Receiver Sought for Anglo American Savings and Loan
The United States Circuit Court in New York heard an application by three stockholders led by James N Carpenter for a receiver for the Anglo American Savings and Loan Association. Judge Lacombe issued a temporary injunction stopping transfers and payments to stockholders while dates are set for a show cause hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Anglo-American Savings and Loan—Association
New York
James N. Carpenter
Martin P. Carter
Pulaski P. Carter
Association
Home Life Building
Broadway
Pennsylvania
Buffeto
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Washington
Yonkers
Frederick D. Kilburn
Banks of
N Association
Trussell & Winston
Associating
James
Gilbert
Gies A. Deshen
K. L. Schofield- Afessie
Deshen
Schofield
Michigan Tax Reform Push Sparks Special Legislative Session
Gov. Pingree orders a special session in Lansing on Dec. 12 to craft taxation law under the November constitutional amendment. The measure targets railroads express firms telegraph and telephone companies and other corporate property for cash value assessment by a State Board of Assessors. The goal is to tax property at true value and update corporate taxation as amended by the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Pingree
Lansing
Prisoner Sentenced to Dig Stumps Near Patchogue
Arthur Blydenburgh of Patchogue was jailed for failure to support his family. Judge Reeve ordered him to dig stumps on the sheriff’s lot from now until January, to determine his case again if he proves good during the labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverhead
Arthur Blydenburgh
Blydenburgh
Reeve
Arbuckle Brothers Raise Sugar Prices Uniform Basis
Arbuckle Brothers yesterday advanced refined sugar to 5.555 cents per pound, unifying rates across companies and setting a common price point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbuckle Brothers
Chanler Still Missing From Bloomingdale Asylum
John Armstrong Chanler remains unlocated after leaving Bloomingdale Asylum grounds on Thursday. He was seen boarding a Harlem express at White Plains and may have headed to New York or Newport. Detectives and officials, including Chief Devery, issued alarms and described him as a 38 year old lawyer with a heavy dark overcoat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
John Armstrong Chanler
Bloomingdale
Chanler
New York
Harlem
Orawaupum
Mandmittan
Lyon
Floomingdale Asylum
Newport
Chanier
Lewis G. Chanier
Devery
Senator-elect Samuel Slater accuses Coutant of extortion
Senator-elect Samuel Slater charged Mrs. Alice Coutant a stenographer in his office with attempting blackmail over alleged bribery knowledge. Coutant was arrested, paroled, discharged, then rearraigned and held in bail at $500 for today’s appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Scott Slater
Jefferson Market
Alice Coutant
West
Twentysixth Street
Slater
Tammany Hall
Courant
Meade
Counhsel
Paul Grout
American Steel and Wire Sues Alabama Steel and Wire
The American Steel and Wire Company filed suit in U S Court to stop Alabama Steel and Wire of Ensley from further use of the McGilfri[d] and Nash patent for metal treatment. It seeks destruction of the infringing apparatus and $100,000 in damages. The action raises speculation of a broader move to acquire the Ensley plant, which is operating double turn and supplying all output. Carnegie interests were said to have made an offer, but Schuylers denied the plant is for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
American Steel and Wire Company
United States
Alabama Steel and Wire Company
Ensley
McGilfried and Nash
Carnegie
Schuylers
The Sheet Steel Company's Plans
An important meeting in Wheeling West Virginia involved the National Roofing and Corrugating Company and American Sheet Steel Company officials. Participants included G E Needsham Robert Scott R J Hyndman Edward Langenbach Frank G Caldwell Join A Topping and J G Battelle. Headquarters were decided to be located in Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
West Va
National
American Sheet Steel Company
G. E. Needsham
Cleveland
Robert Scott
Cambridge
Ohio
R. J. Hyndman
Cincinnati
Edward Langenbach
Canton
Frank G. Caldwell
Jones Valley Iron Company Banks Will iamson Furnace in Birmingham
In Birmingham the Jones Valley Iron Company has banked the Williamson blast furnace due to an accident and wage payment delays. Workers claim wages are overdue and unpaid while Rogers Brown and Co. hold a two year old contract for output. The furnace stock was attached as the dispute unfolds and Rogers Brown counters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Jones Valley Iron Company
Williamson
Rogers, Brown & Co
Chinaman Defends Laundry Man Against All Nations Gang
Policeman Kennell responds to reports of a Chinaman overpowering a larger man during an attack by the All Nations Gang at West End Avenue and Sixty ninth Street. Chu Fuo, a laundryman at 185 West End Avenue, fought off twenty to thirty assailants and was taken to the station with Patrick McGinness of 56 West Sixty eighth Street. He said he would appear in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennell
West End Avenue
Sixtyninth Street
All Nations Black
Chu Fuo
Patrick McGinness
West Sixty-eighth Street
McGinness
All Nations Gang
Wade
Mrs Howard Gould Plans Free Christmas for Village Children
