Tragic wedding plan ends in death in New York home
Minnie Wentz a young governess from No 150 East 38th Street was found dead in a coal bin at her aunt’s Lexington Avenue home. The coroner said instant death from a bullet wound near the temple. Her fiancé Ludwig Reichold of Cortlandt Street had planned a quiet marriage next Friday. She left a farewell note asking forgiveness and explaining she would pay the cost of love with her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie K. Wentz
Eben E. Whitman
East 38Th Street
Annie Genser
Lexington Avenue
Ludwig Reichold
Charles J. Kiewert Chemical Company
Cortlandt Street
Will
Sister Minnie
Raichord
Casey
Port Chester
Eric
New Jersey
William
Gensers
Reichold
Whitman
Baltimore
Lawrence
Long Island
Bronx
Minnie Wentz
Germany
Claflin Heads City World’s Fair Committee
Mayor Gaynor appoints John Claflin to lead the world’s fair committee in place of J Edward Simmons who travels to Europe. The mayor notes Claflin’s opposition to the fair but says appointment stands as a duty to local business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Simmons
Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Gaynor
John Claflin
Claflin
Park Place five story building collapses in New York
A five story brick building at Park Place and West Broadway partially collapsed amid cracks from floor to roof. The Buildings Department ordered demolition after a hasty inspection, aided by trolley cars to tear it down. Ground floor housed a saloon and a barber shop. upper floors contained a printing establishment with four heavy presses. Passersby escaped injury as bricks fell, and police and fire units mobilized to control the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Place
West Broadway
Buildings Department
Eighth Avenue
Fulton, Leonard and
John Street
Hudson Street Hospital
Bugher
Daly
Hayes
H. N. Kuesel
Brooklyn
Greenwich Street
Tim Donohue Accuses Couple of Theft at Hoboken Pier
Special customs inspector Tim Donohue detained Bernard Levine and his wife after a bulged waistcoat pocket led to the seizure of two watches a diamond and ruby bracelet and the couple's trunks. Levine and his wife were summoned to appear today before Special Deputy Surveyor Smyth at the Custom House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim’ Donohue
Bernard Levine
New York
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Levine
Tim
Hoboken
Smyth
Custom House
Wall Street Bishop Resumes Noon Sermons in Broad Street
The Rev. William Wilkinson known as the Bishop of Wall Street returns to his 12:35 p.m. sessions at Broad and Wall after a Europe trip. Friends plan to present him a register for attendees to sign, featuring a diverse mix of bankers stenographers brokers telegraphers clerks hoboes. William P. Hall of Hall Signal Company leads the presentation for the American Tract Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Financial District
William Wilkinson
Broad and
Wall Streets
Europe
Friends of the
Mr. Wilkinson
Trinity Church
William P. Hall
Hall Signal Company
Abernathys at Luna Park after long horseback trek
The Abernathy boys Temple six and Louis nine with their father Jack Abernathy and Dr L F Wainwright visited Coney Island yesterday afternoon. They were greeted by crowds and enjoyed Luna Park shooting galleries and rides with hosts Fred McClellan and John Sheigrin. They plan to visit Dreamland Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack” Abernathy
L. F. Wainwright
Breslin
John Sheigrin
Abernathys
Dreamland
Mayor Gaynor to Address St Johns College Graduates
Mayor William J. Gaynor of New York will address the St John’s College graduation in Annapolis and receive the degree of Doctor of Laws. He is hosted by Dr. Thomas Fell and formerly by J. Wirt Randall. A bay cruise on a state fishery steamer is planned with Governor Crothers hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Annapolis
William J. Gaynor
New York
St. John’s College
Thomas Fell
St. John’s
J. Wirt Randall
State Senate
State Fishery Force
Mrs Hitchcock Release Hearing Delayed By Judge
