Trial of Capt Wynne in general court martial proceeds
The ongoing trial of Captain Robert F. Wynne USMC aboard thePennsylvana, led by Rear Admiral Evans, features testimonies on orders delivered to appear on deck, the sunstroke after Boxer campaign service, and alleged mental distress affecting judgment. Drs Decker and Furlong testify on mental state and disability, with the trial continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Wynne
United States Marine Corps
United States
Pennsylvana
Evans
Elisha Theail
Wynne
Everage
Theall
Geck
President to Synod Reviews Two Suspended Pastors
At the General Synod meeting held at the Collegiate Church of St Nicholas appeals were heard from two suspended pastors asking review. Rev Sipka Koster formerly Hull Iowa was found guilty of borrowing a horse and misrepresenting its death and later trading for a better animal. Rev C P Evans Albany faced charges on financial matters and both cases were referred to the committee on judicial rights. The session featured Dr Donald Sage Mackay and others and included a letter from President Roosevelt expressing regret at not attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
C. P. Evans
Albany
Committee On Judicial Rights
Donald Sage Mackay
James J. Vance
Newark
D. J. Diokema
Holland
Mich
As V. Y. Raymond
Union College
Edward B. Coe
Roosevelt
Pawnee Bill Wild West at Brighton Beach Opener
The Pawnee Bill Wild West and Great Far East Show takes possession of Brighton Beach quarters Monday and opens Thursday evening June 24 for a summer run. The production bills as America’s largest of its kind with over a thousand people and nearly five hundred horses in the entertainment. Features depict Western life and Eastern spectacles with additional acts to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton Beach
America
Rock Fall Injures Worker at East and Borden Axes Shaft
Christopher Parsifie, a Pennsylvania tunnel employee working at Long Island City, was hit by a large rock that fell into a shaft near East and Borden avenues. He suffered a fractured back. police investigation continues to identify the responsible party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Parsifie
Pennsylvania
Long Island City
East and Borden Avenues
Broker's Son Released In Auto Case
Frederick Scholl fifte en year old son of broker Albert W Scholle of 763 Fifth Avenue was arrested May 22 for driving an automobile without a license. He was not a chauffeur and did not own the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Scholl
Albert W. Scholle
Fifth Avenue
Insane nurse in county asylum exposed
A probationary nurse assigned to the women’s ward at Manning county asylum is revealed as insane after a recent examination. The startling finding comes amid reports of her behavior and duties during the probation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Chicago
Manning
Officials deny immediate third track on Second and Third avenues
Interborough Rapid Transit officials say the State Railroad Commission recommendations are non binding and require action by the Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners and the City Board of Estimate and Apportionment. They urge quick hearings and expedited action to authorize a third or express track for Bronx commuters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
State Railroad Commission
Third Avenue
Interborough
Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners
City of New York
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Ofcials
Interborough Company
John RB. McDonald
Metropolitan Street Railway
McDonald
East Side
Bronx
Ople
State Board
Rapid Transit Commission
Commission
State Railway Commission
City Club to Discuss Opposing Elevated Rail Plan
The City Club meets this afternoon at No. 3 West 44th Street to plan opposition to more elevated railroads in the lower East Side. Bridge Commissioner and Brooklyn interests propose a double decked structure in the crowded district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Club
West 44Th Street
Lower East Side
Bridge Commissioner
Brooklyn
Lawyer Attacked in Office by Professor at Broadway
Reno R Billington a lawyer at 16 Broad Way was assaulted in his office at 4 Broadway yesterday afternoon. John Bohlman a language professor of 431 West 41th Street was arrested after the attack. he allegedly locked the door and struck Billington with an empty bottle, then was restrained by Parker Norton until detectives arrived. An incoherent seven page letter found on Bohlman mentions Harlem a missing mail complaint and pursuit by detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno R. Billington
Broadway
John Bohlman
West 41Th Street
Bohlman
Trayer and
Connor
Bohlman, According To the Police, Entered Mr. Billington
Bohrman
Parker Norton
Harlem
Portal
Detective Bureau
Orsen
Illington
Cooper Union Art Classes Report Shows Demand and Spelling Gaps
