Doors of Two More City Banks Closed
The Morse chain expands as the New Amsterdam National Bank at Broad way and 39th street is closed by the Controller of the Currency with Charlies A Hanna placed in charge. Mechanics and Traders Bank on No 4 Broadway plans to close today. National Bank Examiner Hanna to act as receiver for the National Bank of North America already shut by Controller Ridgely. President Frank W Kinsman Jr cites a conservative policy and post panic recovery as factors in liquidation.
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Frank W. Kinsman, Jr
New Amsterdam National Bank
Hughes Gets County Committee Endorsement In Roosevelt Tone
The Republican County Committee of New York last night approved a set of resolutions endorsing Theodore Roosevelt and naming Charles E Hughes as the party’s preferred presidential candidate. The vote followed a lively, sometimes caustic debate between Hughes and Taft factions at the Murray Hill Lyceum, with strong support from Hughes supporters including Senators Saxe and Page and Harry W Mack.
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Lican
Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
State of
United States
Republican County Committee
Charles E. Hushes
Congress District
Hughes
Taft
Edward Lauterbach
Job E. Hedges
Abraham Gruber
Parsons
Ty Harry W. Mack
Mack
Josiah T. Newcomb
Parsons-Taft
Chicago
Odell
Saxe and Page
Harry W. Mack
Ohio
Collin HB. Woodward
Samuel S. Koenig
Colonel Gruber
William Halpin
William Hahn
Whittle
Washington
New Amsterdam National Bank Closed by Controller Action
The New Amsterdam National Bank, housed in the Metropolitan Opera House building, was closed last night by order of Controller Tracy Ridgely. National Bank Examiner Hanna said cash reserves were about half depleted, with heavy withdrawals threatening further demands. The bank will be placed in receivership after negotiations with bankers and authorities. no losses expected for depositors, and shareholders to receive dividends.
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NEW Amsterdam National Bank
T Metropolitan Opera House
Lham B. Ridgely
Cur- Tracy
F. W. Kinsman, Jr
Torre
Mert
All Well On The Fleet In South Pacific Voyage
Washington reports Admiral Evans confirms all ships of the battleship fleet are well aboard at 9 a m Monday January 27. The Connecticut flagship dispatch states the fleet lies at 39 degrees 11 minutes south 5a degrees 11 minutes west en route to Punta Arenas about four hundred miles away with a destination south of the Pacific.
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Washington
Admiral Evans
Navy Department
Connecticut
South Pacific
Punta Arenas
Flotilla Visit Sparks Diplomatic Exchange With Argentina
Washington reports the American torpedo boat flotilla’s Buenos Aires stay prompted formal felicitations. President Alcorta and Theodore Roosevelt exchanged cordial messages reaffirming friendship and mutual goodwill, while Root and Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Zeballos noted warm trade ties and political friendship.
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Washington
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Alcorta
Roosevelt
State Department
United States
Wilson
Root
Buenos Ayres
Flores
Theodore Roosevelt
Sefier Zeballos
Fire Stops Devotions at Bronx Convent Chapel
A fire at the Sacred Heart Convent chapel on Aqueduct Avenue and Featherbed Lane in The Bronx was sparked by spontaneous combustion from painters materials left behind. A nearby policeman extinguished the flames with water buckets, preventing further damage.
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Sacred Heart
Aqueduct Avenue
Featherbed Lane
Bronx
Dog cop dogged find leads to unconscious man
Max, one of four Flatbush police dogs, signaled Acting Captain Sunstrum to follow. At Fifteenth Avenue and 38th Street they found an unconscious man identified as Edward Connolly who lives at 1251 40th Street Brooklyn. He had drunk too much to go home and was locked up.
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Max
Flatbush
Parkville
Sunstrum
Fifteenth Avenue
38Th Street
Edward Connolly
Fing
40Th Street
Brooklyn
Troops for Pacific Coast Mobilization Planned
Telegraph dispatch reports the government quietly plans to move infantry artillery and cavalry to the Pacific Coast. Railroads Burlington and Union Pacific have bids to transport troops from Fort Crook Fort Leavenworth and Fort Russell to Seattle and the Presidio San Francisco around April 1 as Admiral Evans fleet arrives.
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Tribune
Omaha
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Coast
Burlington
Union Pacific
Western Points
Fort Crook
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Russell
Seattle
Presidio
San Francisco
Feet
Admiral Evans
Halstead Veteran diplomat dies after appendicitis operation
Cincinnati mourns Marshal Halstead forty five, ex US Consul at Birmingham, England, who died after an appendicitis operation. Son of journalist Murat Halstead, he wed Clara Lukenheimer of Cincinnati six months ago. obituary notes his public service and Alabama connections. Two weeks Florida tour advertised by Pennsylvania Railroad departing New York February 4 for sixty dollars round trip.
