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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
7
Albany reports Speaker Wadsworth declaring against adopting the Massachusetts ballot, arguing it is not a reform and would complicate voting machines. He and Senator Raines signal a united front against the governor's ballot and direct primary proposals, foreshadowing a legislative clash and possible extra session.
Minneapolis Mayor Haynes returns from New York as anti Bryan forces in Minnesota push to block New York delegates from backing Bryan at the national convention. Johnson men target a slim one third plus one delegate edge aiming to deny Bryan the nomination and seek Johnson Gray or Smith as alternatives.
Van Norden Trust Company acts as executor and trustee taking charge of real estate and mortgages. It keeps accounts for charitable institutions and trustees and furnishes information for the purchase and sale of investment securities. Located at Fifth Ave and 60th Street in New York.
At a Flatbush Taxpayers Association meeting, a resolution backed the Brooklyn League against racetrack betting and endorsed Governor Hughes's proposals. Dr. George W. Brush spoke for the measure, with support from Westchester Civic Association members and ministers Dr S Parkes Cadmar and Canon Chase. The league's draft bill would make track betting a misdemeanor punishable by six months to one year in jail, to be introduced by Assemblyman Warren I. Lee.
Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon, leader of the second elective term movement, says he will reveal something valuable within sixty days and expects the President to run again whether he wants it or not. He remains undeterred by recent events and asks the public to wait two months to see that the concept remains alive.
Secretary Taft announced his speaking engagements for the next two months listing January 10 at Cooper Union New York January 14 Ohio Society of Philadelphia dinner January 29 Tippecanoe Club Cleveland McKinley Day dinner February 1 Young Men's Republican Club Kansas City and February 12 Lincoln Club Grand Rapids Michigan He may accept additional invitations but these are the confirmed dates.
Campanini, musical director at the Manhattan Opera House, received a Buenos Ayres cable inviting him to direct the New Colon Opera House at its opening in May. He replied he could be released from Covent Garden if Buenos Ayres would pay him 30000 dollars for two months of work.
Governor Hughes declines to collect 1,000,000 in defaulted North Carolina State bonds offered by a committee. He says it is improper to accept gifts of claims to be prosecuted against a sister state and questions pursuing suits in New York in the state's name.
The Tammany Board of Aldermen will meet at noon to assign committee posts. "Little Tim" Sullivan aims to be vice chairman and chairman of the Finance Committee, giving him a seat on the Sinking Fund Commission and possible acting mayor duties during vacations. Frank L. Dowling is set as floor leader, defeating Alderman Doull. The chamber hosts 49 Democrats and 24 Republicans with Democrats holding most committee seats. The organization meeting follows Monday with supporters planning celebrations.
Eugene L. Richards for Mayor McClellan asked Justice Davis in the Supreme Court for a struck jury to try the case of Attorney General Jackson v McClellan and Hearst. Clarence J. Shearn for Hearst called it a delay tactic and noted public belief Hearst was elected. The judge reserved decision.
Albany announces the Court of Appeals will reconvene to hear two days on the order calendar and then arguments on the Legislature delegating rate setting to a commission. Saratoga Gas Electric Light and Power appeals a Public Service Commission price order after Appellate Division upheld the act 3 to 2.
A federal court in Wilmington Delaware heard an application today for the appointment of a receiver for the International Finance and Development Company a New York concern chartered in Delaware with capital of 5 million dollars. The petition by Peter J Kaiser of Tamaqua Pennsylvania a stockholder claims the firm is solvent and owes 500000 dollars. The court deferred action pending amendment of the petition. The company now in liquidation has offices at No 38 Park Row.
Des Moines reports Leslie M. Shaw and Governor Cummins, once rivals, have agreed to keep hands off the Iowa National Republican delegation. Shaw hints he will seek the Republican nomination for president and urges the state delegation go to the national convention uninstructed.
Mrs Max Routh and Mrs Abraham Davis seek habeas corpus in federal court arguing Panama is part of the United States. They contend President Roosevelt did not leave the country during a Panama visit and challenge their deportation after arrival in New Orleans.
The U S revenue cutter Mohawk returned to Tompkinsville after a six hundred mile cruise seeking the five masted schooner reported in distress off Bargegat ten days earlier. On New Year’s Day a wreck with two masts surfaced. the ship was destroyed. Captain Reed learned the vessel was the Estelle Phinney only after reaching port.
Mrs. Katharine Stuyvesant Roberts died after a prolonged stupor in her Riverside Drive apartment. Coroner Acritelli cited an overdose of morphine as the probable cause, noting unpaid debts, a will, and large expected inheritance from a Germantown relative. Francis L. Patton Jr. acted as her sole executor while investigations referenced a pending Butler suit over an alleged stock sale fiasco.
Carrie Nation arrives in Mexico City saying her mission is peaceful. She aims to secure release of a relative from an insane asylum to bring the patient back to the United States.
A mass meeting at Temple Emanu El will unite all charity groups to plan relief for the unemployed and raise funds. The event, led by United Hebrew Charities and the Council of Jewish Communal Institutions, aims to mitigate hardship until steady work returns.
About nine hundred Hamilton Bank depositors met at St. Joseph's Church to honor Justice Betts ex Judge Parker and President Montgomery for arranging the Tremont branch reopening next week. Depositors pledged further deposits and praise was given to the bank’s supporters including Father Farrell and Reverend Barrett.
Boston freight picture brightens as Merchants' Line runs from Boston to New York with tariffs about 10 percent lower than Morse Metropolitan line. Morse officials vow to respond with deeper cuts while Merchants' Line commits to maintaining lower rates, promising overall rate relief.
Joseph E. Tatem of Collinswood N J shot himself in the head in Camden on January 2 grieving the death of his wife a year earlier. He was described as a wealthy resident.
Insanity is expected as the defense in Harry K. Thaw's second trial. A conference in Martin W. Littleton's office outlined final defense details with high paid alienists likely to testify again. District Attorney Jerome has canceled social engagements. women will be excluded as before.
Coroner Acritelli and West 125th street police investigate the death of 44 year old architect George H. Mansfield of 510 West 135th street who jumped from his apartment window and died at J Hood Wright Hospital. He was brought in shortly before 6 am and pronounced dead at 11 21 pm. Dr E H Vines, at the same address, attended him and urged hospital transfer. No motive stated by family.
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