Wakeman Back for Appraiser Post Hinted by Silk Case Fallout
The piece discusses possible restoration of Wilbur F. Wakeman as Appraiser of the Port due to Japanese silk fraud cases and arrests of Rosenthal and Cohn. It notes Merchants' Association backing and a tariff league stance, plus comments from ex Secretary Gage and Secretary Spaulding. Wakeman issues a statement praising investigators and detailing delays and officials he blames for obstructing pursuit of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. Wakeman
Rosenthal and Cohn
Wakeman
Merchants’ Association
American Protective Tariff League
Mr. Wakeman
Charles A. Moore
Old Croesus
Park Row
Gage
General Spaulding
the Treasury
Rosenthal and Cohn Renew Surety in Federal Case
Abraham Rosenthal and Martin L. Cohn, silk importers, renewed their appearance bond with A. Wimpfheimer as second bondsman after warrants issued by Special Deputy Attorney General W. Wickham Smith. Each charged with three counts, bond set at 10 000 per count, total 20 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Rosenthal
Martin L. Cohn
Shields
Federal
W. Wickham Smith
Leo Schiesef
Mr. Cohn
A. J. Dittenhoefer
Charles A. Wimpfheimer
Bishops to Meet at St Patrick’s Cathedral for Corrigan Seat
Cardinals and bishops of New York meet at St Patrick’s Cathedral to select three candidates for the late Archbishop Corrigan’s successor. They attend the month’s mass and Cardinal funeral rites before naming preferences for the vacant metropolitan see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Province of New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Rome
Corrigan
Shipbuilding giant to form United States Shipbuilding Co
Reports say a new United States Shipbuilding Company will consolidate Union Iron Works San Francisco Harlan Hollingsworth Elizabethport Crescent Shipyard Samuel L Moore Bath Iron Works Hyde Windlass Eastern Shipbuilding Carteret and Canada Manufacturing. About 25 million dollars in stock split evenly between common and preferred will be issued along with 16 million dollars in bonds nine million of which underwritten with underwriters to receive two percent stock bonuses.
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 & Sons Company
Elizabethport
N. J
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Company
Bath
Eastern Shipbuilding Company
Captain O'Reilly Opens Manhattan Precinct With Feat and Fire
Captain Miles O'Reilly, sent from Brooklyn to Oak Street, enforces the law impartially amid rumors of poolroom closures. He greets a friend in uniform, recalls Civil War comrade Anton Andesner, and pledges fearless duty. Other transfers include Vredenburgh and Thompson, with Partridge promising further staff moves as precincts realign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partridge
Miles O'Reilly
Brooklyn
Oak St
Park Row
O'Reilly
Manhattan
Othe
Hamilton- Brooklyn
Anton Andesner
New York
O’reilly
Sailor's Creek
Lee
Andesner
de Lacy
Father Curry
St. James’s Church
Captain O'Reilly
Church Club
Water-st
Vredenburgh
Thompson
Queens
Devery
Cross
Brooks
Murphy
Yessioner
Stony Point State Reservation July 16 Dedication
Preparations underway by the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society for the formal dedication of the Stony Point Battle field State Reservation on July 16. Governor Odell expected to declare it open and Samuel P. Pennypacker to deliver the oration. A parade, flag raising, artillery salute, and speeches by notable figures planned. The executive committee includes H. K. Bush Brown and others.
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. Bush-Brown
Samuel P. Avery
Reginald P. Bolton
Richard T. Davies
Frederick W. Devoe
Edward Sreate A Hall
Francis W. Halsey
George F. Kunz
Rederick S. Lamb
Francis G. Landon
Walter
Abraham G. Mills
Gordon H. Peck
Olonel Henry W. Sackett
Albert Ulmann
Alonzo Wheeler
Charles F. Wingate
Central Must Pay Tax Dispute Dismissed by Court
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company’s writ of certiorari challenging a Tax Commission assessment on a leased Spuyten Duyvil line was dismissed by Justice Steckler. The ruling upholds the Tax Commission’s $361,000 personal property assessment for 1901, holding courts do not review such value questions. relators failed to prove injury.
