Dupe Middleton Traces Real Estate Scheme in White Plains
District Attorney probes Middleton a White Plains real estate scheme amid tales of $1,009,090 life insurance and land sales to commuters. Detectives seek Middleton, who vanished after offering plots recorded or unrecorded, with victims including Samuel Kronberg and Agnes Albertson, while insurers face questions over a potential policy.
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White Plains
Willoughby Middleton
Middleton
Westchester ‘District
Jim
Whit Plains
Equitable Life Situation Delays Major Moves In BoardRow
No new developments emerged in the Equitable Life affair as Hyde stock sales to Ryan and associates and Paul Morton’s election to chair were pending a Tuesday report from the State Insurance Superintendent. Many General Agents remained in town, awaiting updates and planning resolutions to urge Merten to return to office. rumors of Hyde estate transfers proved unfounded.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
James Hazen Hyde
Thomas F. Ryan
Paul Morton
Insurance
Equitable
Hotel Savoy
Merten
Gage E. Tarbell
Hyde
Ryan
Bronze tablet honors Slocum victims at St Mark’s Chapel
A bronze tablet was unveiled in St Mark’s Protestant Episcopal Chapel on East Tenth Street to honor nine teen Slocum victims from the parish. Rector Rev Batten expressed regret that the accident did not lead to stricter life saving rules for pleasure craft and warned that water travel remains as unsafe as last year despite the tragedy.
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St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Chapel
East Tenth Street
Mr. Batten
Government bars Japanese from Chesapeake war game ships
The Navy issued orders restricting access to fleet vessels to accredited personnel only, excluding Japanese servants. A Japanese chef on the gunboat Horne was removed after Rear Admiral Evans reported meeting a former cabin boy of a Mikado national who later learned defense secrets aboard a foreign warship.
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New York: Times
Baltimore
Navy Department
Horne
Maryland Naval Reserves
Evans
Asiatic
Police Stop A Ball Game Between Monts and Centrals
A baseball game between the Vermonts of this city and the Centrals of Centre Islip at Ontario Field ended in the second inning when West Side police halted play after a fan insult. Star Centrals pitcher William Hope and Vermonts catcher James Cox were arrested along with pitcher Murphy. Alderman John R. Davis posted bail for the players as 1000 spectators watched.
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Vermonts
Centrals
Centre Islip
Kiss Ait Ontario Field
James Cox
Hope
Murphy
Ahrems
Cox
John R. Davis
Sweden to refuse recognition of Norway’s independence
Stonholm June 11 Premier Ramstedt says Sweden will not recognize the Norwegian revolution and will back Akedag motions aligned with this stance. He expects the Riksdag to adopt it and believes no foreign power will recognize Norway against Sweden’s will. Christiania Monday Prayers praised King Oscar and Norway’s deeds. Fridtjof Nansen favors monarchy for a democratic Norway but notes regional sentiment toward monotheistic governance.
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Stonholm
Ramstedt
Norway
Riksdag
Norwig
Sweden
Oscar
Fridjof Nansen
Gambling Raid Freezes East Island Elite
Pittsburg officers and four county detectives raided a gambling house near the East Island district rail line at dawn. About 150 prominent residents were inside and attempted to flee as doors remained locked. They were released on promise to appear Monday and pay fines. Gambling paraphernalia valued at five thousand dollars was seized.
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Pittsburg
Enania
East Find
Joyce J
East Isnd
Rye Residents Seek Sunday Quiet at Rye Beach
Rye residents and Summer home owners in Rye-on-the-Sound protest amusements at Rye Beach. Assemblyman J Mayhew Wainwright spokesperson says noise disrupts sleep and Sabbath. They press for a Sunday 10:30 p m dancing ban, removal of merry go rounds and shooting galleries, and closure of Rye Beach theatre on Sundays.
