Untermyer liberal had 825000 for Jerome
Franklin Pierce for the King committee cross examined Jerome on Untermyer campaign contributions and alleged privileges granted by the District Attorney's office. Jerome defended his stance, questioned motives, and described conflicts with Ryan, Whitney, and Morse. He insisted on indicting only with credible evidence and defended his handling of insurance and ice company cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Pierce
King Committee
Jerome
Samuel Untermyer
Untermyer
Kian & Erlanger
Howard Gans
King
Thomas F. Ryan
Wall & Cortlandt Streets Ferries
Wesley Moler
American Ice Company
Wiliam C. Whitney
E. R. Thomas
City Club
Edward Lauterbach
District Attorney's
Davy
Vidaver
Finger” Conners
Charlie
TJ Arm
Aupr Haci
Charles W. Morse
Morse
John W. Gates
Charles Morse
Auerbach
Mr. Pierce
Pierce
Mr. Jerome
Aneerefil Pierce
Charlie’ Murphy
Isurance
Cornelius Blise
Appellate Trivision
Ryan
Dolan
Widener
District Attories
Brady
Mhitmes
Whiner
M Office
Oler
Brady Defies Privilege Before November Grand Jury
Anthony N Brady clashed with the District Attorney during November grand jury testimony over the Wall and Ortlandt Street Ferries deal. He refused to waive his privilege allowing his lawyers to testify and struggled to locate the source of a $95,000 check connected to reimbursements to Ryan Whitney Dolan Elkins and Widener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony N. Brady
Ortlandt Street
Jerome
Brady
Messrs
Ryan
Whitney
Dolan
Elkins
Widener
Albany Waterways Conference Reviews State Progress
A statewide waterways conference at Albany, held May 7 under the Albany Chamber of Commerce, featured discussions on the Erie Canal, Oswego Canal, Rochester Pittsburg and New Orleans Waterways, Champlain Canal and Canadian prospects, Hudson River navigation, and New York terminals. Speakers included State Senator Henry W. Hill, Luther W. Mott, J Y McClintock, Frederick Skene, Alfred Brooks Fry, Congressman James H. Davidson, Congressman Joseph E. Ransdell, William R. Jones, George A. White, McDougall Hawkes, and P. Austin, with stereopticon and moving pictures in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York
Albany Chamber of Commerce
George P. Hilton
Chamber of Commerce
Henry W. Hill
Buffalo
Luther W. Mott
Oswego
James H. Davidson
Wisconsin
Committee On Railroads and Canals
House of Representatives
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisiana
William R. Jones
Hudson River
George A. White
Hudson
McDougall Hawkes
P. Austin
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Military code revised to align Albany National Guard with regular army
Governor Hughes approves a bill revising the military code after the Wainwright Commission study. The measure creates a military council, a coast artillery chief with brigadier general rank, expands the adjutant general’s power and salary, adds a 25,000 contingent fund, and shifts armory governance toward an army-like structure with new appointive and staffing provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Hughes
Committee On Military Affairs
National Guard
Regular Army
Wainwright
Armory Board
Boards of Supervisors
Coast Artillery
Bigamy charge on Teutonic passenger at the pier
Gustav Fischer, a Teutonic passenger from Southampton, was arrested by Detective Charles Flay on a bigamy charge. He allegedly married Regina Siebenburger January 6 1892 and Johanna Greenbaum in April 16, year unknown. His first wife reportedly supported him and later discovered a second marriage. Mrs Fischer No 2 met him at the pier as both wives produced marriage certificates. CYPRIAN PARISH HOUSE OPENS FOR SAN JUAN HILL GROVE. The Cyprian Parish House on Tenth avenue and G1 street opens to aid blacks in San Juan Hill, run by the New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society with gym, lecture hall and library. Rev. W. M. Johnson leads the congregation worshiping there temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Fischer
Teutonic
Southampton
Charles Flay
Fischer
No. 25
Second Avenue
Regina Siebenburger
Johanna Greenbaum
Europe
Austria
Fischer No. 2
Flay
Cyprian
Tenth Avenue
G1 Street
San Juan Hill District
New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society
W. M. Johnson
Fire at Liberty NY damages hotels and stables
A morning fire in Liberty Sullivan County damaged two hotels and a livery stable, with seven valuable horses lost from Brandt's stable. The blaze spread to Lennon Hotel and adjacent structures, injuring Lawrence Bereth and E. H. Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Liberty
Sullivan County
Brandt
Adams Express Company
No Funds for Subway Financing Plague City Controller