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
New-York Central
Chased by Dr Adler, gets four years
Professor Felix Adler testified in General Sessions Court about a theft at Fifth Avenue and 50th Street. Frank Sweeney of Chicago was convicted of snatching May Smiths pocketbook. The jury sentenced him to four years and six months in State prison. Adler said his public spirit motive guided his court visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Adler
General Sessions Court
Newburger
Frank Sweeney
South Fourth-st
Chicago
Miss May Smith
Fifth-ave
Fiftieth-st
Adler
Uproot Disused Tracks on Amsterdam and West Eighty Sixth
Cantor and Park Commissioner lead bid to force Metropolitan Street Railway to remove over forty disused track sections in the borough claiming forfeited franchises for failure to use them. Corporation Counsel hints at court appeals. Park Department notes Belgian block paving and delayed asphalt until track issue settles. Borough President Willcox signals readiness to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cantor and Park
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Rives
Canter
Willcox
Amsterdam-are
West Eighty-sixth-st
West Eighty-sixth St
Park Department
Freeing Captains in Ferry-Yacht Collision Verdict
Captains Henry Cattermole of the Staten Island Rapid Transit and Henry Wicks of Edwin Gould’s Middletown were discharged after a coroner’s jury found no complicity in broker John Colt Atterbury’s death from a May collision off Governors Island. The Aileen and Middletown collided in dense fog. Atterbury died instantly when struck by a bowsprit. The jury ruled not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cattermole
Staten Island Rapid Trans
Henry
Aileen
T Company
Middletown
Wicks
Edwin Gould
Goldenkranz
John Colt Atterbury
Governor's Island
Whitehall
Cattermole
William A. List
Tantae
Commissioners’ Fees Reduced in Station Place Property Case
Justice Greenbaum cut the commissioners fees for valuing property taken by the city from $1,964 to $1,200 after Corporation Counsel Rives argued that $1,070 sufficed. The panel said adjournments and executive sessions were justified, though the judge warned that routine delays could inflate costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore L. Smith
George Drake Smith
H. K. Davis
Station Place
Gledhill Road
Bronx River
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Rives
Greenbaum
Deal
Contested will filed over Mary Ann Wilson estate
Charles Steckler representing Michael Dwyer and Margaret Lynn filed in the Surrogate's Office to contest the will of Mary Ann Wilson. The document left all assets to Rollin M. Morgan in trust for husband John Wilson with life income and principal at death. Contestants allege fraud and undue influence by Morgan, a Tamanny district leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Steckler
Michael Dwyer
Margaret Lynn
Mary Ann Wilson
Morgan
Sac Noeecy
New York Central Park Soil Debate Sparks Funding Call
American Gardening weighs in on Samuel Parson Jr’s claim that Central Park is dying and needs 1.5 million dollars for soil amelioration. The piece notes Central Park rests on rock, requiring a tailored fertility regimen not used for other parks. It argues a soil capable of supporting large trees for years cannot need extensive top dressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Parsons, Jr
Central Park
Union Square Bank to Become Corn Exchange 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 and that the former institution would within a few weeks be operated 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
Corn Exchange Nne
Woodbury Heads City Police if Partridge Resigns
The friends of Dr. John McGaw Woodbury, Street Cleaning Commissioner, plan to push his police appointment should Colonel Partridge leave. They praise his tireless work, high discipline, and deep knowledge of city operations, noting he would aggressively root out corruption and likely win broad support among officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGaw Woodbury
Partridge
Woodbury
Bronx
Upper West Side
T. Harry Shanton
Dr. Woodbury
Brooklyn Youth Guards His Hero Title At Trial
John B. Tully, eighteen, of Brooklyn, faced Magistrate Crane after being charged with intoxication. He boasted of saving thirty six Hyves and presented a paper claiming he saved six men after an explosion on the hospital ship Relief on December 16, 1896, signed by Henry R. Stiles. He said Senator Ahearn awarded him two medals for heroism, while friends called him a distinguished looking hero. The magistrate threatened dismissal if he did not behave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Tully
Kentave
Brooklyn
Crane
Tombs
Tully
Relief
Henry R. Stiles
U.S. Hospita Ship Relief
Senator Ahearn
Dock Extension Planned Along North River In City Action
Dock Commissioner Hawkes met with the Mayor, Corporation Counsel and Controller to push a North River dock and pier improvement from Twenty third to Eighteenth streets. After condemnation and title transfer, work will start. A $6,090 appropriation funds the plan, with part used for East River work and department maintenance. Hawkes seeks to begin at the southern end of Twenty third Street and will pursue condemnation and title transfer to the city.
