Vreeland Inspector Under Oath on Ferries Deal
Metropolitan Street Railway president H H Vreeland testified for four hours in a civil suit over alleged damages. He denied knowledge of a $116,652 payment to Thomas F Ryan and others, and claimed ignorance of a $500,000 fund tied to Cortland Street Ferries. The case adjourned until Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
H. H. Vreeland
Thomas F. Ryan
William C. Whitney
Thomas Dolan
William M. Elkins
P. A. B. Widener
Cortlant Street Ferries
Public Service Commission
Interborough Company
Vreeland
Plaintff
Emanuel Weil
D. C. Moorehead
Eugene Kremer
Tfoung
Mr. Vreeland
Ryan
Kremer
Mr Stanchfield
Board of Directors
Mr. Kremer
Mr Vreeland
Suburban Pla n Hear d Public Service Commission Panel
The Public Service Commission for the 24 District opened hearings on New York Central suburban service in Yonkers and Putnam Division. Officials debated commission power over commute rates, adjourned to May 18, and discussed passenger profits, rider numbers, and driverless express service versus cost. Vice President Daly defended the line while noting most riders are infrequent and many signers were urged to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Public Service Commission
24 District
Commission For
1St District
Paulding
Railroad
Stevens
Joseph S. Wood
Putnam
Frederick T. Stack
Decker
Wes
Daly
Hudson River
Mie
New York
IRT seeks third platform at City Hall station
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company notified the Public Service Commission it would accept an order to construct a third platform at the City Hall station on the Third Avenue elevated line. The plan, once proposed years ago, faced owners objections. The city now owns the Staate Zeitung building and plans to submit platform plans on April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Motice
Public Service Commission
City Hall
Third Avenue
Staate-Zeitung
Dr Patrick to Speak at Collegiate Church Meeting
At the Collegiate Church on Fifth Avenue and Forty eighth Street tomorrow morning at 1 0 o clock Mrs Robert Harris leads the devotional meeting of the Ladies Christian Union and Dr Mary N Patrick of Constantinople will speak. Women are cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collegiate Church
Fifth Avenue
48Th Street
Robert Harris
Ladies’ Christian Union
Mary N. Patrick
Constantinople
Bingham criticizes police, touts booth patrols and dogs
At the City Club sixteenth anniversary dinner, Police Commissioner Bingham praised current police law, urged harsher punishments for captains, and described new patrol booths with bicycle cops and telephones. He noted effective police dogs cutting burglary rates and floated a civilian detective squad funded later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
City Club
Titus
Hamilton Heights
Bronx
Spuyten Duyvil
Riverside Avenue
Flatbush
Edmond Kelly
John E. Parsons
Austen G. Fox
R. Fulton Cutting
Robert C. Ogden
New York
TIM HEATS BINGHAM PUSHES FOR SECRET SERVICE POLICE
General Bingham urged the Board of Aldermen Finance Committee to report a $100,000 request for a secret service police to hunt anarchists. Alderman Sullivan questioned secrecy and effectiveness, while Bingham defended the need citing recent burglaries and demand for information, with tense exchanges and private pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Bingham
Finance Committee
Board of Aldermen
Secret Service
Sullivan
Tim
Secret Service Police
Alderman Sullivan
United States
Bingham
Memorial Service Honors Rev Dr Jacob Chamberlain
A memorial service for Rev Dr Jacob Chamberlain of the Arcot Mission India was held at Marble Collegiate Church. Born seventy five years ago, he was buried in Madanapalle India on March 4 and ordained at Marble before missionary work. Remarks by church and mission leaders commemorated his life and calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Chamberlain
Reformed Church
Arcot Mission
India
Marble Collegiate Church
Chamberlain
Madanapalle
Mancius H. Hutton
Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church
Arthur J. Brown
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
J. ©. R. Ewing
Lahore College
Henry N. Cobb
Edward B. Coe
A. E. Kittredge
Carl Dufft Shng
Foxwood Inn Leased by Fox Family Estate
The John H. Fife Company, through Daniel Birdsall & Co., leases the Fox wood Inn and a 1 acre farm at Suffern New York for ten years to Colonel E D Wiggins. Owned by the Fox family since 160, the mansion with over forty rooms is remodeled to operate as a hotel, while the tract will be used as a stock farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Fife Company
Daniel Birdsall & Co
Foxwood Inn
Suffern
N. Y
E. D. Wiggins
Fox
Colonel Wiggins
Moses May resigns as head of Brooklyn Jewish charity
