Goodbye to the Eighth Regiment at Peekskill Camp
The Sth Regiment nears retirement from the Peekskill State Camp as Colonel Chauncey Williams takes charge tomorrow morning to pay off the unit. Between 11 and 12 o'clock the 7th Regiment will march in to relieve the 7th from service. The 8th leaves with a proud record and strides set for others to follow, praised for the quartermaster and commissary duties and for improved marching alignments and swinging steps after return from Mohegan Lake.
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Tribune
Peekskill State Camp
Sth
Chauncey ¥. Williams
7Th
The
Mohegan Lake
Jury to hear Kennedy murder trial closing today
The Kennedy murder case against Dr Samuel Kennedy over Dolly Reynolds killed in the Grand Hotel on August 16 is ready for the jury. Judge Newburger will give the charge at 10 30 this morning after which the jury will retire. Assistant DA Osborne urged the jury to fulfill their duty to society while defending counsel Mr Moore objected to that remark.
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Samuel J. Kennedy
Dolly” Reynolds
Grand Hotel
Mr. Moore
Osborne
Moore
Dr. Kennedy
Robert
Regiment field day entertainments end with tug of war
Morning drill with blank cartridges sparked mimic warfare and bird fright. Afternoon field day events at parade ground drew big turnout amid Governor visit, with many entries and a strong tug of war showing battalion pride. medals and a banner awaited at Colonel Jarvis's tent.
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James M. Jarvis
George Moore Smith
Henry G. Ridabock
Robert Edwards, Jr
H. Edwards Ficken
John E. Kirby
George F. Jacoby
Timothy J. Moynahan
David A. L’ Esperance
Eben
Company B
Frank
Schroe
Umstadter
Company G
Barrow
Company K
Martin
Company A
Spitzer
Hospital Corps
Um- Stetter
Groebler
Jan- Sen
Nuch
Qalion
2D Bate
John M. Smith
George D. Scott
7Th
Peekskill State Camp Train Schedule and Regimental Duty
New York Central Railroad released a visitor folder for the State Camp at Peekskill detailing train arrivals and departures. The 8th Regiment ends duty today with the 7th Regiment occupying grounds this afternoon, while the 1st Regiment of twelve companies will take huts on June 2. Seventeen trains leave eer Gone Station daily from 6 30 am to 6 30 pm and fourteen trains stop at Peekskill daily until 2 52 pm and 10 5 pm. There are eight Sunday trains to and seven Sunday trains from Peekskill.
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Sixty-seventh-st
Park-ave
Grand Central Station
Roa Hook
Roe
Sth
West Point
Appleton
New York Central Railroad
Peekskill
Nnes
Eer
Porter Connors Held Over West Side Murder Case
William H. Connors a colored Pullman porter was arrested Thursday and appeared in West Side police court yesterday for the murder of fellow porter Ulysses James at Rebecca Jackson’s rooms 218 West Sixty fourth street. Witnesses were taken before the grand jury and at 1 PM yesterday the case moved forward.
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William H. Connors
Ulysses James
Rebecca Jackson
West Sixty-fourth St
West Side
Mi Wes
Verdict Against Lackawanna in Milk Transport Suit
Supreme Court Justice Mattice directed a verdict for 7761842 in favor of John H. Paul against the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. Paul seeks 70700 plus interest for alleged contract breach dated July 9 1856 with Robert A. Westcott. Westcott assigned the claim to Paul.
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Justice Mattice
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
John H. Paul
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Robert A. Westcott
Westcott
Severe Summer Storm Strikes Twin Cities Causes Fire and Floods
A severe afternoon storm hit St Paul and Minneapolis causing extensive damage. Winds downed signs and scaffolding, flooded streets, and shattered windows while electric wires burned out and several houses were struck. Camp Northcott and surrounding areas suffered heavy flooding and tent damage. The First Congregational Church steeple in Minneapolis was damaged by lightning. No fatalities reported.
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St. Paul
Minn
House of Christ Johnson
Camp Northcott
Minneapolis
First Congregational Church
Plan to abolish use of gasolene in city hearing
The Committee on Fire held a public hearing on a proposed ordinance banning gasolene as motive power in the city for automobiles launches and stationary engines. Senator Foley supported the ordinance while chemist Charles McLaughlin warned it conflicts with state law and argued gasolene is not more dangerous than alcohol petroleum or benzine.
