Miss Biggar Questioned Stock Farm Trial
Laura Biggar testified in the Quarter Sessions Court at Freehold in a conspiracy case over the Bennett estate. She said she concealed marriage to Bennett at his request and faced cross examination about prior publicizations and related letters. Defense plans more witnesses as the trial nears closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freehold
N. J
Laura Biggar
Neisley
Bennett
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Bennett
Dr. Hendricks
Miss Biggar
Mamaia
Josie Lane
Dr.Hendricks
Bayonne
W. R. Kin
Colin McDougall
New York
Noember
Mollie Deskin
William J. Keough
Hoboken
Death Ends Nurse's Romance in Richmond Wedding
Edith Wyman Rodman, a nurse who married Dr. H. H. Rodman last July in Richmond while he was believed dying, died Saturday night at Presbyterian Hospital after liver cancer. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the hospital. Rodman had nursed her husband to health before the South African War, later served aboard the hospital ship Maine, returned to England, and then sent for Miss Wyman to join him in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Wyman Rodman
H. H. Rodman
Richmond
Presbyterian Hospital
Rodman
Dr. Rodman
Lady Randolph Churchill
Maine
England
Virginia
Miss Wyman
Bellevue Hospital
Sr. Rodman
Synod Sues Railroad Over Brookyn Track Elevation
The General Synod of the Reformed Church seeks an injunction against the Long Island Railroad Company to stop elevating tracks at Atlantic Avenue and Hinsdale Street in Brooklyn. The case argues interference with church property income supporting aged ministers while the Nassau Electric Railway dispute was previously decided for the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island Railroad Company
Atlantic Avenue
Hinsdale Street
Brooklyn
General Synod of the Reformed Church
Maddox
Supreme Court
Justice Dickey
Nassau Electric Railway Company
Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company
Street Railroad Corporation
Nassau Company
Long Island Company
Loubet Accepts Honorary Cincinnati Membership
Asa Bird Gardiner announces that President Loubet of France accepts honorary membership in the Rhode Island State Society of the Order of the Cincinnati. The French leader cites the alliance of arms in the Revolution and the lasting friendship between France and the United States. The French Government plans to send a Sevres vase to the Order as a Christmas souvenir, per Gen. Brugère’s reports, in recognition of the Rochambeau statue unveiling in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Bird Gardiner
Rhode Island State Society of the Order of the Cincinnati
Loubet
France
Two Nations
United States
Order of the Cincinnati
Rochambeau
Washington
Brugére
Col
Gardiner
National Works
Shipping volume 1903 of The Record of American and Foreign Shipping
The thirty fifth annual issue of The Record of American and Foreign Shipping volume for 1903 is now being delivered.
Ship and vessel rules and records guide
The Record lists about 17 000 vessels from ketches to liners flying every nation's flag, alphabetically arranged with build ownership and condition details. It includes construction classification rules, machinery boiler guidelines, illustrations and tables, and tips for shipboard electrical installations.