The forty seventh annual Cooper Union report notes 6537 applications for science and art, 2504 total members across three departments, 2380 in the night school, and over three thousand denied admission. Examiners flag widespread spelling errors among applicants and even some graduates, urging better codementess writing in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Union
Hospital superintendents clash with coroner over transfer rule
City Hall heard leaders of hospital s defend against Coroner Harburger s proposed ordinance forcing penalties for refusing ambulance patients or ordering transfers. Speakers from New York Hospital Bellevue Roosevelt and others argued the plan risks unsafe admissions and could force care for maniacs or contagious cases. An executive session followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harburger
Board of Aldermen
Joseph Schloss
Roosevelt Hospital
William Cochran
Bellevue
Fordham Hospital
Harlem Hospital
Albany
Board of Coroners
Schloss
O'Hanlon
Phillips
Flower Hospital
Fitzgerald
Ernest Harvier
St. Vincent's Hospital
George P. Ludlam
New York Hospital
Armstrong
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Lathrop
Barge Captain Sues Railroad Over Eleven Days Without Food
John Munrad, a barge captain, sues the Florida East Coast Railroad allied with Standard Oil for $2 alleging he was left on a barge fifteen miles off Key West without food for eleven days after the tow was abandoned. He says illness from exposure led to hospitalization in Norway and impaired his ability to work. Represented by Richard Currier of the Legal Aid Society Seamen's Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
John Munrad
Florida
Dauntless
Miami
Fla
Key West
Sybie
Munrad
White Sand
Bethel
Cam
New York
Noorwegian Hospital
Richard Currier
Seamen’s Branch
The
Legal Aid Society
Kingsbridge Bridge Span Routed Down Hudson River
The middle span of Kingsbridge Bridge will be moved down the Hudson on Monday or Tuesday and placed at Fordham Heights. Four large pontoons carry the span as it is raised from current foundations and towed to its new piers with a rebuilt double deck span being assembled at 25th Street and the Harlem River. Terry and Tench Company of 13th Street and Lexington Avenue directs the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsbridge
Hudson River
Fordham Heights
25Th Street
Harlem River
Terry & Tench Company
H Street
Lexington Avenue
Reverend Nassau Attacks King Leopold Over Congo Atrocities
Rev. R H Nassau, aboard the Majestic, denounces King Leopold of Belgium and his Congo Free State rule as a monumental war and accuses him of maintaining a 15000-strong army to plunder rubber. He cites West Africa abuses now debated in Parliament by E P Morrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Leopold
Belgium
Congo Free State
R. H. Nassau
Majestic
Dr. Nassau
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
West African
Leopold
West Africa
E. PD. Morrell
Webb Academy Commencement at Fordham Heights Names Fourteen Diploma Recipients
The tenth annual Webb Academy commencement was held at Fordham Heights. Fourteen men received decrees. Police Commissioner McAdoo could not attend to present diplomas. Addresses were delivered by Rev. A. R. Pringham Rev. Dr. J. M. Hodson David Healy and President Stevenson Taylor. Trustee Lewis Nixon attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Academy
Sipbuilders
Fordham Heights
Fix-Police
McAdoo
A. R. Pringham
J. M. Hodson
David Healy
Stevenson Taylor
Lewis Nixon
Inspector Orders Full Report On Cabman Death in Station Cell
Borough Inspector Adam Cross of Brooklyn directs Police Captain Gardiner of the Stagg Street station to file a full report on the death of Martin Schmidt a 34 year old cabman of 330 Mauser Street Williamsburg found dead in a station cell Wednesday morning He had been arrested on a charge of intoxication and was locked up at the time of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Cross
Brooklyn
Gardiner
Stagg Street
Martin Schmidt
Mauser Street
Williamsburg
Eayh
Schmidt
Prisoner Seeks Marriage To German Expatriate In Tombs
United States Marshal Henkel reported a letter from Wilhelm Mayer in the Tombs seeking permission to marry Sophie Christian before his extradition to Germany for killing his aunt. Mayer asks that she accompany him to Germany or be allowed to testify as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Henkel
Wilhelm Mayer
Germany
Sophie Christian
Italian immigrant Antonio Martino dies by suicide at Ellis Island
Antonio Martino, a 40 year old Italian immigrant held for deportation over trachoma, killed himself yesterday by hanging in an Ellis Island cell after attempting to escape. He arrived on the steamer König Albert last week and died as guards found his body suspended with a makeshift ligature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Martino
Ellis Island
Martino
Kénig Albert
Hane
Evans moves Maine Missouri and Yankton to Rockport
