Lawson to testifying before NYSE investigation on stock trades
Thomas W. Lawson declares he will appear before the NYSE special committee probing August 22 and 29 manipulative trading and A. C. Brown & Co. suspensions. He defends his methods, claims widespread manipulation by major houses, and urges immediate action to curb it. The letter is dated August 29 from Boston.
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Thomas W. Lawson
New York Stock Exchange
A. C. Brown & Co
Lawson
A. O. Brown & Co
Brown
Wall
State
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
New York
Boston
Stock Exchange House
Steck
Amalgamated
Exchange
Board of Governors
State Street
Oklahoma Court Rules Governor Controls Prosecution Power
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled the Governor alone has authority to prosecute in court, reversing the Attorney General’s attempt to oust Standard Oil. The Prairie Oil and Gas Company and Standard Oil plan to resume pipeline work from Nowata to Taney, Kansas, and from Glenn Pool to New Orleans within two weeks amid the decision.
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Guthrie
Okla
Supreme Court
Moe
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Standard Oil Company
Oklahoma
Standard of Company
Nowata
Taney
Kan
Glenn Pool
New Orleans
Operations resume at Fort Edward plant after four weeks
Glens Falls New York August 36 operations will resume this week at the International Paper Company plant at Fort Edward after a four week shutdown. About four hundred men will return to work.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
International Paper Company
Fort Edward
Proposals for Railway Supplies and Forage Sealed
Proposals are invited by the Commissary Purchasing Agent for furnishing railway supplies and forage straw. Sealed bids in triplicate must be received by the specified offices and dates, with information obtainable at the listed New York and Governors Island locations. The United States reserves the right to accept or reject any part of the bids.
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Pename Rail Road Company
State Street
New York
Wendell L. Simpson
Vernors Island
N.Y. W
U. S
H. McCauley A. Q
National stock delays prompt patience for new buyers
The issuer urges patience as certificates lag behind the flood of new buyers. Brokers rush transfers, often moving old shares into new names, while the company and brokers work night and day to catch up. The firm halts stock activity beyond the Reward Blank and holds shares at 1.50 to 2.00 as a buffer for confused buyers.
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Philadelphia
Commission dismisses complaint on overhead power line safety
Public Service Commission upholds New York Central & Hudson River Railway overhead high tension wires between Highbridge and city line. Commissioner Eustis finds underground replacement would cost about 1.5 million dollars with no clear safety gain, noting city and company experts agree overhead is safely operated. The commission also rejects removal of lines to the easterly side of the Harlem division.
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John H. O’brien
Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad
Highbridge
Public Service Commission
Eustis
O’brien
the Central
Long Island Railroad
Central
Long Island
Harlem
Woodlawn Reed
Lighters Strike a Fizzle in Citywide Protest
Police patrolled the city last evening to prevent pickets fromLamplighters Union from disrupting the Welsbach Gas Lighting Company. About seventy of six hundred lamplighters were out, police vigilance limited the strike’s impact. Two men were arrested for interfering with a lamplighter, Vincenzo Delnegro and Nicole Delma, on disorderly conduct charges after incident near Audubon Ave and 182nd Street.
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P. J. Prendergast
Welsbach Gas Lighting Company
Welsbach Company
Central Federated Union
Lamplighters’ Union
Police Department
Cloakmakers’ Union
Joseph Nagners
West 165Th Street
Audubon Avenue
182D Street
Tragic drowning of young Wesley Decker at Sparta pond
Six year old Wesley Decker drowned near Sparta New Jersey after reportedly playing on the pond bank and falling in. Passersby initially mistook the body for a dog and later alerted authorities. the body was recovered.
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Wesley Decker
Sparta
N. J
Quarterly dividend declared by American Smelters Securities Co
The Board declares a 1 percent dividend on Preferred Stock Series B payable Sept 1 1908 to record holders. Books close Aug 21 at 3 PM reopen Sept 2 at 10 AM. Secretary W E Merriss also notes coupon payments for September 1 1908 for First and Refunding Mortgage Four Percent Bonds at Mercantile Trust Co New York.
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New York
Santa Fe
Raton
Des Moines
American Smelters Securities CO
Bay
N. Y. City
W. E. Merriss
American Hide and Leather Co Coupons Due 1908 Paid
First Mortgage Bonds of the American Hide and Leather Company will have coupons No 18 paid from September 1 1908 and thereafter by Trust Company of America Colonial Branch at 222 Broadway New York George A Hill Treasurer.