Council Rescinds Police Commissioner Vacancies
The Mount Vernon Common Council rescinded a Saturday night resolution that declared Police Commissioners Hobbey and Wurzburg vacancies. A City Clerk paper dated summer certifying oaths allegedly filed July 10 and 11 led to the original vacancy declaration. The clerk testified the document was kept to settle a bet over seniority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Common Council
Hobbey
Wurzburg
Carnation League of America Proposed in McKinley Honor
Lewis G. Reynolds of Dayton suggests forming The Carnation League of America to honor McKinley with a creed drawn from his words and a perennial memorial. Members would wear a carnation each Sept. 14, the president’s death anniversary, to keep his policies and patriotism in memory. The plan has support from Judge Day Myron Herrick and Senator Hanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
McKinley
Carnation League of America
Lewis G. Reynolds
Dayton
McKinley Memorial Association
Ritchie
League
United States
Carnation League
William R. Day
The
McKinley National Memorial Association
Myron T. Herrick
Hanna
Divorce Seeks Bid: Education Board Official Resigns
Hibert H. Day of the East Islip Board of Education resigns to join a South Dakota divorce colony. He and his wife have not lived together for five years. Mrs Day’s location is unknown. Day previously gained notoriety for a letter criticizing two young teachers for flirting at a village event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Islip
L. I
Hibert H. Day
Board of Education
South Dakota
Day
Train Hits Woman and Babe in Schenectady
In Schenectady New York Theresa Hatch aged forty nine was struck and killed while crossing the New York Central tracks. She carried her eighteen month old grandson who was caught on the engine pilot and dragged for half a mile. The child suffered a fractured skull and is expected to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
New York Central
Theresa Hatch
Beach Front Transfer Ends City Purchases in Asbury Park
Asbury Park completes negotiations to acquire the beach front including boardwalk, fishing pier, pavilions, bathing establishments and riparian rights for 100000 dollars. Bradley transfers sewer system to the city for 50000 dollars and grants 100 foot Ocean Avenue width. Wesley Lake half ownership and possible future parks are included. A January 12 referendum will decide a 250000 dollar bond issue for boardwalk casino band stand and bathhouse repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Asbury Park
N. J
Bradley
Common Council
Appleby
Ocean Avenue
Wesley Lake
Ocean Grove
State schools expenditure details of New York rise and fall
Albany reports total school spending of 49,331,957 for the last year. Teachers' salaries reached 22,716,338 with gains over prior year, while average cost per pupil fell to 41.14. School enrollment rose to 1,268,625. licensed teachers total 33,390 with more women than men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
State Department of Public Instruction
Landslide at West Point Delays West Shore Trains
Heavy rain at West Point caused hundreds of tons of rock to fall from Target Hill onto the West Shore Railroad tracks. A freight car sized rock blocked the line, blasting required to clear it and roadbed damage delayed West Shore and Ontario and Western trains by over five hours with passengers moved to another train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Goshen
N. Y
Target Hill
West Point
West Shore Railroad
West Shore
Ontario and Western
Rock
Auction at Union Club Reveals Farewell Furniture Buys
The old Union Club at Twenty third Street and Fifth Avenue opened to the public at 11 for an auction of club furniture. J Pierpont Morgan arrived early and bid on items like fire tongs and a brass fender, while Edward Cooper and Richard Church among others bought pieces amid mournful humor. The sale, including a coveted clock and two billiard tables, will resume today as members sought keepsakes from the historic home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Club
Twenty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Old Guard
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Edward Cooper
Twenty-first Street
Richard Church
Prince Henry
J. Sidney Smith
Lispenard Stewart
A. van Horn Stuyvesant
W. Ll. Detmold
F. N. Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
Lawrence
Thomas A. Maitland
Annex
Detective Not Prisoner In Mulberry Street Raids
The New York Times reported that four prisoners in disorderly house cases included Nicola Lama 168 Mulberry Street Nicola Capparallo 118 Mott Street Isaac Silverman 185 Cherry Street and Marie Philockermer 734 Elizabeth Street. Isaac Silverman was actually a county detective for the District Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Mulberry Street
New York City
Nicola Lama
Nicola Capparallo
Mott Street
Isaac Silverman
Cherry Street
Marie Philockermer
Elizabeth Street
Professor Obtains Attachment Over Patrick Case Ties
Prof Adolph Black of Columbia University, through Judge McCarthy, secures an attachment on Milliken's New York property. Milliken, brother-in-law of Albert T Patrick, owes $500 for signature examination allegedly connected to the Patrick case involving the murder of William Marsh Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Black
Mining and Engineering School
Columbia University
McCarthy
New York
