Brown Firm Bankruptcy Petition Filed in Court
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in United States District Court against A. O. Brown & Co by House Grossman & Vorhaus representing creditors totaling 200 dollars. A receiver may be appointed. several claimants and the stock transactions committee are involved in a broad investigation. The case implicates unsatisfied stock dealings with Trippe Co and Boody & McLellan, with several weeks expected for a full asset and liability statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
A. ©. Brown & Co
House, Grossman & Vorhaus
Broadway
Holt
Frank V. Strauss
Frank V. Strauss & Co
Leo von Staven
John W. Rhoades
Moses H. Grossman
Thomas
The
Stock Exchange
E. F. Buchanan
Trippe &O
Trippe & Co
Canadian Pacific
A. O. Brown & Co
Boody & McLellan
A. O. Brown & C O
Boody
A. C. Brown & Co
Wall Street
Plan to Boom Coney Island Show Scene
Coney Island business and showmen formed the Concessionaires Club of Coney Island yesterday to advance new shows and boost resort interests. Temporary officers named include William A. Ellis as president and Claude Hagen as vice president with a nine member board ready to promote entertainments and excursions to attract out of town visitors. Incorporation is planned at once with offices in Stubenbord's Hotel and full representation at upcoming meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Concessionaires’ Club
William A. Ellis
Claude JL. Hagen
Conrad Stubenbord
Theodore R. Angemeier
James W. Stubenbord
Conrad Stubenbord, Jr
Sie
Stubenbord's
Shonts Talks Railroads Future Policy In Speech
Chicago, Aug 27. Theodore P. Shonts president of the Alton and Clover Leaf railroads says no unneeded spending this year and future expenditures depend on national treatment of railroads. He notes no steel laid this year though he bought a thousand steel cars and will speak Friday in Centreville Iowa on railway policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Theodore P. Shonts
Alton and Clover Leaf Railroads
Mr. Shonts
Alton
Centreville
Iowa
Rates on cattle reduced by ICC order in 1930s
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued an order cutting range cattle rates by half a cent to five cents per hundred pounds, effective October 18, affecting the Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas and 58 carriers. Railroads must replace a $2 terminal charge with a $1 car delivery limit for livestock at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Two Held in Mail Fraud Case in Boston
George M. Rogers and Eugene M. Richmond both of New York were held for the September term of the federal grand jury after a preliminary hearing on a mail fraud charge. Rogers posted $2 bail and Richmond posted sureties totaling $5.
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Boston
George M. Rogers
Eugene M. Richmond
New York
Federal
United States
Rogers
Richmond
Proposals for U S Army subsistence stores purchases
Sealed duplicate proposals advertised by the Office of the Commissary General New York City for furnishing and delivering subsistence stores to the U S Government with bids due before September 6 1906. Envelopes to A L Colonel A C G U S Army. Also railway supplies proposals by Panama Railroad Company at 24 State Street York due September 1908. Information from Wendell L Simpson Major 19th Infantry A Commissary Purchasing Agent.
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FFICE
U. S. Army
Whitehall Street
New York City
N. Y
U. S
Washington
A. L
Panama Rail Road Company
State Street
York
Wendell L. Simpson
19Th Infantry, & A. Commissary
U. S. Rail Line Expands With New Jamaica Junction
Long Island Railroad to spend millions on improvements over two years including a Glendale to Montauk Rockaway link to speed transfers between main line and branches. A $2,000,000 Jamaica junction station will be built this fall on current freight yards to improve train handling. Plans to abolish every grade crossing on Long Island discussed with Automobile Club and Long Island League leaders.
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Long Island Railroad
Savage
Gresser
Queens
Montauk
Rockaway
Glendale
Jamaica
Peters
A. R. Pardington
John L. Webb
Long Island Automobile Club
Alfred J. Eno
Long Island League
Long Island
Dr Leroy S Chadwick Enters Bankruptcy in Cleveland
Dr Leroy S Chadwick husband of the late Cassie Chadwick filed for bankruptcy listing $1750 in personal debts and about $6500 in debts tied to his wife through indorsed notes and checks. He includes a $50000 note on J W Friend a $5000 note on Judge J W Albaugh and a $90 note for Herbert W Newton plus small checks and a Waldorf Astoria bill. He has $175 to pay debts and seeks exemption for medical instruments and books.
