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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
13
Robert A. Ammon was convicted yesterday of receiving 30500 of Franklin Syndicate money amid a swift jury verdict. Witnesses said Ammon kept most funds, counselled flight to Canada, and Miller claimed Ammon pocketed 240000 from the swindle.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit proposes an elevated loop from Clinton street through Delancey Marion and Broome to Bowery and back to Delancey Clinton as a temporary bridge connection. Cost about 400000 with rental to cover interest, to start within six months if Mayor Low agrees.
Frederick B. De Berard of the Merchants' Association said Controller Grout withheld a $200,000 supplemental payment to Jerome Park reservoir builders. The association claims work was done illegally and opposes a three mile Aqueduct section due to a bids-free contract by Coleman, Breuchaud & Coleman. They warn of equity relief if the plea is ignored, though ready to avoid delaying urgent improvement.
Bridgeport special reports W Beardsley widow of Rev Bronson Beardsley died May 14 and her will filed. about 500000 to be distributed including 39000 to fund a home for aged and indigent Protestant couples and 3000 to Olivet Congregational Church others to Protestant Orphan Asylum Bridgeport Hospital Sterling Widows Home Society of Associated Charities Burroughs Home for Women Young Women's Christian Association Congregational Education Society Missionary Society of Connecticut Women's Board of Missions Massachusetts American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions Weiser Academy in Idaho and 5000 for Rev Bronson Beardsley memorial to be used in building an industrial school.
Bishop Hartzell of the Methodist Episcopal Church sails on the Ger manic for a seventh inspection tour of Africa. He travels with Rev. S S W Naylor of the Wisconsin Conference. The voyage spans over thirty thousand miles with brief stops in England Munich Naples before proceeding to Beira on Africa's east coast.
The opening meeting of the Summer School in Pallanthro will be held next Monday evening in the assembly hall of the United Charities Building at Fourth Avenue and Twenty second Street. Rev George Hodges of Cambridge Mass will give the opening address on Preparation for Social Service. W De Forest, president of the society, will preside and an address from Isidor Straus of the Educational Alliance is expected.
Charles F Murphy allies aim to block a 6.5 million dollar steel contract for the Manhattan Bridge. John T McCall, new finance committee chair, vows to oppose approving the Board of Estimate and Apportionment funding while Murphy leverages Dock Board ties to influence a likely delayed letting of the contract. The maneuver fits Tammany Hall strategy amid shifting aldermanic power and past friction with the Board.
Kroushevan, head of Kishineff’s anti Semitic Bessarabetz, was stabbed in the neck by a Jew in St. Petersburg today. The attacker, a former Polytechnic student in Kiev, was captured. The wound is not considered fatal.
Leon N. Levi disclosed after a Washington conference with President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay that the meeting aimed to define the official U S stance on the Russian Jewish situation. The memorandum and petition to the Czar were released to the press as the official attitude, with the President noting a heart to heart talk with the Emperor and Count Cassini’s postponed departure until after the conference.
Jeremiah Sullivan, a regular army veteran of 38 years dating to 1865, was found dead on rocks beside the government wharf at Sandy Hook proving ground where he was stationed. Authorities believe he fell, was stunned, and drowned as the tide rose. He leaves two sisters in Hartford Connecticut and Newport Rhode Island.
President defends use of federal force to prevent riot and disorder in Arizona while condemning crimes of greed and violence. He criticizes both Wall Street capitalists and mobs, insisting the government upholds liberty under the law and that no one is above it. The speech, delivered during a Western tour, emphasizes impartial justice for all, rich or poor.
Two first cabin passengers on the Kaiser Wilhelm II aboard from Bremen argued over a $250 poker loss. A revolver was drawn in the smoking room. a third passenger seized it. Captain Hégemann kept the weapon until arriving at port and returned it to its owner. The Southerner claimed he only meant to frighten, not shoot, and the three men agreed not to return to the smoking room.