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Board of Aldermen
Senator Foley
Charles McLaughlin
Norton appeal on Gilane estate postponed to autumn
Bridgeport authorities report that the appeal by Edward L. Norton from the Probate Court order naming Bridgeport Trust Company as administrator of the estate of George Francis Gilane, the wealthy tea merchant, will not be heard until autumn.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Edward L. Norton
Probate
Bridgeport Trust Company
George Francis Gilae
Absent Husband Ordered to Pay $2,500 in Brooklyn
Miss Annie M. Kenny of Prospect Place Brooklyn won a Supreme Court verdict for $2,500 against Edward M Messiahn in a suit to recover $4,240 for support including physicians bills for Alice Meislahn wife of the defendant and sister of the plaintiff.
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Annie M. Kenny
Eugene J. Kenny
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Edward M. Messiahn
Alice Meislahn
Four More Policy Raids Shock City
Captain F Norton Goddard led a police raid with West Twentieth street officers on four policy shops at 457 West Seventeenth Street 218 Seventh Avenue 464 West Twenty sixth Street and 144 Seventh Avenue. Proprieties named John Thompson Peter Peterson Albert Brown and Charles Williams were arrested on warrants issued June 11 by Magistrate Jerome. Captain Moynihan initially denied raids but later admitted arrests for dealing policy.
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F. Norton Goddard
Anti-Policy Society
West Twentieth St
West Seventeenth-st
Seventh-ave
West Twenty-sixth-st
Seventhave
John Thompson
Tenth-ave
Peter Peterson
Garden-st
Hoboken
Albert Brown
Charles Williams
West Eighteenth-st
Jerome
Moynihan
West Twentieth-st
Poolroom Keepers Fight Law At Appellate Court
The Allen case reaches the New York Appellate Division as counsel threaten to challenge Section 351 of the Penal Code. John R. Dos Passos pledges to attack the statute’s constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment if the ruling goes against his client. Assistant District Attorney Le Barbier asserts Allen committed a felony under the same section.
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New York
Supreme Court
Allen
O'Gorman
Jerome
John R. Dos Passos
Unitedates
Aistant
le Barbier
Official Opinion on Telegraph Bureau Rank as Honorary
Corporation Counsel Whalen forwards to Commissioner Murphy an opinion ruling that last legislature’s telegraph bureau sergeant rank grants neither pay nor powers and is honorary. Also previews color features on Captains Haff Barr Rhodes Sycamore and four ships in Sunday Tribune.
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Murphy
Telegraph Bureau
Police Department
Haff
Barr
Rhodes
Sycamore
The
Independence
Constitution
Columbia and Shamrock Hs
Sunday Tribune
Bissert Case Adjourned Over Witness Availability
In Yorkville Magistrate Mayo adjourned the Bissert extortion case against Detective George Bissert amid protests by Assistant District Attorney Gans that witnesses may not appear at a rescheduled hearing. The case moves to Monday at 2 p m as tension over stenographer absence and witness intimidation concerns linger.
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George Bissert
Fifth-st
Lena Schmidt
Stuyvesant St
Mayo
Yorkville
Gans
F. RB. House
Bissert
Philbin
Murphy
McNaught
Jerome
Justice Jerome
Mr. Gans
Four Die As Carriage Struck By Train In Flint Suburb
Four people perished when a Pere Marquette passenger train hit a double carriage at the Hamilton avenue crossing in Oak Park, Flint. Major George W. Buckingham and Mrs Abbie Buckingham of Flint along with Mrs Thomas Applegate and Mrs William Humphrey of Adrian were killed. The crash occurred as the carriage crossed ahead of a fast-moving train. the engine pilot was damaged and two mangled bodies were found on the locomotive.
