Morse Officials Questioned in Ice Stock Deal Case
In a Brooklyn U S Circuit Court session, Charles Morse and former Consolidated Ice directors faced supplementary proceedings to reveal how the American Ice Company acquired the Consolidated through a 1899 stock transfer. Morse claimed little knowledge of the deal as Judge Chatfield noted a novel procedural question for corporate examinations in federal courts.
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United States Circuit Court
Brooklyn
Charles W. Morse
American Ice Company
M. Wesley Oler
Consolidated Ice Company, Bt
Mr. Morse
Tilbert Meyer
East Eighty-fourth Street
Consolidated
Coney Island Boulevard
Rogers Rogers
Chatfield
Morse
M.W. Oler
American
Geal
Thomas Sturgis
Oler
Reno B. Gattell
United States
Benjamin Tusker
Young
Mr. Tusker
Tusker
Comany
Sturgis
Gattell
New York
Indy Aal
Ice Hearing Adjourned in Ice Trust Case
John B. Stanchfield appeared before Justice Goff in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court and was granted a delay until July 30 to prepare arguments for dismissal. He sought inspection of Grand Jury minutes, a bill of particulars, and dismissal or demurrer if not granted. Indictments allege misdemeanors involving contracts in restraint of trade with the American Ice Company.
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John B. Stanchfield
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Ice Trust
American Ice Company
Wife Shields Husband in Rockaway Beach Shooting Claim
Mary Sheridan goes to police to gain release for her husband Ohn who is jailed after Travers says in an ante mortem statement he was shot by Mrs Sheridan following an insult. Travers, taken to Far Rockaway’s St Joseph Hospital, said the couple argued when he ordered her home. He may die.
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Ohn
George A. Travers
South Elbert Avenue
Rockaway Beach
L. I
Mary Sheridan
Travers
Far Rockaway
John Sheridan
Sheridan
Vermont Democrats Adjourn After Delegates Chosen in Denver Bid
The Democratic State Convention in Burlington adjourned after electing delegates to the National Convention at Denver and nominating a state ticket. The platform denounces the Republican nominating process and condemns the retiring president’s supporters. State officers named include Governor James E. Burke and other statewide offices with at large delegates listed.
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Burlington
Denver
William J. Bryan
Republican Party
John H. Senter
Montpelier
Grover Cleveland
Washington
James E. Burke
John W. Thurston
Island Pond
J. FE. Burns
Rockingham
Thomas B. Bragg
Rutland
James F. Higgins
Arre
J.J. Enright
Burlinga
G. Herbert Ape
Democratic State Convention Ballots for Governorship
The North Carolina Democratic State Convention resumed and held multiple ballots for governor. In the fifteenth ballot W. W. Kitchin led with 350 votes, Locke Craig 327, and Col. Ashley Horne 149. The sixteenth ballot increased Kitchin to 367, Horne to 131, and Craig dropped to 77.
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Charlotte
N. C
W. W. Kitchin
Kitchin
Locke Craig
Buncomb County
Col
Ashley Horne
Craig
McCarren Faces Postponed Writ Hearing Downgrading Denver Delegates
Senior Patrick H. McCarren’s bid to force appointing election inspectors was postponed to July 1 in Brooklyn Supreme Court. The delay weakens his Kings County leadership as he plans for the Denver Democratic National Convention and seeks recognition of his delegates.
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Patrick H. McCarren
Andamus
Board of Elections
Shelly
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Kings County
Denver
Isaac J. Kapper
McCarren
Ewis L. Delafield
Kapper
Democratic National Committee
Auto Mishap Injures Mrs. Boulanger and Daughters
Mrs. Emil Boulanger of 404 Fifth Avenue Manhattan and her daughter Amity twelve are hospitalized in Union Hill New Jersey after a Hudson Boulevard auto crash. Also riding were Mr. Boulanger and Emily fifteen who escaped with cuts and injuries. The car’s front wheels jolted to one side at Liberty Street causing a rollover during a trip to the upper ferries.
