Goodbye to the Eighth Regiment at Peekskill Camp
The Sth Regiment is nearly done its outing at Peekskill State Camp on June 14. Colonel Chauncey P. Williams will pay them off tomorrow morning and the 7th Regiment will relieve the 7th from further service between Us and 12 o'clock. The Sth leaves with a proud record and a strong pace for others to follow. Quartermaster and commissary departments are praised for camp and march conduct, with last night’s review near perfection. The march out improved alignments and swinging steps after returning from Mohegan Lake camp. The Grills today performed extended order evolutions after breakfast.
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Trintne
Peekskill State Camp
Sth
Chauncey P. Williams
Mohegan Lake
Kennedy Murder Trial Heads To Jury Today
The prosecution in the Dr Samuel J Kennedy murder case of Dolly Reynolds in the Grand Hotel on August 16 188... goes to the jury today after Judge Newburger begins his charge at 10 30 am Assistant District Attorney Osborne delivered the people s summing up and urged duty to society Defence counsel Mr Moore objected to the statement The testimony mentions a bicycle cap found later in Kennedy s office but other details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Kennedy
Dolly” Reynolds
Grand Hotel
Newburger
Osborne
Mr. Moore
Moore
Lawyer quarrel over experts in murder trial transcript
Clark testified he sold the cap and detectives searched the office multiple times. Osborne accused the defense of injecting mystery into the case and pressed questions about witnesses, while Moore argued for reopening to call Carvalho. Kennedy protested and Dr. Kennedy appeared amused as Osborne highlighted Robert Clark's testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Osborne
Carvalho
Kinsley
Mr. Moore
Regiment hosts field day with tug of war and races
Morning drills with blank cartridges lead to a busy field day as 7th Regiment hosts athletic events on parade ground. Winners include Umstadter and Schroefer with medals and a banner to the tug of war victors. a special train carries troops to Van Cortlandt Park for brigade maneuvers.
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James M. Jarvis
George Moore Smith
Henry G. Hidabock
Robert Edwards, Jr
H. Edwards Ficken
John E. Kirby
George F. Jacoby
Timothy J. Moynahan
David A. L’esperance
Eben E. Ac
Company
Frank
Schroefer
Umstadter
Barrow
Martin
Spitzer
Hospital Corps
Um- Stecter
Groebler
Jansen
Sone
Fd Bat Thetalion
Nnch
Ihs
Jarvis
General Smith
van Cortlant Park
Peekskill
Yonkers
Parches
van Cortlandt Park
John M. Smith
Ental
George D. Scott
7Th
Railroad folder aids Peekskill State Camp visitors
New York Central Railroad issues a visitor folder for Peekskill State Camp with train arrivals and departures and lists of military units on duty. The 8th Regiment ends duty today, 7th Regiment to occupy grounds this afternoon. 1st Regiment with twelve companies to take possession later.
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New York Central Railroad
Peekskill
Sunda
Porter Connors Charged in Ferrayie Ferrayie killing
William H. Connors a colored Pullman porter was arrested Thursday night amid charges of murdering Ulysses James another colored porter. The incident occurred at Rebecca Jacksons rooms No 28 West Sixty fourth street Ferrayie Shewane Bide police station filed an indictment si delivered yesterday afternoon proceeding against the accused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Connors
Ulysses James
Rebecca Jackson
West Sixty-fourth-st
Ferrayie
Shewane
Verdict for Paul against Lackawanna Railroad in suit on milk contract
Justice Mattice of the Supreme Court Brooklyn directed a verdict for 77 618 pounds 2 in favor of John H. Paul against the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company to recover 70 7h) with interest for breach of a contract dated July 9 186 with Robert A. Westcott. Westcott assigned the claim to Paul. Accuses John D Rockefeller in White Plains of revoking Wynor inn tax certificate and alleges Rockefeller caused the action via Anti Saloon League agents and efforts to buy the inn near his North Tarrytown property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattice
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
John H. Paul
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Robert A. Westcott
Westcott
Dyckman
White Plains
John Melin
John D. Rockefeller
North Tarrytown
Westchester County
Melin
Rockefeller
Anti-Saloon League of
Greater New York
Wynor
Severe Summer Storm Sammens Twin Cities Damage
A June 14 hard rain and fierce wind hit St Paul and Minneapolis, causing scattered damage with flooded streets, blown signs, broken windows, and burned electric wires. Lightning destroyed a house, damaged several others, and Camp Northcott tents were soaked. Minneapolis church steeple damage reached about $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Neigborhood
