Whitmore Evidence In Murder Trial Near Harrison Street
Theodore Whitmore, a Brooklyn motorman, faced cross examination as evidence closed for his trial over his wife's Christmas night murder near Harrison. He testified about a 15 dollar spending to visit relatives, his movements before returning home, and a struggle in which he claimed self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Whitmore
Brooklyn
Harrison
Hudson County Court House
Whitmore
Vickers
Schenectady
Adams and Concord Streets
City Halls
Manhattan
Samuel Pulvers
Fark Row
O'Neill
Whitmores
Pulvers
New York
Troy
Black
Simpson
Ins
Amateur Mammoth Circus Dazzles West Side YMCA Crowd
The third annual mammoth circus, staged on the 5th street field by the West Side YMCA, drew a large audience. All acts were amateurs from the YMCA, with proceeds benefiting the emergency fund and Camp West Side. Acts included Mr Picturesque Epidérmis, Mme Deanderie Spinage the bearded lady, Mme So-Lone-Marr Slimpolesky the Russian grandest, Catacaseaze the wolf man, Leo Phuzzephizoer the lion faced, and a curious menseerie described as the most wonderful mix of monstrosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side Young Men's Christian Association
Fadith Avenue
Camp West Side
McDougall Hawkes Receives Marriage License
McDougall Hawkes, former Dock Commissioner, and Miss Eva Van Cortlandt Morris obtained a marriage license at the New York Hall license bureau yesterday. Hawkes, 45, Morris, 39, noted Hawkes’s middle name Emile though not used. The wedding is set for June 4.
Ravonne resident tries to shoot himself aboard ferry Washington
Herman Rubine of Bayonne attempted suicide on the ferry Washington during the 4 PM Cortlandt Street to Jersey City run. A deckhand tackled him and recovered the revolver. Rubine, dazed, was detained by Detective Clark. A deed of recent property conveyance was found on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Rubine
Ravanne
Washington
Cortlandt Street
Jersey City
John Mallory
Passeherre
Rubine
Clark
Road failure blamed on legislation and receivership
Paule Valley Ohio reports the Oklahoma Center Trail Railroad Company operating from Lehigh to Chickasaw, a distance of 189 miles, has filed for a receiver. President A D Carter cites radical laws that halted the road sale and blocked a $306 loan from Philadelphia as the cause of bankruptcy.
Assails Christianity at Christian Socialist Fellowship Meeting
Delegates begin a national conference in the city with a dinner at Kalil's in Park Place where speakers attack Christianity and praise socialism. Algernon Lee, Morris Hill quit, John Spargo denounces institutions yet claims fellowship membership. Debs lauded as a national figure. crowds applaud. An Ascension parish house meeting drafts a manifesto and hosts an afternoon reception for delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Socialist Fellowship
Collectivist Society
Kalil's
Park Place
Algernon Lee
Morris Hillquit
National Socialist Bureau
Hearst
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Daily Call
John Spargo
Spargo
Eugene V Debs
Christ
New York
Eugene V. Debs
Phelps Stokes
Mrs. Stokes
Church of the Ascension
West 11Th Street
Strange Jewel Theft From Purse in Parlor
Mrs W P Sullivan of 198 Clermont Avenue Brooklyn reports jewelry valued at 2506 missing from a large purse left in the parlor of the Clermont Avenue house. She and husband Dr Sullivan had left the Washington Park address briefly and returned to find the purse undisturbed but the jewelry and about 109 in coins gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Sullivan
Clermont Avenue
Brooklyn
Dr. Sullivan
Sullivans
Washington Park
Washington Park Place
Hunt for Ship and Man Captivates Manufacturers
The National Association of Manufacturers meets to seek the Export Shipping Company vessel Goldsboro and its president F G Bailey after bankruptcy alarms. The ship, said to be fitted as a filibuster, left port May 2 for Belize with Bailey family rumors and a suspected cargo unpaid to creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Manufacturers
Export Shipping Company
F. G. Bailey
Goldsboro
Nevin
Bailey
Brooklyn
Belize
British Honduras
Oxley
Baileys
Swindled, Says London Detective
Cecil Pape of Scotland Yard accuses Louris Waxenberg and two companions of swindling him out of 200 at a dice game aboard a London bound voyage. Pape, who was to sail on the Lusitania, faced a staged casino with a supposed detective and fled when the ruse collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louris Waxenberg
West 115Th Street
Cecil Pape
Scotland Yard
London
Waxenberg
Pape
Lusitania
Holland House
Zoo
Public Service Commission Warps Over Fourth Avenue Subway Fate
The Public Service Commission may alter plans as Interborough Rapid Transit offers a Fulton Street junction to Manhattan Bridge link. Chairman Willcox says if city approves contracts the commission will start work at once while engineers finalize Broadway Lexington Ave routing and Brooklyn Bridge loop operations remain unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Flatbush Avenue
Filton Street
Brooklyn
Manhattan Bridge
Fourth Avenue
Board of Estimate
Public Service Commission
Fourth Avenue Subway
Willcox
Interborough
Fulton Street
Manhattan Bridge Terminal
Broadway
Lexington Avenue
Brooklyn Bridge Loop
Portland Man Faces Maximum Fine in Mail Order Case
