One Rail Road Plan Near New York Newark Line
A proposed four track elevated monorail between Newark and New York aims for ten minute Newark to Jersey City travel and five plus three cent fares. Promoters include John H. Stalin Charles Stewart Smith and Woodbury Langdon with connections to McAdoo tunnels and rapid ferry service. The system promises eighty mile per hour speeds with lower costs and a unique equilibrium guided monorail car designed for safety and speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid Transit Commission
Newark
New York
Jersey City
John H. Stalin
Charles Stewart Smith
Woodbury Langdon
Rapid Transit Board
Public Service Commission
McAdoo
Howard H. Tunis
Baltimore
Tunis
City orders tighter controls on sidewalk hazards
Controller Metz warns borough bureau heads to enforce safer streets and requires bonds from contractors for excavations and obstructions. He notes courts hold the city liable for injuries from defective sidewalks and highways and urges remedies to indemnify the city against damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Court of Seals
Massive railroad car orders surge across major systems
In recent days Harriman and Gould lines leading railroads placed contracts worth more than 15.99 million dollars for freight cars with pending orders totaling about 10 million. Key deals include 14 100 cars, Harriman 6 000, Missouri Pacific 7 000, and New York Central planning 6 600 cars plus 2 500 in weeks ahead. Rock Island also prepping 3 000 freight cars with locomotives anticipated for NYC lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Gould
Harriman Lines
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Rock Island
Medical Inspector of Factories Examination Announced
The State Civil Service Commission will hold a July 12 exam for medical inspector of factories at a salary of 24 dollars. Open only to male graduates of registered medical colleges, likely based in New York City with state travel. Duties include evaluating hygiene and sanitation under factory laws. no original research. Apply by July 6 via the Chief Examiner in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Civil Service Commission
Sherman
State Department of Labor
Hughes
New York City
Albany
Breach suit filed by Hoboken candy maker’s denouement
Briefs were prepared in the law office of Louis B. Fordan for Ascher C. Fischer a Hoboken wholesale candy maker served with a $50 000 breach of promise suit while attending a wedding in Clinton Hall. Florence Schapiro of no Grand street alleges four years of courting and a broken promise to marry. Fischer who has a factory in Hoboken and lives on Willow Avenue disappeared eight months ago. The detective traced him to the wedding where the papers were served in the last set of the lancers. The case will be heard in the Supreme Court and Miss Schapiro is the daughter of Lemuel Schapiro a Greenwich street wholesale grocer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis B. Fordan
No. 115
Broadway
Ascher C. Fischer
Hoboken
Florence Schapiro
No. Grand Street
Fischer
Miss Schapiro
Clinton Hall
Clinton and
Grand Streets
The
Lancers
Willow Avenue
Lemuel Schapiro
Greenwich Street
Supreme Court
Belmont Named Guardian of Sons in New Court Action
Supreme Court Justice McCall yesterday appointed August Belmont guardian of the person and estate of Barmond and Morgan Belmont, minors aged nineteen and fifteen. The petition states each boy is legatee of one third of $10,000 under the will of their maternal Hamilton Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Charles Stewart Davidson
Supreme Court
McCall
August Belmont
Barmond
Morgan Belmont
Hamilton Morgan
Te Elon
Appeal to Mr Mackay President Small Asks Postal Head
San Francisco June 2 President Small of the Commercial Telegraphers Union appealed directly to Clarence Mackay head of the Postal Telegraph Company. Small wrote to offset Mackay's letter condemning strikers. A conference committee of seven including Small was appointed to open negotiations with Western Union and Postal. The strikers demand a 2 percent wage increase and expect the strike to continue weeks. Officials report busy service with gains in staff. the strike may widen to Birmingham Atlanta New Orleans or Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Clarence Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
Small
Mackay
Postal Company
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Ees. Small
Telegraphers’ Union
Postal Companies
Astor House
Southern Pacific
Perham
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Konenkamp
Wesley Russell
Chicago
New York
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
New Orleans
Galveston
Western Union Company
Jaynes
Pacific
Building Commissioner’s
Union
Inquiry for Roosevelt on telegraph anti trust issue
Oyster Bay notes a telegram from the Washington Central Labor Union asking President Roosevelt to investigate an alleged anti trust law violation by telegraph companies. Secretary Loeb forwarded it to Herbert Knox Smith of the Department of Commerce and Labor, with no instructions given. Only one telegram, despite claims of a general AFL order, has been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Washington Central Labor Union
Loeb
Herbert Knox Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Smith
American Federation of Labor
Hudson Fulton Plans for Ter Centennial Celebration 1900
The Hudson Fulton Celebration Commission outlines an eight day event from September 18 to 25 1900 marking the Hudson River discovery by Henry Hudson and Fultons steam power milestone. Plans include naval displays Half Moon and Clermont models, religious observance, parades, park dedications, river receptions, and a 9 pm chain of signal fires from Coney Island to Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River
Henry Hudson
Robert Fulton
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission
Tribune
Frederick W. Seward
Montrose
Lincoln
Riverside Park
Water Gate
Governor's Island
New York
Newburg
Albany
Here
New Sure
Coney Island
Dennett and Douglas Sentenced For Bond Theft
Oliver M. Dennett broker received bonds stolen from the Trust Company of America by William Douglas, a loan clerk. Douglas was sentenced in two General Sessions parts to periods of four to six years and one to four years, then pleaded guilty to grand larceny and received three years in Sing Sing after leniency was urged by Assistant District Attorney Train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver M. Dennett
William ©. Douglas
Trust Company of America
Rosalaky
Dennett
Douglas
Unraveling Hutchins Case Prompts Court Committee Appointment
Justice Blanchard granted a motion to appoint a committee in the case of Walter T. Hutchins, son of the late Francis W. Hutchins, a wealthy dry goods merchant. The article portrays Hutchins’s alleged dissipations, debts reaching tens of thousands, and extensive overseas ties. Hutchins resides in a sanatorium and faces multiple creditor actions, with his mother funding legal maneuvering from Paris and London.
