U S Court Cancels Belt Line Leases in Receivers' Ruling
Judge Lacombe grants Adrian H Joline and Douglas Robinson authority to cancel leases of the Belt line Central Park North and East River Railroad including the Fifty ninth Street crosstown and Twenty eighth Twenty ninth Street lines. Lines to be returned to dormant owners with debts running into millions. Stockholders to elect new directors July 10. June 30 deadline favored but delayed for public convenience.
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Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Adrian H.joline
Douglas Robinson
New York City
Central Park
North
East River
Twenty-eighth
Twenty-ninth Street
Metropolitan
New York City Railway Company
Judge Lacombe
Belt Line
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
Morton Trust Comck
James R. Sheffield
Round Trip to Denver via Pennsylvania Railroad
Fare from New York to Denver and return set at 60 dollars and 90 cents. Tickets valid July 1 to 4 with return until July 17 inclusive. See ticket agents, Ady.
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Denver
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Ady
Ship theft chase ends as suspect halted by revenue cutter
The seven day Lake Michigan pursuit ends when the schooner Nellie Johnson, seized by Dan Seavey and two sailors, is abandoned for the Wanderer. Deputy Currier fires a warning shot from the Tuscarora after a final hail, ending the chase near South Haven and bringing Seavey into US Commissioner Foote’s court.
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Dan
Seavey
Nellie Johnson
Montague, Mich
United States
Tuscarora
Marshal Currier
Lake Michigan
South Haven
McCormick
Tuscacora
Currier
Roosevelt hosts friends and Mexican envoys at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt entertains Caspar Whitney, Dr. Albert Shaw, Col. William L. Marshall, and Mexican visitors Manuel Calero and Maria Molina at Sagamore Hill. They deliver a message to Diaz and discuss a possible Africa hunting trip with no firm plans yet.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Caspar Whitney
Albert Shaw
William L. Marshall
New York Bay
Manuel Calero
Mexico City
Maria Molina
Vera Cruz
Diaz
Sagamore Hill
Bacon
Chicago
Col. Marshall
Engineer Corps
Army
Dr. Shaw
Africa
Robbery suspect Matlack of Westchester arrested on Butler case
Roy Matlack a member of a prominent family was arrested by Chief Jefferis on charges tied to the Butler home burglary and two revolvers. Police say the note with a burglar sketch found after a safe blowing matches his handwriting and may tie him to other recent crimes. He planned a Europe trip and was to sail soon.
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New York Times
Westchester
Penn
Roy Matlack
Jefferis
Thomas&. Butler
Matlack
Butler
Darlington Frochers
Europe
Bishop Potter Alleges Critical Condition In Cooperstown
Cooperstown New York June 20 Bishop Potter is very ill at his wife Fernleigh home after traveling from New York for stomach and liver trouble. Heat worsened his condition and oxygen is being used. Dr J E Janvrin says the bishop is greatly prostrated by hot weather and remains critically ill. Alonzo Potter arrived from New York as Potter’s health worsened.
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New York Times
Cooperstown
N. Y
Potter
Fernleigh
New York
J. E. Janvrin
Bishop Potter
Clark Estate
Otsego Lake
Morgan Dix
Trinity Parish
Dr. Dix
West Eigty-ninth Street
Dr. Janvrin
Frederick Courtney
St. James’s Church
Bishop Whitehead
Pittsburg
Central Life Securities founders arrested in fraud scheme
B F Rhodus Edward Rhodus and Thomas Rhodus were arrested in Chicago on charges of using the mails to defraud. A federal complaint named O M Holliday of Melrose Park as the recipient of the alleged fraudulent letter. Hearing postponed to July 9 with bond set at 1000 dollars. Grand Jury heard five witnesses including Neenah Wisconsin business owners who bought stock after agents canvassed the town.
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Chicago
B. F. Rhodus
Edward F. Rhodus
Thomas Rhodus
Central Life Securities Company
William M. Ketcham
United States Post Office
Rhodus
O. M. Holliday
Melrose Park
United States
Sims
Herman F. Ansbach
Neenan
Wis
Rhodus Brothers
Edward Lackman
Neenah
Central schedule snippet and scheduling note
A brief entry notes that service runs to Philadelphia every hour on the hour in two hours with a reference to the page 13 Central schedule and a cryptic code ORMOKR. No dust or further details are provided.
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Philadelphia
Ee Saat Central
Ormokr
Falls From High Trestle Crash On Subway Tracks
A subway guard named James Finn fell fifty feet from a Broadway trolley trestle at 125th Street and landed on the tracks. Policeman Baer aided him to an ambulance and he was rushed to J Hood Wright Hospital where doctors found a skull fracture and severe internal injuries. Finn later regained consciousness briefly but died or remained critically ill.
