Yonkers Golf Case Ends With Not Guilty Verdict
In Yonkers a jury acquits Benjamin Adams of violating Sunday golf prohibitions after a tense trial. Judge Kellogg and attorney Daly sparred over statute wording and religious arguments as officers testified Adams played at the Saeghill Golf Club on June 2. The crowd celebrated the verdict and calls to amend Sabbath rules for private clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Benjamin Adams
Adams
Saeghill
Kellogg
Joseph F. Daly
Saeghill Golf Club
J. Bell
Daly
Bell
Officer Welsch
McGrath
Morse
Hodgeman
Learned Court
A. Doran
Suit over trust fund ownership before Supreme Court
Mrs. Annie A. Garrison sues ex-Judge Leicester Holme and others over a $20,000 trust fund in a New York Supreme Court action. Holme, once City Court judge and Paris resident, is the real defendant and may not appear in person. The case names the United States Trust Company and several Nixon and Bigg family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Leventritt
Annie A. Garrison
Leicester Holme
United States Trust Company
Grace Nixon
Harry Vidal Nixon
Annie Spencer Nixon
George Oliver Bigg
Holme
Hugh J. Grant
Paris
Dr Kennedy's New Witness Tightens Alibi Case
Annie Melville testified that Samuel J Kennedy left his office at 5 30 PM on August 15 1898 wearing a dark suit and derby hat. Architect E W K Uffer placed Kennedy near Grand Hotel around 6 45 PM and later waiting for Emeline Reynolds, with the trial continuing the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Melville
Samuel J. Kennedy
Newburger
Emeline C. Reynolds
Melville
Moore
Twenty-eighth Street
Uffer
Osborne
Dr. Kennedy
Grand Hotel
Kennedy
Emeline Reynolds
Twenty-Third Street
No pay for Kennedy experts on murder trial appeal
The Appellate Division sustains a ruling denying additional compensation for expert handwriting witnesses and argues the statute limits payments to $500 plus personal and incidental expenses. Justice Patterson notes the law does not broaden to cover these items as a county charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coler
William W. Cantwell
Samuel J. Kennedy
Fursman
Patterson
Sickles Forfeits Board Duties From Home Illness
Gen Daniel E Sickles who had been expected to resume duties on the Board of Visitors at the Academy telegraphed yesterday that his condition prevents him from leaving home. The message affects his participation in upcoming meetings and oversight roles at the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Sickles
West Point
Board of Visitors
The
Academy
New daily limited service by Great Rock Island Route
The ad promotes a new daily limited service starting June 16 from Chicago to Colorado with direct line to Manitou. It promises the best connections and convenient Denver and Colorado Springs arrival times. It advertises cheap summer excursions to Colorado and Utah with especially low rates on select days, and provides the address A H Morret G E P A 401 Broadway New York for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Rock Island
Chicago
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Utah
A. H. Morret
Broadway
New York
Adv
Cavalry to Break Camp at Camp Townsend
Cavalry week ends with the Eighth Regiment under Col. J M Jarvis and the First Battery under Capt. Louis Wendel marching home from Peekskill. Troop C and Squadron A depart early, with camps at Ardsley-on-Hudson and Kingsland Point before 4 pm Sunday. Heavy rain disrupted the final events and field day races, though Kernochan won a close finish in the extended race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Townsend
Peekskill
Eighth
J. M. Jarvis
Louis Wendel
Grand Central Station
Thirty-third Street
Brooklyn
Squadron A
Chauncey P. Williams
Cyrus Field Judson Place
Ardsley-on-Hudson
Kingsland Point
Tarrytown
J. F. Kernochan
Kernochan
John. J. Kelly
W. McGuire
D. Lennon
Arthur Corlies
Lieut
Russell Bellamy
Col
A. B. Thurston
Lennon
R. C. Lawrence
Lenny
Smallpox Scare Spreads At Bellevue Hospital
A new smallpox patient Nellie Zara fifteen enters Bellevue Hospital with blisters and is rushed to isolation. Dr Laase vaccinates residents at 337 East Eleventh Street while Vincenzo Reppepo flees to street crowds. George Deyault from Sheepshead Bay race track moved to North Brother Island after a rash appeared during a hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue Hospital
Nellie Zara
Register Gleason
North Brother Island
Department of Health
Laase
Board of Health
East Eleventh Street
Vincenzo
Reppepo
Dr. Laase
Pyton
George Deyault
John D. Madden
Sheepsend Bay
St. Luke’s Hospital
