Will of Rev Dr Richard Salter Storrs filed for probate
The 1898 dated will names Dr Frederick H Colton and his son Richard Storrs Colton as beneficiaries. Daughters receive the estate shares with a 1000 to the Society of the Church of the Pilgrims and 1000 to the Long Island Historical Society. A codicil from 1899 leaves small legacies to relatives. Executor named Franklin Trust Company. Insurance man charged with larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Salter Storrs
James FE. Pearson
Montaguest
Jessie E. Williams
Prospect Place
Edwin C. Schaffer
Montague-st
Frederick H. Colton
Lodge
Boswell
Johnson
Richard Storrs Colton
Colton
Franklin Trust Company
Adeline Jenks Gardner
Brooklyn
Sarah Phillips Colton
Alice Gray Colton
Clara Robinson Colton
Mary Tudor Colton
Frederick Gray Colton
Wendell Phillips Colton
Alleged Pruden tial collector arraigned for petty larceny
James Gregory of Company A 47th Regiment N Y N G later worked as a Prudential Life agent. He was arraigned in Gates Ave court on three charges of petty larceny for allegedly taking premiums and not turning them in. He waived examination and was held for the Court of Special Sessions. Complainants name multiple insureds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gregory
47Th Regiment
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Gates-ave
Gregory
Worth
Court of Special Sessions
Minnie Schaeffer
Kane Place
Angelina Keane
Herkimer-st
Margaret Haas
Miss Nettle Porkony
Prudential Company
Graham Ave
Suit to recover land under water at Norton's Point dismissed
In the Supreme Court Justice Garretson dismissed William Ziegler's suit against the New York and Coney Island Railroad to recover land under water beneath the company's pier at Norton's Point. Plaintiffs sought profits estimated at $80,000. Edward M. Grout presented for the plaintiff. Neville Wingate for the defendant moved for dismissal. The suit began in 189.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Garretson
Supreme Court
William Ziegler
New York and Coney Island Railroad Company
Norton’s Point
Edward M. Grout
Neval Wingate
Eleventh Annual Garden Party At St Marys Hospital
The eleventh annual garden party of the Ladies Aid Society opened last night at 8:30 led by Vicar General McNamara in Bishop McDonnell’s absence. Held on hospital grounds at St Marks Rochester and Buffalo avenues, the event runs this afternoon and evening and again tomorrow. Proceeds aid the fund for sick and crippled children care. last year 910 such patients were helped. John’s Home band played, with 2000 children from Brooklyn Catholic Orphan Asylum expected on the grounds this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Mary’s Hospital
McNamara
McDonnell
St. Mark's Rochester
Buffalo Aves
Band of John’s
Brooklyn Catholic Orphan Asylum
Youth Is Cleared in Bat Accident Case
Charles Bridges sixteen son of Alderman James J. Bridges was arraigned in Adams st police court after striking Joseph Burns nine with a baseball bat. The injury was ruled accidental and Bridges was discharged. Burns, of No 79 Gold St, remains hospitalized with a fractured skull at Brook lyn Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bridges
James J. Bridges
Joseph Burns
Brenner
Adams St
Burns
Gold St
Brooklyn Hospital
Marine's body found in Brooklyn Navy Yard barracks
The body of Marine George Delaney was discovered in the vacant quarters of a late commander at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Deceased appeared decomposed with no signs of foul play. Naval surgeon says probable aneurysm. Funeral held yesterday with escort and firing party. Delaney had previously managed the house and slept in the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Navy Yard
George Delaney
Delaney
Janey
Old Man Drowns Himself in Mattituck Creek
Northport Long Island June 12 Warren L Tuthill a prominent village resident commit suicide this morning by drowning in Mattituck Creek. He was fifty five a member of Reeve and Tuthill left a widow and one son Howard Tuthill of Rockville Centre. An inquest will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northport
Long Island
Warren L. Tuthill
Mattituck Creek
Tuthill
Reeve
Rev E W Laidler Dead After Long Ministry Work
The Rev E W Laidler died Monday at his daughter Mrs Theodore Atwood's home 460 Nostrand Ave from general debility. Born in India in 1823 he became a Congregational minister after England schooling. He served as a missionary to freedmen in the South in 1865 and helped establish churches and schools in North Carolina. Later active with Plymouth Bethel Brooklyn and pastor of Coytesville New Jersey for four years. He leaves a daughter Mrs Thomas Atwood a son Edward Laidler and four grandchildren. Funeral at Puritan Congregational Church this afternoon.
