Morsa Refuses Plan to Pay Bank Depositors
The Assets Realization Company offer to fund full deposit payoffs at the National Bank of North America is rejected by Acting Controller Kane. C W Morse vows to fight the ruling, citing legal concerns over debt prioritization and minority shareholder rights. Receiver Hanna to continue liquidation and plan a 35 percent dividend by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of North America
Washington
Times
C. W. Morse
Assets Realization Company of
Philadelphia
Morse
Asgers Company
McKane
Hanna
Assets Realization Company
Kane
Nassau Street
Theceiver
Stimson
Assets Company
Exchange Place
Trust Company of America
Wall Street
New York
Wen
Hollander to sue for absolute divorce in infidelity
Sumner Ross Hollander, heir to a Boston furnishing firm, faces an impending absolute divorce filed by his wife. She, with their three children, remains at the Wenham estate bungalow while an insider mentions a named co respondent who is away. The wife hints at the public scandal but keeps identities private until the filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Sumner Ross Hollander
Wenham
Hollander
Mrs. Hollander
Horse accident in Central Park injures John T. Pritt
John T. Pritt of 505 West 124th Street was thrown from his horse in Central Park near Eighty sixth Street and Fifth Avenue when the horse shied at a squirrel. A Park policeman summoned an ambulance from Presbyterian Hospital where Pritt was admitted with a fractured collarbone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Pritt
505
West 124Th Street
Central Park
Eighty-sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Park
Presbyterian Hospital
Pritz
New oil steamer Niagara arrives from Hamburg
The Niagara ar rived yesterday from Hamburg. Built by the Flensburg Ship Building Company of Germany, she can carry 3,000,000 gallons of oil and is manned by a crew of fifty six Chinamen. Commanded by Capt. Schau, her first voyage when loaded will be to Calcutta to carry oil to the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Flensburg Shib Building Company
Germany
Far East
Schau
Calcutta
Republicans Plan to Nominate One for Supreme Court in Brooklyn
Prominent Brooklyn Republicans pressure Timothy Woodruff and the Executive Committee to back Justice Stapleton to keep a non partisan judiciary. Some leaders oppose duplicating a Republican candidate with Justice Blackmar, arguing it may cost votes. County Judge Norman S. Dike eyed as potential second Republican nominee if Stapleton is replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Timothy Woodruff
Executive Committee
Justice Stapleton
Supreme Court
Justice Blackmar
Blackmar
Stapleton
Hughes
William M. Calder
Travis
Register Prendergast
Woodruff
Calder
Norman
Dike
Acceed Stapleton
Turtle Mascot for Fair in Sayville
Fishermen brought a 400 pound turtle to a Sayville church fair in Great South Bay. The giant exhibit drew local and visiting crowds boosting receipts until the turtle breathed deeply and grabbed a lady’s skirt. Her scream sparked a scramble as paramedics aided the fainting attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Sayville
L. I
Great South Bay
Electric light traps curb Saxon moth infestation
In Zitau Germany authorities combat a caterpillar plague by using electric light traps atop the municipal power plant. Two large reflectors attract thousands of brown moths which are sucked into a deep receptacle by exhaust fans. On the first night three tons were captured and another trap is planned atop the Rathaus tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zittau
Germany
Municipal Electric
Rathaus
Japan May Bar Betting Across Race Meetings
The government investigates betting at race meetings and may prohibit it if it harms social order. Baron Kowra the agriculture and commerce minister opposes gambling and urges penal code action. Viscount Sone, head of the Horse Breeding Office, also backs prohibition and cites the Paris mutual as harmful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Baron Kowra
Agriculture and Commerce
Viscount Sone
Horse Breeding Office
Korea
Paris
Globe Trotting Eight Year Old Sails Solo to New Zealand
Martin Simon an eight year old boy sailed alone on the Baltic from Liverpool toward Auckland after a Pacific crossing to San Francisco and a rail trip to Detroit for a stuttering cure. He said the voyage 16 000 miles ahead did not concern him. He noted his father and grandfather were stutterers and the voyage would test a third generation cure. On the Baltic deck he spoke clearly and waved his right arm to remind himself not to stutter. He planned to stay in Liverpool with an aunt before continuing to New Zealand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Simon
Auckland
New Zealand
Liverpool
Pacific
San Francisco
Detroit
Mich
Baltic
Assault and robbery incident leads to arrest in Brooklyn
Police on Ocean Parkway near Kings Highway found a unconscious man later revived at Coney Island Hospital. He, a medical student naming Ralph Hall, reported a blackjack attack and theft of $3. John Graves of Sheepshead Bay was arrested after Hall identified him as the assailant. Graves claimed self defense after Hall allegedly attacked him. A rash of late night robberies and break ins in the area was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis
Coney Island
Ocean Parkway
King’s Highway
Brooklyn
Lang
Ralph Hall
Avenue I
Aim
John Graves
East Twelfth Street
Sheepshead Bay
Graves
Hall
City Hospital Reform Urged by 1906 Commission
The Commission on Hospitals reports New York needs a Department of Public Hospitals led by a Commissioner and seven trustees. It calls for centralized administration of public hospitals, infirmaries, and ambulance stations, a hospital park on Randall’s Island, and expansion of Bellevue and other facilities. The ambulance service would be borough controlled with city ownership of equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Hospitals
McClellan
Commission On Hospitals
Randall’s Island
Blackwell's Island
Sea View Hospital
Staten Island
Kings County
Queens
Richmond
Board of Trustees
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Edward M. Grout
Mosquito Drainage Work Extends to Flushing Meadows
Health Department chases drains stagnant pools to curb malaria risk in Flushing Meadows. Three workers survey marshes, notify owners to drain water, aiming to reduce fresh water breeding grounds. Winds may carry mosquitos to Manhattan or the Bronx, but cases of malaria remain uncommon and under-reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Department
Flushing Meadows
Orlando Blaufelt
Department of Health
Staten Island
Lushing Meadows
Blaufelt
Long Island
Manhattan
Bronx
Weather forecast for cotton and grain states Sunday and Monday
The forecast covers North Carolina through Georgia and Eastern Florida with showers Sunday and mostly fair Monday. Oklahoma will be fair and warmer Sunday and Monday. Arkansas Kansas hold fair with warmth in east. Kentucky fair and warmer. Ohio fair northern and warmer south. Indiana Illinois fair then partly cloudy with possible showers north. Lower Michigan fair then partly cloudy with local showers north and west. Minnesota showers Sunday, then fair and warmer. Iowa showers then generally fair. Missouri fair and slightly warmer. North Dakota warmer and fair. South Dakota showers east and fair west. Nebraska partly cloudy with possible showers northeast, warmer north. Monday fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Fire roars through East 111th Street factory district
A major blaze at 252 and 234 East 111th Street drew Acting Capt. Jackson and a large squad to the scene at 7 PM. Flames vented from the roof as benzine cleaners exploded in a skirt factory on the top floor, with the church next door and several tenements catching sparks. Damage, estimated at 10,000 dollars, hit the Mayer & Pincus Bros. box factory and the skirt factory. rescue units saved horses from a local stable amid a crowded scene.