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Cleveland
Leroy S. Chadwick
Cassie Chadwick
J. W. Friend
J. W. Albaugh
Canton
Ohio
Herbert W. Newton
Brooktine
Mass
E. Beckwith
Oberlin
Waldorf- Astoria
New York
Chadwick
MUST RAISE RATES SAYS HUNTLEY
Detroit August 27 George W Huntley of the New York Central told the Travelling Engineers Association that current freight rates cannot cover costs nor insure fair wages and needed improvements He cited a six month period showing railroads losing money as expenses rose faster than gross revenue and urged a modest rise in freight earnings.
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The
Tribune
Detroit
George W. Huntley
New York Central Railroad
Travelling Engineers’ Association
Four Kentucky Bankers Indicted in Owensboro Probe
The grand jury probing the Owensboro Savings Bank and Trust Company and the Davies County Bank and Trust Company returned indictments charging irregularities against four bank officials. Named are James M Parrish president J Otis Parrish cashier Isaac N Parrish trust officer of Owensboro Bank and T S Andersen president of the Davies County institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro, Ky
Owensboro Savings Bank and Trust Company
Davies County Bank and Trust Company
James M Parrish
J. Otis Parrish
Isaaxe N. Parrish
Owensboro Bank
T. S. Andersen
Davies County Institution
Bank in Athens Michigan Closed After Deception Plan Found
Athens State and Savings Bank in Calhoun County shut its doors after the State Banking Commissioner reported evidence of a deliberate plan to deceive the department since the March examination. The action follows the August 27 closing in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Athens State and Savings Bank
Athens
Calhoun County
Zimmerman
State Banking Department
Kellogg to finish Standard Oil briefing in St Paul
Frank R. Kellogg, DOJ special counsel, wraps up three weeks of briefs in the Standard Oil prosecution in St Paul and will travel to New York for the resumed hearing before Judge Franklin Ferris next Thursday. Meanwhile, W. D. Woods steel mills posted notices that the entire plant will resume operations Monday, affecting over a thousand skilled workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Frank R. Kellogg
Department of Justice
Standard Oil Company
Kellogg
New York
Franklin Ferris
Pittsburg
W. D. Woods Company
United States Rubber Company expects big fall business
The United States Rubber Company, via telegraph from Boston, reports current production at about 6 percent of normal and anticipates a sizable rise in business this autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Boston
United States Rubber Company
Decrease in Boston's Year Trade Decline
Boston reports show exports for the year ending July 31 fell over 15 percent from the prior year while imports dropped 24 percent. Official figures released detail a broad downturn in trade activity for the year in Boston.
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Boston
Jay Telegraph
the Tribune
Census figures show Isthmian Canal employees total 50003
The census lists 50 003 people in the canal zone with work for the Isthmian Canal Commission and Panama Railroad. It notes 6 763 in Colon and states Americans number 5 0 in the population.
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Canal Zone
Isthmian Canal Com- Panama
Colon
Frisco Up Against Oklahoma Law
Guthrie Oklahoma August 27 The St Louis and San Francisco Railroad is the first corporation doing business in Oklahoma to come in contact with a law ousting from Oklahoma any corporation that seeks to transfer to the federal courts any action begun in a state court on the ground that its domicile is in another state The railroad allegedly sought such a transfer in a Lawton damage suit Assistant Secretary Meyer of the State Department said today that he will ask Attorney General West to begin an oyster suit against the road when he returns from Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
Oklahoma
The
Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
St. Louis
San Francisco
Lawton
Meyer
State Department
West
Denver
New German Cable Company Founded in Berlin
A new cable company with a government subsidy was founded today in Berlin. Its headquarters will be at Cologne, with plans to lay cables between Germany and Brazil via Teneriffe and branches to Liberia and the German colonies on Africa’s west coast.
