Wadreorth 36 Weighs Committee Change and Leadership
Wadreorth 36 weighs a possible shift of Mr Wain abenker and tetyér from the Banka Committee to the Rail Committee. Retaining him as senior committee member is favored while the Speaker and leaders discuss his fit for broader trust and progressive policy. The Westchester figure is aligned with Governor Hughes and the Speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadreorth
Banka Committee
Tts
Wainabenker
Tetyér
Crear
Westchester
Hughes
Senator Raines Fears Finances Strain and Futures Tax
Senator Raines warns of tight finances and proposes taxing futures transactions in cotton and stock transfers to cover potential deficits. Armstrong, Finance Committee chair, says current receipts exceed expenses with no deficit and no direct tax, though canal and road costs loom as expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Albany
Raines
Armstrong
Eid
Wainwright committee backs Dick law style reforms
Albany reports a preliminary Wainwright committee memo urges amending the state military code to include core Dick law provisions. The plan targets January 21 adoption, seeks a general staff, and splits appointment between the Governor and Major General recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Albany
Wainwright Committee
Congress
Robinson to Get Prentice's Place on Rules Committee
Albany dispatch reports Assemblyman Beverley R. Robinson of New York may be named to the Rules Committee seat vacated by Ezra P. Prentice. The post is pivotal in shaping legislation during the session, and Robinson’s second year could mark a signal rise. He is regarded as a strong member of the New York delegation and ally of the Speaker and Herbert Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Albany
Beverley R. Rob‘Micon
New York
Ezra P. Prentice
Legislative Mfe
Robinson
Mr. Prentice
Manhattan
Mr. Robinson
Herbert Parsons
Civil Service plan prompts public notice of applications
Albany Dec 31 A new policy by the State Civil Commission requires the secretary to publicly announce all applications to amend county or state regulations The commission lists pending transfers from competitive to ex tract from several state positions including a detective agent position in the State Controller's department at 5 a day and expenses a confidential stenographer to the State Superintendent of Banks in New York City Bureau annual salary 1000 and a confidential stenographer to the First Deputy Secretary of State at 3600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Civil Service
State Civil Commission
Commission
State Controller's Department
New York City
Judge appoints Ezra Prentice receiver for Crosman and Campbell
In US District Court Judge Hough named Ezra T Prentice receiver for Henrietta Campbell stage name Henrietta Crosman and her husband Maurice Campbell both filing voluntary bankruptcies. Bonds set at 2.09 each. Prentice also serves as receiver for Mrs Leslie urn ter Payne. Crosman’s money troubles linked to failure of Runyan's Pilgrim progress stage version.
City Growth Under Consolidation and Debt Limits
Controller Metz reviews ten years since consolidation, noting real estate valuations rose from 2 532 416 819 to 6 240 480 602, with about one third due to full valuation adoption for taxation. He warns debt capacity needs expansion and suggests excluding self sustaining improvements from the debt limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Gebdt
Board of Estimate
Federal Jury Indicts Individuals Tied to Sugar Dock Scandal
Federal grand jury in Brooklyn handed up several indictments before Judge Shatfield. Indictments relate to alleged fraudulent weighing of sugar at American Sugar Refining Company docks. Bench warrants expected for indicted individuals in coming days. January jury to be impaneled on January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
Brooklyn
Shat Field
American Sugar Refining Company
Brokers Held for Trial After Exchange Arrest
John L McLean of 1 West 82d Street Joseph Cowan of 6 West 138th Street and Edward A Keith of 622 West Sith Street brokers were arrested near the Stock Exchange on Monday charged by Arthur Bacon a bricklayer of 239 East 4th Street with failure to deliver stock purchased on May 31. They were held in $1 bail each for examination on January by Magistrate Droege in the Tombs court yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. McLean
82D Street
Joseph Cowan
138Th Street
Edward A. Keith
West Sith Street
Stock Exchange
Arthur Bacon
East 4Th Street
Droege
Tombs Court
Solons Swap Bouquets At Final 1907 Meeting
The 1907 final aldermanic meeting featured complimentary remarks for Vice-President Goodman James Cowdin Meyers President McGowan and Timothy P Sullivan. Gifts included two silver loving cups and umbrellas while Peters and McGowan traded sharp words and a proposed franchise restoration. Protests against Callahan and others were noted alongside $48,000 in hospital funds and plans for city bond issues. The Building Code Commission discussed code drafts as Peters assailed District Attorney Alderan Jerome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodman
James Cowdin Meyers
McGowan
Timothy P. Sullivan
Tammany Men
Little Tim
Alderman Goodman
Alderman Meyers
Henry Clay Peters
Michael J. Monahan
James J. Lanigan
Finance Committee
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Court of General Sessions
Richmond
City Hall Park
Ahearn
Building Code Commission
Jerome
Peters
Won’t Buy Terminal Stock Amid Financial Turbulence
Report says Baltimore and Ohio will withdraw its offer to buy minority holders of Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad stock at fifty dollars a share due to poor finances. The sale deadline passed yesterday with no official word on cancellation. Minority holders would resume litigation over contracts after the terminal’s receivership and protective committee actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company
May Head Hamilton Bank Meeting Eyes Parker for President
A depositors committee of about eighteen thousand seeks Carnegie Trust backing to elect Frederick H. Parker, brother of ex Judge Alton B. Parker, as Hamilton Bank president. Parker would likely replace William R. Montgomery as vice president if directors favor him. Carnegie Trust plans a $1,000,000 fund to aid the bank’s resumption, with a hearing on fees set for tomorrow before Justice Betts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Bank