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Flint, Mich
Hamilton Ave
Oak Park
George W. Buckingham
Flint
Abbie Buckingham
Thomas Applegate
Adrian
William Humphrey
Major Buckingham
Applegate
Humphrey
Five Negroes Hanged in Screven County Georgia
In Sylvania Georgia five men Arnold Augustus Andrew Davis Richard Sanders William Hudson and Samuel Baldwin were executed at the Screven County jail yard for a crime tied to a August quarrel over road right of way. The defendants admitted ambushing the party headed by Mears Herrington Wade and Daniel in which Mears was killed and Herrington mortally wounded. Their convictions followed their claims of being forced by others under threats.
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Sylvania
Arnold Augustus
Andrew Davis
Richard Sanders
William Hudson
Samuel Baldwin
Screven County
Alexander
Filmore Herrington
Milton Mears
Harrington
Mears
Herrington
J. D. Wade
George Daniel
Daniel
Wade
District Attorney to Summon Figures in Fletcher Death Case
Brooklyn District Attorney John F. Clark announced plan to summon all involved in the death of Francis N. Fletcher a boy of Lincoln Place, said to be linked to Christian Science treatment. Death listed as pneumonia by Dr. A E Morris with Mrs Lily Olin Burkett present. Dr S J Byrne of the Health Department filed the case papers. Grand Jury appearance set for Monday.
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John F. Clark
Brooklyn
Francis N. Fletcher
Lincoln Place
Christian Science Treatment
A. E. Morris
Lily Olin Burkett
Two Injured By Crosstown Cars In Manhattan
Two people were seriously injured by crosstown electric cars yesterday afternoon. Frederick Jacoby a 38 year old harness maker of 48 West Forty second street suffered a broken back and was taken to Roosevelt Hospital where he was said to be in danger of death. Tessie Bower aged three of 339 West Forty second street was knocked down in front of her home by an eastbound car. The cars reportedly had no fenders.
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Crosstown
Frederick Jacoby
West
Jacoby
Roosevelt Hospital
Tessie Bower
West Forty-second-st
Sale of Rogers Works Stands in New Jersey
An order to show cause to vacate the court sale of Rogers Locomotive Works at Paterson was denied by Vice-Chancellor Emery in Newark. International Power Company bid 655000, rejected for lateness. Smith and Hoban bought the property for 602000. Edwin B. Williamson was allowed to notify buyers Elliot G Smith and Francis H Holan to appear next Thursday to reply.
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Emery
Newark
Rogers Locomotive Works
Paterson
International Power Company
Joseph C. Hoadley
Smith & Hoban
Edwin B. Williamson
International Company
Elliot G Smith
Francis H. Holan
Sppeae
Home for the Friendless Born From Homeless Child Story
Mrs. A Fitzgerald recounted the Newark Home for the Friendless formation at a New Jersey Children's Home Society meeting in Trenton. A homeless girl in jail inspired donors to create the home, now hosting two thousand children since its founding thirty years ago.
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Newark
G. H. Ingram
D. R. Foster
David Warman
C. V. Brinkerhoff
John Sykes
M. T. Lamb
W. L. Mayo
C. V. Williams
J. M. Huntting
A. K. McRae
Stevens Institute of Technology Commencement Week Opens
The twenty ninth annual commencement week at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken began with a reception by President Henry Morton for the graduating class, faculty, and alumni. A later event featured the sophomore burnings of King Calculus near Elysian Park as Class Day approaches.
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Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
Henry Morton
President Morton
Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering
Elysian Park
King Calculus
Sixth and Hudson Sts
Carneste Laboratory
Funeral of Murdered Planter Draws Big Shreveport Attendance
The funeral of John Gray Foster, killed on his plantation by Prince Edwards, drew large crowds in Shreveport. Governor McMillin of Tennessee attended, as did Mrs. McMillin, Foster’s sister. Arrests of black suspects were moved to Benton parish jail, while Edwards remains at large and mobs feared.
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Shreveport
John Gray Foster
Prince Edwards
Governor McMillin
Tennessee
McMillin
Foster
Benton
Edwards
Man fatally struck at Jersey City railroad crossing
A neatly clad man about sixty was killed last night at the Jersey Avenue crossing of the Central Railroad in Jersey City. An incoming train struck him as he attempted to cross. A letter addressed to John Hodges Moss Side County Antrim Ireland was found on the victim.
