City Magistrates Named in Van Wyck Mandate Fight
Mayor Van Wyck appointed four new City Magistrates Frank E. O'Reilly John Naumer E. Gaston Higginbotham and Henry J Furlong to serve until January 1 1902. The seating follows Justice Gaynor's writ while Republicans face deposed peers and potential lawsuits over term extensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wyck
Kramer
Lemon
Worth
Teale
New York
Olice
Gaynor
van Wycke
Patrick H. McCarren
John C. McGuire
Murphy
Higginbotham
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Democratic Club
Democratic County Committee
Jefferson Club
Bushwick Club
O’reilly
Jere Weinberg
Ninth Ward
Furlong
Michael J. Coffey
Coffey
Furlong & O’connell
Naumer
Court Street
Shea
Ematist
Justice van Wart
New Magistrates Seated Spark Brooklyn Court Clash
Four Republican magistrates protest as their Democratic successors take seats in Lees Avenue Manhattan Avenue Myrtle Avenue and Gates Avenue courts. Kramer's protest prompts police arraignments while Lemon Teale and Worth face similar objections. Republican ex-counsel Burr retains suit for the ousted bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Gaston Higginbotham
Kramer
Lees Avenue
Edward Toole
Lee Avenue
Higginbotham
Toole
Manhattan
Mr. Kramer
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Frank E. O'Reilly
Andrew Lemon
Manhattan Avenue Court
Lee Avenue Court
Lemon
John Naumer
Myrtle Avenue Court
Charles E. Teale
Henry J. Furlong
Gates Avenue Court
Lewis R. Worth
James Shevlin
Hugh McLaughlin
Brooklyn Democratic Organization
Joseph A. Burr
Army Officer's Charge Falls in Cuba Inquiry
Major Gen Wood approves the Court of Inquiry findings in the Department of Cuba. Lieut Col W S Edgerly presided over the panel. Col Henry E Noyes had alleged Capt A M Fuller at Rowell Barracks was unfit for command. The court found Noyes's charge not sustained and no further action needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Noyes
To Grow Cotton in Hungary
Consul Marhin of Reichenberg Hungary reports on April 22 1901 that this year the cultivation of cotton lant in Hungary is to be attempted. He notes similar efforts in lower provinces of Asiatic Russia have succeeded and that cotton planters will likely receive benefits. He adds that cotton culture is showing more or less success in Spain Southern Italy Macedonia and Malta.
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Washington
Marhin
Reichenberg
Hungary
Russia
Spain
Italy
Macedonia
Malta
Army Appointments Form Puerto Rico Regiment Officers
The President named officers for the Puerto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry and regular service cavalry. Promotions include Lieutenant Colonel James A. Buchanan and Majors William E. K. Almy Eben Swift. Numerous captains first and second lieutenants follow with several medical officers and surgeons listed.
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Washington
Portogo Rico
James A. Buchanan
William EK. Almy
Eben Swift
Louis E. Bennett
Christian Briand
William P. Butler
Charles H. Hamilton
Osman Latrobe
Thomas F. Maginnis
James T. Ord
Allen D. Raymond
William W. Hard, Jr
William W. Bessell
Harry L. Cooper
Morris E. Locke
Walter P. Martin
Blas. Nadal
John O. Steger
A. Owen Seaman
Orval
P. Townshend
Jacob E. Wyke
George C.broome
Terence Hamill
Charles B. Kerney
Jean S. Oakes
Eben Swift, Jr
Paul Wutthepe
José Lugana
Cavalry
Eugene J. Ely
Clarence Lininger
Howard C. Tatum
David A. Henkes
Edward K. Massee
Shelby C. Leasure
Pat M. Stevens
William Little
Hartman L. Butler
Frank T. Thornton
John R. Musgrove
Frank E. Artaud
Battleship Illinois Arrives for Trial Run in Boston
The United States battleship Illinois reached Boston from Newport News and will conduct a trial trip off the New England coast this week. On the Cape Charles to Boston Light run she averaged about 15 knots, with a 16 knot sustained rate required for four hours. Passengers claim speeds of 17.23 knots or higher on board.
