The Coogan Name in 19th Century NY News and Politics

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Roach, and John Scallon.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="115" width="107"><div> JULY 23</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1863</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> The<i> Berkshire Eagle</i> reported that a committee of citizens planned a reception for the 49th Regiment to welcome local soldiers home from the war. <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Owen Coogan</font> was among the two dozen members of the committee. The reception would include bell ringing, music, speeches, street decorations and fireworks. On the same day, President Lincoln proclaimed a national Day of Thanksgiving.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="494" width="107"><div> SUNDAY JULY 26</div> <div> (The day of the death of Catherine Coogan at age 29, sister of Patrick, Mary, Bridget, James, Mathew (with whom she arrived aboard the <i>Webster</i> on July 17, 1863), et al.</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1863</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> It will be seen that from Monday afternoon to Thursday evening the [draft] riot existed.  During this period much private property was destroyed, and some public property, it is understood, was destroyed in Jamaica, also some public arms in one or two shops of individuals.  The amount of private property destroyed is estimated at not less than $400,000.</div> <br> <div> I here take the occasion to express my thanks to the officers and privates of the volunteers . . . marines and sailors . . . opfficers of the navy . . . to the police and its officers, and to many private citizens, for their aid on this occasion.  -- from a letter from John E. Wool, Major General, to the<i> NY Herald.</i></div> <br> <div align="LEFT"></div> <div> <i>The Draft in Illinois</i></div> <div> <i>How to Resist the Draft</i></div> <div> <i>[From the Chicago Times, July 23.1</i></div> <div> The plan adopted by the Democratic Club of the Third Ward to ensure against the draft will, we promise, be genewrally adopted in the city.  It may be adopted by any number of persons, organized for that purpose. Thus, in manufacturing or other establishments, where fifty or sixty or a hundren men are employed, the men may organize, and by a sufficient contribution from each, insure all against the draft [the Union Army required $300 for each exemption]. The contribution would be comparatively small--say $25 from each--and the unfortunates would have relief without hardship to any.--<i>NY Herald</i>.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="114" width="107"><div> THURSDAY</div> <div> MARCH 9</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1865</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> From the <i>New York Herald</i>, obituaries:  <font size="2" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">COOGAN</font>--At Harlem, on Tuesday, March 7, <font size="2" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">MARGARETTA</font>, the beloved daughter of Patrick and Frances Coogan, aged 6 years, 3 months, and 7 days.</div> <div> The funeral will take place from the residence of her parents, 109th Street, between Second and Thnird avenues, Harlem, this (Thursday) afternoon, at one o'clock.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="191" width="107"><div> THURSDAY</div> <div> APRIL 27</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1865</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Bleak news of the assassination of President Lincoln and Secretary Seward filled the pages of the <i>NY Times.</i> In the City of Charleston, South Carolina, Governor Aiken appointed a committee to draft a statement condemning the murders. The committee included<font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial"> P. J. Coogan</font> and 52 others. Another article in the <i>Times</i> notes feelingly that a New Yorker, Lieut. Johnston L. de Peyster, raised the first "real" American flag--that of the 12th Maine Volunteers--over the city of Richmond, "the central point of slavery." Those who helped raise the flag "should be remembered in the annals of this war emphatically for freedom." </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="172"><nobr><div> JANUARY 28 </div> <br> <br> <br> <br> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1868</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Died.</div> <div> COOGAN.–At Harlem, on Monday, January 27, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Frances, the beloved wife of Patrick Coogan</font>, aged 42 years.  His friends and those of his brothers, Matthew, Dennis, and Hugh, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his residence, 109<font size="1" color="#663300" face="Arial">th</font> street, between Second and Third Avenues, on Wednesday afternoon, at one o'clock. (Obituary notice in the <i>New York Herald)  Frances'</i> death record, # 1911, yields little information except that she died of Hepatitis and had lived in Harlem for 21 years (immigrated c. <font size="2" color="#663300" face="Arial">1847</font>).</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="132" width="107"><div> --The New York CENSUS INDEX, NYC</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1870</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Listed as residing in 12th Ward, 6-E District, were the following persons:</div> <br> <div> <img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/Symb075c00b700f00033cc00.png" height="16" width="24" align="bottom" hspace="0" vspace="0">Catharine Coogan<font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial">, age 70, born in Ireland</font></div> <div> <img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/Symb075c00b700f00033cc00.png" height="16" width="24" align="bottom" hspace="0" vspace="0">Mary Coogan<font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial">, age 36, born in Ireland</font></div> <div> <img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/Symb075c00b700f00033cc00.png" height="16" width="24" align="bottom" hspace="0" vspace="0">Patrick Coogan<font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial">, age 42, born in Ireland</font></div> <div>         —These are on Roll 989, pages 166-167 of the archives.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="1139" width="107"><div> JANUARY 22</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1880</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> From the<i> New York Times:</i></div> <br> <div align="LEFT"></div> <div> <b>COOGAN IN SEARCH OF A FATHER</b></div> <div> The Strange Tale of a Man from Great Bend.</div> <br> <div>      For several months past a man giving his name as <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Francis Coogan</font> has been haunting the office of Superintendent Walling and the Bureau of Vital Statistics, making inquiries and searching the records in an endeavor to establish his identity and discover his parentage. Coogan is a laborer, and his home is at Great Bend, Jefferson County. He says he was brought up in the family of one James Cleary, a prosperous farmer, of Kirkwood, Broome County, and for a great many years believed himself to be a son of Cleary, being always treated as such by the other members of the family. In 1861, when but 16 ½ years of age, he enlisted in the Eighty-ninth Regiment, New-York State Volunteers, in which he served 18 months. At the expiration of his term of enlistment he re-enlisted, and, he says, sent his pay and bounty to Cleary. He participated in the battles of Camden Mills, South Mountain, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. He was wounded in the head at Fredericksburg, and became deaf in consequence. He returned to what he supposed was his parents’ home at Kirkwood, and in the Summer of 1864 he went to Tennessee, and remained there until August, 1865. During this period, he says, he sent all his savings to Cleary, amounting to over $1,000. On returning to Kirkwood he worked on Cleary’s farm. In 1868 he got married, and removed to Great Bend, N.Y.  Previous to this, however, in 1863, Michael Cleary, a son of John, whom he had always regarded as his brother, quarreled with his father, and was turned out of the house. He then told Coogan that he [Coogan] was not in any way related to the Cleary family, but was a child of a neighbor, who had been kidnapped from New-York by the elder Cleary for some sinister purpose. Coogan repeated this story to the elder Cleary, and asked what truth there was in it.  Cleary said that there was no truth in his son’s story, and Coogan believed him.</div> <br> <div>      Cleary had promised that when Coogan got married he would give him $1,000 and furniture to furnish a home for himself. This promise he is said to have failed to keep, and this led to ill-feeling between them. Finally, Coogan says, Cleary gave him about $50 worth of furniture and two lots of little value, but the estrangement continued. Soon after his marriage Coogan and Cleary had a bitter quarrel, and Cleary is said to have then admitted that Coogan was not his child, but had been placed in his charge soon after his birth by his father. Since that time Coogan has been unremitting in his endeavors to find his parents. He has discovered that his father was Peter Coogan, who kept a cigar store in this city about the year 1845. His mother died on the 18<font size="1" color="#663300" face="Arial">th</font> of June, 1845, when he was but one week old. She was 34 years of age, and her death occurred at No. 80 Warren-street, in this city. She was buried by Undertaker Hart, in the cemetery attached to St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Michael Cleary, who was a friend and customer of his father, lost a child by death on June 13, 1845. Peter Coogan placed his infant child in the charge of Cleary, to be cared for until a Mrs. Walsh, an aunt of the infant, could take charge of him. Coogan has ascertained that his father went to the Mexican War, and as he has not been heard of since that time he is supposed to have been killed in Mexico.  Coogan believes that some property was left him by his mother, and charges that Cleary was induced by some interested person to take him away from this City so that they might obtain the property.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="76" width="107"><div> MONDAY</div> <div> JANUARY 9</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1882</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> The <i>NY Times</i> reported the killing of <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Delia Coogan</font> Tibbetts, 21 years of age and married to an employee of Centro Market who "has a fair reputation." Delia's mother and sister accused her husband of beating his wife to death.