US Express Co Receiver Denial Marks Setback in Action
Justice Guy denied both options for appointing a receiver for the United States Express Company and rejected the demand to inspect books. Dudley had accused mismanagement and law violations, but the court found no credible evidence of fraud or asset waste. The decision notes stockholder acquiescence and that earnings increased under current management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Guy
Supreme Court
H Down
John L. Dudley
United States Express Company
Dalley
Guy
Ona
Adams Express Company
American Express Company
Weir and Fargo
Jusice Guy
Plntiff
Louis H. Newkirk
No. 18
Wall Street
Express Company
Mr. Newkirk
Newkirk
St. Paul
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beng. Sundberg
United States
Adams
American Express
James Manahan
Minneapolis
Sundberg
Mr. Manahan
Children Travel Far On Minnetonka Across Atlantic
Two toddlers travel record mileages aboard the Atlantic Transport liner Minnetonka. James Averill Lawrence of Riverside Drive, nearly 2, has crossed the Atlantic four times by age two, with a cradle at home between voyages. His companion John Hicks, three, has logged more than thirty thousand miles by sea and land, traveling with his grandfather the former Chilean minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnetonka
James Averill Lawrence
James A. Lawrence
Riverside Drive
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
London
Lawrence
John Hicks
Chili
Oshkosh
Wis
Panama
Santiago
Chile
Hicks
Strait of Magellan
Rio
Lisbon
New York
Inventor Carroll Treated for Nervous Breakdown at Chelsea
John W. Carroll, veteran of the Spanish War and ex on the cruiser New York, is at Chelsea Naval Hospital for nervous breakdown after working on an aerial torpedo firing device. The invention aimed to allow airship crews to fire torpedoes with shipyard-like accuracy. Carroll offered the device free to Army and Navy, but both refused. He has also invented a detonator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
J Reston
John W. Carroll
New York
Marine Corps
San Francisco
Army
Navy
Inquiry into Coler's administration before Brooklyn accounts
The Commissioners of Accounts will hear Coler in the Stewart Building about the last three and a half years. Coler may be questioned on his ties to Medina Stone Company, once a director, which sold extensive stone to Brooklyn. He reportedly will claim no profit from stone sales and that his name was used as a director without authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners of Accounts
Coler
Stewart
Medina Stone Company
Brooklyn
Stone Company
Saving Summer Babies in New York City
Dr John T Cronin Manhattan children bureau chief outlines city efforts to protect babies during hot weather. Nurses in 56 districts visit new mothers, assess feeding and sanitation, provide free milk and ice, refer to doctors, and conduct repeated visits. Medical inspectors assist, with seven recreation centers hosting daily advice sessions for mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Cronin
New York
Manhattan
Charity Organization Society
Milk Committee
Children’s Aid Society
Lackawanna Passenger Killed in East Orange Accident
J Frank Hawkins advertising man for Art Metal Works Newark fell under moving train wheels while alighting at Grove Street station East Orange New Jersey and was instantly killed. He had been returning from New Canaan Conn with his brother in law William Bray. Hawkins thirty eight years old was a well known New Jersey advertising man and had been interested in publishing The Red Bank Standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Orange
N. J
Lackawanna
Grove Street
J. Frank Hawkins
Art Metal Works
Newark
Hawkins
William J. Bray
New Canaan
New Jersey
Red Bank Standard
Silence on Hotchkiss report from New York Life
Officials of New York Life Insurance Company issued no comment on Superintendent Hotchkiss's report about the annual business limit under the Hughes laws. The company has opposed the restriction, backing its claim that it is a hardship. the Hotchkiss findings say only one New York firm could be affected, showing policy terminations totaling over 146 million dollars outside death or maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Life Insurance Company
Hotchkiss
New York Life
New York
When Women Fall Out in Parisian Smuggling Case
In the Federal Building a smuggling case unfolds with Mme Boulang er and Mile. de Villiers as principal figures. Boulanger is charged with bringing five Parisian trunks and contents on the President Cleveland. De Villiers testifies about helping unpacking and a bribery air. The case delays to July 12 with Boulanger out on bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner Shields
Federal Building
Mme
Deloina M. Boulanger
Mlle
Thérése de Villiers
Marshal Henkel
Mme. Boulanger
President Cleveland
Mile
de Villiers
Mme. Loulanger
Mile. de Villiers
West 56Th Street
United States Attorney’s Office
Edison Storage Battery Ready
Edison states the storage battery is an assured fact after years of work. He plans a final streetcar line test in West Orange, noting a New York store wagon ran a full day on one charge and predicting trucks could move from New York to Philadelphia without horses in cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
New York
