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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1907
Page
6
Herehan defends Iineis financial records denying any padding of accounts. He asserts the books reflect accurate entries and challenges critics to provide concrete proof of irregularities. The dispute centers on the integrity of the company’s ledgers and investor confidence remains unsettled.
Railroads officials rebut former President Fish claims of wrongdoing, detailing loans he made to himself from the Illinois Central treasury. They argue the loans, pledged collateral, and related transactions were misrepresented and unjustly attacked, providing letters from eight directors explaining why they opposed his re election.
Paterson New Jersey reports Mayor John Johnson died in St Tosenh's hospital from peritonitis after a week of serious illness. Friends say his decline was driven by worry over political criticism.
Tokyo outlines an elaborate program for the arrival of Mr Tait and the Minnesota. The secretary of war will travel by rail from Yokohama to Tokyo and join the Minnesota at Nobe.
New York City Railway and related traction interests facing obligations of about 50 million dollars, unable to meet payments, were placed in the hands of receivers yesterday as financial pressures from the Belmont network pressed.
George W. Beavers, once with the postal department and tied to a postal fraud case, was freed from the Morgantown penitentiary in Morgantown West Virginia last night after years of imprisonment.
Pittsburg Sept 25 Maggie Barkin and Mary Bradley of Homestead were held for being talking speak easies. The women are charged with furnishing whisky to the stokemen at Carnegie mills in Homestead.
Testimony in the federal case against the Standard Oil company details how the Manhattan Oil Company of Ohio, controlled by Anthony J. Idy and E. Benedict, was sold in 1889 for about 2 million dollars to the General Industrial Development syndicate of London. The contract tied oil supply to a ten year deal with Chicago Gas and People’s Gaslight, while the Standard denied direct pursuit of Manhattan. New York primaries saw rioting and political maneuvering, with Murphy failing to gain control and Woodruff’s influence dwindling as Hughes supporters gain ground.
Cunard Line lowers first class fares to novel rates effective November 1 for ships including the Lusitania Campania Lucania Warmania and Caronia with reductions of 15 to 17.80 on other vessels and similar eastward cuts to follow. The reductions exceed the latest White Star reductions of 22.50.
Chicago reports eleven year old Snicky McMillan, real name George, leaves in a Furman coach bound for Faribault Minnesota to enter Shattuck Military School. Miss Blanche Walsh supports his education, having bought his paper and promised guidance.
Closing stock quotations and market figures show prices across major issuers and sectors. The report lists bonds and stocks including New York Central Atchison Pennsylvania, Union Pacific and Steel, with prices and dividends noted, alongside trade balances, exports, and money rates.
Flour steady to firm amid quiet trading with Minnesota patents at 3.10 to 5.00, winter patents at 4.40, winter straights 4.42, and winter extras 3.06 to 3.90. Rye flour firm 1.55 to 1.55. Wheat weak at open then partial recovery. December contracts around 1.00 to 1.03. Corn opened down then rose on cold weather. December corn uncertain. Butter and cheese prices mixed. eggs steady to firm. tallow steady. wool steady. potatoes Easter stock mixed. live poultry steady. dressed poultry steady with varying fat content.
Market brief shows cattle supply light and slow demand with prime prices around 6.50 and calves near 66.39. Hogs supply active with heavies and mediums trading around 20 and 1 in pigs. Lambs and sheep market fair with slow tone and prime wethers about 3.00 while culls and common around 243 and lambs at 7.60.
Missouri Governor Folk criticized privilege and monopoly at the Tennessee state fair banquet in Nashville. He argued that equal rights for all and special privileges to none define real democracy, denouncing tariff protection as graft and urging the Democratic party to act for the people against concentrated power.
UPPER SANDUSKY Ohio September 25 The Stenmore school superintendent promoted Terry Wickham ten years old from fifth to seventh grade but the board of education refused to recognize it The boy s father filed mandamus proceedings against the board A similar case is unknown
During a police raid on a craps game in Pittsburg a white 12 year old, Daniel Murphy, was fatally shot as he fled. A Black man, Hays Kessiter, was wounded in the back while several others escaped.
In Prussia on Sept 25 Emperor William appealed to the German nation not to forget the heaven given many benefits as he spoke at the unveiling of a nation memorial. He warned against letting prosperity dull reverence for divine gifts.
Greenwich reports a yacht crewed by W.3 Kilmer on the sound drifted in a hurricane. One member drowned, August Johnson, a Swede, as six crew members were rescued by a boat from Benedict's Oneida.
Prersonnel report from Sept 25 notes State Architect G L Em critically ill at his home near Lake Moabers after a nervous breakdown believed to be caused by overwork.
New York race results note Frank Gill ridden by Horner wins the Hinloo Stakes at Gravesend with 126 pounds aboard. Prince Hampton places second as Montfort and Smiling tumble in the long odds crowd. Superman shows little form post retirement while Lim Smiling tours at 100 to 1 and fails to place.
