Ardsley murder case stirs as coroner cites pistol claim
Coroner Russell emphasizes a pistol display by an Ardsley Club member amid disputes over the insulting incident to Sarah Campbell and the murder of John Heffernan. Detectives and Pinkerton agents pursue the hatless man theory while witnesses and suspects, including Rufus Sewall, loom in the evolving case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardsley
Sarah Campbell
John Heffernan
Russell
Ards
Jey Club
James Dunne
Dunne
Teanne
Nossiter
Tarrytown
Heffernan
Rufus Sewall
Robert Hewitt
Frederick Weeks
Denniston
Dobbs Ferry
Mike Hewitt
Weeks
Sewall
Hewitt
Irvington
Abbotsford
Broadway
Mr. Sewall
Laray Campbell
Willem Fields
Pinkerton
Mir Weeks
Hale
Ardsley Club
Teameter
Sern
Amalgamated Copper Holds Jersey City Annual Meeting
The Amalgamated Copper Company held its annual meeting in Jersey City. Robert Becon retired from the board and was succeeded by George H. Church, with other directors reelected. Shareholders pressed for details on operations and litigation, but no report was issued and questions were not answered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Copper Company
Jersey City
Robert Becon
George H. Church
Henry H. Rogers
William Rockefeller
James Stillman
Anson R. Flower
Frederick P. Olcott
Albert Burrage
William G. Rockefeller
Harmon S. Graver
Law Frm
Lester & Graves
Priest
New-York
Garver
Graves
S E
Waldorf-Astoria
Mr. Graves
Henry A. Spaulding
Pelham Manor
Charles N. King
New -Jersey Sorporat?rs
Arctic exploration tale at New-York Hen Club dinner
Emil Diebitsch spoke at the New-York Le hen Club dinner in the New-York Athletic Club on his Arctic experiences with the Peary relief expedition in 1905. Lantern slides were shown by Dr. Bridgman. Diebitsch aided Peary and brought back Mrs. Peary and her daughter in 1854 and Mr. Peary in 1855. He is a Lehigh graduate, class of 188.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Lehen Club
New-York Athletic Club
Emil Diebitsch
Peary Relef
Peary
Lehigh
Glazier Corrigan Dies By Carbolic Acid After Threats
Daniel L. Corrigan a 28 year old glazier of 28 Greenwich Ave drank carbolic acid in his apartment after vowing to kill himself if an arrest followed his alleged beating of his wife. Mrs Corrigan had obtained a warrant for assault and magistrate Cornell had sent Officer Fay to serve it. Corrigan consumed the poison as Fay arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel L. Corrigan
Greenwich Ave
Corrigan
Bridge plan for private trolley right of way on Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Rapid Transit officials weigh installing an iron railing to keep other traffic off the tracks and create a private right of way. Neils Poulson demonstrates a three‑block car loading loop at Bergen Beach to relieve congestion at the Manhattan end. Swanstrom says $6 000 to $7 000 may fund changes and an elevated loop if the Bridge Commissioner approves. Swanstrom favors exclusive trolley use, restricting carriage traffic across the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
Neils Poulson
Hecla Iron Works
Swanstrom
Poulson
Park Row
Bergen Beach
Jerome Admits Illegality at Flower Grand Jury Hearing
In the Supreme Court Criminal Branch Judge Vernon M. Davis hears Dr. Richard Flower’s defense against grand larceny charges tied to stock juggling at Arizona Eastern and Montana Smelting. Dos Passos argues the indictments should be dismissed due to improper grand jury access by Deputy Assistant District Attorney Garvan, while Jerome counters pleading forfeiture of rights and seeks timely trial. The judge will rule on the motion and set a trial date after briefs are filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Vernon M. Davis
Richard ©. Flower
Arizona, Eastern
Montana
John R. Dos Passos
Flower
Garvan
Jerome
Mr. Jerome
Grand Jury
Dos Passos
Davis
Mr. Dos Passos
Fursman
Maxwell Denies Libel Over German Course Plan
City Superintendent Maxwell issued a statement defending the expanded German language program in elementary schools and denying Ridder's libel claims. He said German will be taught citywide five periods weekly for a year in elementary schools and four years in high schools, with no force on nonlearners. He criticized Ridder and others for attempting to shape public opinion and stated no final action has been decided on Ridder’s remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Ridder
Staats-Zeitung
Herman Ridder
Board of Education
Manhattan
Bronx
Buffalos City Treasurer Found Safe After Missing Week
