Legal ruling upholds Ahearn Borough President vacancy
Justice McCall held that the Board of Aldermen appointment to fill Manhattan Borough President vacancy after John F. Ahearn's removal was legal. The state Attorney General sought removal, arguing the appointee usurped power, but the court found the vacancy regular and valid and sustained the demurrer with costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin W. Littingin
John F. Ahearn
Jackson
Supreme Court
Shearn
Aldergen
Hughes
McCa
Manhattan
Mrr. Ahearn
Ieee
Board of Aldermen
Kellogg Absent as Government Sues Standard Oil
At a hearing on the government suit to dissolve the Standard Oil Company Frank B. Kellogg was absent. Morrison led the close-examination as Rosenthal pressed witnesses to rebut prior testimony of price cuts in New York and New England. E Baffey testified about selling oil in Albany and Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Oi Company
Morrison
Kellogg
Mr. Rosenthal
Tuesays
Standard
New York State
New England
E. Baffey
Albany
Troy
Thomes L. Hisgen
Boston
Roy Aiken
Reorganization Plans Unfold for Morse Lines
The Consolidated Attainship Lines reorganization committee will soon unveil changes to the plan, including basing bond dispositions on a majority of voting preferred stock and extending bond fixed charge start date to 1910. With foreclosure terms expiring, steps toward sale of the properties are expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Attainship Lines
Charles W. Morse
Consolidated Steamship 4
Debenture Holders Threaten Action Over Wabash Interest
Wabash Railroad debenture holders threaten legal measures to claim earnings and assets after directors decided not to pay yesterday interest. They argue mortgage precedence over the new refunding mortgage, while the company contends debentures are limited to interest payments only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avanda
Wabash Railroad
Burglary Insurance Underwriters' Association Formed
Burglar insurance companies in the city organize to control new writing. D. W. Armstrong, secretary of National Surety, elected president. S. B. Brewster, secretary of 2tpa Indemnity, treasurer. Agents' commissions on new business cut from 30 to 25 percent. renewals remain. Minimum policy proposed from 750 to 1,000 dollars at 12 dollars yearly. comparable 19 dollars for 750 policy. Twenty one member companies wrote over 99 million in year insurance with over 1 million in prime earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Armstrong
National Surety Company
S. B. Brewster
Searnet
May Readjust S. C. I. Finances After Readjustment Plan
The Sheffield and Iron Company seeks a readjustment under a reorganization plan as deposits and subscriptions near required levels. A committee led by E. C. Converse and James Gayley reports progress toward raising $500,000 extra cash to restructure bond and stock issues. The firm, placed in receivership last December, aims to resume under new ownership after reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield and Iron Company
E. C. Converse
James Gayley
L. Elwood
W. M. Douglass
C. W. Funk
Shemera Cost and Iron Company
Benjamin Strong, Jr
Sheffield Iron Company
Excursions From New York July 4 on Hudson Lines
Excursions out of New York on July 4 and Sunday include the steamer Homer Ramsdell on the Central Hudson Line. A trolley ride to Orange Lake Park accompanies the trip with connections from Mars at Pier 4 Franklin Street. The Mars departs Pier 4 at 9 am and returns via Newburgh and West Point, with timing set to view the press parade.
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New York
Central Hudson Line
Homer Ramsdell
Hudson River
Tire Landing
Orange Lake Park
Mars
Pier 4
Franklin Street
Wes Newburg
West Point
Mary Powell
Desh Crosses St
West Shore
Camp
Thunday
Newburgh
Franklin ST
Besutif
Orange Leake
Tea order with lo real newsdealer for Sunday Tribune
A brief notice urges readers traveling for the fourth to arrange a tea order with the local newsdealer for delivery on Sunday. The item emphasizes convenient access to the Sunday Tribune upon arrival.
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The
Sunday Tribune
Sunda Tribune
Norfolk Road Receiver Appointed for Norfolk & Southern
The Norfolk and Southern rail line serving Norfolk Eden New Bern Elizabeth City Raleigh Cape Henry and Virginia Beach was placed in the hands of receivers Harry K. Wolcott Hugh M. Kerr and Thomas Fitzgerald after default on July interest on 15 million in refunding bonds. Receivers will take charge tomorrow with bonds of 100 000 issued. A reorganization committee with George Clark Rathbone Gardner Oakleigh Thorne John S. Waterbury and S L Schoonmaker will implement an approved plan backed by a majority of stock and bonds.
