Railroad clerk admits accepting stock and cash gifts
Joseph Boyer, chief clerk in the Pennsylvania Railroad motive power office, testified at an interstate hearing that he received stock valued at $11,009 and money totaling about $46,000 from five coal companies over roughly three years. He said the payments were routine fuel coal allowances to suppliers and kept all funds for himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Joseph Boyer
A. W. Gibbs
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce
Prim Src Uail
Clement
Bower
Hastings
Second National Bark
Altoona
Boyer
Graff Coal Company
Clearfield and Granton Coal Company
Dunkirk Coal Company
Smith & Turner
Thomas Blythe & Co
Clearfield and Granton Company
Blythe & Co
Attorney Glasgow
Famous Lake Shore Limited Sleeper Cars Endorse Route
The famous Lake Shore Limited offers sleeping cars to St Louis and Cincinnati with daily connections to New York at 6 PM via the New York Central Lines. The service emphasizes premier routes and comfortable travel for passengers seeking direct connections to major eastern cities.
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St.oul
Cincinnati
New York
Grantest
New York Central
Tara
L C Ledyard Weds Isabel Morris in Private City Ceremony
Lewis Cass Ledyard, noted New York lawyer and transit official, marries Francis Isabel Morris at her mother's West 58th Street home in a private ceremony. Attending were family and close friends including Dave Hennen Morris and Alfred Hennen Morris. Ledyard's background includes Yale affiliates, Newport home, and leadership roles in the New York Yacht Club and various corporate boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Francis Isabel Morris
John A. Morris
Dave Hennen Morris
Richard B. Mattice
West Chester Presbyterian Church
West 58Th Street
Alfred Hennen Morris
Henry B. Ledyard
R. Colgate
Alice Vanderbilt Shepard
Elliott F. Shepard
Hennen
New Orleans
Ledyard
Gertrude Prince
William E. Prince
Newport
East 87Th Street
New York Yacht Club
Lewis Cass Ledyard, Jr
Harvard
Bar Association
Metropolitan
Century
Tuxedo
Harvard, University
Down Town
Knickerbocker
Union League
Jekyl Island
John Claflin
Rapid Transit Commission
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn
Wall Street
National Exess Company
Boston & Maine Iiroad
Great Northern Paper Company
Maine Central Railroad
Merchants’ Despatch Company
Atlantic Mutual Alliance Company
United States Trust Company
General Toledo Advances in Southern Guatemala
City of Mexico reports General Toledo commanding revolutionary troops has won two engagements. Government forces are driven back as Toledo receives heavy reinforcements of well armed men.
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City of
Mexico
Toledo
Guatemala
Heat Deaths and Prostrations Mark City Heat Wave
A heat wave yesterday caused one death and seven prostrations in the city. Many sought relief on recreation piers and Battery Park was crowded. 83 F by midafternoon, dropping to 68 F after a brief evening shower. The dead include Harry Rosenblat. Prostrated victims include Carrie Brown Elizabeth Burgess Frank Fisher Waiter Kane Vincent Moran John Aadon and Aaron Weiss. A new five hour train between New York and Boston will begin June 1 leaving 6:00 am arriving 1:09 pm.
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Battery Park
Brown
Carrie
West 63d Street
Roosevelt Hospital
Burgess
Elizabeth
West 61St Street
Fisher
Frank
First Avenue
4Th Street
Second Avenue
Bellevue Hospital
Kane
Broadway
Mail Street
Hudson Street Hospital
Moran
Vincent J
Jersey Avenue
Jersey City
Warre
Aadon
John
West 40Th Street
Exchange Place
Broad Street
Weiss
Aaron
St. Nicholas Avenue
Maiden Lane
New York
Boston
Fire in Boston Subway Explosions Tie Up Transit
A series of explosions at Boylston Street subway station under Boston Common disrupted elevated and subway service for nearly two hours. Firefighters led by Chief Muellen battled live cables and smoke while three people were injured and bystanders frightened.
