New Jersey Tax Ruling on Coal Depots May Reach Supreme Court
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals rules coal stored near Junction becomes subject to local tax, a decision with broad implications for Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co and others. The court rejects that storage were inter state transport, clarifying that ownership storage lacks inherent sale and interstate commerce, potentially shaping Hepburn bill debates and tidewater coal control.
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Court of Errors and Appeals
New Jersey
Jersey
Pennsylvania
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Junction
George F. Baer
Reading Railway
Tidewater
James B. Dill
Dill
Connecticut
New York City
New York
United States Supreme Court
New Jersey Line
Road May Pass Dividend
The Southern Railway Directors meet today to decide the semi annual dividend on the preferred stock. It is expected no dividend will be declared due to earnings declines. Last payment declared 1 percent from accumulated net earnings rather than 2 percent from current earnings. Further declines in earnings over six months make a dividend unlikely.
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Southern Railway
Finance Committee Considers Currency Resolutions
The Chamber of Commerce Finance Committee met to discuss currency matters. James G. Cannon, vice president of Fourth National Bank, chaired and noted the committee had not yet reached enough to suggest recommendations. Resolutions before Congress seek opinion on current bills and a Congressional Currency Commission to address the broader currency issue.
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Chamber of Commerce
James G. Cannon
Fourth National Bank
Congress
Kentucky Colonel Daniel Ward Arrested on Forged Drafts
Daniel Ward known as the Kentucky Colonel was arrested at Police Headquarters after passing forged drafts on a Broadway department store. The 74-year-old, famed for a long criminal record, resisted examination and faced extradition to Boston after being held without bail. Ward’s history includes Sing Sing sentences and leadership of a Mississippi River gambler gang. He recently married a Canadian Indian woman and toured Rhode Island posing as a Kentucky Colonel.
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America
Daniel 8
McCaffrey
Lieut. Dunn
Ward
Broadway
Rhode Island
Wards
Sing Sing
Kansas City
Boston
Mississippi
Corrigan
Father Leo's Slayer Guilty of Murder in Denver
Giuseppe Alla was found guilty of first degree murder for shooting Father Leo Heinrichs at St. Elizabeth's Church in Denver on February 28. The jury fixed hanging as the penalty. Only two witnesses were called, with Dr. Baron G. Tosti testifying that Alla appeared insane, while defense argued sanity with limited expert input.
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Denver
Col
Giuseppe Alla
Leo Heinrichs
St. Elizabeth's Church
Baron G. Tosti
Leo
Alia
Father Leo
John Chiles
Robert H. Wildecombe
Cotton Mills Cut Wages In Lowell Mass
Notices announcing a wage reduction of 10 percent were posted in seven large cotton factories in Lowell during the noon hour. About 26,000 operatives will be affected as industry outlook remains discouraging and further curtailment may be needed. The Boots Tremont and Suffolk Hamilton Middlesex Lawrence Appleton and Merrimac corporations are involved, with Manchester New Hampshire and Lawrence Massachusetts reports suggesting broader follow on.
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Lowell
Mass
Boots
Tremont and Suffolk
Hamilton
Middlesex
Lawrence, Appleton
Merrimac
Manchester
N. H
Lawrence
Coal Company Denies Fraud in $3 Million Bond Suit
The Slater Trust Company sues Randolph-Macon Coal Company to recover $3,000,000 in mortgage bonds tied to 47 000 acres of coal lands. The defense argues the fraud claims cover only surface rights and not the coal underneath. Defendants include John Regeman William A Read and James T Gardiner president of Randolph Macon Coal Company.
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Sgal
Justice Martin
United States District Court
Slater Trust Company
Providence
R. IL
Randolph-Macon Coal Company
Delphin M. Delmas
Trust Company
Coal Company
Eee
The
John Regeman
William A. Read
James T. Gardiner
Randolph-Macon Coa Company
Commodity price drop under Bradstreets index since July 1906
Bradstreet's index shows March 1 commodity prices at 7.9862, down 17 percent in February and 12.5 percent below July 1 levels. Textiles and provisions lead declines while livestock and metals rose. bound by a general price slump across most groups.
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Bradstreet’s
Pennsylvania Railroad Opens West Seneca Branch
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces a new West Seneca Branch line to streamline handling of freight around Buffalo. The project aims to support rapid commerce growth in the Buffalo area and enhance regional rail operations.
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Pennsylvania Road
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Seneca
Buffalo
Panama Railroad S
Colon
Canal
Court Clerks to Get Pay Rise in New York
Albany March 12 The State Civil Service Commission ruled that thirty assistant clerks in New York City municipal courts will receive 3000 annual salaries. The move follows a dispute over non competitive exam exemptions raised by the Civil Service Reform Association. The commission also exempted ten auditors in Controller Metz’s office from competitive exams.
