Richard Delafield Elected President of National Park Bank
Richard Delafield, vice-president, was unanimously elected president of the National Park Bank to succeed Edward E. Poor who resigned due to ill health. Delafield, born September 6, 1853 in New Brighton Staten Island, has long served in banking and mercantile circles and holds multiple directorships including Colonial Trust, National Surety, Mount Morris Bank, Plaza Bank and several insurance firms.
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National Park Bank
Richard Delafield
Edward E. Poor
Delafield
de la Fela
France
Joseph Baliett
Hallett’s Cove
Long Island
William Bard
Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Rufus King Delafield
Old Park Bank
Anthen Grammar School
California
William T. Coleman
San Francisco
Delafield, Morgan, Kissel & Co
Delafield, McGovern & Co
Pacific Coast
New York City
Dellafield
Colonial Trust Company
National Surety Company
Mount Morris Bank
Plaza Bank
Frankfort American Insurance Company
Thuringia American Fire Insurance Company
Scarsdale Estate
Delafeld
Union League
Merchants
Church, Racquet, Tuxedo
New York Athletic Clubs
City wins key ruling over water diversion damages
Appellate Division reversed a lower court ruling holding the city liable for 5.90 damages to Hempstead over alleged diversions from East Meadow Brook and Freeport Brook. The Wallace act case sought 118 days of compensation or dredging, and the reversal could save the city about 5.1 million dollars.
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Supreme Court
Hempstead
East Meadow Brook
Freeport Brook
Corporation Counsel
Denniston Granted Bail in Rochester School Frauds Case
Albany June 5 Edward H Denniston charged with complicity in Rochester School bill frauds appeared before County Judge Gregory in chambers this morning and was admitted to bail in the sum of 500 to await action of the Grand Jury now in session.
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Albany
Edward H. Denniston
Rochester
Gregory
Builder Files Voluntary Bankruptcy on Staten Island
Ervin G. Golmes a West Brighton builder and contractor filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition listing twenty four secured creditors with claims totaling 1 23 87e 23 and five unsecured debts. His assets are reported at 173.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin G. Golmes
West Brighton
Staten Island
Gleason Robbed Again At Democratic State Convention
Former Long Island City mayor Patrick J Gleason says a diamond shirt stud worth over 100 dollars disappeared yesterday possibly in the Hoffmann House crowd or at the convention. He recalls a prior loss of his battle axe and muses on political fixes and future gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Jerome Gleason
Long Island City
Paddy
Gleason
Shure
Hoffman House
Mr. Gleason
Albany
Hill
van Wycks
Bryan
Astor and Martin Tax Cases Heard in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard arguments on writs of certiorari for two tax disputes. Bradley Martin challenged a $20,000 personal property assessment for 1899, claiming years of non residency and abroad leasing while paid taxes if moderate. decision reserved. William Waldorf Astor seeks relief from a $2,000,000 1899 personal tax, arguing England residence exempts him, with a return noting prior years tax payment while a resident.
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Bradley Martin
Commissioners of Taxes
Justice Andrews
Supreme Court
Martin
Julien T. Davies
London
Balmacan
Scotland
Davies
Ward
William Waldorf Astor
Astor
England
Whalen
City’s Need of Home Rule Discussed by Social Reform Club
The Social Reform Club at 45 University Place debated if New York City should be governed from Albany. Thomas A. Fulton showed two large legislative files, Assemblyman M. M. Minton spoke of reporting hurdles, and Senator N. A. Elsberg defended current practices while urging party harmony. The talk critiqued leaders and the city’s failure to secure self-governance.
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New York City
Albany
Social Reform Club
University Place
Thomas A. Fulton
Citizens Union
St. Lawrence River
M. M. Minton
Ten Eycle
N. A. Elsberg
Mazer
Summer Bargains Sweep Broadway Stores in New York
Shoppers are urged to visit John Wanamaker on Broadway between Ninth and Tenth streets for a display of over one hundred summer silks in black and white, including taf fetas, satins, plaids, and French silks at low prices. H. O'Neill & Co on Sixth Avenue promotes trimmed hats, sailor hats, and white shirt waists at sale prices, with fresh stock not shopworn. James McCreery & Co on Twenty-third Street and at Eleventh Street and Broadway highlights wool dress goods, silks, crepes, chiffons, and an extensive fan display, plus a cotton goods sale including zephyrs, piques, and linen embroideries at attractive prices.