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="894"><nobr><div> WEDNESDAY</div> <div> OCTOBER 4</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1882</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> A coroner's inquest was held to investigate the death of a passenger on one of the privately-owned railroad lines serving New York City.</div> <br> <div> A New Haven train was struck by a Harlem Railroad train. The New Haven train was stopped for about four minutes in the Hudson River Tunnel when the collision occurred, but the engineer of the Harlem train received no notification of the stalled New Haven. No warning lights were displayed on the rear car of the stalled train, and the 98th Street operator did not detain the Harlem train. The coroner called several witnesses, both passengers and employees, including superintendents of the railroad companies that operated the trains.</div> <br> <div> After hearing lengthy testimony, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Juror J. J. Coogan</font> arose and addressed the coroner; he said that the jury had heard "sufficient testimony" to assign responsibility for the fatal accident. Intending to continue interrogations despite the objection, Coroner Hermann stated that any juror who wished to leave would be excused. When Coogan arose to leave, however, the coroner said, "You take your seat.  The other jurors have business as well as yourself. You were sworn to listen to the evidence in this case.  I propose to conduct this inquest without fear or favor."</div> <div>   </div> <div> Coogan protested that much of the testimony by passengers was "irrelevant." The coroner warned him against further argument, and he resumed his seat "with undisguised disgust, and while some of the other jurors shook their heads, the examination proceeded."</div> <div>  </div> <div> Juror Coogan then had an interchange with one of the witnesses, who testified that it would not have been safe for a brakeman from the New Haven to warn the oncoming train. "Of course not," Coogan replied, "because there was no brakeman there."  The witness commented that Coogan spoke "like a paid attorney," and Coogan replied, "Perhaps you are a bribed witness."</div> <br> <div> When the coroner proposed to take the jury to the scene of the accident, Coogan questioned the need for the visit since "A majority of the jurors have formed their conclusions on this case. What is the use of taking up so much time?" The article concludes with a comment that the jurors would inspect the tunnel after their luncheon.  --summarized from the <i>New York Times</i></div> <br> <div> <i>The outspoken juror may have been James Jay Coogan, later President of the Borough of Manhattan and twice a candidate for Mayor of New York. He was the developer of Coogan Brothers Furniture, a Bowery business, as well as of the sports fields known later as "Coogan's Bluff," and he held a law degree from NYU.</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="222"><nobr><div> DECEMBER 14</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1882</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Teresa Coogan</font> purchased and, on the same day, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Matthew Coogan and wife </font>leased property at 119th Street and 1st Avenue to Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank.</div> <br> <div> The market in metals reacted vigorously to news that an inexpensive process for producing aluminum had been invented in England.</div> <br> <div> Patrick Higgins, convicted in the Lough Mask murder with two other Fenians, was sentenced in Dublin to hanging, and the executioner of the three arrives under guard of “nine detectives.”</div> <div> –news and notices in the <i>NY Times</i>.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="57" width="107"><div> TUESDAY</div> <div> JANUARY 9</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1883</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Teresa Coogan and husband</font> recorded two mortgages to Steers on 1st Avenue property near 119th St.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="130" width="107"><div> SUNDAY</div> <div> JANUARY 21</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1883</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> In a display ad in the <i>NY Times</i>, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Coogan Brothers' Furniture </font>announced a 10-day sale, at whatever prices the furniture would bring, of a consignment received from NY Enameled Furniture Co., assigned by its creditors to James J. Coogan.</div> <br> <div> Republicans in Washington resisted the passage of a general tariff bill.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="129"><nobr><div> MONDAY</div> <div> FEBRUARY 26</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1883</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Teresa Coogan and husband recorded a five-year mortgage for property at <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">115th St. east of 1st Avenue.</font></div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> <br> <div> Sarah Brush and others leased <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">125 Bowery</font> property to J. J. Coogan for five years.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="38" width="107"><div> MAY 14</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1883</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Mary Anderson leased 123 Bowery to <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font> for 5 1/2 years.--<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="321"><nobr><div> DECEMBER  26</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1883</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> On Christmas night 1883,  fires at furniture stores in the Hoyle Building at 10th Street and Franklin Avenue in St. Louis took the lives of fire fighters Michael Kehoe and John Conway, whose brother Patrick Conway had just died of injuries received in the Occidental Hotel fire of a week earlier. The<i> NY Times</i> reports that firemen <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">John Coogan</font> and William Warren jumped from a second-story window to escape suffocation by the fire. Apparently, Coogan did not go home after that work but returned to the station. Later, his unit was called back to the area as the furniture warehouse was engulfed in flames:</div> <br> <div> Johnny Coogan tried to gain an entrance to the building but was overcome by the smoke and fell in the doorway. The fire was so hot that Coogan’s comrades could not rescue him at once, and when his body was taken out it was terribly burned and life seemed nearly extinct.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i>.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="172" width="107"><div> WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1884</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Thomas Coogan of Jersey City</font>, having negotiated with Patrick Nugent for the sale of liquor and cigars, transported a load of liquor from property which Nugent rented on the west side of NYC. As he was carting away a second load, however, NYC police arrested Coogan on information given by Nugent's employer, who had provided Nugent with $1,600 worth of liquor supplies and a saloon as reward for loyal service to the employer's firm. Coogan spent the night in jail at the 15th Precinct.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="362" width="107"><div> SUNDAY</div> <div> MARCH 23</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1884</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> “For Sale. 4-story brownstone house 30th St. between Park and Lexington, 20 x 60 x 100. $30,000 or will exchange and pay difference in cash for house between Madison and 5th ave. or 5th and 6th ave.  For permit apply to owner, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font> 125 Bowery.”--Classified advertisement from the<i> New York Times</i>.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Note: In the 1890 <i>NYC Directories</i>,  Coogan Brothers’ Furniture was located at 121 Bowery & 378 Third Ave. Property at 233 Bowery was in the 17th Ward, 1st district. Coogan Bros. Furniture partners included the following: James J. Coogan ( 41 West 52nd);  Edward V. Coogan, Patrick P. Coogan, and Thomas A. Coogan  (79 West 54th).  See note on <font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><a href="#coogan_brothers__store_at_grand_street" title="The Coogan Name in 19th Century NY News ">meeting at Coogan Brothers' Furniture store</a>,</font><font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> <a name="march_23"><img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/1x1.gif" height="1" align="bottom" width="1" hspace="0" vspace="0"></a></font> below. </div> <br> <div> In the 1900/1901 edition of the <i>New York Business Directory</i>, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font>’s residence is listed as 599 5th Avenue; his occupation is “Pres" (President of the Borough of Manhattan); his work address is “13 City Hall.”--<i>NYC Business Directory</i> information from the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160403000430/http://www.goneonwalkabout.com/crg/index.htm" target="_top" title="http://www.goneonwalkabout.com/crg/index">Coogan Research Group</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="317" width="107"><div> AUGUST 10</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1884</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> On the same day that Mary Stilwell, wife of Thomas A. Edison of Menlo Park, NJ, died suddenly at age 29, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Coogan Brothers Furniture</font> Company contributed goods for a fair sponsored by German veterans groups that fund NYC charities.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times.</i></div> <br> <div> The World Exposition was under construction in New Orleans, with a thousand mechanics at work and contracts awarded for the making of ice and cooling of drinking water for the visitors.</div> <br> <div> In New Jersey, the City of Elizabeth planned to enforce the "Sabbath Laws" prohibiting the sale of alcohol in stores and saloons on Sundays. A <i>NY Times</i> staff writer worried that the Elizabeth saloon owners, who have vowed to help enforce the law, were planning to protest the sale of cigars and newspapers, and to attempt to secure the arrest of barbers and horse-drawn cab drivers in the city.