Murphy Plumber Chief Charged with Extortion Plot
Charles Murphy of Keefe & Murphy, plumbing contractors, was arrested and arraigned in the Tombs Court on charges he tried to extort $2,000 from Leo S. Bing of Bing & Bing. The case centers on alleged threats to keep two buildings under strike and on a scheme to split payments with union and association members. Murphy, denying the charges, was released on $2 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Murphy
Keefe
128Th Street
Riverside Drive
127Th Street
Broadway
Murphy
James W. Osborne
John B. Berry
West 124Th Street
John Doe
Corrigan
Smyth
Leo Bing
Bing & Bing
Transit, Realty Company
Charter Construction Company
Leo S.bing
Ninety-fifth Street
Transit Realty Company
Bing
Employers’ Association
Syndicate
Park Row
113Th Street
Mrs Potter Palmer Returns From Europe For Wedding Plans
Mrs Potter Palmer arrived on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, met by her sister Mrs Grant and Gen. Grant at Quarantine. Her trip aims to attend her son Potter Palmer Jr to Miss Pauline Kohlsaar wedding on July 27, with a visit to Honoré Palmer at Matapoiset afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Palmer
Europe
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Frederick DD
Grant
Palmer
Frue H
Potter Palmer, Jr
Pauline Kohlsaar
Chicago
Honoré
Mattapoiset
Massachusetts
Walter Gibson
Guy Cary
D. M. Cary
Hasty Court: Magistrate Gilroy Frees Chauffeur in Station House
Magistrate Eugene C. Gilroy of Queens holds court at the police station after arresting chauffeur August W. Fitter for speeding and driving without a state license. Gilroy releases the chauffeur on lack of evidence and parols him for appearance in Flatbush Court, later defending his swift action to a Times reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene C. Gilroy
Queens
Coney Island
Bingham
Daniel Slattery
William W. Crawford
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Murphy
W. Fitter
Gilroy Pho Smith
Gilroy
Flatbush Police Court
Mott Avenue
Far Rockaway
Times
Wedge Game Suspects Nabbed Near South Norwalk
South Norwalk Connecticut police arrest five men tied to the wedge game at Roton Point. They carry over 1140 dollars when stopped. bail set at 24 dollars each. Photographs later match RoguesGallery entries in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Norwalk
Conn
Beeve
New York City
Raton Point
Roton Point
Soen
Norwalk
Cunard to lay off big liners for winter overhaul
The Cunard Line will idle the Mauretania and Lusitania for two months for thorough overhauls and shift midwinter Atlantic service to smaller ships. After November 1 Wednesday sailings from New York and Liverpool stop until spring, and dry dock work begins in November with a return to service in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
Liverpool
New York
Atlantic
Levia Hans
Lucania
Campania
Etruria
Carmania
Amphria
Caronie
Mediterranean
Lusitania Sets New Eastward Record To Queenstown
The Cunard Line steamer Lusitania arrives in Liverpool after an eastward record voyage from Sandy Hook. Departed July 15 at 5 56 P M and reached Daunt's Rock July 21 at 11 33 P M with 1 day 87 minutes, average 24.32 knots. Breaks prior Lusitania time by 2 44, remains 32 minutes behind Mauretania record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Lusitania
Queenstown
Sandy Hook
Daunt’s Rock
Mauretania
Mauretania Sails Alone For Europe Today
Cunarder Mauretania leaves for Europe with full cabins. Among passengers listed are Mrs Frank G Allen Armour C Anderson E R Bacon A Balfour Capt W L Brown Gov Frank Brown Dr C B Beebe Haddon Chambers Rose Lloyd G W Crouse Robert E Craig Jr Mrs F A Dean and Senator J S Frelinghuysen plus many others.