Philadelphia
London arrest clears path to bring back famed American thief
District Attorney reports Conrad Harms, arrested in London on grand larceny and forgery, with £1,637 13s traced to J. S. Bache & Co. He faces return to New York as detectives Flood and Brown plan to bring him home. Eleanor Beatty linked to silverware theft. Scotland Yard detains both suspects during extradition pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Harms
London
Flood and Brown
J. S. Bache & Co
Broadway
Germany
England
Harms
Berlin
Scotland Yard
Harris
Foreign Department
James M. Gorman
Pinestreet
Blair Brothers
Parr
District Attorney's Office
Woman Avenges Husband in Shootout at Spring Street
Louisa La Barte, 25, accused Dominico Versassi of killing her husband Bruno La Parte last June and fired five shots at him yesterday at Spring and Sullivan streets. Versassi died at St Vincent's Hospital after sustaining multiple wounds. La Barte, arrested and remanded by Magistrate House, claimed police inaction spurred her to act. Versassi, 19, previously linked to a Black Hand murder unresolved since June 21 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominico Versassi
Sullivan Street
Bruno la Barte
Louisa la Barte
Houston Street
Versassi
Spring
Sullivan Streets
St. Vincent's Hospital
la Barre
Jefferson Market Court
Morris Becker
No. 196
Spring Street
Macdougal Street
Versaiss
Bruno la Parte
Varick and
Downing Streets
Master Carpenters Act in Arbitration Dispute
The Master Carpenters Association suspended carpenters from the General Arbitration Board for defying an ultimatum to call off strikes on fifty buildings. An employment bureau was opened to hire carpenters for Building Trades Employers Association members, with union men given preference. The emergency committee later ratified the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters’ Unions
General Arbitration Board
Building Trades
Carpenters
Master Carpenters’ Association
Building Trades’ Employers’ Association
Steamship inspection may suffer this summer
Captain Ira Harris supervising inspector from Maine to Cape Charles, Va., says he must do all the work with his own men this summer. Last year the Port Collector had funds for thirty men, and twenty were detailed from inspectors to help. No overcrowded steamers or missing lifesaving gear were found last season. The Hudson Fulton celebration hopefuls may prompt more help, but funds are not available for extra inspectors. Harris has checked river and harbor craft for weeks with no violations found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Harris
Maine
Cape Charles
Loeb
Harris
Department
Herris
Daring Canoe Outing Ends in Tragedy Across Two Rivers
Toronto records a grim passage as the twenty year old bride of J Loughlin and her brother William Ward drowned while canoeing on the Kamin Stiquia River. Simultaneously W McCaughey and J Thompson, two young clerks, perished on the Red River while same sport. Four more drownings reported elsewhere in the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
J. Loughlin
William Ward
Kaminstiquia River
W. McCaughey
J. Thompson
Red River
Walker Wins Long Fight Over Manhattan Public Buildings Office
Wiliam H Walker, once commissioner of public buildings in Manhattan, was removed during an investigation led by Borough President Ahearn. Governor Hughes dismissed him, then aldermen reelected him. Justice Greenbaum granted mandamus, ordering his reinstatement, and a jury had earlier awarded back salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam H. Walker
Borough of Manhattan
Ahearn
Hughes
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Walker
Coffee Exchange and Dock Co Settle Long Dispute
The New York Coffee Exchange and New York Dock Company settle a dispute over losses of coffee. The Dock Company will deliver to the Exchange 32,299 dollars and 5,315 cleaned and 2,043 bag sweepings, with distribution to claimants coordinated by the Exchange. The figures follow an Audit Company report and account for losses tied to storage and handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Coffee Exchange
New York Dock Company
Patrick Carr
Exchange
New York Audit Company
Dock Company
Coffee Exchange
Reorganization Plan for Western Maryland Railroad
The Western Maryland Railroad plans a reorganization with at least a $10 per share assessment. First mortgage bondholders may exchange part bonds for stock or other non fixed security. The plan, tied to Gould interests and linked with Rockefeller holdings, aims to reduce fixed charges and restore ownership to the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Railroad Company
R. F. Bush
Road
Gould
John D. Rockefeller
Morgan & Co Negotiates Hankow Railway Loan Deal
London reports say J. P. Morgan & Co representing the American syndicate has opened talks with bankers in London Paris and Berlin over the Hankow and Szechuen railway loan of 27 501 000 The firm awaits State Department guidance and expects a definite result after about two weeks Morgan is in England and personally handling the matter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. 8. Morgan & Co
Paris
Berlin
State Department
J. Morgan
England
Gas Company Sale Announced in Wellsville and Andover
