Equitable Directors Hold Private Conference on Factions
Twenty three directors of Equitable Life Assurance Society met in the board room to discuss Hyde and Alexander factions amid charges of mismanagement. Senator Chauncey M Depew received a legal summons from Mary S Young demanding directors account for fund handling. A general conference followed with directors urged to consider future management before any official action.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hyde
Alexander
Equitable Directorate
Mary S. Young
Saratoga County
Brackett
The
Equitable
Supreme Court
Young
Mayer
Senator Brackett
James H. Hyde
Depew
Edward H. Harriman
Equitable Life
John M. Kellogg
Ballston Spa
James M. Hyde
Senator Depew
Schiff
Charles Stewart Smith
M. E. Ingills
D. O. Mills
Jacob H. Schiff
C. 8. Smith
E. H. Harriman
J.T. Low
George J. Gould
Chaunncey M. Depew
Index to Departments in the Daily Chronicle
A brief catalog lists sections and page numbers for the newspaper. It covers Commercial World Amusements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers Business Troubles Court Calendars Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report Yesterday's Fires with respective page placements.
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Marine Intelligence
United Service
Weather Report
Chase of Vanderbilt Mercedes by Bicycle Police
Casey the bicycle officer pursues William K. Vanderbilt Jr.'s ninety horsepower Mercedes through Seventh Avenue to Forty-seventh Street. The French chauffeur Henri de Dailloux stops only after police arrival and crowd pressure, claiming an engagement at ten. The car had been clocked at about forty-five miles per hour as it sped past pedestrians and cars.
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Seventh Avenue
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Casey
Mercedes
Henri de Dailloux
Florida
Forty-fourth Street
Forty-sixth Street
Fiftieth Street
Fifty-third
Sixth Avenue
Troley
Meester Vanderbilt
de Dailleux
Wood
One Man Quells Mob at Newburg Brick Yard
District Attorney A H F Seeger wrested a double barreled shotgun from a striker and ordered the crowd to disperse near a brick yard south of Newburg. About 3000 strikers, largely Italian and Black, had gathered from Fishkill Roseton and Danskammer carrying a red flag. Seeger warned of trouble if violence continued and vowed to jail ringleaders as warrants were sworn for Italian Joseph Peasone and Black Cyrus White on inciting riot and disorderly conduct.
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New York Times
Newburg
A.H. F. Seeger
Fishkill
Roseton
Danskammer
Davidson
Lahey
Seeger
Mr. Lahey
Justice Flynn
New Windsor
Joseph Peasone
Cyrus White
Steamers Finland and Fordney Sighted Near Nantucket
The steamship Finland from Antwerp and Dover bound for New York was in wireless contact with Siasconsett at 10 pm yesterday, about 120 miles east of the Nantucket Lightship and expected to dock late tonight. The Joseph W Fordney from New Orleans via Baltimore arrived outside the bar at 8 pm yesterday, and the Rio Grande from Mobile and Brunswick was seen passing Sandy Hook at 12:40 am today.
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Finland
Antwerp
Dover
New York
Siasconsett
Mass
Nantucket
Joseph W. Fordney
New Orleans
Baltimore
Bar
Rio Grande
Mobile
Brunswick
Sandy Hook
Notable Farewell Banquet for Ambassador Choate
At a banquet honoring Hon. Joseph H. Choate after his retirement the Bench and Bar of England served only G. H. Mumm champagne. The event was one of the most brilliant of recent times and highlighted the wine’s elite status in Great Britain.
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Ambassador Choate
Joseph H. Choate
England
G. H. Mumm
Great Britain
Adv
Wrecked in Rowboat Boys Wander Three Days
Three youths split from home in a rowboat at Hell's Kitchen and drifted up the North River for three days. They found shelter on Marble Hill and Harlem before returning, with Wilson receiving thrashings for desertion and lying about his whereabouts.
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Robert Wilson
Hell's Kitchen District
Johnny Wood
Wood
George Bradler
Fiftieth Street
North River
Spuyten Duyvil
King’s Bridge
High Bridge
Mrs Meyer Narrowly Escapes Injury in Auto Shaft Incident
Mrs Cord Meyer Jr. had a close call when a surrey shaft crashed into the rear of her auto in Long Island City after horse teams from a ferry arrived on Borden Avenue. She leaped up just as the shaft pierced the car, leaving the runaways to halt.
