Washington Inn Hotel Opens Amid Church Objection
The Washington Inn at Amsterdam Ave and 155th St begins formal opening today. Owned by Corporation Counsel John Whalen and leased by the Gerken brothers, the four story hotel includes a cafe and bowling. Church opponents failed to block liquor licenses as the cafe lies beyond the 200 foot rule. Placed placards announce Open for Business as the café operates with bowling sounds heard inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Inn
Amsterdam Avenue
One
Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street
John Whalen
Fred
John Gerken
Fortune at stake as wife seeks husband’s return
Mrs. Kate Wibletz of 73 East Ninety eighth Street asks police to issue a general alarm for Charles Wibletz who disappeared nine years ago. She alleges his absence blocks a large family fortune including 1500000 in trust and 40000 plus 100000 in interest for him, while she fears bigamy upon his reappearance. She claims he now lives near Poughkeepsie and would avoid prosecution if he comes forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Wibletz
East Ninety Eighth Street
Toylay
Charles Wibletz
Ries Brothers Swindlers Vanish After Taking 100000
Police say clairvoyant brokers the Ries Brothers swindled about 100000 and disappeared from 68 West Thirty-fifth Street. A new victim reported to Det. Dwyer that she gave Prof Fred Ries 1000 cash and a 500 diamond ring after being told of stocks maturing in three months. Capt. Titus leading detectives chase leads to other cities as they search for the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
New York
Atlantic City
West Thirty-fifth Street
Reir
Fifth Avenue
Fred Reis
Titus
Reis Brothers
Hope for Maine claimants in Maine wreck dispute
Lawyer for many injured or bereaved argues Spain bears burden to prove Maine explosion inside the ship, asserting the destruction triggered U S war. He says joint resolution did not limit claims to Maine alone and cites atrocities in Cuba as related causes. Butler maintains evidence supports Spanish responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Maine
Charles H. Butler
Butler & Harwood
Spain
Butler
Broadway
Cuba
Commissa
Congress
Indemnification Backed for Disaster Victims Claims
In an opinion the Sugrese Court holds that government claims are private property and that the United States must indemnify disaster victims exactly as it does other claimants. The ruling states the government wiped these claims out and bears responsibility to compensate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugrese Court
United States
Two Chicago Insurance Conspirators Convicted
In Chicago on June 10 Dr August Unger and F Wayland Brown were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud insurance companies over the death of Marie Defenbach and sentenced to the penitentiary under the indeterminate act Frank H Smiley pleaded guilty and testified for the state The case centered on a plan for Smiley to pose as Defenbachs fiancé and for her to die ill and cremated, with insurers totaling 25000 The body was cremated after an inquest found natural causes and the state argued murder though proof was lacking
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
August M. Unger
F. Wayland Brown
Marie Defenbach
Frank H. Smiley
Unger
Brown
Smiley
Miss Defenbach
John B. Weckler
Weckler
Merger of Catholic Societies At St John Convention
Cincinnati reports preparations for the Knights of St John convention June 24 to 27 with an expected 30000 attendees. A plan to amalgamate Catholic societies into one organization will be decided. Three bishops will open with a pontifical high mass at the cathedral led by Bishop Byrne of Nashville and assisted by Bishop Maes Covington and Archbishop Elder. Maes will deliver the address to the Sir Knights. Women in Cincinnati parishes form an auxiliary to assist visiting women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Knights of St. John
Thomas Byrne
Nashville
Tenn
Maes
Covington
Elder
Sheriff holds hotel assets under Stokes case lien
Deputy Sheriff Radley enforces three executions totaling 18 074 against the Hoffman House in favor of Edward S. Stokes as receiver. A 20 day stay leaves 17 677 to be collected while $397 in costs remains. Levy targets paintings statues bric a brac and china. Sale set for June 17 after notice posted at County Court House. Manager Caddagan disputes presence of a sheriff but Radley asserts control of hotel property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radley
