Mrs Barker Testifies On Outrage And Loans In Keller Trial
In a dramatic courtroom session Mrs Barker details loans totaling 83 dollars to clergyman Keller during 1898 and says she stopped church attendance after Keller’s alleged outrage. She describes her husband’s distress before the shooting and recalls their Saturday night, the arraignment, and plans to visit New York’s art museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller
Barker
Erwin
van Wivnkle
Tom
Barker Tells of February Shooting in Court
The trial focused on Barker as the key witness. He described leaving home to buy a newspaper on Beach Street when Keller approached. Barker fired four shots, later indicating he did not intend to kill but acted under a powerful, unclear impulse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beach Street
Kellar
Red
Keller
New York
Barker
Baldwin defends remarks on killing attackers at public meeting
William H. Baldwin Jr. testified in Jersey City that his remarks at a Brooklyn Hotel St. George gathering were misinterpreted. He said he spoke of men in general feeling to kill anyone who assaults a child dear to them, and that he stands by the statement despite the press misread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hutchinson
Presbyterian Church of
Arlington
Barker
William J. Thompson
Barkers
John O. Stephenson
Commercial Cable Company
John Sumner
William K. Smith
George H. van Meter
Edward A. Coleman
Britton P. Evans
Morris Plains Asylum
William H. Baldwin, Jr
Committee of Fifteen
Jersey City
Baldwin
Hotel St. George
Brooklyn
Bishop Potter
Morris K. Jesup Returns From London Chamber Visit
Morris K. Jesup of the New York Chamber of Commerce arrived in New York aboard the Teutonic after a London trip starring a banquet with the London Chamber and a reception by King Edward. He said the visit benefits both nations and rejected claims Americans were unworthy of attention. The party included F. R. Appleton, Mr. Hepburn, and John T. Terry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris K. Jesup
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Teutonic
Mr. Jesup
London
London Chamber of Commerce
New York Chamber of Commerce
England
United States
Jesup
Edward
F. R. Appleton
Mr. Hepburn
John T. Terry
Two Lynched at Shreveport in Mob Incited Killing
In Shreveport Louisiana on June 20 two black men named Prophet Smith and F D McLand were lynched by a mob. Prophet Smith was linked to the mob’s earlier killing of John Gray Foster, brother in law of Governor McMillin of Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prophet” Smith
Louisiana
Smith
F. D. McLand
Prophet
John Gray Foster
Gov. McMillin
Tennessee
Wedding Delays At Jersey City Church End Well
A late start at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Jersey City delayed the wedding of Miss Laura M. Pierson and Dr. Stephen G. Lee. Rev. Edward L. Stoddard was delayed. Dr. Brush of St. Paul’s hurried to perform the ceremony after a delay and the couple, with Stoddard, attended the reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Jersey City
Laura M. Pierson
James M. Pierson
Belmont Avenue
Stephen G. Lee
Orange
Pierson
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Edward L. Stoddard
St. Paul’s Church
St. John’s
Dr. Stoddard
Dr. Brush
St. Paul's
Brush
Rev Campbell Morgan Arrives in America for Bible Teachings
The Teutonic passengers include Rev Campbell Morgan, English Congregationalist minister, who denies Moody succession and plans North field Extension work from Baltimore. He will lecture at Northfield on the 28th and later devote Sundays to evangelistic work. Mrs Morgan ill from seasickness. others on board include Charles S. Francis and Major General Sandham. Maud Jeffries, Beerrbohm Tree actress, visits Memphis and may play Inez in Ben Hur in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teutonic
Campbell Morgan
Dwight L. Moody
Morgan
Mr. Moody
Northfield
Baltimore
Mr. Morgan
America
The
Charles 8. Francis
United States
Greece
Sandham
F. R. Appleton
F. H. Meyer
Maud
Jeffries
Beerbohm Tree
Memphis
Tenn
South
Atlanta
Inez
London
Fourth Trial for Kennedy in Reynolds Murder Probe
District Attorney Philbin reviews new information connected to the Emeline Reynolds murder at the Grand Hotel from three years ago. Kennedy faces a possible fourth trial or nolle prosequi if the facts do not yield proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philbin
Emeline C. Reynolds
Grand Hotel
Samuel J. Kennedy
Nolle
Moore
Harris Bottlestein
John P. Purcell
Actor Roberts
Miss Hanratty
Kennedy
Bottlestein
Alfred Clagett Rushed From City To Bellevue Hospital
Alfred Clagett once known for style and wealth was taken by ambulance from Madison Avenue to Bellevue Hospital in a semi conscious state. He named Frank Work of 13 East Twenty sixth Street as his closest friend who has supported him for years. He once owned a tea business and later wines, but alcohol abuse ruined his finances and led to hospital care following prior sanitarium treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Clagett
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Madison Avenue
Twentyseventh Street
Bellevue
Frank Work
East ‘Twenty-sixth
Work
Clagett
Tennessee
Westchester
E. Berry Wall
Mr. Work
Manhattan Bronx School Board Dismisses Teacher for Misconduct
