Captain Bouchard Rescues Woman and Child at Ellis Island
Captain Frederick Bouchard of the barge Harvest Home saved a mother Salvo Cosima La Rocca and her child from drowning off Ellis Island after a mysterious fall from the Louisa C. He dove fourteen feet to retrieve the girl and kept both victims afloat until ropes were thrown. The rescue follows six prior saves by the young captain and may earn him a medal. the Italian mother and child survived with injuries and were taken to Long Island College Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Bouchard
Harvest Home
Ellis Island
Salvo Cosima la Rocca
Ellis’ Island
Louisa C
Bouchard
John E. Moore Company
Immigration
Fitchie
Life Saving Association
Battery Park
Omaha
Long Islan College Hospital
Drowned Sailors After City Island Church Festival Outing
A Corona sailor Adolph Schnell and two companions from Commodore Lewis Cass boats went to midstream from City Island after a church festival. Schnell survived after being rescued by a small-boat party and Dr. Lawrence restored him. two others, including John E. Laundblad, are believed drowned. Police divers searched the river bottom. no bodies found yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Cass
Ledyard
Schooner Yacht Co
John E. Laundblad
A. H. W. Johnson
Newasi
City Island
Ernest Leviness
Bert Wood
W. Gould Brokaw
Amorita
Lawrence
Adolph Schnell
Corona
Lundblad
Rona
Collision Between Tug Richard Croker and Alaska Ferry
The tug Richard Croker owned by the Department of Docks and Ferries collided with the ferry Alaska in the East River near Hast Twenty-second Street. The Alaska struck the tug’s bow, damaging the fender and severing dangling cordage while the ferry lost a plank. No serious damage occurred. a woman passenger on the Alaska sustained slight contusions and was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ice Trust
East River
Richard Croker
Department of Docks and Ferries
Hast Twenty-second Street
Alaska
Greenpoint
Twenty-third Street
Fletcher
Bellevue Hospital
Fat Man Floats Like a Cork Off East River Bulkhead
A sleeping man aboard a bulkhead along Pier 9 in the East River toppled into the water at about 10 AM yesterday. Fireman Slugh Donohue of the tug Adelaide towed him ashore with a rope. the man swallowed water but was not seriously injured and fled after refusing to give his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East River
Slugh Donohue
Adelaide
South Street
Cuyler
Tug Collision Off Pier 7 Leaves Missing Deckhand
Two tugs the De Veaux Powell and the Harsimus collided off Pier 7 East River early yesterday. The Powell owned by C. F. Harris Tow ing and Transportation Co was damaged about 1000. Deckhand Frank Haley jumped overboard and was not recovered. The Harsimus owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad sustained only slight damage. An unidentified male body, about thirty five, was recovered later off Pier 1 North River by the tug Robert Burnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Veaux Powell
Harsimus
Pier 7
East River
Powell
C. F. Harris Towing and Transportation Company
Frank Haley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pier 1
North River
Robert Burnett
Man Jumps From Ferryboat Robert Garrett
An unknown man leaped from the Staten Island ferryboat Robert Garrett yesterday morning. Passengers raised the alarm as a small boat was lowered, but the man was not recovered. The hat left on deck bore the word Texas, with no other identifying details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Island
Robert Garrett
Texas
Lieut Martin Admits Morphine Habit in Court Martial
Lieut Edward H Martin of the Fifth Artillery testified at Fort Hamilton on charges of irregular receipts. He admitted morphine use and said two bills he signed may be unauthorized, including a $69.50 cigar bill. He described deposits to cover unpaid canteen bills and denied false testimony by Joseph Collins, his Fort Hancock associate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Martin
Fifth Artillery
Fort Hamilton
C A. Bilharz
Martin
Eighth Avenue
New York
J. H. Hall
West Point
Lieut
Fort Hancock
E. H. Porter
Capt. McClellan
Hymes
Collins
Lieut. Martin
Hugh Martin
Courtlandt Avenue
Bronx
New York City
Inspector Thompson Raids Marlborough Club Raid
