Cleveland urges restraint to save trust ethics in Equitable case
Former President Grover Cleveland declares lax trust handling endangers insurers and fiduciaries. He says better to slacken pace than abandon American honesty standards and urges treating personal use of trust property as theft. Nine policyholders join Browne in seeking a receiver for Equitable Life surplus.
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New York
Cleveland
Thomas F. Ryan
The
Equitable
Whch
Equitable Society
Grover Cleveland
United States
J. Wilcox Browne
Baltimore
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Morton in Control of Equitable. Cleveland backs trustees
Paul Morton takes head of the Equitable Life Assurance Society with George Westinghouse and Justice Morgan J. O'Brien joining the board. August Belmont and Brayton Ives approve, with Morton resigning as secretary of the navy by July 1 to assume duties. Cleveland says he will push for improved affairs for the public good and the life insurer’s national role.
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New York
Paul Morton
Navy
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hyde Estate
Srover Cleveland
George Westinghouse
Morgan J. O’brien
Morton
August Belmont
Brayton Ives
Cleveland
Equitable
Lewis Family Day at Lewis and Clark Exposition
Portland invites about 12000 Lewises nationwide for Lewis Family day on August 12. Organizers expect around 5000 Lewises to attend with speeches and music planned. A committee will visit Tennessee to decorate Merriwether Lewis’s grave after the convention.
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Portland
Lewis Society
Lewis
United States
Tennessee
Merriwether Lewis
Graduates Named for State University Class of 1905
Seattle on June 12 reports the final list of graduates. The arts and science colleges total 34, down from 59 last year. The law school adds 21 degrees, fewer than 24 in the previous year. The next senior class is expected to reach about 75 members.
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Seattle
State University
Moscow Protest Sparks Russian Crisis In St Petersburg
June reports say St Petersburg will attach to the Moscow address to Emperor Nicholas and send deputies to present it. Count Hayden leads the noble deputation seeking an immediate national assembly as Moscow stalls, with peace talks possible but crisis looming.
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Moscow
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Russia
Count Hayden
National Good Roads Convention at Portland
The National Good Roads Association will hold its convention at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland June 21 to 24 with about a thousand delegates expected. Notable speakers include H. W. Moore and Mar tin Dodge, addressing transcontinental highways with an object lesson road on the exposition grounds.
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Portland
National Good Roads Association
H. W. Moore
Martin Dodge
Department of Agriculture
M. Y. Richards
Southern Railway
James W. Abbott
Government Road Division
Milwaukee grand jury to probe big grafts this month
Milwaukee officials face a June 22 start for a grand jury investigation of graft. Five confessed grafters may implicate others as the panel shifts from small-time cases to major corruption. Authorities provide few specifics, but arrests hinge on the confessed disclosures.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Jury
McGovern
Coffie
Tacoma Population Up 11 Percent in New Directory
Tacoma reports a population of 74,795 in the new directory, marking an 11 percent increase over last year. The figure reflects growth in the city and is used for planning and services.
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Tacoma
Fir Tree as Belfry at St Peters Church Tacoma
An eight foot diameter Douglas fir in Tacoma supports the St Peters Protestant Episcopal Church steeple with ivy covering the trunk. The 700 year old wooden spire became a sylvan church tower, later cleared of ivy to restore its use. The anecdote extends to how by products from cattle and Standard Oil show revenue from waste and railroads save costs per mile yielding large potential dividends.
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United States
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
Tacoma
Puget Sound
St. Peter's
Standard Oil Company
New York Commercial
Secret of Business Success Is Finding a Use for Everything
A prominent businessman claims avoiding waste is the key to success. He cites the packing industry where nothing is wasted from cattle, hogs, and sheep. He notes even buttons on coats come from animal blood processed into usable products.
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Armours
The
Swifts
Standard Oil Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Editor Soldier Statesman The Late General Hawley
Obituary note on Joseph Roswell Hawley of Connecticut detailing birth in 1826, legal career in Hartford, Civil War service rising to brigadier and brevet major general, political roles as Governor and U S Senator, tenure in the Centennial Exposition leadership, and retirement due to ill health. A final aside mentions a farmer tying a beer bottle to a fence post to amuse trains during coal shortages.
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Joseph Roswell Hawley
Connecticut
United States Senate
Stewartsville
Richmond County
N. C
Humilton College
Hartford
Conn
Fle
Hartford Press
The
Courant
Hamilton College
Train schedules for routes to Portland Tacoma and Hoquiam
The notice lists rates for Los Angeles and Portland destinations, with class fees of 13.50 for Second Class and 17.30 for First Class. It gives journey times to Hoquiam at 9 40 a m 3 10 p m and 8 10 p m plus a 3 45 p m listing. Agent N P Ry A D Charlton A G P A N P Ry Co.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Professional medical and legal services listing
A historic directory entry lists physicians and surgeons with offices at Aberdeen General Hospital Red Cross Pharmacy Crowther Wooding block and other locations. It includes Dr Smits Dr Karshner Dr Lane and E H Fox attorney at law plus W Mason architect with contact numbers and hours.
Government Land Information Call in Aberdeen
All persons seeking information about government lands are asked to contact Jesse F. Murphy four years register of Olympia land office at room 3 Dabney block Aberdeen.
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Jesse F. Murphy
Olympia Land Office
Dabney Block
Aberdeen
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