Hoffman House
Edward S. Stokes
Mr. Stokes
Stokes
Inere
County Court House
Caddagan
Ken
Marriage Follows Divorces for Hunt and Watrous
The ceremony uniting Richard Howland Hunt and Mrs. Margaret Livingston Watrous occurred Saturday at the bride’s parents’ home, closing two divorce suits. Hunt, son of late architect Richard M. Hunt, and Mrs. Hunt had separated years earlier with Mrs. Watrous, formerly Miss Livingston, involved in the divorces and separations. The unions and social ties trace back through extended New York society, with prior marriages and fortunes noted among the Carleys and Harrimans, and the Watrous and Hunt families previously close companions. The divorces cited desertion and non support as grounds, and the couple’s later marriage ties two families widely connected in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Howland Hunt
Margaret Livingston Watrous
Henry Livingston
Kittridge
Mr. Hunt
Richard M. Hunt
Miss Howland
Pearl Carley
Francis D. Carley
New York
Louisville
Carleys
Carley
Chess
Newport
M. D
Man Removes His Own Toe Over Persistent Corn
Jacob Ganyon, seventy, living with his son Jacob Ganyon Jr., used a sharpened chisel to sever his great toe after years of agony from a corn. He cut off the toe in a woodshed, bled heavily, and a physician bound the wound. Doctors fear blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ncincinnati
Jacob Ganyon
Jacob Ganyon, Jr
Railroad Exchange
Beech
Ganyon
Manhattan Fire Insurance Company Dissolved By Court Order
Justice D Cady Herrick appoints Assemblyman Otto Kelsey of Livingston County as permanent receiver of the Manhattan Fire Insurance Company of New York. The move completes the dissolution of the company following the Attorney General Davies filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
D. Cady Herrick
Davies
Otto Kelsey
Livingston County
Manhattan Fire Insurance Company of
New York
Kelsey
Croker's Bulldogs Fight. Keeper Injured
In Asbury Park New Jersey on June 10 Richard Croker Jr. keeper Martin Hendricks tried to separate two bulldogs Persimmon and Rodney Stone. Persimmon bit Hendricks while the dogs were at Croker's bungalow. Wound treated by Dr. Kinmouth. Persimmon cost 4500 dollars and Rodney Stone five thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
Richard Croker, Jr
Martin Hendricks
Hendricks
H. 8
Kinmouth
Persimmon
Rodney Stone
Matchless Mine Redeemed By Stratton For Widow
Millionaire Winfield S. Stratton, Cripple Creek mine owner, redeemed the Matchless Mine in Leadville for the widow of Senator Tabor. The property had been sold at sheriff's sale, with final title to pass July 4. Stratton pledged aid to explore deeper and support the widow's effort to recover the mine's fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton
Leadville
Col
Winfield S. Stratton
Cripple Creek
Senator Tabor
Tabor
Fannie Capsizes on Hudson River Off Hastings
Five yacht occupants including three men and two women fell into the Hudson when the twenty foot catboat Fannie of the New York Yacht Club capsized near Kingsbury's Park Hastings. Edward Johnson rescued all, pulling them into his boat and landing them at Kingsbury before they continued to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
N. Y
Fannie
New York Yacht Club
Hudson River
Kingsbury’s Park
Hastings
Edward Johnson
Kingsbury
New York
Three Mile Runaway Horses End Safe In New York
A New York Cab Company team valued at 3000 ran away from a Central Park party near Claremont Riverside Drive. After tearing through streets to Broadway and the Grand Circle the pair were halted by firemen and brought to a stable. Driver James Hunt was only slightly bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Cab Company
Claremont
Riverside Drive
Ninety-eighth Street
Fifty-eighth Street
Broadway
Jamey Hunt
Ninth Avenue
Hundred and Fourth Street
Hunt
Central Park
Lone Hunt
Ong
One Hundred and Fourth Street
Ninety Eighth Street
Sixty-sixth
Grand Circle
Adss
Hughes
Engine 23
Madigan
Donovan
Eckert
Baker Henry Vaches Arrested Over Mount Vernon Shooting
Henry Vaches, a young baker and confectioner, is arrested in connection with a Thursday shooting of Lizzie Steiff at Mount Vernon. Details of motive and injuries are not provided in the readable text.
