Perkin s Senate testimony reveals insurance funding to campaigns
George W. Perkins of J P Morgan & Co and New York Life testified before a special legislative committee on insurance practices. He described a 48 702 ledger entry paid to Morgan Co as a contribution to the national Republican committee to safeguard policyholders assets, with earlier 1896 and 1900 gifts cited. The session drew a crowded, hushed audience as details emerged.
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New York
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York Life Insurance Company
Yessterday
Perkins
Randolph
New York Life Company
Naional
Republican Campaign Committee
Corneling N. Bliss
McCall
McKinley Campign Fund
Japanese Armistice Terms Outlined in Protocol
London reported the Japanese legation releasing the Russo Japanese armistice protocol. It sets a demarcation zone, bans bombardment of each others territory, allows maritime captures, blocks new reinforcements, and requires joint war command decisions with prompt execution after peace treaty signature.
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London
Manchuria
Tumen River
Korea
Mukden
Japan
Harbin
Russia
Armistice Ordinance Signed Near Shabedze
In Manchuria near Shabedze, Major General Ovanovsky and General Fukushima signed an armistice ordinance after nine hours of negotiations. Earlier, Ovanovsky and lis suke returned from Kochiation at 3 am. The ceremony occurred at 7 pm on Wednesday in an open plain.
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Gunebu Pass
Manchuria
Ovanovsky
Lis Suke
Kochiation
Fukushima
Shabedze
Rojestvensky Fully Recovered Yet Won't Return Before Treaty
A telegram from St. Petersburg reports Admiral Rojestvensky has fully recovered from his Sea of Japan wounds. He will remain abroad until the peace treaty is ratified, delaying his return home.
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Rojestvensky
St. Petersburg
Wapansaya
Sea of Japan
Miss Roosevelt Arrives in Pekin With Dignitaries
Sept 14 in Pekin Major General Corbin Rear Admiral Train and Miss Allen Roosevelt arrived in the city. They were greeted by American Minister Rockhill and his wife Baron de Schwarzenstein Wu Ting Fang and Liang Fang among others. Miss Roosevelt visited Minister Rockhill and his family while Baron de Schwarzenstein hosted several guests.
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Pekin
Peking
Corbin
Train
Allen Roosevelt
Rockhill
Baron ‘Mumm de Schwarzenstein
Wu Ting Fang
Chinese ‘Board of Foreign Affairs
Liang Fang
Miss Roosevelt da
Baron de Schwarzenstein Jis
Indiana auditor charged in $145000 public funds loan case
Governor Hanly ordered the removal of David E. B. Sherrick as state auditor after findings of a violation of law and public trust. Sherrick allegedly invested state funds in private affairs, with about $145,000 unaccounted for beyond the July settlement. Warren Bigler was appointed as successor pending further action.
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Indianapolis
Ind
David EB. Sherrick
Hanly
Warren Bigler
Wabash
Sherrick
Threats against Baron Komura reach Tokyo office
Notices from Tokyo report posters received at the foreign office threaten the assassination of Baron Komura on his return from America. The Yomiuri prints a text claiming concession after concession by Komura as Russia’s bluff is met, and vows to decapitate Count Katsura and Komura with action against aides.
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Baron Komura
Victoria
B. C
Tokio
Tokio Foreign Office
America
Tokio Yomiuri
Russia
Count Katsura
Mikado's Army Angered At Peace Terms
Gen Oyama's headquarters reports Japanese soldiers are angered by peace terms withheld for a week. News arrived via a Russian officer under a white flag plus Cossacks, provoking consternation and indignant resolve to continue fighting. Telegrams at the front reveal terms that clash with expected government demands.
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Oyama
Mukden
Yinkow
Outbreak Feared in Batum as Massacre Fears Rise
Odessa reports alarming situation in Batum with feared massacres like Baku. Authorities have dispatched a brigade of infantry and artillery to Batum to restore order and protect civilians.
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Odessa
Batum
Baku
Mutineers Executed at Sevastopol
Two mutineers of the Georgi Pebiedono setu were executed at Sevastopol yesterday. A third man’s death sentence was reduced to life in penal servitude.
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Sevastopol
Georgi Pebiedonosetu
Murdered Young Woman Found Bruised Near Pelham Road Bronx
In New York police uncovered a brutal crime after the body of a about 20 year old woman was found battered in briar bushes near the Pelham road in the Bronx. An autopsy showed she had been assaulted and strangled to death. Witnesses noted signs of a desperate struggle and torn garments.
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New York
Pelham Road
Bronx
Mikasa Battleship Destroyed In Night Explosion
Tokio and London reports confirm the Mikasa was destroyed by a fire and magazine detonation while at anchor in Sasebo harbor. Casualties total 559 with 251 missing and 343 wounded. Admiral Togo was not aboard. Detailed figures vary by source. The disaster follows weeks of naval action and endangers Japanese fleet leadership.
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Tokio
Navy Department
London
The
Times
Sasebo
Togo
Mikasa
Admiral Togo
England
Sea of Japan
Port Arthur
Washington
Bureau of Naval Intelligence
Japanese Minister Resigns. Yoshi Kawa Replaced at Interior
Yokio Sept 18 Viscount Yosikawa resigns as minister of the Interim government and Haron Lycura succeeds him as minister of the interior while keeping his post as minister of agriculture and nommerce.
