Big Debts but Small Assets In Bankruptcy Case
James A. Simmons, promoter and contractor, files for bankruptcy in New York with liabilities of 406474 and nominal assets of 4000 in bonds of Richmond Standard Steel Spike & Tron company. Creditors include Russell Sage for 21005 and Wilson County Oil Co of Texas for 45900. Arizona ministers urge prohibition in hooding bill.
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New York
James A. Simmons
Richmond Standard Steel Spike & Tron Company
Simmons
Russell Sage
Wilson County Oil Company of Texas
Miss Roosevelt's Big Import Duty
President Roosevelt ordered Secretary Shaw to collect the import duty on all dutiable articles Miss Alice Roosevelt brought back from the Orient. The total duty is expected to reach nearly $60,000. The Lake Superior Mining Institute met in Duluth for its annual session with a large attendance and plans to visit Iron Range towns including Iron Mountain Crystal Falls Iron River Escanaba and Gladstone.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Shaw
Alice Roosevelt
Lake Superior Mining Institute
Duluth
Minn
Menominee Iron Range
Iron Mountain
Crystal Falls
Iron River
Escanaba
Gladstone
No Prospects in Decline in the Price of Wool
Boston reports a steady wool market with buyers mainly large holders of all grades. Prices are expected to rise at least for a year. Spiritists Assemble in Large Numbers Across Minneapolis National Spiritualistic convention opens with delegates from all states and Canadian provinces. Noted spiritualists attend the gathering in the Unitarian church.
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Boston
Allgradea
East
Minneapolis
Minn
Unitarian Church
Union
Canada
Filipino officer's divorce and court martial in Leavenworth
Conception Vasquez wins divorce from First Lieutenant Sidney H. Burbank of the Sixth Infantry with custody of their daughter and alimony of 100 pesos monthly. Burbank faces a court martial at Fort Leavenworth on conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Separately, Sir Henry Irving will be buried near Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey, beneath Garrick's grave statue.
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Leavenworth, Kay
Conception Vasquez
Sidney HB. Burbank
Sixth Infantry
Bates
Hole
P. 1
Burbank
Toto
Sir Henry Irving
Shakespeare
London
Garrick
Westminster
Abby
Shaken Peare
A Small Boy May Destroy Peace of All Europe
Budapest Oct 17 A three year old boy may rupture the Austro Hungarian monarchy amid unsettled army questions. Maximilian son of Franz Ferdinand is heir to the Austrian throne by morganatic line, while Hungary could crown him if magyar discontent endures. The name Maximilian and Countess Chotek feature in a tense succession dispute with Hungarian independents seeking to redefine royal lineage, risking a broader European crisis. Washington Oct 17 The export of arms to the Dominican Republic is prohibited by presidential proclamation made after Dominican consultation to curb perennial revolutions.
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Budapest
Maximiilian
Jof
Franz Ferdinand
Ferdinand
Chutek
Maximillian
Isabella
Frana Ferdinand
Hapxburg
Hapsburg
Chotek
Hohenberg
Hohensbergs
Hapsbures
Hungary
Franz Josef
Frang Josef
Austria
Ind Maximilian
Hunry
Washington
United States
Porto Rico
Dominican Republic
State Department
Language of command crisis roils Hungary under Franz Joseph
Austrian Hungary faces a political impasse as Emperor Franz Joseph resists adopting a Hungarian language of command in the army. Parliament dissolutions, coalitions led by Kossuth and Andrassy clash with Fejervary’s cabinet, adjournments, and rejected elections leave Fejervary unable to govern. Universal suffrage remains a distant prospect amid Austrian hesitation.
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Franz Joseph
Coalson
Francis Kossuth
Count Appon Baron Banffy
Baron Andrassy
Party N
Fejervary
Baron Fejervary
Coalition
Austria
Hungary
Heazenen Paliea
Denher
Judge Tulley faces life sentence in Gardiner murder case
Chicago report says Judge Tuley weighs options after Robert Gardiner found guilty of murder in the Agnes Morrison case. Defense argued execution impracticable due to a rare neck disease, suggesting life imprisonment and fueling debate on electrocution versus hanging. Paris dispatch notes De Saix sails to Martinique amid Venezuelan crisis escalation.
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Chicago
Tuley
Criminal Court
Robert Gardiner
Agnes Morrison
Gardiner
Gachea
Staffenson
Rush Medical College
Gartiner
Railway Superintendents Convene in Pittsburgh for Fourteenth Annual Meeting
The Association of Railway Superintendents of Bridges and Buildings opens its fourteenth annual convention in Pittsburgh with about two hundred members present. C W Richey of the West Pennsylvania division welcomes guests, papers are read, and afternoon excursions include trolley trips to local sites and river rides for visiting members.
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Pitsburg
Association of Railway Superintendents of
Ridges and
Aiout
C. W. Richey
West Pennsylvania
Pi Varia Railroad
Molten mass of five tons spreads death in Joliet plant
Five tons of molten metal exploded at the Joliet plant of the Mingle Steel company. One man is dead and several others are fatally buried or badly burned. Many more suffer severe burns to feet and hands.
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Chicago
Joliet
Mingle Steel Company
Theaters May Say Whom They’ll Admit
New York readers report owners and managers of theaters praise Justice Brown’s Pittsburgh ruling that private theater proprietors may select patrons. The decision held theaters are private businesses not bound to admit all applicants, unlike common carriers.
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New York
J. H. Brown
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Justice Brown
Pittsburo
Wilbur Horney
Nixon & Zimerman
Philadelphia
Horney
Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson Near Death This Afternoon
Wichita Kansas reports ex congressman Jerry Simpson is near death after days without nourishment. Physicians warn the end could come within hours and survival beyond 24 hours is unlikely. Simpson, a former populist congressman born 1842, had a career spanning Canada the Civil War service and politics in Kansas and New Mexico.