Charles E. Scharff a janitor at 354 East Fifty-fourth Street entered Bellevue Hospital with a fist sized swelling on his nose Doctors soon suspected gout that had settled in the nose alongside elbow swellings and mild foot swelling A unique case that drew many physicians to the reception room to observe the unusual manifestation of the disease.
William A. Keating, brother of ex-Commissioner Keating of the Department of Highways, narrowly escaped drowning when the tug J A Brainerd rammed his yacht Mary A Keating off East 121st Street. The collision tore through a 25 foot gap between yachts and pier. Keating was pulled from the water after a half hour revival. Keating plans to sue the railroad company. other two yachts sustained no damage.
The desirability of New York as a summer resort grows with cooler city breezes from nearby rivers bay and ocean. Among tall hotels, the Gre gorian on West Thirty-fifth Street between Herald Square and Misthave offers comfort and cool air. Surrounded by brownstone front houses it is said to command fresh breezes and an extended view.
Watertown New York June 17 Special An important case involving Charles G Emery owner of Calumet and other St Lawrence River islands was set for trial but was discontinued after the plaintiff withdrew his complaint George W Shoemaker a nursery man said Emery struck him with clenched fists causing injuries and $2000 damages The earlier services suit resulted in a jury verdict for Shoemaker for 2850 with Emery claiming overpayment
Ex Judge E H Gary chairman of United States Steel executive committee rejected Chicago report that he left Gary Memorial Methodist Church Wheaton Illinois and refused a letter upon leaving The report claimed a memorial sermon attacking trusts sparked the withdrawal which Gary called untrue He returned the report with the single word No on it.
Judgment for 2812 dollars entered against Patrick Calhoun of 30 Broad Street in favor of William Wiess on two notes dated February 11 due 30 days after date at American National Bank of Beaumont Texas. Judgment for 27734 dollars against William H. Spencer for Bernard Uhren for money spent on 600 shares of International Rubber Company stock. Judgment for 34706 dollars against Henry A. Seymour and Frederick W. Johnson of Seymour Johnson Co stock brokers for Anthony N. Brady on May 28 1900. Judgment for 9575 dollars against Winifred Ammon in suit for creditors of Seymour Johnson Co. The Princess of Wales Company corsets and dress trimmings at Fifth Ave assigned to Harvey M. Hoyt and Rollin C. Newton. Inability to meet maturing obligations cited. Assets and liabilities not stated but believed equal. Creditors meeting set for Friday. Company capital stock 35000 dollars.
Bankruptcy petitions filed in the U S District Court involve Rosalie Linkert Hill of New Rochelle asserting exempt income from rents on Main and Centre. Eastern Brewing Company of Brooklyn is the chief creditor with claims of 1747. Bruce & Seymour at 140 Nassau St faces an involuntary bankruptcy filing by James H Tomkins for 750. Edward G Milbury Company Limited seeks adjudication. Will iam Ford Upson appointed receiver for Milbury. KREVER & SKOGLUND Yonkers show liabilities 5104 assets 10012 including stock in trade and insurance. Charles Cosh en Yonkers reports 3072 liabilities and 1000 assets. Otto Greenberger appointed receiver for Tillie Cohn furniture at 754 Ninth Ave with bond 200.
A list of judgments exceeding $100 filed yesterday includes debtors such as Anne Editha G O E Smith and others with various creditors like the Salvator Brewing Company and Metropolitan Street Railway Company. The totals range from about 106 to 19,000 plus, featuring numerous individuals and firms including Crowley Henry B W S Johnston, Sol L Cohn and Meyer Shapiro Bernstein & Co, and William McGinty among many.
Mrs Francis I Mooers sailed on the New York while her son Edwin D Mooers is jailed at Ludlow Street after his wife sued for divorce on grounds of misconduct with several women. She says he lives in luxury from a father’s stock and mining shares totaling about 1900 dollars monthly. Mooers must post 19 dollars as surety before release.
The Normal College of the City of New York held its thirty fourth commencement at Carnegie Hall with nearly six hundred graduates. Speeches and diplomas were given by Thomas Hunter and Henry A. Rogers. The class sang The Good Ship Alma Mater. Vale dictorians named and many prize awards listed, led by Evelyn G Flynn.
