Gas Rates Jump to Legal Maximum as Consolidated Leads
The Consolidated Gas Company raises its price from 6 cents to 105 per thousand cubic feet, effective today, with rival firms likely to follow. Executive committees of New Amsterdam and Standard Gas Light plan or consider matching the increase to 105 and 1 respectively. Wall Street expects legal challenges to the borough gas alliances, while President Gantry discusses centralizing manufacturing plants, possibly moving gas works to Astoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Gas Company
Consolidated
New Amsterdam Gas Company
Albany
Gantry
Whitney and Ryan Not in Gas Syndicate
A Baltimore report claiming William C. Whitney and Thomas F. Ryan are involved in a syndicate seeking control of the Consolidated Gas Company is denied as incorrect by reliable sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William C. Whitney
Thomas F. Ryan
Consolidated Gas Company
Tenants Escape In Night Clothes From Madison Ave Fire
A five story apartment house known as The Miner at Sixty third Street and Madison Avenue burned early yesterday. Tenants fled in night clothes as flames rushed through shafts from Rosenstein & Sons clothing store basement. Police assisted a number of residents including Dr H A Cone and his mother and friend Edward Pollock. Several residents escaped via stairs and roofs, with others sheltered by neighbors and police. Losses listed include Rosenstein & Sons and multiple tenants. owner was Henry Clay Miner estate. A banker named Fox reportedly negotiates to purchase and demolish the site for a larger building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miner
Sixty-third-st
Madison-ave
Rosenstein & Sons
H. A. Cone
H. A. Cone’s Apartments On the First Floor. Dr. Cone
Edward Pollock
Sanford Wolf
Madisonave
J. M. Cohen
Whiting Manufacturing Company
Mary Sheehan
Rachel Singer
Mequien
Henry Clay Miner
Fox
Arbitration Ends Greenpoint Iron Molders Strike
The National Foundrymen's Association and National Iron Moulders' Union secured an arbitration rule after a one hour strike at Randolph & Co. Greenpoint Brooklyn. Workers sought 275 to 3 dollars daily pay rise but returned to work. A joint committee will arbitrate the dispute and rules were adopted to equalize wages for colored and white moulders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundrymen’s Association
National Iron Moulders’ Union
Randolph & Co.'s Iron Works
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
W. A. Perrine
New York
The
National Union
Aldermen delay on government porch permit for Customs House
The Aldermen adjourned without acting on an ordinance allowing the U S Government to build porches beyond city lines at the new Custom House. Council passed it. it was referred to Streets and not yet reported. Corp Counsel notes the request is a privilege, not a right, to be decided by the Aldermen. If denied, federal authorities have no court route. They expect a decision when they reconvene on July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Custom House
Smith
Committee On
Corporation Counsel's
Aldermen
First Man Arrested in Census Case
Thomas Pieere a Swede janitor at Holland Court 69 to 73 East Ninety second Street was arrested yesterday for refusing to answer census questions asked by enumerator Leon W Buch He is the first man arrested here for not answering census questions Pieere answered all questions after the deputy marshal explained the matter but was taken before United States Commissioner Shields for discharge from custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Pieere
Holland Court
East Ninety-second St
Leon W. Buch
Pieere
United States
Shields
English Passengers From Colon Arrive on Finance
On the Finance which arrived yesterday from Colon were Hon. Oscar 8 M Forester brother of Lord Forester and J. B. Alexander. Also aboard was C Noel Clarke British Consul at Iquique returning to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
Oscar 8. M. Forester
Lord Forester
Chil
J. B. Alexander
C. Noel Clarke
Iquique
England
Stoker Assault Claim On Rio Grande Crewmen
Walter Cummings a Black stoker on the steamship Rio Grande testified to Commissioner Shields that three Spanish firefighters Manuel Caridad Joaquin Lopez and Jose Patino assaulted him in the boiler room last Friday Lopez allegedly struck him with a shovel and severed a fingertip. Lopez and Patino were arraigned with Patino released for insufficient evidence while Caridad Lopez were bound over for the Grand Jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cummings
Rio Grande
Texas
New York
Commissioner Shields
Manuel Caridad
Joaquin Lopez
Jose Patino
Cummings
Lopez
Push Cart Peddlers Arrested In Major Raid
Police from West Thirtieth Street station raided push cart vendors in Jefferson Market precinct. Forty-two men were arraigned. seven fined five dollars, fourteen paid two dollars, others discharged. Patrolman Burke named Jim John as president of the Push Cart Trust, claiming he controlled most wagons and acted as wholesaler. He lived at 600 East Eighteenth Street.
