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Editors note: Beacon was created in 1913 from Matteawan and Fishkill Landing.

150 Years Ago (March 1870)

The Matteawan Herald reported that 200 girls in the village are dyeing to get married. Rather old girls they must be. It also reported that Miss P___ made a marriage proposal to a young hatter. She claims women have as good a right to make an offer of marriage as a man has.

The Herald reported that [Mr.] Millerton has a girl 18 years old, who can speak her mind freely. She spoke a few nights ago at a Methodist meeting, telling one of the deacons that it was time for him to leave off lying and live up to what he professed.

Benjamin Beach, of Matteawan, was in possession of a silver watch that had been in his family for 160 years.

The Port Jervis Evening Gazette reported that Fishkill Landing is one of the meanest places on record. They shuffled off a poor helpless man on a neighboring town, refusing to give aid themselves. It is a wonder that they had sufficient charity to direct him to Newburgh, where they knew he would be cared for.

The newly organized Peabody Life Insurance Co. announced that its New York agent would be W.T.Y. Schenck, of the machinist firm H.B. Schenck & Son in Matteawan. Capt. Schenck has been for some years indirectly connected with life insurance, and brings a large circle of acquaintances throughout the entire state, it said. He is a gentleman of the highest standing and of quite considerable wealth.

The right arm of James Hopper, of Fishkill Landing, a brakeman on the Hudson River Railroad, was crushed while coupling cars at the station and had to be amputated.

125 Years Ago (March 1895)

Henry Piano, of Fishkill Landing, who led the West Point band for 18 years, was granted a military pension payment of $400 plus an allowance of $12 per month. [According to a 1902 story in The New York Times, Piano was born at West Point in 1822, the son of Louis Piano, who served in the French war with Napoleon and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Waterloo. The Times said the younger Piano, who had retired to Fishkill Landing in 1867, walks miles about town every day, attending to the tuning of pianos and giving instructions on that and other instruments.]

The Fishkill Electric Railway Co. was incorporated to build and operate a street surface railroad from Matteawan to the Village of Fishkill.

Charles Robinson, 73, of East 44th Street in New York City, died at his home. He was known for the fine horses he bred at his family farm at Fishkill Landing. He made his fortune investing in mining interests in Colorado and California and the Northern Pacific Railway.

John Russel, who bought a wagon in Matteawan just as it is, took that to include the several blankets inside. When the seller objected, it cost Russel $10 besides the return of the blankets to settle the matter, according to the Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. The paper warned its readers to be careful, as there are a great many swindlers in the country, and it is very evident that Matteawan is not in want.

A judge ordered the release of William Harris, 28, from the Criminal Insane Asylum at Matteawan. He was supposed to have been released months earlier, but the superintendent of the facility said he thought Harris was still insane.

Another inmate at the Matteawan asylum, Thomas OConnor (alias Edward Doyle), 20, escaped after being transferred to a facility in Brooklyn. Soon after the escape, the attendant who had been with Doyle disappeared, suggesting to authorities it had been an inside job. Doyle was said to have a mania for committing suicide.

A group of men and boys looting a shanty in Byrnesville (a suburb of Fishkill) days after its owner died at a friends home in Matteawan found a large stash of hidden bank bills and silver coins. It was unexpected because John Corcoran had been a coal heaver. The New York Herald reported the shanty is to be torn down in the quest for more of the money.

The State Eclectic Medical Society, which promoted the use of botanicals and physical therapy, elected Dr. A.R. Tiel of Matteawan as its president.

D.S. McLaughlin of Fishkill Landing sold his tobacco and cigar route, horses and wagons to John Schwartz & Sons of Poughkeepsie. McLaughlin had done his route, which covered Fishkill, Wappingers Falls and Cold Spring, and into parts of Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties, for 40 years.

100 Years Ago (March 1920)

The U.S. Census Bureau reported that the population of Beacon was 10,926, or 3.5 percent more than the combined populations in 1910 of Fishkill Landing and Matteawan.

Richard Hoctor, designer of the Mount Beacon monument (at right) and others at the West Point cemetery, died in Newburgh.

The will of Elizabeth Barnard, signed an hour before her death, was presented for probate. Although her estate was worth $10,000 [about $150,000 today], she had refused to make a will. On her deathbed she dictated her wishes to a friend and was said to have signed the document Elizabeth filled half the width of the page and Barnard less than a quarter of an inch.

Twenty-five men competed in a 16-mile walk from Beacon to Poughkeepsie. Some of the best walkers in Dutchess County have been entered, noted the Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. Walt Knauss finished in 2:29:10 and won three trophies: for arriving first, for reaching the city line first and for being the first soldier or sailor to finish.