Justice Erlanger reserved decision on release from Matteawan Asylum for the Criminally Insane for Mrs Charlotte Hitchcock who was declared insane by a commission while in the Tombs on murder charges. Alfred J Tally argued she was no longer insane and the indictment had been quashed. Assistant District Attorney Johnson argued continued insanity and delusions of poisoning. Dr Keith Sears of Matteawan corroborated the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erlanger
Charlotte Hitchcock
Matteawan Asylum
Keith Sears
Matteswan Asylum
Bull seeks injunction to stop appraisal of Croton Falls land
Charles H. Bull a surveyor in the Department of Water Supply Gas and Electricity began a taxpayer's action in the Supreme Court yesterday to restrain the commissioners of appraisal from further determining land values in Putnam County needed for the Croton Falls reservoir The case names Henry M Thompson William Church Osborn John Quinn William M Benjamin and the four members of the old Aqueduct Commission as defendants The aim is to save the city about 4 899 000 claimed by Croton Magnetic Iron Mines plus interest pushing the total toward 6 000 000 Bull contends the mining property was abandoned the change of plans by the Aqueduct Commission violated law and occurred without a public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Bull
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Supreme Court
Putnam County
Croton Falls
Erlanger
Henry M. Thompson
William Church Osborn
John Quinn
William M. Benjamin
Old Aqueduct Commission
Gaynor
Croton Magnetic Iron Mines
J. Hampden Dougherty
Aqueduct Commissioners
Potter Examined by Fosdick in Charities Probe
Potter former head of the Bureau of Charitable Institutions was examined for an hour by Commissioner Fosdick amid a probe requested by Controller Prendergast after Potter’s resignation. Edward Grout said he will serve as Potter’s counsel. Prendergast Bruere and Scudder attended or testified on the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gront
Charitable Institutions Bureau
D. C
State Birthplace Marked With White Plains Monument
A monument marking New York State's birth was dedicated in White Plains with D. A. R. Miss Freeman H. Merritt delivering the welcome and presenting the stone monument. Attorney General O'Malley accepted in Governor Hughes's absence. Speakers included Justice Isaac N. Mills and Mrs. William C. Story. Archdeacon Van Kleeck gave the prayer. A silk flag was later given to Company L, 12th Regiment, for the armory beside the monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of New York
White Plains
Freeman H. Merritt
O'Malley
Hughes
Isaac N. Mills
Mount Vernon
William ¢C. Story
Frederick B. van Kleeck
Lth
Pythian Grand Lodge to Meet in New York City
The Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge will hold its forty second annual convention in New York City during the week of July 35. It is expected to be one of the largest ever in the state with many visiting Knights and Uniform Rank members. Eighty one subordinate lodges are in greater New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Far Rockajway
New York City
Greater New Yok
Taft Explains Absence From National Shooting Festival
President Taft cites pressure of official duties as reason for missing the national shooting festival. In a letter to B. Wolffram of the New Yorker Herald Taft says he hoped to attend during a New York trip but could not due to heavy work. He apologizes for any hurt feelings and explains there was no lack of appreciation for the invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wolffram
New Yorker Herald
Taft
Mr. Wolffram
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
New York
William H. Taft
Westinghouse Air Brake declares dividends in June
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company board in Pittsburg declared a regular quarterly dividend of 2 percent an extra dividend of 1 percent and a special dividend of 2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Baldwin Estate Value Set At 10.9 Million In Probate Filing
In Los Angeles in June the probate court inventory of E. J. Lucky Baldwin estate fixes the total value at 10 930 501 dollars. The document names the assets and assigns the estate’s overall worth as shown in the official listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
