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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
4
Gas Trusts Grip on City Revealed in Public Service Report
The Public Service Commission’s 1907 annual report discloses extensive stock holdings linking Adams Express, American Express, United States Express, National Express, Westcott’s Express, and others with gas and transit interests. It details major cross ownership, director ties, and near total control of several lines by Interborough Rapid Transit and related electric and gas utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Adams Express Company
American Express Company
United States Express Company
National Express Company
Westcott’s Express Company
Consolidated Gas Company
Westchester Lighting Company
Southern Express Company
Borough Express
Sixth Avenue Railroad
Levy C. Weir
James C. Fargo
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York & Queens County Railway Company
City Island Railroad Company
Pelham Park Railroad Company
Long Island Electric Railway Company
New York and Long Island Traction Company
New York & Long Island Railroad Company
New York City Interborough Railway Company
Fort George Street Railway Company
Gas and Electric Light Companies
Astoria Light, Heat and Power Company
New Amsterdam Gas Company
New York Edison Company
New York Mutual Gas Light Company
George S. Rice
Rapid Transit Commission
Old Board
Henry B. Seaman
Russian and Italian Ministers Confer
Desio Italy September 28 M Iswolsky the Russian Foreign Minister arrived to meet Signor Tittoni Italian Foreign Minister for talks on the Eastern question with expected important results from the conference between the two statesmen.
King Alfonso Welcomed in Munich
King Alfonso of Spain and Queen Victoria arrived in Munich from Paris to a warm greeting. They will visit Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria during a brief stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso
Munich
Alfonso of
Spain
Victoria
Paris
Luitpold
Bavaria
Dalai Lama Arrives at Ting-Chow in China
The Dalai Lama of Tibet arrives with eighty attendants at Ting-Chow in Chi-li Province near Pao-ting-fu. He is welcomed by imperial officials and escorted to the Yellow Temple. authorities seek his return to Lhasa, while China plans to install the Tashi Lama to govern Tibet during his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Dalai Lama
Tibet
Ting- Chow
Chi-li
Pao-ting-fu
China
Francis Younghusband
Lhassa
Yellow Temple
Col
Younghusband
Tashi L the Grand Lame
Mongolia
Tashi Lama
Students Postpone Strike in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg the student strike over M Schwartz’s education reforms is temporarily deferred after a mass meeting. The University faculty urged students to stay at work while Kiev Odessa and Dorpat campuses signaled solidarity. The cabinet opposed Schwartz’s liberal crackdown, and Novak Vremya launched a campaign against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
M. Schwartz
University of St
Kiev
Odessa
Dorpat
Duma
Novoe Vremya
Train Robbers Strike Near Vilna For $100,000 Loot
A band of about thirty men robbed a train near Vilna on Sept 28, taking an estimated 50 000 to 100 000 dollars plus registered mail and receipts. A six man guard was overwhelmed and guards were shot as the engine stopped. Police and troops were sent by special train to pursue the robbers. Passengers suffered non fatal injuries from broken glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Vilna
Frontier
Lord Tweedmouth Resigns Over Ill Health
London reports Lord Tweedmouth, Lord President of the Council, has resigned due to continued ill health. Earlier, on June 8, he was ordered to rest in the country after a nervous breakdown, with rumors about his condition and a cited link to past naval policy correspondence with Emperor William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Tweedmouth
House of Lords
William
Great Britain
Admiralty
Prize Ends Futurity After 83 Years in New Haven
A tontine race lasting 83 years concluded with the death of Deacon Lucius Wooster of Westville. Seven heirs remain to share the hotel estate valued at roughly a half million dollars. The Tontine Association plans to wind up its affairs while noting the secrecy surrounding funds and officers. Deacon Fitch, once Yale’s assistant treasurer, was the eighth surviving nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Lucius Wooster
Westville
Tontine Hotel
New England
Connecticut
Toutine Association
Deacon Fitch
Yale University
Robert Louis Stevenson
Tontine Association
Tontine Company
Bessie Ives
H. W. S. Whaples
Sarah Coan
Chicago
Yale
Woman held as a firebug in East Ninety-fourth Street blaze
Elizabeth Hickey former janitress of 62 East Ninety-fourth Street is jailed on arson charges after a basement struggle with tenants Mrs. Lillian Phillips and Mrs. Sophia Ross. A small blaze near a woodbox was fought by residents and police aided by Officer Louis of the East Eighty eighth Street station. Bail set at $500 for examination tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Ninety-fourth Street
Elizabeth Hickey
West 125Th Street
Louis Rosenblum
Lillian Phillips
Rosenblum
Sophia Ross
Hickey
Prussian Academy Inherits 7.5 Million From Brussels Banker