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John Wanamaker
Broadway
Orient Motor Cycles
New York
Orient
East Ninth St
H. O'Neill & Co
James M'Creery & CO
James M’creery & CO
Eleventh St
Madras
Actors Church Alliance Meets at Berkeley Lyceum
The Actors' Church Alliance annual meeting at West Forty-fourth street filled the Berkeley Lyceum. Bishop Potter presided with prominent members present. Reports highlighted 740 members including 211 actors and actresses and 26 chaplains in 126 cities. The council praised clergy help for actors while Potter urged broader church outreach and cross professional dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley Lyceum
West Forty-fourth St
Actors’ Church Alliance
Potter
Alliance
Robert B. Mantell
Anna O’keefe
Kate Claxton
H. C. Jarrett
Amelia Summerville
Fire Department Gifts Push Actors Home Fund Total
Subscriptions for the Actors Home Fund totaled sixty four thousand seven hundred ten dollars and thirty cents with notable gifts from the Fire Department of New York led by Commissioner John J Scannell. The department contributed one thousand two hundred fifty dollars and other donors include George and Slagriners J Thomas James A Herne Hart Conway George F Mart Gordon Emmon Georgie Calne Wilfred North Douglas Fairbairn Sue Hector Dion and Bun O BY. Commissioner Scannell praised the firemen and recalled past support for Breslin and Rooney while noting the department’s generous response to the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samwe
Scannell
Bres
Charter Revision Committee to Hold Educational Hearing Tomorrow
The Charter Revision Committee announced a hearing for all interested in educational matters at the hall of the Board of Education on Fifty-ninth Street and Park Avenue tomorrow at 8 p m. Beginning next Monday the Commission will hold executive sessions every evening. Department heads will be invited to attend. On Friday evening June 15 the Commission will hold a public meeting and hear from the Merchants' Association and others interested in the water supply.
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Board of Education
Fifty-ninth-st
Park-ave
Merchants’ Association
Plans for the Kings County Republicans at Philadelphia
Final arrangements were made for a large Kings County delegation to the National Convention in Philadelphia. Eight hundred to one thousand shouters will travel to back Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff for the Vice Presidential nomination. Delegates gather June 19 at rough Hall and ride by special train from Jersey City after a march, wearing white caps, belts, red white blue umbrellas, and badges with Woodruff’s smiling face. No hotel plans were set. Woodruff hosted a private dinner for the delegation.
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Kings County
Philadelphia
Republican Executive Committee
Joralemonst
Woodruff
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Assault on Mrs Jones Leaves Her in Critical Condition
Mrs Kate Jones aged 27 of 91 Grand St Williamsburg is in a critical state at St Catherine's Hospital after an alleged assault by Mrs Rosie Witchapen of the same address. Witchapen is jailed at Herbert St police station charged with the attack.
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Kate Jones
Grand St
Williamsburg
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Rosie Witchapen
Witchapen
Herbert St
Bodkin
Mrs. Jones
Jehapen
Axe Jones
Jones
Donner Country Home Burned Near Mahwah
The large house of the late John O. Donner on the Valley Road Mahwah was destroyed by fire early today. Mrs Hattie Waldron sister of Mrs Donner and a guest was severely burned while trying to rescue children. Loss estimated at 50000 with no local fire brigade available. Mrs Waldron transported to Jersey City and Brooklyn Hospital for treatment. recovery uncertain.
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Mahwah
New Jersey Editorial Attacks Middlesex Jail Conditions
The Middlesex County Jail in New Brunswick is harshly criticized as neglected and outmoded. Sheriff Barclay defends himself, noting he cannot fund repairs and blaming the county Board of Freeholders for inaction. The piece also condemns school penny drives for the battleship New Jersey, reflecting statewide press consensus.
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Middlesex County
New Brunswick
Board of Freeholders
Barclay
New Jersey
The
Tribune
New-Jersey
Jealous husband fatally shoots self after assault on rival
In Plainfield, Antonio Travalgio of Bound Brook attacked Vincenzo Gemino with a shovel and shot him after a struggle. A pursuing posse cornered Travalgio at a lot near Vosseler and Union areas. he wounded himself in the ear and died ten minutes later. Gemino was seriously wounded.
