Victoria Hotel to Be Torn Down for New Office Tower
A syndicate led by George F. Johnson and Leopold Kahn bought the Victoria Hotel for 2,500,000 dollars with plans to tear it down in three years when the lease expires. The Chatsworth building will be swapped as part payment, and a 3 to 4 million dollar office tower is planned, financed by Metropolitan Life. The hotel, opened near 1868, housed many notable visitors and will join a list of fallen Broadway hotels.
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Victoria
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Twenty Seventh Streets
Paran Stevens
Arthur Paget
John S. Melcher
Twenty-third Street
6Th Broadway
Twenty-seventh Street
George F. Johnson
George ¥., Jr
Frederick Johnson
Leopold Kahn
Johnson-Kahn Syndicate
Upper West Side
Chatsworth
Hendrick- Hudson
Forrest Chambers
Victoria Hotel
Hudson River
Seventy-second Street
Riverside Drive
Seventyss Street
Johnson-Kahn
George W. Sweeney
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Engad
Theroperty
Sweeney
Duffy
Sessees
London
Stevens
A. B. Darling
H. L. Hoyt
Grover Cleveland
Manuel Lamont
Francis T. Walton
Walton
Robert Dunlop
Atlantic City
American Hotelompany
Turtevant
Twenty-ninth Street
de Breslin
Coleman
Brunwick
St. James
Asphalt Trust Break Promised by Tammany Men
The Appellate Division reviewed a case over a Gansevoort Bank loan for a Dagfin expedition to an alleged asphalt lake discovered by McDonald. Prominent figures including Patrick Reahon John Murphy James Gaffney Broderick Collins Jr and Tomas Adams were drawn in as financiers. the bank was ordered to accept 8074.29 or retry the suit, with Keahon's widow Virginia a defendant after his death.
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Tammany
Supreme Court
Gansevoort Bank
Dagfin
George Meee
Meonald
Patrick Reahon
Ohn J. Murphy
Charles Furphy
Tammany Hall
James E. Gaffney
Murphy
Broderick G. Collins, Jr
Tomas A. Adams
McDonald
Ank
Keahon
Virginia Keahon
Ieahon
Olympic Leaves Liverpool for Southampton Voyage
Officials of the White Star Line report the new steamship Olympic departed Liverpool on Thursday bound for Southampton. The ship was opened to the public for a nominal fee with proceeds aiding Seamen's charity, attracting many visitors. A viewing day was held again at Southampton as the vessel prepares for its maiden voyage to New York on June 14.
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White Star Line
Liverpool
Olympic
Southampton
Gena
New York
Boon to City's Finances Sign of New Corporate Stock Note Law
Controller Prendergast informed that Governor Dix signed the corporate stock note bill, enabling borrowing against bond sale proceeds to settle land award claims at about 3.5 percent. The change promises annual savings and reduces bank balances tied to corporate stock, easing city treasury operations.
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Eckford C. de Kay
Dix
Gaynor
Moyses Expelled From New York Cotton Exchange
Opening trades delayed as Edward Moyse & Co. is expelled for misconduct after Morris Rothschild alleged breach of pool instructions. Hugh F. McElroy suspended for one year. Moyse contracts to be handled by Moyse & Holmes in New Orleans. insurgent ticket tops NYCE election slate led by Thomas F. Hicks with George F. Jones and James F. Maury among candidates.
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Cotton Exchange
Marsh
Edward
Felix H. Moyse
Edward Moyse & Co
Exchange
Morris H. Rothschild
Rothschild
Board of Managers
Edward Moye & Co
Edward Moyse
Hugh F. McElroy
New York Cotton Exchange
Moyse
Moyse & Holmes
New Orleans
Insurgent Party
Insurgent
Thomas FE. Hicks
R. H. Rountree & Co
George
Adolph Wolff
Reinhard Siedenburg
James F., Maury
Leopold Bache
J. T. Gwathmey
C. I. Long
William Mohre
E. P. Walker
Trade Conditions Show Cautious Improvement Across Sectors
Dun's Review notes growing confidence and gradual improvement in crop prospects and export demand. May rail earnings rise 0.5 percent, bank clearings down modestly, and shoe leather trades steady. Wheat and oats face dry summer risks, while cotton shows progress on a record area amid subdued industrial activity and cautious tariff expectations.