Moses May resigns after fourteen years as president of the Hebrew Orphan Society of Brooklyn. Abraham Abraham, president of the Jewish Hospital, succeeds him as head and Simon M. Rothschild becomes first vice president. The society's building sits at Ralph Avenue and Dean Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses May
Hebrew Orphan Society of Brooklyn
Ralph Avenue
Dean Street
May
Abraham Abraham
Mr May
Jewish Hospital
Simon Ff. Rothschild
Collins Again Heads Prisons Appointed in New Term
Albany April 1 Cornelius V Collins of Troy Republican was nominated by Governor Hughes and unanimously confirmed by the Senate to succeed Flumeels as Superintendent of State Prisons for five years starting after the present term. Confirmation was on motion of Senator Boyce of the Troy District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Cornelius V. Collins
Troy
Hughes
Senate
Flumeels
Boyce
Local 16 backs June 1 strike against Western Union
Local 16 of the Commercial Telegraphers United endorses a national strike set for June 1 if pre strike wages are not restored. Secretary McInerney cites slack trade and two months of planning across cities to present unified demands. Beattie reports organizers aiding nationwide efforts and potential funding from the Order of Railway Telegraphers if a strike occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local 16
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
Chicago
Western Union
Charles P. McInerney
Beattie
The
Union
Justice Platzek Refers Estate Funds Impounding Issue
In the Supreme Court Justice Platzek denied the Attorney General’s bid to hold City Chamberlain Martin in contempt for failing to turn over $800,000 of unclaimed estate funds held for twenty years or more. The chamberlain says about $63,000 has been paid to claimants. He admits $600,000 to $800,000 remains unsettled. some estates object to payment. A referee, Eugene L. Bushe, was appointed to determine legal impoundment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Platzek
Supreme Court
Jackson
Chamberlain Martin
Chamberlain
Platzek
Eugene L. Bushe
Broadway
Hearing on Walter F. Baker will begins in Suffolk Probate Court
In Boston on April 13 the probate hearing opened over objections to the will of Walter F. Baker who died in Bogota New Jersey under unusual circumstances. Edward F. Baker, his brother, contests the will which leaves 450000 in property including 5000 to Edward and 10000 to Natalie Hurd before Harvard College and the Hurd family contest the disposition of the residue and shares for nephews. Natalie Hurd died in infancy making her estate revert to her parents. Harvard College and the Hurds defend the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Walter F. Baker
Bogota
N. J
Suffolk County
Edward F. Baker
Baker
Edward
Helen Bray Hurd
Harvard College
First Editions Fetch High Prices at Anderson Auction
Rare books drew strong bids at Anderson auction rooms No 1 West 29th street. The sixte en volume original Benares edition of Arabian Nights Entertainments sold for 130 dollars. Browning Bells and Pomegranates 1841 46 brought 71 dollars. Brackenridge Modern Chivalry part two 18% dated copy sold for 90 dollars. Keats Endymion fetched 69 dollars and Tennyson 1830 edition 50 dollars. A paintings sale is slated for tonight at the Anderson annex 264 Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Auction Rooms
West 29Th Street
Benares
Burton
Browning
London
Brackenridge
Keats
Endymion
Tennyson
Anderson Annex
Howard Building
Fifth Avenue
Seaboard Committee Forms To Safeguard Bondholders Plan For Reorganization
A fourteen member committee representing Seaboard Air Line Railway securities has agreed to safeguard investors and solicit deposits to prepare a plan for the company's reorganization. Chairman C. Sidney Shepard leads with members including James A. Blair Hugo Blumenthal and others. D. C. Porteous serves as secretary at No 4 Broad Street. A deposit agreement will be drafted and shown to bondholders and stockholders in due course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Air Line Railway
C. Sidney Shepard
James A. Blair
Hugo Blumenthal
Russell G. Fessenden
Thomas J. Hayward
Hennen Jennings
Henry Cleveland Perkins
John B. Ramsay
Norman B
Canals to Open for Navigation May 1
Albany April 13. Superintendent F C Stevens of the State Department of Public Works announced that the Erie and Cayuga and Seneca canals will open for navigation at noon May 1. Feeding the levels at Mindenville and Durhamville will be delayed by canal construction until about May 5, so through navigation will not be established until about May 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
F. C. Stevens
State Department of Public Works
Cayuga
Seneca
Mindenville
Durhamville
Michigan coal agreement reached in Bay City
Bay City Michigan April 13 miners and operators closed their conference agreeing on a scale for the ensuing year. The miners will vote on the agreement tomorrow and indications are it will be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Michigan
