Wakeman May Get Back As Appraiser Of The Port
Reported move to restore Wilbur Wakeman amid Japanese silk cases and Rosenthal and Cohn fraud arrests. Merchants' Association and American Protective Tariff League may press the President. Gage and Spaulding comments cited. Wakeman praises administration. Smith's findings noted as vindication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. Wakeman
Rosenthal and Cohn
Wakeman
Merchants’ Association
American Protective Tariff League
Mr. Wakeman
Charles A. Moore
Smith
Park Row
Gage
W. Wickham Smith
United States
Sherwood
Brown
Treasury
United States District Attorney
Burnett
Sharretts
Spaulding
Converse J. Smith
Boston
New York
Washington
Rosenthal
Rosenthal and Cohn Renew Surety in Federal Case
Abraham S and Rosenthal and Martin L Cohn, silk importers, renewed their appearance bond before Commissioner Shields in the Federal Building. Each faces three charges, bail set at 10 dollars per charge totaling 6000 dollars. Charles A Wimpfheimer, velvet manufacturer, accepted as second bondsman for both defendants, with Leo Schiesgne as temporary surety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham S&s. Rosenthal
Martin L. Cohn
Commissioner Shields
Federal
W. Wickham Smith
Leo Schiesgne
Rosenthal
Mr. Co
Wants Vindication Not Settlement In Breach Of Promise Suit
Miss Evelyn E. Stedeker resists an out of court settlement offered by Crocket’s counsel in the $50,000 breach of promise suit. She demands a court vindication, rejecting terms proposed at a conference. Referee Wise grants one final continuance to June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn E. Stedeker
Alvin Crocker
Wise
Benjamin FP. Bullyah
Stedeker
Miss Stedeker
Bir
Stillman
Bishops to Meet at St Patrick’s Cathedral On Vacancy
Bishops of the Province of New York will meet at St Patrick’s Cathedral today to choose three names to send to Rome for appointment as Archbishop Corrigan’s successor. The bishops will attend the Month’s Ming Mass at the Cardinal gang funeral and then express their preferences for the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Province of New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Rome
Corrigan
Cardinal Gang
United States Shipbuilding plans reveal new consolidation
Alexander and Green provided no statement yesterday on the proposed United States Shipbuilding Company. The consolidation would include Union Iron Works San Francisco Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport Samuel L Moore Sons Elizabethport Bath Iron Works Hyde Windlass Bath Maine Eastern Shipbuilding New London Conn and Canada Manufacturing Carteret N J. About 25 million dollars in stock split evenly between common and preferred and 16 million in bonds with 9 million underwritten. Underwriters to receive 2d percent bonus in stock of bonds subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander & Green
United States Shipbuilding Company
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Wilmington
Del
Crescent Shipyard
Samuel L. Moore & J
The
Sons Company
Elizabethport
N. Bath
Shake Up Brings O Reilly to Manhattan Precincts
Captain Miles O'Reilly arrived from Brooklyn to clean up open poolrooms as Partridge closes dens east of Park Row. He met a veteran comrade, Anton Andesner, and vowed fearless, impartial policing while promising loyalty to good citizens and enforcement of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partridge
Miles O'Reilly
Brooklyn
Oak St
Park Row
O'Reilly
Manhattan
O’reilly
Hamilton Ave
Anton Andesner
New York
de Lacy
Father Curry
St. James’s Church
Captain O'Reilly
Church Club
Water-st
Vredenburgh
Thompson
Queens
Devery
Tama Republican
Cross
Brooks
Murphy
Woodbury Considered for Police Commissioner Role
Friends of Dr John McGaw Woodbury, Commissioner of Street Cleaning, push his police chief prospects if Colonel Partridge leaves. They hail his tireless work ethic, discipline, and ability to reform departments, noting he could purge corruption and instill order across the Police Department. He remains noncommittal when asked about a possible appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGaw Woodbury
Colonel Partridge
Dr. Woodbury
Woodbury
Bronx
Upper West Side
T. Harry Shanton
Stony Point Battle Field Reservation to Open July 16
The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society prepares for the formal dedication of the Stony Point Battle Field State Reservation on July 16. Governor Odell to declare open, Samuel Pennypacker to deliver the oration, with a parade, flag raising, and artillery salute. An executive committee led by H K Bush Brown and others organized the event as a public celebration. A separate item notes a Western Union fan burst injuring telegraph operator David P. Smith, with doctor Malcom C. Rose reporting the risk of fatal head injury had it struck higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Stony Point Battlefield State Reservation
