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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
5
Four well known men named to investigate and create new plans for better police protection. A proposal for a new night patrol system aims to nearly double midnight to dawn officers. The plan combines three and two platoon ideas, requiring more recruits in weeks ahead.
Mayor Low named a citizen committee to investigate the East Side riots at Rabbi Josephs funeral. Members include Edward B. Whitney Louis Marshall Thomas M Mulry W H Baldwin Jr and Nathan Bijur. Bids opened for 9200 street signs with three bidders two for plain enamel and one for reflector signs.
The New York and Staten Island Electric Company and the Staten Island Railway Company were sold at public auction this afternoon in the Staten Island Savings Bank building at St George 8 1 by Charles Griffith. Sam L Bull of New York bought both firms as head of a reorganization board. The Electric Company brought 10000 dollars and the Railway Company 250000 dollars. Both firms have been in receivership since March 1.
Authorities consider another site for the new Post Office the Grand Central Palace block bounded by Lex Ave Depew Place Forty second and Forty fourth streets owned by the Goelet estate valued at 1 3 million dollars. Washington reports at least twelve properties now offered for the project with preference shown for the Forty second street neighborhood.
A new phase in the tale of the little schooner Notice emerges as it is towed into port by the Italian line Sardegna. The battered vessel carries a crew and passengers numbering over sixty, with about thirty passengers unlisted in the manifest. An age warning accompanied the report, suggesting additional details to follow.
Immigrants smuggled in small Cape Verde vessels raise suspicion among immigration authorities as 30 passengers lacking manifests are detained at Ellis Island awaiting exam. Promoter Andrew F Power faces charges from Rhode Island Governor Kimball over a $2000 investment claim. A Brooklyn injunction on Atlantic Avenue improvements is discussed as the city fights payment. Clara Barton returns from St Petersburg and comments on a czar’s honor. Heber R Bishop rumored to donate a major jade collection to the Metropolitan Museum.
The Westminster Hotel at Irving Place and Sixteenth Street, among the city’s oldest, sold today at auction to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for 400000. The insurer had asserted claims totaling 425000 and the sale occurred under foreclosure proceedings.
Cecil Rhodes's will has been probated in Cape Town. Letters of administration were granted to L. L. Mitchell with rights reserved for absent executors to prove later due to complications from non domiciled executors.
The office of Roswell Beardsley, postmaster of North Lansing near Ithaca, robbed Tuesday night. The 98 year old postmaster, serving since 1828, reported the loss today. About $40 worth of stamps and postal cards were taken from the office.
Joseph Allen, wanted for the July 23 murder of Achsah King in a Pittsburg wine room, was captured in Findlay last evening by Detective John Roach of Pittsburg and Officer Kramer Findlay.
The piece argues Frederick the Great loved his country yet avoided direct aid to American rebels. It contrasts him with other neutral monarchs who profited from armed neutrality and urges gratitude for his restraint. The author cites Louis XVI as an example of a nonneutral whose funding aided the American effort.
The passage argues that German women lag in intellectual achievement due to longstanding bondage under elders and the imperial scheme of Kinder Kirche and Kirche. It claims their early artistic work is superficial and apologetic, with a polemical tone in defense of their right to be heard, and notes religion still shapes storytelling and social life as a guiding influence.
Seven men were injured, one fatally, when a rail collapse on the Filbert Street elevated tracks caused by a passing express toppled section of guard rails and cables into Filbert Street. Italian laborers Caraccio, Guidesti, Savano, and two Fulton & Walker workers were among the injured as crews cleared wreckage and restored signal service.
Garibaldi recalls Anita's perilous flight with a baby in a handkerchief through Brazilian forests. He notes continued dangers from war as Republican forces retreat from the siege, facing floods, starvation, and exhaustion on a grueling mountain and river crossing.
The excerpt describes a perilous journey where a mother Refinds strength to reach a camp of Garibaldi's men. A dying child is placed near a fire and kept warm by a poncho wrapped by a rescuer, enabling the child to survive. Tears finally come to the mother as Garibaldi terms the voyage the most terrible he had known.
The New York Tribune reports China's likely abolition of the likin tax as the era’s most significant fiscal reform. The move ends a corrupt, onerous levy on inter provincial trade, promising free transit for goods and a uniform import rate, benefiting Britain, the United States, and other traders.
An article from Blue Mountain American notes mining has shifted from mystic speculation to practical finance. It explains investors favor development guided by engineers, economical processing of low grade ore, and prudent risk management over sensational promises.
Today in Philadelphia residents report the St Donatus Beneficial Society celebrating its patron saint fete at the Italian Church of Our Lady of Counses. Municipal Band performs near Nineteenth and Fits at 5 PM and a baseball game is listed for later with unclear venue.
The eighth annual National Jobbing Confectioners Association session opened at the Continental Hotel with City Treasurer J Hampton Moore delivering an address praising the trade and Philadelphia. President A C Keeley urged moderation and fair pricing as Keeley reported six new local associations joined and the treasury showed receipts of 733.81 with expenditures 411.35. The Confectionery Salesmen’s Association met at the Bingham House with President E G Staley proposing constitutional changes.
The Brooklyn Eagle relays Nadav of Paris describing Kaiser Wilhelm II's photo sessions. The Kaiser rejects pose suggestions, insists on his own setup, and keeps only two flattering shots while paying late and in limited fashion. Nadav also recalls Napoleon III posing for Napoleonic imagery, debating uniforms versus civilian attire.
In Topeka's Capitol Square a cottonwood tree has a storied past. Historian Major T. J. Anderson notes it began in 1860 from a seed in the stoneyard where stone for the east wing was prepared. By spring 1870, after a legislative appropriation renewed work, the sprout had a firm root among stone chips and drew attention from workers.
A Kansas City Times-Star feature recounts the great cottonwood in Topeka near the Capitol square. It notes its 85 foot height and 315 foot trunk circumference, its 7,854 square foot shade, and its status as a landmark seen by governors and notable figures since 1805.
An Indianapolis News account recounts how General Van Dorn was killed in 1863 by Dr. Peters of Franklin Tennessee after a long pursuit for revenge. The tale places Van Dorn at Gallatin and details Peters’s infiltration of the Confederate camp and the fatal confrontation.
Huntington West Virginia August 6 The Camden Interstate Street Railway strike, active since Saturday, was declared off yesterday leaving the city returning to normal tonight.
Deserts in Kern county and near the Mojave and Colorado deserts hold vast mineral resources including crude oil borax salt and nitre. Death Valley houses large borax beds and rock salt with nitrate veins promising extensive production. Dr Bailey notes 35 000 acres of pure saline beds with millions of tons of ore and nitre deposits rivaling Chile in potential for global supply.
A Swedish consul in Bombay attributes plague spread to natives' fear of sanitary inspection and modern medicine. He notes Bombay’s population fell by 40,000 in ten years while India grew about 1 percent, despite hospitals aiding affected areas. He says traditional beliefs hinder medical care.
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