Rear Admiral Evans has shifted the battleships Maine and Missouri and the cruiser Yankton from Provincetown to Rockport Massachusetts in line with announced plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Denver
Newport News
Maine
Missouri
Provincestown
Rockport
Maes
Dubuque
Guantanamo
Cape Harriso
Tacoma
Potomac
Bermuda
League Island
Washington
Evans
Yankton
Provincetown
Mass
Tucker to be executed in Charlestown next week
Charles Louis Tucker of Auburndale awaits execution in Charlestown State Prison the week of June 19 after Governor Curtis Guild declined a commute to life imprisonment. Tucker was convicted for the 1904 Weston murder of Mabel Page. Dobson, who seeks clemency, was found mentally unsound by experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles Louis Tucker
Auburndale
Mabel Page
Weston
Charlestown
Curtis Guild
Guild
Tucker
Charles L. Dobson
Dobson
State House
Dismissal Aimed In Josephine Terranova Murder Case
Judge Scott to hear motion Monday by ex judge Palmieri for dismissal of second indictment against Josephine Terranova for murder. DA may not oppose to save trial cost. release possible next week. Terranova, held in Tombs, may seek convent or return to mother. husband cast her off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Terranova
Scott
Palmieri
Terranova
Gaetano Riggio
Josephine
Sisters of Mercr
Child run down by railroad car kills Brooklyn girl
Five-year-old Josephine Fiende of 153 Hamilton Avenue Brooklyn was struck and killed by a Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad car in front of her home yesterday. Her mother is ill and the child was en route to fetch food for her ailing mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Fiende
Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad
City News In Brief From The Ledger
Robert Mangell of Trenton pleaded guilty to forging a 218 dollar check and is held on 2000 bail for trial. A fire at 194 Grand Street caused 500 dollars in damage after clerks at an Italian bank tossed about 10000 in cash into the safe and fled. Patrolman William F. Sheehan was discharged and rearrested, held on 3000 bail awaiting pleading on felony charges. Harry Montague, son of Adam Forepaugh's 10000 dollar beauty, joins Luna Park in the electrical department. Candidates swarmed in from many countries. Louise Montague was chosen by a committee and rode an elephant in parades. Matson Avenue Baptist Church will hold its last services Sunday until September. Dr Tupper and a new house project are mentioned with occupancy expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mangell
Trenton
N. J
Equitable National Bank
No. 194
Grand Street
Bank of
J. Derehio
William F. Sheehan
East With Street
Moss
Tombs
Justice Cowing
Harry K. Montague
Adam Forepaugh
Luna Park
Louise Montague
Matson Avenue Baptist Church
31St Street
Tupper Hin
Fighters to Be Tried in Special Sessions for Prize Fighting
McGovern and Britt face Special Sessions charges for violating Penal Code Section 458 over a Madison Square Garden ten round bout. May 23 also lists Pollok and Hurst among others as defendants. magistrate Breen in Jefferson Market court found them guilty of prize fighting. Formal complaints set for June 18 in Essex Market court with bonds for appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGovern
Britt
Madison Square Garden
Harry Pollok
Tim Hurst
Breen
Jefferson Market
Essex Market Court
Police Halt Boxing Match at Longacre Club
Police cordoned off the Longacre Athletic Clubhouse at 158 160 West 29th street and forced cancellation of last night’s boxing show. Inspector Schmitthberger followed a Commissioner Bingham order to stop all boxing, with plainclothes and reserve officers enforcing the ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longacre Athletic
West 29Th Street
Max Newman
Schmitthberger
Bingham
Police Matron Sells Bayside Gore for $30000
Miss Charlotte Godley of Bayside sold a long real estate strip near Long Island City for $30 000 after a boom led a syndicate to use it to straighten a large plot and divide into full sized lots. The long narrow tract lies near the Queens Borough area and adjacent to a major railroad line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter's Point
Long Island City
Charlotte Godley
Bayside
Godley
Amperce
Queens
Marine Intelligence Mini Almanac Sunrise and Tide Times
Marine intelligence brief notes daily sunrise and sunset times with moon phases and nautical positions. It lists approximate high water readings at Sandy Hook Governor Island and Hell Gate along with morning and evening tides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Transpacific Mails Destinations and Steamers Schedule
The notice lists destinations and steamers for Transpacific Mails with routes to Hawaii Japan Corea and China via Sam Pramcaced and via Tacoma. Ship times are given as today 12 30 am for Japan Corea and China and 4 00 pm for Hawaii Guam and Philippine Islands aboard the U S transport via San Francisco. Dated June 11 12 30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
