Platt Divorce Suit Opens As Letters Read In Court
Mae C. Wood Platt claims she married Senator Platt in 1901 at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and that letters proving the union were stolen. Testimony describes a secret ceremony, a wedding ring, and a clergyman officiating, with copies and forged documents introduced as evidence.
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Mae C. Wood
Platt
Senator Platt
Fifth Avenue
Supreme Court
Justice O'Gorman
Omaha Bee
New York
Nebraska
Post Office Department
Joseph Day Lee
Charles E. le Barbier
O’brien
Manhattan Beach
Abe” Hummel
J. Martin Miller
United States Secret Service
Tom
Mae
Frank
Garry
New York State
United States
Stanchfield
Howe & Hummel
Hummel
Marks 4 Police Captains Heads to Lieutenant Duties
Rumor says Commissioner Bingham ordered four police captains to perform lieutenant duties. Named captains are Stephen O’Brien West 37th Street, Stephen McDermott East 224th Street, Horatio Young New Brighton, and John Cooney East 37th Street. They would work under Inspector Miles O’Reilly at Mercer Street station, taking arrest records and other lieutenant tasks.
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Bingham
Leutenant
Stephen O'Brien
West 37Th Street
Stephen McDermott
East 224 Street
Horatio Young
New Brighton
John Cooney
East 37Th Street
Mercer Street
Miles O'Reilly
O'Reilly
New York Reports No Gypsy Moths Plague in City
Entomologist Dr. Edmund B. Southwick says New York has not faced gypsy moths this spring. He notes eggs scraped from Battery to Harlem River and planned chemical spraying to curb a leaf fungus. He mentions a $300,000 joint effort with Massachusetts and federal parasite trials led by Dr. L O Howard with Melrose Highlands releases.
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Boston
Edmund B. Southwick
Park Department
Battery
Harlem River
Southwick
Mass
City Buildings Dept Fights Jerry Plumbing in Manhattan
The Buildings Department ordered an end to Jerry plumbing, lightweight cast iron piping blamed for sewer gas. Edward Murphy announced the action after Daniel Mahoney found contractors installing inferior material. A notice went to all registered plumbers. violators face fines and possible license revocation.
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Buildings Department
Edward Murphy
Daniel V. Mahoney
Mahoney
Murphy
Master Plumbers’ Association
New York City
Kingdon Gould Late To Court In Speeding Case
Kingdon Gould, among 35 automobilists summoned to Harlem police court for speeding, failed to appear until near noon. Magistrate Butts warned that failure to show by 1 pm would forfeit bail. Gould posted $100 bail for trial while four others were discharged and the rest held on $10 bail each.
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Kingdon Gould
Harlem
George W. Taylor
Cedar Street
Columbia University
Butts
Young Gould
Gould
Spring sale of exchanged pianos announced by Aeolian Company
The Aeolian Company announces its annual spring sale of exchanged pianos to outfit country homes for summer. Refurbished instruments from leading houses will be offered, with many first class pianos exchanged for pianola equipped models. The sale continues this week at Aeolian Hall, 262 Fifth Avenue.
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Aeolian Company
Asolian Company
Asolian Hall
Fifth Avenue
New York Insurance Firms Withdraw From Illinois
The Illinois State Insurance Department revoked licenses of four New York City fire and life firms including The British American Fire Insurance Company The Eagle Fire Insurance Company The Indemnity Fire Insurance Company and The Provident Savings Life Assurance Society causing their withdrawal from Illinois markets.
