Local tax plan would cut mortgage tax and aid banks
A Chamber of Commerce committee report proposes local option taxation to exempt mortgages, curb banking taxes, and reallocate state and local tax powers. It argues current laws cause unequal burdens and urges passage to empower local authorities to adjust assessments and tax bases for real and personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Messrs
George Seward
Charles S. Fairchild
Alexander B. Orr
John Farson Rhostles
Clarence H. Kelsey
Chamber of Commer
New York
Heya
America
Wheeler HH. Peckham
Samuel B. Clarke
George W. Waickersham
Chamister of Commerce Committee
Commonwealth
Nanikhe
City of
State Board of Apportionment
State Board
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Index to Departments and Page References
An index listing departmental sections and page numbers including Financial Affairs on pages 10 and 1, Wheat prices, corn and oats prices, cotton futures, butter, and various notices. Also notes on Amusements, Arrivals, Business Troubles, Court Calendars, Legal Notes, Losses by Fire, Marine Intelligence, New Corporations, Railroads, Real Estate, Society, Unit Service, Weather, and Yesterday's Fires with respective page locations.
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Marine Intelligence
Weather Report
American victory in Guatemala railroad deal announced
A Massachusetts firm, the Central American Improvement Company, gains the 185 mile Guatemalan Railroad with a ten year lease and a sixty five mile extension to Guatemala City at its own expense. The deal, described by U S Minister W Godfrey Hunter, is seen as a diplomatic win and could become government owned after ten years at a cost of about four million dollars.
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Louisville
Guatemala
United States
W. Godfrey Hunter
Central American Improvement Company
Massachusetts
State Railroad of
Porto Barrios Rancho
el Rancho
Guatemala City
Government of
Hunter
Twain Invites Judge Adair Wilson to New York Visit
Denver dispatch notes Judge Adair Wilson of the State Court of Appeals received an invitation from his old friend Mark Twain to visit in New York City. Twain declines land travel, preferring water voyages, and recalls their Virginia City days as rival city editors and early writers of mining camp life.
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Denver. O
Adair Wilson
State Court of Appeals
Mark Twain
New York City
Mr. Twain
Wilson
Virginia City
Nevada
Twain
Far West
Judge Wilson
Comstock Lode
United States
Rockefeller Guests Quarantined After Scarlet Fever Illness
At Boxwood in Pecantico Hills Westchester County John D Rockefeller's guests Harold McCormick and his wife Edith Rockefeller McCormick face concern as their two children, ages two and four, battle scarlet fever. Doctors report the children out of danger though confined to a second floor room with trained nurses as staff maintain strict precautions.
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Mount Vernon
N.Y
Harold MccCormick
Boxwood
John D. Rockefeller
Pecantico Hills
Westchester County
Rockefellers
McCormick
Edith Rockefeller
Mr. McCormick
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Dr. Courant
Rockefeller Mansion
Extradition Plea for Rockefeller Denied by Roosevelt
Governor Sayers sought Rockefeller and Standard Oil leaders for Texas anti trust charges in McLennan County Court. Franklin D Roosevelt declined to extradite, unless it could be shown conclusively the fugitives were in Texas when the alleged crime occurred.
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Austin
Texas
Sayers
Rooseveltt
New York
John “Dd. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
District Court of McLennan
Cullen FE. Thomas
Roosevelt
Chicago Watch Night Meeting Plans At Coliseum
Word reached that the American National Society will direct its watch night event in Chicago at the Coliseum as the New York Red Cross meetings were abandoned. Greetings from foreign nations arrive via belated steamers and include visions from Zola and others. A chorus of fifty voices rehearses patriotic songs for the program.
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Chicago
New York
Red Cross
American National Society
Coliseum
Zola
Dreyfus
Sara Bernhardt
Edwin Arnold
Hall Caine
Na Tesla
J. K. Jerome
Israel Zangwill
Canadian Pacific Denies Transcontinental Combination
Montreal December 26 T G Shaughnessy president of Canadian Pacific Railway dismisses New York reports that CPR Northern Pacific Erie and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul plan a harmony driven combination to form a New York to Vancouver line. He says there is no truth in the story and while goodwill exists among roads there is no deal.