House of Christ Johnson
Camp Northcott
Minneapolis
First Congregational
City hears proposal to abolish gasolene use in limits
The Fire Committee held a public hearing on an ordinance to remove gasolene as motive power for cars boats and stationary engines within the city. Senator Foley supported the proposal while chemist Charles McLaughlin argued it conflicts with state law and that gasolene is no more dangerous than alcohol petroleum or benzine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Senator Foley
Charles McLaughlin
Norton appeal on Gilman estate delayed to autumn
The appeal by Edward L. Norton from the Probate Court order naming Bridgeport Trust Company administrator of millionaire tea merchant George Francis Gilman’s estate will not be heard until autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport, Conn
Edward L. Norton
Probate
Bridgeport Trust Company
George Francis Gilman
Brooklyn Sister Wins $2500 Verdict in Supreme Court
Miss Annie M. Kenny of Prospect Place Brooklyn won a $2,500 verdict yesterday in Supreme Court against Edward M. Meisiahn in a suit for support for Alice Meislahn wife of the defendant and sister of the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Kenny
Eugene J. Kenny
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Four Policy Raids Led by Captain Goddard Arrest Four
Captain F Norton Goddard and West Twentieth street police raided four alleged policy shops at 457 West Seventeenth, 218 Seventh Ave, 464 West Twenty sixth, and 144 Seventh Ave. Four men named Thompson Peterson Brown Williams were arrested on warrants dated June 11 for dealing policy. Police initially denied raids but later confirmed arrests and confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 case tests constitutionality of New York law
In the New York Appellate Division the counsel for Allen warned of challenging Section 351 of the Penal Code as a Fourteenth Amendment violation after Justice O Gorman dismissed habeas corpus and certiorari writs. Assistant DA Le Barbier affirmed Allen committed a felony under the same statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Allen
O'Gorman
Jerome
John R. Dos Passos
Officials dispute over sergeant rank for telegraph bureau
Corporation Counsel Whalen forwards an official opinion to Commissioner Murphy holding that the last legislature’s law granting telegraph bureau operators the rank of sergeant does not confer pay or powers of a sergeant and that the rank is honorary. Four famous skipters accompany photographs and sketches of captains Hart J Rhodes and Sycamore aboard vessels Independence Constitution Columbia and Shamrock II in Sunday Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Counsel
Whalen
Murphy
Telegraph Bureau
Police Department
Hart
Rhodes
Sycamore
Sunday Tribune
Bissert Case Adjourned Amid Witness Concerns
The hearing for Detective George Bissert on extortion charges was adjourned by Magistrate Mayo despite Assistant District Attorney Gans’s protests that key witnesses may not appear. The case was rescheduled for Monday at 2 pm as courtroom delays and stenographer absence hinder proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bissert
Fifth-st
Lena Schmidt
Stuyvesant St
Mayo
Yorkville
Gans
F. BR. House
Bissert
Philbin
Murphy
McNaught
Jerome
Justice Jerome
Mr. Gans
Four Die as Train Strikes Carriage near Flint
In Flint Michigan a Pere Marquette passenger train hit a double carriage at Hamilton avenue crossing in Oak Park, killing Major George W Buckingham and three others Mrs Abbie Buckingham Mrs Thomas Applegate and Mrs William Humphrey. The wreck occurred as the train neared Flint and the pilot broke. The victims were guests of Major Buckingham at the State Grand Army encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint, Mich
Pere Marquette
Hamilton Ave
Oak Park
George W. Buckingham
Flint
Abbie Buckingham
Thomas Applegate
Adrian
William Humphrey
Hamilton-ave
Buckingham
Applegate
Humphrey
Major Buckingham
Five Negroes Hanged in Screven County Georgia
Five men Arnold Augustus Andrew Davis Richard Sanders William Hudson and Samuel Baldwin were executed in the Screven County jail yard for a crime tied to a road dispute and an ambush that killed Constable Milton Mears and seriously wounded others during the August incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvania
Arnold Augustus
Andrew Davis
Richard Sanders
William Hudson
Samuel Baldwin
Screven County
Alexander
Filmore Herrington
Milton Mears
Harrington
Mears
J. D. Wade
George Daniel
Herrington
Daniel
Wade
Pleas of Guilty in Slavery Case in South Carolina