John T. Milliken
Albert.t. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Milliken
Patrick
Justice Orders Monthly Support for Mrs Hughes Near Park Avenue Hotel
Justice Scott signed an order directing United States Trust Company to pay Andrew J. Shipman six hundred dollars each month for the support of Louise Beauchamp Hughes who was released from a sanitarium after being admitted on representations by Niles that she was insane. She is the widow of David Michael Hughes, a once wealthy merchant, and resides at the Park Avenue Hotel under ongoing medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Scott
United States Trust Company
Andrew J. Shipman
Louise Beauchamp Hughes
Niles
David Michael Hughes
Park Avenue
Nordica Sues Railroad for Fifty Thousand Damages
Opera star Mme Lillian Nordica—private name Lillian Nordica Dome—sues Southern Railway in federal court for 50,000 damages claiming permanent injuries from a January wreck while traveling from Atlanta to Nashville in her private car Bruenhilde. She alleges a contract to transport her car and that the company denies it. case set for Supreme Court early next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Lillian Nordica Dome
Abraham Hummel
Southern Railway Company
Atlanta
Nashville
Tenn
Supreme Court
National League meeting to be held in Chicago
The Fruitman's Guide notes the National League of Commission Merchants holds its eleventh annual meeting in Chicago on January 14 15 and 16 with several articles of interest to fruit produce and grocery trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruitman’s Guide
National League of Commission Merchants of the
United States
National League
Chicago
Schooners Sink After Night Collision Off Thatcher Island
Ten men survived a three day, 45 mile drift after the Frank A Palmer and Louise B Crary collided off Thatcher's Island and sank. Six crew members perished, four died during the drift, and one went insane before rescue by the Manhassett near Highland Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Manhassett
Highland Light
Frank A. Palmer
Louise B. Crary
Thatcher's Island
Massachusetts Bay
Atlantic
J. E. Smith
Portland
W. H. Howland
Crary
Palmer
J. F.smit
Franz Banta
Capt. Potter
Malone
1903 Transatlantic Schedules Reaffirm No Ship-a-Day Plan
The 1903 summer schedule for transatlantic lines will not adopt a ship-a-day operation next season. Vessels will sail as before with no increased frequency. new ships Cedric Arabic Kaiser Wilhelm II and others are due, but only if many travelers head to Europe. Cunard and other independent lines will keep regular sailing days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Cedric
Cunard
Trolley to Rockaway Opens Jamaica Bay Route
Brooklyn reports Court of Appeals upholds Brooklyn and Jamaica Bay Turnpike Company right to build a turnpike and trolley road from East New York across Jamaica Bay to Rockaway Beach. Construction may start soon and line could be ready next summer, boosting Rockaway access near Coney Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Court of Appeals
Brooklyn and
Jamaica Bay
War Department
David Carvalho
Hempstead
Flynn
The Burned Mail Car Near Peekskill Losses Reported
About 650 sacks of mail in a burned car near Peekskill New York were partially from New England and carried foreign and Far Eastern mail destined for the Philippines and U S soldiers. No first class or registered mail was lost and officials advise those who mailed gifts to check with the post office about forwarded parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peekskill
N. Y
New England
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Philippines
Far Eastern
United States
Orient
General Post Office
Staten Island Ferries to Improve Service After Letter
Dock Commissioner Hawkes received a letter from the Staten Island Ferry Company stating it will run its best boats at least to 8 PM and increase trip frequency. The company plans to replace old boats and will build new ones if needed to provide better service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkes
Staten Island Ferry Company
Christo and Cooper's Complete Works Books Sale
Auction note lists Christo 2 volumes and Cooper's Complete Works 16 volumes bound in cloth with gilt tops. Low stock alert for collectors seeking classic volumes in good bindings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Irving
Washington
Macaulay
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Windsor
Stock Farm
SYNOD
M. Loubet
French Republic
Cincinnati
New Shipping Register
League TO
M’kinley
Babe
Beach Front
Patrick Case
Nordica Sues Railway
the Fruitman’s Guide
Rockaway
Turnpike Company
Staten Island Ferries
Elgin
Waltham
Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Jan Avamd
John Randolph
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
James Otis
Samuel Adams
Sanliat Atv A
Monte
Christo
Cooper
Rogan
Florida
Stuart
Jamaica
Richardson & Robsweet
Royal Stuart
Fort
Fromage de Camnen
Long Island
Ray
Royal
Stu
Gabler
Pakard, Bush
Schubert, Laffargue
Hobart M. Cable
Davenport & Treacy
Price & Teeple
Knabe
Morris
Verona
Axminster
Bric-a-Brac
China, &c
Worcester
Ria
Ted
Dio
Maise
Haviland
Martin
Limoges
Apt
Emmett’s
California
Hennessey
Laubenheimer
Gel Ehrhardt
Frankfurt A-M
Rudesheimer
Frankfurt
Pennsylvania
Gallon
Jug
Mt. Vernon
Monogram
Jug Finch
Gallon, Inc
Sixth Avenue
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