Baseball scores from yesterday highlight the Philadelphia Colts' poor fielding. In a separate report the Marylebone Cricket Club opened a three day match in Philadelphia with England’s visitors scoring 29 runs. Goldie added 145 for the Marylebone side as the Colts ended with one run and one wicket down, bowled by Captain Pritchard.
In Columbus Ohio on September 25 no horse dominated the stand circuit as twenty heats were run. Aileen Watson finished fastest in 2 04 4 for the 2 06 pacers stake though Dana Patch won the first two heats and stayed close in the later miles.
Pete Vinegar captured the Latonia handicap steeplechase on the short course in a fierce drive. Fatl of Fun faded to second with Class Lesdar third, after a length and more back. Fail of Fun and Sing Esta were coupled in the betting entry.
Count Ferdinand Zeppelin achieves a highly successful aerial voyage in a dirigible balloon. He spends four hours aloft circumnavigating Lake Constance and flies over five states with a crew of ten aboard. The airship is estimated to travel at thirty eight inches per hour.
Hanover New Hampshire September 25 An additional victim of the West Cannap collision on the Boston and Maine railway has died Miss Albina Fannoir of Nashua succumbed to injuries at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital raising the death count to twenty six The disaster occurred last Sunday adding to a list of twenty five prior fatalities
Bertha Lund, 37, strangled her three children Christopher eight Helen two and Freda eight months at their Buffalo home and later confessed to husband and police saying she killed them to prevent them from growing up and becoming crazy. A motive linked to insanity was cited as she faced mental trouble for six months. A separate Glen Cove incident describes a motor boat pirate robbing summer homes of Frank Smithers, a New York banker, leaving foot prints and stealing 3000 in silverware.
The article notes Wu Tingfang's role as Chinese minister to Washington in 1907 and recalls his influence during the Boxer disturbances. It mentions his later positions, including vice president of the board of commerce, and hints at his progressive policies. It also reports President Roosevelt and family departing Oyster Bay by special train for a hunting trip near the Tensas river in Louisiana.
In Lincoln Nebraska on September 26 the Republican committee on resolutions endorsed William B. Taft of Obie. The statement praised his personal character and long public service as fitting to perpetuate party policies and earn national electorate approval.
James Birdsall of Trenton had been camping with a friend near Cranberry Hill when he went missing for several days. He was found dead in a cedar swamp miles from any habitation, believed to have become lost and died of starvation and exhaustion.
Florence Rome, twelve, a passenger on the steamer Woodruff from Greensboro to Pittsburgh, was assaulted by a Black crewman and left in serious condition at her home. The assailant fled the scene.
In New York on Sept 25 Professor Samuel Sanford of Yale, known for applied titiste chats, returned nearly blind from an incident at Coblenz while traveling from Paris to the Rhine in his new antazodite bought in Paris.
Dayton dispatch reports William Burch, a federal prisoner en route to Cincinnati, fell from a fast-flying train near Dayton. He sustained a broken neck and died instantly. Burch, of Glendale, was under guard when the fatal plunge occurred.
The Right Reverend Arthur Fotey Winushaton and Rev I P Anderson arrive at Grand Central from Buffalo at 8 20 PM. They will be Roosevelt's guests and are to play several sets of tennis together at the White House courts next Saturday afternoon.
Boston Sept 25 John Dillon reportedly decided to join the Sinn Fein movement in Ireland a move denied by the United Irish League Secretary John O Callaghan received a cable from Dublin stating Dillon authorizes wording showing support for Redmond's readership and endorses Redmond's council bill policy
New York on September 26 reports John Wanamaker praising Secretary of the Treasury George Bruce Cortelyou at a banquet unveiling his new store. Wanamaker references Cortelyou as a presidential possibility amid applause from about 1,000 guests.
Guatemala's President Cabrera notified President Davila of Honduras that Guatemala will support former Honduran President Bouila in his bid to regain the presidency. The move signals an imminent war between Guatemala and Honduras, with open hostilities likely to start at once.
Stamford Conn Sept 25 Harry L Sebastian a Stamford music teacher was arrested in Oyster Bay after a sensational boat chase across Long Island Sound. He was sentenced to ten years for mistreating his fifteen year old pupil Bod Y Herford.
Fragmentary Coast Guard report from Gallipolis Ohio describes a vehicle mishap on the Ohio River with an explosion and men thrown into the water. Names of crew listed include John E. Hdsvars, J. R. Simmons, Ed H. Brake and Willis Widder among onlookers.
In New York on September 2, Theodore Roosevelt Pelliteta and Alma Settlea Pell are named in a breach of promise suit seeking twenty five thousand dollars against Alma. The suit cites the singer Robert in connection with the opera context and claims two thousand dollars related to the matter.
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