The Tammany architects Horgan and Slattery won a city lawsuit with a verdict of 16 855 10 in their favor. They hailed the result as a likely appeal win and expressed confidence in securing nineteen more suits against the city.
Washington July 17 Rear Admiral Melville announced the completion of an elaborate series of liquid fuel oil experiments conducted over the past year by a board of naval officers chaired by Lieutenant Commander John R Edwards. The tests, the most thorough in any country, aim to determine the value of liquid fuel for naval propulsion. Data collection and final reports will take some months, but early indications are highly satisfactory.
New Jersey newspaper manual published for advertisers and others. A cloth-bound volume of over one hundred pages lists newspapers and periodicals in New Jersey alphabetically and by counties, with historical sketches and articles on major journals’ advertising and circulation. Published by Frederick N. Sommer of Newark.
John J. Irving of Binghamton files a $200,000 suit in federal court against President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers. Weihle claims he furnished the strike settlement plan used by the union, likened to Roosevelt’s Strike Commission. Mitchell contends the services were for a trivial case and the bill could not exceed a few dollars.
The examination of Samuel J. Parks, a walking delegate accused of extorting money from employers during strikes, continued. Cross examination of Neils Poulsen and witnesses from Heeda Tron Works proceeded after defense failed to strike testimony.
Richmond officials report no streetcar service today as motormen and conductors strike for higher pay a nine hour day and union recognition. Company representatives say service will resume tomorrow with potential strike breakers expected from the North and South. Police are on alert but no trouble has occurred.
In Chicago on June 17 the joint board of striking hotel and restaurant workers voted to recognize the Restaurant Keepers Association and to seek arbitration. Employers are expected to accept, signaling an end in sight for downtown restaurants. Pickets targeted women as victims, while sets resumed normal service with near full staff.
In New Bedford Massachusetts on June 17 six hundred looms are idled as weavers strike against a new price list that lowers wages. Strikers claim typical earnings fall to about seven dollars weekly with some cuts over one dollar per week, and they halted work without union guidance.
Pittsburg June 17 Senator Hanna sent by request of International Brickmakers Union President Charles Hauk a letter to P S Walker head of Harbison Walker Refactories Company asking arbitration. Union members have pressed the company to recognize the union after about five weeks of dispute. Walker met Hanna in Cleveland and declined to commit, saying the company will reply.
State officials met with employers representatives at 112 Broadway to discuss a building trades dispute. District Attorney Jerome warned of a grave state with blackmail by dishonest walking delegates and predicted a prolonged lockout if diplomacy fails, urging balanced action from both sides.
Chicago June 17 An amicable adjustment of the hotel and restaurant strike was reached tonight and the strikers will return to work Friday morning after two weeks idle. All differences will be settled by arbitration. The joint board demand that union workers be employed was waived in a formal peace proposition. A conference will select the arbitration board.
The Board of Education executive committee set Monday for a hearing by the Committee on Studies and Text Books to consider a revised course adding German and French to seventh and eighth grades. Two reconsideration resolutions failed, leaving the course intact. Guy condemned Dr Maxwell, urging that the board not fear British influence amid German community protests.
Louise MecAllister-Young, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. F. Marion McAllister, wed artist Alphonse Tangers at St Thomas Church. Rev Dr Owen officiated with Amelia McAllister as bridesmaid and Harrison Grey Fiske as best man. They plan to sail for Europe soon, after a divorce from Alexander Young last year.
A long list details buyers and firms from locations including Meridian Baltimore Worcester Scranton Chicago and New Orleans. It names L H Arky H Davenport Albert Broughton A. Lehmann J M Steane H Gutman L Evans J Rollman and many others as general buyers dry goods cloaks millinery hosiery and furnishings, with store addresses such as Broadway Manhattan Franklin St Leonard St and Grand.
John Lorillard of 179 Broad Street Newark attended a party at Seventh Avenue and Twenty seventh Street where men praised Mayor W S Devery. Lorillard joined the discussion but found when leaving that Seat a and Job had severed comma on.
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