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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1908
Page
12
Banking partner T A McIntyre is reported gravely ill with Brights disease amid procedural chaos in the McIntyre & Co. bankruptcy case. Examination hearings stall as McIntyre’s health worsens, with lawyers and receivers debating schedules, asset lists, and potential hearings at the sanatorium.
Classified ads show varied job seekers from cashier and accountant to secretary and coachman. Entries list experience, references, and locations such as Broadway addresses, East 3rd Street, and Brooklyn districts, with ages from teens to early thirties seeking office, trades, domestic service, and farm work.
A long list of domestic workers and positions includes male coachmen skilled in horse care and driving, cooks and chambermaids, gardeners, janitors, and helpful household staff. Listings name ages, nationalities, references, and contact offices such as Tribune Uptown Office, Miss Fitzgerald's Bureau, Jussila Bureau, Osterberg's Bureau, and Collier's Agency, with city locations from New York to Yonkers.
The City of New York seeks to acquire an estate in fee simple and permanent underground easements for a tram line per historical Board of Rapid Transit agreements. Parcels 28,29,31 and 478 Bowery and adjacent lots in Manhattan and Westchester Mount Pleasant are described, with maps filed March 1908. Notice requests three disinterested commissioners of appraisal, to be appointed at Newburgh New York on May 16 1905.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals seeks relief from keeping eighty gamecocks and seventy six prisoners seized in a Laurel Hill Queens raid on Washington's Birthday. Birds and related exhibits will appear at the Court of Special Sessions in Long Island City as the long delayed trial proceeds with police involvement and political links alleged by the society.
A debtor admits owing debts of 1000 dollars or more and, waiving trial by jury, requests dismissal of the bankruptcy petition.
The body of Robert Schneider of West New Brighton Staten Island was found in the Upper Bay near Stapleton by two fishermen. Coroner Cahill weighs accidental drowning while relatives allege he was robbed and killed after leaving his cousin’s home on Sunday April 12. Schneider thirty, single, held a job at American Linoleum Works and planned to marry. he had money saved.
A May 4 Springfield event reports a Missouri tornado that devastated the Springfield Wagon Company's warehouse, toppled steeples, uprooted trees, and disrupted wire service. It caused livestock losses and damage across Pierce City, Monett, Ozark, Strafford and Holman with crop and orchard harm in Greene, Lawrence, Christian, Wright and Webster counties.
A twenty foot wide tornado hit Ambia in ParisTexas early today destroying three houses and two barns. A cabin sheltering eleven negroes was demolished and one occupant was injured.
A rain and snow storm ending an eight month drought in Northern Colorado breaks the drought and boosts crop prospects. Separate report from Topeka notes a terrific rainstorm across Kansas, the largest since June 24, 1907, affecting regional conditions. The Rock Island and likely railroad lines respond to weather disruptions.
Santa Fe railroads report heavy rainfall impacting Kansas segment operations with potential delays and track conditions. Officials warn crews to monitor weather and adjust schedules accordingly for safety and service continuity.
Barnard School pupils presented The Princess Nabisco a two act musical comedy last night at Carnegie Lyceum to raise funds for Barnard College scholarship The Mars and Demeanor Seminary on the Hudson setting amused a full audience of relatives The show written by Mildred Cram with music by Verna Wilkens cleared about five dollars for the scholarship fund
River steamers match transatlantic liners in luxury with the People’s and Citizens’ night line boats between New York Albany and Troy offering hotel like accommodations and service. Vessels are outfitted with modern devices for comfort and safety.
Involuntary petitions were filed in the U S District Court against Buchan's Soaps Corporation at 221 Fifth Avenue, Levy & Sideman at 25 and 30 West Houston Street, Barth Brothers jewelry dealers, Corinna Hartman liquor retailer at 2760 Broadway, and others. The largest claims cited include Michelin Tire at 31 West 71st Street, with creditors such as J Lacoste & Co Paris and Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Co Newark. Receiver Arthur J Cohen appointed in one case.
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