Fares clash at core of city transit dispute
Public Service Commission monitors possible joint rate as Central Park North East River and Metropolitan receivers press for half of gross receipts. In a tense stand, talks likely end with reports of disagreement and SC orders to set a fair, public profit balanced rate. Assemblyman Goldberg vows campaign against transfers in Manhattan. Yonkers Railroad faces eight cent transfer challenge in court as Bloomingdale Brothers offer five cent incentives to shoppers.
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Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
Metropolitan System
Public Service Commission
Arthur H. Masten
Masten & Nichols
Douglas Robinson
Metropolitan
Central Park Company
Commission
34Th Street
116Th Street
59Th Street
Assemblyman
Mark Goldberg
18Th
Assembly District
the &Th Street
Crosstown
Belt Lines
Blackwell's Island
Goldberg
Manhattan Island
Dickheiser
Morschauer
Supreme Court
Bloomingdale Brothers
Lexington Avenue
58Th Street
Samuel J. Bloomingdale
Prison guards suspended after Jersey City picnic
Under Sheriff Erwin suspended three Hudson County jail keepers Joseph Grimm William Chaumont and Joseph Callahan after they failed to appear on duty during a political picnic in Jersey City. The jail was left with only one guard in the ward housing violent inmates, forcing the sheriff to assign two substitutes.
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Erwin
Hudson County
Joseph Grimm
William Chaumont
Joseph Callahan
Jersey City
Residents complain of stored streetcars on Lexington Ave
Lexington avenue residents and local businessmen near 116th to 129th streets have endured sleep loss and noise from Metropolitan Street Railway cars stored along the avenue at night. Assemblyman Louis A. Cuvillier pressed the Public Service Commission, which said no order allows storage and will review the issue. Cuvillier then obtained a Harlem court summons directing the receivers to answer within ten days, charging a nuisance.
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Lexington Avenue
116Th
129Th Streets
Metropolitan Street Raiilway Company
Louis A. Cuvilier
Public Service Commission
Cuvillier
Steinert
Harlem
Judge Adams Praises Courts Amid Roosevelt Critique
Rutland Vermont August 14 Judge P B Adams United States Circuit Court of Missouri criticizes President Roosevelts attitude toward the courts saying it invites public criticism that harms justice He praises the courts as enforcing the law and urges confidence in the judiciary despite political rhetoric in a Vermont Bar Association address
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Rutland
P. B. Adams
United States Circuit Court of Missouri
Roosevelt
Vermont Bar Association
Adams
Drought Hurts Illinois Corn Prospects
Illinois corn crop shows 79 percent condition as of August 1 per State Board of Agriculture reports. The drought has reduced yields with a four point rise since June, but drought continues. The board expects potential recovery to average if seasonable weather and a late fall prevail.
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Tribune
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
State Board of Agriculture
Hitchcock Injunction Vacated by Circuit Court
United States Circuit Court Judge Hough vacated the restraining order against Raymond Hitchcock and denied Colonel Henry W. Savage's request for reargument. Hitchcock’s counsel Max D. Steuer may file an amended answer. The ruling does not prevent future motions related to bond or further restraining orders.
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Hough
United States Circuit Court
Henry W. Savage
Raymond Hitchcock
Circle Production
Holt
Hitchcock
Max D. Steuer
Stough
MISS EDITH Ludwig MARRIED IN SACRAMENTO
Edith Ludwig formerly of Morris Illinois and Palo Alto California married Professor Fred P. Fitzgerald of Stanford University in Sacramento after her arrival from the East. The ceremony followed a train reception with passengers aware of their romance. A license was taken at the County Clerk's office as Mrs Ludwig departed Chicago on a following train.
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Sacramento
Cal
Edith Ludwig
Morris, Il
Palo Alto
Fred P. Fitzgerald
Leland Stanford Junior University
Miss Ludwig
Fitzgerald
Ludwig
Chicago
Russian Extradition Ruling Sentences Blacksmith Pouren Back
In a Federal Court opinion, Commissioner Shields ruled that Jan Janoff Pouren the Russian blacksmith should be sent back to Russia. He held arson robbery and attempted murder extraditable under the 1893 treaty, noting sufficient proof, including a photograph identified by witnesses.
