Wu Tingfang letters illuminate China deal in court
Testimony in Justice Davis court outlines Wu Ting-fang letters used as evidence in Barnes v. American China Development Co. The case centers on a Chinese railway syndicate attempt to secure concessions in China. Barnes recounts talks, coded communications, and a bond plan amid imperial edict confirmations and wartime finance pressures.
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Wu Ting-fang
Washington
Justice Davis
Ha Supreme Court
Weed Barnes
American China Development Company
Caine
Barnes
Goto
Testumons
New York
Calvin 8. Brice
Qghie
China
Toet
Ting-fane
Wanstein
A. W. Hash
Hankow An Ganton
La-hen
Chung
Hankow
Peking
Wu Ting-fane
Mr. Barnes
State Department
United States
Amerians
Erie Sale of Lehigh Stock Sells Erie Holdings to Meet Spring Shortfall
The Tribune reports the Erie Railroad Company disposed of its holdings in Lehigh Valley Railroad stock yesterday. Proceeds from the open market sale are intended to address short term needs expected this spring. The Erie board joined Lehigh Valley in 1961 alongside Lackawanna Central of New Jersey Reading and Vanderbilt interests in the road's directorate.
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Ere Railroad Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Erie
Neres
Lehigh Valley
Lackawanna
Central of New Jereer
Reading
Vanderbilt
Directorate of the Road
Help wanted ads cover varied domestic and office roles
Classified notices seek assistant bookkeepers secretaries stenographers cooks coaches and maids across New York area. Applicants list experience locations references and desired salary with addresses at Tribune Office and various streets. Many postings note German English Japanese or French language ability plus farm or hotel work as options.
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Man
Bond
G. Blanker
Lake Ave
Clifton
N. J
Robert
Ist Ave
Rego
Domestic help wanted listed by New York agencies
A long column of help wanted ads for chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, waitresses, house workers, nurses, and other domestic posts. Agencies include Oster Berg, Collier, Flaherty, FitzGerald, Lang & Boecherer, J. W., Ostman, Madison Bureau, and others with varied nationalities. Also notices for day work, infrequent household tasks, and live-in positions across city addresses. A separate financing notice outlines Erie Canal contract bids and bond requirements for state public works.
Thomases Offer to Settle Debts With Banks
E R and C F Thomas, weakened by the recent panic, propose to settle their debts totaling over 35 million with approximately twenty banks and trust firms. The offer, likely to be accepted, will be paid over several years and includes obligations tied to the stock exchange house Robert Maclay & Co. Mrs Thomas aids her son. General Samuel Thomas left a substantial estate to his widow.
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C. F. Thomas
Thomases
Goller
E. R
O. F. Thomas
Stock Exchange House
Robert Maclay & Co
Samuel Thomas
L Train Through Bowery Fire Fueled by Sparks
A blaze at No 22 Bowery damaged the building housing A Goldenbloom Robel Rooshen and Smedley Photo studio within an hour. Firemen from Engine 3 rescued men Lilly Wanzer and another, as two trains passed the burning structure amid flames. Estimated damage was $5,000.
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No. 22
Bowery
Third Avenue “L
A. Goldenbloom
Robel & Rooshen
Smedley
Lilly and Wanzer
Draftsmen and tradesmen seek work in city listings
A long list of applicants offers experience as draftsman, master mechanic, electrician, plumber, carpenter, and office staff. Names include Klinger, William Cutting, H. W. &., Edwin, J. Miller, L. J. Whitman, Reichal, Fischer, Rego, Graves, Larkin, Phillips, and others. Locations span Brooklyn, Manhattan, Islip, and the Bronx with varied skills from stone and terra cotta work to linotype, lithography, and translation.
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Klinger
West Lolst St
William Cutting
Rossville
Staten Island
Knife Stab Wounds Brooklyn Man in Waterfront Fight
A man claiming to be John Waters of Brooklyn staggered into St. Gregory's Hospital with a stab wound over fourteen inches long. He declined to identify himself and said the injury occurred at work amid waterfront brawls. A knife was found on him, and police suspect a longshoreman at the scene who may seek revenge after discharge.
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John Waters
Pineapple Street
Brooklyn
St. Gregory's Hospital
Gold Street
Waters
Oak Street
Pittsburg Bank Closes Under State Banking Authority
Pittsburg January 22 Traders and Mechanics Bank capitalized at 100000 closed its doors by order of State Banking Commissioner James L Whits temporary receiver. Treasury Trust Company in the same building also shut as attempts to absorb the bank fell through. Officials cite failure to clear and maintain reserves as the cause.
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Traders and Mechanics’ Bank
James L. Whits
Treasury Trust Company
Fourth Avenue
Market Street
Trust Company
State Banking Department
State Banking Department. the Plan Was Then Reversed, and the Trust Company
White
Commission to investigate cotton compresses nationwide
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected a rehearing in a Muskogee case but plans a general inquiry into cotton compression. The probe will study relations among railroads compresses buyers and shippers to protect growers and consider a broad future order.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Muskogee Commercial Club
Muskogee Traffic Bureau
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company
Decision Applies Only To P R R
Justice Mestrezat, dissenting on the 2 cent rate law, says the Supreme Court decision applies only to the Pennsylvania Railroad. He notes the railroad has a 3 cent per mile contract for 246 miles between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, and that other roads must prove unjust rates to be exempt from the act.