Anthony Faurellet died of sleeping sickness [encephalitis lethargica] the first local fatality in an epidemic that had been confined to New York City.

Ferdinand Hoyt, who resigned as city judge to fight in World War I, returned home to discover that the man appointed as his successor, Daniel Dugan, was running to keep the seat. It was too late for the Democrats or Republicans to nominate Hoyt, so he won on the Citizens Party line.

Pvt. Daniel Merritt, an Army machine-gunner, won two citations for bravery, one in Belgium and one at the Hindenburg line. At the same time, Harrison Holmes was cited for bravery by the U.S. Navy for submitting to experiments at a naval hospital for the treatment of influenza.

75 Years Ago (March 1945)

Twenty state troopers on a Saturday at 4 p.m. raided two illegal gaming dens Speeds Smoke Shop at 342 Main St. and the Mens Independent Club at 238 Main St. and arrested 32 players and six operators. Beacon police said they were not aware of the raids until after the fact. At the subsequent jury trial of the operators, an undercover officer said he lost $20 playing craps at 238 Main St. In response, the mens defense attorney, Daniel Prior of Albany, told the jury: On the door there is a sign, Members Only. They played for 25 cents and gave refreshments free. They had to pay the rent and it was paid out of the contributions. The state police rushed in and took everything they could. I hope they will admit they took some liquor out of the cellar. They took a sledgehammer and smashed everything to smithereens. I dont know why they should do that. All six operators were convicted.

The South Avenue school was evacuated after dense smoke filled the second-floor hallways; firefighters discovered the assistant janitors trousers, hanging from a hook in a closet, were smoldering and two feather dusters nearby were aflame. The fire chief said that wooden matches in a pants pocket had ignited.

Harriet Brewer of Beacon was presented with an Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster at Mitchell Field on Long Island, both awarded posthumously to her son, Tech. Sgt. Frederick Brewer, who had been killed in action.

Beacon boxer Melio Bettina fought fellow heavyweight Jimmy Bivins to a draw at Madison Square Garden in front of a crowd of 15,000. Although Bivins was a 3-to-1 favorite and knocked Bettina down for a one count as the bell ended the fifth of 10 rounds, Melio recovered and managed a draw, with one judge scoring it 5-5, the second 8-2 Bivens and the third, 6-4 Bettina.

50 Years Ago (March 1970)

A hearing held by the Public Service Commission on the weekend closing of the Penn Central ticket office at the Beacon station lasted three hours as residents complained about the railroad service.

The Beacon Savings Bank said that, as part of a push for urban renewal, it would allocate $500,000 in lending funds to assist lower-income families, $500,000 for FHA loans and $250,000 for property improvement.

The Beacon Housing Authority opened bids on $3.2 million in notes to finance the construction of the nine-story Forrestal Heights project for the elderly to alleviate what the agency said was a critical housing shortage in the city.

The Beacon High School boys basketball team finished as the best offensive and the worst defensive team in the Dutchess County Scholastic League. Beacons Jerry Williamson led the league in scoring, averaging 22.3 points per game.

The state authorized a 44-bed addition to Highland Hospital, bringing its capacity to 125 beds.

Firefighters rescued nine children from a fire at 98-100 Beekman St. that left eight families homeless.

25 Years Ago (March 1995)

The Beacon City Council moved forward with a plan to spend $19,000 to install security cameras along Main Street. City officials said it would be less expensive than hiring two police officers.

During a meeting at Beacon High School, Detective Thomas DAmicantonio told concerned members of the Parent Advisory Council that most of the gang problems in Beacon had been minor so far. If they escalate, so will we.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, speaking at St. Andrews Church, called on Hudson Valley residents to join him and about 20 other marchers who were walking from New York City to Albany to protest mean-spirited budget cuts they blamed on Gov. George Pataki. They earlier had protested outside Patakis Garrison home.

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Rev. Al Sharpton at the National Action Network King Day Breakfast 2016Photo: AFGE Flickr.com

Rev. Al Sharpton will be in Cincinnati July 23 to offer the keynote address during The State of Black Culture event at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

Vibe Cincinnati, the Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce are hosting the free event, which will also include a conversation about the "Devaluation of Businesses in Black Communities" by Andre Perry of the Brookings Institute. Eric Kearney,CEO of the African American Chamber, says the State of Black Culture will "explore the lifestyle, development and ethnology of our communities, families and businesses."

Jason Dunn, Group Vice President of Diversity Sales & Inclusion for the Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau and board chair of the African American Chamber, says in a release, Black people represent 12.7 percent of the U.S. population, but only 4.3 percent of the nations 22.2 million business owners. Nearly 96 percent of business owners in the United States are non-Black people. Mr. Perry and Rev. Sharpton will show us hard data as to why and what we can do as a community to develop the next generation of business owners and leaders. It has been proven, that cities with a strong black business footprint attract and retain talent which leads to increased market share.