Man Arrested After Revolver Threat In Baker Shop
A man entered a baker shop run by John Hallen and asked for work. He drew a revolver and claimed he had shot a woman at Mount Vernon before Detective Lynch identified him as the suspect, with witnesses deeming him possibly insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventy-fourth Precinct
Waches
John Hallen
Mount Vernon
Lynch
Battle near Lipa reported in Batangas Province
The Twenty first Infantry with fifty men defeated over two hundred insurgents led by Gonzales six miles southeast of Lipa. Lieutenants Springer and Lee were killed, Ramsay and Wilhelm wounded, along with two sergeants and a private. Yates's First Cavalry pursues the insurgents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Wilhelm
Twenty-first Infantry
Lipa
Batangas
Malvar
Gonzales
Yates
Anton’ Springer
Lieut
Bill Posters' Association Reinstates Member At Albany Session
The New York Bill Posters' Association reinstated a member who set lower rates for a theatrical manager, and resolved that no discrimination be allowed against theatrical men. They will treat them as commercial businesses and vow to fight the theatrical trust. Discussion continues at the National Association in Buffalo on July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York Bill Posters’ Association
Theatrical Trust
National Association
Buffalo
Lake Torpedo Boat Company Incorporation Filed
The Lake Torpedo Boat Company filed articles of incorporation in Elizabeth New Jersey on June 10 capitalized at 1 000 000 dollars. Incorporators include Lebbins B Miller Henry J Miller Simon Lake and J Christopher Lake with aims to manufacture repair buy sell and operate ships steamboats vessels and submarine boats and to maintain docks wharves factories and necessary appurtenances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
N. J
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Lebbins B. Miller
Singer Sewing Machine Works
Elizabethport
Henry J. Miller
Simon Lake
Bridgeport
Mexico Grants Port Vessels Free Cargo Movement decree
Consul Cana da Vera Cruz reports two Mexican executive decrees. One lets port collectors permit cargo ships to sail to non staffed coast points with no national or tonnage limits if Mexican origin or previously duty paid. foreign cargo taxed up to 2000 Mexican currency. The other exempts consular invoices for foreign coin or banknotes from fees if no other goods are invoiced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canada
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Republic of Mexico
Atlantic
Pacific
Why Golfer Was Acquitted In Yonkers Sunday Case
D A Barron foreman of the Yonkers jury that acquitted golf player Adams, accused of violating the Sunday law, states the law is too general and could arrest two thirds of citizens. He says the jury relied on witnesses for facts and the judge for law, and that Adams’ act lacked criminal intent. The jury urges repeal or narrowing of the statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
N. Y
D. A. Barron
Adams
Mr. Adams
Hair-ensnaring Shaft Injures Girl at New Jersey Factory
In South River New Jersey a fifteen year old girl Annie Lowis of Sayreville was scalped when her hair became entangled in a factory shafting at Herrmann Aukmann & Co. The accident halted work in the hemstitching department for the day and Dr A Lood attended to the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Herrmann, Aukmann & Co
New York
South River
Annie Lowis
Romelius Lowis
Sayreville
Annie
A. Lood
Agassiz gives Newport schools five thousand dollars
At a School Committee meeting in Newport Rhode Island a letter from Professor Alexander Agassiz offered five thousand dollars to equip the biological chemical and physical laboratories of the Cole School of Science established by the late Elizabeth A Cole at Townsend Industrial School The offer was accepted with thanks.