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="95"><nobr><div> SATURDAY</div> <div> SEPTEMBER 13</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1884</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">A Coogan athlete</font>, playing for the Newark Domestic baseball club, helped his team lead 3-0 at the end of the 7th inning, but his errors helped to give the victory to the New York team by the end of the game.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times.</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="38"><nobr><div> WEDNESDAY</div> <div> DECEMBER 31</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1884</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Teresa Coogan</font> purchased, for a nominal sum, <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial">property near 117th St.</font>--<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="394" width="107"><div> MARCH 31</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1885</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> On March 31, 1885, there was a fire at Bleeker Street, NYC, which caused $40,000 worth of damage to merchants of the area and brought the elevated rail cars to a halt. In the building where the fire began lived a family of  French immigrants. An eight-year-old daughter was upset because, in the rush to escape the flames, she left her “chére poupée” behind. The <i>New York Times</i> reports,</div> <br> <div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Officer Coogan</font><font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> </font>[no first name given], of the <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> <a name="15th_32_precinct"><img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/1x1.gif" height="1" align="bottom" width="1" hspace="0" vspace="0"></a></font>15th Precinct, who had been on the force only a few weeks, thought the girl was crying because a younger sister had been left behind, and dashing into the building he searched every room, until he saw what he supposed was a child lying on a bed.  He did not discover that it was a doll until he was half way down stairs, and his first impulse was to throw it away, but he accepted the situation and gave Émilie her treasure.  She amply rewarded him by her exclamations of delight and her smiles for his trouble and the jibes he will have to put up with from his comrades.</div> <br> <div> James K. Pell of the family that gave its name to the Pelham area of the Bronx died at the age of 83.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="378" width="107"><div> FRIDAY</div> <div> MAY 3</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1885</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> In the Ludlow Jail were two persons, “the decrepit clairvoyant” Alice Frankle and her husband, “Billy.”  The were being held on bail of $1,000 each because they had lost a lawsuit to plaintiff <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Mary Coogan</font>, who won a judgment of $20,000 against them. The couple had accused her falsely of theft and had her arrested. The New York Supreme Court upheld the arrest of the couple, Judge Andrews presiding in Chambers</div> <div> --<i>NY Times.</i></div> <br> <div> During the summer of 1885, the 69th Regiment Band performed at Battery Park, several theaters hosted Shakespearean performances, and the Veterans of the War of 1812 met to prepare for July 4th celebrations at Military Hall on the Bowery. Also, The <i>NY Times</i> reported that the trustees of New York City museums decided to extend hours at the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art until 7:00 P.M. in July and August since workers who have a half-holiday on Saturdays during summer months would have time to visit the museums (a 5 1/2-day work week).</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="76" width="107"><div> JUNE 15</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1885</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> An early-morning fire at the <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Coogan Brothers Furniture store at 378 Third Avenue</font> resulted in a loss of $20,000-25,000 in bedding materials stored in the basement.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="210" width="107"><div> TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1886</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> On the same day that New York City concluded plans to build the New York Public Library at 42nd St. and 5th Avenue, the Washington Heights Century Club held its meeting in downtown, rather than in "the wilds of the annexed district," its usual meeting place since its founding. At the meeting, held by tradition on Washington's birthday, the members of the Club, including <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font>, heard reverent and irreverent speeches about Washington, as well as about New York, the Congress, and "Old Ireland and Young America." At the Brunswick Hotel, James P. Farrell presided over a meeting of the Irish Home Rule Club</div> <div> --<i>NY Times.</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="433" width="107"><div> APRIL 6</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1886</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> The<i> NY Times </i>reported that at the <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> <a name="coogan_brothers__store_at_grand_street"><img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/1x1.gif" height="1" align="bottom" width="1" hspace="0" vspace="0"></a></font>Coogan Brothers’ store at Grand Street and the Bowery, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font> presided at a meeting of merchants to discuss the possibility of closing retail stores at 6:00 and after half-days on Saturdays. In attendance were dealers from Lord & Taylor's, as well as Ridley, Nicoll, J. H. Johnson, and others from east-side stores.  “Definite action” was planned for another meeting, on April 18, at the Bowery's Military Hall. <a href="#march_23" title="The Coogan Name in 19th Century NY News ">Return to March 23, 1884.</a></div> <br> <div> .In Austin, Chicago, and Boston, the Knights of Labor were signing up working people, including ex-slaves in southern states, to the alarm of northeastern entrepreneurs. In New York City, the Journeyman Barbers' Protective Union met to explore ways to shorten working hours for barbers. New York City police arrested Patrick Gorman, a hotel bartender, in a police sweep of city saloons that were in violation of the excise laws prohibiting sale of alcohol on Sundays. –<i>NY Times</i></div> <br> <div> The <i>NY Times</i> reported that Gladstone's Home Rule bill was in the London news. The <i>Times</i> writer notes that according to one London source, “It would be impossible . . . ever to revert to the old system of Irish government. Even if Mr. Gladstone's measure be rejected, some solution must be found of the Irish question.”  </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="375" width="107"><div> APRIL 14</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1886</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <i>NY Times</i> sports page lists a <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Coogan athlete</font> of the Newark Club playing in a game at the Polo Grounds (Coogan’s Bluff).</div> <br> <div> It was not unusual for eight or ten steamships to arrive from Europe each day at New York City docks, and for as many to leave, most bound for Europe or South America. Special subsidies for the fares of trained workers and young people (low rates which may have induced many immigrants to understate their ages on ships’ manifests) were not often to be found as late as 1886, but in the <i>NY Times</i> the White Star Line advertised “steerage from or to the old country, $20.”  Other trans-Atlantic ship lines had similar rates for travel to and from Cobh (near Cork, or Queenstown) or Liverpool, England.  </div> <br> <div> Cabin accommodation ranged from $50 for a mail steamer to $175 for Express. For steerage accommodation, a traveler paid no more than $35 and as little as $20. For a closer-to-home vacation, $1.50 would pay for travel by steamboat to the Catskill Mountain area, with railroad connections to various resort towns. Day trips up the Hudson River were common. Steamboat fare to Boston was $3.00. </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="76" width="107"><div> SUNDAY</div> <div> AUGUST 8</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1886</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> <a name="early_closing_movement_of_their_own"><img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/1x1.gif" height="1" align="bottom" width="1" hspace="0" vspace="0"></a></font>From the <i>NY Times</i>:  "<font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Coogan Brothers,</font> of Grand Street and the Bowery, began an early closing movement of their own yesterday by giving their employees a half holiday, beginning at 1 o'clock in the afternoon."</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="379" width="107"><div> AUGUST 28</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1886</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> In 1886, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font> wrote his letter of acceptance of the nomination for Mayor of New York City by the Convention of Workingmen. He addressed the letter to Lewis P. Delan, Chair of the Ways and Means Committee. The letter epitomizes Coogan’s working-class politics. He vows to enforce labor-protective laws if elected, and he promises to “contribute” sufficiently to the campaign “to insure” election--a shocking promise to read in print at that time. Coogan opposes child labor and promises to enforce existing laws that limit the working hours of adults. He seems particularly concerned with construction workers on public-works projects losing “life and limb” through the illegal refusal by municipal officials to provide appropriate safety equipment for them.  He advocates protective tariffs and government regulation of large railroad and communications corporations.  And he advocates a progressive income tax that would limit personal wealth to $500,000. <a href="acceptance_speech_1886.htm" target="_top" title="Letter of Acceptance, 1886">Read the entire 1886 letter.</a> </div> <br> <div> This 1886 Letter is in the NY Public Library, 5th Avenue and 42nd St. Also in NY Public Library is his Letter of Acceptance for the 1888 nomination to the same group. <a href="letter_of_acceptance_1888.htm" target="_top" title="Letter of Acceptance, 1888">Read the 1888 letter.</a> <a name="1886___88_letters"><img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/1x1.gif" height="1" align="bottom" width="1" hspace="0" vspace="0"></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="152"><nobr><div> SEPTEMBER 3</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1886</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <b>Mr. J. J. Coogan and the Workingmen.