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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
20
Thomas G. Barker was sentenced to five years at hard labor in State prison for the murderous assault on Rev. John Keller. He showed calmness, planned future appeals, and faces transfer to prison in a few days. Barker expects clemency via the Court of Pardons.
Justice Jerome said he would stop urging the Committee of Fifteen to press the war against gamblers. He praised Baldwin as a bully yet capable ally who remains independent despite corporate ties. John Warren Rhoades supported moderate gains against gambling and vice, while keeping protection from both sides unlikely to be eradicated. The Fifteen were said to persist as long as reform supporters funded their work.
Wayne Mac Veagh of Indiana addressed the annual Phi Beta Kappa meeting at Harvard where LL D was conferred. John C. Cray elected president as Sanders Theatre hosted the oration on Ideals in Politics amid a large audience. Graduation at Public School No. 9 featured Beal medal to Nellie May Wickenden and praise from Rev. Merrington. Edw in Bayliss and Chauncey Truax awarded LL D at Hamilton College. Jessie Morrison found guilty of second degree manslaughter in Eldorado after a 30 hour jury round.
The Erie Railroad offers an attractive July 4 outing to Niagara Falls at $9 round trip. Tickets are valid July 3 with a five day return limit, one can stop over at Buffalo in either direction to visit the Pan American Exposition.
The New Jersey and Staten Island Junction Railroad seeks rights of way for a two mile tunnel from Stapleton Staten Island under the Narrows to Sixty-fifth Street Brooklyn. Project includes extensions to Arthur Kill Bridge and Brooklyn link to Long Island Railroad. Proponents claim capacity for fifteen carloads daily, replacing lighterage. Stephen M. Howe of Brooklyn is president. Morton E. Davis manager. Work to start after rights secured. offices in the Morton Building Nassau Street. East River tunnel work to borings and soundings, War Department consent obtained, June construction bills expected to exceed $1,000, with May $805 and April $970,000.
London on June 27 saw a portrait of Louisa Lady Manners later Countess of Dysart sold at auction for 14750 guineas. The buyer and other sale details were not disclosed.
London reports that Hon. Eric Lascelles, kin to major titled families, is in custody in British Columbia amid aristocratic turmoil. The fragmented dispatch hints at a defiant stance and a fatal outcome connected to disputed effects, with multiple Lascelles relatives named.
Grand jury examined methods for buying city supplies with Samuel H. Ordway assisting as special counsel. DA aims to curb extravagance and commissions in Fire Department buys. Witnesses included Fire Commissioner Scannell and Docharty. Report expected before Judge Cowing.
The Ward Line steamer Santiago de Cuba bound for Cuban ports went aground on the east edge of the Swash Channel just south of Romer Shoal at 7 15 pm. A pilot boat offered help but was refused. The vessel lay in an easy position by early morning, with anchor lights on, and officials hoped she would refloat at high water. Built in 1878 at Stockton England the ship is about 240 by 32 by 18 feet and tonnage around 1357.
Prominent guests checked in at major hotels including Astor with Rev Dr J Machride Sperrett from Washington Empire hosting A D Scatcherd from Batvia New York Fifth Avenue welcoming Senator Mari Butler from North Carolina Grand R L Lippitt Providence S I Hoffman S Davies Waefield Baltimore Holland E V R Thayer Boston Imperial Captain W F Nye U S A Manhattan Captain Kenneth Campbell London Murray Hill Frederick D Kilburn State Superintendent of Banks Waldo re W E Corey and W H Schoen Pittsburg What is Going On Today Racing at Sheepstead Bay Ferryboat Northfield accident inspectors meet at 11 pm Brookfield Independent Republicans hold meeting.
Brooklyn yesterday saw Worrall Wilson chosen as president of the Detroit and Chicago Traction Company. The firm, linked with Boland, plans a 286 mile electric system from Detroit to Chicago with third rail operation and speeds up to fifty miles per hour. The Boland syndicate recently acquired the Detroit Plymouth and Wayne feeder. Wilson is a Yale graduate and Harvard Law School alumnus.