Mrs Howard Gould of Fort Washington plans a large free Christmas entertainment at Liberty Hall. Two large Christmas trees will be loaded with presents for Sand Point village children aged five to ten, distribution to take place Christmas afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Gould
Fort Washington
L. I
Sand’s Point
Santa Claus
Liberty Hall
Late wedding notice reveals secret Yonkers ceremony
Yonkers records show on July 12, 1899 William L Beac heston married Emma F Humphrey in Yonkers by Alderman John H Southwick. Judge William M K Olcott arranged the ceremony without publicity. The groom is said son of a New York City brewer. witnesses included Olcott and the Alderman's mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Department of Health
William L. Beacheston
Emma F. Humphrey
John H. Southwick
John J. Humphrey
Pleasantville
N. Y
William M. K. Olcott
Alderman Southwick
Olcott
New York County
Southwick
New York City
Judge Olcott
Mr. Olcott
Broker Morgan Arrested in 30 Victim Investment Scheme
Morgan and his bookkeeper Hart faced conspiracy and grand larceny charges after a lengthy probe by Assistant District Attorney Byrne. Detectives seized Morgan's office and those of related brokers Van Riper and McKenzie, who vanished amid torn ledgers. Police expect about thirty witnesses, with one victim reportedly losing 20000 dollars, as Morgan's circle allegedly forwarded high pressure circulars to lure investors. Morgan, associated with Consolidated Stock Exchange, is said to have amassed significant wealth from Broadways trades and owns property and a steam yacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadwy
van Riper
McKenzie
Morgan
United States
Canada
Afchenzie
Morgan & Co
Chester B. Lawrence
William D. Bailey
Matawan
N. J
McClusky
Byrne
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Broadway
Pleasure Bay
City Club outlines meetings and reform stance
The City Club at Cooper Union schedules topics for Friday meetings on water, police courts, proportional representation, and city government by purchase. It endorses Charter Revision gains, condemns State police bills, and urges independent action against Tammany corruption while pledging to inform citizens through new Croker and Mazur Committee publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Club
West Thirty-fourth Street
Committee On Co-operation
People’s Institute
Cooper Union
Bird §S. Coler
Henry W. Goodrich
Frederick W. Hinrichs
Richard Croker
Mazer
New York City
Charter Revision Commission
New York
Albany
Club Council
Engand
Tammany Organization
Fourteenth Street Committee
Tammany Boss
Tammany
Lexow
Aero
Mazet
Merchants’ Association
Tammany Hall
Thief's Conscience at Work in Boston Case
Chief Inspector Watts reveals a month long mystery involving two mystery boxes, fourteen rolls of flannel valued at 400 dollars, and a staged letter from thieves. Communications with the Boston and Maine Railroad trace the stolen goods to Ballardvale, Massachusetts, with periodic payments totaling 4438.57 dollars and subsequent remittances of 70 and 74 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Watts
Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston Herald
J. N. George
Boston and, Maine Railroad Company
Ballardvale
Mdss
New York
Ballardvale Manufacturing Company
Maine
How Diplomas Were Sold in a Medical Scam
In Chicago on December 5, Joe DeBarthe formerly of Baker City Oregon testified in the United States District Court in the Armstrong brothers case. He described buying a Texas diploma for 100 and lecturing to sell more diplomas. He recounted graduating J Edwards Duankin for a fee and note, with Dr Armstrong taking a $20 commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joe DeBarthe
Baker City
Oregon
United States District Court
James
Thomas Armstrong
de Barthe
Independent Medical College
Armstrong Brothers
DeBarthe
Texas
Strong
Michigan
Bac
Armstrong
United States
Bethel
J. Edwards Duankin
England
Mrs. Jane A. Johnson Dead Widow of Olive Johnson
Mrs. Jane A. Johnson widow of Olive Johnson died in Poughkeepsie after a long life marked by early years in Worcester Boston New Haven and New York She married Oliver Johnson in 1863 lived in New York while he edited The Tribune and Horace Greeley aided In 1889 he died and she traveled abroad with her daughter for ten years She died of locomotor ataxia and will be buried beside her husband at Longwood Pennsylvania on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane .A. Johnson
Olive Johnson
Poughkeepsie
Johns. C. Abbott
Worcester
Mass
Boston
New York
New Haven
Oliver Johnson
Johnson
Tribune
Horace Greeley
Mr. Johnson
Dalver Binghamton
Longwood
Penn
Forty Miles an Hour for Hudson Boats
A South Nyack resident, A. S. Guerber, submitted public plans for an express Lower Hudson steamboat line. The 130 by 15 by 4.5 foot boats would carry 25 passengers and make hourly daytime trips if plans prove successful. Designer Charles D. Mosher prepared boat designs based on Guerber’s concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nyack
N. Y
South
A. S
Charles D. Mosher
Guerber
Centennial Celebration Special Fare via Pennsylvania Radio
Special rate of 6.50 for round trip to Centennial Celebration in Washington D C. Tickets on sale December 11 and valid for return through December 14 inclusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D