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Iby Telegraph
the Tribune
Springfield
Til
New York City
Illinois
Illinois State Insurance Department
British American Fire Insurance Company
Eagle Fire Insurance Company
The
Indemnity Fire Insurance Company
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Tionesta Ex-Banker Bowman Pleads Guilty
Ernest W. Bowman former assistant cashier of Citizens National Bank of Tionesta Penn pleaded guilty in federal court to aiding and abetting Joseph W Sanders and William C Wyman in the obstruction of the bank funds amounting to over 4100 He faces sentencing later Landers and Wyman are charged with aiding and abetting Bowman
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Pittsburg
Ernest W. Bowman
Citizens’ National Bank of
Blunt Woman Sentenced For Shootings In Brooklyn Office
Jennie Blunt of Brooklyn was sentenced in County Court to four years maximum and three years minimum at Auburn for assault in the second degree after shooting lawyer Charles M. Sanford in his office on a February morning. Judge Tike noted that a guilty plea to a lesser crime could have led to Bedford Reformatory.
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Jennie Blunt
Brooklyn
Charles M. Sanford
Auburn
Tike
Bedford Reformatory
Confesses to father in murder case at Freehold jail
Frank Zastera confessed to his father in the county jail that he killed Mr. and Mrs. Willam Shepherd and their servant Jennie Bently. A formal charge of murder was filed by County Detective Strong and a speedy trial is expected.
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the Tribune
Freehold
N. J
Frank Zastera
Willam B. Shepherd
Jennie Bently
Anton Zastera
East 72d Street
Manhattan
Zastera
Pasteur Institute
Strong
Justice of the Peace White
Shepherd
Stokes
Austria-Hungary
Nat
Steamship Cacique blows up off Peru and crew survive
Seven sailors of the English oil burner Cacique tell of a ship fire off Peru after a storm drove her ashore. With thirty one crew members aboard, they fought the flames for hours, escaped in two lifeboats, and after seventy two hours at sea were rescued by the Ecuadorian gun boat Boliva and landed at a nearby port.
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South Sea
Finance
Colon
William R. Grace & Co
Dill
New York Harbor
Chili
South
Central America
San Fran
Lobitos
Chile
Cisco
Santa Elena
Peru
Boliva
Sentenced for selling cocaine without license in 1900 case
Edward Santagata, a drug store employee at 71 Mott Street, was convicted yesterday of selling cocaine without a physician license under a September law. He received one year in the penitentiary and a $1000 fine from Judge Malone in the Court of General Sessions after Arthur Haywood of 7 Pell Street reported the crime. Haywood testified he bought cocaine with detectives present and knew six girls sent to hospitals for drug use. The judge warned he would be more severe with pharmacists charged similarly.
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Edward Santagata
Malone
Court of General Sessions
Santiagata
No. 71
Mott Street
Arthur Haywood
No. 7
Pell Street
Department of Health
Haywood
Santagata
Racecourse Debate Likely at Long Island Diocese Meeting
At the forty second annual EpI scopal Diocese of Long Island gathering in Garden City the expected topic is horse racing. Bishop Frederick Burgess will lead the address and may condemn racetracks and racing gambling as he cites lavish spending near the cathedral. The convention, likely to last two to three days, could spark spirited debates on the issue.
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Episcopal Diocese of
Long Island
Cathedral of the Incarnation
Garden City
Frederick Burgess
Watercolor Exhibit Sales at Forty-First American Watercolor Society
About $2,900 was realized from the society's forty-first annual exhibition in West Street Fine Arts Galleries. Top price paid was $400 for Romance by William J. Whittemore, with other notable sales including Summer at Sea by Reynolds Beal for $359 and The Graces by Rosina E. Sherwood for $209. The show closes May 24.
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American Watercolor Society
Fine Arts
West Sith Street
William J. Whittemore
Reynolds Beal
William M. Chase
Rosina E. Sherwood
Italian rides 1600 miles for one cent on railroad trip
Willam Spallone of Waterbury Connecticut traveled sixteen hundred miles from New Orleans to Waterbury by hitchhiking on passenger trains. He kept his copper coin until Albany where he had to pay it to cross a bridge, completing the journey at a cost of one cent.
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Waterbury
Conn
Willam Spallone
New Orleans
Albany
Tonopah and Tidewater Rail links Nevada mining
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad takes control of Bullfrog Goldfield stock and plans a new Tonopah and Tidewater Railway Company to run from Ludlow California to Goldfield Nevada. The move strengthens southern Nevada access to mining districts and coordinates with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe system. F M Smith named president.