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Tribune
Norfolk & Southern A Aan
Norfolk
Eden
New Berne
Elizabeth City
Raleigh
N. C
Cape Henry
Virginia Beach
Harry K. Wolcott
Hugh M. Kerr
Thomas Fitzgerald
Trust Company of North America
New York
Thomas L. Cladbourne
Trust Company
Cladbourne
George ©. Clark
Clark, Dodge & Co
Rathbone Gardner
Union Trust Company
Providence
Oakleigh Thorne
John S. Waterbury
Manhattan Trust Company
S. L. Schoonmaker
Franchise valuations rise across state in final tabulations
Albany July 1 final valuations by the State Board of Tax Commissioners show aggregate special franchise values at 590,269,462 up from 555,308,797 last year. Cities Albany Mount Vernon New Rochelle Yonkers not included until September. Major county gains include Erie Monroe Onondaga and Rensselaer with several million-dollar increases.
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Albany
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
Yonkers
New York
Erie
Monroe
Onondaga
Rensselaer
Schenectady
Chautauqua
Niagara
Dutchess
Bargain sale of mining stock at weekly auction
Investors attended a weekly securities auction and traded over 55 000 shares across about twenty five mining firms for 350 per lot. Notable blocks included 10 000 Copper Signal Gold Mining and 5 000 Mount Rhyolite Gold Mining with par values 1 to 10 dollars. Bonds of the Mexican Flume and Lumber Company and 75 000 common shares of Mexican Exploration and Development were also sold. Two shares of the Louisville Property Company brought $99.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Age Gold Mining
Rappahannock
Squaw Mountain Tunnel
Stormont Mining
T-Bone
Taylor Plumas
Mars Consolidated Gold Mining
Hanover Gold
Gould
Gold King
Cripple Creek
Colorado City
Manitou
Alcyone Consolidated Gold Mining
Goldfield-Kawich Exploration
Daisy- Mohawk
Greenwater
Death Valley
Sutro Tunnel
Central Arizona
Furnace Creek Oxide
Decatur Silver Mining
Goldstone Consolidated Mining
Mexican Flume and Lumber Company
Mexican Exploration and Development Company
Louisville Property Company
Large Nebraska Wheat Crop Report From Wheat Belts
Telegraphed from Omaha July 1 reports from Central and Southern Nebraska note harvests in full operation with yields from twelve to thirty bushels per acre and an average of eighteen. Central Nebraska reports 98 percent of normal. corn makes rapid progress with some losses in river valleys offset by uplands gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Omaha
Nebraska
Westinghouse Gets Japanese Order
Westinghouse interests received several large orders for material, likely boosting work. The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company with nine thousand of fifteen thousand employees at work, secured orders for powerhouse engines for the Mexican mines of the NY Honduran and Rosario Mining Company. The Westinghouse Machine Company got a rush order from the Japanese government for a large steam turbine for the Port Arthur arsenal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
New York, Honduras
Rosario
Westinghouse Machine Company
Japanes
Arsenal
Port Arthur
Freight Agreement Extended To August Thirty First
The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company extends its freight rates and interchange arrangements with Central Railroad of New Jersey Reading and the Baltimore and Ohio for Jersey City route. The renewal pushes the extension to August 31, the third extension this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Reading
Baltimore & Ohio
Jersey City
Stockholders Move to Halt Foreclosure Sale of Smelting Property
A campaign forms a protective committee of Consolidated Arizona Smelting stockholders to block the sale of the property now held by a receiver. Details are developing as many stockholders signaled willingness to act to stop the foreclosure sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company
State Printing Contracts Awarded in Albany
At a State Board of Printing meeting contracts were awarded to the J. J. Lyon Company of Albany for session laws and for State Department and legislative printing. Lyon bid $197,485 for legislative printing and $87,069 for department printing, the lowest for each. Session laws and department printing run two years, legislative printing one year.
