Plunkitt Targeted by Mock Court Notice at County Courthouse
Senator George W. Plunkitt faced a bogus eviction notice purportedly signed by Francis Mangin demanding he vacate a corridor of the County Courthouse. Plunkitt denounced the stunt as a mid summer joke, while Justice Bolte and City Marshal dispute the document’s authenticity and motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Plunkitt
Bootblack
Bolte
City of
New York
Mr. Plunkitt
Justice Bolte
Senator Plunkitt
McLaughlin Named In Tax Debt Suits Across Brooklyn
Martin Saxe leads State court actions against Hugh McLaughlin and other figures including William N Coler and Mrs Fanny Burke Roche over unpaid personal taxes. Debts range from modest arrears to several thousand dollars with hundreds of cases in collection drive. A separate mortgage of 13 9 million records rights and privileges of the New York Dock Company. Swanström to turn first sod for Bay Ridge Fort Hamilton improvements on June 7. Umbria sets new outbound record Gibraltar to Gibraltar 7 days 12 hours. Prof Abraham Jacobi helps a distressed renter by paying two months rent in eviction case at East Forty fifth Street court.
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Martin Saxe
Hugh McLaughlin
Kings County
Illiam N. Coler
Coler
Imre
Fanny Burke-Roche
Norman_5
Irving T. Bush
John McCullagh
Koster & Rial Company
Burke-Roche
J. Henry Work
William N. Coler
Dike
Saxe
Web
Bay Ridge
Fort Hamilton
Swanstrom
Third-ave
Brooklyn
Bay Ridge Fort Hamilton
Citizens’ Association of
Abraham Jacobi
Yorkville
Justice Josephs
Mary Jones
East Forty-fifth St
Vand
Extradition and Habeas Corpus Question Emerges in Quebec Case
Marion Erwin, special assistant to the U S Attorney General, returns from Quebec amid the Greene-Gaynor litigation over seized assets tied to Cap Carter’s alleged frauds. He will attend the June 7 hearing before Judge Andrews in Montreal Superior Court. Erwin argues about whether a habeas corpus order can be issued by a Superior Court judge from the extradition judge and suggests prisoners may be returned to Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Erwin
Air General
United States
Greene-Gaynor
Quebec
Cap- Carter
Andrews
Queen
Mr. Erwin
Montreal
Erwin
Gaynor
Federal Court of Georgia
Lawyers sue Sage Obermeyer and Loew over reckless loans
Philbin Beekman & Menken sue Russell Sage Charles Obermeyer and Edward Loew for 350 dollars plus damages alleging wrongful negligent acts as directors of the defunct German American Real Estate Title Guarantee Co. They claim loans violated reserve and collateral rules with loans to Louis Lippman Morris Mandelstein and Walter Evans leading to substantial losses and foreclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
Charles J. Obermeyer
Edward V. Loew
Philbin, Beekman & Menken
John Henry Hammond
Charles G. Obermeyer
Louis Lippman
Hammond
Morris Mandelstein
Brookave
Walter S. Evans
West Sixty-third-st
Sage
Loew
Obermeyer
Menken
Tribune
Jerome Explains Speech Criticism and Reform Stance
District Attorney Jerome said he had not read all criticisms of his Cambridge Memorial Day speech but noted misreporting. He defended his remarks on reform officials and argued for clear enforcement of existing laws, while stating he is not part of the city administration but a county officer and would support needed legal changes.
