Plunkitt Targeted By Mock Dispossess Notice At Court
Senator George W. Plunkitt, a Tammany figure, faced a bogus dispossess notice at the County Courthouse claiming to eject him from a public corridor. The document, signed by a clerk and dated for June 4, was dismissed by Justice Bolte as a prank and not issued by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Plunkitt
City of
New York
Mr. Plunkitt
Weill
Justice Bolte
Senator Plunkitt
Tax arrears suit targets Kings County figures and firms
Martin Saxe leads state court actions against Hugh McLaughlin and other known individuals and entities for unpaid personal taxes. Cases cover 1897 to 1898 arrears, with small sums due and denials by some parties. Arrears bureau shows substantial collections in five months, and mortgage records reveal a major NY Dock Company lien. Bay Ridge Fort Hamilton plans sod-turning event on June 7 with civic ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Saxe
Hugh McLaughlin
Kings County
N. Coler
Coler
Imre
Fanny Burke-Roche
Norman
Irving T. Bush
John McCullagh
Koster & Rial Company
Burke-Roche
J. Henry Work
William N. Coler
Dike
Saxe
Wek
Bay Ridge
Fort Hamilton
Swanstrom
Third-ave
Brooklyn
Bay Ridge Fort Hamilton
Proton
Tumcheon
Citizens’ Association of
Italian steamship Umbria sets new Gibraltar to New York record
The Umbria arrived at Fire Island at 1058 a m from Gibraltar in seven days eight hours, establishing a new record. In Yorkville Court Professor Abraham Jacobi observed eviction cases where poverty stricken women faced rent arrears for two rooms at No 3 East Forty-fifth Street. He offered to pay the $18 rent to help ailing Mary Jones. Marion Erwin, aide to the U S Attorney General, discussed Greene and Gaynor litigation and habeas corpus issues affecting prisoners in Montreal and Quebec, with potential transfer back to Georgia and then federal court.
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Umbria
Fire Island
Gibraltar
Abraham Jacobi
Yorkville
Justice Josephs
Mary Jones
East Forty-fifth St
Jacobi
Marion Erwin
Air General
United States
Greene-Gaynor
Quebec
Cap- Carter
Judge Andrews
Queen
Mr. Erwin
Montreal
Erwin
Gaynor
Thizl
Federal Court of
Georgia
Lawsuit Targets Sage Obermeyer and Loew Over Damages
Philbin Beekman and Menken sue Russell Sage Charles Obermeyer and Edward Loew for damages claiming negligent actions as directors of the defunct German American Real Estate Title Guarantee Company. The suit cites excessive loans against securities and undercapitalized reserves, detailing multiple loans to Louis Lippman Morris Mandelstein and Walter Evans with property values far below loan amounts. The defendants are named as directors managers and finance committee members from 1897 to 1900. statements quoted reflect the plaintiff view of the case.
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
Jerome Discusses Speech Criticisms At Harvard Club
District Attorney Jerome said he had not read all criticisms of his Memorial Day Cambridge speech and that reports misrepresented him. He defended his remarks on reform officials and urged clear policy in enforcing laws, noting the need to change oppressive statutes through enforcement and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Harvard Political Club
Cambridge
Reform
Abraham Gruber
New York
East Side
Voice
Tammany Hall
Protests Against Leper’s Release Stir City Doctor Debates Cure
Dr. Albert S. Ashmead of 350 West 23rd street challenges the claim that Dong Gong of St. Louis has been cured of leprosy. Officials say chaulmoogra oil may alleviate but not cure, raising community safety concerns about freeing the Chinese leper from quarantine since October 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashmead
Dong Gong
ST. Louis
Albert S. Ashmead
West Twentythird St
United States
M. C. Woodruff
Tieng
A. H. Ohmann-Dumesnil
Jury Accuses Gypsy Bride in Galloway Death
Coroner opened an inquest into Leon Galloway’s death after a fire scene shooting. Witnesses testified Mrs. Galloway admitted the shooting. James Berry swore she was his wife. Galloway left her after nine years and prior arrest for failure to support her. Jury ruled death from pistol wounds inflicted by his wife. Mrs. Galloway 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 Custom House Visit
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw met with Collector Stranahan for routine department business before visiting the Sub-Treasury. He declined to discuss the silk frauds investigation. The New-York Tribune is marketed in Europe and Britain at hotels, book stalls, reading rooms, and railroad stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Custom House
Stranahan
Sub-Treasury
Mr. Shaw
New-York Tribune
Europe
Great Britain
Fright Ends Man's Life After Crosstown Car Crash
