Divorce Fraud Unearthed by Supreme Court Inquiries
Supreme Court Justices and the District Attorney disclose a widespread conspiracy to defeat justice in divorce cases through fake testimony. Henry Zeimer and Frank Wilson are jailed on bail, with a woman witness detained. several cases are under scrutiny for perjury, forgery, and conspiracy as investigators pursue dozens of potential victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Lawrence and Scott
Unger
Gordon
Henry Zeimer
Broadway
Lexington Avenue
Frank Wilson
East Seventy-seventh Street
Recorder Golf
Mary H. Tompkins
Grosvenor
S. Hubbard
Byrde G. Herrick
William C. Herrick
Zeimer
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
Scott
Frank D. Shaw
Justice Scott
William G. Parsons
Bertha Parsons
Amos G. Russell
Russell
Abraham A. Joseph
Wilson
James Hadden
Shaw
Parsons
Henry Fisher
Mr. Unger
Spondent
NEW York Times
West Sixty-sixth Street
Weimer
Lawrence
Joseph
Hopper
Fifth District Court
Mr. Joseph
Morton House
Hubbard
Herrick
W. Waldo Maison
Maison
Fifth Avenue
Dugro
Bperats
England
A&a
Financial brief notes and market quotes
Stocks strong and commodities listed with prices for wheat corn oats cotton iron butter and more. The issue highlights page references for market news arrivals at hotels investigations courts real estate society and fire reports from yesterday and forthcoming pages.
Gale visits New York as coast braces for hurricane winds
A brisk northwesterly wind rose into a hurricane along the New York coast with gusts to 72 mph and a marked temperature fall from 48 to 41. The storm caused widespread damage from Harlem to Coney Island, delaying ships, sinking a sloop at Sandy Hook, and injuring one man, Albert Thomas of Astoria, by a falling sign.
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New York City
Weather Bureau
Prisk
Harlem
Battery
River Front
Albert Thomas
Astoria
Second Avenue
West Twenty-fifth Street
Hoffman
Broadway
Twenty-seventh Street
St. Paul
Navy Yard
Wall Street
Nina
Coney Island
Gravesend
Srvice
Staten Island
Long Island
Highlands
Sandy Hook
Standard Oil
Bayonne
St. George
Aileen
Brooklyn Naval Militia
Bay Ridge
E. T. Dalzell
Grover Cleveland
Chevelin
Ordnance Department
Shelter Island
Gypsy
Fordham
Minnie
Colton
St. Louis
Lucania
Blizzard Up the State Grounds New York Snowstorm
A severe November blizzard plows northern New York with heavy snow, strong winds, and cut communications. Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, Paul Smith's report a foot of snow. Lyon Mountain shows nine inches as trains run late and wires are blown down.
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Plattsburg
New York
Saranac Lake
Lake Placid
Paul Smith
Adirondacks
Lyon Mountain
Chateaugay Road
Blizzard Rages Across Northwestern Connecticut Weather
Snow and a fierce gale sweep the extreme northwest region as winds reach fifty miles per hour. Telegraph poles down and tree branches litter streets from Salisbury to Boston Corners. Train delays occur on the Central New England Railroad with poles felled from Millerton to Copake Iron Works.
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Winsted
Conn
Connecticut
Central New England Railroad
Salisbury
N. Y
Boston Corners
Harlem
Millerton
Copake Iron Works
Severe Connecticut Snowstorm Paralyzes Travel
Connecticut reports eleven inches of snow with sleet and hail storms followed by an old fashioned snowstorm. Daybreak electrical storm caused damage as poles and wires were blown down on the New York New Haven Hartford line and between Canaan and Falls Village. Traffic is completely impeded by fallen trees.
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of Connecticut
Canaan
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Falls Village
Three Waterspouts Dazzle Narragansett Bay
Special to The New York Times reports three waterspouts seen in Narragansett Bay near Conanicut Island on November 9. The largest stood about 300 feet high, driven by a southwest surge, while a savage harbor whirlwind caused greater damage. Capt. George Rochester of the Reliance described a near engulfing escape as the shafts burst further up the bay.