Alphonse J. Myer formerly Buffalo city treasurer was missing for a week before being found Sunday night at the Ashland House. He was with his wife and his son Alphonse Jr. after a series of calls to Union Square Hotel and Ashland House. The elder Myer appeared unsettled and his hotel clerk noted his behavior not wholly rational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse J. Myer
Buffalo
Ashland House
Alphonse J. Myer, Jr
Union Square
Sinclair House
Myer
Union Square Hotel
Mr. Myer
Property Listings Highlight Manhattan Addresses
Real estate snippet lists multiple Manhattan addresses including 258 Broadway opposite City Hall 842 Broadway cor 1ath and 140 to 148 4th Ave 1280 Broadway cor 32d and 54 West 32d St. Madrid unclear text ends with Wes ongels by ma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
City Hall
Warren St
4Th Ave
West
Havemeyer Questions on Labor Debates Before June 3 Meeting
Jehn Havemeyer has sent a list of questions for labor union representatives to answer at the June 3 meeting after challenging Yonkers leaders to publicly discuss the labor issue. The questions probe the impacts of strikes on dependents, hours and pay, the law of supply and demand, wealth accumulation, equality of pay, union incorporation, treatment of non union workers, freedom of conscience, and potential anarchic tendencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeahn
Havemeyer
Yonkers
United States
Democrats Sweep Cook County Judicial Races
In Cook County Illinois the Democratic ticket won 14 of 18 judicial seats with Republicans taking four. A light vote due to rain favored straight tickets. Judge Theodore Brentano was re-elected to the Superior Court, while Richard Tuthill, John Gibbons, and Frederick A Smith were elected to the Circuit Court. Judge Elbridge Haneey, ally of Representative Lorimer, was defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
Elbridge Haneey
Lorimer
Theodore Brentano
Richard Tuthill
John Gibbons
Frederick A. Smith
Woman Commissioned Colonel In Colorado History
Denver June 1 Adjutant General Sherman Bell will issue an honorary commission to Miss Jessie Peabody youngest daughter of the Governor as a colonel and aide-de-camp on the Governor s staff The honor marks the first time a Colorado woman receives the rank in state history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Denver
Sherman Bell
Jessie Peabody
Peabody
Colorado
Arrivals of Buyers in National Dry Goods Markets
A long list from Baltimore to New York and beyond shows buyers and firms in dry goods, lace, knitwear, and accessories, detailing stores such as Ambach Sons, Baer & Son, Clawson & Wilson, Hochschild Kohn, Hutzler’s, Levy Bros, and Pittsburg Dry Goods Company, with products from woolens to fur nishings and jewelry trade names like Hochschild Kohn & Co and Lorch jewelry. Names include M Ambach, A P Baer, S Grant, Dreyfus, J Epstein, H Kaufman, Victoria Hutzler, Klein, Levy, Larch, and many others across major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sme
Baer & Son
Baltimore
A. P. Baer
St. Tents
Black & Grant Company
Zanesville
S. Grant
Broadway
Navarre
Clawson & Wilson Company
Buffalo
Perial Day Carpet and Furniture Company
Fred Day
Albert
J. Dreyfus & Son
Boston
S. Dreyfus
Herald Square
Jacob Epstein
H. Kaufman
Hoffman Havens & Geddes Company
Indianapolis
W. McDaniel
Broadway Central
Hochschild, Kohn & Co
B. Kohn
Imperial
Honeyman & McBride
Portland
Ore
D. E. Honeyman
Leonard St
Holland, Howe & Stetson
New-Haven
E. M. Seeley
Nations
Spring-st
Park Avenue
Levy Bros
Louisvill A. Levy
George E. Larch & Bro
Pittsburg
George E Larch
W. B. Lowe
Nashville
Leonardst
Albert, Miller & Rhoads
Richmond
J. H. Gilooly
Newcomb, Endicott & Co
Detroit
Kate Hurley
Broadwa
Manhattan
B. Nugent & Bro. Drygoods Company
St. Louis
C. W. Dickinson
Imperial Pittsburg Drygoods Company
W. McKee
Imperial Reynolds Bros
Elmira
Fr. Reynolds
Normandie
Rothschild & Co
Chicago
F. R. Wintzberg
Maens
Leonard-st. Sachs Bros. & Co
San Franccisco
N. Kaufmann
Franklin-st
Imperial - Solomon
Jacob Bibro
Astor Place
Hoffman
Tibbs, Hutchings & Co
St. Paul
A. H. Warren
Ullman
M. M
C O
Natchez
M. M. Uulman
Marlborough
Wertheim
Max
Cleveland
Hoffman Jewelry
R. Kohn
Imperial Lorch
George E., & Bro
George E. Lorch
Dewilde Bros
Alba A. Dewidde
Cadillac
Shannon & Sokup
Cincinnati
J. GB. Sokup
J. Wilson
White Broadway
Fire at Lerv's store injures firefighter and damages drapery
A store blaze started by a careless saleswoman lighting a gas jet swept through the shop destroying drapery. Captain Phillip Donohue of Jackson truck was knocked senseless when a ladder struck him by a falling shutter. A fireman climbed a telegraph pole to cut blocked wires, risking life to aid the firefight.