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West
Devel
Jefferson Market Court
Burke
Push Cart Trust
Jim John
Gold Shipments to Germany From Local Banks
A French liner will carry at least one million dollars in gold from this port to Germany, with Lazard Frères and other banking houses arranging shipments. A senior banking official says recent exports likely exceed public estimates as German bankers seek strong showing for their July 1 statements. He notes gold may move quickly to settle accounts after the semi annual exam. President Snyder of Western National Bank says his bank may ship gold abroad this week but provides no destination.
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Lazard Fréres
Germany
Department of Finance
Snyder
Western National Bank
Brooklyn policeman mistakes Guilfoyle wife for burglar
Patrolman Dixon recently transferred from Staten Island to Brooklyn’s lower Fulton street station mistook Mrs. John Guilfoyle, wife of the Building Commissioner, for a thief while guarding their summer home at 179 Nassau Street. A misidentified doorstep siege ends with Detective O’Connor apologizing for the error.
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Dixon
Staten Island
Fulton St
Brooklyn
John Guilfoyle
Guilfoyles
Nassaust
Far Rockaway
Lower
Guilfoyle
Renckion
German Trade Drive in Central America Increases
United States Consul Monaghan reports Germany is expanding a vast trade network in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. About 100 German commercial houses with $8.33 million capital operate there, plus five German banks. Central American land worth $158.09 million is German held with total investments exceeding $67 million across the region.
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Washington
United States
Monaghan
Chemnitz
Germany
State Department
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Central America
Salvador
Honduras
Bankruptcy proceedings list Rankin and Seligman cases
Alfred H Rankin of 57 Broadway files for bankruptcy with 130955 in liabilities and no assets tied to Wayland Trask Co stock brokers 18 Wall St. Schedules reveal C C Chemical liabilities of 29629 with 11000 secured by mortgages and assets 15535 and real estate at Bound Brook N J Judge Brown grants discharge to Martin Seligman of 128 Madison St liabilities 2077 formerly of Seligman Israel Worcester Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Rankin
Broadway
Wayland Trask & Co
Wallst
Rankin
Wayland Trask
C. C. Chemical Company
Bound Brook
N. J
Brown
United States District Court
Martin Seligman
Madison St
Seligman & Israel
Worcester, Mass
Examination of N A Lawlor in misappropriation case
Ex assemblyman Norman A Lawlor charged with misappropriating trust funds from Thomas Connell faced further examination. Referee Theodore H Silkman oversaw proceedings at the Times Building. Lawlor admitted signing checks totaling 520000 and agreed to produce checkbooks and vouchers at the next hearing, scheduled Friday at 2 pm to account for 32000.
A D Matthews's Body Brought Home For Funeral
Azel D Matthews merchant died Monday in Pittsfield Massachusetts. Funeral planned for Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church with ministers David Gregg and Theodore L Cuyler away out of town. Body arrived from Massachusetts aboard with his son James and two daughters. Family and affiliated organizations send sympathy as funeral plans proceed.
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Azel D. Matthews
Pittsfield
Mass
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
David Gregg
Theodore L. Cuyler
Monmouth Beach
Saratoga
RuuuuLe
Ole Yan
Matthews
Massachusetts
Brooklyn
James Matthews
M Matthews
Miss Annie Blauvelt Dies After Typhoid Fever
Miss Annie Fleming Blauvelt twenty five a Bryn Mawr graduate and Latin teacher at Cathedral School Davenport Iowa died after a recent typhoid illness. She was a grandniece of the late Rear Admiral Boges and was returning home when illness worsened. Her parents Mr and Mrs Robert B Blauvelt reside at 218 Seaman Street New Brunswick.