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Jerome
Harvard Political Club
Cambridge
Reform
Abraham Gruber
New York
East Side
Voice
Tammany Hall
Protests Against Leper's Release in St Louis
Dr Ashmead protests Dong Gong's release from quarantine contending the Chinese leper is not cured by chaulmoogra oil. He cites global experience, notes treatment began January, and warns freeing the patient risks community safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert S. Ashmead
West Twentythird St
Dong Gong
United States
St. Louis
M. C. Woodruff
A. H. Ohmann-Dumesnil
Jury Accuses Gypsy Bride In Fatal Shooting
Coroner opened an inquest into Leon Galloway of 621 West Forty sixth street shot on May 23 by his gypsy wife of months. Witnesses testified she admitted shooting him. the jury returned a verdict that he died from pistol wounds inflicted by his wife. Mrs. Galloway pleaded not guilty and was held without bail at the Tombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scholer
Leon Galloway
West Forty-sixth St
Roosevelt Hospital
Galloway
Secretary Shaw in Town at the Custom House
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw visited the Custom House for routine department business with Collector Stranahan before touring the Sub-Treasury. He declined to discuss the silk frauds investigation stating his city visit held no public importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Custom House
Stranahan
Sub-Treasury
Mr. Shaw
Ordia
Deadly Crosstown Crash Follows Fright at 34th Street
A heavy storage battery car on the Thirty-fourth Street line and a Third Avenue car collided near Second Avenue. Frederick Schaeffer, a cigar dealer, died from heart failure attributed to fright after hearing the crash and an explosion rumor. Edward Trainor and James Killackey led the crosstown and Third Avenue cars, with several injuries reported and no arrests.
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Second Ave
Thirty-fourth-st
Schaeffer
Park-ave
Third-ave
Edward Trainor
Crosstown
James Killackey
No. 210
Tenthave
John O'Hara
East Twenty-ninth-st
Mrs Flagler Moved to New Rochelle Estate During Custody Dispute
Mrs Ida M Flagler the divorced wife of Henry M Flagler, was removed from a Pleasantville sanatorium to the Orchards in New Rochelle, leased for her by Dr Carlos F Macdonald who holds custody and pays $6 000 a year. She is worth over $3 000 000 and accompanied by a woman aide. Macdonald aims to treat her free from other patients by the relocation.
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Ida M. Flagler
Henry M. Flagler
Pleasantville
Westchester County
Francis Wilson
New Rochelle
Carlos F. Macdonald
Flagler
Mr. Wilson
Europe
Macdonald
East Side Rapid Transit Hearing Seeks 3-Cent Fare
The Committee on Railroads of the Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on East Side rapid transit facilities. Senator Joseph Hennessy and Henry Marcus urged a legislative amendment to extend the rapid transit line to the Harlem River at a fare not exceeding three cents for a continuous ride, with the committee reserving decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Railroads
Board of Aldermen
Joseph Hennessy
Henry Marcus
East One Hundred
City Record Board Considers Local Printing Plant
The Board of City Records faced criticism over awarding printing work to Fred Macey Company of Grand Rapids. A local manager said Macey plans a New York City printing plant in Manhattan to handle local jobs and will meet labor regulations for government contracts.
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Board of
City Record
Fred Macey Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Macey Company
Board of City Records
Philip Cowen
New York City
Borough of Manhattan
Grout Opposes Easier Terms for Brooklyn Extension
Controller Grout argues against making terms for the Brooklyn rapid transit extension more favorable, while favoring stricter conditions than those for Manhattan. He criticizes the present fifty year lease as too liberal and suggests possible changes to bind bidders more, even delaying construction to seek legislative options.
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Grout
Brooklyn
Rapid Transit
Manhattan
Greatsinger
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Commission
Mr. Grout
Floor Collapse at St Marys Church Triggers Panic in Passaic
At the old St Marys Catholic Church in Passaic a floor collapse sent about a thousand worshippers into panic during the 11 o clock mass. Father E A Hallenger urged orderly exit as fifty or more leapt from windows. New supports were installed and service resumed with many reluctant to return.
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Passaic
St. Mary's Catholic
E. A. Hallenger
Father Hallenger
Mystery in Pedler's Death at Hi bernia Mining Settlement
Morristown reports a double homicide near the Hi bernia mining settlement. A Hungarian and a Hebrew named Louis Cohn were killed. two Hun friends are missing. Authorities doubt the accidental shooting tale and plan an inquest by Coroner Hagan.
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Morristown
Hibernia
Louis Cohn
General Nation
Dover
Anton Mouschack
Colin
Hagan
Mayor hears marshals cases in two hearings
Mayor Low reserved decisions on the cases of M. F. Finnegan and Raffalo Capallo. Finnegan accused City Marshal John W. Irwin of endorsing a $3 judgment as $5296 collected and seeks $857 in fees. Capallo charged City Marshal Albert Ange man with collecting a $100 vegetable bill from the wrong man. Rugger y and Capallo claim lack of English understanding and improper service.
