President vindicated by miners' agreement
Washington June 17 secretary Cortelyou issued a statement hailed as vindication of President Roosevelt’s arbitration policy after Scranton meeting between miners and operators led by John Mitchell and Baer. He recalled last year’s emergency coal strike and praised peaceful settlement and the removal of looming disruption to energy and public welfare.
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Scranton
John Mitchell
Baer
Rooosevelt
New York
Ohio
Roosevelt
Mitchell
United States
White House
Site for Cornell Hall Adopted and campus expansions
Ithaca June 17 At the Cornell University spring trustees meeting site decisions were rescinded and the Rockefeller Hall of Physics plan abandoned. The chosen site lies east of Lincoln Hall with 25 acres for a playground and 30 acres for an athletic field. Several professorship appointments were made and resignations accepted. Presidents praised Andrew Carnegie for funding a water filtration plant after a typhoid outbreak. The university added about 170 acres to its estate and postponed building due to high material costs. Commencement is tomorrow.
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Ithaca
Board of Trustees
Cornell University
Rockefeller Hall
Lincoln Hall
Thomas F. Hunt
John Craig
Andrew Carnegie
State Department of Health
Schurman
University
Carnegie
Cornell
Sage College
Odell
College of Forestry
Adirondacks
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
Fernow
Europe
America
United States
New York State College of Forestry
A. C. Barnes
F. ¢. Cornell
W. H. Sage
R. B. Williams
Boy's arm saved by friend's skin graft at hospital
Seven year old Willie Neubarth of Bronx, struck by a train, had his right arm saved after doctors at Lebanon Hospital grafted skin from his father's fellow worker Gustave Voelkel. The operation succeeded, preserving the arm despite initial fears of amputation. The graft used cuticle from the elbow to fingertips after the skin was severely damaged.
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Willie Neubarth
Brooksave
Bronx
East
TWO MILLIONS WASTED IN JOHN DOE INQUIRY
Assistant District Attorney Clarke began examining witnesses to determine if Charles F. Murphy J. Sergeant Cram and Peter F. Meyer of the Tammany Dock Board were guilty of negligence possibly leading to misdemeanor or conspiracy charges. Reports and valuations show city losses from underpriced pier leases under the Murphy board. The Dock Board era ends with questions of mismanagement and bids versus public advertising.
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Marshall B. Clarke
John Doe
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
J. Sergeant Cram
Tammany General Committee
Peter F. Meyer
Richard Croker
Tammany Dock Board
van Wyck
Dock Board
Jerome
Dock Department
Murphy
Hawkes
Clarke
John A. Bouker
Bouker Contracting Company
No. 24
State St
A. C. Chenoweth
No. 7
East
Thirty-first-st
Bouker
Chenoweth
Mr. Clarke
Old Dock Board
Sinking Fund Commission
Dumping Board
Brown & Fleming
the Tribune
Murphy, Cram and Meyer
Old
Tammany
Murphy Board
Canal St
Joseph Egan
Egan
Twenty-ninth St
Michael J. Egan
Forty-third-st
Commissioner Hawkes
Bristow Answers Tulloch on Post Office Irregularities
Postmaster General Payne releases Bristow’s reply to Seymour W. Tulloch, former cashier at the Washington City post office, detailing inspector reports from June 30, 1899, to July 31, 1900. Records show direct orders for questionable payments, many illegal appointments, two salaries to one person, and thousands of dollars disbursed with little or no service.
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Payne
Bristow
Seymour W. Tulloch
Washington City Post Office
Smith
Washington
Washington Post Office
Little
Edward S. Allen
H. A. Cummings
Beavers
D. M. Monroe
Heath
Frank E. Murray
Payne replies to Tulloch charges on 1990s postal inquiry
Postmaster General Payne releases an official statement detailing the extensive 1890s postal investigation, noting preparation by Smith and Treasury Controller actions, with $160 questioned, and explains military wartime mail handling and Porto Rico as a Washington branch under department orders. The papers aim to clarify past administration actions and promise full disclosure when a current investigation concludes.
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Smith
the Treasury
Tulloch
Cons
Pps
Porto Rico
Washington
Cuba
New-York
Congress
Treasury
Payne
Washington Postoffice
McKinley
Washington Post Office
Postal Service
the Tribune
Tribune Bureau
Bristow
Seymour W. Tulloch
Perry S. Heath
Postoffice Department
Heath
Roosevelt
Post Office Department
Bristow reply defends Tulloch charges on Washington Post Office
Washington report details Bristow reply supporting Tulloch allegations against ex-Official Heath and prior Post Office administration. Highlights inspector notes on irregular appointments, military roll transfers, and questioned expenses linked to W S Larner. Ends with satirical ad copy about Manchuria map requests.
Metcalf Dismissed Over Money Order Bid Discrepancy
Washington June 17 The Postmaster General removed James T Metcalf longtime head of the money order system over actions in bidding for money order form contracts He favored the Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford firm over the lowest bidder Paul Herman with Metcalfs son employed by the winning company The dismissal followed a twohour investigation with officials Bristow Robb and Wynne and was reported to President Roosevelt though no legal charges were filed The action aims to protect government interests and uphold bidding integrity.
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Washington
James T. Metcalf
Postoffice Department
Metcalf
Paul Herman
Rutherford
N. J
Wynkoop-Hallenbeck-Crawford Company
New York
Payne
Bristow
Robb
Rutherford, N. J
Wynkoop- Hallenbeck-Crawford Company
Herman
Wynkoop-Hallendeck- Crawford Company
Wynkoop-Fiallenbeck-Crawford
Fosnes
Messrs. Sinstow
Wynne
Roosevelt
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Cortelyou
Tribune
Miners’ Association
Pocono Mountain
Lackawanna Railroad
Delaware Water Gap
Stroudsburg
Mt. Pocono
Cornell Hall
Typhoid and Forestry School
Father
Richfield Springs
Advu
Piers
West Fifty-fifth-st
John
New York Contracting and Trucking Company
Seventy-ninth St
North River
Irving National Bank
Warren and
Greenwich Streets
Advi
Perry
S. Heath
MR. Payne
MR. Bristow
Larner
Greener
Vladivostock
Manchuria
New York Central
G. H. Daniels
Advt
J. T. Metcalf
Payne Removes Him
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