Yale Classmates Aid Wickes in Bond Case Amid Suit
W E D Stokes, Yale classmate, posted $1,000 cash bail for Wickes after his arrest. Stokes pledged his three story stable at 150 West Fifty fourth Street as security and said Wickes is a longtime friend helping in trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Jarvis
Thomas IP
Wickes
Commodore Weston
Evan Shelby
Cedar Street
Shelby
Robert MacCord
Peekskill
MacCord
Cortland-on-the-Hudson
City of
New York
Supreme Court of the Second Judicial District
Corporation Counsel
Croton Watershed
Cortland
Fletcher Allen
John Halstead
Henry L. Couvert
Aed
Coungel
Appeulk
Thoms P. Wickes
New York City
Mr. Wickes
W. E.D. Stokes
Criminal Courts
Stokes
West Fiftyfourth Street
Bill’ Stokes
Dickinson Drops Bid Against Jersey City Mayor Fagan
Col. Samuel D. Dickinson Secretary of State for New Jersey and Republican leader in Hudson County announced withdrawn opposition to Mayor Fagan of Jersey City third term. At a Wednesday conference district leaders favored renomination and public ante bellum anti-boss campaign details helped heal the breach. Governor Stokes and others failed to block the accord and Dickinson yielded to party unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel D. Dickinson
New Jersey
Hudson County
Fagan
Jersey City
Col. Dickinson
Dickinson
Guv. Stokes
O Gorman Invokes Mercy After Child Set Fire
Four year old Robert Enright of 8012 Third Avenue started a trash fire in a three story frame house and escaped smoke. Coroner William O Gorman, passing by, raised the alarm and helped neighbors extinguish the blaze before the firemen arrived. Police released the boy due to his youth. Minor damage resulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Enright
Third Avenue
William O'Gorman
Young Enright
Dore
Corbett Fails to Appear as Court Blocks Business Deal
The Supreme Court issued an injunction preventing James J. Corbett from entering a business venture with Charles E. Davies to buy or lease Tom O Rourke s Delavan House at Broadway and Fortieth Street. The restraining order was granted to Henry B. Harris Theatrical Company which claims a contract with Corbett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Corbett
Supreme Court
Charles E. Davies
Tom O’rourke
Delavan
Broadway
Fortieth Street
Henry
Widow disrupts murder trial at Mineola hearing
At the Joseph Byrne murder trial in Mineola Long Island a distraught widow appeared with her baby and demanded justice for the dead man. The scene disrupted proceedings as prosecutors questioned a saloon row witness about a disputed English phrase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mineola
L. I
Joseph Byrne
Byrne
Clarence Mackay
Mackay
Alexander Klukuskie
Roslyn
Klukuskie
Man of Many Initials Faces Fraud Order
A fraud order targets Charles Boeckelmann a New York grocer using multiple aliases including N I Boeckelmann and P.S. Boeckelmann He advertised a blueing scheme offering a $20 gold watch pendant for ten pack ages at 19 cents each The Post Office found the pendant was a tin trinket and Boeckelmann fought to keep his grocery business free from the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
VV Sehlings
Dée Uw
N. I. Boeckelmann
B. Boeeckelmann
Kk. Boeckelmann
BJ D. Boeckelmann
A. F. Boeckelmann
If. L Boeckelmann
S. T. Boeeckelmann
S. P. Boeckelmann
Boecke
Confederates Parade Through Louisville Leads Reunion
In Louisville on June 16 the United Confederate Veterans parade stretched about three miles through main business streets. Commander in Chief Lee and staff led the march amid rousing cheers. Three divisions followed under Gen. W. L. Cabell, Gen. C Irvine Walker, and Gen. Clement A. Evans commanding respective departments and armies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
United Confederate Veterans
Lee
W. L. Cabell
trans-Mississippi
trans-Mississippi Department, Gen
C. Irvine Walker
Northern Virginia
Gen
Clement A. Evans
Army
Negro Hanged Twice in Decatur Jail Yard
Harvey Smith, Joh Collier, and Will Jackson, Black men, were hanged in the Decatur jail yard with troops present and a crowd of about two thousand. Smith and Collier had murdered Miss Belle Bloodworth. Jackson killed a policeman. The drop slipped on Smith first, who cried that he was free, then was hanged again. both Smith and Collier maintained innocence to the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ala
Harvey Smith
Joh Collier
Will Jackson
Smith
Collier
Belle Bloodworth
Jackson
Boston hosts Peace Educational Society mass meeting
