Absence of Le Roy Dresser Weighed by Trust Company Officials
The article reports that Le Roy Dresser, former president of the Trust Company of the Republic and early promoter of the United States Shipbuilding Company, is in the Adirondacks due to illness. Attorney Morris Hirsch says Dresser is expected back for a special stockholders meeting and a reorganization committee session. Officials discuss Dresser’s health, pending statements, and ongoing claims against the Trust Company involving the shipbuilding firm and related partnerships.
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le Roy Dresser
Trust Company
Republic
United States Shipbuilding
Camp My
Morris I
Hirsch
William Street
Dresser
Drexser
Adirondacks
O.dressér
the. Republic
Thes Trust .Com
Republic -of
United i Shipyurlaing” Company
O Pendleton: Anderson
Government may order troops to finish warships
Secretary Moony met with Attorney General Knox to discuss keeping naval work moving despite court challenges. The Galveston case involves forfeiture of a shipyard contract due to insolvency, with the government seeking protection to prevent work interruption. Admiral Bowles proposes a federal power to deploy troops if needed to ensure contract completion.
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Washington
Moony
Department of Justice
Knox
Galveston
W. Trige + Shipbuilding Company
Richmond
Ohdauttora
Prigg Re Campeny
Mirginis
Jows
Bowles
Navy
Seompaties
United States
Ankios
Admiral Bowles
Failed jeweler Gattle fugitive after fraud assignment
Hyman Gattle a jeweler at 65 Nassau Street reportedly left the city after making an assignment last Friday. Neighbors say he and his wife departed the St. Lorenz Apartments two weeks ago leaving belongings behind. Tannenbaum & Co and others say $20,000 in credits were extended via a signed statement of Gattle’s finances and a $4,000 parcel of diamonds collapsed. prosecutors may press charges to recoup losses.
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Hyman Gattle
Nassau Street
Edg Secombe ™ Avenue
St. Lorenz Apartments
Lexington Avenue
Seventy-second Street
Nis Gattie
Neigberhod
Segod
Pannenbhium& Co
New York
London
Bénaard van Dimo
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Franklin 'Iem
Broadway
Gattie
Tannenbaum & Co
Bien
Gattle
Iloboken Turtlelub Opens Season With Breakfast and Dinner
The Iloboken Turtlelub, organized in 1796, hosts its first breakfast and dinner of the 1903 season at the club grounds on the Harlem River near King's Bridge today. Breakfast is at 11 o'clock and dinner at 4 in the afternoon. members and guests will depart by train from Grand Central Station shortly after 7 o'clock.
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Iloboken Turtlelub
King’s Bridge
Harlem River
Grand Central Station
Sculpture contracts stand on Hall of Records work
A sub-committee met in the Mayor's office to consider mural decorations and sculpture for the new Hall of Records. It decided against decorations, citing cost at 225000. Main sculpture contracts remain with Philip Martiny and H K Bush-Brown totaling 75900 despite protests.
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Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Hall of Records
Low
Cantor
Manhattan
Fornes
Board of Aldermen
Philip Martiny
H. K. Bush-brown
Sculpture Society
Young Bronx Boy Secures Mayor's Subscription
BE 8 Hesser, a ten year old from 741 Wendover Avenue Bronx, posed as a subscription agent and convinced Mayor Low to sign up for a two weekly publication after a Chamber meeting. The mayor paid $1.25 in cash and praised the boy's persistence as he canvasses for the paper.
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Low
Hesser
Wendover Avenue
Bronx
Armory
Rockefetter
Seligman
Aged Hartford Woman Pleads Vagrancy Case in Court
Mrs Margaret Holbrook of Hartford arrives at West Side Court charged with vagrancy and pleads for friends and housing. She is described as refined and well dressed, age about sixty five, hoping not to be sent to a city home. Magistrate Zeller discharges her after her appeal.
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M. Irgaret’ Holbrook
Hartford
Conn
Zeller
West Side Court
West Forty-seventh Street
New York
Lving
Park
Madison
Grand ‘ Eee
Charity case names commissioners for Prentice inquiry
Justice Giegerich appointed Algernon Norton Dr H Valentine Wildman and William Tait as commissioners to inquire into the mental condition of Henry Prentice husband of Grace VI Prentice in the Supreme Court on an application by Mrs Prentice affidavits from Dr Arthur Loot and Dr Allen McLane Hamilton say he is unfit to manage himself or his affairs Mrs Prentice married in 1876 aged fifty eight with four daughters eldest twenty five youngest four she describes him as insane a habitual drunkard and says he squandered part of 130000 inherited from his father
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G Giegerich
Grace VI. Prentice
Supreme Court
Algernon Norton
Valentine Wildman
William ‘Tait
Henry Prentice
New York
Prentice
Nathan Estate Leased For Twenty One Years
United States Trust Company, as trustee, leases the Nathan estate property at 12 West Twenty-third Street to a new tenant for twenty one years starting after the current lease ends in 1905. Annual rent is expected at 25000 dollars. The site was formerly the home of Benjamin Nathan, murdered there on July 30, 1870, an event that deterred tenants for years. The lessee will likely replace the existing dwelling with a modern business building.
