Hains Counsel Sick Mintyre Halts Trial
The trial of Thornton J. Hains for the killing of William E. Annis was halted by sudden illness of defense chief counsel John F. McIntyre. Alienists Dr. Austin Flint and Dr. George Foster urged ad journment as McIntyre received treatment after arsenic injections. Mrs. Virginia Hains and Mrs. Helene Annis faced courtroom strain amid scandalous testimony about alleged marital relations and a confrontation over the word confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton J. Hains
William E. Annis
Peter C. Hains
John F. McIntyre
McIntyre
Justice Crane
Flushing
Austin Flint
George Foster
Flint
Dr. Foster
Ginner
Virginia Hains
Hotel Astor
Freshing
Helene Annis
Claudia Hains
Mr. Annis
Annis
Mrs. Hains
John P. Hains
Captain Hains
Major Hains
Reid
Harriman Plans New Pacific Gulf Route via Union Pacific Outlet
According to Wall Street, E. H. Harriman aims to give Union Pacific a direct Gulf outlet via a route shorter than via Illinois Central, boosting traffic movement to and from the Gulf. Possible traffic pacts with Missouri, Kansas & Texas or Kansas City Southern, or a line linking UP with Southern Pacific lines in Texas. Portland reports Harriman plans 750 to 1600 miles of new road building in Oregon as part of a Far Northwest expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Marriman
Wall Street
Union Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Illinois Central
Gulf
Colorado & Southern
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Kansas City Southern
Southern Pacific
Texas
Portland
Harriman
Far
Northwest
Oregon
Changes in United States Steel elects new vice presidents
William B. Dickson is promoted to first vice president succeeding James Gaylor who resigned. David G. Kerr of Pittsburgh becomes second vice president, joining the raw materials department. The firm hints at higher employee stock prices under profit sharing, with last year’s subscription at 7 per share and current price around 113 .
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam B. Dickson
United States Steel Corporation
James Gaylor
David G. Kerr
Pittsburg
Dickson
Kerr
Rubber Tire Company Declares 34 Percent Bond Interest
Directors of the Consolidated Rubber Tire Company declare a 34 percent interest on the 32.50.50 debenture income bonds for the year, payable April 1 198, raising the rate by Py percent over last year and marking the highest payout ever on these bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Rubber Tire Company
Tardy Depositors Lose Holdings In Reorganization Plan
Hire, chairman of the reorganization committee for Consolidated Railway Lighting and Refrigerating Company, announced that more than 142,000 of 211,155 shares have been deposited under the plan and no further deposits will be accepted. Holders who did not deposit lose rights as the committee bought the assets at the receivers sale. only depositors participate. The plan includes a 5 cent per share assessment and formation of a new company with 5,000 capital stock, exchangeable for the old shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tance L. Hire
Consolidated Railway Lighting and Refrigerating Company
Nho
Denver & Rio Grande to issue 17.5 million mortgage bonds
Blair & Co and Salomon & Co with Read & Co offer 17.5 million first and refunding 5 percent gold bonds on January 7 at 92 percent interest. Subscriptions close January 12 amid heavy demand. Bonds secured by Denver & Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western properties, plus second mortgage bonds and Western Pacific stock, creating a 3656 mile lien. Subscription agents include Brown Bros in Philadelphia Estabrook in Boston First Trust in Chicago and Francis in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Pacific Railway
Denver & Rio Grande
Brown Bros. & Co
Philadelphia
Estabrook & Co
Boston
The
First Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Francis, Bro. & Co
St. Louis
Speyer & Co Offers Remaining St Louis & San Francisco Bonds
