Sugar customs fraud at Brooklyn docks trial continues
Oliver Spitzer, dock superintendent for American Sugar Refining Company, faces conspiracy and bribery charges in Brooklyn federal court over a long running scheme to falsify raw sugar duties. Key testimony links a 187 device and a whistleblower crew with plans to split a reward as prosecutors lay out the scheme and its attempted cover up. The trial proceeds with testimony from Treasury agents Brezinski and Parr and others, while defense questions Parr’s credibility.
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Williamsburg
American Sugar Refining Company
Oliver Spitzer
United States Circuit Court
Brooklyn
Spitzer
J. O. Brezinski
Treasury Department
Brezinski
Richard Parr
Richard Whalley
Sugar
Whalley
Charles M. Ostley
No. 28
Broadway
Manhattan
Anderson
F. Cochrane
Parr
Westinghouse completes Mexican electrical installations
The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company demonstrates its reach by finishing electrical work for several Mexican firms. A 50 horsepower rotary converter with switchboard appliances is set for Guanajuato Consolidated Mining and Milling Company to run mining machinery. Large motors are supplied for La Tula Mining Company, and multiple electric motors for Lake Chapzin Agricultural and Improvement Company to drive pumps irrigating Chapala territory.
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Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Mexico
Guanajuato
Illinois railroads show earnings and freight gains in 1907 report
Springfield March 10 In the annual report of the state board of railroad and warehouse commissioners the Illinois railroads are shown to have higher passenger and freight earnings for the year ended June 30 1907. Passenger service 41157957 up 4075315 freight service 126629799 up 19555418 other earnings 16245917 up 224918 income from property 12541063 up 1785444 total earnings and income 190565063 up 25564417 freight carried 155672528 up from 146127772. The 2 cent fare due July 1 1907 is not reflected in this report.
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Springfield
State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Illnese
Aossee
Walsh seeks new trial in bank case in Chicago
In Chicago on March 10 the case of John R. Walsh former Chicago National Bank president was brought before Judge Anderson for a request of a new trial. Walsh and his lawyers cited 114 reasons including juror misconduct verdict nonunanimity and improper evidence.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
United States District Court
Anderson
Walsh
Hotel Chatham In Paris Finishes New Wing
The new wing of the Hotel Chatham in Paris overlooking Rue Volmer is finished. It features suites and single rooms each with private bathrooms.
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Chatham
Paris
Rue
Volmer
Attracts American Visitors at Hotel Bristol Vienna
The Hotel Bristol in Vienna stands out among Austrian hotels. Proprietor Mr Wolf has built the Bristol restaurant into one of Austria's best. Located in the Karntmerting district, in Vienna's prime area, the Bristol draws many American visitors to the city.
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Bristol
Vienna
Wolf
Austria
Karntmerting
Visit to Nuremberg Highlights Historic City and Modern Hotels
A brief description notes that few Americans travel to Europe without visiting Nuremberg. It calls the city one of the most interesting of 616 world cities, famed for centuries and now featuring modern hotels. The Württembergshof Hotel is highlighted as a central landmark and starting point for excursions by many electric cars bound for various parts of the city.
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Europe
Nuremberg
Wurttembergerhoft
Receiver sought for Davis Coal and Coke Company
Lynch and Read, coal miners and creditors of 1755 dollars, petitioned the State Circuit Court for a receiver of the Davis Coal and Coke Company, the Western Maryland Railroad selling agent. The company admits debt but claims no assets, with all obligations borne by the railroad which owns extensive coal lands in West Virginia.
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Baltimore
Davis Coal and Coke Company
Western Maryland Railroad
Lynch & Read
Western Maryland
West Virginia
Adjusting United Railways Debt Plan Reported in Pittsburg Dispatch
A Pittsburg dispatch reports Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co won court permission to join creditors in restructuring United Railways The San Francisco unit carries 3.5 million dollars in floating debt A proposed plan would issue 300000 dollar 6 percent notes by United Railways Investment Co secured by 3.5 million dollars of 7 percent first preferred stock with half maturing in August 1913 and half in February 1918 The plan aims to organize repayment across United Railways entities with significant equity interests held by the Investment Co
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
United States District Court
United Railways Company of
San Francisco
United Railways Investment Company
Philadelphia
The
Railways Company
Grant Greene suit decision denies motion to vacate service order
In a Supreme Court ruling Judge Leventritt denied the Cobre Grande copper company’s bid to vacate an order for service of a summons by publication in a case brought by James and Nettie Grant. The action names William C Greene and related Cananea and Greene Consolidated entities seeking accounting of mining properties valued at 25 million dollars and profits distributed to stockholders. Plaintiffs allege Greene refused to provide an accounting.