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
Funeral for Rev. Dr. George H. Hepworth Held at Manhattan Church
The Rev. Dr. George H. Hepworth was honored in a packed Manhattan Congregational Church yesterday as Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer and Rev. Dr. William Hayes Ward led services. Attendees included longtime associates from The New York Herald. Afterward the body departed for Stephen Merritt undertaking, with cremation planned 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
Beautiful Interlaken hotel offers grand glacier views
From the terraces of the Yungfraublick Hotel at Interlaken visitors may enjoy sweeping views of the glaciers and the lakes Thun and Brienz. The hotel sits in a pine forest above the lake with gardens and scenic nooks, two hundred feet up above Interlaken. Views of the Jungfrau and Silberhorn from the Rugen Yung Traublick are described as the finest in Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yungfraublick
Interlaken
Thun
Brienz
Button Firms Consolidate Into United Button Company
Preliminary papers filed in Springfield show Newell Brothers Manufacturing of Springfield, the Boston Button Company of Boston, and Williston Knight Company of East Hampton merge under Delaware law to form United Button Company with $3,000,000 capital. Additional absorptions expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Newell Brothers Manufacturing Company
Boston Button Company
Boston
Williston & Knight Company
East Hampton
United Button Company
Delaware
Mobile excursions up Hudson prove popular transit line
The Hudson trips from the Fifth Avenue Hotel to Philipse Manor ended June 7 after a month with over eleven hundred passengers carried. The Mobile Rapid Transit Company plans eight vehicles daily, covering over seven thousand miles in total. About $2,500 in cash was taken in, leaving a profit around 81.6. Delays totaled ten amid heavy travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Mobile
Fifth Avenue
Philipse Manor
Mobile Rapid Transit Company
Translated Street Notices of Small Sums and Goods
A list shows various addresses and names with monetary notes or trifling amounts. Frank Bergman 500 dollars at Second Street, William Bredhill 200 at Went Thirty-fourth Street, Morris Rosenthal 500 at East Third Street, Columbia Shade Manufacturing Company 237 Canal Street, Louis Aronwitz 200 at First Avenue, Moses Abell trifling at Cherry Street, John Salman 25 at East Thirty-fourth Street, Morris Neicenberg 3.15 at Madison Avenue, Bertha Maty trifling at Goork Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second-st
Frank Bergman
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
Hotel suicide secrets stir city inquiry at Plaza
The coroner reported Miss Alice Leviss, 23, hanged herself with a robe girdle in a Plaza Hotel bathroom. She traveled from St. Louis with her brother intending to sail to Europe for coronation season in London. The case drew criticism over delays and calls to abolish coroners separate from the police and District Attorney.
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 was brought back to Philadelphia from Charleston and restored to its position in Independence Hall. The train arrived from Washington at 9 o'clock, and the bell was paraded through the streets amid cheering crowds, escorted by troops and bands. Mayor Ashbridge welcomed the bell home on behalf of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charleston
Independence Hall
Washington
Ashbridge
Suburban Subway Plan Proposed for Chicago City
Ex mayor Washburne William A Alexander and S S Gregory plan to ask Chicago City Council to authorize a citywide subway. The project estimates 40 to 50 million dollars, a 15 year city lease, and three and a half years to build the downtown line. Traction firms telephone lines and possibly elevated trains would use the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washburne
William A. Alexander
S. S. Gregory
Chicago Telephone Company
Boston
Bridges Redeemed in Paterson Flood Damage Bid
The Board of Freeholders awarded contracts totaling 85,000 for new bridges and repairs after March flood damage. Arch Street Bridge in Paterson and Outwater Bridge in Passaic, swept away by the flood, to be rebuilt by F. R. Long Company. Arch Street bridge cost 24,000 and Outwater bridge 38,900.
Army and Navy Officers Receive Transfers and Retirements
A series of Army and Navy personnel moves includes Captain John J. Bradley leaving headquarters to rejoin his company, Brigadier General George M. Sternberg retiring as surgeon general, and Sumner H. Lincoln and Samuel M. Whitside retiring after over forty years of service. Multiple officers receive new assignments, transfers within regiments, or duty stations, with rotations spanning the Philippines, New York City, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and Havana, among others. Navy updates include detachments, home orders, and station shifts, plus retirements of Rear Admirals Wardleigh and Houston and other cadets and officers changing posts at various yards and stations.
