Wall Street slides as Harriman rumors roil market
New York reports a downturn as health rumors around Mr. Harriman spark pessimism on Wall Street. Trading tops 1,126,000 shares with many pyramided accounts wiped out and margins pressed as Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Reading lead losses.
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New York
Harriman
Wall Street
NCM
Union
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Reading
New York Central
United States Steel
Amalgamated Coppers
American Cotton Oil
American Locomotive
American Smelting
Atchison, Chicago and Northwestern
St. Paul
General Electric
Great Northern
Ilinois Central
Lake Erie and Western
National Lead
Northern Pacific
People’s Gas
Rock Island Common
Preferred
United States Rubber
Wisconsin Central
Harriman Secluded as Rain Keeps Him Home
Street brokers direct one to the house and forbid outward connections as the Ramapo mountains are veiled by rain. Dr Lyle reports Mr Harriman confined indoors for the day while progress continues on his new residence.
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Mr. Harriman
Lyle
Harriman
Ramapo Mountains
Dr. Lyle
Hariman in Seclusion at Arden Estate
Arden New York August 27. Mr Harriman remains isolated at his mountain home with his family deciding not to risk further public assurances or stock market impact. No guards patrol, access to the grounds is restricted, and only a select few may approach the estate while outsiders are barred from reaching his chambered solitude. The telephone line to Arden remains open for limited contact.
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Arden
N. Y
First Testimony in Peonage Case at Pressed Steel Plant
Pittsburg Aug 27 The first testimony in the federal probe of peonage charges against Pressed Steel Car officials was offered. Alex Friedman a Hungarian from New York testified he was brought to the plant with 100 men and placed under promises of no strike. He said guards selected strong imported workers and rough handling followed when he refused overtime kitchen work. He claimed pay for enforced hours would be supper and cited others forced to stay.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Alex Friedman
New York
Friedmann
Friedman
Friendman
Oil firm's Bayonne plant tax clash may cripple city finances
The Standard Oil Company, which already pays about one fifth of Bayonne's taxes, protests a proposed assessment rise from 7.6 million to 13 million dollars. If litigation delays taxes or leads to court rulings, Bayonne could face severe financial strain.
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Bayonne
N. J
Standard Oil Company
Will’s Short Letters Frustrate Baltimore Family
A mother laments that Will forgets them at college as his letters grow brief. The father agrees, noting Will’s brevity mirrors the same terse tone detected in the family correspondence.
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Will
Father
Baltimore American
Latham Sets World Records in Long Flight at Rheims
French aviator Hubert Latham extended his world records by flying 154 kilometers 660 meters for distance and reaching 68 kilometers per hour average. He completed 150 kilometers in 2 hours 13 minutes and 9 seconds plus the full distance in 2 hours 18 minutes 9 5 seconds. Latham’s monoplane with its winglike lines fought a storm at altitudes up to 300 feet. Curtiss practiced as Bleriot crashed attempting a landing injuring spectators. Rougier injured two people in a separate landing incident.
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Rheims
Hubert Latham
English Channel
Latham
Wright
Lemans
Paulhan
Bleriot
Curtiss
Count de Lambert
Glenn H. Curtiss
Tribune
Rougier
Amore
Cholera Outbreak Strikes Vitebsk Capital of Government
A violent Asiatic cholera outbreak hits Vitebsk, capital of its government, with 26 cases and 6 deaths on Thursday and 114 cases with 42 deaths in the past week. Population about 66 000. local physicians reportedly unable to cope.
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St. Petersburg
Vitebsk
Hurricane veers westward toward coast near Texas
The hurricane that prompted storm warnings near Houston veered to the west, staying about 100 miles offshore while skirting the coast. It is expected to die out in tropical seas or along South America’s coast.
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Houston
Tex
South Gulf
South America
Dozen Bodies Recovered From Matahuela Mine
In Matahuela near Mexico City twelve miners have been found dead after falling from the shaft top to the 1500 feet level when the cable parted Tuesday evening at the La Paz mine. Local authorities reported the tragedy as rescue teams recovered the bodies.
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Mexico City
la Paz
Matahuela
Bank Robbers Captured After Minnesota Heist
In St Paul on August 27 two bank robbers who held up Wayzata State Bank cashier Frank H. Snare were captured after a countrywide chase with no shootout. They recovered $225 in currency and confessed when seized. Names given are George Ingall and Henry Baker. Police deem them not linked to other regional robberies.