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Montreal
Quebec
T. G. Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
New York
Canadian Pacific
Northern Pacific
Erie
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Vancouver
Shaughnessy
Overland Limited to California Schedule
Daily from Chicago at 6 30 PM via Chicago and Northwestern Union and Southern Pacific Railways to San Francisco arriving 6 45 PM on the third day. Includes double drawing room sleeping cars buffet library car with barber and dining cars. Full information at Northwestern Line Office 461 Broadway.
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California
Overland Limited
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Union and
Southern Pacific Railways
San Francisco
Northwestern Line
Broadway
British casualties and moves in Cape Colony unrest
Reports from Cape Town and London describe a yeomanry entrapment near Britstown with several casualties and capture of troops. Gen Kitchener advances north from Naauwpoort while Boers seize Christmas wagons near Methuen’s camp. overall Cape disturbance appears broader than last year.
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Capetown
Britstown
Kitchener
Naauwpoort
Lord Kitchener
Zeerust
Transvaal
Lord Methuen
London
South Africa
Cape Colony
War Office
Burghersdorp
Brabant
Clements
Magalies Berg
The
Daily Mail
New Zealand Maori Soldiers to Sail for South Africa
Wellington dispatch reports the sixth contingent of De Fealayners, six hundred strong with about half Maori, set to sail for South Africa in three weeks. London notes the decision to include Maoris, despite early government promises not to employ blacks.
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Wellington
N. Z
de Fealayners
South Africa
London
New Zealand
Kitchener Proclaims Amnesty for Surrendering Burghers
A dispatch from Johannesburg reports Lord Kitchener has issued a Pretoria dated proclamation granting burghers who surrender the right to live with their families in Government laagers until guerrilla warfare subsides. It also pledges protection and payment for property and stock requisitioned by military authorities.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Johannesburg
Pretoria
British Press De Wet In Ladybraml District
Maseru Basutoland December 24 British forces push Commandant De Wet in the Ladybram district as events unfold in the colonial theater.
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Maseru
Basutoland
de Wet
Ladybraml
Roberts Arrives at Funchal Saluted by Port Officials
The steam er Canada reached Funchal Madeira with Lord Roberts aboard and was greeted by nineteen guns. An official reception followed, and at noon the Field Marshal departed for Gibraltar.
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Funchal
Madeira
Canada
Lord Roberts
Gibraltar
Hungry Wolf Roams Chicago Near City Hall
A bold hungry wolf roams within ten miles of Chicago City Hall, reportedly entering Elmwood Cemetery and digging toward a coffin before being spotted by residents EF Marwood and Otto Longfield. Marwood fired and drove it from his yard. Longfield later shot at the wolf after it nabbed a fowl from his poultry house.
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Chicago
Citys Hall
Elmwood Cemetery
EF. Marwood
Otto Longfield
Marwood
Longfield
New Co operative System Adopted by Brotherhood Meeting
The Co operative Brotherhood with about 500 Socialists approves a plan to join with the Co operative Association at 156 East Fifty second Street. Millionaires may become shareholders but have no extra voting power. An appeal to philanthropists and workers aims to secure daily supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-operative Brotherhood
East Fifty-second Street
Co-operative Association
Co- Operative Brotherhood
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
National Tube Company Acquire Ellwood City Plant
The National Tube Company buys the Standard Seamless Tube Company plant in Ellwood City Penn for 500000 dollars. The deal includes ten acres and a facility capable of sixty five tons of finished steel tubes daily. R C Steifel who invented and improved the key machinery joins the sale. This pits National Tube against Shelby Steel Tube Company.
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Pittsburg
National Tube Company
Standard Seamless Tube Company
Ellwood City
Penn
R. C. Steifel
Shelby Steel Tube Company
Sailor Oscar Anderson, Miss Belle Hutchin mourn at Riverside
Riverside mourns as Oscar Anderson one of the Mainé sailors blown up in Havana harbor and Belle Hutchin are remembered at a Christmas service led by Rev. Will Davidson. The notice blends obituary fare with local church remembrance.
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Riverside, Conn
Oscar Anderson
Mainé
Havana Harbor
Belle Hutchin
Paderewski Reported Killed In France Duel Unconfirmed
A circulating report claimed Polish pianist Paderewski was killed in a Seine duel near Sevres. Paris inquiries found no confirmation of any duel or death, with officials noting nothing in Paris to justify the US rumor.