The Public Service Commission opens bids today for the Fourth Avenue subway as Controller Metz faces a $140,000 yearly budget strain and a $23,000,000 cost. Experts doubt practical operators will cover interest with high rents, while the Board of Estimate must decide priorities and available funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Fourth Avenue
Public Service Commission
John BR
McDonald
Fourth Avenue Subway
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Board of Estimate
Fulton Street
Flatbush Avenue
Bridge Loop
Lafayette-Broadway
McClellan
B R T Assessment Over Fifty Million Tax Valuation
Howard Abel, controller for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system, testified before Public Service Commission Commissioner McCarroll on a complaint against a 10 cent fare to Coney Island. He gave total valuations totaling 67,838,330 for eight BRT companies, with 54,063,000 for special franchise tax, 4,641,000 for tracks and private right of way, and 8,452,330 for real estate other than right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Howard Abel
McCarroll
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company
Coney Island
Brooklyn City
Brooklyn Union Elevated
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn
Queens County & Suburban
Nassau Electric
Gravesend
Prospect Park
the Sea Beach
Abel
Rivington Street Station to Remain on Second Avenue Line
The Rivington street station on the Second Avenue elevated will stay put after civic groups and Delancey residents urged moving it to Delancey for better access to the Williamsburg Bridge. Commissioner Eustis denied the push, noting removal would cost about $60,000 after Interborough Rapid Transit objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivington Street
Second Avenue
East Side
Brooklyn
Delancey Street
Williamsburg Bridge
Eustis
E. P. Bryan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Sixth Avenue L trains jump tracks at Bleecker Street
Two northbound cars on the Sixth Avenue elevated line left the tracks after departing Bleecker Street station shortly after 9 yesterday morning. Fifty passengers rushed toward platforms as cars bumped ties. guards closed gates to calm excitement. Northbound traffic delayed two hours. southbound trains rerouted to Ninth Avenue tracks at South Ferry. Accident blamed on spreading of new rails recently laid at the point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Avenue
Bleecker Street
Ninth Avenue
South Ferry
Socialists reply to Mayor McClellan at Cornell University
New York Section of the Socialist party issues a reply to Mayer McClellan's critique of socialism from his Cornell University speech. The statement contrasts socialism with anarchism, contending the movement pursues intelligent, peaceful revolt and aims to retire class rule in the United States without inviting club or gun reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Socialist Party
Mayer McClellan
Cornell University
Meyvor McClellan
Socialist Movement
Death declared for missing brother John Philip Naething
Charles F. Naething, a restaurateur, was named administrator of his brother John Philip Naething’s estate. John Philip, last heard in 1872 after a roving life, served in the Zouave Regiment and Navy during the Civil War. No will found. personal property in New York State valued at 2634 dollars and 52 cents. He was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Naething
John Philip Naething
John Philip
Navy
New York State
Stabbing at West 140th Street Apartment House
Christopher Wuschen janitor at the No 604 to 612 West 140th Street residence was stabbed in the left arm with a jackknife by Thomas Monfrie a Black telephone operator in the same building. Wuschen was treated at Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids and returned home. The assailant fled. The incident caused much excitement among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Wuschen
West 140Th Street
Thomas Monfrie
Waschen
Montefiore
Broadway
138Th Street
Fielding in New York on Grand Trunk Pacific bonds
Ottawa May 7 The Toronto World reports Finance Minister Fielding is in New York for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway bond flotation. M P Davia, a leading Canadian contractor, accompanies him aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Ottawa
Ont
Toronto World” Today
New York Dispatch
Fielding
Dominion Cabinet
New York
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
M. P. Davia
Bilge
Last Penn Tube Open Celebrated With Dinner in New York
William Bradley led a dinner at Sherry's celebrating the final section opening of the Pennsylvania tunnels linking Long Island, New York, and Jersey City. Speakers praised the engineers, noted completion years of effort, with remarks on labor and politics, and the blast marked the last heading in the Bergen Hill tunnels. Excavation totals 16.5 miles with 690,000 pounds of dynamite used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
New York
Jersey City
William Bradley