Pennsylvania
Semicolon Decision Shuts Saloons Till Midnight In Boston
Boston authorities debate a Supreme Court ruling that barred liquor sales from 11 PM to 6 AM. The dispute centers on a punctuation change in 1883 replacing a comma with a semicolon, altering the law’s meaning. Retail liquor dealers plan to seek legislative action when the new session convenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Supreme Court
Coachman Robs Mistress in Binghamton
Thomas H. Ferry, a longtime coachman for Mrs. Catherine Hemingway, woke her in her sleeping chamber and, at gunpoint, robbed her of about 100 dollars in cash before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
Thomas H. Ferry
Catherine Hemingway
Cold remedy pitch from Scott and Bowne ad
An advertisement promotes Scott’s Emulsion of cod liver oil as a cure for lingering colds. The copy urges readers not to ignore lingering coughs and promises quick relief, with a sales pitch to try the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
City Club Aims Unified Citizens Campaign for New York
The group seeks union of action among all citizen organizations to back a single ticket in the next mayoral election. The ticket would feature candidates with proven character and records for honest, efficient, and progressive municipal governance on a civic and business platform. A City Club meeting next week will discuss the Council report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City Club
PASSENGER AGENTS TO MEET IN CHICAGO ON WEDNESDAY
General Passenger Agents from lines east of Chicago and west of Pittsburg and Buffalo will convene in Chicago next Wednesday to discuss key travel issues. Topics include Grand Army joint agency reports recruit movements between Columbus and New York City factory worker fare reductions on Lake Erie and Western routes round trip fares from North Pacific Coast to Eastern destinations child transportation rules and rates for the National Educational Association meeting in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Grand Army Joint Agency
Columbus
Ohio
New York City
Lake Erie
New York
National Educational Association
Detroit
Illinois Central Reaching to Mexico
Poplar Bluff Mo Dec 5 It was announced today that the Illinois Central is negotiating to purchase the Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad If the deal succeeds the line will connect with the Illinois Central at Cape Girardeau and extend through this city Arkansas and Texas providing a direct Chicago to the Mexican border connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Illinois Central
Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad
Southern Missouri and Arkansas
Tlnpis Central
Cape Girardeau
Arkansas
Texas
Chicago
Stamford Man Robbed After Fortune Teller Cab Ride
Gilvert Trav, 76, of Stamford Conn, weighed himself on a fortune telling coin machine before meeting two women and a man in a hotel. They invited him for a cab ride to Fifty Ninth Street and Eighth Avenue where he lost $100. A police officer detained him and the trio on suspicion. the suspects fled, leaving behind a roll of bills. Names given: John West, Mamie West, Matilda Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilvert Trav
Stamford
Conn
Mr. Travis
Fourth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Eighth Avenue
Travis
John West
West Twelfth Street
Mamie West
Matilda Rogers
Presbyterian Committee in Session
The sixteen member special committee met in Washington to discuss revising the confession of faith. No action was taken beyond continued discussion. Ex-President Harrison and Justice Harlan spoke during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Committee
Washington
Presbyterian Assembly
Harrison
Justice Harlan
Electrician David McMahon Dies After Acid Suicide in Central Park
David McMahon an electrician of 228 East Eighty second Street died last night in Central Park after drinking acid. He had been away from home for several nights and argued with his father over it. He told his friend William Clark he would kill himself and drank the vial of acid when Clark thought he was joking. A Park ambulance arrived and a doctor treated him, but he did not survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David McMahon
East Eighty Second Street
Central Park
William Clark
McMahon
Clark
Park
New Director Named at Corn Exchange Bank
William H. Baldwin Jr. served as President of the Long Island Railroad Company and was yesterday elected a Director of the Corn Exchange Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Exchange Bank
William H. Baldwin, Jr
Long Islan@ Railroad Company
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Company
Thomas St. James
Gov. Pingree
MR. Chanler
Police
The
New York Times
Alabama
American Steel and Wire
Ensley Furnaces
Sheet Steel Company
New York Tomes
Chinaman
W. L. Beadleston
W. M. .K. Olcott
Beadleston
Clinton
Steinway
Steinway & Sons
Steinway Hall
Broker Morgan
Gan
Jane
A. Johnson
Hudson Boats
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
B. Altman & Co
Osborne
the Osborne Company
Broadway, N.Y
Newark, N. J
Mexico
N.Y. Mutual Gas Light Co
Hostetter
Broadway and
Thomas Streets
Great Western
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Kansas City
E. M. Jenkins
F. H. Lord
Chicago Great Western Railway
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