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Plainfield
Vincenzo Gemino
Antonio Travalgio
Bound Brook
Gemino
Travalgio
George H. Murphy
Purify the Passaic Faces Sewage Cleanup Order
New Jersey State Sewerage Commission orders immediate action to reclaim the Passaic River. Municipalities including Paterson Newark and Orange must stop polluting the river with sewage by a set schedule and provide alternate disposal methods.
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New Jersey State Sewerage Commission
Passaic River
State Sewerage Commission
State Commission
Paterson
Rutherford
Newark
Orange
East Orange
Montclair
Bloomfield
Glen Ridge
Kearny
Eastwark
Track Elevation for Newark and Pennsylvania Railroad Buyout
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company acquired deeds for all properties in Pennsylvania Newark and obtained options to move its track. Total payment was $219.0. The company will build a new street at its expense and use the existing street and Commercial Street for an elevated structure to straighten the tracks through the city.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newark
Elty
Electrician Crushed In Bookbindery Shaft
James Walsh twenty eight of No 14 North Ninth Street was fatally mangled while working in the basement of McLoughlin s bookbindery No 65 South Eleventh Street He was caught in a shafting whirled and died before an ambulance surgeon arrived Nearly every bone in his body was broken.
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James Walsh
North Ninth St
McLoughlin's
South Eleventh-st
Supreme Court Opens Term in Trenton With New Chief
The June term of the State Supreme Court opened in Trenton with Chief Justice Depue presiding for the first time. The court split into main, main branch, and twig divisions while several named justices and attorneys were appointed to examine licenses. Quo warranto proceedings against Edward Uffert and a disbarment ruling against Charles A. Trimble were noted. Lawyers, some prominent, were on the anxious bench as many short cases were quickly disposed of and second call arguments prepared.
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Trenton
State Supreme Court
Depue
Justice Fort
Ludlow and
Gummere
Dixon, Garrison and Collins
Lippencott and
van Sickel
Twig
Edward A. Duffield
Newark
Charles A. Rathbun
Morristown
John W. Harding
Judge and ex judge clash in Mercer County case
In Trenton on June 5 Judge John Rellstad and ex-judge Robert S. Woodruff argued publicly in court. Woodruff alleged the judge’s ruling and criticisms reflected on his honor, while Rellstad defended the court’s stance and ordered proceedings to continue. Woodruff then retired from the case but maintained the criticisms were unwarranted.
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Trenton
John Rellstad
Mercer Court
Robert S. Woodruff
Woodruff
Rellstab
Mercer County
Coal boxes on walks ruled not a breach of law
Justice Van Wart of Brooklyn's Second District Municipal Court dismissed a coal box obstruction case against grocer John Large. He ruled that spaces inside the stoop line may legally host coal boxes and that prohibiting such obstructions would be unreasonable under the former city ordinances. The ruling affects a test suit from some 500 similar cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grout
Justice van Wart
John Large
Franklinave
van Wart
Brooklyn
Stoop
Physicians Meet at Atlantic City for AMA Convention
Acting Governor Johnson opened the fifty first annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Atlantic City. About nine thousand physicians are members, with an estimated one third in attendance. Addresses from officials highlighted the event, including calls for medical colleges to pursue original investigation and notes on endowment funds versus religious institutions. Officers of the New Jersey Medical Society were elected, naming President William Pierson and several vice-presidents, secretary, and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Johnson
New Jersey
Ffty
American Medical Association
Franklin Stoy
Thomas Reed
Atlantic City Society
Keen
Philadelphia
W. D. Middleton
Davenport
Iowa
New Jersey Medical Society
William Pierson
Orange
John D. McGill
Jersey City
E. L. Godfrey
Camden
Hen Mitchell
Asbury Park
William Andler
South
W.aeid
Archibald Moyer
Newar
School Board Proposes Attendance Office Increase
At a School Board meeting Superintendent Ward asked to raise attendance office staff from ten to thirty with salaries starting September 1. It was referred to the Committee on Attendance. The Education Board was asked to plan and issue contracts for new schools at multiple city sites including Fort Hamilton Avenue and Forty-third Street and other Manhattan-Williamsburg areas.
