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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
5
A display titled Bronzes by American and Foreign Artists features works by Frederick MacMonnies as the sole agent for his pieces. The exhibit showcases a range of sculptures highlighting both American and international artists in a single gallery presentation.
Missouri Supreme Court declares Standard Oils of Indiana Republic Oil of Ohio and Waters-Pierce Oil of Missouri conspired to monopolize the states oil business and issues a decree ousting them. Waters-Pierce may continue if by Jan 15 1909 it shows steps to operate independently and satisfy the judgment.
Cornelius Vanderbilt arranged to buy the 35 West Forty-fourth Street lot from James B. Haggin and present it to the New York Yacht Club. The extra parcel will let the clubhouse grow by one third to a 100 foot frontage. The original site of 75 by 100 feet was donated about ten years ago by J. P. Morgan for three lots, costing around 150000.
Mary Smith, widow of 206 Milton Street, Brooklyn, faces $500 bail after threats against Dr. Isaac B. Smith's wife, ex-Bridge Commissioner John L. Shea’s daughter. Following her 12 year old son's death last July she allegedly stalked the couple, hurled stones at their home, and warned of harm during a Tuesday incident. Magistrate O'Reilly set the hearing in Bedford Avenue Police Court.
Hammacher Schlemmer Co. pleaded guilty in the Criminal Branch to two counts alleging Hepburn law violations. Judge Chatfield fined $500 per count. The firm admitted shipping 600 pounds of plane tuning pins to Chicago and a shipment to La Porte Indiana with false billing saving cents per hundred pounds. This is the district’s first conviction under false billing. four similar cases are pending.
Surrogate Beckett adjourned court yesterday to honor John A. O'Brien the surrogates law assistant who died after nineteen years of service. He announced the minutes would record a word of respect and a transcript would be sent to the widow with the court adjourned until December 24.
Broad Street curb market suspended business for two minutes at 1:30 yesterday in memory of H. B. Suydam the broker shot last Saturday and died Monday. About 200 brokers and clerks stood in silence. funeral held yesterday in Plainfield New Jersey with burial at Elmwood Cemetery New Brunswick.
Detectives hunt Henry A. Rosenthal of the Prince George Hotel as Baltimore and New York silk and dry goods dealers face a $60,000 fraud tied to Chesapeake Manufacturing Company. Bankrupt after eight months, the firm left missing records and a trail of shippers including A Kriger and G Fox.
Benjamin Rosenberg, who opened a hardware store at 1568 First Avenue, vanished on December 3 with about $7,000 in goods obtained on credit. Affidavits claim he wrote to 40 50 firms to ship cutlery glass stoves and crockery for cash, often valued around $100 per order.Vans emptied shelves at midnight and hundreds of dollars worth of goods were found stashed in Brooklyn cellars. Rosenberg later disappeared after selling items to auctioneers.
The Fifth Avenue Building Company plans to open a Broadway Twenty-third Street office about May 1 and weighs an ice skating rink atop the nearly acre sized roof. Proposals include operation by M J Mercier with a professor and Walter Moynard involved in the project.
John L. Costello, bartender for Jais Kelly of 204 East Fourteenth Street, held in $1,009 bail by Magistrate Barlow in Jefferson Market Court on felonious assault. A wounded man, Water Relahan of 236 West Fifty-second Street, lies in Roosevelt Hospital with a bullet to the abdomen. Police connect the case to an East Side feud involving the Humpty Jackson gang. Kelly and a Humpty gang member were recently shot on Fourteenth Street. Costello says he was attacked and fired in self defense. Relahan offered no information, saying it will be all right.
Mary Clara Martin a waitress sued Mrs. Margaret Higginson for 5000 in Supreme Court Justice Dugro's court alleging slander during a household jewel theft. The jury ruled for Higginson. Kadra, jailed for the same robbery, had already been convicted and sent to Sing Sing for nine years.
The New York Stock Exchange committee met to consider its stance toward Gov. Hughes commission probes into securities speculation. Secretary Ely refused last night to comment on any action but said the exchange will aid the investigation and provide access to information as needed. An official announcement was anticipated today.
Dr. J. P. Henderson of Chicago, holder of the largest land concessions in Honduras, awaits Congress approval to start a railway system. The line from the northern seaport Trujillo to Tegucigalpa, 280 miles, is backed by United States financiers and could begin by February 1.
The Northern Securities Company directors announced a 4 percent dividend payable January 11. Books close December 30 and reopen January 12. A year and two years ago a 5 percent dividend was paid.
Horace Burt will assume charge of the Chicago Great Western Railroad as receiver on January 1 and will become president of the road. A reorganizaton of the road and the formation of a new company are planned for the coming year, A. B. Stickney, retiring receiver, said today.
The North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arrived a day late after a gale voyage across the Atlantic, bringing 2,980 sacks of mail and a notable list of passengers including Baron Rosen and Mrs. Potter Palmer. Count Montgelas attends his brother’s wedding in Michigan.
Louis F. Haffen borough president of the Bronx secures a verdict of one dollar against the Press Publishing Company for libel from The Evening World dated March 23. The trial spanned ten days and stemmed from an investigation by the Commissioner of Accounts into his office. Costs are not included.
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