Court Dismisses Suit Over Metropolitan Lease Trial Ends With Dismissal
The judge finds no constructive collapse of trust or fraud in the Metropolitan lease case. He notes stockholders benefited from the consolidation and approved the lease under railroad law, dismissing the suit as leading to disruption and loss to shareholders. No fraud proven. case ends without injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Street
Jesse
Wormser
Tamr
FANBC
Examinu
Pers Supmittad
Dail
Ryan
Kitney
Ito
Looting at Manila Alleged Officers Accused
Manila report claims American officers looted public buildings after the 1898 surrender. Officials seek a formal investigation as authorities try to determine photos and art objects tied to the looted items. An ex-staff officer is alleged to have received a silver service from the Manila palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Aristescid
Mahicayan Palace
Re election of Parks officially announced
Sahel J Parks has been re elected by the Houseavirtis and Bridgemen’s Exnjon. The election was lengthy with five judges paid hourly. Parks was carried to Lexington Avenue upon celebration and addressed supporters. Delegates listed include John Dolan Massey Timothy McCarthy and EF Sohnstum others. anti Parks faction won most executive posts. Parks supported arbitration in principle but rejected any plan denying his side a voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahel
J. Parks
Wis
Houseavirtis
Bridgemen
Exnjon
TES
BRCA
Cceeetainment Committee
Parks
Parks Ives
Écond
Board of Building Trades Parks
Owhich
Maennerthor
Fiys Sixth Street
Tira Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Lexington’Avenue
Lexington
Avenue
Hightysthird Street
John Dolan
Massey
Timothy McCarthy
EF Sohnstum
Neidie
Advca Ue Union
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Clergy Meeting Draws Load of Ministers in New York
Rev Reginald John Campbell spoke to about 800 clergymen at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Building. He cited the Free Church Federation’s large followings in England and urged opposition to parish control of schooling while noting possible jail for tax resistance. Campbell planned to speak further in East Orange, New Jersey, this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald John
Campbell
Tuondon
Presbyterian
Fifth. Avenue
England
Utter- Arces
Camphbell
Free Church Federation
Dr. Campbell
Mann Avene -Presbyterian Church
East Crege
N. J
Magistrates Meade and Mott Face Removal Charges
Charles P Blaney files 14 charges with the Appellate Division seeking removal of City Magistrates Clarence W Meade and John O Mott. The petition alleges eight months of physical and mental incapacity preventing proper duties, with affidavits by Jacob W Mack of the City Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Charles P. Blaney
City Club
Clarence W Meade
John O. Mott
Jacob W. Mack
West Seventy-fifth Street
Mott
Meade
Or Meade
Board of Magistrates
Orp Meade
Nathan Bijur
Blaney
Mack
Wais
Greene
Besids
Miranes
Gen. Greene
G Reeies
Tam
Caming
Junges Mott
Twenty-third Street
Wells Drowned in Texas Brings Personal Tragedy to Fiancée
Miss Mabel P. Eckert, fiancée of Thomas C. Wells Sr, the traveling salesman who drowned at Galveston, received his letter written last Friday predicting their upcoming marriage and his expected return home in a few weeks. Wells resided in Baltimore and was connected with Walter Brooks at the time Brooks was murdered at the Glen Island Hotel in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newark
N. J
Mabel P. Eckert
Thomas C. Wells
Galveston
Texas
Baltimore
Walter Brooks
Glen Island Hotel
New York
Twining Bail Raised to Four Thousand Dollars
In the United States District Court Albert Twining cashier of the wrecked First National Bank of Asbury Park faced an indictment for misappropriating bank funds. Judge Kirkpatrick ordered the initial two thousand dollar bail forfeited after Twining was absent. He later appeared with counsel and a new bail of four thousand dollars was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Albert c. Twining
First National Bank of
Asbury Park
Twining
Kirkpatrick
Twining Poe
Jersey City
Pleas of Guilty Not Accepted in Post Office Theft
Frederick J. Kramer and Frank N. Sanford Hoboken Post Office clerks were arraigned in U S District Court in Trenton charged with stealing a letter containing 3 50. They offered to plead guilty to having destroyed the letter but the plea was not accepted and the case was set for trial next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Frederick J. Kramer
Frank N. Sanford
Hoboken
Kirkpatrick
United States District Court
Machen and Go-Betweens Indicted in Postal Case
Grand Jury indicts A. W. Machen Groff brothers George and Martha Lorenz for conspiracy to defraud the U S Government in mailbox fasteners sales to the Post Office Department. Indictment cites 12 counts totaling 25 680 78 filed in Washington with Lorenzs to be brought for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. W. Machen
Groff Brothers
George . Lorenz
Martha J. Lorenz
Post Office Department
Lorenz
Mrs. Lorenz
New York
Philadelphia
Groffs
Diller B. Groff
Machen
Pritchard
Toledo
District of Columbia
United States
Eememnee
Diller B
Gieorge FE
Post Office
Walter S. Aer
Paul E. Williams
Joseph F. Farrell
Theodore W. Warner
William R. Lewis
Public complaints over street box time cards delayed collections
Citizens complain that street box time cards do not clearly show when collectors have completed payments. The issue has attracted ongoing public concern as residents seek transparent reporting of collections and clearer face cards for street boxes.
