Telegram Strike Talks Collapse as Union Vows Prolonged Fight
New York Aug 27 Prospects for settlement of the telegraphers strike with Western Union appear no brighter. Officials refuse to bargain with labor reps while strike leaders reject arbitration and vow to press the fight into Congress. The Astor House HQ showed waning activity as the union publishes Pair Play, aids strikers with funds, and unites under McLennen to keep men loyal.
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New York
Western Union Telgraph Company
Congress
Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Postal
Western Union
Astor House
M. McLennen
New York Club
Everett Hal
Taft Train Wreck Delays Kansas City Arrivals
Secretary of War Taft's St Louis and San Francisco train wrecked near Spring Hill Kansas delaying his reception in Kansas City. No injuries reported as a switch opened causing derailment of the mail car and coaches. Taft assisted passengers while the party continued toward Kansas City with Senator Warner present.
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Kansas City
St. Louis and
San Francisco
War Taft
Spring Hill
Kaa
Taft
Springfield
Baltimore
United States
Warner
Johnsen County
Kas
Oil Trust Directors Debate Quarterly Dividend Payment
New York August 27 reports reveal a tense Standard Oil board meeting last week over whether to defer the quarterly dividend. Support favored delaying payout to curb hostile administration sentiment, while conservative voices warned of harming stockholders and public confidence. Differences allegedly exist between William Rockefeller and HW Rogers on response strategy.
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New York
Standard OF Company
Standard
Rober
Despondent Striker Ends Life at Wife's Grave
Pittsburg August 27 William Mullen a structural bridge worker who joined a strike over a year ago and fell ill today killed himself at Uniondale cemetery by shooting himself over his wife’s grave The family had faced financial distress since the strike and three weeks ago Mrs Mullen died.
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Pittsburg
William Mullen
Uniondale Cemetery
Mullen
Lost Bullion Promoters Guilty in Mail Fraud Case
Denver jury convicts C L Blackman A K Knaebels RoC Hunt Arthur Levan D H Lawrence D P Pinkus Edward Sebben of Denver plus W B Cameron Boulder Cole and George Dubels Lee Debols Silver City N M on first two counts of the Lost Bullion Spanish Mines case. Pinkus and Hunt get clemency on those counts and acquitted on the conspiracy charge. September 12 set for new trial petitions. Case centers on alleged mine near Silver City New Mexico and post office fraud charges.
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Denver
C. L. Blackman
A. K. Knaebels
Roc Hunt
Arthur Levan
Alse
Silver City
No M
Post Office Department
New Developments in Hau Murder Case
Karlsruhe reports ongoing twists in the Karl Hau murder case. W Dietz the prisoner’s counsel releases a pamphlet claiming moral grounds for appeal and presenting Frau Haus death by self harm as a new factor. Dietz cites a four hour May 14 talk in which she first revealed intent to commit suicide.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Ise
Karl Hau
Washington
Fpran Maltter
Baden-Haden
W. Dietz
Frau Haus
Diets
London
Baden-Baden
Olga
Frau Haul
Hau
Amnesties in Roumania and Navy Rear Admiral Retires
Amnesty in Roumania frees about eight thousand prisoners from the agrarian revolt except militant priests and murder convicts. In Washington, Rear Admiral C H Davis is retired from duty and Admiral Sebree takes over command of the Atlantic fleet’s second squadron. A French rail disaster near Coutras kills ten and injures twenty five in a head on crash between an express and a freight train due to a misaligned switch.
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Davis
Washington
Navy Department
C. H. Davis
Atlantic Fleet
Sebree
Lighthouse Board
Roumania
Bucharest
Charles
France
Coutras
Bordeaux
Paris
Western Roads to Adopt Speedometer
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad is testing a German speedometer to be installed in one car per train and later nationwide on passenger trains. It records speed and all steps with durations to educate engineers for smoother running and faster station work, safeguarded by a glass case.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Burlington
Poor Jews Forced From Europe Arrive in Galveston
The Chemnitz from Bremen landed 450 immigrants at Galveston. Many are Jews of the poorest classes. Dr Corput, US marine surgeon, detained about one third. About half likely to be deported for failing to meet immigration standards. A large number are deemed suspicious and may be removed. About 100 Jewish immigrants were taken by a local immigration bureau for placement in Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri.
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Dallas
Tex
Bremen
Galveston
Corput
United States Marine
United States
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Army Transport Service Costs Highlighted by Quartermaster
Quartermaster General Ayleshire reports a year loss of over half a million dollars for the Army transport service versus potential commercial line gains. He says keeping a fleet available is prudent for moving troops and supplies to distant operations. He notes transports obtain most coal at Nagaultki due to feat.
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Washington
Ayleshire
Transpactic Army Transport Service
Aleshire
Naguatki
Rock Thrown 500 Feet Kills Woman in Meriden
Mrs. Eldred Mitchell of Berlin was fatally injured when a rock hurled five hundred feet by a blast struck her on the veranda. She and her husband had believed they were safe despite warnings from workmen. The blow shattered jaws nose the roof of her mouth and her teeth.
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Meriden
Conn
Eldred Mitchell
Berlin
St Gaudens Designs May Yet Be Accepted
New York Aug 27 Dr George F King of Tiffany and Co said he has assurance from a high government authority that Saint Gaudens designs for the new gold eagle and double eagle will be accepted. Officials reportedly adjust the coin devices by lowering relief to fix the main defect in preliminary patterns.