Charles M. Jacobs
Sherry
Metz
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Minstre
William Harvey King
Bradley
Jacobs
Fred Lewis
Mr. Jacobs
John B. McDonald
James A. Lynch
J. T. O'Rourke
Corporation
John J. Delany
L. Harrison
M. Ingersoll
Krick
Dr. King
W. S. Oakman
J. Waldo Smith
H. B. Seaman
H. Steers
J. E. Walschied
B. W. Carskaddon
A. J
Pennsylvania
Bergen Hill
Weehawken
North Tunnel
North River
Seventh Avenue
Manhattan
Borough of
East River
East Avenue
Long Island City
Big Station
Ninth and
Tenth Avenues
Vinton Charged in Kidnapping Case Ties to Bay Ridge Abduction
Leslie F. Vinton of Bay street and Gravesend Bay faces kidnapping charges after Frances Napier, 17, vanished from her Island home Tuesday. The girl was found hysterical aboard an abandoned sloop near the Netherland home, and was returned to her father at 218 West 22d Street after a late-night police inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie F. Vinton
Bay @th street
Gravesend Bay
Frances Napier
Netherland
Vinton
West 22d Street
Croker Criticizes Fire Department Defects in Hearing
Chief Croker testified at the Commissioners of Accounts inquiry on Civil Service exams and firemen. He argued tests emphasize theory over practical skill, questioned leave with pay on sick leave, and proposed theatres pay their own firemen to save 1400 dollars yearly. He noted past punishments were light and urged a trial board. He cited faulty water maps delaying recent fires now being updated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croker
Fire Department
Commissioners of Accounts
Gaid
Five-Story Orchard Street Tenement Fire Kills Four
A fire at No 16L Orchard Street destroyed a five story tenement, killing Hattie Kopelmann age two and a half, Eva Berg fifty three, Samuel Sachs ten, and an unidentified man. Injured include David and Leah Goldsmith with burns, Sadie Sunken with broken ribs. Investigation suggests incendiary cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard Street
the Tribune
Hattie Kopelmann
Eva Berg
Samuel Sachs
David Goldsmith
Leah Goldsmith
Gouverneur Hospital
Sadie Sunken
St. Gregory's Hospital
Ohio paving agent arrested in bribery case
Nelson A. Cannon, Columbus agent of the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company and key witness in a bribery case, is under arrest in Hamilton, Ontario. The defendants in the former board of public service and the company were indicted on his confession, but trials were never held due to his flight before the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Nelson A. Cannon
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company
Board of Public Service
Cleveland Trinidad Company
Hamilton
Ontario
Cannon
Paintings Sold at Auction at Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
The Collins sale yesterday afternoon and the Dun and Burton paintings in the evening at 36 Fifth Avenue realized 5213 dollars, bringing total sales this week to 705 dollars. J C Evans paid the top price for Interior of Cathedral Holland by J Bosboom. Portrait of a Man by A Vollen sold for 23 dollars and Frang Hals and Family brought 170. James Rice Jr paid 150 for Spring by F S Church. Textile sale continues today at 3 and final painting sale tonight. Library books from the estate of Dr Alexander Prentiss will be sold tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Dun and Burton
Fifth Avenue
J. C. Evans
J. Bosboom
Cathedral
Holland
A. Vollen
Frang Hals
Bogus prizefight swindle reaches appellate court
In a St Louis case Joseph Strauss sues St Louis County Bank after Oscar Schrader from Chicago lost 160 dollars in a staged fight. Charles Class and Jack Williams allegedly conspired with Williams's backers to fleece Schrader via fake wagers and a staged bout. Bank payments were stopped but stolen cash vanished. Decision reserved on sufficiency of the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Joseph Strauss
St. Louis
Charles C. Class
Strauss
Class
Oscar Schrader
Chicago
George Walker
Jack Willams
Williams
Schrader
Jack Williams
Walker
Willams
Lass
Environment in Mental Disorders The Worcester Theory
In Philadelphia on May 1 7 the American Therapeutic Society heard Prof John V Shoemaker advocate Rev Elwood Worcester’s treatment of mental and nervous disorders He said environment has a far reaching influence in therapeutics and that drug use is decreasing The approach centers on recognizing the patient environment and resolving discordant factors to aid recovery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Elwood Worcester
Boston
John V. Shoemaker
American Therapeutic Society
Shoemaker
Worcester
Fire alarm system condemned by New York board
The New York Board of Fire Underwriters released the engineers report on the city fire alarm system. It confirms long standing warnings that almost no improvements were made since 195 and the system cannot be repaired and must be replaced at an estimated cost of 2.50 dollars, now before the Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board
