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New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1908

Page

28

Warner Miller Fails in Creditors Assignment

United States Senator Warner Miller of Herkimer New York and a No 0 Broadway general business man signed an assignment for creditors to Ernest L Conant of Nassau Street. Miller president of Sierra Consolidated Gold Mining Company New Mexico receivers appointed in Charleston January 18. Conant declined to discuss Miller affairs or assets.

Warner Miller Herkimer N. Y Broadway Ernest L. Conant Nassau Street Miller Sierra Consolidated Gold Mining Company New Mexico Charleston W. Va Conant

Miller’s Ties to Mines and Railways Face Receivership

The Sierra Consolidated Gold Mining Company, linked to Miller and Belvin, went into receivership with two judges, Eugene H. Wilson and Joseph G. Fenster, named by Hopper and creditors respectively. Miller’s vast network spanned pulp interests, canal projects, and numerous ventures, with Dom in Copper becoming his latest success.

Miller Conant Herkimer Max Sierra Company Goldfield William Wayne Belvin British America Eanoe Corporation Belvin Port Angeles Portland New York Mr. Miller Sierra Consolidated Gold Mining Company Hopper Eugene H. Wilson Joseph G. Fenster Hillsboro N. M Mille International Paper Company Ie Carabaya Rubber Company The Occidental Contracting Company Golden Gem Mining Company Snake and Opportunity Mines Nicarscua Canal Germany

Warner Miller of New York Political Figure Dies

Obituary notes Warner Miller a longtime New York politician and former senator who clashed with Thomas C. Platt. Miller served in the House after a five year State Assembly run and sought the governorship in 1888. Reports say he was not at his Herkimer home and his friends believed he was in a sanatorium.

Munroe Archibald G. Loomis National City Bank Warner Miller New York Thomas C. Platt Senate of the United States House of Representatives State Assembly Miller Platt Benjamin Harrison Herkimer

Secret rail rates debated in Standard Oil case

Washington Jan 28 The government trial against Standard Oil heard deputy commissioner Durand describe Illinois railroad secret rates. He cited a joint tariff showing a 614 cent rate from Dalton Ill to East St Louis with a switching absorption, while a 6 cent intrastate rate from Chicago to East St Louis was not filed with IC C. Durand noted several routes and that the 6 cent rate appeared to have been given to Standard Oil, though only the Eastern Illinois rate was filed publicly. The testimony emphasized discrepancies between published and secret rates and the handling of rates by other roads.

Washington Chicago & Eastern Illinois Illinois Standard Oil Company Durand Dodge Chicago & Eastern Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago Whiting Ind Chicago & Alton Chicago East St. Louis Interstate Commerce Commission Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Department of Commerce and Labor Whiting, Ind Chicago & Eastern Ilinois Rosenthal H. E. Felton Tarff Ill Chicago & Eastern Illinois Road Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago & Eastern Ullinois Railroad Standard Oil Company of Indiana Kellogg Mr. Durand

Mutual Reserve Case To Be Heard By Attorney General

Attorney General Jackson will examine legal questions from the state insurance department report on the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company this week. He will travel to New York Thursday for a conference with Mutual Reserve counsel to argue the points of law, with a request to present an agreed facts statement to the Appellate Division.

Jackson Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company State Insurance Department New York Mutual Reserve Supreme Court William Hepburn Russell Moses Garfunkel Tribune

Public Fire Department Probe Enters Third Week

The Commission ers of Accounts held the first public hearings into Fire Department affairs, with witness Little Tim Sullivan detailing a $259000 hose fund request that was cut to $59000. Officials described funding delays, contract enforcement, and a transition from volunteer to paid Jamaica fire service amid rotten hose concerns.

Fire Department Commissioners of Accounts Mitchel Little Tim” Sullivan Lantry Sullivan Justice Davies Municipal Court Walter F. Healy Windsor Company Imperial Rubber Company John H. O'Brien Fire Department of Jamaica Joseph Kaiser Wise Kaiser

Leader of the unemployed in cell

Morrison J. Swift, head of the army of the unemployed, is jailed in Boston after attempting to hold a Common meeting. Police arrested him for shattering and distributing pamphlets. Ministers urge bail but Swift will stay jailed until released, claiming the action is an outrage. He is described as a Johns Hopkins PhD, author, and magazine writer.

Boston Morrison J. Swift John Ellis New Old South Church Swift Johns Hopkins University Baltimore

Des Moines Battles With Storm On Ocean Cruise

Newport R I Jan 28 The United States cruiser Des Moines voyaged from New York toward Brooklyn navy yard facing a fierce gale and heavy seas from a three day blizzard Commander T M Potts stayed on the bridge through the worst weather and the ship was blown off course toward Nantucket Shoals Lightship about sixty miles during the storm.

Newport R. 1 United States Des Moines Brooklyn Navy Yard New York T. M. Potts Potts Nantucket Shoals

Remsen May Head Pure Food Board

Baltimore January 28 President Ira Remsen of Johns Hopkins University has been asked by President Roosevelt to head the board of scientists to form a consulting committee on enforcing the pure food and drug law. Remsen said the invitation was received but the matter is not settled and he would say nothing more tonight.

Milwaukee Southwestern Railroad Traders’ Fire Insurance Company State Insurance Department Miller International North and South American Transportation Company Maine Dominion Copper Company Montreal & Bostonne Company Baltimore Ira Remsen Johns Hopkins University Roosevelt Remsen

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