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Leventritt
Supreme Court
Cobre Grande Copper Company
Arizona
James L. Grant
Nettie L. Grant
William C. Greene
Greene Consolidated Company
Cananea Consolidated Company
Cobre Company
Grant-Greene
Colonel Greene
Cananea Company
Cobre
Merger Talk Circulates Among Midwestern Surety Firms
Chicago dispatch reports potential consolidation among leading surety concerns in the Middle West and East. Companies named include National Surety, Hartford General, Metropolitan, People’s, and Maryland Casualty, with American Surety not listed. Proponents note higher profits from combining, while critics flag contract immutability and state-held deposits as barriers.
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Chicago
Middle West
East
National Surety Company
Hartford
Metropolitan Surety Company
People’s Surety Company
Maryland Casualty Company
American Surety Company
William B. Joyce
Knickerbocker Foreclosure Filed in Long Island
Ernest Tallman Henry C Ide and George L Rives acting as temporary receivers for the Knickerbocker Trust Company filed a lis pendens with Nassau County Clerk to foreclose a mortgage. Suit targets George Crocker William L Stowe and R Livingston Beeckman over a $150000 loan on the Crocker estate beside the Whitney estate.
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Ernest Tallman
Henry C. Ide
George L. Rives
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Thomas Cheshire
Nassau County
Mineola
Long Island
George Crocker
William L. Stowe
R. Livingston Beeckman
Lncarly
Crocker
William C. Whitney
Greene Consolidated Copper trims board to seven directors
At the adjourned annual meeting Greene Consolidated Copper Company reduced the board from twenty one to seven, cut the vice presidents to one, and dispensed with an executive committee. Elected directors are Alfred Romer E C Rice W D Thornton C D Fraser F E Searle J W Allen and P L Foster. Officers for the year are W L Thornton president C D Fraser vice president J W Allen secretary and treasurer G I Borden assistant secretary. Next annual meeting set for the second Tuesday in March.
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Greene Consolidated Copper Company
Alfred Romer
E. C. Rice
W. D. Thornton
C. D. Fraser
F. E. Searle
J. W. Allen
P. L. Foster
W. LD. Thornton
G. I. Borden
Ice Channel Opened By Homer Ramsdell Steamer
The ice across the Hudson River north of Haverstraw Bay yielded to Central Hudson boat attacks as the Homer Ramsdell broke a path through heavy ice, enabling daily trips from Newburg to West Point and nearby stops. Poughkeepsie and Rondout boats to begin service in about a week.
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Hudson River
Haverstraw Bay
Hudson Boate
Homer Ramsdell
Newburg
Franklin Street
Cranston’s
West Point
Cold Spring
Cornwall
Fishkill
Sale of Julius Oehme paintings at Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
A collection of paintings by Julius Oehme and other old masters from Ehrich galleries will be sold at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, 546 Fifth Avenue, tomorrow evening at 15 o'clock. James P. Silo conducts the sale.
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Julius Oehme
Ehrich
Fifth Avenue
James P. Silo
Pennsylvania Railroad Stockholders Meet in Philadelphia
At the sixty first annual stockholders meeting in Philadelphia resolutions approved acquiring Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Southwest Connecting Railroad and Junction Railroad The annual report was approved Directors Clement A Griscom Charles E Ingersoll and Henry C Frick likely to be reelected at March 24 election.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Bald Eagle Valley Railroad
Southwest Connecting Railroad
Junction Railroad
Clement A. Griscom
Charles E. Ingersell
Henry C. Frick
Tin Plate "Hot Mills" Resume
The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company ordered hot mill workers at the South Sharon plant to report for work immediately. The company announced that the remaining ten hot mills would be put in operation soon, providing work for twelve hundred men.
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Tribune
Sharon
Penn
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
South Sharon
Railroads Seek Injunction Over Kansas Freight Rates
Topeka March 16. All railroads operating in Kansas filed suits in the circuit court seeking injunctions to block enforcement of the new freight rate schedule by the state board of railroad commissioners. The schedule lowers rates about 20 percent and is alleged to be confiscatory. Railroads also seek injunctions against county attorneys and shippers to bar numerous enforcement suits.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Railway shop layoffs hit 200 workers in Spencer
Salisbury N C March 10 employees of the Southern Railway shops at Spencer were laid off indefinitely this afternoon. The roundhouse and the car department were spared. Two hundred men are affected.