Trial of former Judge Loving opens with testimony on drinking
In Houston Virginia on June 26 the former judge Loving faced jury questions as witnesses described his long illness from alcohol and the strain of his testimony. Prosecution and defense argued over admissibility of hypothetical questions about insanity while the court prepared to hear further expert testimony and witness accounts regarding the alleged carriage ride and the death of Theodore Estes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Loving
Theodore Estes
Estes
W. G. Loving, Jr
J. T. Loving
Pulaski
John P. Swanson
W. G. Swanson
Henry Swanson
Danville
Governor Swanson
J. P. Swanson
John F. Beard
Amherst County
Judge Loving
Beard
Bouldin
Sheriff Beard
Congress
Washington
Harry Snead
Emmons
Nelson County
Lr. Emmons
Misa Kidd
Miss Loving
Misa Loving
New York
Jerome
Evelyn Thaw
Ltiantel Harmon
Kidd
Lovingster
Lovingston
Commonwealth
Moore
Barksdale
Law Bureau Proposed for City Police Department
Police Commissioner Bingham and Deputy Commissioner Hanson discuss creating a legal bureau within the city police. The plan envisions a headquarters unit with a law clerk handling cases where police are complainants and defendants are represented by counsel, enabling overnight case preparation and streamlined court handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghams
Hanson
General Bingham
New York Bar
Bingham
Caruso
Cain
Mathet
Bureau
Police Headquarters
Brooklyn arboretum plan urged by city leaders
Professor Franklin W Hooper and Brooklyn Institute directors asked Controller Metz to forward an arboretum project for Brooklyn behind the institute building opposite Prospect Park. Andrew T White of Brooklyn offers 9000 to spur the effort if the city funds 250400 more and maintains the site. A bill has passed Albany, with Friday’s Board of Estimate meeting to decide. Metz notes a 100000 conservatory cost plus 10000 for starting the plant, but city funds are tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin W. Hooper
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Metz
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Institute
Prospect Park
Andrew T. White
Albany
Board of Estimate
Metz Refuses to Pay Bills Over Public Utilities Act
Controller Metz announced he will not pay city bills tied to the new Public Utilities Commission until the act creating it is tested for constitutionality. Corporation Counsel says $16,000 state funds will keep the remnant commission working, but Metz insists on court validation before any payments. He notes his ex-officio status on the Rapid Transit Commission argues for a PUC seat as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Public Utilities Commission
Eilison
Livingston
Th Rapid Transit Commission
New Public Utilities Commission
Southern railways win round in rate law suits
United States Circuit Judge Pritchard ruled that the Southern, Norfolk & Western, Chesapeake & Ohio and Atlantic Coast Line railroads can continue to challenge the North Carolina and Virginia public service commission rate laws. The decision found the railways made a prima facie case that the rates were unreasonably low and could be confiscatory, with the state required to prove otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Asheville
N. C
United States Cironic
Pritchard
Southern
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Atlantic Coast Line
Corporation Commission of
North Carolina
Virginia
Walker D. Hines
New York
Mutual Reserve Plan Sets Death Claim Policy At Earliest Date
Archibald C. Haynes as president of the Mutual Reserve signals a sweeping reform in death claim handling. The board adopted his plan to pay all duly presented claims promptly, with fraudproof exceptions, and to cut expenses by limiting defense costs. The move aims to reduce overall costs while expanding new business, with an estimated annual increase in outlay of 100000 to 200000 but offset by lower counsel and investigator salaries and stronger retrenchment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Reserve
Archibald C. Haynes
Tribune
Haynes
Polo on Wet Field Delivers Foxhunters Victory
In a rain soaked match at Hempstead Long Island on June 3 the Viryn Mawr Foxhunters defeated the Meadow Brook Freebooters 11 to 7 despite playing on a soaked dangerous field. The game featured goals credited to Brown Harrison Strawbridge Burden McFadden and Brokaw for Bryn Mawr plus Brooks Reynal and others for Meadow Brook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Long Island