E. J
Lucky") Baldwin
Keliher Not On Stand In Bank Fraud Trial
The Boston trial ends with "Big Bill" Keliher not testifying as prosecutors and defense present conflicting accounts. Coleman testified he sought money from Keliher to cover illegal transfers while a hidden witness revealed a different version of the last interview at Keliher’s Winthrop home. Witnesses from New York and Kansas City, plus a shorthand secret-recorded exchange, shape a tense closing before jurors receive the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Keliher
George W. Coleman
National City Bank
Cambridge
Mass
New York
Coleman
Winthrop
Laura Arnold
Atwood
Arnold
Mamie Hightower
Kansas City
Youngstown
Ohio
Pittsburg
New York City
Miss Hightower
Kelcher
And
Wed Husband’s Brother Divorced Man Now Married Abroad
Mary Green Logan, former Mrs. George A. Logan, married his brother John G. Logan, a dramatic writer, on May 7. The couple honeymoon in Europe. George A. Logan, a lawyer and ex newspaper man, says the public airing was unwelcome and notes his career from St. Lawrence University to law and journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Logan
Mary Green Logan
John G. Logan
Europe
Logan
Theodore E. Green
Brooklyn
St. Lawrence University
Manhattan
Richard Young
Mr. Logan
Silence on City Record report delays official reply
George R. Valentine and Patrick J. Tracy declined immediate comment on the City Record commission’s report. Valentine said many points are contested and a formal reply will be prepared for the Mayor. Tracy denied plans to resign and said he has not read the report yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Valentine
Martin B. Brewin & Co
Patrick J. Tracy
City Record
Commission On the City Record
Mr. Valentine
Mr. Tracy
Tracy
Bristed Furnishings Seized After Newport Mortgage Sale
Attachments totaling five are placed on Charles Astor Bristed furnishings in his former Newport summer home Felseck after a mortgagee sale to James G. Wentz of New York. Two prior villa attachments moved to the furniture. three more writs served today. Bristed couple are abroad in Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Newport
R. I
Charles Astor Bristed
New York
Lenox
Felseck
James G. Wentz
SLAIN IN A BOWERY HOTEL
A young man known as Frank Stickett was found dead with a bullet wound in the Puritan Hotel Bowery room No 18. Police suspect a man who registered as John Stickett shared the room. The coroner ruled death by own action after autopsy. Detectives found no revolver and could not identify the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stickett
Bowery
John Stickett
McGrath
Gouverneur Hospital
Central Bureau
Fire insurance commissioners discuss agent commissions at Manhattan
About twenty state insurance officials gathered at the Hotel Manhattan to review commissions and premiums in fire insurance. The meeting, led by James V. Barry, heard from E B Richards and George W. Babb among others as they weighed uniformity versus competition and the role of brokers in keeping costs down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
James V. Barry
Michigan
Eugene V. McGivney
Louisiana
E. B. Richards
United States
North British and Mercantile Fire Insurance Company
George W. Babb
National Board of Fire Underwriters
A. H. Stoddard
New York Board of Fie
Charles H. Coffin
Fire Insurance Company
Richards
Babb
Fire Insurance Commissioners
National Board
Keiran Declared Bankrupt in Fidelity Funding Case
Patrick J. Keiran once head of Fidelity Funding Company at 15 Broadway has been adjudicated bankrupt after a December 15 1908 petition by two creditors. Robert Morris named receiver, Judge Hough presided, and Nathaniel A. Prentiss referee will proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Keiran
Fidelity Funding Company
No. 15
Broadway
Robert €. Morris
Keiran
Hough
Nathaniel A. Prentiss
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac and Coastal Reports