The event takes place 1-3 p.m. July 23 at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way. For more info and updates, visitfacebook.com/vibecincinnati. It is free and open to the public.

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President Donald Trump touted his black support at his rally Friday night in North Charleston, South Carolina, while mocking CNNs Van Jones and MSNBCs Al Sharpton.

Touting criminal justice reform, Trump re-told a story that has been fact-checked and deemed false.

And I passed criminal justice reform to give former prisoners a second chance at life. That is a big deal, Trump began.

Trump continued, This could not have been done by anyone but the Republican Party. They came to me, a group of people, and they wanted criminal justice reform. I was not sure about the issue, but we had a lot of great Republicans very much in favor of it, including people that are here today.

I started studying the issue and criminal justice reform; you saw Alice Johnson come out of prison. 22 years. She had another 20 years left for a phone call. A great woman, but we have many people coming out that should not be there anywhere near those terms, not for those terms.'

But they came to see me, a group of peopleVan Jones came up, oh, thank you, sir. They needed four senatorsThey needed help. I called everybody, Trump riffed.

They needed four senators, maybe five, and help with some of the ones not moving in the right direction, and I gave it to them and got it, and it was not easy. And we have criminal justice reform.

Trump then ripped into CNNs Van Jones regarding criminal justice reform after touting historical success with black voters.

Van Jones wants to take everyone for criminal justice reform. I called our great First Lady and said darling, please take a look. It will be nice.

Previous presidents could not even think about doing it, and they tried. So he gets up and starts by saying, I want to thank the Reverend Al Sharpton, Trump continued.

Then the crowd began booing directed at the mention of Sharpton.

I knew Al when he was very heavy. He looks better when he was heavy; its true Looked much better when he was heavy. I have to tell him. Because I know him very well, he would admit that has a lot of respect for your president, but he cant admit it on television. He says I want to thank the Reverend Al Sharpton. Name after name of people that I have never heard of, Trump riffed.

My wife said, are they going to think about you? I said, darling, of course. He is saving me until the end. This is true.

I said he is saving me until the end. It will be an honor to be recognized because I do not get enough publicity. I need a little bit more. He got to the end, and he did not say it, Trump stated.

Then he said I have one more thing to say: we must get out this year and fight and vote against this president of the United States. Can you believe it?

True story. Van Jones So I was a little embarrassed in front of our great First Lady, but I will live through it somehow, Trump concluded.

As CNNs Daniel Dale notes, Trump previously espoused the same story, which he insists is a true story.

The speech fact-checked by CNN notes that Jones continually gives credit to Trump, and he never praised Sharpton on his program.

You can watch above, via C-SPAN.

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ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019, is introduced in a splendid Chicago Tribune profile by Christopher Borrelli as Chicagoan, shark, bully, pitbull, leviathan, sledgehammer, former mayor, former Democratic operative and fundraiser, former White House (Obama) chief of staff, former Hillary Clinton headache investment banker, father, husband, ballet dancer, Sunday morning TV talking head, and now author.

That pretty well covers it. We might wonder what someone dubbed Rahm the Impaler was doing studying ballet, apparently so accomplished that he was offered a place with the Joffrey Ballet, or why he chose to attend Sarah Lawrence, where the smart girls used to go. But it would take a brave man to ask such questions.

Nor are they answered in this book, for the most part a discussion of what todays mayors are doing to revitalize their cities, in the face of non-support from an increasingly dysfunctional federal government. What the federal government should be doing is unclear, but he does refer at one point to an LBJ program promulgated by champions of the Great Society (albeit before it all went bankrupt.)

Mr. Emanuels view of contemporary big-city mayors duties are basic: First, seeing to it that functions that keep the city running are effectively carried out get the garbage picked up, the snow plowed, and the potholes filled. They must balance the budget.

But there are also bigger issues: There must be a good school system, cultural events and venues, playgrounds, parks and other green spaces, libraries, and effective public transportation. There must be an appreciation of and respect for diversity. There must be room to welcome immigrants. And finally, this rather oddly worded requirement: There must be wisdom and forethought when it comes to the issue of climate change.

Mayors sometimes fall short on some of these issues, he writes. But our local governments come closer to solving them than national governments do, by a long shot.

In all, this pretty much accounts for the subject of the book the way in which his expressed ideas for the governance of Chicago succeeded, and how other mayors are carrying them out, both here and abroad. Among the overseas mayors to whom he gives most space are the mayor of London, who thanks to Brexit (of which Mr. Emanuel disapproves) is facing a very cloudy future, and the former mayor of Copenhagen, one of the worlds most homogenous cities, and as such largely free of the racial concerns of American cities.

