U S BR TO ENTER FIGHT OVER RECEIVER TALK HEARD
Minority stockholders of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company fear the 7 percent dividend guaranteed by the New York City Railway Company will be passed. They plan to thwart such a move with formal meetings and discussions with Philadelphia stockholders represented by George S. Graham. Receivership talks, asset reviews, and daily conferences follow as the court case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York City Railway Company
F. J. Lisman
Clarence Wildes
George S. Graham
Philadelphia
Wall Street
New York City Railway
Ryan-Belmont
Lisman
Metropolitan
Clarence Wides
Wideners
Graham
Traction Company
Vreeland
Oren Root
Joline
Public Service Commission
Willcox
Douglas Robinson
Judge Lacombe
Third Avenue
Lacombe
Arthur H. Masten
Wiliam C. Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Cleveland
Interborough Metropolitan Company
New York City
Interborough
Interborough-Metropolitan
Interborough Metropolitan
Interborough-Metropolitan Company
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Return of President after ocean voyage and disaster in France
The Adriatic carried home all survivors from the Paris Cherbourg wreckage of 151 first class passengers. A Rouen express crashed into the rear coach, causing injuries but no deaths among Americans, while the accident prompts scrutiny of signaling and safety protocols. The President returns to Washington from Oyster Bay after an extended summer vacation, planning a Louisiana canebrakes expedition and a busy schedule of visits and work ahead.
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Paris
Cherbourg
New York
Rouen
Breval Tunnel
Mantes
White Star
Steamship Company
Evreux
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Jersey City
Manhattan
Long Island City
Maury” Townsend
Sheriff Johnson
Cheney
Sagamore Hill
Louisiana Canebrakes
Stevedores Save Ship From Burning Hemp In Hold
Thirteen Anchor Line freight handlers slid into the Furnessia hold at Pier 50 to fight a hemp fire. They chained and hoisted three blazing bales to the deck, saving the freighter as 200 coworkers cheered. The ship, bound for Glasgow, had its hold walls scorched after lantern flames.
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Anchor
Furnessia
Pier 50
North River
Glasgow
Boston bakers to raise prices on pies October first
Wholesale bakers in Boston announce price hikes for pies and pastry due to higher material costs. No bread price or loaf size changes announced yet, but those may come. Advertisement notes Dewey's Old Port Wine for invalids from H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. in New York.
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Boston
DEWEY
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Lipton Cup Challenge Declined by New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club unanimously rejected Sir Thomas Lipton's 1908 challenge for an America's Cup match arguing the deed of gift favors speed and largest power vessels within waterline limits. A cup committee was formed to draft a formal reply to Royal Irish Yacht Club, stating the cup should be sailed by the fastest vessels and that no agreement should limit designer power beyond deed restrictions.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
Lewis Cass Ledyard
George L. Schuyter
Ledyard
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Commodore Vanderbilt
J. P. Morgan
E. D. Morgan
F. G. Bourne
Henry Walters
J. Rogers Maxwell
C. Oliver Iselin
Mr. Ledyard
Cup Committee
Richard ©. McMahon Smyth
Royal Irish Yacht Club
Royal Iir Yacht Club
Thomas J. Lipton
Bart
Commodore Ledyard
Commodore J. P. Morgan
Royal Irish Vacat Club
Smyth
Conspiracy in Cuba Uncovered in Havana Movements
Havana reports a planned Cuban revolt believed backed by New York capitalists. Governor Magoon tracked conspirators across provinces as rural guards and American forces stood ready to crush any uprising. Money sources and links to Wall Street are investigated while leaders oppose the plot, with Roosevelt and Taft cited in support of the government. Meanwhile a Paris suicide case involves Mrs Frank Galbraith, a Chicago seeker of rheumatism cure.
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Havana
Cuba
Magoon
New York
Masso Parra
Actio
Parra
Palma
Wall Street
Taft
Pino Guerra
José Miguel Gomez
Spain
Roosevelt
Paris
Frank Galbraith
Chicago
Murphy battles over control of Senate district in tense Tammany chess
Tammany Hall law committee pressured District Attorney Jerome to threaten arrest if four missing 14th district primary returns are not filed. Murphy and allies fear losing control of the 12th 14th 16th districts amid plots around Larney and Boyhan. Dooling downplays threat while Murphy executes subpoenas for district chairs to file missing returns.
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McClellan
Charles F. Murphy
Senate
Mth
Tammany Law Committee
Jerome
Board of Elections
William J. Boyhan
Murphy
Boyhan
Larney
Tammany
Law Committee
Tammany Hall
Daniel F. Cohalan
Joseph F. Mulqueen
Jacob L. Marks
Robert L. Luce
Dooling
Attoreney Jerome
Cohalan
Grand Jury
John J. Murphy
Lantry
Lantryy
Thomas F. Grady
O Brien
McCarren
Larner
12Th Congress
W. Bourke Cochran
Mr.Clellan
William R. Hearst
Congress
Mth Street
14Th Street
Woodruff Praises Hughes as GOP Leader in State
Timothy L. Woodruff, New York state chairman, defended Governor Hughes against primary reverses in Brooklyn. He called Hughes the Republican party’s greatest asset in the state and said Hughes would be a favorite son for the presidential nomination if President Roosevelt were out of the race.
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Timothy L. Woodruff
Brooklyn
Fuller
Roberts
Hughes
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Robert A Sharkey
Woodruff
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White House
Adriatic
Cerbourg
Mr. Roosevelt
Party Beach
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Stevedores
Thomas Lipton
Bart. K. Co. V. O
Usher
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