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W. Laidler
Theodore Atwood
Nostrand Ave
India
England
Laidler
Congregational Church
South
North Carolina
Plymouth Bethel
Brooklyn
Coytesville
Fort Lee
N. J
Thomas Atwood
Edward Laidler
Puritan Congregational Church
Man Sues U S Government Over Elevator Injury in Federal Building
William S. Rigby of Manhattan files in U S Circuit Court a $10,000 claim against the United States for injuries from a fall in the Federal Building elevator at Washington and Johnson streets. He argues an implied contract to transport him safely, while the government cites lack of consent to sue. Briefs by District Attorney Pettit and Roger Foster await submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
William S. Rigby
Manhattan
United States
Federal Building
Washington and Johnson Sts
Rigby
Bigby
Pettit
Roger Foster
Foster
Missing six year old boy in Maspeth disappearance
Police from Newtown hunt for Charlie Hinzman six, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Hinzman of 219 East Ninety sixth street Manhattan after he vanished while returning from a picnic at Ahern's Marion Park in Maspeth on Sunday. Father helped him onto a car then lost track of him. a Maspeth resident recalls seeing a man with a boy answering the description walking toward Jamaica. The family pursues every lead as Mr Hinzman continues the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtown
Charlie Hinzman
Charles Hinzman
East Ninety-sixth St
Manhattan
Maspeth
Jamaica
Hinzman
Merrill Wins Suit Against Queens Official for Assault
In a Long Island City courtroom Justice Wilmot M. Smith presiding, John B. Merrill of Queens County secured a $150 verdict plus 6 percent interest against Joseph H. Fitzpatrick, secretary of the Queens County Board of Education, for an April 28, 1898 assault at Miller's Hotel. Merrill plans to donate the money to Flushing Hospital. Agnes McDonald, 41, fell while using a rear fire escape in a Flatbush building, became entangled, and was rescued after about 15 minutes. She is hospitalized at Seney with contusions but expected to recover.
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Supreme Court
Long Island City
Wilmot M. Smith
John B. Merrill
Queens County
Joseph H. Fitzpatrick
Queens County Board of Education
Miller's Hotel
Merrill
Fitzpatrick
Mr. Merrill
Flushing Hospital
Agnes McDonald
Wes
Twelfth St
Mrs. Youngs
McDonald
Hel
Seney Hospital
Mrs Grace E Ramsey Granted Release From Matteawan
Justice Dickey of the Supreme Court Special Term ordered the release of Grace E Ramsey from Matteawan Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Indicted in Manhattan for first degree murder on July 12 1899 she allegedly cut her husband’s throat at the Garden Hotel on June 23. An affidavit by Dr H E Allison stated she is now sane and release was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickey
Supreme Court
Grace E. Ramsey
Matteawan Hospital
Manhattan
Garden Hotel
H. E. Allison
Justice Sewell
Equity
Ella R. Southgate
Henry
Bishop Southgate
Southgate
Italian Held on Murder Charge in Grand Avenue Saloon
Joseph Caimane the Italian suspect in the Grand Avenue saloon murder of Thomas Rocco was held without bail until June 27 by Magistrate Steers in Grant Street police court. W A Wellwood pleaded not guilty for the Italian. Eleven year old William Caccaole, who witnessed the event, was held in 100 dollars bail and turned over to the Children's Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Caimane
Thomas Rocco
Grand-ave
Steers
Grant St
W. A. Wellwood
William Caccaole
Children’s Society
Brooklyn Rapid Transit to start two new lines to Manhattan Beach
Tomorrow two new car lines will serve Manhattan Beach with a surface route and an elevated service. The elevated line will connect with the old Brighton Beach Railroad to Neptune Avenue and Emmons Avenue. Services run 7:30 a.m. to midnight. surface cars run 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. last trip.