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St. Paul
Frank H
Wayzata State Bank
George Ingall
Henry Baker
Lightning Kills Cuban Giants Player in Atlantic City Practice
Will iam Bedford of Cairo Michigan, second baseman for the Cuban Giants, was killed by a lightning strike at Inlet Park during practice before a game with Atlantic City. Spectators and team members felt the shock. Walter Gordon and Charles Follis were knocked down but unharmed.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William Bedford
Cairo
Cuban Giants
Inlet Park
Walter Gordon
Charles Follis
Roosevelts Referee Board Backed by Food Officials
At Denver the Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments endorsed the Remsen referee board on benzoate of soda in foods by a 57 to 42 vote. Delegates from the U S Department of Agriculture supported the decision. Dr Floyd W Robinson led the critical committee.
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Denver
Roosevelt
Remsen
Association of State and
Natiional Food and Dairy Departments
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
Floyd W. Robinson
Lansing
Mich
Remsen Board
Taft
Ira Remsen
Baltimore
Russel H. Chittenden
New Haven
John H. Long
Pryanston, Ill
Christian H. Herter
New York City
Referee Board
Chicago
New York
Charles A. T. Reed
Cincinnati
Epidemic Among Babies Hits Brooklyn Enclave
More than 206 children in a Brooklyn district have contracted infantile paralysis in recent days. Bottle fed babies show higher susceptibility, and doctors fear lasting crippling effects though not fatality. Health department investigates, calling it the fourth largest outbreak in medical history.
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New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Health Department
Farmer Ole Rust Killed by Mad Bull in Belmont area
Ole Rust, a wealthy farmer from Belmont across the Red River from Neilsville, was gored to death by a bull on his Crookston area farm. His features were trampled beyond recognition.
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Crookston
Minn
Ole Rust
Belmont
N. PD
Red River
Neilsville
Here
Pedestrian Killed in North Scituate Crash
In North Scituate Scituate Massachusetts on August 27 Richard Brown son of J Everett Brown of Brooklyn was run over and killed a companion R L Creasey was severely injured after a sudden meeting of two autos and a carriage with pedestrians.
Taft Discusses Monetary System with Aldrich Before Trip
President Taft meets Senator Nelson Aldrich and Secretary MacVeagh in Beverly Massachusetts to review the monetary commission plan. Aldrich heads the commission studying reforms while Taft gauges readiness for winter report and possible autumn Congress session. Aldrich sails to Europe Saturday to study European systems and postal savings banks are not a current priority.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Nelson W. Aldrich
Treasury
MacVeagh
Aldrich
Monetary Commission
Congress
New York
Europe
Wildcat Insurance Crackdown Moves to Stop Stock Sales
Colorado Springs reports the national convention of insurance commissioners adopted Love Texas resolutions calling for legislation to halt the sale of insurance company stock by soliciting agents. The measure deems such traffic pernicious and pledges full efforts to stop it.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
National Convention of Insurance Commissioners
T. B. Love
Texas
Russian consul general startled by street blast on Fifth Avenue
Baron Schlippenbach, Russia's consul general, leaped from his car and grabbed a traffic patrolman after a loud report nearby. He feared a bomb, but Nittel said the sound was the explosion of a rear tire, caused by another vehicle striking the tire.
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New York
Baron Schlippenbach
Fifth Avenue
Aleck Nittel
Nittel
Ruussian
Mrs Stella Barclay Released on Bond in Kidnapping Case
Mrs Stella Barclay of Buffalo New York, held for kidnapping Marian Bleakley the incubator baby, has been released on bond. She departed for Jefferson City to oppose requisition papers for her return to Kansas for trial.
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Kansas City
Stella Barclay
Buffalo
N. Y
Marian Bleakley
Jeferson City
Kansas
Cholera Cases Reported in Rotterdam Quarantine Enforced
Several suspected cholera cases have been reported in Rotterdam since the disease was discovered on Wednesday. Most cases are among barge occupants where a child had died earlier, and all suspects have been quarantined.
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Rotterdam
Corey Suffered Dislocated Ankle Returns Home
New York August 27 The dislocated ankle of W E Corey president of United States Steel Corporation keeps him home. His physician says he will not return to business until after Labor Day.
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New York
W. E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
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H J Drost
the Herald
Air
Minnesota
Senator Aldrich
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Wildcat Insurance
Mrs. Barclay
Bond
Corey
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