Heinze Career and Bank Trouble Shake Copper Markets
The article outlines F Augustus Heinze’s rise in mining and his clashes with Amalgamated Copper interests. It details a stock selling raid on United Copper, large brokered purchases, a Mercantile National Bank crisis, and a pending bankruptcy case for Otto Heinze & Co with a court appointed referee to oversee proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Augustus Heinze
Otto Heinze & Co
United Copper Company
Heinze
Amalgamated
Montana
Heinzes
United Copper
Gross & Kleeberg
United Company
Mercantile National Bank
Clearing House Committee
Financial District
Edwin Gould
Mercantile
United States District Court
Holt
Heinze & Co
Hamilton Bank
William S. Kimball
Seventh National Bank
James D. Fish
Marine Bank
Grant & Ward
Postum a Pure Cereals Drink Versus Coffee Health Claims
Advertises Postum as a pure cereal drink with no medication and high nourishment when prepared per directions. Claims it remedies many coffee related ailments and promotes it as a healthful alternative. Mentions a promotional booklet titled The Read to Weilville for further details.
Grady Teems With Indignation Over Brooklyn Court Vacancy
Albany January reports Democratic ire over Abel E. Blackmar's Supreme Court bench appointment in the 2d Judicial District. Senator Grady denounces partisanship and claims the non partisan Court of Appeals ticket would never have been created if a Republican grip had been possible in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Albany
Abel E. Blackmar
Supreme Court
Grady
Court of Appeals
Brooklyn
Foelker
Fingey
Conners
McCarren
Senate
New York
Davis
Judiciary Committee
MccCarren
Gilchrist
Blackmar
Court of Appeals Allows Saratoga Gas Appeal to Proceed
Albany January 7 The Court of Appeals denied the Attorney General motion to dismiss Saratoga Gas Electric Light and Power Companys appeal from the Appellate Division ruling upholding the old state gas and electricity commission order setting gas and electric rates in Saratoga Village The court set January 20 for argument on the appeal and implied it will hear appeals from such commission orders.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
Attorney General
Saratoga Gas, Electric Light and Power Company
Old State Commission of Gas and Electricity
Saratoga
Public Service Board probes Buffalo to Troy rail line plan
Albany January hearing on the Buffalo Rochester and Eastern Railroad request for a double track from Buffalo to Troy. Chairman Stevens says the commission will weigh impact on canal investments and rival railways, profit viability, and public benefit before resuming Monday. Stevens then left for Jamestown after learning of his brother’s death.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
Buffalo, Rochester & Eastern Railroad Company
Buffalo
Troy
F. W. Stevens
Stevens
New England
Jay T. Stevens
Jamestown
Clinch Named Commissioner to Hear Leary Charges
Governor Hughes appoints ex-Justice Edward Clinch as commissioner to hear charges by the Independence League against William Leary Metropolitan Elections Superintendent. Clinch will conduct hearings in New York City and report to the Governor with Leary's answer.
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Albany
Hughes
Edward
Clinch
Independence League
William Leary
New York City
Leary
Fingey Conners in Albany Visit With State Leaders
Albany January 7 Fingey Conners Democratic state chairman stopped in Albany on his way to Palm Beach for talks with Senator Grady and Assemblyman Palmer minority leaders in both Houses He met State Committeemen Finucane and Ryan and expressed satisfaction with minority organization and prospects while declining to discuss possible Governor candidates.
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the Tribune
Albany
Fingey” Conners
Palm Beach
Grady
Assemblyman
Palmer
Finucane
Ryan
Ruling Denies Insurance Firms Use of Securities for Bank Deposits
Albany January seventh. Superintendent Kelsey of the State Insurance Department ruled against allowing insurance companies to send securities to banks to back government deposits. Firms must recall bonds lent this way or lose them as assets in annual statements. The policy limits investments to prescribed classes and warns against successive loans on pledged assets. An indemnity bond does not resolve the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Albany
Kelsey
State Insurance Department
Department
Militia bill amended to fit U S Army standards
Albany January 7 the emergency measure to conform New York National Guard to United States army standards will be reported tomorrow morning by the Military Affairs committees in both houses Objections to creating three new department officers were raised at a Fort Orange Club conference by Major General Charles F Roe Adjutant General Nelson H Henry and the National Guard Association executive committee The proposed officers an inspector general colonel an inspector general major and an ordnance officer lieutenant colonel will be omitted from the plan After a joint hearing and separate sessions both committees voted unanimously to report the bill as amended
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Tribune
Albany
National Guard
United States Army
Special National Guard Investigating Commission
Fort Orange Club
Charles F. Roe
Nelson H. Henry
National Guard Association
Olin
Frank Landon
Assemblyman Wainwright
State Senate Bill Creates State Commerce Commission
Albany January 7 Senator Martin Saxe introduced a bill to appoint a state commerce commission to study commercial conditions and advise the Legislature. Three commissioners would serve staggered terms from June 1 1908 and may examine persons corporations and municipalities and report ways to boost state commerce. They would have power to enter business premises and confer with officials, with expenses limited to 200 dollars monthly.