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New Brunswick
Annie Fleming Blauvelt
Bryn Mawr
Davenport
Iowa
Robert B. Blauvelt
Seaman St
Philadelphia
Miss Blauvelt
Boges
Fell sixty feet and lives to tell it
Jersey City June 19 John RHegta eighty eight years old? Note: text says sixty eight years old of Hoboken fell sixty feet near Ogden avenue. He struck meadows, unconscious, later revived at City Hospital with severe bruises but no broken bones. He will be confined several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
John Rhegta
Newark St
Hoboken
Jersey City Heights
Ogden Ave
City Hospital
Lawyer Hubbard Wilson Died En Route To Hospital
Long Branch June 19 Special Hubbard Wilson formerly with Patterson and Wilson died of pneumonia while being taken to Monmouth Memorial Hospital. He was 31, unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
Forty Sixth Anniversary of Young Men's Catholic Association
The Young Men's Catholic Association of Newark celebrated its forty sixth anniversary at Institute Hall Newark with addresses by Monsignor George H. Doane and Rev Francis H Wall. The group includes about three hundred members and owns the hall which houses a theatre gymnasium billiard parlors and library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Young Men's Catholic Association
Newark
Institute Hall
George H. Doane
Francis H. Wall
Church of the Holy Rosary
Mystery of Mary Monks Body Revolves Around Legacy
After years in the County Almshouse Mary A. Monks died May 15 and was sent to Long Island College Hospital for dissection. Three weeks later her body was retrieved from the hospital vault and buried by a relative at Holy Cross Cemetery. An undertaker later sought the body amid talk of a $30,000 legacy left to Mary by a sister in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Monks
Long Island College Hospital
Holy Cross Cemetery
Mary Monks
Reverend Hampstone Returns Home After Illness
The Rev Dr John Hampstone, hospitalized at Seney for about ten days suffering from a throat ailment, has nearly fully recovered without an operation despite earlier opposition, and was moved yesterday to his home at 291 Ryerson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hampstone
Seney Hospital
Ryerson St
Enumeration dispute ends in assault charge at Flushing Avenue
Census enumerator Edward Durham of 109 Classon Avenue accused Mrs. Jane Patterson of 88 Flushing Avenue of assault during duty. Durham testified he entered a candy store residence, faced a daughter, then a kitchen, where Mrs Patterson allegedly threw a stove lid and an ink bottle. Patterson denied entry, claiming Durham intruded and insulted her. She was paroled after the magistrate heard the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle-ave
Edward Durham
Classon-ave
Jane Patterson
Flushing-ave
Durham
Court reduces executor fees in Lister estate ruling
The Court of Errors and Appeals upholds a Supreme Court award of 1 percent of Edwin Lister’s estate for executor William R. Weeks. Weeks sought 1 percent of the estate plus a larger sum, while heirs objected. The decision notes Weeks served as executor and president of Lister Agricultural Chemical Co, earning $10,000 yearly, and also received trustee fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Errors and Appeals
Supreme Court
Congregationalists seize Episcopal chapel at Greenwich Point
On June 19 Congregationalists at Greenwich Point Long Island elected a new board led by George Mole and David Stewart, then occupied St. Paul’s Union Chapel. They decided to send prayer books to Bishop Littlejohn, retain counsel, and pursue a court action for possession after transferring the property two months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich Point
Long Island
Littlejohn
Episcopal Diocese of
Messrs. Moore
Crandall
Stewart
David Stewart
George Mole
Merwin Golder
Everett Smith
George C. Long
Henry Bedell
Thomas Murray
Josiah Knight
St. Paul's Union Chapel
Episcopal
Benjamin Debvois
Postmaster Wilson Defends Merit System After O Shea Dismissal