The Manhattan and Bronx School Board met at the Education Building and upheld charges against John Eagan, a Department 46 teacher, alleging he borrowed money from students’ parents and failed to explain an outstanding judgment. He was dismissed for gross misconduct and neglect of duty. The board also approved purchasing three Ridge trees lots to ease crowding, plan a new evening high school for women at PS 147, and reviewed progress in manual training schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Board
Manhattan
Bronx
Park Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
John Jasper
John Eagan
Eagan
Louis N. White
Committee On
Ridgetrees
East Broadway
Gouverneur Street
Smallpox Case at Newport Sends Servant to Pest House
A slight smallpox case appeared at the Moorings cottage in Newport Rhode Island. The servant was removed to the pest house and the Board of Health quarantined the house and its occupants. Mr and Mrs James Clinch Smith of New York are seasonal residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
James Clinch Smith
New York
Harrison Avenue
Board of Health
Grand Jury Indicts Dr Lusk Over Smallpox Death
Dr Oped E Lusk assistant superintendent of Queens Board of Health indicted for neglect of duty in Charlton case who died May 4 1901 of malignant smallpox and lay unburied for fifty two hours. Queens Grand Jury cites poor handling of infectious disease cases and lack of emergency facilities in Astoria and Long Island City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oped E. Lusk
Board of Health of
Queens
Grand
John Charlton
Woodside
Lusk
Grand Jury
Queens County
Astoria
Long Island City
Health Department
Borough of
Sanitary Bureau
Borough of Queens
Jersey City Wins Tax Case Against Erie Railroad
The Court of Errors and Appeals rules against Erie Railroad over a grain elevator near Jersey City station. The city will receive about 450000 dollars in back local taxes, after the court found the elevator not a railroad use and ordered local tax payment with credits for prior state taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Erie Railroad
Court of Errors and Appeals
Depue
Justice Depue
J Kennedy Tod Resigns From Great Northern Board
J Kennedy Tod of J Kennedy Tod & Co resigns from the Great Northern Railway board. Tod's firm has long been linked to the railroad and aided Hill's earlier financing. His departure leaves two non affiliated directors, J H Schiff and H W Cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Kennedy Tod
J. Kennedy Tod & Co
Great Northern Railway
Tod
Hill
St. Paul and Pacific
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Manitoba
Burlington Stock
The
Great Northern
Nebraska Supreme Court Defies Federal Court Ruling
Nebraska Supreme Court refuses to dismiss a $1,000,000-plus penalties case against Rock Island Railroad and others for alleged violation of Nebraska maximum freight rates. The U.S. Court had enjoined the state from proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court of
Nebraska
United States Court
Rock Island Railroad Company
Prout
State Supreme Court
Rock Island
Union Pacific President Denies SP System Absorption
President Burt of the Union Pacific Railway Company denies a New York tale that all Southern Pacific system powers will be vested in him and rejects any plan for further absorption beyond existing executive ties between the two systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Burt
Union Pacific Railway Company
New York
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
The Saratoga Limited Train Schedule
The Saratoga Limited vestibuled Pullman train departs Grand Central at 1:50 PM each Saturday this season, arrives Saratoga at 5:40 PM with a Troy stop at 4:50 PM, and runs on Saturdays in June July August. On weekdays it leaves Grand Central at 3:20 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Grand Central Station
Troy
Stubbs to Join Harriman Syndicate as Traffic Manager
J C Stubbs third vice president and traffic manager of the Southern Pacific Railroad confirms he accepted the post of Traffic Manager adviser with the Harriman syndicate of railroads. He will depart for Chicago in July and establish offices there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Stubbs
Harriman Syndicate
San Francisco
J. C. Stubbs
Southern Pacific Railroad
Andviser
Harriman Syndicate of Railroads
Stubbs
Chicago
Louis W. Hill sails for Europe
Louis W. Hill, son of James J. Hill and president of the Eastern Railway of Minnesota, embarked for Europe yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis W. Hill
James J. Hill
The
Eastern Railway of Minnesota
Europe
Starring Robbery Case Proceeds In Washington Trial
The trial of Lewis Francis Mortimer charged with stealing $9,000 in jewels from Mrs Olivia Starring continues. Defense seeks to show Starring lacked valuables. testimony from Ernest Tyle says she wore only jewelry in court. A New York letter alleging a fake real jewel transfer was not admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Olivia Starring
Lewis Francis Mortimer
Monroe
London
Starring
Northfield Victim Identified in East River Wreck
Divers pressed to raise the wrecked ferry Northfield at Pier 10 as pontoons and lines were readied for flotation. The body of Charles H. Dickinson of West Brighton was found drifting near Pier 3 and identified. he likely was aboard during the collision. The son of Gen. Bartlett visited the pier and indicated the general may be among the wreckage. undertaker arrangements were made if found. Dickinson, a 60 year old machinist at the navy yard, is the second identified victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