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Jackson
East 104Th Street
East 111Th Street
Second
Third Avenues
Episcopal Church of
St. Ambrose
Carmelo Disano
M. Marcosella
East Highty-eighth
East 104Th
East 126Th Streets
Consolidated Gas Company
New York Fruit Water Company
Mayer & Pincus Bros
Langford
Astoria Day To Day Attracts Saloons After Talk
In the Astoria precinct captained by Thomas Darcy police inspector Sweeney spoke privately with local saloon keepers about Sunday excise law violations. The area includes North Beach Woodside Winfield Elmhurst and Corona where trolley riots and numerous Sunday arrests have been reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
New York
Astoria
North Beach
Woodside
Winfield
Elmhurst
Corona
Thomas Darcy
Grand Avenue
Sweeney
Queens
Philadelphia Dentist In Hospital After Suicide Attempt
Morris Berger a Philadelphia dentist was found unconscious in Central Park by Policeman Horgan with a bullet wound to the abdomen. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital and is expected to recover. Police preserve photographs from his pocket with inscriptions indicating his intent to die over a broken romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Berger
North Sixth Street
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Hospital
Horgan
Central Park
Berger
Girl Alive in Grave to Come Out Today
Florence Gibson of Washington D C is scheduled to be awakened from a coffin grave in Toledo as hypnotist Bunda Kapparow asserts a safe sleep. Humane Society protests lacked legal options to halt the experiment. doctors and scientists plan to attend the awakening at the Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Toledo
Ohio
Cedar Point
Florence Gibson
Washington, D. C
Bunda Kupparow
Miss Gibson
Humane Society
Francis Everett
Bunda Kapparov
Bunda Kapparow
Man Hangs Self From Bridge Over Pocahontas Cut
A New Haven Railroad engineman halted for a man on the Pocahontas Cut bridge at 142d Street. The man, identified as Podbert M. Miller, German carpenter, 45, unmarried, had hanged himself with clothesline. A note read your services are no longer required. Mrs. L. Degause of 866 East 149th Street housed him for 19 years. Miller left a note promising suicide. his body was recovered with confirmation by his daughter at Alexander Avenue Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Pocahontas Cut
142D Street
Stockinger
Dr. Bethune
Lincoln Hospital
Podbert M. Miller
L. Degause
East 149Th Street
Warrant Issued for Col. Freeman in New York Larceny Case
Police Justice J. Martin Roll of South Orange New Jersey issues a warrant for Col Henry W Freeman of the First Regiment over grand larceny charges stemming from an indictment returned by the New York County Grand Jury on Sept 20 1900. Freeman and Frederick L Small allegedly misappropriated 2670 entrusted to Freeman Small by Brooklyn brokers. Freeman denies knowledge of the indictment and says he has paid a claimant named Spellhouse about 700 of 2700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Martin Roll
South Orange
N. J
Henry W. Freeman
Cregin
New York
Grand Jury
New York County
Col. Freeman
Frederick L. Small
Freeman & Small
Brooklyn
Mr. Small
Col Freeman
Spellhouse
Cow and Bear Fight Ends In Draw On Long Island Road
A brown bear and a brindle cow owned by Joseph Harrigan of East Neck Hunt Intton clashed on the East Neck Road. The cow charged the bear, drawing blood from the animal’s fur with a 14 inch rip. The bear rose, slashed the cow’s shoulders with two horned lines, then both animals retired as their keepers fled to trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Joseph Harrigan
East Neck
Hunt Intton
Harrigan
Brain
Thread Black Silk with Double Soles Pair
A bold thread quality listing offers black silk material with double soles priced at 1 85 dollars for a single pair and 2 75 dollars for two pairs.
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Morsa
Bank of North America
Bostonian
Brooklyn Party
Japan
Globe Trotter
Youngster
White Star
Fusion
Chasers
Swanson
Lee Strother
Madison County
Little
Italy
Miller
Franklin Simon & Co
Fifth Ave
Balance of Summer Apparel
Stern Brothers
Misses’ & Girls
Boys’ & Children’s
Ussian
Norfolk
West Twenty-third Street
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