Dr. Alexander Haddon of 155 East Fifty first street argues New York suffers from an excess of dogs. He urges the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to act, complaining dog catchers are out of service and police and health departments refer cases back to the society. He questions who should abate the nuisance and calls for action. Man sues his wife to obtain a house.
Alexander Russell sues Annie Russell in Supreme Court to force transfer of a Brooklyn house she bought for 1700 dollars. She says money was a gift and he never asked for a share. Judge Marean proposes title stay with her and an equitable mortgage for his contribution as lawyers pursue settlement amid a murder charge case.
Michael Kelly, a New Lots farmer who shot and killed Albert Shadd, his hired man, after a quarrel over a horse, was arraigned in Gates Avenue police court Brooklyn and remanded to Raymond Street Jail to await examination. Shadd, owner of a nearby small truck farm, had lost six horses in six months to a strange disease and planned to quit.
Duty on passengers baggage at piers and Public Stores totaled 43402 dollars 12 cents in May 1901 compared with 10744 dollars 51 cents in May 1900. B Altman & Co announce July and August hours opening 830 a m closing 6 p m and Saturdays 12 noon.
The steamer Chester W Chapin sails from Peck Slip at 9 30 a m and East Thirty first street at 9 45 a m every Sunday for a trip up Long Island Sound to New Haven returning to the city at 8 p m
Marine intelligence notes a miniature almanac with sunrise at 4 31 and sunset at 7 35, moon set times and moon’s age. High water predictions list Sandy Hook and Hell Gate times for AM and PM tides with specific coordinates.
A fragment listing numerous vessels with voyage dates and ports in June. Entries include ships such as Lady Armstrong, a Catalina, Lamport and Holt, and Hamburg America lines traveling to or from Hamburg, Liverpool, New Orleans, Bordeaux, Barcelona, Port of Spain, and Rotterdam among others. The text resembles a maritime timetable or log of arrivals and departures observed across multiple days.
Vessels arriving include Steamer Sanna from Hamburg with mdse for Vogemann Line and W D Munson, Steamer Xenia from Copenhagen, Genesee yacht from Naples and Gibraltar for James Watson, Steamer Tordenskjold from Cardenas with sugar for Mosse Bros, Ark from Port Antonio with cargo for United Fruit Co, and El Mar from New Orleans with mdse to J T Van Sickle. Several ships report Bar arrivals and overhaul plans at Erie Basin.
Paris on June 27 reports that after a secret deliberation in the High Court trial of the Marquis de Luz Saluces Senators Le Provost Delaunay and Aucoin dueled at dawn with pistols. Two shots were fired with no effect.
A man claiming to be Clarence R Conger a lawyer of West Twentieth Street and Liberty Street offices was detained at West Thirtieth Street police station last night on disorderly conduct charges. Cabman Edward L Hommedieu testified he drove Conger from the Fifth Avenue Hotel to several spots and asked for a $1 fare which was unpaid before turning him over to an officer.
The fire report details incidents across several streets including Avenue C Mulberry Monroe Sixth Avenue East One hundred fifth Street Brook Avenue and West Twenty third Street. Names Henry Hammerman Angelo Danando James Glass Henry Schultz Isaac Frederick Boitz Louis Murray are listed with corresponding losses ranging from 50 to 2000 dollars.
East Buffalo reports receipts Cattle 19 cars sheep 17 hogs 10. Shipments cattle 10 sheep 12 hogs 5. Cattle steady demand for choice butcher cattle. Calves light supply, fair demand. Sheep and lambs dull for common, best lambs steady. Hogs strong at opening, but later weak under light demand. Spirits quiet but steady. rosin firm. tar and pitch quiet. Pricing details include various ranges for cattle hogs lambs and related commodities.
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