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Salisbury
Southern Railway
Spencer
Roundhouse
Expect More W. U. Stock Dividend
Western Union Telegraph Company executives met to decide on the quarterly dividend and deferred announcement until after today’s board meeting. Last meeting declared a stock dividend, and speculation centers on whether this quarter will be paid in stock with possible cash, or deferred entirely due to treasury stock limits.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Board of Directors
Treasury
NYSE Nominates Thomas Gilley for 1909 Election
The New York Stock Exchange nominating committee renominated R. H. Thomas for president and F. W. Gilley for treasurer for the annual election on May 11. Ten governing committee members whose terms expire were also renominated. For 1909 the nominating committee includes John A. Black Walter J. Currie Stanley T. D. McGrew Arthur Whitney and Robert D. Wrenn.
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New York Stock Exchange
R. H. Thomas
F. W. Gilley
John A. Black
Walter J. Currie
Stanley TD. McGrew
Arthur Whitney
Robert D. Wrenn
Shorts in Copper Scramble in Nevada Consolidated rights
Trading on the curb spiked as shorts covered Nevada Consolidated Copper rights pushing price from 3 to 15 cents. Forty seven thousand rights changed hands before the subscription window for the new 4 million dollar bond issue closed. Subscriptions reportedly reached over half of the total.
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Shorts
Nevada Consolidated Copper Rights
Nevada Consolidated Company
Idle B&O Freight Cars Reach Record High
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reported 19 200 idle cars out of 87 500, the most ever out of service in its history. Coke shipments in Connellsville regions slumped from 64 656 carloads in October to 23 69 in December, with tonnage dropping from 180.87 to 677.7 tons as steel mill closures and reduced work curb demand.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Connellsville
Penn
Contractors Dill and DMI file bankruptcy petition in District Supreme Court
Washington March 10 H Gilbert Dill and Lloyd DMI, contractors for reinforced concrete work, filed in the District Supreme Court a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. Liabilities amount to 169,890 mostly unsecured, with assets estimated at 91,806 including 75,000 in open accounts and unliquidated claims.
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Washington
H. Gilbert Dill
Lloyd Dmi
District Supreme Court
Union Ferry Declares Quarterly Dividend Amid Earnings Drop
The Union Ferry Company board approved a regular quarterly dividend of one half of one percent as earnings declined sharply following the East River subway extension to Brooklyn opening.
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Union Ferry
Union Ferry Company
East River
Brooklyn
More Woollen Mills Open Show Slow Recovery
W M Wood president of the American Woollen Company said the firm is now operating about 10 percent more mills than a month ago though overall capacity is still low. He noted gradual improvement but slow progress. He also disclosed a shift in political view from strong anti-Roosevelt sentiment to believing four more years under Roosevelt would be less harmful than a new administration.
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W. M. Wood
American Woollen Company
Wood
Roosevelt
Greene Copper's Year Ends With Record Earnings
Greene Consolidated Copper Company reports for the seventeen months ended December 31, 1907. Total earnings on copper, gold and silver and net miscellaneous revenues reach 11,360,387 dollars. Profit from sales of Cananea Central Copper and Sierra Madre stock, plus Abundan deposit gains, boost income to 14,738,005. Expenditures total 5,220,247 dollars, with refined copper output at 65,190,856 pounds and gold and silver valued at 724,024 dollars. Refined copper average price received, delivered, stands at 18593 cents per pound.
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Greene Consolidated Copper Company
Cananea Central Copper Company
Sierra Madre Land and Lumber Company
Denver & Rio Grande
Aiso
Alabama Great Southern
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Texas Pacific
Gulp
Ship Island
Losles
Mississippi Valley
Bsa
Mining notes on Granby plans 4500 ton daily capacity
Granby Consolidated reports operating at full capacity with 3200 tons of ore daily and about 2.4 million pounds monthly 28 million pounds annually. For year ending June 30 1907 output was 16 410 576 pounds. Wages cut from 4 to 350 a day reducing cost to under 10 cents per pound. Esperanza reserves fell from 141 662 tons to 65 500 tons last year with estimated value of 557 790. End year assets estimated at 1 580 880. Cripple Creek output February 58 622 tons valued at 1 250 713. January gain due to lower smelter rates. Golden Cycle was largest producer.
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Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company
Esperanza
Mexico
Cripple Creek
Livestock Market Reports Steady Demand Across Cattle Calves and Lambs
New York trading notes for March 10, 1908 show beeves receipts of 550 head all to slaughterers and exporters with steady tone on light arrivals for tomorrow. Calves receipts 280 head with steady demand and prices around $4.50 to $5.50 per 100 pounds. feeders and Western calves reported at $4.50 to $5.50. Sheep and lambs receipts 2,171 head with steady ewe prices and lambs slow but not markedly lower, dressed lambs higher for country lots. hogs receipts 6,287 head, steady on hogs and weak on sows with country dressed hogs at 7.5 to 7.6 cents per pound. Sales by S. Judd & Co., Kerns Commission Co., and S. Sanders noted with varied weights and prices across veals, lambs, and calves.