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Manhattan Beach
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Kings County Road
Brighton Beach
Neptune Ave
Emmons-ave
Manhattan Peach
Brooklyn
Culver
Neptune-ave
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Brooklyn News
DR. Storrs
Coney Island
Mary's Hospital
Wyland Cy
Mre
Cahn, Selt & CO
Baltimore, Ma
Summer Resort Guides
Country Board
New York
Adirondack Mountains
Star Lake Inn
Adirondacks
P. O
Star Lake
N. Y
Inglehart & Brown
J. S. Kirby
Chatesugay Lake
Manhan
Shelter Island
la Y
Union Square
H.D. W. Lawson
New Jersey
Ferngliff
Greenwood Lake
Erte “R
Ideal Lake
H Street
E. J. Dickson Whiteside
Kiameshac Lake House
Kiamesha, Sullivan CO
Rip van Winkle
Pine Hill
Ulster & Delaware
N. We
Rogers
Mer
the Inn
Amityville
NEW _YORK
New Point
Great South Bay
E. Hathaway
Times Building
Saratoga
R. R
Catskill Mountains
Haines Falls
P. C
L. P. Schutt
Cornwall-On-Hudson
Otel
Hotel Sorrento and Cottages
Sorrento
Maine
Frenchmen's Bay
Bar Harbor
Desert
New England
Asso
Park Place
Rerirkwood Inn
Scarborough Beach
New Hampshire
Pine Grove Springs
Spofford
N. H
IPPAL
J. H. Atwood
Breslin
Lake Hoprtcomg
N Das
Somerset OK
Bernardsville
Barclay
Christopher St. Ferry
George W. Tuttle
Engleside
Beach Haven
ROBT
B. Engle & Son
HOTEL
ST. Charles
Atlantic City, N. J
Raleigh
Ocean
St. Charles Place
Atlantic City
Bath
John B. Scott
Loraine
Sam's Wagner & Son
Woolley & Gerrans, Proprietors
Saratoga Springs
Vermont
Clarendon House
Clarendon Springs
A. M. Taylor
Superb Valley
H. Ten Eycke
Tremont Sha Girt
N J
I. S. Hinkson
Bleak House
Ocean Front
Geo. H. Coryell
Green Mountains
Lake Dunmore House
Bates, &c
Chas. A. Dunn
W. 55Th ST
Columbus
Shawangunk Inn
Stone Ridge
Ulster Co
R. C
Park— Ave
Kensington
H. A
W. F. Bang
Sturtevant House
NEW Grand Hotel
Heart of Catskill Mountains
Magnum Log Pool
Smore
West Shore Depot
D. J. Sprague
New Lee
Hotel Imperial
Chas. P. Fleming
Babylon
Watson House
Henry L. Sayles
Fishers Island
New York City
Mansion House
Munnatawket Hotel Music, CO
A. T. Hale
Sun NE
Gagge & Perry
Westminster
Weaxbe
Westminster Park
Alexandria Bay
H. F. Inglehart & Son
Gliffton
Water Front
Bonaire
Patchogue
Jenkins & Cliffton
Catskill Mountain House
Catskill Mountain
CHAS
Geo
Thousand Island House
C. G. Staples
G. DE Witt
R. F. Madden
Cambridge
St. Ave
High Point
New Vork
Int Point
Leon St
Madison
Stamford
A. C. van Dyke
Engemere
J. C. Matthews, Mer
Sharon Springs
N.Y
Nauheim
John H. Gardner & Son
Shelter Island Heights
Suffolk CO
L. 1
Bay View
Prospect House
L. Frisbee
Pines
Lake Bomoseen
W. C. Mound
Hydeville, VI
Massachusetts
Maplewood
Pittsfield, Berkshire CO
Mass
A. W. Plumb
Ape Cod
North Brewster
A. F. Brier
No. Brewster
Connecticut
New London
Conn
Peouot House
Fort Griswold House
Blanchard & Hager
Waldorf-Astoria
Harry Rothman
Kenilworth Inn
Kentucky Ave. and
Beach
T. K. Roberts
Brexton
Ocean and
New Jersey Ave
New Hotel
Myers & Bechtel
South Carolina Ave
Bryan & Williams
Berkeley
Kentucky-ave
Board Walk
Ocean Front Sun
JAS. & Geo. Bew
Otel Belmont
Virginia Ave
B. S. Watson
Rhode Island
Newport
R. Bateman
Ocean House
Watch Hill
R. IL
J. F. Champlin
Block Island
Hygeia
R. F. Randall
Matr
Hygela Hotel Co
Pennsylvania
Glen Summit
Pullman
W. H. Crosby
Mgr
Mount Mount Pocono
Pocono Mountains
H. C. Leech
Elaware Water Gap
Kittatinny
Spain
Delaware Valley
W. A. Brodhead & Sons
Delaware Water Gap
Water Gap House
Blue Ridge
W. R R
L. W. Brodhead
Haddon Hall
Leeds & Lippincott
Fred. H. Scofield
Metropolitan Building
Madison Square
O. A. Marsh
Park PI
Otel Majestic
Osborne & Painter
Otel Pierrepont
Channels Bros
John R. Pugh
Otel DE Ville
M. W. Truitt
Otel Kenderton