Astor House
Frederick H. Parker
Alton B. Parker
William R. Montgomery
Carnegie Trust Company
Parker
Trust Company
Bronx
Joseph Berry
Department of Parks
William G. Mulligan
James Kelly
Julius Haas
William H. Birkmire
Charles C. Dickinson
Dickinson
Justice Betts
Supreme Court
Kingston
Hughes at Utica Opens Welsh Gathering With Address
Governor Hughes arriving in Utica for an informal dinner with George E. Dunham, later presiding over the Eisteddfod session. He urged mutual confidence and public duty, warning against self interest and stressing government as a service to all, not to factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Hughes
Treadwell
George E. Dunham
National Democratic Club Plans Dinners to Counter Bryanism
The National Democratic Club organizes dinners to mobilize influential Democrats against Bryanism ahead of the Democratic National Convention. Ex Justice Morgan J. O'Brien will speak on January 8 about party division, aiming to show reform efforts mislead the party. A pamphlet of his address and quotes from historic leaders will follow, with topics covering States Rights, Corporations, Currency Reform, Tariff Reform, Publicity for Public Service and Campaign Expenses, and Home Rule for New York City. A post-dinner anti Bryan Democrats conference is planned to organize opposition at the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Democratic Club
Morgan J. O'Brien
Justice O'Brien
New York City
Brian
Old Guard Plans Spectacular Ball at Waldorf Astoria
The Old Guard will meet at the armory today on Broadway and 49th Street to exchange New Year greetings and finalize plans for the 1908 ball. The event, set for Wednesday evening January 29 at the Waldorf Astoria, aims to be a record social success with a grand military reception. Invitations go to governors, military officers, and allied groups. admission tickets costing 10 dollars require sponsor-backed guest names presented to treasurer Frank B. Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Guard
Armory
Broadway
49Th Street
Waldorf- Astoria
Charles J. Stadler
Waldorf
Army
Navy
National Guard
Frank B. Whitney
Bench and Bar Honor Judge Whitman at Retirement
Judge Charles H. Whitman retired after a lengthy term as he was honored by a crowd in General Sessions Court. Judge Foster opened the gathering with tributes, followed by remarks from Representative Henry Goldfogle and Abraham Levy among others. The bench, bar, grand jury, and Tombs lawyer Carl Fisher Hanson conveyed best wishes and a written resolution thanked the judge for courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Court of General Sessions
Grand Jury
Pisirtet
General Sessions Court
Goodby
Charles 8. Whitman
Whitman
Bar
Henry Goldfogle
Abraham Levy
Edward Lauterbach
James W. Osborne
Hanford T. Marshall
Carl Fisher Hanson
Weather kiosks to bring Bureau readings to city streets
The Weather Bureau plans street kiosks in major cities to display accurate temperature readings barometers and weather data for public use. Booths two feet by six or eight feet will house instruments maps and bicycle‑mounted updates protected by law and police rules. If well received kiosks could spread nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
City Hall Park
New York
United States
Willis IL. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Directors Fail to Appear in NYC Railway Case
Six directors of the New York City Railway Company subpoenaed to appear before referee John Frankenheimer for examination in Attorney General Jackson's suit to declare the franchise forfeited did not obey. Samuel Untermyer said the defendants need not show, pending a motion to vacate the hearing order. A technical default was taken and the case was set for 10:38 Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City Railway Company
John Frankenheimer
Jackson
Samuel Untermyer
H. R. Limburg
Limburg
H. H. Vreeland
Edward W. Sayre
Frank B. Gannon
Subperna
Peruna Almanac Free At Drugstores In Eight Million Homes
Fragmentary OCR notes advertise the Peruna Almanac claimed to be in over eight million homes and available free at drugstores. The text is garbled but indicates a national distribution and promotion of the almanac.
Two New Subways Planned for Canal Street Area
The report outlines extending lines to Battery via Wooster and Charel streets with an option to advertise leases for the new routes alongside the Fourth Avenue subway. Bids could cover both lines and allow Canal Street crosstown connections to the existing and proposed subways, enabling through trains from Brooklyn to Coney Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Broadway
Broadway
Fort Hamilton
Coney Island
Thaw Physician Ailing Delays Defense Witness
It is learned Dr Birza nun Thaw family physician and a defense witness cannot travel from Pittakers for weeks. Mrs Willane Tle mother of Harry Thaw plans to reach New York next Friday for the second trial before Justice Dowling. She will confer with Martin W Littleton. Harry Thaw’s sister the Countess of Yarmouth will not attend. His sister Mrs George Lander Carnegie and brothers Edward and Josiah Thaw will be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birzanun
Thaw
Pittakers
Willane Tle
Harry Thaw
New York
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Martin W Littleton
Countess of
Yarmouth
George Lander Carnegie
Edward
Josiah Thaw
Aided by Bishop's Faith Healing Emphasis
Telegraph report from Chicago notes Bishop Samael Fallows of the Reformed Episcopal Church begins a mental healing career. He treats a janitor, P. J. Esnorff, for sore eyes, who reports his eyesight 90 percent improved after the session at St. Paul's Church vestry. The patient sought treatment after hearing the Bishop’s approach tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Chicago
Samael Fallows
Reformed Episcopal Church
P. J. Esnorff
Esnorff
St. Paul's Church
Esner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dick Law
Wainwright Militia Committee
Prentice
WEW State Civil Service Plan
Miss Crosman
Petere Wroth
Aeolian Hall
The
Aeolian Company
Fifth Avenue
Seth
SX Gov. Ids
Panhard and
Levassor
Automobile Salon
Madison Square Garden
Panhardo-Levassor Auto CO
Hamilton
Gov. Hughes
Bench and
Rocers, Peer & Company
Island Bros
Knightsbridge
London
Joseph P. Mclough & Co
Asia
Bultaic
Charleston
St. Louis
42Nd St. Opp
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Valdeville
Samuel Fallows
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!