Disbrow questioned as early details emerge in case
Overnight inquiries reveal Disbrow had breakfast at Pine Grove House then at George Squires home and grew visibly agitated. George Wicks reports a cashing of a bogus twenty dollar check, while Miss Fedora Eldridge’s disappearance sparks village theories. Pinkerton Agent Field delays further statements, exhumation plans await DA direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disbrow
Pine Grove
George Squires
Cassie Squires
George Wicks
Quogue
Fedora Eldridge
Nere
Eldridge
Foster
Lawrence
Miss Eldridge
Sarah Lawrence
William H. Field
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Livingston Smith
Suffolk County
Edward Ternell
Anna Pearsall
Rogers
Hampton Pines Club
Field
Nelson
Squires
Walton
Jeastport
Smith
Nugent
Disbrow Case Probed by Suffolk District Attorney Aid
Police at headquarters report two detectives are working the Good Ground drowning case with Suffolk County DA in town for talks with Capt Titus. Father Thomas A Disbrow says his son may contact authorities within 48 hours and expresses confidence in his son's adviser, a Jamaica lawyer, who denies involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Titus
Yves
Richmond Hill
Queens
Disbrow
Thomas A. Disbrow
Mr. Disbrow
Missing Baby Stirs City As Stranger Seizes Infant
Mrs. Elizabeth Diehl of 205 West Eighteenth Street reports her nine month old daughter Marie abducted by a woman calling herself Mrs. O’Kane. The kidnapper lured the baby during a room visit and left for a grocery trip, never returning. Police alerted. a woman matching the description sought at a West Twentieth Street home and later at P. Cooney’s livery stable as a possible lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Diehl
West Eighteenth Street
Marie
P. Cooney
Cooney
Tribute to Justice McAdam Echoes in Society Resolutions
Mrs. David McAdam, widow of Justice McAdam, received from the Society of Medical Jurisprudence a handsomely engraved parchment copy of resolutions honoring the late jurist. The notes praise his ceaseless industry, single minded purpose, and charity of mind joined to his legal rigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David McAdam
Justice McAdam
Society of Medical Jurisprudence
Judge McAdam
Porters Honored At Lotos Club Dinner With Prominent Guests
Gen Horace Porter ambassador to France was guest of honor at the Lotos Club dinner. Attendees included Frank R. Lawrence Maj. Gen. John R. Brooke Mark Twain Admiral Barker and other notable citizens. The event featured a light program and a long menu of French and American dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Porter
France
Lotos Club
Frank R. Lawrence
John R. Brooke
Mark Twain
George H. Daniels
Charles A. Moore
Admiral Barker
Lawrence
Gen. Porter
America
Porter
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Americans
Chicago
Gen. Brooke
Philippines
Pace
Mr. Lawrence
Bunker Hill
Cm “Tt
Mr. Clemens
Tarrytown
Theodore Roosevelt
Peter
William H. McElroy
John S. Wise
High Tea Prices Reported in China and Japan
Cablegrams indicate the tea markets in China and Japan opened at unusually high prices. The new crop is good, with average yield, as Oriental dealers seek larger shares of rising values amid a 10 percent U.S. duty to take effect next January. Preparations for large shipments to Atlantic ports aim for New York after January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
China
Japan
United States
Atlantic
New York
Cape of Good Hope
Panic at Wedding Feast Burns Bride at Lafayette Hall
Miss Rose Fox twenty five of 100 Lewis Street was badly burned at a wedding reception on Eighth Street and Avenue D. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition. The blaze began when her dress brushed hot ash after a lighted cigarette fell on the floor. Hall proprietor Samuel Schnurr wrapped her in tablecloths and extinguished the flames as guests fled and an ambulance arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Fox
Lewis Street
Lafayette Hall
Eighth Street
Avenue D
Bellevue Hospital
Louis Lanier
Marynerek
Miss Fox
Samuel Schnurr
Railroad Rates Scrutiny Faces Delays in Chicago Hearing