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Berlin
Cologne
Germany
Brazil
Teneriffe
Liberia
Africa
Hudson Steamer Receives Wireless Service From U W T C
The United Wireless Telegraph Company's service began on the Hendrick Hudson and New York of the Hudson River Day Line. The first message to E. E. Olcott, president of the Day Line, reports warm greetings, rainy weather, northeast wind, and passengers comfortable and enjoying the river music. Captain A. H. Harcourt, steamer New York, signs the message.
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Hudson
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Hendrick Hudson
New York
Hudson River
E. E. Olcott
A. H. Harcourt
Rail stock surge eyed SP Frisco tie in buyout talk
Southern Pacific and Union Pacific stocks rose on yesterday's market amid rumors of a 7 percent dividend for Southern Pacific and a potential St Louis and San Francisco takeover via a Rock Island deal, though no official confirmation emerged. Union Pacific led gains with a new high, while Harriman interests faced questions on dividends and Frisco acquisition, as market activity reflected strong equity value and calls maturing at month end.
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Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Rock Island Company
St. Louis
San Francisco
Harriman
Frisco
Rock Island
Rock Island Preferred
Union
Union Pacific Railroad
Harriman Road
New York Central
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Treasury
NO STRIKE OF ENGINEERS DENIED IN NEW YORK AREA
Rumors of a threatened wage cut by Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in the electrical zone of New York Central and New Haven railroads resurfaced. A New Haven engineers meeting at Loeffler's Hall denied any complaint against the companies, saying the 196 agreement with engineers could be changed with thirty days notice. No such notice has been given and wages, hours, and conditions remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
New York Central
New Haven
New Haven Engineers
Loeffler’s
Hurley
Engineers’ Organization
Pollution of State Streams Urges Action by Governor Hughes
Edward Hatch Jr writes to Governor Hughes urging enforcement of New York state pollution laws to curb sewage and manufacturing waste. He cites New York City violations under health law Chapter 468, warns of disease spread from polluted waterways, and appeals for immediate attention to the issue.
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Albany
Edward Hatch, Jr
Hughes
Hatch
City of
New York
New York City
Former bulls liquidate large August cotton holdings
Heavy August cotton selling by former bull group led by Jesse L Liver more caused a price drop of $3 per bale on the October option, with that option down over six points. Trade sees this as final liquidation. Other contracts fell 19 to 24 points as Livermore party hedges by going short later deliveries while pushing August down. Estimated liquidation yesterday ranged 25,000 to 35,000 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse L. Livermore
Livermore Party
Fic
Wall Street
Wormser Case Stay Sought in Supreme Court
Walter E. Meyer for H L Mack & Co and Hoadley Lauterbach & Johnson filed papers with Justice Bischoff seeking a stay of the order to examine Maurice Wormser in supplementary proceedings. Isidor Wormser Jr. attended court when the stay was obtained as trustee of the late Isidor Wormser. Judgment in the Mack & Co. case stood for $3,033 on a check transaction. Bischoff reserved decision on the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Meyer
H. L. Mack & Co
Hoadley, Lauterbach & Johnson
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
Maurice 8. Wormser
Wormser
Isidor Wormser
Isidor Wormser, Jr
Size of Sage estate inheritance taxes detailed
Inheritance tax totals approved by Surrogate Beckett detail Russell Sage estate values and $667,533 01 tax. Mrs Sage receives $635,038 01. twenty nine lesser relatives share $50,000. Twenty five nephews and nieces each get $5,000, four others $4,250. Bequests of $25,000 and $6,250 go to named relatives Carrie Jessen, Alfretta Bibby, Grace B Torosian, and Edson Conrad among others.