Stony Point
Anthony Wayne
Odell
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Philadelphia
the Scenic and Historic Society
H. K
Western Union Telegraph Company
David P. Smith
Malcolm C. Rose
No. 194
Broadway
Smith
Central must pay tax on leased line observe ruling
The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co lost its writ to review a Tax Commission personal property assessment of the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad. Justice Steckler held the court will not reexamine value, affirming the Tax Commission’s $361,000 assessment for 199. Dismissed with costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Tax Commission
Spuyten Duyvil and
Port Morris Railroad
Justice Steckler
Spuyten Duyvil
New York Central
Chased by Dr Adler Gets Four Years
Professor Felix Adler testified at General Sessions Court about a theft on May 28 as Frank Sweeney of Chicago was tried for snatching Miss May Smiths pocketbook at Fifth Avenue and Fiftyeth Street. The jury convicted Sweeney and he received four years and six months in State prison. Adler said he acted in a public spirit to do his duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Adler
General Sessions Court
Newburger
Frank Sweeney
South Fourth-st
Chicago
Miss May Smith
Fifth-ave
Fiftieth-st
Adler
Professor Adler
Sweeney
Brooklyn teen proclaims heroism in court
John B. Tully, eighteen, of Kent Avenue Brooklyn, told Magistrate Crane he saved many lives after an 1896 hospital ship explosion. He handed a paper claiming six rescues and claimed medals from Senator Ahearn, prompting a cautious discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Tully
Kentave
Brooklyn
Crane
Tombs
Tully
Lves
Relief
Henry R. Stiles
U. S. Hospital Bs Relief
Ahearn
Hotel death by own action shocks city coroner
Miss Alice Leviss, 23, daughter of a St Louis Hebrew merchant, died at the Plaza Hotel from hanging with a bath robe girdle. Coroner Jackson delayed reporting, saying he was busy and not bound to release details until ready. City officials debate abolishing coroners as investigations by coroners are seen as hindering prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Leviss
Plaza Hotel
Jackson
Miss Leviss
St. Louis
Europe
London
Edward
Bartholomew
Criminal Courts
Health Department
Liberty Bell Returns to Independence Hall
The Liberty Bell is brought back to Philadelphia from Charleston and placed again in Independence Hall. The train arrived from Washington at 9 00 am and soldiers and bands escorted the relic through city streets to its old resting place amid cheering crowds. Mayor Ashbridge welcomed the bell home on behalf of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charleston
Independence Hall
Washington
Ashbridge
Move to uproot disused tracks on Amsterdam Avenue
Borough President Cantor and Park Commissioner Willcox urged the Metropolitan Street Railway to remove over forty idle track sections in Manhattan. Corporation Counsel Rives warned courts may be needed to compel removal. The city seeks action on Amsterdam Avenue and West Eighty-sixth Street where tracks mar a parkway and hinder improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cantor
Willcox
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Rives
Amsterdam-ave
West Eighty-sixthst
Park Department
West
Freeing of Captains After Ferry Yacht Collision
Captains Henry Cattermole of the Middletown and Henry S. Wicks of the Aileen were discharged after a coroner's jury found no complicity in the death of broker John Colt Atterbury, killed in a May 19 collision off Governors Island in fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cattermole
Staten Island Rapid Transit Company
Middletown
Henry S. Wicks
Edwin Gould
Aileen
Goldenkranz
John Colt Atterbury
Governor's Island
Whitehall St
Staten Island
Bay Ridge
Mr. Gould
Forty-second-st
Atterbury
Wicks
Engin
Cattermole
William A. List
Dock Extension Plans Move Forward in North River
Commissioner Hawkes meets with Mayor, Corporation Counsel and Controller to outline dock and pier improvements from Twenty third to Eighteenth streets. An appropriation of 6 million dollars will fund land condemnation, title transfer, and initial work on piers for Pennsylvania Railroad ferry, Erie ferry, and a Hoboken ferry. Hawkes aims to begin soon and will seek condemnation and title transfer orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkes
North River
Twenty-third-st
Eighteenth-st
Board of Estimate
East
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie
Hoboken
Fourteenth-st
Manhattan
Grand-st
Corporation Counsel
Sinking Fund Commission
Twentythird St
Subway for Chicago plans flood city with tunnel system
Ex mayor Washburne William Alexander and S S Gregory plan to ask the City Council for a downtown city subway covering all districts. The project contemplates 40 to 50 million dollars, completion in about three and a half years, and handing the tunnel to the city after fifteen years. Widespread use by traction companies and utilities is envisioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washburne
