Nevada banks show early relief as holiday shields lenders
Carson City reports Nye and Ormsby bank and its branches will reopen Monday with depositors paid in full. No further failures in towns with operating banks. State Bank and Trust directors to meet for liability statement. $4,000,000 in deposits expected to be accounted for as the crisis eases.
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Carson City
Nye and Ormsby Company Bank
Frank Golden
State Bank and Trust Company
Ponopaty
Tonopah
Nev
Nye and Ormsby Company
Goldfield Stock Exchange
Doctor Gillette Guilty of Perjury in Insurance Probe
In New York the district attorney won the first conviction from the 1905 06 insurance disclosures as Dr Walter H Gillette former vice president of Mutual Life Insurance was found guilty of perjury in the third degree The verdict carried a ten year maximum term and a mercy recommendation He was remanded to the Tombs as post trial motions were set to be heard and his counsel argued rights were violated by compelled testimony before the grand jury
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
District Attorney's
Supreme Court
Walter H. Gillette
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Gillette
Mutual
Jerome
Dobbs Ferry
Mutual Life
Hatch
McCurdy
the Mutual
McCurdiss
Utes Rampage Threat Adds Troop Dispatch to Cheyenne River
Washington reports the Ute tribe roaming from Utah again causing trouble on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. The interior secretary requested troops from Fort Meade to quell the unrest as Indian police restrained the situation.
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Washington
Utah
Colomides
Wyoming
Cheyenne River
South Dakota
Secretary of the Interior
War Department
Fort Meade
Colonel Downs
Indian Office
Army Headquarters
Treops Crow Fort Meade
Allah
Philippines
Port Meade
Fort Robinson
Port Des Moines
Lusitania Breaks Eastward Record at Queenstown
Queenstown reports the Lusitania arrived at 9 30 pm beating her own eastward record by five days four hours nineteen minutes. The same issue mentions a prairie fire near Rock Creek on the Sioux Indian reservation in Nev. lasting three days and threatening heavy damage on dry tinder.
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Queenstown
Lusitania
Valentine
Nev
Sioux Indian Reservation
Rock Creek
Telegraph Strike Ended in Montana as Workers Return
The Anaconda telegraphers union decide to call off the strike and resume work tomorrow. Sixteen operators in Butte and Anaconda, including Associated Press staff, seek reinstatement as Western Union reopens in Great Falls and plans to operate in Billings tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Ort
Chaos at rush hour injures passenger as shots ring out
During a crowded rush to exit a car Mrs. Marian McMullen was hurled to the street and badly bruised. At Third and Folsom streets four shots fired. Policeman Hottinger attempted to arrest Percy but was struck with the officers’ club. Motorman William Carlton and the conductor also used the club. The officer drew and fired striking Percy in the side.
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Marian McMullen
Third
Folsom
Hottinger
Percy
William Carlton
Perey
Gas Plant Blast Kills One in Chattanooga
An explosion at the Chattanooga Gas Company purifying plant in Pixpiston injures eight others and fatally wounds one man. The blast causes estimated damages around 30000 dollars to the utility.
Rival candidates after Small's job
Milwaukee Oct 24 No formal action has been taken on any problems before the Commercial Telegraphers convention First Vice President W W Beattie now acting president is strongly opposed to electing a president at this meeting He believes that no action to supplant Small should be taken before the regular convention next June P L Russell of New York and G D Jones a Chicago delegate and some of their friends are urging an election at this meeting the two mentioned being candidates for the office
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Milwaukee
W. W. Beattie
P. L. Russell
New York
G D Jones
Chicago
Sweeping Injunction Placed Against Mine Workers in Philippi
Federal Judge Dayton issued one of the era’s broad injunctions against organized labor. It temporarily restrains John Mitchell, T. L. Lewis, and UMWA directors from organizing or interfering with 1,000 non union miners employed by Hitchman Coal Glendale Coal and Richland Coal in the Wheeling district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Philippi
Dayton
John Mitchell
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Hitchman Coal Company
Glendale Coal Company
Richland Coal Company
Taft Inspects Subig Bay Fortifications in Manila Visit
Secretary Taft and party including Philippine commissioners and generals visited Subig Bay today. They inspected the naval station at Olongapo and the Grande Island fortifications at the bay mouth. A secret shore conference occupied the time before departure. Taft plans to reach Baguio by rail automobile and horseback, with precautions along the line due to possible Ladrones. He will return to Manila next Wednesday and then visit Commissioner Forbes before leaving the islands later in November.