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Baer
125Th Street
Health Department
James Naylor
Naylor
J. Hood Wright Hospital
McEveety
James Finn
Hooper Street
Brooklyn
Bank failure in Pittsburg prompts postponement in case
In Pittsburg, the Allegheny National Bank collapse prompting a postponement as bondsmen and bank lawyers seek more time. Officials claim funds will be returned to the state, city, and depositors, while cashiers and directors face questions about old stock and political pressures.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Allegheny National Bank of
William Montgomery
Montgomery
Pennsylvania
4 Day Tour to Niagara Falls by Lehigh Valley R R
Lehigh Valley Railroad announces a four day Niagara Falls tour departing July 8 and returning June 6. Contact offices at 1460 Broadway New York or 325 Fulton Street Brooklyn for details.
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Niagara Falls
Lehigh Valley
Re Employment Day Sparks Chicago Restart of Jobs
Chicago reporters note July 1 as Re employment day as thousands return to work after weeks idle. Illinois Central Railroad plans 5 500 rebuild at its shops after eight months layoff. Illinois Steel South Chicago plant resumes normal force with more hires. International Harvester re hires all staff with many departments on night shifts.
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New York Times
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Illinois Steel Company
South Chicago
International Harvester Company
Rush of coal orders boosts Pittsburgh district output
June production in the Pittsburg district is expected to set a new record with one day of data remaining. Lake shipping delays helped shift the season start to mid month, triggering robust demand from railroads and coal operators. The Ohio River Bridge Connecting Railroad shows recovery, while Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania lines near pre‑depression levels. Pottsville’s Pine Knot Colliery restarts, promising about 3,500 tons from 100 cars daily.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Ohio River Bridge
Ohio River
Great Lakes
Northwest
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Lines
Pottsville
Pine Knot
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
Poison Suspect in Dr Wilson Death Accusations
Philadelphia coroner says poison killed Dr W H Wilson who died after drinking ale at home. Internal organs sent to chemist for analysis. motive considered while detectives trace the bottle source. A family member of a young man accused of poisoning may have been present during a fatal illness.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Jermon
W. S. Wadsworth
W. H. Wilson
Wilson
Priest Charges Dynamiting in Chester Boycott
The Rev. Joseph Timmens of St. Michael's Catholic Church accuses the Chester Traction Company of wrongdoing and blames the trolley interests for dynamiting and other disturbances. He says the public supports the boycott and seeks to end trolley influence over city politics.
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New York Times
Chester
Penn
Joseph Timmens
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Chester Traction Company
Traction
Four Drown In Flood Near Wellington Kansas
Four persons are known to have drowned and several missing after Hargis Creek overflowed from a cloudburst north of Wellington. The dead include Mrs Shirley Sherman and Mrs Edward West, plus a baby daughter of a Santa Fe engineer named Hurst. People floated from houses and roofs, rescued by canoe as men and boys worked all night.
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Wellington
Kan
Hargis Creek
Here
Shirley Sherman
Edward West
Sherman
Santa Fé
Hurst
Speed-Comfort-Economy Red Taxicabs Adv
New York Tagicab Co advertises services under the motto speed comfort economy with a call line listed as 6600 Columbus for taxicab bookings.
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Columbus
New
909-Foot Skyscraper to Tower Above All
Plans filed for a 909 foot high, 62 story Equitable Life skyscraper to rise on Broadway Nassau Pine and Cedar Streets. Cost estimated at 10 million dollars. Main block 489 feet plus a 420 foot tower with cupola. includes 38 passenger elevators and Renaissance style brick granite façades.
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Murphy
Singer
Metropolitan Life Tower
Broadway
Nassau, Pine, and
Cedar Streets
Equitable Life Assurance Society
D. H. Burnham & Co
Chicago
Equitable Life
Washington Monument
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Nassau Street
Sept. Murphy
Boys Set Ad Fences Afire in Harlem
Two high advertising fences in Harlem burn roughly every ten days, each causing about $250 in damage per incident. Police say youngsters start the fires to watch engines respond and get wet from hoses, but no arrests have been made. A blaze occurred last night at the Ninety-ninth Street fence, with a likely next one at the 125th Street location soon.
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Harlem
Ninety-ninth Street
Madison Avenue
125Th Street
Larchmont Lawyer Marries Miss Mary Donnelly in Elopement
In Marmaroneck and Larchmont a well known lawyer and yachtsman Lewis Taylor, about 40, wed Mary R. Donnelly eighteen, after a telegram from New York revealed the marriage. Dr Otto Ernst, a Larchmont Justice of the Peace, performed the ceremony last Friday as the couple left for a wedding trip. Donnelly learned of the match only after receiving his daughters message.
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New York Times
Mamaroneck
N.Y
Marmaroneck
Larchmont
Lewis Taylor
Mary R. Donnelly
John Donnelly
Taylor
Mr. Donnelly
Otto Ernst
New Rochelle
Miss Donnelly
Coal Dealers Cleared of Conspiracy Charge
Providence Rhode Island June 29 The Rhode Island Supreme Court declares coal dealers indicted in February 1907 for conspiring to regulate coal prices not guilty. The Superior Court's eight questions were answered with the dealers freed of all culpability.
