Appellate Division Backs 1907 Apportionment Act
Albany Aug 19 The Appellate Division Third Department unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the 1907 apportionment act and denied Alexander T Porter mandamus to force notices for this year s election under the 1894 Constitutional Convention plan. Porter to appeal to Court of Appeals. session to reconvene October.
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Albany
Supreme Court
Third Department
Fitts
Alexander T. Porter
New York
Whalen
Porter
Court of Appeals
Smith
Cochrane
Chester
Kellogg
Sewell
Senate
Assembly
Richmond
Rockland
Tec Court of Appeals
Williams
Hinman
Binghamton
Frank K. Johnson
E. B. Coyne
G. H. McLaughlin
Wallace
Hughes
Franchot
Fear grips Springfield as troops depart and more to go
Fear spread through Springfield due to two regiments leaving and three more to depart, prompting a flood of shelter requests at the arsenal. The exodus of blacks resumes in rain as children and the elderly fear hardship, while Adjutant General Scott says no real danger exists and others echo this view. A coal mine closed after whites and blacks refuse to work together, each accusing the other of arming.
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Springfield
Arsenal
Scott
Ten would be lynchers jailed for attacks on county jail
Norfolk va August 19 ten of fourteen men charged with taking part in last weeks mob attack on the county jail seeking to lynch Henry Smith and Black King were each fined ten dollars and costs with sixty days in jail. The Henderson nc police chief telegraphed Portsmouth authorities that Jim Strong the negro who shot and killed a policeman Winnindger on August 11 is under arrest at Henderson.
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Norfolk
Henry Smith
Black King
Powell
Henderson
N. c
Portsmouth
Jim” Strong
Winnindger
Reverend Dr James Duane Phelps Death by Self Inflicted Wound
Utica New York August 19 The Rev Dr James Duane Phelps of Syracuse shot himself in his room at the Wurz Hotel North Genesee street and was found hanging from his bedroom window this morning He left a note saying he could not endure life any longer He had long suffered despondency from overwork and had been in and out of hospitals and sanatoriums He married Helen Ursula Weaver and leaves five sons R W Phelps D J Phelps F E Phelps H D Phelps and K A V Phelps all noted with positions in business and education
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Utica
N. Y
James Duane Phelps
Syracuse
Wurz
Genesee Street
Th. Phelps
Lewis County
Syracuse University
Boston Theological Seminary
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harwich and Malden
Mass
Buffalo
Rochester
Cazenovia Seminary
Genesee Wesleyan Seminary
Lima
Middletown State Hospital
Plymouth Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Institute
Thousand Island Park
Northern Christian Advocate
Phelps
Helen Ursula Weaver
Elmira
Darrin
Bayside Yacht Club
Commodore Smith
Annis
Hainses
Hains
Fort Hamilton
Yacht Club
Mr. Annis
Will
Anniss Faith
Jenkins Hains
Frey
Long Island City
MclIntyre
McCrea Committee in Pittsburg Reports Suspensions
A Pittsburgh report says James McCrea led an eleven member committee to review the Pennsylvania Railroad system and lay off four thousand workers if needed. For two days, one of every seven employees has been marked for suspension by September first. A railroad directors’ committee reportedly counters with its own inquiry while department heads warn of insufficient staff to meet rising business.
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Pittsburg
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
McCrea
Deal in coal lands links Pittsburg and Vanderbilt interests
A Pittsburgh syndicate led by Julian Kennedy purchased 5,288 acres of coal and coke lands in Greene County from Josiah V. Thompson for 1,463,000 dollars. The undeveloped Monongahela River region will be opened with rapid circulation of double the purchase amount, aided by the Pennsylvania Railroad and Vanderbilt rail branches to finance development and coke ovens.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Julian Kennedy
Josiah V. Thompson
Greene County
Monongahela River
Pennsylvania Railroad
The
Vanderbilts
Hearing on Debt Limit and Fourth Avenue Subway Case
General Benjamin F. Tracy, as referee, heard opinions on New York City's finances in the Corporation Counsel's office regarding the Jefferson M. Levy injunctive bid to block the Fourth Avenue subway appropriation. Deputy Controller Frank M. Smith testified, detailing June 30 gross debt of $785,985,126 and net debt of $539,965,429.32 after exemptions. Net contract liabilities stood at $51,108,334.15, with lands unpaid totaling $21,764,382.25 and revenue bonds tied to uncollected taxes at $24,735,210. Contracts awarded at June 30 totaling $3,690,000 were not included as not yet certified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Avenue Subway
Benjamin F. Tracy
Corporation Counsel
Jefferson M. Levy
Board of Estimate
Fourth Avenue
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Tracy
Frank M. Smith
Metz
Robert F. Wagner
Levy
Smith
Bigwigs of Wall Street Shun Vacations This Summer
A survey of the financial district shows few leaders are following Russell Sage’s no vacation example. J Pierpont Morgan and many others from top banks and trusts are abroad or at summer homes, with returns anticipated only after fall.