Special to The New York Times reports hearings before the Inter-State Commerce Commission into alleged rate cuts north of the Ohio River and east of the Missouri and Mississippi. H. G. Ferguson of St. Louis draws pay nearly equal to the president, while W. M. Bushnell of the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad appears forgetful during testimony. The session ends with two other officials heard and adjournment pending next, as Ladville, Colorado, prepares for a commission inquiry tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
H. G. Ferguson
St. Louis
Roosevelt
W. M. Bushnell
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Ohio River
Missouri
Mississippi
Bushner
William A. Day
Ladville
Col
Board of Trade
Mexican Central Extends Rail Line Toward Texas
E E Styner confirms a short line extension of the Mexican Central Railroad into Texas to connect with the St Louis and San Francisco. Surveyors work north of Monterey to find the best route. likely direct line from Monterey to San Antonio. The Frisco is expanding toward San Antonio and may reach Eagle Pass, enabling a connection with the Central if routes meet in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
E. E. Styner
Mexican Central Railroad
St. Louis
San Francisco
Brown Wood
Monterey
San Antonio
Frisco
Yoakum
The
Eagle Pass
Sanntonio
Central
Minnesota merger suit delays service vacate motion
Northern Securities Company and J. J. Hill attorneys notify they will move June 24 to vacate service in the Minnesota suit. They claim the company is not Minnesota resident, has no Minnesota business, or property, and Hill, as president, is not a Minnesota resident. East and West Railroad of Alabama names new directors led by John Skelton Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Securities Company
ST. Paul, Minn
J. J. Hill
Minnesota
President Hill
East and West Railroad of
Alabama
John Skelton Williams
Richmond
J. M. Barr
Portsmouth
J. William Middendorf
Baltimore, Md
F. R. Pemberton
Walter T. Rosen
Eugene Kelly
George J. Gillespie
New York
James M. Barr
D. C. Porteous
J. Sharp
Seaboard Air Line
Peneane West Railroad
Baltimore Grain Rate Cuts Favor Lake Route Export
Baltimore grain men win partial rate relief from the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads. Effective June 20, export grain by lake route from Fairport to Baltimore gains a one cent per bushel advantage on wheat over New York and 4 to 10 cents cheaper than Philadelphia. Similar cuts apply to corn rye barley oats and flaxseed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
West
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Fairport
Ohio
New York
Ohio City
Philadelphia
Wounded by His Own Troops Near Tilsit
Berlin reports General von Bock and General Pollach were seriously wounded by lances from their own dragoons during a field exercise at Tilsit Prussia. The bugle call to About face led to the accident as the general, unaware, moved behind the charging troops and was slashed on the head and neck. He was taken to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
von Bock Und Pollach
von Bock
Pollach
Tilsit
Prussia
Fire at Manhattan Beach harms fireworks storehouse near Coney Island
A late night blaze at the fireworks enclosure near Manhattan Beach Hotel destroyed a one story storehouse 200 by 100 feet injuring few people but prompting evacuation of hotel guests. Firefighters and hotel crews contained the flames and damage is placed around 500 dollars. A full pyrotechnic show is planned for the Beach tonight despite the destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Manhattan Beach
John Hankman
Kirkpatrick
Silleck
Bandmaster Innes Loses Grounds for Absolute Divorce
Innes sues for divorce before Justice Bischoff in the Supreme Court. The jury finds Mrs. Innes not guilty of misconduct with Crowhurst of Philadelphia. The jury also finds Innes guilty of misconduct with Katherine B. Wenzel of Boston. Counsel Hoffman will seek a decree for Mrs. Innes based on the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Neil Innes
Georgia Innes
Mayor Climbs 360 Feet on East River Bridge Inspection