Maritime Shipment Snatches and Schedules in Telegraphic Log
A terse listing shows ships and routes with origins and dates. Mentions White Star Bremen Bremen May 2 and Lloyd Perugia May entries, plus several lines referencing Allianca Ipanama Rio Grande and Mallory schedules for Swansea Bristol City and El Dorado routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendesday
Teutonic
Liverpool
White Star
Bremen
Lloyd Perugia
Concho
Allianca
Ipanama
Rio Grande
Mallory
Swansea
Galveston
Bristol City
Alamo
el Dorado
Colorado
Mallory Hamb-Am
Prominent Guests Listed for New York Hotels
A roster of notable figures visiting New York hotels includes Edward Bok of Philadelphia and Lady Ross of Quebec at home news entries. Names span Astor Fifth Avenue and Waldorf Astoria listings with figures from U S Navy officers to railway executives and international dignitaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albemarle
Edward Bok
Philadelphia
Lady Ross
Quebec
Astor—F. Thompson
U. S N. Fifth Avenue
J. A. Drake
Corning
T. J. Andrews
Washington
George H. Peters
U. S.N
ST. Denis
A. J. Breinig
W. H. Koch
Allentown
Penn
Savoy H. Sondheimer
Frankfort-on-Main
KE de Trojisnowski
Poland
Victoria
Frank B. Conger
Waldorf-Astoria
M. H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville Railway Company
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
D. J. Sully
Providence
J. G. Roebling
Trenton
N. J
Outgoing steamers report for June schedule
Maritime notice lists outbound ships and ports for Wednesday June 2 through Thursday June 3. Vessels include Liguria El Alba Morgan Yucatan Ward Morea Oceanic and others with ports such as Galveston Havana Norfolk Nassau and Newport. Listings show sailing times from early morning to evening and connections to Cuba Jamaica and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salis
Liguria
Italy
Apache
Charleston
Clyde
el Alba
Galveston
Morgan
Yucatan
Colon
Cuba
Jefferson
Norfolk
Old Dominion
Santiago de Cuba
Ward
Tallahassee
Savannah
Piemonte
Barbados
Shipping News Arrivals and Voyages Across Foreign Ports
Shipping items list arriving steamers and their routes including Gallia Noordam Astoria Iroquois Kroonland and Seminole with cargoes and passengers. Vessels travel between New York Bar Harbor Jamaica Port Antonio Antwerp Glasgow Halifax and Liverpool with numerous cabin and steerage passengers and fruit cargoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia
Pavey
James W Elwell
Fire Island
Ave
Cast
Reed
Mossel Bay
Barber & Co
Ballest
Noordam
Bonje Boulogne
Beacon Nord
Pedersen
Port Antonio
United Fruit Company
Iroquois
Watson
Jacksonville M. Charleston
William P Clyde & Co
Mise
Kroonland
Doxrud
Antwerp
International Mercantile Marine Company
Miise
Astoria
Wilson
Glasgow
Moville
Henderson Brothers
Stet
Bros
Comus
Kemble
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Company
Moise
Moltke
Horace Mann School and NYU class day events listed
Schedule of events includes Horace Mann School commencement at 10 30 p m exhibition at Randall's Island House of Refuge press club luncheon for President Howards birthday at 1 p m Board of Aldermen hall Isrenbe class day exercises at New York University 3 30 p m and a festival at Captain F Norton God East Side Republican Club in Sulzer's Park with noted locations and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann
House of Refuge
Randall's Island
Joseph Howard