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Emil Boulange
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
North Hudson Hospital
Union Hill
N. J
Amity
Hudson Boulevard
Boulanger
Bootblacks Appeal Over Dowling Permit Ordinance
Bootblacks issue appeal to citizens who believe in just legislation against the Dowling ordinance now before the Board of Aldermen. The ordinance would punish sale of a bootblack or newsstand permit. A hearing is set for Monday at 2 PM and a mass meeting will be held at 504 Pearl Street at noon that date.
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Bootblacks
Board of Aldermen
Pearl Street
Trading Stock Deals Tie Coster Knapp Insolvency to Panic
Michael J. Welch, manager for Marshall Spader and Co, testified before Commissioner Alexander that Coster Knapp and Co owed Marshall Spader and Co during the panic, with long and short positions and questionable certificates. The inquiry examined stock borrowing and margin practices, and whether records accurately reflected trades and securities.
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Michael J. Welch
Marshall, Spader & Co
Coster, Knapp & Co
United States
Alexander
H. B. Payson
Menken
Welch
Marshall,Spader & Co
St. Paul
Spader
St. Paul Common
Interborough
Coster, Knapp & Co. Son
Wall Street
Marshall, Spader &Co
Coster,Knapp & Co
Pogson
Coster, Knapp. & Co
Two Drowned in St Lawrence Collision Near Clayton
A motor skiff carrying Edward Wells 18 of Round Island and Lulu Carmen of Albany was struck by a fast Clayton motorboat near Clayton depot dock on the St. Lawrence. Edward Wells and Lulu Carmen perished after the collision while Emma McGraw of Auburn and William Wells survived. District Attorney Pitcher will oversee the inquest at the Coroner's office. criminal proceedings may follow.
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New York Times
Thousand Island Park
N. Y
Edward Wells
Round Island
Lulu Carmen
Albany
St. Lawrence
Clayton
William Wells
Edward
Emma McGraw
Auburn
George Miller
George Boynton
Watertown
Ee Wells
Miss McGraw
Carmen
Frontenac
Pitcher
Greenwich Miss Wurster Thrown In Runaway Near Golf Club
Miss Marie Wurster daughter of ex mayor F W Wurster Brooklyn escaped serious injuries after a carriage runaway at Fairfield County Golf Club in Greenwich. She rode with a McCord son and the driver when horses bolted down a hill and the party was thrown into a jagged rock gully. Wurster was shocked but recovered and driven home.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Marie Wurster
F. W. Wurster
Brooklyn
Fairfield County Golf Club
Miss Wurster
Mr. McCord
No Tower Compromise in High-Profile Separation Suit
June 26 in White Plains. Justice Keogh urged an open court and a week to settle the divorce action brought by Mary Bogardus Tower against Albert Edward Tower the Ironmaster and yachtsman. Tower seeks 1000 monthly alimony and fees. husband valued at about 7 million.
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New York Times
White Plains
Supreme Court
Keogh
Mary Bogardus Tower
Jtelaphone
Poughkeepsie
Albert Edward Tower
Charles Morschauser
Union agent Frank McGee convicted in New Haven strike case
Frank McGee, a union labor agent, found guilty by a jury in the Common Pleas Court on three counts alleging intimidation linked to a McLagan foundry strike in New Haven about ten months ago. He received three months on cash count, with a stay of execution to permit a Supreme Court appeal.
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New Haven
Conn
Frank McGee
Common Pleas Court
McLagan
McGee
Supreme Court
Military Orders Sealing Staff Moves and Inspections
The United Service notes assignments and travel for army officers Major D S Stanley and Major H T Allen to inspect and purchase horses in Virginia Montana and Wyoming while Captain R C Croxton and Captain W H Bertsch receive related duties. Navy officers Lieut Commander R L Russell and Lieuts F W Sterling J L Hifleman G B Landenberger are assigned to lighthouse district inspection and Montana duties.