Strike at Salisbury Mill Upset Over Labor Agitation
Salisbury North Carolina June 10 special to the New York Times reports Vance Cotton Mill shut down this morning amid labor agitation. The mill tried to force each worker to sign a paper pledging not to affiliate with labor organizations but the operatives refused and returned home. Tension had built for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
N. C
New York Times
Charlotte
Vance
Breach of promise suit filed for $22,000 on Long Island
Miss Mary A Pearsall sues Richard W Poole for 22 000 claiming breach of marriage promise on Ocean Side Long Island. The complaint alleges the defendant led her to expect marriage and that she relied on the engagement to her detriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Side, L. I
Mary
A. Pearsall
Richard W. Poole
Yto
Miss Pearsal
Iron Shutter Accident Claims "Jerry the Oyster" Life
An unidentified man died at Hudson Street Hospital from a fractured skull after a failed shutter theft at 29 Park Row. A companion escaped. police seek him. Known as "Jerry the Oyster," the victim was a Park Row paper seller with no fixed home. Robberies behind 29 Park Row had prompted previous complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Hudson Street
Fred Coombs
Oak Street
Ann Street
Park Row
Theatre Alley
Sunday Shaving Declared Not a Crime in Norwalk Case
Judge Edward M. Lockwood discharged Eberhardt Apell in the State vs. Apell barber case noting Sunday shaving is a necessity. The Norwalk Barbers Union had alleged secular work on the Sabbath but the judge urged judgment and common sense for the busy age and orderly observance of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
Edward M. Lockwood
State
Eberhardt Apell
Metal Trades Convention Plans to Fight Machinists Strike
The Administrative Council of the National Metal Trades Association met at Gilsey House to prepare for the general convention starting today. They vowed no arbitration with the union and planned actions to oppose the strike, with sessions scheduled through this forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
National Metal Trades Association
Gilsey House
Machinists Promise Aid to Non-Union Partners in Strike
The International Machinists' Association in Toronto reviews aid for non-union men who joined strikers. President O'Connell says funds may be large enough to keep them in the fight, with over 40,000 distributed since May 20 and no formal benefits system yet in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
International Machinists’ Association
O’connell
Orce
American Federation of Labor
Great Britain
O'Connell
Reading Iron Company mill opens briefly for strikers
Fires lit at Reading Iron Company Oley Street mill and 3000 striking workers were offered a chance to return to work. Only enough men to run three furnaces applied, but pickets redirected many hopeful workers home. President Baer said no additional operations would begin and apologized for the stoppage's impact. Baer plans to sail to Europe on July 4, signaling a protracted strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Penn
Reading Iron Company
Oley Street
Baer
Philadelphia
French Honor for Robert J. Thompson
Robert J. Thompson who originated the plan for a Paris monument to La Fayette by American schoolchildren has been decorated Officier de la Legion d Honneur by the French Government. This first promotion of Americans decorated last winter was conferred by President Loubet rather than the Legion council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Thompson
Paris
United States
la Fayette
Officier de la Légion d’Honneur
Spe 7
Loubet
Council of the Legion of Honor
Man Kills Two as Officers Attempt Arrest in Kentucky
In Corbin Kentucky June 10 officers tried to arrest Andrew Cox at his home. Chief Wilder and Deputy Branham were fatally shot. Cox was mortally wounded by Wilder as he fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbin
Andrew Cox
Wilder
Branham
Cox
Notable hotel guests and officials listed by city