William A. Alexander
S. S. Gregory
Chicago Telephone Company
Boston
Bridges to be rebuilt after March flood damage
Paterson June 10 Special The Board of Freeholders awarded contracts totaling 85 000 for new bridges and repairs to flood damaged ones Arch Street bridge in Paterson and Outwater bridge in Passaic were swept away and will be rebuilt by the F R Long Company Arch Street bridge cost 34500 and Outwater bridge 38900
Funeral of Rev Dr George H Hepworth at Manhattan Church
The Rev Dr George H Hepworth’s funeral was held at Manhattan Congregational Church with eulogies by Rev Dr Robert Collyer and Rev Dr William Hayes Ward. Many Herald associates attended. The body moved to Stephen Merritt for cremation at Fresh Pond, Long Island today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Hepworth
Manhattan Congregational Church
Robert Collyer
Church of the Messiah
William Hayes Ward
Hepworth
New-York Herald
Stephen Merritt
Fresh Pond
Long Island
Army and Navy Orders Reported in Washington
Washington June 10 Army and Navy orders issued. Army: Bradley relieved at Lakes HQ to join company. Alexander to report as assistant. Sternberg retirement announced along with Sumner Lincoln and Samuel Whitside after forty plus years. Hay, Wright, Stokes and others reassigned or joined units in the Philippines. Recruiting shifts noted for several officers. transfers within the 4th Cavalry. Navy: multiple detachments and appointments including academy detachments, hospital duties, and ship assignments with several retirements and station changes announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Bradley
14Th Infantry
Department of the Lakes
William L. Alexander
George M. Sternberg
Sumner H. Lincoln
Samuel M. Whitside
William H. Hay
10Th Cavalry
John W. Wright
5Th Infantry
Philippines
Marcus B. Stokes
10Th Infantry
Robert H. Pierson
Syracuse
Fort Columbus
New York
Rhinelander Waldo
New York City
Benjamin Hw.kerfoot
Artillery Corps
No. 25
Third-ave
Herbert 8S. Foster
12Th Infantry
Indianapolis
4Th Cavalry
James E. Hughes
Robbert A. Brown
Frank D. Wickham
1Sth Infantry
Frank T. Woodbury
San Francisco
Charles W. E. Penrose
Commissioners' Fees Reduced in City Property Valuation Case
Justice Greenbaum cut the fees of Commissioners Theodore L. Smith George Drake Smith and H K Davis appointed to appraise property taken for Station Place from Glenhill Road to The Bronx River from 1964 to 1070 dollars after Corporation Counsel Rives argued excessive meetings adjournments and sessions. The officers claimed adjournments were on owners or counsel requests and necessary due to limited sitting time. Greenbaum warned such practices would prolong proceedings and raise costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore L. Smith
George Drake Smith
H. K. Davis
Station Place
Glenhill Road
Bronx River
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Rives
Greenbaum
Beautiful Interlaken hotel offers grand glacier views
From the Yungfraublick Hotel terraces at Interlaken one may enjoy the finest views of the glaciers and lakes Thun and Brienz. The hotel sits in a pine forest, sloping to the lake, with gardens and romantic nooks two hundred feet above Interlaken, famed as a delightful Swiss resort. Views of the Jungfrau and Silberhorn from Rugen-Yung-Traublick are described as the best in Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yungfraublick
Interlaken
Thun
Brienz
United Button Company Formed In Consolidation Bid
Preliminary papers filed in Springfield Massachusetts announce the consolidation of Newell Brothers Manufacturing Company Boston Button Company and Williston Knight Company into United Button Company. Delaware laws apply with 3 million dollars capital and plans to absorb other firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Newell Brothers Manufacturing Company
Boston Button Company
Boston
Williston & Knight Company
East Hampton
United Button Company
Delaware
Contested Will Filed In Surrogate’s Office
Charles Steckler for Michael Dwyer and Margaret Lynn brothers and sister of Mrs Mary Ann Wilson filed notice in the Surrogate’s Office that her will is to be contested. The will left the estate to Rollin M Morgan in trust for John Wilson for life with principal to Morgan after. Morgan is leader of the XXIXth Assembly District and contestants claim the will is not Wilson and was obtained by fraud and undue influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Steckler
Michael Dwyer
Margaret Lynn
Mary Ann Wilson
Wilson
Morgan. Sde
Thinks New Park Soil Unnecessary
American Gardening critiques Samuel Parrsons Jr. statement that Central Park is dying and needs 1.5 million dollars for soil amelioration. It argues fertility maintenance in parks is individual, notes Central Park rests on rock, and says soil capable of long term large-tree growth cannot require two feet of top dressing or renewal, given the trees already thriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Parsons, Jr
