Bridegrooms Death Reveals A Yonkers Wedding Secret
Coroner orders an inquest into the death of Edward F Hollister 59 after his secret marriage to 23 year old Aleathe Knickerbocker Raymond 1908 widow and sculptor’s granddaughter. The autopsy found natural causes but questions linger about the couples two year non cohabitation and a past marriage of the bride to George Raymond.
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Alfred H. Iles
Yonkers
Edward F. Hollister
Fulton Doe
Tremont
Aleathe Knickerbocker Raymond
Willis W. Knickerbocker
Hawthorne Avenue
Wilson D. MaccDonald
St John's Med
Hollister
R. Hollister
Mrs. Hollister
Hollistr
George Raymond
West Point
Raymond
Chief Kohler on Trial in Sensational City Hearing
Frederick Kohler suspended police chief faces twenty three charges including misconduct intoxication and immorality at a Civil Service Commission hearing. He denies all allegations and argues formal procedures in a case that drew high public interest. Initial witnesses assert Kohler appeared intoxicated on election night and earlier in the Board of Elections rooms.
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Civil Service Commission
Frederick Kohler
Kahler
Roosevelt
Sean
Baehr
Kohler
Va Service Commission
Board of Elections
Cap Foe
Ohio
Kaiser's Absence At Potsdam Review Sparks Note
In Potsdam on May 31 the Emperor did not attend the annual garrison review for the first time in his reign. Crown Prince Frederick William led the ceremony with Empress Auguste Victoria present, along with King Albert and Queen Elizabeth I of Belgium, Prince Tsai Tao, Marquis San Giuliano, and others. The imperial wrist abscess shows improvement and doctors report progress. The Emperor remains at the New Palace where King Albert is a guest.
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Potsdam
Frederick William
Auguste Victoria
King Albert
Elizabeth I
Belgium
Prince Tsai-Tao
China
San Giuliano
New Palace
Decree Bars Unapproved Religious Orders in Madrid
A Madrid decree orders that no religious orders not authorized by the 1851 Concordat may operate. the 1887 law requires foreign orders to register and seeks immediate compliance. In St Petersburg also, Willing Beer of Pennsylvania, recently named Secretary at the American Embassy, arrived today.
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Madrid
Petersburg
Pennsylvania
Earthquake Shakes Mexico City and US Regions
A minor quake lasting about ninety seconds startled Mexico City guests and residents with west to east tremors. Washington reported a distant tremor of considerable intensity, lasting over an hour, with origin about 80 miles away. Albany’s seismograph logged a moderate quake from midnight to 12:50 AM.
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Mexico City
Washington
Weather Aone
Weather Bureau
Albany
State Museum
Earthquake Recorded At St Ignatius College
A seismograph at St Ignatius's College in Cleveland logged a quake lasting over forty two minutes last night. The shock began at 11 01 27 and ended at 11 43 55 with the maximum tremor around 11 1.
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Cleveland
St. Ignatius’s College
Fear outbreak at Nanking threatens foreigners
May 31 report says Chinese warships with troops were sent to Nanking to counter a potential native outbreak against foreigners. Foreigners were warned as Shanghai troops replace local guards, seen as unreliable if violence erupts.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Cotton bears raid market as May cotton reaches record tender total
The cotton market fell heavily with May deliveries reaching 335,500 bales, the largest since 1903 04, amid heavy liquidations and a Stock Exchange smash. July options plunged to 14.18, while new crop options declined sharply on favorable Southern weather and upbeat Government condition forecasts.
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Bears
Stock Exchange
New York
Tributes to Dr Ladinsky at Delmonico's Dinner
Leading physicians and educators honored Dr Louis J Ladinsky president of Beth Israel Hospital Medical Board at a Delmonico's dinner. He reorganized the hospital twelve years ago and will take his first vacation soon. Rabbi Schulman disputed Zangwill on melting pot usage and praised American democracy.
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Delmonico
Louis J. Ladinsky
Beth Israel Hospital
Ladinsky
Big East Side
Zangwill
Rabbi Schulman
Russia
Brooks H. Wells
New York Polyclinic
Beth Israel
John A. Wyeth
The
Academy of Medicine
BH. Altman
Abraham E. Rothstein
Jonas F. Reinthaler
Murdered at altar while she prayed
In Louisville on May 8 police disclose the Alma Kellner case details. Evidence from St John’s Church basement includes a gauntlet glove and handkerchiefs with blood, pointing to janitor Joseph Wendling as the suspect. Wendling’s wife is jailed as accessory. A $1,000 reward is offered for his arrest. Relatives prepared to aid lead.
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Louisville
St. John's Catholic Church
Alma Kellner
St. John’s
Alma
Joseph Wendling
Wendling
St. Louis
Frank Fehr
New Orleans
Wendli
New Orlea
Soldier Drowned at Fort Mansfield Coast Artillery Drowns
Fort Mansfield Rhode Island reports Private William J. Ward of the Eighty eighth Company Coast Artillery Corps drowned when his boat capsized on May 26. Ward, whose home was in Southport Connecticut, remains missing.
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Fort Mansfield
R. I
William J. Ward
Eighty-eighth Company
Coast Artillery Corps
Ward
Southport
Conn
Earle Annulment Delayed by Italian Marriage Question
Julia Kuttner Earle seeks an annulment from Ferdi nand Pinney Earle citing a Venice marriage in March 1908 while Emilie Fishbacher Earle had not yet secured a French divorce. Justice Fitzgerald delays confirming the referee’s decree until counsel proves the marriage was legal. New Jersey law requires 30 days between interlocutory and final divorce, during which a new marriage cannot occur.
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Julia Kuttner Earle
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Supreme Court
Fitzgerald
Joseph A. Foley
Earle
Venice
Emilie Fishbacher Earle
Banker Myles Tierney Ill In Montclair
Myles Tierney, tied to Otto Barnard and other New York bankers, is seriously ill at his home on Afterglow Way in Montclair New Jersey. He was stricken last Friday and remains in critical condition.
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Montclair
N. J
Myles Tierney
Otto Barnard
New York
Tierney
Washable blouse pants and corduroy suits advertised
An advertisement lists washable blouses and pants in sizes 11 to 18 and 3 to 10 with corduroy Norfolk suits priced at $9.00. It notes extra corduroy blouse trousers and a range of coats sweaters in lambs wool for young men and boys with prices from $3.85 to $5.75. Sizes 4 to 18 yrs include auto dusters in tan linen and pongee priced $4.50 to $5.50.
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Norfolk Suits
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