Westchester Notes Mount Vernon Daily Argus Briefs
Westchester County items from Mount Vernon include school plans for next year a commercial program at Fifth Avenue School free to attendees, a new Common Council meeting, and the Andrews private school commencement at Willra Hall with five graduates. Also coverage of staff changes at Mount Vernon Daily Argus and local engagements and marriages in Yonkers New Rochelle and surrounding towns.
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Fifth-ave. Echool
Charlies H. Stecker
Mount Vernon Daily Argus
Stecker
Bushy Point
New London
Conn
Agor Fiske
Charles H
David Copperfield
Uriaheep
Wilkins Micawber
Little Emily
Agnes
Boston firm buys Youngs property for 50000 dollars
E L Gifford general manager of a Boston manufacturing concern has purchased the John W Young Sons property for 50000 dollars. The Mertz Reed Band of Port Chester will give eight open air concerts on the lawn in front of the county courthouse funded by public subscription. Sheriff William V Molloy is confined to his bed in the Elberon with lumbago and a trip to Hot Springs is advised. Frank L Park will soon sail for Europe.
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E. L. Gifford
Boston
John W. Young & Sons
Mertz Reed Band
Port Chester
William V. Molloy
Elberon
Hot Springs
Frank L. Park
Europe
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels Listed in New York Spotlight
Home news item details a roster of notable guests staying at major city hotels. The list includes Major George M. Dunn U S A at Albemarle Postmaster John B. Alexander Oswego Dr H W Ring New Haven and others across Oak Fifth Avenue Gilsey Imperial and Manhattan with figures from military government clergy and industry.
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Albemarle
George M. Dunn
Murray Hill
George H. Quincy
Boston
D. S. Plume
Waterbury
P. F. Harvey
U. S. A. Park Avenue
Thomas Harrison
Waldorf
John and Lady Holden
Birmingham
England
Philip Hichborn
C. H. Holcomb
Syracuse
John L. Bates
United States Marine Corps
Sacred Heart Academy Boys Commencement at American Theatre
The Sacred Heart Academy for Boys junior department of Manhattan College will hold commencement exercises tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 o'clock in the American Theatre at Forty second Street and Eighth Avenue. The Manhattan Railway Company Executive Committee met yesterday and reported progress equipping the system with electric motive power. Grain trade members of the New York Produce Exchange were to meet yesterday to discuss
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Sacred Heart Academy For Boys
Manhattan College
American Theatre
Forty-second-st
Eighth-ave
Manhattan Railway Company
New-York Produce Exchange
Pocket-book friendly serge shirts and negligee line
The ad promotes dependable serge fabrics in blue and black with full lines of suits. It highlights negligee shirts designed for comfort and guarantees, offering shirts in every color, material, and size. Locations listed include Broadway at Warren, Warren Street, Prince corner, and additional Broadway venues.
Proposed Amendments to Grain Rules Delay Postponed Meeting
A meeting to discuss proposed amendments to grain rules was postponed due to a lack of quorum and rescheduled for Friday afternoon. Participants noted the absence of a sufficient number of members to proceed, and the delay paused any formal actions until the later session.
Obituary notices for Dr Ernest Risch and Luigi Epifani
Dr Ernest J Risch died at his home Brooklyn in his 77th year after months of illness. Born in Goslan Germany he was a surgeon and German wars veteran who settled in South Brooklyn after 1870 leaving a widow three sons all physicians and three daughters and six grandchildren. The funeral was held at his home with Rev Frederick H Bosch officiating. Luigi Epifani died aged 73 at his Fifth Avenue Brooklyn home from stomach affection. Born in Rome he was a Roman army captain, editor in Chicago, musical critic and assistant editor of L Eco d Italia then retired. He and wife Emma H Morris later lived in Florence four years. Mrs Epifani became paralytic and could not attend the funeral yesterday.
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Ernest J. Risch
Third St
Brooklyn
Goslan
Germany
Schleswig-Holstein
Hanover
Denmark-Prussia
Henry, Otto
Eberhardt Risch
Charles Witte
Hugo Panzer
Ernestine Hisch
Frederick H. Bosch
Luigi Epifani
Fifth-ave
L’eco d
Italia
Emma H. Morris
Bergen
Epifani
Florence
Italy
William H. T. Hughes
James E. Ward & Co
New York and Cuba
Ward Line
Hughes
Union League
New York
Republican
Death of Col James M McCarter Easton MD
Colonel James M. McCarter preacher soldier and author died at his Kansas Farm home near Preston Caroline County aged seventy eight. He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1838 as the youngest circuit preacher. In 1861 Governor Curtin named him chaplain of the 14th Pennsylvania Volunteers and he raised a twelve hundred man regiment becoming its colonel. He fought in major Civil War battles and was wounded several times. He later spoke in the Lincoln and Johnson campaigns and wrote for newspapers and magazines.
