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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
7
Coroner reports 170 dead after Monday night fire in Boyertown Pennsylvania upsetting the town. Many bodies identified as authorities clash with mourners over custody of remains.
Coroner Strausser empaneled a jury for an inquest into a borough fire. Representatives from各 several insurance companies are in Boyertown settling claims. Survivors include John Rhoades and his grandson, who were believed dead, and Mrs. John Dyer. A canvass committee was formed to locate the dead and arrange funerals. An appeal to volunteers to dig graves was issued. The latest toll estimates range from 150 to 200 killed.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in Pittsburgh awarded twelve medals for heroic acts. Total payments since its start reach $190,814.32 across 126 medals. Recipients include George A. Grant who died after saving two men. Mrs Florence Hoose honored for defending a nurse against a typhoid patient. other awardees hail from Cambridge Springfield Worcester Lowell Lowell area and beyond with recipients across New York Connecticut Massachusetts Ontario and England.
In Fairmont West Virginia on January 15 the coroner's jury found the Monongah mine disaster caused by a blown shot or powder ignition. The jury largely exonerated the Fairmont Coal Company from responsibility.
Several hundred athletes joined the annual indoor meet and junior championships at the Seventy-first Regiment Armory. St Ann’s captured the junior title with 16 points, while St Ignatius B C took second and St Columbus third. Various dash and relay events produced close finishes with St Ann’s, Cathedral Club, and St Ignatius among top finishers. The Catholic Athletic League basketball final saw M I V Midgets of New York defeat St Peter’s of Staten Island 16 to 9, led by Ward Furey and Garibaldi.
Government inquiry into Standard Oil of New Jersey resumes before Special Examiner Ferriss with Walter Tarbell of Pure Oil Co testifying. Tarbell details Producers’ Protective Association secrecy, production limits, and price effects, noting Pure Oil grew after merging with rivals. The hearing continues today.
West Side Branch defeats East Side Branch 8 to 16 in a natatorium dual meet. Mantell, Reilly, and Friedlander lead with multiple wins in 25 and 50 yard events, plus 200 yard and relay races. Elementary schools meet announced for April 25 at Interior Baths or First Avenue pools.
John T. Manson president of Yale National Bank and Mrs Helen H Benedict wed in a Hotel Normandie ceremony officiated by Rev F A M Brown. Mrs Benedict, widow of Frank H Benedict, presented deeds to a New Haven house valued at 75 dollars to her new husband.
Needlework pictures and cut velvet images from the Raymond collection drew attention at American Art Galleries. The standout velvet piece Sheep in a Snowstorm sold for 50 dollars to W. B. Carrington, with needle work pictures fetching as low as eight dollars. The evening sale totaled 1,224.50 dollars while the afternoon pottery segment reached 4,833 dollars. The sale continues this afternoon and evening.
Jan Poran also known as W. Cokbs Martin Andreuff Martinson and J M Madson appeared before U S Commissioner Shields in the Federal Building on charges linked to four murders and multiple arsons burglaries and attempted murders in Livonia Extradition requested by the Russian Government accompanies the case.
A. Barton Hepburn, chairman of the American Bankers Association Currency Committee, issues a call for a special committee meeting in Chicago next Saturday to further consider the association's currency plan approved in Atlantic City last fall and its impact on the Aldrich and Fowler bills in Congress.
Artist Alexander S Cruden of 27 West Sixty fifth Street sues Dorothea Cruden for divorce alleging flirtation with fellow artist John Zorini signaled by a teddy bear and answered with a walking stick. She denies the charge and files a counter suit naming an artist’s model as co respondent.
The Lincoln Trust Company board unanimously approves boosting capital from 1 million to 1.5 million by issuing 5 000 new shares. Directors also agree to subscribe for unclaimed stock. A stockholders meeting to vote on the increase is scheduled for Jan 380.
In Pinehurst North Carolina on January 15 the fifth annual midwinter golf tournament saw three events in progress and two courses in use. Parker W Whittemore of Brookline CC defeated I A Hamilton Englewood 5 and 4 in the morning round and beat Frederick Snare also of Englewood 3 and 1. Hamilton beat Chisholm Beach Garden City 4 and 1 in the morning. Emerson Armstrong Fox Hills took the first division consolation defeating Edwin A Freeman Dyker Meadow 2 and 1 with medal scores 79 and 85 respectively.
Henry A. Powell, a receiver, said the Borough Bank may resume business but no firm decision will come until Walter S. Brewster reports to the court on Feb. The Gates Avenue Court fined the manager and four employees of a Broadway motion picture venue for Sunday operation. The Brooklyn League marks its tenth anniversary on Jan. 24 with invitations to all living ex Mayors to speak at the Grant Post House on 488 Washington Avenue.
Washington dated January 15 dispatches Captain D C Sea Grave of the Ordinance Department to Laflin Rand Powder Co in Haskell New Jersey for smokeless powder work. First Lieutenant W Willing of Engineers to San Francisco then Washington for consultation and temporary duty. Captain F A Cooke to St Louis and Fort Riley to investigate a new field oven design. A board at Hook Proving Ground New Jersey is to meet. Major C B Wheeler to return to Washington and others to their posts.
Sailed to Chicago from Magdalena Bay for Acapulco aboard Wasp, from navy yard New York to Norfolk, Potomac from Portsmouth New Hampshire to Boston.
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