Hasten the Andrews Case Hearing Ordered
Supreme Court Justice Erlanger directed Charles Bulkeley Hubbell to begin at once the hearing of charges against Constant A. Andrews president of United States Savings Bank. The action follows Mrs Nannie V Roosevelt petition to remove Mr Andrews as committee of his wife’s estate. Mrs Andrews has been in a sanatorium at 261st Street and Broadway. her husband’s request to move her to Bloomingdale Asylum was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bulkeley Hubbell
Supreme Court
Erlanger
Constant A. Andrews
United States Savings Bank
Nannie V. Roosevelt
John E. Roosevelt
Andrews
261St Street
Broadway
Justice Erlanger
Mr. Andrews
Bloomingdale Asylum
Vanderbilt Horses Sweep Blue Ribbons at Atlantic City Show
In Atlantic City on July 21 the tenth Atlantic City Horse Show opened with many women riders and excitement as Reginald Vanderbilt led harness entries to multiple blue ribbons. Midlothian ridden by Sidney Holloway won middleweight hunters. teams from Elsinore Stock Farm and George Watsons stable also earned top prizes across divisions including harness, saddle, and pony classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlantic City
John Gerken
Pandora
Elsinore Stock Farm
Gerken
Reginald Vanderbilt
George Watson
New York
Harry Holloway
Philadelphia
Phoebe Watton
Marie Tempest
Sid’’ Holloway
Centennial
Thomas Ferore
Red Raven
Holloway
Midlothian
Henry
Kip
Red Marquette
Thomas
Young
Apollo
Samuel A. Rice
Florodora
Mascot
Marvel
Coleeh Bawn
Sweet Iniscarra
Flare
Little Duke
Harry D. Holloway
Kentucky Queen
Silhouette
Elsinore Farm
Keswick
Edwin H
Weatherbee
Pan
Dandy
Splash
James McF. Gummey
Thomas J. Feroe
David Gray
Edwin H. Weatherbee
Westchester Farm
Sandy Point Farm
Viscount Salisbury
White Heather
Elsa
Evangeline
William Carr
Bilsinore Stock Farm
Parade
Francis A. Watson
Sarnia
Julian Morris
Lord Purleigh
Lord Brooke
Scotland
Queen
Grand Duchess
Dr. Selwonk
Dude
Socialites Scatter for August Across East Coast Resorts
A string of New York and New Jersey households plan August retreats from Hempstead Bar Harbor Newport Southampton East Hampton and Bar Harbor. Notables including Reginald Vanderbilt Henry Redmond and the Lehman Lewisohn families split travels to locales such as Newport Leavitt Hill Seabright and Adirondacks camps with weddings and summer continuations in view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Butler Duncan
Hempstead
Bar Harbor
James A. Stillman
East Hampton
Newport
John R. Brady
Southampton
Kathryn
Brady Harris
Kathryn Harris
Sidney S. Harris
Miss Alice Orr Engaged to C Harold Calli
Mrs. Arthur Orr of Chicago announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Alice Orr to C Harold Calli of this city. The announcement names Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Calling as the family of the fiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Orr
Chicago
Arthur Orr
C. Harold Calli
Francis H. Calling
Refugee Mecado Arrives Aboard Zulia From Caracas
The Red D Line steamer Zulia arrived from Central America carrying political refugee Mecado expelled from Caracas by President Castro. The vessel was detained twenty four hours at quarantine for Venezuelan-origin inspection and will be released today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zulia
Central America
Mecado
Caracas
Castro
Puerto Caello
Zullia
Venezuela
Mrs Glyn to Play Heroine in Three Weeks Stage
London reports Elinor Glyn will star as the heroine in a London dramatization of her novel Three Weeks at the Adelphi Theatre. Charles Bryant will play Paul, with Charles Hawtrey as stage manager, in a one day performance funded at about 3740 dollars. Critics will be barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