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
Phillippines
Robert H. Pierson
Syracuse
Fort Columbus
New York
James K. Hughes
Robert A. Brown
Frank D. Wickham
11Th Infantry
12Th Infantry
Frank T. Woodbury
San Francisco
Charles W. E. Penrose
NAVY
H. Laning
Naval Academy
Cincinnati
D.C. Hanrahan
Brooklyn
W. B. ‘Sells
Lancaster
Weep
J. B. Frazier
Wasp
J. W. Ross
War Department
Las Animas
Havana
Cuba
G. H. Wadleigh
E. S. Houston
C. Goodrich
Kearsarge
E. Hamner
J. A. Furer
Columbia
Navy Yard
Asiatic Station
Capitan BK. M. Dutton
Pollock Station
R. H. Williams
K.H. Osborne
Albay
Yokohama Hospital
J. E Walker
Villalobos
G. B. Landenberger
Vicksburg
W. Hopkins
Oton- Be
Oton- Be#po Station. Captain ©. S. HATCH, detached Yokohama Hospital
F. L. Sanders
Herman the bootblack falls from fortune at Aqueduct
A long interview with Herman, a City Hall Park bootblack, reveals a rise from $46 starting winnings to $24,000 gambled away at racetracks. He recalls luck in spring and a failed push at Aqueduct on April 16 with a failing tip, ending with him back shining shoes for five cents. He vows to try again while reflecting on his fall and pride. The tale mixes Brooklyn life, family, and street-level honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
City Hall
Lick
Tribune
Brooklyn
Gravesend
City Hall Park
van Wyck
Waldorf
Aqueduct
Lucky Star
Orange Library in Straits Threaten Closure
The Orange Free Library faces financial ruin with only 210 dollars in treasury funds. Trustees stepped in by pledging summer salaries to prevent closure, planning an autumn drive to endow the library. The building, opened less than a year ago as a memorial by Joseph W. Stickler, houses thousands of volumes and several collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Orange Free Library
Joseph W. Stickler
Oranges
Daniel Addison Heald
William Fierson
The
New England Society
Board of Health Sprays Mosquito Pools in Glen Ridge
Glen Ridge on June 1 reports the Board of Health starting a mosquito control drive. Inspector John A. Brown with two assistants and several gallons of oil spray pools with phenol oil and plan to spray kerosene oil over ponds by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Ridge
Board of Health
John A. Brown
Newark Churches Unite Against Sunday Racing Plan
A joint committee of the Newark Ministerial Association, the Presbyterian Union of the Oranges, Irvington ministers, and the Wailsburg boroughs will coordinate to suppress the Sunday bicycle line on the Wailsburg board track. The Newark Essex County churches act as a unit to enforce the Sunday law on this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministerial Association of
Newark
Presbyterian Union of the Oranges
Ministers
Irvington
Wailsburg
Wailsburg Board
Essex County
Senate committee meets on subsidiary silver coinage bill
Washington June 14 The Senate Committee on Finance informally discussed the bill to increase the subsidiary silver coinage which recently passed the House. Senator Aldrich, chairman, announced plans for an early meeting to advance the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee
House
Aldrich
Misall Pose
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Mr. Gage
United States
Sherwood
Brown
Burnett
Sharretts
Spaulding
Treasury Det
Chance
Johnson
Department
Rosenthal & Co
A. Wimpfheimeer
Bondsman
Evelyn E. Stedeker
Alvin Crocker
Wise
Benjamin FP
Miss Stedeker
Stillman
Sted
Dally
SILK
Lisle
Silkoline
American Hosiery CO
Credd Aldee
Stony Point State Reservation
American Scenic and Historic Preservation
Society
Western Union Telegraph Company
David P. Smith
Malcolm C. Koee
No. 194
Broadway
Smith
Central
Port Morris
DR. Adler
Broker
R. M. Morgan
DR. Hepworth
Beautiful Interlaken
Goorck-st
Bertha Maty
Trifling
Liberty Bell
Subway For
Board OF Freeholders
Army and Navy
Army
Orange Library IN
Straits
Woseul
Unite Against
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