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Ilinois
Boston
United States
Illinois
Newport News
New England
Cape Charles
Army staff fills vacancies after officers move
In Washington on June 10 the staff of Lieut. Gen. Miles gained Lieut. Col. Samuel Reber as Military Secretary and Lieut. Col. M. P. Maus as aide de camp. Reber, who is Miles’s son in law, replaces the late Lieut. Col. Francis Michler and follows Lieut. Col. H. K. Bailey’s transfer to the Inspector General's Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miles
Francis Michler
Inspector General’s Department
H. K. Bailey
Samuel Reber
M. P. Maus
Col. Reber
Gen. Miles
United Service Officers Relieved and Assigned Across Posts
Military notices assign Captain Francis A. Winter to Jefferson Barracks Missouri to relieve Major Marshall W Wood who proceeds to St Louis to head the medical supply depot and relieve Lieut Col Joseph B Girard. Girard moves to Vancouver Barracks Washington as Chief Surgeon and to serve at that post. First Lieutenant Chase Doster joins the Twenty first Infantry while several commissaries of subsistence are honorably discharged. Officers at the Military Academy move to Fort Sheridan Plattsburg Barracks and posts indicated for duty with regiments through August 25. Several Coast and Field Artillery officers are reassigned to multiple batteries and companies with further staff duty pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Winter
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Department of the Missouri
Marshall W Wood
Wood
St. Louis
Joseph B. Girard
Girard
Vancouver Barracks
Washington
Department of the Columbia
Chase Doster
Twenty-first Infantry
United States Volunteers
Theodore B. Hacker
Samuel B. Boote
Frederic .H. Pomroy
Percy M. Ashburn
Fort Sheridan
Military Academy
Coe. Wirt Robinson
Artillery Corps
Fort c- Pherson
Georgia
Girard Sturtevant
Plattsburg Barracks
New York
Harry R. Anderson
Field Artillery
H. B. Black
H. P. Wilbur
G. G. Gatley
W. J. Snow
Ira A. Haynes
Coast Artillery
Bertram C. Gilbert
Sixty-ninth
Robert E. Callan
Gordon G. Heiner
John E. Stephens
Robert S. Abernethy
Benjamin M. Koehler
Malcolm Young
Hugh A. Drum
Twelfth Infantry
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Naval assignments and transfers announced
Lieut. C. S. Williams is ordered to the torpedo station on June 17 for instruction. Lieut. Commander 8. Cook is ordered home to wait orders. Ensign T. A. Kearney is ordered to the Independence on July 1. Assistant Surgeon J. A. Murphy is ordered to the Naval Academy. F. MacGrall is appointed Chaplain from the Passed Assistant Paymaster F. W. Hart is ordered to the Celtic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Williams
Cook
T. A. Kearney
Independence
J. A. Murphy
Naval Academy
F. MacGrall
F. W. Hart
Celtic
Mayflower Reaches Port Lamar and Ends Short Stay
The Mayflower arrives at Port Lamar Venezuela and plans a brief stop before continuing to La Guayra and Porto Cabello. Other ships depart or arrive for stakeboat duties, enforcement work, or to resume duties in the Asiatic Station as Admiral Remey sails toward Cavite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Port Lamar
Venezuela
la Guayra
Porto Cabello
Concord
Yokohama
Unalaska
Wheeling
Newport
The
Mist
Boston
Peoria
Illinois
New Orleans
Chemulpo
Gibara
Hampton Roads
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Portsmouth
Annapolis
Delaware City
Dixie
Rio de Janeiro
Mariveles
Cavite
Island of
Samar
Mindoro
Admiral Remey
Brooklyn
Wellington
Sydney
S&s
First shirt-waist man on Lower Broadway shocks pedestrians
A man described as the first shirt-waist wearer of the twentieth century appears on Lower Broadway. He sports an accordion-plaited mousseline waist, high turnover collar, scarf, patent-leather ties, gray trousers, and a triple-brim straw hat. A crowd of curious boys follows him, prompting a southbound electric car ride to escape their attention.
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Lower Broadway
Fireman Michael O'Neill Victim of Violence
Coroner Higgins reported autopsy findings on Michael O'Neill fireman for Consolidated Gas Company who resided at 302 East Twenty-ninth Street. The body showed a fractured skull meningitis and chest and back wounds all due to violence during an altercation. Fellow worker John McCaffery is in custody awaiting examination on alleged involvement per O'Neill's wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’neill
Higgins
Michael O'Neill
Consolidated Gas Company
East Twenty-ninth Street
John McCaffery
Constitution Refit Underway at Herreshoff for Stronger Mast
The Constitution undergoes riveting at Herreshoff to replace a buckled mainmast and improve fittings. Steelworkers work swiftly as crew expect a thorough tuning of stays and shrouds during the first sail. Columbia arrives in Bristol for refitting with possible hull work and underbody cleaning. Captain Charlie Barr and Tr. Morgan not aboard.