Louis XV Suites Lead Aimone Sale at Auction Rooms
The Louis IV parlor suite of five pieces in carved wood and Aubusson tapestry brought the top price of 925 dollars at the final Aimone sale session. Buyer Mrs. Hart also won other lots as total sales reached 8,762.50 dollars on the day and 66,467.25 dollars across eight sessions. A Louis XV eight-piece bedroom suite sold for 100 dollars and a three-tier Istrian marble fountain carved in figures went for 175 dollars. Buyers included Frank Bowles S Jacoby the Di Salvo Brothers Gabriel Weil and A. B. Crawford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimone
Fifth Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Hart
Frank Bowles
S. Jacoby
di Salvo Brothers
Gabriel Weil
A. B. Crawford
City News In Brief Unfolds Several Local Cases
In West Side court Robert Lyons and William Huneke were arraigned on $500 bail each after tenant John L Williams accused Huneke of assault during a dispute over disconnecting pipes in No 250 Riverside Drive. Also noted: a conservation meeting by ASME at 2Y West 28th Street. burglary conviction of Henry Brink at East 65th Street. Englishman William Jarvis and Harvid Lounadale arraigned at diverse courts on theft and related charges. Bam Polizzi indicted for murder in Morris Park. Polizzi arraigned in Harlem court. Clarence, former U S Army lieutenant, held on $20 bail in Tombs court for forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lyons
William Huneke
Janic Tor
West Side Court
John L. Willams
No. 250
Riverside Drive
Huneke
William J. Jarvis
Gilsey House
Buest
Harvid Lounadale
Westied Street
Jefferson Market Court
Bam” Polizzi
Morris Park Avenue
Bronx
Vincenzo Canero
Cassidy
Harlem Bureau
Pollazi
Harlem
Clarence
United States Army
Rosisurate Steinert
Rustapheine
Pelham Murder Clew Solved by Coroner Says Conviction Possible
Coroner Welsendanger states the Pelham murder of Julius T. Rosenheimer on June 14 is solved with information pointing to the killer and clearing several suspects. A letter from Minnie Monaco, received by the coroner, claims her husband Dominick Monaco confessed to the crime. Extradition arrangements and further testimony from Monaco and his wife are to be pursued by Westchester officials and Pelham Manor authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius T. Rosenheimer
Pelham
Welsendanger
Minnie Monaco
Huntinton
Ind
Dominick Monaco
Mr. Osenheimer
Liberty
N. Y
New Rochelle
Dominick
Frank Delucia
Monaco
Delucia
Weisendanger
Rosen
the Tribune
Huntington
Frank Monaco
John Delucia
Husband Held For Wife Murder In Tenement
Antoinette Lieberman twenty three was found dead in bed on Courtlandt Avenue. Her husband Isaac Lieberman a shirt manufacturer cried I pulled the knife out. Police sent him to the Tombs on a technical homicide charge as coroner McDonald investigates. Diamonds and earrings were missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antoinette Lieberman
Courtlandt Avenue
Isaac Lieberman
McDonald
Rosen
Lebanon Hospital
Lieberman
Dr. Curtin
Man arraigned in murder case of wife in Peekskill
Frederick Ryan, arrested Sunday in Peekskill on suspicion of murdering his wife, was arraigned before Coroner Selleck. Assistant District Attorney Weeks filed a formal charge of murder in the first degree. Autopsy indicated death by suffocation. Ryan was committed to the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Ryan
Peekskill
Selleck
Weeks
Ryan
Doorman Timothy Phelan Ends Life at Parkville Station
Timothy J. Phelan a 42 year old Parkville police station doorman shot himself in a dormitory at the station house Brooklyn. It is thought his suicide was linked to his ill wife. The family resided at 482 East 7th street Flatbush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy J. Phelan
Parkville
Brooklyn
East 7Th Street
Flatbush
Boy shoots stepfather during assault on mother
Fifteen year old William Lee of 168 Huntington Street Brooklyn shot and seriously wounded his stepfather John Stockley longshoreman defending his mother from a murderous assault. Stockley attacked after a spree. The boy was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee
Huntington Street
Brooklyn
John Stockley
Stockleys
End of Haffen Inquiry Trails in Bronx Office Probe
The end of the Haffen inquiry into the Bronx Borough President's office is reported with a brief session planned to review the Geiszler Haas Realty Company books. Key figures such as Julius Haas and Justice Brady are cited on book-keeping and stockholding, while officials like Commissioner Mitchel and Murray discuss production of records and potential contempt steps. The report’s completion is set for about a month, with testimony potentially resuming if Geiszler returns to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haffen
Bronx
