Walsh Kelshers Pal in Faro Case Tied to Kelcher Network
Testimony linked Martin J. Walsh to a fare game run by Kelcher and Walsh with offices at 6 Beacon street and 30 Huntington avenue. Witnesses identified Walsh as the man known as Jack Leonard and traced money orders and checks tied to the alleged bank wreck scheme.
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Berton
Martin J. Walsh
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Bill” Kelcher
Coleman
Walsh
Boston
Wilson W. Lockhart
Jack Leonard
Newton
Kelcher
Keliher
Beacon Street
Huntington Avenue
Martha W. Kilday
Western Union Telegraph Company
State Street
Western Union
John Marshall
F. 3. Wood
Taylor
Marguerite Taylor
Secret Service
Laura Atwood
No. 12
West 41St Street
New York
Miss Atwood
Buffalo
William J. Keliher
A. J. Riley
Faro
Two Bankers Sent to Jail in Municipal Corruption Case
Pittsburg news reports E. W. Jennings president and F. A. Griffen cashier of Columbia National Bank were convicted of conspiracy and bribery. Jennings got two months in Allegheny County Jail and a $4 fine while Griffen drew months and a $0 fine. Both admitted contributing to a funds pool to influence city council legislation and bank selection as a city depository.
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Pittsburg
E. Wi. Jennings
Columbia National Bank
F. A. Griffen
Allegheny County
Jennings
Griffen
Blaine Club Outing Planned for Sunday at Banberry Lake
The James G Bleine Club of the 24 Assembly District led by Joseph Levenson plans a Sunday outing at Banberry Lake on the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Special trains are arranged for 2509 attendees including men women and children with prominent Republican leaders invited.
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Tammany Mall
James G Bleine
Assembly District
Joseph Levenson
Ranberry Lake
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
The Right Time to Invest in Guaranteed Mortgages
An advertisement urges readers to invest money in guaranteed mortgages, claiming safety and a universal benefit regardless of amount. It emphasizes timing as less important than having funds to invest and promises security through the guarantee.
Six wrecks and eight dead in North Atlantic fog and gale
A southwesterly gale in thick fog sank six vessels along the North Atlantic coast. The French brig Mauve struck Pointe Blanche near St Pierre Harbor, drowning six deck crew. Norwegian bark Borghild broke up near Port Bickerton. seven rescued after two men perished. British steamer Ben Cruachan ashore near Port Nova with crew saved. Tug Pejepscot and barges ashore at Cape Spencer with all aboard safe. Crown of Castile struck near Capla Roche. Montreal-bound, to be surveyed.
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Halifax
North Atlantic
Pointe Blanche
St. Pierre Harbor
Miquelon
Cancale
France
Borghild
Frederikshald
Norway
Port Jeddore
N. S
Port Bickerton
Cape Macedome
Porsgrund
Port Nova
Ben Cruachan
Baltimore
Chatham
N. B
Pejepscot
Brunswick
Pejepscot Paper Company
Cape Spencer
Crown of Castile
Montreal
West Indies
Cap la Roche
Grampian
Denunciation at Hibbard Funeral Highlights Slander Turnabout
Reverend John Haynes Holmes condemned former allies who slandered ex Mayor George A. Hibbard, noting wounds from backstabbing and his rise from poverty. City business paused for the Dorchester church service with officials including Mayor Fitzgerald and ex Mays Green Hart Curtis and Quincy in attendance.
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Hibbard
Fitzgerald
Mayers Green, Hart, Curtis and
Quincy
Aged Heiress Accuses First Husband of Bigamy
Mrs Jeanette Suffern Hiscock of Ramary Valley charges Robert Hiscock with bigamy at a Paterson New Jersey hearing. She says she wed him September 23, learned he was already married to Anna Davidson of New York, then married his brother Frank in Connecticut. She seeks an indictment and plans divorce actions.