George Fred Terry, proprietor of the Waterville Mail Order Publishing House, faces a $10,900 maximum fine tomorrow after his March conviction for conspiracy to defraud the government of postage. Judge Hale noted the new Post Office ruling on second class mail matter and considered jail as a risk. Indictment cited conspiracy to falsify classification and false statements on circulation and weight of second class matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
George Fred Terry
Waterville Mail Order Publishing House
Hale
United States District Court
Post Office Department
Terry
New York Athletic Club Beats Crescent in Chess Match
Six man teams from the New York Athletic Club and Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn faced off at the New York Athletic Club house. After four hours the NYAC team won five games to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Athletic Club
Crescent Athletic Club
Brooklyn
Carroll & Grier Sale At Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
A 4 carved mahogany sofa in silk maire led the bidding and sold to M. S. Dodd at the Carroll and Grier sale. S. McDermott paid top bids for an oil painting by A. Reyna and two artists’ proofs net to H. Wunderlich for 42. A mahogany library table went to I. Van Brinck for 40 and an antique mahogany harpsichord to J. Chester for 28. The final sale occurs this afternoon with choicest items on offer. Buyers included H. A. Cass Dr W. G. States S. Hopkins W Hanna J c Earle H. Whitney IT. Hudson Dr Abrams Morton W. Smith M. Cross H. V. R. Martling and F. Rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maire
Carroll & Grier
Fifth Avenue
M. S. Dodd
Th. S. McDermott
A. Reyna
H. Wunderlich
J. Chester
H. A. Cass
W. G. States
S. Hopkins
W Hanna
J. c¢. Earle
H. Whitney
IT. Hudson
Dr Abrams
Morton W. Smith
M. Cross
H. V. R. Martling
F. Rivers
Three Drown Under Engine In Port Arthur Flood
Civic Dam on Current River burst causing disastrous flood in Port Arthur Ontario May 28. Three men Engineer Savage Fireman McBridge Brakeman Inmann died when their freight engine toppled on submerged tracks. Damages estimated at 406000 dollars with track washouts harming Canadian Pacific Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Ont
Civic
Canadian Pacific
Savage
McBridge
Inmann
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Gambling raids sweep French Lick under state orders
Officers acting on orders from Governor Hanly and Attorney General Bingham raided gambling places in French Lick Indiana last night. A telegraphed warning from Indianapolis had been received and all gambling paraphernalia was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Lick
Ind
Hanly
Bingham
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Special Sets Striking New NYC to Chicago Record
The Pennsylvania Special trains between New York and Chicago ran in eighteen hours, arriving on the minute on 50 of 53 days from March 21 to May 12. Only a few delays occurred, proving expert crews and flawless track maintenance. The service departs New York at 3.55 PM and reaches Chicago at 4.55 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Stockham to Take Over Wolcott Hotel Lease
George T. Stockham, former Hotel Breslin manager, announced completion of negotiations to purchase the lease and furnishings of the Hotel Wolcott on Fifth Avenue and Twenty First Street. He will take possession June 1 and has sold his Breslin interests. He plans no major management changes at Wolcott, beyond some staff adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Stockham
Breslin
Wolcott
Fifth Avenue
21St Street
Mr. Stockham
Fast 27Th Street
Noted Lambs Superintendent Arrested for Nonpayment Support
John J. Tissen longtime Lambs superintendent was arrested on a wife’s complaint for non support. He posted to pay 15 dollars weekly and faces ongoing divorce action. He claimed dependence on a 22 dollar monthly salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Tissen
The
Lambs
Art training in dress and personal expression
Sara A. Hubbard argues for establishing schools to teach dress art, claiming knowledge of colors textures and styles would relieve time and expense, reduce fashion sameness, and let women express character through individualized attire. She envisions society where dress reflects culture and refinements uplift all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara A. Hubbard
A. C. McClurg & Co
Chicago
Fifty Years a Teacher Jubilee for Miss Margaret West
Ex pupil actions mark fifty years in Auburn public schools with a June 4 jubilee. They plan a statue in Miss Wests honor and a purse of fifty gold dollars from former and current teachers. The Mothers Club president Mrs Florence Smith Hoyt started the movement, tracing lineage to Josiah Litchwork, early school trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret West
Auburn
Miss West
Mothers’ Club
Florence Smith Hoyt
Josiah Litchwork
Critics Recoil as Alice Freeman Gives Up Wellesley Presidency
In a biography by Alicé Freeman Palmer Professor George Herbert Palmer defends Freeman’s decision to marry noting critics misread the move as career ending. He argues love home and happiness expand a person’s power and public leadership rests on a rich private nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Freeman
Wellesley College
George Herbert Palmer
Alicé Freeman Palmer
Palmer
Such a Pretty Dressing Jacket Described in Pattern
A Tribune Pattern piece showcases a white hauste dressing jacket trimmed with embroidery. The note adds it would charm with a different material choice.