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Albany
State Board of Printing
J. J. Lyon Company
State Department
Legislative
Lyon Company
Department
Interest Not Paid on W E and Pitt Coal Bonds
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad bonds and the Pittsburg Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Company first mortgage bonds, totaling 2,094,000 and 684,000 respectively, missed interest payments. The trustee Mercantile Trust Company received no funds. The railroad is in receivership and holds a majority of coal company stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company
Pittsburg, Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Police Seek Woman In Wilson Poison Mystery
Philadelphia authorities pursue a possible female suspect in the cyanide poison case linked to Dr. Wilson. Investigators seek a man and a woman while postal inspectors trace the letter sent with the alleged poisoned ale. Coroner denies self harm by Wilson and relatives attend him as Atlantic City sightings surface.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
Dr. Wilson
Jermon
Miss McDougal
Oxford
Penn
William McColby
Rising Sun
Atlantic City
Thomas Cooney
8Th and Arch Streets
Cooney
Philadelphia Country Club
Department Medical
Breadline Row Erupts Over Washington Square Complaints
The Washington Square Association accuses Freischmann bread line regulars of consuming bread in the square, prompting Otto Fleischmann to defend continued bread distribution. A note from Cornelius B. Mitchell Sr and Jr says the issue is settled and policing cooperation has eased tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Square Association
Freischmann
Broadway
Washington Square
Otto F. Fleischmann
Mali
Bowery
Cornelius B. Mitchell
No. 24
West 10Th Street
Cornelius B. Mitchell, Jr
Fleischmann
Heney
Immigrants Flow Declines Sharply in Early 1908
Gustav H. Schwab reports for North German Lloyd that six months of 1908 show a drastic drop in immigration with only about 40,000 expected for the year. Eastbound steerage passengers rise while laborers depart in large numbers, totaling 377,064 leaving the U S for Europe versus 186,586 arriving from Europe in six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav H. Schwab
Lloyd Steamship Company
Europe
Moonshiners Nabbed in Williamsburg Still Raids
Police found a working moonshine still at 408 Manhattan Avenue Williamsburg in a ramshackle two story frame house. Three alleged distillers named Hyman Levene Harry Horowitz and David Kadane r were taken into custody and later turned over to federal authorities.
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Manhattan Avenue
Williamsburg
Hyman Levene
No. 56
Hendrix Street
Harry Horowitz
Watkins Street
David Kadaner
Rivington Street
Manhattan
Auto chasers arrest speeding car in Yorkville chase
Police bicyclist Charles F. Faber halted a racing automobile after a twenty mile pursuit in Yorkville. The three occupants Walter Dryer Michael Malone and John Malone were fined two dollars each for disorderly conduct. The driver John Loughlin manager Palmer Singer Motor Co was held on two hundred dollar bail for speeding and operating without a state tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Faber
Yorkville Court
Walter Dryer
Michael Malone
John Malone
John Loughlin
No. 200
Seventh Avenue
Palmer-Singer Motor Company
Broadway
Faber
1St Street
Tree Sprayer Swindle Bites Hudson Valley Homeowners
Police reports from New York cities including Mount Vernon detail a tree trimming scam. A purported firm promised two year care and growth, then damaged trunks and roots, taking from $1 to $13 per contract while leaving defective trees. Prof Powell exposed the fraud, prompting state detectives.
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Mount Vernon
Hudson River Valley
Burbank
East 47Th Street
State Department of Agriculture
George T. Powell
Powell
New Yorker
Country Gentleman
Paper firm orders nationwide reduction
Franklin New Hampshire July 1 the agent of the International Paper Company here received orders from the head office in New York today to reduce the production output and cut back shipments amid a curtailment program affecting several plants.
Company to Cut Wages Across Mills in Northeast
A plan to reduce salaries for officials in six mills of the corporation will take effect next Monday with nonuniform reductions. Similar orders reportedly go to mills in New York State New Hampshire Vermont and Maine. Workers have not been officially informed. New York dispatches say wages for all company mills will drop 1 percent when the annual agreement expires August 1.
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New York State
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
New York
Tragedy on Pelham Road Claims Child Life
Michael Antonile five killed after being struck by car while riding on a wagon with Felix Ganglio nine injured internally. Milford Martin of Rye ordered his chauffeur to aid the boys to Fordham Hospital. Coroner Schwanneke released chauffeur Clarence F. Lee into Martin custody after statement the car was traveling at an ordinary speed.