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Congressman Simpson
Death's Door
Wichita
Kas
Jerry Simpson
Simpson
Wittam
Witliam
Sime Frasier
Aberdeen
Scotland
Sims Sons
Intertuto Simpson
Erry Simpson
Prince Edward's Isle
Jerry
Upper Canada
Twelfth Illinois Infantry
Kansas
Jackson County
Medicine Lodge
Congress
Democratic Party
New Mexico
McCurdy Faces Probing Questions On Mutual Life Dividends
New York Oct 17 legislative committee on life insurance resumes with Richard McCurdy president of Mutual Life as first witness. Hughes reads letters about dividends from postelon policyholders. McCurdy blames the actuary for dividend details and refuses several questions. He calls the inquiry an inquisition and defends salaries while noting modest clerical cuts. Vermont Sunday School convention opens in St Johnsbury with delegates from across the state. W N Harteborn and Mary Forster Dryer to speak.
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New York
Legislative Committee
Richard McCurdy
The
Mutual Life
Hughes
Mutual
McCurdy
Hugues
AleCurdy
Actuary
M Cundy
Aid McCurdy
Vermont
Johnsbury
Bunday School Association
W. N. Harteborn
Mary Forter Dryner
Rough Rider Kirch Out for Good Job
Brakeman Henry Kirch of the Albuquerque Winelow division left for Washington to be examined for the government inspector of safety appliances on railroad cars. The post pays 125 dollars monthly plus four dollars daily expenses and is regarded as a valuable position. Kirch has long experience as a brakeman and Hough Rider, and is expected to pass the exam.
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Henry Kirch
Albuquerque-Winelow Division
Washington, D. C
Kirch
Hough
Apache county anti statehood league seeks secretary
In Apache county Arizona anti joint statehood advocates failed to organize a full slate of officers for thirteen county chapters. Delegates from Phoenix aimed to appoint a president and secretary from prominent Democrats and Republicans with Apache county naming Dr Sampson of Winslow as president. Reamer Ling was proposed for secretary, but the post went to Judge Watron who declined, leaving Apache county still seeking a secretary as the joint statehood measure faces delays with the congressional train not stopping in the county.
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Apache County
Arizona
Mark Smith
Phoenix Party
Apache County Ey
Dr. Sampson
Winslow
Reamer Ling
Apache County News
St. John's Herald
Ling
Pvalion
Judge Watron of
Holbrook
Watron
Apache County and Joint Statehood League
Carnegie says end of wars urged by peace league
St Andrews Scotland October 17 Andrew Carnegie was installed as lord rector of the university. He urged five nations or three forming a league of peace could banish war, inviting others to join. He named Great Britain France and the United States as potential members. Train wreck in Cheyenne Wyoming injures twenty with three feared dead after derailment north of the city on the Northern line.
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St. Andrews
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Cearnegie
Great Britain
France
United States
Cheyenne
Wyo
Cheyenne Northern
Conference Held to Discuss Colleges at Illinois University
Chicago and Illinois University opened ceremonies for Edmund J. James installation while an intercollegiate conference began with trustees from many colleges. The sessions cover eleven principal paragraphs on governance and the roles of trustees presidents faculties and students in college administration.
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Chicago
Edmund J. James
Illinois University
Odd Fellows Meet and Banquet in Maine
Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges gather in Portland Maine for their annual sessions today and tomorrow. Rebekah Assembly convenes at Rebekah Hall Baxter block and wraps up this evening. Delegates to be entertained tonight and tomorrow by local members. The Past Grand Representatives association banquet and meeting occupy the forenoon and much of the afternoon at Odd Fellows Hall. Grand Encampment of Maine meets at Odd Fellows Hall in the evening.
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ODD Fellows
Maine
Portland
Men
Rebekah
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Rebekah Hall
Baxter Block
Order
Grand Representatives Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Odd Fellows of Maine
National Purity Conference Opens in La Crosse
Delegates from across the United States and Canada gather in La Crosse to discuss purity, rescue work, law enforcement, divorce, and education for higher moral standards, with prominent organizations represented and expectations of a landmark gathering. Joliet women clubs to combat tuberculosis in Illinois with federation plans to unite with workers and labor groups to curb the white plague among the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Purity People
la Crosse
Wis
United States
Canada
Illinois
Joliet
Federation of Tinote Women's Clubs
British Marines Captured by Moroccan Bandits
Two British marine officers Crowther and Shutton were seized by Anjera tribe while returning to Geute from the repair ship Aselatance wrecked in Tetuan bay. An escort of Rif tribesmen fought back but the attackers overpowered them and reportedly executed the Ceuta governor and his son.
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Tangler
Morocco
Geute
Aselatance
Raeae
Tetuan Bay
Ao Daha BE. Crowther
Eadward A. Shutton
Hovel
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Prescott
Arizona Association of Congregational Ministers
Miss Roosevelt
Bryan
Manila
Williaw J. Bryan
Gomez and
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Lopez
Hiryan
Russia
St. Petersburg
Government Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Kentucky
Virgil Bowers
Hegro
George Parris
Towers
Peace OF All Europe
Independent Party
Sonsidarar
Civil Service Rules
North Carolina
Vance
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina Literary and Historical Association
Olivia Raney
Senator Woe
Statuary Hall
Robert W. Winston
Durham
D. H. Hill
West Raleigh
Eeprest State Library
Austro-Hungary
Castro
Venezuela
Paris
de Saix
Cherbourg
Martinique
French West Indies
Brest
Earth
George P. Money
Simpon
Roswell
Middle States
Kky Simpson
SOBS
Carnegie
U.S
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