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New York
Beeves
Liverpool
London
Oceanic
Swift Beef Company
Morris Beef Company
Indiaca
S. Sanders
Kerns Commission Company
Indiana
Tom Price
Eales—S. Judd & Co
McPherson & Co
Chicago and Cincinnati Market Cattle Hogs Sheep Data
Mixed 1900s style market bulletin shows receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Cincinnati East Buffalo and Kansas City. Cattle steady to higher with steers 4.60 to 5.25. hogs generally steady to lower with tops 4.70. sheep and lambs varied with strong lambs around 5.25 to 7.35. Includes numerous regional figures and ranges for calves bulls cows and stockers.
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Romar
Cincinnati
East
Buffalo
Prinsterrs
Kansas City
District of Columbia sewer construction proposals invited
Sealed proposals will be received at the office until 12 o clock noon March 16 1908 for constructing a sewer in the District of Columbia. Forms specifications and information may be obtained at room 43 District Building Washington D C Commissioners Henry B F Macfarland Henry West Jay J Morrow.
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U. S. Department OF Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Osral
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
Government Printing Office
Henry T. Brian
Washington
D. C
War Dept
M. Thorp
Dir
Navy Department
Truman H. Newberry
United States Customs Service
New York
Washington Street
Auditor's Office
Custom House
H. C. Stuart
District OF Columbia
District
Henry B. F. Macfarland
Henry West
Jay J. Morrow
Notice to Creditors for Isabel F. McCready
The Surrogates Court of New York County is requested to transfer Isabel F. McCready’s estate administration. Creditors must file claims with the Surrogates Court by March 20, 1998. Dated February 17, 1998. Estherina F. McCready care John K. Erskine Jr. S2 Wall Street New York.
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New York
Isabel F. McCready
County of New York
ESTHERINA F._ McCREADY
John K. Erskine, Jr
Wall Street
Charles J. Wisend
John Henry Townsend
Alfred F. Baldwin
Jarem G. Baldwin, Jr
Borough of Manhattan
Summons in NY Supreme Court Weinberg v Weinberg
Notice of summons to Wolf Weinberg and Chana Divoria Weinberg in a New York Supreme Court action. Defendants must answer within twenty days after service or face default judgment. Case filed by Purdy Squire Rowe at 100 Broadway, Manhattan, dated February 4, 1998.
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Supreme Court OF the State OF
Purdy, Squire & Rowe
Broadway
Borough of Manhattan
New York
Wolf Weinberg
Chana Divoria Weinberg
David Leventritt
Supreme Court of
State of New York
County of New York
County Court House
City of New York
Purdy, Squire ,& Rowe
N. Y
Market Report From Pittsburg Stock Yards
Cattle light and steady with choice at 565 and prime 549. Sheep supply light and steady with prime wethers 7.5 to 8. Hogs receipts light with prime heavies 5.10 and light Yorkers 5.06 to 5.05. Western yearlings and sheep prices listed. stockers and feeders 3.75 to 7.50.
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Union
Pittsburg
Boston Wool Market Sees Continued Improvement and Strong Clothing Demand
Boston reports a steady wool market with improved tone last week. Dealers anticipate gains as clothing territory wool leads sales. quotations span Ohio Pennsylvania fleeces to California and Oregon staples, detailing grades from fine unwashed to bloods and delaines with varied prices across regions.
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Boston
Ohio
Pennsyvania
Delaine
Michigan
Wisconsin
New York
Kentucky
Indians
Missouri
Texas
California
Middig County
Oregon
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Report
Wheat for May delivery fell nearly 3 cents on the local exchange amid heavy selling by longs, closing near the day’s bottom. Corn rose about 4 cents while oats gained a fraction. provisions edged down. Government reserve data plus weak foreign markets and good Southwest weather kept sentiment bearish, with May wheat weak at 93 1/2 to 93 3/4 cents. May corn closed 6 1/4 to 6 1/2 cents. oats at 53 to 53 1/4 cents. Provisions weak as hog receipts rose. May pork at 12.07 to 12.13, lard 7.50 to 7.92, ribs 6.74 to 6.85. Tomorrow’s receipts: wheat 23, corn 116, oats 191, hogs 42,000.
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Duluth
May
Gerade
May Park
Tige
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Union Square
Mademoiselle Amyot
30Th St
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Abner Thomas
County of News
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Tate
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Hoyt & Mason
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Mary EB Smith
Mart E Smith
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William Bartels
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