Bullitt Pushes Security Holders to Overrule Mack
William C. Bullitt, after a recent loss in court, moves to organize Asphalt Company of America security holders for united action to remove receiver John M. Mack. He plans to send a formal letter to holders challenging the Biddle Committee and urging rejection of a quick reorganization plan in favor of further investigation and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Bullitt
John M. Mack
Asphalt Company of America
Kirkpatrick
United States Circuit Court
Trenton
United Action
J. Douglass Brown
Bullitt
Biddle Committee
Henry W. Biddle
Biddle
Audit Company of
New York
Asphalt Company
Iddle Committee
United States Court
Mack
Reading Track Approved for Delaware Avenue Utilities
Councils committee on steam railroads approved an ordinance granting the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company the right to lay a single track on Delaware avenue between Dock and Callowhill streets. The measure ties operability to a maintenance contract among the three railways and the city, with ten year and forever maintenance terms. The Board of City Trusts has 150000 for repairs under Stephen Girard’s will, and Pennsylvani►a Railroad currently has one track on the same segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Delaware Avenue
Dock
Callowhill Streets
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Belt Line Railroad Company
Board of City Trusts
Stephen Girard
Belt Line Company
Philadelphia and Reading Company
Ashbridge
Callowhill
Authority to appoint committee on certificate ownership
The text approves the views in the circular and authorizes Mr Bullitt to appoint a committee to represent the owner's interests in the certificates. The committee may take steps to enforce these views and the writer will receive notification of the time and place for depositing the securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audit Company of America
American Asphalt Company
Om Companied
Radio Commercia Rust Company
Cadet
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
Biddle
Bullitt
Drunken man dies after arson by youths in Philadelphia
August Deering, living at 406 North Third Street, hobbled into Philadelphia Hospital with a burned foot claiming an oil soaked rag was lit for a prank. He died next day amid an inquest where Italian boy Thomas Impatric corroborated a prior delusion and implicated another youth McCoy. Impatric was committed to Fairmount Avenue police custody as the inquest continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Hospital
Deering
North Third Street
Thomas Impatric
McCoy
Third
Callowhill Streets
Impatric
Imp
Fairmount Avenue
Married Woman May Assign for Husband Debts, Court Says
President Judge Biddle in Common Pleas Court No 1 ruled a married woman can assign her personal property as security for her husband’s debts. The equity suit by Mrs Cornelia H Walker versus Liebrandt and McDowell Stove Company challenged the assignment of 32 shares to secure a $1,000 note. Judge Biddle dismissed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Biddle
Common Pleas Court
Cornelia H. Walker
Liebrandt and McDowell Stove Company
Alpheus M. Walker
Biddle
Frontier hotel guests give bridegroom a wedding gift
In a western town a financier known as Jimmie Hughes led a club at a hotel smoking room. The group pooled gifts for Miss White, the waitress, totaling over two thousand dollars as she prepared to marry the next day. The next morning Hughes delivered the check to the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss White
Jimmie Hughes
Jimmie
Chicago Chronicle
Jefferson Township man preserves Washington signed 1796 warrant
Fred Evans of Jefferson township displayed a government-issued military warrant dated 1796. The document, signed by George Washington as President, belonged to John Drew, a Revolutionary War soldier, and was noted as laid on a 365 acre Jefferson tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Evans
Jefferson Township
John Drew
Virginia
George Washington
Jefferson Nae
Diamond swindler Abe Rothschild captured in Harrisburg hotel
Harrisburg police arrested Abe Rothschild alias A M Graham a notorious diamond swindler tied to a Shippensburg $500000 haul. Descriptions from Post Office Inspector Sutton aided the capture after Rothschild claimed credit for the arrest, while detailing a larger jewel theft ring involving firms in New York. The suspect, housed at the Dauphin County jail, faced a loaded revolver and lists of Dauphin Cumberland and Perry county towns in his room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
Abe Rothschild
A. M. Graham
New York
Shippensburg
George H. Stewart
Hutchinson
Morgan
Post Office
Sutton
Washington
Rothschild
Carlisle
Temperance
Young Men's Christian Association
Dauphin
Cumberland
Perry Counties
Manufacturing and Selling Company of America
New York City
Dauphin County
Express
Tifany and McDonald, Haywood & Co
N New York
Secret Service
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Chicago
Mexico
Hagerstown
Maryland
Cherry Run
Rise in suicides tracked by alarming crisis reports
An English alienist Mr Styles studies rising personal crisis reports across nations. Data show France from 1841 to 1894 climbing from 9 to 26 per 100000 inhabitants, with Belgium, Prussia, Austria, Sweden and Denmark also increasing. overall suicide proportions rise markedly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Styles
Sweden
Russia
United States
London
St. Petersburg
France
Belgium
Prussia
Austria
Denmark
Steal Thermometers and Swallow Mercury
A traveler reports Guatemala guards thermometers due to a belief that mercury cures torpid hoers. He describes finding a cheap thermometer secured behind wire netting in Guatemala City and notes petty theft is rare while mercury is valued as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Central America
Port Barrios
Guatemala City
State Insurance Case Up For Trial In Philadelphia
