Prosperity Amid Broad New York Business Optimism
A Tribune survey of New York’s major commercial and financial interests finds no sign of waning prosperity. Six months of 1907 show higher business volume, fewer failures, and strong export growth, with optimism about the fall and winter outlook driven by rising wages and solid collections across industries.
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Tribune
New York
United States
North America
Wall Street
Henry Clews
Mr. Clews
Far East
Paris
London
London Stock Exchange
F. Vietor & Achelis
Abraham Davis
Davis & Hents
New England
Massachusetts
Vermont
Hyman Bros. & Co
Smith-Premier Typewriter Company
Frank Bornn
Bornn & Co
Beaver National Bank
F. E. Fonseca
F. E. Fonseca & Co
Havana
E.S. Partridge
Wyckoff, Church & Partridge
New York State
Empire State
America
R. G. Dun & Co
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Man Arrested for Abducting 15-Year-Old Almeda Capen
Robert J. Towers was arrested after the capen family reported the 15 year old girl missing since June 15. Towers claimed he wed her on June 16 in Brooklyn with witnesses present and produced a marriage certificate. The girl told police she was repeatedly 18. She was taken to the Children’s Society.
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Almeda
Eileen Capen
Tenth Avenue
Robert J. Towers
Towers
Stella Capen
Capen
Benjamin J. Ralph
Graham Avenue
Brooklyn
W. Valenta
Ralph
Annie Smith
Children’s Society
Hot Needle Revives Contortionist In Williamsburg
Patrolman Gaughran of the Clymer street station found a man lying in front of the First Baptist Church on Keap Street, Williamsburg. After carrying him to the station and to Williamsburg Hospital, doctors revived him with a red hot needle, then sent him to Blackwell's Island. the man identified as Michael Sullivan of 118 Meeker Avenue called himself a contortionist.
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Gaughran
Clymer Street
First Baptist Church
Keap Street
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Hospital
Michael Sullivan
No. 118
Meeker Avenue
Blackwell's Island
See s Father’s Place: Gorman Machine Seeks Maryland Power
Baltimore June 23 Special The Gorman Democratic machine seeks to extend control by Arthur P Gorman son of the late senator. He aims to capture Howard County and back Talbott for the Senate while mobilizing old guard support. The Howard County convention toppled by his tactics foreshadows a heated state race with factions in three counties. Governor Warfield faces pressure over renomination as the party debates leadership and a bid for two U S Senate seats.
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Gorman
United States
Arthur P. Gorman
Theachine
Maryland
Young Gorman
Democratic Party
Mr. Gorman
Senate
Old Guard
Congressman Talbott
Talbott
Home County
Howard County
Howard
Eurly
Democratic Committee
Ellicott City
Joshua N. Warfield
Ed. Greene Selby
Thomas H. Hunt
Warfield
Jacob J. Werner
Werner
State Senate
Mr. Warfield
William Pinkney Whyte
United States Senate
Rayner
O'Malley
Anne Arundel
Queen Anne's
Anne Arundel County
NEW FERRY HOUSE OPEN AT LAST AT ST GEORGE
The new ferry house at St George Staten Island opened with the midnight Manhattan ferry. Slips and runways will route passengers to upper deck and teams. Access to trains will be via two narrow stairs raising safety concerns. The landward side looks disappointing though observers note coal and rail yard views.
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St. George
Staten Island
Manhattan
Tompkinsville
Savior of Chinatown Declared Hero After Park Plan Rejected
Dan O'Reilly famed as Tong counsellor and peacemaker is hailed by Celestials of Mott Street and allies for defending the chop suey belt from a proposed Dovers Street park. Borough President Ahearn opposed the dens, but the Board of Estimate sided with preservation. Vermilion banners at Hip Sing Tong hailed O'Reilly as savior while revelers overindulged in wine.
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Chinatown
Lake Middleton
Tong
Dan" O'Reilly
Harry K. Thaw
Celestials
Mott Street
Chuck” Connors
Mike
Tom" Lee
Dan
Tim” Sullivan
Larry Mulligan
Ahearn
Dovers Street
Board of Estimate
Hip Sing Tong
Pell Street
Lee Su
Chatham Square
Von Sternburg's Return From The Tribune Bureau
Washington officials and diplomats express marked gratification at the definite official announce of Von Sternburg's return, noted by the Tribune Bureau. The report outlines expectations tied to his reentry and potential impact on ongoing diplomatic efforts and policy discussions.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Freiherr Speck von Sternburg to Stay as German Ambassador
The German Ambassador to Washington Freiherr Speck von Sternburg is not recalled. He aided Samoa talks and Venezuelan negotiations, boosting US-German ties. Despite health rumors, he remains active and popular, with wife Miss Langham of Kentucky. They plan to return to their Dub lin cottage near ex Secretary Hitchcock.