</b></div> <br> <div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Mr. James J. Coogan</font> is willing to be Mayor of New York. He advised the Central Labor Union Convention of that fact last night.  He asserts that with the support of the workingmen he can easily be  elected, and he has prepared a platform upon which he thinks he could ride triumphantly to the City Hall. It includes, beside a number of stock planks, a high protective tariff. . . . --The <i>Brooklyn Eagle</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="321"><nobr><div> SEPTEMBER 24</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1886</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Congressional nominations were made yesterday as follows: Connecticut, First District, John R. Buck, Rep.; New Jersey, First District, George Hires, Rep.; Virginia, Eighth District, General W. H. F. Lee, Dem.; Nebraska, Second District, James Laird, Rep.; Second District, William M. Marine, and Fifth District, W. C. Tuck, all Republicans.</div> <br> <div>      There were 409 delegates at the Workingmen’s Labor Convention, which met last night in Clarendon Hall, New York.  John McMackin presided.  After the adoption of a platform nominations for Mayor were declared to be in order.  The first ballot showed 360 for Henry George, 31 [81?] for <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font>, and 18 for W. S. Thorn.  The nomination of Mr. George was received with cheers.  An executive committee was appointed to take charge of Mr. George’s canvass and it was decided to hold a ratification meeting at Cooper Union on October 5.</div> <div> --The <i>Brooklyn Eagle</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="57"><nobr><div> NOVEMBER 6</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1886</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Matthew Coogan and wife</font> record a mortgage to Webber for property near the corner of Brook Avenue and 164th St.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="413" width="107"><div> FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4-SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1887</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> In NYC, charges of bribery to control the election and news of police called in to help serve warrants for the Elections Commission competed for space with reports of the visit of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt on his campaign through New York City. Roosevelt criticized Tammany Hall bosses and found wildly cheering crowds at all stops.</div> <br> <div> At Yorkville police station,<font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial"> Mr. Coogan</font> protested about his furniture having been taken away.  Judge Murray found no fault in the auctioneer, who acted under judgment of foreclosure. Mr. Coogan’s “testimony, under cross-examination, showed him to be either a very careless or a very forgetful man,” according to a <i>Times</i><b> </b>reporter.</div> <br> <div> In Pittsburgh, Andrew Carnegie hosted the visiting “English Peace Commission,” outspoken advocates of home rule for Ireland. One member of the Commission, a Glasgow Member of Parliament, commented that home rule means neither separation of Ireland from Great Britain nor separate governments, but only local decision making for the Irish as a step toward “national reform.” The members of the Commission expected no uprisings or use of arms, but “merely <b>. . .</b> the peaceful triumph of democracy.”</div> <div> –<i>NY Times</i>.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="1034"><nobr><div> NOVEMBER 24</div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <div> <img src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/41177d10.jpg" border="0" width="119" height="209" align="BOTTOM" hspace="0" vspace="0"></div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1887</div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> The <i>New York Times</i> printed an article entitled “Marred by Discord”:   “Marred by Discord” serves to remind us how strong and long-lived had been the desire for Irish independence and for unity under one native-Irish government.</div> <br> <div> By some accounts, in 1861 there were at least 50,000 Fenians in New York, and many more who sympathized with them and sent money to support the cause. James J. Coogan was most likely among these financial supporters. In 1887, many Fenian (Irish Republican Brotherhood) supporters gathered at Cooper Union in New York City, where Abraham Lincoln had given an anti-slavery address in 1860. Their purpose was to commemorate Allen, Larkin, and Ó Brien, Irish Fenians whom the English hanged in 1867--even though none of the three had fired the fatal shot--for the death of an English police officer who thwarted a Fenian attempt in Manchester, England to rescue their captured comrades. Today, a large, beautifully detailed Celtic cross (photo left) stands in Section 16 of Calvary Cemetery. Marking the 40th anniversary of the Manchester Martyrs, an inscription on the cross reads "Erected to the Memory of the Men of 18651867 by the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, 1907," twenty years after the Cooper Union meeting.</div> <br> <div> The <i>New York Times</i> article of November 23, 1887 recounts political debates at this meeting of the Fenian Brotherhood of the District of Manhattan, held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the deaths of the Manchester Martyrs.  </div> <br> <div> The 2,500 in attendance at the commemoration included <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font>, Bernard Campbell, P.  B. Egan, John A. Kearney, Patrick McGahey, Colonel James H. Kerrigan, Mrs. Margaret Moore, Mrs. J. H. Hackett, George Smith, and Frank Farrel, as well as Ex-Congressman William E. Robinson, John McMackin, and the Rev. Charles McCarthy. According to the <i>New York Times</i> account, Richard Caffrey, a young orator of the Manhattan Circle, gave a speech that attacked John Ford and that nearly precipitated a riot in the Cooper Union hall.</div> <br> <div>  “Two men in the hall attempted to defend [Ford] and were bustled out unceremoniously,” the <i>Times</i> author notes.  Approaching the platform where Caffrey stood, one of the men rebuked him:  “Mr. Ford is a man, while you are only a child.”</div> <br> <div> A “self-constituted committee” soon overpowered the objector and removed him from the hall. Members of the 69th Regiment “quickly got up and walked out . . . when Mr. Caffrey's opinions became plain.” Caffrey's statement that “the best way to right the wrongs of the oppressed country was to plant a bomb in the heart of England” drew cheers and calls for “dynamite” from the crowd. Then, Dr. McGlynn gave a speech critical of the position taken by the Catholic Church on the question of Irish independence (and the Church’s earlier opposition to Abolition as well). The <i>NY Times</i> author summarized McGlynn’s words: “He would go to the scaffold or the stake rather than give up the great truth that the land of Ireland belonged to the people of Ireland.”   <a name="view_the_full_text_from_the_times_"><img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/1x1.gif" height="1" align="bottom" width="1" hspace="0" vspace="0"></a><a href="marred_by_discord.htm" target="_top" title="Marred by Discord">View the full text from the </a> <a href="marred_by_discord.htm" target="_top" title="Marred by Discord"><i>Times</i></a><a href="marred_by_discord.htm" target="_top" title="Marred by Discord">.</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="151"><nobr><div> FEBRUARY 6</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1887</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> From<i> The Brooklyn Eagle</i>:</div> <br> <div align="LEFT"></div> <div> <b>HELD FOR STABBING HIS SHIPMATE.</b></div> <br> <div>      James Powers was held in $1,000, at Jefferson Market Court, New York, yesterday for stabbing <font size="3" color="#BF0000" face="Arial">John Coogan, a shipmate</font>, with a sheath knife on January 9, on board the National Line steamship <i>Spain</i>, then lying at Pier 39, North River.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="190" width="107"><div> AUGUST 12</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1888</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <b>Where Was [James J.] Coogan?</b></div> <br> <div> “Where was Coogan when the votes went in?” is something that the defeated Labor candidate for mayor of New York is vainly endeavoring to ascertain. Before the election Mr. Coogan startled the public by announcing that an unmentioned person had offered him $100,000 to retire from the contest. The identity of the alleged briber he has not yet revealed, but he has disclosed enough to show that the ex-candidate is a very vain, pretentious and gullible person.  It appears that he poured out money. . . .-- The <i>Brooklyn Eagle</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="118"><nobr><div> FEBRUARY 4</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1889</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> The City of New York took over property at 111th St. in order to make it a through street from Fifth Avenue to Sixth Avenue. The action forced the Giants to play the season's opening games in St. George Grounds, Staten Island. Building began on a new stadium at 155th Street and 8th Avenue (Coogan's Bluff).</div> <div> <i>--New York Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="38" width="107"><div> THURSDAY</div> <div> JULY 10</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1890</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Teresa Coogan and another</font> sold property at Jackson and Cherry St. for $87,500.--<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="302" width="107"><div> MONDAY</div> <div> MARCH 16</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1891</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> A <i>New York Times</i> theater news column commented on appearances by Lillian Russell and Clara Morris; then it concluded with a mention of “<font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Misses [Jesse] Coogan [daughter of James J. Coogan] and Gorman</font>, whose dance was an attractive feature of the recent production of ‘Babes in the Wood’ at Niblo’s.” The two women will appear in <i>McKennas Flirtation</i> for a two-week run at Niblo’s.