The Prussian Academy of Science under government patronage inherits 7.5 million dollars from banker Sampson who died in Brussels. Executors Profs Waldeyer and Vahlen of Berlin will direct the funds to scientific purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prussian Academy of Science
Sampson
Brussels
Waldeyer and
Vahien
Hurricane Ravages Bahamas Island Settlements Obliterated
Fragmentary reports from Nassau indicate the hurricane from the 11th to 14th struck outlying Bahamas islands including Inagua Acklins Crooked Ragged Fortune Long Watlings Rumay Exuma and part of Andros. Long Island’s Clarence Town survived with five houses. inhabitants seek shelter in caves as food and water vanish. Government schooner Sarah E. Douglas wrecked. relief supplies dispatched. death toll feared high. The storm reportedly surpassed the 1866 hurricane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau
Bahamas
Turks Island
Inagua
Acklins
Crooked
Ragged
Fortune
Long
Watlings
Rumay
Exuma
Andros Islands
Long Cay
Long Island
Cat Island
Unionist Work Scabs and Clothes at NY Trade Union League Meet
The New York Branch of the National Women's Trade Union League closed its annual convention at the Labor Temple on East Eighty Fourth Street with focus on scab clothing. Miss Mary Drier of Brooklyn led in union made garments while Miss Leonora O Reilly lamented wearing nonunion footwear and a scab hat. Delegates toured the city and ended with a ball at Clinton Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Women's Trade Union League
Labor Temple
East Eightyfourth Street
Mary Drier
Brooklyn
Leonora O’reilly
League
Clinton Hall
Clinton Street
Cholera Wanes as Cases and Deaths Fall in St Petersburg
Cholera cases in St Petersburg hospitals dropped to 263 with 102 deaths in the latest 24 hours, compared with 268 cases and 143 deaths previously. Attendants have fallen ill, prompting panic. Pavlovsk Military Academy student died. Baroness von Mailer ill. Stolypin censures city mayor and seeks immediate hospital remedy reports. Manila also reports decline with ten cases in 12 hours and teacher Mrs. C A Carter among the sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Pavlovsk Military Academy
von Mailer
Stolypin
Manila
C. A. Carter
Lieut Ballard Court-Martialed on Theft and Drunkenness
First Lieut. William W. Ballard of the Coast Artillery Corps faced a court-martial in Whitehall Street charged with misappropriating 709.61 dollars from the Fiftieth Company fund and other offenses including drunkenness on duty and disobedience. Testimony showed unpaid tradesmen bills and a check to Fort H. Wright that failed due to insufficient funds. The board heard from Col. Chamberlain who found a 709.61 shortfall and noted Ballard’s intoxication during initial questioning. Findings await review by Gen. Grant and President Roosevelt before conclusion. Ballard, Virginia Military Institute graduate, has served about ten years and is married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Ballard
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Wadsworth
Army Building
Whitehall Street
Walter Howe
William T. Johnston
Fifteenth
United States Cavalry
Johnston
Staten Island
Pendleton
Fort H. G. Wright
Conn
Ballard
Capt
John L. Chamberlain
Department of the East
Col. Chamberlain
Lieut. Ballard
Officers Club
Gen. Grant
Secretary of War
Roosevelt
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Deserter Embarkation Link Alleged in Casablanca Clash
Gen. d Amade reports to War Minister that he possesses written instructions from the German Consul at Casablanca to a clerk of the consulate ordering the embarkation of deserters from the French Foreign Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gen. d'Amade
Morocco
M. Picquart
Casablanca
Foreign Legion
Oklahoma Gov. Haskell Sues Capital Printing Firm and Officials
Gov. Haskell sues in district court on behalf of the State against the State Capital Printing Company, Congressman B S McGuire, and Dennis T Flynn to recover 15062.15 alleged overcharges for state printing from 1891 to 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithrie
Oklahoma
Gov
Haskell
District
State Capital Printing Company
B. S. McGuire
Dennis T. Flynn
Delcrtate
Congress
British Government Objects to Bulgarian Occupation
London reports that the British Government has notified Bulgaria it deems the continued occupation of the Orient Railroad unjustifiable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Orient Railroad
London
Bulgaria
Orient
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14Th Street
Wau
Cardini l
Europe
Layties Brothers
U. S
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Biscuit
John Jameson Daekk le Rae
Hiskey
Cincinnati
Grand Central Station
Germania Roofing CO
GAS Trust
CITY
Express Companies Allied
Adams and
Cenfer
Ting-Chow
Russia
Council
Washburn
Crosby CO
Lurn-Crasey CO
Women’s
Trades Union League
W.W. Ballard
Fort Wads
Worth
Kenwood Farm
Auburn
N.Y
Francis H. Leggett & Co
O. of
Basteth St
Dept
Dr. Lyon
California Fig Syrup CO
Kawanna
Buffalo
Westinghouse
Nernst Lampe
W. 42d ST
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Germany
Austria
Turkey
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Tory
Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Denver
Weel
Fairmount Park
Independence Hall
Knights Templar
City Hall
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