Steelheads Meeting Signals Routine Business Outlook
Officials of United States Steel Corporation reported after a presidents meeting at Broad Street that only routine matters were discussed. Reports from subsidiaries showed rising activity and 36 percent of mills in operation with additional capacity planned if warranted. Directors expect improved earnings for the June quarter, with unfilled orders around 3.5 million tons and steel stock hitting a yearly high of 45 percent.
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Juerdnary
United States Steel Corporation
Broadcas
Pittsburg
Am . Corey
Corer
Steel Corporation
Steel
Opening of Gary Harbor as Ore Steamer Gary Arrives
The steamer E. H. Gary delivers twelve thousand tons of iron ore marking Gary harbor opening. A 21 gun salute from the Wolverine and honors from Dorothea and Tuscators greet the vessel. John W. Kern, James R. Menn, ED. Crumpecker, and others attend speeches at Gary Hotel. Kern praises plans to transform Calumet River into a ship canal linking to the Illinois drainage canal. By navigation season’s end, over one million tons of ore are expected to move through Gary.
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Gers, Inc
E. H. Gary
Great Steel Mills
Tnited States Steel Corporation
Gee Dees
Wolverine
Great Lakes
Dorothea
Tuscators
Gery
Tee Gary
Chicago
Lake Metgar
Stearmes
John W. Kern
Indianapils
James R. Menn
ED. Crumpecker
Congress
Calumet
William Livingstone
Detroit
Lake Carriers’ Association
Gary
See
Kern
Thomas E. Knott
Feome
Feome Within A Few Years Second In Population To Inflanapolis Fie
Ater
Inductric
Ilinois
Gulf of Mexico
Tam Gied
Denver Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western Railroads Merge
Stockholders approved consolidation of the Denver and Rio Grande with the Rio Grande Western into a single company under the Denver and Rio Grande name. A bond issue of 7 000 000 was authorized to retire existing bonds and fund improvements and Western Pacific construction. Ownership of Utah Fuel Co remains unresolved pending court ruling on interstate services and coal holdings. Named directors include George J. Gould, E. T. Jeffery, Winslow Pierce, and others.
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Denver & Rio Grande
Rio Grande Western
Denvr
Western Pacific
Rio Grande Southern
Utah Fuel Company
Consolidated Company
Gertie
George J. Gould
E. T. Jeffery
Winslow
Canada mines report record mineral output in 147 Sacaa
Ottawa July 23 A report from General William Temple Men Minister of Mines notes Canada’s mineral values reached 95 182 000 the highest in history with gains in iron ore copper and coal offsetting declines in lead and Yukon gold production. Cobalt mine totals for 147 Sacaa are listed.
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Ottawa
Gnt
Canada
William Temple- Men
Yukon
Sacaa
Coroner Backs Tie Plating After Greenwich Wreck
Greenwich July 23. A coroner's jury found Marguerite Armstrong died from a broken spine when a New York New Haven and Hartford train derailed due to rails spreading. They ruled the railroad negligent for not tie-plating the track. jury members cited reliance on railroad officials' testimony.
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the Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Marguerite Armstrong
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Doten
Buckland says New Haven owns no Boston and Maine stock
Providence July 23 Vice-President Buckland of the New Haven railroad declared that his road did not own or exercise control over any Boston and Maine stock. He said a federal suit would only change operation of lines and not their value. If successful, Rhode Island holdings would likely be transferred to private hands as with the Boston & Maine, though he could not say how.
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the Tribune
Providence
Buckland
New Haven Railroad
Boston & Maine
Rhode Island
Pillsbury Denies Free Pass Gifts In NH Rail Letters
Rosecrans W Pillsbury, GOP governor candidate, released letters with President Tuttle of the Boston Maine Railroad. Pillsbury asks for pass holder names. Tuttle says the railroad stays out of politics and denies passes influence NH officials. Pillsbury argues 5 to 7 percent annual passes may have been issued this year.