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Shields
Jan Janoff Pouren
Russia
Pouren
Herbert Parsons
Riga
Captain OBrien and Crew Fear Court For Coffee Charge
Captain Stephen OBrien of West 37th street station and five patrolmen stood before Deputy Commissioner Hanson on charges of not enforcing discipline and off post duty in a restaurant drinking coffee. The men pleaded guilty as OBrien defended the coffee break, saying he beat the job for a cup of coffee. Hanson warned he would not let them beat the case and reserved decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen O’brien
West 37Th Street
Hanson
O'Brien
O’brien
Commissioner Hanson
Whiskey Tank Explosion Harms Worker at West 40th Street
An explosion on the fourth floor of B. J. Mackey & Co at No 356 West 40th Street injured Francis Taubner who was near a whiskey tank. The blaze spread as whiskey ran through the building, prompting a sewer outlet to be opened by Foreman Quinn and police reserves to control crowds at Bryant and Madison Square parks.
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B. J. Mackey & Co
West 40Th Street
Francis Taubner
Taubner
Quinn
Bryant
Madison Square Parks
Class Day at Mount Hermon School Opens Conference Week
Northfield Massachusetts August 14 class day exercises at Mount Hermon School drew many conference delegates. Orations by graduates in a natural theatre prelude tomorrow’s commencement. Speakers included Dr Hugh Black Union Seminary and Dr R A Torrey Montrose with temperance and prayer themes. Sympathy sent to Mrs Ira D Sankey.
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Northfield
Mass
Mount Hermon School
D. I. Moody
Hermon
Hugh Black
Union Seminary
New York
R. A. Torrey
Montrose
Penn
W. B. MacLeod
Edinburgh
W. L. Watkinson
London
J. D. Lewis
Boston
Arthur Smith
Ira D. Sankey
D. L Moody
Noise Complaint Leads to Neighbor's Arrest in Bayside
Louis Mathot of Bayside Queens, father of the late Deputy Police Commissioner Mathot, caused the arrest of neighbor Mathew Rock for keeping him awake at night with a racket from Rock's automobiles. Rock owns several vehicles and often noises are heard as they are placed in the garage. Mathot offered Rock use of his barn to isolate the sound, but the offer was declined. The case will be heard in a few days.
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Louis Mathot
Bayside
Queens
Mathot
Mathew Rock
Rock
Mail Wagon Driver Held After Concealed Goods Seized
Amos Nolan a United States mail wagon driver was arrested by East 14th Street station for concealing clothing and jewelry found on him. He was turned over to federal authorities and held on $3000 bail awaiting grand jury action. Eight address plates and three wrappers tied to package theft were found on him. ACCUSED OF KICKING MAN TO DEATH in Plattsburg over a card dispute. Joseph Vassant is alleged to have struck and kicked Philip Venett in a saloon. Venett died within five minutes.
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Amos Nolan
United States
East
Commissioner Shields
Grand Jury
Cox
Post Office
Plattsburg
N. Y
Joseph Vassant
Philip Venett
Schenectady
Venett
Handsome Elk Dies in Park at New York Zoological Gardens
Bill Snyder head keeper and assistants mourn Bon Bon the handsome female elk at the New York Zoological Gardens. Bon Bon died early yesterday morning shortly after the arrival of a baby elk, which also died.
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Bill’ Snyder
New York Zoologica Gardens
Bon Bon
Darr Mine Victims Seek Million in Damages
Fifteen damage suits totaling 75000 were filed in Pittsburg against the Pittsburg Coal Company over the Darr mine disaster at Jacob's Creek last December in which 238 lives were lost. Eighteen similar suits were filed three weeks earlier, bringing the total damages sought to about 750000.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Company
Jacob's Creek
RKO
National Stock outruns the System in a bold appeal
A dramatic appeal by a named promoter argues that National Stock will collapse the System’s grip on markets within a year. He claims he started a bull in August, predicts multi‑million profits, and urges thousands to buy, promising a radical distribution method next week and a worldwide ad push. He cites telegrams and broker letters as proof of faith while mocking System manipulation.