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Low
M. F. Finnegan
Brooklyn
John W. Irwin
Finnegan
Irwin
Catherine McKague
Eugene C. Seward
Raffalo Capallo
Albert Angeman
Frank Ruggery
Capallo
Ruggery
Escaped man drowns after pursuit by tug on East River
Stephen Cusick of Brooklyn escaped from room in Manhattan State Hospital on Ward's Island and was pursued by five attendants. He jumped from a passing tug into the East River and, after being offered a rope, refused to grab it, sinking soon after. Previously admitted from Bellevue Hospital around mid March for melancholy, he was not violent. Open summer cars tested on the Manhattan Elevated Railway Third Avenue line allow side boarding and crosswise seats with end guards and a single lever-controlled door system. Smoking permitted on rear seats of the open cars. rail officials consider broader use possibly this summer.
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Stephen Cusick
Bergenst
Brooklyn
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island
East River
Cusick
Bellevue Hospital
Manhattan Elevated Railway Company
Third-ave
A.c
Bayonne Officials Fight in City Hall Corridor
John J. Keating a justice of the peace and Michael Carroll a saloonkeeper argued in the Bayonne New Jersey City Hall corridor and fought until the Chief of Police intervened. Both men are prominent in politics. Adolph Wolff pleaded guilty to stealing hides in Newark but later pleaded not guilty and posted bail. He admitted counting weight higher to skim profits during his tenure as works superintendent through last February.
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John J. Keating
Michael Carroll
Bayonne
N. J
Adolph Wolff
Court of Quarter Sessions
Newark
Leon Liedenbach
Milton Liedenbach
Seventh-ave
Wolff
Further Bridge Delay Likely on Williamsburg Span
The Williamsburg Bridge extra delay is forecast due to Roebling Company struggles with cable stringing. A six month extension ended April 21, with a daily penalty of 1000 dollars for late work. Officials now project completion not before late 1904, after August work, delaying adjacent bridge tasks.
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Williamsburg
Roebling
Lindenthal
Bridge Department
Jersey City Police Parade Marks Chief's Aide Retirement
The Jersey City police prepare for their annual inspection and parade tomorrow with Chief's aide Sergeant Michael Welsh leading as senior force member. Appointed in August 1866, he will retire in August, ending years in charge of Police Headquarters at night.
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Jersey City
Michael Welsh
Welsh
West Side Trust Company Opens in Newark
The West Side Trust Company, formed with 300000 capital and surplus, opened at Springfield Ave and High St Newark yesterday. The bank received deposits over 60000 and ten building and loan associations are to transfer their accounts to the new institution.
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West Side Trust Company
Springfield
Newark
Jersey City Saloon Scandal Prompt Grand Jury Threats
Henry Ross was fined ten dollars yesterday by Judge Murphy for creating a disturbance at Excise Commissioner O'Brien’s saloon. Ross vowed to confront the grand jury to indict O'Brien for keeping the saloon open on Sunday. O'Brien denies the saloon operated on Sunday and represents liquor dealers on the Excise Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ross
Murphy
Jersey City
O'Brien
O’brien
Nquor
Excite Board
Switch Throw Causes Wreck Near Cedar Rapids
At Otis, seven miles from Cedar Rapids, a Chicago and Northwestern wreck injured two seriously and five more bruised when a brakeman threw a switch too soon while a westbound passenger train waited for an eastbound to pass. Eight or ten in the sleeper were bruised. only five injuries were serious.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago and Northwestern
Otis
Cedar Rapids
Ten-Year-Old Truant Howard Graham Housed After Court
Howard Graham ten years old of 51 Washington Street, son of deceased songwriter Charles Graham, appeared in Tombs court on a truancy charge. Magistrate Crane remanded him to the Children's Society until today after an earlier arrest for singing on the Produce Exchange floor to help his mother. Mrs. Graham praises his cheerfulness and musical talent, hoping education will let him make his mark.
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Howard Graham
Washington St
Charles Graham
Tombs Court
Crane
Children’s Society
Produce Exchange
Yaquis Beaten by Mexicans Near Hermosillo
Report from Hermosillo says General Torres’s Mexican battalion engaged about 300 Yaqui Indians at El Tanque on May 29. Forty Yaquis killed and twice that number wounded. Mexican losses reported at fifteen. Yaquis fled toward the Mazatan Mountains as ammunition and arms were captured. Hermosillo merchants join volunteer army. excitement runs high.