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Pennsylvania
Simon Cameron
McCarter
Lincoln
Johnson
Board of Education in Deadlock on Deputy Treasurer Race
Special meeting fails to elect deputy treasurer under the Davis law as Brooklyn members refuse to vote for John Keleher. Four ballots yield six for Keleher and ten blank, adjournment follows amid near certainty the post remains vacant. Secretary Palmer may be relieved from countersigning teacher pay for June and July to speed July 29 disbursements. Salary terms and bond set aside. motion to defer election to next regular meeting passes with adjournment.
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Board of Education
Moriarty
John Keleher
Keleher
Davis
Brooklyn
Palmer
Florida Democratic Convention Chooses Palmer Leader
Jacksonville June 19 The State Democratic Convention met at noon and formed a temporary organization with State Senator Thomas M. Palmer of Tampa as chairman. It adjourned until Wednesday to allow the Credentials Committee to report. Five candidates seek the governor nomination Frederick T. Myers Dannette Mays James D. Beggs William H. Milton Jr and Judge William S Jennings. A key issue is moving the state capital from Tallahassee to a more central location.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Thomas M. Palmer
Tampa
Frederick T. Myers
Leon County
Dannette Mays
Jefferson County
James D. Beggs
Orange County
William H. Milton, Jr
Jackson County
William S. Jennings
Hernando County
William J. Bryan
Tallahassee
Striking Cigarmakers Arrested at East Sixty-seventh Street
Detectives from East Sixty-seventh Street guarded non union workers hired by Kerbs Wertheim Schiffer after violent picketing. They arrested Hermann Elovitch Louisa Melborn and her daughter Anna Brudorf and 22 year old Anna Brudorf. The firm moved to Avenue A and Sixty-eighth Street and employed many non union men. Captain Iown assigned officers to protect the workers.
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East Sixty-seventh-st
Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffer
Boyle and
Collins
Hermann Elovitch
Second-ave
Seventy-first-st
Avenue A
Louisa Melborn
East Seventy-fourth-st
Anna Brudorf
East Seventy-third-st
Sixty-eighth-st
Iown
Ex Senator McNulty seeks AG action to revoke Brooklyn rail charter
Justice Dickey ruled a 10 cent fare to Coney Island illegal but held a private citizen cannot sue to stop it. Ex senator McNulty urged the Attorney General to sue to annul the railroad’s charter. the defense argues the Nassau road complied with the five cent limit, and the fight continues with no plan to waive expenses.
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Justice Dickey
Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
Coney Island
Stephen D. Baldwin
Peter H. McNulty
Nassau Road
McNulty
Baldwin
Rossiter
Brooklyn Heights Railroad
W. W. Wickes
Faculty Protests Hazing At Columbia Entrance Exams
The Columbia University faculty posted a warning condemning hazing of sub-freshmen during the interval between morning and afternoon exams. Professor Fiske and Dean Hutton urged sophomores to wait until exams finished, noting nerves disrupted students and noting two geometry exams disrupted. A midday clash between sophomores and freshmen occurred outside, ending in a drawn skirmish with no serious injuries as brick unloading pranks and a brief battle ensued.
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Columbia University
Thomas 8
Fiske
Frederick Remsen Hutton
School of Applied Science
Sophs
Broadway
Bicycle Rider Struck By Van At Broadway and Fifty
Simon T Haven aged 35 of Long Island City was riding a bicycle when a van collided with a taxi at Broadway and Fifty last night. He sustained injuries and was treated at the scene. Police investigated the incident and cited both driver and cyclist for careless riding.
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Simon T. Haven
No. 1
Third St
Long Island City
Broadway
Shaft of a cab injures man near eye in eighth-st street incident
A shaft from a cab struck the man in the forehead just above the right eye causing a serious wound that may endanger the eye. Bicycle Police officer N. W. Webb rushed the injured man to Roosevelt Hospital for treatment.
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Eighth-St
Bicycle Policea
N. W. Webb
Roosevelt Hospital
Jury summons trouble for foreign consulates
Attachés of foreign consulates in the city face ongoing annoyance from mistaken jury summons. Exempt embassy staff receive notices monthly, despite noncitizen status. Senior Eugene Polo of the Mexican consulate protested at the Commissioner of Jurors office in the Stewart Building, and was assured he would not be bothered again.
