Pilling Halt On Stand Hearing Begun In Jerome Probe
The first hearing into William F. King’s charges against District Attorney Jerome opened before ex Chief Judge Andrews in the Public Service Commission room. Witness William H. Tillinghast, a bribe taker for the Metropolitan Street Railway, testified to juror payoffs and prior imprisonments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. King
Disam
Jerome
Judce Andrews
Court of Appeals
Public Service Commission
Tribune
William H. Tillinghast
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Franklyny Pierce
Sounsel
William «. Langdon
Smyth and Kiesel
Pierce
Tillinghast
Seabury
Stanley Bagg
66Th United States Colored Infantry
O. O. Howard
Alexander Smith
George
Stanley Bars
George Bags
Sde
Ambrose J. McCabe
Little
Tillinghest
Bagge
Ana
Justice Dowling
Newburg Man Shoots Himself At Grand Union Hotel
Albert Hornback a fifty five year old book keeper from Newburg N Y registered at the Grand Union Hotel and shot himself in his room yesterday afternoon. He was heard by a maid shortly after asking for newspapers to be removed. The door was locked before the house staff broke in and he died from a wound behind his right ear. He suffered from depression during the winter and no note explaining the act was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hornback
Newburg
Grand Union Hotel
Hornback
Move to Inspect Thomas Minutes In Grand Jury Case
Alfred Lauterbach counsel for E. R. and O. F. Thomas appeared before Justice Blanchard of the Supreme Court to move inspection of the grand jury minutes indicting the Thomases. Justice Dowling had denied a motion to dismiss the interrogatories and Blanchard took the motion under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Lauterbach
E. R
O. F. Thomas
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Thomases
Justice Dowling
Negro Regiment Passes Through Watertown to Oswego and Sackett's Harbor
The 24th Infantry, the first black regiment stationed east of the Mississippi, traveled through Watertown on its route to Sacketts Harbor. Headquarters band and two battalions moved to Madison Barracks in Sackett's Harbor, while a battalion was dispatched to Fort Ontario in Oswego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
N. Y
Mississippi River
Sacketts Harbor
Madison Barracks
Sackett’s Harbor
Fort Ontario
Oswego
Wenan's Art Club Exhibit Opens on Fifth Avenue
The seventeenth annual Wenan's Art Club exhibition begins April 1 at Bauer Folson celleries No 2% Fifth avenue with a reception and runs for two weeks. Leo McCabe was arraigned in Combs Court on larceny charges and remanded for examination with bail set at 88. George M Pahner, Democratic Assembly leader and Governor candidate, will address the Tammany General Committee at 227 East 8th Street tomorrow night. Viscount Kantero Kaneke, director general of the 191 Japanese Exposition, has agreed to speak at Civic Format Carnegie Mall west winter on Japan and America's vocational and industrial relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenan’s Art Club
Bauer-Folson
Fifth Avenue
Leo (. McCabe
Combs Court
Mordey
George M. Pahner
Acsembly
Tammany General Committee
East 8Th Street
Viscount Kantero Kaneke
Carnegie Mall
Japan
Arie
Negroes Meet in Brownsville Hall Over Civil Rights
A large crowd gathered in Columbia Hall on West 68th Street for a meeting supporting Negro representation at the Republican National Convention. The session devolved into a heated debate about President Roosevelt's discharge of Negro troops after Brownsville. Speakers praised Senator Foraker and urged Black voters to stand up for civil and political rights while recalling Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Hall
West 68Th Street
Brownsville
Foraker
Republican Party
Archibald Grimke
Boston
Washington
Roosevelt
Marie Lincoln
Lincoln
NEW U P BOND ISSUE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY BOARD
The board unanimously approves purchases and urges stockholders to ratify. It denies any director interest in 105,000 shares of the Illinois Central Railway held by Kuhn Loeb & Co. and directs sending copies of the resolutions to all signatories of the above communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Chicago Graft System Exposed Water Dept Scandal