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Boston
New York
Stock Exchange
Tafts
Bryans
Roosevelts
Cain
Lawson
Sherlock Holmes
P. S
Dominion to Intervene in C P Railway Strike
Winnipeg reports the Dominion government through the Railway Commission will intervene in the Canadian Pacific Railway strike. Amicable settlement within forty eight hours is seen, with J H McVey heading to Ottawa to confer with officials. Twenty five Japanese mechanics arrived from Vancouver to work in CP shops, as three hundred of fifteen hundred vacancies are filled.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
Railway Commission
Canadian Pacific Railway
J. H. McVey
Ottawa
J. Clark
McVey
Vancouver
West Fork Glass Plant Reopens in Clarksburg
Clarksburg West Virginia on August 14 the West Fork glass plant resumed work and within a week all city glass plants will run full time employing about one thousand men. By September 1 every glass factory in West Virginia is expected to be in operation.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
West Fork
West Virgina
New Union Bank Elects New Cashier and Directors
The newly elected board of directors of the new Union Bank met at 44 Court Street Brooklyn and elected James T Ash ley cashier, formerly of the Union Bank of Brooklyn, and Samuel M Jarvis director, formerly of the National Bank of Cuba. Final plans were made to open branches on Monday.
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New Union Bank
The
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
Court Street
Brooklyn
James T. Ashley
Union Bank of Brooklyn
Samuel M. Jarvis
National Bank of Cuba
Metropolitan Bank to Open Broadway and Prince Branch
Circulars yesterday announced that the Metropolitan Bank will open a Broadway and Prince street branch in the former Mechanics and Traders Bank quarters. A. M. Dederer, elected third vice president last Thursday, will oversee the new branch after twenty six years with the Mechanics and Traders Bank.
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Metropolitan Bank
Metropolitan Life
Broadway and
Prince Street
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
A. M. Dederer
Shortage Found in Afton Bank cashier accounts
Guthrie Oklahoma, Aug 14. State Bank Examiner William F Gordon reports about a $15,000 shortage in the accounts of Thomas M Reynolds, the missing cashier of the Bank of Afton. The bank continues under the state depositors' guarantee law.
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Guthrie
Okla
FE Gordon
Thomas M. Reynolds
Bank of Afton
Reynolds
State Depositors
Bankruptcy Petitions Filed In U S District Court
Involuntary petitions target Peyton Paper Company at 396 West Broadway with goods sold totaling 64296 and debts over 1090. Liss & Kaiser, 79 and 1 Spring Street, by Theodore E. Sanderson and two others with claims 60747, alleging preferential payments and transfers. Jonas Schon, 27 Broadway Kingston NY, liabilities 181495. assets 800. Solomon Schneider schedules show liabilities 166397 and assets 85468 including 84211 cash with receiver and 1257 check. Roger H. Lyon named receiver for Noble Manufacturing and Supply Company, 49 Dover Street, bond 1500. assets 2500. Hafer & Sanger, 124 West 18th Street, bond 1000. liabilities 11000. assets 2000. Scharstein Hobson Lange, Inc., No. 45 East 41st Street, New Jersey decorators, liabilities 2351, nominal assets 1902, mutual assets 1793.
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Peyton Paper Company
West Broadway
D. & Walton & Co
National Press Intelligence Company
Darmstadt
Scott & Courtney
Peyton Paper
Liss & Kaiser
Spring Street
Theodore E. Sanderson
Malcolm Sondheimer
Jonas Schon
Broadway
Kingston
N. Y
Solomon Schneider
Roger H. Lyon
Noble Manufacturing and Supply Company
Dover Street
Robert J. Noble, Jr
Northern Engineering Supply Company
William Blau
Hafer & Sanger
West 18Th Street
Scharstein, Hobson & Lange, Inc
New Jersey
East 41St Street
Wheat and corn futures show strength then decline in Minneapolis report
Wheat receipts light in Minneapolis with spring wheat selling at high prices. Wheat futures close near the top while corn weakens on large cash grain selling. Local receipts include 281 cars for Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago and 248 cars for corn. Provisions stay firm with hogs down yet pork, lard, and ribs steady. Estimated tomorrow's arrivals list wheat and corn among others.