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Cord Meyer, Jr
Mrs Osborn Wins Interlocutory Divorce
Mrs Josepha Neilson Osborn a dress maker who briefly ran Mrs Osborns Playhouse in West Forty fourth Street has obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce from Robert A Osborn. Separated for a year she did not seek alimony and will be free to remarry after three months. They wed June 8 1888 and have one child adopted by Mrs Osborns stepfather Jacob Stout. The case was heard before referee Francis L Patton Jr amid much secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josepha Neilson Osborn
Sheridan monument panel rejected by Mrs Sheridan
At a Philip H. Sheridan Monument Commission meeting on May 8 Mrs Sheridan rejected the Army of the Cumberland committee model. The committee owes $4,000 of an $2,500 already spent. the commission seeks Congress to raise funds to about $79,000 for restaging the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip H. Sheridan Monument Commission
Sheridan
Committee of the Army of the Cumberland
Congress
Lakewood Spring Run Draws Auto and Golf Enthusiasts
From New York to Lakewood the popular Spring run draws automobiling fans. Activities include golf cross-country riding driving polo and boating with Laurel House and Laurel in the Pines featured as season sights in June.
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Lakewood
N. J
New York
Laurel House
Laurel In the Pines
Emperor William Calls Japanese Scourge of God in Speech
Berlin May 8 The Evangelische Kirchen Zeitung prints Emperor William remarks at Wilhelmshaven March 9 praising Japanese patriotism discipline and virtues while warning Germans not to invite divine chastisement. He likened Japan to a scourge of God alongside Attila and Napoleon and urged vigilance to avoid such a fate.
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Berlin
Evangelische Kirchen Zeitung
William
Wilhelmshaven
Kirchen Zeitung
Lord Christ
Jacob Wrestlg
Attila
Napoleon
Woman Recovers Lost $8850 After Kind Strangers Return It
Mrs. Mary Slavin of Williamsburg recovered $8,850 she had drawn from the Williamsburg Trust Company after an elderly unnamed Brooklyn couple, who found the money in front of Nassau Trust Company, returned it to her. She offered $200 reward, which they initially declined due to concern for their priest son and notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Slavin
South Sixth Street
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Trust Company
Broadway
Bedford Avenue
Russian navy contracts to be built in the United States
Eight battleships and twenty cruisers for the Russian government will cost about 65 million dollars and be built by American shipyards. A Russian Admiralty representative said fifty four vessels in total would be constructed, with Schwab and other Americans likely securing substantial contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
United States
Bellevue-Stratford
Charles M. Schwab
Ieres
Cramp Yards
New York
Schwab
Europe
Policeman Rescues Women From City Restaurant Fire
Policeman Hawkins of the East One Hundred Sixty sixth Street Station saved Mrs. Mary Grogan and another woman from a three story building at 2210 Third Avenue where a grease fire in Joe Severn’s restaurant caused significant damage. He carried them through smoke filled halls to the street amid cheers.
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Third Avenue
Mary Grogan
Hawkins
East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Joe
Severn
Mrs. Grogan
Police Changes Ahead at City Department
Police Commissioner McAdoo signaled possible retirements of senior officers this week and hinted at acting promotions if he does not alter plans. He requested new eligible lists for Inspectors and Captains.
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McAdoo
Wnless
Missouri Wins Battleship Race Off Cape Henry
Seven U S Navy battleships raced from Pensacola to Hampton Roads with Missouri taking the lead and finishing ahead of Maine Kearsarge Kentucky Iowa Massachusetts Alabama. The Alabama suffered propeller trouble and will go to dry dock in New York. Massachusetts later reached League Island Navy Yard and will also dry dock after an eventful voyage.
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United States Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Missouri
Alabama
Robly D. Evans
Maine
Charles H. Davis
Pensacola
Fla
Hampton Roads
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Iowa
Massachusetts
Cape Henry
Evans
Bos Capa Cassis
New York Times
Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
Santiago
E. D. Taussig
Ferryboat New York Narrowly Avoids Collision with Maryland
The ferryboat New York of the Fulton Street line, crowded with passengers, escaped a collision with the transport Maryland of the New Haven Road at 7 40. The Maryland pushed the ferry, causing a side bump that bent the rail and tore the wheel cover. Panic ensued as about 75 passengers, including a dozen women, were transferred to the Maryland and the New York sailed to Atlantic Avenue for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fulton Street
Maryland
New Haven Road
Atlantic Avenue
Sound Robbers Busy In Throggs Neck Homes
Residents of the Country Club area and Throggs Neck fear a longtime gang robbing Long Island Sound homes. A recent break-in at 707 Fifth Avenue by two sleeping caretakers present found intruders taking silverware and other valuables and dining at the owner's expense. Real estate operator De R Wissman reported the crime from Liberty Street contacts.
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Country Club Section
Throgg’s Neck
Long Island Sound
de R. Wissman
Liberty Street
Throgg
Fifth Avenue
Usher's Scotch Highball Legacy Ad Praises Best Taste
An advertisement extols USHER'S Scotch as the drink that made the highball famous and calls it the best. The brief copy emphasizes quality and tradition in a vintage spirit.
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Usher
Adv
Rumored Loss of Japanese Flagship Mikasa Near Korea
Paris reports rumors from Russian circles that the Japanese flagship Mikasa was lost in the Straits of Korea five or six days earlier. One claim says a drifting mine blew her up. another says she ran ashore in fog.
