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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1907
Page
6
A compact recap highlights notable happenings across New Jersey this week. Public officials, local developments, culture, and community milestones frame the state’s activity as communities adapt to ongoing changes.
Court actions restrain Jersey City railway work as Hudson and Manhattan advances an underground tunnel. A Trenton reform school inmate marries Mary Mourner who visited his confinement, amid church ore prospecting near Sparta Sussex County. Local unpaid wages hit Plainfield contractors. church receives iron ore bequest for missions.
Deputy Surrogate Keener reports in Orphans Court on the estate of Mrs. Mary H. Jacobus of Caldwell who died Oct 10 1904. After a year of litigation daughter Caroline H Bowman receives 1.35 from a 6.75 share while disputes over 27 jars of fruit are narrowed to 17 jars existing and part gouged. Remaining heirs receive equal shares alongside Jacobus children and Gore grandchildren.
An old barn door carved with D G BR was rescued from the Tenney farm near Richmond Indiana and will be shipped to Daniel G Reid’s summer home on the Hudson. Reid recalls happy and unhappy boyhood days tied to the door as his father scolded him behind it. The door’s legacy reflects early life near Richmond and Reid’s wealth.
Aja Montgomery Tay 17 is told of a clerical error in Juarez Nivers case where a clerk wrote years instead of months on a twenty month sentence. The juvenile was twelve when arrested for larceny and nearly completed her term when she died in prison. A white man her mother worked for found the mistake but too late to aid.
An electrical storm struck at noon igniting a Standard Oil tank. The blaze endangers millions of barrels of crude nearby. Cannons were used to vent air and slow the spreading flames as darkness enveloped the city.
The Philadelphia home of Lucio Grenaldi was damaged by a bomb placed outside the residence by suspected Black Hand members. Grenaldi has received four threatening letters demanding money, signed Black Hand, now in police hands for investigation.
Reported prices and conditions across multiple commodities and farm items. Wheat and oats firm on favorable rains and overseas demand, dairy products varying from cream to cheese with mixed quality, potatoes and poultry showing steady to firm demand, ribbing through modest gains and price ranges reflecting wholesale markets.
Market notes show hogs receipts light and heavy weights around 6.00 to 6.96 per hundredweight. Sheep and lamb trading described as slow with prime wethers and lambs listed at about 7.0 to 7.3. Values for lambs, yearlings, and damps vary in the mixed cattle and sheep section.
Immigrant inspector detains eighteen year old Miss Flaks aboard the Russian steamer Saratov as authorities probe a Baltic smuggling scheme. Plan involved Libau organizers, crew and officers taking fees from arrivals bound for America. Flaks bound from Hoyne Rosale for freedom, later sent back to Libau.
Hearst gains another courtroom victory as appellate division denies writ of prohibition on recounting ballots from the 1905 mayoralty election. The court split with Justices Gaynor Hooker and Rich dissenting, while Jenks and Miller upheld the majority. Mayor McClellan may appeal to the Court of Appeals with representation by Eugene and Richards.
After two long sessions the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks adjourned without a formal result from elections. It is generally believed John E. Wener of Charleroi Pennsylvania awaits confirmation as grand exalted ruler while Dallas Texas remains set to host the next convention and grand lodge reunion.
Houston July 17 Dr William A Brumby state health officer says the governor will issue a proclamation declaring tuberculosis a contagious disease. The proclamation will warn railroads and make it a statutory offense to transport a person afflicted with a contagious disease into the state with a fine of 104. Albany July 17 At 2 meeting of the State commission which handles 35000 for the G A R encampment at Saratoga in September a resolution was adopted to provide suitable bunks and cots for veterans.
A telegram from St. Petersburg claimed Count Tolstoi died at Yasnaya Polyana in Tula province, but Reuters telegraph service denied the report and said Tolstoi is in normally good health.
Paris July 17 Count Boni de Castellane says he will not contest the divorce obtained by Anna Gould. The countess will settle with Boni de Castellane's creditors as well as with her own.
Investigation into the death of William D. Wynes, an eighty year old Brooklyn retiree, near Mount Bisco N Y, suggests he wandered into the woods and died from exhaustion. Wynes vanished July 2, a Black Hand ransom note demanding $3,000 arrived July 11, but authorities now think the note was an extortion attempt by unknowns.
Worcester man Albert G. Liscomb, longtime local merchant and son of Nathaniel Liscomb, reportedly died by his own action in New York yesterday. His wife, a Worcester family member, had been visiting. Relatives here offer no reason for the act. a telegram announced his death and Mrs Liscomb left for New York.
Officials prepare for a possible strike by moving fifty cots and one hundred mattresses into the main building at 195 Broadway. Fifty more cots to be added today. Robert Glowry, president of the Western Union, declined to comment. An official hinted the cots are intended for kitchen staff.
In Hartford on July 17 a youth dressed as Lieutenant Cox of the Hancock cashed many bogus checks and vanished. Louise Behner, seventeen, daughter of Louis Behner, secretary to Silas Chapman, an Insurance man, also disappeared with him.
Two intruders sought entry at Sagamore Hill July 17. A woman demanded $10 million and a long haired man claimed to be the devil and warned the president he cannot escape.
Venezuela intimates it will refuse to pay 9 million dollars to Belgian creditors. The Hague tribunal verdict is rejected by Venezuela and the Helgino government urges compliance to avoid harming creditor rehabilitation efforts.
Pittsburg hosts a unique lawn fete at Mrs. W. H. Parker’s Grandview avenue home to celebrate her son’s birthday. Invitations went to thirty three other children who also have whooping cough amid the city’s epidemic.
Dr Edward R Taylor physician and lawyer, dean of Hastings Law College and UC, was elected mayor by the San Francisco board of supervisors amid signals of ending graft era as bribery prosecutions intensify.
A Newark special committee of the New Jersey state senate met last night at city hall and heard representatives from the Newark board of trade and the People's Family regarding data and suggestions.
Acting Gunners' Captain Charles H. Hansel recalls the Georgia turret explosion in Cape Cod bay that killed nine and injured twelve. Admiral Yamamoto sent two boxes of flowers to the Chelsea naval hospital for Midshipman Bruce and the sailors, while Captain McCrea and Captain Metres offered support to the injured and grieving crew.
In the Catskills on Black Head Mountain a climber from Round Top Ravine House collapsed and died amid a small party from Cairo. Thomas Simpson, 59, of Brooklyn, perished as his sons Albert and Charles stood nearby.
Paris reports Theobald Chartran, renowned painter born 1849, has died in Paris. His portraits include Mrs. Thenore, Theodore Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt, Pope Pius IX, and Cardinal Gibbons.
Mutiny aboard the Susquehanna on Lake Erie off Erie harbor ended with the death of William Moran, a seaman, who was thrown down in the hold during the incident reported from Erie Pennsylvania on July 17.
The Brighton race day features a chaotic report with Joly and Golden Garter Flora among the contenders. Ken leads early but Charles Edward falters as Dinning Ken surges, finishing well ahead Whittey in a dramatic stretch run.
Reported results across the National and American Leagues with game-by-game scores and key line details. Highlights include New York and Pittsburg, Philadelphia hosts, and Chicago versus Boston outcomes. notable batters and pitcher notes appear in scattered briefs.
King Frederick of Denmark plans a notable trip to Teeland aimed at improving relations between Yeeland and the mother country. The visit signals efforts to strengthen diplomatic ties and regional cooperation.
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