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Tribune
Manchester
N. H
Rosecrans W. Pillsbury
President Tuttle
Hoston & Maine Railroad Company
Pillsbury
Tuttle
New Hampshire
New Haven Railroad Appeals SJC Decree Over Trolley Holdings
The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad filed an appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court contesting a June 23 single-justice decree ordering disposal of its trolley holdings by July 1. The appeal argues the decree misuses original full bench findings and violates state and U.S. law, and requests full-bench arguments on framing. No hearing date set.
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New Haven & Hartford Railroad Today
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Alse
United States
Central Pacific bonds offered for refunding mortgage sale
Kuhn Loeb Speyer and National City Bank announce a 15,000,009 first refunding mortgage four percent gold bond issue of the Central Pacific Railroad. Bonds sold on the Stock Exchange at a price including about 1% interest, yielding 4% to investors. First New York payment per 1,000 bond subscription required, with balance due August 3, 186, for delivery. Mortgage offered is the remaining balance of a 1899 issue capped at 1,000,000, some bonds deposited with the U.S. government as security for the railroad notes.
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United States
Central Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Company
New York
E. H. Harriman
Central Pacific Railway Company
Uniont. Pacific Railroad
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
Central Pacific Railroad Company
London
Berlin
Hamburg
Frankfort
Amsterdam
P R A Employees Receive 16067948 Report
Reports on the Pennsylvania Railroad Employes Relief Fund show that by June payments exceed 18 million to members and families since February 1886. 7,336,574.29 has been paid to families of deceased members and 10,781,378.99 to incapacitated members due to illness or accident.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Erie
Chicago area grain reports lift wheat as crops damaged
Damage reports from the Dakotas and higher cash wheat at Kansas City boost demand for wheat in the Chicago market. September grain futures opened mixed and closed strong with corn oats and provisions showing smaller gains or minor declines as receipts and weather clues influenced trading.
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Chicago
Additi
Dakotas
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Duluth
Slo
City suffers new discomfort as flying bedbugs invade
Dr. Edmund B. Southwick, city entomologist, reports a Bronx outbreak of small black winged bedbugs likely to spread to Manhattan amid a heat wave and a Jersey mosquito influx. He notes flying bedbugs bite severely, advises screens, and mentions Bellevue Hospital preparing to test captured mosquitoes for disease.
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New York
Edmund B. Southwick
Bronx
Southwick
Dr. Southwick
Manhattan
Jersey
Central Park
New Jersey
Bellevue Hospital
A. H. Doty
Bellevue
Leroy Smith
John Drury
Seek Men In Auto Trip In Asbury Park
In Asbury Park New Jersey two men, both drinking, carried a bloodied unconscious waitress Katie McDonald from a car to Ann May Memorial Hospital in Spring Lake. Miss Webster, another hotel waitress, was found later and implicated the driving men. Police pursued leads including a chauffeur Daniel Cueh and Max Rubens of Long Branch as the investigation sought who injured McDonald during a night out in Asbury Park and Long Branch.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Ann May Memorial Hospital
Spring Lake
Main Street
Katie McDonald
Grand Avenue
Mary Webster
Daniel Cueh
Max Rubens
Pavilion Avenue
Long Branch
Miss Webster
Cash
Cush
Miss McDonald
Coal company complaints over coal shipment rates to Lee Mass
The Tygarts River Coal Company of Arden Barbour County West Virginia filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission against multiple railroads alleging excessive rates and a longer circuitous route from Arden to Lee Massachusetts raises mileage by thirty nine miles. It seeks established lower rates for the haul. Appeal in spirits marking case heads to Cincinnati court as United States Circuit Court of Appeals hears a temporary injunction challenge to new internal revenue rules.
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Tygarts River Coal Company
Arden
Barbour County
W. Va
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio
Western
Maryland
Philadelphia & Reading
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Lehigh & Hudson River
Central
New England
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Lee
Mass
Incinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
A. C. Thompson
Internal Revenue
United States
McPherson
Clifton Springs
Union
Court of Appeals
Bankruptcies filed in U S district court including several involuntary cases
Involuntary petitions against Morris Schoenburg doing business as M Schoenburg & Brother at 08 Eldridge St by Hyman Easler and others for 760.76. involuntary against Emil Goetz by Albert Larg on and two others. voluntary filings by Joseph Goldstein 419 Grand St liabilities 1,842.46, no assets. Joseph Tech 1 Nassau St liabilities 1,383.3, no assets. Solomon Drimmer insurance at 222 24 East 1st St liabilities 29.52 16 assets 840. He owes Wilhelmina Kraetsch 35,000 secured by a 25,100 mortgage on 32 East Ith St. Jacob Rieger 672 Monroe St Brooklyn 3,880. Morris Punch 47 West 112th St. Sam Stromberg 46 West 12th St.