Chicago officials uncover a graft scheme in the Water Department involving tampered meters and city employees. Two workers are removed and thirty-eight slated for discharge amid alleged thefts by several large firms and meter division payroll padding. Superintendent W J McCourt trims staff from about two hundred to fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Water Department
Meter Division
W. J. McCourt
Water Bureau
M Clure Libel Suit Goes To Jury In Milwaukee Case
In Milwaukee federal court E L Phillips seeks 106000 damages from S S McClure Company over a McClure's Magazine article by Ray Stannard Baker. Judge Hough ruled terms private graft lobbyist and smart money carry libel meaning and the jury must decide damages and scope of ridicule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Phillips
Union Refrigerator Transit Company
Milwaukee
S.S. McClure Company
Hough
Ray Stannard Baker
New York State
New York
Receiver Named for Pati Bank Amid Turmoil
Achille Starace a director of the Italian Chamber of Commerce was appointed receiver of the Pati bank by Judge Holt. Relatives claim Pati would appear but he remains missing as an excited Italian crowd threats the lives of Pati and his son. The bank’s opening is hoped within days. Timothy D Sullivan floated bills to extend state banking supervision to small and large businesses, a prior effort from his Senate days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Achille Starace
Italan Chamber of Commerce
Pati Bank
Holt
United States Circuit Court
Pati
Timothy D. Sullivan
Post Office ends second class mailing for Italian paper
Washington reports the Post Office Department canceled the second class mailing privilege for La Questione Sociale of Paterson N J following an earlier hearing. Editor Ludovico Caminita took responsibility for the articles deemed obscene and inciting violence. The paper praised anarchists and Czolgotsz murder. further such actions are expected against similar publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
la Questione Sociale
Paterson
N. J
Post Office Department
Ludovico
Minita
Lawshe
Meyer
Francis Widmar
Ludovico Caminita
Alberto Guabello
Guabello
Indictments Filed Against Calhoun Ford and Ruef in San Francisco
In San Francisco on March 26 three indictments each with three counts were secretly voted by the grand jury against Patrick Calhoun president of United Railways Ther L Ford general counsel and Abrahan Ruef former political boss in the city and filed with Presiding Judge Sturtevant this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railways
Ther L. Ford
Abrahan Ruef
Francisco
Sturtevant
Doctor Mackenzie Loses Divorce Suit
In Supreme Court Justice Platzek jury finds for Mrs. Carrie Mackenzie after three hours of deliberation. The verdict absolves Mrs. Mackenzie and, on Dr. James C. Mackenzie's counter suit, declares he guilty of adultery with Mrs. Rose Nussbaum on several occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Platzek
Supreme Court
James C. Mackenzie
Carrie Mackenzie
Thay
Mackenzie
Dr. Mackenzie
Rose Nussbaum
Alliance Realty declares dividend at 1 percent
Directors of Alliance Realty Company met yesterday and approved a dividend of 1 percent payable on April 15. The move returns earnings to shareholders and marks the first distribution this quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance Realty Company
Appellate Division Orders Writ Over County Committee Names
The Appellate Division signed yesterday confirming a Supreme Court order that grants a peremptory writ of mandamus against the Republican County Committee. The decision restores the names of 11th Assembly District members to the membership roll and places John J. Hahn on the executive committee roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Republican County Committee
11Th Assembly
John J. Hahn
Quiet Hero Teacher Smothers Schoolhouse Fire
Miss Lena Leary a public school teacher at Upper Tuckahoe steadied frightened pupils as flames erupted in her room. She positioned herself at the doorway calmed the children and led them outside. A pupil alerted Principal Richardson. Leary then used pails of water to extinguish the blaze before the fire company arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Leary