Inspector Thompson and Acting Captain Kear raided the Marlborough Club at 1083 West Seventy fourth Street and seized a roulette wheel and outfit, a fare, and a red and black layout. Seven officers entered, a truck delivered blinds and a confrontation occurred with a strong black guard. the raid aimed to remove items to keep members from temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inspector Thompson
Kear
West Sixty-eighth Street
Marlborough Club
West Seventyfourth Street
Billy
William H Bannister Dead Ex West Point examiner in Nyack
William H Bannister 76 prominent Nyack resident and former Rockland County College proprietor died after a northbound Broadway car incident at Eighth Street He recently became a West Point examiner His son Judge Bannister arrived from Nyack to identify the body Four children survive including Clyde Bannister US Army Sergeant and Reverend Carlton Bannister The deceased was a Union College graduate and longtime Methodist leader and former member of the Board of Brokers in New York City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Bannister
Nyack
N. Y
West Point Military Academy
Broadway
Eighth Street
Emanuel Schelberger
Leith
Mr. Bannister
Macdougal Street
William H. Bannister, Jr
Winterbottom
Bannister
Wall Street
Rockland County College
Union College
Chester A. Arthur
Leland Stanford
Judge Bannister
Clyde Bannister
United States Army
Philippines
Carleton Bannister
Hadley
Convent Station
N. J
New York
thesePen Board of Brokers
Shower of Red Paint Douses Sidewalk Crowd Painter Falls
George Yost a 43 year old painter of 216 Avenue A toppled from a second story scaffold at 420 Fifth Street yesterday afternoon. He landed on his feet spraining both ankles and was taken to Bellevue Hospital. A large pot of red paint spilled splashing on the sidewalk and soaking several pedestrians and their clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Yost
Avenue A
Fifth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Yost
Major Smith Protests Dismissal From National Guard
Major Clinton H. Smith of the Seventy-first Regiment protests Gov Roosevelt plan to discharge him, saying no proper examination was held and defending his Cuban service. Col Alexander S. Bacon resigns as counsel. Officers plan meetings and possible civil action over the election of a Major and disputed leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton H. Smith
Seventy-first Regiment
National Guard
Gov. Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Albany
N. Y
Board of Examination
Cuba
Col
Alexander S. Bacon
Major Smith
Ois
Adjutant General
State of New York
Alexander
Bacon
Smith
Dreyfus
United Action
William R. Hill
Company E
Col. Bates
Capt. Linson
Fashion notes on skirts and coats in taffetas silk
Separate skirts crafted from fine quality taffetas silk arrive in a new tucked model unlined. Eton coats in various designs accompany the season’s lineup, showcasing refined tailoring and light outerwear options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eton
Gold Mining Stock Case Folding in Playa de Oro Suit
Justice Stover in Supreme Court Special Term ruled for Otis S. Gage in a Playa de Oro Mining Co suit seeking 5,000 shares. The court found Gage had an equitable claim for services and stock sacrificed, denying the company a return of the shares and ordering reconveyance of 1,250 shares deposited as collateral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playa de Oro Company
Justice Stover
Supreme Court
Otis S. Gage
Playa de Oro Mining Company
Gage
Charles G. Francklyn
Francklyn
Playa de Oro
Stover
Mr. Gage
Indian Famine Fund Contributions Reported by New York Times
The India Famine Relief Committee reports a cable from Rev. Robert A. Hume about delayed rains and rising food prices. The New York Times lists numerous individual and church donations totaling a substantial sum, including contributions from Nicoll Floyd Jr, James W. Walsh, G. Leonard, and several Presbyterian and church groups, with amounts ranging from a few dollars to hundreds, all forwarded to support famine relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of One Hundred On
India Famine Relief
Robert A. Hume
Ahmednagar
India
Nicoll Floyd, Jr
Charleston
S. C
Hse
Hudson
B. H
D. Leonard
Albany
G. Leonard
al- Cash
Toute
People’s Societies
Perry
Mich
Shafts
Dire
Eaton, Cole & Burnham Company
Presbyterian Church
Falls Creek
Penn
Union Meeting
Oneida
Ill
Oneida State Bank
Bedford Park
Rye Seminary
Rye
N. Y
Odo Titan
Metuchen
Winstow, Lanier & Co
John L. Lawrence
Lawrence
First Presbyterian Church
Additional
Rochester
Warner Elizabeth K. Truslow
