Knickerbocker Trust Crash Shocks Wall Street
Knickerbocker Trust Company suspends payments amid a bank run in New York City. Depositors rush to cash as $8 million is seized from branches, stock markets tumble, and authorities including J P Morgan and Cortelyou pledge aid if needed. Banking fears backed by reports of solid country banks surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Wall Street
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Streetrom Centre
Trust Company
Clearing House
National Bank of Commerce
Knickerbocker
Fifth Avenue
Harlem
Singic
J. P. Morgan
Treasury
Heinzes
Thomases
Chas
W. Morse
Charles T. Barney
Mr. Barney
Morse
Stock Exchange
Marcus Mayer & Co
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Decrease of Pension Roll Records Historic Drop
The Pension Bureau reports 18 600 fewer pensioners at June 30 1907 bringing the total to 967 371 with a roll value of 140 890 880 dollars. Commissioner Warner’s annual summary marks the greatest decrease in the bureau’s history and highlights a significant change in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Warner
Pension Bureau
Yale swimmer Richards named team captain for next season
Edward C. M. Richards was elected captain of the Yale swimming team. There is talk of chartering a special steamer to take the athletes to England next year for the Olympic games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. M. Richards
Yale
Charles Mengel
England
Chicago Nationals
Detroit
William A. Larned
Joe Gans
High Finance Gambling Excerpt Warns NYC Bankers
In a 5 am interview extract, W. A. Nash, president of the Clearing House, argues risk to depositors demands honesty across all banks. He condemns gamblers and high financiers, urging reform as needed in modern finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy Hart
New York City
W. A. Nash
The
Clearing House
Crowd crush feared at Roosevelt arrival in Chattanooga
A massive crowd in Chattanooga Tennessee threatened near trampling during President Roosevelt’s arrival at Central Station at 6 10 p m. He urged caution to protect women and children after a chaotic scene. The parade ended with the President acknowledging the crowd as the train moved on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Challanooga
Tenn
Roosevelt
Central Station
Roosevelt Praised As Peace Conference Ends
Representatives from around the world gathered at The Hague for the final session of the International Peace Conference. Delegates praised President Roosevelt for initiating the talks and hailed the assembly as a milestone toward world understanding and arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Fatal English train smash near Shrewsbury
A London and Northwestern passenger train from Scotland to Bristol ran off the track near Shrewsbury. Ten people were killed including the engineer and fireman, with many others injured. A standing order limited speed to ten miles an hour at the curve. disregard of this order likely caused the wreck as the engine and most cars left the rails and buried passengers in wreckage. Doctors and salvage crews reached the scene, and the last body was recovered after hours of effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrewsbury
England
London
Scotland
Bristol
Shoots His Mother in Kansas City Home
George Smiley, seventeen, shot and killed his mother Lizzi Scholfer in their Kansas City residence. He claimed he woke to his mother grappling a burglar who ordered him to shoot, but police found no burglar and the events remain under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
George Smiley
Lizzi Scholfer
Child Labor Denounced by Episcopal Bishops at Richmond
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal General Convention adopted a resolution denouncing child labor during proceedings in Richmond Virginia, signaling strong church stance against exploiting minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Bishops of the
Episcopal General Convention
Richmond
Bank Failures and Economic Shifts Stir Early 20th Century News