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Paterson
N. J
Jeanette Suffern-Hiscock
Ramary Valley
Robert Ibiscock
New York
John Kers
Hiscock
Foreman Johnston
Robert Hiscock
Anna Davidson
West 1Ésth Street
Bob” Hiscock
Ridgewood
Frank
Connecticut
Edwards Won't Get That Five
The City Controller ordered an investigation after a voucher to William H Edwards, head of the Street Cleaning Department, was issued for lectures in the free Board of Education course. Commissioner Edwards said he earns 7500 dollars as street cleaning head and would discuss his job without pay.
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Board of Education
Contrelier
William H. Edwards
Edwards
Mercantile Trust Buys Safe Deposit Company
William Poillon, vice-president of Mercantile Trust Company, announced yesterday that the Mercantile Safe Deposit Company had been purchased by the former and would operate in conjunction with it. Terms of the acquisition were not made public.
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William €. Poillon
Mercantile Trust Company
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
Bluefields Along Bluff Under Fire and Troop Movements
Reported May night actions at Bluefields show a bombardment by General Lara’s artillery that halted a Boer veteran Samuel Thomas and Maloney of New Orleans. Allied forces report the bluff captured, Zeledon missing, while mines failed to explode due to tampering. An improvised Blanca gunboat aided the defense as casualties and captures mount. American soldiers William Ross and Mason are listed among the dead or missing near Rama, where ongoing concern grows over a rear attack on Bluefields.
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Madriz
Zelecon
Blanca
Rama
William Ross
Milwaukee
United States Army
Navy
Mason
Estrada
Bluefields
Critic of Harvard Urges Reform at Cambridge
J Sullivan Cochrane of Harvard 1900 argues in The Harvard Illustrated Magazine that Harvard has failed to teach and lead, warning elected leaders to demand accountability. He cites Dr Charles W Eliot on democracy and urges Harvard to absorb the wisdom of the ages and answer to the nation.
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the Tribune
Cambridge
Mass
J. Sullivan Cochrane
Harvard
Harvard Illustrated Magazine
Veritas
Harvard University
Cochrane
Charles W. Eliot
Eliot
Mr. Cochrane
Battle of Generals Sparks in Brooklyn After Memorial Day
In Brooklyn two elderly veterans John J. O'Brien and John Kirk clashed over Civil War deeds. Kirk swung at O'Brien's jaw. O'Brien ducked and Kirk struck a vulnerable spot, sending him to the floor. Dr. Nolan treated O'Brien, and the men reconciled.
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Brooklyn
John J. O'Brien
Butter Street
John Kirk
O'Brien
Sherman
Kirk
Grant
Lee
O’brien
Elevator Accident Leaves Operator Injured in Multistory Fall
Michael Sullivan, 60, operator, is hospitalized with a fractured pelvis after an elevator incident at apartment 1046 Madison Avenue. Roy Atwell, actor, Herbert Bradford, playwright, and a woman are jailed for felonious assault after an altercation near the fourth floor. Sullivan says Atwell pulled his hand from the lever and lurched, causing a near crush. Bradford’s address listed on West 44th Street.
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Madison Avenue
Michael Sullivan
Presbyterian Hospital
Roy Atwell
Herbert Bradford
67Th Street
Atwell
the Lambs
West 44Th Street
Bradford
Sullivan
Brassford
Youthful band sentenced to death in St. Petersburg murders
Twenty-nine members of a youth gang were sentenced to death for a spree from 1907 to 1908 that included train robbery, factory looting, and killings. Eight women received life imprisonment, a 15-year-old was sent to a juvenile colony, and one member died by suicide in jail awaiting trial. The cases totaled forty volumes of testimony.
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St. Petersburg
Hazynkampf
Sestraretska Imperial Arms
Frontiersmen clash with smugglers near Siberian border
Report from Krasnoyarsk says frontier guards engaged a band of smugglers near the Siberian border. After being surrounded the smugglers refused to surrender. Three guards and six smugglers were killed in the fighting.