Speyer & Co announces open public subscription for the balance of 36.6 million dollars in St Louis and San Francisco Railroad general lien bonds at 89.44 plus accrued interest. Subscriptions open January 5 and close by 3 p.m. A first mortgage on 665 miles of line will secure the issue in June, with potential exchange for Memphis & Southeastern 4 percent bonds. Hans Winterfeldt of Speyer & Co is expected to join the rail company board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speyer & Co
St Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
St. Louis
Memphis & Southeastern
London
Speyer Brothers
Amsterdam
Teixeira de Mattos Brothers
Mercantile Trust Company
Francis Brother & Co
A. G. Edwards & Sons
Henry & West and Newbourger
The
Union Trust Company
Pittsburg
P. J. Goodhart & Co
Cincinnati
Illnois Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Hans Winterfeldt
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Winterfeld
Albany City Finances Scrutiny Reveals Irregular Practices
State Controller Glynn releases summary of Albany finance audit covering Jan 1 1900 to Aug 3 1907. Examiners cite evasion of low bid laws, multiple small lead and hydrant purchases, improper refunds payments, and improper premium authorizations by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Suspicion arises from clerk Laraway defalcations and forged tax records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Martin H. Glynn
Laraway
W L Mathues Dead in Media Pennsylvania
William J Mathues former State Treasurer of Pennsylvania died suddenly at his Media home aged 46. Cause listed as pneumonia though linked to Capitol graft case stress from a two year prison sentence. He leaves a wife and four sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn
William J. Mathues
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Capitol
William N. Mathues
Delaware County
William H. Berry
Mathues
Republican County
William P. Snyder
James M. Shumaker
Capitol
Matnnes
Snyder
Shumaker
Sanderson
Kunkel
Harrisburg
Eastern
North Carolina
Media
Five Robbers Dynamite Bank at Wellston Okla
Five heavily armed men dynamited the bank at Wellston Oklahoma near Muskogee just after midnight. After a two hour siege with residents the gang escaped with five dollars as shots rang out. No one was injured in the daring raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Wellston
Here
Daly Named Chief Clerk of Elections Board in City
Michael T. Daly was appointed chief clerk of the Board of Elections to succeed the late Aaron C. Alien. Daly, longtime associate of Richard Croker, previously served as Deputy Controller and Commissioner of Public Works under Mayor Gilroy. The salary is $3.00. The appointment follows Croker’s urging and is sanctioned by Mayor McClellan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael T. Daly
Board of Elections
Aaron C. Alien
Richard Croker
John T. Dooling
Daly
Bird S. Coler
Gilroy
McClellan
Tammany
Joseph F. Daly
Supreme Court
Michael 7. Daly
Croker
Justice Daly
Bar Association
Roosevelt
Mike Daly
Inoculation Plan for Typhoid Fever for Troops
Secretary Wright faces decision after holidays on adopting a typhoid inoculation system for American troops. A special expert board's report from the West is on its way, and approval is viewed as likely. If adopted, success could lead to municipal adoption nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wright
War Department
Department
Iron and Steel Conditions Amid Turbulent Markets
The Iron and Steel era notes limited transactions across the steel industry with market uncertainty delaying clear direction until late spring. Open hearth steel rails will be produced in South Chicago while Gary plant aims to begin between March 15 and April 1. Total fabricated structural steel for the year tops 1,150,000 tons with American Bridge Co fabricating about 100,000 tons more than sold. East coast and western projects continue, inventories rose on year end, and large ore cargoes linger at docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wien
Gary
South Chicago
Hitnots Steel Company
American Bridge Company
Lake Erie
Eastern Furnace
Hart, Schifoer & Marx
Chierco
Crane Best Company
Pittsburg
Terminal Warehouse Company
Baltimore
Morse Shot Indian in Self-Defence Near Ensenada