The Controller of the Currency closed First National Bank in Drixden Ohio after risky loans to woolen makers failed. Robert Lyons was named temporary receiver. In New York hearings railroad firms favored tower bids from others while buying lubricants from rivals. Ohio potato yields appear well below normal in several reports. Oil prices were raised by a New York exporter. tariff and barrel costs cited as possible reasons. An American automobilist was mobbed in Philadelphia after a fatal accident in France. Rodolphe Lemieux named Canadian envoy to Japan to discuss immigration. A meteorite struck Vaniclovka Russie, igniting the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
New Orleans
London
Rip Janetro
Theretopolis
Wilfred Laurier
Great Britain
Siam
France
Prussia
Essen
Lorraine
Japan
Jan Beytn
First National Bank
Drixden
Ohio
Robert Lyons
Standard
New York
Sty
Adv OW Company
Read Petroleum
Caase
Postmaster Mayer backs parcels post on rural routes reforms
Postmaster General Meyer outlines key postal reforms including expanded parcels post, rural route delivery, postal savings banks, postal notes, and automatic stamp vending machines. He argues for lower rates on parcels, higher weight limits, and local rural delivery with public benefit in mind, noting rural service reduces isolation and may lower deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayer
Boston
Meyer
Congress
United States
Postminsters
Delvery
Ie Ae
Graven Farm recluse Boody dies after rock carvings
Jacob W. Boody, famed recluse of Oneida County, dies in his mountain farm home ten miles from Rome. He spent years carving the faces of Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, Roosevelt and others into boulders and the rock fields of his fifty seven acre estate overlooking Mohawk Valley. Travelers reported a parlor floor border of stone portraits and a lawn scattered with carved rocks. Boody also crafted a rock couch weighing five tons and a large stone mural named The Mysterious Rock. He once operated on a side injury himself with a razor rather than call a surgeon. He was a Bible student and amateur musician who used stones as instruments. He had previously been a traveling phrenologist and early interest in natural history and history. He died after a long life as a sculptor on the farm in Oneida County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Jacob W. Boody
Stee
Boody
Oneida County
Mohawk Vale
Jey
Lake
Oneida
Lychisel
Washington
Franklin
Lincoln
Grpat
Cleveland
Mrs
Uarrizon
Roosevelt
Garfield
Susan Bo Anthony
Sixsbee
Dewey
Hobson
Pocrlontas
Carre Nation
Walliams
Benjamin Franklin
John Howard
John Wesley
Tsang Cooper
George Washington
Hinself
Draw game ends between Marylebone and Philadelphia teams
In Philadelphia the Marylebone and Philadelphia cricket teams played to a draw. Aileen Wilson won a five heat race in Columbus Ohio pacing a third heat in 2.0434. A Paris inventor designs a transmission for direct drive on all speeds of an automobile. George Memsle, who was handed the lightweight title by Joe Gans in Los Angeles, is viewed by the spotting guide as a fraud rather than a true champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylebone
Philadelphia
Aileen Wilson
Columbus
Ohio
Paris
Nventor
George Memsle
Joe Gans
Los Angeles
Guiblfe
Football Practice Notes and Field Capacity Rise
Football officials face coaching gaps and outdated tackling dummies discarded. Warner runs Carlisle Indians daily forty minute training sessions. Pratt Field Amherst expands zoning capacity for the Dartmouth game with the north stand extended by thirty feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Carlisle
Pratt Pield
Amherst
Government Seizes Tobacco Trust Goods Under Sherman Act
The Treasury, at Attorney General Bonaparte's request, seized 8,750,000 cigarettes in transit from British American Tobacco plants to New York and foreign markets. The 178 cases were valued at 7272.50 and will be sold at public auction with proceeds to the Treasury. Proceedings, filed in Richmond, rely on Section 6 of the Sherman Act, alleging ownership under 1901 contracts among American Tobacco Company, American Char Company and British firms. The case targets the property, not individuals, and demands defenses by owners in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
United States
Richmond
American Tobacco Company
American Char Company
Imperial Tobacco Company of
Great Britain and Ireland
Lid
Ogdens, Ltd
British- American Company, Ltd
Acead Rashsh Company
Eo Carayhe