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Ward
Board of Education
Lans
Eghteenth-Ave
Ocean Parkway
Fort Hamilton-ave
Forty-third-st
Eleventh-ave
Sherman-st
Windsor Place
Fourth-ave
Fortyfirst-st
Metropolitan
Dissension in a Paterson church over pastor removal
In Paterson a faction of the First Presbyterian Church seeks to oust Rev. Dr. Frank en Miller, pastor since 1887 at 2500 dollars yearly. A long petition by eighty members was presented to the Presbytery of Jersey City urging investigation into alleged favoritism, division of the congregation, and other faults. A committee of ministers and laymen was appointed to inquire and report.
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Miller
Tittle
Samuel Barbour
Walter Lumsden
John Shaw
David Shaw
John E. Tylee
Frederick McLean
James Wreckoff
Leonta
N. 3
Harr
Jersey City
Thompson
Hamilton
Englewood
Presbytery Lion
Hudson County Board Moves to Equalize Taxes
Hudson County Board for the Equalization of Taxes orders fair assessments and to curb underassessments. Jersey City tax officials face pressure to raise valuations to keep the rate under the 3 percent limit while county officials threaten a 10 percent assessment basis if needed.
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Hudson County Board For the Equalization of
Jersey City
Sioner McLean
Ins Board
Morgan
Matawan Church Replaces Sexton Duties With Members
Matawan June 5 Special The Matawan Methodist Episcopal Church pivots from paying a sexton ten dollars monthly to church members performing duties. Treasurer George B Shepherd announced the plan and volunteers already begin monthly assignments. The change includes ringing the bell pumping the organ and dusting pews.
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Matawan
Matawan Methodist Episcopal Church
George B. Shepherd
Shepherd
Waste of Water in Jersey City Officials Learn Lessons
Chief Engineer Van Keuren tells Jersey City Street and Water Board that city departments waste water. Meter tests show City Hall uses 550000 gallons per month while School No 517 uses 70000 to 77000 gallons. The Board of Education will receive notice to curb consumption as water costs rise at six dollars per million.
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van Keuren
Jersey City
Street and Water Board
Neal
Aeceai
Board of Education
Strike At Nixon's Shipyard In Elizabethport
A strike began at Lewis Nixon's shipyard in Elizabethport on June 5 involving about 130 men and boys. Riveters demanded a 3 percent wage increase, but riveters who pay the boys opposed it, leading the boys to quit. Riveters split duties to keep some work going, while others riveted. The strikers asked Yard Superintendent Ackerman to intervene, but he said settlement must come from the parties. The yard houses fifteen vessels including the double turreted Florida and the cruiser Chattanooga.
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Alliance
F. F. Mackay
Council
New York
Bishop Potter
Elizabeth
Lewis Nixon
Elizabethport
Tendent Ackerman
Florida
Chattanooga
Dr G R Chambers Not Murdered Inapoplexy Rule
Vineland June 1 Dr Giles R Chambers a dentist was believed murdered yesterday but autopsy by the coroner and three physicians found he died of apoplexy. He fell against a chimney piece in his room causing head wounds, clearing the mystery surrounding the apparent crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineland
Giles R. Chambers
Mfsician
Chambers
Elected Lieutenant Colonel of the 47th Regiment
Major Hewlings H. Quick has been elected lieutenant colonel to succeed William H. Hubbell who did not serve in that role since the Porto Rico campaign. Quick has twenty years in the National Guard having enlisted in Company I of the 47th Regiment in 1380.
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Hewlings H. Quick
William H. Hubbell
Porto Rico
John G. Eddy
Quick
National Guard
Engineers Must Learn to Swim Drill for Corps at Witlets Point
The United States Engineer Corps will require all members to demonstrate swimming ability or receive instruction this summer at Witlets Point. The rule emphasizes that swimming knowledge is essential for both men and women in the corps.
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United States Engineer Corps
Witlets Point
Engineer Corps
General Synod of Reform Church opens in Asbury Park
Nearly three hundred delegates from New Brunswick New York Albany and Chicago gather in Asbury Park for the ninety fourth annual session of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America. Rev Dr George Bishop of East Orange acts as moderator and will call the synod to order.
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Asbury Park
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
New Brunswick
New York
Albany
Chicago
General Synod
George 5
East Orange
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