Inquest Clears Drivers After Staten Island Speed Tragedy
The coroner and a ten man jury ruled the deaths of Andrew Fetherston and John T. Bogert an unavoidable accident caused by being struck by a car at Grant City speed trials. W. C. Baker and Edward Denzer were exonerated. witnesses, mostly Manhattan police, described the moment of impact as lasting only a few seconds. Funeral services were held for Fetherston at St. Peter's Church New Brighton and for Bogert at the Moravian Church Castleton Corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Fetherston
John T. Bogert
Grant City
Staten Island
George F. Schaefer
Stapleton
Manhattan
W. C. Baker
Edward Denzer
Messrs. Baker
Denzer
Marsh
Warren S. van Slyke
van Slyke
Richmond County
Richmond
Stephen D. Stephens
Edward S. Rawson
Stephens
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
New Brighton
Robert G. Shaw Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Knights of Columbus
Knights of Pythias
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Castleton Corners
Rives Powersless to Prevent Staten Island Speed Tests
Corporation Counsel Rives released correspondence with President Shattuck of the Automobile Club of America over proposed Staten Island speed tests on May 31. The Board of Aldermen authorized the tests under the Cocks law with special traffic controls and patrols, leaving Rives powerless to stop them if the aldermen persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation
Rives
President Shattuck
Automobile Club of America
Staten Island
Board of Aldermen
Borough of
Richmond
Staten Island Boulevard
Southside Boulevard
Auto crash leaves boy with injuries in Morrisania
August Newmann of 152 Eighthave was held in 500 for examination by Magistrate Flammer in Morrisania Police Court after his car struck seven year old John Rodney of 689 East One hundred fifty first street on Third Avenue. Rodney sustained internal injuries and was taken home for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Newmann
Flammer
Morrisania
Newmann
John Rodney
Won Bride Through Basketball In February Wedding
George H. Zimmerman of New Rochelle wed Miss Ethel G. Taylor of Larchmont on February 22 in Jersey City. The couple, connected to local athletics, met through basketball colors and now reside with her parents in Larchmont. The New York Tribune will be sold in major European hotels and stations for visiting Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Zimmerman
New Rochelle
Ethel G. Taylor
Larchmont
Thomas C. Taylor
Christian Association
Miss Taylor
Jersey City
Taylor
Zimmerman
New-York Tribune
Europe
Great Britain
Pec
Blames track and police over Staten Island speed trials
A Staten Island speed trial that killed two and injured many drew sharp critique from auto enthusiasts. A member of the Automobile Club of America faulted the Southfield course for being dangerous and argued Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn would have been safer for the Baker machine pursuit. Horace L. Arnold urged police roping and private road testing to prevent such tragedies, while suggesting steel rims might have avoided the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Island
Automobile Club of America
Southfield
Ocean Parkway
Brooklyn
Fournier
Long Island Automobile Club
New York
Baker
Red Cross
Horace L. Arnold
France
Mr. Arnold
Long Island
Arnold
Father Reunites With Kidnapped Daughter Margaret Taylor
Albert V. Taylor and his daughter Margaret arrived from Genoa aboard the Kaiserin Maria Theresia. Margaret had been abducted by her aunt Clara Taylor in Cincinnati on August 3, 1898, and was found in Italy with U.S. help. Clara Taylor is in custody in Italy and to be brought to the United States. The father, who had sailed for Italy to recover his child, said he did not wish to prosecute his sister and expressed relief at Margaret’s return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert V. Taylor
Margaret
Miss Clara Taylor
Cincinnati
Genoa
Mr. Taylor
Italy
State Department
United States
Pierson
Taylor
Astor House
Raymond Bill
Edward Lyman Bill
The
Music Trades Review
New Rochelle
Henry Noel Potter
Westinghouse Electric Company
Rochelle Park
Bills
Bill
Potter
Eddy
Navy urged to build Dry Dock No 4 at Brooklyn Yard
Rear Admiral Asserson urges that the government construct Dry Dock No 4 within the Brooklyn Navy Yard rather than rely on outside contractors. He cites peculiar ground conditions and believes naval officers familiar with the site can deliver better work. Existing timber docks suffer from soft foundations and the department plans July contract and autumn start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asserson