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New York
Rt. Gaudens
United States
George F. King
Tiffany & Co
Four Die In Incendiary Fire In Oklahoma City
Four persons perished when a fire trapped them on East Grand Avenue in Oklahoma City early today. The blaze, believed incendiary, trapped Lillian Hays Virg ie Wallace Ladimo Ward and Walter Ward, with exits blocked as the victims burned.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
East Grand Avenue
Goad
Ares Lillian Hays
Virgie Wallace Ladimo Ward
Walter Ward
Unwarranted Interference in Insurance Business Debated
The American Bar Association committee releases results of a thorough inquiry into recent insurance legislation. The report outlines implications for regulatory practices and industry operations while assessing potential overreach and policy impacts.
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Committee of American Bar Association
Regulating Insurance in Texas Arkansas Cited as Misguided
Portland Maine August 27. A report by the American Bar association committee on insurance law condemns overregulation of U S life insurers noting Texas and Arkansas push to require large reserves be invested in state markets as part of oppressive supervision. The panel warns such laws burden policy holders and distrust insurers, urging balanced oversight and fair treatment of trust funds.
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Portland
Insurance Companies of America
Committee On Insurance Law
American Bar Association
Texas
Arkansas
America
St. Paul
Association
Conference of
State Insurance Commissioners
Chicago
Insurance Commissioners
United States
Lotey
Ohio River
States seek fair, nonburdensome insurance supervision
The passage argues that state insurance supervision should not burden taxpayers or profit from it. It cites 1902 data showing states often spend far less than they earn from fees, while some laws raise costs for policyholders. It condemns retaliatory taxes and warns against forcing insurers to invest strictly within a state, which would harm efficiency and raise costs for policy-holders.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Texas
Arkansas
Committee Proposes Expanded Insolvency Terms and Uniform Acts
The report to enlarge the definition of insolvency and expand proof of insolvency cites three conditions for insolvency in fact including nulla bona, inability to pay debts, and receivership for insolvent firms. It recommends approving both the Uniform Sales Act and Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act with minor refinements to protect transferees and maintain broad uniformity.
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Committee On Commercial Law
Destruction in Pekin to Paris Race Route
Paris news recounts the Pekin to Paris automobile race with a Matin correspondent in Merlin noting 342 cartsey passed between Perkin and the Urdl nwuntaing as whetians sign the crane and commend their souls to God.
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Paris
Matin
Merlin
Perkin
Package Explosion In Philadelphia Mail Office
A small percussion cap package exploded in the Philadelphia post office as Clerk Roberts cancelled it. Addressed to Secretary Cortelyou, the package was four by two by three quarters inches and torn apart. Chief Inspector Cortelyou and others suspect a hoax with little explosive power. contents remain undisclosed.
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Philadelphia
Cortelyvou
Washington, D. C
James B. Cortelyou
Post Office
Pacific Fleet to Sail to Pacific Waters in December
At Sagamore Hill Acting Secretary Newberry Rear Admiral Brownson and Rear Admiral Evans met President Roosevelt to discuss assembling a vast fleet for the Pacific. The plan calls for sixteen battleships to depart in December via the Straits of Magellan and reach San Francisco and possibly Puget Sound, with a destroyer flotilla leaving the same time.
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Oveter Bay
Navy
Newberry
Bownson
Naval Board
Evans
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Loeb
Admiral Brownson
Admiral Evans
Chesapeake Capes
Connecticut
Oyster Bay
Navy Department
Hownsen
Bureau of Navigation
Pacife
Straits of Magellan
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Atlantic
Pacific
Commissioner Leupp
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Lawrence Grahamen
Porto Rico
Lincoln Steffens
Taylor seeks guarantee for fair trial to return to Kentucky
Indiana August 27 William S. B. Taylor former Kentucky governor now refugee for seven years offers to return for trial in the Powers case if Prosecutor Franklin provides an absolute guarantee of fair treatment. He demands return of remaining 100000 corruption funds and selection of impartial jurors and judge before he will testify and stand trial.
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Indianapolis
William
Taylor
Kentucky
Franklin
Powers
Treasury of Kentucky
Ball
Wittlessen
Wheitucky
Plan to Replace Troops with Filipino Scouts
Washington reports from the War Department note a Japan derived claim of thirteen regiments of native troops to be led by American officers in the Philippines. General Mills calls for fifty scout companies to reduce costs by balancing fewer American troops against the added native force.
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Washington
War Department
Japan
Philippines
Mexican revolutionists arraigned in Los Angeles
Three alleged Mexican revolutionists captured in Los Angeles were arraigned on resisting an officer charges. Rivera’s trial set for Sept 3 Magon for Sept 4, each held on $1000 bail. Villareal seeks transfer to U S district court. extradition debates loom while St Louis summons await.
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Los Angeles
Liberator Rivera
Sicardo Magon
Antonio Villareal
el Paso
Texas
United States District Court For
Southern District of California
Villareal
St Louis
Tadas
Mexico
Naples theft gang tied to transatlantic steamer loot
A group of men and women arrested in Naples on theft charges from the Naples New York line transatlantic steamer. Police seized a vast amount of stolen goods including clocks linen china and wines, enough to fill three carts to move to the station. Pawn tickets for jewelry were found on the prisoners.
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Tome
Naples
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