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Berlin
Freiherr von Sternburg
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Navy
Bartlett Tripp
CC. N. Eliet
Great Britain
Samoa
Iso
Tutuila
Germany
Michael Herbert
Signor Mayor Des Planches
Freiherr von Sternbure
von Holleben
Dr. von Holleben
Hay
Root
North Commission
Bryce
M. Jusserand
Miss Langham
Kentucky
Freifrau Speck von Sternburg
Europe
Dublin
N. H
Hitchcock
At Head of His Class Colonel Symons Leads Canal Plans
Washington June 2. Colonel Thomas W. Symons, chief engineer to the New York barge canal project, stands at the top of his class. His career spans West to East with major river, harbor, lighthouse, and canal work. The War Department considers extra duty pay for troops in the Philippines and Alaska.
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Washington
Thomas W. Symons
New York Barge Canal
Sam
Symons
Empire State
Colonel Symons
Keeseville
N. Y
West Point
Michigan
Arthur Murray
General Murray
Young Symons
Corps of Engineers
Torpedo School
Willets Point
Fort Totten
Oregon
California
Nevada
Utah
Department of the Columbia
Mississippi
el Paso
San Diego
Secretary of State
Portland
Buffalo
Lakes Erie
Ontario
New York State
Roosevelt
Congress
Friends of the Barge Canal
Army
Naval Command
Richard Wainwright
Naval General Board
Army and Navy Joint Board
Special Board
Naval Academy
United States
Louisiana
Salem
Albert L. Key
S. S. Wood
General Board
Navy
W. 5. Simms
Charles E. Fox
South Dakota
War Department
Philippines
Alaska
New York
W. S. Edgerly
Department of the Gulf
C. Dew. Willcox
R. E. L. Michie
G. H. Shelton
General Staff
Edgerly
Berlin
John P. Wisser
Coast Artillery Corps
Gordon Johnston
3D Cavalry
Hanover
Guy V. Henry
12Th Cavalry
Frank P. Lahm
6Th Cavalry
Saumur
Funston Explains Remark On Unwhipped Mob
General Frederick Funston clarified a letter to the Fourth of July committee saying he used the term unwhipped mob to refer to the uncontrollable element, not any group. He noted troops leaving for camp July 5 should not march extensively and suggested Colonel Lundeen may provide three batteries of light artillery if the request goes forward.
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San Francisco
Frederick Funston
Funston
Lundeen
Roosevelt Would Run for a Third Term If Southern Votes
Telegraph report from Atlanta June 23 states President Roosevelt told a Georgian on Georgia Day at the Jamestown Exposition that he would run for a third term if he could secure the electoral vote of a single Southern state. The Georgian, Colonel John Temple Graves editor of The Georgian, urged Roosevelt to seek a third term and promised to mobilize Georgia and prompt a stampede to place the state in the Roosevelt column.
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the Tribune
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Georgia
John Temple Graves
Bryan
Single Taxers Push Subways with Planned Routes
At a Central Federated Union meeting the Manhattan Single Tax Club proposed bids for rapid transit construction to Public Utilities Commission upon July 1. Committee chair Henry Leubuscher urged breaking contracts into small sections to curb big corporations and keep wages at prevailing rates with eight hour provisions.
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Central Federated Union
Manhattan
Single Tax Club
Henry Leubuscher
Richard L. George
Henry George
George L. Macy
Public Utilities Commission
Leubuscher
Seventh
Eighth Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Jerome Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Bensonhurst
Brooklyn
Triborough
138Th Street
Third Avenue
Manhattan Bridge
West Farms
White Plains
Board of Estimate
Nicaraguans Leave Honduras for Bluefields Sailed
Puerto Cortez June 23 The Nicaraguan forces have sailed for Bluefields. President Da vila says the new government has been peacefully established in all parts of the country.
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Puerto Cortez
Bluefields
Davila
Snowstorm Dumps Fourteen Inches on Butte
Fourteen inches of snow fell in Butte today, leaving streets a slushy mix by nightfall. Government gauge recorded a net water precipitation of 14 inches as the blizzard stretched into evening.
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Butte
Mont
Ottawa Hockey Player Dives From Pier to Die
By Telegraph to the Tribune Ottawa June H Stuart the noted hockey player fell from a lighthouse pier and broke his neck dying before aid could reach him.
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the Tribune
Ottawa
H. Stuart
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