Viryn Mawr Foxhunters
Meadow Brook Freebooters
Bryn Mawr Fox
Meadow Prook Freehunters
Gbooters
Alexander Brown
Harrison
Strawbridge
McFadden
Meadow Brook
Brooks
Reynal
Automobile Show at Madison Square Garden Opens in December
Official notice says a foreign car show will be staged at Madison Square Garden the week starting December 28 under the Importers Automobile Salon. The main floor will display electric and gasoline cars while the exhibition hall will feature commercial wagons and the galleries hold sundries and parts. European and American manufacturers will compete in tires lamps horns and other accessories with a committee led by A Massenat as chairman and E R Hollander as treasurer with E Lilite and C R Mabley in secretary and manager roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square Garden
A. Massenat
E. R. Hollander
E. Lilite
C. R. Mabley
One Yacht Finishes In Tomkins Prize Race
Three yachts started the Tomkins prize race at Atlantic Yacht Club Sea Gate. A rain squall wiped wind, leaving the Spider owned by Vendon Chubb as the only finisher. The race tracked spinnaker runs to Bensonhurst then to Fort Hamilton amid a NW wind and flood tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Yacht Club
Sea Gate
Vendon Chubb
Bensonhurst
Fort Hamilton
Tomkigs Prize
Ania
Yankees and Red Sox split ahead of schedule clash
Boston defeated New York 6 to 2 as Cy Young allowed seven Yankee hits with Orth starting for New York. Chicago and St Louis tied 1 0 in St Louis while Detroit beat Cleveland 1 to 0 and Philadelphia postponed by rain with Washington. Standings note Boston leads American League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waseintess
New York
Kadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Washington
New York Yankees
Cy Young
Cubs win two in doubleheader over St Louis in pennant race
National League games were split by weather as New York at Philadelphia and Boston at Brooklyn were rained out. Chicago Cubs won both ends of a St Louis doubleheader 7 6 and 4 1, widening their lead while Giants were idle due to a rain storm. standings show Chicago 47 12 0.7 7, Cincinnati 34 34 4 39, New York 28 21 6 18, Boston 32 29 4 29, Philadelphia 28 24 5 70, Brooklyn 33 36 5 39, Pittsburgh 30 23 5 45, St Louis 15 43 2 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Eoteans
Cimcinnati
Philadel
Giants
Polo Grounds
Washington Park
Chicago Cubs
Cubs Win Two Games In St Louis Series
Chicago bats propel doubleheader sweep as RH and BB tally runs. Batteries credited to Fraser Lundgren and Kiing for St Louis, Beebe Noonan for Chicago. Umpire O Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Louis
Fraser
Lundgren
Kiing
St Louis
Lush
Marshall
Taylor and
Kitng
St. Louia
Beebe
Noonan
O’ Day
Eastern League Games Today and Standings Totals
Eastern League results list Jersey City at Buffalo and Newark at Toronto with Rochester and Buffalo scores. Standings show Toronto leading with 20 wins, Newark 24, Buffalo 30, Rochester 23, Jersey City 25, Providence 20, Baltimore 24, Montreal 19. Atlantic League results include Easton Elizabeth 3 2 and Newark 3 Reading 1 with Allentown rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Buffalo
Providence
Montreal
Newark
Toronto
Baltimore
Rochester
Rafa
W. Kl
Easton—Elizabeth
Easton
Reading
Allentown
Brooklyn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eastern
Medical Inspector OF
Civil Service Examination
MR. MacKay
Postal Head
Hudson-Fulton Plans
Sing Sing
Hutchins
Justice Blanchard
Walter T. Hutchins
Francis W. Hutchins
Florence Oppenheimer
Germany
Iife
Wadhams
Gerald van Casteel
Riggs National Bank of Washington
Henry B. Twombly
J. B. McDonogh
Vancouver
B. C
New Jersey
Navy
Mr. McDonagh
Mamaroneck
Ludlow Street
Paris
FE. J. Deacon
Deacon
Malduton
Samoa
Australia
India
Wall Street
Charles Topper
Territory
Miss Kidd
LAW Bureau For Police
Want Arboretum
Institute of Arts and Sciences
Southern Railways
Brush III
George W. Brush
Dr. Bull
Manhattan
L. Bolton Bangs
Pierre Janet
M. D
Collége de
France
Janet
Medical School
Harvard University
the Macmillan Company
Sth Ave
Bryn Mawr
Yankees
Orth
Keefe
Elberfeld
Chase
Beaneaters
Sullivan
Parent
Unglaub
Barrett
Williams
Congalton
Conroy
White and Sullivan
Petty
Oconnor
Evans and
Connolly
Hees
Hemis
Donovan
Payne
O* Loughlin
P.c
Ras
Teeere
Sok
Abribpos Sullivan
Hottman
Keeler
Congathon
Laperts
Knight
Willams
Ferris
Criger
Rickey
Young
Sheridan
National League
CUBS
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