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Krasnoyarsk
Siberian
British Antarctic Expedition Sails With Scott Aiming Pole
The Terra Nova left the Thames for Cardiff after visits from Captain Bartlett and others. Captain Scott announces December 1911 as the target to reach the South Pole. The expedition sails 10 000 miles to New Zealand where Scott will board and continue the polar mission with 28 officers and scientists and 27 crew members.
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London
British Antarctic
Scott
South Pole
Bartlett
Roosevelt
Thames
Cardiff
New Zealand
Antarctic
E. R. Evans
Beans Cause Fright at Berlin Royal Review
During the Berlin Potsdam garrison review at Tempelhof Field a man threw a tin can filled with beans toward Crown Prince Frederick William. The can missed and fell at a policeman’s feet. the attacker, a Russian named Abraham Esterweiss, was seized and deemed possibly not responsible. The crown prince presided despite a wrist abscess as Americans including Herman Ridder and Harold McCormick watched.
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Berlin
Potsdam
Tempelhof Field
Frederick William
Abraham Esterweiss
Herman Ridder
Peru Rejects Troop Withdrawal Demand Amid Mediation
Lima reports that Peru will not withdraw frontier troops until the mediator's conditions are accepted by Henador. An additional three thousand troops were sent today to Payta.
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Lima
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Henador
Payta
Hint of a Colombia Ecuador alliance treaty reported
In Bogota on June 1 experts believe Carlos Calderon and General Julio Andrade have signed a defensive offensive alliance. Calderon briefed the National Assembly in secret on foreign policy and the assembly unanimously endorsed it.
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Bogota
Colombia
Carlos Calderon
Julio Andrade
Sefior Calderon
National Assembly
Short Day for Finance Force Ends Summer Overtime
The Finance Department staff were told they would not work past 5 pm in June and would quit at 4 pm in July and August. Former practice under Controller Prendergast had them work until 6 pm after he took office, claiming the longer hours were for summer only.
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Finance Department
Prendergast
Big Gifts for Charities in Minnie Edgerton Will
The Plainfield New Jersey will of Minnie Edgerton leaves about 149,900 for local charities. Muhlenberg Hospital receives 56,000 and the Tweedys 25,000 to aid the poor. The Y M C A and Y W C A get 10,060 and 10,900 respectively, along with Grace Church 10,000 and other groups including a 5,000 grant to the Playground Commission. Joseph Tate of Broadway is named executor and residuary legatee.
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The
Tribune
Plainfield
N. J
Minnie FE. Edgerton
Isabel, Mary
Florence Tweedy
Young Men's Christian Association
Youn Women's Cristian Association
Grace Episcopal Church
King’s Daughters
Playground Commission
Anti- Tuberculosis League of
Anti- Tuberculosis League of Plainfield and North Plainfield
Kiely and Associates
Police Pension Fund
Firemen’s Pension Fund
Joseph Tate
New York
No. 71
Broadway
Edgerton
James T
Brooklyn Milk Stations Open for Pasteurized Baby Milk
The Brooklyn Children's Aid Society opened sixteen milk stations across Brooklyn to provide pasteurized milk for babies before warm weather. Stations are scattered throughout the borough to reach families in many neighborhoods.
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Brooklyn Children’s Aid Society
Brooklyn
Roosevelt Critics Roil London Press Over Egyptian Rule Talk
Theodore Roosevelt’s Guildhall speech stirs editorials across London papers with Conservatives defending his remarks and Liberals denouncing them. Roosevelt meets Nationalists at luncheon and plans to attend King George’s reception, while foreign guests debate imperial policies. A new South African act frees Dinizulu with a pension.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Guildhall
Botha
United South Africa
Dintzulu
Cetewayo
Natal
Roosevelt
Egypt
American Statesman
The
Globe
Pall Mall Gazette
Westmister Gazette
Star
National Gallery
Frederick C. Selous
John Redmond
King George
King Edward
Roosevelt remarks prompt Canadian press on Egypt and Nicaragua
The Montreal Star and other papers comment on Roosevelt's London remarks. They suggest his Egypt policy critique could apply to Nicaragua and Central America, warning that US involvement may expose the Monroe Doctrine's limitations and question the logic of American canal strategy.