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Washington
Stanley
Milwood
H. T. Allen
Eighth Cavalry
Montana
Wyoming
R. C. Croxton
St. Paul
Minn
Miles City
Mon
R.L. Russell
Fifth
Baltimore
F. W.sterling
J. L. Hifleman
G. B.landenberger
Severn
Navy
Movements of Naval Vessels at New London
Five ships sailed from major yards including Powhattan from New York to Bradford Nebraska and Kentucky, Bremerton to San Francisco, Dupueque from Hampton Roads to New York, with Aner Tonto and Abarenda listed as curacao at sea.
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New London
Powhattan
Navy Yard
New York
Bradford
R.T
Nebraska
Kentucky
Bremerton
San Francisco
Dupuque
Hampton Roads
Aner Tonto
Curacao
Abarenda
Escaped Inmate Alleges Mistreatment at Morris Plains Asylum
William F. Sullivan, an escaped inmate living at 17 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, claims he was unjustly confined at Morris Plains New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane. He alleges officials and attendants aided his escape, separated him from a destitute family, and denied communication with kin.
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New Jersey State Hospital
Morris Plains
Newark
William F. Sullivan
Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Sullivan
Dry. Livingston
Hinckley
Charles F. Lehrbach
Fourteenth Resgiment
James J. Byrnes
New York Police Department
Byrnes
Brittem D. Evans
Gates, Peace & Co
Greenpoint
N. J
L. Plant & Co
West Forty-third Street
Manhattan
Essex County Asylum For the
Pigeons Set US Race Record From Napanee to Washington
Seventy homing pigeons from the Washington Federation of Pigeon Fanciers began the race at Napanee Indiana toward Washington. One bird broke the national distance record by flying 508 miles in 693 minutes at a speed of 1284 yards per minute, setting a new mark for this event.
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Washington
Washington Federation of Pigeon Fanciers
Napanee
Ind
United States
Governor appoints Owen L. Potter as counsel to the Governor
Albany June 26 Gov Hughes announces Owen L Potter of Albany will replace Edward Sandford as counsel to the Governor Potter born Ithaca June 21 1865 and Cornell Law School graduate 1889 has been with the Executive Department since 1905
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Albany
Hughes
Owen L. Potter
Edward Sandford
Potter
Ithaca
Cornell Law School
Insane Men Who Held Responsible Positions
Dr. R Montfort Schley reports many patients in high posts end up in asylum. He cites cases of a cashier left in charge of a National bank with little supervision after a suicide attempt and a lawyer managing six estates for widows and orphans without mental condition checks.
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Kansas City, Mo
Society of Neurology and Psychiatry
American Institute of Homeopathy
R. Montfort Schley
Gowanda
N.Y., State Hospital
Grubstake Suit in Alaska Upheld by Supreme Court
Seattle reports a $1,000,000 Alaskan property dispute decided on appeal. Captain E. T. Barnette, Fairbanks banker and mining operator, must account for assets gained in the Tanana district. James P. Causten, Porto Rico customs collector, is awarded one third of Barnette’s possessions per the court ruling.
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Seattle
Washington
Supreme Court
E. T. Barnette
Fairbanks
Tanana
James P. Causten
Porto Rico
Barnette
Causten
Heir Claims $90 Million Wilmington Estate
B N Springer of Ukiah California claims he is the heir to a Wilmington Delaware estate valued at 90 million dollars. The 1789 will left land in Wilmington and Pennsylvania farming lands to the Swedish Church under a ninety nine year lease. The lease ended in 1880 and now many Springers seek to connect to the estate. He plans to pursue descent proof and heirs organize to fund the case.
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Ukiah
Cal
B. N. Springer
Wilmington
Del
Christopher Springer
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Pacific
Brakeman Sacrifices Life to Save Train From Collision
Paris, Ul June 26 Lawrence Friend a 28 year old brakeman died saving the Knickerbocker Special approaching at forty miles an hour. He diverted a switch to divert the passenger train but was crushed by the engine as the two trains nearly collided.
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Paris
Lawrence Friend
Lfe
Friend
Knickerbocker
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