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Albany
State Civil Service Commission
New York
Civil Service Reform Association of New York
Metz
Bankrupt Notices From New York Courts
A long list of 1908 bankruptcy notices in the Southern and District Courts of New York. Debtors named include Francisco Escobar, Ricardo Balzac, Adolph Ensmenger, Benjamin Steinman, Jennie Steinman, Edward Stern, William Cahn, Bernard Gottdlener, Otto Krauss, John Kriete, Abraham Schoenfeld, Abraham Berse, Meyer H. Othschild, Edward L. Parmelle, and others. Meetings and hearings set with Referee John J. Townsend and William Allen, detailing dates in March and April 1908 for creditors to prove claims and appoint trustees.
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District Court OF the United States
Southern District of New York
Francisco Escobar
Ricardo Balzac
Adolph Ensmenger
Copartners
Bscobar, Gogorza & Co
Escobar
Gogorza & Co
New York
John J. Townsend
Cedar Street
City and County of New York
Benjamin Steinman
Jennie Steinman
B. & J. Steinman
John’ J. Townsend
Southern District of
Edward Stern
City and
County of New York
William H. Cahn
William Cahn
William Allen
Wall St
Bernard Gottdiener
Bernard Gottdllener
Bernard Gottdlener
William Alien
Wall Street
N. Y
A. D
U. S. District Court For
John Kriete
United States
United States Court House
Andlso
U. S. District Court
Southern District
Otto J. Krauss
District Court
Harry Wilk
United States Court House and Post Office
South U. S. District Court
Ow York
Meyer H. Othschild
Meyer H. Vera Child
Pee Caras
Tlliam Allen
Edward Ll. Parmelee
Edward L. Parmelle
Parmelee
T Ne
John Eh Dal
County of New Yore
Mina
Samuel Lassman
Cassel Paley
Lassman & Paley
John J. Pgpba
Foreclosure sale for Peerless Brick property on 118th Street
Referee Malcolm Sundheimer will auction the Harlem River waterfront parcels at the Exchange Salesroom 14 16 Vesey Street Manhattan on April 28 1908 at noon. Description covers 118th Street block from Pleasant Avenue to Harlem River, plus water rights and structures. Estimated liens 80123.01 plus costs 528.15. taxes 2927.69. mortgages 76000 with interest. Dated New York March 6 1908.
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Supreme Court
County OF New York
Guardian Trust Company OF New York
Peerless Brick Company
Exchange
Vesey Street
Borough of
Manhattan
City of New York
Joseph P. Day
City
State of New York
118Th Street
Pleasant Avenue
Avenue A
119Th Street
Harlem River
City of
New York
Register
County of
Brick Company
New Yor
Malcolm Sundheimer
Otchkiss & Barber, Esas
Nassau Street
Borough of Manhattan
New York City
East 118Th Street
East 119Th Street
Peerless
Wakefield property sale in Bronx designated lots 613 and 651
New York County refree sale on March 26 1908 at 12 noon at Exchange Salesroom Vesey Street Manhattan of Wakefield Westchester property now in Bronx Ward 24 including lots 613 and 651 with buildings. Boundaries based on 1854 map by Henry B Miller.anjut
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Suprissme Court
County OF New York
John T. Bradley
Laintiff
Frank Wolf
John Wolf
Louisa Marburger
Sarah Bradley
Exchange
Vesey St
Borough of
Manhattan
City of New York
Joseph P. Day
Williamsbridge
Town of
Westchester
Cnty
State of
New York
Bronx
Wakefield
Hast
Westchester County
Henry B. Miller
County of
White Plains
Third Avenue
East 217Th Street
Francis Wolf
Rose McAnany
Warren Leslie
Arthur H. Wadick
Eustis & Foster, Esqgs
John and
Partition sale of New York land in 1908 auction notice
Jane Reilly sues Marga Ret Crosby et al for partition. Referee Emil Goldmark to sell at public auction March 19 1908 at 12 noon at Exchange Salesroom Vesey Street Manhattan. Property lies along West 19th Street and Seventh Avenue in New York City. Auction conducted by Joseph P Day, 27 William Street.
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County OF New York
Jane Reilly
Margaret Crosby
Exchange
Vesey Street
Borough of
Manhattan
City of New York
Joseph P. Day
New York
Seventh Ave
Seventh Avenue
West 1Th St
West 19Th St
Emil Goldmark
H. A. & C. E. Ae Attorneys
William Street
New York City
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
Thesigre
Wrothce
John Ewen
John J. Townsend
Cedar Street
City and
Shipman McKinney Co
Jersey City
Montgomery Street
N. J
Charles Shengood
U. S
Liam R. Wilder
Trustes
N. Y
Da-An-Nite Auto Supply Company
Nathaniel A. Prentiss
Broadway
Charles Shongood
United States
Southern District of
Leonard Street
Borough of Manhattan
William F. Carell
Arenaway
City of Broad New York
Evory Manufacturing Company
Ivory Manufacturing Company
Eard
ED B. Root
John W. Ingram
Joseph B. Newburger
County of
Whitney & Kitchen
Bayard L. Peck
Liberty Street
City
State of New York
Bayard
L. Peck
Burke & Fay
Pine Street
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