Aldrich Defends Cotton Duties Against Tariff Attack
Washington dispatch reports Sen Aldrich defending cotton schedule amid attacks by La Follette Dolliver and others. He cited experts saying amendments do not raise rates, noted 90 percent of the schedule remains, and urged Southern support as mills expand. Senate adopts La Follette motion for German wage correspondence.
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New York Times
Washington
Senator la Follette
Dolliver
William Alden Smith
Aldrich
Marion de Vries
New York
Gen. Sherritts
W. H. Parkhill
New York Cotton Examiner
Otto Ficks
la Follette
Beveridge
Senate
South Carolina
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Georgia
South
North
Penrose
Gallinger
Mr. la Follette
Pennsylvania
French Curtain Makers Protest Tariff Threat
A delegation of French curtain manufacturers filed a protest with Commerce Minister Cruppi against the proposed American tariff, warning the measures would ruin their industry.
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Iparis
France
Cruppi
Railroads Fined for Rebating Plea of Guilty in Federal Court
Missouri Pacific Railroad and the St Louis Iron Mountain Southern pleaded guilty in a federal court in Little Rock Arkansas to rebating indictments. Judge Trieber imposed 7500 fines on each case totaling 15000. Attorney General Wickersham said he reviewed rebate circumstances and believed the railroads were technically but not morally in violation of the Elkins act.
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Little Rock
Ark
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Trieber
Washington
Wickersham
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Elkins Aw
Uriu Visit At White House And Naval Ball Plans
Vice Admiral Uriu of Japan and Baroness Uriu left Washington for Annapolis to attend a Naval Academy ball. They will stay in New York as guests of Col. R. M. Thompson, travel aboard the Sylph, and later visit New Haven after hosting several dignitaries at Mount Vernon and White House calls with the Beekman Winthrops and other officials.
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New York Times
Washington
Admiral Uriu
Baroness Uriu
Annapolis
Naval Academy
New York
Col. R. M. Thompson
White House
Mount Vernon
New Haven
Conant Named Deputy Commissioner of Corporations
President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Luther Conant Jr of New York to be Deputy Commissioner of Corporations in the Department of Commerce and Labor. Conant, 38, MIT graduate, succeeds E Dana Durand who becomes Census Director. He has five years as Special Examiner in the Bureau of Corporations and was financial editor of The New York Journal of Commerce.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Luther Conant, Jr
New York
Department of Commerce and Labor
Conant
E. Dana Durand
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bureau of Corporations
Standard Oil Inquiry
New York Journal of Commerce
Portrait of Elihu Root Hanged in State Department
A oil portrait of Senator Elihu Root, long serving as Secretary of State, was hung in the State Department’s diplomatic room today. It joins a group at the room’s far end, directly below James G. Blaine, with other members of the quartet including Henry Clay and John W. Foster.
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Washington
Elihu Root
Roosevelt
State Department
James G. Blaine
Henry Clay
John W. Foster
Thought Horse Kicked Him As Wire Sparks Trolley Incident
Eleven year old Walter Schutling of 2 132 Southern Boulevard pulled a wire toward a trolley line on Webster Avenue at 174th Street. The wire sparked and hurled him fifteen feet to the sidewalk. He received a hand burn and was shaken but recovered at Fordham Hospital.
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Walter Schutling
Southern Boulevard
Young Schutling
Webster Avenue
174Th Street
Schutling
Fordham Hospital
Yale Rams a Ferryboat in New York Collision
The Yale liner of Metropolitan Steamship Co. collided with the Bremen ferry near Christopher Street as the Bremen neared its Hoboken slip. The impact smashed the Bremen’s overhang and damaged the superstructure above the waterline while passengers were jolted but unharmed. Captain Grove ordered full speed ahead to clear the slip and the Bremen was secured shortly after.
