Stone flight darkens dining room amid hotel strike clashes
A stone shattered a window on the 2th Street side of the Stone Victoria Hotel during strike violence. Strikers and touring cars, dubbed pirates, clashed with taxicabs. a shot misfired by detective Walter Berry while Howard Carlin piloted the fleeing taxi. Other incidents include brickings at cafes and the Majestic window, plus a scab remark leading to a small fine.
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Hotel Victoria
Fifth Avenue
66Th Street
Broadway
Walter Berry
Knickerbocker
Bureau of Licenses
Hotel Majestic
Alien
Mr. Allen
Jefferson Market Court
Clement Tienitz
West Sth Street
Tienitz
Joseph F. Higgins
Higgins
West 6Sth Street
West 68Th Street
First Union Army Volunteer Dies in Washington
Dr. Charles Franklin Rand, the first volunteer to enlist after Lincoln's call and the first Medal of Honor recipient for battlefield bravery, died in Washington at age forty five. Born in Batavia New York he spent three months in Libby prison and was appointed provost marshal of the District of Columbia by Lincoln. He will be buried at Arlington in lot No. 1 designated for the first volunteer when he died.
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Washington
Charles Franklin Rand
Lincoln
Congress
Feorty
Batavia
Rand
Libby
District of Columbia
Arlington
Reynolds Loses Bid for Police Captain Reinstatement
Albany Oct 13 The Court of Appeals ruled against James B Reynolds who sought reinstatement as New York City police captain He was retired for disability at fifty seven after thirty five years service The Appellate Division decision was upheld reversing Special Term and directing Reynolds reinstatement uk E Convention at New Haven Delta Kappa Epsilon holds its sixty second annual convention November 11 to 12 with Yale as parent chapter Hartford and Waldorf Astoria dinner slated as major events featuring a cabinet member and senators
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Court of Appeals
James B. Reynolds
New Yerk
Reynolds
Phe
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
New Haven
Phi
Yale
Hartford
Trinity College
Waldorf-Astoria
Princeton
Death of Chicago's oldest priest Reverend Moynihan
Chicago October 13 reports the death of Reverend Jeremiah C Moynihan the city's oldest Roman Catholic priest. Born in Ireland May 3 198 and arrived in the United States seventy years ago he celebrated mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Angels less than two years ago.
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Chicago
Jeremiah C. Moynihan
Ireland
United States
Athedral of the Holy Angels
State Historical Association Holds Tenth Albany Meeting
Albany October 12 The New York State Historical Association held its tenth annual meeting in Albany. President James A Roberts gave the address on a state historical museum, urged by Dr John M Clarke director of the New York State Museum. Officers elected included Roberts Buffalo first vice Grenville Mingalebe New York second vice Sherman Williams Glens Falls third vice president W Stillman Albany treasurer James J Olsen Glens Falls and secretary Robert O Bascom Port Edward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York State Historical Association
James A. Roberts
John M. Clarke
New York State Museum
Buffalo
Grenville Mingalebe
New York
Sherren Williams
Glens Falls
Miners Convene in Scranton with Moderation Message
National President Lewis and John Mitchell urged restraint at the anthracite miners convention in Scranton urging a middle path for demands as the three year contract expires next April. They warned against rash action and emphasized conservatism in bargaining.
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Scranton
Penn
Natonal
Lewis
Middie
John Mitchell
Frank Work 57 Dies. Wall Street and Turf FigureRemembered
Frank Work 57 son of the late John Clinton Work and nephew of Frank Work the specula or and horseman died unexpectedly yesterday. Funeral set for Thursday at 417 5th Avenue at 10 a.m. Elder Frank Work, about 90, once a leading Wall Street and turf figure, is father of Aurel Barony, formerly Mrs. J. B. Burke.
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Frank Work
John Clinton Work
Black assailant pursued in Concord woods attack
Miss Pearl Tucker, sixteen, was assaulted by a Black man named Henry Faggart near Concord, twenty miles north of Charlotte. A 709 member posse captured the suspect within an hour as a mob of about 2000 pressed police to move him to safety.
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Charlotte
N. C
Pearl Tucker
Concord
Henry Faggart
Roger
Final bid to salvage the cruiser Yankee by Arbuckle
Washington set to salvage the Yankee with a contract to John Arbuckle worth 87500 at dockside in Brooklyn after a morning conference with Chief Constructor Capps. The plan uses compressed air to clear water then cement bags to seal hull fractures, with engineers King and Witherspoon backing the method.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy Department
John Arbuckle
New York
Arbuckle
Capps
Mount Temple
Nova Scotia
King and Wetherspoon
Fifteen Flee Flames After Dyeing Plant Blast
A naphtha explosion at Wallsesch Brothers dyeing cleaning plant on No 176th street caused a three story fire. Fifteen people were in the building with two injured. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars. Fire was checked by East 12th and 7th Street stations.
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Wallsesch Brothers
East 12Th Street
7Th Street
Belmon t Tube Leak Stoppered by Air in East River
Compressed air was applied to the south Belmont tube from 424 street to Queens to halt incoming water near the shaft into Man-of-War Reef. The leak stemmed from improper joining of the tunnel outer covering, with concrete inner tubing fault letting water seep in, though not serious enough to defeat pumps.