London
Elinor Glyn
New York
Charles Hawtrey
Rolles
Princess
Paul
Charles Bryant
United States
Patrick Campbell
Bryant
Glyn
Juror Initiates Collection For Frail Witness In Court
Ida Scheter of 224 Avenue B testified in General Sessions with a baby in her arms as Herman Freeberg of 20 Clinton Street faced conviction for theft. Jurors started a collection, raising 25 dollars within minutes to help the distressed witness, who spoke of illness and unemployment while caring for her child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Scheter
Avenue B
Herman Freeberg
Clinton Street
Sreeberg
Freeberg
Rudolph_ B. Phillips
Petition to keep Joe Coyne on London stage
Hundreds of Lon don theatregoers sign a petition to Charles Frohman urging him not to remove Joseph Coyne from musical comedy. Coyne arrives under Frohman to perform in The Mollusc but Frohman plans to keep him in legitimate productions. A cable from Frohman says British theatregoers prefer his shift from musical to legitimate drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charles Frohman
Joseph Coyne
Coyne
Frohman
Death of actor Charles Poore at German Hospital SF
Telegram signed by Dr Brayton reports the death of Charles Poore of the William Collier company at the German Hospital in San Francisco. Poore, about 45, acted in Frohman productions and last appeared in New York as the negro servant in Caught in the Rain. A popular Lambs member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brayton
Frohman
Charles Poore
William Collier Company
German Hospital
San Francisco
Mr. Poore
New York
Mr. Collier
The
Lambs
Wealthy Foreigner’s Holographic Will Probate In New York
Albert Spencer who died in London and long resided in Paris leaves large Paris and New York bequests including 200000 to his widow and 200000 to Mme Mignonne Holtz in France. He wills his body cremated with ashes not to be taken to America and leaves further sums to relatives and a nephew. Executors named as George Owen and widow Mrs Spencer. Estate valued above Five thousand real estate and ten thousand personal estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Spencer
London
England
Paris
Spencer
Margaret Annette Slenry Spencer
Victor Hugo
Mme
Mignonne Holtz
Rue Salo
Monsieur Armand, Holtz
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Coffre de Surette
Credit Lyonnais
Mme. Holtz
Mme_ Holtz
Avenue
Margaret Anette Henry Spencer
S. H
Mr. Spencer
Albert J. Middlebrook
Bridgeport
Conn
America
Spencer, Eec. & Wierum
George Owen
Halsey Street
Brooklyn
Owen
Illinois Central bans liquor sales on diners south of Ohio River
General Passenger Agent Samuel G Hatch announced the Illinois Central Railway will not permit sale of intoxicating drinks on any of its diners or buffet cars south of the Ohio River. He cited numerous local option stations and noted Texas law has had beneficial effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel G.hatch
Illinois Central Railway Company
Ohio River
Ohio
Texas
Louisiana
Noted Homeopathic Doctor Dr Wetmore Found Dead
Dr John McEwen Wetmore aged 76 a veteran homeopathic physician was found dead in his bed from heart disease at his residence 43 West Fifty fourth Street Sr He remained in practice until the night before his death and served as consulting physician to the Hahnemann Laura Franklin and Ophthalmic Hospitals Born in the city he was the son of William C and Eliza L Wetmore a Williams College graduate 1851 and studied three years at the College of Physicians and Surgeons He was a bachelor and lived with his two nieces Helen C and Hattle V Wetmore
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McEwen Wetmore
West Fifty-fourth Street