</div> <br> <div> In 1891 <i>NY </i><i>Times</i> advertisements, Niblo's Garden was at Broadway near Houston Street. <i>Old Bronx Names</i>, by John McNamara  (The Bronx County Historical Society, 1978) lists another Niblo's: "This hall and picnic gardens attracted thousands of visitors to Third Avenue and East 170th St. after it had been purchased from the Zeltner family. The high point of its existence occurred in 1910 when Prince Henry of Prussia . . . stopped there for a reception" (440). </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="115" width="107"><div> MONDAY</div> <div> MAY 9</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1892</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> The<i> NY Times</i> announced the opening of the new Clubhouse at Manhattan Field. New grandstands to seat 25,000, stables, judges' stands, electric lights, sweeping lawns, indoor dining room, plants and pictures would attract visitors to the grounds where the horse shows were held, the writer predicted. <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font> was a member of the club and a shareholder in the renovated facility.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="76" width="107"><div> JUNE 21</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1892</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> With a score of 33, Private <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">T. F. Coogan</font> of the Eighth Regiment, Company B, qualified in the State Marksmen's Decoration competition at Creedmore.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="498"><nobr><div> NOVEMBER 2</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1894</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <b>FIREMEN</b><font size="3" color="#663300" face="WP MultinationalA Roman"><b>*</b></font><b>S JUBILEE AT PASSAIC.</b></div> <div> It Was a Day of Parades, Dinners<font size="1" color="#663300" face="Arial">, </font>Fireworks, and Dancing.</div> <br> <div> PASSAIC, N. J., Nov. 1.—The Passaic Volunteer Fire Department held its silver jubilee to-day. The city was handsomely decorated.   The City Hall looked well, but the work of Alert Truck Company on the river bridge was most admired.  The Goddess of Liberty was represented in silver and gold, surmounted by flags, banners, and shields.  This piece of work cost the Alerts $3,000.</div> <br> <div> Good-Will Hook and Ladder Company of Warwick, N. Y.,  were accompanied by the President, Clerk, and Trustees of the village.  They were the guests of the Alerts. The Wallklll Engine Company of Middletown, N. Y., who were also accompanied by their town officers,  were the guests of Passaic Engine Company No. 1.</div> <br> <div> Mayor Walston R. Brown of Passaic invited the more prominent of the visitors to a luncheon at the armory.  About 800 guests were present.  Mayor Brown reviewed the procession from a platform erected in City Hall Park.  All the ex-chiefs of the Passaic Fire Department were in line, in command of <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Thomas Coogan</font>, who was the first chief. </div> <br> <div> The jubilee closed this evening with a municipal dinner at Whitehead<font size="3" color="#663300" face="WP MultinationalA Roman">*</font>s Opera House, a display of fireworks at the Passaic Athletic Club oval, and a ball at Retlinger<font size="3" color="#663300" face="WP MultinationalA Roman">*</font>s Hall.</div> <div> --<i>New York Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="134" width="107"><img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/1x1.gif" height="134" align="bottom" width="107" hspace="0" vspace="0"></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1895</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> As indicated in comparisons found in several newspaper articles of the era, New York City development was modeled on the notion of the international city, particularly London, whose status as the "largest city in the world" inspired the New York planners to expand  their own city's  borders toward the close of the 19th century. In this year, the East Bronx became part of New York City, a separate borough from Manhattan in 1898, and a separate county in 1914.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="57" width="107"><div> AUGUST 7</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1895</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Under “Departures for Europe,” The <i>New York Times</i> reported that “<font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">J. J. Coogan, Mrs. Coogan, Jay Coogan, Gordon Coogan, and Miss Jessie Coogan</font>” left on the <i>St. Louis</i> for Southampton.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="76" width="107"><div> FRIDAY</div> <div> AUGUST 9</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1895</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Playing for the Washington team in right field at the Polo Grounds, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Coogan athlete</font> struck out with Rusie pitching in a game in which the New York Team scored eight hits in the first two innings.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="168"><nobr><div> SATURDAY</div> <div> SEPTEMBER 21; </div> <div> SUNDAY</div> <div> SEPTEMBER 22</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP"><nobr><div> 1895 </div> </nobr></td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Playing for the Orange, NJ team in New Jersey, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Coogan athlete</font> helped his team to victory against Scranton. The next day, playing for a crowd of 2,000, the Orange team defeated the Elizabeth, New Jersey team.</div> <br> <div> A trolley company installed electric traffic lights along Coney Island Boulevard while the New York Coach and Cab Company advertised matched pairs of trained horses for sale at West 69th Street.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i>.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="32" width="107"><div> FRIDAY</div> <div> OCTOBER 4</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1895</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER"><nobr><div> On the New York State Supreme Court docket:  <i>Ferretti vs. Coogan</i>.</div> </nobr></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="210"><nobr><div> SUNDAY</div> <div> NOVEMBER 24</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1895</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> A <i>NY Times</i> sports writer covered the Yale-Princeton game at Manhattan Field. The stands were filled with "one of the best groomed and most orderly" crowds "ever observed at a big game in the metropolis. Thousands of non-paying spectators "stood for hours on the viaduct and Deadhead Hill for a long-distance view of the struggle." In a sardonic reference to Tammany Hall political victories, the <i>Times </i>writer notes, "Prominent among the number was Richard Croker, the manager of that other team of tigers which won a game of politics a short time ago." Then, he comments on another sports enthusiast at the event:<font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial"> "James J. Coogan</font>, who wanted to be Mayor once upon a time."</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="152" width="107"><div> TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1896</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Miss Esther Louise Coogan<font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial"> arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, a summer retreat for denizens of Washington D.C., New York City, and east coast society. Mrs. Astor hosted her final dinner of the season, Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry and his family left for their country home, and Cushing, Beekman, Goddard, and others of notable names frequented the dinners, the Casino, and the country club.</font></div> <div> --<i>NY Times.</i> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="433" width="107"><div> FRIDAY OCTOBER 9</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1896</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Lawsuit reported in<i> NY Times</i>:  <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Matthew Coogan "and others" </font>are defendants in a New York City and County Supreme Court case for removal from properties at 107th St. and 109th St. Action No. 1:  </div> <br> <div> To be sold at public auction: . . . .  Beginning at a point on the southerly side of 107th Street, distant 325 feet westerly from the southwesterly corner of 107th Street and First Avenue; running thence southerly parallel with First Avenue and partly through the centre of a party wall, 100 feet and 11 inches; running thence westerly parallel with 107th Street., 25 feet; running thence southerly and parallel with said First Avenue, 100 feet and 11 inches to the said southerly side of 107th Street, and running thence easterly along said southerly side of 107th Street 25 feet, to the point or place of beginning. Subject, however, to mortgages now a lien on said premises for fourteen thousand dollars and interest. Charles W. Dayton, Plaintiff's Attorney, 3 Broad St., NYC.</div> <br> <div> “Action No. 2" sets forth the same action for a property at 109th St. Similar notices appeared again on Friday, Oct. 16 and 23 and Nov. 6, 1896. In the same issue are similar notices regarding property held by Dunn in Morrisania and by Wendell, Shields, and Romeyn at Aqueduct and Croton at Macomb's Dam Road containing two acres, 24th Ward.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="95" width="107"><div> TUESDAY OCTOBER 13</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1896</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> “Harness Races” to be held in Brooklyn at 2:35 Thursday, October 15 for a purse of $200: The horse American Wonder, owned by <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">M. F. Coogan of Lynbrook, L. I.</font>, was entered. This horse ran again on Friday, October 16, same race.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times.</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="92"><nobr><div> THURSDAY</div> <div> OCTOBER 29</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1896</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Matthew Coogan and wife</font> sold property 300 ft. west of 1st Ave. at 107th St. for $1--<i>NY Times.</i></div> <br> <div> Matthew's real estate troubles were similar to those of <a href="#edward_v__coogan" title="The Coogan Name in 19th Century NY News ">Edward V. Coogan</a><a href="#edward_v__coogan" title="The Coogan Name in 19th Century NY News ">.</a> <a name="edward_f__coogan"><img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/1x1.gif" height="1" align="bottom" width="1" hspace="0" vspace="0"></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="76"><nobr><div> FRIDAY </div> <div> NOVEMBER 13</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1896</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font> was ordered to pay a court judgment of $701 to Wolff. The Mayor paid a judgment of $43 to <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">George Coogan</font>, and other judgments to a long list of other plaintiffs.