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the Tribune
Ottawa
Roosevelt
London
Montreal Star
Great Britain
The
Star
Mr. Roosevelt
Egypt
Nicaragua
States
United States
Central America
Suez Canal
Broadway Deal Reported For Block Front Near Herald Square
A syndicate reportedly bought the Broadway block from 35th to 38th streets and adjoining parcels north of Macy’s opposite the Herald Building. Plans call for a large business structure after leases end, with an estimated cost around 310 million. The report lacks confirmation and notes existing properties including Herald Square Theatre and Hotel Sturtevant.
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Broadway
35Th
38Th Street
Macy
Herald
Charles FB. Johnson
Herald Square Theatre
5Th Street
2Th Street
Sturtevant
Five Boroughs Realty Company
Edwin Could
Permission to Raise the Maine Promised by President Gomez
Havana reports President Gomez will grant permission to raise the Maine following a request by John B. Jackson the American Minister through the State Department. He offers to facilitate the work of American engineers in every way.
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Havana
John B. Jackson
State Department
Maine
Gomez
Danish Cabinet Resignations Withdrawn Under King’s Request
In Copenhagen Premier Zahle has withdrawn the resignations of his ministry at the request of King Frederick due to the ongoing difficulty in forming a new cabinet. The present political situation remains unsettled as efforts to assemble a stable government continue.
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Copenhagen
Zahle
Frederick
Campaign Ballot Reform Under Cobb and Hinman Green Bills
The plan would place party nominees on the left ballot via petitions and voters’ cross marks. On the right would be committee candidates elected by party voters and petitioned challengers. Enrolment and primary conduct would mirror standard election procedures to curb boss-controlled enrollments.
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Lst
Committee
Cobb
Hinman-Green
Foy
Party Committee
Mine Auction Brings In One Bid Under Court Hammer
Lindsay Russell trustee in bankruptcy of Montezuma Mines of Costa Rica offered the mines mills shops buildings and lands under U S District Court order at No 1 Broadway The appraised value was 61 00 but the minimum bid was 75 percent of that The sole bidder Bancroft Smith acted for James W Johnson largest creditor with a 74000 claim The bankruptcy petition was filed March 2 with liabilities of 876 127 and assets of 307289
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Broadway
Geold
Lindsay Russell
Montezuma Mines
Costa Rica
No. 45
United States District Court
Russell
Bancroft Smith
Smith
James W. Johnson
New Brunswick
N. J
Baldwin in Aeroplane Flies at Mineola in Cold Wind
Captain Thomas S. Baldwin made four short flights in a fifteen mile wind at Mineola near sunset. About a hundred spectators gathered at Hempstead Plains after 3 pm despite cool weather. Charles Hamilton hoped to fly but his main plane cloth tore, delaying his attempt. Hamilton touted bold West flights and planned to fly today. Hamilton and Baldwin entered the New York to St Louis and New York to Chicago contests, awaiting terms for the St Louis prize of 30000 dollars next week. Joe Seymour and B Harmon of the Avro Club were also slated to fly today.
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Thomas S. Baldwin
Mineola
Hempstead Plains
Charles K Hiamilton
Hamilton
West
America
B. Harmon
Avro Club
Sprint for wedding license at Bronx bureau ends with china prize
Fourteen marriage licenses issued at the Bronx new bureau amid a race to win a china set for the first couple. Benedict Calnan and Estelle Gettings won after a sprint up Borough Hall steps, narrowly beating Mary OConnell and John A Johnson. Helen Nolan briefly interrupted with an application before joining the queue.
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Bronx
Benedict Calnan
Fastian Street
Estelle Gettings
Brook Avenue
Calnan
Miss Gettings
Borough Hall
Cainan
Mary W. O'Connell
Simpson Street
John A. Johnson
Miss O'Connell
Helen Nolan
Mast 177Th Street
Miss Nolan
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