In fact, it was race that most Chicagoans believe played a major role in his decision not to run for a third time, reversing a previously announced decision. In late 2018, he writes, I announced that I would not seek a third term . But after twenty-four years in politics, I realized it was time to take a break.

Also, there was a distinct chance of losing. Blacks and Hispanics had grown increasingly restless, with powerful groups like the teachers union convinced he was indifferent to their needs. During his race for reelection in 2015, he was forced into a run-off with Cook County board commissioner Jesus Chuy Garcia. Also, in 2015, there was the police shooting of a young black man named Laquan McDonald, the citys refusal to release a video of the shooting and a resulting federal investigation into the Chicago police department. This in turn attracted the attention of professional racialists like Al Sharpton, who would encourage blaming the mayor for the whole sorry mess all of which no doubt made a reelection campaign less than attractive.

Crime? The figures vary most recently those from Chicago show overall crime down, violent crimes and shootings up. There again, the problems of a big-city mayor defending his record are apparent. There is no doubt that, as mayor, Rahm Emanuel made an already attractive city more attractive by reclaiming neglected areas and improving Chicagos unique lakeshore and system of parks wonderful areas, welcoming to walkers, families and tourists. (All true, but when tourists and citizens fear being attacked by muggers or worse, the welcome can wear thin.)

In all, an effective and readable treatise, albeit occasionally stilted and repetitious. But theres also another book here, fighting to get out. In the first dozen pages, in clean, evocative prose, he tells the genuinely moving story of his family, beginning with the escape of his 10-year-old grandfather from Eastern Europe, his journey to America, ending in Chicago and the creation of a truly productive family.

In short, a heartfelt testimonial to the efficacy of the American Dream.

John R. Coyne Jr., a former White House speechwriter, is co-author of Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement (Wiley).

THE NATION CITY: WHY MAYORS ARE NOW RUNNING THE WORLD

By Rahm Emanuel

Knopf, $26.95, 235 pages

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If youre going to lie about being sexually assaulted at work, its probably a good idea not to Google how to do it before you make the claim.

On February 5, police responded to a call from the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas saying a room was on fire. After they arrived, police learned that a hotel worker, Aviaon Lee, may have been sexually assaulted just before the fire was set, as witnesses said they found her curled up in the hotel hallway bound with duct tape, KVVU reported.

Lee told police she had been cleaning a room when a man sexually assaulted her after taping her eyes shut. She claimed the man wore a ski mask and set the bed on fire after he assaulted her.

Lee gave police her phone as part of their investigation, and police quickly discovered that between January 11 and February 2, Lee had searched the Internet for information regarding rape and workmans compensation. KVVU reported the searches included: can you sue hotel job for sexual assault, how much can you sue a company for injury and how can you tell if someone been raped.

Police then asked Lee about the searches and she claimed they were about something that had happened to her mother-in-law years earlier. She claimed her mother-in-law had been assaulted while working as a housekeeper. Later, Lee admitted she had lied about being sexually assaulted and that she set the fire to try and profit from her allegations.

KVVU reported that the fire set by Lee resulted in an estimated $594,646 in damage.

Lee is facing felony and gross misdemeanor charges including: arson, burglary with a deadly weapon, destroying property valued $5,000 or greater, obstructing the extinguishment of a fire, disregard for the safety of persons or property and false report of crime, the outlet reported. Lee was released Feb. 20 on mid-level monitoring after bond was posted, according to court records.

KSNV reported that Lee was arrested on February 19 for allegedly lying about the sexual assault and setting the fire.

Initially, the outlet reported, Lees allegations made the assault seem very personal and well planned, leading police to suspect the attacker knew Lee and may have been responsible for other assaults.

After Lee confessed to making the whole thing up, police also discovered that Lee had a history of making workers compensation claims while working at the Excalibur, with a dozen reports dating to as far back as 2013, KSNV reported.

Lees allegations and the extent to which she went to fabricate her crimes calls to mind infamous false accuser Tawana Brawley, who went so far as to smear feces on herself, write racial slurs on her body, and hide inside a trash bag in order to claim several powerful white men raped and attacked her. With Brawley, she received national attention thanks to people like Al Sharpton, who used her accusations as a way to enrich themselves and become famous.

In the end, the falsely accused men sued, yet Brawley has only paid a fraction of the money she owes them and Sharptons friends paid off his debts.

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She Claimed She Was Bound And Raped In A Hotel Room. Internet Searches Proved She Lied. - The Daily Wire