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Metropolitan Steamship Company
Yale
Christopher Street
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Bremen
Hoboken
Boston
Grove
Strike Called Off Trolley Workers Win Ten Hour Day
Philadelphia ends a seven day trolley strike as wages rise to 22 cents an hour and ten hour shifts become work day. Senator McNichol and Mayor pledge smooth resumption of service with unions voting 3 256 for and 619 against.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Meader Pratt
Pratt
Car Barn Committee
Parsons
Frank Feeney
McNichol
Twelfth
York Streets
Reading Railroad
Colon
Jones Suit Against Gould Dismissed
John S. Jones sued George J. Gould Joseph Ramsey Jr and William E Guy to recover 460000 and interest from coal lands in Ohio. The Appellate Division affirmed Justice Goff who dismissed the complaint after prior trial and a $546,301 verdict was reversed and a new trial ordered.
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John S. Jones
George J. Gould
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
William E. Guy
Ohio
Justice Goff
Gould
Justice Guy
Jones
Central Trust Company Increases Capital and Declares Dividend
Stockholders approved raising capital from 1 million to 3 million to reflect the bank's large deposits. Directors declared a cash dividend of 200 percent to provide funds for subscribers to the new stock at par.
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Central Trust Company
Hungarian Baker Pleads Guilty in Acid Murder
Gasper Zitnick a Hungarian baker at 550 East Sixteenth Street pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree for killing his wife by throwing sulphuric acid on February 17 in a fit of jealousy and was sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twenty years in Sing Sing.
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Gasper Zitnick
East Sixteenth Street
Pennington Airship Back Sparks Old Getter Scheme
Edward J. Pennington resurges with revived airship ventures after twenty years. Bergstrom & Co. promote a $50,000,000 Aerial Transit Company with directors including Lewis Nixon Thurlow Weed Barnes and Oscar B Bergstrom. A foreign government order, claimed contracts, and plans for a monster airship are touted amid denials of Nixon’s direct involvement in the funding effort.
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Edward J. Pennington
Middle West
Mount Carmel
Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Pennington
Scientific American
Bergstrom & Co
Singer
A. J. Halter
la Chivia Copper Company
Aerial Transit Company
Lewis Nixon
Thurlow Weed Barnes
Oscar B. Bergstrom
Standard Oil Company
Mr. Pennington
Nixon
Standard Oil
New York
St. Louis
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Halt on California Development meeting in Jersey City
Vice Chancellor Howell signed an order in Newark restraining the California Development Company from holding a stockholders meeting in Jersey City next Tuesday or allowing stockholder voting until the court grants permission. Willard J. Doran, trustee of Southern Pacific Company, requested the restraint, claiming proxies tied to a $200,000 loan should continue under New Jersey law and prevent proxy expiry. The move targets actions the California Company plans that could affect the holding company’s interests.
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Howell
Newark
California Development Company
Jersey City
Court of Chancery
Willard J. Doran
Southern Pacific Company
Harriman Lines
Doran
California
New Jersey
Resume of Preferred Dividend at Republic Iron and Steel
Republic Iron and Steel declares a quarterly 1 percent preferred dividend and begins paying back 1 quarter of 1 percent on deferred dividends. The 7 percent cumulative preferred stock has $20,416,900 outstanding. back dividends from 1904-1905 are being cleared, with records dated June 21 for payment to July 1 stockholders.
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Republic Iron and Steel Company
Pee
Une
Plans for Rector Hotel by John Russell Pope at Broadway Forty
Architect John Russell Pope filed plans for a twelve story hotel for Charles E Rector on the Broadway corner of Forty-fourth Street. The Louis XV Renaissance style uses limestone on the lower three stories with brick and terra cotta above, a large mansard crown, and a Broadway entrance with Corinthian pillars. The building measures 102.3 feet on Broadway and 131.3 feet deep, with an estimated cost of $1,000,000.
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John Russell Pope
Charles E. Rector
Broadway
Forty-fourth Street
Stephen Rice Dies in Manhasset at 40 From Soda Water
Nassau County political figure Stephen Rice died at his Manhasset home from Bright's disease after heavy daily soda intake. He weighed 320 pounds and was active in Republican politics. His brother ran for constable last spring and narrowly lost by 25 votes.