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Rye
Rye-on-the-Sound
Rye Beach
J. Mayhew Wainwright
Five Shifts in Garb for 4000 Navy Men
Four thousand officers and bluejackets at the New York Navy Yard changed their uniforms five times in one day to conform with the rank of the fleet commander. Repeated signals dictated blue to white duck and vice versa as Rear Admirals Evans Coghlan and Davis held the ranking positions, with frequent absences causing uncertainty among the sailors.
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New York Navy Yard
Robley D. Evans
North Atlantic
Navyv Yard
Coghlan
Davis
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Alabama
Maine
Missouri
Dubuque
Reveille
United States Service
Communicants From Far, Twice Held, At First Church
In Boston on June 11 the First Church of Christ Scientist held two identical communion services to accommodate more than 2,000 visitors from outside the city. Prof. Herman S. Hering and Mrs. Ella B. Williams led readings, with the Lord's Prayer in unison and silent communion. A telegram from Mary Baker Eddy conveyed gratitude and a message of unity.
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Boston
First Church of Christ
Scientist
Christian Science Denomination
Ella B. Williams
Mary Baker Eddy
Government suit seeks safety devices on Lehigh Valley engines
United States District Attorney John B. Vreeland has begun a suit to compel the Lehigh Valley Railroad to pay 100 for each of four violations of the Interstate Commerce Act demanding life saving devices on engines and automatic couplings. The petition notes an engine from Packerson, Pennsylvania to South Plainfield, New Jersey without the required devices. The move signals the first of several suits aimed at smaller railroads to enforce the law.
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New York
Trenton
United States
John B. Vreeland
Lehigh Valley Railroad
United States District Court
Irebot
Lehigh Valley Company
Packerson
Penn
South Plainfield
N. J
Winthrop Heirs Settle At Princeton Seminary
A settlement ends the dispute over Mrs Mary J Winthrops will with the Princeton Theological Seminary receiving 1 750 000 to its trustees. The existing endowment stands at 1 525 387 plus real estate valued at 526 150. A faculty directors and trustees committee will decide uses while pledging no radical changes and maintaining development.
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New York
Princeton
Princeton Theological Seminary
Mary J. Winthrop
Plan for Municipal Tenements
The Christian Workingmen's Institute will agitate for model tenements replacing unsanitary east side buildings. A Settlement workers conference is planned to support a bill in the Legislature to demolish unsafe tenements and health menaces, with city purchase of sites and municipal tenement housing in their place.
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Christian Workingmen’s Institute
Bishop Potter Address to Actors at St Chrysostom's Chapel
Bishop H Ces Potter presided at St Chrysostom's Chapel urging actors to seek divine inspiration in art. He contrasted disciples of St Paul with John the Baptist followers and urged discipline, high ideals, and responsible public teaching of art. He cited Joseph Jefferson and warned against vulgar neglect of higher meaning.
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Church Alliance
H. Ces” Potter
St. Chrysostom's Chapel
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
Thomas H. Sill
Alliance
Ephesus
John the Baptist
New York
Philadelphia
Joseph Jefferson
New York Daily Press
God Behind This War Preaches Reevaluation of Conservatism
Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis at Plymouth Church Brooklyn denounces the false conservative in politics and religion. He argues God uses radical measures to destroy tyranny and calls for peaceful future governance by all people. He critiques clinging to old creeds and outdated classics, urging adaptation to modern needs.
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Plymouth
Brooklyn
Christ
Newell Dwight Hillis
Russia
God
Far East
Dr. Hillis
Ullis
Credal
Miller to Sing at Give-and-Take Club Boat Night
In sporting circles it is announced that Mr Miller will sing several songs at Tuesday night's semi monthly boat meeting of the Give-and-Take Club on West Twenty ninth Street. The club restricts admission to members and invitees, drawing audiences of three to four hundred after bouts in the roped ring. Miller has performed after fights, delivering songs such as Bit That’ll Hold You for a While and Oh For the Smell of the Pines, with emotional renditions that leave spectators tearful. The program for tomorrow night includes Don’t Be So Mean Love, Deserted at the Altar, Rock-a-bye Baby, In the Valley Where the Dove Cooeth, Oh List to the Part of the Brook, Only an Honest Working Girl, and A Stitch in Time Saves Nine.