Pier
East River
Bartlett
Thompper
Baltimore and Ohio official may resign report
A report that D. B. Martin passenger traffic manager of the Baltimore and Ohio might resign could not be confirmed yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Martin
Baltimore and Ohio
Mellen Denies Resigning as Northern Pacific President
President Mellen of the Northern Pacific denied yesterday a report that he planned to resign. Railroad circles see the St. Paul story about Daniel Lamont as reflecting Hill’s unfriendliness to Mellen, while he claims no board has indicated unsatisfactory service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellen
The
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Daniel Lamont
Hill
Erie Railroad to Burn Thracite Coal on Passenger Locomotives
Beginning Sunday June 23 the Erie Railroad will burn thracite coal exclusively on locomotives hauling passenger trains across the system east of Marion Junction Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Railroad
Marion Junction
Ohio
Directors to Convene at Grand Central for Semiannual Dividends
Vanderbilts four lines will hold a meeting at Grand Central Station tomorrow to declare the semiannual dividends. The Lake Shore board meets for organization for the first time since the annual meeting. William H. Canniff is expected to be elected Lake Shore president, succeeding Newman. J. P. Blodgett, new General Superintendent of the New York Central, took charge yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt Lines
Grand Central Station
Lake Shore
Wiliam H. Canniff
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Newman
New York Central
J. P. Blodgett
Grand Jury Alleges City Map Favoring Corporations
The June Queens Grand Jury sent a presentment accusing the city prepared First Ward map of bias toward certain corporations and individuals in violation of the law. It orders a District Attorney investigation and reports to the next grand jury. The jurors also fault Tax Department officials for discriminatory tax practices and seek inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queens County
Board of Aldermen
Grand
Tax Department
Department of Taxes and Assessments
Grand Jury
Istrict
Merrill
Court House
A Westerner's Dream Foretells Railroads to Government
The Times reports a giant scheme to nationalize US railroads. A Western financier predicts within years Rockefeller Harriman Vanderbilt Gould and Morgan interests would cede every railroad to the Government. The price cited is 10 trillion dollars and a chain of banks would be controlled to fund the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
the Times
United States
Rockefeller
Tornado Hits Booneville Missouri Killing One
A deadly storm in Booneville caused a building collapse killing Tobe Fisher and injuring nine others. Winds wrecked roofs on business blocks and houses, toppled a brick foundry, uprooted hundreds of trees, damaged riverfront craft, and wiped out the telephone exchange after heavy rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booneville
Tobe Fisher
Telephone Company
Village Wrecked by Explosions at Barrett Works
Fire caused by a leak in lime sheds ignited a blaze at Barrett Manufacturing Company in Shadyside on the Hudson. Twenty five high pressure ammonia tanks exploded, shattering buildings and damaging the town while firemen and nearby chemical works fought to prevent wider disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shadyside-on-the-Hudson
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Bal Oy
General Chemical Works
Bull's Ferry Chemical Works
Barrett
Beri Bericlaims strike on Alert schooner voyage ends
The Nova Scotian schooner Alert arrived with Captain ill and three crew ill from beri-beri. Two sailors died and were buried at sea. The mate John E. Thomson, a native of the city, and L. W. Sherry, a negro seaman, are named among the deceased. Captain Foote remained ill after twenty five days. The ship carried ebony and mahogany to A. D. Strauss & Co and was quarantined and disinfected before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alert
Africa
West Indies
New York
John E. Thomson
L. W. Sherry
Foote
A. D. Strauss & Co
Summer fashion: striped coat and trousers for comfort
Off with your waistcoat. On with negligee shirts and cool airy flannel trousers. Fine hairline stripes in blues greens browns. Includes a special striped coat and trousers, belts, straw hats, low shoes for summer comfort.
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Mr. Keller
Trinity Episcopal Mission Church
Nee Keller
Trinity Church
Cee
Midland Avenue
Barer
William H. Baldwin
Committee of Fifteen of
MR. Baldwin
Horsford
Shreveport
Beau Brummell
Broadway
New York Times
DR. Lusk
Fulton St
City Hall
News OF the Railroads
Banker
Southern Pacific System
Map
WM. Vogel & Son
Houston St
Panama
E. Willard Jones
Nassau Street
Late Bird & CO
A. Frankfield K Fo
West 14Th Street
Lewis
Forty-first Street
6Th Avenue & Broadway
South Am
Porto Rico
Panamas
C.H. Brown CO
New Haven
State Normal School
Morrill
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