Upper Tuckahoe
Miss Leary
Richardson
Taggart Re elected Indiana Democratic Committeeman
Indianapolis reports Thomas Taggart was re elected Democratic National Committeeman from Indiana by the newly chosen delegates to the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Benguiat rug sale draws large crowd at Fifth Avenue Galleries
Strong attendance at the Benguiat collection sale at 546 Fifth Avenue as 199 lots sold for a total of 7457.59 dollars. A Sennah rug fetched 270 dollars, a Kerman rug 270, Rijar 259, and a Khorassan 259. Mrs. W. S. Staats and C. H. Baldwin were among top buyers. Large rugs to be offered this afternoon and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benguiat
Fifth Avenue
Burglary Suspect Arrested After Newark Raid
Four detectives with revolvers raided a house at 6 Broome street Newark and arrested James Robinson, wanted for numerous burglaries including Judge Charles F Herr and Alderman James Gaffney. A loaded revolver and black mask were found. Police say he robbed thirty places and was betrayed by his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 6
Broome Street
Newark
James Robinson
Charles F. Herr
James Gaffney
Robinson
No Police Transfers Yet In Graft Probe Report
General Bingham said no transfers yet while probing graft allegations against The World. He has not ruled on moving Lieutenant Ayres or Detective Hughes from Deputy Commissioner Hanson’s vice squad. Deputy Commissioner Baker’s visit sparked rumors of Tenderloin police transfers to Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Ayres
Hughes
Hanson
Squid
Baker
General Bingham
Brooklyn
Duke de Chaulnes Not Served in Court Suit
Justice Conlan in City Court ruled yesterday that the Duke de Chaulnes, who married Miss Theodora Shants, had not been served in a suit by James Cavanaugh, a tailor, via James F. Hannigan as assignee. The claim seeks 1340 dollars for clothes and 655 dollars interest. The duke’s counsel said he had not been served. his cousin Baron Louis de Cande was served when entering Mr Shents’s house two days before he sailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Shents
Philadelphia
Johnny
Will
Publisher of Society Freed After False Pretences Charge
Franklin Lawrence publisher of Society was discharged in the Tombs Court by Magistrate Barlow. The magistrate ruled that Harry W. Harris, who made the charge, bought an interest in the paper knowingly and that no crime had occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Lawrence
Society
Barlow
Tombs Court
Harry W. Harris
Fort Smith & Western Reinstated by Commission
The corporation commission after a hearing reinstated the Fort Smith and Western Railroad in Oklahoma and rescinded its prior order ousting it. The line had refused a two cent per mile schedule, saying it would lose money. it may now charge three cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gutinzie
Okla
Corporation Commission
Fort Smith & Western Railroad
Philadelphia
Charles G. Gates
New York
John W. Gates
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Gates
Exchange
Reading, Venn
Reading Railway Company
Chicago
Pittsburg
Vandercritt
Penn
Daily events and lectures schedule at clubs and schools
Today features Miss J Richards on Current History for the National Society and others at Delmonico's and Hoffman House, plus 8:15 am meetings of labor and women’s groups at the Labor Temple and East 14th Street. Free admissions to museums and a slate of illustrated lectures across many public schools and venues downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Richards
National Society , United States Daughters of 1812
Delmonico’s
William Carter
Milton
American Female Guardian Society
Plasa
Women
Democratic Club
Hoffman House
Women's University Club
Madrith
Women's Trade Union League
Labor Temple
East 14Th Street
Sigma Chi
Hotel Astor
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Garden
Board of Education
Wadleigh High School
115Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Ernest K. Fenellosa