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Willoughby Middleton
New York Realty Corporation
Twenty-fifth Street
Middleton
My. Middleton
Iinniskillen
Washington
Legation
Westchester
Middleton Seld
Garth
Searsdele
Samuel Ixronberg
Agnes Albertson
George Fr. Albertson
White Plains
Albertson
Mary
Mr. Alberson
Albertvon
New -York
Sliddleton
Wroanberg
Kronberg
Sid
SMN
Igerman J. Bolte
Bolte
Harlem
Tengland
Allan Mel- Ville Middleton
Allan” Melville- Middleton
Lord
Willoughby
New York
London
Exeter
Ales le Deeq
Miller
West Twenty-ninth Street
Mr. Miller
Miller Wold
Brooklyn
Cherry Street
Weehawken Hammer
College Point
Envoy Portrays Menelek as Ju l and Solomon's Lineage
Dr. Rosen, German envoy to Morocco, reports Menelek I of Abyssinia as a morally sound ruler who believes he descends from a son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. He describes Menelek as a disciplined, prudent leader, 62 but appearing 50, active in enforcing his orders, and claims the Ark of the Covenant may lie in a temple at Akhum guarded by high priests. The piece notes Rosen’s view of Menelek’s health, leadership style, and biblical ancestry.
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Berlin
Dr. Rosen
Morocco
Adis Ababa
Abyssinia
Germany
Menelek
Rosen
Menelik
Solomon
Sheba
Menelek I
Ethiopia
Akhum
Cyclone in North Kort church as mice flee organ pipes
Special to The New York Times Middletown New York June 11 A pious family of mice moves into the town church as the organ’s pipes become their summer home A village organist starts the service with the first bars of a hymn causing a panic among congregants and mice alike The organ is abandoned and the service resumes without it
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New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
North Kortright
Greenland
Peters Urges End to Rebates at Columbus Banquet
Ralph Peters president of the Long Island Rail Road and former head of the Pennsylvania Southwest system spoke to 150 business leaders in Columbus. Gov. Herrick joined the event. Peters argued against rate discrimination and rebates, saying the public misreads rail issues and that eliminating rebates would prevent unfair advantages for select shippers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad
Pennsylvania Southwest System
Herrick
Peters
Republic
United States
Lithographic Artists League Plans National Co Operation
The Lithographic Artists Engravers and Designers League of America reports its third annual convention finalized plans for employer co operation to raise U S lithographic art standards to European levels. A Chicago bureau supplying experienced workers will relocate here. An apprenticeship board of employers and employees will evaluate candidates.
Obituary for Margaret Sumner McLean in New York
Margaret Sumner McLean wife of Col Eugene E McLean longtime engineer in the city Finance Department died at her home 393 West Fifty-seventh Street at age forty six She had lived in the city thirty five years from a military family Her father Major Sanford fought in the Mexican and civil wars Brothers served in civil and Spanish American wars Gen E V Sumner is retired and 8 S Sumner Major General commands the Pacific Division Funeral services will be held in Syracuse.
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Margaret Sumner McLean
Eugene E. McLean
City Finance Department
Fifty-seventh Street
McLean
Major Sanford
Gen
E. V. Sumner
Notable deaths of Buffalo arts leader and Ohio congressman
RaAuLPH H. PLUMB aged 67, president of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, died of heart disease in Buffalo. George E. SENey, ex-Congressman 1883–1891, died of heart disease in Tibfin, Ohio, author of Genev's Ohio Code. Emos B. SMITH, longtime New York businessman, died at Oak Farms near Athens, N.Y., after retiring in 1900.