The Ensenada jail holds William Morse grandson of Professor Morse after he shot and killed Indian Juan Amador during a Christmas quarrel in the mountains near Trinidad, 125 miles south of San Diego. Morse claims self-defence as Amador attacked him with a knife, Morse fired once, and surrendered. Authorities accept self-defence. Morse awaits court ruling with hope for early release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
S. Denis
Ensenada
California
William Morse
F. B. Morse
Morse
Juan Amador
Trinidad
May elect Vanderlip to succeed Stillman at N C Bank
The report states Frank A. Vanderlip will be elected president of National City Bank after the stockholders meeting on January 12. Vanderlip has led the bank’s active management in Stillman’s absence and would become president while Stillman would become chairman of the board in major industrial and railroad concerns. Vanderlip’s career spans roles at the Treasury, Chicago Tribune, and leadership in Union Pacific and Consolidated Gas. The bank recently moved to new quarters in the remodelled custom house and remains the largest in the United States with cap ital of 25 million dollars, substantial surplus, and loans and deposits near 193 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
James Stillman
Paris
Vanderlip
Stillman
Aurora
Ill
University of Illinois
Chicago Tribune
Lyman J. Gage
Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Mr. Stillman
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Consolidated Gas Company
No. 52
Wall Street
Custom House
United States
National Bank of Commerce
Charles H. Gaus Announces Appointments in Albany
State Comptroller-elect Charles H. Gaus reveals appointments in Albany on December 30. Private secretary William H. Brainerd with salary 2700, clerk of stock transfer bureau Justus H. Davis 2500, stock transfer examiners Daniel Mulville William J. McCormick EB Barker, court and trust fund examiners Herman J. Diekman J. H. B. Mangin, attorney to transfer tax appraiser Robert H. McCormick, laborer Fred Burger. Brainerd also serves as managing editor of The Albany Evening Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Brainerd
Albany
Justus H. Davis
Daniel Mulville
William J. McCormick
EB Barker
Herman J. Diekman
J. H. B. Mangin
Waterloo
Robert H. McCormick
Fred Burger
Brainerd
Albany Evening Journal
Marine Intelligence and Almanac Notes
The miniature almanac lists sunrise and sunset times and moon phases with high water stamps for Sandy Hook Gov. Island and Hell Gate. The Minnetonka steamship, reported 870 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon yesterday, is expected to dock about Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
A. M
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Minnetonka
Maritime Schedules and Vessels Across December lines
A busy transatlantic notice lists ships and routes from Liverpool to Havre Seville New Orleans and more with December sailings and January arrivals. It includes Lusitania Cunard Prince Santa Marta and City of Savannah among numerous liners and ports, plus times from 10:00 am to 6:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedric
Liverpool
White Star
Ilugin
Progreso
Ward Thornley
Seville
Texas
Havre
N . Lloyd Wells
Swansea
Bristol Iroquois
Jacksonville
Clyde
Lusitania
Cunard eHatavia
Hamburg
Hamb-Am
Hudson
Bordeaux
Prench
Grecian
Barbados
Prince Santa Marta
Ham Vera Cruz
St Thomas
Palermo
Antwerp
Rinidad
Adavannah
Savannah
Prinz Sigismund
Morro Castle
Panama
Italia
St Andrew Crown
Grenada
City of
Atlanta
Colon
la Vouraine
Avre
St Louis
Suthampta
Minnetonka Hamburg
Galveston
Hamb-Am el Monte
Pacific
C.oses
la Lorreine
French
Merida
Havana
Ward
Vinland
Santo Domingo
Gneisenau
Bremen
Lloyd
City of Savannah
Hamilton
Norfolk
Old Dominion
Iroquois
New Princess Anne
Shipping News Arrivals From December Trade Routes
Shipping notices list arrivals of Steamer Pring August Wilhelm from Germany with 47 passengers via Savanilla Colon Kingston and Bar, Steamer Aurora from Norway with cargo via La Guayra Maracaibo and Puerto Cabello, Steamer Delaware from Philadelphia to Clyde Sito, Steamer Arapahoe from Jacksonville to Charleston, and other vessels passing quarantine in Atlantic and Gulf ports with cargo and passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pring August Wilhelm
Ger
Gerdes
Savanilla
Port Simon
Colon
Kingston
Hambure-American Line
Malls
Moise