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Dun
New York
Bradstreet's
Atlantic Seaboard
Eigst
Record Cotton Crop Predicted as Largest Ever
Washington reports indicate this year’s cotton crop could top all records, potentially surpassing 14 million bales if favorable weather continues. Acreage rises by about 1.6 million as 35,004,000 acres are planted, with May 25 condition at 87.8 percent of normal and yield projected around 198 pounds per acre.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
The
Agricultural Department
United States
Department of Agriculture
New Orleans
Government Bureau
Cotton Belt
Frank B. Hayne
Cotton Exchange
Liverpool
New York
Financial Chronicle
Journal of Commerce
Connecticut Checks Plan Interchange Proposal
Connecticut bankers through the Connecticut Bankers Association propose par interchange of checks with the New York Clearing House Association. Connecticut banks would pay par upon presentation in New York Exchange for checks drawn on them sent via Clearing House channels. The plan aims to shorten collections from a week and reduce charges, benefiting New York bankers and Connecticut merchants.
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Connecticut
Connecticut Bankers’Association
New York Clearing House Association
New York Exchange
New York
Williams rumored as Windsor Trust president pick
Former State Banking Superintendent Clark Williams, recently State Controller, rumored to be named Windsor Trust Company president. Hecksher silent on the report as directors plot a capital restructuring to raise 1 million dollars, offering 50 percent new stock to holders and selling remaining shares to a syndicate in which Williams is said to be involved.
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Clark Williams
Windsor Trust Company
Hecksher
John Alvin Young
Williams
Columbia Trust Company
Hughes
Banking Department
August Hecksher
Katy Bonds Sold in Paris
Cabled Paris report confirms Speyer & Co has sold the Missouri Kansas & Texas consolidated mortgage 5 per cent thirty year bonds to a group of French banks. Bonds issued in 500-dollar denominations by a Paris syndicate and planned for Bourse listing. Total authorized issue now 41 million dollars after earlier denials and approvals.
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Paris
Speyer & Co
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Consolidated Mortgage
Kansas Railroad Commission
Foreign trade opportunities listed by American consuls
The New York Times reports a compiled list of foreign trade opportunities filed by American consuls. Entries include Mozambique capital improvements funded at almost 5 million dollars, requests to connect with American sulphur exporters, Spanish red clay roof tiles, a large quantity of American besi, building materials for a luxury hotel, roller skates, trunk locks and leather, stave exports, and fibre machinery from banana bark.
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Washington
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington, D. C
Delagoa Bay
East Africa
W. J. Yerby
Sierra Leone
Mozambique
Polana
Inharrime
Chai-Chai
Macambo
Niamacura
Villa Durao
Tete
Germany
Canada
United States
Besi
England
Indian Ocean
Italy
India
Magazines Merge Under Columbian Sterling Publishing
A major merger unites Hampton's Columbian Home Sterling Orff's Farm Review and The American Woman's Review under the Columbian Sterling Publishing Company New York serves as headquarters with printing in St Louis and future manufacturing in New York The plan expands reader ownership and ad support to boost circulation and advertising reach with 24000 stockholders involved.
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Hampton's
the Columbian
the Home
The
Sterling
Orff’s Farm Review
American Woman's Review
Roy Long
Associated Magazines
Hampton
Columbian
J. B. Haynes
Hampton’s
Western Magazine Publishing Company of
St. Louis
Sterling Magazine
American Woman’s Review
Field i
Columbian-Sterling Publishing Company
New York
Western
Western Company
Frank Orff
Ray Haller
Mr. Orff
Fort Wayne
Omaha
Benjamin B. Hampton
Hampton’s Magazine
Ray Long
Cleveland Press
Cincinnati Post
Albert Ellery Bergh
Thomas Jones
Review of Reviews
McClure
S. A. L. Schmidt
Lee Sidwell
Columbian Company
Miss Gibbie Gault Times Inspires Reading Romance
Miss Gibbie Gault tells of Mary Cary growing up in Yorkburg amid society and gossip. The story follows her environment from childhood through young womanhood, with romance and a strong central heroine celebrated by readers.