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Bristol
R. L
Herreshoff
Columbia
Charlie Barr
Tr. Morgan
New York Yacht Club
Constitution to be out soon as Duncan leaves town
Capt William Butler Duncan departs for Newport to oversee Constitution as it nears return to service. New York Yacht Club officials Kane Lawton and Griswold refine race plans for Constitution and Columbia with possible postponement of defender trials and a Glen Cove Cup date set for June 25 if Constitution is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Butler Duncan
Newport
Constitution
Bristol
S. Nicholson Kane
Regatta Committee
New York Yacht Club
Newbury D. Lawton
Chester Griswold
Columbia
Kane
Glen Cove
Queens of the New York Yacht Club
Newport Yacht Racing Association
Independence
Burials of Peter J. Hiltman and Wife in Salem Field Cemetery
Peter J. Hiltman and his wife Dora will be buried together in Salem Field Cemetery at 2 PM. Hiltman, a landscape gardener and longtime superintendent of the cemetery, died a day after his wife who had cared for him through pneumonia and appendicitis surgery. James Seligman, president of Temple Emanu-El, announces their funerals and notes Hiltman's German birth in 1828 and 28 years as cemetery superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Hiltman
Salem Field
Mr. Hiltman
James Seligman
Temple Emanu-El
Salem Field Cemetery
Dora Hiltman
Hiltman
Germany
New Cadets for West Point Reported for Entrance Exams
Fifty nine candidates reported for entrance examinations at West Point last week. twenty two passed and were admitted after taking the oath of allegiance. Cadet A S Grant was named Sergeant Major and Cadet Douglas MacArthur First Sergeant. About half of the third class were allowed furlough today, with the rest under punishment and not due for leave until mid July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
W. P. Abbott
Minnesota
W. S. Albright
Tennessee
L. S. Arnold
Arkansas
H. H. Broadhurst
North, Carolina
E. S. Curtins
Missouri
J. 8
Dusembury
South Carolina
W. C. Kelley
Kentucky
P. J. R. Kiehl
Wisconsin
T. H. Lowe
J. Lund
Iowa
C. A. Mitchell
New York
C. J. Peterson
Dunois
W. W. Price
Texas
W. E. Prigden
North Carolina
W. W. Rose
Pennsylvania
L. P. Schoonmaker
New Jersey
B.F. Scott
West Virginia
R.A. Seager
Indiana
J. B. Shouse
South Dakota
J. R. Starkey
Illinois
R. Talbot, Jr
Colorado
H. L. Wells
Michigan
Rct
Military Academy
Grant
Douglas MacArthur
No Cuban Convention Session Postponed in Havana
Havana June 10. Owing to the absence of Senor Capote, president of the Cuban Constitutional Convention, the secret session scheduled for today was postponed until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Sefior Capote
Von Berger Arraigned in Swindle Case Across Nations
Dr. Franz Von Berger alias multiple names was arraigned before US Commissioner Alexander on charges tied to a London based marriage swindle of Helene Crydt who claims he stole £543 8d after a phony wedding. Police say he targeted several women and even advised rail and military schemes in past years, with extradition sought from Washington. A second woman, well-dressed and staying with him, visited the cell but no statement was made. He arrived on the Oceanic April 16 and faces remand as Britain pursues papers. He had lived at 115 Madison Avenue and was linked to schemes with West Point trips and various railroads. He denied charges, requesting immediate release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz von Berger
Emil Blum
Egnon E. Borges
Marquis de Sannicola
Baron Egnon von Neiderndorf
Grand Central Station
United States
Alexander
Percy Sanderson
Helene Crydt
Otto Munk
Charles Fox
State Department
Washington
Munk
Ludlow Street
London
von Berger
Flushing
Holland
Harvard
Deutsche Bank
Rogues’ Gallery
Oceanic
Sheeane
Upper West Side
Madison Avenue
West Point
Albany
West Shore Railroad
China
New York Central Railroad
Southern Pacific
Archduke Ferdinand
Austria- Hungary
Chicago
Borges
Carl Schurz
Harper & Brothers
Plans to Enlarge Governors Island Could Cost 1.5 Million
War Department officers weigh expansion of Governors Island New York Harbor with a $1.5 million estimate for seawalls earthfill a pier and warehouses. Part plans may be approved by the Secretary of War while larger work awaits Congress funding.
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Washington
War Department
Governors Island
New York Harbor
Quartermaster’s Department
Secretary of War
Congress
East River
Washington Bank Failure Prompts 40 Percent Dividend
The Controller of the Currency announced that within two weeks a dividend of 40 percent will be declared to creditors of the First National Bank of Vancouver Washington, which failed several weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
First National Bank of
Vancouver
RZO
Atlantic Shipping News From Sandy Hook and Europe
Shipping reports list numerous Atlantic arrivals and departures. Vessels include SS Daphne SS Trave SS Ithaka SS Southwark SS Maasdam SS Bulgaria SS Manna Hata SS Colorado SS Caracas SS City of Augusta SS Monterey SS Montserrat SS Drumelzier SS Grosser Kurfverst and more. Cargos range from moise salt sugar to mdse with passengers. routes include New York Savannah Genoa Antwerp Rotterdam and Para. Weather at Sandy Hook shows a southwest breeze clear skies.