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Nathan
West Twenty-third Street
West Twenty-second Street
United States Trust Company
Adams Express Company
Twenty-third Street
Twenty-second Street
Benjamin Nathan
Sixth annual Interurban Railway outing to College Point
The Interurban Street Railway workers plan their sixth annual outing next Saturday. They will parade from the car stables on Mast Fourteenth Street to Grand Street and board the steamer Favorite for transportation to Witzel's Grove.
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Interurban Street Railway
College Point
Fourteenth Street
Grand Street
Witzel's Grove
Greene appoints Patrick Murphy Captain in Brooklyn precinct
Police Commissioner Greene yesterday named Patrick Murphy to command the Sixty second Precinct in Brooklyn. Murphy, 41, joined the force in 1888, served as roundsman in 1894 and as sergeant in 1896. His early record notes a minor fine but otherwise a solid service record. He was backed by prominent Brooklyn residents.
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Greene
Patrick Murphy
Coney Island
Foster Avenue
Ywumboldt
Herbert’ Avenues
Brooklyn
Murphy
Iie
Jersey City Names New City Hospital Trustees
Mayor Mark M. Fagan appointed Dr. George W. Shera and Henry Vogel as trustees of the City Hospital to succeed Dr. Gordon K. Dickinson and Albert G. Weissenborn who resigned.
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Mark M. Fagan
Jersey City
George W. Shera
Henry ©. Vogel
City Hospital
Gordon K. Dickinson
Albert G. Weissenborn
Crc
Bank Merger Details Set for New York Finance Giant
Details of the National Bank of Commerce and Western National Bank merger outline a capital rise to 25 million dollars, with 150000 new shares issued and 125000 to acquire Western assets. The plan includes a 50 percent cash dividend and warrants for 25 percent of holdings, shaping a 9 to 48 director board and a likely Valentine P. Snyder presidency.
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National Bank of Commerce
Western National Bank of the United States
New York
Joseph C. Hendrix
Western National Bank
National Bank of Commerce In
Bank of Record
Consolidated Bank
Mutual Life
Equitable Life
Morton Trust Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Nassau Street
Valentine P. Snyder
National City Bank
Natonal First of Commerce
City National
Charles A. Peabody
S. D. Babtock
Proposed Voyager Jailed In New York City Case
Edwin D. Mooers, a prominent city figure, is jailed on a $10,000 bail after a Supreme Court order following a wife’s divorce suit threat. Mooers faced a voyage abroad with his mother amid claims of no income and a trust stock arrangement. The petition says the couple have lived apart since October and Mooers has not supported his wife.
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Ludlow Street
New York
Edwin D. Mooers
Dorothy B. Mowers
Supreme Court
Clarke
Europe
Francis L. Mooers
Mooers
Texas
Dorothy B. Mooers
Twin City Rapid Transit elects new board lineup
At the annual meeting J Kennedy Tod and A E Ames retire from the board. Thomas Lowry W A Read W H Goodby Clinton Morrison John Kean C J Goodrich Horace Lowry elected. Tod and Ames replaced by Horace Lowry and W H Goodby. Board can form quorum in Minneapolis or the city.
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Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Thomas Lowry
W. A. Read
W. H. Goodby
Clinton Morrison
John Kean
J. Goodrich
Horace Yry
A. E. Ames
Tov
Tod
Horace Lowry
Foronto
Minneapolis
Canal Tonnage Increases in Second Week of June
Albany June 17. Public Works Superintendent Charles S. Boyd reports canal tonnage for the second week of June shows a sustained rise over last year with 96,724 tons this week versus 81,103 last year. Through freight West also climbs from 9,193 to 16,000 tons.
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Albany
N. Y
Charless. Boyd
Watts Acquitted of Murder in Self Defense Trial
Watts, a colored man, was acquitted before Justice Kehoe in the Supreme Court at Long Island City for the murder of Alexander Johnson at Flushing on February 7. He testified Johnson attacked him with an axe, and he shot in self defense, claiming a forehead wound. His wife testified the wound existed two weeks before, and that Johnson had no weapon in the house. the stepdaughter supported there was no axe.
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Heary Watts
Kehoe
Supreme Court
Long Island City
Alexander Johnson
Flushing
Watts
Johnson
Festival of St. Calogero Parade In Elizabeth Street
In an Italian district celebration for St. Calogero Eremita of Sciacca crowds filled Elizabeth Street with flags, votive candles, and a towering cheesecloth shrine. A 18 foot candle burned from yesterday noon as the Mutual Aid Society and four Sciaccan groups planned a Mass at Transfiguration Church and a village picnic tomorrow.
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St. Calogero Eremita
Sciacca
Elizabeth Street
Broome
St. Calogero
Domenico Clemente
Agello
Mutual Aid Society of
Colorado Fuel's Weakness Prompts Stock Selloff
Shares of Colorado Fuel and Iron Co fell amid reports of difficulty meeting a 600000 note payment. Officials attributed slow earnings to delayed new works, noting floating debt but assuring backers could cover obligations. Wall Street debate centered on alleged control by strong backers and management hands.