Hawaii
Japan
Corea
China
Korea
Sam Pramcaced
Tacoma
Guam
Philippine Islands
U. S
San Francisco
Vensel
Line
Matcinses
Sails Alliance
Colon
Panama
Prinz E. Friedrich
Hamb-Am
Colorado
Brunswick
Mallory
Kroonk
Antwerp
Red Star
Sea i
Philadelphia
Curacea
Morroustie
Havana
Sarnia
Jamaica
Astoria
Glasgow
Batavia
Hamburg
Hohengzgellern
Nap
Shipping News Arrivals notes for May and June ships
Shipping entries list arrivals and destinations for several steamers including Majestic, Consuelo, Barotse, Shimosa, Valdivian, and others. Entries note captains, routes such as Liverpool to White Star Line, Hull to Sanderson & Son, Calcutta to Algiers, and dates from May through June with passenger, mail, and cargo details. Some lines are garbled but indicate bar arrivals and trading company connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Hayes
Liverpool
Queenstown
White Star Line
Consuelo
Watson
Hull
Beston
Sanderson & Son
Barotse
Tarver
Calcutta
Colombo
Algiers
Boston
Movements of steamers at port Liverpool June 7
Listings of steamers arriving and sailing from Liverpool on June 7 with routes to New York Boston Cherbourg and Genoa. Vague crewed names and ship prefixes appear in a dense, comma filled report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port of
New York
Liverpool
Teutonic
St Vincent
Fremantle
Jamal
Thom Palermo
Allonta_Bricson
Trieste
Plumer
Sable Island
Columbia
York
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Capt. Wynne
Navy Surgeon
Decker
Alabama
Martiel
Wynn
Francis M. Furlong
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy
Captain Wynne
Prairie
Cuba
Dr Osler
SYNOD
General Synod of the
Dutch Reformed Church
William H
Demarest
Reformed Seminary
Ofew Brunswick
X. J
Dema- Test
Rutgers College
Mystery
Man
Kingsbridge Bridge
Hudson
Webs Academy For Shipbuilders
Tomas
Army and Navy News
Tribune Bureau
Taft Party
H. C. Corbin
J. A. Moss
Taft
War Department
Corbin
ARMY
William P. Stone
Willoughby Walke
Artillery Corps
Fort Monroe
Ternice E. Murphy
Harry W. Newton
Allen D. Raymond
Accrg
William F. Hancock
Ira A. Haynes
Presidio of
Moor N. Falls
12Th Infantry
Department of the East
Frederick G. Knabenshue
Charles T. Leeds
Corps of Engineers
Washington Barracks
H. Minett
Naval Hospital
J. S. Sears
Naval War College
A. T. Holmes
Dixie
K. M’ Alpine
Naval Station
Cavité
Ohio
C. W. Dyeon
Davis
Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
F. C. Bowers
R. C. Moody
J. G. Church
Naval Academy
J. M.C. Luby
G. M. Mayers
Naval Medical School
Navy Yard
F. E. Campbell
Constellation
G. H. M'Connon
F. E. Amder
Civ
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Puget Sound
Charleston
J. H. L. Holcombe
Mare Island
Leonidas
Sylph
Wisconsin
Shanghai
City News
Tribune
Frank
Graf
Tribune Almanac
Spencer’s
Aerial Gardens
Broadwa
Sam H Harris Doodle
Geo
M. Cohan
N. Vw
Ark Eee
ATES
Maude Adams
Ammersteen
St. Bway
Paradise Reef Gardens
Savoy
Patsy
Colonial Way
West
Antley
Hite
Raat Sonn
Bailey. Helt. Co
Edne Luby
Ferry Corney
Ete
Shambra
Ith Ave
126Th St. Mats
Nys
Delight
Ted Hussars
Sidney Grant
Otha
TE West
Henry E. Dixey
Will Bernhardt
E. H. Sotherm
Marlowe
Venice
Lee Er
McGovern, Britt, Pollok, Hurst
Longacre
Syndicate
Marine Intelligence
Cretic Grroa
White Star
Valdivia Aux Cayes
Finance Colon
Latupasas
Moine
Mallory Patricia Boulogne
Famb
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San Marco
Galveston
St. Paul
Ward
Prince Barbadoes
Prince St. Cuthbert
Phoenix Blutcher -Hambur
Hamb
Am Celtic
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Grenada
Trinidad
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Zeeland Antwerp
Potsdam
Rotterdam
City of Columbus
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Shipping News
Dreamland
den Musee
World IN Wax
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Royal Italian Orchestra
Mystic
Brooklyn Jockey Club
E. 24Th St
L. I
Park Row
Ith Ava
Culver
City Hall
Bridge St Palton St
Flatbush Ave
36Th St
39Th St. Eklyn
Culver Line
Whitehall St. Ferry
Fort H. G
Wright. . Y
New London
Governor's Island
N. S
Fort Jay
F.G
Knabenshu
Qpringfield Armory
Mat
Winchester Repeating Rires
Frank H. Phipps
Ord
New York Arsenal
T A
E. Greer
Socloce
M. Vine
Straveey
Tat and
Thesta
Gist St
Set St
125Th St
Tremont Ave
41St St
3D Ave
Bleecker St
Ocean Ss Co
Huron
Chichester
Jacksonville
Clyde Ss Co
Moise
Hamilton
New News
A Folk
Old Dominion 3+ Co
Rentine
Cramer Goldsboro
Acu Co
Highlands
Pilar de Larrinags
Harrison
Batmore
Barber & Co
Wearside Bri
Goodwin
Perth Ammen
American Smelting Co
Poe Sandy Hook
NX J
Amerika
Warime
Cherbourg
la Lorraine
Havre
Grossetfuerst
Bremen
Plymouth
Atheniana
Pathfinder
Aguadilla
Vigilancia
Verarum
Port Arthur
Christiania
Kagen
Manzanillo
Progress and Deutschland
Flushing
Jefferson
City of Macon
Savannas
Bluefleits
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