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Tucson
Ariz
Torres
Sonora
el Tanque
Hermosillo
Mazatan
Spring Keeps New Station Empty at Highbridge Precinct
The Thirty fourth Precinct police station known as the Highbridge station remains unoccupied two months after completion due to a cellar spring and damp conditions. The three story building with gymnasium and baths cost nearly $30,000 and will not be used until the spring subsides and the house is made safely habitable.
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Thirty-fourth Precinct
Highbridge Station
City world’s fair bonds bid opened for 5 million
In St Louis on June 2 bids on the city’s authorized 5 million dollar world’s fair bonds were opened with Mayor Wells and Controller Player present. The par value of 1000 dollars and one cent per bond were accepted from two responsible bidders acting jointly.
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St. Louis
Wells
Player
Freeholders Refuse to Pay Deputies Bill in Lodi Strike
The Bergen Board of Freeholders voted not to pay $2,550 for deputies hired during the Lodi silk dyers strike. Prosecutor Koester argued there is no law compelling payment and warned of personal liability. Counsel suggested a test case by voting to pay, forcing a Supreme Court decision, but the board declined.
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Koester
Board of Freeholders
Murphy
Soley
Lodi
Mabie
Supreme Court
Richards
Hackensack
Tentative slate for Union County election discussed
Elizabeth June 2 Special. A secret conference of Union County Republican leaders outlined a tentative slate for next fall. Joseph Cross of Elizabeth seeks State Senator. George T. Parrot of Elizabeth for Surrogate. Andrew McCardell of Plainfield is pushed for Sheriff despite reluctance. Fowler backs this slate. summit area Assembly nominees to include two from townships and one from Summit.
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Elizabeth
Union County
Joseph Cross
George T. Parrot
Andrew McCardell
Plainfield
Fowler
Assembly
Summit
Old First Church in Passaic to be dedicated this week
The new Old First Church in Passaic will be dedicated this week amid a debt free status. The building cost $60,000 and the Rev Anne Vennema announced at yesterday’s service that all funds needed have been subscribed, ensuring the church is free from debt. The Old First traces back more than 150 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
Old First
Anne Vennema
Golden Wedding Celebrated by Newark Couple
Mr and Mrs John Leonard Schambacher celebrated their golden wedding at No 10 Sherman Ave Newark with four children and sixteen grandchildren present. The Rev C J Theiss of Bergen Street Methodist Church remarried the couple. He is 75 and she 74. he has served as organist at the church for forty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leonard Schambacher
Sherman-ave
Newark
C. J. Theiss
Bergen Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Schambdacher
Bergen Street Church
Jersey City Post Office Budget Hinted For Next Congress Session
Representative McDermott, departing Jersey City for Washington, states federal authorities support an appropriation for a new Jersey City post office. The funding is expected at the short session of Congress convening next December, with officials signaling firm backing for the project.
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McDermott
Jersey City
Washington
Congress
Telegraphic Notes Summary of June 2 Updates From Multiple Cities
The June 2 notes report Victor Griffen escape from Bayview Insane Asylum and his death on a railroad track near Baltimore. Fires destroy the Godfrey brick building in Elizabeth City with two fatalities. Arkansas Gazette stake change under J N Heiskell et al. The New Orleans Item to be sold on streets for two cents. John A. Pilcher named chief mechanical engineer of Norfolk and Western Railway stationed in Roanoke. Bogus postal card counterfeit ring sentenced to two years, with potential twenty-year max.
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Baltimore
Victor Griffen
Bayview Insane Asylum
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Griffen
New Orleans
Roanoke
John A. Pilcher
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Chicago
E. Louis Smith
Kohlsaat
Post Office Department
Wigwag and Guzzler Pose Meaning in Novel Lines
A whimsy from The Philadelphia Record compiles lines noting how a character’s eyes drink in a landscape and suggests a rye field as a possible setting. The item playfully contrasts interpretive reads and sensory imagery in literature.
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Philadelphia Record
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Little Rock, Ark
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