J. Ocean
Tennessee-ave
J. F. Neall
Toga
Richmond
M. H. Magers
Prop
Chas. H. Pease
Otel Stratford
Felix Addar
W. H. Stehle & Son
Scarborough
Beach Front
Maryland
Alfred Wyman
Long Branch
West End
Broadway
W. E. Hildreth
Asbury Park
N. J. Mote
Brunswick
Morgan & Parsons
Virginia Hot Springs
All Seasons
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Penna. R. R
H. R R
Fred Sterry
Hot Springs
Atlantic ¢ City
Ruddle
Chas. R. Myers
World Vacation Bureau
36Th St. and
B'way
Chalfonte
Leeds & Haines Co
Wellman
Chelsea Ave
New House
Charles
Stuart House
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Cat
Best Society of
North
Fast and West
Harrington Mills
James D. Southwick
LURAY
Siah White & IN
Sound
Astor House
Eagle Bureau
Journal
Burea
95Th Av
34Th St
E. R
Chambers St
Sullivan
Ulster
Delaware
New York, Ontario and Western Railway
Ith Ave
6Th Ave
Columbus Ave
125Th St
West 125Th St
Sth Ave
Franklin and
Fulton St
Manhattan Ave
Eagle Office
J. C. Anderson
Beaver St
E. Chase
Wallsville
Larchmont
Awana Lake
Peekskill
Joseph Lee
Sullivan County Hills
Falrsburgh Station
Orcean Steamers
Cherbourg
S. Kurfarst
Naples
Genoa
Oelrichs
Louis H. Meyer
S._S. ALLER
Gibralter
Oelrichs & CO
Mqidramedizam
Plymouth
London
Paris
Hamburg
Columbia
Victoria
Palatia
Batavia
Patricia
M.G .Ts
Hamburg-American Line
TAY
Japan
Pacific Mail
S. S. CO. Occidental and Oriental S. S. CO
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
San Francisco
Honolulu
Yokohama
Boby Nagasaki
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Mente
R_ DE JANETRO
Nippon Maru
America Maru
Ang
Freicht
Battery Place
Washington
Maine Steamship GO
Portland
Horatio Hall
New
F. R
Market Street
Reade St
South St
South Street
Puerto Rico
RED
San Juan
Ponce
Philadelphia
S. Maracatro
Gamagcag
Boulton, Bliss & Dallett, General Managers
Front St
Wv. S. Mail Anchor Line
Glasgow
Londonderry
North River
Ethiopia
Neon City of
Rome
Neon Furnessia
Neon Anchoria
Neon Cabin Passage
Henderson Brothers
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Japa
China
Philippine Islands
Cage
Empress OF China Pentarateaes
Empress OF India
Imperial Limited
Montreal
Avcuue
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
Sseacia
Wall St
Scotia
Newfoundland
Silvia Saile
Vineyard Haven
Nantucket Sounds
C. T. Bowring & Co., Ltd
State St
Clark
S. S
St. Louis
Lucerne
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Palestine
Egypt
Ceylon
Singapore
Manila
Hawaii
Newark
F. C. Clark
Europe
Nebraska
Round World
Frank C. Clark
White Star Line
Queenstown
Liv
Teutonic
Cymric
Germanic
Majestic
American Line
Southampton
New-York
International Navigation Company
N. R
OLD Dominion Line
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Pinners Point
Newport News
Petersburg
Virginia Beach
Washington, D. C
Pier 24
Foot Beach St
H. B. Walker
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Cam Fia
Etruria
Noom Servia
Campania
M. Lucania
Umbria
Vernon H. Brown & CO
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Havre
France
Morton St la Gascogne
la Touraine
la Champegne
la Lorraine
L’aquitaine
la Bretagne
General Agency
Rakis
Holland America Line
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Boulogne-carover
Potsdam
Statendam
Mallory Steamship Lines
Texas
Georgia
Florida
Colorado
Arizona
California
Mexico
H. Mallory & CO
Pier Debrn
la Guayra
O Cabello
Curacao
Marecaibo
Roberts Pier
Caracas
Boulton, Bliss & Dallett
General Managers
Tribune
Uptown
31St St
Macy's
6Th-Ave
Columbus-ave
66Th-St
14Th-St
Thth
T7th
Ste
Ewa
St-St
88Th St
Sd-ave
Queens
J. H. Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Southgate
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