Westhampton
Preg de Ni Patereld Kip Wlatn Ds Clatetecaia Ata Cc. E. Reformed ‘Church
Millbrook
N. A
Mable
Chemical Bank
Harlem Presbyterian Church
Julius D. Dreher
Salem
A. H.ares
Santa Barbara
Dima We Neers
Winnebago
Boratesees
Stewartsville
N. J
Eliza Co
Waterbury
Hamilton Just Company
Brooklyn
John H. Hutchinson
Hamilton 'S Mast Company
S. B. Butcher
Hamilton Trust
Company
William Berri
Hamilton Trust Company
William H. Wallace
John Ditmas, Jr
Millard F. Smith
NEW York Times
John Crosby
Brown
Quito Detained in Port Said for Engine Repairs
The British steamer Quito under Captain Baird, en route from New York to Bombay via St Michaels, arrived at Port Said June 5 and is detained for engine repairs. It left New York May 10 carrying a large corn cargo to aid India's famine relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Quito
Baird
New York
St. Michaels
Bombay
Port Said
India
United States
Will of Eliza M Bailey Leaves Large Estate to Granddaughter
Eliza M Bailey sister of Jacob Lorillard filed her will in the Surrogate's office yesterday. It leaves personal property valued at 500000 and real estate worth 24000 to Aletta M Bailey her granddaughter who lives with Aletta R Bailey at 77 Madison Avenue and to Mrs Bailey. The children of Jacob Lorillard hold a reversionary interest in the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza M. Bailey
Jacob Lorillard
Aletta M. Bailey
Aletta R. Bailey
Madison Avenue
Enumerators Discharged Over Misconduct And Refusal to Answer
Census Supervisor Charles S. Wilbur reported multiple dismissals among enumerators. One east side worker was fired for profanity in an apartment in the presence of women and children after a complaint from a special agent. Another west side enumerator was dismissed for unsatisfactory duties, and a third for intoxication. Several complaints cited women in fashionable neighborhoods refusing to provide information beyond names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Wilbur
Mr. Wilbur
John Driscoll
East Side
Wilbur
West Side
French Consul General Edmond Bruwnert sails for Havre
Edmond Bruwnert the French Consul General in New York sailed for Havre on the steamship La Bretagne yesterday. He will return after a vacation of three and a half months. M Faldin the French Consular Agent at Cincinnati was aboard with other passengers including Robert Judson Kenworthy C Knox Harding the Right Rev G Brochu Prof and Mrs R Sampson and Dr and Mrs A Velez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Bruwnert
New York
Havre
la Bretagne
M. Faldin
Cincinnati
Robert Judson Kenworth
C. Knox Harding
G. Brochu
R. Sampson
A. Velez
Census Bureau Agent Assaulted At Bicycle Office
Leo P. Glaser a Census Bureau special agent was attacked after interviewing proprietor C. Lockmann at the Stuyvesant Bicycle Company 131 Seventh Street. William Daub 28 of 160 Seventh Street struck Glaser after a dispute and was fined $5 by Magistrate Olmsted. Daub claimed the agent provoked him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo P. Glaser
Fourth Avenue
Census Bureau
Stuyvesant Bicycle Company
Seventh Street
William Daub
C. Lockmann
Glasel
Daub
Also Mentioned on This Page
Capt. Bouchard
the Croker
Blue
Negro Club Employe
Truckman
Painter
Major
Col. Bacon
Stern Brothers
West Twenty-third Street
Delft
James McCreery & Co
Rogers, Peet & Company
Cor. Warren
Warren St
Cor. Prince
Cor
West
Lord& Taylor
20Th
Ste
Indian Famine Fund
THE
Saturday Review
Letitia Bonaparte
Clara Tschudi
Bret Harte
Savonarola
Sears
Iondon
Grant
Mr. Bowker
William L. Alden
Sixth Avenue
11Th Street
11Th St
Oxford
Col. Gardiner
General Sessions
Gardiner
McMahon
Wallace
Grand Jury
Goff
Carroll
Warden Dowling
Foreman Wallace
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Long Island R. R
E. 34Th St
Park Row
Brooklyn Bridge
5Th Av
City Hall
Flatbush Av
9Th St
Canal St
Chambers
Finvt’s Fine Furniture
Sheraton
Cro. C.fumnt Co
Mraarfaria
Ifie
McIntyre & Heath
Victory Bateman & Ve.s Co
Fred Niblo
Criterion Theatre
the Pride OF
Jen Inico
N Theatre
35Th St. & Bway
Garrick
WM. Gillette
Sherlock Holmes
45Th St
Blossom Grove
Venetian Terrace Victoria
Roof Garden
St. & B’way
Music Hall
Hammerstein
Keith
McAvoy & M Morton
Wil
Lockhart
John Mason
the Jugslinz Johnsons
Mt. Tom’ W
ASINO
Koster & Bial
Ecc. Soc
ST. Nicholas Garden
Wissner
Murra Hill Theatre
St.& Lex
Pelo Grounds
St. Louis
San
Wee
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