Sash Street
Walter B. Dickinson
Mississippi
Dominick, Clark and Broome Streets
Edwin E. Slosson
Panama Canal
Rh Street
Charles H. Scholey
Edinburgh
Emma R. Steiner
Alaska
West Side
West 50Th Street
Edward Hagamen
Young Men's Benevolent Association
East Broadway
Benjamin
Gruenberg
iLife
16Th Street
Third Avenue
Newton Gra
Mosholu
Parkway
Thiggs
Bainpridge
Medford Park
Viorence E. Harpham
Fordham Avenue
Main City Island
Clinton G. Abbott
Anthony and Tremont
Frank N. Blanchard
Beaumont and
Cambreling
George J. Corey
George Washington
Lites Times
Jeron HY Ue
184Th Street
William Selotareff
Unieuport
John Dobbs
Haffen Appointments Scrutiny Reveals Appointment Ties
The Haffen investigation heard Patrick J. Reville testify he sought Borough President Haffen’s advice in appointments and would not ignore the Board of Estimate. The session raised questions about the employment of P. H. Leonard in The Bronx, with ties to a foreman position and Civil Service concerns. Leonard’s past payroll role as sergeant at arms of the Board of Aldermen was noted as he sought a foreman post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Reville
Bronx
Haffen
Mitchel
Reville
Keville
Board of Estimate
P. H. Leonard
Civil Service Reform Association
Bureau of Highways
Dellen
Leonard
Patrick H. Leonard
Civil Service Commission
Deller
Sid
Hunt's Point Worth It Controversy Over City Park Purchase
At the Haffen inquiry Commissioner John Purroy Mitchel suggested a grand jury review of the city land purchase at Hunt's Point. Commissioners condemned the deal, affirming a $257,000 payment, well above appraisals from $5,000 to $198,000, amid claims of improper influence and hidden values in the submerged docking area. Francis W. Pollock doubted the propriety, hinting someone sought to tempt the city into buying the land. Francis V. S. Oliver defended the price while anticipating indictments and further actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haffen
John Purroy Mitchel
Hunt's Point
Francis W. Pollock
Corporation Counsel
Francis V. S. Oliver
Jimmy” Oliver
Blood bondage and death in Montclair wife a Trulock
Mrs Anna P Trulock wife of Carl B Trulock of 119 Chestnut Street Montclair died after anemia fight. Her husband sought blood donors via a New York ad and even offered to undergo the operation, but no match was found and both were rejected by doctors. Earlier her arm was amputated in hope to sustain her body. A companion of Taft's nephew Gilbert Stark dies in India after Yale graduates on a world tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
Anna P. &. Trulock
Carl B. Trulock
Chestnut Street
Taft
Detroit
Saginaw
Mangalore
India
Gilbert Stark
G. M. Stark
Seattle
Yale University
Wallace Taft
Theodore Dixon
New York
Stark
Mather
Stout
Dixon
Antique Bedsteads Fetch $200 at Curran Sale
A pair of carved solid mahogany twin bedsteads led at $200 during James Curran’s antique furniture sale at Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms on Fourth Avenue.174 lots were sold day one, totaling $1,515. Other items included a mahogany console table at $150 to C. F. Thomas and an old Colonial highboy for $125 to F. Scott. a mahogany and gilt mantel clock sold for $59. The auction continues this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Curran
Fifth Avenue
Fourth Avenue
C. F. Thomas
F. Scott
Bankruptcy Petitions Filed Against Several Firms in City Court
Involuntary petitions were filed in the U S Circuit Court against Spies Piano Manufacturing Company of 3439 Third avenue with claims of 11 918 62 dollars and against Geringer and Grauer furs at 27 East 9th street with claims 97 240 dollars. Voluntary against Ross Cohen and Co cloaks at 26 West Houston street with 75 967 dollars. Receivers appointed for Stevie Kill Mills at Troy New York and for Kaufman Advertising Agency at 377 Broadway. Manufacturers Mercantile Company receivers named for use sets and effects at 346 Broadway with Morris Brett creditor for 254 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Henry Spies
Alfred E. Delan
Jacob Berberich
Spies Piano Manufacturing Company
Third Avenue
Geringer & Grauer
East 9Th Street
L. Friedman & Co
Henry V. Poor
Ross, Cohen & Co