Postmaster Derousse Removed in Camden New Jersey
Washington June 22 Postmaster Derousse of Camden New Jersey was removed today and Assistant Postmaster Charles P Sayres placed in charge. Bondsmen refuse continued responsibility prompting the action. A new appointment will be made soon. Department officials decline details but inspectors report confirms the public shortage reported by bondsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Derousse
Camden
N. J
Charles P. Sayres
Brooklyn Postal Inquiry Probes Brandt Dent Cashiers Sale
Federal Grand Jury in Brooklyn resumes probe into sales of automatic cashiers to the government by Brandt Dent Company of Watertown Wisconsin and possible congressman connections. Three indictments reportedly found and to be presented to Judge Thomas. DA Youngs denies any bills. Bank teller and bookkeeper examined with ledgers. witnesses include George F. Miller Winfield Scott Strawn and Post Office Inspector Oldfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Brandt-Dent Company
Watertown
Wis
Federal
Thomas
United States Court
Youngs
Brandt
Manhattan
George F. Miller
Brandt Company
Winfield Scott Strawn
Post Office
Oldfield
Grand Jury
Iowa idea peace terms agreed and tariff stance outlined
Washington reports Iowa leaders met with President Roosevelt to push a balanced Iowa idea platform. Senator Allison would frame the platform with Cummins backing, while Gov. Cummins and Roosevelt are poised for renomination. Tariff revision would be urged only when needed and kept to the middle of the road for party harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Iowa
Shaw
Roberts
Mint
Hepburn
Towa
Cummins
Allison
Roosevelt
Arbitration plan debated by Building Trades groups
An open meeting at the Building Trades Club in New York discussed an arbitration plan proposed by the Emergency Committee of the Building Trades Employers Association. Eight members from the Board of Building Trades' Mechanics attended and urged trust in negotiations, while union delegates criticized the employers' lockout and pressed for restored conditions before agreeing to plan terms. No further conference was scheduled, but committees could be received if sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades’ Club
Broadway
Board of Building Trades’ Mechanics
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Committee of Mechanics
Board of
Building Trades’ Mechanics
Otto M. Eidlitz
Employers’ Association
Hidlitz
Richard Patteson
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Patteson
W. H. Farley
Charles Delaney
Mr. Farley
Eidlitz
Convicts in Canyon City Prison Escape. Kuykendall Killed
In Canyon City Ohio? June 22 a convict Kuykendall was shot and killed during a failed prison escape by six inmates at the state penitentiary. The mutineers overpowered staff, seized a bottle of nitroglycerine, captured Warden Cleghorn’s wife, forced guards to retreat, and fled before being recaptured. Kuykendall had been serving a fourteen year term for shooting an officer at the Stratton Independence mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon City
Col
Kirch Kurkendall
State Penitentiary
T.D. Palmer
Kuykendall
S— i Kuykendall
Cleghorn
John Keefe
John C. Cleghorn
Robert Kane
Stratton Independence Mine
Lorenz Defends Wife in Post Office Scandal Indictment
Toledo reports Mr. George E. Lorenz says his wife is innocent and bears no connection to the Washington Post Office scandal case. Attorney John F. Kimler promises a complete defense for Lorenz as he faces federal charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
George E. Lorenz
Federal Grand Jury
Washington
Mr.Lorenz
Lorenz
Kumler
Ellis Jacobs Dies by Self Destruction in Hammond
Ellis Jacobs of New York, reportedly living at 116 West 118th Street, killed himself in Hammond Indiana by eating strychnine tablets. A note pinned to his coat cited a yard refusal and hunger as motive, expressing despair before entering the unknown. Police seek the man who kicked him, as Jacobs had been discharged from Cook County Hospital days earlier and was found near the Monon Railway track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meade
Mott
Judge Mott
Pit Honeve
Leroy B. Crane
Greene
Grant Insu
Strong
Congress
Tenth District
United States
New York
The
New York Times
Chicago
Ellis Jacobs
West One Hundred and Eighteenth Street
Hammond
Ind
Jacobs
Monon
St. Margarets Ose
Cook County Hospital
Congressman's Interest in California Post Office Device
Washington dispatch reports a probe into ex-Representative Loud of California amid the Post Office investigation. The Montagne device, a time indicator for mail boxes, allegedly led to large contracts with a 100 percent profit, with 7 000 units ordered and 10 000 more in process, some unused and stored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Post Office