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Minneapolis
See
Bradstreet’s
Duluth
Chicago
Nebraska
Tage
Ten Years Receivership Lifted In New Mexico
Santa Fe New Mexico August 14 Judge John R McFie discharged the Mexican South eastern Railroad Company receivership that had lingered in court for over ten years ending the litigation and closing the case.
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Santa Fe
N M
Mexican Southeastern Railroad Company
John R. McFie
Harvest rains lift Chicago wheat on Northwest delays
Chicago August 14 moderate advance in wheat prices on the local exchange with September delivery up 4 to 88c. Corn down fractions and oats also lower. Provisions largely unchanged. Bid soutenir by rains across the Dakotas expected to hinder harvesting, with bullish buying by a leading speculator providing late-session vigor. Strong activity at Northwestern grain centers tied to milling demand for sash wheat aided the advance.
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Chicago
Northwest
Liverpool
Marke R Allied
Dakotas
New York Import and Beans Market Report August 1908
New York on August 14 1908 receipts today show 1030 sacks beans with 350 bags imported from Naples. Market steady for domestic white beans. scarce offerings, imported stock plentiful. Beams and peas firm with assorted prices for marrow kidney and scotch peas. butter and cheese receipts rise amid quiet trading. fruits vary with apples peaches grapes and melons, while cheese and eggs show oversupply and weak demand. Hops market remains dull with no buyers. showers may improve crops later in state and Oregon.
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New York
Naples
I Dogo
Bartlett
Catherine
Southern
le Conte
Pei
Keifer
Peaches
Virginia
West Virginia
Estern Maryland
Western Maryland
Maryland
Delaware
Jersey
Aryland
Grapbes
Baltimore
Laware
Porto Rico
Florida
Liverpool
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Market Prices Report for Hay Poultry and Produce
The issue lists European and U.S. quotes for hay and straw, live poultry and dressed fowl prices, ducks and geese rates, pigeons and squabs, and broad vegetable ranges. It notes ample hay offers, scarce top grades, and light rye demand. poultry supply tight with several cars to be carried over. and diverse potato, vegetable, and fruit prices across Jersey Long Island states with new season expectations in England and Germany.
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Oregon
California
England
Pacific Coast
Western
Long Island
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Easter
State
Jersey
Carolina
Low
Island
Hackensack
Ohio
Saasaa County
St. Suess
Ner
O Southern
Ueser
OKRA
Norfolk
Bush
Cartier
Delaware
Maryland
Ker
Cattle and Hogs Prices Across Markets From Telegraph Notes
Receipts around 2,000 cattle and 24,000 hogs in Chicago with market steady and mixed prices. Chicago steers about 340 to 355, heifers near 396, bulls around 252, stockers and feeders about 200. Hogs heavy shipments lower on side with pigs 450 to 620, choice light 60 to 65,まとめ. Cincinnati hogs slow, steady cattle and sheep mixed with lambs around 4.50 to 5.50. Buffalo and Kansas City reports show quiet to steady cattle and sheep, veals active, hogs down modestly, and varied prices across regions.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Kansas City
Texas
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M.S. PR
Judge Adams
Ila
Blacksmith
Steve” O'Brien
Bryant and
Mount Hermon
Sankey
the Tribune
MR. Mathot
National
Wall Street
Johnson
Bryan
Malagas
Old
Bay State Gas
C. C. Clapp and Company
Wire
Trinity
Yukon
Orde
C. P
NEW Bank
Oklahoma Bank
United States District Court
Hidalgo & Northeastern
Interoceans OF Mexico
Mexican International
Woo
National OF Mexico
Toledo
ST. Louis & Western
Great Northern
Albany
Eee
Cuba
Agricultural Chemical
American Agricultural Chemical Company
Sitvidands
Ovisiegeselee
Amr
Artes
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Thomas W. Lawson
Country Produce Markets
Telegraph
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