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Morris Schoenburg
M- Schoenburg & Brother
Eldridge Street
Hyman Easler
Emil Goetz
Albert Largon
Voi
Joseph Goldstein
Grand Street
Voluntary
Joseph Tech
Nassau Street
Solomon Drimmer
East Bist Street
Labilites
Wilhelmina Kraetsch
East Ith Street
Jacob Rieger
Monroe Street
Brooklyn
Morris Punch
West 112Th Street
Sam Stromberg
West 12Th Street
Thaw Loses Privileges at Poughkeepsie Jail
Harry K. Thaw, famed for Stanford White's murder, is now confined to a steel corridor in the main prison with restricted visits and lost many early freedoms. He no longer roams freely, can receive only his wife and lawyer visits, and must rely on a jail organ no longer in use. His lawyer notes Thaw's stock loss from telephone curtailment and fears accusations of persecution if he complains.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Dutchess County
Matteawan
Sheriff Chanler
Europe
Thaw
Issee Gti
Charles Morschauser
Jerome
Chanler
Guggenheim Vacation Aboard French Liner La Provence
Mr and Mrs William Guggenheim sailed yesterday for Havre on La Provence. He plans a short abroad stay to rest and return to vote. He cites restoration of confidence in finance after property attacks and notes railroads represent fourteen billion dollars. The election could hasten full prosperity.
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William Guggenheim
Havre
la Provence
Guggenheim
Marine Intelligence Mini Almanac Report on Ship Docks
The Lucania was reported near Sandy Hook at 2 pm and expected to dock about 7 30 am Saturday. The Philadelphia lay 800 miles east of Sandy Hook at 8 45 pm yesterday and was due around 1 pm Saturday. The Columbia was 1 000 miles east of Sandy Hook at 12 am yesterday and expected to dock at 7 30 am Sunday.
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Ristol City Wells
eCeltic
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Erreer
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Mexico
Tariba
Perugia
Havre
la Toursine
Carolina
Eeesere Holland-Am
Rotterdam
J Uly
Vigilancia
Naples
Atlanta
Savannah
Shipping News Port of New York July 23 1908 Arrivals and Sailed
Port of New York reports several arrivals including Chesapeake from Baltimore El Sigio from New Orleans Irene from Marseilles Palermo and Algiers Pennaylasia from Hamburg Jefferson and Bordeaux sailing for Havre and Cherbourg Tromp from Progreso and more. Wind calm seas and mixed traffic depart with numerous steamers bound for Europe and the Americas.
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New York and Baltimore Transportation Line
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el Sigio
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Mies
Irene
Aust
Zacevich
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Schmidt
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Ee News
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Old Dominion Ss Co
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Havre
Compania Generale Transatlantique
Bar
Tromp
Nor
Danielson
Progreso
James B Ward & Co
Sandy Hook
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Peter Jebsen
Comanche
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Newport News
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CFP Tietgen
Dan
Copenhagen
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la Provence
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Trieste
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Vera Crus
Liverpool Wheat and commodities report July 22
Market items show winter wheat futures quiet with July 7 and September dates noted. Flour, seed oil, pork, hams, shoulders, cheese, and linseed oil hold steady to firm. Canadian cheese and tallow prices steadied. London refined goods in London market and Pacific Coast prices quoted. general dullness in some grains with steady to firm readings across several staples.
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Spee American
Old Sq
London
Pacific Coast
TOA Sage Extra India
Pork—Prime Mess Western
Acceiante
Sertralian
Raid rises in Cologne market amid German con 34s 91
A terse report notes a raid tied to German concerns in Cologne with 34s 91 figures cited and Munich 4e mentioned, indicating a contested market or financial dispute.
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Cologne
Munich
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