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Belmont
424 Street
Queens
East River
Oil brings wealth to policeman
Pittsburg officer George B. Shaw known as Shorty due to his height of six feet eight inches was informed on his beat that an oil well producing forty barrels per hour had been struck on his Butler County lease. He telephoned his resignation to headquarters and sent his shield and club with a fellow officer.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
George B. Shaw
Shorty
Butler County
Shaw
Ex Senator Reynolds Loses Suit Over Stock Investment
The actor won a Supreme Court verdict against ex State Senator W. H. Reynolds of Brooklyn for 747 dollars. Norris claimed investing 6 000 dollars in Fresh Pond Realty stock in February 190. The company dissolved April 7 with assets taken by Mount Carmel Cemetery Association.
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Supreme Court
W. H. Reynolds
Brooklyn
Norris
Fresh Pond Realty Company
Reynolds
Fresh Pond Reality Company
Mount Carmel Cemetery Association
Healty Company
Wiliam Norris
Windsor Theatre Demolition for Manhattan Bridge Approach
The Windsor Theatre on the Bowery near Canal Street will be torn down to make way for the Manhattan Bridge approach. Nos. 21 to 27 Chrystie Street were purchased by the city from the William R. Martin estate through Bryan L. Kennelly for about zero dollars.
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Windsor Theatre
Bowery
Canal Street
Manhattan Bridge
Dedication of Catholic College Mount St Marys Planned
On the fourteenth anniversary of Bishop McFaul’s elevation he will dedicate the new convent and Mount St. Mary’s College in North Plainfield. Run by the Sisters of Mercy the institution provides higher education for women. The buildings cost 150000 dollars, land donated by David Z. Kenney of North Plainfield.
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Plainfield
Henry Gilsey Dead at 63 After Yearlong Illness
Henry Gilsey aged 63 died of heart disease at his home 10 East 36th Street after a yearlong illness. His wife and two children were at his bedside. As executor of his father Peter Gilsey estate, Henry was involved in managing the former vast holdings, including Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre and the Gilsey House.
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Henry Gilsey
Peter Gilsey
East 36Th Street
Fred ©. Gilsey
Gilsey
Real Estate Operators Shape Markets in New York
The fifth year realty course hosted by the West Side YMCA at 318 West bith Street featured Henry Harmon Neill and speaker Robert E. Simon. Prominent attendees included Otto Kempner and Walter Stabler as experts discussed operator methods, forethought, and impacts of public improvements on neighborhood values.
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West Side Young Men’s Christian Association
Association
West Bith Street
Henry Harmon Neill
the Evening Mall
Robert E. Simon
Henry Morgenthau Company
Otto Kempner
New Jersey-New York Real Estate Exchange
Walter Stabler
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Edward Hess
Pierre M. Clear
Acme Real Estate Club
Michael Sweeney
G. Richard Davis
A. N. Gitterman
Edgar Lauer
Simon
Neill
Bronx
Washington Heights
Oscar Hammerstein
125Th Street
Long Acre
Times Square
44Th
45Th
Hammerstein
New York Theatre
Real estate trades surge in Manhattan with major properties sold
trading increased across the investment market with large volumes in downtown properties. notable transfers include No 3 Maiden Lane a five story building leased to Den street nett Surpassing Coffee. No 404 Sixth avenue between 24th and 25th streets. Nos 88 and 85 Sev enth avenue old Continental stables. No 62 Cortlandt street four story building. plot on 170th street near Audubon avenue. 22x100.11 on 312th street near Amsterdam avenue. No 316 West 14th street a four story single flat. brokers include Snowberg o and The Duross Company.
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Marhatan
Robert R. Rainey
Mary Philipse Satterlee
Maiden Lane
Nassau
Denstreet Nett
Coffee
de Casanova & Cohane
Elizabeth Hemenway
Sixth Avenue
24Th
25Th Streets
A. Forrest
Ada T. van Billington
Seventh Avenue
Old Continental
William A White
Foreclosure sale of Hotel Gotham at Vesey Street auction
The Hotel Gotham at 55th and Fifth sold in foreclosure to Benjamin P. Cheney for $2,458,853. Joseph P. Day conducted the sale at Vesey Street. The Knickerbocker Trust Company sued. the debt totaled about $495,000 plus two mortgages of $1,950,000. Four bids were received and the present management will stay.
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Gotham
55Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Joseph P. Day
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Benjamin P. Cheney
Boston
Dennis & Preston
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Wyllys Building Leased at 585 Broadway to United Merchants
The Charles F. Noyes Company has leased for twenty one years the five story and basement building at 585 Broadway. The Wyllys Company owns the building and the tenant is United Merchants Realty and Improvement Company. The rental incl taxes and charges totals about 175000 dollars.