Smallpox in Suffern Sparks Health Probe
Albany reports Dr. Johnson traveled to Suffern Rockland to investigate New Jersey health officials claim of smallpox entering the state traced to Suffern. Complaints cite six cases in one family with concerns the disease spreads to New Jersey New York City and beyond. State expert Dr. Curtis says Cuban itch is not a real disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Johnson
State Health Commission
Suffern
Rockland
New Jersey
Zabriskie
State Health Department
New York City
F.C. Curtis
Striking Reading Iron Co workers camp on island
In Reading Pennsylvanias Schuylkill River an island camp hosts striking Reading Iron Company employees as they seek to cut living costs. The company may reopen a closed mill next Monday if enough applicants sign on, signaling desire among workers to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Penn
Reading Iron Company
Schuylkill River
Reading Company
Metal Trades Association to reject IAM talks
At the National Metal Trades Association office at 95 Liberty Street the convention opening Tuesday will pass resolutions opposing any further dealings with the International Association of Machinists. The association said no IAM representative will be admitted to confer at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Metal Trades Association
Liberty Street
Gilsey House
International Association of Machinists
Venterdss
Machinists Union Strike Rumor Taints Nine-Hour Day
Reports circulated that machinists in the international union would order a strike to enforce a nine hour workday across Senads starting Monday, but the claim could not be verified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Association
Master Brewers Move Toward End of Long Labor Fight
Ernest Bohm and Charles Pommer, New York brewers union delegates, returned from Buffalo after a convention with the New York State Brewers Association. They report a friendly conference and say unions seek wage, ten hour day, and other favorable conditions, with a settlement likely within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Bohm
Journeymen Brewers’ Unions
Charles Pommer
Buffalo
New York State Brewers’ Association
Bohm
Pommer
New York
Bohin
Railroad Directors Reelect Cassatt and Shuffle Pan Handle Officers
Meetings in Philadelphia confirm A J Cassatt as president of the Pennsylvania Company while Pan Handle officials elect J J Turner as fourth vice president and director. George L Peck and Ralph Peters advance to general manager and superintendent roles, with Loree remaining on the board. Turner’s prior track includes long service with Vandalia Railroad under Pennsylvania control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburg, Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Louis
A. J. Cassatt
James McCrea
J. T. Brooks
Joseph Wood
J. J. Turner
L. F. Loree
S. B. Liggett
Cincinnati
Potter
Loree
Amos R. Little
Turner
Vandalia Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Newark Hackensack Traction: Receiver Denied
Vice Chancellor Emery denied the Newark and Hackensack Traction Company receiver petition filed by Charles M. Kase and Dr J A Coles. The injunction against the Reorganization Committee was also denied. The bill claimed insolvency, a false annual report, and misused funds and powers by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Emery
Charles M. Kase
J. A. Coles
Newark
Newark and Hackensack Traction Company
G. Willis Peters
Daniel W. Coon
John H. Coon
William C. Giles
Frank M. Pierce
Morton F Plant to be moved to country home
Morton F Plant vice president of the Plant system of railroads and steamers will be taken to his New London country home today on a special ambulance train. He has fever and complications require an operation though he is very weak. The ambulance bed will stay horizontal for the journey to aid recuperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton F. Plant
Plant
New London
Oime
Vandalia Receiver Names New General Manager
INDIANAPOLIS June 7 W T Malott receiver for the Vandalia system and Trustee of the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railway announced the appointment of H I Miner to General Manager with headquarters at St Louis Miner takes over the post amid ongoing management changes and will be based in St Louis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
W. T. Malott
Vandalia
Terre Haute and
Indianapolis Railway
H. I. Minero
St. Louis
Rail Company Leadership Changes and Orders