Equity suits by the State Insurance Company of Philadelphia receivers seek nearly 30 000 in losses alleged from board transactions with Anderson and Walter. Directors lent 87 900 to themselves on mortgages ground rents not first encumbrances as repayments. Receivers reported 22 564 81 balance for creditors with claims totaling 100 000. testimony continues today before Judge Audenried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old State Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Henry F. Walton
J. Bayard Henry
Frank Reeder
Henry K. Boyer
Isaac Collins
Robert Anderson
Charles F. Walter
James Clarency
Audenried
Messrs
Anderson
Walter
State Insurance Company
Threw Coal In a Sewer Lands Man in Prison
Joseph Carr of 1305 Fitzwater street dumped ton of anthracite coal into a sewer inlet above Eighth and Chestnut streets while helping a companion steal coal. He resisted efforts to stop him, shouted that the coal was worth ten dollars a ton, and was jailed for ten days after magistrate Harr ison upheld the punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Carr
Fitzwater Street
Carr
Henry Commonmacher
Eighth
Chestnut Streets
Pateetman Morrison
Lombard Streets
Ag Pbs Supreme of Commonmacher
Harrison
First Railway Coach Fort Grey Unearthed from Darlington
The 1843 No 1 railway coach Fort Grey built in Darlington by John Harrison, later refurnished at York Station, stands as the sole surviving early railway coach. Wages were low, three weeks to build, total cost about 408, and the coach was named Earl Grey after the Whig politician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stephenson
Fort Grey
John Harrison
Albion Street
Darlington
Commercial Street
York Station
W. Rowell
Earl Grey
Karl Grey
London
Steel Trust Loses Bid Over 200 Million Preferred Stock
In Newark June 16 Vice Chancellor Emery ruled United States Steel cannot retire 200 million dollars of preferred stock for bonds without diluting rights of dissenting holders. The decision reverses Judge Lacombe in New York and leaves Reed act questions untouched while case advances to New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Emery
Chancery Court
United States Steel Corporation
Miriam Berger
New York State
Charles L. Raymond
Boston
J. P. Madigan & Co
Court of Errors and Appeals
Trenton
In &E
Reed
Judge Lacombe
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
New York
Steel Corporation
General Corporation
Stee Corporation
Court decisions set injunction terms on Shell lease appeal
The court notes a May 19 1902 stockholder notice and a 20 day delay in applying for a preliminary injunction. It directs Shell to issue the peace injunction with conditions that defendants may sign from the order and seek June term hearing of the Court of Errors and Appeals appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Peace
Court of Errors and Appeals
Apeal
Old wood carvings link Exeter bishops to ancient stalls
The piece surveys medieval oak Miserere seats in Exeter Cathedral and other churches dating to the mid thirteenth century. It notes Bruere’s carving, describes a rare elephant motif, and compares with Egypt’s 3900 year old Sheik el Beled statue in the British Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Church, Hants
Westminster Abbey
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury
Exeter Cathedral
Bruere
Exeter
William Briwere
Holy Land
England
Gizeh
Cairo
Sakkarah
Egypt
Sheikh-el-Beled
British Museum
London
Woman Survives 34 Days Without Food on Water
Mrs. Barlow Ferguson of 48 Vine Street reports living thirty four days on only water with no hunger while epilepsy has plagued her for seven years. She remained outwardly healthy, able to walk in the park and perform daily duties despite extreme appetite suppression. Her husband and family nursed her as she endured an unusual fasting period, hoping her appetite would return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barlow Ferguson
Vine Street
Salt Lake
Value of a Human Body in Calcium At $300 An Ounce
A chemist calculates an average human body contains three pounds and thirteen ounces of calcium. At $300 per ounce, the calcium alone would be worth $18,800, about one fourth of a body's weight in gold, per the Kansas City Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
Ship Trust Seeks Delaware Plants For Battleship Standardization
The United States Shipbuilding Company has approached two Delaware shipyards, Cramp and Neafie & Levy, to join a new trust aiming to standardize battleship parts. Reports say Cramp’s price is high, while Bethlehem Steel may not be acquired. The plan includes a single armor plate mill and is financed by the Trust Company of the Republic, with Drexel & Co. absent from the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
United States Shipbuilding Company
Shipbuilding Combine
New Trust
Philadelphia Times
William Cramps & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
Mathias Seddinger
Neafie & Levy Ship and Engine Building Company
Cramp Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem Company
United States Company
The
Steel Trust
Carnegie
New Shipbuilding Company
Charles T. Taylor
Trust Company of the Republic
New York City
Etting
Peterson
J. Pierpont Morgan
Drexel & Co
Traction Directors Hold Last Meeting Before Lease
The Union Traction Company held its final regular meeting before the Rapid Transit Company lease takes effect. Old directors will continue meetings as the fiscal year ends June 30. Engineers have not finished plans for the new road and testing along Market Street nears completion with two more borings pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Traction Company
New Rapid Transit Company
Union Traction
Rapid Transit Company
Market Street
Front Street
Fire destroys home on Uber street
A fire at the House of Thomas Gribbons at 1708 North Uber Street started from matches in a closet. Loss estimated at 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gribbons
North
Uber Street
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Ders
Reor
National Asphalt Company
Mr. Bullitt
Councils
Earth
Board of Directors
Stephenson
Jersey
OOO
Ship Trust
Traction
Rapid Transit
Estey
Miller
Mason & Hamlin
Farrand & Votey
Chase
Carpenter
Burdette
Sterling
Cunningham Piano Co
Chestnut Street
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