Geiszler-Haas Realty Company
Julius H. Haas
Mitchel
Haas
Martin Geiszler
Justice Brady
Supreme Court
John F. Murray
Public Works
Geiszler- Haas Realty Company
E. W. Stewart
the Commissioners of Accounts
Joseph Pickard
Connec
The Redemption Ecological Drama Shocks Philadelphia Crowd
The Orpheum Players at the Chestnut Street Theatre opened The Redemption a drama by Rabbi Isaac Landman of Keneseth Israel. It argues Jews must publicly join the Greek Church to be safe in Russia, a theory that collapses in the final act. Lead role was played by Charles Balsuar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Russia
Isaac Landman
Keneseth Israel Synagogue
Orpheum Players
Chestnut Street Theatre
Landman
Charles Balsuar
Underwood Denies Resignation As Erie Chief
President Underwood of the Erie Railway, in Milwaukee over the weekend, denied reports he would resign to clear the way for Felton of the Mexican Central. He proceeded to Minneapolis to discuss a supposed offer to head the Northern Pacific with J. J. Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Milwaukee
Underwood
Erie Railway
Felton
Mexican Central
Minneapolis
J. J. Hill
Northern Pacific
Typhoid Fever Strikes Newark Family Also Inoculated
Mrs Rose Bendt is near death from typhoid at No 10 North Fourth Street Newark. In an adjoining room Dora Bendt thirteen is very ill with the same disease. Mrs Bendt's husband died on Sunday of the fever. An overbreaded stew shared April 1 is believed to have carried the fever germ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Bendt
Fth Street
Newark
Dora Hendt
Of Interest to Women and Children Reading Habits
John C. Stevens told the Mothers Club at the Hotel Martha Washington that parents must guide their children’s reading. He warned against indiscriminate praise for reading and urged expert advice to avoid literary garbage. Reading should align with school work and build parent child interest, not rely on teachers alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Stevens
Auxiliary Educational League
Mothers’ Club
Martha Washington
Stevens
City Home workers sell handicrafts on Blackwell's Island
Articles made by the lame and the blind at the City Home on Blackwell's Island were sold yesterday at Mrs Cadwalader Jones’s home to benefit the makers. Emma Fowler, visiting teacher, noted the workers histories and spoke of perseverance. A second sale is planned for April 13 at Parcello Bixby Studio Carnegie Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwell's Island
Cadwalader Jones
East 1Th Street
Jones
Island Mission
Emma Fowler
Bill
Jess Natchelly
Parcello-Bixby
Carnegie Hall
Dietrich Divorce Report Up In Supreme Court
Alfred E. Dietrich seeks absolute divorce from Edna Young Dietrich in New York Supreme Court. He claims she eloped December 7 with Harry S. Brenchley, once a Vanderbilt trainer, and seeks custody of their four year old daughter Grace. Justice McCall reserved decision on confirming the referee's report, which is expected to grant the divorce and grant custody to Dietrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice McCail
Supreme Court
Alfred E. Dietrich
Edna Young Dietrich
Europe
Harry S Brenchley
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Dietrich
Grace
Mra Dietrich
Brenchler
Vanderbilt Divorce Case Closed Reports Head to Court
Referee David McClure in the divorce suit of Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt versus her husband did not file a report in the Supreme Court yesterday. The case is closed with the referee report in the hands of the attorneys awaiting submission to the court for confirmation, likely tomorrow. It is understood McClure recommends granting a divorce decree to Mrs Vanderbilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
David McClure
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
Referee McClure
Vandertilt
Dead Brooklyn teacher identified after Sudden death at Montague street home
The body of Mary L. Rice fifty one a teacher at Brooklyn Heights Seminary was identified at the Morgue after a death Sunday night in Dr F H Coltons home at 186 Montague Street Brooklyn She lived with her cousin Mrs Cornelius R Reid at 15 Garden Place The academy will close for one week after Easter vacation in respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Colton
Montague Street
Brooklyn
Mary L. Rice
Brooklyn Heights Seminary
Cornelius R. Reid
Garden Place
Miss Rice
Joel Rice
Wallingford
Conn
New York Surrogates Court citation list for multiple estates
The document records citations issued by the Surrogate's Court of New York County for probate or judicial settlement actions. It names numerous heirs, executors, guardians, and attorneys connected to estates including Louis Gans, Michael Hession, James Dreyer, Michael Clifford, Emile Wittnauer, and others, with dates and court details for appearances at the Surrogate's Court in New York City.