F H Davis resigns as Assistant Treasurer of Southern Pacific and will be succeeded by A Van Devender. Davis also serves as vice president of Iowa Central and the Minneapolis and St Louis Railroads and is involved with Pacific Improvement Company. John D Wright named Passenger Agent of the New York Central at Union Station Albany. New York Central orders 52 locomotives from American Locomotive Company to be produced at one per week via multiple company units. Walter W Ross of Chicago named General Attorney for the Lackawanna Railroad, with a long career including Princeton 1888 and Illinois bar 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Davis
Southern Pacific Company
A. van Devender
Mr. Davis
Iowa Central
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Pacific Improvement Company
John D. Wright
New York Central Railroad
Union Station
Albany
New York Central
American Locomotive Company
Walter W. Ross
Chicago
Lackawanna Railroad
Mr. Ross
Illinois
Princeton
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
George M. Wall
Appellate Court of Illinois
Lackawanna
Tammany Man Dead From Heart Disease
Lawrence Collins fifty two year old clerk of the Board of Aldermen and noted Tammany politician in the Highteenth Assembly District died at home at 330 East Thirty second Street last night from heart disease. He was at work until four, visited the Anananda Club, left at five thirty, and died shortly after returning home while talking to his daughter after saying he would drink her health in water. Collins a total abstainer had been an excise inspector prior to the board's abolition and was appointed as a clerk when Mayor Van Wyck's administration began. He left a wife and a seven year old daughter and owned property including his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Collins
Board of Aldermen
Tammany
Highteenth
East Thirty-second Street
Anananda Club
Nell
Anawanda Club
Fires Report From Thursday Night to Friday Night
A series of small blazes reported from 1:55 A M at 161 Crosby Street with $200 damage to an unknown owner and 2:45 A M at University Place in Bernard McManus property with damage noted. A 2:35 P M fire at Third Avenue and 83rd Street caused damage to an unknown owner, while 453 Tenth Avenue belonging to William Schler had no damage. Pier 18 East River reported a tugboat fire at 8:30 P M with $500 damage to Frederick Lahman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby Street
Damasage
University Place
Bernard McManus
Third Avenue
Third Street
Unano Damage
Tenth Avenue
William Schler
Pier
East River
Frederick Lahman
Revision of Forms Sparks Boer English Split in Synod
New Brunswick New Jersey June 7 The Reform Church Synod nears end of morning session with sharp Boer versus English clash led by Rev Burrill and Rev Kittredge over war attitudes and the word saint A Boer sympathy resolution criticizes British conduct and calls for arbitration while English opposition warns against political entanglement The session also debates ordination forms including whether to use the word saint and whether Brother rises should be commanded or asked and proceeds with professor appointments for Hope College and Woodbridge successor plans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Reformed Church Synod
D. J. Burrill
Marble Collegiate Church
New York
A. E B. Kittredge
Madison Avenue Reformed Church
H. van Broekhuisen
Pretoria
Transvaal
Camp Irene
J. Talmage Bergen
General Synod
The
Reformed Church In
America
South Africa
British Empire
Reformed Church
Peter Moendyke
Hope College
Michigan
Pr. Burrill
Kittredge
Ater
Edward P. Johnson
Albany
W. H. M. Dailey
Athens
N. Y
Calvin
Broadhead
Woodbridge
Factory Inspectors Accused Of Bribes In Brooklyn
State Factory Inspector John Williams and Assistant Deputy Commissioner Branniff presented evidence to Deputy Attorney General Job E. Hedges regarding alleged bribes and violations of the law by several Brooklyn factory inspectors. Williams declined to name the inspectors, saying the matter is in Mr. Hedges' hands and awaiting investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
John Williams
Williams
T. F. Branniff
E. Hedges
NEW York Times
Hedges
Fires claim several Ohio and Kentucky plants and homes
Fires across Mansfield Findlay Lexington and Boston cause extensive damage. Humphrey Manufacturing in Mansfield loses foundry and enameling plant with 75000 dollars insured. Dorney Harris Tile Works at Findlay about 50000 dollars. Oots cooper shop at Lexington burns. twenty three to twenty four houses destroyed with contents. Puritan Engraving Boston plant two upper floors of a five story block damaged along with adjacent firms and New England Telephone building. total losses exceed 25000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Ohio