Bar
Aurora
Nor
Christopherson
la Guayra Dee
Maracaibo
Puerto Cabello
Boulton, Bites & Dallett
Har
Delaware
Philadelphia
Clyde Sito
Highlands
Arapahoe
Chichester
Jacksonville
Charleston
Clyde Ss Co
el Sud
Higgins
Galveston
Apoka Pacific Co
Massachusetts
Findlay
Londom
Mdse
Axenfels
Chittagong
Calcutta
Colombo
Suez
Port Said
Malta
Newport News
Boston
An Edge & Co
Mdise
Seer Erika
Paulsen
Lisbon
Dee
Gans
Curitgba
Nuevitas
Puerto Mexico
Mohawk
Alice
Naples
Eastlands
Mobile
Cherokee
Santo Domingo
Maraval
Bry
Grenada
Jamestown
Norfolk
Madonna
Moarshires
Devonshire
Bahia
Admiral Schley
Port Antonio
Adriatic
Southampton
Clothilde Cuneo
Ida Cuneo
Kroonland
Berg
Antwerp
Lucania
Liverpool
Thorsea
Granila
Antilles
New Orleans
Ocmulgee
Brunswick
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HAINS
Mintyre
Annise
Husband
Tiarriman
Vans
Steel Corporation
W. B. Dickson
D. G. Kerr
Tire Company
Aeara
Lindsay
Cluett, Peabody & Co. Makers
Amagon Carrs
Ornorxany
Denver & Rio Grande Securities
San Francisco
Albany ’ City Y Finances
Glynn
Board of Estimate
W. L. Mathues
M. T. Daly
Ren Age
Iron Trade Review
Charles H. Gaus
Marine Intelligence
Transpacific
Hawaii
Guam
Philippine
Aepan
Corea
China
Seattle
Wiseney
Hawai
Japan
Phil - Ssotee
Pine Islands
St- Bott
New Zealand
Australia
Sammon Islands
New Caledonm
Philippine Islands
Vancouver
Victoria
Caresses
Shipping News
Port of
Perr & Companyy
Broadway
Warren St
34Th St
Metropolitan
Aida Mmes
Emma Eam Homer
Martin
Fetnhals
Dilur
Toscanint
Parsifal
Mme
Fremastad
MM. Schmedes
Blass
Goritz
Witherspoon
Hertz
Faust
Alds
Fornia
Caruso
Noté
Didur
Spetrino
Madama Butterfly
Farrar
Mertin
Scotti
Toscanini
Peters
Pasquali
M Bonci
Campanari
Rossi
SUN
Mmes. Rappoldd
Gar
Kaschowska
MM. Quartt
Not&é
Spetrine Mon
Tristan and Isolde
Fremstad
Amar
Feinhals
Brass
Mahler
WED
LA Wally
America
America Mmes. Destinn, Ranzenberg, L'Huillier
MM. Martin
Amato
Borsi
THURS
L’elisir Pyamore
Mme Sembrich
MM. Bond
Paterna
Pagliacci
Miss Farrar
Scott
Aida
Faust Mmes
Noté Didur
Brooklyn
Trovatore Mines
Emma Eames
Gay
Imain Amato
Weber
David Belasco
Blanche Bates
Blanche Anes
Oys
Dorothy Diz
Belasco
George
Hacke
West
MATS
FISKE
Salvation Nelli
MUSE
Irving Pl
Warrens
Virginia
Keenan
Charlotte Walker
Eves
Ik Theatre
Bway
Rudsow
Mats.morrow
Ethel Barrymore
Frederick
Criterion Bve
Gillette
Samso
LYCEA
St. Eee Broadway
Billie Burke
Ace
Garriger
William GO Collier
Wilton Lackaye
Madison Square Garden
NEW York Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association (Ltd
Davies
Atlantic Cat Club
T University Dramatic Ass
Waldorf-Astoria
Plymouth
Teutonic Bri
New York
Cherbourg
Montevideo
Tuscany
Buenos
Norman Prince
Hong Kong
Ete
der IS
Charlois
Oceanic
Queenstown
Tudor Prince
Newark
Genoa
Re d'Italia Ital
Hull
Buffalo
Gibraltar
Algeria
Marseilles
Genovese
Lizard
Manhattan
Oscar Hammerstein
Gxand Opera
Tales OF Hoffmans
Les. Eispinasse
Zeppill
Trentini
Mmes Doria
Marie- Aldrich
Mischa Elyan
Duframe
Vieuille
Crabbe
Campanias
Eki
Hoffmann
Mmes Ernasse
Zevpliki
Erentini
Doris
Mariska-Aldih
Dalmores
Renaud
Gilibert
Gtarsit- Galietti
Chartier
Pelleas
Melisan
Miss Mary
Miles
Gerrille Res de Trentini
Dufranne
Vieutlie
Cra
Mus
Campanini
Tetrazzini
Sammares
Artmendi
Gitandt- Gallett
Campenini
Mile
Odette Valery
Louis Ganuse Mile
Paretil
Oscar Hammerrstein
Manhattan Opera House
Salome
Januz
New Amsterdam
Elty
Ebuid
Famon Ctor
Joseph O'Mara
Daclswith
Peggy Machree
Liberty
Fred Niblo
Africa
St &B
HIPPA
Idrome
BIPD
Theatrica
Waxevne
Bet
Sea Tirvane
Miss Elliott
Mr. Hamlet
the Blue Mouse
Majestic
DE Wolf Hopper
Faversham
Ly’ To-mor
West End
M'N
Lulu Glaser
Mischief
May Robson
Aunt Mary
Jee Thea
Boway
Mats -Morrow
Ekanaie Russell
International Marriage
Digby Bell
Astor
Mars
Satentleman
Mississippi
Wallage
Marie Cahill
Symphony Society
Tork
Walter Damrosch
Ceraldine Farrar
Americ
Sir Edward Elgar
Eckets
Grand Central
Parte Safes
Amera
Lexington Ave
Moulin 'Rouge
Emma Carus
Otherasie
Belaney
Lincoln SQ
Severin
Alhambra
Thos. W. Ross
Emmett Corrigan & Co
Marcels
John T. Kerr
Jessie Preston
Ruth Allen Exposition
Nat M. Wil Adelman
Mc Bethers
Garden
Eden Muse
Aew York Institution For the Blind
Chews
Natiention
Avenua
Siarles He Marshall
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