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Abner
Thomas
New York
Allersons
Blanche Sterling
Blanche Os ‘Stierling
County of New York
Hull & Horton, Esqc
Broad Street
City of
Cotoner
Daniel & Childs
Edson Bradley
BULL @ HORTON
Borough of Manhe
ER . Thomas
Bertha Myers
Einstein, Townsend & Guiterman
Shroadway
Manhattan
Samuel Schut
Kuthh Mollie de Leeuw
Fannie Butzel
Hattie Sinn
Louis Gans
Joseph Gans
Union Bank and Trust Company
Jacob. Schiff
Hebrew Union College
Hebrew Widows’ Orphans Home
Ladies Auxiliary Society of Tempe Emanuel
Hebrew Benevolent Society
K Kohler
Moases
Leon Hermann
Iec Kooen
Leon Her.mans
Camilla Kenn Kerekes
Sarah Heimann
Baton
Popper
Louisa Gan
Tate
County of
Reid County
Court House
John Frankenheimer
Flward
Willard
York
Daniel J. Dowdney
Ferdinand Kurzman
Executis
Borough of Manhattan
New T
State OF
Michael Sheedy
John Sheedy
Michael A. Haley
Rose Haley
Jeremiah Hailey, Jr
Mary Lane
J . Keefe
Elizabeth Lynch
Patrick Sheedy
Edward Sheedy
Nora Ryan
Kate Shaughness
Annie Tevey
Kate H Dwire
Neilie Garvey
Edward Garvey
Vincent Garvey
Ellen McMahon
Felix McMahon
Joey McMahon
Patrick McMahon
Katherine McMahon
National Surety Company
United States
Mceily @ Guarantee Company
Mary A. Lewyea
James A. Dreyer
Michael Clifford
Joan Clifford
John Citron
Mary A. Dwyer
James A. Dwyer
William J Kennedy
Mary Haley Henney
Bridget Sheedy
James Sheedy
Michael J.lifford
New
Daniel J. Dow
Art House
Grossman & Vorhals
Adwr
Broadway
New York City
Grace of God
Johz
Sion
James Hession
Bridget Connelly
Honera Walsa
Mary Hession
Ella Hession
Twlisiam Hession
Thomas Heaston
Michael Hession
John Hesston
Hession
Micnael Hessio
Michal Fiession
Q Guardan
Seid County
BJ Abner
Daniel
Mwoonet Lerk
The
Surrogates Court
Lina Robert
Martha S. Wittnauer
Augusta Wittnauer
Madeleine Wittnauer
Henry Wittnauer
Albert Wittnauer
Emile J. Wittnauer
City of News
Party of
Altert Wirthacer
County
Nis
Guanian
Hill Lock Woop
Redfield & Lyden
Nassau Street
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Met
Weil
P. S. Board
Third City Hall
DR. Patrick
Arpet
J. Stewart Co
Binas
R. NS
Erie
Sth
Derser
Bockiet
Heats Bingham
Alderman
DR. Chamberlain
Collins
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
St. Louis
City Chamberlain
Harvard University
Seaboard
Aimone Sale
City News
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Engineering Societies
West 28Th Street
Henry Brink
Charles W. Pearson
East 65Th Street
Foster
Wife Iil
Boy
Mother
Rabbi Landman
Mr. Stevens
City Home Workers
Cc. Thomas
Tee Ee
Benjamin T. Marten
W. H van Steenbergh
Wall Street
Riee
B. Marten
Bert Beas
H. van Steenbergh
Abner c. Thomas
George FP. Seymour
Springfield
Illnois
Daniel Seymou
Norman Seymour
Abner c
Thomee
Georgianna F. ReGimond
Borough of
Reer Knickerbocker Truest Company
Eny Secular, Davies, Stope & Auerbach
Board of Water Supply
Loveway
Lars Gee
John A Bensel
Charles N. Ceadwice
Charles A Shaw
Board of Water
Thomas Hassett
Q. M
Fort Slocum
A. M
EBA
M. Fort Slocum
Easury Department
Offich
Iemson
1. S&s Assay
Custom House
New Yor N. Y
James Knox Taylor
Jewers
N.Y
Slocum
Berlitz School OF Languages
Madison Square
Lenox Ave
Isin
Court St
Asbury Park
AGENC
Baesetn
Fulton
Ugicn
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