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Eugene Polo
Stewart Building
Runaway horse crashes into crosstown car on Fifth Avenue
Passengers narrowly escape injury as a hansom cab horse crashes through the rear window of a Fifty-ninth Street crosstown electric car. Policeman Nicholas W. Webb chases and captures the animal in front of Helen Gould's house after the horse bolts from the cab. Driver William Child and watchman Daniel Ryan aid in the incident, with a near-miss to a bystander.
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William Child
No. 40
East Forty First St
Daniel Ryan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Controller Coler Suit Alleges Damages From Cook Auditor
Delos McCurdy and Edmund Yard filed an answer for Controller Coler in a $50,000 damages suit by Henry R. M. Cook, auditor of the Board of Education. Cook’s attorney Swanstrom says Coler’s newspapers claim imputing incompetence are denied by Coler. He plans trial, calls for Coler to testify, and threatens action against the papers if the denial stands.
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Delos McCurdy
Edmund Yard
Coler
J. Edward Swanstrom
Henry R. M. Cook
Cook
Board of Education
Swanstrom
Advertising notes for hair and skin products
Parker's Hair Balsam keeps the hair soft and plentiful and restores the color when gray. Crewe's Ointment makes a healthy skin. E. & W. All pure white linen. E. & W. A cool shirt for warm weather.
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Parker
Crewe
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac
Maritime note lists sunrise and sunset times, moon age, and high water predictions for Sandy Hook, Gov. Island, and Hell Gate with am and pm tides indicating exact hours. It provides daily solar and lunar data for navigation.
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Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Incoming Steamers Friday June 22
Cunard Lucania sails from Liverpool with June 16 note. First Bismarck departs Hamburg on June 15. Graf Waldersee sails via Hamburg June 11. Powhatan heads to Gibraltar with June date. Mediterranean Matanzas bound for Havana June 17. N and Cuba listed.
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Cunard Lucania
Jiverpool
Bismarck
Hamburg
amb-Am Graf Waldersee
Hamb-Am Powhatan
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Matanzas
Havana
Cuba
Outgoing Steamers Today From City Ports and Sail Times
A concise schedule lists ships and routes with departure times. Teutonic from Liverpool and White Star at 9:00 am, Red Star from Southwark and Southampton at 9:00 am, City of Washington to Havana at 1:00 pm, Neustria to Marseilles at 12:00 pm, and other vessels including Antilla, Handel, Trinidad, and Arkadia with destinations across Cuba, Bahamas, Brazil, and the Caribbean.
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Teutonic
Liverpool
White Star
Southwark
Southampton
Red Star
City of Wash'n
Havana
Cuba
Neustria
Marseilles
Fabre
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Handel, Gahia
Auguste Victoria
Hamburg
Hamb
la Champagne
Havre
French
Fried'h der Grosse
Bremen
Lloyd
Trinidad
Bermuda
Quebec
Philadelphia
San Juan
Red
Orizaba
Saratoga
Nassau
el Monte
New Orleans
Morgan
Shipping News From Port of New York June 19 1000 Arrivals
The Port of New York reports arrivals including Steamer Georgie from Liverpool, Steamer Brooklyn City from Bristol and Swansea, Steamer Menominee from London, Steamer Grosser Kurfurst from Bremen and Cherbourg, Steamer Westernland from Antwerp, Steamer Bordeaux from Havre and Pauillac, Steamer Finance from Colon, Steamer Buckminster from Messina and Palermo, Steamer Karamania from Leghorn and Naples, Steamer Maracaibo from Maracaibo and Curacao, Steamer Havana from Havana, Steamer Lavenburg serving Havana and Cardenas, Steamer Hudson from New Orleans, and other lines with cargo and passenger summaries. Several arrive at the Bar at various times. cargoes include mdse, moise, and multiple steerage and cabin passengers. destinations include James Arkell & Co, Atlantic Transport Co, Oelrichs & Co, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, Beeens Railroad Ss Ca, Henderson Bros, and Willam P Clyde & Co.
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Thompson
Liverpool
Moise
White Star Line
Bar
Brooklyn City
King
Bristol
Swansea
James Arkell & Co
Menominee
Lucas
London
Atlantic Transport Co
Grosser Kurfurst
Ger
Reimkasten
Bremen
Cherbourg
Oelrichs & Co
Westernland
Berg
Kinne
Antwerp
International Navigation Co
Bordeaux
Bianquie
Havre
Simpson, Spence & Young
Karamania
Johnston
Mdre
ES Allen
Alligator Reef
Oneida
Staples
Georgetown
Wilmington
Willam P Clyde & Co
Lampasas
Pane San
Ndse
H Mallory
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