Sr. Wetmore
Hahnemann
Laura Franklin
William C
Eliza L. Wetmore
Williams College
Greek author M Bikelas dies in Athens
M Bikelas a noted Greek writer and translator of Shakespeare into modern Greek died in Athens today. He helped revive the Olympic movement now staged in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
M. Bikelas
London
Obituary of Rev. Dr Samuel M Whiteeagt in Trenton NJ
The Rev Dr Samuel M Whiteeagt aged years, died yesterday at Trenton New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University in 1836 and, in 1893, was elected a Trustee of the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel M. Whiteeagt
Trenton
N. J
Princeton University
Marital Announcements From New Jersey to Katonah
On July dates couples wed in various locales: Ida A. McBurney to James W. Blake in English town New Jersey. Edna M. Cox to George M. Blauvelt in Newari New Jersey. Anna R. McGinnis to William Burke in Katonah. Elia J. Budd to William D. Olney in Middletown New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke—Mcginnis
Katonah, BY
Anna R. McGinnis
William Burke
Deaths and obituaries from New York area, July 1908
A list of obituaries and funeral notices for Elizabeth Burke Maria Chapman Alexander Eegees Mary Emmott Henry King Delia McNally Antceto Menocal Henry Codman Potter Sarah Robb William Sherman Samuel Studdiford John Wetmore Eleanor Williams Ellen Andrews and numerous local residents with birth/death dates, residences, funeral times and interment preferences across New York and New Jersey communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Mool
Remsen St
Brooklyn
Providence
Fall River
Eagleson
Asheville
Alexander C. Eegees
William A
Harriett . Fagileson
West 118Th St
St. Stephen’s Church
Vireo Av
Woodlawn
Grand Central Station
Emmott
Morristown
Mary H. Crooke
James Emmott
Headley Road
N. Y
Henry Codman_ Potter
New York
Robb
Sarah WW. Robb
Charles Robb
6Th Av
Sherman
Larchmont
William Winslow Sherman
East Lth St
New York City
St. Bartholomew's Church
Madison Av
44Th St
Studdiford
Trenton
N. T
Samuel M. Studdiford
Austin & Cooley
Bellevue Av
Wetmore
West S4th St
John McEwan Wetmore
William G
Eliza L. Wetmore
Stratford
Conn
California
Williams
Chatham
Elenor Edna Williams
Hannah RB
David T. Williams
Presbyterian Church
141St St
St. Nicholas Av
Obituary notices from New Jersey and New York area
A local death notice roundup lists names, ages, and locations across Hackensack Hudson Kingston Brooklyn Yonkers Newark Weehawken Long Branch Jersey City Newark and Weehawken with dates July 10 18 19 20 and ages ranging from 13 to 81 Funeral references noted for several entries including Annie Garner Walter Glendening Margarethe Horstmann Bertha McCullough and Elizabeth Hankinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beramis
Ogden
Roostam Beramji
Bradley
Lembeck
Jersey City
David L. Bradley
Keap St
Brooklyn
John _J. Bradley
Breidenbach
Daly
West Farms
Susan M. Breidenbach
Brower
Clinton Av
James C. Brower
Bruntz
Webster Av
Elizabeth Bruntz
Cannon
Joline
Long Branch
N. J
Mary Cannon
Garroll
Dutch Kills
Long Island City
Anna M. Carroll
Cooney
Orange
Metison St
Newark
Bridget Finn
Fortsch
Milton St
Greenpoint
Joseph Fortsch Fordham
Sherman Avy
Mary BE. Fordham
Trazer
Hackensack
Charles M. Frazer
Garner
Hudson
Annie Garner
Glendening
Kingston
Walter Glendening
Guy
Bainbridge St
Eliza W. Guy
Hankinson
Linden St
Yonkers
Elizabeth Hankinson
Hayes
Metropolitan Av
Grace Hayes
Heather
West Hoboken
Alvig Heather
Johnson
Weehawken
Adeline F. Johnson Jordano
West
Conchita Jorcano
Kelly
Luquer St
Sarah Kelly
Kennard
Astor Place
Samuel D. Kennard
Kerrigan
Hart St
Ben Kerrigan
Knauer
Boyd St
Stapleton & Ly
Emil Knauer
Kruger
Mount Vernon