The column lists sunrise and sunset times, tides at Sandy Hook and Governor's Island, and wireless vessel reports. It notes the Majestic and Grat Waldersee positions and dock expectations, with a timetable of vessels and routes for June, including lines like Columbia to Palermo and Saratoga to Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Sandy Hook
Columbia Palermo
Amber
Surimame
Trinidad
Korona
Demerara
Quebec
Saratoga
Havana
Ward
Hudson
Algiers
Palermo
Galveston
Mallory Comal
Tampa
Mallory Konig Albert
Gibraltar
Lloyd
Tuistana
Naples
Lloyd Ital
St Lucia
Bremen
Caroline
Havre
French
el Dorado
Mauretania
Liverpool
Cunard
Southampton
Star
Esperanza
Vera Cruz
Wansas City
Swansea
Bristol
C of Columbus
Savannah
New Orleans
Graf Waldersee
Hamburg
Hamb-Am Uranium
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Phoenix S
Prince Tomcana
Barry
el Norte
So Pac
Outgoing Steamers Schedule With Ports And Times
A detailed list of outbound steamers with vessel names, destinations, port calls, and scheduled sail times. Highlights include ships like Campania to Liverpool, Oceanic to Southampton, and Bermuda to Quebec with various 12:00 m and 1:00 pm sail windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campania
Liverpool
Cunard
Sam
Oceanic
Southampton
Bermudian
Bermuda
Quebec
Woglinde
Bahia
Para
Booth
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Russia
Libau
Huron
Jacksonville
Clyde
Rio Grande
Galveston
Mal’y
Comal
Tampa
Mallory
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Ward
Momus
New Orleans
la Provence
Havre
French
Bremen
Bremen. N G Lloyd
Merida
Havana
Alleghany
Inagua
H-A
Metapan
Jamaica
U F Co
Ikala
Argentina
Altonia
Naples
Tietgen
Christ Sand
Perugia
Taormina
Italian
Atlanta
Savannah
Sav
Vigilancia
Nassau
Hendrik
Hayti
Apache
Monroe
Norfolk
Old Dam
Shipping News Arrivals and Quarantine Reports
The report lists multiple steamers including Concho Dania Bertha Carib Camaguey Mohawk Roma Grenada Noordam Dominic Kronprinzessin Cecilie Afghanistan Jefferson Prinz Joachim Altamaha Rosario di Giorgio Sirius and more with routes from Galveston Copenhagen Marseilles Rotterdam Port Antonio and others. It notes quarantine statuses arrivals bar times and passenger and cargo details for each vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concho
Galveston
Key West
Mallory Ss Co
Moise
Querantine
Dania
Dan
Copenhagen
Christiania
Shields
Finch Eave & Co
Sam
Bertha
Nor
Port Antonio
Cuneo Importing Co
Carib
Georgetown
Wilmington
Roma
Marseilles
Naples
Angara
Azores
James W Elwell & Co
Bar
Grenada
Perth Amboy
Port Spain
Trinidad
Noordam
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Holland-American Line
Afghanistan
Jefferson
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion Li Co
Prinz Joachim
Ger
Savanula
Port Simon
Colon
Kingston
Fortune Island
Hamburg American Line
Meads
Altamaha
Brunswick
Brunswick Ss Co
Rosario di Giorgio
Atlantic Fruit Co
Ndy Hook
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New-York Tribune
Henry VI
Loeb
Barber Shop
Nelson H. Henry
William Loeb, Jr
Mr. Loeb
General Henry
Thomas Lawler
Lloyd C. Griscom
Republican County Committee
Lutz
Henry
Wall ST
Bishop’’ Wilkinson
Luna Park
Croton
Potter
Fosdick
White Plains D. A. R
Monument
Attorney General
Pythian Grand Lodge
MR. Taft
Westinghouse
Baldwin
Attach Bristed Furniture
Marine Intelligence
High Water
Governor's Island
Hell Gate
P.M
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
Seattle
Minnesota
Hawaii
San Francisco
Seattley
Sado Maru
Siano Ae
Sur- Rin
Tacoma
Chicago Maru
JUNO
Shipping News
Port of
Sirius
Flushing
Grampian Range
Fernandina Rio Grande
Manna Hata
Delaware
Phadelphia
Batavia
E! Dia
Vietop
London
Jon Lightissimus
Banga
Rocers Peer & Cowps
Warren St
New
Henry Miller
New Amsterdam
FURST
Jos
THORM
Maud Raymon
Heral
SEESI
JAS. C. Morton
Jardin DE Paleo A
Thea
Amst Star Day
DeWoit
Arden and Agironds & A
Lambert
Alhamera Hkper
Keith & Procter Oe
Ioursos & Sars
Anne
Princess Anne
Port News Swansey
Br Montgomery
Savannan, Grosse
Northtown
Claymor Florida & Arapahoe
Charlestom Am
Agul
Buenos
Rosario
Dover
Liban
Les
Fishguard
Amer
Melbourne
iGer
River Plarte Norteik
York
Fay
Liboure
Durban
Nagar
St Vincent
Fordeaux
Hada Fara
Clement
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