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Manila
Taft
Wood
Life
Hemphill
Subig Bay
Olongapo
Grande Island
Baguio
Ladrones
Forbes
Islands
Ripley warns of railroad prosperity check amid Western hostility
Ripley president of Santa Fe says the nation faces a period of dullness and reduced earnings with no new railroad undertakings for at least a year. He cites Western states persecuting railroads and predicts prolonged litigation and less cooperation, harming Kansas roads and upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal Special
Topeka
Kas
Ripley
The
Santa Fe
Kansas
Street Gang Clashes With Police. Officer Shot
United Railways workers and police clashed on October 24. A Domimgector was shot, an officer beaten, and three arrests were made for inciting riot and related offenses. Oliver M. Percy quarreled with a passenger over fare and fired when menaced by the passenger's friends. There was further unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morsing Journal Special
San Freueisea
United Railways
Comduetoa Oliver M. Percy
Morgan hailed as saviour of situation
New York reports a banking crisis easing as the Trust Company of America meets all deposits and closes with obligations paid. A Morgan led pool pumped funds into stocks to avert a brutal selloff, with calls at 106 percent dropping to 10 percent. Public cheer fair, and figures from Cortelyou Rockefeller and others cited among relief sums.
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New York
Trust Company
Trust Company of America
Harlem
Hamillton Bank
Twelfth Ward Bank
Empire City Savings Banks
Judson
Lincoln Trust Company
Stock Exchange
J. P. Morgan
Clearing House
Union Pacific
J. P Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Cortelyou
Morgan Pool
John PD. Rockefeller
Union Trust Company
Rockefeller
Charles Williams
Benke
Vaeh
Martin H. Givan
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Plans to Raise 5 Million for Knickerbocker Certificate Redemption
A board meeting outlines forming a 5 million dollar directorate pool to back interest bearing certificates offered to settle company accounts. A receiver may be appointed soon with aims to end receivership after certificate success and resume business. President Higgins offers 500 thousand and Cortelyou states the situation improves with no anxiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knickerbocker
Board of
A. F. Higgins
Cortelyou
Roosevelt approves of Cortpelyous action in bank crisis
President Roosevelt was informed on the Wall Street and Pittsburgh stress and approves of relief measures by Secretary Cortelyou. Western bankers are increasingly independent of Wall Street, and crop-moving demand is met without eastern calls. A levee strike of 10,000 cotton handlers in New Orleans ended after agreeing to return to work pending arbitration.
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Roosevelt
Cortpelyous
Washington
Wall Street
Pittsburg
Corte
Knox
Treasury
Edwards
Garfield
New York
McCumber
North Dakota
West
New Orleans
Santa Fe Railway Re Elects Directors
Topeka Oct 24 The annual meeting of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway directors elected Victor Morowits T P Fowler and H R Duval of New York City and Co Gleed of Kansas City as directors for four years Pierce Waterhouse Co of New York were chosen as independent auditors of the company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Victor Morowits
T. P. Fowler
H. R. Duval
New York City
Co. & Gleed
Kansas City
Pierce, Waterhouse & &Co
New York
Unsuccessful Layton Bank Robbery In Utah Report
Salt Lake City Utah October 24 An attempt to rob the First National Bank at Layton Utah twenty two miles from the city failed after robbers blew the outer safe doors but could not open the inner doors. Two men named Harrington and Collins were arrested in Salt Lake City on suspicion and held as developments follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
First National Bank
Layton
John Harrington
John Collins
Calabrian Earthquake Death Toll Climbs in Aftermath
Rome reports a quake in Calabria that killed hundreds as villages lie cut off by collapsed roads and telegraph lines. Thousands camp outdoors despite heavy rain, with churches spared and sacred relics exposed to ease fears while rescue and recovery proceed.
Short Stop in California Waters to Demonstrate Administration Belief
Washington reports that President Roosevelt plans to return Admiral Bevan s Pacific fleet within ninety days of its coast stay. The cruise tests modern battleship endurance under warlike conditions while signaling no immediate war threat with Japan. Japan seeks peace and recovery from recent conflicts, not large arms purchases.