Mayor Low toured the New East River Bridge tower reaching 360 feet and walked halfway on the footbridge. He praised Roebling engineers, noted oil on steel to prevent rust, and predicted cable spinning finish soon with banding to follow. Weekly progress reports are now standard under Commissioner Lindenthal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Low
East River Bridge
Manhattan
Greater New York
City Hall
Delancey Street
The
Bowery
Lindenthal
Charles G. Roebling
Roebling
William Hildenbrand
Roebling Company
O. F. Nichols
Manhattan Anchorage
Low
Manhattan Tower
Texas corn crop shortage estimated at 30 million bushels
George L Walton of the Texas Department of Agriculture warns the state’s corn output this year will not exceed 30,000,000 bushels, down from 60,000,000 last year and 81,000,000 in 1900. Widespread drought and hot winds threaten prospects, with ten more days of drought risking cotton as well. A union prayer meeting of all Protestant churches is planned for tomorrow night seeking rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
George L. Walton
State Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Carrier Pigeon Gave Burglar Alarm
A burglar attempting entry to Theodore Welsh's Highland Park home was alerted by carrier pigeons. One bird struck a window, waking Welsh who then saw the intruder in the downstairs area and the thief fled with a pocketbook containing change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Theodore Welsh
Highland Park
Welsh
Imperial and International Notables Linked to Grand Hotels
A list of prominent figures and officials connected to major hotels and venues in cities across the United States and Europe. Names include George D. Ruggles, Admiral Upshur, J. K. Kellogg, J. Plant, and others tied to Waldorf Astoria, Plaza, Savoy, Holland, and Fifth Avenue properties along with international figures from London, Berlin, and Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorf-Astoria
W. G. Eliott
Wilmington
N. C
A. G. Yates
Rochester
Marvin Hughit
Chicago
Rolla Wells
St. Louis
M. Routkowskey
Washington
Holland
George D. Kirkham
Niles
Ohio
G. L. Wilkes
Cleveland
Imperial
J.K. Kellogg
San Francisco
Joseph Plant
Cincinnati
Earlington
George D. Ruggles
United States Army
Plaza
F. W. Huidekoper
J. M. Crosby
Minneapolis
SAVOY
Willis Collins
Milwaukee
R. C. Eastman
Albemarle
John H. Upshur
United States Navy
Fifth Avenue
Sidney Wilcox
Sydney
Herman G. Schmidt
Berlin
Arrival of Buyers From Many Cities Attends Hotel Show
A long list of buyers and representatives from Chicago to Boston arrives, including Mandel Brothers J Bertle of silks, Bennett Co. E., Simpson Co. Toronto, W A Alan dry goods, Strauss Brothers Baltimore, and many others at top New York hotels. Names include Meyer, Finch, Plant Isaacs, Sisson Bros. and Welden, Sheldon Dry Goods, Epstein, Gutman, Kaufman, Lamson, Dives Pomeroy, Gutman again, Edwards & Son, Schwartz, Grunsfeld, McAlpin, May Co, Arbuthnot Stephenson, Ely & Walker, Syracuse Dry Goods, Purnham Hanna Munger, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandel Brothers
Chicago
Ill
J. Bertle
Broadway
Grand
Bennett, Morgan & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
E. Bennett
Grand Hotel
Simpson, R., Company
Toronto
Ontario
W. A. Alan
Albert
Strauss Brothers
Baltimore
E. Strauss
Hoffman House
Dowell & Heim Company
S. Meyer
Victoria
Finch, Young & McConville
St. Paul
Minn
G. R. Finch
Leonard Street
Holland House
Plant & Isaacs
Cincinnati
Ohio
J. Plaut
White Street
Hotel Imperial
Sisson Bros. & Welden Co
B. F. Welden
Boston
Mass
J. Cohen
Herald Square
Bacon
Rome
F. E. Bacon
Gutman, Joel & Co
Pittsburg
Penn
C. Kline
Rossmore
Lamson Brothers
Toledo
W. E. Buckingham
Lispenard Street
Dives
Pomeroy & Stewart
Reading
M. Kelly
Walker Street
R. W. Devere
C. A. Pochat
P. Murray
Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co
St. Louis
E. FE. Buckner
Arch Street
Syracuse Dry Goods Co
G. B. Williams
Manhattan
Purnham-Hanna-Munger Dry Goods Co
Kansas City
C. F
Normal College Commencement at Carnegie Hall honors 320 graduates