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Boston
Boylston Street
Boston Common
Muellen
Tremont
Eliot Streets
Pleasant Street
Max Trautman
Andrew Reed
Anna O'Donnell
Boylston
Tremont Streets
Indictments to Target One Mutual Life Official
A special grand jury investigating the Mutual Life Insurance Company will indict only one former official for forgery tied to diverted funds and false book entries. Witnesses include Andrew C. Fields Lysander W. Lawrence and George McKibbin. Robert Olyphant is spared indictment. The panel will also weigh contributions to the 1904 Republican Campaign, with testimony from Congressman Babcock planned if he can testify.
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Mutual Life Insurance Company
Criminal Courts
The
Mutual
Mutual Life
Yellow Dog
Andrew C. Fields
Lysander W. Lawrence
George McKibbin
Robert Olyphant
Committee On Expenditures
McCurdy
Mr. Olyphant
Company
Walter R. Gillette
Robert A. Granniss
Dr. Gillette
Babcock
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Granniss
Walter F. Thummell
the Mutual
Jerome
Washington
State Insurance Department
Unrest in the Russian Army Stirs Europe
Reports from St. Petersburg on June 6 describe serious unrest among Russian troops as mutinous spirit spreads from Kursk to Odessa and Rostov on Don. New recruits allegedly amplify revolutionary sentiment, raising concerns of loyalty amid possible clashes with Parliament. Advertisements for Dewey's Wines follow.
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St. Petersburg
Kursk
Odessa
Rostoff-on-Don
Clerks Riot Wrecked Bronx Stores Over Late Closings
A mob of about five hundred from Retail Clerks International Protective Association Local 496 attacked grocery stores on St Ann's Brook and Willis avenues demanding 7 PM closings. Police arrested seven leaders led by Martin Finn. Peter Monahan claimed to oppose the violence. Ringleaders face charges of willful destruction as clerks and owners confront losses and bail discussions.
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Bronx
Alexander Avenue
Retail Clerks’ International Protective Association
St. Ann’s
Brook and
Willis Avenues
143D Street
Carmick
East 134Th Street
Ferdinand Myer
Martin Finn
East $4Th Street
McKeon
Finn
Peter A. Monahan
No.13
East 138Th Street
Monahan
Love Fueled Tragedy: Jones Ends Life Over Love Lost
Pittsburg reports Thomas O Connor Jones killed himself, likely due to unrequited love for his cousin Madeline Laughlin who wed Rev. Maitland Alexander. Friends say he clung to a possible marriage until the ceremony, then collapsed. Coroner’s verdict: death by own action. Funeral announced for tomorrow.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Thomas O'Connor Jones
Jones
Madeline Laughlin
Maitland Alexander
First Presbyterian Church
New York
Alexanders
Alexander
Murdoch
Armstrong
Packers hear packers side on Chicago inspection case
Thomas E. Wilson of Nelson Morris & Co addressed the House Agriculture Committee denying Neill Reynolds findings and urging time for objections to Beveridge inspection plans. He proposed government sanitary oversight without packers bearing inspection costs and questioned can date labeling as unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Neill-Reynolds
Chicago
Thomas E. Wilson
Nelson Morris Company
House Committee On Agriculture
Messrs
Neill and Reynolds
Wilson
Boj
Nefil-Reynolds
Standard Rendering Company
Standard Slaughtering Company
Scott
Kansas
Neill
Reynolds
Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Wilson
Wilsom
Neill. Reynolds
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NEW York University
the Tribune
B. F. McManus
Pennsylvania
Mr. Glasgow
Ver
Graf Coal Company
Dunkirk Company
Thomas Blythe
Glasgow
Lake Shore Limited
L. C. Ledyard
Isabel Morris
Gen
Rosenblat
Harry
Delancey Street
Union Market
Dewey
Hippse & Sons Co
Fulton St
Clerks Wreck Stores
Bucknam & Vanderpoel, Agts
W. B. Way
Packers
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