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Tribune
Albany
Martin Saxe
Senate
New York
Broome County Finances Under Scrutiny by State Auditors
Albany releases final report by Rockefeller and Austin on Broome County finances. Resignations of County Treasurer David B. King and Supervisor Board members followed. King and Back indicted on counts. Report accuses Board of Supervisors of lax auditing and notes illegal half million dollar payments from treasury.
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Albany
Broome County
Lewis K. Rockefeller
H. Leroy Austin
State Controller’s Department
Martin H. Glynn
David B. King
Jasper Smith
Arthur W. T. Back
Board of Supervisors
King
Back
Commissioner of Supervisors
Public Service Bill Introduced by Assemblyman Hammond
Albany onondaga Assemblyman Hammond introduced a bill to bring telephone and telegraph companies under Public Service Commissions jurisdiction. The measure follows Governor Hughes recommendations in his annual legislative message.
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Albany
Hammond
Onondaga
Committee On
Public Service Commissions
Hughes
Pharmacy Board Elects Officers at Albany Meeting
The State Board of Pharmacy elected Judson B. Todd as president and William Muir as first vice-president along with Herbert M. Groves as second vice-president Warren L. Bradt was chosen secretary treasurer The board is drafting a proposed pure drug bill.
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Albany
State Board of Pharmacy
Judson B. Todd
Ithaca
William Muir
New York
Herbert M. Groves
Jamestown
Warren L. Bradt
Woodruff's Appeal Heard By Appellate Division
The Appellate Division Third Department heard arguments on ex Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff's appeal for a writ of mandamus against Commissioner James Whipple of the State Forest Fish and Game Commission. He seeks authorization for a proposed highway to his Adirondack camp. the appeal challenges Supreme Court Justice Fitts's denial of the writ motion.
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Albany
Appellate Division
Third Department
Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
James 8. Whipple
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Adirondacks
Supreme Court
Fitts
Republican committee sets 9th district convention date in St Charles
The Republican Committee of the 9th Congressional District met in St Louis and chose St Charles Missouri as the convention site for February 18. The meeting endorsed Taft for President and backed Senator William A Warner and Attorney General Herbert S Hadley as two delegates at large to the National Convention in Chicago.
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St. Louis
Republican Committee
St. Charles
Chicago
William H. Taft
United States
William A. Warner
Herbert 5
Hadley
First Thaw jurors sworn as jury box fills again
The second special panel for the Harry K. Thaw trial gained three sworn jurors after long sessions. Prosecution and defense each used five peremptory challenges amid a flood of tentative selections and recusals. Several potential jurors were excused for prejudgment or connections to Stanford White, with one, William Roberts, finally seated as juror No. 10.
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Victor Dowling
George
B. Mooreland
Floyd S. Sanford
Maurice Bouvier
Frederick W. Pitcher
John R. Hatchett
Charles Do. Goss
Otto Weiss, Jr
Albert WW. Frazier
William H. Roberts
Talesman
George C. Rupprecht
West 149Th Street
Moses Greenbaum
John R. Maginn
West 60Th Street
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Thomas L. Cranston
William Street
Fifth Avenue
Nathan Lemleigh
Broadway
Littleton
William B. Taylor
Carl Stone
New York
Philadelphia
Garvan
Charles Taber
Irving Press
Jerome
Thomas H. Magee
Mr. Littleton
William J. Dunne
James E. Conway
West 11Th Street
William E. Brower
Brower
Philip J. Goodheart
John M. Welford
William H. Moeller
Justice Dowling
Moeller
Harry Thaw
Knickerbocker
Criminal Courts
Josiah Thaw
Signal and Control Company
Thaw
Talesmen
Daniel O'Reilly
Charles ©. Goss
West 66Th Street
American Tobacco Company
Conway
John KE. Mortimer
William Bailey Faxon
Rembrandt
J. Harvey Wood, Jr
Washington Street
Otto Weis, Jr
John Hancock Life Insurance Society
Walter Gillis
Mr. Pitcher
Albert H. Frazier
Fulton
Don” O'Reilly
Charles
Metz to Get the Cash for City Projects
Controller Metz told the fifth annual Municipal Engineers dinner that the city faces debt limits and will seek relief measures in the Legislature. He urged exempt bonds to free 50 60 million for subways and 70 75 million for docks while warning of two hard years ahead. Commissioner Thompson backed a municipal asphalt plant amid asphalt company pressures.