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Cincinnati
Marshal Halstead
United States
Birmingham
England
Murat Halstead
Clara Lukenheimer
Florida
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Jacksonville
McKinley Day dinner features Taft as honorary guest
Cleveland highlights McKinley tribute at Tippecanoe Club dinner with Secretary Taft as guest of honor. Taft spoke on The Republic and urged aid for a national emergency fund through the Red Cross while praising McKinley s leadership and urging support for a stronger merchant marine.
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Cleveland
MccKinley
Tippecanoe Club
Taft
Republic
McKinley
Ohio
Philippines
Caribbean
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Duncan E. McKinlay
California
Myron T. Herrick
Union Club
The
Red Cross
National Board of the Red Cross
Mabel Boardman
Jacob Riis
New York
F. F. Prentiss
Paul F. Sutphen
Second Presbyterian Church
Duncan K. McKinlay
Chamber of Commerce Hall
United States
Foraker and
J. W. Griggs
New Jersey
Harris
Theodore E. Burton
Sutphen
Washington
Lincoln
Pacific Coast
Pacific Slope
William McKinley
McKinlay
Pacific Ocean
Parliament Opened With Broad Liberal Agenda
London January 29. The new Parliament opened amid a large Liberal program and mixed expectations. Cabinet leaders show zeal yet many ministers fear proposals on Irish policy education and old age pensions are not radical enough. Opposition cites the King speech as too restrained while Balfour warns the plan could require extreme measures. Dublin and Newfoundland issues draw debate as Redmond demands action on Home Rule.
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London
House of Commons
Dublin
Balfour
H. H. Asquith
Henry Campbell- Bannerman
Commons
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
The
Hague
International Tribunal of Appeal
Persian Gulf
Asquith
Great Britain
Gulf
United States
Newfoundland
Canada
Japan
Laurence Ginnell
North
Westmeath
John E. Redmond
Ireland
Redmond
Timothy Healy
William O’brien
Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde
Mortgage tax on August Belmont deeds deemed real estate mortgage
The New York State Board of Tax Commissioners ruled that deeds by August Belmont & Co to Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild and others securing a loan to Park Row Realty Co amount to mortgages for tax purposes. The $20,000 mortgage tax is based on the property value, not the stated deed face.
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Albany
August Belmont & Co
Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild
Park Row Realty Company
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Frank Gass
New York County
Woodbury
N. M. Rothschild & Sons
de Rothschild Fréres
Stock Corporation Law
New Hampshire Rep. Sulloway Pushes Civil War Widow Pensions
Rep. Cy Sulloway introduced a pension bill in Congress to pay widows of Civil War veterans $12 a month for those married before 1890 and to raise existing widow pensions from $8 to $12. The bill eliminates the $250 income cap, gains Speaker Cannon’s support, and is expected to pass with a yearly cost rise of about $9.11 million, boosting the pension total to just over $160 million.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cy” Sulloway
New Hampshire
Cannon
Committee On Pensions
House
Trial Marriage Upheld by Briand in Interview
Paris reports Aristide Briand minister of justice and worship backs trial marriages in Paul Bourget play A Divorce. He favors evolving divorce doctrine toward fixed term marriages with legal safeguards for both parties to avoid lifelong misery from ill matched unions.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Paul Bourget
Expurgated edition of Waste staged in London with famed cast
London censorship chief J H Radford accepted a modified version of H Granville Barker's Waste. A copyright performance held yesterday featured a remarkable cast including Mr and Mrs Bernard Shaw Mr and Mrs H G Wells Mrs H Granville Barker George Gilbert Murray William Archer Laurence Housman and John Galsworthy. HAANs Restaurant on Park Row Building advertises ladies luncheon dinner and music in refined surroundings.
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London
J. H. Radford
H. Granville Barker
Bernard Shaw
H. G. Wells
George Gilbert Murray
William Archer
Laurence Housman
John Galseworthy
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Mechanics and Traders
New Amsterdam
Morse Institution
National Examiner
Thomas
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
Broadway
Morse Chain of Banks
National Bank of North America
Ridgely
National Bank
Hanna
Cape Virgin
Chacabuco
U. K
Mack Reso
Murray Hill Lyceum
Repub
Hedges
Mr. Lauterbach
Newcomb
Murray Hill
MR. Newcomb
Saxe
Abraham
Gruber
Joe
Natonal Bank of North America
Kinsman
Raperties
Dani
Miretes
Bank
Iaer Nicht
Asfets
Benling
Collersions
New York Clearing House
Toray
Capral
Ethe
Caring House
Resources
OO & Hat
Flotilla
MR. Taft
M’kinley
America
Arthur I. Vorys
Walter C. Brown
Republican State Committee
Vorys
Brown
Senator Foraker
Secretary Taft
Treadway
Spain
DEWBY
WoTewes & Sone Co
Los Fulton Su
MR. Asquith
Atlantic Coast Line R. RN. V. & Fla
Bway
Cor. 39Th St
Belmont
Rothschilds
M. Briand
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