Plumbing trust suit targets plumbers supply firms in many states
Ohio Attorney General files a quo warranto case in Franklin County Circuit Court against twenty plumbing supply concerns. They are accused of forming an association to control trade and fix prices. The suit alleges the group spans Illinois Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania New York Wisconsin Michigan Iowa Minnesota Missouri Kansas Colorado Nebraska Kentucky Tennessee Georgia Alabama Louisiana and Texas with headquarters in Chicago and Paul Blatchford as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colaumbuy
Ohio
Filis
Circuit Court
Franklin County
Hey
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ioana
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Chicago
Paul Blatchford
Alcohol a Costly Fuel Turns Into Power Gap
United States Geological Survey tests at Jamestown Exposition show denatured alcohol yields less energy than gasoline, needing about one and a half gallons to equal one gallon of gasoline while costing roughly twice as much. Experiments spanned six weeks in Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
United States Geological Survey
Jamestown Expositon
High School Freshman Dies After Football Scrimmage
Albert Flowers sixteen star left guard for Anesville high school was killed during a scrimmage with Dennison University freshmen in Zanesville Ohio. He collapsed on the field and died from a fractured skull before aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anesville, Ohio
Zanesville
Ohio
Albert Flowers
Dennison University
Phelps Dodge & CoIndicted Over Coal Land Fraud
Federal Grand Jury returned indictments against Phelps Dodge & Co of New York for coal land fraud in San Juan County New Mexico. The firm owns a large tract of coal land in the area along with Southern Pacific. Nineteen other indictments were returned including one for a Phelps Dodge attorney and one for former Territorial Engineer Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vor
San Juan County
New Meatoo
Santa Fe
Phelpsis Dodge & Co
New York
Southern Pacific
Phelps, Dodge & Co
Territorial
Wilson
State Officer Appeals Contempt Fine to U S Supreme Court
Attorney General Young of Minnesota appeals a $100 contempt fine imposed by Judge Lochren. The case questions whether a United States court can enjoin a state officer from enforcing state laws, seeking relief from the high court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allorney
Young
Minnefotk
United States Supreme Court
Lochren
United States
Pretender Hafid Defeats Sultan Abd-el Aziz Forces
Mulal Hafid, claimant to the Moroccan throne, defeats his brother Sultan Abd-el Aziz in a flat pitched battle, securing a victory for his faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulal Hafid
Morocco
Abd-el- Aziz
Wallings Released After Arrests In St Petersburg
William Bogush Walling Mas Walling and her sister Miss Strane ky were released in St Petersburg as incriminating papers were found by Russian police. The Americans agreed to leave the capital amid police regrets over the arrests.
No successor named for Mrs Eddy at Christian Scientists
Alfred Farlow official spokesman announced in Boston that with Mrs Eddy's death no successor would head the church. He said leadership would pass to committees of church officers and board members rather than a single successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy
Alfred Farlow
The
Christian Scientists, Y
Bogton
Mrs Eddy
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HUNT RESULTS IN LOUISIANA BEARS
President Roosevelt recounts his Louisiana hunt at Bramboul near Lea Shields. He notes three bears four deer twelve squirrels one possum and a wildcat and describes the swift pursuit and dramatic bear kill with dogs and a rifle. Fellow hunters recount his sportsmanlike bearing and his gift of a $20 note after the kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bramboul
Roosevelt
Lea Shields
Vicksburg
Osborn Brothers
McKenzies
Alex Ennolds
Rowdy
Ennolds
Walling Arrested in Russia in Hotel De France
London reports from St. Petersburg that wealthy American socialist William English Walling has been arrested at the Hotel de France with his wife and sister in law Mirs Stransky. Four Finns, including the wife of Professor Malmberg, are detained. the Finns are believed socialist. Walling, longtime Russia observer, is a grandson of 1890 Democratic vice presidential candidate William H. English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersburg