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Mary Cary
Gibbie Gault
Yorkburg
Mrs Maxon Protests and Separation in Hope Novel
A social pageant theme unfolds as Mrs Maxon seeks separation from her cold husband. Anthony Hope underscores the romance and morality of real life, exploring respectability and a woman’s quest for autonomy in a story of human appeal.
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Anthony Hope
Dolly
Keeping Up With Lizzie
A witty satirical piece praised for its humor and keen insight into human nature. Critics note Bacheller’s light but pointed portrayal of the era’s wealth rush and social pretensions.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Brooklyn Eagle
Mr. Bacheller
N. ¥. Tribune
Lizzie
Hadleyburg
Rochester Herald
Harper's Camping and Scouting Overview
A new book edited by George Bird Grinnell Dr Eugene L Swan and Garrett P Serviss surveys Boy Scouting camping and outdoor skills. It covers camp organization wood craft scouting games mountain climbing and caravaning with expert editors from Forest and Stream Pine Island Camp and astronomy.
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George Bird Grinnell
Forest and Stream
Eugene L. Swan
Pine Island Camp
Garrett P. Serviss
Publications of Unusual Importance Stevenson Letters Volume Series
Announcement of a four to eight volume publication series featuring Charles Stevenson letters addressed to intimate friends. Library style with portraits, 8vo volumes cloth $6.00 net, uniform Biographical Edition 16mo four volumes cloth $4.00 limp leather $5 net.
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Stevenson
The West in the East From an American Point of View
Price Collier author of England and the English from an American Point of View discusses the Orient and America hearing of our duties in the East. He weighs hopes and fears from Japan the imperial stakes in India and the impact of East West contact. The book costs 1.50 net postpaid 1.65.
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Price Collier
England
East
Japan
India
England and the English 75 cents net
Lord Rosebery notes a cheap edition of a famed American book on England. The preface expresses gladness that the edition is affordable, stating it may be the best ever written by an American about England.
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Lord Rosebery
England
The Patrician lauded as season’s best book
The season’s top book is John Galsworthy’s The Patrician praised for its style and the exactness of character portraits. Reviewers note the vivid mental portraits that would be recognized by voice and appearance.
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John Galsworthy
Patrician
N.Y. Evening Post
London Academy
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New York Clearing House
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Mary A. Fisher
Baker, Taylor Co
Dr. Hamilton
Louisa Forrester
Westover
Wanatah
Old Virginia
George Cary Eggleston
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co
Boston
Basset
Tallentyre
N. Y
Land OF
Teck
S. Baring-Gould
Goethe
Frau Aja
Margaret Reeks
Oliver Onions
John Lane Company
Xclsher
Kate Langley Bosher
Mrs. Maxon
By Anthony Hope
Irving Bacheller
Harper’s
Harpers Harpers Harpers Zine Bazar Weekly
Keeler Art Galleries
Liberty ST
Charles Kingsley
Westminster Abbey
Queen Victoria
Carlyle
J. S. Mill
Stirling
Kingsley
George Keeler
Alas
Jeffery Farnol
America
Littie,Brown ¢É Co., Publishers
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Dale
Hermann Lechner
New York, N
Robert Louis Stevenson
Brazenhead the Great
Maurice Hewlett
Dumas
Falstaff
Cyrano
Hewlett
Philadelphia Public Ledger
N. E
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Fifth Ave
Helen Norwood Halsey
West 31Th ST
Crryy
Fogazzaro
A. Minime
Discorsi
Osset
Yenmieri
Serao
M. Castingo
Italian Book CO
Broadway, New York
West 45Th St
West
Putnams
Fretall Dept. of
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Thomson-Pitt Book CO
Sone
Annie Nathan Meyer
Brandy’s
Lexington Av
Baker's Great Book Shop
Birmingeham
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