Humphrey’s Manufacturing Company
Findlay
Dorney & Harris
Boston
Puritan Engraving Company
Oliver Street
Star Brass Manufacturing Company
Perrin, Seamans & Co
Conrad Egge
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Weather forecast outlines fair, wet spells across regions
The forecast notes frost in the Dakotas and Minnesota with frost predicted for Eastern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Rains extend from New England to the Rocky Mountain states, with Central valleys warming and Rockies cooling. Winds shift from west to east along the coast, and rain areas move eastward toward the Middle Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Middle Atlantic
New England
St. Lawrence Valley
Lake Region
Rocky Mountain
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Gulf States
Atlantic
European
Grand Banks
New York
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
South Dakota
Alleged Jersey City Forger Caught
James Van Buren aged 28 of 212 Warren Street Jersey City was arrested in Philadelphia after a weeklong disappearance. He allegedly swindled several tradesmen out of about 200 dollars using forged employer checks and is held for extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
James van Buren
Warren Street
New York
Philadelphia
Notable figures listed at Waldorf Astoria series event
Waldorf Astoria hosts a list of participants including John Skelton Williams of the Seaboard Air Line Railway in Richmond and Gen. J. Wheeler of the U S Army, Col. Samuel B. Dick of Meadville, Capt. von Perbaudt of Germany, and other listed officials in Manhattan Gilsey area with mentions of Rev G F Bailey and several judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf-Astoria
Lord Staverdale
England
John Skelton Williams
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Richmond
J. Wheeler
United States Army
Samuel B. Dick
Meadville
Holland
von Perbaudt
Germany
Manhattan
G. F. Bailey
Westbrook
John R. Hazel
Buffalo
W. H. Hooker
Fredonia
N. Y
Gilsey
Lot Smedley
Chicago
M. F. Brown
Philadelphia
Trade Directory of Millinery and Dry Goods Firms
Reed Brothers & Co of Cleveland W Reed millinery 621 Broadway Hotel Navarre Cowan McClung Co Knoxville J L Thomas woolens cloaks J Thomas nations furnishing goods 17 White Street Hotel Marlborough Herman M Co Milwaukee S Herman millinery ribbons laces 602 Broadway Hoffman House Shepard Norwell Co Boston W J Hilliard laces embroideries 377 Broadway Hotel Imperial Menner Co Honesdale H D Menner dry goods Hotel Navarre Wanamaker John Philadelphia A B Lovejoy carpets upholstery Broad way Tenth Street Albemarle Hotel Graff & Co Philadelphia A Graft carpets Albemarle Hotel Syracuse Dry Goods Company Syracuse J Barnard manufacturing department 51 Leonard Street Heiser Muhlfelder Co Albany NJ Muhlfelder dry goods Hotel Imperial Connell Co Scranton Fenn A E Connell dry goods Hotel Imperiial Weinstock Lubin Co Sacramento J H Gallivan boys clothing furnishing goods 877 Broadway Herald Square Hotel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Brothers & Co
Cleveland
Ohio
W. Reed
Broadway
Navarre
Cowan, McClung & Co
Knoxville
Boston
Mass
W. J. Hilliard
Imperial
Menner & Co
Honesdale
Penn
H. D. Menner
Wanamaker
John
Philadelphia
A. B. Lovejoy
Tenth Street
Albemarle
Graff, A., & Co
A. Graft
Syracuse Dry Goods Company
Syracuse
N. Y
J. Barnard
Leonard Street
Heiser, Muhlfelder & Co
Albany
Muhlfelder
Connell & Co
Scranton
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Georgette Rogers
Nixon
Garrison
George Lorillard
Sickles
8Th Regiment
1St Battery
Bellevue
Metal Trades Association
Journeymen Brewers
News OF the Railroads
J. J.yarner
Newark-Hackensack Traction
Morton F
Tammany Man
BR. Kittredge
Thompson Co
Thompson Company
Serge
Thompson
Thompson Company, Clothiers
13Th Street
City Hall Park
Murray Street
the Thompson Co
Tompson Company & Clothiers
Broadway Murray St
Lexington
Ootscooper
NEW York Time
There Weather Bureau
Mometer
Weather Bureau
TIMES
Seeees Sintolg Nee
Printing House Square
For Children
James S. Coward
Greenwich St
N.Y
Lewis & Qongger
West 41St Street
6Th Avenue & Broadway
W.54th St
Pia No
Telephone
Columbus
J.W. Williams
RFR & Paper Room
Sixt Avenue
Garpet
Thos. J. Stew! T Co
New Yoruie and
Std Sts
Dickerman’s Durable American Store Stool CO
Howard St
Philip Drum
Edward Corr
Adam Music
Cowing
Drum
Corr
Charles Smith
Bst East One Hundred and Sixty-first
Music
205 East
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