New School Polity Faces Major Overhaul Plan
The Board of Education approved a resolution to reopen and broaden discussions on reforming the city public school system. Proposals include smaller classes, full-time instruction, revised curricula, more playgrounds, higher salaries, and efficient budgeting. Also discussed were vocational schools in Manhattan and Brooklyn, with day and evening sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Nathan
Jonas
Frederic R. Coudert
John Dwyer
Julia Richman
East Side
Dpd. J. McDonald
Cleveland
Betting Case Delayed As Court Delves Into Jockey Club Injunction
The Coney Island Jockey Club asks a permanent injunction against the Police Commissioner with Justice Blanchard adjourning the hearing at the request of the Corporation Counsel. Pendleton may appear personally. No opposition was raised by the club’s lawyers. A habeas corpus writ to produce Joseph Loewy for alleged betting was issued by Justice Bischoff, differing from the Melville Collins case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchard
Coney Island Jockey Club
Hahlo
Pendleton
Bischoff
Hobley
Kings
Joseph Loewy
Loewy
Voorhees
Brooklyn
Melville Collins
Collins
Bisthoff
Stormers
Coney Island
Dog Slaughter Order Prolonged Amid Dispute
Colonel Wagstaff of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals sent before the Board of Health to discuss stray dog disposal with Dr. Darlington. The enforcement of the leash and muzzle killing order remains unclear as talks continue and no dogs will be killed until after the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wag- Staff
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Board of Health
Darlington
Wagstaff
Society For ‘the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Iass
Immigration Planks Held by National Liberal Immigration League
The National Liberal Immigration League told Denver reps to push in the Democratic platform the three Republican convention recommendations. They seek to retain current laws, provide free transport to move from crowded areas, and deport aliens convicted of felonies. They oppose House bill 307 raising the head tax to $20 and warn restrictionists aim to bar immigrants needed for unskilled work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Liberal Immigration League
Denver
League
Richardson
Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
N. Behar
Augustus P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Congressman Bennet
Immigration Commission of the
House of Representatives
Brownsville Women Oil Kosher Meat Stores in Protest
A band of determined women armed with kerosene oil marched through Brownsville Brooklyn yesterday and doused meat in kosher shops near Prospect Place. Isaac Snedzer was beaten after resisting, sparking a two thousand strong street mob. Oil ruined beef at Snedzer and nearby Ludwig Snyder stores. Four women and one man were arrested as clashes ensued before reserves cleared the scene. Most kosher dealers voiced sympathy with the protest and a mass meeting followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Isaac Snedzer
Prospect Place
Snedzer
Ludwig Snyder
Snyder
Sym
Republicans Ratify Taft Sherman Nominations In City Meetings
Leaders including Herbert Parsons William Bennet and J Sloat Fassett will speak at Murray Hill Lyceum tonight to ratify Taft and Sherman. Other district groups plan rallies and banner unveilings at Madison Avenue Car negie Hall and various clubhouses with speakers Ex Attorney General Mayer Assemblyman Conkling Eidman and Moses M McKee taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Parsons
Williams
Bennet
J. Sloat Fassett
Job E. Hedges
Republican County Organization
Murray Hill Lyceum
Taft
Sherman
Hughes
Colgate University
Brown
2Th Assembly
Carnegie Hall
Representative Sherman
2Th
Ith Street
Madison Avenue
Marshattan Republican Club
23D
Moses M. McKee
Seventh Avenue
141Th Street
Julius M. Mayer
Conkling
Progress Republican Club
1Th
Internal Revenue
Eidman
Taft and
Second Avenue
The
Park Republican Club
24Th Assembly
Thomas W. Whittie
Tremont Avenue
Whittie
Sees Better Times Coming From European Tour
Adolph Lewisohn head of the Miami Copper Company says no evi dence of a European boom but expects steady improvement abroad and in the U S He predicts better business and rising prices though peak levels may be delayed He met Privy Councillor Goldberger in Berlin and visited Paris London and Hamburg where he and his brother founded a hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Lewisohn
Miami Copper Company
Europe
Berlin
Lewisohn
Goldberger
Paris
London
Hamburg
Ruling on Common Law Marriage by Referee Whittaker
Edward F. Whittaker, referee in a special proceeding, upheld a common law marriage finding. The 14 year old promise by Harry Blackman to take Elizabeth Blackman was deemed a valid marriage contract, making Elizabeth the administratrix of the estate. Harry Blackman Jr. was declared legitimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Whittaker
Mabel Blackman
Elizabeth Blackman
Harry Blackman
Blackman
Harry Blackman, Jr
Riverside Republicans Endorse Taft and Sherman Nomination
The Riverside Republican Club met and formally ratified Taft and Sherman. William McAdie presided as Bennet, Abe Gruber, and Senator Saxe spoke. A rumor of urging a second Hughes term arose but was not acted on. The club has already backed Representative Bennet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Republican Club
Taft
Sherman
William McAdie
Representative Bennet
Abe” Gruber
Saxe
Hughes
Riverside Club
Bennet
Inventor Dies After Fire Escape Collapse in Springfield
Frederick G. Engel of New York was killed when a chain in a fire escape broke while he demonstrated the device before Springfield fire engineers. Engel weighed 219 pounds and had previously descended from an eighth story window in safety. He recently earned foreign and American patents and had drawn interest from the Springfield Board of Trade. two brothers in New York are attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Springfield
Mass
Frederick G. Engel
New York
Court Square
Engel
Springfield Board of Trade
No. 309
Broadway
City Wins Rail Company Repaving Case In Supreme Court
Justice Greenbaum ruled for the city against New York City Railway Company for 4506.78 plus costs in West Broadway between Canal and West 4th street, holding the surface railways must cover repaving. He also ordered Drydock East Broadway & Battery RR 11865.72, Eighth Avenue RR 13399.97, and Ninth Avenue RR 6711.88 for repaving portions of West Broadway Greenwich Street and other streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
New York City Railway Company
West Broadway
Canal
West 4Th Streets
Mable
Dey Street
East Broadway & Battery Railroad Company
Eighth Avenue
Fight Over Note Sale Shapes Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Control
A fight over the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton notes that control Ann Arbor Railroad escalated with a temporary injunction blocking a $1,208,000 note sale. Joseph Ramsey Jr and Newman Erb seek to separate the properties, aiming to obtain a majority of DT&I notes pledged as collateral, while Hollins & Co counters to preserve their stake. The injunction may lift at tomorrow’s hearing, with a sale possible next Monday.