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Paris
Straits of Korea
Massacre Rumor Circulates About Jews in Zhito Mir
Rumors sweep St. Petersburg that a three days massacre of Jews may have occurred in Zhito mir, capital of Volhynia Governorate in Southwestern Russia. The reports are unconfirmed.
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St. Petersburg
Zhitomir
Volhynia
Russia
OTERI CAPTAIN SUSPENDED FOR DODGING RESCUE EFFORTS
Captain W. H. Hotville of the United Fruit steamer Oteri is suspended after allegedly refusing to assist the President's yacht Sylph off the Florida coast. Lieut. Evans of the Sylph said Hotville replied in disdain when asked to tow, declaring I am no damned towboat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baltimore
W. H. Hotville
United Fruit Company
Oteri
Sylph
Florida
Hotville
Lieut. Evans
The
Capt. Hotville
Players elect John Drew President of The Players Club
The Board of Directors met yesterday at 16 Gramercy Park and elected John Drew president to succeed the late Joseph Jefferson. Drew becomes the club’s third president following Edwin Booth and Jefferson. William Bispham named vice president. H B Hodges recording secretary and William C Bamburgh treasurer were re elected.
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Players
Gramercy Park
John Drew
Joseph Jefferson
Drew
Edwin Booth
Mr. Jefferson
William Bispham
H. B. Hodges
William C. Bamburgh
Bank confession found in Middleton Bank shortage case
Waverly Missouri May 8 State Auditors probe into alleged bank shortage uncovered a note signed by Cashier E H Lewis claiming he caused a $62000 loss and exonerating Assistant Cashier Warner The note was found in Lewis's private box and police have searched since April 24 with no clues available.
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Waverly
Middleton Bank
E. H. Lewis
Warner
Lewis
Striking Decline of a Star in Coronae
Boston observers report a remarkable light change in variable star 154428 R Coronae from magnitude 6 to 9.4 10 during March to September 1903 and near magnitude 6 since 1905. By April 1905 its brightness rose to about 12.5-10. Astronomers urge further telescope work to confirm if the star vanishes, using nearby comparison stars and Harvard maps Plate 18.
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New York Times
Boston
Harvard College Observatory
Leon Campbell
Harvard Annals
Harvard
Kirke La Shelle III Ill in Bellport Home
Playwright Kirke La Shelle is gravely ill at his Bellport Summer home with blood poisoning feared after a lawn roller accident and a scalding steam valve incident. He has lived there about two weeks with Mrs La Shelle and two children. doctors held a consultation.
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Bellport
L. I
Kirke la Shelle
Woman Attempts Suicide On Broadway After The Fa tal Wedding
Ella Sorbey a nineteen year old waitress drank laudanum at Broadway and Leonard Street in front of two girlfriends and a young man. She was taken to Hudson Street Hospital believed to be dying. police note letters to her father and mother. hard family strains cited. Edith Wilmer Gussie Schuester and Thomas Mullane were present. Sorbey had attended The Fatal Wedding at the Third Avenue Theatre earlier.
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Ella Sorbey
Broadway
Leonard Street
Hudson Street Hospital
Edith Wilmer
Gussie Schuester
Thomas Mullane
Mullane
Batavia Street
Kenney
King Street
J. W. Sorbey
North Moore Street
Travel by New York Central to Buffalo and Niagara Falls
The note endorses the New York Central as the best route to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. It cites the railway’s six tracks and an 18-train daily service, mentioning 2 cent mileage tickets as available.
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Buffalo
Niagara Falls
New York Central
Russians Leave French Waters After French Pressure
French authorities compelled the Baltic Fleet to clear French territorial waters after Admiral de Jonquières backed up representations to Admiral Rojestvensky. Indochina restrictions cut telegraph links. Japanese and British reactions cited. Rojestvensky warned to depart Kamranh Bay near Hon Koho Bay.
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Rosestvenskyy
Kamranh Bay
Admirel de Jonquiéres
Rosestvenesky
Dogger Bank
Saigon
Rojestvensky
Rojestvensky His Own Law
British readers view the Paris neutrality note on Admiral Rojestvensky with skepticism. They believe France failed to curb his Baltic fleet and acknowledge he answers to no external authority. A British admiral notes three parties to the war: Russia, Japan, and Rojestvensky.
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NEW York Times
London
Paris
France
Rojestvensky
Baltic
Japan
Russia
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Highbridge
Nickel Capitalist
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West Fiftythird Street
Bradler
Bronx
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Central Park
Harry
Fifty-eighth Street
West Fifty-third Street
Brodler
Wilson
Shaft
Surrey
Husband
Kaiser
Germany
Swift Missouri
Maine Second
Wissman
Togo
London TimEs
Club
Corona
Kirke LA Shelle III
Jonquieres
Associated Press
Kong-Hai
Kanh-Hea
Nha-trang
Bay
Motono
Foreign Office
Delcassé
Indo-China
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