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Iowa Central Railway Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Broadway
New York
F. H. Davis
Republic OF Cuba
American Hide and Leather CO
American Hide and Leather Company
Trust Company OF America
Colonial
George A. Hill
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Taft
St. Paul
Calumet & Hecla
North Butte “ Tamarack
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Smelters
Ateies First National
Petestes WN
Eliing
N. Y. Central
United States Mortgage & Trust Company
CEDAR _ST
Bay Counties Power Company
Broadway Realty Company
Brooklyn & Montauk Railroad
Canandaigua
St. Imp
Chicago
Glassport
Penn
Guanajuato River
Hudson River Traction Company
Jonesboro
Lake City
East
R. F
Long Island R. R. Co
R. R. Co
Lehigh & N. Y. R. R. Co
Los Angeles & Pacific
R. R. Come
Memphis, Tenn
Park Millburn
Sewer
Minneapolis, Minn
Imp
Rockaway Beach
Yelloy
Us & Co
Aston
Npany 5S
West Orange
S. D. Wilson
N. C
Volney Paper Company
Lont
S. BD
Hudson
West Point
Newburgh
Poughkeepsie
Palace Iron Day
Hendrick Hudson
Albany
Mary Powell
Nova Scotia
Cook & Son
Niagara Falls
Rapids
Mont- Tmireb
Doston
Digby
Wolfville
Fifth Ave
Truni River
Island of
Manhattan
RED Bank
Jeanee Crankip
N. R
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21St St
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Law Schools
NEW York University Law Scekouol Pdd Lll
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I. Tompkina
Bec
Washington
New York Bay School
Fulton St. Law School
New York City
George Chase
Speyer & CO
Pine Street
Lake Erie& Western Railroad CO
Charles F. Cox
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Dennis
Walter J. Buzby
Peninsula House
Ocean Front
Sienemniaan River
Pleasure Bay
Svenie
Charles
Dederer
Berwin
Asbury Park
Bath
Baker Brooks
Pennsylvania
Kittatinny
Delaware Water Gap
G. Frank Cope
Irving School
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A. M
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Tarrytown-on-Hudson
Phila
Mammal Easaner
Jonal
J. Shor Liven
Yale
Pria
Ville
Bea
Ventnor City, N. J
The
Packard Record and Reference
Packard Commercial School
Fourth Avenue
231 Street
Columbia Crammar School
93Rd Street
Central Park West
Columbia
Cornell
Harvard
Princeton
L. C. Mygatt
West 84Th Street
Louis Dwight Ray
DR. Ray
Barnard School For Boys
College Prep
St. Nicholas A
West
Trinity School
L. D. Ray
Jes
de Lancey School For
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West End Ave
Barnard School For
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Hamilton Institute
Merrill-Van Laer School
Peebles and Thompson School
East Sith Street
Ardner
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Riends’ Seminary
Friends’ Mary
NDS
Es East
Bkiyn
Friends’ Seminary
Friends’ School
East 16Th St
Schermerhorn §T
Be Klyn
Berlitz School OF Languages
Madison Square
Lenox _ave
27Th St
Brooklyn
Court St
Einds
Pratt Institute
Grosvenor
Ave
10Th Street
Madison
Sayeed
Rae Sa
Touraine
Lucerne
West 19Th ST
Lesses
Frederick
56Th ST
Wares
Bast Oth Street
Martinique
Irby
Remco Sts
Milano
58Th St
REMCO
Park Ave
Compton
RT Dale
Bookrealty .O
Sire
Tith ST
Absolu
Palm Beagh H
Senate
Grace Louise Lainhart
West Palm Beach
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RYE Seminary
G. J. Life
the Misses Stowe
Rye
Dana’s School For Girls
Morristown
Pehool
Centenary Collegiate Institute
Hackettstown
Jonathan M. Meeker
Pennington Seminary
Frank Mosrea
Pennington
Pt Riverside Drive
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Cor
Téth St
Berkshire
Madison Ave
Apthorp
Country Property
Dobbs Ferry
Estherwood
Armour Villa
P. J. Connolly
Debbe Ferry
5Th Street
New Jersey Real Estate
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Ruland & Whiting CO. Real Estate
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Bronx
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Clark Estates
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Tribune Building
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