Japanese silks and cotton crepes pattern details
The notice describes fabric choices including Japanese silks and real Japanese cotton crepes. It lists yardage for a medium size and specifies widths, banding, and edging required. Pattern No. 6003 fits busts from 34 to 42 inches and is mailed for ten cents with pattern number and bust size clearly stated. Send extra two cent stamp for sealed letter mailing to Pattern Department New York Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Tribune
Gardner School Holds 50th Commencement at No 67 Fifth Avenue
The Gardner School marked its fiftieth annual commencement last night at No 67 Fifth Avenue. Rev Dr Wilton Merle Smith delivered the address and Rev Dr John B Allen presented the diplomas to the graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner School
No. 67
Fifth Avenue
Wilton Merle Smith
John 8. Allen
Treasury seeks proposals for furnishing bagging for offices
The Treasury Department invites sealed proposals for supplying office coin bags for the final year ending June 30 1909. Bids due Saturday June 2 1908 at 2 PM. Blank bid forms and instructions available from the Secretary of the Treasury George El. Cortelyou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warth
Q. M
Fort Siocum
N. Y
FETC
Fort Slocum
Reeds
Orarter Master's
26Th Street
Gray's Fe Road
Philadelphia
F. G Hodgron
Washington, D. C
Tress Department
War & Department
New London
Conn
Fort Mansrett
William FE. Horton
Assembly curbs church power by adding paid agents to executive body
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church approves a measure to require new paid agents of church boards to join the executive commission directing church affairs. Debates accuse a few men of dominating the body, while supporters cite broad reform. The temperance progress is also reported, noting large declines in saloon presence and favorable legislative sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church of the United
J. Nicholls
St. Louis
Louis Severance
Cleveland
John H. Converse
Philadelphia
United States
Prohibition States
Prohibition
Berlitz Language Schools Move Across New York Area
Summer school to be held at Asbury Park New Jersey with Berlitz teachers sent to locations within a hundred miles. Branches listed include Madison Square Harlem Lenox Avenue Brooklyn Court Street and others near Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlitz School OF Languages
Madison Square
Broadway
Harlem
Lenox Ave
110Th St
Brooklyn
Court St
Asbury Park
N. J
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Dougall Hawkes
Export Shipping Co
London Detective
4Th Avenue Project
P. S
N.Y. A.C
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bulletin
Hotel Wolcott
John T. Cutting
Victor Shanley
Court of General Sessions
Foster
Shanley
Julia A. Smith
Malba
Larchmont
Liberty St
Tribune
California
Great Overland Limited
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
R. Tenbroeck
Winston Churchill
Mr. Crewe
Mr. Churchill
Frank Danby
Sally Snape
Kidderminster
the Macmillan Company
Sth
Ave. N
Con Mar
Hoppock
Fort H
Wright
Qser Wali—Offich
Board of Wastes Supply
Board
Broeitwar
Fonticou
Sarbletown
New Paltz
Ulster County
John A Bensel
Charles N. “Chadwick
Charles 4
Shaw
Wee J. Wald Smith
Thomas Hassett
Oswego
Mayary
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
New York City
Am Incorp Trust Company
J. Carroll Smith
City Charm
BAE
War Department
Fort Terry
Williams Morton
American and Foreign Teachers’ aGency
Mra
M J
Young Fulton
Yaes Square
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