Frederick Schaeffer a 50 year old cigar dealer of East Thirty-fourth Street collapsed and died after a collision between a crosstown battery car number 1313 and a Third Avenue car at Thirty-fourth Street. Police blamed possible heart failure from fright. Several passengers were injured. no arrests were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-fourth-st. Crosstown
Thirty-fourth-st
Frederick Schaeffer
East Thirty-fourth-st
Secondave
Schaeffer
Park-ave
Third-ave
Edward Trainor
James Killackey
James Killackey, of No
Tenthave
Crosstown
John O'Hara
East Twenty-ninth-st
East Side Rapid Transit Proposal Hits Public Hearing
The Committee on Railroads of the Board of Aldermen held a hearing on rapid transit for the East Side. Senator Joseph Hennessy and Henry Marcus urged a legislature amend to extend the Rapid Transit Commission powers and require a third rail extension along Second Third or Lexington to Harlem River at a maximum three cent fare for a continuous ride. The committee reserved decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Railroads
Board of Aldermen
Joseph Hennessy
Henry Marcus
East One Hundred
Floor Collapse at St Marys Church Sends Parishioners Fleeing
Passaic June 2 Special A thousand people panicked when floor supports in the old St Marys Catholic Church failed during 11 oclock mass. Father B E A Hallenger kept the crowd calm as danger loomed. Careless carpenters had not braced the second story. Fifty or more leapt from windows but escaped with minor injuries. New supports were installed and service resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
St. Mary’s Catholic
BE. A. Hallenger
Father Hallenger
Mystery in Pedler's Death at Hibernia Mine
Morristown reports two men shot and killed in the mining settlement of Hibernia. One victim, Louis Cohn, a Hungarian pedlar with a general store and pack routes, is linked to revolver sales. Authorities doubt the Hun version of a self-inflicted accidental shooting and search for two missing Huns who were close friends. Coroner Hagan to hold an inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
Hibernia
Louis Cohn
General Nation
Dover
Anton Mouschack
Colin
Hagan
Mrs Flagler Moved to New Rochelle Home
Mrs Ida M Flagler the divorced wife of Henry M Flagler was taken from Pleasantville sanatorium after three years confinement to Orchards at New Rochelle recently leased for her Dr Carlos F Macdonald custodian pays $6000 yearly for the property while Wilson and family are in Europe Mrs Flagler worth over $3 000 000 accompanied by Dr Macdonald and a female attendant The move aims to separate her from other patients to seek possible cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida M. Flagler
Henry M. Flagler
Pleasantville
Westchester County
Francis Wilson
New Rochelle
Carlos F. Macdonald
Flagler
Mr. Wilson
Europe
Macdonald
City Printing Firm Plans New York Plant
The Board of City Records faced criticism for awarding city printing work to Fred Macey Company of Grand Rapids Michigan amid labor union protests over foreign ownership. The company’s local manager reports preparations to open a New York City printing plant in Manhattan to handle local jobs and to comply with labor regulations required of government bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Faster Brooklyn Extension Terms
Controller Grout argues against lenient terms for the Brooklyn rapid transit tunnel project and favors stricter bidder conditions than those of the Manhattan system. He suggests the lease be reduced to twenty five years and contemplates delaying the build to seek legislative options, though practical needs push for reasonable action. Grout also cites savings from the city’s asphalt bidding crusade, praising the new specifications and competition that lowered costs in multiple items including concrete, old stone, and curb work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grout
Brooklyn
Rapid Transit
Manhattan
Greatsinger
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Commission
Paris
Combine
Mr. Grout
Horough
Swanstrom
Board of Estimate
Mayor Hears Marshals' Cases and Reserved Decisions
Two city marshal cases were heard by Mayor Low. Finnegan, Brooklyn lawyer, claimed Irwin endorsed a $3 McKague Seward judgment as paid when $529 was collected, seeking $857 in fees, while the marshal said Finnegan was not properly retained. Capallo versus Ange man involved a stand debt mix up, with Rugger y alleging English ignorance and that Capallo paid a $100 vegetable bill after the marshal arrested the wrong man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low
M. F. Finnegan
Brooklyn
John W. Irwin
Finnegan
Irwin
Catherine McKague
Eugene C. Seward
Raffalo Capallo
Albert Angeman
Frank Ruggery
Capallo
Ruggery
Escaped Brooklyn Man Drowns After Ward's Island Escape