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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad
Ann Arbor
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Protective Stockholders’ Committee
Newman Erb
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
Rudolph Kleybolte & Co
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
H. B. Hollins & Co
Detroit
Toledo & Ironton
Noftes
Protective Committee
Hollins & Co
Explosion Injures Four at City Excavation
An afternoon blast at a Pennsylvan ia excavation at 1st Street and Ninth Avenue injured four men. Two were taken to New York Hospital with facial and head lacerations and body bruises. Gas workers had been repairing leaking mains with cement bags. A rock and heavy timbers narrowly missed a group of workers.
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Pennsylvania
F1st Street
Ninth Avenue
New York Hospital
Consolidated Gas Company
Edward Turner
No. 307
West 68Th Street
James Cappo
West 89Th Street
Suit to recover 1 200 000 in mortgage case
Farmers Loan and Trust files suit in U S Circuit Court against Central Park North and East River RR and multiple lessees to recover 1.2 million and interest. It seeks priority lien on the 1872 mortgage and asks that all funds be placed in a receivership. Judge Lacombe may act on related lease-cancellation petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
United States
Central Park
North & East River Railroad Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York City Railway Company
Morton Trust Company
The
Guaranty Trust Company
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Degnon Contracting Company
Central Crosstown Railroad Company
Central Park, North and East River Railroad Company
Metropolitan and
New York City Railway Companies
Assemblyman Manee Seriously Ill in New York
Middletown New York June reports state Charles E Manee Assembly member from Orange County 2nd district is seriously ill at his home. The brief item notes illness and residence with limited readable details.
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Mance
Middletown
N. Y
Charles E Manee
Assembly
Orange County
Bag
Three Functions in One Enjoyed by the Graduates
The graduating class at Normal College held a combined event yesterday afternoon with an afternoon luncheon at 1 o'clock at the Bawa abi alt agi-a venue, showcasing the culmination of their studies and the school’s farewell activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal College
Class Day At College Notables And Census Of Seniors
Exercises in the college chapel featured statistics read by Miss Meta Fishofer noting nine engaged graduates and two married. Marie Roehester named class president with popular status, while Sarah and Rose Levensohn with Rose Lapin shared biggest grinds. The 55 suffragists included Elizabeth Schwartz. May Morris foresees her White House run. Geoff Davis, new college president, attended with faculty guests.
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Meta Fishofer
Fishofer
Marie! Roehester
Sarah
Rose Levensohn
Rose Lapin
Elizabeth Schwartz
May Morris
White House
Alzens
Starkweather
Marie Pequion
Madeline
Veraviteh
Geoff ®S Davis
George M. Whicher
James M. Kieramy B. B. Davis
Helen G. Cone
Clara Bytes
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Education Board
Corporation Counsel
Liberal League
Pathy
Howard Avenue
Republican County Committee
Riverside Republicans
General Putnam
U.S. A
Bunker Hill
Wolfe
Hale
Israel Putnam
Proton
Budweiser
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
St. Louis, Mo
Anheuser-Busch Agency
New York City
Melrose
S8th Street
A. Busch
Busch Bottling
D., T. & I. Protective Committee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bulletin
Asbury Park
Long Branch
Spring Lake
New York and Branch
Expres
Atlantic Coast
Point Pleasant
Washin Irving High School
Washington Irving
Washington Irving High School
de Witt Clinton High School
Patrick F. McGowan
McGowan
May Moran
Theodora Roosevelt
Emmy Lou
Elsie Grossman
Sen Meee
Hearst
William R. Hearst
Lambert
McClellan
Richmond
Williamsburg
Clarence J. Shearn
Boston
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Ne = Decker
Ne Cooley
Decker
Supestimle Sr
Rhe
Georgie A Bacon
Worcester
Sf Wotad
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