Evans Withdraws From Fight Over Pension Office
Washington June 27 Henry Clay Evans, Pension Commissioner, declines to continue public clash with General Sickles over pension policy. Sickles accuses critics, later denies recommending a successor, and defends Grand Army. Aimed at Evans’s leadership after 1890 act amendments, the dispute centers on retroactive back pay and interpretations by the Attorney General.
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Uy Telegraph
the Tribune
Washington
Henry Clay Evans
Pensions
General Sickles
New York
Evans
Pension Bureau
General Bickles
Mr. Evans
Commissioner Evans
Treasury
Sion
Bureau
Department of Justice
Sickles
Treasury cannot pay them Porto Rico duties refund denied
Washington June 27. Treasury Controller Tracewell rules the secretary lacks authority to refund duties paid in Porto Rico on US goods, pending Congress action. He cites the customs act of 1890 limiting refunds to collectors of customs and denies army officers operating there as eligible collectors. Supreme Court Dooley case previously held duties illegally collected and due refunds.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Department
Porto Rico
United States
Tracewell
Controller of the Treasury
Spain
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Dooley
May recall Schroeder at Guam order sparks mutiny fears
Navy Department confronts Governor Seaton Schroeder's Guam order issued May 5 191 about lawlessness thefts gambling drunkenness and a whiskey theft from the naval hospital. The plan bars liberty after taps and demands nightly rolls while urging honest sailors to act to restore honor to the station.
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United States Naval Station
Guam
United States
Naval Hospital
Medical Department
Seaton Schroeder
Army and Navy Orders from Washington June 27
Orders issued include resignations and transfers across artillery coast defense infantry and cavalry grades. Cadet Judson resigns. officers reassigned to various companies and staffs. several promotions transfers and discharges noted. A crude Guam scandal reference follows with governance and discipline concerns and naval remarks.
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Washington
Chandler on Cuban Claims and the Isle of Pines
Ex Senator William E Chandler travels to Washington to join the Cuban Claims Commission. He reports on Isle of Pines alcalde elections and a Cuban police setup, illustrating patronage. He notes the commission weighs indemnity claims from the 1896 insurrection era and questions whether U S responsibility for Maine’s destruction could trigger Spain-related claims.
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William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Washington
Chandler
Colonel Rolfe
Wood
Havana
Rolfe
Isle of Pines
Mr. Chandler
Tribune
Fifth Avenue
Funeral at North Bergen for Frank Pullis amid strain
The funeral of Frank Pullis of North Bergen ended in a near tragedy as the heat overwhelmed his widow at the grave. She was saved by Charles Pullis, revived at home, and the family later reunited, expressing satisfaction with the autopsy and Prosecutor Erwin's investigation. Mrs Eyler bars State Charities Aid visitors at State Home for Girls, citing lack of jurisdiction.
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Frank Pullis
North Bergen
Hudson County
Charles Pullis
Pullis
Erwin
New Jersey Growth Leads Eastern States Through Census History
New Jersey shows strong growth in population and industry among eastern states. From early census data to 1960 figures, New Jersey consistently leads the East in percentage increases, surpassing national averages and maintaining a prominent share of the nation’s population as Newark’s size dwarfs early counts.
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New Jersey
New-Jersey
Newson
United States
Newark
Middletown Man Injured In Wagon Accident Near Monticello
Charles Clark of Middletown sustained a severe head injury after his horse bolted while he rode from Sullivan County toward Monticello. He was found unconscious by Dr. James A. Cauthers and rushed to Hotel Rockwell where fourteen stitches were required to close deep wounds. Clark, son in law of Senator KR Law, has prior ties to the New York Ontario and Western and later served as superintendent of the Jervis Monticello and New York Railroad.
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Monticello
N. Y
Charles Clark
Middletown
Sullivan County
James A. Cauthers
Rockwell
Clark
KR. Law
New York, Ontario and Western
Jervis, Monticello
New-York
Boston to host next Park and Outdoor Association convention
Milwaukee June 7 Boston was selected today for the next convention of the American Park and Outdoor Association E J Parker of Was elected president Among the vice chosen were Charles W Garfield of Rapids Mich Linus Woolverton of Grims on and John Olmstead
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Milwaukee
Wis
Boston
American Park and Outdoor Association
E. J. Parker
Charles W. Garfield
Rapids, Mich
Linus Woolverton
Grimson
John ©. Olmstead
Woman from the West registers under the name Ida S. George
A woman about twenty from the West arrived in Utica and registered at the Eagle Hotel as Ida S. George of New York. She rented a room and appeared unsettled, prompting local interest in her purpose and status as details remain unclear.
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Utica
N. Y
Eagie Hotel
Ida S. George
New York
Naval prize cases decided in Manila Bay and Santiago
Justice Bradley in the Equity Court rules on the Manila Bay and Santiago prize cases. The decision favors claimants for vessels captured and their property taken from those vessels but denies prize for ashore property. Sunk vessels raised are capt ured. ashore property is not prize. cargo boats and floating derricks captured at Manila are not prize. Admirals Dewey and Sampson and their crews are named claimants in respective cases.