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Michael Antonile
Felix Ganglio
Pelham Road
Bronx River
Milford Martin
Rye
Fordham Hospital
Schwanneke
Clarence F. Lee
Martin
Hamilton Bank Sells Mortgages in Vesey Street Sale
Hamilton Bank offered twenty four first and second mortgages on Manhattan The Bronx and Brooklyn parcels at Nos. 14 and 46 Vesey Street in the Real Estate Exchange Salesrooms. Mortgages ranged from 200 to 30400 dollars, totaling 199960 dollars. Two mortgages were sold to the property owners, including a 4000 dollar first mortgage on a Brooklyn parcel sold for 3200 dollars and a 20 dollar Bronx lot mortgage sold for 135 dollars.
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Hamilton Bank
Vesey Street
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Vinegar for Muckraking Critics in Trinity Tenements Debate
Lawrence Veiller rebukes a Everybody’s Magazine article on Trinity tenements as misrepresenting the church. He notes land leased long term by Trinity Corp limits its control and cites a 1890s water-on-every-floor law the church challenged to the Court of Appeals as a disgrace to the Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everybody's
Trinity
Lawrence Veiller
School of Philanthropy
Charities
Trinity Church
Mr. Veillier
Trinity Corporation
Trinity Church Corporation
Cas
Court of Appeals
Christian Church
Bridge of Blindness and Worries Among Bachelor Girls
A group of young single women discuss fears and futures while planning tea, joking about aging, marriage, and health. One woman fears blindness and dependence, another worries about wrinkles, while others mock or minimize their anxieties and plot to change the mood with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge
Fred
Ann
Boom in Fireworks Drives Record Year Amid New Fashions
Fireworks makers report a record year due to demand for modern expensive devices and Fourth of July out of town displays. They cite safety as manageable with proper instructions and note rockets and the eagle imitation novelties as 1908 highlights. Children favor mines mines and electric torpedoes while colored paper baboons sell well.
Comfortable half neck nightgown with short sleeves
A fashion note presents a simple nightgown with a half low neck and short sleeves as top fashion for the season. It adapts to a finish of hand embroidery and is described as both comfortable and stylish for wear.
Lace or trim pattern No 6039 for three bust sizes
Pattern No 6039 offers lace and trim mings for small medium and large busts with yardage requirements of five and five eighths yards for medium and four and a quarter yards for smaller sizes. Send 16 cents with bust measure to Pattern Department New York Tribune for mail delivery and include a separate stamp for quick letter postage.
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New- York Tribune
Novelty Belts and Accessories Draw Eye in 19th Century Shops
The article lists belts of cretonne and leather, lace bows, and embroidered coat sets priced from 80 cents to $1. It mentions Dresden ribbons, outing hats of gray alpaca, lace bands, Directoire sashes, and a coquettish leghorn hat. Also noted are filet bands, gingham petticoats, and novelty throat pins with a dog motif priced around 30 cents.
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France
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Justice McCall
T.L. Hisgen
Standard Oil Company
MORSE
Wabash
Norfolk Road Receiver
Mr. Veiller
Dresden
Glen Onoko
Lie . Dam
Lake Hopatcong
Liberty St
Dirae
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
Hendrick Hudson
Desbrosses St
W. 129Th St
Simbt
Yellowstone
Ing
Raymond & Whit
Alaska
Rockies
Canada
Raymond & Whitcomb Co
Fifth Ave
Bet
Lock Island
Brodklyn
Flatbush Ave
Nostrand Ave
S.20
East New York
Sf “Shinnecock
Raighlands
Asbury Park
Gerlitz School OF Languages
Madison
Cane Branch
Lenoxs Ave
Rooks
Taconic School
Berkshire
LI Dixon
Wellesley
Bryn Mawr
Bertha Bailesy
Lakeville
RYE Seminary
S J. Live
Misses Stowe
Yom
Bethlerem
J. Max Harr
D. Ih
Frances Gilman School
Lake St. White Plains
Starkey Seminary
Seneca Lake
Watkins
M. Summerbell
Lakemont N
Agence
M. J) Young-Fulton
Daron
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