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Metropolitan Opera House
J. J. Paderewski
Seine River
Sevres
Paris
London
United States
Gna¢E Paderewski
France
Bank in Receiver's Hands in Baltimore
Baltimore bank closes its doors as Judge Stockbridge appoints Roger T. Gill as receiver after losses blamed on cashier Wilcox. Creditors seek co receiver. bank assets listed and liabilities detailed. plan to continue with stockholders’ committee proposals.
Baltimore Bank Failures Shake City Financial Circles
In Baltimore on December 26 three banks faced failure, ending a 65 year streak without collapse. Old Town Bank appoints Thomas R. Clendinen and William Colton as co-receivers with D L Brinton of Economy Savings. $250000 bond required. About 3000 depositors hold roughly $340000, while American National Bank and Economy Savings see temporary receivership and an assessment of 25 percent may wipe out capital though depositors are not expected to lose.
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Baltimore
Old Town Bank
American National Bank
Economy Savings Bank
Economy Bank
Thomas R. Clendinen
William Colton
D. L. Brinton
Aldrich
Replevin Wedding Presents Grabbed in Illinois Case
Chicago on December 26 reports Robert K. Coble of Evanston obtained a writ of replevin to seize wedding presents and family property from his wife. The items, valued at 8 000 dollars, include stamps coins minerals Japanese swords Damascus blades cut glass Bohemian vases Indian relics Sefu bowls and Makuz Kozan pieces. A library of 4 000 volumes valued at 6 000 dollars is also recovered.
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Chicago
Robert K. Coble
Evanston
Coble
India
Makuze Kozan
Burnett’s Vanilla Ad Stirring Consumer Warning
Burnett's Vanilla is pure. Don't let your grocer substitute with a cheap dangerous version. Insist on Burnett's.
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Burnett
Vanderbilt Family May Invest in Gas Ventures
Reports on Wall Street say Vanderbilt interests may back gas projects in major cities, including Alfred Vanderbilt eyeing Chicago. Senator Chauncey Depew confirms Chicago gas settlement and notes stable, growing People's Gas stock with potential Vanderbilt influence possible on the board.
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Vanderbilts
Wall Street
Alfred Vanderbilt
Chicago
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Times
Depew
United States
Chicago Gas
New York
Flower & Co
People’s Gas
Vanderbilt
Chicago Gas War at Hyde Park Court Battle
Hyde Park citizens sue Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co to stop charges above 72 cents per thousand feet for fuel gas. Judge Dunne to rule in ten days. meters barred and dollar rate temporarily restrained during case.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
People’s Gas Light and Coke Company
Dunne
Old Mutual Gas Company
Consolidated Company
Mutual
Electrical Expert Moore Dead
Former Plainfield councilman William H. Moore died at age forty six after six weeks with typhoid fever. An electrical expert long associated with Thomas A. Edison he traveled abroad including Japan to obtain materials for filament development. He was born near Rahway and is survived by a wife and one daughter.
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Plainfield
N. J
William H. Moore
West Sixth Street
Common Council
Moore
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Japan
Rahway
Woman gagged by burglars during daylight robbery
Mrs. Mary Slater of 682 East One Hundred seventy third Street was bound and gagged as two short heavy bearded men robbed her home in broad daylight. They tied her hands and feet, gagged her with a cushion, and looted $35 in cash and clothing worth about $30 before fleeing. Her sisters later alerted neighbors, and a doctor revived her. Tremont Avenue police investigated.
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Mary Slater
East One Hundred and Seventy-third Street
Suit over $20 million St. Louis estate begins dispute
In St. Louis on December 26 a suit by sixteen Cabanne children targets J Charles Cabanne and Sarpy Carr Cabanne. They claim the will kept the estate intact for heirs until majority and prohibit sales. Fourteen to forty acres of prime areas including Forest Park are at stake with a top New York lawyer leading the defense. attorneys stand to gain $10 million if victorious.