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Colorado Fuel and On Company
Osgoo A
George ¢Rould
Wall Street
Phelps
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Denies Financial Trouble
A Colorado official at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company rejects rumors of financial instability. The spokesman says the matter arose from a misreading of note payment provisions and defends the company’s solidity. He declines to discuss any clerk’s potential error or related mail delays.
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New York Times
Denver
The
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
New York
Kansas
British Monitor Scorpion Sunk While Being Towed
The British monitor Scorpion, long used as a target off Bermuda, sank eighty miles off George's Shoals yesterday while in tow to St John New Brunswick. Tug Powerful rescued the fifteen crew members, and Capt Russell reported the loss.
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Boston
Hamilton
Bermuda
George’s Shoals
St. John
N. B
Russell
Scorpion
Powerful
Dressmaker Sues Adams Over Furnished Apparel
Mary Tavernier a dress maker of New York sues Albert J. Adams the convicted policy king seeking 996.50 for wearing apparel alleged to have been furnished to Adams's daughter Ida between September 1901 and January 1902. The summons was served at Sing Sing prison with Adams receiving it without comment.
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White Plains
N. Y
Sing Sing
Albert J. Adams
New York
Mary Tavernier
Adams
Ida
Woman Official Killed in Porto Rico
Miss Jean Ankrom formerly of Waynesburg Penn the only woman School Supervisor in Porto Rico was thrown from a carriage during a runaway at Ponce and died in the local hospital fifteen minutes later her neck broken.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Jean Ankrom
Waynesburg
Penn
Ponce
Notable passengers aboard the New York liner
Secretary Dering of the British Embassy in Washington and Alfred Davies MP sailed on the New York yesterday along with Marshal Halstead US Consul at Birmingham, Senator Hale and son Chandler Hale, Prof. W M Sloane and family, James M Beck and family, and ex Senator Reynolds of Brooklyn.
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New York
Secretary Dering
Washington
Alfred Davies
Marshal Halstead
United States
Birmingham
Hale
Chandler Hale
W.M. Sloane
James M. Beck
Reynolds
Brooklyn
Sailor Jeremiah Sullivan Drowns Off Sandy Hook Wharf
The body of Jeremiah Sullivan a member of the ordnance detachment stationed at the army proving ground at Sandy Hook was found on rocks near the Government wharf yesterday. Authorities believe he fell into the water and drowned as the tide rose. Sullivan had served since 1865.
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Jeremiah Sullivan
Ordnance Detachment
Army Proving Ground
Sandy Hook
Government Wharf
Sullivan
Gates Sees Bullish Market Tone After Bank Talks
John W. Gates, fresh from Europe, met Chicago bankers and affirmed bullish market views. He cited strong cash buyers and resisted selling pressure as prices adjusted. Gates and family head to Chicago to attend the Derby, backing Drake and Claude as racing options.
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John W. Gates
Europe
Financial District
Times
Mr. Gates
Chicago
Charles. Gates
Gates
Drake
Claude
John Drake
Naval officers advance in high level replacements
Washington June 17 The Navy announced successors to Admiral Melville Kenny and Gen Heywood. Capt Charles W Rae will replace Melville as Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering while Pay Director Henry T Harris succeeds Kenny and Lieut Col George F Elliott becomes commandant of Marines. Heywood retires Oct 3 and Elliott will hold brigadier general rank. Rae, Harris and Elliott are noted for Connecticut origins and long service histories.
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New York Times
Washington
Navy
Admiral Melville
Bureau of Stean Engineering
Admiral Kenny
Bureau of Supplies
Gen. Heywood
Marine Corps
Kenny
Charles W. Rae
Henry T
B. Harris
George F. Elliott
Heywood
Marines
Capt
Rae
Connecticut
New York
Naval Academy
Academy
Navy Department
Iowa
Spain
Santiago
Cervera
Harris
League Island Navy Yard
Volunteer Navy
Elliott
Staff Corps
Col
Alabama
Resent
Congress
Congress Especially For the Benefit of Gen. Heywood
Greene Named Civil Service Commissioner in Washington
Henry D. Greene of Duluth is appointed to replace James R. Garfield as Civil Service Commissioner. A Princeton graduate of 1879, Greene was endorsed by President Wilson who also supported his appointment.
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Henry D. Greene
Duluth
Mr. Garfield
New York Times
Washington
James R.garfield
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce
Greene
Princeton
Woodrow Wilson
Presi‘dent
Wilson
Minnesota
Congress
Pastor Rossiter to Lead Manila Church Mission
The Rev. Dr. S. B. Rossiter, longtime North Presbyterian Church pastor, will become pastor of Manila First Presbyterian Church in the Philippines. He resigns as American Secretary for the Moa Mission in August to raise funds for a new Manila church and will serve purely in pastoral duties under the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.
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S. B. Rossiter
North Presbyterian Church
Moa Mission
France
First Presbyterian Church
Manila
P. I
Rossiter
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
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