Postmaster Wilson issued a statement denying Assistant Postmaster Taylor’s involvement in department politics. He said all appointments and removals rested with him and cited O Shea’s lack of merit for his June 9 dismissal. O Shea had been charged by his supervisor Masten with shirking duty inefficiency dishonesty and insubordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Daniel B. O'Shea
Taylor
O'Shea
Washington
O’shea
Masten
Charges of Cruelty Put Woman’s Suit in Supreme Court
Mrs. Sarah Alice Brundage sues husband Dr. Albert H. Brundage in Supreme Court for separation on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Petition cites hammer throw and three foot stick beating. husband accuses wife of morphine and cocaine addiction. Trial details include alleged neglect, non anesthetic operation, and ongoing alimony and counsel fees request. Justice Dickey reserved decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Sarah Alice Brundage
Albert H. Brundage
Gatesave
Brundage
Justice Dickey
Amherat
Mass
Dickey
Young Man Tries Twice to End His Life in Court
Frank Holler twenty years old attempted suicide at the Ewenst police court by cutting his left wrist with a hidden penknife and later biting at his wrist. He lived with his uncle John English at 93 Oakland street. Earlier he drank a waterred acid substitute given by a druggist after requesting carbolic acid. His mother subdued him and police kept watch as he was paroled the next day. Colonel Astor's name presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Holler
Ewenst
Holler
John English
Oakland St
Coreeten
Astor Declined Command Post in 234 Regiment
The 234 Regiment debated selecting Ezra De Forest as commander after ex-Lieutenant-Colonel De Forest declined. Colonel John Jacob Astor, who organized the Astor Battery and served in the Spanish American War, was proposed but not chosen after officers favored De Forest. General A C Barnes, the latest choice, is in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra de Forest
John Jacob Astor
Astor
United States
Major Case
James McLeer
de Forest
A. C. Barnes
Detroit
Mich
Chase Ends With Arrest Of Man In Park For Silverware Theft
James Kelly, 26, of 143 Smith Street, captured in Ninth Avenue after a hurried pursuit from a flat at 566 Sterling Place. A laborer, bicyclist, and milkman chased him as he dropped a bundle, then fled through Prospect Park where Patrolman John O’Hara closed in and arrested him after a long foot chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Park
James Kelly
Smith Sr
Ninth Ave
Kelly
Sterling Place
Frank Timmany
Washington Ave
Montgomery St
Flatbush-ave
John O'Hara
Sally
O’hara
Rutgers Debating Team Wins Boston Alumni Medals
Rutgers College debaters Case Cooke Eckerson and Talmadge received four medals presented by President Austin Scott at Senior Class Day in Kirkpatrick Chapel New Brunswick. The awards from Boston Alumni honored the Rutgers victory over New York University in the spring debate on subsidizing the merchant marine.
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Kirkpatrick Chapel
New Brunswick
Austin Scott
Rutgers College
Boston
Edward L. Stevenson
Rutgers
la Rue Vredenburgh
Charles L. Edgar
George P. Morris
Chester H. Tapping
Robert M. Pierson
Augustus H. Shearer
New York University
United States
Clarence Case
Robert Cooke
Frank Eckerson
Girl Held Prisoner At Home Must Marry Suitor
Carolinda Geronimo a sixteen year old girl is kept in her Jersey City home to force marriage to Michael Tomasso a Venice native. Her suitor Beni Lombardi seeks release through Justice of the Peace Markey who declines to wed the youth due to the bride to be’s age. The couple’s parents insist the girl wed Tomasso or remain unmarried. The Day Before Commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolinda Geronimo
Michael Tomasso
Venice
Beni Lombardi
Bay St
Jersey City
Pietro Lombardi
Justice of the Peace
Markey
Justice Markey
Lombardi
Je Poy
Geronimo
Tomasso
Rutgers Day of Exercises Opens 134th Commencement
Rutgers College in New Brunswick held the 134th commencement with a Kirkpatrick Chapel program including oration by John Worth and poems by Frank Eckerson. Campus events featured ivy and tree plantings, and a Junior Class oratorical exhibition at Robert F. Ballantine gym. Conrad Orton Milliken won the Ralph Perlee Memorial Prize for best junior oration.