Ten men indicted for conspiracy false imprisonment and assault in the Anderson slavery case pleaded guilty to simple assault and battery and were fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Brooklyn District Attorney to Confront Christian Science Death
DA John F. Clark said he will convene the grand jury to hear the case of Francis Fletcher who died June 2 after Christian Science treatment. Pneumonia was listed as the cause by Dr. A E Morris. Nurse Lily Burkett and Health Dept official S J Byrne will also testify. All involved are to appear 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 in Crosstown Car Crash on Forty-Second Street
Two people were seriously injured when crosstown electric cars struck them yesterday afternoon. Frederick Jacoby, 38, a harness maker of 483 West Forty-second Street, suffered a broken back and was taken to Roosevelt Hospital likely not to survive. Tessie Bower, 3, of 339 West Forty-second Street, was knocked down in front of her home by an eastbound car. The cars lacked fenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosstown
Frederick Jacoby
West Forty
Jacoby
Roosevelt Hospital
Tessie Bower
West Forty-second-st
Appellate Division affirms Stewart v Lyman et al
The Appellate Division yesterday upheld a lower court order in Charles F. Stewart v John Grant Lyman impleaded with Charles Hartwell and the International Zinc Company. Stewart seeks $150 for alleged fraudulent stock sales and $25,000 for services, with Lyman reportedly absent from the state. Justice O Brien writes the opinion. Amalgamated Copper decision denies Geer and Venner injunction seeking to block absorption by Amalgamated Copper. temporary stay granted pending Court of Errors and Appeals review. defendants to file joint bond of $21 000 for potential damages.
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Supreme Court
Charles F. Stewart
John Grant Lyman
Charles 5. Hartwell
International Zinc Company
Justice Truax
Justice McAdam
Stewart
Julius Lesynsky
Lesynsky
Lyman
O'Brien
Stevens
Newark
Amatimated Copper Company
Calvin O. Geer
East Orange
C. H
Sale of Rogers Works Stands in New Jersey
Vice-Chancellor Emery denied the International Power Company’s bid challenge to vacate the sale of the Rogers Locomotive Works in Paterson. The higher $655,000 bid by International Power was excluded as late. Edwin B. Williamson ordered to notify buyers Elliot G Smith and Francis Hoban to appear next Thursday to respond to the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery
Newark
Rogers Locomotive Works
Paterson
International Power Company
Joseph €. Hoadley
Smith & Hoban
Edwin B. Williamson
International Company
Elliot G Smith
Francis H. Hoban
Children’s Home Society recounts Friendless project origins
Mrs. A Fitzgerald recalled how a homeless girl in a Newark jail inspired the Home for the Friendless, later guiding wealthy supporters to establish a shelter. The Newark home has aided about two thousand children in seven years, with $7,547 raised last year and 139 homeless children aided.
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Newark
G. H. Ingram
D. R. Poster
David Warman
C. V. Brinkerhoff
John Sykes
M. T. Lamb
W. L. Mayo
C. V. Williams
J. M. Huntting
A. K. McRae
Stevens Institute Commencement Week Opens
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken begins its twenty ninth annual commencement week with a reception by President Henry Morton for graduates faculty and alumni. The burning of King Calculus occurs near Elysian Park as the sophomore class celebrates class day and plans are announced for the new Carnegie Laboratory building funded by Morton.
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Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
Henry Morton
President Morton
Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering
Elysian Park
King Calculus
James Clayton Mitchell
Trinity Episcopal Church
Lyric Theatre
Institute
Alumni Association
Sixth and
Hudson Sts
Carnegie Laboratory
Funeral of Murdered Planter Foster Attends by Masses
The funeral for John Gray Foster, planter killed on his plantation by Prince Edwards, drew large crowds in Shreveport Louisiana. Governor McMillin of Tennessee and his sister attended as local firms closed for employees. Police report arrests of about a dozen Black suspects at Benton parish jail, while Edwards remains at large with posses in pursuit to prevent mob violence.
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Shreveport
John Gray Foster
Prince Edwards
McMillin
Tennessee
Benton
Bea Wards
Edwards
Fatal Crossing Death In Jersey City At Jersey Avenue
A neatly dressed man about sixty was struck and killed last night at the Jersey avenue crossing of the Central Railroad in Jersey City by an incoming train. A letter addressed to John Hodges of Moss Side Antrim Ireland was found on the victim.