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Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad
Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad
Bullfrog-Goldfeld Railroads
Tonopah &Tidewater Railway Company
Ludlow
Cal
Goldfield
New
Tonopah & Tidewater Railway
Nevada
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
F. M Smith
CATS TO AID IN BOSTON EDUCATION
The Boston School Committee voted to advertise bids for furnishing five hundred cats to clean schoolhouses of rats. The move aims to improve sanitation in Boston schools.
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Boston
Tribune
Boston School Committee
Arbitration Board Wages Fight Over Rapid Transit Subcontractors
The Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company owes large sums to sub-contractors on the original McDonald project. Belmont interests say payments hinge on arbitration outcomes and city claims. Officials dispute Metz criticism, defending the arbitration setup and noting contracts required such proceedings.
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Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
John B. McDonald
Belmont
Board of Arbitration
Board of
Rice
Old Rapid Transit Board
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Degnon Contracting Company
William Bradley
John C. Rodgers
Farrell, Hopper & Co
Naughton Company
Holbrook, Cabot & Daly
McCabe Brothers
Willcox
Public Service Commission
Metz
Board of Estimate
McDonald
Rapid Transit Board
van Wyck
Shepard
REA SUPPORTS CITY TRANSIT EXTENSIONS
Samuel Rea third vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad backs John B. McDonald’s transit plan. He urges extending the East Side subway north from 42nd Street and the West Side line south from 42nd Street to link Brooklyn and Queens with the Pennsylvania Long Island tunnel. Rea cites a daily 200000 riders anticipated at the 35th Street Manhattan terminus.
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Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Metz
John B. McDonald
McDonald
Manhattan
Rea
Brooklyn
Queens
Southern Railway Securities Offer Detailed By Syndicate
J P Morgan & Co managers announce applications for 15 million dollars of 6 percent convertible notes at 98 and accrued interest, with June and July sterling notes deposited for preference. Cash payments of five and zero dollars per note apply to the June 1 and July 2 maturities respectively, and registered stock certificates gain priority. Funds will retire equipment obligations, buy steel rail, and cover construction and improvements.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Southern Railway Company
Southern Railway
New York Trust Company
Southern Railway Development and General Mortgage
Tennessee Central Railroad
Virginia & Southwestern Railway
Treasury
Steamer New York Makes Trial Run to Yonkers
The steamer New York of the Hudson River Day Line completed a trial run from West Suh street recreation pier to Yonkers in under forty minutes. The voyage prepares for the line to open through Albany business today.
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New York
West Suh Street
Yonkers
Albany
Y W A Graduates in Large Miss East 15th Street Chapel
Four hundred fifty graduates from the Y W C A education department completed exercises in a crowded No 7 East 15th street chapel. Alfred E B Marling gave the address as 1 969 students this year attended classes in drawing water color modelling design embroidery dressmaking millinery cooking German French and stenography and typewriting.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
East 15Th Street
Alfred EB. Marling
T. Ross Stevenson
Clarence Beebe
Association
Nassau Hospital Receives Stylish Patronage and Additions
Nassau Hospital Mineola Long Island gains elegant nurses home funded by Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr and the Mackays. Virginia Vanderbilt wards feature white decor and refined touches while other rooms use blue Delft furnishings. Mrs Clarence H Mackay furnishes an airy chamber with old rose green and white motif.
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Nassau Hospital
Mineola
Long Island
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Clarence H. Mackay
O. H. P. Belmont
William K. Vanderbilt
Virginia Vanderbilt
V. V
Surprise for Wintyre as McIntyre firm faces revelations
News wires report that T A McIntyre & Co filed an assignment on April 24 and a receivership inquiry seeks assets. Securities valued around 300000 were missing from the firm’s safe, some traced to banks as collateral for loans. Thomas A McIntyre remains ill at a sanatorium while evidence unfolds about notes, stock withdrawals, and a dispute over a piano and other property.