William English Walling
Hotel de France
Mirs Stransky
Professor Malmberg
Helsingforg
Walling
Russia
William H. English
Will Not Plant Tobacco in Kentucky War Turns Tactically
Kentucky tobacco planters, after two years of price-boost schemes through crop withholding, have agreed not to plant a crop next season. Warehouses are full and the move aims to pressure trusts to boost prices for unsold 1906 and 1907 crops. If planting resumes, the association must seek new warehouses and funds to manage the risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Kentucky
Trust
Whield
Cancer kills 27 in week in Philadelphia
In the week ending Saturday twenty seven people died in Philadelphia from cancer, sparking concern in medical circles as hundreds more are treated with no satisfactory cure reported. Consumption and Bright's disease still outpaced cancer in death toll, and over four percent of deaths were due to cancer amid ongoing rate law complaints and crop condition notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bright
General Grindlay Killed in Troy Auto Crash
General James G. Grindlay, a clerk in the Albany Controlers office, was killed by an automobile in Troy New York as industry reports say automobile dealers face a strong outlook for the American scene Rochefort leaves his Paris paper Intranis sant editor Rochefort departs Paris paper context remains unclear
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grindlay
James G. Grindlay
Controler's
Albany
Troy
N.Y
Notable Society Notes From Early 1900s Archives
A collection of society items mentions Ellen Terry’s Coventry birth anniversary, Mrs. John Gerken selling famous show horses, and the planned marriage of Gladys Vanderbilt to Count Szecheny in New York City. Also notes cloned in England, Ada Oliva Van Jensen suing Princess de Montglyon, Loulbe Noldt’s marriage to Alfred Graham Miles, Ida Ryan winning a MIT travelling scholarship, Charity C. Royal’s death in Ellsworth, and Sir John Lane Haington’s wedding to Amy McMillan in Manchester Massachusetts.
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Ellen Terry
Coventry
John Gerken
Gladys Vanderbilt
Count Szecheny
New York City
Helen Maloney
Mr. Clarkson
Ada Oliva van Jensen
Princess de
Loulbe Noldt
Waldorf-Astoria
Alfred Graham Miles
Ida Ryan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charity C. Royal
Alse
Ellsworth
John Lane Haington
Avenge honor triggers fatal spur of violence in Bridgeton
J Montevert Landis formerly of Vineland traveled from Chicago to confront J Ogden Burt in Bridgeton. Burt refused Landis's demand for a confession and Landis drew a revolver but the shot missed. Landis, about 27, lives in Chicago where he works as a Pullman car conductor and is the son of the late Charles K. Landis. A separate incident reports a woman named Anna Howard or Horwatz, a servant in East Orange, beheaded by a train at Newark after stepping between cars. The third item notes Frances H Duncan enlisting G A R Post 23 to investigate claims of a brutal beating of her husband at the State Hospital for the Insane in Trenton, with hospital officials denying knowledge of the incident.
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Chicago
J. Montevert Landis
Vineland
J. Ogden
Burt
Cumberland County
Bridgeton
Landis
Charles K. Landis
Siotan
Ari Carruth
Pullman
Pennsylvania
Meeker Street
Anna Howard
Horwatz
East Orange
Newark
Grand Army
State Hospital For the
Trenton
Frances H. Duncan
Aaron Wilkes Post
No. 23
Duncan
Post
Crossley
Moorestown Man Shoots Woman Then Commits Suicide
John Brooks of Moorestown shot Clara Evans in the groin during a jealous dispute and then killed himself with an 8 mm revolver. Evans was taken to Cooper Hospital in Camden. Brooks had threatened to shoot her before and was on peace bonds. The report also notes clergy events at the New Jersey Methodist Protestant Conference in Millville with speakers from Bridgeton Pittsburg Baltimore Harrisburg and HarrisburgPa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brooks
Moorestown
Clara Evang
Miss Evans
Cooper Hospital