Elizabeth Kruger
Kuntz
At &J. Michael's Hospital
Mathilda Kuntz
LA Boyteaux
Ilanenck &J
Sarah A. la Boyteaux
Lea
Clinton St
N. Y
Ruby Mones
Moore
North Hackensack
Elizabeth A. Moore
Myers
Columbus Av
William H. Myers
My Needham
Roebling St
Francee Needham
Nevin
Park Av
Maude BR
E Noe
Harrison
Walter DB. Noe
Obrien
Ramsey
William O’brien
O’neill
Pleasant Av
Ward W. O'Neill
A. M. Oetjen
Greenwood Av
Anna Oetjen
Reed
Camden St
M. Jay
Charles Reed
Rieff
Julian Rieff
Rasmus
Jerome St
Frederick Rasmussen
Highland Ave
Mary Rittershoffer
Ryan
Lafayettee
George
Schwamb
East 140Th St
Jeohy
Simpson
Duffield St
Thomas Simpson
Spier
Prospect St
Rockaway
Bernhard Spier
Wnera Today
Hampton Williams
Brady Accepts New Fantastic Comedy for Production
William A Brady accepted the New Zealanders fantastic comedy by Caroline Bruce Patten of Philadelphia yesterday. The work uses Macaulay’s London ruins as a central motive and was previously written for amateurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Macaulay
London
William A. Brady
Caroline Bruce Patten
Philadelphia
Amusement Notes Show Cast Changes For Plays And Voyages
Beverly Stt greaves to star in Paid in Full at the Astor replacing Lilian Albertson who requests a vacation. Dodson Mitchell hired for All for a Girl by Rupert Hughes starring Douglas Fairbanks next month. Elsie Ferguson engaged by Henry H Harris as lead in Pierre of the Plains with Edgar Selwyn this season. Rosie Lloyd sails to London today for contracts, returns in September. The Nick of Time one act will open in vaudeville at Keith Proctor next week with William J. Kelly. Maude Adams sails for vacation and costume purchase aboard the Mauretania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson Mitchell
Rupert Hughes
Douglas Fairbanks
William A. Brady
Joseph Grismer
Elsie Ferguson
Henry H. Harris
Pierre of
James Barnes
Lambs’ Gambol
Keith & Proctors
Woodlawn Cemetery Access Via Trains Trolleys and Carriage
Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central, Webster and Jeroms Avenue trolleys, and by carriage. Lots priced at $150 in Telephone 4855 Gramercy for Books of Views or through an office at 20 East 230 Street New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn Cemetery
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jeroms Avenue
East
Also Mentioned on This Page
Samuel A. Herzog
Hopkins
Plumbers’ ‘Union
Duffy
Herzog
Mrs. Potter Palmer
Gen. Grant
Aryold
VICHY
Connecticut
J. E. Roosevelt
Vanderbilt
Reginald
Sidney Holloway
Social Notes
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt, Sr
West Fifty-seventh Street
Henry Redmond
Dee
Honore Palmer
Mattapoisett
Pauline_ Kohlsaat
H. H. Kohlsaat
Walter G. Oakman
Misses Oakman
Henry O. Havemeyer, Jr
Tuxedo
W. Willis Reese
Mount Washington
White Mountain District
Charles A. Childs
Helen F. Chase
Lenox
Elbert C. Roosevelt
New Rocheller
Ari
Louis Lawton
Quebec
Bre McCormack
Green Inn
Seabright, N. J
Robert Keeling
New London
Casino
R. A. Keyes
Aspinwall
Bretton Wood
Eva Mills
Jessie Mills
Mr. H. K. Mills
Arthur Lehman
Elberon, N. J
Lehman
Adolph Lewisohn
Adirondacks
Child
Mrs. Glyn
Joe Coyne
Terest
Gapenheimer Institute
W. 57Th Treet
Victor Talking Machines and Records
Illinois Central
Beverly Sttgreaves
Astor Theatre
Lilian Albertson
Maude Adams
Sunday Times
Fourth Ave
Mount & Robertson
Beaver
Broad
Frinceton Theological Seminary
the Presbyterian Church of
Martan Barton Chapman
Rogers Fook
Davol
Edwin N.chap
Female Employment Society
Samaritan Society
Church of the Saviour
James Clinton Brower
Clint’ Brower
Clington Avenue
Firs Cavalry
U.S. A
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
Frank E. Campbell
Chelsea
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