Stock market hits big day with 1,426,259 shares traded
Volume surged on the market with 1,426,259 shares exchanging hands amid wide swings in prices. Leading stocks like Union Pacific Reading Southern Pacific Amalgamated Copper and American Smelting fell 3 to 7 points before a late rally. The day saw heavy losses amid a bear drive, followed by a rapid rebound and a nervous close. The total activity marked the busiest session since March 14 1907 and echoed October panic levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Reading
Southern Pacific
Amalgamated Copper
American
William Rockefeller
Henry C. Frick
Wall Street
Shorts
United States Steel
St Paul
Anaconda
Consolidated Gas
Great Northern
Louisville & Nashville
Northern Pacific
United States Steel Common
Erie Common
St. Paul
Stock Exchange
Captain Louis L. Squire Resigns as Quartermaster
Captain Louis L. Squire of the 5th Regiment Brooklyn must resign over a breach of discipline. The move, urged by Colonel Foote, takes effect once he settles and turns over all property in his care. He departs in good esteem and is expected to become quartermaster of the 47th Regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis L. Squire
Sth
Brooklyn
Foote
Squire
47Th
Maniac Murderer Kills Inmates At Washington Asylum
Andrew Light, a mulatto inmate at St Elizabeths Asylum, killed Patrick Maloney the overseer and Millie Follin, another inmate, and severely injured Miss Robinson. He fled to a nearby swamp, was surrounded by police, captured after being shot in the leg, and returned to the asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew Light
St. Elizabeth's Asylum For the Insane
Patrick Maloney
Millie Follin
Miss Robinson
Rain Relieves Western Drouth Across Central States
Rain broke drought across the central States with showers reaching from St. Louis to St. Paul and Minneapolis. The downpours provided much needed relief in areas dry since August 1, and more rain is expected tonight and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Central States
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Monster peat dredge burns at Black Lake
Ogdensburg New York September 22 The monster peat dredge built by the International Power Heat and Fuel Company for converting peat from Black Lake marshes into briquettes for coal was burned today. The machine had been completed but not operated except experimentally. The fire started in the boiler room and wiped out the plant with large work forces and substantial investment lost. Insurance on the burned property is listed as 0000 with unspecified loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
Monster Peat
International Power, Heat and Fuel Company
Black Lake
Three Fall In Elevator At Boiling Candy Factory
Three men were badly burned and bruised when a freight elevator cables parted at the E. L. Diamond Company candy factory at 285 North 6th street Williamsburg. Isidor Ell Louis Paffa and Warner Cong lowered boiling candy on the elevator to the basement and it overturned. Police and reserves responded and Dr. Jaffe treated the injured at Eastern District Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Diamond Company
North 6Th Street
Williamsburg
Isidor Ell
George Street
Louis Paffa
North 3d Street
Warner Cong
Central Avenue
Travis
Bedford Avenue
Jaffe
Eastern District Hospital
Allan Forbes Fined for Pony Cruelty in Polo Game
Allan Forbes, a Dedham pony polo team member, was found guilty of cruelty to his pony after a Myopia game on September 12. Judge Sears imposed a $50 fine. Forbes plans to appeal. Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals aided prosecution. more cases expected, including one against a Saratoga team member named Stephenson, who is at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Allan Forbes
Dedham
Sears
District Court
Myopia
Forbes
C. F. Clark
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Saratoga
N. Y
Stephenson
Waiters Union Denies Importing Help at Hotel Knickerbocker