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Providence
Narragansett Bay
West Passage
Conan
Rainbow Ashore After Mooring Break in Bristol Gale
Cornelius Vanderbilt's seventy-foot Rainbow broke from her moorings off the Herreshoff shops during a heavy gale and went ashore near the dock in Bristol. The yacht had been brought for extensive overhauling after heavy race work and had not been hauled out.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Bristol
R. I
Herreshoff
Linseed stock slumps as management row sparks market talk
Chicago reports say American Linseed preferred stock fell five points on the exchange amid rumors of internal management strife and flaxseed market disagreements. D W Trotter counters that the firm is not in trouble, with assets and surplus value cited to reassure investors. Trading volume shows 7,042 common and 17,827 preferred shares sold.
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Chicago
D. W. Trotter
la Salle Street
Burglary case ends with technicality in Louisville
George Brown alias Hillary Carr escaped a life term after the court found a fatal defect in the indictment. He was charged with house breaking but the record showed a schoolhouse. Despite prior penitentiary terms, the Habitual Criminal act could not be applied. Judge Barker granted the discharge after defense counsel raised the discrepancy.
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Louisville
George Brown
Hillary Carr
Speckert
Barker
Cheap Gas for Chicago Expands To Large Buildings
Chicago Nov 9 T W Harvey launches competition against the Gas Trust and Ogden Gas Co by supplying high heat per plant gas to downtown offices hotels and factories. Offices of the new firm in Monadnock Building. No plans for private homes. Gas costs 10 to 12 cents per thousand cubic feet, far cheaper than Peopl es Gas Light and Coke and Ogden. Gas similar to natural gas but odorless and not usable for lighting without a mantle.
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Chicago
T. W. Harvey
Gas Trust
Ogden Gas Company
Monadnock
People’s Gas Light and Coke
Ogden Gas
Harvey
Five Hurt as Tender Leaves Track in Pennsylvania Rail Accident
Five persons were slightly injured at Bailey's Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad when the tender of the Pittsburgh Limited jumped the track. Injured include Mark Jacobs of New York Benjamin Mogie of New York Mrs. William McCreary of Pittsburgh and Richard Purcell and E J Shelton Pullman car porters of Jersey City. None of the cars wrecked and all injuries allowed passengers to continue their journey.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Bailey’s Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg Limited
Mark Jacobs
Seventh Avenue
New York
Benjamin Mogie
Nassau Street
William McCreary
Pittsburg
Richard Purcell
E. J. Shelton
Jersey City
Pullman Car
Tenants in Fire Panic in Williamsburg Five Story Tenement
A fire at 15 Moore Street in Brooklyn caused a rapid panic among twenty families totaling about 120 people. Minnie Shirk, eleven, was severely burned and died in hospital. firefighters evacuated tenants from the roof as smoke and flames filled the building. Damage to the structure is $2000 and the cause remains unknown.
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Dry Goods and Notion
David Dobrowsky
Moore Street
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Minnie Shirk
St. Catharine's Hospital
Adam ‘Shirk
Bobrowsky
MacArthur to lead vigorous campaign in the Philippines
The New York Times reports Secretary Root plans a decisive offensive by Gen. MacArthur against Filipino rebels. Two animal transports with cavalry horses left Manila as the campaign braces for action. Congress may be urged to widen the regular army if needed.
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Washington
Navy
Root
MacArthur
Aguinaldo
Manila
Vigan
China
Philippines
Cntrary
Congress
Gen. Chaffee
Philippine
Otis
Islands
End of Rebellion Seen After Election Says Otis
Major General Elwell S. Otis predicts the November election will show the American people support McKinley and bring an end to opposition in the Philippines. He says natives fear revolts will wane as troops remain, leading to greater friendliness and reduced unrest.
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Chicago
Elwell S. Otis
McKinley
Nerve Tonic Ad Promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Dr. H. M. Harrow of Augusta Maine endorses Horsford's Acid Phosphate as one of the best remedies when a system needs both an acid and a nerve tonic. The advertisement promotes this tonic for general health benefits.