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Rutgers College
New Brunswick
Kirkpatrick Chapel
John Worth
Frank Eckerson
Wiliam E. McMahon
M. Brink
Austin Scott
Robert Cooke
B. Collis Edgar
Clarence E. Case
Winant van Winkle
Herbert R. Voorhees
Herbert Cottrell
Harry F. Cooper
Joseph J. Hart
Michael Lipman
Scott
Robert F. Ballantine
Daniel Frederick Burnett
Newark
Edward Francis Johnson
Albany
South Africa
Herbert Griffen Eddy
Bayonne
Conrad Orton Milliken
Philadelphia
Transvaal
Alonzo Ranson
Havana
George W. Gulick
Somerville
Henry John Wyverberg
Rochester
Ralph Perlee
Job H. Lippincott
New Jersey Supreme Court
Sherman
Essex County Public Schools
Joseph Castner
U. A
Worthington Pump Works foreman committed to asylum
Elizabeth June 19 Special Joseph B. Osborn forty five years old foreman of the pattern department of the Worthington Pump Works became insane today and had to be removed to the County Jail He will be sent to the Morris Plains Asylum tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Joseph B. Osborn
Pattern Department
Worthington
Morris Plains Asylum
Plan for a new street to serve Orange station defeated
Orange June 19 Special At a meeting of the Orange Common Council the plan to open a new street running from Cone street to Centre street alongside the Lackawanna Railroad by Orange station was defeated. The measure failed because the street would be too narrow and widening it would impose excessive costs on the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Orange Common Council
Lackawanna Railroad
Conest
Centre St
May Have Been an Actor Henry Richman Killed by Train
Henry Richman a 24 year old from Jersey City was killed yesterday morning in Newark attempted to board a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train at Canal and River streets. His body was cut in two. In his pockets were pawn tickets and a recommendation by W J Kyle noting his stage potential. A pass book held addresses in Philadelphia Camden New York and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Richman
Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Canal and River Sts
Newark
Richman
W. J. Kyle
Philadelphia
Camden
New York
Court of Errors Reverses Earlier Ruling in Lane Case
In Somerville on June 19 the Court of Errors and Appeals reversed Chancellor McGill on the dispute between Meribah Todd and William A Staats over a lane between their properties. Staats had begun a block encroaching two feet, an injunction halted work, the Chancellor ruled for Staats, and the building stands. The appellate court orders removal of the east wall and rebuilding along the lane edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Court of Errors and Appeals
McGill
Meribah Todd
William A. Staats
Staats
Todd
John A. French
Aldermen grant free franchises for street railway line
The Paterson board unanimously overrode Mayor Hinchliffe's veto on five ordinances granting Jersey City Hoboken and Paterson Street Railway Company privileges without compensation. A long fight ends with potential injunctions to halt work while the company plans new lines to connect all systems into one citywide route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
Board of Aldermen
Hinchliffe
Jersey City, Hoboken and Paterson Street Railway Company
Storrs Memorial Fund Receives Strong Subscriptions
A committee of the Long Island Historical Society reports encouraging response to its appeal for a memorial for Rev. Dr. Richard Salter Storrs. To date the fund has gathered 1138 dollars from supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island Historical Society
Richard Salter Storrs
Federal Grand Jury Sworn In at U S District Court
Trenton June 19 New Federal Grand Jury was sworn in at the United States District Court this morning The jurors listed include Edward E Gnichtel George Heinkel Gustavus A Schwedes Richard C Oliphant Nevon J Loose Samuel L King Jr Samuel W Foster George B Bergkamp Arthur D Barrows William S Connor Elmer Cowperthwaite John T Davidson William J Montgomery Albert Norris Samuel T Oliphant Edward S Savage William N Steward James Usher Mulford Valentine Josiah W Ewan and other members from Newark Trenton West Hoboken Ocean City Woodbury New Egypt Jersey City Manahawkin Rahway Englishtown Union Woodbridge Mount Holly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