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Financial District
Russell Sage
J. Pierpont Morgan
Europe
Morgan
Charles Steel
George W. Perkins
E. H. Harriman
Oregon
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
James Speyer
Thomas F. Ryan
Stuyvesant Fish
August Belmont
Otto H. Kahn
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
George F. Baker
First National Bank
Henry P. Davison
William H. Newman
New York
Four Hurt In Trolley Smash In Brooklyn Hills Queens
A trolley crash in the early morning hours in Brooklyn Hills Queens left four people injured. The wagon driver Adolph Ringeloth asleep on the outlying road crossed the eastbound track causing a head on collision with an eastbound trolley driven by James Degnan. The injured were taken to St Marys Hospital Jamaica.
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Brooklyn Hills
Queens
Adolph Ringeloth
No. 4
Beaver Street
Minck Brothers
Park Place
Brooklyn
St. Mary's Hospital
Jamaica
Voltz
Tailors' Strike May Be General Across Locals
Last night locals of the United Brotherhood of Tailors debated a general strike. About eight hundred operators quit work with eight thousand to ten thousand more expected by week end. Weekly workers seek uniform wages, piece workers call for a 20 percent raise. Pressers meet tonight. strikers at No. 21 Suffolk Street. The strike has spread to Brooklyn as contractors seek higher manufacturer pay before wage increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brotherhood of Tailors
Michael Price
The
Brotherhood
Suffolk Street
Brooklyn
Atlantic Coast Line awards 500 steel cars contract
Baltimore August 19 The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad awarded to the South Baltimore Steel Car and Foundry Company a contract for five hundred steel underframe box cars at an estimated cost of about five hundred thousand dollars.
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Baltimore
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
South Baltimore Steel Car and Foundry Company
Mail service through Hudson & Manhattan tunnels studied
Washington on August 19 reports the Postmaster General appointed a committee to study authorizing mail service via the tunnels of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad between New York Church Street terminal and the PA, Erie, and DL&W railroad terminals in New Jersey.
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Washington
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company
Church Street
New York City
Pennsylvania
The
Erie
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
New Jersey
Nebraska corn to reach full crop across central south regions
The Burlington Railroad crop report issued today states Central and Southern Nebraska will produce a 100 percent corn crop with yields from 33 to 45 bushels per acre. The corn has improved greatly in the last ten days due to near nightly rains and hot daytime sun.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
Burlington Railroad
Nebraska
Hains defense plans insanity plea in Annis murder case
The Hains brothers face murder charges over William E. Annis while their lawyers, led by John F. McIntyre and Joseph S. Shay, prepare an insanity defense. A Flushing inquest held them for the grand jury as witnesses described the shooting and the brothers’ emotional strain.
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Hains Brothers
William E. Annis
John F. McIntyre
Joseph S. Shay
Captain Hains
T. Jenkins Hains
Flushing
Charles H. Roberts
Shay
John Powell Hains
Annis
Fort Riley
Thornton Jenkins
Thornton
Peter
Hains
McIntyre
Frank S. Black
Rockwell
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Old Town Hall
Ambler
Queens
Supreme Court
Harvey
Butler
Mr. Roberts
No. S47
Vernon Avenue
Jenkins Hains
Brothers Remanded After Inquest Verdict in Queens Trial
The jury, led by foreman John B. McCloud, found a verdict after a short deliberation with thirteen jurors. Witness requests and bail relief for T Jenkins Hains were denied. The two brothers were returned to Queens County Jail under escape precautions.
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Captain Hains
John Scott
John B. McCloud
McIintyre
T. Jenkins Hains
Larchmont Fire Parade Showcases Wealthy Volunteers
Wealthy Larchmont residents and many notable locals joined the annual Larchmont Volunteer Fire Department parade through the village. Led by Chief George S. Towle, the event drew yachtsmen, bankers, merchants, and officers in red shirts, with pyrotechnics and auto flotillas along the route to the Larchmont Yacht Club.