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Department
State Camps Active at Roa Hook and Lake Mohegan
Two New York National Guard camps operate today Roa Hook behind Roa Hook with the 12th Regiment and Lake Mohegan Camp Roe housing the 9th Regiment after an early departure. Drill and routine fill the day from reveille at 4 55 am to taps at 11 pm with church calls stable and water checks. Visitors include Lt Emmet and Lt Guild with Gen McCoskry Butt due Wednesday. General Roe and staff travel to West Point. officers at the lake camp named James M. O Donell and Louis D Connelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peekskill
N. Y
Young Men’s Christian Association
Emmet
Leutenant
Frederick Guild
McCoskry Butt
McCoy Road
William H. Chapin
National Guard
Elmore F. Austin
George Moore Smith
Lake Mohegan
Roe
West Point
Chapin
Lake Monegan
Henry
New York
Butt
the Lake Camp
James M. O’donell
Dougherty
Louis D. Connelly
Ferro
Smith
Brigade
Board of Visitors
Charles F. Roe
A. C. Howse
Alabama
Richard W. Young
Utah
Montgomery Schuyler
George W. Childs Drexel
Pennsylvania
Edmund W. Pettus
Charles Dick
Ohio
William R. Harper
Illinois
Torrance
Minnesota
Joseph V. Quarles
Wisconsin
Frederick H. Gillette
Massachusetts
William Sulzer
Pettus
Drexel
Mills
McCook
Frederick D. Grant
Notable Namesline of Guests Across Hotels and Cities
A compiled list names dignitaries and notable figures across a range of hotels and cities including Providence Paris London Corning Albany Havana Syracuse Minneapolis Boston Detroit and Brisbane. It mentions officials like Justices Burr Matthias Manhattan court and Judge W E Spear of Ohio along with railway leaders A G Yates and J B Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albemarle
W. C. Codman
Providence
ASTOR
Alexander Dumas
Paris
Fifth Avenue
H. Clay Evans
United States
London
J. W. Drake
Corning
G W. Fairchild
Oneonta
Gilsey
J. van Wormer
Albany
Burr Mattice
New York State Supreme Court
Holland
P. M. Prescott
Washington
Majestic
E. A. MacDowell
Detroit
Manhattan
John Clinton Gray
New York State Court of Appeals
A. Ames Howlett
Syracuse
S. R. Thayer
Minneapolis
J. Condit Smith
Havana
H. Sproule
R. A
China
Oakes Ames
Boston
Navarre
W. E. Spear
Supreme Court of
Ohio
Netherland
Lady Ross
Scotland
Savoy
W. N. Whites
Citywide commencement and meetings schedule unfolds
Commencement exercises set for Horace Mann School at 11 am and Cornell Medical College tomorrow evening at Carnegie Hall. Aldermen meet in City Hall. NYU class day in Senior Hall. Automobile Club of America and NY Historical Society events in the evening. Morrisania I O F plans 8 pm reception commemorating its fiftieth anniversary. Professor Adler testifies in Yorkville court. Frank Sweeney held for trial. Building bureau cites 0,000 in fire protection work for Manhattan hotels and theatres. Degnon MacLean work plant battle before Justice Greenbaum. Museums offer free access with hours: Met 10 am to 6 pm. Zoo 9 am to 6 pm except Mondays and Thursdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann
Aldermen
City Hall
New York University
Automobile Club of America
New York Historical Society
Kings County Republican General Committee
Cornell University Medical College
Carnegie Hall
Morrisania Lodge No. 171
Zeltner
Morrisania Hall
Third-ave
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Degnon-MacLean Contracting Company
Fortyfirst
Forty-second Sts
Park-ave
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Zoological Park
Flag officers rise in Brooklyn sail plan at navy yard
Rear Admiral J B Coghlan hoisted his flag on the cruiser Brooklyn yesterday afternoon and is to be junior commander of the North Atlantic Squadron. Rear Admiral Higginson, commander of the squadron, was expected on the cruiser Olympia but did not arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Coghlan
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
North Atlantic
Higginson
Olympia
Verdict on Chicago's officers remains undisclosed
Secretary Moody received word from Admiral Crowninshield that the Venice court of inquiry into the Chicago incident did not recommend a court martial for all officers. The department chose not to publish conclusions yet, citing clemency shown by the King of Italy to imprisoned Venice officials and avoiding reflections on Italian judges and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moody
Chicago
Venice
Italy
Steamship Route Listing for City of Birmingham and Allies
A fragment listing sailing connections for the City of Birmingham and allied steamers to Savannah Kansas City Bristol Algonquin Charleston Jacksonville Leon XIII Cadiz Guyandotte Norfolk Newport News Jamestown and other ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Birmingham