United States District Court
Edward E. Gnichtel
George Heinkel
Gustavus A. Schwedes
Newark
Richard C. Oliphant
Nevon J. Loose
Samuel L. King, Jr
Samuel W. Foster
George B. Bergkamp
West Hoboken
Arthur D. Barrows
Ocean City
William S. Connor
Woodbury
Elmer Cowperthwaite
New Egypt
John T. Davidson
William J. Montgomery
Albert Norris
Jersey City
Samuel T. Oliphant
Manahawkin
Edward S. Savage
Rahway
William N. Steward
Englishtown
James Usher
Town of Union
Mulford Valentine
Woodbridge
Josiah W. Ewan
Mount Holly
Queens official not subpoenaed in Bloody Gorge case
District Attorney Merrill of Queens said he has not subpoenaed Controller Coler to testify before the Queens County Grand Jury regarding the Bloody Gorge railroad killings. The panel aims to uncover the fate of a $10,000 Newtown vote for a highway beside the railroad near Penny Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Queens
Coler
Queens County Grand Jury
Newtown
Bloody Gorge
Grand Jury
Ers Mgr
Penny Bridge
Queens Nassau Summer Fair Opens in Mineola
The Queens and Nassau Agricultural Society prepares for the summer fair in Mineola on June 19. The grounds are ready and the event is set to begin tomorrow with exhibits and activities across the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
Long Island
Agricultural Society of Queens
Nas Sau
Pickpocket Known as The Owl Dies in Jail
John Marion aged 52 also known as Thomas Willson and The Owl collapsed and died in Queens County Jail yesterday as Jailer Theodore Doht prepared to move him to a new sentencing cell. Death attributed to apoplexy after sudden collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marion
Thomas Willson
the Owl
Queens County
Theodore Doht
Marion
Suit Filed Over Trolley Ejection In Plainfield
Plainfield on June 19 Theodore Bruckman treasurer of Fanwood Township sued the Westfield and Elizabeth Street Railway Company claiming illegal ejection from a trolley car last Friday. The conductor demanded extra fare beyond Scotch Plains and Bruckman refused leading to the suit as a test case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Theodore Bruckman
Fanwood Township
Westfield and
Elizabeth Street Railway Company
Anwood
Bruckman
Scotch Plains
Newark man fatally shoots father then dies by self gunshot
Louis Kalke aged 28 fatally shoots his father at 30 Jones Street Newark on Sunday morning then fatally shoots himself. He remained unconscious after the incident and died yesterday at Newark City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kalke
Jones St
Newark
Newark City
New Jersey Republicans back free delegation pledge stance
A Newark Republican praised New Jersey action at Philadelphia for not pledging the delegation to any VP candidate. Flavel McGee and General Sewell led a tactful approach to keep the delegation free, resisting Roosevelt’s influence and seeking a candidate chosen by open delegate voices. The piece recalls Hobart’s legacy and argues for a VP selection by broad convention will of delegates.
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Newark
Philadelphia
Flavel McGee
Jersey City
Barker Gummere
John D. Long
Secretary of the Navy
New Jersey
Gummere
McGee
Summere
Sewell
Eral
Cornelius N. Bliss
Long
Bliss
General Sewell
Roosevelt
Tom” Platt
New-York
Empire State
Ting
Delegat
McKinley
Platt
Garret A. Hobart
Cranford Wants Lower Trolley Fare
Plainfield June 19 Special The Westfield and Elizabeth Street Railway Company received a Cranford franchise with a five cent fare to Elizabeth and since then eight cents have been charged for that segment. Cranford resident T D Van Laun petitions the Township Committee to enforce the agreement. If fares are not reduced the committee may seek to revoke the franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Westfield and
Elizabeth Street Railway Company
Cranford
Elizabeth
T. D. van Laun
Cromwell
Somerset and Untog Freeholders approve steel bridge plan
A joint meeting in Plainfield ruled to build a steel bridge across Green Brook linking Madison and Duerst streets as North Plainfield extends. Bids for the bridge will be sought immediately.