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Larchmont
Larchmont Manor on-the-Sound
George S. Towle
Jth Regiment
Manhattan
Larchmont Yacht Club
John F. Makeler
W. B. Short
Maurey Daggett
Charles B. Singer
Ralph J. Seymour
Frank Hardy
Frank O'Donnell
The
Rubber Trust
Joseph Bird
Manhattan Savings Institution
A. Jackson Stone
Edward J. Unitt
F. F. Proctor
F. F. Proctor, Jr
E. B. Foote
Nahum Stetson
Eustis L. Hopkins
E. S. A. Delima
Larchmont Manor
New Haven Railroad
W. B. Dean
Willard Fisher
John A. Foexner
John A. Fordyea
W. E. Bullard
Austin M. Greer
Frank Harriman
Holland House
T. Hodgman
Hodgman Rubber Company
K. R. Hooker
Fountain Square
Towle
James McKean
John Hickey
7Th Regiment
Ambulance Corps
Wiliam F. Moore
Mill
Count and Countess Mankowski in toils at Lake George
Glens Falls New York August 19 Count and Countess Mankowski of Russia visiting Lake George were arraigned before Justice Weaver on speeding resisting an officer and disturbing church services They waived examination on resisting and disturbing charges and were held in 1000 bail for October grand jury They face a hearing on speeding next Wednesday The couple were arrested August 9 for speeding on the Bolton Road when the count allegedly drew a revolver before being overpowered and released for a hearing
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Glens Falls
Mankowski
Russia
Lake George
Justin Weaver
Bolton Road
Empire Track Arrests Use of Stool Pigeons at Yonkers
Yonkers police deploy stool pigeons at Empire City track to trap bookmakers. First-day arrests include Fred Adier of West 4th Street, Leon Cohen of Sheepshead Bay, and William Klauber of East 58th Street after James Bennett’s affidavit claims a $3 bet in the opener. Bail set at zero furnished by Joseph Wisfer. Six pigeons are at work. Bennett’s identity kept confidential.
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Yonkers
Empire City
Fred” Adier
St. James Hotel
West 4Th Street
Leon Cohen
Sheepshead Bay
William Klauber
East 58Th Street
James Bennett
Joseph Wisfer
Bennett
Fatal double suicide ends quarrel at Hague Court
Edward H Hackett a 41 year old traveling salesman and his wife Mary Elizabeth Hackett 36, both residents of 0 West 118th street, shot each other after a bitter dispute. Neighbors Louise Weadock and Miss Texas Guinan heard shouting. Hackett returned, pleaded, then wife fired, he killed himself. Dr Bellman entered after three more shots.
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Edward H. Hackett
Hague Court
West 118Th Street
Hackett
Mary Elizabeth Hackett
Kentucky
Louise Weadock
Texas Guinan
Dr. Bellman
Husband
Delayed Pay Increase Inquiry Probes Customs Laborers
Representative Bennet and colleagues launch inquiry into missing six hundred fifty laborer pay raises after a last session appropriation. Only a fraction of workers on docks and in the appraisers warehouse received the July 1 increase while some officials did. The matter reached Roosevelt at Oyster Bay before Treasury Department officials were consulted in Washington.
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Customs Service
William 5. Bennet
Herbert Parsons
J. van Vechten Olcott
United States Laborers’ Weighers’ Benevolent Association
Mr. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Bennet
Treasury Department
Fowler
Henry C. Stuart
Washington
Thaw Not Needed at First Creditors Meeting
Pittsburg August 19 After a conference among ex-Governor Stone Thaws counsel and bankruptcy receiver Roger OMara it was decided that Thaws presence at the first meeting of his creditors on September 7 will not be required.
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Pittsburg
Stone
Harry K. Thaw
Roger O'Mara
Thaw
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M’crea
Pittsburg and
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Hains Defence
T. Jenkins
Count Mankowski
Empire
Ndrew Jackson
United States
Jackson
New Orleans
Appleton
Encylopedia
Shouler
History
U. S
McMaster
Budweiser
America
Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis
E. 0. Brandt
Mgr
Anheuser-Busch Agency
A. Busch, Mgr. A. Busch Bottling CO
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