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Russell Sage
Samuel Chapin
Earl Chapin
Dwight Chapin
Angeline Lyle
Helen Chapin
Jene Chapin Monroe
Frank Chapin
Homer Chapin
Fremont Chapin
Taylor Chapin
Charles R. Sage
Martha Ann Martratt
Mary Jane Wignall
Emily Chadwick
Lena Sage Schoonmaker
Elizur W. Sage
Helen S. Holbrook
Fanny E. Crisler
Harriet I. Davis
Olin A. Sage
Albert H. Sage
Sarah M. Gardiner
Julia Baxter
Mary Elizabeth Geer
Carrie Jessen
Alfretta Bibby
Grace B. Torosian
Edson Conrad
Umbrella Jab Wounds Barber in East Side Assault
Joseph Palermo a barber at 223 East 74th street lies dying in Presbyterian Hospital from a fatal injury after a stranger with an umbrella attacked him in his shop. The assailant fled, witness Frank Marino identified another man, and Palermo's wife and neighbors described the long quarrel before the strike that drove a rib into his eye and pierced his brain. Coroner Harburgee ordered guards as Palermo remains semi conscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Palermo
East 74Th Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Frank Marino
No. 155
East 48Th Street
Palermo
Joseph Order
East 75Th Street
Prosecutor Found Guilty of Graft in Kansas City
C W Trickett special Assistant Attorney General for Kansas was found guilty of using his office to obtain 320 from Wayne and Frank Hurlburt in a case involving Wayne Hurlburt jailed on liquor charges. Frank Hurlburt says the money secured his brother's release.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
C. W. Trickett
Wyandotte County
Wayne
Frank Hurlburt
Trickett
Wayne Hurlburt
Jeweller Augustus Aufdehyde Killed in Runaway cart
Telegraph dispatch from Liberty New York reports jeweller Augustus H Aufdehyde thirty eight killed when his carriage horses ran away for over a mile he was thrown from the carriage and died instantly He was a widower with a ten year old daughter and had lived in the city for about two years coming from New York.
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the Tribune
Liberty
N. Y
Augustus H. Aufdehyde
Aufdehyde
New York
European Produce Market Update from Liverpool Trade
Liverpool notes August 27 report steady to firm pricing across commodities. Wheat and corn show small moves with futures barely steady, flour and fats mixed but stable. Hops and bacon products show strength in several cuts. Oils and resins hold modest levels as Western lard and pork markets press firm demand.
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Liverpool
London
Pacific Coast
Chicago Closing Stocks Amid Mixed Market Signals
Chicago stocks closed mixed with gains for American Can and Commonwealth Edison while many large issues showed little change. Suburban utilities and consumer plays such as National Biscuit and Quaker Oats moved modestly, with Diamond Match and Sears Roebuck also contributing slight swings.
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American Can
Hox Board
Chicago Subway - Commonwealth ‘Edison
Chicago Telephone
Diamond Match
National Biscuit
Quaker
Swift & Co
People's Gas
Sears-Roebuck
Market Report From New York O August 27 1908
General market report covering coffee cotton flour meal and grains with New York prices. Notes light September notices prompting buying and near month support by big interests, steady close despite mixed Brazilian news, heavy receipts at ports, and bullish sentiment in early sessions followed by late selling in wheat. Includes prices for flour meal and feed, and cash equivalents for corn oats rye and barley.
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New York
Lord
Sao Paulo
Rio No
Yester
New Orleans
Mobile
Charleston
Sic
Wilmington
Norfolk
Iter
Baltimore
Lee St. Louis
Little Rock
Galveston
Houston
Memphis
Cotton Exchange
Liverpool
Manchester
Kansas
New York Produce Exchange
Suntec
Northwest
Canada
Chicago
Berlin
Budapest
Broomhall
Pacific Coast
TS. Bush
Buffalo
Market summary of metals, oils and commodities
The London tin market rose with spot at £133 7s 6d and futures at 2144 Sd 1d while copper edged up 6d to 1s in London. Local markets were dull to firm for tin copper lead spelter and foundry metals. Provisions and sugars traded mixed with price declines in refined sugar and firmer hogs and pork but steady beef and lard. Cottonseed oil rose on near term demand as overall grain and oil markets showed cautious activity.