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="38"><nobr><div> FRIDAY</div> <div> NOVEMBER 20</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1896</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER"><nobr><div> David Coogan<font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial">–Henry Berg lawsuit: Judgment $82</font></div> <div> --<i>NY Times.</i>  </div> </nobr></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="57" width="107"><div> SATURDAY</div> <div> APRIL 17</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1897</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Matthew and Denis Coogan </font>and another were ordered to pay a judgment of $545 to New York Hydraulic Press Brick Company</div> <div> --<i>NY Times.</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="76" width="107"><div> MARCH 23</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1897</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Property at 318 East 109th St. owned by <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Matthew Coogan and others</font> was to be sold at public auction following the 1896 foreclosure action. The property was a three-story brick house with stable--<i>NY Times.</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="390"><nobr><div> THURSDAY</div> <div> OCTOBER 21</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1897</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan </font>was among the NYC residents who rode a special Long Island Railroad train to Old St. Paul's Church in Glen Cove for the funeral of Charles A. Dana--<i>NY Times</i>.</div> <br> <div> Charles Anderson Dana (1819-1897) had been owner of the <i>New York Sun</i> and a writer and managing editor of the <i>New York Tribune</i>. Having resigned from the <i>Tribune</i> when Horace Greeley's Civil War stance provoked him, Dana became President Lincoln's Assistant Secretary of War between 1863 and 1865. Today, we find the Dana name on many hospital and university buildings and programs, enduring testimony to the philanthropy of the Dana family. You can find an interesting portrait of C.A. Dana, Joseph Pulitzer, and other journalists at <i>The Poughkeepsie Journal </i>web site: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160403000430/http://www.pojonews.com/tour/group2.htm" target="_top" title="http://www.pojonews.com/tour/group2.htm">http://www.pojonews.com/tour/group2.htm</a></div> <br> <div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James Coogan</font> leased a store at 152 West 124th St. for 5 1/2 years at $1,032 to 1,212.--<i>NY Times</i> </div> <br> <div> The previous day, the New York State Supreme Court appointed a referee in the case of<font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial"> Sturges vs. Coogan</font>, attorney Patterson.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="536"><nobr><div> FRIDAY</div> <div> SEPTEMBER 23</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1898</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Subtitle of this story from the <i>New York Times</i> is "Irish Janitor, Recently Arrived, Admired American Postal Service":</div> <br> <div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Michael Coogan</font> had been in the U.S.A. only ten days when he had a post card to mail, so he  went to box No. 615, at 64th St. to mail it. The directions on the box instructed the user to turn the handle to the right and to open the door and push down the hook. The <i>Times</i> reports, "He carefully balanced on the hook the postal card that had been given to him to mail, closed the door, and started for 30 West 64th St," where he was working as a janitor.</div> <br> <div> "‘Tis a fine country,’ soliloquized Mike, as he walked away. ‘I suppose that letter is in Chicago by this.’"</div> <br> <div> Then, he heard the clamor of  fire engines from Engine House No. 40 and made, according to the <i>Times</i>, a hasty retreat.</div> <br> <div> Captain J. Cosgrove of the firefighters found the card with its return address in the box. He sought out Michael, who tried to explain:</div> <br> <div> "I followed the directions, sure I did. . . . I turned the handle to the right and I pulled the hook, and–"</div> <br> <div> "It was a fire alarm box, you idiot," Captain Cosgrove retorted.</div> <br> <div> Michael apologized: "If I had the money, I'd pay the damage.  But I'm a poor man."</div> <br> <div> The Fire Department released Michael in the end, after he promised not to make that mistake again.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="60"><nobr><div> SEPTEMBER 27</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1898</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Peter Coogan</font> mortgaged a property at Van Nest Park in the 24th Ward, for 3 years to John Buesing, Jr. for $1,600.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times.</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="57"><nobr><div> THURSDAY</div> <div> NOVEMBER 3</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1898</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Matthew Coogan</font> filed a <i>Liz Pendens</i> action against Leahy and others on property at Brook Ave. on the southwest corner of 61st St.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="57" width="107"><div> SATURDAY</div> <div> AUGUST 13</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1898</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">M. Coogan “and others</font>” collected a judgment of $135 from C. and C. Jr. Doll.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="38"><nobr><div> OCTOBER 17</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1898</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER"><nobr><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Matthew Coogan</font> paid a court judgment of $135 TO Eilse Ott </div> <div> --<i>NY Times.</i></div> </nobr></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="153"><nobr><div> THURSDAY</div> <div> NOVEMBER 11</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1898</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> <a name="edward_v__coogan"><img border="0" src="/web/20160403000430im_/http://countycarlowcooganimmigrants.com/1x1.gif" height="1" align="bottom" width="1" hspace="0" vspace="0"></a></font>Lawsuit reported in <i>NY Times</i>:  <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Edward V. Coogan</font> (a partner in the Coogan Brothers’ Furniture business) against Sarah Lynch and others. Edward's action was intended to prevent disposal of property  at "155th St. n.s. 14.5 ft. east of St. Nicholas Avenue, running n. 99.11 to w.s. of Edgecomb Road x irreg. to Croton Aqueduct, extending to Harlem River Driveway; 8th Ave., . . . 159th . . . to Old River St. x n.w. 33.4 x irreg. to 156th St." The case would be tried in the New York Supreme Court. <a href="#edward_f__coogan" title="The Coogan Name in 19th Century NY News ">Return to Oct. 29, 1896</a>.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="208" width="107"><div> JANUARY 5</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1899</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <b>James J. Coogan Unanimously Chosen</b></div> <div> <b>to Succeed the Late Augustus W. Peters</b></div> <br> <div>      <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font> of 564 Fifth Avenue avenue was today chosen by a unanimous vote of the Tammany members of the Municipal Assembly from Manhattan to succeed the late Augustus W. Peters, as president of the borough.  All the Republicans and the two Citizens’ Union members stayed away.  No other candidate was named for the place and the special meeting held for the election lasted barely ten minutes.</div> <div> --The<i> Brooklyn Eagle</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="114" width="107"><div> JANUARY 23</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1899</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial">  </font>   President James J. Coogan <font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial">of the borough of Manhattan has set for himself the task of pressing the Elm Street improvement to rapid completion and in order to bring the matter before the proper authorities has sent a strong letter to the board of local improvement interested and having jurisdiction, urging them to take action.</font></div> <div> --The<i> Brooklyn Eagle</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="96" width="107"><div> APRIL 16</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1899</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Reported in the <i>New York Times</i>:  “Among the prominent persons on board” the Glen Island cruise ship to greet Governor Roosevelt on his arrival at the port of New York was <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">President Coogan of the Borough of Manhattan</font>. Matthew Dobbins and others were in the welcoming party.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="115" width="107"><div> APRIL 11</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1899</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font> met with other members of a committee appointed by Mayor Van Wyck to plan a grand welcoming reception at New York City harbor for the U. S. warship <i>Raleigh</i> and its crew, which served in the Battle of Manila. The reception was mandated by the Municipal Assembly of the City of New York. Coogan served on the Badges and Decorations subcommittee--<i>New York Times</i>.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="76" width="107"><div> JUNE 29</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1899</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> One hundred and sixty laborers in the Department of Parks, Bronx Borough, including one named<font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial"> James J. Coogan</font>, have had their wages raised by Commissioner Moebus 24 cents per day, from $1.76 to $<font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">2. </font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="264"><nobr><div> OCTOBER 11</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1899</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> James J. Coogan<font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial">, President of the Borough of Manhattan, subscribed $1,000 for the purpose of building a permanent Arch in honor of Admiral Dewey. The article recounts the Admiral's visit to the Mott Haven area on his voyage in the Vanderbilt private railroad car to Vermont. Crowds along the way, including New York railroad workers, cheered the Admiral.