Stephen Cusick, a Brooklyn blacksmith, escaped from Manhattan State Hospital on Ward's Island and drowned in the East River after a tug and attendants pursued him. He had been admitted from Bellevue Hospital around mid March for melancholy and was not violent. Open summer cars are tested on the Third Avenue line with side entry and end doors controlled from the guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Cusick
Bergenst
Brooklyn
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island
East River
Cusick
Bellevue Hospital
Manhattan Elevated Raihway Company
Third-ave
Fights Break Out At City Hall in Bayonne
John J. Keating justice of the peace and Michael Carroll saloonkeeper fought in the Bayonne City Hall corridor. They exchanged blows leaving bloodied faces. Chief of Police, alerted from the Police Headquarters, threatened to arrest them and the fight ended. Both men are noted political figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keating
Michael Carroll
Bayonne
N. J
Adolph Wolff Pleads Guilty Then Not Guilty in Weights Scam
Adolph Wolff, once superintendent at a Newark leather works, faced three indictments charging him with stealing hides totaling 11,488 94 dollars. He pleaded guilty, then entered not guilty pleas and posted bail for trial. Leon Liedenbach, executor, accused the defendant of systematic theft from December 196 to January 31 this year, while Wolff admitted misweighing hides to skim a small amount, claiming the indictments’ figures were wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Wolff
Court of Quarter Sessions
Newark
Leon Liedenbach
Milton Liedenbach
Seventh-ave
Wolff
Further Bridge Delay Likely for Williamsburg Span
The Williamsburg Bridge completion faces months more delay as Roebling Co fails to string cables on schedule. A six month extension expired April 21 with denied further extension and a daily $1000 penalty. Company hopes to finish by June 30 but current pace pushes readiness past August, delaying all other bridge work and delaying opening into 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Roebling
Lindenthal
Bridge Department
Jersey City Police to Parade in Final Uniform Parade
The Jersey City police hold their annual inspection and parade tomorrow led by Chief's aide Sergeant Michael Welsh born August 1866 and a longtime head of Police Headquarters at night. He will retire in August after this last parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Michael Welsh
Welsh
NEW TRUST COMPANY OPENS ITS DOORS
The West Side Trust Company, organized with 200000 capital and surplus, opened in Springfield and High Street Newark yesterday. Deposits exceeded 60000 as ten buildings and loan associations plan to transfer their accounts to the new bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side Tust Company
Springfield
Newark
Jersey City Saloon Row Sparks Grand Jury Threats
Henry Ross was fined ten dollars by Judge Murphy for creating a disturbance at Excise Commissioner O'Brien's saloon and threatened to seek a grand jury indictment against O'Brien for keeping the place open on Sunday. O'Brien denies the saloon was open on Sunday and represents liquor dealers on the Excise Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ross
Murphy
Jersey City
O'Brien
Exciie Board
Des Moines Train Wreck At Otis Injures Ten
Two killed or seriously hurt in a Chicago and Northwestern wreck near Otis Iowa seven miles from Cedar Rapids. A switch was thrown too soon as a westbound train waited for an eastbound to pass, derailing the last sleeper and slamming it into the westbound engine. Eight or ten in the sleeper were bruised with five serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago and Northwestern
Otis
Cedar Rapids
Ten-year-old Howard Graham in Tombs court for truancy
Howard Graham ten years old of 51 Washington Street son of deceased songwriter Charles Graham faced truancy charges in Tombs court. Magistrate Crane sent him to the Children's Society until today after an arrest last fall for singing on the Produce Exchange floor. Mrs. Graham lauds his cheerful nature and musical talent, hoping schooling will guide his future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Graham
Washington St
Charles Graham
Tombs Court
Crane
Children’s Society
Produce Exchange
Yaquis Lose Battle to Mexican Army Near Hermosillo
A Mexican battalion under General Torres clashed with 300 Yaqui Indians on May 29 at El Tanque near Hermosillo. Forty Yaquis killed and about eighty wounded. Mexican losses were fifteen. Yaquis retreated toward the Mazatan Mountains, leaving dead and arms captured as Hermosillo shivered with excitement and business slowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Torres
Sonora
el Tanque
Hermosillo
Mazatan
Spring Keeps New Station Empty at Highbridge Precinct
The new Thirty fourth Precinct police station in Highbridge remains unused two months after completion due to a spring in the cellar. Officials refuse to move in until the spring is stopped and the building is made safe. The three story structure includes a gymnasium and baths and cost nearly $30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-fourth Precinct