Board of Aldermen
Try
Isrenbe
New York University
Fornes
Amsarmens
Captain F. Norton
East Side
Republican Club
Sulzer’s Park
Ox Somert S
Governor Odell Grants Civil Service Exemptions
Albany June 1 Governor Odell approved resolutions of the State Civil Service Commission exempting five additional county detective officers in the District Attorney of New York office one verification clerk in the Register of New York office the chief recording clerk in the Surrogate of Kings County office and one stenographer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Odell
State Civil Service Commission
District Attorney of
New York
Register of New-York
Kings County
Bronx Water Registrar Appointed to Succeed Gear
Commissioner Robert G. Monroe of the Department of Water Supply Gas and Electricity yesterday appointed John G. Borgstede as water registrar in The Bronx to succeed Colonel Alonzo S. Gear who has resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Monroe
Department of Water Supply
Gas and Electricity
John G. Borgstede
Bronx
Alonzo S. Gear
Fire destroys large block in Elizabethport
Fire in Elizabethport largely leveled a commercial block on Second Street causing about 50 000 dollars in damage. The dry goods clothing and shoe stores of Mrs Minnie Levy and Sons B S Natelson and H C Levy burned with several tenants on the upper floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Jane 1
Elizabethport
Minnie Levy
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Amalgamated Copper
Wnew-York Lehigh Club
24Th ST
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
State Department of Public Works
A. J. Myer
Heteil
Racers
Pier & Company
Wes_ ongels
James McCreery & Co
Twenty-third Street
Tribune
Ste
Hemmeda
Andirons
Orera
Sixth Avenue
Frank H. Graf
Seventh Ave
Optical Man Turing CO
Maiden Lane
Tribune Almanac
Peabody of
Ambach & Sons
M. Ambach, W Woollens
Marine Intelligence
A.M
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Lanerkansae
Copenhagen
Tauri
Para
Booth
Amazonense
Hamb-Am
Harmburz
Citta de Milan
Naples
Galves
Kronprinz
Wilhelm Bremen
Minneapolis
Home News
Comal
Ward el Paso
Morea
Oceanic
Southampton
American
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Hol
Jamestown
Silvia
Newfoundland
Red Cross
Monroe
Shipping News
Port of New-York
Seminole
George W Clymphin
Guvandotte
Newport
Wena
Jacksonville
Cedric Bry
Haddock
Queenstown
San Francisco
Justice
Alta
Alpha
Kentuck
Andes
Lady Reashington
Belcher
Best & Relcher
Cental
Ballion
Opher
Caledonia
Overman
Sage Belcher
Cal & Va
Nevada
Crown Point
Louis Ne
Gould & Curry
Union
le & Norern
Utah
New York City
Sue Sentnee
Venice
York
Las
George
Lacle Mme
Herrmann
War
Chen
The
Cata
Wizard. OF OZ
Ats
Ms Murray
Keiths
Herald
Garrick Theatre
Henry
Dixey
Mene Kerrocker
Atere Blanche
West End
Kate Claston
Tans
BIOU
Mabelle Gil Man
C.t Mat
ST. Nicholas
Terrace Garden
Luna Park
Coney
Andy
Thompson
Davdy
Cinematograph Musee
Pastor's
Sullivan
Keeler
Hayes
Sut Mitchell
Merron
Cretty
Brooklyn Jockey Club
E. 34Th St
Bridge
Sthave
Atity Hall
Bridge St. Fulton Et
Flatbusin
16Th St
Independent Order Free Sons of Israel
Kisbinef
Temple Beth el
Fifth Avenue
Seventy-sixth Street
Lochbock P.M
Dwight Hillis
Madison ©. Peters
Rudolph Grossman
Plymouth
Gert
Hogemann
Cherdours
Pretoria
Ger
Cher
Potsdam
Potter
St. Andrew
Friederich der Grosse
Fichel
Dennemann
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