</font></div> <div> --<i>New York Times</i>  </div> <br> <div> The <i>New York Times</i> account of the plans for the Dewey Arch and of the committee set up to carry them out quotes Coogan, who was the “second person to promise a large subscription to the fund,” as saying “that the whole amount necessary for the erection of the arch will be subscribed very soon after the permanent committee is formed.”  The <i>Times</i> printed James J.'s letter of Oct. 11, 1899.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="153" width="107"><div> JUNE 1</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1900</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Mark Hauna would be willing to give $100,000 to the Democratic National Committee if it would pledge the party convention to nominate <font size="3" color="#CC6600" face="Arial">James Coogan</font> for vice president of the United States along with Mr. Bryan for first place.  Such a sum, added to Mr. Coogan's offer of $200,000 on his own account, would keep the Democratic Committee in cocktails during the coming campaign and would tend to keep the Republican party in power for four years more. --<i>Brooklyn Eagle</i>.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="483" width="107"><div> SATURDAY,</div> <div> JUNE 16</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1900</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> The <i>Denton</i> [Maryland] <i>Journal</i> reported on the state Democratic platform in the national election:</div> <br> <div> with unparalleled unanimity, the Democrats in county and State conventions have signified their desire . . . that William Jennings Bryan shall again be selected to lead the Democrats, and all others who will join us in the effort to restore Constitutional Government and who favor the republic and oppose the empire.</div> <br> <div> In the same issue is the following about <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan, known as a Tammany Hall politician:</font></div> <br> <div> Mr. Coogan's check for $100,000 to be used by the Democratic National Campaign Committee has been forwarded to the <i>New York Sun</i>, by Mr. Coogan himself. It is drawn on the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, of Jacksonville, Florida, about the existence of which institution the <i>Sun </i>appears to be in doubt.  Coogan offers to wager another $100,000 that Bryan will be elected.</div> <br> <div> Another article in this issue noted the death of "Belle Boyd, the Confederate Spy . . . on Monday, aged 57 years. She was in Denton several years ago, and told a large Denton audience of her experiences and travels during the civil war." As a woman, Boyd was able to "outwit many Federal officers, whose gallantry got the better of their discretion."</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="314" width="107"><div> JANUARY 2</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1901</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> From the<i> Brooklyn Eagle</i>:  </div> <br> <div> Mr. Coler at once referred the question to the Corporation Counsel for an opinion, which, however, it has not yet been forthcoming.  Pending the receipt of Mr. Whalen’s reply, Mr. Coler says he will not pay out any more money to <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Mr. Coogan</font> on his salary account.</div> <br> <div> “I like Mr. Coogan,” said he, “but not to the extent of paying him $400 now, with the question pending.  I am on a bond here and am personally liable for money paid out.  I won’t pay him any more salary until Mr. Whalen advises me to do so, or the courts order it.”</div> <br> <div> As stated, Mr. Whalen has not given his answer yet to the Controller, but it is rumored that it will be something less than conclusive.  If reports are correct, Mr. Whalen will say the question is, in his opinion, too important to be decided by a mere opinion and that the proper way to settle it is by suit by some taxpayer.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="528" width="107"><div> JULY 11</div> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1901</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <b>From Office of President of Manhattan</b></div> <div> <b>Borough–Alleged to Have Voted in Bay Shore.</b></div> <br> <div> Albany, June 11–Joseph Fitch of New York City has made application to Attorney General Davies to commence an action in the Supreme Court to oust <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James J. Coogan</font> from the office of president of the borough of Manhattan, New York City.</div> <br> <div> The application is made on the allegation that Coogan is ineligible to hold the office, having lost his residence in New York City by voting in Bay Shore, Suffolk County,  where he has a summer residence, at the general election in November, 1900.</div> <div> --The <i>Brooklyn Eagle</i></div> <br> <div align="LEFT"></div> <div> <b>Manhattan’s Borough President Owns That He Voted in Southampton.  Not Worried Over It.</b></div> <div> (Special to the Eagle.)</div> <br> <div> Albany, N.Y., July 11–<font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">President Coogan of the Borough of Manhattan</font> has filed with Attorney General Davies his answer to the application made by Joseph Fitch to begin proceedings to oust Coogan from office.  The applicant avers that Mr. Coogan lost his residence in New York City by voting at Bay Shore, L.I., last fall.</div> <br> <div> In his answer President Coogan admits that he voted in the Town of Southampton last fall, but says that he resumed his residence in New York the past winter and has performed his duties as president of the Borough of Manhattan without interference. . . .</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="38"><nobr><div> SATURDAY</div> <div> NOVEMBER 23</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1901</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">John Coogan</font> leased for five years and on the same day mortgaged his leasehold on 386 Bleeker St. property..--<i>New York Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="115" width="107"><div> APRIL 14</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1911</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Coogan’s Bluff<font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial">: a fire at the Polo Grounds destroyed stands and forced the NYC baseball and football teams to move elsewhere for their opening games. By early May, Giants football team owner Brush had negotiated a long-term lease with </font>Mrs. Harriet G. Coogan<font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial">, the wife of James Jay Coogan, and Brush announced plans for the building of a new steel-and-concrete modern stadium.</font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="380"><nobr><div> OCTOBER 25</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1915</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <b>James J. Coogan Dead.</b> </div> <div> Real Estate Owner Succumbs at the Hotel Netherland.</div> <div> James Jay Coogan<font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial">, owner of much real estate here, including property near the Polo Grounds known as "Coogan's Bluff," and many years ago a prominent merchant here, died yesterday of heart disease in his apartments in the Netherland Hotel, Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street, in his seventieth year.  He was born in this city and was a graduate of the New York University Law School.</font></div> <div> In 1888, Mr. Coogan was nominated for Mayor on the Union Labor Party ticket.  He married Miss Harriet Gertrude Lynch, a daughter of the late William L. Lynch, one of the largest realty owners in the city, thirty years ago, and she inherited from her father the large properties near the Polo Grounds and also valuable business parcels.  This estate came from that of John Lyon Gardiner, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Coogan, and through her came into the possession of the Coogan family.</div> <div> Mr. Coogan is survived by his widow, daughter, and three sons.</div> <div> <i>--New York Times</i> page 9, column 4</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="316" width="107"><div> OCT 28</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1915</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <b>James J. Coogan's Funeral</b></div> <div> Cardinal Farley Presides at Services in the Cathedral.</div> <div> The funeral of <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James Jay Coogan</font> was held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Patrick's Cathedral.  Cardinal Farley presided and Mgr. Mooney celebrated the mass.</div> <div> The honorary pallbearers were United States Senator James A. Dowling, J. Sergeant Cram, Henry B. Anderson, Public Service Commissioner Edward E. McCall, Justice Luke D. Stapleton, former Justice Morgan J. O'Brien, and Joseph B. Martindale.</div> <div> Interment was in Calvary Cemetery.  Mr. Coogan, who was a real estate owner and for many years a prominent merchant of this city, died on Sunday at his apartments at the Netherlands Hotel, in his seventieth year.  He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Miss Jessie Coogan, and three sons, Jay, Gardiner, and W. Gordon Coogan. --<i>New York Times,</i> page 11, column 5</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="137"><nobr><div> JANUARY  22</div> </nobr></td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1918</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> Died.</div> <div> On Monday, Jan. 21, 1918, <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Matthew Coogan</font>, beloved husband of Teresa and father of the Rev. John J. Coogan, Police Chaplain.  Funeral Thursday, Jan. 24, at 10 o'clock from his late residence, 2428 Frisby Av., Westchester, Bronx. Solemn requiem mass St. Raymond's Church.  Interment Calvary.  Automobile cortege.  (Obituary in the <i>New York Times)</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="839" width="107"><div> AUGUST 25</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1921</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> From the <i>Fort Collins Courier</i> (Larimer Co, Colorado):</div> <div> <b>PRIEST SPRINTS, CAPTURES THIEF</b></div> <div> Chaplain of New York Department</div> <div> Deserts Luncheon to Lead Chase</div> <div> _________</div> <br> <div> <b>LANDS IN COAL BIN</b></div> <br> <div> Priest Hears Shots From Policeman's</div> <div> Revolver, Dashes Out and Outstrips</div> <div> the Policemen in Hunt for Robber</div> <div> _________</div> <br> <div> New York.