrew McCardell
Sheriff
de Witt Clinton Flanagan
Union County
Morristown
Cuban women train at New Paltz normal school portraits
At New Paltz New York the American Normal School trains Cuban women to teach in the schools of the new republic. The Tribune previews an interesting account with student portraits in the upcoming Sunday edition.
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New Paltz
N. Y
American Normal School
New Republic
Tribune
Instruction Oarding and Day School For Girls
Rev Dr and Mrs CHARLES HUNTINGTON GARDNER principals 607 Sthave seek English teacher.
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Charles Huntington Gardner
English
Judge dissolves injunction on Plant will fund transfer
Waterbury Connecticut June 12 Judge Silas A Robinson of the Superior Court dissolves the injunction restraining the executors of the Plant will from moving 17 million dollars of the trust fund out of Connecticut to New York. Fifteen thousand dollars of a legacy to Charles E Hoadley must stay in the state to represent his children. Hoadley heirs are collateral kindred as sons of a half brother of the testator, but they are not shown to be interested in the distribution of the 17 million if the beneficiary dies.
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Hoadley
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Ther E. Lamb
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Louis F. Dodd
Broadway
New York City
Undertakers Dominate Hudson County Sheriff Race
In Hudson County, a large field seeks the Democratic nomination for sheriff with a notable twist eleven undertakers plus one brother of an undertaker among the candidates.
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Hudson County
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