The Normal College of the City of New York held its thirty third annual commencement in Carnegie Hall with 320 graduates honored. Prof. William H. Trent, Charles Burlingham, and President Thomas Hunter spoke as diplomas were presented. Florence Strouse delivered the salutatory and Jean Fleming Robertson the valedictory amid prize recognitions across German French pedagogy psychology and English studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal College of the City of
New York
Carnegie Hall
William H. Trent
Columbia University
Charles C. Burlingham
Thomas Hunter
Burlingham
Hunter
Florence G. Strouse
Jean Fleming Robertson
Adolph Kuttroff
Yella Ehrsam
Anna Ast
Albert Tag
Katharine Elsie Day
Rose Mahon
Hermann Ridder
Eleanor G. Muller
Henri Maillard
Consuelo Kohly
William Wood Memorial
Hannah Klein
Frederic R. Coudert
French Chamber of Commerce
Henry A. Rogers
Kelly
Sarah Francis Raisin
Joseph J. Kittel
Joseph Fettretch
Alice Emilie Landru
Helen Gertrude Skelly
Kane
Wilson G. Hunt
Lucie Wilhelmina Hoelz
Randolph Guggenheimer
Bernard Cohen
Sophie Agnes Moeller
Honor Students Noted in Public School 93 List
In yesterday’s Nor mal College entrance results the honor students omitted are Maude Rostetter and Jennie Repko from Public School No. 93 each with 90.70 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal College
Maude Rostetter
Jennie Repko
Hutcheson Denny Named President at Washington and Lee
Lexington Virginia June 17 George Hutcheson Denny was seated into office as President of Washington and Lee University. Alleged Horse Thieves Caught Pittsburg June 17 Jacob Cohen and Jacob Jacobs were arrested by Detective Codit of New Rochelle New York for stealing a horse and survey hired from F J Keeling a liveryman at New Rochelle The outfit valued at 450 was to be sold at a sale stable tomorrow They were held for court in 1000 on larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
George Hutcheson Denny
Washington and Lee University
Pittsburg
Jacob Cohen
Jacob Jacobs
Codit
New Rochelle
N. Y
F. J. Keeling
Local Weather Forecast and Temperature Report
Fair conditions with northwest winds and variable Atlantic Coast winds. Temperatures vary from the Rocky Mountain region to the Atlantic with a drop inland and rise east of the Mississippi. Flood warnings issued for the lower James River. winds on great lakes southeast, and coastal winds fresh to brisk in various regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Great Lakes
West Gulf Coast
East Gulf Coast
European
Grand Banks
James River
NEW York. Times
Weather Bureau
TIMES
Mic
Iain
Printing House Square
Essevecereseresvecss
Angers
Rutgers Class Day Grants Memorial Posts to Alma Mater
At New Brunswick on June 17 Rutgers College seniors presented a pair of gateposts as a memorial, the first time grads offered a memorial beyond a chapel window. Tonight the junior exhibition was held and tomorrow’s Alumni Trustee election features Charles A. Runk Louis W. Stotesbury and Prof. William S. Myers. college trustees meet to announce gifts and faculty changes ahead of the commencement and senior ball at Ballantine Gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers College
Rutgers
Charles A. Runk
Louis W. Stotesbury
New York City
William S. Myers
Ballantine Gymnasium
Military transfers and resignations shown in United Service notices
The United Service reports numerous Army transfers among infantry, cavalry and artillery units including First Lieut. Leon L. Roach to the Sixteenth Infantry, Second Lieut. Thomas E. Cathro assigned to the Thirteenth Cavalry, and resignations such as Second Lieut. Albert A. Faulkner effective June 1. Also noted are reorganizations within the Twentieth and Third Infantry, postings to Fort Sheridan and Fort Ethan Allen, retirements, and duty assignments for officers including Major George K. McGunnegle and Col. William A. Marye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon L. Roach
Eighth Infantry
Sixteenth Infantry
Thomas E. Cathro
Thirteenth Cavalry
Cathro
Fort Sheridan
Albert A. Faulkner
Twentieth Infantry
Josiah C. Minus
James K. Parson
Robert O. Ragsdale
Third Infantry
George K. McGunnegle
William A. Marye
Secretary of War
Frank B. McCoy
John W. Barker
George A. Dodd
Fourteenth Cavalry