--<font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Rev. John J. Coogan</font>, Catholic chaplain of the police department, deserted an excellent luncheon in the rectory of St. Jerome's Church in East 137th Street to chase four blocks after a man who was suspected of robbing a cafe, and captured the fugitive single handed in the coal bin of an apartment house. He was in conversation with others of the clergy in the parish house when four shots from a policeman's revolver barked in the street outside.</div> <div align="LEFT"></div> <div> <b>Ranks as an Inspector.</b></div> <div> On the police department rolls Father Coogan ranks as an inspector. He could hardly be expected even in this official capacity to embark on the pursuit of minor offenders against the law. The inspector usually insists on the cops doing the footwork.  Not so Inspector Coogan. He dashed without apology from the rectory and reached the street in five leaps, nearly bowling over one of the detectives engaged in the chase. Up the street he saw the heels of the suspected robber racing along.</div> <br> <div> "I'll help you," exclaimed Father Coogan. And he ran with the officers.</div> <br> <div align="LEFT"></div> <div> <b>Captured the Fugitive Single Handed.</b></div> <div> <b>. . . . </b>the prisoner and Father Coogan [were] somewhat blackened from their contact with the coal, but with Father Coogan on top. The prisoner went somewhat inelegantly to Morrisania Court.</div> <br> <div> There he was charged with robbing the saloon of John Ventor, and held on $2,500 bail.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="324" width="107"><div> AUGUST 5</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1924</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <b>JACKIE COOGAN A NAVAJO.</b></div> <br> <div> New Mexico Tribe Adopts Him as "Talking Eyes."</div> <br> <div> ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 4.--A group of Navajo Indian medicine men, headed by Hoskay Yashi, oldest of the Navajo war chiefs, 106 years of age, initiated <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">Jackie Coogan</font>, boy movie star, into the tribe today as Benay Yulthie, or "Talking Eyes."</div> <br> <div> The ceremony was performed on the platform of the Santa Fe Railway Station here before a crowd dressed in cowboy, Spanish don and senorita costumes of seventy-five years ago in New Mexico.</div> <br> <div> The Coogan party arrived here this morning for a stop of six hours on its way east on the children's crusade, which will take the young movie star to the Near East with food relief.</div> <div> --<i>NY Times</i></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="701" width="107"><div>  AUGUST 27</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1924</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> 26 AUG 1924</div> <div> <b>POLICE CHAPLAIN DEAD.</b></div> <div> Rev. John J. Coogan Dies in</div> <div> St. Vincent's Hospital After an Operation.</div> <div> The Rev. Father John J. Coogan, chaplain of the New York Police Department<font size="3" color="#663300" face="Arial"> for the last ten years and one of the pastors of the Holy Cross Church at 329 West forty-second Street, died last night shortly after 10 o'clock at St. Vincent's Hospital. Father Coogan was about 48 years old.</font></div> <div> He was born in New York City and after attending the public schools here enrolled at St. Francis Xavior's College. Then followed a course of study at St. Charles College of Ellicott City, Md., and after completing his work there Father Coogan studied at St. Joseph's Seminary at Dunwoodie for the priesthood. He was ordained at St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1905.</div> <div> Father Coogan was stricken a few days ago at a camp near Glen Cove., L.I., where he was spending his vacation. He underwent an operation at St. Vincent's Hospital last Saturday for abdominal trouble and failed to rally.</div> <br> <div align="LEFT"></div> <div> <b>Funeral Honors for Chaplain Coogan</b></div> <br> <div> Funeral honors ordinarily reserved for inspectors of the Police </div> <div> Department will be accorded Friday morning to the Rev. John J. Coogan, Roman Catholic chaplain of the department, who died on Monday night in St. Vincent's Hospital. Father Coogan's body is now at the home of his brother Joseph at 2428 Frisby Avenue, the Bronx, where it will remain until 8 o'clock on Thursday night. It will then be taken to the Holy Cross Church in West Forty-second Street, of which he was assistant rector. High requiem mass will be celebrated on Friday morning and burial will take place in Calvary Cemetery.</div> <div> <i>--New York Times</i>, page 17, column 6</div> <div> [Rev. John J. Coogan was the eldest surviving son of the immigrants Mathew Coogan and Teresa McDonald Coogan.]</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="586" width="107"><div> OCTOBER 24<font size="3" color="#000000" face="Arial"> </font>Sunday</div> </td> <td valign="TOP" width="35"><div> 1926</div> </td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <b>Honor Workmen on Columbia Building</b></div> <div> Eleven Mechanics Will Receive</div> <div> Craftsmanship Certificates and Gold Buttons.</div> <br> <div> Eleven mechanics who have been working on the John Jay Building, which is the new dormitory for Columbia University students, will receive certificates of superior craftsmanship tomorrow from R.H. Shreve, President of the New York Building Congress.</div> <br> <div> President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia will speak to the men at the presentation.</div> <br> <div> Other speakers will be Lionel Moses of McKim, Mead & White, for the architect; John Lowry of John  Lowry, Inc., the builder, and John J. Collins, Tunnel and Subway Constructors' Union, for labor.  William O. Ludlow, Chairman of the Committee on Recognition of Craftsmanship of the New York Building Congress, will preside.</div> <br> <div> The men who are to receive the certificates, in addition to a gold button which can be worn in the lapels of their coats, are:</div> <div> Charles Fried, sheet metal worker; Max Geissler, electrician; Herbert Agrill, metal lather; Andrew Meehan, steamfitter; Leo Walsh, plasterer; James McLean, stonesetter; George Wagner, cement finisher; John Ardelian, carpenter, Arthur Krupp, plumber; <font size="3" color="#CC3300" face="Arial">James Coogan, marble setter</font>;<b> </b>and Arthur Pearson, bricklayer. <i>[James J. (1872-1941) was the son of Patrick Coogan: </i><a href="id150.htm" target="_top" title="Family of Patrick and Mary Ann Sheehan C"><i>Photos</i></a><i>]</i></div> <br> <div> The building has been erected at a cost of nearly $2,000,000 and it will accommodate about 500 students.  It is at Amsterdam Avenue and 114th Street.</div> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" height="1408" width="107"><div> Sept 4</div> </td> <td valign="TOP"><nobr><div> 1979 </div> </nobr></td> <td valign="CENTER" width="466"><div> <i>(William) George Meany was the son of Michael Meany, whose birth is mentioned in the immigrant Mathew Coogan's </i><a href="1864_8_16.htm" target="_top" title="Mathew in Harlem to His Brother James in"><i>1864 letter to his brother James in Illinois</i></a><i>.  Grandson of Bridget Coogan Meany, the eldest daughter of Mathew and Catharine Nolan Coogan, George led </i><i>the American Labor Movement for decades</i><i> as president of the AFL-CIO.  He was responsible for ousting the 21-million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters from the AFL when the union repeatedly elected leaders with ties to organized crime syndicates. Mr. Meany gave advice on labor relations and issues, as well as civil rights, to seven US Presidents, the most difficult of whom to influence on economic issues affecting labor was Jimmy Carter. The following excerpt, from 1979, indicates the Carter-Meany relationship in the year before George Meany's retirement at age 85.</i></div> <br> <div align="LEFT"></div> <div> <b>CARTER HAILS LABOR AND</b></div> <div> <b>RENEWS HIS BID FOR ENERGY MEASURE</b></div> <br> <div> <b>He pays Special Tribute to Meany and Thanks Unions at Picnic on the White House Lawn</b></div> <br> <div> Assoc. Press, WASHINGTON, Sept 3–President Carter told more than 1,000 labor leaders at the White House for a Labor Day picnic tonight that they had been “in the forefront" in “all the enlightened social progress for which we have struggled.”</div> <br> <div> The President told the gathering that he had just spoken by telephone with Geoge Meany, president of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, who stayed home because of a “slight virus.”</div> <br> <div> “He was reading my report card,” Mr. Carter said, laughing.  “He said if I wouldn’t tell anyone what was on it he wouldn’t either.”  There were three things that a President “always has on his mind,” Mr. Carter said: national security, Congress and Mr. Meany.”</div> <br> <div align="LEFT"></div> <div> <b>Effort to Repair Relations</b></div> <br> <div> It was not immediately known how many union presidents attended the picnic, which has been viewed as an Administration effort to repair strained relations with organized labor.</div> <br> <div> All but abandoning his prepared remarks, the President renewed his campaign for his energy program, insisting that energy conservation need not be difficult. “Saving energy can be an inspirational thing that can restore patriotism,” he said</div> <div> .</div> <div> Mr. Carter, saying that no one had promised that freedom would be easy to maintain, said that the nation’s reliance on imported oil is a “basic security threat.”</div> <br> <div align="LEFT"></div> <div> <b>Back From Four Days in Plains</b></div> <br> <div> He attended the picnic after returning to Washington late Monday from a four-day vacation in his home town of Plains, Ga., where he visited friends and relatives and fished and jogged. . . .</div> <br> <div align="LEFT"></div> <div> <b>Praise for Labor Movement</b></div> <br> <div> The President called on the nation to “pull together to meet the challenges that threaten our economy, our hopes for the future and our unity as a nation.”  He praised the labor movement for shouldering “its share of the load when our freedom has been threatened.”</div> <br> <div> Mr. Carter especially honored “American women workers.”  He noted that last year for the first time, more than half of American women held jobs outside the home.</div> <br> <div> . . . . the heads of the five largest unions in the nation were not on hand. . . . </div> <br> <div> But Mr. Meany, in his own Labor Day broadcast, did not deal with those differences and dwelled instead on the importance of a growth of union membership and activity in the 1980's.  Lane Kirkland, the labor federation’s secretary-treasurer, was among many of its high officials on the acceptance list.--<i>NY Times</i> , pgs. 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