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Shanley
Metz
Hubert O. Thompson
Hughes and La Follette push for direct nomination in GOP
Philip R. Dillon of the Direct Nomination League promotes Hughes and La Follette as top Presidential timber. A 29th Assembly District postal card canvass omits La Follette and faces demand to include his name. A four-member committee will tally votes from the card list of eight candidates.
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Philip R. Dillon
Direct Nomination League
Hughes
la Follette
Dillon
29Th Assembly
Senator la Follette
New York
Robert M. la Follette
Seth Low
Otto T. Barnard
Marcus M. Marks
John Henry Hammond
Charles E. Hughes
Elihu Root
George B. Cortelyou
J. B. Foraker
William H. Taft
Charles W. Fairbanks
Joseph B. Cannon
Philander Knox
Penniless Clown Dies by His Own Hand in Atlanta
William Van Dee a vaudeville star from Chicago died at Grady Hospital after drinking wood alcohol. Delirious and penniless, he rehearsed jokes and songs he had performed in life.
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the Tribune
Atlanta
William van Dee
Chicago
Grady Hospital
Pay Delays Hit City Fire and Police, December Fines Included
The city delays salaries for about twelve thousand police and fire personnel to include December fines in the payroll. Finance officials say payments likely won’t occur before Friday as payrolls must cover fines from January 1 and the last days of December, aligning with the new year’s appropriation.
Spirit Cigars and Astral Trips in Miss La Viesta Tale
Miss La Viesta recounts spirits delivering a box of cigars and a Rhine wine bottle she traded for five dollars. She jokes about etheric journeys to Saturn, meeting J. P. Morgan there, and promotes a carefree creed that money is no longer essential for happiness.
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Vesta la Viesta
Mrs. Thayer
Miss la Viesta
Tobacco Trust
Washington
Thayer
Messieurs Martin
Rector
Brooklyn
Saturn
Neptune
Venus
Misg la Viesta
Madison Avenue
Preservation Society Reelects Officers at Annual Meeting
At the American Scenic and Historical Preservation Society annual gathering in the National Arts Club trustees were reelected except Judge Thayer. Colonel Henry Sackett spoke on preserving the Philipse Manor House in Yonkers after the legislature declined 50 000 to buy it.
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Thayer
The
American Scenic and Historical Preservation Society
National Arts’ Club
Gramercy Park
Henry Sackett
Philipse Manor House
Yonkers
Women’s Institute
Yorkers
Hall
Philipse Manor
Manhattan
Herbert L. Bridgman
Hudson and
Fulton
New Jersey
Hotel Fire Destroys Grenock Inn in Berkshire Region
The Grenock Inn, a landmark Berkshire hotel in Massachusettes, burned to the ground today likely due to a defective chimney. Thirty five guests safely escaped though most could not dress in time and personal effects were mostly lost. Estimated damage ranges from 75000 to 100000 with a partial insurance claim.
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See
Mass
Grenock Inn
Berkshire
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Ted
Columbia School of Mines
Columbia
Butte
Marcus Daly
Rossland
British Columbia
Dominion
Northwest
Canadian Pacific Railway
Rarus
Minnie Healy
William A. Clark
Amalgamated Copper Company
Standard Oil Interests
Lewisohns
Clark
Republican Party
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Tilden
Strollers
Larchmont
Seawanhaka
Columbia University
Deutscher Verein
Weilville
Saratoga Light
P. S. Board
Superintendent of Elections
Mr. Clinch
Ile
Republican County
New York City Baptist Mission Society
Quill, Hardware and
Mount Morris
Baptist Social Union
Municipal Art Society
American Museum of Natural History
Metropolitan Museum of Art
West 1271St Street
Grady, Palmer, Finucane
State Commerce Board
Senator Save
Raps Broome County Finances
Glynn
Pharmacy Board
Wooddruff
Missouri
Taft
Charles E. Gremmel
East 155Th Street
Arthur P. Naething
Seventh Avenue
George W. Cary
Churchill
Pittsburg
William Thaw
H. K. Thaw
Harry
Mrs. Thaw
Attorney Littleton
SF Lord Ids
Hughes and LA Follette
Wisconsin
A. O. Brown & Co
Santo Domingo Gold and Copper Company
Rocers, Peet & Company
Spirit
Philipse Manor Preservation
Burns
Berkshires
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