The Peace Educational Society in Boston plans a mass meeting for next Sunday to promote a rational July Fourth celebration. It has asked state clergymen to preach on peace and peaceful methods in celebrating holidays before the Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
The
Peace Educational Society
Slow watch kills engineer in railroad crash
In Williamsport Pennsylvania on June 16 engineer J M Andrews was killed and three crew members badly scalded after his train on the main line was diverted to a siding and struck a second train. The watch found on his body showed it was ten minutes slow, causing the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Williamsport
Penn
J. M. Andrews
Pennsylvania Railroad
al Siding
Governor delays Totterman execution at Sing Sing
Albany June 16 Gov Higgins notified Warden Johnson to delay the death sentence for Emil Totterman who was to be electrocuted next Monday. Totterman a sailor, was convicted of murdering Sarah Martin in New York City as the governor studies new papers in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Gov. Higgins
Warden Johnson
Sing Sing
Emil Totterman
Totterman
Sarah Martin
New York City
Ends His Life by Leap from a Bridge
Watertown New York June 16 19 year old Dyce G Taylor son of a hotel proprietor committed suicide by jumping into the Black River. No motive given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
N. Y
Fordyce G. Taylor
Black River
Boston fugitive Urann arrested in Seattle on larceny charges
Seattle police detain Louis J. Urann sought in Boston on 101 counts of larceny alleging he stole 11 000 dollars from Samuel P. Goodenough a Boston provision dealer Urann served as his bookkeeper after indictment in Massachusetts capital city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Louis J. Urann
Boston
Tectives
Urann
Samuel P. Goodenough
Burglars Target Local Safe in National Insurance Ad
Sparse OCR fragment mentions burglars, protection, and a national surety concept. Reads as a brief notice about security and insurance ad language, with unclear specifics but references to protection against theft.
Seventh Regiment Breaks Camp as 10 Day Ends
PeeksKill June 16. Sixth company of the Seventh Regiment marks Capt Morton Stelle's 25 years with a bronze medal and loving cup from veterans. Cadets from West Point arrive for muster. a runaway injures ambulance driver Joseph Smith with a compound leg fracture as camp duties wrap up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Peekskill
Morton
B. Stelle
Stelle
Daniel Appleton
Louis W. Sloteby
Tenth Regiment Band of
Albany
Twenty-second Engineers
Roa Hook
New York
West Point “Military Academy
Joseph Smith
Vermont Divorce Stands In Suit Over Second Marriage
Justice McCall upholds a Vermont divorce for Wilson Co Morris and rejects the NY based bid of Margaret Morris to dissolve the marriage. The ruling holds the New York case fails to affect Vermont's decree and notes the action aimed at jurisdiction and valid execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Wilson Co
Morris
San Remo
Justice McCall
Supreme Court
Margaret Morris
Morrises
New York
Kathleen Anderson Mahoney
State board limits Eleventh Avenue freight trains
The New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners ruled on the West Side Taxpayers Association complaint about freight trains on Eleventh Avenue. It urged the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad to limit trains to no more than twenty five cars during school commute and worker travel. It also advised delaying departures until yard space is available and placing flagmen on Eleventh Avenue between Thirty eighth and Thirty ninth Streets and between Forty fifth and Forty sixth Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
State Board of Railroad ‘Commissioners
West Side Taxpayers’ Association of
New York City
Eleventh Avenue
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
Sixtieth
Thirtieth Street
Thirty-eighth
Thirty-ninth Streets
Forty-fifth
Forty-sixth
Wipe Out Yellow Fever In Isthmus Sanitation Drive
Gov Magoon pledges full support to Col Gorgas in the canal zone effort to eradicate yellow fever and improve sanitation. The President, the Secretary of War, and the Commission back money and manpower as needed to ensure health and safety. The governor says current hazards are lower than in prior periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Magoon
Col. Gorgas
Canal Zone
Commission
Secretary of War
United States
A Wonderful Tonic Outline
A brief note describes a tonic that cools and refreshes, dispelling a lingering coat feeling during springtime and beyond. It emphasizes uplifting effects and seasonal use as a invigorating aid.