Albany June 28 The Public Service Commission 2d District announces the sale of the Mutual Gas Company Limited properties and rights at Wellsville and Andover to the Empire Gas and Fuel Company Limited for 222363 33 The commission also authorizes Marine Light and Power Company to mortgage its property and franchise to secure 40000 in bonds approved by the commission
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Public Service Commission
Mutual Gas Company, Limited
Wellsville
Andover
Empire Gas and Fuel Company, Limited
Marine Light and Power Company
New York Central Must Pay Bridge Raising Costs
Albany June 28 The attorney general advised State Engineer Williams that the expense of raising the New York Central Railroad bridge over the Oneida River at Three River Point must be paid by the company. The canal project requires the bridge be raised to allow boat passage through the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
O'Malley
Williams
New York Central Railroad Company
Oneida River
Three River Point
Huntington Named General Manager of MP Sault Line
Minneapolis on June 28 reports George R. Huntington has been appointed general manager of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. He succeeds Edmund Pennington, who moves up to president after the death of Thomas Lowry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
George R. Huntington
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Edmund Pennington
Thomas Lowry
Tennessee Central Railroad President Resigns to Leave July 1
Nashville Tennessee June 28 George W Ristine president of the Tennessee Central Railroad resigns effective July 1 Colonel S M Felton chairman of the board will assume active charge until a successor is elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
George W. Ristine
Tennessee Central Railroad
S. M. Felton
The
Road
Nebraska Guarantee Suit Begins Before Federal Judges
Lincoln June 28 Federal Judges Willis Vandevanter and T C Munger heard J L Webster’s suit to strike down Nebraska bank guarantee act. He argues it drives out private banks and forces incorporation and that it uses legislative power to pay private debts. Fifty state banks named as complainants. Philadelphia June 28 rate ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Willis Vandevanter
T. C. Munger
J. L. Webster
Webster
Nelson Morris & Co to issue 12.5 million bonds for Oklahoma packing plant
Nelson Morris & Co plans to sell 12.5 million dollars in 4 1/2 per cent thirty year first mortgage bonds to First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago. Proceeds fund a new Oklahoma packing plant, pay debt, and boost working capital, with funds also slated for a hides tanning plant as large packers push into tanning. Armour & Co has sold 30 million bonds, Cudahy 4 million, and Swift & Co increased capital stock by 16 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nelson Morris & Co
First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Oklahoma
West
Armour & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Swift & Co
Moose on a lawn tennis court in Bar Harbor
A pair of moose swam about ten miles from Frenchman’s Bay to Mount Desert and landed near Eden street Bar Harbor. One moose tangled in a lawn tennis net at the Henry L Eno place before both animals moved into the adjacent woods joining their mate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Frenchman's Bay
Mount Desert
Eden Street
Henry L. Eno
Drowned Foreman Aids Italian Worker On Mohawk River
David Tibbs of Buffalo, general foreman on the barge canal works in Amsterdam, attempted to save an Italian laborer after their boat overturned while crossing the Mohawk River. Tibbs, who could swim, perished with the Italian. Tibbs was a thirty second degree Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
David Tibbs
Bufalo
Mohawk
Tibbs
Immigration Commissioner Warns Of Indigent Arrivals At Ellis Island
William Williams, Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, denounced certain steamship lines for shipping in immigrants with inadequate funds. He said deportations had doubled in months and a third to a quarter of arrivals were detained. He urged lines to admit only those with sufficient means, noting no fixed rule but urging at least five dollars plus railroad fare in many cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Williams
Ellis Island
Williams
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U. S. Express CO
J. W. Carroll
Washington
Health Department
Mille. Villiers
Parr'’s Bank
Swiss Bankverein
Bankverein
J. §. Bache & Co
Master Carpenters
Employment Bureau For Building Trades Employers’ Association
New York Harbor
Ontario
W. H. Walker
Park &Tilford
Exchange and Dock Company
Maryland
J. 8S. Morgan & Co
P.*s. Commission
Mutual Company
NEW York Central
SOC
Tennessee Railroad
A Francisco
Hale & Norcross
Julia
Kentucky
Belcher
Occidental
Ophir
Caledonia
Overman
C ‘Otest Chollar
Savage
Cal & Confidence
Sag Reicher
Sierra A Crown
Utah
Union
Gould & Curry
Cccoese
Wanamaker's
Wanamaker’s
Wanamaker
Gramercy
John Wanamaker
A. T. Stewart & Co
Fourth Ave
8Th
10Th St
Nebraska
Reading
Supreme and Common Pleas
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
New Orleans
New Orleans Railway and Light Company
Moose
Frete
Niagara Falls
Delaware Water Gap and Return
Stroudsburg, Pa
Henryville, Pa
Analomink
Fulton Street
Broad Street
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