West
Houston Street
B. Geffen & Becker
George Washington
Stevie Kill Mills
Troy
N. Y
Edwin W. Greenbowe
Beekman Street
William H. Buchanan
West 135Th Street
Holt
Archibald Douglas
Kaufman Advertising Agency
Broadway
Justice Mendrick
Supreme Court
Hyman Kornbluth
Manufacturers
Satisfied Judgments Exhibit Multiple Debtor Creditors
A fragmented list of satisfied judgments appears with names such as Edmund K Stallo and William D Stratton linked to First National Bank of Middletown. It shows various dates from 1903 to 1908 and amounts, including entries for Alabama Securities Company and Gulf & Chicago Railway Company, with some items marked vacated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stallo
Edmund K
William D Stratton
First National Bank of Middletown
Alabama Securities Company
Franco-American Gelatine Company
H Pfaltz
Loons Beet Sugar Refining Company
Gulf & Chicago Railway Company
R @ Wood et al
Marah & 3908
Mothers' Clubs convention highlights family life in Brooklyn
A six annual Mothers' Clubs meeting at the Young Men's Christian Association Building drew large attendance with many babies in care outside. Speakers urged cooperation between mothers and teachers, emphasized regular routines and nutrition for children, and advised parents on money lessons and self control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers’ Clubs of
Brooklyn
Drawbacks of Thrift by Professor Zuebling at League
University of Chicago professor argues thrift harms both individuals and society. He cites Puritan and French peasant examples, urges collective rather than personal thrift, praises life insurance as safer than individual saving, and outlines spending rules prioritizing durable, social, and expressive goods. He notes a $50,000 ball as egotistical folly and advocates building libraries and small cultural spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Zuebling
University of Chicago
League For Political Education
West 44Th Street
Zuebling
Professor Zuebling
New Zealand
Unpleasant Voices Highlight Speech To West End Club
Harry Gaines Hawn pressed tone and diction at the West End Woman's Republican Club in the Hotel Astor. He urged women and men to learn proper vocal technique, noting many mispronounce words and that a "human voice" should cover an octave without strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gaines Hawn
West End
Woman's Republican Club
Hotel Astor
Asacog Boys Circus Brings Brooklyn Youth Talent To Madison Square Garden
The Asacog Boys Club of No Pineapple Street Brooklyn hosts a three show circus this spring with 250 members, 80 performers, a gun act by Frank Shannon, 10 clowns led by George Shawnee, an Indian dancer and cowboy routine, and a grand patriotic finale. Richard Loughlen rides an educated horse as part of the equestrian acts. The evening performances include guest youths from Brooklyn orphan asylums and a closing riding display with a nonliving horse illusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square Garden
New York
Asacog Boys’ Club
No. Pineapple Street
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Orphan Asylums
Asacog Boys
Lub
Brooklyn Bridge
Captain Avery
Frank Shannon
George Shawnee
America
George
Honey Boy
Harrigan
Miuch
Richard Loughlen
Thomas Mecann
Brooklyn Heights
Asaceghers
Talk Before Gridiron Club Addressed by Rev Stebbins
The Rev. Dr. Henry H. Stebbins will speak to the Gridiron Study Club at Old First Church chapel tomorrow afternoon at 58 o'clock. Mrs. Rossiter Johnsen presides over the new anti suffrage society. Topic: The Family as the Social Unit. All interested invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Stebbins
Gridiron Study Club
Ant Suffrage Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas
Negro Regiment
City News
Senator Foraker
U. P
M'Clure
Quietus
Hahn
Taggart
Benguiat Sale
Duke DE Chaulnes
Telegraphic Business Notes
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
Hunt
Asacog
Gridiron Club
Art Ehibitions and Sales
Joseph Weintraub
Drake
Sheffield
R. van der Emde
John F. Becker
John J. Hammer
Thomas E. Kirby
The
American Art Association
Madison Square
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