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Horsford
H. M. Harrow
Augusta
McKinley Replies to Bryan on Congratulation Message
President McKinley sent a cordial reply to William J. Bryan thanking him for his congratulation and extending good wishes. The message, dated November 9, 1900, was addressed from the Executive Mansion in Washington and notes Bryan's note arriving in Canton after McKinley departed for the capital.
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Washington
McKinley
Mr. Bryan
Executive Mansion
William J. Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
William McKinley
Canton
Mr. McKinley
Meat Prices Rise As Chicago Packers Increase One Cent Per Pound
Chicago dispatch reports a flat one cent per pound rise on beef pork and mutton by packers. Retail prices follow with cuts up to five cents and pork tenderloin up similarly. Packagers claim losses over years justify the move and tie the timing to the election.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Princeton Cane Spree Sees Freshmen Win Two Of Three
Freshmen claim two of the three cane spree bouts at Princeton New Jersey as E. P. Fellows beats W. A. Coulter in a long light-weight bout J W Ames defeats G. Fox in middleweight and H. P Butler downs B. Cole in heavyweights The sophomores angrily pursue the freshmen home after the event.
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Princeton
N. J
E. P. Fellows
W. A. Coulter
J. W. Ames
G. Fox
H. P. Butler
B. Cole
Bank vault robbery traps Barbourville doctor
Dr G H Albright was abducted by four masked men from a public square in Barbourville Kentucky after Civil War style safe blowing. They locked him inside a bank vault as they looted about five thousand five hundred dollars while another bank on the block was entered with no damage.
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Barbourville
G. H. Albright
John A. Black
Doctor Broust
Cumberland Valley Bank
Moose Heads Attract Attention On Bangor Hunts
F D Stowell of Boston brought a large moose head from the west branch region to Bangor for mounting. E F Hutton of New York owns another big head that arrived from Ashland. W T Jenkins, back from a Newfoundland caribou trip with Bangor friends, reports seeing thousands of caribou and bringing home twenty one heads.
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Bangor
West Branch
F. D. Stowell
Boston
Ashland
E. F. Hutton
New York
W. T. Jenkins
Newfoundland
Island
Political Thanksgiving Proclamation From Governor Thomas
Governor Thomas of Colorado delivers a semi political Thanksgiving proclamation praising national unity prosperity and restraint. He notes the nation faced political strife yet maintains faith in constitutional law while acknowledging military strength and war efficiency. He calls for gratitude for bounty and safety.
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Denver
Col
Thomas
Republic
Burnett’s Vanilla Extract Endorsed As Best Choice
A brief ad praise extols Burnett’s Vanilla Extract as the best flavoring. The copy urges customers to insist on it and warns against cheap substitutes, attributed to Adyv.
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Burnett
Adyv
Odell Denies Telegraph Delayed Van Wyck Probe
Governor elect B B Odell Jr denies sending any telegram to Theodore Roosevelt to suppress Mayor Van Wyck's answer to charges over ice trust contracts. The World published the Mayor's lengthy reply and Attorney General Davies's opinion urging caution and delaying publication until Roosevelt's return.
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B. B. Odell, Jr
Gov
Roosevelt
van Wyck
Ice Trust
New York World
Davies
Mr. Odell
Odell
Republican National Campaign Committee
Union League Club
TIMES
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Cripple Creek
Col
B. B. Odell
Albany
Gaynor
Brooklyn
American Ice Company
Morse
City of
America Ty Yee Company
New York City
Chicago
David Ferguson
Louis Southworth
J. Noble Hayes
Wheeler H. Peckham
Meyer
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Peckham
Greater New York
Woodruff
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Tompkins
Review OF Books and Art
Norfolk
The
Bears
Chicago Stock Exchange
Tender
Saratoga Arondack
Hoffman House
Ders
New York Timess
Gen. Otis
Bryan
Chicago Packers
Kentucky
Maine
Colorado
Odell and the Ige Trust
Mr. Roosevelt
Torney
MR. Davies
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