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Washington
Justice Bradley
Equity Court
Manila Bay
Santiago
Manila
Dewey
Sampson
Woman Charged With Multiple Thefts in City Area
Detectives from Morrisania arrest Annie Ida Simmon, 28, of Williamsbridge after months of pursuit. They allege she robbed six small stores in The Bronx, and as many in Brooklyn and Staten Island, with a previous year in Kings County Penitentiary. She recently took bakery work at 1145 Second Ave. and allegedly stole $8 and jewelry, resisting arrest.
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Morrisania
Bronx
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Annie Ida Simmon
Fourth Ave
Williamsbridge
Rogues’ Gallery
Kings County
Emeline Halb
Second Ave
Gomez Passes Through Tampa on Cuban Mission
General Maximo Gomez with his son Urbano and a Wood secretary arrived unannounced in Tampa from Havana aboard a steamship. He plans visits to New York and Washington to discuss personal matters and the Cuban political situation after those talks. A Tampa Cuban committee invited a reception but Gomez said he had no time to spare.
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Tampa
Fla
Maximo Gomez
Urbano
Wood
Havana
Washington
New York
T. Estrada Palma
Cuba
Gomez
Ybor City
Philadelphia Protest Rebukes Rothermel Backed by Party Figures
A June mass meeting in Academy Hall denounced District Attorney Rothermel for opposing the party machine. Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith sent a telegram urging reform. Speakers labeled the machine as thieves and demanded Rothermel as the citizens' DA candidate.
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Philadelphia
Academy’ Hall
Rose Quay
Rothermel
Masa
Charles Emory Smith
DeLong Huliding
Thirteenth
Chestnut Sts
Penn
Washington, D. C
A. K. McClure
Ashbridge
Rudolph Blankenburg
Tube Service May Be Retained by Private Offer
Brooklyn postmaster and business leaders urged continuing the pneumatic tube link between Manhattan and Brooklyn after Washington proposed ending the service. They offered to cover all operating costs, about 20,000 dollars annually, hoping officials would approve funding by accepting their proposal.
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Wilson
Brooklyn
Manhattan
United States
Washington
Postoffice
Congress
Setback for Pennsylvania belt line through Brooklyn
Justice Marean of the Supreme Court ruled that the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad Company has infringed its rights by the continued use and decay of a leased track from Bushwick avenue to Cooper street East New York. The plaintiff was awarded nominal damages and the road ordered returned. The decision threatens Pennsylvania Railroad plans to connect to New England via Brooklyn. The Brook lyn company elected a new board led by Henry Hutchinson with Daniel E Lewis as vice president.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Brooklyn
Justice Marean
Supreme Court
Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad Company
Long Island Railroad Company
Bushwick Ave
Cooper St
East New York
Manhattan
Marean
Baldwin
Pennsylvania Company
New England
Daniel E. Lewis
Brooklyn City Railroad Company
Kign and
Rockaway Beach Railroad Company
James Jourdan
Seth L. Keeney
Hugh McLaughlin
John McGarry
Felix Campbell
Henry Hutchinson
Bowery Bank Purchases Old Building for New Grandstand Site
It was learned last night that the Bowery Bank bought the old building No 126 Bowery. An addition to the new home it is building at the northwest corner of Grandstand the Bowery will stand on the site of the old building. The Bowery Bank made overtures for the cure of Ma 15 Bowery a long time ago.
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Bowery Bank
Bowery
Grandstand
Consolidation Planned for Plant System Railroads
Six Plant System railroad companies will be reorganized under one name and management. A July stockholders meeting will decide details. Affected firms include the Charleston and Savannah, Savannah Florida and Western, Alabama Midland, Silver Springs Ocala and Gulf, and the Tampa and Thonatassa. Goals are simplified accounting and economy.
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Chicago
Charleston
Savannah
Florida
Seventeen year old Nellie Scully elopes with railroad agent
Nellie Scully seventeen daughter of Englewood businessman William Scully elopes Tuesday afternoon with Harry Parcell a ticket agent from Cresskill. They traveled to New York and are believed to have married there and to be in Chicago.
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Nellie Scully
William Scully
Englewood
N. J
Harry Parcell
Cresskill
Northern Railroad
New York
Parcell
City
Scully
Closter
Chicago
Aunt Margaret Wakely, Bloomfield’s oldest woman, dies at 98
Miss Margaret Wakely known as Aunt Margaret and the town’s oldest resident died last night at Mrs. Peter Condit’s home at 108 Montgomery Avenue. Born in Bloomfield on January 18, 184, she held weekly prayer meetings for children in a small house behind Dodd's stables on Glenwood Avenue.