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Yokio
Viscount Yosikawa
Haron [Lycura
nomMmerece
Viscount Yoshikawa
France Escapes Madness Warned by Archbishop Keane
Dubuque reports Archbishop Keane, in his first address after returning from abroad, foretold France's downfall due to the expulsion of Catholic monks and teachers. He said he conferred with the pope and that their views align, calling the French government heartless and mad.
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France
Dubuque
Keane
Lis
A Well Balanced Man’s Hair Part Question
A terse aphorism notes that a well balanced man does not need to part his hair in the middle, implying effortless neatness or confidence without visible grooming fuss. The line reflects old style humor about appearance.
American Tug Escapes After Crossing Line Into Canadian Waters
Erie Pa Sept 18 The tug Harry G Barnhurst fled midlake after Canadian cruiser Vigilant fired on it. Captain Fasel said the Vigilant could have sunk the vessel. They crossed the boundary line running eight miles under steam, with over thirty shots fired and fifteen hitting upper sections. Fireman Magnus Joannson fainted then survived. Two fishermen were cut by splinters. The Barnhurst, once a pleasure steamer, is now in port damaged and with nets lost. Other tugs Alma Valiant and Boyd fled as the chase began.
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Barnhurst
Magnus Joanndon
Harnhurst
Trasel
Alma
Valiant
Boyd
Dunn
Fasel
Hungarian Workmen Parade for Universal Suffrage
Budapest on September 15 reports show dense crowds marching to the lower house of the diet in support of universal suffrage. Police cordons stood by as workers and other classes gathered, petitions were presented, and parliament prepared to resume with a cabinet resignation and prorogation until October 1 to allow coalition parties to propose a program to Emperor Francis Joseph.
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Budapest
Hungary
Diet
Julius Justh
Herr Justh
Baron Fejervary
Francis Joseph
IOWA Packing Houses Fate in Balance
Four stock yard firms and a state commission filed intervening petitions in the U S circuit court as two interstate commerce commission cases against eighteen railroads opened for trial. Interveners claim the ICC suits seek to curb discriminatory livestock shipment rates harming Chicago as a packing center. Interveners: T M Sinclair Co Catalina Rapids IA St Paul Union Stock Yards Co St Joseph Stock Yards Co Sioux City Stock Yards Co Minnesota Railway and Warehouse Commission.
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Chicago
United States
Interstate Commence Commission
T. M. Sinclair Company
Catlay Rapids
St. Paul
Armless Wonder Killed by Electric Car in Chicago
A one legged man known as the armless wonder was fatally struck by an electric car in downtown Chicago early yesterday. He stepped in front of the vehicle, failing to notice it approach, and several bystanders searched the area for his missing limbs. The incident spurred local curiosity as investigators reviewed streets where the fatal accident occurred.
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Chicago
Northwestern Natural Life Insurance Company of
Minneapolis
State Carroll
All Northwestern Life and Savings Association of
Des Moines
Iown
Withington
Old Iowa Association
Carroll
Old Town
Minnesota
Insurance Examiner
Bechtel
Imme
D. F. Witter
Iowa
Harvard
Hamlet
Horatio
Marcellus
Iowa political shifts and census reveal rural loss noted
The Iowa attorney general rules a removed representative creates a vacancy and the governor must call a special election, amid county notifications in O'Brien County. Census figures show rural population decline from 1905 to 1910 while cities grow, and developments include missing man notices, insurance investigations, and capitol decorations with major artists to follow.
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Des Moines
Atorney
Mullan
Cummings
Ofice
O'Brien County
George Whitmer
Whitmer
Sioux City
Davison
Executive Council
Oiva
Iowa Farms
Classification Bureau
Theatre pair slips on slippery steps at Savoy
On a fey night Charlotte Cashman and Lawrence Barrett left the theatre with care as the steps proved treacherous. The great actress urged her companion to grip her arm firmly and let go only if necessary while descending in a humorous exchange about risk and dalliance. Sir Arthur Sullivan, dining at the Savoy Hotel, slipped away to the upper circle to hear the new artists and hummed a score, prompting a sharp rebuke from a nearby patron who wanted the opera heard as paid.
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Charlotte Cashman
Lawrence Barrett
Lady Macbeth
Lawrence
Savoy Theatre
Arthur Sullivan
Savoy Hotel
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Arthur
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised By Minnesota Reader
Freeborn Michigan? No, Freeborn Minnesota reports Mr R E Goward praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble relief after a short course. He says the pills cured his pain, restored energy, and urges others to try them. The item blends testimonies with generic notes on health products and a quip-filled aside.
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Freeborn
Minn
R. E. Goward
Dodd
Mr. Goward
Honest Physician Works with Himself First
A Calif based physician recounts his switch from coffee with milk to Postum Food Coffee after nervous distress and heart pains. He details failed trials with tea and milk, later prosperity after abandoning coffee and adopting Postum, which ended his blues and nervous symptoms. The account promotes Postum as a doctor advised remedy.
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Calif
Europe
Dyvike
Sven
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Lich
Ae “Sherg
Bresson
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George W. Parkins
Indiana
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Rojssiven~sky
Vigilant
Erie
Iowa Packing Houses
Balange
Harper
M. J. Thomas
East Twelfth Street
Oris E. Thoman
Bondurant
Capitol
Elmer I. Garnsey
Gornesy
Blashfield
Kenyon Cox
Capital Commission
Mme. de Maintenon
Versailles
Janwald
Sarah Bernhardt
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