The Waiters' Union warns Commissioner of Immigration that manager James B. Regan has contracted foreign headwaiters who arrived September 19 aboard La Savoie and are detained at Ellis Island. Regan denies the claims, citing Escoffier connection and Malnati's status as a visitor and France hotel employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 1
Robert Watchorn
James B. Regn
Knickerbocker
Broadway
42D Street
la Savoie
Ellis Island
Regan
United States
Toto
J. Malnati
France
Malnati
Escoffier
Royal Hotel
Avion
Batonyi seeks bill of particulars in divorce suit
Aurél Batonyi the horse show exhibitor facing divorce from former Mrs Burke Roche asked Supreme Court Justice Giegerich for a bill of particulars detailing sixteen alleged indiscretions. Morris Cukor for Batonyi and J Henry Work with ex-Judge W M K Olcott for the plaintiff argued. Judge reserved decision and allowed sealing of the defendant answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurél Batony
Burke Roche
Justice Giegerich
Supreme Court
Morris Cukor
Mr. Batonyi
J. Henry Work
W. M. K. Olcott
Giegerich
Olcott
Mr. Cukor
Columbia Abandons Trough for Student Run Dining Plan
Columbia introduces a cooperative style dining system run by a student faculty committee. The change follows last spring's dining hall complaints and J. J. Cowan's resignation as manager. C. R. Jones, class of 1909, will oversee dining halls with student workers aiding operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
University
J. J. Cowan
C. R. Jones
Camp Columbia
Morris, Conn
State Civil Service Examinations Announced for October
The State Civil Service Commission schedules examinations October 17 for posts including assistant in clinical psychiatry, pathology, civil engineering draftsman, health officer, inspector of masonry, junior statistician, keeper roles in Erie and Monroe counties, law librarian, physician at state hospitals, special examiner at the State Tax Commission, and more. Filing closes October 10. full details and applications available by postal card request to Charles B. Fowler, chief examiner, Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Civil Service Commission
Pathological Institute
State Library
State Civils Service Commission
Erie
Monroe
New York
State Tax Commission
State Normal School
Plattsburg
Public Service Commission
State Departments of Agriculture and Health
Charles 8. Fowler
Commission
Albany
Chinese Editor Li Sam Ling Arrives in New York
Li Sum Ling editor of The Chinese Mail and Progressive Chinese party member arrived on the Kroonland from Antwerp. Welcome by students with college yells. he plans a week in New York then Washington to meet Roosevelt. He favors a Sino American economic alliance and explains his world tour as a fact finding mission. He says America is China’s friend and cites Boxer indemnity and Kiang-Fu relief as goodwill gestures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Sum Ling
The
Chinese Mail
Hong Kong
Progressive Chinese Party
Kroonland
Antwerp
Li Sam
Knickerbocker
New York
Washington
Roosevelt
San Francisco
China
Empire
United States
Li Sum
America
Clarke orders inquiry into Mannes bail release
District Attorney Clarke of Kings County ordered an investigation into the release of Samuel Mannes of 38 West 98th Street who faced shooting charges against Mrs Frances McCabe. The DA says magistrate Geismar overstepped by admitting bail, cites code limits, and vows grand jury action to determine responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
Kings County
Samuel Mannes
West 98Th Street
Frances McCabe
Brownsville
Geismar
Mannes
Elder
Supreme Court
Grand Jury
English cloth Alpines at Broadway Stores noted
Fragmentary listing shows English cloth Alpines advertised across Broadway Stores with prices 258 and 42 at Warren Street 13th Street 34th Street featuring multiple locations and numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren St
Bahamas Hurricane Toll Reported From Windward Islands
Nassau reports indicate severe damage across the Windward Islands from a recent hurricane. Several lives were lost, the schooner Sarah Douglas ran aground with its captain drowned, Long Island was swept by the sea, crops and homes destroyed, and residents take refuge in caves while news from other islands remains scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau