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Satsez Park
London
Cleveland
Northern
New York Produce Exchange
New Orleans
Good
Wapwte
Bez Nee Rans
Sgize
Fey Ir
Jae
Shorts
New York
Philadelphis & the
Philadelphia
City
Calcutta
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
South America
Brazil
S'sc
Louisiana
Texas
Syic
Patna
Rangeom
Hussein
Arbuckle Bros. Howell
American
Feders
Sieha
She
C. Salse
Cuba
Santo Domingo
American Sugar Refining Company
London Cables
Notice of Summons in New York Supreme Court Actions
Amended summons issued in multiple New York County actions. Plaintiffs Amy N Frank and Harry Mack sue William Carter Builders and numerous defendants, with trials sought in New York County. Defendants must answer within twenty days. default judgment risks. Dates show June 25 1908 and August 27 1908 filings.
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Amy N. Frank
Harry Mack
William Carter
Pneumatia Whitewash Company
William H. Holdsworth
Percy Holdsworth
Edwin H. Hess
Nathaniel J. Hess
John Holl
Bernard Holl
Ron Works Company
Sampson H Weinhandler
C. George Seiboth
New York Telephone Company
Saul Berratein
Harlem River Lumber & Wi Company
New York
Ms &J & Isaacs
Attornera
Post Ofice
William Street
Borough of Manhattan
New York City
Cuthbert W. Pound
Supreme Court of the
State of New York
County of New York
New
County of
Daniel Stiess
Martha Stiesmuffs
Laure Drener
Sertha Kessier Boswald
Harry 5. Hall
American Exchanges Realty Company
Hudson Valley Dairy Company
Northfield Creamery Comic
Rose Fherhardt
Charles Lessman
John Reynolds
Sam Neil
Theodore Buler
James Joseph Burna
Lewis Zayer
Peter Ehre
Sakrat Danton
Adolph Newman
Isaac Liberman
Rachael Liberman
Charles Liberman
Rebecca Liberman
Rebecca
Earley
Weaver EY
Broadway
Newark
N. Yto
Laura Dreher
John W. Goff
Supreme Court of
Weaver & Earley
Surrogates Notices for William F Palmenberg and Mary H Brush
Notice is given to all persons having claims against William F Palmenberg late of New York deceased to present vouchers to Sackett Lang Attorneys at 1 Street Manhattan by October 25. Also notice to Mary H Brush late of Brookline Massachusetts deceased to present claims with vouchers to Charles P Latting at 34 Pine Street New York City Manhattan.
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H. Beckett
William F. Palmenberg
New York
Sackett @ Lang
Borough of Manhattan
City of News
Mary
Frances A. Pindlay
William M. van Buren
Notice to Creditors in Ritchings & Soutar Case in New York
Supreme Court New York County case Levi and Fe Dodd as permanent receiver for Ritchings & Soutar Company calls all creditors to exhibit and prove claims by August 15, 1908 at the receiver’s Manhattan office, failure to do so bars participation in any ensuing judgment and distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oe Agmarends Supreme Court
New York County
Levi & Fe Dodd
Zanesville Tile Company
Ritchings & Soutar Company
Ritchings & Sovutar Company
Supreme Court of the
Acete of
New York
County of
Edwin T. Greives
Levin L. Brown
Broadway
Borough of
Manhattan
City of New York
Edwin T. Greaves
Ritchings & Souter Company
P. O
Also Mentioned on This Page
BROWN
Concesssionaires’ Club
Alton and
Clover Leaf
Huntley
Kentucky
CIL
U. S. Rubber CO
Central
Wormler
SAGE
Detroit & Mackinattron
Eillie Mobile & OnHro
Minneapolis
Toledo, Peoria & Western
Chicago & Northwestern
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
Ds, Ltd
Detroit United
Inc
LIGHT
Toledo Railways
Jaly
7Th Inc
Foreign Government
Munich
Havarian
Saxony
Hessian
Vienna
Augsburg
Hamburg
Fond C
Lake Ratis
General Market Report
Charles P. Latting
Pine St
N. Y City
Ofice
38Th
Sith
6Th Ave
125Th St
2D Ave
6Ist St
1St Ave
Soth St
Tremont Ave
3D Ave
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