Laud
California
House Committee
Postal Device and Improvement Company
San Francisco
Loud
Post Office Department
Congress
J.joud
Wynne
Machen
Philadelphia
Chicago
Telegraph Fight to be Brought to Supreme Court
An order signed by Rufus Peckham directs the Western Union Telegraph Company versus the Pennsylvania Railroad and United New Jersey Railroad and Canal to proceed to the Supreme Court for final adjustment. The order, dated June 17 at Altamont, requires Western Union to file a bond of 160000 dollars to cover appeal costs if it loses the final appeal, and preserves current conditions pending the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
William T. Merrick
Circuit Court of Appeals
Rufus W. Peckham
Supreme Court of the United States
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
Supreme Court
Telegraph Company
Altamont
Albany County
Western Union
King Peter faces resistance in Servia after Belgrade promotions
King Peter I’s promotions of Belgrade military officers provoke offense in Servia’s capital. Moscow notes and party tensions rise as exiled rivals return, Russian Austrian pressure mounts over the King Alexander-Queen Draga case, and Geneva hosts a tense departure scene as Peter leaves for Belgrade amid cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Servia
Peter
Geneva
Col
Mischich
Narod Nilist
Alexander
Federal Council
Switzerland
Peter I
Draga
Rue
Belont
Popoviecs
Senate
la Suisse
British Court Mourns for Dead King
London reports King Edward orders the court to observe a fortnight of mourning for the late King Alexander of Servia, with official ceremonies likely to follow across royal circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward
Alexander of
Servia
Balkan Situation Remains Troubled in European Focus
From Vienna The Times correspondent notes no improvement as Europe focuses on Serbia. Macedonian band activity continues and Adrianople vilayet outlook worsens. Sultan’s Albanian guard clash reported, but exact scale of bloodshed remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
New York Times
London
Vienna
Times
Servia
Vilayet
Adrianople
Persistent thief caught at Port Chester home
In Port Chester New York Marion Story trapped a burglar in King Street early this morning after his home was hit repeatedly. The intruder William Stevens formerly a butler to Story confessed to the burglaries. William Searles a street car motorman had been arrested but released after Story’s detective work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portchester
N. Y
Marion Story
King Street
William Searles
Searles
Mr. Story
Citizens' Union Meetings Schedule Fusion Conference
Members of the Citizens Union City Committee held the last regular meeting of the season at union headquarters in Union Square Fast. R Fulton Cutting presided. The session was executive and routine business only. A committee to prevent illegal registration was ordered. Representatives of allied bodies in the anti Tammany Fusion movement meet tonight at the union headquarters for the first Fusion Conference Committee session and the last until September. Permanent organization will be formed, and candidates will not be discussed until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Union City Committee
Union
Union Square
R. Fulton Cutting
Thomas A. Fulton
Poe
Refunding to Continue in Treasury Bond Exchange
Washington reports continuing funding of 8 and 4 percent bonds exchanged for 2 percent consols. Total receipts reach 73 million 224 thousand 850 dollars with no immediate plan to stop operations, though ample notice would be given if a change occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Labor Mayor Challenged in Derby Connecticut
Mayor George P. Sullivan faces a public challenge from Charles J. Donahue president of the State Federation of Labor and Machinists' Union walking delegate. Donahue offers to pay all expenses for a labor mass meeting and a public debate. The mayor is undecided on accepting amid mixed business and union reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Derby
Irish Potatoes Ravaged by Frost and Rain Across Regions
Reports from the west of Ireland, Lancashire, and nearby areas indicate thousands of acres of potatoes ruined by frost and rain. The possible failure of the Irish potato crop could cause widespread hardship for peasants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
West of Ireland
Lancashire
Vesuvius Erupts in Full Force, Naples Dispatch Says