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Plainfield
Boards of Freeholders of
Somerset
Untog Counties
Common Council
Green Brook
Madison Ave
Duerst
North Plainfield
Greenville Branch Bergen Baptist to Install Brooklyn Pastor
The Rev. J. K. Folwell of Brooklyn accepted a unanimous call from Greenville Branch Bergen Baptist Church Jersey City. He succeeds Rev. Dr Hunt who resigned to lead a Virginia church. Folwell will be installed next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Folwell
Brooklyn
Greenville
Bergen Baptist Church
Jersey O
Pastor Folwell
Dr Hunt
4 Baptist Church
Virginia
Man Arrested for Fare Dodging on Jersey City Train
William Scanlon, age 36, showed signs of insanity on a Lehigh Valley train from Penn. He had no money to pay his fare and was arrested upon arrival in Jersey City. Police Judge Hoos fined him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Scanlon
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Penn
Jersey City
Hoos
Child Poisoning Fatality in Bloomfield Home
Bloomfield reports the death of eight year old Alice Stumpf, daughter of jeweler John S. Stumpf, at 12 midnight after ingesting carbonic acid given by her mother half an hour earlier in error for medicine. The poison was stored on a shelf among other medicines at No 270 Bloomfield Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Alice Stumpf
John S. Stumpf
Bloomfield Ave
Death of George Simonson at Valley Road
Montclair on June 19 Special George Simonson aged sixty died from blood poisoning after an operation at his home on Valley Road He belonged to Eureka Knights of Pythias He is survived by a widow and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
George Simonson
Valley Road
Eureka Knights of Pythias
Bloomfield to Have a Speedway
Bloomfield town leaders approved a speedway along Newark avenue by the Road Driver Association of Essex County. The track will extend through Belleville for more than two miles, linking Bloomfield and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Road Driver Association of
Essex County
Bloomfield Town
Newark Ave
Belleville
Battin High School Holds Fourteenth Commencement
Elizabeth June 19 Special Jacobs Opera House was festooned for Battin High School’s fourteenth commencement. Superintendent William J. Shearer presided with Rev Dr Otis A Glazebrook giving the opening prayer. Fernando Miranda gave the salutatory, Alice B Remington the valedictory, and Charles Kurtz presented diplomas.
Hibernians Suit Stricken From Calendar in Jersey City
After a year of litigation the Ancient Order of Hibernians of New Jersey versus the Board of Erin was stricken from the calendar by Vice-Chancellor Stevens in Jersey City chambers. The New Jersey group sought to restrain use of the title but the order preserves the Board of Erin designation as Hibernians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Hibernians of
New Jersey
Order of Hibernians
Board of Erin
Stevens
Cery Chambers
Jersey City
Order
Hibernians of
Ter
Vice
Clor Stevens
Jersey City property owners form Citizen Improvement Association
North of the Erie Railroad tracks in Jersey City property owners have organized a Citizen Improvement Association to seek improvements. Andrew J. C. has been elected temporary chairman and Coakley temporary secretary. A permanent organization will be effected on Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Andrew J. C
Coakley
City not liable for debts made by boards says Court
Jersey City Corporation Counsel Allan L. McDermott reports the Court of Errors and Appeals sustained the city’s position that it cannot be held liable for debts contracted by committees or board chairmen unless actions are later approved by the Board. The New Jersey Car and Rubber Company was awarded 130.19 and 2306 for goods supplied to the city on board requisitions. The case, after circuit judge Nevins waived, was sent to the Errors and Appeals for final judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan L. McDermott
Jersey City
Court of Errors and Appeals
New Jersey Car and Rubber Company
Bers
Board of Street and Water Cars
Car Caring and Rubber Company
Nevins
Reserve agents named for New Jersey Nation banks
Washington June 19 Special The Controle of the Currency designated reserve agents for New Jersey Nation banks Carlstadt National Park National of New York for the German National National Bank of Commerce
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New-Jersey
Carlstadt
Park National
New-York
National Bank of Commerce
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