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ST. Louis
J. Charles Cabanne
Sarpy Carr Cabanne
J. Charles
Sarpy Cabanne
Forest Park
Westmoreland
Portland Places
Westminster Place
McPherson Avenue
New York
Long search ends in grief for missing daughter
Finnest Haars, a St Louis contractor, identified a body at the Morgue as his missing daughter after ten years of searching. He had refused to reveal his identity to officials to avoid her burial in Potter's Field. The daughter had left home after a disagreement and vowed to take care of herself. The body will be buried from the Haars residence tomorrow afternoon.
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ST. Louis
Finnest Haars
Shaw Place
Miss Haars
Haars
Rose Maddox
Moser
Valet Case Dropped In Champagne Theft Charge
In Jacksonville on December 26 Philip Brown a New York valet to lumberman Charles L Bucki appeared to answer charges of stealing several bottles of champagne. The hearing was dropped after Brown summoned Bucks wife and other women as witnesses to avoid embarrassment. Brown may sue Bucki for false arrest and imprisonment.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Philip Brown
New York
Charles L. Bucki
McSperry
New Jersey
Brown
Bucks
Norfolk man George Benedict charged with passing worthless checks
NORWALK Conn December 26 George Benedict alias George Comstock is under arrest at South Norwalk charged with passing worthless checks. He obtained several hundred dollars by ordering goods to a fictitious address and pocketing the difference between the check and goods. Two weeks earlier Benedict used the same scheme in Greenwich and Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk, Conn
George Benedict
George Comstock
South Norwalk
Norwalk
Benedict
Greenwich
Stamford
Cramp Confirms Turkish Cruiser Contract Signed
Charles H. Cramp announced from Philadelphia a cablegram from Gen. Williams confirming the contract with Turkey for a first class cruiser. He could not disclose contract details or start and completion dates and expected Gen. Williams to return in about fifteen days for further information.
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Philadelphia
Charles H. Cramp
Gen. Williams
Ged. Williams
Police Board Deliberates Devery Fate and Veteran Promotions
Rumors of Chief Devery resigning circulate as the Police Board reviews promotions. Corporation Counsel Whalen states Sergt Deevy qualifies as a Civil War veteran for captaincy placement, affecting the sergeant-to-captain list. The board meets in secret, denying confirmation of Devery's resignation, while Tammany figures weigh pressure and influence on the chief.
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Whalen
Lee
Appomattox
Lincoln
Sergts
Jefferson Deevy
Manhattan
Edward J. Kenny
Brooklyn
Whaten
Deevy
Army of the United States
United States
Lee Phillips
Sergt. Deevy
Municipal Civil Service Commission
John Mara
Michael Dorman
Edward Walsh
Edward J. Kenney
Edward F. Poole
James Gannon
John E. Colgan
Lawrence F. Murphy
John Buchanan
Bernard J. Hayes
John Cooney
John F. Fiood
T. G. Humphreys
Buren Brooklyn
Michael E. Moody
Francis J. Kear
Edward A. Gaus
James C. Allen
John J. Lantry
Raphael Schulum
Charles C. Wendell
Francis A. Creamer
John McNamara
Michael Devaney
Ernest Lindelmann
John W. Worneil
Charles J Cleate
Fita
Joseph Ivory
Davis
Civil Service Commission
Devery
Board of Police Commissioners
York
Tammany Hall
Maurice Untermyer
Jay
Sexton and
Abell
Hess
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Colorado
Spreaalo Vie
New York Tomes
J.d.rockefeller
Harold McCormick
J. D. Rockefeller
Yeomanry
Naarwpoort
Thorneyvcroft
Prieska
Maine
Ballantine
Paderewski
Old Town Bank of Baltimore
Theodore F. Wilcox
Isaac Robinson
United Milk Producers’ Association
E. G. Shipley
F. G. Shipley
William H. B. Fusselbaugh
Charles W. Hatter
Daniel Donnelly
N. Rufus Gill
Jacob W. Hook
J. Henry Snyder
George Schilling
Wilcox
Mr. Robinson
Gill
Replevins Wedding Presents
Husaband
Vanderbilt Family
Vanderbilt In
People’s Company
Adv
C. L. Bucki
Pschott Brau Bock
Adv. c
MR. Shevlin
James Shevlin
van Wyck
Kings County Democracy
Shevlin
Chief Devery
Kings County
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