Foy
Commissioners of Accounts
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
City News in Brief
J Edward Beeck pleaded guilty to eight indictments for jewelry theft valued at 200000 before Justice Goff in the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court. Demetrius J Viaste, editor of a Greek newspaper, had James Ellis held in bail to keep the peace by Magistrate Steinert in the Jefferson Market police court. Victor Shanley, a lawyer living at 224 East 113th Street, was convicted of forgery in the first degree by a General Sessions jury for forging a satisfaction piece for 0 on Harlem property. Patrolman Griffin Beasley of West 30th Street station was discharged after being charged with robbery and assault by streetcar conductor John H McKer, proving he was not in the vicinity. Roscoe Clare Stebbins, indicted by a federal grand jury for defrauding the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad by posing as an attorney, held in 500 bail for trial by Judge Hough in the U S Circuit Court. A free exhibition of modern book plates by American and foreign artists will run in the Flatbush branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, Linden Avenue near Flatbush Avenue, May 11 to 14, 2 to 9 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Beeck
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
Demetrius J. Viaste
James Ellis
Lves
Coney Island
Steinert
Jefferson Market
Victor Shanley
Fast 113Th Street
Harlem
Griffin Beasley
West 30Th Street
John H. McKer
Beasley
Roscoe Clare Stebbins
Federal Grand Jury
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Hough
United States Circuit
A Valuable Man at the Helm
Freight notes a New York State official vetoed a 2 cent fare bill, praising him as a valuable man at the helm in financial and industrial turmoil. The piece credits the veto and Commissioner Decker with stabilizing railroad legislation and guiding the state away from folly toward better administration and repeal of bad laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Decker
Ain
Manasquan Bank Loss Ties to Bridge Firm Bankers Loss
In Manasquan New Jersey the First National Bank faces heavy losses as the bankrupt New Jersey and West Virginia Bridge Company may not fully repay creditors. President Morgan De Lanney Magee killed himself last Friday, linked to the firm’s inability to repay loans. Receivers Frank Wyant and Benjamin Price now run the company after involuntary bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manasquan
N. J
New Jersey and
West Virginia
First National Bank
Morgan de Lanney Magee
Magee
Frank Wyant
Benjamin Price
J. W. Schofield
Washington
Kane
Widow suspects Black Hand in shoe shop killings
Hackensack New Jersey May 7 Special The widow of Frank Messine says she believes Black Hand agents killed her husband and his brother Sebastian in their Midland Park shoe shop. She recalls Sebastianne from New York describing the den of Black Hand men and recounts a stranger who sought to sleep there, possibly foreshadowing the killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Physician Dies in Almshouse in New Jersey
Dr Chask R Warrington a physician for over thirty years died last night in Warren County Almshouse where he had been for ten days. He had lived with son John Warrington in Nazareth. The will leaves his small fortune to Mindsom Penrose Warrington of Hampton Junction. He was seventy four and formerly practiced in Clinton Stewartsville Columbia and Philipsburg. The son will arrange a decent burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, N. J
Chasks R. Warrington
Warren County Almshouse
John Warrington
Nazareth
Penrose Warrington
Hampton Junction
Clinton
Stewartsville
Columbia
Phillipeburg
Union Workmen Win Big Victory at Brooklyn Ferry Job
Union carpenters win approval after W A Engieman of Brooklyn signs an agreement to employ union tradespeople at set rates for the municipal ferry approach. Non-union workers had been on site. all workers return to duty today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
W. A. Engieman
Brooklyn
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Mr. Crewe
Mr. Winston Churchill
Churchill
Winston Churchill
the Macmillan Company
Untermyer Liberal
Valer
E. RB. Thomas
Thomas
Lauterbach
Metropolitan Securities Company
Mr. Brady
Bill Reor
Ganizing
Brooklyn Tube
Rivington Street Station
Restaurateur
G. T. P. Business
Penn Tube
Boy
Ohio Paving
Court
Professor Shoemaker
Dr. Worces
Ter
City News
Flatbush
Brooklyn Public Library
Linden Avenue
THE
Persian Trading Company
Anderson Auction Company
Howard Building
Jersey Bank
Edward W. Townsend
Chimmie Fadden
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