Approve River Tunnels Plans For New York State
Reports filed by commissioners in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court approve two river tunnel layouts. The Hudson and Manhattan tunnel would run from the state line under the Hudson to Cortlandt Street and under Dey Street to Fulton Street then under the river to the state line with a Dey Street station and a four passenger Broadway subway. The New York and New Jersey tunnel would enter Manhattan at Morton Street with a Christopher Street terminal and extensions to Fourth Avenue and Twenty third Street. Both praised chief engineer Charles M. Jacobs and found safety measures sufficient for a likely successful completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North River
New York State
Supreme Court
Hudson and Manhattan
State Line
Hudson
Cortlandt Street
Church Street
Dey Street
Fulton Street
Japan Rejects Trade Rivalry With United States
Tokyo officials and Eki Hioki the First Secretary of the Japanese Legation in Washington dismiss claims that Japan rivaled the U S in trade and power in the Orient. He says Japan will develop its resources aid Korea Formosa Manchuria and has no interest in the Philippines or dominating China markets. The legation also repudiates Prof Tomizu of Tokyo and a London cable dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Legation
Japan
United States
Orient
Eki Hioki
Korea
Formosa
Manchuria
Philippines
China
Tomizu
Tokio
London
Dash With Blazing Car Sparks Fire on Freight Train
An empty freight car between One Hundred and Forty-seventh Street and the North River caught fire from a passing locomotive. The conductor split the train to rush the blaze to One Hundred and Thirtieth Street, causing flames to spread to six more cars. Fire engines met the train as the burning car was nearly consumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-seventh Street
North River
Mrs Edwards Clears Him In Pennsylvanian Murder Case
Samuel Greason, a colored man, was acquitted today of the murder of John Edwards in Reading Pennsylvania. Mrs Kate Edwards, the murdered man's wife, had previously testified to convict him. Edwards was killed almost four years ago. a death warrant had been issued ten times and execution was postponed several months awaiting new witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Penn
Samuel Greason
John Edwards
Kate Edwards
Greason
Edwards
Stdpcueas
Navy to Test Baltimore Dry Dock at Cavite Station
Orders issued by the Navy Department authorize an acceptance test of the new 14,000-ton cruiser Colorado and the 11,500-ton battleship Iowa in the Baltimore dry dock for Cavite. The Colorado will be docked first next Wednesday or Thursday, followed by the Iowa a few days later. A Naval Board will meet next Wednesday at Solomon Island to conduct the trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Baltimore
Cavite
P. I
Colorado
Iowa
Naval Board
Solomon Island
Chesapeake Bay
Bank of California Sells Stock to Mutual Life
The Bank of California sold 5,000 shares of its increased capital stock at 375 dollars each to the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York for 1,875,000 dollars. Director William Babcock also serves on the Mutual Life board and will represent the insurer in the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bank of California
Mutual Life Insurace Company of
New York
William Babcock
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Insurance Corporation
Verner Wins Rhodes Scholarship Then Takes Own Life
W H Verner of Columbia North Carolina, winner of a Cecil Rhodes American Scholarship at Oxford, England, died last night by self inflicted gunshot. The incident occurred after a period of illness. Authorities report no further details at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
W. H. Verner
Columbia
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford
England
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W. E. D. Stokes
Yale
O’gorman
Stain
Man
Groom
Boeckelmann
Cabell, Walker
Evans
Engineer
Youmans
Derby
Ladies’ Department
Fifth Avenue
Bohemian
Saxony
Fifth Ave
West
Wilson C. Morris
New York Central
Horseford’s
New York Central Lines
Second Empire
Southwestern Limited
St. Louis
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
Lake Shore
Buffalo
Empire State Express
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Denver
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
A. H. Smith
George H. Daniels
Montreal
Bar Harbor
Grand Central Station
Arnheim
Broadway and
9Th St
Cortlandt and
Morton Street
Mrs. Edwards
Uwo
B. Priestley & CO
Grand Sts
Cluett, Peabody & CO
Mutual Life
Helena
Mon
Southern
Ss. & H.” Green
Wen’s
Siegel Cooper
Wen
Siegel Cooper Store
Eal Ene
Longfellow
Browning
Lowell
Pompeii
David Copperfield
Thelma
John Halifax
Seton Thompson
Edgar Allan Poe
Shakespeare
Ploar
Heart of Rome
Choir Invisible
David Greeve
Cecilia
Conqueror
Four Feathers
Calumet K
Peter Stirling
Hound of the Baskervilles
Old Crow
Hermitage Whiskey
Bond
H. B. Kirk & Co., Distributors
W. A. Gaines & CO
Distillers
Frankfort, Ky
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