New Providence
Bahamas
Sarah Douglas
Long Island
Anti-Gas Pumping Law Upheld by New York Court
New York state appellate court upholds major parts of Saratoga anti gas pumping law as constitutional. One general acts section is struck down, while the court allows actions in the people’s name to halt gas pumping but dissolves temporary injunctions in six AG actions due to no required bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
New York State
Supreme Court
Third Department
Cochran
Kellogg
New York
Court of Appeals
Dartmouth trustees weigh Angell for college presidency
Hanover reports trustees consider Professor James Rowland Angell of the University of Chicago for Dartmouth College presidency though no formal offer has been made. Angell, who has been at an artists colony near Woodstock, could not be reached as he begins an indefinite tramp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
William J. Tucker
James Rowland Angell
University of Chicago
Kingston
N. Y
Woodstock
Port of New York Harbor Passenger Arrivals and Departures 1908
Shipping news lists arrivals and sailings at Port of New York for September 22 1908. Vessels include Dominic Kansas City Ryndam Col umbia Coopename United States Kronprinzessin Cecilie Arapahoe Havana Jefferson Provincia Franz Joachim St Leonards Bradford with numerous cabin and steerage passengers mails and cargo. Several ships left quarantine or berths at the bar while others sailed to ports such as Philadelphia Baltic Havana Marseilles Kingston Colon and Corres ponding routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominic
Smale
Manuos
Para
Booth & Co
Moise
Bar
Kansas City
Dreyer
Savannah
Meear Ss Co
Ryndam
Roggeveen
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Holland-America Line
Columbia
Bartolich
Philadelphia
Phelps Bros & Co
Coopename
Haasnact
Demerara
Paramaribo
Trinidad
Royal Dutch West India Mail Service
United States
Dan
Wulff
Copenhagen
Christiania
Christiansand
Fusack
Edge & Uo
Ber
Kroonland
Doxrud
Aptwerp
Dover
Red Star Line
The
Cherokee
Archibald
Azua
Santo Dominen City
Macoris
Sanchez
Samana
Porto Plata
Monte Crist
Clan Robertson
Ody
Barber & Co
Havana
Stevens
New York
Cuba
Mdise
Franz Joachim Iger
von Leitner
Savanilla
Fort Limon
Colon
Kingston
Fortune Island
St Leonards
Hill
Annwe
Sanderson & Sons
Bradford
Ger
Oertel
Port Antonio
United Fruit Co
Steamera Ghazee
Fernandina
Nicholas ¢ Nery
Port’ Antonio
Kelvinhead
Norfolk
Fmmadien
Bermuda
Rio ‘Jrance
Tampa
Mobile
SiMria
Colonia
Hudson
Havre
Hamilton
Newport News
Nord Amerika
Ital
Naples
Genoa
Iroquois
Charleston
Jacksonville
el Sisio
Galveston
Marine Intelligence Mini Almanac Update
Sun and moon data show sunrise and sunset times with high tides at Sandy Hook and Gov. Island. Wireless reports track ships The Baltic near 1,260 miles east of Sandy Hook and Graf Waldersee at 1,085 miles east, with expected dockings on Friday and Thursday respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Baltic
Carmania
S > Hook
Crank but No President Visits Oyster Bay
A man described as a crank visited Oyster Bay after the president departed. In a red car he stopped at a local telephone pay station run by John Cowell, rambling about a government post. Mrs. Cowell restrained him with a hammer, and the chauffeur then drove him away. the employer remained unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
John Cowell
Maritime Mail Routes and Vessels Listed
The notice lists ships and routes including Bellerophon via Tacoma to New York and Asia, KOA via San Francisco to Hawaii and Japan, and Emprese of Japan via Victoria to New Zealand and New Caledonia with scheduled times and special handling for certain destinations. It emphasizes specially addressed mail to Japan, Corea, China, and the Philippines and notes connections through Honolulu, Guam, and the Pacific Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Victoria
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
Seattle
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
San Francisco
Mariposa
New York
Tacoma
Bellerophon
Hawaii
Guam
Aes Islands
KOA
Philippines
Wengouger
Emprese