Savannah
Kansas
Ity
Bristol
Algonquin
Charleston
Jacksonville
Leon XIII
Span
Cadiz
Etc
Guyandotte
Norfolk
Newport News
Jamestown
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac
Shipping notes give sunrise and sunset times and lunar data. High water events occur at multiple tidal stations including Hook Island Hell Gate Smell Gate with corresponding forecasted times and moon phase indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Ordinance on Explosives Drafted by City Commission
Mayor Low received a report from the explosives commission appointed in February to draft a city ordinance on explosive use and care. The measure would enlarge Fire Commissioner powers and require expert service, while protecting business interests in manufacturing transporting or using dangerous materials. Signed by George O Eaton Charles F McKenna Thomas Sturgis W Barclay Parsons and J A Haskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low
George O- Eaton
Charles F. McKenna
Thomas Sturgis
W. Barclay Parsons
J. A. Haskell
Commission On
Vessel Schedule Summary for Ships and Ports
Today a vessel is slated to close from Line Malls with departures including Kron Wilhelm Bremen N G Lloyd at 10:30, 2:00 pm Palatia Hamburg Hamb Am, 2:00 pm Orizaba Colon Panama at 1:00 pm, Princess Anne Norfolk Old Dom at 3:00 pm, El Alba New Orleans Mo at 3:00 pm, Citta di Milano Italy La La Veloce at 3:30 am 11:00 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Davis
Liverpool
Philip Ruprecht
Bar
Georgian
Parker
Livepool
Frederick Leyland & Co. Ltd
Minnehaha
Robinson
London
Mdse
Atlantic Transport Line
Furnessia
Young
Giorgos
Moville
Moise
Henderson Bros
Marco Minghetti
Ital
Benedetto
Genoa
Palermo
Naples
St Michaels
Hirzel, Feltmann & Co
Umbria
New
Barabino
Kaiserin Maria Theresia
Ger
Weyer
Gibraltar
Oelrichs & Co
Nauplia
Kraft, Stettin
Melbridge
Dilley
Gibara
Port de Padra
Nuevitas
Proreso
Havana
Ames EF Ward & Co
Paloma
Smith
Gonaives
Cape Haytien
Port de Paix
Aux Cayes
Jeremie
Port-au-Prince
Port Antonio
Port Maria
Annatto Bay
Kingston
Port Marant
Inagua
Cameron Bs Co
Erna
Ritter
Montego Bay
J E Kerr & Co
Pretoria
McKenzie
Bermuda
A E Outerbridge & Co
Brighton
Krohg
Santa Marta
United Fruit Company
Louisiana
Halsey
New Orleans
Allen
Colorado
Risk
Brunswick
C H Mallory & Co
New York
Watson
Jacksonville
William P Clyde & Co
Charles
Baltimore
HC Foster
John J Hill
Johns
Grand River
Long Island Railroad Company
Scammell Brothers
Titania Ana
Underland
Rosalind Tyne
The
Hamburg
Hamb-Am
Georgie Liverpool
White Star
Friesland Antwerp
Red Star
Maracaibo
Curacao
Red del Valle
Morgan FP Victoria Lutse
Hamb-Am St
Allan State
Laurentian Jasgow
Panama
Colon
Jersey
Ty Swans
Bris — Scotia St Michaels
Barbados
Lamap Holt
White Star Manitou
Morgan
Kron , Wilhelm
Bremen
Lloyd
Palatia
Orizaba
Princess Anne
Norfolk
Old Dom
el Alba
Citta di Milano
Italy
la la Veloce
Elgin Butter Holds Firm at 22 Cents on Board
Elgin Illinois June 2 butter prices stayed firm at 22 cents as nearly 27,000 pounds were sold at that level on the Board of Trade. The week’s dairy output reached just under one million pounds amid a receptive market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Board of Trade
Also Mentioned on This Page
Presi
Dent Shattuck
Bride
Auto Club
NAVY
Morris Designs
Broadway
James McCreery & Co
RUG Department
Axminster
Twenty-third Street
Boy
Man
Lad
Home News
New York City
Felix Adler
Ethical Culture Society
Yorkville
Frank Sweeney
Bureau of Buildings
Maslin
Nainsook
Sixth Avenue
20Th
21St Street
ADWAY
Iarpet Pleansing
Ano
Thos. J. Stewart CO
Erie
5Th Sts
Frank H. Graf
Seventh Ave
St Paul
Southampton
American
Zeeland
Antwerp
Denver
Galveston
Mallory
Jefferson
Old Dominion
Hubert
Para
Booth
Valencia
Hayt
Hamb
Columbia
Aquitaine
Havre
French
Grosser Kurfirst
Cuba
Tennyson
Brazil
Lamport & Halt Seguranca
Nassau
Antilla
Bahama
Prins Willem V. Hayti
Arapahoe
Clyde
Hamilton
el Norte
Coghlan
COURT
Shipping News
Port OF New York
Missoula
Totonka
Marine Intelligence
Elgin Bitter Market
Garrick Theatre
Viola Allen
Julia
Grace
Uoth St. & Bway
Mars
Mrs. Fiske
Wall of Fame
CIRL
Murray
Hill’. Thea
Lex Av & Af
Lady OF
Daly
Son King
Raymond
Dodo
Dai
Keith
ST. AD
Jeanne Pt ’ Barre
Terrace Garden
the Black Hussar
Nik Sut Fastor
Th St
Near
Whitelaw & Howard
Reed Bird
Eden Musee
WOFLS
Cinematograh
Cari
Jeeney
Lizard
Hold
New-York
British Freeth
Chicas
Ransom
Kucenss
City
Albano
Hunter
King Road
Firby
Horm
Sharpness
Christiania
Aleandra
Thomson
Stettin
Petersburg
Friedrich der Grosse
Eichel
Kuderhold
Aller
Philadelphia
Cham la
San Juan
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