Camden
Brooks
J. 3. Collins & Son
Taymen
New Jersey
Baby’s Cry Foils Burglar At Montclair Church Home
Intruder in the Montclair home of Rev. M. Roome, pastor of St. John’s Episcopal Church, escaped after the baby’s cries alerted Mrs. Roome. The thief stole $25 collected by the Sunday school, while the infant’s cries kept the homeowner from losing family jewels. The burglar fled through a window as Mrs. Roome reached the nursery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Roome
St. John's Episcopal Church
Montclair
Mrs. Roome
Essex Gets New Court House Ceremonies mark handover
The Newark courthouse, a $1,500,000 structure, was officially turned over to the Committee on Public Buildings of the Board of Freeholders by the Court House Commission. Dr. Lessie D. Ward presented the keys to Supervisor John F. Otterbein, who passed them to Freeholder Edward C. Eaton, chairman of the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Court House
Newark
Committee On Public Buildings
Board of Freeholders
Plan to Prevent Bribery in Trenton Election
Mercer County Anti Bribery League outlined an active campaign to curb vote buying in Trenton. A $1000 reward was offered for convictions of purchasing votes, and letters were sent to all local candidates asking them to state their stance on ballot purity with their replies published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Anti-Bribery League
Trenton
Superintendent's plan to admit foreign pupils at Jones School
The Chicago public school superintendent urged admitting three Japanese, one Persian, one Hollander, two Irish, and one English pupil to an ungraded room at Jones school. The proposal faced opposition from some school board members, notably over Orientals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Public Ectuary
Cooley
Jones School
Brief News by Wire Washington Dispatches
Items from Washington report ICC findings of rebates by Southern Pacific, naval talks with Evans and Byvans, post parcels post expansion push, and Roosevelt bears tale. Contributions cover Taft Manila trip, Porto Rico funds, and mixed domestic and foreign brief items.
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Knickerbocker Trust and Brokers
Tribune
Potley
Nashville
South
Shackford
William G. Shackford
US. N
South Orange
N. J
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Barnum & Bailey Show
Ringling Brothers
Spain
Hague
Mall of Knights
M. Nelidoff
Alphonso
Apeech
Senor Triana
Colombia
Nelidoff
Noy
Ome National Bank
Charles F. Wald
Philadelpha
Rodolphe Lemieux
Canada
Vaniclovka
Russie
Trigg
Patt
William AH. Taft
Manila
Plobo
Thayer
John A. Thayer
Worcester
Mass
Charles W. Bart- Tutt
the World of Sport
Tobacco Trust
U.S
Plumbing “Trust
Ween
Rochefort
al. Rochefort
Jersey Asylum
Harry A. Cotton
Danvers
Masa
New Jersey Hospital For the Insane
John W. Ward
Salem
Claritsboro
Nicholas
Charles Sampson
Glassboro
Howard Husted
Sayre
Woodbine
South Jersey
Kert Foster
Millville
Mymesburg
Millville Library Association
Millville National Bank
William Cox
Lower
Penn's Neck
Wilmington. del
Chileage
Bratt
Gane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific Railroad
Robley
Byvans
Navy Department
Pacific
Evans
Orst
Carnegie Lcro Fund Commission
Our -Anopted Islands
Taft
Porto Rico
Hubbard
la Discusion
Havana
Cuba
Panama
Cubar
Magoon
Frank Fenille
San Juan
Crowder
Department of State and Justice
Baltimore
Butte
F. Augustus Heinze
Forrest
Confederate Cavalry
Memphis
J.C. McCoy
Charles de F. Chandler
Gallipolis
Signal Corps
Orsenal Limited
Rondo
Mont
New England
A. F. Winnington Ingram
Old Custom House
Gates P. Thurston
Army of the Cumberline Society
Chattanooga
Enn
David Redfield Proctor
Suffolk
Bertha Knott
Elizabeth Powell
Jove
St. Louis
Grain Department
Merchants’ Exchange
San Francisco
Iola
Kay
May Sappe
Samuel FP. Whitlow
Thomas Henry Grattan Es- Monde
Holler, Lochic & Co
Hamburg
Mabtitides
Marconi Transocean
Glace Bay
Clifden
Ireland
Prince von Beulow
Alfred Erlandgen
St. Abb's Head
Charles Humbert
Seoul
Korea
Tokio
Stockholm
Herault Valley
Council of Ministers
Siberia
Othe
Kelff
Cherenigof
Ekaterluosiny
Rusaia
Tartar
Charmer
Canadian Pacific Line
Fraser River
Vancouver
Andreas Stolohuker
Congregation of the Index
Geremany
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