West
New Zealand
Ielands
New Caledonia
People’s Line Ends Yonkers Service This September
The last stop at Yonkers for the People's Line steamers will be on September 23. After that date the boats will run directly to Albany for the remainder of the navigation season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
People’s Line
Albany
Co-Receiver Named for United Box Board in Newark
Vice-Chancellor Howell signed an order in Newark making permanent the appointment of Sydney Mitchell of Chicago as co-receiver of the United Box Board and Paper Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Newark
Sydney Mitchell
Chicago
United Box Board and Paper Company
Bank and Security Company declare quarterly dividends
The directors of the First National Bank declare a quarterly dividend of 5 percent on capital stock, above the usual rate, while the First Security Company, identical directors, declares an initial quarterly dividend of 3 percent. Both dividends are payable October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
First Security Company
Steamers at Foreign Ports List and Routes
Shipping notices from Queenstown, Copenhagen, Marseilles, Napiea, Montevideo, Rio Grade, Perim, Dunedin, Dantzle, Auckland, and other ports show numerous vessels bound for New York, Liverpool, Buenos Aires, and other cities. Details include ship names, nationalities, sailing routes via Plymouth, Cherbourg, Cape Town, Melbourne, and Santos, with dates in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Lusitania
New York
Liverpool
Bremen
Ger
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Copenhagen
CF Tietgen
Dan
Christiansand
Ans
Wsed
Finland
Power
Montevideo
Satsuma
Buenos Ayres
Rosario
Marseilles
Mantinea Pro
Napiea
Alice
Rio Gramle Do Sul
Castillan Prince
Rio de Janeiro
Santos
Perim
Dacre Castle
Yokohama
Moston
Dunedin
Indraiematir
Melbourne
Sydney
Auckland
Dantzle
Albany
West Australia
Ben Nevis
Port Natal
Clan Matheson
St Vincent
Hretz Izel
Cape Town
Adelatie
Spithead
Fremantle
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Hieh
Amalgamated Copper Ra
Atchison Cones
Atlantic Coast
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Eere & Oni
Consolidated Gar
Tincis Central
Louteville & Nash
Missouri Pacific
New York Central Oo
L. L Squire
14Th Regiment
Maniac
Western Drouth
Batonyi
State Civil Service Examinations
Evans
Bere
Racers, Peet & Commpany
Dartmouth
Trad Mark
McCutcheon
Sth Ave
34Th St
Watnioets
Hpeodrome
GHI
Ousa
An Ee Norris
Mary Mannering
Glorious Betsy
Lulu Glaser
Mile
Mischief
Casino Eee
Louise Gunneng
Marcelle
Daly's
Eers’ Heralds
Henry W Savage
Devil ‘Garden
Tothor
Franz Molnar
Tod John Drew
Jack Straw
Robert Edeson
45Th St
Illie Burker
Denis
Griterion
Hattie “Williams
Knigkerbogker
the Girls OF
Gottenbean
Garricks
Eve
Joseph Coyne
Alexandra Carlisle
Doris Keane
May Irwin
Savoy
Mater ‘Tion
Henry Mili
Shipping News
Port of
Marine Intelligence
Transpacific
Maude
Seeess
So Pacific
Cunard
Teutonic
Southampton
White Star
Esperante
Cristobal
Panama
la Provence
Acre
Graf Waldersee
Am Konig Albert
Gibraltar
Lloyd Indien Monar
Bordeaux
Mauretania
Oceanic
Outhampton
White
Devonshire Pernambuco
Alleghany
Inagua
Comal Galveston
Mallory
Jefferson
Dem
Deutschland Hamburg
Hamb-Am
Lloyd Lab
Madonna
Nantes
Fabre
Arapahoe
Jackson
Ward
Oreano
Argentina
Ria
Hagen
Tampico
Old Bioeng
People’s
Germantia
Trieste
Emilia
St Thomas
Gulana
Palermo
Laura
Altonia
Flame
Mesaba
London
Pennsylvania
Sirsa
Hamburg
Michaels
Prins Fr Frederi Hendrik Sean
Wenezuela
Am- Mertam
New Amsterdam
HENRY W_ SAVAGE
Ae Wind Follies & Ag
Liberty
ATE
West Oo Ae
Lillian Russell
the New
Gen
Frank McKee
Algeria
Victor Herbert
Glen Macononeh
Weber
Astor B'way
Wwe Hodge
Arnold Daly
Belasco Theatre
Arliss
Dlvin
Stuyvesant
Belasco
Blanche Bates
James K. "Hacke
Ammerstein’s
Gans-Nelson
Howarn & North
Statt
James
Blaneys
Lincoln SQ. Eway
Dally
George Fuller Golden
Datey Deel Wood
Felix
Catre
Maude Hall Mack & Co
Gordon Burnold
St. Eve S
Mats Wek
Fedora, Au
Trovatore. Pvt. Bucs
Sousa
Alhambra Mat
Eva Tanguay
Salome
White Sons
Empire City
Geo Jack Norworth de Btere
Tyrolese
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