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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1902
Page
4
John Hays Hammond surveys Transvaal mining history from 1868 open policy through wartime shutdowns to postwar production. He cites Witwatersrand Lydenburg and De Kaap fields, output figures, workforce data, and projected long term prospects under British rule and new mining laws.
Correspondence from The London Standard details Moscow police publishing names of about 250 prisoners jailed for 3 months to 9 months over two days of unrest. Most arrested were students, with some schoolchildren and one foreigner. many faces a mixed fate from expulsion to Siberia as authorities strengthen crackdown during a tense period.
The London Chronicle reports Irvine Melbourne leads a new government with the first minister since the death of Professor once in charge of the post office. Highlights Mr. Gladstone’s placement and Mr. Fawcett and Mr. McKenzie noted for their keenness in debate and resilience despite affliction.
A discussion on brain function reviews Dr. Phelps findings from 235 brain injury cases, arguing the left frontal lobe dominates intellect while the right lobe can sustain damage without major mental loss. It notes variability and raises caution that science has not settled the issue.
A specimen named Anthropopithecus troglodytes is deposited at the London Zoo by Captain D A Donovan from the Gold Coast. Described as tame and intelligent, it may be a new form or a variable variety of the chimpanzee, with authorities to decide its specific status amid uncertain distinctions and boundary lines between varieties and species.
Washington reports eleven months ending May show total manufactures exports at 371.6 million, slight drop from 378.5 million last year except iron and steel. Iron and steel exports fell to 90.78 million while imports rose, with other manufactures rising by over 11 million compared to prior year. Domestic and foreign totals cited along with a Treasury summary of market shifts in iron and steel.
Dr Milne Bramwell describes hypnotism in a lecture to King’s College Medical Society. He cites Forel and Burghélzi asylum experiments. warders and patients show profound somnambulism with controlled responses. Hypnosis aids sleep, bowel and bladder function, and mental rest, with success in hysteria neurasthenia dipsomania obsessions and nervous tics in children.
An examination of caste protections for the Maharajah of Jaipur during his absence for the coronation, contrasting strict Hindu norms with reformist views. The piece recalls earlier assurances by a Bengal zamindar and cites fatal outcomes tied to penance rituals, ending with a quip from a Chicago News excerpt.
F. H. Oliphant notes 1901 crude petroleum output reached a record high with Texas California gains and Appalachian decline. Ohio led production, California up about 4.5 million barrels, Peru? No. Exports rose while value fell. average price fell to 95.7 cents a barrel. New pools and stock company growth marked the year.
The Charity Organization Society renews its appeal for assistance in four cases. A widow with four children seeks $1 for partial support during rest after surgery. An elderly American woman needing $10 monthly for food and shelter after pneumonia. An old German couple, ages 71 and 74, require $50 to maintain their home. A Bohemian widow with three children needs one month of aid for sustenance. Contributions to 105 East Twenty-second Street will be publicly acknowledged.
Franklin avenue west side 119 feet south of 170th street three story brick dwelling 22 by 57 Margaret Mulhall owner Bronx Architectural Company architect 5000 One hundred fiftieth street south side two feet west of Courtland Cave three story brick fire engine house 25 by 81 city of New York owner Alexander Stevens architect 335000
A Harvard professor explains animal steering in a humorous dialogue with his observant son Albert. The boy questions how rabbits and bulldogs steer, learning that rabbits use ears and bulldogs use bark, prompting a later note about a book quote.
The piece highlights two Manhattan districts likely to drive long term real estate interest. It cites the Forty second to Fifty ninth streets and Fifth to Eighth avenues corridor and the upper West Side starting at Fifty ninth street as prime targets for new home seekers investors and hotel and apartment developers due to beauty central location and ongoing site improvements. It notes rising activity and profit opportunities for public and private developers amid evolving demand.
The column discusses the duplex of 32 Union Square once home to Richard Beune and notes on West Fifty seventh street valuations. It highlights the upper West Side growth, lower West Side declines, and a public foreclosure auction for the Hotel Endicott.