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Raaulph H. Plumb
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy
Buffalo
George E. Seney
Tiffin
Ohio
Emos B. Smith
New York
Oak Farms
Athens
N. Y
Light on college gifts at Western Reserve event
President Charles F. Thwing delivered the baccalaureate sermon for Adelbert College and the College for Women of Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He cited three men driving college efficiency, noting Pearsons Carnegie and Rockefeller constantly test colleges to balance product quality with expenditure.
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Cleveland
Charles F. Thwing
Adelbert College
College For Women of Western Reserve University
Pearsons
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Weather: Showers Monday then clearing across gulf Atlantic
The Weather Bureau forecast shows showers in the Gulf and Atlantic States Monday morning with clearing later, plus inland showers in the North Pacific interior. Generally fair Tuesday except along the South Atlantic coast. Winds vary by region with fresh to strong breezes on coasts and lighter winds inland. Temperature data recorded: yesterday average 70, max 77, min 64, humidity 74 to 81 percent.
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Washington
Gulf and Atlantic States
North Pacific States
South Atlantic
New England
Middle Atlantic
Florida
Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
Upper Lakes
Grand Banks
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
M. Ee Nsgiseeemaee Saab
Feewenee
al Rees
Married Notices From Ipswich and Far Rockaway
Eliza beth Wolcott Tuckerman daughter of Bayard Tuckerman wed William McIntire Elkins of Philadelphia at Ascension Memorial Church Ipswich on June 1. Dorothy Strong Hinckley wed Thomas Resolved Williams at St. John s Far Rockaway on June 10.
Dated Death Notices from June 1905 Obituaries
A list of brief funeral notices and memorial details for multiple individuals including Frederick Ashley Henry Behning Lucretia Blanchard Bertha Blumenthal Eugene de Bovandé Mary A. Dinan Sarah Goop Kate Holmes Moritz Mayer Margaret Sumner Thomas F. Moore Anne Garner Rieck Phoebe Roundy William Townsend and related funeral times and locations across New York Brooklyn Long Island and Providence with addresses and church or interment details.
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Behning
Henry Behning
West Nist St
Alexander Hamilton Post
G. A.R
Betts
West 45Th St
Frederick
Blanchard
Upland Farms
Chatham
N. Y
Charles D. Wadsworth
Lucretia B. Blanchard
Charles A. L. Blanchard
Washington
Bertha Blumenthal
DE Bocande
Philadelphia
Eugene Charles Albert de Bovandé
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
New York
St. _Leo's Church
Eastexth St
Brent Good
Long Branch
N. J
Morris Av
West 2Nd St
Gilbert
Cincinnati
Rieck
Anne Garner Rieck
John Co. Rieck
East 65Th St
Roundy
Providence
R. I
Phoebe Gifford
Charles P. Roundy
Townsend
William Edgar Townsend
Charles H. G. Steinseick
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Marriage and Death Notices Across Major Papers
The New York Times announces that marriage and death notices may be sent for simultaneous insertion in multiple morning papers. Participating newspapers include Boston Globe, Buffalo Courier, Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago Record Herald, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Minneapolis Tribune, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburg Dispatch, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, St. Louis Republic, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Syracuse Post-Standard, and Washington Post.
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NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record Herald
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Minneapolis Tribune
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST. Louis Republic
ST. Paul Pioneer Press
Syracuse Post-Standard
Washington Post
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Ant of
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George Batten Company
Filbert St
Express
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Sumatra
Panatela
Herbert D. Shivers
Filbert Street
Cyclone
Ase
Horace Waters & Co
Fifth Ave
8Th St
Broadway
125Th St
8Th Ave
Ludlow—Woood
St. Paul's Church
Stockbridge
Mass
Arthur Lawrence
Prescott Evarts
Christ Church
Cambridge
Louisa Geary Wood
John W. Geary
James Rettner Ludiow
Harrisburg
McConnell—Knapp
Charles W. Knapp
McPherson Av
St. Louis
Guthrie McConnell
Genevieve Knapp
Samuel D. McConnell
All Souls’ Church
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
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Undertakers
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St. Stephen Merritt
Chelsea
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