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Stephen Rice
Nassau County
Manhasset
L. I
Rice
Bright
Constable
North Hempstead
Trinity Boston Calls Orange Organist
Ronald M. Grant organist and choir master of Grace Church Orange New Jersey has accepted the call to Trinity Church Boston. He will begin duties September 1. Grant is known as a trainer of boys voices and his Orange choir is noted for its music. He has been a pupil in Paris and at a Chapel here.
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Trinity
Boston
Orange
Ronald M. Grant
Grace Church
N. J
Trinity Church
Grant
Ita Musices
Paris
Fisherman Fleischman assets under scrutiny in bankruptcy case
Creditors led by Charles L. Greenhall interrogate Joseph Fleischman and allied firms over missing books and asset transfers before the Referee in Bankruptcy William Allen. They seek examination of Fleischman Baths directors and related real estate deals including the Hotel Marquis lease and Cedarhurst holdings to recover value for creditors.
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Joseph Fleischman
William Allen
Fleischman
Fleischman Floral Company
Fleischman Baths
Forty-second Street
Sixth Avenue
Floral Market Company
Heather Realty Company
National Centre Realty Company
Charles L. Greenhall
820 Broadway
Clarence R. Freeman
Vesey Street
Fleishman Baths
Gustav Gude
John B. Stanchfield
Charles T. Lark
Warrendorf
Marquis
Cedarhurst
Old Baths Company
A. B. Barr & Co
Yonkers
Batavia Wood Working Company
Hays Foundry and Iron Works
Lincoln Trust Company
New York Cut Flower Company
Yerkes Estate Executor Appeals Receivership Ruling
Louis B. Owsley as executor of Charles T. Yerkes estate filed answer in U S Circuit Court to London Underground Railways bill seeking to dismiss the complaint and end the receivership. He argues assets lack ready market and may require sacrifice to realize cash but claims $100000 reduction of debt and contends delaying sale could yield enough to satisfy creditors and leave dower to Adelaide Yerkes. He questions whether London claim acts as a judgment against the estate and notes possible enforcement of collateral in creditors' claims.
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Louis
New York
Owsley
Cook County
Underground Railways of
London
Mercer County pushes for Whitla reward in kidnapping case
Mercer County authorities claim the $15,000 Pennsylvania reward for Willie Whitla’s kidnapping should reimburse county costs from the Boyle arrest and trial. The move ties into local politics around Frank Buhl and James Whitla, with competing claims from Cleveland police and other parties expected to trigger a bitter fight and uncover past details.
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New York Times
Mercer
Penn
Whitla
Pennsylvania
Willie Whitla
Mercer County
Boyles
Frank Buhl
James P. Whitla
Boyle
Buhl-Whitla
James Whitla
Willie
Patrick O’reilly
Cleveland
Koehler
Mr. Whitla
Chief Koehler
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Hollenden
Third Avenue Line Faces 7.5 Million Reorganization
The Third Avenue Railroad reorganization plan calls for 7.5 million dollars in new capital to restore operation. Foreclosure sale may be delayed into fall as bondholders are expected to fund the effort unless stockholders are asked to accept an assessment. Of the 7.5 million, 2.5 million retires receiver certificates, 1 million funds new track, and 4 million supports general improvements.
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Third Avenue Railroad
Third Avenue Road
Third Avenue
Whitridge
Industrial Failures Fall Week by Bradstreet Report
Bradstreet reports 191 US business failures in the week, down from 205 prior week and 225, 155, 162, and 194 in corresponding weeks 1908 to 1906. Regional totals include Middle States 66, New England 19, Southern 48, Western 32, Northwestern 8, Far West 18, Territories 0, Canada 19. About 85 percent of failures had capital of $5,000 or less and 11 percent had $5,000 to $20,000.
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Bradstreet
United States
Middle States
New England
Southern
Western
Northwestern
Far West
Territories
Canada
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Schrafft
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Schrater
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