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Providence
R. I
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Senator Bailey Jr. Improves Resting at Waldorf
Senator Joseph W. Bailey Jr of Texas, recently ill at the Waldorf Astoria, shows improvement and took his first drive since his illness yesterday.
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Bailey
Joseph W. Bailey, Jr
Texas
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Hughes arrives as Saranac Lake Summer Capital of New York
Gov. Hughes arrives in Saranac Lake with Mrs. Hughes and a party to spend the Adirondack summer as the state’s summer capital. The governor travels by private car from Albany, stays at a log cottage, plans extensive tramping and fishing, with views of Upper Saranac Lake and surrounding peaks.
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New York Times
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Gov. Hughes
Adirondack Mountains
New York State
Albany
Hughes
Charles. E. Hughes, Jr
Helen
Catherine Hughes
Elizabeth
HURLS JUDGE FROM AUTO IN FENDER BENDER
Judge Bishop of this village leaped into a speeding automobile to stop it. The driver clutched the Judge, threw him from the car, and sped away. The Judge escaped serious injury after falling in the gutter. The Sheriff is seeking the autoist with the vehicle number recorded.
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New York Times
L. L
Chicago Woman Attorney Wins $30,000 Fee in Bross Estate
Mary E. Miller successfully prosecuted the grandchildren of the late William Bross for immediate distribution of a 3,000,000 estate. The will held trust until the youngest grandchild turned 30, but Judge Carpenter ruled the trustees' timing too remote and ordered distribution.
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Chicago
Mary E. Miller
William Bross
Azariah T. Galt
Brooklyn Tailor Dies After Brain Operation
Joseph Ritz a tailor of 1380 De Kalb Avenue Brooklyn died after a brain operation in which about four ounces of brain matter were removed following a self inflicted gunshot wound on April 3 at Saint Marys Hospital Doctors Edward McNulty and James F Kennedy led the procedure Ritz lived nearly three months post operation during which he learned to play chess a skill he could not master before his suicide attempt
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Joseph Ritz
de Kalb Avenue
Brooklyn
Ritz
St. Mary’s Hospital
Edward McNulty
James F. Kennedy
Gray poised for Denver nominating bid
Josiah Marvel of Bloomington and J R Beamish of Philadelphia state that Judge Gray will be nominated at Denver. They claim Bryan overestimates South strength and Gov Johnson has more appeal there. Handy of Wilmington will nominate Gray with Peter O Boyle of Pittston giving the seconding speech.
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New York Times
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
South
Josiah Marvel
Bloomington
Del
J. R. Beamish
Philadelphia
Penn
Judge Gray
Denver
Gov. Johnson
L. J. Handy
Wilmington
Peter O'Boyle
Pittston
Marvel
Beamish
Gray
North Carolina Bryan delegates chosen at state convention
The Democratic State Convention in Charlotte adjourned after instructing for William J. Bryan by 523 to 194. The body completed the State ticket, chose delegates to the Denver Convention, and adopted a platform praising Gov. Glenn, backing the Aldrich-Vreeland Currency bill, and condemning Congress excesses. Ten votes opposed Senator Simmons as a national delegate.
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Charlotte
N. C
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Denver
United States
Simmons
Gov
Glenn
Aldrich-Vreeland
Louisiana High License State Approved by Assembly
Louisiana will be a high license state for two years after the Senate passed the Shattuck-Gay bill 29 to 4. The measure sets minimum parish license fees at 500 dollars and state licenses at 200 dollars with maximum licenses reaching several thousand dollars each.
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Baton Rough
Louisiana
Assembly
Senate
Duma OKs $100 Million Internal Loan
In St. Petersburg on June 29 the Duma approved the Finance Minister's bill to authorize an internal loan of 100 million dollars to cover the expected budget deficit.
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Duma
ST. Petersburg
Onight
Fare to Denver and Return via Tehigh Valley
Advertises a 55 dollar 50 cent fare to Denver and return via Tehigh Valley. Provides inquiry line 355 and 1490 Broadway. Abbel.
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Denver
Tehigh Valley
Abbel
Democratic Convention Fights Over Anti Injunction Plank
Denver dispatch reports heated debate among National Democratic leaders on the anti injunction plank and Vice Presidency. Bryan favored guidance, with talks to consult many members before drafting. Prohibition plank push by Gen. Weaver signals major conference battles ahead in the convention race.
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New York Times
Denver
Bryan
National Committee
Messares
Friends
Pla
Charles S. Thomas
Colorado
Gompers
Thomas
Resolutions Committee
Committee On Resolutions
Chicago
Conventon
James B. Weaver
Iowa
Geh
Weaver
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Foote
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Nassau
Pine Streets
Mary Donnelly
Saranac, Summer Capital
the Adirondacks
Long Island
North Carolina
Bryanto Consult Leaders
Prohibitionists
Gompers Plank
Chanler
Eta
Norman E. Mack
George E. Chamberlain
Brynxsider
Empire State
George Gray
the Savoy
George Gray, Jr
Andrew Gray
District of Columbia
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