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Bloomfield
Margaret Wakely
Margaret
Peter Condit
Montgomery Ave
Harvey
Dodd
Glenwood Ave
Dock rights granted for Holland America at Hoboken pier
The State Riparian Board granted the State reversionary right to 100 feet of submerged land in front of Hudson Square Park Hoboken to Holland America Steamship Co. to dock its steamers on the south side of its pier at Fifth Street.
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Hudson Square Park
Hoboken
Holland-America Steamship Company
Fifth St
Ghost scheme and pawned items affect Newark will case
In Orphans Court at Newark yesterday William H. Penn testified against executor William F. McKeon in the Mrs. W. Gilham contested will. Penn recounted plans to enter a hidden closet to retrieve Mrs. Gilham’s hidden cash and scare witnesses as ghosts. He said McKeon later gave him a watch to pawn saying it came from Mrs. Gilham, and another watch was pawned earlier. Penn also pawned a marquise ring believed to be willed to Dr. H. C. H. Herold. the ring was redeemed and returned. McKeon denied the charges.
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Daniel E. Sickles
John Palmer
New York
Pensions
H. Clay Evans
New-York
Patents
Palmer
Pensions Bureau
Captain Palmer
Grand Army of the Republic
Sickles
Evans
and Army
Commissioner Evans
Washington
McKinley
Grand Army
Granda Army
Sions
Eral Walker
Indiana
Warner
Peters
Kansas
W. Brush
Brooklyn
Shed Board of Review
William H. Penn
Orphans Court
Newark
W. Gilham
William F. McKeon
Penn
McKeon
H. C. H. Herold
Fire Ravages Bloomfield Home. Ada Tate Dies
A blaze at 100 Montgomery Ave in Bloomfield destroyed the Tate residence. Ada Tate, four, died from suffocation as oil stove fumes filled the house on the second floor. Mrs Tate escaped to the yard, a ladder reached the roof, and Fire Chief Bernard Higgins recovered the child's charred body after entering the smoke filled home.
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Bloomfield
William Tate
Montgomery Ave
Ada Tate
Rata Obs
Bernard F. Higgins
Jersey City Public Schools Close for Summer Vacation
Jersey City public schools close for the summer term. Grammar school graduates total 413, surpassing June's previous high by fourteen. Graduates are eligible to enter the overcrowded high school.
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Jersey City
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Navy Department
Captain Leary
Army and Navy
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Howard C. Judson
Military Academy
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Coast Artillery
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Charles G. Treat
George A. Nugent
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434 Company
Ralph B. Parrott
Lith Infantry
Fort Ethan Alien
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James Allen
Signal Corps
Enoch H. Crowder
Judvocate
Robert L. Howze
Joan Carling
Francis A. Pope
61St Company
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Field Artillery
Walter D. Smith
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Mth Cavalry
Olnev Jr
11Th Cavalry
Ant
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San Francisco
Alfred N. Mahons
Sedgwick
Wiliam D. Crosby
Army Transport Service
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Epwin A. Godwin
Tth Cavalry
Rubert M. Barton
Philippine Cavalry
Fth Cavalry
Clarence C. Culver
Frank Lucase
12Th Cavalry
Port Sam Houston
Edward Davis
Ith Cavalry
Fort Myer
Wilson G. Heaton
13Th Cavalry
Fort Meade
Leonard L. Deitrick
Otto W. Rethurst
14Th Cavalry
Fort Leavenworth
Eugeng J. Bly
Presidio
Kaolin L. Whitson
27Th Infantry
Plattsburg
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Agana
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Heywood
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H. Kk. White
MacArthur
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Enii
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11Th Infantry
Victor H. Bridgeman
Arthur W. Yates
John V. Furey
Henry KB. Moon
10Th Infantry
Robert Sewall
General Depot
Thomas G. Hanson
19Th Infantry
Alfred M.C. Wilson
26Th Infantry
20Th Infantry
Ernest Hinds
4Th Infantry
James Lockett
4Th Cavalry
Enoch Crowder
Judge Advocate
Harvey C. Carbaugh
John Biddle Porter
Richard P. Strong
Liieutenant
J. D. M'Donald
Buffalo
A. W. Hinds
A. L. Norton
Washington Yard
Asiatic Station
EF. B. Fenner
Culgoa
J. S. Taylor
Yokohama Hospital
Ensien W. R. Sexton
BE. M. Shipp
Michigan
C. G. Smith
Alverado
H. M. Tolfree
Maine
NEW Jersey News
Mittee OF State Charities Association
Trenton
INTER
Geoxy Lines
Passen
Gers
Albany
United Traction Company
Street Railway Company
Troy
Rensselaer
Watervliet and Cohoes
Metropolitan Trac- Mon Company
Fassett
Mnes
United Traction
Park and Outdoor Association
Repub
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TUBE
ANCE
Pennsylvania
Railroad
Miss Scully
Harry Par
Cell
Holland-America
State Board
Case AT
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Broadway
Ninth
Fourth Avenue
John Wanamaker
A. T. Stewart & Co
Ninth and
Tenth Streets
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