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Supreme Court
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Mestrezat
Harrisburg
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Combination of Workers Illegal and Union Dissolved
Judge Phillips ruled the Amalgamated Glass Workers' Union restrains trade and ordered its dissolution. The four trades cutters flatteners blowers and gatherers formed the merger. the minority petitioners cited discrimination and sought division of union funds totaling 110 dollars.
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Cleveland
Phillips
Amalgamated Glass Workers’ Union
Coin Stolen From New Orleans Sub Treasury
New Orleans officials reported that a bag containing $830 in underweight gold coin was stolen from the Sub-Treasury. The loss occurred on Tuesday, but the shortage has been covered by the officials responsible for the gold.
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New Orleans
Syndicate Extends Control of City Revenue Bonds
A syndicate led by J P Morgan & Co National City Bank and First National Bank has taken 12 million dollars more New York City 6 percent revenue bonds, leaving a 15 million dollar option to expire February 15 and aiming to own the full 45 million dollar issue.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
National City Bank
First National Bank
New York City
Blodgett retires from bank in Long Branch
Rufus Blodgett former United States Senator retires as president and director of Citizens' National Bank of Long Branch a post he has held since 1898 Brent Good of the Long Branch Beach and Park Commission elected to fill vacancy on the board A president to be elected at Saturday meeting
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United States
Citizens’ National Bank of
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Brent Good
Long Branch Beach and Park Commission
Judgment Entered Against Multiple Firms for 25983 30
Judgment by default for 25983 30 was entered in the county clerk's office yesterday against the Pilley's Island Pyrites Company Terra Nova Company the National Metallurgic Company and the Newfoundland Syndicate in favor of the Manufacturers' Commercial Company on a note made June 1 1907 by the Pilley's Island Pyrites Company Terra Nova Company and the National Metallurgic Company indorsed by the Newfoundland Syndicate to the plaintiff EB L Adame attorney for the plaintiff.
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Terra Nova Company
National Metallurgic Company
Newfoundland Syndicate
Manufacturers’ Commercial Company
Newfoundland
EB. L. Adame
No. 299
Broadway
Missing passbooks and machinery notices target banks and stores
A chaotic five column notice lists several missing passbooks from Union Savings, German Savings Bank, and other institutions. It also lists stolen or missing machinery and bank books with addresses in New York City, urging owners to report within ten days and return or cancel items. The notices name multiple banks, locations, and individuals and reference dates in 1906.
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Stevan
Alot
hGuelel Savings Bank
Pita
Sve
New York
Eee Savings Instituties
Iim
Furnished apartments and rooms for rent in city area
Listings show furnished apartments with private baths steam heat and board for two persons or individuals. Includes options near Jama and Renseelaer Hotels with meals and running water. Also feed on short term stays and legal notice services by LAWYERS LEGAL Adjustment Co and jewelry buyers at M Tepper’s factory on West 5th Street.
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Help Wanted Boy for Tribune Office Job
Classified notice seeks a neat quick bright boy not afraid of work for newspaper office duties. Good references required. Apply at H. N. Box 20 Tribune Office.
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Tribune
Versatile Local Help Wanted Listings From City Ads
A collage of small ads seeks private agent and secretary, foreman in varnishing and painting, artist in wash line, student for bookkeeping, Italian French speaker for accounting, an experienced assistant bookkeeper, and a general helper ready to work anywhere. Names, addresses, and brief skills provided for each post.
Classified Help Wanted Advertisements Seek Skilled Trades
A historical classifieds page lists numerous job requests and notices including a first class foreman Philip Kern of Hoboken. bookkeepers with ten years’ experience. office assistants. a 16 year old learning electrical trades. shipper assistants. brickmakers with twenty five years’ experience. carpenters for partitions shelving and hotel work. chauffeurs including multilingual and private family applicants. a colored boy for dentist porter work. a German driver stableman with cavalry background. and various drivers and mechanics. The ads emphasize salary expectations, locations on Manhattan and Brooklyn streets, and requests for references.
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Madison Bureau
4Th Ave
Madison
Tribune of
Auction of Chinese and Japanese porcelains eyed at Fifth Avenue Rooms
A large collection of Chinese and Japanese porcelains to be sold this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms on 25th Street and Fourth Avenue. Many items are centuries old, including a statue called Kwamion the Goddess of Mercy and a Chinese screen from Peking touted as the largest ever brought to the U.S. The sale features about 400 curios and 350 old Japanese prints by noted artists.
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Fifth Avenue
25Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Kwamion
Peking
Japan
Central Storage Warehouses Notice of Auction for Stored Goods
Public notice from Central Storage Warehouses at 30T W 37th St New York warns tenants whose rents are overdue that household personal effects and merchandise stored at their facilities will be sold at public auction on Monday February 3 1908 at 10904 AM if rent is not paid in full by that date. The notice lists numerous names of tenants and specifies the sale will occur weekly at 10 30 AM until all overdue rents are cleared.
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