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Jersey City
Jersey-ave
Central Railroad
John Hodges
Moss Side
County Antrim
Ireland
Patronage and Trolley Tied to New York Line Plan
Ex senator Henry S. Terhune said Albert L. Johnson has gained control of a New Jersey trolley line from New Brunswick to Keyport, forming a spur for the New York and Philadelphia route. The system would connect coast resorts, with operations extending to Atlantic Highlands by September 1, and a New-York and Long Branch Transportation Company planned with $2 million capital. Johnson is said to be promoting the enterprise.
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Henry S. Terhune
Matawan
N. J
Albert L. Johnson
New Jersey
New York
New-Brunswick
Atlantic Highlands
New-York
Long Branch
A. L. Johnson
New Jersey Political Notes On Governor Voorhees Patronage
The piece reviews expected appointments by the next New Jersey governor to fill vacancies and new terms. It notes upcoming positions including Attorney General, Supreme Court justices, lay judges, and various state officials. It explains party control implications if a Democratic governor is elected, given current Republican incumbents.
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Voorhees
Naw
Gummere, Garrison
van Syckel and Collins
William H. Predenburgh
State Board of Assessors
State House
State Board of Education
Reid ousted as Kearny treasurer by town forces
The Kearny council backed President Silliman to remove Gabriel B. Reid who had served two years as treasurer. Chief of Police Tolen carried out the order and William Gorsuch was declared treasurer after Reid refused to surrender town papers and funds.
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Kearny
N. J
Gabriel B. Reid
Tolen
Silliman
William Gorsuch
Reig
Gorsuch
Reid
Husband finds wife dead in locked Jersey home
Thomas Quinlan of Jersey and First streets Harrison New Jersey forced entry to his home and found his wife dead on the bedroom floor. Deputy County Physician Ailers ruled death due to convulsions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Quinlan
Jersey
First Sts. Harrison
N. J
Ailers
Mayor Hoos Defeats Sugar Company in Jersey City Water Case
Jersey City mayor Hoos won a water-rate dispute against the Sugar Refining Company. The firm sought a special rate of 90 dollars per million gallons, while all consumers should pay the same 91 dollar rate for large usage. Chancellor Magic ruled for the city, the annual water bill totaling 37,006 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Hoos
Jersey City
Sugar Trust
Sugar Refining Company
Hoos
Court of Chancery
Chancellor Magic
Probate of Thomas J Howard will in Flemington
The will of Thomas J Howard of Flemington was admitted to probate. Bequests include the American Bible Society three dollars, American Tract Society two thousand dollars, American Sunday School Union five hundred dollars, church erection three five thousand dollars, foreign missions three thousand dollars, home missions five dollars and forty cents, disabled ministers nothing. A two thousand dollar parsonage fund is left in trust with income under the pastor’s direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
Thomas €. Howard
American Bible Society
The
American Tract Society
American Sunday School Union
Foreign Missions
Home Missions
Trolley Collision Injures Man And Workers In Elizabeth
A North Jersey Traction open car en route from Newark to Elizabeth struck a hay wagon near Elizabeth. John Miller of Picton Middlesex County age forty five was knocked senseless and badly hurt and taken to Elizabeth General Hospital. Two girls on the car were slightly injured and several fainted from the shock. The wagon was demolished and the motorman was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
North Jersey Traction Company
Newark
Belleville
John Miller
Picton
Middlesex County
Elizabeth General Hospital
McPherson Will Contest Denied in Hudson Orphans Court
Judge Blair rejected certifying the McPherson will contest to Circuit Court for jury trial. The case will proceed on questions of fact with a June 28 trial date and Judge Otto Crouse acting as administrator had bond set at 30 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Hudson County Orphan's Court
McPherson
Otto Crouse
Jersey City Board asks for 1821 percent for next fiscal year
The Jersey City Board of Education seeks an appropriation from the Finance Board for the next fiscal year to fund the school department including free books summer schools and playgrounds and manual training. The June class exit exercises were held at Jersey City High School and commencements are planned at the Academy of Music on June 25 for January and June classes. A twelve year old boy Samuel Izsakovics drowned in the Morris Canal after bathing. his body was recovered and taken home to 382 Grovestreet.
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Jersey City Board of Education
Finance Board
Jersey City High School
Academy of Music
Samuel Izsakovics
Morris Canal
Jersey City
Grovest
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