Highbridge Station
City issues five million in world fair bonds
Bids on St. Louis authorized issue of $5,000,000 of bonds were opened in the mayor and controller’s presence. The bonds, with par value $1,000 and one cent per bond, were accepted from two responsible bidders acting jointly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Wells
Player
Freeholders Refuse to Pay Deputies Hired During Lodi Strike
Bergen County board rejects paying $2,550 for one hundred deputies and $50 to Daniel McGrath who fed them during the Lodi silk dyers strike. Prosecutor Koester argues no law compels payment and no suit can be brought against the county. Board members debate legal risk and consider a Supreme Court push, with one member urging payment despite concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
Bergen
Board of Freeholders
Murphy
Soley
Lodi
Supreme Court
Tentative Republican slate for Union County elections
Elizabeth June 2 Special. A secret conference of Union County Republican leaders produced a tentative slate for next fall. Names include Joseph Cross for State Senator and George Parrot for Surrogate, both of Elizabeth, with Andrew McCardell of Plainfield likely to run for Sheriff. The leaders favor McCardell amid pressure. Representative Fowler reportedly approves and expects renomination at the June 2 Congress convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Union County
Joseph Cross
George 2 Parrot
Andrew McCardell
Plainfield
Fowler
Congress
Assembly
Summit
Old First Church in Passaic to be dedicated this week
The Old First Church in Passaic will dedicate its new building this week with a cost of $60,000. The Rev Anne Vennema announced at yesterday's service that all funds needed have been subscribed and the church will enter debt free. The church is over 150 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
Old First
Anne Vennema
Golden Wedding for Mr and Mrs Schambacher at Newark
Mr and Mrs John Leonard Schambacher celebrated their golden wedding at their home 1 Sherman ave Newark with four children and sixteen grandchildren present. The Rev C J Theiss of Bergen Street Methodist Episcopal Church remarried the couple. He is seventy five and she seventy four. he has served as organist at the Bergen Street 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
New Jersey City Post Office Favored for Funding
Representative McDermott said federal authorities back an appropriation for a new Jersey City post office building and that funds will be provided at the short session of Congress convening next December. He cautioned not to be surprised if the appropriation occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDermott
Jersey City
Washington
Congress
Telegraphic Notes: Escapes and Fires Across States
VictOR Griffen, an inmate at Bayview Insane Asylum, escaped and was found mangled on a railroad track two hours later. In Elizabeth City a brick Godfrey building fire killed two men. Arkansas Gazette stake altered by Heiskell and Coffin with new owners taking charge July 1. The New Orleans Item to be sold street prices drop to two cents. Roanoke appoints John A. Pilcher as chief mechanical engineer for Norfolk and Western. Counterfeiter E Louis Smith sentenced to two years. government leniency sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Victor Griffen
Bayview Insane Asylum
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Griffen
Chicago
E. Louis Smith
Kohlsaat
Post Office Department
Wigwag Guzzler Delve Into Novel Language
Readings from The Philadelphia Record explore the line His eyes drank in the familiar landscape as a metaphor for recognition and immersion. The playful quiz considers the imagery of a field of rye and invites interpretation of prose versus poetic phrasing.
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Philadelphia Record
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M’laughlin
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NEW York Dock Company
Himong
Iran
New-York Dock Company
Professor Jacobi
Samaritan
Gaynor and
Greene
Philadelphia
VIA
Reading
NEW Jersey Central
Sramas
Ees
Bquipanen
Sage, Obermeyer and
LOEW
John H. Hammond
Leper
Shaw
NEW Jersey News
Pedler
Hans
Eurote
Michigan Company
Tug
Roebling Company
NEW Trust Company
Wet H Jackson
Onan
East 17Th Street
Union Square
Koester
Richards
MR. M'Dermott
Telegraphic Notes
Elizabeth City
N. C
Godfrey
Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas Gazette
N. Heiskell
Louisville
C. W
Frederick Heiskell
Memphis
Maxwell Coffin
Little Rock
New Orleans
New-Orleans
Roanoke
John A. Pilcher
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
America
Broadway
John Wanamaker
A. T. Stewart & Co
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