Fire insurance rates to rise three percent nationwide
The Insurance Herald reports fire insurers meeting in New York decided to increase rates by 3 percent on mercantile and manufacturing properties. Dwellings are excluded. Officials said the rise aims to offset heavy fire losses totals and protect premium income, with several large companies withdrawing from unprofitable lines.
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New York
Insurance’ Herald
Atlanta
United States
Wen
Plans on Atlanta union station site drawn for review
Southern and Central declined to act until ground plans show enough track space on state property. Governor Candler to invite national architects to submit preliminary designs for a union passenger station, with further meetings after proposals are received. Presidents Spencer and Singher stress need for clear plans before railroad assent.
Special Depot Commission Adopts Resolution To Employ a Competent Architect
A depot committee in Atlanta decided to hire a nationally reputed architect or engineer to prepare preliminary plans for a new union passenger station on state property. The aim is to craft plans for tracks and layout with railroad input, seeking consensus among railroads and state officials. The conference included governors and presidents of major lines, debating site adequacy and potential expansion.
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Special Depot Commission
Atlanta
J. F. Harson
the Central
Spencer
J. W. Thomas
Nashville
Chattanooga
St. Louis
A. Wickersham
West Point
Seaboard Air Line
Georgia
Samuel Spencer
The
Southern
C. A. Wickersham
Atluanta
J. F. Hanson
Central of Georgia
Sanders McDaniel
Hamilton McWhorter
Coungel
Barbour Thompson
M. Inman
J. W. English
Evan P. Howell
Charles 5. Harman
A. T. Steele
Central
E. T. Brown
Western
Atlantic
Boykin Wright
Special Depot Committee
A. D. Cendler
J. Ferris Cant
John N. Holds
Thomas Egleston
G. W. Gross
Byron B. Bower, Jr
W. A. Knowles
Candler
Thomas
Nashville, Chattanooga
Gress
Southern Railway
EB. T. Brown
Seaboard
Major Thomas
Mom Degmom Peleee Cogs
Cangler
Columbus
Ohio
Mr. Spencer
United States to challenge Northern Pacific Great Northern merger
Washington February 19 The United States will file a bill to dissolve the merger of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways through the Northern Securities Company. The action seeks dissolution and reversion of exchanged shares to restore original stockholders while naming J P Morgan James J Hill and associates as defendants in the federal suit under Sherman act constraints. The case will proceed in the district court with Minnesota likely to be involved.
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Spencer
Candier
Southern
Washington
United States
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railway
Northern Securities Pomuny
Worthern Securitts
Northern Securities Company
J. Plemont Morgan
James J. Hill
Orana Engs
Minnesota
Roosevelts ruling on Schley Sampson cited in naval case
Washington reports President Roosevelt has reviewed the Santiago de Cuba naval campaign controversy. The decision finds the court of inquiry largely just but notes Schleys failures to enforce a night blockade and questions whether he moved his squadron with sufficient speed. Sampsons conduct is also examined with emphasis on command.
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Roosevelt
Schley
White House
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Sampson
Santiago
Court of Claims
Onli
Court of Inquiry
Santago
Admiral Schley
Admiral Sampson
Department
Tam
General Shafter
Schrey
Brooklyn
Knox
Great Northwestern Railway
Republi Banonet
Torrence
Elitze
Patrick
Valet Jones
Foreign
Tondo
Prince Henry
Kron
Wilhelm
Campania
McKinley
New York
Philip
Chord
Admit Sampson
Cerveta
Columna
Morro Tna
Itiliana
Oregon
Iowa
Texas
Cervera
Jlf
Indiana
President Roosevelt’s Schley decision honors Gloucester hero Wainwright
The president affirms Sampson and Schley fought under his overall command but credits Captain Wainwright of the Gloucester with extraordinary valor. He praises the Brooklyn’s performance yet warns against granting unusual rewards or re-igniting the controversy.
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Schley
Sampson
Wainwright
Admiral Schley Appeal on Command and Credit
The court notes it did not express on certain points and that Schley’s appeal stresses this issue. The president raised the matter and the judge prepared to inform himself from reliable sources. The appeal largely targets command and credit beyond the court of inquiry’s scope.
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Admiral Schley
Court of Inquiry
Weather and regional forecast and local political notes
The forecast notes rain and colder weather in central and northern portions on Thursday with fair, brisk east winds Friday. The report logs past precipitation and temperatures, then shifts to a Georgia note on a depot conference delaying a state rail proposal until plans are reviewed. It also covers inflation in fire insurance rates after a New York meeting and varied U.S. court and local political outcomes in Savannah, Rome, and Spartanburg news from many topics.
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Candler
New York
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