A Naples special dispatch reports Vesuvius in full eruption with intense activity and observable lava and ash plumes. Authorities warn nearby residents and monitor seismic tremors as the event continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesuvius
London
Naples
Volcanio Vesuvius
Count Cassini Delays Washington Departure
Russian Ambassador Count Cassini cannot secure space aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II sailing for Europe and postpones his travel from Washington to early July. He will seek passage on July 25 or the following available voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Cassini
Washington
Europe
Brokerage Firm Divided in Chicago Shakeup
In Chicago on June 22 the formation of a new brokerage firm followed Bartlett Frazier & Co seeking a restraining order against receivership. Partners Peters and Roycroft demanded 250000 for goodwill to retire, threatening action if unmet. Remaining members form Bartlett Frazier Carrington with Carrington Patten Patten Grier. The firm and its members are active on major exchanges and operate 4900 miles of private wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Bartlett, Frazier & Co
Homer H
George W. Patten
Henry J. Patten
John P. Grier
Bartlett, Frazier & Carrington
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
New York Coffee Exchange
New York Produce Exchange
Chicago Stock Exchange
Liverpool Corn Trade Association
Attorney General Rules Railroad Bond Loans Need Board Consent
An AG opinion released today holds the State Board of Railroad Commissioners must consent before railroad companies mortgage property or issue bonds. It cites the Buffalo Aurora and Hamburg Electric Railroad case where bonds were issued without prior approval, deeming post hoc consent improper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Cunneen
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Buffalo, Aurora and Hamburg Electric Railroad Company
Six-Section Police Patrol System Implemented
A new six-section patrol force began at 8 AM yesterday. Officers assigned at 8 AM leave at 4 PM with half off duty and half on reserve, while the relieving sections work until midnight with half going home and half on reserve. All officers expressed satisfaction with the reform.
Haight and Freese Face Certificate Revocation Hearing
Albany hearing held on Col. W. J. Nicholson of Evergreen for annulment of Slaight and Freese incorporation. Attorneys for petitioner and defense included ex-Gov. Black and ex-D.A. Olcott. Haight and Freese officials deny allegations as false and coerced action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Cunneen
Col. W. J. Nicholson
Evergreen
L. I
Slaight & Freese, Stock Brokers
New York City
Daniel S. Decker
Frank S Black
William K.olcott
Machines DUST Workmen At Ashtabula Coal Plant
President Keefe of the Longshoremen Union plans to meet in Ashtabula, Ohio with local workers to address growing discontent over automation at the Pittsburgh Coal Company plant. Trimmers face wage cuts from 2% and 3 cents per ton to a flat 75 dollars monthly, sparking protests and alleged contract violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Ohio
Keefe
Longshoremen’s Union
Chicago
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Dock Manseers
International Longshoremen, Marine and Transport Workers’ Association
Cleveland
Damages Reported At Various City Addresses On Sunday Night
A list shows damages at multiple New York locations from 12 o clock Sunday night to Monday night. Notable names include Isaac Bellig at 259 West 128th Street with 2800 dollars in damage and Claus Oellen at 200 West Houston Street with 435 dollars in damage. Other entries show damages of 25, 100, 35, and similar amounts at addresses on Eleventh Avenue Spring and Varick Streets and West Forty-fifth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelsek
Spring and
Varick
Garvin Machine Company
Eleventh Avenue
Michael Partillo
Dutch Street
One Hundred and Twentyceighth
Isaac Bellig
Houston Street
Claus Oellen
Forty-fifth Street
Hea Ath
Third Avenue
Morris
Seventh Avenue
William Sager
Thirty-third Street
Marv. Johnston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Widener
Mr. Widener
Stickney
Reginald John Campbell
Meade and Mott
T. C. Wells
Brooklyn Postal Inquiry
Sider
Colorado Penitentiary
Hammond, Nd
Congressman Loud
Peckham
Pennsylvania and Western Union
ST. Petersburg
Balkan
Sultan
Citizens’ Union Meeting
LABOR
Conn
Buffalo, Aurora and
Hamburg Electric Railroad Company
Forsythe
China
India
John Forsythe
17Th
18Th Sts
Udolpho Wolfe CO
State St
Noy
Haight & Freese
Albany Dispatch
George G. Turner
Haight & Freese Company
Olcott
Hill
Glenn’s. Sulphur
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