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Iy Morning Journal
Washington
Roosevelt
Admiral Bevan
Pacific
Japan
Weather Forecast for Washington and Southwest Regions
Washington forecast reports fair conditions in the south while New Mexico and Arizona expect showers in the northern portions on Friday and Saturday. The outlook suggests a mixed pattern with localized rain in the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Merxico
Arizona
Alleged Blackmailer Held to Grand Jury in New York
Hugo F. E. Voecks faces grand jury action after waiving examination on blackmail charges filed by actor Herman Hitchcock. Bail raised from 1000 to 2500. Hitchcock testified about a dressing room demand for 1000 and threats of publishing a damaging story. He described a carriage ride with Voecks and another girl, saying his conduct was above reproach.
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New York
Hugo FE. Voecks
Herman Hitchcock
Tedway
Hitchcock
Voecks
Eisie Voecks
Prominent Railroad Man Dies in This City
Amos H. Swift of Chicago a son of a post office inspector for the Chicas Division died here Wednesday afternoon at thirty four. He had long held a high position with the Chicago general offices of the Santa Fe railway and resigned last year for health reasons. After passing through several states he came to Albuquerque with his parents where his condition worsened. The body was taken to Borders undertaking rooms and will be sent to Nebraska City for burial. The death was telegraphed to Chicago yesterday by his father Albert Swift, postoffice inspector for the Chicago Division.
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Amos H. Swift
Chicago
Albuquerque
Chicagra
Banta Fe Railway
Alburquerque
Nebraska City
Albert
Swift
West Office Department
Wichita man Sylvester Harrison sought by police
Wichita Kas October 24 Sylvester Harrison a rich retired farmer is missing after allegedly embezzling ten thousand dollars from Mrs Katy Cathers in a real estate scheme. He has also passed over a thousand dollars in fake checks and drew twenty thousand from local banks before fleeing the city authorities and telegraph lines seek his whereabouts.
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Wichita
Kas
Sylvester Harrison
Kansas
Sedgwick County
Katy Cathers
Harrison
National Commercial Bank
Cathers
Charles Carrie
Harrim
First National Bank
S. D
Statehood League Organized at Roswell New Mexico
A Roswell meeting on October 24 drew Democrats and Republicans in an enthusiastic turnout for statehood. Governor Curry led speakers urging united action, with Major Llewellyn and Judge Richardson proposing plans to push statehood through federal channels. A steering committee and fifteen member Pecos valley league were named, as Curry began a cross state tour.
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Morning Journal
Roswell
N. M
Pecos Valley
Court House
K. K. Scott
Curry
William Henry Harrison Llewellyn
G. A. Richardson
Congress
Jo Richardson
Beveridge
Senate
Foraker
W. W. Gatewood
Oklahoma
New Mexico
John W. Smith
Southron Methodist Church
T. J. Evans
8. Brice
James M. Dye
L. O. Pat Carlsbad
WU. &. Hutema
Texas
Rrairman
W. M. Atkinson
William H. Pepe
Harold Hurd
Land Office
Kk. Scott
GO. A. Richardson
John W. Poe
Soldier Appointed Indian Agent in Washington
Secretary Garfield proposed Lieutenant Stickler of the Philippine scouts for the Kiowa Indian reservation agency. In Pittsburgh on Get. 24, Walter DL Uptegraff, secretary to George Westinghouse, named receiver for the Nernst Lamp Company as financial strain hit the Westinghouse group. the U.S. court set a $50,000 bond.
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Washington
Garfield
Stickler
Philippine Scouts
Kiowa
Nerast Lamp Company
Pittsburg
Get
Walter DL Uptegraff
George Westinghouse
Nernst Lamp Company
Westinghouse
United States
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Banks
Ue Morning Journal
Coldfield
Goldfield
Carson OY
Golifield
George Winfield
Senator Dixon
Reno
Rhyelite
Goldfield Consolidated
Tno
Steve Adame
Tuthirum
Idaho
Steve Adams
Fred Tyler
Adame
Clarence Darrow
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Obie Sheipy Pheraehes
Prairie
Nebraska
Montana
Wwestern Union Offiers
Permame
Small
Apbhers
Suecessor
Mitchell and Tis
Prom
Cominton
Tary
Western State
San Francisco
AGH Men Million Protect Bank
John D. Rockefeller
Morgan
City Morning Journal
SANTA_FE RAILWAY
Rome
Cathedral
Catansaro
Luckeess
Calabria
Villores
Ferranzonne
Hrancaleone
Sinopoli
Stilarie
Gerace
Catazaro
Tay
California
Amos W. Swift
Chievee
Statehood League
Acowell
Lincoln
Pecos
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