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Charles F. Noyes Company
Broadway
Wyllys Company
United Merchants’ Realty and Improvement Company
Prescott Building
Spring Street
Realty holdings grow as H C Senior sells four story houses
H C Senior Co sells Nos. 108 and 110 West 64th Street to Bolton Hall for Daniel B. Safford. The plot measures 37 by 100.5 feet. Hall already owns Nos. 107, 1099 and 111 West 63d Street, gaining control of a 54.8 foot frontage on 63d Street and 37 feet on 64th Street.
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H. C. Senior & Co
Daniel B. Safford
West 64Th Street
Bolton Hall
Richard Hudnut Rents Thompson House on Madison Avenue
Richard Hudnut has rented the Thompson house at 297 Madison Avenue southeast corner of 41st Street. The five story stone structure sits on a 23.8 by 85 foot lot. Brokers Pease and Elitman arranged the transaction.
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Richard Hudnut
Thompson
Madison Avenue
41St Street
Pease & Elitman
Broadway Lease Put On Two Story Building Corner Lot
John R. Foley and Oscar L. Foley lease a two story and basement building on a 40 by 190 foot pilot lot at the southwest corner of 100th Street and Broadway to W. G. Richardson for fifteen years. The aggregate rental is $150,000 and the lease concerns Green Leaf K Sheridan and Lane steam automobiles.
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John R
Oscar L. Foley
Greenleaf K. Sheridan
100Th Street
Broadway
W. G. Richardson
Lane Steam Automobile
Office Building Plans Filed for East 224 Street Project
Plans filed with Buildings Superintendent Murphy outline converting No 72 East 224th Street from a four story dwelling to an office building for New Amsterdam Gas Company as lessee. The remodel costs an estimated 10 dollars per the Jardine Kent Jardine firm.
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Murphy
Francis A. Lawrence
New Amsterdam Gas Company
Jardine, Kent & Jardine
East Rist Street
J. Stephen Ullman
West 12d Street
A. G. Southworth
Hoppin & Koen
Hedman & Schoen
Manhattan
Mary J. Browne
Roosevelt Realty sells plot on 170th Street site
The Roosevelt Realty Company sold a 100 by 100 foot plot on the south side of 170th Street, 100 feet west of Amsterdam Avenue. The buyer, it is said, intends to improve the premises.
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Roosevelt Realty Company
170Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Realty Notes: Multiple New Leases on Fifth Ave and Nearby
Real estate firms Deering Milliken and McKenney Field & Woodman lease floors in a new Fifth Avenue 11th Street building. Lexington Avenue Company entries handled by L Tannenbaum Strauss & Co. Chris Schierloh rents Northwest corner at Tenth Ave and 11th St for Mrs. John Early. Adolph Meyer leases for Samuel Marks to Louis Pechar at 58 Sixth Ave. Amy Du Pu y of Pittsburg rents 826 and 82 Broadway from S Loewenberg and M A Marks Sons. McMann & Taylor lease 8 John Street to Stearns Medicine Co of Detroit for long term. Huberth & Gabel lease East 12th Street building to Adelaide W Nash for William H Oliver. Oliver to occupy after alterations. William B Proctor buys dwelling at East 39th Street.
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Sixth Avenue
Amy du Puy
Pittsburg
S. Loewenberg
M. A. Mark's Sons
Broadway
McMann & Taylor
John Street
Gold and
Pearl Streets
Stearns Medicine Company
Detroit
Mich
Huberth & Gabel
Adelaide W. Nash
William H. Oliver
12Th Street
Oliver
William B. Proctor
East 39Th Street
Bronx Building Plans Review for Several Brick Dwellings and Halls
The notice lists multiple Bronx sites with proposed brick structures including two story houses on Baker Ave near Garfield St for John and Katie Friedel with architect He Ebeling. a one story amusement hall 23 by 62 ft on Westchester Ave near Parker Ave for Marcus Nathan with architect Ebeling. four story dwellings on L724 St area for Jacob Cohn with Ebeling. four three story dwellings on Hoe Ave near 187th St for J C McCarthy with F McCarthy. and three eight story brick dwellings on West Farms Road near 167th St for J C McCarthy with F McCarthy. Totals shown: 24,000 5,000 20,000.
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Baker Ave
Garfield St
John
Katie Friedel
He Ebeling
Westchester Ave
Parker Ave
Marcus Nathan
I Ebeling
Jacob Cohn
B Ebeling
Hoe Ave
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August Itschner
Charles Singer
Jackson Avenue
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14Th St
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Henry Bergman
L B Hasbrouck
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Dora Bernstein
J C Weschler
Adam Weiner
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24 Ave
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Max Fleischer
Moss
Attys
J B Kilburn
Bryan L Kennelly
Nelson Ave
Prescott Site
Madison Avenue House
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Madison Ave
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East 64Th ST
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Brooklyn Bridge
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45Th ST
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Cheater
England
Palm Beach School
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Madison Square
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Lenox Ave
127Th St
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Union Square
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East 50Th Street
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Sist St
Barnard School For Boys
Young Ladies—City
Misses Rayson
West 75Th Street
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West 88Th St
West End Ave
Merrill-Van Laer
Peebles and Tr Pson
East Sith Street
N. Y
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West 81St ST
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Semple
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