A mixed roster of names linked to hotels and figures across cities including Waldorf Astoria in New York, Holland in London, Imperial and Fifth Avenue in New York, and guests such as Col R C Kerens, Gen Thomas L James, ex Sen George L Wellington, and ex Mayor Thomas Taylor among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf-Astoria
R. C. Kerens
St. Louis
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Joy Martin
Holland
A. B. Wortley
Liverpool
B. Talbot
England
Lou Payn
Chetham
MURRAY _. HILL
Thomas L. James
Highwood
N. J
Allan H. Pope
Boston
Everett
Col
A. Hartsuff
United States Army
George L. Wellington
Maryland
Burr Mattice
Oneonta
Victoria
R.M. Easley
R. R. Dow
Claremont
N. H
Thomas Taylor
Galveston
Texas
Fifth Avenue
R. D. Boyd
Albemarle
Edward N. Fenno
Samuel Smith
Ballston
N. Y
Andrew Hamilton
Albany
ASTOR
T. L. Tobin
Pittsburg
Fire destroys Whitelaw Wrecking warehouse in San Francisco
Fire in the Whitelaw Wrecking Company warehouse in San Francisco caused about 30000 dollars in damage. In Woonsocket Rhode Island 15000 dollars worth of raw cotton burned at the Nourse mill storehouse. Several firefighters overcome by smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Whitelaw Wrecking Company
Woonsocket
R. I
Nourse
Numerous merchants and suppliers listed in city directories
A long row of firms and agents across multiple states and cities is catalogued with names like Howe and Stetson in New Haven and Rothchild in Chicago. It notes agents for domestics, linens, dry goods, silks, and other textiles along with hotel addresses such as the Westminster and Hotel Imperial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe & Stetson
New Haven
Washington
D. C
E. Schweitzer
Normandie
Denholm & McKay Co
Worcester
Mass
S. N. Oliver
Walker Street
Dowell & Helm
Baltimore
Y. E. Dowell
Hoffman House
Wallace Bros._Co
Scranton
Penn
H. G Wallace
Victoria
Hecht Bros. & Co
A. Hecht
Marlborough
May Co
Cleveland
Ohio
E. C. Martin
Broadway
Albert
Williams & MacAnulty
RK. J. Williams
Weil Bros
New Orleans
M. Weil
Hotel
Imperial
Block
William H., Co
Mac James
A. J. Moir
Nations
White Street
Herald Square
Zion Co-operative Mercantile Institution
Salt Lake
City
Utah
R. Patrick, Jr
A. Woodruff
Leonard Street
St. Denis
Hengerer, William
Cadillac
Geary
Hartford
Broadway Grand Hotel
Goldsmith, Joseph
Feiss & Co
J. Feiss
Woolens
Manhattan
Weather forecast across regions with variable winds and rain
Fair to warm across the Atlantic Coast and Southern States with cooler northern regions. Northwest grain areas and Northern Rocky Mountain districts face rain. Great Lakes and upper Midwest show unsettled conditions with showers. Winds shift from light variable along coastlines to south and southeast over the lakes and Gulf Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Upper Lake Region
Atlantic Coast
Platea
Pacific Coast
Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
European
Grand Banks
New England
New York
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Yesterday's Fires Report From Sunday Night to Monday Night
A sequence of small urban fires logged from 12 o'clock Sunday night to 8:10 P M includes 845 Columbus Avenue owner unknown no damage 67 Oliver Street James Martin damage $200 240 Delancey Street owner unknown no damage 1d8 East One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Street William Cooper damage $400 Ryder Avenue Paul Coler damage $300 37 Orchard Street Israel Goosman damage $100 21 New Bowery C Torscher no damage 74 Columbia Street I Greenberg damage alight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Avenue
Oliver Street
James Martin
Delancey Street
East One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Street
William Cooper
Ryder
Also Mentioned on This Page
Presbyterian Place of Worship
Ries Brothers
Hope For Maine
Chicago Insurance
Dr. Unger
F. W. Brown
Merger OF Catholic Societies
Margaret Watrous
R. Croker, JR
S. Dogs
Barouche
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
NEW Torpedo Boat Company
Connecticut
Metal Trades’ Convention
Reading Iron Mill
Forsythe
America
John Forsythe
18Th Sts
NEW Yorkkimes
Hammerslough Bros
Oxford
Wrx
Glenlivet
Scotland
Bonnie Brier Bush
H.blkirk
Ouch
Fitzcera
Sixth Avenue
Dickerman
Howard
C.H. Brown CO
East 38Th St
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