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Jersey City
Jersey-ave
Central Railroad
John Hodges
Moss Side
County Antrim
Ireland
New Jersey Governor Appointment Outlook Through Next Terms
NEWAVERSEY notes outline the coming patronage with Governor Voorhees’ term ending and a new governor to fill vacancies. It lists anticipated appointments including Attorney General, Associate Justices, lay judges, clerks, and state officials across 1900 to 1904, noting party control implications.
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Gummere, Garrison and Hendrickson
Nixon
Supreme Court
William Riker, Jr
Jonathan Dixon
Gottfried Krueger
John W. Bogert
Frederic Adams
G. D. W. Vroom
Court of Errors and Appeals
Henry M. Nevins
Edward J. Anderson
William Bettle
van Syckel and Collins
William H. Fredenburgh
State Board of Assessors
State Sewerage Commission
State House
State Board of Education
Town Treasurer Ousted by Force in Kearny NJ
Police chief Tolen acted under the president’s order to remove Gabriel B. Reid as Kearny treasurer amid a council dispute. President Silliman with treasurer elect William Gorsuch demanded papers and funds, Reid refused claiming a remaining year of service, and was escorted out. Gorsuch proclaimed treasurer as the incident ended.
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Kearny
N. J
Gabriel B. Reid
Tolen
Silliman
William Gorsuch
Rejy
Tragedy in Harrison Man Discovers Wife Dead At Home
Thomas Quinlan of Jersey and First streets Harrison New Jersey returned home to find all doors locked and his wife dead on the bedroom floor. Deputy County Physician Allers said death was due to convulsions after he forced an entrance.
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Thomas Quinlan
Jersey
First Sts. Harrison
N. J
Allers
Mayor Hoos Wins Water Rate Case in Jersey City
Jersey City Mayor Hoos defeats the Sugar Refining Company over water pricing. The Sugar Trust had sought a special rate of 3900 per million gallons, but Hoos insisted on the standard rate of 3100 per million. The Court of Chancery, led by Chancellor Magic, ruled in favor of the city, affecting the company’s annual water bill of about $37,000.
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Mayor Hoos
Jersey City
Sugar Trust
Sugar Refining Company
Hoos
Court of Chancery
Chancellor Magic
Will of Thomas C. Howard Probated in Flemington
The Flemington will of Thomas C. Howard was admitted to probate. Bequests include the American Bible Society three thousand dollars, American Tract Society two dollars, American Sunday School Union three thousand five hundred, church erection fifty, missions three thousand, home missions five dollars and fifty cents, and disabled ministers five hundred. A two thousand dollar parsonage fund was left in trust with income to be used under the pastor’s direction.
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Flemington
Thomas C. Howard
American Bible Society
American Tract Society
American Sunday School Union
Open special trolley collision injures driver and riders
An Elizabeth bound trolley car carrying Belleville steam laundry workers crashed into a hay wagon driven by John Miller of Picton. The hay wagon was demolished, Miller severely injured, taken to Elizabeth General Hospital. Two girls on the trolley lightly hurt and several fainted. motorman unharmed.
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Elizabeth
North Jersey Traction Company
Newark
Belleville
John Miller
Picton
Middlesex County
Elizabeth General Hospital
McPherson will contest denied by Hudson County court
Judge Blair in the Hudson County Orphan's Court refused to certify the McPherson will contest to the Circuit Court for a jury trial. The case will go to trial June 28 with administrator Judge Otto Crouse required to post a bond of 50 dollars.
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Blair
Hudson County Orphan's Court
McPherson
Circuit Court
Otto Crouse
Jersey City Board Seeks 1924 School Budget and Early Graduations
Jersey City Board of Education asks the Finance Board for a 1924 appropriation to fund the school department for the next fiscal year, including free books vacation schools and playgrounds and manual training. The June class from Jersey City High School held exit exercises yesterday and will graduate at the Academy of Music on June 35. A twelve year old, Samuel Izsakovics, drowned in Morris Canal after bathing. the body was taken to his parents at 382 Grovest.
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Finance Board
Jersey City High School
Academy of Music
Samuel Izsakovics
Morris Canal
Jersey City
Fim
Grovest
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