Yesterday sales data show another Cook parcel purchased for IM with market activity noted. Item details remain partial due to fragmentary source text.
Henry D. Winans and May report the sale of a 2 foot lot at East Seventy-eighth Street for a first class private dwelling designed by architect C. P. H. Gilbert. J C Lyons Building and Operating Company sold property purchased from H H Benedict. John M Reid and Thomas Murphy moved Michael Curley holdings to Mary Higgins at East Forty-ninth Street for about 13000 dollars. Reid and Murphy consolidate real estate and insurance interests as Reid Murphy with office at 161 East Thirty-fourth Street. Murphy leads Tammany Hall in the XXth Assembly District. Reid is a noted Republican. William Durland reportedly sold 231 West Seventy-fourth Street to Browning King and Co. Next to a Broad Way and Seventy-fourth Street plot owned by W. E. D. Stokes with a vacant lot between. C F W Johanning sold 2102 Eighth Avenue a five story flat with stores for 36000 dollars. Francis H Leggett reportedly sold 21 West Thirty-fourth Street a five story building on a 25 by 98.9 foot lot. H T Gurney resold for Dr R James 61 West Fifty Fifth Street a four story and basement dwelling on 2x100.5 lot. Charles M Rosenthal sold 45 East Fifty
Real estate transactions list numerous sales including a three story and basement house on Eighth Street and a six story building on West One Hundred Sixteenth Street. Buyers include Eva Jacobs Arthur Silverman Gustave Beyer and Adolph Fliss with brokers S Steingut Co and Side Realty. parcels range from single plots to multiple tenements and stores along Sixth Avenue Lexington Avenue Amsterdam Avenue and East Twenty-Fifth Street.
Plans filed with the Bureau of Buildings show an eighteen story brick hotel to rise on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifty-fifth Street. The Fifty-fifth Street Company of No WW Broadway owns the parcel 125 by 100 feet on a site that was part of the old St Luke's Hospital property. Hiss Weekes of Fifth Avenue are the architects with an estimated cost of 2 256 000 dollars. The Tribune previously reported the property's purchase for hotel use.
Plans filed yesterday propose widening the Broadway entrance of Proctor's Theatre with alterations at an estimated cost of 6000 dollars.
Klenke and Borgstede sold land from the Potter estate to Emmanuel English Lutheran Church. The plot at the southwest corner of Brown Place and 137th Street spans 50 percent of a lot and costs about 15000 dollars.
Leopold Well sold by M. S. Auerbach to St. Haberman of 27 East Twenty first street. Haberman plans a ten story office building on the plot likely to be erected.
Mrs. Alice G Vanderbilt and others as executors transferred one half interest in Nos 72 and 727 Irving Place for 17000 dollars. W K Vanderbilt then transferred the remaining half to Heard who retransferred the whole parcel to the Municipal Realty Corporation.
Irregular ledger entries list transfers from RSX holdings to William N Heard and others, with mortgage notes of 30 000 and 788 figures. Properties include 72d-st Nos 316 East 16S x 102.2 and 112 east 34th st brick parcels. Names include Vanderbilt Heard Meinfeld Finney and others in executorship roles.
The notice outlines proposed structures across several locations including U5th Street Nos 342 and 244 East for a six story Pelham project, a fifty fifth Street brick tenement house, a five story brick storage house at No 1 288 Lexington Avenue, and a 19 story company building at No 10 Broadway. Owners include Copeland and brick hotel, Weinstein and Simon, and Hiss Weekes with associated architectural firms and site corners noted.
Hudson River Day Line operates steamers New York and Albany weekly from Fulton Street and Desbrosses Street Pier. Daily service from Brooklyn Annex to Yonkers and Kingston with through tickets to Albany Poughkeepsie Catskill and Hudson areas. Baggage checked to destination via New York Transfer Co. offices.
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