Central Park
Popular Hudson excursions by mobile end with June seventh
The first Hudson excursion by mobile from Fifth Avenue Hotel to Philipse Manor ended June seventh. Over eleven hundred passengers used the route that month. Eight vehicles a day are planned as demand grows. The fleet covered over seven thousand miles with about $2,500 in cash taken in and roughly $1,600 profit after expenses. Delays numbered ten amid heavy travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Mobile
Fifth Avenue
Philipse Manor
Mobile Rapid Transit Company
Cornerstone Bank to absorb Union Square Bank as branch
It was announced yesterday that negotiations for the purchase of control of the Union Square Bank by the Corn Exchange Bank had been completed. The Union Square Bank will within a few weeks operate as a branch of the Corn Exchange Bank, which already has eleven branches, most of them in this borough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Square Bank
Corn Exchange Bank
Miscellaneous Street Notices and Small Sums
A sequence of early morning to late afternoon entries lists individuals and small payments at various street addresses. Names include Frank Bergman William Bredhill Morris Rosenthal Louis Aronwitz Moses Abell John Salman Morris Neicenberg and Bertha Mary with amounts ranging from trifling to 800 dollars at locations on Second Street West Thirty-fourth Street Canal Street First Avenue and Madison Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second-st
Frank Bergman
West Thirty-fourth-st
William Bredhill
East Third-st
Morris Rosenthal
Canal-st
Columbia Shade Manufacturing Company
First-ave
Louis Aronwitz
Cherry-st
Moses Abell
East Thirty-fourth-st
John Salman
Madison-ave
Morris Neicenberg
Herman the Mayor’s bootblack falls from wealth to poverty
Herman, long known as the mayor’s bootblack, fell from affluence after a lucky yet ruinous run at the racetracks. Once rolling in wealth from bets and craps, he now shined shoes for five cents in City Hall Park, hopeful for a comeback as he recalls a $46 start, $5,000 wins, and a disastrous April 16 collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
City Hay Park
Aqueduct W
City Hall Park
Tribune
Brooklyn
Gravesend
van Wyck
the Waldorf
Aqueduct
Jever
Lucky Star
Orange Library in Straits Over Library Finances
The Orange Free Library faces closure due to a $210 treasury balance with no funds in sight. Trustees pledged to cover salaries and summer aid, avoiding immediate shutdown. An autumn effort will seek endowment or stable support for the campus library built by Joseph W. Stickler, housing 17000 volumes plus multiple collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Orange Free Library
Joseph W. Stickler
Oranges
Daniel Addison Heald
William Fierson
The
New England Society
Mosquito War Opens as Glen Ridge Board Sprays Ponds
Glen Ridge on June 1 reports the Board of Health launching a mosquito control effort. Inspector John A. Brown and two assistants apply phinetas oil to pools and ponds, with kerosene planned later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Ridge
Board of Health
John A. Brown
Newark Churches Unite to Ban Sunday Bicycle Races
A joint Newark ministerial committee with the Presbyterian Union of the Oranges and Irvington ministers will work with Vailsburg officials to suppress Sunday bicycle races on the Vailsburg board track. Protestant churches in Newark and Essex County unite to enforce the Sunday law on this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministerial Association of
Newark
Presbyterian Union of the Oranges
Ministers of
Irvington
Vaitsburg
Vaitsburg Board
Essex County
Senate Finance Committee to reconvene on silver coinage bill
Washington June 182 The Senate Finance Committee met informally on the subsidiary silver coinage bill that recently passed the House. Chairman Aldrich announced plans for an early formal meeting to pursue the question further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee of Finance
House
Aldrich
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SILK
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Stony Point State Reservation
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Subway For
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Naval Academy
Cincinnati
D. C. Hanrahan
W. Bells
Lancaster
Weep
J. B. Frazier
Wasp
J. W. Ross
War Department
Las Animas
Havana
Cuba
G. H. Wadleigh
R. H. Williams
Pollock
ER. H. Osborne
Yokohama Hospital
Meres Ca
J. ©& Walker
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G. B. Landenberger
Vicksburg
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Aimee
W. Hopkins
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Prine
Beautiful Interlaken
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