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Saginaw
Hale
Georgetown
Wilmington
Andise
W. P. Clyde & Co
Sandy Hook
Daphne
Berg
Lucea
Savanne-la-Mar
St. Ann's Bay
W. D. Munson
Bar
Trave
Weyer
Genoa
Naples
Gibraltar
Moise
Oelrichs & Co
N. J
Ithaka
Rordan
Tampico, &c
James E. Ward & Co
Southwark
Dann
Antwerp
Mdse
International Ae Company
Fire Island
Maasdam
Bakker
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Bulgaria
Hahn
Baltimore
Manna Hata
Charles
H. C. Foster
Colorado
Avery
Brunswick
C. H. Mallory & Co
Caracas
Woodrick
Porto Cabello
Louisiana
Halsey
New Orleans
E. S. Allen
Torgorm
Halliday
Barbados
Barber & Co
Altal
Morris, Savanilla, &c
Drumelzier
Emerson
Hamburg
United States Shipping Company
Grosser’ Kurfverst
Reimkasten
Bremen
Cherbourg
Gibara
Ikbal
Hamilton
Norfolk
Newport News
Peconic
Venice
Guyandotte
Cable
Nomadic
Thomas
New York
Liverpool
Brow Head
Minnehaha
Robinson
Nicolai N
Michelsen
Stettin
Copenhagen
Spedding
Manaos
Para
Harvey
City of Rome
Baxter
Greenock
Philadelphia
Chambers
Porto Rico
la Guayra
Gordon Castle
Trinidad
Fraser
Bermuda
Smith
Aller
Wilhelmi
Washington
Ital
de Marchi
O'Hagen
Kensington
Marsden
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Mr. Shevlin
Cuba
Col. Noyes
New York Times
the United Service
Army
Carle A. Woodruff
John P. Story
William P. Vose
Henry C. Danes
Robert H. Patterson
Oliver E. Wood
Edwin S. Curtis
W. C. Davis
T. B. ‘Lamoreaux
L. S. Lyon
Andrew Hero, Jr
EB. Harris
G. Blakeley
F. W. Coe
W. R. Smith
Eighteenth Company
H. C. Evans, Jr
A. F. Cassels
M.M. Mills
J. T. Geary
C. S. Patterson, Jr
C. H. Lanza
C. R. Lloyd, Jr
D. W. Ketcham
G. T. Scott
T. N. Horn
A. W. Chase
F. G. Mauldin
Navy
Small Boys
P. J. Hiltman
James
Morse @ Rogers
WM. Vogel & Son
Broadway
Houston St
Isl
P. P
M. PR. S. Hook
Montserrat
Vera Cruz
Manilla
Deutschland
Friedrich der Grosse
Ratereae Acaterere
Jamestown
la Lorraine
Havre
Tartar
Prince
Azores
Eeeenee
Dominican ‘Republic
Turk’s Island
Edenhall
Argentina
Paraguay
Newfoundland
North Sydney
Miquelon
Port Tampa
Fila
Miami
Fla
Mexico City
Costa Rica
Belize
Puerto Cortez
Guatemala
Transpacific
Japan
Ipress
Australia
West Australia
Europe
New Zealand
Fiji
Samoa
Hawaii
Umbria
Ventura
Philippines
Seattle
Fiji Islands
Miowera
Victoria
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Algiers
Alliance
Colon
Caribbee
St. Thomas
Concho
Galveston
el Paso
Georgic
Massapequa
Pauillac
Ontanada
Powhatan
Princess Anne
York Castle
Shields
Algonquin
Jacksonville
Antilla
Nassau
Nocsee
N. Bremen
Nord’ Amerika
Sunis
Oceanie
Tnursday
Joe J
Chicago Mg
Swansea
el Monte
Cecreian
Karamania
Auguste Victoria
Comal
Cufic
Jefferson
Jupiter
St. Michael's
Caspian
L’ Aquitaine
J. Paul
Southampton
Ibria
Prins Vitien We
Nieman
Paramaribo
Kunaera Co
Pianola
Maes
the Aeolian CO
Fulton St
Gladstone
Leith
Sanna
Wahlberg
Xenia
Can
Holst
Copenhager
Schrotter
Canning
Hammond
San
St. Lucia
Lady Armstrong
Abbots
Srettio
Verr
Ack
T. New York
Aete
the Hilson CO. Makers
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