Fort Ethan Allen
Fort Grant
George. H. Shelton
Eleventh Infantry
Alphonse Strebier
Coast Artillery
George F. Conn
Francis G. Irwin
Second Cavalry
Cleveland C. Lansing
Artillery Corps
James W. Vandusen
Columbus Barracks
Sanford H.wadhams
Joseph W. Walsh
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Navy ships reach various ports in mid June movements
The Potomac and Leonidas arrived at San Juan on June 16 while the Buffalo reached Gibraltar the same day. The Yorktown left Yokohama for Cavite and the New York departed Che-Foo for Taku on June 16. Standish sailed from Annapolis for Norfolk on June 17 along with McKee and Essex from Newport for New York. Atlanta reached Buenos Ayres on June 17 and Indiana plans to go to New York for coal after leaving Newport News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Potomac
Leonidas
San Juan
Buffalo
Gibraltar
Yorktown
Yokohama
Cavite
New York
Che-Foo
Taku
Standish
Annapolis
Norfolk
McKee
Essex
Newport
Atlanta
Buenos Ayres
Indiana
Newport News
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New York Times
News OF the Railroads
INNES
Tower of New East River Bridge
Bridge
Laspfeet
Singara Fatia
K. T
Adler
Julia
Albers
Margaretha E. Eos
Mary C.th
Mary E. Bruning
Emma Alice
Burger
Muriel
Crawford
Estelle B. Constable
Agnes Maud
Day
Katharine Elsie
Dreyfoos
Laura T Dulon
Julie T. Eckel
Elizabeth G. Ehrsam
Ylla
Grandin
Frances
Hammond
Emma
Hardenbrook
Louise
Hunt
Loretta C. Jacobs
Eva. Klein
Jessie Clara
Kohly
Consuelo
Levi
Edna M
Accurso
Mary
Archer
Gertrude C. Ast
Anna. Albers
Margaretha E. ‘Aronson
Hannah P. Beyer
Jennie
Blackwell
Katherine RF. Blauvelt
Bila
Bohm
Florence
Bancroft
Bassett
Ruth P. Blumenthal
Fanny
Bourscheidt
Lillian Boyle
Elia Elizabe Breen
Elizabeth Barnett
Sarah_. Barrett
Mary C. Beck
Katharine Blum
Therese
Bowden
Susan I. Bradley
Agatha M Bruner
Estelle
Buzak
Mary M. Burke
Elizabeth Buckner
Ada. Bartholomew
Fri
Ee Bowen
Martha. Cahill
Anna Marie
Chambers
Marietta Clapp
Mary Isabelle Conway
Adaline Ma Clark
Gertrude R. Cohn
Bella. _. Cookingham
Bertha Cahill
Katheryn E. Chadsey
Mabel Claus
Roberta C. Conover
Grace M. Crimmins
May Alic Caldwell
Anna_L. Cassidy
Mary F. Clare
Teresa A. Cohen
Rebecca K. Cooper
Irene. Carson
Florence. Callahan
Catherine Cavanagh
Julia M. Donovan
Margarett Doran
Katherine Drury
Helen L. Dalziel
Winifred N Dennis
Hazel E. Darmody
Mary. Draddy
Regina C. Dennis
Etta. Duncan
Helen Je. Dawson
Estelle M. Eckel
Gertrude E. Evans
May. Eliott
Florence Edmonds
Eva. Everett
May.a.frey
Emma M. Friedrich
Louisa Fritz
Emilie R. Fregnet
Jeanne A Fera
Hertha M. Fighiera
Adelina. Fletcher
Lydia E Franchi
Stella_G. French
Grace M. Friedberger
Simor Feigin
Bessie. Feast
Mae. Gannon
Elizabeth Gold
Sarah. Gottler
Frances E Green
Anna L.A. Griffin
Harriet S. Garrison
Adam Y. Gerdes
Lillie H. Goldberg
Annette Goldstone
Frances Giden
Grace
Elizabeth A Ganzenmuller
Grac Hall
Mary. Hogenauer
Lilli Holzman
Ida Hanley
Frances Hayden
Rachel R. Hemenway
Myrtle Healy
Leanora M. Hollis
Erminnie Harris
Emma M. Hastings
Sarah E. Hodgman
Natalie Hoelz
Lucie W. Hymanson
Amelie Hawes
Ruth Belt
Heidingsfelder
el Irving
Maude R Treland
Janet al Jan
Margaret J. Poster
Louise H. Quinn
Mary H. Rushpan
Sara Reidy
Lillian C. Rea
Annie T. Regan
Helen. Rooney
Mary E. Rubin
Esther
Rich
Rokeach
Mary. Raisbeck
Ida P. Reisman
Ida FE. Rheinlander
Roberts
Mabel G. Robison
Florence. Rosenthal
Miriam H. Skelly
Helen M. G
Pauline M. Schroder
Lilly A. Smyth
Marguerite A. Samuels
Adelaide
Seaman
Edna James
Sichel
Silberberg
Estelle Mal
Somborn
Amy
Spotten
Anna Jane
Stevens
Ida Mabel
Scott
Emily F. Silberman
Martha
Stern
Irene M. Schmidt
Lina Arece Fannie
Simon
Romelia
Tenner
Alma T. Thompson
B.altmans
Scotch and
Zephyr Madras
Linon
Batiste
Eighteenth Street
Nineteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Best& Deere Aar
Harrison
Gertrude
Strauss
Hilda W. Killerlane
Katherine L. Smith
Edna G. Salz
Wright
NEW University
the United Service
Army
Navy
C. E. Vreeland
Board of Inspection and Survey
Bath
T. S. Rodgers
A. B. Hoff
Nashville
Inquiry Department
Mergenthaler-Horton Basket Machine Company
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