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T. A. McIntyre & Co
McIntyre & Co
Charles C. Burlingham
McIntyre
Thomas A. McIntyre
Miss Alston
West 61St Street
Gilchrist
Ewen McIntyre
John G. McIntyre
Ernst
John G. McIintyre
New York Central Orders 2.0 Cars for P&LE Division
The New York Central Railroad ordered 20 steel gondolas and 10 coal hoppers for the Pittsburg and Lake Erie division. The contract, placed last July, was initially delayed but an order to rush construction was received by the Standard Steel Car Company today.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
New York Central Railroad
Lake Erie
Standard Steel Car Company
Ladies Aid Support for Hospital Fund Grows
Sunlit days bring carriages to the front entrance as Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Belmont visit the hospital. A matinee and tea fundraiser added 6000 to the effort, aiding the 70000 goal to stabilize finances. Other sponsors include Mrs. Hitchcock, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Duncan, Mrs. Leeds, Mrs. Ripley, and Mrs. Ladenburg.
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Long Island
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
H. V. R. Kennedy
Alexander Butler Duncan
William B. Leeds
Sidney Dillon Ripley
Adolf Ladenburg
Wright to speak on Congestion and Transportation
Henry Wright secretary of the City lab will address the Woman's Municipal League on congestion and transportation at the league clubrooms 19 East 26th street on Thursday May 21 at 1 o'clock. The public is invited.
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Henry ©. Wright
City Lab
Woman's Municipal League
East 26Th Street
Last Exhibit in Old Building at New York School of Applied Design
The New York School of Applied Design for Women hosts an exhibit in the old building at 00 West Cel Street as it prepares to move to the new facility at 10 and 162 Lexington Avenue funded by 109 080 dollars. Major donors include John B. Rockefeller 25000 dollars J Pierpont Morgan 150 dollars and Mrs Huntington 19000 dollars. The show opened yesterday and runs today and tomorrow from 1 to 6 pm.
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New York School of Applied Design For
West Cel Street
Lexington Avenue
John B. Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mra. ©. P. Huntington
Semi-princesse house dress gains easy neat style
The Tribune Pattern highlights a simple semi-princesse house dress with skirt and waist joined by a belt. It promises neat, comfortable wear and shows a washable printed fabric popular this season with a matching collar.
Pattern No 5 985 for shirt waist patterns mailed on request
The notice describes fabric quantities for sizes 32, 35, 38, 40 and 42 busts for a shirt waist pattern No 5 985. It states material needs in yards for various widths and offers mailing of the pattern from the Pattern Department of the New York Tribune upon payment of 1 cent, with a 2 cent stamp for faster letter delivery.
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New- York Tribune
Port Washington Strike Breakup Ends With Arms Confiscated
Sheriff Foster and Philip Sweet halted a Port Washington clash between Italian strikers and Goo Brothers workers by surrounding 150 protesters with 200 deputies. Thirty two carried revolvers or stilettos, jailed. others arraigned. Four unsearched men dropped weapons and were sent to Mineola. Foster vowed the trouble was over.
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Foster
Nassau County
Philip Zr
Sweet
Federal Detective Agency
Manhattan
Port Washington
Long Island
Goo Brothers
Justices of the Peace
Wysong
Mineola
Funeral Held for Otto Hess of Hess Churchill Marlow Firm
The Williamsburg lawyer Otto Theodore Hess died at his home after a sixteen month illness. A private service was held at his West 50th Street residence with Rev. Dr Robert Collyer officiating. He will be buried in Richmond Virginia with a service at Mrs Hess’s home. Autopsy confirmed death by Hodgkin’s disease, a rare ailment affecting lymphatic glands.
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Otto Theodore Hess
Hess, Churchill & Marlow
West S0th Street
Robert Collyer
Church of the Messiah
Richmond
Hess
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